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Specialty
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Control

Volume XI, No . 42

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

.January 6 , 1967

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VOTE TO RETURN, S'CHDY WORKERS STILL OUT
Production at the Com?any ' s
Sch enectady , New York, plan t r emained a t a s tandstil l as of yes terday a lth ough the Comp any and
some 10,600 striking membe r s of
IUE rea ched an ag r eement last
Friday . While the IUE membe r s hip,
by a margin of 4475 to 4155 , voted
last week to end th e 12- week
s trike ag ains t GE , uni on l eade r s
said th eir members wo uld observe
pic ket l ines set up by th r ee
o the r unions which are s till on
s trike . Therefore, it a ppears
that many IUE memb e r s will continue to r emain away f r om th ei r
jobs.
Sti ll on s trike are ab ou t 350
member s of the Pl umbers & St eam
Fi tte r s Uni on and 50 membe r s of
the Teams t ers Union. In a ddition,
'2 690 members of th e American
~ de r ation of Techni ca l Engi neers
we re not back to work ye t al t hough

their l eaders had s igned a memo
of ag reement with Company nego t iat o rs earlier th is wee k. Terms of
the se ttlement wi ll be s ubmi tted
t o AFTE members sho rtly .·
The r e are no immedia t e prospec t s ,
however, for settlement with the
Teams t e r s o r Plumbers & Steam Fi tt e rs . Nego t ia ti ons , held sporadica lly s ince th e s trike began , we r e
called o ff on Tuesday with no
immediate plans for f uture mee tings .
The s trikes , which began
October 17, h ave s h a rply c urt ai l e d
production a t th e Schenectady
plan t, but some 14,000 sa lari ed
employees have r emained on t hei r
jobs . It is estimated that employees have thus far l ost mor e
than $15 million in wages because
of the s trike .

Governor's Education Conference Announced
H. W. Tul loch, SCD ' s Manage r of
Relations, has been named by
Virginia's Governor Mill s E.
Godwi n, Jr. as chairman of the
Governor's Regional Conference on
Ed uca tion which will be held at
the Madison College Campus in
Harrisonburg on Friday, March 3.
Governor Godwin wi ll deliver the
keynote address at the Conference.
The region to be served by th e Ma
March 3 Conference will incl ude
the counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Clarke,
Frederick , Greene, Highland,
Madison, Ne l son, Page, Rockbridge,
Rockin gham, Shenandoah, and
W.:1rren.
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TAKES NEW POST IN fRJ

Speci a lty Control engincc
G. >lenaker l ast ni ght r ec·
the highes t honor the \at
Counci.l of the Boy Scouts
J\rnerica can bes toh· upon a
teer l eader. ~I r. '.'lenaker
father of two Eagle Scout :
cepted the Sil\'er Re~n-er .
an i.nfonnal ga thering _i us
departing for his ne~ as s
wi. th C0;11pagnie Bul 1-Gener.
Electric Compa.n:• in rari : .:.

Conference on Edu cation which
was held at Richmond last Oc tob e ~
At the conclusion of that Confe rence, a resolution was adopted
which provided for the regional
conferences so that mo re citizens
might learn of the present state
of public education in Virginia
and possible approaches to acce lerating its advancement. "The
purpose of th e March 3 regio nal
meeting, " said Mr. ·Tulloch, "i s
to carry out that resolution with
emphasis on the particular edu cational chal leng es of this region. '

by t he Stonch·al
son Area Council , \ Ir. \!en:
i s cr edited 'd th de\·c l opi.1
fi r s t active Explorer pro!
t he 13- county orga.ni za t io1
was ci t ed especiall~· fo r '
enthusiasm , program l ende·
and interest in the \·oLmg
of the r egion . Under his
a.nee , the nomina tion statt
" the Expl orer program is !
and t aking a more promine1
in high school ci rcles or
Cowicil area."

Mr. Tulloch s tated th at,in addi tion to Governor Godwin, several
noted educators and laymen will
take part in the Conference, in-

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and engineering gradu~te c
Columbia Univers ity, \ Ir. ~
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EDITORIAL

Tail Wags The Dog
Striking IUE members of the Company's Schenectady, New York,
plant who decided after a close
vote to return to work must have
been mighty confused by· this
week's pronouncements by their
leaders.
After a 4475 to 4155 vote to ac---~ept modifications to the original
Company-union "Make Schenectady
Competitive" agreement, employees
no doubt expected to return to
work promptly. After all, they
had just gone through a twelve
week strike and the loss of wages
amounting to more than $1200 per
employee.
But IUE leaders had other ideas.
Because some 250 members of the
Plumbers & Steam Fitters Union and
50 members of the Teamsters Union
had rejected a settlement and were
still on strike, they said, IUE
members would be expected to observe the picket lines of those
300 employees and stay off their
jobs. And so - with the thirteenth payless payday about to
end and negotiations between the
Company and the two smaller
unions on an on-again, off-again
basis - some 11,000 IUE members
idly wait for the time when the
tail will stop wagging the dog.
Meanwhile, employees have.lost
about $15 million in wages, the
Company has lost untold orders
and probably a good number of
customers who will pennanently
buy from other sources. And the
IUE strike which theoretically
ended last week drags on. Some
people would call this solidarity.
Others have a different name for
it - suicide.

Register Control Transferred
Effective January 1, the Register
Control product line of the
Specialty Control Department
was transferred to the General
Purpose Control Department in
Morrison, Iliinois. The decision
to transfer this product line was
based on the fact that it more

1967 BRINGS PENSION, VACATION IMPRC
The beginning of the new year
brought with it several Pension
Plan improvements for all
Specialty Control employees and
an important Vacation Plan improve·
ment for shorter service hourly
employees of the Department. Here
they are:

FASTER RAT£. OF FUTURt: PENS ICl\J
BUILD..:.up
of January 1, the Company has
increased the accrual rate of
pension credits from 0.8% to
1.0% - a 25% increase - on earnings up to $6,600 a year. The
accrual rate on earnings above
$6,600 will be raised from 2% to
2.1%. Both of these increases in
accrual rate will be paid for by
the Company so that there will be
no additional expense to employees. Example: An employee earning $5,000 annually will now receive pension credits of $50
rather than $40 per year. For
an employee earning $8,000, pension credits will increase from
$80.80 to $95.40.
As

INCREASE IN PAST SERVICE CREDITS
This change is good news for
longer service employees. It increases pension credits for
service up to the end of 1956 by
3/10% of an employee's average
earnings during 1955-57, with a
minimum of at least $12 a year.
This means, for example, that an
employee with 20 years of service
in 1956 will get an annual jump
in his pension of at least $240.
For employees whose earnings
averaged over $4,000 during the
base period of 1955-57, this increase can be even higher.
This increase in past service
credits marks the third time
the Company has made such an adj us tmen t in the last six years.
NEW EARLY VESTING RIGHTS
Another improvement effective
January 1 is a further liberalization of the vesting provision so
that ten years' credited service,
regardless of age, is all that is
required. This means that an employee who leaves the Company for
any reason after that time will
not lo!=;p t"hP nPnAinn hn11oht- h,r

SOCIAL SECURITY/PENS
POINT FREEZES AT $6,
This improvement f re
$6,600 dividing poin
employees begin cont
the Pension Plan so
credits will not be
affected by any futu
in Social Security w

IMPROVED PENSICNER M
PAYMENTS
This change, also ef
January 1, provides
payment for every da
pensioners and their
the hospital while c
Medicare and a $30 p
ment for every day i
after Medicare benef
'lhe Plan also allows
every day in a nursi1
soon as Medicare ben•
up to a maximun of $!

VACATION PLAN IMF
In addition to these
Pension Plan improve
major improvement in
Plan also became ef f
January 1. This is
sion granting hourly
two full weeks of pc
after completing twc
Company service.
These and other prO\
are to·become effect
months will be more
plained in the new c
lets soon to be dist
all Specialty Contrc

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TECH.

OFFER~

The fo 11 owing even it

wi 11 be offered at ·
Vocational-Technica·
ginning Monday, Jani

7:00.

Accounting
Automob i 1e Me chi
Cosme to 1ogy (Adi
Data Processing
Drafting

Technical Mathen
Basic Electronic
Machine Shop
Welding

IDEAS PAY: EMPLOYEES EARN $1431 IN SUGGESTION AWARDS
One hundred and one Specialty
Control employees r ecentl y shared
in the largest single Sur,gestion
Plan payout of 1966. Pacing the
suggesters were four empl oyees
whose sugges tion awards totaled
$395.
Gaitha L. Ellinger , assemble and
wire, won a $90 award for suggesting an improved frame for use
on wire jobs.

Gaitha's Q1Jard:

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Stella Sorrels, assemble and wire 1 j
suggested a method for eliminatill!
scratches on nl.llTierical control
cabinets while they are being assembled, wired, and tested, and
won $95 for her idea.
David J. Doney, test technician,
suggested the building of a test
fixture to test the ISM printed
circuit board and was awarded $80.

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Largest award went to Kenneth J. 1
Taylor, Docl.Dllentation t echnician ,
who suggested a procedure which
eliminates much diagram checking
by Drafting.

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$80

The remaining ninety -seven employees shared in awards totaling
$1036 . In addition to cash
awards , each of these sugges t ers
received SO S&H Green Stamps for
each dollar awarded.

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HOWE. DAY COMMENT ON EDUCATION CHALLENGE


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Haro ld Howe, II, U.S. Commissioner
of Education, said this week that
America should take a "totally
new look at vocational education"
as a means of reducing the number
of "unemployable" persons.
Mr. Howe said our present educational system "doesn't necessarily help unemp loyed persons reach
their full potential." He made
his comments during an exclusive
interview reprinted in the current
is sue of the General Elec tric
FORUM Magazine which is devoted
entirely to articles on "Education and the Manpower Challenge."
In discussing possible ways to
increase the effectiveness of vocational school programs, Mr.Howe
··1ggested that schools should givE
\_. ~udents a "good general educati 01
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Virgil B. Day, Vice President,
General Electric Personnel an d
Industrial Relations Services,
cited the possibility of an insufficient supply of trained manpower
as the "greatest uncertainty"
faced by many businesses in the
coming decade.

SCD NEWS & NO
SERV ICE PINS
Week ending January l
5-year Service Pins Virgi nia L. Bish
J osephine H. r,leeJ

10-year Service Pins LaY'Y"tJ H. Buzz a rid

As a result of this uncertainty,
corporations are proqressively
emerging as "educational institutions," Mr. Day sa id. He noted
that industry has historically
been able "to bring thousands of
individuals, who might otherwise
have stagnated in economic backwaters, into the mainstream of
the economy."
As an example,
he pointed to GE's
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Fred Miller, Machine Re
tor, who has been out c
extended illness wishe:
all of his friends for
get we ll cards that ha'
sent t o him and the nur
visits paid to him whi :
ill at home and in the
Fred is particularly g1

WED. NIGHT BOWLING RESULTS

AIR FORCE CSA FEATURED IN GE CALE!\

In the Specialty Control League
Wednesday night,these three teams
won high set honors: Dynamic rive
(2705); Al l ey Cats (2 563); and
Marketeers (2 535).
Individual honors went t o the
fo llowing with high sets: Joe
Belak (602); Winnie Robertson
(601); and Frank Pol ito (588).
High game honors were won by:
Winnie Robertson (232); Dan
Dondiego (225); and Frank Polito
and Shirrell Daily (221) .
The high team games were rolled by
Dynamic Five (959); Dynamic Fj ve
(913); and Hi -Pots (907) .
RESULTS
Sparemakers 4, Lab Lads O; Marketeers 4, Rebels O; Tool Breakers
3, GE Fire Dept. l; Wire Stretch-.
ers 3, Datamites l; Hill Bo1vlers
3 , Bowles Bowlers l; Hi- Pots 3,
Injun Ears l; Dynamic Five 3,
Alley Cats l; Tin Benders 2,
Fireballs 2 .
STANDINGS
TE.AM
Spa remake rs
Marketeer s
Wire Stretchers
Hi 11 Bowlers
Hi-Pots
Tool Breakers
Dynamjc Five
Tin Benders
Fireballs
GE Fire Dept.
Datamites
Bowles Bowlers
InjLm Ear s
Alley Cats
Lab Lads
qebels

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Mrs. Betty Harlow would like a
ride for the 8 a.m . to 4:30 p.m.
shift from the Betsy Bell Apts.
area in Staunton. Contact
Mrs . Harlow on Ext . 683.

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A limited number of pamphlets
describing University of Virginia
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STORY BEHIND UNION GAINS

The AFL- CIO said recently that it
had swe lled the ranks of organized
labor by about 1 million members
in the past three years , r evers ing seve ral lean years of dwindli ng membership.
The gains bring a total members hip in the AFL-CIO's 129 unions
to a record hig h of approximately
13,385,000, a f e de ration s pokesman said .
While these gains seem impress i ve ,
it appears that they come far
more from high emp loyment th an
from any spectacular organizing
s ucce sses. Th e sit uation at
General Ele ct ric, for example, is
such a case.

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The U.S. Air Force's huge CSA j et transport, for which Spe ci~
Department i s supplying the electrical systems, is f eatured 1
Janu ary painting of the Company's 1967 ca lendars. Th ousa nds
calendars were recently mailed to GE customers throughout the
The painting, wh i ch shows the unl oading of a he li copter from
airc raft, i s reproduced above.

t-hf:l c:::t"\ririo comae .,.or

Between June 1965 and J une 1966,
unions representing GE employees
gained n early 13,000 membe r s as a
result of employment ga ins in currently organized plants. The
unions gained less than 700 members in the 12 months as a result
of winning six representati on
elections - one white- collar group,
two production and maintenance
units, and three se r vicing ope r ations .
In t he same period, unions f ail~d
to win representation righ t s at 17
facili ties - two white-collar

Menaker

(con tinued

The Silver Beaver, awa
sparingly, recognizes
service of exceptional
to boyhood by regi ster
Scouters." Aside from
duty in the Boy Scouti
Mr. Menaker has he ld 1
roles locally in the C
Parent-Teacher Associa
Library Board, YMCA, a
crati.c Party. I le is a
m.unber of professional
and participates in t e
[encing.
In his new overseas as
Mr . Menaker will be Ma
Value Control for Comp
General Electric, an a
the Infonnation System
1vhich is jointly owned
Mach in es - Bul 1 o I Francduties of the Value Coi
ation include s timulat
appraisal and redesign
products for greater v
coordinating both the 1
provement Program and :
Pl3Jl. Mr. Menaker ' s 11
~"j .11 include four plan
in France and service •
in various parts of Eu
\lihi l e son Dick continu
s tudies at Columbia Un:
Mr . Menaker ' s wife, Be·
their son, Larry, wi ll
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Specialty
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Volume XI , No . 43

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Ja.n uary 13, 1967 ,

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S'CHDY WORKERS RETURN TQ JOBS, OUT 12 WKS
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The twelve-week strike at the
Schenectady plant by the IUE and
three other unions has fina lly
ended. Employees reported back
to work Monday morning.
The end actual l y came l at e Satur day night when Local 128 of the
Plumbers and Steamfitters Un ion
became the fourth and final
striking union to reach agreement
with the Company. Earlier Saturday afternoon, draftsmen represented by AFTE Local 147 voted to
return to work by a 440 to 4 margin .
Wednesday , January 4, members of
Teamster Local 294 , who Kent on
strike three weeks ahead of the
other unions and have thus been
out for 15 weeks, ratified set tlement tenns .

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ago on December 29 and

30, members of IUE Local 301,
largest of the Schenectady unions,
voted to accept settl ement terms .
But they had been honoring the
picket lines of the smaller
lll1ions.
Speaking for the Company , M. L.
Levy, Hanager of Plant Employee
Relations , said, ''Now that agree ment s have been reached and
ratified by the four unions that
have been on strike at Schenect ady GE , we can turn our attention to resurning normal business
operations as quickly as pos sible ."
1he twelve-week strike, which

began October 17, has meant a
loss to employees of more than
$15 million. Reduced to i ndividual t erms , it has been estimat ed that each worker has lost
over $1200 in wages.

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McCLEARY TAKES MARYLAND POST
a project engineer at Schenectady
in the Special Products Department. Six year s l ater, in 1954,
''Mac'' had gone from the engineering fie ld to Marketing and was
Supervisor of Special Equipment
Sal es with the Specialty Control
Department. 1954 was also the
year "Mac" moved wi th SCD to its
new l ocation, Waynesboro. The
major portion of his time in
Waynesboro has been devot ed to
the management of Program Control
Sales . ''Mac" was appointed Manager of Industrial Automation Sales
i n February, 1965.

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E. L. McCleary , Manager of SCD' s

Industrial Automation Sales Operation, has been appointed Manager
of Marketing for the Information
Service Department in Bethesda,
M~iand, effective March 1.

In his new position, he will be
for sales and market ing in computer service with
emphasis on the computer time sharing service.
responsibl~

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SCD SUGGESTION ~i

J . Ponzillo, J.Cook, J. ~
The l argest suggestion ai
the history of the Speci;
Control Department ~as p
yesterday to James H. Co
monitor in the Shipping :i
Jim ' s idea for a new prll
cui t board shipping cart«
won him $855 ! His sugge
will mean considerable s;
terms of mat erial and !al
will al so mean happier 9
tomers since the sugges'ti
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tary , Bill Perry, noted.
plicity was the key in ti
Jim ' s suggestion consist!
three sentences , but it 11
important future savings.
the old story of fin.ding
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Three other large ~~1
awards were given out y~
to.SCD employees.

J . Dwight Moanaw. a tool
received $185 for suggest

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PONZILLO JOINS QC CLUB

SCD Gets COIN Order

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The SCD Marketing team has closed
out 1966 with a "thumbs up" signal. A purchase order h as been
received from North American Aircraft fo r 456 con tr ol pane l r egul ators t otaling $200,000. The
regulators a r e to be used on the
Vietnam-bound Counter Ins urgency
Aircraft (COIN)
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Mr. Ponzillo joined the Company
as a shop c l erk in Schenectady in
January of 1941, after having
att ended Albany Business Coll ege.
In 1942, he became a cost cierk
and subsequently handled various
accounting assignments, until he
took the post of auditor in 1947.
Mr . Ponzillo then held the position of Supervisor in various
sections of the Control Department.
He was appointed Manager of
Mat erials for the Specialty Control Department in 1953 , and a
year later moved with the Department t o Waynesboro. He was named
Manager of Manufacturi ng in 1959.

SUG. AWARDS

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Irene W. Dove won $150. The
Shipping area employee came up
with a s ugges tion to save time ,
make work eas ier , and improve
housekeeping.
Joseph G. Bridge, a tool room

CAR POOL
SAFE AND THI
The car pool was suppc
t emporary war-time me;
it continues to grCN :
ity, and hundr e ds of 1
b orly a rrangements ex:
among SCD employees.

The Marketing Section n ot es the
order as "a r ea l breakthrough"
s i nce it r epresents this Department's first order wi th NAA-Columbus. Needless to say , we will
be watched closel y to see how we
perform.

Savings in car-operat:
seems to be the chief
of the switch-driver 1
get ting to and from w1
examp le, suppose a fo
group has a car pool ;
i n St aunton. If expe
figured at 10 cents a
an average of a 50-wei
member will save $375

The order represents a real challenge from the techn ical, cost,
and delivery viewpoints. Since
North American can also be the
source of future business for
other Sp ecia lty Control products,
it will be import an t that NAA
join the ranks o f satisfied SCD
cus t omers .

Anothe r advantage is
rush-hour traffic in '
Waynesboro is r e duced
sleep , r ead or excha:n;
en rout e , arriving fr,
for th e day ' s work. '
gesti on is reduced, a
acciden ts that result

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The latest member of General
Electric' s Quarter Century Club
i s Manager of Manufacturing,
J. F. Ponzillo. Recognition of
his 25 years of ser vice t o the
Company came on Monday when
Department General Manager, Paul
D. Ross , presented the Q.C.
Service pin at an infonnal
l uncheon.

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The COIN is a turb o- prop aircraft
especial l y we ll s uited for the
jung l e war in Vietnam. The plane
r eq uires only a minimlllll of space
to take off or l and , and can be
equipped with a variety of armament . Pre liminary plans call for
the COIN t o fly helicopter escort
and provide cover as the " choppers" land troops on the batt l efield.

NC SOCIETY MEETS IN MARCH

The fourth annual mee tin g and
technical conference of the
Nume ri ca l Control Soc i ety will be
held at the Statl er Hil ton Hotel
in Detroit , March 1-3.
SCD Manager of Marketing, Don
Dice, will be among th e feat ured
spea kers du r ing the three-day
conference . His remarks will concern the European aspects of th e
NC bus iness .
E. L. "Mac" McCl eary , SCD Manager

of Industria l Automation Sa l es, is
a member of the Society ' s Board
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Perhaps most importan:
car family is that a ·
is left home three d~
four . You won 't find
or husbands complainil
a rr an gement that make
car avai l ab l e for err
th e community .
One car seems safer 1
but many people can !
in car-pool smash-~
tional Safe ty Counci:
pools can be safe - t
cautions are taken understanding, inte1
ning and caution as 1
imizing , if not el..ir!:
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GE WINS COMPETITION, WILL MAKE AMERICA'S SST ENGINES

"The announcement by the Federal
Aviation Agency that the General
Electric Company has won the competition for the turbojet power
olant for this nation's Super'--. ic Transport is extremely
gratifying - particularly to all
of the GE people who have dedicated the past three years to the
design, development, and testing
of this engine. " So said Edward
E. Hood , Jr., director of the
Supersonic Transport Project for
GE's Fligh t Propulsion Division,
on December 31 when the government announcement was made. The
Project is centered at the Company ' s l arge jet engine plant in
Evendale, Ohio.

St. Pete Says No To IBEW
Employees of the Neutron Devices
Department at St. Petersburg,
Florida, h ave voted to remain
without a union in a r epresentation election in which the ballot
counting was delayed nearly seven
weeks because the IBEW filed an
unfair l abor practice charge
against the Company.
'lt union fi led a cha r ge on
14 that General Elec tric
was conducting a "misleading"
campaign for the election
scheduled November 16. Because
the fi ling came only two days
before the voting, the NLRB went
ahead with the event but impounded the ballots until the charge
cou ld be resolved. The Regional
Director dismissed the charge ,
and the ballots were counted
January 3.


THE FIRST AND THE LATEST -

25 Years of turboj et progress i s seen in the comparative size of
I-A engine , America's first jet , and the GE4 turbojet for the U. ~
sonic Transport. The I-A deve l oped some 1,300 pounds of propuls·
thrust. The GE4, by comparison, will develop more t han 60,000 pc
thrust, or nearly 50 times more power than the I-A. It was anno1
1966 ended that GE had won the tough competition to provide engir
America's SST.
DEDUCT '66 EXPENSES IN '67
Did you know that medical expenses
incurred during the last quarter
of 1966 are deductible for 1967
under the General Electric I nsurance Plan? For example , doctor ' s
bills and prescription r eceipts,
incurred between October 1 and
December 31, can be applied
against the deduc t ible for 1967,
providing they were not claimed
for in 1966 .

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The Plan's comprehensive coverage
requires that emp loyees pay a
certain portion of th eir covered
expenses before benef i ts are
c l aimed (the first $25 on Type A
and the fi r s t $50 on Type B) .
The GE Insu rance Plan continues
to be a le ader in industry becaus:
of provisions s uch as the "double
deductible".

W'BORO DERBY COACHES
The 196 7 Waynesb oro Soap !
will be held June 18, and
ing to Bob McDonnell, of :
neering, some of the boys
area have already started
struction of their cars .
Associate Director of the
Derby, says coaches are n·
advise the boys to insure
their cars meet the r ules
specifi cations for constr
"No previous coaching exp•
is needed, but a knowledg·
woodworking and light met
ing would be helpful," he
The job takes, on the ave
about an hour a week , and
great help to the boys.
interested in helping out
to contact Bob McDonnell .
Extension 216 for further

VACATION SCHEDULE

SCD NEWS & NOT

Empl oyees who like to plan ahead
will be interested in the Specialty Contro l Department's ho li day
and vacation schedule for 1967.
The schedul e is as follow s :

SERVI CE PINS
Week ending January 13,

1967 VACATION SHUTDOWN
July 10 through Ju ly 21
1967 HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
Jan. 2 Mon . New Year's Day
March 24 Fri.
Good Friday
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5-year Service Pins Harry E. Devore

Richard S . Kuhiak

10-year Service Pins Virg inia L. Pal mer

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Bobby Miller, Foreman -Re :
chine Shop, who r ecently
s evere burns when his hor
down on December 14, and

WED . NIGHT BOWLING RESULTS

LOST & FOUND, BIG BUSINES5

In the Specialty Control League
Wednesday night, these three
teams won high se t honors: Alley
Cats (2626) ;·Dynamic Five (2599);
and Marketeers (2557).

General Electric Comi
hold its 75th annual
share owners on ApriJ
in Dallas , Texas .

Individual honors went to the following with high sets: Ken Reid
(576); Larry Rogers (575); and
Don Cook (573).

General Electric's de
hold its annual meeti
is based on the South
ing significance as a
ket and maj or product
for electrical produc
as its excellent econ
and the importance o f
Fort Worth a r ea as a
center in the Southwe

High game honors were won by:
Ken Reid (253); Don Cook (242);
and George Bradt (240).
The high team games were rolled
by: Datamites (940); Dynamic Five
(922); and Alley Cats and Rebels
(902) .

RESULTS
Tin Benders 4, Lab Lads O; Fireballs 4, Hi- Pots O; Marketeers 3,
Alley Cats l; Rebels 3, Injun Ears
l; GE Fire Dept. 3, Wire Stretchers l; Bowles Bowlers 3, Hill
Bowlers l; *Datamites 3, Sparemakers l; Dynamic Five 2, Tool
Breakers 2.

STANDINGS

TE.AM

WON

Marketeers
7
Tool Breakers
6
Tin Benders
6
Fireba lls
6
*Spa remake rs
5
Dynamic Five
5
Wire St r etchers
4
Hill Bowlers
4
*Datamites
4
Bowles Bowlers
4
Hi-Pots
3
GE Fire Dept.
3
Rebels
3
Injun Ears
2
Alley Cats
2
Lab Lads
0
*One game under protest .

LOST

Lost anything lately?
Pat Thanpson in Relations may have
it. Call E'xt. 24l.
Ask Pat Thompson how business is
and she'll tell you it ' s booming.
Pat, a secretary in the Relations
Section, is keeper of l ost and
found articles in the Department,
and a t the present time , lost is
running well ahead of found . lier
cache of goods include glasses ,
wallets, keys, rings , gloves,
etc., and the pile is growing.

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If you've lost an item, contact
Pat on Extension 241, pr operly
identify it, and it will be returned. If you should find an
item , bring it to the Relations
Section for proper disposition .
STOCK PRICES FOR 1966

The "S tock Price" for General
El ectric stock credited to part icipants in t he Savi ngs &Security Program is the average of the
closing prices of General Electric
stock on the New Yo rk Stock Ex change for each day of the month.
The "Stock Prices" through December are as fo l lows:
January
February
March
Apri 1
May
Jun e
July
August

FIRST-HALF WINNERS OF SCD ' S BOWL-

Dallas Site Of Annu

Sept ember

$117 . 173
111. 980
109.005
112 . 350
107 .375
109.267
104.256
90.750
85.804
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The meeting will brin
the Board of Director
nation's leading elec
facturing finn, as we
approx i mately 50 offi
division general manai
head General Electric
around the country an•
the world.
CAR P OOLS (fror

The Council makes the
suggestions:
When you 're the drive
- Establish a well- ti
with a safe pick-up
each rider. Do not
endanger other traf
- Allow plenty of tim·
extra time in icy o
weather.
- Don't overload the ·
- Provide a seat belt
passenger, as wel l ;
- Check with your age1
certain your liabil:
medical insurance ii
When

you're.!!~

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- Avoid spirited disc\
arguments that might
the driver .
- Don't be late, encot
driver to make up fc
- Be a "co-pilot," poj
up-coming dangers if
t he drive r hasn' t nc

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January 20 , 19 67

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

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H. W. Tulloch Answers

COST REDUCTION AN IMPORTANT GOAL FOR 1

Questions On NLRB Case
Editor's Note: The Company was
notified this week that the National Labor Relations Board had
dismissed its objections to UE's
conduct prior to the union recognition election held at Specialty ~
Control on May 7, 1965. Shortly
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Court of Appeals. In an effort
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tional infonnation on these <levelopments, Specialty Control News
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i nterviewed H. W. Tulloch, Manager ll,
Relations. Here are the results
of that interview.
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D. Ross, Department Sect
Managers, and contribute:
the overall Program.
Mr. Ross congratulat ed t :
on its r ecord and then o
on SCD' s cost reduction
tives for 1967. He stat•
while these objectives r·
a substantial increase o
year ' s, he is confident
Department can achieve i
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Rt:....AT IQI.JS BOARD FOR US?
Yes, the NLRB dismis sed our objections to UE 's conduct prior to the
election. This did not surprise
us particularly since the Board
had previous ly dismissed all of
our objections when it certified
UE in August, 1965 .

AND NOn' THE COMPANY HAS APPEALED
THE BOARD'S DECISIQ\J IN FEDERAL
COURT?

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appeal with the U.S. Court of
Appeals, Fourth Circuit, which is
located in Richmond, Virginia.

~e~~;~;~~o~a=l~~~i~nf:~ ~~~;sa~e• the election to answer those
·-- se statements. We feel that a

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"The greates t cost r eduction in
the history of the Department was
achieved during 1966. '' Th is was
the r eport given by SCD's Manager
of Cos ts and Goverrunent Account ing, R. J . Depa, at l ast week's
KICK-OFF dinner for the 1967
Department Cos t Improvement Program. The meeting was attended
by Vice President and Gener al
Manager of the Industrial Process
Control Division, Dr. Louis T.
Rader, SCD General Manager Paul

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Rader, who pointed out t l
reduction plays an impor
in the program of the in•
the Department, the Di vi:
the Company.
Cos t reduction, accordin
Mr. Depa , is not sol ely ;
sponsibility of Manageme:
of all empl oyees . ''Cost
ments mean greater profi
the Department and this,
means greater security f ,
Specialty Control employ·
he said.

BLOOIM)BILE DUE HERE FEB 6
The next Blo odmob ile visit to
Specialty Control has been scheduled fo r February 6 in the plant
auditoritun.
Blood donation sign-up cards have
a lready been distributed by s upe~
v i sion to all employees .

WHY IS THE COMPANY APPEALING THE
DECISION OF THE BOARD?
Because we s t rong ly disagree with
the Board's view that a union is
free to make as many false statements as it wishes before a union

Vi ce Pres i dent Dr. Louis T. Rader
his congrat ulati ons .

offe ~s

Af t er the sign-up cards a r e completed, they are to be r e turned
t o Pat Thompson, Relations Office,
Room 105A.
Appoin tment times will be arranged for those desiring to give
blood. The ap pointment times

This year the need for b
even greater than ever b
because of the Vietnam c

If you signed up to give
February 6 and did not i
your pint of blood to be
any pa rticular individua
would l ike to do so, ple
Pat Thompson on Ext. 241
has names of several emp
who have relatives needi
siderable amount of repl
blood.

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New Election Would Provide a Quick and Final Ansv
YOU SAY A COURT REVIEW WILL ALLo,.J
A FULL EXPMINATICN OF THE CASE,
BVT WEREN'T ALL THE C~ANY'S OBJECTI{)l5 REVIEWED BY THE NLRB WHEN
IT C<l'lDUCTED A HEARll\G HERE IN
WAYNESBORO IN JLNE OF LA.ST YEAR?

WOULD THE PLANT REM
THE EVENT OF A STRI
It certainly would.
expect that most em
for work and that o
orders at a near-no
However, if some or.
be handled here, it
that other GE planti
them.

Absolutely not. As you may remember, the Board originally dismissed all of the Ccmpany's objections when it first ruled on this
matter in August, 1965 . It later
reversed itself and ordered a
hearing. However, the NLRB selec~
ed only~ of the Company's objections to UE's pre-election conduct and restricted the hearing to
a discussion of that issue. That
was the union's claim about the
wages of janitors in Canada. We
have not yet had a review of the
other objections to UE's conduct.

H. W. TuUoch

Manager Employee Relations

As I understand it, union members

are being asked to make a recommendation to the union executive
committee either t o take action
to gain r ecognition, including a
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IF A STRIKE DID TAKE PLACE, HOW
WOULD IT BE SETTLED?

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While unions and employers norma~
ly meet to set tle their di ffe rences during strikes, no s uch
meeting would take place here because the Company does not recognize UE Local 124. So a strike
for r ecognition could drag on for
a long time -- unless either the
Company or the union changes its
pos ition. Of course, I can only
speak for the Company and i t s
position is clear. The Company
doesn't intend to surrender i t s
legal right to obtain a court
review of UE's pre-election conduct either because the UE
threatens a strike or later carries out that threat.

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THE COMPANY'S APPEAL CH.ANGE MATTERS WITH THE LNI<l'l HERE AT
SPECIALTY C<l'lTROL?
We don't foresee any change until
the court makes a decision. We
do not intend to bargain with UE
unless a court directs us to do so.
As I said before, there is nothing
new about the Company's position
in this matter.

WILL THE COURT DECIDE THE
CASE?

WrlEN

We do not know. This depends upon
the number of cases on the court's
docket.

WHY D<l'l'T YOU MEET .AND BARGAIN
WITH UE WHILE THIS MATTER IS
BEING SETTLED IN THE COURT?
We have always felt that UE misled
our employees, and we, therefore,
refused to recognize them. To

I certainly hope not
from the comments of
ees that a strike we
rible mistake, it's
there is much popula
a strike. Most empl
aware of the fact th
is unnecessary and t
ter of union recogni
ly will be settled b·
l egal means.
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WOULD YOU Ca-IMENT ON UE'S LATEST
STRIKE THREAT?

WHAT WERE SOl-'f: OF THOSE OTHER
OBJECTI<l'lS RAISED BY THE Ca-1P.ANY?
Altogether there were several.
One, for example, was UE' s
claim that all DE-represented GE
plants have established numerous
identical procedures governing the
distributi on of overtime . Another
was the false charge that Company
supervisors had called the city
police to ccme down to the plant
j ust before the election and stop
UE's organizers from distributi ng
literature.

DO YOU FEEL THAT A ~
OUR MANUFACTURil\G E~
IN FAVOR OF A STRIKE

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HAVE TO Bo,.J TO LNI()'.J DEMANDS BECAUSE OF LOSS OF PROFITS AND CUSTOl'-1ERS?
It's no secr et t hat no one wins
in a s trike -- employees lose
wages and job security and employers lose orders, customers,
and profits. Of course, we hope
that cooler heads prevail and
that no strike takes place. But
if the union does carry out its

ISN'T THERE ANY WAY
THIS MATTER QUICKLY?

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ag r ee to a new elect
They did this once i
then withdrew their
election would provi
and final answer to
"Do the majority of
trol employees wish
sented by UE?"

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OBJECT TO THE OUTCOM
ELECTI()'.J?

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there would be no re
ject on our part if
properly prior to th

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AND NOTH ING TO BE GA:
A STRIKE, WHY ALL THI
TALK?

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This is the big ques1
must be on the minds
who have t he most to
certainly hope that 1

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DIVISION GENERAL MANAGERS TOUR SPECIALTY CONTROL

PROGRESS AT YOUR FIN

Just flip the switch. Ye
start a rocket roaring oi
moon, or set a computer i
tion reading data at a re
would enable it to polisr
GONE WITH THE WIND in 20
Or you could turn on a te
set or start a machine tr
a cow.

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Some twelve Department General
Managers and Section Managers of
the Industrial Process Control
Division toured SCD earlier this
week as part of a program conducted at the Division Headquarters in Charlottesville. The
group represented Communication
Products Department, Lynchburg;
Instrlllilent Department, West Lynn,
Mass.; and Process Computer Business Section, Phoenix, Arizona.

The managers were impressed with
SCD's cleanliness, orderliness,
the seriousness with which employees were applying themselves
to their work, and the excellent
working conditions, including the
cafeteria.
The Charlottesville meeting
included a look at 1966 and a
review of the business outlook
and problems for 1967 .

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It is the unlimited power
versatility of electricit
makes possible the wonder
age and puts them at your
tips.
But as exciting as today'
ders may be, the best is
come, according to leader
electrical industry, whic
serves National Electrica
February 5-11.
Imagine selecting a steak
picture phone, housework
a robot, paying bills by
a self-steering electric
reading a best seller by

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As a result of its low co
its abundance, electricit
. duces over 90 per cent oi
energy used to power prod1
i machinery in the United s·

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is tory has proven - e 1ec
powers progress.

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Smith To Head
Information Syste1
J. Stanford Smith, who he
General Electric's Vice F
for Marketing and Public
tions, has been named to
the Company's world-wide
processing business .

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SCD NEWS & NOTES

SERVICE PINS
Week ending January 20, 1967
5-year Service Pins Shirley L. Craig
IsaheZZe C. Rankin
Betty M. Pittman
James F. Kite
Audreu E.

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GE SECOND IN DEFENSE

The General Electric .Company
jumped from fourth place to
second place among the top SO
defense contracto'rs in fiscal
1966 with $1.2 billion in prime
contracts. This r esulted largely
from substantial orders for equipment needed by tJ:e military in

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Hershner Cross, Vice Pres
Industrial and Infonnatic
annotmced the appointment
being "effective innnediat
The Information Systems I
is one of the fastes t gro
most complex in the Compa
Division develops, manufa
and markets GE's data pro
~?~uters and information

MARK CENTURY lOOM

LATEST OFF SPECIALTY CONTROL LINE

SCD engineering and manufacturing
talent has turned out a new numerical control designed specifically for ~ontinuous path milling
machines.

and die-making and
industries .
The operator's cons
the latest in minia
buttons for operato
fast, re l iable oper
minimize spare part
transistorized prin
boards and componen
changeable with oth
Century controls.

Designated the Mark Century lOOM,
the new contouring control foll ows the recent introduction of
four other Mark Century packaged
controls.
The new control is currently
under production in the NC Manufact uring Area under first shift
Foreman, Harry Crwnmett, and
second shift Foreman Fred Bower.

A two-week GE train
educates plant main
sonnel in the opera
of the lOOM control.

The lOOM contouring systen can
simultaneously control three machine motions, and is designed
for use particularly in th e tool
WED. NIGHT
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of SCD Engineer W. Wilson and
Technician J. Smith .
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Pfeiffer Takes Ohio Sales Post
John H. Pfeiffer, Jr., Sal es
Special ist -Numerical Control, has
been named Sales Engineer for the
Industrial Sales Operation , CinciTUlati, Ohio , effective March 6.

BOWLING
RESULTS
....

In the Specialty Control League
Wednesday night, these three
teams won high se t honors:
Dynamic Five (2637); Rebels (2556)
and Alley Cats (2535) .
Individual honors went to the
following with high sets: Curt
Lundstrom (605); Del Niedentohl
(579); and Winnie Robertson (543) .
High game honors ·were won by:
Curt Lundstrom (235); Ted Lawhorn
(224); and W. Sutphin (207).
The high team games were rolled
by: Dynamic Five (897); Tin
Benders (885); and Dynamic Five
(879).

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Wire Stretchers 4, Tool Breakers
O; Rebels 4, Fireballs O; Tin
Benders 4, Sparemakers O; Datamites 3, GE Fire Dept . l; Marketeers 3, Bowles Bowlers l;
Alley Cats 3, Hi-Pots 1; Lab Lads
3, Dynamic Five l; Injun Ears 2,
Hill Bowlers 2.
STANDINGS
TE.AM

Marketeers
Tin Benders
Wire Stretchers
Datamites
Rebels
Tool Breakers
Fireballs
Dynamic Five
Hill Bowlers
Sparemakers
Bowles Bowlers
Alley Cats

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Company in 1957 as a development
and design engineer with the Air
Conditioning Division in Bloomfield, New Jersey. A year later
he transferred to the Aircraft
Nuclear Propulsion Department in
Evendale, Ohio, where he was
employed as a t echnical engineer.
Three years later, in 1961, John
joined SCD as a proj ect engineer,
and in 1964, was named a sal es
specialist. During his assignment here in Waynesboro, he has
also served as a ma th instructor
within the Department.
The Air Force veteran received
his BSME from Stevens Institute
of Technology in 1953 and did
graduate work at the University
of Cincinnati.

TAX . ... from the Lat
meaning "to touch sl
censure".
Anyway you look at
time of year again,
Control Department <
until April 17 to f·
in come tax returns.
Employees can look 1
W-2 Withholding Sta1
t ime next week, accc
Supervi sor of Persor
ing, B. H. Mitchell.
A two-day extension
granted this yea r be
usua l deadline, Apri
on a Saturday .
Be low is a table to
ing sa l es tax when f
Virginia State Indiv
Tax return. Note: T
appl i es only to resi
citi es of Waynesboro
and the county of Au
Income as ihown on
line 7, pa90 l
of Fonn 760

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be responsible for the sale of
numerical control devices to
machine tool customers.

Specialty Control-m
are applied on thou
different machines
machine tool manuf a
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Volume XI, No . 45
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
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Pardee Named Supervisor

R.C. "Bob" Pardee, this month ,
became I&SE Department's new
Supervisor of Service Engineering.
He t ake~ the post vacated by
H. W. Hitchcock, who is now
Mana¥er-Machine Tool Service Operation. In hi s new nosition
Bob is responsible fo~ the a~in­
istration of the inspection and
warrantee service of all SCD
products.
He f irst joined General Electric
as a field engineer out of the
Cleveland office in 1951. Nine
years later, he became that
o~fice ' ~ Field Engineering Supervisor with responsibility for
industrial apparatus products
including our own munerical c~n­
tro l s .
'Ihe steady growth of GE's muneri:- ' ~ontrol business is constant.._.....__ .1.ac1ng more and more importance on quick, reliable customer
service.

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Visits Specialty Control

EDITORIAL

Tl ME FOR A NEW ELECT

Earlier this week, UE annOL
that it would l et the court
cide its fate here at Speci
Contro l r ather than at t ervt
call a strike f or recogniti
lJE chose this course of act
after a s tr ike vote , which
parently was embarrassin ol v
light, becaus e (to quote "'ui
hardship of a s ~ rikc \,'ould
felt not onl.y by member'.'- ar:
but the entire communitv \\C
s uffer economic. losses t hat
never be recovered.
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No one wou l d t rike is sue l-.rit
that statement, although ma
will wonder what took LIE so
to get the message. Regard
of why they decided agai nst
tempting a strike, \ve ' re gl
they did. But 1ve' re disapp
that so far they have ignor
our proposal for a new unio
tion.

H. Kur>t, Mgr. Instrwne nt Dept. ;
Dr>. L. T. Rader>, Mg r>. Industrial
Prooess ContPol Div .; P. D. Ross ,
Mgr . Speoialty Control Dept .;
R. Giffor>d, Mg r>. Communioation
Products Dep t.; H. Cr>oss , Vi oe
President, Industr>ial Group Exeoutive; R. Ber enson, Mgr . Process
Compute r> Business Section.

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BENEFIT INFORMATION
The latest information on the improved General Electric benefit
plans was distributed this pas t
week to all Specialty Control employees. The packet contains ful J
descriptions of the plans, plus
record keeping aids. The latter
will he l p employees keep track of
insurance claims and savings.
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Hershner Cross , Vice President of
General_Electric Company and
Industrial Group Executive visited _Specialty Control Department
this past Wednesday to review
business conditions with Dr. L.
T. Rader, General Manager of the
Industrial Process Control Division.

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conference wi th the managers and

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In a letter to t he Editor o
two days ago
UE organ1 zer wrote 'GE, by
for a new election, has adm
that they were wrong from t
start." Unfortl.Ulately, the
ganizer seems to have misse
point completely. The Comp
has proposed a new election
simply because it would pro
speedy and final answer t o
question "DJ the majority o
Specialty Control empl oyees
UE to represent them?'
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We think the ovenvhebning m
ty of Specialty Control emp
would welcome a new electio:
we think lJE owes it to the 1
they would like to represen:
agree to such an election.
A5 we've said before, if UE

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SCD FIRE BRIGADE - 12 FIRE FREE YEARS
On February 1, 1955, sixteen
Specialty Contr9l employees, under
the direction of Fred Curto,
Manager, Plant Utilities & Maintenance, formed this department 's
Volunteer Fire Brigade. Now,
twelve years later, the ranks have
swollen to 73 employees dedicated
to keeping the Department free
from fire. They have succeeded.
In the history of SCD, there has
never been a reportable fire (a
loss of $100 or more) due chiefly
to the efforts of t h e Fire Brigade
il\ preventing the outbreak or
spread of fire.

F. B. Curto
SCD Fire Brigade Chief
Salvage operations help to lessen
the amount of loss in terms of
machines and equipment, and first
aid obviously is intended for
those who might be injured .

Chief Curto with first SCD Fi re
Brigade "truck"
From the meager beginning of a
hand-pulled cart, the Brigade has
grown to become a well equipped,
well organized , and well trained
fire fighting force. However,
these men are more than just f ire
fighters. They train in salvage
operations and fir s t aid, which,
i n the event of a large fire, are
important to the wel l -being of
both a business and its employees.

Another important fun ction of the
SCD Fire Brigade is prevention of
fires. All of the members are
constantly alert to potentially
hazardous s ituations. For
instance, a cigarette left burning, blocked fire exits, poor
storage of flammab l e items, fire
extinguishers "hidden" by stacked
ma terials, etc . - these are only
some of the ways the Brigade crew
prevents fires which might mean
the los s of an industry and the
l oss of our jobs for an undeterminable amount of time.

LIVE ELE
All-electric living
dream. Today, it i:
well over a million
owners . And why nO'
venient and inexpen:
appeal of all-elect:
probably strongest :
of the house who fi1
for her in a dozen \
kitchen alone. CoUJ
refrigerator, freez<
exhaust hood and fa:i
garbage disposal, e:
opener, toaster, el<
maker, clock-radio,
heat control, adequ<
twelve ways electric
more enjoyable in 01
in your house.
There are now appro;
million houses in t}
States that heat elE
the trend indicates
a lot more on the w
1964, electric heat
have been increasin
year. The Federal
sion estimates that
19 million resident
be heated electrica
the enjoyment of ev·
i s the fact that se·
insurance companies
their rates 10 to 2
electric homes .
All-electric living
As the cost-of - liv~
raled upward, the p·
tricity has been co1
During the last 25 ·
costs have doubled,·
average residential
electricity has be~
than 40%.
All-el ectric living
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A mock fir>e is doused as Br>igade
members man the hoses ..
On this, the 12th anniversary of
th e Specialty Control Department

A THANK Y
SCD ' s former Manage:
turing Engineering,
has sent a warm "th<
those who wished hir
occasion of his ret:
General Electric la~

In a r ecent note he
always will remembe:
boro operation and :

T~e Inquiring Reporter A~k~
SURVEYS SHCM THAT FEW PEOPLE WORK
Q\JLY FOR WAGES OR SALARY. MA.NY
PEOPLE VALUE THE INTEREST AND
CHALLENGES IN THEIR JOBS QUITE
HI GHLY . HCM ABOUT YOUR JOB? IS
IT INTERESTING, CHALLENG ING , AND
AT TIMES, EVEN FLN TO PERFORM?
WHY?

Rank in Todd - Fabri cator

Paul i ne Landes

As a matter of fact, I value the
interest in my job quite highly .
And, at times, my job is even a
great pleasure to perform . You
see, I've been with the Conpany
l2 years now, and I ' ve seen my
area grow . The jobs get bigger
and so do the challenges .

I feel my job is interestiri~
we seem to learn sonething
every day in Re lays . As a :
tor , my work is challenging
there are relays to get out
you have to reach performan
I don ' t think, however, tha
work is fun , as such , but m
is enjoyable .

Monito r

C-141 SETS R ECOR
What is be li eved to be a we
record fo r da i ly operati onc
i ng by a mi l itary j et tran~
has been established at Trc
AFB , Ca l ifornia, by a L ock~
C-141 StarLifter, whi ch avE
nearly 15 hours in the ai r
day for the pas t tv-10 month~
aircraft el ectri ca l system~
manufactured for the C-141
at Specia l ty Cont rol .

Wanda Shifflett - Drafti ng Trainee
I find that my job is not only
interesting but quite often challenging . A ithough I look forward
each day to performing the duties
normally asso~~ated with my job,
I find the opportunity of becoming acquainted with a wide range
of people even more exciting . On
a job such as mine, one is given
an opportunity to meet and deal
with many people, representing
varied ideas , opinions, and backgrounds . Also, one never stops
learning. There is always a new
problem to solve or a new idea
to be tested.
ver, my job is not an hard
1Mwl!t
Cl1J1.tP. often it is fun j bv.t

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Frankl in Bridgeforth - Wi reman
Yes , I find my job interesting
and chaUenging, mainly because
I am very much interested in
electronics . I am also enrolled
in a Basic Electronics course
here at GE to add more interest
and challenge to my job .

The 60t h Military Airlift \
(MAC) repor ts th at the f i r!
Li fte r del i vered to the U . ~
Fo rce for squadron operati•
Ap ril 23 , 1965, set a util
record of 14. 9 hour s per d.
December . Thi s bettered i
prev i ous ma rk of 14.4 hour:
in November .
A compa nion C-141 bette r ed
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A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY:

Pekarovich Transfers
To Pittsburgh
Bernard Pekarovich, A &D Sales

Service specialist, has been
named an application engineer
with the Company's Industrial
Sal es Division in Pi ttsburgh, Pa .
"Bernie" began his GE career here
in Waynesboro in 1957 as an engineering assistant, and two years
later he became a sys tems technician. In November, 1964, he
was appointed a t echnical special·
ist and then became a Sales
Service specialist in March, 1965.
"Bernie" is a native of Pittsburgh
where he attended Pennsylvania
Technical Institute prior to
joining General Electric.
His new assignment will become
effective about March 1.

AConstructiveProp
For the post 20 months, the UE Un ion
hos been engaged in o dispute with t he
General Electric Compony regardi ng UE's
status at the Company's plant here in
Waynesboro. This dispute stems from the
fact that General Electric took exception
to UE's conduct prior to o union representation election held in Moy, 1965.

general public thcit G
continuing its protest
pose of stoiling. Thus,
flood of vicious literoh
employee leaflets, lett•
leade rs, letters to the
and paid advertisemen
to give that impressior

Feeling th3f UE's conduct prevented a
fair election, the Company followed the
course which the low provides for any
employer ond filed several objections
with the National Labor Relations Board.

It is doubtfu I that r
ployees or local citizern
in by th is barrage of r
gondo. Nevertheless, •
publicly t hat the Comp
ly no objection to o pm
t his dispute as long as
ab ly and in o manner
rights of all our empl
we hove made o prop<
would quickly settle th

The Boord at first refused to hold o
hearing on ou r objections. Loter the
Board reversed itself and permitted o
hea ring, but restricted it to the investigation of only one of several objections
filed by the Company. Lost week the
Boord announced that it hod dism issed
the Company's objections.

Our proposal? Simpl:
periodically threotenins
for union recognition, 1
and its Local 124 t
promptly to a new elec·
the basic question -

The Company hos decided to appeal
the NLRB decision in Federal Court because we feel that the majority of
Specialty Control employees do not wont
UE to represent them. We bel ieve many
of our employees were misled by union
mistatements that were mode too late
for the Company to answer. Furthermore,
we disagree with the NLRB in its belief
that a union may make a s many false
statements as it wishes, os long os the
Company hos hod a few hours to answe r
them before o union election. And th is is
what our case is all about.

IT'S UP TO YOU
The failure to observe safety r egula tions resulted in a fractured
fo o t for an employee last week
here at Specialty Control. The
accident occurred when a heavy
panel being moved on a do l ly
slipped and fe ll on the employee 's
foot . If the employee had been
wearing safety shoes or, at least,
r emovable toe caps, t he injury
might have been prevented or reduced to nothing more th an a
severe bruise.
Al l of t his again points to the
need fo r all of us to follow Department safety reg ulations. If
you are not sure about any rule,
ask your fo reman o r supervisor.
Remember - safety is a part of
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your job at Specialty Control.
Wi th our cooperati on and the
s tress the Company p uts on safe
'\
wor king conditions and p ra ctices,
we will actually be many time s
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safer while we're here on t he j ob I

"Do the majority of
employHs want UE to

Some will ask, "Woul
of any new election ali
more Company objectic
- not if UE acts prope r!
obtain employee votes.
If UE is really inter
this matter .• . if UE
about the welfare of ~
employHs as it claims
believts in the democ1
leaden will readily a<
After all, if It really 11 I
majority, UE cian't loH

Unfortunately, the wheels of justice
turn slowly. Consequently, final settlement of this dispute may still be many
months away.
Meantime, UE orga nizers hove been
trying to convince ou r employees on9 the

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GENERAL

ELECTRIC

Waynesboro, Virginia

Repr>inted from t he News - Vi rgini an, Monday, January 2.

SAINTS' & SINNERS' DANCE
The annual Saints ' and Sinners '
Dance will be he ld at the DuPont
Recreation Center on February 4
from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m . Thi s
benefit dance is he l d each year
in support of St. John's Cathol ic
Church Home and School Association. Music wil.l be by the Es qui res . Tickets are by donation
of $3 . 75 per couple. A dravJi ng
for door pri zes will be he l d dur-

SERVICE

Week endi ng Janu<
5-year Service P

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Mary M. Cr>i

10-year Service
Le land R. C
Howard B. K

Specialty
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SBA Adm in istrator
To, ,.Visit .•SCD
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

MAYOR PROCLAIMS ELECTRICAL WEEK
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The admi nis trator of th e Sma ll
Bus i ness Admi nis tra t i on, in Was hi ng t on, Bernard L. Boutin, and
hi s de puty and ass ocia t e adminis tra t or s wi ll meet he re a t
Specia lty Control, nex t wee k, f or
the pres en t a ti on o f a pr og ram
a i med a t h e l ping t hem evalua t e
t he econ omics o f num e ri ca l cont r ols fo r s mall ind us t r ies .
The SBA is cons ideri ng the possi b i l i t ies of ass i s ting small
bus iness e s in the f ina n ci ng of
nume rica l contr ol tools t o h e lp
th em mee t Depar t ment of Defe nse
meas urem ents of efficiency .
.' Ch a financing prog r am i s
a dopted by the SBA, it could well
mean a f urther exp ans ion of SCD ' s
e ve r-g rowing marke t fo r numerical
c ontrols .
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GA YEK TO JOIN SPACE CENTER

llaynesboro '.layor Clark Jor dan ,
today , proclaimed the week of
r:cbruary S, "Electrical \\leek i n
\\'aynesboro . '' The signing of the
procl ama t i on t ook place this
morning in the office of SCD
Gener al ~lanage r Paul 0. Ross ,
<md coincides with t he obser vance
o f "National Electrical Week"
across the country.

( con t d . P . 3)

To sti mula t e th e i n t e r es t of
youth i n t he fie ld of e lectri city ,
SCD is sponsor i ng an essay cont es t a t Way nesbo r o High Sch ool.
Students in the ninth through
t we l ft h g r a des have been invite d
to writ e ess ays on "T omorrow'~
El e c tri ca l World. ·• They wi 11 be
judge d and an awards p r es entation
wi l l be he ld i n the s cho ol audito r i um at which time the winners
wil l be prese~t e d with working
r ep licas of the orig inal Edison
l amp . Additi onally, a 2 ' x 3 '
framed portrait of Thomas Edison
wi ll be presented to the sch ool.

The proclamation reads, "\\1HEREAS
the inventive genius of Thomas
Al va Edison and subsequent development of the electrical industry
have inuneasurably advanced the
1,·elfare of Americans; and
"\\HEREAS electricity and the electrical indust ry contribute sub stantially t o the social and econ·
omic strength of Waynesboro; and

l!enry hi . Gayek, ~lana ge r -Spa ce
Syst ems Design Engineer i ng, has
been named Consulting Engineer
at General Electric' s Ad,·anced
Re~.;rement s Plarming Operation of
~ssi l e and Space Divi sion,
l ocd ced a t t he \"a lley Forge Space
Technol ogy Cent er , Phi ladel phia ,
Pennsy l vania .

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"\\HEREAS it is fitting that a
period of time be set aside to
direct attention to the importan::e
of the public services performed
by el ectricity and to encourage
the safe and efficient use of
el ectricity and el ectrical equipment :
"\low therefore I, .Clar k Jordan,
\layor of the City of l\°aynesboro ,
\'i rginia, do hereby proclaim the
\1'eek of February S - ll, 196 7, as
Electrical 11·eek and urge the
cit izens of Waynesboro to participat e in this significant occa s i on ."

The Edi'Bon Lamp - l8?9
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N.E. W. EMPLOYEE CONTEST
Care to test your word power? As
part of Specialty Control's observance of National Electrical
\\'eek, all employees ar e invited
to try their skill in a word
power contest. The winner will
receive a worki ng repl ica of the
original lamp invented by Thomas
A. Edison in 1879 . The l amp may
pr ovide the spark of interest in
el ectricity in your child, or it
may serve as a truly unique decorator piece in your fami l y r oom
or den.

All you need t o enter the con t est
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Cost Cutting Needed
A recen t ed1tion of the Soec~
ia lty Control News noted t his
Department ' s continui ng efforts
t oward cost imporvement and its
importance to all GE employees.
Well, just how important is cos t
improvement anyhow? Cost improvement could mean a $2,000,000 orde r
spanning a fi ve-year per i od.
Earlier this month, the Speci alty
Control Depar tment los t an or der
to a prime competitor, Bendi x,
which might have meant $2,000,000
in orders between now and 1972.
Th e order would, of course, have
meant more business fo r t he Department and increased job securi ty f or all of us. To be sur e,
the order was not lost because of
pri ce alone ; other f actors wer e
present, t oo. Bu t , certainly
price was an important factor.
Our cos t improvement pe r f ormance
last year was the best in the
his t ory of the Department. This
year 's goals are even higher,
but they can be met - they must
be met - by a 11 of us . How? By
bei ng cons tant ly awar e of ways
to save in our own work areas .. . .
i s t here a way t o elimin ate wa ste,
can a parti cul ar rout in e be i mproved , can production be i ncreased?
Cos t i mpr ovement r esults in more
compet i ti ve pr ices , more orders ,
an d greater job security. In
other words , cos t improvement
goes hand i n hand with a s uccess fu l bus i nes s.
N • E •W• (from P. 1 J

i s paper and penci 1. l\lr i t e the
word "ELECTRICAL" at the t op of
the page and from t he l etter s i n
that word , write down as many
other words as poss i bl e . !(emember ,
use only t hose l ett er s in t he
word "ELECTRICAL" (t wo "E' s ,"
one "T, " 1\vo "C' s" et c .)
The r ...iles :
1. Each word must cont ain at
least four letters .
2. Do not use proper names or
foreign words .
3. Number your lis t s and pr i nt.
4. Send al l entries t o SCD
News , Room 105E, not l at er
than February 8.
Now i t' s up t o you.

Good luck!

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A WARDED PATENTS

S&S PAYMENTS COM ING

1\vo Specialty Contr ol development
engi neers have t eamed t ogether
and r ecor ded a new invention . TI1e
patent r el at es t o circuits for
synchronizing a plurality of oscil lators. The pat ent i s an important feature of the high r el i ability power supply for the
process computer which cont r ol s
the Marshall St ation of the Duke
Power Company .

$117 million - the result of Pmpl oyee pa rt icipation in Gene
El ect r ic savings pl ans p l us Company paymen t s to t he p lans - will
be on t he way February 6 to mo r e
t han 138 , 000 General Elect r ic
peop l e .

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Corey , who now holds seven pat ent: !
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while at SCD, and Edward H.
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Dinger, with a total of el even.

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Phil, a senior devel opment engineer , j oined General Elect r i c in
1956 here at SCD as an engineering assistant. Prior to joining
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University of Virginia and had
been employed by a Charlottesvi l lE
el ect ronics f i nn. In 1958 , Phil
became a senior pr oduct engineer
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and , a year lat er Kas named a
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devel opment engineer in A &D
Product Engineering. I le attained ,l
his present position in 1963.
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This "payout pac kage" con sis t s of
Gen era l Elec tric s to ck, U. S .
Savings Bon ds , and cas h . It
cov e r s employees ' savings unde r
t he Savings and Security Program
duri ng 1963 and un de r th e Savings
and Stock Bon us Plan during 1961 plus Company paymen t s t o bo th
pl an s during the r espective years .
Th e value of t h e savings pl a ns
" payout package" is bas ed on t he
mar ke t value of GE stock a t the
c losing of th e ~ ew Yo r k Stock Exch ange De cembe r 30 , 1966 - $88. 50
per sha re - and t he mat urity value
of the U. S. Savings Bon ds in t he
package .
The total $11 7 mi l l ion package
being disbursed consis t s of ne arl y $61 mi llio n in Gener a l Elect r ic
stock, ~56 million in U.S . S~gs
bonds, plus $400 , 000 in accill
1ted cash income .

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This ye ar ma rks th e ~ i fth payo ut
un der the Savings and Securi t y
Prog ram . I t is th e fourt eenth
under the Savings and St ock Bonus
Plan. Under these plans emp l oyl
ees - with s ubstanti a l General
Electric help - have been able to
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s a ve t oward realization of person' al goa l s s uch as new homes, edu·i
1 cation for ch ildre n , extra re tirement income , and othe r i mport ant
Ltives.

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Ed, a nat ive of Columbia .~!issouri ,
began his career with Gener al
El ectric aft er graduat ing from
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the Univer s ity of ~lissouri 11here
he received a BSEE . He s t art ed
as a test engineer at the For t
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\\·ayne plant and then t ransferred
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t o Pitt s f iel d ant.I Schenect ady . Ile
was appointed an engineer i n Indus t r ial Control Engineering i n
1943 and held various ot her assi gnments unt i l he joined SCD i n
1954. Ed moved to t he 1\'aynesboro
plant in 1955 and was named devel ·
opment pro ject engi.neer in 1957 .

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On Monday, you may have the r a r e
opportunit y to save an oth e r
person's life. The li fe may be
th at of someone close t o y ou, or
may be t hat of a GI ' s far from
you in Vietnam . The Bloodmobile
wi l l be at the Departme nt Monday
to receive blood donations from
any interes t e d employees . Those
wish ing to donate , but who have
not s ign ed donor car ds, may cont act Pat Thompson, Ext . 241...-..y
t ime t oday or Honday mo rn i n ~
Blood dona tions may also be desig·
nated fo r the us e of any particul ar indivi dua l.

GE In surance Is Ded uctible
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IBEW DOWNED TWICE

GAYEK (fr om P. 1)
In his new position , "Hank" \\"ill
be a consultant on electrical sys tems used in space app lications
1,·hen the source of pm,·er is de rived from nuclear energy . One
of his ma i n pr ojects wil l be
c~27, a small nuclear poh·er
j which will generate elec trical ener 6'Y for the Apollo
astronauts once they have landed
on the moon .

Speck Beco~e; 1 W:· ?· ~· Member

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'1!ank" i s a 194 2 graduate o r
~lich i gan College o [ 0!anufac turing
& ~mo l ogy with a BSEJ: . I le has
a l _ complet ed cour ses in General
El ectric' s Advanced Engineering
Program, :md has been a gues t
instrnctor for department teclmi cal courses .

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'l!ank , ' 1vho has been h ith Gener al
Electric 24 years , began his career wi th the Company in 194 2 as
a student engineer at departments
both in Sdwnectady and Syr acuse .
In 19.+.+, he became an engineer i r.
Industrial Cont rol Engineering at
Schenectady, a posit i on he hel d
until 1949 when he 1,·as appo in ted
preposition engineer in the Control Sales Divis i on .

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Char l es R. Speck, a second s hift
Sheet Meta l Fabricator, is t he
l a te st SC D employee t o j oin t he
Wise Owl C lub . An award cer ti fi cate a nd pin was pre s ent ed to
him t his week b y his Forem a n,
Fred Shaver .
Char l es , who has been with t he
Department for seven yea r s, dis covered that safet y glasses r eally
are essenti al. Whil e spo t weld ing a piece of m etal, a hot spark
flew b ac k t owar d his face and
struck the right l ens of his safet y
g l asses . Of cour se there was no
rnJur y but it i s e as y to imagine
what might have happened if
C harle s had n ot b ee n wearing his
safety g l asses .

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The tenn "medical expenses," for
this purpose , is defined in the
tax la1,· as expenses paid for medical care of the t axpayer or his
dependents, including amounts
paid for acci dent or health insurance.

The recognition occasion marked
the f irst t ime that The Ci t ation
of Excellence had been presented ,
and companies receiving it a r e
being cited fo r "distinguis hed
leadership and cons tant concer n
fo r the maintenance of high s tanda rds of excellence and quality ;
fo r s upporting cultural and educational endeavo rs and making
them available to the public; for
sponsoring educ ational adve rtising
campaigns that deepen the appre ciation of qua li ty and encourage
the purs uit of exce lle n ce in the
United Stat es ."

The defeat follows on the heels of
another IBEH loss at the Neutron
Devices Depa rtment in St . Petersburg, Florida . Ballot coun ting
there was delayed seven weeks
whi l e the NLRB r e view e d an !BEW
charge of unfair lab or practices .
The charge was dismis s ed l ast
month and a count of the impounded
ballots showed a no union decision
on the part of the St . Pe tersburg
employees.

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Under provis ions of the Federal
tax la1,· , ' 'medical expenses" in
excess of 3% of adj usted gross
inc o~e are deductible , subj ect to
certain max imum limitati ons , if
the employee itemizes his deduc tions .

Gene ral Electric r eceived one of
the firs t annual Citat ions of
Excellence p resented by the Cen t er
of American Living at a New York
City ceremony on January 24, it
was announce d r ecently . The
awards ceremony took place at the
St. Regis Hotel .

Production and Maintenance empl~s of the Capacitor Dep art me1 .; Irmo, South Carolina, plant
have voted to remain without a
union. The results : No union 437 ;
!BEW 22 1; chal lenged 1. This was
the first r ep r esen t a t ion e lection
in the ten-yea r his tory of the
plant.

l n 1954 , "!lank" moved wi th
Spec i alt~· Control to its new home,
\1'ay11esboro, as Supervisor, Power
Gener ation Equipment Sal es Unit.
By 1957, he had become Unit ~!ana g­
er of Aircr aft Control Des i gn, and
was made ~!anager of Space Sys tems
Design Engineering in September of
l ast year.

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In the case of t he emp l oyee' s per sonai coverages under the Insurance Plan, if the employee is en rolled for full co\·erage his contributions pay his share of the
cost of not only medical expense
reimbursement co\·erage , but also
his li fe insurance , weekl y sickness and accidental death or dismemberment coverages . For an employee enrolled for f ull coverage ,
1/ 3 of his contributions represent
the cost of medical expense. coverage and , in accordance with Feder al Tax Regulations, may be consi dered as "medical expenses" for
income t ax purposes . Obviously,
thi s would not be appl i cable t o
employees h·ho are enrolled fo r
limited coverage , which excludes
medical expense coverage .
Empl oyee contributions toward the
dependent coverage (2% of \ annal
Straight Time Annual Earni ngs up
to $5000) are entirely for medi cal expense coverage ; therefore ,
the full amount of cont ributions
for thi s cover age may be included
as medical expenses .
UVA SPRING SCHE DULE
The University of Virginia ::irnoo1
of General St udies has releas ed
its spring schedul e fo r " Engineer in -Training Review ." Those inter es t ed shoul d contact '.!rs . Haze l
Dunlap , U.VA . Valley Office ,
942 - 2065 . All cours es ar e gi ven
in Charlottesvi lle .
Feb . 1, Mathematics , B. J . Gilpin;
f-eb . 8, Th ermodynamics , A. F .
Iachetta; Feb . 15 , Fluid Mechanics
A. F. Iachetta ; Feb . 20 , Financial
Engineer>in.g (En.gr . Econcmics) , C.
Echo l s; Feb . 22 , Chemis try (Chem .
Eng r . ), L. U. Lillileht; ~ la r ch 1,
Physics , J . Boring ; ~ larch 8,
Strength of Materials , F . C.
McCormick; March 15 , Electrica l
Engineering , S. T. Lewis; to be
scheduled after Feb . 1, S t atics ,
C. Echol s ; to be scheduled aft er
Feb. 1 , Dynconics , C. Echols .

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"Damn Yankees"

WEI;>. NIGHT BOWLING RESULTS
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In the Specialty Contro l League
Wednesday night, t hese th r ee
teams won high s et honors: Dynamic
Five (26 11) ; Injun Ears (2564);
and Hi-Pots (2513) .

The Waynesboro Players will present Ccme Back Little Sheba ,,....,,
the stage of t he Waynesborc.
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School auditorium at 8 : 30 p . m.
tonight and tomorrow night . The
two-act play is being produced in
Waynesboro by special arrangement
with Samuel French .

"Damn Yankees" ran on Broadway
fo r more than two ye ars for 1 , 019
pe r forman ces , companies also
to ured the United States for more
than three years , and a London
production was hailed as the "bes t
foreign mus ical of the season . "

High g ame honors were won by :
Winnie Robertson (243) ; Pe te
Talbot (227); and Warren Sellers
(225).

The cast of t he pl ay includes
General Electric emp loyees Stan
Stark , Hank Gayek , and Charles
Stephenson . There are also a
number of other emp l oyees involved
with support work . These include
Stan Corwin, Bill Magrini, Bob
Kerby, and Wa l t Thompson . Employee wives in t he play include
Mrs . J . Kirk Snell and n rs. A. C.
Do l bee.

The "Damn Yankees" score - music
and l yrics by Ri chard Adler and
Jerry Ross - includes such enduring favorites as "Whatever Lola
Wants," "Heart," and "A Man
Doesn't Know ." It's based on
Douglass Wa llop' s novel ''The Year
the Yankees Lost the Pennant . "

The high team games were r olled by
Hi- Pot s (938); Injun Ears (9 34);
and Dynamic Five (901).
RESULTS

Tin Benders 4, Tool Br eaker s O;
Fireballs 3, Marketeers 1; Alley
Ca t s 3, Hill Bowlers l; Wi r e
Stretchers 3 , Sparemakers l; GE
Fire Dept. 3 , Dynamic Five l;
Datamites 3, Lab Lads l; Hi-Po ts 2
Injun Ears 2; Rebe l s 2, Bowles
Bowlers 2.

Tickets for the performances will
be available at the door.

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SCOGEE wil l sponsor a boy again
this year i n the Annual Soap Box
Derby . If you are a SCOGEE member and have a son bet1'/een 11 and
15 years of age interested in
entering, submi t his name to
Joe Smith , Roan 209, Ex t . 680 .

ST.A/'.IDI NGS
TE.AM

Tin Benders
Datamites
Marketeers
Alley Cats
GE Fi r e Dept.
Wire Stretchers
Hill Bow lers
Fireballs
Spa remake rs
Rebels
Hi- Pots
Injun Ear s
Lab Lads
Bowles Bowlers
Dynamic Five
Tool B r~akers

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The General Electric Company will
sponsor a 2- hour color television
presentation of "Damn Yankees ,"
the Broadway musical hit , on the
NBC-TV network, Satur day evening,
April 8, 9:00-11: 00 p .m. , EST .

Individual honors went to t he following with high sets : Winnie
Robertson (594); Pete Pizzino
(586); and Richard Abel (583).

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Feb ruary 18 , from 9 p .m. to 1 a . m.
at the DuPont Recreation Hall .
Music will be by t he Chancellors .
Tickets are $2 . 50 members and
$3 . 50 non membe rs.

Just off the press is a new booklet describing the va lues of t he
Specialty Control made Mark Cen tury lOOS Numerical Contouring
Control. The brochure wi 11 be
used to stimu late interest in the
machine tool industry for the
Waynesboro manufactu red contro l s .

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A Tri-plant Vol leyball Tou rnament
among the General El ectric plants
of Waynesboro , Salem , and Lynch burg will be he l d at Lynchburg on
March 18 .
Anyone interested i n playing
should contact Bob Myers in Room
269 or on Ext. 525. Practice
sessions wi l l be held prior to
t he event.

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"NOT GOOD AFTER ON E MONTH FROM
DATE OF ISSUE "
Thi s statement is imprinted on
all Spec ialty Control checks, but,
according to the Personnel Accounting area, numerous checks are
coming back to the Department
which were not cashed within the
30-day time li mit .

G eneral Electric employees
contributed approximately
$100, 000 to political parties
and candidates of their choice
in 1966, reports Win ston H .
Pick ett, Manager-Public Affa i rs,
in New Yo rk. The contributions
(;ame as a resu lt of t he 1966
Constructi ve Citizens hip Program.

All SCD employees are asked to
prevent these problems from ari s ing and to avoid possible embarrassment by cashing their checks
within the 30-day pe riod.

Mr . P ic k ett said, "The resu lts
were encouraging , a decided
improv e m ent over the per for m a nc e of two years ago. "

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Mary Halterman needs 4 : 30 ride
home to 209 DuPont Bou l evard .
Please call her on Ext . 223 .

Reminder - Empl oyees who post
notices on plant bulletin boards
should remove them after they
f---l]_a v_e__?..~~-y_~~- th ~ir-.R.~J:'..P,.Q~_e-'-"-----!

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\.leek ending February 3, 196 7
5-year Service Pins -

Mildred H. Hewitt
i·lar>ren A . Hatter
Linda B. Louderback
:..'arnJ H. Johns on

Specialty
Control
Volume XI, No. 47

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

SCD EMPLOYEES SHARE $ 700.000 SANDS PAYOUT
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Some 900 Specia lty Control
employees who wer e partic ipants
in the General Electric Sm·ings
and Securitr Program in 1963 are
currently receiving one of t he
l ar ges t payouts of General Electric stock and U.S. Savings Bonds
yet made here since S &S distrib utions began five years ago .
According to

A. Copley,
Tax, and Per sonnel Accounting, the stock certificates were mailed to employees
on Februarv 6 and the Bonds were
mailed on ·the follm,ing day . In
all, Specialty Control employees
should be receiving a total of
3500 shares of General Electric
~ck and 13, 000 U.S. Savings
ls wor th $ 2S each at maturity .
·1ugether, the stocks and bonds
(if figured at maturity value)
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total about $650 ,000 . In additior.
approximately $50 , 000 retained
under the r etirement option and
in the fonn of fractional shares
was included in the dis t ribution,
making the total distribution jus t
over $700 , 000 .
The bond and s tock distribution is
cons iderably more than or iginally
invested by S &S participants.
The growth of the investment by
employees was due to three
factors : (1) the Company's contribution of SO cents for each
dollar inves t ed by employees ; (2)
t he interes t earned on U.S. Savings Bonds purchased; and (3) the
incr eased value of General Elect ric stock which was purchased at
about 7% in 1963 and which was
worth about 89 7/8 on February 6.

MAYOR JORDAN PROCLA IMS N. E.W. W EE K · c_,.z
National Elec tr ical Week activities got off to an official start last
week when Wayn esboro Mayor , Clark Jordan, proclaimed February 5-11,
Electriical fleek in :·laynesborio. The sig ning of the proc l amation took
place in the off ice of Gene ral Manager Paul D. Ross.
In the photo below, Mayor Jordan (center) accepts a replica of Edison's
first lamp from Mr . Ross (right ) as Vice Mayor Ben Cooper, who is also
SCD' s Manager of Power Reg ulation Eng ineering , looks on.
As announced earlier , an essay contest is curr ently under way at Waynes boro High School under the sponsorship of the Department . The students
are writing on the subject, "Tomorrow ' s Electrical World."

Feb ruary 10, 1967

Gail Shipe ls N.E.W .
Word Contest Winner
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and Worid Contest Judge, Lew Holly ,
rieview heri winning list .
Gail Shipe , a data processor in
Purchasing , hes Kon the N. E.W.
Electriical word contest and the
Edison lamp. Gail, who has been
with the Department for nine
years , says· she used eight r efer ence books i n compiling her winning list. The reference books,
she says, took her into a "world
of unknown words."

The next two longest lists were
submitted by Jerry Thompson,
Power Generation, and Naomi Brooks
of Purchasing . The top three
lists well exceeded the 200 mark .
SOMETHING IS DI FFERENT

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Yes , there was something different
about the Specialty Contriol News
last week, and this week too .
I t's an inch smaller in length
and wi dth . . . . the same amount of
news , but in a smaller package .
The SC News, in recent editions ,
has been emphas iz ing the need for
cost improvements within the Department, so what bett er pl ace to
start than i n the paper i t sel f?
Cost improvement i s possible even
in the most unlikely places .

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100S COURSE A MUST
The Lodge &Shipley Company, a
Cincinnati-based tool builder,
is req uiring al l prospecti ve ..-....
L &S serv icemen to comp lete thL
Mark Century lOOS maintenance
course prior t o taki ng a standard
machine test, and a tes t on numerically controlled machines. The
lOOS ma intenan ce course, which is
taught here at Specialty Control,
is designed for the sa l esman or
maintenance ma n who must know
what the Mark Century lOOS is
designed to do and how it operates.

The Adm inis tra tor of the Sma ll
Business Administ ration, Bernard
L. Boutin, and his deputy and
associate administrators, me t
yes terday wi th Sp e cialty Con trol
Department management for a briefing on numerical controls.
The meeting was des igned to assis t
th e SBA in its evaluation of th e
economics of numerical c ontrols
for sma ll industries . Depa rtment
of Defense efficiency meas urements for b us ine sses a r e placing
increased emphasis on automati on
the use of numerical control s . It
is un derstood th a t the SBA i s
considering the feasibi lity of a
prog ram for assis ting th e smaller
industries i n becoming a ut oma t ed
and thereby helping them t o meet
DOD s tandards .
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MBC On GE College Bowl
A five- member team f r om Mary
Baldwin College, i n St aunton ,
wi ll be matching wits with ano t her
collegiate team on the CE College
Bowl, February 26, at 5 :30 p . m.
The n ationally t elevis e d NBC-TV
program wil l give the gi rls an
opportunity to earn up to $1500
for t h eir school.
The program originates "l ive"
from New York .
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Claims for 1966 med ical ex penses
covered by the Genera l El ectr i c
Insurance Plan s hould be f iled
not l ater t han March 31, 1967.
The Plan provides that proof of
claim must be fi l ed not l ate r
than 90 days after the end of th e
ca l endar year in which the expense occurs. I f this deadline
cannot be met, proof of cl aim
should be filed as soon th er eafter as i s r easonab ly poss ible.

Yesterday's program included presentati ons by Paul D. Ross , Department General Manager, D. 0 . Dice,
Manager of Marketing, E. L.
McCleary, Manager, Industri a l
Automation Sales, R. W. Drayer
and J. R. Rankin, both of Industrial Automation Sales . The SBA
adminis trators also toured the
Department in an effort to gain
greater insight into the num erical
control business .
The in teres t being shown by t h e
SBA could very well s timulate the
i n creased use of numerical controls by smalle r in dus t r i es .
This , in turn, could mean increased orders for the SCD-made
N/ C units .

The classes are under the direct i on of Paul Korneke, ManagerCustomer Services, and they are
given both here in the Department
and in reserved rooms at the
General Wayne Motor Inn. Students
learn about th e Mark Century lOOS
through experienced teachers using
such aids as closed circuit television , video-ta pe, and working
controls.
The growing popula rity of Specialty Contro l N/C units among
other industries is pr ov iding
Mr . Korneke wi t h a constant and
full classroom.
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RT CHANGE OF ADDRESS

Have yo u had a r ecen t change of
addr ess or te l eph one number? If
so , you a r e requested to complete
the fonn below and turn it in to
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Electr onic Control Sal es has come
up with a plan that should produce a significant l ong -range increase i n t he orders for
Specia l ty Control photo-electric
devi ces . Starting March 20,
distribut ors al l over the nation
will enter a contest to receive
cash awards for increas ing t heir
sa l es in General Electric phot oe l ectric devices . The six -month
contest will al so reap rewards
for district sal esmen who send
the bes t success stories to
Waynesboro tellinQ of their efforts to introduce SCD photoel ectric dev ices to original
equipment manufacturers.
The EC sales team points out that
employees on the photo-electric
line will be striving for the
bes t qual ity possible since the
contest will bring our products
to br and new custome r s who mus t
be satis f ied .

It is e x tremely important that we
have up-to- da te information in
your pers onnel file f o r mailing
purposes an d i n case of emergency .

Phone No.
Husba nd' s
or Wife's Name

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the above may
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TESTING COMPLETE. FIRST VSC F GOES TO BOEING

WHO IS THE BOSS?
We here at Specialty Control, in
the course of a normal day's
activities , perform ou r work to
the best of our abilities , enjoy
the contact with fellow emp l oyees,
and never really think much about
the real boss .

.e A & D Test area has completed
its testing of the first of ei ght
charmels of VSCF aircraft electrical generating system controls.
The equipment is being shipped to
the Boeing Company , Seattle,
Washington, for use in extensive
laboratory and f light testing .

WHO IS THE REAL "BOSS"?
The real boss is the customer who
in the end provides the money for
all of our pay checks by b uying
Specialty Cont r ol' s pr oduct s .

General Electric was the fir st to
devel op VSCF systems and the first
to refine the design enough t o
make t his high quality power
generation system available for
a ircraft use. The constant speed
geared transmission, which the
VSCF system replaces, has been a
thorn in the side of jet aircr aft
oper ators for many years .
The potential of VSCF was recognized by Boeing and the 8 system
order for lighter weight equipment
resulted. The Navy and Air Force
have combined to support further
equipment production - an opt im ized higher power system. TI1is
contract and a recently completed
7-month study contract for Boeing
.-..;_11 confirm the pr acticality of
..:>CF generat or systems and will
open the way to application of

To keep one average pe rs on at
work in the following industries,
here is wha t surveys indicate cus tome rs must do each year:

Eddie Annent1'out, Ken Mo1'1'is and
Joe Flasi~$ki , of A & D Test
beam p1'oudly afte1' con1pleting
tests on the new VSCF.

General Electric VSCF systems for
high speed aircraft such as the
SST and military tactical units .
It has been a long struggle re quiring much patience from all
involved .

Soap . . .... .... Take 6 million baths
Steel ......... Us e 750,000 tin cans
Gaso line ...... Drive a million mi .
Stockings ..... Wear' l2, 000 pair's
Re frige1'ato1's . Buy 60 new ones
If this real boss, the cus t omer,
doesn't like what we offer him,
or if someone else pr oduces a
better product or service , he is
li.kely t o "fire" Specialty Control and turn to ano t he r company .
THE REAL BOSS IS OUR CUSTOMER !
Let ' s satisfy him-.-

SCD EMPLOYEES DONATE 260 PINTS OF BLOOD
Special ty Cont r ol employ ees
joined together in the Plant Audi·
torium Monday and donated an
above ave r age total of 260 pints
of life-saving blood. In a ll,
367 employees indicated that they
wou ld donate blood; however, illness and co lds considerably reduced the number of eligible
donors.

The voluntary effort was not confined to Gener al Ele ctric employees alone . A number of employees '
wives joined in t he effort by providing administrative help or
nursing assistance for the
activity of the Waynesboro Chaptet
of the Ame rican Red Cross Bloodmobile unde r the ch airmanship of
Mrs . Forres t Arehart.

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Department coor dina t or s fo r the
blood drive were Bill Perry and
Pat Thompson .
As in past years, physical arrangements for the blood donatiors
were expert ly hand l ed by Fred
Curto, Chuck Gr ooms, Edgar Snelson
and th e entire Maintenance crew.

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Go1'don ~!adswo1'th, N/C Enginee1'ing,
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sta1'ts the process .

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Mrs . B1'ancati, M1' . & Mrs . D. Ple tte,
Mr. & /.11'8 . W. West, M1'. & M1'S .
G. !./adswo1'th, and Mr. & Mrs . B.
Coope1'.

Rear': Jim Chandler', Eng.
Te chnician, Miss S . Bmdley , R.N.
Foreg1'ound: Calvin Claytor, Maint enance Electrician, Mrs . S .
Obenshain, R.N .

SCD NEWS & NOTE S

WED. NIGHT BOWLING RESULTS
In the Speci alty Control League
Wednesday night, these three t e ams
won high se t honors: Alley Cats
(2659) ; Rebels (2601) ; Ma rke t e e rs

(2513).
Individual honors went to the
following with high sets: Ken
Newnham ( 599) ; Don Cook (587);
a nd Bob Yancey (586).

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Hi gh game honors were won by: Ken
Newnham (245) ; Don Cook (234) ;
and Bob Yancey ( 231) .
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Market ee r s 4, Dynamic Five O;
Hill Bowle r s 4 , Wire Stretchers 0;
Fireballs 3, Sparemakers l; Tool
Breakers 3, Bowles Bowlers l ; Tin
Benders 3, Hi- Pots l ; Injun Ears
3, GE Fire Dept. l; Rebels 3,
Datarnites l; Alley Cats 3 , Lab
Lads 1.
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Tin Benders
Ma rket eer s
Alley Cats
Datamites
Hill Bowl e rs
Fireballs
GE Fire Dept.
Rebels
Injun Ears
Wire Stre tchers
Spar emakers
Hi - Pots
Too l Breakers
Lab Lads
Bowles Bow l ers
Dynamic Five

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of the Sweethearts ' Ba l l to be
held February 18 at th e DuPont
Recreati on Hall. Music will be
furnishe d by the Chancellors .
Tickets are $2 .50 members, $3 .50
non memb e r s, and tickets purchased
at the door will be $3.50 f or
everyone . Get your tickets early !

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No. 3903, are av ai l able at the
Payro 11 Office.

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L. A. Dovel of White Print would
like to thank employees f or their
kind thoughts during the recent
death of his father .

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Madel ine Hew itt of Wi r e Harness
wishes to t hank emp loyees for all
the get well thoughts they have
expressed fo r her daughter Jackie,
who has bee n seri ous ly ill. She
i s pa rt icu l arly gra tefu l to
Samuel Day, Po ll y Cha ndl er, and
Nancy Br ad l ey who donated blood
t o save her daughter ' s l ife .

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Week end i ng February 10, 1967
5-year Servi ce Pi ns Muri el L. Pitcher

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Clar ence W. Clay ton, J r .
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John ~I . Hobson
James Fields

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NEW PLANTS FOR N. CAROLINA
Th e General Electric Company has
ann ounced it will cons tru ct a-.,
new plants in ne i ghbo ring No1
Carolina. On e plant will be built
near Wilming t on , Nor th Carolina,
f or the produc tion of nuclear
powe r equipment comp onen ts and
f uel . Th e plan t will be part of
th e Atomic Power Equipment Department whos e main opera t ion is
located in San Jos e , Calif orni a ,
along with its headquarters operation, th e Nuclear Energy Division of Gener al Electric .
I n addit i on to this new inv es tment , the Company has invested
another $11 mi llion in new facilities and manu facturing capacity
at the San Jose site in the last
year a lone .
Gen e ra l El ec tric- Enka Fibe r s Co r p .
has been formed to pr oduce yarn
and staple fiber f r om ~ polymer
substance described as "th e
greatest advance in polyme r chemi stry since the invention of nyl on . "
GE has join e d with Ame rican Enka
Cor p . and Enka's Du tch pa r ent company , Algeme ne Kuns tzijde Unie NV
to f orm th e new e nt erprise wh ,.......
is b uild i ng a pilot plant in hu.a,
North Carolina .
A plastic v e r s ion of the prod ucts
is b e ing used succes sf ully in eng inee r ed p a rt s for bus iness machines , autos , and othe r produc t s .
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UNIVERSAL BY GENERAL ELECTR IC UNVEILS NEW PRODUCTS

Univers al by Genera l Elect r ic int r oduced six new portable appliances at th e National Housewares Manufac ture r s
Associati on Show in Chicago, last month . This n ew 1967 produc t g roup includes the Coffe ema ti c , two automatic
toasters, and three electric s li cing knives .

Coffeematic:
4 to lO cup capacity , drip

proof spout, cup counter, br ew
s e l ector , coffee stays wa:rm for
hours , FTP $l9 . 80 .

Toas ters:

2 and 4 slice models , shade s el ector , high "pop-up " action,
hinged crumb t ray , FTP $l6. 80
and $2l . 80 .

Electric Slicing Knives:

Cor d les s s li cing knife, elec ...,~io
knife with s tor age rack, small
handle kni f e : safety lock ,
stainle s s stee l blades, eas y to
clean, ?TP $l 5. 80 ~"'ff) $29 . 80.



Specialty
Control

Vo lume XI , No . 48

Sanders Named Manager
Industrial Automation Sales

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

ENGINEERS' WEEK STARTS SUNDAY
Tl [[ \\11ITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 4 , 1967

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General Electric Canpany, Larry
R. Sanders, has been named
Manager of Industrial Automation
Sales here at Soecialtv Control
effective Monday . He \,rill take'
the post vacated by E. L. i'- lcCleary
who wi 11 becane Manager of Market·
ing for the Infonnation Service
Department in Bethesda, Maryland,
on March 1.

Larry, in his new position , will
be responsible for sales in al l
of the mrnerical control lines .
He began his career with General
El ectric in August , 1955, as a
member of the Technical Marketing
Program at the Appliance Control
Department in Morrison , Illinois.
Larry left the program for mili tary service with the Navy where
he was honorably discharged with
the rank of Lieutenant . He returned to the Marketing Program
i n 1959 and later that same year ,
transferred to Specialty Control
in Waynesboro as a Sal es Service
,s...-..,list in Program Control
c ont d. pag e 2

Feb ruary 17 , 1967

As an era of unmatched progre ss
ge nerat es new problems for soci e t y , man ' s demand for an environme nt tailored to his nee ds grows
ever more intense . To meet th is
demand wil l require all of the
engineering talent we can possib~
mobilize .
Many of the tasks we face are
those we o urse lves have creat e d in o ur cities, i n the air about
us, i n th e water which sustains
us .
Before the end of the century the
enginee r will combine with each
segment of our national life to
rebuild a new and far better
urban America. And more than
ever , the quality of his contribution wi ll depend not only upon
his technical abilities . It wi l l
be measured as well by h is sens itivity to the people ' s needs .
"Engineering ... for the Human
Environment" thus becomes mo r e
than a theme for National Engineers ' Week in 19 6 7 . I t is t he
very essence o f the challenge
that lies before us. I am confident that we shall prevai l.
(signed) Lyndon B. Johnson

Activ ities Planned
An introduction to the engineer i ng profession for students and
an a ddress by the Legislative
Counsel of the National Society
of Professional Engineers

hi g h l i g h t a c ti v ities next w e e k
in th e ob se rvance of Nation al
Engin ee rs ' Week. T he a cti \ ·i ti es
w ill in volve m a ny S CD e n g ine e rs
who a r e m e mbers of the pr o fess i o n a l e ngine e ring o r ga n i za tio n s sp o nsori n g the even ts .
Of spec i a l interest to G e neral
Electric pa rents of high school
students will be a program o n
FebruaryZl, at8 : 00 p .m. , in
t he Wa yn e sboro High Sc hool
c a fete r ia , ent itled " C aree r s
i n E ng ineering . " The prog r a m ,
w h ich i s open to all j unior high
and high school student s and
th eir pa rents, is d e signed t o
create a bet ter u n der sta nd i ng
of t he engineering profession.
The presentat ion will i nclude
color mov ies a nd s lides to b e
followed by a discussion period.
Repr e senta tives of all en gineer i ng professions -- electrical ,
mech a n ic a l, chemical , and
civil - - will be present t o a nswer
student s ' q u es tions and d i scuss
t he ir particula r fie l d.

Counsel To Speak
"T he Infl uence of Congressi0na l
Activ i ties on Enginee rs and
Engineering" 1~ i 11 be the s ubj ect
of an address by Wi lliam Patton,
Legis l at i ve Counse l of the Nat i on al Society of Professiona l Engi neers, on February 23, in Charl ottesv i lle . Mr . Patton's appearance wil l be at a dinner meet i nq
at the Thomas Jeffe rso n In n under
t he sponsors hi p of the VSPE , ASCE ,
ASC hE, ASME, and IEEE.
Ti ckets for the dinner are $4 per
person and may be obtained f rom
the program chai rman of any of
the spons or i ng organ izati ons.

UE Strikes Canadian GE

PITTSFIELD VS. POLLUTION

Some 8500 Canadian Genera l El ectri c employees who a r e rep r esen t ed
by UE were out on s trike f or t he
second week i n a disput e ove r
t erms of a new contract as t he SC
News went to press yes terd ay .

The idea tha t " General El ectric
car es " has been known by many
people for many y ears . Gene ra l
El ect r ic does car e about th i ngs
like safe streets, sn a rled tr af fic, the costs of education, th e
cos t of electricity, and , now ,
the availability and purity of a
needed natural resour ce - water .

UE h ad called the s trike on Feb . 6.
Later that week , UE l eade r s
reach e d a memorandum of ag r eement
wi t h managemen t, but union membe r s vo t ed on Feb . 12 t o r eject
mana gement's offe r.
The s tri ke affects Gener a l Elect ri c p l ants l oc ated in Toront o,
Trenton , Gue lph , Ba r rie, Brampton
and Peterborough.

Day Join s W ise O wl Clu b

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The first permit for an industrial
waste facility under the Massachus etts Cle an Wa ters Act of 1966
has been issued t o Gene ral Elect r ic ' s Pittsfie l d plant. The
permi t covers the constructi on of
a $55,000 oil separator expected
to reduce , by about 80 per cent,
the dr ainage of oil in t o the Hous atonic River.
Yes , General Electric cares !

G E CITIZENSHIP CITED BY SAR

-"· .._. ""·A g old Good Citizenship Medal was
presented t o Wi llard H. Sah l off
a nd the Ge neral El ect r ic Company
by th e Na t ion a l Society of th e
Sons of th e Ame r ican Revolution ,
last week in Washington .
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\·irginia Day, second shift Accupin Rack ~ Pot, became the l a t es t
member ol the \Vise Owl Club when
she avoiclc<l a ser i ous accident
through the use of safety gl asses.
The incide nt occur red one evening
last month near the end of her
shift. Virginia was s oldering
wires 1vh en drops of molten hot
solde r suddenly splashed toward
her face striking the right l ens
of her sa fety gl asses . The conscientious use of her gl asses
saved the vision in Vir ginia ' s
right eye .
con t d . fran p . 1
For the next several years, Larry
served in various Sal es Special ist positions lll1til he was appointed Manager of Numerical Control Products Sal es in February,
1965 . In September of the following year, he was named Manager of
Original Equipnent Manufacturer
Sal es .

The native of Pulaski graduat ed
fran Virginia Polytechnic Institute i n 1955 with a B~ .

The cita t ion referred to "exemplary promotion of American he r i tage principles " through t he wide
dist r ibution of r eproduction of
h istoric documents and paint i ngs
and " continuous contribution to
e ducation th r ough th e Ge ne r a l
Electri c College Bowl ."
Mr . Sahloff, Vice President and
General Manager of General Electric ' s Housewares Division , said,
"Today we are i n dange r of accidentally s urrendering ou r freedoms
simply because man's knowledge is
pi l ing up so rapidly that without
increased and continued education
th e average citizen wi ll soon be
un ab l e t o keep abreast of al l the
th ings he ne eds t o know mere l y to
function as a member of a free
s ocie t y . "

$UGGESTION AW ARDS

H. Knox and H. Shiflett

:-.Jearly $500 in suggestion awar d
money went this week to two empl oyees of the Plating area who
came up with money saving i deas .
The largest awar d, $4 25, was presented to Howard B. Knox , a first
shift metal finisher, who suggested a change in the procedure
of pl ating 4-pol e f r runes and
cores. His suggestion will mean
a substant ial saving to the De partment in t erms of l abor and
time .
llOh'ard , a nine-year vet eran of
SCD, is a frequent contributor
to the Suggestion Pl an .
suggestion award was also
presented this week to first
shift metal finisher, llennan L.
Shiflett . llis suggestion of
changing the plating time on certain contact parts will cut labor
time in half and reduce the volLnne of paper \\·ork associated with
the procedure .
f\ $60

llennan , one of Specialty Control'5
ne1ver empl oyees with one year of
service, did ,,·ell on his first
attempt at t he Canpany suggest ion
program .
This year the Department i s placing increased emphas is on cost
improvement and sugges tions l i ke
t hese go a long way toward meet ing the goal .

UV A STUDENTS VISIT SPECIAL TY CONTROL
Some 100 fi r s t year s tud ents of
the Un iversity of Virginia Graduate School of Business Administra ti on t oured Specia lty Cont r ol
this morning gaining f urther i nsight into American industry .

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In addition to the tour , the
st uden t s were b ri efed on the Department and its products by
H. W. Tulloch, Manager- Re lations ,
and E. L. McCleary, Manage r,
Industrial Au t omation Sal es.

ENG INE ERING . . . . FOR THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT

A SALUTE TO SPECIALTY CONTROL ENGINEERS
N·. .- na l Eng i neers ' Wee k beg i ns Sunday with th i s yea r ' s t heme, "Eng i neeri ng . .. for th e Human Env ironment. "
Tht theme i ll ustrates a majo r conce rn of ou r soc iety and it notes t he i nc reasi ng ly vital ro l e wh i ch is to be
pl ayed by Gene r al Electri c Eng ineers , an d the whol e professi on , in mee t ing t he prob l ems of man ' s en vi ronment.
Today , the Specialty Cont rol News salu t es th e engineer ing profess i on and, i n parti cula r , t he engi neers of th e
Specialty Con t rol Departmen t.
"Engineering . . . . for t he Human
Envi ronment " is an everyday part
of t he wor k done by t he Speci al ty
Control Engineer. While the re sult s of t he Depar tment 's engi neering effor ts do not al ways
improve man ' s environment di rectl y, t hey do provi de immeasurabl e
assistance t o those bus inesses
and industries which are directly
concerned .

Lor en ~la lk er and Dave LaFuze ,
Development Engine er s, check the
per formance on t he Department 's
new VSCF r egu lator .

SCD numerical cont r ol products
are affecting man 's environment
by making it possibl e for an
indust ry t o produce needed goods
faster , mor e accurat el y , and at
a lower cost .
Engineering efforts in the Aerospace and Defens e ar ea s igni fi cantly aff ect the health and
safety of corrunercial airline
pilots , the fighter pil ot in Vi et nam , and America's astronauts .
The engineered products of the
Re l ay sect ion require rel iabi l ity
t hat i s far above average s ince
t hese product s , t oo , wi ll pl ay an
important part in the health and
safet y envirornnents of t hose \vho
depend on them.

Don !fall, Dr aftsman; Bob Moore,
Pelay Enginee r . Drafts~an and
Eng ineer work toge t her to solve
c relay design pr oble11 .

The effect on hl.D11an envi ronment
of Power Regulat ion Engi neer i ng
is obvious 1>1hen we cons ider the
importance of dependabl e nationwide elect r i cal servi ce .
During National Engi neers' \\'eek,
t he Specia lty Contr ol Department
sal utes i t s engineers who are
''Engi neering . . .. for t he Human
Envi rorunen t .

Ed Dinger, Power Regula ti on
Development Engi neer, and ?rank
Piersa, Lah Techni cian, monitor
testing of a new variahle fre quency AC motor control. ·

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Joe Miller , Ed. Hogg , and Dave
McKinley , Powe r Regu l ati on Engi neers, r e view wiring diagr ams
pri or to the manufacture of a ne>..i
product .

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Bill Hanger, Progrcun Control
Engineer, checks pro totype of a
new SCD numerica l c ontro l.

Kindt
Manager of Engineering
Specialty Control Depar tme n t
~la rren

Earl Br adley , Prog ram Con trol
Engineer , l eaves to vis it a cus tcmer . He ' ll tailor the cus~o~ ­
e r ' s pr oduct t o suit his neec.s .

NEW N/C MAGAZI NE

NEED SAFETY SHOES?

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The Medical Clinic has ava ilable
seven pa i rs of safety shoes for
any Specia lty Control emp l oyee
who may want to avoid the pain of
crushed toes . Ranging in price
from $8. 50 to $13.50 , shoes for
men include s izes 6120 , 7!--iB (boots),
BB , 8 12C, 110, and 120. One pa ir
of women's oxfords may be purchased in size 7128.
Emp l oyees may check with th eir
foreman or superv isor to determine
if safety shoes are required in
their work area .
WED. NIGHT BOWLING

C enturion
New pa<:~aRCd N/C
systems introduced by GE

Individual honors went to the following with high se ts: Dave
Harrell (606) ; Winnie Robertson
(580); and Don Cook and Lurty
Stinespring (566) .
High game honors we r e won by: Al
Brancati ( 245); Henry Lindemuth
(234) ; and Dave Harrell (224) .
The high team games were r olled
by : Alley Cats (943) ; Alley Cats
(938) ; and Rebels (9 14) .
RESULTS

Tin Benders 4, Rebe ls O; Alley
Cats 4 , Sparemakers O; Dy namic
Five 3~ , Hi-Pots ~ ; Wire Stre tchers 3, Ma rketeers l; Hill Bowlers
3 , Datamites l; Too l Breakers 3 ,
Injun Ears l ; Fireballs 3 , GE Fire
Dept . l; Lab Lads 3, Bowles Bowlers 1.
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Tin Benders
Alley Cats
Marketeers
Hill Bowlers
Fireballs
Datamites
Wire Stretche r s
GE Fire Dept.
Inj un Ears
Tool Breakers
Rebels
Lab Lads
Dynamic Five
Hi- Pots
Sparemakers
Bowles Bowlers

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In th e Specia lty Control Leag ue
Wednesday night , these three
teams won high set honors : Alley
Cats ( 2706); Rebels (2598); and
Lab Lads (2548) .

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Some 3,000 user customers and
field sa l es offices will be kept
up to date on latest deve l opments
in the General Electric Mark
Century Numerical Con tro 1 line
v1ith a ne1·1 SCO pub li cation, .-.:ar::
Cen7.-:u ·io>: . The bi -mon thly pub 1icati on is the effort of the
User Sales unit of Industria l
Automation Sa les .
i s a sa les tool
designed to keep users aware of
activi ties and deve lopments in
the numerical cont rol f i e l d with
special emphasis on the Waynes boro-made Mark Century line.

f.lark Centurion

Traffic Deaths
Recently the American Institute
for Research completed a study
to compare the frequency of a
driver's traffic violations
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hi s accident rate . Drivers ~-.e
photographed unknowingly and the
film was studied . The numbe r of
t raffic violations was tabulated ,
and it was found that speeding
was most f r equent . Other violations : Changing lanes withou t
signaling (80 % of the drive r s) ,
Fa ilure to stay in lane ( 63%) ,
Changing lanes r eck l essly (20%) ,
Following too close ly (17 %),
Tu rning without si gnaling (46%) ,
Crashing a traffic l i ght (15%) ,
Improper passing (6%) , Improper
turning (ll%) , Improper stopp ing 1~ua l ly in pedestr ia n walkways

(34%) .
The 1966 figures a re not comp l et e,
but the number of Cene r al El ectric associate s killed in mot or
vehilce accidents last yea r currently is 15 % g r eate r t han 1965
(fo r a comparable period) . The
yea r' s tota l may be an all-time
high . Safe driving is clearly
an individual responsibility .
This is the time for each of us
to act to r eve rs e the trend ~
year .

Social Securil)' 1937 to 1967

SCD NEWS & NOTES

The payroll deduction fo r your
Social Security has been increase=:
effective January 1 , 1967, to 4 . 4
per cent on ea rni ngs up to $6 , 600.
In 1966, you paid 4 . 2 per cent on
$6 , 600 or a total of $277 . 20 to
the Social Security fund. In
1967, with the 0 . 2 per cent increase, you will pay $290.40 into
the fund if you earn at least

SCOGEE members take notice ! Today

56 , 600.
General Electric al one this y0ar
will pay an estimated total of
$77 million in Social Security
taxes.
The following table shows how the
cost of Social Security has gone
up since its inception (the t~~
is the maximum for employee or
employer) :
T axable
Year
Income Ba~c
1937-49
$3.000
1950
3.000
1951-53
3,600
195.J
3.600
195 5-56
4.~ 00
1957 -58
4.200
-l.800
1959
.J.800
1960-6 1
1962
4,800
1963-65
4.800
1966
6.600
196.1-68
6.600

Tax
$30
45
5.J
72
84
94 .50
120
14-l
150
174
277.20
~90.40

Ta.\ Rate
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1.5
1.5
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2.25
2.5
3.0
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3.625
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is the last day you may buy
tickets at S2 . SO per couple for
the Sweethearts ' Bc.ll to be held
tomorroh night at the DuPont
Recreation Ha ll . ~lusic will be
b\' the Chancellors. Tickets for
non members a re s3 . 50 per couple
an<l all tickets at the door 1,-ill
be S.'.> . !:>0 .
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Any one interested in playing volleyball in the Tri- Plant Volley ball Tournament to be held in
Lynchburg on Saturday , March 18 ,
contact D. Leonard , Ex t . 432 ; or
r epo rt for practice this Saturday,
Feb ruary 18, Waynesboro High
School , east gym .

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SERVICE
!·leek end i ng February 17 , 1967
5-year Service Pins
-'ose:>h L;,on&

;:;'Ja. Seab~ l::

E l.ma Haynes
Vi ;;-;'. an Dunsm or>e

10-year Service Pi ns .r·e tty .::'a:nmer•

Specialty
Control
Volume XI, No . 49

DePuy Joins QC Club

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Seymour \I . DePuy , Unit \lanage r!):;velopmcnt of Electronic Contr ol
Engi.neeri.ng , i s the latest member
of the Company ' s Quarter Century
Club . ~Ir . DcPuy 1vas presen ted
wi;i..... a QC service pin in rccognit,
of h is 25 years ' service ,
yes t erday .
A native of l\"oodbourne , \e1,· York,
\Ir . DePuy began his career with
the Canpany in February , 1942 , as a
student engineer 1dth the Indus trial Control Department in
Schenectady . In 1945, he became
an engineer in the ..\viation Section of the Department, and t1,·o
years l a ter was assigned as line
engineer in the Control Laboratory . Fran this period tmtil
1955 , Mr . DePuy held various
supervisory assignments in Engineering tmtil he transferred with
the Department, renamed Specialty
Control , to Waynesboro . In 1961
he senred as line engineer in the
SIVitching Devices Design Engineering area and three years later,
he was named t-lanager of Relay
Design l::ngineering. ~Ir . De Puy
became >tanager of Electronic Control Product Des ign in :\ovember ,
1965, and four months l ater he
was named Unit >tanager .
~1~ )Puy , 1\110 holds three pat en . , graduated from Rensse l aer
Pol ytechnic Institute in 1936
with a BSEE .

February 24 , l'.lbl

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

DP -

FAST, FACTUAL

RANKIN NAMED
MANAGER~USER SALES

!low llluch s hould John Doc he paid
th is "'eek? \\11ere should an individual h'·i r e be connected on a
~ lark Century Numeri cal Control
llladc in .June, 1966? lloh· lllUCi~ has
:1 customer paid us, to tbtc , for
his dcl i \·ercd order? l!oh· much
h·ork is scheduled fo r the 'lachine
l~oon during 'larch of t::i:' ~·car?
The ;u1shc rs to these and other
quest ions can be fow1d ir:u:icJiate1" and accurateh i n Roan 130 Sj1cci.alty C:ontrol ' s Dat a Processi.ng Center . The room hoLL<;cs the
Ceneral El ectr i.c 235 Canputer.
The DP Center equipment and
cmplo~· ccs , w1dcr Supenrisor
C. G. Gibson , each day solve pro~

The GE 235 Convuter and its suv-

por~ing equipment callee periph-

erals .
l ems and maintain vital records
necessary to the efficient ope r a tion of the Department .
111e GE 235 Canputer system was
installed here in 1963 and s ince
then it has been t a king on an
cver-increasinq ''ork load . Presently, the DP Center is ha ndlino
the canplet c Department payroll
assuring that each empl oyee is
receiving his correct pay, taking
into account such variations as
o\·ert imc , deductions, and othe r
factors Khich determine the fi nal
size of the pay check .
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.J. IL "J3j 11" Rankin is Specialt\·
Cont rol's nCh' \tanager of \uncrical Cont rol Use r Sal es . The
appointment became e Hee ti \·e on
~londay of t hj s 1\eek and ''as an nounced by L. R. Sanders, 'tanager·
I ndustrial Automation Sales .

Bill, 1\ho is a nati\·e of Texas,
joined the Canpany in 1963, he re
at Specialty Control , afte r
servi ng several years ,,·i th , ·arious aerospace firms as a 01ief
Tool Engineer, Senior Toel
Enginer , and >tanager of \lanufacturing Research . Bi ll's assignment with the Department has
been that of Consulting >larketing
Specialis t.

A Tax Tip
Dividends received by t a-.; pay e r s
from some corpora t ions are onlv
pa rtia lly ta'<ab le according to.
Virginia state income ta-.; regulations . The pe r cent of dividends
r eceived in 1966 fro::i General
Electric Compdny 1,•hich is ta-.; abl~
by th e Commonwealth of \·irginia
is 98 per cen t . This applies t o
1966 incone which is re ported to
the state on r etu rns fi le d in
196 7 .
The deadline fo r filins Vi rginia
State Income Tax returns is 'l a,· 1 .

UE Strike Ends 3rd Weelc

STUDENTS TOUR SCD

SCD - Excellent Vendor

As UE's st rike at six Canadian
General Electric plants ended its
thi rd week today, employees we re
voting for the second time
whether to accept the Company's
offer and return to work. The
strike has kept some 8500 employees idle since it was called on
February 6. It appeared that the
s trike would be settled a few
days later after UE officials had
signed a memorandum of agreeme nt
with the Company, but on February
12 union members rejected the
agreement.
The strike so far has cost UE
members alm ost $3 million in
lost wages .

YMCA FUND DRIVE SET
The Waynesboro YMCA is conducting a fund raising campaign to
finish cons truction of a new
building to be used as a recreation center for all members.
An in-plan t drive will be con-

ducted th e wee k of March 6, for
all employees . Pledges may b e
made for a one year period
thr ough pay r oll de9uctions. Those
who have a lready p ledged the i r
gif t to the Y 's three year plan
may, if they wish , switch to the
one year payroll de duc t ion
method . Full de tails next we ek .

SHELBYVILLE VOTES
NO UNION FOR 8TH TIME
Production and main ten ance employees of the Industri a l Heating
Departmen t in Shelbyville, Ind .,
voted February 15 to remain without a union .
The count : 334 for n o union ; 235
for the Sheet Metal Workers ; 1
challenged . It first appeared
that three coalition uni ons mi gh t
be on th e ballot . The !AM and
IUE had i ntervened in the election , but the !AM withdrew and
the NLRB r uled th a t the IUE had
made its app lication t oo late to
be i n cluded on t he ballot .
This was the eigh th representat:ioc
e l ec t ion a t She lbyv il l e s ince the
p l ant was established there in
1955 . At n o other Genera l Electric faci lity h ave uni ons made so
many at tempts t o win bar g aining
rights . Th i s was th e first time
th e Sheet Metal Workers have
appeared on th e ba llot .

The Specialty Control Departmen
has been again selected to
receive the annual "Exu;"~ t
Vendor Award" f rom Spart u11 ilec
tron ics , a division of Spartan
Corporation.

In a l etter t his week to SCD, t
Mich igan-based firm says , " By
this award , we single out those
vendors who have achieved super
ior pe rformance in t he areas of
quality , de livery , and senrice.
It is especially significant th
you have rated this honor again
during a year in 1vhich de l iveri
lagged and quality dete r iorat ed
in gener al." The award is g i ve
to t hose suppliers who have mai
t ained an Excellent rating unde
t he Spartan Electronics Vendor
r ating system .

S tudents from Waynesboro and
Charlottesville got a clos e -up
look at a segment of indust ry in
ac ti on , last week , when t hey
toure d the Specialty Control
Department.
On Thursday, 15 honor s t uden t s
from the gr a dua ting class of
Fishburne Military School were
host ed by th e Department . They
recei ved a g uided tour of the
manufacturing areas .
Some 100 first year studen t s of
the Unive rsity of Virginia Gradua te School of Business Administr ati on braved a driving snow
s torm Fr iday morning in t he ir
tri p from Ch ar lottesville .
Following a welcome and introduction to SCD by H. W. Tul loch ,
Manager-Re l ations , th e stude nts
toured the De par t ment . The p rogram concluded wit h an address by
E. L. McCl eary , Manager-Indus trial
Automation Sales , who discuss ed
the g rowth of the numerical control b us iness and the futur e of
indus trial au t omation.

The canpany is a producer of ai
craft camnunications and naviga
tion equipment and >lavy sonar
equipment , using SCD-made r elay
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Th e Federal Bar Associat~ has
presented its 1966 Natio
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Awar d to Gene r al Elect ri c for
" the Company ' s outstanding contrib utions to the nat i on's spac
p r ogram . " The award was preser
ed r ecently a t ceremoni es in
Philadelphia , Pennsy lvani a .

United States Di s t r ict Attorney
Drew J .T. O' Keefe , President of
the Federal Ba r Associati on (FB
Philade lphia Chapter, presented
t he award to Mark Morton , Gene r
Manager of GE ' s Re - entry System
Department .

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the f irst of the year has harassed operations of the Household Ref r ige r ator and Room Air
Conditioning Department s in
Louisvill e .

IUE Local 761 has ci t ed exhaust
g rievances as the alleged reasc
for the s t rikes . Rela t i · ~
small numbers of employeL .1ave
actually walked out , but t hei r
actions have forced the " layoff
of many more becaus e of the inti
dependence of operations .

DATA PROCESSING CENTER KEEPS FACTS AT FINGERTIPS
The computer maintains a perpetual inventory of the material s
needed to make Specialty Control's
products . For any given period
of t illle, the computer can deter mine exactly how much material
wi 11 be needed t o fi 11 customers '
orders .

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Fi nance get s another ass i s t in
the area of orders and invoices ,
with light s flashing and machines
c licking and buzzing , purchase
orders are updated along with
customer i nvoices and vendor payments .

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Conso le Specia list, Hatley Mahry ,
reviews a· problem at the conJole
of the GE 235 Compu~er .

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The computer becanes of value to
the ~!arketing Section by keeping
an up-to -the -minute r ecord of
statistics on orders received and
sales patterns .
Duril1g the past 12 years , the
Specialty Control Department has
experienced constant growth which ,
in turn , has created a demand for
a new t ool t o cope with the in creasing vol ume of facts and in format ion. Obviously that new
tool is the General Electric 235
Canputer with its amazing capacity
for incredible speed , permanent
memory , and ex treme accuracy .

'I'he l4o.gtape Uni t receives coded
~acts and figu:res and records
them on tape for preservation .

Key Punch Operators prepare information cards for the conpi.ter'.

To be sure , the cost t o the Depart·
ment was substant ial, but the Data
Processing Center has more t han
paid for itself by perfonning the
work of many days in a matter of
minutes .

COMPUTER OCCUPAT ION S
Programmer - Det ermines each and

GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Program - The detailed instrucparts whi ch can exis t in only two

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Programer, Glen Burroughs, diagrams the steps necessa:r»J in
solving a problem with the co,1pute r .

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every logica l s t ep to be ta ken by
the comp ut e r in order for it to
so lve a given problem .

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possible states , cu rrent i s on or
of f, a swi tch is ope n or closed,
material is magnetized i n one
direction o r t he opposite .

Key Punch Operator - A t yp i s t who
uses a com pl etel y di ffere nt
" alp habe t." Her t ypewrit e r contains the symbols which will be
t yped on a card and placed in th e
computer . The c omp uter wi ll
" read" the cards , receiving ins tructions on how to solve a
pa rticular problem .

like a dress pa tt ern or the cha lk
drawing of a football p l ay . I t
shows a l l the steps to solving a
problem .

Software - The knowledge and
methods which are ne cess ary in
operating computers .

Verifier Operator - Operates a

Bin ary Code - Since compute r s do

boli c l ang uages used by t he computers . ... a wo rd may be defin e d
into correct binary code by the
computer.

machine which " reads " the c a rds
- . . pared by the key punch operator
_..e cking for accuracy .
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tion which mus t be giv e n to any
comp ute r before a problem can be
sol ved, usually a flow chart i s
prepared which shows each and
~very part of th e prog ram and its
log ical r elations hip to ever y
other pa rt .

Conso le Ope rator - Runs the computer with con trols r esembling an
airplane cockpi t.

Flow Chart - A line diagram much

not understand Eng l ish , instructions must be writ ten in a l anguage which is understood . 3inary
Code us es on l y two numbe r s , 1 and
0 which, in pr ope r comb i n ations ,
can make any other number . * Computers contain basic elect r on ic

Hardware - The eq uipme nt t hat
makes up the act ual compu t er a nd
its s upporting equipment .

Fortran, Pointran, Etc . - Sym-

*or offer t h e computer two possib le choices .

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WATCH TIME LIMIT

Foreman Series Starts In March

FOR COURTESY DISCOUNTS
A new series entit l ed , "The Special t y Control Foreman", will begin ~a r ch 10, in the Specialt y
Cont r ol News . The se ries will
int r oduce the Department' s Foremen who , i n their own words , will
talk about their jobs and their
re sponsibilities i n industry .
The Foreman has oft en been labell e d "the man in a vice". He must
be all t hings t o a ll people , he
mus t experience fr us t r ation and

A JO day ti.me l i mit applies i f a n
employee wishes to r eceive a cour t esy dis count on eli 0i ble Gener a l
Electri c or Hotpoint pr oduc · 1rchased fr om a dealer o r as ~
of
a new home .

reward, he is looked t o by Management to turn plans into produc t s,
he i s the source of direction and
guidance for his employees , and
they look to him for answe rs to
thei r questions . In this s eries
we will learn the Foreman ' s feelings about the many tasks he is
called upon t o perform . Wha t i s
it l ike to be a key- man in a keyjob? Watch fo r the answers in the
upcoming se r ies , "The Spe cialty
Cont r o l Foreman" .

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I f you buy a Gene r a l Electri c
product cover ed by the Employee
Produc t Purcha s e Pl an , you must
s ubmit t he deale r's i nvo ic e t o
Per sonnel Accounti n0 with i n 30
days a ft er del i very .
If you build o r buy a new house

WED. NIGHT BOW LI NG RESU LTS

and pur chase el i ~ ib l e pr oducts
from the builder, you mus t submi t
t o the Personnel Account i n~ offi ce
a s tatement o r l etter f r om the
bui lder within JO da)s after th e
dat e you take title .

REXRODE SUGGESTION

I n th e Specialty Control League
Wednesday night , these three
teams won hi gh se t honor s : Dynamic Five (265 4) ; Alley Cats (2 641) ;
and Rebels (2604) .
Individual honors went to the following with high sets : Winnie
Robe r t s on (595); Joe Lake and Bil]
Massie (564) ; and Ge rald Pochily
( 56 1) .
High game honors were won by :
Fred Ramsey ( 238) ; Don Vey (233);
and Bill Massie (22 4) .
The high team games we r e rolled
by : Dynamic Five (1013) ; Al l ey
Cats (964) ; and Rebe l s ( 941).
RES ULTS
Wire Stretche rs 3, Hi-Pots l ;
Injun Ears 3 , Lab Lads l; Datamites 3 , Marketeers l; Tin Benders 3 , Hill Bowlers 1; Alley Cats
3, GE Fire Dept . l; Rebels 3,
Dynamic Five l; Bow les Bowl e rs 3 ,
Spar emakers l; Fireb alls 2 , Toolbreakers 2 .
STANDINGS
TEAM
Tin Benders
Alley Cats
Marketeers
Hill Bowlers
Fireballs
Dat amites
Wire Stre t chers
Injun Ea r s
Tool Breake r s
Rebels
GE Fire Dept .
Lab Lads
Bowles Bowlers
Dynam ic Five
Hi-Pots
Spa remake r s

WON
24
22
18
18
18
18
17
16
15
15
14
13
13

LOST
8
10
14
14
14
14
15
16
17
17
18
19
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For complete information , r e~e ~
to )Our Employee Projuct Purchas e
Plan booklet .

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DAY NURSERY OPENS
The l~aynesboro Church \.lomen
United has announced the opening
of a Day Nursery prov id i ng care
fo r the chi l dren of working paren ts . Children three to six,-._
years old will be accepted f
care during the hours of 7: 30 am .
to 5: 30 p.m. , Monday through
Friday , at the Grace Lutheran
Church , 500 South Wayne Avenue.

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fer ,
age r
i ng ,

Roe7n For eman, George ShefCharles Rexrode , and Man of Manufacturing Enginee r Chuck For d.
01arles 0. Rexrode , first shift

Tool Roan ~la chinist , ,,·as this
week ' s top Suggesti on Award winner with $170 . He suggested
that the grinding operation on
certain pins be eliminated by
purchasing them at the desired
diamet er. His adopted suggestion
wi ll mean a substantial savings
to the Department by eliminating
tmnecessary labor and reducing
costs .

The Nursery Boa rd of Di r ectors
notes that the faci lity is li censed by the State of Virgin i a
and offers a professi ona l staff
which will provide supervised
rec reation, crea tive games , and
a balanced hot meal .

Olarles joined Specialty Control
in April, 1959 , as an accurnnulat or and worked his way up into
the Tool Roan.

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SCD NEWS & NOTES
The extension number of J . A. Tis da l e , K. N. Kent, and E . C. Coff ey, who ar e For e"'en i n the !~ag ­
ne ti c Wind i n~ Depa r t~ent , has
been changed t o 590 . Previous ly
it was extension 554 .

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hadge Gates wishes to thank employees for their blood donations
to her mother .

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While the day-care service i s not
intended as a profit-ma king orga~
izat ion, a tuit i on fe e is
r equ ired, based on the fami ly ' s
ability to pay .
Further infonnat ion may be ob tained by calling 942 - 5695 or
942-4250 .

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SERV ICE PINS
ending February 24 , 1967

5-year Serv i ce Pins -

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Dale Johnson
Helen L . Corbin
Emer son Gi bs on
Ruhy Floyd

Specialty
Control
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Pay, Jobs, Sales Up; Earnings Down

w 'soRO "Y" FUND DRIVE

1966 OPERATING RESULTS REPORTED
General Electric employment last
;ear rose to a hign of 350 ,000
and total pay and benefits reached 52 .9 billion , world wide . U.S.
emoloyment averaged 290 ,825 , an
increase of 13 per cent .
These new levels - al ong with
record world-wide sales of 57 . 2
billion - 1·1ere attained, Company
President Fred J . Barch an nounced , while net earnings of
$3 39 milli on were five per cent
off th e 1965 pace , as prev iously
forecast .

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FRED J . BORCH

President
General Electric Cor1pany

Thus 1966 ended as t he Company ' s
most profi t ab l e yea r, due
in part to a fourth quarter earnings decline.

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3orch said the CO'loanu added
near Z:.1 a bill ion d.o l l~rs in sales
during the year. 3ut the orders
bac~log was at an all- tir:e hig~
at year- end- 41 per cent aboJe the
19Ji4...•1ear- end.

GE , he co ntinued, under took record expenditures for needed ca pacity and contin ued its drive to

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add majo r new grov1th secti ans t o
its business base for the future .
The Company reported earnings of
5338,861,281 or 53 . 75 a common
share , on sales of 57 ,1 77 , 255,730.
Sales increased 16 per ce nt from
the 1965 l evel of $6 , 213 , 594,781 .
Earnin gs , compa red to $355, 122, 182 in 1965 , declined 5 per cent
and were equivalent to 4. 7 per
cent of sa l es .
"O ur unp recede nted sal es growth approaching $2 bi llion i n t he
l ast t wo years - crea t ed many of
t he pr ess ures wh ich affected
earnings , " Barch said .
"J.e CO'l;;any em:erec 1965 :.i:: t h
growth capacity in its ~rod~cti on
_,;:-a ai li ties . However, the e;''."'or t
to serve so ~'.m2 neu cus::o'lers,
so 1uick.ly , br•oUGht vlant :A-;ili zati on in 1965 above· the t'lost ec-ficient levels, increasing costs
f or o~ertime, hiring and training .
Capacn ty z..•as ."'urther strained in
1~6~ when cust0"1ers stepped up
the~r or ders in anticivation
a
possible strike .
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" In order t o expa nd capac ity t o
meet backlogs and assure the fut ure hea l th of t he Company ' s busi nesses , we spent a r ecord $485
mi l li on fo r pl ant and equipment
during the year," Borch added.
"Start- up costs were accordingl y
heavy . "
ca used the ComThese,...,,.Rressures
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pany s earn i ngs growth to lag behind sales growth t hroughout t he
year, he noted. In addit i on,
som~ of t he Com pany ' s deve l op ing
businesses - pa rti cul arl y computers and nuc l ear powe r - con (contd . P. 4)

STARTS MONDAY AT SCD
Starting '·1onda;, SCO ei-::ilovees
1·1 i 11 have an opoortun i ty to near a
15-minute illustrated oresen tation in tre olant auditoriu~ on
the Waynesboro Y ~ CA ~uilding
1-irap-up campaign. Supe1·visors
will infonn their groups of the
da te and ti me .
Thos e who have al rea dy contrib uted to t he Y's "wrap - up' cam paig n, will no t be sc hedu l ed to
attend t he presentation; however,
th ey may at tend if they desire .

"Cotton " Richardson, General Se cre tary, stands i:>e -'ore 6:e c:::::.- 1 2
new Y.lvfCA bui lc:. ...g · ui:der ce>:s::r..,.ction on S . :-:a;;-r:e ..;:;e;:;,;e .

Emp l oyees wi ll be ab l e to con t r ib·
ute to the YMCA building fund
through payroll deductions which
will run for a period of one year,
starting Apri l 3rd . Any employ ee
who has already contributed to
the YMCA' s "w ra o-u p" camp ai gn
will be contacted at a later date
and given an oppor tunity to use
the payroll deduction method to
comp l ete hi s pledge . Those who
pl edged in t he Y's 1965 carnpai 9n
but have not made an addit i onal
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EDrTORIAL

Groar Marks 20th Y car

SECURITY IN QUALITY
Have you ever noticed 1\hen someone ment ions the 1,· ord "nunerical
cont rol" or " relay" the phrase
General Electric or Spec ialty
Control immediately plants i t self
in your mind? 1\ell , that i sn 't
a l ways the case "·i th a ll of our
pot ential custaners . ~ lent ion
t hose wor ds , or t he names of
other pr oducts sought by customers , and a host of names c011e to
their minds - names like \\·estinghouse , Bendix, and Cutler-Hammer .
\Vhy? Because the customer \\'ants
the best product available a t the
best price . He'll consider our
products and those of our competitors . Cos t 1dll be one of his
considerations , but undoubtedly
he "·ill be pr imarily conce rned
"·ith qua lity - q uality "·hich is
built into that product .
TI1e point is c l ear . Al l of us at
Speci alty Control must be concerned each day "' i th the quality
of our "·orlonanship because that
quality will becane a part of our
product. Cus tomcrs '"ill the n
specify General Electric product s
and th is Department 1vill continue
to enjor increased orders . The
end r es ult "·ill be increased
profits and gr eater job security
for all. Remember , there arc
very few jobs for anyone in a
plant 1d1id1 is lo\\· on o r der s . :\
qualit~· product i ns ures a secure
job.

S & S PLAN TAX STATUS
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Llig ou t that tax i:-.fornati<
statemen t issued to you in ~a r ch
19 66 , if yo u haven't don e so already. You ' ll neec it in making
o ut your 1966 Fede r a l income tax
r etu r n if you receivec a "payout"
und e r General Ele c tric Savings
and Securi ty Program back in
February 1966 .
Th e tax infonnation statement
tells S & S Prog ram participants
wh e t he r or not they will have to
re por t any income from th e "payout" in tax returns now be ing
filed by most emp l oyees .

.\rt Groat , firs t shift Foreman Sheet >lctal, cc:mpl ct eJ hi s 20th
~·c ar of serdce i-·i th the Canp;rn~ ·
on Tuesda~· of this "·eek . Recognition of the occasion came h·ith
the pr esentation of a 20-~·e ar
se r vice pin.
i\r t, a nat i \'C of Oneonta , \ . Y. ,
joined General Elect ri c in 19-17
as a member of the ,\pprcnt i cc
·' k1chini st Prog r am in Schenectady .
lie completed the progr•un in 19SO
and later th a t same year ,\r t \\'a s
recalled to acti\·e <lutY h-:i.th the
U. S. \avy <luring t he Korean
Confli ct . fn ~ la~·, 1952 , he r ejoined the Company at the [ndustrial Control De;Jart1:1ent i:1
Schenectady as a jig ii f i.\ :ure
maker unt i 1 he "·:is pronoted to
pbnner in .\ugust of that ,·ca r.
Tho year:-; 1:1 tu~ j n J '.l'l I, \rt
then·:.'\ . )\- cn:ttc'd
~pee 1:11 ty C:o1~tnl l\..•p;1 rt;:1c:1t to
W;1:11esboro . Sincl' th:1t t imc, he
h; ts :-;cn·c·d as a Sheet '-lc Lll
Fo rc111w1 .

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participants will have t o
rep ort a certain amount of t he
payout in 1966 (a ye ar ago) as
ta\: able inco::ie fo r the year , "
according t o GE sav ings plans
specialis ts.
The savings pl ans expe r t s point
ou t th a t, with the 1966 payout ,
many emp loye e s have beg un t o re ceive back from the program sec uriti es value d at more than t hey
had Lnves ted in it . In man~
cases , thi s excess over th e
amounL invested has become q uit e
large . :'his , a l though an overs implified e xplan a tion , i s the
r eason for t he signif icant amount
of taxable incom<: lis ted in th e
t a\: information sta tement s .
The• LiL\: infonnation staten!Pnt
Lells S & S Prog r am partLc i panLs
the l<L\: value of th e GE sliarvs
Llw~· received in l 966 and ju,.: L
ho1v much ta>;ablc inco:nc t o rl'purl
f o r Lh e l966 payout .

THREE WEEK STRIKE OVER

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pl edge in the wrap - up campaign
are encouraged to use payroll deduct ion to make an additio~al
pledge. Pay r oll deduction is not
availabl e to comp l e t e obligat i ons
from the 1965 "Y" campa ign.
In- pl ant coo rdinator for the "Y"
drive i s Bill Perry of Emp loyee
Relations .

Work res umed th is 1-1 eek in some of
Can ad i an Genera l El ect ri c Company ' s plants and warehouses after a majo rity of the 8 , 500 employees , re presented by UE , voted
to accept the Company's offer and
r eturn to 1·1ork.
Emoloyees at plants and ware houses in Peterborough , Trenton,
Gue lph, Toronto, Ba rrie and
Brampton had been out on st rike
s ince February 6. Durinq this
three week period it i s esti mated t hat employees l ost almost
$3 million in wages .

The Employe e Savings Ope r0L Lon in
Schenectady report s that mechani ca l diffic ulties wit h th e compuLer used t o pr ocess Sav i ngs
Plans wo rk has r esulted i n the
delay o f Savings Bonds pu r chased
through the GE Savi ngs Plans an d
in i ssuing checks covering wi Lhd r awals from the Savings and Se curity Plan . Everything poss ...-.., i s
being do ne to get new equipn1~ .. c
and th e Employee Savings Opc.: r a tion
will appreciate you r patience in
the i nL e rim . New eq uipmenL i s on
the way .

THRE E YEARS OF CLASSROOM AND SHOP STUDY

The Tool Room Machinist Apprentice Training Program

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!!arl<7..J joir:eC. SCD in 1964 as
a wi ra"1an anci trans_,..e rreJ to the
p1•og1'CJ"'Z . Ji"1 has been a frequent
con.:;r-:outoY' r;o t;:e Sv.g6estion
Program .

Since the ea rliest days of civilization, young men have stood at
th e side of sk illed craf t smen and
have l ea rned a trade t hrough observat ion and practice . Th is
fo r:n of learning cont inues today
here in the Specialt y Control Departmen t in t he form of t he Too l
Room Machinist App r entice Training Program. The significant difference in today ' s appren t ices hip
is the use of r efined teaching
methods in the instruction of a
highly complex course. Cur rently
at SCD, eleven yo ung men are
membe rs of the three year pr og r am
which will culminate with thei r
graduation as Tool Room }lachinists . Their training includes
c l ass r oom study at the Valley
Vocational- Technical School, at
Fishersville , which is designed
t o supp l ement the knowledge and
experience acquired through on
th e job train i ng . The course of
s tudy takes th e s tuden t s into
too l design , t he t ool room, magnetic winding , sheet metal , p lant
ut ili ties , a nd quality con trol.

:-1ayne I-lest began his ccree:r. :,;:,r;;-.
the Canpany in 1963 in C 3 ? before becaning an apprer.tice . He
is the son of ~·ack :·:es:: , :..·f:o is
currently on special ass:~n~ent
to the Manager - Manufacturing .

Th is year' s graduating class includes Jim Harlow, Carl Ludwick,
Da ve Saben and Wayne West . All
fou r young men h ave worked ha r d
for a goa l which is now in s ight .

Cm'l f,wi1.Jick ,; tarted with SCD in
1 Dti.J au a lignl machine operator

crr:d then ;!oin.Jd the pr o;1rm11 . CaY' l
i._· d .·o a .""'Y'e rnent parr;·: ipant in
tae ~uggestion Program .

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D. F. /.fcKechni e , Supervisor Apprentice Pr ogram .

Don ~lcKechnie , Supe rvisor - Ap pr entice Program , takes a deep
personal interes t in th e we l fare
of hLs s tudents both on and off
the prog ram and he speaks of his
s tuden t s with unbrid l ed enthusiasm . Prese ntly h e is sea rch ing
for s ix qua l if Lc d students to begin t he next class on the day
af t er Labor Day .
Wha t i s the true value of the
progr~n?
One need only to look
about th e Specia l ty Control Department where he will find 15
g r aduates of the SCD Apprentice
Tr aining Pr ogram who are now
serving in l eade r ship pos itions.

The Apprentice Class - (l . to r . )
Dave Schooley , Dick Sensabaugh,
Ronnie 1-latkins , Supervisor - D.
F. i·lcKechnie , ":ene f·laY'd, Carl
Ludi.Jick, :-1ayne /·lest, Je r'f'lJ Dee l ,
Rand;v Foltz , <7 im Har law, LarY'y
1-lorley . Absent : Dave Saben

David Saben entere d directl~ into
the Apprentice Pr ogram in 1964,
after having been employed by a
local r e tail J:'i r-1. Dave re:;; r et tabl~' .Jas ;;os?italizeC. O':f ·(llr.ess
this week .

Sugg. Plan Suspended

°COOL CASH" REFUND ON GE AIR CONDITIONERS
Specialty Control Employees can
make the sumner ahead a cool one
and make significant savings,
too, by buying a room air conditioner during the 10-day period
of March 8 through 18, 1967.
During these "Cool Cash Reftmd"
days, six popular General Electric models carry extra reftnlds
ranging from $10 to $20 on each
purchase.
Canbining this special reftnld
with the General Electric Employee Courtesy Discollllt, SCD employees can save as much as $60 on
their pre-season purchase. The
six Superline air conditioner
models featured for this special
event will be illustrated in a
brochure which will be available
to all employees, Friday, in the
cafeteria.
WED. NIGHT BOWLING RESULTS

In the Specialty Control League
Wednesday night, these three
teams won high·set honors: Dynamic Five (2684); Alley Cats
(2554); and Rebels (2508).
Individual honors went to the fol·
lowing with high sets: Dave Harrell (635); Bob Ritz (564); and
Richard Abel (563).
High game honors were won by:
Dave Harrell (232); Dave Harrell
(217); and Ken Newnham (213).
The high team games were rolled
by: Dynamic Five (916); Dynamic
Five (894); and Alley Cats (893).
RESULTS
Sparemakers 4, Injun Ears O; Datamites 4, Hi-Pots O; R£bels 4,
Wire Stretchers O; GE Fire Dept.
3, Bowles Bowlers l; Dynamic Five
3, Hill Bowlers l; Alley Cats 2,
Tool Breakers 2; Tin Benders 2,
Marketeers 2; Fireballs 2, Lab
Lads 2.
STANDINGS
TEAM
WON
LOST
Tin Benders
26
10
Alley Cats
24
12
Datamites
22
14
Marketeers
20
16
Fireballs
20
16
Hill Bowlers
19
17
Rebels
19
17
Wire Stretchers
17
19
Tool Breakers
17
19
GE Fire Dept.
17
19
Injun Ears
16
20
Dynamic Five
15~
20~
Lab Lads
15
21
Sparemakers
15
21
Bowles Bowlers
14
22
Hi-Pots
11~
24~

Effective next Friday, March 10,
the Suggestion Plan is being
suspended. All suggestions that
have been submitted up to that
date will be processed.
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Here's how the Cool Cash Reftmd
works. During this special 10day period, a purchaser of any of
the above six models will receive
a refund certificate which he
should complete and leave with
the dealer. The reflllld check
will be sent shortly to the purchaser's hane. On top of this,
General Electric people should
follow regular Employee Purchase
Plan procedures to obtain the
usual reftmd.

If you are working on a good idea,
please be sure to drop it into a Suggestion Box by the deadline.

MBC BOWS TO TEXAS
Building up a substantial lead in
the first half, the University of
Texas managed to score its third
win in General Electric College
Bowl Sunday over the girls from
Mary Baldwin College, 220-110.

Purchasing a room air conditioner
during the period of March 8
through March 18 provides every
employee with a fine opportunity
to beat next sununer's heat, save
twice, and be assured of the model he wants while dealer stocks
are full.
---------'66 REPORT (aontd. fran P. 1)

At intermission Texas led 170-25.
Two penalties in the second half
served to slow down the winners.
Mary Baldwin also suffered two
penalties during the game when
they incorrectly interrupted
questions asked by Moderator Robert Earle.

tributed to the decline in earnings in 1966.

SCD NEWS & NOTES

Fourth quarter earnings were
severely affected by several
labor-related factors.

Kerford S. Brooks, Numerical Control Engineering, wishes to thank
fellow employees for their sympathy and help during the recent
death of his wife, Nancy. He
would especially like to th~
those of Numerical Control l!.b6 ineering.

These inctuded increased emptoyment costs resulting fPan new
thPee-yeari contPacts negotiated
nationally in OctobeP, the
effects of the 12-week st'Pike in
Schenectady in delaying Za;pge
capitai equipment delive'Pies, and
a falZ-off in appliance sates,
resulting in paPt fran dealers
working off invento'Pies buitt up
in anticipation of a widespread
st'Pike.

The GE chief executive noted that
during 1966 each of the Company's
major product classifications
showed significant sales increases above 1965 levels.
Purchases of mate'Pials, supplies
and services from vendoPs reached
$3. 7 bi lUon.

The Company also made prov1s1on
for payment of $409 million in
direct income franchise and property taxes and renegotiation, in '
addition to indirect taxes included in prices paid to suppliers.
"For 1967, 11 Borch stated, "our
major objective will be to consolidate the sales gains of the
past two years. We are challenging management throughout the

*****

Mrs. Ann Hughes, second shift
Relays, wishes to thank fellow
employees for their thoughtfulness during the recent illness of
her husband, Donald.

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Paul Fleckon, Ext. 377, is seeking a ride fran the Fishersville
or Statmton area for the 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. shift.

SERVICE PINS
Week ending March 3, 1967
5-year Service Pins Noman WinegaP
Shirley Ann PainteP
Doraothy Moyer
Cari'Pie Burnett
Hatley Mabiy

10-year Service Pins Jean H. Kent

Company to translate a greater
part of sales growth into i~
proved earnings, by control. J
losses, reducing costs and inventories, and adjusting production
scheduled. 11

Specialty
Control

Volwne XI, lio . 51

!·!arch 10, 1967

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Thr ee Total Over 133 Years' Service

Le<: And Reynolds Named

Tha yer, W est And Eirich Retirements Announced

To New Mfg. Posts

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Jack r·!est

On March 31, Del Th ayer, Jack
We~and Chris Ei rich - t hree Man uf
ir i ng Section emp l oyees
who~e Company serv i ce t otals one
and a th i rd centuries - wi l l retire from Genera l Electri c. De l,
a Buyer who is the senior emp l oyee among the three, has almos t 48
yea rs of service ; Jack West , Ma nag er of the Industria l El ec tron i cs
Manufacturing Operation , has al most 45 years of Company ser.v ice
to his credit; and Chris , the
most junior of the three , is a
veteran of more than 41 years of
service .
Del began his GE caree r on June
16, 1919 , only a few months after
the World War I arm i s tice. An at i ve of North Adams , Mas s., Del
joi ned the Company as soon as he
finished high schoo l - and he
never left . Starti ng out as a
screw mach i ne oper ator i n t he
Schenectady plan t, De l held a
success i on of cler i ca l j obs for
the next several years , and was
in Cost at the t ime of his t rans fer to Specialty Contro l i n 1954
in the Purchasing off i ce . Del
ha~~en a Buyer since 1959 .
De l and his wife, Isabe ll e, have
one son , Robert, who i s a Chiropractor i n Syracuse , N. Y. As
for future pl ans , the coupl e

Chris Eirich

plan s tri ps to Florida, Can ada ' s
Ex po '67, and visits with the
fam ily in New York.
Jack Wes t, a nati ve of Scotia , N.
Y., began his career with General
Elect ric on December 18, 1922,
shortly after comp l et i ng his
schooling. Begining as an assembl er at a wage of $16.00 per week,
Ja ck hel d a varie ty of factory
jobs in Assembly and, in 1941, he
was made an In s pector . By 1942,
Jack had been named a Foreman of
Larg e Panel Assembly and, a yea r
l ater, he was promoted to Ass istant General Foreman. In 1954
when Spec i alty Contro l De partment
was set up , Jack was named t o his
present pos ition as Manager of
Industr ial Electronics Manufacturing Operati on.
Jack and his wife, Bertha, ha ve
two sons. Wayne is employed here
at Specialty Control and Gary i s
a Supervisor at Space Conditioning in Harrisonburg.
Future plans for the Wes t s include a period of rel axat ion at
home and t hen travel t o vari ous
parts of t he count ry .
Chris Eiri ch began his l ong career with Genera l Electri c at the
(contd. P. 2)

Cy Lee

John Rey nolds

TI1e appointment of C. H. Lee to
t he posit ion of >!anager of the
Industrial Elect ronic s ~!anufac ­
tur ing Oper ation was announced
t his week by J . F. Ponz illo , >!anager of >lanufact uring . >Ir. Lee ,
whose appointment becanes effec tive ~lay 1, will r eplace J . D.
West , long t ime manager of the
operation who wi ll retire on
>larch 31 aft e r havi ng senred ,,·i th
the Canpany for 44 years (see
story on this page) . Also announced 1;as the appointment of
John J . Reynol ds , fonnerly Supervisor of Product ion Contro l- Rel ays , to t he pos t of Supervisor
of ~lanufacturing Engineering fo r
Industrial Electronics .
Mr . Lee is a 26 year ve t er an of
General El ectric, having s t a r ted
with the Canpany as a tes t er in
the Schenect ady plant in >larch ,
1941. I n 1 943 , he was appoint ed
a Leader of Tes t and in 1945 he
became Head of Test . He ,,·as next
appointed a Foreman in the ol d
Control ~lanufacturing Depar tment.
When Specialty Control set up its
neK pl ant here in l\°aynesboro in
1954 , he ,,·as named Supen·isor of
\lethods and Planning . In 195 7,
hC' \\"<!!' named to the >lanufact uring
Engineering Group in Program Con trol . He continued in \lanufac ( con t d . ? . 4)

E.PITORIAL

The Pilferage Problem.

A sun of money taken from a pocketbook left tmattended for a few
moments; a set of twist drills
taken from an incoming shiµnent.
These two incidents serve as examples of the type of pil ferage
which currently exists within the
Department. Pil ferage, as you
know, is the taking of another's
possessions. A good synonym for
pilferage is stealing .
Who is affected by pilferage? Di rectly affected is the employee
who loses his possess ions. Indirectly affected is each Specialty
Control employee who must watch
the Department invest a considerable amount of money in locks ,
fences, detection devices and
other security measures. Yes,
everyone of us loses sornething
when an act of pilferage occurs .
It will probably cane to light
that this is the work of only a
very few individuals, indeed it
may only be one . In any event ,
the person or persons responsible
are creating a very unhealthy climate for themselves among their
fellow emp).oyees .

A liar i s disliked, a cheat is unbearable, and a thief is despised.
As ide from earning the distain of
fe llow employees , those respons ible are perfo:rming acts which
could well lead to their inunedi ate dismissal frorn the Canpany .

S&S STATEMENTS DUE
Participants in the General Electric Savings and Security Program
will soon be receiving individual
annual s tatements on the status
of their accounts , according to
H. A. Goodwin, manager of the Com pany ' s Employee Savings Operation,
Treasury Operation, in Schenectady.

REPORT INJURIES AT ONCE

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Employees who ob ta in independent
med i cal care for an on the job
injury, 1~i th out first request ing
and receiving proper authorization, do so at their own pers onal
ex ense.
'Did H e Or Didn ' t H e?'

Plant Addition Announced
During the last few days, you may
have noticed the construction activity taking place on the north
side of the plant. The J . S.
Mathers Construction Company has
begun work on a 4,000 sq. ft . addition to the building . The new
area, which will be located between the cafeteria wall and the
shipping dock, will provide floo r
space for new test facilit ies , a
larger " prepare- for - ship " area
and additional s hipping facilities for the Numerical Control
product line. The addition will
ex t end one bay to the north and
two bays in the east- west direction. Construction is expec ted
to be complete in June, although
po rtions of the a ddition wi l l actuall y b e put to us e before then .
During the interim pe ri od, t he
plant exits in th e vicinity of
the cons truction area will b e
closed to a ll tr affic . Employees
a r e inst ructed to use the exit at
the shipping dock.

"\Ve expect to ship the s t atements
to department payroll component s
early in March ," Mr . Goodwin said.
Each payroll group will make the
distribution to local participants in the S&S Program . The
statement will present the status
of accounts as of December 31 ,
1966.
Mr. Goodwin added that participants i n the Company ' s Savings
and Stock Bonus Plan will probably receive the annual s tatement
on their accounts early in April .

Specialty Control employees are
reminded that in case of an injury incurred on the job tt,......._
should immediately report i~ ~o
their Supervisor and the Department Medical Clinic. De l ay or
fail ure to report prompt ly to the
Medical Cl inic could result in
serious complications, lost- time,
prolonged disability and l oss of
earnings.

Const:ruation stakes show rov.gh
outline o f the new addition presently being built on the north
side of the p lan t at gat e seven .

R et ir ements

(contd . frcm P. 1)

age of 18 after having arrived in
the United States a few months
earlier from his native Germany.
Chri s, who was born in Nuremberg,
came to Amer ica on his own to
seek new opportunities and sett l ed in Cleveland where he worked
for relatives for a short t ime.
He joined General Electric on
October 15, 1925, as a Lab Technician at the Lamp Department.
By 1930, he had become a Foreman,
and in 1936 was promoted to ..-., _
era l Foreman. Meanwhile, h~ .dd
been taking college courses, and,
in 1934, he graduated from Fenn
College of Western Reserve Uni versity with a degree in Industrial Engineering.
Chris continued at the Cleveland
pl ant until 1948 when he was named Plant Superintendent at the
Company's Locke Insulator Plant
i n Ba lti mo re .
In 1955, Chris transferred to
Specia l ty Control as a Facto ry
Contact Eng in eer. He wa s later
named Manager of Relays, and, in
1957, he became Supervisor of
Relay Manufacturing
Eng ineering .
Chri s and his wife , Molly , have
two children . Raymond, who lives
in Newark, N. J., is also a General El ectric employee and is
presently a consu l tant on computer sales for banking insti tutions
in the Eastern Reg ion. Joan is
Director of Personnel for six
branches of the Clarendon Ba"'"""i n
Washington, D. C.
As for the future, Chris and
Molly expect to travel extens iv ely in the U. S. with tim e out for
golf and bow ling .

TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AND CARELESSNESS INCREASE

~coNCERN

MOUNTS OVER SCD PARKING LOT PROBLEMS
Pictured on this page are some of
the more corrmon traffic problems
which are occurr i ng in the Specialty Control parking lot. These
problems are the concern of all
SCD employees who daily run the
risk of damage to their vehicles
or personal injury. The so lution
to the park ing l ot incidents is
s imple enough - courtesy and care.

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T~e speed Zirrii t ,""'o r any rwtor ve hi.c Ze on Company pr oper ti1 is 15
m. p . h . f!ote the s peec:!01'1eter> r eading in this car! ·
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Fred Curto, Manager- Plant Utili ties &Maintenance, COITl11enting on
this problem says , "Our main concern is that a lost time accident
or serious injury does not occur
in the SCD parking lot. Also , \'l e
are concerned about the numerous
little careless acts which resul t
in employee's cars being riddled
with dents and chipped paint . "

Slam ! Another dent and another
paint chip .

"We have been very fortunate that
we have been able to keep the
flow of traffic as smooth as it
is," he said .

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Here is a combination of s peeding
in the parking lot and failure to
~eep a pr oper> lookout .
The drivel' o.-· the dc.rk car> did not ootfiei'
r;o Zoo'.< to the rear . The ., reedi"r>..J ·Jhite ccr> couldr. ' t ctor," in
time .

Re li ef from the Department's pres ent traffic probl ems will come
with the complet i on of the city's
Northwest Parkway which wi ll reduce the driving time for employ ees once they leave the pa rking
lot. A Waynesboro City official
said yes terday that acqu isi tion of
rights-of-way and the relocation
of State Route 254 sti ll continue
to hold up construction on the
highway .

On l y one car> in this pictur e, taken i n Zcr~e 8, is par ked cor>r>ectl~ .
Tfie re~ainC.er are. par~ec i n the •
OODcsi te C.irec::ion o;: ;:. :.s c;:e;;a~ Zane .

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?his station wagon 1'.s not oarked
within the guide lines . The next
space does not have s uffic ient
r oan for> another car to park .

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Final YMCA Meeting Today

GIANT NIC SHIPPED TO FORD

At 2: 00 P.M . today, Specialty Control employees will have an opportunity to at t end the fina l meeting of a se ries which is devoted
to the Waynesboro YMCA Building
Wr ap-up Campaign . The meeting is
scheduled for those who were unable to attend the r eg ular ses sions held during the week .

The nati on ' s third l argest uni on
goes on tri a l in Atlanta March 21
on charges that it is guilty of
unfair labor practices - as ~
eniployer.
,
Cite d on a number of counts by
the Na tional Labor Relat ions
Board i s the million-meniber Intern a tional Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers,
AFL- CIO .

YMCA officials are seeking some
$100,000 in con tributions t o finish construction on the new "Y"
WED. NIGHT BOWLING RESULTS

In th e Specialty Control League
Wednesday night, these three
teams won high se t honors: Dynamic Five (2770); Ma rketeers
(2564); and Tin Benders (2505) .
Individual honors went to the
f o llowing with high se t s : Ge rald
Pochi l y (620) ; Joe Smith (613);
and Bi ll Bare (581).
High game honors were won by:
Gerald Pochily (224); Henry Lindemuth (223); and Joe Smith (221).
The high team games were rolled
by : Dynamic Five (941) ; Dynamic
Five (92 1); and Dynamic Five
(908).
RESULTS
Dynamic Five 4, Bowles Bowlers O;
Injun Ears 4, Wi re Stretchers O;
Tin Benders 4, Alley Cats O; Marketeers 4, Hi-Pots O; Fireball s 3,
Datamites l ; Hill Bowlers 2~, Rebels l~; Lab Lads 2 , Sparemakers
2; GE Fire Dept. 2, Tool Breakers
2.

STANDINGS
WON
LOST
TEAM
10
Tin Bender s
30
16
24
Alley Cats
16
24
Marketeers
23
17
Datamites
23
17
Fireballs
21~
18!2
Hill Bowlers
20~
1%
Rebels
20
20
Injun Ears
20 ~
19~
Dynamic Five
19
21
Tool Breakers
19
21
GE Fire Dept .
17
23
Wi re St r e tche rs
23
17
Lab Lads
23
17
Spareniake rs
14
26
Bowles Bowlers
28~
Hi-Pots
11 ~
Last Wednes day night Warren
Sprouse made the "Big Four Spli t"
(4- 6-7-10) . He'll r eceive an ABC
shoulder patch for th is achievemen t .

IAM To Go On Trial

Maintenance crew s trugg l es with
t he "For d g lass cutte r" as SCD
pr epar es t o shi p t he giant !l/C
unit.
One of the larges t numerical contro l s eve r built a t Specialt y Control was sh ipped late l ast week
to the Ford Motor Company ' s glass
plant in Nash ville , Te nnessee.
The N/C unit wi ll be used t o cut
automotive and industrial glass
which i s used fo r windsh ields , car
door windows, g l ass store fronts,
display windows , etc .
Costing just ove r a quarte r million dollars, the manuno t h posit ioning contro l stands 7~ feet
high, 5 feet wide and 22 feet
long. A special test area was
constructed under the new mezzanine area of the plant for the
unit which has a 41 axes control
and some 1800 print ed circuit
boards.

Lee And Reynolds

(f rom P.

1)

turing Engineering until his most
recent appointment.
John Reynolds, a graduate of the
University of Notre Dame (BSME) ,
joined General Electric in 1956
as a member of the Canpany 's Manufacturing Training Program. John
graduated fran the program in
1959, after assignments in the
Schenectady, Philadelphia and
Erie plants . He then accepted a
position he re at Specialty Control as Supervisor of Process Con ·
trol. In 1960, John 1vas appointed a Manufacturing Engineer in
the Rel ay Manufacturing Operation
and, in 1964, he transferred to
Purchasing as a Buyer-Specialist .
In 1965, John became Supervisor
of Product ion Control-A&M ; and,
in 1966 , he was appointed in that
same capacity for Relays .

The IAM is char ged with coercing
and firing its own employes for
activities conne c t ed wi th fo rming
a staff union, and with r ef using
t o bargain as an enipl oyer with
the s t aff union although the
group won a NLRB election l ast
July .

SCD NEWS & NOTES
SERVICE PIN S
Week ending March 10, 1967
5-year Serv ice Pins C. Wayne Bowles

10-year Se rvice Pins Reinhold Kerber

******
Pauline Beam, Ext . 500 - first
shi f t Industrial Electronic~
would like a ride to work fi~ ...
Howell's Tastee- Freez, Stuarts
Draft, Route 340.
******

JOE SMITH ASKS THOSE EMPLOYEES
\~O HAVE NOT RECEIVED SCOGEE MEMBERSHIP CARDS TO CONTACT HIM ON
EXT. 680 IN RQO'vl 209 .
******
REi~INDER - SCOGEE Round & Square
Dance, Apri l 1 , at the Staunton
Armory , wi th music by Eddie
Michaels and his boys. More detai l s next week .

******
I t has been announced t hat SC(X;EE
wi ll sponsor a boy in this year' s
Annual Soap Box Derby to be held
here in l\iaynesboro in June. If
you are a SCOGEE member and have
a son between t he ages of 11 and
15 who is looking for a sponsor,
fill out the form below. Open t o
t he sons of all sccx:;EE members.
SCOGEE Member's Name:
Son' s Name :
Return to Joe Smith
Roan 209

Specialty
Control
Volune XI , lio . 52

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

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1 7, 19r;;7

Nearly 82 Years Of Service

Bowen Named Manager

ERIKSON AND COCKRELL TO RETIRE

In Engineering

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nearly 82 year s of service
between them, SCD Enginee rs, B.
W. "Bi ll" Eri ks on , and 1\1. C.
Cockrell, will r etire frcm Gen~ Electric at the end of th is

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"Bi ll" Erikson began his career
ith t he Canpany in 1924 shortly
aft er arriving in the United
States from his native Sweden .
His first job was in Schenectady
as a Wireman , but "Bill" lmew all
along that he wanted to becane an
Engineer . He realized that goal
in 1928 when he took an engineering assignment at the Canpany 's
Bloomfield, N. J ., plant and, at
the same time , furthered his education at Cooper Union and Newark Technical Schools . In 1934,
"Bill" returned to Schenectady
and the Industrial Control Depart·
ment 1vhere he held vari ous engi neering assignments unti l 1955
when he t ransferred with the newly created Specialty Control De partment to Waynesboro. Two
years later, in 195 7, he was appoint ed Manager-Standardization &
Component Design Engineering ,and,
in 1964 , Sub -section ManagerValue Control Engineering . The
following year, 1965, took "Bill"
t~aris for a 14 month assign m. _ wi th GE-~lachines Bull. He
returned t o Waynesboro in January,
1966, as a Consul t ing Engineer in
Engineering Achninistr ation .
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"Bill" and his wife , Clara , l ive
at a r etreat whid1 he built on
the top of Elk Mountain . As for
r etirement pl ans , he plans to
take an active interest in business ventures with hi s fami ly
which is scattered acr oss the U.
S . lie also plans to take time
for vis iting with his 5 grandchildren, hunting and f ishing.
Upon the occasion of his retire ment, "Bill" says, "I would like
to say goodbye and extend my best
wishes to the many friends and coworkers I have kn0\,'11 here at Spe cialty Control . It has been a
privilege much appreciated to
live and work among t he fine people who are General Electric . You
are all welcome to visit us on
El k Mountain after my retirement,
Apri l 1st. "
Wi ll Cockrell

Will Cockrell joined General Elec·
tric in 1928 as a Student Engi nee r in Schenectady shortly after
his graduat ion fran the Univer s ity of Florida (BSEE) . Fran
1930 until 1942 , he served as an
Engineer working primarily with
photoel ectric devices and motor
control s . For the next s i x years,
Wi ll was an Application Engineer
with the Industrial Engineering
Department working essentially as
a consultant . In 1948 , he be ( cont d . P. 4)

Jam es Bowen

The appointment of J ames L. Bohen
to ~lanager- Small Aircraft E, Space
Systems Design Engineering 1\as announced this week . He fills the
vacancy c reated by the t r ans f e r
of H. Iv. Gayek to the Ccrnpany ' s
Missi l e f, Space Di vis ion in Phi l adelphi a (See SC News 2/3/ 67) .
Jim , a nat ive of Lackland, Fla. ,
joined General Electric in 1955
irrnnedi ate l y after his graduation
f ran t he University of Florida
wher e he recei ved a BSEE . He be gan as a Design Engineer on t he
Canpany ' s Engineering Training
Progr am with assignments in ()\ens boro, Ky ., Syracuse and Utica , \ .
Y. From 1956 until 1963 , Jim has
a member of the Specialty Control
Department serving as a Design
Engineer in Systems Engineering .
In 1963, he t ransferred to the
Apollo Suppor t Department at
Huntsville , Ala ., where he spent
four months as an Engineer in the
Launch El ectrical Sys t ems checkout are a. Later that same year ,
he returned to \faynesboro as a
Design Project Engineer and , sub sequently, Senior Design Project
Engineer . During t his period he
became Progr am \lanager of the L'I
Project with respons ibili ty for
certain electr ical control s,·:;tems on the Lunar \lodul e 1d1ich
"·ill be used by astronauts on the
first moon landing .

Berrang Named Relay Sup v.
Robert C. Berrang , Relay Operat ions Manufact uring Engineer,
wi ll beccme Supervisor- Relay Manufacturing Engineering & Development effective May 1, 1967. The
announcement was made this week
by SCD Manage r-Manufac turing , J.
F. Ponzillo. Bob will take the
post held by Chris Eiri ch , who is
retiring at the end of this month.
Bob , native of Altoona, Pa., began his General Electric career
here at SCD in 1955 as a Technician in Switching Devices Engineering, s hortly after receiving
an Associate in Engineering f rcm
Penn State. He was appointed
Senior Design Assistant in Relay
Engineering in 1958. A year
later he transferred to the Manufacturing Section as a Specialist- Methods & Tools. Four years
later, in 1963, Bob received the
Cordiner Award for his successful
development of a manufac turing
method which resulted in a very
s ubstantial cost r e duction fo r
th e Com pany. In that s ame ye ar
he was a l so named a Manuf acturing
Engineer in the Relay are a, a
position which he h as h e ld until
the present.

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S&S PAYM ENTS HERE

THE KEY TO IT ALL

NEARLY $3 MILLION IN '66

SUCCESSFUL

BUSl~ESS INC.

JOB
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N.E.W. Essay Winners
Temple To Join S)'racuse GE

Hunt er jo in ed SCD in 1957 as an
Accounting Clerk in the Finance
Section an d a yea r l ater trans f erred to the Engineering Section
as an Administrative Ass istant .
In 1962, Hunter returned t o Finance where he held t he positi on
of Internal Auditor for th ree
years until he became a Spe cialist in Forecasts & An alyses in
1965.
He is Pres ident of the Stuarts
Draft Ruritan Club, a membe r of
ACCA Shrine Temp l e , and Vice Pres ident of the Waynesboro Shrin e
Club.

Barbara Durette ( 9th) , Doug Plett
(10th) , Lew Holly - Chainnan, ::;cu
Ele ctrical /./eek , Fred !3 lake le'
(11th) , 'I'yr<!e ?ool (1:..t:.J .

Four Waynesboro Hi gh School students have used th eir creat i ve
imag i nat i ons to win Specialty Cor
tro l 's Electrical Week Essay Con·
test. The vii nners, Barbara Durette (9th grade}, Doug Plette
(1 0t h gr ade} , Fred Bl ake ly (1 1th
grade} , and Tyree Pool (12 th
grade}, wrote essays on the t hemt
"Tom orrow' s El ect r i cal \for l d" .
They will r ecei ve repli cas of tht
or igin al Edi son lamp at t he
schoo l's Annual Awa r ds Assemb l y
in May .

General El ectric will expand f acilities to manufacture larg e
steam -turbine generators, both i n
Schenectady and at an undi s cl osed
location elsewhere in the U.S.

Longer- range pl ans cal l for "establishm ent and s t ep- by-s t ep ex pan s i on" of a new turbin e-generator plant el sewh ere in th e U. S.

....

;-.-=-·

A ten year veteran of the Specialty Control Department, Hunter
Temp l e, 1-1ill transfer next Friday
to the Company's Specia l Information Products Department in
Syracuse, N. Y., as Specia li stBudgets & Fore cas ts.

GE TO EXPAND
GENERATOR MFG.

Immediate plans include rearrange·
ment and installation of large
machine tools in th e present
Schenectady turbine-generator
manufacturing plant .

Nearly thr ee million dollar.-._n
GE canrnon s t ock and U. S . S~ ~ng~
Bonds was paid out in 1966 to
Specialt y Control employees participat ing in t he Canpany ' s Savings & Securi ty Progr am . Annua l
s t at ements of e ach indivi dual' s
acc ount are being distributed t oday , s howing a record of the
employee's savings, the 50%proportionate Canpany contribution,
and income for 1964-66. The
s tatement als o s hows the amounts
deferre d, i f any , under the re tirement option portion of t he
plan.

GOOD FRIDAY HOLIDAY
LAST DAY FOR 'Y' DRIVE
Bi ll Perry , in- plant coordina t or
fo r the Way nesboro YHCA Buildi ng
Fund Dr ive , reminds a ll SCD empl oyees th a t t od ay i s t he l as t
day t o ple dge contrib utions . Al l
"Y" pledge cards s h ou ld be p l aced
in t he co llec ti on box in t he cafe·
t e ria by the e nd of the workday .

All Spec i alty Cont r ol employees
a re r eminded that Good rri day ,
~la rch 24 , will be observe d as a
paid holiday 1vi t hin t he Department . All manufacturin g 0~1tions \\·i ll be closed <lOlm (
pt
for emergency situations as \\·ill
most other operati ons fran the
en<l of t he workday Thurs day,
~larch 23 , lffitil the following
>lon<lay .

r~e Inquiring Reporter A~k~
,,....,,
JU KNOW, A SATISFIED CUSTO"\ER IS AN IMPORT.ANT PART OF t>N Y SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
INSURE THAT SCD CUST<J-1ERS WILL BE SATISFIED WITH YOUR WORK?

k_

WHAT STEPS CX) YOU TAKE TO

Warren D. Sprouse - 3rd shift
Fabricator

Thelma McNeal -3rd sh ift NPC Ma chine Operator

Frank Casey-2nd shift Metal
Fini sher

The steps I take to insur e that
SCD custcmers wil l be satisfied
with my worl< are ; I tPy to do good
quali ty wor.< and I tPy to do •ny
work to the best of 1111:1 ability as
i f I were going to buy the product my,c;e lf.

I ~ry to ~aintain hi gh qua l ity by
do~n~ my JO~ t o the best of my
ability . High qua li ty ~eans sa t isfied
custome rs , mor e s ales , and
~ .
nis mecrns gr eater j ob s ecurity
for me and my fe l lw workers .

I read a ll of the paper work befo re star ting c j ob and fo Zlo~·
each pr ocess as r equi r ed. I t ~d
to V$ e not only the proper , but
the best mat e rials availchle .
Fina lly , I a lways sati sfy mysd.-"
that I 'm doing the bes t that I
can on every job .

Sarah Gibson - 2nd shift Moni tor
Relays

Glenwood Goff - 3rd shi f t Mac hine
Room Monitor

Firs t I would check the dr(JJ,)ing
l ist and dr<Jh)ings t o make sur e
the relaus meet the requirements
specified.

As a monitor, the first thing I
check for is quality . Then I do
everything possible to ~: ove :..1ork
out of our ar ea on time .
I thi nk giving our cus tom e r> the
ve nJ best quality a:nd giving it
to him when he wants it ''lakes a
sati sfie d customer.

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PAY CHECK DEPOSIT AVAILABLE

Personnel Accounting is distributing with every pay check a fonn
asking if the individuals wou l d
like to have their pay checks
directl y deposited in one of 5
area banks . This is a service to
the employee and is va l uable for
t hree reasons .
(1) Pay checks go directly to the
ban k and are deposited in the
enployee's persona l checking account, thus eliminating a trip to
t he bank , (2) it eliminates the
danger of losing or having your
paycheck stolen , and (3) your pay
check i s deposited even though
you are absent on pay day and can
not pick up your paycheck .
The Grottoes Branch was just added as a result of employee inte rest. If your bank is not li sted and you would li ke this service
p~e comp l ete the bott?m portion

2 fonn passed out w1 th your
check today. If enough emp l oyees
are inte rested in your bank, Personne l Accounting may be able to
arrange for the service with the
bank .

As I perform each operati on, I
put myself in the c ustomer> ' s
place , knowing that quality is o;"
the greatest importance .

11 satisfied custcmer> ma/.:.e s a .-·~1-

tzire custoner and our jo!::s i:e re
SCD depend on this .

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SCD BASKETBALL CHAMPS

EYE SAFETY FOR SOME; OTHERS TEMPT SAFETY
Two second shift Sheet Metal employees are the latest members of
SCD' s Wize Owl Club which recognizes those who have prevented
serious eye injury through the
use of safety glasses .
Ronald Howdeshell was helping
spot weld a piece of meta l when a
s hower of hot sparks flew toward
his eyes striking his safety
glasses.

safety rule that every SCD employee must wear safety g lasses whenever he en t ers the manufac turing
areas of the p l ant . Most violations of this safety rule o~_r
when employees re- enter the
~nt
after their break or meal period
or at the beginning of a shift.
Remember - Your safety glasses
must be on the minute yo u en ter
the plant!
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The SCD SCOGEE Basketball Team
brought home the honors last week
by winning the Shenandoah Va l ley
Industrial League Tri Plant Championship in Roanoke. The Waynesboro 5 downed Lynchburg 64-63 and
Salem 70 -62.

Donald Napier was performing a
similar job when the heat caused
a large flash from the machine,
spraying sparks against his safety lenses .
Meanwhile , some employees continue to violate the basic plant

WED. NIGHT BOWLING
In the Spe cialty Control League
Wednesday ni ght , these three
teams won hi gh set honors : Dy namic Five (*2803); Rebels (2576);
and Alley Cats (2 55 9) .
Indivi dua l honors went to the foll ow ing with high sets : Fred Ram sey (619); Don Vey (590); and
Larry Roge r s (573).

SCD NEWS & NOTES
SCOGEE RO\J'JD & SQUARE DAl\JCE
APRIL lST (9:00 TO 1:00)-STA\J'JTON
ARMORY, EDDIE MICHAELS & HI S BOYS
PRI CE - $2.50 - MEMBERS
3.50 - N~ -MEMBERS
ALL DOOR TICKETS WILL BE $3.50.
******

High game honors were won by :
Fred Ramsey (234); La rry Mille r
( 228); and Don Vey (222) .
The high t eam games were rolled
by: Dynamic Five (*1015); Dynamic
Five (933) ; and Marketeers (903) .
RESULTS
Rebe ls 4, Tool Breakers O; Hill
Bowlers 4 , GE Fire Dept . O; Dynamic Five 3, Alley Cats l; Sparemakers 3, Marketeers 1; Lab Lads
3 , Hi-Pots 1; Wi re Stretchers 3,
Fireballs 1; Tin Benders 3, Bowles
Bowlers 1; Datamites 2, Injun Ears
2.
STANDINGS
TEAM
WON
LOST
Tin Benders
33
11
Hill Bowlers
18~
25~
25
19
Alley Cats .
25
19
Marketeers
19
25
Datamites
Rebels
2 4~
19~
Fireballs
24
20
Dynamic Five
21~
22 ~
22
22
Inj un Ears
20
24
Wire Stretchers
24
20
Lab Lads
24
Spa r emake rs
20
19
25
Tool Breakers
19
25
GE Fire Dept .
29
15
Bowles Bowlers
Hi-Pots
12 ~
31~
*New season high.

LOST - TRIPLETT ANALYZER, SERIAL
NLJ"1BER 001971, IF FOU\JD, RETURN
TO MI LTON BLISS, RELAY QUALI TY
CONTROL, EXT. 503

******

David and Loret t a Saben wish to
express their thanks to those sen
empl oyees who extended kindness
and good wishes during Dave ' s recent illness .
******

Gladys Cannichael, 2nd shift Incaning Inspection, is a surgeiy
patient at University Hospital .
Her address is West 5, Roan 8.
******
Dukie Glllll (Engineering) wishes to
thank her friends at Specialty
Control for their many recent
acts of kindness prior to leaving
Monday for Fort McC lellan, Ala . ,
to start an enlistment in the
Women ' s Army Corp.
"I'll miss you- all," she said .

SERV ICE PINS
Week endi ng Ma rch 17, 1967
5-year Service Pins Dorothy Burford
Aurelia Cash

10-year Service Pins Mary Bussard

June T. Harre Zl

Retirements

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(Contd . fr cm P. 1)

came involved in high voltage precipi t ation and machine tool control while still employed with
Industrial Engineering in Schenectady . At this time he also
received an ~!SEE fran the Uni vers ity of Florida .
As a Control Electrical Engineer,
Will transferred to the Special
Defense Projects Department , in
Philadelphia, where he was involved with guided missile work
on the Hennes Project from 1952
lllltil 1956. He arrived in
Waynesboro at the Speci alty Control Department in 1956 as an Engineering Specialist-Transistors
&Ferrites. In 1963, he was
named Develoµnent Specialist-Advance Engineering, and a ye~
later he took a s imilar pos
Jn
in the Department 's Industrial
Electronics Area .
Will has served as an instructor
for many of the Company ' s technical courses and he holds a total of 39 patent awards . He has
authored many technical papers
and articles primarily on el ec tronic control design, co-authored "Magnetic Pmplifiers", and
edited English and French editions of "Industrial Electronic
Control".
Will' s outside interests are as
varied as his engineering career.
He holds a private pilot ' s license with over 400 hours logged.
He has held office in various
skiing, swirmning and sailing
clubs, and his interests have also taken him into photography and
painting .
\Vill, his wife Beth, and one son,
Robert, reside at 1512 Tuckahoe
Road. An older son, David, is a
.-..,.
sophanore at \/PI.
According to Will, retirement
plans at this point are indefinit3 .

Specialty

Control
Volume XI , No . 53

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

March 23, 196?

'COMPANY 'S GOAL SOUND'

NEW RELAY ATT IRE

1966 GE ANNUAL REPORT RELEASED

TO INSURE QUALITY

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cedented growth has created pres sures affecting earnings ."

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The overview of the Canpany continues by pointing out that, in
1966, developing businesses like
computers and nuclear power generation could not make as good a
showing as they might have with out the pressur es of heavy shipment requirements.

r--'

Driver, Relations, l ooks
the Conpany's 1966 Annual
Report.
ov~r

"To translate a greater part of
sales growth into improved earnings•
II

This is the d1allengc to General
Electric management made in the
overview of the Canpany in GE ' s
1966 Annual Report now being re cieved by Canpany share owners,
including more than half of the
Canpany's employees .
The introductory overview statement by President Fred J. Bord1
and Board Chai nnan Gerald L. Phil·
lippe points out that many s t eps
are being taken to meet the d1al lenge . Inventories arc being re duced; production schedules ad justed; and other cost effectiveness measures are being introduced.
The overview underlines the con trast in growth between the past
n~ears and previous years.
Ge11<::ral Electric sales grew by
sane $250 mi l lion each year during the 1961-1964 period, "But
sales rose nearly $1 billion in
both 1965 and 1966 ... This unpre-

St i ll another section of the Re port shows that, in the nuclear
power business , "although over
half the capacity additions ordered from General El ectric in
1966 were for nuclear uni ts, earlier commi tJJlents made to win cus tomer acceptance of this new technology continue to affect earn ings."
Other factors mentioned by ~Ir .
Borch and Mr . Phillippe as con tributing to lower company profits , despite record sa les, include
the increased employment costs
coming out of new union agreements
and the 12 week Schenectady
strike ' as well . as nunerous
. shorter strikes
in other locations
.
Despite these difficulties , the
introduction of the Report emphasizes that order backlogs , as GE
entered 1967, were at an all time
high.
Mr. Borch and Mr. Phillippe stress
that "the very dynamism that con tributed to the problems of 1966
gi ves assurance that the Canpany's
goals are sound" and that Gene:al
Electric people can resune their
pace toward higher levels of service and renewed growth with an
improved profit picture.

Judy A. Humphries , Re lay Finish
Area, and Rick K . Beck, Re lay
Technician, modEl the new dacron
dress es and lab coats to be worn
by all Re lay emploY.ees .

D. L. Cough try, Manager -Rel ay
Operations, announced th is week
that Relay employees will be required t o wear special clothing
i n an effort to reduce the i nci dents of contamina tion. He
po i nts out that the change i s
necessary to decrease the amount
of dirt , dust and lint which has
been causing some relay fai l ure .
The new sty l e will go into effect
in about one month and will feature aqu a color dacron dresses
for women with dacron ha l f - smocks
for extra warmth . Men in the Relay Area will wear tan lab coats
made of the same materi al.
Accordi ng to Mr. Coug htry, "We
have carefully consi dered this
prob lem and we bel ieve that the
new attire wil l greatly reduce
contami nation and, at the same
t ime, offer our employees a mark
(contd . P. 4)

Editorial

Relay Employees Care

To All SCD Employees

The fact that change is the handmaiden of progress is evidenced
this week by the annmmcement
that the men and wanen of the Relay Area will wear special lintfree clothing while at work (see
stoiy page one) • Progress in
this case will cane in the fonn
of even more reliable relays
which will be free of particle
contamination -- a major hazard
in the quest for quality.
The relay employees are to be
recognized for their spirit of cooperation in responding to this
needed change. They are aware
that quality is a must for many
reasons •••. a satisfied custaner
whose orders will help insure job
security or a pilot in Cincinnati
or Saigon who is cotmting on flaw·
less perfonnance, to mention only
two. Indeed, the relay "tm.ifonn"
may well serve as a badge of dis tinction for a group of employees
who really ~·

LM Story In Local Papers
Thousands of Shenandoah Valley
residents discovered this week
that Specialty Control employees
are playing a vital role in their
country's efforts to put a man on
the moon by the end of this decade. Waynesboro and Staunton
newspapers told the story in words
and pictures in yesterday afternoon's editions. Readers learned
that all of the Department's Sections are involved in this national effort.
SCD Lunar Module (LM) Program Manager, Jim Bowen, quoted in the
news feature, says, "It has been
a constant sobering thought that
the lives of the first Americans
to set foot on the moon are dependent directly on the integrity
that we at Specialty Control design and build into our equipment ••.• The several hundred LM
Project team menbers are all to
be congratulated on the resourcefulness, competency, and genuine
pride which they have shown toward a demanding job. When each
of us hears that the LM mission
is a success, I know that we will
all experience a feeling of accomplishment coupled with the belief that in a sense we, too,
have s toad on the moon. 11

TWO '66 IUE CHARGES

WITH ORA WN, DISMISSED
Two IUE tmfair-labor-practi~
charges growing out of 1966 0 0tiations with the Canpany have
been dismissed or withdrawn.
The IUE withdrew a charge that an
infonnational survey by the Canpany was improper after being in fonned that NLRB's New York Regional Director would dismiss the
matter t.m.less the t.m.ion withdrew
it.

FAIR TAX TREATMENT SOUGHT

The current 90th Congress is being urged to end the tax treatment of employees and their families who, as a result of transfer, are taxed at their highest
rates on dollars they have never
enjoyed as actual income.
A bill, introduced by Rep. James
A. Burke (Den., Mass.), would
serve to change the Internal Revenue Service ruling to make most
necessary transfer expenses reimbursable without tax consequences.
The tax relief would end taxation
of a number of items of reimbursed expenses attributable to a
transfer.
Reimbursenent of these expenses
protects the employee from outof-pocket losses resulting from a
transfer but does not result in
any gain to the enployee. Thus,
it is unfair to treat the reimbursement as income for tax purposes, point out supporters of
the bil 1.

APPRENTICE INTERVIEWS
CANDIDATES FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S
TOOL ROOM MACHINIST APPRENTICE
TRAINING PROGR.Al-1 ARE NOW BEING
INTERVIEWED FOR THE FALL CLASS.
YOU CAN QUALi FY FOR AN INTERVIEW
I F YOU ARE : BETWEEN THE AGES OF
18 AND 21, A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE
AND HAVE CQ\1PLETED 1 YEAR OF ALGEBRA, 1 YEAR OF GEQ\1ETRY (OR
FUSED GECJl1ETRY) 1 1 YEAR GENERAL
SCIENCE, AND 1 YEAR OF PHYSICS.
THOSE INTERESTED MAY CO'JTACT
THEIR FOREMAN FOR AN APPOINTMENT.

Two "local" allegations in the
charge were not withdrawn; the Re·
gional Director dismissed one relating to the Salem, Va. , plant;
the other, relating to the Hick01y, N. C., plant, has been referred to the Board's North Carolina regional office for further
investigation.
The NLRB's New York Regional Director has dismissed a second IUE
charge growing out of national
negotiations. It involved the
Canpany's refusal (1) to turn
over infonnation to the tmion con·
ceming lay-off earnings and work·
time statistics for GE empJ~~s
not represented by the IUE '-·J
(2) to give the tmion copies of
all GE labor contracts which contain tmion security provisions.
NLRB REVERSES
L'VILLE DECISION

The NLRB has reversea a Trail
Examiner's decision and has ruled
that charges lodged by IUE Local
761 at Appliance Park, Louisville,
Ky., are groundless. The local
had claimed that the Company unfairly prohibited the union from
soliciting funds on Canpany property. The money would have been
used to support a strike against
General Electric in 1965 by IUE
Local 191 at Rane, Ga.
Meanwhile, the Company is appealing an NLRB decision involving
the Battery Business Section
plant in Gainesville, Fla. The
Board upheld a Trail Examiner's
finding that the Canpany remained
adamant against granting wage increases and refused to divu],ge
wage survey infonnation. ~
Board and Examiner contend Lndt
this action by the Company undercut the IBEW and caused it to
lose a majority of the employees
as menbers in the plant.
(contd. P. 4)

Interest In Electric Car Increases As Concern Mounts Over Air Pollution
~

He ~eached over and flipped the
switch to "power-on". A faint
hum was heard as he pushed the
lever into the "forward" position.
Slowly the vehicle started on its
course.
A space shot? A trip to Mars?
No, it's a wireman in Staunton
driving to work at Specialty Control in 1974 •••• in his electric
car.
The interest in electric cars has
been stirred by concern over air
pollution. While we in Waynesboro are not severely affected by
air pollution, authorities in afflicted cities say that half the
contamination is caused by gaspowered vehicles which discharge
exhaust.
Some officials in Washington, D.C,
have gone so far as to propose the
banning of gasoline-powered engines in cars of the future. Additional emphasis was placed on
t~atter when a congressman
s. ~d up at his office recently
in an electric car.

The congressman's prototype vehicle is evidence that American
autanakers ·(and other industrial
manufacturers) are supporting research on the practicality of
electric cars.
Speculation on what this could
mean for the electrical industry
and for General Electric brings
up these statistics:
If all the 94 million gasolinepowered cars, busses and trucks
were now operating as electric vehicles, electric utility sales in
this country would be up halfagain as much as the entire present sales.
This figures out to an increase
of about 500 billion kilowatt
hour~ to feed vehicle batteries.
And higher power requirements
would create greatly-increased
demands for electrical equipment
~ced by GE.

What are the chances of the electric car making a "comeback"?
According to an. industry expert:
"If the research of the electric
power industry and major auto-

IATTllUU
LOGIC CONTROLS

C11lawo1 wow of Gonoral Malat1
HP9tiMMfol •lectric cor, tfle flee·
troYOir. 1ltow1 location of mofOf
al>d coni-ol ol.......is.

mobile manufacturers is successful in developing a light-weight
battery that can store a large
amount of energy, electric cars
will be a familiar sight on tomorrow's highways."
The problem, however, is the
same one that forced electric
cars to bow to gas-driven cars in
the early part of the century:
short life and low-power output.
Battery-powered vehicles haven't
be cane extinct, though. They
have adapted successfully to industrial use for in-plant transportation.

Advantages of electric vehicles
are numerous. In addition to not
polluting air, they are silent
operating, unaffected by extreme
temperatures and mechanically
simple. There is no need for
pistons, rings, distributor,
spark plugs, air filter, radiator,
water pump, fuel pump, transmission, starter motor, and exhaust pipe.
Of course, the batteries of an
electric car must be recharged
frequently. But this could be
done while the car is parked overnight and daytime at work. It
could simply be plugged into an
electrical ~utlet.
Because of the recharging, the
electric car is being cast in the
roll of a "commuter" vehicle,
suitable for around-town short
trips. Thus there still is seen
a place for the gas-driven car as
a long-trip vehicle.
Despite the signs of progress to-

ward developing a practical electric car, it is estimated that
one won't be mass-produced and
moderately priced ~fo.r anywhere
from five to 15 years, at least.
Chief problem is developing a battery small enough, light enough
and cheap enough for practical
operation. While some cynics
still dismiss the electric car as
impractical, pure necessity {the
need to breathe) may force its
emergence as a connnon means of
transportation. And as for the
problems, "Necessity is the
mother of invention."

Seven Receive Patents Here
Seven Specialty ·cdntrol Engineers
have been awarded' patents for
their inventions conceived here
at the Departm~~t. They are:
Leroy V. C. Kelling, Numerical
Control Engineering - 16th and
17th patent awards.
L. R. Peaslee, Aerospace & Defense Engineering - 16th patent
award.
A. L. Wellford, Aerospace & Defense Engineering·- 9th patent
award.

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P. D. Corey,. ~pspace ·& Defense
Engineering - 8th and 9th patent
awards.

J. H. Cutler, Aerospace & Defense
Engineering ~ 4th patent award.
C. Dixon, Remote Terminal Engineering - 4th patent award.
P. W. Caulier, Power Regulation
Engineering - 1st patent award.

GE STOCK PRICES
The "Stock Price" for General
Elect ric stock credited to participants in the Savings & Security Program is the average of the
closing prices of General Electric stock on the New York Stock
Exchange for each day of th e
month.
The "Stock Prices" for January
and February (1967) . are as follows: January-$87.994, February $86. 94 7.

HEAVY FILING DELAYS
MEDICAL CLAIMS
The heavy year-end fi ling of 1966
medical expense claims by anployees is causing a six to eight
week waiting period for settlement. Employees who have filed
claims under the Company ' s ~led ­
ical Insurance Benefit Program
and have not received thei r set tlement are asked not to call the
Payroll Office . This will only
cause further delay .

'OAMN
WED. NIGHT BOWLING RESULTS

In the Specialty Control League
Wednesday night, these three
teams won high se t honors : Rebels
(2737); Dynamic Five (2583); and
Alley Cats (2575).

The high team games were r olled
by: Rebels (927); Rebels (917);
and Alley Cats (907) .
RESULTS
Sparemakers 4, Hi-Pots O; Datamites 4, Wire Stretchers O; Injun
Ears 4, Fireballs O; Tin Benders
4, Dynamic Five O; Tool Breakers
3, Hill Bowlers 1; Alley Cats 3,
Bowles Bow lers 1; Lab Lads 3,
Marketeers l; Rebels 3, GE Fire
Dept . 1.

TEAM
Tin Benders
Datamites
Alley Cats
Rebels
Hill Bowlers
Marketeers
Injun Ears
Fireballs
Spa remake rs
Lab Lads
Dynamic Five
Tool Breakers
GE Fire Dept .
Wire Stretchers
Bowles Bowlers
Hi-Pots

WON
37
29
28
2 7~

LOST
11

19
20

26~

20~
21~

26
26
24
24
23

22
22
24
24
25

22~

25~

22
20
20
16

26
28
28
32

12~

35~

LNDER THE PROXY VOTING PROCEDURE
ALL SHARE OWNERS CAN HAVE THEIR
SHARES VOTED AT THE ANNUAL MEET·
ING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR
WISHES, EVEN IF THEY ARE LNABLE
TO ATTEND . THE PROXY STATEMENT
EXPLAINS THE MATTERS TO BE VOTE[
ON, AND THE PROXY CARD MAY BE
USED BY SHARE OWNERS TO INDICATE
HOW THEIR SHARES ARE TO BE VOTEC
ON EACH MATTER .

of distinction which they de serve . All of us i n Relays are
joi ning together in this effort
to produce the finest qua li ty
relays poss i ble."

SCD NEWS & NOTES

Stars Lee Remick and Phil Silvers
rehearse a scene in General El ectric 's two-hour color TV presentation of the Broadway musical
hit "Damn Yankees." The show is
scheduled for the NBC-TV network
Saturday, Apr il 8, 9:00-11:00 P.
M., EST . "Damn Yankees" ran on
Broadway for more than two years
and is based on the novel "Th e
Year the Yankees Lost the Pen nant." It te ll s the story of the
baseball fan who dickered with
the devil to help the Washington
Senators win the Pennant from the
Yankees .
NLRB Decisions

STANDINGS

OVER 100 TONS OF PROXY MATERIAL
WERE MAI LED THIS M~TH TO 550,01
GENERAL ELECTRIC SHARE OWN ~
INCLUDING 200 , 000 EMPLOYEE'.
J~
OF WHCJ-1 BEC.llME SHARE OWNERS VIA
THE Ca-'IPANY 'S SAVI NGS AND SECUR
TY PROGRAM.

RELAY ATTIRE (contd . fr om P . 1)

Individual honors went to the
following with high sets: Gene
Reas oner (640) ; Warren Sprouse
(595); and Joe Smith (587).
High game honors were won by: C.
W. Sutphin (255); Don Cook (247);
and Gene Reasoner (244) .

Proxy Material Mailed

(from P . 2 )

The Company ' s position is that it
is not required by law to grant
wage increases and, since it did
not base its wage proposals on a
wag e survey, the uni on 's demands
to see the s urvey were not appropriate . GE holds that the un i on
lost its majority position in the
plant because it failed to pe rsuade enough new employees to
join during a period of rapidly
increasing employment .
Ga inesv ille employees have f iled
two petitions requesting a decertification election, however,
the NLRB has di smissed both petition s .

Wea ther permitting , Maintenance
will be pain ting the parking
lines at the north end of Zone ;
next Monday , March 2 7. This
portion of the lot will be~ si
Th ursday night.

******

SCOGEE ROUND & SQUARE DANCE
APRIL l ST (9 : 00 TO 1:00)- STALNTC
ARMORY, EDDIE MICHAELS & HIS BO~
PRICE - $2 . 50 - MEMBERS
3. 50 - NCT\J-MEMBERS
ALL DOOR TICKETS WI LL BE $3 . 50 .

******
Marie Campbe ll , 1st sh i ft- Relays
and Robe rt Campbe ll, 2nd shiftToo l Room, would like to thank
SCD employees of the Relay Area
and Tool Room for the sympathy
extended them during their recen
bereavement .
******

Chet Hewi tt, 1st shift Monitor Magnetic Wind i ng, and his wife
wish to extend a spe cial t hanks
to Kennie Kent and employees in
the C & T Area for their thought
fulness .

SERVIC E PINS
Week ending March 24 , 1967
5-year Service Pins Do 7, "ly L(]JJ)horne
Gene L . Kline

10-year Service Pi ns John H. Pfeiffer, Jr .
Rue K . Tay "lor

Specialty

Control
Volwne XI, No . 54

Cost Of Living Pay Raise

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
40 YEARS' SERVICE

Cooley Retires Today

Scheduled For Fall
Cost-of-living pay increases
will be received this fall by
most General El ectric hourly and
non-exempt salaried employees .
The increases will range fran
1/2% to 1-3/4% depending upon
the change in the U. S . Government's consumer price index during a one-year period .
Under a fonnula annoW1ced last
October, the index's percentage
change (not numerical change)
beuveen October 1966 and October
1967 will be used to detennine
the exact cost -of-living pay inc r~ to be given this year.
Here is how the one-year change
in the consumer price index will
affect employees' pay :
% Change in Consumer C-o-L
Price Index
Increase
Less than full 2%
1/2%
Full 2% but less
than full 3%
1%
Full 3% but less
than full 3-1/2%
1-1/2%
Full 3-1/2% or more
1-3/4%
This fonnula is a method by which
the Company and its employees
share the costs of further inflation in this coW1try.
Another cost-of-living increase
will go into effect in 1968 . The
same basic fonnula will be used,
except that the period for calculating t he change in living costs
will be fran October 1967 to October 1 68 . Exempt empl oyees will
not autanatically receive these
~creases because their pay is adJUSted on an individual basis tmder,Aie Canpany 's exempt salary
pl~
However, the exempt salary
structure will continue t o reflect
changes in living costs which affect the going market value of
exempt-type jobs .

!-:arch 31 , 1967

SCD LEADS DIVISION
IN SAFETY

A 40 year history ol serv ice to
the General Electric Compan~
comes to an end today wi th the
r etirement of SCD Re l ations Special ist, J ohn Cooley .
Reflecting on his r cti rcmen t ,
Jolm told the Spec ialty Contr ol
ii ews , "The ,,·ors t thing a bout re tiring is havi ng to end the c lose
associations I've had ,,·i th so
many good friends . D..IY i ng the
past twelve year s, it has been a
pleasure to work with sud1 a f ine
group of peop l e as we have here
at Specialty Control. Everyone ,
both in the shops and o If ices ,
has always been agreeably cooperative when called on t o help me
get the job done.''
"Since it may not be possib le for
me to see each of my many fri ends
per sonally , I would like to t ake
this occas ion to say thank-you
and good-bye ."

SCD Safety Specialist, Bill Perry,
on one of his many plant "safety
rounds" whi ch help insure accident- free work .

The General El ectric Company's
Canparative Injury Report for
1966 shows the Specialty Cont rol
Department near the t op of the
l ist i n safety. Out of 121 reporting Departments , SCD ranks
20th in the Company and leads the
Division .
The industrial accident rate
across the nation was up sharply
during 1966 , but at GE , however,
the frequency rate rose onl y
s lightly t o 2.12 disabling inju ries per million hours worked .
SCD c~npared favorably for the
same period with an 0.13 rate . In
addition to holding the line
agains t work accidents , when in dustry as a whole could not, the
Company al so progressed. Notabl y,
there were last year a smaller
total number of permanently disabl i ng injuries and fewer very
severe disabling injuries . Specialty Control, during 1966 , had
only one lost time accident which
occurred in July. Since then,
safety conscious employees have
accrued a total of 5,438, 716 man
hours without a lost time accident. Of t his achievement, Department Safety Specialist Bill
Perry says , ''Every employee on
every shift is to be congratulated for thinking safety. While
the present total is l ower than
it has been on three previous
occasions in t he plant's history,
I'm sure we'll all work t ogether
to push on past the 12~ million
man hour record set in 1960."
The Company's report shows that
hand and finger amput at i ons, usually caused by power press machines, continue t o be the most
frequent pennanent inj ury, although safe oper ating methods for
this type of equipnent are well
known by the employees concerned.

EDITORIAL

THE COMPETITION WANTS THE MOUNTAIN TOP

GE'S TOT AL COMFORT JACKPO'
CONTEST STARTS TOMORROW

As a child, did you ever play

Starting tomorrow you will)o.i.,ve
an opportunity to win the <
!ra
Electric "Total Comfort Jackpot"
which will contain all the delux
GE equipment needed to provide
your home with central heating,
central air conditioning, electr
static air filtering and humidification! It's all free if you
are a winner, excluding installa
tion costs.

"King of the Mountain?" Well,
you ' ll remember that there was
room for only one person on top
of the mountain. The others
fought and struggled to push the
"king" off the top of the "mount ain" and take his place until
they were forced off.
"King of the Mountain" still exists in our adult world, but it's
called competition. We at Specialty Control are on top of the
mountain, but there are others
struggling for that position.
Their names are Bendix, Westinghouse , Allied Control, BunkerRamo, Basler, Phillips Advance,
Lear-Seigler, and Cincinnati
Milling Machine, to mention only
a few.
How do they get us off the top of
the mountain? They do it by trying to provide the customer with
better quality products at a l ower price and delivered faster.
Just as the children's game, it's
fun to be on top but it's hard to
stay there. There's a secret
though .... beat the competition at
their own game!

GE: Automatic Transmission
For Electric Trucks
The first s uccessful control system that will do for a fuel-cell
powered electric truck what the
automatic transmission did for
gasoline-powered au tomobiles has
been designed and constructed by
enginee rs at the General Electric
Research and Development Center
in Schenectady.
GE's "automatic transmission" for
electric trucks is constructed
from solid-state electronic components and has no moving parts.
The only driver controls are an
acce l erator on the floor of the
cab, a brake, and an on-off
switch and a forward-neutral-reverse switch mounted on the dashboard.
By contrast, the driver of a gas oline-powered truck must manipul ate - in addi tion to the accelerator and brake - a clutch pedal
and a gear shift with several forward and reverse positions.
The system was demons trated earlier this month in Washington, D.C.

Blue Ridge Community College
Announces Fall Courses
The Blue Ridge Community College,
located at Weyers Cave, Virginia,
is now accepting applications for
courses to commence in September,
1967 .
Following is a list of the courses to be offered, full-time, days:
Business Administration
Liberal Arts
Pre-Engineering
Pre-Teaching
Science
The above courses are for those
students who desire to continue
with their studi es at another
college or university, with a
view t o r ecei ving a degree of
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of
Science .
Agricultural Business Tech.
Bus . Adninis tration (Accquntin~)
Bus. Administration (Management)
Data Processing (Unit Records)
Chemical Tech.
Drafting Tech.
Electronics Tech.
Indus trial Tech.
Mechanical Tech. (Design)
Mechanical Tech. (Drafting)
Mechanical Tech. (Air Condition ing &Refrigeration)
Machine Shop Tech.
Secretarial Science
The above cour ses are for those
students who desir e to obtain employment upon r eceiving their Associate in Applied Science degree
or diploma, at the end of the two
year course. Sane of the credits
may be transferred to another
four -year institution, in the
(contd. P . 4)

To enter the "Total Comfort Jack
pot", register at one of the
three firms listed below between
April 1-30, 1967. You will be
provided with an official entry
blank which must contain your
name, address and pay number. In
cases where more than one member
of a family are full-time employ
ees, each is eligible to registe
That's all there is to it -there's nothing to buy, no obligation, and the contest i s open
to General Electric employees
only.
Participating GE dealers in this
area are:
Myers & Whitesell
Waynesboro
K. Snyder Plumbing & Heating
Waynesboro
Inc.
Augusta Sheet Metal Company
Staunton
Watch for illustrated "Total Com
fort Jackpot" b r ochures in the
cafeteria today !

Medical Expense Insurance
Deadline ls Today

Today is the deadline for fi li ng
claims for 1966 medical expenses
covered by the General Electric
Insurance Plan. The plan provi d1
that proof of claim must be submitted not l ater than ninety day!
after the end of the calendar ye.
in which the expense occurs. If
today' s deadline cannot be met,
proof of claim shou ld be fi~ a!
soon thereafter as is reaso. .J ly
possible. Those employees who
have still not filed their claim!
may contact Department Benefit
Specia li st, W. R. Perry, on exte1
sion 241 for further guidance.

The Specialty Control Foreman

- - - -- - - -------·-

'ONLY PART OF THE OVERALL TEAM' - TISDALE
"The one thing a forem an must
keep in mind is that he i s only
part of t he overall team. He
needs hi s people's efforts, t heir
ability, their ideas, and the i r
loyalty because it i s they - not
hi m - who are the impo rtant and
vital factors in getting the job
done." This is part of Jerry
Ti sdale's philosophy on th e role
of the Spec i al ty Control Foreman.
Jerry, first shift Foreman of t he
Magnetic Wind ing Component Area,
is j ust one of the many foremen
who wi l l be t al king about their
jobs in comin g issues of the SpeMagnet ic Winding Component Area
Foreman Jerry Tisdale.

cialty Control News .

"The one thing that has helped
me most in my present job is that
I was fort unate enough to progress from Operator, t o Mon itor,
to Foreman in the same organization," says Jerry .
Jerry sees mot i vation as one of
t he biggest single problems a
foreman faces. To accomplish
this task, he says , you must
know your peop le individually,
keep in close communicat i on, and
help them to take deep persona l
pr ide in their work.

The Multiwind Line which builds
small magnetics used in various
aircraft. On the line (l . tor .)
G. Ryder, S . Painter, A. Massie ,
V. Weakly , A. Breeden .

H. Scott and R. Baber assemble
large transformers and r eac tors
for aircraft and. industrial electronics in the Heavy Winding
Section.

Jerry joined SCD in Septembe r,
1963, shortly after his discharge
from the U. S. Ai r Force where he
served with the Mi litary Public
Health Service . A native of
Lyndhurst , he graduated from
Waynesboro Hi gh School and attended the Uni ver sity of Virgin i a
and t he University of Newark. His
f irst job was that of Coil Winder.
Jerry became a Monitor in C & T
in Augus t, 1965, and Foreman in
January, 1966.
There are other demands made of
the foreman, according to Jerry .
He must be a leader, a counsel or,
and a spokesman for his peop le .
With all of t hese factors to cons i der , Jerry Ti sdale mai ntains
t hat there are many sat i sfa ctions
associa t ed with t he foreman's
job, too. In his words, " . .. .
it's setti ng a goa l and overcoming the diff icul ties i nvolved
in reaching it. It is seeing
progress made through planning
and executing ideas . It i s being ab le to say th at yo u are a
part of something successful . . ..
(sa tis faction) comes from see ing
your group achieve through their
efforts and abiliti es . ... "

The T¢3t Area performs both inproces s and final tests on all of
the area 's p2•oducts. Shown her e
(l . to r. J R. Weaver , ? . Terrell,
B. Harris .

.,.
·, .-. 'd •
-~

.

The Treatroom prepar es the various units f or iJnpregnation or encapsulation . (l . tor. ) J. Acker,
T. Brooks, B. Harris, H. Howell,
C. l11alker (Mfg . Eng . ), R. Craig .

The Boes ch Line builds magnetic
amplifiers , tiJning r eactors , etc .
Left line : W. Euts ler, A. Stove r,
F. Monger (Monitor) . Right line :
fv'. Massie , R. Breeden, L. HCD.Jkins .

GE Indian s Set For Opener

The Genera l El ectric In dians , under Ma nager Ray Depa and Coach
Sam Rodgers , are getti ng th emsel ves set for t he season's opener of th e Waynesboro Babe Ruth
League , May 1. The Indi ans are
sponsored by Speci al ty Con t rol.
The t eam, whi ch f in i s hed top i n
its di vi s i on l ast season , cons i s t s
of boys aged 13 t o 15, ma ny of
whom are the son s of SC D empl oyees . The teams play on the Ridgeview Par k di amond and Kate Col l i ns
School f i eld.
·
A tota l of seven teams make up
the l ocal Bab e Ruth League and
play nearly each week during the
sunmer mon ths .
WED. NIGHT BOWLING RESULTS

I n the Speci alty Control League
Wednesday night, these three
t eams won h igh set honors: Dynami c Five (2672); Rebe l s (2670) ; and
Alley Cats (2523).
I ndividual honors went to the foll owing with high sets : Curt Lunds trom (587) ; Grove r Rankin (585);
and Jack Fisher (583) .
Hi gh game honors we r e won by :
Curt Lundst r om (236); Ken Reid
(226) ; and Don Cook (225).
The high team games were r olled
by : Rebels (951) ; Dynamic Five
(939) ; and Dynamic Five (904) .
RESULTS
Dynamic Five 3 , Datamites l; Rebels 3 , Mar ketee r s l; Firebal ls 3 ,
Bowl es Bowler s 1 ; Tool Breakers 3 ,
Spar emakers l; Hill Bowlers 2 , HiPots 2 ; Tin Bender s 2, Wire
Stre t che r s 2 ; GE Fir e Dept . 2 ,
Lab Lads 2 ; Injun Ear s 2, Alley
Cats 2 .

TEAM
Tin Benders
Rebel s
Dat amites
Alley Cats
Hill Bowlers
I njun Ears
Mar ketee r s
Fireballs
Dynamic Five
Sparemakers
Lab Lads
Tool Breake r s
GE Fi re Dept .
Wire Stretchers
Bow l es Bow l ers
Hi -Pots

WON
39

LOST
13

30~

21~

30
30

22
22

2~

23~

28
27
27

24
25
25

25~

26~

25
25
25
22
22
17

27
27
27
30
30
35

14~

37~

CUBBAGE IS LA TEST TO JOIN WISE OWL CLUB
Roy Cubbage , f i rst shift Machin ist , i s at work today because he
was wear ing hi s safe ty gl asses
Mon day mor ning. It was about
11: 20 A.M., Roy was per fo rm~a
dri 11ing operati on when sud1.. •Y
t he high speed drill snapped . Almost i nstantly a piece of the
dr il l smashed into the left lens of his gl ass es . "For a mi nute ,
I was rea ll y scar ed," he says .
The lens was bad l y chipped and
cracked , but not broken. Roy is
quick to add t hat wi th out hi s
sa fety glasses t he broken pi ece
of dri l l wou ld have bli nded him.
Roy Cvhbage ho lds a drill sVrii lar
to the one that snapped striking
the white area of th e left lens
of his safety glasses .
(contd. from P. 2)
event that s tudents desir e t o continue their s tudies .
C o ll e g e C o urses

Auto ~ !echanics
Auto Body Repair &Refini shing
Cosmetology
Draftsman
~!ad1ine Tool Operator
Stenographer-Cler k
Welding
The above ar e one-year courses f or
the students who desire to obtain
enployment upon receiving their
certificates .
High School graduates, or persons over t he age of 18 are el igible . In the event the academic background of a student is in sufficient in certain required
areas , the student may take
foundation cour ses to make up
for such deficiency.
FEES : The fee for tuition for
full-time s tudent s who ar e resi dents of Virginia is $135 . 00 per
year, payable $45.00 per quarter; for part-time students,
$4 .00 per credit or equivalent .
Books and materials are ex t ra ,
and are estimated at approxi mately $35-$50 per quarter for
the average full-time student.
It is sugges ted that applications be fi l ed at once to enable
the college t o pr epare its sched uling, course structure , labor a tories , etc . Wr ite :
Office of Admiss i ons
Blue Ridge Corrnnunity College
Post Office Box 80
Weyers Cave , Virginia 24486

Roy , who joi ned the Depa r tment in
September of l as t year , wi l l jo in
many other SCD employees in the
Wi se Owl Cl ub .
NEW POL IC E COMM UN /CATIONS
Direct dig i t al communications bet ween cruis ing patrol cars and a
central comp uter for on- the-s pot
checking of c r im i nal r ecords may
soon be used by t he nation' s pol ice in th e fi ght agains t the ris ing crime rate .
Kn own as "digi tal ove r l ay", the
GE technique is stil l developmental but s uch a system can be ,.-...,
plemented within a ma tter o f
months .

SC D N EWS & NOTES

HIGH PRAISE COMES THIS WEEK FOR
THE SCD MEDICAL CLINIC STAFF AND
THE PLANT FI RST-AID CREW FR<Jv\
STAN 1'1AUPIN, SENIOR DESIGN
DRAFTS1'1AN, W-10 SUFFERED A GALL
BLADDER ATTACK WHILE AT WORK,
MARCH 17 . STAN EXTENDS HIS
THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO ASSISTED
IN TRANSPORTING HIM TO THE
WAYNESBORO HOSPITAL.
******
LOST - TRIPLETT ANALYZER, SER IAL
Nl.Jv\BER 00197 1, IF FOL.ND, RETURN
TO MILTON BLISS, RELAY QUALITY
CONTROL, EXT . 503 .
******

Emp l oyees assigned t o the Indus trial Electr onic Manufact uring
Components Operation , Charlo ttes ville, may be reached from SCD
by dialing :
Office Area
Plan t Area

605
600

SERVICE PI NS
Week endi ng March 31 , 196
5-year Service Pins Shirley M. Laffer ty
Maxine D. Glenn

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Specialty

Control

Volwne XI, ilo . 55

Dr. Rader Announces
New Process Systems Oper.

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

SBA TO HELP FINA NCE
N/ C IN SMALL BUSINESS
The Sma ll Business Administration
has announced i t will help small
businesses in th e financin g of
new machine too l s . The new plan
will provide financ ial assistance
in th e amoun t of 85 % of the basic
price o[ new machine tool s , including numerical controls . The
SBA will r eq uir e on l y the machin e/
control sys tem as collatera l and
will g ua r antee up to $350, 000 o r
75% of the cost , whicheve r i s
smaller .

Dr- . L.

'I . Pader-

A ~ess Systems Operation for
Stl
ng mar ket needs, determining techni cal feasib i lity and de veloping industr ial process sys tems concepts was announced th is
week by Dr . Louis T. Rader , General Electric Vi ce President and
General Manager of t he Industrial
Process Control Div isi on . Con currentl y , Dr . Rader app ointed
Phili p C. Sh irkey to ma nage the
new operation .
The Process Systems Opera ti on is
des i gned t o bring to bear the total capabil it ies of the division
on specific industrial process
prob lems requ iring new conce pts
in systems engineering and development . The Industrial Process Control Division includes
t he Specialty Control; In strument
and Communicati on Products Departments, and t he Process Compu te r Business Section .
Mr. Shirkey, a 21 year veteran of
the Company, will have offices at
Div i s i on Headquarters in Charlottesville .
Pr ...-... to this ass ignment, he was
Manager-Marketing at General Elec·
tric's Instrument Depa r tment in
West Lynn, Mass.

The a nnouncement comes as a fol low- up t o Febr uary 's meeting he re
between SBA Administrator , Bernard Boutin , his Deputy and Associate Administra tors, and SCD
r epresentatives . That meeting
was design ed to assis t the SBA in
its eva luation of the econ omics
of N/C fo r small businesses . At
its conclusion, Mr . Boutin noted
that "a series of co- sponsored
p r ograms with i ndustry t o inform
small businesses in the me t alworking industry of th e opport uni ties in nume r ical control" might
be desirable .
This latest e ffo rt by the SBA t o
he l p small business es become a utoma t ed , and thereby mor e competitive, could mean an i ncrease in
orders for SCD Numerical Cont r o l s .

JACK WEST

It was with the deepest regret
that the many friends of Jack
West l earned of his death on Mon day of this week . Mr . West reti red one week ago today as Spe cialty Control's Manager of the
Industrial Electron i cs Manu facturing Operation afte r 44 years of
service to General Electric . Ou r
sincere sympathy i s extended to
the West fam ily.

l:r rd 7, 1967

SCD COST REDUCTIONS
SETTING GOOD PACE

-t.D ~-,

P.

J.

DeDa
t

SCD Manager of Costs and Government Acc ount i ng , R. J . Depa , reports th i s v1eek that "The Departmen t's efforts toward the 1967
Cost Reducti on Goal are mov i ng
along very we 11 . "
Last yea r the Department set a new
record i n the area of cost reduction and this year ' s goa l s are
even hig her, not only for SCD but
for the Company as a whole. Evidence of thi s fact i s found in t he
introduction to t he 1966 Annual
Report . Both Company Pres ident,
Fred J . Borch , and Boa rd Ch ai nnan,
Gerald L. Ph i ll ippe, note t hat t he
Company is currently t aki ng ma ny
steps in meeting the cha ll enge t o
"trans late a greater part of sa l es
growth into improved earni ngs" .
These steps inc lu de reduction of
inventories , ad j ustment of product i on sc hedules and other cost
reduction measures .
Ac cording to Mr . Depa , " \~ hi le t he
pace at th i s po int is good , al l of
us mu st conti nue our efforts to
reduce costs·. Thi s will have the
effec t of creating greater job
secu r ity for Waynesboro Genera l
El ect ric emp l oyees and, at the
same ti me, we wi l l be playin g our
part, too, in he l ping t he Com pany
'Tleet i ts goa ls. "

GE VOLUNTEER TEAM
S&S PLAN PROSPECTUS DUE

A Real Bell Ringerl

GE's 'Damn Yankees'

Tomorrow Night
MARKETING INTRODUCES
MARK CENTURY FAMILY
TO POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS

The Specialty Control Marketing
team is taking advantage of two
good opportlll1ities to introduce
potential cus taners to the fami l y
of Waynesboro -made Mark Century
Nt.nnerical Control s .
General Electric will be a major
exhibitor later this month at the
AS1ME Show in Chicago which has
been billed as "Metalworking's
Most Important Event of 1967".
Visitors wil l be abl e to see our
various N/C lll1its on display in
three different booths, where
representatives will discuss the
lll1its in detail.
The five day event will attract
sane 600 U. S. and foreign exhibitors plus thousands of vi sitors.
Another opportlll1ity for customers
to l earn the values of Numerical
Control will cane in this month's
i ssues of Steel, Iron Age, American Machinist, Machinery, and
Me ta Zworking News . A two page
color ad will appear in each of
these trade publ ications carrying
the theme of "Packaged Controls"
and "Best N/C Package for Your
Doll ar" .

,..--..

U. S. airpower over North V 1d nam is more effective and less
vu l nerab l e than ever before as a
result of the special assignment
comp l eted recently by a volunteer
team of 19 electronic experts
from General Electric's Aerospace
Electron i cs Department, fonnerly
the Li ght Mili tary Electronics
Department in Utica.

Savings and Security Program pa rticipants , and others current ly
eligible for the Program will
soon receive an updated Prospectus
for the Program according to E. S.
Willis, Manager of Employee Benefits and Practices Serv i ce.
Under government regulations, the
former Prospectus cannot be used
after Apri l 30, 1967, and must be
replaced.
He pointed out that the new Pro spectus does not cover changes in
the Savings and Security Program
that become effecti ve July 1, and,
therefore, will not be di stributed
to employees who first become eligible on that da te. A revised
Prospectus wil l be issued to cover
the Program as it will be after
July 1. This will be distributed
a few months f r om now to al l e ligible employees.

HELPS USAF IN VIETNAM

This i s a scene from "Damn Yankees", General Electric ' s TV mus ical slated for presentation on
NBC- TV, tomorrow night, from 9:00
until 11:00 P .M. Above , sul try
siren Lee Remick tells Jerry Lanning in song "Whatever Lola Wants,
Lola Gets". Lee Remick is Lola .
The show was a l ong run Broadway
hit. It's the story of a baseball fan who trades his soul to
the devil (Phil Silvers), in exchange for a chance to snare the
pennant fo r his favorite ball
club.
The show will present commercials
designed to win cus tomers for
many General Electric conswner
products, as well as to build
General Electric's reputation for
leadership in all areas of the
electrical industry.

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The General Electric team members,
all of whom relinquished Christmas
with their families, served three
months in Southeast Asia, work ing
around t he clock, seven days a
week on a project re l ated to the
imp l ementati on of sophisticated
airborne e l ectronic equipment.
The Aerospace Electronics Depart ment (AED) deve l oped and produced
the equipment for the U. S. Air
Force. Rapid introducti on of the
equipment i nto Southeast As ia madE
it necessary for a team of GE
technicians besen t to the field
to as s ist Air Force personnel in
the use and maintenance of the
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equipment.
It happened li ke this :
On Tuesday, October 4, 1966, Gen era l Electric in Utica received a
request to supp ly technica l person nel to Southeast Asia on an "a~
soon-as-possible" bas i s . Result:
In just three short weeks, 19 GE
employees residing in the Utica
area were se l ected, tra in ed, and
on their way to the other side of
the world.
On arriving in Southeast Asia, th(
AED team was immediately divided
into three shifts to provide support on a 24- hour basis. This
support included equipment repair.
operational checkout of the equip·
ment, unloading it from aircraft,
pre-flight and post-flight testin~
and assisting Air Force personne l
at the base in initia t ing proper
maintenance procedures .

The team also helped pi l ots duri ng their pre- f ligh t and postf light briefings, providing addit i ona l i nfonnation which er........,ed
them to utilize their equip1 .. _.it
more effective l.v.
As a result of the team's s uppo rt
the reli abi l i ty of the equ ipment
i ncrease d and the Air Force ' s los ~
rate due to ground fire dropped .

AUSTIN SEES FOREMAN'S JOB BUILT ON PROBLEMS
Jim Austin, fi r st shift Re lay

Foranan , says , ''A for enan ' s job
is bui lt on probl ems .... problans
of output, problems of motivation,
problems of good human relations ,
and others ." Commenting on this
aspect of hi s job , he continues ,
"Probab ly the bigges t single prob ·
l an i s corranunication . I feel
that most of us do not listen well
enough. \Ve don't al ways hear
1vhat is really be ing said , but
r ather what it i s that we think
we want to hear ." Jim is quick
to aoathat whi l e being consistent in every si tuation is difficult, it does go a long way toward helping solve problans including those of communication.

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Jim has been with General Electric

First shi.-<'t Rela?J Foreman, Jim
J..ustin .

As Jim says , the job is buiit on

problems . I/ere he confers with
3ob Broughman , Supervisor- Re lay
.\fan.ufacturing , Enginee ring 3
Deve lopnent .

here in llaynesboro since 1956 ex cept for a very brief period last
year. He began as a Testman in
Program Control Equipment.
"The experience of working in a
nt.Dllber of varied jobs and for a
variety of supervisors has contributed most to whatever success
I have had as a foranan. Since
caning to Gener al Electric I've
had the good fortune of working
for more than a dozen different
supervisors in jobs ranging fran
assembl y to inspect ion and test
to planning~
Jim , as a four year Air Force vet eran dur ing the Korean Confli ct ,
has had many opportunities to
supervj se people under different
conditions . Of his philosophy toward directing t he actions of
others , he says , "I see the fore man in the r ole of a l eader who
helps people motivate themselves ;
a friend in whan his people can
confide ; a t eclmician who solves
production problems ; a planner who
antici pat es problems and or ganizes
his wo r k according ly .... "

Jim also takes time for a pleasant
counseling session with one of his
employees .

Back to work again - a Foreman
also seT'Ves as an instructor for
his people as we see here .

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Jim i s a Waynesboro native who

graduated from 1\laynesboro High
School , rishburne ~li l i t ary School,
and attended VPI until the outbreak of the Korean War.

!1ore problems for the Foreman .
This time it ' s a "down " piece of
equipment on the line .

Concluding his views of the Specialty Control Foreman, he says ,
''There is nothi ng more satisfying
than people who succeed by contin ually having good qualit y, production and attendance . These
peopl e understand that the heartbeat of any' bus ines s is properly
servicing and satisfying custom ers . TI1ey make work a pleasure.''

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Jim 's most important concern the people he must l ead, he l p,
and take a deep pers onal interest
in, which he does .

A REMINDER

GE CAROUSEL OF PROGRESS AT DISNEYLAND

.... that the ''Total Comfort Jackpot" , open to General Electric
employees only , i s continuing at
local GE dealers ' st ores this
month . You may win any one of 51
valuable prizes ranging up to a
compl ete home comfort conditioning systcm -- - f urnace , central air
conditioner, hunidifier and electrostatic air cleaner . To enter,
go to one of the dealers ' stores
listed in l ast week's Specialty
Control News and register - it's
that simple. There' s nothing to
buy, no obligation.
WED. NIGHT BOWLING RESULTS
In the Specialty Contro l Leag ue
Wednes day night, th ese three
teams won hi gh s et honors : Lab
Lads (2 541); Marke t ee rs (2531);
and Datamites ( 2492) .
Individual honors went to the fol
lowing with high s ets : Ron Kerber
(621); Pete Pizzino (556) ; and
Cur t Lunds trom & Ralph Pickings
(555).
High game honors we re won by : Don
Cook (227); Ron Ke rber (214); and
Curt Lundstrom (211) .
The high team games were rolled
by: Rebels (914); Dynamic Five
(894); and Lab Lads (886).
RESULTS
Injun Ears 4 , Bowles Bowlers O;
Fireballs 4 , Alley Cats O; Hill
Bowl ers 3 , Spar ernakers l ; Da t a mi tes 3, Tin Bende r s l ; Hi-Pots
3 , Tool Br eake rs l; Lab Lads 3 ,
Rebels l; Marketeers 3, GE Fire
Dept. 1; Dynamic Five 2, Wi r e
Stretchers 2 .
STANDINGS
TEAM
Tin Benders
Datamites
Injun Ears
Rebels
Hill Bowlers
Fireballs
Alley Cats
Marketeers
Lab Lads
Dynamic Five
Sparernakers
Tool Breakers
Wire Stretchers
GE Fire Dept.
Hi-Pots
Bowles Bowlers

WON
40
33
32
314
314
31
30
30
28

LOST
16
23
24
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25
26
26
28

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28~

26
26
24
23

30
30
32
33

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SCD emp l oyees who vi.si t e d General
Elec tr ic ' s "P r og r essland" at the
' 64- ' 65 ~ ew Yo r k ~o r ld ' s Fair
wi.11 be in t e r ested in knowing
that t he pavili on is moving to a
new hone on t he west coast . Renamed "Ca r ouse l of Pr ogress " to
help avoid confusion in the ~ind
of t he publjc that this is not
p r ecisely the same show they may
ha ve seen at t he Wor l d ' s fair,
t he paviU on wi l l become a permanen t part of Disneyland .
Sc he dul ed to ope n i n J un e , t he
build ing wi.1 1 ha ve a da i ly capacity of 40 , 000 pe r sons who will
en te r admission f r ee . There a r e
six s ate lli t e audit o r i ums wh i ch
r evolve a r ound a hub o f six t he-

atre stages . Visi to r s outs ide
the building will s ee the enti re
fi r s t flo or rotate eve ry f o ur
minu t es .
A fo ur act show wi ll t race t he
p r og r ess of e l ec trici t y i n the
home f rom t he cand l e l ight days of
th e 1880 ' s t o th e pr esent .
The r e are 35 maj or co r po r a ti ons
exhib it ing i n Disn ey land, howeve r, Gene r a l El e ctric will be
the f irs t manu f a ct urer of e l ectrica l products fo r t he home and
ind us try among t hem. Asi de fr om
its inte r es t and ent e rt a i nmen t
va l ue , Company offi cials s ee t he
"Carousel o f Progres s " as a ~
relations and marketing tool.

Fifth Annual Shenandoah Art Exhibit Next Month
The Fifth Annual Shenandoah Art
Exhibit, under the sponsorsh ip of
SCOGEE in cooperation with the
Waynesboro Chapter of the Virg ini a Museum of Fine Arts, will be
held May 6-7, here at the Specialty Control Department. Th e
announcement comes this wee k from
SCOGEE Cultural ColTTll ittee CoChainnen, Ann Shifflett and Hel en
Dedrick.
The exhibition is open to al l
residents within a 50 mile radius
of Wayn esbor o and to all SCD employees and their immedi at e fam i li es, regardless of residency ,
who may wi s h to submit an entry .
Entry bl anks and exhibition rul es
will be available next week i n
the cafeteria or they may be ob tained f rom Mrs . H. E. Vigour
(942-8667 ) or Mrs. J . P. Ti pton
(942-451 3) , Co -cha i rmen for this
year's event.
The Waynesboro Mus eum group will
assist SCOGEE in the presentati on
of art by professionals and nov ices. As in past yea rs , adm i s-

sion wil l be free. In 1965, nea~
ly 2,000 persons vis i ted t he show
which f ea tured the works of 150
area artists.

SCD NEWS & NOTES
The Department Medical Clinic has
56 pairs of men ' s safety sh oes in
a variety of styles and sizes
wh ich will go on sale '.-fonday .
Prices range from $6 to $9 . ... a
good investment in safety .

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Anyone. -<..1i:teJte,~:te.d -<..n play-<.. ng -U1
tlte. SCOGEE Go.lo Le.ague. ,{)., Mk.e.d :to
eon:tact Joe. BeJUty, Ext . 579, by
no:t la:teJt :titan Ap!UJ!. 1U h . League.
play will :take. plaee. a:t :the. Swannanoa CowitJuj Cl ub.

SERVICE PI NS
Week ending Apri l 7, 1967
5-year Serv ice Pins Pauline ll . Broy 7-es
Sarah L. CunninghOJn

10-year Service Pi ns Keith P. Daggy

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Control
Volwne XI, Ho . 56

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

QUICK JOINS
PURCHASING

Charl es

100L IS LA TEST ADDITION

SCHNEIDER NAMED

TO MARK CENTURY FAMILY

IPSSB CHAIRMAN

A two - motion contouring nwnerical
control, especially des igned for
use with l a t hes a nd other turning
mach in es , has been added to Specialty Control ' s line of standard ,
packaged numerical controls
thro ugh the creativity of N/C Eng ineers Bob ~cDonnell and D. W.
Nicholson .

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A. Quick

The appointment of Charles A.
Quick to the position of Buyer in
Purchasing, was announced this
week by J . F. Ponzillo, ~ !anager­
~,,__facturing . "Charlie" was form1:. ....y first shift Foreman , A&D
Assembly .

The addition of t he >lark Cent ury
lOOL contouri ng control brings
GE ' s number of packaged numerical
con trols up to five. Pr eviously
i ntroduce d were th e lOOS and lOOM
contouring controls and the 120
and lOOB positioning controls.

An el even year veteran of General
Electric, he began his career
here in Waynesboro in 1955 short ly after his discharge fran the
United States Anny Signal Corps.
Charlie 's first job was that of
a Tester. Subsequently, he becaine a ~loni tor and then A&D Fore man .
He is a graduate of l\"ilson
rial High School.

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UE Charges Dismissed
An NLRB Regional Director has dis·
missed three UE unfair-labor pr actice charges agains t t he Company
because of insufficient evidence.

The UE fi l ed the charges during
the 1966 contract negotiations,
claiming that General Electr ic
had unlawfully refused infonna tion to the union on general
w~ , pens ions and insurance,
a
acation scheduling and enployee service . The NLRB aide
ruled that the GE position was
proper.

ADri l 14 , 1967

Mark Century lOOL
The lOOL incorporates many capabilities pr eviously available only
in much more expensive cus t omdesigne d models. The refore, Gene r al El ectri c fee l s t he lOOL f its
the need fo r a control sys t em in
t he a rea between the gene ral purpose and the custom-designe d an d
the lOOL shou ld be sui t ab le for
all but t he most demanding applications .
As a part of t he total service
package , a t wo- week training
school fo r t he user ' s maintenan ce
personn e l is provided by the Department .

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0. B. Schneider , Manager - Numerical Control Eng inee r ing, has
been named t he new Chairman of
t he Infonnation Processi ng Systems Sta ndards Boa rd of th e
United States of Ame ri ca Standards Institute .
Mr . Schneider, who has been a
Gene r al El ectric Engineer si nce
his gr aduation from the Uni versity of Kansas in 1944 , says,
"Th e board has jurisdiction within t he U. S. for standard ization
concerning al l aspects of systems
that transmit, stor e or process
ana log , symbo l ic , or encoded
re presentations of infonnation .
This i ncludes contro l systems,
peripheral equipment and auxi liary devices t hat would influence
the ef f ecti ve utilization of compos ite infonnation process i ng
systems . "
Mr. Schneide r has been act ive in
both national and international
standa rdizat io n servi ng as the
Chief U. S. De legate to several
overs eas meetings of the Internationa l Standards Organ izati on
and the Int~rnationa l Electrotechni cal Corrmiss i on . In t hi s
country, he also serves on many
commi ttees of re l ated organiza tions .
(Con td . P. 4)

EDUCATIONAL LOANS

Your Best Protection

The General Electric Employees
Educati onal Loan Program, here at
Specialty Control, approved $9750
in loans during the 1966-67 aca demic year. Company-wi de , the
program provided nearly $628,000
i n f un ds for the furt her education
of anployees or their dependents .

Incomplete statistics indi~
that General Electric's U.
employment has dropped about J~%
since Jan . 1 when it was at a rec
ord of mo r e t han 300 , 000 .
~he large majority of t he people
who have left GE s ince th e first
of the year either were recent
hires or departed for retirement
or other attritional reasons.

The program has been approved for
use during the 1967-68 academ i c
year. Interest based on the bank
prime rate has been increased to
5- 3/4%.
Begi nning i n 1967, t he Employees
Education Loan Program may be used
for study in certain two-year
terminal programs , and i t may also be used in nurses ' training
programs specifically l eading to
a Registered Nurse Certificate.
SCD employees with one year of
service who are in t erested in taking advantage of the program
should contact W. R. Perry, Re lations, for further details.
PLAINVILLE VOTES TO REMAIN
WITHOUT UNION

Produc t ion and maintenance employees at the Circuit Protective Devi ces and Distribution Assemblies
Departments in Plainville, Conn . ,
voted to retain their non-union
status in a representation el ection March 29 .
The vote was 657 fo r no uni on and
448 for the IU E; 9 ballots were
void.
In t he l ast re presentation election, on Dec . 9 , 1965 , 538 voted
for no union and 469 for the IUE.
Three years earlier, the employ ees re jected t he Teamsters and
the IU E.

STOCK PRICES
The "Stock Price" fo r General
Electric s tock credit ed to participants in the Savings & Securi t y
Program is th e average of the
closing p ri ces of Gene ral Elec tric
stock on the New York St ock Exchange for each day of th e month .
The " Stock Prices" for the fi r s t
quar ter of 1967 are as fo llows :
January
$87. 994
Febru ary
86.947
March
88.875

GE EMPLOYMENT SUPS 3}S3

S&S Tax Information
Participants in t he Savings and
Security Program who received a
"holding pe riod payout" from t he
Program this year have recently
received Tax Informa ti on Statements which provide important statistics on their investments.
"These statistics will be vital
when a participant files his in
come tax return in 1968," says H.
A. Goodwin , Manage r of t he Company ' s Employee Savings Operation .
"They will also be import an t information if any shares of stock
received in the ' payo ut' are sold'.'
The statements provide these three
important items of information :
1. The amount of taxable income received in the recent
payment. This must be reported in income t ax returns to be
filed next year.
2 . The tax cost per share of
any GE stock r eceived in the
recent ' payo ut '. Thi s must
be used i n detennining gain
or loss if any s tock is sold .
3 . The r edemption value of
any U. S . Savings Bonds which
were paid fo r out of Company
payments a nd r eceived in the
'payout ' .
Mr. Goodwin cautioned a ll S&SP
participants to keep the Tax I nformation Stat eme nt where it
would not ge t l ost . He added that
some employees wi ll note th a t they
have taxable income fo r the firs t
time from holding period payouts
under th e Program. Ot hers , he
said, will have large r or smaller
amounts of taxable income than
th ey h ad f rom l as t year' s payout .

In the three years from 1964
through 1966, Gene ral El ectric ad
ded about 67,000 emp loyees, the
largest number of whom joined the
Company in 196 6. To t al domestic
employment is still well above
1965 l evels .
In addition to the overall Company employment dip , several loca·
tions, mos tly in consumer product
businesses, have scheduled temporary cutbacks and emp loyee furloughs to balance inventories.
Meanwhile employment levels and
working hours have remained reasonably stab le at oth e r locations

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Heavy Gas Turb11 . .;
Greenville , S. C. , has been se l ected by General Electric as the
site of a $50 million plant to
produce heavy-duty gas-turbines .
The Campany expects to employ
some 500 persons in the first
year of operation. Production at
the 288 ,000 square foot facility
is s l ated to begin late next year
Campany officials s tate that industry orders for gas turbines
have multiplied seven t imes in
the past s ix years . The eA.'"Pan sion affects steam-turbine generat ors, nuclear ener gy syst ems
and gas-turbines .
COMPANY HELPS CUT
EDUCATION COSTS

The Company in 1966 made 32 appr opriations valued at $813 ,000 to
educational institutions under
its Equiµnent Assistance Program.
The contribution of $813,000 was
measured by the difference ~
tween the nonnal conm1ercial
ice
and what the school paid . f'w.. .J.
the equiµnent provided through
this program i s for instructional
use .

SPECIALTY CONTROL RELAYS REALLY GET AROUND

Di~ou Jmow that every time you
li
)ed to a Gemini astronaut's
voice on TV or radio that it
- first carne through a General Electric four pole relay made right
here in \\'aynesboro?

Did you Jmow that when our men
fly to the moon later this decade their voice conununications
will be controlled by lfaynesboro
gr id relays?

- Did ~ou lmow that many of our
weat er satellites deep in outer
space are turned off and on by
Waynesboro latching relays controlled by radio signals from
earth?
Did you imOI> that a fighter pilot
in rietnam is able to restart his
jet engine in flight after flameout due to lfaynesboro rugged
l atching and four pole relays?

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Did you Jmow that t he ba ll game
you watch t his surune r on TV i s
abl e to have instant replay of
fast action pl ays due t o video
t ape recorders controlled by
Waynesboro 150 gr id r el ays?

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Did you Jmow that t he SparroK and
Hawk missiles used ext ens i vel y in
Vietnam are guided accurat el y
thanks t o Gener al Electric micro
and grid rel ays?

The Specia lty Control relay line .

Did you Jmow that sane of our nuclear power st at i ons are carefully
cont rol led by General El ectric
relays?

Did you Jmow that it took combined
concentrated effort of every man
and woman in our relay operations
to produce these high quality
products that our customers demanded to fulfill the requi rements
of these and thousands of other
applications?

Did ~ou JmOI,· t hat 85% of the commercial and mi l i t ary air cr aft f lying in the worl d today cont ain
communicati on and navi gation
equiµnent cont rolled by relays
made right here in Waynesboro?

A REPUTATION FOR QUALITY AND SERVICE
Thanks to the efforts of all , we
have developed a reputation of
high quality and service throughout the industry . Our many cus tomers return to us daily with
more demanding requirements and
requests for new and more diffi cult types of devices to meet t he
needs of a rapidly expanding technology .
\\"i thin the next couple of years
you 1>ill be able t o fly in a
supersonic aircraft that will land
automatically without any assistance from the pilot under any
flyable weather conditions . This
equipment is being devel oped and
flight t ested today and wi ll use
General Electri c relays to control
many of the landing functions .
\\'hi l c you and the pilot are catching up on the l ates t issue of a
maga:ine , our relays will be
clicking us into a safe landing
during a blizzard.

f./eather> sateUite developed by
MIT scientists which uses the
SCD latching r>e lay .

There is satisfaction in Jm01,·ing
that the leaders of industry tum
to l\°aynesboro, Virginia , when they
require the ubnost in relay quality and r eliability . You make it
possibl e . Keep up t he good work .

7'he launch vehiole whioh puts the
weather satellite into or>bit .

IAM HEARING WEDNESDAY

GE Expands European Market

The NLRB has accused the IAM of
failing to practice what it
preaches.

General Electric, in an effort to
expand its European market, has
reached agreement with German and
Italian firms for the production
of computers and nuclear reactor
parts.

A Trial Examiner will begin hearings Wednesday on charges against
the union of coercing and firing
its own employees for union activity and with refusal to bargain as
an employer with a staff union,
IAM Representatives Association,
which won a NLRB election last
July.

WED. NIGHT BOWLING RESULTS

In the Specialty Control League
Wednesday night, these three
teams won high set honors: Dynamic Five (2679); Alley Cats
(2551); and Rebels (2542).
Individual honors went to the following with high sets: John Chadderdon (571); Guy Hoy (571); and
Jack Fisher (571).
High game honors were won by:
John Chadderdon (223); Bill
Nichols (223); and Ray Meek (218).
The high team games were rolled
by: Dynamic Five (927); Dynamic
Five (891); and Tin Benders (883).
RESULTS
Dynamic Five 4, Fireballs 0; Wire
Stretchers 4, Bowles Bowlers O;
Rebels 4, Sparemakers O; Hill
Bowlers 4, Marketeers O; Alley
Cats 4, Datamites O; Hi-Pots 3, GE
Fire Dept. l; Tool Breakers 3, Lab
Lads l; Tin Benders 3, Injun Ears
1.
STANDINGS
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Tin Benders
Rebels
Hill Bowlers
Alley Cats
Datamites
Injun Ears
Dynamic Five
Fireballs
Marketeers
Lab Lads
Tool Breakers
Wire Stretchers
Sparemake rs
GE Fire Dept.
Hi-Pots
Bowles Bowlers

WON
43

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35~

24~
24~

34
33
33

26
27
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30
29
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26
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Telefunken, a Frankfurt, West Germany, electrical firm, has a nonexclusive licensing agreement with
the Company to manufacture the GEPAC 4000 process-control computers. The Company has been marketing its process-control computers
abroad through !GE and will continue this activity. GE-Bull in
France and GE-Olivetti in Italy
make and market business dataprocessing systems, but not the
industrial process-control line.
Meanwhile, the Italian state-owned Ansaldo Meccanico Nucleare
S.p.A. and General Electric plan
to set-up, jointly, an Italian
company to manufacture parts for
nuclear reactors. The new company will be known as Fabricazioni Nucleari, S.p.A.

GOLF TEAMS FORMING
The SCOGEE Gol6 League 4emlnd6
all htt~uted emptoyeel> tha.,t
6,uu, t play will. beg ht May 2, a.,t
the. Swannanoa. Cou.n:tluj Club. Tho-6 e.
httuute.d 4houtd eon.ta.ct T. H.
Sm-lth, exten4~on 434, not lat~
than one week. 64001 today.
The ntonbu 06 ma.-tchu wLU. be dete.Jrmi.ned by .the numbu 06 te~
and i.tut ye.alt' 4 4 c.Mu wLU. be
U6 ed tU 4 taJLt.,lng ha.ncli.c.a.p6 • New
pla.yw w.lU. have to c.ompte;t;e one
quaLi.6yhig 4ound be6o4e play beg,LJu,.
Me.a.nwh-U.e., .the. Shenandoah Va.Ue.y
1ndU6tM.al League gol6 ma.-tc.hu
Me 4c.he.dui.ed to get undeJWJay
ApJUl 22. 1ntvc.ute.d emptoye.u,
who Me. SCOGEE membe.Jth, Me. tUke.d
to c.onta.ct S. Mill~, e.x.te.n6.lon
291. New gol6VL6 mU6t ha.ve. vM.i.6-le.d ~ c.oJtu 6JtGm :two 18-hote.
gamu 6M ha.ncllc.a.p pwr.po4 u. La.&t
ye.M '~ team membeJl.6 ma.y U6 e. .thw
1966 hancli.ca.p& •
Schnelder

(frcm P. 4)

The numerical control authority
has written articles for technical publications and addressed
many professional societies and
other groups on programmed machine tools and numerical controls.

ART EXHIBIT RULES

ANNOUNCED HERE
For tne infonnation of all interested employees, listed below are
the rules for entering art works
in the Fifth Annual Shenan~
Art Exhibit, May 6-7.
1. All works must be submitted
to the Waynesboro Chapter of the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
536 Chestnut Ave., ONLY.
2. Each exhibitor may submit
not more than two entries regardless of category~
3. Sculpture may not be larger
than that which may be easily
carried by one man.
4. Art shown in previous Shenandoah Art Exhibitions will not
be accepted.
5. Each artist will classify
himself or herself' into that
class which most nearly fits
his artistic accomplishments,
training and interest. Class I
Professional; Class II SemiProfessional - those persons
who have studied on the college
or comparable level; Class III
Novice - hobbyists and untrained
student of the arts; Class IV
Beginning Student - those young
people on the secondary and
elementary level.
6. Entry blanks must be in
duplicate for each work; o~
copy attached to the work, 1..11e
other submitted with the entry.

Official entry blanks are available today in the cafeteria.
The exhibit will be held in the
plant auditorium ~nd feature the
work of area artists. The various categories will include oils.,
pastels, water color, sculpture,
etc. The exhibit is under the
sponsorship of SCOGEE and the
Waynesboro Chapter of the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts.

sec

NEWS 8c NOTES

THE F.AMILY OF JACK WEST WISHES TO
THANK ALL EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR
CARDS, FLOWERS AND KIND EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY.

SERVICE PINS
Week ending April 14, 1967
5-year Service Pins PauZ A. Franz
Betty L. Morris
Gernie B. Conner
LyZe G. EveZsizer
Joyce A. Norcross
Lottie K. Henderson
Mary Ann AntonopZos

Specialty

Control
Volwne XI, No . 57

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

April 21 , 1967

WILL MANUFACTURE NUMERICAL CONTROLS

COMPANY ACQUIRES PLANT IN RICHMOND
The Canpany announced yesterday
that it is purchasing a manufacturing facility near t he City of
Richmond for the purpose of ex panding the production capacit y
of the Speci alty Control Department .
The announcement was made by Specialty Control Department General
'lanager Paul D. Ross, who s tated
that plans for the neh· facility
call for the manufacture of the
standard line of numerical con trols . Mr. Ross emphasized that
r ..-...gnificant permanent change
i., _,1e 1\iaynesboro plant's present
employment l evel of almost 2,500
is contemplat ed since much of the
work to be done in the new facility is now being subcontract ed
out side Waynesboro . He also said
t hat the acquisition of the Rich mond facility does not bar the
possibility of future expansion
here at ll'aynesboro .
\!r . Ross said that the setting up
of the Richmond facil ity is ex pect ed t o follow in the same pattern as the Department' s pr evious
expansion at 01arlottesville in
May , 1966 , wit h only a small
group of managerial and technical
personnel being transferr ed fran
Waynesboro to Richmond.
Ross further stated that the
limited work to be trans ferred to
the newl y acquired pl ant from
Waynesboro woul d make it possible
to expand other growing business
lines here , as well as provide ad ditional capacity required to satis,.ar._ customer demand for custom
(
al Electric numerical control sys terns .
~!r .

"General Electric ' s m.merical control business was born here in

An aerial view of the new 128, 000 square- foot facility acquired by the
Compcray in Richmond.

the Shenandoah Valley jus t twe lve
years ago when we opened our
Waynesboro plant . Since then,
t he business has made spectacular
strides and has more than doubled
in the last two year s alone . This
growth, together with the grmvth
and potential of other product
lines here , has resulted in a
critical need for additional manufacturing space , " said Ross .
"Selection of Richmond as the
site for expanding the numerical
control production capabilities
was made only aft e r studies of
several alternatives . The Richmond area was chosen primarily because of the immediate avail abilit y of a suitable manufact ur ing faci l ity ," he stat ed.
The new plant is a 12 8, 000 square
foot building located no rthwest
of Richmond and off Interstate 64 .
It is presently occupied by the
B. T. Cn.mp Canpany . Ross stated
that it would be several months
before General El ectric begins
operations in the new facility .
He estimated that t otal employment Kould reach 2 50 men and ,,·om-

en by the end of the plant ' s
first year of oper ation and 600
at full capacity .
The addition of the Richmond manufacturing faci lity further
strengthens General Electric's
position as one of Virginia ' s
largest industrial employer s ,
with more than 12,000 empl oyees
and an annual payr oll exceeding
S70 mi llion.
When the Richmond pl ant opens ,
General El ectric manufacturing
locations in the State wi ll total
six . Presently in operation a re :
Specialty Control here and in
01a r lottesvi lle; Camnunicat i on
Products Department in Lynchburg ;
Industry Control Department in
Salem ; and Personal Te l evision
Department iri Portsmouth.
01arlottesville is also headquarters of the General Electric
Canpany's Indus trial Process Control Division , headed by Vice
President and General >tanager ,
Dr. Louis T. Rader.

Sales Up; Ea rn in gs Do w n

EDITORIAL

SOME THOUG HTS ON AUTOMAT ION
Here's a thought for you to keep
in mind the next time you visit
an auto showroom to inspect the
la t est models . Suppose , for a
moment , that the auto manufactu r ers had not been automating
since t he 1920's. What would the
typical price tag be on today ' s
car? A national authority es timates t ha t the cost of an average
car would exceed $65 , 000 '. At
that rate, traffic would be pretty light at Wayne and Main .

TI1e Company ' s first quarter
port, jus t issued , shows a 1.:.. ,...t:r
cent increase in sales , but a
drop of 11 per cent in earnings ,
compared with the first quarter,
1966 .
Employee pay and benefits for the
period reached $750 million , an
increase of $100 million over t he
same period a year ago .
Growth in consumer goods sales
was s lowed by t he leveling-off
t rend that began the previous
quarter .

Without automation, the r e would
be precious few cars buil t , and
thus , hundreds of thousands of
jobs simply wo uld no t exist .
Autos that the public can afford
are just one of the benefits of
automation .
We at Specialty Con t ro l enjoy
another important benefit besides
lower cos t s on the a u tos we wish
t o purchase . Many of us have
good paying jobs bec ause of the
demand for automation eq uipmen t ,
s uch as our nl.Ullerical con t rol s . A
relatively few years ago , no one
had the job of assemb l ing a Ma r k
Century , or anything like it for
that ma t ter.
Thanks largely to automation , a
ca r costs only a f r ac t ion of $65 ,000 . Th anks to automation , many
of us at Speci a lty Con t rol have
good paying jobs .

HOTPOINT PRODUCT DISCOUNT
AT NEW STAUNTON STORE
SCD emp l oyees who take advan tage
of the emp l oyee discounts on Genera l El ectric and Hotpoint produ cts will be pl eased to learn
t hat the B. F. Goodrich Store ,
240 N. Central Ave., Staunton , is
the newes t dealer in the Waynesboro- Staunton area to carry the
complete line of Hotpoint major
appliances.
Arrangements have also been made
with Ron Harman, Store Manager ,
to assist Specia l ty Control employees i n any service problems
that migh t arise.
To celebr ate the new dealership ,
the Staunton store is offering
SCD employees Spring Preview Specials . Watch for illustrated
f lye r in the cafeteria today !

First Quarter Report

NON- WO RK FA TAL ACCIDENTS
INCREASE ACROSS COMPANY
A Company safety repo rt , issued
this week, shows that the nl.Ullber
of non-work fatal accidents involving General Elect ri c personnel increased last yea r as did
t he rate per 100 ,000 emp l oyees.
The figures imply that f r equently
t he victim was a younger, nonmanagement level employee .
The report shows that 113 employees died in accidents last year
and the death rate rose to 39 per
100,000 . Auto accidents continue
to lead the list (73 last year)
as they have every year since
1957.
The report serves as a sobering
r eminder that all employees must
be ever on guard against fatal
accidents both during and after
work hours .

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Servic e C e nter Agreement To
Benefit Eu r opean Customers

The Specialty Cor1trol Department ,
the DC Motor & Generator Dept . ,
Erie, Pa., and A. E.G. , a German
electri ca l ccxnpany, have signed a
service center agreement which
will mean faster service f or Eu ropean customers of SCD and DC
M&G aircraft products .
A. E.G., which does ai rcraft el ectr i cal systems overhaul and repair , wil l be servic i ng Waynesboro-made equipment used on Ger man and French commercial and mil itary aircraft.

"GE ' s sales in the f irst quarter
of 1967 reflected the mixed
trends of the U. S. econany , showing a more moderate groKth rate
than that maintained in 1966 , "
President Fred J . Borch said. Net
sales billed sho\\'ed a 13 per cent
increase over 1966 first-quarter
levels.
Canpany earnings r ecovered f ran
the lrnv level of the fourth quar ter of 1966 , but were below ~
record-high level of last ye~
fi rst quarter.
>Ir. Borch noted that earnings felt
the effect of the increased
squeeze on profits that many U.S .
businesses arc encountering as
they adjust to ma jor shifts in demand . Earnings were also affected by the Canpany ' s intensive efforts to increase capacity.
During t he first quarter, GE announced plans for a new , $50 mil lion gas turbine plant at Greenvi lle , S. C., as well as increases
in capacity for its gas turbine
and large steam turbine faci lities
at Schenectady, N. Y. , and else \vherc . Preparation for a new
plant to produce nuclear systems
components and fuel is w1denvay
at \\.ilmington, ~ - C.

Prior to this agreement, repair
and ov erhaul of our systems m~t
retu r ning them to the Un i ted
States. Now, the customer wi ll
experience onl y a minimum delay
in getting the equ i pment back in t o serv ice. The agreement i s ex pected to prov ide a rea l boost i n
European customer satisfacti on .

THE SPECIAL TY CONTROL FOREMAN

Craig Says Training Received Here Biggest Asset

In ~lay , 1955 , Gunner's >late 2nd
Class Geo rge A. Craig was discharged from the U. S . Navy afte r
four year s of active duty . The
following month he began his Gen eral Electric career here at Specialty Control as a Machi~e Opera tor . Today, nearly 12 years
later, George is second shift
Foreman-,\E1D Assembly . During the
interim period he 1\orked as a
Tool >laker and Instructor - Dispatcher .

)PECIALTY CONTROL FOREMAN , GEORGE
:RAIG ... .

Concerning the foreman's role he
says, "I feel the foreman must
lead his people , not drive them .
He must be fair and yet !mow when
to be fi nn . " Geor ge also notes
that every coin has two sides and
when the foreman ' s 1\Tong , he has
to have courage enough " to take
the !mocks . ''

TEACHES THEM....

Ask George what has helped him
most in his job and he'll tell
you, "experience . "
"I find my biggest asset has been
th e training I r eceived as an
Apprentice working in various
areas of >lanufacturing r ecei \·:i.ng
what I feel \\'as a basic kn01dedge
of manufacturing . Also, during
12 years of employment I have
attended various s chools and
taken a variety of cour ses to
continually improve my job knowledge . ''

WATCHES HIS PEOPLE PROGRESS ....

HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR WELFARE .. ..

The accomplishments of his own
people ar e the satisfactions of
his work.
"It ' s see ing ne\\· people progress
up the scale in their work . 1
take pride in seeing my people
enjoying and t aking pride in
the ir own \\'Ork and striving to do
even bette r,'' he says .
George is a llaynesbor o native and
graduate of Waynesboro lligh
School.

HEL PS THEM WITH THEIR PROBLEMS .. .

SLDnming up his views on the role
of the Specia lty Control Foreman,
George Craig says , "I feel , as
I 'm sure every other foreman must
feel , that I have the best people
on my team and we can 't lose if
Ke pull together ."

I

t
AND , HE ENJOYS TH EM.

READERSHIP SURVEY COMING
Sa-IE 800 SCD EMPLOYEES WILL BE
ASKED TO EVALUATE THE Specialty
Control News NEXT FRIDAY, WHEN
THEY RECEIVE A READERSHIP SURVEY
FORM . THE SURVEY IS ONE OF THE
PER IODIC EFFORTS MA.DE BY THE EDITORS TO ASSURE THAT THE News CONTINUES TO BE .AN INTERESTING AND
INFORMATIVE EMPLOYEE NEWSPAPER .
ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE EMPLOYEES
HAS BEEN SELECTED ON A PURELY
RAND0'1 BASIS TO RECEIVE THE SURVEY.
WED. N IGHT BOWLING RESULTS

In t he Specia lty Cont r ol League
Wednesday night , t hese three
t e ams won high se t hon o r s : Alley
Cat s (2631) ; Dyn amic Five (2595) ;
and Rebels (2 522) .
Individual honors wen t to t he f o}
l owing with high sets: Warren
Sell ers ( 615); Sherrill Daily
(5 78); and Gera ld Pochily (577) .
High game honors were won by :
Sherrill Daily & Warren Se llers
(247) ; Joe Smith (2 25 ) ; and Winnie Rob e rtson & Fl oyd Draper

( 213) .

GE Employees Set Industry Record Buying US Bonds
General Electric employees have
pu rchased Sl.5 billion in U. S.
Savings Bonds, the biggest bondbuying r ecord in industry, the
Company has announced .
The $1.5 bill i on fig ure re presents the ma turity va l ue of Se··
ries E Savi ngs Bonds bought by GE
employees un der the Company's
savi ng s pl ans since the Gove r nme nt started i ssu ing them in 1941.
In Washington ceremonies mark i ng
the mil estone , Treasury Secretary
Henry H. Fowler sa i d that GE and
its employees "1-1ith convinc i ng
regularity have se t the pace in
promot i ng the increased owners hip
of Sav ings Bo nds ."
He tenr.ed it "a mosr:: cornenciable
example for au kne:f>iCanS . II

Art Exhibit Chairmen

-,....,~

The high team games we re rolled
by : Dynamic Five & Rebe l s (908);
Datamites (902) ; and Alley Cats

TEAM
WON
Tin Benders *
44
Hill Bowlers
384
Alley Cat s
38
Rebe ls
364
Datamites
36
In jun Ea r s
36
34
Fireballs
Ma r keteers
33
Dynamic Five
324
Lab Lads
30
30
Too l Breakers
29
Spa remake rs
28
Wire St r et che: rs
25
GE Fir e Dept .
Hi-Pots
234
Bow l es Bowlers
18
*Second Half Winner

LOST

20
254
26
27 ~

28
28
30
31
31 4
34
34
35
36
39
40~

46

At tending t he ceremony 1v i th Com pany officials and rep resenting
al l GE emp l oyees wa s Dav i d R. \~.
Kimmel , a cost specialist in the
Switchgear Department at Phila delph ia. A check of employee records showed Kimmel to own the pa rt i cu l ar bond that tipped the sca le
at the $1 ,500, 000,000 mark. He
was presented t he Treasury D~rt ment 's Lib erty Be ll Award b)
__
retary Fmv l er .

Send Me No Flowers
April 28-29

( 89 7) .
RESULTS
Alley Cats 4 , Wire Stretchers O;
Hi- Pots 3, Rebels 1; Injun Ears ~
Dynamic Fi ve l; Datamites 3,
Bowl es Bowlers 1; Hill Bowlers 3,
Lab Lads 1; Fireballs 3 , Tin
Benders l; Sparemakers 3, GE Fire
Dep t . l; Marke tee r s 3 , Tool
Br e aker s 1.
STANDINGS

Secretary of the Treasury Henr~
H. Fowler, right, congratulates
David R. Kinmel, representing G~~ ­
eral Electr>ic 's 300, 000 employees
at a i.'ashington, D. C. cere."l?r:if .

"Send ,lie No FloweJt.6 , " a :tJvi.ee act
c.omedtj , w.u.t be plte..6 m.t~d by .tlte
Watjnv.ibo1to Pf.a.yeJL6 , Ap,'L{..t 28- 29 ,
a;t .the Wayn.~ bo1to H-lgh Sc.hool Au-

Plans fo r t he Fifth Annual Shen andoah Art Exhibit, to be held
here ~lay 6- 7, continued this week
wi th the announcement of commit tee chai rmen. 111C chairmen sho1m
above ar c : ~lrs . E. IV . Hogg, CoChai. rman Social Canmit t ee ; >!rs .
J . Baun , Publici.ty; ~lrs . I!. L.
Sh ifflett , Co -Chairnian SCOGEE
Cultural Cammi t tee ; ~!rs . H. E.
Vigour, fahibi t Co- Chairman ; ~lrs .
IC Iv. van Seldeneck , President
Waynesbor o 01apter , Vi rginia >lu sel.DTI of Fine :\rts ; and E . >lcDowell, Arrangements .
Other chairmen include , ~lrs . J .
P. Tip ton , Exh ibit Co- 01airman;
Mrs . C. E. Dedrick, SCOGEE Cultural Canmittee; R. Cole , Arrange
rnents ; L. Holly, Publ ic Relations;
Mrs . IV . R. Sandy , Entries.

cU.:toJU.um . T-le.kw 601t .tlte ~how ,
wluc.h beg.UV., a;t 8 :30 P. M. , may be
ob:t.tU.ned 61to111 antJ one 06 :tJ1e 60.l.e.ow.i.ng SCV emp.toyev.i : Stanley
S:t.cur.k , ex.,.t. 554; Stanley Corou-ln ,
ex.,.t . 6 53; Bob Ho 6man n., ex.t . 351 ;
Pa~e Ca.Jton, ex.,.t . 243; Caito.le
E1tg e.11b.1L<.g:1.t, ex.t . 350; Suzan11e
Sim~, ex.t. 29 5.

SCD NEW S & NOTES
SERVICE PINS
Week end ing Apr il 21, 1967
5-year Service Pins Lois /.: . Cline
Guy r-1. lloy

10-year Servi ce Pins Sieg!"r'ied

II.

:.Jinkler

20 -year Service Pins Alex J . Broadfoot

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Specialty

Control
Van Lear Named Manager

April 28, 1967

WAYNESBORO, V IRGINIA

Volwne XI , No . 58

J.

F. Ponzi llo Answers Q uestions On Richmond Plant

Second Shift Operations

R. P. Van Lear
twelve year vete ran of General
Electric , Robert P. Van Lear,
has been named \tanacrer-Second
S~iA Operations he~e at SpeCJ
Control . The announcemeirL comes this week from J. F.
Ponzillo, ~!anager-Manufacturincr
who says that ~!r . Van Lear will'
begin his new assignment \1onday .

J\

"Bob" began his career with the
Company here in \\"aynesboro in
December , 1954, as a :Vtethods
Planner in the \!achine Room . T\-10
ye ~rs later, in 1956, he was ap pointed second shift Supenrisor .
A native of \\·aynesboro, "Bob"
graduated from Clifton Forcre
High School and attended the University of Richmond . Prior to
joining Gener al Electric he
worked as a machinist fo~ several
Virginia fi nns .

TIME CHANGE IS SUNDAY
AU S pe.0-aLttJ Con.t.Jwl employe.Q,6
aJte 1umu..nde.d tha;t tlUJ.i aJtea. w..ut

change to Vayug IU: Saving fone.
on Swiday , Ap!Ul 30 , at 2 :00 A.~i.
Cloc!M -6hould be -6U ahead one.
hoWt.

,.._,

...6 in :the plant ((/,tU be
cJianged Swtday , a;id tf~'1.d 6 ,u. 0.t
employee,,j t<:ho ite.po,u .to wo,'1.k
:that evei1.-i.ng 'ciU cone. in u.ndVr.
the Vay.l<..gftt Sav utg fame hOUJvj .

C;.

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••• •

Las t week , the Spe cialty Contr ol
News reported the Company ' s acquisition of a plant in Richmond
which will expand SCD's capacity
to manufacture numerical controls
To help employees gain a better
understanding of this expans ion
the News this week intenriewed '
Mr. J . F. Ponz i llo, ~lanager ~tanufacturing .
Here is that
intenriew .
Q.

Mr . Ponzillo, does last
week ' s announcement mean
that SCD will no lori.ger
manufacture nwnerica l contra ls here in ~laynesboY'o?

A.

No , it doesn' t. While the
standard N/C line will be
manufactured in Richmond,
the orders for "first-ofa-kind" and "special"
models wi ll be taken care
of right here, as in the
past .

Q.

Just what are these?

A.

These are controls ordered
by our customers Khich are
unique, and more canplicated tha~ some of the
earlier ~!ark Century con trols . A good exampl e
would be the recently ship ped "ford Glass Cutter."

Q.



By moving the standard lin e
to Richmond, wi ll there be
many emp loyees laid off
from the N/C area here?

A. We don't anticipate that
happening providing our
backlog of orders for cus tom controls remai ns at
present leve ls.
Of cours e, there is al1\avs
U1e risk of a stret ch-out
of orders, which could

J . F . Ponzi llo
!1anag er-Manufacturing

cause a t emporary s l ackening in our load . However,
except for the possibility
of temporary disruption,
1ve have every reason to
believe that our custom
control business wi ll have
excellent long-range groKth .
Ponzillo, :_t would be
wrong then tc assW'le that
t here 1,j'l:ll be no disr>uptions
of any kind?

Q.

!1Y' .

A.

It Kould indeed , because

change i s nonnal for our
kind of business . lie try
to forecast the future as
accurately as possible,
but events could occur in
the future, as they have
in the past , 1vhich might
cause some t empora1v disrupt ions . Hrn\ever, ' the
main point fo r us all to
cons ider is that Specialtv
Control jobs exist because
of our cus ~om ers . So l ong
as h·e contrnue t o pro\·ide
them h·ith t op quali t y,
value , and deli\·ery, ,,·e
can be reasonably certain
(cm:td . ? . 2)

Material Handling Is Major Cause Of Accidents

Approximately one-third of.-._
Department's employees wi l ·,
receiving a Spe cialty Cont1,cl
News Readership Survey fonn today, which is an effort, on the
part of the editors, to assure
that the News continues to be an
interest i ng and infonnative employee newspaper .

It is a well established fact
among industrial safe t y specialists that accidental injuries are
most likely to occur during the
movement or s t orage of materials.
This fact was underlined last
week right here in the plant
when a second shift Sheet Metal
employee received a brain concussion .

The ed i tors wou l d like to thank,
in advance, all of those who provi de t heir thoughtfu l answers to
the survey .

The employee and others were moving a l a rge enclosing case when
it suddenly tilted to one side.
A pair of vise grip pliers , left
on top of the case, slid off
striking the employee on the
head . He was knocked unconscious.
Just a precautionary step.
The employee was taken to the Medical Clinic where he was treated
by the plant physician and then
sent to the Waynesboro Community
Hospital .
This ty pe of accident is no t
unique . I t shows up wi t h g rea t
r eg u lar ity in most indus tri es as
a prime cause of los t time acci den t s . In fact , last year on e of
General Electric's six employe e
fatalities was caused by movement
of material. Every employee at
Specialty Control must be aler t
to the possible so urces of injury when handling materials and
take the app ropri ate precautionary s t eps .
Al though last week ' s injury ended
some 6,000,000 man hours worked
without a lost time acciden t, we
are very pleased to repo r t t ha t
the employee was ab l e t o ret urn
t o wor k two days later .

Hupp Receives Seco nd
Patent Award
Arthur G. llupp , SCD Development
Engineer, is the l at est member
of the Department to receive a
patent award . llis invention r elates to a sensing circuit for
sensing the undervoltage of any
phase of a multiphase alternating
current source . The patent is
his second with the Company.
Art, who received a BSEE from
Purdue University in 1950, Joined Specialty Control as an Engineer in June , 1955.

SURVEY OUT TODAY

WYRICK TO JUDGE ART EX HI BIT

The Artmobile Coordinator of the
Virgi nia Museum of Fine Arts , C.
L. Wyrick, Jr., will be the judge
of the Fifth Annual Shenandoah
Art Exhib i t to be held here at
Specialty Control, May 6-7.
Mr. Wyrick, a native of Greens boro , N. C., received his BA from
Davidson College and his MFA from
the Un iversity of North Carolina.
He formerly taught English and
creative writing at Stephens College, Columbia, Mo .
An artist and published poet, he
has had his work exhibited at the
University of Missouri; the Col umbia, Missour i Art League;
Winston-Salem Gal l ery of Fine
Arts; University of Vi rginia; and
various Richmond area art shows.
The May exhibit wi ll feature th e
works of area artists, bo t h profe ss i onal and amateur. In 1965,
some 150 artists entered paintings, water colors, pastels,
scu lptu res, etc ., which were
viewed by nearly 2,000 area res i dents.

C. L . f./yr'ick , Jr .

NOTE : BECAUSE OF A DISTRIBUTIQ\J
PROBLEM, IT HAS BEEN NECESSARY
TO WRITE EMPLOYEE'S NAMES Q\J THE
SURVEY . TO INSURE ANO~YMINTY,
EMPLOYEES ARE ASKED TO CC\"'IPLETELY OBL ITERATE THEIR NAMES BEFORE
RETURNI NG THE FORM .

P o nz illo

(contd. from P.

1)

that they will keep coming back to us for products and service, and
keep our business health\' .
Q.

Mr . Ponzillo, '.Jhy di dn '
Specialty Control jus t
bui Zd an addi 'f;;ior: or: to
t his olar:.t ra-:;~er :;;_-;,>:
acauir e t::e .=?i:::::,~o;: l
..t'aci Zi r;y?

A. The answer to that question can be st.muned up in
one word, 'timing' . /\s
I said earlier, our numerical control business
is at a high l evel . In
fact, our projections
show substantial grO\\th
for some time to come .
Because of this projected
growth, \\·e simpl y do not
have time to constn1ct an
addition, and at the s ame
time dcli\·er our product
t o customers on time . The
Richmond plant h'as avail able and well-suited to
the needs of the business .
Q.

Does this expansion i n
Richriond prevent further
expansion right here i n ..-.._
i-laynesboro?

A.

Cert ainly not., '.tr . Ross
pointed this out in hi.s
(contd . P. 4)

SPOTLIGHT ON SPECIALTY CONTROL SECRETARIES
.-.
1his week is National Secretaries' Week and the Specialty Contro l Department is pleased to take this
opportunity to acknow l edge an indispensable (and attractive) part of the bus iness ... our Secretaries~

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Mrs . R. R. Good - Manufactur ing

Miss P. A. Thompson - Relations

Someone once said, "A Secretary
makes her boss look good on
paper. " There's probably more
truth in this statement than one
1~ould care to admit.
Specialty
Cor,.........l Secretaries do take
gre ~
care in matters of punctu ation, spell ing, neatness, etc.,
with the hund reds of letters,
memos and papers 1-1h ich they type
in the course of a year .

For the many people who visit
Specialty Control each year ,
t heir first impression of the
Company is often the Secreta ry ..
.. she is General Electric . Our
Department's Secretaries offer a
smile and assistance to these
customers, job applicants, and
visitors . This initial display
of courtesy and help is i nvaluable to General Electric.
Mrs . A. H. Coffey - Engineeri ng
A constantly expa nd ing technology
has required the Secretary to become proficient in the use of a
hos t of office machines and
equipment. \~hi le these machin es
provide a tremendous assist, in
terms of speed and efficiency,
they sti ll have a long way to go
to rep lace a warm ~mile and a
kind word .

Mrs . J . H. Kent - Finance
SCD Secretaries have that unique
ability of creating order out of
disorder . Thousands of sheets
of paper cross their desks annu,.-...,, yet somehow each piece
fi,
its 1~ay into the proper
file . Facts, figures, names ,
dates and places are ready at a
moment ' s notice, thanks to th e
Secretary.

Mrs. B. R. Haynes - Market inq
The telephone, while taken for
granted, rema·ins a very vita l
1 ink between the Department and
its custome rs and business asso ci ates. Once again, our Secretaries s trengthen that l i nk with
a pleasant voice and the efficient handling of the matter at
hand.

Students Learn BASIC Here
"How do you talk to a computer?"
Twenty-four Waynes boro High
School s tudents are getting th e
answer to that ques ti on from
Lebron Holden, SCD Design Automation Spe cialist. The students,
members of an advanced math class
and a physics class, began this
week to l earn the BASIC language.
BASIC means ~eginner's All-purpose ~bolic Ins truction fode .
Next week, they'll have an opportunity to try out their new knowledge when they return to the
classroom here and contact a General Elect ric 265 Time Sharing
Compute r in Washing ton, D. C.
In a tw o hour sess ion, earlier
this week , the students were
t aught BASIC and then assigned a
homework problem. Tues day night
they'll return to the classroom
with questions for the computer
coded in the new language. A
phone call from the terminal,
here at the plant , will establish
contact with the computer in
Washington , but from then on all
communication will be via a teletype keyboard. The s tudent s will
send their questions to the computer in Washington and within
seconds the teletype, here in
Waynesboro, will receive the compu t er ' s answers . If a student
has made an error in his use of
BASIC, the computer will immediately "tell" the student that
it cannot answer his question and
why it cannot .
The GE 265 Computer is actually
used by various governmen t agencies and private business finns
in so lving a wide variety of complex problems. Subscribers to
the General Electric Computer include the Pentagon; the United
States Naval Academy; Department
of Health, Education and Welfare;
and several private scientific
research labo r atories .
TIN BEND ERS W IN

2ND HALF BOWLING

Front : ~!. Hoke, fv. Sprouse, R.
Martin Back : J . Lake, T. LCQ.;Jhorne, F. Draper

DIXON JOINS QUARTER CENTURY CLUB
tary. Schenectady had 45 , 000
people working t hree shifts, and
women were helping fill t he manpower gap being caused by t he
war ."
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Corbin 's most interesting assign ment during those years invol ved
work on the Manhattan Proj ect .

C. Dixon
111e latest member of General
Electric' s Quarter CentUI)' Club
is Senior Project Engineer,
Cor bin Dixon, who is ass i gned to
the Department' s Engineering Laboratories in Fishers vi lle.

Corbin joined t he Company in May ,
1942, shortly after recei ving a
BSEE from ~ew York University.
He recalls that when he entered
General Electric ' s test program,
l\°orld l\'ar II 1"as in "full gear"
and industries were "bustling."
"Most of GE ' s work was , of
course , geared toward the miliPonzi ll o

"At the time, it was a top secret project . We didn't really
know what we were working on , but
we kne1v i t 1,ras vitally important'.'
One indication of its impor tance
was the goverrunent' s deferment of
his Navy commission so that Corbin could continue work on the
project . The ~lanhattan Project
culminated with this coW1try's
expl osion of the fi rst at an bomb .
In 1944 , he completed the test
progr am and was assigned to the
Vacuun Tube Dept . in Schenectady
as an Engineer. Corbin held subsequent engineering positions in
various General Electric Departments until his trans fer to
Waynesboro in 1955.

(contd. from P. 2)

armouncement , and I quote ,
"This gro1vth (numerical
control) , t ogether with
the gro1\th and potential
of other product lines
here, has resulted in a
critical need for additional manufact uring
space ." Growth in our
other product l ines could,
in the future, very well
mean expanding the Spe cialty Control Department
in l\laynesboro.
Q.

One final question, Mr .
Ponzi llo . !-!hen will we
begin operating in Richmond?

A.

At this moment , that 's a
hard question t o answer.
You sec , Speci al ty Control has agreed to permit
the present occupants of
the Richmond plant to remain there W1til the end
of this year. Should
they decide t o vacate be fore the end of the year ,
then we rll be able to
move i n that much sooner.
For the t ime being, we
don't have an availability
date, but we will keep you
inforn1c<l .

SCD NEWS & NOTE
Twelve year old Roddy Smith, son
of J . N. Smith , Engineering, wil l
carry the SCOGEE "col ors" during
t he Annual Waynesbo r o Soap Box
Derby in June. Roddy 's name was
drawn fr om t he entries to r eceive
the sponso r ship of SCOGEE . This
will be the boy's second appearance in t he race for 11 t o 15
year olds.

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ANYONE INTERESTED IN PLAY ING SOFT·
BALL IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE SHOULD CONTACT A.
C. (BOB) MYERS ON EXT. 409 OR 52~
RM. 269. G.AMES ARE PLAYED U\JDER
LI GHTS AT DUPONT FI ELD AND AT
GROTTOES. SLOWPITCH SOFTBALL.

SERVICE PINS
Week ending April 28, 1967

5-year Serv ice Pins Betty J . Rankin
Earl L. Fox
Roella L. Davis
Nellie S . Gochenour
Anna C. Losh
Charles E. Stephens
ivarren D. Sp1'ouse
Betty C. Baber
Judy F. Ashby
,lohn Davis, Jr .
Sarah J. Painter

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Specialty
Control
VoZwne XI, llo . 59

A RT EXHIBIT BEGINS
HERE TO MORRO W

WAYNESBORO, VI RGINIA

Bo rch Emphasizes Company Growth At Annual Meeting
Gene ral Electric ' s heaq im·est ment of profit dollars in gr01,·ing
new businesses has increased i t s
backlog of nucl ear -power -rel ated
orders by a billion dollars in
the last year and br ought a 600
percent increase in canputer ship
ments in the three years 1963 t o
1966.

Office hallways become
ar>t gaUeries

Vis itors at the Fifth Armual
Shenandoah Art Exhibit, to be
h
here at t he plant Saturday
ru. .:illllday aft ernoons, will have
an opportunity to view 223 works
of art created by 136 area artists , both professional and amateur.

On Sat urday afternoon the cameras
of \vSVA Television, Harrisonburg ,
will be filming the event including int erviews with Art Exhibit
Judge, C. L. Wyrick, Jr . , of the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and
officials of the Social Club of
General El ectric Employees, and
the Waynesboro Chapter of the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, cosponsor s of the event.
The cover design for the exhibition program is entitled, "Corridor," and was drawn by a General Electric >lark Century \umerical Control, a complex elec tronic device usually used for
the automatic control of machine
tools . Coordinates were plotted
and the information was punched
on paper tape . The numerical contrA lll1i t drew the ink design
br
on the information it re ceJ. ved from ''reading'' the tape .
The ori ginal will be on dis pl ay
during the exhibition .

President Fred J. Borch told
share owners at the Company's
7Sth Annual ~!eeting that these
yet-to-be-pr ofi t able businesses
are follo1dng the _pattern of previous grOl,·th investments such as
gas turbines, "now one of the
strongest contributors t o Company
earnings growth." He said that
they typify the unprecedented era
of growth challenging General
Electric ' s resources now and for
the future .
To meet the challenges, the d1ief
executive of the col.ll1try ' s leading electrical manufacturer outlined a two-part strategy for
grmvth .
During 1967, he said , emphasis
will be on current efforts "to
consolidate sales gains and t o
work toward improved earnings
performance -- to offset the in creased squeeze on profits that
many U.S. businesses are encountering as they adjust to major
shi f t s in demand. "
For the future , the Canpany i s
following a time-proven t echnique
o[ utilizing leverage provided by
"the good , solid earnings performance from our established 'core '
businesses" to invest in the ne1,·
ventures which will add major neK
growth sectors to General Electric' s business base .
"Some parts of this busines s are
profitabl e now, some will be prof ·

Fr>ed J . Bor>ch
Pr>esident

i t able shortly, and others 1,·ill
t ake several years to cane to
f ruit ion ," >!r. Borch added . "But
such a per spect ive, and such an
investment, is necessal)· in a
complex business of t his nature .
This is not the fi rst t ime Gen era l Electric has had to have the
courage of its convict ions in
developing a neK bus iness in t he
face of very po\\·er ful conpet i tion."
As i t s most pranis ing "futures"
bus inesses for t he near t erm , >!r.
Borch cited chemical material s,
energy generation , international
businesses, and home ent ertainment .
Looking far ther int o t he fut ure ,
Pres ident Borch s ah· ot her broad
areas of customer need offering
great pronisc . Among them , he
discussed plarmed corrunun i ties ,
new technologies for medicine and
education , trans port ation, and
cornnercial jet eng ines .
In the 1960's , General Electric
earnings r eturned to a rat e of
groh·th that "·ould mean more than
doubling in a decade . During
1961 to 1964 , Canpany sales gre"·
( cm:td.. F .

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Editor la I

BASEBALL AND BUSINESS - EVER NOTICE THE SIMILARITY?

President Johnson gave the goahead Saturday to begin co~ction on two prototypes of
·
SST. The arm.m.mcement was immediately followed by statements
fran the two principal contractors, Boeing and General Electric, that they were ready to
proceed swiftly on .America's
first supersonic jet airliner.

SOME DO IT THE HARD WAY •••• like
Bobby Thompson when he smashed a
home run in the bottom half of
the ninth inning to win the 1951
National League pennant for the
New York Giants.
On the other hand, the Yankees
walk away with the American
League pennant year after year
and make it look easy. The hard
way or the easy way; the record
book only names the winners--it's
the results that count. And the
results are that they WON.
Most baseball fans will admit to
a little bit of luck now and then
when looking at the record of
their favorite team. But, for
the most part, it's a combination
of many qualities which determines the final victors. Qualities such as innovation, experience, balance, alertness, practice, and teamwork make a team
successful.
In business, competition and
teamwork determine the champions.
Innovation of new ideas makes the
game more interesting and offers
additional canpetitive attitudes.
New ideas mean more products and
thus more and bigger orders.
When the customer responds by bu~
ing the Company's products, jobs
and compensations become more secure. Security in sales is the
responsibility of every employee.
Acceptance of that responsibility
determines the canpetitive ability of the Company.
So, it's your turn to bat. Step
up to the plate and let General
Electric competitors know that
they're up against the champs.
The victory is yours.

U. VA. Survey
A survey is currently underway to
detennine how many people are interested in taking graduate engineering courses at night in the
Waynesboro-Staunton area. If suf·
ficient interest is shown, the
University of Virginia extension
school may schedule such courses.
Those interested should contact:
Terry Walton
Space Conditioning Inc.
101 Burgess Road
Harrisonburg, Va.
434-0711, Ext. 318

PRESIDENT GIVES GO SIGN FOR
SST; GE'S ALREADY STARTED

PARKWAY CONSTRUCTION
ST ARTS NEXT MONTH
Specialty Control employees living west of Waynesboro in the
Fishersville and Staunton areas
got the good news last week that
bids were opened for construction
of the City's Northwest Parkway.
The 2.4 mile parkway is expected
to reduce the traffic congestion
on city streets during peak rush
hours and reduce the travel time
to and from work for sen employees.
A Waynesboro city official said,
Wednesday, that work will start
early next month and take about a
year to complete. He added that
if this winter's weather is severe, then the completion date
will have to be set back as provided for in the construction
firm's contract.
The No:rt'faJest Pari'la.uay wi 7,7, 'Link

w.

Main St. and N. E'LZison Lane,
on the west, with Gene:raZ EZeat'Pia Drive and U.S. 340, on the
no:rth.

Company Announces $5 Million
Expansion In Syracuse
General Electric' s Board of Di rec·
tors has approved a five~million
dollar expansion of facilities
for the development and manuf acture of integrated circuits at
the Company's Electronic Park
plant location in Syracuse.
The expansion, scheduled for completion during 1967, will establish a new Integrated Circuits
Center that will serve as a central resource for research and
development in microelectronics.
The Integrated Circuits Center
will be an organizational part of
the Company's Research and Development Center, which is headquartered in Schenectady.

Edward E. Hood, Manager of the
SST Project at the Canpany's
Evendale plant in Cincinnati,
said that General Electric has
been doing developnent work since
December when the Company was
named, along with Boeing, as winners of the design competition.
"As a result," he said, "our SST

team is ready for the challenges
of the next phase."

President Johnson has said he
will ask Congress to add $198
million to the $250 million already set aside for the prototype
program.
The SST is expected to fly 1800
m.p.h. - over twice the sp~of
sound - and cany 300 passe.,. :',cs.
Officials hope the first flight
of the giant aircraft will take
place in 1970.

GE AT fEXPO 67'
General Electric will be a definite factor in what one national
magazine describes as "the world's
biggest birthday party." When
the Universal and International
Exhibition of
1967 (better known
as "Expo 67 11 ) opened in Montreal
last Friday for a six-month stand,
a $3-million computer system, prcr
vided by Canadian General Electric, became the 11 brains 11 of the
exposition's 15,000 square foot
Control Centre.
CGE has provided two computer systems -- a GE-225 designed to help
LOGEXPO, Expo's official housing
bureau, assist visitors solve
their accommodation problems, and
a GE-625 which is perfonning a
myriad of "housekeeping" functions, such as monitoring a~.­
dance, daily revenue, measut ··~
and evaluating perfonnance, and
'forecasting financial results.
Both the CGE computer centre and
Expo s own "Operations Room" a re
open as public displays.
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3RD SHIFT: WHILE WE SLEEP THEY WORK

At 2: 30 in the mo111ing most people are asleep, some are watching the f inal scenes from the late, late
show, and a few are just coming in from a night on the tmm . For sane 130 Specialty Control employees
it ' s a time to be hard at work -- they're the 3rd shift team~ You can find them working in the ~la ­
chine Roan , Sheet ~!etal , A&D Potted Blocks , Plating Room, Relays , QC Inspection , and Maintenance . This
team , working together in the wee hours , has helped us meet our cornnitments to our customers on important jobs, including the Lunar ~1odule (I.M), Ford Gl ass Cutter, VSCF , and many more.

\\'hat's it like to work 3rd shift? Sane will tell you it ' s the onl y time to work . . . . the plant is
quieter then and more routine .. . . you have most of t he daylight hours free ... . t he re ' s the pay differential .
Yes , while we sleep the 3rd shi ft is working t o help insure that this Department continues to meet the
customer ' s needs . The Specialty Control Department salutes the 3rd shift .

CLEAN-A- RAM A UNDERWAY
Specialty Control empl oyees wo n' t
wa nt to miss out on the CLEAN -ARAMA now underway at most General
Electric dealers' stores . Your
oven cleaning days wi l l be over
when you get the famous General
Electric P7 se lf-cleaning oven
range which carries an employee
discount of 515 to 575. With a
model and color for almost every
ki t chen , the P7 oven range cleans
i tself e l ectrically ~ No strong
chemica l s or hand scrubbing are
required .

Wa tch for fu l l co l or brochures in
t he cafeter i a t oday .

In the Specialty Control League
Monday night , the Tin Bende r s became the winners of the Bowling
League Championship for the year
by defeating th e Ma r keteers in a
five game roll-off .
TEAM STANDINGS
TEAM
Tin Benders
Mar ketee r s
Alley Cats
Rebels
Injun Ea r s
Dynamic Five
Fi r eballs
Datarnites
Too lb r eake rs
Lab Lads
Hi-Pots
Sparemakers
GE Fi r e Dept .
Wire Stretchers
Hill Bowlers
Bowles Bowlers

WON
76
73
75

LOST
48
51
49

74~

49~

70

54

66~

57~

65
62
61
58

59

56~

67~

56

68

62
63
66

53~

70~

53

71

51~
40~

72~
8~

TOP TEN BOWLERS
NAME
Winnie Rob e rtson
Gerald Pochi ly
Don Theado
Dave Harrell
Warren Sellers
Don Cook
Curt Lunds trom
Fred Ramsey
Bill Bare
Lar ry Rogers

AVERAGE
187. 2
182. 2
l 76. 7
176 . 4
174.4
l 74 . 1
173 . 5
173
172 . 8
172 . 2

SC D N EWS & NOTES
SERVICE PINS
Week ending May 5, 1967
5-year Service Pins Dor~s A . ]owe1'3ox

!.nna B. Phillips
.'·IGP':f L . i!ewi tt
Ida F . .'·forris
. ·a:.,es :; . Javis
A>ma ? . Hof;1.,an
Jean T. Patzsch
Geneva C. Jenkins
Gunda S . Zvnmermcrr7.
Hi Zdegar>d S . .'·~arsha iz
Cleora C. Dewitt
!lnn M . !Vinegar
!larry J . !,otts

An n u a l M eeti n g
(from P. l)
about 5250 million a year . "Then','
>Ir. Barch said , ""·e really took
off , adding almost a bi ll ion a
year , t1,·o years in a rOI,· . To put
this exceedingly rapid gr01,·th int o focus, it pre\'iously t ook us
eight years , fran 1956 to 1964 ,
t o increase by a bi llion dollars'.'

As a result, he said , the Company
experienced the difficulties of a
very successful canpany straining
to keep up with its own gr01,·th,
and the growth of the economy .
Inflation of costs , strains on
capacity , l abor prob l ems , and the
heavy expenses and start-up costs
associated with record capital investments, combined wi th a last
quarter s lowdohn in demand for
consumer durables , affect ed 1966
earnings.
To adjust t o these present needs ,
\Ir . Barch said , every operating
component of the Company has ini tiated programs to reduce costs,
eliminate inefficiencies , and improve productivity.
In addition , Gene ral Electric has
announced an issue of $200 mi llion in debentures due in 1992 ,
which will provi.dc fw1ds to increase working cap ital, for additions and improvements to existing fac jlities , and the construction of new facilit ies .
''As these programs take hold 1,·e
expect them to have a strong effect in improving returns for
share Ohners and jn getting the
Canpany in shape for the next
great period of growth,'' \Ir .
Barch said .

The SCV Bowung Banquet & Va.nc.e
will be held :ton,{,gli-t at t.he
Stua.JL.t~ V1ta6:t Moo<">e. Hail. , 3. 8
111,dv., /:>M:t Vi.eltR.!.i 0 11 R:t . il340
:i ou.t h , at 6 :00 P . .\f. BYOB.

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sccx:;EE is seeking per sons i1.
csted in taking golf lessons , on
a group basis , at a special rat e
of SlO for s ix lessons . Providing
enough interest is shown, the
lessons wi ll be given at the
S1,·annanoa Country Cl ub . I f inter
ested , contact Sam Preston , Room
H 4, ext . 3 Ll .
*;'**;'*
The 1967 Miss Augusta County Pageant , sponsored by the Waynesboro
Jaycees, will be he ld Friday , May
19, at 7:30 P . M. in t he Waynes boro High School Auditorium . General admission - $1.50, Reserved$2 . 00 .
Judy Bwuu , 211 d <'> fu 6:t Re.la.y<"> ,
would uke a 1Ude :to and 6Jtan
woJtk 6Jtom :tlte Ne.LO Hope CVtea . Cail.
ex:t . 503.

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LOST-PORTABLE RECORDER, MODEL NO .
P- 7, SERIAL NO . 685204 . THIS
MACHINE WAS RETURNED, AFTER HOUR~
TO THE TRANSCRIBING BUREAU . WILL
THE PERSO\I WHO BORROvlED IT PLEASE
RETURN IT DUR ING REGULAR OFFICE
HOURS .
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SCOGEE CAND IDATES
Candidates are being sought for
elect ion to SCcx:;EE offices and
the Board of Directors . Fmpl oy ees who wi sh to nominate candi dates by write -in vote may use
the fonn below . Candidates must
be SmGEE members . Place write ins in the box located in the
cafeteria. Elect ions will be
held >lay 12th .

.PREsf6ENr __ ___ _________ ______ ___ _
VI CE PRES I DENT _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _
SECRETARY_ __ _ __ _ __ _
TREASURER._ _ _ _ __ _ _ __

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MANUFACTURING (SIX)_ _ __ _ _

ENG I NEER !NG ( FOUR)_ __ __ __

MARKETI NG, !&SE, ESO

(ONE)

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F! Nt>NCE, RELATIQ\IS,ACMINI STRAT IQ\I
(ONE) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Specialty

Control
Volz.one XI, No . 60

Harlow And Ludwick Graduate From Apprent ice Course
The Tool Room ~lach inist Appren ti ce Training Progrwn, sponsored
by the Canpany but achninistered
by t he Depar tment, is recognized
throughout all of industry . General El ectric, as a matter of
fact, h'as a pioneer i n indus try
apprentice progrwns .
Currently , nine other young men
are training under the program
here at Specialty Contr ol, and a
new cl ass will begin September
St h, the day after Labor Day.

J. Harlow and C. Ludi,;ick
Three years of hard work and
,......._ ~y paid off this morning for
~ ..es L. Harlow and Carl J . Ludwick when they graduated from
the General Electric Canpany's
Tool Roan Machinist Apprentice
Training Program. The presentation of diplomas and l ape l pins
took place in the office of Mr.
J. F. Ponz i llo, Manager-Manu facturing , who offered the two
young men his heartiest congrat ulations.
Both Jim and Carl began their
careers with the Company here in
Waynesboro in February of 1964,
Jim as a Wireman, and Carl as a
Light ~lachine Operator. Together, they set off on the Apprentice Program in ~ l ay of that
same year.
For the pas t three year s , they
have both attended classes at
Valley Vocational-Technical
School, in Fishersvj lle , 1vhich
supplemented the knowledge and
skill they acquired through on the -job t rain ing. The course of
~dy has t aken Jim and Carl in :ool design, the toolroom,
r11ag11et i.c winding, sheet metal,
plant utilities , and quality
control.

May 12, 1967

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

On Monday , Jim and Car l will

walk through the plant gates as
Tool Room '.'-1 achinists.

COURT SETS JUNE 1ST
HEARING DATE
The U. S. Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeal s has set June 1 as the date
for a hearing on the Company 's appeal from the National Labor Relations Board decision on the
s t atus of UE here at the \'Jaynes boro plant . lfri tten arguments al·
ready have been filed by General
Electric , the ~LRB, and the i.mion.
Although the testimony may be completed on June 1, a court verdict
is not expected i.mtil sane time
after that .

Waynesboro MS Drive
now underway

Plant Parking lot
To Se Made Safer

1~ ;..\r\t

~u·~rs
C.O~i~C

C. R. Minter puts final touches
on warning sign as Plant Safety
Specia list, W. R. Perry, and F. B.
Curto, Manager- Plant Utili ties &
Maintenance, Zook on .

For some time now, many Specialty Control employees have voiced
complaints over speeding in the
plant parking lot and have asked
management t o take stronger
s t eps to improve safety. The
Department has made a careful
review of the s i t uation and has
decided that traffic control
bumps must be constructed, since
there remain those few employees
who disregard the safety of pedestrians and other drivers. The
bunps are designed to eliminate
speeding, a prime source of pos s i ble serious accidents.
The control bunps , about three
inches high , will be located in
five areas: At gate lA, gate
20 , opposite t he children ' s pl ay
area, and near parking zones 6
and 8. The · bunps will be painted bright yellow. and warning
signs will be erected as precautionarv measures. Drivers
will find they can cross the
bumps at a maxim1nn speed of 15
miles per hour without damage to
(contd. T' . .:J

Phillippe Describes
Tomorrow's M a nagers

Now That's Custom e r Se rvice/

All Sp ecialty Control emp l~es
are urged to accept t he ci
lenge of the all new 1967 Na t i onal Driver's Test to be te l evised Tuesday, May 23, at 10:00
P.M. over t he CBS Network --- just
three days before the l ong Memoria l Day weekend. Th is wi l l
be the third year t he program i s
bei ng broadcast. A t ota l of 75
mil li on peop l e viewed the f i rst
two tests .

The business envi r onment is
changing so r apid l y that the successfu l man ag ers of the future
wi ll be t he men who can best
manage chang e, Ge r ald L. Phillippe , Board Chairman of the General El ectric Company , said recently .
"Th is , we t hink , has become t he
fi r s t condi t ion of l eadership ,
n ot only i n busin ess , b ut in
eve ry ot h e r organized endeavor
in our soc i ety , " he said .
Mr . Phi llippe , speak ing at the
annua l conven tion of the Ame rican Asso ciat i on of Col legia t e
School s of Business, said t he
b usiness world is changing so
fast that six of every eight General Electric emp loyees on the
pay r oll last January 1 were worki ng in different jobs from those
they held just a year earlier.
Th r ee of t he eight were new empl oyees and t hree had changed
j obs within the Company, he said.
So f luid has business become ,
th e General Elec t ric Chairman
s t a ted , th at job descriptions
a r e chang ing even faster than
job ho l de r s . Formerly, many men
migh t be ex pected to pass througjl
a certa i n job on t he organizat i on a l tab l e , with the job itself remaining more or less fix ed .
" Jus t the reverse si tuati on
seems to be the case now. Job
content is changing faster than
the people we can find t o fill
the assignments . "
Mr . Phillippe said one r eason
for the great increase in the
tempo of business i s the use of
n ew t ool s like t he computer a nd
e l ect r on i c commun ications .

W'HOUSE REPORTS DECLINE

Wes tinghouse , the nation' s second l arges t el ect r i ca l manufac turer, has r eporte d a 14% decl i ne
i n f i rst quarter earn i ngs despite
record sales.
Westinghouse cited hi gher wages,
two strikes, and a softening in
consumer demand as the major
reasons for the earnings l oss.
General Electric has reported a
prof it decline of 11% for the
first t hree months of 1967.

Driver's Test This Month

NC TO THE STEEL MILLS
Numer i ca l control , since its in ception bas i cal ly used wi th ma ch i ne too l s , is find i ng more and
mor e "outs i de " applications and
t he latest is the tape control of
a stee l mi ll induction ro ll hardener .
The induction roll hardener,
bui lt by Ajax Magnethermic and
capab l e of ha ndli ng 20 - foot stee l
rol l s up to 20 tons, takes its
comma nds f r om a Genera l El ectric
custom-bui l t Mark Century numerical control made here at SCD .
The system is designed to achieve
precise conditions of surface
hardness by close control of the
speeds with which the steel rolls
pass through large inducti on heat
ing coil s .
The numeri cally controlled inducti on ro ll hardener 1·1il l be installed in a plant of a major steel
produ cer.
HA RNISCHFEGER EM PLOYEES
VOTE NO IUE
A majority of those voting in a
recent National Labor Relations
Board election at th e Harnisch feger plant in Charlottesville
cast ballots against representation by the I nte rnati onal Union
of Electrical , Rad i o and Machine
Workers .
The vote was 58 for representation and 98 against r e presentation. A negative vote was also
the case in the October 1965
election involving a bid for r epresentation by the same uni on .

Mu ch of t he test i s based on the
Nati ona l Safe ty Cou ncil ' s Defen s i ve Drivi ng Course . The basic
dri ving att i tudes and techniques
used i n th i s course are practiced by professiona l fl eet driv·
ers be l onging to the National
Safety Council . This group has
an acc i dent rate wh i ch is hal f
that of other drivers .

This year , network s pec i alists
and Nationa l Safety Counci l experts have deve l oped dramat i c
new sequences on winter dr i ving
hazards , school buses, motor cyc l es an d spec i al vacation tra~
el hazards . Vi ev1ers wi ll
t
their know l edge and the i r ;;. ills
i n meeti ng various driv i ng situations. How does a driver stop
on a snow- covered hil l or pass a
motorcyc l e or load his car-top
carrier for summer vacation
travel?

One section is conce r ned with
wome n drivers -- from the woman'~
poi nt of view . What does she do
when distractions occur with
children in the car? What are
the special hazards at shopping
centers and at school crossings?
How does the mother pos i tion a
baby bassinet?
Veteran anchorman for th e program wi l l be awa rd -winning newscaster, Walter Cronk i te. Mi ke
Wallace will act as the official
ana lyst of the nationa l samp l e
and al so give the correct an swers .
The National Safety Council is
convinced that tens of thousands
of l ives could be saved e~
yea r through the adoption
defensive driving techn i ques .
A conven ient test form will be
printed in next week's ed ition
of the SC News for use during
the program.

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H. P. Olsen - Cost Accounting
Air pollution, in my opinion, is
one of the most serious national
problems we have in ou:r country
today . The increase in lung
cancer isn ' t all due to cigarette smoke; the fumes and smoke
from industrial plants and the
exhaust being pumped daily from
the millions of autanobile motors is contaminating the ai r we
b~~e and, undoubtedly, has
it~ ~ffect on our health .
I
would like to see our Company
accelerate its effort into de velopment of a power source for
automobiles which would not po l - ·
lute the air that we so desperately need for life and health .

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Citizens all across the United
States would benefit by the Gene ral Electric Canpany ' s efforts
towar d planned urban deve Zopment .
R:·.~ here in :vaunesboro, we need
rw
·t reet lights and this i3 a
proble1 in many towns and cities
all across our nation . I ' d Zike
to see the Company push the idea
of wel l lighted streets in both
our existing cities and towns and
the citias of the future .

As you know , Genera l Electric i s work ing on many of the problems
which c~ncern our entire nation--air and water po lluti on , planned
urban development, medici ne, etc . If it were your decision, what
national problem would you have the Company tackle first, and why?

Ninia Hens ley - Assemble &Wire B

Art Lively - Eng i neering Lab

If ..:.t were my decisi on, the prob lem the Canpany would tackle
first would be water and air pollution . The increase o: res pirator'!l disease in the last several
year>; has been traced direct l y to
air pollution . Also, the shortage of water in the future would
be another important national
p'rob lem .~or the Canpany to consider .

Air and water pollution ar>e two
problems that I think should be
solved.
Air pollution should be tackled
first . I ~eel that if the air
was free of contaminates then a
lot of the heal t h problems of to·
day would be solved.
Emphysema is on the rise and is
affecting more people every yean
I feel that clean air will help
check this wide spreading dis ease .
Water po llution should be tackled with equal force .

Guido 0. DiGregorio - NC Sales
Education is the key to giving
our people an awareness of our
nation ' s prob lems and the technological and sociological means
to cope with them .
By assisting our insti:utions of
higher learning in the educationa Z process wi th more of t he
Canpany ' s talented personnel, together with a concerted effor t
to deve l op the best possible educati onal aids (compute r assisted c lassroans, reference libraries , e tc. ) , the Canpany would be
contributing t o the solution of
all the problems our nation
faces as. we continue through an
era of rapid change .

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Mildred S. Johnson - Relays
All of these problems are problg1s which we should be deeply
concerned about , but I be lieve
water and air pollution are the
most inportanf. Although, water
can be purified more easily than
air . There are many streams w1d
r ivers which are polluted by
factory waste . This endangers
the marine life as well as our
own .

UE WALKOUT AT W' HOUSE

Rep. Culver Reports On GE Job Corps Center In Iowa

Some 30 members of UE, who are
employed at the Westinghouse
plant i n Verona, walked off their
jobs las t Friday in support of a
fellow union member who had previously been suspended for 3 days
for insubordination. The entire
g roup was a l so given a thre e day
suspension for the illegal walkout . The walkout and suspensions
resulted in the loss of almost
$1600 in wages fo r those involved.

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their vehicles or discomfort to
themselves. The bunps are presently be ing used as safety measures all across the cot.mtry in
areas where there is heavy pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
Whil e these traffic control
bunps should help make the plant
parking lot safer for employees,
only every-day courtesy and ca re
will prevent dented car doors
and chipped paint.
If each and every one of us
observes the speed limit, watches
for pedestrians and other cars,
and extends courtesy to fellow
drivers, the danger of a serious
accident should be greatly re duced. The traffic control bunps
will be installed this weekend,
weather pennitting.

In March of 1966, the Johnson
Administration announced that
General Electric would organize
and operate a job corps center
in Clinton, Iowa. The Clinton
Training Center, shmvn above, is
now ready to mark its first anniversary. How successfu l has
it been? Was this a worthwhi le
investment for the Company? The
answers to these questions are
best found in a recent report to
Congress by the Honorable John
C. Culver, Representative to the
House from Iowa . To quote the
Congressional Record, "There is
life in what could have been a
dormant fac i lity - the ol d vet erans domic i liary. And in turn,
the center is now putting new
life into families and commun ities elsewhere around the coun -

try in the young women who are
leaving the center to carry new
hope, adjustments , and life
skil l s to new-found occupations."
Representative Cu lver also notes
that nearly 1000 girls a year
wil l complete their programs in
vocational training at the Clinton Center .
Approximately a year ago, General
Electric Board Chairman, Gerald
L. Phillippe said, "\.Jhat we see
in Clinton is a chance to contri~
ute to our soc i ety, a chance to
help some people lead more use ful and econom i cally independent
lives, and a chance to learn
something important oursel•
It has obviously been a chc.. - ~
worth taking.

SCOGEE CANDIDATES NAMED; BALLOT BELOW

THE Na-1INATING Ca+IITIEE OF sccx;EE HAS COME UP WITH A SLATE OF NOMI NATIONS FOR OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE NEW YEAR CO/"MENCING
JULY 1. ADDITJ()\JAL NOM INATIONS WERE MADE THIS WEEK BY WRITE - INS.
VOTE BY FILLING OUT THE FORM BELOW AND DEPOSITI NG IT IN THE BOX PROVIDED IN THE CAFETERIA. VOTING BY sccx;EE MEMBERS ONLY. (PLACE
CHECK MARK(./) OPPOSI TE NAME.)
OFFICERS (VOTE FOR 1)
PRESIDENT: A. C. MYERS ____, VICE-PRESIDENT: D. M. DCNDIEGO ____,
SECRETARY: BARBARA HAYNES ____, TREASURER: HELEN JOHNSON
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ENG INEER ING:
J IM BODKIN
(VOTE FOR 4)
MARTY GRIFFIN
ANN SHI FFLETT
ELEANOR ELLI SON
FRANK POL ITO
MANUFACTURING:
(VOTE FOR 6)

JIM DAVIS
SUZANNE SIMS
MARY ANN FLOYD
MILT HREBRINKO
JOHN T. MILLER

MARKETING, !&SE, E.s .o. (VOTE FOR 1)
FINANCE, RELATJ()\JS,
.A.D"-1INISTRATION
LISA FILES
(VOTE FOR 1)
GWEN BLACK

JUNE
DICK
WILL
GENE

ALDHIZER
SHARROCK
SUTPHIN
BLACK

PAUL R<NJZ IE
WIMPY WI NGFIELD _ __
JIM DEWITT
TONI DURKIN
GERRY POCH! LY
HELEN DEDRICK

SCD NEWS & NOTES
St. John's Catholic Church Home School Assn . will sponsor a
round &square dance on May 13,
from 9:00 P.M. - 1:00 A.M., at the
duPont Recreation Center. Tic kets
a re $3 .

The SCOGEE IrtaugWta.l Ba..U. w.(U be
held May 20 , 9:00 P.M . - 1:00 A.M

at :the Stawito11 Amno!UJ. Mtl-6-<-c.
w-<-U be by the TowMme11 ( 18 pc..
01tc.lt. ) and a Mve p-i..ec.e JtOc.k &
1w.U c.w1bo . T-i..c.kw: $4 membett

c.oupte, $5 l'to11-membe1t c.oupte.

SERVICE PINS
Week ending May 12, 1967
5-year Service Pins Luther L. Reese
Louise D. Wilberger
Janice Sai flett
Clyde H . Spears

10-year Serv ice Pins Ed.Jar d R. Long

Specialty
Control
VolWle XI , :io . 61

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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

19, 1967

PENSION PAYMENTS
HIT RECORD TOT AL

MS - TH E CRIPPLER
GE Board Chairman Named

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To OEO Council Post

'foltip le sc lerosis is "the g r ea t
cripple r of young adults . " An
estimated 500,000 Americans ,
y.•,,,-... adults, mothers and father.:\
i.. _,,e active years of community
and family se rvice between 20
and 40 , have been stricken by MS
and related diseases . Cause,
prevention and c ure remain unknown . The National Multiple
Sclerosis Society fights MS
through programs of national and
international research, community
patient services , and pub l ic and
professional ed ucation .
The Waynesboro MS Hope Chest Fu~
Drive is presently und e rway i n
the community. A " Residential
)'larch " began Wednesday and will
end Saturday . When th e MS Voluntee r knocks on you r door, g r eet
him a nd help the fi gh t aga inst
MS .

Stock Prices
The "Stock Prices " for Gene ral
Electric stock credited to part icipan t s in the Savings & Security Program through April,
1967 , are as follows :
January
February
March
April

$87 . 994
86 . 947
88 . 875
89 . 744

Geral d L. Phi llippe , Chai rman of
the Board of the General Electric
Canpany, has been named Vice
01ainnan of the Business Leadership Ad\"isory Council of the Office of Econanic Opportunity by
Wal ker Ci sl er, Chairman of the
Detr oit Edison Canpany , who i s
01ainnan of t he council .
Phillippe , a member of the council since ~lay , 1965 , told t he
meeting GE is proud of its association ''i th the Job Corps . He
called the Job Corps "a develop ing program that is helping to
close the gap between disadvan taged and advantaged Americans ."

Flashcube Makes Great Lure

General Electric employees are
always being described as iJmovati ve , but two employees of t he
Canpany ' s Lamp Division , in
Cleveland, certainly take the
prize. Fred Kr estal and Frank
Billa, fa--perimental Teclmicians ,
have found that used GE rlashcubes make excellent fishing
lures , and they have the evidence to prove it. On their
las t fishing trip in Conada ,
Krestal and Bil l a ead1 s lipped a
flashcube on their lines along
h'i th a treble hook . The result,
a half-dozen ~o rthern Pike aver aging 24 inches long and eight
to ten pounds .
Flashcubes can al so be used for
taking pictures .

Del Thaye r, who retired !-t~rch Jl
with nearly 48 years o f Ccmpany
ser vice , beams happily as he
receives his first pension check
,,.rem J . F. Ponzi Ho , Manaqerl-tanufacturing . De Z ,joins SC7'1e
JJ, 000 fellow r etirees across the
Ccmpany in this benefit .

Genera l El ect ri c ret ired empl oyees received a record to tal of
$50 ,519 , 234 in GE pensions in
1966 . It i s the largest amount
ever paid out under th e Canp any
Pension Pl an . The fi gu re i s 55
mi ll ion greater than the $45 mil lion paid i n pensions in 1965 ,
and tha t was a record, too .
The figure for 1966 was announced
today in the Annual Report on
the acti vity of the General Electric Pens i on Trust . The Repor t
underl i nes t he fact tha t GE con tr i but ed more t han $32 milli on
to the Pension Trust during t he
year , 1-1h il e empl oyees pa i d i n
more than $12 mi ll i on through
payroll deducti ons .
Almost 33 ,000 were rece i vi ng benefits under t he Pension Plan at
the end of 1966 , accordi ng t o
the Pens i on Trust Report .
The histo ry of the Pension Pl an
shows that over the years t he
rate of emp l oyee contribu t ions
to the Pension Plan has been
sharply reduced i n sp i te of the
fact that many improvements have
been made in benef it s prov ided
by the Plan.

W'BORO FIRST AIDERS

'All I Did Was Suggest A Change.'

WA LKOUT PITTSFIELD STYLE

TO VISIT PLANT

Members of the Waynesboro First
Aid Crew wil l take a close - up
look at emergency facilities
here at Specialty Control , Tuesday night, as part of an effort
to become more familiar with the
area's industries .

Dur i ng the first week i n last
month, some 900 emp loyees repre
sented by t he IUE were invo l ved
in work stoppages at General El
tric in Pittsfie l d, Mass . The
employees who par ticipated i n
these walkouts cited exhausted
grievances as t he reason for th
s toppages .

The group will be .hosted by F.B.
Curto, Manager-Plant Util ities &
Maintenance, and Dr. J . E.
Stoecke l, Plant Physician, who
wi l l conduct a tour of the pl ant
to acquaint the crew with the
type of work done here, possible
danger areas , the emergency
eq ui pment and facilities available, and the training received
by the Specialty Control Fire
Brigade and First Aid Crew .

An editorial i n a recent editio
of the Pitts;ield General Electric News gives some insi ght in
to the walkouts .

EDITOR IAL

It is expected that next week's
meeting will permit the exchange
of suggestions and ideas between
both groups on matters of industrial safety.
Smoking In Shipping A Concern

It isn't very hard to cl ose a
bus iness down and put some 2500
people out of work . All it takes
i s a burning match or a ciga rette
butt . I t can happen here at Spe cia l ty Control .
Lately, a number of employees
have been wa l king through the
Shipping Area with lighted cigarettes . This represents a hazard to the entire Departmen t.
Smoki ng in that area is prohib ited and for good reason. There
are any number of inflalTTilable
mater i al s in Shippi ng, paper boxes, sheets of plastic, paper
sealing tape and packing f ill er,
to mention only a few.
Remember , smoking in Shippi ng i s
prohib i ted whether you work there
or happen to be passing through
the area .
SERVICE PINS
Week ending May 19, 1967
5-year Service Pins Jcunes S . Snead
Phyllis C. Shipe
Nicholas J . /.1(]h)yer, Jr.
Mattie Batman
Bettie L. Stan"ley
Dale F. Rollins
H. Lorraine Rusmisel

IT SURE IS A PUZZLE
Specialty Control Ylanagement got
caught up in a rather interesting
situation this week . It seems
that employees gave them a jig
saw puzzle , minus a few pieces ,
and asked them to put it together.
They crune close , but it didn't
count . The puzzle is this : how
to eliminate speeding, reckless
driving, and traffic safety hazards without any infringement on
our convenience .

"~lork stoppages are usually tie
by the unions t o sane 'problem .
And problems aren 't too hard to
find. for the person 01· group
who ' s looking for one . There
will always be problems to be
faced up to and solved. Most o
them are solved in a businesslike , effective manner . "

The editorial po i nts out t hat
while strikes may be consi dered
if a prob lem isn't resolv ~itl
in the grievance procedur
?vided, the union bends t he system with a new version of the
"numbers" game . The editorial
notes, "This occurs when a problem canes up tha t has not cleared all steps of the grie vance
procedure -- or when sane spurof- the -moment incident pops up <
which no grievance has even bee1
filed , II
"Nevertheless, when walkouts OC·
cur in these situations, the 87'1·
ployees involved and union of:i·
cials cite sane exhausted grie vance as the 'official ' reason
for the stoppage -- often a gri.
vance ~overing sane unrela;ed
suhject that had cleared the
gr ievance procedure several
months before and had been lyin:
dormant since . "

l\lell, the latest word is that
Management is sti ll trying to put
the puzzle together--only this
time maybe Ke should give t hem
all the pieces . 111e new puzzle
might look like this : el imination of speeding and reckl ess
driving, but with patience and
cooperation by everyone . They've
already received all kinds of
ideas on how to so l ve the puzzle ,
and are doing everything possible
to read1 the right solution .

The Pittsfie l d story concludes
by stating that "qu ic ki e" 1~a 1kouts buy nothing for the union
or the employees involved.
"!·le all depend on GE busi
-es
here in Pitts:ield for a ,
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It makes no sens e, either long
range or short range, to harm
these busines3es unnecessarily .
"Nobody wins the 'nwnbers ' gcune

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ans1ver this question by say ing
that 1\e ve never seen even one
Specialty Control ad. Yet ,--00
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keeping them infonned of our newest products and of the latest
developnents in our older products. It is estimated that ap proximately a half million people, with a special interest in
the products we make, read our
ads.

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You didn't see the ads because
these magazines are not foLmd on
the average ne1,:s stand . But ,
these magazines a ren ' t fo r the
average reader, either . They 're
aimed at design engineers , manufacturing engineers and others
in the metalworking industries,
aerospace industries , etc . In
other words, these magazines ,
commonly called "trade publications", are for those with special inte rests . For exrunple , if
your hobby is cars , you might
r ead ,\fotcr 7.'ren d, or if it's
music , you might read DOI.Jn Beat .
.-.your business i s manufacturirg
111~...: hine tools, you probably read
Machinery (and you'll probably
sec an SCD ad too) .

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(l . to r.J Advertising and Sales Pronotion Specialis ts , I . R. Cole and J . 11.
Jeffern with A&SP Manager , A. V.
Brancati, and Secretary , Mary T .
Halterman .

Responsibility for the Department's advertising rests with Al
Brancati, Manager-Advertising &
Sales Promotion, and his associates in the Marketing Section.
These men also work on publicity
for our products, services and
new deve loµnents, etc.; they make
sure tha t SCD is represented at
var ious trade shows arol.D1d the
world; and they help keep General
Electric salesmen in the field
informed about the lates t changes
and improvements in our products.
Does all of the activity involved
in Adverti£ing &Sal es Pranotion
really pay off? Without it,
there would be fewer orders, few er sales and fewer jobs. Advertising, such as you see on this
page , lets the cus taner know that
he can get a top quality product
from Specialty Control.

A GOLD MINE FOR THOSE OPPOSED TO CHANGE
Do you have difficulty thinking up reasons why a new idea won't work? After years of diligent
research, a consulting group has amassed and catalogued 88 helpful ways to hold.up.progress and
change. This list will be useful to all who seek to make a company grow smaller and weaker with
fewer employees, as competitors move ahead. (In the interests of efficiency, it is suggested that
idea killers simply memorize the list and object to change by calling out the app~opriate number
or nunbers.)
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22. It's too radical.
23. Ifs almost the same as we're
doing now.
24. It looks sood on paper, but it
won't work.
25. It violates good accounting
practice.
26. It violates enBineering princi·
ples.
27. It isn't sood manasement prac·
lice.
2B. It conflicts with some law or •
resulation.
29. It will have a detrimental e/lect
on employee relations.
30. It's poor public relations.
31. The union won't like it.
32. The boss won't like it.
33. The accountant won't approve.
34. The attorney won't agree.
35. It's outside m1 scope of respon·
ribilit)'.
36. The company will never buy it.
37. The stockholdera will kill it.
3B. It conflkts with company policy.
39. We don't have the authority.
40. It will increase overhead.
41. The present method is worl:ing
-why rock the boat?
42. It's a sood idea but •.•
43. There are pros and cons.
44. It's not in the budget.
45. Our customers won't like ii.
46. It will cheapen the product.
47. It's too complicated.

Our problem is dil/erent.
We tried that once be/ore.
We don't have IAe time.
We don't have enough help.
What do rou want w to do, turn
out the work for which we are
resporuible or become methods
enBineers?
Our or1anization is too small
for this.
Our or1ani:ation is too la~ge
for this.
We've always done it this way.
Our present method is time-tested and reliable.
Us impractical.
Ifs ahead of it.s time.
It's behind the times.
The orsanization isn't ready for
it yet.
The orianization haa had too
much of this lately,
You can't teach an old dos new

tricks.

16. Our rouns and progressive
sroup doem't need it.
17. It will make our equipment ob·
solete.
lB. New equipment on order will
make it unnecessary.
19. It will require a heavy invest·
ment.
20. It will never pay for itself.
21. If no investment is required,
how do 7ou e%pect it to work?

48. Ifs too simple.
49. My cowin worked in a place
where they tried that and • • •
50. It doesn't make serue.
51. Look, bud, this isn't my job.
52. Let's make a~other study of it.
53. Le(s make a report.
54. Le(s sleep on it.
55. Let's form a committee.
56. Sounds like the work of some
stall sroup.
57. Let's table it /or the time being.
5B. Let me rephrase it.
59, It will be too much trouble to
make the change.
60. It's not a good idea.
61. Sound business judgment is
against it.
62. It's not our problem.
63. Let's be realistic.
64. Perhaps we should first do more
market research.
65. :'hey'll laush them1elve1 to
death if we trr that.
66. It will lose money in the lon1
run.
67. I had the same idea ten years
ago.
68. We've done all risht without it.
69. It's never been tried be/ore.
70. Why not let our competitors trr
it /irst and set the bugs out
of it?
71. It's impossible.
72. E"perience will teach you that

73. I don't see anythinB wrons with
the present method.
74. It's a sreat idea /or others but

we don't need it here.
75. Why should I set all e%cited
about this?
76. Sure, everythins's fine if it
works, but what if it /ails?
77. Ifs supposed to save time, but
we tried it and it takes longer
than the old method.
7B. In my opinion things are gains
along very well now so I see no
need /or making changes.
79. Why change? Don't they like
what we're doing now?
80. I/ you want to make chanses,
why don't you start in head·
quarters where they really need
it?
81. It doesn't move me.
82. Our people look at things di/·
/erently.
B3. What we are doing now ii way
ahead of everyone else in our
industry.
84. We're only doing it this UJay
until the department head can
be replaced.
85. We're already doing that in a
way.
B6. Us contrary to the teqchings of
God.
B7. If you changed it around like
this it might work.
BB. I knew it was risht all the time.

SCD NEWS 8c NOTE~

NATIONAL DRIVERS TEST TUESDAY
THE NEW 1967 NATIONAL DRIVERS TEST
WILL BE BROADCAST TUESDAY, MAY
23RD, 10:00-11:00 P.M., EDT ON THE
CBS TELEVISION NETWORK.
NEARLY 80 MILLIO'J VIEWERS HAVE
WATCHED THE NATIONAL DRIVERS TEST
THE PAST TWO YEARS -- MAKING IT
THE MOST POPULAR PUBLIC SERVICE
PROGRAM EVER CARRIED ON A SINGLE
TV NETWORK.
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N<l-J AN ALL-NEW NATIONAL DRIVERS
TEST FOR 1967, TIMED FOR THE WEEK
BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY, WILL PROVIDE
Q\JE MORE HOUR IN YOUR LIFE TO
CHECK YOUR ABILITY AT THE DEFEN5 IVE DRIVING WE FACE TODAY.
FILL IN BU\NKS WITH TRUE OR FALSE,
YES OR NO, A,B,C OR D (MULTIPLE
CHOICE), OR APPROPRIATE WORD.
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OPINION (NO SCORE)

TOTAL SCORE

Robert Harner, 1st shift Mechanical Products Assembly, wishes
to thank SCD employees for their
kind expressions of sympathy
during the recent death of his
son and father. ******
Rut:.h Campbell, LawJz.enc.e Campbell.
and Tw.i.Ua. Jean TJU.L6low, would
U.k.e to .thank tho.6 e employeu

who weJLe 1;0 /Und and though:t6ul
clwUng the long .i.lliu.1; and dea:tlr.
06 Odle Campbell..

******

THE WESTMINSTER CHANCEL CHOIR,
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BERNADINE
COCHRANE, WI LL PRESENT FELIX
MENDELSS<l-IN-BARTHOLDY Is "ELIJAH" I
SLNDAY AT 4:00 P.M., IN THE WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1904
MT. VERNON STREET, WAYNESBORO.
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LAST CALL - INAUGURAL BALL. It's
Saturday night, at the Staunton
Annory, from 9:00 P.M.-1:00 A.M.
The Townsmen plus an R&R group
will provide music to suit your
taste. Tickets: $4 member couple, $5 non-member couple. ~
tickets at the door will be
Get your tickets today from any
person whose name is listed on
the poster in the cafeteria.

Specialty

Control
Volwne XI , No .

62

WAYNESBORO, V IRGINIA

EUROPEAN NC SALES MGR
TOP MAN ON TOTE M POLE

May 26, 1967

CONLON AND MALE COMPLETE
CREATIVE ENGINEERING PGM

Memorial Day Holiday
All Specialty Control Departme nt
employees are reminded that Memorial Day, May 30th, 1-1ill be observed as a paid holiday . Al l
Manufacturing operations will be
closed down except for emergency
situations, as 1-1ill mos t other
operations. from the end of the
workday Monday, May 29th, until
the following Wednesday .
~e d

Swanson (l . ) cmd D. O. Dice
flank Marketing's totem pole .

Vendor Of The Month

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,a ' SOLICIT
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(.l;
YOUR HELP
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~amiliar face in the 0larket ing
~ion this week wa s Ted Swanson,
tne Department's ~lanag er of Nu-

merical Control Sales in Europe .
Here for a one week visit fran
his offices in Frankfurt , Gennany,
Ted had glowing reports on 'Y./C
activity in Europe . He stated
that numerical control sales in
1966 were three and a half t imes
greater than in 1965 , and that
sales in the first four months of
this year already equal the total
for all of last year .
Ted , who left Waynesboro for his
present assignment in 1Q65, has
some ten men selling our ~IC
uni ts to machine tool builders in
Gennany , England and Italy . These
salesmen are nationals of the
countries involved .
In the photograph above , Ted (on
the left) is most pleased to be
at the top of D. 0 . Dice ' s totem
pole . Specialty Control's ~Ian­
ager-Marketing has the "heads" of
his various Product Sales ~lana!l ­
~ arranged on the totem pole in
order of their increase in
::,a1es over 1966 . Ted obviouslv
is enjoying being "top man on the
totem pole ."

J . ~I .

Rannie, l.fanag er- Purchasir.g ,
presents the Vendor of the Mon t h
Award to Harry Glick, Vice -President of Chicago Dynamic Indus tries .
An Ill i nois firm, Chicago Dynamic Industries Inc ., received the
Specialty Control Department's
"Vendor of the Month" award in
ceremonies here at the pl ant
this wee k.
J . W. Rannie, Manager-Purchas i ng,

noted that the firm has, over
the past few years, f illed nu merous requests for 48 hour de1ivery on cri tically needed
items . This, in turn, has
helped SCD to meet its corm11t ments to its customers. Said
Rannie , "We consider Chicago Dynamic as one of our outstand i ng
suppliers . "

"Reggie " Male (l . ) discusses the
Creative Engineering Course with
fellow classmate, Bart Conlon .

Monday was "graduation day" for
Bart F. Conlon, N/C Pr oject En gineer, and Regionald L. Male,
Senior Design Project Engineer
(A&D), fran the Canpany 's Cre ative Engineering Course in
Schenectady . In 16 sessions
over the past eight months, the
6 7-member class has been review ing trends and new develoµnents
in fundamental technologies and
their impact on creative engi neering of General Electric
products and manufacturing processes .
The classes were held one day ,
every two weeks, during the entire session . For Bart and
"Reggie" it was a demanding
schedule of flight connections,
classes, homework , and their
jobs here in t he Department .
111e Creative Engineering Course
is conducted by the Engineering
Education Service in Schenectady
and is intended for experienced
Product Engineers.

PERIODS ARE INEXPENSIVE, BUT THEY ADD UP
How much do you think a period,
the punctuation mark at the end
of a sentence, is worth? 1/2¢?
3/4¢? 2¢?

"I don 't know wha t I would ha ve
don e without it!" This is how
Dave Saben , a membe r of th~ p e­
cialty Control Department
.' re~
tice Program , described th e General Ele ctric Insurance Prog r am
in a r e cent in t erview.

The New Yor'k Times , which in February eliminated the period which
followed its name at the top of
page one and inside pages , fig ures the move will save $41. 28 a
year in ink.
This i s a cost reduction. \\'hile
it may seem rather ins ignificant,
the $41.28 , added to other cost
r eduction ideas , can turn out to
be quite a savings.
This is the way it is with General Electric. To be sure the
Company is large, but it is the
$41 .28 cost reduction ideas added
together that result in real savings to the Company . These are
ideas each employee might have
regardless of what his job is , or
the area in which he works. These
are ideas which help make us more
competitive .
Cost r eduction refl ect s each individual' s interest in his job
and in the health of the busines s.
It helps employees prosper with
the Company , not at the expense
of the Canpany .
The competition, both domestic
and foreign, tl1inks cost reduction i s a pretty good idea , too.
They're out to save whenever and
wherever possible, all with one
idea in mind - be number one .
Undoubtedl y, t here are many
$41. 28 savings in the Department.
\Vhy not t ake a look around you ·~
STEEL'S UPI

We llford Earns Two Patents
A. L . Wellford , Manage r -Marine &
Gr ound Support Systems Design Engineering, received his 11th and
12th patent awards , last week.
One relates to arrangements for
imp r oved utilization of output
trans forme rs in inverters, and
the other patent provides t he
means for variably adjus ting the
saturation flux density of magnetic circuit elements.

A n ative Virginian, Wellfor d r eceived a BSEE from VMI in 195 2
and then attended Drexe l I nstitute
in Bal timore . He is a four year
veteran of the Army where he
served as a Guided Missile Of ficer.

Membership in the Wize Owl Club
increased this week at SCD wi t h
the addition of Wa rren Sp r ouse ,
third shift Shee t Me tal.

this week on the 4000 sq . ft . addition to th e no rth si de of th e
plant wh ich will house new test
and s hipping faci lities for the
N/C Ar ea .

Dave became ill at the beginning
of t his year and was hospitalized . When it was all over , he
was f ac ed wi th having lost work
during t he enti r e month of March
an d t he fi rst week in April ,
plus a hospital bill for $7 29.7~
doc t or 's bills totaling $182.00,
and misce l laneous medical ex penses adding up t o another
$138. 14. I n all , a total medical bil l of $1 , 039 . 86. For a
y oung man wi t h a wife and t h r ee
small children, this can be , at
best, a frigh tfu l set of circumstances . For Dave, though , it
wasn 't qui te so bad . He has
b een a member of the Ccxnpany's
Ins urance Program since he began
his career here in 1964.

Wellford began his career with
the Company in January , 1958 , a t
t he GE plant in Lynchbur g where
he served as a Design Enginee r.
He transferred to Specialty Control in December of that same
yea r as a Senior Design Engineer .
In 1961 , he became a Development
Engineer in Systems Engi neering
and was named t o his present position in 1965 .

SPROUSE JOINS W 0 C

Steel girders give the shape of
things to come . Work progressed

DAVE SABEN DESCRIBES
GE INSURANCE BENEFITS

It was about 5 : 00 A. H., near t he
end of his shift , when Warren was
a rc welding a piece of me tal . A
flash from a s pot welde r suddenl y
occurred st r iking the left lens
of h is safety g lasses .
A certificate of membersh i p and
pin were presented to him by Fore·
man Larry Buzza r d .

Dave Saben shows Appl'entice Program Supel'Vis ol' D. McKechnie how
GE Insul'ance Plan he l ped him .
"When the bills we r e set t l ed, I
discovered t ha t I owed only $167
out of the total bill of $1 , 040 ,
the GE Insurance Pl an had paid
nearly $900. On top of t hat , I
r eceived hal f my usual weekly
pay dur ing the whol e time I was
s ick , and , t hose payments started immediate l y . Now t hat ' s an
insurance plan ! "
Dave Saben' s s t o ry i sn ' t un .e .
It ' s r epeated many times over
all across the Company by those
employees who have suddenly discove r ed the r eal va l ue of the
General Ele ctr ic IQsur ance Plan .

THE SPEC IALTY CONTROL FOREMAN

'How Can One Grow Old In This Atmosphere?'

This was the quest ion asked by
J im Truslow, third shift Fore man in the Machine Room , as he
discussed his job recently with
the SC News .

Thi rd shift Machine Ro0'71 Fo reman,
Jim Trus tow .

The night begins with a review of
work plans with Jim Ra is ton, l!PC
Machine Operator.

"I have found working at General
Electric both interesting and
cha llenging . The working conditions and benefits are excellent
The most interesting factor,
though, i s that we are helping
to bui l d toward the future, getting a man on the moon being
on ly one side of the coin. Ea ch
day br ings something new and
there i s something additional to
be l earne d. How can one grow
old in th i s atmosphere?"
Jim began his career with t he
Company in 1955 as an Electrician i n Ma intenance . He subsequently became a Set-up Monitor,
Acting Foreman, and finally Fore·
man. Prior to working for General Electric, J im spent eight
years in the Army and, during
World War II, served in the
China -Burma-India Theatre . Discharged from the Army in 1945,
he was ca ll ed back to active
duty during the Korean Conf lic t
as a Sergeant Major i n the Signal Corps . Among his decora tions is the Bronze Star Meda l
wh i ch is awa rded for va lor in
combat .

During the wee hours of t he morning, Jim checks on operations in
the Plating Area .

The night almost over, Jim turns
his attention to a "down " piece
of equipment .

In Jim's op1n1on, military leaders hip tra ining as an NCO, canbined with classes taken here in
t he Department , has helped hi m
as a fo reman. He quick ly adds
that others with more experience
have been very helpful in teach ing him the foreman's job.

A problem on the A- 15 Weidemati c .
Jim and third shift Sheet Metal
Foreman, Larry Buzzard, confer.

Thir d s hift is over and it 's
time to go home . Jim takes a
took at the sky and a new day .

GE'S PROGR ESS CITY

Hemline Escalation

Miss Va Visits SCD

From a ll reports, summer really
is go ing to come to Waynesboro
and bring wi th it hot weather and
short shorts. Although this is a
rather pleasant prospect , the
Specialty Cont rol News feels ob 1igated to remin d our female empl oyees that short shorts are
"out of style" at SCD .

?rogress City

New concepts in urban planning
and deve lopment will be featured
in an immense all- electric commun ity display , to be ca ll ed
"Progress City", when General
Electric ' s Carou se l of Prog res s
opens at Disneyl and this summer
(see SC News , April 7).
The new detai led and animated
model of an entire city , from
cent ral core to res i dentia l sub urb, exemp l ifies th e vast potential for citi es of t he future
using today's technology . The
model is 115 f eet wide, 60 fee t
deep and has a 23 feet high
"nigh t sky" background . It will
occupy more than ha l f of the pa vili on 's upper le ve l .
The Ca rousel Theater, deve loped
by Disney's WED Enterprises ,
Inc . , will star 32 "Audi o-Anima tronic" "actors" who will tell
the story of progress in elec trical li ving i n the home f rom
the 1890's to the present . Ad vances in t he WED-deve l oped
"Audio-Animatronic" technique
have been incorporated into the
show and the figures will appea r
even more li felike.
Roy Disney , Presi den t of Walt
Di sney Producti ons, descri bed
the new GE attraction as "a significant addition to Disney land
which emphasizes Ge nera l Elec tric 's for.vard-looking approach ."
"It was Walt's plan to have the
Carouse l of Progress as a regular part of the park's family
entertai nment canp l ex and we are
delighted that is i s about to become a reality," Roy Disney
added .

Se riousl y , we should all dress in
a ma nner appropri ate to a business s urrounding . There are st ill
those dressmak ers who have their
hemlines some1vhere near the knee ,
and their fashion s are more in
kee ping with a business atmos phere .
So , whether your choice is shorts
or a dress, pl ease remember to
keep the hem as close to the knee
as possi ble.
Floating Power Plant By GE
General Electric e ng ineers are
building a power p l an t capable of
gene rating enough electricity t o
su pp l y a community of 25,000 -an d th en will tow it half-way
around the wor ld .
The 240 by 101 - foot floati ng
power pl a nt is schedu l ed t o go in·
to ope ration as part of the development wo r k on this count ry ' s
Nike-X antimissile sys tem .
Two GE packaged ~!1500 jet gas
turbines from the Evendale plant
are the heart of th e power genera ti on sys tern which wi 11 s upply
the peak power demands of the
radar system ,

IT'S A YOUNG WORLD
Whoever said , "the world is for
the young ," really knew what he
was talking about . For .instance,
60% of t oday ' s population was ·
n ot alive when the great de pres s.ion began in 1929 . Nearly half
of today ' s people were not yet
born when Hitler invaded Poland
in 1939 . More than 40% we r e not
yet born when the first atcxnic
bomb fell . And , 11 % of the people living today were not alive
when John F . Kennedy was ina ug urated. Only 10 years from now,
20% of the population will not
have been alive when President
Johnson was elected.

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SCD NEWS & NOTES
We would l ike to thank all of
our frien ds at Specialty Contro
for the many acts of kindness
extended to us during the death
of our moth er and for the many
floral tributes . A spec i al
thanks to Ray Hamer and the A&D
Test Area, first and second
shifts , and to al l of the Engi neering Lab.
Mary Lee Taylor - Eng . Lab .
Kenneth Morris - Quality Centro
SERVICE PINS
Wee k endi ng May 26 , 1967
5-year Se rvice Pins Charlot~e

Y . Kvle

Dor;s S . .'·!erriken
::or»1an :-: . Coakley
:.eor:a ? . ",Jade

10-year Service Pins Rosa lie T . Harter
Robert H. IlgenfY'i t z

Specialty

Control
Volume XI , No . 63

New Income Tax Formula
For Large Deductions
A change in the Federal inc~ne
tax withholding fonnula can now
benefit many employees who wan t
to take a dvantage of it . The new
change allows emp l oyees who had
large item ized deductions for
taxes , in teres t, contributions ,
or other reasons in 1966, and expect l a r ge deductions fo r 1967 ,
to claim additional withholding
allowances and thus hav e l ess
money withhe l d from th ei r pay fo r
i n come t ax . The result of the
change i s that emp loy ees will be
ab le to us e i mmediately that part
of t hei r pay wh i ch would fonnerly
h 2""°" been withheld and then r e fu. ~d in 1968 because of unus ually large deductions on th eir
1967 income tax returns.
The change went into effect this
year, following the filing of
1966 income tax returns. Under
it, employees may be eligible to
file a revised Employees Withholding Exemption Certificate
(Form W-4) .
SCD employees can obtain the complete table and the revised Withholding Exemption Certificate
from the Payroll Office. By taking advantage of the extra with holding allowances, employees may
bring their reg ular withholding
deductions mo r e closely in line
with their total income tax for
the year, and have immediate use
of money f ormerly withheld.
It was pointed out, however, that
employees should be virtually
certain that the estimated 1967
itemized deductions on which they
base their new wi thho lding all <"""' ces will actually occur . If
t L ~eductions do not occur, th;employee may face a large t ax t o
make up when he fi les his t ax re turn next year.

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

MUTUAL AID FOR SCD
AND WAYNESBORO

June 2, 1967

Insurance Plan Benefits
Hit New High In '66
Benefits payable Wlder the Gen eral Electric Insurance Plan hit
a nc"· high in ] 966 - -$ 85 ,723, 660 .
Of the t otal , mo re than SSS million was fo r employees, pens i oners and their beneficiar ies . ,\11
additional $30 mi llion dollar s
was for medical expenses of dependents . The $85 mi llion total
was more than 510 mi llion greater than the ainoWlt paid out in
1965, which also h·as a record breaking year .

A check for $100 was present ed to
Harry Snavely, Jr. , President of
t he f./aynesborc First Aia Crew,
during las t week 's meeting a s a
contribution to the First Aid
Crew Fund D:t'ive . Looking cr11,
from left to right, R. P. Van
Lear, Mgr. - 2nd shift, J. F. Ponzillo, Mgr.-Manufactu:t'ing, H.
Snavely, F. B. Curto, Mgr .-Plant
Vti Zi ties & Maintenance, J . E.
Stoeckel, M. D. ,-Plant Physician .

A plan of mutual aid in times of
need has been developed at two
recent meetings between the Specialty Control Fire Brigade &
First Aid Crew, the Waynesboro
First Aid Crew, and the Waynes boro Fire Department.
The meetings, which took place
here at the Department, involved
discussions of each group's emer gency facilities, training and
capabi li ties. Both the Waynes boro First Aid Crew and Fire Department toured the plant to
learn its layout, possible danger
areas, and to inspect the emergency equipment and faci li t i es
available. In case of a disaste",
these two community emergency
(contd. P. 4)

All these figures "·ere highlights
of the 1966 ..\nnual Report on the
General Electric Insurance Plan
is sued thi s week . The Company
has been is suing annual repor ts
t o employees shoh·ing the finan cial activities of the Insurance
Plan for many vears . Recenth
the U. S . Government has requ.ire:l
this kind of a repo rt from all
companies which sponsor employee
welfare or benef it plans .
The 1966 Report emphasi zed the
fact that the cost of the Plan
reached a new high last year- more than $93 million. The cost
includes, besides benefits paid,
about $11.S million set aside
for life insurance for r etired
employees , and other it ems including taxes and expenses . ..\
comparison of the 1966 figur es
with previous reports indicates
that the cost of the Plan has
doubled since 1956 and is up
$6.7 million over 1965.
More than 300,000 employees Kere
covered by the Insurance Plan at
the end of 1966. For this employee coverage General Electric
paid more than S42 million , while
employees paid $19 million
through payroll deductions .
(con t d. P. 4)

SHOULD THE PITCHER FIELD A BUNT?

The survey is completed, the re sults are known, and we're
pleased that you're please~;th
the Specialty Control News .

A pitcher's main job is throwing
a baseball ... preferably in the
strike zone and with enough on it
so the batter can 't hit it. He's
classified as a pitcher but he
also expects to field bunts,
cover first base and even back -up
the catcher i f the s ituation
calls for it.

It may interest you to know, for
example , that 89% of you read the
SC News every week . ... 97% feel
we're pretty reliable .... 98%
think this paper is easy to read.

Why? Simply because i f he in sisted on going nothing but pitch
the whole team would suffer from
his poor per fo rmance . Inefficient
baseball teams don't win pennants.
Most people can understand how
the performance of one player can
influence the result of a baseball game . Even in the case of a
very small business it ' s easy to
wuierstand how one man ' s performance can make a big difference .

But for some reason many people
think that in a l arger company
individual performance is not so
important ... that a l arger company
can overlook poor performance and
subsidize inefficiency .
This is dead wrong, of course.
l\1hether a business is large or
small, its overall perfonnance i s
the total of the perfonnance of
its individual people.
Any kind of was te i s just as destructive to a large operation as
t o a sma lle r one.
EvepYone has a very real stake in
the elimination of wasteful practices in our plant . Refusing to
do any work not specifica lly included in a job classification . . .
resulting in assigning extra peo ple to work that can reasonab l y
be done by one person . . . is an example of needless waste of time
that in the long run endangers the
jobs of everyone .
CClllrnon sense tells us that no one
can expect t o spend every working
hour of every day doing nothing
but work specifically defined by
his classification ... any more
than a pit cher expects to do not hing but throw a baseball .

Readership Survey Results

The survey , which was sent to one
third of al l SCD emp l oyees, al so
_;hawed that the vast majority
rate the paper as a good source
of information on news affecting
the plant and employees.
SCD PASSES SAFETY TEST
A surprise visit, last week , by
a Safety and Health Inspector
from the United States Department
of Labor & Industry resulted i n
words of praise for the Specialty
Contr ol Department .
A two hour tour of the plant was
made by the inspector, accompanied by Department representatives. After a diligent inspection of every area, the general
impression o f the plant's safety
and health performance was very
goo d. The inspec tor sta ted that
the SCD was one of the best
p lants he had ever inspec t ed .
The General Ele ctri c Company ' s
Safety Program began in 1907 and
was one of the fi r s t in industry.
Now, as then, the Company i s a
nationa l leader in industri al
safety . Its posi ti on as a leader
i s lar gely due to t eam effor t as
shown h ere at SCD last week .

MEDICAL CLAIMS DELAYED

The heavy year-end fi l ing of 1966
medical expense claims by employees i s still having its effect on
settlements. Both the Specialty
Control Payroll Office and the
Metropolitan Insurance Company
are working overti me and the backlog of claims is diminishing .
However, some claimants are experiencing several weeks del ay in
settlement.
It is expected that overtime work
will decrease the backlog shortl y , meanwhile t he patience of .
employees i s being deeply appreciated.

In the area of news subjects, we
were again pl eased to find tha t
we are genera lly giv i ng you the
kind of news you wan t.
As for the future, many of you
offered good suggestions and
ideas. We may try th em when possible. In any event, future editions of the Specialty Control
News will reflect the results of
the survey and our efforts to
make a good employee newspaper
even better .
For those who took the time co
give us their thoughtfu l answers,
we offer our thanks.
The Editors

SC NF.WS TO PUSUSH UST
Of JUNE GRADUATES

All SCD empl oyees who have sons
or daughters graduating from hig:
school or college this month are
asked to cont act the Specialty
Control News so that the names o
these students can be published
in the plant paper.
The following i nfonnation should
be given to the SC News, Room 10
ext. 676, not l ater than noon,
Wednesday, June 7th:
Student ' s name , school f...........,
which student is graduat_ _,,
major course of study (collegE
student s only).
Let ' s recognize our children's
academic achievements!

FOCUS ON THE SPECIAL TY CONTROL PHOTO LAB

M. F. "Sonny" MiUer> checks a
pr>int in one of the Photo Lab's
f i ve darkr ooms .

Bob Good photogr>aphs the photogr>apher>.

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Clarence Clayton checks photoliths hung up to dry . Each is a
r>epr>oduction of an origiri.al dY'(JJ;)ing .

To most people the words "Photo
Lab " bring to mind the vision of
a large darkroom and the developing and printing of snapsho ts.
In the case of the Specialty Control Department Photo Lab, on l y
part of this statement is correct . The darkroom is large . In
fact , it ' s one of the largest in
this pa rt of Virg inia outside of
the fac ilities used by the State
Department of Highways. But,
there ' s much more to industrial
photography than a group of snapshots .
For example, in the past year ,
the Photo Lab has taken over
6 , 000 pho t ographs and slides, it
has developed and print ed some
11, 200 , the Photo Lab has made
nearly 30,000 pho t oli th copies
of drawings, 3,000 nameplates,
and the list goes on .
The Photo Lab , which is part of
the Engineering Section , began
in 1955 with 300 square fee t of
space , $400 worth of used photograph equipment, and a two hour
a day schedule for one man . Today , the Photo Lab occupies 2, 400
square feet, it has $35 , 000 worth
of new equipment and a four man
t eam working eight hours a day,
five days a week .
Industrial photography , as it is
performed here, not only calls
for pictures pleasing to the ey e ,
but also pictures endowed with
extreme accuracy . At SCD, the
need for accuracy, within 1/1000
of an i nch, is in the reproduction of overs ized artwork of the
circuitry o f print ed circuit
boards . A fo ur ton camera which
produces a 31 inch sq uare negative is used to accomplish this
feat . The tri-color camera is
18 feet l ong and stands nine feet
high .
Yes, the Photo Lab serves the Departm ent in many ways .. .. f rom
produc t pictures to silk screen
original s , from personnel portrai ts to copies of ins truction
books. It ' s pictures are worth
a thousand words and an equal
nwnb er of dolla rs .

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This is the four> ton camera which
helps the Department meet the
precise standards of manufactur>ing printed ciY'cuit boards.

Seth Davis is shown her>e pr>eparing artwork for> photogr>aphing .
Note size of camer>a bellows at
left .

Here the back of the camera is
opened and the negative i s r>emoved. This is one of the smalle r negatives which the camer>a
produces .

Wilson Joins QC Club

Furr And DeWitt Meet The Challenge
Of Gerald ine Furr and Cleo DeWitt
it might be said, "when the pres su re i s on, they come through. "
For the past few weeks bo th women
have been assembling and wi ri ng
pane ls of a completely new des i gn
for use with on e of the Department ' s newest lin es, the Vari ab le
Frequ ency AC Motor Control.

Thomas M. Wilson, a Design Proj ects Engineer in Aerospace &Defense Engineering , became the
l at est member of the Company ' s
Quarter Century Club this week.
A native of Hall , New York he
joined Gener al El ectric in 'Jlll1e
of 1942 shortly after graduating
from Cornell University with a
BSEE .
Tom's first assignment was in
Schenectady, New Yor k, where he
was a member of the Company ' s
Engineering Training Program.
Upon completion of the Program ,
he remained in Schenectady at the
General Engineering Laboratory
where he was invo l ved in the de veloµne nt of electronic circuitry.
In 1955, he transferred to Specialty Control as a Requisition
Proj ects Engineer, and a year
lat~r. was assigned to his present
pos1t1on .
Tom i s a member of the IEEE and
co-author of the paper , "A High
Performance Vo ltage Regulator For
a Brushless Air cr aft Regulator. "

Because of the t ime element i nvol ved and the danger of damage
to oth er components in the control, the job does not a llow for
any wiring errors . Nine pa nel s
have been compl eted to date by
Geral dine and Cleo - - each without one wiring error .
Mutua l Aid

0 . W. Livingston, Senior Consult-

ing Engineer - 57th patent award .
Mr . Li vingston l eads the Department in pa t ents held and ranks
among the l eaders in the Compa ny .
L. U. C. Kelling , ~LDllerical Control Engineering - 18th patent
award.
P. D. Corey , Aerospace &Defense
Engineering - 10th patent award.
S. Y. >lerri tt , Aerospace & De fense Engineering - 1s t pa tent
award.

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organizations would arrive at tre
pl ant immediately to lend assi s tance. Additi onally, a system
of al erts and "stand-bys" v1ould
go into effect in surrounding
communiti es .
Mea nwh i le, the pl ant 's Fire Bri gade & Firs t Aid Crew also stands
ready to answer a summons for
help from the community. Depend i ng on the nat ure and si ze of the
emergency , Specia lty Control
mi ght respond with first aid men,
fire fighters, men with metal cut
ting torches, etc.
Th e pledge of mutual aid in times
of emergen cy offers assurance to
General Electric employees and
area residents alike .
Insurance

PATENT AWARDS
Four Specialty Control Engineers
have been awarded patents, recently, for inventions which they
have deve l oped here in t he Depa rtment. They are:

(contd. from P.

(contd. from P. 1)

As the report indicates , the aim
of the Company is to devote the
major portion of its contribu tions to t he Plan to employee
coverage and to assume only administrative costs of dependent
coverage and that empl oyee contributions cover the cost of
cl aims for dependent coverage .
The result of this sys tern i s that
employees then share equitably
in Company payments whether or
not they have dependents .
>lore than 390, 000 claims were
processed in 1966. This was 19 000 above the record set in 196S .
More than 99% of all GE people
had protection of the Insurance
Plan's canprehensive medical expense coverage during the year-a fo1111 of insurance pioneered in
industry by the Company .

Cleo Del-litt, Frank Piersa , Engineering Lah Technician, and Geraldine Furr check the wiring of
one of nine panels canpleted to
date . Frank is the Chief Tech nician on the project .

Their work shows the extremely
fine effort of two SCD enployees
dedicated to their jobs and the
goal s of the Department. It has
been effort such as th i s which
has helped Genera l Electric to
rema in as a wor ld leader in the
el ectr i ca l in dustry .

SCD NEWS & NOTEc::
We woul d l i ke to thank al l o. our
friend s at Spec ialty Control for
their many acts of kindne ss and
floral tributes dur i ng the i 11ness an d death of our dear mothe~
A special thanks to Nurse Gray ,
Mr . &Mrs. James Bodkin , Mr . &
Mr s . Don Hall, Mr. &Mrs . Ra lph
Billings , Alex Broadfoot, George
Bowman and Relay Engineering.
Wilton Hamrick an d Family

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The. Wayne-6 bOJto
Toa.6.tl-na.6.:t.eM Clu.b
-Ui e.x;te.ncl<..ng a cMcU.al. mvUa:t<..on
.to EP gJta.ciJ., and -<.n.:t.vr.e-6.:t.e.d " po:t.e.rtt.<.a..l" pu.buc J.i pe.akeM :t.o a:t.:t.e.11d :t.he. g!Wu.p ' 6 ne.x:t. me.e,Ung ,
Monday, June. 5, a:t. 6 :1 5 P. AI. The
Toa.6:tJnci-s.teM meet .the. 6-W:t. and
.t/U.Jtd ,\londa.y 1ugh.:t.J.i o 6 e.a.ch man.th
a:t. .the Ge.ne.Jt.al Wayne. Mo.toJt Inn .
SERV ICE PINS
Week ending June 2, 1967
5-year Serv ice Pins David L . Gibson
:.;illiam T. :./oods
3art F. Conlon
George D. Baker
:Hllicun B. i·laggy
livian R. Ramsey

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Specialty
Control
Volwne XI, No . 64

WAYNESBORO, V IRGINIA

S&S Program Takes On New Values July 1
General Electric's Savings and
Security Program will take on
.1e1v 1·alues beginning July 1 , and
employees-bot h veter an participants and those newly eligible-hi Jl want to be familia r with
them befor e signing up for the
Program and designat Lng their
investment s .
That's the advise of E.S. \\"i llis ,
~tanager of Ernplo:·cc J3cnef its and
Practices , h·ho helped devise the
original program and the neh· improvements , many of 1vhich are
entirely new in a savings plan .

......-.. S&SP Prospectus and the Pro gra111 booklet are the documents
to depend on in making your decisions ," says ~Ir . \\.illis . "The
revised Prospectus and booklet
- detailing all the changes will
be distributed to al l eligible
employees at the Specialty Control Department as they become
available from Benefit Services .
The r evised Prospectus should
not be confused with the Prospectus distributed in April,
which relates to the original
program and merely bridges the
period between Apri l and June 30'.'
SOME C.AN INVEST 7%

Under the Program' s improvement s
employees ivill be able to invest
up to 7% of thei r pay if they
have saved for three vears and
have qualified to r eceive the
payout from at least one holding
period. Those who have not yet
saved for this period can invest
only 6% of pay i n the various
options under the Program . All
p~i.cip ants r eceive a Company
p,. 2nt equal t o 50 % of their
savings . TI1e Company payment de pends upon the employee leaving
his inves tment in the TnlSt for
a specified 3-year period.

June 9 , 196?

DRYER MARKS 20TH YEAR
W ITH GENERAL ELECTRIC

Mr. \\Tillis said that "For new investors , this means that the Company payment can amount to 3% of
pay . For vet er an S&SP partici pant s , the Canpany payment can be
as much as 3~% of pay . "

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NEW INVESTMENT CHANNELS

An increased number of investment
options wi ll be available to all
S&SP Progr am participants under
the improved Program, ~Ir . Will is
pointed out . The invesbnents i nclude Life Insurance, GE Stock ,
U.S. Savings Bonds , and shares in
a new Mutual Fund ("Fund Units") .
"A requirement is that each par ticipant mus t put a sum equal to
at l east 2% of pay --half of his
savings if he participates at
l ess than 4%- -into U.S. Savings
Bonds , " ~lr . \~illis said . "Also,
no more than 1% can be put into
life insurance ."
It was pointed out tha t in order

to participate in this Program
and become eligible fo r the Company payment , most of the employees who are eligible for the
fi rst time wi ll have a pay ar rangement s lightly lower than t he
pay schedule for those who choose
not to participate . This reduction may be more than offset by
the Company payment .
\lillis emphasized that anyone
planning to participate in the
Program should read t he Program
booklet and Prospectus carefully ,
as well as the instructions for
f illing out the payroll deduction
aut horization form. 1n is form
will also be di s tributed wi th the
booklet and the Prospectus to all
el igible a nployees .

~Ir .

( contd. P. 4)

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Albert M. Dryer, Seni or Development Eng ineer , who completed 20
years of GE service today.

1\,1enty years of service t o the
General El ectric Canpany ar e
being recorded today by Al bert
M. Dryer , Senior Devel oµnent Engineer, who first joined the
Company in June 1947.
Al began as a member of the En gineering Test Program at the
Lighting & Rectifier Department ,
Lynn , Massachusett s . Aft er
several assignments in the Lynn
and Fitchburg areas, he joined
the Small Steam Turbine Dept . in
Fitchburg in 1950 and was respon sible for Fiel d and Factory Engineering . By 1960, Al was in
Advance and Develoµnent Engineering. In that same year , he
transferred here to Waynesboro
as a Develoµnent Engineer in,
what was then known as Air craft
& Military, (A&D) . He was named
Seni or Deve l opment Engineer in
1963 .
Al , who holds a BSEE fran Brook l yn Polytechnic Institute , i s
currently working on his master ' s
degr ee at the University of
Virgini a, Charlottesvi lle .

EDITORIAL

DO THEY CARE ENOUGH TO COMMUNICATE?
What is a good indication of a
company's concern for its people?
Good pay? Yes, but most companies today must offer good pay
to get the caliber of people
they want. Good benefits? Partly, but this too must be a part
of an attractive job .offer. We
t~ink one of the best indications
of concern is a company's communications program. Does a finn
care enough about its people to
keep them infonned about matters
affecting their business, their
jobs and their futures.

INFORMATION

ECONOMICS SEMINAR VISIT
The Specialty Control Department
will host the University of
Virginia Sumner Seminar on Contemporary Econanics, next week,
here at the plant. The seminar
is supported by a General Electric Foundation grant and is for
the benefit of econanics professors at colleges and universities
all across the nation.

The econanics saninar is mder
the direction of Dr. Frank S.
Kaulback, Jr., Dean of the McIntire School of Camnerce at the
University in Charlottesville,
who will accanpany sane forty
professors on their visit here
next Wednesday.

As we said in the beginning, a
good indication of a Company's
concern for its employees is its
communications program. General
Electric not only believes we
should know, but more important,
it takes steps to see that we do
know.

The seminar participants, representing 23 states, will tour the
plant and hear presentatio~ on
various aspects of the busmess
fran Specialty Control Managers.
The purpose of the visit is to
observe how economic principles
are applied in business and to
learn sane of the practical aspects of business that will be
useful in the teaching of economics.

WANT TO CHANGE YOUR PAI?
NOW IS THE TIME TO DO IT

The prenium rate for the policy
year starting July 1, 1967, continues at the very favorable rate
of $.50 for each $1000 of coverage. For those people who are
not covered but who are interested in being covered, you should
contact Bill Perry i.n Relations
before June 16.

If there is one thing that makes
a business stand out in th~es
of a customer it is speedy .cention to his problems. That was
the case here at Specialty Control r~cently.
It seems that a regulator was received here in the Department
from the Electric Boat Division
of General Dynamics, Groton,
Conn., as repair and return material. Archie Barnett, and his
group in R&R, had the unit tested
and could find nothing wrong with
it.

Here at Specialty Control, and
for that matter everywhere in
General Electric, employees are
kept infonned on these vital matters. Why? This question was
answered recently by a university
student who made a study of this
Department and came to this conclusion. 11 • • • • (the Company philosophy) revolves around total
ccmmunication and a 'right to
know' approach ••.• at Specialty
Control the idea is that every
member of the organization has a
vital stake in its welfare and
progress. 11

It is that time of year again.
Under the terms of Personal Accident Insurance, employees who
are insured and have authorized
payroll deductions will have
their current coverage renewed
automatically. Any participant
who wants to increase or decrease
the amount of his coverage, effective July 1, should contact
the Payroll Office before June 16.

A JOB WELL DONE

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"Besides being ambitious- have
you any other qualifications?"

In the meantime, word came to SCD
that the unit was actually to be
modified, and in a hurry - a
nuclear-powered submarine was
sitting at the docks in Groton
waiting to go to sea.
Everybody got busy. First, Engineering pulled the drawings
and specified items to complete
the change. Second, "Slatts"
Summers and Bob Wirt of A&D Production gathered all of the
parts, except for a bracket~ich
the fellows in the Machine~p
turned out in record time, artd
turned them over to Archie.
Finally, the R&R group went to
work, completed the modification,
tested the unit and had it on the
shipping dock faster than you can
say "customer".
In a letter of appreciation to
Joe Archambeault, SupervisorShipping & Return Apparatus, Bill
Lawless, A&D Sales, said, "It was
an outstanding performance and
sincerely appreciated by our customer. It is just this type of
action - something over and above
our normal good service - that
keeps customers coming back to
Specialty Control. 11

Corey Receives 11th Patent
Philip D. Corey, Senior Development Engineer, received his 11th
Patent Award this week for his
invention relating to an arrange
ment for insuring the reliable
start-up and pres)_'llchroniz~on
of inverters. Phil, an llr ·~r
veteran of General Electric,
joined the Company here in Wayne
boro after attending the University of Virginia and a_ brief
period of employment with a
Charlottesville electronics f inn

Specialty Control Department Salutes Its Seniors

The Specia lty Control Department extends its sincerest congratu lati ons
to those sons and daughters of SCD employees who are the Class of 1967.

Gary Alan Dud l ey, son of Mrs .
Pau li ne Driver, daughter of Dave
Driver , Sh ipping , graduate of
Wilson Memorial High School.

Phil Baber, son o

f Mrs

Helen Dudley, QC, g raduate of
~lbemarle High School.

Ensign Allan W. Tulloch, son of
H. W. Tulloch, Manage r-Relations,
gradua te of the U. S. Naval Academy, BS . Also daughter , Andrea
Tulloch, graduate of Waynesboro
High School.

Jo Ann

rad~ate of

Mfg En&· , g
Baber,
· High School .
ft. Defiance

Duane Smith , son of Mrs. Pauline
Smith, Relays, graduate of Robert
E. Lee High School.

Kirn M. Howe 11 , son of H. ~I.
Howel l, ~tanager-Sa laried Re lations , Communications & Co!IL~unity
Relations , graduate of Cornell
Unive r si t y , BS in Zoo logy .

Mr. & MrS ·

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£\ton Sm1. th ' son o Standar ds

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iam Smith , Time f £.as tern Menraduate o
and /\&D, ·g h Schoo l·
nonite \-\ig

Richard C. Carter, Jr . , son of
. Rankin, daughter
Richard Carter, Relays, graduate
Sh aron Pauline Gr ove r Rankin , Eng . of F t . Defiance High School .
of Hr . & }\rs .
of Waynesboro
C g r adua t e
Q
&
Lab
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High School .

Susan Dale SaufJ e

Alda Saufley R y , daughter of
Ft . Defiance 'H. ehlays , graduate of
ig School .
hter of
d
Relays , g r a Ollie Craun, H. h School .
Mrs . f \~aynesboro i g
uate o

Deborah Susan

Craun, daug

PRODUCT PURCHASE PLAN

SCD NEWS & NOTES

For the benefit of newer emp l oyees of the Specialty Control Department, listed below i s pertinent in formati on about t he Employee Product Purchase Pl an.

A g!W.y a.nd J.i il.ve.Jt me.c.ha.n.,[coJ!.
pe.ncil. WM m-Ll.tak.e.nly pick.e.d up
-<..n El'!.g -<..ae. e.Jting . The. own e.Jt ~
pick. d up -i.n Room 10 5G .

SERV I CE PINS
Week endi ng June 9, 1967

*The emp l oyee's s t ore i s at
Freed Company , Inc . , 305
E. Main, Waynesboro.
* You may purchase "t raffi c
i terns ", i . e. , toasters,
clock radios , f ans, el ectric knives, etc., as
often as you wish. These
items may be f or your
personal use or gifts t o
family and f ri end s . You
wi ll receive your di scount immediately through
the pri ce you pay for the
i tern.
*Major appliances, i . e .,
refrigerato rs, was hers ,
dryers, rang es , etc., you may purch ase one of
each of these productSevery 36 months . Be
sure the mode l you wa nt
is eligible f or the
court esy di scount. When
you make the purchase, be
sure to ob t ain a sales
invoi ce an d submi t i t t o
t he SCD Pay r oll Of f i ce
within 30 days af te r
deli very i n order to
recei ve your di scoun t.
* The frequency of purchase
varies on other major
appliances , e. g. , central
ai r con diti oning eve ry
60 mo nth s . Furthe r ,
major appl iances may be
gi ven as gi fts on ly under
certai n condi ti on s . For
further i nformat i on on
these features of t he
purchas e pl an, cons ult
your handbook .

* Local and/ or s t at e sa l es
t axes appl y to pr oducts
purchased under the em pl oyee discount pl an.

* Before you make any pur-

chase, cons ult your handbook , "Employee Pr odu ct
Purchase Plan", for full
information.

5-yea r Serv i ce Pi ns -

Chris Eirich, who retired in
Mard1 1,·i th 41 year s ' service to
GE , received his (irst retirement check th is week. Hanking
him ar e D. L. Cough t ry , ~ !anag er­
Re l ay Operat ions , and pr esenting
the chec k, J . F. Ponzillo , ~ lan ­
ager-~ !anufa ct ur ing .
Chris was
fo rmerly Supervisor of Relay
~lanufac turing Engineer i ng .
S&.S Pro gra m
(contd. from P. 1)
A newl y el igi bl e empl oyee will
be given a docLD11ent which wi ll
show him his rat e of pay tmder
t he Progr am a r rangement and
tmder the non-Progr am arrangement. By matching t hi s agains t
the Company payment on savings
he expect s to make , an employee
can determ ine the advant ages and
disadvantages i n hi s own s itua t ion , Mr. Will is said .

Dorothy A. Hende r son
Joseph M. Jackson
David N. Sitter
Kenneth P. Bassett
iialter E. Johnson

10-year Servi ce Pins Gale H. Shipe

Who Am I....?
I am of t- times unseen , but of
mos t impor tance .
I am a n in teg r a l pa rt of fi ne
c r af t smansh i p .
I cost noth ing ... and shoul d be a
part of ev e ryone ' s handiwor k ...
I a ttrac t buye rs .
I build s a les . Eve r y one wan ts me .
I c r ea t e f r i e nds h i p and go odwi ll.
I ass ure a c cep t an ce of your work .
I ins pire r es pec t and c onfi~ e .
I provjde for job se cur i t y .
I am your res pons ibi l ity .

SCD EMPLOYEE SPECIAL AT FREED' S



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plus diode and r ectifier.

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Power cor d s t orage compartmo:mt .

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Specialty

Control
Volvme XI, No . 65

INSURANCE OPTION OF S&SP

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

June

15, 1967

S&S PROGR A M . N O W MEETS MORE INDIVIDUAL

OFFERS SPECIAL VALUE TO
THOSE WITH FAMILIES
For many CE emp l oy e es , one of the
most valuable investments under
t he Sav ings a nd Security Program
is the s pecial Life Insurance
availa ble t o participants .
Many employees- -especially those
with growing fami lies--wi ll find
the Life Insu rance op tion most
attractive , say Company benefits
specialis t s .
Under th e Program a pa rticipant
can have 1% of h is pay a?plied t o
purchase of t his special group
1~ ins urance .
No me dical ev i ~e of insurability will be
necessary if an emp l oyee elects
t he I nsurance Op t ion wi t hin 31
day s af t e r in i ti ally bec oming e l i gible f or the prog r am , or within

(Contd . P. 4)

SITUATIO NS W ITH JULY l IMPROVEMENTS
TI1e Gene ral Electric Savings and Security Progr am will be even more use ful in meeting different individua l needs under broadened investment opportunities that go into effect July 1 , Mr . H. \\' . Tulloch, ~lanage r­
Relations, said this week .
\lr. Tulloch pointed out that the Program will become available to employees throughout t he Company on July 1 .
A m.nnber of improvements will be
made in the Progr am, including
broadened investment opportuni ties . For exampl e :
*After July 1, par ticipants
\\·ho have saved f or at least
three years and who have
qualified for a "holding
period" payout c an invest
up to 7% of t heir earnings.
Previousl y t he maximum
was 6% .

*In addition to U. S . Sa\·ings
Bonds and GE stock fonne r1\available , a participant
can invest in t 1,·o neh media - a new \lutual Fund and in
l ife i nsurance .
Under the Sa\·ings and Securi t:•
Progr am a participant ' s sa\·ings
a re cont ingently credited 1dth a
proportionat e Company payment
equal t o 50 % of the savings.
The participating employee ' s sa\·ings remain on depos i t 1d t h the
Company for a specified three year holding period after "·hich
the employee's sa\·ings , Company
payment , and accumulated income
a r e del i vered to the parti cipant .

EMERGENCY AVAILABILITY OF SAV INGS
Or dinarily , wi thdra1\al of savings
befor e the end of the holding
period would mean loss of t he Com·
pany payment . I loh·ever , the Pro gram now contains expanded pro\·i s ions for earlier availabili tY of
savings- -1vithout forfeiture o.f
the Company payment . The sa\·ings
mav be available in s uch emergency situations as laYoffs , illness absences, s hort hork "·eeks ,
do1vn gradings , educational ex penses , plant closings , disab ility , retirement and death .

Bill Perry , Relations, and Boyd Mitchell , Pe rs onnel Accounting, look over
the new handbook which describes the new improved Savings & Security
Pr ogram.

A val uable featu re of t he Progr am
is the provision for a partici ( Contd . P. 4)

Questions To Consider When

How The Savings & Security Program Works For You

_Selecting _Your Investments
Under Savings & Security

While the broadened scope of the
General Electric Savings and Security Program makes it more advantageous for participants, it
also makes the Program more complex. "As a result, participants
should obtain a good understanding of the Program before they
designate the way their savings
should be invested," say Company
benefit program spec1alists.
The documents on which a participant should depend for details
are the new S&SP booklet-and the
new Prospectus, say the experts.
They should not be confused with
the interim Prospectus, distributed in April, which covered the
Program without the new improvements effective July 1. Here, in
brief, is how the improved Program works:
PRCXiR.AM OUTLINE

• General Electric matches
each participant's savings
with $1 for every $2 saved
(a 50% payment).
. Most employees who wish to
participate will be paid
at slightly lower rate
than those who do not
participate in the Program.
Each newly eligible employee will be given an
individual statement showing how the Program pay rate
compares with the non-Program pay rate for his job.
. Newly eligible employees
can save up to 6% of their
pay under the Program.
Those who have saved for
at least three years and
have qualified for one
"holding period" payout
are eligible to save 7%.
. Participants must save in
full percentages of pay-that is 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%,
5%, 6%, or, if eligible, 7%.
. Savings and matching payments can be invested,
subject to certain limitations, in a combination
of four media as the participant designates--U.S.
Savings Bonds, GE stock,
a Mutual Fund and Life
Insurance.

. Limitations include these:
Participants can invest
only 1% of pay in the life
insurance available. This
must be from their own savings, not the matching Company payment ... An amount
equal to at least 2% of
pay must be invested in
U.S. Savings Bonds, but
if an employee saves at
less than 4% only half
need be put in Bonds ..•
No more than 6% of pay can
be put into GE stock ...
The Company matching payment must be designated
for one investment--for
example, all in U.S. Savings
Bonds, all in Company stock,
or all in the Mutual Fund.
. Savings of each year--includi ng the Company payment-are held in trust for a
specified 3-year holding
period, and are then distributed in a 11 payout 11 as
soon as possible after the
holding period ends.

Each employee who participa ~ in
the Savings and Security Program
should give a good deal of thought
to the broader opportunities for
investment under the Program
which becomes effective July 1.
He should make his decision on
where his own savings and the Com·
pany's payment are to be invested
after analyzing his own needs.
That's the advice of General Electric benefits specialists. Here
are some of the questions they believe each potential participant
should consider:
--How much should I invest
in U.S. Savings Bonds?
(Bonds do not fluctuate
in value and can always
be redeemed for their cost
plus the accumulated interest. A participant is
required to buy Bonds at
a rate of at least 2% of
his pay or, if he participates at less than
4%, at a rate equal to
at least half of his
~
savings.)

ADDED ADV.ANT.A.GE

The experts point out two added
advantages of the Program.
First, ordinarily a participant
who withdraws his investment before a holding period ends loses
the related Company matching payment except in certain special
situations. Under the new Program this list of situations has
been broadened.
The situations in which withdrawals may be made include
these: layoff, down-grading,
absence because of illness, plant
closing, disability, short workweek. Money can be withdrawn to
cover education expenses of the
family .
A second advantage of the Program
is the Retirement Option. A participant who chooses this alternative allows his Company proportionate payment and accumulated income to remain in trust
until his retirement and receives only his own savings in
the payouts." This gives him
an additional source of savings
for retirement and may be advantageous from a tax standpoint.
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--Do I have enough life
insurance to protect my
family? (A participant
may invest 1% of his own
savings in life insurance.)
--Are my regular savings and
insurance large enough to
warrant my investing a
great deal in stock? (A
participant can invest up
to 6% in GE stock, or put
his investment in the
Mutual Fund. But, he
should realize that the
values of these securities
can go down as well as up.)
--Should I put my investment
in stock entirely in GE
shares, or should I put it
in the Mutual Fund? (The
"Mutual Fund" will be put
into stock of many companies
and its value should tend to
fluctuate less than the
stock of one canpany.) ~
Benefits specialists point OUL
that these, and other questions
are important. The answers each
participant gives to the questions depend on his own situation.
(Contd. P. 4)

Here's A Look At How The S&S Program Mutual Fund Will Operate
a Mutual Ftmd? \\1hy is it
dL. :ent from straight investment in GE stock? \\'hat makes it
a worthwhile addition to the investment opporttmities under the
General Electric Savings and Security Program?
\\'h~s

A number of GE employees have
asked such questions as those.
In order to help employees decide
how to allocate their savings
under the Savings and Security
Program, we have asked E.S. \\Tillis, Manager of the Canpany' s
Employee Benefits and Practices,
to answer questions on Mutual
Ftmds as they apply to the Savings and Security Program.
Q. What is the General Elec-

tric S&S Program Mutual
Fund?
A. As the name indicates,
it's a Mutual Ftmd, uni ts
of which can only be
bought through the S&S
Program.
~uld you explain what
d

A.

Mutual Ftmd is?

A Mutual Fund is a ftmd
to which many contribute
and which is invested in
many different ccmpanies.
It's the difference bet\ieen an individual investor investing in just
one stock, or joining together with a m.unber of
other individuals and
using the total savings
of the group to invest in
a number of different
securities.
When an individual invests
his savings in just one
stock, he has to take
what happens to it--good
or bad--because he has
invested only in this one
security.

However, in a ''Mutual
Fund'' the individual is
part owner of a larger
~d which is spread over
.my securities. This
diversification is often
an advantage. In addition,
such a Ftmd can afford to
have experts administer
it for a fee. This, in
itself, is another ad-

vantage because the experts are likely to be
better qualified than
most individuals in knowing where money should
be invested.
If the gains from the
Fund's investments outweigh the losses, the
total gain, after administrative costs, is
divided equally among
those in the Ftmd, in
proportion to each individual's investment
in it.
Q. Are there any other

details? How will our
S&S Program Ftmd work?
A. First, the money an employee designates for
the Fund frcm his S&S
participation will be
used to buy "units" in
the Ftmd. The Ftmd has
its own trustees. These
trustees have contracted
with Morgan Guaranty
Trust to manage the investments. The S&SP
participant will get
shares in the Ftmd according to the amount of his
investment. These will
be called "Ftmd units."
Second, it is expected
that the money invested
in the Fund will be
principally invested in
stock of other companies.
The choice of the securities to be bought or
sold will be made by the
manager of the Fl.Dld under
the guidance of the
trustees.
Third, since each employee
who owns "lDlits" in the Ftmd
is part owner of the entire Ftmd, he shares in any
gains or losses by the
Fund. This sharing is accomplished by distributing
any gains by the Ftmd to
1.Dlit" holders and by increasing or decreasing the
value of each ''unit.'' Following a holding period,
for instance, an owner can
cash in his Ftmd ''tmits''
at any time by selling
them back to the Ftmd at
their current value, or
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he can retain them just as
he might retain shares of
stock.

Q. Can you explain further

about the advantages of
a Mutual Ftmd?

A. Well, an individual stock

goes up and down--as GE
stock has done during the
years since S&SP participants have been buying it.
But, the Mutual Ftmd, by
its nature, spreads its
investments over securities
of many companies. Thus,
the fluctuation of the
total investment is not
likely to be as sharp as
that of an investment in
a single company. However,
since all securities do
go up and down in value,
the value of the ~1utual
Fl.Dld wi 11 go up and down,
but the fluctuations
should be more moderate
than that of an individual
stock. The changes in the
value of the Fund will
usually be less than
those of any one specific
security.
Q. Will the Mutual Fund put

money in GE stock?
A. No. Participants can invest directly in GE stock
through the Program.

Q. What should a S&SP par-

ticipant consider before
investing in the Mutual
Fl.Dld?

A. A Mutual Ftmd has advantages as I've noted;
but just like the stock
of any Company, it can go
down as well as up. So,
before he invests in the
Mutual Fund tmder S&S, an
employee should first
answer sane questions for
himself. For instance:
How complete is my aresent
life insurance? Un er the
new S&SP improvements, it
is possible to put 1% of
pay into life insurance.
This might fit an individual's circumstances and
give him the additional
(Contd. P. 4)

QUESTIONS

(Contd. from P. 2 J

He must consider his need for
life insurance, taking into account his protection under the
GE Insurance Plan and his personal insurance coverage. He
must think about the availability
of cash for emergencies, recognizing that in certain emergencies he can draw his funds from
S&SP, but also recognizing the
need for a personal savings account.
Another question to consider is
whether or not to elect the Program's retirement option. Under
this option, that part of the
regular "holding period payout"
which comes from Company payments
is retained in trust and held until the participant's retirement,
or until he leaves the Company or
dies. This gives him an additional source of savings for retirement and may be advantageous
from a tax standpoint.
Other questions of importance are
considered in a special folder
titled "The ABC's of Stocks,
Bonds, and Mutual Funds," which
has been scheduled for distribution to all Specialty Control
employees.
SITUATIONS

(Contd. frcm P. 1)

pant to elect to have the Company
payment and income from it retained in the Program until he
leaves the Company for retirement
or some other reason, Mr. Tulloch
said.
Under this option, the Company
proportionate payment to an employee's account, and acctDllUlated
income, is not paid out, but is
held in trust tmtil the employee's
retirement. This gives him an ad·
ditional source of savings for
retirement and may be advantageous from a tax standpoint. Under
current interpretations, a participant is not taxed on the amount
remaining in trust until he receives it. At that time--on retirement--his income will probably be smaller and his tax rate
somewhat less.

INSURANCE

(Contd. from P. 1)

31 days of marriage.
Tais special insurance is on top
of any other insurance an employee may have, including that under
the General Electric Insurance
Plan. Aetna Life Insurance Company will be the insurance carrier for this special insurance.
The benefits under the Insurance
Option of S&SP are payable over
an extended period. For example,
in the event of the death of a
participant under age 35, his ben·
ef iciary would receive 50% of his
annual earnings for each of the
next 18 years.
The percentage of earnings paid
and the number of years for which
it will be paid diminishes as the
age of the participant increases
as shown in the table below. Thus,
the insurance is of special value
to those with families, although
it will have value for others,
too.

Age Participant
Would HaYI Attained
on Decemb!r 31
Of Year ol Death

Under 35
35.39
40-44
45.49
50·54
55.59
60 er more

Period
For Which Benefits
Shall be Paid

Annual Benefit
(As % of Annual hrnln1s
For Insurance P11rpose1J

18 years
15 years
10 years
7 years
5 years
3 years
2 years

50%
50%
40%
303
25%
25%
25%

Benefits specialists point out
that in the event of total disability an employee's insurance
under S&SP remains in force without further contribution until
the employee reaches age 65 or
can return to work.
Other values enable the participant to continue this special insurance during lay-off, leave of
absence, or even a strike, and
to obtain a conversion policy if
he leaves General Electric employment.

MUTUAL FUND

fran P. 1

protection he might need
before he invests in any
other options of the ~­
gram.
Are my other savings adequate to meet most necessities? The withdrawal
provisions of the S&SP
will help in certain cases,
but not necessarily all.
However, even though you
can make withdrawals from
S&SP in certain emergencies
without losing Company
matching payments, it would
be a shame to have to withdraw when the value of
your securities may be low
in price. An individual
should do this only in
the most serious emergency.
Am I buying enough Savings

BondS? It is required
that an amount equal to
at least 2% of pay--or
half of the total invested
if he is saving at less
than 4%--be invested in
Savings Bonds tmder S&SP.
But, a person should ~
sider that, in some in
dividual circumstances,
it may be wise to put
more of his savings into
U.S. Bonds. Bonds, of
course, can be cashed
without possibility of
loss in dollar value, as
might happen to stocks
if stock prices are down.
On the other hand, they
do not gain as much as
stock, if stock prices
are up.
In summaty, the way in
which a person decides
to invest his savings in
S&SP is an individual,
personal matter. There
are too many different
situations. It just is
not possible to make
general statements which
apply unifonnly to meet
all individual employee
needs and desires.

More Details Coming!
Within The Next Few Days You'll Receive More Literature From Your Supervisor

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Volume XI, No . 66

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

June 16, 1967

EMERGENCY WITHDRAWAL FROM
S& S PROGRA M LIBERALIZED

U VA ECONOMICS SEMINAR VISITS DEPARTMENT

For many General Elec tric employees one of th e most important aspects of the Savings and Security
Program is the provision which
a llows emergency withd rawal of
funds without loss of the Company
proportionate payment .
This provision, in existence under the Program since its inception in 1959, will be greatly
liberalized under th e Program
changes which go into effect on
July 1.
are some of the instances
2r which a participant may
withdraw funds before the end of
a holding period afte r July 1.
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EMERGENCY SITUATIQl\IS
- - To balance loss of i n c ome
in certain situations of
down- grading, or in absence
due to illness, or in a
short work week si tuati on .
In these instances a participant can withdraw
amounts from his own payroll deduction savings to
balance his lost earnings.
--To cover educational expenses for himself or his
family.
- -To provide money in event
of layoff. If a participant
is on layoff for two weeks,
he is eligible to withdraw
part or all of his own payroll deductions , plus income . After six months he
,-... can withdraw a ll in his
account, including the
match ing Company payment ,
except any which has been
placed under the Retirement Option .

(Contd . P. 4)

Economics professors , representing 40 colleges and universities in 23
states, vi~ited SCD Wednesday as part of the University of Virginia ' s
Surtmer Sem~nar on Contemporary Economics .
Some 40 e conomics professo rs,
representing colleges and universities in 23 states, visi ted Specialty Control Wednesday to ob serve how economic principles are
applied in business and to learn
some of the practical aspects of
business that will be useful in
the teaching of economics .
The professors are participan t s
in the University of Virginia
Summer Seminar on Contemporary
Economics which is supported by
a Genera l Electric Foundation
grant . The seminar is under th e
direction of Dr . Frank S . Kaulback, Jr ., Dean of the Mcintire
School of Commerce, and Professor
Roger L. Ransom, both of whom
accompanied the group Wednesday .
The seminar was welcomed here by
Paul D. Ross, Department Gene ral
Manager, and H. W. Tulloch, Man-

ager- Relations. The group heard
presentations from Donald 0 .
Dice, Manager-Marketing, who
spoke on "Numerical Control - The
Growth Business ", and "The Future
in Industrial Automation". The
Specialty Control Department is
the world's leading manufacturer
of numeri cal controls which are
used for the au tomatic control of
machine tools .
Following a tour of th e Departr:ient
led by J . F. Ponzillo, ManagerManufacturing , the educators and
businessmen held a discussion
period.
The seminar, which will end July
seventh, is primarily designed
for faculty members who teach
economics in colleges and universities that emphasize undergraduate education.

YOUR CHARCOAL GRILL CAN BE LETHAL

COMPANY HAS TWO NEW
DIVISION GENERAL MANAGERS

Wi th the advent of summer and
back y ard cook-outs, Specialty
Control employees are reminded to
do their barbecuing out in t he
open. Otherwise, what starts out
as a festive meal may end up a
tragic disaster .
Many persons regard charcoal briquets as perfectly harmless to
use indoors, never dreaming that
large quantities of carbon monoxide can accumulate. You need
plenty of air to get rid of the
poisonous gases from burning cha~
coal. As with coal, the combustion process gene r a t es odorless
but deadly carbon monoxide gas
that must have room to escape .
Poisonings and even asphyxiations
have been reported when briquets
were burned indoors. So, don't
use briquets in a ga rage or basement o r any other enclosed area,
such as a porch, tent, cabin or
car.
The same caution applies to Japanese-type hibachis, sometimes used
on dining room tables. Symptoms
of poisoning from using hibachis
in tightly closed houses have
been reported.
If you absolute l y must use a
hibachi indoors , place it near an
open window or door as a sensible
pre caution against accumulation
of carbon monox ide .
When us ing briquets in a fire place, make ce rtain the damper is
wide open and there is a good
draft in the chimney. It's the
only way to be s ure the lethal
gases can escape.

The appointment of two Divl ..-..,"
General Managers has been ai.
nounced by Regin ald H. Jones,
Vice President and Group Executive of the General Electric Company.
Robert B. Kurtz, who has been
General Manager of the Electronic
Components Division, was named
General Manager of the Construction Industries Division, succeeding Mr . Jones . Mr. Jones was
e levated from the divisional post
to Group Executive of the Components and Construction Materials Group in April.

ALLEN MARKS 25TH YEAR
"The young engineer who joins
General El ectric in June , 1967,
had better be prepared to move
at a faster pace than those of
us who joined the Company in
June, 1942." The ccmmen: comes
fran Maurice L. Allen, Design
Projects Engineer , who yesterday
marked his 25th year with the
Company and, thereby , became the
latest member of the SCD Quarter
Century Club.
'Maury" began his career on the
Engineering Test Program in
Schenectady, N. Y. , shortly after

All Specialty Control employees
a r e urged to become familiar with
the latest provisions of t he Savings & Security Program, announced this week. Many of th e
provisions are entirely new in a
savings plan and offer new values
to both veteran General Electric
employees and newly e ligible employees, alike.
You are urged to read the ma t erial given you and make your
decision soon .

Mr. Kurtz's office will be in
Bridgeport, Conn., headquarters
of the Construction Industries
Division. Mr. Ames will move the
headquarters staff of the Electronic Components Division ~
t he Electronic Components ~
s
Ope r ation f rom Owensboro , Ky., t o
Chicago, I ll. The divis i on ' s
production facilities will remain in th e ir present locations .

A Patent A Day Keeps
The Competition A way

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his graduation from t he Univers ity of Illinois (BSEE '42) .
KNOW THE LA TEST ON S&SP?

Robert B. Ames, who has been General Manager of the Tube Depar tment, was made General Manager of
the Electronic Components Division .

"It seems there was a longer
period of time then bet ween the
inception of a product, testing,
and delivery." 'Maury" notes
that in his area (Aerospace &
Defense) the tempo has increased
s teadily over the past 25 years
due pr~narily to stronger competition and the needs of the
military and space agencies.
After completion of the Test Program, he served as a Design Engineer at the Instrument Department, Lynn, Mass., until he joined SCO in 1962.

Proli f i c seems to be one of the
more valuable words t o use in de ·
scribing this Department's Engineers. Ac cord i ng to th e di cti on ·
ary, it means an incli nation t oward in ventiveness .
Last week, the Specialt.u Contl ot
News carr ied the s t ory of Senior
Design Engineer Philip D. Corey 's
11th Patent Award. He's back
again this wee k with number
twelve. His latest inventi on relates to pcwer conversion systems wherein a power input of
one frequency is converted t o a
stepped wave power output of
another frequency.
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Yes, prolific seems t o fil
.1e
bill, and in more ways than one.
The inventive ab i l ities of our
engineers go a long way toward
giving our competition s leepless
nights .

NOT ALL SCD PRODUCTS ARE UP IN THE AIR

GE Housewares Division
Enters Two Product Fields

The hi ghligh t of the General
Ele ctric Housewa r e s Divi sion l i ne
introdu ced at the exhibit of t h e
Nati onal Hous ewa r e s Manu fac t urers
Asso c iation in Chi c ag o , t his
week , was the unveiling o f t h re e
e lectric massag e rs and tw o powe r
garde n t ool s mar k ing Gene r a l
Electric ' s e ntry in to two p r od uc t
fiel ds .

The an'ow in the pictw'e above
marks the location of SCD "hotbox " de tect ors on t he ll&W t r acks .
(Picture taken from front door
of plant . )
In pas t issues of t he Spe cia lty Cont rol

"The General", of the ~leste.rn &
AtZanti c line out of AtZanta,
Ga ., as it s teamed down t he
t racks i n f r ont o f the pl ant
las t year.
News we've found that the prod-

ucts we make end up in some rather exoti c places .... weather satellites,
space vehicl es, nuc l ear-powered submarines, etc. But did you know that
at least one of our products can be seen any day alongside the N&W tracks
in front of t he plant? It's the "hotbox" detector made i n the Industri al
Electronics Area.
Th e device automa ti ca l ly ins pects the railroad car bearings on th e
Norfol k & Western frei ghts as they pass . Shou l d an overheated bearing
b e ~tected , a 1~a rning s i gna l i s given and the train i s sidetracked f or
re, r . Wi th out th i s i nspect ion sys tem, an ov erheated bearing coul d
ca use a trai n wr eck.

The photo on th e r ight shows "The General" as it passed the Specialty
Control "hotbox" detectors on a tr ip through Virginia last year . This
was the tra in captured by Yankee r ai der s , in April 1862 , after a thri 11i ng 100 mile chase from Bi g Shanty to Ringg old, between At l anta and
Ch attanooga. "The General" was subsequently recaptured by Confederate
troops .

W ebb Is N ew Cafeteria Manager; Swope Takes NY Post
Jimmy D. lvebb, a f ive year veteran of Marri ott llot Shoppes , be came t he new ~tanager of the SCD
Caf et e r ia , today , succeeding
Charles ~!. Swope who has been
named Manager of Cafet eria Operations at IBM Headquart ers in
Harrison, New Yor k.
\'Jebb , a nat ive of Georgia , has
been Cafet eria 01anager at the
Ford Ass embly plant , in Norfol k ,
and most r ecently , at IBM i n
Gaither sbur g, Md .
He i s a 1954 gr aduat e of the
Univer s i ty of Geor gi a (BBA) and
an eight-year Navy veteran .

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Spe arhe a ding persona l ca r e products, t hree massage r s are t he
fir st of their produc t categ ory
in th e GE line. A " pennane nt"
p ress, s t eam and dry iron wi t h
GE doubl e non-s ti ck coat ing features decora t or sty l i ng a nd
colors . Two new b onnet-type hair
dryer mode ls comp lete t he personal care offerin gs for mi dye a r, 1967 .
Clocks le a d the overall mid-ye a r
offering with 17 new entries
which inc lude f i ve contemp ora ry
cordless model t imep i eces. Of
interest t o ga rd eni ng enthu sias ts
wil l be new hedge a nd shr ub c lippe r s and l awn trimme r s wh i ch
opera t e on Gene r al Elec t ri c ' s
power too l uni t . The ga r de n i mplements are additi on s to t he
powe r t ool l i ne .
" Gene r al El e c t r ic ' s p r oduc t i ntroduc t ions for th e J une Housewa r es Show ma r k t he continua t ion
of th e Housewa r es Di vis i on ' s pr og r am fo r l eade r ship in innovati on ," said Wi l l a r d H. Sahloff ,
Vice Pres ident a nd Genera l ~'.an ­
ager of the divi s i on.

LAMP D IVISION SETS
$11 MILLION EXPANSION

The Lamp Divi s i on wi ll inves t
more t han $11 mi llion in new facili t ies and equipment for t he
f l uor escent lamp business at six
pl ant s over t he next t hr ee years

Char les Swope hands over the keys
t o the cafeter i a t o new Manag er ,
Jirrmy Webb .

S11 , , who is a native of Char lottesvi lle , wi ll have respons i bil ity for
two· cafeterias and one now llllder cons t ructi on . He ' ll meet the food
needs of sane 5000 t o 6000 IBM per sonnel .
Swope i s a graduat e of t he University of Flor ida (BA ' 60) and has been
employed by Marriott since 1962 .

The major progr am for the Lamp
Gl ass Department i s a new plant
a t J ackson , ~l i s s ., adjacent to
current faci lities . An addition
a l so i s s lat ed at t he gl ass plant
at Logan , Ohi o.
New fl uorescent lamp manufacturing equipment will be inst alled
for the Large Lamp Department at
Bucyrus , Ohio; J ackson; Ci rcleville, Ohio ; and the Clevel and
l amp pl ant.

Service

With

SERVICE PINS
Week ending Jun e 16 , 1967
5-year Service Pin s Carol O. Ergenbright
William J . Banulski, Jr.
Leona R. Baber
Jon V. Skelton

10-year Serv ice Pins Janice G. Watson
Vi vi an Z. Dean
S&S

Program

(Contd . from P. 1)

- - To replace income lost in
plant closing . In th is
instance a participant
can withdraw all funds in
his account .
--To aid in total or permanent disability. In this
instance a pa rticipant can
wi t hdraw all credits in
his account.

According to insurance companies,
most husbands couldn ' t affor d a
wife i f they had to pay the going
rate . Here ' s the calculation :
Nursemaid : 44 . 5 hours weekly
at $1 . 25, total $55.63 weekly
Dietitian : 1. 2 , $2.50, $3.00
Food buyer : 3.3, $1.50, $4.95
Cook : 13.1, $2 . 50, $32 . 75
Dishwasher : 6 . 2 , $1.50, $9.30
Housekeeper : 17 . 5, $1.50 ,
$26 . 25
Laundress : 5 . 9, $1 . 90 , $11 . 21
Seamstress: 1.3, $2 . 50, $3 . 25
Practical Nurse : 0.6 , $2 . 00 ,
$1 . 20
Maintenance man : 1. 7, $2 . 25 ,
$3 . 57
Gardener : 2 . 3, $1 . 55, $3 . 57
Chauff e ur: 2 . 0, $2 . 20 , $4 .40
Her time is thus worth 5 159 . 34
per week, or $8,285 . 68 a year .

In ordinary circumstances , a participant mus t leave his investment in trust during the specified t hree- year holding period in
order to receive the 50% Company
payment which th e Gene ra l Electric Company has added to his
account. Under the Plan the securities in which the employee
has invested his own savings , and
those which the Company has
bought for him wi th its 50%
matching payment, are distributed
in a " payout" shortly after the
end of the required three-year
holding period .

"An engineer is somebody h ho nm
a train" ... "He's a rather .-...l,
quiet type'' . .. ' 'He thinks a _ t. ''
All of these corrunents are the
definition of an engineer made b
the man in t he street . The only
one t hat comes close is the last
The results of a publ i c opinion
pol l , in an issue of Me chanical
Eng i neer>i'Y'.g will astonish all SC
employees who really knoK what a
engineer does and what he is lik
1

J

For instance, how \\'ould you
answer this question, ~\11en you
hear the word 'engineer' , 1,·ha t
is the first thing that comes tc
your mind?" The ans"·ers : 67 . 8%
said railr oad; 19 . 2% highwa!s;
15 . 4% aircra;-t CJ1.d aerospace;
7 . 1 % said bridges, bui ldi;"Jgs , ClY
electrical.
1

The poll , conducted in Los
Angeles, also involved the definition of an engineer on a print
ed card - 76 . 4% guessed \\Tong ,
some even confused the def ini tic
of an engineer 1dth that of a
medical doctor . To round out tJpicture, over half said he~s
" a rather dull , quiet t)'lJE
,1d
hosts c f people bel ieved an engj
neer 1,·as ;1 locomotive jockey .

--To cover needs in the event
of a s tri ke . If a participant is absent for over
two weeks because of a
strike , he can withdraw
part or all of his own
payroll deductions, and
i f repayment is made i n
6 months afte r re turn, the
Company ' s payment will be
credited on amounts repaid.
The P lan provides that in these
and other situations of a similar
natu re, an S&S Program participant can withdraw money he has
invested in the Program even
though t h e holding period is not
complete. Withdrawals under
these circtllllstances will not re sult in loss of the Company paymen t ( except as indicated in the
strike situation).

What's An Engineer?

Wife Worth $8285.68

"I found a job. A dollar sixty on hour, free
health and occident insurance, paid holidays
and coffee breaks. You start Monday"

TI1e trade pub lication points out
that engineer comes from the
French i ngenieur, mean.ing a person who invents , contrives - a
person of ingenuity .

Maybe the word should never haVE
been anglicized.

BEDROOM AIR CONDITIONER

Model RK30 1A

* Beautiful Duramold case with new
outdoor eye-appeal -made of tough
G-E Lexan ' -won't rust ever.
*Weighs on ly 59 lbs.installs in seconds.
*Fits windows 20W' to 36" wide.
* 5000 BTU/ Hr. Quiet Cooling
Capacity.

$11~

PR I CE IN CLUDES $20 CO UR TESY DISCOUNT

Specialty

Control
:tolu'le XI , No . 67

Jv.ne 23 , 1967

WAYN ESBORO, VIRGINIA

'Program Sailing At Good Pa ce'

Vacation Time N ears;

Cost Reductions Take No Vacation

Questions Answered

111e income from Cost Reductions
is a part of the vacation pav Ke
receive, 1,·hich enables us to' en joy trave l, or camping , or just
plain old fashioned rela~ation in
the comfort of our hanes .
During t his vacation period
'
don I t negl ect an idea that may

come to mind which produces a
Cost Reducti on . Like t hat eye catching n ; cormnercial, the Cost
Reduction Program \\ants You .
You can reduce costs by :
by R. J. Depa
Manager , Cost &
Goverrunent AccoLUlting
EDITOR'S NOTE: In Cos t Reducpast issues, the
tions take no
SC News has print- vacation!
ed interi m reports Cos t Reducon the Department ' s tions work
efforts tow a rd cost for us the enreductions in 1967. tire year.
This week Mr . Depa , Speci al ty Conwho directs the De - trol i s abl e
partment ' s Cost Re - t o stay conduction Program,
petitive and
has consented to
r ealize a
report directly to good incane
us on the efforts
as a resul t
to make our busiof this acness strong, cantivity. The
petitive and seprofit dol).LL.!:e for us, the
l ars we obi oyees .
t ain fran
Lvst Reductions enab l e our business to grow , thereby creatino
neK and better jobs for all of us.

!.> e.lect<.ng be;tteJt mateJU.a.l6
.<.mp1tov~ng wottk met.hod.6
e.l&i1~nmng wa1.i.te o 6 .t.<.me

Md mateJU.a.l

quaL<.:ty
1teduc,(.ng 1.>po-<...e.age
.<.mp1tov~ng

These are only a few ideas
there are many more . Cost Reduction i s a game where any mnnber
can play and the more the better .
Join in .

For the year to date , the Program has maintained the momentlBll
of last year and is sail ing along
at a good pace ; we are s lightly
ahead of our 196 7 goal. We can't,
however, s low down the effort if
we are to continue to get the
ful l benefit of the Program .
Ive must all GO FOR I\!PRO\lfl\IENT !

Road maps .... camping suppli es . . . .
boat trailers .. .. reservations . .. .
they 're all good signs that vacation ti me is nea r . In fact, the
ann ual plant shu t d~4 n and va cation per iod for Specia l t y Control
employees is only two v1eeks a1·:ay
( July 10th - 21 s t) .
For the benefit of newer General
El ectric employees who may have
questions concerning vacations,
the Specialty Control News has
interviewed Benefits, Services &
Safety Specia l ist, Bill Perry .
Here are the resu l ts of that
i nterview :
Q.

MR . PERRY , WHAT ARE THE QUALIF ICATIONS NECESSARY FOR
VACATl()\J PAY?

A.

You must have at l east one
yea r of conti nuous service
and remain an act i ve employee
after qualifying .
( Contd. P. 4)

EDITO R IAL

Large Public R esponse

DOUBTS ABOUT YOUR JOB.'
Have you eve r had the feeling
that your job isn't really "all
that important?" That it doesn't
matter too much j ust how it 's
done? Forget it .

The General Electric collect
of pe riod irons destroyed in a
fire last January has been successf ully reconstit uted, acco rding
to An thony F. Forni, Advertising
and Sales Promoti on Manager of
Gene ral Electric Housewares Division, Bridgeport , Conn . "Better
than eve r " is the way Mr . Forni
described the valuable new colle c tion of old irons whi ch was r e assembled through t he cooperation
of the gene ral public . Last January , Gene ral Electric issued a
general appeal for certain rare
mode l irons to replace thos e lost
in the historic McCormick Place
fire that destroyed a Housewares
Show in which GE was participating .

If your job weren't important, it
wouldn't exist. Since your job
does exist, then it should be
done well. If it is n't done well,
then you are hurting yourself and
everyone in the Department.
Case in point: A man we know
purchas ed an alarm c l ock . It
worked well for several weeks ,
but then it started " ac ting up."
On two occasions, the alarm failed and he was late fo r work . Adding insult to injury, the little
wind keys on the back started to
fa ll off whenever he picked the
c l ock up t o set it . The plastic
face fell off when he fired it
into the garbage can. (Incidentally, he replaced it with a GE
c l ock r adio . )
rhe story is true and t he point
i s obvious. Somebody thought his
job wasn't " al l that important ."
It was though , he lost one customer we know of, and probably
c ountless othe r s .
At SCD we don't make alarm clock~
but t hat doesn't mean your job
isn't important, t oo .

IUE Charged With Restraint
And Coercion In Syracuse

An NLRB complaint has charged IUE
Local 320, which represents General Electric employees at the
Company's Syracus e plant, with
restraining and coercing the em ployees in the exercise of their
right to report for work during
work stoppages, thereby engaging
in an unfair labor practice affecting canmerce.
The complaint, first step in the
Board's unfair practice pro cedur~
charges that Local 320 officers
through its News "threatened to
inflict physical harm and to
cause other harm to certain employees of GE if said employees
refuse or fa il ed to observe picket li nes establis hed by Respon dent at the GE Syracuse plant. "

IRON COLLECTION RESTORED

GE SPONSORS OUTDOORS
TELEVISION SERIES
The great outdoors is being presented to America ' s television
audi e nce thi s summe r by General
Elect ric. "GE Sportsman ' s Holiday" is filling the Sunday afternoon time slot normally held by
the popular General Elect ric College Bow 1 on NBC .
A variety of holiday adventure
programs wi 11 be shown and hosted
by Curt Gowdy and William W.
(Red) Lewis.
"Mountains o f Home ," scheduled
for this Sunday , was prod uced and
narrated bv Red Lewis, ~hose initial worK in the Spo rtsn an'~
series , "~!< .. from Fourmen Lodge,"
drew wid e acclaim a yea r ago .
TI1is will be rep eated on Julv 9
in this series .
Six National Forests furnish the
backdrop for the "~tountains of
Home" as Lewi s takes viewers on a
float trip down the Salmon River.
on a wild boar hunt in Tennessee
and a ski trek in Colo rad o . Also
visited are Michigan, Alaska and
Vermon t mountains, showing the
te rrain, foliage and wildlife to
be found in these forests .
Curt Gowdy, reared in the West
and an active devotee of outdoor
sports long before he became one
of America ' s top sportscasters ,
brings a nwnber of inte r esting
sportsmen as g uests on the other
seven "Sportsman ' s Holiday" features .

The consumer response was overwhelm ing , Mr . Forni said . More
than 3,000 offe rs of i r ons netted
Ge ne r a l Elect r i c " a superb collection" of the fi nest examp l es
of early irons . Consumers
scou r ed dusty attics , old trunks
and basement s torage areas . Peop le even volunteere d to scou~r
i r ons fo r t he collection . Th
net resu lt was the assemb l ing of
a collection of 300 irons f r cm
all parts of the coun try . The
first Genera l Electric iron ever
made in 1910, the firs t travel
iron made in 19 19, and the 1921
mode l with the first wooden thumb
rest are all included in the
g roup . Examp les of the first
streamline iron of 1934 and the
fi rst s te am i ron made in 1941 are
part of the collection . The pioneer spray , s team and dry iron
with non-stick so l e pla t e and
permanent press setting made by
Gene ral Electric in 1967, rounds
out the col l ec tion, Mr . Forni
said .
Twelve of the finest examp l es
were placed on display at the
General Elect ric booth at a new
Housewar es Show , last week . Historic i r ons will be loaned to retail stores for disp lay in the
future , for the benefit of the
general public who responded so
ge ne rously to the appeal , Mr . ~
Forni concluded .

f!e lnquiringReporter

A COMP/INY /IND THE COv\"1LN ITY IN WHICH IT IS LOCATED OFFER
EACH OTHER CERTAIN VALUES. IN YOUR OPINION, HOW HAS OUR
LOCAL AREA BENEFITED SINCE SPECIALTY C<l'JTROL LOCATED HERE
IN 1954?



Ed Tutle - Rel ay Product Engin eer·
ing

GE ' s move to I./aynesboro has obviously benefited the area since
it has provided good work a:nd income to a large group o; peop l e .
This , in turn, has resu Zted in
broad civic iMprovements ar.d one
of
finest school systems , for
thi~ Jize COTT!'1unity , in the
eastern U. S .
Although not alone in this , GE,
with the diverse technology applied in SCD products , has broadened the area ' s workforce capabilities . This has attracted
even more industry to the region
and caused a gene ral improvement
of services . This sort of progressive growth assures the
future prosperity and we ll being
of f./aynesboro!

Lawrence M. Byers - 1st shift,
Electri cian/Maintenance

James M. Pannell - 2nd shift,
White Print

Specialty Control has definite ly
added to the area. It has helped
to encourage corrmunity developments such as housing, shopping ,
recreation, and hospita lization.
It has raised the s tandard of
living . It has given a lot of
young people jobs who would have
othen.Jise left this area looking
for work .

you know, General Electric 'Z-S
one of the larges t electrica l
corporations in the country.
Since moving t o Waynesboro twelve
years ago, it has helped both the
corununi ty a:nd the peop le . In my
opinion, there are more jobs for
the people , higher incones , bette r recreation facili ties , housing , etc . Also since Specialty
Control has been here , it has
he lped t he businessman.

f·le , because of GE, realize the
full importance of defense work,
where we probahly wouldn ' t have
othen.>ise . fve , as employees , are
benefited by the s avings plan,
insurance plan, etc .

As

\

'

Clyde H. Spears - 3rd shift Monitor, Sheet Metal
First , the population of Waynes boro has grown since GE has cone
here, and the plant has given
many peop le good jobs .

..

~

, /"J. ~.,. ... L• .1....,.

Doris B. Garber - 1st sh i f t, LEM
Room

Also, the retail merchants have
had :heir business increase because of many more people coning
into the town .

I ' ve been impressed with the people that have ccme here f ron
other GE plants .

Finally , I think GE has helped
make !vaynesboro beccme more well
known . Our pr oducts go all over
the world with the Spe cialty Contra l name and Waynesboro stamped
on them .

The LEM Program has given me the
opportunity to work with scme of
these people, and their efforts
on the j ob and in the carmuni ty
have been a major asset to all of
us .

Service

With



SERVICE PINS
Week ending June 23 , 1967
5-year Service Pins Mary K. HaTTison
10-year Service Pins Myrtle S . Childers
Audrey L. Bashlor
Irvin G. Mat;er
Vacation

Q.

A.

(Contd . fran P. 1)

HOW MUCH VACATI Q\J IS
PLOYEE ENTITLED TO?

,LIN

EM-

That depends on his length of
service. I think this chart
can answer your question best

Years
Less than 1
1 but less than 2
2 but les s than 10
10 but les s th an 20
20 or over

GE INDIANS TWO GAMES OUT

LAST LOOK AT LOST CUSTOMERS

As the Spe cialty Control News
went t o press this \\•eek , the Genera l El ectric Indians were 2 game;
out of first place in the Waynesbor o Babe Ruth League with 3 game:;
l eft to play . The Indians, sponsored by SCD , have a 7 and 8
record with games to be played
Tuesday and Thursday nights .

Where do the " l ost customers" of
a business go? More important,
why do they go away-- and is there
any way to keep customers ~ dE
parting?

The boys , aged 13 to 15 , are managed by Ray Depa and coached by
Sam Rodgers .

The Canadian ~!anufacturers' Association has gone to some pains tc
find out the answers to these
questions . It surveyed many in dustries . Here is what i t dis covered :
Of every 100 l ost custcmers--

A total of seven area teams make
up the local league \\'hid1 pl ays
on the Ridgevi ew Park and Kate
Collins School diwnonds .

1 was l ost thr ough deat h

3 were lost when the salesman left the company

\~eeks

S l eft to buy f rom a friend
or relative

-01
2

9 left to buy at lrn,·er
prices

3
4

Q.

WHEN WILL THE VACATJQ\J PAY BE
RECEIVED?

A.

All employees qualified for
vacation pay will receive it
j ust prior to shutdown . Those
not eli gible for vacati on
will receive their vacation
pay after they have qualified
By the way, this same rule
applies to th ose who may
qualify for additiona l vacation pay later in the year.

Q.

WHAT DO EMPLOYEES DO WHO ARE
NOT ELI GIBLE FOR VACATIQ\J
NEXT MONTH? DO THEY REPORT
FOR WORK OR TAKE A VACATJQ\J
WITHOUT PAY?

A.

This may vary in different
areas of the plant. I n sane
cases, a few emp loyees may
work at leas t pa rt of the
shutdown period, others may
have the time off and receive
vacation pay l ater when they
qualify for it. Those who
are in doubt about thei r
status should see their foreman or supervisor.

Q.

IS THERE ,l\NYTH ING ELSE YOU
VIISH TO ADD, MR . PERRY?

A.

Only that I hope all
ty Control employees
vacation packed with
safety. The two can
gether.

Specia lhave a
fun and
go to-

14 left because of unadjusted
canpl aints

:

~

68 left because of the company 's indifference and
l ack of interest in the
customer

........ •' ....... ...

"When I ask a simple question,
I want a simple answer!"

~

So, no matter what your job , remember the l esson of t he 68 %.

Gel it right the first time /

Cu rrent ly the SCM Co rporation, a manufacture r of offi ce mach i nes , is r unni ng an advertisement in busines s publica t ions whi ch, we t hin k, says it
we 11.

Specialty

Control
Volwne XI , No . 68

Independence Day;
A T im e For p_,,flcction

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

June 30, 196?

Wilf Open New Field___
Qf Study

Dep a rtment Donates Numerical Control To Danville Tech

The Fourth of July '"~is designated
a :-.lational holiday to canmemorate
t he s i gning of t he Declaration of
Independence in 1776 . It was a
day t o celebrate . A young , rough
hewn country had gained its independence fran t he mightiest
nation of that day - England .
A lot of years have passed since
t hen and a lot of water has gone
under the br i dge . Our one t ime
oppr essor s have been , for yea r s ,
our stronges t a llies . I n our
li ~ime the "doughboy" and t he
"l
' 11 have fo ught side by side
in t..11e trenches "over ther e . "
Cr ack British forces and American
Ranger s scaled the cliffs at ~or­
mandy whi le a man was saying ,
" The Third Rei ch will l ast a thou
s and ye ars ~"
Yes , t ime changes many things .
HoKever, on Tuesday , J uly Fourth,
Ke mi ght do 1»ell to reflec t upon
one thing 1\hich t ime has not
changed . . . . the basic ideas of i ndependence .
On page t hree of today ' s edition
are s ome thoughts and views about
the Unit ed St ates , he r independence , and her peopl e who have ,
through the year s , he l ped maint ain that independP,nce .
JULY 4TH HOLIDAY
Al l Special t y Control emp l oyees
a r e r emin ded t hat Tuesday , Ju l y
Fourth, wil l be observed as a
paid holiday . Most employees
will , of cou rse , be eligible for
holiday pay . All Manufacturing
Op~ t ions will be closed down
ex
t for emergency situations ,
as will most other operat i ons ,
f rom the end of the workday , Monday , J u l y 3rd, un t il the following We dnesday .

Paul Korneke , Manager-Cus t omer Services & Produc t Planning ( l . ) , pr esents
the keys to the Mark Century 120 to M. James Van Oot, Director of Danville Tech (r. ), as SCD Technical Recr>uiter , I . Leon St okes (l . ), and
Robert E. Morgan, Electronic Department, DTI, look on.
El ectronics students at Danvi lle
Techni cal Institute will now be
ab l e t o l earn th e latest nl.llllerical contr ol techno logy through
the Specialty Control Depar tment's
d ona tion of a Mark Ce ntury 120
Numerical Pos iti on i ng Control .
Th e contro l was present ed , y es t e r day, to M. James Van Oo t,
Dire cto r of th e Ins titute , by
Paul B. Korneke , Manager- Cus t ome r
Servi ces & Pr oduct Pla nni ng . The
N/C unit wil l prove invaluable
to s tud e nts seeking to b e come
t echnicians a nd machinists .
Danville Te ch is one of Virg inia ' s fi n e tw o yea r technical
schools offe r i ng courses rang ing

from air conditioning & refrigeration to practical nursing. Establis hed in 1936, the school has
a s tudent body o f about 350 men
and women who a r e r eceiving th e
p r acti cal and theore tical traini ng nee de d t o s e cure an d advance
in s elected j obs . In past years,
General Ele ctri c has drawn heavily upon its g radua t es to fill
t echnical posi t i ons in the Depart·
men t .

The Mar k Ce n t ury Nl.llllerical Control, valued at $6000, was on
dis play, last year, during the
World Trade Show in Bruss els .

HENRY, YOU'RE WAY OFF THE BEAM

Ge t t" ~ht special prin ted ~cui
boards from Waynesbo r o to
York in 34 hours without auvancE
warning . Sounds like "Mission
Impossible" does:l ' t it, except
that ' s exactly what happened la~
Friday .

Did you hear the story about the
country storekeepe r who sat on
the porch of his store day in and
day out , rocking away in his
maple rocking chair.
This sitting around caused his
friends a certain amo unt of
amazement . "Henry," they asked ,
"why a r en 1 t you busy .a rrang ing
yo ur canned goods ... or s harpening
up your window displavs ... or
working on your account books? "

SCD Engi nee r Bill Massie was at
the Pratt & Whit:ley plant in Ha i
ford , Conn ., troubleshoo t ing a
problem on a numerical control .
At about 3 : 00 P . H. , Friday , he
called Roy Beave r, N/C Engineering, saying the eight printed
ci r cui t boa rds , delivered righ t
away, would solve the problem .
The race was on .

Do you know what the storekeeper
answe red?
He said , "Friends, I was reading
where some folks had figured out
that a business had to ope rate
for more th an seven hours and 30
minutes out of each eight- hour
working day just to meet expense~
So I just can't see why I should
hustle around all day long, when
it ' s only after 4:00 in the afte ~
noon that I get started making my
profit."
Of cour se , Henry was way off the
beam . As a matter of fact,
there's a brand new gas station
located where his store used to
be'.
It ' s true, when you canpare national profit statistics with the
eight-hour working day, it indeed
will take -- assuming an hour fo r
lunch at noon -- from 7: 30 in the
morning until after 4:00 p . m. before t he average business has
earned the day's sha r e of all the
::os t s .
But it ' s eq ually true that un less
the entire day is devoted to working effectively, th e r e won ' t be
any p r ofi t at all ... not even
"after 4: 00." And a business
that doesn 't make a pro fit doesn't las t long . Neithe r do the
jobs it provides .

Service

With

THE COVIN GTON TRIP

Two Specialty Control employees
made the front page of the News Virginian this 1·iaek. In case you
missed it, Bill Hoke, first shift
Wireman, and Floyd Draper, f irst
shift Sheet Metal Fabricator,
took a little trip to Covington
last weekend- by bi cycle! It
was an 86 mile trip taking ten
hours and 35 mi nutes .
I t seems Bi ll and Floyd lik ed to
ride around Waynesboro in the
evening after work for pleasure
and a breath of fresh air . Nat urally , they took a little kidding from their wives about this,
one word led to anothe r, and the
next thing they kne\'1 they were
off and peddli~g .
Bi'll and FLjd are thin ki ny 110~1
about a ~ 1 1p, next year, to Fairlee, \.J. Va. - 113 mil es. Just
thinking, mind you .



SERVICE PINS
Week ending June 30, 1967
5-year Servi ce Pins Theodor>e W. LCQ,Jhorn
Te r>esa M. Fitzger>ald

THE IMPOSSIBLE TAKE~
A LITTLE LONGER

Bi ll and Floyd recreate for tlze
c~n e r>a the start of their> BG T"li le
journey to Covington.

~1an u fac turing

came through with
the boards , Shipping packaged
them ready to go.

Roy discovered that
A. Garnbro , Jr ., and Harr
P. Walsh , of the Otis Elevator
Company, N . Y. , were about ready
to catch a 4 :30 P.M. flight to
New York . They we re attending
our N/C Training School for customers . Roy explained his,..-.J.igh
and the two were more tha~
.ppy
to take the package with t hem .

~leanwhi le ,

~lichael

As Gambro and \fals h l ef t for t he
rrc--:r;d. ? . 4)

PATENT AWARDS
Th·o Specialty Control Engineers
have r eceived Patent Awards this
\\·eek ror i nventions developed
here in the Department .

Philip 0 . Corey , an 11-year vet eran of Ccneral Electr.ic, rccei \·ec.l h is 13th Patent :\\\'arc.I fo1
•m invent ion \1'hich relates to in
vcrter ci !-::ui ts for converting
d ire ct current po"·er to altcrnat i ng current prn,·e r, employing
gate controlled recti Ciers as th
power Sll'i td1ing clements . Phil
is a Senior Development Eng ineer
in Aerospace & ~fens e Eng:i nee ring .

Ceor ge 13 . Lukens , a De\·elopment
Eng inccr in \unerical Control En
g ineering , has received his 3rd
Patent Award for an :invent~
11·h i ch re la tcs to an err or
i ting c i rcu_i t for nuner i cal con trc
systems .
Ccorgc is a 10 - year vete r a11 of
t he Company .

INDEPENDENCE,. NOT BASIL Y GAINED, NOR BASIL Y MAINTAINED
~UNITED STATES GAINED
h... , INDEPENDENCE ON
JULY 4, 1776 •...

"We. hold thue. tJw.t.h6 to be. .6el6-ev-i.dent: -- That all me.n aJLe CJLeate.d
equa.R.; that they aJr.e endowed by thebr. CJr.eatoJr. VJ.Uh c.e.JLta.ln wta.R.iena.ble
M.g h.U; that among thu e Me .U.6 e, Ubvr.:ty, a.nd the pWL6 uit. o6 ha.pp-ineM •
That, to .6ec.Ulte. thue M.gh.U, gove.Jtnme.nt6 aJLe -iM.ti:tuted among men, deM.v-ing thei.Jt powe.JLO 6Jr.om the coMent. 06 the goveJlne.d •• •• 11

Declaration of Independence
In Congress - July 4, 1776

~~~
SOME REALIZED THE COURSE WOULD
NOT BE AN EASY ONE ....

f

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~

-

'==.,

THE COUNTRY'S FUTURE COURSE WAS
MAPPED BY MEN OF WISDOM AND FORESIGHT. ...
"The. will 06 .the. people ~ .the only le.gWma.t.e. 6ounda;ti..on 06 a.ny goveMme.nt, a.nd .to pMte.ct lt6 61tee. e.xplLU.6-i.on .6hou.R.d be. Ou.Jr. 6-i-Mt object."
Thomas Jefferson - 1801

"UbeJLty, Uke e.qu.ai1.;ty, ~ a. WOJr.d mOJr.e. U6e.d tha.n u.nde.JL6t.ood. Pe.1t6ec.t
.and a.bMlute. Ube.Jr.t.y ~ a.6 -inc.ompa.Uble. VJ.Uh the e.w.te.nc.e. 06 Mci..e.t.y,
a6 e.qu.ai1.;ty 06 c.onclU:lon."
James Fenimore Cooper
The American Democrat - 1838

TWENTY-THREE YEARS LATER ONE OF
THE GREAT OBSTACLES IN THE COURSE
OF THE NATION EMERGED -- CONFEDERATE
CANNONS FIRED ON FORT SUMTER. IT
WAS 1861. •••

THE NATION RESOLVED HER INTERNAL
PROBLEMS AND HER SELF-INFLICTED
WOUNDS HEALED. BUT NOT 50 YEARS
HAD PASSED WHEN A CHALLENGE CAME
FROM ACROSS THE SEA ....

"And a.t. la.6.t .the.Jr.e. Wa.6 a. qcU.c.k. 6£.tuh, Uke he.at Ughtn-i.ng, 066 beyond the.
UMe.e.n ma.IL6hR.a.nd, a.nd a. .6u.Ue.n Jr.e.d ;.,pa.Jr.k c.U.mbed u.p the. bla.c.k .ok.y, J.>e.eme.d
.to ha.ng .the.Jte. mo.tlonR.u-0 6oJr. a. 6-<-nal -iM.ta.nt diJr_e.c.tiy ove.Jr.he.a.d, a.nd t.he.n
c.ame. plwtg-ing down, .to explode bi gJr.e.at light. a.nd Jr.oc.k.-ing .6 owtd .that
would Jr.e.ve.Jr.beJLa.te. a.CJLo.6.6 the. land a.nd maJLk a.n e.nd and a. beg-inn-i.ng."
Bruce Catton
This Hallowed Ground - 1955

"The. wo!LR.d mu.6.t be. ma.de .6a.6e. 601t demoCJLa.c.y."
Woodrow Wilson
War Address to Congress - 1917

(

)

BUT, AS IN THE PAST, THE
PRICE OF FREEDOM CAME HIGH ....

TWO DECADES PASSED AND THE
CHALLENGE CAME AGAIN -- FIRST
FROM GERMANY AND THEN JAPAN.
ALLIED LEADERS MADE KNOWN
THEIR DETERMINATION TO REMAIN
FREE. ...
"We. .6ha.U go on .to the. end, we -0ha.U 6-i-gh:t bt fJr.a.nc.e, we. -0ha.U 6-i-gh.t on
the. .6ea.6 a.nd OC.e.a.n.6 I we J.>ha.U 6-i-gh.t w-it.h g1r.o«ling c.on&<-de.nc.e. •••• rr
Winston Churchill
Speech - June 4, 1940

"Then a. .ooR.clie.Jr. c.ame. a.nd -0.tood bu-ide. .the 06 6-<-c.e.Jr. a.nd bent oveJr., a.nd he.
.too .6poke. to fU.6 de.a.d c.a.pta.ln, not. -in a wh-l6pe.Jr. but aw6u.R.ly .te.nde.Jti.y a.nd
he. ;., aid, ' I ;., WLe am .6 OflJUJ, .6-i.Jr.' •"
'
. '
Ernie Pyle
THE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID AGAIN
With the 36th Division - 1944

SINCE THE 1940'5. INDEPENDENCE
rs NOT EASILY GAINED, NOR
EASILY MAINTAINED ....

"Thu e. aJLe. extlta.01c.dlna.Juj .tbnu . And we 6a.c.e. a.n ex:t.Jc.ao1tcUna.1UJ chal.R.e.ng e..
Ou.Jr. .6.tJr.e.ngth a.6 .we.R.R. a.6 Ou.Jr. c.onv-ic:tloM have .impo.6e.d u.pon :tkl6 na.ti.on the.
Jr.~le 06 .le.a.de.Jr. ~n 61te.e.dom '.6 c.a.U6 e.. No Jr.ole. ht h-l6t.oJuj c.ould be. mo1r.e. di66lc.u.R.t. OJL moJte -<.mpoJr.:ta.n;t."
John F. KeIUledy

McKechnie And Sinclair Mark 20 Years With GE

--

" Don" McKeclmie Ind his firs t
contact with Specialty Control
before it existed in \l'aynes boro.
In December, 1953, he was a member of a study group in Sd1enectady, N. Y., 1,·hich \\'as preparing
the move to the ne1\ plant in
Virginia . The folloKing year ,
he moved to Waynesboro h'here he
he lped interview and hi re the
first SCD empl oyees . During the
sune time period, "llon" set up
and oper2 t ed the I£partment ' s
f irst employee trai.ni.ng operations .

>1easurements .
"Don", who has had various a r t i cles published in C:anpany and
trade publications , i s a frequent
speaker at Canpaiw sem inars deal ing Ki th s tanda n.b f1 measurements, and related s ubje ct s .

A native of Gloversvi lle , \ . Y.,
" Don" attended the Rocheste r
School of Camnerce and Union Coll ege prior to joDting General
Electric in Schenectady . tlis
first j ob was in >lethods & \1'ork

Carter Sinclair, a native of
Pasadena, began hi s career wi. th
GE in Los A.'1geles, California,
as a member of the Service Engineering Group in JLD1e , 1947 ,
after receiving a BS'!E from t he
California Institute of Technology . Four months later, in
October , he transferred t o Schenectady where he h·as a membe r of
the Engineering Test Program .
Upon ca:ipletion of t he program ,
he 1vas assigned to t he Industry
Control LaboratOl)' as a Product
Evaluation Engineer . After various engineering assignments in
Schenect ady, Cart er trans ferred
to Special ty Control in 1955 in
El ectronic &Regulator Product
Engineering. Ile was named t o hi s
present pos ition in 1961.

NEW CHINA FOR CAFETER IA

GE TOP SUPPORTER OF JA

General Electric and i ts emp loy'ees rank at or near the top na t ionally in the i r suppor t for the
Junior Achievement Program , ac cording to recor ds of corporate
participation canpiled by JA officials .

Shown above i s a new china service which wi l l be put into use
in the SCD Cafeteria af ter next
month's va cat ion sh utdown . Call ed the Trentwood pattern, the new
golq on white china will replace
that presently in use.· The new
china represents the Department's
continuing effort to provide good
cafeteri a service.

The Social Club of General Electric Employees (SCOGEE) has
ele cted a new s l ate of Officer s
and Board of Di rect o r s for the
coming fiscal ye a r. Taking,......,
fice on July 1st will b e :
PRES I DENT : A. C. "BOB" MYERS
VI CE PRES I DENT : D.Ai\J DONDIEGO
SECRETARY : BARBARA HAYNES
TREAS URE R: HELEN J OHNSON

I
~cognition for 20 yea rs of s c rvice to the General J:llectnc Caitpany came this week to Donald F.
McKedmie, Supervisor-Time Standards & Work \!easurement s , and
Carter Sinclair, PohTT Genera ti on
Design Engineer. Both men joined
the Canpany in Jw1c, 19-l 7 .

SCOGEE ELECTION RESULTS

During the last opera ting yea r,
more than 90 JA c011pan i es i n some
53 1oca1 i ti es in the United
States and Canada were sponsored
by tr? Company and advised by GE
people . A total of approxima t ely
1800 teenagers were members of
those c001panies .
More than
employees
evening a
visors to
JA f i nns ,

250 Genera l Electric
spent at least one
week as vol un t eer adthe C001pany- sponsored
this yea r.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
.Ai\JN SH IFFLETT
FRANK POL l TO
J LNE ALC*-i I ZE R
GENE BLACK
J IM DAVIS
SUZ.ANN E S IMS
PAUL R()..,iZ J E
WIMPY WI NG FI ELD
JIM DEWITT
TCN I DURK IN
HE LEN DEDR I CK
LI SA FI LES
CCMP.Ai\JY REPRESENTAT IVE
BILL PERRY

H. W. Tulloch , Mana.ger- Relations ,
presents Specia lty Control' s contribution check to newly elected
SCOGEE President, "Bob" !1yers .
Imp o ssible

(Contd. f rom P. 2)

airpo r t, Roy called our I&SE representative in New Yo rk and t o ld
him to meet the plane at La
Guardia Airpo rt . At 6 : 30 P.M.
the Piedm ont Airliner touch ed
down in New York , t h e printed
c ircuit boards we r e sent qui ckly
on their way to Ha r tford . The
N/C unit at Pratt & Wh itney was
back in service that same night !
As fo r Gamb r o and Wa l sh , t he ASE
rep resent ati ve personally tc
them t o their offices in Yonke rs ,
t he reby avoiding the snarls of
New York City traff ic . It was
j ust one way of saying "thanks."

Specialty

Control
~·uzy

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

7, 196 7

IT TAKES ONLY

SABEN AND WEST TO GRADUATE

7110 OF A SECOND

FROM APPRENTICE TRAINING PROGRAM

'

NOTE : Ten :<ears agl , the
?.eaciR:''.'
~ •·· · ri:.
the fol loh·in g :1rti.clc ·.,hie'.
-c rihcd,
in slo" r:1otion, \.i.:it tppe ns
1\lwn

.1

La r go1r...: ~.:;

·:

sn;ishL·:-.

in t o a t r ec . I lw ;1 rt i ck "·as
based on rc..;e.1 rd! ..:o:!,!u.:te<l h\·
t he Corne 11 l~1 i \ l rs it\· \t;t mo.ti \t'
Crash lniun· ResLarc!:· C-.:-;.tcr .
Admitte<li\' ·it ' s Lmpk:L..;:m t hut
it' s ~orth rea<lin~ , espcc i;lly
before \\'C l ea\·e for \·acation .

SCD Manager- Manufacturing , J. F. Ponzillo , offers his congro.tuZations t o
Dave Saben and ~layne f.lest as program supervisor, D.. F. McKechnie looks on .

1 / 10 ce.c.ond - The front bumper
and chrome "frosting" of the
grillwork collaps e . Slivers of
steel penetrate t he tree to
depths of one a n d one-half inches
and more .
2/10 6<!..c.ond - The hood c rumples
as it rises , smashing into the
windshield . Spinning rear wheels
leave the ground . The g rillw o rk
disintegrates . The fenders come
int o contact with the tree , fo r cing the rear parts to sp ray out
over the fron: doors .
In the same t en t h of a second
the heavy structural menbe r s ~f
the.....-er beg in to act as a brake
on
terrif ic forward momentum
of tne 2~-t on body. But t'; •
(Cor.:x:: . , . .;)

Friday, July 14th, will be one of
the career milestones for David
G. Saben and Wayne A. West. On
that day both young men will become graduates of the General
Electric Canpany's Tool Roan Machinist Apprentice Training Program.

Wh ile the Apprenti ce Training
Program is sponsored by the Canpany , it is administered by the
Dep artment under the supervision
of D. F. McKechnie. The course
is recognized for its excel lence
throughout all of industry .

For the past three years they
combined on-the -job training
with formal education to become
top-flight ma chi ni s ts . Here in
the plant, Dave and Wayne have
learned the practical s ide of
tool design, magnetic winding,
tool roan work, quality control,
sheet meta l, and plant utilities.

Presently, there are nine young
men on the program here at Specialty Control, including Dave
and Wayne . On September 5th, the
day after Labor Day, a new class
of apprentices will begi n their
three years of training.

h~ve

Their formal training has been
conducted at the Valley Vocational -Technical School, in Fishersvi 11 e.
Dave began his GE career in June
of 1964 on the Apprentice Program.
Wayn e first came to SCD i n 1963
as an Assembler in the C&T Area
before joining the program with
Dave a year later.

Although their apprenticeship does
not end until next Friday, Dave
and Wayne received their dip 1omas
and lapel pins this morning , due
to the plant shutdown . The presentations were made by Mr. J. F.
Ponzi llo, Manager-Manufacturing.

CAFETERIA , MEDICAL CLINIC

OVERSEAS DIVISIONS

SHUTDOWN INFORMATION

TO REPORT STATESIDE

During the plan t shut dOW"n period
the cafeteria will be i n opera t i on, although on a somewhat
li mited basis.

Fred C. Berch, President of the
General Electr i c Canpany , has
announced an organiza t i onal
change under which the overs,
divis i ons will repo rt direct ly 1
the Canpany' s ope rating group e>
ecuti ves, as a general execu tive
ass i gnment.

Hot f ood service will sti l l be
prov ided on the f irst shift but
the menu will provide a selection
of only one entree, one hot sandwich, and one salad. I n keeping
with t he us ual shutdown practice,
th ere will be no hot food service
f or th e second and third shifts .
Of cours e, a full vending operati on will continue for all
three shi f ts.
At s om etime dur i ng the shutdown,
it wi ll be necessa ry to shut off
the hot water supply to the cafet eria an d, for sani tary reas ons,
during this ti me paper plates
and cu ps will be used.
All emp l oyees wi ll follow the
nonn al brea k and lunch time
hou rs .
The Department Medica l Cli ni c
will have a nurse on duty during
the f irs t shift fo r the benefit
of th ose wh o may need medica l
attenti on while working during
sh utdown.

STOCK PR ICES
The " Stock Pr ice" for General
El e ctric s toc k c r edited to part i cipants in t he Sav ings & Security Program ] s the ave r age of
the clos ing prices of General
El ectric stock on the \ew York
St ock Exchange for each day of
t he month.
TI1e " St ock Prices " through \lay
1967 ar c as foll ows :

$87 . 994
86 . 94 7
88. 875
89 . 744

January
Feb ruary
March
Apr i l

90 . 222

~lay

SERVICE PINS
Week ending J ul y 8 , 1967
5-year Service Pi ns Richar>d E. Br>adley
Olev .Z.ivistik
Rober>t L . 7'r>adEr>, J r .
Mab le V. Phi Uips

Wi Uiam

i·I.

Mass ie

10-year Se rv ice Pi ns Ge r a l d S. Cox

The area divisions overseas havE
been organ i zed under the Internati ona l Group .
Mr . Borch sa id th e change will
not affect l ocal admi ni strati on
of any of General Elect ri c ' s
foreign s ubsidiaries or affi li ates.
~/E

' LL BE BACK IN TWO WEE KS

BUSINESS1 GOVERNMENT
AND NATIONAL PROBLEMS
Th e Democr ati c and Rep ublican
f loor l e ade r s of the House of
Re p resen ta t ive s have cal led fo r
joint effo rts b e tween business
and gove rrunent to so lve crit ica l
so ci al and econo~ ic prob l P.ms .
Represen t a t ive s Ca r l Al be r t ( D. Okla . ) and Ge r a l d Fo rd (R . -Mich . )
made t he s ugge s ti on in a join t
dialogue in th e c urre nt is s ue of
The Gene r a l Elec tr ic FORU:-1 magazine , a public affai r s q ua rt erly
devote d to nation a l and in terna t ional problems .
Majority leade r Albert states ,
"b usiness i.s increasing l y invo l ved in f urnish i ng l eadership
ideas toward the sol ution of our
n a ti onal and inte rn ation al chall enges, " and th a t " businessmen ,
e ithe r individually or t hrough
their o r ganizations , have the resp onsi.b i lity t o ~ i ve suggestions
t o Congress for new legislati on
or on the effects of p roposed
leg i s latl on . "
Min ority l e ader Ford writ es ,
" there i s a g r owing realizati on
that if th e coun t ry is to move
ahead , th e r e h as to be a join t
effort , not on l y between gove rn ment and b usiness , but by o t her
segments of socie ty as well."
Six t ee n other l eaders f r om both
f i e lds also cal l e d fo r mo r e coope r a t ion be t we e n go ve r runent and
business in separa t e a r ticles on
"busi ness and th e national i nt e r est . "

He po i nted out that in the la st
three and one- half years Genera l
Elect ric had ass igned pr imary
respons i bi l ity for a numbe r of
overse as bus i nesses to danesti c
operating di vi s i ons .
He said he expects the rea l ig nment "wi 11 not onl y faci 1itate
f urth er in tegra ti on of danestic
and f oreig n ope rat i ons, but wi ll
res ult in bringing i nto pl ay a
grea t er numb er of knowl edgeal:W e
vi ewpoints at the Executi ve~
fi ce l evel."

MUT UAL FUND
The ne1·1 improved S&SP effective
July l, 1967, includes a nev1ly
est ablished Mutual Fund . The
Canpany has applied to t he SEC
for exemption fran certai n admi ni strati ve procedures which
app ly to pub li cly offered mutua ·
funds . The Canpany bel ie ves th<
a mutual fund in 1vhi ch only emµl oyees may pa rti ci pa te should
not be subject to these partic ul ar rul es. An IUE attorney ha s
filed obj '· ons to som e of our
exemption . .:ouests and it is expected thot the SEC 1vi 11 rev i e1•1
the matter and ultimately dec idE
whether the requirements should
or shou ld not be appli cab le to
our fund 1·1hich, of course, i s
offered only to GE emp loyees .

The main objection of the IUE
re l ates to whether the trustees
of the Mutual Fund should be ap·
po in ted by the Conpany or ~ct·
ed by the ho lders of the M
1
Fund shores . Meanwh i l e, th ,J
situa tion does not affect the
normal sign- up procedu res 1vhich
make th e newly improved pl an effective J uly 1, 1967 .

Have A Fun Fi lled, Safe Vacation
EDITOR 'S NafE : The annual two "·eek shutdo1m here at Specialty Control is a long a1,·ai ted event for
most employees and, so it shoul d be . \\'e ' ve wo rked hard fo r a year , and now we owe it to our selves
to t ake some time with the f amily foT fun and relaxation . A vacation is actually an investment in
the future . lie r eturn fee ling gr eat anc.I in good spir its -- re ady t o take up h·here i-·e left off . All
of thi s i s true , but onl y if we ha\'e a sale vacation .. . . one accident can ruin it all.
On this page, the .Cp eeialty Cor.;;Y'oZ :.·e-.;.~ has l isted sane hints offered by t he \ational Safety Collllcil

designed to make your vacation safe .
Safe ty Begins Before You Leave

A car hea vil y loaded with vaca t ion gear demands increased drivi ng care .. . . acce l erat ion i s s low er, stopping distance longer and
sway on curves greate r , and the
fati gue that may result from long
drives so common at the beginning
and end of the vacation makes it
easi er f or an acci dent to happen .
Here ar e some recommenda t ions f or
safe vacat i on travel:
. Be.601te. )t:M.-t<.ng :the vacc<t.<.011
ge..t .:the CM rce.adu . Cite cl~ :the.
ti!teJ.i , .ltg'1t6 , 1e.<.1~e. '115, .5t:ee.1z-i.ng
Md bJta.l<.eJ.i . Pack a ( la.5l1R.,i.glt.:t ,
eme.llg ency 6la.!teJ.i and 6.i.tv~ t a,i..d
)4.. whe.1te. you c.a.n ge..:t cU: :tl1em.
tali 15ecU: be.Lt.6 J..S uou doa' t
a,t.Jte.ady ltave them .
1

Night Tim e Caution
~lore

SCHEDULE--AND ST ICK TO IT.
. A BR IGHTLY COLORED TRIANGLE
MOUNTED ON THE BACK OF A VEH ICLE
IDENT IF IES IT AS A SL0.-1- MOVIf\G
VEHICLE--ONE TRAVE LING 25 MILES
AN HOUR OR SLOWER ON THE HIGH\o/AYS. IT IS 14 INQ-IES HIGH AND
HAS A FLUORESCENT ORANGE CENTER
A~D REFLECTIVE RED BORDER.
KNOWING WHAT IT MEANS COULD SAVE
YOUR LI FE .
. DON ' T CAus= A REAR-END CRASH
BY FOLLOdJ :~G TOO CLOSELY. AT 60
MILES AN HOUR IT TAKES AT LEAST
366 FEET--OR 2 3 CAR LENGTHS --TO
STOP LNDER GOOD CONDITI ONS . KEEP
ALERT TO TRAFFIC BOTH AHEAD AND
BEHIND YOU .

. Tah.e. cntu tdta..t you need. Load
tlie. ca::. ) o tjOU/t r.ea...·c V-05 wa L) n ':t
btoc.i: ed. U)c_ a c.a::. top ca 'l,"ci.e.Jt
.i. 6 1te.c.e,)) Mij .

Safety On The Road

Here are some hint s t o keep in
mind while you are on the r oad .

. AVO ID DRIVING FATI GUE a\I TURNPIKES BY TAK ING FREQUENT REST
~S AND COFFEE BREAKS.
CHANGE
'
SPEED LEVE L OCCAS IONALLY ,
MOv~ YOUR EYES , CHEW GLM , LI STEN
TO THE RADI O AND TALK TO PASSENGERS . IF NONE OF THESE HE LP-TRY SINGING. ABOVE ALL ELSE ,
START FRESH , PLAN A REASONABLE

Darkness calls for a special
type of dri ving . The mos t im portant r equi rements are incr eased ale rtness , better con t rol of the car and reduction of
speed .
Here arc sane t ips:
. Don ' t over-driv e y our headl ights . At 60 mi l es an hour it
wi ll take yo u, undE:r average conditiorrs , abo ut 366 f eet t o stop .
Yet you can see only about 200
feet ahead .
. Keep you r windshield and windows c l ean , inside and out . A
moderate ly dirty windshie l d may
not b o th er you much i n th e daytime , but at ni ght t he g l a r e of
oncoming h eadlights diffused
agains t th e film may blin d you
or make you fail to see un l ighted
objects .

. Study uou.:i 1tou.:te .i.n advance.
a11d be. 1teady 601t :tUJtn- o66 L I ndec,W ,i._011 1 unexpe.cte.d nraneuve!to
and 5 u dden bJta.k.i.ng ca11 cau-H_ a
p.i...te.-up on n1ode.1tn /1,.i.gluvauo . 1 6
uou nii..6) a .:tUJtnp.i..ke ex..l:t, ke.ep
go.i.ng :to the nex.:t 01ie .
. Voit ' t ge.t t!tapp ed by cli.,).tttac.U.011.6 . Pu.U. 066 :the. JtOad and
,)top i.6 uou want :to look a.t •)C.e.ne.1ty , cite.ch :tlte. niap, J.> e.:ttie. .tlte.
k.i.cfo OIL ).,(l}a,t a be.e..

rota] traffic accident s ocduring the hours of darkness
- -cspcc ially during the e\·ening
rush hours of S to 8 p . ~ . --than
occur <luring the daylight hours .
This is a particularly sobering
fact for motoris ts to keep in
mind "·ho like to take advant age
of the lighter traffi c and cool er temperatures of the night .
CUT

\\~lo /\LW/WS INSIS I

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or

WAI.

.. ·NOW HE:'5 GOT IT/"

. GI VE YOUR CAR A THOROUGH CHECK
BEFORE STARTING OUT. IF YOUR CAR
DOES BREAK DOWN ON AN EXPRESSWAY,
PULL OFF THE ROAD Q~TO THE RIGHT
HAND SHOULDER, RAISE YOUR HOOD,
TIE AV/H ITE HANDKERCHIEF TO YOUR
RADIO AERIAL OR DOOR HANDLE AND
\--IAIT FOR HE LP FRQlv\ POLICE OR A
SERVICE CAR. IF YOUR CAR IS
EQU IPPED I.J I TH THEM, USE YOUR
EMERG ENCY FLASHERS--NOT YOUR
TURN SIGNALS . NEVER TRY TO HALK
FOR HELP OR HITCHHIKE . AT NIGHT,
LEAVE THE INSIDE OVERHEAD LIGHT
ON .

. If an app roaching drive r fails
to dim his lights , don ' t keep
yo ur bright lights on, too . Sl ow
down, dim your lights, and keep
your eyes on the shoulde r of t he
road or the l a ne edge t o g uide
you .
. Sever t rus t you r judgme nt in
estima ting the speed of a n ap proaching vehic l e b y its headligh t s .
. If your car becomes di sab l ed ,
get it o(f th e road and p l ace
flares or ligh t s to ale rt othe r
drivers .

COPLEY AND EVANS; 20 YEARS OF GE SERVICE

W. A. Copley

This week represents twin an ni versari es for SCD ' s William A.
Copley, Manager-General, Tax &
Personnel Accmmting, and John
T. Evans , Development Specialis ~
both men have no1\ recorded 20
years of service with General
Electric.
"Bill" Copley joined our D::!partment in 1953, and in the past 12
years , he has been very active
in lfaynesboro ' s coITllltuni ty li fc .
He is a past Treasurer and member of the Executive Commi ttee
of the Chamber of Coonnerce, and
he has held the same positions
in the local United Fund Drive .
Currently , Bill is a member of
t he Executive Board of t he Stonewall Jackson Area Council , Boy
Scouts of America, and District
Coonnissioner for the Blue Ridge
District of the BSA.
He began his GE career in 1947 ,
shortly after receiving a BS in
Business Administration from
Ohio State Universitv . Bill was
first a member of the Canpany 's
Business Training Course at the
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory ,
Schenectady, N. Y. Subsequently,
he became an Accounting Specia list, and then Traveling Audi tor .
In 1953, Bill joined the Specialty Contrnl D::!partmcnt in
Schenectady and was named to his
present position.
A native of Sandusl;y, Ohio , he
hel d the rank of First Lieutenant in the 8th Air Force from
1943 t o 1946.
John Evans joined GE in July,
1947 , after completing studies
at the University of Tennessee
"·here he received a BS in Elec trical Engineering . He is presently working toward his master ' s
degree at the University of
Virginia. John's first assign -

J. T. Evans

ment was on the Test Enginee r ing
Program at the Aeronautics &
Ordnance Systems Division in
Pitt sfield , Mass. Later , he became a Service Engineer for GE
in the Fort \11orth, Texas , area ,
and in 1955 , he transferred to
Schenectady as a D::!veloprnent Engineer . Later that same year,
John moved to the then brand new
Specialty Control Department in
llaynesboro .
An .tive of Nashville , Tenn . , he
holds five patent awards and is
co-author of the article , " Ins ide
t he Mark Century. "
John is a three-year veteran of
the Air Force and saw action in
the Southwest Paci fic duri ng
World \far II .

"HEY SP EEDY, VACATION SH UTDOWN
STARTS TODAY.
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DAFT - NI TIONS

T/Un!v.i like a man aw like a lady - woJUv., like a
dog .

SECRET ARY :

A ~1AN ' s LI FE: Twertty yea.JU:, o 6
hea.M.ng IU/.; 111o:theJt Mk wheJte he
~ go.&tg - 6oJc.ty ljeaJt,6 06 hav.{.ng
IU/.; w.{.6e Mk :the 6ame quution and , -01 :the end, :the moUJtneM Me
wonde!t.{.ng :too .

7/10 Second

(Contd. fPom P. 1)

driver's body continues to move
fo rward at the vehicl e ' s originaJ
speed . This means a force of 20
times gravity ; his body weigh'
3,200 lbs. His legs , ramrod
straight , snap at t he knee joints-

3/10 6ec.ond - The driver ' s body _
is now off the seat, to r so upright, broken knees pressing
against th e dashboard . The p l astic and s teel frame of the steering wheel begins to ben d under
his te rrible death grip . His
head is now near the sun visor ,
his chest above the steering
column .
4/10 6ec.01td - The car's front 24
inches have been completely demo lished, but the rear end is
s till traveling at an estimated
speed of 35 mph . The driver's
body is stil l traveling at 55 .
The half-ton motor block
c run ches into the tree . The r ear
of the car like a bucking ho r se ,
r ises high enough to scrape bark
off low b ranches .

5/ 10 6ec.ond - The driver's fea r frozen hands bend t he steering
column into an almost vertica
posi ti on . The force of gravi
impales him on the steering
wheel s haft . Jagg ed steel punctures lungs and intercostal arteries . Blood sp urts into his
lungs.
6/ 10 6ec.ond - So great is the
force of the impact that the
driver's feet are ripped from
his tightly laced shoes . The
brake pedal shears off at the
floorboards . The chassis bends
in the middle, shearing body
bol ts . The driver's head smashes
into th e windshield . The rear
of the car begins its downward
fall , spinning wheels digging into the ground .
7/10 6ec.ond - Th e entire , writhing body of the car is forced
out of shape . Hinges tear . Doors
sp r ing open . In one last convulsion the seat r ams forward , pinning the driver against the
crue l steel of the steering
shaft .
Blood leaps from his mouth .
Shock has fro zen his heart .
He is now dead .

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WAYNESBORO, V IRGINIA

WHILE YOU WERE AWAY

GO FOR IMPROVEMENT WAS THE THEME
The 5-pecialty Control ."/ews is p leased to welcom e back all e:nployees
after a ~ell-deserved vacation. We hope you a ll had a great time , enjoyed you r selves a nd found time to do all t he t hings you had p lanned .
Equally as i mpo rtant, we hope th ere was time for just plain relai-:ation .

Cndo ubtedly . you ' ve noticed
that Specialty Contr o l has
a brighter , cleaner , fr es he r
look this morni ng . You may
have discove r ed certain improvements s uch as new equipme nt or bet t e r lighting .
Ou r thanks for all of this
goes to ~aintenance and the
many employees who worked
hard during the sh utd own
t o accomplish this tremendous
task .

The purpose of th is spec ial
edit ion is to fill yo u in on
what h as been happ en lng he re
at t he plan t and a r ound the
area , i n gene r al, \,•hile you ' ve
been away .
In spite of the relative quiet
here in t he pl ant , there was
a lot of activi t y based o n a
t heme of "GO FOR l'!PRO\BIE\T ."
These wo r ds p r etty well des c r ibe th e attitude taken
during the pas t tw o weeks .
~!any, many jobs were accor:i plished , a ll wi t h th e idea
of improvement . . . :"'o r the
business as a whole and fo r
us as employees .

Unbelievab le as it may seem,
,.......here were nearly ~ thouand diffe r en t j obs to be
done du ring the pas t two
weeks . Obviously we can 't
list then all here, but below
is a sampling .
It was a m~1lffiou th job of coo rdinatjng men , materials, and time .
lt was a job we ll done .

A sigh t seldom seen aroW'ld
Specialty Control Department .

Shutdown Job Sampler
Cleaned al l office win dow s and venetian blinds .



Constructed new acid
resis tant floo r in
plating room .

\.:ashed all of the main
li gh t s in t he p lant .



Painted al l pa rk ing lines
and markers in plant
parking lot .



Picked up ten barrels of
tras h (cans , bott les ,
pape r bags, etc . ) from
SCD go und s .

Checked entire plant
ele c trj ca l system .





Checked en tire plant fir e
sprinkler system .




Checked cnt lre plant ;Ii r
conditioning svster.i .

Constructed new paint
boot hs near Shipping area .





Cleanl'd all offi CL' \..;il Js
and office partitions .

Painted sou t h plant w<ill .



Installed ai r duct sys t em
in e l ec tro- lytical g rin ding room .

Painted a ll of Relay a rea .





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Cleaned, scrubbed , waxed ,
painted entire ca feter ia .
[n the cafeteria , every
chair and t abll· was washed
an d cleaned . .\1 l food
areas were clea ned and
sanitized.

CLEAN .... SCRUB ....WAX .... PAINT .... BUILD



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bo~:;o~:" e ~t:Ja;:iY_,g .

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Ever>.1 nook w:C: crann-1 1'. n the

P.e w_~; a:reri was clecm~d crnd
paiY?ted .

The ?Latino i?no": aets a ne-.J
acid rosis'Wr: t b:i;~c~ floor .

It was a l ong reach. , but
every light in t he clant
was c lecrned.

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Jl a.ce on o:'.:"'ice :...;£; ..:r..1; - .

Company R t: ;JOrt

IUE STRIKES ASR
~egotiations

are continuing
at the American Safety Razor
Company in Verona , where
members of the IUE walk ed off
th e ir jobs a t noon , one week
ago todav.
ThL' strikl' sta rted \d1vn the
three year old contrac t between the company and the
union cxpirul July 17 . Prior
to th e strike , rep_r.:?sl·ntalives
of both s idc•s had bel'n meet in g
in an ef1· ort to set th e terms
of th e new con tract .
In all , so::1c• 500 hourlv p roduct i on l':~ployees at ASR ha ve
bee n awav fran their jobs
due to the strike . AL this
time th crp i s no indi c ation
of how long the strike may
1a s L .

First Half Sales, Earnings Up

PARKWA Y PROGRESS

General El ectric Pres ident ,
Fred J . Barch , has announced
that Company sa les during the
first six months of thi s yea r
r ose to a reco rd S3,712,771 , 000 .
That ' s an 11% increase ove r
first half sale:; last yea r .

As SCD emp l ovces crossl•<l the
bridge on General Electric
Drive todav, the firs L s i ~ns
of construction work on the
City ' s :\orthwest Pa~k\.1;1•: •.,•,•n,
visable . Ciant earth ;:·,1\·prs
began car~in~ the r'utv ~=
the 2 . 4 mi le hi;;ir.·.• !': ,!1.r. 1:
shutdown .

Net earnings for the second
quarter of 19 67 incre a se d
6% ove r the same period a
yea r ago . ~r . Barch a ttribut ed
th e i mp r oved second qua rter
ea rnin gs to a Company-wide
cost improvement prog r am begun earlie r in the year .
Pay and benefi t s to ;ene ral
Ele c tric employees du ring
th e pa s t s ix mon th s amounted
t o $1, 499 , 391 ,000 , an increase of 9% ove r th e same
period in 1966 .

.

The Parkwa'.' , known loc,1 l ly
as t he " NORTH\·IES I PA.<..SA·. ,r"
is expeclvd t o be conplclL'd
in .June of 1968 , barri:l).' a
seve r e winter which could
hampe r co:-i;; t ructi.cn '·'' ' rk.
The ne"-' higi1v.·.1v \;ill b ... ,,:
specia l bene f i l to SC!l c·1::p J oyees livinp ~est of
Waynesboro , in the Fishl·rsville and Staunton areas,
since it will greatly 1· c·<lucp
l r ave 1 L iml' Lo and .- rom work .

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Pay, Benefits Cost

Two Serv e Company 40 Years

GE $1.5 Bill ion

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In First Half Of '67
Genera 1 Electric emplo:·ees earned
$1.S billion in pa'" and benef its
during the fi r st s ix mon ths of
1%7 , according t o a re port issued I\\" President Fr ed .J . l~o rch .
·111 is "~is an i ncrease o f 9 per cen t
o\·er the same per iod las t :·ca r .
Compa.11:· sales in t he first s i.x
mont hs rose t o a recor d s:; ,-1 ~ , ­
T l , 000 , an 11 per cent increase
o\·cr t he f irs t ha lf o f 1966 .
Net earnings for the second qua r t er increased 6 percent above the
1 ....-._.d level of the same quarter
1C1-. year . HOl,·ever , inflationary
pressur es affect ing industry and
the economy generally continued
t o squeeze pr ofi ts over the firs t
half of 1967, >Ir. Borch said , and
earnings for the six-month period
were $168,662 , 000, or Sl . 87 a
share . This 1,·as the Company ' s
second-bes t half-year earnings
total , 2 per cent belOI,· the record
Sl . 91 a share earned in the first
half of 1966 .
>Ir. Borch said General Electric
sales ar e runni ng stronges t in
heavy capita l goods and i n the
aeros pace and defens e fields .
Consuncr-oriented businesses continue to show the mixed pa ttern
that exist ed earl ier i n the year,
he s aid .
To keep pace 1,·i t h acce l erating
sales , Genera l El ect ric is spending about $600 mi llion this year
to expand capac ity , as against
$485 million in 1966 .
1'--iuarterly di,·idends of 65
c'"" .. _:; each , the same rate as l as t
year , ,,·ere paid during t he firs t
half of 1967.

0 . r·/. Li viY.p s toY?

\o strangers to change , although
theY bot h hm·e been "·i th the same
conpany fo r -W yea r s , a re t h·o
Specia lty Control Deparonent Engineers .
1\11 eng i nccr who i sn ' t responsive
t o change will find himself obso lete in about 10 years, " advises
'lert on 0. Bassett , Senior Design
Project Engineer . Orr in \\.. Li vingst on , Senior Consul ting Engi neer , agrees that change i s essential to an engi neer . He hol ds
patent s fo r 57 dif fe rent i nventions , making him among the Com pany 's leading invento r s .
11

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Li\·ings t on began his car eer

Ge nerals Set GE N ight
The Waynesbo ro Gene r al s baseball
team has designated Tues day ni gh t,
Aug ust fir st, as Gene ra l El ectric
Nigh t at the Ka te Col l ins fi eld.
On thi s ni ght , any emp l oyee who
purchases a regular pri ce adult
adm i ss i on t ic ke t {75 ~) may bring
the r est of hi s immediate f ami l y
to watch th e game f ree .
A special section will be re served f or Genera l Elec tr ic employees .
Tuesday nigh t ' s game wil l see t he
Genera l s ta ke on t he Staunton
Br av es at 8: 00 P. M.

!1. O. Basse =: t

1dth General Electric in 1927 as
a Tes t Engineer iJ1 Schenect ady ,
\.Y ., short ly after receiving a
BSEE fran Rutgers University .
Later he was ass igned to t he Company ' s Research 1.abo ra tories
1.,rhere he became involved in t he
des ign of tubes for electrical
lighting i n indus t ry . By 1929,
he recei ved t he first pat ent for
his des i gns , anci during tha t s~~e
yea r, he 1,·as s ent to Ch i cago t o
supervise the f i rs t i ns t al l at ion
of this new indust r ial t ube -the t heat re light i ng for t he Chicago Ci vic Opera House . :-Ir . Li\· ings ton says, 'This 1,·as one of
the f i rst earh uses of the in dustria l tube ;' it ,,·as t he begin ning of ,,·hat "·e knoh· no"· as ir.dus t r ial e l ectronics . " It "·asn' t
a ll wo r k, hoKe\·er , he adnit s t o
seeing a ll of the productions of
the civic ope r a ' s ' 29 season . \Ir .
Li\'ings t on' s ,,·ork in l ighting con·
trol svst ems led to his recei\·ing
the Canpany' s coveted Coffin
/\ward .
Tn t he years that follo"·ed , he
remained at Schenectady in niriOLIS engineering assignments unt i 1
1943 when his "·or k took him t o
Oak Ridge and the >lanhattan Project . >1r. Livings t on ''as involved 1,·ith equipment desi~ for
t he control of current and ,·o l tage regulators . This equip:ient
1,·as used in t he p roduct ion of the
mate r ia l s 1d1ich ,,·ere l at er t o h.:'
(Cor:tC. . ? . ~ )

SCD Earns Statewide
1966 Safety Award

General Electric Pioneers Benefits

The Virginia Manufacturers Association has selected the~~
cialty Control Department to receive its Safety Award of Merit
for 1966.

P.mployee benefit plans or "fringe
benefits," as they are sometimes
called, are considered by most
people to be relatively new aspects of any job. Still others
believe that benefits came about
as the result of pressure being
placed on businesses.

In a letter to SCD General Manager, Paul D. Ross, the Association says, "your plant's safety
perf onnance during the calendar
year 1966 has earned the Safety
Award of Merit of the Virginia
Manufacturers Association."

The fact is that most of our present .plans and improved working
conditions were initiated by General Electric many years ago.
Since their inception, Company
benefits have been almost continually changing and improving.
These plans, voltmtarily started
long· ago by the Company in recognition of the need for them, have
been liberalized and improved as
the years have passed. Listed
below are some of the major benefit plans and their anniversary
dates. The yotmgest is 37 years
old!
1892
1902
1907
1912
1915
1917
1919
1919
1924
1930

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Vacation, salaried
Health Insurance
Safety-Health Program
Pension
Vacation, hourly
Savings Plan
Life Insurance
Tuition Reftmd
Education Assistance
Continuity of Service

We at SCD can take pride in being
a part of the Canpany which pioneered in many of the employee
benefit plans which make jobs in
American industry today among the
best in the world.

STOCK PRICES
The "Stock Price" for General
Electric stock credited to participants in the Savings and Security Program is the average of
the closing prices of General
Electric stock on the New York
Stock Exchange for each day of
the month.
The "Stock Prices" through June,
1967, are as follows:
January
February
March
April
May
June

$87.994
86. 947
88.875
89.744
90.222
87.023

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GE's Porta Color
The people at General Electric,
down in Portsmouth, figured out
recently that a lot of us fall
asleep during the late movie or
the Johnny Carson Show. Hours
later, we're awakened by a brightly lighted but blank television
screen.
Canbining this idea with the
knowledge that a lot of TV sets
are located in the bedroom, the
designers at the Personal Televi'sion Dept. have come up with
the newest addition to the line,
a Porta Color TV with a "sleep
switch."
This new model features a timer,
similar to that on a clock-radio,
that automatically turns off the
set at any predetermined time up
to three hours.
Thus, the owner of a new GE Porta
Color can set the timer, climb
into bed, and fall asleep safe in
the knowledge that John Wayne
will whip'em single handed or the
set will turn off automatically.

Service

With

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SERVICE PINS
Week ending July 28, 1967
5-year

Serv~ce

Pins -

Hei.e.n V. Ha.Jz.pe.ll.

10-year Service Pins Be.Jr..yl C. Stic.kle.y

"Based on your reporting to the
Virginia Department of Labor and
Industry, you had the lowest injury frequency rate within your
industry category and size group .
"We hope that this tangible evidence of your Company's concern
for accident prevention and the
well-being of its employees will
serve as a constant reminder to
your people of the importance of
safety on and off the job. 11
"Congratulations and best wishes
for a continuing safe operation.'
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The award is the second hi~ ;t
honor the state group can confer
on an industry in recognition of
safety.

Bill Perry, Plant Safety Special
ist, commented that SCD employee
should be commended for this fin
safety record. "Only through
alertness to safety hazards by
all employees can such a record
be achieved."

RANKIN HONORED

Citing his outstanding devotion
to duty, the American Cross of
Valor with palm and the Republic
of Vietnam Military Merit Medal
were awarded posthumously to Pfc
Edward G. Rankin. The citation,
signed by Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van
Thieu, sa i-d, "With his enthusiasm and exemplary devoted manner, he willingly executed all
of his entrusted missions and se1
a brilliant example for his comrades-in-arms." Pfc. Rank~
awards were accepted Tuesdc.. ,..JY
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
(Bill) Rankin, at a ceremony at
Fishburne Military School. Bill
is Manager-User Sales, SCD.

SCD PRODUCTS TO SER VE ON FLOATING POWER PLANT
S~time this fa ll a floating
P•
· plant will be towed away
from its dock at Baltimore, down
the Chesapeake Bay, past Norfolk,
and then out to the open seas .
Aboard will be near ly $120 ,000
in s tati c excita t ion and power
r egulation equipment made here
at Specialty Control . The destina tion: An off- shore s ite in th e
Kwajalein Is l ands . The purpose:
Extensive t esting of one of this
country ' s t op de fensive weapons th e Nike X Antimissi l e ~lissile .

The 240 foo t float ing powe r plant
will be left unattended , bu t remotely controlled from shore to
generate electric al power through
undersea cables to the ac tua l

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THE FLOATI NG POWER PLANT
Barge size 240' x 101'
3 diesel eng ine- driv en ge nerators - 16 44 Kl~
......._ gas turbine-dri ve n genera tors - 8382 KH
Power can supply the needs
of a tOlvn of 25, 000 peop l e
Total contract $9 mi lli on U.S. Army Co r ps of Engineers

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An artist ' s sketch illustrates
wha t the floating power p Zant
wil l look like when completed .
Arro~s show SCD equipment .

time. The floating ?Ower ?lane
mu st begin its journey before
the typh oo n season s trikes t he
Pacific .
Coordi nat ion of effort is also a
prine facto r for Special t y Control Engineers. During the
initial stages of syste~s design ,
Engineers Rod Lawson and Al Dolbee worked with Engineers at Ge neral Electric in Schenectady to
develop a mathematical model for
the systems wh i ch we are now
making . Gsing a GE 625 Co~p uter,
the entire operation of the f loat
ing power plant was simu lated ,
thus making it possible to tell
how each piece of equipnent would
operate before it was actually
built .

the gap .
Responsibility fo r coordinating
SCD ' s manufac tur e of this comp l ex equipment has r ested with
Production Supervisor , J. C.
Brunetto. Ou r wor k is only part
of a n over all prod uct ion schedu l e
involving 15 other Genera l Ele ctric Departments that a re fab ricating a nd designing equipmen t
fo r the powe r plant . But , perhaps th e most c ritical element
in this production is delive r y

When the project is comp l e t ed it
will be evidence, once again , of
Genera l Electric ' s tremendous
capacity to successfu lly undertake a challenging, complex as signment. And , if the ~ike X
Antimissile Missile becomes on e
of the mainstays of America ' s
defe nse system , the Specialty
Control Department wil l have an
impressive record of experience
with its electrical power equipment requirements .

Trip to the Pac i fi c exoected
to take t1·10 months '

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test site on Kwajalein . Specifically, i t will power the MAR II
(Multiphase Array Radar) and
associated computer equipmen t.
The demand fo r high r~liability
in our static exc itation and volt
age regulation equipment is
g r ea t since the Nike X is subject
to the strictest reliability
s t a ndards . For example, any vari:
a t ion in electrical voltage
caused by ou r equipment could
cause information stored in th e
comput e r memories to be destroyed
That information is vital to the
mj....-.,l e . It pertains to targe t
le.
_ion and identification ! To
ins ure against failure, our Specialty Control Engineers des igned
dual s ys tems so that if one
should fail, th e other can fill

Shown abov3 is one of the fiv e power regulation units which SCD 1.>i ll
supply .

40 YEARS

(Contd. frar1 P. 1)

Soy, 8 , Challenges

Numerals On Clock
used in the fl rs t atanic bomb .
In 1948 , he was named Consult ing
Engineer for the Indus trial Con trol Department, ";hi ch 1vas the
forerwmer of General Electr:i c
her e in \faynesboro . Ile tra nsferr ed here in 1955 .
Because of his w1usual knowledge
in the field of industrial electronics , ,\ Ir . Livingston has been
called on several occasions to
senre as an expert 1,itness in
patent infringenent trials .
A na tive of Rosel l e Park , N. J . ,
he has authored many tcclmica l
papers :md co-author~d techn i~~~ l
books 1.,rhich arc considered ~u Loeµosts in the field of i ndustrial
e l ectronics .
~ lerton

0 . Bassett , a native of

\\la t er bury , Conn . , started his

senrice with the Company as a
Laboratory r\ssistant at General
Elcctric ' s Gener al Engineerin g
Labo r atories in Schenectady . i)y
1932 , he had become a Test l'.ng i neer in the development of re fri geration systems and turb ines .
Recalling the earlier years , he
says , "In those days vacuum tubes
were just s tarting as were rotat ing motors and other electron ic
devices which we nm' consider
a ncient electrical history ." In
comparing his early years with
the experi ences of today's young
engineers , \!r . Bassett s t at es ,
·~~'h at we used to consider practi cal infonnation is no longer of
any use to today's engineers .
They see t hings differ ently now ..
.. thev think in terms of minia ture ~lectrical components h·i th
no movino parts, no tubes, e t c . "
~~ . Bass~tt is also qu i c k to add
that it ' s a real job t o keep up to-clatc h·ith the iates t developments in the field of electrical
engineering .
In t he mid ' 30 ' s, he joined cile
Company ' s Industrial Control De partment where he was involved in
product engineering of panel . and
s h·itchboard type control eqmp men t . In subseouent yea r s :'!r .
Bassett concentiated his efforts
in the a r ea of product design
engineering . He joined the Spe ~
cialty Control Department here 111

Randy Paulson , a g e 8, of Ken oslia , Wis ., was rather upset by
a mistake on a quiz pap er . In a
t est on Roman n wne r als , his symbol for th e number fou r was
marked wrong . How could tha t b e ,
since a Ge neral El ec tric c l ock a t
home had Roman nwnerals, and h i s
" fo ur" and the c l ock ' s " fou r "
ma tched?
Randy wrote a l e tt e r to the GE
Ho usewa r e s Divi sion a nd said, "We
have a cor dless GE clock and you
know wha t? You
made t he numb e r 4
-,). \II I
like this IIII . This
"" I
i s wrong . You
should have made it
//1 I\ '
I
like this IV . Yo u
see my teach e r
marked my pape r wrong when I used
yo ur number III ( . I hope you can
change yo ur ne xt batch of clocks!'

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In a reply to young Master Paulson, the Company painted out tha t
eithe r form is correct, and the
IIII was used almost exclusively
in ol d European and American
clocks and watches - - probab ly
be c ause its s ize offe r s bet ter
balance for the VIII on the opposite side of t he dial .
You learn something new every day.

The relX;-' st-:cx.Jr~ "'C::' be sr1a Zl but
its trnccess is essent?'.al For the
success o," s o>ne of' our nation ' s
.c;race shots .

Rela)'S Reliable Jn Space
Magnetical ly latc hin g relays
made by Specialty Control Denart
ment wer e called a vital part of
a successfu l satellite sho t th i s
month .
Phil ip Waldr on, Assistant Grou p
Leade r , Satellite Comnun ication
Section of Li ncoln Laboratory ,
Massac hus etts Ins t i t ute of Tech nol ogy , wrot e John D. Rhea,.......,".D
Relay Sa l es :
"You wi 11 be pl eased to kno1-1 tha
t he Linco ln Experimenta l Satel li te (LES - 5) was orbited success
ful ly on 1 July by T~ta~ III - C
Vehicl e No. 14 . It 1s in a
sli ght ly i ncli ned ci rcu lar orbit
abou t 18,000 miles above the
ear th.
"Ear ly evaluation shows that t he
primary sy stems are worki ng
properly , and several us ers ha ve
already corrm unicated successfu l l y through the satellite .

"This must be the place !"

"Th e magnetica ll y 1atchi ng re lays th at you s upp lied are vi t al
parts of t he LES - 5 el ectron i c
en sembl e . We were please d t o
have General Electr ic as a partner in the s uccessfu l venture . "

1955 and was named t o his pres ent
pos iticn in 1960 .

J oh n poi nted out that the equ i pment shot into s pace prior t o
thi s cost some 522 mill ion pl us
t he cos t of the lau nch in g vehic l e .

Mr . Basse tt , "·ho holds fi1·e
pat ent ai\ards, has s en·ed as an
instructor f or Cor:ipan:· cours e s
on the subject of logi c design .

Su cces s of t he relay is ess.,,,,~ia
to the suc cess of the entire sho
he explained.

Specialty
Control
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
§_e_r::::'.ice T ~ Th e

SCD CONTROLS
GO WITH JET SET
Three orde r s for SCD products for
use i n the commercial j et trans oort 1'.1 arket 1·1ere won in July .
Fa i rchild - Hil ler in Haqersto t1n,
Md ., has selected Gene ral [lec t r ic to supo ly generatinq systems
and t ransfo rmer rectifiers for
the i r F- 228 short- range jet . The
transfomier rectifiers convert AC
t o DC cu rrent .
1

The airliner, expected to be op erating i n the early 1970 's , is
designed for i·egional carriers
such as Pie dmont, Allegheny and
Mohawk airlines and wi ll ca rry
50
60 pass engers.
The F- 228 has a pot ential domestic
market of 250- 450 planes and an
additional 150-350 jets in foreign

COOPER

Company And The Community

~1ARKS

30th YEAR WITH GE

The pas t thirty years have been
\·ea rs of pr ofcssion;:il ilchic\'C mcnt ~m<l c i\·ic fu lfillment fo r
Ben Coo per , >tanage r- fndustri ·il
& Po\\·er RegulJ t ion Product
Enainccrinn . ·n1i.s 1\cek m<1rks
hi~ 3tlt h v~a r o f sc n ·'ce hi th
Cenc r:i l Uect ri c .
~Ir .

Cooper joined t he Canpany
in 1937 as a Tes t Engineer in
Sd1encc tadv aft e r r ec e i v ing a
BSff from SKa rtlunore College .
Looking ba ck over t he yea r s , he
says, "The most s ignificant
t hing that comes to mind i s the
e nonnous g rowth and change that
has t aken p l ace in the Ccmpany .
I t s size has increased by mo r e
t han t en times, and I expect this
gr o\\·th \\"ill continue at a very
s ubst ant i al rate. 1 1
After va r i ous tes t engineering
assignments, >Ir. Cooper was
named a Develoµnent Engineer, in
1941, at the Industrial Control
Department, which Kas the forenmner of Specialty Control.
\\1hile in Schenectady , he helped
in the des ign and introduction
of control s ystems in various
indus trial electronic field s including r es istance \\'el ding ,
motor control, machine tools ,
etc .

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In 1955, ~ !r. Cooper transferred
to \l'aynesboro a.rid \\·as named to
his present position in 1957.
Shortlv after h is a rrirnl in the
camnunlty, he took a deep interest in its affairs first helping
to o r ganize the Babe Ruth League,
then President of the PTA, and
final l y elected t o the City
Cotmcil in 1962.
~!r.

Cooper is no1,· \'ice->!ayor of
\\'aynesboro and he s ees a \·er;:
definite rela tionshi p bet1»een a
business and the corrununi ty in
which it i s located .
Sanetimes we wonder if all of
the change and growth in a bus i ness like General Electric is
really necessary. But , \\·hen \\·e
look at sane of the community
problems, not only in \iaynesboro
but throughout the countr:· , h·e
see the need for more producti \·e
jobs to meet the needs of people.
The growth of a business helps
meet that need and pennits a
business to becane even more responsive to camnuni ty improYement .11
11

mar kets . Genera l Electric was
selected fr om fi ve can pan i es bidding for the j ob.

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Also adding t o the resurgence in
commerc ial ai rcra f t bus iness are
orders from Boeing Co., Seatt l e,
for transformer rectifiers fo r
the-·7 Jumbo Jet, 1-ihi ch car ri es
up , 450 passengers, and a DC
voltage regulator for t he Bell
Jet Ranger comne rcial hel i copter .

It was with the deepest regret
that Specialty Control employees
learned this week of the death
of David Wayne Smith. son of
Louise Smi th, f i rst shift Re l ays.
David Sm i th died la s t week in the
tragic fire that struck the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal which
was on duty off the coast of
Vietnam.

(Contd . ? . 4)

MEMORIAM--

EDITORIAL

Heard Any

DON'T PANIC!

Runors are strange things. They
groi; from a canmon desire to know
the future and the satisfaction
that results fran sharing this
"knowledge" with others. Unfortunately, runors are usually a
distortion of fact and l ead us to
believe things which aren't true .
One of the more fantastic runors
in recent years started in Georgia where a group of people saw
ai rborne troops dropping quietly
into a deserted swamp. Fran that
incident , the rumor spread across
Georgia and, finally , the entire
United St ates that a foreign plot
was in progress to "take over"
that s t ate and eventua lly t he
nation . The group of people did
indeed see par atroopers dropping
into the countryside . In fact,
they were part of "Operation
Water Moccasin," secret U.S. mili tary maneuver s to train American
soldiers for jungle warfare.
How does a n.nnor start? It is
usually caused by people knowing
only one side of a story , or seeing only part of what is happeni ng, or hearing only a small
piece of some infonnat ion.
How do we s top runors? \\fith will ·
power, and t hat' s easier said
than done. \\11ile i t i s onl y natural for us t o "·ant to pass on a
nmor to a friend , the best thing
we can do i s say nothing (that' s
where the willpower canes in).
By not pass ing i t on, we lessen
the drnncc of undue concern and
hann 1vhich rumor s of ten cause .
On t he pos itive s i de , whenever we
hear a rumor concerning the busi ness , or some matter affecting us,
we can check it out wi th our fore·
men or supervisors . 01ances are
they'll know the "real story" or,
if not, they 'll find out for us .
At th is point, it wouldn' t be a
bad .idea t o go back t o the person
who told us the rumor and give
him the facts .
Finally, many of us ha\·e learned
fran experience t hat we can ex pect to hear the facts from our
management s urrounding any n.nnor.
Genera l El ectric management will
continue to investigat e n.nnors
which might affect you or your
job . You can be sure that an effort will be made to gj ve you
facts to dj spe ll rumor.

Pan i c, th e fea r of real or imag ined danger, i s a l eading
~e
of drmvn i ng . The followi ns ... ug gestion s, if r emembered, may
prevent that i nstan t of panic :
. 1 6 you get tangled in wateJt
wlule. .s1chm1i11g , don ' :t.
tJuw,s Ii about . ,\(o ve. g e.n:t.1!.y , f., Ital~
,<Jig Mn6 and le.g6 cte.aJt o 6 :t.he.
tve.e.d6 .
tt•e. e. d~

. 1 ~ you can ' :t. buc.12 a c.u.tute.nt,
swi.m di.agonoJ!-f.y aow s6 .i...:t. , mo vi 1ig tL'( tJi the. 6fotL'.
. A swunne.Jt develop.i.ng a leg

Electronics Exhibit Set
Specialty Control eng ine ers will
have an oppo r tunity Tues day ,
August 22, to view s ome of the
technological advances in t he
f ield of elect r onics which have
been developed by the ir competitors .
Two large vans conta in ing exh i hits fr om eleven elec tr onics finns
wi l l be pa rked i n f r ont of the
main lobby o f th e pla nt t ha t day
from 9 :00 A.H. until i 2 :00 noon .
The exhibit , which i s under the
s pons o r ship o f EDN (Elec tr i~al
Design ~ew s ) ~l ag az i ne , will vi s il
a total of 132 c ompanies across
the nation during a i7 week
pe r iod .

c/(.(011p sl10uld tal~e. a deep b1te.ath
and a11~ume. a 6ac.e.- down po6ilion.

Apply pli.e.66 UJte :t.o :t.he. c.Jtampe.d
.lUnb and llne.ad d :t.o lle.6:t.OJte.
c<. 'tc.rda..tio 11 .
. Boa,te.M 6ho!d..d M..ay a..lVLt 60Jt
laJig e.li. po11JeJt boa;ts . Tlie. o peti.a...tM
111at1 not ftave. seen 11ou as IU-6
boCi-t lie.acLs st,uU..gh.t 011 a c.oltl.s 01t ccu,ue. wi:t.h you,,'t boat .
S:t.e.e.IL to yoUJt Jt-i.gft:t. cmd hctve.
,50111e.one wave. a wlu :t.e. T-.ti lUJt-t ,
towel OIL h.A.-6 a.J1JH6 t o at:t.IL~ a,tte.n ti.o a .
. Gua t e.::.s ,5lw!d..d bww cl0s t.f'ce.6,5
) i.g aat6 a11d aCNay.ti c.aJV'tlj a ;ncut-i.H
di.Sf!t<!,56 W .

NLRB PERMITS FINES
FOR MISSED MEETINGS
In a rece nt deci s i on, the Na t i ona
Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has
held that a uni on can fine i ts
members for not attend i ng union
meetings.
The Board, af t er a review of one
case, decided t ha t the un i on i nvol ved could cha rge i ts members
an add i tional $2 a mon t h, on t op
of t he regu l ar du es, f or not att ending un i on meeti ngs .

SERVICE WITH GE
SERVI CE PI NS
ModeY'n 160 •1ph tr>'lins , wir;;h C:c11er al Electric pr>o~1 ul.sion s ys tc!l'I:; ,
are sche d11 led to open a n ei) e1•J.
of tro ve l convedence i1: t (:e
nation ' s :.'oY'theast CoY'riC.m• :,. ;i .·
year . This is the illustm ci o11
for the (;enem l Electric calen dar ' s pa-in ·t ing f oY' !!ugust, 19D 7 .

Week end i ng August 4, 1967
5-year Servi ce Pins ,; l fY'e d 3 . ,rohnson
!lr.na L . aeaY'd

10-year Servi ce Pi ns !!Zma L. Claytor>

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GE Su mm er Emp l oyees Report:

Careers In Ind ustry Appeal To College Students
-..

college students shying away fro~ jobs i n inth inking the r e are more exci ting jobs in
socia l wo rk, educat i on o r gover~~ent?

This is he r second summer with General El e c tr i c
and she has decided she wou l d like to use h er education in a job in industry .

Six of th e 29 college st udents work in g this summe r
in Specialty Contro l DepartmenL we r e asked thi s
question . Their ob servations indi ca te that ma ny
othe r students don't know what a job in industry
i s like, but t hat general l y th ey , an d th e ir
friends, will seek jobs in busines s o r indus try .

" I enjoyed last summe r ," she said . "I like the
a tmosphere of industry . " She added that he r c l ass·
mates hadn ' t shown hostility t o caree r s in indus try .

~ ~s try,

"This job will really help
me in school next yea r, "
comme nt ed Charles Allen , as
he wired a pane) in the Engi ne e rin g Lab . "I'm learni ng how to use the eq uipme nt
I ' ll be using in school . "
Cha rles , who wi ll ret urn to
Virgi n ia Polytechnica l Institute as a Junio r, is
spending his first summe r
with General Electric Company . Thi s is hi s first ex Cha rle:; Allen, ir.·_-,
pe rience in industry . He
£;'.(jir..ee~•:": :....:..:likes what he is doing and
expects t o mak e a ca ree r of elec tronic r esea r ch .

" I expec t to tea ch high schoo l, " said Span i sh ma jor Ch r istine Showa l ter . " I didn ' t know wha t of fice work would be like
before I came t o GE las t
summer, " she admitted .
"My sis te r worked he re
and she s uggested I ap ply . I expect ed the
job to be good and I
wasn't disappointe d . "
"I p l an to go i nto indus t ry ," said James Rose Ch ristiY.e Si:?-..;c:.l -;e!',
who will be a Soph omore
:=::aster"f': :-:e>-:Y.or.C:-;e ,
at Vi r ginia State t h is
D ra:~ing a ~OCilr'. eY.fall . A Ma t h major , he
tation
sees a caree r in industry as more interesting t han
one in teach i ng . " The benef i ts he r e look good and
the pay is g ood," he added .

~ 'v e

a Jways been orited toward industry ,"
commented Leonard Sa lafi a . li e c ame Lo SCD as
a t ec hni c ian in !9 60 af t e r graduat ing from a
te chnic a l schoo l i n
ll artford , Conn . Ln Febuary, 1966 , h e Look a
lea ve of absence to
e nt e r schoo l at th e Unive rsity of Hartf o rd . He
will r eturn this fall
..
. .
·: n·:.· 1 · ~, :: '-:-: · •:ee:nas a Junio r . ",\ Hache l o r of Sc i e nc e Degree
in Electrical Engi neerin g l ooked c;isv from a t ee.,ni c i an ' s view," he ~o k ed .

" [ don 't find eng inee rin g st ude nL s seek in g to
a voi d caree r s in indus t1·y . Li b crnJ Art s s tudent s
;1re som e thing else . ·:e are separated on camp us .
There i s no communica tion betwee n us a nd this can
create problems late r on ."

L·7.W"'f'e,:c.~ ,

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.=::J. l._:_:. .: 1~ci ­

uct Engi•weri;u?

Wayne came to SCD because his high school
g uidance department told
JCJJries Ros e, Va . : · ta te
him of t he GE App renCo lleg e, ? l ant Utilticesh ip Traini ng Pr oitb & f.faintenance
gram . While wor king a t
SCD he earned credi t s from the Unive r s ity of Vi r g inia through exte nsion co urses .

surance . I think this is
a pret t y goo d plan , "
Salaf ia added .

"I thin~. th i s work is
interesting ," Wayne
said of th e design and
debugg ing job he i s now
doing . "After ea rn i ng
a degree in electrical
e ngineeri ng , I ' d like to
be a manufacturin g eng ineer . "

Margaret Xewnham, a Libe r a l Arts s tudent, has
g raduaLed from S L. Lawrence Unive rsiLr in Can ton, N. Y. , w it~ a BS
Degree in Psy clr o l ogy .

This sam p ling o f s tudent
opi nion indicates indus try has something to offer th e col l ege g r aduate
who wi ll accept the cha l lenge.

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11argaret

"Students a t the University of Virginia don ' t
have much of an idea
wha t a job in indust r y
is l ike ," observe d i·:a,· ne
Ho lsi nger . He will be
a Junior working towar d
a degree in Elect r ical
Eng ineer i ng thi s fa l l.

1 ' rn con L inui ng my GE in-

:~'a]Jne -~· o zs:,Y~~r,

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•1eerin.;

GE Supports Progr am

Sales Dollar Breakdown

To Teach Mino rities
Gen e ral El ec tr ic was honor ed to
be amo ng t he fi.rst in the nation ' s
indu str i al community to suppor t
the Op po r tun i ties Industrial _.-,.
tion Ce nt e r a nd tl1c wo r-k of iL,,
found e r, t he Rev . Leon Sullivan .

In las t week's Specialty Control
News it was reported t ha t Compan y
s a l es fo r the fir s t ha l f o f 1967
t ot a l $3 . 7 billion. Las t year ' s
tot a l s ales , y ou may r emember,
were $7 . 2 billion. I t i s s a les
like these that keep Gene ral Electric among the leade r s i n Ame rican i ndu s try , but j us t how much
of t ha t $7.2 billi on did t he Company keep las t year? The answer
may s urprise you.
Here' s how e ach dolla r r e ceived
from s a les was broken down :
. 40. 2c - Paid ou t t o emp l oyees
in pay a n d benefits .
. 49.4c - Paid out to s upplie r s
for mate ri a l s , services & o th e r cos t s .

Th e new r:ene1°al Elc:et1'i..: ?01°tac l.:
Refrigerator goes 'J:w1·c t;:e ?:.1Vt.•
goes .' The 2 . 1 cu . J·t . ro1°table
refrigerato r p l ugs in anyi;here .
It has adjustable diclue;-, ar!d 1
door nhe lf f or tall 01' :;r•w.ll bottles . The fre ez e1· i!ol,;': · o·rze ic(,
troy and has r oo"' er:ov.p:: ; or ·'1
second cne 0 1' two Din.tu or [ce
cream . The por tab"le weighs just
52 lbs . and is 1 7- 7/8 inches w1:dr .
It ' s o ffered in whi te or in br 01.m
with a u:a lnut fin i s hed, viny l covered door . The cv.s t cm-made
cart is avai la.D l e an a n accessory;
no emp l oyee discount a:pp lies on
the cart.

That tl wug hl was expre s s ed by
Geral d L. Ph illippe , Ge neral El ec~
tri c Board Chairma n , as he helped
de dicate OlC ' s newes t cente r in
Wash ington , D. C . ~ r . Phillippe
said t hat or e is now worki. ng in
more than 60 cities ac r oss the
country unde r- th e dir e ction of
Rev. Sul I iv~m t o teach young people amo ng :\eg r o a nc o th e r minorit y g r-oups t he connec ti on be t ween
earni ng and learni ng . The Wash ing to n cc r cmony wa s at te nd e d by
gover nment o fficials , industrial
leaders and OIC l e ad e r s .

0

5.7c - Paid out i n t axes to
federal, state and
local gove rnme nts .
4. 7c - Profit . Th is includes
divide nds paid t o
sh are owners and money
put back i nt o t he busi ness.
Unbelievable as it may seem, on l y
one nickel can b e kep t f r om e a ch
Gene ral Electric sa l es dollar.

COMPETITION IS N O JOKE

Ge.1tc.tia.f U e.et'l,cc. .i.11.-tJioduc.ed tlic.
ei!.e.c.:01.(c. bi..c6 e. (..i / 963 . Bc; .tltc.
e..1d c{i ) 96.l .i.1tdu) t ·1~1 ) ae.e.,) !tad
Jte.ac.!te.d 2 , 700 , COO w i..i..t) 'Le.p1te.;., e.n,t..i.1tg $.; 8 n1 ixJ~i.c Jl i.H /1 wue.
;.,a,t.v.,.

ume., GC

Bu t

bu tlte

e1td

o 6 that

c1L~c

had 19 n1anu&a
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,illg c C1llpc.t Ltcre~ c.on1pe-ti.11g l..c. • ..&fl.
40 [:. 'L:·:i; { 1 :wi:C.~ .

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SCD NEWS & NOTES
The book, "Techni.cal Data Book
for Component Rectifiers , " i s
missing from the Standards Li brary. \\'i ll the person having
this book please return it t o t he
library in Room 229 .

On-Job Accidents
Increase In 1966
On the job accidents killed 400
more Americans last year than in
1965, according to the National
Safety Council.

The council attributed the increase to lower ing of hi r i ng
standards and inexperi enced workers .

SCOGEE is organiz ing a mixe d couples bowling league for 7 p .m.
Thursday nigh ts.
"Old J. B. keeps in pretty good shape for his oge !"

J et S et

( Contrl. j°i'om ? .

1)

The 1965 total was 14,500 employees killed and 2, 200, 000 suffering disabling injuries .

Boeing contemp l ates more than 600
Jumbo Jets and Bell has orders to
su pport Range r de l i veries at 18
a month .

The slogan "Safety Pays " is
borne out by the fact that these
accidents cost the ~nerican econ omy $6.6 billion in lost wages,
medical expenses, overhead costs
of insurance, interrupted production schedules, time lost of
workers other than those injured,
and losses from work-associated
fires.

Business to the Departm ent from
these three orders over the next
5 to 10 years can total 2 to 3
mi ll ion do l la r s .

A 31-w ~e k s chedule , plus the HiLow Tou r'1 amen t, is planned t o
start Sep t. 14 .
If yc u are i ntere sted , fill out
the sl i.p be l ow and ret u r n to F .
Polit o , Rm . 266 or J . Rhoades,
~~ . 2 11 D.
Any coup l e seeking
bowl i.n g pa rtn e r s should fill out
the slip an d SCOGEE will make up
a team f or you .
Room

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Long and Short of It
To maize. a .tong ;.,toJtej ) /iotd., liave
the boM wa.e.k -tn.

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Specialty
Control
Volune XI , No . 73

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

August 11, 1967

SCD Gives Colle g e Equipment

Holidays, Va cations
Selected Fo r 1968
Emp l oyees who le ave their Christmas shopp i ng unti l the Jay before
Chri stmas wil l be hap py to learn
that next year Dec . 24 wi l l be a
ho li day for Speci al ty Control Depa rtment .
Vaca t i on sh ut dow n 1vi 11 be the
last two fu ll weeks of Ju ly
which are t he work weeks starting Ju ly 15 an d J ul y 22 .
Holidays nex t year will be New
Year ' s Day , Good Friday , Memo rial Day , I ndepen dence Day , Labor
Day , Tha nk sg i ving Day and the
Fri day after Thanksg i ving, the
da~efore Chri stmas and Christm2
ay .
Hol i days remain i ng t hi s year are
Labor Day , Thanks gi ving Day , the
day after Thanksg i ving and
Ch ris tm as Day .

Dr . Nathan Schilling, center, Blue Ridge Ccmrnunity College, questions
, r. F. Ponzillo, left, !1anag er- i'1anufacturing, and H. lo/ . Tu lloch, Manager-

i?elat{ons , on t he use of a grinding machine which is among many items
Genera l Ele ctric Ccmpany is donating to the new college .

''You don' t need to show it to me,
I ' ll take it ," canmented Dr .
\Jthan F. Schill ing , Di rector of
Occupational and Technol ogical
Program , Blue Ridge Corrnnuni t y
College . He had jus t been of-

YMCA Aided By $16,000 GE Gift
A c heck for $ 16 , 000 presented
y este rday by S pec ia l ty Cont rol
Depa r tment t o t he Waynesboro
YMC A b ui l ding fund, brings the

Company contribution to t he
new building to $40 , 0 00 .
" The YMCA greatly appr ec iat e s
the generosity of t h e Compa ny
and of Genera l Electric emplo y ees , " said Paul Freed, Vic e
Chairman of the YMCA fun d
drive.
The Company ' s c heck br o u g ht
th e GE co ntributi on t o a n a mo unt
approximate l y equal t o t hat
pl edged by empl oyees .

"Magnanimous ," said Felix Emnunds,
second frcm left, President of
the ~laynesboro YMCA , as he ac cepts a check for $16, 000 f rO"'I
P. . ~I . Tulloch , Rela.tions /.Janage2' .
Also taking part in the ceremonu
we.-. f rar. ·left, Harry !lash ,
Yh, Treasurer; Paul Freed, Cener>al Manager> Paul D. Ross, an.i
J . F. Ponzillo , a member of the
YMCA Board of Di"l'ect or s .
v

A fund drive was undertaken by
the YMCA in 1964 - 65 t o build a
swimming pool , gym nasium ,
handball cou rt and e x ercise
room . The d ri v e fe ll about
$200, 000 shor t of t he a m o u n t
n eeded . A second dr i ve is now
unde r way .

(Another story on page 3. J

fered a nunber of osc illoscopes
for use by t he college.
The scopes were among the equipment and mat erial s Spec i alty Con t rol Department is donat ing to
t he new ccmnW1ity college at
\\'eyers Cave . The t ot al original
value of the equipment and ma t erial s was about $65, 000 .
Included in the donat ion ''as a
Cincinnati cylindrical gr inder ,
a desk canput er, a dynamanet er
and sever al compl ex l aborat ory
machines .
Rel ays , t ransformer s and other
mat eri al s produced her e wer e in cluded in the donation .
NO END SEEN IN ASR STRIKE
A st r ike aga ins t Ameri c an
Sa f ety R azo r Co. , V e rona , is
now in its 26 t h day w ith n o end
in sight , according t o n ews paper repo r ts .
Fede r a l m edia tors h av e been
meetin g w i t h co m pany o fficials
and me mbe r s of t he u nion s i nce
T u esday.

Who 's Your

COST CUTTERS HELP COMPANY AND THEMSELVES

Ben eficiary?

I mpo rt ant to getting ah ead in
business is gaining favo rable
r ecognition by supervision o r
management .

·~any

of us tend to g ive li ~e
attenti on t o the nee d t o periodically review b eneficia ry des i gnations unde r various General
Elect r ic benefit plans . I L is
an oversigh t t ha t can c a use
problems fo r our fam ilies sho uld
anything happen t o us -- and now
is a good t i me t o cor r e c t th e
ovc rs i gh t . "

There are many ways to gain t his
r ecog nit ion but one of the easiest ways is to save the Company
mone y . Management cons tantly
mu s t analyze costs and att empt t o
keep them low so th at our produ ct s ca n be priced compe ti tive l y .
The em ployee who produces less
scrap , causes fewer acc idents
and tre at s Company property with
r e s pe ct while producing as much
or mo r e t han his co- worker s is
eve ntually going to be not iced as
an effi cien t employee . He is
sa ving t he Compan y money and
helping it r ema in compe titive .

Tha t' s the advice of Bil l Perry ,
who is r esponsible f or adminis tra t ion of GE be n efit p l an s here
in t he Spe cialty Con tro l ·De partmen t .

3.

Here is a checkli s t to help you
r a t e yo ursel: as a cos t cutte r.

SAVE TIME
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Do I a rrive on time ? You are
cos t i ng th e Compa ny money
fo r time no t s pent producing
when yo u a re late to work .
Is my wo rk pace regul a r ? The
worke r who stops t o gab wi t h
o ther employees is wasting
money .
Do I unde rs t and a nd f oll~v
ins tru c t ions? I t is e x pensi ve t o r e do a job because
of fa ilure t o follow instruct i ons .
Do I have a ll t he t ools I
need whe r e I can ge t at them?
You a r e n ' t b eing produc tive
when yo u are hun ting fo r mi s placed tools.
Do I plan my wo rk? The r e i s
a ri ght and wr ong way to do
eac h job . Faste r moving people a r e n ' t always producing
more . Look for ways to do
the job in less time . The
idea man of today is th e
supe rvi so r or manag er o f tomo rr ow.

t oo l s las t long er and save
do llars .
Do I cons i de r ways t o e limina t e mat e ri a l c os t s such as
substi tut ing a l ess expe nsive
mate r ial , elimina t ing a na t erial or changing work
me th ods to use less ma t eria l s?

SAVING FACILIT IES .AND EQUIPMENT
1.

2.

Do T use equipment properl y?
Machi nrs are designed to
pe rf o nn un der cer t ;:iin limi tatl on s . Exceeding t hese r esul t s in breakdcwns .
Do [ use sp;:icc prope r ly? Improper s t orage , keeping materia l s that cou ld be moved,
poor housckceping, waste
sp;1c,. As a result ,flack
oi wor· space, it is possible
th' l 'rders :night !~ave t o be
tu rn" d a\,'ay.
1

3.

Do I sa ve power? Tt cos t s
till: Company monev lo run maci1 incs . A flick of a swi t ch
can shu t off a mach ine not in
use and save mo ney . ~any
people made fun of Pres ident
Johnson ' s t urn i ng off unused
ligh ts i n t he \~hi t e !l ouse,
b uL he became President of
t he Un it ed States -- they
d.i dn' t !

SAVE MATERIAL
1.

2.

Do I handle mat e rials as if
I we r e paying fo r them myse l f? Ca r e less h and l ing of
ma t e r ia ls res ults in inc r eased scrap .
Do I take care o f my tools ?
Re plac ing tools i s a cos tly
p r opos iti on . Properly
c l eane d, used and s tored

Bill points out t ha t seve r a l circums tance s c an b r i ng abou t t he
desi rab i li t y o f reviewing and
possibly changing a list e d b enef icia ry . Examp l es cite d inc l ud e
the death of a l is t ed be nefi ciary , change in ma r ital s t a t us
th~ bi r th of a child o r adopt i on
of a chi l d , i llness of t he employee or beneficia ry or imminent
reti r ement of the emp l oyee .

The way Lo job secu r ity i s paved
with many l i t t l e cost saving
ideas . The check J ist above is
only a samp ling of ways to trim
cos t s and help the Compa ny re main competitive . You may be
ab l e to th in k of othe r wavs . Look
for them a nd d i sc uss them. ·.vi th
you r supe r viso r. The job you
save mav be your own .

All these , as we ll as othe 1,-.. r cums tanccs , m;:iy we ll mean thd t a
General El ecLri c employe e mi gh t
want t he values p r ovided un de r
certain Company be ne f i t p l ans t o
go to a pe r son o the r than the one
he orig inally named as beneficia rY .
"l f you wanted t o ma ke a change ,
bu t have not done so officiall y ,
it can be impos s ible for your
heirs to make a ch ange afte r your
death ," says Bill .
lie em phas i zes that th is i s

the
reason that benefits special ists
throughou· Gene ral Electric reg ularly urge employees to review
t heir l isted ben ef iciari es a nd
make any ~p p ro p riate ch a nges a t
l easl once each year .

The fol l owing GE benefit plans
requi r e employees to des i gna t e
beneficiaries : I nsurance Pl an,
Pension Plan, Savings and Security Pr og r am , Savin~s a nd Stock
8onus P l an , Pe r sonal Ac c i de n t
Insurance Plan, and t he lor~ erm
Disability Income Plan .
Bill said t h at , for t hose who
wish to change a benefi c i a r y ,
necessary fonns can be obtained
at the Pay r o ll Office .

Pool, G ym na sium To Open In October

YMCA PLANS RECREATION FOR ENTIRE FAMILY
,-... EDITOR 'S NOT!:: :
The new :.Ja;;nes boro y:.:CA :'.s >o..;a;~~r:g ccr:;<e:;-;'.o;: .
Sa-ie

S-

cos:: .: r

', ~:a ~~·" :::e c~;.c-;.:rA~::::c;-:
be~;:g ''7e: b: ..ler:e~ Z

Electr>ic Co,,1pan!' ar..d r:eneral
Electr>ic er.r; lo:' eer- . .~p ecia Zc! 1
Contr>ol ::e:.,;s tcZ::e-i :.:i-cf: Cc'.:to1:
?.icharcfDon, '!.'..'C.4 Ge•:eraZ ::ecreta't'u
to learr11 wi:o.t the ":· 11 will
me~ ' to r:eneral i:'l"ct r'ic emplo:1 ees .

Q. ''Hoh' is the new building progressing?"
:\ .

Q. "\\11at h'ill the nc\\· 't'.IC\ pro \"i<le for Ge11c ral Electric
emplo:·ees ;:111d their fair.ilies?"
..\ .

" The "Y" h'ill ha\·e a h·ide
\~rietv of activi ties. Right
nm• 1•e' are ..,· orking on the
scheduling . h'e \\'ill set
aside time in the mo rning
and e\·ening!3 :or h'Or.len ' s
51,·im nnd tri.m classes . The
h~ndball court hi ll be open
from ~l a .m. t o 10 p .rn . A
spec inJ period in the rio rnin g is bein:~ :-ct a!3ide fo r
second shirt !i!L'I! to p la:·
h;1skcthall or rnllcyb::ill .
The re h'i l l he r:un ily Sh'illlS
th'O nights a h·eek and a per iod Saturda:' night hhen a
group Gm r csen·e the pool .
The r e 1,·i 1J he bacbninton and
fencing . I ' rn hoping someone
in Cener;:il l:Jectric h·ill
volunteer to teach .Judo ."
" Fo r the ki<ls , there "·ill be
mom ing S\\' im lessons for the
pre-schooler, Sh' im lessons
fo r \·a ri ous gr oups on S3tur c.lars , open sh·i.Jn periods,

'1\'e arc hoping to open by
the firs t part of October .
Rioht now, the pool is
po~rcc.l . \le h'j 11 pour the
floo r deck aroLmd the pool
next h'eek . lhe heat and
"·iring is in the g;1n and
,,·e a re alrnos t r eady to put
down the floor and s t a rt
painting . "

Q.

''Hoh· large is the pool?"

J\ .

"It is 75 fe0t long by 35
feet 1,·ide and varies fran
3~ t o 9 feet deer . ''

Looki.;1g

' 'Ho1• much Ki 11 it cost t o usE
the 1>1C.\?"

A.

· ~tembership cos t s are being
detennined nm• . A fawily
membership for a year h'ill
be $ 72 . Th i s h'ill gi,·e all
members or t he farni ly use of
the fa ci lities . Loher rate~
\\'ill be set for :iJ1di\·iC.ual
3dul t and ,·outh membe rshi ps .
l11C ''Y" Bo~rd ha s est ablished
a progr<an to make possibl e
the participation of any
,·outh h·ho s incere ly desires
to join the ''!"'--regardless
o f his ability to pay . "

Q.

"\\l1v ha \·en' t I been approached to join the 1'.IC.\?"

:\ .

",\ membe rs hip car.1paign "'ill
be he ld nex t mont h . You \\'ill
r ecei\'e mo re inf01mation at
that ti me ."

Q.

'11l1at can \\·e at General Electric do t o hel p The progr am?"

:\ .

·n1e !'.IC:\ ce rta inly appreciates the help it has received from the Company and
its employees . 1 ha:·e
\\'Orked h·ith the '"t'" m ot he r
ccrnmun i ti.cs "·here there h3\·e
been Gene r a l Elect r ic people
and J have ah·ays found them
and the Company to be good
friencl<> of the ' "t'". In ;:idd it ion t o the money 1d1ich
you h..we pl edged , the '"t'"
alh·a,·s needs inst iuctors fo r
its act i \' i t ies :1.nd good
l eader:;hip to d irect the
progrwn . There i ~ room fo r
mo r e help as \\·e 11 a:' pa rt i..: ipation in the '"t"' pro~r:11:l."

"It \\' i 11 be remodeled to
house a youth center , a
bi 11 i.ard room, l ounge , TV
room and offices for the
11
I 'Y" S t;:t ff •

Q. " \\hat hours "' i 11 the bu i l<ling he open [or use?"
i\ .

Q.

"The "Y" program 1·;ill run
from 9 a .m. through 10 p .m.
>lontby through Sa turday . "
'1\1w is the r e a second ftmd
drive?"

A. "\\'c d id not raise enough on

Q.

''Ho"· is the building fund
drive progress ing?"

A. "If a ll the moner pledged
comes i.n , we m;:ir be short
about $70 ,000 . Financial
arrangements have been made
so we can canplct e the building now . It i s less expen sive, 1ve have been advised ,
to pay interest t han to
build later at increased
construction cos t s ."

r--:oclei o..: : r.e

Q.

ex isti ng buj l ding? "
:\ .

-:,r:s --~:.!e ~

new ;.,•av~esboi·o ~·:.:c;; :.s Cc i::cr:
P:..char'2sor:, ~·:..·c;; Ger.em Z Secre tary .

Q. '1\h::t t will become of the

the first campaign t o canpl e t e the bu il cling. Con st1uct ion costs are rising
fast . To build part of the
pl ru111Cd building and l a tcr
ca l J for bi ds to fin ish t he
job would be very costly ."

George /.fartin , ."uperintendent,
!lfathern Conut1 ·uctio11, I11c ., of
~layne.r;boro, stan±J in the new
y:.fCA pool as he Jiscur;se s building p.lans with ::·:.JCA Ccne1•al Secr etary Cotton Richard9on.



graded gym ~l::i.sses where boys
and girl s 1,·111 use the t rampoline , play baske t ball and
learn tLUllbling . "

11

Mark Century Ke eps
Erie Plant Competitive
Purchase of a $200,000 numeri cally controlled punch press was
recognized by General Electric's
Erie , Pa . , plant as a way of re ducing costs to remain canpe titive.

Brad Peak, former Trainee, r eturns as Unit Manager .

Marketing Trainee
Returns As Man ager
"I'm happy to be back," said
Brad Peck, "Virginia is my second
home.''
Peck , ~lanager-Nune rical Control
OEM Sales , has returned to
Waynesboro where he started with
General Electric in the Technical
~~rketing Program seven years
ago.
He left lfaynesboro for a pos1 tion
in Industrial Sales Operation at
Schenectady in 1962.
Prior to his return to lfaynes boro last month, he was handling
Numerical Control User Sal es for
California, Arizona , Washington
and Oregon fran his Los Angeles
office.

A sto ry in the Erie plant paper
pointed out that to buy the
press, that plant must generate
$400 ,000 in profits before taxes .
Calculating that earnings will
be f i ve per cent per dol lar of
sales on the products made with
the machine, it will take $4 mil li on worth of sales to purchase
the machine.
Managers at Er i e said the Mark
Century control led machine 1-1i 11
provide greater accuracy of
punched parts and an improved
f low of material which will
shorten manufac turing cycl es .
This will allow Erie to step up
deliveries to customers and reduce the length of time the
plant wil l have to carry partially canpleted inventory .
So SCD helps another General
Electric plant remain canpetitive.

i

Open only to General Electric
employees , the Jackpot sweepstakes attracted several thousand
entrants. None of the 50 other
winners was from Virginia .

Standing
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Team

Po111ts

S.
R.
E.
L.
B.
G.

Pres ton
Kerber
2
Alfred
Stokes
3
Cooper
Wadsworth
4
J . McKay
J . Gulding
G. Rankin
5
S. Pitts
6
T. Smi th
B. Nicho l s
7
C. Min ter
S. Mil ler
8
D. Leona r d
J . Cole
9
J . Evans
H. Carlson
10
M. McPhatte r
B. Poole
11
S. Ca lder
J . Dav i s
12
J . Audia
S. Da il y
13
K. Hanula
J. Chadderdon
14
G. Trosper
G. Leffers
Indicates one rain match
make up .

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Gl adys Carmichael , 1st shi f t Incaning Inspect i on , thanks her
many friends for t he beautiful
flowers and cards, lovely gifts
and telephone calls, while she
Kas a patient in the Waynesboro
Cormnunity Hospital and Univer sity Hospita l of Charlottesville.

GE EMPLOYEE CONTEST

Mr . Sukow received a central air
conditioner , furnace , electrostatic air filter , power hunidifier and thermostat for his
hone.

The team standings for the
SCOGEE Golf League with two
matches left to play are as
fol lows:

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MISSISSIPPIAN WINS

Top prize in the nationwide "Gen eral Electric Fmployee Total Canfort Jackpot" conducted this
past Spring-- a canplete GE hane
canfort systan --has been won by
Boyd J. Sukow of the GE Mississippi Test Support Department ,
Bay St . Louis, Miss . The announcement was made in Louisville, Ky ., hane of the Air Conditioning Department, sponsor of
the contest .

SCD NEWS & NOTES

" Thanks a million I I've been trying for weeks
to get that sticky filing cabinet drawer open I"

BUT NO DOUB LE STAMP DAY
Sign seen this week in front of
a Charlottesvil l e church : "Redemption Center -- No Stamps
Necessa ry . "

SERVICE WITH GE
SERVICE PINS
Week ending August 11, 1967
5-year Service Pins Donald R. !1eadows

10 -year Service Pins Kenneth E. Clin e

GE STOCK PRICES
The "Stock Price" for General
Electric stock credited to participants in the Savings and Security P r og ram is the average of
the closing prices of General
Electric stock on the New York
Stock Exchange for each day of
the mon th.
Th e " Stock Prices " t h rough July ,
1967, a r e as fo llows :
January
Feb ruary
Mar ch
April
May
J une
July

$87 . 994
86 . 947
88. 875 ...-..
89 . 744

90.222
87.023
96 . 506

Specialty
Control
VoZ.wne XI, no . 74

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

August 18, 1967

·~
t

Uti Z.i ty !1an LarT"J Brown and a !1ark Century wii t don ' t
begin to fi Z.Z. the space in the new paint booth.

Keeping SCD Competitive

This is the equipment which wi U be housed in the
roan being made by the Photo Lab . The Misomex
wi Z.Z. make photo copies for printed circuit boards
which are accurate within one thousandth of an inch .

r New Equipment Speeds Production
Greater accuracy , reduced cost
and increased speed are the benefits Specialty Control Department expects to realize from the
addition of some $50 ,000 worth
of equipment .
Put into operat ion shortly aft er

vacation shutdown was the new
paint booth. Soon to be in st alled is a l arge photo copying
machine .
TI1e $18 ,000 paint booth allows
Specialty Control t o roll some
of our largest products inside

Safety Glasses Save Engineer's Eye
" I would have lost an eye , if it
hadn ' t been for the safet y glass .......-; I 1,·as wearing," says A. C.
ob) ~!ye rs, Aero -Space and Defense Engineer .

Not onl y does the new paint
booth do a better painting job,
but it eliminates the reverse
flow of material through the
shop. Painting fonne rly was
done in the Sheet ~letal Shop.
The booth has its own air supply
and drying system . It is 22
feet long, 16 feet wide and 25
feet high .
The photo copying machine is
called a ~ lisomex step -and-repeat
machine . It will be pl aced next
to the Photo Lab where it will
repl ace the present system of
putting pads and runs dmm by
hand. The new machine wi 11 be
much more accurate for making
printed circuit boards. This
will cut down . the amount of rework r equired and eliminate the
cost of going outside the pl ant
for some of our artwork .

The fact that Bob had his glasses
on when a knife bl ade broke
sending the point fly i ng toward
his eye , earned him a membership
in the Wise Owl Club.
Bob descri bes his accident this
way : "I was do ing a fai lure
analysis on a LEM modul e when
~e knife blade br oke . The
• . .int of the blade flew up and
hit the lens of my safety gl ass:s
nearly in the center of the left
lens ."

to be autanatically spray painted.

A. C. (Bob) Myers and scratched
Z.ens.

Makers of the machine claim it
is accurate to within a thousandth of an inch .

GE Pay Is More Than What's In Check

Probabl y you have never given
this any t hought, but suppose
you take a 12-minute break each
working day . That is six work
days a year spent over coffee .
If you earn $2 .50 an hour , you
recei ve $120 a year in salary
for ti me spent drin king coffee .

A th r ee- man commi ttee , picked
by IUE President Paul J enn~s ,
cha rged the Dist ri c t 3 Pr E
e nt
and Tr easure r "wro t e check~ co
themselves as salary , loans and
advances , then proceeded t o wipe
out t heir indebtedness t hrough
false journal entri es and bookkeeping devices . Many of t h e
salary advances were neve r repaid ."

Look at the matter another way;
Spec ialty Cont rol Depa rtment
pays over $400 ,000 a year to
Haynesboro emp loyees for break
time.

Sylvia Porter, well-kn own news paper columnist, has pointed to
GE' s "1966 pace -setting benefit
bundle for Genera l Electric em ployees" as "one indication of
what lies ahead for milli ons of
1vorkers . "
In a recent syndicated art icle
Miss Porter li sted as trai l
bl azers s uch benefits as GE ' s
comprehensive maternity benefit~
den tal s urgery for employees and
dependents , and the boost in
max imum med i ca 1 benefit payrne nts
over a lifetime fr 001 $2 5,000 to
$100,000 .
He r column emphasized that, "In
calcu l ating yo ur total canpensat ion today, yo u must al so count
in your surging t otal of fringes
... In deciding which new job
offer to accept you must weigh
not only the yearly surface sa lary offered in each, but also
the value of the hidden pay checks (fringe benefits ) you
could expec t at each. "
Miss Porter cited the fact that
last year emp loyers had to pay
s ubstanti ally more to prov i de
emp loyees with fr inge benefits .
This increase i n cost of benefits
dwarfed the rated rise in costs
of wages and salaries.
I llustrating the increasing cost
of benefits, Miss Porter sa id
that, "Last year the nation's
employers handed out 'hidden

MISUSED LOCAL'S MON ._
A Federal District Cou rt in Newark , N. J ., has upheld the IUE
in taking over con trol of its
scanda l- plagued District 3 from
two union officials accused of
mis using union funds .

How much are you worth whi le
drinking coffee?

Th is i s all part of the hidden
paycheck you receive - one of
the bene f its we all take for
granted .

UNION CHARGES OFFICli,.S

paychecks' (benefits ) amounting
to $ 72 bi 11 ion . "

60 Enroll In Program
To Increase Knowledge
Sixt y Specialty Control Departmen t emp loy ees are "going back
to school" through t he :lanufacturing Studies Program .
The Program will run from the
week of Sep tember 4 through ear fy
June , 1968 .
The 60 students are en r olled in
several of the nin e courses making a t otal e nrollment of 150 .
The Manufa c turing Studies Prog r am, con cci ved and directed bv
~anufacLur .ng Personnel Developmen t Service, has now been ac tive for thirteen years. The
Program .Ls designed to provide
opportunity fo r individuals capable of co llege-level study t0
further de velop their knowledge
and t echnical abilities in
fields applicab l e to their j ob
responsibilities .
The Pr ogram is looked upon in
Waynesboro as an exceptional
opportunity to provide such
tra i ning .

Dinger Gets 12th Patent
E. H. Dinger, Engineering, rcccntl>· recciYcd his 12th patent .
llis im·c nt ion is a soturablc rt'
actor c i rcuit for controlling
the application of a n a lternating current rn ltage to a load .

The committee charged that the
two district union officials
had misused at least $141 , 747 in
union money with "large sums of
the district ' s funds spen t by
President Weihrauch in restaurants, including nightclubs and
racetracks . "

No Future In Job?
Actually, there is no fu t ure in
any job ~ For the fut ure is always in the worker who ho l ds the
job . Jobs are rungs on the l ad der of success . Jjut rungs don 't
move upward; they are stationary .
It ' s the man o r woman who steps
on thos e rungs who does the
c limbing toward th e top .
- Dr . Geor g e Crane

A •dJe - color range means tast ier
toast from this CE two-sli ce
t oaster . New design , up - f ront
cont rols arc space save rs . Features high toas t lift , hinge~
c rumb tray , ch r ome- pl ated be
UL app roved , 1000 watts .
~ode! T 142
Retail $21 . 98
Gene r al Elect r ic Employee $16 . 32
EMPLOYEE STORE
FREED CO . INC .
305 E. Hai n St .

Anchors Aw~y - ~or Specialty Control

~E Controls Aboard Nearly All Combat Ships
Just about anywhere the U. S .
Navy goes , controls made in
Waynesboro go along .
·~e are on board just about eve r y combat ship f l oating," says
Bill Lawless , Aero- Space and Defe nse Sal es. 11 \fo arc no t onJ.y
on United States ships but also
~anadi a n, Austra lian and
L , .i.ish ships ."

Specialty Control Department
products that are seeing sea
duty include static exciters and
regulators that control electrical generato r s .
"We some times provide controls
for motor gene r ator sets which
drive coolant pumps on nuclear
vessels and are used in support
of Navy aircraft," Bill points
out.
General Electric emergency power
systems are on every nuclear at~k submarine .
~~ecia lty

Control Department is
taking part in a crash p rogran
to rehabilitate the aircraft
carrier USS Hancock which is being readied to replace the USS
Forrestal off Viet ;.Jam .

After the Hancock is ready to
join the fleet , 19 other ships
are scheduled for rehabilitatio~
A new LSI , a far cry from those
us ed in World War II , will carry

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LS~s

li"<e

::r::.s :.r.: ll be

deli:;e re~

t o the !lav-,; bec:.r.r::.r.!) r:ext ;;ear .

Us:.ng

~cr~·er c 01::r oi "?~ie ir: ."Dec:.al;;:i CQr:trol Dev-;rV'l~r:t, t~e tar.I/ carr~ers
~ill r:o lor.ger ~old bac~ the .~eet . Altho'ugh the S?eea is c lassi: ied,
tr:e!: ire -iescr:bed as "alFiost speedboat fast .
power control equipment from
Waynesboro . The first of 20 of
these ships to be built by 1971
is the Newport , now under const ru ction at the Philadelphia
Naval Shipyard . Uniq ue for
l anding ships , the new LS Ts.
abandon the blunt and opendoored bow for a co nventional
bow which will allow much g r eatff
speed . From th e bow, a cantilever ramp 112 feet long wi 11 put
the tanks ashore or onto a pontoon causeway .
A stern ramp is desig ned t o
launch or retrieve amp hibian

Specialty Control Engineers who do most o f the Depa;'tment ' r; naval engi neering ar e ; from l e ft , Dick Gerlitz, Andy Bergman, Ron Blough and Alex
Broadfoot. They are looking at an integral part o:· a static exciter
built in r·l aynesboro .

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craft from the open sea an d a
helicopte r pad is on the aft
deck . The craft will have a sixengine propul sion system .
Specialty Control also makes the
powe r supply for the Sperry-Piedmont Mar tin 19 and Martin 23
naviga tion system which is us ed
on many ships .
The engineering work for this
mi llion-dollar Naval business is
mos tly done by a four - man t eam
consisting of Dick Ge rlitz, Alex
Broadfoot, Ron Bl ough and Andy
Bergman .

Controls made in :-.'czt'nesboro .:' !': vide the prirl::zl"!! e'1e 1"g en ~, ;-o-·,· ! '
., .or submarinea sucf: as "'.:he -:!·:· ton, s fioi.,.m here .

Employees Volunteer
To A ss ist Swim Meet

REMEMBER W'HEN.;,

The whoopi ng , cheer ing , and
sp lashing at R.idgeview Park Pool
t oday and t omo rrow is partly the
result of efforts by "nearly
100 " Genera l Elec tric employees .
The employees are helping the
Way nesbor o Kiwanis pu t on the
Virg inia Junior Ol ympic Swim
Meet. The meet h as a ttrac ted
some 600 children f r om 8 to 17
yea r s old t o vie for s ta t e champi ons hips .
Jim Bowe n, Aero- Space and Defens:?
Engineering a nd a Kiwanian , is
Gene ral Chairman a nd Meet director.
"The r e a r e 90 different events ,"
Jim commented, " and it takes a
lot of r ace official s and othe r s
t o get r eady fo r a mee t like
th is . I really app r eciate t he
help I ' m getting from my fe llow
employees ."

Customer Closes Plant
Ex-Cell-O Corp. , a Specialt y
Control Department custane r , is
closing its Asheville, \ . C. ,
plant after being struck since
J une 12, by the UAI\ .
In cl osing the plant, the finn
stated that : ·~\hile it is unfortunate for employees and a
loss to the community, the fac tors causing the closing are beyond our control ."

One Year Ago - 1966 ...-...
Ralph W. Drayer completed 30
years of Gene r al Electric se rvice.

NO PAY DELAY
Suppliers to Specialty Cont rol
Depa1'tmenl need neve r wony
ahout a delay in being paid i f
we can belie ve the names of two
of our Buyers . Charlie Quick
and Andy Cash poin t to tlze namer,
at t he e>:t rar:ce o."' t;:eir o.".rice :
"Quick Cash . "

Ben Cooper Expected
To Be Named Mayor
Specialty Control Department may
be the working address for
Waynesboro's Mayor.
The News -Virginian reports that
Vi ce Mayor Ben Cooper is ex pected to be named Mayor next
week . Mayor W. Cl ark Jordan
announced hi s resignation at
t he city council meeting Monday .
Ben, a General Elec tr i c 30-year
veteran, has been active in can munity affairs since caning to
Waynesboro in 1955.

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Emp loyees we r e asked to report
any houses or apartments fo r
rent i n Waynesboro to he l p new
employees fi nd h omes .

Five Years Ago - 1962
Special ty Control employees donated 249 pints of blood in one
day to the Red Cross , b ringi ng
the total for the yea r to 2 , 759
pints .

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"Doc" Fendley joined the 40- year
Cl ub.

Ten Years Ago - 1957
Specialty Contro l "Old Ti merc.-._
los t a baseball game 4-2 to 1
General Elec tric Indians of the
Babe Ruth League . Ca rl Cerni
was pushed around t he bas es in a
wheelbar r ow by John Rannie . Joe
Archambeaul t , dressed as a blind
man , was umpire of the anticfi lled game .

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The Detroit-based company has
been operating the plant in
Nor th Carolina for the pas t 10
years . The plant had 128 em pl oyees .

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Employees had completed 1,046
days , 4,873 ,417 man-hou r s, without a los t time accident .

SCD NEWS & NOTES
Safety Slips In Some Areas

Safety rules are designed to
protect you, reminds Bill Pe rry,
Safety Spec ialist.
Canmon infract i ons seen recently
are:
. Entering the pl ant f rcm outside and f rom the cafeteria
wi t hout wear ing safety glasses .
. Smoking while walking through
the shipping areas .

"Why cont you read a ncwspcpcr like other men?"

SERVICE WITH GE
Week end ing August 18, 1967
5-year Service Pins Luthe r R. Vaughn, J1'.
Robert A . ?ink ley
Harold Heiz er
N. McBride Smith
!.filliCTJT1 F. 3aek

10-year Servi ce Pi ns Margaret L. Coner

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Gene Johnson , \umerical Control
Engineering, wishes t o thank
fcllO\\' employees for t hei r expressi ons of sympathy aft er the
recent <lea th of his father. Ile
would especially like to thank
those of Numerical Control Engi neering .

AV..c.e Wood , Eng.t11ee.M.ng , w-ilif

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:to :thank he~ 6e.llow employeu,
6Oil. :th w 6 ym pa.thy .tn :the d ea.th
c 6 hvr. rno:thvr. .

Specialty

Control
VolU"'le :u , ::o. 75

Mr.,

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Bottemiller Completes
40 Years With Company
Forty yl.!ars ago this week a
young ~!i nneso ta n , ar:11cd wi t i. a
BS deg r ee in E lec tri cal En:!i neerino from th<: Uni versity o:·
"
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Minnesota and the exp erience ot
wor king with t he Co:11mo 11\\'C alth
Edison Company in Chicago , re por t ed to \\'Or k for Gene ral Elec tric Company in Sc henectady ,
N. Y .

a

holds a patent on the g e ner • ..ir control system used o n

(Contd. P. 4)

Busin_~~~

C ·ne ral ~!.:.i n ager Paul D. Ross has
bee:1 isk<.!d by Specialty Contro l
XLws LJ discuss ~or~ at S?<.!C i alLv Conr r ol in light of t he nany
11~'1-:s n·l'o rt s o f a s l• ·: is'.iness
i:i the> ~t: n.:ral •co Jm\' dn d o\·er ·
: 1, cue Lion by so:n<: cc pa nies
causi n ~ short wor~ ~~eks and
Llyuffs .

Q.

.-.:,• . ?.oss , will you piease
corry>1ent on the business situatio~: he r e ct Specialty
Co>. tro l?

A.

Specialt y Control, like any
o th er b usiness , i s subjec t
t o ups and downs . Through
good planning and hard work ,
we have been able to maintain s te ady g r owth here wi th
very few periods of layoff
and , fo r the most pa r t,
steadi l y rising employment .
Presently , the s itua ti on
remains f avo rable with our
urders from customers continuing to grow. As you
know , 1967 has been an extrem e ly bus y year and,
tho ugh we have had a few
l ayoffs due to adjusonen t s
in our workload , on the
whole we have been able to
maintain s teady wo rk.

.vard L. Bottemi ller , Man ag er - A ero - S pace a nd Defense
P r oduction E ngineering Unit ,
has been with General Electric
s ince that day in 1927.

Mr . Bott em ille r came to Wayn es boro in 1955 and "vas promoted
t o hi s present position in 1957 .

R<:>ss Disc_usses

A ttitude, Planning Cited
For Department's Growth

1...

F r om hi s first job, i n the General Electri c " Tes t Cou r se" in
wh ich he he ld test assi gnments
in vario us manufac t ur ing op er ations in Schenectady , he
w orke d up from Student Enginee r, Test E ngineer , Sales
Engi neer, D es ign Engineer and
Line Eng i neer . B eli eving tha t
you can neve r stop l ea rning, he
did g r adua t e work in mathema tics a t Union Coll ege in Sc h e nectady and compl e t ed numerous
C ompany - spo n sored courses .

August 25, 196 7

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Q.

Ive notice some downward turn
in the genera. l economy . !vha t
does r'!anagement do here t o
helv avoid short time or extensive layoffs which often
result f1'an this situation?

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Long - range planning by managemen t does much to minimize s hort time or l ayoffs .
We a ttemp t to fore cas t what
the ma rket wi ll be s everal
years in advance for a certai n produc t . As a result

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o f this planning, we can be
r eady for pe riods when fewer
employees a re needed by not
re placing those who leave
the Company through retir ement , moves to o ther l ocations, e t c. We also try t o
have many differen t product
lines rather than depend on
jus t a few . If one p r oduc t
line i s experi encing difficulty, we are often able t o
work on other products wi tr
in t he Depa ronent. Tnroug'
th e use of long-range pla r.
ning, we can de t ermine th..o
best time t o introduce nc.
products .
Essential t o being abl e ~ ~
make us e of our knowledge oi
th e future illarket is the
r esponsiveness of employees
to move into other areas
when the job requires the
change . Some companies lack
th is fl ex ibility. When an
emp loyee has only one s kill
and th e demand for th at s ki l l
drops , there may be l ayoffs .
Specialty Con trol employees
have always been wi lling to
retrain so that they can be
transferred where needed.

Q.

:.ft1y do scne people wor.<

o:.;e ~'­

time while ~n other areas
there isn ' t enough wor k?
(Con td. P. 4)

You Healthy
General Electric Wants
--- · - -- - --- ·-Who cares if you get the flu?
General Electric cares -- that's
who: Maybe you have never thought
of your Company as having a
heart. Maybe you think a big
corporation like General Electric
is only interested in making a
profit.

REMEMBER WHEN?
ONE YEAR AGO - 1966
~

Leon Klein ' s yacht, Sailfisl.,
was the No . 1 boat and Wally
Kennedy was in second place for
the season of racing.
FIVE YEARS AGO - 1962

Maybe you never considered that
making a profit and caring about
employees' health have something
in canmon.
Well, have you considered this?
What happens on the day you are
home in bed with the flu? Sure,
the job gets done somehow. . Nobody is indispensable. They
don't have to shut the plant
down just because you are sick.
But they do lose production.
And, when you go to the doctor,
the Company helps you pay the
bill through the GE Insurance
Plan .
Last year medical expenses at
Specialty Control Department
totaled $262,550 which amounts
to more than $100 for each employee.
If, on an average work day, more
than 100 employees are <Nay from
their job because of illness,
you can see why General Electric
cares about your health. It
isn't just heart, it is hurting
the Company profit when you are
sick.
So what does the conscientious
employee do when he has the flu
-- come to work anyway? No! He
stays home in bed (after notifying his supervisor that he is
sick and won't be at work). He
wouldn't be much good at work ,
anyway, and he might spread his
flu germs to his fellow wo rkers .
General Electric expects most of
its employees to spend some time
in their working careers flat on
their backs in bed. Not only
does the Company realize that all
illness can't be avoided, but it
cares enough about you to provide
benefits such as the Insurance
Plan .

SCOGEE ' s SVIL Go l f Team was a
ha lf point out of first place in
the league. The SCOGEE Softbal l
t eam chalked up three wins beating Crompton, Bas ic-Witz and DuPont.

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Flu Shots

Flu shots will be given free to
all Specialty Control Depa'.tment
employees who wish to receive
them.
Dr. Jay Stoeckel, Plant Ph~sician,
says the vaccine will be given
during the latter part of Se ptenber and a second shot will be
given in the latter part of No vember.
Employees who have r eceived _flu
vaccine since Jul y, 1963, will
require onl y the first ~hot ..
Others wishing the vacc i ne will
be gi ven both shots .
"Persons with chron i c di seases
such as diabetes , heart condi tion or pullmonary disease
should have this vacci ne, " Dr.
Stoeckel e~ ph a s ized.
He said the~ . S. Pub li c Hea l t h
Servi ce i s pred icting "a sub stanti al numbe r" of cases of fl u
in t~ e Eas te rn United States
t his "~inter.
Details on admi nis t er ing the program will be ann ounced next
month.
Bus To Ball Game

Persons interested in travel ing
to Washington this SlUlday t o
watch the Wcv.,IU.ng,ton Sena.toM
play the New VOJi.f<. Ya.nl<. eeh ~ hould
contact the DuPont Recreation
Center today.
There is room on a bus that will
leave the DuPont Recreation Center Parking Lot at 7: 30 ~ . m .
SlUlday, arriving in Washington
in ample tDJ:te for the 1 : 30 p.m .
baseball game.

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Seymour DePuy and Marjorie Campbell won GE Automatic Can Openers in the Employee Store Shower
of Pearls demonstration.
TEN YEARS AGO - 1957

Warren Miller missed being named
the Department's best bass fishennan when he caught a three
pounder the day after th~ SCOGEE
Bass Fishing Contest. Winner
was Corbin Dixon with a 2 lb. 4
oz . bass .
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Ed V.lngeJL ww:te an ~ce.e .i
whed .ln Control Engi.neenng
mag a.z.lne. .

Sixty-fi ve dollars would buy a
share of General Electric stock.

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Industrial Electronics Manufacturi ng Area , feeling the results
of a slump in the economy, announced a one- day sh utdown to
f ollow Labor Day·

Dr. Rader To Keynote
Educati :>.1 Meeting
DR. LOUIS T. RADER, VICE PRES IDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF THE
INDUSTRIAL PROCESS CONTROL DIVIS ION, .n LL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT A WAYNE SBORO EDUCATIONAL
CO~FER ENC E AT 7;30 P.M., OCT. 18
AT THE KATE COLLI NS JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL .
THE MEETING RESULTED FRQ'VI A CONFERENCE IN HARRI SONBURG LAST
SPRING HEADED BY H. W. TULLO~
MANAGER, EMPLOYEE RELATIONS.
TH.A.T MEETI NG, DELEGATES VOTED TO
ENCOURAGE EACH LOCALITY TO HOLD
ITS OWN CONFERENCE TO TELL THE
PUBL IC ABOUT THE STATUS OF EDUCATION.

Employee s Notified Of Savings

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Those of you who were participating in the General Electric
Savings and Security Plan in 1964
received a "litt l e something ext r a " with your paycheck t oday (or
wil l receive it with your next
check) .

Part 2 should be completed and
return ed to Personnel Accounting ,
Room 126 , as soon as possible
unles s you r eceived securities
for your 1963 Savings last y ear
and wish to have them distrib u ted
to t he same pe rs ons at the same
address as last year.
Your stocks and bonds are expected to be delivered in February , 1968 .

Members Sue Union
Seventy-seven men , who struck the
Roanoke Electric Steel Co . last
year, are now taking court act i on
against their union .
The men say a majo r ity of union
members author i zed t he strike
largely because of proni ses made
by Local 6867 of the United Steel
Workers of America.
The men say the union provided
only a sma 11 weekly a 11 Cl\'lance
and , after the strike was s ix
months ol d, "abandoned " the
str ikers.

SERVICE WITH GE
Week tnding August 25 , 1967
5-year Serv i rt Pins Nellie : . Critzer
Barbara L. Shi1'1eti
A Zan D. McDanie Z

The start i ng gun wil l fire at
1:30 p.m., Saturday , starting the
August Regatta for SCOG EE Yachts.
Any class sai l boa t may enter,
and will be hand i capped based on
sai l area and boat l ength .
Picni c tables are availab l e for
those who would l ike to picnic
while they watch the races .

The "something extra" is a form
to use to ins truct the Compan y
on distribution of your General
Electric Stock and U. S . Savings
Bonds which you purchased through
pay r o l l deductions in 1964.
Pa r t l of the form shows you how
much money was deduc t ed from your
pay fo r t he plan , how much the
Company has contrib ut ed and th e
income from the stock . Part l is
to be retained for your records .

SCD NEWS & NOTES

The sce ne
ver Creek
mately 16
boro just
Looking over a form which is being distributed to all employees
who were participating in the
Savings and Security Plan in 1964
are Paul Young , Supervisor, Personnel Accounting, and Secretary
Sandy Grunt .
SPECIAL PR ICES OFFERED
ON HOU SEWARE ITEMS
Price lists and order forms for
General Electric Class "V"
Appliances will be availabl e at
the entrances to t he cafeteria
Monday .
Included are 46 houseware
items at p rices often less than
half of the suggested retail
p rice . Examples include a
$ 14 . 95 iron for $5 . 90 , a $ 17 . 98
electric can opener for $8 . 98 ,
a $1 7. 98 toaster for $8 . 86, and
·s i milar reduced pr i ces on elec tric knives , percolators , mix ers , grills , clot hes brushes ,
flashlights , floor poli she r s and
ha ir dryers . Emp lo yee p ri ce
on the P - -tO percolator ( not
shown) i s $ 15 . 82 .
Class "V" appliances have been
compl etely rebuilt to factory
operating standards and to nea r
new appeara nc e by General
Electri c Servi centers . Each
appliance car rie s a new product
warranty.
Although the sale price i s avail able only to Gen eral E lectric
employees , thes e arti cles can
be purchased by emplo yees to
give as gifts .

of thi s r egatta is Bea Lake l ocated approxi miles east of Waynesoff Rt. 250 .

For fu rthe r information , contac t
H. W. Kennedy, extens i on 455.
Point standings after 5 races for
SCOGEE skippers are as f ollows:
Lowell BM ft.tow . . . . .
Le.on. Ktun. . . . . . . . . .
Von F-<A k .. ... .... ..
Wa.U.y Kemiedy ... . . ..

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Cole ..... . . .. . 16
Von. G~een.e .. . .. ...• • 6
Tcwn Snit.th . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Glen Sa..f.a6,{,a.. . . . . . . • 3
J eJL/Uj

La.My Mc.Cun.tock . . . .

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Lowell HoRmv.i . . . . . . .

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Te nnis Tourn ey Set

SCOGEE will hos t the 196 7 Tri P la nt Tenni s Tournament at
Ridge view C ity Park Cou r ts o n
Sunda y , Sept. 17 . W a y nes bo r o ,
Lync h bu r g and Salem w i ll com pete for the Tri - Plant t r op hy .
A " challenge ladder" h as been
set up for the pu rpos e of sele c t ing ou r pa r ti cipants in the to u rn amen t . (See no ti ce in lighted,
glassed - in bu lleti n boar ds lo cated at var ious places through o u t the p la nt . ·) Additi o nal inter e s t ed playe r s are we lcome and
s hould cont ac t Wi l Sutphin,
Ext. 391 , for additional i nfor mation.
Untou ch a b les Wi n

The ~lachine Room Untouchables
beat the Tool Roan Bomber s 9 - 8
l ast week . Sparked by t he defensive play of Stu Pitts and a
three nm homer by Jim Campbell
t he Bombers were never in the
game , report s Carl Alexander .
"They were outhit , out nm , and
outtalked by the Untouchabl es - Sony, Charlie . "

(Contd. from P. 1)

Attit ude. P lanning Cited
A.

Department General !.tanager Paul
D. Ross, l eft , and Ben Cooper ,
Manager- Industrial & Power Regulation Product Engineering, back
to caJner>a, talk with Dr. Louis
T. Rader, Vice President and
Division General Manager, at a
recent meeting with section and
sub- section managers.
Bottemi ller

(Contd. fran P. 1)

M - 46 , M - 4 7 and M - 48 m ilita r y
t a nks used i n World War II.
Hi s published works include
"Electron Tubes in Industr y , 11
publi shed in E lectrical South
Magazine , a nd 11 Aircraft Load
Ce n t er , " an AIEE pape r g i ven
at San Diego , Calif. Mr . B otte m i ll er i s a li censed P r ofes s iona l E ng ineer in the S tate of
Ne w Yo r k , a member o f Eta
K appa Nu H onorary E l ectri cal
E ngi nee ri ng Socie t y and K appa
E t a K a ppa P r ofessional E ngi nee ri ng Society. He is a n
Elder i n t he Firs t P r esbyteri an
Church , Waynesboro, and a
member of the Board of Di rec tors of " The Engli sh Speaking
Unio n, 11 Charlottesville Branch.
T he l atter organization is concerned wi th promoting friend ship among English speaking
peopl e .
The Bo ttemill ers have two s o ns .
E dward is Assi s t ant P rofes sor
of Phi loso phy at Birmingham
So uthe r n Co ll ege at Birmingha~
A l a . , and Joh n i s employe d by
G ene r al E lec tric Credit C orp,,
R o a noke .
M r . Bot temiller s outside inte r ests inc l ude re s toring clas s i c forei gn car s with hi s son,
Jo hn, and photography . Pic tures he took on recent trips to
Eu r ope and the Hol y Land have
bee n s hown to many p e ople i n
t he a re a , he reports .

This situation does arise as
the r es ult of having s eve r al
different bus inesses under
one roof . In order to bet t er provide job se curity ,
and for othe r g ood business
r eas-0ns, it is absolutely
es senti al that we please our
custome r s . This some times
means working over time on
t hose products for which we
do have the orders. We try
t o ba l ance the work load between product l ines by taking
empl oyees f r om jobs where
t hey are no longer needed
and tra i ning them fo r new
j obs. Howe ve r, there have
been, and there s till wi l l
be, si tuations where ci1i s
cannot be done fas t enough
because of the amount of
time r equjred t o retrain .

Q.

Wow does bu.iness look ;or
next year, .'-fr. Ross?

A.

Any p r edic t ion of business
in the f uture hinges on our
correct interpretation of
business cycles , which is
very difficult . The na t i onal
economy began a downward turn
l ast October, bu t , because of
unfil l ed orders , Specialty
Control has had a good yea r .
As th ings look right now,
next year s hou l d see us continue at about the same employment l evel as we at t ained in 1967 . I don't anticipate the r apid increas e in
employment that we ' ve experienced in the l ast year .
However, we expect to remain
busy here at Waynesboro whi le,
at the same time , opera t ing
the Charlottesville Pl ant

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and starting ope r a t ions a t
the Ri chmond Plant .

Q.

Is there anything morn that
General Electric employees
can do to help assure a pay check every payday ?

A.

have already talked about
t wo of the mos t i mpo rtan t
things the employee can do
-- l) work for the customer ,
and 2) be res pons ive to t he
needs of th e business . The
first incl udes making q uality
produ cts withi n the delive r y
t imes req uired by our cus tomers . This helps us ge t continuing orders . The s econd
means being flexib l e ; willing
to learn a new ski ll or work
on a new job when i t is necessar y . Finally , a willingness
to pi tch in a litt l e harder
when a dditional effort is
needed, a GO FOR UfPROVE~ENT attitude, i s a quality
that helps the Deparbnen t
stay ahead of our competitors and thereby helps keep
the paychecks coming every
payday .
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Two trailers !'i l led with new
electronic devices visited Soecialty Control Eerartr.ent ~ues­
day morning giving SC engineers
and t echnicians a look at what
some other companies are doing .

SCRAfIBLED SCRIPTURES

Su.f'!day Sc.hooR. Te.ac.heJL : "E!Uc. ,
whJ...c.h pevtabR.e. do you. .l<.l<.e. bv...t·
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Specialty
Control
Volwne XI, No . 76

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WAYNESBORO, V IRGINIA

September 1, 19e?

Hofid~y Monday; ·--1
Inventory Tuesday

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Inventory Day wi 11 be Tuesday,
5 immediately follm·1ing
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.hree day Labor Day 1·1eekend .
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Those hourly emp loyees required
for inventory work on Tuesday
have been notified by their su pervisors; all other hourly em ployees in Manufacturing will
not report.
nonnal on Tuesday (12 : 30 a .m. 7:30 a.m.) preceding inventory
as well as after. The second
shift 1•1ill also report at its
normal time on Tuesday.
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Blue Ridge Ccmnunity College will serve Genera l Electr>ic employees ani
their families when it opens Sept . 27 . Dr . Douglas Montgomery, now wor king in an office a short distance from the site, makes regular visits to
review construction progress .

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College To Serve GE Families
"Comprehensive is the key word
in describing a community college, 11 says Dr. Douglas M. Montgomery , President of Blue Ridge
Community College . The College

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Grumman Praises

LM Trouble Shooters
Failing Joins QC Club
Robert C. Failing joins the Gen eral Electric Quarter Century
Club today as he completes 2S
y~s of Company senrice .
Fai ling, Specialist-Relay Parts
& Assemb ly Systems , joined Gener-

al Electric as a Drill Press Op erator in Building 69 in Schenectady . He was promoted from
an Apprentice Graduate to Foreman and to Specialist.
I-le came to Specialty Contro l DepartJnent on Sept . 11, 1954 .
H,.-.nd his \vifc , Doris, have four
c. .dren , Linda , Bruce , Barba ra
and Brian . The Failings l ive at
2144 Forest Drive in llaynesboro .

Praise from Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation was re ceived recently in a letter to
Jim Bowen, LM Program Manager,
from Walter Warren of Gr umman .
The letter said :
"Grumman wishes to express their
appre ciation to Gener al Elect ric
for their recent expeditious
trouble shooting for a LM-1 Descen t ECA which had been returned
by Grumman . 11
"The timely and thorough manner
in which the analysis was conducted made an important contribution towards Grumman shipment
of t heir first f light Lunar Modu le . The effo rts of Messrs . J .
Haag, L . Grant and R. Meyers are
espe cially noted ."

wi l l open its doors at Weyers
Cave on Sep t . 27 .
"We will have many types of students and our object ive is t o
have an app r opriate t ype prog r am
fo r every person , " he explains .
The General Electric employee who
lacks a high school dip l oma or
has to work days won't be excluded f r om t he col l ege program .
"The entry requirements for any
course are reasonable assurance
that the person is ready to take
the course , " Dr . Montgomery
points out . The pe r son interested in learning h ai r dressing
doesn't need to have a Princetcntype college board score . There
are 26 different courses and 26
diffe rent entry requirement s ."
Why is the new col lege located
near the Staunton- Waynesboro Airport? Dr . Montgomery points out
that t his is almost the g eog raphic center of t he college
district . When the freeways are
completed in the district, the
college will be about the same

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Bike Safety Is Your Responsibility, Too
It's a dark, rainy morning but
you are canfortable in your car
as you drive to work. The car
radio is playing soft music - all is peaceful. Suddenly a bicycle appears from the right. A
yotmg rider, head down and pedaling furiously, ignores the stop
sign and darts in front of your
car.
Before you can move your foot to
the brake, you hear the thunp and
see the child's body fly through
the air. You slam on the brakes
and nm back to see if he's hurt.
He's just lying in the road -- a
trickle of blood appears from his
mouth and either nostril. He's
tmconscious - - or dead!
Not a pleasant thought, is it?
Yet hundreds of boys and girls
across the nation are killed every year in bike accidents. You
say it's not your fault? Of
course it isn't -- or is it? 1be
National Safety Cotmcil reports
that in the vast majority of bike·
car collisions the yotmgster, not
the driver is at fault. In four
out of five cases, the cyclist
has violated a law or traffic
rule.

CAUTION
SCHOOL OP£HS
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2)

As a parent, you should:
1)

2)

Be extra alert to youngsters
on bicycles. Expect them to
ignore traffic laws. Give
them a brake, a horn, and a
wide berth.
Be especially conscientious
in your own driving. Watch
the speed limits. Turn on
your headlights whenever it
is dark including on those
rainy days. Look both ways
before pulling out from a
stop street. Many drivers
look for cars and fail to see
the kid on a bike.

Instruct your children in
defensive driving. Let them
know that not all car drivers
will be on the lookout~
them. Not all cars stL at
stop signs.


all these things and you are
going a long ways toward avoiding
the scene described earlier.

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There is 1ittle consolation in
the fact that the crunpled body
you are looking at belongs to a
traffic law violator. You ask
yourself, what could I have done
to have prevented this tragedy?
There were two things you could
have done - - one as a driver; the
other as a parent. As school reopens in Waynesboro Tuesday there
will be more bike traffic in the
morning and evening. As a drher,
you should:

and packages leaves bo~
hands free for steerin
Two
short strips of reflective
tape on the handlebars, two
long silver strips on front
forks and three short red
strips on the rear fender,
makes bikes easier to see.

3)

Explain to your children that
the bike rider in Waynesboro
is governed by the same laws
as motor vehicles. That
means he rides on the street;
not on the sidewalk. He observes traffic signs. He
doesn't ride after dark without adequate lights. The National Safety Council says
most young cyclists are
killed because they mistakenly took the right of way,
made an improper tum or disregarded a stop sign or traffic signal. Other causes
include riding in the center
of the street, on the wrong
side of the street or carrying passengers.
See that your children's
bikes fit them. Generally,
the small 20-inch wheel fits
the 5-7 age group; the 24inch wheel is designed for
8-10-year-olds; and the
standard 26-inch wheel is for
anyone 11 or older. Be sure
your children can stop their
bikes. A coaster brake is
a must for younger children.
They cannot, the Council
points out, readily get their
fingers around the controls
of hand brakes to give a
good, hard squeeze for sudden
stops.
Be sure the bikes are
equipped for safe riding.
They should have lights for
dark days as well as night
riding. A basket or saddlebags in which to carry books

REMEMBER "WHEN?
ONE YEAR AGO - 1966

Specialty Control Department is
assigned to the new Industrial
Process Control
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Plan.6 Me undeJWJa.y 60JL .the Con.6.tJt.ucti.v e Ci..tiz en.6 hi.p PJr.Cg IL~.
FIVE YEARS AGO - 1962~
Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth
cited Specialty Control Department for its "patriotic support
and public spirited cooperation"
in arranging for the release of
five employees to assume active
duty in the Navy.

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General Electric President Gerald
L. Phillipe praised the contribution of Elizabeth Gregory to the
Accent on Value program.
TEN YEARS AGO - 1957
Employees will start work t~ an
hour later when they retum from
their Labor Day holiday as the
"summer schedule" ends for the
year.

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The little red Jeep fire engine
was added to Specialty Control's
fire-fighting equipment.
A DOLLAR SAVED

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you ha.ve :t:JU.ILty--&ix ce.YLt6 6oJL
yoWL 0£.d age..

EveJuj :ti.me

--Bill Copeland in Wall
Street Journal

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and Harris onburg .

The new buildi ng H: f ltc t s ~ ·r.<:
of the views of t he co ll tg t ~ r ~'r
i dent. A f unct ional bui l din~ ,
it has no windows i n class r ooc.,. .
Windows no t only pe nnit s tu dE: nt s
to for ge t about the c ou rse a nd
gaze but t hey inc r ease t he cos t
of hea t i ng and coo ling t ht building and interfere wi th lighting ,
s a ys Dr. ~lo nt gome r y .

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u ~u e Ridge i s one of 22 new communit y college s to b e de ve l oped
i n the stat e . Seven will open
this yea r and all are t o open
with in t he ne xt f i ve yea r s .

But what will Blue Ri dge Community College off e r t he day t ime
emp loyee at General Ele c tric?
All c l asses that a r e t a ught dur ~ the day time will also be
Jgh t a t ni ght . For t he emp l oye e interested in inprovi ng his
ski lls t her e will be c ou r ses in
mach ine cool operation , s t e nogr aphy , welding , secretaria l s cien ce , machin e sh op techno l ogy ,
data p r ocessing , accounti ng , na nag ement, chemical t echno l ogy , e lectronics technology , indust r ial
techno l ogy and des ign .
Other courses offered include :
Agricu ltural bus iness t ech nology ,
auto mechanics, auto bod y repai r
an d refinishing , cosme t o l ogy and
radio and television r epai r.
For the full-time s tud en t in,.. ,ding to continue h i s s tu di es
_ _ another c o llege or un i ve r sity
c ours es inc lude : Bus iness Administra ti on, l i beral a r t s , preeng ineering , pre - t e ach i ng a nd
sci e nce .
Emp loyees who hav e b e en f r igh tened by th e h i gh cost of h i ghe r
educ a tion wi ll be hap py t o l ea rn
th a t a c ourse wi ll cos t $4 a
c r edi t h ou r. ~ os t will be t h r ee c r e dit courses cos ting $ 12 . Th e
full-time s tudent will pay $45 a
quarte r tuiti on . Books a nd materi als are e xtra , cos ting about
~-$50 pe r qua rt e r for th e avge fu ll- time s tude nt.
Next year , Dr . Mon t gome r y reports, the co llege will o f fe r
enrichment cours e s -- th a t i s ,
such subj e ct s as mus i c , a rt, drama and ceramics . He also fo r esees the like l ihood of a course
in t he stock marke t f or t he sma ll
i nves tor.
There i s noth i ng second r a t e a ~t th e f a culty , Dr . Hontgomemphasize s . All o f t he a ca a~uic fault y have mast e rs deg r ees
and come to Blue Rid ge f r om s u ch
school s as Harva rd , Pe nn sy l van i a ,
Michigan and the Universi ty of
Vi r ginia. ~any o f the e ve ning

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The r ooms a re equipped with t he
latest t each ing aids s uc h as a
rear pr ojec t or in cwo of t he
l e cture r ooms so s t ude nts can see
th e sc r ee n with out dwming t he
li ghts . Each of t h e two large
lecture r ooms holds 104 s t ud e nts .

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cou r ses wil l be t augh t by enginee r s and manage r s from l ocal i ndustri es .
A sample of the calibe r of teachers i s t he nan who hea ds the o r ganization - a youm; 1: an wi th
mode r n ideas fo r a person wi th
his wide expe r ien ce .
Doug las :·; un 1> ~io.-i tgc .. ,l' ry was
bor n in California, educa t ed in
the East and was fo r 20 years an
Ai r Forc e fi gh te r p ilo t . He has
fl own more than 100 combat mis s ions in Africa, ~ic l lv , ltaly ,
Burma , China , Kore a , Japan , and
Formosa , for which he recei ved
t h irty-two medals a nd ribbons .
lie is a linguist, speaking eigh t
fo r e i gn l anguages i ndud ing Pe rs i an whi ch he l ea n iec as an ,\ ir
Fo rc e inL e l li1;encc •'i !"Le.e r nnd a
g raduate s tudent al Princeton
t.:n ive rs icy .
Dr . ~onlgomery has a KA Deg r ee in
po l iti ca l s c i e nce, fr om th e Uni vc r sily of Pennsylvania , a law
degree from Harvard , :i :IA in
poli tica l s c i ence , an d a <loctor<1Le in philosvphy fr, 1 Fl u rida
St a t e Cnivcrs i Ly .
At Fl orida State Dr . :lonlgome t-y
was a Ke l logg Fellow and specialized in jun i o r colJcg0 adm inistration. Dr . ~lo n t gon:c' r v .issrnned
t he presldcncv of EnsL Ccnlral
J uni o r College , De c:1Lur, cli s~; . in
l 9 62 and o f Bl ue Ri <l gl' Commun il y
College on J uly 1, I 966 .

Students s tudying secretarial
sk i lls will be ab le to p lug t h eir
headsets in t o one of fou r syste::is
each dic t a ting a t a diffe rent
speed . Programmed ins tructi ons
wi ll be p r ovi ded on b ooks and
tapes t o help t he s t uden t keep
up with the course . The building
fea tur e s t wo drafting roons ,
physics , chemistry and quality
con t rol testing l abs .
The re a re no ste ps and specia l
fo unt a i ns and r es tr oom facilities
have b ee n inst a lled f o r use by
phys ically handi c apped . Alth ough the building i s fu nctional,
it isn ' t lacking in beau t y . It
has such f eature s as built- in
court ya rds , fountains a nd pool s .
One th i ng the s c hoo l will not
ha ve i s intercolleg ia te sport s .
Dr . ~! o nt gom ery says t hese are
cos tly fo r c omm unit y colleges co
ope rate. The s chool will f e ature
in t e nnu ra 1 s pores with emphas i s
on " li fe c a r r yove r s port s " which ,
unli ke s t r enuous a ctivities such
as foo tb all or b as ke t bal l, ca n
be e njoyed as t he s tudent g r ows
o l de r .
Tn sp i t e of t he pr esent en r o llmen t whi ch totals 65 0 f u l l - time
day s tud e n t s a nd 250 evening
s tudents , Dr . ~! ontgome ry says
t he r e a r e s till openi ngs , espe c i a lly a t ni gh t. Pe rs ons want ing enro llment i n form a tion
should call Ha rri s onburg , 23424 81 .

Will th e s ch oo l be ready on
Sep t . 27 ? ":·!y only wo r ry ," say s
Dr . Mont g ome r y , "is th a t there
won ' t be e nough pa r king s pa ce
f o r e ve ry one !

FIRST FUND UNIT
PRICE IS $25.71

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SCD NEWS & NOTES

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The first monthly " Fund Unit
Price" under the new S&SP Mutual
Fund was $25. 710 . The figure was
announced by H. A. Goodwi n, Manager-Enployee Savings Ope r ation
i n Schenectady at the end of July,
which was t he first mon th of operation of the new fund.
The S&SP Mutual Fund is one of
t he investment a lte rnatives under
the Amended Savings and Security
Program which went into effect
J u ly 1, 1967 . Other alternatives
are U. S . Savings Bonds, General
Electric Stock, and Life insurance .
Under the Amended Savings and
Secur ity Program, which became
effective July 1 , those participating in the S&SP Mutual Fund
are credited with "Fund Units"
at the end of each month. The
monthly investmen t of each individual is used t o purchase units
an d fractiona l uni t s at t he " Fund
Uni t Price" of t he past month .
For example , if the Fund Unit
Price for the past mont h were $25,
and an individual invested $40
during the month , a total of 13/5 units would be pur chased for
him.
The "Fund Unit Price" is the average of t he daily " Fund Unit
Prices" determined fo r each
trading day in the calendar month
on t h e New York Stock Exchange .
The daily p r ice is determined by
dividing the number of outstanding Fund Units into the net asset
value of the Fund .

Eleven yac hts turned out for a
two-race regatta Saturday .
Tom Farre ll, sailing an Acqua~
out of Afton , took an early l~ _
in the fir s t race , but lost 1vhen
a wind shift carried Lowell Bashlor to victory .

Wife/or hire
Accord in g to insurance companies. 111ost hmbands e01 il~l n 't afford a \\'if(' if the,· had to pa )' the
go ing rail-. I le re's th e calcu lati on :
:\urst•111aid: .J-t5 hou rs \\'cckly, at
Sl.:25, total $55.63 weekly.
Dietitian : 1.:2, S2.50, $3.
Food buyer: 3.3, $1.50, $4.95.
Cook: 13 . l, $2.50, $32.75.
Dish\\'ashcr : 6.2, S I.SO, $9.30.
llou sckccpcr: 17.5, Sl.50, $26.25.
Laundress: 5.9, Sl.90, Sll.21
Seamstress: 1.3, $2.50, $3.25.
P ractical nurse: 0.6, $2.00, $1.20.
Maintena nce man: 1.7, $2.25,
$3.57.
Gardener: 2.3, $1.55, $3.57.
Chauffeur: 2.0, S2.20, $4.40.
H er time is thus worth $159.34 p er
week, or $8,285.68 a year.

Class V Material Is
St ri ctly By Mail
Class V App l iances described l ast
week in S~ecialty Control News
are not ava i lab l e through the
Employee Store ope rated by Freed
Co . , Inc. Persons wanting this
merchandis e must order by ma il
on the fonn distributed Monday.
Any servicing on this material
must be handl ed through the nearest General El ectric Servicenter
which is in Richmond.

Service With GE
Week ending September 1, 1967
5-year Serv i ce Pins Richard M. Cosner
.' farold E. Coiner
A~.genetta F. Gibson
"Yes , the sign is still here ,"
observes Ruth Dedrich of the cafeteria. The honor s ystem used
for breaks has been coming up
short $3 to $4 daily and will
have to be discontinued if employees do not cooperate in paying for coffee and donuts .

10-year Serv ice Pi ns John J . Gulding

"Lt ' ,~ 110-t tha;t I 1e.aUu c.ftea..t a;t
go.l6 . 1 p.lalJ 60'1. n1~1 lzeaUlt ai!d
a .to1r .6 c.o'1.e 1naku me 6ee.t be.t.tVt:'

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Wally Ke1medy , with his \\'l fc ,
Phyllis as cre1v , edged out J\lan
Klein and Father Leon, by a .04
mi nutes t o take second place .
\\lally ' s boat, with Cor bin Dixo--._
crewing , l ed to the firs t buo:
in the second race . Ilo\\-e\·er ,
Lo1,•ell \\'orked into the l ead
quickly in the 1vindwar d leg, and
held this pos ition to the rinish .
.Jerry Cole and his wife , Cale ,
sail ed to a second place Kin ,
folloKed eleven minutes later by
Gl en Salafia and cre1v .

SEASON STANVINGS
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COA T HAS STR AYED

Last Wednesday saneone in the ESQ
Lab took a man's black watch plaid raincoat, size 40, by mist ake . This coat belongs to Tom
Childers. Should anyone have aiy
infonnation regarding this coat,
cal l Tom on Ext. 393.
BO WLE RS SOUGHT
Anyone interested in bowling in
the SCOGEE Thursday Night Mixed
Couples League please contact
F. Polito Ext . 392 or John
Rhoades Ext. 284 . Bowling will
be Thursdays at 7 p .m. at the
250 BO\\'L . 1\,·o couples per team .
Bo1ding begins September 14 .

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Jim Hagwood was low medalist and
01arlie >linter 1\on for coming
nearest the hole in t he S\'1L ...-.i_f
League Tournament at Shen - Va. ,.Country Club Saturday . Westinghouse h·on the tournament.

Specialty
Control
Vo lwne XI , No . 77

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

.;epte>:l; er 8, 19C 7

LOWER LOSSES IS A&D PROGRAM GOAL
IXling the job right the f irst
time to reduce manufacturing
losses and scrap js the goal of
a program starting thi s 1veek in
,\ero-Space and I~ fense Operation .

"lie arc trying t o make every Operator aware of the cost of mi s takes ," says 13ern i e Sus sman, ~ I an­
a ger , Aero-Space and Defense Op era ti on . "l~e ha ve exce llent

people here and I' m sure that
t hey 1,·111 take th is program to
heart ."
>Ir. Sussman noted that reducing
scrap and re1·:ork by gi \-ing a 1 i t tlc extra at tent ion t o the j ob
.t~·:;r: v c!.. on ? . 3)

HOUSEKEEPING CITED
FOR LOW FIRE LOSSES
Regul a r pl ant cleanup campaigns
and a 1vell- trained volunteer fire
brigade is credi ted by Fred Curto
for a record of 12 year s , 212
days of continuous ope ration 1\i thout a reportab l e fi re .

The very last part to be counted in the annual i nventory is dropped into
a paper cup by Frank Monger, 11oni tor i n 11agnetic ioiinding . Looking on
(and possibly sighing with relief at the end of the job) are, from lef t
foreground : F"Pank Snopkowski, Product Cost Accounting; Rab Depa, Manage"!',
Cost and GoveY'nment Accounting; Ruth Painter, Relays ; Rick Shifflett ,
Stock Room; Page Holloway , Supervisor Cost Accounting, and Ter"f'Y Brooks ,
Inspector, Magnetic Winding .

Count Taken, Valuing Takes Time
"All indications are that we have
had excellent cooperation in the
inventory," reported Ra y Depa,
Manager , Cost and Government Accounting, Tuesday af ternoon as
the 1967 inventory a t Specialty
Control Department was comple t ed .

compute r cards . Compute r s will
be used to put v alues on at
l eas t 50 percent of the i nvent ory , Mr. Depa said . The rest
wi ll be calc ul ated by his staff .
This is expected to take s p v~ra l
months .

The inventory is required by law
t o determine Company tax es. A
count mus t be made of all production material from the r aw ma te rial s used for making such things
as panels and brackets through
to the assemblies in vari ous
stages of completion ,

Al though the annual inventory is
required by l aw, Mr. Depa commented we would probab l y take
the inventory anyway to keep our
Company records s tr aigh t.

,.......,,st manufacturing stoppe d in the
Jynesboro Plant Tuesday f or the
counting which was done by bo th
hourly and salaried employees .
The inventory was e ntered on

A r egular book inventory is made
each month. All incoming and
outgoing materials are rec or ded .
However, Mr . Depa explains, the
physica l inventory usually r esults in the correcting of th e
books.

A reportable fire , the ~!anager ,
Plant Utilities and >!aintenance ,
explai ns , is one that does more
than $100 in damages . Damages
above that amount must be reported t o the Ccnpany .

Thi s record, which dates back t o
the opening of the plant, was
broken when a transformer fire
caused a loss estimated at $600
(Cont d. on ? . f )

Charlie Mi nter paints si gns remi nding Specialty Control emplo~ ­
ees of D l an t c l eanuo !·!onciw .
Coed housekeeping is crecited : or
the Depar tr;ent' s good ; i re sa:et y
I'ecord.

You Are The Boss
Ycu're the boss'. How about that!
What you do every day makes a
difference to people ,,·orking in
plants, offices and stores all
over the nation.

ONE YEAR AGO - 1966
Free flu sho ts were given.

Your decision to buy that particular make made vou a custome r one
place and meant. a lost sale for
another make.
It is customers such as you that
decide if giants like General
\!otors shall stay in business .
You can't buy a 1967 Hudson or a
new Stanl ey Steamer because of
decisions made by car buyers.
t were some of the decisions
you made in picking the car you
a re driving noh·" You decided
your needs. You didn ' t buy a
sma ll import if you need a car
for six children and their St .
Bernard . You picked a car at a
price you could afford .

\\~rn

Probably t he re 1\ere several cars
on the market that \\ 0uld meet
your needs at a price you could
affo rd. \Vhat el se did you look
for? - - A quality product, no
doubt, although you might ha\·e
expressed it differently. \!aybe
you said you "'anted a car that
would last . You needed a car
that wouldn't keep you broke paying for r epairs . Your idea of
quality may have come from past
experience h'i th the make you
bought or fran the adv ice of
friends or examination of the car.
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\\las deli very time an jmportan t
factor to you? >laybe :-ou \\·anted
a car before rour vacation or t o
replace one that was \\Tccked and
you needed a car right noh .
Finally, an important consideration may have been service . \\ill
the dealer t ake car e of the car
he se lls you? Do you feel you

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SCOGEE received a check for $1,
216.50 from Ge ne ral El ectric fo r
t he fi rst half of 1966 .

Probably you have never thought
of yourself as the boss. After
all, you take orders from someone . But how oft en have vou been
told that the customer is' the
boss? And nearly every day you
are a customer for some product
or service.
Take , for example, that car you
are driving . Your purchase
he l ped provide job security for
people in Detroit , and in the
town where you bought the car.

REMEMBER WHEN?

Ida Bolling and Abner Bentley
earned membership in the Ilise Od
Club when their safety glasses
prevented serious eye injuries.
FIVE YEARS AGO - 1962

SCOGEE' s SVIL Softball Team won
the Tri- Plant Fast Pitch Softball
Tour nament .

can tTI.1St the dealer to make you
a reasonable deal and stand behind it? You surely thought of
these things before exercis ing
your rights as a customer.
These are the same things our
customers think about before t hey
make a purchase from Specialty
Control Department . That is why
"·e must try to build the product
the custaner needs at a price he
will pay . TI1at is why we want
to make a quality product, gi ve
it to the customer when he wants
it , and back this up with the
kind of service he ,,·ants .
After all, the custaner is the
boss.

UV A Sched ule Available
COURSES TO BE TALGHT THIS FALL
BY THE LN IVERSI TY OF VIRGIN IA
ARE LISTED IN A FOLDER NOW AVA ILABLE FRO"l EMP LOYEE RELATIONS .
INCLUDED IN THE LIST ARE MANY
WHICH \v ILL BE OFFERED IN WAYNESBORO . TUIT ION COST FOR MOST
CREDIT COURSES IS FROM $40 TO
$50 AND MOST NON-CREDIT COURSES
COST $20 TO $30 . ENROLLMENT CAN
BE MADE BY MA l L '-'1 I TH THE COUPON
ATTACHED TO THE FOLDER .

Service With GE
Week ending September 8, 1967
5-year Service Pins -

TEN YEARS AGO - 1957

Spe.cA..a.Lty Cort.V!.O.t emp.toye.e.,~ Jte.a.ch
5 m.<..U..<:.on man-hoU/16 !u.{.thou...t a d.<..6ab.Ung .<.n j WU} .

Benefits Extended
Improved medical insurance bene fits have been extended to some
General Electric pensioners who
ret i red before t he ir nonnal re t i reme nt age .
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These pensioners and the i r covered dependents are now cove red
by the same Canprehensive Medical
Expense Plans as is provided for
active employees .
Covered are retired Un i ted States
emp loyees who on April 30 , 1967 ,
had not attained normal retirement age and were insured for
med i ca l expense benefits under
the 1950, 1955 , 1960 or 1963 Genera l El ectric Insuran ce Pl an.
There i s no change in contributions for the revised arrangement.
The $100,000 li fetime maximum r epl aces earlier max imums of $15,
000 or $25,000 . It covers ex penses in curred on and after May
1, 1967 .
The improved coverage is in effect unt i l the retired emp loyee
reaches age 65 . At that time,
nonnal ret i rement benefits are
applied. The change does not
affect Life Insurance cover~.

:,horias A. Trac:1

Donald P. Rogers
S . Lorene Se rrett
Ve 7.ma S . r./i lsoYI.

Louise ,r. Kline
Phyl lis F. 5VJTU7le rs
,L,udra s. ?.artmr.m

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Ray Depa ' s telephone nwnber has
been change d f rom 224 to 124 .
Please not e this in yo ur t elephcre
book .

Lower Losse s...

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7 :J r; td ,

will provide the customer with a
at a pri~e that
"All tlns adds
up to orders, " he pointed out .

~uality product
~s competitive.

An important aspect of the program is charts posted throughout
the area. These shoh· the losses
each week from scrap and r e1,·ork
for each foreman's team . One
chart shows total cost and another shows the average cost per
empl oyee in the group . The charts
in each foreman's area show a

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breakdm,n of cost by material and
labor .
The f oremen are meeting daily to
review the progress of the program.
\\'yatt Haney , Supervisor, :lanufacturing Engineering, and Dan Herbert , Trainee on the \!anufacturing Training Program, devised
the program . They point out that
the res ult of connecting one wire
wrong in a panel to be used in
an airplane or aboard a ship can
result in rewor k that may take
several days. '.'lost errors , of
course, are not that costly , but
added together they mean cons iderable time spent in r e1,·ork and
significant losses to scrap.

One of t he careful Eubank >·Ii re
Stripping Machine Operators , Ruth
Carrrpbell , sees that her machine
is correctly set befoI'e operati ~£
it .

A sampling of employee opinion
on the program showed employees
are concerned about scrap and re work and be l ieve the program wi ll
reduce both .

Paying attentioy; t o h::s :Jiring
job is Bill Ger~an . Bill believes losses fror? rework and
scrap can be reduced thI'o;,igh a
pI'ogrrxm to make employees more
cost conscious .

"A lot of errors in this kind of
work," said Bill Gennan, as he
looked up from wiring a voltage
regulator that will be used on a
Navy ship , "result from lack of
attention to the wiring and assembly prints . This program will
help ma ke us more aware of r ework
and scrap costs . I r eal l y eA-pect
the program to r esult in making
us think more about our jobs and
we "·ill see reduced losses as a
result . "
"Sometimes you get careles s , "
s uggested Harlene Vest, working
on assembling and wiring an In verter , "You have to keep your
min<l on your work. I think these
charts 1.;ill make you realize you
are hurting e\'erybody when you
make mis takes . "

The cost of mistakes is graphi cally displayed on this board in
Aero- Space and Defense Opemtio;: .
For eman Gene Reasoner voints our
one small item which -:8 ex pen.:::'.;;e
to rework .

Gene Reasoner, Foreman, noted
t hat it will take a t eam effort
to reduce l osses. "We have had
very good cooperation in the
past, " he said . "I ' m sur e this
new effort to reduce scrap and
rework will get resul ts."
"I' d I'eally like to see our scY'av
and rework c osts down ahout he2°e,11
says Be rnie Sv.ssman, right , in
,..-... discussing Aer o- Sapce and Defense
Ope ration's progrcon to provide a
quality product at a low price to
General Electric customers .
I./yatt Haney noted that the goa l
is to do the job right the firnt
time .

Ruth Campbell , an Eubank \\fire
Stripping Machine Operator, ob served that a wrong s etting on
her machine coul d result in 1vires
be ing cut t o the wrong lengths.
Other scrap from the mad1ine
could be caused by bad spots in
the wire . "I believe thes e drnrts
will make me more t houghtful of
my 1Vork , " she said.

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Knowing the job and keeping you!'
mind on it w1'. ll reduce err ors,
obse rves Harlene Vest. "Afte r
fov..r years , I think I know this
JOb . II

'Know Your Benefits'
Series Starts Today

SCD NEWS & NOTES

A se ri es of articles on "Know
Your Benefits" wi ll be published
weekly in th e fpe-:Jialt1:; Contr·oZ.
:Jews to h e lp acquaint you with
the package of Ge neral Electric
benefits whi ch a re among the best
in t he country . Th i s week we will
look at your p r o t ec tion unde r
the Life Insurance and Acci dental
Dea th or Dismembennent Insurance .

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Employees e nr olled in the Gene r al
Elec tric Insurance Plan have lile
ins ur ance protection amounting
to two times their normal s traighttime annual earnings . This i s
payable to t he beneficiary you
n ame in the event of your death
on or off th e j ob . I f you prefer, instead of havi ng your li fe
ins urance paid in a l ump sum,
you may arrange t o have it paid
in monthly o r annual payment s or
have it held a t interes t for a
limited period a nd then paid in
a lump s um or in ins tallments .
The Accidental Death or Dis~em ­
berment Insurance p r ovides that
in the event of accidenta l death,
your benefi ciary wi ll receive an
additional amount equal t o yo ur
normal st r aight- time annua l earnings in the event of an accidental death .
For the acciden tal l os s of a n
eye, hand of foot , the Plan pays
an amount eq ual to one- half your
normal st rai gh t-t ime annual earnings up to $10,000 -- your full
annual earnings up to $20,000
for t he loss of any two o r mo r e
of t hese members whi l e you are
participating in th e Plan .
I f you are no t participating in
the General Ele ct ri c Insurance
Plan, you ca n s till enroll. Howe ver, you may be required to take
a physical exam ina tion at your
expense .

NEXT WEEK -- WEEKLY SICKNESS PND
ACCIDENT DISABILITY BENEFITS .

S.<.g n .<.n Vo.li<.6wa.q e.n 6ac.totc.y :
"Thin!<. b.<.g an.d you ' Jte. 6-i.Jte.d . "

1-,.. .' . . . ';,.,._. ;. . (~ :;,.l·l. 'por; r . ! )

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The fire cill that
\\'3S the
650 th ca 11 .'.ll1S\\'ered bY the br i ga<le s tnC\.' it \\·as cstablishcJ on
~:ch. I, I 9SS .
It '.\3S the fi r..;t
t Linc the :·:ay11csboro Fi re 1lepartmcnt 1,·as called upon to assist
h'i th a fire at the plant .
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This Plan is des i gned to help you
and your dependents meet the
threat s to security tha t are
brought about by l oss of wages
through death or disability .

Any SCOGEE women interested in
bow l ing in a wi nte r leag ue wi l l
have th e opportunity to do so i n
a nev1l y organized Ladies Fr ida~
Night League now being formed
250 Bow l .

August 31.

h rokc this long reconl

's Fire !Jeparonent ,
lc<l. !)\· r:h i t>f Jack Frost , did a
f ine ·job in r es ponding, 11 '.\Ir .
Cur to sa t<l . "TI1ey 1\erc on the
scene seven minutes after they
1vere called. By that time , the
first and second shift volLmteer s
had the fire under control. 11
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Damage to the trans fonne r \\'as
:nostly buned varni "' 11 ar I insu lation . Part of the cost charged
to the fire 1,·as for recha r g ing
fire extinguishers used .
" Since 1955, h·e have s tressed
good housekeeping , " explained ~Ir .
Curto . "~!onday \\·e will have another inspection . lie look over
the entire plant , offices and
grounds for anything that mj ght
contribute t o a fire . Any problems arc called t o the attention
of sub-section managers for correction."
Jn adJitton , the Deparonent Fire
Chief rcauJarh attends fi:e
train in,~·., "'L'h'Jo.ls a 11<l passl.., on
\\'!wt nc ]c.;,1111~ to tl:c \·ollmtecr
hri 1~:1 ~ . 11• i-:: group no1\ numhc'·"'
some 70 employees in all areas
and on aJ J t 1nee sh:i fts. Second
Shi ft ,\lrn1at"'.cr Robert \·an I.car <md
Thi rJ ··hi .- , Fo ren1~11 .T:unes T ,.. 1s I nh
a re llcputy Fi re 01iefs h·i th r ire
re5pon~ i bi l it tes during the i 1
shirts.

Pl<:mt fire protect ion includes a
sprin kler s~·stem that is actirntcd
\\'hen the temperature at the sprinkler read1es 165 degrees, more
th<m 125 fire extinguishers, and
the .Jeep ftre truck \\·:ith a ~SO
ga l Jon-per -m inute punp, heo-:: c'S ,
no:zlcs, etc.

If you are interested , please be
at the 250 Bowl at 6:30 p . m. to day . You will be ass i gned to a
team of 4 peop 1e and wi 11 start
to bowl at 7 p. m. on t he same
ni ght .

RECORDER MISSING
A CHA.\NEL -~!ASTER PORTABLE TAPE
RECOR.DER IS mssING FROM THE N/C
TEST AREA . WOULD THE BORROWER
OR A.KY 0:-.JE K.'WWD:G THE WHEREABOUTS OF TI!E RECORDER PLEASE
COHACT JEA..\ SHIFFLETT ON EXT .
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SHOOTERS SOUGHT
Anyone i nterested in fanning a
skeet and/or tra p shooting team
to be entered in SV IL, please
contact Pau l Antonop l os, Ext . 38~
or l·i ard Chapman , Ext . 442 .

GOLF TOURNEY SET
Th e annual SCOGE E Go lf Tourname nt
v1il l be held th i s year at Lak,,,.-..
Vie w Go l f Course Saturday , S e ~
tember 9 , at 7; 30 a . m. All members please be promp t for teeoff time . Prizes ~1ill be awarded.

BOWLING TEAM NAMED
The men named below wil l represent SCOGEE i n th e SVIL Bowling
Leag ue for 1967- 68 at th e 250
Bow l begin ni ng ton i ght.
AVERAGE

NAME

G. Wade.
T.

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G. E.
1) .

A.

v. E.
R. c.
R. H.

Rob e,.U-6011
Poc.:UUy
The.ado
Cool<.
Fa.<.tittg
p.<.c.IU.ng

1 89
187
185
176
1 75
170
168

MEN BOWLERS NEEDED
H0\~1,FRS ARE

\I QfI S ccx:;EE

\TEEDCD FOR \\'EINESDAY
BO\\U ;-.JG LE.\GUE .

'.\IE\ I\"rERESTED SI IOULD CA.LL 00\1
TI!EAIXl , EXT . 379 OR JD! '.\lcKAY ,

EXT. 272 .

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~ t 't tl<.e,~ .Dt•.<.c.e. ln t he. Mme. pla.c.e.?
It dcl!S•1':t. i1ave. to .
- \l'a l l Street Jour nal

Specialty

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Control
VolVJne XI , :lo . 78

No Winners;

ASR Strike
Losses Noted

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

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Septembe r 15, 1967

No one wins in a strike .
The wisdom of that statement was
under l ined in the most recent local strike to plague emp loyees,
management, and the economy of
the surrounding area .
On Ju ly 17 nationa l IUE leaders
called some 500 American Safety
Razor Company emp l oyees off their
jobs at the company's plant i n
Staunton. Because l ocal union
leaders had res i gned ear lie r, na tiona l organizers took over at
....ttle bargaining table, but seemed
accomplish very little before
vuly 17, when the contract ex pired .
Once the strike was on , the union
negotiations got down to cases
and gave the Company some priori ties on the dozens of demands.
By J uly 27, the Company had responded by making a new offer
which amounted to a total incre~e
in pay and benefits of 31¢ per
hour over the 3 year life of the
co ntract.
Thi s was rejected by the union,
which continued i ts strike . Four
we eks l ater, after a tota l of
f ive payless pay days, the union
accepted a new Company offer wh ich
amounted to 33¢ over 3 years
or an additional 2~ per hour over
the offer of J ul y 27 .
ASR official s esti mate that the
l oss of wages and benefits during
the l engthy strike amounted to
al most $800 per emp l oyee , and
that the ti me required to make up
....-...,t los s will be some 455 weeks
steady work, or al most nine
years!
No one wins in a strike .

"Yes , those were the good o Zd days , 11 agree the fi r st production wor kern
hired by General Electric in i!ayne sboro . Loukir<{] at an anni versaY"d co;:;:
of' "Today 's News " were : from left , seated, Isabell Fit zgera ld., /.tae (.='.:;c ertson) Hos t etter; standir>.IJ , Genevieve (Rexrode) Allbaugh , Chc.rlotte
Barnes, Charlotte Hannan and /.tary Coffey .
Seven Of Ten Still With Deportment

Waynesboro 'Pioneers' Recall Early Days
"It 1\as cold, t he mortar in the
Kalls Kas still 1\et and there
Keren' t any 1dndo1\s , '' . . . but,
those were the good old days .
Six of the ten women h·ho 1,·ere the
first production h·orkers hired in
\\laynesboro by General Electric
got together to reminisce on the
eve of their 13th anniversary . A
seventh, Becky Strickler, works
second shift. Most recalled t he
discomfort of moving into a plant
whid1 was still being built, but
all agreed it had been fun .
The first day on the job , Sept.
13, 1954, their bos ses went to
town to buy red sweat shirts to
keep the girls from freezing .
They also brought back coffee .
•i1y sweat shirt has faded to
pink , " observed one of the seven
and others noted the i r's had long
since been discarded .

1\vo , Charlotte Barnes and Isabell
Fitzgerald, s tarted in the s t ock

room. ''They didn ' t have any Receiving in those days - - "e 1\ere
it. "
The others started learning to
solder and assemble . By the end
of their four weeks of training
they ,,·ere producing electroni c
components .
"\Ve wer e in t he area where the
cafeter ia is now - - off in a corner of the neiv plant ," recalled
one .
"No," insisted another , "the cafeteria was built on l ater . \\'e
were over that direction some where , though . ''
Comparing the job today 1dth that
of 13 years ago , the group concluded that Specialty Control employees 1,·ork harder today but are
paid much better .
\\"ill they be around 12 years from
now to join the General Electric
(Contd . P. 4)

DON 'T BE HURT BY LITTER
"Every litter bit hurts . " You
have hea r d th is on r adid and televis ion and you hear it at ~ork.
h~y? -- Beca u se i t i s true and it
is important!

ONE YEAR AGO - 1966

FIVE YEARS AGO - 1962

1) Napkins , used cups and spoons ,
cigarette and candy wrappers
left on t he tables in the cafe t eria mean mo r e work for cafe teria employees . If addit:ional help must be hired to pick
up your trash , t he cos t is
eventual ly passed on to you in
higher food prices.
area resu l ts in this litter
being distributed through th e
factory . This i s the reason
ea t i ng and drinking in any
other part of the building i s
no t allowed. Food has an added harm when left around th e
pl an t as it a ttrac t s rats and
other vermin .

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General Elec tr ic announces an unprecedented proposal on pay and
benefit improvement s f or t h r ee
years.

Here ar e some of the ways you can
be hurt by litte r:

2) Eating outside t he cafeteria

REMEMB ER WHEN?

E>nplo yev.i ' StOJte hM a .6 peual
.6ale Ort Hat bel.U.
TEN YEARS AGO - 1957

Spec i alty Control starts academic
yea r with 18 courses t aught by
empl oyees .
are responsib le . Obey t he rules
on eating only in the cafe teria
and leave a cl ean tab l e when you
leave the caf eteria. If you have
any unusual cleanup problems,
discuss them with your s upervisor.
Let ' s make ever y day cleanup day .

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Plant inspection points up genera l deterioration in houseke ep ing .

Night School Courses
Offered In Waynesboro
Nig h t courses pl anned b y Waynesboro Public School s for th e 19 6768 school year inclu d e :

3) Paper, boxes , r ags , a nd s uch

t hings around machines or off ices add fue l for a fire .
4 ) Poor housekeeping can also re-

sult in injuries f rom tripp~ ,
bumping or fall ing objects .
5) Finally , a s loppy , dirty work
area h u rts morale and i t hu rts

production. No one does his
best work am i d a clu tt er o f
papers , boxes , or pa rts .
A clean fa c tory does mo r e than
impress vis itors . It makes your
job safer , healthier and happier .
None of us want to be considered
a "Moonbeam McSwine" of Lil Abner
fame or a "Pigpe n" as in th e Peanuts comi c s tri p . A reputation
as a dirty or sloppy person can
be developed jus t as much from
how we ke ep our work area as fran
how we keep our person .
Here at Specialty Control we have
a monthly inspection fo llowing a
cleanup campa i gn. The interest
in keeping the plan t c l ean has
been g iven much credit for t he
Department ' s outstand i ng fire record. Let us continue t his r ecord by be ing constantly a l ert to
litter.
Clean up that a r ea for which you

Cuvs , milk car tons , g l asses and
ndokins le."t on ca."eteria tables
make cleanup a problem and det ract frcm the appearance of the
room . ':he wor st time has been
bet;ween 9:30 and 10 a .m. and 3:30
to 4 :30 p. m.

Honor Tab le Req uires
Correct Cha nge
Starting Monday you will need the
correct change f or the cafeteria
honor tab l e .
The di sh, from wh i ch change could
be made, wil l be removed and money will be dropped through a s lot
into a box.
This change in the system has be come necessa ry be ca use the table
cont inues to l ose money each day .
If the new system does not correct t his prob l em, t he honor tabl e will . have to be di sconti nued.

Algebra I
Ar t s & Crafts - Ceram ics,
Pai n tin g, Dr awing , L ett e ring , Jewelry Maki ng,
Leath e rwork, etc .
Hobby Woodworking
Mechanical Dra wi ng
Bookkeeping
Shorthand I
Typing I a n d II
Sewin g
Classes w i ll be from 7 - 9 P . M.
a t Waynesboro High on Monday
and Wednesday. Classes be gin
Oc tober 2 and run t hrough March
27 . Regis trat ion f P.e for the year
i s $20.
Persons int er ested in enrolling
may reg i ste r from 8 A. M. to
4 P. M. weekdays through Oc t o ber 2 and 7 - 9 P . M . Sept e mb e r
25 and 29 i n th e m a in offic e a t
the high school. For mo re infor m a tion, call Paul W. Bat em a·-..
943-951 1, or Wa ynesboro Hig ..
School, 943 - 5466.
YOU MIGHT LOSE DECISION
NeveJt all.g tte

tO-Uh a 600.t.

e.Jz.6 111ay not be able. to
,{A t.o/uc.lt . - - BULLS-EYF

Ont oolc.t ell who

Know Your Benefits

Be Heard N ow
...-...On Holiday Bills

Weekly Sickness,
Accident Disability

you pr efer long weekends t o
weeks with a holiday in the middl e? NOi,. is your chance to be
heard . A 0londay Holiday bill is
now being cons i der ed in the Judiciary Corrnnittees of t he Senat e
and t he House .

The proposed law would : 1) cha~
Washingt on' s Birthday t o Presi dent' s Day and move i t to the
thi r d Monday in February. 2) Set
~lemoria l Day on t he last '.'-londay
rn ~lay . 3) Call for the observance of Independence Day on t he
fi r st ~londay in July . 4) 0love
Vet erans Day t o t he fourth ~Ion­
day in October . 5) Call for ob servance of Thanksgiving on the
fourth ~londay in November .
Chairmen are Sen. James 0 . East land , (D->liss . ) , and Rep . Emanuel
Celler , (D -\ .Y. ) . I f you wish to
express your views t o t he cormnit t ee chai nnen or to your senat or
or congressman , refer to Senate
bill 1217 or House bi ll 1292 .

,-CIaim Found Articles
1he followin g items have been
t urned i n to our Los t & Found De partment , Pat Thompson , Employee
Re l ati ons: Odd gl oves , assortment of keys , gl asses - sa fety &
presc r iption , bracel et s, chang e
purses , pocket kni ves , assortmen t
of rings , pipe, umbrell a , s hirt,
all -weather coat, swea te r .
All items not cl ai me d by Sep t. 25
will be di s carded.

Last week we looked at Life Insurance a nd Accidental Death and
Dismemberment Insurance under t h e
General Electric Insurance Plan.
This week we will discuss Week ly
Sickness and Accident Disability
Benefits .

Wolanin Completes
20 Years GE Service
Twe n ty year s of continuous General Electric servi ce was completed
by William W. Wo l anin on Tuesday .
Bil l, who joined t he Company at
Schenectady , N. Y. , in April ,
194 1, as Assembler-Ben ch Trans mi tte r Department, is now Supe r vi sor-Pr oducti on Pr og r am Contro l .
Bil l lef t Genera l El ec t ric to
serve with the Seventh Fl eet in
the Pacifi c from 1942 t o 1946 .
He rejoined t he Company at Schenectady in 1947 and transferred
to Way nesboro in August , 1954 .
During his career, he has been
promo t ed to Production Expeditor,
Group Leader , Foreman and his
present position . He is a g raduate of t he Company ' s Manufacturing Training Program .
Bill and his wife , Dawn Marie ,
live at 1313 Cr of t on Ave . They
have a son , Edward .

Service With GE
Heek ending Sept. 15 , 1967

IUE Walks Out
Some 425 membe r s of IUE Local
1081 struck the Appliance Motor
Departmen t p l ant at DeKalb , I ll.
on Aug . 21. The I UE cited 60
exhaus t ed gr ievan ces as its reason for striking . Alth ough the
gr ievances have been extensivel y
reviewed , n othing new has been
uncovered to cause the Company to
ch ange its pos it ion . Meanwhile
I AM- represented emp l oyees a nd salaried personnel are in and working .

5-year Se r vi ce Pi ns Danie l Johnson
Faye T . Ar ey
Me l vin R. Bradley
Shi rley L . Monr>oe
Annie M. Harris
Audrey C. Small
Dona l d S . Sims
Helen L. Howe ll
Catherine E . Sourn
Clemen t ine T. Camobell
!1ary L . ?ence
c

10-yea r Servi ce Pi ns GE STOCK PRICES

111e "S.:t.o c.k P!Uc.e." and " Fund UrU..:t.
P!Uc.e." for the month of August

1967 are as fo llows :
Stoc.k. P!Uc.e.
Fund U11d P!Uc.e.

$106 . 723

25 . 555

Howard L. Shifflett

SERVICE PIN
Ann Ar t hu r , Marrio t t Hot Shop pes, completed fiv e ye a r s of
service l ast week. All h ave
been with th e Specia lty Control
Department Cafeteria .

If you are totally di sab l ed because of a non- occupational sickness or accident, the Gene r al
Electric Insurance Plan gives you
extra cash to help you during t he
r ecovery period .
If you ' re an hou r ly employee , you
wil l receive an amount equal t o
one- half of your normal s t raigh tt ime weekly earni ngs fo r as long
as 26 weeks --up to a max i mum of
$100 per week .
If you a r e on salary, you will be
paid at the rate of $ 15 per week
for the firs t 20 days or l ess in
which you continue to receive
your r eg ul ar salary . Then you
wi ll begin receiving one-half of
your straight- time weekly earnings for as long as 26 weeks-also up to a maximum of $100 per
week .
The minimum paymen t for any employee wi th normal straigh t -time
annual earnings of at least $30CD
is $35 pe r week .
The usual waiting period for
these tempo rary disability be nef its is one week, bu t if you are
hospitalize d , th ey start imme d i ately .
NEXT WEEK - - CO~!PREHENSIVE MED I CAL EXPENSE BENEFITS, TY PE A &
TYPE B.

UVA STUDENTS TO BE SEEN
ON GE COLLEGE BOWL

University of Virg i nia students
wi 11 compete on t he Genera l Electr i c College Bowl te l evision program on November 11 .
The program will be seen on Saturd~ ys at 5: 30 p.m. this year to
avo i d freque nt di srupt i ons caused
by pro footba ll on Su ndays .
Rudo l ph, t he Red- Nosed Reindeer
a specia l Chris tmas feat ure, wii l
be 7:30 to 8 :30 p.m. Friday,
Dec. 8. These shows wil l al l be
on the NBC-TV Network.

SCD NEWS & NOTES
\\·ednesday n~ght SCOGEE Specialty
League boh·lrng r esults 1,·ere : lliPots 4, fireball s 0 ; ·Tin Benders
4, Pin Pirates O; Dynamic five 4
Sometime Players O; G.E. f i.re
'
Dept.4, Sparemakers O; Allev Cats
4, Datami tes 0 ; Rebe ls 4 , \{j r e str etchers 0 ; l njLm Lars 4 , Cannonmatics 0 ; ~larketeers 3
Drillers 1 .
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l!IGll I\UfflDUAL GA'!E
Les J\nderson
Dave Lutton
Chuck Sp~mgler

227
220
218

llIGI! INDIVIDUAL SET

Chuck Spang ler
Tom Wheeler
Les Anders on

596
590
567

I !IGH TEAl'l G~ !E

Rebel s
Alley Cats
Injun Ears
HIGH

901
893
877
TE~!

SET

Alley Cats
Rebels
Injun Ears

2593
2568
2534

STA\lDil\GS
Tin Benders
Al l ey Cats
Injun Ears
Hi-Pots
Rebels
\Virestretchers
Marketeers
Dynamic Five·
G. E . Fire Dept.
Datamites
Pin Pirates
Sparemakers
Fireballs
Carmonmatics
Sometime Pl aye r s

7- 1
7- 1
7- 1
6- 2
5- 3
4- 4
4- 4
4-4
4-4
3-5
3- 5
2- 6
1-7
1-7
1- 7

BOWLERS STILL NEEDED

Bowlers a re sti ll needed for the
newly organized \\'omen' s Leawe
which bowl s on Fr iday night~ a t
250 Bowl.
A meeting will be he ld tonight
at 6 : 30 p .m., t eams will be
formed, and bowling will begin
at 7 p .m.

GE OFFERS NEW APPLIANCES
111e introcluctim of a neK blender
by General Electri c mar ks the ent ry of the Housewa res Divis i on
into the so lid state port abl e cq:ipli ancc f ield .
·n1e di vi s ion has a l so armow1cc d
cxtens jon of it s personal care
products to i nclude an 18 - roller
hair curler; a ne\\· rcchar ocabl e
dua l mot ion au toma t j c toothbrush ·
an expru1sion of it s use of vari- '
able s peed to its mixer line ·
the add i tj on of a ne1v model ~f
its three s peed port ab le mixer
l inc and h' i 11 add :.n arnGJdo colo: to an existing mode l 1,·hi ch
1"1 ll then be offered at a reducrd
s uggest ed retail pr ice .
·n1e Housch·ares Di ,·ision's mar keting progrmns in the four th quart~r r epresent the gr eatest expansion of the GE housewares l ine
in any final quarter in the di vision ' s history . He said the
new product program is aimed at
a ttracting consLU11er s to t he Gen cral Electric housc\\·a res line
offe ring increased product value
and ,·aricty .

ASOC MEETING SET

ASQC Meeting will be held Wednesday, Se~t. 20 . Dinner will be at
7 p.m. in the Ranch Room of the
Downtowner in Cha r lottesvil l e
The program wil l be a plant t~ur
of Auto~a ted Specialties i n Charlottes v1 lle, For reserva t ions
call Stan Ca lder, Ext . 311.
'
The. .te.ac.lieJt

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" f./hen I s ta'f'ted hel e 1 3 yeaY's aqo
today , " sai d Becky St'f'ick ler>
"
f-lcdn.es day , " we wor>ked ri gh t over>
t11er>e, I th~nk . " .:::1e noi,,.,ted towar>d the cor>ner o :.- ;,.!ze- ··a c;;orv
near> t he cafeteri~ .
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v
1

'Pioneers'

(Contd . fr>Oln P. 1 )

Quarter Century Club together?
"f \\'ill , " said one.

"Come on
gj r l s , a dmi.t that you expect ~o
join \\·ith me . " .\lost nodded agroc-mc nt .
·n1e first ten women hi red in t he
fac tory were: Isabell Fitzgerald,
Cha rlotte Hannan, Beck'\' Strickler
Jean Shifflett, .\lay I lo~tetter ,
'
Charlotte Barnes , Genevieve Allbaugh, J\!ary Coffee , Janet Alf9J4.
and J\!ary ~la rtin.
Of t hose , Charlotte Harman , .\!ary
Coffey , Genevieve Allbaugh and
:>lae Hoste tte r have continuity of
service from Sept. 13 , 1954 .
I sabell Fitzgerald, Charlotte
Barnes and Becky Strickler have
left the Department and returned .

adinorUJ.>IUng the.
W e. :to
cla.!.i./i : "Von ' .t you e.ve.Jt fu.te.n
.to .t he. VO i..c.e. 0 6 c.o ll../i ue.nc.e. ?"
I\ .~ teJt 6 0>11c. ftu-i...ta;li..011 .the. bo 11 Jte.pli..e.d : "1 don' .t tli,i..nk. .60 -- c-c/ia,t
ciian.te.C i,~ { t en? " --\\.ALL STREFT
~ c.l100C be· ~'

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JOUR\AL

.

Your dentist
saves your teeth.
He may also
save your me.

i

See you r d en tist regularly. It m a)'
save y o ur l ife. C a ncer o f t he
mouth killed almost 7.000
Americans last year . Many
of th em needlessly . So see
your dentist for a compl ete
oral ch eckup regularl y.

American cancer society

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Specialty
Control
Volw~e

XI , :!o . 79

Sevter'ller

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

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19f7

Minimum Raise Will Be More Than 6< Per Hour

33+

Pay Increase Set For October

Pay rates of hourly and nonexempt
salar ied employees at Specialty
Control Department wi ll be in cre ased at least 3-1/2% and perhap s more, effective Mond ay, Oct .
2.
The pay boost vii 11 come to employees in two pa rts. A 3% gene ral
increase wi ll be noted i n paycheck s distributed Oct . 6 . The
second po rtion wil l be a cost- ofliving adjustment which will be
calcu l ated in November and t hen
made retroactive to Oct. 2.
These pay increases are included
i n th e i mproved pay and benefits
~ckage announ ced last fall by
ie ral Electric. Last Sep tember
a 4% genera l pay increase was put
into effect, and in 1968 anothe r
3% increase , plus a second cost of-li ving adjustment, will be re ceived .

COURT UPHOLDS
ORDER TO BARGAIN
In a decision released yesterday ,
the U. S. Fou rth Ci rcuit Court of
Appeals has uphe ld the Nationa l
Labor Relations Board's order
that General Electric recognize
UE as bargaining agent for hourly
employees here at the Waynesboro
plant.
The Company had appealed t o the
court after the NLRB had overru l ed the Company's objections to
UE's conduct just prior to the
election. The cou r t ruled that,
in reaching its decision regarding
the election , the NLRB acted w i~­
in its area of discretion under
""""°'les l aid down by the Supreme
__,u r t .
The court 's decision is now under
study by Company attorneys.

The exact s i ze of this yea r' s
cost-of -living adjustment wil l
probably not be k nm~n until late
November when th e U.S. Department
of Labor announces October's cons umer price inde x. The pay adjustment for Ge neral Electric employees will be based on a compari son of U.S . li vi ng costs between
October, 1966, and October , 1967.
Regard l ess of what t he index is,
employees are guaranteed at l east
a 1/2% c-o -1 increase . A 1% in crease is quite possible because
the formula provides for a 1% adjustment if the index reaches
116 .8 . The Ju ly index (latest
available) was 116.5 .
These two pay raises will help
mai nta in Gene ral Electric wages
and sa l aries at levels wh i ch compare favorably with what other
cooipan i es in th is comm unity pay
f or si milar wo rk. General El ectric always ai ms to pay rates and
offer benefit plans whi ch attract
and ret ain competent emp loyees .
The do ll ars -and-cents in crease
f or i ndividual employees wi ll, of
course, vary 1-1ith their present
r ate of pay . However, the mini mum general pay increase wi 11 be
six cents per hour for pers ons
earning l ess than $2 per hour .
The higher pay rates wil l also
mean incre ases in the value of
be nefit plans because seve ral
plans, s uch as the General El ectric Pension Plan and the life
ins urance port i on of t he General
Electric Insurance Plan, are tied
to earnin gs .
The sa l aries of pr ofess i onal and
other exempt employees wi 11 not
be a ut~nat ically affected by the
Oct. 2 increases for hourly and
nonexempt salaried employees.

...

A synchronous switch he lc betueer.
t hvmb and forefinge r will do the
job of a l l the parts in.the ot~er
hand. Clif f Jones , Se n~or Des~gn
Engineer, was honored this week
for hi s role in developir{J the
tiny switch.

SCD Engineer
Honored For Switch
Clothes i rons and e l e ctric s ki l l ets of t he near f u ture 1,·i 11 last
longer, have more accurat e t em per ature control and 1,·on' t interfe r e 1d t h radio r ecept ion thanks
t o a de\·ice devel oped by Cliff \1.
Jones , Senior Design Pr ojects Eng ineer , Specia lty Control Department.
Cli ff went t o New York t his wee k
to be honor ed for hi s work in de veloping the Type PA4 24 s:-11ch ronous si-·i tch . TI1e si-·i tch h'as se l ected bv I ndus t ria l Research maga zine as. one of the 100 neh' techn i c al product s of 1967 . Pr oducts
were picked on the basis of their
technical importance , un iqueness
and usefulness .
General Elect r i c Canpany l ed the

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New Battery System
Offered To Employees

A Money Transfusion Won't Help
I

Forget about buying bat ter ies for
flashlights, radios and t oys pra~
tically fo reve r with a new Ge~
al Electric Nickel- Cadmium bat
t ery system now offered employees .

1•••••s• a

When you are lying in a hospital
and need blood, a mo~ey transfusion won ' t do much good.

I

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We sometimes get the idea that
money can buy anything we need l:ut
here i s just one more example
that it just i sn ' t so .

I

Gl', f

BI O~O

The sys tem, which won't be available to the public until later
this year , includes a charger
t ha t will charg e up t o four bat teries at a time, and four of the
new batteries .

So far scientists haven ' t come up
with a subs titut e for human blood.
Probably not one of us would refuse to donate blood if a spec ific need was pointed out to us .
Could you refus e a child who is
faci ng open- heart surge ry and
whose life is e ndangered while
donors are located to gi ve the
ne e ded blood?
Hawk or dove , could you forgive
yourself for letting a wounded
soldier die because the re was no
blood availab l e to replace that
which he lost fightin g for you?
The need is great . General Electric has a quota of 298 pints
when the Bloodmobile visits Oct .2
More than half of the blood donated in Waynesboro last year was
used locally.
Here is what you can do to meet
this need . If you haven ' t returned your block-donor s i gn- up
card , circle "Yes " and give it
t o your supervisor today.
You will not los e pay fo r time
spent giving blood . You can des-

'!

Pat Thompson, Emptoyee Retations
Secre tary, posts a notice remindi ri.g a U emp toyees to sign up now
to give bl ood on Oct . 2
ignate your blood for a pa rti cular individual.
He r c are the requirements for
giving :

You must be bet\veen 18 and 59
years of age. If you are 18-21
and single , a release must be
signed by your parent or guard:ia1.
These release forms are available
from Bi ll Perry, Employee Rel ations.
You mus t be in good healu1. This
includes 1) no serious illness or
major operation in the past six
months, 2) no significru1t i llness
in the past month , 3) no pregnancy h°ithin the past year, 4) no
blood donation ,,·i thin the past 2
months and 5) you must \\·eight at
least 100 poW1ds .

WHAT 'S YOUR TYPE?
Do you know what your bloo d type is? If you don 't, one handy way to
find out is to become a blood donor at the in - plant Bloodmobile drive
Oct. 2. All new donors receive identification cards from the Red Cross
listing their blood type .
There are four ma jor groups and two blood types - - Rh positive and Rh
negative . Blood g roups occur as fo llows :
0 positive
A positi ve
B positive
0 negati ve
A negative
AB positive
B negative
AB nega tive

p.:!r son
person
pe rson
person
person
per son
per son
person

in
in
in
in
in
in
in
in

3
3
12

15
16
29
67
16 7

People with O negative blood are called " universal donor s. 11
with AB positive blood a re kno-.v n as "universal rec ipients ."

Persons

Ba tteries will be available in D
(flashlight) , C , and AA ( penlight). The Life time Nickel Cad mium Batte r y can be recha r ged
1 , 000 times or more.
Nickel cadmium rechargeable batteries are not new . They are
used in cordless electric knives ,
toothbrushes, hedge clippers ,
shavers and clothesbrushes , for
example .
The charger and four batteries
can be ordered through the Gene ral Electric Emp loyee Store, Freed
Co. , Inc ., 30 5 E. ~ai n St., at a
special low p rice until Oct . 1 .
The suggested retail price wil
be just under $17 . The introdu~ ­
tory price to employees is $10 .lO .
Additional nickel cadmium batteries can be ordered fo r Sl .1 5
each . Delivery will be made
through the Employee Store at
Freed ' s in about 60 days .

NC Customer Struck
A strike at Kearney and Trecker,
Milwaukee , Wis ., is entering its
third week . Specialt~ Contro l
De~ artment has no i n; orrnation rega~di~.g progress towar d a sett le ne~t .
Affec ted b~ t~e s t rike i s
our oroc!uct i on o.,, :::b !·!ode l ;, and
3 ~Wrie ri cal controls .

lniun Ears Lead
l·Jednesday Night Bowling
I njun Ears
11 - 1
Hi-Pots
9\; - 2\
Dy namic Fi ve
9 - 3
8
4
Ori l lers
4':;
A11 ey Cats
712
7 - 5 ,.-..
Tin Benders
Datamites
7 - 5
6 - 6
Rebels
6 - 6
G.E. Fi re Dept .
5 - 7
Spa remake rs
4 - 8
Wires tretche rs
4 - 8
Ma r keteers

Know Your Benefits

Comprehensive Medical Expense Benefits
This is the most widely used feaof the General Electric Insurance Plan. It protects you
and your family against heavy medical expenses.

~ture

Benefits are provided for a broad
range of hospital, surgical, physician, nursing, and other medical expenses. You may enroll to
cover personal medical expenses,
or "dependent coverage" for your
spouse and dependent children under certain conditions.
Type A expenses include the semiprivate room rate in a hospital,
anesthetics, special services in
the hospital, such as fees for
the use of the operating room,
the surgeon's fees (including certain dental surgery), the cost of
diagnostic X-rays, and local professional ambulance service.
Under Type A benefits, the first
$25 in expenses is paid for by
you. The next $225 is paid by
the General Electric Insurance
Plan, and, if there are any additional expenses, the employee
~ays 15% and the plan pays 85%.
For example, suppose you have
$500 worth of Type A expenses because of an operation. You would
pay the first $25, the General
Electric Plan would pay the next
$225, and then, of the remaining
$250, the Insurance Plan would
pay $212.50 and you would pay
$37.50.
So of the total expenses of $500,
the General Electric Insurance
Plan would pay $437.50 and you
would pay only $62. 50.

you, and the Insurance Plan then
takes care of 75% of the remaining Type B expenses.
If you had $500 worth of Type B
expenses, the Insurance Plan
would pay $337.50 and you would
pay $162.50.
Another feature of this medical
insurance is that there is a·maxi-murn deductible of $50 per covered
individual each year. Thus, if
you have paid your $25 deductible
for Type A expenses, you need pay
only a $25 deductible for Type B
expenses (instead of $50).
To cover large families, there is
a maximum deductible of $125 per
family. (Covered expenses must
be incurred by three or more members of the family).
Each individual covered by this
medical insurance can receive as
much as $100,000 in benefit payments during a lifetime. This
means that a family of five involved in a serious accident requiring long hospitalization for
all could conceivably receive a
half-million dollars in benefits.
NEXT WEEK - THE COST OF THE
INSURANCE PROGRAM.

Service With GE
Week ending September 22, 1967
5-year Service Pins Anna B. HaroZ.d
Ronnie A. Harris
Ray C. Meek

Prances M. Crit2er
Courtney
Wi'lford D. Ramsey

Thelma

Request for flu shots forms will
be distributed soon through Supervisors to all employees.
The first of the two-shot series
will be given early in October,
reports Dr. Jay Stoeckel, Plant
Physician.
Anyone who has received flu vaccine since July, 1963, will only
receive the second shot to be
given this year in December.
The program is free and entirely
voluntary. Persons allergic to
eggs, feathers, or poultry should
not receive the vaccine, Dr.
Stoeckel advised.

Community College

Schedule Announced
A list of evening courses offered
at Blue Ridge Community College
has been posted on plant bulletin
boards above SpeaiaZty ControZ
NeuJs racks and a few additional
copies are available from Employee Relations.
Applications may be filed between
6 and 9 p.m. on Sept. 25 and 26
at the college Admission's Office,
just east of Route 11 about a
mile south of the Weyers Cave entrance to Interstate 81.
If there are other courses you
wish to take, please let the college know. If there is sufficient registration, the courses
will be given.

Women Bowlers Needed
For the past two Friday nights
interested women bowlers have
been requested to show up at 250
Bowl for a meeting at 6:30 p.m.
and be ready to bowl at 7 p.m.
Each night not enough bowlers
showed up to fonn the league.

Type B expenses under the General
Electric Insurance Plan include
services of physicians, including
specialists, other than for surgery (surgery is a Type A expense); services not performed in
connection with hospitalization,
such as diagnostic laboratory
procedures, and X-ray and radium
treatments; services of-register~
graduate nurses; drugs and medicines requiring a physician's
~rescription; rental of equipment
uch as an iron lung; and the in~
tial purchase of artificial limbs
or other prosthetic appliances.
Under Type B expenses, the first
$50 in expenses is paid for by

SHOT SIGN-UP SET

If the women who showed up on
Sept. 8 and 15 would return to
250 Bowl this Friday night there
would be enough bowlers to fonn
this league of six teams.

"What other qualifications do you have
besides being able to delegate work?"

If you were not one of these women showing up on either of these
Friday nights and would like to
bowl in a winter women's league,
be there tonight.

SCD Engineer ...

(Contd . f rom P. 1)
wher e Cliff then wor ked for General Electric. Deve l opment continued W1til the fal l of 1966 .
Cliff came to Waynesboro in July ,
1965 , and has been working i n
Remote Tenninal Operation most of
the time since coming here .

Although Industrial Research magazine r eports the average sales
price of the winning products is
nearly $35 ,000 , Cliff ' s pr oduct
came in a bit be lo\\' the average
cost . "They ar e now sell ing for
$2 . 50 but we expect them to sell
for l ess than $1 1vhen they go i nt o f ull producti.on," he remarked .
Cli ff Jones ho lds a Gene ra l Electric iron and a t iny switch which
will soon be used ~o control the
temperature of heat i ng type appl~
ances . The switch, which Cliff
helped General Electric deve lop,
was named by Industrial Research
magazine as one of t he 100 most
important new t echnical products
of the year .

field with six of the products
sel ected .
"Thi s system , " Cliff said, "was
bas i cally developed to allow semiconduct or power control for heat ing -type appl iances such as t oasters, electric ranges, dryers and
irons . It will give better perfonnance at lower cost than the
conventional mechanical thennal
switches . ''
He point ed out that the PA424
s1\i t ch 1,·i ll last much l onger than
mechanical switches and wi ll not
cause radio frequency interference or dimming of. lights 1vhen
the app l iance goes on . ~ l echan ica1
switches also allow temper atures
to vaiy several degrees . The PA424 is much more accurate .
The singl e silicon chip t hat does
t he work is so small it can be
easi l y lost W1der a fingernai l in
picking it up . Its dimens ions
are l ess than a 10t h of an inch
square and 10 mils thick. But it
does the job of a whol e handful
of r esistor s . The chip i s encap sul at ed and tiny pi ns extend so
that wires can be attached . The
job is so delicate that they are
assembled W1dcr a microscope ,
Cli ff says .
Initi al development was done i n
the fall of 1964 and spring of
1965 at the Research and development Center in Schenect ady , N. Y.,

'l11c control i s expect ed to become
the universal control for heatert ype app liances . Genera l El ec tric descri bes the significance
of the P.A.424 synchronous switch
as it "offers i ndus t ry its fi rst
integrated circuit operating di rectly from an a -c power syst em
for low-cost control of a-c prn,er.
Operation is independent of voltage and temper ature changes over
a wide range . "
A patent application has been
made for the control. It is one
of six t hat Cliff now has pending .
Dr . Gl enn T. Seaborg , chainnan of
the At omi c Energy Corranission , was
the principal speaker at the Tuesday award banquet in the New
York Hilton Hot el .

Safety

Please!

Walking through the s hi pping a r ea
withou t safe t y g las ses and whi l e
smoking is a common violation of
two plan t s af e ty rules , wa rns
Bill Perry, Sa fe ty Specialist .
He a l so no t e d th a t a numb e r of
people without safe t y g l asses
have be en us ing t he corridor bes ide the s hi pping area to go to
the cafet e ria . This, too , vi ol a t es saf e t y rules . He r e ports
he will be watching this area
for violators and asks th at each
pe r s on obey the rules to pro t ect
his eyes and th e bui l din g in
wh ich he works .

BILL HALL HOSPITALIZED

\·Ji lliam (Bill)O . Ha l l Jr . i s hospita l ized in ~Jay nesboro (Room
257) fo ll owing a fal l i n the
pla nt Wednesday . His pe l vi s was
fractured when he fel l f rom a
step l adder while working in the
Spra -Con paint area .

SCD NEWS & NOTES

Jon Ske lton, right , accepts the
Tri- Plant Tennis Tournament trophy for Specia Zty Contioo l from
SCOGEE Athletic Chai rman Frank
Po lito.
TENNIS TEAM WINS
Th e SCOGEE Te nn is team won the
Tri-Plant Te nnis Tournament Sunday at Ridge View City Park
cou rt s . Out of the 27 matches
played, Waynesboro won 10 , Salem
won 9 , and Lynchburg won 8 . This
was Waynesboro 's first win in
Tr i - Plant tennis competition and
entitled us to possession of t he
Tri- Plan t trophy fo r a year .

LIBRARY BOOK SOUGHT
\\'ould the per son who has ''Technical Data Book for Component
Rect ifiers" pl ease return i t to
the Standards Library , Room 229 .
COAT IS MISSING

A. navy blue coa t was taken by
mis tak e on Saturday ni ght Sept .
16 at t he DuPont Re cre ation Ce nter dance . DuPont and Genera l
Electric emp l oyees were both at
t he dance. Anyone hav i ng any infonnati on regardi ng the coat ,
please contact Mary Bov1er in Tabulating, Ext . 411 .
PIG SKINNERS WANTED

If enough i nterest is expressed ,
a touch footba l l league wi ll be
started next week .
Make up a r oster of at leas t five
pl aye rs and t ur n i n t o C. Li ebal ,
Rm . 237D, Ext. 572 .
If you can not fonn a team but
stil l wi sh to pl ay, turn in your
name !!
ANYTHING UNUSUAL?
Will any SCOGEE membVt (ma.le oft
6ema.le.) u:fto i.J.i i.VIX.Vte-~ :te.d -tn
hav-tng any unu6ua.l e.ve.ii.:t J.iucJ1 M
Toboggal'Ung Pa!i:ty , e.:tc . 6che.dU-te.d
:tl'l.M ye.aJt con.tact wa FLtv.,,
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Cfta,iJumn o 6 Spe.c.-ta.t Ac.;t.,{.v,{;t,(.v.,
Co111nUte.e. 1 Ex.,t . 242 p!U.oll :to
S e.p..t . 2 8 , 196 7 . AU 6 ug g e.6 tio n 6
,u.{,,U be. g:teail.y app1te.c.-tate.d .

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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

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C 0 R R E C T I 0 N'.

The Specialty Control News today incorrectly said "A 3% ge nera l
increase will be noted in paychecks distributed Oct . 6. " Actually,
the pay increase, which is effective Oct . 2, will fir st appear in
paychecks distributed Oct. 13 instead of Oct . 6.
this error.

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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

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DRIVE STARTS MONDAY

Ronnie Named Materials Manager

RECORD GOAL SET

Gerni Heads Richmond Plant

FOR UNITED FUND
" \.Jilh a 1·c cord goa J of S I 01 , 275 ,
the ~nited Fund needs your help
this year i:1o re than e ver bc i o re . "
So said Carmen J . Romeo , Camp aign
Chairman o f the t.:ni ted Conmunity
Fund of ~aynesboro and Eas t Augusta CounLv (and a General Electric employee) in discussing the
forthcoming kickof f o f the t.:n ited
Fund Drive here at the ~ayn e sbor o
plant .
"Over the ye ars General Electric
employees have be en a mong Lhe
most loyal supporte r s of the Fund
...-...ive , and we are hopef ul tha t
2y will continue their suppo rt
o f this worLhy caus e ," said ~Ir .
Romeo , wh o also po inted ouL that
this is the only r egu lar appea l
made to employees in the course
o f a year .
The Waynesb o ro pla nL drive wi ll
be conduct e d from ~ o nday, Oct . 2,
to Friday , Oc t obe r 13 . Je rry
~cRorie , Spe cialty Control Depa rt·
ment drive chainnan , said that
key solicit o rs have been se lec ted
in the vari ous work areas a nd
that they will ask employees to
co ntribut e a Fair Share glft .
" :\o one likes to be t o ld what to
contribute , " said Jerry . "Fair
Sha r e is me rely a 1·cco11llllended
a nswe r to the commonly asked
question , ' !low much sho uld l give? '
Fair Sha r e , as de fi ned by the
local United Fund , is one day 's
pay for hourly and cle rical employees and one half percent of
annual earnings for salariec enployees . Of course , contribu~ons of any size will be wel,ed ," Jerry added . He also
-did t hat , as in past years, enployees may contribute t h r ough
payroll deductions .

Carl Lon ':! . Gerni , i·lanager !ta teri als, at ~ aynesboro will manage
the new Richmond plant .
J . F. Ponz'llo ,

~ana g er 4anufac turing, announced the appointment
:oday .

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Mr . Ponzil l o has named J ohn ~ .
Rannie , Mana ger Purchasing here,
to fill the vacancy created by
Hr . Gerni 's transfer . The new
appointments are effective Nov . 1.
;ir . Gerni 1·1as born in Schenectady ,
N.Y. and graduated from Nott Terra ce High School in 1939 . He at tended Concordia Junio r College
in Bronxville, N. Y., and gradu ated from Northeastern University,
Boston, in J anuary 1948, wi th a
BS in Econo1:1 ics .
In World War II he served with
the USAF ir the South Pacific,
l'lith the Air Transport Co1r.111and .
~.Jr .

Gerni ' s career 1·1ith Genera l
El ectric began in September 1941 ,

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Gerni

i n the Turbine Division, Lynn,
Mass ., as a co -operative student
in conjunction with his stud ies
at Northeastern University . Upon
graduation fr0"1 No rthe astern Uni versity in 1948, he was sel ected
to pa r t ici pate i n the Company's
three year Advanced Production
Training Progra m, wh ich i ncluded
assignments in Schenectady , Pittsf ield, and Philade l phia Wo r ks op erat io ns .
Upon compl etion of the cours e, he
was appointed Assistant to the
Supervisor of Invento ry Contro l
i n Vie S1"1i tchgear Depart"·ent in
Phi ladel phia . In 1951he1"1as desi gnated as Supervisor of Priori ties, to coordinate the procurewent of allocated - aterials durim
the Korean crisis . In 1952 he ·
was transferred to Schenectady ,
as Assistant Production Su pervisor
i n the Industry Cont rol Depart ment.
Upon the move of Spec ial ty Con trol to Waynesboro in 1954 he was
(Cn:td .

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The Kearney & Tre cker strike in
Milwaukee has entered its fourth
week ~ith no a?parent solution in
sight . This major ~um erical Con trol customer has infor.:ied the D~
par t ment to cease shipment of uni~
at the end of Septenbe r. The effect of this direction bv our
custoner is resulting in so~e
lack of work in the ~~~erical Contro l Ar ea .

Danger

Your Home A Fire

EXTINGUISHER OFFERED
"One of the decisi ons mos t householders put off indefini t ely ;..,..
whethe r to buy a fi r e ex tin g
er , " says a recent report t o Lunsuners published by Reade r ' s
Digest .

long has it bee n since you
::iade a fi r e -safety check o f your
:io~e o r conduc te d a fa"ily fire
Ho~

er i ll:

Ch ance s a r e you a r e still p l anrring
you r :'irsc one .

Xow , ~ith Xational Fire Preventi on ~eek beginnin3 Oct . 8 , ~ight
be t he prope r tine for you co
::iake thi s decision .

,·ou r ho::1e should have a sign
This
ho::ie has fi r e ha zards . Live here
a t your 01.·n risk . "
~'.avoe

i:: t he yard reading "D a n ge r ~

:-:..:-re t'.:a:: 1, 000 ho::ic :ires occu r
i:: c:ie lnited States daily, re~i nds t he ~aynesooro Fire Depar c~'.enc .

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?ro t ect your fa::iily and your
?rO?e rtv a~ainst fire, plan ahead ,
?rac tice ~ood housekeeping and
deve lo? safe hab its . Good housc kee?ing inc lude s a periodic check
Cor :'ire haza r ds .

·.\he re sh oul d you check? Le t' s
sta rt 1-·ich th e ki tch e n . Keep
vou r s t ove in goo d repair a nd
free of grease . ~ake su r e curtains canno t bl~v across cooking
s u r faces . Co::ibustibles sho uld
no t be stored near t he stove .
::ake su r e hand l es on pans are
turned a~ay fro::i the edge of the
stove . Keep matches o ut of ch ildren ' s reach .
In the living room - - is t her e a
good sc reen on the fireplace ?
Are ther e any e lectrical co rd s
under rugs? Are all cords in
good condition?
How about the baseme nt ? ls th e re
pape r or other ccmbustible materia l s stored there which a ren't
ne eded? Has the fur nace been inspect ed this year? l s the chimney clean? Are there flammable
liquids s t ored in the basemen t ?

the fire cepa rt::ient [ ron a neighbo r ' s .
it very clear to chi ldren
that th ey a r c not t o retur n t o
the house for pets o r valuables .
Teach your child ren !101-· to sr.iothcr a clothing f ire bv rol l ing on
t he g r oun d o r smothering the fire
with a bl anket o r coat .
~ake

This inspect ion and training
doesn ' t t a k0 much Lime and it
cou l d save the lives of you and
yo ur fami ly .

Adults Offered Free
Basic Education
Do you know sowe adu l t ~~o has
less than an eighth grade education whc mi ght benefit by returning to school?
A prog rar now offered at Shena~­
doah Hei9hts Eler entarv School
will help hi r attain at least an
eigh th gra de level educat i on in
readi no, l'triti no, Enol i sh 9ra111111ar
and arithn'etic .,
~he nicht classes will beoin in
Octobe r and \·Jill neet tv1ice .-1eek ly . There is no cost to the student for books or instructions .
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The bedro~n -- i s it fi r e s afe?
He r e th e most common danger is
from smoking in bed . Others incl ud e po rtable heate r s placed
near bedd ing and defectiv e wi ring.
Does your family know what to do
in case of a fi r e? Fi rs t they
sho uld be instruc t e d in how t o
escape from their be dr ooms .
Sleep with the doo r close d. If
awakened by smoke , f ee l the doo r.
If it is ho t, go out a wind ow .
I f i t is cool , ope n i t a c ra ck
before ent e ri ng the hallway . Get
out of t he house a nd th en cal l

If you would like to krow ~o re
about this prog ram, pick ur a
folder des cribing it in deta i l
fror1 Bill Pe rr'!, Spec i alist - E111 ployee Services .
CARD OF THANKS

I vJ i s h to thank all those 1-Jho
were so kind to ~e durino the re cent l oss of 1"y husband and for
flo ral trib utes , cards and food
th a t 1·Jere sent .

During next h·eek t he
Kidde Ko~pact allpJ r?ose fire extinquisher is bei ng
offe r ed co Special t y Control employees
at a special price
of 510 . 45 including
ta-,; . The 2'i lb . dry
c'1cmical e:.;tin~uish­
er has a suggested
r e tail pr i ce of
516 . 95 .
The ex ti n~uisher is bei ng oLLered by Virginia Fi r e & Safety
Equ ipment Co . in coopera ti on
1,'ith the Department . ! t 1,'iJ l b l'
on d i splay in the carcteria nc~t
week and there wi ll bP sumeonn
at the d isplay to t ake your
order dur ing lunch ti.me on eaL11
shift .
You wi ll pa y fo r t he e xting ui shers when th ey are del ivered .
Deliver y wil l be ~ade throuqh
t he pla nt . You will be notified
through the . ·:·ec:. ;~: .. ~ •::,•<
::.":c· when the ex tingu i s he r s
ar rive .
T'1c> Kidcc: Ko:":;1act , : .a.:c• :)~· t:1v
h"<'rld ' s lar_;vst :::anu 11cturer <>I
f i r'" e:.;t jn gui.shcrs, i s r;1Lvd l<'
put out s ix cubi.c lel'L pf firv .
IL i s the l'PUi\·alent .11 ,1 10-!b .
CO, c:·:ti.n..;uisi1L•r .

CORRECTION REPEATED
For am·onc nissin" till' cor·
rcc t ioi1 to th~ · 1':1;~ l11crL';1:::c
:::to ry of Sept. .:'..:'. , it i:::
rcpcatcJ he~'<.' .
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c ra l i rK rc;1.sc hi l l Iv nPtcd
in p3;«.:hcds di :::t r i hired
.-Oct . u." .\ctua ll ~· , t he p:1\·
i ncrcasc , 1·.h i ch i::: c rrcct i, c
nc t . 2, h " i 11 r i r ::: t :1ppc;1 r in
pa;·chccb distributed Oct . l:i
instead or Oc t . u.

Chairman Answers Questions On _fund Drive
pa tion as widely as possible, it
would be best to make two pledges.

the star t of the Uni ted Fund
ve in Spec i a l t y Control Depa rt·
.....,nt, SpeciaZ.Cy Contr>o Z ile>.Js has
asked Carmen Romeo , General Chai r man of the Uni ted Conm unity Fund
of Waynesboro-East Augusta County
drive , to answer ques ti ons about
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;·.'ho beY:.e.'',,.~ ts .t-:ro'i '"'7 :1 ~c:1 1 -::=ic'"~ ­
pation ir: r;i!.e ~1;;-::, t er.i ~:£;:c·?

A. By se rvin g 12 di ffe rent hea lth
and cha r acte r-building agenc ies,
the United Fund serves you and
vour neighbors in :nany of ou r
s urrounding communities . As you
see by the names of the orga nizations se r ved , se r vice isn ' t li~ ­
ite d to the ill or the penni l ess .
Agencies se rved by the fu nd include t he Salva t i on Ar.:iy , the
Ame ric a n Re d Cross , the Y~ ! CA , Boy
Scou t s , ~ental Health Associatio n,
Waynesboro Children ' s Camp Council
Waynesboro Association fo r Ret a rded Children, East Au gusta
Er.iergency Wel fa r e Fund , Ch ildren's
Home of Virgi nia, Cvst i c Fib ro s is
Resea r ch Foundation and t he lnited
~vice Or ganiza ti on (USO) .

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ar --· ve per:uesr: .. ·o r :"'i..n~C.s .~--or
s:~a:~ aqe;:a~ec?

A. Yes -- one pledge (one Fair
Share gi ft) from you is the
only campai gn fo r age nc y- opera t ing funds . This one yea rly ap proach provides you the opp ortunity t o meet your obligation to
1 2 different agenc ie s and community services . In a dditi on, over
a pe riod of yea r s a pa rti c ular
capita l f und-buildin g progr am for
a vital , cor.ununity facility moy
be e ndorsed for vo l un t a r y contribu tion s .
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A. );o - - although the r e r.i ay be
some unav oidable dupl i ca te
cove r age in th e campa i gn .
If' I li <' oul:;i le this a ,»w ,
,3Jioulc!. r / .3 t'.l': "Ct e ~· ~O c:~.t- pOJlt "C;u Ui!itt ~1 Ft-a:/?

A. The prac ti ce i s to g iving
wh e r e yo u work . If eve r yone
follows th is pr actice , all our

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AY'e ccunpaign vo lunteer>s paid?

one penny . The only cos t s
incurred by t he fu nd are admi nis trative - paper, printing , etc .,
and these are held t o the barest
min i mum (usually l ess than 2%) .
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:·Iii~' do .,ome agenci es charge

_<-ee · ?

A. Most people don ' t want char it y

United Fund campaigns would benefit .

A. This i s up to you, although
th e UF goal is a day 's pay per
year for ho ur ly and nonexempt
employees a nd ~ of l Z a nnual
earnings fo r exemp t employees .
This amount wou ld be deducted fran
you r payroll in 52 equa l ins tallments . Deductions mus t be i n
multiples of Sc -- with a minimum
deduction of l Sc a week . Pledging
to the United Fund is, of course,
e ntirely voluntary and individual
circumstances vary widely ; there fore , some may give more or less
th an the average s ugges ted to
re a lize the f ull s hare g iving
goals .

·-:c·, J u'es1:, ;nate one or> mo!'e
'f)a-;,.t-1'.cular>' aaenc1:es to l"e ~:eiVC' '"'· : ledge , axcludfr.g
c.:e rta. in. . o~tiz6 rs?
A. Yes .
_-oes 1,;,e cor'1r a;-:·1 ":ake a
('ledge to the U;,_i led Fund?

A. Yes , Specialty Cont ro l Departmen t in Waynesboro will shar e
in a s ub s tantial p l edge t o the
Uni t ed Fund .
-"':' hw;ba"!d and I both wOi'k .
~~uld i t be best to make

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A. In keeping with the spirit of
th e crunpaign to spread pa rtici -

but prefer to pay t heir own
way , so fa r as possi ble . Thus ,
age ncies ask fees of people who
can afford to pay , in propo rt ion
to their ab:i l i t"y to pay . The
mo r e nea r l y an a gency can s upport
itself by its own ea rning powe r ,
the l ess it has t o seek f rom t he
pub lic in volun t ary contributions .
Agencies try to be self- sufficient -- b ut never t o the extent
o f denying se rvic e .
Joes -r;h e Ped Cross charge
se f'vicemen jo"f' any of its
3 e rvice.; and supp lies ?

A.

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cha r ge i s ever made to members of t he armed fo rces or
their families for a rticles or
services .

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'../hat about the Red Cr>os s
blood vr>oo 2'Cl7'1? I t sti l l
costs SO'"i~ -chi ng ."'or> th e
user>, doesn ' t it?

A. All blood pr ocu r e d by the Red
Cross is a free gi f t f r om the
dono r to any patient ne e ding it ,
with t he Red Cross as the se r vice
agency which makes this g i ft of
life possib l e by co l l ecting , processing , s t oring , and dist r ibuting
it as neede d at loca l hosp ita l s .
However , hospitals do charge a
fee for th e c r ossmatch ing and
administration of the blood .

:.7::1 do o -r;;1e!' agencies ;uive
sera"f'Qte dr>ives?
A. The l nited Fund mai ntai ns an
open-door policy , and any reputabl e o r ganization that can me asu r e up to th e standards requi red
o f al l agenc i es is e ligi ble fo r
membe r ship in the Fund . The
Un i t ed Fund Campai gn is not a
po lice organization - - they canno t pr e vent go- it-a l one gr oups
from cond uc t i ng drives fo r f unds .
Only yo u can call the shot on
these sep arat e drives .

Know Your Ben e fits

GE PAYS MUCH
OF INSU RANCE
In past we e ks w e have d esc rib e d
b enefi t s of the General Electric
Insurance Plan including Li'.e
Insur a n c e . ..\ccicl cn tal Death or
Dismemberment ln s uranc e.
\\" eekly Sicknes s ;rnd Ac c ident
Insur a n ce . and Co mpr ehens iv e
Med i cal Exp e n se lnsur a n c e .
You m a y be wondering how much
you pay fo r a ll thi s cover age .
You will find t he cos t i s ver y lo,,·
becaus e G e ner al F.lectric Com pany picks up m o re th an half of
the cost fo r y our pe rson a l co\·erage and some of t he co s t o f the
dependent coverage .
For your full pers o nal CO \'erage.
you pay o nly 9 / 10 o f 1% of your
normal s tr a ight-time earnings.
Th a t a m oun t s to o nly 90~ of each
SlOOyouea rn .
Because a n o th e r me mb e r of th e
family may a lr eady b e enrolled
in a health insu r anL e p lan which
covers fami ly memb e r s . a few
Gene r al El ec tr ic e mploy ee s de cide to take persondl co,·erage
without the medi ca l and mater nity b enefit s cover·age . The cost
of thi s s m a ller package i s 6 / J O
of 1% of n o rm al s traight-time
ea rnings .

G e rni-Ranni e ... (Con:.C: . : 'ro~1

EDITORIAL

No Winn ers,
As Always
Strikes hurt many people who
shoul dn't be hurt . The victims
of teacher strikes are students.
'.~hen airline workers strike the
airlines and l eave their jobs ,
the travelers are the ones who
suffe r.
\./hen 1·10rkers in one company strike
and leave their jobs, it may mean
that others, who work fo r s uppli ers or cus tome rs of that company,
are also out of work .
Thi s is happening ri ght now to
some Spec ialty Control Department
employees . A union in Milwaukee
has struck Kearney & Trecke r Corp.
K&T buys our Eb , rtode l 2 and 3
numerical controls. That is ,
they buy them when their plant is
open . Recently, because of thei r
strike, they instructed Specialty
Control Department to stop sh i pping control s as of today . The
result is a lack of work and
short ti me for empl oyees he re ~1ho
build these contro l s.
..Jhatever the outcome of the K&T
s tri ke, you can be su re the adage
remains true - no one wins in a
stri ke .

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.. u pph f11 r tr.111,"to r r.ul:u' .t11d
phonnl.!r .1pl1'. l.q w rt•<.urdc·r '·
t o ~'· phnlt1l!r.1pliic.. l'ljllip11w11I,

Your I nsurance Plan provides
that you ca n inc lucre your dependents a t a cost of 2% of your nor mal s tr aight -ti me earnings up to
$5. 000 . In o t her words. you
won't pay more than S l 00 per
year regardle ss of wh e th e r you
hav e one, fiv e 0 1· 15 de pe n de nt s
covered by th e p l a n .
Your payments fo r th e Ins ur ance
Plan are made through pay r o ll
deductions eliminating the need
for writing another che c~ and
keeping records of your pay m e nt s .

NEXT WEEK -- PERSOI\AL
ACCIDE NT INSURANCE

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with th•· """' C l·:
\'1c kl'l-C.1d111111111 B.1ttl'r~ S~ ,1t·111.

Batteries rechargeable
1,000 tim es or mo re
:\,-,1il.1ht.. 111 .-\ ..\, C or D ,;,..,

Special Employee Offer

Available through Oct. 1 for
Sl0 .40 to GE employees only for
the charger and four nickel - cadmi um batteries .
EMPLOYEE STORE
FREED CO . , INC .
305 E. MAIN ST .

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appointed Supervisor Production
Control, and retained t hat posi t i on until 1958 when he was desi gna ted Purchasing Agent . In
December , 1959 , he was promoted
to Manager Materia l s, 1·1hich in-,..-....
eluded responsibility for all
production, purchasing, stockroon ,
receiving and shipping activities.
His community interests consists
of participation in Un ited Fund
drives, Fann League and Little
League baseball , Lio ns Club, and
Cub Scouts . As a membe r of Beth any Lutheran Ch urch, he has been
active in Men' s Cl ub , Couples'
Club, Choir , and is a teacher i n
the Sunday School . He resides at
1036 Wood row Avenue with his wi fe,
Mi ldred, and two of his four chi~
dren , David and Di·1ayne . His
el dest son , Douq las, now i n the
Navy , is married and has one son .
Hi s daughter, Diane, is currently
study ing at Valparaiso Uni versity.
A native of Scotland, ·tr. Rannie
joined t he General El ect ric Company at Schenectady, N.Y. i n 1933.
After ho l ding various supervisory
pos i ti ons there , he t ra nsferred
to Waynesbo ro i n March 1955 as
Supe r visor Warehouse and Shipping.
During 1957 he was promoted to
Superv i sor Aerospace and Defense
Production . In 1959 Mr . Rannie
became Purchasing Ag ent and l ast
year was promo ted to Ma nager of
Purchasing .
He ha s completed various Company
sponsored courses on shipping,
warehousing, better business man agement, inventory and production
control, professional business
mana gement and advan ced purchasing.
He is a membe r of the Quarter Ce~
tury Club and a charter membe r of
th e Westminster Presbyterian
Church where he has served as a
Deacon . Whi l e resid ing in Schenectady he was a soccer pl ayer in
the Central New Yo rk State Soccer
League and the fast Gennan -Ameri can Soccer Leag ue in New York
City . His interests in all sports
continued in Waynesboro through
his activities in Little League,
Babe Ruth and Ameri can Legion
baseball .
He and his wife, Al ice, have two
sons, John, a General Electric .-.._
Business Tra i nee, and Thomas , wh
is attendin g ~ars Hi ll Col lege .
The Ra nn ie's make the ir home at
1116 Lyndhurst Roa d, W
aynesboro.

Specialty

Control
Volume XI , No . Al

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Four More Named

Frank Snopkowski, Specia l ist-Gov ernment Accounti nq , 1~i 11 become
Special ist -C ost and Personnel Ac counti no at Richmon d on J an. 1 .
James \.! . Trus lm·1, Foreman -Third
Shift Sheet ~eta l and ~ achine
Shop, has been appointed Suoervi,...-.sor of Maintenance and Sheet Metil at RichMond effective Dec . 1.
0 . Lee Harris , ~anu fac turina Enaineer . has been aopointed Super -

Richmond Plant

Calder, Harris, Snopkowski, Truslow Picked

Names of four Specialty Contro l
Department emrloyees 1-1ho ~Jill
transfer to the Richmond nlant
were anno unced todav bv Carl
t:;e r ni , •:1ho becor"es n 1ant .,. anaoe r
on 'lov. 1 .
5tanley H. Ca lder. Supervisor of
nuality Information Equipment,
wi 11 become Suoervi sor of qi ch mond nuality Control on Jan . 1.

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'!r. Harris

visor of '-lanufacturino Enoinee rino
at Richmond effect ive· Jan. 1.
STAN CALDE R

in J une, 1966, the ?OSition
now holds .

Stan, a native Virginian , gradua t ed f r om Virginia Polytechnic
Institute in J une, 1959 , wi t h a
BS in Electrical Engineering . He
immedia t ely joined Specialty Control as a Process Control Engi reer
in the Aero-Space & Defense Operation .

Stan is presently Chairman of the
Blue Ridge Section of the ~"eri ­
can Society f or Quality Control
and is past p resid ent o: the
Valley Engineers .

He was p romoted to Suoervisor
of Quality Information Equipment

Bloodmob ile Collects 249 Pints ~ -t --s~2
Specialty Contro l Departnent e::i pl oyees ansKered the Red Cross
call for blood by donating 249
pint s \londay .
A total of 305 employees s i ~ed
up for the dra\\·ing 1d t h 16 of
those ,,·ho offered blood turned
do\\n . The Company goal "·as 298
pints .

Sally Drayer , a \liss Red Feathe r
Repr esentative , assisted in the
progr am . Sally , the dau~hter of
Specialty Control Department employee Ralph Drayer , pointed out
that the Red Cross is jus t one of
12 agencies support ed b~· the Unitte Corrnnuni ty Fund of 1\°aynesboro
and East Augusta County .

Sall:1 Dra:1er, f.fis s .T?ed Featke r
.~e!'resen:ative , pours ao."..ree .""or
~ ee C. :.~.-ller , second s hi ." t Shee t
etal , ar:} Shirley La_"."erty , s econd shi ." t A.ircra."t , a_"ter tl:e:•
cave blood in th e P.ed Cross r,rogram. at t he p lant Monday .

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El even persons reached the one ~a llon mark in .~ i ving with fi ve
donating the pint that brou1;ht
their giving to t wo -1;allons - and
fo ur reaching the three-gallon
level .

~e

He is married to the forme r ~!iss
J ones of La~rensv ille, Va .
and they have fou r children .

~arian

FRANK SNOPKO!·ISKI
Frank Snopkowski is a native of
Dupont, Pa . He conpleted courses
in General and Cos t Acc ounting ,
Bus iness ~!ach i nes , Taxes and Busi ness Law at the h"oodro1• '.\ilson
Business School at Fishersville .
In ~arch o f 1955 he joi~ed General Electric in Way nesb oro as a
Cost Accounting Clerk .
As a membe r of St . J oh n ' s Ca t ho li c Church he currently is se rvfue
on the Parish Advis orv Board . E;

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Bumper Stickers ' l. ; 3
To Replace Tags
Runper stickers h'ill r epl a ce net a l tabs to identif,· enol o,·ces '
c ars in the p lant park.in!.!. l ot ef fecti ,.e October 20 .
The tags ""i 11 he color- coded t o
identi~· the ~roper parkinQ area
for the Yehicle , reports Fred S .
Curto , \!anager-'.laintenance . De t a i l s of the change-o,·er , "'hi ch
"'i 11 be completed by \ o,·e1::her 3 ,
h"ill be announced in the :>;Jc-_•i r. : :;
Contro i News next "·eek .

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U f Drive Response Good
!

TOMORROW IS LAST DA Y TO REGISTER
Some fine people are running for
public office in Vi r ginia this
vear but you may not be able to
vote for them .
Last year there were some 2 , 522,
000 citizens in Virgi n ia of voting
age but s light ly under ha l f of
these were not regi s ter ed to vote
If you want to vote but you have
not regis tered , tomo rrow is your
last day to register before the
:;ov . 7 elect ion .
To he lp you , the Augusta County
Registra r' s office wi ll be open
from 9 a . m. to 5 p .m. tomorrow .
Bring your Social Security number
with you to the office in the
County Building on Joh nson St r eet
i n Staunt on .
You may register i f you are a
United Sta t es citizen, age 21 by
Nov . 7 and have lived in Vi r gini a
·l year by e l ection day , in you r
count y or ci t y 6 month s and in
your ward or p recinct 30 days .
If you have regis t ered and voted
in the s tate before but not within the last 6 years , you may need
to r e r egiste r .
If you have moved from you r pre cinct or wa rd s in ce yo u last
voted , you mus t have your regis tration tra ns fe rred by tomorrow
in order to vo te in your new ward .
However, you are s t i l l eligible
to vote i n the p r ecin c t where you
are re giste r e d . To ge t an absentee ballo t , write to the Ge nera l
Registra r in the city where you
are re gis tered .

Agency ..:2 '-f.s..;;J;
Praises A&D
.-\cro-Sp;ice and De fensc 1ms pra i ~
in a letter from a ~overnment
agcnc,· for an inve rt er - tq1e mul t iple output power s~ip l y made h)·
Snecialt,· Contro l and the r eport
that wen~ with jt .
llK· Project 'lanagcr o f the agenc"

hTOte Phil Core>· , ~\&D Project rn ginee r, ' 'This is a \'c r y good final
repo rt, as h·as ,·our ha r c!K<1 re .
Th i s report should he of cxccpt iona l value in thjs difficult ,
exotic field . Thru1k you for rnur
fi ne h·ork ."
The rrocuct sent to the ;l~Cl1C\'
has hcen LLsed in extended- Ii re
t est ing and to date no failures
ha \·e occurred .

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Specialty Cont r ol Depar t ment emp l oyees are responding wel l to
the increased needs of the Unitec
Fund , reports Jerry :lcRorie, Plant
drive chairman .
"If we can reach all employees
wi t h the story of t h e Cni t ed
Fund , we will give t he 12 agencies
supported by the fund the money
they need t o opera te, " he added .
As the drive got undenvay in the
plant thi s week , he appealed to
a l l employees to review their
present participation t o see if
they are satisfied that they are
doing their fa ir share .

Know Your Bene.fit!.

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PERSONAL ACC IDENT

IS ADDED COVERAGE
Pe r sonal Acciden t Insurance offers
you add iti onal accide~tal death
and dismemberment coverage over
and above the General Electric Insurance Plan .
This insurance covers a broad
range of acciden ts --on the job or
off . You may enroll for insurance
in $10 , 000 units up to $100 , 000
at a ra t e of on l y 50 cents a year
for each Sl , 000 of ins ur ance . In
addition to pay ing in the event
of an employee ' s death by acci dent , t he p lan p r ovides for a 50%
payme nt fo r the l oss of one hand,
one foot , or the sight of one eve .
If two or mo r e such members are
lost in one accident, the full
amount is paid .
You can enroll in th e Personal
Accident Insurance Plan todav .
No medical examination is necessary , and your coverage wi lJ become effec tive on the first dav
of the month following your first
payment for this insurance . If
you arc not enrolled and 1vish to
enroll , vou may do so bv s i.·gn i.n g
a form at Payro ll.

NEXT \·IEEK - \·IORK.'1EN' S COMPENSATICN
INSURANCE
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SIGN NOW FOR FLU SHOTS
FORMS REQUESTING FLU S~OTS HAVE
BEEN DISTRIBUTED AND EMPLOYEES
ARE URGED 7 0 FILL OUT THE RE0UEST
AND RETURN IT TO THEIR SUPERVISOR
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THE
INOCULAT IONS CAN BE SCHEDULED .

Strikef ,_f~~a.ten
Department Work
Short time continues fo r sone
Specialty Control employees as
a result of the Kearney & Trecke r strike and additional lack of
work may result f r on the current
steel haulers strike .
The K&T strike has now en t ered ..-.._
i t s fifth week wi t h no progress
t oward a settlement reported
yes terday . This major :;u:nerical
Contro l customer infonned the
Department to cease shipping
units as of the e nd of Septen ber .
A violent e i ght - s t ate steel haule rs strike has r esul ted in an
extreme l y low supply of sheet
s teel he r e . The Department is
working diligently to obtain
ste@ l, but it is possible that
lack of steel will cause short
time in some areas .

Service With GE
"leek endino, October 6 , 1967:
5-Year Service Pin
Krnneth r . Glass
F'a.'f'l ·" · :':·c'e rs ,
£.c:.J ..,.. . Par?se_:;

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Week ending Sep tember 29 , 1967
5-yea r Service Pins ,1 lice :'? . Floud
;.:i l ton H. !:'reb1°inko

Gwe1.dohr: ii . Ho'....iarcl.
,\l:na !3 . t. 1°ger:.brigh.t
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10-year Serv i ce Pi ns :h' llia"1 R. Gemar..

SCD NEWS & NOTES
The teru11 of Leon St okes and J:rn i.e
Alfred fini shed first i.n the
~EE Golf Lear;ue fo r the vear
28 points . final standings
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E. A.l6Ae.d
L. Stoke,~
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G. ft'ado tro"...t:h
S. p,' tuton
R. Ke.1tbeA
T. S1nUh
B. Ncdwto

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Some interest in a "Chess Tourna::ient " t h is year has been noted.

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WE DNESDAY BOWLING

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B. Poole.
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\fodnesday :U gh t Bowling

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J . Cole
S. CaldeJt
J . Vav.U.,
K. HanUla
J . ChaddeAdon
J . Evcuu
H• CC1./U;~ o n
J. Alicka

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G. Le.f {ietu.i

l s t L01" Gross
for Season
2nd Low Gross
for Season

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Scores
_3_7_

B. Cooper

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\linter
c; . Rankin

40

1st LO\\' \et

K. Hanula

31

2nd LO\\' \'eh·

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Le:fcrs
32

R. Kerher
c . Ranki.n
\los t Improved Re~lar
\lost Effective :\1 t .
'.lost effective Reg .

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G. I lausler
B. Cooper

GOLFER WANTED

Dynamic Five
Injun Ea r s
Hi - Pot s
Tin Be nde r s
Datamites
Alley Cats
Rebels
Spa remake rs
Dr ille r s
Wirestre t che r s
G. E . Fi re Dept .
Pin Pi r a t es
Mar keteers
Sometime P l ayers
Fireballs
Cannormi a t i cs

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Carter Sinclair , E ng in ee ri ng,
earned his fifth patent for an
invention relating to a de - ener gizing circuit for a plurali t y of
inductive loads .

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T hree S p e c i alty Control D epa r t ment employees and one fo r m er
empl oyee were notified recently
that they had been awarded pa tents.

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Any member of SCOGEE interested
in being chairman of th e Tri Plant Golf Tournament to be hosted
by Specialty Control please cont a ct F . Poli to , Ext . 392 .

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BOOK SOUGHT

\\'j ll the person 1"ho has the book
"Application \lanu::.1-Kinama t ic
~!o tors a nd Cenerato rs" pl ease
return it t o Stand::irds Librarv,
Room 229 .

Keep Oct. 28 available for a
dance to be held at DuPont Recreation Hall sponsored by DuPont E1
SCOCIE .

Tjckets "·ill be $3 for SCCX;EE
members and $4 for non membeTs .
\\'atch the paper for 1\'here and
~len to ge t tickets .

ETV To Serve Are b~
Educational television "'ill be
broadcast bv Shenandoah \iallcv
E1V from it~ transmitter to be
built on Ell i ott ' s Knob near
Statmton. TI1e f-eclera 1 Carnntmi cations Conunission has ass Lgnecl
the call letters \\VPT to the
stat ion "·hich 1,·ill hToadcast on
Ornnnel 51 .

L . H. Walker , En g i nee r ing ,
received his third patent for an
i nvent ion relating to a cont rol
circuit for switchi ng t he o ut pu t
of a multiphase , ring - count er
type inverter from some value
to zero and back.
S . T . Kyzer, E ngineering, and
James F i elds, forme rl y of
Enginee dng , earn e d th ei r fir s t
patent for an invention relating
to a circuit for sensing the
ave 1·age of the phase voltag e s
and the highest phase voltage in
a m ultiphase power systern .

Dru1Cc 1vill staTt at 9 n .m. and
end at 1 a .m. ~ !us i c wi ll be by
the CaTOUScls or Richmond.

Dress 1vill be sernj fonnal.

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Four Earn Paff!nts

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DANCE PLANNED OCT. 28

D. Leona rd

~IBRARY

It takes a l ot a.-" Zi -"t->,-::· to
boost this €2- to~ a{~ ~o~~~t ~o~ ­
i'Y'{J unit to the tor; o -· the :-; Zo~-:: .
7rie boar1 that did tl:.e .."·c.? ZG.2:
week was 125 feet zo,~ . ?~e ~g~
air co·"IC.i t ioneY' serves t~e .=e Zc::-:
.·.:c. chir:e :;/:a-:; .

Any SCOGEE membe r interested in
t his activity , please call Lisa
~il e s, Ext . 242 today .

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CHESS PLAYERS WANTED

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:\ SC()(;EL sponsored h·oc1cn' s exerc i se class ~ill be held fran
7 :30-8 : 30 p .rn . on \\'eclnescbys at
the \\'a,·nesboro !-li.Q.h School ~w .
The class h'ill begin next "·eek
and continue for 10 "'e eks . All
female SCCAiEE members i nter ested
s hould contact Lisa Files, Ext .
242 .

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Special On Appliances

Spcci al low prices on Hot point a:.,_
plian ces are being offered to General Electric emplo,·ces no,,
through \m-. 30 . .-\ folde r de5cr ihing these di:::comts :md li::=tj n ~ dealers in 1,\3,11e .c::horo :md
Stal.lllton making the offer i::= :inilable noh· in the pl::int c:1feteri:i .

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Moren Promoted

MORE ...

Jack A. Moren,
Speci a 1is t -Marke t i no Adminis trat i on , has been
named Prod uction
Supervisor-Speci al Products .

has served on the Bus and Audit
Committe es of St . John ' s HomeSchool Associat ion . He is a member of the local chapter of
S . P . E. B. S . Q.S . A.

The promotion , effect ive Monday ,
was announced today by J . F.
Pon zi ll o, Manaaer-Manufactu ri no .

Frank resides wi t h his wife ,
Loret t a , and their seven children
at 1432 Monroe St reet .

JAMES TRUSLO\·/

James TrusTow--;- ·eniployed with Specialty Control since December ,
1955 , was nruned Third Shift Foreman in February 1965 . Ji~ is a
graduate of Wilson ~emoria l High
School and studied electrical
engineering for th r ee years .
Late r he t ook addi t ional electro~
i c cou rses at nigh t school i n
Newpo r t News .
He joined t he Army in 19 37 and
dur i ng Wo rld War II s erved on
de t ached s ervice s etti ng up e l e ctr i cal ins t a lla ti ons f o r th e Medical Cor ps and l a ter the Army Air
Force in th e Chi na- Burma- I nd i a
The a tr e of ope r a tions . Re l eased
in 1945 , he was called again to
se r ve i n Korea as Ser geant Major
in the Army Si gna l Co r ps. He
holds the Bronze St a r ~eda l.
J i m, his wife , Lula, and his son ,
Owen , live at 1208 Cl ub Road and
attend Wes tm i nis t er Presby t e r ian
Ch urch .

LE E HARRIS
Lee Harris gr ad ua t ed in 19 59 from
Virgi nia Polytechnic Institu t e
wit h a BS degree i n .E l ectrical
Engi neering .

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John Rannie , prese nts ,Tim Yater;,
:.fa:naeer> o." : 1ir:Ji1~ia Fir>e Ci .r:a.-~eti!
r:auirT"lent Co . , with a rilaoue
notina the "ir•!i i n the. Vendor> of'
the ,·.fonth . · :·la t c;iing t he rresen~
tation ar>e : :.: . ::: . Gc.rre-c t , .'>ales
'.1ana.1e,., ·1~· ,.,,... -.' r.ia vir>o q Sc. 1':>h1

E:a~i~,.,~~t . c~~· ~ ~d

Fred. eurt'a: ~.

riph.t, f4anage r>-.'·1aintenance .
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Vendor Of Month

Jack ,io i ned Genera 1 Electric Company as an Orde r Clerk ; n °urchasi na at Specialty Control De partmen t in 1956 .
Rom in Fall River . :·lass . , he is
a qraduate of the University of
Rhoade Island with a BS dearee in
1954 . He served in the Marine
Corps from 1945 - 48 and aoai n from
1950- 52. He now ho l ds th e rank
of Major in the Mari ne Rese rves .

A new company , Virgi nia Fir e &
Safe t y Equipmen t Co ., lfaynesboro ,
has been named Ve ndor of t he Mon~
by Purchasing .

Jack l ives with hi s wife, Arl ene,
and daughters, Nancy , 15, and
Sal ly , 14 , at 608 Shore Road.

Jim Yates, Manager of t he company
which has been a General Electric
vendor for four months , was
praised i n a l e t ter f r om John
Rannie , Manager- Purchasing , for
his company ' s quick action in re fil l ing plant fire extinguishers
after a recent fi r e .

Dr. Rader To Address

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State ASME Group
"The Si l ent Revoluti on " i s t ..-.
t itle of a talk to be delivered uy
Dr . Louis T . Rader on Tuesday,
October 10, to the A merican
Society of Mechanical Engineers.

~!r .

Rannie wrote : "Your respons e
to our reqyest to have our fire
extinguishers refil l ed enabled us
to have the resumption of the protection g iven us by these extinguishers in an amazi ngly sho r t
time ."

Lee j o ined Ge ner a l El e ct ric in
1960 as a Manufac tu ring Engi neer
i n the Switching Devi ce Section
of Special ty Control Department.

The Shenandoah Subsection of
ASME is hosting the j oint mee ting of the Virgini a S ection oi
ASME at the Robert E . L ee
Hotel in Lexington.
The meeting , which i s open to
the publi c , begin s at 6: 45 p. m .
with a social period followe d by
d inner at 7:30 .

I n 1964 he joined the Industria l
Automation Section as a ~!anufac­
turing Engineer a nd currently
holds this position .

Dr . Ra der, General Electr ic
Vic e Pr esident and G eneral
Manager of the Industria l Process Control Divisi on , will
exami ne the impact of automation brought about by the co m puter on jobs, productivity and
t he cos t of doing business .

Lee is a member of the Stuarts
Draft Baptist Church, where he
has served as a Deacon, membe r
of the choir , Young People ' s Depc
Superintendent and is now a Sunday School teacher .
"Easily the best all-around secretory I' ve ever hod !"

He and his wi fe , Adnie, have a
son , J ust us, and a d~ugh t e r ,
Adni e Lee . The Harris ' make t heir
home i n Gr andview Heig h ts .

RP.servations for the dinne r--.... t
be made through Bart Conlon,
Ext. 680, or Tom Haught , Ext.
616 .

Specialty
Control
Volume XI, No . 82

October 13, 1967

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

N/C Helps Build
Better Jet Tanker
J. C. Austin

B. W. Dula

Austin, Dula
Are Promoted
Appointments of James C. Austin
to Supervisor of Third Shift Op erations and Barry W. Dul a to
Foreman, Machine Shop, Second
Shift, were announced today by
J. F. Ponz il 1o, Manager-Manufa ctu ring.
.-... replaces Jim Truslow, whose
a~pointment as Supervisor of
Maintenance and Sheet Metal at
Richmond was announced last week.
Jim Austin joined Specialty Control Department in September,
1956 as a numerical control tester . After working up through
testing, planning and inspecting
jobs, he was named Foreman in
Relays in 1962, the position he
holds until November 1 when his
promotion becomes effective .
A graduate of Waynesboro Hi qh
School in 1950, J i m attended
Fishburne Military School in 1951
and Virginia Polytechnic Institute
in 1952. He served four years
in the Air Force in radio comcunications before coming to General Electric.
Barry replaces Dave Greene , who
has been transferred temporarily
to Schenectady prior to his re1ocation at the Gas Turbine
,.ce.pa rtment plant at Greenville,
1th Carolina .
Starting his General Electric
career at l•laynesboro in Decem(Contd. On P. 2)

PARKING STICKERS
Replacing metal tags on the f ront
with bumper s tickers on t he left
rear will begin soon . Al l employees will be g iven forms to apply
for t he parking stickers next
week .

The Air Force wanted huge, onepiece machined components for
their C-SA jumbo jet transport.
Lockheed had a 17-year old
Giddings and Lewis Hypro planer
that was large enough but it
wasn't fast enough to do the job
well.

Early next week you wi ll receive
request fonns for the new stickers . Fill in your name, payroll
munber, name of your supervisor
and the nt.Dllber of parking stickers you need. Your payroll nlUll ber .will be printed on a sticker
with a colored border indicating
your parking area .

Specialty Control had a numerical
control that could give the machine the speed to cut the time
and cost of the operation in
half. And so the control was
fitted to the 300 ton, 80- foot long planer .

Your parking area will be determined by where your supervisor
works . This will normally be
the same area to which you are now
assigned .

This is the story told in the

American Machinist Magazine of
Sept. 25.

Zone 1 and 2, along the boulevard,
will be indicated by a red bordered sticker. These zones are

Like most success stories, there
were a number of problems to
overcome in bringing about the
marriage ,
Bart Conlon, Design Engineer in
the Numerical Control Engineering
Subsection, laid the analytical
groundwork which made this dif f icult retrofit possib le . He also
provided the technical direction
for the gear- box manufacturer
who built the drive train .

American Machinist had this t o
say about Bart's contribution:
"One major operation was to replace the original table drive
system with a special antibacklash gearbox capable of positioning the 32-ton table plus a
load of several tons within
0 . 001 - inch accuracy. A GE computer program was used to anal yze
feed drive stiffness, inertia,
bending, lost motion, resonances
and other characteristics, in
designing the gearbox and power
rack.

(Contd. on P. 4)

(Contd. on P. 4)

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BULLETIN
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:* As a result of an agreement
:*
: signed yesterday afternoon by the
: Company and otfi ci al s of the
*
:united El ectrical Workers Uni on ~
: ( UE) , the Company has agreed to :
: recogni ze that union as bargaining:
:
: agent for manufacturing hourly
: employees he re at the Waynesboro :
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: pl ant.

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:* Commenting on the announcement,
~ H. vi. Tulloch, Manager of Em~pl oyee Relations for Specialty
~Control Department, said this:

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:

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~"Management wi 11 make every effcrt:
~to estab l ish a peaceful and busi
~nesslike rel ationship with the

*uni on and l ooks to the union's
leaders to do the same . "
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Who Carries Your Share?
Nearly everyone likes to fee l he
is carrying his share of the load
We don't like to th i nk anyone
fee l s we are shi rking o ur responsibi lities.

Top Blood Donors Name1
_,.

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Giving the pint l ast 1veek that
made their third gallon ,,·ere:
Van V. Pdchvr., VcU-6!1 H. Pw:1lt

We like to believe that we can
take care of our families, our se l ves and our job. We don't
like to ask for favors or for
help.

Grcac e ,\(. S unnc iv.. ,

Few o f us ever expect to have t o
ask fo r help. Who r eally believes his ch i ld might s udden l y
become an orphan? . . . Or be
found to have cystic fib rosis?
. . . Or require blood for a n
emergency operation?
Who believes that he o r a member
of his fami l y might require mouth
to mouth resuscitation afte r a
near drowning or an electrical
shock? Who b e lieves that he
migh t have a retarded child? Who
thinks his house might be de stroyed and he migh t not know
where to look for his next meal ?
The many emp l oyees at Specia lty
Con trol wh o are pa rt icipating in

Austin, Dula .. . (Contd. F'1'cm P.

A t otal of 264 pints of blood
have been gi \·en t o t he Red Crpi-o;;..
over the year s by 20 Specialt
Control Department employees .

1)

ber, 1961, Barry moved from
Light Mach i ne Operat~r t~rou gh
other machine operation JObs
before becoming a Planner in
1965. Hi s promotion to Foreman
was effective October 1.
A 1959 honor graduate of Church ville High School, he compl eted
two yea rs at Woodrow Wil son Technical School at Fishers ville before joini ng General Electric .

C. Vw:cm

Gi\·ing a total of tKo ga llons
ead1 were: /.{Mv-l11 L. Cltapf i.n ,
Vavid L. Plette , ThG111cts R. T/w)Jp,~on , Cec,t.l E. B1t0.dlet1 , Clta tif.e6 V.
Rex11.ode .
the United Corranunity Fund drive
don't expect it to happen to
them .
But they reali ze it mig ht . They
want thes e se r vices provided by
the 12 agencies available to them
a nd their fe llow em pl oyees when
the need arises .
And , they want to fee l that they
·have done their share to see t hat
these agencies are available .
They don't want to feel they have
shi r ked their duty by letting
others pay the bill .
General Electric is proud of these
emp loyees and these employees can
be proud of th ei r r esponse to t he
needs of the co:nmunity .
If you haven 't yet been asked t o
pa rticipate in thi s United Fupd
drive, you will be asked soon.
When you are, con sider t hese nee~
and be sure you are satisfi e d
that you are carrying yo ur sha re
of th e l oad .

GIVE::
taEUNITEDwiv
Extinguishe rs Now
Twent:1- "ive l.Jea'1's aao this month
the ri r~ t je.t ai"f'cr:a_ft flew . Tt
1Jas ~owerec wi ti: :Y:e Gener'< l .o;"Zeotrfr. engine at "f'i9Y:t . The I - A
t?Y'Liir.e rroducec 1 , 300 rounds o:·
th.l'USt . T'n.e GE4 engine , chown
here , will be used on the Supersonic Transpo rt (."ST) . It deve l ops 50 times t he poi1e r o.( the I -A,
or nore than 6C , 000 rouna.<; o."'
thrust .

J ame~

Being Delivered
Fire extinguis hers ordered by
Specialty Control Depa r~ent_em ­
ployees durinq the special ~ ire
Prevention Week sale are be1nq
delivered in the cafeteria today,
reports Virg i nia Fire Equipment
Co. General El ectric emri loyees
ordered 75 of th e a l l-puroose
fire extinguishers.

The 11 who reached a gallon each
are: Jall1e6 V. Ta:te , wa P.
F.U.e.-0, W.ift{.am (tJ . ,l{M.6.l.e , ChCVLlv.
E. Jone.-0 , AJr.thu..ttA . (tJ~ , Jan.,{,~
c. Moyvr. , Geo11.ge A. ,\fcl eM , EJt.tle
B. Heive:tt, 1tl~co)J B. Hoke , Gc11.don Iv . (l)adJ.iwo'1..th, Jot.eµh C.

1\!illVt .

Give Teachers Tools,
Advises Dr. Rader
Applying methods used by industry
to increase productivity c ould
result in a better educationa
system for Virginia , Dr. Loui ~
Rader told members of Virginia
school boards mee t ing in Richmon d
last Friday .
Dr. Rader, Vice President and Gen
e r al Manager, Industrial Process
Control Division, suggested the
teacher be "tooled up" with such
thing s as closed- ci r cuit television t o increase t heir productivity .
He pointed out th a t t ea ching mach i nes won 't re p l a ce teachers
but the " s ound investment with a
p l an ned payoff " fo r t ool s wi ll
improve the quality of ed ucation .
The teacher will be f r eed from
much of the clerical work Lh ey
a r e now doing .
" Too l s should be aimed at helpin '
the t eacher increas e mo tiva tion
of t he studen t by appea ling t o
his se l f- int e res t," Dr . Rader
s aid.
CARD OF THANKS
l \•IOULD LI KE TO THANK ALL THE
PEOPLE l•/HO DONATED BLOOD FOR MY
FATHER, HARRY J . ROSEN .

Faue CC' i 11e '1.

SCD NEWS & NOTES
Ticket s for the DuPont-SCOCCE
A.E . ) dance Oct . 28 a t the Du ,t Recreation Hall will be
available >londav . Tickets can be
purchased fran : · ~!ary Bussard Fishersville, Lisa Files - Rel ations , \ancy Snider - >lfg . , Peg._zy
Huffinan - \lfg . , Barbara Haynes \!ktg . , Sara Cris er - Eng . , Sy l via
llitt - En<; . , Ca ry Osborne - finance , and Jackie Co ll ins - ,\ &

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Tjckets are $3 for SCOCiEE mem bers and $4 for non-members .
Please show membership card or
cash receipt when buying member
tickets .

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!Je r e or e the peO!' l e d w suvervice the a f f'a i rs o r SCQr;'!:;E -- the o --·,ce:·.~
ar~C. J.1' rectors . Seated, .f'rom l e.rt , ar e : . . 2e Zen Dedric l<, Secre ta r~) . Ba. :-.~ a. 1-::.
r.·ayn es , Dan Don.di ego, ?Pes i dent !3ob !1yers, Treasurer ?.e Zen ~- ohr>.son -::r: ~'
~Tune Aldhizer . S tanding , from left , are : J i 1'1 De:litt, Paul Rowz-~e , :~..;, ~-;
.r.:r ebinko, Ton-: Durkin , irrrr?edi ate Past President Joe S"7ith , Li s e:. ?-~les ,
;.;irJ?':! :li,,,.q,L>i e id, Ann Shi."-'_"-'lett, Gene Black, Suzanr:e Sims, ?rc:Y.;.: ?d·>;o .

WEDNESDAY BOWLIN G
High Team Game : Alley Cats (895),
Injun Ears (875 ) , Tin Benders
(863) .
High Team Set : Alley Cats (2579),
Hi Pots (2537) , Injun Ears (2 509).
Dynamic Five
Hi Pots
Tin Benders
Alley Cats
I njun Ears
..-....., aremakers
dtamites
\.Jirest r etcher s
G. E. Fire Dep t .
Rebels
Drillers
Some time Pl ayers
Fireballs
Marketeers
Pin Pir ates
Cannonmatics

17
1 6~
1 6~

7
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7~
7~
8~

15
14
13
12

9
- 10
- 11
- 12
11 ~ - 12~
11 - 13
10 - 14
10 - 14
15
9
9 - 15
8 - 16
4 - 20

GLASSES FOUND
A pair of presc r ipt i on saf ety

qlasses found some weeks aao are
beinq he l d hy the Dispe nsary fo r
their owner .
GE STOCK PRICES

Here is the GE "stock price" and
the ave r age "Fund Unit Price"
used in the crediti na of part i cipants accounts for the month of
September under the amended Savings and Security Program .
Stock Price

Sll l. 869

Fund Un i t Pr i ce

$ 25. 77 9

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Service With GE
Week endina Oc tober 13, 1Q67
5-year Service Pins Far l e J . Br eeden

ALL SCD EMPLOYEES MAY JOIN SCOGEE
\fent ion the Social Club of General Electric Employees and you mav
be met 1d th a blank stare , but
call it SCOGEE and t he name ,,·ill
be recognized unmediately around
Specialty Control Department .

Directors meet r egularlv t o conduct the business of the club,
decide the polic i es of t he organization and aut horize a budget
fo r the various functions of the
organization.

For SCOGEE , nm,· in its 13t h year
at llaynesboro , promotes r ecreational, educational , cultural ,
civic and social activities for
employees and pensioners of General Electric at Waynesbor o.

Election of officers and direc t ors i s held in \lay . The elected
take office July 1 .

A look a t last ,,·eek ' s Sr;ecialtu
Control iieus gives sane. idea of

the variet y of activities of the
club . St ories tol d of SCOGEE
activities in golf , chess , bowl ing, 1wmen ' s exer cise cl asses and
a semiformal dance .
SCOCEE membership is open to all
employees and pensioners fran
Specialty Control Depar tment .
Dues are $3 a year payable semi annual h in advance . Deductions
of Sl . 50 are made t h'ice a Yea r
fran members' paychecks for. Janu ary-.June and .July-December .
In addition to dues , the Depart ment matches t he amount pa i d by
employees in dues .
SCDGEE is directed bv f our o fficers and 13 directors . Officers
are President , Vi ce President ,
Secretary and Treasurer . Twelve
dir ecto r s are elected bv the membership to sen re one year. TI1e
13th director is the Immediate
Past President . He serves for
the period duri ng which his suc cess or i s Pres id~nt .

The organi zat ion has eight can mi t tees , each is headed bv a member of t he Board of Di r ector s .
Corrrnittees , one of i-nich 1dll be
discussed in the Svecial t~ Cor: trol News each week for t he next
ei ght weeks , are: Finance and
Executive , >'lembership , Social ,
Recreational and Athl etic , Pub ·
licity, Cul t ural , Bui lding Fund
and Special Activi ties .

Letter Explained
Speci alty Control Department em ployees last ,,·eek received letters
at their homes from Electric Insurance Co .
El ectric Insurance Co . is a subs i diary of the firm which pro\·ides insurance coYerage to Gen er al Electric .
Coverage descr ibed bv El ectric
Insurance Co . is not a part of
the Genera l Electric Benefits
Pro Qram . You should consider the
infonnat i on fran El ect ric Insur ance Co . just as vou "·ould pro posal s bv anv other insurance
compruw .

Help Aslced As Drive

PARKING... (Contd. from P. 1J

In Plant Nears End

for employee; in second floor
office areas south of the l obby .

Pledge s are coming in fast for
the plant United Community Fun d
"drive, reports Jerry McRorie,
Plan t dri v e chairman.
" The response is encouraging , "
he commented, "but we are still
far short of our goal. "
Ev ery empl oyee is being contacted this year and asked to review
his participation in the fund sinCP
the Waynesboro -East Augusta
County United Community Fund
has a goal 5% greater than last
year.
L ast year, Specialty Control
Department employees and the
Department gave nearly $22, 000
to the drive which helps 12 local
health and character - building
agencies.

K&T STRIKE IN 6TH WEEK
Som e Specialty Control employees are still on short time as
the strike at Kearney & T recker
continues .
The strike, now in its sixth
week, has resulted in K&T asking Specialty Control to cease
shipping numerical controls .
K&T is a major N/C customer .

Union Evicts Officers
Two I UE officials , accused of
misappropriating $141 , 000 in
union funds, have been ousted
from office by a vote of union
members .
They are District 3 President
Milton Weihrauch and Dis trict
Treasure r Joseph Ioz zi. The
district includes New York and
New J ersey .

Zone 3 is for visitor s ,
and vendors .

Flat as a pancake ...
and selling like hotcakes

says the advertisement for General Eleotrio 's new high performance 150-grid sealed relC11fs .
This "mouthLJatering" ad is now
appearing in Electronic Design
and Electrical Design flews mcigazines . The ad points out the
superiority o: the Speoialt]! Control built relavs over those made
by our oompetit;rs .

Company Builds
In Carolinas
The third new General Electric
plant to be built in th e Carolinas was announced recently .
A 340,000- square- foot plant will
be b uilt near Charleston, s . C.,
to manufacture parts of th e l arge
s te am turbine- g enerators us ed by
e l ectric utilities.
The l O\•-press ure exhaust hoods to
be built there will be as l arge
as a three-story house.
Ground-b reaking is planned fo r
late this year .
Earlier announcements in the past
nine months include a large gas
turbine production plant now being built near Gr ee nvi lle , S . C.
and a nu cl ear fue l plan t being
built at Wilmington, N. C.

Zone 4, south lot, is indicated
bv a blue sticker . This area is
for \fanufacturing employees who
report at 8 a .m. and are located
on the south s ide of the factory,
all employees located in the ol d
office area on both floors except
employees reporting at 7:30 a .m.
and the Engineerin.g Laboratory .
Zone 6, on t he north side of the
plant, is indicated by an orange
s ticker . This area is for em ployees located on both floors of
the ne,,· office area, cafeteria
personnel and office Employees
located on the north side of the
factory ,,·ho report at 8 a .m.
Zone 8, on the north and west
side of the plant , is indicated
by a green sticker . This area is
for all ~!anufacturing personnel
who report at 7: 30 a.m. and all
second and third shift empl oyees.

N/C HELPS... (Contd. from P.

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"And results border on the spectacular . Production r a tes are
consider ably greate r t han they
were before the retrof it, and accur3cy has improved considerably .
Location of 1 ,700 ~- inch holes i n
C- SA tooling plates p roduced on
the machine , for example , were
held within 0 . 001 inch of nominal
pos itions . And total accumulated
error was less than 0 . 0015 inch . "
The componen ts pr oduc ed by the
machine are the 27- f oot quarter
bulKhead forgi ngs and 18 main
frame forgi ngs used in each C-SA .
Two s emitrailers a day haul away
the chips produced by th e machine.
Donald Logerwe ll, a Nume rical
Control Engineer who recent l y
t r ansferred wi th th e Company to
Wash ington , assis ted in the insta llation of the mammoth machi ne.

BEV/ARE , v/ORK !
1. 1ecl<..c.aJ'..

.6 uer:ce ttepo/Lt.6 tha..t hMd
t•:orc.k (~·ill nevVt IUU anyone. , but
c•:e. have known .6cme. CMU whVte. iJ.
H ..a.Jte.d Mme people. halt) to dea..th .

ADV! CE TO MAN ON /''OON

- -Grit
NEW PHONE NLMBER

A new ex tens ion number has been
added in th~ Photo Lab . It i s
557 .

cust~

" Mind toking o little dictation
during the commercial?"

Tit e f..,{N., :t Am e!Uc.an M :tJto na.u:t
landed on :the. moon , and ~ad)..o~
e.a.Jl.th : "S ?Up hM land e.d .{.n c
wha..t appea.M to be. a. .la1tg e. Mnu
trc.o..p . (l}ha;t .6 ho.U.. I do? " An o 66.tua..R.. ottom the. .6po..c.e. c.e.ntVt
tto..cl<..o e.d bac.1<. : "ll.6 e. a 7 -<Aon,
Stu.p.{.d! II

Specialty
Control
Volw;c XT ,

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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Wo rk Interrupted

Jeff Ramsey, 7

By Labor Problems

Needs You

Of O ther Firms

,,,,.....
od , 2S pints in th·o weeks, is
needed to keep J eff Ramsey alive.

A strike at Collins Radio , a major
customer of relays, is added this
wee k to three s tri kes which have
been threatening production at
Waynesboro.

Jeff , 7, i!' the son of Phyll is

Ramsey , l~elays , and Raymond R~­
Jerf ha~· been i n the University
of Virgi nia Hospjtal for nearly
two months with a disease that
causes h i.m to bl eed without
st opp i.r:g .
Jeff ' s fri ends and neighbor s at
Stuarts Draft have been supplying
him with blood , but at the rate
of 12 pints a week , more donor s
a re needed .
University Hospital uses a
nod where a pint of blood is
... _i<en from the donor, the part
of the blood that Jeff needs is
removed and the blood is returned
to the donor . This allows the
donor to give again after a week ,
if necessary .

~

Under this program , donors must
go to the hospital in Charlottes ville , but arrangemen t s have been
made so that blood can be t aken
at 7 p .m.
Donors are usually schedul ed for
a certain day but sanetimes
~re is an emergency which reres a large amount of blood
aL one time .
A list of available donors is
grea t l y needed. If you have not
given bl ood in the past 60 days,
are not taking medi cines , and
\\·ould like to help , please call
Dal e Rollins on Ext . 260 and
have your name put on the donor
lis t .

,,,,.....

.dentally, the donations count
the Red Cross blood donor
program and any t ype of blood is
suitable .
Ju

Octobe 1• 20, 19 67

Company Contribution
Pcber t i·liZbur, Manager-Finance,
right, presents a check from General Electric to the Uni t ed Com >r?unity Fund of' :.;aynesboro and
East Augusta County . Accepting
the check is Richard A. Davis,
President of the United Comnuni ty
Fund .

Apply Now For New
Parking Stickers
Applications for the new parking
stickers can be picked up st ar tng
today in the cafeteria .
Tabl es will be provided where you
can fill out the form and boxes
will be on hand to deposit t he
forms i n.
These applicat ions \vill be on
hand t oday through Nov . 3 .
The stickers , to be placed on t he
left rear bunper of your vehicle ,
will bear your payroll mnnber and
1,·ill be color coded for the area
in which you are to park .

Co ll ins Ra dio, a Cedar Rapids ,
Iowa , firm , i nstructed Specia l ty
Control to cease shipment of
relays immedia te ly after 6,500
produc ti on workers struc k. If
th i s strike conti nue s , it can
cause short t ime in Re l ays.
The Kea rney & Trecker str i ke in
Mi l waukee conti nues . We have
made no shipments of numeri ca l
cont rol s to K&T this month at
their request . Th is conti nues t o
cause short time.
The steel haul ers ' strike has
shu t off much of the stee l needed.
The Company cont i nues to sea r ch
for a supply of steel .
A strike against major copper
companies has conti nued since midJul y . A sh ort age of copper , used
i n wi re and bus bars , cou ld eventua1ly af f ect al l work i n th e
pl ant.
MOBILAB TO VISIT

New Plant Announced

Products for inte r conne c t ion s ys t ems , car d readers, appl ica ti on
ma chine ry and proto t ypes of next
gene r a tion products will be on
display in the AMP :-Iobilab to
visit the p l ant from 9 a . m. t o
3 p . m. Tuesday , Oc t . 24 .

Gener al Electric announced this
1veek it will build a $15 mi ll ion
plant at llendersonville , Tenn .,
to produce motors ranging from 1
to 200 horsepower . Constr uct ion
is t o begin in ~lay with limited
production to begin late in 1969 .

The Mobi l ab , pr ovided by Al-IP Inc.,
Ha rr isburg , Pa ., will be of interest t o e ngi neers , pl anners
and buyers . The Mobilab will be
stationed in front of t he plan t.

They replace the meta l tags now
i n use . On ~ov . 6 these metal
tags becane obsolete and may be
destroyed .

PAY HIKES KEEP GE JOBS AMONG BEST
The two pay increases being received this fall by General Electric' s hourly and nonexempt salaried employees will cost the company a sizable chunk of cash.
You don't add more than 3% to
payroll costs and not feel the
effect.
Despite this higher payroll cost,
these pay increases make good
business sense. They aim to keep
GE pay rates in this plant at
levels which compare favorably
with what is being paid in the
community for similar work. This
good pay, along with the nlUllerous
benefit plans offered by General
Electric, should continue to attract and retain the kind of employees we need to operate a successful business here.
The thousands of long-service employees at General Electric give
strong testimony that, when the
total GE job package is compared
to those of other companies, it's
awfully tough to beat what General Electric offers its employees.
The latest pay raises are another
reminder that General Electric
tries to keep its jobs among the
best in this area.

Amount Not Set Yet
1his year's cost-of-living pay
adjustment for hourly and nonexempt salaried employees will be
calculated when the U. S. Government announces the October constn11er price index. 1his will
probably be in late November.
It should be noted that, in a
Keek or so, the government will
be announcing the index for September. lbis announcement is not
the statistic which will deter--nine the size of the pay increase
for GE employees.
If the October index is 116.7 or

less, there will be a 1/2% pay
increase. If the index is 116.8
to 117.9 inclusive, the increase
'.·:ill be 1%. Higher index readings can bring pay boosts up to
1-3/4%. lbe August index (latest
released) Kas 116.9.
This cost-of-living adjustment
·.·:: 11 b(; ret reactive to \fonday,
~.ct0Ger 2--the same date on
·. :~ii c~. the 3% general increase
·.-:r.:r1: int0 e:ffcct.

GOODIIPAY
GOOD BUSINESS

SCD NEWS & NOTES
SCOGEE'S first dance of the seasal
is only 8 days away! This is to
be held at DuPont Recreation Hall
with music being furnished by.-;the
Carrousels from Richmond. T·~
ets are $3 for members (couple1
and $4 for non-members (couple).
See bulletin boards for names of
ticket sellers.
GIVES THIRD GALLON
Ertle B. Hewett was listed last
week am:>ng the employees who have
donated a gallon of blood through
the Red Cross program. Ertle
should have been credited with...
giving a total of three gall~
EXERCISE CLASS OPEN

ROAD TO BE WIDENED
In conjtmction with the building
of the new Northwest Parkway, the
City plans to widen the West Road
up to the General Electric property line at gate 20. In order
to take full advantage of the opportunity for three-lane traffic
to and from parking lots 6 and 8,
General Electric will continue
the three-lane roadway for several
hundred feet on Company property.
Work is expected to begin within
the next few weeks, and every
effort will be made to accomplish
the task with a min:imum of inconvenience and traffic delays. It
will be necessary to remove the
fenced in children's play area
during the construction.
Weather pennitting, the project
should be complete by early December.

Plant Gets Video-tape
Your big chance to be a TV star
may soon come to you at your workplace.
Manufacturing Engineering has
recently purchased video-tape
closed circuit television equipment which will be used throughout the shop for operator training, methods analysis, orientation programs and work measurement
studies.
The equipment has an instant playback feature that will pennit
immediate analysis.

There is still room for more
women in the newly organized exercise class being sponsored by
SCOGEE. This class is held every
Wednesday from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
at the Waynesboro High School Gym.
WEDNESDAY BOWLING
HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME

c. Lundstran
S. Pochily
L. Rogers

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HIGH INDIVIDUAL SET

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588

Lundstrom
Pochily
L. Rogers
STANDINGS

Dynamic Five
Hi-Pots
Alley Cats
Datamites
Tin Benders
In j tm Ears
G.E. Fire Dept.
Sparemake rs
Fireballs
Wirestretchers
Rebels
Drillers
Sometime Players
Marketeers
Pin Pirates
Cannonmatics

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Meet Your Candidate

election time nears, candidates
for public offices often req~
to greet employees at the pl~
gates. Between now and Nov. 7
you may shake the hand of a future Senator or Representative
while on your way to work.

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What Do Your Children
Think Of General Electric?
General Electric's Educational Relations Service recently
released the results of two 1966 surveys showing the effect- ~
iveness of G E's educational communication programs di rect~
ed to America's youth . The report was compiled from the '-' ~
results of independently conducted surveys by Scholastic
'
Magazine and by the George A. P!laum Publishing Company.

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The Scholastic survey questioned 2,500 youths between
the ages of 12 and 18, while the Pllaum survey secured its
information from 1 ,600 questionnaires returned by 1 2 to
14-year old readers of Young Catholic Messenger.
Before we give you the resu lts of these surveys, we'd like
first to give you a few sample questions -- so that the teenagers in your family might judge their attitudes against those
of the youths who participated in the survey. Here are some
of the questions:
1. Of all the national companies you have heard of, which
one would you nominate as the most outstanding in the
country?
2. Which large national company do you think is doing
the most to encourage young people to work and achieve
at their studiesl
3. What national company offers the greatest variety of
careers?
4 . If you had to choose now a national company to work
for, which one would you select?

5. What national company (not the government) do you
think is doing the best job in Engineering?
6. If you were buying electrical products, what manufacturer's name would convince you of the best buy?
7. Name a national company that you think is a leader in
electronicsl
Now, turn to page 4 and see what America's youth had
to say . ..

1?.EMRMBER WHEN?
CNE YEAR AGO - 1966
Appreciation Day at Specialty
Control attracted 7,500 employees
and family members for a carnival
of fun at the Plant.

FIVE YEARS AGO - 1962

Lost and Found reported a wide
assortment of found items including wedding rings and money .

*

SCOGEE Finance and Execut-ive Ccm mi ttee shown with SCOGEE Advise1°
Bill Perry, left, includes , from
Ze~ Barbara Haynes , Se cretary;
Bo. yers , Pr esident; Dan Dondiep,
Vice Pr esident ; i-.'eZen ,Tohnson,
Tr eas urer and ~roe Smith, Outgoir>.g
President.

They Watch Dollars
Keeping track of SCOGEE's money
is the job of the Finance and Executive committee .
Pr ,-..lent Bob Myers is assisted
by ~·iiS committee in preparing
the annual budget , approving bilbo
for payment and seeing that the
accounts of the Treasurer are
audited twice yearly.

*

The Company reported it had more
employees than Alaska had cit izens and did a $4 .5 billion business i n the preceding year.
TEN YEARS AGO - 1957
Vtr. . S . R. Perin ,i,nnoccW:t,,te.d 8 50
Spe.uaLty ConVi.o.t emp.toye.u
ag cu:.1i.ot M ,i,ru1 'F .tu.

*

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Specialty Control drivers Cil
Coyner and Davie Kern modeled new
uniforms used to identify them as
drivers and guards .
p,'[,i_ve too ,t,.{'.ou:, and othvw

wJ.....e.

you.. V!Uve. too t1Mt , and
the.cf' .U. be. be.hind you.- -!t1alk,,i_n9
,t,.{'.ow.ty .

N/C Computer Program
To Be Introduced
A faster way to prepare tapes to
direct nume rical con trol machines
wi ll be in troduced at a seminar
in Cincinnati on Dec . 6 a nd 7 .
Specialty Control Depa rtment's
Industrial Automation Sal es Operation wi ll present the GECENT III
Postprocessor Program .
This computer program wi ll r eplace
the GECENT II which has been
widely used ove r the past several
years . The new program is mo r e
flexible and more efficient .
It is written in Fortran IV for
the new generati on of computers
used today .

Acme Vote Tallied
Acme Visib l e Recor ds employees at
Crozet voted last week to r e t ain
the i r independent union .
An election was hel d after the
IUE and IAM challenged the Vis ible
Records Production Union Independent which has represented
Acme worke rs since 1951.

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Of 480 bal l ots cast , 373 favo r ed
the independen t union .

What Do Your Children Think? (Contd.)
Here He the s:1mplc questions that appeared on µage 3
.1long wit h the companies named IN ORD ER:
l.

2.

Of all the national componics you have heard of, which
one would you nomina te as the mos t oustanding in the
country)
l s t - General Electr ic
2nd- Gen era l i\!otors
3rd - AT &T
4th - !B i\!
5th - ford
\'\'hich large national company do you think is doing
the most to encourage young people to work and
achit'\•e at their studies?
l st - General Electric
2nd - G eneral i\l otor s
3rd - AT&T
4th - Ford
5th - IBM

3. \\'hat national com1)3ny offers the greatest va riety of
careers?
I st - General Electric
2nd - General i\lotors
3rd - duPont
4th - IBi\ !
5th - AT&T
4.

If you had to choose now a national company to work
for. which one would vou select?
I st - General Ele~tric
2nd - Gener al il!otors

3rd - IBM
4th - RCA
5th - 13dl Telephone
5.

What nat ional company (not the government) do you
think is doing the best job in Engincer ingi
I st - General Electric
2nd - General i\ !otors
3rd - RC.A
4th - !13i\1
5th - Boeing

6.

If you were buying electrical product s. what manufacturer's name would convince you of the best buy'
1 SI - General Electric
2nd- RCA
3rd - Wes tinghouse
4 th - Sunbt:an
5th - Zenith

7.

:\ame a national company that you think is a leader in
electronic' '
I st - ( ; <:n<:r.tl Electric
2nd - RC:\
3rd - 113~1
4th - \\ 'e,tinghouse
5th - General il!otors

There were a total of I 5 categories reflecting the atl itudes
of you th toward nationa l companies: G eneral Elect ric was
fir st cho ice in 1 O; second in four; and third in 1>ne.

SOC IAL $ECURITY?

Comedy Opens Tonight

~

~r:e Ode Couple, a Broadway comedy
hit , opens t onight i n the 1\aynes bor o High School auditor ium .

Joining General Elec tri c ' s Quarter Cen tury Club recently is
Kenneth R. NeMlham,
Technical Specialist
i n Power Regulat ion
Engineering .

The product i on , by t he 1\'aynesboro
Pl aye rs , i s direct ed by Al ]};)lbec
of PO\,·er Regul at ion Engineering .
The play goes on at 8: 30 p .m. to night and Saturday . Tickets , on
sale at the doo r, are $2 for a dul ts and $1 for s t udent s .

Ken joined General El ectric on
Sept. 21 , 1942 , in Schenectady as
a Laboratory Assistant .
"My theory is if we eliminate all ta xes, there
won't be any need for a war on poverty !"

Bond Sale Delayed
Fr e e dom Sha r es, new U. S . Bonds
with a short er term (4~ yea r s)
and higher interest r ate (4 . 74%)
than Se ries E Bonds, wi l l not be
available through the GE Savings
?lan f o r at leas t six months .
Tne C0r.1pany reports it will take
that long to develop compute r
;:i rocedu res .

Service With GE
Jeek ending October 20 , 1967
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Newnham Serves
2 5 Years With GE

Know Your. Bene fits

G E Pays Cost
Of In suran ce
While a t work at the Ge neral E~c­
tric plant, you are covered by
Workmen ' s Compensation Insu rance
for any injuries sustained on the
job. Therefore , it is ve r y important that injuries suffered in
the course of your work shou ld be
r eported immediate l y to your su perviso r and t o the medical clinic .
This insurance plan is adminis tered under stat e goverrunen t regulations but Ge ne r a l Electric
pays th e entire cost of your cove rage und e r the p l an .

He l a t er became a Pr oduct Engineer before transferr i ng to '
Waynesboro in February , 1955 .
A 1933 graduate of St . Lai,rrence
University 1vith a BS degree in
physics , he ha s published a paper
on Ultrasonics in Liquids - Orci-._
nance 1953 .
He and his wi.fe , Lois , have t\vo
daughters , Mrs. Cal vin A. Lloyd
II and ~largaret Newnham . The
Newnhams live at 1600 Edgehill
Road .
CARD OF THANKS
I WISH TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATI ON
TO MY FRIENDS FOR THE MA.NY BEAUTIFUL FLCMERS AND CARDS I RE- ,-..,
CEIVED DUR IN:; MY RECENT ILLNES
ALSO MY S INCERE THANKS TO THE
BLOOD DONORS.

Specialty
Control
Volurw XI, i!o . 84

Oc tober 27, 1967

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

GE SALES UP,

United Fund Over Top

EARNINGS DOWN

Employee Giving Sets Record

General Electric sales during the
fii-~t nine 1;1onths of 1967 "·ere up
8~ o\'er the same period last yea r
but earni ngs "·er e dohn 8% from
the first nine months of 1966 .
President Fred J . Borch has annoW1ced sales totaling 55 , 566 ,
331 , 000 1\er e recorded in the
first three quarters of this
year . \et earnings during this
period were 5249 , 351,000 or 52. 77
a share.
Earnings for the third quarter of
,.....l967 were $80 , 689 ,000, or 90
)nts a share , compared with
~1 .10 a share in the third quarter of 1966 .
Last year ' s third-quarter earnings were the highest for this
period in the Canpany's history ,
as customers increased purchases
in anticipation of a possible
strike arising from 1966 labor
negotiations.

Reporting pledges and gifts to taling $23,584 .87 , Specialty Control Department employees gave a
mighty boost to t he WaynesboroEast Augusta County United Community Fund Dri ve for a record
$101,275.
The sum reported this week by
Special ty Contro l is a record
amount, exceeding l ast year's to tal of 521 ,464 by nearly 10%.
The amount contributed so far by
employees and the Company is aba.rt
23% of the goa l for the Waynesboro-East Aug usta County drive.
"The response has been excellent;•
sa id Jerry McRorie, plant drive
cha innan . "Special ty Control Department empl oyees ca n be proud

Borch said management i s aggressively pursuing company-1,-ide

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He added spec i al pra i se for t hose
who assisted in the drive by con tacting empl oyees and arranging
group meetings where the needs of
the community agencies were de scribed.
Although the dr i \·e has ended ,
some employees have indicated
they intend to participate but
have not yet done so . They are
being contacted and a final tally
will be made today .

VENDORS', CUSTOMERS'
LABOR PROBLEMS CON TI NUE
Some 10 ,000 steel haulers have
re turned to work but th r ee other
strikes which threaten produc t ion
at Waynesboro continue .
Collins Radio, a major customer
for our relays , remains struck by
6,500 production wo rker s . Specialty Control has been instructed
to stop shipping relays curing
the st rike . If the strike contin
ue s , it can cause short time in
Relays .

By comparison , >Ir . Borch said
that this year 1 s third-quarter
results reflected r elatively
lower levels of demand for consumer products, which adversel y
affected this important sector of
General Electric ' s business .
This decline , coupled with higher
material and canponent costs and
higher wage rates in all areas of
the company ' s operations , contrib·
uted to 10\,·er earnings , he said .
Employee compensation, materials
and other costs for the first
nine months of this year 1,·ere
$5 , 109,257 , 000, an increase of
...-W...0% over the same period last
.:!ar .

of their support of our community,

No numerical controls have been
shipped this month t o Kearney &
Trecker in Milwaukee , a major N/C
customer, because of the strike
t here . Short time in Nume r ical
Control continues as a result of
this strike .
Some 50 , 000 copper workers remain
on strike in the West. If this
strike continues l ong it could
affect all work in the plant .

STICKERS GO ON
"Put it here," reminds Kay Hartman, Maintenance Secretary , as
she puts a parkina sticker on the
left r ear bwrper of he r car .
,\'a~e application now on the pink
form in the cafeteria and get
your sticker on before llov . 6 .

IN MEMOR IAM The heartfe l t sympathy of General
Electric emp l oyees at Waynesboro
goes to the Raymond Ramsey family.
Jeff Ramsey, 7, died at th e University of Virgin ia Hospital Sunday .

WHAT KIND OF SALESMAN ARE YOU?
~h at

have you sold for General
:O:lec tr :!.c t oday?

Chan c e s a r e your ans wer i s , "You
~u se ha ve t h e wrong person .
I 'm
no t d s :i. :..:sr.1a n."

El

NERAL

You dor.' t ha ve t o travel and ca ll
0:i cu~ t o::i e rs t o be a s a le s~ an .
'. \h a te\·er you do for a l i ving ,
you r :i:,'s t i mpo rtant job is "Company ~alesma n . "
Ar. l :nportant scie ntis t was g i ven
a t our of a plant by a prime defen se c ontra ct or s uch as Ge neral
Ele ct ri c . The company president
f elt t his s c ientis t wa s i mportant
e nou gh t o r a t e t op trea t ment . He
perso na lly e s co rt ed t he vis ito r
a r ou nd a plant whi c h n ade comp lic a t ed equipmen t and components
such as we do he r e a t Wa ynesbo ro .
The pr es iden t wa t ched t he s ci e ntist f or s ome s i gn of approval as
he s howed h i s guest th e awesome
::iaz e of eq ui pment a nd intricate
g raphs a nd c hart s on the walls .
The scie nt i s t wou l d nod hls he a d
or :na ke some noncommi t a l r ema rk
but mos tly he was s ilent . At t he
very end of t he t our he gave t he
wo r ds t hat t he pr es i den t an d hi s
hi s
s taf [ was wai t i ng t o he a r
r ea c tio n t o t he to ur .
Gazing about at th e cle an wi nda;vs,
s po tless wa lls a nd unc lutte r ed
f l oo r s , he cong ratulat e d t ~ e
pr e s ident on t he ap pea r a nce of
t ~ e p l a n t.
" I t ' s t ::p i c al ," he sai d , " o f th e
e ff i ciency a nd ca r e t hnt i s ohv ious l y inhe r e n t in yo ur ope r a ti on'. '
At tha t mome nt , th e mo s t impo r ta:i t s a l e sme n i n the companv we r e
t he me n who wo r ke d i n main t ena nce '.
you wo rk , your job as
Co:-'.:-ia:i:: sa I t:sman s hould co::ie
f i r ~ L.
Yo u a r c a good sa l esma n
·,:'-.":-: :· u cc :;our best t o see tha L
~ou ~ut out a good produc t .
The
r:-:::-. ~.a n :: i.s jud4e d by it s pr odu c ts .
·: ~. .. ~'.<· r i t is a "''i ring job o r a
~~~ r ~v~ r

Service With GE

t yping job , a n enginee r ing job o r
a ma r ke t ing j ob, what you produ ce
generally en ds up outsi de the
Compan y where it repres e nts th e
Comp any .
To be a goo d Compa ny sale s man
and a ss ur e you r se l f of a job t o::io rrow , do your job the best you
can .

Lipsky Carries On
Family
Tt ca nes a s no surpri se t o the Lipsky
fami 1y t ha t Bill i s
join ing the Quarter
Centu ry Club this
"·eek .
,\fte r all , both of his

one time .
Bil l , >lanuL1 ctu r inq Eng ine er in
Equ i pment Dcvel opn:ent, j o ined
Gene r:1l U ect r ic on Oc t . 26 , l ~l.i 2
in th e Tes t Departmen t at Schcncc tad>· .

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Ho chna n

Alan S . Rubens t e in,
a form er sub s ection
manage r at Waynesbor o , has been ap~
poin ted Manage r of
Advanced Engineering , Tr ans po rtation
Equipment Bus iness at Gene ra l
Ele c tri c ' s Erie , Pa ., plant .
He came t o Wa yne sbo ro f r om Schenec t ady i n Apr i l, 1955, as p art
of the reloca t ion of Specia lty
Con t rol Department . In November ,
1964 , he transferred to the Large
St eam Turbine Depa r tmen t at Schenectady wh e re he has wor ked unti l
the pr e s ent .

13th Patent Awarded
Number 13 wa s n't a n umb er to
b e a voided by E dw a r d H . Dinger,
Pow e r R egul a t ion Eng ineerin g .
Word w a s r ec e i ved la st week tha t
E d ha s be e n awa r ded h i s 13th
pate n t . Hi s in v e n t i on rel a t e s to
a reg u lator th a t m a intai ns th e
o u t p ut \· olt ag e o f a n in v erter at
a p r ede t e rmin ed a mplititude a nd
li m i ts th e o u t put c urr e nt of an
in v e rt e r wit hin a p red e t e rmin ed
m ag ni tu d e.
~
Al so a nn ou nc ed l ast w ee k w as
th e Ith pa t l' nt ea rned by L o r e n
H . Walker . L o r e n ' s in\· e nt i o n
r ela tes t o a ci 1·c u i t t o l im it th e
d e la y in S\\ itch ing a n in \· e r t e r
u s i ng m <1stc r a n d s l a\·e mul t i v ib ra to r s .

Meet Your Candidate
..\ ch:mcc t o sec f i rst ln nd t he
peo p I e 1d1os c faces :'ou ha \'c been
o;ec i ng on h i llhoa nls rccen tl>· :nay
he :·our s next "·eek .
CrnJ idates ro r puhl ic o ffice h·i.ll

Starting ;1s a

Tcs 1Jn~m

a rte r e:irn i nr; ; 1 BS degr ee rrorn S i e n.:t Co 1lcgc , Lo udoin-il k , \ . Y. , he h·a s
p r omoted th rough Des igne r , Sect ion Supc r\' i s or , and va r ious cng i nce ring johs to hi s pr es ent
pos i U on .
!le kr t ')chcnec t ad:· i n 196 1 t o
jo in Spec ia lty Con trol Depa r t me nt
in \la:·neshor o .

Week endin g October 27, 1967
5-year Serv ic e Pins -

Erie Plant Names
Former SC D Man

Bill is a membe r or t he Siena Collc qe 1\lunn i 1\s soc i:1ti on , a membe r
o r t he (C: ll I:xe a 1ti \·e Boa rd o f St .
.John ' s C;1t ho l ic Chur ch :m<l a
ch;1nc r 111emhc r o r IHDE " 22 70 .

be g r e eti ng empJo:·ces nea r the
plru1 t qatcs next ~e ek .

.Ju st The Facts, Please
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SCD · News & Notes
Top honors we re taken this yachti~s eaeon by Lowel l Bashlor .
~
, Kennedy edged out Leo n
K.L.... .Ln for second place . Top Crew
award wen t to Gerry Le f fers f or
his perfonnance aboard Lowell
Bashlor's "Windmill ". The Sailfish Trophy went to th e Klein ' s
" Fish" , "Ja lly".

St. John's Catholic C hurch HorneSchool A ssociation's annual r eal
Ita lian spaghetti dinner will b e
h el d in t he sc hoo l cafeteria
Saturday , '.'Jovemb er 1 1, at 5, 6,
7 &: 8 p. m . Prices are : adults,
$ 1. 5 0 - childre n , $. 75 , or a
fa mily r a te of $ 4 . 50 . The r e
w ill b e r eal Ita lian m u sic , checkered tabl e cloth;;, a salad , and
ga rli c brea d.

September ' s regatta was an exci ting 3- race series, in which two
boats capsized in the gus t y wind
before the race started. H oweve~
the only damage r eport ed was a
few bruises when one captain fell
in his boat after running agr ourd.
September race r es ults are :
POIKTS

T\\O l ocal ba r ber shop quart ets KilJ
perform al ong h·i t h quartet s from
lfas hi ngt on , At l ant ic ( j t y and
Richmond at the \\·aynesboro lli gh
School auditorium 8 p .rn . tomo rra\.

Interlake, Charlottes vi lle
Windmill, Baehlow
Catamaran, Greenwood
Petrel, Ken nedy
Windmi ll, Coffman
Canoe, Smith
Sailfish , Klein
Sail fish, Co l e
Snipe, Gr eene
Pram , Skelton

The 11/aynesboro Chapter of the
Socie t y for the Presenration and
Encouragement o [ Bar be r Shop
Quartet Sing ing in Ameri ca spon sors an annual music scholarship
for high school jW1iors and seniors and helps support the Inst i t ute of Logopedics (speech therapy) in llich i t a , Kan .

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SEAS ON RESULTS

L. Bas hlor 73, W. Kennedy 49 ,
L. Kl e in 45 , J . Co l e 37 , D. Fi sk
18 , T. Sm ith 18, G. Sala f ia 17,
D. Gr eene 12, T. Crapse r 7, G.
Skelton 6, L. McClin tock 2 , L.
Holmes 1 .
HALL IS HOME

QUARTETS TO PERFORM

Ti cket s, at $2 or $2 . SO fo r re ser ved seat s, are avai l able from
I-r ank Snopko\\'ski , Roan 1 24 , or
Dec :,1Lller , Room 236 .
VOLLEYBALL , ANYONE?

Any SCOGEE member interes ted in
pl ay ing volleyball on a SCOGE E
team in a ci ty le ag ue ple ase contact F. Polito, Ext. 392.

Bill Ha ll, in j ured in a fa ll at
t he plant Sept . 20, was released
from the hos pita l Tuesday. He is
now recuperating from a fractured
pel vi s at hi s home at 461 Pin e
Ave .
TICKETS STILL AVA IL ABLE

Boug ht your ticket yet to the DuPont -SCOGEE dance being held
tomo rrow ni ght at the DuPont Recreation Center? Tickets ar e on
sale until 4 p.m. today (see
bullet i n boards for names of
ticket sellers). Res ervati ons
may be ma de t hrough the DuPont
Recreation Center, 943-6446 .
CARD OF THANKS
.. cty Bu rn s wish es to t ha nk
those tha t r eplac ed bl oo d to
th e Bloodmo bi l e unit fo t· h e r
m o th e r, M rs . Ra y Burns .

Toni Durken, Chain nan of the
SCOGEE l·l embership Corrunittee, rn
;'lanked by :-ii17£?!' :-iingfie l d, left,
and Paul Rowzie , of the c:orrunittee .
'J'he ccxnmittee r e ceives a'1.d oasses
upon all app lication.r; .for membc r shir and r ecnd ls new membe:rn .

Anyone i nterested in enterin g a
basketball team in the interplant
league please contact Ji m DeWitt ,
Tool Room, Ext. 205 . Team capta ins should have ros ter of players to turn in. All players must
be SCOGEE members.
WEDNESDAY BOW LIN G

HIGH IND IVIDUAL GAME

F.

Ram,~

ey

224

G. Lake
B.

218

AfCl.6,~ -i.e

272

HIGH I DIVIDUA L SET
F.

572

Ra1>1~ eu

565

G. Lake. B. N.i.c.lto.l~

564

HIGH TEA"'\ GAME

Vynain.i.c. F.t.ve.
AU eu can
F-UtebalCJ.i

934

907
8 81

HI GH TEAM SET

Vy 11co11.i.c. F.i.ve.
AUey Ca..t~

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STAND INGS
Alley Cats
Dynamic Five
Hi Po t s
I nj un Ears
Tin Bende r s
Datamites
G. E. Fi r e Dept .
Rebels
Spa r ema ke rs
Firebal l s
Wires tr e t cher s
Dri lle r s
Marketeers
Cannonmatics
Some time Players
Pin Pir ates

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22~ 20 18!2 18 1 7~ 15 14 14 13 13 12 12 11

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12
134
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IN VI RGIN IA, A STATE TROOPER
CHECK I NG VRI VER LI CENSES FOUNV
A 61-YEAR-OLV ,lfAN WITH A LEARN ER' S PERW T. THE FU LLY LI CENSEV
VRI VER REQ.UIREV TO BE IN TH E
FRONT SEAT (IJITH Hii\! (IJA$ HIS 81YEAR-O LV ,\!OTHER .
Fr om GE TV News , Ports mouth
A11d tl tc. 'u! ' ~ .t lte Lo 11doll boc•tbtad
bc.60 Jt C ltL~ c 1 1c.~ .

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Know Yo ur Benefits

Pension Assures Retirement Income
Gene r a l Electric ' s Pens ion Plan
provides you with a we l l - balanced
re t i r ement program .
The Pl an includes liberal pensions
a t age 65 , op t iona l earl y r etirement , disability pensions , pensions t hat increase with total
ea rni1:gs , s urvivorship options
and five- yea r ce rtain payments.
Your ~orma l retirement date is
the first day of the month follrning your 65th birthday . At the
present time, if you are participating in the Pension Plan, a
normal oens i on is calculated
based upon 1% of the fi r st 56 , 600
of your pay in each calendar yea~
plus 2 .1% of your pay above tha t
amount.
Let ' s consider a case whe r e an
emp l oyee earned exac tly $6 ,600
each year fo r th e past 30 years
as a General Electric employee.
His GE pension would be $165 a
month. He wou l d also receive
Social Securit y payments currently scheduled t o be $168 a
month for himself and anoth er
584 for his wife . This would
give him a basic monthly income
of $417, on top of pe r sonal sav ings and other income .
You can begin drawing a GE Pension as early as age 60 if you
elect t o retire early. Under
this pr ovision, your pension is
re duced by 2 .4% for each year
t hat you r e t i r e before your 65th
bi rthday.

the Company and still receive a
GE pension at the normal r e tire ment age or a n optiona l r etiremen t pension beginning as ear l y
as age 60 .
These , plus o th e r valuable provisions of the plan , are spelled
ou t in the GE Pension Plan bookl e t. The Company pays mos t of
the cos t of th e plan . Yo u pay
nothing on the firs t $6 , 600 you
earn each year and 3% of your
annua l pay over $6 , 600 . If you
leave the Company and don ' t have
vested rights every cen t you paid
plus intere s t is retu r ned t o you .

REMEMBER WHEN?
ONE YEAR AGO
Virginia Coffey i-·as appointed
Forelady i n the A&D Assembl y area.

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Genera l Electr ic r eported the
f irs t nine months of 1966 showed
i ncreased sales, inc r eased payr oll costs and a decreased pr ofit r a t e from the first nine
months of 196 5 .

FIVE YEARS AGO

SCOGEE Halloween Dance Comm ittee
searched for the ugliest indi vidual (in costume, that is) to win
a prize at the Halloween Dance.

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Eddie Hamners told how he aQ771e
through an aaaident unhurt ,
thanks to the seat belts he was
wearing .
TEN YEARS AGO

An oth er significan t feature is
the vested pension ri ghts . After
10 years of credited emp loyment
service with Gene r al Electric,
during which you participated in
t he Pension Plan, yo u can leave

Community Fund participation by
Specialty Control Depa rtment em ployees was 95 . 5% . This was
higher than any other major indus try in th e area .

SET CLOCK BACK

The painting on the GE calendar
for October shows Spain 's Santa
i.taria de Garona nuc-Zear ;:iower
'()Zant now be-:-n.., aori.struc.ted. Soecialtv Contro z' Denar tl'lent is bui l di"a(f the voltage r egu lator t o
be used in the plan . 'ihe regulator, -·n a tf':ree- sect-:-on cubicle,
i ? similar to sOl'le 100 bui lt in
the Derartment so :''ar . I t i s to
oe shi t ped nex t '..'a:J .

GE Sales... (Contd. from P . lJ
programs to cope with ris ing
cos ts .
Three quarterly dividends of 65
cents each, the same rate as las t
year , were paid during the f irst
nine months of 196 7.

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Dur ing the first nine mont hs , tl
company set aside $276,729 , 000
for payment of direct federal,
state and local taxes and r enego tiation . This amow1t does not
include secondary t axes paid to
suppliers .

Housekeeping Praised
Pr aise for the ho usekeeping at
Specialty Control Department was
received this week f r om C. Bernam
Gibson , Saf ety Rep r esen t ative for
the Virginia Depart ment of Labor
and Industry .
In a letter to SCD Safety Speci a list Bill Per r y following a
tour of the plant , Mr . Gibson
wrote :

"I have. JteopoM-<.bildy 6oJt an 11

If you have trouble getting t o
church on time, try leaving your
clock alone when you r etire Satur·
day nigh t . Sunday momirig sen.rices h'il 1 s t a rt on Standard Time
but vou h'ill a rri\·e at church on
Da:vl.igh t Savings Time . You c ould
be the r e as much as an hour early.

f!o\,·c1,·er , if you prefe r to have
t ha t extra hour or sleep Sunday,
renenber the sayin~ ''Spring ahead ,
~ ·Jl 1 hack" and set vour clock bad:
',:-.C: hour Sat u r<la:v n'i r,h t .

SCD WILL BE HERE

c.owity aJte.a . WWe. w01t!Ung -<.n
.t.h,U Mea , I am cmit-<.nu.e.ly .toUJt.uig .the. plt odu. c.:t<..on M e.a.6 o 6 -in -

dw.. :tJUe.o and am , .the.Jte. 6oJte., o.wMe.
o 6 .the. nottma.l oJt av e.M.g e. .6.tanda.Jtd6
o 6 111a,iJitcU.vU.ng .the,.~ e pfurt.t.6 .

"I knew somedoy you'd be
sorry you bought this cheap cor !"

"I 111u..6.t .6atj .tha.t 1 WM p.te.M e.d ~
and ,Uriplte.h.6e.d w.<...th .the. job you.
and tJOU.Jt conpany b.> do-ing Jte.la:U. ve. .to Ito w.. e.k e. e.p.<.n g . I c.o ng Jta.t u.ta.te. you., .the. .6 u.pVtvb.> oM and
eir1pR.oye.e.o on .tfUJ.i ac.IU.e.veme.n..t . "

Specialty
Control
:rolww XI, No . 85

November 3, 1967

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

KELLING PROMOTED I 0 ~--2

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Leroy U. C. Ke lling
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vJas promoted Novem(
\
ber 1 from Deve l opmen t Specialist- Numer- 1~~
ical Con trol EngineeY'~
i ng to Numerica l Control Consulting Engi neer .
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A graduate of t he Un ivers i ty of
Wiscons in, he sta rted his Gen eral Electric career in J ul y ,
1941 at Fort Wayne, Ind., as a
member of the t est program . He
transferred to Schenectady i n
19~and became a member of
Ir
tria 1 Control ~s Engineering
group .
He transferr ed again with the
Specia lty Contro l Department
from Schenectady to Waynesboro
in Ma rch, 1955.
In his new pos ition, he re ports
to Darren Schne ider, ManagerNumeri ca l Control Engineering .

Sticker Deadline
'
Is Today

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Have you seen you r payrol l number
late ly?
You should be see i ng it on the
left rear bumpe r of your car if
you pa rk in a pl ant park i ng l ot.
Today is the deadline fo r putting
the new bumper-sticker parking
permits on your car.
These stickers , which re place the
me;..i..J. tags , have been issued to

nployees requesting th em.
Pla11 t guards wi ll be placing
tic kets on i llega l ly ma r ked ca r s
start i ng Monday.

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Known around the plant as the
father of Ma rk Century cont rols,
Leroy has a total of 18 pate nts
and has instructed numerous Gen eral Electric technical courses.

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Remember tha t headline ? It was the official announcement that General
Electric Company was coning to Playnesboro . The da.te on the newspaper is
Nov . 6, 1953 .

Employment Is Four Times Original Estimate

~~we!~o?d~in~ on~2. 1s~ 1~Girp!t1~•e1~ ~~thoi~danSl ~t-" ~
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1953?

Did the thought cross your mind
at the time that you mi ght some day be working for General Electric Company i n Waynesboro?
Fourteen years ago Sunday General
Electric offi cial s met with city
and county officials to announce
that the Company woul d cons truct
a pl ant in Waynesboro to make
specialty controls.
Dr. Louis T. Rader, now a GE Vice
President and General Manager of
the Industrial Process Cont rol
Division , made the announcement
at a luncheon at the Hotel Genera]
Wayne .
was a sn01vy day , the first
snowfall of the season, and bad
enough that the Waynesboro High
School football game was post poned .
It

Louis Spilman , then editor and
president of the News -Virginian,
was toastmast er at the meeting .
He jokingly accused the GE offi cials from Schenectady of bring:irg
the weather with them.
The News-Virginian announced on
Nov . S that the Valley Airport
was be ing moved to the \\'aynesboro

enera E ectr1c a an option to
buy the Valley Airport site.

The GE
i n the
wi th a
artist

announcement was published
News Vir ginian on Nov. 6
picture of the way an
visualized the new plant.

The news s tory of Nov . 6 gave the
expected employment at SS~or
l ess than a quarter of the nunber
now emp loyed.
Another story in the newspaper
(Contd. on P. 4)

Collins Radio Workers
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Return To Plant
Co ll ins Radi o producti on workers
have ended a strike against the
company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa ,
Wednes day .
Colli ns Radi o had ordered Spec i a ~
ty Cont rol Department to cease
shipp i ng relays to t hem after
workers l eft their jobs Oct . 16.
The Ke arney & Trecker str i ke i n
Milwaukee, which is ca usi ng short
t i me in Numerical Control , cont i nues.
Copper workers i n the West rema in on strike .

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AVOIDING POLITICS? HOW ABOUT GOVERNMENT?
do you see in your n ind when
you hear the word " po l itics"?
In a s urvey made in 1960, a ma j ority of t he peop l e inte r viewed
f e lt there is some thing unsavory
abo ut the wo rd.
So , if you are among the 90% of
..\::ie r i c a ns of voting age who have
no t gi ven a ny money to a candida t e o r pa rty for campaign expens es , you are doing what i s right
- - ri ght?
~hat

Think aga in '. You be lieve in good ,
re s pons i b le government , right?
You would like to see the $70
billion spent each ye a r on community problems b y state and
l ocal governments spent wisely ,
right ? You would like t o see t he
best possible persons holding
public office , right?
Then , maybe you do have some interest in politics . For politics
and government cannot be separ ated.
Great commu nities are bu ilt by
ci tiz ens who care -- citizens
wh o care about their government ,
the problems it faces , and who
are willing t o shou lder thei r
s ha r e o f the re s ponsib i lity -po litical and c i v i c - - fo r sol ving t hem .
~!any

of us already a r e as s um ing ,
cons c ient iously and intelligently , our political respons ibilities i n our c ommunities .
The mo r e individuais wh o s upp ort
th e po litical pa rty o r ca ndida tes
of t he ir c ho i ce -- wi t h th e ir
do llars as we ll as t hei r i nt e r es t
a nd effo rt - - t he hea lth i e r our
?O l itica l p r ocess a nd t he mo r e
respons i b l e our governme n t fo r
t'ie ;:ieop l e .
r o ll owing a r e t he c a ndidates who
are r unni ng in t he Way nesbo r o

or to the i ndivi dua l candida
of yo ur choice .
If you want t o wo r k fo r ei ther
pa r ty , call t he Republ i can Headquarters at 942-5 286 , or the
Democ r atic Headqua rt e r s at 942 706 1, o r t he candidate of you r
choice .

STATE SENATOR
George M. Cochra n
H. D. Dawbarn
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HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Dav id G. Canning

a re a . Cit y residents wi ll f i nd
only the candi dates fo r St a te
Se nate and House of Delegates
on the ir ba l lots on Tuesday . It
i s n ' t t oo l ate t o help wi t h more
th a n a vo te . Thi s weekend wi l l
be a busy time for party wo rkers .
If you can help wi th money , send
it to : James Halpin , fo r Repub licans , 1141 Club Road , Waynes bor o ; Ed Elliot, for Democrats ,
528 Wes t Ma in St . , Way nesboro ,

Savings & Stock
Bon us Plan

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I n the ne xt t hree we e ks we wi l l
discuss Genera l Ele ctric Savings
Pl a ns . Th i s week we' l l l ook a t
th e Savings & S t ock Bonus P l a n .
Under t his pl an, yo u can save
f r om 75 cen t s to Sl O per week
t h rough payro ll dedu ctions . Your
money is used to buy U. S . Savings
Bonds for you , and General Electri r c r edi ts you with a 15% bonus
on your sa vings and uses this
bonus to buy GE common stock fo r
you .

'.'lEXT \.JEEK :

Harry ~ash
0 . Bever ley

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CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
Rudolph L. Shave r
Carl P. Wonde rley
CO~MO~WEALTH ' S

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ATTORNEY

Robe rt L . Rh ea

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TREASURER
Fr ank C. Hanger

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COl'1'1ISSIONER OF THE REVEi~
Ha r old W. Arms trong
J . Hunte r Shomo
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Know Your Benefits

Unlike the Savings & Securitv
Pr ogram which has a specified
three-year h oldi ng pe ri od , the
Savings & St ock Bonus Plan requires a s pe ci f i e d f jve - yea r
ho ldlng peri od .

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A. R. Giesen , Jr .

For example , if you saved SS per
week , you ' d have S260 saved in a
year . General Electric ~ould
then credit you with S39 worth of
stock (15% of S260) .

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SAVI'.'JGS & SECURITY
PROGRA'!

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Carl Braley
John E . Kent

Indeoend .
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SOVTH RIVER DISTRICT
SUPERVISOR
Lyle R. Kindig
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Indepcnd .
Leon Klein
.JUSTlCE OF THE PEACE
Taylor I! . Alma rode
John ll . Lotts
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United Fund Drive
Reaches $25,505

As ked to gi ve , Speci alty Contra
emp l oyees and the Department ga ·
-- a record 525 , 505 .80 to the
United Community Fund of \·Jaynes
boro and East Augusta County .
This exceeded last year ' s tota l
by some 54,000 and was an in crease of nearl y 20',,
--..
"Cooperat i on has been t rernendo u
commented Je rry McRori e , r l ant
dr ive chairman . "Ge nera l El ec t ri c empl oyees aga i n have demon
stra t ed thei r wi l l ingness to
suppo rt the i r cofl'llluni ty . "

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SCD News & Notes
,-.Reliability h"ill be the title of
i lecture to be given b\· the oeneral manager of Kaman A.irc raft
Corporation at a colloquiLUll hel'.l
at the University of rirginia
Tuesday .
Dr. \. . Ronald llerd , of the Bethes ~Id ., finn, wi.11 speak at ·-l
p.m. in Room 126 , Aero-\lechanical
Bui le.l ing.

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WEDNESDAY BOWLING

llTGll T\DT\1DUAL GA\IE
213
210
211

F. Polito
F . \li ller
F. Ramsey
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I\Dl\'IOUAL SET

D. llarr ell
L. Rogers
J . Chadder<lon

581
573
570

IITGH TEA\1 GAME

Dat amites
Alley Cats
Dynamic r i \"C

904
864-863
846

!ITGH TEA\1 SET
Dat runit es
Alley Cats
0>11amic r: i \·e

2550
2491

2-171

STA: DI:.!GS

..\lley Cats
Dynam i c five
In jLD1 Ear s
Hi -Pots
Dat;uni tes
r; . E. fire Dept .
Tin Ben<le rs
S11a remake rs
Rebels
Wirestretchers
Fireballs
Ori llers
Crumonma ti cs
\larkct eer s
Sometime Players
Pin Pir ates

26!:1 - %
25 - 11
23 - 13
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22 - 14
20'; - ] 512
] 9'.i - 1612
17 - 19
16 - 20
16 - 20
15 - 21
14 - 22
14 - 22
13 - 23
12 - 24
12 - 24

Double Credit Quarter Explained
The open ing of the fourth quarter
of the year on Oct. 1 brought
General Electric employees into
what might be called the "double
credit" quarter under the comprehensive medica l expense covera ge
of the GE Insurance Plan.
Under the car~y - over provisions
~f ~h~ comprehensive coverage
1nd1v1duals pay a certain portion
of their covered expenses before
they are eligible for benefits .
Th i s portion is called the "de ducti ble" and is the first $25
of type A expense, or $50 of type
B expense. The amount depends on
the kind of medical expense involved.
While the deductible applies to
each individual's expenses, the
total for a family is never more
than $125, no matter how many
persons are covered. As a result
in large families some members
'
become eligib le for benefits with
the first dollar of expense.
The "double credit" deductible
featur~ comes into play when any
deductible expense is incurred in
the final quarter of the year .
If this happens, the deductible
can be used for the fo ll owing
year as well as the current year

Former Virginian

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Named To GE Post
W. Blake Mi ller, a UVA grad ua te,
has been named to head Gene ral
Electric 's newly formed Urban Affairs Component.
Mr. Mil l er was General Manager of
the Industrial Heating Department
in She lbyv ill e, Ind., prior to
the appointment.
The new component will integrate
the Company's efforts in helping
meet the challenges posed by
mounting urban needs.
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RI DE 1-JANTE D: Ron Korba from Bl ue
Ridge Trailer Co urt , Crimo ra, 8~ 4:30 . Ext. 207.
Altvti1.ilc i. '"vt6 we1te (, i.Mt WO!tvt br1
Gte el' ~ c tdi e 'l~ c.~ Ued evzone,,~ ,
one 06 the (.ce1tce1.it 0 1oup of.,
(icrrlitinq 1>1en en lii.J.ito1t1r . No wovtde-1'.

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-- leading to the term "double
credit quarter" -- so that a plan
participant won 't have to pay a
second deductible if his illnes s
runs into the new year.
As an examp le, if an i ndividual
has had no covered medical exJense
durin g the f i rst nine months of
1967 and incurs $20 of covered
expense during the fina l quarter
he will be unable to obta in any '
benefits for 1967 because of his
low expense . But the $20 can be
applied against his deductible
for next year. Thus, he becomes
eli gi ble for benefits faster in
1968.
In another case, an individual
might have no expenses until the
final quarter and then incur expenses of $400 . In this ca se his
deductible is even more obviously
eli gible for "double cred it" .
First it is applied to 1967 and
he obtains benefits on his expenses above the deduct i ble, In addition, his 1967 deductib l e is
app li ed against 1968 and his first
covered medical expenses of that
year become eligible for benefits
under the Insurance Plan.

REMEMBER WHEN.'
ONE YEAR AG0-1966

\Ii tchell LaBelle was elected
president of the Quarter Century
Club.

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SCD' s safe t y record of 8 . 5 million man hours was broken when an
i n j ury in July was ch a rged as a
l os t-tim e accide nt .

FIVE YEARS AG0- 1962
Specialty Control r eceived its
.first computer SFstem -- the GE
:125 .

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The plant United fl.D1d drive
brought in a t otal of $15 , 398 and
9 5 ~ of all employees pa rticipated.
TEN YEARS AG0-1957
Microminiature r e lays we re redurec
in price as much as 40% as a res ult of g r ea ter production at
less cos t.

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A c.01Lte-o t wcv.. lte.1.d to name tlt e
"' You need rest and quiet.

Why not !IO bock to work?"

Heit· Supe,'l Wli..tte Rceoii.

SC Plans . .. (Contd . ;r>on P. 1)
r ecalled tha t General Electric
,,,as actually returning to Waynesboro . Small appliances h"ere made
here from 1930 Lmtil 1932 when
the small appliance bus i ness wa s
cons olida ted by a mo\·e t o Bridge port , Co1rn .

Do ' 1011 fall as l eer watching TV?-·~·e r>e ' s or:e that shuts itse lf o ff .
;,r:,ot;.zer> Ceneroa l Ele ctric TV f i r>s t
r'pom the Per>sonal Te levis ion De;;:!>~en:= ir. ?0!'1ts"1outh , la . Pur ~::c;se1"3 c.-' ,E .'..'2;..? po1•tahle co l or'
s e t will be able to s et ~ ~switch
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"eatur'es m~ eas:i- to- l"ead i llvmi ~ . . . -=-e···: c-:c,...,:. -::rd. r.>1.P ~ho1~e . :;vg;;;r;;d ;e;~z; l .pi"1'.c~ is S26~ . 95
ar.c? ti:e e."l_r:> lo~1ee di. scount i.s $30 .

MURPHY'S LAW CHALLENGES
Researchers can ' t establish how
ma ny hundreds o f years 11!1urphy ' s
Law 11 has been i n existence , but
it is s till around , and i t presents a challeng e to us which we
should reco gnize every day we
live and work .
Th is is

/.furphy 's Law 11 :

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"~ o thin g i s as e asy
l ooks , it will take
t ha n you t hi nk . If
thing c an go wrong ,

a s it
l onge r
anyit will : '

For th e pe r son who has little interes t in doing his j ob r ight the
first time, and e very tim e , the
11
lOlJ 11 i s an e as y out, a weak excuse for failur e , for spoi l ed
work , e rrors , inaccuracies .
However , f or th e person wh o cares
a bou t doi ng a job th a t he can be
o r oud o: , ":;.~(:_f 's :..,c;;,; " is only
~ ch a lle nge t o h i s abi l i ty . Because he knm.;s abou t t he pa rt of
t he " /..;.; " which says , "If an yt h i ng ca n go wr ong , it will."
He t ries t o e lici nate the poss ibilit/ o f this happening . He
? lans for chis possi bi lit y i nc l ud i ng altE:r~ate actions to be
used if neE:ded . He may no t a l ·,;a·1s be 1001'. s uccE:ss fu J . By rec11

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- TRC~!BCl.I. LA:-!P :;n:S LETTER
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'Ir . Spilman noted in an editorial
on Nov . 6, 1953 : " Decision of
General Electric Canpany to con struct a plant in \iaynesboro was
welcomed on a ll sides today .
General Electric is one of the
substanti a l , sound progressive
industrial concerns of Ame ric a .
To enjoy the presence of a GE
plant i s anticipated pl easure. "
Ten vears later a :\eh·s -\'irg inian
editorial recalled the event and
said : "GE has become an acti ve
and important s egment of the c':'1 muni. ty . Employees have ent hus1 as ticallv identified themsel ves
1dth c i vic affai r s ... . The canpany
and its personnel have become
s i ~ificant fac tors i n t~e comTTtLmi ty . ... It is our confident
belief that t he next decade will
be even more frui t ful."
Fourteen years aft e r the a nnouncement Gene ra l Electric c an look
back on the \velcome ext ended t he
Company by the conununity and feel
s ure tha t both have benef i t ed
from the pl ant \vhich was annot.mcoo
on that snowy fall day .

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Employe es Reminded
Of Entry Procedures
Look out for Yi s i t or:- ar.d Yi s i. t s .
This reminder is necessary for ~
courtesy , secur it~· anJ 1·:ork e ff1
c iency .
Empl oyees ar e asked to ohscn·c
the rules on achn i ttmice t o the
pl ant t o el.i.rnj nate sc\·cral recu r ring pr ob l ems .
PROBJ.E.\I 1 . Emp l o~;ees comi n~ to
t he plant t o p ick up pavchccks or
other rea sons often enter through
\\"Ork a r eas and dis t url those
working .
SOLLrTIO.V -- E1Hi:l.cue..'~ c.c;i'u~,· {,ofr
the bt.Ulcli.ng 6o 't otlte 'l 1en~('fl:~

than 'l.e.guilt'i. lt'c· 'l.k slzn.:.td. a· ':..11:~1r
tlte 'l.ec.e.•.1tic·.: :,· ··;• ~ "~
mLttanc.e .

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PROBLE\I 2 . \'isl.tor s enter th r ru¢1
side doo r s without badges or escorts and have trouble find inc;
the per son t hey need to sec .
(tc·~~ s:,,,,t.td :1-:.1tange enAA!f .t it,'l.ouglt tltc ~cc.cp­
tio1U.6t w'1o (t'ill c.c•11tact tl1..' ).'c ,~­
-6011 tlteu Me. t c· \) i.s i..t . r:,e z,;1 pR.ouee wi..te. .th~11 es c.oJt~ tlie. vi.si ,-.

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t ott to hw c• l~ ~<tc.e c..~d ·.akc. .w11 I
bac.k. to the 1ec.c:.'t(o;; ':.C'C"P a.t -t11e
e.nd o6 the.A.It me.e ting . T/i,i.s ll -U.l'..
el<JH i.nate ".le s.t" v l.s i. tc '!,S and
p!tcte.cA: aH!I -i.n ~o 'OnUi.c.: t:,,1 t, i.s
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Supe r r e li ability i s n 't " Pie- InThe Sky ," its Nimbus I I by GE . . .

houJtJ., shot.U:.d be esc.c ·ctcd tC' tlte

A space trave ller for more t han

ltec.eption Jtoatn wltette. ,tfie.A.Jt badg~
can be. R.eM on the. l!ec.epti o110s.t ' 6

100 million mi les , the Nimbus II
weather sa t ellite built by General Electric transmitted more than
1 , 000,000 ?ho tos of the ear t h ' s
weather in 1966 .

V-i.6 d.oM R.eav-i.nri a6.:te.,'i.

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The s a t e llite's 40 , 000 parts are
s till wo rking perfe ctly . Eve ry
da y ~i mb u s II s cans every a cre of
t he ea r th ' s s urface .

Service With GE
Week endi ng November 3, 1967
5-year Servi ce Pins lo"f'i:; B. r;a"f'bel"

10 -year Serv i ce Pins ?clr ~t ~ .

Killian

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u p 0 n Su:anne suns ({ 11d r.;(' He' .8
Cl1a(J1111w1 . Tlt e.i.f ct'tl' ·1esp,mHb(r.!.
60'1 a.ti'.. soci.ae (lcti\•i tie.s l' (, the

SCOCEE '

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Specialty
Control
VolwNe :u , ::o . bu

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Half Day At WHS, HaH Day At SCD

Students Earn As They Learn
Students in the a .m. -- General
E~ tric cmplo»ccs in the p .m.
:
is the l i fc or four l\°an 1es hv10 ll igh School students "·ho are
ad\·anc i 11~ their cduca t ion Ki th
on-thc-jol' training .

:.'ovenber 10, 19o7

Turkey Dinner
Set For Thursday
TI1ankso i v in!?: di1mer comes to
Specialty C~ntrol Department empl o;·ees a \\·eek befor e the es t ab lishe<l holiday .
I lot Shoppes annual turkey dinner

will be served

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'fo·o bo1·s :111d t1-.o g i rb put do1m
the ir school books at lLmch time
and head fo r Specia lty Control
Depa rtment 1d1ere they learn draft·
ing b;· doing it.

·n1e menu Kill be availabl e fo r
all three shifts and is priced
at 85 cents plus three cents tax.

Although all ha ve \\'Or ked for Genera l Electric onl;' s ince September , they have studied mechanical
drai-·.ing or drafting at schoo l and
one ha s "·orked stunmers in a draftin'.5 job .

The meal includes hearts of lettuce salad with choice of dress i ng , roast turkey wi th bread
dressing and gravy , cranberry
sauce , green peas , glazed sweet
potatoes , roll and butter , choice
of beverages , pl.Dllpkin or mince
mea t pie .

f.latching Nanci Morris at her job
are other rvaynesbor>o High Schoo Z
students who work ha lf a day at
Specialty Contro l . They are :
from left, Craig Heizer, :-1anda
Snyder and Jinrzy Grooms .

rprograia starteC: last :·ear -.,"ith
t
;e students from \·\m11esboro
Hi~h Schoo l and four fr om Bl ue
Ridge Teclmical School .

t en tions of using their ne1d;· ac quired drafting skills in their
careers .

"I t's a good prograin ," commented
Don Trobaugh , SuperYi sor- Drafting
and DocLUnentation . "The student
~e ts a chance to learn what a
~Ira ftsman docs and it gives us a
ch.-rncc t o train some s tudents for
poss i h le pcrn1anent employment here
some da;· ."

"Thi s work is t eaching me that
work can also be fun ," says Cr aig
Heizer . Craig , a Senior , l earned
of the job through the high school
Indus trial Cooperative Training
prog ram . ll.is salary and high
school c r edits earned from t he
job h'i ll help him go to college
h·he r e he wi ll major in drafti ng .

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EVERY DAY
(ESPECIALLY MONDAY)
~EAN

To maintain an effic ient work
a rea, eve ry day shoul d be cleanup
day.
For those viho just can 't seem to
do the job as it should be done
daily, mark Monday for a thorough
cleanup .
Jay night a plant ins pection
1-1ill be held to see that all areas
of the plant are i n go od order .

Blue Ridge Roan ,,·i ll be closed on
this date . rending ser vice "·ill
be available as usual for t hose
ivishing to have a lighte r me::il .
It "'i ll help speed service if you
have correct change r eady for
c::ishi e rs .

Crai g i s hoping to return to Gen eral Electric after college t o
make a career .
J:i.mny Groans , son of Chuck Grooms,
>laintenance Foreman , noted , "I' m
learning what draftsmen really
do ."

.Jimmy .Ls looking fon,ard to college next year 1vhere he 1vill study
for a career as a school a thle tic
coach and drafting instructor .
'Il1e th·o g.i rls , a l though less sure
the;· w;mt to become draftsmen ,

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Chef Stuart B?;ant slices a pw.rkin r>ie as warm- up for the anm1al
Tlw.nkogivin.g t:ir>key dinner to be
('eatured l.'ov . 16 fr the :-. Zant
C:a_"e teria .
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WINTER PRATFALLS AREN'T FUNNY

Know Your Senerrts

S&S Program

When Red Skelton takes a pratfall,
it is sure to get a laugh. When
you take one, you may be laughed
at too, but this time there will
be at least one person who won't
laugh. It hurts to come down
hard unexpectedly on your backs:ide

The Genera 1 Electric Savi~ &
Security Program is plannc~ to
help you build savings for longtenn financial goals, while protecting you against short-tenn
financial emergencies.

With the coming of freezing weather this week, we must take sped.al
safety measures to avoid wintertime accidents.

Under the Program, you can save
from one to six percent of your
earnings through payroll deductions. (After you have saved fo
three years and have rece~d a
holding period distributir ""\the
maximum rate of savings w\ .. be
seven percent.) General Electri
adds to your savings by providin
you a fifty percent proportionat
payment if you leave your saving
for a specified three-year holding period. If you save six per
cent, for example, the Company
credits you with another three
percent ~- giving you a total of
nine percent of your earnings.
For an employee earning $7,000
per year, the total savings in a
year would amount to investments
of $630 by the end of the holding period -- $420 of his money
and $210 in the Company pavnent.
~
You can choose from U.S. ~ ;ngs
Bonds, GE Common Stock, the General Electric S&S Program Mutual
Fund, and life insurance, taking
all or part, and have the Compan
payment invested in one of three
choices -- bonds, GE Stock, or
the Mutual Fund.

Falls on the ice are common and
can be very dangerous. Probably
the best way to avoid them, for
yourself and others, is to keep
your sidewalk ice-free. When
you must walk on ice, be alert to
the fact that you are on ice and
watch your step.
While you are out clearing snow
from your walk, you face other
dangers. Doctors advise against
sudden exertion. If you haven't
been keeping physically active,
take it easy. Shovel a few easy
shovelfuls and return to the
house for a cup of coffee. Explain to your wife that this is
what the doctor ordered. Not
only sore and strained muscles
result from sudden exertion, but
it could lead to a heart attack.
The power-driven snow thrower may
save your muscles, including the
one that keeps your blood circulating, but it also presents hazards for the uninformed and careless user.
Don't try to clear a clogged snow
chute without first shutting off
the motor.
Like your rotary lawn mower, the
blades that pick up snow also
pick up rocks and other objects
buried in the snow.
Keep children and pets away while
you run the snow thrower. Don't
run it on a slope where you might
slip and fall into it. Read your
operating instructions and know
how to shut the machine off quic~
ly.
Now that you have safely cleared
a path to your car, you face new
winter dangers.

If you are going to put on chains
and do it by jacking up your car,
be sure the jack is set up

straight on a firm footing so it
won't slip and let the car fall.
Block the wheels of your car so
it can't get away. Putting a car
in park and setting the emergency
brake just isn't enough with only
one rear wheel on the ground.
If you are putting on chains al~
a street or road, be sure your
car and you are clear of traffic.
Frost on the car glass presents
another potential for injuries.
Most of us scrape a hole for the
driver to see through and maybe
clear the back window. A good
defensive driver also clears ~he
passenger side of the windshield
and both front door glasses. He
knows that danger comes from the
sides·many times and he is ready
for it.
You change your driving habits
when the roads are covered with
ice. You travel slower, leave
more room between you and the car
ahead, apply the brakes earlier
~o stop and try to start without
spinning your wheels.
You ·also are alert to the dangers
from carbon monoxide. You don't
warm your car in a closed garage.
You do make sure your exhaust
system is tight and you drive
with at least one wing window
open to bring in fresh air.
A pratfall isn't always a literal
landing on your backside. The
word has come to mean any humiliating blunder. Your pratfall
could be much more serious than
humiliating. Neglecting safety
precautions can be fatal. Don't
make a careless mistake which
could kill you.

Under some emergency situations,
you can withdraw all or part of
your savings before the end of
the holding period without forfeiting the Company payment.
As you can see, this Plan has
many features and options~re<
for the many complex fina1 al
problems that people face. For
full details, see the Program
Prospectus and the Savings and
Security Program booklet.

Happiness ls Legal

Parkin~

About one in three cars was ill
gally parked in the plant parki
lot Monday.

Fred Curto, Manager-Maint~ce
reported "gentle reminder~ wer
given to owners of cars found i
plant lots this week without th
new parking bumper stickers. H
said by Tuesday most of Monday'
violators had heeded the warnin

DEFENSE MAN MAKES
..-QFFICE IN PLANT
fou r th IJcpartment
o f Defense emp l oyee
i s no\\· l oca ted in the
pJant .
George 11 . Fox , Indus tr ial SpccLalist for
Defense Contract Acbninis tration
Services , Ft . Holabird, ~Id., will
continue doing the job he has
been doing for the Department only
,...-... is nm' in the p lant instead of
.1 a Charlottesville office .
"After se\·en vea rs in Charlottes ville," he expla ine d , " i t seemed
advisable to move my office t o
\\"aynesboro because of the large
amount of go\·ernment contract
\\Ork be ing done in this area . "
Res pons i ble for insu r ing that eff ective pr ogress and delivery
schedules are ma i ntained and assis ting contractors in reso l ving
acbn in is t rat ion problems , >Ir .
f ox' s area includes the Shenandoah Valley, Oiarlottes ville and
kr nchburg .
hi s j ob , \\"hi ch includes furn i s hing supplies and sen-ices t o
support production of wea pons
s:·s t cms , equipnent and services
t o the go,·e m111ent , >Ir . f ox ho rks
mos t h 1\i t h General Elec tric sales
and p roduc tjon cont ro l peopl e .
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..\t Special t:- Cont rol he s ha res an
off j ce h'i th the Cove rnme n t Qua 1 i ty Assurance persoimel : James
Ddlart , lla rr:- Cooke J r . and Pres t on llippea rd.
~ Ir.

Fox lives \\']th hi s h'i fe
Dorothy , and children Debra , 14 ,
,-1d Darre ll , 7, at 201 Lee Drive ,
y nesboro .

REMEMBER WHEN?
College Bowl Features

Richmond University
Richmond Unive rsit y i s c hallengjrg
Bryn ~! awr on the GE Co llege Bowl
tomo rr ow at 5 : 30 p .m. over NBCTV .
Bryn Mawr Co llege girls defeated
the me n f rom Notre Dame University
last week 225- 185.
Represen ting Richmond in the
season's seventh game will be :
Ran ce Conley of Nashvil le, Tenn.;
Robe rt L . Musick , Jr ., of Bristol,
Va . ; Lindsey (Alic e) Peters of
Charlo ttes ville , Va .; and Jean A.
Scott of Bedford, Va . Ocie T.
Adams , Jr . of Virginia Beach , i s
the al t ernate .
On Nov . 18 th e cha llenge r s will
represen t the Univers ity of Miami,
followed by teams from Barnard
Coll ege and Niagara University .

Q-- U- -A-- 1 - - I--T --Y
"Q" .. . . QUESTION your self on each
a nd every job , "Does it
comple tely meet spec i fications ?" Be s ure it
does .
" U" .... U\DERSTA\'D the importanc~
of turning out a product
which canpletel y satisfies
t he custome r.
"A" . .. ...\SSURE continuous repeat

bus iness for the Canpany
and individual j ob se curity for all concerned .
" L" ... . LEARN the ri ght way t o do
the job the first time ,
and e very time , without
was t e or accident.

the job through study and
application and sugges t
ne\\· ways t o do it better.

Sa ne employee s in Ntuneri cal Con trol a ssembly area s ti ll face
Aospect s o f s hort time as the
arnev & Tr ecke r s trike in >lil w.:iukee' drags into its 10th week.
l\ t~T

has i ns truc t ed Spec ialty Con trol Department to dis continue
shipping control s until s ome
s trike settlement c1n be reached .

Imp ro\'C.'lnen t s in the General El ec tri c Pens i on Plan were aimounced .
[ncluded was a 67% increase in
t he min inu.ni pens ion a t nonnal ret i r emcnt .

1· 1VE YEARS AGO - l %2
In dus trial El e c troni cs Department
of [ n Le r na t io na l Gene r a l Elect ri c
Co . of New Yo rk , Ltd . was formed
t o ma r ket produc t s , such a s specia l ty co ntro l s , in Europe' s
Commo n Ma rke t countries .

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Pl ans , to move the 1\ork of the
Qualitr Control Labor a toIJ· from
Sc henectady t o \\'aynesboro, we re
announced .

TEN Y=ARS AGO - 1957
An a r tic l e wr i tten by Don McKechnie was pr i nted in Mill and
Factory maga zine .

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A n.tsh o rde r , r equi ring making a

"l " .... HIPROVE your lmowledge of

K& T Remains Closed

ONE YEAR AGO - 1966

"T" .... TAKE TI~IE to do an errorfree job . Has te makes
was te , causes accident s ,
and increases operat i ng
cos t s .
"Y" . . .. YOUR SUCCESS , and everyone ' s depends on the coope r ation of all of us t o
maintain quality s tandarili=
and be better than our
competitors .

voltage sens itive re l ay , was
filled for a cuHaner wi thin thrre
hours .
Tennessee Plant Planned

The Small AC Mo t o r and Gene r a t or
De po rtme n t will bui l d a $15 mill io n mo t o r-p r oduc t ion plant a t
He nde r sonvi lle, Tenn . , near Nashville .
Cons truction wi ll ge t underway
next Moy , with limited produ ction
sched ul e d t o be gin l ate in 1969 .
Headquarte r e d Jn Schene c tady, the
Departme nt a l s o has manuf a cturing
ope r a t ions in For t Wayne .

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Supen-i sing a ll a thlet ic activiti es W1dc r the direc tion and approval o f the SCOGEE Board of
Direct ors i s the function of the
Rec reat i onal an<l Athl etics Committee . Fr<mk Polito , s tanding ,
i s carnn it tee d1a. Lrman . He i s
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COINS TO BE SHOWN

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:..)ill see a· new ri~t:<I'e oed. ;:,£ t::e
reception desk . ·

'·!O r e than 1, 200 d Lr feren t coins
from 140 d i ffere nt nations and
one of every Canad i ;m coj n desi gn
e\·cr struck \\·ill he displayed by
Specialty Control Department empl o;·ees Sunday .
Fred Curto 1,·ill disp lay the coins
of 140 na t Lo ns and Frank Cacci apagl ia h·ill s hoh· a Canadian pipe
set at the Shenandoah \'alle\· Co in
C.Luh Cree d i s plar ~1t the St aw1ton
lloliday Inn from 2 t o 6 p .m.

WEDNESDAY BOWLING

11 [GI-! INDIVIDUAL

Tom Thompson
Ralph Picking
Jerry Pochily

(Contd . fT'or? T' . lJ

These d i spl a\·s will be ~unona m:1 m·
of coins and. pape r rnone:- . ""
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a r e enthusiastic about their jobs .

GE CAT ALO GS OFFERED
"It pays better than any othe r
job I ' ve had , 11 sa\·s \ianda S\11der .
"I 1,·anted something differe;1t
from a regular typing job. He r e
I check drm,·ings to insure their
correctness ."
\\'anda , a post graduate s t udent,
earns 1:1,·o high school credits for
her h·ork , as do the boys . ivanda
plans t o major in Eng lis h in col l ege .
\anci '!orris , \\·ho is not working
fo r school credits , isn' t sure
of her career . " I used to "·ant
to be a d raftsman ," she said ,
" but nrn,· I'm plarm ing to ent er
Richnond Professional I nstitute
nex t fall and major in piano."
All are hoping to tum their par ttine jobs into full - time employne nt for the summer .
" If it just "·eren 't for these ink
pens ... " says Nanci .

To help ;'ou plan ,·our Christmas
shopping , the Empl oyee S t o re,
Freed Co . Inc ., is gi ving a1,-ay
color ca ta l ogs s hoh·ing a 11 Gene ral Elec tric small traffic appliances avallab l e to you at disc0Lu1t
prices .
Included in t he c atalogs a re the
neh' l ines of appliances such as
toasters , tape recorders , clocks,
radios , etc .
Products l isted in the c;:ital ogs
can be purchased through t he Employee Store , 305 E. \lain , fo r
gifts as 1vell as personal use .
Prices sho\\n in the catalogs a r e
regular r e tail p ric es and do not
reflect the emplovee discount .
RIDE 1\1.A}ffED : fRQ\f STAU\TON
(G REENVILLE AVE. SIDE) TO GB\Jl:Ri\1
ELECJ'RI C A.~D B..'\CK 0\ 11 IURSDWS
J im lluffman Ex t . 625
8:00 to 4 : 30 Shif t

CARD OF THANKS

Joyce Sne ll of Re lays wishes t o
thank al1 the peop le for their
kindness during the loss of her
hus band , Bobb y Sne ll .

CARSON & CAROLINE

Reeds l!igh School Class
r e~ set, initials
" ..\..\S'' inside band .
.\l :red S1·:icegood
Test - Re~lator :\rea
2nd Shi ft

267

241
225

llIGll I\DI\'IDUAL SET

627
620

Tom TI1ompson
Je rn· Pochily
R.-ilph Picking
Hrn I TE:\\f

Students...

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Dy nam i c Five
Data.mites
Al l c;· Cats

925

906
898

111(;11 TEf\\f SET

Dynamic rive
Alley Cats
Cannonmatics

Alley Cats
Dynamic Five
Datami t es
Hi Po t s
In jun Ea r s
Tin Benders
G. E. Fire Dept .
Sparemakers
l\lirestretchers
'.larket ecrs
Sometilile Player s
Cwmonma tics
Rebels
Dr ille r s
Pin Pi r a tcs
Fireballs

2693

2604
2532

301, 28 24 23 1.?,..
23

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16

16 12
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Flu Shots
Booster shots and the seco ~ n
the series of fl u shots fo1 .. 1ose
who had not been inoculated sin ce
196 3 will be g i ven the first week
of December .

LOST :
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Persons si gn ed up fo r the free
inoculations will be told when to
report to the dispensary .

195 ;,

~u./:.g ' c.oJ.. di •i<'-c' s pa:u:.'•'. ? 'J,.,_;, r: : "1 tte.gaJ...tl} PaJtR.e.d CaJvs
,/_;_ 8 2 C.:e.rca..t :!d On ."

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-'.-."all S Lr e<:t .Jo urnal

"Pop was going to cut my allowance
until I started explaining with the new math.
He wound up raising it to sev en dollars a week! "

Service With GE

\·Jeek end i ng November 10 , ~ 7
5-yea r Service Pins .Jo hn R. ;-:olf

Specialty
Control
:10Zu'7e XI, No . 8 7

Manager Named
r\ new \.lanagerPurchas i ng was
named t oday by
J . F. Ponzillo,
Mam1ger -Manu facturing .

Cl ifton L. Smith, who is transferring from the Corllllunications
Products Department at Lrnchburo0
in mid-Decembe r , 1,·ill fi'il the
vacancy c rea tcd 1,hcn John Rarm ie
became ~lanagcr-\.lateria l s .
~r.

Smi th, joined General Electric in 1957 and has held \·arious
manufactu ring and f inance assign ments at She l byville , Ind .; St .
Pe tersburg , Fla .: and Lync hburg .
I le is currently ~lanager -~lanufac ­
turing Adm inistr at i on at Lynchburg .
~

ior to joining Genera l El ectric,
11e '"as a ssociated with General
~lotors and \.larmon- Herrington Co .
i~ financial and purchasing posit ions .

A native of Indiana , he attended
Purdue and Indiana Universities,
and Lynchburg College 1s Institut e
of ~lanagement . He is a member of
the Int ernational Accountants
Societ y and has completed many
Company-sponsored courses inc luding ~lanufacturing Course
Studies .

QC Club To Meet
Qenerru Electric's Quarter Century
Club wil l have i ts annual dinner
at the General Wayne Motor Inn
on Tues day, Nov. 21 .
Dinner will be at 7 p.m. after
refreshments at 6 p.m. The club ,
open on ly to persons with 25
yea rs of General El ectric serv i c~
now has 78 members i n \~ayn es bo ro.
Ni11e new members from Speci alty
Co ~·ro l have been added s ince
c· .~mbe r, 1966. Three new members transferred into the area
durin g the yea r.

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

MEDICAL CLAIM SYSTEM STREAMLINED
Quicker payment of Comprehens i ve
~lccllcal E.xpc nse claims is expectec
t o result from changes being made
in acbn i nis teri ng t he CE In surance
Plan.

A major innovation is the st ream] ining of the ComprehensiYe \.ledi c::1l Expense c l aim fonn elirninat ino
requcs t s for all but the mos t
ecsscnt i al information , and addin ~
more specific instruct ions t o aid
Insur ance Plan participants in
making claims . 111ese neh· fonns
arc no"· available from Pa,-roll o r
Relations . Claims submitted on
t he old fo nn, however , "·ill be
processed .
Starting at once a ll claims "·ill
oe filed in Payroll rather than
in Relations .
Another innovation will be the
direct mailing of benefit checks
to empl oyees , doctors and hospitals "·here pa)ment is made by
\.letropolitan. This 1,·i.ll speed
up t he del iver• of checks 1,·i th
s ome poss ibil it\· of also sa\·ina
handling costs .' Anr sm·ings c~
help offset the zoomino cost of
medical care hhich the,,,Plan must
pay .

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Despite these zooming costs of
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Thanksgiving Holidays
Make 4-Day Weekend
Spending Thanksgiving with
the f ami ly , even if i t means
a trip of many miles, wi ll
be eas ier this yea r as em,, ployees have a four.-day
weekend .

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Both Thanks givin g and the
d~Y:~ llowing are pa id hol -

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ersons pa id week ly wi l l be
aid on Wednesday next week
eca use of the holidays .
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\lcdical Care, :3E er.1ployees h·i th
comp re hens i ve coverage ha\·e con t i.nucd to pay the l o"· co:1tribution
rate with h'hich the Pl an "·as inaugurated 13 years ago . General
Elect ric contributions haYe nade
up the difference . In 1956 , fo r
example , the Company contributed
$20 million toKards the cost of
the t o tal Insurance Plan . In
1966 the GE contribution "·as S33
million .
In another rel ated effor: to in crease the speed of claim payment s , \letropolitan Life has

FILE MEDICAL EXPENSE CLAIMS N0\1 ,
ADVISES PERSONNEL ACCOLtrING, A~D
BEAT THE AFTER- NEW- YEAR ' S RUSH .
developed an electronic data
processing system into "·hich Gen eral Electric c l aim paYments are
being phased .
·
To add t o this , throughout General Electric benefits specialist s
and other emplo~·ees inYohed , are
making efforts to st re amline p ro cedures Md get claims on stre:u:i
for pa~ment as soon as uossiblc .
Emplo~·ccs can help th is. effort h,·
foll oh· i ng instructions pro\·i..:led ·
". i th the cl;i.i.m fonn and r educ in ;:
the need to rctu111 claim::' :md ·
medical b i lls for addition:ll i :1fo1111;1 ti on .

Foyndina Fathers Learn ed

FREE ENTERPRISE WORKS BEST
~tarrntion

appeared to be in
store for a tiny band of soci ali s ts as they met in the bl eak
fall of 1 62 2 in Massad1Usctts .
Foo<l \\·as i.n short suppl y and th e
group 1,·as fac i ng its third 1\intcr
i n this hos tile l and .
~lecting

t o discuss how t hey might
improve thei r condition, they
decided to abandon their s haret he-wealth fonn of govemnent and
try the f r ee enterprise system.

111e next autumn s tore houses 1vere
filled with suppl ies and the
Pil grims celebrated the fi rst
Thanksgiving .
Next Thursday we will celebr a t e
Thanksgiving and 11e can be thankful for the Pilgr ims ' dec ision
to change the i r govemnent.

mud1 more co111 \\·as planted th:m
othen,·.ise would have been ."
As a resu l t, in the fall of J623
the Pilgrims had f1.1ll larders
and had good r eason to celebrate
\\·i. th the feast 1,•hich \\'e today
call the fi r s t 111cu1ksgivi ng .
Like the Pilg r ims , h·e , too, can
be t hankfu l for the sys tem t hat
has given us what we have. 'The
free enterprise sys tem, imperfect
as it may be , still is the best
we know of .

Inoculation Reminder
The second in the seri es of flu
sho ts and booster shots for those
wh o have been inoculated sin ce
1963 wi ll be given the first week
of Decembe r.
Dr. Jay Stoeckel reni nds persons
who. have asked fo r these free
shots tha t they will be to 1d 1·1hen
to report to the dispensary.
K&T Strike Drags On
Kearney ti Trecker empl oyees i n
remain on s trike this
wee k continuing to cause s hort
time for s ome employees in ~u­
me ri c al Control Assembly area .
~ lilwaukee

Secretaries Perform

·n1e Pi l gr ims , ra ised lmder a
system of private owncTs hip of
property , sa1v some s hort comi ngs
in th e i. r forn1 of governmcn t .
Thev dee i <led t o t rv a sha r e - the c al th fonn in t he,ir colony in
the new land .
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In Plymouth Colonr they foW1d

900 Different Tasks
According to the U. S . Depar t ment
of La bor, there are a bout 1 , 500 ,
000 sec r e t a ri es c urrently at
work . In anoth e r Le n years , some
2, 000 , 000 more sec retari es will
be req uire d to kee p business b oa~
ing . No t only that , but th e Depa rtmen t of Labor a lso lis t s
ne arl y 900 duties th a t s e c retaries
perform a t differe nt times and
pL.1ct · . ,\nd you sec r e t aries
wond e r why you're t i red at night?

1vlm t s ocial.is tic and conununis ti c

govemncnt s invariably nm jnto-there i s little motiYation fo r a
man t o \\'Ork hard when he \\'ill
r cce i vc the same henefi t s as the
loafer .
\\'illiam Bradford , second go\·emor
of Plymouth Colony , wrote of the
r esults o f giving each 111w1 land
on h"hid1 t o raise com fo r hi s
fwnily .
"This hud ven· Qood s uccess , "
1-Tote Co\·. !3r a df o rd, " fo r it made
a ll hancl-; \·err i ndus tri ous , s o a s

J . fi . Hartne t t

Hartnett To Replace
George Morris
John II. Hartnet t, Senior Systems
Programmer , \\'ill become \lanagerRe l ay Production Eng ineer ing on
Dec . I.
He \\'i ll f ill a vacaricy created
1d10n Geo r ge E. \!orris lea,·es to
become >lanagcr-Refrigeration Contro1 s Product Engineering at Appliance Cont rol Department in
'lorri son, I ll. The transfer and
p romotion 1·:er e announced today by
Geo r ge Hausler, '.\lanager- Re l ay
Product Engj necring .
J ohn, a graduate of \lassachus e t ts
In s titute of Technol ogy , joined
t h0 Cencral Ele ctric Foundry Departr.ient as Plant Facilities Engineer i n .Tw1c, 1955 . ..l her a ~-­
s i grnne nts in Indus tri al lle:1t i r
Depa rtment , l!e nneti c \lo t or ncpa rtmcnt , Ins tn.unent Dep;i r t:'lL'llt,
Sma ll .\ircra f t Eng ine Depa rtment
and I leavy '.\Ii I i t ary Depa rtment on
the ,\!rn1u factu r ing Tra ining Pro gram, he jo ined Specialt;· Contro l
in l1'aync s boro in August , 1959 .
He served in va rious assignme nts
in Quality Cont ro l Eng i ne crj ng
and \lanufacturi ng [ng ineer ing b2 fo r c becom i ng Senior s,·stems l'rog r rniun e r .
He 1 i \C'S \\'i th h is ~' i r(' .Jo,mnc '
and six chi l dren at ~l)( I \_..;hlJ,·
Dri1·c .
I

George , a g r adua t e of t he Uni 1·er s i t y o f i'!aiv l an<l , joined Crncra l
Electric in August, 1951, :it t he
Pitt s r ie l d , 'lass . , pl.mt. lie
late r ioined Rela,· Ope r ation in
Spec ia itr Control. Depa rtJnent in
Schenectady ;m<l came 1vi t h the
Depa r tJncnt to \\'aynesbo ro in 1954 .
l~e bccmne >kmagcr -Re Ll» Produc t i on I:nginec ring i n :\ovembc r,
196,1. George holds one pate nt
and has r e c e ived three patentf.,
ah·a r ds .
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I le I i vc s

"One thing we particularly like about
it is the built-in coffee dispe nser"

G. E. Morr i s

h' i t h h ·i s h' 1 I c, Sh i r I cy ,
ru1d t he ir t h·o chi ldren at 7 15
G1,:1rne ..\\·e .

~r.:: ' s

no gas tank in this car
none is needed .

It i s the GE experime ntal electtic
t est car . Its purpose is to test
battery sys tems, electronic controls , motors and o t her components.
General Elect r ic has no plans fo r
entering the automobile manuf acturing .
Here are some facts on the test
car .

Di me nsions:

130 inches long , 56
inches wide , 59 inches high .

\·!eight:

Approximately 2,300
pounds, depending on experimental
equipment aboard .

Seating capacity:

Two adu lts
(fron t seats) plus two child ren
(rear sea t s) .

Majo r material s : :!agnesium frame,
fiberglass - po lyes t er body , specially molded ~indows .

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JY source : Expe rimental ba tt ... ,. system emp loying a combinat: on of spec i al lead- acid bat1 e rl e s and nicke l-cadmium bat te r ies . (The bat t eri es typica l ly
c on ~ titute approximately 40% of
the total vehicle weight . )

Contro l s :

A variety of special
so l id- state control sys t ems have
been tes t ed .

Motor:

D- C, specia l de s ign .

Ori ve : Transaxle t o fron t wheels
Ti res :

Radia 1.

Max i mum speed:

55 miles per hour.

Ra nge at constant cruisi ng speed
of 30-35 mph over l eve l te rrain:
100-1 20 miles .

"In-tO\·m" range:

40- 50 miles
(based on ave r ag e of four s top s
per mile , acce lerat ion at app roximate~y 3. 75 mph rer second , an d
max~. 'Jlll speeds of 30 - 35 mph) .

Re -charge t ime :

8- 10 hou rs (onboard charger , 1sing ordinary
house current) .

Record Set In Gifts
For Higher Education

Richmond Loses In Bow I
After a loK-scoring firs t ha l f in
h'hich Br:·n \lahT h·ent ahead on the
final question to gain a lead of
80-50, the Pennsylvania girls
ous tcd the Uni \·e rs it\· of Richr.lond
from General Electric College

The Corporate Al umnus Prog ram of
the General Electric Founda ti on
set a record during the fi rst
three quarters of 1967 , with
$279 ,067 i n General Electric emp loyee con tri but ions repor te d
eligible for ma tching .
Joseph ~ . Bertotti, Fou~dation
Secretary, announ ced that the
contribution t otal i s a 26 % increase over 196f when $22 1,332
was reported dur ing the first 3/4
of the yea r . It i s a 63% increase over the same period in
19 65 when 5171, 135 was reported .
If chis rate of improvement is
continued t hrough the fi n a l quart er of the year , contributions by
emp loye es e lig ible for matching
1dll exceed a half -m illion dollarE
for th e f irst time , :tr . Berto tti
sa i d .
In 1966 a record $432 ,000 in employee cont ributions was e ligible
fo r matching . :!r . Be rtotti sa id
that employees might wi sh to cons Lder cont ributing to those co lleges and unive r s i ti es which they
may have attended , which their
chi ldre n or wives may have a tt e nded, or which they may wish to
s upport in r ecognition of the
values and benefits of American
higher education .

B01d , 160-85 .
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Mo re than hal f of all passenger
car occupa nts are now provided
with seat be l ts ... GUT t hey are
using those belts only about hal f
of the time.
Even this limited use , however,
saved about 2,000 lives i n 1966.

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Gif t matching fo rms which must
accompany contributions mailed
to t he co lleges or univers ities ,
may be obtained f r om Bill Perry ,
Relations .

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SVIL ELECTS OFFICERS AT PLANT MEETING
J. T. EV ANS EA RNS PATEN T

Shena n doah Valley
Indust r ial League
(SVI L) elected E.
H. Shults , Merck
& Co., SVIL Pr escient and C. R.
Br ooke , DuPon t
re tiree, Treasurer, a t a meeting
hos ted by SCOGEE
a t the plant Wednesday.
The league coordinates a thle t ic
even ts among employees of companies in the area .

John T. Evans , Engineering, has
been awarded his sixth patent .
His invent ion relates to nunerical
cont rol systems for controlling
the positioning of a cutting ~
ment of a machine t oo l relati
to a 1•ork piece .
WEDNESDAY BOWLING
HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME

Shenandoah Valley Industrial League offiaeT'S
are : from left, Bob Myers , CE; Glenn Hulvey,
DuPont; Frank Skievaski, Reynolds Metals; Fra.nk
Poli to, CE; Dick Davis , Crompton; Bill Perry ,
CE; John Wallace , Reynolds Metals ; Diak Harlow,
Crompton; and Haner Tomes, DaJ.Jbam .

New office r s will be i ns talled a t the Jan uary 11 mee t i ng hosted by Dawbarn . Dick Davis , Crompton , is ou tgoing Presiden t.
Know Your Benefits

Savi ngs Plan Buys
Bonds Regularly
In addition to the Savings & Security Plan and th e Stock Bonus
Plan, Ge ne r al Electric offe r s emp l oyees the Savings Pl an .
This is the familiar plan fo r
buying U. S . Savings Bonds th r ollf!1
r egular weekly payroll deduc t ions.
You are eligible for this plan ,
regardless of whether or not you
pa rti cipate in ei ther of the
other t wo savings plans. Unde r
this savings plan , you can have
Sl or more deducted each week.
When you ' ve accumulated enough to
buy a U. S . Savings Bond of the
denomination you prefer , the Company obtains it for you and de livers i t to you .
There is no proportionate Company
payments to you under this savirgs
plan .

NEXT WEEK :
AID PLAN .

REMEM BER WHEN ?

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Li l lie Gibson , Gary Cox and Caro l
Hoste tt e r became membe r s of t he
Wise Owl Club when safe ty glasses
prote c t ed th ei r eyes from injuries

of the Quarter Century Cl ub . The
club ha d 30 wor ki ng members and
th ree retired.
TEN YEARS AGO - 1957

Filling an emergency rush or der
became routine as Specialty Control employees folloKed a three
hour rush job 1d th a two hour
job . A regu l ator was or dered ,
built , t es ted and shipped to
NewfoW1dl and in two hours .

GE INCOME EXTENSION

WOIJlD YOIJ BELIEVE • ••


" I allva.yf.i .ttta.ve..e. by p.f.a.n.e.- -d: ' .6
-the. on.l.y wa.y .to f.i.f.11 ."

. . You owe $ 1,688 m ore than y ou think?

Fedl' ral gm·C"rnnwnl costs ha,·c soa red
rrnm s:t:) hillion in l ~):;o lo $ 172.-1 billion
for the l·t11-r1•nl fis1·al _,·ca r. an in c rca~e of
o\·cr ;,l\00' , .
During- thl' sanw 1wriod. th e federal
dcht rose from $1() l1illion to s:trn bill ion,
an indel1t.-dncss of $ 1.GHH for c\·c r.'· man,
,,·oman and rhild - a bleak lcgac.\· fo r you r
thildn·n's cl1ildn·n. l'k.

GE STOCK PR ICES

The "S tock Price" and "Fund Unit
Price" for the month of October ,
1967 , are as follows:
Stock Price

$109 .665

Fund Unit Price

S 25 . 795

589
579
570

Jerry Pochi l y
Walt Thompson
Joe Belak

HIGH TEAM GAME

904
901
858

Dynamic Five
Hi Po t s
Cannonmatics
II IGH

TEAM SET

2605
2498
2478

Dynamic Five
Datamites
Hi Po ts
STANDINGS

FIVE YEARS AGO - 1962

J . 0. Wes t was el ect ed pres i dent

220

HIGH INDIVI DUAL SET

ONE YEAR AGO - 1966

1\\o LW1ar ~!odule assemblies built
by Special t y Control completed
their qualification tests ahead
of schedul e .

229
223

Bob Poole
Dick Kubiak and
Floyd Draper
Warren Sellers

Alley Ca t s
Dynamic Five
Hi Po t s
Injun Ears
Tin Bender s
Datami t es
G. E. Fire Dept .
Wirestretchers
~1arketeers

Spa remake rs
Some time Pl a ye rs
Dril l e r s
Pin Pir a t es
Fireba lls
Rebels
Cannonmatics

324
32
264
25
244
24
224
21
20
19
18
18
18
17
17
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From \'Jayne Hills
(2 33 LoudoW1 Ave . ) to General
Electric .
Else Sorensen , Ext . 567
8-4 : 30 Shift
RIDE WANTED :

Service With GE
Week ending November 17 , 19W
5-year Servic e Pins f·lilZiCIJT1 H. Ehipe

Specialty
Control
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Volume XI, iJo . 88

December 1, 1967

Company Announces Realignment
Jan . 1, 1968, President Fred J.
Borch has announced.

TI1e Company 1vi ll realign its top
management structure with the
election of three Executive Vice
Presidents in a ne1d y fanned
President's Office, and the doubling of its major operations
from five to ten Groups , effective

According to ~Ir . Borch, "these
moves -- the first major structural change in sixteen years -will broaden the top-executive
leadership assigrunentJ for Gen eral Electric as the rapidly
changing bus iness environment
continues t o provide widespread
growth opportunities for the Canpany ."
The Pres ident ' s Office will include the President, Olairman of
the Board Ger al d L. Phillippe,
and William H. Dennler, Jack S .
Parker , and Herman L. Weiss, who
recently were el ected Executive
Vice President s by the Board of
Director s , effective Jan . 1, 1968.
>Ir . Bord1 said that the Pres i -

Jack Mitchel l, le ft, Ai r Ca:nada,
and Basil Orr, salesman :or Canadian Gene ral Electric, discuss
the merits of General El ectric ' s
VSCF Systen on the table before
them. SCD' s control units are
shown wi th the GE generator built
at the Erie, Pa. , plant .

COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE SET
As a result of the U.S. Depart -

ment of Labor's announcement this
week that the nation's consuner
price index for October had
cl imbed to 117 . 5, a 1% cost- ofliving pay i ncrease has been
granted fo r Specialty Control De partment hourly and nonexempt
sal aried empl oyees .

VSCF SHOWN
TO INDUSTRY

In line with the announcement
made by the Department in the
Fall of 1966 granting a general
pay increase , this cost- of-living

Rep resen t a t ives from mos t of t he
wo rlc ' s majo r airli nes a nd airplane manufacturing comp anies
we r e in troduce d to Specialty Control Department ' s new type of
a i r c r af t electri cal sys tem a t a
meeting he l d i n Way nesbo ro and
St a un ton Nov . 15-16 .

K&T Strike Ends

On display and dis cussed a t the
was the V a r ia~l~ Speed
Cons tan t Freq ue ncy (VSCF) sys tem .
F ac c omp lishes t he f un cti on
J constant spe e d dr ive elect ric a lly . I t is de s igned ::o r

me~ting

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dent's Office will be involved in
" Company-wide commitments and
policies that will have both
short and long-term impact on
General Electric' s 1,·orldwide
business . "
In their present positions as
V.i.ce Presidents and Group Executives, Dennler, Parker , and \\'ciss
have rcsponsibili t y for the Elect r i c Utility, Aerospace and Defense , and Consuner Products
Groups , respectively . On Jan . 1,
each of these Groups will be
reorganized into two Groups and
responsibilities reassigned,
according to the Company ' s announcenent .
Ilershner Cross , Vice Pres ident
and Group Executive of the Industrial and ~nformation Group,
(Contd. on P. 4)

L

Kearney &Trecker employees ended
their strike in Milwaukee last
week. This Specialty Control Department customer is working very
close l y with our personnel developing schedules to meet the
production needs at their fac il ity. Additional information will
be reported as it becomes availb

adjustment will be retroactive
to Oct . 2.
Paychecks issued Dec. 8 will reflect the increase, and the retroactive portion of the increase
(1% for eight weeks fran Oct . 2
through Nov . 24) wi ll be incl uded
in the Dec. 15 paycheck.
TI1e cost- of-l iving increase cal l s
for hourly and nonexempt sal aried
employees to receive increases of
at least ~% and as much as 1 3/ 4%
in both 1967 and 1968 . TI1e si ze
of each increase depends on
changes in the consumer price
index from one October to the
next October .
The adjustment will not be applicable to exempt employees since
their salaries are based on merit
which ties salary progress to
the value of the employee's present job and his perfonnance on
that job .

SABOTAGE HURTS
BUSINESS, JOBS, CUSTOMERS
SUFFER FROM VANDALISM
Sabotage in industry, a conunonly
used weapon by t he e nemy during
\,VII , i s se ldom hea rd of today in
Ameri ca n business .
Eve ry once in awhile , though , we
learn of some misguided pe rson
s one1-:here deliberately damaging
equi pment , t ool s or products of
his own company as imagined
reve nge or simply as a sheer act
o f vandalism .
On r a re occasions in t he past ,
we h a ve had simi l ar occu rrences
at Spe cial ty Contro l Department
and we have moved s wi f tly to deal
with them . In r ecent weeks a
nu::iber of instan ces of sab otage
ha ve again been noted . For exa"ple , holes have been deliberat e ly kn ocked in plaster- board
walls and valves have been t ampered with r esu lting in destroyed
b atch e s of compone nts . There h as
been e vid ence of delibe rate a tt e~p t s t o cause electrica l equi p~en t fa ilures and other lesser
a c t s of vandalisn .
An i nd i v i dua l eng ag ed in s uch
ac t ivit y is , of course , jeopa r di zing his own job security .
~o r e t han that , though , the conseq ue nces o f wi l lful ac t s of
sabo tage c an affec t the job secu rit y o f us all by p l a cing th e
Compa ny at a disadva nt ag e in
~ee t i n g compe t ition -- fi r st ,
becaus e pr oduct fa ilures make
c us t ome rs l ook e lsewh e r e and
s econd , becaus e i nc r e as ed costs
o : ope rating, le a ds t o higher
? rt ce tags on our controls.
I t ' s c l e ar t o s ee , then , t hat a 1. 1
e~?lo:: e e ac t s in h i s own self
i~t e r E:s t wh en h e he l ps t o pro t ec t
ou r bus in es s f r on s a bo t ag e .

·.:e: ;.:nrY.J th a t s uch acts a re t he

r,:

onl;: a ver:1 few a nd t ha t
'.l t he r eJ::? l oy e es a r e
'J ;i ;iose c t o s uch ac t s as
: ·. -:-.a :i a.;e~ e :i t. :-he Dep a rtrae nt,
1
·,; , i! t: so li c i t in;; every one ' s
,,,,,~,,· rat i o n , i s d(: t(: rn i ne d t o
-,r.r·t i t s 0b li ~ a t i o n in de a lin ..
, ·,; if t l:: ;i:v J ~ i r. l :; ·,; i t h anyone

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net s .

J . r. ?onzillo, !1anager- Manufacturin.g , ?resents certi ..c-i cates to enp loyees
who recently completed t he course offere d by th e Jepartner.t i r. Basic
Electronics/E lectricity . Accepting from left are : ~ranet Swisher , Honer
Scott, Roy Rexrode, Carol Ball, and Don Snodgrass . At right is Lonnie
Grant, course in.stY'Uctor . Harold Hei ze r also compl eted t he cours e but
was not available when this pi cture was taken.

R. C. Hame r

R. T. Hammond

K. A. Morris

R. I. Whitley

Four Quality Control Men Promoted
Fo ur pronotions in Qual ity Control were announced today by J . F.
Ponzillo, Manager-Manufacturing.
Effective today Raybu rn C. Hamer,
J r. becomes Supe rvisor-Q uality
Cont rol in Numerical Control replacing Ra l ph T. Hammond who be comes Superv isor-Quality Informat io n Equipment on J an . 1.
Robert I . Whit l ey is Su per visorProcess Control effective today
replacing J . W. Belak wh o i s
transferring to Schenect ady .
Kenneth A. Morris becomes a Proc ess Control En gineer effective
today .
Tom Hammond vi i 11 f i 11 the vacan cy
left by S. ~ . Calder, who is
transferrin g to t he Richmond Op eration . Tom ca me to Specialty
Control Department in 1960 as a
Product i on Sys tems Engi neer . In
1964 he 1-1as named Quality Con tro l Engi nee r in Numeri ca l Control and in 1966 he beca me Supervisor- Qual ity Cont rol i n Numerical Control. He holds a BS degree in El ect ri cal Engineerinq
f rom the Univers ity of Sout h
Caro li na .

Ray Hamer, a 1959 graduate of
the Un i vers ity of Alabama with a
BS EE degree , joined General Electric in Schenectady tha t year as
a Program En gineer . He came to
Waynesboro in 1960 as a Produ ct
Engineer and has since moved up
to Sen i or Prod uct Engineer, Proj ect Engi nee r-Production En gi nee r ing and Supe r visor-QC and
Aero -Space and Defense .
Ken Morri s , a qraduate of Shenandoah Hi gh School , severa l Company
cours es and and numerous UVA
course s , s tarted 1-1orking in
Specialty Contro l Department in
1955 as a Teste r. Since then he
ha s worked up through various
Monitor j obs and was named A&D
Seni or Quality Control Pl anner in
1966 .
Bob \.Jhit l ey joined Specialty Con trol Department in 1959 after
attendinq the Technical Institute
of \·Ji 11 i am and Mary Co 11 ege at
rlor fo l k. From his f irst j ob,...-....
Technician Tes ter, he moved
thr ough the Technici an Tr aining
Program t o j obs as Q. C. Monito r ,
Foreman in Program Control and
Large Regul at ors t o Buye r and
Pr oc ess Cont rol Engineer .

A tecimology gap bct1,·een Europe
~ the United States is caus ing
r
concern among ~uropean inu~ crialists but i t actual ly is a
t ime gap , Paul Ross , Department
General >lanager , told members of
the General Electric Quarter Century Club last h'eek.
Speaking a"t the club's arumal
meeting, he related his experiences as a member o+ a group of
American Lndus trialL~ts on a recent trade mission.
He noted that I:uroneans are fi nding that machines ·r.:tc~- build 1,i th
Genera] Electric ccnnol s can be
sold alJ over the world bE'cause
c,f m·aj-1able :'~ 1··.-;ce.
'!l t.1 the Furopc <
m i~
Detroi. t a.-.::cr.;hL line," ~-I r .
Ross c:.is..:r."d . ' 'The1· don ' t think
of it as 1,e d1... He rt' automation
can mean merely us in f 3. poh·er
scr ewdriver in pJace of a hand
screwdriver ."

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He also found t he h ·-.·ooeans are
teclmology oriented ni Lher than
~ orient ed . They tend to say
want to do something with the
laser" rather than "\\"e \\ant to
get to the moon .''
The success of the European Common >larket is in the free movement of labor and capital, ~Ir .
Ross told the group .
Sixty-bvo of the club's 78 members attended the meet ing at t he
Gener al Wayne Motor Inn.on Nov .
21 , where they 1,•elcaned 12 neH

Watch TV And Live
Watching t elevision at 10 p . m.
Tuesday ni gh t could 3ave you r
your life .
That is the time when the 1967
National Drivers Test wil l be
shown on the CBS Network .
The test was developed from the
~ational Safety Council's defensive driving course . From the
test you may learn more about
....-.....e r d riving
. .
h azar ds , moun t ain
.
c. _ ~ving, school buses, moto r cycles
and driving distractions .
Test fonns will be avai lable
Monday and Tuesday in th e caf e ~ ria .

SCOGEE DANCE DATE SET

The SCOGEE Christmas Dance will
be held at the Staunt on Armo ry
on Saturday , Dec . 16 . More de tails will be published next week.
New officers of the Quar ter Century Club are from left : Presi dent Orrin ~! . Livingston, Vice
President Mo Bassett and Secre tary - Treasurer Bill Schenk .

mEmbers since their meeting a
year ago.
Orrin I\°. Livingston "·as elected
President ; ~lo Bassett , Vice Pr esident; and Bill Schenk, Secretal)·-Treasurer for the coming
year.

Tell Payroll Now
Of Address Change
If you have moved within the past
s i x mon ths and haven't given Payroll you r new address, do so now,
advises Boyd Mitchell, SpecialistPersonnel Accounting .
The Department wi ll soon be ma iling H- 2 Fonns (showi ng earnings
and fe deral i ncome tax withheld)
to all emp l oyees ' homes. Since
this fonn mus t be filed with your
income tax form, it is essential
that you receive it.

Children's Christmas
Party To Be Dec. 16
The Annual General Electric
Children ' s Ouistrnas Part y has
been scheduled for Saturday ,
Dec. 16 in the Plant Auditoriun .
There will be six group part i es .
Supervisors haYe already been
sun-eying Specialty Control employees for the nunber of chil dnns tickets each employee 1dll
requ i re . If you have not req ucs ted your tickets - - do so ru.\'.
Tickets will be distr ibuted soon .
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank my many friends

for their kindnesses , cards and
flowers while I was in the hospi t al.
Bob Va11 Le.AA

ALCINDORS SOUGHT
Anyone interested in p l aying
basketball on a SCOGEE team in
the city Recreation League contact Joe Berry, Ext . 579 .
Have A GE Holiday

Brocilures descr ibing GE's newest
l ine of di shwashers, garbage dis posals , s tereos and color televisions are being distributed i n
the cafeteria today . This material
shows ho\\ much money you , as a
General Electric empl oyee , can
receive from the Canpany in t he
fonn of a discount .
FOUND: WRONG COAT
If t he topcoat y ou put on after
the Engi ne ering managemen t meeting
Wednesday just doesn't l ook right
on you, contact Dave Sitter , Room
237 , Ext. 573 . He came away wi t h
the wrong coat , too.
GE BACKS RUDOLPH

"Rudolph , the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
an hour- long annimated mus ical
epic wi ll be seen on \TBC-TV on
Friday , Dec . ~'at 7: 30 p. m. ,
EST , again under the sponsorship
of the Housewares Divis ion of
Gener al El ectric.
SC NEWS TO LIST DONORS

If you prefer to wish fellow em ployees a Merry 01ristmas by
making a donation to a charity of
your choice rather than be sending cards , your name wi 11 be
published in the Specialty Cont Pol News on Dec . 22 .
Empl oyees wishing to be included
on the list should send their
names to the Specialty C()Yl tro l
News , Roan lOSE , no later than
Dec . 19 .
CARD OF THANKS
Phyllis Shipe of Relays wishes
to th ank all the people for their
kindness and sympa t hy following
the death of her fa ther , William
Cash .

Company Announces ...
(Contd . from P. 1)

"·ill head up the ne1vly created
Industrial Gr oup. TI1is Group
will include the Industrial Process Control Division w1der Dr .
Louis T. Rader, Vice Pres ident.
As part of the Ccrnpany changes ,
a munber of new Departments will
also be fonned across the Canpany
anJ annoL01ced at a l ater date .
One such component will include
the aerospace and defense por t ion
of Specialty Control , ivhich will
be included with certain aircraft portions of other Company
locations and be part of a separate management .

New Tax Form

Must Be Signed
All Specialty Control Department
Empl oyees will be asked to sign
new Virgin ia Withholding Exemption
Certificates in the near future.
The fonns are being dis tributed
because the St at e is increasing
the exempti on for each dependent
from $200 to $300 on Jan . 1.
Fi ll out the card according t o
the instructions pr i nted on it
and tum it i n to your supervi sor.
You shoul d compare the Social
Secur ity '.'JLUllber printed on the
form with your Social Securi tv
card. If the nLnllbe rs don ' t agree,
take your Soc ial Security card to
Payroll to have your records
correct ed .
YOU MAY ON LY NEED SEAT BELTS ONCE
. .. .. . .. . BUT WHICH ONCE? .. .. .. . .
53 ,000 people lost thei r lives in
traffic accidents during 1966.
35,100 were dri vers or passenge rs
in automobi l es. If they had been
using seat be l ts, at l east 8,000
to 10 ,000 of those li ves wou l d
have been saved.

Howell Named
To Richmond Plant
Harry M. Howell
has been named
Manager-Employee
and Community
Re l ati ons fo r th e
Richmond Pl ant.
The appo intment ,
whi ch was announced by Carlton
Ge r ni, Ri chmond Pl an t Manager,
becomes effect ive Jan . 1.

A native of Schenectady, Ha r ry
grad uated from Nott Terrace High
School the re . He attended t he
Un i vers i ty of Mi chigan, earning a
bache l or 's degree i n Eng ineerin g
in 1940 and a master ' s degree in
Business Administration in 1941 .
He first 1•1orked for Genera l El ec tric as a dr i ll press ope r at or i n
t he s ummer of 1937, and rejo i ned
the Compa ny in Sept., 19 41 as a
student engineer, wi t h testing
ass i gnments in Schenectady, Phil~
de l phia, and Syracuse. At Syracuse , he became General Head of
Tes t of t he Turbi ne Tes t faci li ty .
In 1945, he returned to Schenectady for assignments on plant
layou ts ; as a Product i on Contro l
Supervisor i n the Control Divis i on; Assistant Superviso r of
Personne l ; and Staff Ass istant to
the Manage r of Manu fact uring,
Aeronautics an d Ordnance Sys t ems
Di. vi s ion .
Harry transferred to Pitts field ,
Mass. , in 1951 as Assistant Super i ntendent and Man ufacturin g
Contro l Data Analyst. He j oi ned
Specialty Cont rol in March, 1954,
as Specialist-Salary and \•lage
Adm ini s tra ti on, and has hel d sev eral Re l at i ons pos ts s ince movin g
to Waynesboro in Ju ly, 1954. Hi s
prese nt posit i on is Manage r-S al aried Re l ations, Communicati ons ,
and Community Relations.

Service With GE
Week ending November 24 , 1967

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Ser.sabav.gh

5-year Service Pins -

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Presently t he Department is working on i n-house deve l opment and
prototype contrac t s . The VSC F
is now being f lown on a P3B a t
Pa t uxent Naval Air Station i n
Maryland . I t is also expec t ed
to be flying next year on a
Boeing 707 for fli gh t t esting .
A lette r of int ent recently received from Boeing calls for sone
$700 , 000 in SCD sales to include
the VSCF on Phas e III (the prototype phase) of the Sup e r sonic
Transport (SST) . Delivery wo u l d
s tart to Boeing next year .
Attending t he meeting wer e 15
represe nt atives from a irlines,
nine from ma jor ai r frame manufact ure r s , 3 rep r esentative o~
the Fede ral Aviation Au th orit
Britai n ' s :·linis try of Te chnology ,
the Fr end~ ) . ; r )!inistry , two
aircraf t e:i l,~ .:e r.1anu fac ture r s
and seve r al represe ntatives fro:n
General Elec t ric Company .
The prog r am, which res ulted i n
several complirien cary letters
f rom those attending '.v as designed t o sho~ th 2 advan tages c~
the system . It "as i: r epa:eJ tiy
a committee composed of Ri ll
West, Electrical Systems Ope ration ; Harold S to~4 Planning and
Res earch and Al Brancati , Adve r tising and Sales Promotion . They
were assisted by peop l e in a l l
f unctions of Spe c ial ty Control
and Direct Cur rent Motor and Generator Ae r o-Space Operations .

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l".l - yea r Se rvi ce Pin s-

General Elec tric, considered the
leade r in VSCF techno l ogy , sees
a possible $50- $75 million annu al
market for s uch g enerator-con tr ol
systems within 10 years or so .

Union dues of S4 for Novembe r
have been deducted from paychecks
i ssued to day to those emp loy ees
who ha ve s i gned membership cards
reques ting tha t dues be dedu cted.

ending December 1, 1967
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use on medium and large jet ai rplanes.
Advantages of the General Electric system is better
pe r formance and lower operating
cos ts t han with t he constan t
speed drive sys tems now g ene r ~·
used on airc r aft .

UNION DUES DEDUCTED

5-year Service Pi ns '":'.?. l' les

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VSCF Shown... (Contd . frcm P. 1)

"I'll say one thing for Alice ••
she backs up her gossip with facts!"

For the ti me being, th e deduc ~
i s i ndicated under Code D on the
che ck stub.

Specialty
Control
Volum P XI , f.'o . 8D

BECKERLE HEADS
PERSONNEL ACCTG.
Pe rs onne 1 Accounting has a
ne~1 Supe rvisor.

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He is Le roy F.
Beckerl e , 1·1ho
comes to Specialty Control Department from the
Ca pacitor Oe;Ja rtment at Hudson
Falls, 'l. v., to fill the vacancy
created Nov. 27 when Pau l You ng
transferred to Accounting Service!:
at Schenectady .

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Gala Children's Party Set ::?
It' s hard to cletenni ne hho has
the mos t fun - - the kids or t he
emp] OYees h·ho pu t on the Chrjst mas party -- h'hen Santa visits
Specialty Control Department .
This yea r the parties "·i 11 be
llec . Hi.
.-\s in past years , the sho\\' hill
be held six times in the auditor iLnn to acco11unodat e a 11 the children of Specia lty Control Department employees f'rom l t o 12 years
0 ld .
ln addition to Santa, "·ith his

Mr. Beckerle has served General
Electric for more than 30 years .

to,·s
. candv. ~md frnit , c hildren
1vill be en t e rta ined with cartoons.

Born in Scranton , Pa ., he attende::I
Key stone Jun ion College and

Supenri sors ha\'e been asked to
c heck h-ith their emp lovees to get
the tickets r equired and t hese

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Six Learning Management On Jobs Here
The Manuf accuring
Training Program ,
after 15 y ear s of
operati on , is
changing its name
to th e Manufac t uring
Manageme nt Prog r am .
This is simply recognizing t he
changes that have
taken place in the
pr og r am during this
time .

It als o establishes th e trend for
the future of th e program -supplying key manag ement and high
1,-..1 profession.::il peop l e for the
m. iacturing function of th e
Company. The program consists
(Co;;t~ . on ? . 4)

Parties hill be held at 9 a .m.,
l0 : 30, noon, 1 : 30 p . m., 3 and
4: 30 p .m.
All children in a fam il~· ,,ill
a t tend the same party as ciesignatcd by the ticket .

Turkey, Ham Is

MTPs Now MMPs

The change in name
puts a better definition on th e pu rp ose of t he
Prog r am for t oday ' s top college
graduates who a r e interested i n
making a care e r in ma nufacturing .

hill be issued starting the f irst
of next ,,·ce k.

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Dinner Choice
Christmas di nner will be early
for Specialty Control Department
employees eating in the cafeteria
Hot Shoppes wi ll serve its Christmas menu on all three shifts
Thu rs day, Dec . 21 .
Included, for 85 cents plu s three
cents t ax, 1·1 i ll be: Garden salad.
choice of roast turkey with
dressi ng and gravy or ba ked ham
with sauce, cranberry sauce,
green peas, swee t potatoes, roll
and butte r , choice of beverages
and pumpkin or mince pie .

LeaI'nin.g manuf acturin.g manage~ent
on the job through the Manufactu'f'ir.g .".'a;:ager~en t ':°1'ainin3 Program at 8pecia ltu ContY"ol Decartment are : - From Zeft front c.lock7.Jise, Richard. 'hgt, Geo rge Bowrnar>,
Dick Schu l er, M:.fP Representati ve
Bob Thorn t on, Doug McAvoy , Drrri
i!eoen and Bi ZZ S teinford.

Vend i na service wi l l be open as
usual for those not wanting t his
big meal . Blue Ridge Dinin9 Rc· r
wi ll be cl os ed on th i s day .

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MAKEUP I NOC ULA TION

The Name Of The Game Is Com petition

SCHEDULED FOR TO DAY
your f avor i te football
t2~" rushing ont o t he field ,
;.; ~<: k in g the ba ll toward the oppos1 2 goal - - bu t there is no run
b ~ ~ -, no fair catch , no penalty
r : led -- in f ac t the game i s
,· -~ r because the re is no c omp e t ition .
I~ag ine

A~e ri cans thrive on competition .
We like to watch two s kil l e d
foo t ba l l teams battle it out on
the p laying field or compete with
others in games or activit i es
like bowling .

Specialty Control Department has
competition . We face a fonnidable
group of " p l ayers ." Some of our
opponen t s have an advantage because they ope r ate in other lands
where they have lower pay for
wor ke r s an d l owe r taxes . Ot her
opponents claim other compe titi ve
advantages .
In business , t he game become s
mos t serious . Our jobs depend on
our ability to surp as s the c ompetition . The wi nner in economi c
compe tition is the Company wh i ch
nakes a produc t that can be s old
at a pr ofi t. Flis me ans we must
have t he r igh t product a t th e
righ t pri ce .
As ? la ye r s , how do we s tack up
against the cor.ipetition?

Today is makeu p day for f l u ,.-,,,.ts .
Any emp loyee wi sh i ng a free i no cul ati on sho uld report to the
Medica l Cl i nic th i s afternoon.
Emp l oyees leav i ng at 4 p.m. , who
fa i l ed to get their shot du rino
t he week, should repo r t betwee~
4 and 4: 30 . All emp loyees
l eaving at 4:30, who we r e missed
during t he week , sh ou l d re po r t
between 4: 30 and 5 p.m.

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i s needed i f the team is to be a
winn er . We have to be on the job
eve ry day . If th e product can't
be shipped on time , we lose
orders .
One of the most important thin gs
we can bring to the job is the
desire to win . It is this desire
on top of skill and dependability
that makes some teams wi n when
the experts figure the odds are
against them .
You can be sure our t eam isn ' t
a lone on th e field a nd the winn e r s are the best compe titors .
Have you as ked yourse lf lat e lv
"Hhat am I contributing to th~
Specialty Control Department
t eam?"

Do we have the ri gh t products?
Ou r sales r ecords show we have .
3ut ~e don ' t sit back confident
t hat t oday ' s product will be
right tomorrow . h!e l ook for ways
t o in? rove t he product a nd f or
new or oduc t s which we migh t make .

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NAMED FOREMEN
Promot ion of t1·1 0 men to Fo reman
1·1as announce d thi s 1-1eek by J . F.
Ponzillo, Manager -Man ufacturing .
Promoted were Kenneth E. Cline
Technician, Qual i ty Cont rol to '
Foreman - Relay Ass emb l y , and
Mor r is J . Mayes , Tech ni cian -Ti me
Standards &Work Measurement to
Foreman - Relays, Second Shif t .

l s our price ri ght? Again , we
are sel ling ou r products in a
con?e titive bus iness , so we might
as s •.=:-.e we have a re asonab le pr ice.
?, ut to s t ay ahead of compe t i t ion
~e ~ust be alert at al l times t o
~a~ s ~e ca n buil<l the pr oduc t for
l ess ~ ith o ut sac rif ici ng qua lity .
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and the de ~ ~r e t o increase these skills .
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On ly pe rson~ who are not al lergi c
to eggs , ch i ckens or chi cke n
f eathers may t ake the vacc i ne.

K~n, a gra duate of ~lil so n 1·1emor ial
High Schoo l, j oi ned Spec ia lty
Control Department i n 195 7 as a
Cl as s C Teste r and moved up
th rou gh vari ous test i ng jobs .

SCOGEE Officers Serve Yo u
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M?rri s, a graduate of Waynesboro
High Schoo l and Dunsmore Bus ine ss
Co ll ege, att ended Bridgewa ter
Coll ege before j oini ng the Depa rtment as Too l Cri b Keeper i n
1955 . He moved up t hroug h ~
room jobs to Monitor, Methoc ~
Planner, and Ti mes Standards
TEc hnici an .
Promotions of Morris and Ken we re
effective as of Dec. 1 .

SCOGEE BOWLING LEAGUE IS WHE RE THE ACTION IS
SCOGEE bowlers who belong to the
Couples League don't see
their scores posted in the S~ec ­
'l..alty Control News because they
bowl af t er the paper has "gon e
to bed" .
~ixed

Today, in r ecog nition of the
Thursday n igh t bowle r s , S;:eci-;Zty
Contr ol ::e'~· s presents p i ctures
of the leagu e in ac ti on .
The l e ague cons i s t s of t wo
couples t o a team a nd 10 t eams .
It bowls ac 7 p . m. each Thursday
a c the 250 Bow 1.

Con.ce rtratiY.£ on :,e"' next snot J
?hy llis Butler, wife of JohY. in
A 3D Eri.g in.eer":ng , picks up t;:e
baU .

League standings t h i s season
(prior t o last ni ght ' s acti on)
a re :
~!en's

High Singles - John Rhoades ,
233

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-plea !.~n; a.s !·:.., ,l~r: l . ;~1.· l;ie .:"otln'f
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High Triples - John Butle r,
615 .
Women ' s High Singles - Phyllis
Wa lker , 208, and Hi gh
Tr iples - Phyllis Wal ke r,
536 .

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one .ror Dan Dondicgo ,

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/:nger sKyward.

"0oodbye, ball, " Mil San.ohri"l
to I e sa.~· i;?(-' as she lu..rns
loo.;c . .-"/:e if' tJ~e :Ji: 'c o:

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':i:at 's June A ldhiz er , N/C .~roci:~ct
Eng·in.eeT'ing, ro Uing an.ot her
strike .

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est·e;::...ic.l i n bowli>;g a strike,
Frank Po lito, A&D Enginee:'?'. n.g ,
1,;atc:he;; his ball head /or the
pins .

Anybody wondering where the
action is? Try the bowlir.;
on Thursday r:ight .

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of three yea rs of rotating as sigrune nts i n differ ent manufacturing job s i n various GE plants
aro und t he country , t oge the r
with a prog ram of manu factu ring
s tudi es .
Our program here c urre ntly has
six members on ass igrunents in
Purchas ing, Manufactu ring , Engineering and Quality Con trol
Enginee ring. They are Dick
Schule r , Geo r ge Bowman, Bill
Stei nford, Richard Vog t, Da n
Hebert and Doug McAvoy . These
me n a re gai ning valuable knowle dge of the manufact uring ( unctim
which can h elp them better unders tand their part of our overal l
busines s and prepare them for
g r ea t e r r esponsibilities .

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CHAIRMAN SOUGHT

General Electric is to assume the
SVIL golf chainnanship for 1968 .
Anyone jnterested in beina the
cha irman please cont act r~ank
Poli to , Ext. 392 , Room 143 .
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Edmond E. Bisson, ~ftSA Leh-is
Research Cent er, Cleveland, wi ll
speak on "Nonconventional Lub ricants' ' at the 1967 -6 8 Mechanical
Engineering Colloquiwn to be held
at 4 p.m. >londay , Dec . 11 in Roan
126• Aero-~lechanical Bui ldj na
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University of Virginia .
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Dr. L. T. Rader has been appo inted to serve as Waynesboro
representative on the Blue Ridge
Community Co llege Re giona l Advisory Board.
Or . Rader i s Vi ce Pres i dent and
General Man ager of the Industrial
Process Control Division.
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Lackawanra Bus ine ss College before
Join ing the Company in J ul y 1937.
He fi lled various positi ons at
Schenectady, Wes t Lynn, Pitts fi el d and Ft . Edwards , from 1937
to 1949 when he transferred to
Hudson Falls.
At Hudson Falls, he moved up
through several pos ition s including Manager of Personnel Account i ng and Manager of Compensation and Employee Benefits.
Act ive in the comm un ity , he
se rved on the sc hool boa rd at
Hudson Falls for 16 years i ncluding three years as board president
and was active in the Methodist
Church .

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Ed Me naker, on assignme nt with
GETSCO in Paris , was th e first to
s end his name to be publis hed as
ma king a charitab l e contrib ution
rather th an s ending Chri s tmas
ca rds t o his f ri e nds in Specia lty
Control Department .
Other names have s t arted coming
in . They wil l be published in
the Specialty ContY'ol News on
Dec . 22.
If you wish to make a contributicn
to a charity of your choice rather
than send cards to other emp l oyees , send your name to Specialty
Control News, Room 105E , no l a t er
than Dec . 19.

He is currently looking fo r a
home in Waynesboro for hi s wife,
Leona, and daughters, Carolyn,
16, and Louise, 13 .

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BI LL HALL

\farren Sellers , Jack r i sher
222
Curt Lundstrom
- 21.4
Charlie Liebal
2.Ll
HIGH INDIVI DUAL SET

Jack fisher, Don The::tdo
- 585
Kem Reid
- 57J
Frank Polito, Charl ie l.jebal- 568
HI GH TEAM GAME

Alley Cat s
Rebels
Dynamic Five

- 935
- 92S

- 873

HI GH TEAM SET

Alley Cats
Rebels
Dynamic Five

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FEA R (?) STOPS OPPONENTS

Co -capta i.ns Bob Trader and Jolm
Dvorscak pil oted the SCOGEE
\·ollerball t eam t o a clean sKee ~
ir: the City Recr eat ion League,
'''inning all three po tn t s by for lei t . Apparently the thought o!
pl aying again st such ~111- time
greats as Don llughes and Ben
Cooper as "·ell as nch·comcrs Tom
Kyzer, Frank Pi er sa and Bill
Prudhomme h"aS enough t o keep the
opponents mvay .
1\eek ' s match aga ins t the
KiKanis team is scheduled for
7 : 4S p .m. \!onday at Kate Collins
Junior High .
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GIFT WITH APPLIANCE

Choice of an Oven Ready Swift ' s
Butterball Turkey or a fruit cake
,,·ill be given by Cohron ' s Hardware & Furniture Co . , Stuarts
Draft, to anyone purchas ing a
General Electric major appliance
betKeen now and 01ris tmas , This
applies on both 1968 and 1967
models .

Service With GE

CARD OF TKA.NKS
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HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME

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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
P.

WEDNESDAY BOWLING

SPEAKER SCHEDULED

DR. RADER NAMED

I n addi ti on to prog ram members ,
there are 15 program grauda te s
who are permanent oembers of
Specialty Contro l Depar tment .
They are : Glenn Kel l er , John
Re ynolds , Bob Thornton, Pau l
Sch atz , Bob Trader, Frank Reed,
Ge or ge Lake, J ea n Hall, Carl
Walker , Bob York , John Gulding ,
Ron Edwards , Al Joh nson, Joh n
Chadde rdon and John Hartnett .

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SCD News & Notes

Week ending December 8, 1967
"H oniker ! We 're waiting for those safety reports!"

5-year Service Pins Bectb W. Hev ener

Specialty
Control
Volv.me XI , No . 90

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Safety Pays In Solder Room
Dor is Ga rber works with a solderi ng iron in the Hi Rel Solder
Room.

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Doris was soldering resistor
l~s to turret temlinals on a
a, .ent unit for the lunar module .
Gasses had built up i nside t he
termin als from a previous solder
operation . The heat from Doris 's
soldering iron caused the gasses
to blow hot so lder in her face .
"There is quite a bit of solder
i n t hose terminals, " Doris said
after the accident. "I t hit me
in the face and it burned my
mouth and.nose . "
By wea ri ng her sa fety gl asses,
Do r is came through with no damage
to either eye and the sol der
bu rns l eft no sca rs . Sh e also
qualifi ed for membership in the
exclus i ve Wise Owl Club . Wise

STOCK PRICES
The "Stock Price" and "Fund Un i t
Price" for the month of November,
l~, are as f ollows:
..i10ck Price

$102 .188

Fund Unit Pr ice S 25. 406

CHECK S&S PROGRAM
INVESTMENTS NOW

It doesn't look like a dange rous
pl ace . There are no fast t urning
mach ines which could t hrow a
pi ece of meta l. There are no
drill bi ts to snap sending a
pi ece of steel toward an unprotected eye .
The Hi Rel Solder Room l ooks like
a safe place to work -- and it
is . But once in awhile something
~appens -- something like happened to Doris Ga rber on Nov. 25
-- something which cou l d have
left Doris blind .

December 15, 1967

Doris Garber demonstrates the
face s~ield worn while soldering
a port~on of the descent unit
for th e lunar modu le .

Owl membership i s limited to
persons whose eyesight has been
saved through wearing safety
glasses .

There are only a few days left to
take advantage of the annual investment reopener avai labl e to
participants in the General Electric Savings and Secu ri ty Prog r am,
according t o Bill Perry , Spe-ciali st Benefits, Services & Safe t y .
This reopener i s the feature
which allows participants the
option of changing the allocation
of thei r S&S savings among U. S .
Savings Bonds , General Electric
common stock , Insu rance , and the
S&S Program Mutual Fund .
Bi l l said that this oppo rtun ity
to change the t ype of savings or
inves t ment applies to both th e
emp l oyee ' s payrol l deduction
savings and t he 50% matching propor tionate Company payment , and
is available once each year. I f
a change is to be made effective
for the year 1968, a request must

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Faded Parking Tags

Should Be Replaced
\\'ant greener greens and oranger
oranges? Maintenance 1vould like
to see you have them . Fred Curto,
~ lanager-Plant Util ities and ~ lain ­
tenance reports ink is fading on
some parking l ot stickers . Probl ems arc developing in the green
f~ding to blue and or ange turning
prnk .
New parking tags with nonfading
ink 1>ill be issued t o those persons requesting them. If you
have a tag 1vhich should be green
or orange , pl ease fi ll E>ut a new
request for parking tags. The
forms will be available in the
cafeteria or you may request the
tags directly from ~aintenance .

GET THE MESSAGE?
Does this design look like some
new printe d circuit board? Maybe
it ' s a b lueprint for urban renewal? Abstract a rt? The r e ' s a
message for all of us hidden in the
puz zle for you to find. The answer i s in " pl ane " sigh t . It's
al l i n the way you l ook at it .

Pay Increase Adds To Benefit Values
A very welcome added feature of
October's 4% pay increases for
Specialt y Control Department's
hourly and nonexempt salaried
empl oyees is the boost in the
value of your coverage under Gener~l Electric 's employee benefit
plans.









Under the GE Insurance Plan,
higher earnings mean more
regular life insurance ($2
more for every Sl increase
in earnings), more accidental death or disrnembennent
insurance, and better coverage under the weekly sickness and accident insurance
provisions.
\\ith higher pay , more GE
Pension Plan credits build
up--meaning you can look
fonvard t o more r etirement
incane.
There will be automatic increases in vacation pay,
pay for holidays worked,
and make -up a llowances for
time spent on jury duty,
military encampment , and
absences caused by a death
in the family.
Higher pay rates will also
increase the potential benefits under General Electric' s Income Ex t ension Aid
Plan .
For emp loye~s already participating rn the GE Savings
&Security Program , the
higher pay rates also mean
an increase in their savings
for U. S. savings bonds ,
mutual fund units , Canpany
s tock, or life insurance.
Savings deductions under
S&S are based on a percentage of pay up to 7% . lvith
the Company matching an employee ' s sav ings with $1
for each $2 the employee
saves , an increase i n the
amount saved under the S&S
Program automatically in c reases the bonus payable
t o ,rhe enployee.

ADDED BENEFITS
The newest "rider" to the Ge~!
Electric Insurance Plan is b. 6
delivered today t o Insurance Plan
pa rtic ipants here in Specialty
Control Department.
A new "r ider" or a new certificate
is is sued each time the plan is
improved. The new "rider" should
be attached to your current certificate. Its purpose is to
make your insurance certificate
reflect the improvements which
were made in 1966 and described
in the Plan booklet distributed
late in '66.

Because some benefits are tied
to the size of your earnings,
there will be slightl y higher
payroll deductions, but the
higher pay autanatically expands
the value of these benefits.


'RIDER' SHOWS

Tickets Show Time
For Santa Visits

Five Earn Patents
Announcements of patents awarded
three Specialty Control Depart ment employees and two former employees were made recently .
Lawrence Peaslee, Engineering,
was awarded his 17th patent. It
relates to a circuit for detecting and indicating the polarity
of an as)'ITIDletrical alternating
voltage .
William LeDoux and John Cutler,
both Engineering , were a\\·arded a
patent for an invention rel ating
to means for modifying generator
excitation in response to abnormal current , voltage, or frequency . TI1is is John' s fifth pa t ent
and William' s first .

Be prompt for the Chi l dren's
Christmas Party tomorrow, is the
reminder from Bi 11 Perry, chairman of th e program.
The time is designated on the
tickets distributed this week .
If you bring your children l~ ,
it wi 11 delay the program f(
other children.
He reminded employees that parents may bri ng cameras to the
party, although cameras wi ll not
be allowed elsewhere in the
plant.
Santa wi 11 have lots of helpers
to guide children, Bill emphasized .

ll'illiam D. Cockrell , 1d10 retired
in :'- larch, Kas awarded his 40th
patent for an im·ention 1,·hich
related to a control system for
selectively operating devices in
prog·rarnmed sequence and in a
motion or row sequence .
Sam Caldwell, nm' at Chagrin
Falls, Ohio, was al so issued a
patent .

Service With GE
Week ending December 15 , 1967
5-year Service PinsGarfond Diehl
Carl DuY'Y'ett

Meal Is

Thursday ~

Cleo Holly , Second Shift Che~ ,
di splays the ca"I'Ving style he
intends to use on this turkey
Thursday when the cafeteria fea tures it:> 85 cent Christmas
dinner> oc turkey or> ham .

SC Product Helps World Meet Power Needs
"Live better electrically," is
than a slogan in Washington
te where the mighty Columbia
kiver rushes through dams like
Grand Coulee and Bonneville to
produce low cost electrical power.

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In that area, where homeowners
can burn a 100 watt light bulb
for 10 hours for less than a
penny, electric powe r heats and
cools most hom es as well as runs
appliances such as s toves, clotres
dryers and wat e r he a t e rs.
It might seem strange that such
an area could eve r r un low on
e l ec t ric power, but it did. The
Columbia is dammed so that it
forms a series of lakes from t he
ocean to the Canadian border .
To meet the increas ing demand for
low cost power , th e area is turning to nuclear steam plants.
In 1963 President Kennedy b roke
ground fo r the world's largest
s team plant at Hanf or d on the
banks of the Columbi a River in
South east Washington .
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plant, which started producing power in 1966, se rves a dualpurpose . It generates enough
e lect rici t y in one hour t o meet
the power needs of the av e r age
American home fo r 50 yea r s and ,
at th e same t i me , produce s p lutonium a nd other nuclear materials
for the Atomic Energy Conunission .
Here is how it works :



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Beneath these two General ElectI'ic steam turbine generators, t he larg est
ever built, are the voltage r egu lators built by Specialty Control Department . Ha~ford No . 1, tne nuclear steam plant shown her e, produces
enough electI'icity to serve the needs of two cities th e size of Washing ton, D. C.
amount of energy are given
off as heat .



The heat turns very pur e water
to steam and the ste~n pressure spins turbines .



The turbines turn electric
generators and the st eam is
then cooled with Colt.nnbia
River water and condensed to
water which is piped back to
the r eactor to be turned i nto
steam again.

Voltage, which must be maintain e d
at a constant r ate , is con troled
a t th e Hanford Nucle ar Power
Pla nt by two amplidyne vo lt age
reg ulat o r s built by Specialty
Cont r ol in Waynesboro .
Orders for some 250 of these vo l~
age regulators have been received

This amp lidyne voltage r egulator
cubic le and another like it were
built in Specialty Control Depar~
ment to control generators in the
world ' s largest nuclear steam
plant .
s ince 19 62 . Specialty Control
Depar tment a lso builds rectifier
excitation systems which a re
used in Ge neral Elec t ric hydro
or steam d riven gene rators . Mo re
than 350 of these rectifier sys t ems have been ordered.
Some 2 , 000 man hours of labor
goes in t o each rectifier a nd
voltage regu l a t or sys t em us ed t o
excite and control the huge power
plants being built today .

The Han f ord Nuc lear Power Plant is a $300 million complex which generates
more tnan 800, 000 kilowatts of electI'icity whi le producing plutonium and
other nuclear mateI'ials for the Atomic Energy Commission . The power
generation area is at upper l e ft . The buildings at lower righ t contain
the nuclear fue Z and steam generating equipment .

Power regulation e quipment now
accounts for some 10 t o 15% of
the business done by Specialty
Control Dep a rtment . The growing
demand for e l ectrical power can
mean b etter living e l ectrically
for you through decreas ing power
rates and increasing orders fo r
the Department.

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SCD News & Notes

be r eceived within the nex t few
days and no later than the end
of the yea r .
Bil l sa id that in making any
change , an S&S Prog r am participant
should consider t he fol l owing
Prog ram fac ts and options :
;\ewly eligible employees can save
up t o 6% of t heir pay unde r the
Pr og ram . Those who have savings
t o thei r c r edit for a t least
three yea rs and h ave qua lified
for on e "h o ld ing peri od " payout
a r e elig ib le to save 7%.
Participan ts must save in ful l
pe r cen tages of pay -- that is 1%,
2% 3%, 4%, 5%, 6% o r, i f e li g ibl~
7%. Bil l a lso said that whi l e
th e a llocation r eopener permi t s
a cha nge in th e type of savi ngs
or inves tment media once a year ,
participants may in crease or de c r eas e thei r rat e o f savi ngs
du ring the year .
Employee savipgs and ma tch ing
Company payments can be i nvested ,
s ubject t o certai n limitations ,
in a combination of four media
as th~ par ticipant de s ignates -U. S . Savings Bonds , GE stock , a
~lutual Fund and Life I ns urance .
Limitat ions include these : An
amount equal to at l east 2% of
pay mus t be inves te d in U. s .
Savings Bonds, but if an employee
saves a t less than 4% only h a lf
need be put in Bonds . . . No more
than 6% of pay can be pu t in t o
GE stock .. . The Company ma tching
payment must be designated f or
one inve3 t ment--all in U. S .
Savings Bonds , all in Company
s t ock , or all in the ~utual Fund
... Pa rt icipants can i nvest on l y
1% of pay in t he life insurance
avai lable . This mus t be from
their own savings , not the matching Company payment .
Participants who wis h t o change
thei r inves t ment a lloca tion for
t he year 19 68 sh ould comp lete
pay rol l deducti on authoriza ti on
cha nge fo r.:1s imme diat e l y and not
Later than t he end of the yea r .
F o ~ s may be obtained at Payroll .

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GET DANCE TIC KETS NOW

Buy your tickets now for the
SCOGEE Christmas Dance to be held
t omorrm·1 , Dec . 16, at the Staunton Annory . Tickets are $3
(couple ) for members and S4
(couple ) for non-members ... See
fl iers i n cafeteria for names of
ticket se ll ers . Reservations can
be ma de by contacting Suzanne
Si ms , Ext . 295 .
DINING ROOM CLOSED

The Blue Ridge Dinin g Room has
been reserved for a group lu nchecn
on Jan . 17 and will not be avai labl e for general use on that date.
Ch ristmas Greeti ngs from emp l oyees who are donating to charities
rather than sendina cards will be
pub lished next wee~ .

If

you wi sh to be included on the
l i st, send your name to Specie.l b
Contr ol l.'ews , no 1ater than next'
Tuesday .

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'ic,"t , wi lh "<e"lbers Jr.',1 ~'m; ~, ·./O
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Specialty
Control
Volwne XI, No . 91

December' 22, 1967

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

From a shyly whisper ed request
to a l oudl y stated demand , Special ty Control Depar tment ' s Santa
heard t he Christmas wi shes of
sane 2, 500 boys and girls at the
Oi.ri stmas Party Saturday .
Aft er cartoon movies , the children were t reat ed t o a skit fea turing a human-size skunk and
house cat . ·n1cn the st age revolved and Santa (Charlie Liebal)
stepped out of his s l ei gh ~d
Costwnes on. P'laces, everifons ••• took his scat on a chimney .
Lef t to T'igh t are Chery l Minter,
A word with Saint Ni ck, and the
Ralph Cole and Debbie Snyder.
kiddies wer e on their way to pick
out a t oy , f ruit and candy .

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" I t was the second largest party
in the 13-ycar history of plant
Oi.ris tmas parties , " carunented
Bill Perry , party coordi nator.

Let's go! We can't keep Santa
waitinp •••

Whoa, Cupid.

Hi, kids . •.

" I ' d like to gi ve special credit
t o Ralph Cole and Charlie ~!inter
for t heir ingenuity i n des igning
t he shOI,., to Fr ed Curto and his
men for organizing t he seating ,
directing the crowds and p rov i~
f or thei r safety , t o all the
SC(X;EE volunteers who helped
Santa and to Hot Shoppes for
providing ref r eshments for the
workers ," Bill sa id.

Santa, we love you .. .

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Need We Say It;

r nday Is A Holiday
Chr istmas Day , is the
final paid holiday of 1967 fo r
Specialty Cont rol Department
employees .
~londay ,

If you ar en' t abl e to sleep lll1ti l
noon , at l east i t won ' t be be cause you have to go to wor k .
Merry Chri stmas , and we ' ll see
you Tuesday !

' BERT ' WE ST SENDS GREETI NGS
TO HER SCD FRIENDS
~lrs . Jack \'Jest sends her Christmas grr:oet i ngs and wishes t o
thank her friends for their manv
kindnes ses and considera t e ca rclS.

CARD OF THANKS
Els ie Jones of Cost Accoun ti ng
wish es t o than k a ll he r f riends
fo r th e f l owe r s , c a r ds a nd memorial sent duri ng t he l oss o f h e r
f.-<:: r . William H. Beave r .

D. P. Altman

A. 'K. ''G!'Oat

John I~ . Beatty
John Butler
Clark S . C~npbe l l
Boyce Carson
\\°. A. Copley
A. R. Dorman
Al Dryer
Ruth Gray
Frank Gum
Dixie Hanmer
Wilton Hamrick
Bill Hanger
Har ry L. Hoover
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FOUR PROMOTED IN MANUFACTURING
Promotions for four men were announced today by J. F. Ponzillo.
Dav i s P. Altman , A&D Quality Control Engineer, was promoted to
Supervisor - A&D Quality Contro l
effective Dec. 1.
Arthur E. Groat, Foreman - Sheet
Metal Fabrication and Assembly,
will become Specialist - Sheet
Metal, Tooling & Methods on Jan. l
Bobby W. Hoy, Methods and Planne~
wi ll become a Foreman in Numerica l Control on Jan. 1.
Da vid H. Lutton, Monitor - Large
Panels, will become a Foreman Power Regu l ation, on Jan . 1.
Pet e Al tman, a gradua t e of VPI
\'I i t h a BS EE degree in 1961, j oi nec

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
Sending Chris tmas greetings to
Spec ial ty Control by contributing
to a ci1a ri t y rather t han sending
greet ing cards are:

B. W. Boy

Office and foremen personnel of
the A&D Manufacturing Subsection
Operat i on have made a gr oup donat ion rather t han sending Christmas cards to people in their immediat e ar eas . They ar e :
Fil Argenbright Dan Hebert
Carl Hyde
Dick Brinkely
Harding Lonas
Jim Campbell
Vir ginia Coffey Kar en Mowbray
Lindsay Nobles
J ackie Coll i ns
Gene Reasoner
Linda Colman
Bill Schenk
Betty Cook
Carroll Swecke r
Oscar Fox
Cl ement \llaggy
Gar land Fulk
Betty Winegard
Wyatt Haney
Yo'ung
Buford
Mary Harrison

General Electric ·in 1952 as a
Te.chni cian at the Evandale, Ill.,
plant. He later served in Cincinnati, Europe and Maryland as
a Field Service Engineer. He
transferred to Waynesboro in 1962
as Senior Design Eng ineer - Sys tems Engineering. In 1966 he
became Quality Control En gineer
in Aero-Space and Defense.
Art Groat, a native of Oneonta ,
N. Y., j oined General Ele ctric
in 1947 on the Apprentice Ma chine
Program at Schenectady. Ar t
attended Trinity College and has
comple ted numerous Company
courses.
After various jobs at Schenectady, he transferred to Waynesboro with Specialty Control Department in 1954. Since tha t
ti me he has served as Foreman Second Shift and Sheet Metal
Foreman.
Bobby Hoy, a graduate of Way nesboro High School and Fishburne
Military School, joined General
Electric in 1956 as a Sheet Metal
Fabricator. He moved up through
several jobs in Sheet Meta l prior
to be i ng named Foreman .
Dave Lutton, a graduate of Woodrow Wilson Memorial Hi gh School,
joined Specialty Control Department in 1955 as an As sembler and
worked up throu gh Monitor before
being named Foreman.
VOLLEYBALLERS LEAD LEAGUE
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When your neighbor has fin ished trimming his tree and the
lights go on next door, you can see them g listening in the
sharp cold air of the wi nter night, the bright small bulbs
coloring all the darkness. Each time you look out the window
at night, each time you come down the street, there's some·
th ing about the lights ncxt door that's warming and pleasant.
True,

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aren 't you r lii;hts. This isn't your tree. It's your

ne1ghbo~·s b ut m putung 1t up, your neighbor did something
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for you as well .is for himself.

We at General Electric think that's the way it ought to be.
\Xie ought to have lights in our windows not alone for ourselves
b ut for our neighbors.
And the lights we mean are not those you can turn on with
a switch , but the larger, brighter lights of fair dealing,
integrity, and considerat ion of our fellow men.
Such li,~hts of pur/iou are 1101 ,o easily lit, 1101 Jo easily
kt•pt Jhi11i11g brighily. Dut the bemlly of lig h11 like theJe i1
tlMt they d on't com « d own tht· w eek after Chri11111a1. Our
11eighbon depend so much upon them - and we oursel ve1
could 1101 find our way without them.

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the holidays wi tn a 1: 'D ma l.Cll
against Augusta Memo rial on Jan 8.

1...uJ.J.u1 t:H .lns"Leaa ot sendJ.ng
cards to co-workers.

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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Decenoe r· (;:J , 19C?

DEPARTMENT SALES INCREASE IN 1967 ~s·:~-~
Ross conuncn t ed, 11 w i. th some areas
expe r iencing consj dcrahl e g roh·th .
Especi allr no teh·orth~· "·as the
per fo1ma nce this ye;:i r o r our nu1r.ericd l control line, poh'cr generation equipment and our s \\·itching de\·ices busines s . 11

Sa les of Ccncr al Elect r ic products
made i n l\ayncsboro \\'CT C up in
1%7 from 1%6 , Paul 0 . Ross ,
General \bnagcr, mmounced toda~·.
Incre;:i~e<l s;:il es "·ere r ecorded i n
most or our bus i ness a r eas , 11 ~Ir.
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1·1B Haney

Duri.ng 1967, General Electric i n
l\ayneshoro pur cha sed some $2 . 5
mil lion worth or mate r ials in
\'i r gin ia . TI1e t o t a 1 lfaynesboro
pa~-ro ll 1\as appr ox i matel >' $18
mil l ion . This r eflec ts a pay i ncr ease of 4 per cen t l ast October
for hourly and nonexempt.employees.

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GET NEW POSTS
,....C.hri s tmas Day appointments for
~o Managers were annou nced today
oy J . F. Ponzillo.

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.Among the year' s highlights 1,·ere
the purchase of a plant in Richmond fo r the constrnc t ion of the
s t anda r d lines or munerical cont ro l s ; an announcement that the
Department Ki ll be awarded a contr;:ic t valued a t $685 , 000 to supply

e lectrical equipment aboa r d
Boe ing ' s Super sonic Trans port;
and t he deli\·e rY of 12 such SYSt ems (kno1,n as the \'SCF) t o ·
Boeing . The year also sai,- the
t rend t oh·ard upg r aded t echnol ogy
in tile machine tool i ndustry
1\11 ich shoul d resul t in a larger
fu ture market for nume ric;:il c on trols .
l n l ooking t o1\ar d future gro1\th ,
Gene ral Elec tric announced ear h
in December that there 1:0·,1d 1 • ·1
rea lignment of i t s orp·mi:atin1:
in the coming year 1\i th three
product Department s being formed
from the pres ent Depar tment . TI1c
mnnerical control segment o f th e
bus iness 1dll be in a Dep<irtr.lent
unde r the direc tion of '!r . Ro;;~.
Joseph F. Ponzillo "'ill become
General \!anager of t he Srccial ty
(Contd . on P. ./ )

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13 . Haney Jr. , Acting Manager
of Aero-Space and Defense Opera t i on, has been named Manage r-A&D
Operation . In this position he
is respons ible for A&D assembly,
quality control, magnetic windi ng
and materials.
Luther L. Trott Jr ., former Manager-Magnetic Windi ng , has been
named Manag er-Metal Parts Fabrication Subsection responsible for
machine room operations and platin g.
A native of Albemarle County,
Wyatt is a graduate of Virginia
Polytechn ic Institute . Prior to
joining Gene ral Electric, he
worked in the Newport News Shipyard, served in the Navy, worked
as Camp Director for the Virgin ia
Department of Education and works:!
for the Virg i nia Department of
Labor.
........,e j oined Genera l Electric in
.aynesboro in December, 1954 .
From hi s fi rst position as a Ti me
(ror:trl . on ? . 4)

15 Graduate From PBM Course
Twelve of 15 Specialty Control Department g raduates of the GE Study
Course - Professional Business Management at Work are pictured at
graduation with the course instructors. Seated , fro~ left, are t he
ins tructors - Robe rt Wi lbur, Warren Kindt, Henry Tulloch, Pa ul Ross
and J . F. Ponzillo. Se cond row are graduates Ed Tutle, J ohn KLog ,
John Reyno lds , J ames Rankin, J ohn Hartnett, Vince Steil and Be Lt
Tha u. Back row inc ludes Ray Hame r, Joe Archambeault, Conrad I sak ,
Bob Yo Lk and Gordon Wadsworth. Not shown but als o comple t ing the
c ourse were P . G. Ho lloway, S . Y. Me rritt and R. T. Hammond a nd
inst ruct or D. 0. Dic e .

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Resolved:

Do Myself A Favor In 1968

~lade

your New Year's resolutions
yet? Maybe you have given up
making resolutions you can't keeµ

HAPPY NEW
~VEAR

But here's an idea worth considering. \\'hat are your plans for
self-development in 1968? By this
time next year will you be able
t o look back with satisfaction
believing you are a better person
than you were when the year began?
One place where we might all
benefit is i n improving our education. Ar istotle was once asked
how much educated men Kere superior to t hose w1educated. His
answer: " As much as the living
are to the dead."
Are you satisfied that you have
all t he educat ion you need? ~lay­
be you have all the fonnal education needed fo r the job you
arc do ing but what about the next
step up the ladder?
Many General Electric employees
are now attending night classes
at Blue Ridge Corrnnunity College
and at its South Campus (formerly
Valley Tech) at Fishersville.
General El ectric employees are
traveling to Charlottesville to
study at the University of Virginia and UVA is coming to Waynesboro
and Staunton with night school
courses .
In ad<lition , high ~ chools in
Waynesboro and St aunton offer
adult education courses , Madison
Coll ege is offering courses in
the area and Internation Corre spondence School (ICS) is as near
as your mail box.

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When a cus t ome r call s for quick
action from Speci al t y Control he
usually isn ' t disappointed .
Take th e case of the Sunds trand
Corp. in Rockford, Ill. Early in
December they determined th a t
th ey needed a major modifica ti on
on a control on t heir factory
floor .
To meet the needs of Sundstrand's
cus t omer, it was necessary t o
build in Waynesboro and inst all
in th e Sundstrand p l ant some 34
boards of logic, a 500 charac ter
tape reader and make shee t me t a l
modifications .
Through effo rt s of J oe Archambeau lt, Bi l l Wolanin, Bobby Downs,
John Reynolds and others, the
equipment was pr ocured, built
and ship ped by Dec . 13.
Al Hidlay , Engi nee ring, went to
t he Sundstrand plant on De c . 1 7
to ins t a ll th e new equipment in
a Mark Ce ntury contro l. Install ation and check out was completed on De c. 21 .

An education, however , isn't all

Marke t ing coordination was
handled by John Krog , Waynesb oro
and J im Hodapp, of Gene ral Electric in Ro ck fo rd .

Ir you are going to \\Ti te a l is t
of resolutions for l 968 , why not
st art it "'i th your plan for se lf
improvement?

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GE Lauds Computer
Success In Europe
The success of GE's first European time-sharing center marks
the latest in a two-year history
of successes in the tough computer market, according to Vice
President Smith. ·~ve began this
service with two experimental
centers here in the United States,
In 24 months these profitable
centers have increased to 13 here
at home, one in Canada and now
one in London. They employ 28
computers. By January, anyone in
Paris with a telephone can have
instant access to a GE time-sharcomputer • I I
Smith pointed out the potential of the business in t erms of
market and jobs. "Time-sharing
services are expected to account
for a major portion of the multibillion dollar worldwide information systems business by the
1970' s ," he said.
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Currently five employees are on
leaves of absence to attend col lege and 54 employees have applied
for tuition refunds ror job-related courses which they have canpleted.
gained in the class room . :\ free.
education is as near as the publ:ic
1ib ra ry . I!mv long has it been
since you 've read a book? Excludjng paperback novels , do you
even recal 1 the name of the last
book you read?

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This is a n other example wh e re
General Electric employees rose
t o th e challenge a nd met the
needs of a c ustomer . It i s filling needs like this one , that
makes customers buy Gene ra l Elect ric products a nd these sa les
make a ll our j obs possible .

General Electric entered the comput er bus iness i n November, 1956
with a tota l of SO employees, all
located in Phoenix, Ariz . Todc~
the business employs more than
5,000 in Phoenix alone , and more
than 32,000 throughout the Company and its worldwide affiliates.

WEATHER IT SNOWS...

\\leather 1wn ' t close Specialty Cont rol -- at least in the past it
has not . 111e plant has remained
open through all the blizzards
since openi ng in 1954.
However , should th is winter produce a bliz zard severe enough to
close the plant , the following
radio and t elevision s t ations wiD
broadcast the news :
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Broadcas t s will be made well i~
advance of s tarting times for
shifts . If no announcement i s
made, employees shouJ.d report to
work . Ir you cannot get to ·wor k,
you should t elephone your supervisor and t el l him the reason for
your absence .

SCD News & Notes
McCarthy

Robertson

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Trio Named Foremen
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Three Man ufacturi ng men have been
named to the Richmond plant and
will be promoted to Foreman on
Jan. 1, J . F. Ponz illo an nounced
today.
They are Robert J . McCarthy , Materials, promoted to Foreman Receiving , Stockroom , and Sh i pping; Thomas W. Robertson, N/C ,
promoted to Foreman -N/C Assemb ly;
and Samuel B. ~lalkup, Quality
Control, to Foreman-QC.
Bob McCarthy attended Long Island
Univers i ty and Apex Technical
School before j oining General
El ectric in Waynesboro in 1965
as an Accumulator. He has been
promoted to Expeditor, Purchasing
Expeditor and Production Man
prior to his latest promotion.
\-Ji nnie Robertson graduated from
l-l ilson Memorial High School. He
joined General Electric in 1955
as an Order Clerk. He was promoted to Production Clerk Accumul ator, and Expeditor before
being named Foreman.
Sam Walkup is a graduate of New
London Academy and Danville Technical Institute . He joined
Speci alty Control Department in
1962 as a Tester and served as a
Test Technician in Numerical Control, QC Maintenance Technician
and QIE Design Technician before
being promoted to Foreman .

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SCOGEE GOLFERS HONORED
Final standings for SCOGEE golfers
are:
1s t low gross , G. Miller

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2nd low gross , B. Cooper, C.
Minter , G. Rankin
40
1st low net, K. Hanula

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2nd low net, G. Leffers , D.
Leonard, R. Kerber, G.
32
Rank in
Most improved r egu lar, D. Leonard
Most effec tive alternate, G.
Haus l er
Most effective regular , B. Cooper
Winners of the tournament were:
Medalist, W. West
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2nd Flight

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West
E. Alfred
R. Kerber

J . Cole
D. Leonard
K. Hanula

Fewest putts , S . Dai l y
Closest to pin, S . Calder
Longes t drive , T. Smith

Registration will be at the col l ege from 6 p .m. to 8 p.m. on
Jan . 2-3 i n Room 206 . Late Registration will be Jan . 4 fran
4- 7 p . m. and Jan . 5 from noon to
5 p.m.
Copies of the schedule are posted
on the newspaper racks where you
find the Specialty Control News .

WEDNESDAY BOWLING

HIGH INDIVIDUAL GM-IE
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Don Vey
Dave Har r ell
Don Theado

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Bob Killian
Jerry Pochily
Curt Lundstrom

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BELAKS SAY GOODBYE

Joe. artd RoJ.ie. Be.hilz w.i..6 h .to b i.d
6ond 6a.Jte.ive,U .to .the.A./t llla.ny
6!Ue.11d6 ,i.11 !va.ynv.. bOJto and w.i..6 '1
.them a. lta.ppy Ne.iv Ye.arc . Jee. c!>
.t/tan6 6e.Mi119 .to Sc.he.ne.cta.dy . Tcda.y .i..6 tliuJt la.-!>.t day ct tl1e. peant
SUNGLASSES LOST

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A pair of prescription sunglasses
with smoke-gray frames were los t
in the North Parking Lot Thurs day,Dec . 14 . Pl ease t urn i n to
Empl oyee Re l ations or call Defllmi e
Layne, Ex t . 451 .

Service With GE
5-year Service Pins -

Blue Ridge Lists
Winter Classes
Evening classes at Blue Ridge
Carommi t y College for the \\'inter
Quarter will begin the week of
Jan . 8 .

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RobeJt,t c. Slioe.biudge
Lee. C. i\kUe.Jt
F. (I} . Nole.n

SCOGEE golf trophy winners are,
from left: R. Kerber , S. Miller ,
C. Minter, E. Alfred, T. Smith,
L. Stokes , J . Cole, G. Wadswo rth
and S . Pres ton .

A seat belt can help keep you
from bei ng knocked unconscious
your chance of escap ing if th e
car catches on fire or goes into
water i s mu ltip l ied hundreds of
times.

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ENG INEERS TAKE NOTE Speaking on "Accelerative Floh· of
Viscoelastic Fluids " at the University of Virginia at 4 p .m_
Jan. 3 will be Dr . Arthur B.
Metzner , Department of Chemical
Engineering , University of Delaware .
The lecture will be g iven at a
f ree public colloquitnn in Room
126 of the Aero - ~ l echanical Building.

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Stock Bonus Plan

Virginians Named

Streamlined

To Phoenix Posts

Str eamlining papen,·ork for both
parti cipants in the GE Stock.
Bonus Plan and the Company 1'"111
resul t from c hanges being made
Jan . l.

Appointments for tKo General
Electri c .' lanagers from Vi rginia
to the neh· Process Compute r De partment in Phoeni.x were annol.D1ca:l
recentl y .
Bernard Sussman , fonner ~lanager­
Aero-Space and Defense Operation ,
\\·a~·nesboro , has been named >lanager-01anufacturing in Phoen1x
cfrcctive Jan. 1.
Bern ic joined Gene ral Electric at
Lynn, \lass . , in 1941 aft er earn ing
a BS degree in electrical engineer ing f ran Rensselaer Polyteclmic [nstitute . After various
ass ignr.1ents , he joined the Department in \\·a)11esboro as ~ lanage1'­
Qu.1J ity Control in 1956 and bec~une \lanage r ..\&D Operat i on i n
1%b .

The Finance ~lanage r of Conmuni cation Products Deparnnent , Lyndr
hurg , Louis E. Bret Jr ., has been
n<une<l Gene ral ~lanager of the
Process Computer Dep-artment at
Phoenix .
The appointment, effect ive Jan . 1,

h'as announced last week by lloward
ll . Kurt , Deputy Division General
~l:mager .

SCOCEE ' s Special h.ctfri ties Ccnmi ttee consists of Lisa Piles,
Chairman, and Dan Dondiego . Their
corronittee handles special evenlf~
zJhich do not fall within lhe
jurisdiction o."" any sr;a1 ..iing ccf'";mi ttee or for otnero roea.; ons can
best be handled by a spec1:a l
g~·oup .

Haney, Trott... (Cc Md . S•w11 r .

I)

Standards Technician, he became
Planning and Methods Technician,
Manufacturing Specialist, Pla nning & Methods Supervisor and
Supervisor of Manufacturi ng Engi neering in A&D before being
named Acting Ma nager of A&D Ma nufacturing in October.

Bret, a gr aduate of the Uni\·ersity of >lis souri , joined the
Company in 1948 on the Bus iness
Training Course . He served four
vears as a Traveling Auditor and
;,·as named \!anager of Finance at
Lynd1burg in 1961 .
Ra}mond C. Berendsen, present
manager of the Process Canput er
Business Section (which becomes
a Department on Jan . 1) , will be
jo i ning Dr. L. T. Rader ' s s taff .

From 1962 to 1964 he was a Buyer
and in 1964 was named Quality
Control and Ma nufacturing Engineer . In 1966 he was named
Manager-Magnet ic Winding.

Department

Sales ...

(Contd . fr>0m P. 1)
Control Department and the aero space and defense portion of
Specialty Control \\ill t e comb ired
as a Department 1\°ith rel ated aerospace and 1,·ork being done e lseh·here in General Electric .

ln si.mnary , \Ir . Ross said , i t was
a good busines s yea r \\ith Spec-

ially Control Department' s 1967
s.1 Ies groh·th abO\·e the Canpany ' s
:1\'l'rage .

To put these nC\\' tedrn iques into
ef fect, all acti\·c participants
hill be asked to complete and
return prompt!~· a neh· "Designati on of Benefic iary" fom. 1·::1ich
"·ill be dist ri buted .
Adnmt:igcs to participants include the follm,jng :


There h·ill be no further need
for participant s t o keep t rack
0 f J1LUllerous Bond Custody Re ceipts <luring the 5-year holding per iod . lhis wil l appl y
onl \" to bonds purcl1a sed after
.Jan'. l, 1968 .



Lach p;1 r li cip:111 t ". i 11 st i 11
recc i \·e U. ~ . Sa\·ings Bonds
<la te<l "- i th the rnon th when his
sa\·ings 1\c:-e enougi1 to purchase bcncs in the amoun t
previousl)· o.:f•lec ted by him .



Each participant Ki ll be furnished with an annual st atement shmdr.g r.ia turity value
of bonds , stock bonus , and
accwnulated incane .



Each participant will find "the
Plan more flexibl e . It will
pennit a participant "·ho
makes withdra\\als before the
end of a holding period to
choose payment of either bonds
or cas h .

Lou Trott hails from Bal ti more
v1here he graduated from John
Hopkins University.
He joined General Elec tric i n
Balti more in 1952 as a Methods
En ginee r and later served as a
Foreman. Lou transferred to
Waynesboro in 1957 as a Jigs and
Fixture Development Speciali st.
In 1959, he became a Manufacturing Engineer in Relays.

~Ir .

Under procedures presc r ihe<l b)·
the U. S. ·1rcasur~· Dept. , the
Company "·i J us<? <l "\k1~te r Sm·.ings
llond" instc J of storin g mil l ions
0 f ind iv i<lual bonds .
'111C pr oce durcs \vj ll not affect the r l an ' s
\·alues of benefits . The)· hill
take :idv ~mtage of neh' computer
teclm iqucs.

"Of all my boy friends, Geo1ge has lhe

best chance of marrying me by

. 0389~ ··

The neK procedures h"ill not re quire a neh' Payroll Deduction
Authorization from partic ipant s ,
but it is important that a neh·
Desi gnation of Beneficiar y Form
be completed and returned
prcrnptly to payroll offices .
Future benefi ciary changes, of
cours e, can continue to be made
at<Jn\· timc.

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