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July 15, 1943
THE EAGLE
Page Three
WAR BANNERS—Tfceie seven Treasury Department “T” flag* were
presented to departments of Consolidated Vultee's Fort Worth Division
which purchased 10 per cent or more of gross payroll in United States War
Bonds during June. Mabel May, timekeeper in Accounting, provides
an attractive background. The departments were Tubing, Anodize and
Heat Treat, Tool Cribs, Miscellaneous Parts, Metal Bench, Covering and
Upholstery, and Control Surfaces.
George Boden, Purchasing, is
back after vacationing in Ohio . . .
War Bond delivery girl, Netta
Shouse, happy over her husband’s
recent promotion ... Materials Con-
servation girls gave Mrs. Mildred
Maxson a gown and robe set as a
going-away present when she joined
her husband stationed at an airfield
in Pennsylvania. . . .
Orchids to Ross Brady, Intra-
Plant Trans., who loaned seven
of his fellow employes the
money with which to buy
their War Bonds. . . .
Reason Katharine Wall, pretty
Tool Crib clerk, wears slacks so
nicely, is be-
cause she mod-
eled them for
six seasons as
a well - known
clothes model.
A husband
who’s going
into the army,
swimming,
fishing, ice
skating and a
w i r e - hair
named "Texas Galwailyre,” are her
chief interests in life. . . . Dorothy
Langston, Engineering, is a new ad-
dition to Yard and Flight. When
her husband was sent to North
Africa with the Army Medical
Corps, she took a training course at
Will Rogers’ War Training School
and came to Convair. . . .
Production’s Lurleen Rogers is
smiling again now that Joe is
home . . . Since that recent trip to
St. Louis, Elaine Meinhardt, Flight
Inspection clerk, is a popular girl
in the Hangar . . . Final Assembly
Inspection welcomes Helen Woods
back to the plant after a five-week’s
illness. . . .
Lester Colvin, captain of the Pat-
tern Shop softball team had every-
one in Forest Park confused recent-
ly when he appeared in a uniform
closely resembling the one worn by
"Superman.” ... Ruth Gardner, Up-
holstery’s timekeeper, plans to set
up a jewelry store of her own after
the war—she’ll appreciate any do-
nations . . .
Homer May, Material Sched-
uling, has almost as many rela-
tives as Bob Burns, of the
radio. . . .
A devoted Convair couple are
Ona May Davidson, Dispatching
clerk, and Leonard Davidson, Loft.
Pauline McAninch, Production, can
hardly wait for the surprise her sol-
dier boy friend wrote he was send-
ing from Africa. . . . Iva Murray
and Vivian Baker, Flight Opera-
tions, and Catherine Center, Yard
and Flight, discussing how excited
and thrilled their parents were when
they visited the plant on that fa-
mous "Open House.” ...
Bob Slimp, the gangling, well-
liked lad who was with Accounting
and Timekeep-
ing here for
some eight
months, r e-
turned to see
his old Convair
pals the other
day — a man.
Now a mem-
ber of Uncle
Sam’s fighting
forces and
looking fit and
fine in his uniform, soldiering seems
to have agreed with Bob. Home
on furlough from Omaha, Nebras-
ka, where he’s stationed, he couldn’t
resist the chance to tell his old
friends here how much the Army
fliers think of the planes they build.
Fishing Trip Proves
Hard On Mocassins
Bert Adams, Tool Proofer
in the Pattern Shop, is telling
some tall tales about his re-
cent frog hunting trip.
While his feet were stuck
in the mud, he discovered a
water moccasin climbing up
inside his pants leg.
Frantic beating at his trous-
ers finally killed the snake
before it bit him.
Bert escaped injury but had
to sit down on the bank of
the river where he had been
fishing for several moments
to regain his composure.
Yard and Flight friends of Mary
Alice Powell, Timekeeping, and L.
W. Clark, Yard and Flight, gave
them a crystal set when they mar-
ried last week. . . .
H. E. Crossan, Yard and Flight,
has just received word from Wash-
ington through the International
Red Cross that his brother, Donald
Crossan, private first class, is a
prisoner of the Japs in the Philip-
pines, having been captured at Cor-
regidor. It’s the first word he has
had of him in over a year. . . .
Mrs. A. M. McPherson, Ma-
terals Conservation, paid for
her bonds during the recent
drive with dimes she had saved
since she started working for
Convair four months ago. . . .
Purchasing’s Polly Stewart is
around again after an appendec-
tomy . . . Colorful personality is
Production’s newcomer, Gladys
Berry. . . . New brides of Foremen
Harold Young and Danny Daniels,
Yard and Flight, always pick their
husbands up each evening after
work. . . . That new quartet which
entertained Pattern Shop Loft work-
ers during recent rest periods, was
composed of Hugh Walker, Bill
Jones, Burger Vestal and A. J.
Fletcher. Irving Craig, Jr., is the
director. . . .
Inspection’s C. W. Schellbach
knows how it feels to have his tie
cut off and handed back to him.
However, it paid in the long run—
since the offender promptly pre-
sented him with a new one . . .
Pattern Shop Loft girls gave Bride-
to-be Frances Smith a miscellaneous
shower this week at the home of
Marion Coats and Lois Crossland.
Upholstery’s Claudia Jernigan re-
covering from an operation.
Visitors to E. J. Tynan’s office
down in Purchasing were startled to
hear what
seemed to be ^
deep bass voice
coming from
the desk of Ty-
nan’s pretty
secretary, Mary
McManus. It’s
all the result
of a cold Mary
caught while
swimming i n
Lake Worth
over the week-end. The popular
San Diego girl, transferred here a
year-and-a-half ago, denies absolute-
ly that she swallowed one of the
lake’s deep-voiced bull-frogs... Bill
Daniels, formerly of Yard and
Flight, now stationed at Love Field
as a flight engineer paid a visit this
week to his brother, Danny Daniels,
Yard and Flight foreman, and his
other old friends in that depart-
ment. . . .
Covering proud of their record
in the recent War Bond drive—
they went "Over the Top,” with
some to spare . ... J. V. Rhodes has
been holding down the fort in Pur-
chasing while J. F. Merrill takes his
well-earned vacation . . . Girls in
Production envy Earline Easton’s
real Indian moccasins . . . Yard and
Flight’s Gerry Madden, seen danc-
ing at a popular dance spot the
other night with her Number One
boy friend. . . .
Patriotic touch seen in Pro-
duction this week when six of
the girls paraded in red, white
and blue sweaters. . . .
Rae Davis’s husband just bought
himself a boat—so girls in Covering
are anticipating some Sunday boat
rides on the Lake . . . Production’s
Willa McCash is ill . . . Foreman
J. E. Pace, Jr., of Reclamation Group
of Materials Conservation, consult-
ed the dictionary when he sent in
that suggestion for a Bomber name.
He picked "Mumbo Jumbo,” which
means "an imaginary object of ter-
ror.” ...
Bill Scarborough, Production, is
quite the proud parent since his 18-
year-old son was 4tie of the few se-
lected to attend the Naval School at
TCU. Wedding bells rang in Cov-
ering for Aletha Ebler and also for
Mildred Skinner . . .
Traffic Map—Consolidated Vultee’s Fort Worth Division
Follow this map when ENTERING plant grounds
between 6:30 and 7 a. m., and 4:10 and 4:50 p. m.
(Unless otherwise directed by patrolmen, no outbound traffic during these periods.)
1.
Approach the main gate from the side of
the highway nearest the entrance you will
use as indicated by arrows.
A Enter the proper lane for the parking lot
MB
and gate you wish to use.
3.
other.
4.
islands
Use Lane 2 if making stops to discharge
passengers, and stop ONLY at safety
1.
2.
Follow arrow from gate you use into the
proper lane.
Speed Limit, 25 M. P. H.
Study these maps carefully
Follow this map when LEAVING plant grounds
between 1:30 and 2 a. m., and 3:30 and 4:10 p. m.
(Unless otherwise directed by patrolmen, no inbound traffic during these periods.)
DO NOT cross from one lane into an-
other.
3.
islands
Use Lane 2 if making stops to pick up
passengers, and stop ONLY at safety
Drive to the right side of the road as
quickly as possible after passing through
4.
the main gate.
Drive Carefully
Keep these maps in your car
i
Katharine Wall
Bob Slimp
Mary McManus
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Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation. The Eagle, Volume 2, Number 11, Thursday, July 15, 1943, periodical, July 15, 1943; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth777454/m1/3/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth.