MARY LOU JONES 1948 - 1948 FLIGHT ATTENDANT DEN Note with renewal and pic: Jake, The group of stewardesses hired by Challenger Airlines about 1948. Male stewards first cabin caretakers when I was hired 1947. Man is gov WYO + his (two) attendees. Alice Wright, Mary Jones, Sylvia Diedricks, Ellie Bastar, Isabell Wilson, Vicky Marason, Mary Warhover, BJ Schider, Carol Speck. Kitty Knete, Gov Hunt (3), Libby Decker (chief stewardess), Pat Larson. -Jack Schade (3/10/11) MARY LOU JONES DEN stewardess Per the Jul 1948 Challenger employees roster. -Jake Lamkins (3/6/20) Mary Lou was in the first Challenger stewardess class in June 1948. She married per her obituary on August 24, 1948 so she flew only about two months. But it impressed her enough to include it in her obituary. -Jake Lamkins (3/19/20) Photos of Mary Lou Jones & others from 1948 reprinted with permission from the book FRONTIER AIRLINES: A HISTORY OF THE FORMER FRONTIER AIRLINES 1950-1986 by Gregory R. Stearns -Jake Lamkins (3/19/20) FLacebook - FL Club FLight West: Mary Lou Jones Cowley DEN flight attendant Mary Lou Jones Cowley's memorial webpage is posted at http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Mary_Lou_Jones_Cowley.html She was in the first class of Challenger Airlines stewardesses in Jun 1948. Two months later she married and was gone. But the experience merited mention in her obituary when she flew west at age 92 making her the second longest lived Frontier flight attendant to date. -Jake Lamkins (3/20/20)