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Piedmont
Green Hangar reunion
Honors Pi's 1st employees
[’iedmont's First Family — those Maintenance employees who worked in
the old "Green Hangar" between January 1, 1940 and January 31, 1956 —
gathered for a reunion recently at the Elks Club in Winston Salem.
About two years ago A1 Lundy and 1 were talking about our early days at
Piedmont," David lYice, Maintenance-GSO, said, "and we thought about
the idea of having a reunion of all the Maintenance employees who worked
in the old Green Hangar, the birthplace of the airline.”
'I'hat idea began to take shape last spring when Lundy and Price along
with l^arry Hartman and Reid Cook formed a committee and began con
tacting members of Piedmont’s First Family.
Fifty live employees and their spouses turned out for the extravaganza
which included dinner and a dance. Also on hand were TH. Davis, Pied
mont's founder and retired chairman of the board, and Bob Worthington,
Zeke Saunders, and Tom Morton, all retired Piedmont officers. In addition,
Howard Cartwright, vice president-maintenance and engineering, joined
the group.
The Green Hangar, which was Piedmont’s first hangar and served the
airline until 1956 when new facilities opened in Winston Salem, has
recently been torn down to make room for General Aviation's new
headquarters.
Below (I lo r): Helen
Cook, wif e of Reid Cook,
chats with Eva and Al
Lundy and W.C. and
Lynne Harpe as they
arrive for the party.
i
Above: W.B.
Sparks, Bill
Johnson. Joe
Fix. and Warren
Lynch remi
nisce aboui
Piedmont's
early days. Fix.
who Joined the
Company in
194 L has the
nwst seniority
of any employ
ee within the
airline. Left:
RA. Brown (left)
and Marvin
Holt both work
in Mainte-
nance-INT With
them are their
wives. Lola
Brown and
Dixie Holt.
New film
Promotes
N.C golf
Have you always wanted to know
how to play Pinehurst's world fa
mous Number'IVo Golf Course?
Piedmont plans to give golfers
the inside information on this top-
ranked course in a new 30 minute
video entitled, "How to Play Pine
hurst Number'l\vo. ” Former tour
ing pro Teriy Mauney narrates the
lilm which will be shown frequently
on closed circuit television in
Pinehurst.
Copies of the video are also being
sent to our sales personnel in the
field to promote golfing in North
Carolina and Piedmont’s service to
many world famous courses.
If you would like to show the film
to a local organization, contact the
sales manager in your area.
Charlotte’s new concourse opened in
November Just in timefor the holiday sea
son. The new addition gives us 30.000
more squarefeet of space on each level and
extends 295feet. We now have 16 gates
and. on the May 1 schedule, will offer 155
flights a day at CLT.
Standing in the new. wider concourse
are agents (first row. I to r) Janice Garris.
Annette Sherrill, and Rick Williams:
(second row) Ron Ives. Keith Sewell, and
Mike Fogarty.