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CONVAIRIETY
Wednesday, March 16, 1960
Eight From Convair Help Organize
Science Fair For Fort Worth Youth
BLOOMING SCIENTIST—Preparing scientific research paper is
Georgia Monroe, daughter of L. G. Monroe, Dept. 4-1 at Convair
FW. For “inspiration” she keeps loving cup, won in FW Science
Fair, beside her. Georgia is a two-time winner in annual event.
New Alphabetical Messenger
Zones Listed For Convair FW
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partment, and mail zone (includ-
ing drop number).
“If the correspondence doesn’t
have this information,” Howell
said, “messengers are being in-
structed to return the mail.
“Messengers will handle confi-
dential or Convair private data
mail if properly wrapped and
does not require a hand receipt.
“We’ll need the cooperation of
everyone at Convair in addressing
their mail to insure prompt de-
livery,” Howell said.
New alphabetical mail messen-
ger zones are: B, main manufac-
turing building, south of 50-foot
aisle and factory manager’s of-
fice; C, main manufacturing
building and mezzanines north of
50-foot aisle; E, engineering, ad-
ministration building;
F, sub - assembly mezzanine
area; K, material control, ac-
counting, tabulating, panel 6, and
engineering on mezzanine 5; M40,
material department, first floor
administration building; O, ad-
ministration building, first floor;
P, parts plant office and tooling
mezzanine; R, Rowan building
(Annex 2);
S, Safeway building (Annex 1);
V89, subsystems procurement,
cafeteria building; W, ware-
houses and sheds in west yard
area; Y, north and east yard area.
PREXY—W. H. Knight, new president of Convair FW Toast-
masters, receives gavel from Area Governor Hal Schubert.
Toastmaster Officials Join in Ceremony
As Convair FW Club Receives Charter
Convair Fort Worth Toastmas-
ters Club was chartered and 1960
officers were installed at a dinner
meeting Feb. 25.
Hal Schubert of Dept. 8, area
governor, presented a gavel to
club president W. H. Knight.
The club’s charter was presen-
ted by Julian Cristol, governor of
District 25.
Officers installed were: Knight,
president; J. O. Muncy Jr., edu-
cational vice president; W. M.
Evans, administrative vice presi-
dent; H. R. Dvorak, secretary; L.
G. Ivy, treasurer; and W. C. De-
Lorme Jr., sergeant at arms.
Awards for the evening went
to R. R. Massagee, best speaker
of the evening; L. G. Ivy, best
table topics speech; and J. A.
Carmena Jr., evaluator’s trophy.
The Fort Worth Science Fair,
a preliminary to the 11th Nation-
al Science Fair to be held in In-
dianapolis later this spring, is
being planned and coordinated by
Convair FW personnel, with Cal
Porcher of Dept. 6-1 chairman.
Congressman Jim Wright will
open the fair at the Children’s
Museum March 25 at 8 p.m., and
an open house will follow. The
fair will continue March 26 from
9 a.m.-lO p.m. and March 27 from
1-6 p.m.
Open to students in grades 7
through 12, the fair is divided
into physical and biological cate-
gories, with awards in both divi-
sions. Included among the prizes
are two $250 Texas Christian Un-
iversity scholarships and a chance
to take special Navy Science
Cruises early next fall.
In addition, first-place winners
in both categories will represent
Fort Worth at the National
Science Fair, receiving expense-
paid trips to Indianapolis.
Backing up Porcher on the
Science Fair Steering Committee
are Vernon Lee, Dept. 6-1; Cyn-
thia Bergman; Wm. H. Denny,
Dept. 6-6; Jack C. Ward, Dept.
6-6; Jim Andrews, Dept. 6-4; Jeff
Collier, Dept. 6-6; and Bill Curtis,
Dept. 6-1.
Retirement
Statements
To Be Mailed
As Convair FW chalked up a
record number of retirements
during February and headed for
another high mark in March, re-
tirement statements were being
readied for a March 18 mailing
date.
The statements will be sent to
all hourly employees, automatic-
ally members of the retirement
plan, telling them the number of
credited hours and monthly bene-
fits earned in 1959. It also shows
their cumulative credited monthly
benefits through last year.
Salaried employees who partici-
pate in the retirement plan will
receive statements showing their
contributions and benefits earned
during 1959, and also the total
monthly retirement benefits cred-
ited to them since they joined the
plan.
Persons who have earned bene-
fits both as a salaried employee
and as an hourly employee will
receive two statements.
More than 17,000 forms will be
sent this year, says H. R. Bean,
supervisor of payroll.
Up to now, more than 300 peo-
ple have retired under the present
plan, which went into effect in
1956. Twenty-four retirements
went through employee services
section during February, making
a record high for one month.
“Was it that compact when we
parked it?”
OUTSTANDING—Plaques for “outstanding performance” were
presented to above members of quality control at special meeting.
Twenty Sons Apply
For Scholarships
Twenty Convair FW sons had
filed application by early March
for the annual Convair sons
deadline for the
two scholarships is March 31,
with winners to be selected in
mid-April.
The awards—tuition and fees
plus $250 a year for each schol-
arship winner—will provide up to
five years study for a bachelor’s
degree in engineering or related
science.
J. B. Ellis, industrial relations
administrator-engineering, is ac-
cepting applications.
scholarships.
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TEAM WORK—M. L. Hicks, right, Convair FW assistant manager-
contracts, points to progress made by Convair’s subsystems vendors
during past seven years. R. Kahn, left, manager of subsystems
procurement, and J. T. “Bing” Cosby, B-58 program manager,
look on.
Subsystem Vendors Saluted
On Seven Year Anniversary
Happy anniversary.
That’s the word going out from
Convair FW to its subsystem
vendors, who seven years ago
this month “teamed” with Con-
vair to start work on the B-58,
world’s first Mach 2 bomber.
During those seven years team
members, while evolving the most
sophisticated aircraft aloft today,
have managed to reverse industry
trends of increased costs and long
production time.
“An amazing feat,” said J. T.
“Bing” Cosby, B-58 program
manager, “when you consider
that the B-58 is the only next-
generation bomber the Air Force
has today that doesn’t cost more
than present-generation bombers.
“There’s nothing like the B-58
in existence—and nothing like it
on the drawing boards.”
Further, Hustler proponents
contend, the B-58 is up-to-date,
even in the onrushing era of
guided missiles. One reason is the
B-58’s demonstrated unique pene-
tration capability—under the en-
emy’s radar, or at stratospheric
altitudes at twice-sonic speeds.
Another is the Hustler’s lethal
Sunday punch carried in its de-
tachable pod.
“Much of the success of the
B-58 program is due to the ef-
forts of a strong and dedicated
industry team which has been de-
veloped over the past seven
years,” said M. L. Hicks, Convair
assistant manager-contracts.
The team overcame tremendous
problems, he said, in putting pro-
duction B-58s into the air well
within that seven-year span. The
exacting demands that were
placed on Convair to manufac-
ture the Hustler were passed on
to the vendors.
“Virtually every subsystem on
the B-58 had to be smaller, tough-
er, and more capable than any-
thing built before,” said R. Kahn,
manager of subsystems procure-
ment.
For example, he said, the bomb-
nav system, which increased navi-
gational accuracy tenfold, had to
be reduced in weight and size by
30 per cent.
Air conditioning system specs
required that the equivalent of
20 one-ton home air conditioners
(about 3,000 pounds), be built
into a package weighing less than
400 pounds.
Many of the other “black box-
es,” which help make the B-58 a
virtually automatic airplane, de-
manded even greater ingenuity
and know-how.
Scope of the overall vendor
program is evident on the ledger
sheet. “In terms of dollars and
cents, subsystems are responsible
for roughly 50 per cent of the
job of building the Hustler,”
Hicks said.
Other statistics also help tell
the story.
The subsystems vendors em-
ploy over 11,000 people to work
on the B-58. These vendors are
furnished equipment and raw ma-
terial by over 5,000 other vendors
from 45 states. They, in turn,
deal with 15,000 or 20,000 manu-
facturers for “bits and pieces.”
Thus, the number of people who
work on the B-58—directly and
indirectly, full and part-time —
runs into many, many thousands.
Obviously, the over 14,000 peo-
ple dedicated to the B-58 task
force at Convair FW are only a
part of the Hustler team.
Planning for the B-58 was ex-
tensive. About 17,000 man years
of engineering development were
spent in achieving the advanced
B-58 subsystems designs alone.
This is the equivalent of 170 en-
gineers, working for a full cen-
tury.
“The team has undoubtedly
given the Air Force great sup-
port in this effort,” Cosby said.
“They’ve kept pace with sweep-
ing technological advances and at
the same time created a climate
of progress.
“We feel that this seventh ‘an-
niversary’ is a most successful
one.”
25 Candidates
Considered For
Annua! Award
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Clark, 29-2; R. E. Davis, 55; A.
R. Dixson, 22-1; C. W. Doyle Jr.,
22-2; T. E. Eccles, 19; J. R. Ewen
Sr., 27-5; R. D. Ferguson, 28.
C. G. Gilliam, 81; M. J. Grace,
29-3; D. Green, 22-4; O. E. Gry-
der, 58; J. H. Herbert, 6-5; A. H.
James, 82; R. P. Johnson, 22; R.
B. Lanyon, 24-4; W. B. Long, 7-2;
P. S. Newsom, 27; E. B. Palmer,
6-4; R. B. Ramsey, 58; E. J.
Roberts, 25-5; R. R. Tompkins,
4-1; T. P. Vrotsos, 6; and M.
Weinstein, 24-1.
Entertainment for the evening
will be served up by the Castle-
berry Sextet, a group rapidly
gaining recognition as Texas’
most outstanding young vocal or-
ganization.
Another highlight will be pre-
sentation of certificates and as-
sociate certificates, awarded by
the Management Club in conjunc-
tion with TCU, to 14 Convair
employees.
MOBILE — Nicknamed “Gi-
raffe,” this is new crane-type lift
operating at Convair FW, used
by electrical maintenance for
hard-to-reach places. Like its
counterpart, crane has long, yel-
low neck.
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