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LYNCHBURG . . . (Cont. from Page 3) Ed T. Best took a two day holiday and visited with his wife's family in Pa. Ann and Little Bill stayed for a week's vacation. George Gilbert spent two weeks in train ing with the Air Force at Wilmington, Del. He had a fine time, so he must have learned a lot! We have changed dates for our monthly station meeting - now we meet the fourth Monday of each month. Had a short visit from Ken Ross, wh ich we enjoyed. Will Blackmon also came by for a few minutes. We were happy to meet h’m and hope he will come back so we can get to know him better. "HAPPINESS IS FOUND NOT IN DOING WHAT YOU LIKE - BUT IN LIKING WHAT YOU DO I! " Fran Dresser took a week's vacation - vaca tion? cleaning house and sewing? We were more than happy to have her return to work. Ken May was transferred to MYR for the summer. Must be nice! Now he won't need a vacation ! Jack Elliott is taking part of his vacation the end of this month. Anybody with any spore time is cordially invited to come down to see us. MOREHEAD CITY . . . The opening of MRH terminal was quite a pub! icity plug for Piedmont Airl ines. A tope recording of Flight 22from calling in range of the New Bern terminal, to the inter viewing of agents and the flight's crew and sights seen from ship on departure be tween New Bern and Morehead City, right on into Morehead City, was made. Everything concerning the operation and flying of the shipwas takenon tape on the spot as it was being done. Harold Warner was on board the flight and interviewed our first passenger intoMore- head City for the summer of 1957. Mayors of both towns served by Piedmont were on hand to greet the arrival of the initial flight,along with both Chambers of Commerce - all giving their outlook for possibil ities for year 'round airl ine operation. One of the points stressed was claiming this as Heaven, because of being so hard to get to (by carriers of any sort). Chester B. Nutt, Harold Warner and Dave Morrison spoke on behalf of the Company, each doing a good job. Morrison was on hand al I during the planning and preparing for the program,which came out os planned. "You'll never get it done If you don’t stop clowning!" RALEIGH-DURHAM . . . All of us at Raleigh regret the transfer of Vern Crisp to Wilmington and hope he won't be gone too long. We are sure Vern will enjoy the work and the fishing while in Wilmington. All fish are hereby warned that Vern swings a mean hook. All humank are hereby warned that Vern spills some tall fish stories os we at Raleigh well know so be ready for them. We at Raleigh request 1) you give him two cigars per day,2) stand clear when he starts for his favorite fishing ground and 3) send him back to Raleigh promptly on September 1 ^ith father Turbiville's permission.) At the present time Raleigh has completed and enjoyed nine lessons inthe SalesTrain- ing Course, which were very well con ducted by our J . P. Wheeler. We have re ceived much valuable information and it is really paying off, although our May quota was a little steep. With the know ledge we are obtaining from this training course we are anticipating a record number of passengers to be boarded in the future. On May 18 Raleigh-Durham had the plea sure of working with "Editors Air Cruise" chartered flight as it departed Raleigh for - 4 - Wilmington and other North Carol ina cities. Official host for the "C ruise" was North Carolina's Governor Luther Hodges. The guests included representatives for many of the leading newspapers and magazines . It is the Governor's hope that the publicity derived from this charter would aid the industrial development of Eastern North Carolina. This could help Eastern North Carolina's passenger boardings too. ROANOKE... , . . Bob Reed We lost one of our agents to Uncle Som's fighting forces. Don Sutphin enlisted in the Army for Six months of active duty, since the draft board was breathing down his neck. As yet we have not heard from him directly, but we understand from his parents that he hurt his back during basic training and might get discharged before his tour of duty expires. That being the case, we may have him back in our midst sooner than we expected. Rodney Bowers is patiently waiting for Uncle Sam to invite him for one of those two year vacations at the taxpayer's ex pense. He passed his physical early in the spring and seems to think that he will be called by August. Since the Korean War started it looks like PAI/ROAhas supplied the Armed Forces with a platoon of men. Bill Hale,now flying B-47s as a 1st Lt.for the Air Force SAC, Bobby McLeod with the Air Force in Washington State, Dick Butler with the Air Force and John Simmons with the Air Force in Germany, just to name a few. As things look now, there are a few eligible recruits still left to go from this station. As for the stork line, Ronnie Ellwanger is the proud Papa of a boy, William Curtis. All of us here at Roanoke want to congratu late P.H.Wilbourne on his promotion to Manager of Space Control. P.H. started with the Company here and was with us for quite some time before he transferred to Bluefield. New agents added due to the increase in flight schedules are: Jim McNeil, Clyde Lentz and Jim Pratt. McNeil and Lentz are North Carolina boys and Jim Pratt a Roanoker. Welcome to PAI, fellows. (Cont'd.on Page 5 )
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