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Volwne XII, No . 50
Ja:nuary 2, 1970
A YEAR OF CHANGE
1969
IN
REVIEW
The fi r s t quarter of 1969 began on a high note with solidly increa6ed business, although
slackening Depart ment of Defense orders wer e r e flected in some product l i nes , The introduction of a new product, the TermiNet* 300 Data Communica tion Printer, was announced in April
by Warren F. Kindt , General Manager of CCDD.
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With the December announcement that the Numerical Equipment Control Department had ended
manufacturing operations in Waynesboro , an end of an important era drew to a close at the
Waynesboro plant where the development of numerical controls for the machine tool industry
began and grew into a major segment of the plant's bus iness. While manufact uring activi ties
are being carried on in Richmond, Virginia, the headquarters for NECD and the Finance,
Engineering, and Marketing operations r emain in Waynesbo r o .
AECBS CONTINUES AID IN LUNAR PROGRAMS
In 1969 the Aerospace Motor and Generator business was combined with the Aerospace
Electrical Control business t o become a unified operation . The new operation is known as
the Aerospace El ectrical Products Business Sec t ion and is headed by Mr . Harry S. Sechrist .
Commenting on the past year 's accomplishments , Mr. Sech rist praised local GE employees for
their exceptional performan ce in designing and manufacturing the electrical systems fo r
the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 Lunar modules which l anded on the moon last year . At the same
time he revealed that a new contract h ad j ust been obtained for supp l ying electrical p ropulsion and control equipment for a new two-seated lunar rovi ng vehicle. The vehicl e will be
used by astronau ts in 1971 for exploring the moon's su rface.
STRIKE CALLED
On October 27, a coalition of a ll major uni ons in the Genera l Electri c Company, including
the United El ec trical, Radi o and Machine Workers of America, ca lled a national strike against
the Company . Some of our c ustomers have had to accept late deliveries while some others pl aced
their orders elsewhere . Overall, however, t he workforce turnout at the Waynesboro Plant h as
b een a good one and most of our product lines have withstood the effects of the nationa l strike .
A LOOK AT
1970
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
voZwne XII, No 51
WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA
Eleventh Week
Strike Round u P
January 9, 1970
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The W2 forms showing 1969 earnings and withho l dings a re be ing prepared by Per sonnel
Accounting . They will be in t he mai l by
early next week .
ar t icle s retu r ned t o " Los t & Found" during the pas t y ear h ave
n ot been c laimed . We have p rinted a lis t of t he items be low. You
can claim any of t he artic l es by prope r ly i den ti f yi ng t hem i n t h e
Re lati ons Off i~e . Se e Pa t Thompson , Room 105 .
(.lasses
~Ian ' s b i-fo c a l b r own rirruned sun g l a sses
Bl a ck rimmed sa fe t y g l asses
Grey r irruned s afety g l asses
Ladies ' b rown r irrune d p r esc r ipti o n gla s s es
Lad i es ' blac k r i nune d pe r s c ript ion g las ses
Clo th J ng
Child ' s white hat
Child ' s 1e d hat
Green c lutch b ag
~I an ' s bla ck glo,es
Fl owe r ed ch ange pu r se
Br own coin purs e
Bla ck coin purse
Burg u ndy n e c k s ca r f
.Jc we l ry
S tring Wooden beads
~ilson Memo rial Hig h S choo l r ing - - no i n it ia l s
Go l den ch ain b r a celet
S i lve r c h a i n bracelet
\.lh i l e Sea rb brace le t - - cos tun:e
Go l den Tie ba r
Te ar-drop pea rl neckla ce
S t . Ch r ls toph e r n ecklace
Blue ea r ring
Wh i te bead ea rring
Pear l necklace with clove r chann
Da r k blue birthstone ring
Li g ht b l ue bi rthstone r ing
Gre en birth s tone r i ng
Me n ' s wedding bands (3)
Ladies ' wedd ing band
Gi rl ' s Waynesbo r o ll i gh Sch oo l cla ss
r ing wi t h ini t ials 'DIG
Ke vs
Bl ue ke ycase with IN <.e ys
Pau l Freed keycase wi t h k e ys
Set of keys with menna i d bo t tle O?Cnc r
Se t ~le rcury keys
Set uf keys with an Ess o tag
Va ri o us kcys - -incl u di~g GM, Fo r d and
house
~I i see
llaneous
USS lighte r
Butane lighter
~Ian ' s pipe
Pocket knife
lllue zippered rosary case
A Safety Reminder
Severa l employees have been no ti ce d en te ring
and lea ving the p l an t du ring shi f t changes
wi t ho ut wearing thei r sa f ety g las s e s .
Many of these emp l oyees have been newly hi r ed
pe r sons . Bi l l Perry , Sa fe t y Administra t o r ,
r eminds a ll employees that i t is mandator y
to we ar sa f ety g l asses whe n wo r k ing in or
pass ing t h r ough t he manufact uring areas o f
th e p l an t . Ple ase obs e r ve t hi s r u le .
Acco rdi ng t o Mr . Le r oy Be cke rle , Manag erPersonnel Acc ounting, this importa nt bene f it
r emains exce p tiona lly i ne xpens i ve
Roy t e lls
us t he cost is on l y 60c per mon th fo r each
$100 of monthly cov e r ag e . Ile estima t es t his
wou ld cos t mos t s alari e d emp l oyees on l y t en t o
thi r ty - fiv e cen t s a week .
You can de termine what you i ndivi dua l cos t
would b e by r e fe rring t o page 7 of t he Long
Term Disab i l i t y Ins urance Plan b ookle t mai l ed
ou t this week . Mr. Be cke r l e r eminds al l emp l oyee s wh o rece ived the mailing that thei r
f orms must be r e tu r ned t o Pe r s onnel Acc oun t i ng
by th e end of thi s mon th , whethe r they e l ec t
t o p a r t i c i p ate in t he p l an or no t .
" Let him do the ta lking."
WAYNESBORO PLANT
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GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
January 16, 19 70
Dr . Erwin M. Koeritz, Deputy Division General Manager of the Manufacturing Automation Deputy Division, was we l comed this
morning to the Numerical Eq uipme nt Control
Department' s Waynesboro Operation by J. F.
Ponzillo , Gene ral Manage r. During his
visit , Dr. Koe rtiz will mee t wit h lo cal
management and t our plant facilities.
Nruned to his prese nt position on January
1, Dr. Koeritz is responsible for operations of th e Manufa cturing Automation Sys t ems Operation, th e Automated Equipment
Operations and NECD. His offi ces are
~ca ted i n Charlottesville .
Dr. Koeritz began his caree r with Ge neral
Electric in 1952 as a Process Development
Enginee r at the Silicone Products Department , Waterford , New York . He was l a t er
named to posit ions as Supervisor-Process
Enginee ring and Manage r -Manufact uring
Eng i nee r ing . In 1960 , Dr. Koeritz trans ferre d to GE ' s Metallurgical Products
Department in Detroit as Manager - Manufa cturing. He became General Manager o f
the Phoenix-based Computer Equipment
Depar tment in 1966 . A yea r late r he was
named General Man ager of the Processo r
Equipment Dep artme nt also locate d in
Phoenix .
Dr. Koeritz, a native of Chicago , was
awarded a bachelor's degree i n Chemical
Engineering f rom Georgia Tech in 19 4 7 and
a doctora t e in the same field in 19 52 .
Plant
Closed
Sunday
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~rage
STOCK PRICE
FUND UNIT PRICE
$77.693
$28 .022
GE PAYS INSURANCE
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GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Volume XII , No . 53
WAGES LOST BY
THANK YOU
GNP Growth
Stalled
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL @ELECTRIC
Volume XI I, No . 54
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
PARKING STICKERS
Manager-Purchasing
More donor s a re
nee de d f or t he Feb .
11th visi t of t he
Bloodmobi l e . Si gn
up to give blood
t oda y so a life can
be sa ved t omorrow.
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ins
t..i t u t ion
aes1pnav3r
a1,:ards were est::ibl : s~rrj ::.!! memory of the la te
Mr . Phillippe , f'o rmer GI; boP.rrl Ch;:i irrmn .
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GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
Vol. XII
No . 55
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
In
our judgment , t h e se t t l ement i s fair t o a ll conce r ned , but we reg ret th :1 t the
s trike has lef t many di ffic ult problems f or the Company to solve .
This has been the l ongest strike i n t he history of the General
and it is now quite clea r t hat eve ry body ha s been hurt by it .
Ele~ t ric
Company
Striking employees
in Waynesboro have lost more than half a mill ion doll ars in wages; the ?l ant has
los t earnings ; and some of ou r produ ct lines have bee n weakened by lost orders .
We rea l ize that some of you who have been working during th e s tri ke and some
of you who have remained out , may have st r ong fee lings about your fellow workers .
We know that t he se t t l ement o f a l abor di spu t e does n ot necessarily mean an end
to the harsh f eelings crea t ed by it .
~an ufac tu ri ng
Numer i c al Eq u ipment
Con trol De partment
Manager- AEPBS
Business Section
Yields
On U.S. Savings
Bonds
Increased
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WESTINGHOUSE
EARNINGS
UP
$12
Thank
You
SCOGEE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SWANNONO~
Has
Million
Paid
For
More
Strikers
Thar-
Insurance
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
No . 56
AEPBS
Manager Announces
Partial
Relocation
To
Erie
In an announcemen t in t he plan t auditorium yesterday , Mr . H. S . Sechrist, Manage r o f the Aerospace Electrical Products
Busi ness Secti on , stated that the engineering a nd marketing func t ions of the busi ness
will be consolidated in Erie, Penns ylvania ,
during 1970. The move , expec t ed t o take
place starting next month and be comple ted
by the end of the year , wil l affect approximately 70 employees.
Mr . Se ch ris t s t a t ed th e r e l o ca t i on
of t he manufac turi ng po r t i on of the bus i ness
will be delaye d i ndefini tel y . This will
~._p ass ure meeting custome r commitments,
~Lnce Er ie a lready has a l arg e backlog of
orders . Mr . Sechris t added t hat " delaying the manuf a cturing move will offe r the
business section improved oppo r tunities
for planning , s i nce we will bet t e r know ,
in a year o r two, t he degree of mar ket pene tration of our new p r oduc t offerings . "
I t is p l anne d t hat t he ma n ufac turing ope r ati ons in Waynesboro wi ll be moved t o t he
former Bowl i ng Alley on Rou te 250 . However ,
l a r ge mach i ne t oo l s wi ll not be moved .
Mr . Sechrist i ndica t ed a " Ge t Acquain te d
With Erie " meeting will be held sho rt ly
for employees and their wives whose jobs
a r e being t r ansfe r red .
Accor ding t o Mr . W. F . Kindt, Gener al
Man ager of t he Cor.ununi c ation and Cont ro l
Devices De pa r tment, the move will help make
availab l e those facilities at the Waynes boro Plant that are needed to accommodat e
the conti nuing g r owth of our new data
communicati on p r i n ter bus iness .
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W AYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Volume XII
Mrs . Harold S tover, Chai rman of the Cant een Facilities when the Bloodmobile
vi sits General Electric, i s s hown pr esenting Betty Hodge - - a caf eteria employee- - and Art Smi th--Mana,ger of the
Cafe teria--with a Cer t ificate of Appreciation . The Marri ott- Hot Shoppes
CafeteY'?~a provides many canteen supplies crad s ervices to the Bloodmobile .
P~ICE
$73 . 988
$28. 086
.x/~M
First year general pay increase of 20 cents per hour (same as in the original
proposal)
Same
5 to 25 per hour more for high-skill day workers (as in original proposal)
Cha.nge
Second and third year general pay raises o~plus cost-of-living increases:
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Effective Immediately:
3 more per hour ($1.20 per week for salaried),
Cha._nge
CPI increase during the preceding year, to a maximum of 8. (The immediate 3 c-o-1 increase is
included in the first year's 8 maximum.)
Effective Oct. 25, 1971, and again on Oct. 30, 1972:
Change
SAVINGS
PB NS IONS
Pensions Rise for Long Service
--~hange. ... effective:Jan.1, 19'i'9 "Jt:ut.26,197()
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Present monthly minimum of $4.50 per year
Same.
of service increased to new levels ranging
from $5 to $7 .50 at age 65.
As an added feature, subsequent increases
in the pension minimum on the following
schedule:
Change.
Effective Jan. 1, 1971-$5.50 to $7.50
Effective Jan. 1, 1972-$6.00 to $7.50
Effective Jan. 1, 1978-$6.50 to $7.50
Same.
Same.
Change
Same
Same
VAC'ATIONS
Vacations Improved for Longer-Service Employees
SICK PAY
Sick Pay Benefits
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INSURANCE
Insurance Plan Improved
Change. ... effective: JaA.1,19'te-.)ut
Savings Plan-Increase
... effective immediately
Stock acquired under the plar; may be sold
directly to the Company at a savings of $6
Same.
per transaction.
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Change
Same.
Change.
Same
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Change. Higher weekly sickness and accident payments (Qet. 28, 1979)
Change.
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28, 19?8}
Added coverage for dental care and hearing aids (Oat. 26, 19'1'6)
Plus other improvements
Same.
Change.
Change.
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AT TWO LOCATIONS
At Utica
NON-REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES
RECEIVE SAME IMPROVEMENTS
General Electric employees not represented by a union will receive the
same applicable pay and benefit plan
improvements as those negotiated in the
strike-ending agreement. This is in
line with the Company's long-standing
practice of treating non-represented
employees at least as well as those represented by unions.
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTR IC
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WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA
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RESPONSIBLE REPORTING
THANK YOU
The Harlow fami l y wishes to thank all
GE employ ees who donated blood fo r Albert
Ha rlow during the r ecen t vis it of the
Bloodmobi l e .
Hutton
Hono red
Mr . Ernest W. Hutton, Manager-Engi neering Support f or CCDD, has just compl eted
30 yea rs of service with t he Company .
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
Volume XII, No . 58
WAYNESSORO, VIRGINIA
NECD
WINS
ADVERTISING
TWO
AWARDS
(ShoUJn above)
The Waynesboro P l ac.t V o l u ntee r Fire Br igade h as rec e ntly cele br a t e d it s 15 th year o f
servic e to the plant. Sinc e it s beginning in
1955, th e Fi re Brigade has had only one re por t able fire. This outstanding record is one
of th e b e st in the G e neral El ec tric Comp any.
TODAY'S NEWS takes thi s oppor tunity to
congratula t e th e 70-member volunteer crews
of the fir e fighting, sa lvage, and fi rst a id
sections o f the Fire Brig ade , and to express
app r ecia tion f or a job well done.
Thank
You
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Volume XII, No . 59
WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA
March 6, 19 70
(continued on back)
Mr. J. F . Ponzillo,
General Manager for NECD ,
has announced the appointment of Ted A. Swanson
as Manager of European
Business Ope r ations fo r
t he Company's Nume rical
Eq uipment Control Depa rtment. Mr . Ponzillo said
that "Mr. Swanson ' s appointment is being made
at a time when General
Electri c is acknowledge d
as numb er one in the
Mr. SbJanson
world today in the raanuf ac ture and sales of
Numerical Contro l Eq uipment. " He added, "the
European market for Nume ri cal Contr ols is in
a stage of exp los ive growth, making Mr .
Swanson 's new business operation in c reasingly
significant to the Department."
In his new position, Mr. Swanson will
have all of t he business operation responsi bility in Continental Europe and the United
Kingdom for t he Numerical Control busi ness.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Stock
$91.670
$89.715
$88.825
$91.667
$95.994
$91.095
$86.554
$84.048
$84.292
$85.701
$83.230
$77.693
Fund Unit
$27.797
$27.690
$27.050
$27.684
$28.717
$27.369
$26.380
$26.734
$27.326
$28.244
$28.853
$28.022
RIDE NEEDED
Judy Burns, 1st shift employee in
Relays, needs a ride to and from work
from the Rockfish Road vicinity. Contact
her on Ext. 481.
If you are making out your Income Tax return, don't forget to hunt up the Tax Infc~
tion Statement on your 1969 "payout" under '-ne
General Electric Savings and Security Program.
Most S&SP participants will have to report a
certain amount of the 1969 payout (the payout
of a year ago) as taxable income for that
year. The Tax Information Statement to use
in completing your tax return is the one issued a year ago on the securities you received in 1969 as a result of S&SP participation.
It's not the one that's being distributed this
year.
The 1969 S&SP Tax Information Statement
furnished the tax data in duplicate. Participants were asked to file one copy with
personal papers and to attach the tear-off
stub with duplicate data to their 1969 "payout" securities--U. S. Savings Bonds and GE
Stock. As in the past, the statement on
each participant's 1969 "payout shows not
only taxable income for 1969 resulting from
S&S Programs but also the tax cost of each
share of stock. The latter figure should be
used for tax purposes if the shares are sold.
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Vo l ume XII, No. 60
WAYNESBORO, VIRGI N IA
V en dor O f Th e Month
,-J!eyryl
James
Ti pton
$69. 921
$27.007
Eligible
Good Friday
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Eighth Paid Holiday
Ninth Paid Holiday
Christmas Day
Friday, March 27
Friday, May 29
Friday, July 3 ~
Monday, Septembe; ,
Thursday, November 26
Friday, November 27
Thursday, December 24
Friday, December 25
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
Vo lume XII , No. 61
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
March 20, 19 70
BRADT RETIREMENT
(continued from Page 1)
George moved to Waynesboro in 1954 to
become Supervisor-Electroni cs . lie ass umed
his present position here in 1965 . George
and his wife Ethel have two children- Rodney (currently teaching at Kate Collins
Junior lligh School) and Joyce wh o lives in
Schenectady . The Brad ts have 5 g rand children
1-rhom they hope t o be able to visit more fre quently now .
George and hi s 1,iife are planning on
spending much o( their time travelin g and
fishing . They arc going to begin by taking
a trip to California and Hawaii this sunune r .
RIDE NEEDED
Margar e t Fi tzgerald needs a r ide frorr.
the Ol d Blue Ridge Chapel Road , 1 mile
f r om the Dooms Fire S tation for the 7: 30 4 : 00 shift . Contact her on Ext . 535 .
The SCOCEE Spikers won their t h ird consecutive City Vol l eyball title ~onday ni gh t.
Members of the team are f rom l ef t to right :
Bill Potwora , Len Salafia, Phi l Russell ,
Will Sutphin, Don Hughes , John Dvorscak ,
Jack Summer ford , and Dave ?liller.
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Mon
Tue
July 1970
Wed
Thu
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Sat
10
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
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Children Of GE Employees
Excell In Local Spelling Bee
SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
Sun
March 26, 19 70
31
The 1970 vacation shutdown in the Waynesboro Plant will be the tw o weeks of July 6
t h r ough 17th.
Hourly employees who will complete two
years' credited service during 1970 and nonexemp t salaried employees who wi ll complete
one year ' s c redited serv i ce in 1970 are entitled to two weeks of vacation this year.
Thos e paid on an hourly basis who will complete one year's se rvice wi ll be entitled
to one week ' s vacation this year .
HAPPY EASTER
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SVIL
Shenandoah Valley Industrial Golf League
being f ormed--Applications are being accepted
from all interested golfers to participate i n
th is year 's indus tri al gol f l eague. Tentative
plans are to play Ingles ide , Shen-Vlee & Lakeview Golf Course. There will be a total of 6
ma tch es, all being played on Sa turdays. If
interested, send name and handicap, if known,
to Sam Preston, Room 4, Ext . 311. Application
should be made befo re the f irst of April.
SCOGEE
The SCOGEE Interplant Go lf League i s now
organizing fo r the 1970 season . The mat ches
are played on the Swannanoa Go lf Course. This
year, the league will be split into two confe rences , the SCO and the GEE . Each team wi ll
play all teams in each confe r ence , with th e
two conference winners playing an l8-h ole
playoff fo r championship. For further details,
contact Frank Gum, Room 12, Ext . 482, NOW.
League play starts April 28. Teams an~ntry
fees must be in no late r t h an Ap ril 10.
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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
Volume XII
No. 63
WAYNESBORO, V IRGINIA
April 3 , 19 70
Measures Stepped Up To
BY UE LOCAL 124
The Di re ctor , Office of Appeals, National Labor Relations Board, in a letter to the
president of UE Local 124 has denied an appeal filed by the union over communications
initiated by the Company early in the strike
over continuous service credits and seniority.
The letter to the president of the local
said, "Your appeal in the above matter has
been duly considered. The appeal is denied .
"While the Company ' s s ta temen ts of Oc tobe r 31 and November 6 regarding service credits were deemed ambiguous, there was no evidence t hat the Union sought clarification by
he Company before filing this charge and
making its statement to the newspape r on November 8 . Further, on November 10, the Company undertook to clari fy the matter by s tatements in the same publication and t he text
of the Company's stat ement was thereafter repeated in a radio b road cast. Moreover, it
would appear that the Un i on ' s initial pub lic
statement might have tended to aggravate any
apprehension that may have existed among th e
st rikers."
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F o r the past sl'\' l'rnl years. sale's ha\'(' C'limbed highl'r and
f or th(' Sf'l'Ond yP11 r in a r ow. \\e'r1> an Sh hillion a yea r com f'll ny . But thE' nPl 11rn1nL(,, or profit,... h1l\t' not kPpl pun
( ><<'<' ch11rt abo,<' ). l.11,-1 ~<rtr. ~tung h~ th<' fir"t major -tr ikC'
in :!:J YL'>HS. GE l'nm1ng,.. f<' ll off oOlll<' ~:!";. from 1960.
\ lTHT llE H c .u :-;1.; for concern is 1lw s tPad~ d ec l111' the
pll :--l :-:P\Pral ~Par ... of Parnin:~ a:-: a pt>rctnu1gt of ~alt .... . In
l!lti9, the Comi:nn~ rr>1d1zLd only :1.:1 ce nt s p rofit on ach
dol l ar of sa les. l-: \t>Il \\Jtho ut n .... trik1 111 l~Jli~. thl fig:urt- for
tlm t y<'nr was onl! 4 .3 ce nts, 11nd in l!lt;i , 4.7 cent s.
:O:o mt ,~ m ployrt~ ... m ight :--n~. ' 'I don't ca rP .. . ju .... t a-.. 101 !.!
" " I L(Pt rn~ pn~ d1tck 1 B ut thl' r.. .. 1- '"" that uni<-- th
Com r:11ny's profi t p11tun 1n1pro\PS. 1111 o f ll ""uld h11\l' f11qr
op1xi rtun1 tit>~ "1th (;J'. in thP futur('. Out of profit.' mu-'I <'<HIP
1111 ..\T (' ..\\" -\ \" l\"Dl\' IDC.\L ern pl o !ee do abo ut sol vi ng
such n larg<' problC'm!
lhll. big probl<'ms ure oft<n mad <' up of mn ny small o nes
1h111 ! iPld lo Sf"lall so lutions Dnl' nt a ti mo . l::ven if an individuul , dforto to a\'lud waste . . . o r to do it right the [irst
lune . . . or to do lht j ob a bPtt er " a .1 seem not ver y large
l'Ontrihu1 ion.' . try it a n~ wny. It'll hP lp.
\ ny"" ! it ' ; al1'11y- rnort ,,Hi-f,ini.: 10 h< 1:nn of the s olu11on. ho'"'"' r " mall. thnr. to Ix part of thl' problr>m.
(1) \lolll'.\ 10 pa~ dividtrnb 10 our sharC'ownNs ( abo ut n thi rd of who m an tmployees)
a:-: a rC'turn on lht1r in\e~lnwnt.
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tf.
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
April 10 , 1970
GE PIONEERS BENEFITS
SHOES
SIZE
NO . PAI RS
1 pr .
2 pr.
~
- 1 pr .
1 pr.
'9 E
1 pr.
1 pr .
9120
10120
3 pr .
l l ~jl.
1 pr.
6120 7 0
J
SIZE
7~
8 0 &20
11 0
NO. PAIRS
1 pr .
2 pr .
1 pr.
1 pr.
being
many
today's
in
Vacation, salaried
Health Insurance
Safety Program
Pensi on
Vacation, hourly
1917
1919
1919
1924
1930
Savings Plan
Life Insurance
Tuition Refund
Education Asst .
Continuous Serv .
Service
LOST
The telephone company repa i rma n left a
black loose l eaf binder containing MO D 35 and
DATA MODEM circuit diagrams etc., near the
north office door. Will whoever picked i t up
please return it to J. R. McEckron, Room 135.
THANK YOIJ
Mr. and Mrs. George Bradt wish to thank
their many f riends who attended George ' s r etirement party last Monday night. "It is something
we shall never forget and always cherish.''
$72.268
$26.304
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
W AYNESBOR O,VIRGINIA
\'oll.une Xl [. !'Jo. 64
Apri l 10 . 1970
GE PIONEERS BENEFITS
- ......
...
SHOES
SIZE
6120
7 0
~
9 E
9\10
10 120
11 !;,,A
NO. PAIRS
1
2
1
1
1
1
3
1
pr .
pr.
pr .
pr.
pr.
pr .
pr .
pr .
SIZE
7~8
8 0
8!-20
11 0
NO . PAIRS
1
2
1
1
pr .
pr .
pr .
pr .
being
many
today's
in
Vacation, salaried
Health Insurance
Safety Program
Pension
Vacation , hour ly
Service
LOST
The telephone company repa irman left a
black loose l eaf binder con ta inin g MOD 35 and
DATA MODEM circuit diagrams etc. , near the
north office door. Will whoeve r picked i t up
please retu rn it to J . R. McEckron , Room 135.
THANK YOIJ
/llr . and /llrs . Ceo r ge Bradt wi s h to thank
their many f riends who attende d George ' s retirement party last /llonday night . "It is something
\\'C s hall never forge t and always che ri sh ."
STOCK PRICE
FUND UNIT PRICE
$72.268
$26.304
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Vo 1ume XI I , l Jo . 65
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Ap ri 1 17 , 19 70
Our Challenge
4.73
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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRI C
Special Supplement
April 1970
News.
Reconciling energy
needs with
environmental
protection
As a source of c:l ean e11err1y. 111ic/1r11 110wl r is 1cin11i11g 11cccpla11c1 in !hi' fi!lhl 11ua i11s/ po//11/i1111 . sina
1/11d1f11 p/1111/s 1/isch1t r!J1 11n 1'1111h11sl io11 produ!'l s
lo 1/1, 11/11111sphu1-. Sho1c 11: .1/r .' . .\'i.ro n 11 / dul icut ifm of ('h imuo's /J n>.-;d1 11.!1>i<n1/ . 1;/,"-r1111ippl'd.
' Ideal' city farmed from today's leclmulugies : I he lwae model of a city 011 display al the General Electric
Carousel of Progress al Disneyland looks lik e some vision oi thr distant f 11t11re. B ut the fact is tha t all
of its most farnrnble rlcmrnls- its lmlanced lrans)Jorta t ion S!fsll ms. convenient "]Jeo)Jle movers," smog.
less generating s lalio11s. pol/ulion-jrcc i11d11st rial plants and ndi:ancrd uses of lighting fo r safet y and
securil!f-are rcali:abl1 from c.risting General Electric technologies.
{;/:,' hiah -te111peral11re rorlex i11ci11eralor """ 1irnn d 11ro111isin!1 jor n d1tcinr1 romh11slih/( wa . ./, lo sf , n/1 ,,_..,.,, w1/huut po/lut111r1 wa/ 1 r 11r air. Curn-
pac/ unit ins/a//.d rr/ 111 111 .. \ ,ii . Uh io (,,/.,,,.,) .has rn)Jftrit!l t" iilfnr//r 11,
Ions of lypi('((/ in l/11s/rur/ 1ila r1/ was/. 111 r luwr.
Comballi11u j et smoke a11d 11aisc pallutio11, 1/11 CH en; cnr;ine for the
Mc!J o1111d/ /Jo11y/us /JC-Iii ll'ijl'I , slw1cn on a modified fl-:iZ f/yin[} t rst br-d.
is smok<-fn'' 1111d 1111ie/1 r al/hu11r1h ll<'i<'< ' 11s 1101rrrf11/ as liOs ' l'>l[}incs.
s/1 /}
High-s peed ra{lid /ra11.,it s11sfr111s he/fl //11' urban e111'ironmenl ly dccrerising cit io; ' <It JH' Ud1 11c1 un "''"1 f11u. t
. ion-( ny/;1 1 1r h iclt ..:. One s1 t of tr acks of Ott
Chicago T ra11sit .\ ulhuril!f 1/1/I I . (ur 1 11111pl1'. rail c11n-y ~0.000 people per
hour l'r,.su.'i .!.000 for on auto /ouf' .
Environment gets
new push from
GE research
Today at Genera l Electric, scientists and engineers are probing deeper fo r answers in a
number of a reas of study important to environmental con t rol.
A s s h o\\'n he r e, t he Co mpany' s effo rts
s pring not only from Resea rch and Development Center p roj ects but also from t he laboratories of operati ng com ponents and study
contra cts awarded to aeros pace operations.
Some add itional speci fics :
T he Compa ny' s TEMP O "think-tank" operation has un der taken such pr ojects as a
study of t rends in t he control of photochemical smog in t he Los Angeles basin .
Special .~ trains of wast e-digesting bacteria a1'e un der study at the R esearch and D evelopment Center . T h ey promise evrnt ua lly to solv e the refusedisposal problem by convert ing solid wastes int o
protein-rich fodder for animals.
The Oi\ision is also studying the feasib ility of automation in \\"ater t r eatment plants
fo r the City of Philadel phia .
are being monit ored by R e-E n try and Environmental Syst ems Division . The study will prov ide
d esign data f or plan ning ex pressways that w ill
cause less pollution in su rroundin g m eas.
The La rge S team T u rbine-Generator Division is par ticipating wit h ut ility customers
in studies concerning the use of cooling towers
and other means of m inimi zing the thermal
effects of generation on water.
- :;i
..-..
Company's own
facilities stress
environment controls
b'sthel icnl/11 pleasin{J fa cilities are a Ge11eral E lectric co11lrii>u/io11 t o licttrr communit y envir on11101/s. :111 f'.W mph fabol'c) : new gas turbine p rod11ctio11 plant i11 Grl'1'111'illr. S .C.
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XII, No . 66
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
April 24, 19 70
P. W. WARREN PROMOTED
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Mr. Austin is a native of Waynesb oro and attended Waynesb oro High School, Fisburne Mili tary Schoo l
and VPI. He joined the Department in 1956
,..-4fter 4 years of service in the Air Force and
brief stin t with Virginia Eng ineering .
Among th e positions held by Mr. Austin a r e
incoming inspector, time standards t echnician,
foreman-re lays, s up ervisor of third shift,
and specialist-advanced ma terials. Mr. Austin
and his wife Pa t have 3 children.
Mr> . Austin
A Completely
Different
Ball Game
Back in the late 1950's and the 60's, our custaners placed about equal emphasis on reliability, perfonnance, deliveiy and cost.
Now, it's a completely different ball game.
Our customers still have the same high standards for reliability, for perfonnance and for
delivery but today they have increased conceTil for cost.
And that's what makes it a completely new ball game.
In the past, we have always satisfied our customer requirements, be it the deliveiy of
relays, the reliability of our aerospace equipment, the canpatability of our power-regulation
controls, or the cost of our products.
Now we have to satisfy the increased concern for cost at no expense to perfonnance, quality
or deliveiy.
Whose job is that? EVERYBODY'S!
Eveiything we do is related to cost. And cost is made up of big things and "little" things.
"Little" things like-.. Safety glasses.
How often do we lose them and then check out new pairs of glasses?
... Supplies and stationeiy. Do we use them as efficiently as we would at home where we
pay for them individually?
. Work habits. Have we worked effectively and consistently? Have we expended that little
extra effort to make our jobs and our future more serure?
. Absenteeism and tardiness.
.. Quality. Do we make it right the first time? If we don't tlllderstand, are we asking
questions? And when we do 'llllderstand, are you using that lmowledge?
'!he increasing concern for cost makes it a completely different ball game.
game that we can win if we all join the team.
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Vo lume XII , No . 6 7
WAYNESBORO,V IRGIN IA
May 1, 1970
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back page )
The 1970 Pros pectus of the Savings and Securit y Prog ram wi 11 be d.i.s L ::-ib uted today to all
S&SP participan ts. The Prospectus will con~. n
full informati on un the Pr ogram, including
annu al fi nan cial statemen t of the S&S? Mutual
Fund as of Deccn:bc r ~I , 1969. Former e mp l oyees
who have Mutual Fund lnits credi ted to th eir
accounts will receive copies of t he Prosp ectus
through the mail as will employees who are
temporarily abse nt.
PROM OT IONS . . . (c ont 'd fr om page l)
The engineering of new designs includes pre paration and maint enance o f documentation sys t ems,
inco r po r ation of design improvements and dis seminati on of information to other eng ineering
operations. !laugh t , a 1961 graduate of VPI
(B SEE ) joined CE i n that same year . He h as
held o th er positi ons in Custom and St andard
Control Systems Engineering areas , including
~lanagcr of ~lachine Operations.
C. Earl Brad ley, a 196 1 g r aduate of the
Unive r sity of Virg inia (BSEE) has
been appointed ~anage r- Boring,
Drilling , Mil li ng Machine Ope r ation.
1bis area of th e Systems Engineering Opera t ion is o riented to customer needs in t e rms of de t ermining materials , cos ts and eng in ee ring schedules
for contr ol s being ordered as well as the prep arat i on of al l assembly and wi ring documents
needed t o build t h e equipmen t. Brad l ey has
been a Senior Project Enginee r with the Company
and :tanager-Turning Machi nes Operation. lie
has been with GE si nce 1957 , except for a
bri ef period of t i me las t yea r, when he was
a f fil i ated with Conrac Corporation of California.
IN MEMORIAM
WAYNESBORO PLANT
~
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Volume XII , No . 68
May 8 , 1970
WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA
*******************
Dave (Production) and June Harrell (Swi tch board Operator) would like to exp r ess their
apprecia ti on fo r the many ac t s of kindnes s s hown
t hem during the ir recent time of sorr ow .
****************
SKEET & TRAP SHOOTERS LEAGUE BEING FORMED. IF
INTERESTED, ATTEND THE MEETING MAY 11 AT 4:30 PM
IN THE PLANT AUDITORILM.
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volt.nne XII, No , 69
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Warren Kindt, CCDD General Manager, accepts congratulations from Mr. W. B. Robertson, the Governor's Special Assistant for Minority Affairs,
at the presentation of the citation to the Way nesboro Plant by Mr . T. E. Temple, Commissioner
of Administration for t he State of Virgi nia .
Warren F. Kindt, CCDD Gene r al Manager, and
Dave Coughtry , CCDD Manager-Manufac turing, accepted a special citation f rom the Small Busi
ness Administration (SBA) on May 11 in Richmond.
The citation recognizes the Waynesboro General
Electric Plant for ac tive participation in the
voluntary s ubcon trac t ing prog r am i n assisting
small bus ine ss concerns to obtain a fair share
of government contrac t s .
In addition t o the award g i ven to the
Waynesboro Plant , recogni t ion was also given
to th e General Electric Pl ant i n Lynchburg ,
Hercules , Inc., in Radford , Spe rry Rand Corp.,
in Charlottesvil l e, and Newp ort News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News .
The citation covers all three GE busines sei
located in Waynesboro--CCDD, NECD and AEPBS .
Sp ecial note was made of AEPBS ' s contribution
on its special ized work connected with government contracts for the Department of Def ense
and NAS A.
The awards were given i n conne ction with
Small Business Week pr ocl aimed by Governor
J.inwood Holton fo r the week of May 17-23 .
$74.165
$25.047
--IN MEMORIAM--
WAYNESBORO PLANT
-
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Vo 1 XII . , No . 70
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
May 22 , 19 70
NO WILMINGTON UNION
Production and maintenance employees voted
May 8 to remain without a union at the new facility in Wilmington, N. C., of the Nuclear
Energy Division's Reactor & Fuels Manufacturing
Operation.
The results: No union--381; IBEW and
Boilermakers--198; International Chemical
Workers Union--5. An unusual aspect of the
election was that the !BEW and Boilermakers made
their representation bid jointly. If they had
won, both unions would have represented the
bargaining unit together. This was the first
time in memory that such a situation haa
arisen in a General Electric representation
vote.
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A MAN'S LIFE: Twenty years of hearing his
mother ask where he is going--f orty years
of having his wife ask the same question-and in the end, the mourners are wondering,
too.
WAYNESBORO PLANT
~
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA
May 28 , 1970
As rising unemployment, layoffs, wildcat strikes and continued economic uncertainty capture the headlines, more and more
people are beginning to think more seriously
about job security. It's a natural thing
to do.
Job
security
and
profit
the first time the Company has had a profitless quarter since the depths of the Depression.
-like
two peas
in a pod
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RAL@ELECTRIC
Volwne XII
No . '12
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
J . R. NEET TO RETIRE
June 5, 1970
James R. Neet , ~tanager-Marketing Adminis- t i on and Personnel Development for the Aeros11ace Dectrical Equipment Department , has
announced his r etirement from General Electric
effective July 1, 1970, after almost thirty-six
years of service.
~Ir. >leet, a native of Rosedale , Indiana,
i s a graduate of Rosedale Hi gh School, attended
Indiana State Tead1ers 1 College- -now Indiana
State University- - in Terre llaute, Indiana, and
was graduated f rom the United States Naval
Academy in 1934.
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Period of
Payment
OLD
Under 30
30 - 35
3S 40
40 - 4S
45 - so
50 - SS
55 - 60
60 - 65
NEW
18 yr. 40 yr.
30
18
lS
18
10
7
5
13
8
Annual Bene-~
fit as % of
Armual Earnings.
NEW
OLD
50%
50
so
40
30
3S
25
2S
60%
60
SS
45
3S
30
30
30
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
\'o1wne XII, No . 73
June 12 , 1970
Tulloch sai d t hat in most circwnstances , the greatest obvious value of the new po l icy
h'ill be in pens ions . Under the new policy , an employee who left GE after vesting, for
exampl e 15 years of pension participation, could return and would build pension credits on
hi s pr evious 15 years. Formerly, he would have had to start as a new employee after one year
of servi ce following re-employment to build a new pension.
\\'i t h vacation bei ng only three weeks away, plans for fun and relaxation are getting a l ot
of attenti on by each of us. A few of us, perhaps , will rel ax on some exotic isle whi l e
o t he r s will groove in a hippy corrnnune for two weeks.
I f you f ee l that your vacation is going to be something extraordinary this year, drop a
lit t le not e in the mail with your name, foreman ' s name and vacation plans to NEl\IS , Room
105 . \\"c ar e planning to do a round-up of employees 1 vacation plans in the July 2 i ss ue
of the NE\\iS .
A. S .Q.C. HOLDS ANNUAL LADIES NIQff
The Blue Ridge Section of the American Society for Quality Control is presenting its aru1ual
dinner and dance on Saturday , .Tune 20, 197n, Ht th.e In~le sid~ Count~' Cl uh in Staunt on. Cos t
for the e ntire affair is $12 per couple . Reservations may be made by calling Bob Trader ,
Ext . 311, or Mel Redmond , Ex t. 476.
I'.'-JSURANCC BENEFITS REAGI NEW HIGH
Benefit s unde r the GE Insurance Plan in 1969 reached a new record of $129 million- - $129 , 65 8 , 807
to be specific. While total benefits paid have generally increased ead1 year, last year' s
t o t a l was a 1vhopping $19 million more than was paid out in 1968 , the Mggest increase ever .
Both employees and dependents are covered under the plan. For employee coverage Gene r al
Electr:i c paid 72. 2% of the cost while employee contributions provided 27. 8%.
..-...
111e r e we re 66 , 000 more claims paid under the plan in 1969 than in 1968. Tota l claims pai d
wnounted t o 550,000 -- a total that kept benefits achninis trators as well as proces s ing depart ments of in :.urance carrier s working hard all year .
TI1e de t ai l s of the Insurance Plan 1 s 1969 operat ions were announced this week and a statistical
swm11ary of the report is published on the back of this issue o f the NEWS .
In 1969 the benefits paid under the Plan to e mployee s and the ir bene ficiari es once again reac hed a new high-ove r $19 mill ion more than
in any previo us year. More than 99% of all General Electric employees co ntinue to en joy the valuable protection of the Company Plan
which pioneered in the development of co m prehensive medical ex pense insurance in 1955.
hn;;ptt.11 .rnd 11wd1\:1t (n;;;t '' ,1., ... h.irn!. \\'L' bcl1 l'vc n t.'S:o.l'nt1;1J!: mn:ti.. rc<1u1rt
11H: n t., lnr .1 "'umnun o l 1lic an mul n.: port 1111dcr th e h.:dcr.11 \\' dfarl' .111d
Pension 1'1.ms f) i-;ddsurc Al'!.
"lh1 . . rt.:p 11n ,Jio\\.., the 1969 fin.111t.:1.tl .ll"i1\1; 1l"' u: :he (,l'IH.' r.il I ktlrh In
s.ur 11Hc PL1n \\ h1d1 h .1:-. providl'd l1roa,I, fll\thlr protn:t1t1n for cmpln~lTS
.llld thnr dt 1wndcnt~. lh l ..: o~l 111 t h 1~ ~H4~t1.-L"t ion .md how li11.., i tH:rci...in!!
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15,4 55.217
82.321.187
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d\11i... m J ;.:1\1 1..11 year. bu1
,..,.h H b arl' not rl'.port1..d 111
th.11 \c:lr, \\L'ft' ui..:rc.iwd II\
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220 ,924
l'hc on!-!111.il .l!m ot thl.' Comp.my \\'.LS to dc\'otc the 111.1Jor poruo n 1! ic..,
conr_nlH1tion l o 1.:npln~n C.:ti\' Cr:tg( .111d to J""UllH: OPI~
nf t he dq1cndt:' 1H tnn:ra gl' wi th cmployct.: payroll dl.' dm: 1i nns r o \'t' l"lll)! the cn'i t
i ,j 1111,.:urrnl dJ1111.., lor dcp1..mk nt s. Tim. pro1..'tth1r1.. wo uld help to .1 .... un: th.it .di
;:pil\Tt. ., '~iii .. 11.111.. l"(} ll!l .1hl: lil thl' Cump.w: ., 1..dntnln.ll!on, \\ lwthcr \Ir nnr
Cost of Pla n
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l l o \\l'\n. 1:1 11)( 1), cmpl u ~cc p:1 \r11ll dcd11rt1ons ai.:.11n fr!\ f.1r ... hon dt' rhc
Rcs.crvas
At tht end ot 1969, tht. in.,.ILltln ~.1rr1n' \q:r1.. hnidi~u r'-,,_ f\1
5137 I 111illion ''' 111'-'-t P l.11111hlif!: .Hion ... lh1:pr11i.1p.1l 0 11ht:. 111i 1... to1"~\:t,
thl' i.::o~l of i.::L11m~ incu r red h: tlH.:1r dt:'pcnd l' nt'i, ;rnd the
( mp.111~ p:ud the luL.1111.. c of rtu: dauw. U)St a., \\c.:11 .J'li t ht .td1111111~1raun: \t>Sl of
i: i:ovlt
n1..cdeJ tn l'd\'t.'f
$44,293.016
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The combined co..r o f thc Plan - 11H.: lud1ng tht toq ot t'O\tr:lgl l11r bnth cm
ploycc~ and depe ndents- was uvcr $ 1 Jl.J m ill1 011. Thi"' .1111ount "'an imprc:-; ~ivc
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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ ELECTRIC
WAYNESB O RO , VIRGI N IA
I :,'.'C\TORY cmffROL CA.\IP.\fC:\ U:\DER\.'AY
June 19 , 1970
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Mr. Per r y said that hospitals i.n plant communi ties th r ou&hout the country have been informed
of the new ca rc.i and its purpose . The ca rd
contains t he name of t he employee , his socia l
security nunber , and pay number , and indicates
whet he r he h as coverage fur ltL~isel[ , ;:. :r for
himself and dependents . The (;ro up lnsurance
Policy numb er wj 11 abo be on Lhe ca r d .
" The card bives the hosr iLal th e name ot the
GE component fo r \.Jhi ch t he employee vrnrks and
it s add r ess . lt also provides a phone nu:.. ber
which th e hospiLaJ can qu i ckly telephone t o
verify coverage , " said :Ir . Pe r ry .
" Of importance , too , is Lite l i.lct that the carci
t el l s th e hosniLal Lha t unpaid ':overec.i medical
e:-~penses b i lled i)y the hospi tnl \..rill be pa id
direc t ly t o th e hos:1ital. 11
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$66 . 429
$21. 950
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Name of Employee
So;ial Security or Pay Nu'11Der
such pranks or in thefts that seve re discip linary action up to and inc l uding possible discharge will be taken upon apprehension.
We strongly advise all employees t o lock their
cars wb..ile they are parked in the plant parking
lots.
Coverage for
Signature of Employee
Side 2
SVIL GOLF LEAGUE RESULTS
Below are results of ma tch es played in t he
SVIL Golf League and th e League Standings.
Westinghouse
Reynolds
114
10 ~
CE
ASR
Westinghouse
DuPont
GE
Merck
Reyno lds
Reeves
ASR
WON
LOST
PERCENT
40
32
37
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22
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40
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. 424
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STANDINGS
TEAM
SPECIAL HOSPITAL SERVICES- for medical or surgical care or treatmentin confinements of 18 hours or more: for emergency care for accidental_ injury recei ved within one day of the acci dent; and for any
operation.
Benefits will be paid for up to 365 days each year subject to
th e $ 100.000 lifetime maxi mum for each covered individual to
all med ical expense benefits payable under the Plan.
Th e Plan al so pays, in_ 1>hole or in par t. for surgery, x-ra ys. anesthesia.
regi stered nurses, physicians, pre$Crobed drugs and certain other med ical
expenses.
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Communi cat i on and Cont r o l Devices De pa rtL' s ;rnn ua I Powe r Regula ti o n Schoo l has been
in pro>; res s a L tlh' \fay n esbo r o P J an t this \.;eek .
Thi s school Ls condu c t ed by CCDD ~a r k e t; ng and
En g i.neer i.ng Section s for I nstallation a n d Se r vice Eng ineeri ng pe rsonn e l, who insta l l and r e pai.r P owe r Re~u l a tion lquipment . T~e week-lon g
a~ Liviti.es were concl uded Thursday , June 25 ,
\Ji Lh a g r aduatLon banq uet held ;:i t
the Genera l
Hayne :lot or Inn .
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SERVICES
D URI~G
VACAT lO:\
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134
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412
94
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DuPont
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414
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Reev es
;fow that vaca ti on time is he re, \faynesbo ro
GE emp loyees will be taking to the highways in
incre as i ng numbe r s .. . a nd again t h i s s eason, a
heavy fo o t on the ac c ~l e r ato r can be f a tal :
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Vo lume XII, No. 76
A RE LAXING, SAFE HOLIDAY
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
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VACATION TO ALL
With another paid vacation beginning tomorrow, hundreds of General Electri c emp loyees
will find themse l ves on the nation ' s highways
during the next 17 days, intent on using their
added leisure time to the best advantage .
That leisure time can be wearisome, however,
if you le t the other fellow's thoughtless behavior on the highway upset you and rob you of
the pleasures of the ho li day . To prevent t hat
upset feeling, we're suggesting that you respond to t~oughtlessness on the road with
patience and courtesy . It won 't i mprove the
other fellow's driving at al l, but it may he l p
to bri ng you peace of mind- -and help you to keep
control of your car.
- why not try th i s duri ng vacation? Be extra
cour-teous, be extra patient and be extra safe.
We'll see you, relaxed and refreshed from a
pleasant vacation, on the twentieth!'.
July 2' 19 70
CORPORATE ALUMNUS PLAN RAISED
$1 .2 MILLION IN 1969
would
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Re.rne.rnber Me?
Somo Popl, <ol/ mo Old Glo,y, oh.,, <ol/ mo ho Sh,, Spooglod 8
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bv ho.,,., hoy <ol/ mo. I om yo"' Flog, ho flog of ho Uoi"d So.,
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olk " o,., ""h yov .. . bo<ov,. i ;, obo"' yov ood mo.
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ho,, o ho" bv Yov "'" gi,iog ho ' igh >olv'o Romomb., li.,I, ''""'
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yov iv" "ood ho,. ih yov, hood, io yov, P<><ko" ood I moy .,
>mo/I gloo" ood hoo YOv loo' owoy. Thoo I " ' ho <hild,. '"ooiog
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hoo yov ' " mo, "ood "'Ogh plo,, yo,, 'igh, hood O'O. yov, ho"
. .. Ood /'// >olv'o yo,, by o.,og ho<k . . ood I'// koow ho ..
WAYNESBORO PLANT
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Vo lu me XII, No. 77
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Ju ly 24, 1970
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WAYNESBORO PLANT
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GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO,VIRGINI A
Volume XT I , \o . 78
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PROFIT ON EACH SALES DOLLAR
(first six months)
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Voe PONZILlO
To build job sec urity for GE people , Gene r a l Electric n eeds ea rnin gs t o invest in the
added facilities and eq ui pmen t t ha t can keep us
competitive and support o ur ne1! job package .
He r e ' s th e r ecord of profits retain ed f o r investment in b uildin g GE jobs at th e 6 - month
ma r k over the past few yea r s :
In
of
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of
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1965 :
$53 miL:.ion r e i nvested from p r o$152 million.
f it s
1 966 :
$55 mi_l lion r e i nves t ed from p r o
f i ts
$173 million .
1967 :
$5 2 mi lli o n reinves t e d fro m p r of i ts
$169 mil li on .
1968 :
$36 mi ll i on r e in vested from p r o$153 milli o n .
f i ts
1969 :
$51 million reinves t ed fr om p r of~
$169 mi lli o n .
1970 :
To Lal rrofi t s we r e only $56 milli o n . Thi s 1.J<1s no t l'nough to cove r the $1 1 8 million in dividends pa i d to share owners , o r the.:
reinves tment that ' s neede d t o k ee p win n ing c ust omers and bui l din g jobs .
\.JE ' VE C:OT i\ LOT OF CATCH Ii\G - UP TO DO '.
h'a rrcn Kindl (lLft ) , Ce1w r;1J ' lanage r f,,r CCDD ,
welcome s Joseph l'lll1Zill1.1 , C:,:1l'raJ ~1iln<l ).!. c'r , \ECD ,
ba c k Lo Lhe p I an L and Lu \,'.t\'!1L'sht1n1 at LL' r a n
CXLl'nded absence . ~lr . Pc.,11z i 1111 h ;1s ih' L' ll atte n di ng Lh c ,\dvanccd ~1 a n agcmen L l'rograrn n L llai vard
University ' s Craduate Schnol of HusinL'SS i\dmi nisLraL i c n iL1r Lit e lasL s i :-: h'L'cks .
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BLOO D DU:\ ORS ST LI .I. :\HOED
At J e<Jst 50 more b l ood donors arc sti l l
needed , if o ur next IHoo dmobile visit to t he
Plant o n /\ugus t 5 i s Lo be successful.
lf
yo u did n ot s i gn ;:i donor ca rd Dnd 1.;ish t o do
so now , please co nL acL Hi l l Pe rry , Re l ations .
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RAL@ELECTRIC
Vo lu me XII, No . 79
WAYNESBORO,VIRGINI A
August 7, 1970
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R~FUSE
STRIKE ROUN 0- UP
Accordin g to t he la test reports, the UE
has the fol l owing strikes stil l in progress :
LEN GTH
OF STRIKE
Lamson ~pr1ngfie l d , vt.
7 weeks
Crown I ron Pl afit Mi nneapo li s, Min n. 7 weeks
Butler Mf g.
Min neapo li s , Mi nn. 11 weeks
P~ESENT
CO~P ANY
Jones l
LOCATION
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SOMETllING
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IN THE ,L'SEP.
WAYNESBORO PLANT
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GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
John P. MaAlister
Alfred O. Rose
Harry L. Jenkins
10 YEARS
Mary J. Dorman
Landon R. Coffey
Ralph T. Hammond
Paul A. Antonop los
Shelda B. Shaner
Lisa P . Fi Zes
Mary H. Smith
20 YEARS
Riahard K. Gerlitz
L. Jubin Lane
Billy B. Niahols
30 YEARS
LoweU L. Holmes
35 YEARS
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Jeorge M. Hausler
40 YEARS
Earle B. MaDowell
George L. Rogers
to do .
The Waynesboro plant of GE has a real interest in the SST airplane. Contracts for the
VS CF (V ariable Speed Constant Frequency) electrical generatin g system for the first two prototype planes have been placed on the Aircraf t
Bu s iness Section here. The VS CF sys t em provides all of the el ectrica l power for the plane
and there will be 4 such units on each pl ane .
Manufact urin g on the prototype wi 11 be gin in
the l ast quarter of this year here i n Waynes boro. Some of the areas involved in maki ng
the prototype will be machine room, plating,
aircraft assemb ly, magnetic wi nding, qu al ity
control and production peopl e at t ached to t hese
sec tions.
Product ive jobs for many people in t he
years ahead, and continued U.S. leadership in
the av i at i on indust ry-- one of th i s nation ' s
largest job supplying industries--are at stake
i n the SST Program.
..,r .J1.-,errza1
John
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XII ,
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August 21 , 1970
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1,> J'-,:-:c 1;t sal a r i.e d type jobs .
This
i:1t1r::1n1i,,n \.'ill be <ivai] a ble t o employees
tl1111t1g!. tl 1it- i m::Jt.'d i ;i Le s upervisors o r fo r eme n
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
Volume XII, No. 82
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
PROMOTIONS . ..
Cliff Jones joined the Company at Schenec tady after earnin g a BS degree
in e l ectric al engineerin g from
the Univers i ty of Minnesota .
Starting as an engineer at the
El ectrical Lab, he has since
worked on seve ral new so li dstate technical devices such
as li ght emittin g diodes ,
mi cro-ci rcui ts and in tegra t ed AC powe r switches . In
1965, Cl iff transferred to
Waynesboro as a Projects
Enginee r . He was named
Senior Design Projects Engi nee r the following
y~ar and in 1969 he was given his present position as Manager- DCP Des i gn Engineering. Cliff
and his fa mily live at 601 Meadow View Cove .
tll
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
ORDERS - -JOBS ; No ORDERS- -NO JOBS
.
..-\ vi v~d example of how closely orders and
Jobs a r e t1 ed together was made evident this
las~ wee~ on the 4-pole relay line.
The episode
begrns IHth the llughes Aircraft Corp . located in
Tucson , Arizona . Hughes has a large order from
the Air f.orce to s upply modification kits for
the f.al con missile laW1d1e rs which are used on
t he 01c0o1mell F-4 fighter plane . In the control
system for the miss ile laW1cher a munber of relays are needed . One of the relays qualified t o
be used is the 3SAI I 4-pole relay made he re in
\\aynesboro.
Hughes Aircraft made an inquiry r egarding
the purchase of the 4-pole relay from us early
in July. !lughes stated delivery would be re quired early in October and a s ubs tantia l rate
each m:'n.th thereafter . Negotiations then followed between our ~larketing section and I !ughes '
pu;;Q1asing unit regarding con tract specifications
a.i
:he price of the r elays . T11ese negotiations
became quite protracted and the lead-time began
t o disappear. As late as last week it appear e d
questionable as to 1vhen and how much of the
order woul d be placed with us and if we did r e ceive t he order , there was some question of being ab le to meet the delivery schedule . ~lanage
ment had been building up the 4-pole l ine in
anticipation of this order and had been making
standard 4-pole relays. Because of a missed
shipment from a vendor, 1ve ran out of coils for
the standard 4-pole relay and without Hughes '
order, we had no work on the line. We reluctantly gave all the relay emp loyees on the 4-pole
line a temporary lack of work to run f rom 9 -1 to
9 -8 , 1vhen 11e expected to have the coils for the
standard relay .
On 9 -1 , we received a lett er contract from
Hughes r e l easin g about 25 ~<> of the . order fo r manufacture and delivery on the original sche dule
for Octobe r. On the same day , we recalle d the
r elay empl oyees who had been given temporary
time of f and they r eported for 1vork 9-2 . >low
the problem is in our hands. The balance of the
or-...- may rest with our abi li ty to make up lost
ti ... ~ a.i1d deliver the r elays to !lughes for their
schedule. Simpl y s tated, no Hughes ' orde r --no
jobs on the 4-pole l ine; with the order, 1ve can
maintain jobs on tJ:ie line , provided we can J!leet
the customer ' s del ivery requi rement s and main tain our qua lity standards.
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AUGUST SCRVICI RECOCNITIO:--J
:i
YJ::.Al~
Alfr ed Rose
Russe ll \\ashington
13etty Raines
Ralph :.la rt in
Katherine Parrish
I la rry Jen kins
De lores Shifflett
Charlotte Pri tcl1ard
Usie I lcnde r son
.John Jucl1ter
Ruby Craig
Lucill e Batman
Julian Branstetter
Ricl1ard Gcntzlinger
.Jeanette \\ampler
Barbara Campbell
Virginia Alexander
Sandra Kanney
>li l dred Snyder
Lois Bat ton
Carolyn Campbell
Scott \\finficl<l
Gilbert 01onger
~le 1vin ~ Ion i_ s
.LO YLARS
Paul A. J\ntonoplos
Patrici a Chi ttwn
Ollie Crmm
Thelma Terry
20 YEARS
13ill Nicl10ls
Conlon
l\fads1~orth
30 YEARS
William .Joh11
Paul Kon1ekc
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WA YN ESB ORO,VIRGINIA
Se ptembe r 11 , 1970
The Ge neral Electric Company , Tr ansportati on Sys te ms Division at Erie , Pennsy l v ania ,
has announced the appointments of Paul J . Ca r on
ac; "" M<rnaRer of F,rnplo~1 ee Pel ;:itions ci.ncl John
J . Reyn olds a s a .1a n a ge r of Manufac t uri ng . Mr .
Ca r on ' s i ni tial assign men t wil l be with t h e
Diesel Engi ne Department IVhile Mr. Reyn o lds wil l
:Je with the Tr ansl t Sy s terns Depar t me n t.
~r .
CONSTRUCJIVE
CITIZENSHIP
Many employe e s and me mb ers o f the ir f amili es must ac t now or t he y wi ll fo r feit the i r
oppo rtunity to cast a vo t e in Nove mber . Re gi s tra t ion is r equi r e d befo r e any cit izen can
vo t e , and r eg istra t ion continues fo r jus t
th r ee mor e weeks . Oc t ober 3 i s t he dead li ne .
Th is yea r, the race for t he Un i t ed St a t es
Sena t o r fr om Vi r gini a p res e nts t he voter with
a ch oice i n a th r ee - way ba t t l e . Inc umbent
Se nator Harry By rd , In de pendent , is bei ng
ch a l l enge d by Ray Carl a nd , Repub lican , and
Ge or ge Rawlings , Democ ra t . A few votes one
way or t he othe r could de cide t hi s impo r tant
pos ition fo r th e ne x t 6 year s .
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In th e Se ve n t h Congr e ss iona l Distr i c t ,
Mura t Wil l i ams , Democ ra t, and Kenne th
Robi nson, Republi can , are seek ing the se at
he l d by John Ma r s h who is no t r unning fo r
r e - e l e cti on.
Registra ti on is simple and e asy . Each
applicant for regist r at i on i s asked to
comp le t e a fo rm n o t i ng his name , address ,
r es i dence a yea r ago , place of b i rth , date
of bi rth , leng t h of r esidence in the election
dis trict, occ upa tion now an d a year ago , and
wh e r e he las t vot e d . Severa l othe r ques t ions
a r e as ke d concerning t he s t at us of the
vote r ' s cit iz ens hi p if a naturali zed ci t i zen
a nd i f he has e ve r been convicted of a c rime
which could di sq uali f y him f r om vo ti ng.
Regi s t ra t ion loca tions an d t i mes a r e
as fa llows :
Waynesboro : Ci t y Ha l l - - Wednesdays only
f r om 9 t o 12 a nd 1: 30 t o 5 p . m.
Staunton : Ci ty Hall , second f l oo r --Mon.
through Frid ay f r om 10 : 00 a . m. to 1 : 00 p . m.
\\'O rked
I .add .
ng
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOLUME XIII , NO . 100
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
OF S&SP PARTICIPANTS
ELIGIBLE FOR HI GHER SAVINGS RATE
THOU SN~ DS
(continued on Page 2)
ABSENCES FOR FAMILY DEA1HS OR CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS: The payment for three days of absence
caused by a death in the family will be available to employees after just 30 days of service
instead of after one year as required previously. "Family" will now include spouse, brother,
sister, parents, parents-in-law, grandparents, stepchildren and foster children if they reside
with you.
If you are subpoenaed for a court appearance and not a party in the case, GE wil 1 make up
the difference between your nonnal earnings and your witness fee in the same marmer as for
jury duty.
Militaiy service make-up pay for emergency duty of up to four weeks will now apply af ,er
just 30 days of company service. Saturday and Sunday military pay won't be cmmted in computing the difference between military pay and nonnal GE earnings.
CREDITS FOR ABSENCES: For eligible employees, service will be granted following re-employment
for up to 12 months of absence caused by illness, layoff or accident, or for up to 18 months
if your absence is job related and covered under Workmen~s compensation.
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Those employees in our plant contributing to charity instead of sending Christmas
cards to fellow employees include:
C. R. Ramsey
J. W. Linderuneyer
R. G. Thuresson
A. R. Dorman
R. P. Kuykendall
R. L. Broughman
S. Hurst
HELPERS
olyn I!ahkin.s
t Black
v Petrj e
:aine Rusmise 1
J1..rie :-1p.s sie
la Hilleren
n Dedrick
ia \1' i tt
:ic rit;:g i bbons
,\Jm :\n tonopl os
~ic ~nes
c K,
.k \\Ii J l oughby
Jeffers
ell Br ;uicati
y ~! in te r
Thompson
. Cu r to
Rue Taylor
Caronly Amos
Terri Tay l or
l\ilda Rexrode
T\,ill a Jean Trus low
Debbie Rexrode
Joan Ca rrol
Diane Pittman
Vicki Shifflett
Becky Taylor
i' lary .Jane Kern
Barba r a ~!o rri s
!Jan l Kern
Jam.ie Kern
Davi d Kern
\\arneshoro 11 i gh Sd1001
Pep Club members
.-\11 \bin tenance Pe r son11e .I
P:lyllis \lullenax
P:tt Gibson
~bbie Pet rie
Smdy \loret z
Li.nC:a ; ia rr is
ll"m<la Poats
Barbara r:ickes
'!'c rrie hckes
Karen 1\fo1vbry
Marj ori e Campbell
Etta Lake
llelcn IJudlcy
Patsy \lassie
lle l en Corbett
Susan Campbell
Bet t r I lodge
Phylli s Ramsey
Ca
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Ter
Lor
'far~
Lin<
Hel(
Syl'
~lam
~laT)
\fari
Dav:
rrai
Jacl
Rus:
Bem
Pat
F. 1
RA.LP! I CC
December,
19 7 0
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MEET IN&
IN PR06RESS
Some 5300 VE-represented Westinghouse empLo;'ees are s till off their jobs in a s trike
t hat began back on August 28 , at Les ter, Pa.
'-1ecu11.hi le, another lJE strike has been
rroi1wb on for over 26 weeks at the Jones &
Lan~ ~la d1ine Company, Springfield, Vt .
Some
70(
. ~loyees have been off their jobs at that
plaIH .
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Both of these s trikes nrnv exceed the 101day mark se t by the UE in its s trike agains t GE
in 1969- 1970 .
He pointed out that, under S&SP, a participant has a r eopener for changes in the allocation of his savings once each year . ''A change
will take effect only at the first payroll
disbursement of the calendar year foll owing the
written notification of the desired change,"
he explained. 11As a result, a change made
after January
. 1 ' 1971, will not take effect
. .
until the beginning of 1972 . If a part 1c1pant
wants to change his investments for 1971, he
must make a written request before December
31. "
Forms and instructions for making imestment d1anges are available at personnel accounting. Mr. Becker le pointed out that the dead line for changes in 1971 S&SP investments
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applies to both a participant' s own payroll
deductions for the progr am as 1vell as to the
50 percent matching payment made by General
Electric.
Under Savings and Security, a partici pant can invest hi s savi ngs and the company
matching payment in any combina tion of f our
options : U. S. Savings Bonds , General Ele ct ri c
Stock , a special mutual fund, and speci~l
life ins uance .
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Charlotte Harman needs a ride fo Y' the second
shift from New Hope . She can be reached at
36 3- 55 76 .
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Anyone 1vishing items placed i1:1 the pl~t ~lE\\iS
must s ubmit them to the Relations office rn
wri tin a by noon on Wednesday of each week.
Items ;.ece i ved after thi s deadl i ne wi ll have
to be helrl 1mt:i 1 the nt?xt i ssue 0f tl-ie NI\\"S .
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Voltmle XII' No . 97__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _w_A_Y_N_E_s_a_o_R_o_,V_l_R_G_l_N_IA
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De~c~c=m~b
er~l=8....., ~1=9~7~0VANPATIEN
&WALKER
RECEIVE SERVICE
AWARDS
t.
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~-ohn VanPatten (center) i s pictured above receiving his 30 year service (]};)ard from Mr. C.
During his 30 years of senrice , Jolm VanPatten has nldde signi ficant contributions to
u1e Department, especially in rj1e design of the
famil iar "blue block" Statotrol and in his work
on a novel heat sink a ttachment which has resulted in our STlOO AC Dri ves being significantly smaller than competitors. He has been awarded
three patents and a fourth i s exoected to be
granted soon .
John, a native of Schenectady, joined the
Company in 1940 as a test man in rj1e Radio Trans mitter Department . In 1942, he moved to the
Engineering Section as a field engineer in Radar,
supervising radar instal lations at Norfo lk, Va.,
Casablanca, Morocco and Mare Island, Vallejo,
Calif., navy yards.
In 194 7 John joined the nucleus of what was
to become the Waynesboro Plant. Since that time
he J ls held a number of positions in production
,..-qng1neering and design. He or ganized the major
..!Tafting effort which "as required to convert
all S_henectady drawings from fractional to
decimal dimentions. John and his wife Laura
have two children and reside on South Magnolia .
(continued on Page 1\vo)
General Manager ~larren F. Kindt (left ) is welcomed back lo the ~laynesboro Plant after the
completion of the Advanced Management Pr ogram
at Harvc:rd Unive rsi ty Graduate School of
Business by C. A . Ford, D. L. Coughtry and
R. F. Tufts
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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volwne XII, No . 96
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
"'\ none to
:-;t t) \OU
5 years
James Ralston
Dorothy ~lauzy
Bet tv \\.iseman
Ellouise CJ ark
Randolph \\"ells
.Jw1ia Clark
i\ellie Riley
Saylor I latter
Una R. Jenkins
Grover .Johnson
Betty Sorrells
>lane~ G. C:ook
Bett~ A. l\r ight
\\reathea \\l1j tese 11
'larv Blackburn
Cl vcle Di eh I
Brenda Huffman
\larvin Anns trong
Juanita Curry
George Anderson
Connie Barker
Glenhood Jones
Arbutus Breeden
~!vrtle Bl ack
Geor_ge Snider
Sharon ~lasincup
Shirley M. f. i x
Ernaline Landes
\lar:- Corbin
Reha \!orr is
John Rubb
James Bvrarn
Orrin \\"anclsnider
30 years
John R. VanPatten
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0 . BASSLTI' RETIRES
~le rton 0. Bassett , NECD Engineering , re cently ret ired from the renernl 1:1ect~ic Co. . . pany after more than ~3 years of service .
~ Ir. Bassett , a nati\e of
\\.aterbury, Conncticut , started
his sen i cc "j th the Company
as a L<ihoratonr Assistant at
Gener<il J:lcctr.i c' s General
Engineer in(!, Laboratories in
Schenectady . 13y 1932 , he had
become a Test Eng i.neer in the
development of refri geration
systems ~uid turh ines .
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I\SlJRl\.\CT: PLA\
I~IPROVE.\E'-lTS
.January , 1971 . Under the Insurance Plan improvements , the Company will pick up each employee's
cont ri bution to the plan for his or her own
coverage . This contribution has been 9/lO ths of
J ~; of an employee's annua l straight - time earnings .
Q.
A.
I think the decentralization of the management of the Company has been the biggest
i mprovement . Each Department is just like an outside company , e ach depar tment is on its
own an<l has its 01vn rcspons ibili ties for management for i t s mvn future , it makes its mvn
business decisions on its own, plans its own progress and l ives with i ts O\vn problems . Tilis
wasn ' t true in my early days "'jth the General Electric Company . We had a centralized operation with all decision s made at one point . Decen t rali zation has made it possible for a
sma lJ Depart1r,_~nt, li ke our s, to knm, its customers intimately , to be able t o perform a
::;e nicc !or each o r them instead o[ trying to f ulfill some overall management policy made
a.,.-.. <:)ffiC' di. s tant point by people 1vho are not familiar 1vith our customers and their needs .
Q.
'-IR . !J: CI. TO \\'llAT 00 YOU ATl'RIBITTE YOUR SUCCESS T\' BUSI\TESS ?
A.
I ha ve ;)ecn \cry for tunate . I ahays kne" what I wanted to do - -i t was to be in ma r keting .
I was very lucky when I was yow1g that I was able to get into marketing . I al1vays l iked it
and have al1vays been cible to stay in marketing and have had no desires to 1vor k e lsewhere . I
have been very happy '" i th my "ork in the Company all these years . I have had f ull experience
in marketing from s elling lj ght bu l bs and trirmning \vindmvs in a ten-cent store to negotiating
cont racts with government and business officials on the highest l eve l s around the world. Marketing ha s led me into a dive r s ifi ed life an<l contacts 11ith many people . I have en j oyed every
bit of it.
Q.
A.
11/ith continue<: good heal th, my desire is to work to1vard an early r e t irement at t he age
of 60 . I am looki n g !ornard to ,gettin.g up in the morning 1vhen I want , going 1.,ihere I want when
I want to go , seeing 1vhat I 1vant to do and doing it. All of t his I hope will begin next Apr il
when I tum 60. My 1vi fe and I have purchased a home in Florida and are hoping to be able to
keep the one in \\'a~ncshoro as well. \\.i th my good GE pension, I have been p l anning this for a
long time . I see no r eason at this time 1d1y it won ' t he a success . In fact , I ' m l eaving the
fi r st week in December to spend the whole month on vacation in Florida .
Q.
00 YOU ll/\' : A\l'r' ':n1E R 1110!!\JITS ABOUT TllE BUSDJESS OR ABOITT 1l!E PEOPLE WORKING FOR TllE
COMPA\ry 11 lAT Y ,l: ;:OUU J I.IKE TO GIVE?
1
A.
111c impo rtant thing is fo r each individual to find out what he would like to do , get into
the f ield and s t av '" i th it. Try to look at yourself and do the things you like to do , not the
thi nc;s t ha t other~ think you ou.ght to do or things that look good tempo r arily . Suc cess seems to
corr:~ to those who like what they are doing and enj oy it.
I f you like what you ar e doing , r e gardless of the level in the Company, you will do it well and find success . Don 't do something
just becaus e it i s a better way tu uecome a manager. It doesn ' t matt er wher e you are in the
business , if you l i k~ the work and are w illing to do it, you are making a contribu tion.
Q.
A.
The future is very good. The overall
market is slow at this particular time, but
this Department is known as a world l eader in
the industrial automation business. The machine
tool business is very slow in the United States and has been for the past several months . We,
in NECD, have accomplished something out of the ordinary in the General Electric Company,
during this period of slowness in our market in that we have gained in our market position.
General Electric businesses generally gain in the market when business is booming and when our
competitors are not able to deliver, but in this instance we have been gaining overall market
consideration in a declining market . One of the reasons fo r this i s that some of the machine
tool manufacturers have been making their own controls, but they now realize that their
policy was a defensive position and was teful of their talents and energies. Instead, they
are willing to buy from an expert in the field and a known l eade r, which is the General
Electric Company .
Q.
A.
The foreign market in machine tools and controls has been booming, although we ar e
beginning to see a leveling off at the present time . This may be a good sign. In the past,
whenever the machine tool and control industry was down in Europe, it was up in the United
States, and vice versa. So if things are beginning to l eve l off in Europe, this is the
best indicator that times ahead for the United States may be improving.
Q.
WHAT 00 YOU SEE FOR 11-IE FlITURE OF TIIE BUSINESS, MR. DICE?
A.
For the future, as for the past, we can always anticipate that there will be changes .
People, natur ally, are always concerned whenever changes are announced, but my experiences
haven proven to me that changes have eventually led to the best for the people as well as
the business. Changes provide a growing opportunity for individuals and for extended sales
of our product s . My advice, based on my own experience, is not to wor ry about changes.
Q.
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
volv.me XII , no . 95
De cembe r 4, 19 70
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Volume XII, No . 94
Novembe r 20 , 1970
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Mr . Dice has been respo nsib l e for the marketin q of General El ectric's nume ric al contro l
business s i nce i t s incep t i on . It was under hi s
di rection t hat numeri cal control sa l es and service organ iz at ion s we re formed and policies
were formulated . He has also been respons i bl e
fo r the product pl anning .
Mr . Dice foresaw the grow t h potenti al of
numerical controls i n Western Europe and initiated action f or the Ge neral Electric Company t o
enter t his marke t in 1962 . He fonned a sa l es ,
app li cation and service organiza t i on to se l l in
Euro pe ; and after i ts successful ope ration,
manufacturi ng fac i l it ies were established .
~ck .~mi thJ
BURLINGA~lli
STOCK PRICE
$73.988
$69.921
$72 . 268
$ 7 4 . 16 5
$66 . 429
$6 7 . 6 36
$73 . 023
$76 . 214
$80 . 702
$84 . 72 7
Pric~
FU:\ o
U:\IT
$28.086
$27 .007
$ 2fi . 30 4
$25 .04 7
$2l.950
522 . 022
$21.475
$21.547
$2 3. 276
523 . 958
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRI C
Volume XII , No . 93
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
November 13 , 1970
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Buildings SA and 6 are being prepared
now to house additional eq uipment which will
expanc a nd improv e the manufacture of heavy
magneti cs locally . The hole (pi cut red above)
i s be ing prepared for a vacuum impregnation
sys tem which should be in operation some time
in February . An asphalt compounding sys t em
is also be ing ins tal l ed to treat primary
winde r s . This ope ration is due to s tart about
th e middle of next year. Presently, the vacuum impregnation ope ration is being perfor med
on our heavy magnetics at a Richmond Se rvice
Shop , while the asphalt compounding is done
at th e :ledium Steam Tu r bi ne Department in
~nn , Mass .
This is only one of the many s t eps being
taken to provide imp roved manufacturing capabilitie s he re in Waynesboro which in time
provide more opport uniti es for good jobs
locally .
SCOCEE Skeet League Pr esident .John Glenn pre sents 1\ayne Kite h'ith first place trophy as
Wayne lxne (second place "inner) and Dennv
Capriotti (spo rt smanship ahard h'inner) look
on . \lonty \lcPhatter and Tom \loor e (second r oh)
also r ece i\ed ~lh'anls Ca r shootino pe r fect
scor es of 25 scratch during lea;e competition .
No. 3
Lotteries
WAYNESBORO PLANT
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Volume XII, No . 91
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
Stanley Rukeyser.
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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
VolLUlle XII, No . 90
WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA
Give
SQ{OLARSHIP REMINDERS
Ge11eral Electric employees and their
children are reminded of the availability for
qualified candidates of the Richard H. Rice
Memorial Scholarship Awards at Stevens Institute of Technology, and the Steinmetz Memorial
S?1olarship Awards at Union College. Application for these awards must be made directly
to the respecdve institutions on their regular application fonns.
_Candidates_fo~ these scholarships must
qualify for admission on the same basis as
any other student applicant and all decisions
regarding admission and qualifications for
fi~ancial aid will be made by the institution.
Wlnle Stevens is primarily an engineering
school, Union College offers both engineering
and the liberal arts .
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Volwne XII , No .
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
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t uition and fees for empl oyees takin g ma na.r,c ment- a ppr ovcd e ducation and trainin g cour ses
at approved educa ti ona l ins t itut ions , up to
$40 0 :)e r yea r .
'\l/Y'.
SSU. 70 2
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AN EDI TORIAL:
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Fo r examp l e:
The i,gency & :Jistribv.tor Sales Operation r e cently launched a major interraal recognition
pr ogr am under t he banner of "Se rvice Plue . "
Objectives of thi s program are to pr ovide
our distributors with ser vice "above and
beyond" the -r:.onnal anc!. to re cognize out s tanding service pe rfonnan ~e by A&DSO em ployees and produ c t depa r tment employees .
i3ob Cale (right) o f I rice :::di t received a
"Service Plus " CMard j'02 the month of ,June .
Bob and Jim Austin, Supe rvisor-Requisition
Processing and ~la:Mhouse , che ck the ballot
box for more votes . Bu being elected to
receive the aJ,Ja-Pd, Bob is no.,; eligible .cor
other pri zes includir..g a b~li lding lot i;i
?lorida. ':fze iiE:.'S ex :,enll.s best wis;wr; to
Boo i ;. 6ze co;:tes i:. .
KEY PLANT UCF CHAIRMEN ANNOUNCE D
For the Plant ' s United
Drive Scheduled for the week
the fo ll owing employees have
to serve as key UCF chai rmen
respective sections:
L.
T.
D.
B.
F . Becker l e
L. Crapse r
N. Sitte r
Coope r
w.
Garber
B. Curto
J . M. Stoner
D. p. Rus sell
E. G. Menaker
A. V. Brancati
A. J . Haas
D.
CCDD
F.
NECD
AEPBS
Community Fund
of October 12,
been chosen
for th eir
Fi nance
Engineed n g
New Prodi..c t Deve l.
Con trol Devices
Busines s Section
Marketing
Manufacturing
Re l ations
Finance
Engineering
Mar keting
All
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Volume XII , No . 87
HEALTH NOTE
W. J. MILLER PROMOTED
At this time of t he year, questions
concerning influenza usually begin t o arise.
The following information r egardin g influenza
is based on the re commendations of the U. S.
Public Health Service :
Influenza is a common respir a tory illnes s which occurs in the United States every
year, although n o t always in an epidemic form .
While it is n o t possible to control the
di sease in the general population, pe r sons
of all ages who have chronic il lnesses which
involve the heart , lungs, and kidneys should
consider being vaccinated. Examples are
asthma, chronic bronchi t is, emphysema,
rheumatic heart disease and heart di sease
~socia ted with high blood pressure .
Dia_tics are als o advised to have the vaccinations, as a r e the elderly.
Although the Waynesboro Plant is not
planning to conduct an influenza immunization program, further informati on , if
desired, may be obtained by consulting the
Medical Clinic or your personal physician .
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SEPTEMBER SERVICE PINS
5 Years
Bonnie Alexander
Mildred Garrison
Betty Van Fossen
Danny Mccann
Alma Sorre U
Sheila SmaU
Irnne Harris
Mary Ann Hutchinson
Hermon A. Price
Randolph Foltz
Be tty Turner
Frank Casey
10 Years
Jerry Comer
,.-...
Reggie Hiner
W. Joseph Miller has been named Manage r Small Exciters and Station Con tr ol Engineering
in the Power Regulation
Engineering Operation .
A native of Bristol,
Tennessee , Joe received his
BSEE and MSEE degrees from
the University of Tennessee
in 1960 and 1961, r espec tively .
From 1960 and 1961 he was a
Graduate Assistant in the
Electrical Engineering Departme nt of the University of
Tennes see .
Joe has been with the General Electric
Company since 1961 and has held positions
with the Engineeri ng and Science Program and
the System Planning and Control Sec tion . Until
his recent promotion , he was a Project
Enginee r in the Communication and Control
Devices Department , where he worked on project
engineering and development of thyrist or
excitation sys tems for large system t urbine gene rat ors .
He is a member of the Main Street United
Methodist Ch urch and a member of the Institut e
of Elect rical and Elec tronic Engineers. Joe
makes hi s home at 215 Randolph Avenue, Waynesboro.
REGISTER TO
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SERIES RETIJRNS
RI DE \ EEDED
f-r ances ,\ laiden needs a ride from U1e Mt . Sidney
a r ea for t he 8 to 4: 30 s hift. She can be
contacted on Ext . 411 .
BOTTO\lS UP
In r1a,ry lan~ , a poli ce officer advi sed a
l ady U1at her license plates were ups ide down .
She rep lied that it made it eas i e r f or he r to
l ocate he r car i n a parking lot.
WAYNESBORO PLANT
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September 25 , 1970
UCF I:.J- PLANT DRIVE TO BEGIN
OCTOBER 12 - 16
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CO~IPANY
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Bango r, Maine, To Vo t e
About 135 employees at the Mechanical
Drive Turbine Department ' s Bangor , Maine , plant
will vo t e on October 8 whether to remain with out a union or to have the IUE r epresent them.
This is th e first represen tation e l ection
since the department acquired the facility
about a year ago .
Asheboro, North Carolina , Votes No Union
At the Hous ewares Division's Personal
Appliance Department plant in Asheboro, N. C.,
169 employees vo ted f or no union and 168 for
the I UE. 1\vo ballo ts we re void. The union
has filed objections to the con duct of the
campaign .
This is the s econd representation election
in the 18-year history of the pl ant. The
first occurred in 1964 when the IUE also los t,
with about the same number of votes for i t.
Indi anapo lis, I ndian a , Votes No Uni on
At the Gene ral Le arning Corporation-Time,
I nc. , ware house in Indianapolis , Ind . , 59 employees voted fo r no uni on and 26 f o r the
Who lesale , Ret ai l , and Department Store Empl oyees . Genera l Learning Co rporati on is
j oin t l y owned by Gene ral Electric and Time , Inc.
Oakland , Cali f ornia , To Vote
The NLRB h as o rde r ed an election to dete r mine whe ther e mployees at the Oakland, Calif. ,
Service Shop wi s h to have the UE or the IBEW
re p res e n t them or t o have no uni on . The UE
h as r e pres ente d th e m s ince 196 3.
WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL @ ELECTR IC
Vo lume XII,
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WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA
September 18 , 1970
$76 .214
$21.547
General Electric S & S Mutual Fund List of Investments, June 30, 1970
COMMON STOCKS 94.00%
Shares
At Market""
Shares
1,437,625
1,036,775
1,046,400
1, 190,375
1,726,875
15, 700
45,000
20,000
22,700
35,200
Oil 6.10%
Building 6.40%
43,400
36,700
43,600
53,500
30,700
Carrier Corp.
Cousins Properties
Fishbach & Moore, Inc.
Rouse Company
Trane Company (The)
At Market
6,438,050
Business Equipment 11.71%
16,300
30,000
15,000
55,600
35,000
Burroughs Corp.
Digital Equipment Corp.
International Business Machines Corporation
National Cash Register Co.
Xerox Corporation
2,066,550
2,081,250
1,918, 125
2, 196,278
8,262,203
Drugs 9.67%
30,000
40,000
100,000
51,000
45,000
Abbott Laboratories
American Home Products Corporation
B<Jxter Laboratories, Inc.
Betz Laborutones
Medtronic, Inc.
1,845,000
2,280,000
2,287,500
1,989,000
1,327,500
9,729,000
electrical 2.36%
12,400
19,800
47,750
633,950
683, 100
1,056,468
2,373,518
Merchandising 9.62%
25,000
16,200
55,000
15,600
40,000
40,000
50,000
2,081,250
526,500
838,750
904,800
1,640,000
2,225,000
1,462,500
9,678,800
22,200
20,700
960, 150
874.575
1,834,725
37,500
30,006
25,000
24,200
7:35,938
1,968, 750
1,277,500
1,242.825
915,200
6, 140,213
1,491.450
1,665,000
3,750,000
2,314,350
2,555,000
11,775,800
59,900
30,000
55,000
30,086
1,298,438
1,590,318
803, 125
6G5,500
4,357,381
70,000
62,740
54,300
80,000
2, 135,000
1 ,929.255
1,391,438
1,910.000
7,365,693
Photography 4.11%
35,000
36,000
2,222,500
1,908,000
4, 130,500
32,000
32,400
34,800
1,320,000
664,200
800,tlOO
2,784,600
25,000
25,000
45,000
29,500
581,250
2,934,375
1,951,875
1,534,000
7,001,500
30,000
45,000
20,000
35,000
45,000
2, 111,250
1,698,750
1,067,500
2,327,500
2,508,750
9,713,750
Other 2.96%
26,100
31,200
1,621,462
1,357,200
2,978,662
94,564,395
6,034,000
s 100,598,395
'S>!curities l1stecJ nr1 1ational exchanges are valued at the closing sales
price at June 30, 1970; securities traded in the over the-counter
n,arket are valuen at the last bid price at that date.
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SPUDNUTS DISCONTINUED
Mr. Art Smith, Cafete ri a Manage r, announces
with ?eg r e t that the make r of "Spudnuts " can
n o l ong<::r supp ly us due to circums tances beyond
hi s cont rol.
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Jane and Kenneth Reid would l ike t o express
appreciation for the kind expressions of
sympathy shown in the death of Jane ' s brother,
James F. ~ cLa u ghlin.
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Would the person who borrowed a " Minimi te "
Thermo- Potentiometer f rom Carter Swann please
contact him on Ext . 421.
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A limited number of University of Virginia
Cou rse schedules are avai lable in the Relations
Office .
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A.S.Q . C. TO MEET
The Ameri can Society for Quality Control will
hold its Sept. meeting next We d . , the 16th,
in Charlott es ville at the Dutch Pant1~. The
social hour will begin at 6:30 at the Mount
Vernon Motel directly behind the Dutch Pantry.
Cost for the dinne r meeting will be $4 . 25 .
Reservations should be made by Sept. 14 by
calling Alma Humphries, Ext . 318.