Show p I 1 ft fJ r I S J c 0 ry Business Student Greeted Celebrities During Her Career as Stewardess A blue eyed blue eyed brownette literally I came down do out of the clouds to enroll enroll enroll en en- roll in Trade Tech's Business class She is Colleen Jenson and she used to be a stewardess for United Air Lines Colleen is brushing up upon upon upon on her typing and shorthand in preparation for a job as a secretary secre secre- tary During her days as a stewardess she flew v regularly between New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and Washington Chicago Cleveland Omaha Pittsburgh and Denver Once on a flight from Chicago to New v York City she saw v a boxer from Utah and spoke to him Hi she said Im Marv Jenson's Jenson's Jenson's Jen- Jen sons son's niece Mr Jenson now v a Salt Lake City Commissioner has managed managed managed man man- aged many boxers from this area The fighter on the plane happened happened happened hap hap- to be one of them and he was going to New York for the biggest battle of his career Colleen went vent to St see e the scrap and she cheered as loud as anyone in the place as she watched the Utahn a young fellow named Gene Fullmer win the middleweight boxing title from Sugar Ray Robinson Colleen met several celebrities during her 4 41 years as a stew steward steward- rd- rd ess esse Among them were the late President President President dent John F. F Kennedy Vice President President President dent Hubert Humphrey movie star Gregory Peck June Havoc Danny Kaye Mitch Miller and the late Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt Mrs Roosevelt gave me her autograph to take to my grandfather grandfather grandfather grand grand- father who vho was a great fan of her husband said Colleen Colleen nl met t John F. F Kennedy when he was vas a senator from Massachusetts Massachusetts Mass Mass- campaigning for the presidency It was vas in the Denver airport and Colleen waited in line to shake his handI hand I was very much impressed by 4 k f I y S 7 r G J r COLLEEN JENSON out of clouds his dynamic personality she said Once the stewardess from Salt Lake City chatted with a young man who vho told her that someday he would get to the top as a singer He struck her as being a hit over ovier- impressed with himself but two or three months later she decided he had a right to be The young man who had told her he was vas going to become a big star became one His name Bobby Darrin Colleen lived next door to Jackie Gleason in New York City I didn't see him once she said She did meet the Rev Bob Richards Richards Richards Rich Rich- ards a former Olympic decathlon star who vho now appears on television c commercials for The Breakfast of Champions Colleen and some of the other stewardesses ste ate with him Yes she smiled he ordered Once a television network net official official official cial flew v on Colleens Colleen's plane chatted with her and said she might be a good contestant on one of the big quiz shows sho He took her address and wrote to her later about itI itI itI it I wouldn't know v the answers she protested Colleen didn't go on the show A couple of months later the big Jig quiz scandal broke and Coleen Coleen Colleen Col- Col een leen was vas glad she didn't become a contestant The fhe TV programs were criticized so for supplying sup plying contestants with answers tc the contest questions that the quiz programs were vere killed Colleens Colleen's job as stewardess ste took her bel on charter flights with the New ew York Yankees Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians As a stewardess ste she could fly anywhere any she wanted to go on United flights during her days off Li Living ving in N New v e York she spent much of her spare time visiting museums the theatre and ballet But as glamorous as the life of ofa a stewardess ste is it can be frighten frighten- ing Twice vice planes on which Colleen was vas working developed engine trouble and had to make emergency cy landings Then too there was vas the time when the captains captain's voice came over the public address system with these chilling words We will vill have to make hake an emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency landing since I have been informed informed informed in in- formed that there may be a bomb bombon on board Actually there was vas no bomb on the plane but Colleen remembers the 20 minutes she spent before that landing trying landing trying to appear outwardly outwardly out out- cool but being frightened to death on the inside |