PAGE FOUR
THE PIEDMONITOR
JULY, 1959
Station To Station
LYNCHBURG
W. L. Bullock
Personnel at Lynchburg ex
tend a warm welcome to Ro
bert L. Hill on his return as
assistant station manager. Also
joining the staff is Betty
Jean Poore of Lynchburg.
Taking advantage of an oppor
tunity to be in the center of
world-wide affairs, Leslie
Hell transferred to IWash-
ington.
Casting for the elusive blue
fish at Virginia Beach during
his vacation is lead agent,
Clyde Vaughan.
The new multi-million dol
lar express by-pass was re
cently opened by the Lynch
burg City Manager and other
local and state officials in for
mal ceremonies. Driving time
to the airport from the busi
ness district has been con
siderably shortened.
Progress by the city is con
tinuing in another direction
as grading at Preston Glenn
Airport is proceeding rapidly
for the new terminal and gen
era’. improvement. Moving the
tenninal from its present po
sition has many advantageous
features for personnel work
ing here, one of which is the
reduction from eight to three
times a passenger’s baggage is
handled. The Traveling public
benefits from improvements
such as an attractive lobby,
adequate waiting rooms, im
proved ticketing facilities, and
more parking space.
PARKERSBURG
Virg Flinn
The West Virginia Air Na
tional Guard has completed its
new hanger and has started
operations.
Congratulations to Ovr Larch
on his promotion. We know
he will do a good job selling
PAI.
Jack Gwennap is planning
to move into his new home
the latter part of this month.
HUNTINGTON ...
Irene M. Blake
The vacations in Huntington
are in full swing now, and
they are very varied this
year. James Dallas got some
fishing, swimming and Horse-
backriding in at Hagerstown,
Maryland. Ardath Carter took
it easy on her vacation, v/ith
a few days touring Kentucky.
Gail Burcham got a lot of
flying time in, which is his
fust love. Yours truly is leav
ing Saturday for part.s un
known.
Am tIAWPOCT MtOCATIOM
The
PIEDMONITOR
Published Monthly
By & For
The Employees of
PIEDMONT AVIATION,
INC.
Smith Reynolds Airport
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Editor
Moonyeen R. Wright
Work has resumed on the
Terminal Building after a
strike of four weeks by the
local construction workers.
The Sesquicentennial in Hun
tington is all over with, and
the men look quite bare with
no beards.
CINCINNATI . .
Barbara Glenn
One of CVG’s agents, Mary
Bosshammer, spent a week in
Jamaica. When she returned,
she related many interesting
stories of getting lost in Kings
ton, nearly stranded in Hava
na, and bumped at every sta
tion.
Most of the agents here have
spent a couple of days in
Virginia Beach and have thor
oughly enjoyed their stay.
CVG is planning the em
ployee picnic for the 25th of
July. We are all anticipating
a day of fun, food, and re
laxation.
At times the office here
seems more like a bridal sa
lon with all the chatter of
weddings than a res office.
Three marriages are
being planned for the near fu
ture- Jan Whiting’s, Mary
Bosshammer’s and
Bobbi Glenn’s.
GREENSBORO . . .
Tom Crouch
News seems to be at a mini
mum around the station this
month. Vacations are the or
der of the day and it seems
someone is goine all the time.
It must be safe for the fish
this year however since no one
has returned with a tale of a
big ’un that got away.
We at GSO were proud to
have played a small part in
getting the Woman’s College
Theatre Group started on their
tour of the Pacific. Eleven of
the young ladies boarded Fit
1 on the 15th for SDF and
points west. Their tour is un
der the auspices of the USO
and is planned as entertain
ment for the Armed Forces.
They will stop at stations from
Honolulu to Korea and present
a play by Claire Booth entit
led “The Women.”
LOUISVILLE . . .
Howard Hughes
Runway repairs are still un
der construction, and progress
is being made.
In the maintenance depart
ment E. Kirk, who has been
quite ill for the past two
months, is improving and ex
pected to return to work soon.
E. D. Akard, now in DCA-
O, is making mightly big
plans to wed one of our Ken
tucky beauties. Miss Celeste
Thomas.
House warmings will be the
order of the day with Bruce
Parrish, Gene Durham, Jim
Eames being the lucky ones.
FAYETTEVILLE ...
Bob Bennington
Things have really been
happening in Fayetteville
since the last issue of the
PIEDMONITOR.
We had a “Burger Party”
on the grounds of the airport
with Robert Jackson charcoal
ing some mighty good ham
burgers. Pete Sandiford from
ILM pitched in to relieve the
agents on duty that night.
C. R. Blackmond, Jr., left
us to become chief agent in
Columbus and was replaced
by Carl Bowden from Raleigh
—Durham.
Robert Jackson and his fa
mily are spending their vaca
tion in sunny Hope Mills while
Frank Beasley and wife are
planning to visit Oklahoma.
Bill Wooten happily spent the
majority of his vacation fish
ing.
CHARLOTTESVILLE
Libby Reed
Our proposed new terminal
is still uncertain pending more
financial aid from the FAA
and local allotments, but we
haven’t given up hope.
It’s a real pleasure to wel
come new agents Bill Walker
and Tommy Durrer, both per
sonable and single. We face
a great loss however, with the
transfer of Ray Mohler to
PHF.
Vacationing agents — A1
Norvelle and Don
Monroe. Just returned - Ken
Lucas, Guy Rawley and fam.i-
ly recently toured the mid
west. Ellen Hill is still on
leave in New York with fami
ly. Our best wishes are with
her for her mother’s speedy
recovery.
MYRTLE BEACH
Gene Shore
Hello everyone from the
supposed to be sunny Myrtle
Beach. With all the rain for
about a month and hurricane
Cindy tearing us apart we
are unable to keep our tans.
To see us one would think of
us as mountainers instead of
beachcombers.
Plans are underway and
construction near for the
new airport which is to be
constructed at nearby Crescent
Beach. We all will really be
glad for the move since the
new building will be complete
ly air conditioned and mod
ern. Since we are located now
on the Myrtle Beach A i r
Force Base you can well rea
lize how we feel after listen
ing to the jets take off all
day.
Introducing our agents
Gene Shore transferred from
CMH, Ezra Cook from SOP.
Jim McNiel from INT and
our manager Charles Donahoo
from SOP.
We expect next month to
be our best m'onth for passen
ger boardings. If good ole sun
ny weather comes in we hope
to board 1000. With our sche
dules this summer we should
do it. One bad thing about
our business here is if the
weather is bad our business is
bad. People just don’t come to
see us if the clouds are out.
BLUEFIELD ..
Ted Farrington, Jr.
Effective July 1, V. T. Dot
son assumed duties as Sta
tion Manager at BLF replac
ing T. F. Arnold, who was
transferred to TYS as Stati
on Manager.
Some of the agents have
taken their vacations in the
past couple of months. Johnny
Lawrence and his new bride
HEARINGS - From Page 1
statement he pointed out the
number of large industries in
the area he represented
which had travel interests to
the points in question.
Colonel Allen C. Perkinson,
Director of Aeronautics, State
Corporation Commission of
Virginia, appeared on behalf
of the State as well as a
number of the cities in Vir
ginia. He emphasized the large
number of military establish
ments in the State which had
strong travel interests to Day
ton and Toledo.
Mr. Charles E. Hodges, Ma
naging Director of the Charles
ton, West Va., Chamber of
Commerce, represented his
Chamber and the County
Court of Kanawha, West Va.
Mr. Hodges offered strong sup
port, indicating their need for
improved service to Toledo and
Dayton.
The Tri Cities area was
fully represented. Mr. James
H. W. Hauke, Chairman of the
Aviation Committee of the
Bristol, Tennessee/ Virginia,
Chamber of Commerce; Mr. A.
B. Coleman, Executive Vice-
President of the Kings
port Chamber of Com
merce; Mr. W. Hanes Lancas
ter, Jr., of the Johnson City
Chamber of Commerce; and
Mr. R. L. Looney, Secretary-
Treasurer of the Tri Cities
Airport Commission—all ap
peared and testified as to their
ai-ea’s need for improved ser
vice to Dayton, Toledo and
Detroit.
Mr. Cotton McGloughlin ap
peared in support of the ex
tension of our routes on be
half of Bluefield and Prince
ton. The Cincinnati presenta
tion brought into the open
some very interesting testimo
ny as to why Eastern
Air Lines has not inaugurated
service at that point. In addi
tion, we feel that Cincinnati’s
testimony lent support to our
case.
Our route proposal in this
proceeding and proposed sche
dules basically involve the
extension of existing services
from Cincinnati to Detroit via
Dayton and Toledo and from
Columbus to Detroit via To
ledo. In addition, certain eve
ning flights which present’,.y
terminate at Cincinnati and
Columbus would be extended
on to Dayton to overnight. We
propose to serve the route
took a western tour. Jim
Thompson and family headed
for Florida, and Ted Farring
ton and his wife stayed home
and went fishing. Joe Robert
son and wife enjoyed a cou
ple of days at Virginia Beach.
It is expected that the FAA
from Parkersburg will soon
be upstairs as Bluefield Radio.
WASHINGTON
John Simmons
Taking note of personnel
changes this month, we say
farewell to Jim Vestal who
transferred to RDU. Hugh Slu-
der, who has been Chief Ag
ent since September 1958,
leaves us to return to Tri-
Cities. His place is taken by
Don Shanks who comes to us
from Columbus. Welcome Don,
and thanks, Hugh, for a job
well done.
July Service Pins
Ralph W. Pendleton - DCA
10 yr.
Lee Roy Pickel - TRI 5 yr.
Richard V. Moore-GSO 10 yr.
William Coy Yates - INT 5 yr.
Robert Lee Martin-ROA 5 yr.
Thomas H. Orrell - INT 10 yr.
Via iVlr. Stork
Mr. and Mrs. Haycraft,
Louisville. Boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tieke,
Concinnati. Girl.
Promotions
Clarence R. Blackmon, Jr.
Promoted from Agent-FAY
to Chief Agent - CMH.
R. H. Caldwell promoted
from Chief Agent TYS to Sta
tion Manager LOZ.
R. C. Drewry from Agent -
ORF to Lead Agent PHF.
E. R. Sanders - RIC from
Lead Agt. To Chief Agt.
with both DC-3 and F-27
equipment. We are seeking au
thority for and propose skip-
stop operation between all
pairs of points including
rights to non-stop Cincinna
ti/Detroit and Columbus/De
troit. Our case was pre
sented on July 10 and 13.^
T. W. Morton, R. H. Reed,
and C. G. Brown, Jr. appear
ed on July 10. Mr. T. H.
Davis appeared the morn
ing of July 13.
The issues in this case are
relatively simple and clear-
cut and we would anticipate
that the case will progress
fairly rapidly.
RADAR — From Page 3
ed out that there was heavy
lightening around and the pas
sengers would have been con
siderably disturbed had he'
not been able to inform them
that he had been able to find
a path through the storms
through the use of radar. Thus
the radar not only contributes
to the passengers safety, but
enables the captains to keep
them informed as to what to
expect and therefore they are
more at ease.
Capt. Cottrell’s statement,
“I’m tickled to death with it.”'
probably sums up the attitude
of the crews as well as the
passengers toward the use of
radar during the stormy sum
mer season.
All of you have seen the
little screen in the cockpit of
the F-27. Looking much like
a miniature TV screen. This
instrument “paints” pictures
of storms or other targets,
shows the range of this tar
get and its direction with res
pect to the nose of the air
craft. The picture is painted
when the high frequency
radio waves are projected in
a narrow bean strike some
thing in their path and are re
flected in part back to the
radar equipment. These “echo”
signals are then converted to
visual dots on the screen, the
dots in turn forming the pic
ture of the object that has-
been sighted.
Piedmont is the only local
service carrier that has its
prop-jets fleet completely-
equipped with radar.