t^> LaGuardia Shows for Different How To Make Vacation Take Trip A Quick Turnaround To Red Yugoslavia See Page Two See Page Four VOL. 17, NO. 48 TRANS WORLD AIRLINES EMPLOYEE PUBLICATION DECEMBER 2, 1954 Teletype Operator Furbay Cited for Air In Spare Hours Is Age Impact on Youth Red Cross Driver By Bob Lorenz WASHINGTON—The Frank G. Brewer trophy, America's highest award the field of youth aviation education and training, will go this year ST. LOUIS—Spare hours are busy Dr. John H. Furbay, director of air world education, TWA. ones for Mary Bieker, teletype oper­ Formal award of the trophy will be made at the annual Wright brothers ator—in fact, she hasn't had much memorial dinner, sponsored by the Aero club of Washington chapter of spare time since she joined the the National Aeronautic Association, to be held in Washington Dec. 17. motor service of the American Red .. NAA President Thomas G. Lan- Cross back in 1953. phier, Jr., in announcing the 1954 Mary has logged more than 150 Transcontinental Brewer trophy winner, said Dr. hours of driving time since joining Furbay's great contribution to the up in all types of vehicles, from Non-Sfop Flights education of the youth of America station wagons to one-ton trucks. was achieved through his dynamic Her duties include transporting Open to Non-Revs and inspirational addresses to teach­ blood plasma and whole blood from ers. He addresses more teacher the Red Cross blood center to NEW YORK—Non-revs may now various hospitals in the area. Only board TWA's non-stop transcon­ groups every month of the year than any other person in the United recently she had to rush 40 pints tinental Ambassador flights on a States. He has brought the story in one trip to a patient. space available basis providing: of aviation and its impact to more Mary also serves as chauffeur to (1) The passholder is at least youngsters, through their teachers, Red Cross personnel and entertain­ 16 years old, and than any other person. ers who visit the various veterans' (2) The total passenger load, Furbay is a living exponent of hospitals. And often she drives the including non-revenue passengers, bloodmobile to outlying towns and does not exceed 25. the Air Age, flying constantly, day and night, to bring his messages to villages to pick up newly donated These revisions were recently blood for the Red Cross center. made in non-revenue space available hundreds of thousands of teachers regulations applying to the coast- in universities, teachers' colleges, What's her compensation for to-coast services. TWA is presently workshops, conferences and pro­ giving her spare time so freely? fessional meetings. operating non-stop flights New None, except the great satisfaction COVER GIRLS display results of public relation efforts to bring TWA's York-Los Angeles roundtrip, and Last year, in 65 days, he ad­ she derives from knowing she is many services to public attention through national magazines. All appeared San Francisco-New York eastbound. dressed 66 top audiences in 22 performing a service to humanity. in recent weeks. Included are Noni Horton, holding Collier's Nov. 26 The central pass bureau calls at­ countries. His background includes issue, with strong TWA credit on travel to Egypt; Cleo Lefouses, holding tention to the fact that certain work as a specialist in international Nov. 13 issue Saturday Evening Post, full length story on TWA Flight offices are experiencing difficulty education for the U. S. Office of Philly Bulk Storage Engineer Bill Crickman; Connie Reyes with Lifetime Living, October, with in applying regulations regarding Education as well as educational story on Arizona ranching and Quickie Vacation; Mel Lynch with Sept. 24 non-revenue travel on TWA's com­ field service of international scope. issue Business Week containing article on TWA's Mary Gordon program; bination sleeper-sit up aircraft oper­ He has written numerous books Plant Ready Soon Katy Blanck with Oct. 27 issue Junior Scholastic, featuring TWA front ating on the international segment. on aviation subjects, several of cover photo of ground agent waving a Connie into position; Marge which are used as texts in schools PHILADELPHIA — TWA's new Reservations are being accepted Potocek with August Town & Country which featured TWA's Board Chair­ and colleges throughout the United 150,000-gallon bulk fuel storage man Warren Lee Pierson; Rose Scotti with Oct. 25 Newsweek story on from positive passholders contrary States. For 10 previous years he tanks here should be completed to regulations, and positive trans­ Ed Farthing's solar weather forecasting research and the Nov. 15 issue wrote a popular syndicated news­ within 60 days, assuring the airline of Time, which carried comments by TWA's President Ralph Damon and portation on these flights is being paper feature, "The Debunker," of an adequate supply of aviation authorized by persons who do not Pierson in separate stories on the same page. The girls are from the New which was carried daily in more gas at all times at this station. York public relations office. have the authority, such as various than 100 U. S. newspapers. He has supervisory personnel. Three 50,000-gallon tanks com­ carried out numerous assignments prise the storage plant. Two railroad Manual regulations require that abroad for both the United Press the restrictions on these flights may flatcars are required to carry each HOLIDAYS ON FRIDAYS and Associated Press and has done tank. The entire facility is to be Rodeo Kids To Star be waived only by prior written feature stories for Life magazine, Because Christmas and New approval of a major department underground. Year's fall on Saturdays this the National Geographic magazine season, the previous Fridays, At K. C. Christmas head; i.e., president and vice-presi­ and other publications. Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, will be dent level, and does not extend to WARNING TO NON-REVS company-recognized holidays KANSAS CITY — "Wild Bill" regional directors, or their counter­ Furbay is a native of Mt. Gilead, for TWA ground employees Ohio. He attended Otterbein and KANSAS CITY — Advance book­ Santa Claus, terror of the northern parts. based within the continental Asbury colleges and Yale univer­ ings indicate revenue travel during limits of the United States ex­ plains, and his gun-totin', two- Complete information may be sity, when in 1931, he obtained his the period Dec. 16 through 25 will cept for communications em­ fisted Rodeo Kids will liven things found in the management policy doctorate in philosophy. He has be unusually heavy and employees ployees, dispatchers, mechanics up a mite at the annual TWA club and procedure manual, Chapter 13. and related employees, food unit done research at the Sorbonne in planning trips on a space-available employees, and guards, who will Kiddies Christmas party slated for Paris and the University of London. basis are warned of the probability recognize the Saturdays, Dec. 25 the American Royal Dec. 11. Furbay has been with TWA since of long delays en route. Christmas and Jan. 1, as their holidays Doors open at noon sharp for 'Aviation Age' Ed as provided in their working 1945. His present residence is in spent on an airport bench is not agreements. the Western style Kids Christmas Will Address Club New York City. recommended. party and the two-hour long pro­ gram gets under way at 1 p. m. NEW YORK—Members of the Featured attraction, besides Hop­ management club will hear Ran­ along Santy (thinly disguised as dolph Hawthorne, editor of Avia- Clarence Eden), will be the Rodeo 'wn Age, speak at their next regu- Kids and their trick riding acts, I meeting Dec. 7. plus the TWA employee club 3n this 13th anniversary of Pearl orchestra. arbor, Hawthorne will speak on Of course, there will be gifts for "Russian Airpower" — an authori­ all the youngsters. John Bing, pro­ tative speaker on a timely subject. gram chairman, requests that TWA­ Meeting will be held at the ers "puh-leeze bring only your own Brass Rail restaurant, 100 Park children—no loading up with the Ave., New York City. Doors open local boy scout troop." at 5:30, dinner at 6:45 p.m. Positive identification (TWA Employee club card preferably) will K.C. GIVES $60,196 be required. If you don't have a KANSAS CITY—Final reports on club card, one may be obtained at the United Fund charity drive in the doors of the American Royal Kansas City show that 72% of the A WEDDING PRESENT from the London offices goes to Langley, Vivien de Silva, Guy Preston, Jo Dowle, building, 23rd & Wyoming, on the local TWA employees contributed Andree Sharrocks, junior sales rep, as she leaves to Phyllis Evans, Pat McGinley, Harry Knowles, Joan 23rd St. viaduct. Plenty of parking a total of $60,196.49. Last year marry Ben Van Del, manager, export advertising, New Spice, Philip Perkins, Margaret Chandler, Alice Gray space is available underneath the K. C. employees contributed York. Presenting the candelabra set is Ted Challis, and Peter Kilpack, TWAers from the London sales, ac­ viaduct. Bing said the building $59,000. senior sales rep. Looking on are Cyril Howard, Larry counting and public relations offices. would be heated. Pre-planning, experience, teamwork and a willing spirit. These are the in­ gredients mixed in liberal doses by operations TWAers at New York's busy LaGuardia airport enabling them to unload, refuel, service and load an aircraft for a MAJO'ch PASSENGERS DEPLANE as Agents Pat Barry and Jim Juanis stand at the end of the loading steps.