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CONVAIRIETy
April 18, 1956
HQ ON WHEELS—Some of volunteer firefighters of Tarrant County—who also
are Convair FW men—inspected their new fire communications bus recently at
the FW plant. At right, W. E. Wiley of Dept. 81, who is assistant chief at Dido,
tries out radio as Mason Lankford of Dept. 28, county firefighters president, looks
Nearly $90,000 in Tools Saved
Through Conservation Efforts
Convair Fort Worth chalked up
more than a million and a half
dollars in conservation and sal-
vage results last year, according
to George Boesch of conservation.
Scrap at Convair gets one of
two treatments. Either it is sal-
vaged and returned to the plant
and put back into use, or the ma-
terial is sold under sealed bids.
During 1955, more than $890,-
000 worth of tools or parts were
returned for use.
“Some of these needed minor
repairs,” said Boesch. “And
others were in excellent condi-
tion.”
Employees in salvage section
of material department processed
27,217,494 pounds of scrap!
Of this, more than half was
sold.
“This shows a marked increase
over the same type of work we
did in 1954,” said Joe Doggett,
of salvage. “We’re able to save
more and more it seems.
“And of course we’re selling
it for more money. Buyers pay
more for it.
208 Pints of Blood
Valued at $7,280,
Donated in March
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set up in 1948 with employees
donating blood for a central fund.
In 1950, CRA entered the pro-
gram to reimburse employees for
time lost in donating blood.
Savings to employees in that
period add up to $328,960, since
the donations otherwise would
have cost an average of $35 each.
Recently two employees who
were rushing to keep an early
appointment at the blood bank at
John Peter Smith Hospital parked
in a restricted zone. They got a
parking ticket.
Gus Henderson, administrator
at Peter Smith, and Stewart
heard about it.
Henderson wrote to Judge Gil-
martin telling why the employees
got the ticket, and offering his
personal check to pay the fine.
The ticket was cancelled.
“But Convair paid more too—
when we bought it.”
These figures and facts point
up the need of day-to-day con-
servation on the part of each em-
ployee. So that useful items
don’t sometimes end up in the
scrap barrel.
“It not only applies to the em-
ployees who work with tools and
nuts and bolts,” said Boesch. “It
means office people too.”
on. At left is group picture of firemen during inspection while in center are second
shift men who looked it over. Left to right: C. R. Brown (Dept. 31], Kennedale;
F. L. Sewell, Dept. 94, Sansom Park; H. L. Rice, Dept. 4-5, Sansom Park; B. r'.
Harris, Dept. 25-3, asst, chief Sansom Park; Hubert Teague, Dept. 19, Sansom chief.
Lost $72 Returned
By FW Dispatcher
A man with a name to match
his deed proved a boon to J.
T. Blanton, Dept. 22 dispatcher
at Convair Fort Worth.
Blanton came to work with
$72 in his billfold one day;
He lost it.
Another dispatcher in Dept.
24 found it. He didn’t know
Blanton. But he located him
through papers in the wallet,
and returned it.
The man’s name? Jack Dol-
lar!
EXPENSIVE—Looking up at tip of aircraft part is John Woold-
ridge, Dept. 30 Convair Fort Worth employee. Wooldridge has
due respect for part. It's worth about $750.
Classes Stress Extreme Care
With Fiber Glass to Avoid Fire
Special classes to emphasize
the proper way to work with
fiber glass were under way at
Convair Fort Worth this week.
And the word “proper” was
underlined in the minds of many
by the recent disastrous fiber
glass fire at Lone Star Boat
Company in Dallas.
Attending the classes are about
300 employees of Depts. 33 and
82, where most fiber glass work
is performed.
Classes emphasize proper tech-
niques in working with the mate-
rial, with special demonstrations
to point up dangers in any im-
proper handling.
The classes were set up by the
training section and are taught
by S. A. Gross and H. W. Loven.
R. Y. Lane gives the fire demon-
strations. All are of safety engi-
SAFE WAY—Linda Ellenburg, Dept. 33, closes safety lid over
can full of acetone as one of safe practices used in fiber glass
handling. S. A. Gross, left, one of the instructors, and W. F. Kelly,
Dept. 33', look on.
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neering section of personnel de-
partment.
The training program is de-
signed to prevent fires caused by
improper handling of the highly
combustible materials used in
fiber glass work. Demonstrations
show how oxygen, fuel and heat
can result in fire — and how a
mere drop of fuel can set it off.
Lane also shows how a chemi-
cal fire can be created by im-
proper chemical mixing of resin
and catalyst.
“We hope the classes will im-
press on everyone the need of
safe and careful handling of ma-
terials used in every-day work
with fiber glass,” said Fred Tem-
ple, safety engineering super-
visor. “The materials involved
are completely safe—but only if
they’re handled properly.”
New Contract Given
On Atomic Airplane
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stantial and extensive, there have
been few public announcements
to indicate the extent of progress
in this new and virtually un-
charted field.
One, however, made in January
of this year, revealed that Con-
vair at Fort Worth is using a
B-36 to carry an atomic reactor
into the air. The reactor does not
power the airplane, but is used
in connection with tests to de-
termine the effect of radiation on
aircraft and the effectiveness of
shielding.
Convair Fort Worth’s efforts to
design an airframe for the atomic
plane represent one part—though
a highly important one—of Con-
vair’s atomic development respon-
sibilities. Another, made public
last fall, is to build an atomic
reactor for medical and biological
research.
The reactor is designed for use
at the Lovelace Foundation for
Medical Education and Research
at Albuquerque, N.M.
Convair FW Men, Who Fight Fires
On Off Time, Inspect New Bus
Convair employees who are also
volunteer fire-fighters in 19 com-
munities of the Tarrant County
area displayed their newest piece
of rolling stock at Convair Fort
Worth recently.
It’s a fire communications cen-
ter they’ve made from a bus and
equipped with the most modern
radio and communications equip-
ment available.
In addition, it features “some
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Tickets on Sale for
1956 Fireman's Ball
Tickets are on sale at $1.50
per person this week at the CRA
office for the annual volunteer
fireman’s ball May 12 at Lake
Worth Casino.
The dance is sponsored by the
Tarrant County Volunteer Fire
Fighters Association of which
many Convair Fort Worth em-
ployees are members.
The Ink Spots and Leo Peepers
Orchestra will be featured. Tick-
ets are available at the CRA of-
fice or by calling W. M. Frye,
tool engineer, at PE 8-7771.
TICKETS? — Verlan Burke,
Charles Temple and Milton Er-
telt, members of Air Explorers
Squadron sponsored by Convair
FW Management Club, are
among boys selling tickets to
Longhorn Council Scout Circus
April 20-21.
TWO DAYS LEFT TO
BUY SCOUT TICKETS
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$240 to help finance club projects.
“It’s a chance to get your
money’s worth of entertainment
and at the same time to help
scouting activities in Fort
Worth,” said Sid Bobbitt, one of
the advisers of the group.
Squadron 358’s project is an
exhibit called “Project Missile.”
It will illustrate tooling, manu-
facturing, engineering design,
maintenance operation of the
B-36, flight instruction and radio
communications.
Other displays by troops in the
Longhorn Council will also be on
exhibit at the Scout Circus.
Tickets are available at the
CRA office on the 50-foot aisle
or from Bobbitt, Charles Burke,
Bill Popov and Bill Tharp.
of the comforts of home” for the
firemen — a stove, refrigerator
and four bunk beds.
“The bus is more than a com-
munications center,” said Mason
Lankford, president of the Tar-
rant County Volunteer Fire
Fighters and a process control
employee. “It represents the in-
terest the people of Tarrant
County have in good fire protec-
tion.”
About 70 Convair employees
are members of the vast volun-
teer fire fighters network.
The bus was bought and
equipped through donations of
organizations, individuals and
companies — including Convair —
in Tarrant County.
It proved its merit during the
recent search for two flight de-
partment employees who jumped
from a B-36. The bus was on the
scene throughout the search. It
served as a relay center for radio
communications from Convair’s
flight department, ham operators,
radios in planes searching the
area and radios and walkie-talk-
ies used by ground search parties.
Spring Style Show
To Be Staged May 2
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price range with a few originals.
Models will be Convair Fort
Worth employees chosen from
various departments by a com-
mittee in charge of arrangements.
Committee members are: Mar-
dell Hollingsworth, Dept. 2; Mar-
gie Earle, Dept. 11; Jane Green-
wood, Dept. 6; Ceni Melton, Dept.
19; Carolyn Patteson, Dept. 24;
Ethel Swanson, Dept. 41; Char-
lene Brown, CRA; and Sally
House, Convairiety.
All Convair women employees
and wives are invited. Only a
limited number of tickets are
available.
Price includes coffee and des-
sert after the fashions are shown
—plus a chance in a drawing for
a door prize.
Conrad Kunze Takes
New Tooling Post
Conrad Kunze was named as-
sistant chief tool engineer—tool
cost control, this month at Con-
vair Fort Worth.
H i s job — a
newly created
position — in-
cludes responsi-
bility for the es-
timating and
scheduling sec-
tion (24-4) of
tooling. Work of
this section in-
volves estimat-
ing tooling
costs, schedul-
ing work, bud-
gets and tooling performance
evaluation, according to R. A.
Fuhrer, chief tool engineer.
A native of California, Kunze
was formerly with Northrop Air-
craft in Anaheim, Calif. He has
been associated with the aircraft
industry for about 15 years.
Conrad Kunze
TURNER ELECTED
Loyd L. Turner of Convair FW
was elected vice president of the
Fort Worth Downtown Lions
Club at the organization’s lunch-
eon meeting Tuesday, April 10,
in Hotel Texas.
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General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division. Convairiety, Volume 9, Number 8, Wednesday, April 18, 1956, periodical, April 18, 1956; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth777575/m1/2/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth.