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SAFETY SCORE
1, 178 days
5, 816, 832 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
ABSENTEEl~M
SPECIALTY CONTROL
EMPLOYEES
HAVE AN EXCELLENT
SAFETY RECORD
AT THE PLANT
ARE WE CONSCIOUS OF
SAFETY
AS WELL?
BE SAFETY-CONSCIOU S
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PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SECTION AS A SERVICE TO SPECIAL TY CONTROL EMPLOYEES
SPORTS, NATIONAL AND WORLD NEWS -
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
January 3, 1957
0 God, our Father, who giveth food for the body and truth for the soul,
Amen.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 179 day.s
5, 826, 778 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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However, if there is no vacancy in t he former job c las s ification, other action must
be .considered. If there is another employee with less seniority working in the
job classification, the r eturning employee can bump that shorter service employee.
But if there is no one with shorter service in the job c lassification, then no bump
is possible and the returning employee must be con: i dered for other open jobs for
which he may be qualified.
Sometimes, though, none of the open jobs will be sui tabl e . This makes it necessary
to consider the possibility of bumping into another job classifi cation. In order to
do this, an employee must be qualified to do the job with a minimum amount of training. A minimum amount of training means the length of time that it would take for
an employee to reach normal job performance when he already has the required
basic knowledge and skills. This limits the jobs into which an employee can bump,
to those on which he has worked in the past or those that are so similar to jobs that
the employee has worked on, that he can quickly learn them.
An employee who is bumped by a longer service employee can, in turn, bump into
a job for which he is qualified, if there is an employee in that classific ati o n with
less service than his.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
January 6, 1957
Lord, Thou dost not nee d our thanks, b ut we have c o n stant n eed to r e mind
ourselves of our obligations to Thee. Make us trul y grateful. A m en
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A minimum of 5 cents an hour unde r this increase, comp ared to the minimum of 4-1 / 2 c e nts an hour in eac h of th e
previous thre e years.
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Elimination after September, 1958, of all employ e e contributions to the Pension Plan on earning s up to $4200.
(A tax free increase of 1%. After September the Department will pay this contribution for the employee s.)
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'INSEPARABLE SIGNS
Every time a prospective customer of Specialty Control says "no sale" to one of our
products, part of an existing or future job d i sappears. In time , enough NO SALES
add up to NO HELP WANTED.
All the union contracts , government decisions, strikes, pickets, boycotts and speeches
in the wor l d won't make jobs because they can't make the cus tomer buy our products.
There is only one thing that will make the customer buy our products, and that one
thing i s value. As long as we give more value to our customers than they can get any where else, they will buy our products.
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To give this value, all of us must constantly work to produce a quality product at the
lowest possibl e cos t. We can get this quality and low co st by each doing his
best way he knows how, and by doing it right the first time.
NO HELP WANTED is an unpleasant kind of sign to see. Each of us has, as part
job, the r esponsibility of se eing that such a sign never appears at Specialty Control.
way we do our jobs now - - giving the b e st in quality and value - - w ill determine how long
we will continue to have our jobs to do.
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January 7, 1958
Our Father, we thank Thee for this food, and for all other expressions of Thy goodness
to us. Guide us and protect us, in Jesus' name. Amen.
Minds are like parachutes -won't work unless they are open.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 183 days
5, 846, 631 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
On the front page of yesterday's NEWS was an item, "What's Ahead for Specialty
Control Folks in 1 58. 11 The list contained such things as a larger pay increase,
smaller employee contributions to the Pension Plan, and continued cost - of - living
adjustments.
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GE employees whose lives are controlled by the IUE will have these same things
to look forward to; but, in addition, they have some unpleasant prospects ahead.
For them, 1958 could be a troublesome year.
James B . Carey, President of the IUE, threw out some strong hints during 1957
which forecast that trouble. Most of you will remember these two quotes in
particular:
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Help us to r e 1-ember, Lord, that we are always dependent upon Thee, and help
us always to receive Thy mercies with thankfulness. Amen.
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1, 184 days
5, 856, 538 hours
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On the back page of yesterday's NEWS was an editorial "WHAT'S AHEAD FOR
THE NEW YEAR?" In it, we expressed the hope that Mr. Carey, President
of IUE, will not carry out his threat to strike GE in 1958.
You may ask "How can a man like Carey call a strike?
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THE ANSWER IS A FLAT NO, because the dues - paying union member is, as
Senator Karl E. Mundt describes him, "The Forgotten Man. 11 He is a persor~
who has lost the right to control his own union.
Senator Mundt describes the problem further in these words:
"IT APPEARS THE FORGOTTEN MAN OF 1957 IS THE
TRAGIC FIGURE OF THE DUES-PAYING MEMBER WHO
MUST JOIN A UNION AND PAY THE ASSESSMENTS TO
EARN A LIVELIHOOD, BUT WHO HAS LOST CONTROL
OF WHAT HAPPENS IN OR TO OR BY HIS UNION. HE
IS COMPELLED TO BUY A TICKET TO RIDE TOWARD
A DESTINATION WHICH HE HAS NO EFFECTIVE VOICE
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Together with Mr. Carey's threats which we quoted yesterday, this is the
picture for 1958 for those G. E. employees who are controlled by the IUE. On
the one hand, members who have no way of controlling the union officials that
represent them; on the other hand, the union officials themselves with the
firm conviction that strikes are necessary if they are to remain in power.
The individual member of IUE is truly THE FORGOTTEN MAN I
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J anuary 9 , 1958
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
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For all the spiritual and temporal blessings Thou art giving us, Dear God, we thank
Thee. Amen.
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1, 185 days
5, 866, 445 hours
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
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who normally ha ve
.tsed the Northwest door will
u se the door by the scrap plat.
fo r m starting Monday. The
time clock w hi ch had been
located by the door in the
Northwest corner will be
moved to a location near the
door by the scrap platform
before Monday.
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SAFETY SCORE
1,186 days
5, 876, 3 52 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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QUALITY CONTROL
AND YOU
The tough and durable skin of the alligator is very much in demand for fine
leather goods.
Even though Mr. Alligator may not contemplate with much joy the idea of
becoming a lady's handbag, still he must take pride in knowing that the skin
he produces is a real quality product.
Now, the alligator produces this fine product without any thought about QUALITY
CONTROL. Things are pretty rough down in the swamp and so he just naturally
grows as tough a skin as he can, because his life depends on it.
Here at Specialty Control Department, however, we think a lot about QUALITY
CONTROL. We even have a sub-section by that name with people who spend
all their time working on it.
But they are not the only ones who are responsible for QUALITY CONTROL.
They can only tell us when our quality is good or bad and help us improve . All
of us must be responsible for QUALITY CONTROL, because we are the ones
who must build quality into our products. This is t h e job of everyone at
Specialty Control, not just the Quality Control people .
Just as Mr. Alligator's life depends on the quality he builds into his product,
so our livelihood, our jobs, depend on the quality we build into our products
and the way we perform our jobs.
Only as long as we each put quality into our products, will our customers continue to exercise their free choice in the marketplace and buy our products.
And only if our customers buy our products will our jobs be secure.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
13, 1958
Dear Father, accept the gratitude of our hearts for this food now before us, and for
all other blessings with which our lives are daily blessed. In Jesus' name. Amen.
1957 INSURANCE CLAIMS
SHOULD BE FILED
IMMEDIATELY
Specialty Control employees who
incurred medical expenses over
and above the deductible amounts
during 1957 should file an insurance claim as soon as possible,
if they have not already done so,
according to R. B. McKenzie,
Manager-Personnel Accounting.
Whenever your covered medical
expenses under Type A exceed
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_ tpe B exceed $50, or when a
combination of the two types of
expenses exceeds $50 in any one
year, then a claim should be filed.
Claims for all 1957 expenses
should be filed immediately.
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 189 days
5, 886, 259 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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Bless this food to the nourishment of our bodies and our bodies in Thy
service; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
PAXTON PRAISES SPECIALTY
CONTROL FOR OUTSTANDING
PROGRESS
REMINDERS
All parking zones and drives at
Specialty Control are being
checked daily now for cars that
are not in the proper place.
Employees whose cars are improperly parked will be notified ,
to move their cars immediately.
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A FAVOR
JOIN THE
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 190 days
5, 896, 12$ hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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The I UE strike at the Federal Telephone and Radio Corporation has at last
come to an end. Four thousand one hundred striking employees have
spent 87 days without work and have had 12 payless paydays. Work stopped
and pay stopped -- but the monthly bills continued to roll in!
The average Federal employee has lost $804 in wages; it will take nearly
four years to make this up with the increase granted as part of the strike
settlement. I n addition to the lost wages, many workers have had to go in
debt to get the necessities of life for their families.
The company has lost millions of dollars worth of business, which may
result in permanently lost jobs for some workers at Federal. Customers
have turned to other companies for their needs and many will never come
back.
This is a high price to pay for a small immediate gain which undoubtedly
could have been attained by peaceful negotiation. If the union leaders had
used better judgment and had more concern for the welfare of the members
as well as the welfare of the company which furnishes the members their
livelihood, these losses might have been prevented.
In a strike -
EVERYONE LOSES!
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Dear heavenly Father, at every table where food is spread Thou art host.
Prepare our hearts, through love and service, for these blessings from Thy
hands. Amen.
STOCK BONUS SHARES
RECEIVED BY EMPLOYEES
MUST BE REPORTED FOR 1957
INCOME TAX
Any employees who received
Stock Bonus shares last March
as a result of having participated
in the GE Savings and Stock Bonus
Plan for the full five year holding
period must report this on their
1957 Federal Income Tax returns.
Stoc k Bonus shares should be re,-..te d as ordinary income according to the market value of the
s har e s at the time they w ere
r ece ived by the employee.
The accumulated income on the
Stoc k Bonus which partic ipants
in the Plan r ece i ved by c heck in
March, 1957, should also be reporte d as ordinary income on the
1957 F ederal Income Tax r e turn.
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Employees who have been laid off because of lack-of-work are recalled for
job openings before any new people are hired. The Employment Office
keeps a list of all employees who have been laid off; names are listed in
order of seniority.
When the Employment Office gets a Request for Help, the list of laid off
employees is checked and the employees with the longest service who have
past experience in the job classification concerned are recalled first.
If there is no one on the list of laid off employees with past experience in
th.e open job classification, others on the list will be considered for the
openings, in order of seniority, before any new applicant is hired.
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SPORTS, NATIONAL ANO WORLD NEWS -
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Dear Lord, we thank Thee for food for our bodies and for Thy love, which is
the food for our souls. In J esus 1 name. Amen
SAFETY GLASSES MUST BE
WORN AT ALL TIMES IN THE
FACTORY
immediately, the
Department safety rules regarding the wearing of safety glasses
will be strictly enforced for the
protection of Specialty Control
employees . Loss of eyesight or
injuries to the eye are among the
more serious safety hazards in an
operation such as ours, and the
number of Wise Owl awards in the
Department points up the need for
~ -.lplete eye protection for all
euiployees at all times.
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SAFETY GLASSES .
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Engineering Development Room.
There is only one exception to the
above rules: employees using the
south side office entrance {by the
Dispensary) to go to and from the
Cafeteria need not wear safety
glasses while passing through
that part of the fac tor y between
the southside office entran ce and
the Cafeteri a ,
Ea ch employee should have a
pair of safety glasses in his
possession. Anyone who does not
have a pair of safety glasses
should contact Ruth Gray, Plant
Nurse, immediately.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Not only for this food, do we give Thee thanks, 0 God, but for work and its
rewards, for friends, for health. Amen
EVERY SPECIALTY CONTROL
EMPLOYEE SHOULD HAVE A
PAIR OF SAFETY GLASSES
Each employee of Specialty Control Department should have a
BOWLING
pair of Plano Safety Glasses or
Prescription Safety Glasses in
Ertle's Turtles dumped the Leag ue
order to be fully protected when
leading Dynamic Five Wednesday
working in or passing through the
night by a score of 3-0 in the
manufacturing area of the plant,
regular SCOGEE bowling matches.
the Engineering Labs or the Mfg.
The Roll Tillers rolled over the
Engineering Development Room.
Alley Cats, 2-1, and the Retreads
(TODAY'S NEWS, Januar y 16).
defeated the Cannon Balls, 3 -0.
Anyone who does not have a pair
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of these safety glasses should con0 Smiley took High Single with a
tact Ruth Gray, Plant Nurse, as
192, while High Triple was rolled
soon as possible.
by Corbin Dixon with a 496.
Pres e nt L eague standings are:
Dynamic Five
Alley Cats
Roll Tillers
Ertle's Turtles
Cannon Balls
Retreads
Won Lost
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SAFETY SCORE
l,193days
5, 925, 7 35 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDE NT
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For this country, for its freedoms, for our rights in this country, we are
grateful, 0 God. Make us grateful for this food also. Amen.
REMINDERS .
APPRENTICE BASKETBALL
(Cont. from column 1)
George "Cutie Pie" Craig
Wes "Bashful" Wade
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Josephine" Mc Dorman
Jim "The Menace" Hagwood
Junior Apprentices
Barney "Buffalo Bill" Basham
Herb "Teddy Bear" Blackwood
Max "Cuddles" Lantz
Merv "Baby Face" Daughtry
Jim "Footsie" Shoemaker
Referees will be Dick Spinazolla
and Jim DeWitt (Tool Room).
SAFETY SCORE
1, 196 days
5, 935, 604 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
For home, for family, for friends, we thank Thee, 0 God; help us to make our
place today a friendly place toward Thee and toward others . Amen
SPECIALTY CONTROL WINS
CONVER TOR ORDER AS A
RESULT OF CUTTING SHIPPING
TIME ALMOST 2/3
Specialty Control won orders
totaling $197, 000 from Packard
Bell Electronic Corporation
recently because of the excellent
job on the part of all employees
concerned in cutting the original
time estimate from 37 wee ks to
14 weeks. The orders are for
50 converto rs for the Thor
missile ground unit. Each con.-... rtor consists of a speed regu1ator, a voltage regulator and a
rectifier.
Specialty Control's original bid
was for 37 weeks, but as it became apparent that time was a
major factor, th e bid was changed to include an estimated
delivery time for the first 4
units of 14 weeks. As a result,
Specialty Control won the order.
All Sections concerned did their
utmost to help the Department
meet the 14 week schedule. As
a result of the excellent job
which was done by Aircraft and
Military Products Sales, Military Control Design, Aircraft
Production and the Prototype
area, the shortened schedule
was met and Spe cialty Control
received an order for 46 more
units.
SAFETY SCORE
l,197days.
5, 945, 406 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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Particularly interesting was the fact that among the group was
their purpose to practice these things in their own backyard, then the rights of
employees, their own employees, are ignored completely.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Every good and perfect gift comes from Thee, 0 God, and we thank Thee for
all that Thou hast given. Amen.
CASHIER'S CAGE HOURS WILL
CHANGE MONDAY
Beginning Monday, January 27,
the Cashier's Cage in the Personnel Accounting Office will be open
during the mornings only. The
regular hours for this service
will be 10:00 AM to 12 Noon,
Monday through Thursday, and
8:30 AM to 12 Noon on Friday.
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 198 days
5, 955, 208 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
A 1/2" d r111 and sold ering gun di s appeared Monday night from
Quality Control. Will the person
who borrowed them please notify
Fred Curto (Supv. Maint,) and
sign a loan slip.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
We thank Thee, 0 God, for the hand that feeds us, the love that cares for us,
and the l i fe whi ch T h ou hast entrusted to us. Amen.
TENTH FATAL ACCIDENT I N
COMPANY FOR 1957 OCCURRED
IN ERIE PLANT LAST MONTH
The tenth accidental death in the
company for 1957 o c curred in the
Locomotive and Car Equipment
Department in December when a
welder was fatally injured.
The victim was working on a
locomotive platform when an
industrial railroad car snagged
another locomotive truck parked
- - ~side its path. The truck was
"""" d against the welder, pinning
.gainst the platform on which
hv .vas working.
The employee
died three hours later from internal hemorrhages.
APPRENTICE ALUMNI WILL
MEET APPRENTICE TRAINEES
IN BENEFIT BASKETBALL
GAME TOMORROW
The Apprentice Alumni "Old
Timers " will meet the Apprentic e "Whiz Kids" in a basketball
game tomorrow night at 8:00PM
in the Waynesboro High School
East Gym. Proceeds from a
free will offering taken at the
d oor will go to the March of
Dimes.
Friday night's contest has been
scheduled as a result of a
challenge issued by the ApprenTrainees to the Apprentice
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... enge was answered and both
groups have been busy gathering
together their for ces .
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For life, for food, for daily care here in the plant and at our homes, we g i ve
Thee our thanks. Amen.
HARNER SAVES EYESIGHT WITH
SAFETY GLASSES IN UNUSUAL
ACCIDENT
Specialty Control welcomes to
our plant today: Mr. H.B.
Miller, Vice Pres. -Mfg. Services,
Mr. W.W. Beardsley, Mgr-Mfg.
Eng. Services and Acting Mgr. Mfg. Laboratory, Mr. C. E.
Warner, Acting Mgr. -Advanced
Equipment Development, and
Mr. E. L. Rogers, SpecialistControl Engineering, Advanc.e d
M_uipment D e velopment.
The basketball game between the
Apprentice Alumni "Old Timers"
and the Apprentice "Whiz Kids"
will begin at 8:00 o'clock tonight
at the Waynesboro High School
East Gym. Proceeds from a
free will offering taken at the
door will go to the March of
Dimes.
New hours for the Cashier's Cage
in the Personnel Accounting
Office will begin Monday, Jan. 27.
The Cashie r s Cage will be open
Monday through Thursday from
10:00 AM to 12:00 NOON and on
Friday from 8: 30 AM to 12 NOON .
Employees who use the Rest
Rooms in .the front office should
be careful. with the hot water for
the next few days. Because of a
broken valve, the wate r is much
,-....,ter than usual, and could
td.sily cause serious burns.
A replacement valve has bee n
ordered and will be installe d as
soon as it arrives.
CORRECTION:
Yesterday we reported erroneously that two previous models
of the Martin YP6M were unsuccessful. Actually, the two
earlier models, designated as
XP6M' s flew suc cessfully, but
both crashed and were destroyed
intrial flights.
There is a little poe m whic h you have probably heard that begins "For
want of a nail a shoe wa s los t ... .
for "want of " a horseshoe nail.
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horse's shoe caused a soldier to be out of the battle,which caused his unit to
lose its part of the fight and so on until the entire battle was lost.
No matter how small the part, or how unimportant the job may appear
to be, it could very well b e that without it, something much larger will fail.
Remember this as y ou
approach~
job.
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Help up to be grateful for this food and use us to render service to Thee.
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''On the other hand, the people on
the other side have the most wellbehaved children you ever saw!"
BOWLING LEAGUE TIGHTENS:
SAGER ROLLS RECORD 242
In the SCOGEE Men's Bowling
League last week the race continued to tighten up as the first place
Dynamic Five and the second
place Alley Cats were both def eat
ed 2 -1 by the Roll Tillers and the
Retreads. In the other match on
Wednesday night the Cannon Balls
defeated Ertle's Turtles 2-1.
A new all time High Single for the
League was rolled last week by
Bill Sager who pounded out a 242.
The High Triple for the night was
rolled by Stan Stocki who had a
Carl Alexander (Regulators) is
501.
the proud father of a baby girl
born January 21. The baby weighSAFETY SLOGAN: Watch out for ed 6 lbs. 14 oz. His wife, Dot~
formerly worked in Coil & Trans.
school children -- especially if
they're driving cars.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 201 days
5, 984, 614 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
An article by H. L. Palmer,
Manager-Engineering, entitled
''Reliability of Electronic Con trols" has been published in the
January issue of ELEC:TRONIC
EQUIPMENT Maga'Zine.
Recently there have been some misunderstandings about how claims for medical expenses
should be submitted under the GE Employee Insurance and Dependent Insurance Plans.
When claims for medical expenses are turned in, they must be accompanied by all receipts
and bills. These receipts and bills should be identified as to the person for whom the
expense- was incurred and the date that the expense was incurred, as well ae the exact
amount.
Doctor's bills or receipts should also have a notation showing the diagnosis,. Bills or receipts
for medical expenses other than those from hospitals or doctors should be initialed by your
doctor. However, the doctor's initials are not necessary on dru6gists'receipts, provided the
prescription number is shown.
The Medical Expense Record which is pictured below is designed for the convenience of the
employee only and should be used only for keeping personal records of medical expenses. It
is not a claim form and will not be accepted as proof of medical expenses incurred, unless
accompanied by all bills and receipts which apply.
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PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SECTION AS A SERVICE TO SPECIAL TY CONTROL EMPLO YEES
Sl'ORTS, NATIONAL AND WORLD NEWS - COURTESY OF WAYP, AND NEWS VIRGINIAN
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
In the strength of this food, 0 God may we be able to serve Thee and our
fellow man. Amen.
GE NOW HAS 100, 000 MORE
OWNERS THAN EMPLOYEES:
MORE WOMEN THAN MEN
OWN STOCK
EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION
WILL GRADUATE 34 TONIGHT
AT WESTWOOD
Thirty four employees of
Specialty Control Department
will be graduated from the Effective Presentation Course at
a special dinner meeting at
6:00 PM today at the Westwood
Restaurant.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 202 days
5, 994, 329 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
The University of Virginia Extension Division has announced the beginning of its Sprit, _
semester of extension courses in Staunto n, Waynesboro and Fishersville. Courses in
Education, Engineering and Psychology will be offered during the Spring semester.
Undergraduate classes which will m e et at Waynesboro High School are listed below with
the starting date, time, room number, and tuition for each course. Registration for
all of these courses will be held at 7:30 P. M., January 30, at Waynesboro High School,
Room 201.
ENGINEERING 42. 21-2b:
Tuition $36. 00
Graduate courses in Education whic h will be offered are listed below with the dates and
times for first meeting and registration, tuition, and location.
EDUCATION GE125C: TEACHING OF READING, first meeting and registration, Monday, January 27, 6:30 P. M., Main Parlor, Virginia
School for the Deaf and Blind. Tuition $31. 00.
EDUCATION GE142: TEACHING IN KINDERGARTEN AND PRIMARY
GRADES, first meeting and registration, Thursday, February 6,
6:30 P. M., Conference Room, Wilson Memorial High School.
Tuition $31. 00.
EDUCATION GEll4: MENTAL HYGIENE, first meeting and registration,
Thursday, February 6, 6: 30 P. M., Conference Room, Wilson
Memorial High School. Tuition $31. 00.
An undergraduate class in TEACHING OF ART will be offered, also.
for this class will be announc ed later.
Further information about these classes may be obtained from Mr. C. K. Landes, Local
Director, University of Virgini a E x t e n s ion Divis ion, Fi s h e r sville, Virginia. (Telephone
Staunton TU 6-5042).
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
January
29, 1958
F or food a nd h ealth and lif e and l o v e, h e lp u s to b e g r ate ful and humble b e fore
Thee . Ame n .
TEMPORARY ORGANIZ ATIONAL
CHANGES IN QUALITY CONTROL
MADE BECAUSE OF HEAVY
LOAD
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the three E. p . clas ::-e s were Paul ! The model airplane on display in
C a ron (Air c r aft), Bill Flynn (Em- 1the Cafeteria Trophy Case is a
ploye e Relations) and Che t Alle n I sample of the models which will
; (Mfg . Eng.).
be produced by the SCOGEE Model
Airplane Club, whi~h will be
organized soon. Contact B.
Meeks (Prototypes) for further
i nformation.
Here 1 s a n author with an inve nOf all the things y ou wear, your
t ive mind - - t he husband is takin g e xpre ssion is the most important.
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Sanctify the food we eat to the strengthening of our bodies and help us to
u se the strength to serve Thee and our fe ll ow man. Ame n.
Damage to the right rear fen der of a green and white 1956
Chevrolet on Thursday,
J anuary 23, in Zone D.
Please contact Glenna Burn~
(Aircraft).
Damage to the right rear fe nd e r of a gi nger and white 1957
Plymo uth on Monday, Dec . 16,
195 7. Pleas e contact Mary
Har vey (Ai rcraft) .
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Charles D . Tolley, Principal,
Adult Night School, at the Wayne sIn the SCOGEE Bowling League
boro High School offic e. Tui tion
g ames last night, the Roll Tillers
is $10 for the 31 - hour term.
took 3 straight from Ertle 1 s
Turtles, the Cannon Balls defeatC lasses will meet between 7 and
9 PM on Mondays and Wednesdays. e d the Alley Cats 2-1, and the
Dynamic Five took the Retreads
2 -1.
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1, 204 days
6, 013, 759 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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Saturday, Feb. 8
at the
WAYNESBORO COU N T RY CLUB
9 to 1
Admission -
C. Spence r - M fg . Eng.
Gracie Lay ne - R egulator Asm .
Shirle y D e maste rs - El ec t . Asm.
Bob Ja c obs - E lec t . S t ock Room
Mary Bridgeforth - R epair & R e turn
Buddy Coffman - Mach i ne Room
Al McKech nie - Engineering Lab .
Ruth Gray - Di s pensary
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January
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
31, 1958
Name
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGIN IA
February 3, 1958
In the name of Christ we thank Thee for our food and pray that we may find
food for our soul also. Amen.
IUE ORDERS GE EMPLOYEES AT
TRENTON, N. J., OUT ON
STRIKE
General Elec tric employees at
T rento n, New Jersey, were calle d
out on strike on January 22 by the
IUE.
Using an illegal walkout on Jan.
14 as a beginning, the union
bosse s c alled the strike even
though the grievance had~been
processed through th e grie vance
procedure.
MAKING PLANS for the SCOGEE Valentine Dance are four members
of the Dance Committee, (above, left to right) Charlie Spencer (Mfg .
Eng.) - Tickets; Shirley DeMasters (Elec. Asm.) - Dance Chairman;
Grace Layne (Re g . Asm.) - Decorations; and Mary Bridgeforth (Rep.
and Return) - Publicity. The SCOGEE Valentine Dance will be held
Saturday, February 8, from 9 to 1, at the Waynesboro Country Club,
with music by 11 The Melodiers".
HALF OF Z ONE BIN PARKING
LOT WILL BE CLOSED FOR
REPAIRS WEDNESDAY
The North aisle of Zone B in the
Parking Lot (next to the Cafeteria)
will be closed We dne s day, Feb. 5,
so that necessary repairs can be
made.
The entire Parking Lot will be
open for use a gain on Thursday,
Feb. 6.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 208 days
6, 033, 189 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
February 4, 1958
"All things c ome of Thee 0 God" and for all things we thank Thee now.
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SCOGEE Glee Club will meet at
7: 30 tonight in the Plant Auditorium. New members are welcome.
FOR RENT: House at 917 Sherwood Ave., 6 rooms plus bath,
2 porches, adequate closet space,
located on 1/2 a.ere l ot with s h ade
trees. Call WH 3 - 88 9 5 a f ter
3:15 PM.
Amen.
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By Frank Ketchum
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February- S; 1958
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Thee for both just now. Amen.
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The fifth point of the Department's
five-point Accident Prevention
Program is:
"If you do get hurt, no matter
how slight the injury, report
it and get first aid. 11
First shift employees should report all injuries to the Dis pens ary; second shift employees
should report all injuries to the
Sheet Metal Foreman.
If complications should set in at
,-.. me when the services of the
l.J1spensary are not available,
contact the Plant Physician. If
he cannot be reached, employees
may go directly to the Waynes-
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SAFETY RECORD
(Cont. from col. 1)
boro Community Hospital
Emergency Room for treatment.
Remember, the little injuries
can be just as serious as the big
ones. Report every injury,
regardless of how small, and~
treatment immediately.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 210 days
6, 052, 581 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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Mary Agnes Wheatley
Pe_te Ervine
Vinton Cook
.c. L. Kniskern .
Kathy Humphreya
Je~n Kent
Ann Shifflett
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Evelyn Irvin - ,
Anne Coffey .
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Demmie .Layne.
_Employee .Reiatipns.
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Gladys Carmichael (Aircraft)
Virginia Coffey (Aircraft)
Gaynelle Lilley (Air~raft) '
Mary Bell (Aircraft)
Genevieve. Deadrick "(Relays)
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
February 6, 1958
"Praise God from Whom all bless ings flow", For food and power and
love and peace accept our thanks 0 God. Amen.
REPRESENTATIVES OF AREA
INDUSTRY, PRESS AND RADIO
SEE NUMERICAL POSITIONING
CONTROL IN ACTION
The Burgmaster
Drill to which
Specialty Control 1 s Numerical
Positioning Con50 representatives from industry,
trol has been ap press and radio in the Waynesboro
plied is pictured at
area were guests of Specialty
right, with Buddy
Control Department yesterday
Coffman (App.
afternoon at an Open House which
Trainee) demonwas given to demonstrate to them
strating the use
the application of the Departof the machine.
ment' s Numerical Positioning
An on-the-spot
Control.
demonstration of
this combination
J: eatured at the meeting was a
was given to 50
demonstration of a new Burgrepresentatives
master drill to which our Numer- of industry, press
ical Positioning Control has been
and radio from the W a ynesboro area yesterday.
applied for use in the Deparbnent.
BLOOD DRIVE UNDERWAY:
After the principles and appli CHAIRMEN WILL CONTACT
cations of the Numerical PositionALL EMPLOYEES
ing Control were explained to the
group by Dr. L. T. Rader, Genl. Specialty Control Blood Donor
An eleven cubic foot used GE
Manager, and other members of
Chairmen, the names of which
freezer-chest will be sold at
the Department, the guests
were announced in TODAY'S
auction today, at 4:30 PM in the
participated in an on-the-spot
NEWS on Wednesday, February 5, Maintenance Shop. Used by
demonstration of designing, prohave begun making their rounds
Specialty Control Department in
gramming, and drilling a part
of Department employees to sign
the Aircraft area for approximate.
using the new machine.
up donors for the Red Cross
ly 10 years, the freezer is in need
Bloodmobile visit on Wednesday,
of a clean-up job, but is in good
The new numerically controlled
February 12,
working order.
drill will be used by the Department to make parts for other
More than 200 volunteers are
The freezer may be seen today
numerical controls, and to help
needed to give blood next Wedin the Maintenance Shop. Terms
speed the development of electrinesday in order to make the Drive at the auction will be cash.
cal systems for new aircraft and
a success. Specialty Control
~ ssiles .
employees have set new comBecause of limited space, the
munity records in past Blood
number of tickets that will be
Liuests at the Open House also
Drives, by contributing more
sold
for the SCOGEE Valentine
saw a demonstration of a small
pints at a single Bloodmobile
Dance will be limited to 100. Be
milling machine controlled by a
visit than had ever been given
sure to get yours today !
magnetic tape.
before,
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GET ALL THREE!
'EM FREE!
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 212 days
6, 071, 973 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all his benefits.
IUE STRIKE AT TRENTON GOES
J.NTO THIRD WEEK: PICKET
LINE GETS TOUGHER
275 General Electric employees at
Trenton, N. J., began their third
week without pay last Wednesday,
as the IUE bosses kept the illegal strike going.
A noticeable toughening of the
picket line became evident last
week, as only o ne person, the
plant manager, was allowed.by
the IUE agitators to enter the
~nt.
CITIZENS' COMMITTEE
WILL RAISE FUNDS FOR HIGH
SCHOOL ATHLETIC .FIELD
IMPROVEMENT
A committee of interested citizens has been organized to raise
money for a Waynesboro High
School Athletic Improvement
Fund. The money will be used foz
improvements on the stadium at
Waynesboro High School and also
for a new lighting system for the
athletic field.
In order to help raise money for
the Fund a benefit dinner will be
given at the Waynesboro High
School East Gym on Monday,
February 17. Tickets will be
$10. 00 each, of which $7. 50 will
go directly into the Fund.
Members of Specialty Control
Department who have tickets to
sell for the dinne;r are H. W.
Tulloch, Mgr. -E & CR, E. A.
Brennan (Purchasing), C. L.
Hughes (Ind. Control Prod.),
C. Smith (Tool Mfg.) and J. R.
Neet (Marketing).
SAFETY SCORE
1, 213 days
6, 081, 669 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
AC CJ.DENT
This' week is National Electrica,i We ek.We mark the lllth anni versary of the birthday of
Thomas A. Edison, a man of enterpris e and vision.
gigantic accomplishments of the industry which Edison helped bring into being.
In 1878,. when his lamp was merely an idea, Edison persuaded a small group of 13 men
to risk their savit;igs in his venture -- forming the first of t he prede c essor c ompanies of
General Electric.
their money to
Today, nearly half a million General Electric share owners are risking
provide~
with the plants, machines, research, and innov ation needed to meet
customer wants.
Every new product developed by the electrical industry spreads progress as a pebble
spread~
ripples in a pond.
Ot.Uy a handful of men were employed by Edison when h e deve loped the first incande scent
lamp.
Today the electrical industry employes some 4, 000, 000 men and women.
Electric alone is 1957 provided an average 200, 000 more jobs than in 1939.
General
In General
Electric today, one third of all employees are working on products de v eloped since 1939.
Besides stimulating employment, each new product prov ides new opportunities f or
suppliers of parts and services, for distributors and dealers and for people in allied industries.
In making our products, we in General Electric use the products and services of some 42, 000
large and small suppliers.
Some 400, 000 distributors and dealers gain income from General
j.ndustry, which not only brings light into darkness but also eliminates much human drudgery ,
plays
a. vital role in our national defense, and provides better living for all America.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Dear Lord, we thank Thee for Thy care, the food we eat, the clothes we
wear; Be present with us everywhere. Amen.
HERTNER ELECTRIC
EMPLOYEES VOTE IUE OUT
In an NLRB election at the Hertner Electric Co. plant in Strongville, Ohio, recently, employees
voted the IUE out, 109 to 1. The
election, which came as a result
of a petition from Hertner employees, ended an IUE strike
which had been in progress since
last Fall.
T .a.st
SCOGEE Glee Club will meet to night at 7: 30 in the Plant Auditorium. New members are
welcome.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 216 days
6, 091, 365 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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An e x cellent exampl e of the comple te disregard which many unions have for
the rig hts of employ ees to decide for themselves whether or not they will be
r e p resent e d by a union is the pr e sent attempt by the International Typographic al Union to get recognition by the Leader Publishing Co. in Staunton,
publishers of the Staunton News-Leader.
Afte r several demands that the publishing company recognize them without an
N. L . R. B. elect ion, the union hos ses recently threatened t o strik~ if the
comp a ny does not recognize them.
Last Monday, the management of the Leader Publisn1ng Company printed
their answer to the union 1 s strike threat. Part of that answer is reprinted
below.
"Leader Publishing Co. could command
no public c onfidence if it ignored the law
and delivered our employees into the
hands of a union without a se c ret
election as prescribed by law
"We abhor the thoug ht o f a strike and
the hardships it w ould inflict on nonstrikers, r e aders, advertisers and the
str ike rs the mselves. If need be,
h o w e ve r, The L e ader Publishing Co.
would ha ve no c hoice but to tak e a strike
whe n l eg al, de mo c ratic procedures have
b e en ignored. We shall take a strike if
we m ust, l e t the chips fall where they
may. 11
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
BLOODMOBILE VISITS
SPECIALTY CONTROL DEPT.
TODAY
SMILE A WHILE
The nickel and penny aren't of
much value these days, but a
dime can serve as a fairly good
screw-driver.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 217 days
6, 101, 141 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
Next time you're tempted to crowd the yellow light at the intersection,
or pass that "blankity-blank slow poke" half way up a hill, or take any
kind of short cut or chance while driving to save a little of your "valuable"
time, stop and think about this.
kind of a gamble this really is, just check these figures for the precise
odds you 1d be betting on
Age is
Approx. Life
Expectancy
Years
To Live
Seconds
To Live
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Suppose someone walked up to you today and asked for odds like these on
a bet.
Suppose he said: "How's about betting $1, 419, 120, 000 against my
one buck?"
Yo ur answer is obvious.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Gracious Giver of all good; Thee we thank for life and food.
all we do or say; meet Thy 'favor through the day. Amen.
A new record for Specialty Control and for the community was set by
Next week, February 16 - 22,
Department employees yesterday, as they donated 179 pints of life1958 is National Engineers Week.
saving blood to the Red Cross Blood Bank.
Sponsored by the National Society
The regular Bloodmobile crew and the volunteer help~rs who visited
of Professional Engineers,
National Engineers Week was
the plant yesterday were kept busy as a steady flow of donors moved
to the Dispensary for registration and a routine medical check, and
first observed in 1951 and has
been observed each year since
then on to the Auditorium where the blood was taken.
then. It is always scheduled for
IUE WALKOUT IN SCHENECTADY After giving blood, each employee
~e week of George Washington's
spent approximately 15 minutes
INVOLVES 74 EMPLOYEES,
rthday because our country's
resting in a special area set ajiide
RESULTS IN LACK OF WORK
first president was himself a
for
that purpose. Refreshments
FOR OTHERS
notable engineer.
were served to help restore
3nergy.
In connection with National
The IUE staged two walkouts in
Engineers week, several activiSchenectady last week, involving
The previous record for the
ties have been planned by
a total of 74 employees and cas - community for the number of
engineering groups in the coming more than 20 more to be sent pints donated in one day was set
munity.
home for lack-of-work.
by Specialty Control employees
at the last visit of the Blood:On Monday, February 17, at
The first of the two walkouts was mobile t.o our plant, on Aug. 21,
7:45 PM, a special 15 minute
in the Large Motor and Gener1957, when 177 pints of blood
radio program will be presented
ator Department, with 51 people
were collected.
entitled "Engineering Builds
involved. Later in the week 23
Broader Horizons". The proBill Perry (Emp. Relations),who
employees of the Large Steam
gram will be based on the Inter Turbine Department were called directed the activities for yesternational Geophysical Year.
out. Both walkouts were illegal, day's Bloodmobile visit,expressed
according to terms of the IUE-GE his appreciation yesterday afterA special Ladies Night Meeting
noon for the excellent job of signcontract.
of the Valley Engineers Club will
ing up volunteers which was done
be held on Wednesday, Feb. 19.
Because of the first IUE walkout, by the Blood Donor Chairmen.
more than 20 employees (whose
On Thursday, February 20, there work depends on the work of the
Specialty Control Department also
will be a joint meeting of the
appreciates the cooperation of
group that walked out) had to be
.American Institute of Electrical
sent home for lack of work
Mrs. Betty Steves, Blood Bank
.gineers and the National
Coordinator for Waynesboro, and
Society of Professional Engineers.
the Bloodmobile ere~ both regular
SCOGEE Rifle Club will meet
and volunteer helpers, who helped
Details of these activities will
today on Fishburne Range at
make yesterday's Bloodmobile
appear in TODAY'S NEWS next
7:00 PM.
visit a success.
week.
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Article II, Section 2, of the national agreement between GE and the IUE says:
"Subject to applicable law, any such authorization shall be revocable by the individual employee by individual notice in writing mailed
by registered or certified letters to the
Company and the Local at any time between
September 20 and October 1 of any year dur ing the term of this Agreement, or of any
year during the term of each succeeding
applicable collective bargaining agreement
between the parties hereto, or 10 days prior
to the termination date of each such succeeding Agreement."
In other words, once IUE dues are being deducted from the pay of a member,
the only way to stop those deductions is by written notice with copies to the
union and the Company by registered mail during a two week period, only
once a year.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Feb
1958
This food, which Thou hast already blessed in the giving, bless also in
our partaking, that God may be honored, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
BU.RGMASTER DRILL WILL BE
DEMONSTRATED TO
EMPLOYEES
A number of Specialty Control
employees have expressed an
interest in seeing in action the
new Burgmaster Drill to which
the Department's Numerical
Positioning Control has been
applied.
Arrangements have been made
demonstrations of the
chine for Specialty Control
employees during the week of
.February 24 - 28. Those interested should contact their supervisor for further information.
Tonight is the night for the VMI William and Mary basketball
game at 8:00 PM in the Waynesboro High School East Gym. And
don't forget the prelimininary
game between Hamburger Franks
. Wilson Rehabilitation Center
~ . ich starts at 6: 30 PM.
SPORTS
men 1 s
In the SCOGEE
ten pin
bowling league last Wednesday
night, the league-leading Dynamic Five came roaring out of their
slump and raised the old high
team triple by 1 pin to 2434 as
they swept all three games from
Ertle ' s Turtles. The Cannon
Balls also took their three games
from the Retreads and the Roll
Tillers continued their climb
toward the top by dumping the
second place Alley Cats 2-1.
John Dvorscak rolled the high
single of 210 for the night and
Del Niedentohl had the high triple
of 524.
VALENTINE'S DAY
1958
First stop for Specialty Control blood donors on Wednesday was the Dispensary, where they registered and then
received a routine medical check. Pictured above, waiting to complete the medical check are (front to rear) Fay
Cash (Aircraft), Patsy Massie (Aircraft), John Lotts
(Relay Prod.), Vinda Sullivan (Aircraft), and A. B.
Valz (Eng.). On the other side of the room (rear), Willie
Almarode (Relays) has his medical report reviewed by
Dr. C. W. Cauilkins, while Pauline Chandler (Aircraft)
and Earline Elkins (Relays) are pictured as the routine
medical check is completed for them by volunteer Red
Cross workers.
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VOL. IV , NO. 33
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
A ccept our thanks for this food and keep us throug h t he hou rs of thi s day.
For Christ's sake we ask it. Amen.
GE ANNOUNCES EMPLOYEES
EDUCATIONAL LOAN PROGRAM
FOR 1958 -59
NATIONAL ENGINEER'S
WEEK ACTIVITIES
A special 15 minute radio program w ill be presented over
WAYB tonigh t at 7:45 P M .
The p r ogram, which will be
based on the International
Geophys ical Year will be
entitled " Engineering Builds
B roader Horizons."
T he Valley Engineers Club will
have their first annual
L adies Night o n Wednesday,
F ebruary 19, at t he H o tel
G ene ral Wayne. Dr. George
P erkins w ill address the
group on the subject
"Aluzn.inum in Your L ife."
A social hour will open the
meeting at 6:15 PM, with
dinne r at 7:15 PM. Tickets
a r e available from Charlie
Thompson (Eng.) and Jim
Ho_y leman (Quality Control).
A join t meeting of t h e American
Institute of Electrical
Engineers and the Nati onal
S ociety of Professional
Engineers will be held o n
Thursday, Feb. 20, be g i nni ng
at 6:15 at t h e Thomas J effe rso n
I n n in Charlottesville. Speake-r
for the o c casion will be Dr .
T h o mas H u g h es o f Was hington
and Lee Uni v ersity_, :R:e-s-e!'-atien-s-shOtJ.l~ed by
Tues day mor ni ng from D. B .
S chnei der.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
NATIONAL ENGINEERS'
WEEK ACTIVITIES
The Valley Engineers Club will
have their first annual Ladies
Night on Wednesday, February
19, at the Hotel General Wayne.
Dr. George Perkins will
address the group on the subject "Aluminum in Your Life".
A social hour will open the
meeting at 6:15 PM, with dinner
'it 7:15 PM. Tickets are available from Charlie Thompson
(Eng. ) and Jim Hoylman
(Quality Control).
A joint meeting of the Ame r i can
Institute of Electrical Engineers
and the National Society of
Professional Engineers will be
held on Thursday, Feb. 20,
beginning at 6:15 at the Thomas
Jefferson Inn in Charlottesville.
Dr. Thomas Hughes of Washington and Lee University will
speak o~ the subject "THE
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1, 224 days
6, 149, 861 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
A ni ght of har d work, a lot of hope, and a little luck thrown in got the heating
system at Specialty Control operating Tuesday morning, and so enabled
D epartme n t empl oyees to car ry o n as usual, in spite of an unusually cold
spell that has brought s.ome activity t o a complete halt in many parts of
Easte rn United States .
As near- zero and sub-zero t e mperatures gripped the entire Eastern Seaboard
in the wake of the heaviest snowfall in many years, suppliers of natural gas
throughou t the area were forced to curtail i ndustrial consumption in order to
assure adequate heating for h omes, schools and hospitals. The Virginia Gas
Distribution Corporation informed Specialty Control Monday that our gas consumption mus t be cut to 25% of normal until the extreme temperatures break.
An immediate changeover to oil was begun (the Department's boilers will
operate on gas or oil) but it was discovered that the oil supply (36, 000 gallons
of No. 6 Bunker 11 0' fuel oil) was frozen. Attempts to bring the oil to operati ng temperature (around 100 degrees) failed Monday afternoon, due to the
technical diffic ultie s involved in preheating this low grade oil.
Word had already g one out that the plant would not be open Tuesday because
of lack o f heat, when the temperature o f the oil supply finally began a slow
incr ease . Encouraged by this, members of the Maintenance Crew worked
all night to bring the oil to a temperature w h ere it could be pumped into the
boilers for s hort periods of time.
Then, being careful not to exceed the limitations imposed on all industry in
the area b y the Virginia Ga s Distributing Corp., heat w as restored in the plant
with gas. As soon as the proper temperature was established, the changeover
was mad e to oil, and a series of changes from gas to oil was begun in an
effort to keep the plant open.
By Wednesday mornin g, near-normal operation of the boilers on oil was
possible and a supply of higher grade oil, which had been ordered Monday, was
on the way. Things were pr ett y well back to normal.
What is mor e, employees all over the plant made every effort to get to work
on short noti ce. Even thou gh many had been told on Monday night that we
would b e shut down on Tuesday, they later got the word through radio, TV,
friends , or neighbors that work would proc eed. Enough people reported so
that work of the plant could continu e. So once again hard work and teamwork
at Spe cialty Control overcame an emergency.
NEWS
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
:February
2i: '19ss
Bless Thou this food to the ~trength of our bodies and feed us "1th that bre ad
which cometh down from heaven. Amen. '
REVIEW COURSE FOR VA.
PROF. ENGINEERS EXAM WILL
BE OFFERED
A special review course to help
engineers prepare for the
Engirieer-In-Training' portion of
the Virginia Professional Engineers Examination will be offered
by the University of Virginia
Extension Division.
Scheduled to begin Monday,
March 3, the ten - session course
1 be taught at Waynesboro High
ol. Classes will be held on
,days and Wednesdays from
1 :-00 to 10:00 PM.
Registration will be held on Monday, February 24, at the High
School, from 7: 30 to 8: 30 PM.
Tuition is $20. 00.
In addition, a review course for
Part II of the Professional Engineers Exam may be organized if
enough interest is expressed.
Anyone interested should contact
Mr. C. K. Landes, Local
Director, Univ. of Va. Extension
Division, Fishersville, Virginia.
Tuition for the four-session
course on Part II of the Exam
would probably be $10. 00 if an
enrollment of 10 students can be
obtained.
SMILE A WHILE
Nomen are not dangerous, why
do men always increase their insurance when they marry?
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l, 226 days
6, 169, 253 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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When the time came for the employees to be paid, the IUE refused to let the foremen and payroll employees into the plant.
After two weeks without pay for
GE employees at Trenton, the
IUE p-revented their dues-paying
members from receiving wages
already earned.
Elections for officers to serve in 1958 will be held by SCOGEE on Thursday, March ZO.
At a meeting of the SCOGEE Nominating Committee this week, nominations were made
for President, Vice President, Secretaryt Treasurer and Directors. Committee
nominations appear at the bottom of this page.
Additional nominations may be made by petition with the signatures of at least 35
members. All nominations by petition must be turned i n to Warren Johnson, Ruom 106,
byFRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1958.
Serving on the SCOGEE Nominating Committee were Jim Cross (Marketing), Warren
Jonnson (M~thods and Planning), Sunny Miller (Eng. Lab.), Pam Pattie (Switchboard),
Peggy Pattie (Quality Control), and Charlie Spencer (Time Standards).
Vice President
Warren Johnson, Methods & Plng.
Secretary
Mary Bridgeforth, Rep;. & Return
Treasurer
Sherwood Black, General Books
Names of any of the nominees for President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer
(above) may be written in for election to the Board .of Directors without a petition
being submitted.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
0 Lord God, heavenly Father, bless unto us these Thy gifts , which of Thy tender
kindness Thou hast bestowed upon us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
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The eyes of all wait upon Thee, 0 Lord; Thou openest Thine hand ,and satisfiest the
desire of every living thing, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
SPECIAL TY CONTROL
CHORALIERS NEW NAME FOR
GLEE CLUB
SAFETY SCORE
1, 230 days
6, 188, 530 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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The F4H Aircraft will be studied
this week by six represe ntatives
of McDonnel Aircraft who are
attending the S ystems T r a ining
School at the Specialty Control
plant. The school is conducted
by the Aviation and Defense
Industry Sales unit.
The PLANT INSPECTION REPORT for la st night's inspe ctio n
will be published in TODAY'S
NEWS on Wednesday.
NEWS
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Give us truly grateful hearts, Heavenly Father, for these and all Thy gifts to
us. Amen.
REMINDERS
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SPORTS. filATIONAl AND WORLD N!WS - COURTESY OF WAYI AND NEWS VIRGINIAN
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Our FatheT, Thou h&at opened Thy hand to bless, and hast given us all things to
enjoy. We thank Thee. Amen.
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SPECIALTY CON';l'ROL
CRORALIERS NAME OFFICERS
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The SCOGEE Blackbirds are in
second place in the YMCA Girls'
Basketball League after defeating
Crompton 42-40 last night.
Playoffs for the YMCA championship will be tonight at 7:00 in the
Waynesboro H. S. Gym, when the
Blackbirds will meet the first
place Newberry's girls.
,,-...? Waynesboro
Vol11nteer Fire
epartment has a need for used
furniture for their new building.
Anyone who wishes to donate
furniture to them may contact
Davie Kern {Maintenance) and the
furniture will be picked up.
Pete Lovegrove {Sheet Metal) is
in King's Daughters' Hospital in
Staunton.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 232 days
6, 207 , 692 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
"Everyone in the Company recognizes Mr. Reed's unique contributions over the period of his
long and dis tinguished service.
Fortunately, we will continue to
have the benefits of his counsel
for some time."
100%
75%
50%
25%
DEDUCTIBLE i:OINTS
Material Handling
Work Area
Safety Hazards
Fire Hazards
Good
Fair
Poor
Unacc eptable
-25
-25
-25
-25
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AfFEARANCE
. Neat arrangement .
Desk tops cleared of loose
I, paper.
CLEANLINESS
Mat erial not stored ii1 proper
storage spaces, vehicles, et c .
Floors not clean.
Windows not clean.
Cabinets and files not dusted.
Loo~ 0 naper under or behind
des.!'.:5 , etc.
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ENGINEGP.ING
287 - 100 288 - 100 289 - 100 Dispensary - 100
Inspector - Rubenetein
215 - 75 Blackboard not erased. , Cafeteria - 100
Aircraft Rm - 100 Improper
223 - 75 Poor storage
j Employee Store - 88 Diepl,
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230 - 75 Table mat j windows dirty, mechandise
100
filthy & electrical hazard.
1 displayed not priced.
1 Prop Room - 88
A~rcraft Development Lab - 100
234 - 75 Improper storage
Overloaded.
1
Aircra ~t Systems ?lass Rm - 75
i 236 _ 75 Improper storage
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Improvised electrical cards,
! 208 _ 75 Telephone still on
papers, ~olders, etc. - Door won' t chair and improper storage.
MARKETING
lock . Aircra ~ Systems Mezz J 234 _ 75
Improper stora ge.
Inspector - Mangold
88 Oily rags & dusty floor.
j 236 _ 75 Improper storage
Rooms:
Vibration.& D:ive Rm - 75 Oil on 229A _ 75 Improper storage.
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265 - 100 255 - 100 256 - 100
f~oor, hoist is not permanently
241 _ 75 Storage of dead files
253 - 88
252 - 88
254 - 88
wired in power connections not
in corner fire hazard unlocked
251
88
260
75
Publications
1 security files.
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sta cked on desk, papers and enve:
Apparatus Sales - 100
Eng. Lab Office - 100
envelopes
stacked under desk.
Dark Rm. Development - 88
267
75
Parts
of office
Improper storage
Altitude
equipment
scattered
on floors,
Chamber - 100 Stock Rm - BS Ugh1 1
bookcase
overflowing
with charts
Model Shop - 88 Containers poorly i FINANCE
(Off
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in
process
of
moving)
Macb. Rm _ 88 Improper I Inspector - Hayes
marked.
storage .. Light Test Rm - 88
Rooms:
Main Eng. Lab - 100
124 - 100 (Hayes)
Rooms:
124 - 100 (Rogers)
MAINTENANCE
201 - 100 204 - 100 206 - 100 . 111 - 100 122 - 100 127 - 100 1 Inspector - Curto
209 - 88 211 - 88 212 _ 100 I 129 - l oo 215 - loo 135 - 100 Boilerroom - 100
219 - 100 214 - 100 221 - 100
292 - 100
Building #5 - 75 Keep trying,
226 - 100 227 - 100 229 _ 100
Reception Room - 100
beginning to look good .
232 - 100 210 - 88 213 - 88
Building #6 - 67
217 - 88 225 - 88 264 - 100
Grounds - 100
269 - 100 271 - 100 273 - 100
Maintenance Shop - 75
E & CR
Inspector - Cooley
280 - 100 ~81 - 100 282 - 100
Rooms:
284 - 100 286 - 100 285 - 100
105 - 100
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As we receive our daily food, Dear God; help us to remember Thee as t he great
Giver of all good things. Amen.
FIVE EMPLOYEES RECEIVE
SUGGESTION CHECKS
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SNELL AN D KELLING RE CEIVE
PATENTS
Good
Fair
Poor
Unacceptable
DEDUCTIBLE f'OINTS
Material Handling
Work Area
Safety Hazards
Fire Hazards
-25
-25
-25
-25
RELAY (Eirich)
Machine Relay - 75 Tools
improperly stored.
MAT SUB-SECTION - Insp. G. Bradt
Micro
Miniature - 25 Dust
Office Areas - Rooms: 101 - 102
in
White
Room, dressing room,
10.fl - 128 - Score 100 ELECTRONIC
AREA
(West)
dust
in
lockers,
tool boxes
Stock Rooms - (Humphreys)
(Groat)(Van
Lear)
out
of
lockers,
misplaced
Receiving - 100
Sheet Metal - 100
parts, process sheets out of
Aircraft Stock - 75 Misc. scrap
Paint
Booths
100
place,
conveyors equipment
& conveyor materials in stock. (Wolanin)
very
dirty,
open el ectrical
Electronic Stock - 75 Condition
Pr
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nted
Circuit
&
Contour
100
bos
fire
hazard
unidentifie
of stock racks on assembl y
(Gook)
liquid
in
containers.
floor very poor as to dirt , etc
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Large Panel - 100
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Sub Min. & Min. - 25 Mixed
Floor Stock - 75 Dusty
(Crummet)
parts, fire hazard, elec~ca
DO I - 100
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Small Panel - 100
obselete process, untidy
rt
Shipj)ing & Warehouse - (Mead)
(Cholewa)
cabinets, torn c~shion,
Shipping - 87 Unsafe ladder,
Reg. & Harness - 100
misplaced parts, air
small stock rack not braced,
connector in aisle, crushed
dust on top of excl. bid.
AIRCRAFT & MILITARY ASM. (Davis) paint can - fire hazard, tray
Warehouse - 100
improper stored.
(Haun)
Repair & Return - (Wylie) - lOC
Open Relay - 50 Misplaced
SEecial Panels - 100
parts, dusty storage bins,
(Caron)
dusty
benches and equipment
Wire
Harness
&
JeeE
Poor
87
MAGNETIC \'!INDING COMF-ONENT (House)
dust
on
tops of benches.
material
handling,
signs
on
Assembly - (Sornborger)
tanks,
broken
platforms.
Stock Area - 100 Non-production i
(Wilson)
materials in racks.
Militarz Slstems Panels &
Due to space, the plant
Assembly Area - 87
Devices
100
Inspection report will be
Un-identified material.
(Lonas)
issued in two subsequent days
Office - 100
Potted Units - 75 Need more
hereafter. Engineering,
Heat Treat & Test - 87 (H 0 use)
improvements.
Marketing, Finance & E & CR
(Hyde)
will be reported the first da
Plating Rm. - 75 Signs on tan~ and Manufacturing the
A & M QUALITY CONTROL
& broken platforms.
following day. ~ ~
Inspector - Archambeault
(Broughman)
ratings~ all Y.T.D. averag
A & M Test & Mezz - 25 Rejected
Machine Room & Job ShoE - 75
material mixed with good parts
Alum. mixed in steel chips,
conv. & misc. sheet parts on flr.
unsafe tools storage of cannin~
Received tags on load bank fire
Specialty Control Fire Dept.
area.
hazard, oil - nuts - bolt. Misc.
as of this date has gone~
through 1124 days withou
Potted Units - 100
MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING (Schmitt reportable fire. A fire is
Jeep Test - 50 Marked up Test
"reportable" when the damage
Panel, Poor safety guards. (Beat ty (Reasoner)
Prototype - 75 Signs for
exceeds $5~ .oo. Flant Insp.,
safety, and f i re Prev. Maint.
are the contributing factors.
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W AYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
VO L. IV, NO. 43
Mar c h 3, 195 8
Help us t o c ultivate the fin e ar t of gratitude and not fo r get Thee as Our God and
Our Provider . Amen
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FRANK PARKER
PARKER APPOINTED MANAGER
O F NEW RESIST ANGE WELDING
CONTROL SUB-SECTION
CRAFT AND MILITARY TEST AREA RECEIVES 8-BALL "TR0 FOR POOR HOUSEKEEPI NG. Pi c tured at left i s the presentation of the De partme n t's 8-BALL " trop hy" to personnel of the Air.., Frank S. Parker has been appoint.
c raft and Military T est area for th e poorest YEAR -TO- DATE rating
ed Manager-Resistance Welding
on Plant Inspections. L e ft to right are C . A . Ford, Quality Control;
Control E ngineering and MarketJohn Beatty, Foreman-Quality Assurance, A irc raft and Military Pro- 1 i ng, it was announced l as t week
ducts (r ece i ving the trophy ) ; B. Su ssman, Mgr. -Quality Control; K . N . l by H. L. Palmer , Manager Bu sh, Mgr .-Manufacturing ( presenting the trophy ); a n d Bill Perry,
i Engineering and D. O. Dice,
Safety Specia list. The presentation wa s made last F r i day.
Manager-Marketing. As manager
of the new sub - section, which will
be a part of the Engineering
BAKER TO L EAD SER VICE WED.
Section , Mr. Parker will be
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responsible for both e ngine erin g
The secon d in a series of L ent en
and
marketing of a ll resistance
servi
ces
will
be
held
a
t
Spec
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A 4-string tenor banjo is needed
welding
con trol products for the
Control
on
Wednesday,
March
5.
for t h e Kiwanis Minstrel Show,
Department.
The
brief
inspi
rational
talks
will
whi c h will be held next week.
be gin at 11: 30 AM , 12: 00 NOON,
Anyone wh o has a banjo of this
Fr a nk Parke r joined the G ene r a l
12:30
PM and 1:00 PM. Rev.
t ype and w ho would be willing to
E l ec t r i c Company in 1937 as a
Frank
L.
B
aker,
pastor
of
th
e
l e n d it to the Ki w anis Club,
member of the Test Program.
Ba
s
ic
Methodi
s
t
Church
w
ill
conp l ease contact Dave Coughtry,
After several Test ass ignments ,
duct
the
ser
v
i
ces
this
'Week.
Pur chasing .
he was assigned to the Portland ,
Oregon, Sales Office as District
S cheduled to talk at future ser All SCOGEE Mode l Clubs (AirApplication Engineer .
vices durin g Lent are Rev, Ir vin
plane, Train, Auto ) will meet
Block, Mt, Vernon Church of the
~ es day afternoon at 4: 30 PM in
Brethren, Stuarts Draft; Rev.
In Feb . , 1955, Mr . Parker joined
o m 210 .
L o ui s Fracher, St. Johns E pisco- ' Specialty Control Department as
pal Church; Rev . Ralph T iland,
Sales Specialist, Resista n ce
The Employe e Sto r e received a
Second Prebyterian Church; and
Welding Control Sa les. He has
new s hipment of salvage blankets
Dr. Julian Pentecost, Waynesboro worked in that capac ity until his
whi c h will be so ld for $2. 00 each.
Baptist Church.
t c urrent appointment.
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Warren Johnson, Methods & Plng.
Secretary
Mary Bridgeforth, Rep. & Return
Treasurer
Sherwood Black, General Books
Names of any of the nominees for President, Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer (above) may be written in for election to the Board of Directors without
a petition being submitted
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
March 4 , 1958
Strengthen our thanksg i ving as Thou dost strengthen us with this food .
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Rev. Frank L. Baker of the Basic Wi lliam C . W i c hrr.an, Vice Presi de nt and former General Manager
Methodi s t Church will c onduct
of the Industrial Power Com Specialty Control's Lenten ser ponents
Division, has been apv i ces Wednesday . Services will
pointed
Genera
l Manager of the
begin at 11:30 AM, 12:00 NOON ,
General
Electric
Supply Company
12: 30 PM and l: 00 PM.
Division,
replacing
Charles R.
The number of cases in which
Prit
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har
d,
Vice
P
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esident.
Mr .
safety glasses have prevented eye
Pritchard has been appointed
injuries indicates that the proThe Specialty Control Choraliers
I Consultant in the GE Supply Comgram for the wearing of safety
will meet tonight at 7: 30 in the
' pany Division.
glasses at Specialty Control is
Plant
Auditorium, New members
essential to the safety of all of us. 1 are welcome.
SAFE TY SCORE
1, 237 days
6 , 236, 416 hours
WITHOUT A LOST T IME
ACCIDENT
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
March 5, 1958
For food, for friends, for loving care, we thank Thee, our -Father.
FACTORY AISLES SHOULD BE
KEPT OPEN
Factory aisles should be kept
open and clear at all times so as
to allow easy movement of people,
products and equipment, and provide for immediate exit in case of
emergency.
Aisles that are blocked with
material, pallets, hand trucks,
etc., slow down operations and
cause waste of time and effort.
~ addition, the blocking of aisles
eates safety hazards.
Do your part to KEEP FACTORY
AISLES CLEAR!
DO YOURSELF
A FAVOR
JOIN THE
STOCK BONUS PLAN
SAFETY SCORE
1, 238 days
6, 245, 978 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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Wherever you're working -- in office or shop -And however far you may be from the top,
And though you may think you 're just tr~ading the mill, .
Don't ever belittle the job that you fill.
For, however little your job may appear,
You' re just as important as SOII?-e little gear
That meshes with others in some big machine,
That helps it keep going -- though never is seen.
They could do without you -- we'll have to admit -But business keeps on when the big fellows qqit!
And always remember, my lad, if you c.an,
The job's more important -- oh yes -- than the r,rian!
So if it's your hope to stay .off the shelf,
Think ~ore of your job than you do of yourself.
The job is important -~don't t.hink it is not -So try hard to give it the best that you've got! .
And don't ever think you'~e of little account -Remember you're part o~ th~ total amount.
If ~hey didn't need you, you wouldn't be there --
So always, my lad, keep your chin in the air.
A digger of ditches, mechanic, or clerk -Think well of your company, your self, and your work.
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SPORTS, NATIONAL ANO WORLD HEWS - COURTESY OF WAYS AND HEWS VI RGINIAN
March 6 , 1958
For the b eauti ful world abou t us , for t rees , f or fields, for flowers , and
for this food we praise T hee and g ive Thee thanks . Amen.
EMERGENCY AID P L AN GI VES
FINANCI AL ASSI STAN CE TO
EMPLOYEES I N NE ED
The GE E mergency Aid Plan is
des i gned to g ive financial he lp to
employees who ar e in need be cause of some emergency or mis fortune . Spe c ialty Cont ro l em ployees who have a t least one
ye ar of servic e and who are membe r s of the I nsu r ance P lan are
eligib le for loans or g rants under
t he Emergency A i d Plan, pro ~ d the r e i s a r eal need indicat eu ,
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engines power B oe i ng
B47 Stratojets assigned t8 the
32 0th Bomb Wing at March Air
F orce Base , Calif. One of the
reasons for the out standing reco r d
was the excellent mainte nan c e
record o f t he 320th Wing .
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*Al McKechnie-Eng. Lab
Secretary
Mary Bridgeforth - Repair & Return
Treasurer
Sherwood Black - General Books
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
March 7, 1958
Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and all that is within me; bless His holy
name. Amen,
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 240 days
6,265, 102 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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BOWLING
A new High Team Triple for the
SCOGEE Men's Bowling L eague
was set Wednesday night when the
Cannon Balls rolled up a total of
2461 against Ertle 1 s Turtles, defeating the Turtles 3-0. The
League -leading Dynamic 5 swept
all 3 games from the Roll Tillers
and the Retreads dumped the
second place Alley Cats, 2-1.
Oscar Fox rolled a 224 game - High Single for the night and
Del Niedentohl took Hig h Triple
with a 557 se ries.
The deadline for submitting applications for loans i s April 15, 1958, if
the applicant is to be considered for a S c holarship Award.
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V OL. I V , N O . 4 8
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
March 10 , 1958
Thou hast made us and loved us and given us every provis i on for our needs
and w e thank The e fo r t hese g i f t s . A men.
TOP SP E CIALTY CO N T R OL
BOWLERS WI L L ME E T L AD Y
C H AMPION
Rev. Ervin Block, pastor o f the
Mt. Vernon Chu r ch of the Brethren at St uarts Draft will be the
g uest speaker at Lenten s e rvices
in the P l ant Au d i torium on Wed nesday, M a rch 12 . Se r vice s will
b egi n a t 11: 30 AM, 12 : 0 0 NOON,
12: 30 PM and 1:00 PM.
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PRODUCTS
SAFETY SCOR E
1 , 243 d ays
6 , 274, 664 h o u rs
WI THOUT A LOST TI M E
ACCI DE NT
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WAYNESBORO, V IRGINIA
Open our eyes, 0 God, to see Thy power about u s ; ou:c ears to hear beautiful
sounds about us; our hearts to know love, T h ine and other's. Amen.
HALLER, GEN. MGR. OF DEF.
ELECTRONICS DIV ., ELECTED
VICE PRESIDENT
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1, 244 days
6, 284 , 3 07 h o urs
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Fathe r we thank Thee for this food, bless it t o our bodies good.
VALUE ANALYSIS SERVICES
REPRESENTATIVE WILL TALK
HERE
J. K. "Dusty" Fowlkes, Value
Analysis Services,will speak to
Spe cialty Control employees who
have cos t reduction responsi bilities on Thursday, March 13,
in the Plant Auditorium.
The subject of Mr. Fowlkes 1
tal k will be 11 T he Specialty
Supplier". Three sessions have
~ en scheduled -- at 8:30 AM,
: 30 AM, and 1:15 PM.
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INDUSTRIAL
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 245 days
6 . 29 3, 950 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
For flowers and birds and growing things, for food and health and all that's
good, 0 God we rende r our thanks to Thee. Amen.
COMPUTER DEPARTMENT
PLANS NEW BUILDING
The GE Computer Department
wiil start work in May on a
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Arizona, it has been announce l
by H. R, Oldfield, Jr., Gene ral
Manager of that Department. The :
building, which will contain
. HARVEY E. JOHNSON
L. ANDREW HEARN
ROBERT C. GILL
104, 000 sq. ft., will be located
rin Deer Valley Park . T he $3
THREE MARKETING APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED
million includes the land and the
Three appointments have been announced recently in the Specialty
building .
Control Marketing Section. Harvey E. Johnson has been appointed
Specialist -C ontou ring Control Sales in the Program Control Sales
S ub-Section and L. Andrew Hearn has been appointed to replace him
!fews4
in his previous position as Sales _Servi c e Specialist in the same SubBits )
Section. Also, Robert C. Gill has been appointed Specialist - Relay
Sales in the Relay Sales Sub-Section.
FOR RENT: 4 bedroom house,
gas heat, centrally locate d. Call In his present position as Contouring Control Sales Specialist,
Harvey Johnson will be responsible for sales planning and direction
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of the Department's contouring controls in a territory which includes
the East Coast and New England States.
Will the person who borrowed th e
black notebook containing Method~ Harvey joined GE in July, 1954, on"the Engineering Program and had
and Time Study information from
his first assignments at For t Wayne, Indiana, and Schenectady, New
the Mechanical Products area
York. In March, 1955, he transferred to Specialty Control on a proplease return it immediately to
duction test assignment. He was appointed Sales Service Specialist
Joe Archambeault, Inc . Insp.
in August, 1955, and has worked in that capacity until his present
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1, 246 days
6, 303, 593 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
As Relay Sales Specialist, Bob Gill will be responsible for the promotion of sales for the Department's relay products in states along
the East coas t. Bob j oined GE and Spe c ialty Control in Februar y
1956 as a Sales Service Specialist in the Relay Sales Sub-Section. He
has held that position until his present appointment.
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(Pr ototype )
Jim Austin
(Inc. Insp . )
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Phil Beeson
(Methods & Plng.)
FOR TREASURER
FOR SECRETARY
Mat y Bridgeforth
Al McKechnie
(Eng. Lab. )
Pam Patti e
(Switchboard)
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Sherwood Black
(Gen~ Books)
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
O God, may the physical strength from this food make it possible to serve Thee
and our fellow man better. Amen.
SCOGEE .BOW LING
In the Men's SCOGEE Ten Pin
Bowling League Wednesday night,
Capt. Joe Belak led his Dynamic
Five team to a 2-1 victory over
the second place Alley Cats. Joe
set a new individual High Triple
of 599 and took ever first place
in the Average Race.
In the other matches the Cannon
Balls defeated the Roll Tillers
A I and the Retreads swept three
.mes from Ertle 1 s Turtles.
High Single for the night, 214,
was rolled by Bob Hull.
~ch
employee is responsible
r having a pair of Safety
Glasses. The glasses may be
obtained from Ruth Gray, Plant
Nurse.
PICTURED BELOW ARE THE SCOGEE MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR ..-..
THE SCOGEE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 1958. SCOGEE E .L ECTIONS WILL BE HELD
THURSDAY, MARCH 20.
Lowell Bashlor
(Engineering)
Dukie Gum
(Transcribing)
JoAnn Anderson
(Engineering)
Shirley DeMasters
(Electronics)
Bill Hughes
(Marketing)
Gracie Layne
(Regulators)
Allen Harris
(Eng. Lab.)
Inez 0 1 Baugh
(Aircraft)
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
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SAFETY SCORE
I, 250 days
6, 322, 879 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
Most of us would like to own a color TV set. But for one reason or another many
of us are not yet satisfied with the price or quality. By our refusal to buy color
television, we customers are, in effect, demanding either lo.wer prices or better
quality or both.
Meanwhile, not too many color television sets are being produced, and few new
jobs are being created by this new product.
The only worthwile way yet found to make possible more and steadier jobs is to
devise better products which customers will desire in larger quantities
and to
offer these products at prices that customers are willing to pay.
That's true of color TV sets - - and its true of all
of~
products, too.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
We thank The e, Lord, for life and all its provisions; and bless this food of which we are
about to partake. Amen
PLANT I NSPECTION WILL BE
HELD TONIGHT
A regular Plant Inspection will be
held at Specialty Control tonight.
It is hoped that everyone will put
out extra effort in cleaning up
for this Inspection, because of
the large number of visitors who
will be in our plant Wednesday
and Th!-lrsday, attending the Program Control Seminar.
Although the participants in the
..-.... ogram Control Seminar are
r e presentatives of other GE
Departments , they are all potential customers for our products.
All employees will b e "salesmen"
for the Department, then, as they
contribute to the overall good
impression made by Specialty
Control.
A complete report on the Plant
Inspection results will be printed
in TODAY'S NEWS later in the
week.
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 251 days
6, 332, 412 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDE NT
STRICKLAND TO ATTEND
SEMINAR AT SPECIALTY
CONTROL ON WEDNESDAY
Harold A. Strickland, Jr. , Genl.
Manager, Industrial Electronics
Division, will visit our plant on
Wednesday, March 19, in connectjon with the Program Control
Seminar which will be conducted
here Wednesday and Thursday.
Also present for the S eminar on
Wednesday will be approximately 51 other visitors including
managers of Manufacturing and
Manufacturing Engineering from
GE product Departments .
Approximately 61 more are
scheduled to attend the Thursday
Seminar session.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Mar c h 19, l 9 5 8
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 252 days
6, 341, 945 hours
W ITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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SERVICE
FOR OUR CUSTOMERS
Prove to our customers that we are
the best people m the world to do
business with!
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VO L. I V, NO. 56
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
For life, and health, and daily food, we thank Thee, giver of all foo d.
ELEVEN SPECIALTY
CONTROLLERS RECEIVE
SUGGESTION AWARDS
Amen.
R IDE WANTED on 7: 30 to 4: 00
shift from Brand. Anyone coming from Staunton via Route 250
would pass close by. Contact
Joyce Greaver on Ext. 265.
SCOGEE BALLOT
All SCOGEE members are encouraged to vote in the election today. Mark an
X by your choice for each office and deposit your ballot in the BALLOT BOX in
the Cafeteria. BE SURE TO VOTE FOR 6 DIRECTORS.
PRESIDENT
Billie Meeks - Prototype
Jim Austin - Incoming Inspection
VICE -PRESIDENT
Al McKechnie - Eng. Lab.
Phil Bee son - Methods & Plng.
SECRETARY
Mary Bridgeforth - Repair & Return
Pam Pattie - Switchboard
TREASURER
Sherwood Black - General Books
Don Trohough - Eng. Lab
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ( Vot_e for 6)
Bill Hughes - Marketing
Lowell Bashlor - Engineering
Inez 0' Baugh - Aircraft
Shirley De Masters - Electronics
Gracie Layne - Regulators
Dukie Gum - Transcribing
JoAnn Anderson - Engineering
Bob Jacobs - Electronic Stockroom
Allen Harris - Eng. Lab
NOTE:
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Give us strength from the food which Thou hast provided, and make us thankful for
all Thy mercies. Amen.
PROGRAM CONTROL SE.MINAR
CONSIDERED SUCCESSFUL
The Program Control Seminar
which was held at Specialty
Control Department Wednesday
and Thursday was considered
highly successful by those who
participated.
According to G . R. Petersen,
Mgr. -Program Control Sales ,
the meetings on both days produced excellent reactions from
those present, mostly managers
of Manufacturing and Manufacturing Engineering from 51 product
Departments. A number of
specific leads for possible sales
of our Program Controls resulted from the seminar.
In addition, many of the visitors
were impressed with the cleanli ness and orderliness of the entire
Specialty Control Plant, and
commented on the good job of
housekeeping that was being done
by emp loyee s .
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Giver of every good and perfect gift, favor us with Thy blessing, we pray, as we
partake of these bounties. Amen.
1957 COST CONSERVATION
EFFORTS SUCCESSFUL
Specialty Control Department 's
efforts in its Cost Conservation
Program during 1957 were highly
successful, according to Frank
Gelsleichter, Value Analysis.
Attending the ADI Systems Train'Y School on the Electra electrical" system this week are four
men from American Airlines,
two from Braniff Airways, and
two from Grumman Aircraft.
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Inspector: Diaz
Room 105 - 100
Dispensary - 92 - Weight chart
~----~-----------------------+ needs replacing & framed. Junk
on bec..m behind air condition unit
ENGINEERING
Shelf in treatment room needs
Inspector: Thompson
painting, disposal bags needed
Aircraft Room - 100
for waste cans. Fluorescent
Aircraft Systems La.b - 100
lights need cleaning.
Aircraft Systems Class Room - 83
Cafeteria - 92 Dirty in east
Class in progress
corner of cafereria. Bulletin
Aircraft Systems Mezz - 92
board - Some notices over a month
Unable to inspect.
old. Tile needs replacing at
Vibration & Drive Room - 83
can opener counter. Fire
Good improvement.
extinguishers - Last date
Eng. Lab Office - 100 Looked
very good - however someone wasn't inspected Apr. 16, 1956
tall enough & overlooked the top Employee Store - 92
of large flat files.
Prop Room - 92
Photo Lab - No Score - Photo Lab
always locked. However, we have
a pretty good idea what it looks
FINANCE
like -- get it cleaned up.
Inspector: Flynn
Control Room - 100
Rooms:
Dark Rm Developnent - 92 Junky
275 - 100 Locked
High Temperature Rm - 100
124 - 100 Hayes
Altitude Chamber - 92 Junky
124
- 100 Rogers
Stock Rm - 92 Maybe someday.
111
- 100 122 - 100 127 - 100
Hodel Shop - 92 Valuable tools
129
- 100 ill - 100 292 - 100
left out, improper storage, Junk, Reception
Room - l GO
No effort to improve.
Lift Test Rm - 92
Main Eng. Lab - 100 Gallant
effort. Room 201 - 100
MARKETING
Rooms:
Inspector: Miller
-'.Q5 - 100 204 - 100 205 - 100
Rooms:
100 212 - 100 .ill - 100
255 - ldo 265 - 100 251 - 92
_gl,9 - 100 221 - 100 ~ - 100
256 - 92 Loose paper on desk.
loo
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loo 252
- 92 253 - 92 Special
232 - 100 264 - 100 2.22_ - 100
situation - Media for program
271 - 100 .KQ - 100 1filL - 100
control meeting being
100 ~- 100 283 - 100
temporari)J stored this office.
100 28e - loo 189 - loo
::zgo - 100 "2'0S - 75 Te ephone is 254 - 92 Special situation
still on cnair & improper storage Media for program control
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1, 257 days
6, 370, 544 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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Transfer this food into strength, 0 Lord, and this strength into noble service, which
we ask in Thy name. Amen.
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and study the facts in the matter and has changed his mind does not have to
regret his action of eight or ten months ago.
Everyone has had a lot more time to hear the facts and to come to a
rational decision about whether or not he wants his or her name on an IUE
card.
Signing a union card enc ourages the organizer to continue his campaign of distortion, name-calling and mud-slinging in an effort to sell you
things you already have without a union.
raises, benefits, seniority rights and e v erything else that unionized plants
have but you don 1 t have to pay dues to a union to get them, and you don't
have to take part in IUE strikes, e ith e r.
The N. L . R. B. ruling has provided something that is extremely help~___../ _/
ful in making sure we are doing the right thing;
A CHANCE TO THINK IT OVER!
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VOL. I V, NO, 60
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Approximately 35 member s of
the Augusta County 4H Clubs
and their leaders visited Specialty Control last night, and were
given a tour of the plant.
Last night's meeting was one of
a ser i es of "workshopf?" on the
subj ect of electricity which are
b e ing held this month for the 4H
..-... oups.
WHY IS I T?
Couples. prone
To priv ate quarreling
In public call
Eac h other darling .
Be unto us also
SAFETY SCORE
1, 259 days
6 , 389, 4 76 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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0 God, our Father, who giveth food for the body a n d truth for the soul, so nourish
us as to be wise and strong to do Thy will. Amen.
SPECIALTY CONTROL HOLDS
SECOND PLACE POSlTION IN
GE FOR SAFETY RECORD
Specialty Control Department
employees remained in second
place at the end of 1957 in the
Genera l Electric Co., with
their outstanding safety record,
according to the latest Comparative Injury Report.
The latest report, which is for
the quarter ending Dec. 30, 1957,
shows only one Department,
Laminated Products, ahead of
Specialty Control in the number
of man hours worked without a
disabling injury.
S AFETY SCORE
1, 26 0 days
6, 398, 942 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
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When they hear the patte r of little
feet
Most parents think it's great,
For the y know the moment the
patt er stops
They'd better investigate .
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0 God, our Father, who giveth food for t h e body and truth for t he s o ul, so nourish
us as to be wis e and strong to do Thy will. Amen.
SUGGESTION AW ARDS GO TO
ELEVEN EMPLOYEES
INSURE
OUR
. . JOB SECURITY
By
Constantly
Practicing
Quality
on the job
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 261 days
6, 408, 408 ho u rs
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
WELL, HURRY
ON DOWN TO THE
EMPLOY EE STORE
TODAY!
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Lord, Thou dost not need our thanks, but we have constant need to remind ourselves
of our obligations to Thee. Make us truly grateful. Amen.
TODAY IS LAST DAY FOR FIL.
ING 1957 INSURANCE CLAIMS
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Appa:rently, the UAW is antici
pating a need for extra money
soon -- a strike fund, maybe?
SAFE TY SCORE
1, 264 days
6,417,874 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
Specialty Control last week received an order for 6 sets of controls with
a total selling price of $60, 237.
marines. Although this is not an unusually large order, from one point of view
it !!_an unusually important one.
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Actually, every piece of equipment we ship carries an implied option. If
the customer is satisfied with our quality and our ability to ship on schedule, he
will certainly come to us to fill bis future orders.
And so, in effect, our performance on each order may well be the deciding
factor as to whether or not our customers will exercise their "options" and come
back and buy again from Specialty Control.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
A.pril 1, 1958
Our Father, we thank Thee for this food, and for a ll other e xp re ssions of T hy goodness
to us. Guide us and protect us , in Jesus' name. Amen.
, EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE
I lNDIVIDUAL BENEFIT PLANS
STATEMENTS
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 265 days
6, 427, 330 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
Remember
To Suggest
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
April 2, 1958
Grant us, oh Lord, strength, courage and perseverance so that we may live
a life with the true spirit of Christianity. Amen.
SEVEN MEN FROM WAYNESBORO GE WILL PRESENT PAPERS
AT SYMPOSIUM
Seven men from the Spe cialty Control plant -- five from the Specialty
Control Engine e ring Section and two from the Aviation and Defense
Industries Sales unit here - - will present technical papers at an Air Craft Electrical Systems Symposium in Dallas, Texas, next week.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
NO. 66
April 3, 1958
Guide us, oh Lord, through the winding path of life so that we, in approaching
this Easter season, may be ever thankful for our many and unseen blessings. Amen
LENTON SER VICES WILL BE
CONCLUDED TODAY
GE DEVELO.PS HIGHLY
SENSITIVE INSTRUMENT FOR
DETECTING RADIOACTIVE
Our series of Lenten services will
ELEMENTS
be concluded with today's worship
service, which w ill be conducted
General Electric scientists at the
by Rev. Louis Fracher, pastor of Hanford Atomic plant in WashingSt. John's Episcopal Church.
ton state have developed an instru-
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
April 7, 1958
Help us to remember, Lord, that we are always dependent upon Thee, and
help us always to receive Thy mercies with thankfulness. Amen.
1'evJ.
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John Beatty wishes to express his
sincere appreciation for the kind
expressions of sympathy extended
to him after the death of his wife
last week.
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DON'T TRITgT TO
YOUR
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
A pril 8 , 19 58
For all t he spirit ual a n d tempor al bles s ings T h o u art gi ving us , Dear God , we tha nk
Thee . Ame n .
EMPLOYEES CA N ESTIMATE
RETI REME N T I N C OME W I TH
PENSION PLAN STA TE M E N T
OVE R T I M E I N RE L A Y A RE A
PROVIDES WORK FOR OTHERS
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1,272 d a ys
6 , 465 , 1 54 h ours
W ITHOUT A L OS T TIME
ACCI DENT
RAP HAZARD
For some time, we have felt that most unions were more interested in the
money they collected in dues, than in the members they say they want to help.
Well, two unions have recently come right out with it, and in what seems an
incredible admission of what their real interests are, they have forced two companies
to make non-members pay the same dues as members I
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company was forced into this arrangement by 15 non-operating unions; while the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International union used a strike threat to force the Corn Products Refining Company into
the same agreement.
This new arrangement, called the "modified union shop" allows employees to
work in the plant without joining the union, provided they pay the same initiation fee, the
same dues, and the same assessments as union members.
object to the new arrangement, all they have to do is join the union!
These unions, by their actions, are admitting that they care little for the members,
but they care a lot for the money that is paid into their treasuries in dues, fees and
assessments!
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
April 9, 1958
For our health, and for our food, we are indeed g ratefu l, 0 L ord.
in all that we do and say. In Jesus 1 name. Amen.
EACH EMF LOY EE IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR FILING HIS
OWN INSURANCE C LA.IMS
INSURANCE CLAIMS
(Continued from col. 1)
Be with us
hard
about
the
the problem?
?.
2. Get the facts. Pile up all
the information you can
about the problem-including unsuccessful at
6 . Walk
away
probl em.
from
the
Put it out of
subconscious
take
over.
8. Th en do something about
it.
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Dear Father, accept the gratitude of our hearts for this food now before us, and
for all other blessings with which our lives are daily blessed. In Jesus' name. Amen.
SAFETY REMINDERS- - - -
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LIST PRICE
$26 8.25
$409 . 95
J 304
~ IJ
JI
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LIST PRICE
$539. 95
''
#'3//,60
J408
SPECIAL $154. 50
J507R
J508R
J551 R
J5 52R
J5 55R
J556R
BUILT-IN
BUILT-IN
BUILT -IN
BUILT-IN
BUILT-IN
BUILT-IN
OVEN (COLOR)
OVEN
S URF ACE UNIT
SURFACE UNIT
SURFACE UNIT
SURFACE UNIT
List Price
$239.95
249.95
134. 95
149. 95
129. 95
134. 95
SPECIAL
Regular
Employee P r ice Employee. Pri c e
$137.00
$142.00
143.50
148. 50
63.25
83 .25
69.25
89.25
58.25
78. 25
65.00
85.00
'5 NEWS
WAYNESBORO, vmGINIA
SPECIAL EDITION
The ::;trike,
which
includes all hourly-rated employees in the Large Steam Turbine Department, was called
by the union bosses in support of a union steward who refused to use an oil can to squirt
kerosene as part of his job;
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week.
The group that walked out last week were flame gougers and chippers.
is to repair flaws in large turbine castings .
T "iei job
use the squi:.t.can, insisting that another employee should be hired to squirt the oil.
Becaus e the walkout which followed was illegal, the Company would not discuss
the matter until the e mployees returned to work.
Instead, the IUE called the 4000 hourly workers in the D e partment
...-....
out in another walkout, and is attempting to get employees in other Departments in
Schenectady to join them.
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Bless this food to the nourishment of our bodies and our bodies in Thy service;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
ROANOKE GOES ON FOUR-DAY
WEEK IN SOME AREAS
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.1e Employee Store now has on
display the new GE Rotisserie,
which retail s at $89. 95. Employe e Price is $66. 95.
SAFETY SCORE
1,27_5 days
6, 493, 522 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
At a time when
business is not good, and most of industry is striving to maintain its present
employment le vel and provide work for its employees - - a time when production,
quality and prompt delivery are essential to keep the orders coming in -- the
IUE in S chenectady has called 4, 000 people away from their work
because~
union steward felt that he should not have to squirt kerosene from an oil can, but
that someone else should do that for him!
Not only will the se 4, 000 employees lose their pay for the time they are
out, but also the lost production could cost that Department a lot in lost orders
and consequently mean lack-of-work f or many o f the employees.
No doubt, the union b osses have a reason for calling this strike, but
certainly that reason can have nothing to do with the welfare of the employees it
represents.
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Dear heavenly Father, at every table where food is spread Thou art host. Prepare
our hearts, through love and service, for these blessings from Thy hands. Amen
SYSTEM
My wife and I don't argue
As other couples do.
She always travels her way,
And I go her way too!
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Previously, if a component
buried in the hardened resin of
the cast block failed test, the
compl ete block, which includes
parts and labor worth about $150,
had to be scrapped. Now, however, a regular dentist s drill is
used to cut into the resin, allowing access to the parts for
correction of the defect. After
correction, the block is resealed.
This cost reduction,for which Mr.
Lonas was largely responsible.
will recover over $5, 000 in lo~t
material and labor this year.
OR LESS?
around and w aiting for someone to squirt the oil for them, and, they would have
to be paid for standing around.
ls it reasonable to demand pay for doing nothing?
We don't believe that Specialty Control employees think so. And we don't believe
that most of the people on strike in Schenectady think so either. They are honest
and fair-minded people too, but they have lost their right to make their own
decisions about their jobs and are coerced and pressured into following the bidding
of leaders w hose only purpose seems to be to cause unrest and dissension.
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'5 NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Dear Lord, we thank Thee for food for our bodies and for Thy lo ve, which is the food
for our souls. In Jesus' name. Amen.
Rews4
'Bits
REMINDERS
Federal Income Tax returns
are due today, April 15.
State Income Tax and Personal Property Tax returns
should be filed by May 1.
THIS IS SUCCESS:
Within a very short time. the summer season will be here, and with it the
usual increase in the number of cases of polio.
able to find out for sure why polio occurs more frequently in the summer, but for
some rea s o n, it does.
There was a time when this fact was frightening to all, and rightly so.
when the Salk polio vaccine became available in 1953, this situation changed.
But
Now
those who become vaccinated with the full three shots can look forward to the sum mer season with the assurance that they are protected against polio.
You would think that such an amazing d i scovery would be readily recei ved by
the public and that by now a large majority of the population would be protected by
the 'v accine.
Yet, after the initial demand was taken care of, the vaccine has
And, except for children, the 19 - 40 age group is the most susceptible to
polio.
YOU ARE.
SHOTS!
As a reminder, we will print a few questions and answers about polio and
polio shots in TODAY'S NEWS for the next few weeks.
POLIO.
S-
S NEWS
VOL. IV , NO. 74
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Not only for this food, do we give Thee thanks, 0 God, but for work and its r ewards,
for friends, for health. Amen.
SMALL GAUGE LAB WILL MEAN
MORE ACCURATE MEASUREMENT FOR SPECIALTY CONTROI
PRODUCTS
Specialty Control Department
will set up its own Small Gauge
Laboratory soon for making
mechanical measurements to
0001 in. The new lab will be a
part of the Quality Control
operation.
Because of the accuracy neces 'Y in checking parts associated
with the Department's Program
.Co ntrol products, and be cause
we are manufacturing more pre cise parts than ever before, our
own measuring equipment must
be much more accurate than
b efore,
In order to achieve the required
accuracy, equipment will be
.secured for the new Small \ raucc
Laboratory to n1easu r~, calibrate
a nd evaluate new and existing
tools, ji g s, fixtur es and inspection instrume nts . After the
new equipment h as been installed,
a set of Specialty Control standards will be established for all
instruments used in m e asuring
close tolerances in the Department.
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SCHENECTADY EMPLOYEES
ARE BACK AT WORK
1'f3W8T
Bi~
~arl
Pu~chasing
c::erni,
Agent, is
attenchng a seminar on Negotiate d
Purchasing at Bronxville. N. Y
this week and nex t .
In Mr. Cerni 's a bs e n ce, Dave
Coughtry is serving as Acting
Pur c hasing Agent.
Congratulations to Paul Wright
(Sheet Metal) whose wife gave
birth to a son Saturday at
Wayne sboro Comm u nity HospitaL
HOW
ro GET
JOB SECURITY-
P.D.Q.
By now, all of us are familiar with the fact that Specialty Control's
business, like most of the business in the country, is down.
doesn't mean that there are not some orders to be had.
our products; there are just not as many orders for as many of our products as
before.
A lot of other manufacturers are having the same difficulty -- some of
them are even in the same kind of business we are in.
products .
We
can improve delivery by planning better and by operating our business more
efficiently.
possible.
Regardless of what our parti c ular job is -- the job security we all want
depends on all of us.
So -- let's do everything we can to help build that job se c urity -- P. D. Q .
'5 NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
For this co untry , for its fr eedoms, for our rights in this country, we are grateful,
0 God. Make us g rateful for this food also . Amen.
WRITTEN PROCEDURES MUST
BE FOLLOWED
CLARK RECEIVES
RECORD CHECK
FOR PUBLISHED
I
Back in February, we rep ort ed
AR TIC LE: Steve
that Specialty Control DepartClark, Progra m
ment had re c ei ved a rating of
Control Sales,
Unsatisfactory on an Atomic
is p i c tured at
Energy Commission Inspection.
right as he re The Department was allowed to
ce i ves a check
continue work on the orders al wh i ch was sent
ready in progress, with the
from the editors
stipulation that corrective action
of A UTOMATION
be taken imme diately.
M aga z ine for an
ar-ticle publ is bed
..-. part of that correc ti ve a c tion,
in their April
. itten instructions have been
i ss u e . T he
issued on many jobs that did not
check , w hich is for $225, is the largest re ce i ved by a Specialty
have them before.
Control employee as a n honorariurr1 for a signe d article. Presenting
the check i s D. O. Di ce , Manager -Marketing, while C. T. Humphrey,
In order to re gain our SatisManager-Advertising and Sales Promotion looks on. Mr . Humphrey
factory rating with the AEC, it
is the Department co ntact wi th t echni cal ma g azines and handles
is necessar y that these w ritten
ne goti a tions in conn ection w ith the publishing of articles. Mr .
instructions be followed carefully Clark's article , entitled "Improve Job-Lot Production with Numeriby a ll employees ; no deviation
cal Positioning", deals with incre a s ed ac ti vi ty in t he field of
from the written procedures
numerical c ontrol of machine tools, and establishes the fact that
sho uld be made b y an employee at , this is one of t he most signifi cant trends in t he metal w orking
any time .
indus tries .
Another important factor in the
AEC rating was poor housekeeping. For this reason, e ve ry
effort should be made to continue
the good job of housekeeping that
was evident in the last Plant
Inspection.
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SCOGEE
Statement of Income and Expenses for the
Twelve Month Period ending 4-14-58
Income
Income from Dues
Less Refund of Dues
Skating Income
Golf Income
Dance Income (4 dances)
Miscellaneous Income
1153.00
3. 00
1150 00
12 . 60
153 00
653. 60
67. 00
2036. 20
Expenses
Skating Expense
Dance Expense (4 dances)
Softball Expense
Drive-In Movie
Basketball Expense
Volleyball Expense
Glee Club Expense
Insurance Expense
Golf Expense
Taxes
Trout Contest Expense
Miscellaneous Expense
23. 92
500 . 35
198 12
14 7. 00
189 29
25. 00
251 74
38. 72
148 87
46. 11
30. 00
58 . 95
1658 07
Net Income
Balance on Hand 4-29-57
Balance on Hand 4-14-58
378.13
506. 04
884 . 17
Regular Fund
Building Fund
527 . 67
356. 50
884. 17
'S NEWS
VOL. IV, N O. 7 6
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
For home, fo r family, for friends, we thank Thee, 0 God; he lp us to make o ur place
toda y a friendly place toward Thee and toward others. Amen.
DYNAMIC 5 ARE SURE WINNERS
IN SCOGEE MENS BOWLING
LEAGUE
Members of the Dynamic 5 team
will be the SCOGEE Men's Bowling Leag ue champions for the
third straight year, after clinch ing their victory last night in a
rather inglorious manner. They
lost all 3 games to the C annon
Balls, but the seco nd pla ce Alley
Cats dropped one g ame to Ertle 1 s
Turtles, which eliminates the
'. ey Cats from any chance of
ca.khing the Dynamic 5 in the
remaining two matches.
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PRl/\I G
~.:.iMlllt-ririlfl*t._._
t hrough May 31
-Model J-555 in
Mix or Match Colors
List Price
Regular Employee Price
/129. 95
7 8. 25
Model J -556 in
Stainless Steel
$134. 95
List Price
Regular Employee Price
85.00
$fo:{ ~
Model J -507 in
Mix or Match Colors
239, 95
List Price
Regular Employee Price
t# 142. 00
SPECIAL EMPLOYEE PRICE ?'P/37~
Model J-508 in
Satin Chrome
List Price
Regular Employee Price
SPECIAL Employee Price
249, 95
148. 50
f/_,ft3
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'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Every good and perfect gift c omes from Thee, 0 God, and we thank The e for all that
Thou has given. Amen.
RECORD ATTENDANCE EXPECTED FOR G. E. ANNUAL
MEETING
A world's record attendance for
such meetings is expected when
share owners of the General
Electric Company gather at
Schenectady for the Company's
56th annual meeting on Wednesday, April 23.
This year ' s session is expected
to attract even more than the
cord-setting 3, 600 persons who
_ .cended last year's meeting. The
1957 meeting was the largest of
its kind in American industry.
The share owners will hear a
report on the status of Company
operations and its plans for the
future. Company President
Ralph J. Cordiner will discuss
the growing importance of the
electrical industry in its relationship to the total economy with
special emphasis on the Company's plans during the current
period.
Prior to and immediately follow ing the business meeting share
owners will have an opportunity
to see a series of exhibits showing the Company's broad diversity
of products - - from modern
appliances to a giant 80-ton
switching locomotive.
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 285 days
6, 550, 163 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
Location in plant
~~~~~~~~
Extension
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If the opportunity for profits can spark research which will be as effective in the future as it has
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
We thank Thee, 0 God, for the hand that feeds us, the love that cares for us, and the
life which Thou hast entrusted to us. Amen.
PROGRESS REPORT ON
PEOPLE 1S CAPITALISM
TONIGHT
This evening, on the GEspons ored television program
Cheyenne, a Progress Report
will be televised which should be
of interest to all Specialty Control employees. Entitled
People's Capitalism, the Prog ress Report will plac e special
emphasis on opportunities for
young share owners.
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Question: Why are
people being urged
to get polio shots
now?
Answer: Now is the
time to get polio
shots in order to be
protected during
the summer months
ahead.
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 286 days
6, 559, 619 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIMF;
ACCIDENT
May 10.
The two councilmen which will be elected on June 10 will be from Ward III
and Ward IV .
All Waynesboro voters may vote for one candidate from Ward Ill
and one candidate from Ward IV, regardless of the Ward in which the voter lives.
(Each member of the Council is elected by all the voters, instead of being elected
by only the voters in the Ward which he represents.)
Voters are reminded that payment of poll tax does not constitute
registration
for the election, but poll tax must have been paid before December 10, 195 7, in
order to qualify a voter in the Council election.
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
For life, for food, for daily care here in the plant and at our homes, we
give Thee our thanks. Amen.
GE SALES AND EARNINGS DOWN
FOR FIRST QUARTER, 1958
General Electric Company's
sales and earnings for the fir st
quarter of 1958 were below the
record first quarter of 1957,
President Ralph J . Gardiner
announced last week.
Earnings were equivalent to 56
cents per share of common stock
and 5. l cents per dollar of sales
as compared with 73 cents per
share and 6. l cents per dollar
sale'S for the first quarter of
..... .........
POINTS ON POLIO .
. 7.
Mr. Gardiner attributed the low- !
er earning rate to decreased
~
sales volume in most commerci al l
product areas, a higher propor - !
tion of defense business with low
profit margins, continually rising employment costs and in...
creasing costs of many raw
materials .
Mr. Gardiner said that new
orders received during the first
quarter exceeded sales and the
rate of incoming orders increased markedly in March, as com r-ared with January and Februar y.
Sales of General Electric' s
defense product departments increased during the quarter, Mr.
Cordiner said, while sales in
the other areas of the business
~ ged in comparison with the
st quarter of 1957. Total
sales billed for the Company in
Marc h increased sharply, however, he said, but it is too ear ly
(Cont. col. 2)
1'ewJ
B1ts j
I
!
'
100%
75%
50%
25%
DEDUCTIBLE FOINTS
Material Handling
Work Area
Safety Hazards
Fire Hazards
-25
-25
-25
-25
ELECTRONIC AREA
MAGt~ETIC WIN.iJING COMFONENT (Houser QUALITY CONTROL (Sussman)
Inspector - Cholewa
Inspector - House
4 & M Test & Mezz (Beatty)
Sheet Metal (Groat &VanLear)
Assembly
Score 75 Aver 68 - Dust
Score,_22 ~ .!
Stock Area Score 100 Aver 100 I on testriXEure J no
Unsafe ia~~ 2leaky steam valves,
Assembly Area Score ,ii Aver IQ identification on glass jar
Fire hazard rags in boxes.
Utlmarked spools or iNire, very
in Mezz.
Paint Booths Score 100 Aver 100
cluttered tool cabinet
Potted Units Score 100
Printed Circuit & Cont'Our:- Office Score 100
Aver 100
Aver JA.
--(Wol&nin) Score 1.S. Aver 9Jt
Heat Treat & Test (House)
Test Score l.QQ Alc.1:
Large Panel (Cook(;) 'S'COre !QQ.
Score 1i. .!!! 1i..
Congasted
Test Construction (Ford)
Aver .22
.
Score 12
Aver ~
Small Panel (Crummet) Score 12
Mach Shop Score :ZS. Aver 3lJ:.
Aver 88"- Mat 1 1 not identified, MATERIAL SUB fiECTION
Sheet M~tal Score lQQ
Hardwire in waste basket
}J.1:.
lQQ
Reg & Harness (Cholewa) Score 12. Inspector - Rannie
Pro gram Control tit Welder
Rm l.Q!..- ~ - 104 - ~
!!.! g - ~ Unidentified safety Offices
~Hoylma.n) Score 12 Aut !lli
104
Score
1.2. !!.! jJ;t
can.
Improper
identification or
!Draw:.ngs in waste basket not torn
test
booths,
dust on equip,
Stock Rm (Humphreys)
rags
in
barrel
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MFG. ENG
Rec Score 100 Aver 100
Thytnotrol (Moran) Score.
Inspector _ s. Stocki
, Aircr&ft score 2.Q Aver 1i
Aver fil-- Metal plate on .
Office Rm 16 Score 100 Aver 100~ Elect Stock Score !QQ ~ ~
test fixture, dust on equip.
Prototype (Reasoner')ccz:e100I ~ Sc~re 12. .!!.!!: .21!
Reg & Elect Drives (Fitzgeralc
Aver 1
; Racks dirty
Score 1i Aver fil - Dirty
Tool Rm (Failing)' score !QQ.
.Ship & Warehouse (Mead)
shelves in cabinet, :iirt on
!!!!: Z
Ship SLO re !QQ. ~ !lit
equip.
Tool Crib Score !QQ Aver !il1
Warehouse Score 100 Aver 1
Relay Test (Bare) Scor~ lQQ
Some unidentified tools, some
'.R.& R (Wylie) Score 12. Aver !ili
Aver 100
dusty dies.
Devices in area with MON tag
~ r;;p (Archambeault.)
Offices (Slater) Score !QQ.
since July 1957
Score .lQ Aver fil.
Aver 100
Offices (Sussman) Score ~
LabRiiT4 Score 12 ~ fil:
Aver l.Q.Q._
. AIRCRAFT & ?1IJLIT;~RY ASM (Davis)
Material on desk, poor mat'l
Special Panels (Davis)
handiing.
; Score 12. ~ ~ - Loose hardRoom 106 Score 100 Aver 100
~L~INTENANCE (Curto)
Mech Prod - Scorei'oo--P:Yerlco ~ware-tying on bench 1 unidentified
Boilerroom Score 100
; sub assanblies.
--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - : W i r e Harness & Jeep (Caron)
, Aver 100
BuITarng
#5
~
loo
RELAY
; Score 12 .!!! fil:. - Unmarked
; Aver 82
Inspector - Brunetto
'terminals, mixed wire in tote tray;
BUriding #6 Score iQ
Micro Min (Quick) Score 2Q
"Militarz Systems ranels & Devices
AYJJr_ fil .r lr.a.nt dwnping ervund
~ ~ - Unidentified parts,
(Wilson) Score 12. !!! ~
Grounds Score 100 ;ycr lQC
sign not up to date, equip not ~ Potted Units (Lonas) Score 12.
Maintenance Shop Score 12.
covered with plastic,. dirty tool; Aver 7Q - Unidentified hardware
Aver 75. Odds & ends still.
box, surplus hose on floor.
.' & mixed parts
lyjkaropd.
~Machine Area Score !QQ. .. Aver 12. : Plating Rm (Hyde) ~ !QQ
~Gl60 Score !QQ Aver !QQ
.!!!!: ~
Miniature (BrurtettOr-Score 100
Ma.ch Rm & Job Shop (Broug~.ma.n)
Aver 88
Score 100 Aver J1. Area looks
--Sub'Min Score !QQ. Aver 81
very good but suggest you repair
Oben
Score J;QQ, Aver ~
shelf in cabinet (Overloaded)
GS-300 Score 1QQ ~ .lQQ..
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'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
lfewJ.
Bits I
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"I think our des i gning depart ment has be en straining a bit too
h a r d ! 11
SAFETY SCORE
1, 288 days
6 , 578 , 531 hours
WITHOUT A LOST T IME
ACCI DENT
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just an oilcan. They said yes t here was. The real issue was ove1
whet her management had the responsibility and the authority tc
go with it to assign work to Company employees.
They said the union had told .the workers that squirting thi~
oilcan was higher rated work wh1c~ should be don.e by test mer
and that placing fluid on castings 1s one of the thmgs done as c:
small part of an electrical test which must be done by test men.
They said that maybe these worker~ ~bought or ~ere led t.c
believe that management intended to ehmmate all testmg of theu
work but that testing could never be eliminated because Genera:
Electric's high quality standards would not permit it .
We left K-Bay puzzled over how su~h a thing as no~mal a:
squirting an oilcan could grow to such importance, how 1t coulc
be blown up all out of proportion, why it is that it 's so easy foi
management to mistake what is in the minds of the peop1,-.;1 thE
floor and for those people to view with suspicion every cha ..,..: tha1
our dynamic economy insists that management make.
As we slowly left the building, passing groups of men who con
tinued to try to do their work despite the strike, we pondered or
the rumors for a plantwide walkout and. picket line~ and th(
futility of losing pay in a premature stnke-one which begar
before management and union had any chance to sit down togethe1
and intelligently discuss the situation.
And we thought of the individual tragedies which make up .
the $80,000 a day now being lost and how it could run into
millions of dollars a day if the now disinterested employees
in the rest of the plant could be convinced that the principle
involved is really important enough for them to join the strike.
PAGE '
A Discouraging Experience
PL~NT
INSPECTION REFQRT
INCLUDES ALL
J, ~E.".S
EXCEFT MFG .
RATJNGS USED FOR HANT INSFECTION Rooms: 201 - 100 Aver 100
202 - 100 Aver 100 Box of
100%
Good
material behind dr afting board.
Fair
2C4 - 100 Aver 100 205 - 100
75%
50%
Poor
Aver l Cu Fan ne eds storing
Unac ceptable Library cabinet needs straighten25%
ing up. 206 - 100 Aver 100
_ _ _ _D_E_D_tJ_C_T_I_B_LE_i'_F
_O
_I_N_TT_S_ _ ____. 209 - 100 Aver 88 Container for
l ayout of tracings needed.
Material Handling
- 25
Telephone
en ch&ir .
Work Area
-25
210
]i
Aver
88 Tracings stored
Safety Hazards
-25
-improperly & improper storage of
Fire Hazards
-25
!materials under desk. 211 - 100
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es s s r ewn Wl
oose paper.
fol ding t a ble to auditorium
abo;e switch box . General
:~ _
Aver 2lf1
_
100
260
100
AVer e
Dark Rm _ Product .rn iQ
rnnt1dyness. 264 - 100 Ave r 100 :Aver 88 26-_s
100
f..ve r 6~ Apparently not trying
.269 - 100 Aver 100 271 - 100
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'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
In the stre ngth of this food, 0 God may we be able to serve Thee and
our fellow man. Amen.
ANY EMPLOYEE MAY HAVE
HIS C HECK DEPOSITED BY
PERSONNEL ACCOUNTING
POINTS ON POLIO
Question: I s poli o vac cine safe?
Answe r: Experience
with the polio vaccine
since the early days
of immunization has
shown that it is completely safe. Each
batch that is manufactured is individually tested on experi mental animals fo r
safe ty.
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 289 days
6,587,987 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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SPRING SPECIAL
employee sale
THROUGH MAY 31
WD 660 P
$353.00
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
For food and health and life and love, help us to be grateful and humble
before Thee. Amen.
SAFETY REMINDERS
Employees working at machines must not wear rings,
wrist watches, bracelets,
pendants or loose -fitting
garments.
All work performed on a
drill press should be blocked
or clamped before performing the operation. No work
is to be held in the operator's
hand.
Warning labels must be placed
on all containe r s of solvents,
chemicals or other potentially
harmful material, regardless
of where the material is
located. Unlabeled bottles or
containers must not be used.
POINTS ON POLIO
SAFETY SCORE
1, 292 days
6, 597, 443 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
A CCIDENT
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When it's 12:00 NOON in WAYNES~ ORO (we are on Eastern Standard
Time), then it's. .also 12:00 ~OON in
CINCINNATI and DETROIT (those .
cities are on Eastern StandaJ;d Time_,
also).
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'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Sanctify the food we eat to the strengthening of our bodies and help us
to use the strength to serve Thee and our fellow man. Amen
12 SUGGESTION AW ARDS LAST
WEEK BRINGS DEPARTMENT
TOTAL TO 8 11
Congratulations to Nancy Flynn,
daughter of Bill Flynn (E&CR).
Nancy won 2nd place in the Twin
Valley Spelling Bee last week.
Mary Skillman (Aircraft Test)
wishes to thank her friends for
the flowers sent after the death
of her brother.
_ ~ len Desper expresses her
thanks to employees in the
Industrial Electroni cs area who
sent flo we rs while she was in the
hospital.
Specialty Control employees are
reminded that running, at any
time or any place in the plant is
an unsafe prac tice. Employees
should not run to the time clocks
in the afternoon to punch out; the
few se conds saved is certainly
not worth the risk of possible
injury to the pers on who is running or to others.
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 293 days
6, 606, 84 1 hours
WITHOUT A L OST T I ME
ACCIDENT
'.i?A'FETy
IS
BETTER..
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Not only do we thank Thee for our food, but we thank Thee for Jesus Christ our
Savior. Amen.
ing.
~proximately 17 members of
demonstration of "electrical
; TOOL ROOM AND PROTOTYPE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES
The
AT FAMILY NIGHT PROGRAM: Pictured above is a group of emengineering in action".
ployees from the Tool Room and Prototype areas and members of
meeting will be one of a series
their families who enjoyed a Family Night Program at the Specialty
of vocational counseling sessions
Control plant last Friday night. Watching as Bob Failing, Tool Room
for the Scouts.
Foreman, explains the use of a tapping head on a drill press are
(left to right) Charles Reade (Tool Room), Mrs. Mary Reade, Nancy
There will be a ground breaking
Shaver,
Herbert Blackwood (Apprentice), Mrs. Jean Reasoner,
ceremony for the Church of God,
Fred
Shaver
(Prototype), Mrs. Blackwood, Bob Failing, Glen Allen,
Crozet, at 3:00 PM, Sunday,
Gene R e asoner, Supervisor-Prototypes, Eugene Allen (Tool Room),
May 4. The public is invited to
Mrs. Ernestine Moomau, and (operating tapping head and partly
attend.
hidden) Dwight Moomau (Tool Room).
UNNATURAL SILENCE
SKIN
PISASE
CAN BE AVOIDED!
FOLLOW
OF PROTECTIVE
THIS ROUTINE:
2.
1.
3.
4.
FINGERNAILS
. SIDE OF HAND
FOREARM
S NEWS
VOL. I V, NO. 85
W~UD
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
May l, 1958
In the name of Christ we thank Thee for our food and pray that we may f i nd food fo r our
soul also . Amen,
NEW APPARATUS AND
INDUSTRIAL GROUP FORMED
The establishment of a new
Apparatus and I ndustrial Group
within General Electric was announced la st Friday by President
Robert Paxton. The new Group
will combine the duties and
responsibilities of two former
Company components, t he
Apparatus Group and the
I ndustrial Components and
~te rials Group.
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A "UNION-MADE DEPRESSION"
Much has been said recently about the causes of the current recession as
well as what can and should be done to remedy the situation.
Charles G. Abbott of the University of Virginia made some very interesting remarks
about the causes of the recession to the Senate Finance Committee.
Mr. Abbott said that if the recession deepens, it might be labeled "the first
union-made depression in our history".
Washington Post and Times Herald for April 26, are reprinted below.
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
May 2, 1958
"All things c ome of Thee 0 God" and for all things we thank Thee now.
Amen.
OPERATION
UPTURN -COMPANY-WIDE
PROGRAM-ANNOUNCED
,._,
He explained that OPERATION UPTURN will be carried out primarily by the Company's decentralized
departments . Instead of depending on ideas, directions, and
(Cont. page 4, col. 2.)
SPECIALTY CONTROL
OPERATION UPTURN COUNCIL
ANNOUNCED
PROGRESS REPORT TO
DESCRIBE OPERATION UPTURN
ON GENERAL ELECTRIC
THEATER MAY 4
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
VOL. I V. NO. 87
May 5 , 1958
Without food our body will die; without Christ our souls will die .
thank Thee for both just now. Amen.
SCOGEE BOW LING
Father we
COOPERATION OF OTHERS
IN COMMUNITY WILL BE URGED
IN OPERATION UPTURN
all,
c l ass if ie
Dynami c Five
Cannon Balls
Alley Cats
Retreads
Roll Tillers
Ertle's Turtles
Won
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47- 1/2
47
42
41
36 -1/2
Lost
34
42- 1/2
43
48
49
53 -1/2
SAFETY SCORE
1, 299 days
6, 644 , 433 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
I
The Bendix Aviation Corp. insists
on the utmost in re liability for its
relays, and they have found that
relays built by Specialty Control
Department meet their rigid
requirements,
SPECIAL fY
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PARADE MARSHALL ON
PARADE: Parade Marshall Kitty
Kallen, sin:ging star of radio and
TV (pictured above) was one of the
many celebrities in last Thursday
lilight~ Fireman's Parade at
Winchester, Va. The Specialty
Control Fire Brigade, which
marched in the parade, was the
first unit to represent an industrial
organization in the 31 years that
these parades have been held.
Until this year, only municipal
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VOL. IV, N O. 88
GOLF
INDUSTRIAL
GOLF LEAGUE
UNDERWAY
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May 6 , 1958
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
NEWS BITS
Jim S e dwick (Marketing) was
ele cte d Pre sident of the JacksonWilson PTA last w e ek. Other
Spec ialty Control e mployees who
a r e PTA pr eside nts are Bill
Hunter (Mgr. -Air c raft and
Military Operations) - - Westwood Hills; Clarence Wyrick
(Financ e ) -- Wayne Hills; and
Ben Cooper (Mgr. -Elec. and
R e g. Prod. Eng.) -- Waynesboro Hig h S c hool.
The Y. M. C. A. "Slow-Pitch"
Softball League is scheduled to
begin soon, and SCOGEE will
fie ld a te am if e nough men are
inte r e sted. Any male employee
who would like to play in the
L e ague s hould fill o ut the fo rm
in the low er ri g ht corne r of
TODA Y'S NEWS and drop it in
t he box in the Cafeteria today .
All playe rs must be members of
S C OGEE.
The Choraliers will meet tonig ht at 7:30 in th e Plant Auditorium.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 300 d a ys
6 , 65 3, 774 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDE NT
Name
Tel. Ext.
Work Location
YOUR SIGN~
OFLIFE
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
May 7, 1958
NEWS BITS
Mary Jane Kern (Telegraph)
~ ould like a ride to wo rk from
.,,18 James Street, Wayne Hills,
on the 8:00 - 4:30 shift after
summer hours begin in June .
COUGHTR Y TEMPORARILY
ASSIGNED TO AIRCRAFT&:
MILITARY OPERATIONS
Because of the heavy customer
load in Aircraft & Military Oper ations, D. L. Coughtry has been
temporarily assigned to that
group, according to J. F.
Ponzillo, Manager-Materials.
Mr. Coughtry will retain his
present position in Pur chasing
becau se it is expected that this
temporary assignment will be of
short duration.
Description
Material No.
8048
9364.
Concrete Floors
Masonry Water Repellent
Gray - (Chlorinated Rubber)
Red - (Chlorinated Rubber)
1201
1272
Metal Primers
Red (Indoor}
Orange (Indoor &t Outdoor)
91156
9~60
1234
1261.
1265
1296
7351
8167
8162
8057
8085
1170
1652
D5B.8
1500
D5B8D
Name
$1.60
3.90
7.15
7.15
2.15
2.15
4.65
4.50
2.15
1.75
4.50
4.50
4.50
1.35
1. 35
1.35
6. 00
1. 80
5.80
1.75
Varnishes
Spar-Clear (Indoor &t Outdoor)
G lyptal-Clear (Outdoor)
4.05
4.05
1.20
1.20
Thinners
Petroleum Spirits
For 1201 only
Low Odor
Location
1. 80
1.80
1. 65
I.OS
.45
1.60
50
1.os
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1.40
1.35
7.10
5.75
5.95
s. 95
5.40
8135
$5.30
Quantity
Gals.
Qts.
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Ext.
'S NEWS
May 8, 1958
SAFETY SCOR E
1, 302 days
6, 672, 45 6 h our s
WITHOUT A LOST TIM E
ACCIDENT
Amen.
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W/O FRONT PANEL
GE ' s AUTOMATIC DISPOSAL (FA60R ) List $94. 95 Reg . Emp. Pri ce $69. 00
Sp ec ial Employee Price $49. 95
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
May 9, 1958
Dear Lord, we thank Thee for Thy care, the food we eat, the
c lothes we wear; B e present w ith us everywhere. Amen.
NEWS BITS
A g roup of phys i cs stude nts from
Madiso n College in Harrisonburg,
Virginia, will visit Spe c ialty
Control this afternoon. They will
be shown the film" Thi s i s Automation" anr' will be gi v en a tour
of the plant.
*************
Ed. No te: The membership of the
IUE w a s not consulted before the
E xecutive Board made this
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ge n erou s " ges ture. The top
union brass seem to handle the
union funds as if it belonged to
them, rathe r than to IUE members.
PLANT INSPECTION TONIGHT !
If child ren did not ask questions
they would never learn how little
adults k now.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 30 3 days
6, 68 1, 797 hours
WI THOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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HARMFUL LIGMT
5 NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
R~lph
RALPH J. CORDINER
SAFETY SCORE
1, 306 days
6, 691, 1 38 hour s
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDE NT
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:ONTRIBUTE M UC H TO DEPARTMENT
:lECORD
Page 3
adC. 0n to s avi ng the ir own eye si ght, have con1f the Depa r t ment. (6, 691, 138 ho u r s without a
{see pictu re at right, b e l ow) would probably
n ent.
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OE BOARD CHAIRMAN,,,,,,
(Cont, from page 1)
now will be largely determined by
what business does to help its
customers and itself, 11
12 SPECIALTY CONTROLLERS
RECEIVE SUGGESTION AW ARDS
Co~'J.
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VO L. IV, NO. 93
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
JOHN S. Z IMMER
Z IMMER RECEIVES SIXTH
PATENT
NEWS BITS
Anyone interested in obtaining
tickets for next year 1 s Community
Concert series may contact Bill
Walker, Manager-Engine e ring Lab ,
A few tickets are available.
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
This food, which Thou hast already blessed in the giving, bless also in our partaking, that God may be honored, through Jesus Christ ou r Lord. Amen,
SPECIALTY CONTROL DEFEATS
A. S, R. IN INDUSTRIAL GOLF
i..EAGUE
LOCKHEED EMPLOYEES
ACCEPT CONTRACT IN SPITE
OF UNION PROTEST
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I Editor's
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NEWS BITS
The Jaycees Home Fair Show
will be held at the Waynesboro
H igh School Gym on Friday,
May 23 , and Saturday, May 24.
Tickets may be obtained from
Phil Beeson, Ext. 391.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 308 days
6, 709, 878 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
PLANT INSPECTION
Specialty Control employees did such an excellent job preparing for last Friday night's F
Inspection that the inspection team decided not to is sue a regular Inspection Report for
publication. Instead, a letter was written by members of the team to K. N. Bush, Mgr. Manufacturing, reporting the fine appearance of the plant. The letter appears below.
(The excellent scores; of course, will be added to the year-to-date averages.)
.lt
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Grant that we may ever be grateful unto Thee, 0 Lord, our Father, for the many
blessings of our daily lives. In the spirit of Christ we pray. Amen.
. WYLIE APPOINTED SPECIALISTRETURNED APPARATUS
FASTER BY FAR
When it comes to getting news
around,
You'll find that without fail
The female of the spec i es is
Lots faster than the mail I
SAFETY SCORE
1, 309 days
6, 719, 248 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
MANUFACTURING SECTION
WILL SHUT DOWN FOR
INVENTORY JULY 7 - 11
The Manufacturing Section of
Specialty Control w ill shut down
July 7 - 11 (the week before the
regular vacation shutdown) in
order to take the annual physical
inventory. In the Manufacturing
Section only those people
required to take the inventory,
a skeleton crew for emergencies,
and employees in the Micro Miniature Relay operations will
work during the week before
vacation shutdown.
Because of the present business
l evel, it is felt that the week of
July 7 - 11 will be the most ad vantageous time for the taking of
the annual physical inventory .
W. H. Grimsley has been appoint.
ed Annual Physical Inventory
Representative and will be responsible for the taking and reporting of the 1958 inventory. D.
M . House will be responsible for
Manufacturing Operations July 7
through 25.
NEWS BITS
Mr. Andrew Haley, President of
American Rocket Society, will
speak at 8 o'clock tonight at the
Univ. of Virginia on space l aw
The meeting will b e he ld at
Maury Hall.
'S NEWS
VOL. IV I NO. 96
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Accept our than.ks for this food and keep us through the hours of this day.
Christ s sake we ask it. Amen.
For
SAFETY SCORE
1, 3 10 days
6, 728, 618 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
ready to order.
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AIR DELIVERY
Circulating 2500 CfM
Ventllatlng 1500 CFM
Air Veloclty-1300 FPM
Nol.. Level-58 DB
Dimensions: Helght-16119"
Wldth-27"""
Depth-7:V"
Cord-8 Ft.
Net Welght-23 lbs.
T-4
Retail Price
$59. 95
Employee Price$41. 95
PERSONAL FAN
F-3 FLOOR CIRCULATOF
Retail Price
$5 . 95
Employee Pri ce $4. 70
Air Delivery:
Circulating 3200 (
Air Velocity - 800 F l
N oise L eve l - 58 DB
Dimensions:
Height - 15 -3 I 4"
Diameter - 16-1/2
Cord - 8 ft.
Net Weight - 18-1/
Retail Price
Emp loyee Price
... r. ro"
OR1958
Air Delivery :
Circulating 4 0 00 C F M
Ventilating 2100 C F M
Air Velocity - 11 00 FPM
Noise Leve l - 60 DB
Dimens i ons:
Hei ght - 23-3/ 4"
Width - 23 -1 /2"
Depth - 7"
Cor d - 8 ft,
Net Wei ght - 26 -1 / 2 lbs .
Window mounting panel o ptional
at extra cost.
Retail P rice
Emp loyee Pr i ce
$ 44. 95
$31. 45
20"
EXHAUST FAN
AIR DELIVERY
Ventlletlna 2100 CFM'
NolM Level-58 oa
Dlmen1lon11 Helaht-23W
'M
vi
Wl dth-29~
Depth-7V.
to
31~
Cord-8 Ft.
Net Wel1ht-23 Iba.
'NEMA Retina
Re tail Pri ce
$34. 95
Emp l oy ee Price$24. 45
l bs .
;9, 95
l l. 95
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All Purpose
FAN
OSCILLATING FANS
MODEL Vl64(16-l/2") MODEL Sl25 (12")
Retail Price
$54. 95 Retail Price
$29. 95
Employee Price$38.45 Employee Price$20. 95
MODEL Sl07 (lO")
Retail Price
$17. 95
Employee Price $12. 55
A-2
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$44. 95
$31. 45
Retail Price
$29. 95
Employee Price$20. 95~
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$48 . 95
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
May 2 1, 1958
Bless Thou this food to the str ength of our bodies and feed us with
that bread which cometh down from heaven. Amen.
SPECIALTY CONTROL EQUIPMENT PRAISED IN CONV AIR
REPORT
A re cent Installation Inspection
Report from the I. & S. E . Dept.
on the installation of equipment
with contr ols produced by this
Department contained special
praise for Specialty Control work
mans hip.
The report covered the installa tion of two Giddings and Lewis
mills, to which our numerical
3itioning controls have be en
applied, in the Convair plant.
NEWS BITS
A pair of clear plastic prescription safety glasses with the ini tial
W. S. were picked up by mistake
recently, and another pair left in
their place. Please contact Bi 11
Sager, Ext. 260.
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POINTS ON POLIO ,
Question: If the third polio shot
is not taken at the end of seven
months as recommended, will
it be necessary to begin the
seri es over?
Answer : According to medical
authorities , the third shot may
be taken at any time between
the recommended seven months
and one year 1 without loss of
effectiveness .
At any time, howeve r, that
polio should reach epidemic
stages in an area where you
live or plan to travel, an ex tra "booster" shot should be
taken, regardless of the
number of shots already
received.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 315 days
6, 756, 888 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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Rehearsing a song for last Friday night's show are members of the Specialty
Control Choraliers . Pictur ed above a r e (fr ont row, left to right) Gwen B lack
(Tabulating ), Rosemary Howard (E & CR), Rosa Lee Pugh, Dot Foss, June
Harper (Finance ) , Jane Bateman (Methods & Planning), Ruby Di ckerson, Ruby
Shifflett (Eng .), Esther Maloney (Marke tin g ), Jane Fitz gerald (Eng.) Ruth Gray
(E & CR) , Dukie Gum (Transcribing); (back row, left to right) Jim Harris (Eng .),
Al McKechnie (Eng .), Harold Harvey (Eng.), Al Foss (Eng.) and Lowell Bashlor
(Eng. ). Not pictured are Jean Gum (En g .), Wynona Stinespring (Tabulating ),
Ro se Belak (Finance ), Joe Belak (Eng.) and Don Trohaugh (Eng . ).
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
0 Lord God, h eave nly Father, bless unto us t hes e Thy g ifts , which of Thy t e nde r
k indnes s Thou hast bestowed up on us, throu gh J es us Chri s t our L ord . Ame n.
SIX MORE SCOGEE MEMBERS
WILL SELL DANCE TICKETS
T he number of tick et sellers for
the SCOGEE Spring Dance has
been increased b y s ix p eople. In
addition to the list published in
TODAY'S NE WS Tuesday, May 20,
these SCOGEE members have
tickets fo r sale: Gracie Layne
{Ind. Elec. ), Shirl ey
McCambridge (Ind. Ele c . ),
Kathlee n Bosserman {Ma g netic
W dg. Comp.), Vi rginia Smith
~ach. Room), Ele anor Falls
viation L ab ) and Jim M ayes
{Tool Crib).
Admission i s $3. 30 per couple
for non-member s and $2. 20 per
c ouple for members . The dance
will be held Frida y ni g ht, from
9:00 to 1:00, at the Waynesboro
Country Club.
Y 'ALL AUTO COME !
N. L. R. B. CERTIFIES I. U. E.
AT ROANOKE
NEWS BITS
Spec ialty Control Departme nt
welcomes to our p l ant today fou r
v i s i to rs from Control Engineer ing Magaz ine: W. W. Garey,
Publisher , B . K. L edgerwood,
Managing Editor , J. D . Cooney
and L. H. Young, As soci ate
Editor s , who are he r e to gain
firsthand kno w l e dge o f our
~roducts in the industrial area .
A ccompanying the group is H .
Zane Robbins, News Bureau
Supv., A &SP Dept., Apparatus
Sales Div .
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Editor ' s Note: The only r ea l
change in benefits for Indu s tr y
Control emplo yees will be that
they will los e the Emerge ncy Aid
Plan, which has nev e r been accepted by the IUE. The othe r
obvious loss i s money paid out
in dues, muc h of which goes to
the national officers for us e as
th ey see fit.
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'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
May 23 , 1958
The eyes of all wai t upon Thee, 0 Lord; Thou openest Thine hand, and satisfiest the
desire of every living thing, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
SPECIALTY CONTROLLERS
COMPLETE CITIZENSHIP
ENGLISH COURSE
Reinhold Kerber (Mac hine Room)
and Siegfried Winkler (fo rme rly
Machine Room) were among those
who completed a course in
Citizenship English at Waynesboro High School last Wednesday
night.
The course, conducted by Paul
Wylie (Materials) included basic
incip l es of reading and speaking English and an introduction to
the fundamentals of local, state
and Federal government.
NEWS BITS
Mr . J.P. Turner, Jr . , Manager Central District, Aviation and
Defense Industries Sales Dept . ,
Dayton, Ohio, is visiting the
Specialty Control plant today.
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TONIGHT
9: 00 TIL 1: 00
STATISTIC
He rests beneath
The sod and dew - He stopped in traffic
To tie his shoe
am1 1ar
ymbol
The s ymbol above is new right now, but during the next several months it will become
increasingly familiar to millions of Americans .
OPERATION UPTURN.
To Specialty Control employees, it will be a symbol for renewed effort to build even
better value into our products and servi ces through such things as improving product design,
inc reasing quality, reducing manufacturing time and minimizing a ll forms of scrap and waste.
In this we will be joined by the more than a quarter million General Electric employees
all ove r the country who will also b e givi ng special attention to bringing better values to GE
c u s tomers .
And to millions of Americans not directly connec ted with General Electric, OPERATION
UPTURN and its symbol will become familiar as a s i gn of maximum value in General Electric
products, and as dramatic evidence of General Electric's confidence in the American economy .
As the p ersonal contribution of each of us to OPERATION UPTURN helps strengthen
the s tability of jobs a t Specialty Cont ro l and throughout the Company, and t h ereby contributes
t o an acce l eration of economic recovery, the symbo l above wi ll become even more familia r.
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Give us truly grateful hearts, Heavenly Father, for these and all
Thy gifts to us. Amen.
PAL.M ER ON SPECIAL OPERATION UPTURN ASSIGNMENT
H a rry L. Palmer, ManagerEngineering, will begin immediately a special assignment
in connection with OPERATION
UPTURN, it was announced today
by Dr. L. T. Rader, General
Manager. Mr. Palmer will de v ote full time, for the next few
months, on a concentrated effort
to increase sales for Specialty
Control products within the
:neral Electric Company.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 320 days
6, 785, 238 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
./\C CI DENT
NEWS BITS
Bob Edwards (Manufacturing
Training Program Membe r) left
last Friday for Evendale, Ohio,
where he will be as s igned to the
Jet Engine Department. Bob had
been at Specialty Control Dept.
since August, 1957, and worked
as supervisor of test equipment
construction during his assignment here.
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PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEE RELAT IONS SECTION AS A SERVICE TO SPECIALTY CONTROL EMPLOYEES
s,ons. NATIONAL
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Our Father, Thou hast opene d Thy hand to bless, and hast given us all thin g s
to enjoy. We thank Thee. Amen.
WICHMAN NAMED GENERAL
MANAGER OF HOTPOINT
Appointment of William C.
Wichman as General Manager of
the Hotpoint Company Division
of the General Electric Compan y
was announ -: ed in New York ye sterday by James H. Goss, Vice
President and Group Executive
for the Company ' s Consumer
Products Group. The appointment is effecti ve June 1.
NEWS BITS
REMINDERS .
. Friday, May 30, will be a
paid holiday for Specialty
Control employees.
Blessed is the man who appre ciates his own time too highly to
waste another's.
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Ge neral Electric has created some 200, 000 new GE j obs across the c ountry in the past
20 years. Right here in Waynesboro, Specialty Control has cre ated nearly -1,000 jobs
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whe re none existed a few years ago.
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It is true that ther e were a fe w more j obs a year or so ago than there are now, but there
are still nearly 1, 000 jobs that were not here four years ago.
It is proper that we should all be con ce rned about t hos e j obs that have been lost, but l e t's
not forget the numbe r of job s that have been created du ri ng these last three years and are
still here.
Creating thes e j obs was a feat much more d iffi cult -- and mu c h more re w arding - - than
pulling a rabbit out of a hat .
Protecting these j obs, at a time like the present, is an equally difficult task, and the
results are of vital concern to each of us . Through the combined efforts of all Specialty
Control employee s, ho wever, this job can and must b e done.
By providing the extra s ervice, the extra quality, and the lowest possible price (through
reduced cost) that will make our customer s want to buy our products now, we can build
sales and iobs in 19 58 1
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NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
As we r ece ive our daily food, D ear God; help us to rem e mber Thee as t he great
Give r of a ll good things. Amen.
LEAGUE OF WOME N VOTERS
WILL SPONSOR CANDIDA TES
MEETING
A Candidates Meeting, sponsored
by the Waynesboro L eague of
Women Voters,will be h eld T ues day, June 3, at 8:00 PM a t W es twood Hills Elementary School.
Purpose o f the mee ting w ill b e to
g ive Waynesboro vo t ers an
oppo rtunity to hea1 candidates
for t h e June 10 City Council
electi on.
...... ach candida te will b e g i ve n a n
opportunity to speak and then the
floor will be ope ne d to questions.
The l ength of time to be u se d by
each candida te will be limited.
Appear ing a t the Tues d ay ni g ht
m eeting will b e Char l es F.
Mc C lung and Bernard W. Ze h,
candidates from Ward Ill; a nd
Frank S . Parker , Flemin g R.
Hurt and Robert Kirby, Jr.,
candidates from Ward IV.
NEWS BITS
Mary Lou B l ose (Ext. 2 19) w ould
like a ride home from work (to
Elkton) at 4 :00 PM daily b egi nning June 2.
SAFE TY SCORE
1, 322 days
6, 803 , 862 hour s
WI THOUT A LOST T IME
ACCIDENT
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SPORTS. NATIONAL AND WO RLD NEWS - COU RTESY Of WAYB AND N EWS VIRGINIAN
VOL. IV , N O. 10 5
May 2 9, 19 5 8
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M e mbers of B oy Sc o ut T r oop # 7
The W a ynes b o ro Lions Club will
h av e its 11th A nnu al Cha ri ty H ors E wi ll c o ll e c t i t e ms o n S a tur d a y
M ay 31 , for th e R o tary A u ction,
Sho w t omor row at t he Ea s ts i de
whi ch will be held n ext w e ek.
Sp eedway on Ro u te 34 0 . Sho ws
w i ll b egi n a t 1: 3 0 PM a nd 7: 00 PM . The S c o u ts wi ll cove r m os t
W ay n es boro n e i g hbo r hoods
Adm iss ion is $ 1. 00 for ad ults a n d between 9 AM a n d 12:0 0 N O ON,
a n d ha v e reques ted t ha t a nyone
$ . 50 fo r c hildren. T i c kets are
availabl e from W e s P e t rie (Eng.}, w ho w o uld lik e t o donate o l d
items whi c h a re no lo ng e r need ed
L e n P artridg e (Marke ti ng ) , C a r l
G e rni ( Purc ha s ing ), B i ll
arou n d the ho us e , to have t h e
~ walt e r (P ro du ction ) , B ob
ite m s r e a dy whe n t h ey c a l l.
.lin g ( Toom R o o m) a nd P aul
C a r o n (Wi re H a rness }.
Troo p #7 will receive a pe r centage of t h e p roceeds fro m
e ve r yth i ng they c o lle c t for the
Au c t i o n .
RE MINDERS
. Summer hour s b e gin Monda y ,
June 2 . All shi f t s will sta r t
and e nd o n e half hou r ear li er
th a n u s u a l. L unch sc h edules
a n d hours fo r th e m o rning
break p e riod wi ll not c h a n g e.
SAF E TY .SCOR E
1, 32 3 day s
6, 8 1 3, l 74 hou r s
WITHOUT A LOST T I ME
ACCIDENT
NEWS B ITS
The S COG E E Soft ball Team will
m e et She nan doah Heights B aptis t
Chur c h today a t 5: 3 0 PM. on th e
Spe cia lty C ont rol d i amond .
. . Ju n e 2 i s also the l a s t da y t o
fi le a pplic ations for ab se nte e
ba llots fo r th e Ju n e 10 City
Counci l El ec ti on .
N OW i s t h e ti me t o ge t po lio
s hots i f yo u have no t ye t
re c e i ve d th e full p rot ec ti o n
of t hre e s hot s .
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
J u n e 2 , 1958
MACrNE TTC WI N DI NG
S OMPONEN TS OPERATI O N
Pt<.O V I', . succr::SSF U L
NE WS B ITS
Ruth G r a y, Pla n t Nur i:;e , und e r we nt a n o p e r;\lion thi B mo rnin g
at Way n es bo r o Co inmu n jt y
H o spita l. S h e will he> aw;t y
fr om th e pl ri nt unti l after th e
vac a tion s hu t d o wn in July.
Temporarily r e p lacing Mrs.
Gray in t h e Dispe n s ary wi ll b e
Mr s . William B a re .
INCREASED L A B OR COS T S
BLAMED FOR R I SE JN S TEEL
PR I CES
A c co r cl i11 g
Lo ;1
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AN AGGRESSIVE, CUSTOMER-FOCUSED EFFORT WILL BRING
THE ATTENTION OF CONSUMERS AND INDUSTRY TO THE
BETTER VALUES WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED NOW THAN WILL
BE AAILABLE ONCE THE RECOVERY ACCELERATES.
PRICES RIGHT NOW ARE ABOUT AS FAVORABLE AS THEY
ARE GOING TO BE.
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NEWS
VOL. I V, NO . 107
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
J un e 3, 19 58
Bles se d art Thou, 0 Lo rd, our God , Kin g of th e univer se , who b ri n g est forth b re ad
fr om the ea rth . A men .
DRIVING RULES APPLY TO
ALL, NOT JUST EMPLOYEES
Rules pertaining to the operatio n
of automobiles on Specialty Con t r o l prop erty are for the protecti o n of a ll , employees and
visitor s to our plant. These
rules app ly to peop l e who bring
emp l oyees to and from work as
well a s to employees and visitor s ,
and the y must be obs e rved b y
ever y one . The
rule s include
e e d limits and the u se o f
_ e c ified parkin g area s a n d l o a d in g a nd un l oading ar e a s .
Specialty Contr ol employ ees are
asked to carefully observe the
p lant traffic re g ula ti o n s and to
call these r egulations to th e
att ention of their fri ends and
m e mbe rs of their families who
drive them to and from work.
The spe e d limit on main drives
is 25 mi le s p er hour. Extreme
caution should be exerci s ed in
a reas where peop l e are crossing
th e drive and at the shipping and
receiving doors. Within all
p arkin g a r e as , moveme nt of
c a rs shou l d be much slower than
the 25 MPH limit for main drive s ,
and drivers should be extra careful to avoid endangering
pede s tria ns .
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NEWS BITS
The special Candidates Meeting,
s ponsor ed by the Waynesbo r o
L eague of Women Voters, will b e
he ld ton i g ht at 8 :00, at Wes t wood
Hi ll s Ele mentary School. A ll
candidates in the June 10 City
C ouncil Election will speak.
The publi c i s invited and ur ged
to attend toni g ht's meeting .
THIRTEEN I S LU C KY N UMBER
FOR SUGGESTIO N WI NNERS
The number 13 turne d ou t to be a
lucky one for Su g ge s tion Awa r d
wi nners this week, a s th a t many
Specialty Contr o l emplo y ees
cashed in on the Department's
Sugges tion Plan. Lea d ing the
field, as the checks w ere presented yeste r day, was R . C .
Fields (Magnetic Winding Comp . )
who received awards for three
separate sug gestions th a t were
adopted. Others re ce iving
checks fo r their su gge s ti ons
yesterday were Inez 0 1B a u g h
(Aircraft), Fre d di e K. Dillon
(Qua lit y Control ) , Kenneth Ken t
(Mag . Wdg. Comp. ), Mar g are t
Foster (Prod .), A. T. L ayn e
(Regulators ), E rma Morris
(Relays ), Billie M . Meek s (P rototype ), John Lovelac e (Quality
Contr ol), Kenne th Taylor & L.
Hens l ey (Plating ) , Lyle Coff -
man (Prototype ) , M a r garet
Earman (R e la ys ) and J e al Wade
(Shee t M e ta l).
S AF ETY SCORE
1, 328 da y s
6 , 83 1, 6 35 hours
W ITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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THE SALESMAN
It has bee n s aid t ha t sale s men are a bi g proble m to thei r b osses , t he ir cu s tome rs
and th e ir wi ve s, to c ons ervative c redit m a na gers, t o h o te l s a n d sometime s to
each oth e r.
Individually and c ollectively they are cussed and dis c ussed in s ales meeting s,
conventions, behind c losed doors, and under one' s breath fr o m as man y
angles and with a bout the same fervor as the daily headlines of the Ne w Deal.
Th e y m a ke more noise and mor e mistakes, c reate more che er, c orrect mor e
error s , adjust more differences, cause more divorces, spr e ad more gossip,
explain more discrepancies, hear more grievances, pacify more b e lligerents
and waste more time under high pressure without losing their temper than any
group we know.
The live in hotels, c abs, and tents, on trains, busses and park benches, eat
all kinds of food, drink a ll kinds of liquids (good and bad), sleep before, during
and after business with no more schedule than the weather bureau and little, if
any, effect on the publi c health.
And yet salesmen are a power in society and in the e c onomy. In many ways
they are undoubtedly a tribute unto themselves. They draw and spend more
money with less effort than any othe r group in business. They come at the most
inopportune time, under the slightest pretext, stay longer under more opposition,
ask more personal que s tions, make more comments, put up with more inconveniences, take more for granted under greater resistance than any group or body,
including the U. S. Army.
They introduce more n e w goods, dispose of more old goods, load more freight
cars, unload more ships, build more factories, start more new business and
write more debits and credits in our ledgers than all other people in America.
Yes, with all their faults, they keep the wheels of commerce turning and the
currents of human emotions running . More cannot be said of any man. Be
careful whom you call SALESMAN, lest you flatter him.
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NEWS
WA YNESBORO, VIRGINIA
VOL. I V, N O . 10 8
J1111c 4 , 1958
Fo r food, fort -- i e r: <i s , for lovinr, c are , we t h -'lnk T hee , Otl r Fathe r.
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G E l N llJANS UND.E:FEATE D IN
c :.c w fa< i litie 8 w ill m can irn ;; r 0 vcd q u a l1ty o f p h <) to graphi c
-.1c ,+ of al i kind s w i t hin the
~J (! ;,,.1. nrne nl.
I n i.! dd ni on, e xpcnsc.:s for 1)ho tog Japh y will be
reduced a s wor k whi c h h a b ee n
(Cont1 ~1ued co lumn 2 )
Amen
sr-: VER AL T IMES DU H.I N(~ n 1,. l i\ ST FEW WEEKS, H.EM TNDI!:RS ABOUT P OLIO
SI fO TS AND QUESTIONS N \l"D AN S WERS ON POLIO HAVE APPEAR ED IN
TODAY ' S NEWS . A :::> A FJ ~~ A L R E MINl>EF, W E AHE PR I NTING DE LOW A LET TER
FROM DR. S. R. P ENN, P LANT P HYSICIAN, TO ALL S P ECIAL TY CONT T{OL
EMPLOYESS.
'S NEWS
COURTESY Of WAYB A
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
J une 5
1953
For th e beautiiul world a bout us, for trees, for fields, for flowers,
and for t he foo d we prai s e Thee and 8ive Thee than.ks. Am e n
SP J:;C I ALTY C OI'l''tROL
EMF LOYEES NEA~ 7 MILLION
MAN lJOUR SAFETY RECORD
Tuesday, June 10
is the d ay
YOU wi ll e lec t
t wo member s
City C o uncil!
On th a t da y
GO TO THE POLLS AND VOTE!
MATERIALS SUB-SECTION .. .
(Cont . fr om col. 2)
A display with samp le s or
pictures of our products will a l so
be used soo n to familiarize the
vendors with the e nd produ c ts of
our Department.
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Thi s is one of a se ri e s of reports on the ac tivitie s of the
various Sec ti o ns and Sub-Sections
within the Depar tment under
OPERATION UPTURN.
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
J ome ti , 19 58
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M . Kleinfelter , AFQCR
OFFICE BELLS WI.LL NOT
CHA NGE FOR SUM MER
NO ... HE JUST
FORGOT TO VOTE IN
THE LAST ELECTION
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bles s Hi s h o l y
OFFI CE BELLS
(Co nt. from c ol. l)
They will be changed over soon
so that they will wo rk a utomati cally with the new schedule. The
h orns can be changed with much
les s d iffic ulty th an the office
be 11 s.
By their ir respo nsible conduct, officials of the IUE have gained , and continue to
g ain, a very poor reputation as a labor group. An example of the k ind of t hing
-vhich has helped earn thi s poor reputation for th er:-1, i s the conduct of IUE
President James Carey and other IUE officials du ring their ne goti ations with
G e neral Motors.
The article below, describing that conduct, appea r ed i n an Ohio newspaper last
T:1ursday:
''Rational negotiations with the IUE have been virtua lly
impossible because of the disgrac efu l conduct of spokesmen
representing the union at the bargaining table.
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NEWS
V O i _,
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
IV , N O . I l l
l' ho 11 ha s t n 1a tk u s and loved us ;ind g i v l'n u s every p r ovi s ion for 0 11r
;i n d we' 1h a n k T hct' for the se' g i f t s . A1n c n .
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BOO S T FROM SPECI A L TY
CO NT::lO L
U n de r OPERA TION U PT U RN,
Sp "t i a lty Con tr o l D e p a rtm en t i nt end s to do eve r yth i ng il c an to
h e lp p romote a ge n era l b us i nes s
up turn , not j u s t ct n upturn f or
o u r own bu s ines s , b u t. . . . t he
D ep ar t me n t ' s s a l e s pr omotion
a c ti vili c s took a n un expec t ed
tur n r e c e n t ly , a s w e re ce i ve rl a
Thank Y ou fro m t he P re s i d e nt o f
L ippa Ma nufac turin g Co . for
he lp ing boo s t s a l es for the i r
ti~.t r e tt e l i gh t er .
S PECIALTY C O N THOL WI NS
I MPORTA N T O R D ER THH.OUC H
S HORT D E LI VERY PROMIS E
S pec i a lty C o ntro l D e p a r tm ent
won ;1 smal l, b ut i m por tan t ord e r
l as t wPck bc rause of the 1:;<t ra
effor t a nd c oope ration o f M a rket i ng , Eng inee ring a nd Manu f ac tur i n g p e r s onne l in arr a n g ing
for u nusual ly sho rt d e li ve ry t i ryie .
A s p a rt o f t he D epa rtmen t 's
a tt empts , u n d e r OPER ATI O N
U PTURN, t o o ffe r b e tt e r d e livery
s c h e d ules and so bu ild s a le s and
j obs thi s yea r , t hi s p artic ul :1 r
orde r w as "taken awa y " f r o n1 a
c omp e t itor w ho al re ady h ad l he
t e ntative order i n ha nd. T h e
customer , F el lows G ea r sha p e r
Co . in Spr i ngiie ld , V e r mo n t , w as
o p l eased wit h tlw Spec i a lt y
Control d e l i v ery p rurn i s e tha t
th e order wa s g iven lo S pe!o;llty
Co ntr ol i n s l e ad.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
Tomorrow's City
election so that those who are elected will be chosen by, and w ill
represent, the majority .
known at election time and then to cooperate with those who are elected
by continuing to let them know how we want our city run.
The men who are elec t ed tomorrow will decide how yo ur tax
money will be spent, and how your city will be run.
Do your part by going to the polls tomorrow to vote in the City
Council election.
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NEWS
V O L . I V, NO . 112
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
J1 1ne 10 , 19 58
BE SURE TO VOTE I
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A~,..the SAFE
SAFETY SCORE
1, 334 days
6, 877 , 380 hour s
WI T HOU T A L OS T TIME
A CCI DE N T
'S NEWS
VOL. IV
NO. 112
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
June 11. 19 58
Open our eye s, 0 G od, to see Thy power abou t us; our ears to he ar b eautiful
sounds about u s; our heart s to k now love, Thine and other ' a . Am e n.
NEW S BITS
Anni e Foltz (Machine Room) and
her dau ghter would like a ri d e to
Schenec tady during vacation.
Th ey will be glad to s hare ex penses for the trip.
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422
461
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15 39
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115
148
No Union
IUE
Votes challenged
by JUE
11 2
72
466
Total Voting
194
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Ward
Ward
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IV
Totals
2 58
198
230
Kirby
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48
68
66
792
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P arke r
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259
307
348
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SAFE T Y SCORE
1, 335 days
6, 886, 529 hour s
WITHOU T A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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NEWS
PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLO YEE RELATIONS SECTION AS A SERVICE TO SPECIAL TY CONTROL EMPLOYEES
SPORTS, NATIONAL AMO WORLD NEWS - COURTESY OF WAYS ANO NEWS VIRGINIAN
June 12 , 1958
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Father we thank Thee for this food, bless it to our bodies good.
IUE LOCAL AT LYNN
ANNOUNCES AU TOMA TIC DUES
INCREASE
A recent issue of the Ele...;trical
U nion News (IUE) at Lynn, Mass.
announced that the dues would
increase this month from $3. 77
t o $3. 83. This is an automatic
incr ease provided by the local
I U E constitution.
NEWS BITS
Specialty Control's Fire Brigade
will march tomorrow night in the
Fireman's Parade at Orange,
Virginia. Twenty-two smartlyc l ad vo lunteers will represent
the Department, a long with the
J eep Fire Truck and the " 4-stage
rocket11 float.
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The parade will be g in at 6:30 PM.
WATCHYOUR STEP
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 336 days
6, 895, 678 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
Amen.
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only 33 people are off for lack-of-work now. Compared with the exaggerated
numbers in the rumors, the truth seemed hard to believe.
In addition, there are no large-scale reductions expected by the Depart:ment in the next few weeks. Everything possible has been done and is being
tlone to prevent large scale reductions in spite of the present period of
decreased business.
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AU of us must remember that rumors are just that -- rumors . Before you
pass along a rumor, consider the anxiety you may cause if you help' it
spread. If it should turn out that the story is based on fact, everyone concerned will be informed promptly by those who know what the truth is.
Befor.e you repeat, or even believe a rumor, think about the thing which
probably -caused it, and don't let yourse 1f be responsible for its spreading
u.rtheJr.:... 'nry. to find out the facts and then do your part to help get the story
straight..
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
For flowers and birds and growing things, for food a n d health and a ll that 's
good, 0 God wt render our thank s to The e . Amen.
NEWS DITS
Dues "che c k - off" will be g in thi&
month for employees of th e
Industry Contro l De partment in
Roa n oke who hav e signed IUE
cards . The IU E dues, which a re
$3. 00 a month 1 will. be deducted
au tomati c ally from the em ploye e ' s payche c ks.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 33 7 days
904 , 82.7 hours
WlTJIOUT A LOST TIME
ACC IDENT
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
J une 16, l 9 5 8
0 God, may the physical strength from thi s food mak e it possible to serve
Thee and our fe llow man b e tter . Ame n.
FIELDS RECEIVES $100 AW ARD
FOR REOPENED SUGGESTION
GE DEFEATS DAWBARN 19 - 2
IN INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE
~oyees
(Continued - C o l. 2)
going on a
fi s hing trip, dear . is it
a ll ri gh t with you if I t ake a
little vaca tion during my
vacation?"
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PORTABLE RADIOS
Model P745
Retail Price
Employee Pr ice
Full-Size Transistor
Big-set sound with large 4-inch
extra-powerful speaker. 200
hours play on ordinary flashlight
batteries.
$39.95
$31. 65
Retail Price
Employee Price
$46.95
$ 35. 10
Retail Price
Employee Price
$51. 95
$38. 50
Model P671
Retail Price
Employee Price
$61. 95
$45.20
Retail Price
Employee Price
Retail Price
Employee Price
$36.95
$26.35
$31. 95
$23.40
Model P765 in
Pl5 Rec'harger
Retail Price
Employee Price
$69.95
$50 . 42
Retail Price
Employee Price
10,000-Hour Rechargeable
One set of rechargeable batteries plays up to
10,000 hours. H a n dsome leather recharger
doubles as travel case. Earphone jack.
$49.95
$38.50
GENERAL. ELECTRIC
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NEWS
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
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The Maintenance unit h ;1s 65
g allo n s of surplus varnish which
will be sold to employees for
$ L. 00 a gallo n. Employee s who
wish to buy this varnish must
k
ing their own containers.
The GE Indians defeated th(;
Dawb arn Orio les 7-1 l ast ni g ht
i n t he Babe Ruth Leagu e .
"Bu t c h" Tyree pitched a oneh1 t t e r for the Indians.
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CllA i"lGED TO .l l1 LY 3
T he 1 ,~g ul a r P l;:in1 In s p ec tion ,
w h ich was s chedul <:cl for las t
ni ght, was nul h,, ~d ; i n st~a d i1
will be he ld on Thur s d ay , Jul y 3 .
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NEWS B I TS {Cont.)
A few more players are needed
for the golf matc h which will be
held between S p e c ialty Control
and Industry Contr ol Department!
in Ro ano~e Saturda y, June 21.
Anyone who is i nter ested shoul d
contact Jo e B e lak, Ext. 233.
The Specialty Control Fire
Brigade will march in a parade
Friday, J une 20, in Staunton,
Vir g i nia. The p a rade i s bein g
held a s part of th e Northern
Vir g inia Fire m e n ' s A s s ociation
Co n ve ntion.
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June 18 , 1958
We thank Thee, Lord, for life and all its provisions; and bless thi"s food of w hi c h
we are about to partake. Amen.
NEWS BITS
Employees of the Wire Harness
Area and their families will
have a weiner roast today at
5: 30 P. M. at Coyner Springs.
The Valley Engineers will have
a picni c at DuPont Park today
at 5: 30 P. M. Dinner will begin
at 6:45 P. M.
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flat day.
When thf' lathes were installe d, a month later, a representative of the lath<~ man11farl11 r" ,c;tmc out to instruct the operators. At Ajax , Bill Big, with twelve years expr~ri c n cc .:J !>
a lathe operator, listened politely, a little bored with the instructions. After a ll, o ne
Turret: Lathe was like another. Every now and then he interrupted to set th e instri1 ctor
straight on some of the fine points, and to let the instructor know that he (Di 11 Di r~ ) I{ ti<~,,.
mor e abo u t lathes than any factory representative.
Down at Benton Brothers, Frank Fine gave the instructor a workout. H e ask e d a h11ndred questions. Sometimes he appeared incredibly stupid. He even called the instructor
at night to get some points straight. But he found out everything he could about the new
machine and how to handle it.
Six months later, Sam Salesman visited both plants again. Bill Big , at Ajax, was
figuring angles and short cuts. He knew the tolerances on the drawings could be "fudged".
All you had to do was get close; you nee dn't be exact.
Over at Benton Brothers, Frank Fine had become efficient on the la the. He was like a
mother hen to his machine. He nursed it and fussed with it, and did everything exactly
as he had been instructed. He was never satisfied with his work unless it was just right.
About a year later, Sam Salesman came around again. At Ajax, business was very poor.
Customers were scarce; orders were slow. Because of the lack of busines s , a number
of employees had lost their jobs; among them Bill Big.
Over at Benton Brothers, things were just the opposite. Satisfied customers were co ntlng
back for more Benton products. Sales were increasing, seve ral new jobs had been
created. Frank Fine had become an expert at his lathe, and he worke d as carefully and
conscientiously as ever.
As he started home, Sam Salesman began to wonder what really caused the differ e n ce
in what had happened to the two lathe operators and the companies they worked for.
"I wonder," he thought "if maybe those two men themselves were p r etty much responsibl e
for what happened to them and to their jobs?"
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
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THE HESULTS
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NEWS BITS
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Let us not for'get that anyone who' will visit us, anyone who
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Chairman of the Board
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
11 s
s l rc ~ ngth
a ll T hy m e r c i e s.
fro111 th e iood whi c h Tho u h as prov ided, and make us th ankful for
Amen.
NEWS BITS
Personnel of the Aviation and
Defense Indu s try Sale s Unit are
conducting another training school
o n the Electra system this week
a nd next in the Specialty Control
p lant. Nine repre se ntatives from
E a ste rn Airlines and one f rom
I & SE,Apparatus Sales, are
a tte nding the t wo week 'school.
J. M. Rhoades (Eng.) was prese nted with a 10 year service
e mblem today. Mr . Rhoades
joined th.e Company on June 21,
1948 .
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CONTROL SCHOO.LIS BEING
HELD HERE
A Numerical Positioning Control
Training School is being conducted by Specia lty Control
Department this we ek . Atte n d ing the school are representatives of customers who have purchased our nume rical positioning
control products or who are considering purchasing them, as
we ll as G. E. Installation and
Service Engineering personnel
and personnel from Manufacturing S ervi ces. Twenty-eight
visitors and two Spe cialty Control employees are taking the
course.
The purpo s e of the school is to
instruct the se people in the
installation and servicing of our
nume rical positioning control
equipment, and to t eac h them
how to solve any problems that
might aris e in t he use of the controls.
Some of the customers repres ented a re manufac ture rs of
machine tools w ho sell our
products in connection with the ir
own -- some are other G. E.
Departments who are u s ing our
controls in their own plants.
The schoo l, whic h began this
morning, will run through Thurs.
day afternoon.
An office war i s one in whic h
everyone shoots from the lip.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
June 2 4, 195 8
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NEWS BITS
T h e Speci alty Control Choralie r s
wi 11 mee t toni g h t at 7: 30 in th e
A u ditoriu m ,
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I HELPED HER CARRY
THE GROCERIES HOME
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r ecei ve d a pin y e s t e r day f or
fi ve years of s e r vi c e with th e
C o mp a ny. Y e s t erday was h i s
a n ni ve r sary d ate ,
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Mom's Special
Ste am and Dry Ir on (F 60 )
Visualiz e r Spe ed Iron (F43)
$14.95
9.95
Pop' s Special
Pocket Size Tr a n sistor Radio (P745)
3-Way Portable Radio (P671)
Portable Transistor Radio (P750)
(Le ss batteries)
FREE P arker Pen and Pencil S et with
purchase
$31. 65
$23. 40
$45.20
each
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NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
A TRIBUTE
We are dedicating
this issue of TODAY'S NEWS to Ken, as a tribute to a man who was well kno wn
and liked by employees, neighbors and business associates.
Ken Mead was a loyal employee of Specialty Control and General Electric,
a nd he in turn e njoyed the loyalty of his employees and his associates .
E ven
personal atta cks from others could not change his own loyalty; and he counted
amon g his most prized possessions the loy alty of those wit h whom h e was
associated .
Ken was always w illing to do that little extra something that earned for
him and for the D epar tment the goodwill of thos e with whom he came in conta c t
custo m ers, shippers, other employees, c ommunity neighbo rs.
E ven though we 'Nill all miss K e n Mead, the example whi c h he set for us in
g iving and re ceiving intense l oya lty and in giving t hat little bit extra in every thi n g
he did, w ill be r emembe red for a long time by all who knew hi m .
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NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
J une 26 , 1<) 5R
Transfer this food into s tr e ng th, 0 Lord, a nd this s tr e ngth into noble s e rvice,
whi c h we ask in T h y na me. Amen.
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I. C . B. M.
SAFETY SCORE
l, 350 days
6 , 987 , 4 79 hour s
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
. . a bou t the carto on tha t a p pea r e d i n T ODAY ' NEWS la s t F r i day that
we fee l a n e xpla na t io n i s in o rde r. WE DIDN'T G E T TH E POINT
gITHER; but not b e in g an "expert" on c a rtoon humor, we decide d to
pr int it a nyway, figurin g som eon e e l se mi ght ge t a c huck le . S ur e
e n o ug h, we noti ce d som e l a ug h s as p e ople looked a t th e c artoo n in
the Cafeteria!
Apparently ther e we re more people who didn't get the point than
there were who did, however.
So --- why don't you who did get the point share it with the rest of
us who were too dull to catch on?
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
0 God, ou r Fa t.h er , w ho gi veth f ood for the b ody and t r uth for the so ul , so
no u rish u s as to be wise and otrong to do T h y wi 11. Amen .
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"W e h ave be e n able to ach i eve t h i s re co rd only be c ause eve ry Spe c ial .
t y C ontr o l e mp l oyee i s safe t y cons c i ous . T h i s i s indicate d by the
num ber of safe t y sug g es t io ns submi t ted, by the fr e quenc y of repo r ts
o n u n s afe pr ac t i ce s , and hy the exc e llent cooperation of all e m p loye e s i n wo r k i ng t oge lhe r t o cor re c t a n y safety viol a t ions t h at occu r.
E qu ally i mp o r tant has b e e n t he e xc e llent wo r k t he s a fety chai r me n,
t he D e pa r tmen t fi re bri gade and
I NDI ANS WIN AG A I N; LEAD
t he Departm e nt f i r st aid c r ew . "
L E AG U E AT H ALFWAY M ARK
SAFETY SCOR E
1 , 354 days
7 , 0 00 , 0 00 ho ur s
W I THOUT A L OST T IME
AC C I DENT
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The congratulatory message above was received this morning from the
National Safety Council.
Control Department would achieve the 7 million man hour safety r ec ord early
this l"(lorning .
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NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
July l, 195 8
L ord, Thou dost not need our thanks, but we have constant need to remind
ourselves of our obli gations to Thee. Make us truly grateful. Amen.
SCOGEE SOFTBALL
Jame s Truslow (Maintenance) received a $100 award Friday afternoon for a Suggestion which involved the installation of jacks in
the load centers in the Engineering Lab. The jacks permit recording ammeters to be plugged
in at any time without interrupting service from the load centers.
Before the jacks were installed,
power had to turned off at each
l oad ce nter in order to hook up
recording ammeters.
NEWS BITS
Curt Lundstrom (Eng.) comple te d lo years wi' th th e Campa ny
yesterday. He was presented a
s e rvi ce emblem yesterday morning.
Ruth Gray (Plant Nurse) has asked that we express her appreciation to all the Specialty Control
employees who sent cards ,
flowers and gifts after her recent
operation.
Phil Beeson (Relays) be came the
proud father of ~n 8 l~ 7 o~. girl
yesterday, The baby was born
at the Waynesboro Community
Hospital.
SAFETY SCORE
1,355 days
7, 014, 368 hour s
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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PUBLISHED 8Y THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SECTION AS A SERVICE TO SPECIAL TY CONTROl EMPLOYEES
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RECE IV 8S LARCi E on DER FOH.
FlOh EQUIPMENT
Spt~cialty
C o nt r o l D e p a rtmen t
r ece iv ed an o rd e r f r o m the Ai r
Force thi s week for e quipment
f or th e F l O(i air c raft. The total
amount of the order iR
$235 , 260. 0 0.
The e quipm e nt, wh i c h i s t o be
delive r e d from February thr o u gh
M ay , 1959 , c onsists )f AC'
exciter-regulators and protective
pa n e l s , a nd DC gene rators wi th
pro t ec tiv e feat u res built in.
NEWS BITS
PLANT I NSPEC TION
The Sp.::c i a l t y Contro l Chor a l i e !" s
e nj o yed .., 1) i cnic las t Sa t urday a t
S he 1an <lo Lakl~ . About 10
peop k - .. n-w tnb e r 1:1 a nd their
f:-trni li c:~ and gues t s - - attended.
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l, 356 days
7 , 022 , 825 hours
WITHOUT A L OST TIME
ACCIDENT
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T h e: GE lr.dia n ::i dL:ieatcd Ba s i c
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meet
feam from
Industry Control, Sunny Miller (Photo Lab) took a few pictures ' before and af.ter. Sp~dalty
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PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SECTION AS A SERVICE TO SPECIALTY CONTROl EM PLO YEES
SPORTS, NATIONAL ANO WORLD NEWS - COURTESY OF WAYP, ANO NEWS VIRGINIAN
WAYNESBORO, VIRGIN IA
Ju l y 3, 1958
Help us to remember, L ord, that we are always depe nd e nt upon Thee, and
help us al ways to receive Thy mercies with thankfulness . Amen.
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B e cause this is the last issue of
TODA Y ' S NEWS before most of
us g o on vac ation, we t a k e this
opportunity to wi s h all S p e cialty
Control employees a "Happy
Holida y" (July 4) and a " Happy
Vac a tion. 11
Have a w onderful time, t a ke care
of yourselves, and for goodness
sake -- DRIVE CAREFULLY,
SAFETY SCORE
l, 357 day s
7 , 031,282 hours
WITHOUT A LOS T TIME
ACCIDE N T
AGAIN!
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No Union
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NEWS BITS
In orde r to keep all employees
_c overed by the Insurance P l an
during July (when some employees will not be worki ng),
regular insuranc e deductions for
the entire month of july will be
made from all weekly paychecks
for the week ending Jul y 6.
These are the c hecks which wi ll
be received on Ju l y 11.
The Dispensary will be open all
next week and dur i ng the regular vacation shutdown. A full
time nurse will be on duty during
the entire three-week period.
Art (Marketing ) and Marie Highla nd , and their daughte r, Wendy,
ag e d 3, welcomed the arrival of
an adopted boy, Jeffrey Arthur,
las t Thursday. Jeff is 4-1/2
months old. Our congratulations
to the Highlands.
R uby Shiffle tt (Eng . ), who h as
bee n ho spita li zed , wi ll be going
home tod a y .
REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER
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REFRIGERATOR-FREE Z ER
MODEL BH-12R
*Three Mini-Cube Ice Trays .
* Juice Can Dispenser and Ice
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* Automatic Defrosting 9 . 4 Cubic
Foot Refrigerator S ection.
*Revolving E'helves.
* Removable and Adjustable Door
Shel ves .
* Magnetic Safety Doors .
*Foot P edal Opening.
Retail Price
$ 4 39. 9 5
Reg. Employee Price
$284 . 50
SPECI AL Employee Pri c e
$257 . 50
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Retai l P rice
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SPECIAL Employee Pri c e
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* Revolving Ve getable B i ns .
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* Magn etic Safe t y Door .
*Roll O ut Freezer .
*Foo t Peda l Ope ning .
* Re mo va b l e
Retai l Price
$559. 95
Reg. Employee Price $364. 00
SPECIAL Employee Price
$329. 00
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SPECIAL EDITION
The Specialty Control parking lots and roadways will be resurfaced, and some new
storm sewers will be installed during the next two weeks, it was announced today
by K. N. Bush, Manager-Manufacturing. Work will begin tonight (if the weather
permits) to clean the parking lots and roadways to prepare them for the new surface .
The W. T. Wells Construction Co. will do the job.
Beginning tomorrow morning, and for the next few days, employees may park in the
South Parking Lot (Zones A and B) and the Visitors Parking Lot on a "first come - first served" basis, while work is being done on the North Parking Lot. After the
South Parking Lot and Visitors Parking Lot are full, employees will park outside the
Specialty Control property. Maintenance employees and City Policemen will be on
hand to direct traffic and parking each day, while the temporary parking arrange ments are necessary.
As work begins on other parking areas, they will be closed and traffic will be directed to those areas that are available for parking . All employees are urged to cooperate
with those who are directing traffic while the resurfacing is in progress.
When the present roadways and parking lots were first built, the final layer of blacktop was left off to allow the base and grounds to settle. The base and grounds are now
ready for the final layer to be applied.
Because of the severe weather last winter, it is necessary that the final layer be
applied before another winter passes. Otherwise, winter damage could destroy the
base in mat y sections and cause extra maintena~ce expense.
In addi~ion to reducing the maintenance expense ~ the new surface will pro vide a
cleaner area around the plant, and provide better parking lots and roadways for
Specialty Control employees and visitors. Extension of the storm sewer s ystem will
permit better drainage of the roadways and walks around the plant, and should e li:minate
the pools of water tb;:i.t have cc' . ! cted after heavy rains in the past.
July 8, 1958
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NEWS
PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEE RELA TION S SECTION AS A SERVICE TO SPECIAL TY CONTROl EMPLOYEES
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.I iily 28 s 1958
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Pr i ces of so m e commoditi e s a re
g oi ng u p acco r d ing to a gover n m ent
annou nc e ment whi c h revealed a n
increase i n th e national Co st - o fL iving Index fr om 12 3 . 3% t o
123 . 7 %, but S pe cialty Cont r ol e m plo y ees wo n't fee l th e p inc h .
LA TE DA L L SC O RE S
Am e rican:
C l ev. 7, 7 - N. Y. 2 , 2 ( 2 ga m es )
Was h . 4 , 6 - D e t ro i t 3, l
B os ton 7 - Chi cago 3
K . C . ll - B a l timotQ. 6
F R E EZ ER SAL E EX'lENDED
T h e s pecial R E FRIGERATOR a nd
FRE EZ ER SALE which was a n n o unce d i n T O DAY'S NE WS,
J uly 3 , wi ll b e e xtended to S e pt.
J 5. (It was previous l y a n noun ced
t ha t the s ale would end Aug. 30 ).
Nat iona l:
Mil wa ukee 4 - Chicago l
Pitt s b u r g h 2 , 3 - Sa n Fr a n. 1, 3
St. Louis 4, l - C incinna ti 3, 10
P h i la . 7 , 2 - Los Ange l es 4, l
CONDOLENCES
EVERYONEe
l a~ t
week b e fore the r eg ula r vaca tion, sudd e nly began to appr eciat
the c onv1-r nience o f the parking lots, as all but th e "e a ri y bi rds " h a d to park out s ide the Depa rtm e nt proper ty a nd m ake "the lon g wa lk" in w hile t h e res urfacin g
was i n prog ress.
Members of the Waynesboro Police Departme nt and Sp ed<i :L y Control
M ainte nance personnel did a n excell e nt job directing t raffic a nd parking whii e
par ts o f the plant parking areas and roadways we r e c: los e d for the res u rfacin g.
Wh en the parking lots and roadways at our plant were first built, t h e fi nal
layer of bla cktop :was l e ft off to allow the bas e a nd g r o unds to settle .
su mmer, the base was ready for the final s ur face.
By this
wi nter had caused so much damage that it waa nec essa ry to apply t h e new surface
before anothe r winter.
~ xt ra
the new surfac e was applied, the storm sewer s ystem was extended to p e rmit
better drainage of th e g rounds.
In addition to reducing maintenance e x pense, th e new surface on t he parking
lots will provide a much c leaner area around the plant.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
July 29 , l 95 8
F o r all th e s piritual and tcmpor ;l b les sings Thou art r- ivin g u s , Dea r God, we
thank The e . Amen.
WBRO. BABE RUTH ALL STARS
WIN DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP
ADVANCE T OPOR TSMOUTH
PLAYOFFS
Waynesbor o ' s Babe Ruth L e a g u e
All Star s c o nfirmed their win
over Front R o y al yes terday afternoon with a final ta lle y of 8- 1
to cop the Di s tric t Champions hip
and win a b e rth in the Portsmouth
playoffs. This is the first time
that Wayne sboro Babe Ruth
Le aguers h a ve advanced past the
"; trict playoffs.
Waynesboro's Little League
(South ) All Stars will a l so play in
Portsmouth on Thursday evening.
They took the District Championship l ast Friday after whipping
the Clifton Forge aggr e gation.
Speci alty Contra l tips its hat to
Ed Brennan (Purchasing) who is
Manager of the Babe Ruth All
Stars.
CALL FOR HELP
Ed Br e nnan reports that the Babe
Ruth L e acru e All Star t e am will
need tran~portation to the Ports mouth playoffs this Thursday. If
you can help, pleas e c o ntact Ed
on E x t. 217 .
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.. to H a rry Crummett and hi s
Mr s . w ho we r e bles s ed wit h a
6 l b . 5 - 3/1 o z . b a by boy d uring
v:t ca lion.
BASEBALL
N ::ttional:
S a n Fran. 3, 2 - Phi la . 2, l
American:
Detroit 5 - Boston 4
New York 14 - K. C. 7
Chicago 6 - Wash. 5
WHODUNIT?
The master tape for th e F lexi writer in the Purch asing Office
disappeared during the va cation
shutdown. Will the pe rs o n who
hel;s the t a p e ple ase r e turn it to
Carl G e rni, Purchasing Agent.
FAMILY APPRECIATION
The family of Ken M e ad, fo r mer
Sup e rvisor of Rec e i ving , ha v e
expr e s s ed th e ir gratitu de to
Spe cialty Control emp loy e es fo r
the many expr e ssions o f s y mpa th y
after Ken's death.
CONDOLENCES
We are sorry indeed to h ear o ( the
death of the g randda u ghte r of Annie
Foltz (M ac h. Room).
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Be with
LO NGEST G. E. STRIKE
The longest strike i n the hi s tory
of the Comp a n y ha s no w entered
its ele venth month at the New
Orleans Apparatus S e r v i c e Shop.
Most of the employees , h oweve r,
have b ee n w orki ng r eg ular ly and
ignoring the union pi c k e t since the
early days of the strike.
AROUND SPECIALTY
The Auto -Snak is now featuring
w e ekly Hot Counter Specials at
budget prices. Watch for the
special menu each week in the
cafeteria.
Congratulations to the Bob Gunns ,
on the birth of a 6 lb. l oz. Don
Juan.
Ditto also for Len Hayes and his
wife who have added a 5 lb. 12 oz.
boy to their family circle.
SAFETY SCORE
7, 076, 075 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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S LOPPY HOUSEKEEPE:RS
About 8 , 000 year s ago a g roup
of pr eh i stori c p e ople lived in a
big cave in Al abama. Sloppy
hou s e k e epers, they s quatted
ar ound a fi r r in thP. middle of the
cave ;i,nd threw t he i r gar bage on
th e floor. Wh en the mess g ot
too bad, instead of sweeping the
dump out, th ey carried in fresh
earth and cover e d it up! Fo r
thousands of years the i r s loppy
A.ece ndan.t s follo wed the sam e
:ac tic es , even to th e extent of
cove ring up a dead relative now
and then.
Today ' s archeologists are thankful for the bad hous e k eeping .
Digging down throu gh the alter nate lay ers of earth and rubble ,
they can date each layer by
measuring the radio active count
from th e charcoal l eft at the
ancient fires . That ' s how th ey
know that this parti cular cave
was inhabited 8 , 000 years ago.
Note: No h e lp for futur e ar c h eologists here . Good houseke ep ing will co ntinu e to be s tand ard
practice at Specialty Control.
IND. GOLF LEAGUE MEETING
HERE
Welcome to representatives of
~e area I ndustrial Go lf L eague
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BALL SCOH.ES
American Leagu~ =
D e tr oit 2 - Boston
Chicago ll - W ashington 9
Cleveland 6 - Baltimore 3
K. C . !. - New Y or i-- 0
National L eague :
Milwa uk ee 5 - L . A . 3
Philade lphia 5 - St. Louis
Pitt sburgh 7 - Chi cago l
Cincinnati 5 - S an. Fran. l
AROUND SPECIALTY
Congratulations to Ed and Kay
Monger on the birth of their
second daughter , Mic helle L ynn.
The Waynesboro Babe Ruth All
Stars wi ll make a bid for the
State Championship a t the Port s mouth playoffs tonight. Also
playing in the P ort smouth games
tonight will be Wa ynes boro' s
South L itt l e L eague.
Danny O ' Donne ll, Jr., 8 y e ar old
so n of Dan O'Donnell (Eng. ) won
second prize in Childr e n ' s
Horsemanship and fourth prize
in C o stume Clas s at the Weyers
Cave Pony S how ye sterd a y. He
will show in the Stuar t s Draft
Horse Show Saturday.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 37 8 days
7 , 085, 243 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
One way for everyone t.o build up their savings is through the General
Electric Savings and Stock Bonus Plan.
Through regular payroll deductions of a minimum of seventy five cents
a week or a maximum of $10. 00 a week, employees can receive both
the regular interest on their Savings Bonds plus 15% of the amount
speht on the bonds in st.ock if they remain active in the plan for five
years .
For example, if $10.00 a week is deducted for one year, $520 is spent
in bonds. After five years, a bonus of $78 plus the accumulated dividend
income in addition to the regular 3 1/4% interested is added t.o the original
investment.
Watch it
GROW
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s,ons.
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
August l, 1958
Bles s thi s food to the nourishme nt of our bodie s and our bodies in Thy servi ce ;
through J esus Christ our Lord. Amen.
URGENT!
A very expensi ve and hard to get
sili con controlled rectifier has been
misplace d in the Prototype Ar ea
(near t he t ube cage ) and is urg e nt ly n ee ded for an important ex p erimental projec t being worked
on b y engineer ing .
Resembling a more common
silicon diode used frequ e ntly in
the Department, the sili- LOS T
con controlled re c tifier
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OLD PENNY POSTCARDS AT
NE W HIGH
RIDE WANTED
Al Saufley n eeds a ride from
Staunton o n the 7: 30 to 4 :00 shift.
If you have room in you r car p ool
or can g i ve Al a lift, please contact him on E .< t . 331.
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The big question now Is: How and when will this costly,
irresponsible strike be settled when Local 761 officials
consistently switch issues, always refusing to tell why they
have decided to take this hasty, tragic action?
The Company will make every effort to keep Appliance
Park operating. Pickets have no legal right to block the
entrance of employees and a court order has been obtained that limits the pickets to three at each gate.
As to discussion between the Company and the union
regarding settlement of the strike, we see little hope for
an early end to i"t as long as Local 761 officials refuse to
specifically identify the issue. If the strike is over the 24
grievances that have gone through the grievance procedure,
there just is nothing 'in the wood" that the Company can
agree to do beyond what already has been done about
those grievances.
Meanwhile, Appliance Park employees, the community and
the General Electric Company will continue to lose . . .
and the loss will be irreplaceable.
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This m eans that since employees are already paying taxes on the basis of their gross
earnings before d eductions, they will be receiving the equivalent of a tax-free increase of 1%
because their take-home pay will go up without
any increase in taxes.
I n 1957 alone, this cost-of-living adjustm ent program provided a 3Vi % increase in addition to the regular annual increase. So far in
1958 there has been an extra 2Vi% pay boost
( including the 9th increase announced this
week) from the cost-of-living "escalator" plan
alone.
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EMPLOYEES
August 4, 1958
D ear H eave nly Fathe r , a t eve ry table w he r e food i s spr ead Thou art host. Pr e pare
our hearts, through lo ve and servic e, for these blessings from Thy hands. Amen.
V IOLENCE , LOST $
MOUNT AS LOUISVILLE
STRIKE ENTERS 2ND WEEK
CONTROLLERS EARN
TOP SAFETY AWARD
CONTROLLERS EARN
TOP SAFETY AWARD
It
S o m e times we see
Some times we
Befor e we know it, we m.1y find that our values a r en 't up to those ,of our
comp e titor s .
lost.
An order is l os t.
Or two .
Or a dozen.
Or 50 . Or 100.
It' s as simple as that.
path of our OPERATION UPTURN efforts t o build sales and jobs in' 58.
Waste
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
August 5, 1958
Dear Lor<l , we thank The e for foo d for our bodies a nd for Thy love , which is t he food for
ou l' s oul s . In J cs ul'l 1 name . Amen.
A ROUN D SPECIAL TY
Di ck Schmitt ( Mgr. - Mfg. E n g .) i s
sti ll out with a broken ankle which
h e r ec ei ved i n an auto accide nt
d urin g vacation shutdown.
S or ry to he ar a bout Peg Huffman's
boy Billi e who serious ly bur ned
t he p a lms of both hands when h e
fe ll on a hot k itc hen ra nge.
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JOBS AT AM. VISCOSE PLAN'!'
SAFETY SCORE
1, 383 DAYS
7, 11 2 , 747 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
CONTROLLERS ADVANCE
IN YMCA TOUR NEY
The SCOGEE Softball Team beat
Virginia Me talcrafters last nigh t
in the first game of the YMCA
L eague playoffs . The Cont rollers
rtjeet Metalc rafters again tonight
in their second playoff gam e .
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that us.es Specialty Control's *'Numerical Positiob.ing C~ntrol."
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~ondering
we re wondering too I
_The Wiede~nn Preas Company promised delivery during
. vacation ~hu~d~wn so that it could be installed wfthout interfering with
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
August 6, 19 5R
VISITORS
Visiting ou r plant t h i s week are
M ess r s. C . B. B ec k . SAE,
S c h f! n e ctady; R . E. Parke r , U ISD,
Cha rlott e , N . C .; and R.R.
Pr echter , USID, Atl a nta, Ga.,
who wil l p a rticipate in the te s t of
a new Par-ma ti c Dri v e for s ynthe tic fib e r spinning . Also vi s it ing i s Mr. G e org e F. Damon,
Organi c Finishing Engineer from
the GE Syracus e M aterials a nd
Pro ce s s es L aboratory. W e
e xtend our mo s t s inc e r e we lco me .
LOST
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- i. Gille tt e of t h e Marke ting
Section underwe nt surgery at
King ' s D a u ~ ht e r s 1 Hospital i n
S taunto n. We arc glad to hear Ed
i s doi n g fine and w e w i sh him
a prompt re c ove ry.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
NO MI::t\NS YES:
Th e: I VE ha s dc,v i sc d a new
n1cthod 0 f t;iking s t rike v ot l ~S , one
tha t coun t !; an unc a s t vot e a s a
" yes " vote.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 38 5 day s
7, 13 1, 083 hours
WITHOU T A LOST TIME
ACCIDE N T
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Au g 11 ; t 7, l 958
POLIO SHOTS
NEW P AT EN T
ANNUAL BARBECUE
The Gr e enville Ruritan Club will
have th e ir Annual Barbecue on
August 8 and 9 on the Greenville
School grounds. The affair will
be h e l d rain or shine . A .beautiful pony wi ll be given away
Saturday night to a lucky winn er,
STATISTICS
In 1957, 38, 700 d e aths were
regi s t e r e d in th e U.S. due to
automobile driving,and of th e se
15, 670 were ov e r the weekends.
S o ple ase driv e car e full y . W e
want you back h e r e on Monda y .
SPORTS
It look s like th e Milwaukee BraveE
and the N e w York Yankees arc
bound for anoth e r W o rld S e rie s .
" J ohn Never F o r gets Our Annivcrs :11 y- It's the Same D:1y He
~ auk That 30- F oot P11 tt"
In such cases, the employee m ay refuse the opportunity for up g rading with out any fear of injurin g his chances of being offered the opportunity for an
upgrading another time .
Mr. Flynn went on to expla in tha t eac h time an opening occurs for
which an emp loyee has the neces sary qualifi cations and ability , the employee
will b e considered for up grading whether or not he has previously turned
down a n opportunity for upgrading.
"This has a lway s been Spec ialty Control policy," h e said "and we have
up g r a ded in se veral instan ces where an employee ha s pr e viously refused an
opportunity to b e upgraded. "
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
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B lessed art Thou, 0 Lord, our God, King of the unive rs e , who bringest fo r th bread from
the ear th. Amen.
WIEDEMANN PRESS
The Wiedemann Press to be i nst a l l ed in the Sheet Metal Area was
delivered yesterday to the factory
This mammoth machine we ights
approximatel y 4o t ons , a nd whe n in
operation will be e quipped with a
Nume rica l Positioning Control designed by our Engineering Section
a nd built by our f actory pe r~ onnel
f or t hio particul ar type of equipment .
REMINDER
The
BLOODMOBILE
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COMING
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B 1\. R B E C U E
The Annual Chicken Bar beque , sponsored by the Men ' s Club of Calvarv
Met hodist Church, will be hel d to~
morr ow, Saturday, August 9, on thP.
Stuarts Draft School gr ounds from
5 until 8 PM.
INJURED
SAFETY SCORE
1, 386 days
7. 14 0, 251 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
AC CIDENT
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Since that time, the hospitalization benefits fQr employees of General Electric
have been con~i~ually i~proved, and today we have a hospitalization plan which.
is generally recognized asithe ~est in industry.
The first group of employees to receive hospitalization benefits under this
plan in April, 1928, were those ~orking at the River Works in Lynn, Ma.Ssachusetts.
Three months later, similar "benefits.were offered to employees of.the Schenectady
.. Works Mutual Benefit ASsociation. Many other employees of the Company at qther
locations ;Were give~ an opportunity ~o receive this important coverag~ . .
In 1950, the General Electric Company offered to all employees its first
Company-wide package insurance plah which.inclu~ed:
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Maternity penefits.
General Electric continually studies all benefits programs and these studies led
to the development of the improved insurance package in 1955, including the pacesetting Comprehensive Medical Expense Insu~ance and other improvements.~ Thousands
of other companies have since patterned their employee insurance p~ograms. after
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
No~ o nly for thi s food , <lo we g i ve Th ee thanks, 0 God, but for work a nd its r ewards, for
fr ie nds , for he a lth. Ame n .
SECRETARIAL TRAINING
C OURSE
Ac c ording to J. R. McE c k ron,
M a n ager -Office Procedures, a
spe cial tr a ining cour se for secre ta ri es hrt s b ee n organize d .
Twenty -nine secr~ tarie s hav e
a gree d to take the course whi c h
wi ll c onsist o f 10 se ssions for
eac h class .
Th~r e
13 T O 8 IS THE SCORE
Th<:< i ndu s try Control Golfe r s
f rom Roanok e trounced th e
S pecia lty C o ntrollers by a scor e
oi i3 to 8 in their golf match yes da y at In g l e side C o untr y C lub .
B ill H aupt of Indus try carded a 76
w h il e Char li e Minter and Ra lph
Hawki ns of Specialty ca m e up with
a 7 8 sco r e.
CONG RA TU LA TIO NS
Cynthia Eileen H e arn, an 8 lh..
bundle of joy, arrived on Tuesday ,
August 5. The little Miss will
make her permane nt residence
with Mr. and Mrs . Drew ~ ea rn,
512 Brandon Avenue, in Charlottev ille . Mr . H e arn is with our
Marketing Section. Congratula-.
tions to the proud parents.
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DIGNITY ISSUE
Th e latest u nion l eafl e t a tte mpt s to ge t e mployees ' minds off the main issues
by a pp e aling to th e ir emotions with distorted ac c ounts of happenings in the
p la nt and by lab e ling distortions as fa c ts a.nd facts as distortions.
Th e o r ganize r t e lls of many things that we r e done to, or told to, employees
by ' 'unfa ir a nd dishone s t for e m e n. 11 But in no c ase does h e g ive names or
dates . Who is h e talking about? Who did what to whom? And when?
The leaflet proposes that the IUE will give our employees dignity and selfresp e ct,
We h a v e at a ll times done our human b e st to treat our hourly employees and,
in fa ct, all Specialty Control employe e s with the dignity and respect they des e r ve . As for the IUE brand of di g nity and respect, what kind of dignity does
a w orker have whe n h e is c alled a "s c ab" if he refus e s to walk off his job or
join in a strike, w hat kind of dignity doe s a worker have when he is called a
"free loade r" or a "company fink" if he chanc es to have an honest difference
o f opinion with his union bo ss es; w hat kind of dignity does a worker have w~en
h e i s for ce d into participating in slowdowns or other dishonest and illegal
union practices .
S p e c ialty Control emp loy ees have always had their dignity and self-respect.
The y n ee d no l e s s ons from the IUE.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
August 12 , 195R
tb.'lnk Thee, 0 God, for tho hand that feed$ us, the love that c:ir0s for us, ::ind the
life which Thou hast entrusted to us . Amen
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.VISITORS
We extend our most sincere welcome to Hr . S. M. Vance, Manager Central District of C ~ ID Sales,
Chicago, and Hr . T. W. Burson of
,A & DI , San Francisco, who are
vis iting our pl ant today.
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HING
16, 1958.
A special bus will leave t he
plant at 10 PM for Buchroe Beach,
arriving there somli.. t i me 'between
4l)O and 5: 30
ITT.ECTIOH
J\""l NLRB ELECTION FOR ELIGIBLE
SPECJ.ALTY CONTROL FACTORY EJ.1PLOYEES WILL BE HELD HERE AT THE
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GLEF: CLUB
!JLOOD DRIV E
ur DONOR.S: TODAY
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obt ..., i n donorf; fo r t he b lood d r:i.ve he r e ;lt Spe c :i11l ty Co:1tro l. 'I'h 8y will t. r y to
c .")mp1e t n t.he job b.V li'riday, Aur:uot 15 .,
\ ft.e r a n empl oyee is signed up on t h e Bl ood Drive :roster, h e will r eceive a n
s lip f r om the &nrl oyP c fi0l:J tior. 2 Off:i.ce inrlic:i.t inEY, the tir:ie he 5_s
scheduled t,o make h is cont ribut:i.on e
The f ollowin g i s
G.
Helen Ch iodi
Jane Batema n
I-h.mter Temple
JoAnn Corbin
Evelyn Irvin
Rosemary Howard
Madeline Hensley
Shelva Jean Rodgers
Audrey Miller
SM rley l:fagner
Charlie Thompson
Ann Shifflett
John Witry
Cha rlie Hinter
Helen Sudda rth
Gracie Layne
Louise Stalter
Mervil Da u ghtry
Mary Bell
Annie Foltz
Esthe r Foley
Davie Kern
:::loris Dicke r s on
Shirl r.y Beard
Fay Cook
Dorothy Ale xander
Dot Hartless
Dwi i;ht Hooma w
Leora Ros s
Carolyn Hitf!
Phyl lis Annen tront
Nellie Ellinger'
Cla.ud i ne McAll:is t e r
Pauline Lai,1l !n rne
~unic e Buche r
Ma rketing
Gcne r .:tl Accounting
Cost Accounting
Pe rsonnel Accounti ng
Procedures
E & CR
A & M Product Engineering
Ele c. & n"F}llntor Prod. Eng r.
Stan. & Comp onent Design Eng r.
Program Control En!}ineerin g
Engin eering Administration
Eni;ineerinG Lab
Relay Eng in eering
Ma int e na nce
Prog r a m Control
Conto1Jrs
Small Pa nels
Sh eet Me t a l
Cas t S ub-As semblie s & Wire Harnes s
Mo.chine Room & Plating
Pur chasin g
S hipping
Aircra f t Production
Industrial El ectronj.c s Production
Stockroom
Coil a nd Tra ns formers
Quality Control
Tool Room
Method s and Planning
Sm'3.ll Products
Mic r o - Min inture Re l a ys
J Aep 300, Open & Minia tur e Relays
A & DI Sales
S e rvi.ce Eneine eri ng
Air cra ft Prototype
I f you haven' t b ee n contacted by on e o .f the hl.ood donor cha i rwe n by Frida y morninf'
you may s i gn up by ca lling i n to Employee l1nlat i.011s , or by contacti ne any one of th
blood dono r chairmen lis t e d above.
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NEWS
VOL.
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
For life , for f ood , f or d aily c are h e r e in the plant and a t our h omes, we
gi ve T he e our thanks. A m en.
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NOHTH POLE
known by u s a s t he
n..:>ubw~ r:!..n e Eqnipw~nt'' i s t he JS7933ND101GR1 whi.ch r egul ates the
speed a nd vo1tAf'.e of t he 300 KW
.'.u.-d.l :i ar y power motor generator
s et aboArd the Skate ,
This i s t he first t i me t o our
'.rno~1lcdr,:e , that any eq~ipment built
by vpecialt.y Control ha s sail ed
under the North Pole .
MA llCHING ALONG
Once more the Gener al Electri c
Company Spec i alty Contr ol Depa r t ment Vol unt eer Fire BriP"ade wUl
ma r~h :i.n the "Firemen' s ~Parad e "
:.:-i Gro ttoeR on Friday ni eht,
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ELECTION
The NLRB el ecti on to be held on
August 28 :ts for the pur pose of
dct enni nins wh ether or not the
IUE sha ll b e cert :l.fiod as the
repr es ent.a tive 0 r t he pr oduction
and maint enance employees in the
Special t y Con trol Department.
The term "pr oduction and maintenance empl oyees " is de fined as
i ncluding al l hourly r ated empl oyees , except watchmen ard
gua rds. Certai n factory cl crlcal
empl oyees such as Gener al Cl erks
.
'
Time
and Shop Cl erks ,Shipping
Cl er ks , Dispat.cher s , etc . are
a l~o included.
VISITOR
s.
SAV TI\GS
EMPLOYEE DI SCOUNT
you wish, you may use t his discount beeinning on the first day of
your employment to purcha se for
cash small i terns such a s toas t ers,
i rons , el ectric blankets, clocks,
etc . After three months yon are
eligible to purchase major
appliances such as refri gerators,
ranges, dishwashers, disposalls,
kitchen cabinets, electric sinks,
However, employees who were temhome laundry equipment, automatic
porarily off the payroll on Aug.
heating
equipment, home air condi8, 1958 because of illness or
tioning,
console radfos, etc.
maternity leaves, will be eligible .
to vote. Also eligible are em However, it will be necessary for
you to work at GE a year before you
ployees who are off the payroll
are eligible to purchase these
for lack-of-work but who have
appliances through the dealer' s
continuity of service and are
Time Payment Plan.
eligible for recall.
If
SAFETY SCORE
1391 days
7,167,851 hours
WITHOUT A LOOT TIME ACClOENT
No discount will be given on commercial equipment such as air conditioning for stores and so forth,
and all but small items can be
purchased only for your own personal uae .
Yoi.:r Foreman or Supervisor will
direct you to the person responsi. ble for sales t o employees and he
will give yo\l additional lnfonna, tion ~
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ENGI N 'F: IU NG
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Aw-:r 100
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THE MANUFACTURING
SECTION SCORE
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
NEWS, we
pr inted the feat ori the Si:sbmar:i ne
"Skate" because it carries aboarrd
one of the products we build here
at Special ty Control.
In yesterday's TODAY'S
VISITORS
SAFETY SCORE
1392 days
7,177,067 hours
WITHOUT A LOOT TilIB ACCIDENT
ON THE MEND
We are gl ad to hear that Dick
Schmitt and Bill Halker are doing
very nicel y - with their injured
legs. Dick had the cast ren:oved
last Saturday and Bil l 's stitches
were taken out l ast Monday.
Accor ding to reports they will be
on the job next Monday ,
PLA NT
INSP!~C TION
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REPORT
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Good
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75~
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MAINTENA!'JCE - ( Cn r to)
Boi l erroom - l~ O Aver l C~
B11il~ ine #5 - 100 Ave r 87
Bui l di ne #6 - 100 Aver
Grounds - l JO Av e r 100
Mai nte na nce Shop - 7 5
Aver 7 5 Odds & e nd s sti l~
l aying a round .
PUILISH!O
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A1qwet 15 . l 9S 8
I n the strength of this food , 0 God may we h e able to s erve Thee and our
fellow man. Amen.
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SUGGESTI O!m CAN MEAN MONEY
There will be a slow pit ch softball game between the SCCXJEE softball t ea m and the Port Republ ic
team at 8 PM Morrlay_, August 18.
The r,ame will be played at Gypsy
llill Park in Staunton as pa rt of
the Staunton District Slo!i Pitch
::i oft ball 'l'ournament. Let 's have
a e ood t urn- out to cheer our
:jo.ftball team.
SAFETY SCOR!:
1393 day::i
7,186,283 honrs
WITHOUT A LCS'I' TD-JI!: i\CCJDEm'
WHERE WILL
YOU BE
OCT 2 ?
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I. U. E. DOUBLE TALK
REMINDER
Bill Per ry r eminds all Blocxi
Donor Sol icitors that a fina l
report i s due tcxiay on those
per sons wishinc; to donate bl ood
no x.t Wednesday .
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Most of us remember that nurs ery rhyme we l earned in grade school about th e
Spl.de'r w ho tried to fool t he fly into his t rap.
Once an employee is trapped by the IUE they Wi ll hang on to him against his will
if necessary - - and if he has enough c ourage to go through all the red tape of
getting out during the ONE TIME A YEAR HE IS ALLOWED TO RESIGN by the
JUE -- they hound him day after day. The same employee who was promised
dig nity and self-respect -- then is publicly denounc ed -- called ~ scab", "a
free rider" , l'a company fink' 1 or some special union terms that are unprintable.
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"Let 1 s hope the money they save is worth the scorn and loathing
they ' ll h a ve to contend with in the plants. "
YES . LIKE THE 'SP1Dl!:R 'S 'TRAP, IT'S. E ASY TO GET IN -- BUT AWFUJ,:,LY
HARD TO GET OUT.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
F or food and health and life and love, help us to b e grateful and humbl e before
Thee, Amen.
of l/lnyne::;bor o r eceived
517 pillt f; of hloCY.l t\1;r i nr t.he pa ~t
12 rnon Lhs , ;i ccordi nr t,(' l.nf ormat i on trnppliorl by Mrs . L. 'l'. llader,
Cha irnk1 11 of t he Dl ood Pror,ram i.n
the c Hy ,
Rco idont~
Ki nf'( 1 ;, Oa ui;hter s 1 Ho;. pit.a l , Univer :;i t.y nf Vi r gi ni <' Ho :pit-<l arrl
out - of - th e -n. r ~~ ho: ; i. t~d. G 1
1itcre
bl ood was needed fo 1 .'l r cn patients.
r e~rd. ved 396 pinto, makin g a toto.l
o.f 913 pint_s , of which 087 were
....-ollected in \'laynei;bor o .
How many lives were saved f rom
those bl ood donat"ions i s har d to
determine , b11t 0 1 0 t hinr. is certain, " 'tie di d out part here at
Specialty Control by donating 357
pints ciur ing t he l nst t wo vis its
o f the Bl oodmobile t o onr pl ant':
To the men and women of t he Spec1.31 t y Control Department we send
our salute for this ontntarrlinr,
contribution to a nobl e and humanitarian cause.
IF' YOU HA VE NO'l' SIGNf-:0 1'0 GI VE
BLOOD, DO TI' TODAY. THE J3LOODMOBJLE WILL BE HEHE vJEDNl!SDAY,
AUGUST 20 .
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B 'A DONOR
ON
AUGUST
28
SPORTS
The mi c;hty New York Yankees ha ve
los t er ound in the f i bht for the
American Lear,ue pennant , by having
t heir lead cut from 16t game s to
11~ in j ust one week. Maybe
Casey Stenr,el is gi vinr. the boys a
breathing spell.
The worl d ' s champi on Milwaukee
Br aves incr eased th eir lead . to 8
games by defeat i ng t he Philadel phi a Phillies i n both games of
their doubleheader yesterday .
FOOTBALL
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C 0 L L E C T I NG
ON
S UGG E S T I 0 NS
Take a good long look at this group. They are receiving suggestion award
checks because they turned in their ideas.
The Specialty Control Department makes awards for suggestions relating to its
business when approved by the Suggestion Committee for such items as:
Reducing cost of production
Improving manufacturing methods
Improving quality
CoITecting conditions that a re hazardous to safety and health
Elimination of waste of materials
Reducing breakage and spoilage and others.
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Our Father, Thou hast opened Thy hand to bless, and hast given us
all things to enjoy. We thank Thee. Amen.
flECIPROCITY
SPORTS
THE IUE
I.<>ng on PromiBes-Short on Delivery
After wading thro~h all the foolishness in today's IUE handout -we noticed SOD'lething really significant buried down in the middle
of the back page un:ler the heading
of "Higher Wages".
The leaflet states (in small print)
''Although IUE has never promiaed
!lVOne a specific wage increase .. '
Employees who have read the IUEs
"pot of gold" promises time and
time again -- now can see that the
IUE is long on promises and short
on delivery.
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Jhe place to go
TO GIVE A
PRECIOUS Gift
1958.
SAFETY SCORE
1397 days
71 204,784 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME ACCIDENT
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vot.
A ugu st 20 , 1958
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
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WELCOME
We sincerely welcome the Bloodmobile personnel and all the members of the Blood Program to the
Specialty Control Dept. today.
SPORI'S
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, cf'od leader inspires other indivi uals with confidence in him; a
~ leader inspires them with
co:ili'Idence in them.selves ~
Anon .
SAFETY SCORE
1398 days
7,214,067 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME ACCIDENT
"Concluding that I had more poverty than any one person was anti tled to, I made up my mllid to
endow some deserrvi.ng young woman
with part of it. 11
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VO L. I V, NO. 1 17
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
August 2 l, 195 8
W~esboro
Robe rt L. B:ruughman
John G. Scott
Robert C. Failing
Leon M. Hensley
John H. Waite , Jr.
John M. Malloy
ANOTHER WIN
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
For food and health and life and love, help u s t o b e g ratefu l and humble
before Thee . Am e n.
NEWS
According to Dr. Penn, Plant Physician, one case of polio has been
reported in Wayne sboro this week.
A ow
1400
d~s
7,232,635 hours
WITHOtrr A LOST TIME ACCIDENr
I UE
ADVICE
from
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VO L . i\r , NO . 14 q
WAYNESBORO, VI RGINIA
A u g u s t 25 , '. 9 58
SPOR!'S
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VOTE
DON'T THROW YOUR RIGHTS AWAY
Tl-IURSDAY
BY NOT VOTING
S e> me p e ople ha ve said. " I'.m not inter e ste!d in t h e IUE - - I d.on 1 t want anything
to do with it - - I'm not eve n going to vote on Thu rs day.' 11
THAT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. If you don 1 t vote you will give the
IUE an unfair a dvantage becaus e then the IUE orga nizer would need less votes
to win. You s ee, he only needs a majority of those who vote and not of ever'ybody
eligible .
F o r example . , There are approximate ly 475 employees eligible to vote.
If all 47'5 voted he would then need 238 votes for the IUE . Howevero if only
some employees v ot eD say 100 of tho se eligible, the YUE could get in het'e with
only 51 v otes I And t hose few votes c ould determine what is going t o happen
t o 47 5 employees -- INCLUDING YOU. So you see, if you didn't vote you could
be helping t he IUE organizer be c ause the election is decided on t'he basis of a
majority of those who actually vote.
We hope you will VOTE "NO" against the IUE.
Bu t whether you are against the IUE or in fayor of it - - you owe it to yourself
and to your family t o be sure to vote on Thursday.
VOTING JS BY SECRET BALLOT IN THE AMERICAN TRADITION.
YOU WI L L VOTE IN A PRIVATE VOTING BOOTH,
NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW HOW YOU VOTED.
YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO VOTE EXACTLY AS YOU FEEL NOW NO
MATTER WHAT ANYBODY HAS TOLD YOU ,,. NO MATTER WHAT YOU
HAVE SAID OR HEARD BEFORE. YOU CAN STILL VOTE " NO" EVEN IF
YOU ONCE SIGNED A U NION CAR D.
DON' T LEAVE IT TO OTHERS TO DECIDE SOMETHING THAT IS SO
IMPORTANT TO YOU . YOU SHOULD VOTE,
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Not onl y d o we tha nk Th e e for our food, but we t hank Th e e for Jesus
Christ our Savior. Amen
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SPORTS
I'M A NICE CUSTOMEH--BUT I NEVEH
NEWS
Charles Minter of the SCOGEE Golf
League, shot a 38 yesterday at the
Swannanoa Golf and Country Club
which is par for the course. If
Charlie ke eps this up, he wil l no
doubt join 'he rank of the profo$sionals . Cong ratulations.
RICHMOND FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Richmond at w. Va.
Richmond at Dayton (night)
10-l.i
Richmond at VMI
k -11 Richmond at Rutgers
Richmond at G.W . (night)
-~.13
.t0-25 Richmond at Villanova
ll-1
Citadel at Richmond
11-8 Richmond at VPI
11- 15 Richmond at Davidson
11-27 Wm. & Mary at Richmond
?-20
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COME BACK 1
"You know me . I'm a nico customer.
I never complain, no matter what
kind of service I get.
RACK TO WORK
We welcome back Grace Simmons
who has been absent from her j o b
i n the Micro Relay 2nd Shift due
to illness. Grace wants to thank.
every one for the beautiful !'low-.
e r s and cards sent her while at
the hospital.
VISITINJ
Jat}et Speck, formerly of White
Print, visited Waynesboro last
week end as guest of Shirley MacCambridge. Janet resides now
with her husband and 8 month old
baby girl at New Castle, Del aware.
CONGRATULATIONS
We exte nd our congratulations to
Mr. & Mrs. Buddy Clark (Sheet
Metal) on the biith of a son an::l
to Mr. & Mrs. Buddy Worrell (Coil
and Transfonners ) on the birth of
a daughter. We understand that
both mothers and their offspring
are doing fine.
CHORALIERS REllEARSAL
The SCOGEE Chorali ers will meet
tonight in theplant auditorium
at 7 : JO. New members are welcome
so i f you l ike to sing, come on '
out and join the group.
VOTE
AS YOU PLEASE
ON THURSDAY
BUT
PLEASE VOTE l
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T h e qu es tion you will a nswer on the secret ba llot i s " Do you wish to be represented
fo r purpos e s of coll ective bargaining by Inter n ati ona l U nio n of El ec trical, Radio and
M a c hine Worker s , AFL-CIO?"
On the l e f t side of t he ballot i s a box marked YES .
s ti 11 vote "NO" !
D o n't l eav e it to some one e l s e to decide some thing that is so important t o you and
you:r fa mily.
Vote a s you plea s e -- ye s or no -- but YOU SHOU LD VOTE ON THURSDAY.
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PUBLISHED IY THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SECTION AS A SERVICE TO SPECI A LTY CONTROl EMPLOYEES
S, OllTS, NATIONAL ANO WORlO NEWS - COURTESY OF WAYB ANO NEWS VIRGINIAN
VQI,
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In the name of Christ we tha nk Thee for our food and pray that we ma y
find food for our soul a i so . Am e n .
VI3ITms
DON 'T FOIUET
TO VOTE
ON
THURSDAY
AUGUST 28
SECURITY OF SELF
P.M.
In order to keep an even now of
vote rs at the polls, voting will
be scheduled by foremen group s .
The groups scheduled for a specific time will be notifi ed by their
f oremen and they will be released
from their jobs to go and vote.
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PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SECTION AS A SERVICE TO SPECIA LTY CONTROl EMPLOYEES
SPO RTS, NATIONA L AND WORLD NEWS - COURTESY OF WAYB AND NEWS VIRGINIAN
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Au gu s t 28 , 19 58
All thi ngs com e of Thee 0 God" and for a ll thin gs w e th a nk The e
n ow. A n1 e n .
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The election, which will be conducted by the National Labor Relat ions Board, will take place in
t he plant cafet eria th is afternoon between the hours of 2:00 and
4:30 P.M.
days
7, 269, 824 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME ACCIDENT
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45 MILLION PUPII.S
1406
VOTE
N-E-W-S
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GO ON .
m ake a difference.
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AN!WTINCEJJ
:rnnowir.~ ,.,d
t,xlny thnt a new Sav:l.ngs
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itnd !;"c i t y pror, r al'' ldll ho made
ava Lli. b l o t0 .al~ miployoes of t.he
Depart.mi " " Tho new pionee ring
Prop;ir., r.c.mes as a. result of ext emi 1,,,, "urveys and stucty by the
Corr.my
lJndor t.hA new Program, every dollar of .1 n c:711plo,yee 's savings (up
~' 6% uf the employee's normal
.. r aleht timP. earnings) will be
inc re~~ed by a $ .50 payment fr001
the Company. Er(iployoes will be
abl e t o save 1,2, 3, 4, 5 or 6%
of theil' earnings and will have
t hes e savinge increased by a CC1!'0
pany payment. of 50% of the amount
oavoo. Thus, an employee who
saves 6% of hie own income will
nc t.ua1ly receive ~not.her 3%, making a total of 9% of his income.
Th e saVings will be invested in
11.S. Savings Borns, or employees
m~y elect to have up to 2/3 of
th<ir t o tal savings invested in
0.~. C01Tl1ll00 stock.
The new Program will probably be
p11t into effect by January 1,
Mr . c(c:::a.per is just
i.round thi:: r::orrnff . Dtlve safAly.
fn! t.h". nc c 0nrl t,i. m" h.v V ir. Sp"!c hJ t .r r~o nt.rol nmp loypcs ~n YP S-
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vote
u~h
lone wee kend, starting this evenin~ , 3ome of 11s wilJ. trok up to
the mountains for a family picnic
Others w:1.ll eo to the shore for a
:rn:l.m in t.he ocean. Others will
stay homo avoiding the crowded
highways, but all will enjoy a
t hree day vacation.
98
353
I et~he
employees of Specialty Control
n,ioy. No douht t hat du rinP, the
455
470.
SAFETY SCORE
11107 days
7,279,126 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME ACCIDENT
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Time and time again sin.c e we established our plant here in Waynesboro,
Specialty Control employees have provided me with many proud occasions,
but yesterday's expression of confidence by the people who wo1k in our
factory operation gave me the greatest personal satisfaction of all.
I have been genuinely pleased and justifiably p r oud of such things as our
blood drive record. our remarkable safety record, and the outstanding
manner in which you all have accomplished project after project here in
our Department. But yesterday's overwhelming demonstration of loyalty
and faith in our De partment and its management, after weeks and months
of bitter personal attacks on us by the union organizers, was especially
gratifying because it showed that our determined efforts to deal with our
employees in a fair and a forthright manner, without fear or favor, is
understood and appreciated by our employees.
I have never seen a group of workers with bette r team spirit than exists
in'. our factory, nor have I seen a supervisory group that better recognizes
their duties and responsibilities to the business and to the people who work
under their direction. Each and every one of us must continue to do his
best to protect this atmosphere of mutual concern and trust.
I want to assure each and every one of you that your confidence is not mis-
placed.
LOUIS T. RADER
Augus t 2 9, 195 8
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S e ptember 2, 1958
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
"Praise God from whom a ll blessings flow. 11 For food and power and
love and peace accept our thanks 0 God. Amen.
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Kl DE NEEDED
Art Hupp (Eng.) is looking for a
JO-id e to and from the plant on the
8:00 to 4: 30 shift. Art lives on
the E a stside Highway about . 3
o f a mile south of the City limits.
Anyone who can accommodate
A1 t qhould call him on Ext. 437.
R. L . WILBUR APPOINTED TO
PLANNING COMMISSION
Manage r of Finance, R. L.
Wilbur, has been appointed to the
Waynesboro Planning Commission
a c cording to an announcement
received here this morning . Mr .
Wilbur 's appointment becomes
effective today and will continue
for a period of five years .
SAFETY SCORE
1 , 411 days
7, 288, 428 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
The new Savings and Security Program, which was a n no unce d to Specialty
Control employe e s last week, provides an opp o r t u n ity fo r e mploye e s to add
a n additional 3% to their earnings simply by saving a t le ast 3 -1 / 2 % of the ir
ea rning s durin g 1959 and 6% each year after that. The Program, whic h is
b e ing made available to non-union General El ect ri c e m p loyees a c ro s s the
country, is d e signed to help meet financi a l probl e ms arising from both
inflation and recession, while at the same time helping employe es build
p e rsonal estates for the future. Similar propo~ al s a r e being made to the
unions with which the Company is negotiating thi s month.
The n e vy Savings and Security Program gives each employee the opportunity
of saving up to 6% of his normal straight-time earnings, with the Company
matching each dollar of savings with a $. 50 payment which will be available
to the employee after a thr e e-ye ar holding period. Thus, an employee who
save s 6% of his earnings will be c redited with a total of 9% of his earnings.
The savings will be invested in U.S. Savings Bonds, or employees may elect
to have up to 2 I 3 of their total savings (including the Company payment)
invested in G. E. common stock. Meanwhile, the Program will make funds
available in case of total disability, layoffs, death, etc.
In addition, an employee may ele c t to leave the investments purchased with
the Company payment on deposit with the Company after the three-year
holding period and allow them to multiply into a personal retirement fund.
He may, of course, withdraw these investments at the same time he withdraws the investments purchased with his own savings, at the end of the
holding period.
The employee also has the right to withdraw both his total investment and
the Company payments before the end of the holding period if he is totally
disabled or if he is laid off for an extended period.
As an added incentive to enroll in the Program from the beginning, employees
who participate during the first year of the Program at a rate of at least 3-1/2%
of their earnings will receive the full 3% payment from the Company. In
addition, employees who enroll by November 1, 1958, at the full 6% rate, will
receive a full share of G. E. c ommons tock. A part of a share of G. E . stock will
be given to all employees who enroll by November 1, 1958, but who eave at a
lower rate.
The new Savings and Security Program will replace the present employee
Savings and Stock Bonus Plan which provides a Company payment of 15% of
employee savings .
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
NIGHT AT S KYLINE
DRIVE -IN
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S UGGESTION WI Ni'-lE.:RS
S i x Co nt ro ll ers will rc:ccivc
Sugges tion A war,d ::; tod ay be c a use
they thou g ht of way s to d o ,_,_
b e tter job. Today ' s winn er :.;
were: A. G . Sma ll a nd An ni<.!
Foltz - M ac hine Room ; C a therin e
Bals l ey, M a r garet E a r m a n a n d
H elen Arthur - Relays; a nd R .
D . .Richman - Elec t ronic Tes t .
SAFETY SCORE
1, 412 days
7, 297, 750 hour s
WI THOUT A LOST T IME
ACCIDENT
To h e lp i n estimating th e a mo u n t
of refr es hm e nt s needed for tomorrow ' s SCOGEE G eneral
Membership M ee ting -- plea s ~
fill out t h e co upon on the' b~ck of
today' s paper a n d r e tu rn it to
TODA Y ' S NEWS (E m plo y ee
Rela tions Office ) or depo s it it in
the ballo t box n ear th<.' c::lf eter:io.
exit.
The GE 'Election
The rlcct ion sponsored Thursd:1y
Rl fh!> \V(lyn<'sboro General Electric
pl nnl should revive faith in the sturrly
incf ur;t ri al climate that. exists in WayllC'sboro Here, indeed, is an oasis of
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
S c t em b er 4 , l958
B l ess th1 Lord , 0 m y soul , and forg e t not all his benefits.
"E: t.r=:<, TRA " CERTI FIED
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VO L . I V , NO. 157
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
September 5, 1958
Dea r Lord, we thank Thee for Thy ca r e, and 1he food we e at, the clothes
we wear; be present with us everywhere. Amen.
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IS T HE RE A DETECTIVE I N THE
HOUSE?
To bo rr ow a phras e -- "one of
our air c raft panels is missing."
Effort s o ver the pa s t three days to
lo c ate a missing 2781Fl21C lB
Lockhe e d Ele c tra s ide panel have
fa ile rl to turn it up .
It is urgent that the panel be re t urned to the manufacturing fl oor
immediately. Anyone who knows
J.l;l._e whereabouts of the panel
)uld return it at once to Gene
R e asoner , Foreman of the A&M
S tandard P a nel line.
RECOVERING
~ wife of E. A. Fitzgerald
(.t<.egu la tors) is recovering nic e ly
a t Waynesboro C ommunity Hosp.
whe re she underwent major
s ur ge ry.
1, 414 days
7 , 316, 394 ho urs
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
Yesterday afte rnoon, l e n y e ar old Betty Jo Broo ks wa s s truck down by an auto1nobil c whil e she wa s attempting to cross th e Ea s lsidc Hi g hwa y near the road which
l e ads to our plant. Sh e is at the Uni vers it y Ilos p ital in very c rit i cal conditio n .
Doc lo rs say she might die .
Sur e ly, any drive r who noticed Betty Jo tryin g tu get a c ro ss the Highway w o uld
have s topp ed to l e t her p as s . P erhaps she wasn't notic e d . . . Perhaps passing
motorists were leaving it to the car b e hind t o .stop ... Perhaps the littl e g irl just
became imp atient. . We don't know what the fa c t s are that led to the tragedy.
But le ~'s take war ning from this accide nt so n ear our own doorstep. Whe n dri v ing
particularly to and f o m the plant -- let's continue to keep a sharp lo okout for
chi l d r e n.
The following letter was recently wr itten to the
.
El mir a ( N . Y.) Advertiser. If any drive r can r es ist
thi s father's appeal, h e h as no business w ith a dr i v er' s
li cense.
D ear Driver:
A few weeks ago, I i:aw a littl e
girl struck by a cm as she tried to
cross the street. I saw a father race
toward her and hold her to 1him as
she struggled in the agony death.
I sa w a ll the plans that had been
made fo r her dashed and I saw the
look of despair that came over his
face. I cou ld only offer a prayer
that such a thin g might never happen again.
of
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VOL. JV , NO. l 58
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
1, 417 d ays
7 . 325 , 716 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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Continues
Threat
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
September 9, 1958
Gracious Giver of all good; The e we thank for life and food.
or say; meet Thy favor through the day. Amen,
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 418 days
7, 335, 258 hours
jWITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT _ __ _ _J
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"You're Looking Much Better
Today, Dear - Your Eyes
Aren't so Bloodshot"
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Spe c i a lty Control Department has just been advised by Public and
Employe e Relations Services of an improvemient in the new Savings and
Security Program.
The 50%
6% of his gross
earnings under the Program (he may save 3-1/2% of his gross earnings during
1959) and the Company will make a matc hing payment of 50% of the employee's
sav ings , subject to the three-year hold period.
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1, 420 d a y s
7 , 354 , 342 hou r s
W ITHOUT A L OST TIME :
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GE T O F F TO A GOOD S T ART
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Al thou gh emplo y e es m a y s i g n u p
no w f or th e Pr ogram , th e a ctu a l
s tarti ng d a te o f t he p lan is J a n. l ,
1959. E m ployees who sig n up b e f ore Novembe r l, howe ve r, will
rece i v e a f re e bo n us of o n e s har e
of G e n er al E le c tr i c stock .
SEE THE 100% R O LL O N THE
OTHER SI DE
PROGRAM ~
P ur c lt as i.ng
E & CH. Se c ti o n
Op e n R e la y s
P r o g ra m Contro l Production
Price a n d Edi t
R e pair a nd Return
Shee t M e tal
R e p r o d 11 c lion a nd Cu s ro m c r Data
S to c k Ro om
ZND SHIFT
S h e et Meta l
Machine Room
M ag n e tic Wi n d i n g C omp o n e nt s
Air c raft T e s t
Potted B l ocks
Electronic Assembly
M a inte nanc e
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S e ptember 12 , 1958
WAYNESBORO, VI RGINIA
V O L. I V , N O. 162
Acc e pt o ur thanks fo r t his food and keep us thr ough the hou rs o f t hi s d ay.
F or C hr i s t ' s sake w e ask it. A me n.
CAREY W I T H HOLDS SAV I N G S
P L A N FOR IU E M EMBERS
W h i l e t h o u sands of GE wor k e rs
S hir ley M c Cam sig n u p f or t h e C ompany ' s s tar t bri d ge ~ El ec . ) was
li ng n ew S avi n gs a n d S ecur ity
.:: le cted Vi c e P res
P rogram , Jim Car e y a n d th e I UE ' o f S C OGEE at t:he j
ar e withh oldi ng the plan from I U E Gene r al M e m ber mem b ers a nd con t i nuin.:; th e i r
s h i p me e ting l a s t
threat of an Octo b er 2 s t r ike .
w e ek. Shirley
But tw e nty - fo ur o the r unions i n
I was e le cte d to
G eneral E l e ctri c hav e ac c epted
c omp lete the un the n ew Saving s Fr o g ram.
e xpi red t er m of
fo r mer V. P. Al M c K ech nie w ho
~ r e ' s t h e pic tu re :
i s no longer w i th t he D ep art me n t .
T OMORROW
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BIR THDAY
W E
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THEN
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T 0 M 0 R R 0 W
and
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At l eft, Specialty Control as i t appear e d on S e pte mber 3, 1954, only ten d ays b e fo r e
-Ne h ire d our first fa c t o r y p e ople . At rig ht t he sa m e vi e .;.; of the pla nt today . O t h e r
v i e ws of Sp ec ialty during the e arly building s ta g e s - - ar e on d isplay in t he ca fe t e r ia .
ZND SHIFT
Sh e e t Metal
Magne ti c Wind ing Components
Potte d Blocks
Maintenanc e
M ac hine R o om
A i r c raft T e st
El ect r oni c As s e m bly
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
&SECURITY
R E A C H E S
96%
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The Shipping emp l oyees,and mem
b ers of thei r families h e ld t heir
annual Fall Weiner Roast Thur s day ni g ht at Dave y Driver ' s lake
at Lyndhurst SCOGEE softball players are requested . to turn
in their softball jer seys to team
manager Jim Mayes as soon as
possible ... " Co ncepts of Spac e "
was the title of a slide pre senta tion made la st night by Paul
Korneke to the Churchville
Ruritan Club ..... A baby boy
was born September 3 to Tiffany
(nee Trainum) and Larry
KLappenback both formerly of
Specialty Control .
SERVICE
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PINS
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AWARDED
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Manager of Manufacturing K. N.
Bush collected his 25 year pin
Friday from General Manager L.
T. Rader. On hand to offer the
co n g ratula tions of the Manufacturing Section were B. Mitchell, M.
Coleman, J. Ponz illo, C. Eirich,
F. Curto, R. Schmitt, D. House,
(K. N . Bush and L. T. Rader), H.
Slate r, W. Hunter, B. Sussman,
D. Courghtry, J. West.
W. Sanderson
A. Rubenstein
E. McCleary
P. Bee son
S e rvice pins were also presented rec e ntly to Bill Sanderson of Ma: :e ting (10 year pin); Al
Rubenstein, Engineering unit manager (10 year pin); E. "Mac 1 ' McCleary , Marketing uni t
manage r (10 ye ar pin) and Phil Beeson, M e thods (5 year pin).
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NEWS
VQT.
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NO. 164
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
We thank Thee , our h eavenly F a ther, for all the manifestations of Thy kindness,
for this food, for the joy of feeling Thee in our hearts. Amen.
U. OF VA. ANNOUNCES
FALL EXTENSION COURSES
Registration for fall courses in
the University of Virginia
Extension program will be held
this Friday, Sept. 19, from 7:00
to 9:00 PM at Waynesboro High
S c hool.
Pre-engineering credit courses
being offered in the Extension
Program include:
College Algebra - 3 semester
us - meets Thursdays ....dtion $42
Trigonometry - 3 semester
hours - Mondays - $42
Calculus I - 3 semester hours Mondays - $42
M ec h. Dwg. - 2 semester hrs Tu esdays - $28
Gen. Chem. I - 5 semeste r .
hours - Tuesdays & Thur sday s
$85 (including Lab fee )
The CoUege of Arts and Sciences
will offer a 3 semeste r General
Psyc hology Course at th e High
School on Mondays ; tuition $31. 50.
In addition a few g radua te cour s es
in Education will b e offered at
Wilson M emorial Hig h a nd at
Staunton b eginning Se pt. 22.
Inquirie s concerning courses m a y
be made on registration night or
dir e ctly to Mr. F . C. M c Cormic k,
Supv. Eng. Ext., Uni v. of Va.,
,.-.:
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ar l o ttesv1lle .
SAFETY SCORE
7, 382 , 949 ho ur s
WITHOUT LOST TIME A CCIDENT
SCOGEE I N BLACK
$1000 BUILDING FUND GOAL SET
The SCOGEE a n nual f inancial re port i ssued l as t week by the
SCOGEE E x ecuti ve Committe e
shows tha t the emp loyee soc ial
club i s operating in the black a nd
a substantial amount of cash has
be e n put aside for a building
fu nd.
According to SCOGEE Tr easure r
Sherwood Black's r e port, the
general treasury of the club a mounts to $ 5 18. 22 a nd the building fund totals $549. 00 . A total
appropriation of $470 . 00 has been
announced for this year . Jim
Austin, Preside nt of SCOGEE,
says the club expe c ts to swe ll the
building fund to $1000 durin g this
y e ar ' s admini s trati on.
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JUST AS IT IS WITH YOU HERE AT SPECIAL TY CONTROL, HIS SUCCESS WILL GO HAND
IN HAND WITH THE SUCCESS OF HIS EM PLOYER.
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NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
1, 42 6 d ays
7, 392, 4 7 2 ho u rs
WITHO UT A LOST T I ME
har d to save i t.
I'n1
tl1e Nice
.Customer
"I 'm t hi:': nice customer. J'm one of I.h ost> c u ,101ne r s who never complain,
no matte~at kind of service I get. from foll.; ;i.t Specialty Contro l.
U J buy one of your products and the quality i s not right, I don't complain..
I write you a letter, and wait weeks for an answer, I don ' t gc~ t mad. Jf
J cali you on the phone, and you are discourteous, it doesn't bother me.
Ii l get only alibia when delivery dates are not met, I don't get ~ ~c Hl'd .
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let me te 11 you what else I am . I'm the c ustom er who is not com ing
That's why I to lera.tc such poor treatme nt. I know I'm not c oming
b-a7k, _ai-ld it' a easier to do this than to blow my top.
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back .
Who cares if you never come back ? 1 , you say. 'W e' ve got plenty of
<: llato rners. One less won't make any difference.
111
"My an11wer is that i.f you take a nice cu stome r like me and add in all thost
whc.; n l iRht foel the same way, we could really hurt a business, eyen ruin
l I..
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And <1. ll you have to do to make sure th;1t there are n o t any others who
feel thiR way is to do your job ju st a l i ttl~! b ~ tt er. Give me a quality
product, g ive me the prompt, courteous S <~rvi c c that I deserve a s one of
tho,3e c usto1ners who k eep your busine ss g<>ing. 11
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NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
0 Lor d God, heavenly Father, bless unto us these Thy gifts , which of Thy tender
kindness Thou has t bestowed upon us, throu gh J esus Christ our Lord. Amen.
SILICON CONTROLLE D
RECTIFIERS UNDERGOI NG
EVALUATION HERE
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FIRST SAMPLE of their new
silicon controlled r ectifier is presented to Dr. Rader b y Semi conductor Produc t s Department's
Peter V. H ahn. Ben Cooper
( rear ) and Will Cockrell ( right)
will do equipment development
work with the new rectifier.
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SAFETY SCO
1, 427 days
7, 401 , 995 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
Baseball
American Lrar. ur
YESTERDAY'S RE SUL T5
National League
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Ch i<. .... go , 4 ; Phil:idel phl:i . 2 1 c:illea
co,,1y aamec
1cheduled >
SALES CONTEST
SEE THOSE PROSPECTS NOW I
The se a re "buying days " a nd Special ty Controllers are b e ing ur ged to ge t out now and c ontac t
t he ir GE major appliance "sales prosp ects". Every sale, remember, builds GE and every
e mp loyee sti mul ate d sal e net s th e al e rt emp lo yee a crisp $5. 00 bill and 100 team points i n
the Ope r ation Upturn Sales Contest.
All you ha ve to do i s give your "prospe ct" one of the prospect ca r ds distributed to all e mployees earlier this week. Ask your prospect to have the dealer s i gn the pr o spect ca r d whe n
t he sa le is made. You then present the c ard to .the dealer and rece i ve you r $5. 00 a n d your
team po int cre dit s . Participating de a lers are Ward L . C o hron, S tuarts Draft; Freed Co.
Inc., Waynes boro; S taunton Furniture and Appliance Co. I nc , Staunton; Goodyear S~ r vice
Store, ~taunton.
Teams and team captains a re listed below.
T eam I - - Ge nevie ve ,Dead rick, C aptai n
Ad vance d Mfg. Development (Eirich)
G -3 00 and G-1 60 (Gelsleichter)
Micro Miniature Re ia ys (Quic k )
E & CR {Tulloch)
T.eam II -- Demmie Layne , Captain
Ele c, Te s t Program Co ntrol (Hoylman)
A & D I Sales (Lawre n ce)
Marketing ( Dice )
Engineering Lab (Walker )
T eam III - - She l va Je an Ropge rs, Captain
Ele c. & Reg. Prod. E n g r. (Co oper )
Engi n eering A minist ration ( Devoy )
R e l ay Engineering (Hausler)
Service E n g ine e ring (Scheffter )
Team IV -- Au drey Miller , Captain
Stand. & Comp. Des ign Engr. (Er ikson)
Program Control Engineering (H olmes )
Aircraft & Military E n gr . (Sec hri s t)
Te am V -- Kay B osserman, Captain
Maintenance (Curto)
Mfg . - Ge n e r al ( Bus h)
Coil Winding (Hou se )
Ma c hine Room (B roughman)
A & M Ope r a ti ons - Gener a l (H unte r)
Large Pa ne ls ( C . Quick)
Te a m VI -- Clarence Wyrick, Captain
Air c raft Test (Knueppel)
F ina n ce ( Wilbur)
Repai r and R etur n (W ylie
New Pr o d u cts ( B eatty )
'S
NEWS
September
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
19, 1958
The eyes of all wait upon Thee, 0 Lord; Thou openest Thine hand, and satisfiest
the desire of every living thing; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
SUGGESTIONS GIVE BOOST TO
OPERATION UPTURN
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SAFETY SCORE
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7,411,518 hours
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
G i ve us trLtly gra tl'flll h c <trts, Hcrivcnly Father , for thP.SI! rind all Thy gifts lo
us.
Amen
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SCllENEC T ADY IUE VOTES
H EGISTH.A T I O N T O NI C I IT FOR
SP (;-: Cl /1 !_,T ': 2 NG TNr: ;;: RS Pl.A Y
"NO STRIKE"
A D ULT EDU CATIO N COURSES
B!C, PA.r<.T !I~ N f :W I ND.
ELECTRON1CS HANDBOOK
JUE "top-br Jss" at Schenectady
Rcr,istr;1tion for ad u lt C'Vcning
GE
wa s handed a stunning , al A si g nificant c ont dbut1on to prog- co ur s es will b e held at Waynesthough
close defeat in last week' s
boro lligh School toni g h t from
re ss in the 1n<lu Atrial ell'ctronic-s
strike
vot
e by an aroused IT ! 1117 : 00 PM to 9 :00 PM .
fie lri h : , i ' II n1ad1 by a g roup
hC'rship that .troop e d throu g h a
oi 1' r11:1n < e 1s who co llilboratrcl in
Fcr-s for t he courses a r c $10 per
heavy rain storm to vote 5 , 561
thl' prepar a tion of the new lndus term prr R11 b j ect. Any <Onrse
to 1, 746 ;:igainst striki n g Gene r a l
t r i.i J.'fec lroni cs Handbook r11bfor which -it l east ten JH'Opk
E l <' c tri c . Nearly 100% of the
l1 s l11 f! thi s month by McGrawllilL
rcgistc1 wi l l be offerr-d anrl
mcmbe rs cast ballots in what
Will Co c kr ! ll of our E lc c t ron1c
requ es t s for specia l co11rses ar<
was said to be t he l argest tu r nout
and RC'gul a tor Product Engi n c <! l' we !corne d . ( See b ack of paper )
in the Schenec tady local ' s history
in g Suh-Section wag Editor - in and probab ly the largest vote ev er
11 1'f ~>f th e 1400 p;1ge book .
taken by a n y lo<"a l in t he elecCIRCUS COM ES TO TO W N
t ri c al indus t ry.
T OMORROW--ONE D AY ONLY
Th e r es ult o f 4 y e ars prepara fhe rc s ultR of the Schenectady
tion, llw n<:V' hrtndb o ok iA the
IU.8
str i ke ba llo t must have been
One of thC' ol d est a n d s ti 11 one of
most r. <>n1pnhen s iv c book of i t s
a
d
i
squieting
s urprise to IUE
the grea test t hrill s for American
typl' yet publish.-d and cover s
Presirl
e
n
t
Carey
and ot h er IUE
fundamen t als , c omponent s , baf:iic yo un gsters is -- th e c i rcus .
leaders who had asked for strike
Clo 'sns and trapeze art i sts ; elec ir c uit &, power <; upplics, pat ent
votes at all IUE locals in Gener al
phants
and
lion
tamers
,
tight
r1 nd Lib li og raphi c al i niorma ti on
Electric
in order to put mor e
rope wa lkers a n d a ll the rest
as well as s eve ral othe r i ndusteeth
in
Carey
' s October 2nd
will be on h and i n Waynesboro
trial Plt' l tronic s s 11bjects of im strike
threat
.
tomorrow only to p r ese nt one of
portance in the field.
t h e bigges t ;rnd b est of tr a v e li ng
( continued on h ack 01 papc r )
c:ir c uscs in America today. The
afternoo n performa n ce wil l start
al l : OO P M in stead of 3: 15 P M as
'' CON- F A-VAR'' T I C K ETS GO ON a d ver ti s ed in l ast T hu rsday ' s
SALE TODAY
editi on of t h'~ Waynes b oro News Vi rg ini :in. T h e P.Vc n i n g r p, r for1n;11H ' P \V1ll s l::i.ri at 8 :0 0 .
Tickcti.; fo1 CON-FA - VA.R , t h t
Ope rat i on Upturn show l:i~i ng p11 t
Do n ' t l t I y ollr youngstP r R miRs
on by SCOGEE , will bC' r!Jstri the c i n 11 s . Get t i c kets today
bu tt d today "ncl t o n 1or r o w to
through Ro sc rna ry HJward , Emsupervis i on thr011ghoat tht..: plant.
p l oy < ~~ Re l ations o r from a n y
....C.ON -F A-VAR 1 ~.' trn<lt:r the ~._n
Lions me m be r .
a l chairman s hip o f Bill Perry
and Jean Gum. TJ-.e s how will
take place on O c tobc 1 16 & 17.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
September 2. 3, 1958
Accept our thanks for this food and keep us through the hours of this
day. For Christ' s sake we ask it. Amen.
''OUT OF CONTROL
NEW APPRENTICE
CLASS STARTS AT SPECIALTY
Six n ew apprentices have been
selected to form Apprentice Class
Ill here at Specialty Control. The
new apprentices are: Lester B.
Martin, Stuarts Draft; Wayne
Holsinger, Broadway; Boyd
Shiffl ~ tt, Waynesboro; Ashley
D a niel, Wolitown: Joe Frazier,
Culpepper; Eric Perl, Waynesboro.
' rentices are selected on the
1,, .... sis of their academic abilities
as well as for mechanical
ability, civic awareness, leadership pote ntial, judgment and
maturity.
As part of the Department's two
year program of college credit
engineering studies, the new
a pprentices will take courses in
algebra, trigonometry and
mechanical drawing this year.
In addition, they will fill factory
training ass ignments.
Specialty C ontrol welcomes 11 the
Apprentice Class of 1 62 11 and extends b est wishes for success to
e ach man in the class.
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COMPANY PAYMENTS
MADE EVERY MONTH UNDER
S. AND S. PROGRAM
You'll make money faster under
the new Savings and Security
Program. One of the great advantages of the new savings plan
is that the Company's proportionate payme~ts (50% of the employee's savings) will be paid into the employee's account on a
monthly basis. Under the old
Stock Bonus Plan, which paid 15% .
instead of 50%, the stock bonus
portion was not added until the
e nd of the year .
Under the new S & S Program,
the monthly Company payments
will be invested sooner and start
to increase in valu e immediately.
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DEPENDABI llTY...
our motto
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VOL
IV
NO
170
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Our Father, Thou hast open~d Thy hand to bless, and ha s t give n us all things
to e njoy. We thank Thee. Amen.
SPECIALTY RANKS
SECOND IN SAFETY
Bill Perry, Safety Specialist,
reports this morning that out of
110 operating Departments in
G e neral Elec tric, Specialty Control s till ranks second in safety.
Top safety honors went to th e
L arni1Mte d Products Department.
A !though both Specialty Control
and Laminated Products Dept .
operati>ci without a lost time ac ciJe nt, t h<: Cochoc:ton, Ohio,
nt h;ts more employees than
wt~ anrl theiefore can accumulate
more "safe man hour" credits in
th e co ur se of a day's operations.
Sp ec ialty Contro l , with no disabling injuries since we opened
our plant here in Waynesboro,
has earned a Company..:wide
r e putation for safety know-how.
W e have rec eived the highest
award p ossible from the National
Safety Council and the Virginia
M ri nufac turer s Association has
ju st informed us that they have
awarded their Safety "Award of
Honor" to Specialty Control
Department for having one of th e
best indu strial safety records in
the state. Let's keep it up I
CONFIDENCE
in a GROWING AMERICA
The future of America ls your future, roo. It is
as boundless as the Imagination of our people.
The changes of the past decade - including
electronics, miracle drugs, plastics, nuclear energy
- will be dwarfed by the changes to come.
You can judge a little what is to come by what
we have already accomplished.
Every year most Americans live better. Every
year most of us are better fed, bett.er housed, bet.
ter clothed.
Year by year we have pressed the attack on
poverty, disease, and other age-old causes. of
human misery. Year by year, more of us lead the
good life.
There are sound reasons why this ls so. Som e
stem from the kind of people we are - inquiring,
venturesome, never willing to let well enough
alone.
Others trace from the freedoms we enjoy, and
from our belief In human rights and dignity of
the Individual.
What they add up to ls a future which will far
outrun the best promises of today.
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
been my privilege
t o tour many other plac es of
business . If it we r e mine to
c h oose one of those places to
work, the G enera l Ele c tri c
p lant in Waynes boro wo uld be
hi ghest on my li s t. . 11
IUE SLATED TO
VOTE ON STRIKE ISSUE
TODAY
GE Confere nc e Board udega t es
of the IUE are expecte d to vo t e
today on whether or not they will
strike th e General Ele c tri c Co.
nation-wide . At th e o p e ning of
,....tl;ie convention e arlier this week,
JE Pr es ide nt James Carey told
Confer e n ce Board de l egate s that
t hey wer e no t bound by "no
s trike " vo t es t ake n b y IUE loc a ls
in r ece nt weeks.
TEACHER SHORTAGE
FOR ADULT EDUC. COURSES
The Adult Ed u cation offi ce at
Waynesboro Hig h School is look ing for a n additi o na l instructor
for c:o mm r.rc: ia l s ubjP c ts s u ch as
s hortha nd , typing, bookke e ping
o r bu s iness Englis h. The
in s tructor wo uld hav e to be avail .
ab le t o tea c h Monday a nd Wedne sday eveni ngs from 7:00 PM to
9 :00 PM.
Any qualifie d person w ho is
interes t ed may contac t Mr.
Tolley at Waynesboro High
School (WH 3-5466 ).
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CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN
H. W. TULLOCH
September 25, 195 8
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NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
September 26 , 1958
Help us to cultivate the fine art of gratitude and not forget Thee as Our God and
Our Provider. Amen.
STRIKE VOTES
MEANINGLESS--CAREY
TECHNICAL COURSES TO BE
OFFERED AT FISHERSVILLE
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A ccordin g to W. T. Sinclair,
I
head of the Te c hnical School,
four basic courses will b e given. I
!
They are Basic Electricity,
I
Machine Shop Practice, Drafting
and Design, and Industrial Math
(math related to actua l manufacturing and general industrial
problems).
Sponsored b y the
Virginia Department of Vocational!
Education, the classes will meet
twice weekly for 12 weeks.
A REMINDER
II
SAFE TY SCORE
1, 435 days
7, 458, 329 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
In 1941, Bill was appointed head of test for the Control Department,but thE! war broke
out, and as Bill puts it,"lt was too good a fight to miss -- so I enlisted in the Navy! 1 1
Bill probably wished many times in those days that he could be back at the Schenectady
Wor ks for he was assigned to sub-chaser duty in the South Pacific,and for nearly three
years nosed around the big blue ocean hunting up Jap submarines. Discharged in
December 1945, he returned to GE Control Department to do methods and planning
w o r k. The splitting up of the old Control Department into three smaller separate
Departments in 195 3 found Bill Schenk assigned to Specialty Control as a methods and
planning man.
According to Bill, this was the high point in his career with General Electric,for he
was part of a top-notch team that layed out detailed plans for the move to Waynesboro
and carried out the plans in record time.
Appointed Supervisor of Methods and Planning in 1954, Bill was as signed to the newly
formed Manufacturing-Engineering group two years later and he is presently
responsible for Manufacturing-Engineering in the Aircraft and Military Operation.
Lately, when he isn't wading a stream somewhere for trout, Bill has been spending
his time fixing a recreation room in the basement of his home. He and his wife
Ginny live at 301 Shore Road.
NEWS
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VOL.
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NO. 173
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Strengthen our th anksg i ving as Thou dost strengthen us with this food.
SHIPPING AREA POPULAR
LUNCH SPOT, BUT ..
NOMINATIONS TOMORROW
FOR SPECIALTY KING & QUEEN
Amen.
i
.Ed Brennan points with pride t o
the Babe Ruth Leag u e City
Championship Trophy which his
GE Indians team won. League
Pr eside nt B e n Cooper made the
pr esentation.
VISITORS TO SPECIALTY
SI GN OF THE TIMES
Pr ovi ng that the space age is
really upon us, the 11 Missile and
O rdnance S ys tems Department"
has just changed its name to the
11
Missile and Space Vehic l es
Department."
SAFETY SCORE
1, 438 days
7,467,651 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCI DENT
TIME l o
RE"I' RE:
No one can deny that Charlie Diaz ha s been around. His working career has taken him from
b ustli n g Buenos Aires to a Puerto Rican school house -- from the broad midwest to the nooks
and crannies of the orient -- from short-order cooking to a caree r i n industry . I n fact ,
on the eve of his retirement Charlie can look back upon a career in General Electric that
was more varied than most.
Born in 1893 in Puerto Rico, Charlie was educated in Ar ge ntin a a nd then retu r n ed to Puerto
Rico where he taught in a rural, one -room school house for nearly ten yea rs. Next came
one of the high points in Charlie ' s life. He had come to the Sta tes and whil e in Chicago
had an opportunity to sign on the crew of millionaire Marshal Field ' s private yacht. Hong
Kong, Honolulu, Shanghai, Suez, Ode ssa , Naples, L e Ha vr..; , London -- for a year a n d a
half on that fabulous voyage, Charlie saw the main ports of ca ll all around the wor l d.
When Charlie returned to America he attended the Linco ln ( Nebraska } School of Engineer ing, working nights as a short -orde r cook . After graduating, he went with the Majestic
Radio Corp. (Charlie Lehman (Eng. Lab} worked ther e at the same time) and then on to
RCA.
He started with GE in 1937 at our Bridgeport plant on a special project coordinating military
orders. His boss in those days was W. R. G. Baker who late r became a Vice President in
General E lectric. Charlie became a foreman in 1939 at the Schenectady Transmi tter
Department and in 1943 be came Assistant General Foreman. Shortly after that he helped
with the transfer of some Bloomfield operations to Schenectady. It was in 1946 that Charlie
finally joined the old Control Department as a supervisor of planning and wage rate. Oth er
special assignments followed and when th e Specialty Contro l P lanning Study group was
organized in 1953 -- Charlie was on it. Since coming to Waynesboro in 1954, h e h as been
principally involved in wage rate and employ ment work.
During the four short years that h e has been on the Waynesboro community scene , Charlie
and his Spanis h accent have be come very well known; but Charlie will probably be best
remembered by the children of Department employees because to them he is Santa Claus.
And for the whole of their Santa Claus day s -- these youngsters will never be fooled by an
imitation St. Nick because the y know that the real Santa has a Spanish accent.
Charlie and his w ife Bern will stay on at their home on Lynd hurst Road, b ut Char l ie says
he won't spend his time ju st reminiscing. "I will always look ahead to where I am going
never forgettin g where I have been," he said . Plans for the f uture? H e mentioned one - he will play "Signor Santa Claus" again in December.
"I am the union" IUE President Carey is quoted as having said - - not once - - but
many times. His actions this past month seem to be aimed at proving that "he is
the IUE. 11
STRIKE OUT THE 2/3 RULE from the constitution, he sa id, and let
the Conference Board decide when to strike .
TAKE ANOTHER VOTE in those places where "no strike" was voted,
he suggested. Apparently the idea being to ke ep locals voting 'til
they finally voted to suit Carey .
IF HE STILL CAN'T GET HIS NATIONW IDE STRIKE, Carey reported ly has cooked up a plot with IUE Se creta ry-Treasurer Al Hartnett to
get some IUE locals to strike over some local is sue . Then he would
get IUE locals out on a sympathy strike. We don't know if this will
work - - but - -
Carey who was just "re - e le cted" President of the IUE with no one daring to stand
in opposition has a lot of personal power. Th e more than 25, 000 union members
who voted against striking GE may find that it is no idle boast when Carey thunders
"I am the union!"
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
As we re ce i ve our daily food, Dear God; help us to remember The e a s the gre at
Giver of all good things. Amen
Vi/q,>11V
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PARTICIPATING GE APPL/ A
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 439 days
7,477,021 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
OPERATION UPTURN
KING AND QUEEN
Nominating Ballot
Name
Section
Name
Section
CAFETERIA EXIT.
Note: Every Department employee may cast a ballot, but only hourly
and non-exempt employees are eligible to be nominated.
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VOL. lV
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
NO. 175
October 1, 1958
For food, for friends, for loving care, we thank Thee, our Father.
COM.
~U
D DRIVE STARTS
Amen.
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(by Sub-Section Manager' s areas )
Ar ea of
Solicitor
H ,. S. Sec hrist
- Don Garber
B.
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Co oper
R. D ev oy
W . Walker
L . Holmes
M . Hausler
W . Erikso n
S. P a rker
MARKETING
FIN ANCE
E&CR
- W . R . P e rry
A & DI SALES
MANUFACTURING
Solicitor
S upervisor
-Janet Alford
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C. A . Ford
- Patsy Massie
J. W. Beatty
-Barbara Myers
F. E . R e asoner
-Inez 0 1 Baugh
C . A. Qui c k
-Nel Sharpe
H . W . Lonas
R , L. Broughman)
-Ruth Madison
C. Hyde
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F , D. Gels lelc hter - Wanda Morris
J. B r unetto
-Stella Sor re Us
H. E. Qui ck
-Phyllis Armentrout
W . O. B are
-Fay Cook
W. Humphreys
- Gracie Layne
L. T. Cholewa
- Edith Gilbert
H. M . Crummett
-Mary Bridge
W.
Wolanin
- Paul Wright
A . E, Groat
R. P . VanLear
R . C. Failing
C. L. Hughes
W. H. Showalte r)
- Shirley .Beard
G . M. Bradt
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J. W. Rannie }
-Mabe l Claytor
L. Simonetta )
C. W. Gerni
- Art Dorman
L . B arringe r
-Geraldine Day
-Sandra Davis
F . B . Curto
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'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
October 2, 1958
For the beautifu l world about us, for trees, for fields, for flowers, and for
this food we praise Thee and give Thee thanks. Amen.
NEW PATENTS TYPIFY
SPECIALTY'S CONTRIBU TION TO
CONTROL FIELD
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Those employees who have not yet 17 at the High School auditorium.
registered to vote must do so on
or b efor~ Octo.ber 4. In Waynes j boro ~egistration may be made at
the City Se rgeant's office across
from the Post Office on Wayne
Ave.
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' Voting is a rare privilege that ap- Southern Restaurant.
pears to get rarer in this old
every year. Protect that
II world
right by using it!
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 441 days
7, 495, 761 hours
WI T HOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
way
Charles Diaz
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
O ctobe r 3, 1958
Ble s s th e Lord, U my s oul, a nd all that is within m e ; bles s His holy na me.
Amen.
COMMUNITY FUND WORKERS
SWING INTO ACTION TODAY
NO GAME TODAY
FOR HOW LONG?
O ctob er 2 ha s c ome and gone and
it appe a rs that IUE President
James Carey ' s boastful thr e at that
there would b e no wo r k in GE on
O c t ober 2 unles s hi s de mands were
met, apparently has fizzled.
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Special Employe e Price
$3 79. q5
231. 25
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yo I.
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
IV, NQ
J78
October 6, 1958
Thou hast made us and loved u s and given us every provision for our needs
and we thank Thee for these gifts . Amen.
BRITTEN RECEIVES TOP AW ARD
FOR " MAGNETIC AMPLIFIER"
PAPER
SAFE TY SCORE
l,445days
7. 5 14 , 501 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
HER
MAJESTY
MISS
RED FEATHER
BONNIE KAY GILBERT TO REIGN QUEEN FOR '58 - ' 59
Bonnie Kay Gilbert, daughter of Edith Gilbert (E lectronics)
was crowned 1958 - 1959's Miss Red Feather last Friday
night in impressive half-time ceremonies staged at the
Waynesboro - Woodrow Wilson football game.
Apparently a popular choice, the fans at the game stamped an
enthusiastic app roval on the selection of blonde, blue eyed
Bonnie Kay as this year's Red Feather Queen. A senior at
Waynes boro Hi gh School, Miss Red Feather has demonstrated
that she has brains as well as beauty. Active in several
school clubs she i s Virginia State President of Future Business
L eaders of America, a n ational organi zation of high s chool
business course students.
For the future, Bonnie Kay plans one year of business school
training and then wants to be a secre tary .
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'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
O ctober 7, 1958
Open our eye s , 0 God, to see T hy powe r a b out us; our ears to h ear b eauti ful
sounds abo u t us ; our hearts to know iove, !nine and ati'Ie;:- ' s . A .Tie .7 .
G . E., GEN' L DYNAMICS
TOP DE SIRABI L ITY POLL
GE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MAY VISIT TOMORROW
e l ectroni c s field .
G. E . and Gene ra l Dyn ami c s rank ed first and s econd i n that order ,
in answe r to b oth q ue ri e s. O t h er
fi r ms listed i n t he su rvey i nclude d
Minneapol is-H o n ey w e ll, Spe r r y Rand Corp . , RCA , We s tinghouse
and S y l vania.
l6 b
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was selected as an
to ou r He nd e rsonville , North
Caro l i na, plant.
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I Specialty
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l, 4 :!-6 days
7 , 5 23 , 890 ho u rs
WITHOUT A LOST TI ME
A C C IDE N T
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'S NEWS
October 8,
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Father we thank Thee for this food , bless it to our bodies good.
TV PHYSICS COURSE
BET'NG OFFERED
SAFETY SCORE
1. 447 days
7, 533, 279 hours
I THOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
ltt~i:s
Amen.
WE'RE
ROLLING I
C .:r ngr a tulations to th e following areas which have contri but ed 100% to the United Community Fund campaign here at Specialty Control. Solicitors report that mor e ''100
per ce nt' ' areas will report in today!
Get on the bandwagon -- GIVE ONCE AND FOR ALL!
Area
Foreman
Solicitor
Sheet Metal
Art Groat
Stockroom
w.
F'ay Cook
Incoming Inspection
J. Davis
Helen Crawford
Hermetic Relays
J. Brunetto
Stella Sorrels
Tool Room
R. Failing
C. E. Frazier
Cost Accounting
R. J. Depa
Anne Coffey
Engineering Lab
w. w.
Ann Shifflett
L. T. Cholewa
GIVING IS EASIER
Humphreys
Walker
Gracie Layne
JPEC/Jf BULLERN
THE G. E. BOARD OF DI RECTOHS WILL NOT VISIT SPECIALTY CONTROL
TODAY, IT HAS JUST BEEN LEARNED.
OUR DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN SELECTED AS AN ALTERNATE STOF IN CASE
BAD FLYING W1"....ATHER PREVENTED THEM FROM VISITING OUR OUTDOOR LIDHTING
PI..ANT IN HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA .
INASMUCH AS THE
W~THER
IN
THE HENDERSONVILLE AREA WAS EXCELLENT THIS MORNOO, THE ROARD MEMEEP.S
CONTINUED ON TO HilJDERSmNILLE AS PLANNED.
PJC
10-8-58
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
October 9, 1958
For flowers and birds and growing things, for food and health and all that's
good, 0 God we render our thanks to Thee, Amen.
MORE EMPLOYEES CHOOSE
PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS TO
MAKE UNITED FUND
CONTRIBUTIONS
Mor e and more Specialty Control employees are signing up
for the p.:i.yroll deduction plan
when they make thei r United
Community Fund pledges. Of the
978 e mp loyees in the Department, a total of 503 emp lovees
to date are giving their 1958-59
Fund contribution through the
easy payroll deduction method.
~t:veral
CONDOLENCES
The Department joins with her
fellow workers hi extending
sincere expressions of sympathy
to Barba:ra Myers (Aircraft) on
the death of her brother in an
accident earlier this week.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 448 days
7, 542, 668 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
Area
Supervisor
Solicitor
Sheet Metal
Art Groat
Paul Wright
Stockroom
W. Humphre ys
Fay Cook
Incoming Inspection
J. Davis
Helen Crawford
Hermetic Relays
J. Brunetto
Stella Sorrels
Tool Room
R. Failing
C . E . Frazier
Cost Accounting
R. J. Depa
Anne Coffey
Engineering Lab
W. W. Walker
Ann Shifflett
L. T. C(holewa
Gracie Layne
H. W. Tulloch
W . R . Perry
S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
0 God, may the physical strength from this food make it possible to serve
Thee and our fellow man better. Amen.
$954, 000 IN LOCKHEED
ELECTRA ORDERS RECEIVED
Orders amounting to $954, 000
have been received by Specialty
Control for protective panels,
regulators, and exciters on the
Lockheed Electra, it was revealed today by Jim Neet, Manager
of Aircraft and Military Sales.
This latest group of orders is
deliverable by the end of 1959, he
said, and brings the total orders
for this program to more than
,..-qne and a half million dollars .
IUE MEMBERS
TAKE LESS
AND
HAVE TO PAY BESIDES
Not content that they have blocked their membership from enjoying the
new Savings and Security Plan. the IUE is now trying to find some legal
loophole to take the benefit away from non-IUE members in General Electric.
The Savings and S ecurity Program. through which the Compa ny gives an
employee 50 cents on every dollar he saves in the plan, is beginning to look
good to an increasing number of the IUE rank and file who have been denied
the plan by IUE political bosses. These same IUE bosses are finding it
difficult to explain away th e fact that members of their union are now being
denied t w o important company benefi t plans -- the Savings and Security
Program and the Emerg enc y Loan Plan.
Specialty Control employees. who wisely turned a deaf ear to the IUE professional organizers at our plant, get both benefits while IUE dominated GE
employees are forced by their leade rs to "take less" and pay union dues for
it besides I
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
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CONDOLENCES
All of us in Spec i a lty Control e xte nd o llr s incere exprc:ssions of
sympathy to Bob Pollit (MTP
s tude nt) on the d eath 01 h is father
l as t week .
CHOOSE
THE D.EPJ>s
KING
AND
TODAY!
Make your sele c tion for the King and Que en on the ballots below: Deposit eac h one
separate ly in the b a l'lot boxes provi ded n ear the Cafeteria exit.
MY VOTE FOR THE OPERATION UPTURN QUEEN IS: (Check one only)
SHIRLEY WAGNER
SANDRA DAVIS
PAM PATTIE
SHELVA JEANROGERS
PATSY ODOM
D
D
BUD FERR~LL
KEN HUMPHREYS
HILLBILLY BRYANT
ED RANKIN
BRENLEY GYORKO
'S
NEWS
VO L. I V, NO, 184
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Octghe r
J4
1958
We t hank Thee , Lord, for life and all its provisions ; and bless this food of
which we are about t o partake . Amen.
NEW AlR FORCE RPR.8 SENTATIV C I TES
I MPOR T ANCE OF QUALI T Y
Area
Super v isor
Solicito r
Sheet M e tal
Art Groa t
Stockroom
W. Humphr eys
Fay Cook
:::ncoming In s pection
J. Davis
Helen C r awfo r d
Hermeti c Relays
J. Brune tto
Stella Sor re ls
Tool Room
F. F a iling
C. E . F r a zie r
Cost A cc ounting
R. J. Depa
Anne Coffey
E ngineering Lab
W. W. Walker
Ann S hifflett
L. T. Chol ewa
G r ac i e L ayne
H.
w.
P l ating
c.
Hyde
Machi ne Room
R. Br o ughman
Ruth Madison
Purchasing
c. w.
Ar t Dorman
Shipping
J. Ar c hambe ault
Dave K e rn
Jeep Area
c.
Procedures
J. R. McE c k ron
Evelyn I rvin
Manufacturing-E n g i neering
R . H. Schmitt
D . F . M c K echnie
Tulloch
Gerni
Q ui ck
W . R. P erry
Ruth Madison
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
O ctobe r 15, 19 58
Come , Lord J e sus , b e our g u est; let Thy gifts t o u s b e ble s sed.
Amen,
OUT OF CONTROL
YOU'D BE
zy
TO MISS
CON-FA-VAR
CONCERT
ti FASHIONS
THERE ARE
VARIETY
90
- - the
-- spa rkling s pe c ialt y acts that a r e sure to please - a nd a chorus line too!
~p.m.
S NEWS
WAYNUIOIO, VIRGINIA
For life, and health, and daily food, we thank Thee, giver of all food.
THE CLASS OF
1 62
Amen.
BOWLING
LEAGUE
BEING
FORMED
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Supervisor
General Accounting
W. A. Copley
Cost Accounting
Procedures
Employee & Comm. Relations
Engineering Lab
She e t Metal
Ma c hine Room
Jeep Area
Purchasing
Shipping
A & M Production
R. J. Depa
J. R. McEckron
H. W. Tulloch
W. W. Walker
A. E. Gro a t
R. Brou gh m .
C. Qui ck
C. W. Ge r ni
J. Archambeault
L. Simonetta and
J. W. Rannie
C. Hughes and G. Bradt
W. Hum phreys
'D. M. H ouse
W. E. Fitzgerald
J. Davis
J. Brunetto
F. E. Gelsleichter
R. H. Schmitt
L. T. Cholewa
C. Hyde
Elec. 'Production
Stockroom
Coil & Transformers ( day shift}
Electronic Test
Incoming Inspection
Hermetic Relays
G300 Relays
Manufacturing-'Engineering
Mech. Reg. and Wire Harness
Plating
Solicitor
Anne Coffey and
Virginia Miller
Anne Coffey
Evelyn Irvin
W. R. Perry
Ann Shifflett
Paul Wright
Ruth Madison
Ine z 0 1 Baugh
Art Dorman
Davie Kern
Mabel Claytor
Shirley Beard
Fay Cook
Kay Bosserman
William Hammer
Helen Crawford
Stella Sorrels
Wanda Morris
D. F. McKechnie
Gracie Layne
Ruth Madison
SHOULD I GIVE
TO SPECIALT.Y CONTROL'S
COMMUNITY FUND DRIVE ?
Waynesboro's U.C.F.
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Give us stre n g th from th e food which Thou hast provided, a n d make us thank ful for all Thy mer c ies. Amen.
COM UNITY FUND DRIVE
FALLING SHORT OF GOAL
Still a bit short of its $ 13, 0000
goal and 100% participation, the
Specialty Control plant-wide
Community Fund drive reached
the $11, 725 mark this morning.
Over 91% of the Department's
emp loyees have made pledges
o r contrib utions , but some areas
have been lagging .
ODOM,
Patsy Odom
Supervisor
Solicitor
General Accounting
W. A. Copley
Cost Accounting
Proce dures
Employee & Comm. Relation s
Engineering Lab
Sheet Metal
Machine Room
Jeep Area
Purchasing
Shipping
A & M Production
R. J. Depa
J. R. McEckron
H. W. Tulloch
W.W. Walker
A . E. Groat
R. Broughman
C. Quick
C. W. Ge_rni
J. Archambeault
L. Simonetta and
J. W. Rannie
C. Hughes and G. Bradt
W. Humphreys
D. M. House
W. E. Fitzgerald
J. Davis
J. Brunetto
F. E. Gelsleichter
R. H. Schmitt
L. T. Cholewa
C. Hyde
B. W, Erikson
Audrey Miller
Elec. Production
Stockroom
Coil & Transformers (day shift)
Electronic Te st
Incoming Inspection
Hermeti c Relays
G300 Relays
Manufacturing-Engineering
Mech. Reg. and Wire Harness
Plating
Standardization and Component
Design Engineering
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, V IRGINIA
Giver of every good and perfect gift , favor us with T hy blessing, we pray, as we
pa r take of these bounties . A m en.
PLANT COMMUNITY FUND
DRlVE NEARS GOA L
BUREAU OF AERdNAUTICS,
G. E. REPS HERE FOR COURSE
Supervisor
Solicitor
General Accounting
W. A. Copley
Cost Accounting
Proc edure s
Employe e & Comm. Relations
Engine ering Lab
She e t M e t a l
Machine Room
Je e p Area
Pur c hasing
Shipping
A & M Production
R. J. Depa
J. R. McEckron
H. W. Tulloch
Walker
A. E. Groat
R. Broughman
c. Quick
c.
Gerni
J . Archambeault
L . Simonetta and
J. W. Rannie
C. Hughes and G. Bradt
W. Humphreys
D. M. House
J. Hoylman & P, Moran
J. Davis
J. Brunetto
F. E. Gelsleichter
R. H. Schmitt
L. T. Cholewa
C. Hyde
w. w.
w.
B.
H.
H.
W.
W. Erikson
Crummett
W , Lonas
W. Wolanin
Shirley Beard
Fay Cook
Kay Bosserman
William Hammer
Helen Crawford
Stella Sorrels
Wanda Morris
D. F. McKechnie
Gracie Layne
Ruth Madison
Audrey Miller
Edith Gilbert
Nelle Sharpe
Mary Wright
L. T. RADER
'S NEWS
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PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SECTION AS A SERVICE TO SPECIAL TY CONTROl EMPLOYEES
S,OUS, NATIONAL ANO WORLD NEWS -
VOL. ___:_
IV, NO. 189
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Tr ans f er this food into stre ngth, 0 Lord, and this strength into noble service,
which we ask in Thy name . Amen.
ENGINEERS TO HEAR
WESTINGHOUSE RESEARClilST
Th e Blue Ridge Sub-Section of the
A. I.E. E. will meet Wednesday,
October 22, at 8 PM at the Westwood Restaurant. "Therrno Elec tri c: Applications" will be the
topi c of a talk by Dr. E. V.
Som e rs of Westinghouse Research
Laboratories, Pittsburgh, Pa,
Non-members are welcome to
attend the meeting.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 460 days
7, 618, 058 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
bn~inr~~
lncrca;;;ecl output. rr1lucecl direct aml inclinct labor roi'ts. improved quality . reduced
scrnp losses. fei<s tooling time 11nd co!'l. nnd
elimin11tion of lot varintions- these nre
typical of h;nefit~ now h<'ing rcafo:ccl by
u;;;er of numerically controlled m11chines.
Pl'oron1
control~ an~
GENERAL. ELECTRIC
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 461 days
7, 627, 485 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
Be unto us
OPERATION UPTURN
ST AR TS RIGHT IN YOUR OWN
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GENERAL
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'S NEWS
0 God, our Father, who giveth food for the body and truth for the soul, so
n ourish us as to be wise and strong to do Thy wi ll. A me n.
WHEN IS A YEN
LESS THAN A YEN?
Give a man more wages - - he can
buy more.
This is one of the most common
of all the economic misconcep tions.
For example, ,during one disastrous inflation in China, work ers needed a wheelbarrow to
take home their week ly wages.
" the re was a time when just
Ci pocketful of yen was a lot of
m o ney -- not to mention a wheelbarrow full. When the Chinese
worker pushed his wheelba rrow
full of yen he could see and fe el
that he had a lot of money. He
thought all that money should enable him to buy more.
But the fa~t was that inflation had
sent c osts spiraling, too, and it
t ook near l y his whole wheel.b arrow of yen to buy a singl e
l oaf of bread . Hi s r e al wage s
hadn't improve d at ~th e y just
looked as though the y had. More
y e n (or dollars for that matter )
do not in the mselves mean one
can buy mor e.
So the ne x t time you hear politicians or irresponsible union
leade rs s hout "more and mor e
money for less and less work"
r-\ember, even i f you get paid
l . ,he whee l barrowful -- i t's not
h ow muc h yen the Chinese got - b u t what the ir money would buy
that counted .
SAFETY SCORE
1, 462 days
7, 636, 912 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
BLESSED
EVENTS
Hey You
Hallo ween Cats
Get Your Spookllllliiil~I
D~nc e Tickets
/"
The SCOGEE Spook Dance will b e
held tomorrow night at the
Waynesboro Moose Lodge h all o n
Bayard Street and as usual i t
looks like it will be a lively shindig . The Mefodiers (featuring
o u r own Charlie Minter ) will b e
pounding out the b eat for a ll y ou
Spooks and Spookesses a nd an
a ppropriate atmosph ere will b e
set by the decorations commi ttee.
It' s Hallowi::en time -- a festive
time for kids and adults a like - so get your tickets today and
come to the SCOGEE Spook Dance
tomorrow night.
SINCERE APPRECIATION
SAFETY
...,
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Lord, Thou dost not need our thanks, but we have constant need to remind
ourselves of our obligations to Thee. Make us truly grateful. Amen.
SPECIALTY CONTROLLERS
GIVE $12, 401 TO UNITED FUND
DRIVE
Specialty Controllers piled up
their best Community Fund
record to date in per-capita giving as the Department's UCF
drive came to an end this w,eek.
Our employee contribution
average fo r the 1958-59 drive
was $12. 46 against an employee
average last year of $12. 33 .
Percent of participation was
down slightly this year; 94. 5%
against 95. 5% las.t year.
A drop in the number of our
employees since last year's
campaign cut into our tot.al
dollar contribution this year .
Total cont ributed by Specialty
Control employees (including the
Department contribution) was
$12, 40 1; about $600 under last
year' s figure.
Every employee who participated
in the UCF drive either as a .
contributor or a solicitor has
earned a pat on the back and the
gratitude of our community.
U.NITED
COMMUNITY
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Area
Engineering Administration
General Accounting
Superv1Uor"
J. R. Devoy
W. A. Copley
Cost Ac c ollnting
Procedures
Employee & Comm. Relations
Engineering Lab
Sheet Metal
Ma~hin.e Room
Jeep Area
Purchasing
Shipping
A & M Production
R. J. Depa
J. R. McEckron
H. W. ~ulloch
W. W. Walker
A. E. Groat
R. Br~ughman
C. Quid! .
C . W. Gerni
J. Archai:hbeault
L. Simoftetta and
J. W. Rannie
c. Hughe1s and G. Bradt
Eiec. Production
St6clfroom
Coil & Transformers (day shift)
Eiectronic Test
Incoming Inspection
Hermetic Relays
G300 Relays
Manufacturing-Engineering
Mech. Reg. and Wire Harness
Plating
Standardization and Component
Design Enginee ring
Electronic Small Panels
A&M Service A$sembly
Program Control-Final Asay.
Program Control Engineering
GOOD
JOB
w.
Hump~reys
D. M. H 8use
J. Hoylrnan & P. Moran
J. Davis
J. Brunetto
F. E. Gelsleichter
R. H. Schmitt
L. T. Cholewa
C. Hyde
I
B. W. Erikson
H. Crummett
H. W. Lonas
W W. W o la ni n
L. L. Holmes
THANKS!
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Solicitor
bukie Gum . " :, :
Anne 'Coffey . ~n~L
Virginia Miller ,\i
Anne Coffey , '
Evelyn Irvin ,
W. R, Perry
Ann Shifflett
Paul Wright
Ruth Madison
Inez 0 1 Baugh
Art Dorman
\
. Davie Kern .
'
Mabel
ciaytor_
'i
Shirley Beard
Fay Cook
;
Kay Boeser.m an' '~
William Hammer ~
Helen Crawford
Stella Sorrels :.
Wanda Morris
,,
D. F. McKechnie
Gracie Layne
Ruth Madison
~ I i,
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Audrey Miller
Edith Gilbert
Nelle Sharpe
Mary Wright
Shirley Wagner
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Our F'a tht>. r, we thank Th ee t ci r this food , and for all oth er express i ons of
Thy goodness to us. Guide us and protect us , in Jesu s ' name. Amen
NO RISE INDICATED IN
.....$ . COST-OF-LlVING REPORT
There wi ll be no c ost-of-li ving
adjustments fo.r hour l y rated or
non -exempt employees based on
the latest quarterly Index report
issued by the :; overnme nt's Bureau
of Labor Statistics , which shows
the Cost-of-Living Index remain ing at 123. 7, the same as for the
b eg inning of the quarter.
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APOLOGIES
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'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, V IRGINIA
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NO LINK BETWEEN
RETIREMENT AND LOSS OF
HEALTH
Two scienti s t s a.t Cornell Unive r s ity ha ve just completed a
six year study of l, 260 e lderly
people, both before and af ter
their retit-erncnt from active
life, to see if there is any basi s
in fact for the popular opinion
that one 1 s heal th begins to decline shortly after reaching the
retirement age. The study says
no. As a maltt!r of fact, some of
th e gro up ~ctua lly impro v ed in
health. The r e port concludes
with these words, "Overall, our
interpr e tation of the impact of
retirement is that, compared
with gainful employment, retire ment has no significant effect on
hea lth. 11
OPERATION UPTURN AT
THE TOP OF' THE TOWER
SAFETY SCORE -
--'9
1, 467 days
7, 665, 184 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
AC CI DE: NT
don't
be
taken for a
:Some political issues and promises are about as meaningless a nd as expensive and dange r ous ly thrilling as " a
ride in t he sky" years ago. All of us are sophisticated
enough to realize that "ri<lr in lhe sky" promises a re
made prim to Elect ion nay primarily for t he purpose of
rc('eiving votes fr om tho11ghtlcss citizens.
It isn't enough t hese days lo merely cast a ballot out
of a sense of duty. All of us must understand the candidates, the issues, and \\here they will leacl us.
GE NERALf~ ELECTRIC
'S NEWS
VO L , I V, N O . 19 5
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
O c tob e r 2 9 , 1958
H e lp us to reme mber , L ord, that we are alway s depe n d e nt upon Thee , and
help us a l w a y s to rece i ve T hy mercies with t hankfulness. A me n.
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I N T E LLIGENT V OTING IS
KE Y TO GOOD GOV ER N ME NT
Voting d a y i s only one w e e k away
a n d g o o d ci ti zens have a lready de c ided t o ge t out a nd cast th e ir
b allo t s . Bu t the s e days j u st get ing o u t to v ote i s n ot eno ugh .
W he t h e r y ou a re voti ng to fill a
nationa l political o ffic e or o n a p u re ly local is s ue like the Augus ta
Count y S choo l B o n d R efe rendum,
investi gate t he facts a nd le a r n a ll
you c an ab out t he i ssues . Then
y ou can make an intelli g ent c h o i c e
at t he po ll s .
G ood c i tize ns tr y to get o ut and
vot e . I nfo rme d c i ti z ens t r y to g e t
out a n d vote - - w i sely.
GIR L S 1 B ASKETBA L L P LANS
TO B E DISCUSSED
A m ee t i ng will be held i n t he c afe te r ia tom o rr ow a t 7: 30 PM to di s c us s g i r l s 1 b as k etball p lans for
this se ason. All girl s i n t e r es ted
a r e invited. If y ou canno t a t tend
but wish to play , contac t Char l o tte
Barn es (Ai r c r aft As sy.) or Joan
C rai g ( Ta b ulati ng ).
~t te nd.
SAFE T Y SC ORE
1, 4 68 d ays
7, 674, 6 02 h o ur s
W I THOUT A LOST T I ME
A CCIDEN T
Automati c Saucepan
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REGULAR
STORE HOURS
MONDAYS
and
THURSDAYS
1: 15 PM
11:15 AM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
$2. 00 ea.
Glow Lamps
$ . 25 ea.
Dacron Thread
$ 50 ea. spool
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
TOMORROW'S SC HE DU LE
Breakfast
6:45 AM
WE LCOME TO WAYNESBORO
Hotel Banquet Room
Fa c tory Tour
8:0 0 AM
Business Review
9:00 AM Plant Auditorium
Coffee Break
10: 35 AM Payroll Office
Lunch
1: 20 PM
Plant Cafeteria
iness Revi ew
2: 30 PM Plant Auditorium
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Louis T . Rader .
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was the last wartime encampment. of the Valley Army. On the heights I the two remaining plants in
west of the present city limits, General Early tried desperately to
America that manufactures velregroup the shattered remnants which had escaped from the disveteen. Basic -Witz, a fine
astrous defeat by Sheridan at Cedar Creek but Sheridan, following
furniture manufacturer, Dawba1
swiftly down the Valley, struck them and sent them reeling into the
Brothers who make woven plastic
town in flight toward the river, At Waynesboro, the Valley Army
fabrics, Berol Pen Co, (which
died and the town witnessed the end of an era, when General Lee
actually manufacturers pencils),
rode west through the city on his way to take over the presidency of
and the Klann Organ Company,
Washington University at Lexington.
are only a few of the major
industries located in Waynesboro.
One other, Virginia Metalcrafters
who make Williamsburg reproductions in cast metal, also build
a fine line of stoves which, even
in this era of Weathe rtrons, sell
very well in the rural north of the
/
U.S. and Canada. A total of
-THE OLD lSOMIN ION thirty industrie s have found the
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business climate of Waynesboro
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their combined payrolls have so
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Manassas (Bull Run to Yankees). Scene of Jackson's famous goal-line stand in 1861.
In 1862, with Longstreet hitting the line and Hill running the e nds, L e e finish e d off
John Pope as a Federal Army Commande r.
The Shenandoah Valley. Here Jackson developed the hidden ball and end-around
plays to confuse a succession of Federal Commanders.
The Frederic~sbur g-Cha nee llorsville -Wilderness -Spotsylvania Battlefield area.
Encounters featuring mo s tly sturdy line play. Jackson's long run from the single
wing at Chancellorsville finished Joe Hooker.
The Seven Day's Battle for Richmond. Lee c ame off the bench to replace Johnston
and quaterbacked a brilliant repulse of McClellan.
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ran outside with considerable success. Federals won the game in the closing minutes.
Appomatox. Proposed changes in rules denied.
from coaching.
An important industrial site .
Lee retired
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NEWS
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The N&W Railway and several other rai l r oads have for years b
plagued with the problem of overheated "journal boxes 11 on trai1
which were responsible for millions of dollars in train acciden1
losses. Th ey had two competitive devices that were designed t
tect these "hot boxes", but th ey were not always dependable am
quired lots of maintenance.
That 1 s when our Marketing organization came on the scene. L1
ing of the problem and convinced we had the know-how at Speci;
to solve it, Paul Kornek e (Marketing ) and Apparatus Sales Engi
William Jones visited N&:W at Roanoke.
CON-FA-VAR WAS A
MEMORABLE SALUTE TO
~,~OPERATION UPTURN HERE
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Operation Upturn and the Savings and Security Program. These two programs
briag extra values in our products and extra values la our pay
without exerting any unexpected pressure on costs and prices.
Better products for customers, greater security for employees, o.nd
untold benefit to the nation are resulting from
General Electric's pioneering efforts to slow
the inflationary rate of advance from a leap to a creep.
GENERAL. ELECTRIC
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
For our .health, and for our food, we are indeed grateful, 0 Lord.
with us in all that we do and say. In Jesus' name. Amen.
POLICIES, PRACTICES,
SUBJECT OF FINANCE
MEETING TODAY
OUT OF CONTROL
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 470 days
7, 693, 438 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
"I could hardly believe my ears when it fumed out
everything I'd been saying about her. was trvef"
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in industry.
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
November 3. 1958
Dear Fathe r, accept the gratitude of our hearts for this food now before us,
and for all other blessings with which our Jives are d a ily bl esRe rl . In
Jesus 1 name. Amen .
BUSINESS REVIEW IS
PRONOUNCED A SUCCESS
Specialty Control cam e in for
some high praise from Division
General Manager Harold A.
Strickland at the close of the
Industrial Electronics Business
Re view. "Not only did Specialty
Control make exc ellent business
pr esentations at the m e eting,ri he
said, " but the men in char ge of
various arran geme nts for the
,..-..!ting did an outstanding job. 11
Ple ased with t~e smooth way the
meeting we n t off, Dr. Rader expressed hi~ appreciation to all
those who had a part in making
the Business Review Meeting a
success. "I was partic ularly
proud of the good appearance of
our plant. I want to express my
appreciation, too, t o those employees who were inco nvenienced
by the chan ge in the luncheon
schedule, 11 he said.
NEW GENERAL MANAGER AT
HENDERSONVILLE PLANT
J. Stanford Smith, former
Manager of Pub lic and Employee
Relations in New York city became General Manager of the
Outdoor Lighting Department in
Hendersonville, N. C. , on
,,-.rember l,
SAFETY SCORE
1 ,4 7 3 days
7, 702 , 856 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
A CCIDENT
POLITICA.L
ISSUES
With the approach of Election Day, two issues have continued to gain in
political prominence, and serve to. illustrate the importance of the businessman's stake and his interest in, the political facts of life.
The first of these is the Right-to-Work issue which has taken the spotlight
in the contest for governor in heavily-unionized California. Senator Knowland,
th~ Republican candidate, has tied his campaign very closely to the need for
labor reform. It is therefore very possible that the vote on the Right-toW ork referendum may determine the outcome of the race for governor, with
much of the voting _base4 pn issues rather than on the candidates. State Attorney
General Edmund "Pat" B:~9wn is the Democratic candidate. He is considered
to have an excellent chance to .win the gubernatorial election because the
Right-to-Work issue h~s ~plit the Republican ranks. Republican Governor
Goodwin Knight, who as a candida_te for the Senate, is Kno.wland's running mate,
has spoken out against .the Right-to-Work proposal.
At the height of this hot political struggle, General Electric announced two
weeks ago that _it will en~er the California .political arena in support of Right-toW ork~ GE will not support any candi"date, but will take direct issue with
organized labor's position and urge votel"S to vote for the referendum.
Five other states have Right-to-Work laws on their ballots for the November
election. These are Washington, Kansas, Ohio, Colorado, and Idaho.
The second big issue is the "labor bosses" issue. The Mc'Clellan hearings
have uncovered all kinds of union scandal. The large mass of evidence of
corruption is so incontrovertible that most unions don't. even bother t'o refute
it, but instead, try to show it doesn't apply to them. The wide ~spread
publicity on the hearings -- most of it based on facts --.has done much to
damage public opinion of the whole labor movement.
In this atmosphere, the "labor bos.ses" are treated as the real opponents in
many campaigns, even though their names don't appear on the ballot.
But Board Chairman Cordiner in his talk to the Business Advisory Council at
Hot Springs, Virginia, on October 17, warned that most of the real danger is
not from.racketeers nnder attack by the McClellan Committee. He emphasized,
"It is principally in the hands of other union officals who nevertheless put
forth ideologies and proposals which result in inflation, concentration of power
in central government, damage to progress, and withering of freedom."
Mr. Cordiner urged that businessm~n take more vigorous political action to
help overcome the political power being accumulated by national union
officials.
November 3, 1958
'S NEWS
November 4, 1958
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Bless this food to the nourishme nt of our bodies and our bodies in Thy service;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Am e n.
48 MILLION AMERI CANS
WILL VO T E TODAY
Today is election day in thousands
of cities and towns across th e
U, S. A. In a ll, there are 7 6 , 565 ,
504 r egiste r e d voter s in th e
count r y a nd e x p e rts pr e dict that
4 8, 1 3 1, 22 6 of them will go to the
polls tod ay. If the e xpe rts ar e
ri g ht, it s hou ld make thi s a
r ecord o ff -yea r elec tion.
Proba b l y mo s t important in this
w ill be th e election of a
ator and a U . S. R e pr ese ntative . In addition, citi z ens in the
county will vote on th e Bond I ssue
Refe r e nd um for scho o l c ons tru c tion.
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 474 day s
7 , 712, 274 hour s
,,_WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDE NT
Jus t be c ause a woman forgi ve s
you doesn't mean she i s n't going
to tell you a bout it fo r the r es t o f
your life ,
OUT OF CONTROL
Wilton Hamrick (Eng.) wishes to
tha nk fello w workers for their
th o u ghtful v isits, c ards, flowers
and gifts while he was in the
h ospita l.
TWO NAMES THE SAME
Congratulations to Charlie Young
(Drafting ) who just received
official w ord of the satisfactory
completion of his Master of Arts
Deg re e iti Educ ation,
CHORALIERS PRACTICE
SESSION TONIGHT
The Choraliers will meet toni ght
at 7: .3 0 in the pl~nt auditorium
for their first practice session
s i nc e the y presente d the highly
succe s sful CON - FA - VAR show.
New members a r e always welc ome in the Choralie rs . Contac t
Preside nt Lowell B a shlor ( E x t .
405 ) or any other member if you
are interested,
T h i eves who looted Andr ew Sad e llic o1s f arm in Ansonia, Conn.,
walke d a way with everything inc luding_ the barn door.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
November 5, 1958
Dear heavenly Father, at every t a ble where food is spread Thou art host.
Pr e pare our he a rts, through love a nd service, for these blessings from Thy
hands. Amen. t/
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BIG TURNOUT
AT POLLS HERE
Waynesboro had a heavy turnout
at the polls yesterday. Here is
yesterday's voting tabulation.
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Work Wanted
For Senator
Byrd 1,273
Wensel 956
Robb.. 61
For Repr~sentative
Harrison., , l, 597
Oder 688
County Amendment #115
For ... 1,667
Against
567
In Augusta County the Bond Issue
for school construction was solidl y endorsed by a vote of 2,255 to
l, 965.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 475 days
7, 721, 692 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
~ame t h ings !hat thoughtful pet1plr in n co111mu nity wan t for the mselves:
Hones t nnd efficient l{Overnment, ~ 11pp ., rtecl
by n ~ trong major ity of aler t and well -infor111 ed ,oter5 who have the balanced bes t int ~ r Psts
of the community a t hear t.
Fair tax<' fo r both business and individunls, without res t rictive reg ulnlinn s and di s('rirninalory finnn ciul burde ns.
('nnscientious law enforcl'm<'nl whi<'h protects t he rig hts o f' a ll citizens, corpora te and
priva te.
F.qu itabl<' pay and benefit s which reward
<'rnp loyees fo r a pp lyin g the ir full cffol't nncl
s k ill lo !he job.
Qua li firt! peo11le lo fill c mploy 111<'11l n<'Nls ,
with educational facilities to prepare people
fnr a wide rnnge o f job oppnrtu niti<'s .
Arll'q11a k ('ornmunity farilitil's i1uch ns
s tores, banks , utili ties, trans porlation, hospitals, health facilities, co mrnercinl ser \'iCeH.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
No ve mbe r 6, 1958
De ar L o rd, we thank Thee for food fo r our bodie s and for Thy love, which
is t h e food for our soul s . In J es u s ' na m e . Ame n.
DE C I SION T O COME T O
WAYNESBORO A NN OU NCED
BY SPECIALTY 5 YEARS
AGO T ODA Y
1, 476 days
7, 7 31, 110 hou rs
WITHOUT A LOS T TI M E
ACCIDENT
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THIS IS WHAT THE HEADLINES LOOKED LIKE in the Waynesboro News-Vir ginian five years a go
today. The site of our plant was the lo ca l airport in those days and it mus t have been hard for loc al
folks to visualize the bustling business activity of a big electrical plant in place of the runway and
hanger buildings of the airport.
We have grown beyond the estimates of that day with our employment today standing at nearly double
that which was estimated five years a g o. We have grown in scope with several new complete product
lines developed here since we moved to Waynesboro. And we have grown in the skills of doing our jobs.:
Yes. big changes have occurred in only five years since we announced our intention to come to Waynesboro, but big ger and better changes still will take place in the next five years as we work together to
make Specialty Control better than ever before.
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NEWS
November 7, 1958
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for the blessings of this day, and as we
partake of this food, help us to}>e mindful of the needs of others, through Jesus
Christ,our Lord. Amen.
WILLIAMS
A second Patent
Attorney, James
J. Williams,
joined Specialty
Control this
week to help
with the Department's legal
chores.
Grldl- Gloua1'7
A HIU DICTIONARY of worda popular u IDOl'ale-builden lo the
football kam on the ahort end of a loptidcd ocon::
..-..,bowed: Clooc, but you loot.
appy: Made a touchdown on the opp~ment'1 fourth kam.
..AJtmanncd: Almost ocorcd In a lop-aided whitewashing.
Game: Took the ball up to midfield-once.
Fearless: Racked up a lint down.
Daring: Recovered a fumble.
Valiant: Kept eleven men out then: all the time.
Gallant: Fielded 1 <cam when you knew belier.
Plucky: 99 to O. ..
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THE YOUNGER generation is
pretty wild. It probably won't
turn out much better than the
older one.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 477 days
7, 740, 528 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Noveml;r
10, 1958
Bless us, 0 Lord, and these Thy gifts, whic)i we are about to receive from Thy
bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen i/
ELECTRICIAN AEC~ES
FOURTH G~ FATALITY
The year'r fourth fatal work aoeident in General Electric occurred
a few weeks ago at t he Wire and
Cable Department in Bridgeport,
Conn. The victim was an electriciar.
with a total of 12 years exper,
ience..
While he was disconnecting the
power on a Ban rury mixer an
elec+.ric nash-over enveloped the
victim in flame~. He was alone
~ ran JO feet to a staircase and
.1 a night of stairs
before
o ~ner personnel sa'W him and beat
out the names.
Investigation revealed that a~
mong other causes of this fatal
.accident, the victim had not fully
follow~d the safety procedures
outlined for the job he was doing,
One of the procedures probably
would have eliminated the accident; the other would have had
another worker alerted and nearby
to help in case an accident did
occur.
NEW GE F'ELLOW3HIP
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
l, 480days
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
1101 . I V, NO . 204
Dear heavenly Father, at every table where food is spread Thou art hos t. Prepare our hearts, through l ove and service, for t hes e bl essings f rom Thy hands .
WO:tTH THS
PRIC i<~ !
Si.!::'.:
rou THARl
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1,481 days
7, 759 , 392 hours
WI THOUT A LOST TI M3
ACCIDENT
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CHOR.ALIERS MiSET
J ust a reminder that t he
Choraliers me et t onight at 7:30
PM in the Auditorium.
THE OUTER SPACE LOOK . The type who wear safety glasse s up
on their foreheads. Perhaps they think it looks "air--Oorne" or has
the modern "outer space " look. But if it ' s "a new look" they are
looking for -- they may ge t i t permanently - - a patch over one eye
or even two !
THE MISERS . This t ype really value their safety glasses -- son . tim es even more than their eyes . At the end of the working day they
carefully tuck the ir safety g lasse s away in their lockers , desk
drawers , tool boxes or some safe spot on their work benches -- then
wi t hout their safety g lasse s on, they h ead for the nea r est way out of
the factory . They may los e an eye, but they'll never lose their
safety glasses !
THE SEALE D BEAM .. P eople who wear their glasse s this way knov.
what they are doing _ _ and will continue to do so . Like sealed beam
'.-ieadlights on a ca r, these glasses stay put - - give constant protertion.
A word to the wis e -- - Protect Your Eyes!
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for the blessings of this day, and ae we partake
of this food, help us to be mindful of the needs of others, through Jesus Christ, our
Lord, Amen. /
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ALADDIN'' MARIONETTE
SHOW COMING TO TOW~
SATURDAY
'ZIMMER MAKES
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DREAM SHOT"
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Jack Zimmer (Eng. ) will have a
conversation opener for the rest
of his days as a result of his
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hole-in-one" last Saturday at
Waynesboro Country Club. The
golfers 1 "dream shot" occurred
on# 3 hole when a 160 yard drive
r Jack rolled neatly into the
..tp.
ANOTHER HANDBOOK
STRAYED
Bob Missman (Eng.) is looking
for Apparatus Handbook #112 on
Specialty Transformers. If you
have it or have seen it lately,
please contact Bob on Ext, 465,
THANKS FROM THE EDITOR
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SENDING YOUNGSTERS TO COLLEGE?
BETTER START SAVING FOR IT NOW,
Sending the youngsters to college is a goal that many parents set for
themselves early in life. It's a worthwhile goal but one that parent-s
should begin planning for while the c hildren are still young.
Dick Schmitt, Manager of Manufacturing Engineering, has recently
done some research on 1959 comparative costs of some leading
engineering schools. We thought you might be interested in some of
his findings:
.:)chool and location
Calif. Tech. (Calif.)
Carnegie Tech. (Pa.)
M.I.T. (Mas s ,)
Wm. and Mary (Va.)
Duke Univ. (N. C.)
Univ, of Va. (Va.)
Lafayette (Pa. )
Georgia Tech. (Ga.)
V,P,I. (Va,)
Brown Univ. (R. I.)
School Co&ts
$2500
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2000
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2500
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1050
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1650
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1520
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2250
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1580
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1110
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2300
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Includes tuition,
books, ins., lab
fees, average
living expense.
Travelling expenses would be
additional and
depend on
location
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
November I! . 1958
Not o nly for th i s food , do we give Thee thanks, 0 God, but for work and its rewards,
for fr i ends, for hei\lth. Amen .
FIRE BOMB TOSSED
IN GEORGIA STRI KE
ATLANTA (AP) A truck driver
was tnrned into a flaming torch
and severely bur n ed by a homemade firn bomb toAsed i n to the
cab of his truck shortly after he
drove away from the strike
bound Atlantic S teel Co. on
Monday .
CHERCHE.1, LA FEMME I
That's French for "find the ga l"
and that ' s what we ' re trying to
do . Bill Perry has a turquoise
co lored portab l e rad i o back
from repairs but can' t re m ember who the gal is that brought
i t in. If it's yours please come
and cla i m it at the Employee
Store.
U, S, PRODUCTION UP
INDICATES RECESSI ON HALT
Total production of goods and
services in the U . S , is expected to hit a record $450 bi l lion
by year's end, Government
economists say. That exceeds
the p r evious high of $445. 5
billions , and is good evidence
that the recession may have run
its course .
SAFETY SCORE
1, 483 days
7 , 77 8 , 284 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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NEWS
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Ble ss us, 0 Lord, and these Thy gifts, which we are about to rece ive from Thy bounty,
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
HEARN SELECTED OCTOBER
"MAN OF THE MONTH" BY TMP
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Maybe he's not "one in a million" but Drew Hearn, Technical Marketing Program trainee
on assignment here, is at least
one in "four hundred". From
among some 400 young men on
the Apparatus Sales Division's
Technical Marketing Program,
Drew was selected as October's
"Program Man of the Month".
A part of TMP's Operation Upturn effort, selection of "Man
of the Month" was based on
general job performance and
specific accomplis hments during the .month for which the
selection was made. Work he
has done here in Marketing to
improve our proposition service
to the Districts on Program
Control, led to Dre w's se Lection
for last month's honors. TMP
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Men of the Month" we re
selected for Aug us t, September,
and Oc t ober only . From among
these three monthly winners
now a single contest winner will
be chosen. Specialty is betting
on Drew to come out on top.
SAFE TY SCORE
1, 487 days
7, 797, 176 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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SAFELY
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
For this country, for its freedoms, for our rights in this country, we are
gratefu l, 0 God. Make us grateful for this food also. Amen.
NO GLEE CLUB MEETING
HEARING BELLS?
DON'T CALL YOUR
PSYCHIATRIST
SAFETY SCORE
1, 488 days
7, 806, 690 hours
WITllOUT /\ LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
EXPRESS APPRECIATION
Claudine "Lunsford" (MicroMin.) and Dick Fields (Mag.
Winding) have asked us to express their appreciation for
the very nice wedding gifts that
they received from their fellow
workers. Dick and Claudine
were married November 8.
WELCOME TO SPECIALTY
Here from the DuPont Mechanical D e velopment Lab, Philadelphia, to discuss our
Numerical Positioning Controls
and see a demonstration of the
Burgmaster machine are
Messrs. LJ. Ollendori a nd P.
Vance.
GETTING INTO
THE
CHRISTMAS WHIRL?
.s,tMr~
S~.;
CHECK THESE VALUES AT THE EMPLOYEES' STORE
Portable Mixer (White, Pink, Yellow,
or turq.)
19.95
All Purpose Mixer-2 bowls (White,
Yellow, or turq.)
29.95
.Coffee Maker, Deluxe
29. 95
Coffee Maker-P~ek-A-Brew
19.9~
Portable Stean1 Iron
ll. 95
Automatic Budget Iron
9.95
Automatic Lightweight Iron
9.9S
Steam Iron
16.95
Spray Steam Iron
19.95
Probe 1'ype Control for CllOB, S20B, S40B 1.95
Automatic Skillet without lid
(alum. or turq.)
.Aluminum Lid for 0100
Ooppertone Lid for 0100
Automatic Square Sld.llet and Lid
Automatic Skillet without Lid
(alum. or turq.)
Aluminum Lid for 0120
King Size Square Skillet and Lid
12.95
2.50
3.00
14.80
22.25
22.25
lL.80
8.85
7.40
7.Lo
13.35
16.30
5.90
9.6o
1.85
2.25
18.95
13.95
18.95
13.95
20.95
15.50
3.00
2.25
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
For home, for family, for friends, we thank Thee, 0 God; help us to make
our place today a friendly place toward Thee and toward others. Amen.
VISITING SPECIALTY TODAY
Visiting Specia lty Control today
are R. G. Keller and R . D.
Christerson of the Advertising
and Sales Promotion office in
Winston-Salem.
SAFE TY SCORE
1, 489 d ays
7, 816, 204 hour s
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
ONE GROUP of people w ho
seem to h ave discovered the
se c ret of long life are rich
relatives.
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pYOU
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l{.ECORD.
'S NEWS
W AYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Ever y good and perfect gift comes from Thee, 0 God, and we thank Thee
for alt that Thou hast given. Ame n .
UNI ON ORDER ED TO STOP I ~GOOD CLOSE
PI CKE TING AT WINCHESTER
HARMONY
PLANT
Like good close harmony? Enjoy
the old songs? Th e "Bar The National Labor Relations
bershop
Chorus" and qua rte ttes
B oa r d has ordered the United
will
put
on
their second annual
Rubbe r Workers to cease at
parade
December
5. Be sure
o nce its picketing at the Winto
go
!
chester Plant of O'Sullivan
Rubber Corp. It also orde r ed
t h e union to cease the attempte d boyc ott of O'Sulli van
products.
,,........ The case began in 1956 whe n
U RW voted to strike O'Sullivan.
Aft er ne go ti~ tions broke down
the company hired r eplace ments and gradually resumed
fuU production. A rep re sentation ele ction was held in April
1957 and the ne w employees
voted out the union by 288 to 5.
L . S. Buckmaster, head of the
R ubber Workers, lo s t no time
i n attacking the B oard 1 s decision. B uckmaster sugg ested
t h e NLRB should be renamed
t h e "National Big Big Business
R e la tions Board. 11
TEACHERS TO VISIT
SPECIALTY TONIGHT
Specialty Con trol will be host
agai n to area teachers when
approximately 100 faculty mem bers from Wayne sboro schoo l s,
Woodrow Wilson Technical
S c hoo l and Wilson Memorial
High School attend T eachers'
Night here tonight at 7 : 30 PM .
'S NEWS
VOL. IV , NO. 2 12
W A YNESBORO, VIRGINIA
SAFETY SCORE
1, 491 day s
7 , 8 35 , 23 2 hours
WITHOUT A LOS T TIME
AC C I DENT
CHADDERDON AP P OINTED
SUPV, PLANNING-METHODS
A c cording to a Depa rtm e nt in struc ti on j u st r el eas ed, John
F . Chadde rrlon has b e en o fficiall y appoi n t e d to the p<;>siti on of
Supe rvisor-P l anning a nd M e thod s
- the Ai r c raf t a n d M ilita ry
...... p e rations Sub - S e c tion, r epo r ting to the Manage r - Air cra ft a nd
Mili tary Operation s .
Johnny ha s b e en handling t he
duties of hi s n ew p o s ition s ince
he returne d to Sp e cialty Cont rol
the end of S e ptemb e r af t e r be i ng
o n assignments at va rio us pla nts
around the Company a s p a rt of
the Ma nufac turing Training Program .
Prior t o joining the "MTP" prog ram, J o h n was a foreman in
Ai r craft and Milita r y , and i n the
Re l ay ar e a.
T W E N T Y - SI X WIN
S UGGESTION A WARDS
Out little fi re fi ghting j e ep jumpe d the inter na tional border news wise r ecent ly whe n it wa s
writ te n ltp in F I.RE F I_GHTING
Magaz ine , a C anadia n publica tion d i stribu t e d to more thatlt
3000 Ca n a dian fi:-e c hie f s and
offi ci a l s .
J._::~~
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" If I cnn hold off for f ivr. m n rr.
n1iu t1f(J, it w!ll he tirn yf'nr~ Ri nce
l s topped
s m ok in g~ "
Le la nd R. Coffey
M ag n~ti c Windings
Char l es Pe nnington
S heet Metal
Elle n L. Via
Reg ula tors
'S
NEWS
VO L . IV , NO. 21 3
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
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T e a c he r s
TEACHER S TOU R
vi si ting Specialty o n T e ache r s
N ig ht, las t T hur sday, se emed
to enjoy th e i r to ur o f o ur faci li ..-.ties . T hat's g ui de Do n
,1cKe c hni e at th e fa r rig ht.
E i gh t y t e ache r s att ended t he
a f fa ir .
FORME R U NION CHIEF' S
DEFE NSE STRANGE I N DEE D
T acoma, Was h . - - Acc o rdi ng t o
t he Ass ocia t ed P r ess , Da ve
B eck , t he fo rm e r Tea msters
U nion P r es i d ent r ece nt l y j ailed
for mi s approp r iati on of his
un i on' s f un ds, wi ll take a uniqu e
appro a ch for h is d efe nse in hi s
c u r r ent incom e tax evas i o n t ri a l.
Hi s lawye r s d i sc los e th at his de f e nse wi ll be tha t B ec k d id n't
che at on hi s income tax because
he to o k nont axabl e union fu nds
"i n a r a the r p eculiar wa y . "
EMPLOYEES 1 STORE T O
EXTE N D STORE H OURS FOR
CHRISTM AS SEA S ON
Keep i n g pace wi t h the a pp r oa ching C hr i stmas s eas o n , the
Empl oyees ' Sto r e will exte nd
i ts store ho urs a n extra day be g i nning De c embe r l a nd plans
late r i n the m onth t o o p en daily
a nd stay open e v e ning s for t he
c o nve ni ence of emp lo y ees'
Chr istmas s h opping needs.
I n additi o n to the regu lar Mon da y and T hu r sday h o urs , t he
Employe e s ' St ore wi ll b e open
eve r y d a y fr om t hen u ntil
C h r i s tm a s. T o ac comoda te
e mplo yees who wi s h to s hop a t
t he ~mp loyee s' Sto r e wi th t he i r
familie s , the s t o r e will ke e p
e vening hours a fter De ce mber
15 from 6 P M t o 9 PM.
SAF E TY SCOR E
1, 4 94 da ys
7, 844, 74 6 h ours
WITHOUT A LOST T I ME
ACCI DENT
Time
IS
Money!
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
~ngratulations
to our n ew patent
._ .torney, Jim Williams, who
just became th e dad of a baby
boy. No statistics available
other tha n the baby and Mrs.
Williama a re doing well.
QUARTZ THREAD LATEST
G. E. PROGRESS ITE M
A wi de range of pos s ible commercial and industrial applica tio n s oi a new quartz thread,
d e veloped by General Ele c tric 1 s
L amp Glass Depa r tme nt in
Cle ve land, Ohio , is forese e n by
d epar tment marketing p ersonnel.
S ENDING C HRISTMAS
PRESENTS O VERSEAS
T HIS YEAR?
The Post Offic e a nd Defense
Dep t. advise that C hr is tmas
parce l s for oversea s be mailed
righ t now fo r sur.f ace deli ve ry
(ship) and by DecembeT 10 for
air mail delivery o verseas .
When sending Chri s tm as cards
to ser vice men and service women
overseas, keep in mi nd that APO
and FPO a ddre sses do not provide for letters t raveling by air
on a 4 cent~ stamp. Se ven c ents
in stamps must be put on en ve lope s togethe r with the "Air
Mail" marking .
SAFETY SCORE
1, 495 days
7, 854, 308 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
Amen.
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SCOGEE SADIE HAWKINS DANCE
Saturday -- November 29 - 9 to l
Jimmy Lundsford 1 s Band
Members $2 . 20 per couple
Guests $3. 30 per couple
SEE YOUR SCOGEE TICKET SELL ER
RIGHT AWAY!
. '7/E..'~~- .
'S
NEWS
PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SECTION A S A SERVICE TO SPECIA LTY CONTROl EMPLOYEES
SPORTS, NATIONAL AND WORlD NEWS - COU RTESY OF WAY8 ANO NEWS VI RGINIAN
VOL. I V
NO. 215
For food and health and life and lo ve , h e lp us to be g rate fu l and h umb le befo r e
Thee, Amen.
SI NCER E THANKS
,fa r gie Davi s (Sma ll P ane l
wi s h es to e xpr ess
her d ee p a pprecia tion f or th e
kind e xpressions of s ympa thy
she r ece ive d on the d eath of h e r
brot her.
Tomor row w ill ma r k th e 337 th anni ver s a r y of the first T hank s giving
in Ame ri c a , and whi le e ve r yone has b e en in agreement th a t it is a
w orthwhile t r aditio n to b e c ontinued , the date o f th e holi day has l ed tc
much d i sag r e ement over t he y ear s .
~l ectroni cs )
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the rich harvest, a renewed faith, the preservation of life itse1 But
for people who had risked so much to escape from tyranny, the great
est thanks must have been for their new freedoDl.
Since then. a soil fertile with freedom has come to yield more bountiful harvests
than any other land in the world.
Yet. with all these material trcasllres, our greatest thanks are still for frcedomwhich inspired the heritage of our way of life,and is th~ richest endowment we oo.
passoo.
SPECIALTY
CONTROL
DEP ARTMENT
GENERAL. ELECTRIC
'S
NEWS
OL. I V , N O. 216
S a nctify the food we eat to the strengthening 01 our bodies and help us to use
the strength to serve T hee and our fellow man. Amen.
"Che ck a nd doublecheck" - - a
phrase made famous by" Amos
and Andy" during the g olden
years of radio - - is more than
just a catch phrase at Spec i alty
Control. See the picture story
on the i nside of TODAY ' S
NEWS.
SU BS TO BEAT NAUTIL US
The United States Navy is d e s i gni ng subma rines t hat will
make the first atomi c sub, the
Nautilus, "look like a Model T"
and that will be as big as nava l
cruisers , Cmdr . Erman 0 .
Proctor said in a speech in
G r oto n, Conn. , to stu dent s i n the
Navy's submarine school.
SIGN OF
THE TIMES
E MP L O Y EES S TORE O P EN
FOR BUSI N E SS T O DAY
Getting a little head start on the
Chri stmas schedule , the Em p l :>yees St ore w i ll be open to day from 11:15 A M to 1:15 PM
and from 4 : 00 P M to 4:30 P M.
Beginni ng this coming Wednes day, the E mp l oyees Store will
be open on Wednesdays in
addi tion to Mondays and Thurs days . As previously announced,
the Empl oyees Sto r e operation
will relocate December 15 to
the auditorium to better accom odate employe es during the
Christmas season. At that
time the store will be open
Monday thr oug h Fridays at
regular store hours a n d 6 PM
to 9 PM.
T h ought for Today - - The man
who wakes up to find himself
famou s , has not be en asleep.
The toolm.
scop f'~ e<
parts ~'-' al
fifty millic
Connaught
the device
Bill Connaughton (right) is shown calibrating and inspecting a new type air guage to be used later in our
manufacturing operations . At the left, Reinhold Kerber
shows how he uses the auto-collimater to check the surface flatness of a new surface plate. The collimater
showed the flatness of the plate to be level to within fift)
millionths of an inch over an area of six square feet.
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100%
75S
50%
25%
fLANT
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Good
Fair
Poor
Unacceptable
DEDUCTIBLE POINTS
Material Handling
Work Area
Satet7 Hazards
Fire Hazards
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Score 75
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Rms - 205 - Score 75 Aver 85
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'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
December 1, 1958
Not only do we thank Thee for our food, but we thank Thee for Jesus Christ
our Savior. Amen.
NEED MORE PLAYERS FOR
GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM
Team Manager Joan Craig reports that-the SCOGEE Girls
Basketball team will meet tonight for practice at 7:00 PM in
the Jackson-Wilson gym.
Johnny Chadderdon and Bob
Strack, who will be coaching
the team, have issued a call
for more players for the team.
If you played in the Specialty
Control Girls Intramural
~ asketball League before -why not try out for the team ?
SPECIALTY PAY NOT
AFFECTED BY LATEST
C OF L INDEX CHANGE
Westinghouse employees at
V e rona last week received a
downward adjustment in pay
based upon the Cost-of-Living
Inde x which w ent from 123. 9 to
123. 7 in O c tober.
Becaus e Specialty Controt
fi gures its Cost-of-Living Index
on a different base than the
V e rona Westinghouse plant, the
late st adjustment in the Costof -Living Index did not require
a downward adjustment in hour ly and non-exempt pay at
Specialty Control.
Employe e s are reminded, howe ver, that our Cost-of-Living
~. ay adjustments can also move
up or down in accordance with
a full one half of one percent
c hange in the Government's
C ost-of-Living Index based
upon the S e pte mbe r 1955 inde x.
NECESSITY
IS
MOTHER
OF
INVENTION
Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention and that's the story of
the Convair 880 Sub-Panel Tester which is now being used by Aircraft Test.
The "necessity" was the reducing of manufacturing losses on this job
by pin-pointing troubles in the early assembly stages when repairs
could be made easily, quickly and at a minimum of expense. The
"invention" was the 11 880 Sub Panel Tester", pictured here, which
is used to test the six 11 880 11 sub-panels which we build here.
Eliminating costly test time and
troubleshooting during final
test, the tester is partially
automatic and can test the R e lay
Pan for 49 functions in less
than one minute through the u s e
of stepping switche.s and r e lays.
If something is faulty in the
equipment the tester stops and
two lights indicate the cir c uit
GETTING READY TO TEST
in which the fault occurs. By
THE 880 -- Sam Preson (Elec..:
easy reference to a trouble tronics Test) makes an adjusts
hooting chart the trouble c an
ment on the 880 Sub Panel
be
pin-pointed in just a fe w
Tester while A/C Testman Ken
minutes.
Morris looks on.
THANKS FOR CARDS
Cecil Beckner (Shipping) wisnes
to express her thanks to all who
sent cards and flowers to her
husband during his recent illness.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 501 days
7, 882, 994 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
Dieting is the penalty for exceeding the feed limit.
''CORD REEi.
Cleaner
II
MODl!LC-7-,
beautifully 1tyled
in 1Iade irreen
and chrome.
N ew
...a nd on d isplay at the store ...
$58.95
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
December 2, 195 8
For food and health and life and love, help us to be grateful and humble before Thee.
Amen.
SCOGEE LOOKING FOR XMAS
TREES TO CUT DOWN &. SELL
The latest project in SCOGEE 1 s
energetic program to build its
Building Fund, is the selling of
Christmas trees. What they
need right now is an offer of
cedar and pine trees whi c h they
can cut down and sell. If you
have property with such trees on
it and are willing to let SCOGEE
cut them down for Christmas,
please contact SCOGEE Pres i dent Jim Austin or Bill Perry in
1ployee Relations. Meantime
-- plan to buy ,your tree this year
from SCOGEE and help the
Building Fund grow.
NOTE OF APPRECIATION
Grace Simmons (2nd shift) drop ped us a little note on behalf of
the 2nd shift, asking us to express their appreciation to the
Macke people for arranging to
provide the 2nd shi ft with the
T hanksgiving special dinner last
Wednt:ts'day night.
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Farnsworth
Chance at Paramount
m u't guarantee to k eep econ-
b e lnnatlon, or ta x Increases,
or loriffs or onytHng like thot.
We'l l b e assu re d of on incom e
o f p redicta b le si ze .
2 . Com pe titors- must guarantee n ev er to m ak e o prod
uct b elte r tho n o vrs, ond a lso
p rom ise to g e t out o f business
w ithin a prescribed ti me. Thus
we n eed n 't w orry abovl others de veloping b elte r meth
p roduct. We'll never hove to
in vest money in research fo r
b olter ways, o r ho ve lo clo e
up becau se of lost b usinen .
on tce to p rovide material s a t
3. Suppliers -
mu st . gvor
He extende d h is hand
~o
close th e a greemen t.
sa id
M r.
sWivel
chair,
must gua r -
incorno
w age s .
of
production,
enda ngering
however,
must
tools,
and
of
machin e ry,
eq u ipment,
worn - out
buildings
no
matter
G UARANT EE US
J O B SECURITY
The ring rigge r snickered at
the state m e n t, th e n sa id g oo d -
wi th
me ."
" Yo~
curity .
w ith
jo b or a wage I
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
December 3, 1958
Sanctify the food we eat to the strengthening of our bodies and help us to use the strength
to serve Thee and our fellow man. Amen.
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ELLMINATE IT I
GE LADY HOOPSTERS
TAKE FIRST GAME
'"le SCOGEE girls basketball
bounced back from last
week's defeat to clobber the
Crompton AC'~ last night 43-17.
High scorers were Charlotte
Barnes and Franny Moyer. On
Tuesday next our gals tangle with
the J. J. Newberry team,one of
the strongest in the league.
~earn
MEN'S BASKETBALL
SEASON OPENS TONIGHT
NUMBER CHANGED
The folks in the Potting Area report that they are receiving a
number of calls intended for the
Photo Lab. Since the last plant
directory the Photo Lab number
has been changed to 291. Will
thos e folks who have occasion to
call the Photo Lab please indicate
the change in their phone books .
SAFETY SCORE
1, 503 days
7, 902, 098 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
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" Ho p py Morriogo" blanket, with Oval Comto rt :Mlecton, 11'1 each sleeper choote o
d1 tt e r ent
degree o t
w orrnt h
Y(ni"ro nnvor cold ., 11nvrn too wnrn1... n11 you f<~cl i8 (0111 f(>1t
General Elcct1ic Bla~y
New low prices fro~
The G eneral Electric Bla nket does what no ordinary bla nke t can do ... automatit'a/~,. keeps you
comfon able, whatever the weather.
If your hcdroom temperature changes. the Gcnc:.r.11 1 lcctr1c RlanJ..cl changes roo . '\u lh.11 1m/n
nc.' \cr cold, ycr nc,cr too "~1 rm And )"ll nc,cr
h.J\C to ge l up for ex tra bl.mkc1' ~
Tl11c:, con,tant comfort and freedom from hc~1vy
co,,.crc:, m.1J..cc:, .1 ddrch tful d1ffc.rtncc 111 your nt...'\l liay point of
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v~u 'h\111\(
15,000,000 P41ople
"lor
the
~g~s.s Is
GENERAL. ELECTRIC
from $1 8.50
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Decembe r 5, 1958
Not only do we thank Thee for our food, but we thank Thee for Jesus
Christ o ur Savior. Amen.
" .. . AND YOU NEVER STOP
PAYING"
Du ring t h e t wo b i g uni on or g aniz ing d ri ve s her e , TODAY' S NE\'IS
repeated time and a g ain t h at be tween dues and levy s wo r ke rs i n
many of these big n a tion a l u ni or.~
never seem to stop payin g m o n ey
into t he union ti l ;
Remember the old restaurant j oke about the man who found a fly in
his cup of coffee? When he c ompla ined, the waiter answered, "Don ' t
let it worry you - - aft er all, how much can a little fly drink?
Sometimes, ( not often we're g lad to say) we find the same atti tude
right here in Specialty Control with regard to waste and manufacturing losses
I n t h i s case , "the flies" are l ots
of little things that b y themse l veR
don ' t look lik e they are worth
much but wh i ch all t ogether
"drink up" precious time and
mone y needed to beat our com petitors in price and delivery.
Be thrifty w ith materials, use
them as t hough they wer e you r
own. Be thrifty with your tim e
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING HOU RS
AT THE EMPLOYEES STORE
H o urs
Mondays
11:15 - 1:15
r ednesdays
and
and
4 PM - 4:30
Thursdays
SIGN OF
THE TIMES
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540 AUTOM ATIC SAUCE PANS - A new i dea in con trolled heat cooking -- simmers , stews , fr ies -makes cook ing easier! N o need for constant watch ing - - won't boil over, won't burn food , automatical ly maintains co rre c t heat!
In handy 2 quart size ...
Reta il $22. 90
Emp. Price $16 . 95
In large 4 quart si ze . . .
Retail $26. 90
Emp . Price $19 . 95
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
December 4, 1958
GOOD
CLOSE
HARMONY
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'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
December B, t95B
For food and health and life and lo ve, help us to be grateful and humble before Thee
.hmen.
GIRLS' BASKETBALL
PRACTICE TONIGHT
BOWLlNG
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o a M"n
-Author Unknown
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my h eart be acceptable in Thy sight
0 Lord. AIT\en
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59 SHAREOWNERS' MEETING
TO SHIFT TO CLEVELAND
round s_
~~ostal
Couriers Motto)
ee sure to read the Specialty
Control mail story on the back
TODAY'S NEWS.
OF
WELCOME TO SPECIALTY
Visiting Specialty Control today
from the Springfield Machine Co.
are Mr. R. C. Mantanus and Mr.
E. Ritter. Ex-Specialty Control
marketing man R. W. Petty, who
i s now with the GE Cincinatti
office, i s also here with them.
Purpose of the visit is to discuss
our tracer controls and other
general program controls.
Also h ere from Mfg. Services
today to discuss the MilwaukeeMatic and the Spindlemaster
project are E. Rogers, N.
Wilcox, H. Neidenberg and E .
Warner .
SAFETY SCORE
1, 509 days
7, 940, 325 hour s
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
FROM HERE TO
CALIFORNIA
5000 PIECES OF MAIL A DAY a re sor ted by mail girls Pat M c Lear (l.) and
Vi r gini a Palme r (r. ).
Not many o f us wouto seriously cons ide r walking from here to Californi a and tha t includes
our mail girls Virginia Palmer and Pat M cLcar. Ye t the se two gals cove r that distance
and then some eac h year between them as they
make the rounds with the in-plant mai l.
We did some rapid calculations o n ou r slide
ru le an d dete r m ined that each girls average s
fi ve to seven miles of walking eac h day whi le
making the rounds throu gh the offi ces a nd the
fac tory. Figur ed on a 50 week basis , the gals
walk a total of 2500 to 3500 miles each year.
Quite a hike -- but Virginia Palme r who loves
every step of he r j ob says it' s not nearly so
bad as t he s t a tistics make it out to be -- "Besides . " c himes in pe r t little Pat Mc Lear, 11 it 1 s
great fo r t h e fi g ure -- lo t' s better th an count i n g c alorics. 11
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Virgi nia (who had been primed for this ques tion
the day before ) had t he facts r eady -- "We
both have 4 2 s tops upstairs and down stair s in
the office - - 27 stops eac h in the factory -altogether about 200 a day."
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All things come of Thee 0 God, and for a ll things we thank Thee now.
Amen.
BANK
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SHOP EARLY A T YOUR
EMPLOYEE STORE
"I got the idea from your bank"
'S
NEWS
.
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Without food our body will die; without Christ our souls will d i e.
for both just now. Amen.
AROUND SPECI AL TY
We' re sorry to hear that Sher man B yrd (A / C Test) is in the
Waynesboro Community Hospital and we hope he 111 be fee li ng
chipper again soon.
OPERATION UPTURN will b ecome "a way of life" at Specialty Con trol says General Manager L. T. Rader, who is shown going over
,,,-._, some initi a l plans for the 1959 UPTURN Program here . (1-r) W . A .
Copley, H. S. Se c hrist, D. O. Dice, (Dr. Rader ), K . N . Bush, H.
W. Tulloch .
OP.
UPTURN TO BE CONTINUED IN
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OPERATION UPTUR
issues of TODA
That' s when our Marketing organization c ame on the sc ene. Learning of the problem and convin ce d we had t he k now- how at Special t y
to solve it, Paul K orneke (Marke t ing ) a nd Appa r atu,.; Sales Eng ineer
William Jone s vis eel N& W at Roa noke .
Althou gh we had nev e r mad e a
single "hot journal detector" a nd
didn't even have a product , N & W
be came interested in our proposa
and visited Specialty Control.
Here, th eN& W
cussed the pr.
factory .
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parn patt1e,
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Lunsford .
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C\atte r\
bre ad board de s i gn of Specialty
C\ aud 1ne
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c1oe an
Control' s ne w "hot box det ec tor'
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UPruRN _
SAFETY SCORE
1, 51 1 days
7, 959, 467 ho urs
WI THOUT A LOST TIME
A CCIDENT
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
"Praise God from whom all blessings flow." For food and power and love and peace
accept our thanks 0 God. Amen.
GROOMS, TRUSLOW GET
CHRISTMAS WINDFALL FOR
WINNING SUGGESTION
HENDERSONVILLE G. E.
EMPLOYEES SAY "NO" .TO
I. U. E. AND I. A. M.
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Help Fight TB
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WOVEN
A "poJ?'.up" Toaftr
"O..tn Ora"'rr Bero..,
Tcm~rarurt Conrrof
Evcn-Ffow Steam
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In the name of Christ we thank Thee fo r our food and pray that we may find food for
our soul also. Amen.
G. E. TO C LOSE N. J. PLANT
The General Electric air co n ditioning plant in Bloomfie ld,
N. J., scene of one of the IUE' s
bitter est strikes a few years
ago, wi ll c lo se down for good
on Apri l 1, i t has been announced by the plant's General
Man ager C . A. Salmonsen.
Salmonsen said GE will continue to manufacture air conditioning products in Tyler,
~xas, and L o uis ville, Ky.
proximatel y 700 employees
will b e affected by the shutdown
of GE operations at Bloomfield.
The Company wi ll sell the plant
because it has been unable to
find a use for the facilities.
The emp l oyees will receive
termination pay at the time of
separation from the Company,
and those who qualify by age
will be pensioned, Salmonsen
revealed. He estimated that
$1, 000, 000 in termination pay
would be handed out to eligible
employees.
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EM P.
STORE OPENS
TOf~ IGHT
Jampa cked with C hristmas b a rgains and alll kind s of ideas for
practical Christmas giving, the Employees' Store opens its doors tonight at 6 PM in its temporary Christmas location, the plant auditori um.
Displaying everything from radios to refr i gerators , the store will e xt end its hours duri n g the Christmas season and stay open Monday s
throu gh Fridays from 11: 15 AM to l: 15 PM, 4 PM to 4: 30 PM, and
evenings from 6 PM to 9 PM. It will be closed today while the sto r e
is being set up in the audito rium.
BOWLING
In the SCOGEE Bowling League
Thursday evening, the Dynamic
Five team climbe d into the top
position as they took all three
games from the Q. C. Rejects
and th e ex -league leading Retreads were dumped by Dixon's
Dillies, a lso to t he tune of 3 - 0.
CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
'S
NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Let the words of my mollth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Thy
sight 0 Lord. Amen.
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT EVIDENT
AT SPECIAL TY - BUT REMEMBER RULES
The attractive Christmas d ecor ations in the cafeteria have set
the Christmas spirit aglow at
Specialty.
Employees are renrinded that
decorations and Christmas trees
are not permitted in the factory
for reasons of safety; however,
Christmas decorations are per ,...-..mitted in the offices from now to
.:hristmas. As a fire and safety precalltion, advance approval
for Christmas trees and their
decorations mllst b e obtained
from Safety Specialist Bill
Perry in Employee R e lations.
Grollp parties dllring the holiday
season may be held during
lunch periods in the cafeteria.
Tables may be reser ved by contacting Bill P erry 48 hollrs in
advance.
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FEATURE
Journal
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vo1. 1v NO vs
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Decemhor l7 1 19& a
Blcs s the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all hie benefits.
Amen.
Un chlul"
HAnONAI IAffTY COUNCii
COIMOl
'S
NEWS
De cember 18,
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
VO L . I V, NO. 230
1958
Dear Lord, we thank Thee for Thy care, the food we eat, the clothes we wear;
Be present with us everywhere. Ame n.
G ROWN -UPS WILL HAVE
P ARTY SATURDAY TOO
Specialty Contr ol kids won ' t be
the o n l y ones ha ving Christmas
fun t his Saturday. The Specialty
grown-ups w ill have a big time
too at the fourth annual Christm as Danc e being held this year
a t t he Stonewall Jackson Hotel in
Staunton. Cut yourself in on
s ome real Christmas fun this
year at SCOGEE 1 s Chri s tmas
pan ce . A few tickets are still
.-.. ava ilable - - member s $2. 20 and
gu e sts $3 . 30 per couple.
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Pe r formed on high fi~elity re c or ding by t h e London Phi 1h armo ni c C h oir and the London
Symphony, the program will begin a t 2 PM and will be presente d u ninterrupted in its entir ety, Hope you enjoy it.
MESSIAH" TO BE P R ESENT ED
BY SPECI A L TY OVER WAYB
SAFETY SCORE
l, 518 days
8 , 007, 307 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
What Is a Teacher?
A teacher is a sculptor who molds your child's mind. A
teacher is an architect who blueprints your child's career.
A teacher is a pioneer who explore3 your child's character. A
teacher is a diplomat who negotiates with the future.
A teacher is a specialist in education, yet is a social worker,
a statesman, an interpreter, a prophet. a builder, a leader.
Santa (Charlie Diaz) is just about ready for his visit Saturday
to the Specialty Control Kiddies
Kristmas Party. His suit has
been nicely cleaned and pressed
and Mrs. Santa (his wife, Bern)
has made a few necessar y alterations here and there in the now
familiar crimson velve t Santa
suif.
All the toys have arrived, too,
and "Santa" Diaz gave us a
little preview. First of all, for
the youngest (ages 1 to 3) there
will be colorful plastic boats
(for the boys) and cute little
"twin" dolls for little girls.
Ages 3 - 6 will re c eive a toy
auto! a tractor, a "link-it" s e t
or a manicure set for the little
heartbreakers. Water pistols,
and a variety of games will be
among the gaily w rapped g ifts
for the 6 - 9 group,and for the
"grown up" kids, over 9, there
are sewing kits or dolls for the
young misses and a plastic air plane kit or marbles for the
boys.
Again this year, Specialty Control gals dressed in cute r e d
and white outfits will s e rve as
Santa's Helpers - - to ke e p the
gift line straight, comfor t the
little ones who cry, and do the
hundred and one other little jobs
so important to a succes s ful
children's Christmas par ty .
Some of the SCOGEE Choraliers
will b e on hand,also, to brig hten
up the occasion with a medley of
Christmas songs.and Christmas
decorations for the theatre are
completed and ready to b e put
up Saturday morning.
So, it appears that Santa and his
crew will be just about s e t for
the onslaught when a thousand
excited kids bubbling ov er with
the Christmas spirit swoop down
on the Kiddies Kristma s Party
at the Wayne Theatre Saturday
morning.
"Sa nt a " Charlie Diaz gets a few last m inu t e alterati ons i n his S a n t a
suit by "Mr s . Santa," his wife , Bern.
'S
NEWS
December
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
EAR L Y
CHECKS
IN ORBIT
Non ..
19, 1958
Four tons of Atlas missile are s pinning through space this morning,
circling the earth once every 100
minutes, According to newspaper reports the Atlas that is in orbit weighs
a little over 8000 pounds; is moving
in orbit from about 100 to 600 miles
up in space ; and is about the size of
a railroad boxcar, dwarfing Russia's
Sputnik Ill
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c e ive p ay
che cks on D ecember 24 and
D ecembe1r JI:
DIDJ A NOTICE?
NOTICE
Ye s terday, Specialty Control
.-._c omp l eted eight million man
lo ur s worked without suffering
a lo s t time inj ury, The new
go a l we set fo r Oll r se l ves a
w hile b ack was te n million hours
- - l ess than two million to g o I
H\GH STEPP\NG
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Gracious Giver of all good; Thee we thank for life and food.
say; meet Thy favor through the day. Amen.
DISPENSARY CLOSED
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26
Because such a large part of our
work force will be off on Friday,
December 26, the Dispensary
will be closed. If it is
necessary to use the Dispensary
for fir st aid that day, or if it is
necessary to obtain the services
of a doctor, pleas e call Bill
Perry in Employee R e lations
(Ext. 241).
SANTA GREETED, GAVE GIFTS
..-... TO 1100 GE KIDS SATURDAY
BOWLING EXTRA
The Retreads bounced back into
first place in the SCOGEE Ten
Pin League Thursday night as
they swept their three game
series with the Alley Cats, and
the leaders for one week, the
Dynamic 5 could only take two
games from the Cannon Balls.
Dick Wilson of the Retreads took
the indi'vidual honors for the
night with a High Single game of
203 and a High Triple of 551.
In the other matches the Roll
Tillers took all three game s
from the Q. C. Rejects and
Dixon's Dillies beat the Injun
Ears 2 games to 1.
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
V O L . I V , NO. 233
Thi s food, whic h T hou has t a l ready b l esse d i n t h e g i vin g, bles s al so in our part aki ng,
that God m a y b e honor e d , th ro u g h J e sus C hri s t our L ord. f.. men.
SHELBYVI LLE VOTES
"NO UNION"
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(by doing the job right - the
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PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SECTION AS A SERVICE TO SPECIAL TY CONTROL EMPLOYEES
SPORTS. NATIONAL ANO WORLD NEWS -
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
December 24 , 1958
Gracious Giver of all good; Thee we thank for life and food.
say; meet Thy favor throu gh the day. Amen.
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Sincerely,
Louis T. Rader
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Season's Greetings
GREE TINGS FROM OVERSEAS
Many of the fol ks in the factory
will remembe r former Air
Force I nspector Dick Smoot who
left for the service and is currently overseas . Writing to
J o hn Scott h e exte n ded his
wishes for the Holiday Season
to a ll his o ld fr i ends. His address is: Richard Smoot
FR 136 16299 , Hq. Hq. Co . , 1st
BA 7th Inf. , 3rd Di vis i o n,
APO 162, New York, N . Y.
SAFETY SCORE
1, 524 days
8 , 045 , 427 hours
W ITHOUT A L OST T I ME
ACCIDENT
lstmas S e al dollars supp or t
medi cal re search for better
ways to pre vent and cure tuberculo s i s .
Science i s resourceful, it
couldn't pry open a day coach
window so it air conditi oned the
train.
KRISTMAS
MERRIER
FOR
PARTY
1100
G.
MADE
E.
CHRISTMAS
YOUNGSTERS
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CHRISTMAS
GIFT
LISTS
GRO W N U PS !I A [)
P AR TY ,
TOO
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Th<.'n' \\.ts a 11111 l1ousc .it ~COG !'":F. ' S CJ1ristm a s ci;ince J;is t S ;i t urc!:iy
at thl' Stonewa ll J rickson llotf'l . An unqualified su c cv~s . som .. rolk.~
said it "as thl' best SCOGEF: d.11H l' \'l't.
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Decembe r 29 , 195 8
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Graciou s Giver of all good; Thee we thank for life and food.
or s a y; m eet Thy f avor throu gh th e day. Ame n .
Grant that a ll we d o
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small slwts
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SAFETY SCORE
1, 529 days
8, 073 , 909 hours
WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT
S ome wi se guy h a s sai d that
over- eating is the des tiny that
ends our shape s .
PLANT
IN SPECTION
REPORT
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
This food, which Thou hast already blessed in the giving, bles s also in ou r partaking,
that God may be honored, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
GE DEVELOPS PEE-WEE SI ZE
FLASH BULB
Big news to photo bugs is the
announcement b y G e n eral Elec tric 1 s Photo Lamp Department
of the development of the
world's smallest flashbulb.
Not much larger than a jelly
bean, the tiny glass pellet will
make pos sible rapid-flash
cameras which will fit - - flash holde r , lamps and all -- in the
palm of the hand. Also, the
flashbulb will provide, at less
cost, as much light output as
bulbs four times its size.
Called the All-Glass flashbulb,
it has a grooved g lass base de -
PLEASE RETURN
DECORATIONS
Fred Curto reports that many of
the Christmas decorations were
taken from the cafeteria during
the Christmas holidays. It is
requested that those people who
borrowed the decorations,
please r eturn them to Maintenance so that we may have them
for use n ext year.
The re is a great difference between
knowing a thing nnd underatanding
it. You cnn know a lot about something nnd not ren.lly understand it.
A STORY WITH A
SYMPATHY
Her many friends in Specialty
Control extend their sincere
expressions of sympathy to
Maggie Fitzgibbons ( Dr.
Rader' s secretary) whose
mother, Mr s. Francis Fitzgibbons, passed away Sunday
afternoon at Amsterdam, New
York.
OFFICE INSPECTION REPORT
The housekeeping inspec tion report for the office portion of the
plant is carried on the otheJ;
side of TODAY'S NEWS.
DOUBLEBARRELED MORAL
**********
Think about better ways ta ge t
our. jobs done and suggest worthwhile ideas -- it could mean
cash in your pocket. Tha t's
moral #l.
Moral #2 must be jus t as obvious. A large well know manufacturer lost a customer be cau s e
his competitor offered a bette r
product at a lower price. The
same thing can happen to
Specialty Control unless each of
us does all he can individually to
beat competition in quality and
price .
P L A NT
50%
25%
Good
Fair
Poor
Unacceptable
INS P E C T I 0 N
RE P 0 RT
Mktg. Cont.
2CO - 100 Aver .9.2
. 267 - 75 Aver 84 Dirty t a bles.
217 - 100 Aver 84
Ene. Cont.
Photo Lab - No Scor e
Control Rm - Score 100 Aver 91
Dar k Rm Development - Scor e 100
' Aver 89
f Dark Rm Product - Score 100
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DEDUCTIBLE POINTS
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'VJ'l'l'H Tl-XIS
PICTURE?
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FINANCE
Rooms :
124 - Hayes - 100 Aver 98
12~ - Rop:ers - 100
Aver 100
111 - Payroll - 100 Aver 100
122 - Tabulat.ine - 100 Ave r l.00
127 - Budgets & Measureme nt~
l no - Aver 98
f"29 - Cooley & McEckron - 100
Aver 98
131 - 100 Aver 100
133 - 100 Aver 100
275 - l no Aver 98
135 - 100 Av er 98
292 - lr.~ Aver 98
Receotion Rooffi - 100 Aver 98
'S NEWS
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Grant that we may ever be grateful unto Thee, 0 Lord, our Father, for the many
blessings of our daily lives, In the spirit of Christ we pray. Amen.
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G. E. HOOPSTERS LOSE TO
CHARLOTTESVILLE
The G. E. five were knocked out
of the Men's Basketball Santa
Claus Tournament last night
when they bowed to Charlottesville 75 to 86.
Although we have had to reduce our work force in some parts of our
operations, our effor~s here in the Company's "Operation Upturn" program over the last half of 1958, helped our sales and held layoffs
down to a minimum. In fact, the results of our extra efforts in
"Operation Upturn" were so real and so important that at Specialty
Control the Upturn program will be continued into 1959.
At this moment, it appears that 1959 for us will be a business year
vt.ry similar to l.958. Empl.oyment should remain at about the present
level depelXling, of course, upon our sales picture.
For example, in industrial electronics much will depend upon whether
the machine tool industry statj;s upward from its low levels of the
past two years. As yet there is no indication that this upturn has
started. In aircraf't., we expect to maintain our share of the market
. unless new major sbif't.s of emphasis occur in . the nation's defense
program. Even if this does occur, i f we are able to move fast enough
we should still be able to get our share of orders.
I am more and more convinced that the success of this Department
depends on the attitude and perfonnance of each individual. Accordingly, in 1959 we are going to ask that each employee do all he can
to iniprove his job perfo:nnance.
HAPPY
NEWYEAR
A lot of fellows
scoring position.
Following are some ofthe remarks concerning the GE business outlook for. 1959 by Ralph
J. Cordiner, Chairman of the Board, General
Electric Company which he made during a
press conference December 17, 1958 in New
York city. While this is not a complete
transcript of the interview, it hits several
highlights which will be of interest to many
of you.
Capital Goods
Investment in plant and equipment Is usually among the last
segments to recover after a
downswing In the business cycle,
and this recovery is producing no
exception to that rule. It is heartening to notice, however, that the
decline in capital expenditures ap-
Ofleration U11turn
Last spring. when the levels of
business were at their low point
and everyone was seriously concerned about whether the recession would turn into a depression,
Geileral Electric announced a program to build sales and jobs,
called "Operation Upturn." The
idea w.as to rally everyone associated with the Company - as
employees, share owners, suppliers, distrJbutor8, dealers, or any
other connection - to bring extra
values to our customers.
.
Without going Into details, let
me say that Operation Upturn
has been a rousing success.
Through the efforts of our decentralized operating departments, we are convinced that
this program helped to brlni;t In
extra business. and saved Jobs
that would otherwise have been'
lost.
But just as important as its
lmmediat~
iiT
1959 Prospects
In 1959, the advances in levels
of electrical business will be paced
by consumer goods and components, electronics, and electrical
equipment for community services.
As far as electrical equipment for
industry is concerned, it Is expected that orders will increase slowly
in 1959, followed by a strong
Long-term Outlook
Looking farther along, General
Electric is as confident as ever
about the electrical future. The
studies of the Company's economists indicate that the Gross
. National Product in 1977 will be
about $850 billion (at. today's
prices) an 88% increase over
1957's ~ecord levels.
lt also appears that the production and use of electric power
Iindouble
this countrr can continue ~o
every eight years. 'Fhat
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Four tons of Atlas missile are spinning through space this morning,
circling the earth once every 100
minutes. According to newspaper re ports the Atlas that is in orbit weighs
a little over 8000 pounds; is moving
in orbit from about 100 to 600 miles
up in space; and is about the size of
a railroad boxcar, dwarfing Russia's
Sputnik III.
Employees in our Aircraft Area
build the CRlOOAl static exciter regulator which is used on the ATLAS in
conjunction with the Fort Wayne alternator . However, according to
information from our Marketing
Section, there are other companies
also building th e same kind of equipment for the ATLAS program and
we cannot presume that Specialty's
equipment was used in l ast night's
launc hing. To date we have shipped
some 16 units and have orders for
several more.
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Yesterday, Specialty Contr ol
completed eight million man
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.ours worked without suffering
a lost time i njury. The new
goal we set for 011 rselves a
while back was ten million hour s
-- less than two million to go l
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