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Wednesday, August 7, 1957
CONVAIRIETY
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IT'S ON WHEELS—Women in Dept. 73 at Convair Fort Worth
inspect portable "crimping" machine used in making electrical con-
nections, result of Employee Suggestion. Girls are, left to right,
Rosie Wenzel, Dorothy Rodgers and Dorothy Hargrove. H. N.
Hayslip, assistant foreman, looks on.
FW Dept. 73 First to Go
Over Top in ESs and CIPs
A more economical insulation
. . . staples instead of tacks and
a portable crimper . . .
These are some of the money-
saving angles developed by Dept.
73 people to make electrical
bench the first department at
Convair Fort Worth to top its
1957 goals for Employee Sugges-
tions and Cost Improvement Pro-
posals.
Each of the items is fairly
simple within itself. But added
together, the suggestions are
estimated to save almost $28,000
in electrical bench operations.
Dept. 73 is one of two de-
partments at Convair Fort
Worth which are now over the
hump in suggestion savings for
the year. Dept. 30 is the other
DEPT. 14 AGAIN —B. G.
Reed, right, assistant division
manager at Convair Fort Worth,
presents quarterly safety award
for group 2 to O. M. LaBaume,
foreman of Dept. 14. The de-
partment also won division safety
banner again.
Tool Service
Again No. 1
Convair Fort Worth’s Dept. 14,
tool service, is still No. 1 on the
division’s safety record list.
B. G. Reed, assistant division
manager, presented to O. M. La-
Baume, foreman, the division’s
1957 safety banner. The depart-
ment has had the banner all year,
winning both the first and second
quarterly contests.
Tool service scored 472 out of
a possible 500 points to top all
other departments.
“That is pretty good perform-
ance,” said Fred Temple, chief
safety engineer.
Temple said departments are
grouped in five classes according
to comparative hazard conditions.
Departments are rated on in-
jury record, 200 points; com-
pliance with hazard correction,
100 points; safety training, 100
points, and an additional 100
points for maintaining an injury-
free record.
Besides Dept. 14, which was
group 2 winner, group awards
went to Dept. 73, group 1; Dept.
46, group 3; Dept. 77, group 4;
and Dept. 95, group. 5.
to exceed its goal.
Overall division performance
during the first six months lagged
short of the target, according to
Conrad Kunze, acting manager
of industrial engineering.
Ideas which won awards for
Dept. 73 employees point up how
little suggestions can mount up
to big savings.
O. S. Duke, tired of searching
through a long list of wire num-
bers in putting together electric
harnesses, suggested charts to
simplify the process. Savings:
$2,386.
J. W. Gotscher suggested a bus
bar be used at one end of elec-
trical harnesses for testing con-
tinuity. Savings: $1,132.
R. E. G. Toney suggested a
more economical insulation for
electric connector plugs. Savings:
$866.
Rosie Wenzel suggested using
staples instead of tacks to speed
up a jig board operation. Savings:
$758.
T. V. Alford saved the com-
pany $211 with a better way to
paint electrical jig boards, and
Dorothy Hargrove’s suggestion
for a portable crimper resulted
in a savings of $519.
A. N. Hayslip, assistant fore-
man, submitted a Cost Improve-
ment Proposal that saved the
company $22,759. He perfected a
better system to “tie” harnesses.
Another CIP, submitted by
B. V. Taylor, saved $4,704.
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iJlie f-^ad&ing. 'Ljt
ears
Fort Worth
The following service emblems are due
during the period Aug. 1 through Aug.
15:
Twenty-year: Dept. 22, D. A. Clemson.
Fifteen-year: Dept. 2, J. F. Ringo;
Dept. 6, C. Cushman II, L. E. Heyduck
Jr., P. B. Terrell; Dept. 7, J. W. Cos-
per, W. B. Utley Jr.; Dept. 14, J. A.
Ayres, L. Gill.
Dept. 15, L. H. Francisco, C. J. Mey-
ers, L. S. Stephens; Dept. 20, E. G.
Walker; Dept. 22, R. J. Bodiford, L. B.
Gleason, R. J. Hardwick, M. A. Jones,
D. L. Keller, V. J. Love, P. W.
McLendon.
Dept. 23, J. F. Cochran, C. I. Livings-
ton, C. J. Sawey; Dept. 24, H. C. Ar-
nold, W. P. Bolding, J. B. Herd Jr.,
J. E. Klovstad Jr., J. C. Liddell, S. J.
Middleton. A. I. Standridge.
Dept. 25, C. S. Absher, Z. Albert,
T. L. Ballinger, G. E. Creed, R. Drake,
A. L. McKennon, G. Thompson; Dept.
27, F. P. Blanscet, M. W. Hearn, V. H.
Hyde, J. G. Swaner, H. T. Wallis, W.O.
Westmoreland.
Dept. 29, H. D. Highsmith ; Dept. 30,
E. L. Eller, A. E. Iker, C. E. Rinefeldt,
R. Rogers, R. M. Satterfield; Dept. 32,
E. C. Hunnicut; Dept. 33, F. Roberson.
Dept 36, O. J. Adcock Jr., H. H. Coul-
90n, J. Plumlee Jr., R. J. Rector, J. R.
Whittlesey; Dept. 40, R. L. Gullion;
Dept. 41, W. C. Carnes, B. J. Moore.
Dept. 42, J. D. Boyd; Dept. 44, G. S.
McClendon, O. F. Young; Dept. 45,
W. T. Ross, W. M. Switzer; Dept 52,
H. A. Harris; Dept. 53, W. C. Goodwin.
Dept. 54, J. E. Kovar; Dept. 55, J. B.
Vincent; Dept. 58, E. L. Tucknies;
Dept. 62, M. L. Akin, A. B. Crownove,
R. Dillard, J. H. Gaines, C. W. Stone,
J. E. Tillery, B. Winfield, W. W. Wom-
ble.
Dept. 64, W. C. Eades, E. E. Ewing,
B. Gooding, E. Hammond, R. Hickman,
H. J. Orr, C. F. Scoggins, W. F. Sisk,
L. B. Stokley, F. C. Willis.
Dept. 65, B. Smith; Dept. 75, J. H.
Beard, I. J. Smith; Dept. 81, C. L. An-
drews, R. E. Baley, M. M. Cannon, E.
A. Ewell, S. L. Kelly, R. Lawson, F. D.
Patterson, G. C. Tidwell.
Dept. 82, W. A. Cornelius, W. L.
Darr Jr., G. Freeman Jr., W. McCaslin,
L. T. McMinn, J. H. Stapleton Jr. ;
Dept. 95, W. H. Perkins, R. S. Sears;
Dept. 96, O. D. Woods.
Ten-year: Dept. 6, J. L. McKinney,
W. R. Swaim Jr.; Dept. 11, J. H.
McCreight; Dept. 19, N. R. Harper;
Auto Crash Fatal
For Pomona Driver
Roy J. Martin, research de-
velopment technician at Convair
Pomona, died instantly July 22
when his car missed a sharp
curve and struck two eucalyptus
trees at the south end of Central
Ave. at Pine, Chino.
Martin was employed at Con-
vair Fort Worth from September,
1949 to November, 1952 when he
moved to Pomona. He was re-
hired at the Pomona Division
August, 1953.
Martin’s body was returned to
Breckenridge for burial.
Dept. 20, T. B. Burks; Dept. 22, W. T.
Evans; Dept. 25, A. D. Craft; Dept. 27,
B. J. Burk, B. G. Hill, R. L. Pederson ;
Dept. 34, J. P. Scozzari.
Dept. 41, C. B. Fogleman, J. W. Geb-
hart, C. E. Hatcher, M. D. Hedric, L. A.
Hopkins, M. A. Sims; Dept. 42, S. L.
Helstrom, J. L. Mays, R. T. Teel.
Dept. 44, C. L. Hall; Dept. 45, B. J.
Cypert; Dept. 46, E. C. Brewton, J. F.
Eshenour; Dept. 52, R. V. Hall; Dept.
53, L. T. Monett; Dept. 54, C. D. Par-
sons.
Dept. 55, W. O. Beckham, O. W. Boner,
R. S. Elmore, W. H. Ray; Dept. 56,
R. L. Copeland, J. D. Rowe, S. R.
Wakeman; Dept. 57, P. J. McKelvy,
M. Parnell.
Dept. 58, R. R. Cooper; Dept. 59,
W. H. McBee; Dept. 64, P. W. Conway,
S. T. Downs Jr., M. L. Perkins, L. T.
Russell; Dept. 74, P. E. Noe, J. R.
Smith, T. E. Bingham; Dspt. 75, C. C.
Lewis ; Dept. 82, A. M. Dodgin.
Five-year: Dept. 6, J. D. Davis, E. K.
Hensley, W. A. Kasten, M. C. Lawrence,
Z. F. McKandless, R. L. Pons, W. K.
Graham Jr., W. E. Simon; Dept. 18,
B. L. Rodgers.
Dept. 22, O. C. McKee; Dept. 25,
J. Griffin; Dept. 27, C. R. Lamkin;
Dept. 32, A. E. Mitchell; Dept. 33, W.
G. Bsasley.
Dept. 36, L. H. Brown ; Dept. 41, L. N.
Lile; Dept. 45, J. M. Brown; Dept. 54,
G. F. Holley, J. A. Sims; Dept. 56,
R. M. Montgomery; Dept. 74, F. J.
McMullin.
Fort Worth personnel are qualifying for 15-year emblems at a great rate.
Below are some of the latest to pass the milestone.
Eileen Rushing J. C. Huddleston E. C. Daniel D. W. Pringle G. D. Howard
Dept. 22 Dept. 24 Dept. 15 Dept. 25 Dept. 29
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Dept. 96
E. Justice Jr.
Dept. 62
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Dept. 62 Dept. 64
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L. R. Hathcock
Dept. 56
E. A. McKibben Louise Gill
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J. W. Cosper R. W. Harwell
Dept. 7 Dept. 9
B. Smith
Dept. 65
W. F. Sisk
Dept. 64
W. C. Davis
Dept. 19
L. Plumlee Jr.
Dept. 36
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General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division. Convairiety, Volume 10, Number 16, Wednesday, August 7, 1957, periodical, August 7, 1957; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth777399/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth.