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THE PIEDMONITOR
OCTOBER, 1962
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*- Another group of lovelies have received their Piedmont wings and are
ROA maintenance personnel formed a watchful background as President T. H. Davis received an Air Force now flying the line as full-time Stewardesses. Being presented their pins
Certificate of Patriotic Service in ceremonies September 18. The presentation was made by Lt. Col. J. by President Davis are (left to right) Emily Baker, Deborah Smith, Vir-
Robert Thomas, Commander of the 9209th Air Force Reserve Recovery Squadron, Roanoke. ginia Gregory, and Jean Trainor.
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The scene is Hadley Field, New Brunswick, N. J. The date, September
1, 1927. It was there that air express, now celebrating its 35th anniver
sary, had its beginning. First used primarily for emergencies, air express
has become an integral part of America's freight transportation system.
Its growth can be seen in Piedmont's own statistics. In 1948 the com
pany had 18,832 ton miles of air express. In 1961 the total climbed to
203,856 ton miles, with further increase forecast.
“That's Our Girl" — The City of Princeton has taken a hometown interest in Dottie El
more, a member of Piedmont's first Stewardess class. The above display recently ap
peared in the window of a local photographer's studio, and was so popular that sev
eral other Princeton businesses requested the same display. It was set up by Ed Jones
with the help of other BLF personnel and the owner of the studio.
Come Josephine in my Beechcraft machine and we'll go on a promotional tour to push Beech's new single
engine airplane, the Musketeer. The two ladies, Joyce Case (left) and Gene Nora Stumbough, plus Michael
Gordon, visited the Beechcraft division of Piedmont Aviation, Inc., on the only promotional stop made in Beaming brightly, Rita Tallevast (left) and Gwenda Cobb marked their
North Carolina by the traveling trio. The new Musketeer they're introducing is the first standard airplane, official graduation from Stewardess training with the presentation of
with all essential instrumentation and a complete radio installation, designed to sell for under $14,000. their Piedmont wings by President T. H. Davis.