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VOL. XXI, NO. 9
NOW AN ALL JET-POWERED AIRLINE.’
SEPTEMBER, 1970
Service To
Greenbrier
Is Inaugurated
Piedmont inaugurated its ser
vice to Greenbrier Valley Airport
on September 15th amid much
pomp and circumstance by the peo
ple of the Greenbrier/White Sul-
, phur Springs/Lewisburg area.
Top government and industry
officials were on hand for the
occasion. Senator Jennings Ran
dolph and Congressman Harley
Staggers of West Virginia were
there with West Virginia Governor
Arch A. Moore, Jr.
CAB Chairman Secor Browne
and Mrs. Browne, Vice Chairman
Robert P. Murphy and Mrs.
Murphy and Col. John Dregge
represented the Board. Assistant
to the Administrator of the FAA
John Baker was also on hand.
Numerous local officials and
Piedmont personnel participated in
the program. The ceremonies at
the airport were followed by a
luncheon at the Greenbrier Hotel.
Piedmont’s initial pattern of ser
vice to Greenbrier includes four
daily flights offering direct ser
vice to Charlotte, Cincinnati,
Columbus, Richmond, Norfolk and
Lynchburg with excellent connec
tions for Washington and New
York.
Piedmont’s operation at Green
brier will be directed by Hot
Springs Manager Frank Woodruff.
Transferring to the new station as
agents are Mike Patterson of
Washington-National and Carl Can-
terbery from Charleston. The Chief
Agent who will be in charge local
ly is Allen W. Perry of Charleston.
The Greenbrier/White Sulphur
Springs/Lewisburg area is in the
sales territory of Piedmont’s Roa
noke City Sales Manager Don
Holliday.
On the day of Piedmont’s in
auguration of service to Green
brier the weather was as warm as
the welcome by thousands of -that
areas citizens.
The Mayor of Lewisburg, Wil
liam S. Coleman, Sr., had officially
declared September 15th as “Pied
mont Day” and judging by the
^rowd at the airport, that’s exactly
Kvhat it was. W’ith the exception of
the children in school it seemed as
though all of Greenbrier County
was on hand for the occasion. But
event the students were well repre
sented by the Greenbrier East
High School marching band that
performed during the festivities at
the airport.
Local officials predicted that
their own passenger estimates
would be exceeded as they promis
ed that Piedmont would be “pleas
antly surprised” by the traffic gen
erated from their area.
Piedmont always welcomes that
sort of “pleasant surprise.”
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If You Don't Do It — It Won't Get Done
Despite mankind’s tremendous social and ma
terial progress we recognize that sickness, despair,
and loneliness — those old and bitter companions —
are still with us. Despite our advances there is
plenty of evidence to show that the behavior of
society is not improving. The growth of cities is
producing lonely crowds in asphalt jungles. To the
old question “who is my neighbor” more and more
people say “I don’t know”. More and more say “I
don’t care”.
But provision for our neighbor, and the less
fortunate of our neighbors, must go on unceasingly
because, to the great discredit of all of us, ours is
still a world of need, of suffering and despair.
Work in the name of charity and social justice is
never finished. The United Fund Drive offers one
of the finest instruments of charity. You have al
ready gotten your pledge card — do what you can
to bring the dream of social justice a little closer
to reality.
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The Company has received a
final decision by the Civil Aero
nautics Board awarding Piedmont
a new non-stop route between Nor
folk, Virginia and New York, New
York.
Effective date of the certificate
is October 29 with service to be
inaugurated within 90 days there
after.
Senior Vice President C. G
Brown, Jr., commented on the
award by saying “we are delighted
that the Board has granted Pied'
mont this new authority. It is a
valuable route not only from a
financial point of view but also il
gives us the opportunity to pro
vide a much needed service to
New York from the major points ir.
Eastern North Carolina via the
Norfolk gateway. Our studies
showed that nearly 100,000 passen
gers a year will be convenienced
by this service.”
Piedmont anticipates an increase
in revenues from the Norfolk-New
York operation in excess of $3
million annually. The proposed
operating profit will be upwards
of $700,000 per year.
Norfolk will be, by far, the
strongest of Piedmont’s gateways
to New York with nearly four
times the traffic of the next largest
gateway presently on Piedmont’s
system.
One of the reasons given by the
CAB for granting Piedmont the
new route was the fact that the
Company’s route system and the
new authority complement each
other and as a result a greater
number of passengers will be con
venienced by through plane ser
vice.
In the application for this ser
vice Piedmont proposed through
jet plane service between major
points in the Eastern Caroiinas via
Norfolk to New York.
Other applicants for the route
included Allegheny and Mohawk
Airlines.
Traveling By Air
To Downtown Areas
Would Cui Pollution
If rush hour commuters were to
travel suburban areas to downtown
business sections in currently
available aircraft, they would gen
erate only one-eighth the air pollu
tion emitted now by their private
automobiles, according to Secre
tary of Transporation John A.
Volpe.
The findings came from a study
completed by the Center of Trans
portation of the Eagleton Institute
of Politics at Rutgers University at
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IT'S FAIR SHARE time again. United Fund Campaign
Chairman Audree Long is shown here presented com
puter programmer Tom Yarbrough with his Fair Share
check pin. The Company's campaign will run through
the end of September and every employee is urged
to contribute at least one hour's pay per month.
PI Employee Stock
Purchase Progress
To help you keep up with the
amount you pay for Piedmont
stock every month if you’re buy
ing it through payroll deduction
the Piedmonitor publishes this
periodic report oi the number of
shares purchased, average price
per share and total investment in
the previous month.
FOR AUGUST
Amount Invested .
Number of Full
Shares Purchased
Average Price Paid
Per Share
$,5,433.38
892
6.09