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CONVAIRIETY
November 16, 1955
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Promotions
Service Emblems
FORT WORTH
Promotions to and within supervision,
professional and administrative effective
Nov. 2:
Dept. 4, Material: to cost anal'yst, H.
L. Barnes; to buyer B, A. J. Bennett;
to GFE assistant supervisor, B. M.
Staples.
Dept. 5, Long Range Planning; \o
long range planning administrator, W.
J. Leatherwood; to schedules engineer,
R. D. Schuchard.
Dept. 6, Engineering: to senior serv-
ice engineer, R. F. Barrows; to senior
design engineer, R. F. Books, M. W.
Ferguson1, A. J. Koorey, W. L. Walton,
W. D. Wilson; to project design engi-
neer, R. E. Cole, C. C. Widman ; to de-
sign engineer, C. E. Detro, J. T. Pol-
lard ; to aerodynamics engineer, R. M.
Drewry, B. J. Hickman, A. E. Morris
Jr., H. L. Williams.
To engineering publications editor, G.
F. Hines; to senior field engineer, J.
Joerns; to nuclear engineer, S. C. Mc-
Carry ; to nuclear group engineer, A. O.
Mooneyham Jr., N. M. Schaeffer; to
test engineer, E. Phillips ; to senior test
engineer, R. R. Requa; to senior chem-
ist, W. L. Toothaker.
Dept. 22, Manufacturing Control: to
master scheduler, W. R. Austin, J. Stan-
ley ; to product change analyst, H. L.
Carter.
Dept. 24, Tooling: to tool engineer,
W. M. Frye ; to tool and operation plan
assistant supervisor, J. W. McClean ; to
tooling analyst, H. E. Scott; to senior
tool engineer, A. E. Unruh.
Dept. 27, Inspection - Production: to
quality control representative, G. H.
Parmeter; to inspection general super-
visor, H. D. Roye ; to outside inspection
representative, O. C. Sloan; to inspec-
tion supervisor, J. M. Winn.
Dept. 31, Metal Forming: to assistant
foreman, E. G. Clary, W. G. Jackson,
G. F. Newsome, E. T. Vowell, W. O.
Yale; to foreman, L. B. Stubbs.
Dept. , 42, B-52 Assembly: to assistant
foreman, F. E. Kirschner.
Dept. 45, F-102 Fuselage: to assistant
foreman, W. B. Cadenhead, E. Dunn.
Dept. 54, B-58 Forward Fuselage: to
assistant foreman, W. E. Britt, J. A.
Robinson.
Dept. 56, B-58 Wing: to assistant fore-
man, G. T. Roark.
Dept. 62, Aircraft Receiving and Spe-
cial Delivery Program: to assistant fore-
man, J. H. Sehon._
Dept. 74, Finishing: to assistant fore-
man, W. T. C. Hall, H. L. McWilliams,
W. Morrison.
Dept. 91, Modernization: to assistant
foreman, B. T. Powell.
Dept. 96, Special Modifications: to as-
sistant foreman, J. J. DeSensi, J. M.
Jackson, N. B. Lee.
Awards
FORT WORTH
The following received Employee Sug-
gestions totaling $.659.18 for the period
ending Nov. 2:
Dept. 3, Personnel: D. I. McKee.
Dept. 4, Material: J. W. Arendall.
Dept. 6, Engineering: Lillian Sharp,
B. E. Moore, Mildred Joiner.
Dept. 9, General Accounting: A. H.
Lindsay.
Dept. 19: Industrial Accounting: W.
J. Jenkins.
Dept. 22, Manufacturing Control: D.
N. Keen, B. H. Turner.
Dept. 24, Tooling: R. L. Medley.
Dept. 25, Plant Engineering: H. M.
Willis Jr.
Dept. 27, Inspection Production: E. F.
Ellis, J. F. Snider, D. W. Willett, C. C.
Dept. 41, TF-102 Assembly: J. T.
Littrell.
Dept. 47, Outer Wing and Engines:
G. E. Gonzalez.
Dept. 81, Tool Room and Fixtures: R.
L. Wilkerson.
Dept. 94, Modernization: W. H. Dean.
Personals
FORT WORTH
Ben M. Simmons, Dept. 24-2, together
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. C.
Simmons, appreciate the many expres-
sions of sympathy in the siege of sorrow
over deaths of his eight-months-old son,
Benny, and of his wife. Sue Bryce Sim-
mons. Both were killed in an auto crash
four miles from Denton on October 7th.
Births
FORT WORTH
PORTER—Son, Douglass Wyatt, 8
lbs. 4 oz., born Nov. 2 to Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Porter, Dept. 82.
RANKIN—Daughter, Sherie Lynn, 6
lbs. 10 oz., born Oct. 22 to Mr. and
Mrs. B. E. Rankin, Dept. 31-1.
DAINGERFIELD
LAWRENCE—Daughter, Vicki Lynn,
7 lbs. 12 oz., born Oct. 22 to Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Lawrence, Dept. 1.
Deaths
FORT WORTH
EAKINS—Rufus Bart, 47, Dept. 42,
died Oct. 25. Survivors are his wife,
three sons, a daughter, two sisters, and
a brother.
MORRISON—E. B„ 39, Dept. 93, died
Oct. 31. -Survivors are his wife, two
sons, his mother, two brothers and a
PERHACS—Joe C., 39, Dept. 25-3,
died Oct. 25. Survivors are his wife, six
daughters and two sons.
IS IT NEWS?
Call Convairiety FW
Ext. 5290
FORT WORTH
The following service emblems are due
during the period Nov. 16 through Nov.
30:
Fifteen-year: Dept. 6, B. S. Unger.
Ten-year: Dept. 4, C. C. Harris; Dept.
7, J. E. Ivy, R. O. Owen; Dept. 20, J.
W. Read; Dept. 22, E. H. Willoughby;
Dept. 24, J. C. Starnes, R. H. West-
moreland ; Dept. 25, G. C. Whipple;
Dept. 30, W. H. Humphries, R. Paul, B.
Tompkins.
Dept. 31, J. M. Carpenter, V. W.
Cook, F. E. Finley, B. Turner; Dept. 41,
☆ ☆
Among latest to
pass 15-year serv-
ice mark for Con-
vair is B. Unger
of Dept. 6 at Fort
Worth.
☆ ☆
P. E. Stone; Dept. 42, M. R. Casey, A.
W. Pike; Dept. 47, M. C. Clements, C.
C. Miller, C. E. Wilson; Dept. 48, M.
M. Booth.
Dept. 64, M. D. Garrett, W. H.
Nelms; Dept. 65, J. C. Howell Jr. ;
Dept. 81, W. B. Clemons, R. B. Colston,
C. V. Cotter, T. L. Dawson, M. A.
Farnham ; Dept. 82, C. Ganzer.
Dept. 91, H. D. Creamer, M. B. Earp,
A. D. Taylor Jr. ; Dept. 92, L. E. Brodie,
O. W. Hill; Dept. 93, J. C. Wright;
Dept. 96, C. L. Richards.
Five-year: Dept. 4, B. L. Davis, R.
Stowe, C. E. Truelove, J. H. Walthall;
Dept. 6, G. Caglagis, R. J. Hardey Jr.,
J. E. Hicks, J. H. Mangham, R. L.
Williamson.
Dept. 8, H. F. Schubert; Dept. 10, M.
C. Dunaway; Dept. 12, A. L. Hall;
Dept. 14, B. Bush ; Dept. 15, I. H. Ellis,
B. L. Newberry, O. F. Umphrey, R. B.
Norris; Dept. 19, J. L. Harper Jr., J.
E. Leath.
Dept. 20, B. B. Barnard, J. W. Bow-
ery, J. L. Salmons; Dept. 22, D. R.
Cooper, J. W. Eggleston, J. A. Mc-
Queary, W. E. Mitchell, A. O. Moro Jr.,
R. L. Pitts, H. L. Richey, T. M.
Strength, C. E. Walker.
Dept. 24, W. F. Albertson, W. L. An-
derson, P. W. Ballard, N. R. Brashears,
D. W. Cole, T. L. Cruce, J. H. Gilbert,
D. L. McConnell, J. R. Mayfield, P.
Rodriguez Jr., P. Shelley Jr., J. T.
Spurrier, L. L. Starnes, J. L. Strick-
land, B. L. Tankersley, R. D. Wham, V.
J. Wylie.
Dept. 25, R. Bedford, D. D. Carrell, O.
V. Jermany, J. Ruth; Dept. 27, G. E.
Curry, H. L. Lasseter, O. C. White;
Dept. 28, R. W. Payne; Dept. 30, A. S.
Busk, A. Gonzales,-.R. C. Hamm.
Dept. 31, R. P. Blair, G. L. Shackel-
ford, P. S. White, J. C. Wolfenberger;
Dept. 33, Z. McDonald; Dept. 41, B. A.
Stephens ; Dept. 47, S. W. Talley; Dept.
48, L. S. Kirkpatrick.
Dept. 74, C. B. Allen, W. M. Burns,
T. M. Jordan, H. R. Laney, J. W.
Links, E. Moon, ! L. A. Null, A. R.
Piwonka ; Dept. 75, G. C. Buckner, V.
M. Dunn, J. N. Gibson, V. H. Horton
Jr., S. L. Johnson, H. H. Kirk, L.
Mondy, N. A. Niesen, D. E. Windham.
Dept. 81, W. L. Ashmore, J. W. Cook,
F. P. Cross, T. Ellis, J. D. Hunter, C.
J. McGowan, A. W. Robbins; Dept. 82,
G. W. Ashmore Jr. ; Dept. 94, A. L.
Berger; Dept. 96, M. S. Hopper, B. R.
Johnson; Dept. 99, S. G. Orton.
DAINGERFIELD
Ten-year: Dept. 0, N. H. Moore. R. J.
Volluz ; Dept. 7, W. Adams; Dept. 9,
J. H. Bonds.
WATCH YOUR STEP!
FALLS INCREASE
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Oct. 26: employee tripped
and fell down steps. Dislocated
shoulder and fractured arm.
Oct. 31: employee slipped on
step. Fractured arm.
Nov. 2: employee tripped.
Fractured ankle.
Nov. 3: employee tripped.
Fractured kneecap.
Nov. 3: employee stepped in-
to hole. Fractured toe.
“So many serious falls in only
12 working days is alarming,”
said Fred Temple, safety engi-
neering supervisor. “And there
are several significant points
about these falls:
“Four of the seven were on
the same level—to the floor the
men were standing on.
“Five of the seven ended up
with broken bones. And most of
them will lose more than a day’s
work.
“But most significant of all is
this: each one of those accidents
was one that no amount of
‘safety engineering’ could pre-
vent. Each was an accident which
could have been prevented only
by the employee himself.”
★ Cchdairieti) -k
Founded Sept. 1,*1948. Published in three editions (Fort Worth-Daingerfield,
San Diego, Pomona) by Convair Industrial Relations. General Offices, San Diego,
Calif., Logan Jenkins, editor.
Approximate current total circulation, 45,000. News items and letters to the
editor are solicited, but no advertising can be accepted.
SD Editorial Offices, Building 32, Plant 1, ext. 1071. Staff: Bryan Weicker-
sheimmer, news editor; Grayce Fath.
FW Editorial Offices, Col. 71-C. Ext. 5290. Mailing address: Convairiety, Con-
vair, Fort Worth, Texas. Telephone SUnset-7311. Staff: Bob Vollmer, news editor;
Sally House.
Pomona Editorial Offices, Room K-222, Bldg. 2, ext. 6226, mail zone 3-8. Staff:
James Combs Jr., news editor; Elizabeth McCuistion.
VOLUNTEERS—Ronny Mclntire, 12, son of Mrs. Gean Mclntire
of Dept. 81, handles a paint brush at Fix-a-Toy shop like a veteran.
Giving him pointers is N. F. Fry, formerly of Dept. 31, who retired
three years ago. However, he keeps in touch with friends by working
on annual toy project.
First TF-102A
Flight Logged
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designed, however, primarily to
familiarize trained jet pilots with
the performance of the F-102A as
an integrated weapon, not as sim-
ply another jet airplane, SD Man-
ager B. F. Coggan commented.
The trainee sits on the left side
of the dual control cockpit, the
instructor on the right. Each has
his own basic instrument panel
and controls.
Main distinguishing feature
from the F-102A is a widened
nose section forward of the lead-
ing edge of the delta wing. Air
inlets for the Pratt & Whitney
J-57 engines were redesigned in
the TF and its windshield and
canopy also differ slightly from
the F-102A.
FW CANOPY TEST
PRECEDES FLIGHT
Three Running For
FW Club Presidency
F. B. Baggett H. F. Hanvey
Dept. 65 Dept. 30
Convair Fort Worth had four
new wise owls this month.
They’re Convair employees who
were named to the national “Wise
Owl Club” because wearing their
safety glasses saved their eye-
sight.
New members are F. B. Bag-
gett, Dept. G5; H. F. Hanvey,
Dept. 30; A. J. Foster, Dept. 30;
and C. W. Settles, Dept. 31.
They’ll be awarded plaques and
pins in the near future.
Already members are W. E.
Smith, Dept. 82; J. M. Henley,
Dept. 81; Joseph Ruth, Dept. 25-
3; and G. F. Kircher, Dept. 31,
who were named in 1954.
“Our wise owls have one
thing in common,” said Fred
Temple, safety engineering
supervisor. “They had the fore-
sight to wear safety glasses
—and saved their sight.
“But in other ways, each case
was different. That bears out the
need for glasses. You never know
in advance when they’ll be need-
ed. Best bet is to be ready.”
Baggett was drilling a heavy
structure when the drill broke
and stuck in his glasses. Hanvey
was operating a vertical milling
A. J. Foster C. W. Settles
Dept. 30 Dept. 31
machine when the end mill grab-
bed a part and broke it.
Foster was operating a miller
when the cutter grabbed the
material and jerked it from a
vise. It flew off and broke his
glasses. Settles saved his sight
when a wire wheel in a drill
motor caught a ring assembly
and hurled it through the air. It
stopped when it hit his glasses.
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plane. Rather than risk damage
to the actual ship, a TF-102A
nose section was set up in an en-
closed area near the FW engi-
neering test lab. Crews, working
with Lloyd Munson and Norman
Beard of engineering, installed
test instruments. The nose sec-
tion was pressurized, as it is in
actual flight.
The canopy and nose section
were surrounded by rubber mats
and nets to prevent damage when
the canopy was blown loose.
Gauges were placed at numerous
spots to measure stress and
strain. When all was ready it
was H. L. Panner who actually
“pulled the trigger.” The canopy
came off “on schedule”—in a tiny
fraction of a second.
“It was a question of working
out the bugs in advance,” Weh-
manen said. He gave credit for
assistance to George Lemke (a
classmate of his who heads the
general design section at San
Diego) and to Clark Kerr, also
of SD.
Foresight Protects Eyesight For
Four More ’Wise Owl' Men at FW
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man, Dept. 6; J. B. Allredge,
Dept. 11; K. H. Dunn, Dept. 17.
Treasurer, C. H. Buse, Dept.
19; M. R. A. Grant, Dept. 10;
R. P. Curry, Dept. 10; B. W.
Kahla, Dept. 8.
Five of these candidates for
Board of Control are to be elect-
ed: L. R. Gant, Dept. 6; L. R.
Parvin, Dept. 63; G. A. Frazier,
Dept. 14; F. E. Williams, Dept.
73; M. M. Jackson, Dept. 75; H.
J. Lee, Dept. 24; W. S. Steck,
Dept. 27; J. H. Short, Dept. 93;
J. A. Kerr, Dept. 6; C. J. Keith,
Dept. 64; D. B. Kelty, Dept. 7;
B. C. Simmons, Dept. 9; J. L.
Coburn, Dept. 27.
Lost Items Pile up
Have you lost keys, gloves, a
watch or ring, or maybe your
glasses ? Then maybe you will
find it in the employee services
section “Lost and Found” box.
(Col. 69-C).
According to T. G. Croft, em-
ployee services supervisor, hun-
dreds of such items have been
turned in and are awaiting their
owners.
ADJUSTMENTS—Making adjustments in strain gauges on TF-102
canopy test equipment are L. A. Smith and J. D. Johnson. The
canopy is weighted down with net and rubber squares to prevent
damage when canopy is ejected.
YOURS?—Dorothy Morgan of employee services displays collec-
tion of glasses, rings, keys, etc., which have accumulated in Lost and
Found. Owners may claim by calling at office in 50-foot aisle.
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