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VOL. 18, NO. 41 TRANS WORLD AIRLINES WEEKLY EMPLOYEE PUBLICATION OCTOBER 13, 1955

Father, Presumed Dead, Found After 32 Years TWA Backed By Kansas City TWAer By BILL EARNHART By Northwest Field Editor KANSAS CITY—A reunion in Ft. Worth, Tex., recently ended a separation of 32 years for a Kan­ In Manila Bid sas City TWAer and his father, WASHINGTON — TWA's proposal long presumed dead. to extend its present international R. J. "Tex" Lemaster, accessory route beyond Bombay and Ceylon overhaul mechanic at the Over­ to Manila was supported by North­ haul base, lived for most of his 32 west Airlines at a preliminary years believing his father was de­ hearing before CAB Examiner ceased. Then he came into pos­ William J. Madden. session of information leading him "Northwest Airlines hopes to see to hope that his father was still TWA's application granted as living. promptly as possible," NWA's at­ Tex hired a detective agency to torney commented at the pre­ follow up the lead and each report hearing conference. increased his hopes that the search Approval of TWA's application would be successful. Finally, the would establish a second U. S. flag trail led to Ft. Worth where the round-the-world service enabling senior Lemaster was located. TWA to connect with NWA at A happy reunion between Tex Manila. A round-the-world service and his father—along with Tex's by the two carriers was originally wife and two tiny daughters — contemplated in 1946 when TWA brought an end to the long was authorized to join NWA at separation. Shanghai. This route, however, wai closed off because of communist INTERLINE TOUR GROUP, all airline employees, get a Panza of Capital Airlines originating the trip idea, activity in China and TWA subse­ quently requested an extension to taste of overseas travel as 36 members of different there were members of TWA, AAL, BNF, CAL, DAL, Winners Chosen iW Tokyo via Hong Kong which the airlines board one of two TWA Connies taking a total EAL, CAP, NWA and Colonial Airlines included. CAB did not grant. of 75 air carrier personnel to see Europe on a three- TWAers on the trip were Don Erfman, transportation A hearing to consider TWA's week tour of the continent at half-fare. Arranged agent from Dayton, Harry Mickie, mechanic, and Vi fci Skyliner Contest new proposal has been tentatively scheduled for Jan. 24. through Lanseair travel service in Chicago with Albert Mangold, secretary, both of Chicago. For Field Editors KANSAS CITY — A newcomer to Helicopter Transfers TWA Tiles Proposal the field editor staff took top Proposed Amendments Listed honors in the SKYLINER's regular To Be Furnished Free With CAB for Reduced quarterly contest in the news writing division, July 1 through Between N. Y. Airports Sept. 30, 1955. He is Purser Paul To By-Laws of Credit Union I *«* «n miary haveiCorreri , Idlewild, who was voted NEW YORK — Free helicopter NEW YORK—United States mili­ first place for his timely story-on. transfer service between the three KANSAS CITY—The regular annual meeting of the TWA Club Credit tary personnel stationed overseas the purser made homeless by major New- York airports -will be Union will be held on Friday, Oct. 28, at 7 o'clock in Room 144 at the can realize a 40% saving on Hurricane Diane. available to TWA passengers ar­ Municipal airport. All members are urged to attend. furlough travel by air to and from riving or departing on trans- Several changes have been proposed in the Credit Union by-laws and In the news photography di­ Atlantic flights, TWA announced the U. S. under a new tariff pro­ vision a SKYLINER veteran of inasmuch as the SKYLINER is the means of officially notifying members posal filed Monday by TWA. last week. of these proposed amendments as required by law, they are published in three years took first place — The reduced rate transportation Frank Wilkinson, communications, The free shuttle service will go full as follows: which TWA is asking the CAB to into effect Nov. 1, subject to CAB In view of the changes made In the Geneva. Frank won first place approval. The service will be be­ Missouri Statutes, it is proposed that make effective Nov. 1 applies at with photos submitted on an Article VI be amended by adding new K. C. Athletics To Be all points served by TWA Sky "Atoms for Peace" shipment at tween New York International air­ Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 and by revising Tourist flights in Europe and as Cointrin airport. port and LaGuardia and Newark and renumbering Sections 3 and 4 far east as Athens. The fare will airports for the convenience of as Sections 7 and 8 respectively and Sports Hight Guests Amelia Kelley, public infor­ passengers on TWA's international Article VII, Sections 2, 3 and 4 be be 60% of the regular on-season mation supervisor at Philadelphia, amended to conform with the amended Sky Tourist fare for round trips to wound up in first place in the flights arriving or departing on Missouri Credit Union Laws. It is also At Management Club New York or Boston completed domestic flights to or from either proposed that Article IX, Section 4 and , feature photography division with airport. Article X, Section 1 be amended for KANSAS CITY — Feature of the within 45 days. a photo spread on the "new look" the purpose of clarification. The next Kansas City Management Any member of the U. S. mili­ in the sales department at Phila­ Since August TWA has had a present sections, when amended, would club dinner on Mon., Oct. 17, will tary forces is eligible for the re­ delphia's new location at 3 Penn joint-fare agreement with the then read as follows: duced fare for his own personal helicopter service—New York Air­ Article VI, Section 3. The Board of be the chance to meet several Center Plaza. ways—providing reduced fares be­ Directors may authorize the Credit members of the Kansas City travel. In addition members of his Winner in the feature writing Committee to appoint a Credit Man­ Athletics in person. Guests of the family or others may prepay his division is another SKYLINER tween the New York airports and ager, provided, however, that the re­ evening will be Lou Boudreau, fare at the new low rate. TWA's such points as Stamford, Conn., duction of the total assets of the Credit Time Pay plan for installment (Continued on page 3) White Plains, N. Y., and Teterboro, Union to $50,000 or less, shall, ipso Enos Slaughter, Harry Craft and New Brunswick and Trenton, N. J. facto, revoke any previous appoint- Bill McPhail, all of the "A's"; buying of transportation may also (Continued on page 4) Larry Ray, radio and television be used. These helicopter fares may be in­ sports announcer, and Ernie Mehl, The normal on-season round cluded in a single ticket on TWA sports editor of the Kansas 'City trip fare between Frankfurt, domestic flights in the United Germany, and New York is States. These fares have been September and OctoberStar . further reduced, for passengers Special for the evening will be $590.60. Under the proposed G. I. rate it would be $354.40. transferring to and from domestic Traffic Increases Due a talk by R. W. Rummel, TWA's flights at different airports, to $3 chief engineer, who will speak on between New York International turbo-prop and turbo-jet high­ airport and LaGuardia and to $5 To $80 Excursion Fare lights. H. Y. Yankees Fly TWA between the International airport Meeting this month will be at and Newark. NEW YORK—In the first six days the Holiday House with a family On First Leg of Trip of this month passenger business style chicken dinner at 6.45 p.m. TWA also pointed out that it on TWA's domestic routes in the following the social hour which will continue to provide free United States was up by 21.3% begins at 5:30 p.m. Holiday House To Orient for Series ground transfer service to inter­ over the same period of 1954. is on Southwest boulevard, one NEW YORK — The New York national connecting passengers be­ At the same time passenger mile, west of Roe boulevard. Meet- Yankees baseball team boarded tween the three airports. volume during September in­ in^MSSjf open to paid-up members a TWA Super-G Constellation creased by 14.2% over September, Saturday at New York Inter­ 1954. C. S. Fullerton, general sales national airport on the first leg of Baltimore Club Beits, manager, said the increase re­ a trip to Japan and the Orient to flected the popularity of the new Fi$%^$niversary Calls play a series of exhibition games. Plans Halloween Dance 30-day round-trip transcontinental The trip has been endorsed by and tourist excursion fare of $80 each Bu forty at Frankfurt will have the cooperation both of BALTIMORE — Election of Em­ way which TWA was the first to the U. S. Department of State and ployees club officers took place put into effect on Sept. 12 and to FRANKFURT — TWA's fifth anni­ the Japanese government. recently at the annual crab and the steady increases in tourist ac­ versary at Frankfurt was a big The party boarding at Idlewild shrimp dinner at the Wade Inn. commodations. As of Sept. 25 event with TWAers turning out at consisted of 35 people including New officers are Millie Fisher, TWA's luxury Super-G Constel­ the Employees club for a cele­ many of the Yankee stars and their president, Wilbur Buxton, vice- lations began offering multiple bration. Appropriately enough, wives, Mr. and Mrs. George Weiss HARVEST MOON party in Louis­ president, Emmet Condon, treas­ service both first-class and tourist, there was a mass presentation of and Baseball Commissioner and urer, and John Davis, secretary. including non-stop coast-to-coast five-year pins at the affair. Mrs. Ford Frick. ville brought out "Daisy Mae" and The club will hold the third flights. Bill Love, district sales manager, The TWA plane stopped at Chi­ "Moonbeam McSwine" represented annual Halloween masquerade Preliminary domestic figures for opened the party with a speech cago to take on 17 additional mem­ by Addie Williamson, secretary, dance at the American Legion hall, September, 1955, show TWA flew congratulating all local TWAers bers of the Yankee party, then and Kitty Jackson, reservations Glen Burnie, Md., on Oct. 29. 276,984,586 revenue passenger on their role with TWA and their flew non-stop to San Francisco There will be costume and door miles as compared to 242,483,533 help in making the airline's oper­ where on Sunday they boarded a agent. The occasion was an inter­ prizes. Music will be furnished by in September, 1954. ation successful. flight for Honolulu. line costume party. the Johnny Sipes sextet. SKYLINER Promotions & Transfers Donald L. Bauerle, to sr. work cont. elk., KCK. Byron E. Bean, to chf. strkpr., KCK. Mildred H. Behnke, to jr. telet. oper., MKC BACKWARD to SFO. Isadore H. Blake, to Id. cargo agt., CHI. Ronald E. Bozarth, to stores elk., KCK. Fifteen Years Ago Robert G. Carson, to stu. telet. oper., IDL. Shirley J. Chattin, to sr. see., MKC. Homer Stoltzfus, Boulder Dam, Bonnie M. Cross, to sr. typ-clk., MKC. reports that a beacon light and Thomas W. Crystal, mech., LAX to KCK. code flasher have been installed Sylvia J. Dougher, to sec, BAL. atop the hangar, thus making a Charles A. Fauci, to trans, agt., LGA. lighted airway between Kingman John L. Geiser, to supt.-shops., KCK. and Las Vegas. He adds, "Should R. E. Gentry, to Id. stores elk., KCK. it be desired to make a night land­ William L. Giles, to Id. cargo agt., CHI. ing at Las Vegas for any reason Georgia A. Goodson, to telet. oper., CMH. the lighted airway could be used Stanley G. Granger, mgr.-flying, Cairo to to good advantage." Paris. Lilburn W. Green, to mech., KCK. Homer Stoltzfus is now in M. Ruth Griffith, to jr. accountant "B," Kansas City as supervisor of forms MKC. control. Glenn G. Hamilton, to accountant "B," MKC. Ten Years Ago Suzanne D. Harris, to sr. typ-clk., KCK. Robert T. Hetherington, to cmsy. elk., The election of Warren Lee MKC. BIG EVENT of the season in London Pierson, president of the American Charles A. Hosman, to areft. maint. disp., was the recent marriage of John Cable and Radio corporation of MKC. New York, to the TWA board of Richard E. Hoss, to grnd. serv. hlpr., CHI. Andersen, TWA's station supervisor Billy W. Ivey, to trans, agt., DAY. directors as a new member was Howard R. Jenninngs, to supv. sls.-cargo, at Dhahran, to the former Anne announced this month. Former NYC. Tigwell, BOACs "Miss Speedbird" president of the Export-Import Albert A. Jowdy, to mech., KCK. of 1955. John was formerly bank, Pierson brings to the air­ LeRoy Kieser, to foreman-line maint., LGA. line a wealth of experience in Madelyn Kimble, host., CHI to LGA. stationed at Detroit. Reproduced international banking and finance. Doyle C. Lawson, to grnd. serv. hlpr., DAY. by permission of the London Daily Warren Lee Pierson is now Vera E. Linscott, to mech., KCK. Express. chairman of the board. Theodore W. Maddux, to cty. air frt. agt., CMH. Jimmie B. Morrow, to Id. commsy. elk., Five Years Ago By Ed Betts, LAX SFO. 'Junior!!" John T. Murray, to grnd. svc. hlpr., LGA. TWAers at Paris bid goodbye to Wallace G. Noller, to tkt. sis. agt., CHI. Challenge Accepted As John Winchell, district sales man­ William J. Reidel, to stores elk., IDL. ager, with a going away party A PASSENGER on a recent WEARING what is sometimes Thomas A. Reynolds, to chf. commsy. elk. Dayton Prepares for recently. He's returning to the overseas flight was moon-gazing referred to as the "90-day wonder "A", LGA. U. S. for reassignment. and didn't realize it, reports pin," Warren Erickson, Las Vegas William H. Richardson, to previsioner, Struggle with St. Louis John Winchell is now district Purser Paul Correri. inspector on assignment to Lock­ KCK. sales manager in Wichita. The passenger summoned the Clarence M. Roberts, to Id. mech., KCK. DAYTON — In answer to the heed at Burbank, sat down for Dorothy W. Schluesche, to Id. telet. oper., purser with frantic ringing of the lunch with five TWA men whose challenge put forth by TWAers in One Year Ago call button and inquired, "Why is CHI. St. Louis for an all-out battle to the navigation light on one end combined company service totaled Harold E. Shertzer, to psgr. rel. rep., DCA. 99 years and five Lockheed men Dave L. Shipman, to trans, agt., MKC to finally determine which is the best George Fox, district operations of the wing so much brighter and station, Gordon Hanes, district manager at Dhahran, arrived in bigger than the one on the other whose total service came to 75 Peoria. years. Alfred W. Shutts, mech., KCK to SFO. sales manager, and J. T. Condon, Zurich last week to find that his end?" The purser was astonished LeRoy O. Simmons, to elk., MKC. district operations manager, have hotel reservations had been well when he looked out of the window Before Erickson could order his Cecil L. Smith, to stn. supv. "B", DCA. replied as follows: taken care of by local TWAers, to find that this was true and lunch, however, Ralph L. Ellinger, Calvin R. Strouse, relief pilot, IDL to Cairo. "Your Sept. 30 challenge to a alerted by advance longline to started for the cockpit to find out TWA west coast engineering man­ Albert E. Vantcek, to trans, agt., STL. boarding passenger contest be­ make reservations for a "Fox." what the trouble was. ager, told the assembled company Edward J. Vardyan, to provisioner, KCK. tween Dayton and St. Louis is The hotel was holding the reser­ But on the way he happened to that the time had come to present Kittie G. Vose, to sec, KCK. eagerly accepted. vation, all right—in the hotel look out of the window again— the TWA veteran with his 25-year Kenneth A. Walker, to crew sehedlr., LAX. "We Daytonians can conceive of kennels. returned to the passenger — and pin and whipped out the gold-and- John E. Wilderman, to Id. fit. svc. hlpr., no greater pleasure than subject­ George Fox is now DOM at explained that it wasn't the navi­ diamond studded emblem. KCK. ing our St. Louis 'buddies' to the London. gation light at all. It was the Brady G. Williamson, to grnd. sve. analyst, But Erickson still prefers to same type of beating we ad­ moon. DCA to MKC. ministered in 1954. 'Bloody Mary' wear his old favorite—the 90-day William C. Winstead, to crew sehedlr., rides again! A young man's modern idea of wonder. (Ed. note: TWA at one SFO. "Your reference to our fright in "roughing it" is driving with, a time presented a three-month pin Jimmy R. Wogaman, to grnd. svc hlpr., IT HAD BEEN NECESSARY all accepting the challenge makes us standard shift. to employees.) DAY. wonder at the mental aggravation her life as far as this hostess ap­ Robert H. Word to dist. opns. mgr., PHX plicant was concerned, but neces­ to AMA. on your part in overcoming the sary or not necessary, it caused a Donald Apgar, to Id. mech., IDL. natural fright of challenging a LETTERS great deal of un-necessary message A long sleek looking car drew Martin Birnbaum, to Id. mech., IDL. superior district to such a contest. confusion between the Kansas up to the curb where a cute num­ James F. DeWitt, to chf-kltchen service, "We ask now that you plan for TO THE EDITOR City employment office and the MKC. the St. Louis tour by our Dayton ber stood waiting for a bus to employees to assure that every­ St. Louis station (where the girl take her to work. William N. Graff, to Id. mech., EWR. Time has been moving rapidly had applied). It was all straight­ John Kosek, to Id. mech., EWR. thing done for them is on a first and I am looking forward to seeing ened out, however, when it was "Hello, beautiful," said the Richard M. Kramer, to financial analyst class basis, as we are used to the gang again. TWA seems to be finally made clear that the girl's young man, "I'm driving west." "B", MKC to NYC. nothing but the best! moving so rapidly I'll probably name was Necessary—Gail Neces­ "How wonderful," she replied, Richard E. Ludwig, fit. eng., SFO to IDL. "Watch our smoke, Messrs. feel like a stranger but I'm anxious sary. "bring me back an orange." Frederick P. Mahler, fit. eng., IDL to MKC. Stewart and Kammerer!" to give it a fling. Everything is pretty much the same in the navy. I've been quite busy at work but occasionally find time to kick around. When­ ever I have a chance I go out with Safety Begins With Supervisor a couple of patients in the PT squadron. Tomorrow I'm taking a tour of the U. S. S. Nautilus The following is taken from a recent issue of the INDUSTRIAL which should be interesting. And SUPERVISOR and is titled "Let Joe, the Foreman, Tell His Own Story." today marks the commissioning of "Years ago, when I first became a foreman, I wanted to be a 'nice guy' the Forrestal. She's a mighty fancy to my men—and though I didn't want any of them to get hurt, I never ship and should give a good ac­ made an issue about their obeying company safety rules or wearing count of herself. protective equipment. Tell the gang "hello" and that "In fact, whenever an outsider, V. I. P. or otherwise, would come to­ I should be seeing them soon. wards my department, the boys used to yell 'Geronimo!' to alert us, so Lt. Cmdr. William P. Folck, that whatever protective equipment they were supposed to have had MC, USNR on, they would put on and things would look ship-shape. (Doctor, MKC) "One day, I was talking to one of my men, whose goggles were on his Naval Station Infirmary forehead, when we both heard 'Geronimo!' Right in the middle of our Naval Base conversation he pulled his goggles down over his eyes. Norfolk, Va. "About thirty seconds later, a piece of scrap from one of the grinders struck his right eye safety glass lens and shattered it. Though shattered, it did not break—and nothing got into the eye or even hurt it. "During that day, I kept thinking how being a 'nice guy' foreman If if s news, send almost cost my employee his eye. I realized then that, far from being a 'nice guy,' I not only would have been responsible for his accident, it to the but that I was losing my dignity and the respect of the men—by openly allowing them to break the company safety rules. "I suppose my story should end here but it does have a sequel. I, SIX CLIPPED WINGS, former TWA hostesses, invade the Los Angeles naturally, explained to the men—and put into effect—the rule that all sales office on a sales promotion drive. The ex-hostesses are sponsoring protective equipment required on the job must be worn at all times— their first big social event of the season on Oct. 21 with a dinner-dance and no more 'Geronimo!' "About a week later, one of my new employees was seen working and fashion show at the Sportsman lodge in Sherman Oaks, Calif., be­ Published Weekly at Kansas City without his toe guards. Asked why, he said quitting time was only ginning at 7 p. m. Entire proceeds will go to the Cystic Fibrosis foundation For Employees of TWA 15 minutes away, and he had just returned from the washroom and to help combat this child's disease. Reservations may be obtained by Trans Work! Airlines didn't want to put toe guards back on because his feet were tired. calling Jerry Star Frank at Dunkirk 36093 or TWA reservations. Donation Art Clayton, Manager "Remembering the goggle incident, I told him to put his toe guards Employee Publications back on. is $6 per ticket. Clipped Wings, left to right, are Fabby Kaleta Jones, Gil Buvens Gloria Ragan "He did and, at the finish of the day, he came over to me and said, Julie Bright Fry, Ellis Skaggs O'Connor, lima Kolisek Canning, Nancy Editor Asst. Editor 'Boss. I know I was to wear my toe guards all day, but I'm a new man Any employee of TWA b invited to Baum Forslund and Rita Valentino Funk. Seated are Carl Eckert, chief send his news items and photographs and I just wanted to find out if you were a "soft" foreman. Now I reservations agent, M. F. Stetler, reservations supervisor, and Ben Leach, directly to the SKYLINER, Room 207, know'." Unsafe conditions and practices exist only because the super­ Airport, Kansas City, Mo. visor permits them. —TWA Ground Safety Newsletter chief reservations agent. PAGE TWO OCTOBER IS, 1955 SKYLINER 'City of Light' Visitors Find Best Sights Off Beaten Path PARIS—Memo to Americans visiting Paris: Don't expect to find what you are looking for while you're looking for it. You'll run across it while you're looking for something else. This is a bit of advice passed along by the travel experts of TWA which flies thousands of Americans to Paris every year. As a matter of fact, TWA's offices at 101 Avenue de Champs Elysees serve as a sort of unofficial tourist information and •. ^^==^_^==^=__ service guide to this great "City of Light." and short white gloves, playing Remembering their advice, you'll in the gardens under the watchful avoid frustration and find that eyes of nursemaids. Balloon- poking around the old streets of sellers, piping carousels, arguing the Left Bank can be an adventure gentlemen, fashionably - gowned full of delightful surprises. ladies, adorn the scene. There is the little church of St. There is still to be visited the Julien-le-Pauvre, for instance, one Eiffel Tower and the wide Place of the oldest in Paris and one of Vendome; the Rue Faubourg St. the most charming. Prints sold in Honore with its rows of high- the bookstalls along the Seine em­ fashion shops, the busy Place de bankment give the illusion that l'Opera with its great circles of the little church nestles next to traffic, the Madeleine, and, of the cathedral of Notre Dame. It's course, the Louvre. all a matter of the marvelous per­ And, after dark, either a tour spectives of Paris. The great spires of one of the great, elegant of Notre Dame can be seen from restaurants, the Folies Bergere and many points along the quays and a night-club, or a tour of Mont- GOOD FISHING is wished Kansas City plant mainte­ ground service helper, G. S. Page, fire inspector, R. L. from across the river, but you may martre, dominated by the white nance mechanic W. H. Andrews by a group of friends Crutcher, lead mechanic, R. M. Barrand, mechanic, search the precincts of the turrets of Sacre Coeur, and the as the 72-year-old TWAer retires from the company Pat Conway, janitor, Henry Rasdall, mechanic, and cathedral in vain for St. Julien. gaudy little bistros tucked away But give up the quest, stroll across in its winding, narrow lanes. to move to Kidder, Mo. Andrews, a former railroad C. C. Madsen, mechanic; front row, O. F. Brown, the Petit Point to the Left Bank man, joined TWA in September, 1942, as a temporary janitor, A. H. Smith, mechanic, Mary Dryja, janitor, and wander around a bit. laborer, became an equipment mechanic the follow­ Agnes Krysa, janitor, F. B. McLeod, plant mainte­ Maybe you'll decide to start • ing year and last month rounded out 13 years of TWA nance general foreman, Andrews, Paul Coken, me­ looking for some of the picturesque alleys of Elliot Paul's Paris. They service. Presenting him a fishing rod and reel and chanic, and L. L. Heimer, superintendent of mainte­ will seem elusive but — voila! — wishing him good luck are, back row, J. I. Robison, nance, Kansas City. suddenly before you is the church of St. Julien-le-Pauvre, modestly ensconced between its tiny garden and the wall of a rickety garret that looks as if it had stood for Winners Chosen centuries but by all that is logical should have collapsed long ago. Just walking through the narrow In Skyliner Contest winding streets, flanked by narrow, ancient houses, is an adventure to the tourist who delights in the For Field Editors "feel" of cities. The bells of Notre (Continued from page 1) Dame sound the hour and you decide you have seen enough for field editor veteran, Joe Clay, dis­ one afternoon and head along the trict operations manager at La­ Boulevard St. Germain toward the Guardia field. Joe took first place Boulevard St. Michel. While with his story on similarity of pondering whether to bus or taxi TWAers' names at LaGuardia. back to your hotel you suddenly Winning a first-place award for spot a narrow alley and there is the third time in the cartooning Elliot Paul's street, the Rue de la division is Jim McNeely, stores Huchette, which you were looking ANNUAL CRUISE with Squadron clerk at Idlewild. for a while back. Off you go on a VP881 attached to Olathe Naval Winners will receive certificates new exploration, again intrigued Air base was taken by five TWAers, of excellence in the respective di­ visions as prizes. by what lies just beyond in the all of Kansas City. Members of the next street or alley. Honorable mention winners were: first Navy squadron throughout the News Writing: Hassan El Samra, Back on the Right Bank you will entire Navy reserve to spend their Cairo; Byron Schmidt, Los find still new perspectives, repre­ Angeles; Gene Dietz, Cleveland; SEEING THE SIGHTS of Madrid are visiting TWAers, being escorted to sentative of the modern life of cruise outside the continental U. S., Harry Davis, Harrisburg; Nita the bullfight ring here by Jose Luis Druet, Madrid communications, left. Paris. The broad eye-filling length they are, standing, L. W. Rich, me­ Alvarado, Los Angeles; Bob Others, left to right, are Mrs. H. W. Crowther, wife of regional mainte­ of the Champs Elysees from the Lorenz, St. Louis; C. S. Padman, Arc de Triomphe at the Place de chanic, Jim Mclntyre, copilot; nance superintendent, Los Angeles; Alice Meyer, secretary, Los Angeles; kneeling are L. L. Young, mechanic, Bombay; Margot Rupp, Bingham­ l'Etoile to the lights and fountains ton; Jim Martinez, Kansas City. and Nick Rendoumis, transportation agent, Athens. and gardens of the Place de la J. B. Harvey and D. E. Booth, both News Photo: Nita Alvarado, Los Concorde. On an afternoon stroll mechanics. Their plane is a P4Y2 beneath the spreading trees of the Angeles; Tommy Ann Lipps, San Champs you will see youngsters, Privateer which they flew while on Francisco; Joe Koltiska, Pitts­ duty in Hawaii. burgh; Genevieve Hayat, Paris; carefully dressed in tunic coats Gopal Panjabi, Bombay; Hassan El Samra, Cairo; Joe Brennan, Jidda; Bob Lorenz, St. Louis; H. K. von Winterfeld, Bonn; Irene Schultenkoetter, New York; Richard Peters, Frankfurt; Gert Lincoln, Columbus; Opal Moore, Dhahran. Feature Photo: Helen Carevich, Cleveland; Gloria Nowakowska, Pittsburgh; Joe Clay, New York; Marena Hannon, Kansas City; Joe Brennan, Jidda; Dorothy Malloy, Kansas City; Bob Kaniski, Detroit; Ernst Zijnen, Frankfurt; Ellen Lee Hyle, Kansas City; George Etter, Los Angeles; Paul Nemeth, Paris; Patricia Rodriguez, Mexico City; Nita Alvarado, Los Angeles; Thelma Caldwell, Cincinnati; Bill Richardson, Kansas City; Richard Chill, Basra; Ardis Thurow, Chi­ cago; Frixos Servetopoulos, Athens. Feature Writing: Byron Schmidt, Los Angeles; J. R. Stevens, Kansas City; Jo Bradford, New York; Margaret Switala, Kansas City; Bob Lorenz, St. Louis; Fritz Duebendorfer, Zurich.

MADRID RECORD UP PIPE DREAMS COME TRUE for William Nelson Weaver, left, as he shows MADRID — TWAers here estab­ a gift pipe, one of the several going-away presents he received from lished a new boarding record READY FOR A BUSY DAY at the Dublin horse show is Pat Condon, his fellow workers in honor of his retirement. Now 67, "Pappy" began during the month of September, Dublin senior sales rep, as he prepares for the gates to open and the with TWA in April, 1932, and was in the electrical department as a boarding 1,635 passengers, break­ rush of visitors to begin. During the show he was busy 10 hours a day ing the previous boarding record mechanic when he retired on Sept. 30. Ray Darby, right, made the established in July of this year of answering questions and distributing literature about TWA's worldwide presentations. Photo by Burt Dedrick. 1,519 passengers. service. OCTOBER 13, 1955 PAGE THREE. SKYLINER

SYSTEM BOWLING TOURNEY Proposed Changes Listed to By-Laws Tourney Opens For Credit Union With Vigorous (Continued from page I) merit of a Credit Manager and any authority previously given the Credit Three-Way Tie Committee to appoint a Credit Man­ ager. KANSAS CITY — Three teams Section 4. A Credit Manager may be across the country opened the appointed by unanimous vote of the members of the Credit Committee. The sixth annual TWA system bowling appointment of any nominee as Credit tournament this week with a dizzy Manager by the Credit Committee shall 871 scratch average per game. be subject to confirmation by the Tied at the top are the Marnels Board of Directors. Section 5. The Credit Committee may of Los Angeles, Engine Overhaul delegate to the Credit Manager au­ of Kansas City's Constellation thority to act on all or some appli­ league, and the St. Louis Sky­ cations for loans and to approve the liners, last season's second place same. Any and all acts of the Credit Manager are subject to the supervision club. The first two rolled 2615, of the Credit Committee. The Credit and St. Louis posted 2614. Manager shall submit his written re­ In fourth place at 855 are last SAN FRANCISCO BOWLERS won the championship in their 10-team port on the first day and on the 16th year's Flight of Champions title- day of each calendar month to the league this summer and are shown here posing with their impressive Credit Committee showing all of his holders, the San Francisco West trophies. One is for winning as league champions and the other is for actions on applications for loans dur­ Enders. ing the preceding semi-monthly period. Once again in front in the winning the highest single game with a score of 996. They were second In the event the first day or the 16th women's division are the Kansas day falls upon a Saturday or a legal to the highest team score, losing 2815-2776. Don Roby won high 10 with holiday, the report shall be submitted City Service Susies, five straight a 245. From left to right are Tony Benveniste, John Schaukowitch, Ed upon the next succeeding business day, times winners in this division. The excluding Saturdays. Susies posted a 662 on opening Waits, John Robb, and Sam Verger. Not shown are Don Roby and Dave Section 6. The appointment of and/or night. the delegation of authority to the Davies. Credit Manager may be revoked at SPEAR FISHING in the Red Sea For five weeks all teams will any time by a majority vote of the near Jedda via Lambretta motor roll in one division. At the end of Board of Directors. Immediately fol­ that time, teams will be split into lowing any such revocation, the Credit scooter awarded Captain Charles divisions of approximately equal Indianapolis Cargo Manager shall submit to the Credit Committee and to the revoking au­ Stoudt with the above catch. In caliber to finish out the season- thority a complete report of his actions one hand he holds three assorted long tournament. Records Hit Hew High on applications for loans made or Team captains and league secre­ taken since his then last report to the fish—two unknown and one a taries sending in scores are par­ INDIANAPOLIS — September was Credit Committee. parrot fish, and in the other he is Section 7. The Credit Committee may ticularly advised to note a change the month for records here, ac­ swinging a large Moray eel. He's in mailing address. All scores cording to R. V. Kail, district sales convene whenever a majority thereof so desires. Due notice shall be given a TWAer on loan to Saudi Arabian should be sent to: Tom Keliher, manager. Air freight off jumped each member of the Credit Committee Room 102, Overhaul Base, KCK. to 113,762 pounds, freight loaded of meetings thereof. The Committee Airlines. Photo submitted by Joe shall keep a record of its proceedings. Late entrants will still be accepted, to 317,239, for a total of 431,001 Section 8. No member of the Credit Brennan, Field Editor. if they are promptly forwarded. pounds of air freight. Committee shall receive any compen­ First week standings: A total of 107,716 pounds of air sation as a member of said Committee. express were loaded by TWAers The Credit Manager, if any, may be MEN at the station, the highest figure compensated for his services, the rate CONTEST HAS DOUBLE WINNER Eng. One, MKC 871 Stores, MKC 736 of such compensation, if any, to be Marnels, LAX . 871 Martins, MKC 735 since December, 1952. authorized by the Board of Directors. SAN FRANCISCO—Isabelle Gordon Skyliners, STL 871 Twilighters, MKC „734 Article VII, Section 2. The Super­ was the winner of both the revenue West End., SFO 855 Tin Bend, MKC 733 visory Committee shall make an exami­ increase and round trip sales in­ Metal, MKC 846 Engrn., MKC 733 MUSICIANS NEEDED nation of the affairs of the Credit Corf Atg., MKC 846 Duz Boys, MKC 731 Union at least quarterly, including its crease contest in the CTO for the Hot Shots, 1DI 543 Traffic, ABQ 716 KANSAS CITY—The TWA Am­ books and accounts, and shall make or month of September. She took Red Wings, MKC 823 FE's, MKC 716 bassadors, Employees club spon­ BUYING THE FIRST TICKET to the cause to be made a direct verification home both the $5 merchandise 404's, MKC- ^__ 823 Ohl. Bse., MKC 705 sored dance band, are urgently in of members share and loan account at order prizes. Second highest agents Cylinders, MKC 818 Dodgers, LGA .... 704 need of musically talented TWAers Eighth Annual Aviation ball to be least annually, and shall supervise the Ambassadors, MKC...817 Louisville . 701 acts of the Board of Directors, Credit were Donn Squire in round trip Super G's, LAX 806 Crapes., LGA 690 who can play alto or tenor saxa- held in Philadelphia is Lyle R. Committee and officers, any or all of increase and Jo Anne Finnie with 1449's, MKC 792 Cylinders, MKC 689 phone, trombone, trumpet or Hincks, regional manager of flying whom the Supervisory Committee may revenue increase. 1049's, MKC „ 791 Eng. Ohl., MKC (M) at any time vote to suspend. Indianapolis 791 688 piano. Anyone interested should in Chicago. Eager salesman is Capt. Connies, LAX 790 Blazers, LGA 681 contact Herb Britten, NL 91 or Section 3. Within seven (7) days Airport Line, MKC.788 Spoilers, MKC 680 Bart Hewitt, who is going to be after such suspension, the Supervisory HEdrick 7343. Committee shall call a special meeting CLEVELAND REPEATS Sky Chiefs, MKC....782 Elect., MKC b'/t sure that Chicago is well repre­ Cmsy., IDL 770 Super G's, STl 668 of the shareholders to take action on CLEVELAND—The Cleveland Sky­ Spiders, MKC 769 Revenuers, MKC 666 HOLD ANNUAL BREAKFAST sented at the Philly affair Oct. 28. such suspension and shall cause notice Control., MKC 769 5 Amps, MKC 662 thereof to be given the shareholders, liners, TWA bowling team, stayed Hits, IDL 769 Generators, LGA _....o6J NEW YORK—Members of the St. the notice to clearly indicate its pur­ in the groove again this week— Cleveland 768 Bums, LGA 659 Theresa's Aviation guild held their pose as provided in Article III, Section or perhaps it should be said, the Cus. Service, MKC...765 Test Cells, MKC 655 1 of these By-Laws. rut. The TWA gang dropped 6 out Misc. Ohl., MKC 760 Municipal, MKC .....650 sixth annual Communion breakfast Another Cargo Flight Section 4. By a majority vote the Supr. Con., MKC 756 Clippers, MKC 638 on Oct. 2 in the grand ballroom of Supervisory Committee may, at any of 8 points to the Richland Avi­ Head Pins, MKC 755 Bench., LGA 633 the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. More time, call a meeting of the share­ ation bowlers and find themselves INDR, MKC . 753 Pros, LGA 632 Will Be Added Oct. 19 holders to consider any violation of at the bottom of the 12-team Air­ Const., MKC 751 Starters, LGA 632 than 700 airline employees at­ the Missouri laws governing Credit Deluxe, IDL 750 Spot Us, MKC _625 tended the affair. Bill Clark, Unions, or of these bylaws, or any port Bowling league. Ray Lund Dayton 737 Big 5, MKC 612 tariffs, was ticket chairman. NEW YORK — TWA will add practice of the Credit Union, which, led the TWAers with a 190 on his another "Sky Merchant" trans- in the opinion of the Supervisory Com­ first game. WOMEN Atlantic all-cargo round-trip flight mittee, is unsafe and unauthorized. Svc. Sus., MKC 662 Non Stops, NYC 595 STEWART GETS AFA APPOINTMENT to its international schedules be­ Article IX, Section 4. Share balances Connies, MKC 647 Pin Heads, NYC....502 may be transferred to any person Airport, MKC. 647 Pin Downs, NYC 493 ST. LOUIS — J. Chesley Stewart, ginning Oct. 19, it was announced eligible to membership, subject to ap­ Super G's, MKC 630 Pin Ups, NYC 491 district sales manager, has been today by S. E. Russ, director of proval of the Board of Directors, and Sky Hi's, MKC 606 King Pins, NYC 424 cargo sales. a transfer fee of not in excess of In the Hospital 5 Misses, MKC 603 appointed to the air reserve twenty-five (25c) cents, to be deter­ Bowling Notes: Highest scores for the men, council of the Air Force associ­ The new flight will increase mined by the Board of Directors, may HARRY McDONALD, kitchen MKC, Frank Holmes, 207; Joe Walker, 233; Bill TWA air cargo service to Shannon, be charged for each transfer. Miller, 206; Ed Fisher, 206; Ed Ferrick, 207; ation for the coming year. Stewart helper, food unit, MKC, Lake­ Steve Vargo, 228; Leo Thomas, 204; Bill Wilson, is a colonel in the Air Force re­ London and Frankfurt on the east- Article X, Section 1 (first sentence side hospital, 29th & Flora, Kan­ 201; Bill Miller, 221; W. Powers, 206; Henry serve and has been very active in bound schedule. The return west­ only). A member failing to make a Aldridge, 222; Ed Holmes, 200; Ray Smale, 205; bound flight will depart from payment on shares when due or on sas City, Mo. Ray Neukirch, 202; W. Powers, 201; Ed Loetel, the reserve program. repayment of a loan when due may be 205. Los Angeles, Joe Decker, 210; Bob Haas, 200; Paris. required to pay a fine to be determined JACK WILLIS, mechanic's helper, Bill Safady, 222. San Francisco, John Schaukowitz, by the Board of Directors which, how­ 227. St. Louis, Phil Millard, 221; Bill McGroarty, Arguing with a woman is like The added service brings TWA's ever, shall not exceed 2% per month KCK, St. Mary's hospital, 101 205; Don Rau, 211. For the girls, MKC, Mary trying to read a newspaper in a total international schedules to of' amounts in default and shall not Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Jo Herman, 169. NYC, Lee Knox, 186; Babs high wind. almost 100 crossings each week. be less than five (5c) cents. Mo. Marvin, 168.

WEEK-LONG MEETING of reservations and ticket office coming year. Among the speakers appearing before them and Personnel Administration Director John D. Keil. R. G. supervisors from some 60 U. S. cities was held in Kansas were President R. S. Damon, General Traffic Manager John Petitte, director of reservations and ticket offices, was in ^j'ty last week as the sales people mapped plans for the Clemson, Assistant General Sales Manager Gerry Thornton charge.

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