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Ckfton, Texas — Page 8-A TlrarsdaV, March 7, 1974
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By
Mrs. Milton Brown
Circles of Our Saviors
Church meet as follows this
| week: Turkey Creek at 2 p m. on
Tuesday with Mfs. Fred A. Lud-
wig. Lesson leader, Pastor Jen-
son, Night Circle in the parish
hall at 6:30. All these meet Thurs
afternoon Bee Hill-Boggy, with
Mrs. Tilden Pederson: lesson
leader. Mnj Charles Gustafson.
Clifton Circle, in the Rlsie Sol-
Y
open heart surgery in Providence
Hospital on March 19. Frprn the
Waco airport she flew to D-FW.'
and thence to her home ip Chap-
el Hill, N, C. The Browns, visited
Odie and Mrs Pederson at the
hospital and are happy to report
ne is doing very well and will
probably come home this week.
For those of you wlu> read the
Swenson Reunion write-up iu last
Me home. Mrs Hannah ltoft week’s Record, yyu were ptobab-
Rrown, cohostess. Mrs. A. K. i |v puzzled to read in paragraph
Schulze leading the lesson. Norse | two that "Mrs. Swenson had
Circle at the Milton Brown made few trips to Texas." It
should have been
Monday, February 25, Mr. and
Mrs. Porter Smith and Mr. and j
A^rs. Belvin Swenson were din-
ner guests in the Loyd Swenson,
Sadie Swenson Hoel home. In
_Jhe afternoon they drove over to
the Milton Browns’ for coffee
and fellowship. <
Get well wishes to Mrs. Ray-
mond Reesing, who is recuperat-
ing after surgery in .Gooda1L-\Vit-
cher Hospital.
Mrs. Bruce, Parks, Mrs. Otis
Cosper, and Mrs Milton Brown
attended the World Day of
Prayer at First Methodist
Church, Clifton, last Friday. It
was a delightful occasion. Too
bad* there weren’t more folks
present.
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home, Mrs. Mervin Bakke eon-
j ducting the study.
I. Mrs. Orin Lund, Patsy, and
Mrs. Lynn Farr, Sr. of Meridian
j were guests for lunch in the
j home of Mrs. Stan Farr, and
i children, Jon and Heather, last ' Park, IU.
I Friday. _ —•*—
Special guests at Our Savior’s;
Sunday .were Mr. and Mrs. Har-
vey Zimmerman and little son.
Eric Lee, who was baptized. His
sponsors were tys uncle. Stephen
Zimmerman, and his aunt, Janet
Pederson The Harvey Zimmer-
mans - provided the beautiful
floral arrangements for the suite-
tuary.'
The Harvey Zimmermans are |>
from San Antonio, Mr. and Mrs
Stephen •Zimmerman ami son
from Temple: Mr. and Mrs. El-
don Zimmerman. Mr ami Mrs.
Ben Trotter. Mrs Nancy Swen- j
son and two boys of Clifton: Mrs
Raymond Jenson, Mr. and Mrs. J
Charles Turner, daughter Cindy, j
ahd her boy friend, John Smith, I
all of Waco: Mr. and Mrs. Char- j
les Summers < Kathleen Solberg1 !
of Fort Worth; and Mr. and Mrs. j
Elmer Standford of Harmony.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Murphree j
visited with his parents, the Mil-
ford Murphrees, over the week- j
end, and accompanied them to
church.
Mrs. Hallie Smith returned j
home last week after spending a
month in McGregor visiting rela-
tives and friends. She said she
had a real good time.
Danny Remington of Meridian,
and Mrs. Tom Moseley of Gary
Creek, both visited Sunday
School and stayed for worship
services. 1
Friday night, March 1, (he fol-
lowing guests helped Orin Lund
celebrate, his birthday: Mr. and
Mrs. Ervin Aars, Mr. and Mrs.
Otis Cosper and Ronnie. Mr. and
Mrs. William Amundson. Mr. and
Mrs. Lynn Farr Sr., Mr. and
Mrs. Weldon J)avis, and Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Meissner. They en-
joyed 84. birthday cake and
other refreshments aifii wished
Mr. Lund many happy returns.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Brown
drove to Womack early Saturday
and picked up Mrs. Harold Peter-
sen iMartha Helen) at the Odie
Pederson home. She had been
here 18 days visiting and helping
care for her dad who underwent
Mrs. Smith.”
Fred • Mathison called Clara
Callan and said ' his wife just
passed away. The funeral will
be Monday evening in the
t'nited Lutheran Chyrch. Oak
CHURCH OP CHRtn
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Minister John Jordan '
18 a n.—Sunday School
11 a.m.—Morning Service
Beta Beta In
February Meeting
Beta Beta Chapter of D^lta
Kappa Gamma held its Febru-
ary meeting in Hamilton with
members from lliyo, Hamilton,
and CrpofiUs Gap serv ing us hos-
tesses.
Contributions were made to
the scholarship fund, Lelia Crad-
dock presented information con-
cerning transportation and ar-
rangementsJor the l,.B.J..Tour.
Sue Nix spoke on the topic,
“Need for Continuing education."
followed by a quiz on famous
women and their aecomp.ish-
ments,'
Members that attended the
meeting were. Ruth Arnold,
Di^ey Bass, Allene Cook, Elsie
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i Poston, Leila Craddock, Roslyn j ton. Adeline Kncning. Kathleen; berta PouPr, Mattie fat*. Lii
Dahl. Oranella Fletcher, Vara , Kruse. Maurine Miles. Vadis Mil*
! Gladys Gaskamp. Louise Hamil- chell. Sue Nix. Martha Pool, Hu-
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THE CLOSER YOU LOOK, THE BETTER WE LOOK
\\4ien Ford initiated its “The Closer You Look, the Better We Look” advertising campaign last, fall, it
was indeed a bold new approach to advertising, not only for Ford, but for the industry! The company was,
in fact, inciting the consumer to come into Ford dealerships and examine Ford products. ^
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Many of Ford Motor Company’s competitors thought that Ford was psking for trouble in this new
approach to advertising and merchandising a product (
The “Closer You Look” campaign did not happen overnight. It took the complete dedication and
cooperation from many different sections of the Ford Motor Company: Product Development, Engineering,
the Automotive Assembly Division, Fold’ Division, and the retail organization. In fact, much of the suc-
cess of this program belongs to Ford dealerships inclusively for their excellent, job in pTe-servicing Ford
products, according to Ford Motor Company. It’s impossible to determine how many cars have been sold
as a result of this new advertising thrust. However, one thing is very clear — competitive car manufae-
turers are using Ford assembly quality as a standard to measure their own success or failure in this area.
Fisher Body Employees May Begin Buying Fords!
After looking at several Ford Motor Company cars on display at the Fisher
Body Division plant in Pontiac, Michigan, a local Fisher Body president of
the United Auto Workers said,
Fords."
'Fisher Body employes may begin buying
The plant manager at the Fisher Body Division in Pontiac, Michigan, is
obviously.,very impressed with the quality of Ford Motor Company cars. In
fact, in ah effort to get Fisher Body Division workers interested in’better
quality, the plant manager put a number of Ford cars on display.
Does FORD Have A
Better Idea ?
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PLANT DISPLAY OF FORD CARS
RILES WORKERS AT FISHER BODY
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By JAMES S. GRANELLI
Press Staff Writer
PONTIAC — Fisher Body Division union
workers say they are fuming over a management
move that out six Ford Motor Corp. cars in the
middle of the plant at $00 Baldwin.
The rival ears, on displav since Monday, are
intended as a comparison with the division’s Gen-
ernE Motors Corp. products, says plant manager
Alfred F. Platt.
“It’s degrading, an insult, especially since
we’ve been trying to promote better quality ears.”
savs Gil Heilman, president of Fisher Local 596
of the United Auto Workers.
Platt said he cxnected some employes wouldn’t
like that idea bid that he didn’t think the display
would hurt morale.
“It’s kind of a healthy situation.” he said.
“I’ve had some people come up and talk to me
about such things as the difference in paint jobs
or hew various okrts are joined.
“For years, business has depended on how we
stack up against our competitors,” he said. “Ford
has an ad saving, ‘The closer you look, live better
we look.’ And 1 want our people to look it over.”
The djsoiay almost caused a walkout, said Wil-
liam Holland chairman of the union bargaining
committee which is trying to settle local issues in
the recently1 ratified GMC-UAW contract,''
“I reallv had all I could do to hold them in the
plant,” Holland said. “The workers wanted to
walk out.” ^
• The union is objecting mainly to the manner in
which the cars were brought in. In a notice to all
, employes that stressed competitiveness in product
and value, Platt said: • *
“Look them (the cars) over; compare your
own workmanship wtih that of your competitor’s.
Are voti satisfied that we are meeting tlm chal-
lenge? Are you convinced the consumer will con-
sider your workmanship every hit as good as or
better than that of our competitor’s?
“Remember, the success of our business,
which in the final analysis is our iohs, depends on
the decision the consumer makes,” the notice con-
cluded.
In a leaflet nassed out to union members, the
local contended that local CMC workers were
proud of their work and built the .best Porrtiacs in
the cobntry The local pointed out it haiTWsted a
letter from UAW Vice President Irving Bluestone
urging production of better quality cars.
“If manager Wat* "'tempti.ng to show how
good the quality is in Fn'-d nroducK and in effect
downgrading the workmanship of Fisher Body em-
ployes . . . this is just another slap in the face of
Oakland Press, Thursday, December 6,1973
conscientious General Motors workers,” the local’s
leaflet slated
' Heilman pointed out that the union employes
assemble, naint and trim the cars. They don’t
have anything to do with the engineering and de-
signing of the cars, he said.
Those who do design and engineer the cars, he
said, use and test competitor’s cars and therefore
don’t need to look at the display the company has
set tin
“It’s aimed directly at the union employes.”
Heilman said. '
Heilman ouipped that Plait may have done
such a good ieh that Fisher Body employes may
begin buying Fords. *
But the local, in any event, believes the pres-
ence and the purpose nf the presence of the cars
is -very embarrassing.” he said. Complaints may
even reach City Hall, he said. ,
The notice from Platt said the Ford Cars
would he removed hv noon Wednesday. The cars,
however, were driven off plant grounds about
10 a m. today.-
The cars displayed were Ihe Mercury Coimar,
the Ford Thunderbird. LTD. Grand Torino. Mus-
tang II and Pinlo station wagon. Jlellman said
Pontiac doesn’t even compete against, the last two
cars. ,
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E. STEWART MOTORS
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120 So. Ave. G, Clifton
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Phone 675-8666
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Jordan, William T. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 7, 1974, newspaper, March 7, 1974; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth797458/m1/3/?q=green+energy: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.