Newspapers / Piedmont Aviation Employee Newsletter / Dec. 1, 1955, edition 1 / Page 7
Part of Piedmont Aviation Employee Newsletter / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
■» ■tt ■tt ■{t CITATION ''Giving to the United Fund is but an investment in the future of your neighbors as icell as in yourselves. ” AWARDED TO EMPLOYEES OF PIEDMONT AyiATlOM In warm appreciation of your outstanding record in the 1955 campaign. BRANT R. SNAVELY. CHAIRMAN 1955 United Fund Campaign >}■ «• n- )«■ «■ The above parchment citation was presented to INT Piedmont employees recently in re cognition of their outstanding achievement in the 1955 United Fund Campaign. WATSON NAMED AS LOCAL SERVICE CARRIER REPRESENTATIVE During an ATA inter! ine Communications Committee meeting in Washington, L.A. Watson, Superintendent of Communications, was elected as member of the ATAAir Traffic Conference Reservation Sub-Com mittee to represent the Local Service Carriers on Reservations Communications problems. IlSl Hotel Governor Cl inton in New York City offers airline employees reduced rotes on all rooms from Friday to Sunday inclu sive - midway between both air lines Ter minals . INTRODUCING. . . A familiar face at the reception desk in the General Office is that of Lorene Mit chell. She was born in Dobson, N. C. and was employed by the Central Telephone Company in Elkin, N.C. prior to joining Piedmont as a telephone operator and re ceptionist. Lorene and husband. Jay,own a beautiful home in Winston-Salem. The Piedmonitor extends both a hearty welcome. F/O George Malcomb is pictured here with the nice catch he made at Cherokee Lake (between TRI and TYS). The large one, a four pound smallmouth bass, gave George a twenty minute battle. Bill: "Hello, my boy - fishing?" Will: "No, I am drowning worms." ! i ^ n MS Big Business - More Americans than ever these days have both the time and the inclination to go fishin'. Fishing tackle and gear is a $125 million a year business, and an estimated $17 million a year is put out for fishing licenses. ANTIQUE PLANE PURCHASED An antique Piper Cub built in 1935 was added to the fleet of aircraft at Smith- Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem. The tiny craft. Number 154, produced by the Piper Company and listed as a J-2, will be used for display purposes, accord ing to Joe Culler who is Piedmont's Sales Manager for Piper Company products. The Model "T"of light planes wasobtain- ed in a trade for a new Piper Tri-Pacer. The craft arrived after a ferry flight from Fort Wayne, Indiana, piloted by James Brown, INT Purser. While enroute, he was forced to moke an emergency landing on the West Virginia Turnpike. The trip to Winston-Salem took twelve hours. The ancient cub is an open cockpit model, has a37-l/2 horsepowerengipe and cruises around 40 to 60 miles per hour. It weighs 560 pounds and carries a load of 409 pounds. Mow is your wife?" the man asked the old friend he hadn't seen in years. "She's in heaven", replied the friend. "Oh, I'm sorry." Then he realized that was not the thing to say, so he added, "I mean. I'm glad. "And that was even worse. He came out with, "Well, I'm surprised. " -7-
Piedmont Aviation Employee Newsletter
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 1, 1955, edition 1
7
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75