JUNE, 1961
THE PIEDMONITOR
PAGE FIVE
THE PIEDMONT POSTMAN
Dear Sir:
I spend most of my time tak
ing pictures of your F-27 and
other aircraft at the airport
here.
I have so many pictures of
your F-27 . . . (that) if you
don’t mind I would like to share
some with you.
I have not started on the air
to air ones yet, but hope to this
spring. For you I have enclosed
one photo of your F-27.
And I also want you to know,
the people of Piedmont here are
so nice to the public! Good luck
and easy flying.
Sincerely,
M.L.F.
Charlottesville
Dear Sir:
I just wanted to drop this note
to you to tell you about my won
derful experience with Piedmont
Airlines during the labor diffi
culties encountered by some of
the other airlines.
It was necessary for me to
make a trip to Washington, and
the only way for me to reach
my destination by air was
through the excellent service
that Piedmont offered by putting
on a special flight from Louis
ville to Washington. I wanted to
return to Louisville . . . and
Piedmont also offered the only
return flight.
I appreciate the fact that all
of your personnel were under a
tremendous strain and pressure
during this period, but everyone
of the “Piedmont family” was
most helpful and cooperative,
and every courtesy was extended
to me. I believe this only proves
that companies such as yours
are very much needed in the
American way of life.
We are indeed very proud of
all of your Piedmont staff in
Louisville and your District
Sales Manager, Mr. Joe Wathen,
is assuredly a great asset to
Piedmont and Louisville.
Sincerely,
L.C.T.
Louisville
Dear Sir:
After attempting several times
to fly to and from Louisville,
Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio, via
other airlines only to find my
self having to transfer in Wash
ington with a layover of several
hours; and often times, after get
ting on the plane headed for the
destination having engine
trouble or something else de
velop to cause delay, I feel I
have found a secret route or a
short cut to be able to fly Pied
mont and arrive at my destina
tion cool, calm, and on time. This
is what I found on a most en
joyable flight from Louisville on
your F-27.
Thank you for it, and your
staff for their most courteous
service. Your plane is beautiful.
sparkling clean, and cool, the
host is far superior to the hos
tess in his courteousness and ef
ficiency, Even your reservations
at the terminal is kind and help
ful, telling me about the Family
Plan (which no other airline has
taken time to explain to me or
ask if I wanted). There is no
comparison in your airline opera
tion with any of the other air
lines I have been flying on for
the past three years.
From now on when I fly, I
fly Piedmont F-27’s. I hope the
F-27’s fly where I go. Thank
you all again.
Sincerely,
Mrs. J.H.M.
Richmond, Va.
Dear Sir:
On June 8th my wife and I
flew to Asheville, N. C. Unfor
tunately we were delayed on
our departure due to mechanical
difficulty.
We would just like to take
this opportunity to express our
appreciation for the very fine
way we were treated by your
Mr. Haley (R. P. Haley—Ed.) at
Standiford Field here in''Louis
ville. It is certainly a pleasure
to be treated like a human being
once in a while and it is for this
reason that I am writing this
letter.
Our flight . . . was the first
time we have ever flown Pied
mont and I hope we will be able
to take future trips via Pied
mont.
Sincerely,
B.E.F.
Louisville
Here are some of the officials attending the recent dedication of the
Charlottesville airport terminal. From left to right are: Airport Commis
sion Chairman Gus K. Tebell; Clerk of City Council J. Sidney Rush;
Mayor Louis L. Scribner; Airport Commissioner E. H. Bain; City Council
man Bernard J. Haggerty; Councilman Robert E. Lee; Albemarle Super
visor George C. Palmer; State Aeronautics Director Col. Allan C. Parkin
son; Councilman Lindsay B. Mount; Albemarle Commonwealth Atty.
Dov/ning L. Smith; Maj. Al Nowitzsky, State Div. of Aeronautics; Albe
marle Supervisor M. Y. Sutherland; Albemarle Board Chairman John W.
William; Dick Mahn, Piedmont Station Manager; Airport Commissioner
Goode O. Love; and Don Britt, Assistant to President Davis.
A Few Facts On Transportation Tax
A recent information bulletin
from the Air Transport Associa
tion contained this little quiz
about the transportation tax. It
contains these thought-provok
ing facts:
Q—How much did the average
passenger spend for his domes
tic trunkline one-way ticket in
1960?
A—$36.23.
Q—How much did the airlines
keep as net profit per passenger?
A—Two cents.
Q—How much did the Federal
Government make off each pas
senger, in the form of various
taxes imposed?
A—$4.00 per passenger.
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Mayors Receive
CAB Letter
The Civil Aeronautics Board
has issued the latest in a series
of letters on passenger traffic to
mayors of cities served by local
service airlines.
According to CAB Chairman
Alan Boyd, the letters are de
signed to help city heads de
termine the extent to which
their communities are utilizing
the local air services offered.
Said Boyd, “ . . . the CAB, in
its over-all review of local air
line services, has substantially
expanded air service to afford
as many persons and communi
ties as possible the advantages
of air transportation.
“These expanded services are
a considerable expense to the air
lines and to the government in
the payment of subsidy. Unless
adequate use is made of the air
service, its cost to the govern
ment is not warranted, and con
tinuation of the service would
not be in the interests of the
public.
“The Board is hopeful that
(the letter’s) information will be
helpful to the cities involved and
that it will be publicized so that
the community at large will be
aware of its air traffic genera
tion and of the possibility that
the service can be lost if not
used.”
The CAB is continuing its
standard of five passengers a
day as the minimum quota for
maintaining air service. Lists of
the number of passenger board
ing are being sent quarterly to
each mayor.
Vaughn Monroe is doing his “Racing With the Moon” these days via
Piedmont Pacemaker. The star was in SHD to attend the graduation of
his daughter from Southern Seminary Junior College. Stopping to chat
with him a moment is Manager Bob Lipscomb.
Most girls hitch their wagon
to a man who works like a horse.
* * *
Be careful of your thoughts—
they may break into words at
any time.
* *
Fun is exactly like life insur
ance—the older you get the more
it costs.
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Other dignitaries attending the Charlottesville dedication (left to right):
Albemarle County Supervisors H. Ashby Harris and O. Robert Thraves;
Architects David Gibson and Thomas Craven; Albemarle County Exec
utive Maupin Pence; Airport Manager Richard E. Holladay, and City
Atty. Paul D. Summers. (Photos by Alan Bruns, The Daily Progress).
Social Security
Law Explained
The following questions and
answers may help you to better
understand the social security
law. If you wish additional in
formation about social security,
please direct your inquiries to
your nearest social security ad
ministration district office.
Q. Did the 1960 amendments re
duce the amount of work re
quired for me to become eli
gible for benefits?
A. Yes! The amendments re
duced the amount of work re
quired for an insured status
by about one-third.
Q. What is a “Quarter of Cover
age?”
A. A “quarter of coverage” is a
calendar quarter in which an
individual has been paid a
specified amount of wages; or
for which he has been cred
ited with a specified amount
of self-employment income.
Q. What do you mean by a speci
fied amount of Avages or self-
employment income?
A. The specified amount of
wages is at least $50 paid to
an individual during a calen-
Piedmonitor
Market
FOR SALE—Two-door 1959 hard
top Catalina Pontiac, black and
white with red and white in
terior. Good tires, 425 hp, three
two-barrel carburetors with
low ratio cam and lock rear
end. Will take $200 and re
sumption of payments on car.
Can be seen at RMT airport
or 491 Duke Circle, RMT.
Phone GI 2-7475, Richard Tal
ley.
FOR SALE OR TRADE—Golf
bag and starter set of left-
handed golf clubs, two woods
and three irons. Formerly
owned by right-handed old
maid school teacher who only
played golf on Sundays. Will
trade for anything. Charlie
Cross, ORF.
dar quarter, except for farm
workers, for whom the re
quired amount is different. A
self-employed person is cred
ited with four quarters of
coverage for each year in
which he has net earnings of
$400 or more. If his net earn
ings are less than $400 he is
not credited with any quar
ters of coverage.