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S611,000. . . . 387 diesel engines ordered.
. . . New GMC stubnose 2-ton truck
arrived for shipping dept.
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Basketball: Welders won 48-34 from St. Bede
College at Peru 2/13. . . Welderettes play
Gipps Girls 7 p.m. 2/20 at Woodruff Hi for
infantile paralysis benefit.
Travelers: Gene Weyeneth 2/14 to Washington
to complete training film editing. . Neil Chris-
man to NYC & Washington 2/17. . . aJim
Norris to Alamo Gardo (N.M.) Bombing Range
to put on 1-week mtnce school for Army Engrs.
! . Earl Schumacher to Canton, Cleveland, De-
troit to expedite deliveries of purchased parts. -
& Detroit machine tool trip. . . . Byron Emory to
Columbus, O., 2/15. . . . Paul Fulford to Vicks-
burg to install priorities man.
Visitors: Pvt. Lloyd Rathman, x-heattreat, on
furlough from San Angelo, Tex. . . . Price,
Waterhouse auditors W. W. Vincent & R. E. Ryder
here after completing work at Vicksburg & Tourna-
pull for '42 annual report. . . . Guy Arthur to
report to directors on industrial relations. .
Capt. J. F. Mitchell, industry integration com., &
E. L. Kimont of John Deere from Moline .
Jack Salvador, genl mgr. Ga. plant. . . . Tom
Backus & Duncan Campbell, Fuller Mfg. Co. (Kala.
kazoo, Mich.) gear consultants.
To the Colors: Army: /28 Wilton Oleson & John
,Wainwright, m.s. #2; Wm. Siepel, PCU case weld;
Richard Bennett, cutting; James Penn, m.s. #3;
2/9 Lawrence Beck, m.s. #2; Joseph Martino,
m.s. #3; John Surface, small parts # 1 weld;
Lonnie Hendrickson, transp. #2; Ray Jerrells, Jr.,
m.s. #1; Harold Nolan, small parts #1; Jack
Birchfield, elect. #2; 2/10 James Gutshell, ship-
ping; Robt. Risser, finishing #3; Orrin Bennett,
m.s. #1; 2/11 James Kindred, PCU drills; James
Fornengo, toolroom; John Bowers, stores #2; Glenn
Wittrig, TP service; Robt. McIntyre, prep-ship;
Robt. Ballard, shears; 2/12 Rolland Coughlin, prep-
ship; Eugene Christianson, mtnce #2.
Marines: Joe Carroll, toolroom #1.
LeTourneau Stock 2/16: Common on NYCurb)
281 bid 29% asked: preferred over-counter 98'
. ,1< flt aske~d.A)
Capt. Edwarde,L.Ra,
E Wayne KingEizDucn
byriigpan' iueTOURNAPULL
"Up produc-
tion by downing
A W OL," was
chief theme of
Capt. John Ed-
wardsen, public
relations r e p.,
` 4th S er vi ce
Command, i n
talk from truck-
bed platform at
Army-Navy Pro-
duction Rally
Eliz. Duncan 2/10, occasioned1. Man flag for War
by raising plant's Minute Mnfa o a
Bond sales.
Seaman W. S. Smith, aboard light cruis-
er Atlanta when sunk, & now promoting War
Bond sales to build another Atlanta, told
e :p(iences of Pacific area battles.
0-her speakers: Elizabeth Duncan of Le-
Tourneau Bond Committee, who presentedflag to Wayne King, employe rep., who
pledged employe cooperation on production;
Pvt. Bob Oliver, x-insp., of Camp Hulen,
Tex.; Earl Rhoads, prod. mgr., pledging
management support of war effort, Naval Lt.
Ryan. Orville Dubie was m.c. Toccoa Hi
band played.
Born: Raymond Haskell 10# 2/4 at Toccoa,
son of Edw. Smith, steel . . . Elva Warren 7#
2/8, dau. of Elva Herron, m.s.
Promotions, Changes: Zeke Townsend transp.,
buggy boy to Mercury oper. . . . Doyle Varner
nite foreman 3d operation mach. to m.s. toolroom
for 3 months' training . . . James Lee bullgang
to saw oper.
Died: Mrs. H. D. Whiten, mother of Elmer
Whiten, prod. 2/5 at Toccoa.
To the Colors: Army: Clarence Homes, m.s.;
Bill Harris, emp. welfare; James Cox, m.s.; Troy
Strickland, mach.; John Cleveland, supt.; Hoyt
Hearn, mach. Coast Guard: Warren Trox-
clair, standards.
Visitors: Lt. Cyril Stapleton, x-personnel mgr.;
Seaman Geo. Whiten x-prod.; Cpl. Grover Oliver,
x-prod.Shakeout: Locker-shower
completed this week. Resale
Lockers still to come.VICKSBURG
bldg. to be
has moved in.
K n e e dislo-
ated in basket-
all game 2/3
!us Dick, shell
upt., got back
work 2/8 in
'heelchair.With
Zoot" Jackson
o r attendant,
u s confers
vith Prod. Mgr.
,awrence Zuer-w.U cher.
New Equipment: New Tournamatic sec-
tion of genl m.s. to handle Rooter machining
. . . 5-ton drop hammer being installed in
shop forging . . . Oxygen plant starting
oneration this week has 3,000,000 feet per
month capacity . . . 1000-kva generator
setup in operation 2/16.
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Jack Stone, x-supv. m.s. # 1 Peoria, genl
foreman shell machining . . . H. B. LaHatte
new day housekeeping foreman . . . Mark
Bennett new nite housekeeping foreman.
. . . --
New Machinist Class students: Dalton
Bailey, 17, Edwards, Miss.; Perry Pixley, 16,
Clarksdale, Miss.; LeRoy Lewis, 16, Utica,
Miss., start 2/9.
Born: Chas. Gerald 8# 2/8, son of Joe
Stevens, nite machining.
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R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. NOW, Volume 7, Number 40, February 19, 1943, periodical, February 19, 1943; Peoria, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1526334/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library.