august, 1971
THE PIEDMONITOR
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Golfers Vying with Fishermen for Season's ^'Besf Story"
Either the fishing has let up or the luck of Pied
mont’s casters isn’t running as well as it was earlier in
the summer. But the golfers have another tale to tell.
It seems there have been some notable hole-in-ones put
on the books lately. The first one we heard about was
Carroll Gambill’s. His was certified by the Grandview
Golf Club near Winston-Salem. The other golfer, who
called to tell us about his hole-in-one, was Winston-
Salem mechanic E. L. Hurt. He was playing in Hamil
ton, Ohio on his lucky day.
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The Second Annual Golf Tournament has been set
for September 14-15 to be played at the Arrow Wood
Country Club in Roanoke, Virginia. There will be five
flights, tournament play will be 36 holes. Green fee is
$5.00 and carts will be available. Players will be staying
at the Crystal Towers Hotel in downtown Roanoke.
Rates are $5 per person double occupancy or $8 single.
Asheville's No. 10,000
Piedmont's People Pleasers
The following is a list of Piedmont employees who’ve
been complimented, by name, recently in the numerous
seatback letters from our passengers.
Atlanta Lynchburg
Beverly Peel W. M. Foster
Jackie Thurman , ,,
Mary Vandervest Norfolk
Barbara Johnson ^ue Foraker
Cheryl Olsen Connie Layne
Becky Anderson ^ Newman
Suzi Perks Mary Rice
Susan Maynard
Sharon Thaxton
Gloria Mitchell
H. G, O’Connor
Ann Snelson Richmond
Cheryl Hamlin d. R. Collins
Susan Smith
Pat Woodward
Roanoke
Sherry VanlandingCheryl Best
Judy Payne Carol Clark
Carolyn Smith
C. L. Hope
Cincinnati
Henry F. Gamm
Chicago
R. H. Rodgers
Knoxville
Brenda Idoll
Pam Barker
Sue Foraker
Mary Ellen Stone
Marilyn Tate
Pat Robertson
Jane Blevins
Charlene DeWitt
Don Holiday
Art Whitaker
Carolyn Hollar
Lina Trent
Liz Ward
Bobbie Davis
Jane Bondra
M. L. Overstreet
Tri-Cities
Jim L. Bell
Washington
Pat Hilterbran
Kay McDonald
Nancy Groves
Bobbie Curry
Wilmington
Pat Maloney
Sandry Spradlin
Nancy Kirk
Shelia Jones
Carolyn Daughtry
J. F. Johnson
Nellie Gibson
Winston-Salem
Teri Ann Shope
Venita Smith
Susan Haynsworth
Dodi Lynn
Cissy Smith
Karen Hurley
Regina Regan
Sandy Moss
Judy Barr
Sara Taylor
The majority of our seatback commendations are
written for our ticket agents and flight crew members.
A number of other personnel also frequently receive
direct letters from our passengers expressing special
thanks for help they have provided. It is impossible for
us to keep track of all these commendations as there
is no central point through which they all pass. How
ever, our “unseen” reservation agen'ts have lately
found themselves being highly praised by some very
thoughtful passengers. Some of those who’ve been re
ported, in glowing terms, to their supervisors are
Toni McGuire, Virginia Denny, Virginia Dishman,
Donna Tripman, Debbie Appleyard and Barbara John
son.
Fayetteville is experimenting
with curbside check-in tor
passengers at Grannis Field.
Hopefully the new system will
speed up the operation and
let passengers avoid waiting
in long lines. Agent Larry
Steirer is shown here at the
outside counter. From all
reports passengers seemed
pleased with Piedmont's
latest experiment.
Transportation has been arranged to and from the
course. Trophies will be given to each flight winner and
golf balls to the top half in each flight. Starting times
and pairings will be posted in the pro shop and the
hotel on Monday night September 13. Hotel reser
vations and transportation arrangements will be up
to the individual.
As part of their continuing Customer Relations Pro
gram at Fayetteville tlie station is experimenting with
a new curb-side check-in for passengers who have made
reservations and purchased tickets prior to departure.
See accompaning photograph. FAY’s newest Outstand
ing Agent in Customer Relations is Robert Nunnery.
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Leonard Martin, Station Manager in Chicago, has
reported that his wife has been moved from Baptist
Hospital to the Medicenter in Winston-Salem. She is
continuing to improve. He and Mrs. Martin have ex-
Inferliner's Dream
pressed their sincere gratitude for the help and gener
osity of Piedmont employees systemwide.
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Asheville joined the 10,000 Club in July. They reach
ed the magic number on July 2ftth. Lead Agent Eddise
Gabriel is pictured with Mrs. June Ellison and son
Butch who was the record maker for AVL as they
boarded Flight 34 for Washington and connections.
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To say that golfers will go to any lengths (links?)
to play their game is in no way understating the case.
The Sixth Annual World Airline Golf Tournament
is scheduled for September 6, 7 and 8 at the Turnberry
Hotel and Golf Courses in Ayshire, Scotland. This
year’s event, co-sponsored by Air Transport World
and British European Airways, will have two repre
sentatives from Piedmont. Joe Moorefield and E. V.
Scales wil be among the 50 two-man teams represent
ing as many airlines.
New TWA Perimeter Fares and Tours Are Tops!
Being spoiled is having your cake and eating
it too.
It’s not such an unusual situation for airline
employees. We’re pretty much used to great
bargains when it comes to travelling. Many car
riers are quite generous with reduced rate pack
ages to faraway places, but sometimes space
on interline specials is filled long before all who
want to go have a chance to sign up. You need
only spend a little time on a waiting list for a
trip you really want to take to get to know
frustration first hand.
TW^A, That Wonderful Aii'line more formal
ly known as Trans World, has put an end to all
that. With their recent announcement of the
new Perimeter Fares and Tours they’re not only
letting you have your cake and eat it too, but
also giving you literally a world of choices in
flavor.
In addition to the low air fares this year’s
program includes positive space transportation
from October 15 throuh May 15, 1972. In an
easy to understand form TWA has divided the
world into six zones or perimeters. You pay ac
cording to the zone to which you travel up to
a maximum of $199 for transportation around
the world.
Eastbound Perimeter No. 1 covers roundtrip
transportation from any U. S. gateway city on
non-stop flights to Frankfurt, Geneva, Lisbon,
London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Rome, Shannon
and Zurich. For any or all of these cities the
cost is only $89.
Eastbound Perimeter No. 2 covers all the
cities in No. 1 plus Athens, Cairo and Tel Aviv
Salaam are the additional points covered by
for only $99.
Nairobi, Entebbe/Kampala and Dar-Es-
Eastbound Perimeter No. 3. The cost, with all
No. 1 and No. 2 cities still included, is $149.
If you want to go further east beyond Peri
meter No. 3 the Around the World Perimeter
Fare is $199.
If your pick of places lies west, those points
are covered as well. Westbound Perimeter No.
1 covers round trip transportation from Los
Angeles to Honolulu, Guam, Okinawa and Taipei
for $89.
For $10 more West bound Perimeter No. 2
includes Hong Kong.
Bangkok and Bombay are added with West
bound Perimeter No. 3 which also includes all
the No. 1 and No. 2 cities for $149.
As with Eastbound travel if you want to o
beyond the destinations in Westbound Peri
meter No. 3 you must get the $199 Around-
the-World Perimeter Fare.
The Around-the-World purchasers receive
two additional bonuses, free space available
transportation to any TWA destination in the
U. S. and membership in TWA’s Round-The-
World Club.
All Piedmont employees, dependant child
ren under 21 and employees’ parents are eli
gible for this program. Full details are avail
able in the 40-page Perimeter Fare brochure
which you can pick up from any TWA office
or write TWA, Interline Sales, 605 Third Ave
nue, New York, New York 10016.
There are numerous tours and other special
added attractions you should check into before
you take your trip.