WAYNESBORO PLANT

GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

VOL XIX No. 1

New Year Means

New Start
In the past, the new year began at many
different t i mes. The ancient Egypti ans
began the year on September 21; the ancient
Greeks on December 21. March 25 was the
usual ~ew Year's Day among Christians during
the medieva l days. The Gregorian ca lendar,
introduced in 1582, put January 1 in t he
position of New Year's Day and was inmedi ately accepted by all Catholic countries.
It was accepted by Germany, Denmark, and
Sweden about 1700, and by Eng l and in 1752.

Januarv 7, 1977

A. B. Carson, G. F. Gier
complete 25 Years of service
Andrew Boyce Carson, Senior Engineering
Project Support, and George F. Gier, Design
Draftsman, have each completed 25 years
of service with the company.

.No matter when the new year began, it

time to forget the past year, look
i
.ard to the coming year, and plan for
the future.

~a

SERVICE PINS
AWARDED
FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER
35 YEARS
J . L. Archambeault

10 YEARS
J . B. Audia
G. M. Blair
M. Chaplin
R. Dri ver
K. D. Fee
G. A. Heatwole
w. A. Norvelle
E. B. Will

20 YEARS
T. M. Br ooks
J . R. bryant , Jr .
M. H. Buehl er I II
J. K. Elli nger
J . A. Hask
J . P. Via
v. R. Vi a

15 YEARS
G. E. Gr ove
c. w. Powell
J . M. Wiseman

Bo yee Ca!t.6on (2nd 6~om le6t) ~eee-(.ve..6 hAA

a.wa.11.d 60~ 25 yea/t.6 6~om J . KA.Jtk Snell.,
Man.a.geA-VCPV Engine~g, ~ SeymoWt Vepuy (l ),
Con.ouLU.n.g Eng~eeA, and E~Me Hutton, Manag 0 Suppo~ Engine~ng, o6 6eA th~ eo ng~a.:t.u.e.a;t[on.o .
~ eJtviee

Boyce, a native of Greenville, South

Carolina, recei ved his BSEE from Clemson
College in 1948. He began his career with
GE as a Design Engineer in the Aeronautics
and Ordnance Divi sion in Schenectady, New
York in 1948. In 1955 he relocated to the
Aerospace Department here in Waynesboro
where he worked un ti l 1970 when that
Department moved to Erie.
Desi ri ng to remain in a warmer cl imate ,
Boyce chose not to make the move with t he
Department and in 1970, he left the Company
to accept a pos i tion with ESB, Inc. as a
Standards and Packaging Engineer. In 1973 ,
Boyce returned to Waynesboro GE as a Seni or
(Cont'd Page 2, Col. 1)

25 YEARS OF SERVICE
(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 2)

Engineer Project Support for DCPD. He

stated t hat he came back to GE bacause he
liked the Company and he liked Waynesboro.
"It i.A one. 06 :the. be;t;teJt c.01tpoll.atloM to
wo1tk 601t," he added.

Boyce and his wife, Marion, reside at

1215 Crofton Avenue in Waynesboro .

8dilo-iial
A Really Big Year for Payk
As we review the 1976 events at our plant,
one fac t sticks out -- it was a big year for
employee pay. Most hourly and nonexemp t
salaried people were pleased when it was
announced in June that, as a result of
negotiation with unions on a new contract,
they were getting an immediate pay raise
of at least 60 cents an hour and even more
for high-skill jobs.
This was certainly not a typical pay
increase! For many this was the largest
single pay increase of their working lives.
The recent cost-of-living raise tops off
this unusual year.
The unusually large increase was respons ive to what emp loyees had identified as
their pri mary need and concern -- fattening
up and protecting t he paychecks which had
been eroded by the high inflation of the
past three years .

P1tu e.nt.i.ng Ge.01tg e. G,{.eJt ( 2n.d i)1tom Jt,{.g ht)

wl:th hi.A 25 ye.a.Jl,6 ' 6 eJtv,{.c.e. p,f_n. i.A J. IGUr..k
Sn.ell, a.6 Cli66 Jon.u (l), Ma.n.a.geJt-Vu,i_gn.
En.g,i_ne.e.Jt,{.n.g, and Ke.n Mc.Ca.Jttn.e.y, Ma.n.a.geJtP1todu.c.U Vu,i_gn. En.g,i_ne.eJt,{_ng, lo ok on..

George is a native of Utica, New York

where he attended the Utica Free Academy.
He served three years in the U.S. Army
Air Forces.
George joined GE in 1951 as a Machine
Operator in the Radio Receiver Department
i n Utica, New York. He later worked as a
Draftsman in the same department for 8 years
before transferring to the Audio Electronics
Products Department where he remained prior
to coming to Waynesboro in 1973.
George feels that his career at GE "ha.6
had a. veJty 6.ta.biliz,(.n.g e.66e.c.t on. my li6e..
I've. ba.6,{.c.a.lly e.n.joye.d my woltki 6ome. job6
pltoba.bly mo1te. than. othe.ll.. Bu;t the. c.ompa.n.y
a.6 a. whole. i.A a. good c.ompa.n.y to wo1tk 601t."
George and his wife , Barbara, reside at
Rt. 1, Penn Lai r d, Virginia with two of
t heir five da ughters .

The encouragi ng downward trend in the

rate of inflation, plus t he improved provisions of the cost-of-living pay escala1....-..,
make i t unlikel y that such large increases
will have to be repeated. GE paychecks
are now protected on an ann ua l basis i n
the event of another period of runaway
inflati on.
As we've found out in recent years, it's
not how much money you receive that counts.
It's how much that money wi ll buy. Fighting inflation by productivity improvements
on the job is one way we can he l p keep
those pay increases looking as good as
they now do and help keep our business
competitive .

THANK YOU NOTES

1 w.l6 h to thank all my GE 6Jt,{.e.n.d 6olt
the. c.a.Jtdo , g,{.6t, 6lowe.1t a.n.d phone. c.a.ll
e.x:te.n.de.d to me. dWL-i.n.g my ,{_lln.u6.

Marjorie Cash
1 woul.d like. to e.xplte-66 my a.pp1te.c..ia..t.,{_~
to all my 6Jt,{.e.n.d a.n.d c.o -wo1tke.1t at Gene.A. _
Ele.c.;tJt,{_c. 6Olt :th.Ult un.dn.U6 a.n.d g e.n.eJto6ily .
May God blu6 e.a.c.h 06 you .

Carol Lei gh Ba ll
and Fami ly

(Cont 'd from Col. 1)

EMployEE RElA1ioNs
,-., 0RGANiZATiONAl CHANGES
Marjorie G. Grimes, Manager of Employee
Rel ations, has announced several organizational changes. Effective February 1,
Alonzo Pettus will become Manager-Hourly
Relations, Robert L. Broughman will assume
the responsibility of Manager-Employee
and Medical Services, and William R. Perry
will become Relations Consultant until his
retirement during the first half of the
year .
Al, a native of Little
Rock, Arkansas, received
his AB degree in History
and Economics in 1958 from
Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama. In 1972, he
obtained his MBA in Management from Xavier University
in Cincinnati, Ohio. He also attended the
University of Cincinnati Law School for two
years . Al has served two years of active
duty in the U. S. Army Signal Corps and two
J"""l'{ears of reserve duty in the U. S . Army
ilitary Intelligence where he held the
rank of Specialist Fourth Class.
Al has held a variety of positions during
his eight (8) year tenure with GE. In 1968,
he joined the Company as an Internal Auditor
in the Finance Department in Evendale, Ohio .
From there he transferred to Louisville,
Kentucky where he held the position of
Professional Minority Specialist with the
Relations and Utilities Operation.
In 1972, he was appointed Manager of
Equal Opportunity/Minority Relations for
the Relations Operation in the Steam Turbine
Generator Products Division in Schenectady ,
New York . Before coming to Waynesboro, Al
held the position of Professional Relations
Representative . In this position he was
responsible for providing counsel and
Relations support on exempt compensation
and manpower planning .

/7/ 77

A native of Clifton
Forge, Bob graduated from
Allegheny County High School
in 1946 . His career at
General Electric began
February 14, 1955 as a Tool
Room Machinist. Since that
time he has held several
positions in the Foreman and
Supervisory capacity and in
April, 1973 he was named Specialist- Hourly
Relations for the Data Communication Products
Department . In February, 1974, he was named
Specialist-Union Relations and later, he
became Manager-Union Relations.
Bob has completed many company- sponsored
courses as well as the Manufacturing
Training Program, subsection managers'
courses in Crotonville, New York and the
Supervisory Training Program.
He and his wife, Mildred, make their
home in Ladd where he enjoys his hobbies
of hunting , fishing and golf .
Bill, a native of Greensboro, North Carolina, is a
graduate of Greensboro High
School and attended North
Carolina State College in
Raleigh, North Carolina. He
began his career at General
Electric in November of 1954
as an Employment Practices Specialist . He
has hel d several positions in the Employee
Relations section, the latest being ManagerSafety & Services .
Bill has completed the Company ' s Profes sional Management Course. He is an active
member of the Blue Ridge Industrial Safety
Association of which he is one of the
founders. He i s also a member of the Waynesboro Kiwanis Club.
Bill resides at 373 S . Wayne Avenue. He
and his wife, Joyce, have two daughters .

Al has already moved to Waynesboro wroth

his wife, Marva, and son, Randy, to relocate
later this month.

(Cont ' d next column)

"Car pooling with Joe is a real pain."

20 Years of Service Recognized

Bloodmobile coming soon

New Sign-Up Forms to be Distributed

The first of the two Red Cross Bloodmobile visits to the Waynesboro GE Plant
this year is scheduled for Wednesday,
February 2 and Thursday, February 3.
Eligible blood donors throughout our
fa cilities are being ca ll ed on to donate
this extremely vi ta l fluid we call blood .

The. GE NEWS w-<Ahe..o to e.de.nd c.ongtta..tula..:ti..onli to tho.6e. employe.e..o who c.omple.te.d 20

yetJJt.,-O a 6 Vtv-lc.e. dU!Ung the. mo nth a6
Oc.tobeJt and NovembeJt, 1976.
Falt the. month 06 Oc.tobeJt, the..oe. employe.e..o
,i.nc..lude. (-ln p-lc.twr..e. above. ): Seated, l to It -ElmeJt Mylttle., Btta.di.e.y Mylttle., Von Stine. pl()..ng and Al Scw..6le.y.
Sta.nd-lng, l to It - Mil.ton BllM , Ca!tl J ane..o , &ll F1te.eman,
Calv-ln ClaytoJt and E!tn-le. Al601td.
Not p!te..6 e.nt when p-lc.t.Wte. WM ta.k.e.n weJte.
HMve.y Bali, Lynwood V1tumhe.ileJt, HMv e.y Go 66,
Ad!t,{,an Moo1te., Bob Sn-lve.ly, Emmett Sumne.Jt,
HM!ty We.aveJt and Lo!t-lne. ZhnmeJtman.
Employe.e..o who c.omple.te.d 20 yetJJt.,-O 06
eJtv-lc.e. d.wUng the. month 06 Novembe.Jt ,i.nc..lude.
(,tn p-lc.twr..e. be.low) : Seated, l to It -- EMl
V-W., Lol1Me. Hoy, V-lv-W.n Malt.:ti..n and Wayne.
K-U:.e.. Stand-lng, l to It -- Bob by Hoy, Waliy
Kennedy, Bob H~ , Kenny Ma1thali and
Tommy ThompMn.
Not p!te..o e.nt when p-lc.twr..e. WM ta.k.e.n weJte.
He.le.rt C1taw601td and W,i.nn-le. WMne.Jt.

No service of the Red Cross depends more

on you than does the Blood Program. You
are a very important person when you give
blood because you are giving li fe! Your
donation of just l ess than a pint of your
blood will not only help people in our
community who are in need ... but will al so
protect you and members of your f amily
for any future needs .
Sign-up forms will be distributed to
employees later this month. Sign-up cards
will be a little different from those of
previous years .as the letter to employees,
fact sheet and sign-up card wi ll be conta ined
i n one form.
Employees are to read the information
provided on the front and back of the forml""""'\
fill in the information requested on t he
s i gn-up ca rd on the bottom half of t he
form, detach and return it to W. R. Perry
in Relations i f they wish to donate blood.
The new form is designed to save more time
and eliminate unnecessary steps . Cards
will be returned to employees indi cating
the date and t i me employees are to visit
th e Bloodmobile .
Employees are urged to seriously co nsider
giving the gift of li fe next month by do nating
a pint of blood when the Bloodmobile comes
around.
EXPRESSIONS OF APPRECIATION
1 wo<Lld like. to thank all my 6!t-le.nd 601t
the. c.Md and n,e.aweJt.6 e.nt dWL-lng the.
illne..6 and death o 6 my moth Vt, M1L6 Ru.th
H. Be.av Vt.

Els ie Jones
We. wou,ld like. to take. th-l thne. to thank
the. many 6!t-le.nd who e.nt c.Md, 6ood alt ~
6loweJt.6 dU!Ung the. lo 06 oWt loved one,
F1ta.nk SuddM:th. It -l g1teat to have. uc.h
6!t-lend . The. k.,{,ndne..6 hown do e..o make. the
!toad 06 li6e. a little. e.M-leJt to btave.l.
Many thank.,

Bob Suddarth
Ca l Cl aytor

WAYNESBORO PLANT
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GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XIX No. 2

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

January 14, 1977

William D. Henderson First to Join Retirement Family in 1977

Bil l Henderson brought in the New Year i n a new capacity -- as a member of
the growing General Electric family of retirees.
Bi ll began his retirement with mi xed emotions . Although anxious to begin
enjoying his new-found freedom, he also misses the daily routine of coming to
\'/Ork every day. "Eve.n .though you c.omp.ta.ln abou.t having .to ge..t up e.veJty moJtning .to C.Ome. .to WOJtk. , IJOU .te.nd .to m,Ll1.> U Whe.n IJOU 6,{,nd .tha.t IJOU WOn 1 t be. doing
a anymoJte.," he said. " Be.1.>ide.1.>," he added, "I've. a1.wa.y1.> e.njoye.d my WOJtk. . "
Bi ll began his career with GE in December, 1954 as a draftsman. He had
been in this line of work since 1943, so when the Waynesboro Pl ant opened he
app li ed and received a position as a draftsman in the Specialty Control Department. Upon retirement, he was a design draftsman in the Numerica l Control
Department.
A native of Lipscomb, Virg ini a, Bill now lives in Waynesboro where he and his wife, Elsie, pl an
to remain.
He says he has no definite plans for his retirement other than vi siting his famil y,
w h consists of 1 daughter and 2 sons . However, he and his wife do share a hobby -- collecting
o,_ and unusual objects -- which they will continue to enjoy together.
Waynesboro GE employees wish Bill a very enjoyable and fulfilled retirement~

A $164 Million Bundle:

GE People Now Sharing Big "Payout"
Under Savings Plans
About 163,000 employees, retirees, and
former employees are sharing the bundl e of
securities and cash being distributed in
the annual "payout" under the General
Electric Savings and Security Program and
the GE Savings and Stock Bonus Plan.
How big i s the bund le ?
It's worth $164 million. That's based on
year-end ma rket va lue for Stock
($55.625) and S&SP Mutua l Fund Units ($28.63)
t'~aturity value of U. S. Savings Bonds, as
w
.. , as the cash being distributed in the
11
payout. 11
197~ ' s

(Cont'd Page 3, Col. 2)

'STOCK PRICES' AND

I FUND UNIT PRICES'
FOR YEAR 1976

Stock Price
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

$52.220
53 . 329
52 . 098
53 . 190
51.469
54 . 722
56.899
54.790
54.798
52 . 000
51. 444
52.858

Fund Unit Price

$26.986
28.042
27 . 962
28.088
27 . 547
27.317
27.978
27.759
28. 310
27 .255
27.175
27 .961

Bloodmobile Forms Being Distributed Today

The new sign-up forms for the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit next month are being distributed to ....-...
all employees today . Eligible blood donors throughout our facilities are being urged to serious ?
consider dona t ing a pint of. blood when the Bloodmobile pays us a call February 2 and 3.
The new form this year contains information on donating blood as well as the sign-up card
(illustrated below ). The sign-up card is to be completed, detached and returned to W. R. Perry,
Blood Donor Coord inator, no later than January 24, 1977, if the employee wishes to donate blood.
Cards will be returned to employees indicating the date and time employees are to visit the
Bloodmobile.
Remember . . . blood is always needed, so pledge to give a pint next month by signing your blood
donor card right away.

/-----~__/

~T ' C H

AND RETU RN TO:

____. /

_.. ..--

W. R. P e rry
Blood Do n o r Coordinator
Re l a tion s - Ro o m 10 5

I wish to be a Blood Donor.

Emp l o y ee Name:
Shift:
1 st
2nd
_ _(_P_r_i-n_t_N_a_m_e~)----------~
~-(Che~One)

3rd

Fo r e man/S u perv isors Name: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~ Location: ~~~~

(P r i n t Na me )
(Ch e ck L ocation)Main
Turner
Phon e Ex t ensio n:
Pla n t Compl ~
If you wish to donate blood
mation req u es t ed :

to a specific person ,

HOSPITAL
NEAREST
DAT E OF _A_D_M
_I_S_S_I_O_ N
_ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ __ DATE OF

provide the

in for -

RE L ATIVE_~~~~~~~~
DISCHARGE_~~~~~~~-

TO BE FILLED IN BY COORDINATOR
DATE:

Fe bruary 2 ,

197 7

Time: _ __ _ __

February 3, 197 7

Ti m e = ~~~-

Patent Awards
John R. Bittner, Manager-Products Mechanical Engineering, and Ronald D. Wesner, DCPD
Design Engineering, have recently received
a U.S. Patent. This patent relates to margin
control apparatus for use with recorders,
such as printers, which are operable automatically from characters stored on tape or
available from a data line, or from characters
produced in response to manual keyboard
operation.

J. R. BITTNER

This is Ron 1 s first patent and John 1 s

eighth.

R. D. WESNER

Lift With Your Head First

~

If you have to raise something higher

your waist, don 1 t try to do it a11 at
once. First set the load on a table or
bench, and then change your grip for lifting
hi gher .
-,

*When it's necessary to hand an item

to another person, be sure your partner
has a good grip before you let go, whether
you are handing it up or down~
* A l ot of back i nj uries are caused by
twistin g the body while holding a heavy
load . Instead of pivoting at the waist
with something, shift your feet and turn
your whole body . Maybe you have to take
a step or two, but that's better than
straining your back.
* Don't forget the basic rule: Lift
with your legs , keeping your back as
straight as possible.

O FOR SALE

0 TRADE
DWAN TED

ROOM 105 - RELATIONS

The $164 million "payout" package came

from several sources: The i nves tment of
S&SP part ici pants in 1973; the savi ngs of
Stock Bonus Plan participants in 1971; and
the secu r ities purchased for participants
in those programs with company matc hi ng
payments in those years.
How did participar1ts i n t he two GE
benefit plans have t heir savings and
company payments invested? Here's how
the $164 mil l i on th at went into t he ma i l
to partici pa nts was di vided:
$46 million was the market value of
the GE Stock distri buted ,

0 RI OE WANTED
oRIDERS WANTED

OLOST

a FREE

Most of those sharing in t he di stribu tion -- 142,969 -- recei ved secur ities and
cash in the S&SP distri bution. The rest
19,960 -- received securiti es and cash
under the Savings and Stock Bonus Plan.

$84 million was t he ma turity value of

the U.S. Savi ng s Bonds ma i led,

SWAP SHOP
OF OR RErH

SAVINGS PLANS 11 PAYOUT 11

(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 1)

OFOUNO

II IIIIIIIIIIIIII
Ads Nst be I n Roon 105 no luer than '1: 30 , Monday ;ireced1n9 publication
d<He. Ads -.u st not eliceed spacts provided , and only one ad ltem may bt
subMitted P!r i.eek per er.ployee .
the N(WS wtll no t accept ads over the
prione under any ci rcurstances.

HOt![ PHON( " 0 -- - -- -- -- -- ----- -- - - - -- -- -- --- -- --- -- - EXT . --- - - - -- - - -

The 1!.em( s) referred t o in thh ad h/a r e my per>onal propert1 and Is/

are tn no way connected with .iny bu s i ness venture.

SIGNAT uRt

$32 milli on was the marke t value of the

S&SP Mutua l Fun d Units di stri buted,
And $2 milli on went out in checks and
cash paymen ts .
In total, the ma il ing i ncl uded 821 ,688
shares of GE Stock; 1, 142,288 un i ts of the
S&SP Mutual Fu nd; and 1,684,412 U.S. Savings
Bonds in various denominat i ons .
Besides t he $164 mi ll i on goi ng direct ly
to participants in the form of Bonds, GE
Stock, Mutua l Fund Uni ts, and cash paymen ts ,
there were millions mo re invo l ved i n the
payout tha t don' t show up i n the bi g tota l .

"This is a wonderful place to

work .. . I've been taking up
a collection all week and nobody asks what for."

Over $12 milli on has been placed i n a

special fe ature of the Savings and Securi ty
Program cal led t he Ret irement Op ti on. This
Option allows you to have your securi ties
placed in a special account and hel d unti l
you leave the company, rather than have
them deli vered to you in the 11 payou t . 11 If
you remain wi th GE until retirement, t he
securities in this Retiremen t Option Account
can be retur ned to you i n various forms,
according to your choice -- annui ty payments, i ns tall ment payments, or a lump sum.
Using the ROA, you can provide ex tra retirement income as well as obtain some tax
advantages .
(Cont 'd Page 4, Col.2)

!!NNOfJNCEMENT
BINGO ANYONE?
The Augusta County Fire Department will
be playing bingo every Wednesday night at
the fire house beginn ing January 19, 1977
at 7: 30 p.m.
UNI TED WAY DEDUCTIONS
The first deductions on 1977 United Way
contributions for COO and NCO emp l oyees
will be Friday, January 21. Due to a
processing problem in Salem , the deductions were unable to be made on the previou s ly scheduled December 3, 1976 date.
THANK YOU NOTES
We. would like. .:to .:thartk a.U.. ouJr. 6rv<..e.rtd.6
6o!t .:the. c.Mci.6 and 6.loweM 6 e.n.t at :the. .loM
06 OuJl. loved Orte., I6aa.c. Be.rtja.nU.n. Co1tb-<.11.
It 1te.a.U..y maku .:the. 6u.twte. b!Ughte.Jt ju.6.:t
ll11ow-<.119 that 6!Ue.11d.6 1te.a.U..y c.Me.. Tha11iu
aga-<.11 .

James Corbin, son

Helen Corbin, daughter-inlaw
I would like. .:to e.x.p!te.66 my .6-<.11c.e.1te. .:thartlu
.:to aU my 6!Ue.nd.6 artd c.o -wOJtileM cvt. GE 601t
.:the. .:thought6ul c.Mci.6, 6.loweM , g-<.6.:t.6, pe.Jt.6 0 1ta.l v-<.6-<..:t.6 artd morte..:tMlj c.ort.:t!Ubu;t.lon.6 I
have. 1Le.c.u ve.d duJr.-<.rtg my 6.:tay -<.rt :the. ho6p.0ta.l.
The. c.ortc.e.Jtrt 60 ma.rty have. 6howrt hM be.vi a
9Iteat he..lp -<.rt l.i u.6 .:ta-<.rt-<.rtg me. .:th!toug h mlj
1te.c.o v e.1ty.

Brenda Shiflett

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SWAP SHOP
LOST
PRESCRIPTION EYEGLASSES- -br frame- - Extl890
RIDE WANTED
MAIN PLANT TO YORK DRIVE- -PM only-- 1 shift--Xl535

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SAVINGS PLANS "PAYOUT"

(Cont 1 d from Page 3, Col . 2)
Nearly $5 million not sho\'m in the total
was made up of fractional shares of Stock
and Fund Units. These are always carried
forward to the next "payout" to make up
full shares and units.
The $164 mill ion distribution made this
month i s the 15th under the Savin gs and
Security Program and the 24th under the
Stock Bonus Plan.
Under S&SP, participa nts leave their
inves tments in trust f or a specified threeyear holding per i od and receive a 50% company
matching payment on the portion of their
payroll deductions eligible for match i ng.
Stock Bonus Plan users leave their savings
in for a specified five-year holdi ng period
and receive a bonus in GE Stock equal to
15% of the cost of the Bonds they purchased
and still hold.
The three-year holding period for S&SP
i nvestments in 1973 ended as 1977 bega n.
The five -year holding period for 1971
sav i ngs under the Stock Bonus Plan ended
the same day .
The average price for GE Stock under
S&SP in 1973 (when the securities now
being distributed were purchased) was
$63 . 124. For Mutual Fund Units, the
avera ge purchase price in 1973 was
$35.780. The value of GE Stock shares
and Mutual Fund Un its rise and fall,
depending on t he market, and values are
currently lower than in the 1973 period.
U.S. Savings Bonds, of course , have a
specified rate of interest which has
steadily in creased the value of Bonds .
NOTE :
Leo Hunt:ey , Personnel Accounting , advises
all r ecent recipi ents of S&SP Savings Bonds
to check those bonds to be sure your name
i s o~ them . It i s ver y important that
employees check this out i mmediately , he
stated , because bonds with someone else' s
name on them wi ll not be redeemable later .

TO ALL EXEMPT EMPLOYEES

Leo Huntley, Personnel Accounti ng reminds
all exempt employees to si gn and return their
enro ll ment cards for t he Add i t i onal Li fe Insur- ..-...,
ance Plan and the Dependent Life Insurance Plan.
All cards must be signed and returned by
January 31 \'1hether or not the employee chooses
to partici pate or even if he/she is presently
enrolled in the Plan.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

VOL XIX No. 3

Ja nua ry 21, 1977

Gault to Head Consumer Business

CAN

you bE

blood doNOR?

rreq uen tl y , people ask if they can qualify

as a bl ood donor. Sometimes it is possib l e
t o defi ni t el y answer this question but more
of t en it is not. This is because there are
generall y ques tionable areas wh i ch can be
answered pos iti vely on ly as the prospective
c,........_ r pa ss es t hr ough t he medical hi s tory at
tr1t= bloodmobil e. However, there are some
basic mini mal r eq uirements and some basic
reasons f or re ject ion.
For examp le, to be accep t ed a prospect i ve don or must :
( 1) no t have gi ve n blood withi n the l ast
56 days nor more tha n 5 t i mes within th e
l ast 12 months;

(2) be bet ween t he ages of 17 and 66;

(3) wei gh at least 110 pounds ;
(4) have a temperature of l ess than 99 . 7
degr ees ;
(5) ha ve a re gular pu l se between 60 and 100;
(6) be in ge nera l good health. Thi s l ast
i s establi s hed by a series of ques tio ns
asked th e prospective donor prio r to don at i on.
,,,-...

pr ospective donor will be rej ec ted i f

he- she ha s : ever had an attack of hepatitus;
been exposed to j aundice or hepatitus wi thin
t he l as t 6 mont hs ; been t attoed wi thi n t he
l ast 6 mon t hs; been given blood or pl asma
(Co nt ' d Page 2, Col . 1)

Sector in First Step in

General Electric Reorgan izat ion
As the first step in a reorganization o f
the General Electric Company , Ch air~an
Reginald H. Jones has announced the appoint ment of Stanley C. Gault as Vice ?resi dent
and S ec ~o r Execut ive of the Conswner Products
and Services Sector with responsi ~ ility for
all of GE ' s conswner businesses . The appoint ment is effective February 1 . Gault is pre sently Vice Pres ident and Group Executive of
the Maj or Appl iance Business Group .
11

In olldeA to c.ope.. w<,t.h the.

inc.Jee.Ming c.omple.x.A;ty 06 both the. c.ompanu
and the. buoinv.,1.i e.nv-Utonme.nt , we. a!l.e. goin9
;t.o Jce..oJLgan;ze.. ;t.he. c.ompanu du.!Ung 1977 6Jcom
oUJL pllV-i e.nt Mne. GJLoup.6 into peAhap.6 1.iix:
op~ng c.ompone.ntl.i, with OU/L wholly owned
.6 u b1.iici,{,oAy Utah I nteAnatio nal M the. .6 e.v e.nth.
We. w;u c.ali the. laJr.geA ope.Jca;l;ng c.ompo ne.n-tl>
' Se.c.toM ' JcatheA than GJLoup.6 be..c.aM e. in
1.iome. c.MV-i the. Sec.toll Ex:e.c.u.X.ive. w.<.ll hav e.
one. oil mo/Le GJtoup.6 M we.li M divil.iion.,5,
de.paJttme.ntl.i, and a66~atv., 1Le.polttin9 to
.;ones said,

him.

"The. pU1Lpo.6e. 06 the. Jce.oJtgaMzatio n, 11 said

Jones, 11 i-6 to CU.6 U/r.e. the. c.ontinue.d ma.nag e.ability 06 t he. c.ompany M we. evolve to ' woltld
c.ompany ' 1.i tatM . 11
Jones also announced the appointment of
Rober t R. Frederick as Vice President of the
Corporate Strategic Plann i ng Staff , also
effective February 1 . Frederi ck is presently
Vi ce President and Group Executive o f the
Consumer Pr oducts Gr o up .
Dr . Charl es E. Reed , presently Senior Vice
Presiden t for Corpo rate Strategic Planning
and Studies , will become Senior Vice President in chari~e of a newly est::Lblished
Corporate 'l'echnology Staff . Dr . Reed ' s
responsibilities will include the Corporate
Research and Development Center in Schenec -

(Cont'd Page 2, Co l . 1)

BLOOD DONOR
(Cont'd from Pagel, Col .
within the l ast 6 months;
within th e l ast 72 hours;
the last 12 months, or i s
had heart trou bl e.

1)
had a tooth extracted
had a child within
pregnant; ever

Lease Accounting
Organizational Change
~

J . F . Housley, Manage1 Distribution Ac counti ng ,

announced that e ffect ive
January 1 , 1977 , L. F .
Mader was appointed Supervisor- Lease and Serv i c e
Billing. Prior to the
establishment of t h i s new
Un it at Wayne sbor o , l ease
and servi ce b i lli ng was
per fo r med at Lynchbur g .

There are many other bases for rejection

fo r the Red Cross ta kes extreme care to
insure: (1) it wil l not be harmful to the
prospective donor to donate; (2) there i s
nothin g in the donor ' s blood wh i ch will be
harmfu l to the recipient . But many reject ion areas cannot be determined until the
prospecti ve don or is started through the
donor- bel t -li ne and has ta l ked to the nurse .
So if you are still un certain , why not
sign up for the Bl oodmobile and go
throu gh the medi ca l hi story line . It's
t he on ly way t o f i nd out for sure if you
are qua lified to be a bl ood donor . It
won' t cos t you a th ing and it just may
save someone' s life .
Next month ' s Bl oodmobil e wil l be at
the Ma in Pla nt \>Jednesday , February 2,
and Thursday , February 3, and at Turner
Wed nesday, Februa ry 2. All employees
who have not yet si gned up are urged to
do so as soon as possibl e .

GE REORGANIZATI ON
(Cont'd from Page 1, Col . 2)
tady and a Technical Resources Staff in
Fairfield , Conn.
Gault and Frederick will report to Vice
Chairman Walter D. Dance . Dr . Reed will
report to Vice Chairman Jack S. Parker .
Jones also announced that Richard 0 .
Donegan will replace Gault as Vice President and Group Executive of the Major
Appli ance Bus i ness Group i n Lous i ville.
Donegan i s present ly Vice Pr es i dent a nd
General Manager of the Major Applianc e
Product Management Division .

AUCTION
The Wils on Memori al Band Boosters wi ll
be conductin g a publ ic auction next Saturday,
January 29 , at Fishersvi l le Elementary School.
The obj ective of the auction i s to raise
money f or the band ' s upcomi ng t r i p to
Disneyworld. Do nations will be ac cepted
and all employees are invited to attend.

Fred, a native of 3taunton , Virginia ,

received his B. S. degree in Mar ket i ng i n
1967 from Virgin ia Tech . In 1972 he
received his MBA degree in Management f r om
the University of Utah , while stationed
wi th tb.e U. S . Air Force in West Germany .
While in the Air Force, he served as
Inventory Control Supervisor and was
di scharged in 1972 with the rank of Staff
Sergeant. After leaving the Ai r Forc e ,
Fred worked as Purchas i ng Agent for Par agon
Design until j oining General Electri c i n
March 1974 as a buyer . Since j o ining
General Electric , he has complet e d many
Company- sponsored courses a nd s everal add~
tional college courses .
Fred res i des at 105 Audubon Street ,
Staunton, with his wi fe , Nancy , and their
daughter, Kimberley.

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THANK YOU NOTE
I :t!luly c.an 6A_nd no app~op!U_a,te.. wo~cU, to
60~ my 6arnA.,ty and mye6, ouJt dee..p
and A_nc.eAe.. g~a.,U.tud e.. 6M aLe. the.. IUndne.J.>,
lo ve.. and c.onc.eAn hown UJ.i, A_n 0 many
thoug~ 6u1 way, be..6o~e.. and A_nc.e the.. lo
06 ouJt love..d one.., F~ed B. C~o .
exp~e.!.> ,

Eac.h A_n~vA_dual au will ~e..maA.,n a :t!le..Mlv.<-J.

me..mMy. May God ble.J.> e..ac.h o 6 you ~c.hty.

Mrs Fred B. Curto,

Cindy Lotts
and t he Curto Fami ly

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XIX No. 4

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

January 28, 1977

Statesman Award

Blood Is NEEdEd

Received By
Fisher & Meek

BLOOD IS NEEDED
Next Wednesday, February 2, and Thursday ,
February 3, the Red Cross Bloodmobi l e wi ll
set up its ant i septic shop here at our
facilities. All Waynesboro GE employees are
being cal led upon to donate that vital gift
~ li f e---blood.
Your gift of li fe may he lp to ...
* Replace blood lost by an accident victim.
*Make it possibl e for a sick child to run
and play.
* Enable an elderly pati ent to withstand
surgery .
* Give a newborn baby a healthy start in

1ife.

With all of these reasons why you shoul d

gi ve blood, how can you choose not to? Si gn
up today, if you have not already done so,
and pledge to give the gift of life.
The Bloodmobile will be at the Ma in Plant
auditorium from 11:00 a.m . to 5:00 p.m. on
both days, and at the Turner I cafeteria from
11:00 a. m. to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday only.
0

Understand ing $ $
Inflation is that peculiar economic
conditio n w hic:h a ll ows you to live in
a more expensive area witho ut the
nl'c:essity o f moving.

Presenting Jack Fisher with the

Statesman Award is Bi ll Bare, Manager
Relay Sa l es .

GE ' s Electronic Compo nen ts Sa les Department has presented two Waynesboro GE employees
with the ' Statesman Award' plaq ue for their
"superior efforts in both the growth and
development and support for orders and sales
for the General Electric Company." The
employees who received the awards are Jack
Fisher, Production Man-DCPD, and Ray Meek,
COO Production Scheduler.
(Cont ' d Page 2, Col . 1)

STATESMAN AWARD
(Con 1 t from Page 1, Col. 2)
At a time when DCPD production lines were
in trouble, Jack worked with the field sales
office in revising schedu l es to two of our
customers. He allocated the material in such
a way, both were ab l e to maintain their
production li nes. Because of this extra
effort by Jack, the Department still receives
re l ay orders from both of these customers.
Jack was nomi nated by Barbara Parrish of
our Southeastern Region for his outstanding
support.

The customer and ECSD felt that this

instance was a continuation of the constant
support of critical needs supplied by Ray .
This particular instance should enhance
CDO's ability to conti nue to maintain
Westinghouse's position with the us as a
major purchaser of Selsyn products.
Both Jack and Ray receive our sincerest
appreciati on for their outstanding efforts.

FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY

35 YEARS
J . R. McEck.ron

20 YEARS

c. L. Colli ns
K. N. Kent
K. H. Re i d

Ray Meek (L) receives the Statesman

Award from Joe Polee, Manager-Power
Regulation/Control Sales for the Control
Devices Operation.
Ray Meek was presented the presti gious
award for an outstandi ng effort i nvolving
de li very of a critical component required
by the Westinghouse Drive Systems Division
in Buffalo, New York. In September last
year, Ray had originally managed to ship a
group of Selsyn Indicators to Westinghouse
on a very acce l erated delivery schedu l e.
Later that month, the customer advised that
upon receipt of the equipment it was found
that some of the equipment had been damaged
in transit. Ray provided repair parts for
shipment the same day which enabled the
customer to meet their commitment on a large
steel mill job.

15 YEARS

s.

Craig
Cr ickenb ar ger
M.
Devor e
H.
Henderson
M.
Kit e
J.
L. E. Smoot
J . H. Weeks
M. H. Woods
L.
M.
E.
E.
F.

10 YEARS
J . N.
I. Y.
c . L.
D. s.
s . H.
D. W.
F. G.
H. c .
R. L.
H. w.
c. W.

Burns
Campbell
Davis
Linds ay
Mc Gann
Myer s
Redifer
Si pe
Sir on
Templeton
Wilson

5 YEARS
P. F . VanSiclen

All The World Demands . . .

The French call it-Qualite.
The Spanish call it-Calidad .
The Italians call it-Q u~lita.
The Portu&ruese call it-Qtwlidade.
l11e Germans call it- Qualitat.
11ie Afrikaners call it-Ku;aliteit.
The Dutch call it-Hoeveelheid.
The Swedish call it-Ege nskap.
The Japanese call it-Shina .
The English call it- Quality.
U and I help to spell qUallty

!/ z~/ lj

GE CAROUSEL OF PROGRESS MAY BE "GREATEST

SHOW ON EARTH" FOR US
~

If the old adage of ''there ' s no business

11ke show business" holds true, GE has certainly drummed up a lot of customers with
its longest running show -- the GE Carousel
of Progress .

The curtains for the popular show,

depicting progress through electricity,
~ecent ly rolled up for the ten millionth
guest ~n less than two years at Walt Disney
World 1n Florida. And this is in addition
to the 46 million other people who vi sited
the show when it made its debut for GE at
the 1964-65 New York World 's Fair and then
reopened for an eight-year run at Disneyland in California.
On hand to help GE mark the occasion
of its millionth guest were Mickey Mouse
and Donald Duck. Stepping through the
turnstile on a sunny Florida December 9
morn ing for the honor was Mrs. George
Houseweart of Greensboro, North Carolina.
With her was her husband and their two
children, Susan, 9, and David , 4. The
family received a gold key to the Magic
~g dom from Mickey Mouse and a GE Toast,ven from GE Resident Manager Tom
Widmer.

BECCMING THE TEN MILLIONTH

guest (and
potential customer) at GE's Carousel of
Pr ogress at Walt Disney World last month
was Mrs . George Houseweart of Greensboro,
North Carolina. She and her husband and
their two children, Susan , 9 , and David,
4, are shown being welc omed and receiving
a gold key to the Magic Kingdom by two of
Disney World ' s most renown figures.

In commenting on the entertaining an

educational show, which has also informed
the public of contributions by GE employees
in improving the qua l ity of life, Widmer
noted there are special value ticket books
for GE employees . These can be obtained
by writing Georginne Edmon, GE Carousel
of Progress, Walt Disney World, Post Office
Box 40, Lake Buena Vista, Florida 38230.
The ticket books give employees membership
i ~ ~he Magic Kingdom Club and are good for
v1s1ts to Disneyland in California as well
as Walt Disney Wor ld in Florida. Membership also gives you reduced rates at
participating Howard Johnson motels across
the country.
Even if you don't happen to be one of
the lucky ones t his year mak ing a trip to
see GE 's "greatest show on earth," you might
want to te ll your friends and neighbors
about the show.

COMPETITION FOR QUALITY

Perhaps the best answer to the problem of keen
competition today is qua lity. As one company
has ph~a~ed it , reliabi lity or quality is the
pro~ab1l1ty that the product will perform as
designed for a specified time.
That is a pretty good definition. Poor quality
porudcts may serve well enough in the beginning,
but time will expose their defects i f there are
any.
Quality begins with product design, but it rests
with employees to carry out the quality called
for in the desi gn.
One company executive said, "It is easier to
make a good part than it is to make a bad one. 11
When all the headac hes of rejection and reworking are considered, it is evident that it
is easier on everyone to make a good part or a
good product than i t is to make a bad one.

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A N-N 0 ()NC EM E"N. T

"NO SMOKING" DURING POWER FAILURE
Whenever the plant experiences a power
failure such as the one early this week, it
is imperative there be "NO SMOKING" anywhere
in any of the buildings during the entire
period of the power fialure.
BINGO - EVERY SATURDAY
At Waynesboro First Aid Crew Building
sponsored by Waynesboro First Aid Crew
Ladies Auxiliary. Time - 7:00 P.M.
ADDITIONAL LIFE INSURANCE ENROLLMENT DEADLINE
The deadline for the open enrollment period
for Additional Life Insurance and Dependent
Life Insurance for Exempt employees is
January 31, 1977. If cards are not turned
in by January 31, 1977, a statement of health
will be required.
PLANNING TO RETIRE SOON!
For those employees who may be contemplating early or regular retirement, W. R. Perry,
Relations Pension Consultant, asks that he be
contacted at least 90 days in advance of the
employee's contemplated retirement date. This
advance notice is necessary in order for him
to obtain from Lynchburg and Salem Personnel
Accounting Operations retirement information
to review with the employees. The formal preparation and processing of the retirement
applications plus other supporting data follows
the review and allows enough time for the
Pension Board review, approvals and issuance of
the first monthly retirement check on time.
10 HOT TEA
Mr. George Tilton, Marriott Cafeteria
Manager, Main Plant, has announced the reduction price on Hot Tea from 15 to 10 for
a period of 4 weeks, beginning Monday
January 31, 1977.
This reduction is for those employees who
wish an alternative to coffee and also who
wish to support the boycott against the spiralling coffee prices so, if you are a coffee
drinker, why don't you join the Hot Tea Drinkers.
This may help to stop or even reduce the coffee
prices.

THANK YOU NOTES

I w.i.6h to explte.6.6 my .6.i.nc.ell.e tha.nfu to
tho.6 e emplo yeu who .6 e.n.t 6toweJL6 , c.aJul6 a.nd
otheJL explte.6.6.i.on 06 thought6ui.nU.6 upon the
dea;th 06 my motheJL, MIL6. Edna Cotllelt.
Clarence Ward
VSDB-THANK YOU
Peggy Michael, DCP Assembly, wishes to
express her appreciation to all employees
who responded to her Virginia School for
Deaf Posters, just prior to Chri~tmas. The
posters appealed for toys, stuffed animals,
etc., for the students at VSDB.
Peggy stated the response was tremendous
for the items needed, including monitary contributions.
AN APPRECIATIVE EMPLOYEE

VeaJc. G. E. Emptoyeu:
1Uc.h & I, OU.It 6a.mihJ a.nd MaJLv.i.n Cook, oUJt
bJtotheJc. who wo1tk.6 ht Powell. Regula.ti.on, would !""""i
Uke to peJL6onai1..y Willie you tfU..6 tett.eJc. 06
than.tu 601t the wondeJL6ul wa.y you aU. 1te6ponded
to ouJt mi.I.> hap R.tut Sunday mo1tning-;-la.nua.1ty 16.
TheJc.e Welte .60 many 06 you nil.Om eac.h Vepalt:bne.n.t
.that I c.outdn'.t e.ven name you all untu.6 I Welte
.to W!Llte a book 06 namu. We c.a.n haJc.dty beLle.ve
.the love :that you people have .6hown .towaJr.d.6 U6
wUh youJt ge.nell.OU6 money c.ontlri.buti.on.6 and
donation.6 06 6ood and c.tot.king.
I U6e .to be a pU.6~.t, t.kink.i.ng :th1..h old
wolll.d Wa.6 1teady 601t .the dog.6 a.6.teJc. he.a/Llng on
Jr.a.d.io and T.V. 06 mwu:leJL6, .the6.t.6, and all the
bad :thing.6 they publli h. I 1teal.l.y wl6 h they' d
make a b.i.ggeJc. deal 06 .the good people. like you
who go oveJc., beyond and ou;t 06 .theilt way to
hel.p .6omeone .i.n need. My e.yu have opened and
.6 o ha.6 my heaJLt.

I 6 any one 06 you eve.It need oUJt help, pleMe

pte6e ta U6 know! We love you and thank
oil. aU. you--na.ve done. God btu.6 aU. 06 you.
I know he w.ill.

Than.tu again wUh i..ove.,

The 1Uc.k.i.e V. Cook Famil.y,

1Uc.k,Ann,Che.1tyt, Ellzabeth,
Vee.Vee and baby-41Jayne

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XIX No. 5

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

Bloodmobile
Passes Half-way Mark

Vivian Dean, TSI Monitor, was one of t he

irst to donate blood Thursday morning as
the Bloodmobi l e attempted to reach its goa l
of 400 pints here this week. By the time
the NEWS went to press donors were still
standing in line so it was not yet known
how close we were to meeting our goa l.
Vi vian has donated a total of 14 pin ts of
blood to the Red Cross Bloodmob ile and stated
that she fee 1s "e.veJtyone. ;.,hou.ld tJty :to give.
blood whe.ne.veJt :the.y can . I:t' -0 one. 06 :the.
mo-O:t impoJt.ta.n:t :thing-0 a pVt-Oon can do . "
Administering to Vivian is Bloodmobile Nurse
Lindia James.

February 4, 1977

Those Payroll Taxes-GE Pays Them. Too

It's that time of yea r again. And
checking those W-2 forms also reminds us
that we're paying more - and so is GE - to
help build a good retirement income for
ourselves through Social Security.
Not only does GE match our contributi ons
to Social Securi ty , but the company foots
the entire bill for unemp loyment compensation
taxes which are also based on payroll . Ideally,
it would be nice if business conditions were
always favorable and employees would never
need these layoffs benefits . But these benefits are t here when we need them. And such
payroll taxes like Soci al Security and Unemployment Compensati on - while helpful to
emp l oyees - do represent a cost of doing
business, too .
SOCIAL SECURITY
The company's tax on Social Security - which helps provide a good total retirement
income for emp loyees -- has gone up just like
it has for employees.
For eac h employee i n 1976 , GE paid 5.85%
on employees earnings up to a maximum of
$15,300. If you earned that max i mum, GE
paid the same as you did - $895.05. In 1977
the maximum taxable earnings went up to
$16,500. This means that by this ti me next
year, if you earned that max imum you will
have paid $965.25 . And GE will hav e matched
it.

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
This year employers li ke GE, who pay the
entire cost of unemployment compensation
(there is no employee tax), are being faced
with appreciably higher federal and state
unemployment compensation taxes.
"Yes, I've heard the old say
ing that you can't get blood
out of a turnip. However, the
IRS disagrees with that."

The increases are cal led for because of

more and hi gher benefits being paid in the
past years. The federal unemployment compen(Cont'd Page 4, Col . 2)

PROTECT YOUR FT
WRONG

RIGHT

Safety rules were made for one purpose only --- to protect peo ple from i nj ury or dea t h.
Those of us who are concerned about our own safety as well as the safety of ot hers , fo ll ow
these rules closely . But, sometimes we slip-up. In our preoccupation with other things we
forget to follow the rules, or we may not be sure what the rules mean exactly.
This has been the case with th is faci li ty's safety regulation regarding proper footwear.
We are al l aware that such a regulation exists but vie are not all aware of what it actually
says and how i t is appl i ed .
The policy states : "Personnel v1ho work in or regularly traverse the Manufacturing areas
must wear completely closed , substantial shoes with heels no hi gher than 2 inches." A
"substantial shoe" is described as either a s li p- on ( l oafer ) shoe or a l ace -u p shoe . The shoe
should be of f i rm leather wh i ch wi ll provide good pr otection to the foot and the sole should
be of l eather or any type of rubber or synthetic mater ial . Sneakers , ba ll erinas , t ennis shoes,
etc ., are absolute ly di sa ll owed .
The shoe heel should be rubber or of a non-s kid type and the bac k of the heel shou ld not
measure hi gher than 2 inches from the flo or . The heel must be sturdy enough to give firm
stance and ankle support. Spike heels of any type are absolutely disallowed.
What this mea ns i n terms of the types of shoes we normall y wear is that many of thes e
shoes are not safe in a factory environment and should not be worn.
The pictures above i llustra te the types of shoes which are and are not acceptable for
factory work:

NUMBER 1 - -

~ hi s is the bas ic type of man ' s shoe wt.ich can be wor n throuGhout the factory .
It i s a sturdy shoe of firm l eathe r which will gi ve the : oot the protection it needs . The
heel i s low which g ives the wearer good a~kle support .

NUMBER 2 - - ~his type of s hoe , called the "wedgie ", is on e o: the latest styles we s e e worn
by both men and women today and is acceptable as long as the back of the heel measur e s no
more than 2 inches high .
(Cont'd Page 3)

PROTECT YOU R FEET (Cont'd from Page 2)

') I y f 7 7

NUMBER 3 -- Th i s shoe i s accept able for .,,omen because the pat ent leather gives t he f oot t he
pr otect i on it needs and t he he el i s not mor e than 2 i n che s hi gh .
NUMBER 4 - - This is another of t he f a shion d e s i gners ' lat est creations f or men and women ca l led
the " plat form". ( It i s gi ve n th i s name bec aus e of t he r aise d sole of t he shoe which i s somet i mes a s hi gh as the heel . ) Depe ndi ng on t he type of plat f or m and the he i ght of the heel and
s ole , it may or may not be acc ept able a s pr oper factory att ire . Si nc e the shoe i s r e lat ivel y
new to t he fas hi on scene , spec ifi c regulat i on s have not b e en made r egard i ng it . The be s t
c r iter i a to use would the n be to appl y the he i ght of the he el r equi r ement , whi ch s tate s t hat
the heel shoul d not be mo r e t han 2 i nches high .
NUM BER 5 -- Although

~h i s shoe neets the requirement o : bei ng completely closed a nd made of

fi r m lea ther , it i s not acceptable for facto r y atti r e becaus e the heel i s highe r t han 2 i nche s .

NUMBER 6 -- This type shoe , like #5 , is acceptabl e in all ways except the he i gt t
r equirement .
support .

~= t he heel
Also , being a spike heel , it i s not sturdy enough to g i ve a firm s t ance and ankl e

NUMBER 7 -- This is a not her exarr.ple of the platform shoe as described i n ff h . This s hoe is
not a c c e p~able f or s ever al r easons . Not only is the he el and sole too hi gh t o Give s tur dy
support , but the opened toes and the opened hee: c f the shoe do not provi de enough pr otection
fo r the foot t o shield it again st i nj ur y .
NUMBER 8 -- Although this i s a wedge heele d shoe and in #2 , it was stated tha t t he wedgie i s
acceptable , this shoe i s not because i t is not completely c l osed and wi ll not gi ve the
pr ot ect i on needed .
The examp l es above s hould give you some idea of t he ty pes of shoes wh i ch can and cannot be
worn in our factory areas. As you ca n see , t he rules all ow f or a wi de range in styles of shoes
as long as t hey meet the necessary requi reme nts.

,,,,,,,.....

However, emp l oyees who v1ish to gi ve t heir feet the add 2d protec ti on a steel t oe can provide
are remin ded of the availability of GE sa fe ty shoes . The se shoes ca n be purchased from Martin ' s
Shoe Store in the Centre-for- Shoppin g in Waynesboro by any empl oyee of Genera l El ectr i c.
Emp loyees who wi sh to purchase a pair of safety shoes must f irst obtain a Purchase Authorization
Form from Payroll . The form should be taken to Martin ' s Shoe Store where the employee can
select the sty l e of shoe he or she desires. The emp loyee should then return to Payroll to make
ar ra ngements f or payment, e ither by cash or by payroll deducti ons .
Now t ha t we al l know the rules and un derstand thei r me ani ng , we s hould all be able to better
appl y them. If we all remember tha t t he rul es were made for our ovm safety , t hen it s hould
make i t t hat much easier to abide by them. Let ' s all protect our feet for our own sake by
wearin g the proper footwear in the factory area at a ll ti mes.
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of Waynesboro ; two brothers ; two grandsons ; one
granddaughter; and a number of niece s a nd nephews .
>!any rE err.ployees were saddened to
lear n o:' the deaths of Naomi H. Mundy ,
h8 , and Ter esa C. 3r own , 28 .

........_

Naomi began her empl oyment wi t h GE in

July of 1973 and was wor king in the printed
c ircuit board area before her death Monday ,
January 17 . She is s ur vi ved by her par ents ,
Ridy and Fr ee.a Ryder Halter man of .-.raynesbor o ;
her husband , Wi lliam M. Mundy ; t wo daughter s ,
Mrs . Linda M. Weekley and Mr s . Trena M. Branch ,
both of Waynesboro ; a son , Will iam M. Mundy , J r .

Teresa bean her enployment wi t h GE i n

Aur,ust , 1973 and was working in the metal parts
area befo~ e her death last Thursday , January 27 .
She i s survived by her parents , Fauntl e r oy C
and Marj ori e Cash of Fi s hersvi l le ; t wo daughter s ,
Diane Mar i e and Kimber ly Ann , and a son Randy
Scott , all a t home ; : our br other s ; both pat ernal
and mate r nal grandparents ; and a number of
nephews , aunts and un cles .
The NEWS wi s hes to ext end our sympat hy to
the fam i l ie s of the dec eased .

THOSE PAYROLL TAXES

(Cont 'd from Page 1, Co l. 2)

ANNOUNCEMENT
ATTENTION SCOGEE SOFTBALL TEAM MEMBERS
Ke nny Gray, team man age r, has requested
tha t all softba ll uniforms be retu r ned to
hi m by Wednesday, February 9. The un i forms
need to be returned for i nventory purposes
and i n order that all repa i r s be ma de i n
ti me f or the upcomi ng softba l l season .

AUCTION

sat i on t ax, which pays f or administering

t he program, went up t o 0. 7% of the fir s t
$4200 of wa ges per employee in 1977 - up f .........._
0.5% i n 1976. This amounts to $29 . 40 per
empl oyee.
The much l arger state unempl oymen t t axes
will go up because they pay f or the bul k
of t he act ual benef i t payment s. For example,
i n GE, t he sta t e un empl oyment compensation
(which vary in each sta t e according to the
company' s experience wi t h unemployment) cost
fi ve t o si x ti mes as much as t he federal tax .

The Wi ls on Memor i al Band Boosters ' publi c

au cti on was pos t poned last Saturday , Jan uary
29, and pl ans have been made to hol d t he
auction next Sat urd ay , February 12 at Expoland .
.The obj ecti ve of t he auc ti on i s to r ai se
money f or new band un i forms and an upcomi ng
trip to Di sneyland . A f ew of the i tems to
be aucti oned off i nc l ude th ree automob il es ,
a Ma gnus chord orga n, gas and electric ran ges ,
a Turner Road- King 70 CB mi ke, a 3 hp ga r de n
tiller, and much, much more . The arr ay of
merchand i se in cludes new and us ed i t ems.

Aroundthe
Company
e

SELKIRK- The Noryl Produc ts Section al GE

Piastre Depar tmen t"s Selkork,N.Y plant not only

The auc tion wi l l begi n at 10 :00 a.m.

i nside Expo Ha ll. Donations will be accepted
and all employees are i nv i t ed to attend.

had an excellent year 1n sales but employees there

also went all out to save energy costs. In 1976.
tile section consumed 20% less fuel 011, 28% less
elec tricity. and 43% less natural gas than 1n 1975
thanks to payoffs from 1nves1ments and employee

******* **********************************

SWAP SHOP

conservation efforts

PHILADELPHIA - The sea rch for new energy

sources marches on. GE's Re-entry and Environ-

FOR SALE

mental Systems Oiv1s1on now has a 30-month.

$3.1 million cont rac l from the American Gas

BEN FRANKLIN STOV E- -new-- lg one--943- 2827 afte r 5

SKI IS- - 6' 1'' -- head s td v1/ bi ndi ngs --942- 0626

Assoc iation lo help fond out if common seaweed

can help the U S meet its 1nc reas1ng need for
naiu ral gas The program objeci ive is Io make a
Iechnical and economic assesment of conver ling
kelp- a brown, fast growing saltwater plant - into

c i:c= !),\.._l
ore= R( 1.t

methane which will be used as a substitute for

SWAP SHOP

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or PH

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natural gas Among those competing for the con-

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ORIOERS WA ~Ol[O
OLOST

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trac I was- you guessed it- Westinghouse

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The i ' M(~) te f e r ,.rcl t o Sn t h h .Id i s/a re my pe r \onI prOp4!'rty ,r nd h/

.t r t' i n no w11y com1('c.tt'd 1o1 t t h .m y bu \l ne s s ven t ure .
S itl~.! H.~l

Nashville os the plac e where many stars are discovered." are compe11ng 1n a Siar of the Month
Program of thei r own . To become a star, winners
must turn 1n Ihe best safety recommendation for
the month. But you have to be more than an overnight sensation. Safety Specialist Tommy McGee
said the winners must have a good safely record.
too .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL. xix No . 6

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

February 11, 1977

Alt hough we didn ' t quite reach our quota l ast

week , this past Bl oodmobi le vi sit by th e Red Cross
was sti ll very specia l for one individua l . The
reason? It was the last of some forty-odd Bl oodmob ile visits Bil l Perry will have coordinated for
the Waynesboro GE Plant . And to commemorate the
occasion, Bill was presented with a Certi f i cate of
Appreciation by t he co-chairmen of the area ' s Red
Cross Bl oodmobile. The certificate and a vo l un teer pin were awa rded Bi ll "for his outsta ndi ng
cooperation with the Red Cross Bl ood Prog ram."

On behalf of the Red Cro ss Bloodmobile Pr ogram ,

Bi ll Perry ( r ) is presented with a certificate
of apprec i ation by Gina Snell (c) , co- chair man
of the Program . Bill received the certificat e
for the out standing cooper ation he has g iven
the Pr ogram for the pas t 20 years . Looking on
is Bob Broughrnan who will become the future
coordinator of the Program when Bill retire s
later this year .

For the past 20 years Bill has been coordinating

the semi-annual vi sits to this Plant and when he
retires this year his experi ence and abi lity, as
well as his good-natured persona lity, wi ll be sorely missed .
Bill has been Bloodmobile coordinator al most
since its ince ption here at t he Pl ant and for him ,
coordinati ng the Program has been rewardi ng. "I've.
e.rijoye.d d , I Jte.a.Le..y have., " he said . "Lt.' .6 be.e.ri
a c.ha.Le..e.nge. e.ac.h
Knowing that the.
wWe. .6 e.Jtv,{_c.e. t o
06 the. c.ommurtdy

ye.AA tJtyA..rig to ac.hA..e.v e. ouJt quota .

Re.d CJto.6.6 pJtov,{_de..6 a Jte.a.Le..y woJttht he. c.ommunlty arid aU the. c.dA..z e.Yl.6
ha.6 made. d woJtth the. e.66oJtt..

"Arid I 1tealJ..y be..l<.e.ve. that they do pJtov,{_de. a woJtt.hwhle. .6e.JtvA..c.e. . . I a..way.6 have. oft I wottld not
have c.oOll.dA..nate.d the. p!togJta.m aU t he..6 e. yeaM . "

Besides the fact t hat the Bloodmobile Program i s a much needed service for t he community, Bill
also had other reasons for hi s enthusiasti ca lly working with the Program year after year. "I
I ' ve. had~ ,{_ri wdrie..6.6,{_rig the ' 6~t-;t;_me!t.6 ' g,{_v,{_ng blood .
6ac.e..6 , you c.ould .6 e.e. the. app1te.he.Yl.6,{_ori rrU_xe.d with a lilt.le. bd 06 6e.M; but oric.e.
the.y ' ve. pa.6.6e.d the. huJtdle. arid g,{_ve.ri blood, the.y 6e.el 1te.o.Le.y p!toud that the.y dA..d gA..ve. d a t.Jty arid
.6uc.c.e.e.ded at the. .6ame ;t;_me.. "

thA..nk the. mo.6t

1te.wa1t~g e.xp~e.ri c.e.

Watc.~g th~

Bill is responsibl e for attaining approxi matel y 11,000 pin ts of blood for the Red Cross . ..
A nough bl ood to make 687 peopl e. But he chooses not to take all the credit for i t. "I wottld
, Jte.m.W.6 ,{_0 I d,{_d not g,{_ve c.Jte.dd to OU!t ma,{_n;te.naric.e. pe!t.60nrte_l Who .60 6adh6ull1J , OYl e.ac.h V~d
a 6 the. Bloodmobile., pJto vA..de.d th~ a.6.6~ tanc.e. A..n .6 e;t;t;_ng up and fumantling the. unlt e.ac.h ;t;_me.
on th~ paJtt, I would .6ay, c.ontltA..bute.d.to rie.a!tly h.al.6 06 the. c.ooJtdA..ria;t;_rig 06 eac.h

T~ e.66oJtt.
v~d .

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Bloodmobile Misses Quota By 2 Pints

Be;tty M e.ha.M:. [Jt ) M e.a Bl ood.mobile. Cha,{)unan,

c.ha;t.6 w-Uh donoJt Paul, Mytt.t:le., Mac.IU.ne. Shop, M
NUM e. Cindy W~ pJte.pMe!.> to take. IU6 bl ood.

Co- c./ta,Uunan June. Mc.NcU.A (Jt ) ,{)., -0 hown helping

out the. vofunteeJt WOJtke.M at the. Jte.c.e.J..ving u n.e.
06 t he. Blood.mobile..

The Red Cross Bl oodmobile j ust mi ssed i ts quota of 400 pints by 2 pints l as t week whe n the
ant i septi c fac il ity vis i t ed t he Pla nt. Al though t he goa l wasn 1 t quite rea ched, Bil l Perry ,
Bl oodmobile coordi nator , s t at ed that the respons e was exce ll ent and extends his ap prec i at i on to
all those who vi si ted t he Bl oodmobil e l as t Wednesday and Th ur sday .
He al so wi shes to congratulate t hose who achieved one- , t wo- , t hree -, f our- and fiv e- gal l on
ma r ks . Those emp l oyees were :

FIVE GALLON: Van Demore Pi t cher

FOUR GALLON : George E. Varner, Marvin L. Chapli n a nd Ronald Assid
THREE GALLON : Joseph c . Mi ller , Boyce Carson
TWO GALLON : Myr tle L. Bals er, Geor ge E. Harlow, Robert E. Dedr ick , Helen D. Harper , Pat r i ck
Rus s ell , Sh i rley M. Sandridge and James Dwi ght Moomaw
ONE GALLON : Geor ge Hawke , St ephen F . Rowe , Al i ce Sumner , Kenneth Fi t zgerald , Landon R. Coffey , J r .
James M. Lipes , Sr . , Harry T. Payne , Denni s S. Yeago , Curtis n. Layne , J r ., Robe r t H. Rowe , Boyd
T. Wood and J anet Allen .

PROFILE (Cont 1 d f rom Page 1)

The. MMJtioti c.a6ete.JtJ..a hM alway-0 c.oope.Jtate.d 6u.Uy i n pJtovidJ..ng eo-0 e~ 6oJt the. opeJtatJ..on
06 eac.h 06 t he. Blood.mobile. vV-iil-0 -00 they al-O o deo eJtve c.Jte.dd 601t t he. -0 uc.c.eo-0 06 the. PJtogJtan1. And
06 c.ou.Me., d goeo wdhout -tiaying t hat the. c.o - c./ta,Uune.n 06 t he.. M e.a Bl oodmoW e. PJtogJtam and t he.J..Jt
vofuntee.M weJte eo-ti e~ to the. p1to9Jtam il-0 el6. 11
11

But the bu l k of the cred i t he bes tows upon those employees who gave a li ttle bit of themsel ves
each t ime so that they migh t help another . 11 To t ho-0 e. empl oyee!.> who have. c.on-0V-ite.ntly -0igne.d up t o
give thw pint o 6 blood e.ac.h time., I woud u ke. t o -ti ay thank.6 6oJt helping t o make. tiu:/.i pJtogJtam a
c.omplete. -0uc.c.eo-0. Ne.e.dleo-ti to -0ay, wd hout t hem t he. pJto9Jtan1 woud not hav e. be.en po-0-0ibl e. .
-.

I am happy about the. -0uc.c.eo-0 o 6 the. Bloodmobile. PJtogJtam , 11 he added , 11 and I wV-ih d c.ontinue.d
-tiuc.c.eo-0 in the. ye.a.M t o c.ome.. "
11

And we wi sh you conti nu ed success , Bill Perry , and much happ i ness f or you r f uture retirement'.

THREE MILLION
BENEFIT PLAN BOOKLETS
~ow ON WAY TO EMPLOYEES
New emp loyee benefit plans booklets
near ly three million copies of them -- wi ll
be in the ha nds of GE emp l oyees across the
country during the next few v1eeks .
The new booklets reflect the i mprovements
made recentl y i n GE employee benef i ts . Each
emp loyee wi ll receive a "Document" book let-containing complete text of all major benefi t
plans plus a packet of eight "Summa ry" bookl ets--each one provid i ng hi gh li ghts of one
or more major benefit pla ns in easy-to- read
la nguage accompanied by helpful charts,
examples and illustrations.
Included in the "Summary" book l et packet
will be an "event-ori ented" booklet. This
one is built around the many real-life situations faced by a typ i cal indiv i dua l in his
or her lifetime. For example, it indicates
that benefits work together to help when you
face medical bi lls, disab ility or lay- off,
and how they he l p you achieve lifeti me goals,
such as own ing a home, educating chi ld ren and
enjoying retireme nt. A special chart i n this
~ook l et refers to which benefit plan summary
JOok le t to chec k when you face specific situat ions .
Empl oyee Benef i ts Specialists point out,
v1hile the Summary booklets are he l pful in
building general understand i ng of the plans,
the l arge "Emp loyee Benefit Plan Document"
contains the comp l ete text of every major
GE benefit plan. It is the basic document
for the maj or benefi t pla ns that wi ll be used
to determine j ust how a plan may app ly in any
specific situation .
11
Be.ne.6-U:.6 a.Jte. an hnpoM:.a.n;t pcvr;t o 6 e.a.c.h
e.mploye.e. ' -6 :to:ta.l c.ompe.na.;U.on , 11 says Marjorie

Gr imes, Manager of Employee Relations here i n

Waynesboro. 11 Eac.h 06 U6 nee.do a good undeA-0.t.ancl<..ng o 6 :the. be.ne.6.U plan-6 601!. wfu:.c_h we. ' Ji.e.
e.Li.g,(,ble. M :tha:t we. c.a.n Me. :them we.U. Awclu
a.bout :the. plan-6 .<.n oUJi. plan;t ne.w-6pa.peA, and
o)[.,(,e.n;ta;t,i_on me.e.:t,i_ng-0 , c.a.n help bu,(,ld :tha:t
unde.M.t.ancl<..ng . Bu:t :thM e. new -Oumma.Jty bool<.le.U
a.Jte. de.,i_gne.d :to 1'.J/lov,i_de. :the. ,i_n,i_gh,t we. ne.e.d :to
!mow whe.n -0pe.u6,{.c. be.ne.6-U:.6 a.Jte. a.va,(_.f..able. t o
U6 and the. Voc.ume.n;t book pJi.ue.n:t-6 the. 6uU.
te.x,t o 6 :the. ma.j OJi. plan . I UJi.g e. e.veJty employee.
heAe. ,i_n Wa.ynMboJi.o to e.~a.m,i_ne. the. be.ne.6.U book,-..f..e.U whe.n :they a.Jte. Ji.e.c.uve.d. File. :them wheAe.
.;Ou ke.e.p illpoM:.a.n;t doc.ume.n:t-6 a.nd Ji.e. 6Vt :to
them whe.n you tfu:.nk you a.Ji.e e.Li.g,(,ble. 6oJi. a.
be.ne.6.U. ,,

Weekly S&A Benet its:

1 111

I )7

They're Subject to
Federal lncorre Tax
Should Weekly Sickness and Accident payments received in _976 be included as taxable
income when you pr epare your Federal Income
Tax return?
The company 's tax specialists say "yes".
Here ' s the why and how :
In case you haven ' t read it, the Federal
" sick pay exclusi on" which used t o apply to
cer tain Weekly Sickness and Accident benefits
was repealed effective January 1 , 1976 , by the
Tax Reform Act of 1976.
GE employees except for those in California , New Jersey , and New York , should i nclude
all weekly S&A payments as part of gross
income on their Federal income tax r eturns .
The Feder al tax law requires such reporting
because the Weekly S&A benefits are entire ly
pai d by GE . In the t hree states that are
exceptions , empl oyees make a small contribution but in 1976 GE paid 92% (California ) ,
93% (New Jersey) and 99% ( New York) of the
benefits . In those state s employees should
report the percentag e of the weekly S&A payments paid by GE.
If you received S&A payments i n 1976 that
should be reported on t he tax return you ' re
now working on , y ou won ' t f ind them shown on
your W- 2 form , and they were not subject to
withholding . Tax specialists s uggest you
refer back to your own record of suc h S&A
payments received in 1976 in order to report
them . Inc l ude them in your return under
"wages , salaries , tips , and other employee
compensation" by adding them to the amount
shown on your W-2 form .
One piece of advice for the future from
the tax specialists is this : If you received
a substantial amount of Weekly S&A benefits
in any year, you should make sure the tax on
it is available at tax payment time by putting
money aside or by increasing the amount being
withheld f r om pay for Federal income tax .

THANK YOU NOTE

I w.<Ah to :thank tho-0e. who dona.:te.d blood la-6t
we.e.k 6oJi. my late. mo:theJt-,{,n- law, ~Vi.6 . Focl<..e Alle.y.
Su6 6,(,ue.n;t blood Wa.6 c.Jte.d-Ue.d t o the. Un,(,ve.M.Uy
06 V,(_)[.g,(_n,(_a. Ho-0p-Ua.l ,i_n heJt name..

Arnold Alexander

ANNOtJNCEMENT
BLUE RIDGE DINING ROOM ATTIRE
All empl oyees who wish to dine in the Bl ue
Ridg e Di ning Room may do so but there are
certain rules wh i ch must be followed regardin g
proper atti re. Men who visit the Bl ue Ridge
Dining Room should wear a coat and tie whi l e
women should either wear a dress, skirt or
slack suit, or some other su itable outfit.
AUCTION
The Wilson Memorial Band Boosters' public
aucti on 1-1il 1 be he l d Saturday , February 12 at
Expoland. The aucti on wil l begin at 10:00 a. m.
inside Expo Hal l . Donati ons will be accepted
and al l employees are i nv i ted to attend.
NOTICE:

SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT

FOLDER MAY DUPLICATE SOME
INFO BUT IS REQUIRED
This week all GE employees rece i ved a copy
of "Summary Annu al Report - 1975 for Funded/
Insured GE Employee Benefit Plans " with the i r
paychecks.
Some empl oyees may have asked why this
Report is being di stributed. They may point
out tha t the information is for 1975 and
some was reported in the plant newspaper l ast
year.
Ma r j orie G. Gr imes , Employee Reiat i ons
Man ager here in Waynesboro, expl ains that
"The 1tec.ent Employee Retiltement In.c.ome
S ec.LJJU.;ty Ad o 6 79 74 1te.q uA1teo ;tha;t i l l
c.ompaiUu -<A1.iue th-iA fUnd 06 in601tma.,Uon 601t
7975 a;t ;th,(A time . II

BOWLING TOURNAMENT

Tr iP l an t Bowl ing Tournament to be he l d at

Lynchburg Ma rch 12, 1977 . The top 16 bowl ers
with the hi ghest average among those si gnin g
up will parti cipate. See or call Willie
Woodson, Ext. 1197 , by February 18, 1977.
NONE XEMPT JOB CODE CATALOG CHANGES
The f oll owin g cha nges are current l y being
made in our none xempt salari ed job code:
Job Added:
990900G05
514200G07
514200G09

Cus t omer Da t a Clerk

Lease Accou nt ing Cl erk
Leas e Accou nting Cl erk

Revi s i on :
318000G08 -- EAM Operator/ Data Clerk

She noted t ha t GE has i ssued Reports on

maj or plans for many years al though not i n
t hi s fo rmat .
She sai d t hat t he cost of preparing and
i ssu i ng t hese ERI SA-requ i red Reports to
empl oyees i s bor n entirel y by the company
and that t he compa ny will be issuing a simi- ,..-....
l ar Repo r t f or 1976 benefit pl an operati ons
l ate r i n the year .

THE UN ITED WAY AG ENCIES SAY "THANK YOU"

Bi l l Perry , Uni ted Way Camp aign Coordinator
for the Waynesbo ro GE Plant, wishes to convey
t his message f r om local United Way agencies who
received des i gnate d contributions from GE
empl oyees :
"The Wayne1.ibo1to - Ea1.i;t AugUJ.i;ta County UIU;te.d
Watj ltM p!tovA..ded e.ac.h ag enc.y w.Uh a w;t o 6
name..o 06 GE emplotjee.ti who indic.a;ted on ;thU!t
7977 pledge c.MdJ.i ;tha;t ;thei!t pledge..o be de.tiigna;ted ;to a pa!ttic.ula!t ag e.nc. y (J.i )

" This one looks serious, Mavis."

" No1tmilly, ;the p1toc.eduJte. -<A 601t eac.h agenc.y

;to i<JJU;te. indiv-<.duetl .eUeJUi ;to ;the employe.e..o
;tha.nfUng ;them 601t ;thei!t c.o ntltibution.o. Howe.veil.,
due ;to ;the ~tg h c.01.i;t 06 ma-<-.e.ing and ;the. .a/tge
volume o 6 c.ont!tibution.o Jtec.uved, ;the ag e.nc.ie.ti
1te.que.c,;te.d ;tha;t an exp!te.tiJ.iio n o 6 ;thank.J.i be mad~
;to ;thv.ie. employee.ti fuough ;the. Wa yne.ti boJto GE
p.ant NEWS . The a 6-6 e.ae.d ag e.nc.ie.ti Welte. v e!ty
g Jta;ti 6i e.d ov e!t ,th-iA 1t e.c, po no e. by Ge.n e!tal El e.c. rue. emplotje.e.ti and indic.a,te.d ;tha;t e.ve!ty e.66 oJt;t
will be made ;to J.i e1tve. ;the c.ommuni;ty ne.e.dJ.i M
;the.tj M-iA e. . II

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XIX No. 7

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

Vion!Jialulaliond f!lO - - -

February 18,

DR. RADER TO SPEAK

AT JOINT MEETING
OF ENGINEERING SOCIETIES

"Energy and Production" is the title of

the address to be given by Dr. Louis T. Rader
at the Engineering Societies meeting Thursday
evening, February 24, at the Holiday Inn
Restaurant j ust east of Waynes boro. The
meet ing will start with a social hour at 6 p.m.
and dinner at 7 p.m.
J,LJn

BodfU.n plloucle.y d,U,pla.y the plaque he

llec.uved a..o Out6ta..ncU.ng Young Man 06 the

Yeall 6oll 1976. The in6C/Upt,,(,on on the
plaque !lead : "In applle~on 60'1. out6ta..nding 6ellvic.e to c.h~y, c.hUllc.h, c.ommu~y,

and otate."

Cong ratulations to James R. Bodkin on

rece i ving the Outstand in9 Young Man of the
Year Award for 1976 . Jim, Manager of Engineering Support for COO, received the award
from the Waynesboro Jaycees this past Tuesday
during a banq uet at the Red Carpet Inn. He
was presented with the award in recognition
of his outstanding serv i ce to charity, church,
community, and state.
Jim 's service to the community has been
extensive. He has been cha irman of the
Waynesboro Planning Comm ission since 1974 and
has been comme nded for his fairness, creativity
_,..-.,cid his sense of humor in admini stering that
;s i ti on. He is a member of the Waynesboro
Board of Zoning Appeals, a past director of
the Fa ll Fo liage Festival, Inc., and initiated
a Woodrow Wilson Rehabi litation Center
(Cont'd Page 3, Col . 2)

Dr . Rader was the first Gene ral Manager

of the Waynesboro GE Plant when the Plant
first opened its doors back in 1954. He is
presentl y Professor of Electrical Engineering,
and Professor of Business Administration at
the Un i vers i ty of Vi rgin i a in Charlottesvi lle,
Virginia. From 1969 to 1974 he was Chairman
of the Electrical Engi neering Department .
Prior to his affiliation with the University of Virgi nia, Dr . Rader was Vice President
and General Manager of the Communications and
Control Division of General Electric Company
with headquarters in Charlottes ville. He
has held various engineeri ng and executive
positions with Genera l Electric since he
first joined the Company in 1937 . He has
also been Pres i dent of the Un ivac Division
of Sperry Rand Corporation, and a Group Vice
Presiden t and Director of the International
Telephone and Telegraph Corporation .
Throughout his indus t rial career he has
been closely associated with the deve l opment
and design of numerica l contro l, computers,
and automation equipment.
(Cont'd Page 3, Col . 2)

Joes Reports.
'76 R~ults Reflect Improved Economy,
Higher Sales, Cost Control
NEW YORK~ N.Y~---Preliminary, unaudited,
results indicate net earnings of General
Electric for the year 1976 were approximately
$4.12 per share, Chairman Reginald H. Jones
reported today. This is an increase of about
34% from 1975 earnings per share of $3.07 as
restated to reflect the pooling of interests
with Utah International Inc. On this consolidated basis, sales for the year 1976
are expected to be about $15.7 ~illion, an
increase of 11% from $14.1 billion for 1975.
Earnings for the fourth quarter of 1976
were about $1.29 per share as compared with
$1.12 restated for the 1975 quarter. Sales
for the 1976 fourth quarter were around
$4.52 billion, or some 14% higher than the
$3.96 billion for the same quarter of 1975.
"Utah's results," he said, "conformed to
General Electric's calendar-year reporting
period, added about 7 cents to our earnings
per share for 1976."

Mr. Jones, in commenting on the year,

noted that "all major categories of the
Company's business reported better earnings
for 1976 than for 1975. Operating results
for 1976 were favorably affected by the
strengthening of the United States economy
compared with the depressed conditions
which prevailed throughout much of 1975.
Higher sales combined with effective control of costs resulted in impDoved operating
margins. Several of our major business
categories had record earnings in 1976."
Reviewing the various categories of the
Company's business in 1976, Mr. Jones said:
"Higher sales and continued expense
control resulted in substantially higher
earnings in the Consumer Category for 1976
than for 1975 or any other year. For major
appliances, retail sales continued to recover
from the 1975 lows, although the rate of
improvement moderated during the latter part
of the year. Sales of major appliances to
building contractors for installation in
new dwellings were up in 1976, reflecting
somewhat higher levels of home construction.
Air conditioning results were markedly
improved in 1976. Our lamp operations
experienced a very strong year in sales
and earnings growth. A modest increase
in sales of housewares and audio products

(Cont'd next column)

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

was accompanied by a good increase in
margins. TV receiver operations shared
in the general 1976 improvement.
"Industrial Components and Systems 1976 \..~
. /
sales were up from 1975, and earnings were
also a record for this category. Sales and
earnings of components related to consumer
products showed good recovery. The manmade materials such as engineering plastics
and silicones showed particular improvement.
Information and apparatus services businesses
continued their high rates of growth on a
world scale. Sales and earnings of products
related to construction markets reflected
improvement from the depressed levels of
1975. Operations which supply producer
equipment for industry remained at about the
same levels as the previous year.
"The Industrial Power Equipment category
reported somewhat higher sales and earnings
for 1976 than for 1975. Sales of steam.turbine generator units were up from a
year earlier, producing a favorable impact
on earnings. Gas t~bine sales, particularly to overseas markets, and earnings
were also better than a year ago. Although
sales of electrical distribution and transmission equipment were down somewhat from
1975, earnings were up as the result of
~
productivity improvement programs and bette._ ~,
cost-price relationships. The favorable
earnings results from most oomponents in
this category were partially offset by a
loss in nuclear operations. General Electric
is spending significant amounts of engineering and development in support of nuclear
projects now in the backlog. These expenditures, when coupled with the effects of
deferments of shipments and cancellations
of orders, are likely to result in several
years during which the nuclear business will
operate at a loss whereas it had been
marginally profitable in recent years. It
ls management's belief that any such losses
will not impact materially on General Electric' s profitability.
"As to the Aerospace category--earnings
reached an all time high in 1976, primarily
because of increased sales of electronic
equipment, jet engines, and spare parts to
military and commercial customers.
"International sales of GE products and
services were higher in 1976 than in 1975.
Earnings were up even excluding a non~
recurring pre-tax gain of $20.7 million in'
,
the second quarter from the sale of securities in AEG-Telefunken. Earnings from
exports of GE products from the United States
in 1976 were well ahead of those for 1975..

(Cont'd Page 4, Col. 1)

Patent Awards

PROFILE
(Cont 'd from Page 1, Col. 1)
Student Internship Program here at the Plant
in which WWRC students gain on- the- job experience. To date, he has worked with 49 students
in that program.

G. S. Chambers

A. B. Carson

He is elder at the First Pres byte rian

Church, served on the Waynesboro Republican
Committee, and is Vice Chairman of the Head
Waters Soil and Water Conservation Di s trict.
As Pres ident of the Waynesboro Kiwanis Club ,
he initiated and compl eted t he Steeles Run Park
project, a softba ll field for area children.
Ji m has been with the Company since June,
1960 when he worked as a CO-OP student on
t he VPI Cooperative E~ucat i on Program. He
resides at 2232 Forest Drive in Waynesboro
with his wife, Diane, and their two children,
Susan Brooke, age 5, ar.d David Kirk, age 2.

'

H. R. Berrey

DR. RADER TO SPEAK

(Cont 1 d from Page 1, Col . 2)
A. C. Hupp

George S. Chambers, COO Engineering;

Andrew Boyce Carson, DCPD Engineering;
Harry R. Berry, DCOD Production Engineering; and Arthur C. Hupp, DCPD Design
Engineering; were recently issued patents.
George's patent was for a regulator for
controlling synchronous dynamoelectric
machines. This is his 4th patent, most of
which have involved equipment in t he Power
Regulation business.
Boyce's patent relates to inked ribbon
cartridges and more particul arly to a
cartridge for mounting i n a printer or
typewriter or similar machine for storing
a substantial length of r ibbon and delivering i t in a continuous or i ntermittent
motion for printing purposes. This is
Boyce's first patent .
Harry's patent re lates to dot matrix
printing apparatus and more particularly
to an arrangement for reducing the stresses
and hence resu l tant breakage of printing
styli emp loyed in such apparatus. His is
~rry's firs t patent.
Art's patent re l ates to electron i c
impact printers and more parti cu l ar ly to
methods and means for protecti ng the hammer
drive circui ts used in effecting printing.
This is Art's 4th patent.

He l ectures frequently . In addition to

topics in the engineering field, he lectures
on educati on and bus iness administration. He
is the author of many papers.
The dinner meeting is part of the activities
of National Eng i neers Week and i s co-sponsored
by American Institute of Industrial Engineers,
Ameri can Society of Chemical Engineers,
American Society of Civil Engineers, American
Society of Mechanical Engineers, American
Society of Quality Control , Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Society
of Ma nufacturing Engineers, and Vi rgin i a
Society of Professional Engineers. Members
shou ld contact their technical society for
reservations.

JONES REPORTS

ANNOUNCEMENT

(Cont'd from Page 2, Col. 2)

BAND BOOSTERS DANCE

"Utar. had a substantial increase in

earnings, principally due to higher sales
of Australian coking coal and of uranium.
A small partial recovery of amounts written
off in 1975 in connection with the expropriation of Marcona Corporation assets in
Peru was recorded in 1976 and additional
recoveries will be recorded as re8.J.ized.

The Waynesboro High Band Boosters and th~1

Lions Club wi 11 sponsor a Mardi Gras Dance "b11
February 25, 1977 at the Moose Home on Hapeman Parkway. The dance is part of the fundraising program to pay for the cost of the
Band's travel expenses to the Lions International Convention Parade in New Orleans on
June 29th. The dance will be from 9 p.m. to
1 a.m. Price per couple is $15. Tickets
for the dance can be obtained from Lions
Club members and Band Boosters.

"Preliminary, unaudited results for the

General Electric Credit Corporation indicate
that a good gain over 1975 was realized in
1976 despite moderate levels of consumer
and inC.ustrial borrowing."

S&SP DISTRIBUTION OF ANNUAL & TAX STATEMENTS

For the General Electric Company as a

whole, Mr. Jones said 1976."was also a year
of strengthening our financial structure in
order to finance future gr.owth. 11 He
pointed out that not only was the debt-tototal capital ratio down tp around 26%, but
surplus cash had been built up to over a
billion dollars.

Statements showing combined Annual and Tax

Information for employee participants in the
Savings and Security Program are being distributed today. Additional information on
the statements will be forthcoming in the
Plant NEWS.

"Despite the cash build-up," he said,

"General Electric--including Utah International--invested approximately $740 million
in new plant and equipment in 1976, or about
25% higher than the combined amount for
1975. 11 He said that our planning is for
about a 15-20% increase in this category
during 1977.

THANK YOU NOTE

I would .6-i..nc.eJLei.y like :to expJteA.6 my
de.e.pu:t a.pp1te.ci.a.tlon :to aLe. my 61li.end6 and
c.o-wo1tkeJU> a;t GE 601t :the 6ood, money, 6low~ ~
vl6-lt6 and o:theJL e.xpJteA.6-i..on.6 06 .6ympa;thy I
Jt.e.c.uve.d dU!Ung :the. ili.nu.6 and upon :the.
dea;th 06 my mo:theJL, Mlt-6. Gla.dy.6 E. Cha.ncll.eJL.

Gracie Dickerson
QC - Turner #2

Mr. Jones stated that the Company's

"financial objective remains unchanged:
high and_ sustained earnings growth achieved
in ways that earn the approval and support
of the societies we serve." He added that
a "new General Electric" has been developed
in the past decade to ensure continued
growth. It is a new General Electric, he
said, that is

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL. XIX No . 8

WAYNESIOllO, VIRGINIA

February 24 , 1977

HERE'S HOW TO REPORT

gnlei 'IJtewa Joan <fJlalman

/oi

JValeonal Gn!Jineei4 CJ)feek

This week , Kational Engineer ' s Week , the
General Electric Company and the entire
nation pay tribute to a group of profess i onal employees whose work contributes
significantly to technologi cal progress
around the world .
To honor these employees, the NEWS interv i ewed a relative new- comer to the pvofession
.-to obtain her views on engineering and why
he chose this field of work .

Joan Gl atman, QC Mechanical Engi neer wi th

t he New Products Tas k Force , views the
eng i neer i ng profess ion as a challenge. "U ' .6
a log .<.c. ai. type. 06 c.halle.n.ge.," she said , ",(n.
t hat you.. have. to wottk. p1z.ob.le.m.6 out log.(c.ally
!tathe.Jz. than. in. a haphazMd man.n.e.Jz. . "
I t i s t hi s aspect of eng ineeri ng wh i ch
Joa n li ke s mos t about the prof ession and
she sees as the grea test chal lenge f ac ing
t he engi nee r t oday t he new fie l ds wh i ch
engi nee r i ng i s branching out into, especi all y ene rgy . However, she f eel s th at in
order for the enginee r to confront these
new fi el ds , he or she has t o be i magi nat i ve
and not j ust al l l ogic .
"Engine.e.Jz.ing hM a te.nde.nc.y to be. .60
and te.c.hnic.ai. that a c.an lo.be.
.bi ght 06 the. a.Jt..;l{4t,{,c_ Mpe.c.t 06 the. ptto 6M.6ion . By natu..lte., a ,{_,6 a c.Jz.e.ative. Meld ,
the.tte.6011.e., a hM to be. an Mti.btic. Meld . "
.b pe.~ze.d

In her opinion, incorporating the arti sti c

aspect wi t h t he deve l opment of the new f i el ds
whi ch are openi ng up i s t he challenge engi neers hav e t o consta nt .ly face . " Engine.e.M
(Cont ' d Pag e 2, Col . 1)

YOUR 1976 S&SP "PAYOUT'

If you ' re working on your 1976 Income Tax
return and you're an S&SP participant , don ' t
forget to dig out the Tax Infor mation Statement distributed in February of last y ear .
Bill Perry, Benefits Manager, emphas i zes that
it tells you the taxable income f r om the
Savings and Security Program that should be
included in repor ting your imcome for 1976 .
Don ' t report the amount involved in the
r ecent S&SP distribution , or use the 1977 Tax
Information Statement which most partic i pants
received last Friday, as the basis for your
report . The recent Tax Information Statement
is for use next year when you turn in a
return on 1977 i ncome . It ' s the ' payout ' of
January , 1976 and the Tax Information Statement of February , 1976, that ' s involved in
the tax returns now bei ng completed .

"The. :tcv:.ab.le. .(nc.ome. wte.d ..<.n the. 197 6

Tax In601tmation State.me.nt you.. Jz.e.c.e...<.ve.d a
tje.aJt ago ..i..'6 the. amount to tte.pottt on tjOu..Jz.
Fe.de.Jz.ai. I nc.ome. Tax ILe.tu..Jz.n ," Bill emphasized .
And he als o underlines this instr uction :
=f , dur ing the year , you sold GE Stock or
Fund Uni ts acquired under S&SP , you should
determine gain or loss by using the "Tax
Cost" figure in the Tax Information Statement of the year in which you received the
securities . "Tax Cost " f igures on securities
acquired under a plan such as S&SP are
determined according to Internal Revenue
Service regulations and reported to you on
your Tax Information Statement .
If you report the wrong figures for
"Taxable Income " or " Tax Cost , " IRS
examiners may see a discrepancy between
the amount you report and the figure fur nished by GE . The problem of explaining
your error can cause you some inconven i ence .

PROFI LE
(Cont 1 d f r om Page 1, Col. 1)
have. to be. pe.ople.-o.tU..e.nted and not jutit
~e.c.hl'Uc.ally o.tU..ented.
The y have to -0ee how
a new pttoduc;t oft a. new development a.66ect-O
eve.:r.yone.. "

ARE YOU GETTING

A BUSY SIGN~?

Joan' s i nterest in engineeri ng began

wit h t he influence of a hig h school teacher.
1 uk.e.d phy-0i~ in h-<.g h -Oc.hool .60 my te.a.c.he.Jt
-0u.gg e.ii.te.d 1 ma.jolt in Me.c.ha.YU.c.a.l Engine.e..tU..ng."
11

Her first experience i n her first mechanical

eng i nee rin g class was a litt le "scary", but
she stuck i t out. "1 WM de.teJUn.i.ne.d and
qud:e. -0 e..tU..outi a.bout d ," she stated, "a.nd
th a,t ' .o :the. mo-td. -i.mpo!tta.nt th-<.ng a. pe.M on hM
:t.o Jr.. e.me.mbe.Jt i6 he. oJr.. .6 he. de.c.-i.de.ii t o ma.j oJr.. in
e.ngine.e.!U..ng in c.oUe.g e.. You have. to be.
.tJe.Jt-i.oM a.bout d oft you won' t make. d ."

A native of New York City, Joan obtained

a RSME f rom the Polytechnic Institute of
New York in 1974. Af t er graduation, she
j oined GE on the Man ufacturing Management
Program i n Provi de nce, Rhode Island as a
New Products QC Engi neer . Her next assignme nt i n Prov i dence was as a Methods Planner.
She came to DCPD in 1975 on t he program as
an Expedi t er and her last assignment was as
Foreman in the Wi re Ha rness area.

In her position as QC Mechanical Engineer

wi t h t he New Products Task Force, Joan has
vari ous dut i es. "My po-0-<.t-<.on bMic.illy

e.ntail-0 t a/Ung t he. me.c.ha.Mc.a.l e.nd o6 ~ ne.i;'

p!loduc.t and c.he.c:!IUng d out to de.teJLJn,tne. -<-6
the p!loduc.t wofllu the way d ~ .6~p~o-0 e.d .
to be. woJr.. IUng . " Joan also works Jointly with

the Eng i neeri ng fun ct i on in es ta blishing

quality cri ter i a f or new products .

'STOCK PRICE' AND

'FUND UNIT PRICE'
FOR JANUARY 1977

Usua l ly when one refers to a busy signal

it's on the receiving end of a telephone .
However, in this case the bu sy si gna l we are
referri ng to is on t he cal le r' s end.
..-...
The telephones outside the Ma i n Pl an t
cafeteria are for the use of all empl oyees who
desire to make personal calls during the i r
lunch and break periods. Gi ven t he li mi ted
t i me during these per i ods and the poss ible
number of employees who wi sh t o use the te lephones, it is i mporta nt that empl oyees not
tie up the phones.
Therefore, all emp l oyees are requested to
limi t their calls to 3 minutes when other
employees are waiting to use t he phones.
Th is will gi ve more employees t he opportun ity to use the teleph ones durin g t heir l unch
and brea k periods.

The "Stock Pri ce " and t he uFund Un i t

Pri ce'' for the month of January are as
follows :
Stock Pr ice --- $53 . 506
Fund Unit Pri ce --- $26. 869
The Stock Price and Fund Unit Pri ce a re
used for crediting ac count s , but should not
be used as the cost of shares or unit s fo r
income tax purposes . " Tax cost 11 for GE
Stock or Fund Units acqui red under S&SP is
calculated for employees acc ording t o
Internal Revenue Service r egulations . The
figures are furnished on t he annual "Tax
Information Statement . "

THANK YOU NOTE

1 would uk.e to e.x.pfle.ii.6 my -Oinc.efle a.pp!lecA..a.tion 6ofl the. gi6t.6 and thought6ulne-0-0 06
my 6/lie.nd.6 a,t GE a.6.;te.Jt t he. fl~c.ent ~,i/te in
my home.. The. k.indne.ii.6, Q.On.6-<.de.Jr..a...Uon an~
o 66e.M o6 he.1.p 6flom a.U my c.o-woJtk.eM w..<.
ne.ve.Jt be 601r..gotte.n .

Jeanne Chapman
Turner Compl ex

(Con t ' d from Col . 1)

2 '2 l/ 77
Al though the cut to Roger' s finge r was
seri ous enough , Helen feel s t hat i t coul d
have been even worse . "A.6 601tc.e6ul M t~
mac.hine ~ Omeone c.ould have Jtec.eived a
mM hed MngeJt oJt two, " she sai d.

Al ong with the instal l at ion of the saf ety

shiel d, Hel en had something el se to cel ebrate . Last week her ma nag er , John Sa rtin,
presented her wi t h her 15 years' servi ce pi n,
and i n al l t hose 15 yea rs she stated that
she has always tri ed to keep safety i n mind.
"EveJtyone hould, " she added. "Sa6ety hould
be a paJtt 06 eveJtyone' woJtk. Jtou;tA..ne. PJtac.tiung a6ety ~ one ot) the mot .<.mpolttant
thing we c.an do 601t au.Melve and t)oJt otheM . "

He.ten Co1tbin and RogeJt Ra.m6ey pltepcuz.e to

magne.,,t{,ze a vib~oJt detec.,t,oJt in the neJ,1.Jfy
hie..lded magne.,,t{,zeJt.

"Safety is freedom from unnecessary danger,

"i sk or in j ury." This definition explai ns
saf ety quite exp li citl y; and Hel en Corbin ,
Assembl e/Wi r e in t he COO TSI area, had th i s
definiti on in mind when she suggested that
th e mag neti zer i n he r area needed a safety
sh i eld .
The mac hine , whi ch Hel en uses t o magne t i ze
her vi brator detecto r, has such a strong force
th at i t could pull an obj ect from a person' s
hand standing approximately 1 foot away .
Helen recogni zed this cou l d be a safety hazard
and could ca use serious injury to someone j ust
wa l king by holdi ng a metal obj ect.
Roger Ramsey, Methods and Pl anner in
charge of t he ar ea, prove d He l en' s concern
was j us t i f i ed . Whi l e t esti ng the force field
of the mag neti ze r, Roger was standi ng approxi mate ly 6 inches to 1 f oot from t he machine
hol di ng a meta l di sc when the mac hine l iterra l ly pull ed hi s hand toward i t. The re sul t
was a deep cu t to th i s r i ght foref i nger .
The ma chine now has a safety shiel d
..-'.,Overi ng t hanks to Hel en Corbi n's safetyJnsc i ousness. The safety awa reness that
rle l en exhi bi ted shou l d be a part of eve ryone ' s da il y routi ne. As Hel en s t at ed,
"EveJtyone hM to be a 6 ety-c.o~uou.6 . 16
you 6ind a p0~ble a6ety hazMd in youJt
own woJtk. M ea you hould JtepoJtt it."

(Cont ' d next column)

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lhe NE'MS wt 11 not dccep t ads over t he
pho.,E: und;?r any c \ rcu.zis tdnc~s.

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The i tem(s ) r e f erred to in this ad i s /are rr-.y ~rs ona l pr oper ty and hi
a re in no way ccnnec ted with Of>Y bus i r.ess. vi?nt u~e.

S!t1iAH:RE

GENERAL ELECTRIC SEES

GREAT CHALLENGES
AHEAD FOR THE
NATION'S ENGINEERS.
General Electri c is completely in acco r d with the
the me o f t he 1977 Nat iona l Engin eers W eek.

coun t r y the mos t product ive of all industrial

na ti o ns in the wor ld.

A br ief look at the hi stor y o f t hi s gr eat nation 's

growt h makes it ev iden t that enginee r ing does i ndeed hold t he key to its f uture.

G ener al Elect ric is pro ud o f th e part its engineers,

in al l their roles in t he Compan y. have played in
these enormo us accomplishment s.

Consid er the contribution s engineeri ng has made

to ene rgy, t ran spor tat ion and com mun icati on
since the days w hen A merica fi r st bega n t o r eali ze
its potential strengt h.

Today and tomorro w pr esen t us with new and complex pr oblems w hich sop histicated engineeri ng , by
dedicated engi neer s, alone can solve.

Consider the count less engineer ing co ntr ibu t ions

of prod ucts and serv ices w hi ch have made our

Key 10 the future ... engineering. T his I believe!

Charles E. Reed
Senior Vice President
Corpor ate Technology St aff
General Elect r ic C ompa ny

GENERAL. ELE CTR I C

WAYNESBORO PLANT
.,~

GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

VOL XIX No . 9

March 4, 1977

THE ROLE OF A QUALITY ENGINEER

AT GENERAL ELECTRIC'S
DATA COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS DEPARTMENT
At General Electr i r. 's Data Communication
Products Department located in Waynesboro,
Virginia, our primary product is a TermiNet*
Teleprinter. This is a highly sophisticated
and complex machine that pri nts, stores, sends
and receives information. It contains
thousands of parts, represents the latest
electronic technology and i s used in hundreds
of app lications. You may have seen one in
your stockbroker's office, or in a timesharing
application connected to a computer, or even
at t he airport pr inting out your airline ticket.
To manufacture this product requires the
efforts of ma ny dedicated and talented people,
including the subject of this arti cle , the
Qual ity Engineer.

Week, the

This article i s intended to give you some

insight into the role the Quality Engineer
plays in bringing our product to the market
place.

Mtici..eA
b.i.tiue 06 w new-0papeJt. One .tiuc.h Mticte
WM wJL.U::ten by OM own Hank Munc.ke, ManageJt
06 Qua.L<..:ty Co~ol Eng~e~ng . Today, the
Plant NEWS ha.6 p~nted Hank' .o Mticte 6ott
tho.tie employeeA who nu.Med d w t week.

As a prerequisite to defining t he ro le
of a Quality Engineer at General El ectric,
Waynesboro, let us first define what GE means
by the word quali ty. At GE, we say we ship
a quality product if:

~n hono~ 06 Na-t<.ona.l Eng~neeJUi

WayneAbo~o NEWS-VIRGINIAN pub.tlohed
WIUt.:ten by Mea eng.foeeJUi ~n eac.h

LMt week,

Hank hM been w~ the Company .ti~nc.e 7968

when he jo~ned GE on the Manu6ac.t~ng Management PMg~am artd hM held v~oM .tiupeJtv~o~y
po.ti~oM .6~c.e hl-6 completion 06 the p~og~.
He Lt> an active membeJt 06 the Am~c.art Souety
60~ Qua.L<..:ty Co~ol.
Hank ~eA~deA at Rt. 2, StuMt-6 V~6t w.Uh
hl-6 w.i.6e, Jud y, artd thw ;two daughteJUi, wa
artd VeM.6e.

WEWANT10
WIPE
OUT
CANCER
IN'tQJR

LIFETIME

AMERCAN CANCl:R SOCIETY

1. Our product i s exactly what we describe

it to be, or better.
2. It will do exactly what we say it will
do, or more.
3. It will continue to perform its intended
function reliably and dependably for as long
as any reasonable person has a right to
expect, or longer.
4. It will, in total, represent an honest
value for the price we ask, and all t hings
cons idered, be of at l east as good a value
as t he cus t omer can buy el sewhere at the
same price.
*Registered trademark General Electric Compa ny, USA
(Con t'd Page 2, Col. 1)

PRO FILE
(Cont 'd from Page 1)
With this understanding of what we mean
by quality, .it becomes a relatively simple
task to define the role of a Quality Engineer
as one of insuring that the Data Communication Produc ~s Depa:tment ship quality produ cts . It is a slightly more difficult
tas~ to define exactly what the Quality
Engineer's role is in helping to achieve
this objecti ve.
~t GE, Waynesboro, the term Quality
Engi~e~r ~overs several different types

of
specific Jobs . We have a position entitled
QC Engineer that i ncludes the responsibility
to ~evelop a total integrated quality plan
to insure products meet Department quality
standa1'ds . We have Quality Information
Equipment Engineers whose job it is to
design, deve lop, improve and automate test
equipment. We have Process Control Engineers
whose job it is to implement quality plans,
develop techniques to economically control
v~rious manufacturing processes and to provide data and meas urements to validate conformance to plans.
Specifi c tasks that our Quality Engineers
ar e involved in incl ude developing, issuing
and maintaining test and inspection procedures;
defining, investigating, reporting and resolving qual i ty problems; conducting product
audits and evaluations to confirm product
quality levels; defining and conducting preproduction prod uct quality studies; determining process and machine quality capabilities
and many other tasks from the idea stage of
a product to the cus tomer feedback stage.
At GE, qua l ity encompasses a total system at
all levels of work and affecting all fun ctions
of the Department.
Because of our total quality concept, GE
Quality Engineers are required to interface
with almost all functional areas of the
Department in order to perform their j obs.
They interface with Marketing to de termine
customer needs and determine the Department ' s
quality image; they interface with Desi gn
Engineering to determine test and inspection
requirements as well as product reli ability
criteria; they interface with Finance to
eval uate quality costs and the business
impact of quality decisions; they interface
with Purchas ing to insure vendors comprehend
our quality requirements; and the li st goes
on and on.

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

For a Qua lity Engineer to perform this
very demanding and important job, many skills
and ab il ities are requ i red . Our job require
~ents demand eng ineering expertise that cove .
Jus t about all fields including el ectrica l
mechani~al, _ind ustria l and systems disciplines
to menti on Just a few. The Qua li ty Engineer
must possess sk ill s in statistical anal ys i s
to be able to support his dec isions and set
priorities on hi s problems; he must posses s
the.technical knowl edge to review engineering
designs and pursue alternatives ; he must have
the necessary writing sk ill s to define in
clear, concise and objective termi nology the
many subjective quality characteristi cs of
our products; he needs verbal communication
skills and a flare for effective presentati on
to be ab l e to interface with people in all
functions of the Department and outside the
Department; and he must be skilled at cost
analys i s to maintain a perspective on all
hi s plans and deci sions .
It is ho ped that this brief outline will
give you suffi cient insight into the job of
a Quality Engineer at GE, and an appreciation
for the magnitude and cha llenge of such a
position.

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~.:tf'. Ads r:u!ft r.ot e i: ce~d sp.ice s nrovided , and on ly one ad iun rnoy be

svbiri t~cd pe r week per er-plo1ce .

pho.,E: under any c1 r"Cums tances .

Th e t<(WS wnl not acce pt ads ove r the

tU,ME - - - --- - ---- - - - -- ---- - - -- - -- - - -- - - - --- -- - -- - - ----- - PAY NO. -- - - - - -----

HO!':C: PUO:l( NO . -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - --- ---- -XT. --- --- - - - - - - - -

The itcr.i(s) refC"frcd to 1n this ad is/a re rry personal prope rty and is/
are in no way connected with any busir.ess v~ ntu:-cL

(Con t 'd next column)

sl GriATvRE

S&SP Participants: Just in case

you're wondering about
our tax info statement

KEEP A RECORD OF THOSE WEEKLY S&A BENEFITS

Just as we do every year, a l ot of us

who are part icipants in the Savings and
Security Program have recently received
our 1977 S&SP combined "Tax Informat i on
Statement and a Statement of Account ."
As we do every year , many of us are asking "What's this for? "

Leo Huntley, Personnel Accounting Special ist , reminds all employees to keep a
record of paymen ts made this year under the
GE Insurance Pl an Weekly S&A Benefits . The
record, Leo expl ains , will have to be maintained in order to be reported on next year's
tax return .

Here's the answer to that question:

Under the new law , employees who receive

Weekly Sickness and Accident Benefit payments
must report this as i r'1come when they prepare
their Federal Income Tax returns. If vou
r eceive S&A payments this year you will
be required to report it on the tax return
you fill out in 1978.

Information in the Tax Statement is for

use in reporting 1977 taxable income when
income tax time rolls around in 1978 ,
according t o Bob Broughman, Benefits
Manager here in Waynesboro. 11 Tha,t mea.n6
the 'Taxable Ineome' eolwnn 1teoelt6 to
the taxable ineome on thlo yeM ' .6 S&SP
' payout. ' You. 1tepo4t it a yeM 61tom now
when you. eomplete and 6ile yotl..4 FedeMl
Ineome Tax 1tetu..4n on 1977 ineome.

SERVICE PINS

oM

"It' .6 not
Me in tax ltett/..4n6 Whieh
many employeu Me now oiling, II says Bob .
~n 6illing ou:t tax 1tett/..4n6 on 1976 .lneome--te onu now being 6iled--the Tax In6o4mation Statement fu~bu:ted in 1976--a yeM
ago--1.ihou..ld be Med. 11
In addition to showing the amount of
income to be reported as a result of the
recent 1977 S&SP securities distribution,
the tax statement shows the "tax cost " of
each share of Stock and each Fund Unit .
For tax purposes , Fund Units are valued
at the net asset per unit on January 1, 1977.
If you sell or redeem any of your 1977
S&SP securities you should use the "Tax
Cost " figure on your Tax Information Statement in determining gain or loss for tax
purposes. Similarly, S&SP participants who
sold or redeemed Stock or Fund Units during
1976 will require the "Tax Cost" information
in the Tax Information Statement for the
year in which they received the securities
in order to determine gain or loss .

Thi.6 i.6 a.n. impo4tant ltea..6on why you.

1.ihou..ld .6ave thue an.nu.al .6tatement.6 ," says
11
~b.
In addition, o 6 eou..lt.6 e, the annu..a,l
::ttement 6u..4n.l.6hu you. wUh in6o4mation on
you.It holding.6 u..ndelt S&SP. 11
11

AWARDED
FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
35 YEARS
S. M. DePuy
15 YEARS

25 YEARS
C. A. Ford
20 YEARS
A. B. Chepalis
c. w. Claytor, Jr .
B. L. Hammer
J. H. Kent
5 YEARS

c.
H.
K.
D.
J.
H.
D.
D.
M.

s.
H.
F.
P.
A.
A.
K.

L.
E. J .
v. G.

Burnett
Corbi n
Dean
Johnson
Lyons
Mabry
Miller
Moyer
Pitcher
Seabolt
Snider

R. D. Bammer
N. c. Floyd

10 YEARS

M. Simmons
J. R. Turner

C. J. Ludwick

s.

ANNOUNCEMENT
WOMEN'S SOFTBALL TEAM FORMING
All women employees interested in playing
softball for GE should contact Judi Garber,
Ext . 1624, or Kenny Gray, Ext . 1141. This
will be the onl y notice on the formation of
a women's team this year.

Around the
Company
CLEVELAND-Although many GE plants have
felt the effects of the natural gas shortage. the

ATTENTION GOLFERS
There wi ll be a meeting Thursday, March
10 , 1977 at 4:30 in Room 108 to elect a new
director of the 1977 SCOGEE Golf League .
In order that the League begin its new season
in May, someone must be elected at this
meeting to help organize t he League . Please
plan to attend.

Lamp Business Div1s1on. which uses 30% of the

company's consumption of natural gas, has been
affected more than others. The recent long spell
of record cold temperatures resulted in plant shutdowns for five days at 13 differen t GE Lamp Business Division operations in lhe Cleveland area
The East Ohio Gas Company was able to permit
these plants lo use only enough gas to avoid
damage to equipment due to freezing But despite this bad news for employees and the business. matters could have been worse had the division not been plowing back profit dollars into ca~
ital investments during the past few years to conserve energy. For example, boilers at Nela Park
were able to switch over to gas and fuel 011 ; alter-

THANK YOU NOTES

1 wan;t t o -0ay a veJty .6pe.c..,la.l Thank. You
to aLe. the. employe.e.-0 6oJr. the,Vi. eoyt,tJr,,,{,,bution-0 an~ g-i.6t.6 g-i.ve.n my 6a.mil..y a6;teJt the.
de.-0:tJc.uc;t<..on 06 my home. by 6~e.. YoM k.-<..ndne..6.6 w-<..ll ne.veJt be. 6oJr.gotte.n and wo~ 6a-<..l
to e.x~e-0-0 the. g~ude. we. 6e.eL
Aga-i.n, Tha.nk. You,

Lillie Gibson & Famil y

We. w.i.-0 h to e.xpJr.e..6.6 OM thank..6 to aLe. OM
and 6e.Uow WMk.e.M heJte. at GE 6oJr.
the. 6lowe.M , 6ood, mone.y, v-i.-Ow, eaJtd.6,
p11.a.ye.M and many otheJt aw o6 k.-<..ndne.-0-0
.6 hown M at the. une.xpe.ete.d de.ath o 6 Waliaee.
M. Be.n-0on on F e.b~aJty 20, 1977.
6~e.nd.6

Barbara Benson, wife, Mk t g. Bldg.

Louise Irvine , sister, DCPD Final
Assembly
Vicky Irvine, niece, Tur ner #2
We. W-W h to e.xpJr.e..6.6 -0-<..neeJte. appJr.e.c.,i,a,t{.on
6oJr. the. -0ympathy -0hown d~ng the. Jr.e.ee.nt
-<..Une.-0-0 and lou, 06 OM daughteJt MaJty
KatheJL,{,ne. .

Jim and Emilly Ours

nate propane systems have been installed at Logan. Lexington. and Circleville ; and gas wells have
been drilled at other locations.
LYNCHBURG- To say the quality work of Mobile
Radio Products Department employees 1n V1rg1nia
1s greatly appreciated is an understatement to
several Americans who attribute their lives to the
reliability of portable radios. The Americans were
reported lost or dead 1n the mountains of Peru.
Luckily for them the Explorers Club of Pittsburgh,
in training for a climb in Pakistan. happened by.
The Explorers Club was equipped with GE radios.
During the five-day search and rescue. it was able
to communicate for distances up to 15 miles to
direct rescue teams and helicopters ... without any
problem whatsoever.
LOUISVILLE-Gov. Julian Carroll of Kentucky
had glowing words for GE at the annual meeting
of the Louisville Chamber of Commerce . Commending the company for its contribution to the
state's economic growth. he said he "is proud to
have GE in the state." He pointed O!Jt GE employes 22.000 people in the state. with an annual payroll of $275 million.

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XIX No. 10

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

MECHAN ICAL INSPECT ION

and TESTER B COURSES
TO BE OFFERED

March 11, 1977

DCPD Introduces
the MFP

The Valley Vocational Technical Center

in Fishersville proposes to offer Mec han i cal
Inspection related courses this spring if
enough i nterest in these courses i s generated.
VVTC ha s also proposed to offer a course in
Electroni cs for individ ual s i nterested i n
R12 Tester B openings. The classes and t heir
schedu l es are :
Bas ic Shop Math --- Beg ins Ma rch 23, 1977.
Classes will be held every ~Jednes d ay ni ght
f or 8 weeks. Clas s length is 3 hours.
10 - 12 stud ents.
Blue Print Reading --- Begins March 21, 1977.
Cl asses wi ll be hel d every Mon day ni ght fo r
7 weeks. Class length is 3 hours . 10 - 12
students.
Basic Metrology (Inspection Methods) - -- Begi ns
Ma rch 23, 1977. Classes wi ll be hel d eve ry
Wednesday ni ght for 13 wee ks. Cl ass l ength
is 3 hours. 10 - 12 students. Must have
bas i c knowledge in Shop Math and Blue Print
Reading.
Electron i cs --- Begins Ma r ch 21, 1977. Cl asses
wi ll be he ld every Monday ni ght for 14 weeks.
Class length is 3 hours . 10 - 12 students .
Employees who wish to take the Bas i c
Metro l ogy course must pass a qui z in bas i c
shop math and blue print reading as a prerequ i s i te to the course .
Any indi viduals in terested in parti cipa ting in any one of these cou rses must contact
Reg i nia Wilson, Ext. 1118, by 4:00 p. m.
__.;(uesday, March 15 . After nominati ons have
.en taken, the most senior emp l oyees will be
selected for the courses. Once candi dates
have been sel ected , t hey wi ll t hen be given
an IDP form to comp l ete.

DCPD has introduced its new TermiNet*

Mul t i- Form Printer, the MFP, with the capability of producing crisply printed , highly legible nine-pa r t forms at a speed of
30 characters-per-second.
Ideall y suited t o appli cati ons which
routine ly require hi ghl y legible mul t iple
co py forms for efficient system operation,
t he MFP offers the convenience, speed and
price performance of the TermiNet 30 matri x
printer coupled with the flexibility offered
by t he MFP.
Confi gured for operator convenience, the
MF P allows a selector to be used to pick
t he number of copi es needed from a s ingle
copy up t o nine copies wi t h settings in
between whi ch can be eas ily adj usted. A
knob sel ector provides the forms setting
and can be read easily. It is simply a
matter of lift ing the machine's top cover
and r eleas ing the paper release lever and
rotating t he knob to t he desired setting .
Because of the other flexible options
avai l abl e fo r TermiNet * 30 printers, such
(Cont'd Page 4, Col. 1)

.,

Here's your chance

to obtain a technical degree

BLUE RIDGE SECTION OF ASQC

TO HOLD MONTHLY MEETING

while you work

Have you always had the desire to obtain
a technical degree but fi gured you never had
the time nor money to pursue i t full-time ?
Well, now's your chance to obtain a degree
on a part-time basis .
For the first time in the history of Blue
Ridge Community College, associate degree level
courses in El ectronics Technology wi ll be
offered at night. These wi ll start in the Fall
Quarter of 1977 with ELEC 114 - FUNDAMENTALS OF
DIRECT D~RRE NT. FUNDAMENTALS OF ALTERNATING
CURRENT and CIRCUIT ANALYS IS will be offered
in the Winter and Spring Quarters.
These will not be special courses. Instead ,
the regular full-time students wi ll have one
course each quarter schedu led at night. Thus
the success and continuation of the night
program will not depend upon the number of
part - t ime students enrol led. As long as
there are any students in the program who
are classed as Special (part- time) , the program will continue until every electroni cs
course in the curriculum has been offered at
night .
Each course will meet two ni ghts per wee k
with a lecture session one night and a laboratory session the other.
A word of caution! The math requirements
for admission to the Electronics Technology
curriculum are two years of high school math
excluding "General Math." This means Algebra
I and Geometry or Al gebra II. The regular
full-time students will also be taking Technical Math III, a college-l evel al gebra course.
Thus any part- time student taking ELEC 114
should have two years of high school math
with at least a "C" average.
For those ~rospective students who are
deficient in math, or need a refresher, t he
Col l ege offers several alternatives. There
are formal courses in hi gh school level math
given each quarter and in the summer. In
addition, these courses can be taken at any
time through the Learning Laboratory on an
individual basis, with hours arranged to
su it the student .
For further information on the program,
contact Mr. Jack Songer at the Coll ege.
(Cont ' d Page 3, Col. 2)

The Blue Ri dge Section of ASQC will have

its next monthly meeting on March 17 , 1977
at I ngleside Red Carpet Inn in Staunton,
Virginia. The program will be presented
by Mr . Nathaniel Geary , Director of Industry
and Government Relations Staff f or the FDA,
and will be entitled "FDA , Friend or Foe . "
A social hour is schedule d for 6:15 p . m.,
dinner at 7 : 00 p . m. and the p resentation
at 8 : 00 p . m.
On the following day , March 18 , the
Blue Ridge Section of ASQC will sponsor
a one- day seminar with Mr. Thomas S. Woods ,
The title of the seminar will be "How to
Turn Your Quality Problems Into Profit
Opportunities ." This seminar is desi gne d
to provide the part i cipant with a unique
blend of theory and practice, aimed at
helping him to create a breakthrough t o
new levels of customer satisfaction, a
mo re economical manufacturing pr ocess,
and greate r profitaoil i ty for his company.
Mr . Geary entered FDA ' s Executive
Development Program in 1967 , successfully
c ompleting it i n 1968. Ee joined the
staff of the Bureau of Voluntary Compliance where he directed FDA ' s cooperative
qual i ty pr ograms with industry .
He later served as Directo r , Division of
Industry Services ; Director , Divis i on of
Petitions process ing ; and most r e cently ,
Director , Di v ision of I ndustry Progr ams .
Mr. Geary i s Juni or Past Chairman of
the Food, Drug and Cosmetic s Di vision ,
American Society for Quality Control , and
Jun i or Past Chairman of the Wash ington Sec tion, ASQC . He is l i sted i n Who ' s Who i n
Government and i s a Fellow of the International Platform Associat i on .
Mr . Woods is Associate Director , Proc e ss
and Product Quality Division for Rath &
Strong , I nc . , located in Schiller Par k ,
Illino is .
He has provided clients with a vari ety
of professional services, including the
design and implementation of Qual ity
Assurance Systems and Reli abi lity Project ~ .
He has had extens i ve experience in indus trial problem- solving fo r a wi de var i e ty
of products and processes .

$2 .3 MI LLION REFUND
BEING DISTRIBUTED TO
ELIGIBLE S&SP PART ICIPANTS

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

Here's how S&SP life insurance coverage
works : As an S&SP parti cipant, you just
earmark one percent of your pay for the
cost of the coverage. That amount is
deducted from your pay along with the rest
of your S&SP investment. You then receive
a GE match i ng payment equal to half of your
S&SP deductions up to the amount eligibl e
for match i ng - 6% of earnings (7% for
veteran pa r t ici pants). The matching payment i s placed i n one of t he ava il abl e
Savings and Security Program opti ons, as
you ins truct.
Here's an examp le of how well you're
covered when you choose S&SP life insurance:
If you are under 30 and die, your benef i ci ary will receive 60% of your l ast year's
pay for 40 years. If your fi na 1 year s pay
was $10,000 your beneficiary wou l d recei ve
$6,000 a year for 40 years, or a total of
$240,000. The amount would be l ess, of
course, i f taken in a lump sum.
1

Cbtdy Lo-tU , Pe.Ma n.n.el Ac.c.oun,Un.g, p!te.pa!te...6 :to cl<...6.t/Ubu.,te. :the. moun.d a 6 c.lte.c.k..6 ,{_n
.J4..on.:l On he.It WMC.h Me. :the. 1te.6und6 rug,{,ble.
Jloye.u 1te.c.e.,{,ve.d :today due. :to :the. 6avo1taole. e.xpe.Jt,{,e.n.c.e. unde.Jt :the. Sav,{,n.g~ and Se.c.U/t,{,ty P1tog1ta.m ' ~ ,{,~UJtan.c.e. apuon. .

There' s a $2 . 3 mil l i on refund being di str ibu ted to partici pants i n the Savings
and Securi ty Program ' s insurance opti on
and emp l oyees here in Wayn esboro received
their portion today. It's the sixth consecutive year i n which these pa r t icipants
have rece i ved substantia l ref und s .
The reason:
the coverage .

Favorable experience under

Those eligible for th i s year's refund will

get an amount equal to 40% of the ir payroll
deductions for S&SP Insurance coverage in
1976.
Refund checks will be received by those
who made contribu t ions for S&SP life insuran ce during 1976 , provided they had payr oll
deduc tions for the Sav in gs and Security
Program in December, 1976 , or otherwise were
~ ive S&SP parti ci pants with unbroken
_rvi ce in December.
(Cont ' d next column)

Coverage goes downward as age climbs,

but at any age the S&SP l i fe insurance
option offers si gnificant coverage at
extremely low cost.
When you consider the coming refund of
40% of contribu t ions in 1976 , the coverage
is a barga i n that 's hard to beat - - especially for 1976 participants .
Wh ile eligib l e parti ci pants of 1976 will
be recei ving a refund because of favorab le
experience , i t 's important to note provisions
of the S&S Prog ram relatin g to the i nsurance
option . These point out that when the
experience of t he group is favorab le, it
is expected that ei ther the dura t ion of the
amount of annual benefi ts, or both wou l d be
i ncreased, or the company may elect to have
a partial refund of contributions made to
partici pants enrol led for insurance coverage .
If the experience is unfavorable, ei ther the
duration or amount of benefi ts or both would
be decreased.

TECHNICAL DEGREE
(Cont'd from Page 2, Col . 1)
A1so, en1p 1oyees a re reminded that the
Individual Development Program i s available to help pay for the costs of the
courses. Employees need only to fill out
the IDP forms well i n advance of the
scheduled date of t he class to obta in a
refund on the tuiti on.

THE MFP
(Con t 'd from Pagel, Col. 2)
as Mag net i c or Paper Tape , 80 or 132 col umn
pr in t i ng on 8>~' x 11" paper and TWX/ODD
capabi l ity, the newly in troduced MFP shoul d
provide mul t i ple copy users with a new
dimensi on in prin ter capabil i ty.
Tested extensi vely over t he last few
months , the MFP has been used to prod uce
thousands of nine-part ai rl i ne t i cket f orms
wi t h r emar kabl e pr in t clari ty . The prin te rs
are now in servi ce wi t h maj or ai rl ines as
we ll as t ravel agen ci es across t he country.
Tic ket pri nt i ng i s only one of dozens
of appl icati ons wh ere t he Termi Net MFP
prin ter can provide effici ent servi ce.
Monetary exc hange sys tems, i nvoi cing, warehous i ng, real es t ate trans act i ons, a u tomob il ~
and t r uck r enta ls and oth er heavy mult i- part
form users will find the pri nt er espec i all y
v al ua~le s ince i t al lows t he same cl ar i ty
of pri nt and leg ibi l ity from t he first copy
to th e last copy i n t he carbon se t .
The MFP can be ordered fr om the factory
wi t h 30 t o 60 day del ivery and is equipped
with a new ly desi gned t ear bar to i ns ure
effi ci ent ha ndlin g of mu l ti- copy forms.
The MFP accepts pa per stoc k ra nging i n
t hi ckn ess from . 0025 1' ( .0635mm) to .0280"
( . 71 10mm) .

*Regi stered Tradema r k of Genera l Electric

Company, U. S.A.

SRCC RELEASES SPRING SCHEDULE

The Blue Ri dge Communi ty Col l ege Sp rin g
Schedule of Evening Cl as ses ha s been
rel eased. Emp l oyees may ob ta i n copi es of
t he sc hedu l e f rom Bob Broughman in Re l at i ons .
THANK YOU NOTE
We w.U h ::to e.xp!LM..O ou::t ;tha.n/u ::to all
t he filoweJW nood c.cvuio and -fl ifmpathy
-fl hown to LL6 upaYl ;the dea;th 0 O OM mot hell.

n0 '1.

Ma l col m Monroe
1st Shi f t - MOl
Ju ne Monroe Rhodes
3rd Shift - MO l

CHANGE IN
MATCHING GIFT FORM
OF CORPORATE
ALUMNUS PROGRAM
ANNOUNCED

-/

Two changes hav e been made t o the

Cor porate Alumnus Pr ogram matchi ng gift
fo rm as a r esult of act i on taken by t he
General El ectri c Foundat ion Trustees .
In order to provide bet t er understanding
of the reasons f or employee gi f t s t o t he
colleges or univers itie s of their c hoice ,
a section of t he matching gift f or m asks
t he employ ee t o ind i cate whether the
s chool t o whic h the g i ft wa s given was
att ended by the empl oyee , some member of
t he empl oyee ' s immed iate family , or none
of t h ese .
Anot her change i n the f orm clari fies
t he de f init ion of a matchable contr ibuti on , i ndi cating t hat "Gifts , must be
personal contribut i ons from the empl oyee ' s
own assets . Funds borrowed f rom, or
..-....
given by other s to the employee to suppo~ a g i ft , are not accept able. Gifts mus t be
made , not merely :pledged , in cash , secur ities, or real estate .u
In the f uture , those who make g i fts f or
mat ch ing under t he Corporate Alumnus
Program s hould make use of the new f orm
(PRD- 57Y 12/76) . The new f orms ar e ava i l able from Conchita Munn i n Relations .
The General Electric Foundat i on Corpor ate
Alwnnus Program (CAP) , the f irst employee
matching gift program, is currently operating in i t s twen~y- thi rd y ear s ince being
establ i shed in 1955 . All employe es wit h one
year of continuous service are el i g ible t o
participate in the Program. 1976 pr oved
to be another banner year ~o r the Program
with mat ching contribut ions reach ing $645 , 802 ,
j ust under t he a l l t i me high of $64 8 , 437
r eached in 197 5.
The 1976 Corporate Alumnus Pr ogr am Annual
Report will be available in Apr i l . A copy
of this report will be avai l able at that
time f r om Conchita Munn .
.-..,
Any questions related t o the Pr ogr am can
be addressed to : Ri chard E. Kramer , J r . ,
Corpor ate Support Operat i on , 1285 Bo st on
Avenue , Bridgeport, Conn . 06602 .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENER AL@ELECTRIC
VOL XIX No. 11

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

SAFETY POSTER DISPLAY

March 18, 1977

New Location for

Safety Prescription Glasses
Effective Monday, Ma rch 2i, 1977, employees
may begin obtaining their prescription safety
glasses from two new locations: Mowen Opticians at 133 S. Wayne Avenue i n Waynesboro,
and Medical Center Opticians at 42 Lambert
Street in Staunton.
Moven Opticians' opening hours are from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday, and from 9 a.m . to 12 noon on
Wednesday and Saturday.
Medical Center Opticians ' hours are from
9 a.m. to 5:30 p. m., Monday through Friday,
and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.

F1tedcli.e Plea.6 al'IU , Main-tenanc. e, )..1:, l:i hown

hang-<.ng t.he 34 pol:it.eM el1-t:e1ted -<.n t.he Sa6e:ty
Po6t.elt Con-tut. held We .lMt. yeM. The
pol:it.eM w.i,U be d)..J:,p.f.a.yed -<.n t.he Ma-<.n PR.a.n-t
c.a6e:te!t-<.a 601t a week, a6t.e1t wh-<.c.h t.hey lu.i..1.1.
be hung 601t t.he next two week ~n t.he c.a6et.~ -<.n TuJtnelt # 1 and TUJtnelt #2, ltUpec.tively .

THANK YOU NOTE

We, t.he 6a.mUy 06 LoMe BIU..dge, 6-<.nc.e1tely
thank all oUJt 6!Uend6 and c.o-wo1tkeM 601t the.
~ndnul:iu 6hown dwU.ng ouJt 1tec.en-t: be1teavemen-t:. YoUJt l:ipec.-ULl t.hought.6ubtu6 helped
6Mt.ain U6 t.Mough a ve1ty cli.66).c.u.Lt pe!Uod
du/Ung wh).c.h we. lol:it. OU/t mot.hell. and oU/t
heMt.6eU t.hankl:i go to eac.h and eveJty one
0

6 IJOU.

The Bridge Family

No other changes in the prescription safety

glass procedure will be made. Employees will
continue to follow the usual procedure of
obtaining an eye prescription form from one
of the Plant Nu rses and having their own eye
doctor comp lete the form.
One of t he Plant Nurses will then give
further instructions to the employee to
report to Mowen Opticians or Med i ca l Center
Opticians where the employees' prescription
form wi ll be processed to Wilk ie Optical
Company for filling at General Elec tric 's
expense.
Mowen Opticians or Medical Center
Opticians wil l notify the Medical Clinic
when the emp loyee's glasses are ready. The
Med ical Clinic will then notify the employee
to pick up his or her glasses.
In addition to providing the above services,
Mowen Opticians and Medical Center Opticians
will check the filled prescription glasses for
accuracy, fit and adjustment if required.
Brenda Shiflett, Medical Clinic Supervisor,
also reminds those employees who have placed
orders wi th Waynesboro Opticians to pick up
their glasses from them. New orders, however,
should be placed with either Mowen Opticians
in Waynesboro or Medical Center Opticians
i n Staunton beginning next Monday.

DCPD ENGINEERING REORGANIZATION

A reorgani zation of the Engineering Section
of the Data Communicati on Products Department
was announced today by J . K. Snell, Manager .
Clifford M. Jones, formerly Manager , TermiNet
Design Engineering will manage a newly
created New Product Engineering Subsection.
W. Allen Surber has been promoted to manage
the TermiNet Design Engineering Subsect ion.
Named as new unit managers reporting to Mr .
Surber are William A. Hanger, Manager- Mechani sms and Drives Design Unit, and Jerry W.
Loftis, Manager-Logic Design Unit.
Cliffor d M. Jones
enrolled i n the University of Minnesota followi ng a three- year tour
of duty in the U. S. Army,
and graduated in 1960 with
a degree of Bachelor of
Science in Electrical
Engineering. He then
joined the General Electr ic Advanced Engineering "A" Course. During
this time he participated in the development of
many solid state electronic devices. Joining
Specialty Control Department in Waynesboro in
1965, he was assigned to the new Termi Net
printer deve lopment . First as project engi neer, then unit manager and subsection manager,
Cliff has been responsible for much of the
development and des ign activity of both belt
and matrix printers, and has received fourteen
patent awards . Author of several technical
papers, and active in IEEE and GE-GOSAM affairs,
he was chairman of Shenandoah Chapter of
Elfun in 1975- 76.

W. Allen Surber
j oined the General
Electric Company Specia l ty Control Department in 1968 after graduating from the University
of Vi rginia with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering. After initial
assignments as a Product
Design Engineer for photoe lectric devices, he
j oined TermiNet Design
Engineering in 1969 with application design
and production engineering responsibilities .
He was appointed Manager of TermiNet Integrated Circuit Design in 1973 after establishing capability for in-house large scale
integrated circuit design . I n 1974 Allen was
named Manager of TermiNet Control Design
Engineer ing with proj ect responsibility for
the TermiNet 120 , TermiNet 340 , and TermiNet
1232 products.
Prior to attending the University of
Virginia, Allen was employed by the Norfolk
Naval Shipyard where he earned a journeyman ~
electr i cian license after completing a four
year apprentice training program . He was
also employed at the Un iver sity of Virgi nia
Industrial Research and Development Corporation as a Research Assistant.
Allen resides in nearby Augusta County
with his wife , Carolyn and two chil dren .

W. A. (Bill) Hanger's
career with General
Electric started with the
Cliff resides at 601 Meadowview Cove with
Specialty Control Departhis wife Claudine and four chi ldren.
ment i n 1956 as a Virginia
Polytechnic Institute
Engineering co- op. After
graduating from VPI in
1960 with a Bachelor of
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Science in Electrical Engineering, Bill joined the
Numerical Equipment Design
Uni t. His service was
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(Cont'd Page 3, Col. 1)

ENGINEERING REORGANIZATION
(Cont'd from Page 2, Col. 2)
~rive

Systems Products Department as a

Jenior Project Engineer. He joined the
Data Communication Products Department in
1974 with project design responsibilities
on the TermiNet 120 and TermiNet 340
products .
Bill resides in western Augusta County
with his wife Ann , and four children.

Jerry W. Loft iR
began his General
Electric career in
1968 after graduating
from Cornell University with a Bachelon
of Science in Electrical Engineering . J erry's
first assignment was
with the Ordnance Systems Department in Pittsfield, Massachusetts as
a Computer Programmer
in the Engineering SuppoDt
section. In 1969 he transferred t o Charleston,
South Carolina as a Field Service Representa~ ve .
He joined the Data Communication Pro~ct s Department Engineering Section in 1970 .
Jerry ' s maj or contributions have been production engineering and de signs for special
TermiNet appl icat i ons .
Jerry resides in Waynesboro with his wife
Marilyn, and son .

EXPRESSIONS OF APPRECIATION
We. would .U.k.e. :to e.xpJteo.6 ouJt de.e.p a.nd
6Oil. alt :the. g.(.6:t.6 :the.
wonde!l.6ul pe.ople. a.:t GE beo:towe.d u.pon u..6
duJt-&tg ouJt U:t:tle. 9-<Al' .6 illneo.6 a.nd de.a.th.
Wotulo a.lone. will ne.ve!I. be. e.nou.gh :to e.x.plteo.6
ouJt 6e.e.Ung.6, .60 we.' U j u..6:t .6a.IJ :thank. you.
61tom :the. bottom 06 ou.Jt he.a.lt:t.6 601t e.ve!l.y:th-&tg .
.6-&tc.e!l.e. gJt..a.:t.,Uu.de.

Ma line Meade & Family

We. wl6h :to e.xplteo.6 ouJt :tha.nk..6 :to alt 601t
:the. 6lowe!l..6, 6ood, c.a.tuio a.nd .6 ympa.:thy .6 hown
,,-t.o u..6 u.po n :the. de.a.th o6 ouJt mo:the!I., Mlt.6
Ul.IJ Ma..6 .6.(. e.

Doris Ott, Inc. Insp.

Mildred Garland, Turner #2
Sarah Robertson, Da ta Proc.

Their Mission:

CARRY THE METRIC SYSTEM

THROUGHOUT GE IN YEARS AHEAD
A slogan taped outside the seventh- floor
classroom of GE ' s Building 36 in Schenectady
reads , "For once we can change the system."
Inside, 28 " students " from Gener al Electric
operating components throughout the United
States and Canada are being initiated into
the strange-sounding measurement l anguage of
meters , liters, kilograms , Rnd Celsius -units of the metric system .
They are vanguard of the hundreds of key
instructors who over the next few years
will "inch" General Electric into metric s .
Their mission: To erase such words as
yards, quarts, pounds, and Fahrenheit from
the working vocabulary of many GE employees-words for measurement they lear ned as youngsters in U.S. classrooms , workshops , playgrounds, and on athletic fields .
The 28 students are the first GE employees
to enroll in the Company 's inaugural Metric
Instructor Course created by the Research
and Development Center . Many more will take
the 20 hours of intense instruction . It is
desi gned to train a group who will carry
metri c thi nking to front offices and factory
floors of GE ' s 335 worldwide plants that need
metrics to satisfy customer requirements .
But don ' t throw away your yardsticks just
yet . In most cases, the change won ' t be
drastic or abrupt . And in some cases, it
won ' t come for many years .
In fact, William R. Kruesi, of GE ' s
Corporate Technology Staff in Fai rfield and
chairman of the Company ' s 13-member Metric
Council, emphasizes that GE will switch to
the metric system only where it is mutually
beneficial to both the customer and to the
Company .
The Federal Government 's Metric Conversion
Act of 1975 was designed to speed the voluntary movement to metric . In signing the bill,
President Ford warned that continued use of
the customary system of measurement was
making the nation "an island in a metric
sea." GE experts estimate that it will
take ten to 15 years before metrics become
a predominant factor in the American way
of living .
(Cont ' d Page 4, Col . 1)

METRIC SYSTEM
(Cont' d from Page 3 , Col . 2)
The R&D Center's Certified Metric Instructors PrograJn is following policy of GE ' s
Metric Council and initially i s aimed at
training design, manufacturing , and quality
control personnel a ll over the Company .
The Company course includes 20 hours of
instructi on, plus an additional four hours
of practical exercises and testing. Once
the cadre is trained , they are expected
t o go out to their respective product component s and provide the metric training
needed . Conversion is expected to be done
"as it becomes economically justifiable
for each industry and on time- schedules
determined by joint industry- user gr oups ."
Convers ion within the company will be
done on t he SI, or Syteme Internati onal
metrics, the internationally standar dized
approach . It will replace many older
metric units as well as the customary
system.
Meanwhile , most American school youngsters have been l earning metric s while their
parents have been ignoring the conversion.
But , it ' s beg inning to catch up.
For example , many weather reports now
gi ve temperatures in both Celsius and
Fahrenheit . Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola are
following 7- Up in test marketing metrics ized bottles, many of the compact auto
engines are in metric , and the f i fth of
Kentucky bourbon is nearing it s f inal hours
as a Southern tradi t i on . With several major
di sti lleries convert ing , the fifths will
soon come in " 750 milliliters," and a quart
will become a liter .
Spor ts fans can take heart though . Some
remnants of the customary system prooably
always will be with us -- football fields
100 yards long , for exaJnple .

ANNOUNCEMENT
DANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE REUNION
Phi Lambda Psi, t he Electri ca l Electronic
Fraternity of Danville Community College would
like to invite all . former Danville Technical
Institute and Danville Community College
graduates for reunion to be held on the
weekend of Apri l 23, 1977. All el ectrica l ,
electronic and radio television students who
attended Danville Technical Institute and
Danville Community College are invited .
The cost of the weekend activities will
be $25 . 00 per couple or $15.00 stag and wi ll
include:
Open House
Social Hour
Dinner
Dance with live entertainment
If you have questions or need additional
information call or write Betty Philpott at
797-3553, Ext. 256, or Electronics Department,
Danville Community Col l ege, 1009 Bon ner
Avenue, Danville , Virginia 24541 .
SOFTBALL ...
Anyone interested in playing for the GE #1
Softba ll team should come to the f i rst team
practice sess ion at the ball di amond behind
the GE Main Plant cafeteria Tuesday, March
22 and Thursday, March 24 at 5 p.m.
... AND MORE SOFTBALL
There will be an organi zational meeting
of the GE #2 Softball team Tuesday, March 22
in the Ma in Plant cafeteria, at 4:30 p. m.
All perso ns who are in t erested in playing
are urged to attend this meeting. If you
are in terested in playing, bu t cannot attend
the meeting please call Richard Hewitt. X1192.
NOTICE GOLFERS

SVIL GOLFERS
Anyone interested in pl aying on t he SV IL
Golf Team should attend a meeting on Tuesday,
March 22 in t he Mai n Plant cafeteri a at 4:30 p.m.
If you cannot attend pl ease se nd your name or
contact John Painter, Turner Building, X1306.

The SCOGEE Interplant Gol f League is

forming and will be schedul ed to start playing the first week in May. There will be
two l eagues, one playing at Gypsy Hill Golf
Course in Staunton and the other at Swannanoa Go l f Course. Interested employees
should submit t hei r names by April 1 to
Ron Assid, Room 236, Ext. 1269 . Entry fee
wi ll be $7. 00 per team.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XIX No. 12

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

THEY GOT THE JOB DONE!

March 25, 1977

BASIC ELECTRONICS COURSE

STUDENTS SELECTED
Those employees with the most seniority
have been selected for the Basic Electronics
course and were notified of their eligibility
earlier this week. The course starts Monday,
March 28, 1977 and wi 11 be taught every Monday
night for 14 weeks .
The class begins at 6:30 p.m. and will
end at 9:30 p.m. Employees who were notified
of their eligibility are to meet at the front
office of the Valley Vocati onal Techn ical
School Monday night at 6:30 p. m. Dave Warner
wi ll be the instructor for the course . Cost
of the course is $35. Em.ployees should
pick up their IDP forms from Reginia Wilson 's
office in Relations by Friday afternoon .

P1te.pa!U.ng to .6e.nd out the. 6-i.Mt T300 Me.

(l to It) Je.a.n Hunte.It, S/Up Ha.Junon, Coruu.e.
Ve.a.n and MaJtg..i.e. Mc.Go.e.d!Uc.k ..i.n R&R Re.c.uv..i.ng
and P1te.pa1te.-to-Sh..i.p.

Although employees are constantly being

recognized for their work efforts, there are
times when an employee or group of employees
deserve special recognition for the extra
effort they put forth. One such group are
the employees who worked so hard to meet the
deadline for the Stauffer Chemical Corporation
order.
During the latter part of last year Stauffer
placed a leasing order with ISBD for approximately 150 terminals on a 5 year contract.
ISBD, the selling agent for GE time-sharing
and terminals, contacted DCPD Marketing and
the project was then given to Tom Brothers,
Leasing Sales Specialist, to handle.
~m and a few other employees looked around
ar1, .'ound severa l idle T300's belonging to
the Leasing Business which were unassigned at
the time and decided that, with some refur(Cont' d Page 2, Col . 1)

Bob Broughman, Benefits Manager, wishes to

inform those employees who did not have the
seniority to become eli gible for the course
that there may be another course scheduled
for the fall. Information regarding this
course will be published in a future issue
of the Plant NEWS.
Plans are being formalized for a day-ti me
course in Basic Electron i cs for 2nd shift
employees. The tentative plans are for
the course to be taught in mid-June .
Unfortunately, there was not enough
interest shown by employees to offer courses
in Basic Shop Math, Blue Print Reading, and
Basic Metrol ogy. However, these courses may
possibly be offered later in the year if
more interest is generated.
Bob is requesting that those employees
who borrowed Bas ic ElectroniGs textbooks
from Relations to please return them in
order that enough books will be availab le
for the students taking the course .

STAUFFER CONTRACT
(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 1)
bishing, these terminals would fill the needs
of the Stauffer Chemical Company. So he and
a group of employees set about the task of
modifying the terminals to meet the Stauffer
deadline of February 15 --- and meet it they
did~

Tom had a list of people he felt deserved

thanks for rthe outstanding effort they put
forth in getting the j ob done. "TheJte. weJte.
-0 0 many people. involved i t would be. impo-0-0ible.
t o bty t o mention them ail. individu.aLJ!.y 11 he
said, "but e.veJtyone. did a 6an:t.a.6tic. job: The.
~&R people. did a bteme.ndouo job ge.:tt.-i..ng :the.
j~ b done. and 06 c.oWt.lie. the. Ma:te!U..a.,l6 people.
did a he.c.h. o6 a job get.ting the. ma:te!U..a.,l6 in
heJte. and -0hipping the. teJ!m,{_nal out.
11

EveJtyo ne. ' 6 been in a jam ail. .the. wa.y down

the. line. t o me.e..t the. de.adlin.e.," he continued,
"and i6 tho-0 e. pe.ople. who wOJLk.e.d dbr..e.c.tly on
the. ptto j e.c..t hadn' :t buc.k.le.d down to g e.t :the.
j ob done. it would have. be.en impoo-Oible. 60.tt the.
de.adlin.e. to have. be.e.n me.t. 11

One provision of the contract which made

it much more difficult to complete the job
on t i me was the installation of the new
TWX/ DOD on 25 of the units. The TWX/DOD is
an option which allows a customer to automatical ly switch between the Western Un i on
message system networ k and the standard direct
dial network.
I.t WM a big puo h .to g e.t .thi option in
.t<.me. -Oinc.e. it WMn' .t -0c.he.dule.d to be. tte.le.M e.d
unitl May. Bu:t thank.-0 .to Le.on HaJlJl.,,(,o ' gltoup
t he. e.q<.Upme.nt WM ptte.paJte.d 601t in-0:taUme.n.t
in .t.Une. to me.e..t the. de.a.clUne.. S..tau.66eJt i-0
the. 6ill.t c.uotomeJt to uo e. the. TWX/VVV."
11

The. pe.opl e. ttupon-0ibl e. 601t 11.e.wottk.ing .the.

150 T300 ' 60.tt .the. S..tau.6 6e.Jt Chemic.al Co.ttpoJta.- .
:Uo n c.o ntlta.c..t We.Jte. : S e.ate.d (l .to .tt ) Pa.U y
ZimmeJUnan, Boo LawhoJtn, Be.tty BabeJt: Peggy
Me.e.k. and Annabe.Ue. BaJtk.e.Jt. St.anding (l .to tt)
~e.v e. Naunc.hik., Fotteman, Ange.la Wwh, Te.1tua'
Mille.It, Vonna &bb, Von l(,fobungeJt, Ro be..tt:t
S.te.e.le., BaJtba.tta HaJlJl.,,(,o , Va.ttle.n e. Moue. Ron
Gu:thttie., Ve..ttno n Campb e.U, Te.d Lawho1tn'
JuarU..t;a R~-0 e.y, Bill B.ttunic.h, Bob Re.Ji,
~
a~d Bill Wid e.neJt.
No.t available. 60.tt the.
p-<..c..tutte. Welte. Pe.ggy Matthall, Viane. Fitzge.Jtald
and Mik.e. Re.bic.h.

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I

. - --- - --- -

The term inals will initially be used for

a message-switching system throughout the
Stauffer Chemical Corporation from coastto-coast. They will later be used as
order-entry systems with GE's time-sharing
computer. During the refurbi shing the
T300's were equipped with an automatic
answer da t a set which gives them the ability
t o answer a phone cal l unattended , print
the message , then hang up without the
assistance of an operator.
The termina ls are scheduled to be
compl etely operati onal by April 1.

Shipping .the. la-Ot T300 on FJtJ,.day, Fe.b.ttua1ty

11, 6ou1t day-0 be.6otte. the. de.adline., Me. (l .to tt):
HowaJtd Cook., Jim Auotin, Supe.Jtvi-Oott, Sc.oft
Ye.ago, John Ke.nne.y, Paula Chu!tc.h, Re.ba B.ttook.-0
and Jim Woodo on.

-; -,;s /7 I

NEW BENEFIT PLAN BOOKLETS

~ DISTRIBUTED THIS WEEK

INCREASE IN COFFEE PRICES

Every purchaser of coffee has been made
aware of the increase in coffee over the
past few months and Marriott and Macke are
no exceptions. But, unfortunately, i ncreases
have to be ref lected in the costs to the
customer. Therefore, Marri ott has announced
that, effective Monday, March 28, the price
of coffee will be raised from 15 plus 1
tax to 20 plus 1 tax . Macke will also
raise the price of coffee in the vending
machines in the Turner cafeterias from 15
to 20.

'STOCK PRICE' AND 'FUND UNIT PRICE'

FOR FEBRUARY 1977

January
February
Bob BJtoughman (2nd 6~om JU.ght), Bene6-Lt.6
ManagM, ex.pltUn.6 how to u.oe the pac.ket 06
new employee bene6d plan bookl.e;to to tMee
,....t.....the thou.oando 06 emp.toyeu who ~ec.uved
_ book.le;to th<A week. The employeu w.dh
Bob Me (l to ~) : Vean Sung, a TMP .VUU..nee
,fo ICV MMketing; Voug Fulk, W,{}c_e HMnu-0
Repe:t,{_;t[ve J..n TMnM #7; and Iva BJtown, Vat.a
ClMk J..n CVO WWe PJU.nt.

Stock Pri ce

Fu nd Unit Price

$53.506
51. 007

$26.869
26.055

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MINOLTA SR7 CAMERA W/CASE--$95.00--943-1218

If you are one of the many who received the

new employee benefit plan bookl ets earlier this
week you may be wonder ing just what to do with
t hem. Benefi ts Manager Bob Broughman suggests
t hat you keep them in a handy pl ace so that
you can refer to them whenever you wa nt or need
to.
The new booklets reflect the i mprovements
made recently in GE emp l oyee benefits and
represent a comprehens i ve review of all your
GE benefits . The packet employees received
consists of a "Document" bookl et--which contai ns a complete text of al l major benefit
pla ns--plus eight "Summa ry" booklets--each
one providing highlights of one or more
major benefit pl ans in easy-to-read l anguage
accompan i ed by helpful charts , examples and
illustrations.

-.

Due to a shortage in some of the packets

a iew empl oyees have not received the benefit
pl an book l ets yet . However, Leo Huntley,
Person nel Accounti ng, has placed an order
for additiona l books and those employees wi ll
receive theirs as soon as t heir are ava il ab l e.

WANTED
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FOUND
TRAY FROM A TOOL KIT--Ext 1118

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subtri t~cC! ;:ier week oer er-pl o;t:e.
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are in no way conn ectt :i ... i th ary bus1r.ess vtn tu:-e.

S!tr.A ..:R

ANNO()NCEMENT

Aroundthe
Company
EAST STROUDSBURG- Profit dollars plowed
back in to the business may not always result

in

headl1ne-grabb1ng. glamourous new products

But such investments. when successful. are good
news to employees and customers . Such 1s the
case with a carbon maintenance tool recently

SCOGEE ELECTION RESULTS

The following SCOGEE election results have
been announced:
Officers
President ------------ Ken Gray
Vice President------ --June Al dhizer
Secretary---- --------- Betty Kelly
Treasurer-------------Bill W
aggy
Board of Directors

in-

troduced by the Ca rbon Products Operation at

East Stroudsburg. Pa . Called a surface rounding
brush. the new device fits into the brush holder
of a motor or generator and gently stones the
commutat or or col lector ring until desired surface cond1t1ons are reached These brushes are
saving cus10mers thousands of dollars 1n resur-

Doug Shull
El mer Myrtle
Ol lie Grant
Joe Smith
A1an Shifflett
Jerry Stallings
Bob Dedric k

Junior Sacra
Pa tty Pitzer
Nancy Baker
Larry Martin
Wi llie Woodson
Richard Hewitt
Wimpy Wingfield

f ac1ng costs and are prov1d1ng GE 1obs

CHARLOTTESVILLE-I ndustrial Control Department employees at the Charlottesville. Va .. plant

were pleased to hear from their plant manager. Kim
Fox. that the rest of 1977 1s expected to be good
once they get by the first quarter Fox explained
the first-quarter layoffs and shaky start as being the
result of a decline in order rates. a continued strike
by one of thei r major customers . and the need of
some of their other customers to move their orders
out fu rther into the year .
TACOM A-Ground Systems Department em-

THANK YOU NOTES

I w..Wh :to e.xpttU6 my 6btc.Vte. tha.nk..6 :to
.tho6e. e.mploye.u bl V-Utg,{.rUa Co66e.y'6 a.nd
V..i.v-W.n Ve.a.n ' 6 Me.a. who 6 e.n.t 6lowe/l.6 a.nd
otheJt e.xpttu6..i.on6 06 thou.gh.t6ui.n.U6 upon
the. de.a:th. o 6 my gJUtndmo.theJt, MM. E66..(.e.
Co66e.y.

G. Robinson

ployees at Tacoma. Washington. recently shipped

their first interna tional orde r- the top 1350 feet
of the final casing string for the Soviet Unions first
Ar c tic oil well. Tacoma thermal systems employees
are hoping the Russians will strike 1t rich with their
test well They would like to follow-up their first 1nter-

We. would like. to e.xpttu6 ouJt 6btc.Vte.

glf..Cttit.u.de. to .the. ma.nag e.me.n.t a.nd e.mploye.u
who Welte. M gJUtu ou..6 to u..6 duJL..i.ng .the. illnU6 a.nd de.a.th 06 ouJt de.alt mo.th.Vt a.nd w..i.6e.,
MM. El6..i.e. M. MM.t..i.n .

na t1ona1 orde r w ith many other s.

ERIE- The importance of ove rseas markets on

Luther C. Martin
& Family

jobs 1s quite well known by Erie. Pa .. locomotive

employees. Carl J. Schlemmer. vice president and
general manager of the Transportation Systems
D1V1s1on. recentiy said that during 1975 and throughout most of 1976. the locomotive business was
virtually kept alive through the production of export
units. More than 3000 employees at Erie can direc tly attribute their JObs to expo rts

We. w..i.6 h to e.xpttU6 ouJt tha.nk..6 to a.U the.

wondeJt6ui. pe.ople. a.,t GE 6otr. the. 6ood , p.!Utye/1.6
c.OJtd..6, mone.y a.nd .!>ympa..th y 6hown u..6 upon the.
de.a.th 06 my 6a..theJt.

The Mervin Sma llwood Family

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XIX No. 13

Apri 1 1, 1977

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

TWO WISE OWLS

DEHUMIDIFIERS
NOW ELIGIBLE
FOR COURTESY DISCOUNT
Dehumidifiers have been added to the list
of GE products available to employees with a
courte sy discount under the Employee Product
Purchase Plan . Purchases made on or after
March 1, 1977 are eligible for a discount .
The effective date pr eceeds the beginning
11
of the dehumidifier season" which generally
runs from April 1 to Sept ember 1 .

Jo e MWtphy (It ) , So.6U.y Spe~t, -U

plte.,t, ent..i.ng R.i.c.ha!td Mea.doW-6 w,i,th the
W-Ue Owl AwaJtd M Ai P.iu, So.6UIJ Replte.,t,ento.t.ive loo/u. on.
,t, hown

Two more Waynesboro GE employees have

been convinced of the importance of the use
of safety glasses in thei r wor k areas.
Richard L. Meadows, Techn ician-Ma chine Shop,
and Jearl W. Wade, Mach ine Repairma n-Ma intenance, were recentl y added to the list of
members in the Wise Owl Club when they
escaped receiving serious damage to their
eyes thanks to their safety glasses.
Ric hard was working on a Zogar drilling
mac hine when several sma l l pieces of steel
struck his safety gl asses. Although a
small steel object did enter his eye, if
Richard had no t been wearing his safety
gl asses with sideshie l ds many other steel
pieces could have gotten in to his eyes
which could have caused additional injury
to both eyes.
While repairing a piece of equipment,
Jearl Wade accidentally hit his safety
glasses with an acety lene torch. The
i mpact was on the lower edge of the frame
where the sideshields are attached, causing
(Cont'd Page 2, Col. 1)

Excessive humidity means muggy discomfort

for humans as well as musty deterioration for
households , furnishings , and clothing. GE dehumidifiers remove the discomfort ing mugginess
and help protect belongings from mold and
mildew . They come in models that can remove
up to 14 , 20 , 25 , and 30 pints of water per
day f r om the air dependi ng on humidity.
Employee courtesy discounts on GE dehumidifiers range from $14 . 50 to $20 , depending on
the model purchased. The discounts will be
paid on purchases made through employee stores
as well as those made through retail dealers,
providi ng t he product is purchased for an
employee ' s own use in his own home.

An employee may purchase two dehumidifiers

in any 36 month period and receive a pl an
discount subject to the various provisions
of the Plan .
Employees may purchase dehumidifiers from
the Freed Company on 305 East Main Street in
Waynesboro , or other known dealers of
General Electric products .

J erj e

Urje

Life itself can't giw you joy,

Unl ess vo11 rea ll y will it.
Life' just gives you time a nd space( t 's up to \'Ou t o fill it.

WISE OWLS
(Cont' d from Page 1, Col. 1)
a deep laceration just below the right
eye . However, the damage cou ld have been
considerably worse if Jearl had not been
wearing his safety glasses.

NEW LEASING MODIFICATION CENTER

DAVID J. SCHOEPF APPOINTED MANAGER

Richard ' s and Jearl 1 s induction into the

Club brings the total of Waynesboro GE
11
Wise Owl s" to 157 -- 157 pairs of eyes that
have been saved from serious injury through
the use of safety glasses.

M. R. (Roy) Duncan, Manager-Leasing for

DCPD, has announced the opening of a new
Leasing Equipment Modificati on Center located
i n St. Louis, Missouri .

Je.a.Jrl. Wade, !Ugh-t, 1tec.uveA :the W.<.,oe Owl

Awa1td and p-ln. 61tom Sa6e:ty Speua.l-Ui:t Joe
MWLphy.

ICD QUEST WINNERS

The new fac ili ty has been set up to fully

support the Department's leasing business
which i ncludes thousands of TermiNet* teleprinters located at customer si tes throughout the United States .
Equipment modifications, spare part stocking, order exped i t ing, and a number of other
leasing-related activities will be done in
the St. Louis facility.
David J . Schoepf, who will manage the
10,000 square foot facility , noted that it
has been designed to serve General Electric
TermiNet pri nter lease customers exclusively
and represents a f urther commitment to the
Company's prin ter leasing business .
Pri or to being named as manager of t he
new facility, Schoepf has served as DCPD 1 s
Regiona l Servi ce Manager in the St. Louis
area . Schoepf, who has been with General
El ectric since 1958 when he joined the
Company with t he Li ght Military Equipment
Department in Utica, New York, has held a
number of technical and service positions
in several General Electric components .

As a part of ICD ' s continuing emphasis on

product quality , service, and reliability;
monthly QUEST awards are made for outstanding
contribution involving Quality/Service Teamwork. Pictured above a r e Tom Haught (1),
QUEST Chairman for Waynesboro, and Marcel
Leroux , Steve Callender and Ulrich Schneekloth,
recipients of calculator s for their contributions during the months of February and March.

TermiNet* printers are being used in a

wide variety of applications in business,
industry, educati on and med i cine . Feat uring
a fu ll li ne of pri nter products both interactive and line mode l s with speeds rang ing
from 30 characters - per-second to 340 linesper-minu te, DCPD 1 s Termi Net printers have
been in wide spread use for severa l years
and t housands of t he units are now being
used around t he world.

DCPD FINANCE

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

Manager- General Account ing- CSFO; Financial

Analyst, Power Line Carrier Operation ; and
Manager-Sales Financing, his most recent a ssignment before coming to Waynesboro .

.--.

C. W. Powell, Manager- DCPD Finance, has

announced t he following organizational changes:
Robert C. Bowen has been appointed ManagerOperations Analysis for DCPD, and Robert A.
Parlier has assumed the responsibility of
Manager-Cost and Government Accounting .
Bob Bowen received his
BS in Business Administration from American International in Springfield, Massachusetts and his MBA in
Production Management from
Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. After graduation form Syracuse in 1964,
he joined the Company on the
Financial Management Program.
While on the Program, he held assignments with
the Maj or Color Television Department in Syracuse where he remained after completion of the
Program i n 1967.
While in Syracuse, Bob hel d the positions of
Analysis and Planning, and
?ecial i st- General Accounting . In 1969 , he
trans f er r ed to the Monochrome Television
Business Section in Portsmouth, Virginia where
he held s everal positions before coming to t he
Data Communications Products Department in 1974
a s Specialist-Operations Analys i s. Bob's most
recent position was Manager- Cost and Government
Accounting .

Bob has assumed responsibility for his new

position here i n Waynesboro . His wife, Sandra ,
and children--Jeffrey (11), Mellissa (7) and
Sean (2)--will relocate in June. Bob lists
tennis, bridge and water skiing as his hobbies.

25 YEARS
J. P . Walsh

Bob Parlier received his

BA in Political Science from
the Citadel in Charleston,
South Carolina. He joined
the Company in February, 1966
and a year later he became a
trainee on the Financial
Management Program in Schenectady, New York . After completion of the Program he received
the position of Supervisor - GETSC
...-..,
Accounting for the I &SE Depart=nt in Sche nectady.
In 1970 , Bob transferred to Lynchburg ,
Virginia where he held the pos itions of

(Cont'd next column)

P. R.
W.
A. M.
L. J .
s. M.
D. c.
P . E.
F . B.

c.

20 YEARS

~ alyst- Bus iness

Bob resi des at 300 Pelham Drive with his

wife , Joyc e, a nd their two s ons, Chris (8) and
David (5). In hi s spare time he enjoys collecting firearms and camping.

15 YEARS

M. G. Bussard
J . T. Ha rrell
R. H. Kerber
R. K. Taylor

Batt on
Bowles
Cash
Holden
Laffer t y
LE'Mhor ne
Scheib
St evens

5 YEARS
D. c. Beardsley
E. G. Buss ar d
B. B. Ding es
D. L. Fit ch
R.
Greenwa l d
J . c. Johnson
E. L. 1ipes
T. A. Mille r
M. 1 . Myrtl e
E. A. Post
J . D. Pugh

10 YEARS
F.
A.
B.
D.
R.
G.
M.
J.
R.

G. Bryans
L. Cort en
A. Kestner
R. Lazzo
c. Lunsford
L. Michael
1. Plourde
E. Plummer
H. Rowe

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OTRADE
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SWAP SHOP
ROOM 105 - RELATIONS
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ORIDE WANTED
ORIOERS WANTED
C LOST
O FOUND

I I 11 I I I I I I I I I I I I
Ads r.iust be 1n Room 105 no later tha n 4:30 , Hond4y preceding publica tion
date . Ads must not e xceed spaces provtded , a nd only one ad i tem may be

submitted per week per empl oyee .

phone under any c1 rc..-ns Unces .

The NEWS will not accep t ads over the

NAll[- ----------------------- -- ------------------------PAY HO. ----------HOI<[ PHON HO. ------------- ---------------------- -----[XI. ------------ The 1tcm{s) refe r red to 1n thi s ad ls/ are 111y pe rsonal property and Is/
are tn no way connected wi th any business venture .

SIGNAfuRt

Spring cleaning can lead to

SPECIAL SAVINGS

summer night.mare

FOR THOSE BUYING

ELIGIBLE HOTPOINT RAf\GES
APRIL1 - MAY 31
April 1 through May 31 is an important
period if you're in the market for an electric
range. If you buy an eligible Hot point RangeModel RB747, Model RE930T, or Model RH966GVyou can make a special saving.
First, as a GE employee, you can receive the
big employee courtesy discount that's available under provisions of the Employee Product
Purchase Plan. Second, you'll get a directfrom-GE rebate that's available to all customers
who buy in the sale period called National
Preview Days.
On Model RB747 - the deluxe 30-inch sel~
cleaning range - the Employee Discount is
$55 and the rebate is $25, for a total saving
of $80.

Spring again And with it the hazards of

house cleaning and painting and fixing up.
All that takes time, energy -- lots of
energy. But are you ready for it? Are those
muscles, still sleepy from winter hibernating,
ready for the necessary but tiring to~ls of
spring, particularly when spring fever hits?
To help ease into the feverish activity
of spring -*don't try to do everything over one
weekend.
*rest when you feel tired.
*sharpen tools carefully.
*store tools in proper places on hooks or
racks with points and edges down.
*get help if objects are too big, too
heavy.

On Model RE930T - the automatic temperature

control microwave oven - the employee discount
is $55 and the rebate $25, for a total saving
of $80.

*check ladder ot make sure it's steady ~

place it on a firm surface before you clim( ~.

On Model RH966GV - the Hi/low range with

microwave upper oven and self-cleaning lower
oven - the courtesy discount is $105 and the
rebate $50, for a total saving of $155.

Remember: spring cleaning and spring fever

should not end up as a summer nightmare.

*mix inflanunable paints outside.

The eligible ranges boast the "New Natural"

colors featured by Hotpoint.

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FOR SALE
15 1 SAILBOAT, TR, MTR--942-3229
GRAVELY--w/most attch--$600/best offer--942-1353
LOCUST POST--MAPLE TREES--.75 ft--942-1353

3 F.PUP.PIES--mother-W Highland wt Terrier--943-2845

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"How about it, Dear? Care to play
9 or 18 rows?"

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL Xix" No . 14

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

April 7, 1977

EASTER DATE CHANGES BECAUSE---

We all know why Easter is celebrated. But did you know that just about
the only thing certain as to when it will fall is that it will be on a
Sunday?
This year, Easter is April 10. Last year it was April 18 and the year
before it was March 30. It varies between March 22 and April 25, a leeway
of 34 days .
Early Christians fixed Easter by the full moon. One reason was to help
religious pilgrims travel over the desert at night . The light of the full
moon made it easier to reach the Holy City.
Early calendars were so inaccurate that in some years an extra month had
to be added. Even the Caesarian sun calendar of 364~ days was inaccurate.
In the year 325, Easter was fixed so it would come on the Sunday following
the first full moon which follows the equinox, March 21. When there's a full
moon just before March 21, Easter comes late in April. The date, therefore,
depends on the date of the full moon.
In any case, have a happy and safe Easter holiday!

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SWAP SHOP
FOR SALE
POTATOES OFF COLD STORAGE--942-2134

71 ANGUS COWS WITH CALVES--943-6744

1

63 FORD FAIRLANE 500--8cyl--260eng--943-8560

HONOA:~i+-1500 miles--943-8560

16

RIDE WANTED
"If I knew I was here so early,
I'd have slept ten more min
utesl"

FROM VERONA TO GE MAIN PLANT--Rt . 254--7:30 to

!~ ~.i~i/};;1~--~~~#6ii~.~.iii.Cw.~~~~;~****

Cites improving economy .. .

Major Appliance Business Group

Feels Warm About
1977 Room Air Conditioner Sales

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

Weather remains an unpredictable factor,
but the other half of the equation is
encouraging. The economy is stabilizing
and consumers again seem willi ng to commi t ,......._
the dol la rs necessary for such items as CB
radios, stereos and room air conditioners .
Many of those who put off buying a room
air conditioner las t year--or for the past
several years - - are able t his year t o pu t
air conditioning back into their home
improvemen t plans .
In addition, an estimated 800,000 addon rooms will be built in the United Sta t es
this year, many of whic h wi l l need au xiliary
heating and cooling. Add t o that the normal
replacement business and you have t he basis
for an optimistic forecast.
MABG also expects increased consumer awareness of the operating cost of air conditioners
as another reason to anticipate i mprovemen t
in sales.

A;t Ge.ne/tal U e.wuc. ' .o Cof.wnb-la., Te.nne..o.o e.e.

plant, po.tr.;ta.bl e. 4,000- BTUH Ca.JUty-Cool ~oom
cU!t c.o ndJ.;t,i.oneJtO M e. ~e.a.cU.e.d to me.e.t antiu pate.cl .oummeJt demand.

. With the economy underg oing gener al

and the threat of a maj or surge
in energy costs abated, air condi t i oner
manufacturers are generall y optimisti c about
an act i ve 1977 season.
~mprovement

The air conditioni ng indu stry coul d we ll

afford a good year. "The. ..i..ndw.i~y ha.o e.x.pe!Ue.nc.e.d a c.ou.pl e. o 6 veJty le.an ye.aM , " said a
spokesman at GE ' s Major Appli ance Business
Group, one of the nation' s largest suppliers
of room ai r conditi oners. "Sale..o weJte. .olowe.d
not only by c.ool we.atheJt but wdh unc.eJtta)_nty
~ ov0 the. e.c.onomlc. 6~ont- - e.mployme.nt,
.<..n6.tation, ~e.c.e..o .o,lo n and uYL6table. e.neJtgy c.0.6t.o. "
As a result, consumers hel d back on discretionary spending whil e paying of f outstanding debts such as credit card balances
and insta llment loans. Room ai r cond i t ioners
reflected the pi nch with slugg i sh sa les.
Manufacturers reported shipments of about
3 million units in 1976, a sl ig ht improvement
over 1975, but still only about half that of
the peak year of 1970 when 5.6 million units
were shipped .
(Cont'd next column)

Before the energy cr1s1s very few consumers

knew or cared how much it cost to operate an
ai r conditioner. When the energy crunch hit,
they began to care very much how much it cost
to run them, bu t stil l didn't reall y have a
good idea what the cos t was. They j us t
........_
pul l ed back from buying air conditi oners .
Now they are learning that many bedroom uni t s
(i.e. 10, 000-BTUH and less ) can be opera t ed
10 hours a night i n many parts of the cou nt ry
for well under 50 cents.
For i nstance, of t he
mode l s in GE 's l i ne, 15
watts or less, and over
would consume about 8. 6
e 1ectri city .

31 room air cond i t ioner

of them are rated 860
a 10-hour period
kilowatt hours of

Based on the national average cost of

electricity of 3.75 cents per ki l owatt hours-as projected by GE from Edi son Electric
Institute data-- these units cost at most
32 .5 cents to operate for 10 hours. Moreover, since a properly sized room air conditioner does not operate continuously, the
actual cost would likel y be somewhat l ess .
Costs will vary, depending upon l ocal condi t ions and electrical rate.
Other trends wi th minor but positive effects
on air conditioner sales include:
--A movement of the population to the Sou~
where ai r conditioning is more important, an
--An increase i n the number of centrally
ai r conditioned hous es being equi pped with
bedroom room air units to keep down t he
cost of nighttime air condi t ioning.

Sell Self on Safety

....-....VE YOU TRIED TO . . .
*Butt on a shi r t with a broken thumb?
*Watch TV wi th bandaged eyes ?
*Sleep with a bu rned hand?
*Run on crutc hes ?

Tomorrow , Good Friday , marks the beginning

of the Easter holidays and the third paid
holiday in 1977 for most Waynesboro GE employees.
Tomorrow's holiday is just one of ten paid
holidays employees receive as part of their
General Electric benefits package .
The paid holidays benefit is just one of
many ~enefits in which employees receive pay
for time ~o~ worked . . Others inc~ude jury duty,
P~Y for military service , death in the family,
sick pay, personal t ime , and vacations.

*Eat wi th a f ract ured j aw?

*Cl i mb wi th a broken leg?
*Tie your shoes wi t h cut fingers?
If you haven't , you' re f ortunate. If you
have, you know why i t is far better to be
safe today than sore tomorr ow.

Patent Awards

If you have, you have personal reasons

to know why t he company spends so much time,
effort and money in promot ing safety in an
attempt to make i t a real part of your way
of l ife .

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GIVE TH IS APRIL
Apr il is Cancer Con t rol Month . When
t he Amer ican Cancer Society volunteer
~ r i ng s you r bell gi ve generously to help
f und more programs of research , educat ion , and service. Your dollars will
hel p wi pe ou t cancer in your lifetime.

D. $. LINDSAY
Samuel C. Harri~ , Terry L. Hewitt, and
Donald S. Lindsay, all in DCPD Design
Engineering, have each received U.S. patents.
Sam's and Terry' s patent relates to electronic data printers and, more particularly,
to method and means for controlling the
printing operation in accordance with the
changes in the set of type character s used
for printing. This is Sam's fifth patent
and Terry's seventh .
Don's patent relates to di gital data
processing and, more particularly, to a
method and apparatus for buffering data
prior to recording in block format on a
record medium. This is Don's second patent.

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XIX No. 15

WA YNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

Seyn1our M. DePuy
Reaches 35-Year Milestone
He's watched the department grow and divesify

Apri l 15, 1977

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

here in Waynesboro as a Des i gn Eng ineer. In
1964, he became Manager of Re lay Desig n
Eng ineering and received several other manager ial positi ons before being promoted to
his most recent position of Consu l ting Engi neer.
Although Seymou r has been wi th the same
department since joi ning the Company (" only

:the. de.palttme.n.t n.ameo and p1todu.w ha.ve. c.hange.d" ) ,

he has held enough diversified positions to

keep his interest alive.

"The. w t o 6 a.ct,{,vA.;t;_e,o wdh wh,{.c.h I have.

be.en MMuate.d be.aM teo,t,{.mony to the. valt,{.e.,ty
o 6 pltodu.c.U and plto j e.w w/U.c.h may be. pawned
by one. ottgan,{.zmon," he stated. "S:taJtt,{.n.g
wdh the. Coritltol Labo!z.Afo1ty, I have. be.e.n.
,{.nvolve.d w.Lth the. c.on.tltol 06 tjnc.hlton.ou.
mo:toM an.d m,{,ll d/t,{.ve.-6; :the.n appuanc.e. and
home. he.mng c.on.tltol6 ; Mltc.1taQt w.Ltc.he.-6 ,
c.ontltol6 , c.Mbon pile. 1te.gu.la:toM and 1te.lay ;
and, 6,{.na.Uy, data :teJzn1,{.n~ and p}t,{.n.,te,M .
"The. moc.:t ,{.n.,teJte.-6ting ,t,{.me. on any p1to j e.c.:t
whe.n one. ,{. c.:tMUng and hM yet :to le.Mn
all :the. th,{.ngc. :that Me. not c.o."

,{.

Se.umouJt Ve.Pu.y (l ) 1te.c.uve..6 h.<.-6 35 ye.aM '

p,{.11 &:wm J . Wk Sn ill, i\fanag ell. o 6
VC PV E11g,{.1t e.e.Jt,{.1tg .

eJtv,{.c.e.

Seymo ur DePuy can easily recall the date

he began working for GE and the day he came
to Waynesboro-- the two biggest moves in his
GE career. "I :taJtte.d wdh Ge.ne.Jtal Ele.wuc.
,{.n tlte. Co 1Wr.ol Labo!z.AfO!tlJ on. WM IU.n.gton. '
B,{.Jt,thdatj ,{.n 19 42 (we. Welte. wo1tk,{.n.g e.v en. day
a we.e.k at -that ,t,{.me.) , an.d I c.cvne. to Wayne.-6 b01to
on. Aphl rool ' ,!J Vay ,{.n. 1955."

But apparently Seymour thought his decis i on

to come to Waynes boro was a "wise" one , rather
tha n foo lish, since he's rema i ned here for
the past 22 years and has mad e no plans for
moving.
Seymour bega n his career i n Schenectady,
New York JS a Laboratory Supervisor. After
several ot her ass i gnments, he transferred to
th e new ly opened Specialty Control Department
(Cont' d next colu mn)

Seymour resides at 2000 Monticello Street

with his wife, Mildred. They ha ve three
chi ldre n-- Richard, Doug l as and Donna . His
hobbies are gardening and woodworking.

'STOCK PRICE' AND

' FUND UNIT PRICE '
FOR MARCH, 1977

Month
January
February
March

Stock Price

Fund Un it Price

$53 . 506
51. 007
50.7 23

$26. 869
26.055
26 .149

Ce M. JONES IS PROMOTED

Warren F. Kindt , Manager- Data Communication Products Department announced today

the promot ion of Clifford M. Jones to
Manager-Advanced Development Operati on .
In his new position Mr . Jones will have
responsib ility for the des i gn and development of new produc ts for the department .
He and his staff are located in the Wilson
Bui lding on Br oad Street .
Cliff j oined the
Company's Research and
Development Center in
1960 a f ter h i s graduation from the Univers ity
of Minnesota wi th a BSEE
degree. His engineering
assignments in the early
1960's included development and design of earth
satellite power and control systems and later
the application of new
semiconductor devices for consumer appliances.
One of his inventions, t he Integrated Synchronous Switch was recognized by the Industrial
Control Corporation for annual award .
In 1965 Cliff t ransferred to GE ' s Specialty
Cont rol Department in Waynesboro and was
assigned to the new TermiNet Teleprinter
Development . He designed and implemented the
logic circuit s usi ng custom MOS- FET integrated
circuit s which was the first GE large s cale
applicat ion of such devices . Cliff was appointed
Manager of t h e Pr oduct i on Engineering Unit in
1968 and Manager of the Design Engineering Unit
in 1969. In 1970 he was named Manager of TermiNet Engineering and since 1972 has been Manager
of TermiNet Des i gn Engineering Subsection.
Cliff has authored 11 technical papers and
hol ds 14 patents. He has served as Chairman
of GOSAM (Group on Semiconductor Applications
and Measurements) and as Chairman of the
Central Virginia Section of the Inst itute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and as
Chairman of the Shena ndoah Chapter of GE 's
ELFUN .
Cliff resides in Waynesboro at 601 Mea dowview Cove with hi s wi fe Cl audine and four
children ; Douglas, Steven , Laurie Jeanne and
Carl.

ASOC TO TOUR WESTINGHOUSE

The Westinghouse Electric Corporation, a ..-..._
major producer of commerc i al-i ndustrial air
conditioners , has invited the Blue Ridge
Section of ASQC to tour their facility on
April 21, 1977. The West i nghouse Corporation
is located in Verona, Virg inia .
The program will begin with a catered
dinner at 6:15 p . m. in the Westinghouse
cafeteria. Immediately following dinner
there will be a brief meeti ng to elect
officers for the 1977- 78 year. After th~
election the tour will take place at 7 : 30
p. m., last i ng unt i l approxirnatel~r 9 : 00 p . m.
Reservations for ~he tour and dinner
should be phoned i n by April 19, 1977 to
Jack Car away at (703 ) 337- 3310 .

:ANNOUNCE.MENT
GOLF LEAGUE FORMING
If you are a memb er of the Waynesboro
Country Club and in t erested in playing in
a golf league, contact Bob Killian, Room
245, Ext. 1814.

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SWAP SHOP
FOR SALE
LUGGAGE-- ladies' 24" --orange--new-- $25--942- 7477
40 FT LADDER--beds chests--463-5905
GE WASHER-DRYER--PORCH SWING--463-5905
FRIGIDAIRE REFRI GE RATOR-- $175--463-5905
RED CARPET-- 22 sq yd --463-5905
MOBILE HOME--12 x 60--3 bdrm--943-6800
RIDERS WANTED
FROM VERONA TO GE PLANT--7:30-4:00--885-6538

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
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GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XIX No. 16

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

(Cont 'd from Col. 1)

H. J. F. MEINCKE
IS APPOINTED MANAGER,
ENTRY LEVEL PROGRAMS

Off- program , he joine d Data Communications '

Products Depa r tme nt here i n Waynesboro as
Supervis or- Incoming Inspection and Pr oc es s
Control with QC c overa ge i n the Machine, Sheet
Metal, and Plating Shops . He became ManagerPrinted Circ uit Board Quality Control , wi th
responsibi l ity for test and inspection,
process cont r ol and quality planning fo r the
p- c board fac ility there .
His most rec ent position was as Manager Quality Cont rol Engineering , with responsibility for t otal pla nni ng fo r all products
for DCPD . Additional duties i ncluded QC
budget coordination and QC sys tems engi neeri ng ,
among others .
Hank' s appoint ment will b e effect i ve May 1,
when he will begin his respon sibilities for his
new position in Fort Wayne .

The appointment of H. J.F . (Hank) Meineke

as Project Manager- Entry Level Programs,
Midwest and Western Region, is announced by
R. J . Watkins , Manager- Entry Level Programs ,
in the Recruiting and Entry Level Programs
Operation at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
In his new position, Hank will be responsible for the administration of entry level
programs in his reg i on by working with operating management, program representatives and
program trainees. Among his responsibilities
will be working with program representative s
to monitor and assess program assignments,
supervis i on and coaching , education and career
planning.
A native of Valley Stream , New York , Hank
was graduated fr om Widner College with a
BSME and worked briefly fo r the New York
Telephone Company before entering the U.S.
Army . A mis sle maintenance instructor, he
was discharged with the rank of Captain.
He joined GE on the Manufactur ing Manage:nt Program and c ompleted assignments in
~re and Cable Department, Bridgeport; Specialty Control Department , Waynesboro; and
Transportation Systems Department in Erie.

(Cont'd next column)

Hank ' s family includes his wife Judy , and

daughter s , Lisa and Den ise, ages 9 and 6 year s .

KINGS DOMINION GENERAL ADMISSION TWKETS

TO BE OFFERED AT REDUCED PRICES TO EMPLOYEES
Arrangements have been made f or Waynesboro
General Electric employees to pruchase Kings
Domi ni on Genera l Admission Tickets at a dis count for 3 specified weekends i n the month
of May.
Ki ngs Domi ni on's standard general admi ssion
price is $8.50 for everyone age 3 and above.
The speci al admi ss ion discount ticket to
Genera l Electric employees will be $6 . 25,
rep resenting a $2.25 savings.
The weekend days that the discount tickets
can be used are May 14/ 15 , May 21/22 and May
28/29/30. A speci al Emp l oyee Bul le tin wi ll
be publ i shed and distributed shortly explaining in detail the arrangements for purc ha sing
tickets. Information that descri bes t he Wor l d
of Fantasy that awaits you at Kings Dominion
will also be distributed .
In the meanti me, reserve now one or al l
three weekends in May to vi sit Kings Domi ni on.

Thanks to improved economy

GE Prof its Reach 5.3% of Sales

for Fi rst Quarter of 1977

JPll(lll'Jt.11
9/Ja1t1tell jo1tdan, <&@-@/}'J ~

An improved marketplace for GE ' s services ,

materials , and industrial components more
than offset decreas ed steam turbine- generator
shi pments and a small loss in the nuclear
energy busine ss to res ult in an improved f irst quarter earni ngs report for General Electr i c .
Profits as a per centage of sales in the fir st
quart er of 1977 were 5. 3% as compared to 5%
for the first quarter of 1976.
GE Board Chairman , Reginald H. Jones , in
announcing first quarter earnings were
$215 . 4 million , noted this was an increase
of 25% from the $172 .5 mi llion the first
quarter of 1976 as restated to reflect the
merger with Utah Internat ion&l . Earnings
per shar e were 95 cents for the 1977 quarter ,
compared with 77 cents for the 1976 period .
Sales in the first quarter of 1977 were
$4 . 06 billion , up 17% f r om the $3 . 48 billion
r eported for the same quarter o~ 1976 .

Divers ity Helps

Industrial components and systens sales
and earnings were substantially ahead of the
1976 first quarter , with mat e ri als, services ,
and components bus i nesses all contributing
to the increase .
Consumer goods sales and earnings were
well ahead of last year ' s f i rst quarter ,
although generally not at the h i gh rates of
improvenent experienced during the r ecovery
stage f r om the recession .
In industr i al power equipment , much
improved earnings were the result of higher
sales and earnings i n the gas turbine business
and higher sales of power delivery apparatus .
These improvements more than offs et lower
earnings caused by decreased steam t urbine generator shipments and a small loss in the
nuclear energy bus iness .

Exports Up
In the international category, U. S . export
sales and ear nings were up f r om t he f irst
quarter of 1976 , more than offsetting generally
lower earnings from foreign manufacturing
operat i ons .

(Cont'd Page 4, Col. 2)

Last Fall , the NEWS pr inted an article

on the Waynesbor o GE Cooperative Education
Program with the Virg inia Polytechnic
Institute and the University of Tennessee.
The Coop Pr ogram with VPI has been a l ongstanding one and many of the graduates who
participated in the program now hold positions with the Company . The program with
UT , however , began only last year when 4
high school graduates held pre- coop assignment s here at the Plant . This spring the
students will complete their first year of
engineering studies and each will be back
with us at some point in the year fo r another
three months of coop assignments . One of the
students , Darrel Jordan , has already r eturned
and the NEWS interviewed h im to fi nd out how
he fared hi s fi r st 2 terms of college .

For those who thi nk coll ege i s all fun,

think aga in . Darrell Jordan will tel l you
different l y. " It ' J.> 6wt bu;t i l ' -!> haJtd a,t,
the. Mme. .:tUne.. It A./;, totOvU..y rii..6 6e.n.e.rz;t

6~om high J.>ehool .

I 6ound tha,t, I had to
de.ve.lop good J.>tudy habw, upe.uOvU..y w,{,th
my Engine.e!UYtg eouM u, " he sa id.

Althoug h Darrell has taken some Engineeri ng courses al ready he stated that he hasn ' t
gotte n into t he electron i cs aspect of the
fi el d yet. The courses he has t aken have
dealt with eng i neering statics and dynami cs .
Darrel l fee l s very sure that Engineeri r1 :;, . s
t he fie l d he wants to enter into and he adds
that t he Coop Progr am i s one rea son he fee l s
so co nfident about hi s de ci sion .
(Cont'd Page 4, Col. 2)

PERSONAL SHARE STATEMENTS

PLANNED FOR MAY:

Lr I 2 z LI 7
Carter Sinclair Rewrites Chapter

for Technica I Book

#I LL GIVE MORE INFO THAN 1976's

Car ter Si nclair has

rewri tten a chapter entitled
"Maintenance of Tube- type
Electronic Indust':r-i-al Controls " for the third edltion
of Maintenance Engi neer ing
Handbook published by McGrawHill i n 1977 .

Will there be a "Personal Share" statement

this year?
If you ' ve been asking that question, the
answer is "yes"'.
There will be a Personal Share statement
for each of the nearly 300,000 GE employees.
It's planned for comp letion and distribution
in May. Your statement will furnish you all
the info rmation that last year's edition gave
you--and even more.
The statement covers your individual stake
in GE benefit plans as of December 31, 1976.
The title page will carry the phrase "Prepared
for ... " and the words that fo 11 ow wi 11 be
your name.
Because your "Share" statement wi 11 contain
the kind of personal financial informa tion
that you will need whenever you plan signifi~t person~l steps, you will want to file i t
:h other important documents that you don't
wctnt to lose.

Thi s chapter i s a compl ete

revision o~ a similar chapter
written by Car ter for the
first edition of the book published i n 1957 .
The first edition was written for relay- or i ented
readers while the new chapter explains tubes in
terms of t heir soli d- state equival ent s to a i d
the modern generati on of maint e nance personnel .
Carter is a Seni or Project Engineer for the
Control Devices Ope ration . He will have been
with the Company 30 year s this June . Carter
and h is f amily reside at 1216 Greendale Road .

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SWAP SHOP

What kind of information wi ll your own

"Personal Share" statement contain?
It will furnish you with the amount of
life insurance coverage you have under the
GE Insurance Plan, as well as under other
insurance coverages in GE benefit plans-S&SP Insurance, Personal Accident Insurance,
etc .. . It will give you the totals of your
investments now being held under GE savings
and investment plans .. . It wi ll give you the
best possible estimate of what your retirement income mi ght be from the GE Pension
Plan and Social Security at age 65 . And ,
this year, it will add the best possible
estimate of your retirement income at age
62, as we ll as the amount of your pension
contributions in 1976 and prior years ...
In addition, it will tel l you how well
you 're covered by other GE benefits--everything from medica l expense protection .. .
to disability income ... to vacation pay .. .
and more.
"HeJte. -<.n WayneliboJto we. had a pa/Lt -<.n
6e.ed-<.ng in6oJtma.t,lon to the. data eo.lte.ction
ee.nteJt h1 Sehe.ne.etady wheJte. the. J.itateme.n.:U

(Cont 'd next column)

FOR SALE
PINT0--' 73-- 2dr, 4sp-- bes t offer--337-1 532
RIDERS WANTED
CARPOOL FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE-- 804-973- 7286

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(Cont 'd from Col. 1)
w,(.lt be. pJte.paJte.d by t he. eompu.teJt," says
Leo Huntley of Person ne l Accou nting. "I
/mow tha,t -<.t w,(.lt JteliLLlt -<.n an -<.mpoJttant
doeume.nt 6oJt e.aeh employe.e.-- one. you w,(.lt
ne.e.d whe.n you ' Jte. making planJ.i 6oJt the. 6u.tuJte.
OJt e.vafua.t,lng youJt pe.Monal 6,(nanUal J.i-<.tuation."

DON'T FORGET!
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME STARTS SUNDAY,
APRIL 24 SO TU RN YO UR CLOCKS
FORWARD 1 HOUR.

GE FOUNDATION HONORED
BY PERSONNEL GUIDANCE GROUP
The General Electric Foundation's longstanding interest in improving the quality
of career educatiQn_and guidance has been
recogniz~d by the American-Personnel and
Guidance Association.
A special certificate of appreciation
was presented to the Foundation at the
APGA's 25th Anniversary Banquet in the
Dallas Hilton hotel. The certificate was
for the Foundation's "continued interest
and support in furthering the counselor
development programs of the association."

GE PROFITS
(Cont'd from Page 2, Col. 1)
Aerospace sales and earnings were up
what from last year's first quarter.

som~

In natural resources, Utah's first quarter

1977 earnings of $45.1 million were up $8.o

million, or 22%, from first quarter 1976
earnings of $37.1 million.
General Electric Credit Corporation earnings
for the first quarter of 1977 were $14.9
million, an increase of 18% from the $12.6
million reported in the same quarter of 1976.

E. J. Clark, Manager of Educational

Communications Programs, accepted the award
on behalf of the trustees of the General
Electric Foundation.

PROFILE
(Cont'd from Page 2, Col. 2)

The Foundation's interest in career

guidance dates back to 1959 when it
initiated the Summer Guidance Fellowship
Program at Syracuse University. Since
then more than 2000 counselors have
attended summer residence institutes at
Syracuse, Boston, Louisville, South Carolina,
and Indiana Universities under grants by the
Foundation.

"A lot 06 the k-i.d.6 (at .6c.hool) don't kn.ow

what they wna.t to get .into bee.a.Me they haven't
c.o-oped," he stated. "The .6.t.u.dy.lng Mpec:t,
al.one, Jr.eai.i.y doun.' t give you. a. c.lea.Jr. pic.twLe
a.6 to what eng.lneeM.n.g ~ aU. a.bout.
Ma.ny
.6.t.u.de.rr..U th-i.nk that en.g.lneeM.n.g ~ what they
will. be doing all. thUJr. Uvu. They don't
Jr.eaLlze tha.t they .6hould t.a.ke bMinU.6 c.o~
.60 that they c.a.n bec.ome mOll.e ve1U>a:ti.l.e a.nd
pltepa.Jr.ed to b1ta.nc.h ou.t in otheJt cliJt.ec:tlont>. "

In recent years the Foundation has given

impetus to the career education movement by
providing seed money for "Educators-inIndustry" programs in numerous GE plant
communities. These programs enable teachers
and counselors to receive credits while
attending in-service workshops and "laboratory experiences" with local industries.
Programs have been conducted in Louisville,
Lynn, San Jose, Portsmouth, Erie, Cincinnati,
Bloomington (Ind), and Schenectady. Many of
these programs have been used as models in
state career education plans.

Although Darrell has his mind made up about

engineering there are other fields in electrical engineering he would like to learn about.
He feels that his co-op assignments will give
him the opportunities to gain the exposure to
these fields.
Darrell is presently working in Component
Evaluation for Bill Gentry where he is testing
transformers, capacitors, speakers and potentiometers. He stated that the assignment he
is on now will be helpful to him because "U
wi.U help me in lea.Jr.nin.g moJte a.bout elewuc.Uy .6.lnc.e I clldn' t get .into that in my 61tuhma.n. ye.aJr.."

Darrell will be co-oping with us throughout

his spring term and will return to school this
summer. He explained that he is glad to be
back at GE for two reasons. "The 6-i.Mt Jtea..6on
i.6 that I c.a.n make .6ome money. The .6ec.ond

THANK YOU NOTE

I would Uke to thank aU. my 6.IU.end.6 a.nd
c.o-woJr.kelU> a:t GE 6oJr. the 6ood, 6loweJL6, c.aJr.d6

a.nd o:theJt fUnd expJr.U.6ion6 06 .6ympa:thy .6hown

to me upon the death 06 my .6on, PW..U..p Ma.Jr.tu.

Ruth Lotts

Jtea..6on i.6 that I w.i.i.l go ba.c.k to .6c.hool t?U.6

.6ummeJt whic.h wi.U all.ow me to be 066 ht Au.gU4t
.6 o that I c.a.n go home a.nd vi.6U my 6a.mil..y at~
6.IU.end.6."

We're glad to have Darrell back with us

and wish him much success in his chosen
field.

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GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XIX No. 17

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

Apri 1 29, 1977

Walk -Don't Run

Peopl e who run are of ten like people who
drive their cars too fast . Many times they
become involved in accidents and get hurt
or hurt someone else. The result is -- they
arrive at their destination much later than
if they would have walked or driven at a
safe rate, and sometimes they don 1 t arrive
at a 11.
What ' s more, the amount of time saved by
running instead of walking at a safe rate
is so small that running just isn't worth
the risk.
After 22~ years of dedicated service,
Harry Simmons will retire from the Company,
,El!.!ective May 1. Most long-service
loyees will probably remember Harry
1 rom his many years in the Stockroom but
those who have only been employed at GE
for l ess than four years probably know him
as the man who drives the big red truck.
Since 1973, Harry has held the position
of Transportation Driver for the Plant.
Before that he held various positions in
the Stockroom. Harry was one of the first
to come to work at Waynesboro GE when it
first opened its doors. He stated that his
decision to come to work here was brought
about by a friend who suggested he send
an application to the Schenectady Plant
when it was first announced there would
be a plant here.
Harry honestly feels he has enjoyed
worki ng for GE. One reason he gives is
the chance he has had to work "wdh .60
ma.ny ru.c.e people oveJt the yea.JrA." He
added that the GE beneftis package is
another reason he has felt good about
working for GE.
,.-.."Although we ha.ve been 0olf.tuna.;te enough
ha.ve only Med a. .6ma.U a.mount 06 the GE
1MuJt.ance P.ta.n I .6-ti.ll. 6ee.t tha.t GE hM
.6ome excel.tent bene6Lt..6 . A.6 a matteJt 06
6a.c.t, I 6ee.t .tha,t -i..6 I had not been WOll./Ung

(Cont'd Page 4, Col. 2)

Unfortunately, the above unsafe practice

continues to be observed, not only at the
Main Plant but also at Turner, particularly
when employees are leaving after work .
Running to your car is dangerous. When you
run, your body is similar to a speeding
automobile because it is not under proper
control. You can make a slight slip or
misstep, or a moving car could , hit you,
resulting in a broken arm or leg, severe
sp rain or strain, skull fracture, concussion ,
and - yes - even a fatality~
For your protection, as well as for the
protection of your fellow workers and t he
General Electric Company, we appeal again
to every employee at both locations, to
walk and not run whether it be inside or
outside the work locations.
The only exception to the above is when
it involves members of the plant Fire
Brigade or First Aid Crew. The members of
these two groups should quickly proceed to
the emergency exercising caution.
As a reminder to those employees who have
been observed running, the Code of Conduct
specificially states that Violation of Safety
Ru les could result in a Written Correction
Notice and disciplinary time off. R-3,
"Running on Company Property", is a Safety
Rule, therefore, anyone running on company
property would be in violation of this
Safety Rule. Please use your good common
sense - "Walk - Don 1 t Run ".

KINGS DOMINION
DISCOUNT TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
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SPECIAL BULLETIN
The GE Plant has recently been contacted
by the city police department as a resul~
of parking vio l ations on city property nl
the Turner Complex. Three main violations
cited were:
1) Parking at 'no parking' signs
2) Parking in the wrong direction on the
city street
3) Exiting from parking areas across
curbing

&li PeNty (-0ta.ncU.n9), c.001tfua-t.01t 06 :the.

/(,{,n9-0 VornUU.on Ge.ne.Jtal AclnU,o-0.<..on T.<..c.ke.;t Sa.le.,
me.e.:t-0 wdh Mme. 06 W tic.ke.;t -Oe.11..e.Jt-O 601t
futJUbution 06 po-0:te.tt-0 and tic.kw. P.<..c.:tuJte.d atte. (l ;to tt): Glo!Ua IU;Ue.nhoU.-Oe.,
Nanc.y John, Wanda Mc.Cottrn-i.c.k, Rhoda Maye.-0,
Ge.01t9e. C1ta.,i_9, Bill, Sallie. SuJtJtaX.;t, Mattgatte.:t
Ea1tman and Pam Mc.Ca.ui.e.y .

Gl enn Keller, Manager-Manufacturing

Engineering, stated that at the time the
violations were noted more than 75 open
parking spaces existed in our Turner parking
lots. He wishes to inform all employees who
park in the Turner lots that the city police
wil l be writing tickets in an attempt to
correct these problems.

April 24-30 is
QUALITY WEEK

Kings Dominion Discount Ti ckets are now

availab l e to Waynesboro GE empl oyees.
Employees may purchase their tickets from
the fol l owing ticket sellers :
MAIN PLANT - 1st SHIFT
Office
Sallie Surratt-Rm 105
Bill Perry - Rm 105
Inez Hite - Rm 259
Rhoda Mayes - Rm 227

Factory
Glori a Rittenhouse-Relays
George Crai g - TermiNet
Pam McCau l ey - Metal
Parts Office

The Ameri can Soci ety for Quality Control

i s known as t he soci ety of professiona l s
engaged in the management, engineering and
scientific aspects of quality and re l iabi l ity.
The Blue Ridge Section representing Central
Virginia is happy to announce that once again
Governor Mill s Godwin has officially recognized Apri l 24-30 as Quality Week. Says
Governor Godwin, 11 Ame.ltic.a 1 -0 ma-t.c.hle.-0-0 pttoduc.tivay 1te.qtU!te.-0 c.on.6ta.n:t v.<..gil.a.nc.e. .<..n ottde.tt
:tha-t. he.tt pttoduw may a.l-Oo e.xc.e.l in quo.LUy.
11

MAIN PLANT - 2nd SHIFT

Mildred Woods

Nancy Baker

TURNER COMPLEX - 1st SHIFT

Margaret Earman - Turner Warehouse - Offset
Nancy John - Turner #1
Linda Huffman - Turner #2
Wanda McCormick - Turner Marketing Bui lding
TURNER COMPLEX - 2nd SHIFT
Bobby Shiffl ett
(Cont'd Page 3, Col. 2)

The. V-Utg.<..Ma Se.man 06 :the. Ame.ltic.an Soue.;ty

ac.1to-0-0 V.<..Jtg -UU.a,
ob-0e.1tve. :the. pe.ltiod Aptt.<..l 24-30 a-0 Qua.lay We.e.k,
1977, and 1 c.ail .<..:t6 puJtpo-0 e. and w e.mpha-0.<..-0
:t.o the. a;t:t.e.n:t.<..on 06 ail ouJt pe.ople.. 11

6olt Qua.lay Co n:tltol, and o:the.Jt-O

Area industries and businesses are recognizing Quality Week by displaying posters that
bear the Quality Week theme "Quality Makes A
Friend."
It must be emphasized, however, that the
concept behind quality is not just limited """"""
to businesses and industries but to indivi duals as well who may be in a position to
build quality i nto some product or servi ce.
(Cont 'd Page 4, Col. 1)

1/ 2-7/17
NATIONAL SECRETARIES WEEK: APRIL 24-30
ad @e/ined Oy !JJallie !JJuiiall
A good secretary is an expert in publi c
relations, a staff assistant, and the boss'
office memory. He or she is responsible for
much of the detail work of the office and is
expected to carry out his or her duties with
a minimum of supervision and direction. A
secretary represents the company and the
employer attractively to the public and displays good human relations in working with
all employees in the organization.
A secretary l earns how to gain the goodwi 11 and cooperation from co-workers and the
respect of the other executives.

The. 60.Uowi.n.g a.Jt:tlcl.e. Wct6 VJJU;tte.n by

Swuw,,t;t., Se.CJLe.ta!ty to MMj o!Ue. G.
imM, Mana.geJt 06 Employee. Rel.a;Uonii.
~aLl<.e. hcto be.en employed by GE 60~ 13
ye.a;u, and ~n. 8 06 tho~e. ye.a;u, ~he. ha.a
held the po~~o n. o 6 Se.CJLe.ta!ty.

~e

The job classification "secretary" i s

probably the most misunderstood term in the
entire cl erical field. Almost anyone who
works in a clerical job may refer to himself/
he rse lf as a "secretary" , or almost any
employer may speak of "my secretary" in describing his or her cl erk . In both cases,
the term is used for prestige -- prestige to
the empl oyee for working at such a high l evel
and to the employer for rating an employee of
such importance as a secretary.
Recently, the National Secretaries Association adopted its own definition of a secretary:
"an assistant to an executive, possess ing
mastery of office skills and abil ity to assume
responsibility without direct supervision, who
displays initi ative, exercises judgment, and
~kes decisions within the scope of her
thority. "
The correct meaning of the term secretary
indicates that rea l secretarial work requires
hi gh- level performance.

I have been a secretary with the General

Electric Company for eight years and I can
honestly say 11 1 love being a secretary".
I've always been very people-minded and
there ' s a lot you can do in that spot that's
rewarding for yourself as well as for the
company.
Thus after the life of eight years of
such an enjoyable and interesting occupat ion, I must cast aside modesty for a
moment, and congratulate executives the
world over for honoring one of the least
glamorized and most deserving jobs this
week with what is know as "Nat ional Secretary's Week".
It's most gratifying to know that your
work entitles you to national recognition
and your endless task and company dedication
makes you proud to say, I am a Secretary.

KINGS DOMINION
(Cont'd from Page 2, Col. 1)
Ki ngs Dominion ' s standard genera l admission
price i s $8.50 for everyone age 3 and above.
The special admission discount ticket to GE
employees is $6.25, representing a $2.25
savings. The weekend days that the discou nt
tickets can be used are May 14/15, May 21/22
and May 28/29/30.

How Good Are You at Life-Saving?

: ANNOUNCEMENT

A TV Test May 1 Wi II Tell You

CAFETERIA ANNOUNCEMENT

Do you know how to protect yourself and

your family in case of a flood, tornado,
earthquake, or f ire?
You never know when you might be ca ll ed
upon to use li fe-sav ing knowledge, and
thanks to the National Safety Council you
can find out how effective you are by
watching TV on Sunday, May 1 at 8 p.m.
(Eastern Daylight Savings).

Those employees who wish t o take soft

dr inks outside during the lunch break should
purchase t heir drinks from the vending
mac hi nes . George Til ton , Main Plant Cafeteri a Manager, requests that t his be done in
order to prevent the loss and destruction of
the cafeteria glasses . He added t hat this
appl i es to other eating utensi ls as well.
DONKEY BASKETBALL?

Called "The National Disaster Survival

Test", test forms will enable you to score
yourself on life-saving skil l s. The program wil 1 be carried on NBC 1 s 11 Big Event"
program and will dramatize and communicate
information about how to survi ve a disaster.

The Wilso n Memorial Hi gh School Athletic

Department is sponsoring a Donkey Basketball
Game this Friday, Apri l 29, at 7:30 p.m. in
the WMHS gym . Waynesboro GE employees are
invited to come cheer their co-workers, Joe
Grimes, Bob Hull, Bobby McCune and Paul
Rowzie, on to vic tory.

Emphasis will be on the prevention of

accidents that occur within disasters. The
National Safety Cou ncil wil l serve as the
authoritati ve source of the accident prevention content of the program.

GE RETIREES ASSOCIATION MEETING

Host of "The National Disaster Survival

Test" will be no ted newsman Tom Snyder, host
of NBC ' s "Tomorrow" show. He wi ll provide
vi ewers across the country with an estimate
of the i r "survival quotient. 11
Remember, as t he Nati ona l Safety Council
reports, most of t he accidents within
disasters are preventable provided people
know how to cope with them. Therefore, the
council urges you t o take the test form
(found in t he cafeter i as at the serving
lines) home with you and be ready to take
the test May 1 - the test that could someday
save you and your famil y ' s life .

QUALITY WEEK
(Cont'd from Page 2, Col . 2)
The idea behind promoting quality in th i s
man ner was first introduced by R. T. 11 Di ck 11
Weber in 1975 who, while serving as Chairman
of t he Blue Ridge Section of ASQC, contacted
Governor Godwin and planted the seed for
Qual ity Week .

The regular meeting of the GE Retirees

Association will be held at the Red Carpet
Inn ~t 11 :~0 a.m., Wednesday, May 4. Warr~
F. Kindt will be gues t spea ker . All reti ~
and spouses are in vited to attend.

HARRY SIMMONS
(Cont ' d from Page 1, Col . 1)
a:t GE 1 may not have had an adequ.a:te peru,-lon
ante.A ~ .:thu e pa.o.:t yea.JU; a 6 wo1tk. . Many

c.omparu.u do not 6ha!te will .:thU!t employeu

.:th!tough a Peru,-<.on Plan a.o GE dou ."

Harry resides at 805 Wren Street in

Staunton wi t h his wife, Aud rey . He noted
that he pl ans to rema i n in t his area where
he can spend his time enjoying his hobbies
of camping, traveling and home maintenance.
He plans to devote his time to these hobbies
in addition to "helping o.:theM who c.anno.:t
help .:the.rru,elvu " through commu nity activi ties.
He also stated that he is thinking of
doing some part-ti me wor k; "but not -ln
~
.:the neaJt 6u.:tuJte," he was quick to add .
"R.,tg h.:t now 1 .:th-<.nk. 1 w.<n 1tela.x 6alt a whil.e. "
And a much deserved relaxati on period it will
be for this long-servi ced, ded i cated employee.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
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GENERAL@ELECTRIC
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VOL XIX No. 18

WAYNESIOltO,VIRGINIA

May 6, 1977

PEOPLE AT WORK
Most employees are probably ~ware that there are many different functions to be performed
in producing a product. However , not everyone is awar e of just what those functions ar e and
who performs them.
PEOPLE AT WORK will be a regular:_monthly column i n the Plant NEWS which will take a look
at the many diverse jobs in our plant and will, hopefully, give us some insight into the
purpose of the jobs and who performs them .
The first group we will report on is the Quality Assurance area. Quality Assurance is part
of the Qual ity Control Subsection for the Data Communication Products Department. Although
thi s i s a manufactur i ng funct i on , Quality Assur ance plays a very important role in securing
our customers since they are the last group of employees to see the terminal before it is
shipped out to the customer . This means that they have the final respons i b ility of ensur i ng
that our products are of sound quali ty whi ch will ensure a satisfied customer.

Employe..e.,o ,{_n I~ctl Teot, 1~t SIU6,t:, aJte..:

Se..a;te..d (l to It), Robe..n.,t McCJtacRe..n, Roge..Jt
Vav-0.5, Janet Bllaxton , Gwe..n HowaJtd , Ga,{_! Babe..1t,
and My~e.. B~nRle..y. Stand,{_ng (l to It), Bo bb,{_e..
Tho1tn.,ton, GeJunaYl.U!.i 01tndo1t6 6, Joe.. Vav-0.5, JJt.,
He..le..n Bwrne..tte.., Ve..n~ Ve..Shong, Ron P,{_e..t_a,
Fo1ternan, and Ruby C~z e..Jt. Not ..ohown -0.5
MaJtgu~e.. BuzzaJtd.

Employe..eo ,{_n I~al Te.,ot, 2nd S!Ub,t: , cvr.e..:

Se..a;te..d (l to 1t) , Glenda Ba,{_le..y, Vave.. Ra.Lotan,
and MaJtk Kn,{_ce..le..y. Stand,{_ng (l to It ), Vave..
Rood, ShJ;i,,fe..y A1te..ha!tt, Tom V,{_llon, John
McB1tyan, Glen G~6&,{_n, Joe.. MaJtve..c, R,{_chcvr.d
ClaJtR, Eugene.. Woo~, Vave.. Ca!tteA, Ge..Jtald
Loc~dge.., Ql,{_ve..Jt MaJtv,{_n, Luann ra!t!ta!r., Pa;t
Ledoux, Vonn,{_e.. WeJt,tman, Conn,{_e.. Coleman, and
Pa;t He..nn,{_gan.

The Qual ity Assurance area for DCPD is respons ible for the initial and final test ing of
1e TermiNets* 300, 1200, and 120. What this means i s that the employees in t hi s area are
,esponsib l e for test ing these terminals both electrically and mec hanicall y to ensure t hey
meet outgoing quality specifications. Quality Assurance i s the l ast area to see t hese
term inals before they are shipped out to the customer.
(Continued on Page 2)

(Continued from Page 1)

Under this area there are several groups which each perform a chain of functions as the
terminal goes through the testing process. We will take you through this chain as we explain
to you the function of the Quality Assurance area.
~

The first group to receive the terminals is Prep-to-Test. The prime function of the employees
in this area is to check every unit coming in from the main line against the shop order request
for the basic requirements the terminal must have. This area is used as an overcheck on ma i n
line to ensure that the device coming in to Quality Assurance is built per customer specifications .
When the unit passes this inspection it then goes on to the ne xt step which is Initial Test.
This area is where the initial debugging of the unit is performed. The unit,as it comes out
of Initial Test will function correctly and print test information that is transmitted to the
terminal. What happens here is that a users condition is simulated so that all of the hammers
in the hammer bank (the part that is much like the roll bar of a typewriter) and most printing
mechanisms can be exercised much in the same way that a customer will use it . This is done to
determine whether or not the unit will take the information fed into it and print it back.
From Initial Test the unit is then placed on a cart and moved to the Run-In area. Here the
hammer bank and boards and most of the electrical functions are exercised for an average of 40
hours each. During this period, if the unit is not functioning properly, it will either not
print properly or the alarm light on the terminal will light up . If the a1arm light comes on,
the employee will then try to re-start the unit. If it does not start then the Test Technician
will have to determine the cause and repair the unit.

Emp.loye.eli .ln F.ln.al Te.lit, 1.6t ShJ..{it, aJte.:

Se.a.te.d (.t to Jt), Fll.anW Chambli.6.6, Be.tty
Slaek, KatheJU..ne. LawhoJtne., and Mabel PhJ...tlip.6.
Stan.d.ln.g (l to Jt), Tom Bouman, Randy Hammoek,
Page. We., M-i..ke.. Ste.pe.k, John V,la, and J.lm
Ba.u.e.Jt.

Employe.eli .ln F.lna.l Te.lit, 2nd ShJ..6t, aJte. :

Se.a.;te.d (l to Jt), Jeanne. Wample.Jt, Yvon e.e. HaJtileii.6,
and Naney Bake.Jr.. Stand.lng (l to Jt), Pat
He.nn.lgan, FoJte.man, LawJte.nee. Motle.y, B.lll
Gil.a.ham, LaJtJty Fo.6te.Jt, Va.le. W-<.ghtman, Naney
S.lmmon.6, Zane. Jaek.6on, and Vav.ld Bae.Jr..

From this point, the final testing of the terminals will be intermingled with three manu facturing cycles. The first of these cycles is Antisnag. When the unit comes down from the
Run-In area it is taken to Antisnag where an antisnag guard is added to the terminal. This ~
the guard which keeps the paper out of the print fingers and prevents it from snagging when
comes into the unit.
From this step the unit returns to the Quality Assurance area where it goes into the Audio
Room. Here the unit is checked for noise level and mechanical functions. The employees in this
area monitor the noise of the drive belt , the print belt and the ribbon reverse mechanisms .
(Continued on Page

3)

(Continued from Page 2)

The t erminal then goes through another manufacturing cycl e ca l led Button- Up.
is placed into its spec ified casting and the platen is inserted in to the un i t .

'c / 7 /

Here the un i t

From the Button-Up, the unit again returns to Quality Assurance where it enters Final Test.
In Fina l Test, much like Initial Test, the terminal is checked electrically and mec hanically
but i n much closer detail. Here again the unit is checked to as su re t hat customer speci f i cations
and qua lity levels are adhered to. The tests performed on the unit here are designed to determine
such th i ngs as whether or not (1) the hammer banks are firi ng correctly, (2) all the options the
customer requires function correctly, (3) print quality is vihat it should be, and (4) the
overal l device is functioning correctly.
Before going through the las t two inspecti on processes the unit has to enter i.ts third and
final man ufa cturin g cyc l e, the Prep Station. Here the proper control panels and keyboard is
secured to the terminal and the unit is checked for overall appearance.
From here the unit i s taken to t he last two steps, Fin al Inspection and Audi t where it is
again inspected for outgoing quality levels and customer specifications.

1-0 ..t Sru 0..t Au.clU employe.u -lnc.1.u.de. (.l t o Jt) :

Zap We..l.l-lng, E-0..te..l.lo Tay.loJt, Ftr..a.nk Cau..lde.Jt,
Vr bb,{_r CJt-ltz e.Jt, and TJtoy H~. Ron ~
6tand-lng -ln t he. bac.kgJtou.nd .

1ll..t SruQt
(l to Jt ) :
Chaltlotte
ClMk and

Au.d-lo and Ru.n- I n employe.u Me

Ro n, Netta Holton , M-tke Layman,
Kyle , GMy Co66e.y , Euzabe:th
AfMgMet CMh .

One might t hin k that this is an awful lot of testing and inspec t i ng for one un i t . However,
as Ron Pi eta, Foreman for the 1st Shift, explained, "The.Jte. Me a lo:t 06 d~ wruc.h go ht.to
..the dev-tc.e that c.ou..ld eM-l.ly have. be.en ove.Jt.looke.d be.6oJte d got t o Qu.al-lty All6 u.tr..a.nc.e. . Al6o ,
the.Jte. Me Mme de.v-lc.u that do not go on the. te!tnU,na.l until d gw to PJtep -to-Tut , bu.c.h M
labw, -0pe.Ua.l ju.mpe.Jt-lng-0, c.on6,(gu.tr..a.tion.ll and the like. . The.Jte.6oJte, d ~ u.p t o u.6 t o eri.ll u.Jte
that thue. ..trung-0 Me added and added pltope.Jt.ly be.6oJte. we. M ..nd d t o the. c.u.6..tome.Jt . "

Another fun ction which was not included i n th i s chain of processes and which i s an op t ional
function i s the Reader and Punch Run-In. Here the readers and punches are t ested to ens ure
that they f unction correctl y electrically and mec hani ca ll y . This i s done by ru nning a t ape
t hrough t he reader whi ch is transmitted to the punch which punches ou t dupl i cate i nformation .
Thi s area i s al so respon sible for ensur ing that t he terminal pedestal and reader and punch
~ function correctl y when married together.
The unit comes to th i s fun ction on l y i f it requ i res
a pedestal and reader and punch. After they have been added the comple te assembly i s aga i n
inspected for quality.
Ron Pieta and Pat Henni gan, Foreman fo r 2nd Shif t, presen tl y process 54 uni ts a day and Ron
had this to say about the emp 1oyees who are res pons i b1e: "I trunk we have. one o 6 the but

woJtk-tng gJtou.p-0 -ln ..t~ plant and they have. pJtoven d by utab~h-lng an exc.e..l.lent Jte.c.oJtd 06
c.Jte.d-lb~y.
And I 6eel ve.Jty -0-t:Jtongly about ..tw . In my op-ln-lon, they Me -0ec.ond to none . "

KINGS DOMINION

Jin 8dt'/oital

DISCOUNT TICKETS
For those emp loyees who are planning to visit
Kings Domi nion of the weekends t hi s month for
~hicn discount tickets are being offered, here
is an examp le of one of the many things you can
expect to find:

M
AGIC
~U!Lope un6o.lcl6 be601te youJL ve1ty eyeJ.J a;., youJL
6an1dtj ent eM K,tngc Vom..<_.Uon. You' Jte on I n.te1tna;t<_ona S.t!t~U: . And eve1tywhe1te you .loolz, the
moct enc.haY!-Ung hope and Jt<?AtauJLantc 06 Spain,
Itai.y, Ge1tmany and Sw.U:ze!t.land await youJL
p.le.cw u/:~!. .
Vazzlin.g 6oun.tainc ceem to danc.e
at youJL c.ommand . Artd ove1t i..;t ill .loomc the
mag.UMc.en.t Ei66e.l Towell. -- whe1te you c.an
c..limb 332 6eU: in.to the cky on a high-cpeed
e.levatoJt.

Bac.k on ea!tth, Yogi Beall. and hie c.alttoon

61tiencl6 Me wai..;ting to give you a big hug .
Artd at duck., ge,t cU: to c.hee1t a;., the Filt<?Atone
Ail!. Show 6ilL6 the '5U<?A wdh antique ctun.t
p.lan<?A , ck.ydiveM and a hot-ail!. balloon.

The Way nesboro First Aid Cre1-1 performs an --..

inva l uab l e function fer the Waynesboro Communi ~ .
Many times i n the past the Crew has ccme to ourJ
ai d here at t he Waynesboro GE Pl ant ~nd provided
us wi th t heir untiri ng services.
This past week the Crew has been conducting
its annual Fund Dri ve which will continue through
next week. We are proud to say that the Waynesboro GE Pl ant has cont ributed $1000 to t hi s
dri ve wh i ch we hope wil l he l p to keep th i s
necessary organi zati on in oper~tion .
We wish the Waynesboro Fi rst Ai d Crew much
success in its attempt to ra i se the needed
funds to kee p th i s much-deserved, benevolent
organ iza tion al i ve .

**************************************

SWAP SHOP
FOR SALE

Don 1 t mi ss out'. Purchase your discount

t i cket of $6.25 today from the fo l lowing
t i cket sellers:

GIRL S 20" BI KE w/training wheels--94 2- 0986

MAN ' S 2- SPEED BIKE--942- 0986
1

MAIN PLANT - 1st SH IFT

Offi ce
Sall i e Surratt- Rm 105
Bill Perry - Rm 105
Inez Hite - Rm 259
Rhoda Mayes - Rm 227

Factory
Gl ori a Ri tten house-Rel ays
George Crai g - TermiNet
Pam McCau ley - Metal
Parts Offi ce

MAIN PLANT - 2nd SHI FT

Mil dred Woods

ATTE NTI ON AL L TURNER EMPL OYE ES

Effec tive Monday , May 9, 1977, the chains
on the south end of the Turner parki ng lot
will be locked at 5:30 p.m.

Nancy Baker

TURNER COMPLEX - 1st SH IFT

Margaret Earman - Turner Warehouse - Offset
Nancy John - Turner #1
Li nda Huffman - Turner #2
Wanda McCormi ck - Turner Ma r ket i ng Buil ding

SWAP SHOP

The wee ke nd days tha t t he di sco un t t i ckets

can be used are May 14/ 15, May 21/22 and
May 28/29/30 .

Wf,'li0

,.,;..r. TE:>

a= ........ . :

a .-.:.,: t::

TURNER COMPLEX - 2nd SHIFT

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XIX No. 19

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

May 13, 1977

Bill Perry Retires

Many times we fail to th i nk how muc h one will

be missed until he / she has gone. One such
famil i ar face which wil l soon be mi ssed around
here i s that of Bill Perry who will retire f rom
the Company next month.
Bil l was one of the first loca l employees to
be hired at the Pl ant when i t opened its doors
i n 1954. Actua l ly, hi s assoc i ati on wi t h t he
Company started long before that when he was
Executi ve Secretary of the Waynesboro Chamber of
Commerce. "A-0 Exe.c.u.,,ti_ve. Se.CJte.,taJttj 06 the. ChmnbeJt

Bill Perry (seated) reminisces over an old

GE scrapbook with several of the other f ir st
group of employees who came t o Waynesboro GE
in 1954 . With Bi ll are (1 tor) : Car l Burkett ,
who started work in October , 1954 in General
Books ; J oann Sims , who started in November , 1954
in Drafting ; Mar y Coffey , one of the ten who
started work on that first day in September , 1 954 ;
and Le n Par tridge, who came down with the Company
from Schenectady, New York .

I be.c.ame. veJtlj -<.n.volve.d -<.n. aM-Lltin.g GE -<.n. the.Vt

mov e. heJte. . I wac lle.J.i po M-<.ble. 6oll .tiuc.h th-<.n.g-0 M
ge.ttin.g the. n.e.wly tllaM ne.Me.d e.mpl oye.v.i a.c.qua,(n.;te.d VJ,{,th the. c.,(;ty and hle.p-<.n.g to loc.a.te. homv.i 6oll
thw 6a.m.{liv.i . I guv.i-0 I dJ..d a 6 ~lf good job,"
he joking ly added, "b e.c.a.uli e. I he.Md thllough the.
gllape.v-<.n.~ tha;t -<-6 I put an appl,(c.a.tio n. -<.n. I would
be. h,{,/le.d by the. Company. " And that's how he came

to work for Genera l Electri c on November 1, 1954.

Bi ll he l d va rious positions in the Employee
Relations Secti on duri ng his 22 ~ years with the
Company. You mi ght say he has been through
pr act i call y the whol e gamu t of Emp l oyee Re l ati ons
work.

"I .titallte.d out WOil/Ung -<.n. the. te.mpMMIJ Pe.Monn.el 066,(c.e. on MMke.t Stlle.e.t," he remi nisced . "I
a.-0-0-Llte.d w,{;th the. ,(n.,{;t,(al -<.n.tt1tv-<.e.w-ln.g and ~n.g and lle.6eJte.n.c.e. c.he.c.k then and M I moved thllough
the. dA..66eJte.n.t job.ti -<.n. Re.la.tioM I began to ac.qua.,(n.t my.tie.lf., w,{;th the. be.n.e.6,{;t plMn. and .tie.t up a -0a6e.ty
pll.Og/lam. II

Bil l has he ld the respons i bil ity for benefi ts and safety for ma ny years and, before being appointed to his most recent assignment as Relat i ons Consu l tant, he he l d the position of Manager- Safety and
Servi ces. Through hi s adm ini strati on of t he pla ns over the years, Bi ll stated he has seen t he
changes i n t hem whi ch has, in hi s op i ni on, rated them above all others.
"A-0 6M M I' m c.on.c.eJtn.e.d, OU!l plan..6 Me. .6e.c.on.d to none.. I t !Un.k the.y Me. top.6 . The. I MU!lan.c.e.
hM be.en a god.6e.n.d to my 6amJ...ly, v.ipe.Ually to my w-<-6e. who hM lle.c..uve.d c..on.tin.uoU-O tlle.a..tme.n.t
a1
Me. 6M a he.Mt c..on.dJ..tion.. The. Plan hM pa.,(d out applloUmate.ltj $20,000 6oll my 6amJ...ly '.6 me.dJ..c.al
e.xpe.M v.i oveJt the. tje.a.M - -and that ' -0 a c.oM eJtva.tive. guv.i.ti. Un. 60'1.tun.a.te.ly , a pe.M on Ile.ally dov.i n. ' t
ap pll e.Ua.t e. the. plan ' -0 bll.o ad c. ov eJta.g v.i un.t,(l he. Oil -0 he. hM U-O e.d ,{;t . "
P~

(Cont ' d Page 2, Col . 1)

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

PRESIDENT CARTER ASKS

GE's JONES, LABOR's MEANY
TO HEAD ANTI INFLATION
President Carter has asked General Electric
Board Chairman Reginald H. Jones and George
Meany, president of AFL-CIO, to head an informal panel to consult with the administration
on its anti-inflation campaign and help coordinate labor-management cooperation in the
effort.

establish a framework for consultation with

business and labor on the issues of job
creation, inflation, and other economic polic~
questions. For some time, several leaders of
business and labor have been meeting as a
private, inform.al group with George Meany and
I serving as co-chairmen. We are pleased to
cooperate as one of the President's sources of
consultation, and will be happy to provide
information and ideas flowing out of the broad
experience of the group."

SERVICE PINS

The panel consists of eight ranking leaders

of 0rganized labor and the heads of eight
major corporations.
President Carter said that "If this battle
against inflation is to succeed, I am, above
all, convinced that it requires a close collaboration between business, labor, and the
government. This collaborative effort should
consist of working together to advise the
government on its objectives for our economy,
for job creation, and inflation reduction, to
help work out approaches to achieve these
objectives and to monitor the results on a
continuing basis. Most importantly, this
joint effort must be voluntary and cooperative and not based on coercive or self-defeating controls."
The President said he had discussed the
problem with representatives of labor and
business and received assurances of complete
cooperation in the development of a joint
anti-inflation effort. He added that, within
the government, he had asked the Chairman of
the Economic Policy Group, in collaboration
with his other economic advisors, to work with
Mr. Jones and Mr. Meany in developing more
detailed arrangements for implementing this
part of the anti-inflation program.
In a statement on President Carter's
program to reduce inflation, GE's Chairman
said that "Inflation is probably the moat
difficult economic problem facing the country
today, one that affects every family and every
business. It is reassuring to see the President taking a broad and perceptive approach
to the task, with his stress on fiscal responsibility in the government, and consultation
with business, labor, and many other elements
of society."

AWARDED
FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL
20 YEARS

35 YEARS

K. R. Daggy
R. J. O'Flaherty
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C. Dixon

15 YEARS

10 YEARS

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c. Baber
A. Bowersox
Davis, Jr.
G. Evelsizer
L. Fox
c. Gochenour
w. Hoy
c. McCartney
L. Morris
F. Morris
A. Norcross
w. D. Sprouse
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J. c. Wine

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indicated that he and his Cabin~c will

The 1tem(s) referred to in this ad ls/are rr.y personal property and is/
are in no way connected with ,;ny bustr.e~s venture.

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(Cont'd next column)

BI LL PERRY RETI RES

(Cont 'd from Page 1)
Bill al so r anks the Savin gs and Securi ty
in t he same category as t he Ins urance
. n since i t ha s he l ped him reali ze two ve ry
impor t an t goa l s-- educa t i ng hi s two daugh t ers
and renovating hi s home (T he Commodore) into
fi ve i ncome- prod ucing apartments for his
pl an ned ret i rement. The i ncome from his new
apart ments, al ong wi t h the pen sion he will
rece ive, will help to supplement his retirement i ncome. Althou gh Bill feels that the
Pension Pl an is a good one he believes that
i t co ul d be i mproved f or short service
employees .
~g ram

" I ' ve advoc.a-ted oveJt the yeo.JL6 that

emploueu r.ihou.ld be allowed to c.orWU.bu,.te
moJte ,{,nto th Ult Jteti!teme.n,t p1tog1tam . I
believe th,{_,6 p!toblem w,{)'.,l have to be 6ac.ed
r.ioon ,{_n v,{,ew 06 ~,{_ng c.or.itfJ , ,{,n6.ta,t,{_on and
the l,{,ke. "

. N e ve ~th e l es s, Bil l in t ends to full y enjoy

hi s retiremen t. "1 plan to do a 1!.ot 06
-0W<Ji1m,{,ng , 6~ h,{,ng and plal},{,ng g ol6 . And
1' U p!t~bably <:ontinu.e my woJtk wdh the Bou
Sc.ou.,t,,6 ~n help~ng them to obtcU.n thw
S~6~Y Me!td Badgu .
Bu,.t ma,{,n1..1J, I' U be
-Odting ~ y my r.iw,{,m1JU.ng pool and jMt 1telaung
~ Jteadhig "c.u.ltu.Jtal" magaz,{,nu I"

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I 77

-0u.c.c.ur.i 6tt1 Bfoodmobile v~ill , U~ed Way Fu.nd

goal ach,{,evvne~ , and , above all el-Oe, .to have
been Jtec.ogn,{,zed -0eve1tal t,{,mu by t op management
601t J.ipeual p!to j em I headed u.p OJt t.v'a.6 ,{,nvol ved
w,i;th .
" But the ma,{_n JteMon 1 enjoyed my wo1tk he.Jte,"
" ~ the people.
We have -0 ome 06
:the mo-0.t 6antMtic. employeu I 've eve!t encou.n.te.Jted
and :they' Jte all M66eJtent -i.n -00 many Jte.6 pecto.
I will de6,{,~ely m~-0 :the people and the
Mf.iauat,{,onr.i 1' ve had w,i;th :the emplo yeu ove.Jt
the yeaM . "

he conti nued ,

Bill pr esently res ides at 373 S. Wayne

Avenue in Waynes boro. Af ter retirement he
will jo in hi s wife , Joyce, who is involved in
Credi t Un i on Management wor k at the Oceana
Nava l Base at Virgini a Beach . They will be
resi din g at 1423 Cheva l Cirr. l e in Virginia
Beach. The Perrys have t wo daughters-Li bby, who wi ll be grad uat ing this Saturday
fr om VCU with a deg r ee i n Dis tri butive
Ed ucat ion; and Mr s . Linda Tebault, a 3rdyear el emen ta ry t eac her i n the Norfolk City
School System.
All those wh o know and worked with Bill
will mi ss hi s sunny pe rsonali ty around here
and wi sh hi m a happy and most fulfilled
retirement '.

On a more seri ous note he added that he

may do some pa rt- t ime work in real estate
sa l es or as a cler k in a resort motel or
condominiu m. " Bu,.t I don ' ,t plan to t!tavel "
he sa id. " 1 d,{,d enough 06 that du.Jt,{_ng Wo~d
WM II."

Anyway, Bill will have pl enty of t i me

to r el ax and rem ini sce abou t hi s days at GE
and t here are two th in gs abou t those days of
whi ch he is the proudest .
"My g1teatut expeft,{_enc.e WM when ;th,{_,6
plant went 5 yeo.JL6 wdhou,.t a lor.it-t,{_me
employee wOJtk ,{_nju.Jty. The -0ec.ond g1tea-tut
WM the Jteilizat,{,on 06 an employee CJtedd
u.~ton .
I had advocated 601t one 601t many
yeaM and 1 am !teal pleM ed ove.Jt t he 6ac.:t
that -<!- ~ now bi :the lM:t r.i:tag u o 6
bec.om<..ng a 1teal,{,ty--ma,{,n1..y becaMe d w,{_U
be a valuable ;., e.Jtv,{,ce .to employeu. I 6 an
employee r.iu.dden1..y mew a b,{,nanual ~~
and he ~ a membe.Jt 06 a CJtedd u.n,{,on, he c.an
expec.:t :to Jtecuve -0ome M-O~tanc.e . Th,{_,6 I
th,{,nk. ~ one 06 the mar.it ,{,mpofttant and m~ct
n~ed Mpern 06 a CJtedd u.n,{,on .
"TheJte Me many o:the.Jt memoJtable oc.c.M,{,on;., ,"
c.h~ h , J.iu.c.h
M the Employee App1teuat,{,on Vay c.elebJtat,{,onr.i,

he added , "wh,{,c.h I w,{_U alway-0

i3i ll Per ry i s " crowned" with the safety helmet

he received ~hen the Safety C om.~ittee was formed
in 1970 . Bill was presented with the helmet by
Glem: Keller , Manager- Manufa cturing Engineering ,
to keep as a memento of h i s years of servi ce on
the Safety Committ ee .

: A N N o u N c l M E N T
KINGS DOMINION'S 'SEVEN DAYS IN MAY' SPECIAL
BEGINS THIS WEEKEND
Employees may still purchase discount
tickets for the 'Seven Days In May' special
being offered by Kings Dominion. The
special offers admission tickets to GE
employees at $6.25 each, a savings of $2.25
off the regular general admission price.
The special offer begins this weekend,
May 14 and 15 and will continue through the
last .two weekends in May--May 21/22, and
May 28/29/30.
CAFETERIA CHANGES
Due to a rise in costs the price of ice
cream in the cafeterias will increase
effective Monday, May 16. Ice cream in
the Turner cafeteria vending machines will
increase from 15 to 20 and from 16 to
21 in the Main Plant cafeteria.

Aroundthe
Company
PHILADELPHIA - MURB and MUF are key
codes to being productive in the Switchgear
Business Department, and results show that
employees have MU F to be proud of. The
Material Utilization Review Board (MURB) reports
a dramatic improvement in the Material Utilization Factor (MUF). Back !!1 1975 their MUF was
54%. Their MUF is now 70% - representing an
annual savings of more than a million dollars.
How do they do it? Many programs were implemented but MURB Chairman Bob Steel attributes
it to ''the people who simply use their common
sense and apply it to saving and using every
pie~e of scrap they can."

MT. VERNON - Hit of the show at the National

Plastics Exposition in Chicago recently was GE's
Lexan which is made by Plastics Business
Division employees at Mt. Vernon, Indiana. Live
demonstrations - which were held on a stage
supported by 600 Lexan five-gallon water bottles
-included a shootout. When the smoke cleared,
the winner stood there in its mar-resistant glory a sheet of Lexan resin that stops projectiles fired
at 500 mph. Among thousands of visitors was
former Texas Governor John Connally, who was
quick on the draw when he saw a good use of
Lexan in Dallas Cowboy football helmets.

ALLENTOWN - Housewares and Audio Business Division employees at the Allentown, Pa.
plant are hoping Americans continue to eat
healthier snacks. Frank N' Burgeremployees
would like to see their new grill - which cooks two
quarter pounders at once or flips over for five
extra long hot dogs - bring in even more orders
than the first model. Also new is a Dip N' Flip
crepe maker. If the public likes it - it will mean
another investment from profits paid off in jobs.

TYLER - While spring is a time when many

plants emphasize housekeeping, the situation for
Central Air Conditioning Business Department
employees at the Tyler. Texas plant is more
acute. The prime tornado season occurs there
during April and May (60 were recorded last
year). Tornado emergency plans contain designated safety areas for employees. At home
advice includes lying in your bathtub.

WAYNESBORO HIGH SCHOOL PLAY

The Waynesboro High School Band Boosters
will sponsor a play this Friday, May 13,
entitled "Snow White and the Seven Magic
Dwarfs". The play will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Admission is $2.00. The play is a part of
the fund-raising program to pay for the
cost of the Bnad's travel expenses to the
Lions International Convention Parade in
New Orleans on June 29, 1977.

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Fancy Figuring -

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Think of a number. Any number

will do.
Double it.
Add 4.
Multiply by 5.
Add 12.
Multiply by 10.
Subtract 320.
Eliminate the last two figures and
you will be left with the original number.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XIX No. 20

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

May 20, 1977

TO STRIKE OR NOT TO STRIKE

Over the past severa l years the people of the General Electric Waynesboro plant have
developed an idea, the TermiNet*, from a single mach i ne into a $100 mi llion business . We did
it with inge nuity, cooperation and esprit de corps. While hourl y employees were not involved
in the development or sale of the new product, they were quick to learn new jobs, develop new
skills to successfu lly build the new product.
It takes all of us to build a successfu l business - hourly and salaried, employees and
managers. Some of us have to design and develop the products, others have to identify the
facilities, machines and materia ls required; sti ll others establish procedures, materials f l ow,
work flow; some make parts, others sub-a ssembli es; some assemble the final product; others inspec t
and test; some ship; some sell; some do behind the scenes jobs l i ke develop i ng advertising,
writing training ma nuals; hiring people; maintain ing payroll records. We cou ld name many more.
All are necessary to the success of the business. And all equally dependent upon each other.
~e

ha ve built a successful business. We've become the largest employer in Waynesboro with
3000 employees and the jobs are good. GE is one of the best paying employers in the area.

This week, the UE Local printed a flyer "Protect Our Right to Strike". No member of management i s attempting to deny employees their rights. We are mak ing every effort to maintain and
develop this business , to create more jobs, to increase promotional opportunities to develop an
even better, more competitive product. In order to do this, we need the cooperation and support
of all employees.
The national contract with the UE provides a three step grievance procedure . When the grievance
procedure has been exhausted, the Union has the right to submit the grievance to arb itration or
to strike . However, the steps of the procedure are a two way street. If a grievance is settl ed
satisfactorily, i t should be closed .
The i ssue in question is a grievance filed on January 31, 1977, LO #41-77, by employees in
the COO Stockroom. This specific issue, as stated by the Union, i s that the foreman is
harrassing employees for more work. He is setting what we (the Un ion) feel is a t i me standard
or efficiency rate by keeping count of what we do and he gives us a weekly report . He is also
telling some employees that this is not enough work.
11

11

Management took the position on this grievance that if the employees in the stockroom app li ed
themse l ves to working eight (8) hours for eight (8) hours of pay, then management would not have
to discuss work effort or numbers with any of the employees . Management i nstructed the foreman
to stop talking to the empl oyee about these numbers and give the employees the opportunity to
apply themselves toward the i r duties. This was discussed with the Un i on at step one, two and
three of t he gri evance procedure. The grievance ND #77-47 (LO #41-77) was di scussed at third
level and the position given by the company to the Union was that the probl em is being resolved
l~ lly.
The answer was not an unsatisfactory answer, because management was willing and was
~
ng the empl oyee and Union the opportunity to satisfy the grievance, if the employees would
appl y themselves toward their job duties for eight (8) hours. The foreman has not ta l ked numbers
to the empl oyees since this grievance was filed at first level until some employee asked about
the numbers. The foreman has been forced to discuss work effort with some of the employees
(Cont'd Page 4, Col. 1)

A SAL UTE TO

ilMED FOICES Di,,

Armed Forces Day was originally celebrated

May, 1950 as proclaimed by President Harry S.
Truman. The purpose is to honor all branches
of the Armed Services of t he United States.
This year Armed Forces Day wi l l be celebrated Saturday, May 21, and the the theme
is 11 Peace through Readiness. 11 Mil itary
installations throughout the country have
been cond ucting observances during this past
week ending Sunday, May 22. Many wi ll be
holding special ceremonies and exhibits offbase in coordination with neighboring communities.
Below are interviews with t hree of the
me n who work here at GE who spend a part of
their time with the National Guard or
Reserves as their way of help i ng our country
during disaster, civil disturbances, and
who stand ready in case of war.
Gene Haymes, Engineering Technician-DCPD
Gene is an 8 year veteran of the Virgir.
Air National Guard attached to the 192nd
Tactical Fighter Group . When he joined in
1962 he started with 37 weeks of active duty5 weeks of basic training in Texas and 32
weeks electronics school in Miss issippi.
"I~a.ll.y, 1 joined :to e.ttve. my mildatty
obligation and 6ott :the. :tttaining . Thi way
1 didn ' :t have. :to pend M mu.eh time. M 1
would have. in ae:tive. eJtviee.. Af.mM:t
e.ve.ttyone. in :the. Gu.attd now i :theJte. be.eaMe.
he. wa.l'lU :to be. and not j M:t :to Vtv e. hA.
mildatty obligation. In o:theJt wottd, :the.
wottk. i wott:t?WJhile. and impott:tan:t."

-~

Bob Kuykendall, Technical Specialist - TermiNet

Pr0d uction Engineering-DCPD
Bob will have 20 years of military service
this June - 2 years active and 18 in the
Virginia Army National Guard. He has attained
the rank of Sgt. Major. He took his basic
training at Ft. Hood, Texas in 1957 then
transferred to Germany . "One. 06 :the. mM:t

-<-nt.VteotA..ng :thA.ng :tha;t happe.ne.d dU/l.,{_ng bMie

t!taining oeeuJUte.d one. day dU/l.,{_ng :ta!tge.:t pttae:tiee.. Th e. noie. :taJc.fte.d a heJtd 06 wild
hoMeo in a gttove. 06 :ttte.eo and we. wa;tehe.d
:them M :the.y !ta.rt 6Oft M. 6e.:ty. "

(Cont'd Page 3, Col. 2)

Gene is a staff sergeant and his title

is "Avionics Technician" . He is responsible
for repairing the radio and interphone equipment in F-105 jet fighter aircraft . He spends
one weekend a month at Byrd Airport in
Richmond and will spend his two weeks of
active duty this year at Savannah, Georgia .
In 1968, after six years , he left the
service but found he missed it and returned
in 1975 . "The. ~ng oppott:tu.~eo atte.

.:tU_.l :the.tte. a.nd :the. :two we.e.k. 06 u.mme.tt

ea.mp e.aeh ye.att ail.ow me. :to ehange. my li6e.c,:ty.le. and :tttave..l :to va.ttioM pa!tU o 6 :the.
eou.n:ttty. The. pay and tte.:tilte.me.n:t be.ne.6ili
have. gtte.a.:t.ly impttove.d :too . GE' poliey
a..ll:io mak.eo it a lot e.Mie.tt ."

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MAY 21
Steve Rowe, Power Reg ul ation-COO, 2nd shift
Steve's rank is a Gunner 's Mate Gun 2 in
the Naval Reserve attached to Naval WEAPS
STA 206 DETC in Yorktown , Virginia. He has
10 years of active duty which he enjoyed but
decided not to make it his career because of
unequal sea- shore rotation . "1 6pe.n-t 71rz
lj e.aJr.,6 a.,t e.a. be. 60II. e. 1 g0t hOJz. e. duty wruc.h
UU6

too long. "

He was out of the service for 2 years

before he dec i ded to enlist in the Reserves .
Steve feels the Reserves is a good life,
especially for a single person . "The. Rue.11.ve.
,{,!:, a. good p11.o gJz.am .
1t woui..d be. a. 11.e.a.l ba.d
m,{,l:,ta.k.e. to do awa.y wdh J..;t a.Uoge.the.11. ."
Once a year he goes to Yorktown, Virginia
for 2 weeks active duty which prepares him
in case he should be called up.

"The. pa.y and be.ne.6w a.11.e. good--me.cU.c.a.l

be.ne.6w ante.11. age. 60; c.omm,{.J:,a.Jz.y ptU.vile.gu-~1any be.ne.6w M an ad<.ve. duty pe.ll.6 on.
A~ ~O , GE ' po.eJ..c.y 06 giving th,{, time. 066
in a.d<U.tion to va.c.Mion ,{,!:, a. g11.e.a.,t be.ne.6d. "
Steve plans to retire from the service
in 3 years .

ANNUAL TRAINING TIME FOR RESERVES

Since 1897 , the General Electric Company
has supported its employees who are called
up for annual military training periods.
GE currently grants service credit to
employees attending annual encampments in
the U.S. Reserves and National Guard . The
company also pays employees who have 30 or
more days of company service the amount by
which normal salary or wages exceed pay
received from the federal or state government for up to 17 days of such mi litary
service.
Under the GE plan, an employee may
schedule his vacation and annual training
period separately. In such cases ,
emp loyees wi ll receive the military pay
differential for the training period and
will also be able to take their scheduled
vacation at a different time .
If the militia is official ly ordered
out on temporary emergency duty such as
fire, flood , or other disaster, the company
grants service and allows a military pay
differential for up to four weeks .
The Secretary of Defense has organized
a nation-wide program for business and
industry to pledge t heir support for Reserve
and Nati ona l Guard activities . By its continuing support for this program, General
Electric encourages employees to serve
their country while at the same time continuing their civilian occupations.

BOB KUYKENDALL
(Cont'd from Page 2, Col . 1)
Bob is attached to HHC 116th Infantry
Brigade (SEP)_which is permanently stationed
in Staunton . This year they will attend
summer camp August 6-20 at Ft . Pickett ,
Virginia . The most recent call - up of part
of his unit was during the recent fl~od in
Southwest Virginia when they provided emergency communication service .

** *
We at GE can be proud of our fellow workers
who take the time to serve their country in
the National Guard and Reserves. There are
many more tha n t hose we interviewed and we
offer all of them our heartfelt thanks.

In referring to GE's differential pay

practice, which makes up the difference
between his military pay and GE ' s takehome pay , Bob stated, "It' ~ a. g11.e.a.,t be.ne.6d

to a. pe.Mon who ,{,!:, in the. Rue.11.vu 011.

NMiona.l Gua.Jtd. "

STRIKE OR NOT
(Cont'd from Page 1)
recently. The real issue is whether management can be fair with themselves and the
other employees if they permit some employees
to receive the same pay as the other employees
who apply themselves and meet job requirements,
but allow the other employees to consistently
produce considerably less work performing the
same work duties under the same working
abilities.
You be the judge. Think about it. Our
position is that the foreman has the right
to discuss work effort with the employees who
consistently do not apply themselves to their
work duties. The foreman would not be fair to
all the other employees if he ignored the less
than ~atisfactory job performers.
We are not denying anyone the right to
strike. However, we hope that every employee
will weigh the facts and strike only when
the grievance procedure has not been effective
in resolving the problem.

VACATION SHUTDOWN & JULY 4th HOLIDAY

This year, Monday of the first week of
shutdown is the 4th of July. For those
employees working the first week of shutdown,
they will be off .Monday, July 4, for the holiday, but will work the preceeding Friday,
July 1. Those employees taking both weeks
of shutdown as vacation will work Thursday,
June 30; their first day of vacation will be
Friday, July 1. Shutdown ends July 17.

MORE ON BILL PERRY'S RETIREMENT

Summer Student Program

One of the identified major problems i~
the U.S. today is unemployment and
specifically the unemployment of youths 16
to 22 years old. GE Waynesboro is cooperating in providing summer jobs for the sons
and daughters of GE employees who are
enrolled in college for the 1977-78 school
year. The Program begun last year was so
successful that it is being repeated this
year. In March, managers were asked to
identify temporary workloads which have
developed as a result of record orders
and sales currently being experienced in
this business, expansion of the facilities,
and need for new and/or better systems and
procedures.
In response to the Plant News announcement, applications had begun to flow in
last December. As work projects were
identified we matched the student's college
training against the job needs to select
the best qualified. Fifty-four students
have been hi red to handle this tempora.ry
workload and an additional fifty-five
students will report in July to complete
the annual inventory.
The Waynesboro management team is
proud to participate in this nation-wide
program for the youth of our country and
particularly happy for the opportunity
to help so many sons and daughters of GE
employees earn the money for their college
educations.

ANNUAL BUSINESS REVIEW

MEETING
Warren F. Kindt, DCPD s General Manager,
will attend the annual business review
meeting at GE Corporate Headquarters in
Fairfield, Conn. The meeting is for the
purpose of reviewing long range five year
plans for data printers and relays. The
agenda includes current conditions, short
and long range outlook, employment and
facilities plans, and new product programs
for the future growth of the business.
1

Bill Perry has expressed the desire to

say farewell to all his friends at GE before
he retires at the end of the month. Therefore, next week he will "set up residence"
in the three cafeterias during the lunch
periods as a means of saying "so long" to
his friends. Bill will be in the Turner
#1 cafeteria on Tuesday, May 24; the Turner
#2 cafeteria on Wednesday, May 25; and the
Main Plant cafeteria on Thursday, May 26.
He plans to cover 2nd shift employees during
their break periods on the same days. Those
employees who wish to drop by and say their
farewells may do so on those days.

SCOGEE SKEET CLUB

SCOGEE Skeet Club is now forming for the
1977 season. Anyone interested in participating can contace N. Rosenstein on Ext. 1311.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

CORBIN DI XON RECE IVES 35 YEAR SERVICE PIN

"We. We/Le. in Woltl.d. WM 11 and GE M.eme.d to
o66eJL the. be6t oppOll..tunity 601t eont.4ibu;Ung,"
Corbin Dixon stated as he recalled his first
day with GE , April 27 , 1942 . His first two
years were busy indeed . He originally started
his career on the test program in Philadelphia
then transferred to Pittsfield, Bridgeport and
Schenectady where he eventually joined the old
Specialty Control Department . In 1955 he moved
with the Depart ment to Waynesboro , Virginia .

"The. high.l<.ghU 06 my eMe.e!L We/Le. helping

to ~t.Mt the. new Spe.ua.lty Cont.4ol Ve.pMtme.nt
in !tJa.yne6bo1to and bung one. 06 the. g1toup whieh
de.ve.lope.d the. TeJLmiNe.t 300 pltinte!L in a
F~ he.M ville. gaJtag e. the.n ~ e.ung it g1tow into
Vat.a Communieation P1todu~ Ve.pMtme.nt .
"I enjoy e.ngine.e4ing be.ea.Me. it ' ~ a Me.ative.
a.nd I value. highly my a.MoUa.tion
with the. people. I ' ve. met at GE. "
p1to6e6~ion

Coll.bin Vixon 1te.euve6 h<.J., 35 ye.o.Jl,6 ' ~e!Lviee.

pin 61tom J. Kittk. Sne.U., Mana.g eJL-VCPV Engine.e4ing .

(Cont ' d Page 3, Col. 2)

J. L. SMITH IS PROMOTED
A. K. Hyzer , Manager of Quality Control for
DCPD, has announced a management appointment in
Quality Control . Jerry L. Smi th has been
appointed Manager of Quality Control Engineering .
Jerry graduated from Tr ap Hill Hi gh School ,
Surveyor, West Virginia and received his BS in
Electrical Engineering from the University of
West Virginia at Morgantown , West Virginia .
His pr i or experience before joining General
Electric in 1974 was with Frankford Arsenal
i n 1966 to 1968 where he served as Electrical
Power Design Engineer (Philadelphia) , and the
Naval Air System Command 1968 to 1974 where
~ served as Staff Production Engineer and
Liability Eng ineer (Washington , D. C. ) .
In 1974 Jerry joined General Electric as
a Quality Control Engineer for the TN- 120
Printer on the New Products Task Force . His
most recent position was Manager of Quality

Assurance , Main Plant. In his new position

as Manager- Quality Contr ol Engineeri ng he is
responsible for the planning, organi zation ,
integration, and measurement of the total
Quality System.
Jerry and his wife, Ann, live in Waynesboro .
His avocations are golf, hunting , and fishing .

Employee Credit Union

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

The purpose of t he credit union is to pro,......._
another means of saving. It will also provide a
source for small loans at a reasonable rate of
interest.
The work for the union has been done by
volunteers," Charli e said. 11 We may be needing
more volunteers in t he future ."
11

As soon as all the details have been

completed employees wi ll be notified where
and how they can sign up.

MaJtjoJtie. G!Wnu, , Marz.ageJt-Re.lation..6, 1tep1teWaynM bOJt.o GE manag eme.nt, c.ongJt.a;tu.latu, Cha.Jil.u, Smdh on 1t.e.c.uving :the c.ha.Jt:teJt
fioJt. :the c.1t.e.clU:. union. Al6o pic.:tuJt.e.d l :to 1t.:
Jane Mc.Co y, Sam Nugen, Alva Jo1t.dan, John
B,[:t:tneJt , John Mille.Jt., Von The.ado, Kay Ne.fi6,
Home.Jt. Cain, and Cha!tl..M Pe:tJt.y, ~ome. ofi :the
ofifiic.ial6 fio1t. :the c.Jt.e.clU:. union. O:the.Jt.
ofifiic.ial6 no:t ~hown Me: Clinn JonM, Fil
A1t.ge.nblt.igh:t, and Reggie. Hine.Jt. .
~ e.nting

Congratulati ons are extended t o GE

employees on the formation of their credit
union . Charl es Smith, President of the Board
of Directors of the newly formed credit union
announced that employees will be able to
start si gning up sometime in June.
The credit union i s the result of efforts
by employees and is not a part of GE' s
benefit package, 11 Charlie stated . 11 In t he
last atti t ude survey ma ny people showed great
interest in the idea so we decided to give it
a t ry. 11
11

The state charter was received this month.

Arrangements are now being made for payroll
deductions . It i s hoped that all details will
be finalized and employees may st art having
deductions made around the middle of July.
(Co~t!d

next column)

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fiiM:t memb~hip c.Md M Chalt.Ue. Smdh look.6
on .

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s ubct i t:.cd per wee k pet erp10/f;e .
l he !l(WS wt 11 not acce pt ads over t he
phoit: untl~ r any c lrcu:nsta nce s.

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PAI Premium Rate Goes Down

Good News--a rate goes down .
Despite rising costs, the claims experience
under the Personal Accident I nsurance Plan has
been favorable during the past year . As a
result, Travelers Insurance , whi ch underwrites
the Plan, has informed GE that the premium rate
will be reduced 5 cents per thousand dollars of
coverage for the policy year beginning July 1.
The new rate is 45 cents per thousand
dollars of coverage instead of 50 cents per
thousand, the former rate .
Marjorie Grimes, Employee Relations Manager
here in Waynesboro points out that under the
Plan, Travelers sets the rate on the basis of
recent experience .
As of the end of 1976 there were over
165,000 employees participating i n the Plan.
They carried a total of $5 . 9 billion in
coverage . The average coverage of participants
approached $40 , 000.
PAI provides a way for employees to obtain
~ cost term accidental death coverage in
)Cks of $10 , 000 at the annual 45 cents per
thousand rate . The annual cost of the typical
$40 , 000 coverage for this policy year will be
only $18 . Under the Plan an employee can
purchase as much as $100 , 000 of coverage.
Current participants in PAI are being
notified of the premium decrease. For them ,
coverage will be renewed automatically at the
amount of insurance they held previously. To
increase coverage on July 1 , 1977 , the proper
forms should be returned to t he Personnel
Accounting office by June 15 . Those who wish
to begin coverage can obtai n forms from Personnel
Accounting, complete them and turn them in .
To reduce or cancel coverage, proper forms also
should be turned in by June 15.
0

CORBIN DI XON
(Cont'd from Page 1)
During his 35 years Corbin has been an
Advanced Design Engineer , Supervisor - Product i on Engineering, Senior Desi gn Engineer,
and has been Cost Improvement Engi neer for
the past 2 years . During his first years
he worked on the Manhattan Proj ect .

"A:t the. .:t.Une., U wa.o a top l>e.CJte.t pttoj e.u.

We. cU.dn.' :t. tte.ai.1.y kn.ow what we. we.tte. wottfUn.g
on., bid we. k.n.e.w U wa.o vJ..J:..a1.1.y -i.mpott:t.an.t. 11
One tndication of its importance was the
government ' s deferment of his Navy commission
so that Corbin could continue work on the
project which culminated with the explosion
of the first atomic bomb.
Corbin and his wife, Mary, and stepdaughter Carla reside at Rt . 1 , Fishersville .
Among several hobbies he enjoys hunting ,
fishing , sailing and painting .

MANY EMPLOYEES JOIN MAGIC

KINGDOM CLUB FOR
DISNEY WORLD VISITS
Are you i n the middle of planning your
vacation this summer? Or perhaps you're a
30-year (or more) service employee trying
to dec ide what to do with t he si xth week
of vaca tion you became el ig ible for this
year . Maybe you're retired and looking for
another interesting trip idea.
If so, GE personnel at the Carousel of
Progress at Wa lt Disney World at Lake Buena
Vista, Flor ida, have a vacation suggestion
for you. They report the Wast Disney
World - and the GE show - is just as popular
with adul ts as it is with children.

Mean Little Kid

The little boy cried as he dug

around in the snow.
'\Vhat's wrong, sonny?" asked a
kind old man.
"I lost my dime," he sobbed .
The kind old man fished around in
his pockets, found a dime, and handed
it to the boy. "Now you can stop crying."
The li ttle boy stopped crying and
carefully placed the dime in his
pocket. T hen, he kicked the kind old
man and said, "You crook! You knew
where my dime was all the time."

They also point out that many employees in fac t, 5000 so far th i s year - have
requested membership in the Magi c Kingdom
Club . Members hi p in this free club entitles
employees and their fami lies to purchase
speci al va lue t i cket books for entra nce to
Walt Disney Wor ld i n Flori da and to Disneyland in California. Other benefits of membership include exclusive family vacation plans
at both locations, a 10% lodg ing discount at
participating Howard Johnson Motor Lodges
nationwide, and additional trave l opportunities.

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A N NO fl NC EM EN T

&Benefit Reminders

~ZSZHiilimZSm~a.m

GE RETIREES ASSOCIATION MEETING

The regular meeting of the GE Retirees
Association will be held at Perkins
Pancake House at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday ,
June 1. There will be a slide presentation on Switzerland. All retirees and
spouses are invited to attend.
THANK YOU NOTES
1 would lik.e. .:to tha.nk. aU my 6!Ue.nd6 and
the. T3 0 QC Me.a nOil. the)Jr. ac.t.6 o6 fU.ndne6.6
and 6lowe!L6 dU!Ung t he. ~e.c.e.nt l o.6.6 06 my
6ath~ , Lanty Unde.Jz.Wood.

Jewel Carter, T30 QC

1 would u k.e. to thank. aU my 6!Ue.nd6 and
at GE 60~ the. c.aJtd6 and 6lowe!L6
dU!Ung my ho.6p.Ual .6tay and the. de.a.th 06 my
mothM.
c.o - wo~k.e!L6

Violet Snider, MOl

DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONAL SHARE STATEMENTS

Distribution of the 1977 Personal Share
Sta t ement has been scheduled for late May
or early June. You will want to study this
document carefully as it will provide you
with personal information on the specific
values you have in maj or employee benefits-retirement income, savings and investment
plan holdings , life insurance , medical
expense coverage, and more. Your statement
has been specially tailored for you; so when
you receive it be sure to file it at home
for reference in doing your family planning
for the futu r e.
*********************************************

SWAP SHOP
FOR SALE
GRAVELY w/S IC KLE BAR MOWER--942-5642

nM

1 w-Uih to .:thank. all my 6!Ue.nd6 at GE

.:thw 6lowe!L6 , c.Md6 , and mone.y dWU.ng my
~e.c.e.nt ho.6 p.ual .6.:tay.

Reba lake, 2nd Shift

Relay Machine Shop
We., a.6 a {Jamily, would uk.e. :to e.xp~e6.6
outl. .6inc.~e. app~e.cA.a;ti.o n fio~ t he. c.outl.:te.oU-6
and p~o {Je6.6io nal aid give.n .:to S. J. (Swe.e..:t)
Payne. by :the. Me.die.al, Mainte.nanc.e., and
o:th~ pe!L6o nne.l dWU.ng h-Ui ~e.c.e.nt illne6.6 .

WANTED
ONE USED SWING SET--456-6217
CAR-POOL FROM EL KTON-SHENANDOAH AREA NEED 2
DRIVERS-IF INTERESTED PLS CONTACT ALLIE SNYDER
TURNER I, EXT. 1306 or BUDDY QUINTRELL, TURNER
II, EXT. 1487
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LA UG HOUT

Harry T. Payne , Turner II

GE SPONSORS TV SPECIALS
On Tuesday, May 31, GE will sponsor the
Barb ar a Walters interviews with Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Hope , Mr. and Mrs. Bing Crosby, and Mr.
and Mrs . Redd Foxx . The program is slated
for 10: 00 to 11:00 p.m., EDT, on ABC.
On Sat urday, June 11, GE will sponsor a
program covering the tribute to Britain's
Queen Eli za beth honoring the 25th year of
her r ei gn. The show is slated for 9:00 to
10:00 p. m. , EDT, on ABC.

~-

"Ned, I've been checking through this

stuff that came in on the 9:07 .. ."

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL. XIX NO. 22

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

Plant NEWS Has New Editor

June 3, 1977

Another Pay Increase

Coming June 27 for Many
Employees
All hourly and nonexempt-salaried pay
rates wil l increase on Monday, June 27 .
Hour ly rates will go up 25 cents or 4%,
whichever provides more money . Weekly
sal aried rates wil l advance the higher of
$10 or 4%.

Cary G. Osborne is the new editor of the

Waynesboro Pl ant NEWS. In her new position,
Cary wi l l have full responsibility for preparing, publishing and distributing the Plant
NEWS at the Waynesboro GE Plant.
In addition to having responsibility for
t he Plant NEWS , Cary will also assist the
Manager of Services and Benefits in the adminstration of employee assistance and service
programs such as the Bloodmobile, United Way,
Individual Development Program , the bu ll etin
boards and others .
Cary began her employment with GE 1 3 ~ years
ago as a Tra nscriptionist in the Finance
Section. She was then promoted to Secret ary ,
a pos i t i on she held for seven years before
bei ng promot ed t o her most recent position as
Statistical Clerk in Operations Anal ysis .
Born in Manchester, Tennessee, Cary has
lived in several di fferent states as a r esult
of being the daughter of a Master Sergean t in
~ Army.

Cary has written poetry and short stories

in her spare time, her specia l ty being science
fiction. She resides in Waynesboro and enjoys
needlework, swimmi ng and reading in addi t ion
to writing.

For union - represented employees this

month ' s pay i ncreases are part of a threeyear contract negotiated last year by the
Company and the Union . At that time the
Company announced that similar incr eases
would be given to nonexempt-sa l aried
employees not represented by a union .
Marjorie Grimes, Employees Re l ati ons
Manager, pointed out that this mont h's
increase could raise annual earnings about
$520. An individual 1 s employee benef i ts
package is also enlarged wi t h every pay
increase because many benefi t s val ue s are
l inked to earnings.
The higher rates of pay are expected to be
first seen in the paychecks due to be passed
out July 8.
Third in 12 Months
This will be the third pay increase i n t he
past 12 months . Last June 28 , hourl y rates
received an unusually high boos t whe n t hey
were increased by 60 cents t o $1.10 th rough
general and high-skill increases ; and
nonexempt-salaried r ates went up from $24 to
$44 a week at that time.
Then last November 29 a cost-of-living
adjustment whic h covered four months of
inflation added 6 cents to hourly rates and
$2.40 a week to none xempt-salaried rates .
Another cost-of-living increase is scheduled
for this November.

Dr . Eds on will handle this Plant ' s

emergency cases at the hospital and wil l be
in the pl ant approximately eight hours a
week to conduct periodicals and t he necessary
OSHA physicals .
Dr . Edson is a 1935 graduate o f Cornell.
He served two years of his residency at
Bellevue Hospital and two years at Beekman
Street Hospital , both in New York .
Dr . Edson was i n General Practic e for
31 years in Connect i cut . He moved to
Waynesboro in 1969 after he r e tired. He
has assisted Dr . Penn in the operating r oom
several times a week in the years he has
l ived here .
Dr . Edson and his wife Joyce live at
828 Meadowbrook Road . They have f i ve
children .

Beg inning Monday , June 6 , Dr . Ralph H.

Edson will be replacing Dr . St e i n as our
cont racting doct or. Dr . Stein has decided
t o d evote more time to his private practice .

His current hobby is golf but he has

enjoyed photography , woodworking , and is an ,........
amateur radio operator .
The Pl ant News wishes t o extend a war m
welcome to Dr . Edson .

Many employees were saddened t o learn of

the death of Seymour M. DePuy .
Seymour be gan his GE career February 23 ,
1942 in Schenectady , N.Y . as a student engi neer with the Indust ri al Control Department .
In 1955 he tran s ferred with the Department ,
renamed Specialty Control Department , t o
Waynesbor o .
I n his 35 year s Seymour held several
managerial po sitions. From 1970 unti l hi s
deat h t hi s past weeke nd he was a consult ing
engi neer.
He i s survived by his wife , Mrs . Mi ldred H.
DePuy ; one daughter , Mr s . James (Donna ) Br ogan ;
two sons , Ri chard J . and Douglas F . DePuy; one
s i st er , Mrs . Orman Bur ton ; and one grandson .
The Plant News joi ns with all of Seymour ' s
friends h ere at GE in extending our sympathy
to his family .

BULLETIN

Ra lph Musgrave Retires

Use of Calculators Is Approved

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'

Beginning Ju ly 18 , 1977, employees ta king

tests f or upgrades will be allowed to use
calcula tors.

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'

I t will still be neces sary t o show how the

an swer was obtai ned. Par t ial credit i s gi ven
when problem is worked accuratel y even i f t he
answe r i s wrong.

The ti me l i mit wi l l stay the same si nce

some emp l oyees wi ll not be usi ng ca l cul ators .

Ralph Musgrave has retired as o f June 1 o~

this year after 17 years of service . Since
1959 Ralph has worked in the CDO sheet metal
area .

Emp l oyees will furn i sh thei r own calculators. The Company wi l l not provi de them.
There are many i nexpens i ve models avai la bl e ,
some as low as $9 or $10.

Ralph moved t o Virginia from Webster , Mass .

His brother built a woolen mill in this area
..-...d , after meeting his wife here , Ralph
~ided to settle in Augusta County in 1936 .

"GE' .6 be.ne.nw Me. good ," Ralph stated.

He is especially thankful for the insurance
and pension plans . "The. pe.n.6-<.on pay -<..6
p~et:t.y

the. le.ngth on .t-Une.

Whe.n I n-<.Mt .6:ta.Jz;te.d WMung
d-<.dn ' t have. pe.n.6-<.on plan.6 . 11

good

~on.6-<.d~ng

I WMk.e.d hMe..
~ompan-<.u

FOR THE MONTH OF MAY

Ralph started working during the
depression as a teenager . "I' ve. be.e.n wo~ung
all my line.. Now I -<.nte.nd to tak.e. d e.Mtj. "
He a l so plan s on buying some s teers for
the farm where he and his wife Thelma l i ve.

SAFETY REMINDER
Th i s i s a reminder to offi ce employees
th at safe ty gl asses and proper shoes are
req uired when go ing out into the f ac tory
area .

15 YEARS
M. A. Antonoplos
G. D. Baker
E. w. Br own , J r .
N. w. Coakley
B. F . Conlon , J r .
D. L. Gib son
G. c . J e nkins
P . E. Knight, J r .
c. Y. Kyle
H. J . Lotts
B. L. Mc Daniel
10

The shoes must be compl ete ly cl os ed ,

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6Benefit Reminders

Intersection to Be Improved

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In just a few weeks it will be time to

register for the summer quarter at area
colleges and universities. When filling
out the "Tuition Refu nd Application" be
sure to read the instructions on the back.
You must have at least 6 months service
to be eligible. Advance approval from your
manager must be obtained before registration
to ensure your refund.
Keep your copy of the application. It
will be turned in with proof of satisfactory
completion of the course in order to get
your refund.
Income and social security taxes will be
deducted from your refund because it is
considered wages.
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Repre sentatives of both General Electric

and UE Local 124 brought the problem to the
attention of the Waynesboro City Council.
City Council then requested a study by the
Hig hway Safety Commission and their recommenda t i on has now been approved by t he City
Coun cil.
When more detailed information becomes
available we will be publishing it in the
Plan t News.

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Work was recently begun on expanding the

intersection of Hopeman Parkway and General
Electric Drive. This work is being done in
an effort to lessen the traffic problem at
t hi s intersection.

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D R I DE WANTED
OR I O[RS WAN TED
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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL. XIX NO. 23

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

Lollipops & Isotopes

June 10, 1977

A Busy Month for Marketing

A r i si ng tide of customer interest coup led
with a sharp increase in bot h customer visits
and trade show parti cipation led to a recent
decision by Marketin g Manager John Swett to
ask his peopl e to pos t pone June travel to
assure Waynesboro vis itor s an informative and
enj oyable stay.
"We. Me. e.x.btemdy happy that .ti o ma.ny 06 oUJc..
cuotome!t.6 , Li.Qe. Pa.c<.6ic Te,.le.phone. a.nd Te.chnicon,
a.ti well a.ti pJto.tipe.ctive. cuo:tome!t.6 .tiuch a.ti Uni:te.d
Af!c.Uf!-U a.nd CoUJc..ie.Jt TeJtm.<.nai. Sy.ti:te.m.6 , de.c<.de.d
:to bJu..ng :the.iJt gJtoup.ti :to Wa.ynuboJto :to me.e.:t
with oUJc.. pe.ople. a.nd loo Q ove.Jt oUJc.. pla.n:t a.nd
p!tO duc:t.6 . Howe.ve.Jt, :to pJtovide. :the. Jtigh:t und
06 a.:tmo.6phe.Jte. a.nd pJtovi de. a. weil.- Jtounde.d
pe!t.6pe.ctiv e. 06 both oUJc.. pJtoduw a.nd oUJc..
ca.pa.biLi.tiu, we. ne.e.d :to have. a.ii. 06 oUJc..
Ma1tQetin9 .ti:ta.66 a.vctil.a.ble. 6oJt co n.6 ui.:tat fo n "

Swet t point ed ou t .
'
In celebration, l oll ipops were handed out t o
those people wh o were instrumental i n ready ing
He added that during t he June period DCPD
t he unit. Pi ctured (l tor): Joe Ellinger, Jr . ,
will also be parti cipating in the National
John Rogel , Kenneth Chittum , Bobbie Wright ,
Computer Conference in Da11 as which is expected
Danny McGann , Bunny Bell , Verna Rudine, Judy
McLaughlin , Russell Culver, Alice Frye , Bob Wirt, t o draw more than 40,000 people, as wel l as
the Armed Forces Communication Services
Ric hard Taylor , Joe Ellinger , Sr . Not pictured :
A
ssociation exhibit in Washington , D.C.
Bobby Downs , Don Dameron , Ernie Wegman .
Pi ctured above i s part of t he f irst Isotope
Pl ate Mil l Gage t o be shi pped by Cont rol
Devi ces Operati on from Waynes boro . It is the
second one bu il t by GE. The f i rst was buil t at
Wes t Lynn, Mass.

Each of these shows will also have to be

s taffed by DCPD Marketing people and the
resultant time demand leaves no additiona l
days for travel to customer si tes . July's
schedule i s al so heavy with marketing
ac tivi t ies as customer and prospect i nterest
continues on a heavy upswing .

An isotope is a radi oactive source simil ar

t o X-ray. It is used in this equipment to
measure plate steel as i t is being rol l ed at
2,000 F. It ca n meas ure t hi ckness from .200"
to 2. 500" , wi t h t he further capabili ty of
measuri ng up to 4.00" , at . 5% accuracy.
The carriage assembl y operates on ra ilroad
There are two eq ui pment cabinets (not
pi c . . -<ed) whi ch contro l t he carri age.
tr,~~ .

Th i s un i t was shi pped to Beth l ehem St eel in

Burns Harbor , Indi ana. The first unit buil t by
GE wa s shi pped to t his same location.

' STOCK PRICE' AND

' FUND UNIT P RICE'
FOR APRIL, 1977

Month

Stoc k Pri ce

Fund Unit Price

January
February
Marc h
April

$53 .506
$51.007
$50. 723
$5 1.719

$26.869
$26. 055
$26.1 49
$25 .767

An Estimate of Retirement Income?

Personal Share Statement Has It!
What will my retirement income be when I
retire?
An estimated answer - and related benefits
figures, too - wi ll be in the individualized
"Personal Share" statement each of us will
receive within a few weeks. The "Personal
Share" statements are slated for distribution
in early June. A special Company-wide GE News
with additional information will be delivered
a few days later.
To obtain the estimate of retirement income
for you and 270,000 other GE people - GE
computer systems designers and programmers in
Schenectady undertook the tough and important
job. They projected your GE pension and your
Social Security benefits at age 65 .
Adding your estimated Social Security to
your monthly GE Pension results in your monthly
retirement income at age 65. It's also shown
on your Personal Share statement.

Members of the GE team which developed the

Personal Share statement emphasize that events
of the future - like pay changes, promotions,
or changes in Social Security - could chang~
your retirement income projection. They
explain that to compute GE Pension and Soci al
Security credits, they had to assume that no
changes would occur although many may already
be scheduled.
But there's more than an estimated monthly
retirement at age 65 in the section of your
Personal Share statement devoted to retirement.
For instance:
- It shows your GE pension at age 62. (The
pension is unreduced; but, of course, it's
smaller than if you stayed at work three
more yea rs. )
- It shows the pension you have earned up
to the end of 1976.
- It shows the total of your own contributions toward your pension up to the end of
1976 (including interest).
- It shows how much you contributed toward
your pension in the year 1976 alone.
- It shows whether you have a vested nonforfeitable - right to a pension by
having 10 or more years of Pension
Qualification Service.

01

- It shows how much your estimated pension

would cost you if you purchased it at age
65 on the outside, and how much you will
have contributed to it by the time you
reach retirement age.
With all this retirement information
available on a single document, it's no wonder
that financial specialists urge you to study
your Personal Share statement when you receive
it and keep it where it can be available for
use in personal financial planning.
Bill Berning , left, and Vish Subramanian both
of Accounting Services Operation, Schenectady ,
check out one of the hundreds of computer tapes
that contains information to be printed out on
the individual Personal Share Statements which
GE employees will receive in June . Gathering
information to give employees specif ic figures
on their individual stake in key GE benefits
was no simple task. Success depended on
hundreds of people throughout the Company who
fed information to the Telecommunication &
Information Processing Center in Schenectady.
Still other employees had to design the f orms,
match up the reports, program the c omputer , and
handle the print out .

ANNOUNCEMENT
Charlie Smith wants to remind employees to
keep an eye on the bu ll etin boards next week
for an announcement concerning registration
for the Employee Credit Uni on.

G>/1t:ih 7
RUT~ GRAY RETiRiNG

Around the
Company

SELMER - Like other GE'ers, Distribution Assemblies

Department people at Selmer, Tenn. give their customers the royal treatment. However, when
Volkswagon representatives came calling to check
on equipment for their new plant, they didn't see a
red carpet. But they sure were impressed by all the
VWs employees parked by the entrance In their honor.

SCHENECTADY - Large Generator and Motor

Department employees feel the U.S. should start
tapping more of its plentiful hydropower capabilities.
Says Robert J. Rodwell, VP and GM of the Motors
and Drives Business Division: "Every time we let a
gallon of water escape our rivers and streams without
using it as a source of energy (instead of oil), we are
wasting energy." Other benefits are: it is a clean way
to produce power, it can be used for flood control,
Irrigation, and boating, and-of course-it can provide
Jobs for Schenectady LG&M people.

ROME - When in Rome, do as the Romans do and

that's what the Medium Transformer Department at
Rome, Ga., is doing. When the city announced an
anti-litter campaign called, "Rome Is Picking Up," the
GE plant was quick to join it. Utter has been picked
up, and plant beautification at the entrance Included
planting trees and grass, and moving the fence back
so the Romans could see that GE followed suit.

ASHLAND - In calling on all employees to come up

with cost Improvements, Ed Hartmayer, manager of
the Housewares and Audio Business Division clocks,
timers, and motors plant at Ashland, Mass., said the
cost-price squeeze was quite obvious. "Over the
past nine years, wages and benefits Increased by
104% and direct materials escalated by 69%, while
selling prices have only increased 24 %. "

Ruth Gray, formerly plant nurse at the

Waynesboro GE plant, is planning to retire on
July 1. She is now the plant nurse at the
Richmond plant.
Ruth does not want an evening retirement
party but her friends are putting together a
memory book and taking a collection for a gift.
All of Ruth's friends who would like to,
may send a letter for the memory book or
a check toward the gift to Harry Howell,
Employee Relations Office, General Electric
Company, 5401 StaplesMill Road.
It would be appreciated if letters were
on 8Ja11 x 11 11 white paper. Harry would like
to receive them by June 20.
You can make checks out to Harry if you
wish.

Vacation Shutdown
Plant shutdown is just around the corner and
many of us will be on vacation those two weeks.
Shutdown begins July 1, 1977 (Friday) and ends
July 17, 1977 (Sunday). The 4th of July
(Monday) will be observed as a holiday. For
all employees who are working during the first
week of shutdown no work will be performed on_
the 4th of July in the plant unless special
arrangements have been made.
The vacation checks for those who are not
working during plant shutdown will be given
out on June 24, 1977 (Friday). They will be
dated June 30, 1977, and cannot be cashed
prior to that day.
If there are any questions concerning your
schedule or pay check for these two weeks
please see your foreman or supervisor.

UTICA - As ethnic group representation and the

popularity of Utica, N. Y .'s annual "Celebration of
Nations" have grown, so has the number of GE
people involved. Among 1 5 Aerospace Electronics
Systems Department employees in the event: Mary
Lai, making Chinese egg rolls; Ann Koury, Lebanese
breadmaklng; Fred Jones, serving tea and sodabread
at the Irish castle, and Shirley Casab and Bill Chanatry
helping a clairvoyant at the Syrian Booth.

"When you retiring, Frankl"

Do You Have a "Time-A-Tan"?

GE's Lamp Business Group has announced the
recall of about 9,000 11 Time-A 1 Tan 11 sunlamp
holders manufactured between January and March
this year.
A spokesman for the Lamp Business Group said
that faulty timers in some of the units would
fail to turn off the sunlamp resulting in overexposure and possible severe sunburn, although
no such incidents have been reported to GE.
The timer device is supplied by another manufacturer for assembly into the GE sunlamp
holder.
The 11 Time-A-Tan 11 units are easily identified
by their yellow color and dome-shaped
base.
In addition, the model number 11 RSK-6 11 appears
on the bottom of the unit.
All sunlamp holders with the number 60, 61,
62, or 63 on the face of the bulb itself should
be returned. The two-digit
number appears
below the letter 11 P11 in the word "SUNLAMP" on
the bulb face. The recall does not include
units with bulbs numbered 59 or lower or those
units purchased by consumers before January 1,
1977.
Returned units will be replaced free of
charge. Owners may ship the lamp holder
(without bulb) to GE Sunlamp Return Office,
1705 Noble Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44112. To
obtain additional information call the tollfree long distance number 800-321-7170.

Have You Changed Your Name?

Are you no longer Miss Jane Doe but Mrs.

Jane Schwartz? If you have changed your name
for any reason it is important that you notify
your spervisor or foreman so that your status
form can be updated.
It is equally important that you get the
proper forms from payroll to update your
pension and insurance.
If you have changed your marital status you
may also want to change the beneficiary on your
pension, insurance, and U.S. savings bonds if
you have any. Or, you may want to change the
number of exemptions for tax purposes. These
forms can be obtained from payroll.
Please be sure to do this as soon as
possible. It can save a lot of confusion
later.

You say I mean a lot to you, but sometimes you

make me wonder.
In the beginning, you really made me feel ~
wanted - but lately it seems you take me too
much for granted.
You can't deny that I am good to you. I provide the food for your table, for the welfare of
your children - a thousand and one things you
want and need.
Why if it weren't for me, you wouldn't even
have a car to drive?

I hope I've not kept quiet too long, but I

keep hoping you will remember just how important
I am to you.
There are others who want me badly, but I still
belong to you. Cherish me - take care of me, and
I'll continue to be good to you.

1 AM --- YOUR JOB

Discount car Rental for vacation

Most employees will soon be on vacation.
If you're planning on renting a car don't ~
forget the discounts offered by Avis and Hertz
to GE employees for both business and private
use. For details on these discounts refer to
Management Information Letter No. 882, dated
November 19, 1976.
To get these discounts you will need positive GE identification. The GE identification
number, A777700, is also required.
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Vacation Note
In those foreign countries considered undeveloped, don't drink the
water.
In those foreign countries considered developed, beware of the air.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
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GENERAL@ELECTRIC
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VOL. XI X NO . 24

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

Levi Fox Has Retired

June 17, 1977

Hendel & Miller Receive Awards

P. B. Hendel and 0. H. Miller recentl y
received a double award for an art icle wh i ch
they co-authored. It was entitled Retrofitting
Solid State Exc i t at i on Puts New Life in Old
Generators and \'l as published in the 1977
Generati on Pla nbook . The article outli nes the
advantages of replacing old excitation systems
with modern static exciters .
11

11

Th i s particular magazi ne appears onl y once a

year. For th i s reason it has a l ong shelf life
and is retained by recipients for reference
purposes. It was also distributed at the recent
Ameri can Power Conference and has been sent to
most of the electric utility i ndustry.

Levi Fox retired in Janu ary of thi s year

after 22 years of service with GE. He started
with the Company Au gust 8, 1955, as a heavy
packer in Shi pping. At the t ime of his retirement he was a boxer/ crater i n Shipping. -He
held several other positi ons during hi s career .

Because of the special nature of t he publication, Peter and Dee not only received the Golden
Quill Award but were also awarded checks on
behalf of the magazine by Dona l d R. Harris,
Superv i sor of Press Relations for the Atlanti c
Operation of GE's Advertis ing & Sales Promotion
Operation in Washington, D.C.

Originally from Meadowbrook, Va . , he and

hi s wife, Lula, have li ved in Stuarts Draft for
the past 31 yea r s .
When recal ling hi s years at GE, Levi stated,

"They WVte. -the. rU.c.e..~i-t bunc.h 06 people. 1 e.vVt

me,t. They 've. be.en good t o me. . Some. 06 -them
ha.ve. c.ome. by t o 6e.e. me 6-<.nc.e. 1 le.6,t. 11

He al so stated, "Yo u c.an' t be.at -the. be.ne.6-<.t6

at GE. But -<-6 1 c.ould have. 6-taye.d a 6e.w moll.e.
ye.all.6 my pe.rt6-<.on would hav e. be.en a ~e.
be.-ttVt."
Lula and Levi have one son, Jerry, his wife,
Patrici a, and a granddaughter . Patricia works
at GE in the Turner Compl ex.
1e Foxes would be very happy to have their
fr i ends come by and vi sit them. If you wou ld
like to send a card their address i s Route 1,
Box 183, Stuarts Draft, Va .

Donald R. Harris (center ) presents checks to

Dee Miller (2nd from rig ht ) and Pete Hendel
(far right) . Looking on ar e J . J . Lar ew, Mgr .
of CDO Engi neering (1 ) and Gina Dr i ver, bot h of
whcm coor di nated the publication of the article .

GEPWA Nleeting Held Here

On J une 14, Waynesboro was co-host to t he General El ec t ri c Printer Wire Association (GEPWP
semiannua l meeting. The meeting was divided in to two parts - t he mor ni ng i n Charlottesville
and t he afternoon in Waynesboro.
GEPWA is a loosely orga nized group of GE people who are in t erested i n t he problems and i nnovations associated with printer wire board fabrication and ass embl y.
Dick Weber hosted the Waynesboro portion of the meeti ng which i ncl uded a tour of our
f aci lities . The attendees came from Syracuse, Utica, Mi lwa ukee, Lync hburg, and Charl ottesvil le .
The next meet ing, in the fall of this year , will be i n Lynchburg.

Dick Weber, conducting one of the t ours of the plant, explains the work done in the factory
area.

Dick Weber speaks to the attendees.

Smith also gave a presentation.

Charl i e

R. T. Weber, Waynesboro; P. Yu has, ChairmanGEP W

A, Syracuse; G. E. Lake, Charlottesville .

vanPatten Receives

{,. lr1 / 77_

EALAND W. ANDERSON NEW COO SUPERVISOR

Golden Quill Award

John R. VanPatten has received his third
Golden Quill Award for his article entitled
"Remote Sensing with Selsyns 11 It was published
in the October issue of Machine Design. The
article explains how selsyns work so that
customers are able to find more and better ways
to use these devices. It also promotes better
understanding of selsyns and helps insure that
they are used properly and successfully.

Erland W. Anderson has accepted a position as

Supervisor-Production Control for COO. In his
new position, he will be responsible for Price
and Edit, Material Ordering, and Devices
Production Control.

C. A. Ford, Manager- CDC presents John VanPatten

his third Golden Qui l l Award.

Erl is a graduate of Western New England

College with a B.S . in Industrial Engineering.
Upon graduation in 1973, he joined GE on the
Manufacturing Management Program. While on
this program, he successfully completed assignments with the Nuclear Fuels Department in
Wilmington, N.C. and with the Protective
Equipment Products Department in Pittsfield,
Mass. He then joined the Power Transformer
Department in Pittsfield as a Foreman in Shop
Operations, and was promoted to SupervisorMaterial Control the following year.
Erl has already relocated to Waynesboro and
his family will join him at a later date .

THANK YOU NOTE

1 wou.1..d lik.e. t o thank. a.U. o 6 my 6!Ue.nclo a.t GE
60Jr. the. c.aJt..clo, v-l6w, a.nd p.tc.a.tjeJl.6 dLL!Ung my
ho.o pU:.a.i. .ota.y.
Lu..clUe. W-l.6 e.ma.n

R. Berrey was recently awarded his

second patent. This patent relates to an
improved design of type fingers used in belt
printer applications and particularly a design
which minimi zes the breakage of these type
fingers.
~arry

5er:Je Ur:Je
There are many ways of doing things,
A casual glance discloses;
Some folks turn up their sleeves
at work,
And some tum up their noses.

Lower With holding for Many

Resul ts from New Tax L aw

The new Tax Re duction and Si mpli f i cation Act

of 1977 was signed i nto law by Pres i dent Carter
on May 23 . As a resul t , new withholdi ng r ate s
went i nt o effe ct on a ll payr oll payment s made
on or after June 1 .
The new withholdi ng r ate s r e sult in hi gher
" take home " f or mos t GE empl oye es . Thi s i s
gener a lly b e cause the law prov ide s f or a new
a nd hi gher f l at standar d de duct i on of $3200
fo r marri ed persons or heads o f households .
When these hi ghe r deduct i ons are applied t o
incomes of most employee s , the r e sult i s a
lower tax and l ower withhol di ng .
Here are example s o f wi thholdi ng under t he
ol d law and under the new:
A marr i ed employe e with weekly pay of $200 ,
a nonworki ng spouse , and two children
f orme r l y had $1 4 . 56 withheld f r om pay fo r
federal i ncome tax . Unde r t h e new l aw , t he
withholdi ng i s $10 . 74.
A married employee wi th monthly pay of
$1250 , a nonworki ng spous e, and two children
f or merly had $134.0l withheld f or federal
income tax . Under the new l aw , the wi thholding i s $115.68 .
A s i ngl e empl oyee wi th weekly pay of $170
f or merl y had $22. 35 wi thhel d f or f ederal
income tax. Un der t he new law , the withhol d ing i s $18 . 62 .
Each person should est i mate hi s or h er own
t otal t ax for 1977 and if necessar y , app ly f or
f or ms to adjus t wi thholdi ng amounts t o fi ll the
est i mat ed l i ab i l ity as cl osely as possible.

This Is an Emergency!
Thi s is just a reminder that incoming
per s onal calls should be res t r i ct e d to emer genc ies . I t i s v i tal that the phon e l ines be
ope n fo r bus i ne ss purpo ses.
In c a se of emer ge ncie s , be sure friends and
rel atives have your correct e xtension . Valuabl e
time c an be wasted if your or your manager /
forema n ' s extension must b e l oc ated .

Dividends for GE Stock to Go Up

...-...

Parti c ipants in GE saving s plan s wi l l be

richer t o the tune of about $2 . 5 mill i on a year
wit h the 10 incr ease i n t he quarterl y divi dend
on GE c ommon sto ck payable Jul y 25 . I t wi ll go
into t he accounts of mor e t han 100 , 000 employee s
a nd f ormer empl oyee s who will be s h ar i ng in the
d i v i dend inc r ease as a result of c re dite d shares
o f GE stock now i n holding peri ods under t he
Sav i ng s and Se curi ty Program or t he Savings a nd
St ock Bonus Pl an . Other millions will be go ing
to current a nd fo r mer par t i cipants a s a r esult
o f owner s hip of stock shares distributed under
the plans i n the past .
The Board of Direct or s of Gene ral El e ctric ,
on May 27 , r a i sed the quar ter ly dividend f r om
45 t o 55 pe r shar e of common s t ock and
declared the July 25 di v i dend payable t o s hare
owners of record at t he close of busine ss June
8, 1977 .
The div i dend increase rai ses the annual
dividend to $2 . 20 a share f r om $1 . 80 a share .
The quarter ly divide nd was r a ised by 5 in
September 1976 .

: ANNOUNCEMENT
Retirement Pa rty f or Lev i Fox, Monday, June 20,
6:30 p.m. at Bonanza . Anyone wi shi ng to at ten d
pl ease co ntact Sh i r l ey Sa ndridge or Shi r l ey
Tay l or - Ext. 1365/ 1256.
Bl ood donors are badly needed f or Bo nnie S.
Cr ai g a 25-yea r old leu kemi a pati ent at the
Uni vers i ty of Virg i ni a Hos pi ta l . She is the
si ster of Bob Stee l e (Turner II ) and si sterin-l aw of Carolyn Stee l e (Relays).
Anyone who can give bl ood pl ease do so right
away . It wil l be greatl y app reci ated.
Thank you.
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REBA LA KE--942-9372
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 WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL. XIx" NO. 25

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

*GE No.1 Wins in Winchester!*

June 24 1977

Marjorie Cash Has Retired

GE No. 1 softball team won the USSSA

Rubbermaid Industrial Tournament which was held
in Winchester, June 11 and 12. This qualifies
GE to go to the World Industrial Tournament to
be held in Baltimore, Md., September 2-5.
GE downed Brown & Williams Tobacco Co. of
Petersburg twice and Rubbermaid of Winchester,
Allied Chemical of Petersburg, and Boise
Cascade of Berryville for a five game win in
taking the title.
Larry Martin won Most Valuable Player award.
The team was led by Kenny Gray with 13 hits in
17 at bats.
In February of this year Marjorie Cash
retired after 17~ years with GE. She joined
the Company on August 12, 1959.
Marjorie and her husband Fauntey, live on a
farm outside of Fishersville. They have 4 sons
and 8 grandchildren. Their daughter, Teresa
Brown, worked at GE until her death earlier
this year.
Marjorie started her GE career in Relays and
at the time of her retirement was working in
Incoming Inspection.
Fr ont r ow (1 t or): Bri an Stinespring , bat
boy ; Clement Waggy , J r ., Keith Lovegrove ,
Mitch Carter, Jerry Stalli ngs , Lar ry Mart in .
Back row (1 tor) : Gar y Frazier, Jim Mace,
Randy Garth , Don Stinespring , Ke nny Gr ay ,
Roger Gr ay , Wayne Wymer, Gar y Bat t on , Alan
Huntley , St eve Huffer .

SO TURNS THE WORLD

The optimist sees the world as
a place for opportunity.
The pessimist, as a place for
doom and trouble.
The artist, as a place for beauty
and inspiration.

"1 U6 ed :to wi.-0 h Mmet.i.mu :tha;t 1 d.i..dn' :t hav e

:to get u..p and go :to wo1tk.," she said, "bu..:t 1
mW ~ a now. ,,

Marjorie had high praise for GE 's benefits.

"1 :th.i.nk. :they' 1te j U6:t
how good :they Me."

g1tea;t.

n eve1t

1tea.Li..zed

Marjorie has lived in this area all of her

life and she has many relatives working here
at GE.
The Cas h's mailing address is Route 1, Box
They would enjoy receiving
cards and visits from their friends.
361, Fishersville.

VACATION SAFE'

BOATING
Make sure a life jacket is provided for
every person in your boat.
Avoid smoking during refueling and obey
all boating regulations.
Don't overload your boat with passen
gers beyond maximum capacity.
Don't overpower your boat.
Avoid "horse-play."
Supervise children constantly. Don't
allow them t o play with operating con
trols.
Never permit children to ride alone in any
small boats.
Attention should be given to where
passengers ride. Standing. sitting. or ly
ing on the bow deck is dangerous.
Equip boat with oars. first aid kit, and
signalling devices.
Use good judgment when considering
weather conditions.
Stay within supervised areas when water
skiing a nd boating.

CAMPING
Before leaving home. be sure you can
handle your camping equipment. Test
equipment or have a trial run with the
camper in a vacant neighborhood lot.
Check out your automobile and tires.
RltlTlember to include signaling and first
aid equipment.
Arrive at th e campsite in good physi
cal condition and before dark.
In choosing a campsite, avoid lone trees
or exposed places tflat attract lightning
and areas near swamps, cliffs, or in
canyons.
Carry a map and compass.
Rest often and travel in groups of three
or more.
Don't touch wild animals including
ones that are dead or sick.
Be able to recognize poison ivy. oak,
and poison sum ac:
W ear gloves and pull socks over pant
legs when hiking for added protection.

A fter the boat trip is over. watch children

in dock areas; rescue froin under docks is
often difficult.

HEAT-

'\TEC

SYMPTOMS
HEAT ASTH EN IA

Easy fatigue, headache, hcav)

pulse rate, shallow brealhing
insomnia.

HEAT CRAM PS

Painful spasms in voluntary

d ila te with eac h spasm . possit
ing. skin cold a nd clammy.

HEAT EXHAUSTION

P ro fuse sweating, weakness. '

and pale, clammy with s
thready, blood pressure lo
no rmal or subnormal. Possibl'

H EAT STRO K E
(or sunstroke, heat collapse,
thermic fever, heat hypcrexia l)

Weakness, vert igo . nausea .

cramps, mild hea l exha us tio n.
ing: sweating s lops j ust bcfc
rises sha rply. pulse is boundin1
pressure elevated . del irium o r
skin flushed at first, later ash

The disord er caused b ' he

tends lo be more serc rc w
with weak hearts arc m o r<

Published by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.

DROll\i
PLANT PO ISON I NG

INSECT BITES

To prevenl accide nta l pl:mt po isonin)!, keep ) o un)!cr

ch ild ren awa) fro m poisono us plant s. Learn to identify
plants s uch as poiso n ivy, oa k. or sumac. which can cau'e
itching and blistering . Instr uc t childre n, as well as
ad ulls, not to cat plants, berries, o r pla nt ste ms. If
som eone does eat such a pia nt . seek medical allcntio n
from y o ur doctor or call a poison cont rol center imm ed ia tely.

S um m er :ilso br ings insects that bi te a nd sting. U se

inset:I repellent on all cxpo;ed parts of the bod v. Protective cl othing a lso is helpful. especially in t he early even
ing when insects arc m ore active. A void moving sud den Ir
o r s la pping bees. ho rnets . yellow j at:kcts o r "asps. Re
duce the risk s o f bei ng st ung . t\,o id tra sh conta iners
where yello w j ackets swarm. Ticks also ca n he very
troubksomc to childrc1 and pets. T he legs, neck .
ha irline. and ,cal p a rc pa rtic ular!) vulnerable to ticks.
C h igger bites can be treated by applying co ld wa ter a nd
soo th ing m ed ica tio n.

Everyo ne sho uld learn how

presents the lead ing cause of
to-24-yca r-old <tgc i;roup. Re
after a hca\'y meal o r when
in cold water if vou arc ovc
the water bd o rc. d ivi ng. Be
or o ther obs tacle~hc a r<
life preser\'ers w t
n ling
ing in other wa
o rts.
choose yellow a no orange
owners should make sure
attended and locked at n1gl
su re that a responsible pcrs<
aid victims o f a nea r drr
ass i stan~c s ho uld be provide
..secondary" d rowning, o r I

/an

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Buddy Dulaney - DCPD Finance

rv

REMINDERS

DRIVING

BICYCLE RIDING

Get a tune-up before the s ummer travel

season starts.
Maintain the 66 mile per hour speed
limit.
Reduce speed at n ight.

ILU

ES

Make sure your bell or warning horn

works.

Keep brakes in perfect condition.

Allow extra distance between your car

a nd the next at night.

Give pedestrians the right of way.

Use proper hand signals.

Reduce speed at all intersections;
look both ways before crossing.

Keep windshields clean a nd replace

worn wipers to avoid streaking.

Look for automobiles pulling out into

traffic.

Avoid long stretches of driving close to

your normal bedtime.

Use a light on your bike at night and

wear light-colored clothes.

sweating. high
poor appetite,

Move 10 cooler, drier environment, drink

plen1y or nuids and (unless diel prevents
ii) a s alt 1ablet. Rest.

nuscles. Pupils
e hea} S\\Cal-

Firm pressure on cramping muscles.

warm wc1 1owcls, three or four doses or
salty water al 15-m inule iniervals.

Abstain from alco ~a.datives, antihistamines, and tranquilize~

ing .

rt igo. ~ kin cold

ca1: pulse is
Temperature
vomi1ing.

Move to cooler environment immcdialely. Bed res!, salty "atcr. Seek

medical help for severe cases.

Use safety belts.

1eadachc. heal
xcessivc S\1rcal
c 1cmpcra1ure
and full. blood
:oma common.
, or purplish.

H EAT STR OKE IS/\ SEVE RE MEDICA L EMERGENC Y. SUMMON A

PHYSI C IAN OR GETTll E PATI ENT
TO A HOS PITA L I MMED IATELY.
DEL,\ Y CAN BE FATAL. Move vic1im
iniu cooler environment. reduce body
1cmpcra1ure "'ilh iced bal h or sponging.
Use cxireme caution.

\\Cather
h age. People
susc:cp1ible 10

clim~t ic st ress. and shou ld avoid exertion

and keep lo a cool environment during
hot spells.

!Wave:

Avoid looking directly at oncoming head lights .

Watch for unlighted ve hicles.

FIRST AIU

Observe all traffic regulations (oneway streets, freeways, bridges, traffic

lights and warning signs)

.ti

llN G

> s" im. since drowning re.ccidcntal death in the lic1e111ber lo a void S\\imm ing
ou are tired. Ne\'er swim
1catcd. Check 1he depth or
ire 1hat there arc no r ock~
. Don't '"""" alone. Wear
wale
g, or participat-

Vhcr

: ling

..,wim''-'~:t r.

olors .vr visability . Pool

tha l pools arc properly
. 1r you swim al night. be
knows where you arc. To
-ning. irnrncdiale medical
in order 10 preeni shock,
1g infettions.

HI KING/ CAMPING

FOOD POISONING

Before hiking. conditio n yourself by taking daily 15minutc walks. Wear sturd}. cornforlablc shoes. Use a
map, pedometer. a nd a com pa ~s \\hen hiking in 1hc
wilderness. Ir you arc losl at nigh!, don'! panic. Take
a nap unlil )OU begin 10 reel cold , Jnd sta rt o ul again
when you're warm . As for camping, choose camps1 1es
carefully . Head for high gro und wilh nalural drainage.
and stay a way from lrees with dead branches 1ha1 could
foll on you. Wear t hick buo1s in areas of high grass 10
avoid being billen by snakes. Make sure you can hand le
all or your equipment .

Generally al its peak during the summer months.

food poisoning frequcnll~ stem~ from inade4ua te refrigera11on and improper food handling. Foods should no1 be
prepared IOU far in advance of meals Or with unclean
hands. To avoid spoilage. salad mixtures containing
milk. cream , eggs. ma~onnaisc. and seafood should be
ca1cn immed iate!\ or avoided. Don't icave food ouldoors for lcng1hy periods before rnnsumplion. Use
cannc'Cl or packaged foods whenever possible. Prepare
foods al 1he picnic si1e. whenever possible, to ensure
fresh ncss.

Golden Quill Award

. ANNOUNCEMENT

There will be a "silent" auction, Saturday,

June 25, 1977, at 9:30 a.m., to dispose of some
---------~us Engineering Lab equipment. A list ?f
the e~_h as been posted on the bulletin
boards.
--------_
This sale is for empl oyees only and entry
will be through gate #4. The sale will be at
the sou t h side of the plant. Park in Zone 4.
In a "silent" auction each item to be sold
i s numbered. There will be a sheet of paper
numbered to correspond on whi ch the bid is
written down. At the end of the aucti on the
highest bidder wi ll get the item.
SCOGEE TENNIS
Anyone interested in playing tennis this
summer please contact Ken ny Gray ext . 1141
by Wednesday, June 29 .
NO SMOKING AREA IN CAFETERIA
When we return from vacati on shutdown we will
again find a designated "no smoking" area in the
cafeteria. Permanent signs will be attached to
the tables in this designated area. Thi s rule
will be enforced.
GE RETIREES ASSOC IATI ON MEETI NG
The regular meeting of the GE Retirees
Association will be held at Perkins Pancake
House at 11:30. Wednesday, Ju ly 6. Mr. Godfrey
will be t he guest speaker and his subject will
be sola1 heating. All retirees are invited
to dttend.

For those who may have been wondering -The work being done by the gas company just
ou ts ide the south parking l ot is prel iminary
work t o repair a broken pipe. The major
repair wi ll be done during GE's vacation
shutdown .

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WANTED
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D FOR SALE
D FOR RENT
OTRADE
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a FREE

n.ist

be tn Roon JOS no later thn 4:30,

Ads l:'A.!St no t exceed spaces provtd~ .

subllt ttf'd per wttk per e111>loyee.

CREDIT UNION ANNOUNCEMENT

D RI DE WANTED
ORIDERS WANTED
OLOST
D FOUND

ROOM 105 - RELJ\TIONS

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
date.

Waynesboro GE Empl oyees Credit Un i on announces

t ha t t hey have reached membership of 600. You
still have time to become a member before shutdown. C. C. Smith, President, advises that
employees who have missed the ir enroll ment
dates may come by the Credi t Union offi ce any
day on their own time. Office hours are 7:00
a.m. to 7:50 a.m. and 3:45 p. m. to 5:15 p.m.

C. A. Ford , Mgr.-CDO , present s the Golden Quill

Awar ds to b . H. Miller (center) and P . B.
Hendel (r ) . They r ecei ved t he awards f or thei r
art i cle 11 Retr ofitt i ng Solid St ate Excitation
Puts New Li f e in Old Generators 11 whic h was
publ i shed in the 1977 Generation Planbook .
(See stor y i n June 17 , 1977 PLANT NEWS .)

TM N(WS

~nday

precedtng publlcatton

and only one ad ttt11 MY be

wt 11 not accept ads over t he

phone under any ctl"CumSUnces.

NAHJ: -- - - - - - -- - -- PAY NO. -

IOIE PHOl<E NO. ----- -- ---- -------EXT. ----- The ttem{s) referred to tn thts ad h/are '4"f ~rsonal
are t n no way c0ttt1Kted wt th any bus iness venture.

pr(lpel"t.)'

and ts/

Slli'UtuRt

Vacation travel broadens the mind,

fl attens the purse, and lengthens the
stories.
0

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

"Nothing happened today."

for gr anted. But history tells us that the

life expectancy of a democracy is on ly two
hundred years .

That's what George III, King of England,

wrote in his diary on July 4, 1776.

We have passed that now.

Nothing happened that day?'.

History also tells us that no nation is

truly indestructible unless its people nourish,
protect, and defend it against the forces of
willful destruction, negligence, and
indifference.

A 1i berty be 11 was rung lfli th a message

inscribed on its side: "Proclaim liberty
throughout the land and unto all the inhabi4-,,-...s thereof ."
A document, the Declaration of Independence,
written by rebel Thomas Jefferson, was adopted.
A rebellion against tyranny was launched by
thirteen colonies.

Those nations that have fallen throughout

history, fell because moral, political, and
economic decay were allowed to set in by a
people who had become apathetic to everything
but their own pleasure and their own personal
gain.

Obviously, something did happen that day

The Declaration was a voice from a new world
setting forth liberties and freedoms and
individua l r i ghts the old world, at that time,
did not understand.
Today, we take the Declaration and the
Constitution for granted. The guarantees
demanded, fought for, and won are taken for
granted. The American way of life is taken

Freedom

So, then, must we each stand guard. So, then,

must we remain alert at all times to preserve
the heritage which has come down to us from the
Founding Fathers. Freedom, liberty, equality
under the law, the individual r i ghts of each
citizen - these things comprise our heritage.
And for these do we celebrate the Fourth of July.
Somet hing momentous did happen that day in
1776.
-

Equality

Justice

HAVE A HAPPY & SAFE VACATION

IPll91'1f&ll
~

-----c

~ttinmtt? ~tuarbs
EDITOR'S NOTE: Today JA the lcut day nom~
tion..6 may be made. 60ll. the. Stunmetz Awa.Jui6 .
16 you know Mme.one. who.6 e out.6:tanding te.c.hn..[c.a.t
ac.fUevement.6 .6hould be c.on..6A.deJted plecu e .6 end
yoUJt nomA.nation to J. W. Talboti, Commun..[c.ation
Sy.6tem.6 BMA.ne..6.6 VA.vJAA.or.., Lync.hbUJtg . Fo1Un6
Me ava.A.1.able. A.n the. Relation..6 o 6Q,{_c.e..

Tom Dillon looks over IDP fo rm for one of the

courses he has completed.

"It would have taken a lot longer without the

Individual Development Program (IDP), 11 Tom Dillon
stated. "I really appreciate the help." Tom
has just received his second associate degree
from Blue Ridge Community College . He has one
associate degree in art and one in science.

It has taken Tom almost 7 years with some

stops along the way. He is originally from
Roanoke, Va ., where he graduated from high
school. Right after high school he went in to
the Air Force for two years.
He started his college education at LSU in
New Orleans, La., while working there as a
police officer .
Because he had always wanted to go to the
University of Virginia, Tom returned to t he
state. In August 1973 he came to work at GE .
He started as a PB Operator and has worked as
a Metal Finisher . He now works as a tester in
Quality Assurance on second shift.
Tom has attended classes at Blue Ridge
Community College, Piedmont Community Coll ege,
Mary Baldwin College, and James Madison
University. Right after graduation this spring
he applied for admission to UVA. His ultimate
goal is to obtain a degree in psychology.
Tom is a good example to those of us wishing
to continue our educations. With determination
and the financial help of the !DP Program it can
be done.

An additional $140 ,000 will be contribu~_J bj

General Electric to the nation ' s colleges and
universities this year as part of an expanded
program to honor GE's leading engineers and
scientists .
The contributions represent a "new facet "
in the Company 's Charles P. Steinmetz Awards
Program which was inaugurated in 1973 to provide public recognition for GE's top technical
people. "With the addition of these contributions," said GE ' s Board Chairman Reginald
H. Jones, "we now can honor both our technical
leaders and the educational institutions that
are providing the eng ineers and scientists
of tomorrow."
Nineteen Ste i nmetz Awards have been granted
since the inception of the awards program , Mr .
Jones said. GE will make a $5 , 000 contributior
in each winner's name to the college of his or
her choice. The contributions , dedicat ed to
"the furtherance of education in engineering
or science," also will be made in the names of
future Steinmetz Award winners, including thosi
to be announced in October.
GE 's Charles P . Ste i nmet z Awards were
created in honor of the famed mathematical
(Continued to pg. 3, col. 1)

STEINMETZ (Continued from page 2, col. 2)

genius of the early electrical industry. "They
were instituted to emphasize the Company's
~inuing commitment to technical leadership,"
:
>rding to Mr. Jones.
'-

Under the program, awards are presented

biennially to leading GE engineers and
scientists. The winners, one from each of the
Company's group-level operations, receive
engraved silver medals bearing the portrait of
Steinmetz and are honored at a banquet at
corporate headquarters in Fairfield, Conn.
Criteria for selection of the winners
include individual achievement over a sustained
period, as evidenced by patents, publications,
recognition by fellow employees and professional
groups, and impact of the candidate's achievements upon the Company and society.
"The Steinmetz Awards," Mr. Jones said,
"are GE's way of identifying and honoring the
kind of technical brilliance and leadership
that distinguished the career of the man for
whom the awards are named."
The GE Board Chairman described Steinmetz
as "a giant in his field, who used mathematical
analysis to grapple with problems of magnetism
~alternating current." The electical
~.
.ustry pioneer achieved national prominence
by the age of 30 and won more than 200 patents
during his career.

Annual Earnings Increased About $1,900

June 27's increase in the pay rates of hourly

and nonexempt-salaried employees was the third
within one year. Totaling up these raises shows
they can add about $1,900 or more to an individual's annual earnings.
Here's how the $1,900 is arrived at when it's
assumed that a typical work week is 40 hours and
the year has 52.14 weeks.
Date of
Increase

Hourly
Increase

Weekly
Increase

Annual
Earnings
Gain

6-28-76
(general)

$0.60

$24.00

$1,251.36

11-29-76
(c-o-1)

0.06

2.40

125.14

/6-27-77
(general)

0.25

10.00

521.40

$0.91

$36.40

$1,897.90

,........

Total

(Continued to next col.)

7/'(

f-?

FIRSTS RECORDED FOR JULY

Benjamin Franklin established the
first circulating library in Philadelphia,
July 1, 1731.
1 The Banlc for Savings, first savings
bank in America, opened in New
York and eighty people deposited a
total of $2,807, July 3, 1819.
., The song America was sung publicly for the first time at a Fourth
of July celebration in Boston, July 4,
1

1832.
., The Declaration of Independence
was read publicly for the first time in
Independence Square, Philadelphia,
July 8. 1776.
1 The first atomic bomb exploded
on the New Mexican desert, July 16,

1945.
1 The first automatic parking meter
was installed. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, July 16, 193.5.
., The first international railroad ran
trains from Portland, Maine to MontreaL Canada, July 18, 1853.
1 Bloomers were introduced by
Amelia J enlcs Bloomer at the first
women's rights convention at Seneca
Falls, New York, July 19, 1848.
., The world's first train robbery
was carried out by Jesse James who
escaped with $3,000 from the Rocle
Island Express in Adair, Iowa, July 21,

1873.
., Flying in his plane, the Winnie
Mae, Wiley Post completed the first
round-the-world solo flight, July 22,
1933.
., The first successful transcontinental automobile trip was made by a
non-professional driver from San Francisco to New York City, July 26, 1903.
., A successful telephone conversation between two people in New
York and San Francisco hailed the
construction of the first transcontinental telephone line in the United States,
July 29, 1924.

PAY INCREASE (Continued from first col.)

Of course, the increase in annual earnings

could be even higher. That's because there was
a high-skill adjustment of 5 to 50 on some job
rates in June 1976, and because for some a 4%
increase this June was worth more than 25 in
their job rates
Upgrades and promotions are other reasons
why an individual's increase in annual earnings
may have exceeded $1,900 in the past year.

: ANN 0 tJ N-C EM ENT

Some Special Savings Bond Values

Defined .in Folder
~

BULLETIN BOARD
Items to be posted on the bulletin board, for
rent, for sale, etc., must be written on 311 x
511 cards or slips of paper only. This allows
for' room to post as many items as possible.
Pictures may still be used if desired.
THANK YOU NOTE
I would like to thank aU. my 6Jtl.end6 and c.owoJtkeJl.6 6oJt the vriee Jtei:)}r.eme.nt dA:nneJt tha.;t I
enjoyed .60 muc.h. ARAo, I would Uk~ to expJtU.6
my a.pp1tec1.a-tlon 001t .6ueh a lovely g.t6t they
gave me. Thank you 601t bel.ng .60 thought6ul!

Levi L. Fox
THANK YOU NOTE TO EMPLOYEES AT TURNER I & II
Ve.alt F!Uend6 - We have been a long ti.me .in
.6ending owi. thank.6, but we haven't 601tgotten
you. aU. 001t one day. We clldn't Jtea.llze the/l.~
we1r.e .60 many IUnd and thou.ght6ul people wo1t1Ung
w.lth U6.
Yowi. g-l6t helped U6 to make up .6ome 06 .the
ti.me lo.6t 01tom WOJl.k a6teJt the 6i.1Le. We Jteai.ly
a.ppJf.ecla.:ted yoWL geneJt.o.6liy. "Tha.nk you" to.
ea.eh one 06 you and may God blU.6 you., a.6 He
ha.6 U6, w.lth 64lend6 Uke you..

The Roger Harris Family

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"I went on vac.atio n to 6oJtg e;t ev eJt.y:tlUng.

When I opened my .6uli:ea.6e, I 6ou.nd :tha:t I
had.,,

"A memory like an elephant . Regularity lih. a

railroad watch Dependability like the rising
sun "
That's how the small folder that ca.me with
your paycheck recently described U.S. Savings
Bonds and payroll savings plans.
If you delayed rE!ading the folder, check
through it the first chance you get.
The folder can provide you with information
on the special values of U.S. Savings Bonds that
you may not have considered, even though you are
buying Bonds now. For instance:
There's a brief section on how to use Bonds
effectively in building funds for a child's
education. There's another on how to create a
supplemental retirement income through Bond
purchases. Still another section provides
tables that show how value of your money grows
when it's invested regularly in U.S. Savings
Bonds. That table can show you how a special
big purchase that looks out of sight can be
made possible.
And buying Bonds becomes an even better deal
when you buy them under GE' s Savings and Security
Program or the Savings and Stock Bonus Plan.
S&SP gives you a Company matching payment of $1
for every $2 you invest when holding period
requirements are completed. Stock Bonus Plan
brings you a bonus of 15% of your savings in
GE Stock when you fulfill the holding period
requirements of the plan.
Under the Savings Plan the Bonds are deliverec
as soon as payroll deductions total enough to
purchase a Bond.
U.S. Treasury figures show that a third of
all American families currently own a total of
$70 billion in Savings Bonds. Nearly 10 million
Americans are now saving an average of $33.50
per month through payroll savings plans.
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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

VOL. XIX NO. 27

July 22, 1977

Lend Us Your Arm

& Save a Life

2. be between the ages of 17 and 66;

EDITOR ' S NOTE: In the past, fewer people have

been willing to give blood during the summer
months. As we all know ther e is also a great
need for whole blood or plasma during this time .
Because of vacations and long weekends, enhanced
by warm weather, accidents occur with
fr i ghtening regularity on our highways and in
our homes.
The supply of blood becomes very low thi s
time of year. Please, if you are a regular
donor don ' t mi ss this bloodmobile drive. If
you aren' t a regular donor, why not plan to
start now when the need is greatest.

4. have a temperature of less than 99.7 degrees;

The Red Cross Bloodmobile is scheduled to be

~A ugust 3 and 4.
Some people may wonder if
~
are qualified to donate. There are some
'uas1c minimum requirements.
For example, prospective donors must:
1. not have given blood within the last 56 days

nor more than 5 times within the last 12

months;

3. weigh at least 110 pounds;

5. be in general good health. This last is

established by a series of questions asked
prior to donation .
Donors will be rejected i f they have:
1. ever had an attack of hepatitis or been
exposed to jaundice or hepatitis within the
last 6 months;

2. been tattooed within the last 6 months;

3. been given blood or plasma within the last
6 months ;
4. had a tooth extracted within the last 72
hours;
5. had a child within the last 12 months or are
pregnant;
6. ever had heart trouble.
(Continued Page

4 Col. 2)

A personal appeal for donors

Le.:t'-0 :t.al.k. a.bout blood . youJt.. blood and what
).;t c.a.n me.an. :to -0ome.on.e. who .i-6 .in d-<-Jt..e. ne.e.d 06

blood :to po-0-0.ibly -0a.ve. h.i-6 oJt.. he.Jt.. li6e.. U

c.ould be. youJt.. p.in.t 06 blood :that :tuJt..iu :the. tide.
6Jt..om death -t.o li6 e. 6oJt.. -t.hat ,fod,i,v.idua.l.
The. Red CJt..o.6.6 Blood Ba.n.k. .in. Roa.nok.e. ge.-t..6 ve.Jt..y
.e.ow on blood duJt...in.g -t.he. -0umme.Jt.. mon..th.6 and ma.k.u
an a.ppe.a.l -t.o pe.o ple. :to ple.a.-0 e. pa!ttiupate. .in. -t.he.
blood pJt..ogJt..am duJt...ing :th.i-6 pe.Jt...iod. AugU-O-t. :the.
3Jt..d a.n.d 4:th .i-6 ouJt.. ne.x.:t .6 c.he.dule.d Bloodmobile.
v.i-6).;t :to :the. Ma.in. P.ta.n.t and :the. TuJt..n.e.Jt.. c.omple.x .
I would lik.e. :to ma.k.e. an appe.a.l -t.o :tho-0e.
e.mploye.u who have. n.e.ve.Jt.. g.ive.n. :thUJt.. li6e. -0avb1.g
b~d, oJt.. have. n.e.ve.Jt.. c.oiu.ide.Jt..e.d mak..ing an e.66oJt..:t
:
.ign up, :to g.ive. :th.i-6 -0ome. :though:t. The.
me.:thod and pJt..oc.e.duJt..e. :to g.ive. blood ha.-0 c.hange.d
6Jt..om :the. pa.-O:t. I have. g.ive.n. 57 p.in:t.6 06 blood
.in :the. pa.-0:t 25 ye.a.Jt..-O and 6eel :that :today' -0
me.:tho d .i-6 a.-0 n. e.Mly pa.in.l u .6 a.-0 ).;t w,i,.U e.v e.Jt.. be. .
16 you have. a.n.y doub-t. a.bout g.iv.ing blood ple.a.-Oe.

ma.k.e. ).;t a po.in.t :to :t.al.k. :to .6 ome. o6 :the. e.mplo ye.u
who have. be.en c.oiu:t.an.t pa!ttiupa.n.t-6 .in. :the. Re.d
CJt..oM Blood pJt..ogJt..am . Thue. people. w,i,.U al-60
:tell ljOU :that ).;t .i-6 n.e.aJt..ly pa.in.le..6.6 .
I, 6oJt.. on.e., h.ighltj Jt..e.c.omme.n.d :that you :t.ak.e. :the.
:t-<-me. a.n.d ma.k.e. :the. e.66oJt..:t :to be.c.ome. a c.oiu.i.6:te.n.t
blood don.oJt... The. qual.i6.ic.a:t.ioiu aJt..e. l.i.6:te.d above.
.60 -<- 6 lJou me.e.:t :thu e. quali 6,{,c.a:t.io JU ple.M e. -0.ig n.
up a.n.d g.ive. a p.in.t 06 youJt.. blood -00 :that you c.a.n.
6e.e.l :that you have. he.lpe.d -0ome.on.e. :to ge.:t :thJt..Ough
an. ope.Jt..a:t.ion oJt.. po-0-0.ibltj have. he.lpe.d :to -0a.ve. a
li6e.. The. 6a.i:th6ul and c.oiu.i.6:te.n.t donoM hope.
:to .6 e.e. you .in :the. Ma.in P.ta.n.t audaoJt...ium oJt.. :the.
TuJt..ne.Jt.. c.a.6 e.:te.Jt...ia on. AugU-O:t 3Jt..d oJt.. 4:th .6 o :that we.
c.an have. a. h.ighly -0uc.c.u-0 6ul -Oumme.Jt.. Bloodmobile.
v.i-6).;t.
The. c.aJt..d.6 will be. -0e.n.t out :to :the. e.mploye.u
-t.he. e.n.d o 6 July .60 ple.a.-0 e. -0.ig n up and .6 e.e. 6oJt..
yoUJt..-Oe.l6 -t.hat pa!ttiupa:t.ing .in -t.he. blood pJt..ogJt..a.m
,{_,6 a Ve.Jt..y e.MIJ Wk. - and Ve.Jt..IJ .6a:t.i.6 6y.ing :to you
a.-0 an. .in.d.iv.idua.l.

PLANT SHUTDOWN

What was it like while you were gone?

LJ

The formal dresswear during shutdown.

In some offices it was work as usual.

In some cases, two heads . ..

These summer employees cleaned out f il es.

In others it was work?

were better than one .

The factory seemed to be covered in ice but in the 100 degree weather only plastic could look
li ke that. When these pictures were taken the painters were high above the floor spraying the
ceiling. Some of the painters l ooked like mummies, dressed i n all white with white hoods and
masks.

And the cleanup crews were busy as usual.

Did you notice?

ANNOfJNCEMENT
Because of the unusuall y hot weather salt tablets will be available in the factory area.
If, because of the extremely high temperatures ,
you perspire excessively take one tablet in the
morning and one in the afternoon. This should
be an adequate amount to replenish the perspiration you have lost. They should be taken
with a generous amount of water and not in place
of water.
THANK YOU NOTE
1 wou.d like. to thank. all 06 my 6!U..e.nd6 60Jt the.
c.aJtd6 , 6lowV!..6, v.Llw , and otheJt aw o 6 fUndn eM upon the. death 06 my 6atheJt.
Atr..t Paxton
Ma.,i.nte.nanc.e.

SERVICE PINS
AWARDED
FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE
30 Years

35 Years
M. R. Duncan

C. Sinclair

20 Year s

25 Years
J. P . Ti pton
R. G. Thuresson
L. L. Trott

G. H. Shipe
I . G. Mater

10 Years

15 Years
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D.
J.
T.
C.
D.
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R.
P.
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M.
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Baber
Bassett
Cunningham
Henderson
Jackson
Lawhorn
Rockwell
Sitter
Stapleton

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K.
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E.
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Cahoon, Jr .
Chase
Clark
Elle fson
Johnson
Pennelli
Phelps
Rose
Smith

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Leung
Mattejat
Pitzer
Post
Pric e
Rogers
Rose
Samuels
Sharp
Shiflett
Small
Whatmore

5 Years
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Conner
Dameron
Duncan
Eichelberger
Fitzgeral d
Follis
Fox
Guerrini
Hartless
Hawks
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BLOODMOBILE (Cont ' d . from Page 1)

Essentially, the Red Cross wants to insure

that (1) it will not be harmful to the donor to
give blood and (2) there is nothing in the ...-....
donor's blood which will be harmful to the
recipient. Many reasons for rejection can't oe
determined until the prospective donor has
started through the donor-belt-line and the
medi ca l history has been established.
If, after reading the points listed above
you s till are not sure whether you qualify, sign
up. It's the only way to be sure. If you do
qualify you will have helped save someone's
life. If you don't your willingness will be
appreciated just as much.
Increase in Benef it Plans Results from Pay Hike
Once again there has been a "roll up" in the
value of GE benefit plans to those who received
the June 27 pay increases . This has occurred
because the benefits paid by many plans are tied
to an individual ' s earnings .
As a reminder as to how a pay increase affects
specific benefits , here ' s a brief summary :
- Pension Plan: For those earni ng up to $14,250
a year, the guaranteed monthly pension i s based
on a table in which the pension goes up for each
$300 i ncrease in average annual earnings. This
pay increase will boost many into a higher
pension bracket .
- Soc ial Security: Monthly Social Security
checks at retirement time are also based on
annual earnings so another important source of
retirement income is favorably affected by this
pay increase .
- GE Insurance Plan: Mor e regular life
insurance ($2 more for every $1 increase in
straight-time earnings) and more acc idental
death or dismemberment insurance . Weekly
s ickness and accident benefits can also be
affected. They are 60% of straight-time
earnings , with a maximum weekly payment of $175 .
- Long-Term Disability Insurance: Benefits
under this plan are related to annual straight time earnings.
- Vacation, Holi day, and Sick Pay : These are
based on normal straight- time earnings so pay
for these days increases with t he pay rate.
Personal time is treated the same way for those
eligible for payment .
- Savings Plan : Participants in the Savings &
Security Program will have more invested in U. S.
Savings Bonds, mutual fund units , GE stock, or
life insurance. That ' s because the payroll
deduct i ons are a percentage of earnings. Wi th
GE adding 50 to every dollar i nvested by
employees up to 7% of earni ngs , the pay inc ~~
mecms higher Company payments into S&SP accc.. ...5 .
Benefits will also be higher to employees
using the Income Extension Aid Plan, t hose
entering military service , attending an annual
military reserve encampment, carrying out jury
duty , or absent due to a death in the famil y.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VO L. XIX NO. 28

WA YNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

RED CROSS
BLOODMOBILE
The new mother lays in her bed cryir.g softly.
She has just been told her baby was born with
yellow jaundice . Her little son will need a
complete c hanbe of blood .
They wheeled the younc man into the operating
room . He wrecked h~s motorcyc le 2 hours ago .
He will need severa~ pints of blood b e:-ore he ' s
able to leave the hospital .

Ju l y 29 , 1977

A First-Time Donor

,}

'I'he elderly 2.ady :'ound it di:':'icult getting

around on ~he crutches . Four weeks ago she had
fallen and broken her hip . ~he doctors inserted
a pin to r epair the damage .
T~se are the peop 1e you vii 11 he 1p when you
do
= blood. They could be your own relatives
or , ri ends. Wou 1dn' t it be sad if your grand moth er, brother, husband or other loved one was
caught i n one of these situations and there was
no bl ood available?
Next Wednesday and Thu rsday, August 3 and 4,
the Red Cross Bloodmobi le will make its semiannual visit here. As stated before fewer
donors step forward in the summer mo nths .
Won't you pl ease pl an to sign up and give the
gift of 1ife.
The Bloodmobile will be at the Ma i n Plant
auditorium from 11: 00 a .m. t o 5 p.m. on both
days; at Turner I cafeteri a from 11:00 a .m. to
5:00 p.m. , Wednesday on ly .
The blood donor cards should be returned to
Re lati ons no later than noon, Monday, August 1.

One note - If you miss your appointed time for

some reason, have your supervisor, foreman, or
manager contact one of the Red Cross representa t i ves or Bob Brou ghman ' s offi ce (ext. 1241 or 1118)
and reschedule your appointment.

Your
Blood is
Always
Needed

:+ ~

BE A :
BLOOD:
:DONOR:

Phyll i s Swi nk has worked here at GE f or a

number of years but unt il the February Bl oodmob i l e had never been a blood donor .
When asked why , she said, "1 WM jMt p.ta;_n

.6C.aJz.e.d. 1 .6igne.d up a c.ouple. 06 thneii but

bac.ke.d out at the. lMt minute. . "

Why did she decide to give? "A 6JU..e.nd 06 mine.

who had ne.veJt given. be.601te. de.ude.d to .6ign up .
1 MgUJte.d i6 .6he. c.ould do it M c.ould 1. 1
hadn 1 ;t .6igne.d up . ]Mt we.nt up with heJt . The
6unnu thing WM they wouldn. ' ;t take heJt blood but
th e.y ;took mine.. "
Did it hurt? " No , not in the. le.Mt . TheJte.
we.Jte 110 a6;teJt e.66ew wheJt . In 6act, whe.n 1
WM tlvwugh 1 went down and had lunc.h .

" I wonde1ted ," Phyllis continued, "i6 my pint

o 6 blood would actually .6ave. Mm eone. ' .6 fi6 e .
Well, maybe. not .6ave a li6e but at le.Mt help
Mme.one. . Th eJte liave. be.en Mme. in my 6amily
who've be.en helped . "
Phyllis rec ommends that anyone who can give
b1ood. ."TheJte' .6 not 1te.ally anything you' c.an .6ay
to c.onv-<..nc.e. anyone .
them.ti elv el> . "

They ' ve. got to decide. 601t

Phyllis pl ans to sign up for the upcoming

Bl oodmobile . I t is hoped that all of those
who gave for the first time in February as well
as those who have been cons istent donors will
also s i gn up.

Wist ewl

~warb

Two more Waynesboro employees have met with

accidents wh i ch have convinced them of the value
of the safety glass rules . Wanda Vance and
John Rogel were recentl y added t o the list of
Wise Owl Club members.
Wanda was reworking a printed circuit board .
As she was removing a rivet from the board with
a pair of dikes one side of the dikes broke .
The broke n pa rt of t he dikes hit the left len s
of her safety glasses and put a scratch on the
lens . She suffered no injury.
"I& I ha.dn't ha.d them on I wouldn ' t be. a.ble.
to ;.,ee now," Wanda stated of her safety glasses .
Jo hn was testing a printed circuit board wi t h
power on when four glass diodes on a subassembly
bl ew up. The glass hit both lenses of John's
safety glasses .
"I wa..o glad I had them on," J oh n said.
Wa nda and John's induction into the Club
brings to 159 t he number of Waynesboro GE
"Wise Owls". That's 159 pairs of eyes that have
bee n saved from serious injury by safety gl asses.

,;rsE

O~."L

( Cont.inued fror.'. co::. . 1)

John receive s h is Wise Owl certificate from

foreman, Skip ~obbers .

Weekly S&A in 1976

now Declared
not Taxable

Congress has aJ:lended the income tax law of

1976 and made the changes apply retroactively
to tax ret urns filed on 1976 incomes . One
change in part.icular can bring an unexpected
tax refund to eligible GE employees who apply
:or it .
Under the ~ax Re:orm Act o: 1976, as originally enacted , sick pay formerly excluded from
taxable income was made taxable . As a result ,
GE employees who received Weekly Sickness and
Accident payments under t he GE Insurance Plan
were reouired to include them as taxable income
on retu;ns filed on 1976 income .
Gene Pike , foreman , presents Wanda with her Wise
Owl certifi cate .
(Continued next col . )
KNOW '::'HE ENDANGERED
The Nat i onal Wildl i fe Federation has avail able for distribution a comprehensive listing
of endangered and threatened species of tte
U. S . The state- by- state listing specifies both
common and scientific names . Th-= list was pre pared in coordination wi th inforrration supplied
by the U. S . Fish and Wildli:e Service .
'1 0 cbtai n a single f r ee c opy of the publi cati nr: , writ e : National Wildlife Federation,
1412 16th Street , N. W., Washineton , D. C. 20036 .
1

'::'he amendment to the 1976 law retai ns for one

year the sick pay exclusion in existence previously . The repeal of the exclusion has been
made effective Jan . 1, 1971 instead of Jan . 1 ,
1976 .
This means you may be elic ible to :ile a
clai m for a refund o: part or all of any income
tax paid on '.!eekly S&A payments in 1976 ,
accor d ing to GE ' s benefits experts . To do_....is
you must file an amended tax r eturn on Forn,
lOLOX and attach a completed Form 24Lo (Rev .
1977) to show how the exc lusion was computed .
These forms can be obtained from local offices
o: the Internal Revenue Servic e.

7 / 7' 1 /-J)

2nd Quarter Results

GE Profits Reach 5 .8 of Sales $ in First Half

rofits as a percentage of sales in the first

half of 1977 were 5 . 8% compared to 5 . 6% for the
first half of last year as a result of c ontinued
strengthening of sales for most GE businesses in
the second quarter .
GE Board Chairman Reg Jones reported that
earnings for the first six months of 1977 were
$487 . 3 mi llion , an increase of 19% from the
$411.1 million reported for the first six months
of 1976 . Earnings per share were $2 . 15 for the
first half of 1977 compared with $1 . 82 per sha re
for the same period. Sales in the first six
months of 1977 were $8 . 45 billion , up 14% from
the $7 . 4 billion reported for the 1976 p eriod.
The continued sales growth for many GE
businesses resulted in second- quarter earnings
of $271 . 9 million, an increase of 14% from the
$238.6 million reported for the second quarter
o f 1976 as restated to reflect the merger with
Utah International , Inc . Second- quarter
earnings per share were $1 . 20 for the 1977
quarter compared with $1 . 05 for the 1976 period.
Second- quarter sales of 1977 were $4 . 38 bill i on,
up 12% from the $3 . 92 billion for the same
quarter of 1976.

that the second quarter of last year

had been particularly strong , and had also
included a nonrecurring pre- tax gain of $20 . 7
million realized on the sale of the Company ' s
investment in AEG- 'Ielefunken , Jones said : "The
improvement shown in this year ' s second quarter
is gratifying and is in line with our expectations for continued improvement in 1977 over
1976 , despite the strengthening dur i ng the
latter months of last year . "
~ing

2nd QUARTER RESULTS (Continued from col . 1)

Aer ospace sales and earnings for the second
quarter o f 1977 wer e up slight ly from the 1976
quarter .
In natural resources , Utah International ' s
second- quarter 1977 earnings were $53 . 0 mi llion .
This was 8% less than earnings of $57 . 8 million
in the second quarter of 1976 which was an
exc eptiona lly strong quarter . Utah ' s earnings
for the first six months of 1977 wer e $98 . 1
mi l lion , up 3% from the comparable 1976 p eriod .
General Electric Credit Corpor ation earnings
for t he second quarter of 1977 were $16 . 9
million , an inc reas e of 19% f r om the $14 . 2
mill i on r eported in the same quarter of 1976 .
Credit Corporation earnings for the first half
of 1977 were $31 . 8 million , an increase of 19%
from the first six months of 1976 .

The "Edison Cra,,

New Book About GE's Earl y Days

SAL ES UP FOR MOST

A new book called "The Edison Era" may have

more appea l to GE career employees than t o almost any other audience. It ' s the first of a
seri es of books which will provide a comprehens i ve , chronological history of Ge neral
Elec tric and GE people . It was rese arche d and
publi shed as a project of Schenectady ' s
Algonquin Chapter of the Elfun Society - an
association of key GE people.

Industrial components & systems sales and

earnings were well ahead of the 1976 second
quarter, with materials , services , components ,
and industrial products all contributing to the
increase .

The project - called "Hall of History"

aims
at publishing the series of books and cre ating
a Ha ll of History in Schenectady to preserve
early GE a r tifacts and documents that might
otherwide be lost.

Consumer goods sales and earnings were also

well ahead of last year ' s second quarter, with
particular strength shown by major appliances
and air conditioning .
The international category reported higher
sales for the second quarter of 1977 compared
with the same quarter a year ago . However,
earnings were down primarily because last year ' s
se 0~d quarter included the gain realized from
th ,ale of the Company ' s investment in AEGTelefunken .
(Continued next col . )

More than a milli on old photographs were

reviewed in order to put the book together
and fill it with vintage photos of "The Edison
Era". The book covers the per iod from Edison ' s
invention of the incandescent lamp until he
established the GE plant in Schenectady in 1886
and t he ev olvement to the General Electri c Co .
in 1892.
The book . sells for $2 . 95 and can be had by
sending a check or money order to Bernie
Gorowitz , Elfun Society Hall of History , GE
Res earch & Development Center, K- 1 , P . O. Box 8,
Schenectady, N. Y. 12307 .

CREDIT UNION ANNOUNCEMENT

C. C. Smith, President, recently announced

that a limited number of small loan applicacations can now be received from Union members.
The max i mum amount for a loan has been set at
$500 (up to $200 unsecured, over $200 must be
secured).
As shares in the Credit Union increase our
legal li mi t will increase both i n amount and
number of loans available . Watch the bulletin
boards and Plant News for further information.
App li cations for enroll ment and loans may be
made from 7:00 a.m . to 7:45 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday in
Trailer No. 4 outside the main plant cafeteri a.
~OOOth

Member

. l/NNOUNtEME-NT
FAMILY DAY PICNIC
Saturday, August 20, is the date that has b,__,1
set for the SCOGEE Family Day Picnic this year.
Members and families are invited to come out to
Shenandoah Acres , bring a picnic lunch, and
have a good t ime. Ice cream and drinks will be
provided and music will be furnished by WANV
mobile unit. Rain date will be Saturday,
August 27, 1977. Watch for more detai ls in
upcoming issues of the Plant News.
GE RETIREES ASSOCIATION MEETING
The regular meeting of the GE Retirees
Assoc i ation will be held at Perkins Pancake
House at 11:30, Wednesday, August 3.Mr. Ed
Kent wil l be the guest speaker; his subject
will be "retirement housing". All retirees
are invited to attend.
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Doug Shull enr olls the lOOOth member , Mary M.

Fitzgerald, in the Waynes boro GE Employee
Credit Union . Mary has been employed here for
6 months . She thinks that a credit union is a
good way to save and hopes it wi ~l work out.
Mary works for Ed Monger in TermiNet 300
assembly.

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O RtOE RS WA!tiED

a Fcuri o

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" 0 l.s'.n t ha,. .: JO . "'o,..day rreceGir.g publ1c.n1o n
ddtP . Ads rust not f'l CePd 'Hl.J(.M 11rov 1drd , and only one ad lte-i r'..ay be
su brrlttcd per wf'<'~ per c.-.-ploy11e .
the ~I L.,.~ wi l l not accept ads o ver t he

phcne ur.der any c I rcu'l'S tances ,

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Thf' 1'.e... ( s) rrff'ni>d to tn ' hh ad h/are r-y pero;on.sl pro;ierty and 1s /

are ir: r:o " .!/ c c r rf".~ed .. t~i, Hi~ to.1\ l r,.H vt"tun~

'STOCK PRICE' AND

FUND UNIT PRICE'
FOR JUNE, 1977

Month

Stock Price

Fund Unit Price

January
February
March
April
May
June

$53.506
51. 007
50. 723
51. 719
54.643
55.989

$26 .869
26 . 055
26.149
25.767
26 .050
26.180

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"We'd like a back-fromvaca
tion loan."

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL. XIX NO . 29

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

BLOODMOBILE Reaches

300 Pints First Day

August 5, 1977

CARTER SINCLAIR

30 Years service

As of Thursday morning the Red Cross Bloodmobile had coll ected a li t t le more than 300
pints of blood durin g t heir vi sit here at GE.
At the ti me t he News went to press donors were
still standin g irlllne so i t was not yet known.
Final re su l ts wi ll be publ ished in the News
ne xt week but i t would appear t ha t we may surpass our goa l of 400 pi nts by a fairl y large
margin .
Thank you to al l those emp l oyees who gave or
attempted to gi ve.

Carter Sinclair (c ent er) receives his 30- year

pin and congr atulations f r om C. A. Ford , Mgr .CDO. J . J . Larew, Mgr .-CDO Engineering wait s
to add h is congratulations.

Thirty years ago Carter Sincl air was recruited

by GE from the California Institute of Technology where he received hi s BSME. He started
on the Test Program t hen moved northeast to
Schenectady, then, in 1955, south to Waynesboro .
During hi s career, Carter has worked in I&SE,
Test Program, Heat Transfer Lab, and, for the
past 27 years, on Contro l Design.
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AM-ett 1.:i e.ung how o nte.n 1.:i ome. o:thett e.ngine.eAJ.:i

have. had ;to up~oo;t ;th~ 6a.rn.lli_e.1.:i and move.,
I'm gtad I'm in a mo~e. fdable. o~ganiza:tion, 11

he stated .
Carter has enjoyed working for GE .

~tty

Lough r elaxes as Bl oodmobile Nurse

ldr ed Taylor admini sters to her. Kitty
was among the nor e tha n 120 do nors at t he
Turner Complex .
(Continue d on Page 2 , Col . 1)

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Be.:t:tett
' ;te.a.m ' a.:tmoJ.:iphette. :than mo1.:i;t o~ganiza;tion .
Mo~e. 1.:i:ta.ble. :than many e.mployeAJ.:i . 11
The insurance plan has been 11 vetty he.lp6ul. "

As for the Savin gs & Security Plan he said,

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;to handle. ~g e. p~c.hM e.J.:i J.:i uc.h M ne.w

c.a.M a.nd o:thett

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BLOODMOBILE (Continued from Page 1)

Financial l\i1anagement
Program Graduates
.-,.
Paul Stevens and Lee Schrepple recently
graduated from the Financia l Management
Program.
Paul , a nati~e of Oh io, received hi s BS from
Bowli ng Green State University in Oh io. He
joi ned GE in April 1975 .
He chose GE over other job offers because the
Company offered ":the. bu:t oppoJz.:tun,,{,:ty and
e.xpe!Ue.nc.e.. The. F..<.nanc.h:t.l Manag e.me.n:t PJz.ogJz.am
Ile.a.Uy appe.a.le.d :to me. . I 6e.l:t d would g..<.ve. me.
a good 6..<.nanc...<.a.l bac.kgJz.ound. I:t' woJz.ke.d weLe..

Some say that waiting is the hard part but

t hes e Turner employees appear rela xed .

NEW FUEL TANKS DELIVERED

Paul's 2-year assi gnments here i n Waynesboro

have been i n General Account i ng , Cost Accounti ng,
Distribution Cost and Contract Account ing, and
Operati ons Analysis.
Si nce graduating, Pau l has accepted a job at
GE i n Salem, Va. i n Operations Analysis, and
wi ll be moving this month.
A native of Danbury Conn., Lee rece i ved his
BA f rom Duke Uni vers i ty . He joi ned GE in
March 1975 because, "I had he.Md many good
:tlung abou:t :the. F..<.rianua.l i\lanage.me.n:t PMglLam ."
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Lee's ass i gnments while on the Program ha

also been in General Accounting, Cost Accoun t i ng,
Distributi on Cost and Contract Accounting, and
Operations Ana lysis.
After graduation Lee accepted a permanent
ass i gnment in Cost Account i ng here in Waynesboro .

On Friday of last week two more fuel t anks

were delivered to GE . These tanks will be
buried in the gr ound and when filled will help
to insure that the pl ant will have adequate
heat for the coming winter.
The tanks measure 10 f eet in diameter and
31 feet l ong . They will hold 20 ,000 gallons
of #4 fuel oil .

Look on the bright side: You came

into th e world absolutely nude, but
you leave it completely dressed.

L. D. Schrepple (1 ) and P . A. Stevens ( r)

receive their d iplomas f r om C. W. Powell , Mgr . Financial Sect i on .

"JUST AN OLD SWEET SONG"

Waynesboro s
"Visitors for a Day"
Tour Turner

TO ENCORE AUG. 25

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Would a northern black urban family be

welcome in the r ur a l deep South t oday?
That ' s the quest i on tac kled by Chicago-born
pl aywright Melv i n Van Peebles i n "Just an Ol d
Sweet Song ," whi ch will encor e on GE Theater,
Thurs day , August 25 , 8- 9 :30 p . m. ov er CBS- TV,
starring Ci cely Tyson ( "Mi ss J ane Pi ttman" )
and Robert Hooks , the ori gina l contemporary
drama by the man Newswee k called "t he fi r st
great pop arti st of the new b l ack consciousness " meets head- on the ref l exive appr ehe ns ions
and p rejudi ces of some nort hern blacks .
" Thi s is r eally one hell of a s cr ipt, and
it ' s a f irst ," says Hooks , the actor - pr oducer
whos e t wo r eal- l i fe sons , Eri c and Kev in , pl ay
his chi ldren in the MTM pr oduction. " It is an
honest portrayal of a contemporary bl ack
f ami ly . The problems are real. "

Mr. &Mrs . Sam Hyman became Waynesboro's

visi t ors for a day last Wednesday. They we re
,-1.ec t ed at random from tourists passing
ough t he area. Minnie and Sam are from
Hallandale, Fla.
As part of the activities, Bob Brou ghman and
Lou Trott conducted them on a tour of the
Turner Complex. After their tour Bob (left in
the pic t ure above) presented them with a gift,
an FM/AM por table radio.

The pr oblems Hooks r e f ers to confront the

Det r oit family when hi s mother-in- law, Beah
Richard s (O sc a r nominee for "Gues s Who ' s Comi ng
t o Di nner" ) who ' s up f r om her small Geor g i a
farm for a vi s i t , pr ompt s Hooks and his wi fe
(Tyson ) t o dec i de to dri ve her back home .
Fa t her a nd s ons have never been South , and
they ' re apprehensive . Mother remembers the
prej udi ces she faced there before moving North,
s o s he ' s equally f earful .
(Cont inued on Page 4, Col . 1 )

CARTER SI NCLAIR (Continued f r om Page 1)

Carter and his wife Zora live at 1216

Greendale Road with their two sons. James
recently graduated from high school as
salutatorian and will attend VPI this fall
majoring in engineering . Richard will be a
j unior in hi gh school . They have a married
daughter, Judy Alwood, and one grandchild .
In his spare ti me Carter enjoys coin
collect i ng and target shooting.
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Money Still Talks

The janitor inherited a million
dollars and a reporter asked him if
he would continue working.
"Sure," he replied. "It gives me
something important to do, but I'll
tell you this: Anyone who tracks in
mud on my clean floors better watch
out for my broom."

Family t i es are re- establishe d when Aunt Velvet

(Mi nn i e Gent r y , for eground) v i sits wi th
Pri sc illa and Nate (C i cely Tyson and Robert
Hooks) who didn ' t know the cr i tical change s in
lifestyle and attitudes whi ch woul d re sul t f r om
a vac a tion down South . The story of t he se t wo
nor ther ner s ' dis covery of t hemsel ves will be
t old when "Just an Old Sweet Song" enc ores on GE
Theater Thurs day , August 2 5 , 8- 9: 30 p . m. on
CBS- TV .

ANNOIJNCEMENT
Anyone interested i n bowli ng in S.V.I . L. League
on a second team notify Wi llie Woodson, ext.
1197, rm. 106.
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SWAP SHOP

Around the
Company
OAKLAND- The outlook for Wire and Cable Depart ment employees at Oakland. Cahf. is good. A three-

FOR SALE

year investment in new equipment was recently com-

GE ELEC. STOVE-- 30 11 --AVOCAD0--$300- -942-9574

1971 DODGE VAN-- 942-3886
1969 MGBGT--GOOD ON GAS-- 942- 5877
140+
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pleted and now they're going after a utility order for

several million feet of wire which could provide jobs
well into 1978.
LOUISVILLE-Room Air Cond1t1oning Department
employees at Louisville will be taking good care of a
tree recently planted

~here

It was presented to them

for " topping" a Major Appliance Group sales program

SWEET SONG (Cont inued from Page 3)

Has the South r eally changed?
sure .

They aren ' t

and it is being billed as a "symbol of future growth "

LOGAN and PHILADELPHIA- Employees at Lamp
Business Group's Logan Glass Plant in Ohio and at
the Space Division al Philadelphia are working to de-

The GE Theater drama was f i lme d on location

in a small farmhous e in Conyers , Ga ., whose
ac tual inhabitants moved out during the day to
make r oom for the cast and production crew .
Multi - talented Melvin Van Pebbles authored
"Don ' t Play Us Cheap" and "Ain ' t Supposed t o
Die a Natural Death" which won Tony awards . He
wrote the music , dialogue and lyrics , and took
t he latter title from what he called " the
nightmare side of the American dream" encaps ulated in the old saying , " a slave ain ' t
supposed to die a natural death . "

velop a solar energy collector design-using glass

tubing as lh e medium for maintaining conversion of
the sun's energy to heat. Much developmen t work
remains. but success would be worth it in business
and jobs. By the year 2000 . government

o fficial~

predict solar energy will be a $1 O b1lhon industry.

providing 70 of the nation 's needs
SALEM -Layoffs of 700 people the past two years
are indicative of the continuing impact of depressed
domestic and worldwide equipment markets on
Salem. Va. operations Explained Jim Olin. general
manager of the Drive Systems Departmen t: " Major

Hailed by New York Times drama critic Clive

Barnes as " a man for all seasons , a true
Renaissance man ," Van Peebles is playwri ght ,
novelist , composer, and virtual one- man f ilm
company . He wrote , produced , and directed ; and
played the starring role in "Sweet Sweetback ' s
Baadasssss Song ," and did Watermelon Man" and
"Story of a Three Day Pass . " He also wrote the
title song for "Just an Old Sweet Song ."
Van Peebles ' books include " The Big Heart ",
"A Bear for t he FBI ," and "The True American ,"
a novel satiriz ing Amer ican precepts , politics ,
and racial attitudes . It is the updating of
racial attitudes that is the cor e of t he problem
presented in "Just an Old Sweet Song . "

capital investments by U.S industry simply have not

materialized as rapidly as anticipated. And worldwide.
many nations continue to suffer a serious balance of
payments problem resulting principally from the cost
of oi l."
EVERETT and EVENDALE- Airc raft Engine Group
employees at the Everett . Mass. plant. who worked
there when it opened in 1941 . recently held a c lass
reunion that will long be remembered by them. and
by employees at the AEG plan t at Evandale. Ohio.
Forty-seven Everett " 41 'ers " jetted from Boston to
Cincinnati. where they took in a ballgame before
visiting the Evendale plant. While Evendale and
Everett GE'ers were in hearty agreement that they
build the world's best engines, some friendly arguments arose in reminiscing about the 1975 World
Series.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL. XIX NO . 30

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

BLOODMOBILE
Final Results

Augus t 12, 1977

The Indianapolis
& Her Crew Honored

"You don e good" as they say . Our goa l for

th i s Bl oodmobil e visi t was 400 pi nts which we
exceeded by 94 pints , giv i ng us a gra nd tota l
of 494 pi nts . Thi s brea ks the old record of
473.
We wish to express our apprec i at i on to those
who gave and those who volunteered but cou l d
not give. We wou l d al so li ke to thank al l of
those empl oyees who assisted in pri nting and
di st ri but i ng the donor cards and in other ways.
Congratulati ons are extended to th ose who
r..-., hed one of th e ga ll on marks . They are :
Seven ga l lon:
Si x ga ll on:
Fi ve ga ll on :

Gordon C. Parker
J . Marvin Stoner
William L . Smith , Charlotte H.

Holliday

Jim holds a picture of the artist s conc eption

of the new ~ndianapol is . He and other members
of the crew were present at the launching .
You work beside a man fo r several years .
Maybe you 1 ve just seen him several times in the
cafeteria . Then one day that man become s something of a celebrity . You find out he was part
of an event that movies a r e made of .
J i m Belcher (DCPD Engineer ing) , as many of us
recently discovered , is just such a man . In
February 1944 Jim joined the Navy . He was 17 .
On July 30, 19L5 , the cruiser , USS Indianapolis
on which he was serving , was torpedoed by the
Japanese submarine I - 58 .
J i m' s watch had ended at 11 : 30 that ni ght and
he had gone below deck to get some sleep.

"Lt wa;., juo.:t .too ho.:t down .:the.Jte. .:to .6.le.e.p, "
oOJz. .:the. 6,(Ju.,.:t .:thne. 1 de.cA..de.d .:to
.6.le.e.p on .:the. de.c.k ."

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GJ3J;...ting her blood pressure checked was just one

.he tests Dolores Morris was given . This was
the second time Dolores had volunteered but t h i s
time she was unable to actually donate because
of the results of one of the tests .
(Continued Page 2 , Col . 1)

He was asleep when the f ir st tor pedo hi t ,

exploding t he forward powder magazi ne and
thr owing hi m about t hree f eet in t he ai r . He
picked himself up and went i nto the radio
shack .
(Continued Page 3 , Col . 1)

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Four gallon:

Stanley N. Shirkey , Robert F .

Campbell

Three gallon:

Rictard K. Pi erce

Two gallon: De nni s G. Whitley, Shirley M.

Lafferty, Mildred S . Johnson , Edwin R. Be ahm ,
Jerry W. Stall ings
One gallon:

J anet V. Allen, Mary L. Myrtle ,

Kenneth R. Chi ttum , Javier R. Urioste , Barbara
Shifflett , Martin J . Duncan , Aubry C. Shifflett ,
Keith A. Thomas , Terry L. Hawks , Charlene E.
Sondrol , Ronald Johnson , Benny R. Huffman ,
Stuart F . Rosenbaum , Diane H. Flippings , Claude
J . Smith , J r ., Ralph D. Warner , Jack Brown ,
Helen A. J ohnson , Wayne W. Breeden , Kevin L.
Morris , Stanley W. Qaick , Lois M. Harris ,
Carolyn C. Evans , Michael Benavitch , Mary E .
Thacker

MARkETiNG 0RGANiZATiONAl
CHANGES
J . W. Swett, Ma nager-Marke t i ng rece nt ly
announced the following changes i n the DCPD
Marketi ng organization wh i ch wi ll become
effec t i ve August 15 , 1977.
Joe Burt has been appointed to a new
posi t ion, Manager-Ma jor Accounts, for the
Western Region. He will be responsible for
all t elephone company sales in the Western
Region pl us geog raphical sales coverage i n
the State of Hawaii .
Max Felton ha s been appointed Western
Regional Manager replacing Joe Burt . The
Western Reg io n office wi ll be moved to
Dallas, Te xas, for an indefinite peri od of
ti me. The states of Texas and Louisi ana will
be added to t he Western Region .
Lou Kl ingman has been appointed Di strict
Sa l es Manager covering Texas and Lou i siana ,
replacing Max Fel t on . The District Offi ce
wi l l be moved to Houston .
Dawn Sauer has been appo in ted to a new.-..
pos i t ion, Manage r -Automot ive Sa les. Sh
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remain in Detroit, reporting to Dave Bammer .

SERVICE PINS
AWARDED
FOR THE MONTH OF JULY
Kenneth Bollman i sn ' t getting hi s ears pierced .
The nurse is getting a small sample of blood
t o ch eck the hemoglobin . Kenneth has given over
2 gallons .

40 Years

15 Years

L. F . Beckerl e

R. E . Bradley
H. D. Har per
A. B. Johnson
0 . Kivistik
R. 0 . Krenz
W. W. Massie
M. v. Phillip s
B. J . Rankin
G. s . Zimmerma n

30 Years
J . T. Evans

20 Years
A. L. Cl aytor
G. s . Cox
B. c. Stickley
J . w. Swett

10 Years
D. s . Gregory
J . s . Or ton
R. D. Thacker

5 Years
.;oe El l inger looks comfortabl e enough t o ta}~e a
nap . Joe has g iven over 4 galJ ons o f blood in
the past 21 years .

W.
L.
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J.

H. Bell
A. Co ffey
R. Dudek
G. Es tes

D. s .
R. A.
c. F .
D. P .

Pardee
Prutzman
Shifflett
Wheeler

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Jim was discharged from the Navy i :: l'.) 1~6 -.;i th

a 30 percent disability. In 1950, having overcome his disability, he reenlisted in the Navy.
Despite requesting any duty station other than
the Far East he found himself in Sasebo , Japan.
Apparently the Navy knew more than he did f or
that ' s where he met his wife , Toyoko .
Jim retired fr om the Navy with 22 ye ars
service . In September of 1969 he came t o work
for GE here in Waynesbor o . How he, a native
of Abbeville , Alabama , came t o live in
Waynesboro is another story.
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On July 30 of this year Jim and his sal t

water buddies " were present at the l aunching of
a new Indianapolis in Groton , Conn. This one is
a nuclear submarine o f the Los Ange l es class .
Jim and Toyoko f eel very strongl y about their
country . "16 d .Un ' t woJtth 6,{..ghting 60'1. d
.Un' t woJtth living in." The launching of the
new Indianapolis was a proud moment for them.
Jim and his wife and 2 of their 3 sons, Bill ,
18, and Jack, 17, live at 331 Alphin Ave.
James, Jr ., 20 , is in the Air Force .
The USS Indianapolis . The first torpedo hit
just below the first guns . Jim was sleeping
just above the second guns on the port si ie .

If you would like more information on the

sinking o f the Indianapolis , Richard Newcombe
has written a book Abandon Ship documenting the
ordeal . It is available at the Waynesbo r o public library.

"Tha..-t' '-> whe.n the. Mle.f.i 06 my 6e.e.t WeJte. bwrne.d,"

Jim still enj oys the sea and goes deep sea
"The. de.ck. WM M hot 6Jtom the. 6i.Ae.
fishing as often as possible .
buJtrU.ng u..ndeJt d . My compoJttme.nt WM not/Ung
bu..t 6i.Ae.." The 10 , 000 ton ship sank in 12

Jim stated .
minutes .

Of the 1,196 man crew only 316 were rescued .

In the 5 days in the water for the men who
abandoned ship, sharks, hunger , thirst, t he
wounds they had suffered in the explosion,
madness , and even the salt water and sun took
their toll .
The Indianapolis' mission had been delivery
of parts of the atomic bomb which was dr opped
on Hiroshima. Because of the secret nature of
the mission, the location of the ship was not
reported . And when it went down no one knew .
The discovery and rescue of the survivors was
an accident verging on a miracle . It was also
an act of bravery. A patrol plane searching
for enemy submarines happened to spot them.
He sent a message back but due to a broken
antenna the message was garbled .
An amphibious p l ane was sent out and when the
......._lot saw the nwnber of men needing rescue he
~Ji o ed for a ship.
There were still subs in
the area but the rescuers came in spite of the
threat.
The men were hospitalized on Guam for 5
months and then were transported back to the
States .

The survivors returning home after 5 month s

in a hospital on Guam .

GE No. 1
Receives $500 Check

ANNOfJNCEMENT
There wil l be a Country Fair Saturday, Aug. 20 ,
at the Hermitage Presbyteri an Church; Rt. 254
west of Waynesboro. There will be barbecue
chicken, apple butter, crafts, baked goods,
and garden produce . Time: 10:00-6:30 .
FAMILY DAY PICNIC
Just a reminder that the Family Day Pic ni c is
to be held Saturday, August 20. SCOGEE members
are invited to bring their fami l ies and picnic
lunches to Shenandoah Acres. Ice cream and
drinks will be furnished.
If you are not a member of SCOGEE and wou l d
like to attend the picni~, or any of the
other acti vi t i es SCOGEE spo nsors, con ta ct
one of the fol l owing to join: Ollie Grant
(X1201); Kenny Gray (X ll41); June Al dh i zer
(X1467). Dues are $1.50 paid'twice a year .

GE No . 1 softball team will soon be hea 111g

for Maryland for the Worl d Industrial Tournament.
The tournament will be he l d September 2-5 at
Rip ' s Memorial Field in Bowie, Md.
To help wi th the expenses the Company gave
the team a check for $500 .
We all wi sh them l Lck in the tournament and
would li ke to see them come back with a bi g
trophy to go along with the one they won in
Winchester.

REGARDING ROBBERY AT AN DE RSON ' S MARKET

Any GE emp l oyee who cashed a payroll check
at Anderson's Ma r ket, 608 N. De l phine Ave.,
August 4, please contact Mr . Anderson,
942- 8748 .
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SW
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FOR SALE

Marjorie Grimes , Mgr . - Relations , presents the

$500 check to Kenny Gray and Larry Martin f or
their trip to Maryland .

1971 MG MIDGET--LOW MILEAGE--942-6725

MINIBIKE--GOOD BUY--$100--456-6769
1965 HONDA-- EX. COND . --4000 MI.-- $350--942-5356
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Study the pas t for understand ing;

li\e the present for g rowth; plan the
future for conten tmen t.

GENERAL ELECTRIC DAY

at
BUSCH GARDENS (W ILL IAMSBURG, VA.)
SEPTEMBER 17, 1977
Specia l Pri ce $6 .50 ($8 . 00 Regular Price)
$3 . 75 for Di nner at Das Festhaus Resta urant
October Fest area open from 6 pm to 10 pm
so1 ely for GE employees to enjoy the rides

If interested pl ease f i l l out below and

send to Cary G. Osborne, Re l at i ons, by
Jl.ugust 19 .

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A Tribute to Elvis
On Tuesday of th i s week one of the greatest
enterta i ners of the world died - Elvis Presley
at t he age of 42.
They ca lled him El vis t he Pelvis when he
first became popu l ar . His styl e was li ke
noth ing the wor ld had ever seen. Hi s popularity
waned at t i mes as he grew older but sudde nly
t here would be a new Elvi s record being played
on the radios and he had another million seller
on his hands .
We as ked severa l people around the plant
wha t they thought about Elvis. Their comments
are listed below.
'-le. wcu a veJty Wen;te.d e.rz;te.Jtta.,{_n.eJt. The.
:ty1"'e 06 mUJ.i-i.c. he. peJt601tme.d n.e.veJt tte.o.Le..y c.han.ge.d
muc.h. Today ' I.> peJt601tme.M atte. 1.>:t<.U 6ollowi..n.g
h-i.m . " - Age 39

"Many pe.o ple. WJU.;te. a .60 n.g ott a po e.m oft a

bo ok. but 6e.w people. c.on.t!t,{.bute. a whole. n.e.w
phcu e. o 6 :th-<.n. k-<.n.g :to :the. M:tl.> . J UJ.i :t cu :the.
bluu Welte. bottn. -<.n. :the. South and blue. 91tM1.>
mUJ.i -i.e. wcu battn -<.n. :the. .60 uth M wcu Ito c.k. and
ttoll - an.cf. by any 1.i:ttte.:tc.h o 6 :the. -i.mag-i.natio n.
di.> be.9-<.n.n.,i_n.g I.> :tatt:te.d wdh El v,{_J.i HOW we.
laug he.d whe.n. he. 6,{_ttJ.i:t 1.> an.g "You M.n. ' :t No:th-<.n. '
but a Hound Vog" but he. laughed lcu:t cu he.
wa.:tc.he.d :the. m,(_U,(_on.1.i ttoU -i.n.. Many ye.Ml.> w.<..U
pcu1.> be.6otte. a 1.>:tatt -i.1.> bottn. wlth ffv-i.I.> ' ve.Ma~y and peJthap1.> a c.e.rz.tutty be.6otte. one. pe.ltl.>on.
:touc.hv., :the. he.att:tl.> 06 1.>o many people. aLe.. oveJt
:the. wo!tld." - Age 44
"I tte.ally wcu n.' :t -i.rz;to ff v-i.1.> but I 1.>:t<.U 6e.U
a loM whe.n. I he.attd he. had d-<.e.d." - Age 24

"Elv-i.I.> wcu one. 06 :the. mo1.>:t c.hatt-i.l.>matic. and

We.rz.te.d -i.n.d-<.v-i.duall.> -i.n. :the. :twe.n.tie.:th c.e.rz.tutty .
He. le.d :the. mUJ.i-i.c. wo!tld out 06 :the. Sw.l.n.g Etta and
.lrz;to :the. ttoc.k.-n.-ttoU eJta. Not only d-<.d ffv-i.I.>
have. :ttte.me.n.doUJ.i -i.mpac.:t on :the. mUJ.i.lc. wo!tld but
Uk.e.w-i.1.>e. had a :ttte.me.n.doUJ.i -i.mpac.:t on. outt c.ul:tutte..
I:t -i.J.i :tttag.lc. whe.n.e.veJt a man. who pol.ii.> v.,1.i u M
muc.h :tale.rz;t and c.hatt-i.l.>ma -i.I.> R.-01.>:t. " - Age 21

The ki ng is dead.

" I-t ' 1.> Uke. lo1.i-<.n.g a patt:t o 6 youtt youth - .l

la1.>-<.n.g 1.>ome.one. you've. gttown. up wlth"

Age 33

"On.c.e. I got ,th/tough aLe.. :the. hoopla and

n.o-i.l.>e. - I Uk.e.d :to w:te.n. :to h-i.m . " - Age 57

He will be mis sed.

GE Designs Elect ric C ar

The GE Corporate Re searc h and Development
Center r ecently displayed a new electr ic car
de sign at the Fi rst I nternational Electric
Vehi cle Exposit i on and Conference in Chicago,
Illino i s . It wa s designed for the U. S . Energy
Res earch and Devel opment Admi nistration (ERDA) .
Powere d by a dvanc ed lead- acid batt eri es, the
new subcompact- s i zed , f r ont - wheel- drive vehic l e
would i ncorporate advanced technology that
could be ava i l able by early 1979 . The vehi cl e
des i gn was tai lored to Amer i ca ' s aut omobil e
r eQuir ement s by Triad Serv ice s , I nc . , as a
subcont r act or t o GE , wi th battery performance
characteri stics dev e loped by ESB , Inc.

EYE PROTECTION MORE

IMPORTANT THAN WE THINK
The va l ue of eye protec t i on on and off t he
job i s illus trated by a story from Los Ange l es
po i nt i ng out t hat t he eye provides di rect entry
to t he brai n.
An 8-year- old boy was jabbed in the fa ce
with an umbre ll a when pl ay in g with hi s bro ther.
A l oose steel r i b pierced t he eye l id and slid
under t he eyeball and into the brain. The
mo th er ru she d to t he scene when her so n cri ed.
By the time she got there, the rib was out of
s i ght . The onl y ev i dence of i nj ury was a drop
of blood under t he l ef t eye and a smal l cut t o
t he eyeli d whi ch she patched up with a ba nd- ai d.
When the boy continued t o compl ai n of pain
i n hi s head, t he mother took hi m t o a doctor .
X- r ays r evealed t he meta l r i b i ns i de his sk ull .
By t hat ti me t he boy' s jaw was becomi ng numb.

Her e ar e some f acts on the test car .

92. 0 i nches

Wheel bas e :
Widt h :

66.1 i nc he s

Lengt h :

160 . 0 inche s

Height :

53. 6 i nches

Gr ound Cle arance 6 . 0 inc hes

Wei ght: 2 , 942 lb s . ( i ncluding 1 , 182 lbs. of
batteries )
Seating :
600 l bs .

p a sseng er s , bac k- t o- back , totaling

Ca r go volume:
Urban range:
Top s pee d :

45 cu . fe et
65 mile s of stop- a nd- go traffic

60 mph

Battery rec ha r g ing t i me :

Power s ource :

6- 8 hrs.

lead- ac i d batter ies

Because the mot or and drive-t rai n are sinple

in c ompari s on t o gasoline powered vehicles, the
e l ect r i c car wi ll be e asy t o ser vice.
Be c aus e of i ts present limi tat ions , the
te st car i s des i gned fo r s hor t trips - c ommuting , s hopping , an d short - trip er rands .
(Cont i nued next col . )

Surgery v1as performed . The doc t or fo und t he

po i nt of the rib had come wi t hi n a quar t er-inch
of t he brai n stem, vita l cen~er of the ne rv ous
sys tem. Somehow i t had mi ssed th e opti c ne r ves
and blood vesse 1s .1hen it penetrated the ey~
lid . but the t i p fell off and r emained buri eti .n
th e.cerebel l um r egi on of the brai n, fi ve i nches
i nside t he s kul l. A seco nd operat ion remove d
i t . The boy i s fine.
The next t i me someone ques tio ns th e necessi ty
for safety glasses, poi nt out t ha t th ey not
only save eyes but pro t ect ag ai nst some t hinq
el se most of us were not even awa r e of. They
prevent objects from enteri ng t he brain t hr ough
t he eyes' access .
Repri nted f rom !ni-.rn tri2.l Safs:ty Newslet ter , by
pe~m i~ si ofi of t he ~oanoke Va l l ey Safety Counci l .
ELECTRIC CAH ( Continued from c ol . 1)
But , due t o the decreasing supply of energy
it may some day play a more wide- ranging role
in t r anspor t a t i on .

N ew Appointments in
..-. Advance d D evelopment
Operation
Two new appo in tments have been announced i n
DCPD's Advanced Devel opment Oper at i on,
effective August 1.
Kenneth C. McCartney has been named Manager
of the Project Development Subsecti on, and
Dona l d S. Li ndsay has been named Manager of the
Electronics Development Unit .
Ken began hi s career wi th
General Electri c as a design
engi neer i n the Computer
Depar tme nt i n 1962 . Wh il e
wi th the Computer Department
he worked as a Project Engi neer and Manager, responsib le
for des i gn and development of
card readers, pu nc hes, doc ument hand l er s, and printers.
Si nce moving to Waynesboro i n 197 1, he has
been Manager- Printer Des i gn, i n cha rg e of the
me~a n ica l des i gn of the Termi Net* 1200, 30,
3'
and 1232 pri nt ers .
Ken i s a 1959 graduate of the Un i vers i ty of
Idaho with a BS in Mechan i cal Eng i neer i ng. He
and his wife, Po l ly , l ive at 705 Northgate Ave .
with t heir fi ve ch il dren .
Don joined GE at Lynchb urg
i n 1962 , after graduat i ng f rom
N. C. State University wi t h a
BSEE. He left GE bri ef ly i n
1966 and rejoined t he GE Data
Networks Operati on at Lynchbu rg
in 1967, and was named project
leade r for deve l opment of the
Dig i Net* Modem li ne.
Don continued hi s col lege education on a
part- t i me basis and was granted a Master ' s
Degree i n Engineeri ng from Lync hburg Col lege
in 1971.
In 1973 , Don and t he Di gi Net* product l i ne
we re both transferred to DCPD-Waynesboro .
Previous to the present assignment Don held
des i gn responsib il ity for t he Termi Net* 30
Mag ne t ic Tape Accessory* an d was project l eader
for the Magnetic Tape Terminal *. He has been
g~ ed two U.S . patents - one on Di gi Net*
Mv~-:ms and one on t he Mag netic Tape Accessory* .
He i s past cha i rman of the El ectroni cs
Ind ustries Assoc i at i on Commi ttee on Data
Transmis s i on Standards.

(Continued next c ol . )

110, 17 7

S&SP Authorization Forms

Author ization f or ms f or al l Saving s & Security
Progr am part ic ipants who have investments
s cheduled f or distr i b ution in e arly January 1978
were di s t ributed t oday .
By u s i ng the fo r m y ou c an t ell the GE
Emp loyee Savings Ope r ation how y ou want your
S& SP sec uri t i e s r egi st ered a nd whether you want
them paid out or retained in an S&SP Retirement
Opt i on Account fo r y our retirement , reports Leo
Hunt ley . You may want t o refer t o you r new
b ene f i t booklets explai ni ng the compr ehens ive
Saving s & Secur i ty Progr am and how it can be
used t o a dd t o your r etir ement income . The
booklet s were di str i buted earl ier t h is year .
Agai n this year there a r e three distr ibution
alternative s to c ons ider i n designating how
you want your 1974 investment s paid out . These
are :
You can have all securities and cash from
y our 1974 investment s come to you .
You c an hav e t h e securit ie s purchased with
the Company ' s matching payment and inc ome
r et a i ne d in a Retir ement Opt i on Acc ount and
have y our payrcll deduction investments go
di r ectly t o you .
Or you can have a l l y our investments those made with GE ma t ching payments and
income , and those made with your own deduction s
- go i nt o your Retirement Option Account.
If you ' ve never r e c eiv ed an S&SP payout
befo re , or i f you want any cha nges made from
last ye ar , you ' ll hav e t o c omp lete and return
the f or m t o payroll no l a ter than Octob er 31 .
If y ou want ev erything handle d j us t a s in
your past dist ributi ons , there is no need t o
return Part II . But be s ure to study the
i nfor mat i on i n Part I . I t provides you with
a recor d of just what ' s coming to y ou in the
1978 S&SP payout - b oth from your own savings
and the Company ' s matching payme nts and inc ome .
It tel ls you how t hos e securities are
reg istered and whet her you are using the
Ret i rement Option .
Tte deadl ine da t e - Oct ober 31 - may s e em a
long way off. But i f y ou put off considerat i on of t he form , y ou may fo r get to make the
changes y ou want .
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NEW APPOINTMENTS (Continue d f r om col . 1 )

Don, hi s wi fe Audrey , and t heir t hree

children, Don, Jr., Gregory , and Ma ry li ve i n
t he Wes tover Hills subdi vi si on j us t west of
Waynesboro.
* Reg i stered tradema r k of the Gen eral Electri c
Co . , USA.

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A N.N 0 fJ N t EM ENT

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The Pl ant News has j ust recentl y lea rned that

Hildegard Marshall, who has been ou t on sick
leave for some time , is presen t ly a pat ie nt at
Madi son Genera 1 Hos pita 1. If any of her
friends would like to send her a ca rd her
address is:

PRODUCT PURCHASE PLAN

Fo r t hose empl oyees who pl an on purchasi ng a

maj or GE appli ance . Pl ease r emember t hat your
req uest f or di scou nt must be made withi n 30
days afte r de l i ve ry ; or wi th in 30 days after
you take t i t le to a new home in wh i ch t hese
appli ances have been i nsta ll ed.

Mad i son General Hospital

202 Park Street
Room T-719
Madison , Wis. 53715

A copy of the form entitl ed "Empl oyee Produ ct

Purc hase Pl an App l i ca t i on" must be fil l ed out .
Thi s fo rm can be obt ai ned from Pay roll.

Below i s a list of names of people for whi ch

the married name is needed . Would these peopl e
please contact Ophelia Salisbury in Relati ons,
ext. 1630.

Re t urn t hi s fo rm and you r in vo i ce t o the Payrol l

of f i ce - wi th i n 30 days of deli very.

Beverly Joyce Bays

Joyce May Carter
Ruth Elizabeth Coverstone
Virginia Antoinette Davi s
Barbara Joan Rowe
Ellen Darlene Sondral
Doris Gean Thompson

EDUCATIONAL LOA N PROGRAM

Gra nt i ng of educat i ona l loa ns i s cons ide red

onl y if t he s t udent is atte nding an acc redi t ed
sc hoo l. Student enroll ment will be ver i f ied.
These l oans may be used at publ ic or priv at e
colleges or uni versi t i es which ha ve been ,-.
accredi ted . The tota l amou nt can ' t excee1
$1, 500 per stud ent pe r year .

Any ti me you have to submi t a birth cert i f icate or any other document bearing your maiden
name only, please be sure that you i ndica t e
your married name somewhere .

FAMILY DAY PICNIC

Tomorrow is the day for the SCOGEE Famil y Day
Picnic at Shenandoah Acres. All SCOGEE
members are invited to bring their familie s
and a picnic lunch and have a good t ime .
Dri nks and ice cream are free and W
ANV mobil e
unit will furnish music. Rain da t e will be
Saturday, August 27, 1977.

GENERAL ELECTRIC DAY

at
BUSCH GARDENS (WILLIAMSBURG, VA. )
SEPTEMBER 17 , 1977
Special Price $6 .50 ($8.00 Regular Price )
$3.75 for Dinner at Das Festhaus Restaurant
If you want to stay late the October Fest area
will be open from 6 p. m. to 10 p.m. solel y for
GE employees to enjoy the rides

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The mouth is the doorway to the

mind.
Open it to expose only the best mental parts.

If in t erested pl eas e f i ll out coupon be l ow and

send t o Cary G. Os borne , Re l at i ons , by th is
af t ernoon (Aug. 19) or f i r st t hing Monday
mo rnin g (Aug . 22).

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VO L. XIX NO. 32

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

JACK EVANS COMPLETES

30 Yrs. SERVICE
On Jul y 24 , Mr. J . T. Evans comp le ted 30
years of se r vi ce wi t h GE.
Jack earned hi s BS EE at the Universi ty of
Tennessee . In 1947 he j oined GE in Pi ttsf i el d,
Mass. on th e test engi neering program.
"FoUow<.ng ;the. ;tv.,;t e.ngine.e!Ung p1tog1tam, I
woJtk.e.d on ahtCJta6;t gun 6-i.fte. c.on-tJto.t .61pde.m.6 ,
6-i.M;t in I &SE ;the.n in de.ve.lopme.n;t e.ngine.e!Ung,
in Sc.he.ne.c.;tady , " he stated. "In 7955 I joine.d
;the. Spe.c.-i.a.t-ty Con-t!to.t Ve.pa.Jtbne.n;t and oinc.e. the.n
have. woJtk.e.d on ;the. duign and de.v e..topme.n;t 06
Num e.Jt-i.c.a.t Co n-tJtolo . "
.-Uuring the last 23 years he has held various
~ rvi sory posi t i ons and was appoin t ed Pro j ect
Engineer in Marc h 1972. Jack hol ds nine paten ts
in the fi eld of industrial electroni c con t rol
circuit design.
Why did he choose GE? "I wao h-i.Jte.d out o 6
c.oUe.ge.," he expla i ned. "T c.h0-0e. GE be.c.au.oe. 06
-i.t.6 Jte.pu.ta;t,{_on and the. bJtoad oppofttu.~v., in
e.ngine.e!Ung. "

August 26, 1977

Busch Gardens
Special Changed
We were i nformed late t hi s week that the
speci al on the Bus ch Garde ns tic kets as previ ous ly descri bed wil l not go i nto effect.
I nstead, i t is pl anned that tickets may be
purchased wh i ch will be good any t i me this
year or next year .
These t ic kets have been l owered f urther
from t he regul ar pr ice of $8 to $6 . There will
be no speci al on the di nner at Das Fes th aus and
the October Fest area will close at its regular
ti me .
Those emp l oyees who have already requested
tickets and any other employees who may now
wa nt t i ckets can pick them up now from ei ther
Bob Broughman or Cary Osborne in th e Rela t ions
offi ce. No one i s obli gated t o buy the number
of t i ckets previ ously requested .
We are sorry fo r any inconveni ence th is may
ca use but hope that this may make i t pos s i ble
f or more peopl e to ta ke advantage of th i s
reduced ra t e.
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As th i ngs have t urned out the benefits have

been extremely i mpor t ant too . J ac k esti mates
that t he i nsurance pl an has pai d more than
$10, 000 in med ical bi ll s f or he and his fam il y
over the yea rs .
The Savi ngs & Security Program has prov i ded a
"me.aM 06 oaving 601t (my) c.Wd!te.n ' o c.oUe.ge. . "
Jack and his wife , Betty , have seven chi l dren.
Larry, Thomas , and Ma r tha are i n college .
Eli zabeth, Pa ul , and Carolyn still live at home.
One son , John, i s married and has a l i tt l e boy .
Jac k and Bet ty l ive at 1213 Holl i ns Road here
ay ne sbo ro.
in W
W. Alvarez (1 ) , Mgr .-Eng ineering for I CD
pr esents 30 year p in to Jack Eva ns (c) . J . F .
Bakel (r ) wa it s t o offer h i s congr atul at ions .

Wide vs Tall
" T am no t fa t!" lw (xclairnctl . " Accortling to th e eha rt. th is part icu lar
sca le simph' inclic:all's that I am t wo
inches too short."

A "Thank You" from the Summer Employees

The l etter below was recei ved last week by the Plant News.
News- Virginian on Tuesday of thi s wee k.
The Editor
The News - Virginian
Wayne sboro , Virginia

I t ap peared in the Waynesboro

22980

Each summer , f ollowing nine mo nths of " booking", "a l l n i ght ers ", exams , proje cts ,
papers, and a swarm of other academic pressures , colleg e students return to thei r
homes in Waynesb oro onl y to face yet another c onsiderable problem : "Wher e can I get
a job this summer? " We enrolled in col l eges and universities scattered all over the
Nation with a goal foremo st in ou r minds - t o at tai n the education r.ecessary to provide us with a good payi ng job i n order that we might someday g et ahead. in the worl d .
BUT COLLEGE COSTS MONEY ! Our parents a re helping us by squeezing their budgets as
much as possible . The universities help us by providi ng par tial s cholarships and
work study programs . We help ourselves by getting jobs at school , if feas i ble , and
here in Waynesbor o dur ing the summer - IF ONLY SOMEONE WILL HIRE US !
We l l , Waynesboro ' s General El ectric Company i s doing t hat ! Not only do they pay
us a good salary, but they also provide us with vital infor mat i on , except i onal tra ining ,
experience , and a true sense of respon s ibility . We are learning and performing fi rsthand practical tasks rather than readi~g principl es fr om a $20 textbook . We a r e
provided with an inkl i ng of what the real working world is like .
I f you think General Elect r ic hires but a handful of students , prepare for a mi ld
shock . Approxi mately 50 college student s a re emp loyed her e f or the entire summer,
working ri ght along with regular f ull - time empl oyees . What types of occ upations do
we have ? No , we 'r e not sweeping f loors or taking c are o f the g rounds ; we' re work ing
in Finance , Mar keting , Pur c hasing , Accounting , Engineering , Personnel, Expediting ,
Employee Re lat i ons , a nd other areas as wel l ! I n an e ffort t o exceed this number of
summer student employees , General Elec 1~r i c has hired anot her 50 ri sing a nd pres ent
coll egiat e s to assist in taking inventory . These jobs , wh i ch wi l l last tttree , four,
o r even six weeks , entail the duties o:' hand and weigh counting parts , r e a rrangi ng
stockrooms , keeping records of stock , c ompleting paperwork , and several other duti es .
And, bel i ev e it or not , there is extremely diminutive marg i n fo r error ! The inventory
wor k done by the students is audi ted by local- nat ional General Ele ctric offic i als just
as rigidly as work done by regular ful~ - time employees .
What it b oils down t o is this : General Electric in Waynesboro t rust s young people
to be able to handle important responsib i l ities and welcomes the opportunity to pr ov ide
us with experience and knowledge as wel l as a good salary . In realiz ing that our
generat i on will be runni ng the Company withi n the next few decade s, General Electric
cer tainly has an edge over all the other industries in Wayne sboro and surroundi ng
a r eas . What a shame that othe r plants f ail t o reali ze that by educating college
students on t he job dur ing the summer and , i n addi tion , by invest ing funds in our
educat i ons , helpi ng each of us to return t o school the ensui ng fall , the future
personnel , security, and prosperit y of their Company will be in far more capable and
better qualified hands .
We ' d like to say , "Hey , GE , t hanks !

We real ly appreciate what you 'r e do i ng for us !"

The. Su.mmeJL Stude.rz,t Emplo y e.u

We at GE shou l d be proud of the role our company has played i n he l ping these young peop l e further
th ei r educations. Those of us who worked with them know they are fine young adu l ts and extend
to th em our best wishes f or their futures .

GE Pledges to Hire 500 Veterans

in President 's HIRE Program
Among the f i rs t companies t o join President
Carter ' s national program for reducing
unemployment among veterans of the military
serv ic e s i s GE with a commitment t o hire 500
veteran s , as well as to become a " recruiter"
for other businesses .
The volunteer national program EIRE (Help
through Industr ial Retraining and Employment)
is aimed at providing jobs and training in the
U. S . for 100 , 000 veterans by September 30, 1978 .
The first phase of the three- tie r system of
solicitat i on has begun with 100 of the largest
c ompanies in the U. S . be ing contacted for job
openings and 50 of these being asked to " lend"
executives who will act as liaison with private
industr y .
Summer employees at the main plant - f i rst r ow
(1 tor) : Mitzi Roadcap , Boyd Woolard , Debbie
Smith, Sandy Pici , Debbie Snider , Scott
Steagall , Tony Bare . Second row: Carl Dreher ,
Ken Dillon , Gar y Lafferty , Tom Sheaffer, Sandy
Allen , Paula Berrang , Joe Ar chambeault, Levi
Ameka , Chris Hulet t . Thir d r ow : Dav id Swett ,
David Brown , J e ff Hartnett , Karen Snopkowski ,
Steve Hewitt , Sue Thompson , Doug Gillette , Stan
iW..ick, Pete Naoroz .

The second tier, to begin this month as a

program of ~he National Alliance of Businessmen ,
wi ll concen~rate on job commitments f r om the
c ount r y ' s 500 largest firms . The third tier
will extend efforts to 4 , 000 companies which
have 1 , 000 or more employees . After December
15 , effort s wi ll cont inue for voluntary job
commi tment s by smaller companies .

JONES SUPPORTS
Call ing for support of the program , GE Board
Chairman , Reg Jones , noted that while GE components already have in place p~ans for hiring
veterans and reports are made quarter ly to the
government , HIRE will require a refocus of our
efforts in or der to increase the number of
hires among unemployed Vi etnam veterans who are
young , minority , and disabled . "The challenge,"
points out Jones , "will be to initiate this
specialized employment effort by keeping i~ in
balance wi th our other priority programs of
affirmat i ve action for women , handicapped , and
minorit i es . "
Statist i cs show that total unemployment among
veterans of 7 . 5% is not si gn i~icantly higher
than the overall rate of unemployment . However,
for the 20- 24 age group it is 13 . 6% , for young
minority veterans it is 25 . 6% , and for disabled
veterans unemployment is estimated at close to
50% .
(Continued on page 4, col . 1)

Summer employees at the Turner complex (1 tor) :

Jeff Freeman , Kim Monger , Ann Botkin, Hope
Harmon, Conn ie Bonivich, Dan Bittner , Gregg
Ostrander, Bruce Hull , David Pieta , Doug Tr ott ,
~thy McDaniel , Kim Stoner , Doug Jones , Sue
! erts, Ken Rogers, Cathy VanPatten .

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Daniel Ulman , Michael Fulk , Robert Lazansky,
Charles Meiburg , Jr .

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RE SPONSE GOOD
?: a'lled as h rrc pr~.-!a:i :c::anager fo r GE is Don
Powers who is 'llso ser ving i n t he Compliance
!.fo.nareme::t. Or['"ani z ati< n a t GE headquarters at
Fairfield , Conn . P0~ers , who r ecent l y issued
1 ..:i ie i:-:es :~or r;~: r!a::a e::-.ent to ceport on their
ef:'or-;,~; in the vol ;,nteer progr am , s aid r esponse
ha,3 b 0:: ve1:: ,; 'd . Bas ed on operating componen7- ".:\.i:::a'"c.~; ~, t ibmitteci earl ier this month ,
he expect s GE '.vill meet its commitment to hi r e
SOO veteran s by Sept ember 1978 .
0

P,,r: .. e!'l ycu ~ Jr..3i -!er t hat t he HIRE target

cat.erories are tne unemp ~ oy e d y oung , minority ,
and .Ls:.?.c::..ed ':ett:rans , t his is significant, " he
Jr!.~!.
:- ;..er: exr~. ai!'.ec. t ~at whi:..e over 10% o :'
~
t .r'.
:-. .:.res ;ere vet erans, this
inc._ ,,1e i :::any ;.,rh'1 were out of the HI RE target
en~~'Tries .

:espc!lsibil ities also

as rec !uit er to cal l on the
!'!'<::..;.:. :er~:.s ar.. :.air:::er. o :' 16 other major
c J r ! Jro i ns _ ..:iL:.e~ .!. :-: c ~e Connecticut/~ew
York ar,,a . ...'hese visit s are preceded by an
i ntroduct.ory letter f r om President Car te r to t h e
:orp0r ntior. he:ttls . 'I'his proe;ram is currently
ur?clen."1:, and l'ower s reports management respo nse
is exce.L."'..ent runonr: thes e conipanies .
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On Thursd~y o f l ast week, the T340 Assembly

are a feted Tom Spurlock with a surpri se baby
shower to cel ebrate the arrival of Johnathan
Thomas earl ier that week .

ser:~n

ENERGY CoNsERVATioN
WoRksl-iop
Area communi ty co 11 eges \'J i 11 be cond ucting
wor ks hops and public presentations to prov i de
infor~at i on on methods to sa ve on heat i ng
costs. These worksh ops , sponsored by the
Virginia Energy Office, are given on a no
charge bas is .
At Blue Rid ge Community College the work shops are offered as fo l lows:
Beginn i ng
Oct. 17
Oct. 19
Oct . 20

at 7 : 00 p.m.
Harrisonburg Electric Commis s i on
Jo hn Le\'lis High School (Sta unton)
Way nesboro High School Aud i tor i um

Piedmont Virginia Community Co ll ege sc hedule

is as fo 11 O\'IS:
Beginning at 7 : 00 p. m.
Oct . 4, 11, 18 or 25 Room 229 at the co ll ege
The wor kshop will last approxi mately 2 hou r s .

In addition to nwnerous baby g ifts , Tom was

presented with a baby bib , c ompl ete with
rattles , booties , baby bott l e , and pacifier .
The p r oud papa and wife, J a ne , wish to thank
all those friends and co- workers who combined
their tal ent s to make this a memorable event .

SWAP SHOP
OFOR SALE

a FOq RENT

ROO~

O Rl :JE 'itA tlTED

105 - PELATl)'lS

O RIO(RS hANTED

O TRA)E

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL. XIX NO. 33

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINI A

September 2, 1977

STATE OF THE BUSINESS

6)(iaiien /. :JCendl <&enP1al ultana?ei f!lf(if/-'9})
FOIL ex.ample. , ou.Jt ,\(anu.6ac.;tu./t,{_ng open.a;t,i,on.6
hav e. added app:wx.J.mately 300 people. ,Lnc.e. the.
be.g,i,nn,i,ng oS :the. l}eo.Jt and :the. total employment
06 the. Ve.po.Jttm e.n,t ,{.):, up 38 5 people. ,i,n the. .ti ame.
pe!t,{_od; .60 then.e. have. be.en a .ti,Lzable. numbeA 06
job.6 c.Jte.ate.d ,i,n the. 6illt 7 month.ti 06 t he. ye.o.Jt.

We. hav e le.v e,le.d 066 ,i,n t he. la.ht two month.ti .60
6o.Jt M majotc. h,{,Jt,{_vig goe.1.i . Then.e. will be. a 6ew
people Jtequ.,{,Jte.d M we bu.,(,ld up 6oJt 6ou.hth qu.o.Jt;ten. pJtodu.c..tion . So :the oven.all ou.tiool<. ,i,.6
.titill .tiughtty ori the u.p.6w,i,vig 6oJt emplo ym ent
at the. end 06 ;th,i,.6 tjeo.Jt .

What were first half 1977 results?

they compare wi th 1976?

How di d

O!tdeJUi ye.o.Jt- to - date. o.Jte. 27% ahead 06 lcv.i;t

ye.o.Jt and we. o.Jte. ha.v,i,ng equal .6UC.C.e6 .6 wuh both
Va.ta TeJun,i,na..l.6 and Relay.ti. Ou.Jt .tia.le.1.i le.vw
o.Jte. !tumung well a.he.ad o 6 lcv.i;t yeo.Jt (a.ppM u mately 20%) and we. o.Jte. bu.,{,ld,tng up a. .tima.ll
ba.c.IU.og .
The. new p!toduc.t.6, .6Uc.h a.6 the T eJtm,(_Ne;t* 340
6amily o 6 p/t,{_nteJUi , o.Jte. do,i,ng ex.c.e.ptio na.lly
well and mo.tit 06 ou.Jt g1towth ,{.):, c.om,Lng 61tom
the.1.i e. new p!todu.c.t.6 .
Relatj.6 o.Jte. ha.v,i,ng a. .ti~o ng c.ome.ba.c.R. 61tom lMt
ye.o.Jt and the. olden. pn,,lnten. p!toduc.t.6 , .6 uc.h a.6
t he TeJr.m,(Ne;t* 30 0 and 1200, o.Jte. do,i,ng moden.ately well .
The. Te;uiUNe;t* 30 p!t,{_nteJl. ,i,.6 ha.v,i,ng e..x.c.elle.nt
1te.1.iu.U.6 bec.a.M e. d ,{.):, the. be.1.it plt)_nten. on t he.
mo.Jtl<.et 601t ma.ung n,i,ne c.op,i,e.1.i . T~ ,i,.6
e6 pe.Ua.il y .{mpohta.nt ,i,n the. tic.I<. et plt)_iling
--~ ,{_ne.J.i .6 when.e. the. 30 hM had i l i g1te.ate.1.it
_c..c.e.J.i.6 ,i,n the. cU.Af),ne. ,i,ndu..6 ~Y .
A.6 6o.Jt a.6 the. WOil.i<. 6otc.c.e. ,i,n the. 6W t ha.l6
06 the. ye.o.Jt , we. have. a.dde.d a. c..on.6,i,den.able.
nu.mben. 06 people. , t hen.e.by hnpJtov,i,i:ig the.
emplo yme.nt p,i,c.tu.Jte. ,i,n the. c.ommu.ndy.

We ' ve all seen a l ot of building going on . How

much have we expanded our f acilities and for
what pu r poses?
S,i,nc.e. t he. be.g,i,nn,i,ng 06 7977 we have added
16 , 000 .tiqu.o.Jte 6e.e.t 06 wo.Jtehou..6e. .tipac.e; we put a
9, 000 .tiqu.o.Jte. 6oo;t add,ttion 6oJt M.ti embl y and t e.1.i;t
on t he bac.k 06 Tu.JtneA II; and we. lea..tie.d 12, 00 0
.tiqu.o.Jte 6e.et 06 e.vig,i,ne.e!t,{_ng .6pac.e. at a. Jtemote
loc.a;t,i,on a 6ew mile.1.i 6Jtom the ma,Ln plant . We.
c.ompleted t he t.M.;tup o 6 ou.Jt new pa,i,nt 6ac.ilUy
and added 3, 600 .tiqu.o.Jte. 6eet to the. ma,Ln plant
M well . So , ou.Jt 6ac.ilUy ac.tivdy e.x.pande.d
a.6 the. btU>,i,ne.1.i.6 e.x.pande.d ,tn t he. 0wt ha.lo o 6
t he. ye.o.Jt .

How have our inventory programs kept pace with

the growt h of th e business?
Ou.Jt ,Lvive.ntoJt y pJtogJtam.6 have. be.e.n help6u.l ,i,n
ke.e.p,i,vig down the Jtate 06 gJtow.th 06 ,Lnve.nto!t,{_e.J.i.
HoweveA, ,i,n the. total ,Lnve.1.itme.nt 06 the. bu..6,i,ne.J.i.6
we. o.Jte. c.ontinu.,i_ng to Jtequ.,{,Jte add,ttional 6u.nd.6
6oJt ;th,{, g!towt h. Inve.vtto/t,{_e.J.i o.Jte 27% above. la.ht
ye.o.Jt. Th,i,.6 hM loc.ke.d u.p .6eve.Aa.l mill,ton
dollaJt-6 ,i,n add,ttional 6u.nd.6 .
The. c.o.6t J,mpJtovement pJtogJtam hM be.e.n go,i,ng
ven.y well ;th,i,.6 ye.o.Jt and ,i,.6 a maj oJt 6ac.toJt ,i,n
g,i,v,i,ng the bu..6,i,vte.J.i.6 t he o ppoJttu.ndy t o keep pac.e.
wdh ,i,vtc.Jte.Me.d wage.J.i and be.ne.6ili 6oJt ou.Jt
employe.e.J.i
(Contin ued o n Pa g e 3 , Col. 1)

J.R. Shatz & R.G. Thuresson Receive 25 Yr Pins

Jack Shatz completed 25 years of GE service
on Saturday, August 20, 1977 .
Jack started his career in Binghamton, N.Y.
where he worked on bomber, fighter, and attack
helicopter armament systems with the Avion i c
Controls Department . He transferred to the
Numerical Control Department in Ju ly of 1971.
As a Senior Des ign Project Engineer, and hi s
present position as Senior Products Engineer,
he has been responsible for tape reader and
some peripheral equipment design used in
numerica l controls.
He received his BEE degree from Clarkson
College, Potdam , N. Y., in 1951 and in 1952,
after hearing that GE "WM a good pla.c.e to
wOJtk, I inteJtviewed , WM hnpJte.1.il.l ed wilh the
pay an.d ben.e6w, an.d j oin.ed GE. "

Jack recei ved his MEE degree in 1963 from

Syracuse University .
Jack termed GE ' s insurance plan "a t.Jtemendow.,
to M M a 6amily wdh thJtee ac.tive

M-6et

c.hildJten.. I e.1.imate that d hM pJtovided a;t,

le.Mt $10, 000 in. med,tc.aR.. -6 eJtvic.e.1.i oveJt the
ljealt,6 . "

Has he enjoyed his years with GE? "Yu. The

woJtk c.o n,tent hM alway-6 been. inteJte.-~tin.g and my
e6 6ow Jtec.ogn.,lzed by managem ent . My many c.owoJtke.Jt,6 have alway-6 been. c.oope.Jtat,{_ve an.d
pleMan.t to WOJtk wilh. II

R. G. Thuresson accepts h:s 25 yr . service pin

from W. Alvarez (1) Mgr . -=cn Engineeri ng .
D. C. Law (r ) , Mgr .-NC Engineering waits t o
offer his congratulations .

Ralp h Thuresson completed 25 years service

at GE on Saturday, June 18, 1977.

Ra l ph was born in Motala , Sweden and el !d

BEE degree from the University of Delaware
before joi ning GE in 1952 at Schenectady, N. Y.
on the test program.
In 1953, he transferred to Waynesboro's
Special ty Control De pa rtment as a Senior Produc
Engineer . He was named Mg r .-Production Engineering i n 1957 and has held severa l manager i al
positions s ince that time . At the present t i me
he is Mgr. -Support Engineering in the NC
Engineering subsection of the Industrial Contro
Department .
Ra l ph and hi s fa mi ly reside at 417 Rosser
Avenue .

Jack and his wi fe, Marie, have three chi ldren

Dan, 17; Jerry, 15; and Ellen, 11. They l ive
at 229 Lee Drive here in Waynesboro.

W. Alvarez (1) , Mgr .-ICD Engineering, presents

J. R. Shatz a 25 yr. p in and his congratulations . D. C. Law ( 2nd from right) and J . M.
Rhoades took part in the presentation.

Among his outside in t erests, Jac k enjoy,.....

bowl i ng and is acti ve in scouti ng as Assi:::, __,1t
Scoutmaster for Troop 73 .

LABOR DAY SEPT. S

'J / z 117
STATE OF THE BUSINESS (Continued from Page 1)

Ho(,,(,!(y and none.xemp:t wagu inCAe.a.J.ie.d by at

$1 O a we.e.k pelt peJU> on in June. o 6 :tw ye.a.Ji
'h be.ne.6ill wing pltOpoJt;t,{_onate1-y. TIU.6
0., eJta..U inCAe.a.J.i e. adde.d :t.o meJt,{_t Jtavl.6 Vi and p!to motio n6 Jtavt.6 e.d oufl. payJtOli e.xpe.M e. fl.ate. we.li
oveJt 4%. To.:tal c.ompe.nJ.iation and be.ne.6ill in
Ma nu 6ac.:t.wU.ng , inci.u.ding ne.w hiJt Vi and ov e1Ltim e,
have inCAeMed 43% oveJt la.J.i:t. yea.Ji - muc.h 6a.J.iteJt
:than Ouft .6al.U.
~a.J.i:t

How are we do ing in relation to our competitors?

What are we doing to keep our share of the
market?
The. c.ompe_;t_.{_:t_,{_v e 6oJtcu in :the ma.Jtke.:t place do
no:t peJtmU U.6 :to ~e ouJt pJticu :to co veJt att
o 6 :the co.6 :t o6 inCAea.J.i ed mate.Jtial and lab oft
n.a,tu; howe.veJt, :the combination 06 the. pJtice.
inCAea.J.iu :that we. have been able :to obtain
p-lU.6 :the. co.6:t -<.mp1toveme.n:t.6 :that we. ' ve. made.
in :the. bU.6inU.6 ha.J.i ke.p:t pace. wUh the. mateJL,{_al
and l abOJt inCAe.Mu .60 6a.Jt :tw ye.a.Ji .
We have. paJt;t,{_upated in .6eve!tal data c.ommwucation and compu:teJt .6how.6 - in A:ttan:ta,
WMhing:ton, and Valia.J.i. The. numbeJt 06 compe.ti:toM continuu to g1tow and :the numbeJt o 6 ne.w
c.ompe_:t,{_;t,{_ve. p!toduc.:t.6 .6-<.mila.Jt to ouJt own
.-_1-Unuu :to g1tow. A.6 a 1tv.iutt we. have to
. j h:t 601t eveJty 01tdeJt we. ge.:t and U i-6
.
ex.:t.Jtemel.y ,unpo!t:tan:t :that we. mee.:t oUJt p!tom-<.J.> u
wUh !tV>pe.c.:t. :to the. qualUy o 6 Oufl. p!toduc.:t. and
:the on-:t-<.me detiveJty 06 :the. p!toduc.:t..
We 1tec.ogn,i_ze :that :tw Mme.:t-<.mu -<.mpo.6 u
ha.Jtd.6hip.6 on ouJt p!toduction people and :they
have !tUponde.d mag~i.6ic.e.n:tly :to mee.:t :the de.mand.6
o 6 ou/t c.U.6:tomeJU> . Ou!t c.U.6tomeJU> alway.6 have
:the eM y c.hoic.e. o6 going Mme.wheJte et-6 e :to buy
thU!t pJtin:teJt p!toduc.:t.6 - we may have :the ha.Jtd
c.hoic.e. 06 6inding otheJt wo1tk i6 theJte a.Jte.n ' :t
.6u6 6iuent c.U.6tomeJU> . I:t :taku an aveJtage. 06
$2 million 06 ne.w oJtdeJU> eveJty week 06 :the yea.Ji
to keep :tw plant 1tun~i.ng at :the c.uMe.n:t level.
That i-6 a :tough job .

OPINION POLL
As an experiment, the Plant News will begin
runn ing a poll on issues in the news of.
interest to everyone . If the response is good
this will become a periodic item in the News.
This week's questi on is:
Panama Canal treaty?

Are you for the new

Question 1
Yes

No

Undecided

If you are in terested in participating in the

poll check your answe r above, ~ut out ~n broken
line and send to Cary Osborne in Relations.
No names are necessary . We thought it would
be interesting to see how our fellow employees
feel on prominent issues and we don't wish to
point out who is for or against a certain
question .
Next week we wi ll print the results of the
po 11.

STOCK & FUND UNIT PR/CS

Month

Stock Price

Fund Uni t Price

January
February
March
April
May
June
Ju ly

$53 . 506
51.007
50 . 723
51 . 719
54 . 643
55 .989
55.250

$26.869
26 . 055
26 .149
25 . 767
26 .050
26 . 180
26.273

What is t he outlook for the second half of 1977

and 1978?
I:t now appe.aM :that 1977 w,{_,U be :the bu,t
yea.Ji in ouJt IU.6-t.01ty, and .6alU and oJtdeJU> a.Jte
expec.:t.ed :to be c.oMideJtably oveJt ~:t ye.a.Ji . We
a.Jte now laying planJ.i 601t 797 8 and d appe.aM
-that -theJte. w..LU be Mme modu:t g1tow:th next ye.a.Ji
~we c.an c.oritinu e :to a:t:t!tac.:t. cU.6 :tomeJU> by
ving :them we.li.

HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY!

"I thi nk we'd better start by

listing everyone' s strongest
weakness."

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A~NOVNCEMENT

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s erv1ce
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Just a reminder tha t all posters , announcements, etc., that are to be pu t on t he bulleti n
boards should firs t be approved by Cary Osborne ,
Re lat i ons Offi ce. She will al so post them on
the board for you.

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Awards ~0

fW:@I::@:@:@1~I@>:~@5.
FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST

CASHING PAY CHECKS

5 Years

Most of us have probably never noticed bu t

t here is a 30 day limit on our pay chec ks.
Thi s mea ns tha t t hey have t o be cashed and
sent to th e is su i ng bank within 30 days of
is sue . If they aren ' t cashed wi t hin t his
t i me l i mi t it mea ns t hat the employee wi l l
hav e to go to the troub l e of requestin g the
ch eck be reissued.
In order to av oid this extra effort, please
be sure to cash your check as early as poss i ble.
If you have troub l e getti ng to the bank to get
i t cashed why not have it deposited directl y
to your ba nk? That way you won't have to worry
about an extra trip to the bank or having to
request a new check because the ti me has
exp i red.
HOURS FOR CASHIER ' S CAGE
Per Department Instructio n A-2. 2.27, t he
cas hi er's cage i s open da il y from 11:00 a.m .
to 12 :00 f or tra nsaction of busi ness. Thi s
is the only t i me bus i ness can be trans acted
unless it i s for emergency Company business .
BINGO
The Augusta County Fi re Dept . will be ha vi ng
bingo every Tuesday night starting September
6, 1977, at t he Augusta Cou nt y Fire Ha ll;
starti ng time i s 7:30 p.m.

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E. W.
D. J .
R. A.
M. R.

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D. M.
G. W.
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J . A.
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P. L.
R. W.

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M. P .
P. J .
B. H.
W. H.
J . J.

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M. E .

THAN K YOU NOTE

I warit t o thank e.veJtyone. ..i..n GE 6ott the...i..tt money
g..i..6-U t o help me. du.!Ung my il,tn.e,o. A.too 6ott
tte.me.mbeJL..i..ng me. wilh all. the. lov ely g<U well
c.attd6; the.y atte. 1.i;t.il,t e.nd..i..ng the.m .t.o me. 6ttom
the. ho pilaf ..i..n Mafuo n, W.{.}.) . I wil,t be. going
t o R...i..c.hmond -00on, wheJte. I m..i..ght. tte.c.e...i..ve. Mme.
help. Thank you aga-<.n.

Hilde.gattd G. MaMhaU

CORRECTION
We goofed. The first pers on i n the pi ctu re of
t he Turner summer emp l oyees was Dawn Edwards .
Jef f Freeman was not pictured .

.........

10 Years

Ar mstrong
Bal t on
Brocat o
Br ooks
Campb ell
Carter
Chi ldress
Coffey
Cof fey
De el
Di ggs
Doyle
Eutsler
Fr et well
Gar ber
Ge i man
Gyor k o
Hall
Hol loway
Jacks on
J ones
J ones
Lee
Mailer
McGuf f in
Phill i p s
Rexrode
Ri chards on, J r .
Rowe
Sandy
Schwartzberg
Smith
Sweet
Wa l s h

J . w. .l\rendal l
D. P . Ben son
L. 0 . Callie
R. F . Chambliss
D. M. Lott s
A. G. McKechnie
E. F . Ontiv er os
W. H. Spiller
R. P . Swi sher
J . E . Whet zel

15 Ye ars

w.

F . Back
A. L. Beard
H. E . Coiner
H. H. Hei z er
B. L . Shiflet~
M. E . Tut wile

20 Ye ars
K. E . Cline
M. L. Comer
J . J . Gulding

25 Years
G. A. Arc hamb eault
J . R. Shatz

40 Years
B. Cooper

FOR SALE

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL. XI X NO. 34

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

Ben Cooper-40 Yrs. Service

September 9, 1977

JOE MURPHY EXPLAINS

CURRENT HIRING
Because we are now hiring a number of new
people we decided to ask Joe Mur phy about the
hiring procedures.
Joe, what kinds of j obs are presently being
filled?
We aJte p4eoentl.y h.i.IU.ng people 604 entity
level 6a.e:to4y j ob.6 a.nd pla.n.6 aJte to IUJte a.
L<.rnJ.:ted nwnbM in the 4th quaJtt.M a..6 bMineo.6
need6 a.nd a;t:;tJU,t.i.on 4equAA.e.

What is the exact procedure for reviewing

applications and hiring?
Ben Cooper (c) receives his 40 year servic e
award from C. A. Ford , Mgr .-CDO as Elizabeth
Cooper looks on .

Benjamin Cooper has completed 40 years of

service with GE this August .
Ben, who is pr esently Manager-Control Systems
Engineering in the Control Devices Operation,
joined the Company in 1937 as a Test Engineer
in Schenectady. After various test engineering
assignments, he became a development engineer
in 1941 at the Industrial Control Department,
the forerunner of the old Specialty Control
Department.

Af. the p4eo ent. :ti.me we have .6 evMa.! thoMa.nd

a.ppUc.a.tion.6 a.nd ouJt goal i.6 to IUJte tho.6e
a.ppUc.a.nt..6 who aJte beot qua.UMed nM OUlt type
na.c.t.o4y WMk. a.11.d who will do the beot job. To
a..:ttaA.n ouJt goal we have implemented a. new
h.i.IU.ng p4oc.eduJte a..6 6ollow.6 :

1. The a.ppUc.a.tion.6 aJte 4eviewed in Rela.tion.6

by date on a.ppUc.a.tion. Tho.6e people who.6e
4ec.Md6 indlc.a.t.e t.ha.t. .they aJte the beot .6uM:.ed
aJte c.a.lled in nM teo.ti.11.g.
(Continued Pg . 3 , Col . 2)

His early years were spent in development and

design work where he helped in the design and
introduction of control systems in various
industr ial electronic fields including resistance welding, motor control, machine tool, etc.
During the last 33 years he has held various
supervisory and managerial positions.
holds 13 patents in the field of indus,1 electronic control circuit design.

~n

Since his arrival in Waynesboro 22 years ago,

Ben has taken an active part in the ?ffairs of
(Continued Pg. 3, Col. 2)

Jean Br ydge and Joe Murphy review one of the

thousands of applications on file in Relations .
The binders be hind them represent a little more
than half of these applications.

PRAISE FROM RED CROSS

The letter reproduced below was received in the Relations office. It is reproduced because i-'
is a salute to all of those employees who participated in the Bloodmobile drive.

AMERICAN RED CROSS

Waynesboro Chapter

20.3 New Hope Rood

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA-22980

AugMt 'Z9, 1977

MIL. R. L. Bltoughman
ManagVt, Be.ne.6w & SVtvic.u
Ge.nVtal Ele.~c. Company
Waynubo1Lo, V~ginia
Ve.AA MIL. Bltoughman:
On be.ha.l6 06 the. Re.d CILo.6.6, 1 would Uk.e. to e.xplLe..6.6 oWL .6inc.Vte. thank..6 to yoWL plant 601L
the. e.xc.e.Ue.nt Bloodmobile. vi.6it we. had thVte. on AugMt 31Ld and 4th. FILom oWL .6tandpoint,
and that 06 the. ILe.gional o66ic.e., thing.6 c.ould not have. gone. molLe. .6moothly. YoWL pe.ople.
Me. .60 61Lie.ndly and anxioM to help whic.h, 06 c.oWt.6e., mak.u 6M an enjoyable. c.oUe.c.Uon.
No vi.6it c.an be. .6uc.c.e..6.66ul without donolt.6, and the. 1Le..6pon.6e.
.6ho!ttage. 06 blood in the. Me.a at the. time. Wa.6 ove.JtWhe.lming .
planne.d and e.66,[c.ie.ntly c.M!tie.d out. PMtic.ipation .6uc.h a.6
aU 06 hVte. in WaynubolLo and EMt AugMta County w.<...u. have.
ne.e.d it.

06 GE e.mploye.u to the.
The. vi.6w wVte. we.U
thi.6 a.6.6WLe..6 that any and
blood available. .6hould we.

We. look. 6oJtWMd to 6utWLe. vi.6w at GE and, in the. me.an.time., ,[6 we. c.an be. 06 help
ILe.gMd;,ng any blood ne.e.d.6, ple.a.6 e. do no:t huitate. to le.t M k.now. Thank..6 aga,[n 6oJt
yoWL c.ontinue.d ,{,nteJtut and .6uppoJtt.
S,[nc.Vtely,
Be.tty R. AJte.haJtt
Blood PILogJtam C~an
CC:

M!t. WMJte.n F. Kindt

MIL. L. L. TILott, JIL.

EDITOR' S NOTE: Attached to the above letter was a report from Lib Daves, Field Representative
of the regional Red Cross office. She observed the Bloodmobile visit in August. In her report
she stated, "I cannot say enough in praise of t his operation. To me it was a model of a smoothly
and efficiently run large in-plant bloodmobile."
Ms. Daves went on to say that there were 14. 5% new dor.ors and the collection "had been a treme~ s
boost t o our very low blood inventory."

GE No.1 Does Well in Tournament

~N o . 1 softball team returned this week from
tt 'orld Industria1 Tournament in Bowie, Md.,
having placed 10th out of 54 teams. They won 3
out of 5 games giving them a season record of
50 wins and 27 losses.
Their 3 wins were against Franklin Squad
Hospital , Baltimore, Md., 7-0; Hideout Guide
663, Yorktown, Ind., 5-2; Fisher Body, Taylor,
Mich., 10-9. They lost to Courier Journa l &
Times, Loui sville, Ky. , 8-5 ; and E7 Westinghouse , East Pittsbur gh, Pa., 10-8.
Individual stars were Wayne Wymer, who went
3 for 3 at bats in game 1; Dale Houff went 2
for 3 in games 1 and 2; and Ken Gray was 3 for
4 in game 3 and 3 for 4 in game 5.
For the tournament Dale Houff went 9 for 17
for an average of .529 and Ken Gray went 10 for
17 and averaged .588.

The team members wish to thank the Company

for their support of the team. Also, a special
thanks to the loyal fans who made the trip to
the tournament . Congratulations to GE No. 1
for a fine showing in the tournament and
throughou t the season.

POLL NO. 1 RESULTS

The results of last week's poll are in.
Question No. 1 - Are you f or the new Panama
Canal treaty?
Yes
No
Undecided

7
47
0

Space permitting we will run a second poll

next week .

COOPER (Continued f r om Pg . 1 )

the city. These act ivities include various

youth sports proj ects. - He was a member of the
Waynesboro City Council from 1962 to 1970.
While on t he Council , he served 3 years as
Vi ce-Mayor and 3 years as Mayor of the city.
Among his committ ee assignmen t s was work
which led to the establ ishment of the City
Recreation Commission and t he Shenandoah
Technical School . This school later became the
B1ue Ridge Community College of which he is the
present Chairman of the Board.
In
ment
bal 1
Club
Kate

you t h sports he worked for the establishof t he Babe Ru t h League, the Midget FootLeague , and as a member of the Sports
for the formati on and construction of the
Colli ns Athleti c Field .

Ben and hi s wife, Elizabeth, reside at 2424

Cortland.
HIRING (Continued from Pg . 1 )

2. Appu c.aritii aJte. g,{.ve.n e.n.:tfty le.vet teJ:iu

wruc.h c.oYl..6.lot o6 act.ual. M.6 embly o 6 GE pall.U
Thb.. giveJ:i appuc.aritii a look. at the. type. 06
wo.1tk. t he.y w,{_fJ_ be. e.xpe.c.te.d to do and alloW6
w., t o me.iuuJte. de.xt~y and de.t~ne. what
aJte.a an appuc.an.t .lo but -0uJ...:t.e.d no.It.
3. The. teJ:it Jtei:ilLl:to aJte. Jte.vie.we.d and tho-0 e.
appuc.an.U who aJte. quaLi..6,[e.d 6M the. p.ltel:ie.n.t
ope..U.ng.6 aJte. c.alle.d ,ln and ,{_YJ.te.Jtvie.we.d.
4. Aflte.Jt the. .i.n.te.Jtvie.w t he. quaLi..6,[e.d c.and.ldatel:i aJte. give.n phy.6ic.al e.xo.mA..nat.<.on..6. Tho.6 e.
who me.e.t the. me.d.lc.al -0tanda1td.6 1te.c.uve. job

o66e.M.

Why has t his particu l ar procedure been adopted?

It 6ul.1..tJ me.e.U the. .6tanda1td.6 o6 the. C.lvil
TUg hU Ad and the. Exe.c.utiv e. Oltde.M and .lo a
do c.ume.n.te.d paltt 06 ouJt A66,{_Jtmat.tve. Ac.tion Pfun .

WANT M O RE? WASTE NOT!

Spunky Squirrel, busy in his storehouse salting away nuts he had

gathered for winter, was interrupted
by Ant who said, 'Tm just as indushious as you are, Mr. Squirrel, but
you're rich and I'm still poor. How do
you manage to save anything these
days?"
"Well, it's no secret, Ant, but it's a
long story. In terested?"
"Sure, Mr. Squirrel."
"Okay. Make yourself comfortable
while I turn off the lights. No sense
wasting electricity to tell a story."
"I don't mean to be rude, Mr. Squirrel, but save your story. I think I
understand."

Have you been running into any special problems?

Many pe.ople. have. e..lthe.Jt c.alle.d o.1t .6toppe.d by
Relat.<.on..6 to c.he.c.k. on an appuc.at.<.on oil. to g.lve.
a .1te.6 e.Jte.nc.e. . We. M k. th.at you do not c.all oil.
c.ome. by Relat.<.on..6 .1te.ga1td.lng appuc.at.<.on..6. AU
appuc.an.U w,{_fJ_ .1te.c.u ve. c.o YJ..6,[de.Jtat.<.o n btJ d.a.te.
06 appuc.at.<.on and .6-lnc.e. the. pltoc.e.duJtu aJte. a
paltt o 6 the. AA P we. c.annot de.viate. 6.1tom them.

We hope this article gives our employees a

better understanding of the employment prbcedure.
These steps are used not only to ensure
compl iance with Federal and state laws but to
ensu re fair treatment of all applicants.

Education Opportunities
ADULT BASIC EDUCATION
Beginn i ng September 12, 1977, classes in
adu l t bas i c education will be held at Wenonah
School . Thi s program teac hes basic skills in
readin g, math, writing, grammar, or Engl ish as
a Second La nguage. It al so helps students
prepare for entrance in to a regular hi gh
school program or into a GED preparatory
cl ass.
Cl ass es are open t o any adult 17 years or
older. There is no charge for the classes or
books . Classes wi l l be hel d eac h Monday and
Thursday ni ght f r om 7:00 t o 9: 30 p.m. and
you may regi s t er by attending any of t hese
cl asses . En te r t he school t hrough the front
door .
For additi onal informat ion con t act the
Wenonah School Offi ce (943-9211) durin9 school
hours or Mi ss Lavo ni a Lac key (942-8589) after
school.

ANNOUNCEMENT
In order to establ i sh better communications
among GE CBer 's a Directory of GE CBer's" ~
be published . Li s ts have been passed arou1
but i f you have missed t hem pl ease get in touch
with Larry Howze, Rm. 212, ext . 1340 today .
THANK YOU NOTE
I woul.d .Uke. to thank a..U. 06 my 6Jt..i..e.nd6 at GE

60!!. theht c.aJtd.6 , v-l6w , and gi6:U dwU.ng my

1te.c.e.nt illnu.ti .
Marge Campbell

SWAP SHOP
O FOR SALE
O FOR RENT
O TRAOE
OWAIHED

0 RI DE WANTED
O RI DERS WANTED
OLOST
OFOUND

ROOM 105 - RELATI ONS

a FR EE

1 1 !1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 13
Ads r. u:. t lie 1n Rcor.1 10~ no later th n 4: 30 , Hondly preced t ng pub 11 cat ton
<!H r. .

GED TESTS

Ads r.u!.t r:o t exceed sp<1ces p1"ov1ded ,

subcri ttcd per week per eeployE:e ,

pho'1~ under" any d rcUills U nces .

Appli cati ons for t he GED (General Educa tiona l

Development) test mus t be in the offi ce of the
proper GED offi ci al before Sept. 9. The fee
f or t he t ests is $1. 50 per test ($7. 50 for the
comple te battery of 5 tests).

and onl y one 1d 1tem mdy be

The NEWS wtll no t acce pt ads over t ht

!II.ME- - - - - -- - -- -- --------- -- -- -- - - -- --- -- ---- PAY NO. - - -- ---- - --

HO.V.E PH0:1E UO. - -- - -- -- - ---- -- -- -- --- -------- ---- -- ---EXT. - -- -----------

The l t ei:i(s) re fe rred to in t his ad is/ are

~Y

pe rsona l pr ope r ty 1nd Is / . - .

are in no way connec ted wi th ony business vi:?n ture .

'

siGrlAfuRt

The fee must be pai d at t he t ime of regi strat i on. Checks are to be made paya ble to "Adult
Educat i on" .
Contacts f or each pol i t i ca l sub-divi si on are
as foll ows :
August County - Robert E. Young, Box 1268 ,
Staunton; telephone : 885- 4700.
Staunton - Howard R. Cass idy, Box 2626,
Staunton; t el ephone : 885- 354 .
Waynes boro - Thomas P. Muncy, Jr . , 1200 W.
Main, Waynesbor o; te l ep hone: 943-3131.
The tes ts admi ni stered and super vi sed by the
Adul t Educat i on Serv i ce of t he State Department
of Educati on are des i gned to measure t he educat i onal devel opment of individual s who l eft hi gh
school bef ore gr aduat i on.
The fi ve exami nati ons co nsi st of Engli sh
composition, soc i al studies , natural sci ence ,
li ter atu re , and mathemati cs .
(Continued next col. )

"Finally got you co rnered, Mr. M uldoon."

EDUCATION (Cont inued from 1st col . )

The GED test wi ll be given Saturday , Sep ..-..

17, f rom 8 a. m. to 3 p.m. and on Monday, S e~ ~
19 , fr om 4 to 9 p.m . in the School Board room
of th e Admini stra t ion Bui lding of the Staunton
City School s .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERA L@ELECTRIC
VOL . XI X NO. 35

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

September 16. 1977

IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED ....

On Tuesday of t his week the Waynesboro GE
plant celebrated i t s 23rd anniversary. But did
you know th at this is not the first GE plant in
Waynesboro?
In 1930 the Waynesboro News - Virginian
announced that Edison Genera l Electric was to
purchase the W. J . Loth Stove Co. plant from
Mr. F. Percy Loth and wou ld move in on October
1. They planned to manufacture Hotpoint small
appliances. GE spokesmen announced further
that immediate expans ion was planned if they
cou ld find and purchase a su itab le tract of
land.
Production began at once on the Hotpoint
products althou gh t he foundry and coa l and wood
s+-~ divisions , already at the pl ant, were

kept in operati on. The first iron produced was

displayed on October 11, 1930, and it was
planned to manufacture 1,000 a week. Production of other appliances was scheduled to start
gradua ll y until the whole line was made here.
According to one source the ci tizens of
Waynesboro were somewhat bewildered by GE's
methods of operation. It was the first t ime
they had encountered sh ift work and 24 hour
operation of a business .
In December of
transferred from
Chicago GE. Mr.
Clemmer as plant
been retained as
GE ' s purchase of
he had also been

1931 the pl ant affiliation was

Edison Genera l Electric to
Schaaf replaced Capt . R. H.
manager. Capt . Cl emmer had
pl ant manager at the time of
the Loth Stove Co., for whom
pl ant mana ger.

(Cont i nued on Pg . 2 , Col . 1)

The W. ]. Loth Stove Co., Inc.
WAYN ESBORO, V IRGI NIA

1890 -

Wm. J. L o th 11/

193 0

W. J . Lott IV

Thi s drawing shows the W. J . Loth Stove Co .

which later became the site of the f irs t GE
p~ i n Waynesboro.
Also pictured are members
ie Loth family . W. J . Loth was 60 yea r s
c
old when he died in 1904 . He served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War. At the
age of 46 he founded the W. J . Loth Stove Co.
His home , which he built in 1900 , st i l l stands
acros s 14th Street from the new library .

Mr . J . Ell i son Loth , the youngest son of W. J .

Lot h . He pr ovided much of t he material u sed
in this article for which we are most gr ateful .
At one time , Elli son Loth owned two theaters
i n Waynesboro , a bowling a lley , and several
other businesses . His office , on Wayne Ave .
across from t he Post Off i ce , is fi l led with
mementos from Waynesboro ' s past .

GE-WAYNESBORO (Continued from Pg. 1)

When the transfer of affiliation and Mr.

Schaaf's appointment became effective on
January 12, 1932, Mr. Schaaf announced "no
drastic changes to take place," but went on t o
say, "next 4 months is test, an indication
that the plant might be in trouble.
11

On April 6, 1932, Mr . George Robey lost a

fing er while working at GE, but on April 10,
his condition was improving. This was front
page news. Thi s incident certainly didn't
help the overa ll situation and on April 15,
1932, the dreaded notice came.

A little over 22 years after GE closed its

Waynesboro plant the company returned as
promised . For the second time they purchased
the site for their plant from F. Percy Loth,
W. J . Loth's son. At the time the land was ~
Waynesboro's airport.
Happily for all of us and the economic growth
of the area, this GE plant has endured.
Looking back it seems inevitable that GE would
become a permanent member of the community.

The headline read, "Waynesboro Loses General

Electric Plant May 1." The business would move
to Bridgeport, Conn. Some of the 150 employees
would move with the company but most were out
of work . Hopes were kept alive, however, when
company officials were quoted as saying, "the
plant may return.
11

On May 12, 1932, the News-Virginian carried

the story of the final closing scheduled for
May 13. As an historical note: the 12th of
May was the same day the body of the Lindbergh
baby was f ound.
Whil e all of this was going on, Capt. Clemmer
had restarted the Loth Stove Co. in conjunction
with the Rife Hydraulic Ram Works. As
electri city became more and more available his
sales went down until he finally had to close.
Some time later he esta blished a company which
today we know as Virginia Metalcrafters.

The building with the curved roof was part of

the Loth Stove Co . It and the newer buildings
on either side of it now belong to Crompton
Shenandoah Co .

W. J . Loth Stove Co . plant as it appears today.

It was or iginally built in 1890 but burned to
the ground in 1917 . It was immediatel y rebuilt.

GE purchased the buildings (there are several

more behind thi s one) in 1930 but operated here
only about 18 months . Since that time several

c;(r4 /77

Where Do GE's Profits Go?

ELECTR{C APPLIANCES FOR HOMES

We recently reported that GE's profits in the

first half of this year were 5.8%. What
happens to this money? What does GE do with it?
Cutlin1 froD

Supu-Au1om11ic lroa

Wamc l roa

~.~7

fJ(

Automuic Toutt.t

'-~

Hrdli1c Huter

Pt"rcola1or

BAKERY AND HOTEL EQUIPMENT

En BoiJu

Cofu Ura

They do much the same things we do with our

pay checks. Many of us invest our money in
homes to l ive in. For these homes we buy
radios, TV ' s, and stereos for entertainment .
Refrigerators, stoves, garden tools to make
our work in the home easier . And, when
necessary, we spend some of this money on
improvements and repairs.
These expenditures are necessary for us to
live in and enjoy our homes and our time away
from work.
When a company spends money for similar purposes it is called "capital investment." These
expenditures are necessary for employers to
create new jobs and ir.sure existing ones.

Grid-Type Broiler

The buildings we work in, the equipment we

use, even the chairs we sit on are bought with
the profits GE makes. Without this kind of
investment, GE could not continue and we would
be out of jobs.
Some examples of recent expenditures and
projects here in Waynesboro are as follows:

Griddle

$uper-Au1om.11ic Wa!le

Baku

These ar e some of the appliances produced at

the GE plant in the ' 30 ' s.

businesses got their starts at this site.

Dawbarn Brothers started here. Their company
is now owned by Thiokol Corp . Thurston Motor

The repainting of the factory areas . This

expenditure not only made the working atmosphere a little more enjoyable but helps protect
the investment already made in the building.
(Continued on Pg. 4, Col . 2)

Lines and Blue Ridge Grocery also occupied the

building s . They now house Ken Bridge Corp.
This building is located at the end of 11th
Street adjacent to the Crompton Co.

ANNOUNCEMENT
SCOGEE BASKETBALL
Anyone interested in playing City League
Baske tba ll , please cont act Ollie Grant, ext.
1201, or Tom Carper, ext. 1844. You must be
a member of SCOGEE to play.
DISCO DANCE

IEEE to Hold Meeting

The In st i tute of Electrical a nd Electronics
Engineers will hold its monthly meet i ng on
Tuesday, September 20 , 1977 , at t he General
Wayne Motor Inn in Waynesboro . Social hour ,..-....
will beg i n at 6 : 00 p.m . with dinner at 7 : 00
p . m. The meeting , starting at 8 : 00 p.m . is a
slide presentation on " Electric Cars - Past ,
Present and Future " g iven by Dr . Bud Konrad .
Dr . Konrad is with the Industrial Control
Department in Salem and is also a part- t ime
instructor for Virginia Polytechnic Inst it ute ' s
Extension Center in the Roanoke Va l l ey .
His talk is a very enlightened presentation
followi ng electric cars from the 1800 ' s to
today with a look to t~ e future .
Reservations for th~ meeting can be ma de by
contact i ng Paul Caulier on ext. 1338 .
PROFI TS (Continue d f rom Pg . 3, Col . 2)

FOR SALE

A Change of Attorneys at CSBD

The re furbishment of the reception area and

f r ont entrance . Here again the work area has
been made more pleasant but t here ' s more to it .
By changing the doors heat loss has been
reduced . The ramp l eading to the doors makes
it possible for handicapped employees to enter
and exit the plant more easily .
Other planned or completed projects are :
Test and assembly equipment for pr oduct pr..-.._
grams (TermiNet* 200 , 340, 1232 , Mag . Tape
Termi nal , and Controller) will cost approximately $1 . 5 million .
One piece of equipment , the Mor.arch machining
center, cost almost $125 thousand .
Equipment f or material handling , incoming
inspecti on , and Turner warehouse will be nearly
$150 thousand.
Facil ities expenditures?
North side of the main plant , $100 thousand ;
refurbishment of the pl ating r oom , $250
thousand; and lighting i n the main pl ant $100
thousand .

Ri ch Rittenburg (1) will soon be leaving

Lynchburg ' s Communication Systems Business
Division . Effective Oct ober 17 , he will assume
new responsibilities as Counsel- Ass i gned Components for the Industrial Sales and Apparatus
Di s tribution Sales Divisions in Bridgeport,
Conn .
Wins ton I . Lowe ( center) is welcomed by Ray
Baker (r), Division Counsel . Winston, a native
of Philadelphia, is a graduate of Fairl eigh
Di c kenson and Columbi a Law School . Before
accepting the position at CSBD as Attorney he
had completed the Company ' s Lawyer ' s Devel opment Program in Fair f i el d , Conn .

There are also special projects suc h as the

industrial waste treatment plant, $2 . 5 million ;
and fuel storage to guard against fuel
shortages , $30 thousand .
Much of the money spent and the equipment
purchased helps to insure quality control . For
instance , the test and assembly equipment , and
the new incoming i nspection equipment help to
insure the qual ity of our products and attract
more customers .
All of these projects , in one way or anotl, ~ . ,
help t o pres erve our jobs , create new jobs , and
meet customer demands . Without the profi ts to
uo this ki nd of expa nsion and refurbishment the
~uture woul d look very bleak.

r:;' 7, 17

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL. XIX NO. 36

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

Con1pany Studies Control

Devices Consolidation
The Management of the Drive Systems and Data
Communication Produc t s Departments are jointl y
considering bus i ness factors that may resu l t
in the consol i dation of t he Waynesboro based
Control Devi ces Operati on with i ts parent locat i on i n Sa l em, Virgini a . Si nce 1970, COO has
been a part of the Dri ve Systems Department
wh i ch i s headq uartered in Sa lem.
The study is prompted by the pr oject ~d growth
of t he Data Communication Products Department
and the des irab ili ty of combi ning all of Drive
5~ems ' Virginia operati ons in one l ocation in
)_ ~m. The co nsiderat i on i s directed toward
t he best interests of t he t wo bus i nesses wi th
t he expectati on t hat it wil l all ow for greatest
f lexibi l i ty i n the use of both faci l ities and
maximize grow t h opportuniti es in each . Preliminary esti mates indi ca te that the
consolidati on would cover at least a two yea r
peri od, begi nning i n 1978. Carefu l t i mi ng of
t he tra ns i t i on wou l d al low the growth of
Waynesboro ' s Data Comm unication Products
Department to uti li ze empl oyees made ava il ab l e
by t he move .
The Contro l Devi ces Operatic~ employs approx imatel y 390 of t he total 3100 people, or about
12% of the Waynesboro plant population. The
action woul d involve t he transfer of some profes si onal empl oyees to the Sa l em location .
The majo rity of COO empl oyees woul d be
re- ass i gned to the Data Commun i cation Products
Depa rtment or other GE businesses .
Any move vlil l be carefully managed so as to
mi ni mi ze disruptions in t he Waynes boro work
force and the Waynesboro community .

Septembe r 21, 1977

J. K. Snell Receives
Steinmetz

Award

J . Kirk Snell, Manager - Engineering of the

Data Communication Products Department has been
chosen as a recipient of the 1977 Char les P .
Steirunetz Award in the Spec ial Systems &
Products Gr oup , Dr. 'f. A. Vanderslic e , Vice
Presi dent & Group Executive , announced today .
1he Steinmetz Awards are gi ven by General
Electric to leading engineers and s cientist s
in the Company in recognition o f their outstandi ng contributions to the Company and to
soc i ety .
Cr eated ir. 1973 in honor o f Charles P .
Steinmetz , famed mathematical genius of the
early electrical indust ry, the awards are
g ranted biennially to GE men a nd women who have
di s tinguished themselves through unusual tec hnical achievement .
As recipient of the Steinmet z Awar d in the
Special Systems & Pr oducts Gr oup , Kirk will be
honored , together with other Compai:y winners ,
at a sp ecia~ banquet at GE ' s Cor porate Headquarte r s in Fairfield , Conn ., on October 11 .
Each of the nine winners will b e presented with
a n engraved silver medal .
In addition , GE wi ll make a $5 , 000 contr i buti on in each winner ' s name to the coll ege o f
his or her choice for the f urtheranc e of
education in eng ineering o r s~ i e n ce . Finally ,
t he name s of the winners wi ll be inscribed on
plaques to be hung at Cor porate Headquart ers .
(Co~t in ued on Page 2 , Col . 1)

J.K. SNELL (Continued from Page 1)

The winners were selected on the basis of
individual achievement over a sustained period,
as measured in part by their patents, publications, and recognition by fellow employees or
professional groups.
A selection committee appointed by the Group
Executive solicited and evaluated nominations
from professional technical personnel. Final
selection was made by the Group Executive on
the recommendation of the selection committee.
Kirk was selected to receive the Steinmetz
Award for his imaginative technical contributions to the Special Systems & Products Group
in the field of TermiNet* terminals and
printers.
Kirk received his BSME from State University
of Iowa in 1941 and joined GE's Engineering
Test Program right after graduation. Three
months later his career was interrupted to
serve with the Army Ordnance Corps in the U.S.
and Europe (Normandy Landing).
In 1946 he returned to the Test Program and
was placed in permanent assignment a year later
with Appliance and Aircraft Engineering Div.
in Schenectady as a design engineer for air
conditioning controls.
In 1954, after several assignments in the
same division, Kirk moved to Waynesboro with
the Special Control Department and was soon
playing a lead engineering role in the then new
numerical control products.
Kirk was Manager - Numerical Control Design
Engineering from 1957 to 1965. As a result of
his engineering leadership and proficiency, he
was named to lead a select team of engineers to
develop a new concept of an electronic communication terminal, utilizing the emerging technology of large scale integrated circuits.
In less than 4 years production quantities of
this revolutionary product were being manufactured. This launched a product concept that
has not only led to a very successful business
for GE, but also has become the hallmark for
the industry. Other companies, long established
in communication terminal and computer interface equipment have been trying to catch up
ever since.
Needless to say this concept and its success
has been the basis for Kirk and his team's
producing a continuing stream of improved
designs - seven new products and hundreds of
models, options, and features.
Kirk has been Manager - Engineering for
DCPD since 1972.

YOU THINK TODAY'S ADVERTISING

IS STRANGE?
~

When GE' s famous monitor top refrigerator h.. _..ie

its debut 50 years ago after years of costly
research and development, it did so with the
full aplomb of the roaring 1920's.
After all, to get a headline in those heady
days of Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight and
Babe Ruth's record-breaking 60th home run, you
had to be good and GE's monitor-top refrigerators saw plenty of action.
As soon as the refrigerators rolled off the
production line at Schenectady, "Drowned in
Water" demonstrations were held to show the
public that these self-contained units were
far superior to all that piping, plumbing, and
maintenance work that converted ice boxes
required. An intensive ad campaign showed the
monitor tops being sandblasted, dumped in the
Erie Canal, permitted to stand under running
water in freezing weather until completely
covered with ice, and finally, put through fire
tests. Hundreds of dealers were sent special
glass tanks to put over the monitor tops and
fill with water for attention-getting storefront displays.

15 Years of Investment

During 15 years of research and developmen-u ,from 1910 to 1925, profits were poured into
production facilities at Fort Wayne,
Schenectady, and Erie and at sales offices at
Cleveland. By the summer of 1925 the first
national sales conference of the new GE
Electric Refrigerator Department was held and
100 distributors were "fully organized in all
the important trading centers of the c'ountry."
That fall a national advertising campaign began
in magazines across the country with a goal of
"getting to 15 million readers each month."
And in the style of the '20's, it seemed no
stone was left unturned to inform people about
the "fresh food and refrigeration values" of
the hermetically-sealed refrigerators. A GE
refrigerator accompanied Sir Hubert Wilkins and
Robert Ripley of "Believe It or Not" fame on a
submarine to the North Pole .. a refrigerator
salesman in Alaska delivered a unit when it was
60 degrees below zero because "frozen food is
spoiled food just as surely as is food kept in
a place too warm for it" ... a salesman in
Soerabia, Java, sold a refrigerator to Javanians
to help them keep their cigars dry enough to
smoke in the humid climate ... and racer Fr~
Lockhart got the 80 pounds of ice cubes he
r.eeded to keep his Stutz Black Hawk going when
he set a land speed record at Daytona Beach in
1928.

Even during the de pr ession , GE sales were good

although it took some do ing . To hel p stabilize
jobs fo r fe llow employees , a ll GE employees were
offered the chance t o purchase refrigerato rs
through payroll deduction plans up to two years.
Some 2500 employees bought re f rig erators under
these plans.
As the years rolled by so did G~ investments
in build ing new facilities and improv ing the
refrigerator s by reducing the weight and
increasing e f ficiency and capacity .

8000 GE Jobs

Never changing in 50 years is t he need for

profit dollars to be plowed back int o the busi ness to assure the quality and competitive~ess
of the GE refrigerator . Here Louisville
eng ine ers Ed Roberts (1) and Luis Prada discuss
progress of the side- by- side monitor top made
in 1931 with one of t oday ' s models - a 21cubic - foot freezer with a custom dispenser.

Pr omot i on techniques by dist ri butor s t o

att r act salesmen were also color f ul . Rex Cole
of
w York Ci ty boasted the l arge st refrigerato ~ showr oom i n the world with a lighted sign
you could read three miles away , in 1928 , and
gave each salesman who sold three or more
refrigerators in one month a t rip via a spec ial
train to Schenect ady . The 12- c ar train with an
obs ervati on , c lub , and three dining cars c arried
350 salesmen .

Today GE and Hotpoi nt refrigerator production

f acilities are locat e d at Louisville , Bloomington , I nd., Chicago , and Decatur , Ala ., although
components are made at several other GE plants.
More than 8000 employees can d irect ly attribute
their jobs to the re f rigerator business , along
with those thousands of distributors and
dealers who are actively selling GE refrigerators and other products made by the Company.
But throughout the 50- year history of GE
refrigerators there ' s one thing that has never
changed , and acc or d ing to Louisville Appliance
Park people, won ' t change - that ' s the need fo r
profit dollars to keep building a competitive
product.

TypiNG

REFRESHER COURSE

TO

BE GivEN

Giving Cole compet i tion as a flamboyant distributor was Judson Burns of Philade lphia who
designed his n ew s t ore in the shape of a GE
mon i tor top . The store was white, 25 feet hi gh
and inc luded a huge latch a nd hinge 10 feet
above the gr ound .

A r efresher course in typing skills will be

offered this fall at the Waynesboro GE plant.
The c our se i s des i gned for those employees who
have some typing s kill but who wi sh to incr ease
their speed and accuracy .

A Houston dis tribut or got a lot of sales

mileage out of its ent ry in the National
Eliminat i on Balloon Race with the monit or t op
emblazoned on its balloon al ong with the
American flag . It stayed up 20 hour s and
t r aveled 300 miles before it was hit by a storm
and pilot Rasmussen wa s thrown out (he survived).

Ther e will be two classes offered on Mondays

and Wednes days beginning Monday , Oct ober 24,
1977 , and Wednesday , October 26 , 1977 . Each
c l ass will be held one night a week for 10
weeks , starting at 4 :35 p . m. and ending at 6 : 35
p . m.

Dol l a r s Poured i n "Quality" Ads

Adding to the hoopla again in 1929 , GE introduced the new all- steel refrigerator , boasting
of
s dur abili ty and lifetime qualit ies. To
ma~~ the point , the GE Research Lab in
Schenectady came up wit h a machine that woul d
open and slam the door 300 , 000 times to
ascert ain the life of the doo r as being 40 year&
Th i s became a popular i tem in store-front
displays .

A maximum of 6 students will be e nrolled i n

each of the two c l asses . Students will be
selected from those with some typing s kill on
a first- come, first - serve basis.
Employees who wish to enroll in the course
s hould contact Reginia Wil son ~ ext . 1756 , no
later than 4:30 p . m. , Friday , September 23 ,
1977 . The first twelve employees to enroll in
the course will be selected .

STOCK & FUND UNIT PRICES

STOCK & FUND UNIT PRICES FOR AUGUST
The GE "stock price and "fund unit price" to
be used in the crediting of participants'
accounts for the month of August under the
Savings &Security Program are as follows:
stock price - $54.168; fund unit price $25.627.
The "stock price" is the average of the
closing prices of the GE stock on the New York
Stock Exchange for each trading day of the
calendar month.
The "fund unit price" is the average of the
daily fund unit prices, determined for each
trading day on the New York Stock Exchange in
the calendar month by dividing the number of
fund units into the net asset value of the
fund.
11

Month

Stock Price

Fund Unit Price

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August

$53.506
51.007
50.723
51. 719
54.643
55.989
55.250
54.168

$26.869
26.055
26.149
25.767
26.050
26.180
26.273
25.627

The "stock price" and "fund unit price" are

used for crediting accounts, but should not be
used as the cost of shares or units for income
tax purposes. "Tax cos t 11 for GE stock or fund
units acquired under S&SP is calculated for
employees according to Internal Revenue Service
regulations. The figures are furnished on the
annual "tax information statement" issued after
each S&SP payout.

FOR SALE
WASHING MACH.--$20--943-6847
2 HWEEL CAR TRAILER--4 Wx 6 1 L--943-1757
ARVIN HUMIDIFIER--LIKE NEW--$50--885-0593
BUNDY CLARINET--EXC. COND.--$150--942-2425
1

Around the
Company
SCHENECTADY-While news of a possible power
shortage might not affect the daily lives of most people, Large Steam Turbine-Generator Department employees at Schenectady know the impact of such a
threat. When the Utah Power and Light Company experienced an accident that virtually destroyed one of
its powermakers-a 411 ,000 kilowatt unit-they
asked for an all-out effort to replace the unit. Although
normal cycle time for this type of unit is two years,
LST-G people set a remarkable manufacturing and
shipping record of nine months. Thouscinds of people
in all ranks, to put it in the words of one assembler.
"had to pull out all stops and really knuckle down to
get this job out." The unit is back in operation, and a
relieved Utah Utility executive was so impressed that
he compared their efforts to the seagulls coming to
the aid of the Mormon pioneers 1 29 years ago to
save them from a plague of locusts.
HENDERSONVILLE-The ability of the Lighting Systems Business Department at Hendersonville, N.C .. to
plow back some profit dollars into a new water treatment facility has met area acclaim. Latest to express
approval was a duck couple that resides in the water
treatment pond. They gave birth to five ducklings.
VALLEY FORGE-What do you do with deed books
and hospital records that spent days under flood waters. are saturated with mud, ana infested with fungus? Buchanan County, Va .. courthouse and Johnstown. Pa .. hospital people sent them to a 24-foot
simulator at Valley Forge where they were freezedried by Space Division employees. The new business is a spin-off of space-age technology.
SAN JOSE-Employees at the Nuclear Energy Divisions are pleased with the world record for nuclear reliability of light water reactor power plants recently set
by Big Rock Point-a 61 ,000 kilowatt GE nuclear station owned by Consumers Power Company of Michigan. During its 343 consecutive days of operation,
the power plant generated 520 million kilowatt-hours
of electricity-energy equivalent to 30 million gallons
of oil. A Consumers study of its 1976 fuel and maintenance costs showed nuclear energy expenses per
kilowatt-hour were nearly half that for fossil fuel. "That
difference saved customers about $24 million last
year," the utility spokesman said. The 14 year-old station was refueled for another long run.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

VOL. XIX NO. 37

September 23, 1977

CB 's Eligible for Discounts

GE 40 channel two-way Citizen Band radios
(CB's) have been added to the list of GE
products eligible for courtesy discounts under
the Employee Product Purchase Plan . Purchases
which were made on or after September 1 are
eligible.
The discounts - which range from $10 to $30
are available on 12 models. They include under
dash units, base stations , a telephone hand set
unit , and a single side band unit.
The courtesy discounts on the eligible CB 's
will apply to purchases of up to three units in
any 23-month period and are available on purchases made from Employee St ores as well as
made from regular retailers.

The Plant News has received the news that

Ralph Musgrave passed away Tuesday of last week .
He retired from GE on June 1 after 17 years of
service.
A native of Webster, Mass., he moved to
Augusta County in 1936 . In 1937 he married the
former Thelma Fix. He worked in the CDO sheet
metal area from 1959 until his retirement.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by
his brother, George Musgrave , and a sister,
Mrs . Doris Christian, who live in Webster,
Mass.
We wish to extend our sympathy to his family
and friends,

~,.-._ To

be eligible, a unit must be purchased for

employee's personal use. Other general provisions of the Employee Product Purchase Plan
also apply.
1

The eligible models on which discounts are

available and the discounts are:
$10

3-5801
3- 5804

$15

3-5811
3- 5812
3- 5813
3-5 814

$20

3- 5818
3- 5819
3- 5821
3- 5869
3- 5871

$30

3-5825

VOTER TRANSFER DEADLINE

The fol l owing information is excerpted from
the Waynesboro News-Virginian for our information.
All Virginians who move thei r place of residence before the Nov . 8 election should transfer
their voting registration to the elect i on
district of their new residence . The last day
to do this is Oct. 8 .
If the move occurred pri or to the Nov. 1976
general election and the registrar has not been
notified of the change in address the voter may
not be permitted to vote . Be sure to notify
the registrar in your county or city before the
deadline of Oct . 8.

What school, college or lectures

brin):! to men de pends on what
men bring to carry it home in.
- Emerson

CREDIT UNION ANNOUNCEMENT

The General Electr ic-Waynesboro Country Club
Go lf League finished its 1977 season, Saturday,
Sept. 17, wi th an 18-hole tournament . Refreshments and the presentation of prizes fo llowed
the tournament.
First prize for t he season went to Harry
Berrey and Curt Lundstrom. Second prize to
Bob Broughman and Bill Burleigh. Third prize
to Art Hyzer and Jerry Smi th. Fourth prize to
Walt Lona s and Tommy Thompson.
Indi vidual prizes were awarded to Jim Roberts
for low gross and to Bob Broughman for low net
during the regular season. Var ious other
tournament prizes were also dis t ribu ted.
A gift of appreciation was presented to Bob
Ki ll ian for his work in organ i zing and managing
the l eague.

ANN 0 II, N-. C EM ENT

SCOGEE TENNIS MEETING
Next Tuesday, Sept . 27, at 6:00 p.m. , at
Ridgeview Park. Rain date, Th ursday, Se pt. 29 .
Call Pa tty Pitzer, ext . 1484, if you are
in terested i n tennis, but can ' t attend the
meeting.
SCOGEE BASKETBALL
Schedul e practice for SCOGEE basketball will
be Monday, Sept. 26, 7:00-9:00 p.m. and
Thu rsday, Sept. 29, 5:00-7:00 p.m. at t he
Rosenwa ld gym . Please plan to attend. You
must be a member of SCOGEE to play.

The new Credit Union offi ce is on the second

fl oor of the Main Street Building.

The office of the Ge neral Electric Employees'

Credit Union recently moved . It is now located
on t he second floor of the Main Street Building
at 531 W. Main Street, just west of the Wayne
Thea ter.
The new te l ephone number i s 942-6818 and the
office hours are from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
Monday, Tuesday , and Wednesday.
Watch the bulleti n boards for detailed information on the Credit Union. This two-page
notice will out line loan l imits, loan interest
rates, and t he procedure for l oa n appl ications.
It will also inform you on payro ll deductions,
withdrawals, depos i t rece ip ts, and dividends .
There are now 1200 members enrolled since
the Credit Un ion began in June of this year.

THANK YOU NOTES

I would Li.ke to thank eveJtyone 60~ the.Alt many
aw 06 fUndnv.i.6 a6teJt my ~ec.ent au;tomobile
ac.Udent.

Betty Jo Ke 11 ey
Incoming Inspection
We would Li.ke to thank 9Wt 6/Uend.6 at GE 60~
the c.Md.6 and 6loweM .6ent at the death 06 oWt
6atheJt, LeJtoy BJtown.

Joyce Greaver
COO Engineering
Don nie Brown
Tool Room

Mr s . Charl ene Woods , a former GE employee, is

one of the volunteer workers at the new Credit
Union offic e .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
.

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

VO L. XIX NO . 39

7 , 1977

1978 UNITED WAY

CAMPAIGN

STOP FIRES SAVE LIVES

It's t hat ti me of year again for the

Waynesboro-East Augusta County United Way campaign to get underway . Plans are now being
made for meetings, selection of solicitors, and
distribu tion of campaign material and pledge
cards here at GE.

Fire Prevention
Week - Oct. 9 -15

This year's goal is $61,000 . If we have the

same kind of enthusiasm and community spirit we
had last year we should be able to reach our
goal and perhaps exceed it. Last year ' s goal
was exceeded by more than $7,000. We will need
everyone's help again this year to do as well.
: l ow are some quest ions and answers which we
hope will clear up any doubts you mi ght have
about contributing.
1.

How was the t otal goal determined?

The. c.ampa.A.gn goal WM de;teJ!Jn,{_ne.d a6teJt many

hoU/t.6 o 6 WOll..k by t h!te.e. gJtoup o6 vofunte.eJt
Utize.M :
(Continued on Pg . 2 , Col . 1)

OUR GOAL

[t(, f. 000

100

Fi re Prevention Week is the time to focus on

fi r e safety at home , work , school , pl ay - and
everywher e else .

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United Way

Sallie Surratt holds up one of the posters

for the United Way campaign . This one will
keep track of the tot al plant contributions .

Roots of this international observance a r e in

the so- called Great Chicago Fire of Oct . 9 ,
1871 - a conflagration which killed 250 persons
and destroyed 17,430 bui l dings at a cost of
$168 million .
Fir e Prevention Day was established in 1911
by the Fi re Marshals Associat i on of North
America . Eleven years later , the observance
was extended to a full week , on recommendation
of the National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA) .
Sin ce 1922 , Fire Prevention Week has b een proclaimed jointly in the United States and Canada
as the Sunday t hrough Saturday period i n which
falls the Oct . 9 anniversary date of the Gr eat
Chicago Fire .
(Continued on Pg . 3 , Col . 2)

UNITED WAY (Continued from Pg . 1 )

The. Budge;t Commille.e., whA.c..h 1te.view-0 :the.

age.n.c..iu ' 1te.qu.uu 601t 6un.do n.e.e.de.d :to
gu.Man.:te.e. c..on.lin.u.a:tion. 06 .6e.Jtvic..u .
The. Exec..u.:t.ive Commi:t.:t.ee an.d Advi601ty
Boa.ltd who Jteview :the 1tep0Jt:t o 6 :the Budg et
Commi:t.:t.ee an.d Mltive. at a goal bM ed on
:theAJr. 1tec..omme.n.da.-ti.0M .

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b.

2.

Why does the United Way spend our money on

report di nne rs ?

Not on.e pen.n.y 06 you.It c..on.:tltibu.:tion. i6 .6pen.:t

on JtepoJt:t <Un.n.eM, .u.n.c..heoM , e;tc.. . Thue Me.
paid 601t by :the. vofun.:t.ee'!A out o6 :theAJr. own.
poc..k.w.

3.

What i s t he Fa ir Share plan?

The Fai!t Sha.1te pl an. i6 a guide whA.c..h en.ab.tu

you :to equate you.It gi6t with :the gi6.U 06
o:theM . On.e' .6 1r.u p0Mibili:ttj i6 in. pltopoltlion.
:to :the livelihood on.e en.joy.6 M a membP.Jt 06
:thA. c..ommu.n.i:ty - you.It i n.c..ome i6 a me.M u.Jte 06
t hat .livelihood. You Me Mk.e.d, :t.heJte601te, to
gi ve you.It FaAJt. Sha.1te. bM ed on. you.It i n.c..ome.

4.

I have my own problems; why shoul d I gi ve

money t o hel p other peo ple?

We aU have ou.Jt own. ha.1tdo hA.p.6 . AU :that i6

Mk.e.d i6 that you mak.e. an honu:t e.660.lt:t :to
c..ome. up :to Fa))t ShMe -0:ta.nda.1tdo . You.It hon.ut
app1tai6al 06 you.It own .6:ta.n<Ung i6 .6u.66,i.c..ie.n.:t .
Ke.ep i n. mi nd :that :the.Jte Me peopl e l u-0 6olt:tu.n.a:te :than. you. . Buidu :that, you. will al.60

ben.efii:t..
5.

I mig ht be un employed in t he near fu t ure .

Why should I give?
AU :the moJte. Jte.Mo n. you 1.ihou.ld c..on.:tltibu:te.

16 you. Me laid 066 , you.Jt c..on.:tltibu.:tioM wide.It

:the payJtOU de.duc..Uon. plan. -0:top.6. O:theM w.i.ll
c..on.linu.e :to give :to mak.e Un.i:ted Way 1.ie.1tvic..u
available :to you and you.It 6amily .

6.

Wher e do I go to get help?

Con:ta.c..:t an.y Un.i:ted Way agen.c..y. Mk. t heilt

help and gu.idan.c..e in. .6 e.c..u.Jtin.g :the .6 e.Jtvic..u yoll

n.eed.
7.

I ' l l make my contribu t i on , but I don' t wan t

you bothering my people .

You.It emplo ye.u hav e :the .6ame pltivilegu an.d

1tu p0Mibili:tiu you have. You .6hould not deny
:them .the oppoJt:tu.n.i:ty :to exe.1r.w e :thw Jtight.6
M

c.A.;Uz eM .

8.

If I ha ve a ques ti on about t he Uni t ed Way

or t he di f f ere nt agencies wh ere can I fi nd
the answer ?

Cai.1. :the. agen.c..y .that you have quution..6 abuu;c,

oJt c..aU :the Un.i:te.d Way o66ic..e. Thue c..all-6 Me
a.lway-0 welc..omed by .the age.n.c..iu an.d the Un.i:ted
Way.

As in the pas t the re are several ways you

can donate. First, you can contribute a l ump
sum in cash . Second, you can contribute by
payr ol l deduct i on, ei t her i n a lump sum or
a certain amount per wee k/month (depend i ng on
your pay peri od) .
If you haven' t gi ven before won't you pl ease
consider giving t hi s year . If you have already
gi ven you may wa nt to increas e your donation .
So many people will be hel ped through t he
f ol l owing orga ni zati ons:
Goal
American Red Cross
Art i f i ci a l Ki dney Assoc .
Boy Scout s of Amer i ca
Ch i ~dren ' s Camp Council
Chi ldren ' s Home Society
Cyst i c Fibrosis
Emergency Welfar e
Family Counseling Service
Flor ence Critt enton
Girl Scouts
Lurnmor School
Mental Health Assoc .
Assoc . for Retarded Ci t i zens
Sal vation Army
Uni ted Church Nursery
USO
Va lley Wor kshop , Inc.
YMCA
Cont i ngencies
Expenses
Tota l Goal

$ 29 ,663
1 , 000
26 , 860
3 , 000

5,
3,000
1 , 050
500
18 , 462
8 , 000
15 , 875
7 , 925
40,000
20 , 000
100
9 ,000
31 , 000
15 ', 000
1 3 , 000
$249 , 758

Th i s year , as last year, you may desi gnate up

to 3 agenc i es t o rece i ve your contribution if
you do not wan t t o gi ve to all of them.
You may be sure t hat any amount you decide t o
gi ve will be appreci ated.

The United way

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FIRE PREVENTION (Continued from Pg. 1 )

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15 Years

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7.

Don ' t store highly flammable materials,

such as gasoline, indoors .
Keep matches , cigarette lighters, and household c leaning solver.ts away from children .
Check electrical wir ing capacity and avoid
overloading circuits .
Wor k out a home escape plan and praptice
it .
Sleep with bedroom doors closed and have
alternate escape routes, such as a window .
If your clothes should catch on fi re
remember this simple rule, "Stop, Drop,
and Roll . "
Keep cans full of baking soda in the
kitchen, basement, and beside the fir eplace
if you have one . Baking soda thorwn on a
fire is heated and then gives off carbon
dioxide . The carbon dioxide is heavi er than
air so flames without the necessary oxygen
are smothered.

There ar e many more suggestions on pr event i ng

and escapi ng fires i n the h ome . Contact your
local fir e department for more detai ls . It
coul.d be well worth the effort .

Waynesboro 1 and 2
in Tournament

20 Years

w.

R. GeJtman
G. R. Hol:te.

Waynesboro ' s two skeet teams placed 1 a nd 2

i n last weekend ' s t ournament in Vi nton . Team
No . 1 scor ed 341 out of a possibl e 375 , whi le
No . 2 scored 291. Salem s cored 282 and the
ot her chal lenging team , Lynchburg , was not able
to attend .
The members of the winning team are Tom
Moore , Ken Ki te , John Glenn , Mont e Mc Phatter,
and Mi ke Shelor . Team No . 2 member s are Larry
Smoot , Sue Smoot , Nelson Rosenstein , Ch i p King ,
and Mike Schooley .
High individual t r ophy went to John Glenn
who s cored 73 out of 75 . Sue Smoot , t he only
active woman in the club , par ticipated i n her
fi r st c ompet ition and out scored some of her
team members .

"Remember ! When you g et ta c:klcd,

just fall to w ard their goalpost ."

Tom Moore , Pre s ident of the Skeet Cl ub ,

wi she s to thank the Salem team member s ,
~specially Ma c McComas , Pr es i dent , for hosting
the tournament a nd dinner afterwards .

Are Your Shoes Safe ?

,' ANNOUNCEMENT
SCOGEE DISCO DANCE

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Don't forget the SCOGEE Disco Dance tomor
nigh t, Oct. 8, at the Elk's Lodge, 9 p. m. to
1 a. m. Check the posters outside the cafeter ias for ticket sellers.

THANK YOU NOT E

I wou.fd lik.e. ;to .:tho.nk. all. my 6!Uend6 nOJt .:the.
n.e_owe.M , c.a.Jtd6 , and fi ood -0 en.:t a..:t .:the. de.a..:th 06
my mo.:theJt-i n-l aw, Maude. Sm,i;th .

Mary Smith

Lost & Found

Th is relatively new style of s hoe (above) has
become ver y popular in recent months . Unfortunately not all of t he s e shoes are s uitable f or
f a c t ory wear .
Some of these sh oes
clot h ( ny l on , etc.) .
enough to pr ovi de t he
t ection. I f the shoe
a cceptabl e .

ar e part i ally made of

These a re not sturdy
foot with adeQuate pr oi s l eather it i s t otal ly

If you have a pai r o f shoes with any cloth in

the upper p ortion do not wear them in the
f a ct or y ar eas becaus e t hey a re not safe a nd
s er i ous i n j ury could be t he re s ult .

FOR SALE

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are in no way connec te d with ear.y busir.e~s v~ntu:-<? .

SIGiiAtuRE

There are a grea t number of items in the lost

and found which have been gathering dust for
quite a while . We would like to return them to
thei r ri ghtful owners but unfortunately no one
ha s claimed them. Below is a list of these
items. If you see anything which might belong
to you please see Cary Osborne in the Relations
Office.
Red glasses case
Heavy lin k chain
Padlock
GE service tie clasp
Saf e deposit box key
Go ld wedding band
Silver loop earri ng
Sma ll gold loop ea rring
Cl ass ring - 197 2
Silver charm
Tie bar with whi te stone
Tie ba r wi t h fleur-de-li s desi gn
Gold col ored rin g
Go l d col ored barrette
Men' s sun gl ass es
3 leather key cases
Bl ack lea t her gl oves
2 pair of safety glasses
2 office cabinet keys
Navy bl ue cosmetic bag
Small amount of money
A large collection of keys both loose and
on key ring s
If t hese items are not claimed within a couple
of weeks they will be disposed of. You may have
been looking for one of these items. If yo1~
no: sure if it's yours come down and see.

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GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
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VOL . XIX NO. 40

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

October 14, 1977

STATE BOND ISSUES

Total Amount - $125 Million
The followi ng i nf ormat i on was furnished by
the League of Women Voters . It is reprinted
here t o gi ve all of us a chance to read and
understand each of t he bond questions which we
will be vot i ng on November 8.

Before the Sta te may borrow money for capital

projects, t he Virginia Constitution requires
that the debt must be approved by a majority of
thP8"'\ voting on the question . The Constitution
se a limit on total debt under which the
State could currently borrow a maximum of $294
mi 11 ion .
On November 8, 1977, you will be asked to
vote YES or NO on f ive separate questions, each
of which seeks fu nd i ng for construction or
renovation of certain State facilities . The
total amount for al l five bond issues is $125
mi ll ion. The qu estions , as they will appear on
the ballot , are presented here with brief
explanations.
1.

Education Institutions

QUESTION : Shall Chapter 650, Acts of the

General Assembly of 1977 , authorizing the
issuance of general obligation bonds of the
Commonwealth of Virginia in the ma ximum of
$86,475,000 persuant to Article X, Section 9(b)
of the Constitution of Virginia for Educational
Institutions, ta ke effect?
To provide funds f or construction or renovat ion and conversi on of faciZities (cZassrooms,
Zaboratories, Zibraries, and physicaZ education
pZants ) at 19 State-supported coZZeges,
co~ity coZ Zeges, and universities throughout
Vi1v aia; and renovation of the Science Museum
of Virginia i n Richmond.
(Continued Pg. 2, Col. 1)

W. A. Surber

S. C. Harris, Jr.

Allen Surber and Sam Harris were recently

notified they have been awarded a joint patent.
This patent relates to improvements in printing sys terns.
This is Allen's first patent and Sam's si xth.

ASQC Plans Tour

The Blue Ridge section of the American
Societ y for Quality Cont rol will spons or a tour
of the Reynolds Metal Plant in Grottoes, Va.
Reynolds Metal is a maj or producer of industrial heat treated pl a st ic and the tour should
prove to be very educational to t hose who are
interested.
The tour is scheduled f or Thursday evening,
Oct. 20, 1977 , at 7 :00 p.m. Persons interested
in attending should contact C. C. Milton (Xl44o)
or M. G. Blis s (Xl536).

BOND ISSUES (Continued from Pg. 1)

2.

Correctional Facilities

QUESTION: Shall Chapter 651, Acts of the

General Assembly of 1977, authorizing the
issuance of general obligation bonds of the
Commonwealth of Virginia in the maximum amount
of $21 ,525, 000 pursuant to Article X, Section
9(b) of the Constitution of Virginia for
Correctional Facilities, take effect?
To provide funds for expansion or upgrading
of aoTTeational faaiiities for youthful and
adult offenders, loaated at five existing
facilities or sites in Powhatan, Boydton, Bon
Air, Southampton, and Halifax .

3.

Mental Health Facilities

QUESTION: Shall Chapter 652, Acts of the

General Assembly of 1977, authorizing the
issuance of general obligation bonds of the
Commonwealth of Virginia in the maximum amount
of $4,000,000 pursuant to Articl e X, Section
9(b) .of the Constitution of Virginia for Mental
Health Facilities, take effect?
To provide funds for aonstruation of offiae,
storage, and maintenance buildings at Western
State Hospital, Staunton; and land acquisition,
site preparation and planning for regional
training aenters for the mentally retarded in
the Winahester- Harrisonburg and Frederiaksburg
areas.

4.

Park and Recreational Facilities

QUESTION: Shall Chapter 653, Acts of the
General Assembly of 1977, authorizing the
issuance of general obligation bonds of the
Commonweal th of Virginia in the maximum amount
of $5,000,000 pursuant to Article X, Section
9(b) of the Constitution of Virginia for Park
and Recreational Facilfties, take effect?
To provide funds for aonstruation or improvement of buildings, utilities, roads, trails,
aampsites, and related reareational faailities
at 15 existing and 10 undeveloped State parks
throughout the State .

5.

Port Facilities
QUESTION : Shall Chapter 654, Acts of the
General Assembly of 1977, authorizing the
issuance of general obligation bonds of the
Commonwealth of Virginia in the maximum amount
of $8,000,000 pursuant to Article X, Section
9(b) of the Constitution of Virginia for Port
Facilities , take effect?
To provide funds for expansion of faailities
for handling aontainerized oaean freight and
other oaean aargo at the Norfolk, Portsmouth,
and Newport News Marine Terminals .
(Continued next Col . )

We urge everyone to study each of these

issues, make a decision on each one, and vote
your c onvic~ions on November 8. This is yo~
money that will be spent and you not only h
the right but the obligation to decide if t hese
expenditures are advantageous .

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United Way
Meetings
Behind the scenes activity has been feverish
for the past week preparing for the United Way
campaign here at GE. This afternoon the drive
wi l l get underway in earnest with the kickoff
meeting in the auditorium. Representatives
from each subsection have been invited to hear
an address by W. F. Kindt, DCPD Genera l Man~r.
on the importance of the United Way.
Next week meetings will be held with all
employees. A film will be shown and a presentation will be made outlining the purpose of
the United Way and the details of our campai gn .
There will also be an opportunity to ask
questions.
Please plan on supporting your United Way.
Your contribution will help many people with
various problems and may some day help you.

WIT
JEST
Frank Zarb, the former energy czar
in Washington, reports that thjs is how
bureaucracy works. One bureaucrat
wrote another: Dear Sir - I understand you have been seeing my wife.
In order to cope with the problem, I
would appreciate your seeing me at
my office Friday at 3 p.m.
Came the reply: Dear Sir - Thank
you for your form letter. I'm sorry that
I won't be able to attend, but I'll go
along with whatever the other fellows
agree on.

Home Laundry - or
Chemical Engineering?
Doing the laundry was once a relatively
simple - though back- breaking - chore. The
i ntroducti on of the wringer washer and detergents made things easier .
With t oday's automatic washers and dryers,
doing the laundry is a snap, physic ally.
However , with all the laundry additives needed
t o handle today's synthetics, knits, blends, and
permanent press fabrics, washday has become more
compl icated.
To help uncomplicate matters, here ' s a short
course in the basics of laundry additives f r om
the Consumers Institute of General Electric and
Hotpoint.
Phosphate Detergents: The most commonly used
laundry additive, deterg ents based on phosphates,
soften the water, reduce redeposition of dirt and
emulsify oily and greasy s oils. Many detergent
makers have been r educing the phosphat e content
of their products. This may require the use of
mor~ eterg ent t o get the same cleaning results
as
the past, particularly in hard- water areas.
Non- Phosphate Detergents: Powdered
non- phosphate detergents use various chemicals
as substitutes for phosphates and, in general,
do not clean as well. In hard water , powdered
detergents containing high levels of sodium carbonate tend to create limestone-like deposits i n
automatic washers which can lead to early
f ailures. Unbuilt, non-phosphate liquid
products also are available, but do not clean as
well as phosphate-based detergents.
Soap: It can do a good job in soft water,
but only a small percentage of U.S. households
are lucky enough t o have soft water. In general ,
s oa p used in water with even low levels of
hardness pr oduces a "curd" which results in
cleaning performance that is unsatisfactory to
modern homemakers.
Water Softeners: They ' ll improve cleanability ,
enable you to use soap, or allow the use of less
detergent. But they will add to the cost of
laundering.
(Continued next Col.)
"Let me walk for a time in the
moccasins of my enemy, as I carry
his burdens and try to solve his
p roblems. Only then may I criticize him."
- Indian saying

Pre- Soaks: Thes e products usually contain

enzymes - inanimate chemicals - which help
break down certain difficult soils to simplify
removal .
Bleach: Liquid chl orine bleach is the most
widely used, although various dry oxygen
bleaches also are avai l able . Chlorine bleach
will deactivate enzymes, so should not be
added at the same time with enzyme pre-soaks .
Oxygen bleaches are compatible with e n zyme
product s. Bleaches remove s ome soils and
stains that enzyme s won't, and have the added
advantage of di s i nf ect ing and deodorizing .
Fabric Softeners : Concentrated and diluted

types added to the rinse

cycle hl
e p II re 1 ax II
and soften f abrics a nd reduce stat ic
electricity that may be generated by tumble
drying .
Pre- Wash Sprays: Applied directly to
clothes before washing, t hese new additives
help loosen gr ound- in dirt and stubborn stains .
They generally contain no enzymes, phosphates
or bleach. Use according to manufacturer's
instructions .
In short, be aware of t he additives you use
in your washer and understand their
characteristics. Used properly, they can
improve your l aundering results.

eptnton tloll
This week's question is: Do you think today's
schools are adequatel y educating our children?

Question 2
Yes

No

Undecided

Comments:

If you are i nterested in participating in the

poll check your answer above, ma ke any comments
you might want, cut out on broken line, and send
to Cary Osborne in Relations. A few of the
comments may be printed along with the results
of the poll.
No names are necessary.
printed next week .

The results will be

ANNOUNCEMENT

Happy Birthday to
Liberty Enlightening

SCOGEE TENNIS

the World"

The re will be a meeting of those SCOGEE

members interested in tennis next Tuesday,
Oct. 18, 6:00 p.m., at Ridgeview Park. All
members interested please be prompt .
If attendance has not improved since the
last meeting this program will have to be
cance lled.

Proud and regal she is, the lady named

"Liberty Enlightening the World ." And on
October 28 , this lady, who stands majestically
on Li berty Island in New York ' s harbor, will be
91 years of age .

SCOGEE VOLLEYBALL
Anyone interested in playing volleyball
contact Kenny Gray, ext. 1141. At the moment
we're try ing to find out how many people are
interested. Definite plans will be announced
later.

Her beginning was as noble as her l ife.

SCOGEE SOFTBALL
Will all team members of teams 1 and 2 please
turn in their uniforms to their respective
managers .as soon as possible.

FOR SALE
5HP RIDING MOWER--BRIGGS-STRAT--$150--456-6739
SCM PORT. TYPEWRITER--ELITE- -LIKE NEW--942-0771

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A group of prominent Frenchmen commissioned

famous sculptor Frederic Barthold to design the
statue as a bond of friendship between France
and the United States. The Lady was to be a
monument to the brotherhood and liberty e njoyed
by the citizens of both nations .
The frame, made by Gustave Eiffel, who
designed the Eiffel Tower, encompasses many
symbols of freedom . Miss Liberty ' s right arm
holds the torch that sheds its light upon ~ ~
world . Her left arm cradles the tablet bea1

the date of the Declaration of Independence .

At her feet is the broken shackle proclaiming
liberty for all .
Once Miss Liberty was created and paid for by
the citizens of France, t he citizens of the
United States raised $300,000 by popular subscript i on to provide a fitting pedestal for her.
And on that base , engraved on a tablet, is
the sonnet by the Jewish poetess, Emma Lazarus,
expressing America's welcome :

Not lik.e. the. bJt.aze.n g,la.nt 06 G1t.e.e.k. 6ame.,

Wah eonqueJU.ng .eJ.mb-0 Q,6.:tJU..de. 61t.om land to
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He.lt.e. a;t OM M ..a.- WCU he.d, -0 Un-0 e.t 9a;tu -0 hall
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A YIU.ghty woman w-lth a to1t.eh, who-0e. 6.la.me.
I-0 the. -Unpl!JAone.d lightvU.ng, and he.It. name.
Mathe.It. 06 e.illu . Flt.om he.It. be.aeon- hand
Glou.16 wotd.d-w-<-de. weleome.; he.It. mild e.yu
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The. a,iA-b!U.dge.d ha1t.bo1t. tha;t .:tw..i.n c.,,tiu 61t.ame. .
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anue.nt .ta.nd-0, tjOUlt. -OtotU.e.d pomp?"
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poo1t.,
YoM huddled ma-0-0 u ye.a1t.vU.n.9 to b1t.e.a;the. 61t.e.e..
The. Wlte.tehe.d 1t.e.6M e. o 6 yoM te.e.YIU.ng -0 ha1t.e..
Se.nd thue., the. homei.u-0, te.mput-to-0t to me.,
I li6t my la.mp buide. the. golde.n doolt.!"

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL. XIX NO. 41

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

Dr. T. A. Vanderslice
Visits Plant

October 21, 1977

United Way Campaign

In Full Swing

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Dr . Vanderslice (2nd from l) was accompanied on
a previous tour by Mr. Kindt (l), Mr . Doty
(behind Dr. Vanderslice) , Mr . Trott (2nd from r),
and Mr . Coughtry .

Dr. T. A. Vanderslice, Vice President and

Group Exec utive for the Special Systems and
Products Group is visiting the Waynesboro plant
today. He is accompanied by Mr. C. T. Kastner,
Vice President and General Manager of
Communication Systems Business Division.
Dr. Vanderslice and Mr. Kastner are here for
the Mini-Business Review meeting with Mr . W.
F. Kind t , Genera l Manager for DCPD, and the
DCPD Section Managers . After the meeting there
will be a tour of the ma in plant and Turner
complex.
(Continued on Pg . 2 , Col . 1)

Mr . Kindt expressed his own and the Company ' s

wholehearted support of the United when he
addressed the so l i citors last Friday .

The 1978 United Way campaign got underway

here at GE last Friday with a meeting of area
solicitors.
The meeting opened with an address by Warren
F. Kindt, DCPD General Manager. Mr. Kindt told
the group that GE is "6Vr.mly c.omm..l.tte.d :to :the.

Unlte.d Way and I be.L<.eve whole.he.aJL:te.dly ~n i:t..

The. Unlte.d Way g~vv.i :the. bv.i:t Jte.:tUJtn on yoUJt
doUM. The. .6p..UU,t 06 :the. c.ommund.y de.pe.nd.6
on ~ c.ampMgn."

"We. c.ot.Lld have. a lot 06 M66e.1te.n:t c.ampMgn.6,"

Mr. Kindt continued. "bu,t :the. Unlte.d Way -<A an

a.:t:te.mp:t :to .6ave money

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.6ave fue 60.1t

"The. c.ommunlty de.pe.nd.6 ve.Jty heavily on

:to make. :the. c.ampMgn woJtk," he added.
"We. mu<>:t all do oUJt paJt:t." He urged the so 1i ci -

~ndu<>:t.Jty

tors to encourage "Fair Share" contributions.

(Cont i nued on Pg . 3 , Col. 1)

VANDERSLICE (Continued fr om Pg . 1)

JC. !JJnell /!R ecee1JeJ

!JJleinme'J uftedallion
J . K. Snell, Manager - Engine ering fo r DCPD
was recent l y honored at a banqu et during which
he r eceived the Steinmetz Award . These awards
are given by GE to l eading eng ineers a nd
scientists in the Company in recognition of
the ir outstanding contributions to the Company
and to society .

Mr . Kastner is pictured here during his f irst

t our of the Turner complex . Also pi ctured ar e
Mr . Kindt {l), D. L. Coughtry (2nd from l) , and
L. L. Trott ( 2nd from r).

CDO ta Move
ta Sale111

The banquet was held at GE Corporate Headquarters in Fairfi el d , Conn . , Tuesday , Oct. 11 .
A rec eption before the banquet a nd a breakfast
the following morning were also held to honor
the nine men who received t he awards this year .
Mr . Snell was introduced by Dr. T . A.
Vandersli ce, Vice- President and Group Executive
of the Special Systems and Products Group . Mr.
Reginald Jones , Chairman of the Board of GE,
presented t he medallion to Kirk in honor
of h i s achievement s .
In addi tion to the medalli on a $5,000 contribution was made in Kirk ' s name t o t he State
University of Iowa .

The followi ng announcement was made earlier

this wee k.
The manag ement of the Drive Systems a nd Dat a
Communicati on Products Departments jointly
announced t oday t hat the Waynesbor o-ba sed
Control Devices Operation wi l l be tran s ferred
t o its p arent locati on in Sa l em, Va.
The c ons ol idation will take at l eas t two
years, begi nning in 1978 . Careful timing of
the trans ition will permi t gr owth of Dat a
Communi c ati on Pr oducts Department t o utilize a
majority of t he CDO employees not involved in
the t rans fer. DCPD Gene r al Manager, Warren
Kindt , said t hat the move will be c arefully
managed to mi nimize di s ruptions in the
Waynesboro work f orc e and t he Waynesb or o
c ommunity.

Mr . Ki ndt said the deci sion to move CDO t o

Salem is in respon s e t o the projected gr owth
of DCPD here over the next severa l years and
the desirabilit y of comb in i ng a ll of Drive
Systems ' Virginia op erati on s in one location
i n Salem . The move is in the best interests
of the two businesses with the expe ctat i on
that it will allow f or greate s t f lexibility in
the use o f both faci l ities and provi de gr owth
oppor t unities in each .

W. F. Kindt, DCPD Gener al Manager congratu lates

Kirk Sne ll on receiving thi s high honor .

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UNITED WAY (Cont i nued from Pg . 1)

Bob Broughman, coord ina tor of the GE campaign,

c....-...i nued the meet i ng by s tress ing t he fact
th . . i: "the. $61, 00 0 goal c.an be. ac.hie.ve.d and peJthap~ e.ve.n e.xc.e.e.de.d.
It ' ~ jUl:it a .l<.,ttle. mo~e.
than we. ac;tua.l.ly c.alle.c.te.d wt ye.AA and we. had
6e.weJt pe.ople. the.n. "

Bo b then rev i ewed the program and exp l ained

t he soli citors ' du t ies. He al so stressed the
"Fair Share" co ntr i bu tio n but expl ained that
this i s onl y a guid eline and i t i s l eft to each
indi vi dual to determi ne what i s appropri ate to
gi ve.

In describing the pledge cards, Bob explained

how to fill it out. If you are paid weekly and
wish to have a deduction made put the amount on
the wee kly line . If you get your paycheck
monthly note the amount you wish deducted on
the monthly line .
There are three ways t o give a lump sum
contribution: cash , personal check, or a onetime deduction. This should al so be noted on
the card.
All cards are to be turned in whether or not
a contribution i s being made.
If an employee wan t s the contribution to go
to certain agencies t he name of those agencies
should be li sted at t he end of the card.
It is also pos s ible t o designate
other than Waynesbor o-East Augusta
the appropriate box at t he bottom.
not listed wr i t e it in and we will
effort to see i t get s there.

a town/county
by checking
If yours is
make every

Bob added tha t it is al so very important that

every card be si gned and dated. "We. would ~o
like. to have. the.m twrne.d ,tn

M on

po-0.0..<..b.te.."

MEMBER AGENCIES OF THE UNITED WAY

I n descr ibing the pr ocedure for this year' s

campaign Bob Broughman ex pr essed t he hope t hat
we wou ld no t only reach our goa l but exceed i t
agai n this year.

All th i s week GE empl oyees have atte nded

meetings in the audi torium and Turner cafete ri a on the United Way campai gn. They he ard
Tony Curt i s descr ibe t he wor k done by some of
the age nci es in th e mov i e f ur ni shed by t he
United Way.
The fil m stressed t he idea of helping ot hers
t hrough our contri bu t i ons whe n we can' t be
t here pe r sonall y . We can al so help so many more
peopl e t hrough the Uni ted Way tha n we can be
d~ tin g to individual agenci es .
Before t he fil m was shown Bob Broughman
exp l ained how the campaign i s bei ng conducted.
He started by li s ting t he age nci es wi t h a s hor t
des cr i pti on of what each one does (see list) .

Association of Retarded Citizens

Boy Scouts of America
Children's Camp Counci l
Children's Home Soci ety
Cystic Fibrosis
Emergency As sistance
Florence Cri t tenton Service
Girl Scouts
Lurnmor School
Mental Health Association
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Uni t ed Church Nursery
Valley Workshop, Inc.
Virginia Artificial Kidney Association
YMCA
USO
Family Counse ling Service

-.ANNOUNCEMENT
There will be a meet ing of the people interested
in the SCOGEE Volleyball teams Mo nday, Oct . 24,
in the Cafeteria at 4:30 p.m .
THANK YOU NOTE

I w.U, h t o .thank Ralph' .6 6!Ue.ndo a;t. GE 6oJt the.

c.Md6 , 6.oweM , a.nd v..Wili dU!Ung w long
ho.6pU:a.l c.on6-tneme.nt a.nd .6-tnc.e. he. ha.d be.en home..
Al.60 the. F-tMt Afd CJtew 6oJt the. mMvelow.i
M.6.Llt.a.nc.e. they ga.ve the. n,tght. 06 w Mt.a.d..
A ve!ty .6pe.Ua.l tha.nk.6 to MJt . Pe.JtJty, a.nd moJte.
Jtec.ent.ly M!t . /3Jtoughma.n, 60'1. all the. help a.nd
a.dv-tc.e g-tven me -tn ta.k,tng c.Me o 6 the nwne!tow.i
-tn..6 uJta.nc.e. c.la.hn.6 . Suc.h help .U, -tnva.lua.ble. a;t_ a.
;t,trne 06 a. lengthy ,tllne.6.6 .
S-tnc. eJt ely,
M!t.6 . Ralph Mw.igJta.ve

IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW

'l'his Sunday, Oc t . 23, is mother s - i n- law day .
Thi s year be di ffer ent . Sh01.J some sign of
af fect i on to your mother - in- law to i ndicate
that you appr ec iate her .
WANTED:

YOUNG AR'l'I STS

The Services Division of the American Library

Assoca tion i s looking for artists - aged 13 to
18 - to design a cover for t hei1 bookli st, Bes t
Books fo r Young Adul ts .
The cover design should be 9" x 3 3/4" in
black ink on white paper and must include the
words "Best Books for Young Adults 1977". The
student ' s name, s chool, age, and home addr es B
should be on the back of the cover.

pinion

~oll

l\esults

The results of l ast week ' s poll are i n.

Questi on No . 2 - Do you t hin k today ' s
school s are adequately educating our ch il dren?
Yes
No
Undec i ded

23
1

Below are some of the comments rece i ved .

(7) Not enough .6u.bje.c.b.i Jte.qu,{.Jte.d .
(2) Not
enough book.6 to go Moun d. ( 3} Ove.Jt c.Jtowde.d
c.la..6.6Jtoom.6.

Too muc.h play - not enough WOJtk .

Too many a.c.t,{.v~e.6 and "6!Ull.6" . Need to ge,
bac.k to the. bM-tc..6 - Jte.acl<..ng , ' JUt,tng , and
'!Uthniilic. .
Feel e.duc.Uolt.6 would be. be;tte.Jt w.i.,.t.h mOJte
.6uppoJtt 6Jtom pMe.nt.-6.

"Ye..6" -tn mo.6t c.Me..6 -tn tw Me.a.

Ame.Jt,{.c.a ' .6 .6c.hool.6 Me the be..bt wotzi.d-w-tde .
Wlie.n d ..Wn ' t adequa;t.e we. M pMent.6 Me
6a.il,tng God a.nd oUJt c.hildJten.

Good -tn M me. aJteM , .60-.60 -tn othe.Jt.6 , a.nd pooJt

-tn Mme . They do a pooJt job -tn ec.onom-tc..6
( e.ve!tyday} , -tn te.ac.h-tng the. k,tdo how to c.ope.
wdh .6,{.rnple eve.Jtyday pltoblem.6 wh-tc.h eve.Jtyone.
e.nc.ounte.Jt.6 , and they do a pooJt job te.ac.h-tng the
k,tdo about the. bw.i-tne..6.6 wotzi.d . Al.60 , I 6eel
tha;t. mo~t .6c.hool c.oun..6 e.lioM do a poOJt job 06
help-tng the. k,tdo .6 ele.u the. c.oUJt.6 e.6 wh-tc.h but
.bud t hem and wh-tc.lt w,tll help t hem ob;ta.,tn the,Ud
li6 e. goa.l.6 .

Send designs , by December 1, 1977, to Jer l'!J

St evens, Young Adult Coor dinator, Fres no
Co~m ty Fr ee Librar y, 2420 Mariposa, Fres no,
Cal. 93721.
'l'he winni ng des i gn will be s elec ted in
January 1978 .
FREE FOOD BOOKLET FOR YOU
The Agriculture Department has published a
f r ee booklet, Your Money 's I./orth i n Food, whi ~h
offers help in findi ng t he bes t buys in food .
I t also aids in menu pl anning, budgeting and
comparison shopping . The pub lication is
ava:i Zu.b le by sending a postcard to the Consumer
I nformation Center, Dept . 637E, Pueblo, Colo .
81009 .

"What this needs is some hamburger

helpe r."

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL. XI X NO. 42

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

October 28, 1977

It's Time for Ghosts &

Goblins & Witches
Now is the time for all good witches to testfli ght their brooms - and for goblins to
practice hob- goblin '.
Halloween , in case you hadn ' t noticed , is
this month !

Wiiiiam A. Orme . manager . Corporate Support

Operatron . General Elec1rrc Company, Bridgeport .
Connectrcut and member . Corporate Associates.
Um led Way of Amerrca .

The following are excerpts from remarks presented by Willicon A. Orme at the United Way
Volunteer Leaders Conference, April 25, 1977.
I ' ve been asked to discuss how corporate
contribution programs of national companies
operate , and to suggest what local United Way
organizations might do t o merit and gain
increased support from these companies. I
shall try to do that .

"Business as Usual" Not Enough

Let me begin by not merely conceding but
rather asserting that the very legitimacy
of our business system depends upon corporate
performance in non- economic areas and the
public's approval of tha~ performance . The
American people have made very clear their
demand that companies like ours behave in a
socially responsible manner . This calls not
merely for an honest effort, but for demonable results and includes supporting
~~tierving charitable, educational, civic, and
cultural activities and organizations,
expecially in communities where our plants and
employees are l oc ated.
(Continued on Pg . 2, Col . 2)

Halloween or All Hallows Eve, the name given

to October 31 , now chiefly is known as the Eve
of the Christian Festival. But it long antedates Christianity. The two chief
characteristics of ancient Halloween were the
lighting of bonfires and the belief that this
was the one night in the year during which
ghosts and witches are most likely to wander .
For most us, however, Halloween has become a
night of fun and frolic ! Below are some
suggestions to protect yourselves and your
children on t h is night.

1.
2.
3.

Be sure costume is fZcone proof.

Carry flashlight.
Add reflective strips or paint to dark
costumes.

4.
5.

Avoid long costumes which may cause a faU .

Use faoe make- up rather than a mask. A
mask could slip and blur a child ' s vision .
Carry a shopping bag with a handle for
treats so that both arms may remain free .
Travel in groups and do not get into a oar
with a stranger.

6.
7.

(Continued on Pg . 3, Col . 2)

An SVIP* Visits GE
When Danny's father had to pay a visit to
the Payroll office here he decided to tag
along to see what the working world was li ke.
Being a little too young to accompany his
fath er into the offices he visited with Phyllis
for a while .
The calculator was fun but somehow his totals
were always wrong. The typewriter made noise
and it was fun to watch the littl e ball jump
up and down but his spelling was atrocious.
He tried answering the phone but couldn't find
the right words to say.
Finally, they found the one thing he could
do best of all . Bob Good was summoned and
Dan ny smiled happily as his picture was taken.
Deciding he was not quite ready for the
working world he went home with his father
when he returned .
Danny is the son of Randy and Pat Furrow,
both on second shift.

UNITED WAY (Continued from Pg . 1)

The story i s t old of the man on the Titanic,
sitting peacefully in his deck chair, puffi ~
on his pipe while panic prevailed all aroun
him . When asked why he was not concerned, the
man replied, " Why should I worry ; it ' s not my
ship ! 11 Today , most citizens including businessmen, recognize that the larger community
around them is 11 their ship 11 and if it sinks,
then they sink along with it. Hospitals,
colleges and universities, cultural institutions, and, of cours e, health and welfare
agencies all play a vital role in keeping
soc iety ' s ship afloat.

GE POLICY ON CONTRIBUTIONS
In order to have a consistent Company-wide
approach to the support of local United Way
campaigns, all local components are provided
with a set of guidelines , previously approved
by the Corporate Executive Office. In summary,
these guidelines require that our local managers take into account each of the following
factors in determining their recommended level
of support.

*Small , very important person .

1. Community need as reflected in the campaign goal .
2. Employee interest and appraisal as
reflected in employee giving.

3.

The contributions of peer companies .

4. The per-employee Company-wide level of

United Way support.
5. The historic pattern of GE giving in
that local community .

6. The efficiency and effectiveness of the

local United Way or ganization and its member
agencies.
Our managers are specifically instructed,
however, that in no case should these guidelines
be applied so rigidly that they would prevent a
proper rec ommendation based on: a) the needs
of the community; b) our corporate responsibility in helping to meet those needs; and
c) the entire spectrum of needs, demands, and
priorities of the business.

The Bottom Line

Phyllis Pendergraft, Receptionist, demons trates one of the jobs which comes under
"other> relat ed duties" in her job description.

What are the bottom line results? Last ~

, '
GE corporate contributions totalled $2.3
mill ion to 270 separate United Way campaigns .
In addition, we conducted in- house employee
(Continued next Col . )

/zx/77

10

(Continued from previ ous Col. )

HALLOWEEN (Continued f r om Pg . 1)

campaigns which provided another $8.5 million.

Combined, then, the GE " family" - Corporate
pJ
employee - produced $10 .8 million for 1976
Un . ~d Way drives. Here ' s how GE ranked in
1975 (the last year for which I have data) by
various measures among the top 100 i ndustrials:

8.

We were 12th in earnings, but 2nd in total

United Way corporate giving and 10th in this
corporate gi ving as it related to earnings.
We were 4th i n employment, but 3rd in total
United Way employee giving.

Reprinted from Corronunity Focus , Vol. 1, No. 2,

July 1977 .

Do not call at the homes of strangers or go

into any house .
Bring treats home for inspection before anything is eaten .

9.
10.
11.

Do not be destructive.
Use electric candles in pumpkins to avoid
fire .
Remove aZZ obstacles from walk or yard so
goblins won ' t trip and hurt themselves.
Keep outside lights on.
If driving, be careful . Children may
forget to Zook for you .

12 .
13.
14.

TURN CLOCKS BACK l HOUR

Many people at GE were saddened to learn

that Leigh Bal l passed away this past
Saturday.

Don't forge t that this is the weekend we

all go off of dayl ight saving time. Be sure
to turn your clocks back one hour Saturday
night or Sunday morning.

Leigh , born in Nelson County, retired in

September of l ast year with over 20 years of
service here at the Waynesboro plant. He is
survived by his wife, Nellie, one son and one
~g hter.

The fami ly requests that memorial tributes

be in the form of contributions to the Wayne
Hills Baptist Church building fund .

Gene Pikes Honored

In honor of boss' day, and because he will
be leaving for a new assignment, the girls in
the TSI area presented Gene Pikes with a
floral arrangeme nt. Gene is in the Manufacturing Management Program and will be
moving the last of October.

The following statement was made by the TSI

girls: "In. appJte.c.),a;t{_on 06 oWt bo.6.6, Eugene.

P,tk.u, we. the. g.<.Jt.1.6 ,i_n .the. TST BoMd AA.ea.

wottld U k.e. .the. Jtu.t o6 .the. Ge.ne.Jta.l Ele.wuc.
plarz,t :to k.now we. do .6,(nc.e.Jte.l!f appJte.ua.te. oWt
bo.6.6, e.ve.n .though we. Me no.t .the. bu.t about
.6 how,(ng d e.a.c.h and e.ve.Jt!f day."

- ANNOUNCEMENT

Meetings Last Week

LUCILLE WISEMAN IN HOSPITAL

The News has just learned t hat Lucill e
Wiseman i s in the hospital i n Harrisonburg .
If you wou l d l ike to send her a card or
l etter her address is:
Lucil l e Wiseman
Room 340
Roc kingham Memorial Hospi t al
Harrisbonburg , Va . 22801
They will surely be appreciated very much.
SCOGEE VOLLEY BALL
There will be a schedul ed voll eyball practi ce
for all teams in the small gym behi nd
Waynesboro High School, Tuesday, Nov . 11, at
7:00 p.m.
THAN K YOU NOTES

Bob Brou.ghman, Re l ations, spoke to almost every

emp loyee i n his ro l e as United Way coordinator.
Here he explai ns the ccunpaign to employees at
Turner in t he Turner cafe t eri a .

The. 6a.m{l_y 06 Shvunan and Be.ui.a.h CM h woui..d uk.e.

t o e.xp11.e.u) thU!r.. 6inc.eJte. g1ta..titu.de. to i l l tho6 e.
who gave. 6loWe.ll.6 , c.Md6, and u nd WO!td6 06
6tjmpa.thtj a.t the. time. 06 t he. de.a.th 06 Ou.It 6a.theJt,
William M. CM h.
I woui..d uk.e. t o thank. i l l my 6Jt,{.e.nd6 6011. :the.

6lowe.ll.6 , 611.u.,{.t, and c.Md6 6e.nt t o me. wh.<,te. I

a patient a.t t he. UnA.v e.Md tj HMpdal.
You.It thou.gh:t6 and p!tatje.M Welte. applte.c.ia.te.d
V e/tlj mu.c.h.

W<U

Ken Ken t

WANTED

Bob he l d six meet ings in the auditorium for the

employees at the mai n plant . He pointed out
many of t he advant ages of giving to the Uni ted
Way .

IN FANT BOY'S CLOTHES--943- 6847

LOST
Brown St etson felt
to

:JerJ e

U rJ e

Half our lives arc spen t in d rea m ing

Of th e d eeds we' re go ing to do.
The othe r half in va inl y wondering
\ Vhy our drea ms do not come true.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

VOL. XIX NO . 43

November 4, 1977

UNITED WAY
OVER THE TOP!

NEGOTiATiON

The General Electri c employees' contributions

to the United Way now stand at $64,867 . 24,
surpassing the goal of $61,000, and stil l
rising. There are sti ll a few pledge cards
coming in .

HEld HERE

We wi sh to express our sincere apprecia t ion

to all of those empl oyees who contributed t his
year, no matter the s i ze of the individual
amount. A special thanks to those employees
who decided to gi ve for the f irst time.
A large amount of the credit goes to the
soli citors in each area whose time and efforts
m
surpassing our goal possible. Than ks to
a . . of you and congratulations on a job well
done.
Hopeful ly, all of the cards will be in next
week and we wil l be ab l e to give you the grand
total for the campaign. Thanki to al l of you
for putting us over the top.

. /t;f[Jo

Cary Osborne, Relations , sorts through some of

the 3,000 c ards turned in for the United Way .

SEMiNAR

"The. ke.y to w..i.ruU.ng obje.ctiveo .U.eo ..i.n

knowi..ng how to ne.gotiat.e. moJz.e. e.66e.ctive.ly."
So stated Mr . Phil Kontoff , director of a
seminar on negotiation held October 21 at the
Red Carpet Inn. The one day seminar was
des i gned to provi de a basis for day- to-day,
f ace-to- face negotiation in both business and
interpersonal relationships.
The multimedia program was or ganized by
Purchasing and included 24 GE employees from
Marketing , New Pr oduct s Task Force, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials, and Purchasing . In addition to the audio- visual program
and related practical exer c ises presented in
the seminar, participants received copies of
Dr . Chest er L. Karrass ' books The Negotiating
Game and Give and Take. An eleven hour
cassette program and workbook on Effeative
Negotiation were included for self study.
Mr . Kontoff, a representative of the Center
for Effective Negotiation, Los Angeles, noted
that, "You. ha.ve. moJz.e. powe.Jz. tha.n you. th..i.nk" if
you use negot iating techniQues emphasized in
the seminar and self study program by Dr .
Karrass . Dr. Karras s is the Director of the
Center for Effective Negotiation.
Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others
have gone. Leave the beaten path
occasionally and dive into the
woods. You will be certain to find
something you have never seen
before. It will be a little thing but
do not ignore it. Follow it up, explore around it, one discovery
will lead to another and before
you know it, you will have something really worth thinking about.
All really big discoveries are the
result of thought.
- Alexander Graham Bell

Erler & Gyorko

Receive Quest Awards
Irvin Er l er a nd Brinley Gyor ko were r ec i pients
of individual Quest Awards for October . Thes e
awar ds are pres ented to i ndividual s i n ICD for
outstanding i ndividual accompl i shments dir ected
t oward imp r ovi ng the qual i ty and s ervice
a spect s of ICD pr oduct s .
Irvi n' s contribution was t he compl et e
analysi s of t he circuit test r equirement s for
the I/C chips f or the Electro Vehicl e Cont rol EV- 1 . As a r esult of hi s efforts, new t est
programs were complet ed , al l owi ng for superior
test of the chi ps pri or to solder on t he PC
boards , and as suring quality perfor mance in ":,he
customer ' s equipment . Irvin i s a Design Engineer in ICD , Des i gn & De vel opment Un i t.
Br inley , Pr oduct Ser vi ce Speci al i st for
Numeric al Contr ol s , was nominated for the awa r d
for as s i sting an offshor e customer in the refurb ishi ng of a numer i cal control damaged by
f i r e. Hi s extr a effor t i n advanc e prepar ation
and at t ention t o detai l s t o ensure procuremeLt
of parts and pr oduc t i on scheduling ear ned hirr.
the awa r d .
The Que st Pr ogr am , a Depart ment- wide progr am
to empha s ize the i mpor t anc e of Quality and
Service t o our customers , also awa r ds t eam performance on a mont hly basis for accompl i shment s
ref lected i n a poi nt syst em that measures the
qual ity and s ervice effect ivene ss on a
continuing basis . The Wayne sbor o Contr i buting
Team won the award f or the mont h of October .

IT'S VACATION
BANKING
TIME AGAIN
If you wa nt to use vacation banki ng i n 1978 ,
you' d better hurry ' cause time is runn i ng out
even t hough 1978 i sn't here yet.
"To use t he ' banki ng' benefit in 1978 , an
employee must make sure hi s or her el ecti on
fo rm is received by payroll by November 30,
1977 , 11 says Marjorie Gr imes , Manager of
Emp l oyee Relati ons .
Who is eli gible f or vacati on banking? If
you are ent i tled t o vaca t io n t i me over t hree
weeks , or i n excess of t he plant's pri mary
shutdown, if longer , you are eligi bl e f or
vacati on ba nki ng .

,..-...,

Vacati on banki ng l ets you "bank" one or

e
fu l l days of vacati on in excess of three weeks
- or i n excess of t he plant's pri mary shutdown
i f it i s longer . You are paid normal ly f or
work on "ba nked" days, and your vacation pay
for t hose days is credited t o your ret i rement
opti on accoun t under t he Savings and Security
Program. If you don ' t have such an account ,
one will be opened for you.
Your "banked" pay - inves t ed in one of the
S&SP securi t i es - will be held un t i l your
retirement, or until your servi ce wi t h GE
i s termina t ed for some other reason . According
to Marjori e, el ection to bank vacati on days is
i r r evocabl e. That means that i f fami ly or
pl ant production needs change, you can' t
change those banked days back into vacation
days .
"This i nformati on, " Marjorie adds, "is no t
a soli ci t ation for part i ci pation in vacati on
ba nking but simp ly a reminder to el i gi bl e
empl oyees to st udy the benefit."
A let ter concerni ng the "Vacation Banki ng"
provision wil l be di stri buted to all empl ~ s
eli gibl e for the benefi t . Those who want
use ban king should co nta ct Leo Huntl ey in
Payro l l t o obtain proper f onns .

Tom Haught (left ) pr es ents the Quest awards

to Brin ley Gyorko (center) and Irvin Erler
(r i ght) .

THE ENGLISH TONGUE WORD RICH

When is a pi g not a pig ?
When i t i s served on t he tabl e as pork . And
this i s but one exampl e of the r i chnes s and
beauty of the Englis h language.
In 1066, William the Conqueror and his
fellow Nor mans ( f r om France ) conquered England .
As the new r ulers of t he l and , they made
French t he offi c i al t ongue of t he r ul ing cl a s s .
But conquered Anglo- Saxons continued to use
their own language .
As servants t o their French masters , the
Anglo- Saxons t i lled t he f ields and took care
of the livestock. The animals wer e known as
pig , cal f , ox , sheep , deer , and so on .
However , when the animals were s laughtered
and prepared for the great tables of their
Nor man master s, French words were used . Thus
the sheep was mou t on ; t he ox, boeuf ; t he calf,
veeZ ; the pig , pork ; and t he deer, venei son.
nd t he Engl ish l anguage was f urther
t:uriched .

FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER

5 Years
B. L. Bltown

C. P. John6on
J . L. John6 on.
L. E. Joneo

S. H. Campbell.
S. V. Cook. ITT
A. N. Va.Wta.j
V. S . Fdzg eJta.ld
L. E. Fdzg Vta.ld
W. M. Ha.le

L. B. LoudeJtba.ek.
E. M. Luea..6
R. M. Pe:tlvi..e.

V. M P..u:tma.n

V. C. Hall

C. V. Sa.lyeJt

J. V. HendeJUion
W. 0. H..i.neJuna.n

C. L. Showa,lteJt
V . S. Yea.g o

10 Years

15 Yea r s

N. L. Bcitma.n

E. J. Bite.eden
H. C. Ca..6-0
C. L. ConneJt

H. Q. BUJLne:tte.
R. E. Ve.d!l.iek.
R. V. Ram-0ey
M. V. S-i.Jnp.6 on
R. A. S/wJa!Llo
W. V Sfa.ug h:teJt
J. B. S:ton.Vt

R R Ga.1tu a.

R. C. Gw-0

M. H. H1te.bink.o
R. E. Wlia n
J . C. Mil-leJt

H. R.

20 Years

Mo~

L. W. Ram-0 e.y

P. C. Swink.
R. T. Hcvr..:teJt
H. L. Shi66fe:tt

35 Years
W. M. Lips ky

MANIPULATI NG METRICS
Approxi mate Conversion from Metric M easures

W hen You Multiply

Know
by
inches
2.5
fee l
30
ya rds
0.9
miles

"Why didn't you ask the doctor to

put it in your arm?"

Symbol
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ANNOUNCEMENT
VETERANS' DAY
Since the banks will be closed next Friday,
Nov. 11, fo r Veterans' Day the payday schedu l e
will be as follows : Wednesday night for
second shift and Thursday for first shift .
SCOG EE BASKETBALL
There will be practice for SCOGEE basketball
team, Monday, Nov. 14, 6-9 p.m. , at Rosenwald
gym . Please plan to attend.
SCOGEE DART LEAGUE
Anyone interested in starting a dart league
please con t act Kenny Gray, ext . 1141, or
Kenney Kite, ext . 1555 .

~pinion ~oll
This week we have been asked to run a
different kind of poll. The question is :
Are you a smoker?
Question 3
Yes

No

If you are interested in participating in

this poll , check your answer above, cu t on
broken line, and return to Cary Osborne,
Relations, by ne xt Wednesday , Nov. 9.

Here's How
Microwaves Work
I n spite of the tremendous gr owth in microwave cooking , j ust what microwaves are and how
they work remain a mystery to ~any .
Understanding this parti cul ar for m of energy
and how it causes f oods t o heat up and cook is
not essential t o us ~ng a micr owave oven, but
it can be helpful . Here are some answers t o
questions about microwav es f r om Consumers
Institute that GE people may want t o pas s on
to friends and ne i ghbors .
What are microwaves? They're
frequency r adio wav es generated
ki nd of tube called a magnetron
waves are similar to AM, FM , or
wav es, but are much shorter .

short, highby a special

tube . MicroCB radi o

How do they work? Microwaves a re "broadcast "

int o the microwav e oven cavity and penetrate
3/ 4 to l 1/4 inches through the food sur f ace .
Inside t he f ood , mi crowaves cause food
molecules to v i brate milli ons of times each
second . Fri ct i on produced by the vibration
creates heat whi ch cooks the f ood .
~
Why doesn ' t the dish ge t hot? Proper
"microwave oven- safe" di shes do not get hot
because the microwaves pass directl y through
them . Pl at es with metal t r i ms or certain
kinds of gla z ing are not r ecommended f or us e
becaus e they are affected by microwaves and
can g et hot.
Can you use y our present cookwa re in a mi cr owave oven? You can check your own cookwa re
for use in a mic r owave oven, suggests t he
Consumers Institute , by followi ng these simpl e
steps:
- Measure one cup of water in a g lass cup.

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- Place cup on or beside di sh bei ng tested.

- Set the oven at High and heat for one
minute.
I f water becomes warm, but the dish does
not , t he di sh i s suitab l e for use in the
mi crowave oven .
Does food cooked by mi crowave e nergy r etain
any o f t he e nergy ? No . The energy is conver ted to heat. Neither the food , the air ..-..
t r.e oven, nor any part of the oven is capabl.e
of stor ing microwave energy .

~WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
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VOL. XIX NO . 43

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

United Way Wrapup

The Uni t ed W
ay campa i gn here at GE is now
over. A few more cards have come in this week
pushing t he total even higher than reported
last wee k. The total GE contribution,
includ i ng $1 1,500 from the Company, is now
$76,979 .00.

November 11, 1977

We're Saying

THANKS
With a Free
Thanksgiving
Dinner

-..,.""--_

The breakdown by location is as follows:

Waynesboro-East Augusta, $66 ,302.62; StauntonWest Augusta, $7,767.58; Charlottesville,
$1,060.40; Harrisonburg, $1,462.60; Lexington,
$121.20; and Nelson County, $264.60.
Bob Broughman, Chairman of the GE drive,
expressed his appreciation of the work done by
the solicitors in the different areas. "We.
e

dn' t ha.ve. done. U willou:t them."

Bob also stated of GE employees, "Yo u .tihowe.d

you aJte. c.onc..Vtne.d
pJtoud 06 you ."

6M. otheJtO. 1 am e.x:tltemel..y

Next Thursday, November 17, all Waynesboro

GE employees will be guests of the Company at
a special "Thank You " Thanksgiving Dinner.
The dinner will be free of charge for all
employees and will be served in all three cafeterias . The Blue Ridge Dining Room will be
closed on that day; however, the vending
machines will be available for those desiring
to use them.
Employees desiring additional cold beverages
or milk are asked to obtain them from the
vending machines so as not to tie up the lines.
Also, because nearly 100% of the plant population is expected to ta ke advantage of this
free meal, please vacate your seats as soon as
possible so that there wi ll be ample seating
for everyone.
We will observe the regular lunch schedules.
The menu for the meal will be as follows:

Bob Broughman , Relat i ons , ser ved as coordinator for the plant- wide United Way campa i gn .
The United way

works . ..

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Rll AIJ. OF US

Roast Turkey w/dressing &cranberry sauce

Whipped Potatoes
Green Peas
Roll & Butter
Choice of Pie
Beverage
Somet imes we all forget to say "than k you"
for the daily things we come to expect.
Waynesboro GE wishes to let you know
that you are appreciated by giving this free
Thanksgiving Dinner . THANK YOU for the outstanding job you've done over the years which
has given this facility one of the finest
reputations in the busi ness!

TELE-TALES
by jean brydge

.,

Because so many people have requested it,

we have talked Jean into doing this column for
us periodica ZZy . Time and space penni tting we
hope to run "TeZetaZes " at least once a month.
Welcome back, Jean; we 've missed you.

All the world loves a winner . That ' s dumb !

The world should love a loser ! What winner
needs sympathy, compassi on, love , warmth , a
very large crying towel and two dollars for
the next horse?
I'll tell you what it ' s like to be a loser!
I ' m the type who drops a coin in the pay phone
and it spits it back out . On the fifth try at
direct dialing , I give up and di al the operator. Before I can blurt out my troubles , she
sweetly says, "You can di al direct , sir ," and
the line goes dead. What ' s even worse than
being a loser is having someone notlisten to
what's wrong.

~hie(} ultc2au?hlin :Jfonoied

Al flhowei
A breakfast baby shower was held l ast Friday
morn i ng at Perkins Pancake House fo r Chri s
Mc l aughl in . Fri day was also her last day t o
work before begi nni ng her maternity l eave.
Her f r i ends and co-workers attendi ng the
shower gave her many gifts and when she got to
work she found more gif t s and two cakes waiting
for her .
Chris has 12 years of service with GE and
has been wor ki ng in the Belt Room of t he
Mac hi ne Shop . She will be waiting at home
now f or the birth of her chil d al ong wi th
hus band, Larry, and Larry, Jr . , 12 yea rs old.

At the supermar ket, I get the leaky half

gallon of milk, the sugar with a hole in it
and the checkout counter with the register
which jams - as I t ake the last pomegranate
out of my buggy .
I can attempt to cross a country road on
which the most recent vehicle was a canoe
carried by two Mattaponi Indians prior to the
Jamestown Settlement . As I attempt to go
across, 156 cars and one lost little old lady
come by who are on the Baja Run .
I go to the bank. All the tellers are free.
Hurriedly I fill out the deposit slip, whirl
around and the shortest line is out the door
and down the street to the drugstore. Just as
I reach the window, a s i gn appears " Out to
Lunch. "
A two- foot midget pushed me off the last bus
I tried to boar d. The l ast plane I tried to
catch didn ' t fly - the door wouldn ' t close.
My housekeeper won ' t come to work ' til I clean
up our house. I fall over people i n the
theatre, get pl astic bags that won ' t open ,
stamps that won ' t stick and envelopes that
seal themselves.
Someone told me I wasn ' t aggressive enough.
I changed that and became aggressive but when
I tried to shove my way through a revolving
door the lady behind me caught my nose in the
door. From now on - I ' ll back wherever I ' m
going and I won ' t have to face being a loser !

Chris (front row, center) is surrounded by

some of her co-workers. Back row (Z to r) :
AZ Pici, Joyce Monroe, Venda AZmarode, and
Warren Sprouse . Standing beside Chris:
Clarice Card (Z) and Melanie Althiser (r) .
On the table in front of her are some of the
gifts she received after she got to work.

FIGURES NEVER LIE

Take your age, multipiy by
2, add 5, multiply by 50, subtract 365, add the loose change
in your pocket under a dollar,
add ll5.
The first two figures in the
answer are your age and the last
two the change in your pocket.

RTIRS TD GT /NCRAS
More than 65,000 GE pensioners and surviving
who were on the GE pension roll before
I
~mber 1, 1977, will soon receive an
increase in their pension payments . The
increase was effective November 1, 1977, but
will not be reflected in pension checks until
December.
~uses

The announcement of the increase was made by

GE Board Chairman Reginald H. Jones at the
Company ' s share owner information meeting on
October 25 in Cincinnati. A letter being
mailed to all pensioners from Mr. Jc~es will
carry details of the increase.
Mr . Jones said that the increase wil l range
up to 10%, with the maximum going to those who
retired on or before January 1, 1975 - the
date of the previous adjustment in payments.
The increase will be smaller for those who
retired after that date because there has been
less time since retirement for their pensions
to have been affect.ed by inflation. For them,
the increase will depend on the number of
months since their retirement.

rr Irr

as the increase for pensioners. He also

announced that the increase will also go to
former employees who left the Company prior
to retirement but who had vested rights and
retired before November 1.

Pension Plan consultants emphasize that there

is good reason for a formula that results in
the largest increase going to those who have
been retired longer. They point out that
such individuals have felt inflation to a
greater degree, having been on a relatively
fixed income for a longer period. In addition,
most have not had the benefit of the most recent
Pension Plan improvements, such as the new
minimums which went into effect in 1976.
The increase in pension payments will be the
sixth for many retirees. The previous increases were made in 1961, 1963, 1967, 1971,
and 1975 . The cost of the new voluntary
adjustment, like that of previous ones, will
be met through increased contributions to the
General Electric Pension Trust by GE . The
Company will have to put additional contributions into the Trust on top of those previously
planned . Last year's contri bution was $205
million.

Mr. Jones said that the increase will also

go to husbands or wives who were receiving
~time pensions beforP. November 1, 1977, as
~
ivors of deceased employees or pensioners .
Calculations are now being made to determine
the dollar increase for each eligible retiree
or surviving spouse, he said. It is expected
that the combined increase for November and
December will appear in December pension payments.
Because there have been 34 months since the
previous pens i on adjustment, this latest increase will be l/34th of 10% for each month of
retirement before November 1, 1977, up to the
maximum of 10% for those who retired on or
before January 1, 1975 .
Examples given in the material being sent to
retirees included these:

Date of Retirement
On or before January
July 1,
January
June 1,
...-.,.
January

% Increase in
Pension Payment

1, 1975
1975
1, 1976
1976
1, 1977

10.000%
8.235
6.471
5.000
2 .941

Mr. Jones said that the increases for eligible

husbands or wives of deceased employees or
retirees will be calculated in the same manner
(Continued next Col . )

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ANNOUNCEMENT

PLEASE PICK UP
SAFETY SHOES

CHURCH SUPPER
There will be a country ham/turkey supper
at the Cr imora United Methodist Church,
Satur day , Nov. 12, 5:00 p. m. until -The charge is adults - $2.75; children - $1.50.
SCOGEE TENNIS
At the end of this week a questionna i re was
pl aced i n the cafeteria, along with a voting
~o x, on the SCOGEE tennis program.
If you are
interested in pl aying tennis don't forget to
answer t he questionnaire and slip it into the
box. If you wish to make comments they are
welcome and may be put on the back of the
questionnaire .
Early next week the slips and voting box
will be moved to the Turner cafeteria .

Will the following peopl e please pick up

their safety shoes at Martin's Shoes:
J. T. Ross
J. A. Collins
R. 0. Cristman
N. S. Paxton
C. H. Mclean
E. ?. McGuffin
J. C. Woodson
J. J. Turner
Ray Eavey
R. H. Campbell
These shoes must be picked up by the end of
this month or they will be returned.

@pinion ,Joll

l\t~ult~

SCOGEE BAS KETBALL

There will be basketball practice Monday,
Nov. 14, at Rosenwald gym from 5 p.m. until
7 p.m . Please plan to attend.

The results of last week's poll have been

tabulated. It would seem that this question Are you a smoker? - was a more popular one.
Yes
No
Undecided

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We're not at all sure the 3 undecided's

understood the question. Instead of actually
marking the ballot they answered with a
question of their own.
Another poll should appear in a week or so.
Thank you for your response so far.

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diltc . Ads r..ust r:ot exceet.I spil ce s pr ovi ded , and onl y one ad item may be
subfiii ttcd per week. per eC"p l oy~e.
The NEWS will not accept ads ove r t he
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The 1tem(s) re fe rred t o 1n t hi s ad 1s/ar e my persona l prope r ty 4nd is/

are 1n no way connected wi th a ny bus ir.ess ven tur e .

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"Some purchasing agent put him on

hold. That was the day before yester
day!"

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL. XIX NO. 44

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

Holmes and King

Will Join ICD Here
Robert W. Breihan, Manager - N/C Sales &
Service f or the Industrial Control Department ,
has announced the appointment of Richard L.
King as Manager - International N/C and PMlOOO
Sales; and the transfer of Lowell L. Holmes,
Specialist - Product Planning , from Salem to
Waynesboro. Both changes are effective immedi ately .
Ri ck Ki ng , who has been Manager - PMlOOO
Sales , will be transferred from Richmond to
Waynesboro in connection with his new assignment . He is a BSME graduate of the University
of Mi chigan, received his MBA from Mi chigan
St~ Univer sity, and started hi s career at
Ge.
3.l Electric in 1967 as an application
eng ineer f or the machine tool or ganiz ation of
TSD in Schenectady .
After holding Service Shops posts i n
Schenectady and Phoenix , Rick moved t o Salem
in 1971 as Sales Engineer , a nd later became
Sales Manager - Plastic Molding Contr ol . He
transferred to Richmond when PMlOOO
Engineering and Marketing components relocated
there in early 1975 ,
Rick and his wife will be establi shing a
residence in Waynesboro soon .
Lowell L. Holmes , Specialist - Product
Planning , will be transferring from Salem to
Waynesboro as a part of the consolidation of
N/ C Sales and Service activit ies in Waynesboro.
Lowell came to Waynesboro in 1954 with the
original Specialty Control Department . In
1973 he transferred to Salem with the
Industrial Control Department as Product
Planner.
11 is a graduate of Purdue Uni versity of
W. _ _..'ayette , Ind. with a BSEE degree. He holds
four patents in industrial control and automation and has written 10-15 conference papers and
5 published magazine articles on numerical
control automation .
(Continued next Col . )

Share Owners Told Main Problems Facing

Management "External to Company"
GE Chairman Reg inald H. J ones told a meeting
of the Company's share owners on October 25
that "the main p r oblems faci ng management
today are actually external to t he Company ."
Speaking at GE ' s tenth annual Share Owners
Informat i on Meet ing , Mr . Jones said: "Policies
and laws made in Washington and the other
capitals of the world determine to a large
degree the economic parameters within which we
try t o enhance the value of our share owners '
investment in General Electric ." He called
upon those present , as owners of the business,
t o make their views known t o their representatives in Congress.
Mr . Jones focused on the need f or tax changes
"to stimulate a moribund stock market and
encourage a hi gh , sustained level of business
investment ." Among several elements proposed
for such a tax program are a tax cut for individuals on the or der of $15 billion " to return
to t he people the extra taxes t hey have paid
as inflation boost ed them into higher tax
brackets," and a $7 billion t o $8 billion tax
cut for cor porations to help offset the impact
of i nflat i on on bus inesses.
Responding to sha re owner concerns on the
effect of inflation on the pensions of retired
GE employees , Mr. Jones announced that effective
November 1, the Company will increase the
pension payments of all former employees who
retired before t hat date. Also eligible for
the increase are for mer employees who left the
Company prior to retirement but who had vested
rights to a pension and did retire before
November 1 .
(Cont inued Pg . 4, Col. 2)
I CD CHANGES (Cont i nued from Prev . Col.)

Lowell has t wo marri ed sons , Thomas of

Charlotte , N. C. and David of Vienna, Va . , and
three grandchildren. He and his wife wi ll be
moving to Waynesbor o in the near future.

Finance Superbowl
In the annual superbowl of Finance held last
Sunday at Industrial Park, the Battling Beans
of Operations Analysis defeated the Material
Variances of Cost Accounting by a score of
25-12. Representing the victorious Beans were
Bill Land, Bob Bowen, Mike Hulser, Dave
Caldwell, Lyle Evelsizer, Fred Mader, and
Perry Reynolds. On the field for the Varianc es
were Jim Rogers, Bob Parlier, Lee Schrepple,
Bob Manolescu, Ben Walker, Allen Ingram, and
Garland Diehl.

SUPERBOWL (Cont i nued from Prev . Col . )

Variances lineman, Allen Ingram, was voted
"gutsy player of the game" for going man- toman with Beans star Bob Bowen throughout the ..-....
entire game . Variances cornerback, Bob
Manolescu, was placed on the injured list but
was able to return to work Wednesday .
A rematch is scheduled for next year if both
teams can put together enough healthy players .

As the first half ended, the Beans were

ahead 13-12. The Variances threatened with a
scoring drive late in the third quarter but
were stopped on the 4- yard line when Beans
defensive lineman Bob Bowen executed his
famous "bonzai blitz" which sent the Variances
offensive line reeling. The Beans put the
game away with a touchdown pass from quarterback Perry Reynolds as wide receiver Bill Land
got by safety Lee Schrepple. The final score
came on another Reynolds pass to halfback
Mike Hulser.

The MateriaZ Variances vow revenge next yea~

after their defeat Sunday . Left to right,
front row: Bob ParZier and Lee SchreppZe .
Back row: AZZen Ingram, Bob ManoZescu, and
Ben WaZker. Not pictured is Jim Rogers .

CREDIT UNION ANNOUNCEMENT

The BattZing Beans certainZy seem to have

enjoyed their victory Sunday . Left to right,
front row : Fred Mader, BiU Land, Perry
ReynoZds, and Mike HuZser . Back row: David
CaZdJ.,;eZZ, Bob Bowen, LyZe EveZsizer.
(Continued next Col . )
0

The Waynesboro GE Emp loyees Credit Un i on

Board of Directors met t his week and dec i ded
to li mit the max imum loan to $2,500 for the
next two months so that more funds wil l be
available for more smal l loans for Christmas
shopping. This li mit wil l go into effect on
all applications received after today, Nov .
18, All efforts are being made to speed up
service so that all loans can be handled in
a fast manner .

Can't Argue with Gravity

TI1e class had been told about the
amazing speed at which light travels.
"Just think of light coming to us
from the sun at all those thousands of
miles a second!" exclaimed the teacher. "Isn't it wonderful?"
"Not so very," said one ray of
b1ightness in the class. "It's downhill
all the way."

Keep an open mi nd.

But close it down for repairs occasionally.

October Events
Q~rter

Century Club Dinner

Dick Gerlitz ( l eft) thanks Bob Broughman for

his dinner of beans and franks at the Quarter
Centur y Club meeting . Accor ding to reports
Dick had voic ed his objections to previous
dinner s , usually consisting of steak and the
usu
vegetables , and arrangements were made.
to
, him something different. Afte r some
consideration Dick dec i ded he would prefe~ the
steak and another dinner was brought .
On the serious side , new officer s were
inducted . They are: Hervey Vigour , President;
Bob Holcomb, Vice- Pr e sident ; and Paul Korneke ,
Secretary/Tr easurer .

Dr. Vanderslice's Visit

Dr . T. A. Vanderslice and Mr . C. T . Kastner

visited the plant in October for the MiniBusiness Rev i ew and a tour of the Turner
complex and main plant facilities . They are
pictured above as they went through t he Turner
warehouse , escorted by Dave Coughtry and
Warren Kindt .

15 YEARS AGO

THIS MONTH
On November 2 , 1962 , the Today ' s News (today ' s
Plant News) reported that the first units of
the GE 225 computer had arrived and were being
installed. The system was to start operations
the following January . At that time i t was
used to process pay checks and make all
reports connected with payroll operations .
The original programming work was done by:
Jim Harvey , Bob Anderson , Mert Evans, Don
Clark, John Chadderdon , Bill Grimsley , Len
Hay
Bob McKen zi e , Bob Dillon , and Ken
Han
Of this gr oup , three are working
here at thi s time : Jim Harvey , Bob Dillon,
and Ken Hanula .

The GE 225 computer with Lyle Friel, Console

Specialist, Chuck Gibson, Supervisor- Data
Processing at the console and George Baker,
Computer Operator, loading magnetic tape on
a tape drive .

.ANNOVNCEMENT

SHARE OWNERS (Continued from Pg. 1, Col. 2)

DONKEY BASKETBALL GAME

A donkey basketball game has been scheduled
for 8:00 p.m. on November 19, at Wilson
Memorial High School, Fishersville. Several
of our friends here at GE wi 11 be p1ayi ng .
They are: Tommy Harris, Kenny Cline, Wayne
Wimer, Joe Grimes, John Painter, Ruth
Shifflett,. and John Metzer. Bobby Hull will
man .the "super duper pooper scooper."
Ticket prices are: $1.50 adults, $1.00
children in advance and $2.00 adults, $1.50
children at the door.

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This weeks question is: Do you believe TV
violence is having a bad effect on today's
children?

The incr~ase in annual pension will be 10%

for those who retired on or before January 1
1975. For those who retired after that dat~
Mr. Jones said, the increase will be smaller
because there has been less time for their
pensions to be affected by inflation. Eligible
surviving-spouses will also receive the
increase provided they started receiving lifetime benefits under the GE Pension Plan prior
to November 1, 1977, based on pension credits
of their former husbands or wives.
Describing GE as a company that is "changing
with change," Mr. Jones told the share owners
that the updating of i~s management system and
organizational structure announced last
January is proceeding on schedule and
additional changes will be announced before
year-end. As the first step in reorganization GE earlier this year announced the
establishment of the Consumer Products and
Services Sector with responsibility for all
the Company's consumer businesses.
"A company changing and growing as fast as GE
must be willing to reorganize in order to stay
manageable, responsible, and profitable,"
said Mr. Jones. "In selecting the leaders of
the new Sector organization, we are aware of~
two basic needs - continuity and manpower . _
developiqent. So you can expect to see some
familiar faces in new roles as we lay the
groundwork for the future. This orderly,
evolutionary approach to organization - rather
than sudden sweeping change - is in the
General Electric tradition," Mr. Jones
concluded.

----------------------------------------------Question 4

:; Yes

No

Undecided

Comments:

--~-------------------------------------------If you are interested in participating in

th~s poll, check your answer above, make any
comments you wish, cut on broken line, and
re~urn to Cary Osborne, Relations.
Due to the
short week next week the results will not
appear until the week after.
I

1978 HOLIDAY
SCHEDULE
January 2
February 24
March 24
May 29
July 4
September 4
November 23
November 24
December 25
December 26

New Year's Day

Floater
Good Friday
Memorial Day
Independence Day_
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Floater
Christmas Day
Day after Christmas

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
.

VOL XI X No . 45

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

JONES ANNOUNCES REALIGNMENT OF GE

Chai rman Reginald H. Jones announc ed,
November 21 , completion of the realignment
of General Electric Company ' s operating and
Corporate Staff structure . This series of
changes, begun earlier this year with the
establishment of the Consumer Products and
Services Sector, will be effective
December 1 , 1977.
Commenting on the realignment , Mr . Jones
sai d : "The evolution of this structure and
staffing culminates a three- year study by
GE of how best to meet the long- range
gr owth opportunities and manageability
$.llallenges of the next decade . The way the
pany has grown and as we see it growing
1n the future , we believe it is prudent to
prepare the organization and the people to
make the most of our opportunities . "
The Corporate Executive Office , composed of

Mr. Jones and Vice Chairman Walter D. Dance

and Jack S. Parker , remains unchanged .
The new structure establishes the Sector
as the highest level of decentralized
operating management and planning in the
Company. Sectors generally consist of one
or more groups , as well as Divisions ,
Departments and Affiliates .
Reporting to Walter D. Dance are :
* Stanley C. Gault , Senior Vice President
and Sector Executive, Industrial Products
and Components Sector .
* Thomas A. Vanderslice, Senior Vice
President and Sector Executive , Power
Systems Sector .
.-'1t.

John F . Welch , Senior Vice President and

Sector F.xecutive , Consumer Products and
Services Sector.

* Hershner Cross , Senior Vice President ,

Consultant to Walter D. Dance .
* Robert R. Frederick, Senior Vice President ,
Corporate Planning and Development Staff .
*

Rober~

B. Kurtz , Senior Vice President,

Services Staf ~ .

Opera~ing

Report i ng to Jack S . Parker are :

*John F . Burlingame, Senior Vice President
and Sector Execut i ve , Internationa l Sector .
* Edward E. Hood , Senior Vice President and
Sector Executive , Technical Systems and
Materials Sector .
* Alexander M. Wilson , Pres ident , Utah
International , Inc .
* Leonard C. Maier , Senior Vice President ,
Corporate Relations Staff .
* Charles E. Reed , Senior Vice President ,
Corporate Technology Staff .
Reporting to Reginald H. Jones, ir. additi on
to the two Vice Chairmen, are :
* Theodore P . Leving , Vice President ,
Executive Manpower Staff .
* Walter A. Schlotterbeck , Senior Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary,
Office of General Counsel and Secretary .
*Alva 0 . Way , Senior Vice President ,
Corporate Finance Staff .

Junior Achieve1nent Companies GE Sponsors Two

glowing through a s oft wh i te c ontainer
i llumi nates s i dewal kes , hou s e f r onts , dri ve ways or a ny area whe re the Luminari as are
plac ed . Sold i n a sturdy box of 4 candl e s ,
4 bags wit h s a nd , f i r eplac e ma~c he s and
decorati on ideas fo r $1 . 75 , they off er uni que
outdoor enhanceme nt a~ a r easonable pr ice .
Coginet o ffic e rs are :
Pr e si de nt :
VP Ma nufact uring :
VP Marketing :
VP Personnel :
Treasurer :
Se cr et ary :
The "Luminaria", pictured ab ove , i s a pr oduct
of COGINET , one of t he JA companies spon sor ed
by GE .

The Gener al Electric Company i s prese nt ly

sponsor i ng t wo Juni or Achievement Comp anies ,
" Contemporar y De sign" and "COGINET" who b oth
offer a r ea residents a pleas i ng produc t and
l oc al high school students an educationa l
exper ience unobtainable e lsewhe re .
Contempor a ry Des i gn manufac t ur es a
de corat i ve hurr icane l amp whi ch can be used
for candle light atmosphe r e or emergency
light i ng a s well as a beaut iful cent e rpi ece .
Offered in your choi ce of f i ve c olors (red ,
gr een, blac k , yellow, brown ) thi s l amp
r etai ls fo r onl y $5 . 00 and t hi s pr ice i ncludes
~and l e , chimney and the d e cor ative wre ath ,
which i s avai l able i n hol l y or natural fl owers .
Co ntempor ary De s i gn offic ers are :
Pr e s i dent :
VP Manufacturing :
VP Mar keting :
VP Pe r sonne l:
Treasur y :
Secretary :

Char les :Ia crell i

Joe Ma r cotte I Bruce Sutton
Nanc y Wright
Car mel Nacrelli
Nike Palmer / Brette Brooks
~udy Gyorko I Pam Fai ni

Coginet advi sor s are :

Dean Bennett
Cly de Conner
C'liff Rockwell
Nancy Sni der
For t he h i gh school stud ent , Junio r
Achiev ement c omb i nes a pr ofit minded
business atmo sphe r e with a " c ome as yo u
a r e get t ogethe r . "
~h e industrial expe rienc e of t he advisors
from Genera: Elect ri c Company and the
ideas a nd e nt hus iasm of ove r s ixty young
people combine t o provide both gr oups the
expe rienc e of working t oGether consci er.t i ous l y a nd communic at ing effe ctively .
The s t udent s wi ll l e a rn how t o or ga n ize ,
operate and l i qu i date a legal bus ine ss .
The adv i s or s wi l l lea r n how t o o r gani ze ,
structur e and instruc t e ne r getic young
people .

Ci ndy McAllist er
Scott Wilson
Mike Stanley
Michell Kerber
Lisa Wr ight
Roberta Ve ney

Cont empor ary Design advi sors are :

Al Pettus
Joe Murphy
Bill Vance
Fr e d Zirkle
The Coginet pr oduct , called "Lumina ria "
cr e ate s a fr iendly at mosphere around any home
e nt r ance . A singl e , long l asting candle

Ci ndy McAllist er , President of the JA Compan

"Co;1temporary De sign s " , a nd Al Pettus , Executive
Adv isor of the company , d i s play s one of the fi r s t
hurric a ne lamps produced by the company .

Hourly and Nonexempt Pay Rate Change

Hourly and nonexempt - salaried pay rates
will increase agai n on Monday, November 28 ,
when a cost - of- living adjustment of "21"
cents an hour for hourly employees and
"$8. l10" a week f or nonexempt - salaried
employees goes into effect . This pay raise
i s intended to help offset the effect of
inflation on employees ' earni ngs .
For hourly employees this increase is
part of the pay improvement package worked
out by the company and the union during the
1976 contract negotiations. At that time
the company announced that similar increases
would be given t o nonexempt - salaried
employees not represented by a union .
This is the second time this year that all
of this plant ' s hourly and nonexemptsalaried rates have been boosted . In June
there was an increase of 4% or 25 cents an
hour, whichever provided the larger raise
for the individual.
MORE BENEFITS TOO

As usual whenever there is a pay raise ,

the value of the employee benefits package
automatically escalates upward. That
happens because many plans are tied to an
employee ' s earnings .
"When next year ' s Personal Share Statements
are issued , " said Marjorie Grimes Manager
Employee Relations , "a lot of people are
going to be p l easantly surprised to see how
this year ' s two pay increases have pushed up
the value of their benefits.
" For instance ," she pointed out , "most of
those who receive the June and November increases will have about $2000 more in free
life insurance under the GE Insurance Plan.
That ' s because these two increases have added
about $1000 to their annual strai ght -time
earnings and insurance is twice annual
earnings."
HIGHER PAYROLL
It ' s expected the cost - of- living increase
will be included in paychecks passed out on
December 9, 1977 . Based on present employment
totals , this pay increase and the accompanying
boost in benefits values will add about $1.1
rr.illion annually to this plant ' s operating
costs .

Salaries for exempt employees are not

directly affected by this cost - of- living
increase for other employees. However,
periodic changes in the exempt salary
structure have served to protect exempt
pay rates against inflation . It was
recent l y announced the pay structure for
most exempt - salaried jobs will be adjusted
upward by 7% on January 1, 1978 .

THANKSGIVING - uftoi e titan judl ffuiiey

LM:t week. mo.6:t 06 u.o enjoyed :the Thank..6g.i.v-<.ng d-<.nneJt p.!tov-<.ded by GE and :the c.a 6e:te!t-<.M .
Tomo.Jt.Jtow we w,i.U .6:tu66 ou.Jt.6e,lvu again on d-<.nneM a:t home. Bu:t :th-<.-6 .Un' :t all. :theJte .U
:to Thank..6 g-<.v-<.ng .
Eac.h and eveJty one o 6 u.o hM Mme:th-<.ng :to be :thank.6ul 60.Jt o.Jt Mmeone :to be :thank.6ul :to.
Thank. bac.R. ovVt :the pM:t ye.alt . WM -<.:t a goo d yea.1t? Even -<.n bad yea.Jt.6 good :th-<.ng-0 happen .
The -Oun .6hone o.Jt d 6,{,nall.y Jta-<.ned . On a pa.Jttic.u.la!Lly ho:t day yowi. hu.oband b.Jtough:t
home an a-<.Jt c.ond-<.tioneJt OJt yoWt w-<.6e 6,{,x ed you a c.old d.Jt.{.nk. . A new baby c.ame wo yoWt
.t.{.6e, o.Jt a new w-<.6e o.Jt hu.oband . The -0av-<.ng.6 ac.c.oun:t 6-<.nally hM .6ome money -<.n -<.:t .
Maybe you go:t a Jtai.6 e. 0.Jt peJthap.6 :tha:t J. ob on wh-<.c.h you wo.1tk.ed .6 o ha.1td :tu.Jtned ou:t
Jt.{.gh:t and yowi. boM .6aid, "well done . " Yo u go:t yoWt p.!tomotion.
Someone loved you -<.n Jte:tWtn. A 6.Jt.{.end .6howed he o.Jt -0he Jteally c.a.Jte.6. YoWt bo-0-0 undeJt.6:tood when you had a p.1toblem .
Some o 6 :thu e :th-<.ng-0 may .6 eem -0mall bu:t we -0 hould be :thank.6ul 60.1t :the -0mall. g-<.6:t-O a-0
well a-0 :the .ta.Jtge. I 6 you :think. about d we ' ll be:t you c.an 6-<.nd -0 ome:th-<.ng :to be :thank.6ul
60.Jt o.Jt .6omeone :to .6ay ":thank. you" :to .

NOTICE
If you missed the Thanksgiving Dinner beca us e of p ersonal i llness ,
vacation , or business t r ip you should ~oti f y y our superv i sor .
The
supervisor should turn your name in to Cary Osbo rn e (Employ e e Rel a t i o n s) .
Ca r y will then issue a ticket with you~ name on it to your su p e rvi so r s o
t h at you ma y get a free lunch .
It would be desi r able for all emp l oy ees
t o u se the i r " ra i n c h ec k " f r ee lunch tic k e t o n o r be f o r e Decemb er 9 , 197 7 .
If y ou h ave an y q uestions conce r ning " rain check " tickets , please ca l l
Cary Osborne on Extension 1118 .

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GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL. XIX NO . 46

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

NC Sales Visits Iran

Ear ly in November , Numerical Control Sale s &
Service, Industr ial Control Dept., Waynes boro ,
participated at the Machine Tools U. S . A. exhibi tion in Tehran, Iran . This exhibition was
presented by the U. S . Embassy in Iran , t he U. S.
Dept . of Commerc e, an d the Nati onal Machine
Tool Builders ' Assoc . U. S . A. for the Irania n
Metalworking Industry . It was held in Tehr an ' s
International Fai rground from Nov . 6- 10 .
Machine Tools U. S . A. was the largest exh i bition of advanced American machi ne tool technology ever displayed in the Near East . Ove r
forty leading American c ompani e s were exhi bit i ng millions of dollars of machi ne tool
equipment , represent i ng the most up- to- dat e
Amer ican t echnology a nd i deas .
~ring the five days of the exhibition
s1
.al technical seminars wer e presented by
many of the exhibitor s . ICD held a seminar on
numerical controls .

December 2, 1977

Realignment Gives DCPD

New Name
DATA COMMUNICATION PRODUC TS BUS INESS
DEPARTMENT

Last week's Pl ant News an nou nced the rea li gnment of General Electric Company's operating
and Corporate Staff structure. As a part of
that rea l i gnmen t DCPD becomes t he Data Communication Products Business Department reporti ng
to Edward E. Hood, Senior Vice President and
Section Executive, Techni cal Systems and
Materials Sector.
The Technical Systems and Materi al s Sector
al so i nc l udes the Aerospace Group, Aircraf t
Engine Group, the newly formed Eng i neered
Materials Group, the Medica l Systems Business
Division, the Informati on Services Bus i ness
Division and the Mob i le Radio Business
Division.

No Smoking Area

Attendees at Machine Tools U. S.A ., pictured

above, are (left to right) Mr . F. Golshan,
Director General of Commerce, Ministry of
Commerce; General A. Ar da.Zan, President,
I~ Electronics Industries; Mr . W. H.
ivan, U. S. Ambassador to Iran; Mr . M. H.
Naoroz, N/C Sales , Waynesboro; Mr . F.
Mahdavi, Iranian Undersecretary of Commerce;
Mr . W. Rieben, Manager - N/C Sales, Western
Europe; and Mr . W. W. Lehfeldt, Manager GETSCO, Tehran, Iran .

Mi ke Vi a (left) is about to let John Spears

have it for smoking in the "No Smok i ng " area of
the cafeteria. Four groups of tables have been
set aside f or non-smokers with permanently
attached signs which can't be moved. All
smokers are as ked to heed the signs and not
smoke in t his area .

Kansas City or Bust !?

PHILLIPE AWARDS PROGRAM LAUNCHED

FOR NINTH YEAR
The Gerald L. Phillipe Awards for Distinguished Publi c Service wi l l be present ed i n 1 978
for the ni nth consecutive year by t he Gener al
Electri c Foundation .
As i n the past , di v ision gene ral manag er s
have been asked t o appoint Phill ipe Awa r ds
chairmen who wi l l rec ommend nominees f or t his
honor f r om GE emp l oyees i n t heir or ganizati ons .
Deadline f or nominat i on s t h i s year wi ll be
Dec ember 22 .
The Phi llipe Awards were establi shed in 1970
i n memor y of the late Mr . Phi lli pe, former GE
boa rd chairman and a nati onal l eader i n the
f ield of public s erv ice . Th e f i ve winners ea ch
year receive t he Phillipe medallion an d t he
oppor t unity to select a char i ty or e ducational
institution for a $1 , 000 grant f r om t he GE
Foundat i on .
A total of 38 i ndivi du al employee s and two
teams f r om 25 l ocat i ons have been selected f or
the awa r d s i n the last e i ght yea rs .
Winner s are c hos en by t he Gera l d L. Phillipe
Awar ds Commi ttee , which includes Reg inald H.
Jones , GE Chairma n of the Board and Chief
Execut ive Of f i cer; Her shner Cro s s , GE Senior
Vice President a nd Chai r man of t he Board of
Tr ustee s of t he GE Foundat i on ; Leonard C.
Maier, Vice Pr esident - Corporat e Employee
Re l at i ons ; Douglas S . Moore , Vice Pr esi dent Corpor at e Public Relations ; and Willi am A. Or me,
Secretar y of the GE Foundat i on . Mr . Moore is
committe e c hairman .

Ca n you guess what Jim Lanier , Marketing , i s

up to with the 50 gallon drum t i ed to the back
of h i s Must ang ?
Because he i s Ser v i ce Manager f or the Central
Reg i on , one gues s wa s t hat he is goi ng t o t ry
to dr i ve non- st op t o Kansas Ci ty . Another
guess was that he was prepar ing f or the next
energy crisi s . Perhaps a more l i kely guess was
t hat h is son now has hi s dri vers li cense a nd he
needs a l l t he ext ra ga s he can g et .
Whatever t he reason (and we know the right
one but aren ' t t e l l ing ) it di d l ook odd s i t ting
in the Turner parking l ot .
.-..

5 Years
J . c. Allen
M. M. Aller.
G. J . Casey
s . v. Caton
K. R. Conn
s . L. Cook
T. w. Crai g
P . w. Davi s
N. L. Fitzgerald
s . K. Hayne s

D.
D.
K.
J.
A.
P.
H.

c.
K.

D.
P.
P.
R.

R.
J.
G.
R.

Christme r
Morris
Rankin
Shiflett

w.

Martin
Mc Caul ey
McCormick
Morr i s
Murray
Pa nne l l
Sar b in , Jr .
Wallac e
Wall a ce

15 Yea rs

10 Yea r s
"If it stops w orking , we're supposed
to c o nsult a pe diat rician."

M.
B.
W.
M.
J.
R.
R.
L.

D.
R.
R.
J.

E.
M.
R.
R.

Estey
Meek
Rexrode
Wolf

Ho 1i day ( -;__ ( 7[] Vacation Shutdown

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FISCAL CALENDAR
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ANNOUNCEMENT
LUTHE R LONG IN HOSPI TAL
We have just learned that Luther W. (Wink)
Long has been hospitali zed. Any of his frie nds
who may wish to send him a card or letter, can
address it t o:
Lut her W. Long
Memoria l Slon - Cancer Center
1275 York Av enue
New Yo r k, N.Y . 10021

pinion l}oll l\esults

The results of t he poll from week before l ast
are in . Question #4 was: Do you beli eve Tl,........,
vio l ence is having a bad effect on today's
children?
Yes
No
Undecided

69
17
2

Some of the comments were as follows:

Young c.Wc/Jte.n evte. veJty hnptte.J.JJ.iionable..
Pevten.:t.6 mUJ.it e.fil the.itt c.IU1.cf11..e.n 1 J.i TV thne..

DART TOU RNAMENT

There will be a meeting of all those SCOGEE
members in t erested in pa rticipating in the
dart tournament Tuesday, December 6, at 4:30
i n the caf eteria. Where the tournament is to
be held, t he rules, etc., will be decided at
t hi s meeting, as well as who plans to participa t e. Pl ease be sure to attend if you are
interes ted in pa rticipating.
GERA MEETING

Not only c.Wd!te.n but aduUJ.i alf.io .

Le.t 'J.i ge.t J.iome. viole.nc.~ 066 TV, i6 poJ.iJ.iible..
Young, unmatutte.d mindJ.i evte. vulne.ttable. to
J.iugge.J.Jtive. pttogttamming J.iuc.h aJ.i the. TV me.dia iJ.i
bttoadc.aJ.iting today. I think it fl hould be.
c.hange.d to include. matte. 6amily-ottie.nte.d J.ihowJ.i.
Foowh que.J.Jtion! But c.oming 6ttom the. J.iame.
publication that de.vote.d hal6 an if.if.Jue. to the.
vitttue.J.J o6 El vif.i Ptte.J.Jle.y pe.tthapJ.i it' J.i undeJtJ.itandabl e. .

The GERA (Genera l Elec tric Retirees ' Assoc . )

will meet Wednes day, December 7, at the Red
Carpet I nn at 11:30 a.m. As i n the past ,
spouses are i nv ited to this meeting .
The program wi ll be on American Marine
Pai nting presented by the curator of t he Artmobi le wh i ch will be in Waynesboro at that
time .
All GE retirees are invited to the Dutch
treat l un cheo n whether or not they are members
of GERA .

ASCS Committee Election

FOR SALE
Monday , Decemb er 5, is the last da y f or
mailing or del i vering ballots to t he County
ASCS office for the Communit y Commi tt ee
elect i on. If you are an el i g ible voter and did
not rece i ve a bal lot not i fy t he Augusta County
ASCS offi c e .
If you have any qu estion on eli gi b i l ity t o
vot e or to hol d offi c e contact the county
offi ce . The ballots will be c ount ed , i n
publi c, two days after t he elec t i on date . Any
i nterested per son may wi tne ss the count i ng .
0

Lost and Found

" E :-.cuse me," said the little boy to

a cle rk in the crowded departmen t
sto re. "Did you sec a tired man in a
b row n ha t and coat who looks like he's
without me? 'N ell , I'm hi m and he's
lost until he finds me."

CHEST-TYPE FREEZER--6.6 cu . ft.--249-5189

2 SLEDS-- 5 long-- $13- - 942- 8683
2 PR. CHILDS OVERSHOES-- SIZES 12 & 1 --942-2457
1

FREE
GERBIL--6 wks old--9 42- 2359

Thi s i s j us t a reminder to use a saucer under

your cup i n the cafeteri a if you are not using
a tray. It is very difficu l t to carry a cup of
ho \ cof fee across t he floor withou t spi 11 in~-....
li ttle on the floor. Unfortunately, it wou1
be very easy for someone to slip on t he spi ll
and perhaps sustain an injury .
So please remember to use that saucer for
that cup of coffee, tea, or hot choco l ate .

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GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
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WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

Decembe r 9, 1977

Sylvia Ponton Gets Diplon1a

In September, Sylvia Ponton hi tched up her
courage and took the GED test for her high
school di ploma . The test was held at the
Staunton School Administrati on Building. There
were five tests at $1.50 each; her total cost
was $7 .50.
"I d.<.dn ' .:t -6.:tudy a..:t a.le. 6011. .:the .:tu.:U , " Sy l via
confessed, " bu.:t .:tha,t doun ' .:t mean .:they 1te eMy .

GE employees are invited to the s e cond f ree

meal of the year sponsored by the Company and
the cafeterias . The ~hristmas dinner will be
served on Thursday , Dec ember 15 , and like the
Thanksg iving dinner is management ' s way of
saying "Thank You . "
The menu will consist o f :

I ju.-0.:t d.<.dn ' .:t fmow wheJte .:to ge.:t ~.:tudy ma..:te.Jl..,(,al .
I 6ow1d ou,t .e.a..:teJt .:tha..:t .:theJte A.-6 a book ou.:t .:to
p.'te/XUte &o 't a
a1?d PBS A.-6 nolt' Jtumung a cl.a.0-0
on TV -<.11 the eve.n-<.119 . I 6 I ' d known abou,t .:thu e
I ptz.obably would have done be.:t.:teJt .:than I d-<.d . "

Sy lvia had completed her juni or year in hi gh

-')ol when she quit. There were two reasons
her dec i s i on to ge t her di ploma now .
"'1

Baked ham with orange / rai s in sauce

Whipped sweet potatoes
Green beans
Roll & butter
Cho ice of pie
Beve rage
"Rain checks " will be g iven t o those people
who miss the dinner becaus e of illness , being
out of town on business or vacation .

1
" ,

.fy yowigu.:t MH will 91tadua..:te 61tom lugh

6c.itoot .:tlU,.o yeo.Jt and I wan.:ted .:to go bac..k .:to
6c.l100L I 6eel .:tl1a.,t wah my MM gone I will
need Mme.:tlung .:to oc..c.upy -tha..:t e.Wr.a time.. I
al.tio wan.:t to be.:t.:teJt mw>ei.6 jo b-wA..J.i e..
(Cor.~i r.ued or. Pg . 2 , Col . 1 )

SCHEDULE
All employees are asked to please observe
their normal lunch times. If this is done the
lines should not be more than just a little
lonfer than normal . llo office employees should
be in the cafeteria before 12 : 00 .

Some Thi ng s Never Change

Some years ago , an ancient tablet was
unearthed from a crypt on the island of Crete.
Much time w~s spent translating the tablet,
which appeared to be a letter from a fath er to
a friend . A portion of the letter stated :

Sylvia Ponton , Procrarruner "s Aide in ICD Engineerinf , proudly holds up the certificate she
r ece ived for passing the GED test.

" In trut h I do not know what to do with my

teenage son . He is inconsiderate , vain , l oud ,
and reveals l ittle respect either to his mother
or me . I hon est ly do not understand this
generat ion , nor do : bear much hope fo r the
fut ure in thei r hands ."

Mr. & Mrs. C. R. Waggy

Celebrate 40th Anniversary

WIN A CARIBBEAN CRUISE!

ENTER DISNEY WORLD SWEEPSTAKES

GE people , as repre s entatives of the GE

Carousel of Progress at ~alt Disney ~o r l d in
Flor ida , are espec i ally inv i ted to participate
in t he Disney Magic Kingdom Club ' s 20th
Anniver sar y Sweeptsakes whic h is nm; open .

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To enter, you only need to do t wo thi ngs :

First, hand print t he words "MKC 20t h Ann iversary Swee pstakes ," your name, home addr ess ,
and t he name of your orran i zation (Genera:!.
El ectric) on a 3" x 5" piece o f paper . Second ,
b e fore Dec ember 31 , mail tte entry t o " MKC 20th
Anniversary Sweeptsakes , P . O. Box 8 , New York,
N. y . 10046 . II

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Mr . and Mrs . Clement Waggy ceJebrat ed t heir

40th wedding anniversary last month at a
r eception given by their c hi ldren . They were
married Nov . 27, 1937 in Mont erey .
Mr . and Mrs . Waggy have f ive childr e n, thre e
of them working at GE. Cl ement Waggy , J r . ha s
13 years of GE service; Bi ll Waggy has 15 y ea rs ;
Gerry Furr , 18 years . Wit h Mr . Waggy' s 4 years
of service the family has a t otal of 50 years
of GE service.
The two children not workinc at GE are
Patricia Moyer and Betty Humphreys . There a r e
also 19 g randchildren .

SYLVIA PONTON (Cont i nued f r om Pg . 1)

"I plan to take. J.iOme. c.ollM> u a.,t the. c.o U e.ge.

l e.v e.l, ptLo babltj .6.ta.JLting ne.d .6 c.hool ye.cut. I
hav en 't de.ude.d wha.,t to .6tudu e.xac.:t.llJ bu;t I malJ
go 6M a.,t le.cv.it an cv.iJ.iOua.Xe. de.91te..e. . "

What are her f ee lings now t hat she has gotten

her di pl oma? '%; pe!t6 ortal 0e.e,Ung.6 ? I have. cl

6e.iliHg o6 .6 e.l 6- .6 aW 6ac.U.o n. And I tlunk. d ' .6

gtLe.a:t. tha.,t the.y o 66e.Jt .6 ome.:t.lung like. t lU-.6 6OfL
pe.ople. who cltdn ' t gtLadu0vt e. . I:t. ' .6 an e.xpe!Ue.nc.e.
ta/Ung the. tut be.c.aU.6 e. d ' .6 not c.cv.i lJ; but I
6ound out d ' .6 not -<.mpo.6.6-<.ble.. ."
Congratul at i ons, Sy l vi a, not only for getting
your dipl oma bu t al so for hav i ng the courage to
t ry .

Sweepstakes entri es cannc-;; be nade in states

wher e restri cted or prohibited by law. Kinner s
wi ll be s elected by random drawint; f r om all
entries .
You can also enter if you tappen t o be
visiting Disneyland or Wal t Di sney Wor ld be fo re
Decembe r 31 . Printed entry forms are avai l a ble
t here .
What mi i:;ht y ou win? There are more than 2500
priz es being awar ded . 'l'hese i nc 1.ude an expen se
paid vacat i on to Disneyland , Walt Disney Wo
a Caribbean Cruise , a trailer home , p ortable c..'V
sets , water ski s , clothing , and - not t o be for got ten - 50 GE appliance s .
GE ' s Carousel of ? r or res s at ':alt Disney
.f or ld presents educat i cnc.J entertainment a nd
displays that s how t he way elec-;;ricity has
changed the world and t he part GE has pl ayed in
that chanc e .
':'he G::: Carousel ope1!:::u in ::_ 9e. a-;; -;;he flew
Yor k World ' s Fair . I t moved -;;c ~ isney l an d in
Californi a with the clos ing of the Fair , and is
no: attract i ng milli on s of people at Walt
Jisney World in Flori dc. . Sinc e it opened , the
Car ou s el has wel c omed more than 60 milli on
vi s i tor s and has made all of t hem become mor e
aware o f GE products and the way GE has brought
jobs in our more than 200 l ocations in the U. S .
Membership i n the Marie Kingdon Club offe r s
GE people a number of advantae es , s uch as
special value ticket books wh eu visiting e i ther
of the Disn ey parks , r educ ei rat e s at Howard
J ohns on Motels a cros s t he c oun-;;ry , a~d more .
To become a member , s end your request t o Car y
Osborne , Room 105 . I nc L ide y our na.rne and home
address .

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GUY HOY WINS

-MICROWAVE OVEN

f (.J I I

SAFETY SPELLS SENSE

Accidents !
Who needs 'em?
But accidents do happen and the National
Safety Council points out that there are
about four times more disabling injuries
away from work than occur on the job . Yes ,
you ' re much safer at work .
Still , job related accidents do happen
and all the safety meetings and safety
devices cannot prevent accidents unless
you , you individually make sure that
is safe
make sure your
make sure that
work is safe
make sure that
safe

Guy Hoy accepts congratulati ons and a cookbook

from Glenn Carey , Appliance Manager for Freed
Co., f or winning the microwave oven given away
Monday night.
~ cltdn ' J:. belie.ve. d whe.n J:.he.y c.ille.d," Guy
s
"I've. ne.veJt won anyJ:.IUng be.60!1.e. ."
Guy works in DCPD Cost Accounting and hi s
wife , Louise, wor ks in Customer Billing.
Congr atulati ons to you both.

what you are doing

equipment is safe
t he area in which you
what happens will be

Unfortunately , there are always some

dingalingles with poor safety habits and
att i tudes and they can cause you to have
an acc i dent , t oo . Watch for them . They
sound something like one of the following :
on ."

" I d i dn ' t know that switch turned it

That ' s stupidity in person . Teach him .

" I meant to get it repaired last week

but it slipped my mind . " That ' s forgetfulness in the flesh . Remind him !

@pinion l}oll

" I thought Geor ge would clean up the

oi l slick . " That ' s a Let - George - Do- It slob .
Reprimand him.

This week's question is: Do you beli eve that

Christmas promotions and advertis i ng genera ll y
begi n t oo early?
Questi on 5
Yes

No

Undecided

Comments:

-.-.;:------------------------------------------lf you are in terested in participating in the

poll, check your answer, add any comments you
want, cut out on broken li ne and send to Cary
Osborne , Relations. Please be sure your reply
i s in Rela t i ons by Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 14.

"Watch me handle this tub of acid with

one hand ." That ' s an idiotic show off .
Report him . He ' s dangerous to everyone .
" Safety ' s for the birds . I ' ll do it my
way ." That ' s a fatalist who bel ieves he ' ll
get it when his number is up . He ' l l get it ,
but he may take you with him . Ask for a
transfer .
"I don ' t need the safety equ ipment
today. Too much tro uble . " He ' s lazy (stupid
too) , but protect y ourself . Get and use the
equipment yourself .
"My mott o is uve dang eJtow.ily , man . II
He ' s a reckless ass . Watch him carefully .
Your motto should be let J:.heJte. be L<..6e .
Yours !

FOR SALE
1 BOY' S 20" BI KE--1 GIRL ' S 24" BI KE -- 942- 25 44
lJANTED

Around the
Company
A L LENTOWN- An idea to save " pin money for GE
has paid off well tor John Clark a draftsman at House
wares and Audio Business D1v1s1on 's Allento wn . Penn
sylvanoa . p lant He

SWAP SHOP
OF'O=! SA.LE
Ot'.O'! >i:tn

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105 - PELAT!OllS

OP!:J( WM. TED

CRI DfR S \-IMilED

CLC .T

QH:..;}E

o .. ;... ~ :::

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c~ome

up with a terminal pin design

that can be used 1n the Calrod heating elements for a

or .... :.i

variety of housewares products The new design also

permi ts the use of less expensive materials and fabri
cation techniques while) ma1nta1ning quality Not only
are Allentown produc ts more compet1ti112 now. but

fl I

Clark also earned himself a kingpin of a suggestion

~J<, ust ::e tr'\ ~IJ()r' 10'> "0 lJ~e r t hJn ~ JI) , " or:loJy r.recelir'J rutllLH101'1
i.!l!f'. :.cs ~s: 1 : '.1rl 'D.!Cf"' f>r~o1<:f'C , a;11c only or .tt1 tt,..- rJy tit

s .. rri: :ed >:er'"""' ,f'r ,. rl-:i 1Pe ,

rn._ .. e u"der ,,,.,

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award-$ 7 .169-the largest 1n !he plant's history

.r ..~ ... ill "o: .sccept aJs Oer the

c1rcv~s t~r.ces.

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W ILMING TON- When two summer emp loyees 101ned

the Nuclear En ergy Prod ucts D1v1s1on at Wilmin gton .

- .. ,. '.~e- "i .. ,.f .. rr.d ~ ... , ~ 1 :! i,' ~rt- J ~e rs cr.! 1 f1rO;t' r~y .tr,,j 1sl
!,.I:' i~ '": "!f ~ .. rrt 'rl ., 1 . .. ~" ::.~~1-e\1" .-1"": .. rl!' .

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North Carolina. they were told to report to Site Main

tenance and were given the title of Level I Vegetation
Removal specialists

Their assignment was a tough

one Remove all vegetation from terrain too rough tor

mechanical equipment Requiring very little superv1s1on

CREDIT UNION ANNOUNCEMENT

The Cred i t Uni on off i ce will be cl osed Dec.

22 through Ja n. 1.

Statements of Cred i t Un i on accounts will be

i ssued i n January 1978 . If you have change d
your name or address s i nce j oi ni ng t he Credi t
Uni on pl eas e noti fy t he off i ce at once .

as their work was always rust ahead of them . the two

seven month old goats-General and Elly-recen tly
comp leted their JObs with honors They promptly ale
their 1ob appraisals c1t1ng them tor being "outstanding 1n
their field" 1n the removal of centopeed grass ragw eed .
dandelions . ton cans paper and marshy grass
TELL C ITY . L YNCHBUAG . DETRO IT- Safety IS no ac
c1dent. safety pays on many ways hundreds o f such
safety slogans are used throughout GE plants to remind
employees of the need to obey safety rules People are
pract1c1ng w hat they are preaching 1ud g1ng by the many
safety awards Latest to receive National Safety Coun
c1 ! honors for workin g safely were Specialty Motor De partment employees at Tell City . Indiana-over twomll
lion manhours worked without a lostt1me iniury . and
s1x -mllll on safe hours for Mobile Radio Products Depart
ment people at Lynchburg . V1 rg1n1a. and Carboloy Sys tems Depar tment employees at Detroit. Michigan
SC HENECTAD Y- On hand to help Schenectady Ut1
lilies Operation employees celebrate the startup of a
new S 1 0 million wastewater treatment plant last month
were federal and state off 1c1als. The new facility. which
treats up to 4 0,000,000 gallons per day. handles all of
th e industrial wastewater discharge from the many
operations in the p lant It takes nearly tour hours tor a
gallon of water to pass through the complex. compared

" Here's my list . Why don't I

t ake t hem now and save you
a trip?"

to 50 min ut es 1n the old system. built 22 years ago

.-...WAYNESBORO

PLANT

GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL. "x1x NO. 48

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

Jaycees say "Thanks"

December 16, 1977

Ray Beckerle

Celebrates
40 Yrs.
W; i JV -' I'/
I .

I I

Ii

Forty years ago Roy Becker le , Spe cialist Leas ing , went t o wor k f or GE b e cause they
of f ered hi m more money . That wa sn ' t the onl y
reason , of cour s e . "I d106e. GE be.eaMe. (t he.y)

o66eJLe.d a BM,{,ne.M Tha-i..n,{,n9 CouMe. (now

F,{,nanua.t Manageme.n,t Pho9Jtam ), 11 Roy po inted out.

Virgi ni a Acher, Pres i dent of UE Loca l 124 i s

shown presenting $130 to Vince Tu ll o,
co-chairman of the Jaycee Annua l Christmas
Proj ect for both children and retired persons
of our city. The money was contri buted by both
union and non-union employees who wish to share
their support for this project.
Th is year the Jayc ees reached their goal because of t his and other l arge f i rm donat i ons.
Two hu ndred youn gste rs and fifty ret i red
persons were hoted by Jaycees and their wives
this past Saturday and Tuesday.
"We wish to thank those who responded. This
project i s the largest and longest running
event in community activities. Your support
keeps it go i ng ."

"I 6tMte.d M a 6iling and typ~t eleJLk., held

a vM,te.;ty 06 M6,{,9YU11e.~ ,{,n B-i..l.t-i..ng , Co6t
Aeeo u~t<.n9 , and Pe.h6onne.l Accou~ng; the.
lon9elit eMe.M ,{,11 Pe.h6 onne.l Aeeou~n9. "
Born in Scr a nt on, Pa ., Roy gr aduated from
Lackawanna Bus in es s College and Keystone Jun i or
College . Hi s GE car eer ha s tak en hi m t o
Schenectady , W. Lynn , Pi ttsfield , Ft . Edwa rds,
a nd Hudson Fal ls , N. Y. He moved to Waynesbor o
on Nov . 27, 1967 fr om Hudson Fall s where he
worked at the Capacit or Dept .
Roy and his wi f e , Leona , l i ve at 12 35 Meadow
Br ook Road. They have t wo daughters; Louise is
t eaching school in Wi lton , N. Y., a nd Carolyn and
her husband , ~al t er Curren , both t each in
Queensbury , N. Y.

The. Wayne.1.>boho Jayee.eli

<fJ ieelin!fd

iy o 6 t he. employe.eli -i..n Ma-i..nte.nanee. e.le.ete.d

.tw ye.AA to donate. to ne.e.du 6amilieli -i..n the.
Me.a ,{,Mte.ad 06 6e.nCU.n9 C~tmM eM~.
Thhough t w announeeme.nt t hey w.<...6h e.veJLyone.
heJLe. at GE a Ve!LIJ Me.MU C~tmM and a Happy
Ne.w ye.aJt .

FOR SALE
1966 MALI BU-r20R-- HT-- NEW PAINT--942-8665

TELE-TALES
by jean brydge
Mr. Cribbl y called i t t he " Year of the Magn i f icent Chr i stma s Tree ." Mr s . Cr ibbly never
a dmi tt ed in public what s h e call ed it .
About a we ek before Ch ristmas , Mr . Cr ibbly
announc ed, "Buying a Ch.ris tmas tree i s for

those peop l e with no s pirit ! By gol ly , this

year I ' ll take an axe, go to the forest, and
cut down my own t r ee instead of paying a f or t une
fo r one alr eady cut . "
Eyes r olled he avenwar d , Mrs . Cribbly wh ispered
under her breat h, "Watch out, f or>es t !" Out
loud she s aid , "I t hink that ' s a gr and i dea -

but you don ' t have an axe ."

"I ' ll get one . "
Mrs . Cr i bbly , not be i ng of f a int hea r t , d i d
not even c r i ng e as she watched Mr . Cribbly ,
dressed in h is war me st clot he s , dr i ving a
borrowed jeep , c a r r ying a neighbor ' s t he r mos
bot tle and heist i ng a new axe , dis appear over
t he hor izon.
Next s c ene , four hours l at er . Smal l s on
rus hes breathles s ly i n . "Mom, come quick .

Come quick!
yar d . "

Ther>e s a tree driving into our

Da shi ng t o t he door wit h her hear t in her

mouth , s he behel d a spe ctacle beyond descri bing .
There were f our t ire s , two fe nde r s vi s i ble and
everything e ls e was cover ed with Chri s tmas tree
- except Mr. Cribbly ' s hea d wh i c h wa s peering
under a branch to s e e where he was dr iv i ng . She
c oul d not decide whether to laugh or c ry . To
get a t ree that l arg e i n their house , they would
have to a dd a gymnas i um .
Tr i umpha ntly wi ggli ng out of the j e ep , he
yelled , "Come see . I have a magnificent
Chr istmas t r ee . " That it was ! It was to~
lar ge fo r t he Whi t e House .

"Maybe you shouZ.d

t r>im the bottom branches so we can si t under i t
s i nce we ' ve moved out the sofa and two chairs . 11
"I wiZZ not cut another> inch from that t r>ee .
We 1 ve already cut off five fe et of t he p1~e tties t
par t . I t wil l come thr ough this door if we pu l l
t he bottom through f i rs t . Ouch ! Watch m!I hand !"
"~!hat 1 s wr ong with your> hand?"
"I cut it when I br oke the thermos . "
"How di d you break the thermos?"
Ne xt s cene , t wo hour s later.

"Oh, I did that when I backed t he j eep into a

big St ump II
(Cont i nued next Col . )

TELE- TALES (Continue d fr om previou s Col . )

A "Dummy of t he Year " awa r d should b e given
t o a wife who allows her husband t o suddenly
b e c ome c onservative . Mentall y Mrs . "C" r an .-.
t he t otal : $5 t o r eplace t he thermos, $100 t o
r epair t he j eep , $1 5 fo r the new axe a nd $15
fo r more dec or a tion s . Cost of tree : a pprox .
$135.
Next sc ene , four hours later .

"Why ar e you moros e ?"

She : "So, who ' s 17'orose ? I 'm specula t ing .
Wooded l ots ar>e mor e expensi ve and I think we
can s e ll l ots under this t r>ee and put i n a
s ubdivision ."
He : "I sur>e can ' t .figure you out . Aft er a ZZ
I ' ve done t o have a gr>eat Ch.ristmas t r ee - a ll
you do is comp lain !"
She : "Who ' s comp Zaini ng? A t r ee t hat bi g
should be appr>eciated . I 'm goi ng to camp under
it t onight . I 1 ll spread the s leeping bag under>
t he l owest branches , fi ll up t he water bucket
wi t h glogg, and hang my stocking on the Co l eman
lantern . Mer>r>y Christmas, Paul Bunyan!"
He:

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NEW GE CHRISTMAS BULBS
SAVE ENERGY

GE employees may want t o tell fri ends and

nei ghbors that new ene r gy- savi ng , lower- wattage
Chri stma s bulbs which appear as br i ght as prev i ous bulbs have b een developed by GE ' s lamp
bus i ness . The e ff i cient new product s now
avai l able include :
f i ve - watt indoor - outdoor bulbs , a new
vers i on of t he t r ans lucent 7~-watt bulbs which
ha ve been a popul ar C7 Christmas tree bulb f or
near ly hal f a centur y . Power savings of the
cool er new " Glow Bright " bulbs : 31%.
f ive-watt tra ns p a rent indoor - out door C7
bu lbs cal led " Cool Br ight s . " Ene r gy cost
saving s over t he fo r mer 6- wa tt Cool Br i ghts :
16%.
s even- watt , l a r ge r outdoor li ghts former ly
rated at 10 watt s , a 30% power sav i ngs . The s e
cooler bulb s include t ranslucent C9 Glow
Bright s and t ran sparent Merry Brights .
New i t ems wh ich u se Mer ry Midget li ghts
i nclude a 30 and 50- l i ght De corator Pac k , t wo
l i g ht sets with fl ower - l i ke refl ectors , a nd two
tree - t oppers . All but the tree- t opper s feat ure
st rai ght l ine (non- looped ) mi dget sets for ~
eas ier de cor at i ng .
Als o availab l e are replacement bul bs f or any
30 , 35 , or 50- l i g ht mi dget light set us i ng
r emovable base 3 . 5- volt bu l b s . A burned out
(Cont inue d on Pg .

4, Col . 1)

Darrell Jordan Makes

Dean's List

GE , HITACHI ANNOUNCE PLANS TO FORM JOINT

TV BUSINESS; SEEN AS POSITIVE STEP

(
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following was released last week (Dec . ?)

Public Information . )

~orporate

General Electric Company and Hitachi Ltd . of

Japan have announced plans for the formation of
a new j o intly- owned company to support their
participation in the television industry . In a
step that will help assure continued employment
for approximately 4000 employees in the U. S .,
and hopefully increase their number, the
companies said they had agreed in principle t o
establish General Television of America , Inc.
for the engineering , manufacturing, and
marketing of television products .
Under the proposed agreement , the new company
wi ll combine General Electric and Hitachi t echnolog ies and will utilize the facilities and
personnel of General Electric ' s current television business which employs approximately 3000
in Portsmouth , Va . and 1000 in Syracuse , N. Y.
General Electric and Hitach i each will own 50%
of the shares of the new company .
The agreement was described today as
"positive, innovative , and exciting" by
R~nald H. Jones , Chairman of General Electric
a
Hirokichi Yoshiyama , President and
Re~resentative Director of Hitachi Ltd .
Mr . Jones said that GE had studied several
options to accelerate the forward thrust of the
Company ' s television operat i ons . " Establishing
this new company is the most positive step we
can take to strengthen the bus iness and mai ntain these 4000 jobs in the U. S . in one of the
most competitive businesses in the world today . "
General Televis i on of America , Inc ., will
produc and provide General Electric , Hitachi,
and private label brand television sets . I t
will also manufacture color television picture
tubes for other television manufacturer s . The
sales and service channels for the Genera l
Electric and Hitachi brands will remain
unchanged . General Electr ic brand products
will be sold and serviced through GE ' s Major
Appliance Business Group Sales and Distribution
Operation . Hitachi brand products will continue to be sold through Hitachi Sales Corporation of America .
Mr . Yoshiyama said the new company wi ll
enable Hitachi to serve the Ameri can mark et
wth a full line o~ television products .
;achi looks forward to bringing together the
'
~e~hnological strengths of two recognized
leaders in the TV industry . This can only result in even greater values for the American
consumer ," he said .
(Continued next Col.)

We recently learned that Darrell Jordan,

Co- op, was named to the Dean 's List for the
swnmer quarter . Darrell is in his second year
of a five year program at the University of
Tennessee . He is presently working in Life
Test, DCPBD Engineering, but Dec . 22 will be
his last day before returning to school .
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GE- HITACHI (Continued from previous Col . )

Mr . Jones said that "Hitachi is worldrenowned for its technological leadership
which will complement our own technical capabilities. A close cooperative working
relationship is expected between the management
of General Electric and Hitachi Ltd . in support
of the new company .
General Electric ' s television busines s is
headquartered in Portsmouth , Va . In addition
to the television assembly plant in Portsmouth
and TV tube manufacturing fac ilities in
Syracuse, N. Y., it has a TV components manufacturing facility in Singapore . Headquarter s
and manufacturing facilities will remain the
same for General Television of America , Inc .
Stanley C. Gault , a GE Sen i or Vice President ,
and Mr . Masafumi Misu , Executive Vice
Pr esident and Director of Hitachi Ltd . were the
architects of the agreement between the two
companies . Each will be a member of General
Television of America ' s Board of Directors,
with r emaining Directors to be named at a l ater
date . Fred R. Wellner , currently General
Manager of GE ' s Television Business Dept .,
will be President and Chief Executive Offi cer
of the new company .
Establislunent of General Television of
America, Inc . is contingent upon neces sary
corporate and governmental approvals .

~pinion
DART TOURNAMENT
The SCOGE E Dart Tournament will be he ld Dec .
17, 1977, 12:30 p. m. , at t he Schooner. Th is
tournamen t is open to al l SCOGEE members . For
add i t i onal information see Kenny Grcty or Kenny
Ki te .
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE
Thi s yea r t he Waynesbor o Recre at i on Dept . i s
sponsoring a Vol l eyball League fo r Women - ages
18 and over . An organ izat i onal mtg. will be
held at 7: 30 p. m. on Monday, J an. 9 at the
Rec rea tion Dept . Such i nformat ion as entry
f ee, day and ti me of l eague pl ay , and r ul es
and reg ulati ons will be di scuss ed .
If enough i nt erest is shown, t here will be
two di vi si ons. "A" di vis ion for t he more compet iti ve t eams ; "B" divi s i on fo r t hos e who wi sh
to pl ay j ust fo r fu n.
Any one i nteres ted in pl ay ing or enter i ng a
t eam i s urged to attend . For further i nf orma t i on, cal l the Waynes boro Recre at i on Dep t . at
942- 6505 .
SCOGEE al so plans t o sponso r a t eam in the
l eag ue . If you are i nteres t ed in pl ay ing fo r
t hi s team co ntact Kenny Gray .
EMPLOYEE DISCOUNTS ON CB RADIOS
The fo ll ow i ng is r eprin te d fr om the "Emp l oyee
Cou r tesy Discoun t Schedule . "
Employee may pur chase thr ee units in a 24
month period for his own use or for use by a
member of his immediate famil y living in his
household and dependent on the emp loyee fo r
support; includes uni t s ins t alled in cars belonging to the child of an emp loyee who may
spend part of his/her time at college pr oviding
t he child i s still a member of the employee 's
household.
GE BULBS (Cont i nued f r om Pg . 2 , Col . 1)
b ulb is s i mply r emoved f rom i ts base and a new ,
basele s s bulb inserted .
GE ' s Twi nkle Brights, flashing l i ghts i n bot h
C7 and C9 si zes , though not new this year , will
become incr eas i ngly popular because of the i r
energy savi ngs , accor di ng t o lamp employees .
These 7- watt bul bs use only half of t hat
electri city (3~ watt s ... less than a n i ght
lig ht) because they are o ff half the t i me . And
unlike a car that takes extra ga s to re- star t ,
t winkle bulbs go off and on e ffo rtlessly with
no added electricity neede d .
All new s tanda r d GE l i ght sets f eature the
new ene rgy- s avi ng bulbs and are UL- list e d .

l)oll Results

Here are t he results of l ast \veek ' s o p i n i ~

po 11. Questio n #5 was: Do you be 1 i eve tha
Chr i stmas promot i ons and adve rti si ng gene ral 1y
begi n too earl y?
Yes
No
Undeci ded

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Some of the comme rts were as follows :

ChJU.,o tmM pttomotio nJ.i SH OU LV NOT J.i .:t.aJr.,t u.n:til..
anteJt Than.lug-i..v-i..ng holida y'-> . One. holiday
J.i houl.d be. obJ.i eJtve.d a,t. a tirr.e. .
Stottu '-> e.e.m ;to be. pttomoting ChJU.,otmaJ.i well
be.fiotte Ha.Le.owe.en and Thanlug-i..v-i..ng. I th-i..n R -<.. 0
the.y woul.d w<U;t u.n:til.. a.ttou.nd Tha.nlug-i..v-i..ng pe.ople.
woul.d bec.ome motte -i..n t he J.i p~ o 6 g-i..v-i..n.g and
we.lc.ome t he ChJU.,otmM J.i eM on.

GE Theater Focuses on Adoption DileMMa

Who should i,.:in i,.hen an adopted c hi ld ' s "right "
to know his biological mother c onflicts with
t he mother ' s " r i ght " t o the pr iva cy she sought
when she gave that child away fo r adopt i on at
b irth ?
~
This q_uesti on wi l l be looked at in " Tell Me
My Name , " a GE Theater Drama Spe cial to be
telecast on CBS- TV, Tuesday , Dec . 20 , 9 : 3011 : 00 p . m. (ET ) .
Bas ed on Mary Carter ' s b ook of the same name ,
it deals dramatical ly with the s earch of an
adopted chi ld f or her natural mother, and with
the pr oblems t hat ari s e when she f i nds her .
Starri ng Barbara Barri e as a woman who hasn ' t
seen her illeg itimate child since she gave her
away fo r a dopt ion at b irth , "Tell Me My Name"
dr amatizes t he c onfl ict betwe en two human needs
- the teenage daught er ' s t o know her real
mother , and the mother ' s t o cont i nue t he safe
li fe she ' s carved out wi thout her .
Co- star Ar thur ni ll is t he col l ege professor
she mar ried but never could tell a bout her
child ' s existence , and Valerie Mahaffey plays
the troubl ed g irl who seeks our h er natural
mother .
Dr amatized by J oanna Lee , " Tell Me My Name"
typifi es hundreds of situat i ons that have
ar i s e n s i nce sever al stat e s pas s ed leg i slat i on
permitt i ng the opening of prev iously sealed.........,
bir th r ec or ds when an adopted chil d reache s
edulthood .
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Our !wad s let us remembe r th e joys

of C hri stmas. Om hea rts let us

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL. XIX NO. 49

T,me. 601t gi6.t.6 a.ga-<.n - be.au:U6u.U..y WJta.ppe.d

a.nd p1toba.bly :too e.xpe.n6ive.. But :the.Jte a.Jte.
gi6.t.6 :tha;t ne.e.d not be. puJtc.hao e.d in a .6:to1te.,
gi6.t.6 :tha;t c.anno:t be puJtc.hao e.d with mone.y.
Thu e. gi6.t.6 a.Jte. :tho.6e. 06 :the. he.a.Jtt and mind,
:the gi6.t.6 06 ouJt own .6 e.lvu, 06 ouJt own
pe.Jt.6ona.Utiu.
In :the. wOJtd.6 06 Ralph Waldo Eme.Jt.6on: Rings
a1
:ewels are not gifts, but apologies for
gi J vS . The only true gift is a por tion of
thyself.

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December 22, 1977

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

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Retiree's Christmas Lunch

GE Waynesboro retirees were entertained at a
Christmas luncheon last Friday in the Blue
Ridge Dining Room.
Those attending were - W. D. Henderson, G. M.
Bradt, J . R. Neet, W. H. Schenk, M. 0. Bassett,
A. A. Gutekunst, A. B. Hipes, E. F. Kubler, C.
L. Kniskern, H. P. Ol sen, K. R. Newnham, W. D.
Cockrell , D. S. Thayer, G. E. Zimmer, C. Hyde,
H. C. Simmons, N. M. Smith, B. A. Dunn, E. H.
Dale, E. L. Bottemiller, B. Meeks, 0. W.
Livingston, C. L. Hughes, R. C. Courtney, G. M.
Hausler, M. F. Ponzillo, M. I. Martin, E. B.
McDowel l , M. E. Labelle, J . G. Bridge, R. G.
Cromer, D. H. Putnam, G. L. Rogers, L. E. Cline,
M. B. Mize, J. N. Byram, L. R. Coffey, V. C.
Mi ll er, M. H. Shick, J. S. Zimmer, J. W. Cooley,
W. E. John, E. D. Sornborger.
,......ter lunch Mr . Warren Kindt, DCPBD General
M~ . . ger addressed the group .
Then there was a
drawing for door prizes. There were 12 gifts 6 products from each of the JA companies
sponsored by GE.
The winners were - E. L. Bottemil l er, E. H.
Dale, 0. W. Livingston, A. A. Gutekunst, C. L.

We give. :thu e tltue. gi6.t.6 whe.n we. pltO j e.c.t

ge.ntie.ne..6.6 - be il :to a. 1te.la;t.{_ve., a. 61U.e.nd, a.
ne.ighboJt, olt a .l<,,ttle c.h-<.ld.
Hand in hand w,Uh ge.nile.ne..6.6 .{.)., 6JU.e.ndL<.ne..6.6
a.nd fUndnu.6. Thue :te.Jtm.6 ne.e.d no de.6.{.rUt.,i.on.
Tole.Jtanc.e. -<..6 a.no:the.Jt gi6:t a.nd all-<.e.d w,Uh
unde.Jt.6tanding, :the.y ma.Jtk :the Jtoad He. walked.
Rupon6ibilily -<..6 .6Uil ano:the.Jt gi6t Jte..6 pon6ibilily :to youJt home., :to youJt 6a.m.U..y,
:to youJt dutiu, :to youJt ao.6 oc.ia;tu .
Thu e. a.Jte. :the. gi6.t.6 whic.h we. give. 61tom w,i;thin .
They a.Jte., wilhout doubt, :the. 6.{.nu:t gi6.t.6 06
ail..

Hughes, E. B. McDowell, J. R. Neet, B. A. Dunn,

J. N. Byram, J. S. Zimmer, G. M. Hausler, N. M.
Smith.
Each of the wi nners received either a hu rricane lamp or luminaria .

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Lasers: versatile serv

surgery on organs rich in blood vessels , such
as the liver . Replacing the surgeon ' s sca~l ,
the laser beam makes the incision, cauteri .g
as it cuts, resulting in almost bloodless
s urgery .
A detached retina in the human eye - the most
common cause of blindness - once required an
extremely difficult and serious operation . Wit!
a laser , retina reattachment can now be done
painlessly on an out- patient basis without anes
thetics . The laser beam is trained through the
eye to the retina behind it, burning the edges
and sealing it in place.

Industrial uses
The laser duel in "Star Wars . " Is it far- out
science fiction or a possibility?
In 1960 the first lasing action was announcedthe cutting of a tiny hole in a diamond die for
the drawing of fine wi re. The scientifi c world
was stunned. But the not- so- scientific world
was also quick t o climb on the band wagon. Sensational articles about death rays appeared in
n ewspapers and magazines throughout the country.
Remember how James Bond was almost cut- in-two by
a laser in the hands of the diabolical Goldfinger?
While we read about lasers capable of knocking
out spy satellites, to date nearly all of their
applications have been as us eful tools in the
hands of civilians. Like most major scientific
advances, from the horse-drawn chariot and the
airplane to the splitting of the atom, the laser
has both military and civilian applications .

What is a l aser?
When you train a f lashlight across an open
field , the farther the beam travels the wider
it is. To the contrary, the laser is a light
beam which barely spreads at all . Trained on
the moon , the spread of a laser beam is less
than two miles wide . Some laser beams can cut
through the thickest metal , of even a diamond;
others are so harmless you can put your hand
into them . It depends partly on the wavelength,
or color, of the beam . The color can 't be seen,
though, for unlike the movi e versions, laser
beams are invisible . (They can be seen,
however, when used in a dusty atmosphere or if
smoke is blown into them . )

Lasers are already beginning to find a place

in industry. They can weld together objects
so small or of suc h odd shape that they could
be joined in no other manner. They permit the
melting of tiny sections without heating the
adjacent areas . Lasers are now used in the
manufacture of telephone switch relays . The
insulation is burned from the wire and the weld
made in one operation .

" Lao eJL6 ha.ve. an e.noJUnoM ,{.ndw.,:tJU..a.1 po.:te.ntia..l," said Randy Tremper , Manager - La.mp
Envelope Materials Research, Lighting Research
& Technical Services Operation. ''To be.g,i,n
h,
.:the.y w., e. no rr.a.:tUJta..l ga.o and Me. c.ompa.tible.

wdh GE ' "6 "6 e.a.Jtc.h 601t manu6a.c.twU.ng me.thod,6

w.,,tng a.UeJrna.tive. 6uw. S,i,nc.e. .:the.y Me. Jtun
e.l e.c.t.Jt,{,c.a..lly, :th e.y c.an e.a..o ily be. Jt,{,g g e.d :to a.
c.o mput e.Jt and a.u.:to ma..:te.d . An e.l e.c.t.Jt,{,c.a..l "6 IJ"6.:te.m
,i,,6 Mua..lltj muc.h e.a..o,{,eJt :to p.1t.og1ta.m :than a.
me.c.ha.n,i,c.a..l one..
"Wah a. la..oeJt you c.an cU!te.c.t :the. e.neJtgy Jt,{,gh.:t
whe.Jte. you warit d a.rid he.a.ting ,i,,6 ge.ne.ttafty
6a..o.:teJt :than by any o.:theJt me.an"6. And 100 peJtc.e.n;
06 :the. e.ne.Jtgtj ,i,,6 Me.d. The. ma.jolt polttion 06 a
ga..o 6la.me., 6Olt e.x.a.mple. , ,(,,6 WM.:te.d . "

Important medical tool

While lasers are so new that mcst of Lamp ' s
work with them is still in the experimental
stage, they can perform a variety of worthwhile
tasks for mankind . Nowhere is this more exempli f ied than in the field of medicine . The
laser is particularly useful in delicate

Laser operated here by Randy Tremper can cut

through the metal rod in a matter of seconds .

tnts for mankind's future

Are lasers expensive? "The. ,{_~ c.ol:it ,{_!:,
c.he.ap," Tremper said, "bu;t
,{_!:, 001'1. 066. be.c.auo e. a lM eJt c.an be. opeJtate.d M e.c.onomic.ally." He explained that the huge 450watt laser in LR&TSO can be run for only $3.15
per hour, and this includes electrical power,
gases, and parts for maintenance.

Another important use for lasers is in

measurement. They permit measurements so precise that man can now calculate the distance
to the moon within half a foot. The Continental
Drift theory has apparently been proved with
laser beams. The theory, in essence, stated
that the earth's land masses rest on huge plates
that are in constant motion and that the
Eastern and Western Hemispheres are growing
farther apart . A laser beam was bounced off a
reflector placed on the moon by Neil Armstrong,
and the beam picked up in Europe. The experiment was repeated a year later, and the results
indicated that the distance across the
Atlantic had grown slightly.
More down t o earth applications f or laser
measurements include surveying, laying of drain
tile, or just about any time a long string
would be used for alignment during construction.
Portable lasers, powered by 12-volt batteries,
project instant alignment beams which are
,,_...mless.

This laser beam has been made visible by

blowing smoke into it.
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Thelma Conner to Say I Do

Even the field of photography has been

enhanced by lasers, which are used to create a
type of three dimensional picture called a
holograph . Laser shows, in which an infinite
number of designs can be projected on a
theater's ceiling, are now located in several
cities.
The uses to which the laser can be put seem
endless. Laser beams connected to fibre-optic
systems are already replacing thick telephone
cables in some l ocations. But what of the
future? What can we expect of the laser?
Undoubtedly we will see phonograph records
that never wear out, for the laser beam
replacement for the phonograph needle is only
a step away. While we may never see duels
fought with laser-swords a la "Star Wars, "
we may witness space ships driven by laser
beams directed from earth.
Any many scientists predict we will have the
ultimate source of cheap, n on-contaminating
energy - nuclear fusion - by the year 2000,
thanks to the laser.
_o date we have only scratched the surface of
the laser ' s potential. Its uses seem limited
only by the imagination of man.

Reprinted by permission from GE NEWS of the

GE Lamp Business Group, Dea. 2, 1977.

A bridal shower was given Thelma Conner on

Monday, Dec. 19, at 6:00 a.m. at Perkins Pancake
House with 21 in attendance.
After breakfast she opened her gifts presented
to her by her co-workers.
Thelma will be married on Jan. 1, 1978, to
Daniel Holloway of Concord, Va., where she will
be living after her marriage.
She has worked for the Company for 22 years
and was working in Incoming Inspection when she
decided to say, "I do," and leave her friends
at GE.
Our very best wishes go with her for a happy
marriage which she deserves . She will be
greatly missed by everyone.

ANNOUNCEMENT
TIME CARD AUDIT
Due to a recent t ime card audit there will be a
small adjustment in some hou r ly employees' paychecks that were distributed today. These
adjustments are shown in the adjustment column
on the pay check.
SCOGEE BASKETBALL
A basketball league is now forming for men 35
years old and older . If interested in formi ng
a league or SCOGEE sponsored team please
contact Wayne Bowles (ext . 1556) or Kenny Gray
(ext. 1141) .

SWAP SHOP
FOR SALE
GE DISHWASHER--2 YRS OLD--942- 7708
ANTIQUE BUFFET-- 2 DOORS--$50--456-6409
LOST
MAN ' S GREEN JAC KET--SOl--CONTACT SYLVESTER
"SWEETIE" PAYNE--X1141

w. M. Lipsky

Marks 35th Year

Earlier this year Bill Lipsky celebrated his

35th anniversary with GE. Bill joined the
Company on Oct . 26 , 1942 in the Test Dept. ,
Schenectady, N.Y . after graduat i ng from Siena
College .

"The. hlgh .tte.gMd my 6amily ha.d 60.tt GE WM .:the.

pJt,lmMy .tte.a;., on 1 f:..:tM.:te.d w.uh .:the. Compa.ny, "
Bill explained. "Bo.:th g.tta.nd6a..:the.M, unc.lu
6.ttom bo.:th fiidu o 6 .:the. 6amily we..tte. Qua.Jt.:te..tt
Ce.n.:tu.tty e.mploye.u a.nd bo.:th my mo.:the..tt a.nd 6a..:the..tt
wo.ttk.e.d t)o.tt GE a..:t .:the. time. .:the.y we..tte. maJt.lt,(.e.d."
Bill moved to Waynesboro in 1961 as a Manufacturing Engineer specializing in Equipment
Development. "The. be.a.u.:ty of, .:the. V,{,Jtgin,{,a. Me.a.

a.nd .:the. p.ttog.tte.Mive.nuf:. 06 GE VCPBV ma.k.u .:t~

one. 06 .:the. mof:..:t a..:t.:t.tta.c;ttve. Me.a;.. in .:the. QOun..:t.tty
.:to wo.ttk. a.nd e.njoy Uving in a..:t .:the. f:.ame. -time., "
Bill stated .
Bill, his wife, Catherine , and daughter,
Kimberlee , live at 891 Kent Road in Waynesboro .
He also has two daughters and one son who are
married.
Bill spends most of his leisure time on home
construction projects but also enjoys boat ing ,
f ishing , camp i ng, poetry , and travel. He i s a
charter member of the Elks BPOE Lodge #2270 in
Waynesboro, a member of the GE ELFUN Societ
and he and his wife are members of the Coa~
Guard Auxi liary Flotilla #81.

RETIREES (Continued from Pg. 1)

It was a rea l pleasure seeing them again and

we hope to see them al l again next year.
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Glue-It-Yourself
Toys sold for Ch ristmas gifting
usually come in two varieties. The
first variety breaks w it hin an hour
afte r the child gets it a nd the second
takes twenty-four hours to put together.

W. M. Lipsky (2nd from right) receives his 35

year award from D. L. Coughtry, Mgr .-DCPD
Manufacturing . Looking on are Glenn Keller
(left) and Doug Drumheller .
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Santa - Off Duty

"Well, son, <lid you sec Santa today?" asked fathe r.
"Sure did, Pop."
"And what did Sa nta say?"
"Keep moving, kid."

_WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
1.'0L. XI X NO. 50

WAYNESIOIO, VIR GINIA

December 30 , 1977

1977 - A GOOD YEA R .... 1978 - ?

1977 ll'M ano.tlie/<. ve1y good ye.AA (io't the (iJCT1fHesbOJto GE PfoHt cvs we CTc.h,i_ev ed !tee.Md h,i_gh OJtdeJt.6
and ,sale,,s . .Ve.ti: luglts tce,,'te ,'teCTc.lted i.r1 pCTy1otes , sala:ues and tmge s, and .the. numbe..Jt 06 people
e.mpfoyed -i.11 lt'ayne..obc'l.o . Du..:u..ng ,t fie yecv't , ou.Jt peCTh employmeiit exc.eeded 3000 employee;., , al.though
the empto1J111e1Lt levee i..s ,sli.glltilJ tutt'e/t cu we c.1.ooe out tlte ye.AA . Total c.ompe.Ma;t,{.on 6M t he
fo e.al GE v11pC.01jeeJ.i 6u!1.pMoed $41 111,{..U,,i,on -i.n 1977 . Ivt adckuon, GE made. c.apdal -i.nv e;.,bnen;U 06
aprYwwnc(,,te,tu $7 tJJ i..U,i,oH -i.n ,{.,to (iauuue;., -i.n the Wa yne1.i bo1to Me.a . The ma,i.n plan,t 6ac..to1ty Mea
wcu 1te.f..tui.b-0slte.d a11d p'tov,{.ded 1ri..tlt 11ei1J ugli,t-i.119 wluc.h b!t-i.g lite.ne.d .the wotr.h Me.cu and c.0M e1tv ed
en e..Jtg y {(,) u:e,,U .
GJr.Otl'tlt .{.11 01.:e.futlt teve.t o) job!i /ia,s been dtte p,w1cvr...u1J to the ,we -i.n oaie;., of.. t he Te!1.Jn,{.Ne;t*
puii.te.,'1. bu.s,i.ne,,so (2g ove,,'t 19 76) o;; VC PBV . Rehttj oMeJ.i :wna,i.ne.d oteady th!toughout .the. yeM.
Vu!t-i.n g .the 6,0'(.o.t pM t o 6 19 78 Tv un,{.Ne;t* -6 ale,o cUte. e.x.pec..te.d ,t o J.i.taJt,t out ,s lowly wd h an up-6w,i.ng
du.Jung t he oec.o nd lictt ,) due t o the i.n tlto dttc..t,{.o n o(i new p!toduc..t-6 . Rela y -6aleJ.i M e e. x.pe.c..te.d .to
aga,i.n tr.emcti.n s te.ad11 tiv'tOttg Ii tlie. 11 etl' ueM . Empto ~oneii,t te.veL!i ,s hould ,'(.e_n1a,i.n tr.e,ta,uv ely -6.table. ,(rt
1978.

Wcv't!ten F. K,i.11dt, Gr11e.'tal ,' !a11a9e1 o~ VCPBD , cl'l1e.n c.ommc.11u11g on tlie new da.ta c.ommwuc.a;t,{.onJ.i
noted, "Tlie. i.11dtlf.i,t/'1.1j ,{..s p,'toje.c..ted .to g'tow cit an ave..Jtage annuctl ,'1.a.te. 06 15% ove..Jt .the. ne.d
M IJC!.M,6 . Lt ,{_/.) an Uupcvte.d t li{(,t tlie..Jte. wa ...e be ({ /.) ital<.eou.t 0 6 .the. c.ompa n,{.e;., ,{.11 the. ,lndM.t!tlj who
aJLt wiabte. to heep up w.dh .the (icw t mov,i.ng .tec.hnotoglj, l abotr. and mcvte;Ual c.M,U , and ,lnv e;.,.tme.n,t
1te.qu.,{,J[e.d t o Mnanc.e tf U-6 a1i,Uu1xLted 9,'1.ocl'.th .

,{.n~ ,t/'1.IJ

"(tie. i.11 VCPBV expcc.t to :Lei11a,i.1t c.ompe,U.t,{.ve ai:d to C.O>J,U11ue to gtr.ow. We have. a
btt0,lne,ss wluc.li ire lwve estabU!i lte.d ove..Jt .the fo~t oeveJtM ue.aM and will add to d
(i u.,tu.Jte. II

~iAm

bM e. ,i.n .the.
,{.n .the neM

The. Co ii,tJtot Vev-i.c.eo bct!i,{.ne;.,o c.u11U1w.e.d i l l 6 teadlj gtr.owtli ,i.n 1977 ., Otr.deJt.6 and oaleJ.i Welte h,i_ghe..Jt
than anlJ p!t-i.otr. ye.M -<.1t the. h,{,f.,totr.y o (i .the otr.gaiuza,ti.on . Ao ,i.n .the. pcu.t , new ptr.oduc..t de.velopme.n,t
p!togtr.am6 wVLe c.a,'1.Jt-i.ed ocd to keep the bM,{.neJ.i-6 i.n the. (io1te(i1to1i,t 06 the. Powe..Jt Re.gLLl a,Uon ,lndM.t!ttj.
A-6 a ma,tte..Jt 06 0ac.,t, the Powe..Jt R.e.gu!a,uon phoduc.,t une, dw.:n ,!Jfievtpfy -i.n 197 5 and 1976 , began a
-6tead1J c.ome.bac.k ,{.n 1977 . Coupled t1.l,{..tli bettC'.!1. titan ave..1tage. r1e1t6otr.manc.e. ,{.n o.the..Jt c.on.t!tol ptr.oduc.,t
uneJ.i , Co iitltol Ve.v,i.c.e..o Op0'1.a;t<..01L WM 20% b,i.gge..Jt ,{_n 1977 than d u:cu -i.n 1976.
Loo/0i.ng aliead to 1978, CltM..te,s A. Fotr.d, ,\(anagC'.!1. - CVO , '6tated , "The. g1towth that c.on,tlt-i.bute.d .to
tlie. OL(,,U tand,i.ng '6uc.c.e 6 s <.n 19 77 p'Lec.,(p,{..ta,te.d the. need (iotr. motr.e o pac..e., and henc.e. , t he dew,i.on to
c.o nJ.i ouda,te. w-i.,th .the pMeid Ve.pcVr...bne.nt ,ln SMvn . The phcu,i.ng o 6 the mo ve will .tal<.e plac. e ove..Jt a
two -ye.AA -time p<VUod (lli,,{,c.h w-i.,U tend to m-i.n,u11,i.:e. tlte e(if..e.c.,t on (l)a1Jne1.ibotr.o employmen,t . "
" 1977 wcu ctn e.xc.e.1.1 uo11cvUy 6,{.ne ~ 1 e.M (iotr. t he Num<VUc.al Corvt/'tol bM-<-neJ.i-6, and we app!toac..h 1978
w,i,,th a liedtliu bac.l<.fciq d Mde,,~f..,!i and a 9''1.ow.i.ng mMket, " R.obe.,'t,t (V. Btr.eD1an , Manage..Jt - NC Sale;.,
fi .ta.te.d . " HowevM , tire st/'tong c.ompe,t{uve. ac.,uvdlj 0ac.e.d crntr.ldtli,{.de. ,ln 1977 will c.ont,{.nue. ,i.n 197&
.tc put e.x,tJteme. p.'te..BtUt(' on p,'(.,{.c_e_/s, rievelopmeiit ptr.ogtr.runo , new /J''todttc.t ,{.11.,,t/'1.oduc..t,{.oM , and eng,i.neeJung s c.11 e.du.le;., . "
AU the. ptr.o ven c.apab.i..Uty o 6 the WatjneJ.i bOJLo vnplotjeeJ.i will be Jtequ.,{,J[ed ,ln 197 & t o meet otr.
ex.c.eed t lie. tr.ec.otr.d leve..t-6 e;.,tabwiie.d ,ln 797 6 and 1977 . The. p!teJ.ien...t bM,i.neM and t he nutu.Jte.
opp0Jttw1,.{.,t,{.e,s Me ou. .t/s tand,i.ng .
- z. ou.tl.ook 6otr. 1978 ,{.,!J ve.tr.lj opti.nU..-6.uc.. ,ln botlz sale,s and e.mployme.n,t le.vw . The. c.oope..1ta,Uon
am. u:e.di.c.a,uon. o 6 GE empto uee..s ,ln Wa1p1e1.i bo,'1.o -i.11 s e.tr.v-<-ng tlie..,0'1. c.ttf.itomeJt.6 ~ a Mne. tr.ec.otr.d and ~ a
c.o ii,Unu.,{.ng c.licvele1t9e. tl'e cvU &ac.e. -i.n the. ne.w ue.a,'1. .

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

L. L. Trott -

We'll Be Celebrating GE's

lOOth Anniversary in 1978

25 Yrs.

General Electric - one hundr ed years you0

service

" One hundred y ears " becaus e i n this comint::,

year of 1978 - on October 1 5 to b e exact - GE
will celebrate its one hundredth birthday.

be6an his GE career 25 years ago at

the I::.s~lator Jept . in 3alt i more , Md . "I WM
)_,1 i,t e.Jw -<-e.111e.d a;t_ Jo hrl-0 Ho p/U..M Un.A_ v etu.i dy du.!Ung
mLJ &Ls.t !}ea.Jr.. ," he explained. " I uk.e.d ;the. pay

" Young" because GE continues to be an enthusiastic, active c ompany looking for#ard to

achievement in the future that will match anything that has gone before .

o,)(ivz.e.d M welX M wha;t_ appe.o.Jr..e.d :to be. a veJtlj

c.lia.Ue.ng-<-rig MJ.i-<-gnme.ri.t ,{_ri ~lariu.6ae.:tu.!Urig E11g,{,11e.CJt,{J1g. "

It was on October 15 , 1878 , that Thomas A.

Edison formed t he Edison Elect ri c Light Company
for the expr ess purpose of devel oping a new
source of light - the incandescent lamp . It
was an event that raised barely a ripple in the
business news of the day .

~ou ~rot t

In Feb . of 1957 , Lou moved to Waynesboro

where a.~ong other assig'11llents , he has held the
pr, ~~.:.tions o: ;.:fg . Eni:;ineer, !<
'.gr . - Coil & Trans '.'" r::1r->1s , :.:g r .- ~elays , 11gr . - ll:'g. Eng . and his
p1eser:t ass i gn..>r.ent , Mc;r . - Turner Operations .
Lou had high praise for the benefits at GE
and has enjoyed his years with the Company .

" I' U ne.vvz. 60Jtge.,t :the. lime. I J.ipe.rt.t -<-n .the.

otd C&T ope.Jtation , bo;th M ~fE/QC Eng-<-11e.vz. and
fo;te..:t M manage.Jt 06 :the. ope.Jta.t,{_on, " Lou
rer.nmsced . "Tfia;t_ WM a g1te.o.;t. opvz.ation wdh a
bunc.h 06 g11_e.a,t people. -<-11 d. I have. J.ibigle.d
ou.,.t C&T ptwbabty be.c.au.-6e. we. wvz.e. a J.ima.U , c.loJ.ie./zrU,t g1toup . Howe.vvz., a,U :the. many d-<-66vz.e.ri.t
po.Jr..:t-6 o 6 VCPBV ;tha;t I have. be.en MJ.iOc.,{,a,te.d w-<-:th
ha.1.Je. be.e.n popula..te.d wdh ha.1td wo1t/U..ng, !te.J.iponJ.i,{,ve people.. Whe.ne.vvz. :the. Ve.pt. hM be.e.ri -<-ri
:t!tou.b.t'e. OJt ne.e.de.d e.x.Vta e.66 o!t.t ;thvz.e. have.
a1Li.,'ayJ.i be.e.n people Mound mo1te. :than w~ng :to
J.i olve. a.U ,t he. p1wblvM. "
:.,ou, his wife, Jorothy , and two of the ir sons ,
Dour, and Don, live at 1318 Kees l ing Ave . here
in Waynesboro . A third son , Dave , is married .
'I'he Trotts also have t wo grandchildren .
Lou ' s hobbies are f ishing, painting, tennis ,
garc.enini:-, and jogfitlf" ("I ha.te d !" )

TYPING CLASS CANCELLED

The typing class scheduled to beg i n in Ja nu ary
ha s been cancel l ed. There will be an ann ou ncement in the Plant News if they are to be re newed.
WOMEN ' S VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE
A remi nder to those interested in pl ayi ng i n
the wome n's vo lleyball league - an organi zational meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. on
Monday, Jan. 9 at the Recreation Dept .
If you are interested i n joi ni ng t he l eag ue
call the Waynesboro Recreati on Dept . at 942- 6505.
If Vl!l are a SCOGEE member and 1t1ould li ke to
pl ay for their team contact Kenny Gray ,
ext. 11 41.

On January 1 , 1978 - as GE begins a year- long

observance of its l OOth anniver sary - the
Company is worldwi de in scope and a strong
competitor in more than a dozen diverse industries . Employment as 1977 began was about
210 , 000 in the U. S . and Puerto Ri co wi th
thousands of other individuals representing GE
throughout the world .
Thos e 270 , 000 GE people in the U. S . have pay ,
benefits , and membership in a family of jobholders who a r e the envy of those in most other
c ompanies .
Pioneering is a word that attached itself to
GE in many areas . In 1893 they were joined by
Charles P . Stei nmetz the wizard who pioneered
in mathematics and physics .
In 1900 , GE i nitiated the first Research
Laboratory in industry . Barely 19 years later
International General Electric was formed to
pioneer in overseas sales .
During the 1922 to 1940 years , the Company
pioneered in pr oducts for the consumer as wel l
as in products to make electricity more
available to soc i ety . In the consumer area ,
GE i ntroduced such products as refrigeration ,
home laundry equipment , electric irons , radios ,
electric clocks , and oil burning furnaces .
Headlines were made in the Company ' s 50th
year - 1928 - when GE ' s Dr . E . F . W.
Alexanderson played a major rol e in development of the home television receiver and
demonstrated it publicly before a theater
audience in Schenectady . In that year , also ,
came the first telecast of a drama from GE ' s
WGY stud ios i n Schenectady .
In those f i rst 50 years , too , the Compan
pioneered i n employee bene fi ts init i ating
pension plan i n 1912 , long before such plan s
be~ame a subj ect for collective bargaining ,
ar.d following this with l ife insurance
CJverage , medical expense coverage , and more .
(Cont inued pg . 4, col . 2~

L. c. Partridge Retires Jan. 1st

On Jan . 1 , 1978 , Len Partridce of ICD

Marketing , wi ll j o in the ranks of the reti r ed
afte r over 43 years of GE service . He began
h i s career with the Company on ~ay 31 , 1934 ,
after graduation from Nott Terrace P.igh School
in Schenectady , ~.Y .
Len first worked for the Test Dept . ~n
Schenectady . "In :tlw,!J e. datjf.i a,U vuplo l}e.V-> weJr.e
a,Uowe.d :to wo1tk oiitu 36 houJW a week.," Len
s tated . "The National Re.c.oveJr.lj Ac:t. lt'M ,Ln

e.f;J.ll,c;t and :tlU.O WM one. 06 df.i ptrovw,Lon.f.i M an

'to mak,t119 mo!te. jobf.i ava,i.,lable. . "
From 1936 thr ough 1953 Len wor ked in the
Renewal Parts Sales Sections of the Industrial
& Contr ol Departments , and in Jan . of 1954 he
became responsible for renewal parts sales in
the newly forme d Specialty Contra::_ :Uept .
In Feb . 1955 Len r.i.oved. to \faynesboro -,.;here ,
in 1969 , he was placed in charge of ilwnerical
Control Parts Sales within the Industrial
Control Dept .
What are his pl ans for retirement? "I plan
:t.o J.ipe.nd moJte. :t.hne. plaLJ,Lng 90.tS and :touJtname.n:t.
bft,(_dge. , and, I ' m ho pe.6u1 o (i f.i ell,tn9 Jte.al
V->;ta;te. . "
Len and his wi fe , Dot, live at 321 College
Circle in Staunton . Ee has three daubhters ,
1 son , and 4 grandchildren .
We wis h Len much pleasure in retiremer.t and
nope he will vi s i t us sometime and. let us know
rrow he ' s g ett i ng along .
0

One Good Year is Enough

"Co ah ea d , Jo!'. I know \'ou hat!'
FrC'cl, hut wish him a ll arip y :'\!'w
Yc.~u. It's th e r!~ht thin g to clo."

Okay, okay.
"TI1ere h C' is, Jo<', standing nC'ar th!'
door."
Jc)(' wa lkcd to th<' door, look C'cl at
Fr.eel. a nd shout ed . " ll app\' '.\('w
YC'arl Rut I'm restricting it to just
one."

Medical Claims
With the end of the year 1977 rapidl y approaching, employees will be submi tt i ng the ir
medi ca 1 expenses for the current year . I n
order to assure prompt processing of claims,
the Insurance Offi ce has li sted some he l pful
hints.
Medical Claim Form - FN- 688C - Need a claim
form for each member of the f amil y , wi th the
medica l expense deta il s for the indi vi dual
attached to the proper claim form.
All questions 1-8 "To be comp l eted by
employee" must be answered.
Drugs - Drug store statements, receipts, or
Form FN-688U wi ll be accepted. Cash register
tapes are not acceptable.
Need to have: date di spensed, prescri bing
doctor, prescription number, amount.
If Form FN-668U i s submitted, be sure all
questi ons on the form are answered .
Doctor Charges - Statements from the doctor's
offi ce or white card FN-688T will be accepted .
Be sure the fol l owing info rmation is shown :
Date of treatment
Di ag nosis
Charge - If the charge is other tha n an
office vi si t, be sure to have item ized
breakdown , etc., X- ray , OV.
If card FN- 688T i s used, be su re to hav e
doctor 's signature .
Charges showing offic e vi si t (OV) with no
med ical diagnosis will not be accepted .
Because of the ever increasina vo lume of
cl ai ms to be proceised i t i s ne~essary fo r them
to be filed properly according to the i nstruct i ons set forth above. Failure to fol :ow these
instructions wi ll cause the clai m t o be returned
to the employee, whi ch in turn will delay payment of the claim.

.<Jn i:. ..4temo1tiowt

It was with deep regret that
we lear ned John Hartnett passed
away dur i ng th e Christmas
ho l idays.
John began his career wi th
GE in June 1955 at the Fou ndry
Dept. He moved to Waynesboro
in Augus t of 1959 as QC Eng ineer. At the ti me of hi s
re t irement in April of this year, John was
Ma nager-Relay Engi neering.
John is survived by hi s wife , Joanne, and
their s i x chi l dren. Our deepest sympathy goes
to them on their l oss.

ANNI VERSARY (Continued from pg . 3 , col . 1)

Matching Gifts PrograM Raises MaxiMUMS

Modif ies Eligibility RequireMents
Effective Jan. 1 , 1978 , the Gener al Elect ri c
Foundation will match dollar for dollar up to
$5 , 000 in contributions to college s and univers i ties by any elig i ble par ticipant under i ts
Corporate Alumnus Program . The present maximum
is $3 , 000 . The minimum of $15 per contribution
remai ns unchanged. All employees of the General
Electric Co . or a majority- owned subs i diary
with at least one full year of cont i nuou s
service a r e elig ible participants .
Also effective
of contributions
match in any one
inst~tution will
$40 , 000 .

Jan . 1 , 1978 , the total amoi;nt

which the Foundat ion will
calendar year t o a single
be increased from $25 , 000 to

The contribut i ons maximums were last changed

fi ve years ago . These increases in contribution limits r ecognize the impact of inflation
on the cost of higher educat ion and the
increasing needs of the nation ' s colleges and
universities .
In addition to the increased max i mums ,
Foundation secretary William A. Orme reported
that eligibility r equirements also have been
modified. The new criteria are aimed at
refocusing the program on the goals or i ginally
set forth when it was established : to rreet the
basic objective s of t he Foundation ' s educational support program to colleges and
universities, and to place the initiative for
such support with alumni and others with close
ties to the individual institutions .
Beg:i_nning Jan . 1, 1978 , the donor or the
donor 's spouse or child must have one of the
following relationships with the beneficiary
college or university for the g ift to be
matched:
o Be a recognized alumnus/alumna of the
school
o Have received an honorary degree from the
school
o Serve, or have served, on the school ' s
eoverning board or as a trustee .
The matchi ng gift form has been revised to
reflect these changes and the c olor of the form
changed from brown to green . Supplies of the
new forms are being distributed to c ompon ents
and will be available for use on Jan . 1 , 1978 .
In order to qualify for the matching gift, the
new form must be used after that date .
The Corporate Alumnus Program, current ly in
it s 23rd year , is expected to reach a record
$800,000 in cont~ibutions matched by year end
1977, Orme said. The previ ous high for g i ft
rratcning was $648 , 437 i n 1975 .
(Continued next col . )

Edison and Steirunetz before l ighting generator.

By 1940 , GE employed 76,ooo people in 34
plants a r ound the coLliltry .
During the war years, GE t r ained 200 , 000 new
employees to meet the demands of the war
effort and - among other things - built the
first jet engines by the thousands to power
both military and passenger airplanes .
In the post- war years , the Company grew ,
expanded into other industries , and dec entralized . With the soaring need for electricity ,
it built the world ' s largest turbine f actory
in Schenectady . Across the country, other
plants were bui2-t, providing equipment needed
by indust r y and society and thousands of joh~
fo r members of that society.
~

The Company's 1-:or2-d-..ride business grew and

better serve and win dustomers , G~ became a'~
worldwide compar:y. In 1976 , GE paid out more
than $5 billion in pay and benefits for its
employees . In the same year, it purchased
materials, supp::!..ies, services, and other i tems
from other companies at the rate of $7 b ill i on ,
providing thousands of jobs in other companies .
In the year ahea1, as each plant across
General Electric helps ce::!..ebrate GE's one
hundredth birthday, Company spokespeople will
be emphasizing one special point :

Yhi le evei'Y GE emz., loyee can take pride i n the

Company 's accomplis;J?it"'nts of' the past 100
years , each one can also look foruard to a
future which will almost certainly find GE a
major co;~tributor to progress for people .
b

. ..

ALUMNUS PROGRAM (Continued from prev . col . )

Last year, participanGs reported contri but i on
of $743 , 625, of which tile Founda:.ion matched
$645,803 , for~ total of $1,389,427, made up o]
10,079 contributions made by 7 , 053 contributor~
to 855 colleces and universities .
Since its i nception in 1955 , the Corporate
Alumr:us Prograrr. through 1976 has matched
$9 , 060,357 in contributions. The total of
both Foundation and participants ' gifts during
th is period was $21 , 718 , 400 .