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VOLUME IV, NO. 3
APACE WITH THE PACEMAKER
MARCH, 1961
Keith Recommends Piedmont For Routes
New Posirion Created,
Brunt, Warner In Posts
Two important organizational
changes were made at Piedmont,
effective March 1.
In announcing the new posts,
Vice President C. Gordon Brown
I stated that the
I changes were
s aimed at con-
gtinuing the air-
I lines’ policy of
maintaining the
highest stand
ards of custom
er service.
Stan Brunt
' has been named
Brunt to the new posi
tion of Director—Customer Rela
tions and Harold L. Warner has
been appointed Director—Flight
Services.
In his new post Brunt will be
responsible for handling all serv
ice complaints and claims relat
ing to passengers and cargo as
well as all matters pertaining to
lost and found. In addition, he
will assist in handling special
events of the company.
As Director—Flight Services,
Warner will be in charge of all
Flight Attendants and catering
for the airlines. This will involve
recruiting and training of all
Flight Attendant personnel and
the provision of all in-flight serv
ices.
Brunt, a 12-year veteran with
Piedmont, has served as Flight
Attendant, System Chief Purser,
and Superintendent of Passenger
Service. He’s a member of the
Forsyth Saddle Club; the Win
ston-Salem Traffic Club; the
Board of Directors for the Ser-
toma Club; and a past Secretary
of the Airline Customer Rela
tions Conference. He has also
been recently appointed to the
Forsyth County Committee on
Public Solicitation.
Warner has been with Pied-
|m o nt Airlines
is ince 19 5 0,
Swhen he joined
®the company as
■ a Flight Atten
dant. He subse
quently served
as Sales Repre
sentative; Man-
a g e r of the
Joint Airlines
Military Traffic
Office at Fort Eustis, Va.; City
Sales Manager; and more recent
ly District Sales Manager for a
large portion of Eastern North
Carolina. He is a member of the
Cary Lions Club; the Raleigh
Chamber of Commerce; the Dur
ham Chamber of Commerce; the
Sanford Traffic Club and the
Masonic Order, Lodge 216, Sands-
ton, Va.
Warner
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Chief" Gregory First To Retire;
Receives Retirement Check
N E Agent of Month
Is J. L. Martin
J. L. Martin has been selected
as “Agent of the Month” for the
Northeast Division.
In nominating him, his fellow
workers at the Charlottesville
station cited his work on their
new quarters there and his “will
ingness, ability, neatness, and co
operative spirit.”
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ROUTES RECOMMENDED are indicated above by thin lines.
Points not shown on map include Hazard, Ky.; Nashville, Tenn.; New
River Valley Airport serving Pulaski, Blacksburg and Radford, Va.; Salis
bury, N. C.; Lumberton, N. C.; Wilson-Greenville; and Fredricksburg, Va.
Or the flight could go from
Florence to Myrtle Beach, Wil
mington, Jacksonville-Camp Le-
jeune, either Goldsboro or Kins
ton, and Rocky Mount, Rich
mond, Fredricksburg, and Wash
ington.
Martin was
born in Martins-
ville, Va., and
S graduated from
; John D. Bassett
High School,
Bassett, Va. He
" ^ attended Wea-
ver Airline
(School at Kan
sas City, Mo.,
and started
I with Piedmont
J. L. Martin in 1955 at the
Norfolk station.
He was transferred to Char
lottesville shortly afterwards and
has been located there except for
a period of military leave which
he completed in April, 1960.
Martin lists as his hobbies
golfing and bowling. He is mar
ried to the former Jo Ann
Nichols of Martinsville.
President T. H. Davis presents check to Rondo Gregory.
By passing a milestone in his
life, “Chief” Rondo Gregory has
helped Piedmont pass a mile
stone too.
Mr. Gregory this January be
came the first man to retire from
Piedmont Aviation, Inc., and
March 1 received the first retire
ment check ever issued by the
company.
From October, 1946, through
1960, he was Piedmont’s one-man
police force, a post which earned
him his nickname of “Chief.”
“I’ll miss Piedmont,” said Mr.
Gregory. “All of the people I’ve
met here, from the highest com
pany officers on down, are some
of the finest persons I’ve ever
known. Mr. Davis has been my
only boss, and he’s a fine man.”
A well-known figure at the
INT operations, Mr. Gregory
was with the company from its
beginning. “During my years
with Piedmont I always tried to
keep a close watch on the com
pany’s property,” he continued.
“and make sure that the grounds
were kept safe for Piedmont
people.”
What is he going to do with
his spare time now? “Well, the
first thing I’ll do, I guess, is take
a long rest. I’ll be back to visit
often, though. You know,” he
said with a smile, “I think I’ll
get homesick for Piedmont.”
Pakistan Visitor
Gives Lecture
“Pakistan and the United
States are strong allies. We
should both get to know more
about each other’s countries.”
So said Asghar Ali Choudhery,
a native of Pakistan, in a recent
talk before a group of INT em
ployees.
Choudhery has been assigned
to Piedmont for several weeks
(Coatlnued on Page Five)
A Civil Aeronautics Board Ex
aminer has recommended that
Piedmont Airlines be awarded
new routes that would extend
its service north to Baltimore
and south to Atlanta.
The Examiner, James Keith,
recommended that Piedmont be
awarded three new routes and
that a fourth route be extended.
Baltimore-Atlanta
Under the recommendation,
which will have to be acted upon
by the full CAB, the Baltimore
to Atlanta flight would stop at
either Charlottesville or Staun
ton, and at Lynchburg. From
there it could go either by (1)
Roanoke, Bristol - Kingsport-
Johnson City, Asheville, and At
lanta or it could go by (2) Dan
ville, Greensboro-High Point or
Winston-Salem, Salisbury, Hick
ory, and Asheville, then to At
lanta.
Under Keith’s plan. Piedmont
would also extend its service
westward to Nashville, Tenn.
Service Extension
The second new route recom
mended by Keith would sweep
down the coasts of Virginia,
North Carolina and South Caro
lina, starting at Washington and
ending at Atlanta.
The third would create a new
route from Charleston, W. Va.,
to Atlanta via Johnson City-
Kingsport-Bristol and Asheville.
Cities Added
The East Coast flight would
add some North Carolina cities
to the Piedmont schedules. The
flight, starting at Atlanta, would
stop at Augusta, Ga., and
Florence, S. C. From there it
could reach Washington through
Lumberton and Fayetteville or
Goldsboro and Kinston, and Wil
son-Greenville, Elizabeth City,
Norfolk, and Newport News.
Other Points
Several cities would be added
via the New River Valley Air
port, which services Dublin, Pu
laski, Radford and Blacksburg.
The point of Hazard, Ky., would
also be added.
Other points of the Examiner’s
recommendation are: (1) Year-
round service for Myrtle Beach
with seasonal service remaining
at Southern Pines; (2) The “use
it or lose it” policy is effective
on at least some of the routes;
and (3) Skip-stop authority has
been included between many im
portant points.
President Comments
President T. H. Davis, in com
menting on the Examiner’s de
cision, said, “It almost goes with
out saying that we are delighted
and pleased with the recommen
dations in our behalf made by
the Examiner.
“The Examiner has done an
outstanding job of analyzing the
role of the local service airlines
as they relate to this ever-grow
ing Southeastern area of our
nation.
“We look forward now to a de-
c i s i o n of the CAB and stand
ready to begin operations just as
soon as the Board gives us an
effective date.
“It is impossible for us to ex
press our appreciation adequate
ly to the many civic leaders in
the communities involved in this
far-reaching case for their efforts
thus far to acquire new and addi
tional air service. Their coopera
tive spirit has been tremendous
and we are grateful.”