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CONVAIRIETY
July I, 1953
TEST RUN—Eva Borum of Dept. 9-1 at San Diego, left, makeup
specialist for new little theater group, shows proper technique to
Palmer Osborn (Dept. 6) and Hope Ryno (Dept. 9-1).
False Face
Grease Paint Adds on the Years,
(Or Takes 'em off) at San Diego
A technique designed to pro-
duce at will the appearance of
“youth” or “age” is being ab-
sorbed by a group at Convair
San Diego.
Unfortunately, it is no true
fountain of youth. The tech-
nique only makes a person look
young—and even then only to
those back of the sixth row.
It is the grease paint and
pencil art, of course, a ground-
work that members of the new-
ly organized little theater group
at San Diego will find valuable
when production gets under
way. Weekly classes are being
conducted by Eva Borum of
Dept. 9-1. Object of the course
is to train the actors and
actresses to make up their own
Top photo, Hope examines ex-
aggerated makeup that looks
unbecoming in daylight but pro-
duces natural effect under foot-
lights. Below, makeup process has
produced moustache and graying
hair for Palmer.
faces, at least for the simpler
parts.
“The theater is make-believe
in more ways than one,” Mrs.
Borum, herself a leader in ama-
teur troupes in the past, ex-
plained.
“A ravishing beauty on the
stage may truly be a beauty
away from the footlights, but
believe me when the lights are
on full she couldn’t be beautiful
without some help. Even Venus
couldn’t have done it!
“The ‘help,’ of course, is
makeup and don’t dismiss it
casually. The type varies wide-
ly with the part’s requirements
and also with the colors in the
stage lighting. A poor job of
makeup could make Venus look
more like one of the witches in
Macbeth.”
However, if you know how,
the makeup job can be effective
and fast. Mrs. Borum estimates
With organization of a little
theater group at San Diego, the
SD Division is following a pre-
cedent already set at Fort
Worth where the “Wing and
Masque Players” have become
an outstanding activity during
the last two and a half years.
five or ten minutes for the
average, though character roles
take longer.
“In one play once, we had an
actress who was called upon by
the script to return to the stage
as a young girl. Every eve-
ning, as the makeup specialist,
I took 20 years off her life in
two minutes!”
‘Weapons’ Talk Sent
To FW Supervision
“Weapons System Manage-
ment,” reprints of remarks made
by August C. Esenwein, Convair
vice-president and FW Division
manager, before the recent Avia-
tion Writers Association confer-
ence in FW, were distributed last
week to all FW supervision.
Copies of the talk, explaining
the concept under which aircraft
of the future will be developed by
the Air Force and Convair, also
went to a number of suppliers
and sub-contractors.
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Pardon me, pardon me, pardon me .. . excuse me.1
Trainmaster For Pomona Riding Club
Recalls 200-Mile Trip by Pack Mule
Mention horses to Convair Po-
mona’s Gayle Stokes (Dept. 22)
and his face lights up like a fire-
works display. But mention mules
and he’s apt to start searching
frantically for foot powder and
nerve tonic.
For Stokes, an ex-cowboy,
cavalryman and forest ranger,
once led an Army pack mule from
Ft. Devens, near Boston, to the
Canadian border near Lake Cham-
plain—a trip of more than 200
miles over parts of Massachusetts,
New Hampshire and Vermont.
“That was over 25 years ago
while I was on regimental maneu-
vers with the 13th Infantry, but
to this day I can’t stand the sight
of a mule,” Stokes declared.
Although he’s still an active
horseman—he acts as trailmaster
and chief cook for the CRA Rid-
ing Club and owns a horse—
Stokes now devotes much of his
spare time to painting. His fa-
vorite subjects, naturally, are
horses and desert scenes.
He started painting in oils only
a year and a half ago, and he has
given most of his paintings away.
Now he feels that he has pro-
gressed to the point that he can
market them. Although his paint-
ing career has been brief, Stokes
has been sketching and drawing
for as long as he can remember,
and he has done some previous
work in pastels.
He also has done a large
amount of soap carving, although
he has almost given this hobby
up in favor of painting. In 1935
a group of his carvings won first
in a state contest, honorable men-
tion in a national contest, and
were selected for a national tour.
In this medium his favorite sub-
jects were cowboys, women—and
horses.
A native of Wyoming, Stokes
went to Canada when 15 to be-
come a cowboy. He worked for
two years on ranches in Saskat-
chewan, riding “drift fence.”
“My job was to ride along the
20-mile long fence, looking for
and repairing breaks. The trip
took two days each way, with a
stopover at a shack at the end of
the fence,” Stokes recalls. “Once
I was caught out in a hailstorm
which cut the hair and a part of
the hide from livestock. I escaped
injury by yanking the saddle off
my horse and crouching undex it,
but I had to walk 12 miles back
to the ranch house. That horse
couldn’t be ridden again for over
two months.”
During another storm lightning
struck the fence several miles
away while Stokes was making
repairs. He was knocked uncon-
scious, and the pliers were fused
to the wire. Aside from burned
hands and being “out cold” for a
long time, he suffered no ill
effects.
Stokes spent four years in the
regular Army, serving with the
infantry, cavalry and artillery.
Much of this time he worked with
horses, but once while serving as
a radio operator near artillery the
muzzle blast from field guns
burst both of his ear drums. This
caused partial loss of his hearing,
and eventually he was given a
medical discharge. He also spent
13 years with the Iowa National
Guard Cavalry, his last few years
as a mess sergeant.
For a year and a half, during
the latter part of World War II,
Stokes was assistant district
ranger for the Forestry Service
at Prescott, Ariz., a job which
required him to ride a horse for
eight hours a day.
CURED—Whatever affection Gayle Stokes (Dept. 22 Pomona) might have had for mules, he lost
it years ago during 200-mile mule trip. His avocation is painting, particularly horses. But no mules.
At right he is shown as National Guard staff sergeant in 30‘s.
Convair Son at 10 Romps Off With First Places
As Adults Also Ran in Model Airplane Contest
A group of avid model airplane
fans from Convair FW entered a
model airplane contest recently
and watched a ten-year-old Con-
vair family son walk off with
first prize.
Ronald, son of E. E. Scott,
Dept. 24-1, has been making his
own planes for the last year and
Aircraft Inspection
Courses Scheduled
Convair SD employees interest-
ed in learning aircraft inspection
or improving their skills in this
field will be given an opportunity
this fall when the San Diego Vo-
cational School offers courses
through its Aircraft Inspection
Technical Institute.
Scheduled to start Sept. 14, the
courses are designed to give a
wide understanding of the inspec-
tion field. Individual courses are
set up to take full advantage of
specialized equipment, processes
and facilities available in this
area.
Some of the most popular
courses offered are in blueprint
reading, mathematics, materials,
quality control, detail inspection
and technical writing. Registra-
tion for the courses may be made
through the training section, Bldg.
14, San Diego Plant 1.
Covington to Head
Committee For A.I.A.
G. A. Covington, Convair SD
manager of Quality Control, last
month was elected chairman of
the Aircraft Industries Associa-
tion’s Inspection Committee for
the western region. He succeeds
H. O. Williams of Douglas Santa
Monica.
a half. He got enthusiastic about
model airplanes and racing by
watching his father work on his
hobby.
The contest was held in Abilene,
Tex., and consisted of five divi-
sions. They were stunt, combat,
speed, team racing and beauty.
Ronald came in first in class A,
and third in VzA in the speed divi-
sion. He also placed first in the
team racing division.
Also entered in the competition
were R. J. Heist, Dept. 24-1, CRA
model airplane commissioner, and
his 14-year-old son Dickie; Fran-
cis Crane, Dept. 6, who is presi-
dent of the group; and Scott, who
is vice-president.
Coupons Clipped in
Novel Thrift Idea
A thrifty idea that few would
have the imagination to recog-
nize was turned up recently at
FW Division by Vernon John-
son, medical supply clerk.
While unpacking a carton of
washing powder, Johnson no-
ticed that there were coupons
present, each worth 10 cents to-
ward the purchase of additional
soap. He saved them and Con-
vair thereby saved $2.40 on the
next carton ordered!
“It may seem minor in it-
self,” F. E. Chambers, FW per-
sonnel manager, commented.
“But if all were as alert as this
man to reducing costs, the ideas
resulting would save thou-
sands.”
EQUIPPED—When Bill Rudolph, Convair field engineer assigned
to Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico, decided to take up spearfishing he
found it's more complicated than enough. His first day out he was
loaded down with swim fins, depth gauge, snorkle, knife and face
mask. "I didn't need a gun. My appearance scared the fish to
death!" he said. Rudolph, left, is with Tom Kasabali, Sperry
representative.
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