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PAGE FOUR THE PIEDMONITOR JUNE, 1959 Station To Station HUNTINGTON . . Irene Blake Huntington is enjoying the in-^ crease of sales on the Fun Paks this year we now have a total of 13, and we anticipate more of these, and hope to break our record in the number of Fun Paks sold. We enjoyed having Will Black mon and Bill McGee visiting us this month and hope to see them both soon again. The construction work on the Terminal Building is at a stand still here due to the local con struction workers union being out on strike. We certainly hope that this won’t be too long. We here are looking forward to our new building and don’t want too many delays on this. American Mercury Insurance Company in Albany, Georgia. | Prior to being with American Meurcury he operated a Fixed Base Operation in Albany for ap proximately twelve years. He served with the navy as a Pilot during World War II. Mr. E. D. (Dick) Morris, who was manager of Piedmont Avia tion’s Norfolk Fixed Base Op eration for the past eight years will now devote all of his time to the sale of aircraft in the Norfolk area. LYNCHBURG . . . W. L. BULLOCK Vacations by station person nel at Lynchburg are in full swing now with several agents having taken advantage of the familiarization tours offered by hotels at Virginia Beach. Favor able reports of facilities and services rendered have been giv en by the PAI representatives who participated in the many forms of entertainmnt afforded their visit. Assistant station manager George M. Gilbert began an active duty tour with the Air Force the middle of June. After completing his fifteen day tour at Langley Air Force Base for the government, George will proceed to other points for some fishing while taking his vaca tion. • GREENSBORO . . . Tom Crouch Vernon Moore, manager, has just returned from a well earned vacation. Claude Kiger, our chief agent, did a fine job seeing that things ran smoothly while Ver non was enjoying fishing and the fine weather of Fla. The Company picnic was en joyed by all GSO agents who were able to attend. A fire drill was held May 28, for all airline employees and we at PAI feel we have a better understanding and knowledge of handling a fire emergency, which we hope will never happen. PARKERSBURG . . Virg Flinn PKB looks like little Fort Bragg; | lately as a few former para- j | troopers have formed a para- j | chute jump club, making jumps over a local golf course . . . Bids were opened this month for a new ramp which will add to the service and beauty of our airport. Jim Kendrick, who started his aviation career in the Air I'orce as a Weather Observer, has been promoted to Chief Agent. Jim began his career with PAI in Charleston and after a leave of absence, returned to help open PKB in 1959. WINSTON-SALEM (Field) . . . R. E. Bullard We are pleased to welcome and introduce to you two new employees. Roger Stockton and Gary Lewis, both of Kerners- ville, reported for duty in May. Norris Smith, Julian Morton and Bud Sizemore have vaca tioned to Myrtle Beach. RICHMOND . . E. R. SANDERS Greetings’ to all from the cool cats from Richmond. Our peace and quiet here has been done away with the arrival of two new agents. One is Jane ”Tar- zan’s Mate” Griffith and Marie “Sam” Prillaman from Roanoke. These are two really swinging cats. Speaking of cats, one of our classier cats, Maxine Walker, has left us and gone into the Rich mond Tower. Best of luck and good wishes Maude and don’t Forget us. We had a visit from another real cool cat on one of our flights. His recording name is “The Cat”. One of his records “Cool It Baby” sold a half mil lion records. We had for a very short two weeks stay, Martha Brown from LYH. We appreciate the fine job she did. Hurry back, Martha. an AMERICAN AIRLINES 707 JET FLAGSHIP cruises serenely above the weather at nearly 600 mites an hoLu. A graceful giant, the 707 combines operatmg efficiency, advanced falsLger comforts and considerable savings m traveling time. It seats 112 passengers in dual service. The pioneer m transcon tinental nonstop commerical service, American teams with Boeing Airplane Co. to provide the first jet services across the United States, touching off a new era in the nation’s transportation history. WINSTON-SALEM (Fixed Base- . . . Kem Naftel Joe H. Culler, Piper Sales Manager for Piedmont Aviation, attended the Southeastern Avia tion Trades Association meeting in Tampa,- Rlprida ,on. June 17, 18, and 19. Joe received, on be half of Piedmont, an “Award of Merit” from the National As sociation of State Aviation Of ficials given to members of the National Air Taxi Conference in the United States who have com pleted 10,000 or more passen ger miles, accident free, during the period 1955-1958. Piedmont Aviation has had approximately 500,000 accident free passenger miles during this period. We would like to welcome Mr. T. C. (Tom) Ferguson who has been named Manager of Pied mont Aviation’s Norfolk, Vir ginia Fixed Base Operation. Mr. Ferguson was formerly with the KNOXVILLE . . . I Betty Joe Rathbone VACATIONS: B. Rathbone has just returned from a trip up North; H. Giles and family are I in Texas; and Capt. Brown and I wife are in Nassau. ' Piedmont was represented re- jcently at “Rich’s Spring Festi- |val” held at Rich’s department ' Store here. Information regard ing vacations was given and cus tomers were advised how to pack luggage in order to carry more with less weight. Mr. C. E. “Rick” Almond’s dreams are coming true. He is on his way into the wild blue as F/O for Piedmont, finishing with the formalities June 30th. . 4toir% KAK&POtl ASSOCIATION |\or The PIEDMONITOR Published Monthly By & For The Employees of PIEDMONT AVIATION, INC. Smith Reynolds Airport Winston-Salem, N. C. Editor . . _ . I . Moonyeen R. Wright A LETTER — From Page 2 sonnel was enthused and the public pleased. And then I remembered my first flights with Piedmont (I had never flown until I joined the company). I was impressed with the comfort of the F-27, but this was not all. The flights could not have been half so pleasant without the courteous and efficient service. Now I’m just conceited enough to believe that I’m a pretty average human being, and for this reason I’ve become really sold on this idea that it is the “personal service” that makes the real difference. In this modern age of air travel, people expect exceptional equip ment . . . exceptional service is a treat. And letters from passen- „ ' eers like the one quoted above, EXAMINER’S — From Page 2 Service Pins June 9 ( 5 yr. Ellis E. Benton - ILM 14 ( 5 yr) Foy H. Owen - INT 15 (10 yr) Charles B. Cross-ORF 16 (10 yr) Joseph H. High-INT 21 ( 5 yr) Ralph T. Bentley-INT 22 ( 5 yr) Robert E. Lilly - INT 22 (10 yr) Frank P. Lincoln-INT 25 ( 5 yr) Horace E. Bryant-FAY 28 (15 yr) Ransom N. W h i s e- hunt - INT NORFOLK . . . R. H. Wylie Sun and Fun are the by-words around Norfolk these days. The water’s fine, the fishing fair, and the weather couldn’t be better . The perfect setting for PAI personnel who have visited Vir ginia Beach for a two day com- plimentry stay. LATEST NEWS FLASH: Nor folk is now the home of a fa bulous baseball team composed of: “Rocky” Nelson at 1st, “Mac the Mennace” McMillan at 2nd, “Scotter” Van Horn at short stop, “Hot Corner” Flowers at 3rd, “Ball Hawk” Simmons in left, “Fly Chaser” Cross in center, “Fence Rattler: High in right, “Yogi” Barco behind the plate, and “Whip Wylie on the hill. We’ll take on all comers - just let us know when. We would like to take this time to give a hearty welcome to our new agent Bill Waters. “Thus,” ATA added, “the Elxaminer would slice the av erage permissible rate of re-, turn on investment to, 10,6 per cent, in the face of substanti al evidence that if this is to be the measure of earnings the average rate should be at least ,1.4 percentage points higher.... Likewise, he wtould hold airline fares to the lowest level pro posed by any of the active air carrier parties, despite sub stantial evidence that most of the carriers need at least three percentage points more.” “Areas such as these are im portant,” ATA cautioned, as “the erroneous shaving of a few percentage points from the permissable rate of return, or from the permissible fare level, can seriously impede fulfill ment of the vital public ser vice and national defense as signments the airlines have un dertaken.” The ATA statement was filed on the deadline for exceptions to the Initial Decision issued by Examiner Wiser on May 27, 1959. The Association emphasiz ed it will support exceptions taken by member carriers which may have general applicability to the airline industry and also expects to oppose such excep tions as might prove deleterious to the industry generally. These things we will do, to the extent they appear necessary, on brief and in oral argument to the Board.” seem to support this. In my visits over the line I’ve generally felt that Piedmont did offer that “exceptional” service. But there ftave 'fceen'Some"i§'xceiD- tions. On some flights the cap tain informed the passengers of altitude, explained and apologiz ed for delays, and in general ex hibited sincere interest in the passengers. On another flight nothing was said, and aKliough the captain was interested in the passengers, they did not know' it. And then some pursers intro duced themselves, welcomed the passengers and checked more than once to offer magazines, coffee, etc. Others did less. At some stations I noticed the res ervation agents always concluded a phone conversation with “Thank you for calling Pied mont, hope you enjoy your flight.” Others said simply, “Goodbye.” The great majority of Pied mont folks remember these “little things that mean a lot” and I believe this is one of the major attractive features that make people “Fly Piedmont.” A letter ... a flight ... a visit in a station ... a few thoughts on Piedmont. BRITT—From Page One each Piedmont employee. If I have problems connecting names with faces, just remember that you’ve got the drop on me, 1000-to-l in your favor ... a thousand of you and just one of me!” June Birthdays Rachel Rebecca Alley - INT; Clarence E. Almond - TYS; Harold W. Amstutz - ORF; Lionel Franklin Anders - ROA; Essie Badgett - INT; Margie Baker - INT; Wilton McLean Barnes - INT; Leo Gerald Baskett - TRI; Janies Franklin Beasley - FAY; Linda Bird [NT; Eli7abeth; Brendle 7 INT; Robert Brooks - LYH. James U Brown - INT; Sh^ley Brown. Jr. - SDF; Sherman V. Bur roughs - ROA; George L. Buzzy, Jr. - INT; Kenton Travis Cale - ILM; Robert B Carter, Jr. - DCA; Billie N. Cash TnT; Herbert B. Cave - INT; Ramey Chandler - INT; Charles Vernon Clem mons - LEX; Albert Lee Cody - INT, G. M. Combs - CLT; James W. Connor - DCA; William D. Coppenbarger - INT, W. H. Craver, Jr. - INT; Williarn A. Crowe - INT; Ernest C. Dark INT, Robert D. Dean - ORF; William C. Dolan - ILM. Charles E. Donahoo - MYR; Walter Lee Downey - INT; Ben Hong Dunne - INT; Joseph T. Fix - INT; Herbert C. Fleear, Jr. - ORF; Virgil N. Flinn - PKB; Sherley C. Folger - DCA; Robert Earl Fuauay - INT; George A. Geritry PKB; Harold Lex Gibson - ROA; James H. Glenn - DCA; Philip Ray Graham - INT; Robert Earl Griffin - INT; Jesse D. Hall - INT; Raymond H. Hampton - INT; Clifford C. Haycraft - SDF; Glenri Everhart Hendrix - INT; Jim ^£ord Hill - INT; Ramon C. Hoots - INT. Virgil A. Howard - INT; Chester A. Hughes - ORF; Betty H. Hunter - INT; John W. Johnson - INT; Charles H. ones - INT; Irene Marie Kiser - CHW; Robert Ray Kiser - INT; L. J. Lambert, Jr - INT; Ronald C. McLean - INT; Clive Roy Malott - ILM; William F. Matthews - INT: Jesse A. Miller - INT; Joseph E. Miller - INT; Jack L. Miner - ORF; Austin F. Morrison - DCA. K. M. Moses - BLF; Kem Naftel - INT; William Nelson, Jr. - INT; Bar bara W. Northcutt - CLT; William S. O’Neali - INT; Sylvia Ann Parsons - DCA; Marion H. Payne - DCA: Jimmy William Pfaff - INT; Doelph James Pitcock - CHO; Hubert Gray Pitts - INT; Walter M. Platt - LEX; Hassell Ray Poindexter - INT; Donnie Wayne Priddy - INT; Paul Gammon Puckett - TRI; Lib Ramey - INT; J. B. Ramey - INT; Louise Ramsey - CLT. Donald H .Rieger - ORF; William G. Robertson, Jr. - ILM; Maxton Rudd Sink - DCA; Bobby D. Smith - LYH; Barbara Janice Somers - CVG; Carlton H Spouse - ROA; Geo. Thomas Stack, Jr. - INT; Charles Lester Stewart, Jr. - ILM; Floyd L. Stickney - DCA; Delois Strickland - INT; Betty Sugg - INT; Gene A. Sugg - INT; R. A. Swainl - ORF; Richard S. Totten - INT; William B. Waters - ORF; Mary Parks Weaver - ROA; Frank Lee Westmoreland - INT: Jeter P. Wheeler - RDU; Vestle Lee Widener - INT; Joe M. William - INT; M. N. Wray - ROA.
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