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Ida Graham, fuselage tail clerk,
is anticipating a visit from her
husband, now in the army . . . W. R.
Lanier, draw bench, is one of five
riders who daily drive to work from
Weatherford. During his six months
here, Lanier has never been absent
or tardy . . . Billie Parks, tool
room, is thrilled over the news
that her brother, Cpl. Robert W.
Parks, USMC, is coming home aft-
er 19 months in the South Pacific.
Thirty girls from tooling
Saturday and Sunday will serve
sandwiches, doughnuts, cakes
and coffee at the Servicemen’s
Center. The food and coffee
will be provided by more than
1,000 Convair employes who
are contributing to the cause.
Veteran of more than six months
in the WAAC, who is continuing to
to do her part
in the war is
Nell Lytton, a
typist in flight.
Mrs. Lytton,
whose husband,
Charles, works
in tooling,
served with the
WAAC until
the organiza-.
tion became
known as the
WAC last Fall.
She was sta-
tioned in Flor-
Lytton
ida and Arizona, but now claims
Fort Worth as home . . . George B.
McAllister, chief tool designer, con-
tinues to beam after the birth of
a son, Bruce . . . Paul Wynn, re-
cently transferred to miscellaneous
parts from production control, is
spending a vacation at home . . .
About 20 members of counting
enjoyed a weiner roast at Lake
Worth recently . . . Draw bench’s
C. T. Isenburg is vacationing . . .
Drop hammer, second shift, loses
Foreman James Duffey and Asst.
Foreman Louis Huggins to first
shift, but gains Dan Dawson, fore-
man, from first shift . . .
J. W. Fitzpatrick, wage coordin-
ator, last week learned only too well
the truth of the adage “haste
makes waste.” While running to
catch his bus, he injured his foot
and was absent two days. No, he
didn’t catch the bus. . . .
Pat Terrall, covering and uphol-
stery, has asked that anyone find-
ing her yellow gold Bulova watch
please contact her during the sec-
ond shift at 3169 . . .
Polly Murphy, fuselage sub-
assembly, would appreciate the re-
turn of her red jacket, lost some-
time Monday afternoon ... It was
an all-Convair wedding Sunday at
the home of Eugene Crosier, em-
ploye services manager—Crosier
performed the ceremony uniting
Foreman Merle Sullens, electric and
radio sub-assembly, and Mary Joy,
material clerk. . . .
After being “rained out” five
times, production control’s Bill
Fisher, Jimmie Hidgkins, Bob
Moore, Russell Howeth, Doug Walk-
er, Cliff Hammock and A. R. How-
ard finally got to play their golf
match . . . Wedding bells rang re-
cently for Nancy Britton, fuselage
nose . . .
Experimental welcomes new
clerks Rosabel Yosten and Mar-
garet Jones . . . Ambitious is
Amelia Pacheco, fuselage tail—on
the job every day and studing at
TWC also . . . Houston Alexander,
World War II vet, is a new employe
in inspection . . . Walter G. Rhine,
wing verticals, recently had a card
from his brother in a Jap prison
camp ...
Another departmental ro-
mance climaxed recently with
the marriage of Catherine Pelt
and H. E. Harrison both in-
spectors in welding . . . Pro-
duction control has extended
sympathy to W. B. Hatch, re-
cent recipient of the Purple
Heart awarded posthumously
to his son, W. B. Hatch, Jr.,
killed in action in the South-
west Pacific . . .
Oliver Guest, quality control,
major assembly, is vacationing
with parents in Oklahoma . . .
B-32 fuselage is boasting of the
perfect attendance records of four
employes, each of whom haven’t
missed a day or been tardy in more
than a year: J. N. Rogers, M.
Goodman, Jr., R. R. Mills, Jr., and
R. E. Smith ... A. Bridier, anodize
and heat treat, is on the sick list.
Coins Thelma Republic, contract,
received from Australia will make
her a charm bracelet . . . Dr. H. C.
Schilling, medical department, is
the proud father of a baby son,
John Clayton ... Joe Gann, tool
design, left recently on a business
trip to Detroit . . . Eddie Schroeder,
pattern shop, left recently to en-
ter training as an aviation cadet
. . . Martha Tilley is the addition in
engineering correspondence group.
Gracy Prince, metal bench, and
her husband, Van, same depart-
ment, have expressed appreciation
for flowers sent by their fellow-
workers when her father died re-
cently . . . Asst. Foreman C. S.
Absher, wing verticals, has been
absent and tardy only once each in
his 19 months with Convair . . .
New addition in billing section of
accounting is C. H. Everett, trans-
ferred from payroll. . . .
Vanda Allen, production sched-
uling, was a happy girl when her
husband, Gordon, returned from
Dayton where he’s been working
for two months . . . Bob Smith and
J. J. Bell, experimental, have re-
turned from Wright Field. . . .
There’s reason enough for the 20-
month record of perfect attendance,
unmarred by
tardiness, of
George R.
Ringler, lead-
man in tool
room. Two of
his sons are in
service and a
son - in - law, a
Signal Corps
captain, went
through the
African cam-
paign and now
is in Italy. One
son is a Marine
pilot and the other is in a Ferry
Command ground crew. George,
who was an automobile salesman
for the same Fort Worth company
for 23 years, says his favorite
hobby—fishing—willingly has been
neglected since he came to Convair.
Lewis D. Wall, inspector in re-
ceiving, has returned from his va-
cation . . . Gladys Carnes, account-
ing, recently welcomed her hus-
band, Jack, a Seabee, home on
leave. Jack formerly was em-
ployed here in final assembly . . .
Elizabeth Pressley and Ada Miller,
fuselage tail, have returned to work
after being ill. . . .
Control surfaces’ vacationers in-
clude Martha Henson, Addie Rad-
ford, Nellie Mae Reid, Marjorie
Hobbs, Madelyn Boykin and Fore-
man John Lanier . . . Surprised by
her husband, Perry, who came home
on his first furlough in 10 months,
was Winifred Leonard, industrial
relations. . . .
Quite a party is being planned
for Sunday by employes in raw
stores, receiving, sub-contracting
and shipping . . . Happy lass in
miscellaneous parts was Zelma
Beseda when she received a letter
from her husband, now stationed
in England with the AAF . . . Eddie
Dunn, asst, foreman, fuselage tail,
has returned from his vacation . . .
Experimental tooling is welcom-
ing a new clerk, Willrie Moore . . .
Mrs. Mae Shamburger recently
joined accounts payable, planning
Ringler
DISPLAYING their new uniform* are thete Convair flight crew members, left to right: Medeari* Hemby,
radio operator; H. E. Bickley, engineer; Robert F, Davit, co-pilot; and Robert B. Quin, pilot.
to w6rk while her husband serves
with the 36th Division in Italy . . .
Rosenell Roff, contract administra-
tion, was seen this week in the
Footlite Club’s presentation of
“White Banners” . . .
Jessie Louise Kite, production
control, left recently to join the
WAVES . . . Enjoying a well-earned
vacation is Mary Lou Thomas, ex-
perimental timekeeper . . . Con-
gratulations are due Alvin Harris,
final assembly-engines and props,
on his marriage to Mary Alford of
upholstery and covering . . . Re-
turned to their GFE stores work
after vacations are Carl J. Schmitz
and Dorothy White . . .
Another new proud papa is Ralph
Ray Simpson, control surfaces . . .
An unusual Valentine—a handmade
ring with a small heart inset—was
received by Louise Lynch, contract,
from New Guinea . . . Another
World War II veteran now working
here is Robert Davis, Jr., Negro,
now employed in fuselage, tail after
serving in Africa . . .
“Chekoe” is the name given his
new dog by H. J. Ellis, leadman
in machine shop inspection . . .
John H. Wood, asst, foreman in
drop hammer, is enjoying that
vacation . . . Miscellaneous parts is
congratulating Asst. Foreman D. O.
Burch on his new son, who weighed
in at seven pounds . . . Another new
ring is that worn on the proper
finger by Elaine Burleson, ac-
counting . . .
New brides in contract adminis-
tration are B. B. Harris, married
to Pfc. Joel W. Cook of Fort Jack-
son, S. C., and Texana Stepp, who
wed Sgt. Fred B. VonderHoya of
Camp Cook, Calif. . . .
Convair’s new receptionist is Ann
Key, well known to many of the
plant’s visitors
as one of the
efficient host-
esses formerly
seen on Texas
streamlined
trains. Ann, a
native of Ken-
tucky who now
calls Texas
home, was the
first hostess on
the Rocket,
traveling from
Fort Worth to
Houston via
Dallas. For five years she worked
on the Rocket and Zephyr . . .
Shipping inspection is bragging of
its two fliers—Hasseltine Mims, a
Convair employe for a year, who
recently soloed, and Marie Messick,
20-month employe, who has com-
pleted her first cross country solo.
Timekeeping’s Mrs. V. C. Cates
still beams after receiving eight
letters at once from her husband
in Italy . . . Mary Abraham, tool
control files, has five brothers in
service—three of them overseas . . .
Elizabeth Gray, drop hammer, is re-
cuperating from injuries received in
an auto accident . . .
George Henshaw, production co-
ordination, went to Mexico to enjoy
his vacation . . . C. L. Sample,
medical section, has been employed
here a year, missing only two hours
of work .. . Sheet metal is bragging
about the poem written by a fellow-
worker, Mrs. Demetria McPherson
. . . Add coincidence: four of nine
control surfaces employes working
on de-icer units are named Smith.
Daphne Moody, tool cribs of-
fice, is telling friends of the
large box of souvenirs she re-
cently received from her hus-
band, now stationed on New
Britain island. Included in the
collection, which was made
during his 19 months of over-
seas duty, was a Japanese flag.
Bill Boyd, contract administra-
tion, is leaving to join the Navy . . .
Wedding bells rang recently for
H. C. Specht, tool room . . . Jean
Colwell, employe services, is ill . . .
Theola Bounds, tooling, is taking
a vacation after a year’s perfect
attendance record . . . Finishing’s
Alberta Lett sporting new diamond
earrings—a birthday gift . . .
Smith Kite, inspector in salvaged
material, is another proud father—
a boy . . . Ima Rice, spares, became
Mrs. John Pool, recently. Her hus-
band is in service . . . Garage wel-
comes two new chauffeurs—Doris
Title and J. L. Brewer ... On vaca-
tion is F. M. L. Jolly, A&N stores
. . . Dorothy Tellner, inspector in
major assembly, can be proud of
her eight-month perfect attendance
PROUDLY wearing the Purple
Heart ribbon received a few days
ago is James J. Bucher, World War
/ veteran and now an AAF super-
visor in radio electrical and AFCE.
Bucher was seriously wounded and
gassed in the Chateau-Thierry battle.
record . . . Foreman Le Roy Manire,
electrical maintenance, is beaming
over the birth of a girl, Sharon Ann
. . . Tool room’s clerk, Mildred Un-
sell, is on vacation, visiting her
soldier husband . . .
Four new clerks in field opera-
tions are Evelyn Miclican, Geneva
Grimes, Ruby Hemingway and
Helen Cockburn . . . Material con-
trol welcoming LaVerne Cowley,
transferred from A&N stores . . .
Ruth Bradley, shipping clerk, has
driven 108 miles daily to keep up
a perfect attendance record for six
months . . . Tube bending vaca-
tioners include D. D. Lewis and
S. L. Duniphin . . . Lucille Roberts
has returned from a stretch in the
hospital to, of all places, dead end
center in sheet metal . . . Mrs.
Dorothy Rumpf, radio test lab, is
trying to find some home folks
here from Spokane, Wash.
John Pace, production co-ordina-
tion, is enjoying a vacation in
Washington ... C. W. Frank pattern
shop, left recently to join the
Marines . . . Newest employe in
medical section is Mrs. Alvina Of-
ficer, nurse ... A diamond en-
gagement ring from her soldier-
fiance is an added incentive for
Martha Hopkins, contract, to Work-
to-Win . . .
Reason for the gleam in
Gwynee (Industrial Relations)
Randle’s eyes is the visit home
by her husband while on fur-
lough. Her husband, Les, form-
erly worked in tooling here . . .
Mary Lamer, control surfaces,
is back on the job after a seige
of ’flu . . .
McKay
veteran oi two armies air iorces
in the present war is G. D. McKay,
recent addition
to contract.
The youthful
pilot served
with the RAF
from Septem-
ber, 1841, until
July, 1 943,
when he trans-
ferred to the
AAF. McKay
flew with the
British Coast-
al Command,
his chief job
being strafing
enemy shipping, convoys and docks,
particularly along the Dutch coast
area. After training in Canada,
McKay went overseas and started
flying Beaufighters.
Dennie H. Payne, metal bench,
wisely investing in his suggestion
award in war bonds . . . New
fathers in fuselage nose include
O. Z. M. Coon, O. B. Cannon and
L. Garner . . . Drop hammer em-
ployes recently returned from vaca-
tions are Hugh Couch and D. F.
Wade . . . Accounts payable wel-
comes Thada Selma . . . Daily letter
writer is Elwina Sweet, pattern
shop, who keeps her two brothers
and a boy friend informed of home
news while they are in service . . .
Production order loses Bert Lovette
to the Navy . . .
New clerk in wing sub-assembly
is Susie Weas . . . Drop hammer
extends sympathy to R. D. Akey,
on the death of his father . . .
Material control’s R. L. Shubert
has completed a year with no ab-
sences or tardiness.