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Larry McGlynn
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posted 01-28-2007 06:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Larry McGlynn   Click Here to Email Larry McGlynn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I have written a tribute to Cece Bibby. I hope you will read and enjoy it.

ejectr
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posted 01-28-2007 06:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ejectr   Click Here to Email ejectr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Fantastic Larry...

dss65
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posted 01-28-2007 10:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dss65   Click Here to Email dss65     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks, Larry, for a wonderful story about a remarkable lady.

I, also, had the pleasure of meeting Cece at the Burbank show. In fact, Dee O'Hara introduced me to her, and I had the pleasure of being there while the two caught up on some reminiscing. What a kick that was!

As much as we study and read about the people who were involved in those early days at the Cape, we can mostly only imagine what a bunch of characters they really were. It must have been an incredible time and place--something that will never happen again.

SpaceCat
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posted 01-28-2007 10:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SpaceCat     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That's wonderful! First time I've seen all those stories (and then some) together in one place. Ms. Bibby truly is a gem and a treasure!

KSCartist
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posted 01-29-2007 07:37 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for KSCartist   Click Here to Email KSCartist     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Larry, thanks for the wonderful profile on a special woman I call "The First Lady of Space Artists."

Sy Liebergot
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posted 01-29-2007 10:16 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Sy Liebergot   Click Here to Email Sy Liebergot     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Larry, thanks for posting "the rest of the story." Wonderfully composed piece. I'm honored to have met her.

Gilbert
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posted 01-29-2007 02:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Gilbert   Click Here to Email Gilbert     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Larry, excellent work! Your piece is an informative and touching tribute to Cece. As I mentioned earlier, you should make the tribute a chapter in the book that you will eventually write.

leslie
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posted 02-02-2007 04:15 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for leslie   Click Here to Email leslie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A great piece Larry and you have said it all! Have you sent it to Cece? She would be thrilled!

rjurek349
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posted 02-03-2007 09:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for rjurek349   Click Here to Email rjurek349     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Larry, in a word: wonderful!

Thanks for sharing -- especially the story of a wonderful woman like Cece.

LunarRover
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posted 02-10-2007 01:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LunarRover   Click Here to Email LunarRover     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Larry, a great tribute to a wonderful gal. You have blessed us with your story, even as Cece blessed you with hers, and her friendship. You two were quite the pair.

I will never forget being the fly on the wall at Burbank when Cece and Scott Carpenter sat down to reacquaint after 30 years. Thanks for insisting.

For as long as the spacecraft she painted are with us, so is her wonderful art, together, as one. Cece has achieved near imortality, touching many along her path to that lofty space.

What a gift she has given us all.

OOTWCook
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posted 02-20-2007 02:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for OOTWCook   Click Here to Email OOTWCook     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Today is Cece's birthday! Cece, here's wishing you a very Happy Birthday. Best Wishes, Joni.

KSCartist
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posted 02-20-2007 07:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for KSCartist   Click Here to Email KSCartist     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Dear Cece, thanks for your beautiful contribution to our space program and for inspiring us. I hope you enjoy a great birthday and hope to meet you soon.

dss65
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posted 02-20-2007 09:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dss65   Click Here to Email dss65     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Happy Birthday, Cece! And I'm soooooo happy that I HAVE met you! (I'd love for you to meet my wife some day. You two would really hit it off.) Have a great day!!

mdmyer
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posted 02-21-2007 07:27 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for mdmyer   Click Here to Email mdmyer     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Cece, it was great meeting you in San Antonio and I really hope you had a wonderful birthday and I hope you have a fantastic year. — Mike Myer

Cece, I'm really happy I got to meet you in San Antonio with my dad on my birthday. You made it really special. I went there as a 12 year old and excited to be in a whole different state for my b-day. And I left as a 13 year old that has a new friend, and can't wait to tell everyone about you. — Miranda Myer

bruce
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posted 02-01-2008 10:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for bruce   Click Here to Email bruce     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Mercury artist Cece Bibby's birthday is February 20th. I would be happy to deliver birthday cards or letters from cS members to Cece on your behalf. I know she will enjoy hearing from you. Please contact me off-list for the in c/o address. Just so I can get the items to Cece by February 20, please post your greetings so that they will arrive to me no later than February 15. No autograph requests please.

Blackarrow
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posted 02-01-2008 12:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Blackarrow     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
How does she pronounce the name "Cece" and what is it short for? Cecilia?

bruce
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posted 02-01-2008 04:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bruce   Click Here to Email bruce     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Short for Cecelia, Cece is pronounced as "see see". For our beach lovers and Navy friends, that would be "sea sea". Our Hispanic friends might prefer "Si Si".

FFrench
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posted 02-01-2008 05:02 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for FFrench     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Blackarrow:
what is it short for? Cecilia?
There's a great story all about her right here on collectSPACE.

Bruce, good on you for doing a very nice thing here...

bruce
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posted 02-03-2008 08:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bruce   Click Here to Email bruce     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It's my pleasure Francis! Cece's such a great person and it's always such a treat to spend time with her. Also, thanks for posting the link to that fantastic story that Larry McGlynn wrote about Cece. I'd forgotten about that. I know that Larry is one of Cece's most cherished friends, as she speaks of him often.

KC Stoever
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posted 02-04-2008 10:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for KC Stoever   Click Here to Email KC Stoever     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The Carpenters pronounce it as one syllable, like the word "cease." Diversity!

bruce
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posted 02-09-2008 01:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bruce   Click Here to Email bruce     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Just a quick note to say that the cutoff date for sending birthday cards to me for Cece is rapidly approaching! All cards should be mailed to me so that I receive them no later than next Friday, February 15th. Please contact me off list for the in c/o address to send your cards.

Many thanks to all those who have sent cards for Cece so far! I know she will really enjoy hearing from you!

Larry McGlynn
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posted 02-20-2008 05:48 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Larry McGlynn   Click Here to Email Larry McGlynn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Happy Birthday Cece!

Lou Chinal
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posted 02-20-2008 08:20 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lou Chinal   Click Here to Email Lou Chinal     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Happy Birthday Cease!

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posted 02-20-2008 10:04 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for KSCartist   Click Here to Email KSCartist     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Happy Birthday to the first lady of Space Art.

May you enjoy many more.

OOTWCook
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posted 02-20-2008 03:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for OOTWCook   Click Here to Email OOTWCook     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Cece-Happy Birthday to a great gal and a truly "Out Of This World" friend. Enjoy your day. With warmest wishes always, Joni.

ColinBurgess
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posted 02-20-2008 04:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ColinBurgess   Click Here to Email ColinBurgess     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Cece, fondest good wishes from the other side of the world. Hope to meet you again someday.

dss65
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posted 02-20-2008 10:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dss65   Click Here to Email dss65     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Happy birthday, Cece! Here's wishing you the best for many years to come. You are a true class act.

mdmyer
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posted 02-21-2008 12:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mdmyer   Click Here to Email mdmyer     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Happy Birtday from Mike and Miranda Myer of Humboldt KS. Hope you had a great day.

Larry McGlynn
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posted 02-21-2008 02:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Larry McGlynn   Click Here to Email Larry McGlynn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I did talk to Cece yesterday. Her friends were over for a birthday party. John Glenn called to wish her a happy birthday.

She received many cards, no doubt from Bruce's generous offer to send our cards to Cece.

She is doing well. She sounded very good. She also thanks everybody for the happy birthday wishes.

bruce
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posted 02-21-2008 03:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bruce   Click Here to Email bruce     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That's great news Larry about John Glenn calling Cece on her birthday and the 47th anniversary of his Mercury flight!

Cece wanted me to thank everyone who sent her birthday cards. She was thrilled that so many people thought of her. Cece especially liked Miranda Myer's card and she said she remembered Miranda and her dad from the San Antonio show!

Between the above, watching Space Shuttle Atlantis land at KSC and then ending the day with a big red full moon in total eclipse, I'd say it was quite a spacey day!

ColinBurgess
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posted 03-28-2008 06:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ColinBurgess   Click Here to Email ColinBurgess     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Just a heads-up that my writing crony Francis French was asked to contribute a piece on the work of the wonderful Cece Bibby to Scott Carpenter's website. It is a nice tribute to a terrific lady.

bruce
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posted 03-28-2008 08:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bruce   Click Here to Email bruce     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks for the heads up on this Colin. I know Cece will be very happy to see this. Great job Francis!

FFrench
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posted 03-30-2008 08:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for FFrench     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks Colin and Bruce - and it would be remiss of me, if you enjoyed the article, to not also recommend Larry McGlynn's wonderful article about all of Cece's career.

Larry McGlynn
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posted 04-02-2008 11:54 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Larry McGlynn   Click Here to Email Larry McGlynn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Francis, thank you and you are most gracious.

The BIS Spaceflight article in their September 2007 issue was more comprehensive as I built upon the one written for collectSPACE.

FFrench
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posted 04-02-2008 10:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for FFrench     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Indeed, Larry, I have that issue and really enjoyed that article too.

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