PAGE SIX
THE PIEDMONITOR
AUGUST, 1962
NEW EMPLOYEES
(Continued from Page Two)
E. C. Sample, Oper. Agt., EGG
B. J. Sasala, Oper. Agt., DCA
M. L. Sims, Oper. Agt., DCA
M. E. Smith, Jr. Stk. Clrlc., INT
B. T. Smith, Jr. Mech., INT
T. R. Thompson, Radio Tech.,
ATL
W. M. Thomas, Jr. Mech., ROA
Albert Vernon, Cleaner, DCA
Jack Weddle, Oper. Agt., ROA
W. J. Wise, Oper. Agt., HTS
C. A. Woodruff, Res. Agt., INT-
SC
Treva Wilson, Prod. Control.
Clrk., INT
Betty Young, Oper. Agt., DCA
Walter Lowdermilk, Radio Tech.,
INT
Lawrence Overbay, Asst. Dis
patcher, INT
Dorris Jarrard, Gen. Clrk, INT
R. C. Shanks, Oper. Agt, SDP
Jerry Boyer, Oper. Agt., TRI
Roy Merryman, Oper. Agt., TRI
Neal Dillon, Oper. Agt., PHF
Clyde Walters, Oper. Agt., LYH
Fred Smith, Oper. Agt., PHF
Joseph Biggs, Oper. Agt., DCA
Harry Hawkins, Lineman, ORF-
FB
James Beck, Tickt. Agt,, DCA-
CTO
Kay Spencer, Stewardess, INT
Dorothea Elmore, Stewardess,
INT
Betty Martin, Stewardess, INT
Nancy Vaught, Stewardess, INT
Kenney Byrd, Oper. Agt., ISO
Cecil Benton, Oper. Agt., ATL
Bernie Blair, Oper. Agt., ATL
Bobby Butler, Oper. Agt., MBC
Wjlliam Bone, Oper. Agt., RMT
Larry Balser, Oper. Agt., DCA
Van Berckman, Oper. Agt., AGS
Benny Britt, Oper. Agt., ATL
Eddie Beard, Oper. Agt., ATL
Frederick Classey, Oper. Agt.,
HKY
Jasper Carter, Oper. Agt., INT
Jerry Cox, Oper. Agt., DAN
Dale Dean, Oper. Agt., RDU
Nancy Day, Res. Agt, TRI
Charles DuPre, Oper. Agt., EWN
James Bean, Oper. Agt., EWN
Kenneth Duckett, Oper. Agt.,
ATL
Billy Evans, Oper. Agt., GSB
Ira Everhart, Oper. Agt., INT-F
Roger Elam, Oper. Agt., DCA
John Etheridge, Oper. Agt., GSB
Sarah Fallin, Res. Agt., ATL
Robert Gilley, Oper. Agt., BAL
Wendell Gabriel, Oper. Agt.,
RMT
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FABULOUS FIVE President T. H. Davis climaxed weeks of
training by Piedmont's first Stewardess class with the presentation
of their wings at graduation ceremonies. Smiling proudly are (left
fo right) Nancy Vaught, Kay Spencer, Pat Hale, Dorothea Elmore,
and Betty Martin.
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TERRIFIC TWOSOME These girls joined the second class
a few days late and so received their wings and uniforms a little
after graduation time. Barbara Allen (left) and Pauline Hall are all
caught up now though, and are flying the line with other mem
bers of their class.
NIFTY NINE Members of the second Stewardess class gave
an attractive preview of their new outfits. Sporting Piedmont wings
are (left to right) Elizabeth Ward, Mary Schindell, Helen Rans-
bottom, Eberle Smith, Linda James, Ella Shaffer, Sue Foster, Kay
Cratz, and Juanita Zimmerman.
i^ememLer Wk
en
Seven Years Ago
in the Piedmonitor
Piedmont was looking for a
safe, dependable substitute for
the DC-3, with the “Friendship"
and the “Herald” being consid
ered. . . . Capt. Frank Nicholson,
System Chief Pilot, was profiled
as Executive of the Month. . . .
The Piedmont bowling team was
tops in its league and was com
posed of John “Lover Boy” Hall,
C. W. “Pete” Gough, L. J. “Bud”
Lambert, W. A. “Wimpy” Fish-
el, and Vestle “Ves” Widener.
Five Years Ago
Piedmont applied for route ex
tensions between Cincinnati and
Chicago. . . . Response to the
“Make Every Trip A Pleasure
Trip” contest was overwhelming
with an average of 250 entries a
day. . . . Piedmont flight bags
were introduced for the first
time, and sales exceeded the ini
tial expectations by many times.
One Year Ago
The Management Meeting was
held in AVL, highlighted by
speeches from Marion Sadler,
Vice President and General Man
ager of American Airlines, and
Wayne Parrish, President and
Publisher of American Aviation
Publications. . . . Progress was
reported on the purchase of
Martins and sale of the DC-3’s.
. . . D. R. Willard was shifted
from IFB to INT-M as the new
Power Plant Analyst.
The catapult that launches
Navy airplanes on aircraft car
riers has the power to hurl an
automobile straight up for one
mile. —NAE Skylights
PIEDMONT PRESS NOTES . . .
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duce a ladder for them to crawl
through the cockpit window.
Quite a show, we hear, for the
local spectators!
MYRTLE BEACH —“Too bad
MBC missed their July quota by
nine passengers,” writes Gene
Shore, “boardings totaled 6 81
for the month. We are still hop
ing for 1,000 in August. Vaca
tioning on the Grand Strand re
cently were the Ken Ross fam
ily, Mitch Everhart family, the
YOO CtRTAlNLV ARE ^ COfftE F\END....
Pete Jones family, Capt. Willie
Cox and family, and (^apt. Jim
my Craig and family. We might
not board 1,000 passengers, but
we believe we. could make our
quota if we could count all the
non revs. Taking a trip to ATL
recently were Bobby Butler and
Gene Shore to tour the PAI op
erations. Agent Van Berckman
from AGS also joined the trip
with them. Agent Larry Hepler
is now awaiting the day to an
nounce, he hopes, a bouncing
baby boy. With the beach sum
mer almost over we invite all
employees who haven’t been
down to come to MBC and we’ll
try our best to show you a ball.”
TRI-CITIES — The new 101
forms aroused quite a bit of com
ment at TRI, according to Ray
Norris. “At first it looked like
something from UNIVAC,” he
saj^s, “or the local math teacher.
But actually it’s for the best, so
they say. It gets rid of the for-
got-to-get-off load slip and the
separate little slips of paper for
the Captain and the one for the
purser and purserettes. Helen
Hopson and son spent a cool va
cation at Blowing Rock, and
Dick Miller and family spent a
warm one at ILM. Hank Van-
huss and former PI employee
John Owen journeyed to Day
tona—taking their wives along,
of course. Passengers are still
pouring in from all points —
Piedmont’s progress is really
showing, as my aching back will
testify!”
PARKERSBURG-MARIETTA
—Jim Kendricks’ missus has re
turned home after spending over
three months in a CMH hospi
tal. .lack Gwennap and family
from AVL were welcome visi
tors recently. Jack was the first
Manager for PKB. Other visi
tors included Tom Coweir, Paul
Loar, and R. E. Turbiville. Vize
Dotson has returned from vaca
tion after visiting his old Ken
tucky home. Work is underway
to install a new controllable
wind tee and high intensity
lighting on the instrument run-
w a y. Virg Flinn says PKB
should be a popular alternate
this winter after all the con
struction work is completed.
ROANOKE — This communi
que comes from Joyce Bocetti:
“We’ve all been so busy here
lately that we haven’t had time
to do anything very newswor
thy. The best news we’ve had is
that Lotte McMahon will be
coming back to work soon after
a long absence because of ill
ness. Another recent occupant
of a hospital bed was Earl
Crouch who is now at home re
cuperating and we hope, well on
the way to recovery. If anyone
passing through has wondered
why Roscoe Cromer has a per
petual grin on his face lately it’s
because he just became a father
for the first time. You’ve never
seen a proud papa until you’ve
seen Roscoe. Bob McLeod re
cently won a local Hertz con
test and had the use of a free
car while on his vacation. He
made good use of it by taking
the family to Myrtle Beach.”