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PAGE SIX THE PIEDMONITOR DECEMBER, 1961 PIEDMONT PRESS NOTES PARKERSBURG-MARIETTA—Wood County Airport had its first annual Christmas party recently at St. Mary’s Hunting Lodge, which is situated on a mountain top near the airport. Personnel from all local travel bureaus, the Air Express Company, Post Office, fixed base operators, and the airline stations were invited. According to Virg Flinn it was the first such party there and was a great success. Don Shanks served as host along with Bob Cush man of the local FAA office and did so well that PKB is already looking forward to the next one. Two staffers there have been doing their duty for Uncle Sam recently with Charlie Hall serving two weeks with the Air Force Reserve and Gary Schuman in the Army. “We in PKB wish you all a Merry Christmas,” says Virg., “and a Martin 404 New Year.” NEW BERN — Vacations for the year were finished up dur ing the last two months at EWN writes Bill Downs. Dave Morri son and son Jody took in a world series baseball game back in October and Larry Wall and family visited Williamsburg, Va., RDU, and Smithfield, N. C. Last month Bill and his missus took a trip to Nassau, ditto Larry Smith. On November 28 another girl was born to Margaret and Larry Wall. WINSTON-SALEM — Secretary Betty Fulp recently set what might well be a record for high bowling score in the Lunchtime League. Betty clobbered the pins for a high game of 222. Work is progressing on the new storage warehouse adjacent to the hangar — it’ll be used for storage on Martin 404 parts and equip ment. In the rest of the buildings the atmosphere is on the frantic side with everyone trying to cope with Martins and the holidays at the same time. INT Station Manager Jack Brandon welcomes Tom Adams and Max Tatum to the station as Agents. Both are former Flight Attendants and Brandon says they’re doing a fine job. He also adds holiday greetings from the INT crew. ROANOKE — Piedmont, along with Air Cargo, Inc., Novem ber 26th, presented a certificate to Earl A. Hunter in recognition of his service to air freight. The certificate read: “Honoring a Decade of Air Freight Service. This certifies that Earl A. Hunter on November 26, 1961, completed ten years of dependable and meritorious service to the aviation industry and to the shippers and receivers of air freight throughout the United States, thereby contributing to the growth and expansion of the transportation of property by air, the encouragement and development of foreign and domestic commerce, and of the national defense.” WASHINGTON — Writes Farrell Lee, “People here in Wash ington really go for winter vacations. Marilyn Eastes, Senior Com munications Operator, has returned from a 17-day tour, having visited six different countries. Marilyn and her mother, plus 16 other airline employees, left from New York by jet on the TWA vacation tour. One of the most thrilling sights was to see the Queen and the Royal Coaches in London, says Marilyn. As for her mother, she now believes dreams do come true. Mechanic Jim Anderson and family spent their vacation in Pennsylvania. Jim likes to hunt turkey there but had no luck. Others taking vaca tions are Gene Fox and Todd Currence. “From the personnel here in DCA to our fellow employees we would like to share this poem in wishing everyone a Merry Christmas: ‘P—is for the pioneers who founded this our line; I— is for the interest shown from patrons time to time; E—is for the effort great we all have tried to show; D—is for distinction where- ever Piedmont may go; M—is for mentality our department heads must share; O—is for outstanding, far beyond compare; N—is for the new things we seek, whether they be great or small; T—is for the top of the list. Piedmont, best of all’.” TRI-CITIES — “TRl has certainly had a few changes this past month,” notes Susan DeMarco. “We are happy to announce that Bill Hamilton is now our new District Sales Representative — al though we do hate to let DCA have Bud Halsey. Also, Agent Glenn Shanks is now Lead Agent in Reservations. Besides all this we are getting Cai’olyn Pearson back from TYS, which calls for a celebration. To celebrate all these goings on we planned our Christmas party for December 18.” ASHEVILLE — Naomi McGuinn just ,got back from a “real cool” vacation in Alaska and after catching up a bit sends this word on the latest AVL events: “It was a pleasure having Bob McAIphin and Pete Jones as guests at our station meeting Decem ber 5. We would like to welcome two new employees, Jeri Bly and Betty McGuinn. They will be working in our fabulous CTO which will be opening soon. Congratulations to Evon Whitacre on win ning two hams at a turkey shoot during Thanksgiving. It was quite a thrill for her to out-fox her husband. Bill. “Our Manager, Jack Gwennap, likes the Volkswagen so much he just had to get a gray ’62 model. The features he likes so well are that he can travel miles on a spoonful of gas, and to inflate the tires he just coughs in them. David Smith joined the gang and purchased a ’62 Corvair. Among recent vacationers were Jack Gwennap, David Cameron, and Eddie Gabriel. Jack wagoned up to Parkersburg while David and Eddie relaxed at home. We would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.” HUNTINGTON — Irene Blake says the big news at HTS re cently was their Christmas party which was a great success. “I’d like to take this opportunity,” says Irene, “to thank Roanoke and Charlottesville Agents for being so nice in helping me to be able to spend Thanksgiving in New England.” SHENANDOAH — Their bowling team is still in the cellar, moans Bill Pearman, but one night they did beat the number one team two out of three games. “Big Daddy” Lipscomb bet all Pied mont bowlers a steak that they couldn’t win a single game. Bob lost and all the bowlers are about as satisfied as if they were in first place. Recent visitors to SHD include; E. W. Larson, Aero nautical Radio, Inc.; Wolfgang Schoenwandt, Lufthansa German Airlines; Robert G. Minard, United Airlines; and Ed Best, LYH. ROCKY MOUNT — Prank Slone writes: “As I have stated many times before. Rocky Mount is a very friendly city. The latest to verify this is Agent E. B. “Bo” Fields. He was married No vember 18 to the former Joan Cox, a RMT girl. The best of luck and happiness to you both. We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the New Year and the hopes of what it will mean for us and Piedmont. A decision on the Piedmont Area Case and the sched uling of the Martin 404, just to mention a couple. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish each and every Piedmonitor a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Joyous New Year.” GREENSBORO-HIGH POINT — Vacations there for ’61 have come to an end. Gene Shore recently returned from California and Nevada where he tried his luck at the casinos. His only comment was that casinos are nice but terrible on the pocket book. Agents Richard Smith and Lyle Cox went on a deer hunt last month in Western North Carolina but unfortunately the only thing they caught was the flu. Manager Vernon Moore spent a few days fishing in Florida but he caught so many fish he had to throw them back so there would be some left for the other tourists. Agent C. R. Blackman spent his days back in his home town of FAY. GSO newcomer Ralph Cashatt is welcomed. Every one has been getting his exercise lately with all the cargo GSO has been handling since trunk service was discontinued at INT. Last month a total of 29,725 pounds in freight, mail, and express were handled. ri L.l LLd I'-i" n D n rri rg e Cl E n. 13 ij DOW’T VORGtT,VJt GO OUT TWt /\VT DOOR OU 1U\S ' NORFOLK — “Norfolk’s bowling team just couldn’t stand prosperity,” writes Bob Wylie. “A few short weeks ago they were in a two-way tie for first place (the first time in four years, we might add) and then the bottom fell out. They are now tied for fourth place.” Bob Wyle had an unusually good night last month when he bowled a high duck pin league game of 182 and a high league set of 411. Other team members are Bill Halsey, Paul Wyatt, Charlie Cross, Otis Barnett (NAL), Carey Lindsay, and J. C. Ham- lett (UAL). New Reservations Agent Karen Kingsley took the fatal step in November and got married. The ORF crew sends their congratulations to Karen and her new spouse. COLUMBUS — This word comes from reporter Shirley Sword: “Mike Hollern recently was a special guest of the Navy in PHF when the Enterprise was commissioned. Ray Campbell and his wife Betty have just moved into a new home, and Ray says the only bad thing will be shoveling his way out when the snow starts this winter. Bert Cai’los won a turkey for his Thanksgiving dinner by bowling 245 in the airport league. Station Manager Bill Cash just signed on the dotted line for a new home. The CMH Agents were all kept pretty busy this past month. We held a contest to see how many times we could get Flight 98 out on time. We didn’t win the contest but we have a very good record with only three delays recorded for the month. How’s that for a record! Yours truly and hubby Orval recently returned from a whirlwind trip to Los Angeles for the weekend and about the only thing we didn’t have time to do was sleep. We also flew down to INT to see our fabulous Buckeyes beat Wake Forest in basketball.” BLUEFIELD — BLF staffers are looking forward to the com ing of the Martins, according to Ted Farrington. Says Ted, “They will create a new mode of transportation for this area, since it will introduce to our station the many wonderful features such as pressurization, speed, and many other features which we were unable to acquire through the introduction of the F-27. As most crew members can verify this section has many air enthusiasts who jam the airport on Sundays just to watch the flights. I can irnagine the throngs of area residents who will voluntarily visit the airport for the first several Martin flights. “A bond issue was voted on recently in Mercer County which would allow the county to improve the airport facilities and ex tend our runway to 5,100 feet. The vote was a landslide and sur veyors are already at work. Kent Moses says he would love to stay around and help us figure out the Martin forms but Uncle Sam might want to familiarize him with various military devices. Kent is now waiting on his final call which he expects sometime in January or February.” WATLINGTON ELECTED . . . (Continued from Page One) the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Regional Campaign Chairman for the American Red Cross, and Presi- d e n t of the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Watlington and his wife and two children make their home in Winston-Salem. INT FIGURES . . . (Continued from Page One) trucks a week running between Winston-Salem and Roanoke carrying company material we couldn’t handle due to the amount of revenue cargo we have.” “We’d like to thank all the people who’ve helped us, es pecially the crew in ROA who have had to transfer the Nor folk-bound comat.” Co4iJcyuitl 15 YEARS SERVICE Johnny Lewis, Dispatcher, INT, December 1 10 YEARS SERVICE James A. Wilson, Ld. Cleaner, INT, December 3 Lester G. Brown, Sr. Spec., INT, December 6 Homer G. Carter, Ld. Mech., INT, December 10 Joe Z. Christenbury, Inspec., INT, December 10 Robert V. Davis, Inspec., INT, December 10 Lewis H. Hand, Spec., INT, De cember 10 Ray D. Satterfield, Sta. Chf. Mech., INT, December 10 5 YEARS SERVICE Irene Blake, Agt., HTS, Decem ber 1 Madgeline Lanier, Agt., CLT, December 1 John W. Yates, Stockrm Clrk., INT-FB, December 1 Gerald W. Barger, Agt., RIC. December 10 Verne B. Crisp, Agt., RDU, De cember 24 Paul W. Swaim, Jr. Spec., INT, December 26 Samuel H. Crosby, Cleaner, INT, December 26 PROMOTIONS J. L. Miner to F/O V. P. O’Brien to F/O L. R. LaFollette to F/O A. J. Camera, Jr. Mech. to Mech. R. E. Raines, Mech. to Sr. Mech. N. C. Noah, Jr. Spec, to Spec. C. E. Hester, Mech. to Sr. Mech. W. A. Foster, F.A. to Sales Rep_,.. INT W. H. Widener, Ld. Agt. DCA to Asst, Crew Coordintr., INT TRANSFERS Carolyn A. Pearson, TYS to TRI Max Tatum, F.A. to Agt., INT Tom Adams, F.A. to Agt., INT NEW EMPLOYEES Lee Roy Boone, Agt., Oper., DCA Robert M. Bullock, Agt., Oper., DCA Walter E. Burcham, Jr. Radio Tech., INT' Ronald E. Kelly, Agt., Oper., CVG Karen F. Kingsley, Agt., Res., ORF Rebecca Mims, Agt., Res., DCA 0 1 in Robinson, Jr. Stk Clrk., ROA Donald W. Tate, Agt., Oper., GSO Durward L. Atkins, Jr. Mech., INT Harvey D. Campbell, Jr. Mech., INT McDonald F. Everidge, Jr. Mech., INT Harry L. Joyce, Jr. Mech., INT Thomas B. King, Jr. Spec., INT Kenneth G. Lawson, Jr. Spec., INT Alfred G. Macemore, Jr. Mech., INT Max A. Sinclair, Jr. Spec., INT Romie B. Thomasson, Jr. Mech., INT James C. Ward, Jr., Mech., INT Douglas C. M i 1 g r i m, Mech., ROA-FB Charles R. Elliott, Jr. Radio Tech., INT Lawrence G. Brooks, Agt., GSO Ralph E. Cashatt, Agt., Oper., GSO Ranson D. Sasser, Mech. ,1NT Shannon K. Stevens, Agt., Res., DCA Jerry E. Way, Ramp Agt., PHF John E. Dail, Agt., ORF Danny Hicks, Jr. Stk. Clrk., INT Thomas J. Kennedy, Ground School Instr., ORF James C. Lawson, Charter Pilot, INT-FB Betty A. McGuinn, Agt., AVL (Continued on Page Five)
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