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CONVAIRIETY
February 8, 1956
Seek CntHeA
L. V. Murphy
C. R. Ryan
D. W. Rhodes
★ * ★
Adjoining are pho-
tos of Convair FW
men who recently
passed the 15-year
service mark.
★ ★
G. W. Larson
★ ★ Service Emblems ★ ♦ ★
FORT WORTH
The following service emblems are due
during the period February 15 through
February 29:
Fifteen-year: Dept. 6, G. W. Larson,
D. W. Rhodes; Dept. 11, C. R. Ryan;
Dept. 25, J. K. Carney; Dept. 27, D. W.
James, L. V. Murphy; Dept. 62, W. L.
Daniel Jr.
Ten-year: Dept. 8, H. W. Gibbs; Dept.
20, J. E. Kimmons; Dept. 22, N. B.
Haley; Dept. 24, R. R. Hunt; Dept. 25,
J. W. Davis Jr., J. B. Moore, F. Wee-
hunt; Dept. 28, V. T. Jones.
Dept. 29, L. R. Garth, J. G. Huff-
man, P. F. Keown ; Dept. 30, W. T.
Carroll; Dept. 42, R. D. Jones, L. E.
Luckey; Dept. 48, R. H. Monett; Dept.
Promotions
FORT WORTH
Promotions to and within supervision,
professional and administrative effective
Jan. 23 are:
Dept. 2, Division Manager’s Office: to
project co-ordinator, D. A. Bennett.
Dept. 4, Material: to product change
analyst, B. G. Boyd; to buyer B, C. H.
Hurst; to buyer A, R. J. Hutto ; to re-
ceiving and stores assistant foreman,
L. V. Watson.
Dept. 6, Engineering: to group engi-
neer, F. E. Armstrong; to engineering
administrative supervisor, H. A. Bodley ;
to project design engineer, L. E. Eck-
stein, J. Y. Kennedy; to senior design
engineer, B. H. Flippen; to aerophysics
engineer, J. C. Heft; to design engineer,
H. G. White, J. A. Williams; to pro-
pulsion group engineer, R. N. Oliver.
Dept. 7, Manufacturing and Tooling
Management: to development liaison
man, B. B. Bryan Jr., B. M. Griffis, B.
D. Martin, J. H. Wood, J. B. Wood rum ;
to development project supervisor, B. S.
DeBusk, W. J. Johnson; to development
project liaison man, W. B. Long, G. W.
Righter.
Dept. 19, Industrial Accounting: to
tabulating supervisor, C. D. Statum Jr.
Dept. 20, Traffic: to departmental as-
sistant, O. F. Davis; to transportation
assistant foreman, D. D. Wall; to traf-
fic administrative assistant supervisor,
J. L. Wilson.
Dept. 22, Manufacturing Control: to
product change analyst, L. B. Gleason;
to master scheduler, M. N. Simons.
Dept. 24, Tooling: to tooling analyst,
A. R. Cardinal, H. H. Hendricks ; to tool
engineering control assistant supervisor,
J. D. DuPree; to assistant foreman, W.
M. Garrett, V. L. Kee; to tool engineer,
C. E. Patterson, H. Penn Jr.
Dept. 25, Plant Engineering: to plant
engineering supervisor, G. S. Adams Jr.;
to assistant fox-eman, C. J. Russell. B.
B. Willard.
Dept. 26, Outside-Production: to buy-
er B, T. K. Alford; to procurement
representative, A. M. Appleby; to pur-
chasing agent (acting), A. A. Evans;
to purchasing agent, T. O. Walthall; to
material liaison man, R. L. Higgins; to
buying supervisor, P. J. Quinlivan Jr.
Dept. 27, Inspection-Production: to in-
spection supervisor, C. C. Havens; to
outside inspection representative, K. P.
Kennedy.
Dept. 28, Process Control: to chemist,
J. W. Guy; to process control assistant
supervisor, B. E. Justice, J. M. Thomp-
son Jr.
Dept. 30, Machine Shop: to assistant
foreman, A. Woolbright Jr.
Dept. 31, Metal Forming: to foreman,
O. J. Adcock Jr. ; to assistant foreman,
J. W. Burris, L. L. Holland.
Dept. 33, Bonded Structures: to fore-
man, H. W. Booth, H. C. Forester; to
assistant foreman, C. A. Rhine.
Dept. 56, B-58 Wing: to foreman, A.
J. Combs; to assistant general foreman,
A. O. Watson.
Dept. 63, Modernization Flight and
Delivery: to assistant general foreman,
C. B. Nolan.
Dept. 64, Development Field opera-
tions: to assistant foreman, P. M.
Freudiger, A. J. Ingram, E. M. Parker,
J. E. Winton.
Dept. 65, Development Manufacturing:
to foreman, G. Hudson, W. L. Rogers;
to assistant foreman, E. R. Merrill Jr.,
K. R. Sanders, A. B. Taylor.
Dept. 81, Tool Room and Fixtures: to
tool manufacturing assistant foreman,
W. B. Jameson.
56, A. F. Frazier; Dept. 65, J. D. At-
kins, J. A. Baker Jr., G. H. Fleming,
T. R. Parker.
Dept. 81, J. G. Bohn, R. K. Caldwell;
Dept. 93, J. Burdine; Dept. 94, S. R.
Loar; Dept. 95, M. G. Miller; Dept. 99,
C. R. Carter.
Five-year: Dept. 3, I. H. Morrow;
Dept. 4, G. A. Cox Jr., M. W. Luckey,
R. W. St. Clair, J. V. Townsend ; Dept.
6, J. C. Deloney Jr., N. E. Dennis, P.
F. Diaz, J. R. Jackson, H. V. Rogers,
D. F. Smith, F. J. Thebiay.
Dept. 7, R. B. Longerbeam; Dept. 8,
G. D. Boesch Jr., H. L. Wilkinson Jr. ;
Dept. 11, T. L. Ream, R. G. Smith, E. I.
Szot; Dept. 14, L. I. Miller; Dept. 19,
A. C. Wise; Dept. 20, R. Henslee, J. C.
Dept. 22, E. Armes, C. W. Burrow,
S. H. Cooper, V. S. Deshazo, D. L.
Gilley, R. H. Jones, H. L. Kissinger,
L. J. Lancer, J. R. McCord, E. F. C.
Miller, C. M. Sulak, J. W. Thompson.
Dept. 24. H. D. Bailey, W. E. Cau-
thern, J. O. Flippin, T. F. Foster, L. R.
Graston, B. C. Rogers, K. B. Smith, H.
D. Walling; Dept. 25; F. Jackson, F. A.
Mcllhenny, W. Sewell.
Dept. 26, M. E. Parting Dept. 31, E.
J. Cantrell, D. L. Dedmon, B. V. Tay-
lor; Dept. 40, N. S. Chapman; Dept. 42,
R. L. Langford, L. T. Westfall ; Dept.
64, H. E. Trippe.
Dept. 73, R. T. Damico; Dept. 74,
J. L. Haller; Dept. 75, W. F. McAnulty :
Dept. 76. M. Manchaca; Dept. 81, J. C.
Carrizales, A. A. Godwin. E. Stone, H.
F. White Jr. ; Dept. 82, V. L. Cole, D.
E. Hester, O. McFaul. H. Taylor, J. E.
Whitmire ; Dept. 92, L. B. Marshall; M.
H. Roberts; Dept. 94, D. Clay; Dept.
96, J. E. Harwell, R. Rash.
Awards
FORT WORTH
The following received Employee Sug-
gestion awards totaling $1,370.21 for the
period ending Jan. 25:
Dept. 4, Material: J. W. Arendall.
Dept. 6, Engineering: Jack W. Swain.
Dept. 17, Office Services: J. H.
Howell.
Dept. 22, Manufacturing Control: R.
D. Lilly.
Dept. 24, Tooling: Robert M. Mahoney.
Dept. 25, Plant Engineering: Chalm-
ers Z. Smith, D. M. Loving.
Dept. 27, Inspection-Production: J. C.
Linnstaedt.
Dept. 28, Process Control: T. W.
Waddle.
Dept. 30, Machine Shop: Joe Rozina.
Dept. 31, Metal Forming: T. P. Lowry.
Dept. 33, Bonded Stnictures: Roy J.
Hargrove, D. G. Goff, D. B. Rollins,
B. R. Fisher.
Dept. 42, B-52 Assembly: Zack Bi-anch.
Dept. 47. Outer Wing and Engines:
A. H. Dodgin, J. C. Patterson.
Dept. 48, Fuel and Oil Tank Sealing:
Richard L. Gilley, John H. Ragsdale.
Dept. 76, Armament: V. L. Carter.
Dept. 82, Pattern Shop: Jerry B. Lee,
T. W. Jones, P. R. Reyna.
Hitchhikers
FORT WORTH
Ride Wanted—From Irving-Plymouth
Park on highway 183, 7 to 3:45 shift.
Call D. S. Wilson, Dept. 24-1, ext. 7152,
4118.
FW Crew Assigned
To Pre-B-58 Project
A Convair Fort Worth crew
is on a six month tour of duty
in Church Falls, Va., as part of
the pre-B-58 flight test program. !
They are maintaining a Con-
vair San Diego built C-131B,
electronic test bed, for flight
testing. Employees on the pro-
ject are C. Everett, J. Rattan,
J. Hitchcock, S. Pate, I. Miron,
V. Pruitt, R. M. Webb, all of
Dept. 64, and V. Carlin, of in-
spection.
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REDUCTION—Since introduction of new system of tabulating
machines at Convair Fort Worth, one book, which C. N. Wakefield
is showing to W. Q. Gresham of industrial accounting department,
now gives the information that used to come out—the hard way—
from the 30 volumes shown beside Gresham.
New Machines Speed Processes
Of Figuring Convair FW Costs
Membership Up
For 'M' Club
(Continued from Page 1)
thanks to Ike Pemberton for
his work in rounding up mem-
bers.
“We’ve lined up some outstand-
ing speakers and programs for
the year. And we think they’ll
be both informative and enter-
taining.”
Approximately 500 members
and their wives attended the first
club meeting of the year held
Jan. 28 at the Casino.
Guest speaker was W. C. Burns,
Dallas fire marshal. He told the
group of parents’ importance in
the home to help reduce juvenile
delinquency.
Wes Magnuson, superintendent
of fabrication, spoke briefly to
emphasize how much of each Con-
vair employee’s future depends
upon the job he’s doing today.
“The B-58 is a good example,”
he said. “What we do today—
and how well we do it—has a
direct bearing on the opportun-
ities—and work—we’ll have in
1957 and the years after that.
“The same can be said for ALL
our programs: the B-52, SAM-
SAC, our nuclear work, and the
work of the entire organization.
We can’t let ourselves forget for
a moment that what we’re doing
today is sealing our fate for to-
morrow.”
Magnuson and Montgomery
were program chairmen.
New officers were installed by
L. H. Allen. Officers are: W.
L. Daniel, vice president, first
shift; U. L. Tidwell, vice presi-
dent, second shift; Tom Croft,
corresponding secretary; Ken
Dunn, recording secretary; and
R. P. Curry, treasurer; and Lyte,
president.
New Quota Set for
FW Cost Reduction
(Continued from Page 1)
room and fixtures and pattern
shop.
In cost improvement, material,
engineering, manufacturing con-
trol and tooling have some of
the biggest quotas to meet.
A review of 1955 records
showed inspection-production had
the greatest number of cases sub-
mitted from any one department.
Engineering was in line for sec-
ond place honors.
Dept. 27 also led in number
of employee suggestions submit-
ted, but engineering took over
on highest number of CIPs.
“The figures don’t tell the
whole story,” said Bradley. “But
they’re an indication. It shows
which departments are getting
behind their quotas and trying
to beat them.”
Share-Ride Survey
Conducted for FW
Share-the-ride survey cards will
go to all Convair Fort Worth
employees this week.
The survey is being made by
department clerks and employee
services to bring records up to
date and to provide information
for employees seeking rides.
The cards will be kept on hand
in employee services for the bene-
fit of all wishing to use them.
They will not be ready for use,
however, until sometime in March.
New Directors Join
Board of Con-Trib
(Continued from Page 1)
August C. Esenwein, Convair
Fort Worth manager, is chairman
of the 12-man board which co-
ordinates employees’ year-round
program to help support 43 chari-
table organizations and Con-
Trib’s own emergency aid pro-
gram for Convair employees.
FW Man Will Speak
D. G. Harmon, senior design
engineer at Convair Fort Worth,
will present a paper at the south-
west regional conference of the
Institute of Radio Engineers this
week. He will talk on “Parallel
Stub Impedance Matching” at the
meeting Feb. 9-11 in Oklahoma
City.
Coming up with dollars and
sense about the cost of a B-58—
and the cost of work under all
contracts—is the end result of a
new accounting system in opera-
tion at Convair Fort Worth this
week.
Dollar figures, that is, which
make sense. And the newly in-
stalled method is as advanced—
in the accounting field—as the
Sequence starts when J. L. Phe-
nix, plant engineering painter,
writes out daily work record.
About 13,000 fill out such rec-
ords every day at Convair FW.
Such machines as these are
now used to tabulate the reams
of information accountants used
to figure by hand. I. B. Childers
is shown watching the results
come pouring out.
Convair Ups Number
Of '56 Scholarships
(Continued from Page 1)
about seven weeks left to apply
for Convair Fort Worth college
scholarships.
Application blanks and book-
lets explaining the scholarships
are available in the engineering
training office (south of engi-
neering library on second floor
of administration building).
Deadline for returning applica-
tions is March 31. All applica-
tions — with transcripts of high
school work — must be returned
by that time.
Applicants will be notified of
personal interviews that may be
necessary. Further details may
be obtained from H. C. Ander-
son, ext. 2244.
supersonic bomber itself is in the
aircraft field.
Newest angle in the process is
to use tabulating machines to
figure automatically the reams
of information accountants used
to figure by hand.
Figuring what a B-58 costs as
you build it is simple. You just
add up the cost of labor, material
and overhead—and you’ve got it.
“But when you’ve got thou-
sands of items of material—
and more than 20,000 employees
working on dozens of different
programs — that’s something
else again,” said E. G. Hill,
industrial accounting manager.
For instance: employees on di-
rect work turn in a “daily work
record” every day. These stack
up at the rate of about 13,000 a
day! Or more than 325,000 a
month.
And each card—on an average
—deals with work on three dif-
ferent programs. To make any
sense out of it all, of course, each
piece of work must be charged
to the specif ic program.
Then, too, there are about 50,-
000 material requisitions every
month. They have to be figured
the same way.
For years, most of this figur-
ing has been done on tabulating
machines. Up to a point, that is.
Accounting employees had to
take information from the tab
machines and enter thousands of
items — with their fingers and
pencils—in different books for
some 1,600 different work orders.
To arrive at the final figures
—exactly what it costs to do a
certain job on the B-58 plus all
the other jobs under way at the
same time — they had to make
these entries in a set of 30 books,
according to J. E. Dering, general
supervisor.
They averaged about 10,000 in-
dividual items a month.
Finally—after all the entries
were made—they had to add up
the figures in all the columns to
get totals for each project.
“Now the tabulating machines
do most of this laborious work,”
said Dering. “The machines give
us one book—and the completely
totaled figures for each project.
We just have to check to make
sure they’re right—and the job’s
done.”
The new system, in addition to
providing information quickly
while it’s still valuable, also saves
around $20,000 a year, according
to estimates. The system was de-
veloped by W. Q. Gresham, super-
visor of cost records, George
Truett Walters and C. C. Schmidt
of tabulating.
Engineer Students
Enter Competition
Convair Fort Worth employees
will help judge the fourth annual
student paper competition spon-
sored by the Texas Section of
the Institute of the Aeronautical
Sciences.
The competition is sponsored
each year by major aircraft com-
panies in the Fort Worth-Dallas
area to provide scholastic oppor-
tunities for outstanding engin-
eering students.
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General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division. Convairiety, Volume 9, Number 3, Wednesday, February 8, 1956, periodical, February 8, 1956; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth777553/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth.