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[image: 22 TEACHERS and one minister visited the Piedmont & Northern on B-E-M Day. Margaret Watt, daughter of Agent and Mrs. M. C. Watt of Anderson, is third from left, front row.]

Teachers' Day On The Railroad

LAST month the P & N's welcome mat
was out for a group of Charlotte
teachers and ministers who ate a good
lunch, listened to several hours of rail-
road talk, and then toured the general
offices and the Thrift Road industrial
development.

The occasion was Charlotte's annual
Business-Education-Ministers Day, an
event sponsored by the Charlotte Cham-
ber of Commerce as a means of acquaint-
ing teachers and ministers with their inner
workings of the city's business concerns.
Twenty-two teachers and one minister
were guests of the P & N throughout the
day.

The visit began wiht a luncheon at the
Barringer Hotel at which time the group
was welcomed by Treasurer and General
Auditor C. L. Taylor. They were then
conducted to the conference room of the
general offices where they heard talks by
various representatives of the railroad
and were given an opportunity to ask
questions. Following this session they in-
spected the general offices and were then
taken on a tour of the Thrift Road in-
dustrial area developed by the railroad.

Their own reactions tell the story of
their day with the railroad. Here are
some of the comments made in letters
received by the P & N after the visit:

"Please let me thank you for the most
interesting tour of the P & N in connec-
tion with B-E-M Day. It was a delightful
occasion in every way."--Rev. C. C.
Herbert, Jr., Myers Park Methodist
Church.

"The entire day showed a lot of careful
planning and hard work . . . and it cer-
tainly proved beneficial. I think that more
people should be made aware of the great
part the Piedmont & Northern has had
in helping Charlotte to be the city that
it is today."--Miss Evelyn Malone, Pied-
mont Junior High School.

"The visit you made possible for so
many of us last week was indeed a great

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