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FEBRUARY, 1963 THE PIEDMONITOR PAGE THREE PIEDMONT PRESS NOTES CHARLESTON — It’s been a cold, cold time in CRW lately, with some of the Agents getting stuck at the bottom of the airport hill and having to walk to work in ten below weather. The Jim Birthisel family has a new son to boast of, reports Ruth Shu mate. CRW is looking forward to their steak dinner, having missed so many times before by just a slight margin. They’re also looking forward to the schedule changes and having a Martin on Flight 2 and 5 in stead of a DC-3. As has been noted before, this is the year of the West Virginia Centennial, and to help cele brate, one of the new 404’s will carry the dates of West Virginia statehood and the state’s name. High state officials will participate in a ceremony to chris ten the new airplane. ATLiANTA-O — Agent Tommy Young recently visited a number of stations on the system including AVL, TRI, CLT, and INT, and after cordial greetings discussed ATL operations with the staffs. Agent B. R. Britt just returned from out west where he practiced up on his sky diving. Chief Agent W. A. Comer and his family are under the weather, and get well wishes are sent to all. KNOXVILLE — David Anderson has been as signed reporter duties, replacing Carl Simpson who has gone to LOZ to relieve Jim Minnicks. Jim is ill and best wishes are extended for his speedy recovery. “Personnel at the TYS station extended congratula tions to Manager T. F. Arnold,” writes David, “on his 15th anniversary with Piedmont. He started on February 1, 1948. Barbara Ironside, second prize win ner in the Piedmont-TWA contest, has chosen as her destination SFO, returning to TYS via LAX. Upon her return she’ll be taking an extended vacation to await the stork. Congratulations go to Capt. Pete Dickens and his wife on the birth of a second daughter, Eliza beth Grayson. Looks as if TYS will soon be boasting of another Sammy Snead in Agent Harold Giles. Every off day Harold spends his time practicing in his own back yard or on the course. He has assured us he’s going to buy a brand new set of clubs the first time he breaks 100!” PULASKI — “PSK went over quota by 14 per cent in January, thanks to fairly good weather,” writes Glen Shanks. “We are going to try for 500 per month before long. We were sorry to see Agent Don Knight leave us but can’t say we blame him for wanting to go to the coast and MBC. It is hard to believe that we will not be seeing anymore DC-3’s around from now on, but that’s progress. Just hope the F-27’s and 404’s will be as faithful as the Gooney Bird. I sup pose most of you know, but in case you don’t, we con sider Dublin the rat capital of the world. We usually ship several thousand mice, rats, and hamsters to va rious parts of the country each week. It won’t be long until the soaring enthusiasts will be pulling out their gliders and sail planes. If any of you are interested in the sport come to PSK some weekend and we’ll try to arrange a ride for you.” SHENANDOAH — There was good weather in the valley during January, reports Roger Greenlaw, and boardings hit an all-time high of 904 passengers. The big news at SHD is Buddy Robinson’s upcoming trip to Germany, courtesy of Lufthansa. The five-day, all-expense paid trip to several German cities was given Buddy for his continuing efforts to promote in ternational travel. Needless to say, he’s very excited and says even the shots he had to take didn’t perturb him. Interline visitors for the month include Pete Ginter of Lufthansa and John Faber of Air France. A. M. Morton (center), Director—Current Scheduling tor American Airlines, visited INT last month to talk with Preston Wilbourne (left). Director—Tariffs and Schedules, and AI Shulley, Assistant Director—Tariffs and Schedules. Morton visited the department to discuss ways to work out better interline schedule connections. LOUISVILLE — “Things in ‘Big L’ are looking up,” notes Howard Hughes. “What with all the new service and the fact that we won a steak dinner, we feel we’re almost over the hump. Shall we order spaghetti, Mr. Turbiville? Since we last wrote The Piedmonitor, the stork has a bundle of joy called Stephen Jason at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mac Moore. I don’t believe our bowling team is still the holder of the first place title, however. I’m sure that they rate first in enthusiasm and ‘just one more chance.’ If they could ever teach Reggie Powell to use a right swing, they have it made! Agent Don Carlye and family have gone “Buck Eye gathering.” Don says it isn’t nearly as cold, even in Ohio, with your big feet planted under Mamma’s table, as it is in SDF with a five-inch snow and 20 below. Mary Kost just returned from her vacation, and it seems while she was home her father somehow got the idea she would be enlisting in the Peace Corps and he thought a little advance agricultural training would do her no harm. As a result, she learned how to scoop corn, herd cattle, grade eggs, and worst of all, retire early and rise even earlier!” FAYETTEVILLE — A big welcome is extended to the newest FAY Piedmont members in the persons of Sandra Bennett, Henry Poole, Mowyer Calloway, and Billy Joe Thompson. Reporter Jane Fryar is back at work after two weeks in the hospital, and extends a thank you to all the employees who visited her while she was sick. A recent holiday traveler was Connie Ziek who traveled to DCA to visit family and friends. RALEIGH-DURHAM — This communique comes from J. P. Wheeler: “We sure have missed those bas ketball charters at RDU this winter. Coaches at the University of North Carolina, N. C. State, and Duke, have been continuously asking about chance of char ters and they get the same answer, ‘No equipment available.’ Compensating days are in progress here. Coval Williamson, Carolyn Repass, and Verne Crisp are already through with theirs. Willie made several short trips on Piedmont, just like it was not cold enough here. Carolyn took a trip up to the north eastern part of the U. S., and Verne spent about all his time at home—sick—don’t believe he was able to get in much, if any, bird-hunting. Gene Shaw is next on the list and there are rumors of a big trip to Las Vegas.” PLta$t keep ovir btiUelin. boat'd clean, Txcftt at ill iimts. Th*nk^ GOLDSBORO — Reporter Bill Evans sends us this look over 1962: “Looking back over the year just ended, we at GSB came up with a few statistics we are proud of. After a bit of calculating by our Man ager Parker Haley, we found we were 27th out of 47 stations in gross ticket sales for the month of Decem ber. Further investigation found us 30th in ticket sales for the 12 months just ending, although we only opened here in June. Total for the year was $110,540. Included in this was a number of international sales. A good percentage of our passengers were long-haul, with an average per passenger of $59.25. Our goal in 1963 is for a quarter million dollars in sales. A happy anniversary is extended to Dan Berry, who claims he really celebrated. Don Townsend is really looking for ward to his vacation. Seems that either Don Wester or Hollis Cook is known to a certain party as ‘Wil bur.’ What could she mean??” ATLANTA-R — Our gal from ’way south, Peg Pequignot, says ATL started the New Year off with a bang by boarding 4,281 passengers — 781 over quota. January 3 was a red-letter day, as they chalked up 350 boardings. This is especially good since 18 trips were cancelled due to weather. “We bid fond farewell to Agent Norman Salvatore,” continues Peg, “who left February 15 to return to Tampa. He leaves a gap that will not be easy to fill. We wish him the best and hope he’ll visit us frequently. We were honored this month with two celebrities — Michael “Little Joe” Landon of Bonanza, and vocalist Jane Morgan. The sales training course has been started, and we hope by a thorough review of this course we will all become ‘super-salesmen’ and ready to meet the challenge ahead.” Mrs. Thelma Taylor Davis, Supervisor—Convention and Charter Sales, on February 6, became the first woman at Piedmont to receive a 15 Year Pin. Shown here at the pin presentation by President T. H. Davis, Mrs. Davis is the 36th person to receive the 15-year service award. Ten per sons, all of them men, have received the diamond-jeweled 20 Year Pin. 15 YEARS SERVICE Beverley Berkeley, Jr., Capt., ROA, January 5 Roy R. Brown, Capt., TYS, January 5 Joseph G. Fickling, Capt., ORF, January 5 Marvin B. Hembel, Capt., ATL, January 5 H. H. Hutcheson, Capt., INT, January 5 Clive R. Malott, Capt., ILM, January 5 Lyle W. McNames, Dir. of Fit. Stand., INT, January 5 John P. Onoff, Capt., ATL, January 5 Forrest M. Shelton, Capt., INT, January 5 George H. Wilson, Capt., ORF, January 5 Mitchell O. Everhart, Ground Radio Tech., January 12 James C. Freeman, Ld. Cleaner, INT, January 12 Thomas W. Holton, Foreman, ROA, January 15 Wilson C. Harpe, Sr. Spec., INT, January 19 Ken Ross, Supt. of Sta., INT, January 19 Ted Arnold, Sta. Mgr., TYS, January 26 Jack Brandon, Sta. Mgr., INT, January 26 Don Edmondson, Dist. Sales Mgr., ATL, January 26 Harold L. Gibson, Sta. Mgr., ROA, January 26 Byron W. Linville, Ld. Mech., INT, January 26 James L. Neill, Agt., LEX, January 26 Joe Wathen, Dist. Sales Mgr., SDF, January 26 Richard H. Kitchen, Disptchr., INT, January 28 10 YEARS SERVICE Alfred M. Lundy, Foremn., ROA, January 1 Bobby G. McLeod, Agt., ROA, January 1 Donald K. MacPherson, Agt., RIC, January 1 Gerald W. Overstreet, Inspec., ATL, January 1 Bobby B. Courtney, F/0, ILM, January 5 Roy E. Raines, Jr., Inspec., ROA, January 10 Lionel F. Anders, City Sales Mgr., ROA, January 19 Ivan G. Gilbert, Res. F/0, ROA, January 27 5 YEARS SERVICE Robert F. Huffman, Foreman, ROA-FB, January 1 Alfred L. Shaver, Jr. Mech., ROA, January 2 Ralph E. Hicks, Sr. Draftsmn., INT, January 20 Hinton L. Golden, Cleaner, INT, January 22 Aubrey 0. Smith, Sr. Mech., INT, January 27 Keith N. Smith, Agt, ISO, January 30 I Don't read the last sentence of this caption for a moment and see if you can guess who is the man in the center and the one on the right. The snapshot was taken over 15 years ago and these stalwart gentlemen were around to help get an airline started. Now you can read it — the one in the middle is Howard Cartwright, the one on the right, Joe Fix.
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