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Allen, Jr., & Howard H. Kapp, both
from machine shop.
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From The Colors: Navy: Emmett
Jones to small parts fab. . . . Army:
Pvt. J. Douglas Beard, x-construction,
to machine shop.
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Slag: Income tax aid given both
shifts last week . .. Standards hi man
week ended 2/12 Fred Uzzle, x-
Rooter fab... . Ed White, x-Gadsden
(Ala.) Ordnance plant, given charge
of production machining . . . Credit
Union now open Tues. until 9 p. m.
to accommodate nite shift. With 400
members, has loaned $35,134.33 in 8
months since inception . . . Tensile
testing machine, cap. 120,000 lbs., in-
stalled in laboratory.
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Born: Bertrum Sidney 2/5, son of
Ernest Barbay, machine shop.
Wed: Carzella McDuffie, nurse, &
Joseph Guidry, nite transportation,
1/29 . . . Eugene Beasley, machine
shop, & Effie Mae Gross, x-central
stores & accounting, 2/5.
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Basketball: Dazzling "Y" Inde-
pendents with their flashy new uni-
forms & play, LeTourneau quintet
2/16 won 31-27; but next evening
with the newness worn off lost to
Carr Central Hi School by same
score: 27-31.TOURNAPULL
Of Stephen County's 4th War Loan
drive quota of $399,900 maturity
value LeTourneau organization was
made responsible for $100,000. As
of 2/17 employes have bot $80,000
series E, Credit Union $5,000 of
series G, R. G. LeTourneau Inc., thru
LeTourneau Co. of _Ga. $230,000, for
total of $315,000. Federal Reserve
credits county with $530,000, thru
17th, expects $600,000 by 29th.
Photo shows LeTourneau drive
committeemen Homer Streit, Prince
L. Royal, Sherman Miller, James J.
Pearson. Absent were Bob Shoop &
Louis Maness.
'43 payrolls of LeTourneau enter-
prises in Georgia totaled $3,979,-427.30, announces payroll dept. The
5 businesses & their payrolls are:
Le-Tourneau Co. of Ga., $3,904,812.76;
Tournapull Housing Corp., $24,
773.29; Louise Farming Co., $34,-
134.42; WRLC, $9,998.08; Toccoa
Falls Flying School, $5,708.75.
Employes paid $38,035.84 Old Age
Benefit tax. Co. paid same amount of
OAB tax, plus $97,114.15 unemploy-
ment compensation tax.
Employe "E" War Bond purchases
by cash & payroll deduction totaled
in '43 $499,175. Credit Union bought
$7,000 in "G" Bonds.
A physical education program for
machinist school boys has been set up
by Ralph Cooper, new counsellor, &
was inaugurated 2/7. Changed quar-
terly to fit each season's sports, pro-
gram gives each shift about 2 hours of
physical ed twice weekly. Shifts are
divided into teams & points are
awarded for individual & team show-
ing in each event. Hi boy wins award
at season's end.
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New Offices: Orville Dubie, fab.
gen. foreman, has office over wash-
room. Hardy Addington, steel fore-
man, getting new office at steel desk.
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To The Colors: 2/14 John Ed
Whiten, steel; Paul Ayers, T'matics;
George Crowe, machine shop; 2/16
John F. Hardy, fab.
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Born: Janice Gay, 7# 2/12, dau.
of Jimmie Jackson, exp-jig; Robert
Neal 8# 14 oz. 2/12, son of Vernon
Smith, heat treat. gen. foreman.
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Died: Jackson Tilman Walters, 65,
father of Hoyt Walters, control room,
died 2/14 in Atlanta.
Promotions: Willie Crowe acting
communications supv. to supv., suc-
ceeding Ann Athon Fieser, resigned
to keep house. Nelle Massey produc-
tion clerk to secty. Morris Keller fab.
body setup & weld to yoke foreman.
Nelson McCarroll foundry process in-
spection to clean, finish & anneal fore-
man. Louis Maness personnel asst.
to acting asst. personnel mgr.
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To Wed: Mary Toney, Carnesville,
& Melvin Lewallen, Maratime Serv-
ice, of Raleigh, N. C.
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Slag: Crank press with utility heads
shipped 2/16 to Vicksburg plant .
Hi dept. on standards week ended
2/12 day sheep's foot rollers (Fore-
man Hubert Farmer). Hi man Roy
Powers, day final assembly ... Cliff
Brannon's Country Church of Air2/19 over WRLC & WCCA broad-
cast first transcribed program, made
at New Bethel Church, near Carnes-
ville. Activities Assn. membership
now 866, with 350 of these Hospitali-
zation Plan members.
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Basketball: At Activities Center
2/19 North Ga. College beat Le-
Tourneau All Stars 34-31. Dixie V
won 24-12 from Nite Tools & Jigs in
1st of 3-game playoff for inter-de-
partmental championship. Next game
2/26.
Weather last week again fogged up
the schedule and Wed. night R. G.
listened to his flying guest, Dr. John
Brown, speak at Tournapull, instead
of Dr. Brown listening to R. G. at
Dothan. Out of Vicksburg right after
lunch Wed., Pilot Bob Lyle made
Tournapull instead of Dothan, Ala.
Weather being uncertain for flight to
Peoria late Thurs. or early Fri., R. G.
phoned Peoria to substitute another
speaker for Dr. Brown. However, he
himself flew in Fri.
To Beaumont, Tex. 2/19, back to
Vicksburg 2/21, Tournapull 2/23,
Peoria & St. Paul, Minn. 2/24; Peoria
& Kenosha, Wisc. 2/25, Peoria 2/26,
Chicago 2/27, Vicksburg 2/28, Jack-
son 2/29, Peoria 3/1, Tournapull 3/4,
Bradenton, Fla., 3/5. Vicksburg 3/6,
Peoria 3/9, Tournapull 3/11, Sara-
sota, Fla., 3/12.
Plant Chapel SpeakersHomer Hammontree Walter Steen Thomas Smith
At Peoria-On Thurs., Feb. 24 Rev. Wal-
ter A. Steen, Pastor of Ebenezer Evangelical
Free Church, Milwaukee, Wis. is to speak
on "Divine Love Demonstrated", "The Way
of Salvation", "Light in the Shadow of
Death", and "The Weight of A Soul."
At Vicksburg-Speakers for Thurs., Mar.
2 are to be Rev. & Mrs. Harry White, Bap-
tist Church, Summit, Miss.
At Tournapull-On Tues., Feb. 29 Dr.
Homer A. Hammontree, now associated
Morning Cheer Service Men's Camp, Camp
Dix, N. J. and Thomas S. Smith, Moody
Bible Institute, Chicago, are to be the
speakers.
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