CHARLESTON. . .
Ruth Miller
CHWwas fortunate to have the Sales Mana
ger's Meeting in o "Blitz" drive this past
month. Messrs. McGee and Slater were
leaders of the successful meeting. Joe
High, our own Sales Manager, made all
necessary local arrangements. Miss Pol-
sue, Virginia Beach tour co-ordinator was
a special guest . Just watch us go over
quota through the spring - summer tool
Joe High is joining the ranks of co-pilot
with PAI. He started with Piedmont oversix
years ago as an Agent in CHW. As Chief
Agent Joe was quite a help to us all, hav
ing trained a lot of us "old hands" in the
airline trade. As Sales Manager Joe made
a lot of friends for CHW/PAI as well as
himself. We wil I miss him in CHW and look
for him to continue making friends anywhere
he may travel. Needless to say,a farewell
party was held and a very large crowd of
friends and "well-wishers" added to the
merriment of a fine evening's entertainment.
The sales training classes are we 11 underway
in CHW and all agents are deriving much
from the informal discussions.
The local cab companies are now making
the mail pickup to and from theairport.lt
was formerly delivered to the airport via
airport limo.
Mrs .Apple has been in the hospital inGSO
for surgery, but is recuperating now. The
best wishes of all of us to her for a speedy
recovery.
The Glass House has opened theirgift shop
here in the terminal building. The jewelry
is "lush"and really cramps the pocketbook
for the ready cash.
Letters from former agent Loretta Lancaster
say she really misses everyone and would
like to hear from all. Loretta went home
because of illness, now in Goldsboro, N.
C.
Looking forward to the additional flights
thru CHW on the spring schedule change.
Better service and more frequent flights
between CHW and CMH and CHW and
ORF.
GOOD SMARITAN (CHW)
Bill Cash, Station Manager at CHW, was
touched by the plight of a widow who had
lost her husband just 48 hours before and
4 of her 7 children who were enroute to
her Kilgore, Texas home.
Cash bought comicbooks and candy for the
children and passed the hat among airport
employees. Result: a check for $40.00
was sent to the widow, Mrs. Margaret
Willis, RFD 2, Box 120, Kilgore, Texas.
"This check does not represent charity, but
you can consider it a loan, and your repay
ment to us is only that you rear your good
looking children to be good Americans.",
Bill Cash wrote to Mrs. Willis.
CHARLOTTE . . .
J . Albert Shul ley
Much to our sorrow, but to her betterment.
Nan Dabbs went to Memorial Hospital for
a major operation.She is doing fine and we
all look forward to her speedy recovery and
return.
Welcome aboard to Veteran Ann Issacwho
came to CLT from DCA to cover Nan'S
duties. We are teaching her to eat grits
and will turn her into a rebel yet.
Earl Moore transferred to GSO. Best of
luck.
We had a field doy in CLT on March 8.
Each agent volunteered to do a specific
cleaning job and in a few hours, you could
n6t recognize the place . Spring came
early in CLT.
The new sales course is having its effect
and evidence of enthusiasm is very notice
able. If you don^twant to buy a ticket at
the CLT counter - stay at least 25 f e e t
away. Anyone getting closer than that
usual Iy walks away with a ticket. This
has actually happened on several
occasions when a customer stopped by just
for information - and walked away with a
trip.
OUR HAT'S OFF TO CHW
The Piedmonitor Stafftakesthisopportunity
to thank our CHW correspondent Ruth
Miller, for her whole-hearted cooperation
in contributing news and feature articles
to the Piedmonitor for twenty consecutive
issues.
Our local TV itation,WBT, televised the
Wilmington Azalea Queen Kathryn Gray
son as she deplaned and reboarded Flight
50 here in CLT. Imagine the dismay of
Agent Penny Combs when she discovered
she had not turned the film while taking
pictures of the queen.
We were honored by a visit from Mr. T.
H. Davis. The picture below shows him
selling a ticket to Mr. John Wattlington,
President of Wachovia Bank. No one re
mains idle in CLT.
CINCINNATI. . .
Hunting With Don Woods
by Tom Cowen
This is the story of a sharp country boy and
a city slicker. It seems thd Don Woods,
now station manager at TRI, invited Tom
Cowen to come down to his family's Indiana
farm to go hunting back in November of
1949. Now Tom, being a city boy, didn't
know much about this hunting business but
agreed to go because he figured it might
be worthwhile. Came the day of the big
hunt and Don got Tom out at 0500. It was
a cold day, as can only be experienced
in the Indiana flat country. But Tom decided
to give his all and go on out with the others.
When Don passed out the guns he gave
them all shot guns except Tom, who re
ceived a .22. Even Tom thought this was
a bit odd, but Don explained that if Tom
saw one sitting he was to use the .22. It
may even have surprised Don but sure enough
we did see one sitting. It was a good size
rabbit sitting next to a tree about four feet
from Tom. Well, Tom looks down the rifle
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