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iH£ momonim VOLUME III, NO. 12 APACE WITH THE PACEMAKERS DECEMBER, 1960 Service Hailed With Hearty Welcome Governor Greets Officials' Special Flight; Pledges Cooperation to New Air Industry They Know Real Meaning Of ChristrriGS Giving Two groups of men at Pied mont are helping to make Christ mas brighter this year for many people by devoting their time, talents and money, and by donat ing that precious commodity, whole blood. Six men responded to an emer gency call for type O Positive blood from Winston-Salem’s Bap tist Hospital for use. in open- heart surgery on a 16-year-old girl. Whole blood was needed to op erate the mechanical heart and lung machine which took over for the girl’s heart while sur geons performed the delicate op eration. Personnel who helped to make the operation possible were; Bob Alley, Accessories Shop, Airline Maintenance; Bobby Hoots and Final Mail Rate Set Piedmont’s final mail rate for the year beginning July 1, 1960, has been set by the CAB at $4,327,398. A part of the above figure — $162,000 — is estimated as serv ice mail pay. The Board has set Piedmont’s earnings element at 9.51 per cent based on a 75-25 debt-equity ratio which would produce earnings of $628,149. For the past period mail pay was made up of $167,923 in serv ice mail pay and $5,963,299 in subsidy which was based on break-even need of $5,091,175 and return on investment of $704,201. A previous CAB announcement lat-’t June had indicated that a higher earnings element percent age could be expected than was actually awarded. The rate of return now being given to local service carriers is less than that given to trunk lines. The inifustry is petitioning for a reconsideration of the present figu/e. C. H. Bodenheimer, both of Air line Maintenance; George Stack, Passenger Service; and Ralph C. Williams and Alexander Bian- ucci of INT Radio. In a hangar-wide undertaking involving most particularly the Paint and Fabric Shops toys are being made for the Christmas Cheer Toys Committee in Win- ston-Salem. Money is being contributed by departments in the hangar to buy materials to make cowboy vests and gun holsters for chil dren who otherwise could not expect a visit from Santa Claus this year. Those supplying the time and labor for making the toys are; Joe Fix, G. C. Myers, R. E. Grif fin, M. A. Knouse, L. G. Brown, T. F. Webb, F. W. Hastings, J. W. Gillespie, S. E. Smith, T. E. Robinson, C. E. Joyner, and H. P. Chatham. Brown 2nd V. P. Of Conference Vice President C. Gordon Brown was elected Second Vice President of the Air Traffic Con ference at its recent meeting in Washington, D. C. The Conference is a division of the Air Transport Associa tion. It has as its aim “to in crease the use and usefullness of air transportation and to further the interest of its members through cooperative efforts to deal with their mutual traffic, sales and advertising problems.” Mr. Brown, who was nomi nated from the floor, has as his fellow officers; President, Wil liam J. Mitchell, Vice President of Traffic and Sales, Bonanza Airlines; and First Vice Presi dent, William J. Morrisette, Vice President of Sales and Advertis ing, Eastern Airlines. The weather was cold but the reception was warm as Piedmont officials landed at Capitol City Airport to inaugurate service into Frankfort December 1. The Franklin County High School was on hand and struck up a lively march as the special DC-3 charter rolled to a stop at the ramp and company officers and home office representatives deplaned. Opening ceremonies at the air port included an official wel come to the city by Frankfort Mayor Paul Judd; a response from President Davis, who was introduced by Kentucky Aero- n a u t i c s Commissioner Philip Swift; and a brief address by Kentucky Governor Bert Combs. Also on hand to greet Mr. Davis and the other Piedmont officials were “Miss Piedmont”— Dotty Clark—and her two atten dants, Marcia Schroff and Jill Clark, who gave the President a red carnation boutonniere and a kiss symbolic of Frankfort hos pitality. The girls were elected by the Pep Clubs in their respec tive high schools to participate in the ceremonies. At the conclusion of the wel coming observance at the airport Piedmont and Fianktoit repre sentatives attended a reception given by Gov. Combs at the Executive Mansion. Reception and Banquet Following the Governor’s re ception, a second reception and a banquet were held at the Frankfort Country Club, this time hosted by the Frankfort Chamber of Commerce. V. O. Barnard, Chamber Presi dent, acted as toastmaster for the banquet and started the proceed ings by welcoming Piedmont on behalf of the Chamber of Com merce. He remarked that he was impressed by Piedmont’s “pro fessional attitude,” and added, “Frankfort is one of the last Capitols to have airline service. The schedules and service Pied mont are offering are good.” Official Welcome The program’s second speaker was Mayor Paul Judd. Mayor Judd traced the work and co operation which went into the installation of airline transpor tation for the city and added, “I am proud of the reception Frankfort officials have given to Frankfort’s new industry. Pied mont Airlines.” He recognized and praised for their efforts Charles Gartrell; Bob Pierce, Attorney for the State Dept, of Aeronautics; and Philip Swift, Commissioner of Aeronautics for the State of Ken tucky. Swift was presented a “Cer tificate of Appreciation” from the Chamber of Commerce for his work in obtaining airline serv ice. Some of the efforts cited at the banquet, incidentally, in cluded bulldozing trees near the airport on the morning of De cember 1 to clear the approach and obtain FAA approval. Barnard introduced Vice Presi dents Saunders and Northington and Secretary Fare, and pre sented President Davis with a Chamber “Certificate of Appre ciation” for “establishment of airline service into Frankfort.” Davis Thanlcs FFT In thanking Frankfort people for their warm reception, Mr. Davis termed the inauguration of service there as somewhat unique in that neither Piedmont nor the City had applied for serv ice by Piedmont, but added that “We couldn’t be more delighted with the efforts on Piedmont’s behalf.” He pledged the company’s best efforts toward providing modern, dependable air service and con tinued, to warm applause, that the next schedule revision will include an additional change to take passengers into the Louis ville area in the afternoon. Governor Speaks The evening’s final speaker was Kentucky’s “Number One Citizen,” Governor Combs, who urged contribution toward the advancement of Kentucky by airport construction and progress in education and welfare. He stated that just as he was often termed the state’s “Number One Citizen,” so Frankfort as the capitol should be the “Number One City” and as such should take a progressive lead. President T. H. Davis garnered several honors during the eve ning plus a gift representing one of Kentucky’s major industries. In addition to the Certificate of Appreciation from the Cham ber of Commerce, he was also presented a personalized keg of George T. Stagg Bourbon, sym bolic of Kentucky’s distillaries, and commemorating the first Frankfort-Richmond flight . Made A Colonel As the conclusion and high- point of the banquet, Mr. Davis (Continued on Page Three) Family Fare in Effect The Family Fare plan will go into effect seven days a week after January 1 if permission is granted by the CAB. In a recent application to the Board, approval was sought to place the plan into operation all week instead of the present Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day. In the same application per mission was also sought to dis continue discounts on round trips and circle trips. Piedmont officials anticipate no difficulty in obtaining ap proval for the requests, which should be granted sometime. i.n_ December. I RicHWnjte A I TO PIEDMONT WITH LOVE —■ At the Frankfort Country Club dinner saluting the inauguration of Piedmont Airlines' service for Frank- fot. Mayor Paul Judd (left) presents a keg of one of Frankfort's proudest products to Piedmont President T. H. Davis. Beaming over his company's Geo. T. Stagg is Schenley Industries' Vice President James B. O'Rear. Crawford Agent of Month “She always has a pleasant outlook toward her work and fellow emplo;^es. It is a pleasure to work with her.” These are some of the words used to describe ; Julia Crawford, current “Agent of the Month” ) for the Northeast Division. * In a nominating letter from her co-workers g in Lynchburg, Julia was described as having “the ! combination of all the charactertistics which go to make her the Agent of the Month. Her atti- SJl tude toward her work is one that would profit many others to have. She is loyal to Piedmont and does everything she can to transpose this Julia Crav^^ford loyalty to others.” Julia joined Piedmont in December, 1959, and, as evidenced by her fellow workers, has been doing a good job ever since. Other nominees for “Agent of the Month” were; Clayton Brooks, Roanoke; Austin F. Morrison, Washington; Willie E. Walker, Charlottesville; and J. L. Thompson, Richmond.
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