MARCH, 1965
THE PIEDMONITOR
PAGE FIVE
PIEDMONT PRESS NOTES
WASHINGTON — Reporter Joe Dawson: Holidays
are here again! Duane Carpenter and his family visited
Rome, London, and Paris for two weeks. He said he
liked the food on the plane best. Bob Stewart and his
family were in Florida for a week. Bob missed a
catfish that he said weighed 12 pounds — said he
could tell by the scales on it. We are organizing our
own “stork club” here. Glen Burton, Bob Stewart,
H£ink Lanham, and Joe Dawson’s wives are all expect
ing in September and October. We are sorry to hear
that Jack Gallagher, lead agent—reservations, has re
signed. He will be in the grocery business with his
father in Ashland, Ky. For those who wonder what
working in Washington is like, we have 48 flights a
day and can use only one gate. We’d like to thank
United for the big cake they brought to celebrate our
17th anniversary. They also gave the CTO a smaller
one.
NEWPORT NEWS — Reporter Dave Cooper: It
has been quite awhile since PHF last submitted any
press notes, but that doesn’t mean things have been
dull. It simply means that we haven’t had a reporter.
To celebrate our Christmas raise, Gerald Burton pur
chased a new home, and Ted McCann, not to be out
done, will follow suit shortly. Along with the New
Year came a brand new 1965 model agent. Welcome
to the clan, Henry Richardson. The “flying fools” of
PHF, Wayne Richardson and Henry Richardson (no
relation) have both received their commercial licenses.
Harry Gilpin, never having non-revved before, decided
to combine his vacation and his first non-rev trip. To
hear him tell it he never got to AVL, but spent his
entire vacation being pulled. Yours truly, Dave Cooper,
having completed two years at Old Dominion College
in ORF, did not return this semester, but does plan to
attend part time this summer. Henry Richardson and
I have a bachelor pad that has become a home away
from home for the single crowd here at PHF.
CHARLESTON — Reporter Ruth Shumate: CRW
was pleased to host the meeting of station managers
from the nearby cities last month. Bill and Toots
are parents of nine collie pups — 7 males and 2
females. Tom Cowan is the grandfather, having given
BUI the collie three years ago. The pups are all beau
ties; seven have identical markings. We miss station
manager Bob HiU, who has been in Charleston Me
morial Hospital. We hope he will soon be motoring
back on the old hill. And then there was the electric
toothbrush that went off ui the suit case. It startled
operations so much that the pretty young blond lady
opened the bag to show the ivory cleaner. The inci
dent caused no undue excitement, however.
COLUMBUS — Reporter Bert Carlos: CMH has
its share of hospital cases this month. Agent Paul
Gustafson is recovering from a shoulder operation
performed February 5. Everyone here is hoping for
his speedy recovery and wishes him all the luck in the
world. Agent Joe Frase’s boy, Bryan, has been in the
hospital with a severe cold. It keeps Joe pretty busy
going between the hospital and the airport. Agent
Shirley Sword spent a wonderful week-end in Amster
dam, Holland, compliments of KLM. This was Shirley’s
tenth trip to Europe and she still looks forward to
crossing the big pond. There are not too many places
left in this world that Shirley hasn’t been. Agent
Keith Douglass is busy at night with the fire depart
ment of Groveport, Ohio. “Stanley” is a volunteer
fire fighter in his spare time. Bay Campbell’s wife
started back to work after a two year break. Betty
Ann says she wishes she had 48 hours in a day to
get caught up on all her work. Joanne Short is ap
proaching ten years with Piedmont. For this we
congratulate her, but the greater achievement is
that Joanne has never been off sick one day dur
ing that ten years. That record is pretty hard to
beat. Manager Wallace Kerr says he will be glad to
see winter come to an end in CMH and is looking for
ward to a long hot summer. CMH did it again . . .an
other steak dinner.
ATLANTA-R — Reporter Joyce Stokes: ATL was
very proud of its boardings in January,'and had high
hopes for the month of February, but ole’ Man Winter
was against us. However, from the looks of our fat
future files we can look forward to some nice board
ings this spring. Interesting things have been hapen-
ing here at ATL beginning when Alice Wingard re
turned from a skiing trip to Gatlinburg sporting a
beautiful charm bracelet. Racing enthusiasts Jane
Kinsey and Edna Wells drove down to attend the
“Day 500.” Actually we think Jane’s enthusiasm lies
more in folk music, however. Chief Agent Leonard
Martin plans to take advantage of the BOAC interline
employees week-end to London. Tracy Talley,_ daugh
ter of reservation manager Robert Talley, just re
turned from the hospital where she underwent sur
gery for a tonsilectomy.
CHARLOTTE-F — Reporter Louise Ramsey:
Holiday repayments are still in full swing here at
CLT. Joel Bruce, Sid Hall and Jim Johnson are the
most recent lucky ones. All three said they were just
going to lounge around the house instead of taking
trips. Lufthansa had one seat left on its week-end
trip to Cologne. Names were drawn from the CLT
personnel, and Bobby Harrelson drew the lucky ticket.
We don’t believe either Germany or Bobby will ever
be the same. Madge Lanier just returned from New
York last week-end. She seems to be going up there
a lot recently. The importance of correct city codes
was brought forcefully to our attention last week. A
nice lady transferred to us on her way to ILM. By
the time she arrived in FAY, she began to think that
the terrain was not too familiar. She asked the flight
attendant where they were going. When told their
destination was Wilmington, N. C., the lady nearly
fainted. ILG—Wilmington, Del.—was her intended
destination. Strangely enough, she had begun her
trip in New York City. The Berlin Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra brought us some good business
last month. We had three Martin charters to ILM.
In spite of having just one English speaking person
with the group, everything went smoothly. The only
disappointed person was Dwight Miller, There were
no female performers in the group.
HUNTINGTON — Reporter Dave Morris: HTS
had its luau on February 3 at the Uptowner Inn with
all the trimmings, including Hawaiian Lei’s. Honored
guests present were Ken Ross, R. E. Turbiville, Ed
Best, Les Watson, Mitch Everhart, Bob Reed, BiU
Clark, and Paul Loar. We wish to thank these gentle
men for attending our luau and hope we can get to
gether again soon. Many thanks to Bob Waugh and
the crew from HSP for filling in. Don Turner, Bob
Bosley and yours truly spent a couple of days in
MIA last month. We enjoyed some golf, swimming
and the Playboy Club with its bunnies. Walt Ryczek
and Irene Blake are taking off for LAZ on March 3
for a week at the expense of TWA. Some people have
all the luck.
TRI CITIES — Reporter Ray Norris: Springtime
. . . ah, yes, it’s the best time of the year. The nice
green grass growing, for one thing. It looks mighty
good—until mowing time, huh? The Ramp Roosters
lost to the AA’s of res and ticket counter by a
score of about 67 to 38. One reason for this was the
procuring of two pros, BiU Cash and Bob Shepherd.
Scoring with plays set up in advance, they held a
nice lead through most of the game. Can you imagine
these 5, 7, and 10 year men out playing basketball?
This week the AA’s forfeited to the Roosters. So a
play-off is upcoming. Bill “Ben Hogan” Cash has team
ed up with Charlie “Carp” Morrison and has per
fected the ultimate in sporting equipment. When
Cash drives the little white ball straight into the
drink and has trouble finding it, he ties a line to
his number 3 iron and, using Charlie’s special bait,
fishes and hunts at the same time. It hasn’t been
decided yet whether he needs a hunting or fishing
license for this special sport. Results in golfing and
fishing aren’t too productive yet. But we all keep
trying.
LOUISVILLE — Reporter Jim Burger: Everyone
here, especially Station Manager R. T, Powell, is proud
of our boardings for January. We had a 387 passenger
increase over our January quota. Artist-pilot William
Rowell, based in ORF, recently gave a violin concert
here. He played in the Louisville Orchestra for three
years and has given other concerts here. Lead Agents
Howard Hughes and Paul Masterson are preparing
for the 1965 training classes for SDF personnel. This
should be very helpful to all concerned. Ron Davis
took the big step into matrimony. He and his wife
now live in their new brick home. We all want to
wish them the best of everything. Tom Duggins has
just completed another semester of night school on
his way to getting a degree at U. of Louisville. Ed
Vinson got so excited about going on his holidays
he left his car standing in front of the main entrance
to the terminal. Thanks to Ron Shanks and Don
Carlyle shoving it to the parking lot, he was spared
the two-in charges. Bobbie French’s husband has his
new landing strip and maintenance hangar ready for
business and would like to see all you private plane
owners come up. SDF personnel’s flying club has
about completed the overhauling of one of its planes.
Word is that they have a plane for sale, too. Lowell
Beach, captain of the SDF bowling team, bowled a
395 this past week to keep the team in contention for
the “We Tried” trophies. The week before that, he had
a 598 actual.
BALTIMORE — Reporter John Morris: BAL was
off to a good start in 1965 by boarding almost 100 over
quota in January. We didn’t quite make quota in
February, however, due to eight flight cancellations.
BAL had its first incentive dinner March 16. This
event has been anticipated here for many months.
A large representation attended from the home of
fice. Most of the personnel at BAL had a chance to
work one or both Southern DC-3 charters on Feb
ruary 26 and 27 when the Clemson and U. of South
Carolina basketball teams were here to play the
U. of Maryland at College Park. Maryland won both
games this time. Friendship Airport continues to
gain in air traffic, with a nearly 20 per cent increase
in passenger boardings so far this year compared to
1964. Significant flights are scheduled for later this
year by several carriers which will help interline
business even more.
RALEIGH-DURHAM — Reporter J. P. Wheeler:
Carolyn Repass is recuperating satisfactorily at home
after her operation last month. We are looking for
ward to her return back to work. Ed Riggsbee and
Jimmy Richardson planned a one day non-rev trip on
Piedmont last month to see what the other half of
the system looked like. They learned one big thing:
it’s very unreliable flying Piedmont on a class C pass.
Their one day trip turned into a two day affair and
the only place they got a good look at was SDF. They
1 ended their trip by driving a rental car from RIC.
We’re sorry to see our sales representative, Norman
Coiner, leave us. Here’s wishing him the best of luck
at TRI. We’re all looking forward to getting acquaint
ed with his replacement, Ray Mohler. The big news
around the airport is that Harry Hailey has sold his
restaurant to Dobbs House. Mr. and Mrs. Hailey have
been a fixture here for many years and they will
surely be missed. Concrete plans for other terminal
expansions are now being completed.
WILMINGTON — Reporter Johnny Johnson.
This is a reminder that ILM is the place to come, es
pecially during March and April. From March 23
through March 28, the Azalea golf tournament, with
prizes amounting to over $40,000 will be held. The
Azalea ball and parade will be on Saturday the 3rd
of April. The Azalea festival will start April 1 and
continue through the 4th. The Azalea Ball and parade
will be on Saturday the 3rd with an air show, featur
ing the Thunderbirds, on Sunday the 4th. There will
also be a fly-in breakfast Sunday morning, so every
one owning an airplane fly on down and join the fun.
ILM agent Ray Parker and ILM based F/A Gary
Willetts have received notice from Piedmont Airlines
that they have been selected to start flight training
for co-pilot starting March 15. Everyone at ILM en
joyed the oyster and weiner roast given by the ILM
maintenance department February 27. ILM mechanic
Lane Bordeaux is now the proud owner of a 1961
Cesna 150. Piedmont’s ILM bowling team is now third
place in the league.
WINSTON-SALEM — Reporter J. D. Storch: Don
Johnson, in the fabric shop, may become a millionaire
soon. They found gold on his father’s farm. He will
probably have to give up selling used cars now. Jerry
Angel, timekeeper, is a happy and sleepy fellow. His
wife gave birth to an eight pound girl February 28.
Being a timekeeper he predicted the time it would be
delivered. He’s getting good at it—only missed by
three days. Wilma Cook and Betty Fulp, INT-T, made
a respectable showing recently at the N. C. State
Women’s Bowling Tournament in Hickory, N. C. Their
team, sponsored by Cook’s Warehouse, placed fifth
in the “B” division. Dixie Holt, INT-0 and Margaret
Herman, INT-A, plan to attend later. INT is proud of
the efforts of Lamar Miller, from the radio shop, who
is also the training officer for the Pilot Volunteer
Fire Department in Thomasville, N. C. Miller was
first on the scene recently, and was responsible for
rescuing a mother and her three children from their
burning home and for administering artificial res
piration. The father did not survive the fire. Exec
utive planes in the hanger last month were those of
Brighton Engineering Co., pilot Charles Clay, DC-3,
for periodic inspection; Chatham Manufacturing Co.,
pilot Dale Balzer, DC-3, for periodic inspection; Nello
Teer Corp., pilot Rodney Hudson, Lobe Star, for pe
riodic inspection; Pennzoil Corp., pilot Curley Korb,
DC-3, for 100 hour inspection; Kroger Co., pilot Julian
O’Neal, DC-3, for engine change.
ROANOKE-F — Reporter Don Holliday: The topic
of discussion in Roanoke these days is travel. Every
one seems to be planning a trip or has just returned
from one. Jeannie Dial made the Rio scene and said
she spent a very happy week with her brother and
sister-in-law. Also, two ladies from our downtown
ticket office, Mrs. Virginia Price and Mrs. Shirley
Quinn have just returned from a trip to Europe. Sue
and Roger Blankenship spent their holidays in Or
lando, Florida, and purchased a boat while there. This
should make Rodney Bowers very happy since he
plans to teach water skiing this summer and needs
as many friends with boats as possible. Bill Carico
has recently returned from Tampa and Miami, where
he spent a few days of leisure and skin diving. Iona
Carr is now educating herself in the art of interior
decorating. Who will be her first victim? We would
like to welcome back Paul Shively. We’re glad to
see him in good health again. Don Vance has pur
chased a set of golf clubs and plans to join the ranks
of golfers here in Roanoke. Believe, me, most of our
golf is just that—rank. Betty Cox has recently return
ed from her vacation in North Carolina. She really
misses life on the farm. Here’s a cops and robbers
news flash: someone stole the safe from Scotties (the
debriefing lounge in ROA). He has our sympathy
plus our money.
FAYETTEVILLE — Reporter Robert Beard: Be
lieve it or not, FAY has a “tug.” Well, it’s not actually
a tug, it’s really an electric cart. But it seems like
a tug to us. The only bad thing about it is that we
agents don’t get to drive it much between the hours
0830 to 1700 Monday through Friday. Faye Curd re
cently flew to Europe via Lufthansa. Faye says the
flight was very nice but the stay in Germany too
short. FAY would like to welcome new operations
agent Lewis Clyburn. Lewis is married, has one child
and hails from Proctorville, N. C. Thanks to PAI for
another very fine incentive party. Everyone had a
grand time. We’re sorry that no one from the home
office was able to attend, but we understand since
it was Saturday night.
ROANOKE-O — Reporter Diane Martin: ROA
male agents seem to be starting a new physical fit
ness program by taking up basketball. The guys have
really been working out on their spare time. Any
challenging stations? Welcome to our new agent
Lawrence Sutphin, hope he likes ROA. A welcome is
also needed for a 6 lb. 10 oz. boy born to the John
Hughetts. Due to an unfortunate accident LYH has
borrowed a ROA agent—Dick Morgan. Agent Morgan
will return to ROA after completing his temporary
duty in LYH. According to Ed Best we should place
a want ad in the paper: wanted immediately—good
car, cheap, for ROA station manager. Could this be
a hint to Mr. Gibson?