THEPiEomonim
NOVEMBER, 1959
PAGE TWO
Piedmont Aviation, Inc.
SMITH REYNOLDS AIRPORT
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
Dorothy Preslar, Editor
Correspondents this issue; Bob Bennington FAY,
I. M.
Blake HTS, W. L. Bullock LYH, Jim Fields AVL, Virg Flinn
PKB, Madge Lanier CLT-CTO, Paul Loar CMH, Ray Mohler
PHF, Louise Ramsey CLT, John Simmons DCA, R. A. Turbi-
ville EWN, Bob Wilson BKW.
An Alsop Fable
“Sheep of America, Arise—You have nothing to Lose but
Your Tempers!" So goes Stewart Alsop's slogan for brow
beaten Americans who accept poor service by those organi
zations dealing with the public.
Learning how to make first-class rows is Alsop's sugges
tion to Americans who don't want to be treated like sheep.
The simple one-two-three step process is:
1. Cause the face to turn purple and bug eyes in a
menacing fashion.
2. Hop up and down in the same place for one minute
while spasmodically waving both arms with fists clenched.
3. Shout with strangled outrage "Bring me the manager!"
or some other remark appropriate to the initiation of a first-
class row.
Alsop points out instances (some involving airlines) in
which Americans could profit by refusing to be "sheep" and
standing up for their rights.
"As for the airlines." he writes in the Saturday Evening
Post (October 3), "my quarrel with them—or some of them—
is summed up in one question. Why can't they treat their
customers the same way when they're on the ground as when
they're in the air?"
"Naturally you have to make distinctions—some airlines
long ago realized that the kind of efficiency which calls tor
Iroai'ing customers like sheep on the ground, while treating
them like kings in the air, is bad business in the long run."
In the Alsop frame of reference — Missing any sheep
lately?
Opportunity for Giving: Around the system—the United
Fund, incorporating many gifts in one; the National Heart
Association, fighting heart disease and disorders; and the
Christmas Seal Campaign, combatting tuberculosis. In Win-
ston-Salem—Junior Chamber of Commerce's Bundle Day, No
vember 22. items go to Goodwill l-ndustries who hire the
handicapped.
By DON BRITT
Your much-travelled columnist
has been F-27ing and DC-3ing all
over the place since the last is
sue. It’s good to get out and meet
some of you good employees
along the system. I’m still hav
ing trouble remembering some
of your names, but bear with me
and I’ll get that ironed out as
soon as possible.
Had a good day in Roanoke,
which Bob Miller likes to call
“Piedmont’s No. 1 Station!” Any
arguments? Had coffee with
Harold Gibson, Airport Manager
Marshall Harris, and others,
after which Bob and I visited
Roanoke people.
Had a two-day session with
Jim Humphreys, dropping in on
community leaders in Newport
News and Norfolk. Good air-
minded cities, those—with the
people very much alert to Pied
mont’s program for them! Art
Whittaker at Norfolk and Doug
Guin at Newport News and their
associates are doing top jobs
stationwise. The Norfolk station
folks were looking forward to
moving into new quarters.
Journeyed to Cincinnati with
Mr. Davis, where we were met
by Baker Slater and Tom Cowen.
We all had lunch with Chamber
of Commerce Manager Doug Ful
ler and Steve Strickland, his as
sistant. Steve and I compared
notes on what it takes to be As-
sistants-To. Hard to classify!
Came back by way of Prince-
ton-Bluefield, where I stopped
off and chatted with Vize Dotson
and his personnel. Lots of nice
letters, by the way, from folks in
Princeton-Bluefield about Dottie
Preslar’s PIEDMONITOR, in
which that area was featured
last month.
Took a short trip to Charles
ton, W. Va., where I met Orville
Larch, our new City Sales Rep
resentative there. We called on
folks in town, after having lunch
with Charleston Chamber of
Commerce Manager Charlie Hod
ges and others.
Orville’s making a good start
as a briefcase-carrying salesman
for Piedmont.
More recently, George Bennett,
Don Edmondson, and I were
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With STAN BRUNT
To get a couple of items over
and done with, two flight atten
dants, heretofore confirmed
bachelors, have acquired addi
tional supervisors.
Gene Johnson (INT) was mar
ried October 24 to Nancy Stants-
man in Winston-Salem. Charlie
Miller, also INT, was married
September 21 to Betty Callicutt,
also in Winston-Salem. Congratu
lations and best wishes go to
both Charlie and Gene.
Meanwhile, everybody else was
busy with charter trips of all
descriptions. Heading the list
are the college football teams-
which Piedmont is carrying this
year.
Bruce Lundy and Jim Connor
escorted West Virginia from
Morgantown to Washington and
return October 1. George Stack
and Charlie Cross went October
2 with Wake Forest to New Or
leans for a close game with Tu-
lane.
William and Mary were also
moving October 2. Jim Connor
and Danny Lambert (DCA) were
with the team from Newport
News to Roanoke, and Butch
sent up to Asheville for The
Southern Governors’ Conference.
Two governors, Tawes of Mary
land and Underwood of West
Virginia, flew Piedmont with
their parties. Also flying with
us were newspapermen and
magazine writers from Wash
ington, New York, Atlanta, etc.
Except for one lost bag (re
covered) and some bad weather
in Asheville on the last day,
there were no problems. Because
of the bad weather in Asheville,
the State Highway Patrol con
voyed Governor Tawes and his
party and others to TRI to catch
Piedmont, home.
Edmondson and Yours Truly
rode in the convoy, Don in the
lead patrol car, me bringing up
the rear, siren blasting! Vulgar
with power, we were! Governor
Underwood of West Virginia
showed up later on a National
Guard plane and caught our No.
73 out of TRI to Louisville.
Blackburn and Alan Kirk were
on the return flight.
Wake Forest was on the move
again October 9 to Washington
to play Maryland and return that
evening. George Stack and Char
lie Cross, whom we expect to be
named Honorary Coaches for
that team, and Yours Truly
looked after the Baptist Deacons.
The University of South Caro
lina traveled from Columbia to
Raleigh with Butch Blacltburn
and Bruce Luudy to play the
“Tarheels.” It proved the upset
of the week, so Bob Evans and
Mason Linker provided the “Cry
ing Towel” for the “Gamecocks”
on their return flight October 10.
Tom Adams took West Vir
ginia to Boston and stayed until
October 10 for the return flight.
Butch Blackburn and Bob Wel
fare were hosts to Ohio Univer
sity October 16 from Athens,
Ohio, to Youngstown, Ohio.
West Virginia again traveled
October 23 with Dick Sorrells
and Johnny Jones from Morgan
town to Syracuse. Piedmont was
host also to Hampden Sydney
College from Lynchburg to Tul-
lahoma, Tennessee, October 9
and back to Virginia the next
day.
Be they rumors or truth, the
following items have been con
tributed by reporters:
Up Norfolk way, Lillian and
Bob Dean have just moved into
their new home. It seems Bob is
spending most of his off time re
arranging furniture, hanging
drapes, etc.
Betty and Mac McKenney were
just before moving into their
new home, when they were
somewhat delayed. Someone
stole the water pump from the
house. We hope they have re
covered the pump, but, if they
haven’t, we hope the crook finds
it won’t work when he hooks it
up.
Tommy Simmons is busy
mending his fishing nets and
getting ready for the fall run.
Owen Dietz (ILM) was reported
to be on vacation in September
■—but no details. Bill Dolan went
hunting and fishing with his
folks who visited from Wiscon
sin.
Lonnie Dennis and Brownie
Wagner have been on the sick
list in Wilmington. We hope
they are on the road to recoveiy
and will be back to work soon.
With those boys under the wea
ther, Butch Blackburn has been
helping out on a few trips in
Wilmington.
Shirley and Davis Mellott paid
a call on the sunny' state of
Florida during a September va
cation. A1 Huddleston and wife
visited the nation’s capital dur
ing October. Also in the vaca
tion column. Paul Whitson and
his family returned several
weeks ago from a two-week va
cation in London. They were
visiting the family of Paul’s
wife.
In the event anyone did not
note Abe Lincoln’s memorandum
outlining the October 25 schedule
change, snack service on all
flights now is noted by the letter
“S.” This will eliminate keeping
up with one more form—the
catering schedule.
That’s all; more next month.
Saunders Will Lecture
H. K. Saunders, Piedmont Air
lines Vice-President, will be a
lecturer in the 13th annual Air
Transportation Institute of The
American University at Wash
ington, D. C., November 13..
Mr. Saunders will speak on air
carrier operations control by a
regional carrier.
The institute, one of four
transportation schools held an
nually by the university, will be
held November 9-20.
The curriculum includes de
velopment of commercial air
transportation and its regula
tion, problems of management
operations and problems in co
ordination of military and com
mercial operations and services.
I? is designed to equip junior
executives for management re
sponsibilities in air transporta
tion.