WAYNESBORO PLANT

GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Volwne XI II, No . 4

WAYNE SBORO, VIRGINIA

January 22 , 1971

NEW [NTEGRATED CON1ROL SYSTEM SHIPPED TO

WESTERN ELEC1RIC
EIJ.'/ARD GILLETTE JOINS CCDPD Ml\RK.ET ING
Mr. C. T. Humphrey, ~lanage r-Marke t ing
for the Communication and Control Devi ce Products Department, announced recently that Mr.
Edward H. Gillette has joined
the Marketing section as
~lanager - Product Planning.
A native of Holdrege,
Nebraska , Ed joined t he
General Electric Company
in 1948 on the Test Engineering program following his
graduation from the University
of Nebr aska where he earned
his BSEE degree.
Charles Spangler, Marketing, and Dave Lutton,
Fo~eman-Pmuer Repulatio-a, (center) look over
the pI'ints for a final ah.eek be fore the CloaxCab le System behind them is shipped to Western
EleatI'ia . Looking on are Jack Smith and Dennis
ilhitley(le ft) and He rman Clark and Bob Colvin .

Western El ectric, located in Baltimore ,

Maryland, has r ecentl y deve l oped a process
employing new tedmiques to manufacture a coaxial type cable . l\laynesboro-buil t equipment
will play an important role i n this process.

111e picture above shows one of the cab l ebuil<ling systems built in Waynesboro and known
as a Cloax-Cable Sys t em . Western Electric
required a combination of lfaynesboro ' s
Statotrols and ST-100 inverters to he used
in a completel y in t egrat ed sys t em for the
first
time .
,-..

Following completion of the sales training

program, he held a field sal es assignment in
Detroit. Since his first assignment in Waynes boro in 1955, he has held various marketing
pos itions in the Educational Technology Pro j ect,
the Information Systems Operation and most
recently was Manager- Marketing Planning and
Adminis trati on at the Pr i nter Reader Business
Section in Philadelphia .
Ed and his wi fe Barbar a , with their
children Edward, Elizabeth, Dougl as and William,
will reside at 1259 Meadowbrook Road in Waynes bor o .
NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES

Employees working overtime , until after

6: 30 p .m. and who intend t o have someone pick
them up, are asked to use Gate 2 near the
Guard llouse. Ga t e 20 is nrnv closed at 6: 30 p.m.,
reopened at 8:30 p.m. for the supper period,
This cable buil ding system i s the firs t of and cl osed again at 9 : 30 p.m.
eight such sys t ems to be shipped to Western
.
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Electric. The r emaining seven are to be shipMadison
Col1ege
ana uva. second semes ter
ped before the end of February. 111ese will be class schedules and a description of a course
put into operation in Baltimore in Western
i n Nuclear Engineering being taught at Wilson
Memorial
High Sd1ool are available in Rel .J.tions.
(conti.nued on Pape 21

PICK RECEIVES PLAQUE

\EJ..T BLOOD'vDBILE VISIT SO IEDULED fOR

r:EBRUARY 10

Febr uary 10 can be an important U1te in .-..

your life as \\ell as someone in critical need
of blood . You can help save a life by donating
a pint of vour blood to help someone in
need when the Bloochnobile visits the \\aynesboro
Pl ant on f ebruary 10.
Donor sign-up cards have been sent out
and will be received by employees shortly .
\\fhen you recei vc your car<l, decide at that
moment to be a blood donor. By helping vour
fe llowman , you help yourself.

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Gladys Ca rnuchael expresses her appreciation
for the floh'ers , cards and many other acts of
kindness during the illness and death oi- her
brother.
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OLI\ l.:R GR.\.\T .\..-\\!ED OVTSTA.\DI.\G YOU\G .'l\.\

,rim !'ici<. iu .~ho:J;: r~cevving a plaque from C.A.

Ford .'iaY'.aoe r - Co;: i;"f'C l :-e v 0 ces ()Derar;ion, for
a signed article which appearnd in the Decembe r
issue of .'fode m /1anufactwy:ng . 7-'he article ,
which deals with smoke emissionu, strikes a
familiar note in toda.y 's society, "whe r e there ' s
smoke , there 's air pollution . " ,Jim, who is in
CCDPD Marketing, is the first author to r eceive
recognition under the Dt>partmen ts recen l ly announced Signe i Art:cle PY'ogY'am . In a ddition
to the Dlaoue , w;.ich l~as been dvhbed the
"Golden. ;;.~ill" he recei;)ed a caa;~ cn.Jard from
the Company .
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\\IF.STER.\ ELECTRIC .... (continued from Page 1)

El ectric' s cable plant and it is expect ed
the start-up date for the firs t sys tem will be
a row1<l the end of March .
The orde r for the Cloax-Cab le Sys tem was
received in June and the first one was s hipped
i n January. Thanks to the cooperation s hown
by Engi nee ring, Manufacturing, and Produc tion
persormel , the customer ' s required <leli very
date for the first s ys tem was me t.
S~IILE,

YOU" RI 0\ CA\IERA

Due to congested break and lunch li nes

in the Cafeteria , cameras are being use<l to
monitor the lines for a possible soluti on
to this problem.

Oliver Grant, Engineering, was named by the

JAYCEES as the Outstanding Young i-!aY!. i.n ..laynes boro for the year 19 70 . 1'he se Zeclicn i .-;
based on written nominations from anyone in the
area, fo r any man between the agec of 21 and
35 . A panel of judges , non-JAYCEE~, review the
nominations for leadership, contribu -cion to
city , state or nation, his reZa.tionship to his
job and his involvement with -"ivi..: orga;.izations.
OZiveY' was active as a member o.,-"' the Jrug
Advisory Boar d, a director in the JA.'!CEES , and
is serving as chairman of the Recreatio1: Committee . He also works individually with the
youth in our city and is known as a hard work"' .
in whatever he participates . He is shown above
being congratulated by Ben Cooper, Manager Power Regulation Engineering , and D. H. Miller,
also of Power ReguZa.tion Engineering .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volwne XI II, No. 6

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

February 5, 1971

EDITORIAL

ELECfRICI1Y IS FOR PEOPLE

There i s something awe-inspiring about
a bi g electric generating plant . Its ~s s ive
turbines create power on a scale that is almos t imposs ible to comprehend . El ectrici t y to
meet the needs of many huge factories an<l of
entire cities is sent out through its transmission lines .

BUSINESS BRIEFS:
----Chairman Fred J. Barch has been voted
Saturday Review 's "Businessman of the Year"
rn a poll conducted by Saturday Revi ew ' s
editors among more than 300 business le~ders,
government officials, educators, economists,
business writers and public opinion analysts .

Somehow, when we settl e down in our

----Westinghouse Electr ic settled the UEfavo rite easy chair in t he comfort of autocalled strike a t its steam turbine plant in
matic heat, to watch television with a chilled Lester, Perma ., after 146 payl ess paydays .
beverage close at hand , it's hard to relate
t o the massive structure and the enormous tur-- --The UE-called s trike at Jones and Lamson
bines which create the power that makes it all Machine Company in Springfield, Vermont, is
possible . They are so monwnentally impersonal! now in its 34th week.
It' s hard to keep i n mind that, in effect ,
of the grea t power plants come the enter tainment the comfortab l e room, and the cold
drink . And, most l ikely , the income that pays
for it al l can be traced to an occupation
dependent on e lectrical service.

--~u t

Because of the magnitude , it' s difficult

to appreciate that the se ~i ces of ~he sprawling electrical industry, in al l of i t s .
aspects of power gene ratio~, ~ufacturing ,
construction and research is , indeed , a persona l service--strictly for peopl e .

-- --The latest issue of the UE News carri ed

a story on a RCA TV plant in!vTemphis , Tenn.,
being closed <lue to increased ~osts.of labor .
The set s will be rnanuf ac tu red rn Tan:an,
according to the article .
- - - -Locally , a large order for specialty
control devices was recently awarded to a
competit or because we were unabl e to guarantee
delivery of the pr oduct on the cus tomer's
time schedule .

Each year the industry observes National

CAFETERI A "SPECIAL" INCREASED TO 65
El ec trical Week at the time of Thomas Edison ' s
birthday, February 11. TI1is year the slogan
i'- lr . Paul Jones , Caf et eria Manager, anfor the week , February 7-13, i s "Electricity
today ~1at the Cafeteria hot foo d. SS~
nounced
I s For People."
cent special wil l be incr eased to 65 begrnni ng
Monday, February 8 , 19 71 .
The special has
It i s a simple statement that is meant
been maintained at SS ever s ince it was intr oto remind the members of the indus t ry , and
duced in 1963. llo1vever, <lue to subs tantially
the millions it serves, that i n spite of the
incr eased food and labor cos t s over the past
many problems of our day , everyone has a
stake in el ec tricity . In a mos t personal way, several years, Mr . Jones said, "It makes it
essential that the special be increased to 65 ."
electri city powers life as we know and enjoy
.-...it.
Conti nuing, >Ir. Jones said , "1ve have
tried very har d over the pas t several months t o
avoid such a step , but it is no1v clear that in
order to maintain our hi gh standards of quality
and to maintain the special selections , the price
must inc r easP. ."

REGULATIONS FOR DEDUCTIBILI1Y OF

GE MEDICAL EXPENSE INSURANCE COST IN 1970
When you fill out your 1970 federal income tax return, you can apply the same rules
on deductibility of amowits paid for medical
expense insurance as you did last year. The
rules are of special significance to General
Electric employees who have medical expense
protection tmder the GE Insurance Plan. Here
is a review of the details:
The Internal Revenue Code provides that
a taxpayer who itemizes his deductions may
take a deduction (not to exceed $150) for one
half of the amowit paid by him for medical expense insurance for himself, his spouse and
other dependents. Any portion of the amowits
paid for medical expense insurance which is
not deductible in this way may be added to
any other tmreirnbursed medical expense incurred by the taxpayer for himself, his spouse
and other dependents and then can be deducted
as "medical expenses" to the extent that the
total of such expenses exceeds 3% of the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer.

ZERO IN ON LIFE
You look around the room and you marvel
at the ntnnber of professional staff people
involved. You answer some questions for tae
record and then you move to the next area
~
for your temperature and pulse to be taken
and then you answer some more questions about
your general heal th. Everyone smiles. There
is a cordiality. An informal atmosphere It's
something like a party you're glad you came to.
Yet, no. It's not a party. It is really
a place for giving a most important gift--your blood. After drinking some juic.e, you
stretch out comfotable on a long table and "make
a fist" for a nice yotmg lady. The prick and
~1en the wait.
You look up at the ceiling and rejoice at
the circlUTlStances. This is not a hospital
room where an emergency waits. It is not a
battlefield where life itself may depend on a
pint of plasma. No, it is a quiet room where
a few moments of your time could be most
important moments for someone else.

Another donor remarks that this is one act

General Electric began to pick up the
of giving which doesn't cost a cent. And you
entire cost of employee coverage tmder the
know that this is the one donation which has
Insurance Plan on January 1, 1971, but in 1970 no price tag.
the employee contributed to this coverage at
Now the needle is removed. You "press"
a rate of 0.9% of Nonnal Straight-Time Annual
Earnings for his own coverage. Employees with for a moment. You sit up and then you are
limited coverage contributed 0.6% of their
royally escorted for liquids and a cookie or
earnings and this did not include medical
two. "Homemade this time,'' someone remarks.
expense coverage.
The donor next to you has given two gallons.
Another mentions a specific recipient for whom
she is giving blood. Countless reasons. As
Considering these figures, one-third of
the contributions paid by an employee in 1970 many, perhaps, as there are donors.
for full employee coverage tmder the GE
A sign on the table reads, "What have you
Insurance Plan represents an amowit paid for
done?" You have given blood, with no effort,
medical expense insurance.
with no capital outlay.
Employee contributions toward dependent
Through this gift of yourself you have
coverage (2% of Nonna.I Straight-Time Annual
gained a new feeling of oneness with people-Eamings up to $5,000) are entirely for
medical expense insurance and should be listed the rich and the poor, the young and the old.
as such if deductions are itemized.
And you hope that, somehow, someone, will know
you care.

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'Ihe General Electric Voltmteer Fire
Brigade and First Aid Crew is again soliciting membership on both shifts. If any
employee is interested, please contact
Fred B. Curto in Maintenance.

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

In conjtmction with National Vocational

Education Week, February 7-13, Valley Tech
will hold an "Open House" on Wednesday, Feb.
10 at the Center, begimiing at 6:30 p.m.

Employees here in Waynesboro can take

part in this gift-giving program on February
10 when the Bloodmobile visits our plant.
Please let someone know you care.

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A ''Wildfire" blazed through the woods of~
north central Washington State for ten days
in August, 19 70 As more than 8, 000 men
fought the raging fury, seven camera crews re
corded the battle. The result is a Mmogram
series on Friday, February 5, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Volume XIII, No. 7

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

NOI'E FRQ\1 A NEW PENSIONER

Bill Walker, recently retired Manager
of the Department's Engineering Laboratories,
had so many fellow employees to see before
retiring that he could not get around to
saying "Adios Amigos" personally to every
one.

BRISA SAFETY SEMINAR

Five speakers will be presented in a
morning Safety Seminar next Wednesday, February
17, in the Plant auditorium.

Sponsored by the Blue Ridge Industrial

Safety Association, the seminar speakers will
He asked that we express his appreciation each present topics on different aspects of
for the many thoughtful things that were
industrial safety.
done for him all through the years by his
co-workers in Waynesboro, whom he feels
Speakers will include: John M. Marcus,
are the greatest anywhere.
Jr. , General Manager of Reynolds Metals
Company, Grottoes; C. Be111ard Gibson, Department
of Labor and Industry for the Connnonwealth of
Virginia; DAVID L. COUCHTRY, MANAGER-MANUFACTURING OF GENERAL ELECTRIC WAYNESBORO OPERATIONS;
Buddy
H. Phillips, a Production Foreman for
GENERAL PAY INCREASES EFFECTIVE
Stromberg-Carlson,
Charlottesville; and
HERE MARGI 1, 1971
John M. Ralston, District PersoIUlel Supervisor for the Virginia Department of HighAs a result of the contract negotiaways.
tions in 1969- 70, all hourly employees
will receive general wage increases ranging
The Association covers the Counties of
from 14 to 19 per hour on March 1.
JUbemarle, Augusta, Rockingham and Rockbridge
with W. R. PERRY, PLANT SAFETY SPECIALIST
serving as President of the Association.
This comes about through a reduction
of the 15 increases to 14 and the applica''\"le have an outstanding panel of speakers
tion of special increases of up to 5 per
for
the
seminar," Mr. Perry said today, "and
hour for those employees on jobs with a
we
are
expecting
75-100 safety-minded people
rate below the "canmon labor" rate.
to attend."
Hourly employees on jobs R3 and above
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will receive 14 per hour.
BLOOIMOBILE EXCEEUS QUOTA--242 PINfS GIVEN BY
Hourly employees an jobs R2 and R1 will
EMPLOYEES. FULL REPORT NEXT WEEK.
receive 19 per hour
Non-exempt salaried employees will
receive $6 per week.

Bill Henderson would like to thank all those

who donated blood to replace that which he
used during his recent illness.

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LARGEST CO\JTROL SYSIDI IVER SHIPPED FR0\1 HERE :

BUSINESS BRIEFS:

POii/ER REGUU\TION ' S "ALTHYREX" SYSTEM SHI PPED

Uniroyal, Wear-Ever Employees Forego Pay

Increases for Jobs
Some 450 employees of Wear-Ever AluminLUTl
Inc . , Chillicothe, Ohio, a unit of AlLD'TlinLUTl
Co. , of America, have agreed to forego wage
and benefit increases due them in the third
year of ~1eir labor contract . And 4,000
employees at Uniroyal Inc. ' s plant in Naugutuck, Conn., have agreed to forego any wage
increase for the next three years. Competition was threatening the existence of both
the plant making alLD'TlinLD'Tl cooking utens ils and
the f acility producing canvas and rubber foo twear .
New $14 ~lilli on Generator
Facility

~lanufacturing

General El ectric will construct a $14

million generator manufacturing facility
near Durham, North Carolina. It will be the
fourth major new facility for power generati on
equipment the Company has announded during
~1e past f ive years .
The Durham plant will function as a
satellite plant to the Company ' s Medium
Steam Turbine Generat or Department headquartered in Lynn , ~las s .
UNIT HOLDERS CAJ\J REDEEM CERT I FI CATES

WITHOUT COST
"The S&S Pro gram Mutual Fund was es tablished to provide for the payout of unit certificates so that employees could retain ~1eir
investment in the f und," E. S. Willis, manager
of GE employee benefit s , reports . He adds ,
however, that there are times when the individual wi ll need t o turn his investment into
cash. "In that case , units can be r edeemed
without cost . " Mr. Willis said that the
procedure for redemption of units is described
briefly on the reverse s ide of fund unit
certificates which unit holders received in the
payout.

'I11e largest excitation sy3tem ever built

1-.ras shipped t o Southern California Edison Co.,
Ormond Beach , Cal ifornia , recently . This
equipment , price tagged at $236 , 000 i s the
l arges t, heaviest and highest -priced control
sys tem ever shipped from this plant. The
wr:--i..ght of the SCR bridge cubicles (t1vo of
each) is 12, 400# each . The control cubicl e
will weigh 10, 000 lbs . , making a total weight
of 34 , 800 l bs . The SCR bridge cubi cl es are
16 ft . l ong, 10 ft . high , and 5 ft . deep . The
sys t em 1,as 212 years in development before
the first lll1i ts were shipped several years ago .
"Althyrex" excitation sys t ems have extremely fast response, 1,hich is needed on large
utility sys t ems with long transmission lines
such as those in the Southwes t and Pacific
Coast .
There i s over $50 , 000 1vorth of semi conductors i n this equipment , mainl y silicon
control rectifiers. The 896 ,000 KVA gene rator
~1i s control supplies excitation for would
suppl y power for an area approximat ely 50
times as big as l\faynesboro and vicinity .
111e \B\1S in July 1968 said, "Al thyrex
is an excellent example of a new product which
is vital to the success of CCDPD in the years
to come . This has come true as 7 more uni ts
are on order for various customers based on ~r
engineering and production performance .
~

To redeem lll1its, the holder should complete the form on the reverse side of the
unit certificate and send it to the S&S
Mutual Fund Unit Records Operation, 1 River
Road, Sd1enectady , New York, 12305 . The
certificat es can be redeemed only by the
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holder or holders who are named on the face of
Andy Cash , Purchasing, expr esses his s incere
the certificate. I f the units are registered
appr eci ati on for the many acts of kindness
in the names of two people, both must s ign
shown him during his recent bereavement .
the form on the reverse side of the certificate .
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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
February 19, 1971
Voliime XI II, No 8
SI X WAYNESBORO GE EMPLOYEES NOMINATED FOR 1971
PHILLIPPE AW
ARDS
To be Located at Richmond Pl an t

REED NAMED MANAGER- MANUFACT URING ENGINEERING

MAPD Manufacturing Manager C. W. Gern i
announced th i s week the promoti on of Frank Reed
to Manager of Manufacturing Engineering effecti ve
March l. Frank's new duties will take hi m to
the Departmen t's Rich mond Plant. He wi ll be
responsib l e for man ufac tu ring, development,
processes and meth ods associated with the
production of nume rica l controls and other
industrial au t omation equipment and systems.

Mr. Gi ffo rd, Vi ce Pres i dent of the Communicat ion Systems Divi sion congratu'laes Phi U i ppe
Award nominees Kirk Snel l , Oli ve r Grant, Ed
Tutle , Ben Cooper and Ernie Hutton .

Si x Waynesboro GE employees have been

nominated for t he 1971 Gerald L. Phillippe
Awards for Distinguished Public Service to
be presented by the Genera l Electric Foundation in New York. They are Ben Cooper,
Ol i ver Grant, Ernie Hutton, Ki rk Snell, H. W.
Tulloch and Ed Tutle.

Si nee January , 1969, Frank has been Supervisor of Manuf ac t ur ing Engineeri ng at MAPD's
Charlottesville Plant. His previous assignment
there was in Manufacturing Engineering where he
spearheaded the development and installation
of the plated throu gh printed circuit board
faci l ity. Prior to coming to Charlottesville,
Frank had completed GE's 3-year Manufacturing
Management Program with assignments in Schenectady, New York and Balti more, Maryland.
A 1962 gr aduate of th e University of
wi th a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Fra nk served 2 years in the U.S. Ar my
as Post Mo t or Office r at Ft. Myer, Va. Frank
and his wife Evel yn and t hei r three sons will
be re l oca ti ng in Rich mond i n the near future.
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V ir~ inia

The 6 nominations are included in a total

of 80 nominati ons from General Electric Company locations throughout the world. A maxi mum of 5 Phi ll ippe Awards, cons i sting of
meda l s for thw wi nners and $1000 grants to
charitable or educational instituti ons designated by the wi nners, will be made this year.
The awards are in memory of the lat e
Gerald L. Phillippe, former General El ectric
,.-Chairman of the Board who was a national
.eader in the field of public service. They
are intended to sti mulate General Electric
employees to follow his example of voluntary
service.

Alva D. Jo rdan , Relays , recen tly became the

fi rs t female member of t he Plan t's Fi r st Aid
Crew. She is shown above receiving her Fi re
Bell Code ca:r>d f r om her fo reman Bob Hull, as
Fre d Curto, Manager-Maintenance, and Jack
Plwrrmer, Fi rst Aid Crew Leader f or f i r s t s hi f t
look on .

PHILLIPPE NOMINEES {continued from Page 1)

Announcement of the winners is expected in
about a month. Meanwhile, citations were
presented to the nominees on February 12 here
at the Waynesboro Plant by Dick Gifford, Vice
President of the Communication Systems Division. On acknowledging this occasion, Vice
President Gifford remarked about being
"thrilled that there are six nominations from
Waynesboro. I am aware that there are others
who deserve to be honored. We will continue
in the future to see that others contributing 11
to our community wi 11 be properly recognized.

10-session program of 45 to 50 papers. In

the area of youth activities, he has served
as a YMCA Director and worked in various
Boy Scout adult leadership roles.
~

Kirk Snell's major community effort durin'~ his years in Waynesboro has been in connection
with the YMCA. Mr. Snell, Manager of GE's New
Product Development Operation, has been a
member of the YMCA Board of Directors since May,
1958. During that time, he was president of
the organization for two terms, and the YMCA
took over expanded facilities in the building
across from the General Wayne Motor Inn which
increased the scope of their activities. Mr.
Ben Cooper, Manager-Power Regulation System Snell played a major role in the YMCA Building
Engineering, was nominated for his many
Fund campaign and the establishment of a new
activities with respect to the City Government YMCA building. He has been active in Scouting
since 1958 in various capacities and is preof Waynesboro. He served as Mayor of the
City from September 1, 1967 to August 31, 1970. sently a Merit Badge Counselor. He was a
Registered AAU Swim Meet official for four
Since his retirement as Mayor, Mr. Cooper
years and officiated at meets throughout the
has continued to participate in the Waynesboro-Augusta County Annexation Study Committee State.
and is the new chairman of the Waynesboro
Relations Manager H. W. Tulloch was nomiHuman Relations Council (a part of a statenated for many outstanding contributions as
wide organization to consider ethnic and
leader and active participant in a wide variety
economic problems.) Equally important to
of community, state and national affairs,
the community as his work in the City Governparticularly those which involve problems of
ment has been Mr. Cooper's personal influence
advancing education and development of youth ~
on hundreds of individuals, particularly
Virginia. On the local level, Mr. Tulloch's
young people, through his participation in
activities
have included chairmanship of the
sports, educational and human relations
United
Fund,
Board of Directors of the Chamber
activities.
of Commerce, member of the Board of Trustees
of the Waynesboro Community Hospital, the
Oliver Grant, an Engineering Technician
Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center Foundation,
in the Communication and Control Device
and the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation.
Products Department, although relatively new
in Waynesboro, has quickly taken a responsible On a local, state-wide and national level, he
and constructive attitude toward the community. has been especially active in educational projects and has been appointed by four successive
After joining the Waynesboro Jaycees, he
Governors of Virginia to several significant
immediately became active in a variety of
activities. Mr. Tulloch's corrnnunity and
events. His strong concern for youth and
state-wide activities gained him the National
his interest in sports led to his being apElfun Award for 1966-67.
pointed Commissioner of the Farm League
Baseball which provides organized team play
As a member of the Waynesboro Highway
for boys 12 years of age or younger. He was
Safety Commission, Ed Tutle, Manager-Licensing
recently named "Man of the Year" in the
Admi ni strati on for CCDPD, i ni ti ated "Waynesboro
conmunity by the Waynesboro Jaycees.
Children's Highway Safety Week," which is
annually observed at the beginn1ng of the
Ernie Hutton, Manager-Engineering Support
school year and is promoted in all City schools.
for CCDPD, was nominated for his activities
and interest in professional engineering. In This program has attracted the interest of
other Safety Commissions in Virginia. As a
connection with professional engineering, Mr.
member of the Safety Commission, he has spearHutton has served as secretary, president,
headed controversial, but necessary, revision~
and director of the Skyline Chapter of the
of traffic patterns and parking practices in
Virginia Society of Professional Engineers.
downtown Waynesboro and outlying areas. Other
Currently he is Technical Program Chairman
activities in the public service area have
for the IEEE District III meeting to be held
included recent presidency of St. John's Home
at the University of Virginia for three days
and School Association (PTA), member and
in Apri 1; 1971. In this capacity, Mr.Hutton
treasurer of Boy Scout Troop 44 Committee and
will be responsible for the evaluation of
Past Area Governor Toastmasters, International.
over 100 submitted abstracts to develop a

SAFETY SEMINAR SUCCcSSFUL

SP ECIAL BLOODMOB ILE REPORT

Mr. R. F. Tufts, Acting General Manager and

Manager-Finance, CCDPD, welcomes safety
representatives to the Safety Seminar .

Ninety-one safety minded people representing

twenty industrial firms atte nded the Wednesday
morning Safety Seminar he l d i n the Ge neral
Electric Plant Audi torium. The Seminar was
sponsored by the Blue Ri dge Industrial Safety
Association (BRISA). Mr. R. F. Tufts, Actin g
Gene ral Manager and Manager-CCDPD Fin ance
welcomed the gro up to the Genera l El ectric
ant .
Mr . David L. Coughtry, Manager-Manufacturi ng
was one of the 5 key speakers. He spoke on
Management ' s Role in Safety . The Seminar
was concluded with lunch in the Blue Ridge
Room.

Mrs. "Penny" B Zankenship ( R) , Tr ave Ung Head

Nurse with the Bloodmobile Unit completed her
3lst trip to the Waynesboro Plan t since
the Blood Donor Program began at this plant in
1956. Accompanying her on t his trip was Gail
Bush (l) one of several nurses wi t h the Bloodmobile Unit . Joseph D. McLaughlin , Assemble/
Wire, is the donor .

"Last week's Bloodmobile vis i t to the

pl ant exceeded the plant ' s quota of 225 pints
of bl ood by 17 pints . This achievement is
most gratefyi ng an d makes the work in volved
wo r t hwh i 1e, stated Bi 11 Perry, B1ood Donor
Coordinator . Bi l l expressed a special thanks
to those who vol un teered to give blood and those
who parti cipated in the scheduling, setting up,
operating and closing down the Bl oodmobile .
This includes the Red Cross Volunteers, doctors,
nurses, and the GE Maintenance and clerical
employees.
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RECE I VED

QUOTA
225 pints

242 pints

ONE GALLON DONORS

TWO GA LLON DONORS

John Hill
Sy l via Wi tt
Doris McLea r
Douglas N. Shul l
Orval Saunders
Roger Bart l ey

Haro 1d Chi 1dress

Pau l James

FOUR GALL ON DONOR

Stan ley Ma upi n

THREE GALLON DONORS

Do rothy Al exander
Warren Parmer
Joseph Ellinger
Stan l ey Shirkey

FIVE GALLON DONOR

Mr . Cough t ry was one of the key speakers at
Wednesday ' s Safety Seminar.

Ben Cooper

WORKERS FROM GE FAMILIES

Mrs. Lawrence Barringer, Mrs. Joseph Lopez, Mrs. George Lyda, Mrs. E. L. Bottemiller, Mrs.
~
Kirk Snell, Mrs. William Freeman, Mrs. Paul Bonivich, Mrs. A. V. Brancati, Mrs. Robert Suddarth,
Mrs. Richard Miller, Mrs. Roy Prudho11111e, Mrs. Louis Rader, Mrs. Warren Kindt, Mrs. Robert Carter,
Mrs. Lebron Holden, Mrs. R. W. Drayer, Mrs. J. T. Evans, Mrs. R. T. Hammond, Mrs. L. L. Holmes,
Mrs. C. L. Hughes, Mrs. R. E. Killian, Mrs. Ben Cooper, Mrs. Ed Menaker, Mrs. Harvey Wilsheusen
Mrs. Gordon Wadsworth, Mrs. Jack Plummer, Mrs. E. B. McDowell, Mrs. D. O. Dice, Mrs. John Rannie,
Mrs. John Rhoades, Mrs. Michael Roane, Mrs. James Neet, Mrs. William Schenk, Mrs. Clarence
Robinson, Mrs. B. E. Thau, Mrs. Cecil Thompson, Mrs. Ed Tutle, Mrs. Charles Wright.
VOLUNTEER DONORS
Larry Hockman, Don Trohaugh, Barbara Raynes, C. E. Bradley, Don Russell, Terry Brooks, Gordon
Parker, Mildred Johnson, James Cross, John Kaczmarek, Don Holstein, Van Pitcher, Dorothy Alexander
James Humphries, Harold Coss, Ronald Assid, Larry Palmer, Howell Anderson, John Hill, Warren
Parmer, Donald Vey, Larry Vann, Ian Duckham, Richard Turak, Robert Knecht, Sandra Cash, Mary
Henerson, Joseph Ellinger, Doug Shull, Clare Beattie, Phillip Russel, John Beatty, Marvin Chaplin,
Joan Childress, Jesse Nease, James Kenedy, William Thompson, Robert Gunn, Bonnie Ross, Pat Ayers,
Bob Broughman, Glenwood Bridge, Arthur Willis, William Freeman, John Davis, Doris Mclear,
Kenneth Humphreys, Charlene Ewers, Dennis Hughes, Stan Shirkey, Francis Clement, Bob Good,
Clifton Frazier, Betty Boyers, Ronald Colella, Ronald Gutherie, John Wolf, Donald Myers, Hatley
Mabry, Mary Bussard, Sam Harris, Paul Morris, David Sitter, Guy Hoy, Ed Gillette, Doyle Huber,
James Kenyon, William Hazlett, Donald Gough, Grover Peery, Henry Houseknecht, Dante Capriotti,
Robert Conner, Doug Workman, William Wilson, Shirley Via, Kenneth Hanula, Jerry Comer, Richard
Thomas, George Archambeault, Carl Alexander, Dwight Moomaw, James Harlow, Earl Burcham, William
Smith, Gordon Batey, Francis McGowan, Ed Monger, Joseph Hall, Ken Slowey, Charles Watts, Ed
Tutle, Fred Zirkle, Ross Spalding, Melvin Redmond, Bob Trader, Ray Goetz, John Harntnett, Sylv~-
Witt, Ralph Martin, Bob McCune, Frank Rexrode, William Woodson, Ed Dinger, Alan McDaniel, Fran~
Moran, Charles Kanney, Charles Dedrick, Thomas Moore, Saylor Hatter, Evelyn Chandler, Ruth Lotts,
Betty Pitman, Helen Barker, William Gennan, Carrol Swecker, Carl Cline, William Folsom, James
Conway, Jerry Loftis, Harry Berrey, Donald Theado, Fredia Hite, Shirley Sandridge, Emma Rankin,
Al Swicegood, Dennis Whitley, Jack Plummer, Richard Mclaughlin, Billy Harris, Ben Cooper, DeWitt
Miller, Viola Good, Margie Hufford, Janis Moyer, Betty Hammer, Robert Dedirck, David Ellefson,
Ed Armentrout, Patrick Russell, Joe Miller, George Chambers, Richard Friberg, Joseph Bakel,
Lawrence McNaughton, Rus Culver, Stan Maupin, Keith Fee, Peter Straub, William Hanger, Audrey
Graham, Robert Bowman, Doris Merriken, Mae Mize, Gerald Lockridge, Maken Dodge, Wade Hutchinson,
charles Minter, Calvin Claytor, Robert Suddarth, Charles Minter, Jr., Katherine Lawhorn, Mack
Day, George Varner, Martha Payne, Jean Hunter, Rebra Brooks, Shirley Lafferty, Wreathea Whitesell,
George Harlow, Peggy Noe, Barbara Shifflett, Lois Coffman, Betty Cash, Susie Bridge, Robert
Miller, Ollie Craun, Don Stinespring, Dewin Beahm, Brenda Huffman, Linda Rodeheaver, Tom
Thompson, John Katon, Billy Borden, Doug Wolcott, Barry Turner, Wayne Bowles, Pat Gibson
Marshel Fitzgerald, Kenneth Carter, Charles Rexrode, Orval Saunders, Jim McKay, Marv Stoner,
Ann Moore, Samuel McCauley, Doris Branck, Brenda Earhard, Reginald Bridge, Ann Arthur, Robert
Campbell, Thomas Diamond, Jerry Tisdale, Ronald Fisher, Harold Childress, Robert Morris, Robert
Rowe, Arthur Lively, Jerry Stallings, Bill Baungardner, Bill Lunsford, Arrie Barnett, Conrad
Isak, Jerry Dean, Jesse Bridge, George Lohr, Ralph Mccambridge, Dexter Herron, Robert Pompeo,
Charles C. Ramsey, Ruby Allen, Jim Driver, Bob Via, Gary Mawyer, Alice Lawrence, Ron Johnson,,
Monty McPhatter, Homer Sacra, Marvin Dollins, Milt Schooley, Al Pici, Gene Hall, Caronlyn Amos,
Leon Harris, Henry Appl, Rus Coiner, George Baker, Homer Dulaney, Robert Killian, Thane
Drummond, Ric Perl, George Lyda, Nancy Taylor, Alma Sorrell, Reed Hoge, Virginia Day, Kenneth
Kite, Rober Barltey, Joseph Mclaughlin, Lewis Frazier, Ed Davis, David Gibson, Jacob Napier,
James Duncan, Bill Perry, Dickie Benson, Daniel Hull, Joseph Brown, Paul M. James, Lew Ramsey,~
Lewis Sweet, Dale Early, Martin Duncan, Paul Ross, Maynard Wood, Helen Harper, Rudolph Parr,
Thomas Tackach

WAYNESBORO PLANT
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GENERAL@ ELECTRIC

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BUSI NISS BRIEFS:

FIRST IDP APPLI O\TlON APPROVED

A brief sampling of recent developments

affecting u1e purci1ase of our products and
urns u1e jobs of all employees in l\laynesboro
is ::i..s foll ows :
- - -Two mana gers from Southen: S~ ~ ce~,
Inc., a consultant for the i'-llss1ss1ppi
Power Company , visite d the \\laynesbor?
Plant r ec ently to witness demons trations
of loca lly made actuators . L. M. .
Dome rat zky , ~ !anager-Prn,er Regul at~ on
Sales, said Southern Services is inte res ted in purd1asing a control sys t em 1vorth
nearly one-half million dollars .
-- -" Low-ball prices" by our relay
competitors succeeded in netting tJ:e~
two l a r ge orders for militar y q1:illllfied
relays. Price compet iti on c?ntinues
as one of the major factors in the
relay market .
- - -1\vo Alte rrex sets of equipment \\ere
ordered by Georgia Power Company from
Power Regulation.
SINCERL REGRETS

Da?Je El lefson Ma:riu.racturi ng Engineering Lab, is

sh()l;)n r.re~ e;:tina to. Rober l Dedrick , also o f the
Manufa~turing e~ginee ring Lab, _ t~e first approved
applicati01: under GE ' s new Ind~vi.dual Deve lopment Pr ogram. iJob ui ll be t aki.ng an Elect.ro- _
p lating coim;e which is di r_e c:t ly r e late~ to hi.s
job . J . _:' . T'eN'!:h IDP Adlm,nz,st.rat~r, s ,_,ates
a gr eat deal of employee interest i.n the _IDP .
has been generaLed by the ni-.mber of app li.cati.ons
that a.re in proces s for approval .

UE PAJUIJ\LLY \\'I'll IDRJ\\\'S 196 9 0 lARG[S

Bill Perry , Plant Blood Donor Coo rdinator,
sincerely reore ts U1e omission of ~!rs . Bertha
The UL has " partially hith<lrm,11" its unMugele 's nameb from u1e \-o lunteer 1vork' ers t
fair labor char ge filed <luring the 1969-70
list in las t week ' s Plant paper.
national str i.ke . Th e regi.onal director of .
NLRB' s ~e1v York re gi on h<l.s approve <l the a ction .
SCOGEE SKEET LEAGUE

The SCOGEE Skeet League is no" forn1i ng

its spring l eague . T\vo fi l ms will be shrnm
Wednesday, Mardi 10 at 4: 30 in the plant
auditorium . A brief meeting will be he ld
following the films for those who 1vis h t o
parti ci pate in u1e league. I f you c~:10t
,...attend the mee t ing , but want to participate
n the l eague , contact Ray DeMattia, Room
212 by March 10.

111e h"i thclrahal does not include the charge

th at u 1e Company refused to bargain 1vith UE ~e
garding reti re<l emp loyees , a fact t ha t ex-plains
u1e phrase " partial "ithdrahal. "
PLA.1\T i\E\\.S QULSTl ON BOX

11lis iss ue of th e :.JUVS kicks off a new

communication method for employees to use in
a s king que s ti.ans about the 1\f~ynesboro Plllilt
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businesse s . The ful l story is on U1e r ever se
Betty_ \vine gard , PeTs01:mcl Accounting , expresses s ide of t he p aper . Questions may be mai l e d to
her ~1ncere appreciat~on for the many ac ts
u 1e Pl ant ;\Eh'S , Room 105, or dropped in U1e
of kindness s ho1v11 during her recent be r eavement . Ouestion Box in the Cafeteria.

I!

1HE PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

'Ihe Plant NEWS Question Box is another method provided to increase the two-way
conununication between management and employees. 'Ihe Plant NEWS Question Box
is not intended to replace the nonnal day-to-day conuntmication between you and
your supervisor, but rather is to be used to ask questions of a general nature
that you'd prefer having answered in this manner. Every effort wi 11 be made to
reply to your question quickly--our promptness depends on the time it takes to
search out the answer, the backlog of questions and the availability of space
for replies.
Here's how the Plant NEWS Question Box works: Write your question on any piece
of paper or the fonn at the bottom of this page. Submit your question by dropping
it in the Plant NEWS Question Box in the Cafeteria or mail it to the Plant NEWS,
Room 105. Replies to appropriate questions of general business interest will be
published in the Plant NEWS. Questions may be submitted without identification
of the employee if so desired, but if the supervisor's area is noted, a reply
may be provided through the regular infonnative conference, as well as the
Plant NEWS. Understandably, no connnents will be made on personal matters related
to one's own job, nor can information be printed that would benefit our canpetitors.
Questions must be in good taste and avoid individual personalities in order to
be answered.
'Ihe Plant NEWS Question Box reserves the right to condense lengthy questions or
combine questions on similar topics. Questions will be researched by appropriate
members of management before printing an answer in the Plant NEWS or referring
it to the supervisors for discussion in infonnative conferences.

PL.ANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

Room 105

,\

Supervisor's Name

MY

Name & Pay Nliiriber (Optional)

SUBMIT QUESTIONS BY DROPPING 1HEM IN PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX OR MAILING

1HEM TO PLANT NEWS, ROOM 105.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTR IC
\'ohunc XIII , \o. 10

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

TERi'II'.'JET SPEEDS UP >JAMI\G \\ITNNER AT 'n IE

FIGURE SKATING Q!Ai\IPIONSIIIPS

\larch 5 , 1971

PAUL OLSEN RETIRES AFTER 31 YEARS

Paul Olsen was honored recently at the
General \\Jayne Motor Inn \vith a retirement
party attended by many of his friends.
Among his gifts were a compass
and a check to be used to purchas c a pair of binoculars .
Paul, a native of Baltimore,
joined General
Electric at Schenectady, ~cw
York, on January :?. , 1940, as a
cost clerk in the Sheet ~letal
Shop . Ile 1vorked in several
assignments tmtil he became
Supenri s or of the Aircraft Cost
Section in 1953. In \ovcmbcr
of 1954 he moved to \faynesboro.
~laryl<md ,

,Tack Zaleski , Canadi an General F:le c t ric Company ,

is pictur ed using a TerrrriNe t " 300 " rzade in
ilavnesboro to contact a corr.outer lo do the
accoun ting for the .cigure . kating cha117pionship .
'Ihe North Ameri can Figure Skat in,g Championships held in Peterborough , Ontario , recently
\verc of gr eat inte rest t o many emp l oyees of
the Canadian General Electric Comrnmy . The
accow1ting - -as it is called in f i gure skating
championships--is an amazingly complex series
of calculations gone through to name a winner
in each event . These have always been performed
by tedious manual calculations in the past.
Members of the Canadian General Electric management believed that this work could be done on a
computer, with much greater speed and accuracy .
So , they offered to the officials of the championships an a l l-GE computer set up , a TermiNet
11
300 11 for corrnmmicating wi th the computer, the
GE Mark I time-sharing computer in Toronto and
the Company even provided for the telephone l ink
by us ing the CGE direct lines between Peterbo~ugh and To ronto .

In 1955 , Paul was appointed Specialist-Cost

Estimati ng ror the Spec ialty Control Department.
I!:is primary e rrorts 1vcre in relation to ~overn
ment an<l Aeros pace Contracts , CPFF and Fixed
Price . A fc" or his major es timates included
"ork on the CSA Lockheed Electric SST, .A.GA and
the LDI pro,g-rarns . In 1968, Paul became ~ part
of the Aerospace Elec trical Products Bus 111ess
Section jn the capacity or Special ist-Estimating .
.Among his other accompl i s hments whi l e at
General Electric , he 1vas given a ~lanagcrial
..\Kard for his cost reduction "or k in Relays .
Prior to joining the Company, Paul , a gra~uat e
of Trappe lligh School, Trappe , Md . , and Goldi e
Commercial School, \llilmington, ~Id . , worked for
Hercules Power Company in Wilmington and the 1900
Washing Machine Factory in Binghamton, N. Y. , as
an accountant.

Paul plans to continue his residence at 1140

Greendale Road . His wife Vera is a 4th grade
teacher in the \favnesboro Public Schools. His
daughters , Carol , ' Kathie and Jeannie live in
\ddely scatte r ed areas of the country; namely
Florida, California and Illinois. Paul, who is
an avid boat enthus iast, pl ans t o do more
!'he latest reports are that all \\ent Kell with boating than he has been able to,_ vis~t witJ:i
the accolll1ting and expectations are that similar his children--in other words, enJOY his r e tirecomputer applications will be used in the future ment.
to score sports events. Another successful
application for the Termi>Jet 11 300 . 11

IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE AT GATE 12

\\IN A FR.EL i'Il:.AL

~Ir. Paul Jones, \!arr iot t Cafeteria Manager,
announced today that beginning Monday , March
8, 1971 , the Cafeteria wi ll make it possible
for a number of General Electric employees t
1,in a free meal .

>Ir. Jones said , "Free mea l tickets (a ll you

can eat) will be attached to va r ious i terns that
are vended through the vending machines ." The
tickets h"ill be attached to items at r andom
i n both banks of vending machines. If you are
a lucky winner , you s imply present the ticket
t o one of the cashiel'.'s fo r payment of meal and
lucky 1,"inners may use their tickets for a free
me al at any time . Good luck~
SPECIAl. SPRl NG PLA>rr CLLJ\i'\-UP

\\'eather penni tting , this weekend the firs t

steps 1vill be taken to improve the entrance at
Gate 12.

01ard1 has been set as i de for a special

effort by ':\'eryone for PL.mt clean-up .
Dur ing the \\'inter months , many corners arc
left w1toud1e<l . \oh' is the time to ma ke
a special effo rt to c l ean out these areas .

The roof at Gate 12 will be extended 25 feet

west to cover the hill at t he entrance . This
wi 11 help prevent an accumulation or j ce and
snow in bad weathe r on this walkway. (Pi ct ure
above .)

.\lon<la;: , ,\brch 8, h'ill be the first Special

Spring Clc~ 1- up Day . Let's all pi tch in and
in the \ava l parlance , m;ikc a "clean s1veep
fore :m<l (! r t. "
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Also , the first line of parked cars , 11

parking spaces will be eliminated and the
wa1k--hay will be widened . No automoh i le traffic
1, i J 1 he permit ted in the walklvay . (picture
heJ Oh' . ) 1his will provide for a safe , 1,ide
wal kway for employees going to ParkinQ Zone 8
and the Pi.ck Up area.

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Plant r ecentlu . Fruni 2>ow, left to r ig!tt- d . _
Tie:r>ney , f.fana,ger- Quali(' Conti ol , Jerry Har lnt.Jci ,
l,'ike Ancie1'.;011, Claude Lt:!ake, ,'.Jike Laymar, an l-.. :.fc.. l
St!01Ji!

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HedJ'lond, QC t,'ngineer . Back row , left to ris ht,

J7f!Jfts Hutchens , Steve Drwnheller, James Me_gr;ison
at'L Ricaar 7 1-jJrtZe . The tour was de $'i~ ne a 'to
c OT'il'ie"':C Y.a7:' ' ,.'atior:ai :-.;.:;{;,ee1 ' s :.Jeek . '

NEW SURVIVING SPOUSE DEA1H BENEFIT OF TiiE

PENSION PLAN IS FOR ACTIVE EMPLOYEES.
"It's like finding a life insurance policy
didn't lmow you had- -and it's one of the
st valuable."

~u

That's how one Pension Plan participant re<.cted when he took time to examine the new pre~ etirement death benefit of the Pension Plan
\.rhich went into effect at the begiMing of this
year. The new Pension Plan benefit is tied to
the 50% Survivorship Option and some employees
have assumed it does not benefit them tmtil
after retirement.

"five-year certain" death benefit, since this

can be directed to children or any designated
beneficiary. He pointed out that the preretirement surviving spouse death benefit based
on the 50% Survivo.rship Option can go only to
a surviving husband or wife.
"If an employee believes that the "five-year
certain" benefit meets his needs better than
the lifetime surviving spouse benefit he should
notify General Electric as soon as he becomes
eligible for the latter," Mr. Perry said.
"Since the surviving spouse benefit is paid
automatically if an eligible married employee
dies before retirement, a fonn nrust be completed
by the employee if he wants to reject this
benefit in favor of the "five-year certain"
guarantee.''

"That's not the case," says W. R. Perry,

lenefits administrator here in Waynesboro. "If
)OU're eligible, this new benefit is automatically paid to your spouse if you should die
Employees who have become eligible for the
pre-retirement surviving spouse death benefit
before retirement . "
received a letter recently explaining their
Mr. Peny explained that an employee who
options. Also letters will be mailed in the
has been married at least one year is eligible
future to other employees as they become
jf he or she is either over SO with 15 years of eligible. Since most employees will want the
more of service, or over age 60.
new pre-retirement surviving spouse death
benefit to apply, in most cases no action
For employees not yet retired, the pre-retire- need be taken.
nlent death benefit pays a lifetime income to
1 lle employee's surviving wife or husband, just
~ the 50% Survivorship Option does for death
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after retirement. In the case of pre-retirement
C:eath the income to the surviving spouse is
PLANNING AHEAD
calculated as though the employee had retired
inunediately before his death and had elected
The next paid holiday for all Waynesboro
the Pension Plan's 50% Survivorship Option.
Plant employees will be Good Frida, April
~Ir. Perry said that the pension paid an employee 9.
This is the second of 9 paid holidays.
v.ho retires optionally, and who elects the
Just think, that is only five weeks away!!
50% Survivorship Option on retirement, is rec~uced by two factors--the Optional Retirement
And, while we are thinking about time
1..tctor and the Survivorship Option factor. The
off from work, the vacation shutdown is
Cptional Retirement factor is detennined by the scheduled for July 5-9 and 12-16.
Employee's age at retirement--the mnnber of
}cars below the nonnal retirement age. The
**************
~,urvi vorship Option factor is detennined by the
cge difference between the employee and his
~pause- -how much older one is than the other.
For employees who die before retirement the
Optional Retirement and Survivorship Option
factors are also used, just as if the employee
~ere alive and retiring early.
If the employee
is under 60--the lower limit of Optional Retirenlent--at the time of his death, the early retirement factor for age 60 is used.

""'While the pre-retirement surviving spouse

death benefit is extremely valuable, and can
never be less than the "five-year certain"
guaranteed death benefit, Mr. Perry pointed out
th1t some married employees prefer just the
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J1At aap thf' bottom lllM'. au. and l'U ,t:f't ou~ uf yui.ot' J'14a

CURTO COMPLETES 30 YEARS SERVICE

We wish t o con
gratulatc the
following employees \\ho
reached service
milestones this
mon th:...;,.....-r,.__

5 YEARS

James .' lorris

~lyrtl e Hut ch inson
Mr . D. L. Coughtrv, Manage r-llfanu ~acturin.g, conChristine \lcLau,g hlin
Al i ce Raines
gr atulates nr . Fr ed B. Cur to, !1anage r - Maintenan ce , JenY Oo\\nev
Faye Coine r
on his r ecently completed 30 years s ervi ce .
Alda Saufley
Richard Thompson
Dori s Ott
Lois Coffman
Mr . F. 13 . Curto , Manager - Plant Utilities and
Carolyn Kline
'lary St ickley
~laintenance r ecently completed 30 years of
James Aus tin
Anna Eppard
service with the Gene ral Electric Company .
Cormie Dean
Charles Cook
~ 1ary Ellinger
Richard Taylor
J\fter resigning from the New State ConservaJoyce Hoy
James Cor bin
tion Department in 1941, Fred was employed i n
Doris Bailey
Bet t y Pysell
Schenectady as a mad1ine ope rator in the Com.Jo/\nn Bar ber
Margaret Campbell
pany's Transmitter Department. Late r, he 1'1as
Larry Vann
Pauline Austin
John D. \\.alker
appointed a foreman in that Departme nt and in
~lay , 1946, transferred t o the Welded Products
Department as a ~lethocls and Planne r of welded
10 YEARS
construction.
Charles Vincent
James Kenyon
Stanley Lotts
I I t s next as s ignment was i n the Control Depar tment before its split into s everal differe nt
15 YEARS
Deportments . l n 1953, he joined t he Spe cialty
Contro l Department and ass i sted in ci1e move of
Charles Wertman
facilities to Waynesboro in earl y 1954 . Late r
Emma Rankin
Robert Gill
that same year , he was appoi nted Supervisor or
~1arj orie Campbe ll
\\anda ~!orris
Plant Utilities and played a major part in putCharlotte Harri s
ting the present plant into operation in
Jack VanSise
Rhudene Jenkins
\\'aynesboro . Ile was appointed Manager-Plant
Eli zabeth Ervine
William \Varden
Mildred Johnson
Utilities and ~ laintenance in May , 1964 . During
Davis Altman
Bessie Buchanan
his career he has received several Manageri al
Sarah Criser
James Lockridge
Awards, for his outstanding service.
Nora Gill
Oscar Fox
Lugene Dovel
Some of his many hobbies are coin collecting, Lawrence Campbell
David Brenneman
music and attending auctions . His coin collectionJohn Wilson
John Campbe ll
r ates as one of the best in the area . Fred and
Reid Warner
his wife lielen r eside h'i th their son at 208
20 YEARS
Le e Drive .
GATE 20 CLOSED AT 6 : 30 P .M.
Anyone entering the parking l ot to pick up a
first shi f t employee who is working overtime
after 6: 30 p .m. must enter through Gate 2 and
make the pick up on the south side of the plant .

Joseph Bnme tto

30 YEARS
Fred Curto

Alfio Brancati

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Vollillle XIII

No. 11

March 12, 1971

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Control Devices 0peration

GE ' S ANNUAL REPORf

PAY, BENEFITS SOAR TO RECORD $3.8
BILLION; BORQI TI-IANKS GE PEOPLE FOR EFFORTS
Pay and benefits for General Electr ic
employees soared to a record $3 . 8 billion in
1970.
That's among the facts reported in the 1970
GE Annual Report now in distribution. That
total is a record despite the fact that many
compensation costs were down considerably during
the year ' s first two months because of the
strike.
From the low point of 1970--(the strikefirst quarter in which there was a
~~~million loss) -- the Company moved to a
profitable second quarter and continued ~o
gain momentum as the year progressed, ~aid.
Fred J. Barch, Olairman of the Board, in his
introductory corrmentary in the report.

~cted

STRIKE RECOVERY

BURLEICH APPOINTED MANAGER-MATERIALS

Mr. C. A. Ford, Manager-Control Devices
Operation, recently announced the appointment of
Mr. William I-I. Burleigh as Manager of Materials
for the Control Devices Operation.
A native of Andover, Mass.,
Mr . Burlei gh received his BS in
Mathematics in 1962 from Tufts
University .
Mr. Burleigh joined t he
General El ectric Company in
January, 1963, on the Manufacturing Management Pro gram . After
a variety of assignments in
Manufacturing, he came off the
Program in the Computer Depart ment located in Phoenix , Arizona.
In 1969, he was made Manager of Material Control
at the Processor Equipment Department in Phoenix .
He was appointed to his present position on
February 22, 1971 .

"The improving
Mr. Burleigh and his wife, Penny, reside
trend in earnings per- at #17 Brandon Ladd Circle, Waynesboro .
fonnance following
the strike reflected
a ntunber of factors- Effective MJnday, March 15, the following
most importantly, the changes in factory r estrooms will be made:
vigorous efforts by
The present women ' s restrooms located above the
General Electric
Ma.chine Room and adjacent to the Plating Room
peopl e to regain the
will change from women's to men ' s . Also, the
Company ' s momentum,"
restroom above the Photo Lab whid1 is presently
Mr. Barch said in
a men's r estroom will become a women's restroom .
complimenting employees
on their efforts to
There wi l l be no changes in the restrooms
hold down costs and
adjacent to the Shipping area or to the one
increase productivity . Mr. Borch thanked share above the old Mechanical Products area .
owner s and custaners for support during the
~ ke, and General Electric employees for so
These changes are being made to make rest yrumptly regaining satisfactory performance
room facilities more readily available to both
levels in 1970.
mal e and femal employees concentrated in various
factory work areas . Signs will be posted at
the above mentioned restrooms to remind you
of the changes .

ANNUAL REPORT ... . ( continue<l from Page 1)

C. 11. LEE COMPLETES 30 YEARS SERVI CE

But while the r es ults shrnved the Company's

resurgence, GE ' s chief executive pointed out
that the strike had still affec ted the year's
profit picture . In the "ten-year swmnary"
portion of the Annua l Report, readers could see
that 1970's profit of 3 . 8 cents on each sales
dollar was half a cent up from 1969' s 3. 3
cents. But they also could s ee that there would
have to be an increase o f 1. 9 cents or 50 % more
to reach 1965' s level of 5. 7 cents on ead1
dol lar of sales.
A profit r ate of 5 cents or more per sales
dollar was achieved i n every year but one of the
early 1960 's. Since 1965, the rate of profits
has been dropping : It went to 4. 7 cents per
sales dollar in 1966 and 196 7; dropped to 4 . 3
cents in 1908 and 3 . 3 cents in 1969 . These
few cents per dollar he l p build jobs by helping Mr . C. fl . Lee recei ves his 30 year ser vice pin
to pay for GL ' s inves bnen t in new f aci li ties ,
from /v/r . C. A . Ford while Mr . D. L. Cov.ghtrnd
as well as divi<lends for share owners .
iooks on .
PROBLEMS TO 13L SOLVED

~ Ir. Lee joined the Ccner<i.l Electric Comp any

in 1941 as a t ester in the Sd1enectacly plant.
Looking ahead, ~Ir . Bord1 said , "\\ie expect
\\~1 ile in Sd1enect;1dy , he held the positions of
continued grrnvh in sales and earnings for
Lea<ler of Test, !lead o! Test <.md Foremc;J1 in the
Ge neral Elec tri c i n 1971." But he saw problems old Control 1\lanufactur i ng Department. l!e joined
to be solved , s ayi ng" "111e U. S . economy faces
t he Specialty Control Department 1~hen it moved...-...._
the threat of 1vor k stoppages i n major industries to \\ayn csboro in 195-1 as a Supe rvisor of 'lethol
and continued inflationar y pr ess ures , r eflecting an<l Plaiu1 i ng . \\11 iJ e in \\a;'Tleshoro , he held
the disparity between 1vage s ettlements and pro- the pos ition of \l~m ufacturi ng Engineering Super ductivity levels ."
v i sor in the Program Cont r o l Operation in \ lanu factu ri ng .
Ile also w1de rlined the problem of foreign
competition and the inequitie s in international
In E J67 , he h'a s appointed to the pos1t1on
trade: "The Company has demonstrated that it
of j1!a11ager ol Industr ial Electroni cs jllanufacturcan compete profitably in world markets when
ing Oper ation and more r ecen tly became part of
trade is free and fair. But <luring 19 70 a
the Control Devices Ope r ation 1vhen it \Vas fo nned
munber of our businesses continueJ to find that rn 1970 .
many countries 1vhid1 have free access to U.S .
markets deny us reciprocal access to the irs,"
illr. Lee aml his 1vi le res ide at 333 Shore
he said. I le pointed out that overseas governRoad . They have three children: Sandr a hho i s
ments often in<li rectly s ubsi di ze produc t s of
marri ed a.n~l l i ves jn Cr ccns boro; Barbara J ane ,
foreign conip<:mie s for s hipment to the U.S . This a student at Radford College ; a.nd Ri cky , a s tudent
enabl es such ove rseas c ompanies t o sell their
a VPI.
products in the U.S . at a lrnver price ~ .:m they
******~~***
111e e lcct i on of SCOC aJ~ or fi cers and Board
d1arge at home. ~Ir. l3orch sai d that these
of Directors \\' jll be held in :\pril. The >lami abus es nee d t o be correct e d if h ealthy inter nating Comnittee is now in process of selecting
nationa l comnerce i s to be r eali zed.
candidates tor the follohing offices: pr esident,
***************
vice president , secr cta r r, treasurer , Board of
The American Society for QL~ali t y Control 1vill
Dir ectors ( 12 to be e lcctcd) - -~lanufacturing
hold its next meeting on ~larch 1.., , at the
Holiday Inn in l la rri sonburg . Cost of the dinner (factory and o trices), J:n gineer i ng , \ la r ke ti ng ,
Finance , Lmplo;ee Relations .
is $4 . 25 per pe r s on . For o th e r infonnation
and r ese rvations , contact Alma l lwnph ries ,
Tilis i s your chance to have an act i ve rolL
Ext. 410 .
in SCOGLE . ,\11 you have to do is call Ron<la
***************************
Lake on Ext . 5:S5 ;_md l et her knrn, your des i r es .
STOCK ANO FUND UNIT PRICE
f actory employees arc especially invi te<l to have
Stock and Fund Unit Prices for February , 1971:
the i r names pl aced on the nominee li s t . So if
any factory empl oyee j s intereste<l please contact
Stock - $104. 645
fw1d Unit - $27 . 546
Ronda .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XIII, No . 12

WAYN ESBORO, VIRGINIA

5000 TH PR I NTE R

March 19

1971

SURPLUS TV SETS GIVEN TO WAYNESBORO SCHOOLS

Connard How dyshell , Fo r eman in Maintenan ce

presented 3 surplus monitoring TV sets to
Thomas P . Munch , Educational TV Di r ector for
the Waynes boro Public Schools. Freddie Ple asan ts
and Jimmy J ohnson assisted in moving th e sets .
Th ese sets were used in the closed circuit sys tem on Gate 12 . After yea r s of reliab le service
they have been reti r ed and the Waynesbor o
Schools pl an t o use them in their educational
TV prog r am .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Pictu r ed above are Betty Wiseman and Cathleen

Goodman with the 5000th printer shortly be fo r e
shipment.

Recently the SOOOth TenniNet*300 Dat a

Corrununication Printer manufactured in Waynesboro
was s hipped. From the small beginnings in the
fall of 1969 , the printer now provides many
jobs for employees throughout. th~ entire plant .
On the inside two pages of tin s issue of the
NEWS we have taken pictures of some of the employees who make part s for the print~ r . or who
participate in the assembly of the flmshed
product.
In taking the pictures, several of the
,.-.;mployees commented to the photographer . Some
of those comnents are as follows :
*Trademark of the Genera l Ele ctric Company , USA .

Fonda Redifer sai d, "I have been in the

ar ea almost from t he beginning . I take my
job very ser ious l y because I know the product
that I am wor king on is r eally import ant to
the business ."
Martha 1\fhi t e has only been in the wire
harness area "about a month , but I am proud
to have had a part in the making of the SOOOth
printer."
Ne llie Riley said she "finds the work
in the printer q.r ea he r type of wor . I get
a chance to see that my work is accomplishing
something. I get to see how the uni t is built
from the beginni ng to the end . In fact the
work has made me more i nterested and I hope
t o be ab l e to t ake a key punch course ."
Dante Capriot ti made the f i nal test on
the SOOOth printer befor e it was shipped. " I
have been in the ar ea since the beginni ng
and the quali t y is much improved . Defects
have gone down to 2% per Llllit ."

Pictured below a re some of the many employees who work on thE

>...
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&

manufacturing of the TermiNet 300 printer in our plant every day .

PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

Printed below are some questions and answers received from the PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX.
Q. There are approximately three hundred punches
and dies in sheet metal punch press area, all
are dull and in bad shape. You get bad products
from this type of punch. Can this be fixed?
A.
Shop procedures are in effect for getting
punches sharpened, and if followed will insure
that good tooling is always available. Dull tools
should be placed in trays provided at the machines
and then ground in the Machine Shop or the Tool
Room. There are presently no abnormal backlogs
of punches that need sharpening. The operator
can help by bringing to the foreman's attention
any inadequate tooling. Backup tooling is available in the Tool Crib at all times.

Q. Why are the cafeteria prices so high? The

cost increases but the food portion decreases and
the quality is not as good as it could be. It
seems that this cost increase also comes just
prior to or after the employees receive a salary
increase. WHY?
A.
Cafeteria food prices have increased due to
increased cafeteria operating expenses. However,
in relation to prevailing connnercial prices,
cafeteria prices are very reasonable, especially
in view of an increase of 23% in food wholesale
costs since 1966. An item-by-item comparison
of cafeteria food prices with community commercial
prices shows that the cafeteria price structure
is very favorable. Also, there have been no
changes in portion sizes. The basic recipes and
portions used today are the same as they have
always been, with the exception of recipe improvements and the occasional introduction of new
items. In an effort to avoid the necessity of
raising prices, operating expenses other than
food cost have been progressively decreased over
the past few years. For example, through more
efficient preparation and service techniques,
the required labor to operate the cafeteria has
been reduced 25% in 3 years. It is particularly
gratifying that cafeteria prices have had to be
increased only twice since 1960. However, future
increases in operating expenses will dicta~e the
necessity of future price increases. It is the
cafeteria's goal to provide good wholesome food,
conveniently served in pleasant surroundings at
reasonable prices. The plant cafeteria is one
of the best industrial feeding facilities in
the Company.

Q.

How does one get off second shift?

A.
An employee who desires a transfer to
another shift should advise h~s foreman and
complete form SCW-592 ( 4-69) As openings
~
occur on work for which he is presently qualh .. ..=a
consideration will be given his request along
with others in accordance with his relative
seniority. Such transfers, however, shall not
take precedence over the normal upgrading of
qualified longer service employees.

Q. What ever happended to the dress code in

the factory? Dresses are so short they are a
safety hazard. Why are tennis shoes not allowed?
A.
The factory dress code was written to
designate the type of shorts employees could
wear in the factory and does not specifically
address itself to any other type apparel. The
code simply states that walking shorts are
permitted but not short shorts. In the last
year or so women's fashions have changed to
the mini-skirt which has become an accepted mode
of dress both in industry and in public. It
does not appear as though mini-skirts are a
safety hazard.
Since the safety aspect is minimal and
the problems in trying to enforce a standard
length of skirts would be unmanageable, we ha~
decided not to antagonize either the male or
female employees of the Department by debating
the desirability of mini-skirts. We feel
that appropriate clothing that does not offend
or embarass any employee is most desirable
for the industrial climate.
Tennis shoes are not allowed in the factory
because they do not offer enought protectio to
the foot. Hot solder dropped on tennis shoes,
for instance, could burn through the canvass
whereas this would not happen while wearing substantial shoes with leather tops.

Q. If there are fans in the roof, why can't we

feel some air movement in the factory on wann
days? It's not hot outside yet, but it's quite
warm already in the assembly areas like encapsulation. Do the exhaust hoods work?
A.
The roof fans are not designed to move the
volume of air necessary for it to be felt or
noticed at floor level. The fans are designed
to remove as much heat as possible from the
factory at ceiling level. Also, the fans should
only be operated during the summer months to
remove excess heat. During the winter month~
would not want to pump heat into the factory- ~1C1
remove it through the roof at the same time. The
fans are occasionally checked by Maintenance to
see that t~ey are operating efficiently. All
exhaust hoods have been checked and found to be
working properly.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELE CTR IC
Vol ume XI II

No. 13

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

March 26, 1971

PICKING GRADUATES FROM FMP

VISUAL COMMUN ICATI ON PRODUCTS DEPARTMENT

TO BECOME OPERATION WITHIN TPD
Effective Ap rill, 1971, Visual Communication Products Department will be transferred to
Co~nunication Systems Business Division and wil l
become an operation within Telecommunication
Products Department. Headquarters for Visua l
Communication Products Operation wil l remain in
Electronics Park, Syracuse . VCPO supplies equipment to the television broadcast industry including television ca meras, transmitters, etc .
WISE OWL AWARDS PRESENTED

Helen Corbett, Power Regulatio n Mfg., and

J. P. Luck, Power Regulat i on Eng., were t he
rec ipie nts of \~ i se Ow l awards recently . Helen
received hot solder splash on her right safety
,_g...l ass lens while connecting wires to a resistor .
e solder was embedded i n the lens. J i m was
testing a regulator in the lab when a rectifier
failure resulted in an explosion of an SCR.
The explosion hit Jim at eye-l eve l burn in g
Ralph Picking, Systems/Programmer, recently
holes in his shirt and his safety l enses were
received his certificate for completion of the
covered with burned fragme nts. He also reFinancial Management Development Program from
ceived burns on his face.
Manager-I nformation Sys te ms & Services , J i m
McEckron . The program is conducted on a CompanyBoth emp loyees were already "believers "
wide basis, gene rally for col lege graduates
in the necessity of wea rin g safety glasses .
recruited for Manage rial Deve l opment in the
However, after their accidents there was no
Financial functions of the Company. The classes
questi on in their minds of the need in the
which Ralph comp l eted were held at the Company 's
wearing of safety glasses in this plant.
Communication Systems Business Di vision office
in Lynchburg, Va .

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Ra lph graduated from Shippensb urg State

College in 1957 with a Bachelor of Science
Degree. His major was in mathematics. He
joined General Electric in January, 1960, at the
Ordance Department in Pittsfield, as a scientific
programmer. In February, 1963, he was transfer red to Apo llo Support Department at George
Marshall Space Fl ight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
There he worked on produci ng computer software.
In Apri l, 1966, he transferred to ~Jaynesboro
as a Systems/Programmer .
Ra l ph and hi s wife Phy lli s live at 609
Shore Road with their two children , Ralph and
Rob in.

HOW THE GE SALES DOLLAR WAS SHARED

Profits { 2a7 F for dividends
~
1.19-' for reinvestment~ 43.3. employees

~ 3.5. taxes ~ 49.4. supplies &other costs

A CLOSER LOOK AT 3.8 CENTS

A LOOK AT THE 1970 SALES DOLLAR

General Electric's 1970 profit--$328

million--sounds large in total dollars. But
on s a1es of $8. 7 bil 1ion, i t 1 s 1es s th an 4
cents on each dollar--specifically 3.8 cents.

In 1970 the sales dollars General Electri~

received from customers were divided four ways.
The chart shows how each was shared:

That important 3.8 cents had plenty to do

for General Electric's large family of businesses in 1970; and, directly or indirectly,
all of it benefited GE people and jobs.
2.7 cents had to go to share owners
in dividends directly, while others
benefited through dividends paid
to insurance companies, banks and
other institutions which invest in
business.
1.1 cents went to build GE jobs and
make them more secure by helping
to pay for modern equipment and
expansion to enable GE to meet
competition and serve customers.

--To employees for pay and benefits: 43.3

cents. The total was $3.8 billion, almost
double the $2 billion that went to employees
10 years ago.
--For supplies and other expenses: 49.4
cents. The total was $4.3 billion. Ten
years ago, the figure was just $2.1 billion.
--For profit--to pay dividends and reinvest in the business: 3.8 cents. The
total was $328.5 million. The total was
up $90 million over 10 years ago, but
the cents-per-dollar profit had slipped
from 5.1 cents on the sales dollar a decade
ago and 5.7 cents as recently as 1965.

That small 3.8 cents is important to every General

Electric employee. For a closer look at it, see
The 3.8 cents of profit on each sales
the accompanying article.
*********
dollar is an upturn from 1969's 3.3 cents, but
equipment and expansion--the Company spent $581
still below the 1965 profit of 5.7 cents on
the sales dollar. It's also below the 1966 and million in 1970--each employee has a personal~.
1
challenge. We must each seek new ways to low~ '
67 figure of 4.3 cents.
cost and all of us must respond to new methods
aimed at increasing productivity in order to
If the profit rate is going to provide
still further improve our profit rate in the
millions of reinvestment dollars required to
keep GE businesses competitive and able to sup- year ahead.
port GE pay and benefits by helping to pay for

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XIII, No. 14

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

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April 2, 19 71

SUTTON VISITS
WAYNESBORO
OPERATIONS
Last week Mr. Clement E. Sutton, Jr. ,
Vice President and Group Executive , Industria l
Group, visited the Waynesboro Operations . Mr.
Sutton was accompanied by t\vo division Vice
President..and General Managers who have a
portion of their division in the Waynesboro
Plant--Mr . R. P. Gifford, Vi ce President and
General Manager of the Communication Systems
Business Division, and Mr. I-I. D. Kurt , Vice
President and General ~hnager of the ~ss
e.nd _M.e as_urement Control Business f1ivision .
r "".

HEY - LOOK US OVER - our new safety helmets

finally arrived. Chuck Gentry , fork lift
driver instructor and safety representative for
Maintenance , wears a greem helmet and is explaining ~1e fundamental instructions and safety
factors to Louise Davis , fork lift drive r from
Incomi ng Inspection . All fork lift drivers '
helmets are a bri ght orange whid1 has a high
visibili tv factor . White helmets were also
issued to the fi r st aid squads on each shift,
with the Maintenance group retaining their present color, which is yellow. All helmets are
made of GE Lexan, an almost indestructibl e
material which is light weight and very strong.

**********
On page four of today's NBvS are some
answers to additional questions r eceived
through the Plant News Question Box. Questions
are still being accepted and two question
boxes have been placed on each side of the
~ afeteria for your use .

During the plant tour many corru11ents were

made by Mr. Sutton and those in the touring
group r egarding the clP~nliness of the factory
and the diligent application of the employees
to their work . Some of the comments made by
~1ose in ~1e group "'ere:
TI1e factory is extr emely clean ancl neat;
one of the bes t I have seen in the Company .' '
11

"All of the employees display an

interest in their jobs that s tands out ."
"If some of the other plants in General
Electric were as well organized and clean as
Waynesboro, we woul d have hi gher productivity
and a more profitable company ."
The management of the Waynesboro Plant
compliments the employees for the fine showing
made during the tour by Mr . Sutton . The
impression left with him of the efficiency ,
cleanliness, and productivity of all employees
will go a lon~ way toward providing favorab l e
decisions conerning work in the future at the
Waynesboro Plant .
Pictures of ~1e tour appear on pages
2 and 3 of todays NBvS .

One of the longest s t ops on the tour of the factory was in the Tenni1\et*300 Data Connmmication
Printer assemb l y area . I n the pi cture above Harold Knueppe l, illanager-DCP Manufacturing, is
shown explaining some of the finer points of manufacturing the pri nte r to Clement E. Sutton, Jr.,
Vice President & Group Executive , Indus trial Group . 1110se in the picture are from left to right:
D. L . Cough try, Manager-Manufacturing; R. P. Cifford, Vice President & General Manager,
Conmunication Sys t ems Divis i. on; Harold Knueppel, Clement Sutton , E. E. Parker, Manager-Group
Advanced Technology Planning, Industrial Group ; 1-1. D. Kurt, Vice Pres ident &General Manager, .-.,
Process Measurement and Control Division; and J. F. Ponzillo , General Manager-MA.PD . In the
background are Bob lfa i t lcy , QC , and Mr . Hugh Tierney, Manager-Qua lity Control.

Another stop on the tour of the factory was in the Machine Shop . John Witry, /\tanager -Met al
Parts Fabrication & Pl at i.ng, revi ewed the range of work perfonncd in t he Mad1ine Shop for a ll
the many products manufactured in Waynesboro for Mr . Sut ton . Other s Ln t he picture are :
W. F. Kindt, General /\lanager-DC::PD, illr . Sutton , 1\lr . Coughtry and jl!r . Parker .

C. A. Ford, lllanagcr- Control Devices Operations, describes the flIDctions and manufacture of
control devices for poh'Cr regulation for Mr. Sutton. The other members of the tour looking
at the po1ver regulation equipment are D. L. Coughtry, R. P. Gifford , E. E. Parker , and h' . F.
Kindt. In the backgroLmcl arc ~ Ir . C. 1-1. Lee , Manager- Industrial Power Regulation lllanufacturi ng
and ~ Ir. Kurt ta lb ng about the lIDi ts on display.
TAX INFORMATION
ANNUAL STATEMENTS MAILED TO S&SP P/\H.TICIPANTS
Individualized Tax Infonnation Statements
and Annual Statements of J\ccow1t have been distributed to Savings and Security Program partic i pants who received an S&SP " payout" this
year. 13enefi ts administrators in the Company
emphasized that the tax inforniation in the
statements is for use next ye ar i n reporting
19 71 taxable income, and not for use in tax
returns currently being f ilcd. "for information to be used in tax returns on 1970 hunt
up the Tax Information Statement clistributed
last year following the S&SP ' payout 1 , " they
said .
It was also pointed out that information
in the Tax Information Statement is also
necessary if any stock received in a " payout"
is subsequently sold. The combined Tax
Inf ormation Sta t ement and Annual Statement
of Account which S&SP participants ar e
receiving furnishes tax data in duplicate .
Participants are urged to file one copy with
personal paper s and to attach the tear-off
stub , with duplicate infoni1ation, to their
1971 "payout certi ficates--U . S . Savings
Bonds , GE Stock , and S&SP Mutual Fund Units .
111i~ will prevent los s and the data will be
available at tax filing time next year.

STOCK BONUS PLAN STATEMENTS DISTRIBUTED

Annual statements af accow1t in the Stock
Bonus Plan have been delivered to Stock Bonus
Plan participants . In announcing the distribution , GE benefits administrators said that
U. S . Savings Bonds received in the 1970 Stock
Bonus "payout" l ast year are not reportab l e as
income on Federal Income Tax returns -- the ones
many employees a re now completing . "The Bon els
1verc bought 1.,ri th the employee's own savings
and the receipt of the Bonds had no tax consequence , '' benefits administrators explained .
llrnvever , it was pointed out that, " If
you r eceived Stock Bonus GE shares in last
year ' s (1970) payout you will have extra income t o report . And if you "cashed" Stock
Bonus Plan U. S . Bonds in 19 70 there wi 11 be
taxable interest income . Stock Bonus Plan
shares should be reported as ordinary income
using the market value of the bonus shares on
the date they were r eceived .
'f11e benefits administrators point out that
there is another portion of Savings and Stock
Bonus Plan income in 1970 which participants
must report . 111is is the income accumulated on
Bonus shares during the holding period. This
1vas paid by check and shoul d be reported as
ordinary income .

PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

very uncomfortable for non-smokers. The Department doesn't permit foodstuffs or drink except
Answered below are some additional ques- at certain places and times (cafeteria, lunch
tions received through the Plant News Question hour and break). Why not do the same for
Box.
smoking? At least, ban smoking from conference
rooms.
Q. Why aren't the employees who already have
15 years of service (before 1971) recognized?
A. This question is one that non-smokers feel
They would like a 15 year pin also.
strongly about. At the same time, smokers feel
A. Beginning January 1, 1971, the General
Electric Company announced the up-dating of the
Employee Service Award Program. The primary
part of the up-dating was a newly designed emblem. Prior to January 1, 1971, the Waynesboro
Plant had not awarded 15 year service pins.
However, with the newly designed emblem announced, it was decided that the 15 year pin
would be included in the plant's service
award program, effective January 1, 1971. When
this announcement was made, many plant employees
who had attained 15 years of service prior to
January 1, 1971, expressed extreme interest in
receiving the 15 year service pin and because
of this high interest it was decided these
employees would be given ?ins. They have been
ordered, but due to heavy order demands on the
vendor, the pins have been delayed. As soon
as they are received, distribution will be made.

equally strongly that they should not be prevented from smoking if they so desire. Therefore,
it is not our plan to prohibit smoking at meetings. However, it is hoped that through this
question those who smoke will be alerted to the
need for thoughtful handling of the matter in
meetings as well as elsewhere.

Q. Why are phones not attended at all times?

We are a place of good business and with the
direct dialing today, it is very annoying to the
customer or vendor to have to say "It doesn t
answer, in the middle of the day or the morning. The question they ask is "Are you working
today?" How would you feel if you were ca 11 i ng?
The phones are not ornaments; they are tools
used to supply our bread and butter.
1

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A. This is a problem that involves each individual manager. Some managers have definite
practices that insure constant phone coverage,
while others depend upon all members of the
~
organization to work out ways to provide coverage.
This question is a good reminder to everyone
that making certain every telephone is answered
promptly, and courteously as well, is the best
way to serve.

Q. With the number of men we have working in

our Maintenance Department, why can't the
Company supply a traffic director at the main
gate from 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. daily? It
seems many people make a mad dash for home at
quitting time. Traffic courtesy has become a
thing of the past. I really feel, someday,
someone will be involved in a traffic accident. Q. Does this plant contribute to the pollution
of the South River through its plating or other
operations? If so, what steps are being taken
A. The area in question, we're assuming, is
the junction of Concord Place, General Electric to rectify the situation and what is the timetable?
Boulevard and the West Road leading to our
north parking lot. This corner is entirely on
city property. Each of these three roads merge
into one, going south, when exiting at 4:30 p.m.
All three roads have. a large "Merging Traffic"
sign two fee square which meet the city code.
This means that when conunon courtesy is extended to one another by each driver, we have no
problem. At times we have had the City of
Waynesboro Police "observe" this area and it
has helped. Maintenance has also observed, but
only as a spectator. We have no jurisdiction
out there, but we will continue to observe this
area and work with the Waynesboro Police Department as required.

Q. Have you ever attended a meeting when the

majority of attendees decided to light-up
cigarettes and cigars; even with normal ventilation, the air becomes very foul. It can be

A. No, this plant does not contribute to the

pollution of South River. Long before the recent
upsurge of interest in ecology in the nation
GE was leading the way in handling refuse so that
the purity of the water and air in the Valley
were protected. All process liquid waste (including the plating operation) is disposed of
through the city sewage plant. The only discharge liquid fed directly into the South River
is cooling water from such equipment as air
conditioners, welders, etc. This water is essentially of the same purity as received from the
city water supply. To ensure that we do not
contribute to the pollution of the river, we have~
recently purchased an atomic absorption Spectro-.
meter which will be used to determine the trace
metal content (:f our water discharge. We
will also be checking water flow rate, temperature
and the PH of the discharge water. These checks
~11ill be made s tartin~ i~ Ariril.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RAL@ELECTR IC
Volllll1e XIII ,

o. 15

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Apr i l 8, 1971

WI SE 0\1/L AWARD \I/I NNER

BUSI NESS BRIEFS :
Relay Order Lost
Another order was lost from a potential
customer in St. Louis for 2,000 ha lf- size
re l ays . Competition continues t o take mvay
our half-size r e l ay business by pricing their
fini shed r elays below our out -of-pocket costs.
In the first quart er of 1971 , 1ve have l os t
enought relay orders because of price t o pr ovide work for the en ti r e r e l ay section !or
over two weeks .
Order for Actuators

Errnest Geiman {7,eft) is shoon recei.vi.ng a f.fise

Awar d ce rtificate and 7..apel.. pin from Oscar
rox, 2nd shift Machi ne Shop Foreman . Er'Y!est 's
eyes were protected from aer>ious in.jury or
possib le 7..oss of sight by s a~e ty glasses when
he received weld flash whil..e using the electric
weld.E r . EY'Y/est becomes one of the 132 Waynes boro Plant employees who ar e membe rs of the
~lise OW?.. Cl..uh .

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HOLIDAY TOMORRO\\'
Tomorrow will be the second paid holiday
of the year 1971 . Only those employees who
have been contact ed specifically by their
supervisor t o report for wor k tomorro1v, Satur day or Slll1day s hould r eport .
The plant will be closed for the Good
Friday holiday on the s ame basis as a Slll1day
and only those wi th special Slll1day or holiday
passes will be admitted.
TI1e next scheduled holiday i s May 31. We also
have the plant shutdown scheduled for
-.Ly 5 through the 18th wi th the Independence
uay to be celebr at ed on Friday , July 2 .

Mississ i ppi Prnver Comp311y and Southern

Se rvi ces , Inc. , have not i fi ed Prnver Regul ation
Sal es tha t they iv.ill orde r from General Electric
the boi ler controJ svs ter:1 fo r their 500 ~ nv
lll1i t ~o . 5 at Plant Jack lfatson near Gulfport ,
~as s .
The total orde r wil l be ~orth about
$500 , 000 to t he General Elect r.ic Company as a
whol e and i ncludes nea rly $1 00, 000 1vorth of
A-C e l ect r i c actuators to be shipped from
Waynesboro in late 1972. The customer ' s visit
t o our plant in February h'as the turning point
in s ecuring tl1is attractive or<ler . l te 1._ras
impr essed wi th the attitude of the empl oyees ,
the manufacturing f aci l it ies, an<l the equi pment
on t est at t hat t i me .
Grid Re l ay Orde r Received
Bendi x placed a l ar ge order for grid-type
r e lays for use on the DClO airpl ane. These
r e l avs are scheduled for delive r v over the next
ni ne' months. Pri ce competition on this order
was very int ense and it was only through extra
effort by salesmen in the f i e l d and management
in Waynes boro tha t cos t s were brought in line
in order to make a s uccessful bid .
Rome Discharge Case Upheld
~ a~bi trator has upheld Rome, Ga ., manage ment rn discharging two employees who had someone. else. plll1ch their time clocks at the end of
their sh1It .

Service

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Milestones

f:OR
THOUC.MT
.

We wish t o con
gr atulate the
follrnving employees hho
reached scnrj cc
mil estones t his

OOWN I. FR0r..1'f !

Remember how annoyed we ahays get when

peopl e start rising in front of us at a ball
game in order to see an exciting play?

mon th::..;;._,..,~

Some excited spectator jt.nnps up so as t o

have a bette r view t han hi s neighbor. " OOWN
IN FRONT" we may yell as row after row rises.
But then, because we want to see too , we
get up too. Then the row behind us r ises and
so on until everybody is standing.
Actually nobody is seeing any better than
when they were all si tti ng . We just all got
the exercise of getting up and s itting drnm .
With out increases
t he way with wages and
yields to pressure for
are like the fellrnv in

production that can be

prices. When industry
a 1vage increase , prices
the second row.

5 YEARS

Shirley A. Kinder
Douglas Ponton
Sharon R. 1-!ewi tt
Nancy C. Baber
Cathleen C. Goodman
Kenneth P . Ki t e
Ronald W. Daugherty
\fary B. Huffman
Barbara J. Rudin

10 YEARS

S. Jean Hall
In oroer to mee t expenses and make any kind
of profit, prices have to r is e also.
We are apt to forget that the only r eal
purchasing power we have is from what we produce and trade to some one else for what thev
produce. That i s why higher wages without
higher product i on cheats all workers.

Cl ara M. Brown
James P . Corbet t
Katherine M. Monroe
Thomas R. Brothers
Florence V. J ohnson
Ida T . Bolling
~lary E. Henderson
James W. Collier
John T. Miller

Ruth J. Batten
15 YEARS

'lary

s.

rlartin
L. Blackbum
Donald G. Ho l s tein
Cecil B. Comer
Joa11 C. Kobus
~~rgaret V. Earman
Leo F. Hun tlcv
The lma w. Bryant
1~illiam

Charles E. Dedrick
Lucille V. Wiseman
Charles R. Minter
Nancy C. Tay l or
Kerforcl S. Brooks
Lillie B. llawkins
Recd G. \ieclenthol

20 YEARS

Ross D. Spalding
30 YEJ\RS

Cyri 1 11. Lee

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GE stock pri ce at the close of business
on Wednesday , April 7 on the New York Stock
Exd1ange 1vas 116 1/8 . The pr ice of the
S&S Mutual Fund Uni ts at the close of busin e~s
on April 5 was $28 .63 .
"P-T-T-000 EEY ! I'd rather face facts!"

--it provides the employee the opporttmity

to leave his work place and enjoy his
refreslunent and ltmch break in a different
and comfortable atmosphere

PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

...........
J.
The GE Monogrcon f'l'equentty ca:Priea stories
about suggestion CJ1Uards of unusual size at
other pZants. A recent issue praised suggestion
systems as a vaZuable aid in cost reduction
efforts. If other plants find suggestion systems beneficiaZ to cost improvements and
emptoyee spirit, why is there not such a system
in Waynesboro?

--it keeps the inside plant and outside

grotmds clean and free of discarded food,
cans, paper cups, etc.
--it provides rodent, insect and vennin
control
- -it enhances the quality of our product
which is so necessary for our customers
and for this plant to stay in business.

A.
1he Waynesboro Plant participated in
the General Electric Suggestion Plan from
1955 tmtil it was suspended in 196 7. The
reasons for the suspension were as follows:

We feel that a good clean plant is more

important to this business than the
money that extra vending machines might make.

--lack of participation by majority of

employees even though they were constantly
encouraged to do so.

Does the non-union man have the same

chance for advancement or upgrading as the
union man? Can the union hoZd back a non-union
man in favor of a union man?
Q.

--injured employee morale when suggestions

were not accepted.
--employee dissatisfaction with amotmts of
awards. The type of manufacture did not
lend itself to long production n.ms and
therefore large awards.

A.
All employees have the same opportunity for upgrading regardless of whether
they are members of the tmion or not.

--many suggestions received from employees

were already tmder consideration and it
was difficult to get employees to believe
this.

Upgrading is based on the requirements of

the position to be filled. Candidates
are selected for higher-rated jobs on the
basis of individual qualifications.

--employees became impatient at the length

of time it took to get answers to their
suggestions.

The Company takes into consideration as an

important factor the relative length of
continuous service of the employees whom
it finds are qualified for such upgrading.

--frustration when employee's suggested

ideas turned out to be part of their jobs.
Q.

--investigation of suggestions by supervision and other assigned personnel timeconsurning and costly.
Presently, there are no indications of
reviving the Suggestion Plan at this Plant.
Why d.on 't we have a drink machine out on
the parking lot for those who wish to eat outside when pretty. You'd make a lot of money!

Q.

A.
The practice for hot food and vending
service in this plant is that it be contained in a central location. This practice was established in 1954 and over the
years it has proven to be a good one.
Some of the reasons for this practice are:

Is it possible to get an assortment of

nuts in 10 bags for the vending machines?

A.

It is possible to get an assortment

of nuts in 10 bags to he vended through
vending machines. Although the item is
not an especially popular one, t.he
Cafeteria will proceed to include this
item in its vended products. It will
take approximately 30 days to get this
into effect and it will be on a
basis.

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The Plant Ne1.1Js Question Box is still in
operation. Any empZoyee may s'Ubmit a question
to the PZant News Question Box merely by
UJriting the question on a pZain sheet of
'f?aper and pZacing it in one of the 2 coxes
Zoaated outsid.e the aafeteria.

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Its Passing Should Cause

Reflection Here At
Waynesboro

EDITOR 'S NOTE: The

ar>tic le r>epY'inted below appear>ed in the Mar>ch
27 is8ue of Fiber> Facts ,
the duPont Paper . Thern
is a message here for> us
all .

The announce111c1H that the Co111panys "C:orfan1" \cntu re

(sec ne\\s story, page one) cunc as quit e a blo\1 10 ou r pride.

wou ld

be d iscont inued

Og
o"'
C

Since nu Pont in\'Cl!lcd nylon bac k in the 1930's. our researc h effort has come up
\1irh stanling cliscoYery after stanli11g disrn\'cry. \\'c ha\'C b ro ugh t ou t a fami ly of nc\\ and
0
more soph isticated !ibc1s . ill\cn tcd neoprene . "Freon''. "Lucite". " Ze rex" 10 name a fc"" ~~
and our reputation has been built on nothing but successes.
~
.-\fte r SC\'en years. the Con1pany has an nounccd th at sales \ol umc and price competition has forced the "Corfam " Yenture to close clo\\n.
This is an econ omic fact of life that \1'C at \\'ayn csboro shou ld stu dy.
There is no such thing as "free lunch ... No one is go ing to bai l us out if \\'C don't carry our share of the load.
In the business ,,oriel \1ith competition as it is. onl y the success ful sur\'i\e. Th e Packanl and Studebaker cars, lon g do111i11ant in th e field - did not surYiYc because they lost
money. The Edsel, "i th al I Lhe reso u recs of th c Fo rd \I ol or Company, cou ld not com pcte in
i ts price ra nge \\'ith other makes. and soon \1c1H o ut of business.
Each product in th e DuPont Co mpany (and 1h e re arc O\'Cr I .'.ZOO of them ) must stand
on its 0\1n two fee t - or go do,1n in to obi iYio 11 . .Just bee a u se DuPont is .. big" docs not gi \'C
us the assurance there ,,ill ah1ays be a \\'ay11 cs boro plant 1n a kin g .\ cc tatc, "Orlon " an cl
'' Lycra" . Bigness docs not g iYc any assura 11Cc ol job sec urit y lo any p lant that does n 't make
a profit. Hope is not enough - profit is essential. R ayon and scores of other produc ts like "Corfam" all met the same fate .

vve remember the Studebaker closing. Chamber of Commerce mee t ings, City Council meetings, u n ion meetings all said "You can't clo this to us! " Dur close dow n they did,
throwing thousands out of \\ork . many of ,,. ho 111 had clcm anclcd h ighcr \\ages and shorter
hours, and who had fought tO pre\'Cn t prod u cti \it y im proYcm ems.
The vVaynesboro Plant has had a glorious history. It has m et every challenge thrown
its way. Built in the depression, it started a nc\\' process un de r the most adverse cond itions. During the mid-I 950's "hen the accta Le market fell to pieces, it tightened its belt
and hung in there, slugging it out with the best of them.
And today, w ith competition getting more and more intense - with sales prices fall ing
and the cost of wages, raw materials and services climbing, we at \Vaynesboro are faced with
some of the same problems "Corfam" has faced. vVe need more output per m an hour. vVe
cannot r est on our past accomplishments. Greater producti vity per employee is a necessity
for our business to survive in the competitive market and in face of inflationary wage and
material costs.
Let's remember Studebaker, Packard and "Corfam " .
There is no such thing as f,ee lunch .

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
\"o ltunc \II l , \0 . l o

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

.\pril

!~ ,

El 71

Bll'-i C\ESS BRIJ:rs

S:.i ti" ri ed Cu;,. tomcr

>Ir . Bnh (; i I l , \ l'..111:.iger- l<e I ciy Sales ,
recently rcccin.~ <l the follohing tclegrar.i
f rou >Ir . \\. . Scher: i nge r , ;;uyer 1or the
\ :H"i. gation :mJ Control lh,i:-: i.on o r BcnJix
Corporation :

"In behalf of the Bendi x Na vi oa ti on and Control Divis i on and myself

I wish t o th an k you for the tremendo us
ass i st in supplyin g aircraft fl ight
control parts two weeks prior to
origi nal schedule . Your f i ne response
to our request for expedited deli very
i s most appreciated. I a 1so wish to
t han k al l who participated in this
task."

Fi r s t Quart er Result s Announced

Earnings of the General Electric Company
were $9l , 4bb , OOO or Sl.0 1 a share in the
f irs t quarter o( 1971, compared with a
$42,583 , 000 loss in the strike-impacted first
quarter of 1970 , Chai nnan Fred J. Berch announ ced recently .
Sa l es wer e S2 , 099 , 157 , 000 in
the first quarter of 1971 , compared 1\lith
Sl , 5b3 , 934 , 000 recorJed in th e same qua rter
a rear ago .
Corrrrnenting on the Company's r esults, ~!r .
Berch point ed out that "more meaningful compari sons are provi<led by rel ating 1971 fi r st-quarte r
r es ults ,,i th the s3.llle 1)erio<l in 1969 1d1ich
h'as :;imilar:.v not strike - a ffected ." On this
basis , the Sl . LH a share earnings for t he 1971
first quarter compared 1\ith earnings of 36c
a share in the 1969 period, and sales of
$2, 099 ,157,000 thi s ~ear cor.ipared h'ith sales of
52,004 , 560,000 .
(continued on Page 3)

\)n April 8 , \'an P i tchcr a<lJed 3() \ca rs

to hi ~ fami 1'' s t otal Gene ral Elec:ric. sc r,i ce cont ri h~tion cf 1:\1 ~-ca rs . \";i."1 , hho
is o r i,,.:in3ll~- fru1:1 Schcncct3Jy , \t:\\ York ,
j o inc J :1is father an.J tho w1cles a: :.Cne ral
Llcctri...: ' s Schcncc t:1th \\orb in l~i~~ . \"::m
is shoh-:1 aho\e r ecc i \"ing h1s 30 year senice
pin fro::i >lr . l!ugh Tic rne ry, ' lana ger-Qua.lity
t:ontrol as ..\rt l!y:cr , Supe n-i so r, ::x:l ks on .
\":111 swrtc<l hi th tJ1c Company ::'.3chining
part~

fo r the monito r-top refrigcr::. : o r~ .

111irt: :ears later he is r epairin_g co1;iplcx
refrigeration systems on enviroruner. ~al
chambers for the Re l ay Operation . As a Test
Equipment Dc\clopmcnt >bn i n Data Cor.ununication Pro<luct s Dcp(lrtment , Van also :ackl es
many other tedm i cal drnllenges suc.1 as
the as;-;emhly and construct i on of te::: t equipment
panels and cab i nets . ,\ !though he '.:as
spec.:.:....li :cd in the re fr i gcration Leld , he
has actu.11 ly come full -circle thrc;.:~1 a 1-.:ide
\:iriety of >lanufacturing and Quality Control
ass ignr.;ents .

\an . hi s wife >!uriel also a11 emp loyee

here ir. \\ a\11esborc , and their t \,o ::-. i 1 dren
ha\e been :in \faynesboro since 1933.

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S:\Flm - - PUTTI\G YOU L\i SAFETY

_
Jlur i ng the past couple of \\ec b , 'I r.
!-rc<l B. Curt o , \lana ge r- Plant Uti lities ;md
'-bi ntcnance, has been giving safety talks
t o the \;u1ous foremen
in fo rrnat i \e
c?nfe rcnce groups throughout the plan t . J n
l11s tal~s , ~lr . Curt o stresses the impo r tance
?f 1"orkrng safely 3Il<l l-J1oh'ing h'hat safety
i tcrJLs a r e us e<l ~rnd h 01.,r they a re used.
In
the photo at the t ol) o f the pJge Lo.rr v
'" <l le~' , an Apprentjcc
l
11u
as s i gned t o' \Ir. ;
Curto' s organi :a ti on , <lemons t rates that
s tecl i n a sol i<l fonn ,.; i 11 not bum. Howc \cr
JS an adc:lendu:] to th is Jernons trati on , '.lr .
Curt o s ho.,e<l !HJh a piece of steel \\'Ool 1,i.ll
bu rn because the air ge t s in the hoo l an<l
fre<ls the fire . Tn the photo ,-ou can a Jso
sec the r ecently-purd13se<l safctv hats tJ1at
the fork li f t <lr i \crs ;m<l others' in tJ1c
plant arc require d t o .,car . In the botto1~1
photo \\.ade Hut chinson, --Guard , and \Ir . Curt o
1
1. cmons tratc the flai:mlJ. l) j li ty of ordinary
l3ir spray .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Vol ume XIII, No. 17

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

l='D DD

BEAVER NAMED ERIE MANAGER

~OR

THOUC.HT
KI NG COLE IXXJD IT .....
Old King Cole called for his four wise
men when he wanted to know how to beat inflation and rising prices.
" Te ll me how we can a ll cut down the
cost of l iving and still pay hi gh wages" was
the problem King Cole put to his wi se men .
So the wi se men four went to their books
_.,-.... for the answer .
The first wise man said effective effort
by the emp l oyees was the answer to lower
prices . The second wi se man said goods
produced in volume would lower costs .
The t hird wise man said modern machinery
would l ower costs . AA hones t day's work for
a day ' s pay was the fourth wise man ' s solut ion
to the problem .
"You are all right . \\le must use all
four methods to reduce prices and have high
wages, " King Cole told his wise men .
Individual productivity, volume ,
tecimical improvements and an honest day's
work are ALL necessary i f prices are to be
reduced and inflation defeated.
WHAT HAPPENED TUESDAY

April 23 , 1971

I~

REALYS QC?

Tuesday afternoon 22 emp loyees i n the Rel ays

QC area le ft work on~ hour ~arly t o express._
their disagreement with a final Compa~y pos~
tion on an exhausted grievance. The i ssue in
the gr ievance was over how the Company rea rranges emp loyees in a work area after a
reduction-in-force . All employees returned
to work Wednesday morning without further
incident.

i'<IAPD Engineering Manager ,

Rid1ard Barton, has announced
the promotion of Roy L. Beaver
to the position of ~lanage r
of the QT ~roject Section
at General Electric's Trans portation Systems Division
in Erie , Penna . Beaver, who
is pr esently ~lanager of
Product Design Engineering,
wi ll report to his new
assignment on May 17.
As Section ~lanage r, he will be respons i bl e
for directing the engineering, manufacturing
and marketing activities for a ne1v Business
Section of the Off-lli ghway Vehicle Products
Department . Beaver will be 1vorki ng on an undisclosed new project mos t important to the
Company's fut ur e business expansion .

Beaver is a 195 4 baraduate of VPI hhere

.
he 1vas awarded a 13SEE . following graduation ,
he beaan
his CiE
career with the Power Trans o
.
fonne r Department, Pittsfie ld, Mass . , as a
member of GE ' s Advanced Engineering Program.
lli s career 1vas interrupted for two years while
he served in the U. S . Anny Signal Corps .
I n 1956 he r eturned to the Company and
continued his work on the Advanced Engi neeri ng
Program with many ass i gnments in vario~
locat ions includi ng the Flight Propulsion Labs ,
Schenect ady , N. Y. , where he 1vorked on the
propulsion sys tem of the Atlas missile .
Beaver ' s first visit to Waynesboro came two
years late r when he was i nvolved in the
engineering of pararnatic Jri ves at the then
Speciality Control Depar t ment. Subseq uent
assiITT11Tlents
t ook him to GE l ocati ons in Lyncho
bur g and Utica , N. Y. Ile r eturned t o the
lfaynesboro pl ant in 1960.
Beaver has been an active member of t he
Waynesboro corrm1w1i t y , part i cipating in Jaycee
activities and servi ng as Sunday Sd1ool
Supe rintendent for Grace Luthe r an Churd1 .
Beaver , hi s wi fe and four d1ildr en expect to
move to Erie in June .

PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

When I'm entitled to 4 days personal. or
sick time off and I have pereonai business
that I don't care to disauss with my foreman
or anyone, do I have to start lying so that
something can be put on my time card?

Q.

A. It never pays to lie to meet the

necessaxy conditions requi:red tmder
the contract to insure payment for
the days of personal/sick time an
employee is entitled to. The GE-UE
Contract (1970-73) provides for Sick
Pay in Article XXVII, page 77, and
states the conditions tmder which an
employee will be paid. Manager's
approval is the key to payment.
In order for any manager to make
an intelligent decision conceming
payment some infonnation is needed.
The Company has been operating under
these same rules for salaried employees
for a m.nnber of years without pxying
into an employee's personal matters.
I notice in our pl.ant paper that some
pictures of deceased empZoyees are pubZished
and some are not. Why is this? Would it
be possibZe to have aZZ pubZished? Some
of our fe7,l.oliJ workers are knOIJ.in onZy by face
and are not re aogni zed by name.
Q.

A.. The paper makes evexy effort to rtm

articles of interest about employees.
At times, in the case of deceased
employees, we do not have a picture
in our files and it is necessaxy to
contact the deceased employee's family
to get the necessaxy infonnation and
pictures . We have no intentions of
slighting any employee and we appreciate
any oversight being called to our
attention.
We don't have a fire al.arm box or fiPst
aid beZZ to ring in the Printed Circuit
Board area that I know of or any ptace cZose.
I think we shouZd know where one couid be
7,ocated in case of an emergency.
Q.

A. 1bere are three fire alarm boxes

in the vicinity of the Printed
Circuit Board Area. A check reveals
they can be reached in less than 30
seconds The foreman wi 11 review
their iucation at his next Informative
Conference.

Q.
We beZieve the Company would like everyone
to operate at their job in the most efficien-/f-~...,,.......,.
manner; therefore, why do we not have a maintenance contract on the Remington Rand Lektrievers located in Accounting, Billing, and
Payroll? The pl.ant electricians are able to
fix them onZy momentarily and about every
otheP day one breaks da.m.. This makes for
inefficienay and is most aggravating when
you need an invoice to answer someone you
have on long distance and can't get the
Lektriever to move.

A. Service contracts, like most

business decisions, are strictly
a matter of economics and requirement.
We have 7 Lektrievers and service
contracts covering all machines
would be expensive. Remington, as
an alternative, to provide in-house
service, spent a day instnicting a
maintenance electrician on Lektriever
service. Having in-house service, is
of course, quicker than calling a
serviceman from Richmond. The files
are used constantly and the user
can't wait the two days usually
required to get a man to cane here.
For major repairs, beyond our ken,
~
a serviceman is called on a time and
materials basis.
M15T FATAL ACCIDENTS TO GE EMPLOYEES
ARE OFF lliE JOB
The automobile continued to be the major
killer of Company employees who died in
fatal accidents during 1970.
Of the 146 employees killed in 1970, 8
lost their lives in occupational accidents,
93 in auto accidents, 12 in falls and 12 in
homicides. Of the 151 killed in 1969, 5
died as a result of occupational accidents,
98 in auto accidents, and 13 in drownings.

Al though the Company's rate of cl.eaths

by automobile accidents is an improvement
over previous years, it is hopefully the
beginning of a trend to reduce this toll
of our employees, points out Bill Perxy,
Waynesboro's Safety Specialist.

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

~.

REMINDER: Daylight Savings Time starts this

weekend. Don't forget to change your clocks

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ER AL@ELECTRIC
Vohune XII I , >lo . 18

WAYNESBORO,VIRGIN IA

FDDD

. ~OR
THOUC.HT

April 30 , 1971

'MR. N/C' RETIRES THIS WEEK

Afte r 40 year s with Gener al Elect r i c ,
MA.PD Marketing Manager Don Dice i s retiring
thi s we ek . Known withi n the business as
"Mr. N/C ," he is the man pr imari ly responsible for providing our Canpany with the
lion ' s share of the numer ical contr ol mar ket.

RECIPt... FOR DESTRUCTION

Some time ago a disti nguished J\meri c:m
ec.luca tor 1vas as keel 1vha t he wou ld do if he wanted
to destroy American freedom an<l par alyze i t s
prosperity.
Ile said he hould concentrat e on three
aims which 1vould reduce any coW1try to serfdom.
One aim 1vould be to forment str i kes and
create as much industrial conf usion and un ~tainty as possible . Anot her ai m 1voulcl be
scatter biased propaganda that would misrepresent bus i ness and t r y t o pr ove free enterpr ise a fai l ur e . Finally , he sai d he 1vould
boost all wasteful appropriat ion bills in
Congress and teach the peopl e to expect somethin g
for nothing from their gover nment.
111is would heaken the na t ion ' s financial
structure . "These three activi t ies , car ried on
persistently and long enough , wi ll 1\Yeck any
Democracy ," was his warning .
lv11en we hear anyone t oday pr act icing any
of ci1ese t hree t actics , le t us as k hi m a
question: JUST WHAT ARE YOUR ~ DTIVES?

BUSH<ESS BRIEFS
Waynesbor o : Sperry-Gyr o has placed an order
for 5800 one - half size r el ays wi th us aft er a
very close bidding contes t wi th one of our
major competitors. TI1is same competitor 1\Tas
s uccessful in taking another o r der for 1800
one-half size relays \\hen he made a bid pr ice
belc.; our out- of-pocket cos t s .
..-_

V. 0. VICE
Comnenting on the occasion , MAPD Gener al
Manager J . F. Ponzi11o said , " Don has mor e
than eamed his r ight t o a rich and rewarding
retirement . It has been because of Don more
than anvone else that I can think of that
General El ectric is the leader in t he numerical
cont r ol business. Dur ing that t i me , he has
had hi s finger on the pulse of t hat business
sensing .vhat the market needed . " Mr . Ponz i l l o
added , " Don ' s experience in this field will
be missed ; there's no question about that ,
but it is also to his cr edit tJ1a t during these
years Don has developed the talents of a
gr eat many mar keting men and pas sed on much
of his knowledge ."
( continued on Page 4)

PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

Q.
When female employees are put on so-aalled
"men 's" jobs as janitors and move men, zuho is
to blame? Does the union demand they be put
there or is it the Company?

A. Neither is to blame. The tmion and

management are both trying to ins1:1re that
women and men have equal opporttmity as
provided for under the law--EEO booklet on
"Toward Job Equality for Women," page 7:

"C. SPECIFIC EMPLOYER, EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

Contract was inproved as of January

1, 1971. It is the portion of the contract
that provides for restoration of service ~
for employees who have not established
continuity of service (12 months of
continuous service) and who are absent
due to a compensable accident or a com~
pensable illness for over 2 weeks. This
paragraph does not apply to employees on
layoff. We have reviewed your record and
the adjustment made in your continua~
service date is correct per the practices
followed 15 years ago and those provided
for in the latest contract.

AND UNION OBLIGATIONS UNDER TITLE VI I"

On Januarr 1, 1971, further improve''The employer, the tmion, and the employments were made on the restoration of
ment agency are responsible for ~eeing .
service credits for those employees
that the law is obeyed. Collective bargainhaving
continuity of service and who
ing contracts may not discrimin~te on the
were
absent
from work due to layoff,
basis of sex. Employers and tmions cannot
personal
illness,
or accident for 2 weeks.
contract for a system which establishes
Also, employees who leave the Company
separate job classifications, ~~e rates,
and vest their pension rights (10
or seniority lines which discriminate on
years or more of continuous service) and
the basis of sex except in the few .
who later return to the Company imy have
instances where sex may be a bona f~de
their prior GE service, to the extent
occupational qualification for the Jobs
covered
by their vested benefits, reinvolved."
stored
after
completing at least six
The new supplement signed by both the union
months
of
service
following their return.
and the Company changed the procedure for
~
bumping and like anything new_ it has some
kinks. Management and the urnon are
Q.
Is there anything zue aan do about zuomen
studying the situation to see if some
having to ta.ke men's jobs? There should be
additional procedures can be agreed to that men's jobs alassified as men's jobs.
will meet the requirements of the law and
still meet the employee's desires as far
A.
None of the jobs in the Waynesboro
as possible.
Plant can be classified as men's or
women's jobs. Every con:iderati?n ~o~sible
Q. In years past, the pmaedure has been if
within the law will be given to individuals
you quit y~ur job here and then aome baak, .you
who are assigned to jobs they cannot d?
lose your serviae and start anezu. Also, -if
As a matter of info!11lation, the following
you get Zaid off for Zaak of work before you
statement has been distributed by the
have a year's serviae, you lose serviaq. Now
EEOC as a guide to interpreting and underthe proaedure is if you have ten years of
standing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

aontinuous serviae and you quit, if you aome

baak zuithin one year you get your serviae baak.
This is my question and it aonaerns myself. I
now have 14 years'serviae in June. I got laid
off twiae or three times before I aould get a
year's serviae. I should have fifteen years'
serviae aome Oatober 29, 1971. As it stands
now I zuill have 14 years June 11, 1971; zuhy
zuhe~ you quit aan you get your serviae baak and
yet zuhen you get laid off through no fault of
yours, you iose it? Please refer to page 26,
Item A in the Union aontraat.

A. Continuity of service credits

improvements are made periodically just
as other benefit improvements are made.
Paragraph A, page 26 of the GE-UE

"A.

AVAILABILITY OF JOBS FOR BOTI-1

SEXES" As a general rule, all jobs must

be open to both men and wom~n. Jobs must
be open to both sexes unless the employer
can prove that sex 'is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the no!11lal operation o~ t~at
particular business or enterprise_ .. Th~
term--bona fide occupational qualificatio1~
or BFOQ- -is being narrowly ~fined by the
Conmiss ion and the courts, with the
burden of proof that sex is a BFOQ for the
job in question falling on the e1!1ployer "
(or union or employment agency) involved.

Safety At School

Safety At Home

STOP LICRT TRAINING AI D

INSPECT GARDE\J TANK SPRAYERS BEroRE US ING
l!arry Simmons, Stockroom, says, "I' m
not s ure i f I' 11 ever use a garden tank sprayer
again . "
Believe it or not, Harry had one 1-)ow
up on him recently . The tank sprayer was
a three - gallon size , and one that he had
borr owed f r om a friend .
Harry inspected the sprayer and tank
before pouring sprayer content into it. He
noted some slight rust on the inside bottom
of the tank - -the outs ide bottom of the tank
looked all right.
! le discounted the little rust and figured
the tank was all right . ! le filled the tank
half-full with the contents and began the
pumping procedure t o bui l d up pressure .
The method of pwiiping was the hand-over -hand
method , s imilar to the way an old well water
pump is used.

Last week, Mrs. Ceci 1 Smith, a teacher at

he Shenandoah Heights El ement ary School,
called our plant and asked if we coul d wire
up a simulated traffic light for use at the
school in teaching retarded children. Messing
Manufacturing built the box and insta lle d the
lights and the sockets. In reply to her request,
a nwnber of our second shift empl oyees contributed their time to the installation of the
metal shades over the lights and 1viring of the
lights so it would operate manually as a traffic
light.
The light, pictured above, wi ll be used
for a present ation by ~ !rs. Smith in a Uni ver si t y of Virginia sponsor ed c las s on trainin g
and working 1vi th severely retarded ci1ildren.
The light will also be used for clemonstrations
and talks to interested organizations as 1-.rell
as for two classes of retarded children at
Shenandoah Heights Elementary Sd1oo l, two
first grade clas s es and one kindergarden class .
The purpose of the light is to illus trate
color, safety , s hapes and sizes of such
equipment, especially for retarded children.

The eJl.lJ los ion occurred \\hen the tank

was at about half- press ure. The explosion
knocked one of Harry ' s arms and hand back
over his head with the other hand receiving
a blow from the edge of the tank resulting
in a deep lace rat ion on one finger 1vhich
required 10 stitd1es .
r ortW1ately the explosion happened when
i t did. If it had happened when the tank was
at full pressure and when Harry's head and
body had been more directly over the
tank , it very likely would have blown up 111
his face resulting either in a broken neck
or death.
You should guess by nrnv 1-.rhy Harry has
related this accident to the Plant NI\VS . l le
doesn ' t want this to happen to you .
Check your garden tank spr ayer thoroughly
before us ing. Don ' t take any chances . The
life you save may be yours .

*********************'

The Shenandoah Valley Coin Club 1vill hold

~!rs . Smith expressed her sincer e apprecia its 7th rumual coin sho1v a t the l!oliday I1m in
,.-tjon to our second shift operators for their
.ime and effor t in he lping 1vi th this very
Staunton on Saturday, May 1, from 10:00 a . m. to
worthwhile project.
10 : 00 p . m. , and SW1clay , rlay 2 , from 12: 00 noon
to 6 : 00 p . rn. Admission is free and there is
amp l e free parking . Featured will te go l d and
silver rare coins on ~isplay , and there will
be Bourse dealers on hand to buy and sell coins.

DICE ..... (continued f r om Page 1)

VALLEY TEO! SWDENTS VIS IT PLANT
The Plant 1vas hos t last week to several

groups or Valley Vocational Technical Cen t er

students . The s tudents were firs t and second
year mad1ine s hop and drafting s tudents . ~Ir .
J . \\. i.llar<l Blough , Machine Shop Instruc t or , and
~ Ir . I lcnry Ells , Drafting Instructor, accompanied
the s tu<len ts .

Don Dice began his General Electric caree r

in 1929 as an offi ce boy in Detr oit. It was
quite a s truggle for a young man of 18, newlymarried and attending night s chool a t the
University of Michigan and l ater \\Clyne Uni versi t y . I le continued, however , to work hi s way
up thr ough t he sales an<l advertising areas and
in t he late 1930 ' s became a product specia list
for automative and household lamps at General
Electric ' s Cleveland facilities.
The next stop-off a fter World War II was
01 icago where Don was the Company ' s district
manager of the Lamp Department . In later
years, s t op -offs at var ious cities throughout
the 1'1orld \\ere to become a 1, ay of life . Don
has trave led Europe an<l the Far East i n the
marketing of ':!./C equipment .
1

Phil Argenbright, Manufacturing Engineer, t. "

relating the intricacies of the K&T MihJaukee !1atics to his group of machine shop students .
Also, ,John ~litry , Manager- Metal Parts , guided
a second group of students.

In 1954 he joined General Electric' s

Specialty Control Department at its new home
in Waynesboro . It was at this time that Don
began to work with the early pioneers of N/C
equipment and make his fi r st sales of this
new industrial automation equipment. "I recall
sell ing the fi rst positioning control to
IVeidenmann for punch press use and the fi r s t
contouring control to Giddings and Lewis for
use in the ir own plant, 11 he says.
---._
Like many other s in Genera l Elec tric, Don
and his family came to l\laynesboro in the earl y
' 50 ' s and now find that root s have taken hol d .
He and his wife will keep their home her e
except for visits to a vacation retreat in
Florida 1vhere he expects t o s ha rpen his golf
game and to go deep sea fishing .

GENERAL ELECTRI C STOCK 1D

SPLIT 2 FOR 1

Don Troh~ugh, Manager - Dr afting, is gi.vi.ng his

group of drafting students a breakdown of hi s
dY'a;':; r:g o;-erations . Iroing Mater , ManagerCDO ; r:z_.t:':;irzg, gave a group o .t:' t he students a
tow' o (' ;.!~ ' ooera tions .

In a<l<li tion to t he above groups, the Department h'as a l so host to 35 Virginia Commonweal th University Rehabilitation Counsellors
on Monday . Gerald Cos, Larry Vann and Steve
Naunchik 1vere the plant tour guides for this
group.

Shareowners of General Electric Company

have approved a t wo-for-one split of the
Company ' s common s tock. The favorable vote
was announced during the Company's 1971
s tatutory meeting of s hareowner s by Chairman
of the Board Fred J. Bord1 .
As pointed out in t he Company ' s 19 71
ProA.-y Statement , the Board of Directors
"believes that thi s split will result in
a market price per share that will be more
a ttractive to investors and therefore will
benefit both the Company and shareowners
by increasing investors ' interest in , and
creat ing a broader market for the Company's
s t ock ."

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GE NERAL@ ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

VOLUME XIII, NO . 19

HENRIETTE DAVIDGE RETIRES

Miss Henriette F .
( Henrie) Davidge was hon ored
at a dinnne r at the General
Wayne Motor Inn recently on
the occasion of her retireme nt from t he General
Ele c tric Company af t er 28
years of service .
Henri e came to work for
General El ectric as an
Enginee r i ng Assistant in the
General Engineering Lab at
MISS DAVIDGE
Schenectady , and la t er worked
at t he Ordnan ce Depart me n t,
Pit tsfield, Massachusetts , as Editor- Trainin g
Documen t s befo r e coming t o t he Waynesboro
General Ei ectric Pl ant as a Technical Writer
,.-;i.nd Instruction Book Admini s t rator fo r the
an ufacturing Automation Products Departme nt
(forme rly the Nume rical Equipment Con t r o l
Department.

She was g r adua t ed from New York St ate

College for Teachers in 1929 with a BA i n
English and French , and in 19 35 she received
a Master ' s Degree in Fr ench from McGi l l
University. Henr ie put her mastery o f
lan guages to good use in recent years as a
tour guide for Execu tive Ho l idays i n Eu rope
( 1969) and Iberia ( 1970), whi ch avocati on
she pl ans to continue for t he nex t several
years .
Mi ss Davidge plans to maintai n resi dence
in the Waynes b oro a r ea , a t l e a s t fo r the
immediate futu r e .

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

Latest GE stock price:

old shares
new shares

121 5/ 8
61 1/ 8

Latest fund unit price:

Ma

19 71

STOCK SPLIT INFORMATION FOR SELLI NG

YOUR SHARES RECEI VED UNDER S&SP OR SB
The Company ' s 2- for- l s t ock sp lit h as
spe cial significance to emp l oyees who have
received General El ec t ric stock ci1 r ough
par t icipation in the Savi ngs and Security
Pr ogram or Stock Bonus P lan, a c cording to
Leslie I . Asher , manager of GE ' s Treasury
Operation.
Firs t, a certif icate r ep r es enting a n
additional shar e fo r each shar e he l d on
April 29 wi l l be mai led to sha r e owne r s on
J une 7 . Shares cre dited to t he accounts
of S&SP a nd SB par t icipants wil l a l so be
matched with ad ditional shares to be
delivered at the end of futu r e ho lding
peri ods .
Second , ori ginal s t ock cer t ificates
held by shar e owne rs should no t be destroyed
or sent i n fo r exchange. The new additional
certifica t es to be sent June 7 , together
wi t h t he original certi fica t es , will give
the s hare owne r s two shares for each one
he ld prior t o th e split .
Third , the t ax cost per share here tofo r e fu r nished on S&SP Tax Information
Sta temen ts will app l y to the corresponding
two shares after t he split.
Mr. Asher cal led speci al attent i on t o
t he pr oce dure app l y ing during t he ne xt
month t o S&SP and SB partici pant wh o want
to redeem s t ock r eceived t hrough thes e
plans. Beginning on April 29 , t he pri ce
paid fo r shares submi tted for r edemption
th r ough th e Company wi ll be t he mar ke t
pri ce f or th e new sha res. This wi l l be
abou t 50% of the pr ice of t h e old shar es .
He said that after June 7, of course , the
share owne r s will submit t he or iginal
ce r tifica t e an d a corresponding n umber of
new shares t o obtain value equal to the
s hares p rior to the split.

$30.06
(conti nue d on Pa ge 2 )

FDDD
f=OR
THOUC.HT

YOU'LL NEVER
MISS THE WATER
"You 1 ll never mi ss the water until the
we ll runs dry" is the way the old saying
goes.
But we all know that we ll s can and do
run dry .
And it is easy to forget or never
realize just where th e water comes from,
what makes it continue to fl ow, or not
flow.
Likewise, some of us, some of our
neighbors, and others who like to ta l k
seem never to stop to th i nk about the
source of our jobs, and what makes them
steady or uns teady.

STOCK SPLIT .. .. (continued from Page 1)

During the int ervening weeks, th e
owner should submit his original S&S P or
,....,.,
SB shares and he will receive the current
market price plus a special letter. This
letter , plus t h e pr oper numb er of new shares ,
may be submitted afte r June 7 to obtain th e
second part of the r edemption .
If a share owner with S&SP or SB s hares
wants to obtain the inunediate mar ket pri ce
of 1 'old 11 s h ares during the April 29 to
June 7 period , he should se ll his stock
through a b roker, Mr . Asher said. To do this,
he will have to contract to deliver a
corresponding number of "new" shares to
th e b ro ke r when he re ceives t hem and pay
the broke r' s commission .
Mr. Ashe r pointed out t hat if an
employee r eceives " new ' ' shares to match
"old " shares purchased outside S&S P or SB
he cannot r edeem these under t he plan
which allows employees t o sell shares
to the Company without a b r oke r' s commission .
Unde r t he plan , t he new shares will on ly
be redeeme d up to the number of S&SP or SB
shares being rede emed at t he same time .
tt~~ttttH~*

The source of our jobs i s our

cu:stomers demand for our product .
1

If we don ' t gi ve good service at a

reasonable pri ce, our jobs will dry up.
Stockholders must provide the
equipment.
Management must provide the
l ea de rs hi p .
Every employee must work eff ective ly.
We must all help to "keep the well
from running dry ."
***********
WOLKE NAMED KEENE CORPORATION
EXE CUTI VE
Richard W. Wolke has accepted the
position of Vice Pres i dent and Genera l
Manager of the Kee ne Corporation's Meter
and Pump Division . Wo lke wil l assume his
new duties this month at the Company ' s
Greenevi lle, Tennessee, l ocation.

Pictured above is a recentl y purch ased 4000

pound Yale battery operated forkli ft t ruck
wi th many new safety concepts built into
the unit. The new fork li ft , desi gned to
meet a ll the U. S. safety standards, i s
assi gned t o the Sh i ppi ng Department . Le vi
Fox (seated) shows t ha t a person 6 ft. tall..-...
ca n sit comfo rtabl y on this new t r uc k as
Chuck Gentry, Forklift Instructor (center)
explains some of the other new fe at ures of
the t ruck to Mr . Fox an d Ra l ph Martin who
are the onl y two empl oyees in the shippi ng
departmen t qua li fied to ope rate the t r uck .

ROGERS AND HARTNETT PR0;>!0TED

Service
Milestones

Mr. Donald Rogers has been promoted

to Manager-TermiNet
Production Engineering
in t he Engineering Sec ti on
of t he Data Communication
Products Department.
He will have
responsibility for the
custom design and production engineering of all
TermiNe t products pr oduced by the Department.
Termi Net is General
ROGERS
Electric ' s teleprinter and
t eleprinte r accessory product l ine .

We wish to con
gratulate the
following employees who
reached scnricc
milestones this
mont h""'._,.,,___

The foUowing employees received service

ca.Jarids during th.;:; month of April:
5 YEARS

Don a graduate of the Po l y t echn ic

lnstilute of Brooklyn has been with General
Electric since 1950 and has lived in
Waynesbo ro for the last 16 years .
Don , his wife Betty and their family
reside at 1219 Greenbrier Drive.
Mr . John Har tnett has been promoted
t o Manager- Relay
Production Engineering
in the Engineering Section
of the Data Communi cation
Products Depar tmen t.

HARTNETT

He will have
responsibility for
custom des i gn and producti on e ngi neeri ng of all
relays produced by the
Depa r tment. The r elays
are use d primarily in
ae r ospace app l ications .

FREDDIE DAMERQ'\J
!v\A.RV I N fv'ORAN
ALBERT CLARK
LEO WHEELER
JUNE RHODES
NINA HEMP

DOR IS SIMMERS
HARRY CH!TTLM
BARBARA FLI NT
!v\A.RTHA PAYNE
LILLI .AN SHIP LETT

10 YEARS
VI RGINIA STEELE

15 YEARS
EVA CAMPBELL
C\Cl.NIEL HULL
tv\A.BEL VEST
J EAN BRY DGE
GE LNN HITE

KENNETH HUMPHREYS
!v\A.UD I E HY~
JOYCE GREAVER
BR INLEY GYORKO
HARRY HUFFORD

John is a g raduate of MIT and has been

with Gene ral Electric since 1955 .
.Jolin and his wi fe Joanne have been
resi de nts of Way nesbor o for 11 years and
reside with their six children at 700
Ashby Drive .

20 YEARS
RUTH HEFFNER

**********
30 YEARS
College grad app lying fo r first j ob : "Are
salary raises automatic , or do you have to
\vork fur them? "

VAN DERl'-"ORE PITCHER

PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

The foll(JU)ing is an unsoliaited co111!Tlent
placed in the Question Box by an interested
employee concerning the presentations on
safety ma.de recently by Fred Curto, ManagerPlant Facilities.

"The average person does not speak

vigorously for anything worthwhile
until a disaster occurs, and then
it usually has to involve a large
number of persons. Mr. Curto is
not waiting for a disaster, he is
insistent on each one, this moment
whether alone or with others, being
aware of safety. I applaud Mr.
Curto for his boldness and aggressive
attitude in making others aware of
his knowledge because this is his job
and he does it we 11. 11
Q.
They say music soothes the savage beast.
Would it be possible to have appropriate
music in the cafeteria at lunch time? It
would soothe the jangled nerves and create
a more rela:x:ed atmosphere for a break during
the day.

A. We have tried numerous times at

having music in the cafeteria without
success. As a matter of a fact,
permanent speakers were installed
in the cafeteria ceiling when this
addition was constructed in 1958-59.
However, due to the noise level in
the cafeteria during break and lunch
periods, it was impossible to control
the proper sound level of the music
for enjoyment. The higher the volume
the louder the employees talked. It
was unbearable. Also, it was a problem
pleasing the employees' music tastes.
Some liked country music, others liked
jazz and pop. You name it and a11
was tried but not to anyone's satisfaction. Result: the music was
discontinued.
Q.
Why does all of Engineering except
Drafting get paid early in the day on Friday?
We may be paid any tim~ from noon un~il
4:25 p.m. It is aerta~nly embarrass~ng to
ask for something you have worked for the
week before. This could happen when one
needs to leave early or when one may be
taking a half-day vaaation.

A. In the past, it has been the

practice of Drafting to distribute

checks prior to 12:00 p.m., however,

occasionally the distribution may have
been made at a later time. It should
also be noted that in some instances
individuals are away from the workplace
when the checks are distributed, and
therefore, would not receive their
check unti 1 1ater in the day. In the
future every effort will be made to
distribute checks as soon as possible
after they are received.

Q.
Why doesn't the Company give its employees
a small bonus instead of a Christma.s party?
All employees would benefit and it would not
aost as much.

A. Christmastime is a very important

event in a child's life and since 1955
we have attempted to make Christmas
for all employees' children a lit~le
brighter and happier. We have tried
to put a theme into each party that
depicts the true spirit and meaning
of Christmas. The staging, we feel,
has been colorful and cheerful. Santa
Claus is almost real--not a department
store or street-corner type. The
toys are carefully selected for all age
groups and by sex and the candy and
fruit are added for good measure and
don't forget the cartoons which delight
the children thoroughly. Also, we
have nearly 100 employees who thoroughly
enjoy helping with the parties--some
since 1955. Last, but not least, the
mothers and fathers look forward to
bringing their children to our parties.

We feel, therefore, the parties provide a great deal of happiness, pleasure, and love for the young children
and' that all the work and effort put
forth is worthwhile.

*****************
The U. s. Coast Guard Auxillary is
currently forming a local unit known as a
"Flotilla." The auxillary is a volunteer,
civilian, organization designed to promote
boating knowledge and safety.
The next meeting will be at 7:00 p.m.
May 13 in the Public Library meeting room.
Additional information can be obtained from
any of the following employees: F. A.
Argenbright, E. W. Hogg, C. R. Minter, J. K.
Snell or E. N. Via.

.~

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Vo 1ume XI II, No. 20

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

FDDD
~OR

THOUC.HT
FAREWELL TO ALADDIN
Aladdin had his magic lamp . When
he wanted anything, he simply rubbed the
l amp. The genie appeared and obeyed Al addi n' s
every wish .
But that's a pretty story for children .

We know there i s no magic lamp that wi l l

guarantee us job security, good wages,
reasonable prices and an opportunity to advance.
Those are things which we have to earn
by honest v1ork.
Those are the things which we atta i n by
efficient productivi ty.
Because those things all cost money-good money .
And money doesn ' t mean anything unless
there is efficient production.
The l ess we produce, the less there i s
to divide among us.
That is a fundamental truth we can ' t
escape.
That doesn ' t mean longer hours, harder
work.

May 14, 1971

GARRET! JOINS DCPD MARKETING

Mr. John C. Garrett has been named
Manager National Sales
Administration for the
Data Communication
Products Jepartme nt,
according to C. T.
Humphrey, Ma nagerMa r keti ng.
In th is position,
Ga rre tt wil l be respons i ble for sa les and marketi ng
administration and ad vertising and sales
promoti on for the Department .
P~ior to t his latest appointment,
John Garrett was Manager-Marketing for
the Manufacturing Automation Systems Operation
in Charlottesvi l l e .

Garrett is a graduate of Wa shington

State University where he obtained his EE
degree, after which he joined Gene ral
Electric on the Test Prog ra m. Subsequent
assignmen ts included design en gineering,
service en gineering, meter and instrument
specialist, and marketing admi nistration.
From 1952 to 1960 he served as ManagerMarket i ng for the Instrument Department , and
from 1960 to 1969 he was Business and Projects
Manager in the Charlottesvil l e operation.
Mr. and
vil l e, where
of the Fi rst
of Di recto rs

Mrs . Garrett live in Charlottes Joh n se r ves on the Finance Board

Methodi st Church and the Board
of the Keswick Country Cl ub.

The Ga rretts have a married dau0hter who

1i ves in Connecticut anu n son 1-1:,0 does

It s i mply means an honest day ' s work

done effectively.
Beca use the more produced effectively,
the lower the cost of production .
(continued on Page 2)

Business Planning for the Integrated Circuits

Department of General Electric in Syracuse,
f~ ew York.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT ... (con~inued from Pagel)

ROBINSON COMPLETES 35 YEARS

The l ower the cost of the product, the

more people who can afford to buy i t .
The more people who will buy it, the more
jobs for all of us .
Working effectively may seem a far
cry from Aladdi n's l amp. But it wil l insure
America continuing in top place as the
wonderland of the world.
It will insure a better life for each
one of us .
It will make Aladdi n look l ike a piker.
**************

BUSINESS BRIEFS:
Relays -- An order for 25 , 000 ha l f size relays
was received from Westinghouse-Baltimore to
be used on the F4 plane's radar system.
Relays: A quantity of 4500 special micro
relays we re l ost to Electronic Specia l ty at
Industri al Electronic Re search, Pa l o Al to,
California on price.
*****************

MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW'. Attend SCOGEE's second

Family Day picnic on Jun e 19 to be held at
Shenandoah Acres. More details on this event
to be posted i n the near future.
******************

Mr . Clarence F. Rob i nson (center) is

shown receiving his 35 year service pi n from
Mr. L. L. Trott, Manager- Manufacturi ng
Engineering ( left) and Mr . 0. L. Co ugh t ry ,
Manager-Manufacturi ng.
Mr. Robinson graduated f r om Nott Ter race
Hi gh School, Schenec t ady, l~ew Yo r k, with math
honors and joined General El ectric in March,
19 36, as an Apprentice Machi nis t. Mr . Rob inson
has held various pos itions ove r the yea rs as
a die maker , mechanical desi gner, and tool
planner.
In 1954, Mr. Robi nson rel ocated t o Waynes boro as Supervi sor- Tool Desi gn and Pl annin g,
the position he presen t ly holds .

BITTNER ANO BISHOP GRADUATE

CREATIVE ENGINEERING COURSE

Mr . Robinson and his wi fe Ol i ve , resi de

at 701 Ashby Dri ve . The Robinsons have fou r
children-- two are married and res i de with
John R. Bittner , DCPD Engineer, and
Everett R. Bishop, MAPD Eng inee r, have complet- their famil i es in Le xington, Va. , and Troy,
New York . At home are a son, who i s a teacher
erl, along with 70 other technical personne l,
at Kate Collins and one dau ghter who is in
an ei ght -month extensive review of trends and
the 8th grade at Kate Colli ns Junior Hi gh .
new deve lopments in fundamental techno lo gies
and the i mpact of these technologies on
***************
creative engineering and General Electric products and manufacturi ng processes. The
EugenP Haymes would like to express his sincere
Creative En gineering Conferences are held in
appreci ation f or t he many acts of kindness
Schenectady and are conducted by Engineering
shown him durin g his recent ~ereaveme nt .
Consulting Services.
The objective of the course is to broaden
the technical awareness of the Company 's practicing engineers and help them develop greater
insight into opportunities for innovation. Both
participants were nominated by their respective
engineering managers .

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

MISSING: one or more ca rdboard car ton s of

square black carbon blocks. Poss i ble rnateri a1
was delivered to wron g l ocation . Has been
missing 6 to 8 weeks. Please call Ext. 624 or
Ext. 589 .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RAL@ELECTRIC
Vol Lime XII I , No . 21

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

SAFETY REPR ESE NTATIVES MEE T WITH

MANAGEMENT

FDDD
..

S:OR

THOUC.MT

May 21 19 71

IT Is THE LITTLE
THINGS '.

There once li ved an astro loger who

spent his time gaz i ng at the stars .
One evening, as he wa l ked alon g the
road, he thought he saw t hat the end of the
world was at hand .
Al l at once , down he wen t i nto a hole
ful l of mud and water .

Shown above is a cross - secti on of most

of the plant ' s f i rst shift Employee Safety
Repres entatives . Front l eft is \ii. R. Perry ,
Plan t Safety Specialis t and D. L. Coughtry,
Mana~er of M
anufactu rin g.
The grou p met in t he auditorium recentl y ,
at which ti me H. R. Pe rry des crib ed the
Plant ' s Sa fety Prog ra m and the du t ies of the
safety represen tat ives. The group also saw
a safety mo vie.

When his efforts to climb out fai led, he

ca ll ed wildl y f or help .
One of the vil lagers had a comment
when he r escued the ast rolo ger :
"Th i s may teach yo u t o pay more attention
to what's ri ght in front of you .
"\,Jh at ' s the us e of reading the stars
when we can' t see wh at ' s ri gh t here on
ea r th, he s a i d.
11

Mr. Cough try cl osed the meeting by out1i ni ng mana geme nt 's role in safety and their

concern for each emp loyee 's safety when work; ng i n this pl ant ..
Mr. Co ughtry also updated the group on
1-1hat had been accomplished i n maki ng th i s a
safer plant to work in and out li ned some
future things which will be done to make th i s
pl an t even safe r t han it ever has been.

The same progra m was presented to the

shift safety representati ves .
***************

Does not t hat co mment app ly to each

one of us at our jobs?
Isn ' t it t o our advan t age to s t rive to
solve effectively each li tt le task as it
arises?
In the l ong ru n, won ' t this result in
the bi g thin gs tak i ng ca re of themse l ves?
THIPD PAID HOLIDAY --MON DAY, MAY 31

~ond

The sec ret of hap piness i s to co unt

your bles s in gs whil e others a re addin g up
their troub l es .

The third paid holiday wil l be ce lebrated

on Monday , May 31 , by the Wayn esboro Pla nt .
Only t hose contacted by t heir su pervisor and
asked to work that day will be report ing.

In a climate of increasing lawlessness,

increasing attackr on persons, as well as
business installations, we must increase
our control and surveillance of who and~
what goes in and out of our plant.
Ideally, we would have only one patrolled
entrance to the plant property and into
the building. Presently, we are quite
far from this ideal situation. We are,
however, working and planning to get as
close to. it as possible. There are, in
reality, more gates open now than can
be properly controlled. The opening of additional ones would make our situation worse
and would, in fact, be opposite to what we
feel must be done to protect the business
and the facility that provides so many
with an opportunity to earn a living.

PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

A.
Whu is it impossible to get good copies
in White Print? The machines are dirty,
therefore extra copies have to be run so
you will have enough good ones to mail. This
is a waste of time and pape1. One machine has
a large, dirty spot which has been there for
several months. If better machines were
available, there would be a great cost reduction
in paper realized, besides the time and effort
expended.

A.
The Whiteprint operation is run
on a self-service basis in order to save
waiting time. This sometimes leads to
careless use of the machines. Paper
clips, scotch tape and tracings with
loose overlays rire fed into the machines
causing s era tches, dirty spots and
jams. The persons causing this damage
are too enmarrassed to report it. so the
next user is the victim of poor copies.

Q.
Is it true that after working in the
office for 5 years, you do not have bump
rights back to the factory even if you have
worked on a factory jcb befora? What -is the
bumping procedure in the office?

Good cnpie are not impossible to

get, and the Manager and all Whiteprint
personnel will b~ glad to help anyone.
Four machines produce over 3,000,000
whiteprint copies per year and machines
a re rep 1aced when necessary.

A. The ri gh ts of emp 1oyees to return

to the bargaining unit after having
been out for over five years are clearly
noted on page 47 of the GE-UE contract
( 1970- 73), Arti c1e XI I, paragraph 8b. ~
"Employees who, after September 30, 1963,
are transferred to jobs outside the
ba rga i ni ng uni ts may be returned to
their former jobs in the bargaining unit
in accordance with their total length of
continuous servi~e at the time they left
the unit p1us t~ e number of yea rs outside
the unit to a maximum of five such years
outside the unit.

lve have been told that ~zt is a safety

hazard to have the portable type fans in the
TermiNe-t a:Pea. ~.7hy i3 it not a safety hazard
in other parts of the plant? They removed
all ou1'1 f'ans and this is not fair.

Q.

A. Any type fan, box type, oscillating,

etc., is a hc:.zard when it is located in
an aisle or precariously on a chair or
bench. A furth~r problem is generated
when i ndi vi dua 1s capture" or lock down
a fan for their own persona 1 use. This,
of course, is not fair to the rest of
the people in the area.
11

11

11

Pedestal fans have been provided in

many areas to safely provide better
air movement for everyone. This program,
it is expected, will give better cooling,
eliminate overloading the electrical
circu-its, and r(?'.':IOVe the safety hazards
involved with fioor fans.
Q.
Why can't we have gate 11 open at 4:00
p.m.?

A.
Unfortur.at~ly, personal comfort
must be balanced against security for
our people and for the plant itself.

11

I would Zike to kacrw why the DP1: ves and

Devices area doesn't ho:l)e a monitor. Too much
time is spent on finding tools, parts, etc.;
they then wonder why there is no more work done
than the peQpZe do. If a mo~itor is made will it
be by seniority?

Q.

A. At the present level of busines~,

management does not believe a monitor is
necessary. The Drives and Devices operation was moved here at the first of this
year and we have beP.n having the normal
start-up problems. We have re-organized
the area and now the business is becomi~
more standardized and the time spent on
non-production work is being reduced. If
and when we determine a monitor is needed,
the selection will be made on the basis
of qualifications and seniority.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RAL@E LE CTR IC
VOLUME XIII

No . 22

May 28 , 1971

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

COUGHTRY AND PERRY CITED FOR SAFETY WORK

BUSINE SS BRIE FS
Waynesb oro's Data Cowmunicat i on Products
Depa rtment received an order from Canadian
Genera l El ec t ri c for a la r ge qt..a nt i ty of
Termi Net 300 pr in ters fo r de li very this
summer. The printers 11i ll be used in the
Trans-Ca nada t0lephone system.
Dow Jones News Servi ce ra n a f ul l page
advert isement in t he \/a ll St reet Journal
Wednes day , May 1) , featu -i .gtl)e printer and
i t s ab i l ity to produce
j at a rapid pace .
Dow Jon es has been " n'd,;' r cus tonier of the
pri nter.
Two large orders for half- si ze relays were
re ce i veu during t he las t week after a di ff i cul t
price contes t wi t h one of our major competitors.

~.

L. Coughtry receives a certificate fo~ his

outstanding contribution from Bernie Gi bson,
Vice President of BRISA.

The Blue Ridge Industri al Safety

Associatio n, at their Ladies Ni ght , cited
D. L. Coughtry , Manager-Manufacturing, and
W.R. Perry, Safety Special ist, for th eir
ou t standing contributions in th e f iel d of
safety during the past yea r .

EMPLO YEES

PATENTS

A~APDE D

~ongra tul a ti ons

012

Ed Dinger upon thE recent

new patents, bri ng ing his
of th ese pa te nt s covers a
some of ou r Dri ves , w~i le
to Power Regula t i on.

in orde r for Mr .
issuan ce of tv.io
t ota l to 23. One
circuit used in
t he oth er pertains

John Bi ttner and Seymou r LeP uy v1ere granted

their first and second pat en ts , respect ively,
Bernie Gibson , the Virginia Department of for an in ven tion rela t ing to .n i mproved print
Lab or and Industry safety representative in
me chanis m by wh ich prin tao le characte rs trans porte d across a paae mav b ori nt ed by means of
th i s area and Vice President of t he Ass ociamagneti ca ll y actuated hamme rs ali gned along a
t i on, presented Mr. Co ughtry wi th his award,
thanking him for his great amo unt of time and print l ire .
persona 1 effort tha t he had given tm1a rds
An i nven tion relating t o a keyboardsafety i n the las t year.
operated pri nt ing system and more particularl y
Mr . Gi bson also presented Bil l Perry
to an drrangement f or signa lling the operation
with a pewter ashtray for his con t ributions
or depress i on of keys on the keyboard resu l t ed
in a patent being gra nted to Messrs . J . J .
in hel pi ng to form BRISA and serving as its
Larev1 , J . K. Snell and C. M. Jones. This
Pres i dent since the organization' s ince ption
is the 11th pa t ent for Mr . Larew and the
last April.
5th and 6th patents f or Messrs. Jon es and
BRISA is an organization of a number of
Snel l, re spectively .
industries in Al bema rle, Augusta, Rockbridge,
****************
and Rock i ngharr Counties interested in proIt takes less effort t o kee p an old customer
satisfied than to get a new cus tomer i nterested.
moting safety.
0

Printed be Z()lJ) is an edi toriaZ by Dick

West of the DaZZas Morrning News, which won
first pZace -z.n a recent editoriaZ contest.

THE BIG WORD

MISSING in most year-end dispatches about
American business and the economy is the biggest word in our unique system--profit.
Columns have been written about the Gross
National Product (GNP) passing the trilliona-year mark on the final Tuesday of 1970.
Other stories detail the figures on sales and
on physical expansion. Employment, of course,
gets its share of attention.
But these indices are meaningless, unless,
the profit picture is healthy.
In the free-enterprise system, there is
neither enterprise nor freedom without profit.
Sales can top all records, but they mean
nothing unless the producer and seller can
put aside something for the future.
When Germany suffered runaway inflation
in the early 1920's, its GNP jumped from
billions of marks to the sextillions in a few
months, but the country was broke. The profit structure was shattered, and the economic
predicate was laid for Hitler.
It is PROFIT that gives our national
security the muscle to resist dictatorship and
aggression.
It is profit that gives 80 million people
regular jobs.
It is the expectation of profit--another
word is incentive--which distinguishes our
system and becomes the energizer of our lifestream.
It is profit--and profit only--which
provides charity, philanthropy, education,
and support for the exercise of religious
freedom.
Without profit, there can be no personal
independence, no ownership of property, no
castle which a man calls home, no savings-and worst of all, no freedom of choice or
the courage to devise it.
It is profit which enemies of our systemfrom Karl Marx to Kosygin--would like to destroy. But, ironically, most of them have

turned to incentive schemes which are imitations of ours. They turned, reluctantly, because they had to.
THE MOST SHOCKING trend in America is
current tendency to downgrade profits: To
pinch, squeeze and siphon them away. The
very word has become a stigma.

The academic community sneers at it. A

national poll shows that 85 per cent of us
who live under it do not understand it.
Organized labor, in its annual demands, attack it--yet the individual worker in a
business is the one who stands to gain the
most from it.
Khrushchev sneeringly predicted that
the Russian system would bury us. And it
will, unless we readjust those forces--such
as confiscatory taxes--which assure a stable
profit structure to the smallest hamburger
stand as well as General Motors.
The heart of every individual and
economic system is the desire to achieve.
Without desire, without motivation, life
is meaningless.
*******************
SIGN UP DEADLINE FOR PERSONAL
ACCIDENT INSURANCE PLAN
IS JUNE 15
The Company's Personal Accident
Insurance Plan's policy year begins July
1 and non-participating employees who want
to take advantaae of the Plan as of that
date should sign up by June 15.
Also, participants who wish to
increase or decrease coverage should
complete an enrollment form and return
it to Personnel Accounting by the deadline
date of June 15. Enrollment forms can be
obtained at the Personnel Accounting Office.
*********************
THANK YOU
Katherine Monroe and Betty Harris would like
to thank everyone from the 2-pole, 4-pole and
aircraft test sections who sent flowers, cards,
and fruit to their husband and father during
his stay in the Waynesboro Hospital.
*'***
Brenda Shiflett would like to thank everyon~
for their kindness and sympathy shown durin~
her recent bereavement.
******
Blaine Parr would like to thank everyone for
the many acts of .kindness and assistance during
his illness.

SCOGEE OFFICERS AND BOARD OF

DI l<ECTORS ELECTED

PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

Q.
Will GE at this plant ever permit job
posting, es pecially from Manufacturing to
Engineering gr oups?

A.
Job posting in general is not an
accepted practice in the General
Electric Company. However, in this
l ocation, we do distribute monthly
l isti ngs of non- exempt job openings
to each foreman. Any employee may
ask the i r foreman at any ti me to
review t his l isting.
Q.
I have heard such favorable corronents
about the Employee Store that was located
here at one time , and I OJn quite curious
to understand why there is no such store
at this time .

Larry Martin, DCP production, newly elected President of SCOGEE, is shown above
re ceiving a Company check from Bill Perry.
The check represents ma tching membership dues
for t he l ast half of 1970.
During 1970-71, SCOGEE conducted a va ri ed
numb er of activi t i es for i ts membership . Some
of th e majo r activi tes were:
- - sponsored 8 dances
-- bow ling, which included a couples
l eague , a men's l eague, two SVI L
teams and 3 teams in the State
ABC Bowling Tournament.
--SVIL Golf team and an i ntraplant
golf league.
--SVIL softbal l team and 3 teams in
the City League
-- 3 basketba 11 teams in City League
- - 3 Volleybal l teams in the Ci ty Leag ue
and spons ored a team in the tri-p l ant
t ournament he l d i n Roanoke
--skeet league formed .

A. The Emp l oyee Store was relocated

to Freed Company, Inc., several years
ago. The reason for this change was
due to increased need for f l oor space
i n the cafeteri a .
We rea li ze this arrangement and the
locati ng of the store is not t he
most desirab l e, but we do app reciate
Freed ' s operating the store f or us
so that our employees can conti nue to
purchase Genera l Electric househol d
products at a good savings and on
credit.
*************

In addition a fami ly picnic will be he l d

for i ts members June 19 (ra i n date J une 26)
at Shenandoah Acres .
Othe r newly-elected off icers and Board
of Direc tor members for 1971 - 72 are:
Vice Presi dent- Bob Dedrick, Secretary- June
Aldhizer, Treas urer-Sa l l i e Surratt and
Di rectors-Wayne Bow l es, Jerry Dee l , Ronda Lake,
Cleme nt Waggy, Ken Clark, Ray DeMattia, Joe
Smith, David Fitzge rald, Ronnie Johnson, Mary
Ann Wingfie ld, Wimpy Wingfiel d and Dan
Dondiego.

The Waynesboro Plant was recently hos t to

the guidance couns elors and vocational
teachers of the Waynesb oro, East-Augusta
County school systems . The visi tor s were
taken on a tour of the factory and given a
complete rundown on the TermiNet 300 Data
Printer.

Plant Practices

SO WHAT'S THE STORY

ON CLOCK CARDS?
(Fron1
time
to
time, the GE fvews
will carry re111inders
of r,ertain rules,
practices and procedures which are e:xpected at our plant.
Any large organization,
like
ours,
which relies on the
success of people
working effectively,
harmoniously
and
safely. together, has
such guidelinu of
acceptable
performance and behaviorand penalties for deviation from them.)

PUNCH THE TIME CLOCK!

The following established procedures

ing the plant--for whatever reason. An em-

regarding employee clock cards may be

ployee should use his assigneci t.imP r.Jock

helpful to new employees and a review for

and leave his clock card in the assigned

long-service people:

rack at all times, unless otherwise in-

Clock cards show an employee's pay

structed by his supervisor.

number, unit number, name, and the week-

--Registering someone else's clock card

ending date. It is an employee's assurance

or allowing someone else to register an-

he will receive credit for time he has

other's clock card provides just cause for

worked.

suspension or discharge.

-An employee should "register in" and

"register out" whenever entering or leav-

--Lining up at time clocks prior to the

end of shifts is prohibited.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Volume XIII , No. 23

WAYNE SBORO, VIRGINIA

133RD WISE OWL AWARD

June 4, 1971

INSURANCE BENEFITS REACH $157 MILLION ; MORE

THAN 645 ,000 CLAI MS PROCESSED; PENSIONERS
PROTECTED TOO
In 1970, benefit payments unde r Ge neral
El ectric ' s Insurance Pl an l eaped $27 mil l ion
high er than ever before, reachin g a record
total of $157, 239 , 553 . It was t he hi ghes t
inc rease over a previous re cord . More than
645,000 cl ai ms were processed .
These fi qures and othe rs of si gn ificance
t o GE people,-were announ ced i n a report on
the Insurance Pl an ' s ac t ivities in 1970
issue d this week . It appears on page 4 of
this i ssue of th e NEWS.

James Warde l l Curry, an empl oyee in the

machine shop, was awarded the l 33rd lJi se Owl
Awa rd t hi s week by his fore man Joe \~h i tese ll.
l~a rde 11 ' s right eyesight was saved from
se ri ous inj ury or possible loss wh en a piece
from a broken stee l cutter struck the r i ght
l ens of his safety glasses .

Warde ll stated
a roving ambassador
of safety glasses.
he wears his safety
hi s home .

th i s accident has ma de hi m
on promoting the wearing
Also, he indicated that
glasses when working around

NOTE FROM A NEW PENSIONER

Don Dice , recent ly reti red Mana ge r of
Ma rketing of the Man ufac t urin g Automati on
Products Department , sends greetin gs from
Flori da. He asks that we be sure to convey his
thanks to everyone in the pl ant for not on ly
thinkin g abo ut the custome r, but a l so for all
t he nice th i ngs that were done for hi m personally
over the years to make his ass i gnment he re so
~asant .
He te ll s us he .is still .overwhel med
th e retireme nt party given by hi s many
trie nds and co-workers, and passes alon g hi s
sincere thanks for s uch a great sendoff .

"It is obvious," said one obse rver, "that

GE ' s Insurance Pl an continued to hold a leadersh i p positi on among othe r empl oyee pl ans i n
industry ... And it s ho uld be noted that the
1970 record was set durin g a yea r when many
employees were out on strike for two months . "
It was a l so poi nted out th at t he Pl an beca me
even more valuab l e i n 1971 1-1hen General
El ectric, wh i ch ha d previous ly pa id t he major
cost of employee coverage, t ook ove r 100%
of the cost .

The total cost of the Plan in 1970 was

$163 milli on . GE paid 72 .8% of the cost for
employee coverage-- S73 mi llio n--while employees contributed 27 . 25~ -- $27 mi l lion . The
latter is the portion which t he Company is
takin g over i n 1971.
Fo r dependent coverage , GE paid 63 .9%-$40 million. Empl oyees contri buted 36 .1 %-nearly $23 million .
Benefits adminis t rators point out that
origina ll y t he ai m of the Pl an was for
dependent coverage t o be paid for by the
employee payroll deductions, with GE picki ng
up administrative cos ts . This was so t hat
al l employees would share equi t abl y in
Company payments wh et her or no t they had
dependents since the maj or Company contributi on
would be f or empl oyee coverage .
(continued on Page 3)

BUSINESS ANNOUNCE MENTS

Mr . Warren F. Kindt, Genera l Manager of
t he Data Communication Products Department,
ann ounced a pair of key appointments in the
Data l~etworks Operation in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Wi11 i am J . "Bi 11" Vance has been na med
Sales Manager for the Operati on while Wayne
E. Evans has been appointed to the pos ition of
Manager-Syste ms Marketing Development .
In makin g the announcements, Mr. Kindt
pointed out that this is a continui ng program
1-iithin the Data Communication Products Depart me nt to further expand th e Depar t rre nt' s sales
and marketin g efforts in t he data communica tions busines s .
In his new pos itio n, Vance will be respons ible for sales of th e Di gi Net*li ne of modems ,
data sets, acoustic coupl ers and data multi plexers.
Evans will be developin g syste ms centering
a round the Di giNet 1600 remote data concentrator which was i nt roduced by General Electric
l as t fall .
*****
Mr. C. A. Ford, Manager- Cont rol Devices
Operation, an nounced today tha t effec t ive
Jul y l, 19 71 , Mr. Jose ph
Schlick wi ll become Ma nage r Power Reg ul at io n Sa les an d
Ma rketin g Planning .
Mr. Schlick f orme rl y
was Manager -Ma rketing Pl annin g
and Admi ni strati on for t he
Control Devices Ope rati on.
Mr . Schli ck is a graduate
of the University of Cincinnat i whe re he
rece i ved his BS degree in el ectrica l eng ineer-

Manufacturi ng Au tomati on Products Depart rrent Eng ineeri ng Manager Richard Bar t on
made the followin g ann ouncements t his wee k:
Ali ce Wood has been appo i nt ed to t he posi t ion of Technica l Edi tor , effec t i ve June l .
She will be res ponsi ble for the edi t i ng an d
publishi ng of engi neeri ng refe rence publica tions such as de isgn handbooks , procedures
manuals, and othe r in te rnal publicat ions .
Mrs . Wood will also be respons ibl e fo r t he
editing of various te chni ca l i ns t r uc t i on boo ks
used in t he fiel d by t he Depa r tment ' s numer i ca l
control customers.
Mrs. Wood, a nati ve of Wayn esboro, began
her career wi t h Genera l E1ect ri c i n \.laynesboro
as a Steno-Typis t .
Mr. Gordon W. Wadswo r t h has been appoin t ed
to the position of Manager- Pr oduct Des i gn
Engineerin g. Con curre ntl y, Mr . Donal d C. Law
is promoted to t he pos i t i on of Ma nager-Cus t oms
En gineering. Both of t hese app oi ntment s wi l l
become effec t i ve Monday , J une 7.
Mr. Wadsworth gradua t ed f rom Webb Ins t i t ute of Nava l Arch i t ect ure with a GS degree i n
Naval Ar chi t ect ure , an d jo i ned the General ..-...
Elec t ric Company i n 1950 on th e Test Engi net.. i ng program. Aft er 212 yea rs he as s umed the
oosition of Projec t Engi nee r in the Contro l
Department , Schenec t ady Works . Gordon he l d
various product engi neeri ng pos i tions in Wayn esboro until becomi ng a Uni t Ma nage r i n Numeri ca l
Con t rol i n 1966 . In 196 8 he 11as appointed t o
th e Man agersh i p of t he Cus tom Control Eng i nee r; ng Opera t i on i n the Numer ical Equi p111en t Cont ra l
De partmen t . He has a patent i ssued i n hi s name
and i s a re gi stered Profess i onal En ginee r .

Donald C. Law gradu ated fro m Drexe l

Universi ty wi t h a BS i n Mechanica l Eng inee r ing
and has pu rsued graduate e lect ronic st udies at
He bega n his career with the Genera l
the Uni ve rsi t y of Pennsyl vani a . Prior to
Electric Company in 1961 and held various
joining
Gener al Electric i n 1959 he had been
marketing positions in Philade l ph ia. His
employed by DuPont , State of De l awa re and t he
last held posi t ion before comin g to Waynes\Ii l mi ngton Park i ng Au tho r i ty . At Ge ne ra l
boro i n 1968 wa s Manager-Advanced Marke tin g
El ectric , Don has held vario us ~ n g in ee ri ng and
Planning.
Marketing posi t i ons in th e nume ri cal cont rol
Mr. Schlick resides with his wif.e
r: rodu ct area . Hi s mos t rec~ nt as si gnmen t ~as
and tvio children in Waynesboro .,,
-;
-0~
-~~
th~t ~ s Ma nager of the ~u rn 1~9 Contro l ~es 1 gn
1
L /.--C
---- ,u-n1t 111 t he Cus toms Eng rneering subsecti on .
*1:!Y-**~*~~- /-.-'. , : 1 ,l ,{ ( il., -He is a registe red Profe ssi ona l Eng ineer i n
"<:.,Li
I
the Sta te of De l a1vare .
~
MISSIN G: The
b_o,0k is missing
in the Libtary:-Architec tural Graphic
Pic t ures of Wood , l~adswort h an d Law appear
Standards For Areh i tects by c. G. Ramsey.
at the bot t om of Page 3.
Return to the Li bra ry if found .
in g .

_..-...

INSURANCE PL AN . .. . . ( contin ued from Page 1)

FDDD

However , the report on the Plan's perFo :mance in 1970 underlines the i'act th at
"in 1970, employee pay roi! deductions again
fe 11 fa r short of the 1 1 ~10 cin t needed t o cover
the cost of clai ms i nci irr-ed by their dependents
and th e Company pai d the bala nce of t he cl ai m
cost as well as the admi ni s tra tive cost of
dependent coverage. "

l=OR
THOUC..HT

More than 314,000--99% of al l empl oyees-were protected by t he emp l oyee coverage under
the Insu rance Plan at the end of 1970, and
more than 215,000 had coverage for their
dependents .

HOW MANY WAYS ARE

THE RE TO RAI SE WAGES?
Sorre say to cut
out profits entirely.
This money cou l d

be ad ded to our paychecks.

Our stockholders could be told their profits were being paid out to the employees in
sa lari es.
But how many of us th in k this scheme wou ld
work for very lon g?

The huge benefits of the Insurance Pl an

in 1970 indicate the way i t protects GE employees from rising medical costs that pressure those outside the Company. The report
on 1970 plan operations shows 95,000 more
clai ms processed than i n any previous yea r
and, as repor ted, $27 million more in benefits .
Cost of the Plan was $116 million higher than
it was i n 1956-- the f i rst year of its operation
with comprehensive coverage 15 years ago .

Others say that the way to raise our wages

would be to stop paying the officers of our
Company.

The report points out that the $163

mil lion cost of the Pl an includes nearly $6 ~
milli on set as i de to help provide life insurance coverage for pensioners. However, the
fi gures do not include the rre di cal expense
benefits furnished in 1970 to pensioners over
65 and their spouses and their surviving
spouses. For this coverage, GE paid nearl y
$2 mi l lion under the Me dical Care Plan for
Pe nsi oners plus $12.9 mill i on for Medicare
under Social Security.

How many of our stockholders woul d keep

their money in that kind of Company?

The total amount of the ir pay would mean

a few cents mo re to each of us.
But how lon g do you and I th i nk our
Company would keep goin g forward wi thout
l e ade rs hi p?

Still others say there is a third way

you and I can raise our wages.
That way is to increase our individual
productivity through better equipmen t and
using it efficiently.
More efficie nt producti on means more
goods for mo re people at less cost.
That me ans more business for us.
It mea ns that our dol l ars will buy more.
There are many ways to ra i se wages .
But the only lasting way is up to us
as i ndi vi duals.

,
Freddi e Pleasants (le ft) and J i mmy Johnson,
Ma inte nance Helpers, are shown putting one of
th e 6 picnic tab l es in place for use at lu nch
periods by the Waynesboro Plant empl oyees.

-.;

WOOD

WADSWORTH

LAW

Report for 1970 on Your General Electric Insurance Plan

In 1970 the henel1ts paid under the Plan to employees a nd their beneficiaries o nce again reached a new high - o ver $27 million more than in a ny
pre1:ous year. Th is reflects in part the 1970 impro vements in the Plan. More than 99% o f a ll General Electric employees continue to enjoy the
valuable protection o f the Company Plan w hich pioneered in the development of comprehensive medical expense insu rance in 1955.
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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
\"olL01c\l l l

\o . 25

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

C. L. IIUQ-IES RECEIVES 40 YEAR PIN

L~ll'LO't!:: l :S

IiJ\VI OVER SS BILLION

I\ CO\lJ l>-\ \J.: UNDLR PAI AS POLICY
YLAR STARTS

.. a

i-

CL employees hmc over $5 billion in

Li le j nsurancc cover age for accidental <lea th
in ~ ffcct wide r the Company ' s Personal Accident Lns ur<.rncc Plan as the plan _r.: oes into
its nch poli c:: year beginning J uly 1. The
presen t <.1.1mu;:i l p r c1:1iLon rate of 50 cent s pe r
thOLLsand dollars of co\e rage - -$ 5 fo r each
$10 , 000- - ~ i l l be continued i n the year ~1ead ,
[ . Si <lnc; \: i Ll i s , mn1in.r.er of CC!lipany employee
bene ~i ts , ha!-' aimowKed .
The r ate for each ne1, pol icy year i s
cqabl ished on t he bas is of ex11erie nce. ~ Ir .
i: :11 i s rL' port c<l tha t claims experience i n
the past 12 months ap pear s to be very cl ose
Lo tile pa;1ncn t s rccci ved from participa nts
an<l no ch t.rn i~c i n prcmiLOTI rate i s neec.lc<l . lie
sai<l tlw t t he re "e r e 73 cla i ms recei \e <l in
ti1e f i rst 10 months of the clos i.ng poli cy
;ear, h'i t h bene fit s totaling more than
$2, 3000 , 000 .
Un<lcr tc nns of PAI , part1c1pants ha\c
tnc i r cover a r.c rcnche<l automat i call v each
po l ic; :car ~ml css t he; comp l e t e and turn in
lon ns in<licatin ~~ t he ir desi r e to incr ease o r
<lee rcasc co\cr~H:c . 1 nc r eases i n co\e r ngc can
be ma<le at :u1; time <luring the year by par t ic i p:rnt~ . \on - p:t rtici~)ant s c a n i nitia t e
cme ragc a t any ti me hy apply ing fo r it . Dc c re:1sc~ in co\e ra t'C c an be ma <lc onlv at t he
be:.: i1m in!! or each ,.pol icy ye ar and f~nns mus t
he rct urnc<l to personne l account i ng t o<lay .
~ Ir. \\.illi s po inted out tha t the 50-pc rt liousand r:1tc compa r es ver y f avo r ably h' ith
an1 outs i <le r nt cs [o r year -round , 24-hours -ada~ co\e r agc like PAl ' s .
The plan offer s
a n c1'1ployec the oppo rtu.ni ty t o purchase
acc i den t al <le;:i th cove r age beyond the GE
Ins urance P I an' s !rec coverage . In gene ral,
PAI CO\'C rage can be purchased in $10 , 000
b Locks to n l i..r:1i t of fi ve times the empl oyee ' s
non1al :1nnual pay or s100 , ooo -- -.d1ichevc r i s

hi~hcr .

.)LUlC 18 , 1971

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Mr . C. L . Hughes receive d a 40 year aervice

pin las t week ."rom D. L . Cought r'Y (right) ,
Manage'f'- Manufacturing .

On .June J 0, ~Ir . C. L. l lughcs , ~krnager

foctur ing J\c.bninis trat ion , comp] ete<l 40
yea r s of se n- ice hi th the CcncruJ U ect ri c
Comp:u1y .
~l<.mu

.\ nati\e of Gr an\ille , \eh Yori-. , he

j oincd the C01:1pany ' s J\ppren t ice Prog nun in

1929 a t SchencctaJ;: . On - prn ~~ ran1 ho r k. included

ass i ~'Tllnen ts in ~lo to r, pwich press , control
an<l m<.Iintenancc depart1:1ents . Fo l l oh-Llp
t r ain i ng inc1u<le<l cleric;.11 assi g1uncnts lll
cost , payroll an<l producti on ollices .
Duri ng \\o r l d \\ar J 1 CkHl ie h'Orke<l ::is
Li;:is i on bct\\een the Compan; and the De f cnsc
Plant Cor poration in cs tab I ish i ng go\errnncnt
manulacturing lacili tics at Schcncct:1dy ,
Fitd1burg , M:1ss . , and Fo r t l:d1,;:i rd , Ne\\' Yo rk,
fo r t he manu facture ol hydrauli c gun cont rols ,
:mx i l ia r y tur bines an<l remo t e con t r olled 1:\29
bomber tu r r ets .
Ile p;.i r ticipatcd in the orig i na l planning
stu<lv \\hici1 established ',\a,ncsboro as the site
ol the t hen ne\\ Specia l t;' (:ontrol Dep:irtmcnt ,
:m<l j oi nc<l the mo\c to r:a;11csboro as Purclws i ng
,\gent in 195LI . Later ass i <~rnncnts inclu<lc<l
those . of Production Supc n i so r :mJ '.ll:ma gc r~la tcnab .

Cha rl ie and his hile Ta lith;.i resi <le at

1900 For est Dri\c .

PL-\NT l\Tl\ S QUESTION BOX

~ Paint spw: guns from Ae rospace ..\ssembly
.\re:: . Please cont:ict 1-l . \\. Lonas if vou
lnrn-. the 1d1e rcabouts of this equipment.

<
You sai.a "':,ra;:; E'Y'eec ' r~ .c;:;/, ..., <.Jc.s ou:ri plm. ;._.
store . l!hy th.er. ca-a i "'vems [.,c;; ~ _, !e:hc..seci ar
o l her st:oY'es at less cost tiic.11 F~ eeJ 3 .;;'iscovnt
-;:;rice? ';.'hi s is nor; merelv vobl'le s ales , since
~a:1.y i terns have been invovbe d--,,ja<Jie1', JriJe :r>,
C.i .shwasheY', steY'eo, c.i. 1 cond1~7'icner, 1oiihle
07.Jen--all 0e:rie pY"':ce- compaY'ed.
1

Lar ge G[ apoliances such as h'ashers ,

Lyers, dishwashers , stereos, TV ' s , etc . ,
nave establ ished rebates for the employees
to receive regardless of where the item
is purd1ased an<l regardless -:>f how much
the purdiase price mi.ght be. Tn other
words, the employees ha ve the op}1o r t1mi tv
to shop around a11<l get the lies t price
poss:i b l e on the major app1 iances thc r
1vant to purd1ase anc.l they hi 11 st i. i l
get the appropriate rebate.
1\

r:;c

disappea rance of this equipment ltas

to he \cry costlv to our bw;iness .
Tlic shipmc!1t of pa..Tlels 'to our customers has
de J:iycd , cq t1 i pmcnt had to be borrohcd f rorn
other areas ~rn<l the equivalent of 2-3 m.:rn
cb;s have been spent br Aerospace employees
t tying to l ocate the Jost equipment . The
equipment replacement c ost i.s equivalent to
:m 0;1c rator ' s take-home pay for appr oximate l y
2 \\'Ceks.
\.YC\"t'i~

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li\C:RLASL IN DIVIDE\D RHE
J\ T'T) RO\'fi'
.-\n incr-:ase in the annual c.li\iclend rat e
i: lcct rj c stock to $1. 40 pe r com,ion sha re, as sp li t , has been appro\ecl b;
;c11cral Llcct ric's Boar<l of Directors . The
Board ;.ils o Jee l:ired a quarterl; clj \i <lend of
3:; cent s per share of common stock , as spljt ,
~1a;ah Jc .Ju l y 2b , 1971 , t o shareOh11Crs or
record at the c lose of business .Jw1c 23 , 19 71.

Q.
/ ,'aY!.J Cf<.,' depaY'trle r:. ts ?Y'O:Ji de C!'l.L [,)!ice; ,
ti,zroi!qh the Cor.rpc.ni! s toY'e , er Of[OPiu.>~7 '-.: t,c;
riurchas c class V sr>Ja?..l aov lia:nce ,; . ~ ;w_. '. :".
~ome small defe c7; S':.J.cn as" a ,Jenl CJ' ,; , 1.:;:i,.,-i.,
but aY'e serviceah le and veY'y louJ in uo,n;. . ;;: "~
class V uni ts avai lah le to l-lcr!Jnesb0to em;, lo: e; ,:;::;
o:nd i f so, by what proceduY'e ?
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A.
Class "E" or " V" 1acrc h;mdi sc is not
allrnved to be sold through the J'l'Csent
emp l oyee s t ore arrangement. l lo111cver ,
emp l oyees who arc interes ted in pun:has ing
these t) -pes of General Ll ect ri c products
may do so by orderin g them dirc c tlr from
the General Electric Se nicenter , 4011
\\'es t Br oad Street , Ridrn1ond, \ 'a .

on ,.cnc1a1

The previous an.nua l J i viden<l rate:

prior t o the t1vo-for- one split \J as $2 . bO .
Th i s ra te, adjusted for the split, wouJ<l have
been $ I . 31l .
I:mpl o;ces s hould be alert a_<; t o the
proper <li.spos al of refuse sud1 as paints , so l \cnts , etc . , into Lmauthorized <li sposal srstens . It is ir.ipcrative t o dispose of s uch
contai;1inatcs i.n the correct manner to as ~ urc
that \\c do not disobey the l ocal , State an J
Federal b\\s hhi c h govern pollution contra] .
This i s a crjt i cal situation and desen-c':-.
full coopc i-ati.on from all of LL-; .

STOCK A.'";J FUi\D U\lT PRI CI:S

The stock and fund unit price for c;.ich month
of 19 71 so fa r is :
;.10NTll

STOCK

FUND LNlT

J ::mua1y
Febnrnn1
~ larch
,\pri l
.\lay

$ 96 . 994

$2() . 374
27 . 546

104.645
110.043
118 . 964

120 . 400

28 . 132
29 . 311
29 . 665

..-....
To manage others successfu ll\, a man lllUSL
ri.rst manage himself. Personal crricicncy i s
cre:1ti\c self-management . It i.s not gett in g
ahead of others , but gett i ng ahead of yourself .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERA L@ ELECTRIC
Volu me XIII, No. 26

WAYNESB ORO,VIRGINIA

J une 25, 1971

WAYNESBORO PLANT' S BIGGEST BLACK BOX

:.;t,'LCOt:t,' APPRZNTICE CLASS OF 19 7,;

Ef fe ctive June 21, seven new Appr en :;ices came

ahoard for t he three- year t"('(lining program
which will qualif'.:1 thc 1: to become Too l Room
machinists . :Jh01;J 1 l le :A ~ to ri;;:~t , :'f'on t row
Fr eddie Dillon , Lar>Y'IJ Coffey Gwen Conner ,
and Lyle llov.ser, J1 . Ba.ck r ow, Larr y Holts ,
Chester Smith, flfi chael i-fousmon a nd Pa ul
ilarren, Supervisor of Apprentice T'f'aining .

FY'ed Curto , f.Janage r - Maintenance, directs operators

of' two ."'o ri<. lift tmcks ( one hidde n) :'or l oading
t ae b lack oox on to s pecial low bed truck fo r
d?:rect sh-i pment to ivorthern Sta tes Powe r Company ,
Roseoort, Minnes ota. To learn more ahout the
cont~n r;s a:id f unctions of the "black box ",
l ook inside.

GE COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE CAN'T BE EQUALED BY ANY I NDIVIDUAL POLICY

It would be i mpossib l e fo r an individual to purchase the medical expens e protection v a lues in the GE I n s urance Plan, accor ding t o company benefits consultants
who have been s t udying o the r medi ca l insurance plans . They point out, for instance ,
t hat the best poss i ble comp r eh ensive plan i s sue d by Me tropolitan I nsurance Company
on an individua l bas i s would provide a maximum payment of only $10,000 in any
policy year. Th i s wou l d inc lude on l y the f irs t $2000 of hospit a l r oom and b oard
up to a $50 da ily r ate and 80% of the excess . I t would cover 80% special services
afte r a $25 deduc tible , s urge r y up to a maximum of $800 and 80% of o ther medical
fees a f te r a $75 deduc t i b le . Ma t e rnity would bring only $150.
The c ost f o r s u ch a po licy de pe nds on the age of th ose ins ured . For examp l e,
for a typica l fami l y of f our wi th th e h us ba n d a ge 36, the cost wou l d be $56 6
annua lly . GE ' s pl an b ri ngs t he emp loy ee f ar bette r cove r a ge without cost to
himself, and he pays a max imum of only $100 for dep e nde nt coverage . Coverage unde r
the GE pl an inc ludes medica l ex pense coverage up to $100 ,000. Semi-private hospital
room and boa r d and specia l services a re covered in ful l for 365 days a year . Surge r y
fe es are cove red in fu l l up to the $500 ma r k and t hen th e emp l oyee pays onl y 15%
of the remainder. The r e i s no de ductible for hospital or s urgery fees, and only a
$50 ded uctib l e before benefits fo r general physici an fe es and prescribed drugs a re
availab l e . The emp l oyee pays onl y 15% afte r the ded uctible . The rest is pai d by
th e pla n .
There a r e s t i l l o t her adva ntages of the GE I ns urance Plan ' s comprehensive
cove rage whLch a re not ment i oned in the policies avai l a ble outs ide , say the benefit s exper t s who di d th e r esea r ch . " It all a dds up to t h e f ac t t h at t h e values of
GE cov erage ca n ' t b e pu r chase d i n any listed poli cy fo r any amount , and fo r GE
empl oyees, thi s e xclusive cove rage is free ."

WAYNESBORO PLANT ' S BLACK BOX

About the Generating Stat ion
The excitation equipment is the f irst of
six tmits for the Inver Hills Station of
Northern Stat es Powe r Company which i s located
j us t outside Minneapo l is , Minnesota . Each
o~ these excitat ion equipment s wi ll be used
1nth a gas turbine powered generator r a t ed
5 7, 000 k'VA and this is sufficient to meet the
r esic.lential power needs of Waynesboro ,
Statmton and Charlottesville , plus all of
Augusta, Albemarle, and Nelson Cotmties .
These part icular gas turbine driven
generators will be used for peaking power
only . >Jorthern States Power Company has
5 ~0 00 , 000 K\\I of s team driven generators t hat
will be used as t he basis for continuous or
base load generation . Peaking tmits a rc
used to fill in and supply generation when
b~se l?a~ units ar e approaching their capaci ~y limit and for this r eason the peaking
W1its ~ust be started and stopped easily and
economically . These gas t ur bine generator
sets will be tmattended and can be s t arted
or shutdo1111 by opera tors at a r emo te location.
It takes only 12 minutes from start to
synchroni zat i on and onlv 25 minutes from
start to full - load gene~ation . I t is anticipated that there will be 250 start s and stop:
per year and t hat each unit wi ll be used
about 3 ,100 hours per year .
The Cubicle and I ts Contents

. ....

l~ith doors open, the left section sho1-:s a

power potential t ransformer a neutral arounding 1.:.rans former and neutr al grounding res is tors
that are purchased from other General Elec tri c
Depart
ments . In the fore 0around of the center
.
section there . is a r -=ctifier assembly completely
-..
manufactured rn our pl an t. The rear of the
center. section and the ri 0aht-hand sectLon
contain three saturablc current trans fonner
~us bars 1~hich arc all completely manufact ured
rn our new facilities located in Buil<li na 6 .
These magnetic items arc more clea rh se~n in
the close up photo below .
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The cubicle shown above with door s closed

measures 9 ' 5" wide by 8' 9" deep and 10 ' 11"
high . It weighs about 5 tons .

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(continued on next page)

BLACK BOX (continued from Page 2)

Facilities Needed to Make Excitation
Equipment

~ew

Building 6 (Butler Building behind the

main plant) has been completely changed
from a general storage shed to a year-rotllld
manufacturing facility. In the past six
months, we have added major transfonner
manufacturing equipment, including additional
co i~ winding equipment, prima. ry bar bending
equipment, vacuum flash pressure compounding
system to compress and set Micapal insulation
around the prima.ry bar, vacuum tank facilities
for varnish impregnation of complete transfonners, large batch ovens for curing varnish
impregnated transformers, overhead crane
equipment, as well as test facilities including the motor-generator set for 400 cycle
test.
The area between Building 5 and 6 was
closed in and also converted to a year-round
manufacturing facility and in its present
state is adequate for assembly of components
in the excitation cubicle.
~aynesboro

Persormel--The Most Important

.ingredient
Setting up facilities, creating designs,
accumulating components and combining everything into a neat functional package requires
the efficient coordinated efforts of ma.ny
specialized workers. Waynesboro's Power
Regulation Team did all of this in spite of
tremendous obstacles.

Philadelphia's outdoor switchgear cubicle.

Rod Lawson coordinate~ engineering design, heat
losses and the electrical system with the
generator people in Lynn and with the gas
turbine people in Greenville.
Bobby Downs coordinated the facilities
and monitored the sheet metal manufacturing
of the cubicle. Through it all, especially
at the end, Cy Lee and Bob Broughman scrambled
'
innovated and did an outstanding job to get
all the loose ends pulled together for final
assembly of the equipment.
When it was all done, Bob Trader and Jack
Smith worked overtime and accomplished in two
days a test program that had been expected
to take two weeks.
Persollllel in the manufacturing areas
contributing much to this equipment were
employees in Buildings SA and 6 who manufactured
the SCT's and linear reactors, persormel in
Power Regulation test and assembly who assembled
and tested the components, both first and second
shift sheet metal employees who perfonned
c::ase fabrication and assembly, and persomel
m maintenance who perfonned loading and
unloading duties .
Those mentioned above are only a small
part of the teaJ!l that accomplished an almost
impossible task of putting together a complete
excitation package in only seven months--and
most important, meeting our customer's shipping
request.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS
The first real contacts Marketing had
with our customer, Gas Turbine Department,
Effective Monaay, Jw1t: 28, 19 71, the
Greenville, S.C., started less than a year ago. Cafe~eria will introduce larger packs of
Meetings were held 1n which engineering dechewing gum and a greater variety of mints.
tails, manufacturing capabilities and shipThese items will be sold at 10 each. The
ping limitations were examined and a proposal 5 chewing gLD1l and mints will be discontinued.
was made to Greenville . All this resulted
in a letter of intent from Greenville on
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November 12, 1970.
The fourth paid holiday of the year will
With this letter of intent, Paul
be celebrated on Friday, July 2. The vacation
Schatz had the go ahead to start plans and
shutdown wil 1 begin Monday, July 5, and run
get appropriation approval for facilities.
through Sunday, July 18. Those employees
Jolm Audia and Lowell Bashlor went ahead
expected to work during the shutdown will be
to design and specify long delivery items,
contacted individually by their supervisor.
~~ Joe Brunetto and Del Niedenthol started
la.King plans to coordinate production.
********
Irving Mater, Carter Sinclair and Vinton
Cook had to start from scratch to design a
cubicle that would match and line up with

A special nlant cleanup and locker inspecis sch~duled for Wednesday, June 30, 1971,
m preparation for the two week vacation shutdown.
~ion

VINCENT RECEIVES GOLDEN QUILL

was Chuck Mietus . A l ist of the game winners

is also printed below .
DOO R PRIZE WINNERS
June Aldhize r
J ames Allen
David Ellefson
Don Kemper
Ken Kent

James Ko ch is
Pa ul Kr op inak
C. R. Mie t us
Alfred Miller
Alice Wood

Mr . C. A. Ford, Manager- Control Devices

Operation (left ) presents the Coleen ~uill
AwaY'd to ChaY'les Vince nt, Projects :::ngi>?.ee r ,
CDO . An article entitled "Hot (.fetal Jete ctoY'
Triggers Action" was published i n the
I rOY/. Age maga;:,ir..e . Mr. John Lar'el.J, CU() , wa tches
the presentation .
600 ATTEND SCOGEE ' S FAMI LY DAY PIC:\IC
Ove r 200 parents dragged their weary
families home Saturday afte r noon and eveni ng
afte r a day of f un and festiviti es at th e
Shenandoah Acres Reso r t . The ac ti vi ties ,.;e re
blessed with good weather althou;;,h o. sli 5 i1t
chilling breeze prevented most of th e adults
from swimming . Swimming, however , was no t
the main event and had it no t been fo r a few
rotten eggs nobody would have even ca r ed .

C. R. ~ict u s , Business Analys i s , is the

proud winne r of a GE portable TV donate d by ..-..
fr~ed Co1'.1rany .
GAME HINNERS
Badminton con t es t --Ralph & Robb in Picking
Ho r sesh oe contes t -- Roy Rexrode & Gordon Pa rke r
Joe & Rod dy Smith
Egg Throwing contest--Jack & J ean Fishe r
Joe and Debbie Smith

The main event was the or ganized games ,

and those who did n o t part icipate provided
the cheering sec tion. Highlights came at
various times i n the aft e rnoon with Susan
and the In- Ti mes starting the ball r o lling .
They provided good dance music fo r the yo unge r
genera t ion and background music fo r the
people enjoying the games and other activities.
The South River Flats appea red next and keeping tradition with the standards o f barb e r shopping, harmonized to every one ' s enjoyment.
Later in the aft e rno on , the Or i ginal Younge r
Aires p r ovided some entertaining gospel
music which concluded th e musical en t ertainment in a most suitable manner .
Door prizes were drawn about 5 : 00 . (A
list of the winners is printed in the next
column.) The top pr ize was a GE po rt able
TV donated by Freeds and the lu cky winne r

Al Miller harpily receives an elaborate rotary

lawn sprinkle r tha t was one of the n ume r ous
prizes donated by l-la rd Coh r on Ha rdware .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
July l, 1971

Volume XIII, No. 27

ABOUT THOSE
INS URANCE
CLAIMS
(P resented below are
some helpful hints from
the Pay r oll Of fice on
filing i ns urance c laims)

When we ma i 1 forms to emp 1oyees to be fi 11 ed out, mak e sure they a re returned promt ly .
We cannot file a clai m until we have a blue
fonTI . We must have a fonTI for each claim filed .
\~hen an emp 1oyee goes to the emergency
room for an x-ray or treatment due to an accident, they should come in at once and fill out
a bl ue insurance fo rm. Many employees do not
realize these types of expenses are now covered in full by the i_nsurance plan.

Keep a complete record of drugs on the GE

drug record receipts if possibl e . All of th e
drug stores in Waynesboro have the fonTis . If
not on GE insurance plan drus forms, the
receipts that are turned in must show t he
employee ' s name, name of person for whom dru g
is prescribed , date of purchase, prescription
numb er, cost of medication, drug store and
address.

NOTE FROM A NEW PENSION ER

(The Nt:~IS rncently r e ceived the f'oUowing
letter from "He nrie 11 Davidge . )
" Still bubbling ove r the delightful
retirement pa rty you gave me , I have been
t r ying assiduous ly to thank each and every one
of you individually for planni ng , attending ,
contributing , writi ng l e tters and , in any
ot her way , helping to make my retirement
pa rt y a most joyous occasion . However , lest
I spend the rest of my retiremen t days writing
no tes and phoning , I have decided to thank
all of yo u collectively , with the assurance
that, by so doing , my appreciation is none t heless sincere . My hea rty thanks to you for a
most enjoyable party '. I believe that the
wonde r f ul send- off you gav e me is one of t he
pr i me r easons that 1 am enjoying my retirement
so ve r y , very much . I am gratef ul for your
thought f ulness a nd am deeply appreciate of
your fine friendship . "

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"ADD NOT A WORD"

FDDD
l=OR

THOUC.HT

HERE WAS BURRIED THOMAS

J EFFERSON , AUTHOR OF THE
DECLARATIOK OF INDEPENDENCE,
OF 'nIE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA
FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDO~I AND
FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
VIRGINIA

Keep a comp l ete record of doctor vi s its

on the GE doctor visits record card. If not
on this card, the doctor's bill or statement
must show patient's name, date of se rvi ce,
diagnosis and charge for each visit. Th e diagnosis is most i mportant. This i s t he t hing
most often l eft off the doctor' s bill or statement.

Is there some thing unus ual abo ut this

epitaph? After he wrote it , Je ffe rson fo rbade
a single word to be added . Yet , he was
Governo r of Virginia, member of Congress , Hin is ter t o France , Sec r e t ary of State , Vice President
but no t a wor d abou t any o f these accomp l ishments .

Althou gh it is not always possible to have

a l l of the bills at one t i me , this would be the
ideal situation. We could then pay a ll of the
clai m at once. Thi s wou ld sa ve both us an d
the employee t i me s i nce we would only have to
work one cl aim and the emp l oyee would have to
fil l out only one claim fonTI .

" The things in this inscription are things

I did for th e people , " he explained . "The
other thin gs are things which the people did
for me ." Was that not the kind of spirit which
has made his name e nd u r e? Many moons have
passed s i nce Jefferson wrote that simple epitaph . But i s n ' t that the spirit we need so
much in t he world today .

PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

Jay does it take so long lo have p Y'escr>ip~ :::or: g lass es made? Sor1c l Go;le ;rave r;o i.;a:.t
3- 5 ~e e <s ..fe r ~;zei :r gZaccL-._ . :;lasses car. i.Je

=a:::r.ed

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a tJeek f Y'C"'. o;;:eY' . ources ir: i-;:e

Service
Milestones

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cit:; .

A. We ha ve a specia l arrangement wi th
United States Safety Service , St . Loui s .
Mo ., t o fi ll all sa f ety prescrip t i on
I t us ual ly req ui res 5 to 7 days on s in gl e
vi s i on gl ass es from date of ma ili ng to
vendor to r ece i pt of glasses . Bi f oca l
and tr i focal gl asses usua ll y take longer
due t o speci al gri nding techni ques t hat
ar e requ ired. The vendo r occas i ona l ly
:nay run out of cer ta i n frame si zes whi ch
could ca use an addi t i ona l de l ay .

The add i t i on of anoth er vent in the

A.
Sh ee t Metal Grindin g ar ea wou ld n' t redu ce
the dust level i n t he a ir but 1-10 uld even
possibly sp r ead it throu ghout a greate r
area in the factory . A more wo rkable
ap pr oach woul d be to remove the dust
t hrou gh ai r f il trat i on . This , however ,
requi res s i zeab l e equipment to ha ndl e
the cons i de rab l e vol ume of air t hat would
have to be mo ved .
One method a lready consi der ed ,
required an ai r hand l i ng unit over three
ti mes the s i ze of the pr esent uni t
l ocated at t he r ear of t he factory 1-1hi ch
r emoves ai r f rom the Pl ating Room. Th i s
appr oa ch , of course , would n't be pr act ica l.
Othe r methods are present ly bei ng r evi ewed ,
however, i n any of t hese methods , t he pr ot ect i ve mas ks woul d stil l be worn to
pr ovi de the maxi mum protection fo r t he
ope rators performing t he grindi ng operat i on .
SERV ICES DURI NG SHUTDOWN

\\e ,,ish to con

ar atulatc the
"following employees who
rc~ched S:'!'Vicc
mil estones las t

~
5 YEARS

Ru th Q. Pa i n te r
Betty M. Boyers
Robe r t E. Yancey
Landon R. Coffey
Mar jor ie McGoldri ck
Di ane H. Flip pi ngs
lli ll i am C. Weiss
John R. Bi ttne r
Pa ul F. Bru ce
Kenneth 0 . Comer
Ke nneth C. Fruend
Shirl ey A. Lotts
Donna J . Mu ncy
Ma ry E. Spea rs
James E. McKay

15 YEARS

James T. Robe r ts
Jos eph F. Lopez
Caro l L. Ba ll
Gr ace M. Si mmons
Horner B. Ca in
Luther C. Mart i n
Pa ul G. Propst

The cafeter i a will be open dur i ng i ts regula r hours during vacat i on shutdo tm. A li mi ted
hot f ood serv i ce wi ll be provided on f i rst sh if t
and vending on ly will be ava i l ab l e fo r the small
number on second . Break time wi ll be t he same
a~ duri ng r egula r work sched ules . Pape r se r vi ce
wi ll be used du ri ng both weeks .
Medical Cl i nic
1

.
The .Medical Clin i c wi ll be open during
f1 rs t sh1 ft through ou t the vacation sh ut down
The secon? ~h i ft s ~ pe rvi so r wi ll have a key
t o t he cl 1n1c so f i r s t ai d can be rendered.

Ge nevieve W. Deadri ck
Edw i n E. Johnson
Ann V. Wh i te
Ge ra ld D. Schu der
Erma T. Mor r i s
Ste l l a N. Sorrel ls

20 YEARS
Harol d R. Knueppel
Law r en ce F. Ro l ette r

Cafete ri a

Eugene J . \4ard
La rry\~ . \.lorl ey
Lynn J . Hi gg s
Ga r l and E. Br own
Ha rry S. Tus h
Lawrence McN au ght on
John J . No l an
Ri cha r d Sharr ock
Co ns ta nce A. Mill er
Allan I. Chow
Th oma s J . Grey
Ha l l ace L. Lotts
Mi ll ar d L. Dearin g

Co nrad J . Isak
Robe r t D. Meye r

30 YEARS
J. Ki r k Snell
40 YEARS

Cha rl es L. Hugh es

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RAL @E LE CTRIC
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WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

July 23 , 1971

FIRST TIME OONORS URGENTLY NEEDED

f-OR AUGUST 4 BLOODMOBI LE

135'11 1 \\'I SE O\VL AWARD

Al though the re arc many faithful employees

who donate their b l ood on a regular basis ,
th ere i s a cons tant need for new donors . ~!any
of the pint s of b l ood tha t arc donate<l on each
bl oodmobile visi t arc earmarked in a dvance as
repl acement bloocl, therefor e the actual number
o f ne1, pints that are placed in the bank f r om
each vis it is l ess than the total donated .
In vi e1v of thi s , Bloochnobile Coordinator
Bill Perry j s appealing t o those employees who
have ne\er g i \en b l ood to become Fi rs t Time
Donors on \\cc.lnc scla; , 1\ugus t 4 , 1971. B~sCl j d,
" You never know the i mportance of bloo<l until
the need arises . "

Phillip Lee Baber, Sheet Meta l Uti l ity , is

prcsent e<l the 135th \\ise 0.d Certificate
a1-:arded a t thi s Plant by Foreman Carl Jones .
\\l1ile spo t "eld ing , spar ks f rom the spot
welder s hrnve r c<l both lenses of Phil ' s safety
gl asses . ~ !any of the sparks became cmbeddc<l
in the lens , hut they provided compl ete
prot ec ti on for Phil.

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STOCI\ AND Fill\D UNIT PRICE
St ock an<l fund unit prices fo r the
month of J Lme ;ire :
STOCI\
HJ\D lr.\ lT

********

$59 . 943
$29 . 69 1

\EEDED : 1\ rid<-> Crom Staunton to GE on the

second s hi[t . Cont act Brenda Ea rhart on
Ext . 550 .
A ri<lc for the 7 : 30 to 4:00 s hift.
Bnplo;ec can catch ride at any of these
ocat ions : Rt . 250 & \\ay neridgc Rd., Rt . 250
4 I lopcman Park1,ay or Crompton Roacl & Rosse r
Avenue . Contac t Ruby Gilbert , 942 - 2634 .

l lere arc some excerpts from a letter r eceiv ed from a fonner l\fayncsboro Plant employee
1vho had such a necc.l for blood recently:

Dear> _;irn . Ariehar>t :

have rewY'i ilen lhis lelie r> a half dozen
times or "10 re , tr:..1inc :;o conve~' ,.,,~, -;~:r-;;
deep sense O j . gpatitude io 1.fOU , ;he P.ed
Cross , and the Blood Bank pernoY1.nel at
i./aynesbor>o, Roanoke and Bos t on Jlw pr>ovided the genePous and vital giJ't o_r
blood f or mJ stepfather ho is still
seriouslv ill in Boston .
I

I-lords , however', ar>e sim!~l;1 inaG.equate .

Al though I ha~e been involved. z,;i :;h :-he
Red CY'oss Blood PPograJn f ori mar. u tears ,
never until now when I asked _ror and
priomptly receil>ed youi' help har.!. I rea ll!'
ever> unders toad how im::-oPtan. t and un el 'i sh
the wor k o the Rea CY'O"s i3 food 3~>:7< is .
More than ever, I am sold on the Red Cros .; ,
the Blood Pr>orrrarn and the workerc and
donors who make it all rossibl2 .
IVon't you serious l y cons j Jcr this appen l
and become a FIRST THIE IX)i\OR by s j mpl y signin g
a blood donor carc.l that is avai l able through
your area chairman.

PLANT NE\VS QUESTION BOX

Q.
Why can't you send the weekly payroll
checks to Staunton Banks for your employees
from that area, the same as you do for the ones
in the Waynesboro area?

A. We are making deposits in StalUl ton

banks for our employees if the employee
has his account at one of the following
banks: Virginia National, First & Mer. chants National Bank, Planters Bank and
Trust Canpany, and the First Virginia
Bank.
Q.
Could not a more suitable place be
found for parking motorcycles than at the
entrance gates where they are in the way.
HOIJJ about out behind the hanger or out beyond
Zone 8?

to either go on lack of work or vacation.

In addition, people further down the li~
would have to stop work because of the
interrupted flow of parts, material, paper,
etc. It is true that some companies do
not have a vacation shutdown and still
try to operate "nonnally." Their operation
is anything but nonnal. They then incur
extra labor and salary costs by having
more people on the payroll and more
overtime as well as failure to meet customer
corrunitments. And to top it all off, they
still don't let people go on vacation
except as the business will allow. We
think our 2 week shutdown is by far the
best--for all of us as well as the health
of our business. Also, more than half
our people have 3 weeks or more vacation,
so many do have a week or more in which
their personal choice can be given primary
consideration.

The question seems to indicate a

strong feeling about motorcycles. "lt>tor
*********
cyclists are not given special privileges.
The driving and parking of their
DID YOU NOTICE?
machines should conform to all the rules
During the vacation shutdown the plant
of safety and courtesy that automobile
was alive with scores of people working hard
drivers are subject to, with one exception. The only allowance made is that to keep it shipshape. Literally, htmdreds of
jobs were completed, some of which you proba~
we have let them park in some of the
already noticed. Here are a few of the major
cross hatched areas in the parking lots
activities:
where a car wouldn't fit. It didn't
seem to make sense to force their use of
--cleaned office lights, walls and windows
a full automobile parking space. Their
--cleaned lights in Sheet Metal and Tool
small size makes them invisible until
Room
a car tries to pull into an apparently
--serviced air conditioning units in
empty space. This creates a hazard.
Relays and office areas
We will look at the motorcycle parking
--installed new Gate 2
and assure that they are not "in the
--installed new exhaust fan over DCP
way." It is hoped that the cyclists
printed circuit board area
will park and drive their machines so
--waxed floors
as to provide the minimum annoyance to .
--cleaned large holding pit at Building 4
the non-cyclists. It should go without
for waste treatment
saying that automobile drivers should
--installed new pmnp and lines for
recognize the cyclist's exposure and
disposal of Plating Room waste to
in tuni show them the proper courtesy.
A.

city

Why rrrust a plant with 2000 people being

paid approximately 20 million dollars a year
in sala;py practice shutdown with set foraible
vacation for two weeks. Surely, the few
thousand dolZars for special maintenance
tasks is hardly a valid reason.

Q.

A.
Neither the number of employees nor
the amotmt of payroll dollars has any .
bearing in making a decision to shut
down or not shut down. Most assuredly,
maintenance jobs cannot be done without
shutting down affected operations. This
in itself would cause the affected people

--rebuilt header furnace in Relay area

--checked all electrical load centers and
substation
--installed new steel floor plating in
Plate Room.

*********

WAYNESBORO PLANT
-

GENERAL@ELECTRIC
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\!::\\.

PHO'lDELECTRlC CONTROL USED I !ERE

WAYNESBORO , VIRGINIA

r: l RST

On .July 15 the firs t production uni t s

of the 3S7505PS800 reflex photoelectric controls \\ere installed . Located between the
gi_1Jr clhousc an<l pcdcs trian Gate 2 a r c four
pairs of si l ver , \vais t-hi gh, posts con taining ,
the controls .

July 30 , 19 71

r INNEC\' NJ\J'ILD F11\J\NCE Wu\JJ\GER

The appo intment of Mr . Jwncs I~ . Finnecy as
rlanagcr- 1-'inanc ial Plruming and
!\nalys is !or Ccncra l Electric ' s
Data Conmun icat ion Products
Department \\as announced todav
by /,Ir . \\'a rrcn F. Kindt, Genera 1
rlanagcr o 1 the Department .
~I r. r:inncc>' \\"ill succce<l
Ralph F. Tu Its , \vho \\'as
recently promotc<l to r lanager
of the Visua l Co11111w1ica tions
Ope r at ions in Syrncusc , 1 cw
York . 01r . Finnccy comes to
Waynesbo r o from his post in Sd1cncc t a<ly , Nc\v
York, as ~lanar,er - J\ccoLmt in g C:onsolj <la tions
of Corporate i\ccmmting Opcru t jons .
~Ir.

>Ir . i: innccy joinc<l Ccncral Electric in

1955 at the DC >lotor <.m<l Generator Department

Anyone who \\'a l ks bet ween the pos t s \vhcn

l ea\ing the Guardhouse breaks an i nvi s ible
light beam . This acti\a tes the contro ls hhich
open the gate for about 10 seconds letting a
;1crson through the sccuri ty fence into the
parking; lot . The ne\\ sliding gate , built by
Bobb\ l larncr an<l e lectrically wi red by Calvin
Claytor w1der Foreman l lo\vdyshell , has a safety
bt.anper for any one \vho walks very slowly .
The a<lnmta9.,CS of this nc1.,r produc t appl i cation a r c shared by many . The controls improve pl~mt security by a llowing the ga tc to
be closed after hours whe n the bITT..IB rd nukes
!11 s roLmds . Fonnc r 1y, the ga tc \vas left open
so employees cou l d l eave the plant.
Specialty Control De\i.ccs Enginee ring
\,ill get operating tes t <lata to \erify the
design of this contr o l. 'lai ntcnancc will get
records fran a count er to help in upkeep of
t
he gate . ~larkctinon will have a 1vorkincr~ <lis~~
.a: of the nc\\ product .
(Continued on Page 2)

in Eri c , Pc1ms:' lvania , an<l servc<l in various

capacitjcs in the finw 1ce organization until
1962, \\hen he \\as assi01c<l
to the tr~nelinob
,,
audit star!. i\fter four years of au<li ting
activity , he \\as name<l to Corpora t e ,\ccow1ting
in 196b \\here he has been locuted s incc that
time .
1\ native or Oil City , Pcnnsyhw1i.a , >Ir .
r:i.nne cy i~r;,iJuatc<l from Cnnnon College 1'.'i th a
<lc gre c i n l~us incss /\c~n i n i strat i on . lie is ;ilso
a (!.ra<lu~1 te of the Comp:1H>' ' s 1: i nan cc >bnagemcnt Progr;im and the >bnagcr l~1;clopmcnt Cour se ,
a.11<l served in the Uni t~d Sta tcs i\avy .

lie and his \\"i[e Bcttv an<l their fou r

d1ildrc11 p resently reside. in :\i skayuna , \e1"
York, \\here he serves as tre~L'Surcr 0 r the
r mnih. cU1d (]1il<l Servi.cc r\OCl1C\"
"' . of
Schcncct a<ly anJ treasurer or the Rcpubl i Gm
Commit tee .

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RHIE~03U~

1111: BL(){)D\IOB 11.1 : VI S IT J\UCllST 4.

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PHOfOELECTRIC CDNTROL.5 .. from Page 1

The PSSOO control uses a solid state
lamp comnonly called a light emitting diode
(LED). The LED light be~ is m?dulate~ to
eliminate problems associated with ambient
light, including sunlight. . The invis~ble beam
eliminates the need for an infrared filter in
applications where a visible beam is not
desirable as in burgular detectio~.

system allows a 13% deduction for all wage

earners who are not entitled to the low-income
allowance.

So what's the problem? How could you ow ~

money at tax time? IRS explains it this way:
"The standard deduction is limited to $1500 on
the tax return. For example, the withholding
tables assume that a single taxpayer with a
$15,000 income will have 13% or 1,950 in
deductions. But when the taxpayer fills out
The control represents an addition.to the his return and takes the $1500 standard deducexisting photoelectric device product line
tion, or $450 less than the deductions allowed
and is aimed at reaching new markets. Improve- for withholding, he will generally wind up owing
ments over existing controls include extended tax. The same taxpayer would have a similar
life (no light bulb to change results i~ ~ .
problem if his itemized deductions were less
design life of 10 years), outdoor capaJ:>1l1t1es, than 13% of his income."
greater operating distances, ~d a varietr of
plug-in output options. A bright fut1:1re is
IRS notes that another problem arises when
predicted for this ~ewest pho~oelec~ric conboth husband and wife are employed. \\11ile the
trol which is made m the Devices line tmder
withholding system gives each employee the new
Foreman Jim Rose.
lqw-income allowance, the couple is entitled
to only one low-income allowance when filing a
Other locally made photoelectric devices
joint return. Then too, people with higher inare also in useful applications here. At
comes may have too little withheld because the
night, Gate 20 remains closed tmtil_the M500
maxinn.un withholding rates are limited to 24%
series photoelectric control opens it when
for single persons and 25% for married persons.
a vehicle approaches from inside the fence.
An indoor application explains the reflectors
So the message is that anyone who is not
seen on all forklifts. A PS700 photoelectric reasonably sure that enough money is being withcontrol detects the reflectors and activates
held from his pay for federal tax may wish to~
lights to warn employees of approaching
request a new W-4 fonn, claim fewer exemption~
vehicles at the blind corner next to the
or ask for additional dollar amounts of withSheet Metal Paint booth.
holding, and return the form to Personnel
**************
Accounting. It will hurt a little now, which
is better than a lot later.
NEW TAX WI'IHHOLDING Sa-IEDULE: PAY MJRE NOW,
SMILE LATER
************
You could become ill or enraged, or both,
next year when the time comes to file your
19 71 federal income tax return. Nothing new
there, you say? It happens evezy year? Well
wait, next year it could be worse. You could
owe more money than you expected. So, it's
better to get the word now and avoid the shock
next winter, right?
A new law has changed the withholding
system, and while most employees will find
that withholding and actual tax liability
will be fairly close--as in past years--it is
possible that the federal tax being withheld
from your wages may not be enough to cover
your tax liability for 1971.
The way arotmd that eventuality, is ,
of course, to arrange with Personnel Accounting for an increased withholding now. Fonnerly, the standard deduction was 10%. This has
now been increased to 13%, and the withholding

NCTfICES
The arrangement for employes to process
their safety glass prescriptions through Colony
Optical Company, Staunton, has expired. Pu:chasing is checking with other Staunton optical
finns to see if a new arrangement can be established with one of the firms. In the meantime,
Dr. Egleston's office, 560 oak Avenue, across
the street from the Waynesboro Community Hospital
may be used by any employee to have_th7ir sa~ety
glass prescriptions processed for filling~ fitting; and adjusting.

******
The Blue Ridge Dining Room is reserved
for Tuesday, August 3, 1971. MA.PD will be
conducting a business review meeting at the
Waynesboro Plant.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
_ _ _yolwne XI II, >Jo. 30

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

J\ugus t 6 , 19 71

\
~IICAPAL

INSULATION cav!POLWDING SYSTEM

HANEY JOINS RIO !i\lOND PLJ.\NT

Wyatt B. Haney, former
Manager-Shop Operations
for AEEP, has ~)een named
Specialist-Advanced Manufacturing Engineering for
MA.PD, Richmond Plant ,
effective Augus t 1, 1971 .

Control Devices Operation (COO) ~lanu- :acturing Engineering has recently installed
a Micapal Insulation Cornpmmding Sys tern in
Building #6 . This system wi ll enable COO to
join two other General Electric Departments
"i th capabilities for applying ~!icapal insulation. COO currently utilizes ~!icapal insulation for insulating primary windings of certain transformer designs and insulating certain bus bars . Past orders for the above
primary windings and bus bars 1vere filled by
one of the other General Electric Departments
with ~licapal Insulation capabilities . J\ll
future orders for these parts will be manufactured internally utilizing COO ' s new system.
Internal manufacturing of these parts will
result in approximately 40-45% total material
savings per finished proch.1ct. This increased
labor requirement will provide three or four
additional positions , depending on yearly
quantities for lfaynesboro personnel .
In addition to providing additional jobs
for \\'aynesboro people , the internal manufacture
of parts requiring ~l icapal Insulation will
result in a yearly saving of approximately
~$140,000 to the COO operation.
(continued on Page 2 )

A native of Ivy , Virginia,

Wyatt graduated from VPI with
a BS degree in 1952 . Prior
to this time , he had completed
an apprentice program at Newpor t Ne1vs Shipbuilding and
served in ~1e U. S. Navy . Before joining
the Specialty Control Department in 1954 ,
Wyatt was Supe rvisor of the Apprentic e
Trai ning for the Vir ginia Department of
Education.
He has had ass igrunents wi ~1 the Company
as Time Standards Technician, Sheet Metal
Specialist, and Planning and ~!ethods Supervisor . In 196 7 he 1,as made Supervisor of
>!anufacturing Engineering for the Aerospace
business and in 1969 he was named tc -t.he
position as ~!anager - Shop Operations , AEEP .
\\fyatt , his wife Sarah Jane and their
son and daughter will be moving to their
new home in Richmond irrunediately. Our
very best wishes go wi ~1 them .

***********
280 PINTS COLLECTED
BLOOD COLLECTION LARGEST SINCE 1964
Twent y-three " first time blood donors"
played a big part in providing the Waynesboro
plant its largest life saving bl ood collection
since 1964 . The largest collection was
r ecorded on 8- 5-64 with 314 pints -- 280 pints
were collected Wednesday .
The Appa l achian Red Cross and Waynesboro
Red Cross offici als were elated and pleased
over this fine pe rformance by the GE employees.
(continued on Page 2 )

(continued from Page 1)

BLOOD COLLECTION . . . (continued from Page 1)
The Micapal Insulation Compounding ~ystem
is composed of four related sys t ems : 1) A
storage tank capab l e of vacuwn and pressure
complete 1vi th a hot oil heating system. 2) A
treatment tank 1vith ql!ick opening doors, capable
of vacuum and pressure , complete with a circulating oil heating and coo ling system. 3) A
removable treatment cart complete with circulating oil heating and cooling system housed i n
the treatment tank, and 4) A 1300 CFM vacuum
system supporting the s torage tank and treatment
tank .
A Micapal Compounding cycle is approximately twenty-four hours in duration . The cart
is hydraulicly r emoved from the t r eatment tank
and parts are loaded into the cart, which is
returned to the treatment tank . The parts
are then subjected to vacuum and a ten -hour
heat up cycle controlled by a program controller
receiving inputs from a thermo-couple attached
to a part within the l oad. Hot asphalt is
then transferred f rom the storage tank t o the
cart to cover the pa rts . After parts are
completely covered, vacuum is broken and nitrogen pressure is applied above 100 PS I while
asphalt is maintained at temperature for t en
hours. Aspahl t is then transferred back to
the storage tank. Heating systems of the
treatment tank and cart are turned off , pr es sure relieved, cart removed and parts unloaded.
The treatment tank and cart are then cooled
before the next cycle can begin .
The above results will be accompl ished
because the General Electric Company has
added a $100, 000 investment, the Micapal
Insulation Compounding System, to the CID facilities located in Waynesboro. Large inves t ments sud1 as this can only be justified by
quality improvement , manufacturing performance
and savings . This means j t r equi res tJ1e
efforts of every individual in this plant to
keep our business prosperous and grrnving .

**********
FOUR GALLON OONORS
Billy Borden

Geor ge Archambeault
James Conway

**********
Practice the advice of the psychiatrist who
gives his nonna l patients this prescription:
" Don' t take yourse lf s o damned seriously."

\ ~.... .

'.:

.\

Barbara Myers, a first time donor, is assisted

by Mrs. Robert Suddarth during the Bloodmobile
visit on Wednes day .

Bill Perry, Plant Blood Donor Coor dinator,

said, " In coordinating Bloodmobile visi ts to
this plant since 1956 , this visit was the
smoothes t run of all visits . ~!y sincere
thanks to all 1vho participated and a special
thanks to the 23 employees who gave their
blood for the first time ."
r:i rs t time donors were :

Richard Lee Taylor Gene Nelson Shifflett

Barbara Eason ~!ye rs John Patrick McAlister
Robert Lee Bosserman Fon Kat Lee
Rid1ard Pult z Swisher Joann Moore Wells
Dor othy Armstrong
Al l en Ingram
Etta Marie Lake
Karen Sue Mowbray
Rid1ard Lee Baber
Dottie Thompson
Alfred Miller
Glen Allen Keller
~larj orie Cash
George May Lantz
Christopher Shuey
Ann Rogers
Larry Kyger
Warren Sprouse
Landon Coffey
ONE GALLON DONORS
Ralph T. I lanunond
rranklin Moran
Shirl ey Lafferty
Kenneth P. Kite

J ack PlLUluner
Wayne Bowles
lfrea tha Whitesell

TWO CALLON DONORS

Mary I lenders on
Ila tley Mabry
David Gibson

Ruth Lotts
Ralph Mccambri dge

11 !R[E GALLON OONORS

Thomas R. TI10rnpson

PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

Q.
Sinae we do not Zive in the early 1900's
and have no good :r>eason to work under> suah
~poor aonditions, why doesn't a plant Zike GE
have air aondi tioning? It is a new era and
things Zike this a:r>e in our homes. Some of
us arien't used to these aonditions. I, for
one, cun not, and I don't even have a fan in
the faatory. 0uP foreman took ouri fans out.
I aannot breathe in that faatory. I'm not
used to it, and there is no reason for it.
~ husband ~as bee': ~n this plant and he says
i.t aan be ai.r aondi.ti.oned and it would not be
ex-pensive and not that muah trouble and
you aan't say that it is. Wouldn't you Zike
a ZittZe peaae in this pZaae?
~

~egardle~s of the opinion expressed

in this question, the basic reason that
the factory is not air conditioned is
cost. This Department simply does not
have enough money to put it in. This
statement probably will be met by remarks
such as, "Don't tell me the General
Electric Company can't afford it," or
"the factory in
is air conditioned."
Unfortunately, ~statements or
questions have no bearing on Waynesboro.
There is no central company fund of
~oney ~a~ ""!e can spend. Our Department
is an mdi vi dual business . If we don 1 t
have the money to do it, it won't be
done.

We have been studying the possibility

of air conditioning sane parts of the
factory. To do the whole thing would
cost approximately $500,000. To my mind
that is a lot of money. We have not
'
~ven up on it. We just can't afford it
right now. We recognize that it has
beei: hot. Many fans have been added.
A big new roof fan was installed to
dra""! off some of the heat. We will keep
trying.
A number of studies have been made to
investigate the feasibility of a four-day
work week. Very good suaaess has been found
with the 4-da.y, 40-hour week or 4-day, 36-hour
week. They have found Zess employee turnover>
less absen:eeism, ~igher pe:r>aentage of output;
less overti.me requi.red, just to name a few
of the advantages to suah a plan. Is
m:inagement studying the possibility of suah
~a plan herie at the Waynesborio Plant?

Q.

A. A number of smaller companies are

experimenting with the 4-day, 40-hour work
week, and many companies, including General

Electric are carefully observing these

experiments. Like any new approach of
major significance there are many roadblocks to be overcome, not the least of
which are state and federal rules and
regulations on payment practices. Also,
the problems of effective utilization of
manpower and facilities, fatigue and produc~ivity? shift schedules, employee
satisfaction, and customer service all
ha~e to be evaluated against possible
gains such as those enumerated in the
question.
Q. .Why ~s the ~empe:r>aturie kept so high in the
engi.neenng offi.aes? A aheak with the thermometer for the past 10 days has shown an ave:r>age temperatu:r>e of 77-78 dBgrees. Why aouldn't
the air aonditioners be tu:r>ned on so that the
offia~ wor>kers would feeZ more Zike working.
I don t see how anyone aan work with any
effiai~nay whe~ they are hot and sweaty.
The
r>ooms i.n questi.on extend from drafting to the
south end of the plant.

A.
TI;e temperature is not purposefully
kept high and the air conditioners are all
on and. running full tilt, except when
there l~ a br~ak?own: The cooling for the
old office building is provided by a
mnnber of individual tmits--all of which
are almost 17 years old. In the recent
extremely hot weather, they showed their
age by failing under the strain. We fix
them as fast as we can. In time, we hope
to be able to put in an adequate central
system. We can't now. First, however,
we must look at the factory. Many of our
people in the f actoiy would have welcomed
77-78 degree air. Please bear with us.
We plan to fix it, as soon as we can
afford it.

**********
Ruth Madison, Maahine Room, would like to
thank alZ those who repZaaed blood for her
brother-in-law, the Zate Kenneth L. Snyder.
Mrs. Snyder and family also extend a speaial
thank you.

*********
Rosalie Harter>, Switahboard Operator would
also like to thank aZZ those who repZaaed
blood for her> husband Frank.

**********
The next paid holiday will be Labor Day
Monday, September 6.
'

F'a o D
~OR

THOUC.HT

Service
Milestones
1HE

wish to con
gratulate the
following employees who
rc::.ched service
miles t ones las t

l~e

KNE\\1

IT

. Our cavemen forebears had a rather simple

philosophy about life .

If they wanted something to eat , t hey

stalked the 1voods and killed an animal or
netted fish f rom the lakes and st reams.
Theirs was a rather simple philos ophy .
It boiled down to :

"I f we don 't work ,

we don ' t eat."

They might have said to each other: "If
we don' t produce, we don ' t get the benefits of
our production."
Times have changed a l ot since those days
when the caveman roamed the hills and the
valleys for his food .

5 YEARS
Martha Childress
Jay Stoeckel
Wi lliam Bawngardner
Stan ley Thompson
Richard McLaughlin
Rodney Lawson
James Poole
Katherine Lawhorrae
Ne U ie Profitt

10 YEARS

But as late as 1879 people 1vere still

working from 12 to 14 hours a clay . They had
Ronald EdJ.,;ards
to work that hard because they coul dn ' t turn out
a great deal of anything wi th the poor tools
and macnines they had.
Each empl oyee had the equivalent of one
and a quarter horsepower for his use in 18 79.
But as the years passed , the emplovees
got more in the way of power equipment., Life
began to get easier.
There 1vas even talk of a ten -hour day.
~ors~prnver at the disposal of the empl oyee
steadily increased to wher e it is es timated
it is now about 7.25 or six times what it was
in 1879 .

\Ve are all working less than our for e fathers did , but making much more .

Daniel WeUs
Gladys Colvin
Dwan Showalter
Raymond Balser
Betty Davis
Sandro. Doy le
Wa:nda Lam
James Kochis

James Harris
15 YEARS

EdJ.,;ar d Armentrout
Ange la ~la lsh
Catheri ne Balsley
Naomi Brooks
Beatrice Rankin
Dwight Moanaw
Gerald Lockndge
Marie Shifflett

Cecil Davis
Wi Vna Grant
Dewey Powell
Carnett Brooks
Marshel Fitzgerald
Robert Gunn
Don Trohaugh

20 YEARS

Laurence Roge rs

Arthur Dorman
25 YEARS

EdJ.,;ard Menaker
But in spite of all the modern machinery
and bette r l iving, there is a fact that is as
true now as i t was in the days of the caveman .
30 YEARS
That fact is : " If we don't produce , we don ' t
11
get the benefits of our production .
Efficient
EdJ.,;ard Dinger
Clare Beattie
productivity insured the caveman of food for
Le ray Ke l Zing
his fami l y and himself yesterday .

Effect ive production today means a

better way of li fe for all of us .

35 YEARS
Ralph Dra.yer

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RA L@ ELE CTR IC
Volume XI II

No . 31

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

August 13 , 1971

DINGER AND DRAYER RECEIVE SERVI CE AWARD.S

Ralph Draye r receives his servi ce pin from

Ted Sw<rrison, Ma:n.a.ge r - Marketing for MAPD.
Lowell Bashlor and Peter Hendel look over one
of their latest creations .
\\Hr\T IS IT?

A transfonner- - a Saturable Current Trans fonner (SCT) to be exact . This one is by far
the largest transfonner ever built in lfaynes boro (2400 lbs.) and is be lieved to be the
largest dry type (ai r coo led) current trans fonner ever built .
This particula r SCT is the engineering
prototype for three to be used in the static
excitation system for a 133 , 6 39 t0/A generator
for the City of Dover , Delaware . The 1\aynes boro static excitation s ys t em will delive r
almost 3uu i1v tc control the generator 1vhich
will furnish power for five cities the size
of Waynesboro .
Each Dover SCT hill be rated about 200 Kl/A .
The primary winding bar is of copper- - 7 feet
long , 10 inches wide , 1 inch thick, and 1vill
carry 6500 amps . Since the primary carries the
main generator output it must be insulated to
operate at 15, 000 ,olts .
(continued on Page 2)

i\lr. Ralph Drayer, a Product Specialist

in the Manufacturing Automation Product s
Department's Mar ket i ng Sect ion, has recently
completed 35 years of service with the
General Electric Company .

A native of Columbus , Ohio , Ralph

received his BSEE from Ohio State University
in 1936 . He started his career with GE
as a t es t engineer at the Sd1enectady
Later assignments included manufacturing,
design , and sal es engineering pos t s h'i th the
Ins tnnnent Department in Lynn, i'lass .
In 1954 he mO"\'ed t o the Sales Offic e
in Chicago , Ill. , and s enred as Instrument
Specialist for the Central ..\pparatus Sales
Region covering six states in the Midwest .
In 1958 he became a i'la rket Developme nt
Specialist r epresenting the GE company ' s
~umerical Cont rol interests i n thi s srune
territory . Since 1960 , j\lr . Drayer has been
located at the i\IJ\PD headquarters in lfaynesboro .
Ralph has been a frequent speake r at
Numerical Control Seminars on both a l ocal
and national l evel . I le is the author of a
number of papers on ~C' s .
(continued on Page 3)

scr ................. (CDNTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)

Many Waynesboro engineering employees had
a hand in designing, building, and testing the
Dover scr. Waynesboro Is ''Mr. Transfonner'"
Lowell Bashlor, has pioneered our building
large tr~fol11l~rs and use of the high-voltage
Micapal 1nsulat1on system. Rod Lawson worked
out the details of the excitation system for the
Dover Generator.
Peter Hendel designed the Dover SCT using
a combination of previous experience, computer
analytical techniques, and a lot of connnon
sense. The detailed drafting layouts were
nandled by Ron Assid and John McAlister.
Joh Via and Bill Harris accumulated
material and built the large scr in the
engineering laboratory. Bill went to GE's
Lynn, Mass., plant to learn how to make Micapal
bars. The Micapal insulation was compounded
and applied in our new production facilities
in Building 6. John wotmd the coils, using a
1/16 inch by 11 inch copper sheet for one
winding. The transformer was then transported
to Building 5 where the new vacuum impregnation
system, operated by Luther Martin, was used to
apply varnish.
Oliver Grant and Garnett Brooks worked
on the test set-up. The SCT was shipped to
GE's high-voltage lab in Pittsfield, Mass.,
for impulse tests up to 130,000 volts. Heat
runs were made here (Building 8) . When the
heavy load overheated our diesel generator,
Bill Nichols devised a test taking power directly from the VEPCD Substation. The trans fonner
passed all major tests and is about ready for
full scale production, according to Peter and
Lowell.
Dee Miller, Manager-Large Excitation
Sys terns Engineering says, "We are proud of our
transfonner engineering gang. Their efforts
are helping to reduce costs of excitation
systems and to increase our contributed value,
meaning more jobs and increased job security
for Waynesboro employees."

NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF HOLDING

PERIOD FOR 1968 SAVINGS

The holding period for 1968 Savings expire~

December 31, 1971. Securities and cash will
be forwarded in January, 1972. Participants
who have received a prior distribution should
carefully review the registration of securities
and election of the Retirement Option as shown
on Part I of the authorization fonns for registration and delivery of securities which were
distributed to employees on August 9. If a
change in registration or election is desired,
at this time, please complete Part II. If no
changes are requested, registration and delivery
of your securities will be in accordance with
the infonnation shown on Part I and it will not
be necessary to complete or return Part II.
Participants' accounts who have not received
a prior distribution have been coded for
delivery of all Securities and Cash in this
distribution. If you wish to receive the
Securities and Cash representing Payroll
Deductions only, and have Company payments and
income retained under the Retirement Option,
you MUST elect to do so by marking an "X" in
the appropriate box on Part II.
Securities scheduled for deli very in this ~
distribution are shown on Part I and "Registration Required" has been imprinted in the
appropriate areas to indicate the registrations
that should Dt:! furnished by you. After reviewing the infonnation with respect to "Registration
of Securities" shown on the back of Part II,
you must indicate on the front of Part II the
registration you prefer to have shown on securities to be delivered.
Do not provide registration for securities
where "registration not required" is imprinted.
Either you have not invested in these securities
or your accumulation of credits is not sufficient
to allow issuance in this distribution.

RETIREMENT OPTION
You may e!E.....!: to have your Proportionate
Company Payments and Income retained tmder the
Ben Cooper, Manager-Power Regulation
Retire~ent Option feature 1.Illtil tennination of
Engineering, says, "We' re glad to see the Dover employment by retirement or other reason providscr pass final tests. Now' we I11 really have
ing such election is made immediately. If you
to hustle in our new production facilities in
elected the Retirement Option feature with
Buildings 5 and 6 to get 15 or 20 of these
respect to the distribution of 1967 savings, such
large SCf IS designed, bui 1t, and Shipped during election will remain in effect for 1968 savings
1971. We have a large backlog of orders so it
tmless amended by you. If you have not receiv~
looks like we are in this special transfonner
a prior distribution, your Proportionate Comrar1,
business to stay."
Payment and Income will not be retained tmder
the Retirement Option feature llllless you make
such an election now.
Please complete and return your fonns
to the Personnel Accounting Office immediately.

~ - -- --IN

SERVICE AWARDS ... ...... . (continued from Page 1)

MEMORIA\1-----

Blaine Parr, a r ecent

graduate of the Waynesboro
GE Apprentice Course , died
Sunday, August 8, 1971, aft er
a l ong illness.
Blaine j oinea the Company
as an Apprentice b1 September
1967 , i mmediate l y after
'
graduating from Wilson Memorial
High School .

Ed Dinger (center) receives his 30 year service

pin f rom Mr. C. A. Ford, Manager- CDO as Mr .
Joh n Larew watches.
_Mr . E. I-I. Dinger , Development Specialist,
Specialty Control Devices Engineering, r ecently
completed 30 years service with the Company .
.Ed , a native _of Ironton , Missouri, joined
the 1est Program in 1941 soon after graduation
~ram the Univers ity of Mi ssouri wi th a BSEE .
-~ completed assi gnments in Fort \\iayne, Ind . ,
P1 t~s ~1 ~l<l , Mass ., and Schenectady plants prior
to JOrnrng the former Industrial Contro l
Department , ancestor of the Depar tments l ocated
at Waynesboro .
Throughout his career he has made a
significant impact on the industrial e l ectronic
control fie ld, particular in Drives . I n
addition to authoring a chapter on Adjustable
Spee d Drives in the Industri al Electronics
I Iandbook, he has presented many tehcnical
papers and had a m.nnber of magazine articles
published . Ed is a licensed professional
engineer and holds membership in Tau Beta Phi ,
Eta Kappa Nu , and Sigma Ix. He is al so a
member of IEEE.
! le holds 23 patents and has been responsi -

ble for b1e design of ~ost of ?UT Drives pro ducts . L.urrently, he i s working on a line of
ne1~ Drives whid1 incorporates integrated ci r cuits and many new features and will ulti mately
repl ace our present Statotrol line .
Ed and his

wif~*He

at 2009 Cherokee Road .

.,ODITIONAL Bl.DOD OONOR RECDGNITION: \Ve are

happy to annolD1ce tha t Steven Huffer and Charles
Strickler became First Time Donors during l ast
week ~ s Bloodmobile vist .
Also , Bill Baumgardner
was rnadvertantly l eft off the 1 gallon list .

After graduating from the

.
Apprentice Program, Blaine worked in the Tool
Roe~ c;md Machine Shop before accepting the
pos1 tion of Assembly Planner and .Methods
for the Control Devi ces Operation .
Paul Schatz , Blaine 's manager

said

"B la~ne only worked for me a short' period

?f

time before he was hospitalized with his

During that time he showed great
p7omise for the future . His attitude toward
his fe llow emp l oyees and his work were all
that anyone could ask for . He was the type
o~ young man we are all proud to be associ ated
wi th and to know . 11
illn~ss .

The NEWS extends i t s sincere sympathy

to Bl aine ' s wi fe , Anita , his parents and
hi s many friends .
Mrs. Anita Parr has contacted the NEWS
and wis~es ~o thank e 1e many GE employees
for. th~ir krnW:ess and thoughtful ness during
Bl aine s long illness and at the time of
his death .
*******
GE ' S EARNI NGS PERCENTAGE IMPROVES IN 197 1
PERIODS
BUT IT ' S STILL ONLY 4 . 6% IN FIRST HALF
AND 4 . 8% IN SECOND QUARTER
Gener al Electric ' s earnings as a pe rcent age of sal es wer e 4 . 6% for the fi r st half of
1971 and 4. 8% for the second quarter . 111e
corresponding figures were 1 . 4% for 1970 ' s
first six months and 4. 3% for the second
period when t he company ' s performance was af fected by the 1969-70 strike .
Commenting on the company ' s quarterly
:esults , ~r . Barch said that "An encouraging
increase rn the sales of consumer goods was
parti all y dampened by decr eased volume of
aerospace products and services , and a
continued softness in i ndustri al markets . "

IDP PLANS ANNOUNCED

Bill Perry, Specialist-Benefits, Services,
Safety &Security, announced today the plans
for implementation of the Individual Development Program for this fall. IDP provides that
full-time hourly and non-exempt employees will
have the opportunity to take tuition-free, inplant courses in subjects that will help them
advance but due to a lack of classroom space,
it is not possible to set up in-plant courses
to meet this need. Facilities and faculty are
in place at Valley Vocational Technical Center
and Blue Ridge Corranunity College, and therefore,
arrangements have been made by the Canpan.y this
fall to implement IDP by offering courses to
employees on the same basis as in-plant courses.
The procedure for the interested employee
to follow is:
Detennine in advance if the desired course
or courses he wants to take will be taught at
either of these institutions in the daytime
or evening this fall. Courses must be taken
during non-working hours to be considered for
this program. Lists of courses that Valley
Tech and Blue Ridge have indicated would be
taught this fall, providing course enrollment
is sufficient, are available through Relations
Some typical courses shown on the lists are:
Basic Electricity, Basic Electronics, Blue
Print Reading, Basic Math, Shorthand, Typing,
Drafting, Accounting, etc. Nonnally 12-15
student enrollment is required before a course
can be taught. If a particular course that an
employee wants to take is not shown on the
list, the employee should contact one of the
institutions to detennine its availability.
The interested employee then talks with
his foreman/supervisor/manager well in advance
of the starting date of the course to detennine
if the course or courses he wants to take meet
the requirements of updating or improving the
employee's skill or knowledge of his present
job or enhancing his opportunity for advancement to his next job in the logical development
of the employee's career.

tuition course cost direct. These costs include course cost, registration fees, if any
laboratory fees and graduation fees. Books '
course materials, transportation, meals, et~. ~
are not included in the tuition costs.
'
When a prepayment application has been
approved, the employee will be reauired to
sign an agreement and understand that he must
repay to the General Electric Company the
amount prepaid if he does not satisfactorily
pass or complete a course. This would include
any employee who severs his service with the
Company either voltmtarily or involuntarily
prior to completion of a course.
For additional infonnation, contact
W. R. Perry, Ext. 241.

******
BUSINESS BRIEFS
The Frigidaire Division of General Motors
has announced it will lay off 1,152 more
hourly employees, raising the total cutback
sine~ last November's labor contract negotiations to 3,222 out of an original force of
about 12,000. Trade spokesmen say the
difficulties are traceable to the fat contract
negotiated with GM last year by the auto
~
workers' tmion. Frigidaire's employees reaped
the same benefits with the result that they
earn up to $2 an hour more, counting fringe
benefits, than appliance workers employed
by Frigidaire's competitors. A Frigidaire
official has been quoted as having asserted
that the new GM contract was pricing
Frigidaire out of the appliance market.

********
A major reduction in forces has been
announced by GE's Ai re raft Engine Group
plants located in Massachusetts, Vennont,
New Hampshire, New Mexico and Ohio. About
one quarter of the 27,000 workforce will
be affected. A decline in the growth rate
of air travel and the cancellation of the
SST program are the major reasons for the
cutback.

The next step is for the employee to

complete an Individual Development Program
********
application form (FN986) also in advance
of the starting date of the course and have it
The New York State Metropolitan Transprocessed through his foreman/supervisor/manager
portation
Authority plans to order 200 new
for appropriate approvals.
railroad conunuter cars from GE's Transportation Systems Division in Erie.
After the employee's IDP application has
been approved, the General Electric Company
will prepay the institution or college the

WAYNESBORO PLANT
-

GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Vol ume XIII, No. 32

WAYNESBORO,VIRGIN I A

HAMMOND & FLOREY

PROMOTED
Mr . R. Barton , Manager-Engineering for
the Manufact uring Automatio n Products Depar tment, recently announ ced the appointments of
Mr. R. T. Hammond as Manager- Turning Control
Design Unit and Mr. Bernard I . Fl o rey, ManagerElectroni cs Design and Compone nts Unit .

Aug ust 20 , 19 71

GE PRICES, PAY FROZEN AS

PRESIDENT NIXON ACTS TO
COOL NATION'S INFLATION

Pres i dent Nixon ' s announcement Sunday

o rdering a 90-day wage- price fr eeze and taking
other steps to cool the nation's inf lation and
stimula te the economy will affect GE plant s
2nd of fices through out the country. General
Tom was born in Great
Electric has expressed its i n ten tion to
Falls, South Car olin a, and grad- cooperate i n this widespread progr am .
uated from Lancaste r High
School in 1949 . Af ter a tour
President Nixon' s f reeze of wages and
of duty with t he Uni t e d States
prices on Sunday nigh t left a number of
Navy during the Ko rean War , he
ques tions unanswe red . It was announced
entered t he University of
thi s week that g uidelines we re in preparati on
South Caroli na where he graduto ass i st in ~ nt e rpreting and applying the
ated with a BS in e l ec tri cal
freeze . These are s up posed to b e ready
en gineering in 19 59 . The
within a week and are expected to clarify
f ol lowing year was spent at
a number of a reas important to employees .
Hamnond
t he Uni versity of New York,
Bell Ex t ension, doing graduate
Many employees are concerned about
work. In 1960, Tom came t o Special t y Control
whethe r t hey can ge t the pay in creases that
Department as a Production Systems Engineer .
normally would be cal led for by es t ab lished
He remained in th a t capacity unt il 1964 when
progress ion sch e du~ es , promot i ons and trans he was assigned the position of Qua l ity Con trol fers . If the initial guideli nes expect e d
Engineer in Numeri cal Cont rol Test . In 1968 ,
short l y don ' t clar ify these q uestions along
Tom wa s named Manager-Quality Control Opera t i on . with many others , t he Company will irnrnedia tely
In November , 1970 he joined the Nume r ica l Eq uip- seek a r uli ng .
men t Control Department Engineering Section
as a Project i..1anager in the Product Design
Pr es iden t Nixon invoked th e aut hority
Opera t ion . In ~arch, 1971 , Tom was made
to f r eeze wages and prices granted to h im
Manager-Electronics Design a nd Compone nts Unit
und e r the consti tuti on a nd legislation pas se d
in th e Manufactu ri ng Automati on Pr oducts Deby Cong r ess i n 1970 . " I am re l yi ng , " h e said ,
partment, th e position he hel d until his new
"on the volunt a ry cooperati on of all Americans-assignment .
each one of you : worke r s , emp loyees , cons umers--t o mak e the freeze wo rk . Working
Tom, his wi fe , and two children make
toge th e r, we will break t he back of inflation ."
the ir home at 228 Lee Drive in Way nesbo r o .
Among th e oth e r parts of the Presi dent' s
" !Hf" Florey was born in
program a re changes in t he Fede r al income
Chicago , Illin ois , and gradua t - tax law which could mean l owe r taxes ne xt
ed f r om St. I gnatius High
year fo r many emp loyees and a 10% i mpo rt
School in 1945 . Ile r eceived
s ur cha r ge --a move des igned to help the many
his BS degree in elect r ical
U. S . companies fa cing intense foreign comenginee r ing from Case Insti tute petition. Elements of these additi onal steps
of Technology in Cleveland .
wi l l r equire Cong ress i onal action .
He joined the General Electric

Florey

(continued on Page 3

KELLING & MENAKER

RECEIVE SERVICE AWARDS

a contributor to two technical books, he has

written many IEEE technical papers and magazine
articles on control systems.
...-..,
Edward G. Menaker, also of MAPD Engineering,
recently completed 25 years service with the
Company.

On hand f o r the s ervice pin presentations were

Jack Evans , Gordon Wadsworth, Conrad Isak,
Leroy Kelling, Ed Menaker, R1:chard Barton and
Dm ren Schneider.

Ed received his BA deg ree in Liberal Arts

from Columbia University, New York City, in
1938 and an MA degree in French in 1939 f rom
th e same instituti on . After a brief stint as
a high school teacher and a four- year tenure
with the U. S. Air Force , from which he retired
as a Major, he joined General Electric at
Schenectady i n 1946 as a course instructor.
He transferred to the old Specialty Control
Department i n September, 1953, a t Schenectady,
transferring t o Waynesboro with that Department
in 195 4, whe re he has worked as Line EngineerElect ronic Devices, Manager- Railway Equipment
and Mo tor Control Engineering Units, and Senior
Design and Cost Reduction Projects Engineer.

Mr. Leroy Kelling , Numerical Control

Consu lting Engineer in Manufacturing Automation
Products Department ' s Engineering Section, has
r ecen tly completed 30 years of se r vice with
the General Electric Company.
A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin , Leroy
received h is BSEE degree from the University
of Wisconsin in 1941 and joined GE as a test
enginee r immediately thereafter . Upon comple ting assignments in Fort Wayne and Schenectady, Leroy joined the former Industry Control
Dep artment in Schenectady which was the forerunner of the various Departments located in
Waynesboro.
After making many contributions in
ph o toelectric controls , Leroy was assigned to
numerical contro ls arid later transferred to
Waynesbo ro with the original Specialty Control
Department. Since that time he has made
significant engineering contributions to the
deve l opment of numerical control systems that
have spearhe aded GE into the recognized posit ion as world l eade r in numerical controls.
The magnitude of his contrib uti ons is best
illustra t ed by the fact that his work has
resulted in 41 patent applications which have
produced 27 issued patents thus far .
Leroy is a licens ed professional engineer
and has been elected a Fellow in IEEE . He
has served as Chairman of th e Central Virginia
Se ction of IEE and holds membership in Tau
Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu . In addition to being

I n May , 1965, he transferred to Numerical

Control Engineering as Reliability Engineer,
and from February , 1967, to January, 1968, he
worke d with Bull- GE in Paris, France, as
Manager-Value Control. Upon his return to the ,-..
U. S. he joined the newly formed Numerical
Equipment Con trol Department (now MAPD) and
since that time has he l d the position of
License Liaison and Reliability Engineer.
Ed has long been noted for his participation in community activities both in Schenectady and Waynesb oro, having been active in
Boy Scouts , corranunity political activities,
and sports events concerned with tennis,
fencing and photography . He was diligent in
his efforts to secure a new public library for
the City of Waynesboro , a project which has
since become a reality and which enjoys constant patronage of the local citizens. He
is a member of the Academy of Political
Science, the Virginia Society of Professional
Engineers, and a Senior Member of IEEE.

*******

GE CONTRIBUTED $67 MILLION TO PENSION TRUST IN

'70 ; EMPLOYEES PAID IN NET OF $24 MILLION
The number of employees and bene ficiaries
on GE ' s pension rolls hit 41 ,497 as 1970 ended,
and the monthly pens ion going to those who
retired in 1970 averaged $218 .2 3 ... There were
4,563 people added to th e pension rolls in
....-..,
19 70 .. . The average age of those going on the
regular monthly roll was 61.7 years and the
average l eng t h of service was 26 .1 years. In
Waynesboro we have 30 p ~nsione r s. A repo rt on
the Pension Trust is on Page 4 of this issue .

SCOGEE TEAM IS WINNER

IN CITY SOFTBALL LEAGUE

fiyonc nJW, left to right--Skip Lunsford, l!:d

1?w1kin, Roy Rex-Pode, Mi eheUe McDaniel- bat
g .:1l J ?ill Waggy , '.fanage r Al /1eDaniel, and
Ca rl Ale:x:cmde1' . Baek row , le ft to Y'iqht-;/ayne Bou.ile:;J Kenny Cray , Cliff Anders on, Jr .
1-laggy , Steve iiu ffer , Ronnie Johnson, Larry
Mari.in . 11bsent uhen photo was (;aken, Jim
Clai~k .

uE SCOGEE ' s sof t ba ll team won the

Amer-Le an League Division in the City Sof t ball
lea,;ue, J os ing only one game during t he
rc ('1lar season. The te am also was runner-up
_in SVIL League play, coming in 2 games behind
duPon t .

PROMOTIONS ......... (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)

Company in July, 1961, as Systems Enginee rSmall Automation Systems and Devi ces and was
later made Manager- Customs and Specials
Engineering, Computer Department, Phoenix,
where he was responsible fo r customer specified
processor, controller, and peripheral eq uipment. In 196 7 "Bi f " moved on t o GE Advanced
Systems and Technology Operation in Phoenix
where he managed advanced product studies of
terminal and console apparatus. Hi s next
assignment t ook him to Honeywell Pe r ipher al
Operations (forme rly GE) Oklahoma City, where
he was consultant for the techni cal &spects
of Circular Magnetic technology a nd product
design, a position he held until his new
assignment.
"Bif" b r ings 12 years ' experience with
him from oth e r companies pri or to his GE
emp l oyment, including Standard Oil Company
of New Jersey, Martin Company, Wiley
Electronics, and Kaiser Ae rospace, as electrical ,
electronics, and circuit des i gn engineer, and
as project manager.
"Bif ", his wife, their six children and
assorted pets a re in the process of locating
in the Waynesboro area.
CHAMPS HONORED

SCOCEE t eam players will combine with

players from Reynolds and Wayne Manufacturing
to fo r m an All- Star t eam whi ch wi ll pl ay duPon t
a best 3 cf 5 game se ri es .
The next game
wi ll be Monday , Augus t 23.

********************
STOCK AND FUND UNIT PRICE
Here Ls the average GE Stock Price and the
ave r age Fund Uni t Price used in the crediting
of participan t's acco unts for each month of
19 71 so far under the Savings and Security
Progran..
'.v!ONTli
~nu a ry

'ruary
March
April
May
Ju ne
July

STO CK PRICE
OLD
NEW
$ 96 . 994

104 . 645
llO .043
118 . 964
120.400

60.6 25
59.943
57 .673

FUND UNIT PRICE

$26.374
27 . 546
28.132
29 . 311
29.665
29 . 691
29. 873

Ricky Roberts, shorts t op for t he Indians is

shown presenting the teC1J11 's championship
trophy to Mr. H. ~I . Tulloch, Manage r - Relations
General Electric ' s Babe Ruth baseball team
(GE Indians) were honored with a luncheon r e cently in th e Blue Ri dge Dining Room. The GE
Inidans won the City Championship this year but
lost out in the 4th game of the district playoffs . Dayton Cunningham, Relay Machi ne Shop,
managed the t eam . Carl Jones, Foreman-Sh ee t
Metal is president of the Babe Ruth League.

REPORT FOR 1970 ON YOUR GENERAL ELECTRIC PENSION TRUST

This report shows the financial activities of the General Electric Pension Trust
during 1970 and its status at the end of 1970. It contains information similar
to that which the General Electric Company has provided voluntarily to

employees during the past several years and, we believe, essentially meets the
requirements for a summary of the annual report under the Federal Disclosure
Act.

The General Electric Pension Trust was established in 1927 to pro

vide for General Electric pensions. It is administered by S trustees
who invest Trust funds in accordance with sound investment prin
ciples and policies. The assets of this Trust are for the benefit of
those receiving pensions and those participants who will be eligible

to receive pensions in the future. None of the assets can ever revert
to General Electric Company. General Electric pays all the costs of
administering the Pension Plan and Trust (brokerage fees and trans
fer taxes are treated as part of the price of the secunties when
purchased or sold).

HERE ARE THE CHANGES DURING 1970

NET FUND 12/31/69 ............... $1,750,502,001
Amounts received from:
Interest, dividends, and other
investment net income . . . . . . . . . . . .
Common stock appreciation:
Realized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unrealized but recognized . . . . . . . . .

$ 88,080,375
$
1, 106,173
$ 45,335, 105

jl ~

Resulting from investment of contributions made by the Company since 1927 and by
the Company and employees since 1946.

Employee payroll deductions, less

refunds for death and withdrawal

$ 24,205,991 101

These arc the contributions made during 1970 by participants on the excess over
.,.. $6,600 of salaries or wages, less refunds of contributions as a result of death or
withdrawal from participation.

General Electric: Company and

participating affiliates . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 66,611,921 1b 1

~the cost of pension benefits which apply to service during 1970, plus a payment of

This is the amount which with income and employee contributions is required to cover

83, 972,858 1<1

Pensions paid during 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net increase in assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$141,366, 707

$6.1 million on unfunded prior service liabilities.

These payments to pensioners and beneficiaries will increase with the increase in
pension rolls as more presently participating employccs-283,616 at December 31,
.... 1970-retire. The number on the pension rolls at December 31, 1970 was 41,497-an
increase of 82% over the number 10 years ago and 33% over the number just 5 years

ago .

NET FUND 12/31/70 ............... $1,891,868,708

Includes following amounts applicable to the International General Electric
Puerto Rico, Inc. Pension Plan: (a) $4,460, (b) $14,265 (before deferred
gains), (c) $9,011.

.,.. The assets of the Trust arc required specifically to provide for ( 1) pensions payable to
present pensioners and beneficiaries as well as for (2) pensions built up through 1970
by present employees and vcstccs who will retire in the future. Pensions arc payable
only from the assets of the Trust and they will continue to grow as employees' service
and earnings increase. It is necessary, therefore, that the total assets of the Trust
increase correspondingly so there will be sufficient funds to pay these pensions when
employees retire.

HERE IS HOW THE PENSION TRUST STOOD AT THE END OF 1970

AUDIT, ACTUARIAL REVIEW AND FUNDING

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
ASSETS
4,941,995
U.S. Government obligations . . . . . . . . . S
405,459,615
Corporate and other obligations ...... .
931,344,960
Common stocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
l,341,746,570
110,990,596
51.914,408
263,860,612
23,060,966
37,961,066
1,829,534,218

AUDIT: The records of the General Electric Pension Trust are audited each year by Peat, Marwick,
Mitchell & Co., certified public accountants. The latest audit was made as of September 30, 1970.

(a)

Mortgages-Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mortgagcs-U.S. Gov't.-guaranteed ....
Real estate (leased to others) . . . . . . . .
Mineral interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other investments . . . . . . . . '. ......
Total investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.
.
.
.
.
.

Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Receivables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Less miscellaneous liabilities . . . . . . . . .
Net Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.
252.325
62,590,766
.
. 1,892,377,309
508,601
.
. $1,891,868,708 (c}

PARTICIPANTS' EQUITY
For payment of pensions to 41,497 pres
ent pensioners and beneficiaries . . . . . . $ 580,428, 10 j
Required to pay pensions for service
through 1970 for employees who will
retire in the future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l ,311,440,607
Total participants' equity . . . . . . . . . . . . Sl,891,868,708

(bl

ACTU1\RIAL REVIEW: The firm of independent consulting actuaries, The Wyatt Company, has
reported as follows: "We have reviewed the calculation of liabililies applicable to the year 1970
under 1he General Electric Pension Plan. In our opinion, as independent actuaries, the actuarial
assumptions and procedures used for the 1970 calculations arc in accordance with accepted
actuarial principles. Based on the data submitted by General Electric for our analysis, we find the
results to be reasonable in representing the liabilities of the Plan applicable to the year 1970." The
Wyatt Company has also reviewed and approved the valuation of liabilities for benefits accrued
through December 31, 1969.
FUNDING PROGRAM: The program which was in effect from 1967 through 1970 includes the
systematic recognition of unrealized appreciation in the common stock portfolio which it is conservatively estimated will be available for the payment of pension benefits. Appreciation will not be
recognized, however, if the resulting book value of common stocks exceeds 75% of their average
marke1 value for the current and preceding two years. Unfunded liabilities arc being amortized over
a 20ycar period. The actuarial assumptions used in 1970 include, in addition to the 6% estimated
rate of future earnings, mortality, employee turnover, optional retirement and disability retirement
rates derived from experience under the Plan.

Notes to Financial Statement

(a) Market value approximately $1,700,813,000.
(b) Investments are carried at amortized cost plus unrealized appreciation recognized. No a.sscts
were invested in sc:curitics or property of ( 1) General Electric Company or iu affiliates or (2) any
officer, trus!ec or employee of the Trust. No loaos were made during the year, nor were any
outstanding at ycarcnd, to General Electric Company or its affiliates or to any officer, trustee or
employee of the Trust.
(c) Includes net assets applicable to International General Electric Puerto Rico Inc. Pension Plan
amounting to $315,568 which arc commingled for investment purposes.

(d)

(d) Unfunded liability at the end of 1970 w:as estimated on a preliminary basis to be approxi
matcly $70,000,000.

HERE ARE SOME FACTS ON RETIRED EMPLOYEES

As of December 31, 1970, there was a total of

41,488 persons receiving benefits under the General

Electric Pension Plan, of whom 39,888 were pen
sioncrs (29,537 men and 10,351 women) and 1,609
beneficiaries. There were also 9 persons retired
under the IGEPR Plan.
ERA 170 6/30/71

During 1970 there were 4,653 additions to the

pension rolls. Of these 3,961 employees and 254
beneficiaries were added to the regular monthly
payroll and 91 employees and 347 beneficiaries
were given lump sum setdcments.

The average age at retirement of the employees

added to the regular monthly pension payroll was
61. 7 years; their average length of service at retire
mcnt was 26.1 years and their average monthly pay
mcnt under the Pension Plan totaled $218.23.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
Vo 1 ume XI I I , No . 33

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

MCCARTNEY GIVEN Nm ASSIGm1ENT

Mr . Kenneth C. McCartney
has recen tly been appointed
to the pos i t ion of Manage r
of the Standa rd Products
Design Unit in the Te nn ii~et
Design Engineering Subsection.
Mr . McCa rtney comes to
Waynesboro from his position
as Manager of Printer Development for Victo r Research
i n Chicago , Ill . Previously
he was proj ect manager, Periphera l Devices
Divi sion , Honeyi'1ell Information Systems , Inc.,
Ok lah oma City. Pri or to that position, he
was with Genera l Electric in Phoenix .

Augus t 27, 1971

1972 "PAYOUT" AUTHOR IZATION FORMS OUT ;

CHANGES MAKE IT EAS IER TO USE RETIRMEN T
OPTION
He re i n Way nes boro more than 1140 employees ha ve received Authorizat io n Fonlls
rela t i ng t o th e "payout" of securities pu rchased under th e Savings and Se curity Prog ram
in 196 8. Tha t f i gure was report ed this week
by Leo Hu nt l ey who admi ni s ters benefi t s programs . He added that throughout t he coun try
nearly 145 , 000 foms have been delive red to
S&SP parti cipa nt s who have 1968 ac cu mulations
i n the program .

The holding peri od for sa vings and

in vestments under S&SP in 1968 ends on
January 1, 1972, and th e "payo ut " wi 11 be
made ea rl y in the year , Mr . Hunt ley said .
He recall ed that the Emp l oyee Sa vings O~ eration
A native of Mishawaka, Ind., Mr . McCartney i n Schenectady had made a reco rd early payout
gradu ate d from the University of Idaho with
durin g the first weeks of Jan uary i n 197 1 and
a degree in mechanica l engineering . He is
said he expected a s i mi la r early payou t i n
also a gra duate of the Company ' s Ad vanced
19 72 .
Mana gement Development Cou rse, and served in
the Un i ted States Navy .
Mr . Hu nt ley urged employees who have
re ceived t heir Authorization Fo rms to study
lie , his wife, and five children reside
them carefully to obtain a ful l understa ndin g
on Shore Roctd i n Waynesboro.
of the informat i on they contain . "Each
i ndividual can then determ i ne wh ether or not
he will have to fi l l out the form and return
it to Person ne l Accounti ny . Wh ile most people
AFTER llOU RS ENTRY PROVIDED AT 1,AJE:. 2
will not have to return the form, those who do
should return th em as soon as possible," Mr.
Arrangements have been made for pro perly
Huntley said , "to provi de rrocessing t ime
authorized first shift exempt sa 1ary employees
before th e January, 1972, payout."
who are returning to work casual over ti me to
enter the plant 1-1ith out delay between the
It wi l l be unnecessary to comp l ete and
hours of 7 and 8 p.m. through Gate 2. Emreturn t he form unl ess there are cha nges t o
ployees 1vishing to avail themse lves of th is
be made i n addresses or in the reoi stration
entry shou ld park in Zone 4. Entry at other
or distri bution of securi t ies to be r eceived
than the speci f ied t i me may entail some
i n the 19 72 payout as compared to those receiv delay until t he guard is available to open
ed in the payout early this year . Amo ng those
the gate .
who must return the forms are ind i viduals who
are receivin g a payou t for t he first t i n1e .
PI CK UP OF FIRST SHIFT EMPLOYEES
They will have to furnish i nstructions fo r
\~ORK IN G OVERTIME
registering securities. In addit ion, they wi 11
be required to indicate their electi on if they
Employees on the first sh ift who work
(cnni:i1111ed on Page 2)
overt i me unti 1 7 p. m. and a re be i nsi pi ck e d
up sho uld exit the plant through Gate 2.
(continued on Page 2)


PAYOUT ........ (continued from Page 1)
wish to ha.ve securities and cash representing
company matching payments and income retained
in the retirement option provisions of the
program.
Some participants who will be receiving
securities in the payout, and who have received distributions before but have not used
the Retirement Option provision of the Program
may want to return the form to take advantage
of it. Participants who have ~reviously
elected the Retirement Op ti on wi 1T not t>e
required to re-elect it, if they wish to
continue using it.
Under the Retirement Option, a participant leaves securities purchased in a particular year by company matching payments and
income in trust until he retires or leaves
the company. At.normal payout time, he receives only the securities bought With his
own savings under S&SP. By using the option
a participant can build up securities in his
account and have them available to increase
his retirement income when he retires.
Mr. Huntley pointed out that another
plus value of the option is that the payout
of securities held under the option would come
after normal income had decreased to a retirement level and the tax on the payout might be
at a lower rate. "It's important to remember,
too, that, although normally retirement
option securities cannot be used until retirement once placed in trust, it is possible to
draw on them to pay educational expenses for
children as well as for serious financial
emergencies."
PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX
The aandy seZeation in the cafeteria is
terrible. Why aan 't they stoak Peter Paul's
Mounds or Almond Joy, Babe Ruth, Power House
or equivalent? Many times what they have is
staie.
Q.

A. Marriott Food Service has a selection of 29 different 10 candy bars.

Their selections are purchased from 7 dif~
ferent candy companies. All of these
have a minimum shipment of 300-500 lbs.
In order to insure GE employees of fresh
merchandise Marriott alternates the
selection in the machines. At the present time Mound bars are being vended. Marriott carries a Babe Ruth under
a different brand, Planter's Nut Roll,
both made by the Curtis Company.

I know of an employee that inareases the

time on the jobs he does, thus causing a
,..-...
burden on the emp Zoyee that f o Zlows him. A Zs o,
this employee stays awa:y from his work station
mo.re than he should. His subsection manager
either doesn't know the fuU story about
what he dtJes or he just seems to overlook it.
What aan an employee do to remedy this
situation?
Q.

A. The employee that cheats on his

time is stealing, if not from the
Company, certainly from his fellow
employees. His action is neither
fair or honest.
You have an obligation to yourself
and your fellow workers to protect
yourselves from his cheating. Talk to
your foreman or supervisor confidentiallt.
He will look into the matter and take
proper action.
Q.
I have noticed that the cloaks in the
offices, haZZwa:ys, and the cafeteria seem to
never be the same. This makes for confusion
in regards to break and lunch. Are the.re any
plans being made to adapt aZZ the aZoaks to
the same method so that they will (Zike the
time cloaks) be preaiseZy on the same time?
A- . There are no plans at the present

to synchronize all the clocks in the

p1ant because of the prohi bi ti .Y.e cos t
involved. There are approximately 60
clocks in the various offices that are
not on the syn.c~n:mo~s time system.
However, the ca.fe.teria clock, all factory
clocks, with one exce~~l6n, and al1 of
the time clocks are synchronized.
In the office areas, it is the
responsibility of the area supervisor
to see to it that time clocks indicate
the correct time. Since thfS responsibility s'hould i.nvolve a very sma11
amount of time on the supervisor's 'part,
it is felt the cost of synchronizing
the 60 clocks is unjustified.
*********
EMPLOYEE PICK-UP ...... (continued from Pagel)
The driver waiting to pick up the employee
should enter through Gate lA and park in Zone
4. Employees driving their own cars will
exit through Gate 12 as usual.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
-.

GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Volume XIII , No . 34

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

HO LIDAY WEE KEND COMING UP .. . . HERE ARE

POI NTS TO PONDER

September 3, 1971

MACHINE TOOL ORDERS CONTINUE DECLINE;

UPTU RN FORECASTED

!~ext holidays :
Thanksgivin g... Thursday
and Friday, Novemb er 25 and 26 .. . Th ursday and
Friday , December 23 and 24 , at Ch ristmas.

The nation's me ta lcutti ng machi ne tool

business co ntinued to dec l i ne in J uly, showi ng
a reduction of 13% f r om the pre vious month .
Ju ly orders of lathes, milling mach i nes , boring
mill s, grinders and other mac hines used to cut
metal in the U. S. fell to $55 million, from
$62 mil lion in June and $63 million durin g
July a year ago .

Meanwh ile, let ' s all stay safety- conscious

for holiday activities , especially on the highways . Don ' t let a ti me for rest and relaxation
end up with a tragedy . Obey all safety rules ,
and dri ve careful ly '.

\~hi le t he J uly order decline for new

tools was expected , industry officials across
the country were hopeful that business will
pick up late r this year provided Congress
approves the i nves tment tax credit proposal .

Employees eli gible for holiday pay should

keep in mind that, to be pai d for t he holiday,
is necessa ry to work the last scheduled work
octy prihr to and the next scheduled work day
after t e hOliday .

Mr. J. F. Ponzi ll o, Ge neral Ma nager of

Manufacturi ng Automation Products Department ,
ca utioned that considerable t i me wou l d probably
elapse before the opti mism i n the industry
i s reflected in new orders for controls. "Not
only i s Congressional action needed this fall, "
Mr. Ponzillo said , "but indus try wi ll need
to be operating closer to full capacity before
manufacturers can be expected to buy new
mach i ne tools. Utilization of indus trial
capacity is currently runnin g about 73%, and
not until it reaches the neighborhood of
83- 85% can we expect to have a reall y signifi cant turna r ound. "

Wi th Labor Day, Se ptember 6, we 'll be

observing the 5th of 9 paid holidays this year,
and enjoying the customary end- of- sunmer
respite before gearing up for autumn.

Any exce ptio ns to the above must be approv ed i n advance by the employee' s i rrmediate
manager, and subsection manager.
FIRST TWO IDP APPLICATIONS APPROVED

" B ~ t with the return of confidence among

our customers, we are l ooking ahead to 1972 as
a year of recovery ," Mr . Ponzillo added .
*********

SEMI -ANN UAL REPORT OF MUTUAL FUND PROVIDES

MANY FACTS TO PART ICIPANTS , UN IT PRICE
NOW IN MANY NEWS PAPERS

u1m McKay , Supervisor-Relay Production, presents

arproved IDP app licati ons to Maxine Fountain
and J i m Driver. (Story continued on Page 2 )

Of the 141 , 000 who participa t e i n the

GE Savings and Security Program , about 62 , 000
have a portion of their own payroll deduction
savings i nvested in the prog ram's mutual fund
option, and over 37,000 are investi ng t heir
Company matching payrre nt s i n the fund . Some
emp l oyees, of course, are represented in both.
(conti nued on Page 3 )

PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

Why aren't mo tie factory workers members
of SCOGEE? It seems to me that all the things
put on by SCOGEE are geared to the office foPce.
I think it would help company and employee
re Zations if more could be done foP the comnon
WoPkeP in this respect.

IDP APPLICATIONS APPROVED ... (continued from Pl)

Q.

A. The events in SCOGEE are not geared

to any one working force in the Waynesboro
Plant. But by statistics, there are more
non-exempt and exempt salaried employees in
SCOGEE than any other working force. Consequently, they are able to have the largest
participation in most SCOGEE events. Presently 25% of a11 SCOGEE members are hourly
employees, 31% are non-exempt salaried
employees and 44% are exempt salaried employees. Any employee working in the
General Electric plant in Waynesboro is
eligible for SCOGEE membership. Every
employee is welcome to join and is encouraged
to participate in determining the future
SCOGEE programs.
Why is it that we emp 'loyees must go to one
speaified source and have our safety glasses
fitted? The assistant can't fit glasses. We
will either have a sore ear, sore nose, etc.,
lopsided and the vision is not right. Why
should we pay some one else to do a job better
when GE is alreac};,f paying to have this job
done? Many employees are dissatisfied with
the results of our glass fittings, and we
usually end up some where else for correction.
If it is so hard to have them corrected why don't
we have a better shaped frame to choose from?
Q.

A.
In order to obtain safety prescription glasses in a reasonable time and at
a minimum of inconvenience to the employee,
it has been found to be more satisfactory
to have fitting service at one centralized
location in Waynesboro. Some difficulties
are always experienced with the fitting
of spectacles, shoes, etc., regardless of
where such services might be performed.
It is understandable that certain individuals will experience particular difficulties and special effort is made to provide
individual service in these cases.
*****
RSVP BEGINS IN WAYNESBORO

Maxine is taking Accounting I and Cost ~

Accounting I and Jim is taking Materials and
Processes of Industry I and Production Planning.
Both employees will be taking their courses
at Blue Ridge Community College.
These courses were approved under the
Individual Development Program which provides
full-time hourly and non-exempt employees the
opportunity to take tuition-free, in-pl ant
courses that will help them advance. Courses
will be taught at Valley Vocational Technical
Center and Blue Ridge Conmunity College.
Under this arrangement, General Electric
prepays the institution or college the tuition
cost di re ct.
Bill Perry, IDP Administrator for the
Waynesboro Plant, reminds employees that the
deadline for getting IDP applications approved
in advance of the starting date of courses is
close by. Registration at Valley Tech is
September 13 and at Blue Ridge it is September
20 and 21.
**********
MADISON COLLEGE ANNOUNCES FALL PROGRAM

Fifty-seven undergraduate and forty

graduate courses will be offered at Madison
College in late afternoon and evening classes.
In addition, two TV courses are being offered
this year over WVPT-TV (Channel 51), one
in Humanities and one in Political Science.
Each course may be taken for three undergraduate semester hours credit.
Registration will be held in Percy
Warren Campus Center ballroom September 13,
1971, between the hours of 6:00 and 8:00 p.m.
Undergraduate fees are $15 per credit hour.
All courses are 1isted in a brochure
available in Employee Relations.
********
Bill Schenk found some loose bills in the parking lot. He can be contacted on Ext. 296.

All sorts of volunteer jobs are available.

These positions are necessary jobs for which
The Retired Senior Volunteer Program began no funding is provided, jobs such as YMCA
operations this week in Waynesboro. The local
receptionist, teacher assistants and library I""..,
program is one of 11 in the nation and the first carriers to deliver books to shut-ins. Funds
in e rural area. RSVP is open to anyone who
have been provided under a Federal Grant to
is 60 years old and is willing to work on a
reimburse volunteers for expenses incurred.
reliable basis. Positions are available for
Anyone eligible for the program and willing to
handicapped individuals.
volunteer their services should call 942-5636
or visit the old Library for more information.

MUTUAL FUN D REPORT . . . . . . ( conti nued f rom Page 1)

Al l of the employees represented in these
.-.. t otal s will have a specia l in te re st in the
1971 semi - an nu al report of t he GE S&S P Mutual
Fund on page 4 of t he NEWS.

fi'ie wish

to con
gr atulate t he
followi ng employees who
rezched sc:-vicc
milestones l as t

Highl i ghts uf the semi -a nnual report

include th ese s i gnifi ca nt facts :
--Ne t asset val ue of a fund un it was $29.81
on J une 30 t hi s year . On December 31,
1970, it was $25 . 87 ; it was $2 1.02 on J un e
30' 19 70.
---Fo r t he twelve- mon th period that ended
June 30 , the valu e of a fund unit increas ed 44.0% and during the first six
months of t his year- - t he latter half of
the twe lve- month peri od--i t increased
17 . 3%.
These percentage increases include earned
income and have been adj usted for the distribution of 45 cents per fund unit i n March of this
year . The di strib ution was credited to participants in the fo rm of additional fund units in
accordance wi th the Savings and Security
Program.
The report shows t he tota l net asset value
of th e fund at over $191 millicn on June 30,
19 71, and the Employee Savings Operation in
Schenectady reports that more than $20 millio n
of employee savi ngs an d company match ing pay ments was in vested i n t he fund during t he first
six months of 19 71.
The fund was i naugurated under the S&S
Program in Ju ly, 1967, and fu nd units were
t hen set at an in iti al price of $25. The value
of each unit i ncreases or decreases primari ly
wi th changes in t he ma r ket value of the various
stocks he ld by t he fund. The semi -a nnual report
li sts holdings of 56 stocks as of J une 30,
1971 .
The report also ann ounced that the fund
unit pri ce i s now being reported in the mutual
fund section of the finan ci al pages of many
newspapers under GE S&SP or a s i milar name.
It poin ted out, howeve r, that there may be small
variati ons in the news paper reports and the
fund unit price used under the rules of the
fu nd f or purchas ing and redeeming un its beca use
newspaper deadlines may ma ke it impossible to
~ inc l ude transact io ns ma de by the fund on the
day for whi ch the price is reported.

~
5 YEARS
Mary Glenn
Jean Hunter>
David S howalte r>
J ohn Far>r>ar>
J ohnnie Turrie r>
MildY'ed Wa.shington
DoY'Othy Mar>tin
S ylvia Ponton
Davi d S chooley
Anna Bar>ker>
Ma r>gar>et Tur>ner>
Evelyn Cr>(});)for>d

Fr>ancis McGowan
Barty Schrive r>
Gr>ace Di ckernon
i3aroar>a Moo re
A l fr ed Swicegood
Baroar>a 3oyers
No rman Davis
i-li l liam :Javis
Month Mc Phatte r
Fred Swi sher
Earl Berry
Eloi se MoiJry

10 YEARS
Ra ymond Goetz

Elizaheth Clay t or
15 YEARS

/..rnold Alexander
Robert Good
Winfr>ed vlingfie ld
Ear>'line Elkins
Donald r.-lrigh t
H. Steele Poole
Rober>t S uddarth

Emma Shiffl e tt
WaZte .Y' Tomlin
A lice Lawrence
Jo s eph Smi th
Hele n De drick
Eva McA Zi s t er>

****** *****
Garnett Brook s would like to thank all his
fellow employees for the many acts of kin dness
shown him and his fa mily durin g their recent
bereavement.
************
Al l Chess and prospective Chess pl ayers are
cordia ll y invited t o come down to the Pawnsmen
Chess Club and lo ok it ove r and become membe rs .
The Pawnsmen Chess Clu b meets each Tues day
night at 7:30 p. m. at Gra ce Lu t heran Church
on the corner of Wayne and Thirteenth. Come
on down or call Frank Gum, Ext . 482 , or Dick
Hippeard, Ext. 319/135 for mor e info rma t i on.
************

GENERAL ELECTRIC S & S PROGRAM MUTUAL FUND

Semi-Annual Report,June 30, 1971
. To Program Participants and Fund Unit Holders: This report shows the net asset value per Fund
Unit on June 30, 1971, December 31, 1970 and June 30, 1970, and a list of investments on June 30, 1971.
The net asset value per Fund Unit was $29.81 on
June 30, 1971. This compares with $25.87 on
December 31, 1970, and $21.02 on June 30, 1970.
The value of a Fund Unit increased 17.3% for the 6
months ended June 30, 1971, and increased 44.0%
for the 12-month period. These increases include
earned income and have been adjusted for the distribution of $.45 per Fund Unit paid in March, 1971.
(The distribution was credited to participants in the
form of additional Fund Units in accordance with the
Savings and Security Program.)
The Fund Unit price is now reported in the mutual

fund section of certain newspapers under the name GE

S&SP or a similar designation. It is possible that there
may be small variations between the Fund Unit price
reported and the Fund Unit price used under the Rules
of the Fund for the purpose of purchasing and redeeming Fund Units because newspaper deadlines may
make it impossible to include transactions made by
the Fund on the day for which the price is reported.
Note: Employee savings and Company contributions are
credited at the average Fund Unit price in the month for
which such credit is made and not at the asset value as of the
end of particular periods specified above.

General Electric S & S Program Mutual Fund List of Investments, June 30, 1971
COMMON STOCKS 97 .79%
At Market

Shares

40,000
60,000

Automotive 3.37%
General Motors Corp.
Genuine Parts Company

50,000
87,500
75,000

Bllilding 4.97%
American Air Filter Company, Inc.
Cousins Properties
Rouse Company

40,000
28,000
45,000

Business Equipment 8.97%

Digital Equipment Corp.
International Business Machines Corporation
Xerox Corporation

85,000
80,000
35,000
73,900
60,000
35,838
50,000

Consumer Products 13.15%

Burlington Industries, Inc.
Coca Cola Bottling Co. of N. Y . Inc.
CocaCola Company (The)
Heublein, Inc.
Melville Shoe Corp.
Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc.
Squibb Corp.

50,000
100,000
60.000
80,000

Drugs 6.68%
American Hor.1e Products Corporation
Baxter Laboratories. Inc.
oetz Laboratories
Will Ross, Inc.

32,400
55,000
75,000

Electrical 5.09%
Emerson Electric Co.
lnt't. Telephone & Telegraph Corp.
Pickwick International, Inc.

30,000
50,000
24,900
60,000
45,000
55,000

Merchandising 11.00%
A.A.A. Services, Inc.
Grant (W. T.) Co.
Mercantile Stores Company, Inc.
Penney (J. C.) Co.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Woolworth (F. W.I Co.

$ 3,165,000
3,292,500
6,457,500
3,375,000
2,428, 125
3,721,875
9,525,000
3,100,000
8,876,000
5,220,000
17,196,000
3,176,875
3,420,000
3,591,875
3,251,600
3,300,000
4,658,940
3,787,500
25,16,790
3,825,000
3,175,000
2,790,000
3,000,000
12,790,000
2,385,450
3,423,750
3,937,500
9,746,700
4,230,000
3,175,000
3,261,900
3,885,000
3,903,750
2,626,250
21,081,900

securities I istcd on national exchanges are valued at the closing sales

price at June 30, 1971; securities traded in the overthecounter
markc arc valued at the last bid price at that date.

Shares

100,000
45,000
16,000
85,000
12,400
100,000

At Market
Miscellaneous Manufacturing 7 .84%
American Cyanamid Co.
AMP Incorporated
Du Pont de Nemours (E.1.1 & Co.
Lenox, Inc.
National Chemsearch Corp.
Sybron Corp.

$ 3,312,500
3,183,750
2,228,000
2,528,750
565,750
3,200,000
15,018,750

Oil 9.01%
71,400
40,000
50,000
20,000
30,000
60,000

Louisiana Land & Exploration Co.

Lubrizol Corp.
Mobil Oil Corp.
Schlumberger, Ltd.
Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey I
Texaco, Inc.

70,000
90,000

Paper and Containers 2.63%

International Paper Co.
U.S. PlywoodChampion Papers Inc.

45,000
45,000

Photography 4.55%
Eastman Kodak Co.
Polaroid Corp.

70,000
53,040
50,000
7,900
70,000

Publishing and Services 8.41%

American District Telegraph Co.
Disney (Walt) Productions, Inc.
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
Reynolds & Reynolds Co.
TimesMirror Co.

40,000
50,000
55,000
50,000

Soap and Cosmetics 8.42%

Avon Products, Inc.
International Flavors and Fragrances
Revlon, Inc.
Schering-Plough Corp.

50,000
55,000
30,000

Other 3.70%
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Marlennan Corp.
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Total common stocks 97.79%
Cash, corporate shortterm notes,
receivables, etc., net 2.21%
Total Net Asset Value

3,159,450
4,190,000
2,787,500
2,725,000
2,261,250
2, 137,500
17,260,700
2,458,750
2,587,500
5,046,250
3,493,125
5,220,000
8,713,125
3,447,500
6,046,560
2,875,000
424,625
3,325,000
16,118,685
4,415,000
4,000,000
3,671,250
4,050,000
16,136,250
2,281,250
3,602,500
1,203,750
7087,500
187,365,15(,
4,241,543
$191,606,693

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERAL @ELECTRIC
Volu me XI II, No . 34

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

HOL IDAY WE EKEND COMI NG UP .. .. HERE ARE

POINTS TO PONDER

September 3, 1971

MACHINE TOOL ORDERS CONTINUE DECLINE;

UPTURN FORECASTED

lie xt holidays: Thanks giving ... Thursday

and Friday, No vembe r 25 and 26 ... Thursday and
Friday , December 23 and 24 , at Ch ristmas.

The nati on ' s meta lcutting mac hine tool

bus iness continued to decline in J ul y , showing
a reduction of 13% from the previous month.
Ju ly orders of l athes, mill i ng machines, boring
mi lls, grinders and other mach ines used to cut
metal in the U. S. fell to $55 mi 11 ion, from
$62 milli on i n June and $63 mi llion during
July a yea r ago.

Meanwhi l e, let ' s all stay safe ty- conscious

for hol iday activities, especially on the hi gh ways. Don ' t le t a t ime for rest and relaxation
end up with a tra gedy. Obey all safety rules,
and 9rive carefu ll y '.

\~hile the July order decl ine for new

tools was expected, industry officials across
the country were hope ful t hat business wi ll
pick up l ater this year provided Congress
approves the investment tax credit proposal .

Wi th Lab or Day , September 6, we 'll be

obse rvin g the 5th of 9 pai d ho l idays this year,
and enj oying the customa ry end- of-sunrner
respi te befo re gea rin g up for autumn.

Mr . J. F. Ponzi l lo, Genera l Ma nager of

Manufact urin g Automation Products Department,
cautioned that considerable time wou l d probably
elapse before the optimism in the industry
is reflected in new orders for contro ls . "Not
only is Congressiona l acti on needed this fall,"
Any exceptions to the above must be approv - Mr. Ponz ill o said, "but i ndustry will need
to be operating closer to full capacity before
ed in advance by the employee's inrnediate
manufacturers can be expected to buy new
manager, and subsection manager.
mach ine tools. Uti lization of industr i al
capacity is currently runn i ng about 73%, and
FIRST TWO IDP APPLICATIONS APPROVED
not unti l it reaches the neighborhood of
83- 85% can we expect t o have a rea ll y signifi cant turna round."

Empl oyees e l i gible for holiday pay should

keep i n mind that, to be paid for the holiday ,
..-.. i s necessary to work the l ast schedul ed work
octy prih r to and the next scheduled work day
after t e holiday .

"But with the return of confidence among

our c~s tomers, we are looking ahead to 1972 as
a year of recovery," Mr. Ponzi ll o added.
*********

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF MUTUAL FUND PROVIDES

MANY FACTS TO PARTICIPANTS, UNIT PRICE
NOW IN MANY NEWSPAPERS

McKay , Supervisor- Relay Production, prese nts

arproved IDP app li cations to Maxine Fountain
and J i m Driver . (Story continued on Page 2
v 11 n

Of the 141,000 who participate in the

GE Savings and Security Program, about 62,000
have a portion of their own payrol l deductio n
savings invested in the program' s mutual fund
option, and over 37,000 are in vesting the i r
Compa ny match i ng payments in the fund. Some
emp loyees, of course, are represented in both.
(conti nu ed on Page 3 )

PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

IDP APPLICATIONS APPROVED ... (continued from Pl)
Why aren't mor-e faatory workers members
of SCOGEE? It seems to me that alt the things
put on by SCOGEE are geared to the office force.
I think it would help company and employee
relations if more could be d.one for the corrmon
worker in this respect.

Q.

A. The events in SCOGEE are not geared

to any one working force in the Waynesboro
Plant. But by statistics, there are more
non-exempt and exempt salaried employees in
SCOGEE than any other working force. Consequently, they are able to have the largest
participation in most SCOGEE events. Presently 25% of all SCOGEE members are hourly
employees, 31% are non-exempt salaried
employees and 44% are exempt salaried employees. Any employee working in the
General Electric plant in Waynesboro is
eligible for SCOGEE membership. Every
employee is welcome to join and is encouraged
to participate in determining the future
SCOGEE programs.
Why is it that we empZoyees must go to one
speaified sourae and have our safety glasses
fitted? The assistant aan 't fit glasses. We
will either have a sore ear, sore nose, eta.,
lopsided and the vision is not right. Why
should we pay some one eZse to d.o a job better
when GE is already paying to have this job
done? Many employees are dissatisfied with
the results of our gla.ss fittings, and we
v2ually end up some where else for aorreation.
If it is so hard to have them aorreated why don't
we have a better shaped frame to ahoose from?
Q.

A.
In order to obtain safety prescription glasses in a reasonable time and at
a minimum of inconvenience to the employee,
it has been found to be more satisfactory
to have fitting service at one centralized
location in Waynesboro. Some difficulties
are always experienced with the fitting
of spectacles, shoes, etc., regardless of
where such services might be performed.
It is understandable that certain individuals will experience particular difficulties and special effort is made to provide
individual service in these cases.
*****
RSVP BEGINS IN WAYNESBORO

Maxine is taking Accounting I and Cost ~

Accounting I and Jim is taking Materials and
Processes of Industry I and Production Planning.
Both employees will be taking their courses
at Blue Ridge Community College.
These courses were approved under the
Individual Development Program which provides
full-time hourly and non-exempt employees the
opportunity to take tuition-free, i n-p 1ant
courses that will help them advance. Courses
will be taught at Valley Vocational Technical
Center and Blue Ridge Conmunity College.
Under this arrangement, General Electric
prepays the institution or college the tuition
cost direct.
Bill Perry, IDP Administrator for the
Waynesboro Plant, reminds employees that the
deadline for getting IDP applications approved
in advance of the starting date of courses is
close by. Registration at Valley Tech is
September 13 and at Blue Ridge it is September
20 and 21.
**********
MADISON COLLEGE ANNOUNCES FALL PROGRAM

Fifty-seven undergraduate and forty

graduate courses will be offered at Madison
College in late afternoon and evening classes.
In addition, two TV courses are being offered
this year over WVPT-TV (Channel 51), one
in Humanities and one in Political Science.
Each course may be taken for three undergraduate semester hours credit.
Registration will be held in Percy
Warren Campus Center ballroom September 13,
1971, between the hours of 6:00 and 8:00 p.m.
Undergraduate fees are $15 per credit hour.
All courses are listed in a brochure
available in Employee Relations.

********
Bill Schenk found some loose bills in the parking lot. He can be contacted on Ext. 296.

All sorts of volunteer jobs are available.

These positions are necessary jobs for which
The Retired Senior Volunteer Program began no funding is provided, jobs such as YMCA
operations this week in Waynesboro. The local
receptionist, teacher assistants and library ~
program is one of 11 in the nation and the first carriers to deliver books to shut-ins. Funds
in o rural area. RSVP is open to anyone who
have been provided under a Federal Grant to
is 60 years old and is willing to work on a
reimburse volunteers for expenses incurred.
reliable basis. Positions are available for
Anyone eligible for the program and willing to
handicapped individuals.
volunteer their services should call 942-5636
or visit the old Library for more information.

MUTUAL FUND REPORT ... . .. (continued from Page 1)

All of the emp l oyees repres ented in these
tota l s will have a special interest in the
1971 semi -ann ual report of the GE S&SP Mutua l
Fund on page 4 of the NEWS .
to con
gr atulate the
following employees who
re~ched scTVicc
miles tones last
We wish

Highlights of t he semi - annua l report

incl ude these significant facts :
-- Net as set va l ue of a fund unit was $29.81
on J une 30 th is year. On December 31,
1970, it was $25.87; it was $21. 02 on June
30' 19 70.
- - For the twe l ve -month period that ended
June 30, the va lue of a fund unit increased 44 .0% and during the first six
months of t his year-- the latter ha lf of
th e twelve -month period--i t increased
17 . 3%.
These percentage increases i nc lude earned
in come and have been adjusted f or the distributi on of 45 cents per fund unit in March of thi s
year. The distrib ut i on was credited to partici pants in t he form of add iti onal fund units in
accordance with the Savings and Security
Program.
Th e report shows the total net asset va lue
of the fund at over $191 millicn on June 30,
1971, and the Emp loyee Savin gs Ope r ation in
Schenectady reports that more t han $20 mi llio n
of emp l oyee savings and company matching payments was in vested in the f und during th e first
six months of 1971 .
The fund was inaugurated under the S&S
Program i n Ju ly, 1967, and fund units were
t hen set at an in i t i al price of $25. The value
of eac h unit i ncreases or decreases primaril y
wi th changes in the market va lue of the various
stocks he ld by the fund. The semi-annua l report
li sts ho l din gs of 56 stocks as of June 30,
19 71 .
The report also announced that the fund
un i t pri ce i s now be i ng reported in the mutual
fund section of the financial pages of many
newspapers under GE S&SP or a si milar name .
It pointed out, howeve r, t hat there may be sma ll
variations in the newspape r reports and the
fund unit pri ce used under the ru l es of the
fund for purchasing and redeeming units because
newspaper deadlines may make it imposs i ble to
include transact i ons made by the fund on the
day for whi ch the price is reported.

~
5 YEARS
Mary Glenn
Jean Hunter
David ShOtJa lter
John Farrar
Johnnie Turner
Mild:Pe d Wa,shington
Dorothy Martin
Sy l via Ponton
David Schooley
Anna Barker
Margaret Turner
Evelyn CrcaJford

Frcracis McGOUJan
Ba?ry Sch!"iver
Grace Dickerson
Ba?bara Moo:,oe
Alfred Swicegood
Ba?bara Boye rs
Norman Davi s
~Ii l l iam Davis
Month McPhatte r
Fre d Swishe r
Ea!"l Berry
Eloise Mabry

10 YEARS
Raymond Goetz

Elizabeth Cl aytor
15 YEA RS

Arnold Alex ander

Robert Good
Winfred Wingfield
Earline Elkins
Donald Wright
H. Steele Poole
Robert Suddar th

Emma Shifflett
Walter Tomlin
Alice Lawrence
Joseph Smith
Helen Dedrick
Eva McA Zister

***********
Garnett Brooks wou l d li ke to thank all his
fellow employees for the many acts of kin dness
shown hi m and his famil y duri ng their recent
bereavement.
************
All Chess and prospective Chess pl aye rs are
co rdiall y invited to come down to the Paw ns men
Chess Club and look it over and become membe rs.
The Pawnsmen Chess Clu b meets each Tuesday
night at 7:30 p. m. at Grace Lutheran Ch urch
on the corner of Wayne and Thirteenth . Come
on down or call Frank Gum, Ext. 482, or Dick
Hi ppeard, Ext. 319/135 for more informati on.
************

GENERAL ELECTRIC S & S PROGRAM MunJAL FUND

Semi-Annual Report,June 30, 1971
To Program Participants and Fund Unit Holders: This report shows the net asset value per Fund
Unit on June 30, 1971, December 31, 1970 and June 30, 1970, and a list of investments on June 30, 1971.
The net asset value per Fund Unit was $29.81 on
June 30, 1971. This compares with $25.87 on
December 31, 1970, and $21.02 on June 30, 1970.
The value of a Fund Unit increased 17.3% for the 6
months ended June 30, 1971, and increased 44.0%
for the 12-month period. These increases include
earned income and have been adjusted for the distribution of $.45 per Fund Unit paid in March, 1971.
(The distribution was credited to participants in the
form of additional Fund Units in accordance with the
Savings and Security Program.)
The Fund Unit price is now reported in the mutual

fund section of certain newspapers under the name GE

S&SP or a similar designation. It is possible that there
may be small variations between the Fund Unit price
reported and the Fund Unit price used under the Rules
of the Fund for the purpose of purchasing and redeeming Fund Units because newspaper deadlines may
make it impossible to include transactions made by
the Fund on the day for which the price is reported.
Note: Employee savings and Company contributions are
credited at the average Fund Unit price in the month for
which such credit is made and not at the asset value as of the
end of particular periods specified above.

General Electric S & S Program Mutual Fund List of Investments, June 30, 1971
COMMON STOCKS 97 .79%
At Market

Shares

40,000
60.000

Automotive 3.37%
General Motors Corp.
Genuine Parts Company

50,000
87,500
75,000

Building 4.97%
American Air Filter Company, Inc.
Cousins Properties
Rouse Company

40,000
28,000
45,000

Business Equipment 8.97%

Digital Equipment Corp.
International Business Machines Corporation
Xerox Corporation

85,000
80,000
35,000
73,900
60,000
35,838
50,000

Consumer Products 13.15%

Burlington Industries, Inc.
CocaCola Bottling Co. of N.Y., Inc.
CocaCola Company (The)
Heublein, Inc.
Melville Shoe Corp.
Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc.
Squibb Corp.

$ 3,165,000
3,292,500
6,457,500

3,375,000
2,428,125
3,721,875
9,525,000
3,100,000
8,876,000
5,220,000
17,196,000
3,i76,875
3,420,000
3,591,875
3,251,600
3,300,000
4,658,940
3,787,500
25,16,790

Shares

100,000
45,000
16,000
85,000
12,400
100,000

At Market*
Miscellaneous Manufacturing 7 .84%
American Cyanamid Co.
AMP Incorporated
Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) & Co.
Lenox, Inc.
National Chemsearch Corp.
Sybron Corp.

71,400
40,000
50,000
20,000
30,000
60,000

Oil 9.01%
Louisiana Land & Exploration Co.
Lubrizol Corp.
Mobil Oil Corp.
Schlumberger, Ltd.
Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey)
Texaco, Inc.

70,000
90,000

Paper and Containers 2.63%

International Paper Co.
U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers Inc.

45,000
45,000

Photography 4.55%
Eastman Kodak Co.
Polaroid Corp.

70,000
53,040
50,000
7,900
70,000

Publishing and Services 8.41%

American District Telegraph Co.
Disney (Walt) Productions, Inc.
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
Reynolds & Reynolds Co.
TimesMirror Co.

40,000
50,000
55,000
50,000

Soap and Cosmetics 8.42%

Avon Products, Inc.
International Flavors and Fragrances
Revlon, Inc.
Schering-Plough Corp.

50,000
55,000
30,000

Other 3.70%
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Marlennan Corp.
Phelps Dodge Corporation

Drugs 6.68%

50,000
100,000
60,000
80,000

American Hor:1e Products Corporation

Baxter Laboratories, Inc.
oetz Laboratories
Wil I Ross, Inc.

32,400
55,000
75,000

Electrical 5.09%
Emerson Electric Co.
lnt't. Telephone & Telegraph Corp.
Pickwick International, Inc.

30,000
50,000
24,900
60,000
45,000
55,000

Merchandising 1 1.00%
A.A.A. Services, Inc.
Grant IW. T.) Co.
Mercantile Stores Company, Inc.
Penney (J. C.) Co.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Woolworth IF. W.I Co.

3,825,000
3,175,000
2,790,000
3,000,000
12,790,000
2,385,450
3.423,750
3,937,500
9,746,700
4,230,000
3,175,000
3,261,900
3,885,000
3,903,750
2,626,250
21,081,900

*Securities listed on national exchanges are valued at the closing sales

price at June 30, 1971; securities traded in the overthecounter
marke arc valued at the last bid price at that date.

Total common stocks 97 .79%

Cash, corporate shortterm notes,
receivables, etc., net 2.21 %
Total Net Asset Value

$ 3,312,500

3, 183,750
2,228,000
2,528,750
565,750
3,200,000
15,018,750
3,159,450
4,190,000
2,787,500
2,725,000
2,261,250
2,137,500
17,260,700
2,458,750
2,587,500
5,046,250
3,493, 125
5,220,000
8,713,125
3,447,500
6,046,560
2,875,000
424,625
3,325,000
16,118,685
4,415,000
4,000,000
3,671,250
4,050,000
16,136,250
2,281,250
3,602,500
1,203,750
7,087,500
187,365,15()
4,241,543
$191,606,693

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volunc XI I I, No . 35

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

MAPD GENERAL MANAGER , J . F. PONZILLO,

GIVES VIEWS ON BUS INESS

September 10, 1971

REQUEST FOR INSPECTION AND EVALUATION

OF A POSSIBLE UNSAFE

CDNDITIQ~

Editor ' s Note : ~lith the economy making s o

many headlines t hese days , the General
Electric NfilS has asked MAPD General Manage r
J . F. Ponzillo to corrment on the state of
the NC business .
Q. MR. PONZ ILLO, HOW 'S
BUSINESS IN THE NC INDUSTRY?
A. Like the nation ' s
economy, the ind us try has
been experiencing a slump
during the past yea r or
more. Recently, industrywide orders have taken a
slight turn for the better ,
but business is still slow
compared with past years.
Wh en we put our 1971 plans t ogether, we
were counting on a busines s upturn t o
come abou t now, but so f a r it has n't
developed . Figures r eleased just las t
~eek show t ha t July me t al-cut ting
machine t ool orders fell 13% from June,
and as most people know, our business
is tied in very closely with the
machine t oo l b usines s . So th e p i c ture
i s not particularly rosy.
On the o t he r hand, MAPD has been able
to main t ai n its s hare of the avai lable
NC b us iness and has also come up with
o r ders for some of its new products,
like the facto ry feedback system .

Q.

WHAT ARE THE DEPARTMENT'S PLANS NOW

THAT THE EXPECTED UPTURN HASN 'T C0'1E
ABOUT?

A.

Firs t of a ll, because t he order picture

has no t imp roved as expected, we a re
try ing sever a l new approaches which we
feel will encour age customers t o place
orde r s with us now so that we can meet
our sales objectives . Our Marke ting
people are wo r king very c lo sely with
(con tinued on Page Z )

~lary Fra zier and Guy Coffey (Safet y

Representative -Power Regulation) ar e shown
dis cuss ing the firs t "Request for Inspection
and Evaluation of a Possible Uns afe Condition"
fonn that ~!ary had turned in t o Guy .

Mary's reques t \vas to have work tables

and accumulation trucks r e - arranged to provide
more room and improve employee traffic movement in the area . Guy and For eman Dave Lutton
took immediate action and corrected the
problem. Mary was very pl eased at the quick
action that was taken.
111ese forms are availabl e t o all
empl oyees through their employee safety
r epresentatives or s upervisors to point out
possible safety hazards.
The form is a four- copy snap set.
Whenever a possible unsafe condition or
hazard is found by anyone, the fonn should
be completed by the employee with the
safet y r epresentatives in conj unction with
the foreman of the area involved. The
compl ete fonn should be fo nvarded to Iv. R.
Pe rry, Plant Safet y Specialis t, for evaluation
and corrective action. Once the problem has
been resolved, the originator will receive
a copy indi cating action t aken .

~.iAPD

BUSINESS VIEWS . (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)

customers on ways to obtain orders for
delivery in 1971. We think this extra
effort will provide the shot in the arm
our Department needs to help us through
this slack period. At the same time,
however, it is absolutely essential
that we reduce cos ts so that they are
in line with our reduced level of business.

Q.

A.

WILL THIS RESULT IN FEWER JOBS AT THE

DEPARTMENT LOCATIONS IN "RIQ-iMOND,
CHARLOTTESVILLE, AND HERE AT WAYNESBORO?
Unfortunately, during the past year,
the manufacturing workforces at the
Richmond and Charlottesville Plants have
experienced major layoffs. At the same
time, the Department was able to maintain a relatively steady level of employment here at Waynesboro. However, based
on present forecasts of business for the
next several months, we have reluctantly
concluded that we must now reduce a
small number of jobs here at Waynesboro
also. This is the reason that some
people have been notified recently that
their present jobs were being eliminated.

Q.

WILL THERE BE ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS IN

EMPLOYMENT LATER Cl'J?

A.

No one can predict the future, but if

our program to get new orders produces
results, we have an excellent chance of
maintaining our present levels of employment. I certainly hope this will
be the case. Meanwhile, we intend to
do everything possibl~ to help those
employees whose jobs have been affected
by this cutback to find other suitable
employment.

Q.

WILL PRESIDENT NIXON'S NEW ECONOMIC

PROGRAM MEAN MORE ORDERS?

A.

The President's program may help in the

long run, but we don't expect to see
any innnediate results. I might add
this is also the opinion of most of
the chief executives of the country's
machine tool companies.

Q.

WILL YOU PLEASE SUM UP?

A.

Yes. Our industry has been through a

protracted slump. While there are some
favorable indicators, we are still in
a tough market. We are looking at ways

to obtain more business and become even

more competitive in price and value provided to our customers, but we know the
competitors will be working just as hard
to obtain those extra orders. To stay in
front in the race for more business, we
must offer our customers the best value
for their money. This will take real
teamwork, but I am confident that the
men and women of our Department can and
will meet this challenge.

*****

PAY FREEZE GUIDELINES

In compliance with official rulings of
the Cost of Living Council, the Company has
issued the following interim instiuctions to
provide guidelines for the payment of employees
during the wage-price freeze period currently
scheudled to nm until November 13, 1971.
Caution should b~ used in interpreting
these instructions because they are subject
to change as additional rulings are made by
the Cost of Living Council. These instructions are current and have been updated by
the most recent iulings of the Council.
Merit and/or Progression Increases
1here can be no merit increases for
exempt salaried and/or progression increases
in the case of nonexempt and hourly employees
which would result in a rate higher than the
highest rate of record held by the individual
during the 30-day period ending A1:1gust 14,
1971. Only rate increases effective_ and
approved prior to August 15 are considered
as the rate of record.
Promotional Increases
Promotional increases nonnally given to
any employees in colUlection with bonafide
promotions that constitute advancement ~o . .
an established job with greater responsibility
may be made. (For example, an hourly employee currently on an R~ job drawing R3 pay
is promoted to an R9 position-. The employ~e
will receive RS pay inunediately upon starting
the new job. Progression increases to R6,
7 8 and 9 cannot be paid because they are
b~ed on the longevity of the job. The
Company will continue to note the. time on "!11e
job and will make any adjustment in the 1?aid
rate if and when pennitted under the rulings ~
of the Counci 1.
(continued on Page 3)

PAY FREEZE INSTRUCI'IONS . . . (CONTINUED FROM P. 2)

APPRENTICE GRADUATE

Gene r al Increases and Cost- of-Li.v.i.ng Increases

Sud1 increases are suspended for the
duration of D1e 90 -day f reeze .
Payment for Overtime
Payment for overtioe t o any employees
h'ill continue to be made.
Temporary Transfers
Payments made for t emporary t ransfer s
to hourly employees can continue to be made
on ilie same basis as promotional increases.
Savings and Secur ity Program
Employees may continue to join or withdraw from S&S.
Paz::nent of Night Shi f t Differ ential
This payment wi ll continue to be made .
Apprentice Training Programs
Individual rates can be increases in
J.Ccordance 1.,ri ili the es t ablished appr entice
training program r a te schedule in effect
prior t o August 15 up to and including V1 e
top step of ilie sd1edule .
Increased Vacati ons
In the most recent ruling by the Cos tof- Living Council , employees who becane eligible for additional vacation upon ilie complet ion of specified years of se rvice aft er
August 14 , 1971 , 1.,rill not be granted the
increased vacation (hourly employees -- 2 years
service , 2 weeks vacation; hourly an<l
salaried employees - -10 years se r\'.i. ce , 3 h'eeks
vacation ; 15 yea rs se r vi ce , 4 h'eeks and
30 years service , 5 1veeks vacation) . The
increased vacation s chedul e is based on
longevity and thus not permit ted W1der the
Executive Order .
Leamer and Trainee Rat es
Under the current rulings of ilie Cos t
of Living Counci 1, the rate increase schedules provided fo r by D1e Company fo r hourly
~d nonexempt salari ed employees ar e not
considered learner or trainee rates . Pay
increase s chedules ar e progression ra t es
and are based on l ongevi t y on the job and
thus not allowed by the Counci 1.

Jack 13r o\\n graduated from ilie Dwee year

Apprentice Training Program on September 3.
The apprenti ceship course qual ifies candidates to become Tool Room Machinists and
consists of 6000 hours of or..-the-job training
and 700 hours of rel ated studies at Blue
Ridge Conmw1i ty College . Shrnm here presenting
ilie diploma is ~Ir. D. L. Coughtry , ~!anager
Manufacturing, while Paul Warren , Supervisor
of Apprentice Training , looks on .

*****
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Tern1iNet 300 Printer : Market i nteres t remarns
high. Specia l engi neer i ng work required on
many cus tomer requi r ements i s slowing down
f inal decisions on orders. Several important
propos itions are in the f inal stages of
cons i deration by custaners .
Relays :
- -Release r eceived on large order of half
size relays for RCl\ -Camden . Competitor \\as
very aggressive in cutting his prices to try
and take the order a111ay from us .
- -\\e
r elays t o
The f inal
belo~ our

l ost a large order of half size

another competitor because of price .
sales price for this business was
out -of-pocket cos t s .

-- Bid is being prepared fo r very l ar ge

multi-year contract for r elays fo r military
ai r e r aft manufacturer .
Phoenix, Ari zona : Process Computer Department
hourly employees noted "no union" in an NLRB
r epresentation el ection . Final tally was llS no, and 9 3 for Il3E\v .

F'D DD
~OR

THOU
Ct HT
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CATERPILLAR PHILOSOPHY

Some General Electric people have a

caterpi llar philosophy!

They were following instinct, habit, custom, tradition, precedent , "standard pr actice "
or call it what you will , but following it
'
blindly without knowing why they were followin(-...
They were mistaking "activity" for "accomplishment" or "effective effort . "
They got no place .
Some General Electric people mistake
"activity" on the job for effective effort
and accompl i shment .

Caterpillar philosophy?
What ' s a caterpillar doing having any
philosophy?
This is why :
Processionary caterpillars feed upon
pine needles .
They move through the trees in a long
procession, one leading and the others
following--each with his eyes half-closed
and his head fitted snuggly against the
rear extremity of his predecessor.
Once a great French naturalist decided
to try an experiment with a group of these
caterpillars.
He enticed them to the rim of a l arge
flowerpot where he succeeded in getting the
first one connected with the last one , thus
forming a complete circle which started moving around in a processi on which had neither
beginning nor end.
111e naturalist expected that after a
while they would catch on to the joke--get
tired of their useless rnard1 and s t art off
in some ne;.,r direction .
But thP.t was not the case .

They continue to resist change or the

chance to do the job a better and more effec tive way .
Only a worker doing an effective job
is making his contribution to effective production .
Effective production means goods can be
produced at a l ower cost .
When goods are produced at lower costs,
more people will buy them.
More sales will mean a great er demand
for the goods .
This greater demand will mean more
employment and more job security for the
worker.
But this cycle can not start unless the
worker does an effective job in the beginning .
That i s why the worker with the caterpillar
philosophy is hurting not only himself but
his fellow worke rs as well.
.
That is why there is no pl ace for
caterpillar phil osophy at General Electric .

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The following note was received by the NEWS

Through sheer force of hab it , this
living, creeping circl e kept moving around the this week :
rim of the flowerpo t .
Around and around they went for seven
days and seven nights - -and doubtles s would
have continued longer had it not been fo r
sheer exhaus tion and ultimate s tarvation .
Incidentally, there was an ample supply
of food close at hand and plainly visible,
but it ,,,as outside the range of the circle
so they continued along the beaten path .

"Frank a"1.d I wish to thank you for

your> thoughtfulness in remember'ing
us . ;-Je wer>e left s peechless when we
reaiizei how r?any wo-11derful friends
we ha ve . Your> ge"1.erosity was greatly
appr eciated and uill a!-wm.;s be remember>ed. ':-._
Rosali e Harter
Switchboard Operator

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
Volwne XIII, No . 36

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

HUSBAND & WIFE--APPRENTICE

TEAM--FIRST IN COMPANY

September 1 7. 19 71

LONGER PAID VACATIONS BANNED

BY GOVERNMENT DURING FREEZE
The U. S. Government's Cost of Living
CoW1cil has ruled that there can be no increase
in the length of an employee ' s paid vacation
during the current 90-day wage/price freeze.
In explaining this ruling, the Council said that
increases in paid vaca tions are to be treated
the same as progression or longevity pay increases which are banned during the freeze.

George Sheff er, foreman in the Tool Room,

explains some intricate parts of the machine
to Gwen and Robe rt Conner.

A Wlique d~velopment has occurred in

the General Electric Tool Room Apprentice
Training Program in Waynesboro, that as far as
\\re have been ab le to ascertain , is not duplicated elsewhere in the Company or in the
cow1try- -a husband and wife both are enrolled
as apprentices in t he Tool Room Machinist
course .

Relatively few GE employees will be affected by this ruling because GE's vacation
pl an makes employees eli gible for addi tional
vacation time as they reach certain service
anniversaries with the Company , thus many GE
employees had already qualified for longer 1971
vacations before the free ze began August 14 .
The only GE employees affected by this ruling
ar e hourly and salaried employees reaching their
first, tenth, fifteenth and thirtieth service
anniversaries with GE during t he period from
August 15 through November 12, and hourly
employees who attain their second anniversary
during thi s same period.
Under normal conditions, these employees
would become eligible for either their initial
one-week or two-week vacations or would be
adding a week to the amount of vacation time
they r eceived last year. These initial and
longer vacations can ' t go into effect during
the freeze period.

TI1is Government ruling, of course, does

not affect most GE employees, including those
who may have reached first, second, tenth,
fifteenth or thirtieth anniversaries before
Robert Conner began his employment with August 15. Even if they haven't yet taken
the General Electric Company in JWle, 1966 ,
their longer vacation, they may do so before
as a Tester . He transferred t o the Apprentice the end of the year and be paid for the vacation.
Government officials have not disclosed what
Proaram in September, 1969, and is starting
will happen to restrictions on employee compensahi~third year in the Program nmv. His wife,
tion (including va-::ations) after November 12 when
G, Jolyn Conner, joined the Company as an
the freeze i s scheduled to end.
Assembler in Novemb er, 1969, and transferr ed
to the Apprent ice Program in June, 1971. Gwen
"\\le can fully under s t and," said H. \I/. Tulloch
(continued on Page 2)
Employee Re lations Manage r, " that thi s ruling on '
(continued on Page 2)

PRODUCTIVITY IS KEY
AGAINST INFLATION

APPRENTICES ..... (continued from Page 1)

Sen. Jaaob K. Ja:vits of New York, the ra.nking RepubZiaan member of the Congres~ional Joint ,
Eaonomia Corrmittee, was guest aoZumn~st for the
Washington Post, Sunday, September 12, 1971.
Exaerpts from his aoZwnn appear below.

President Nixon has just recognized ~at the

inflation and unemployment problems plagui~g the
nation have not been solved or even effectively
curtailed by the use of goverrunent's traditional
tools of monetary and fiscal policy to regulate
the economy. I applaud his new economic policy,
its goal of prosperity without war and the
measures he reconmends to increase incentives for
new technology, to produce more jobs and to
freeze prices, wages and rents.
But no federal government law or policy no
matter how desirable, is a substitute for the
real thing. Such a law can only help if.it .
produces the real thing--and the !eal thing is.
productivity. Increasing our national productivity (the SlDTI of the outputs of ind~vidual wo!kers) is the key to restoring economic well-being
to the United States. 1he inflation we are now
experiencing--so-calledcost p~h ~flation--i~
a direct result of wage_and price.i~creases which
are in excess of gains in productivity.
Over the last three years, the prices of
goods and services have spurted forward because
output per manhour has not increased as much as
cc:mpensation per manhour (wages). As. a result,
the rise in labor costs has pushed prices upward.
.
At2.l per cent, the United S~ates has had
the lowest average annual rate of ~ncr~ased P!Oductivity since 1965 of a~l the maJor industrialized countries. Average increases over the sarne
perio? are 5.3 per cent in We~t Gennany, 6.6 p~r
cent rn France, 7.9 per cent m Sweden and 14.'"'
per cent in Japan.
Even though hourly wages in Japan have in-
creased 15.1 per cent a year during this same
period, labor costs there have risen by only,
O 8 per cent. Compare this with the United
States where labor costs have increased by
. any
3.9 per' cent over the same period. Is 1t
wonder that we cannot compete with Japan in
selling our goods on the world markets?
Our primary economic chal~e~ge is how !O.
deal with this problem of declining productivity.

has just completed her initial 12-week assignment in the Maintenance Shop and has now
moved into the Tool Room to develop the
skills for a Tool Room Machinist.
Gwen became interested in the Program
through discussions with her husband about
the type of work he was doing and through
part-time studying with him as he prepared
the academic portions of the Program. In
the spring of 19 71 when an annmmcement went
out for interested candidates for the Programd ,
Gwen asked to be interviewed and was sele~te ..
Both Bob and Gwen will be participating
in the academic studies associated with the

Apprentice Program this fall by taking

courses at Blue Ridge Conunllllity College.
On-the-job assignments continue and it is
expected that Bob will graduate in the
sl.D11Iler of 1972 and Gwen in the summer of 1974.

**********

WAGE/PRICE FREEZE ... (continued from Page 1)

longer vacations is quite a disappointment for
those people affected by it. We wish we could
tell you what the situation will be after November 12, but we just don't know at this time.
As soon as there is any infonnation available
on this, we'll make sure that it is passed along
to all employees."
Mr. Tulloch emphasized that, although there
aren't many employees in our Department likely
to be affected by the vacation freeze ruling,
employees seriously inconvenienced by_ thi~
.
sudden development should discuss their situation
with their supervisors as soon as possible. "It
is quite possible that sane of these affected
employees," he said, "have made travel.reservations and other plans for a fall vacation. Although we must abide by the Government's wage/
price freez_e decisions, we stand ready to ~ry
to help affected employees solve any vaca~ion
,,
problems which may have been caused by this rule.
President Nixon put the wage/price freeze
in effect across the nation on August 15 as
part of a broad plan to break the bad_< of
inflation and to correct other economic problems
troubling this colllltry. Public opinion polls
indicate that Americans generally support the
President's Action.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

GE data teleprinters
serve West Point

September 24 . 1971

PRI\'1\TE l0\ JOI>JS ,'.lf\PD

The appoi ntment of >Ir .

i\nth ony Pri vater a as l'1 w1ager Nurne r icJ J Con trol Sal es , for
the ~lanu factur ing Automa ti.on
Products Depa r tment 1.;as rece nt ly announced .
Mr. Pri.vatera j oinec.l
the General Electric Co111pan;
in 196 2 after (4raduo.tion
from t he 11- "L' rsit\ of Detroit
Coll e ge l I l.il~i neering \\j t h
a 13SEL: .
A nati \e of J)uffolo , \c11 York , he has
held assignments i.n Sma ll :\C >lotor and Cenerator
Marketing in Schenectady , DC >lotor and Generator
Manufacturi ng i.n li r e , Transportation l)cpartment Motor and Systems Engi neering , Tra.nspo r t.'..lt i.on
Department Equ ipment Sa l es anc.l Locomotj \c Sales .

GE Term1Nr1 300 r.elps fu1ure generals lo access campus computer center.

Prior to joining >l.\PD >Ir . Prha tcra \\as

User Sales Engineer , I ndus t rial Sal es Division
respon5ihlc !or the Chrysler Corp . and Cac.lillac
~lot o r C:~ir accow1ts .
I le also \"Orkec.l as .'. l CF
r ec r u itor fo r t he Universi t y of Detroit :u1J
l\a>11c State .

!~ring a r ecent open house at the U. S .

>lili tary ,\cademy at \\est Point , many Plebes
brought their parents , guests and girl friends
to the /\cademic Computer Center, very proudly
conducted tours on hrnv the facility is used and
demondstra t ed thei.r ne1d y -gained expertis e on
Gene r a I l.lectric Tenni\et*300 teleprinters .

"Lock-Out" Systen

:\t ime s ha ring system employ i ng b5 of the

Ge ne ral Uectric da ta canmw1ication terniina l s
gh es cade t s acces s to the us:.tA ..\cademic Can pute::- S;'stem 24 hours a day , 7 days a 1veek, t o
help them so lve complex pr obl ems i n a va riety
of academic sub jects .
Locute<l at more than 20 a r eas on the campus,
clus ters containing f rom one to 15 printers
~e rve living , study , office and laboratory ar eas .
enni\et printe r s in these areas are connected
by telephone lines to the Academic Canputer
(continued on Page 3)

'.I1w tag , Uie lock, th P- ke!,i --fOY' thei'f'

see Pn;rP. 2 .

w:r-~

NEW SAFETY SYSTI:M-- - --YELLO\V LOCK-OlIT TAGS

An important f actor in the Maintenance

and Quality Control f W1ctions is the need
to "tag out" machinery or any other related
equipment to primarily safeguar d the safety
of an empl oyee or employees who are servi cing
the equipment.

The interpretation of the words "tag

out" means that the pr imary and/or secondary
source of electrical power or any other source
of power such as hudraulic , air, etc. ,
wi ll be t urned off using "lock-outs" with
l ocks with a yellow tag. Thi s is done by
pre-registered Maintenance or Qual ity Control
personnel.
T1ae lock- out case with locks and custodian
Sue MeGann , Maintenance Secretary

A "lock-out" is a scissor type W1it

normally placed on a discormect box or
other shut-off device , whereby authorized
per sonnel may attach one or more locks .

1:1e lock-out and locks , 1vhich are consecut i vely nwnbered, are stored in a special
cabinet in the Maintenance Office. When a lock-out is needed, the authorized employee
will wri t e two identical yellow "tags ," one to be placed on the machine and the other
to be brought to the Maintenance Office for an exchange on a lock -out sys tem.
Yellow tags are used to restrict the operation of equipment because of some
mechanical defect or for other reasons . The tags are attached to the primary disconnect ing devices as a means of " locking out 11 the equipment. Each source of power, which is
"tagged out 11 is to be t agged and locked.
Yellow tags should be applied onl y by authorized persormel and must be dated and
signed by the authoriz ed pe rs on placing the tag. Al so, complet e information concerning
the reason for the tag must be written on the tag.

Sue issuing lock- out system to Calvin Claytor

crad Chuck Gentry, authorized Maintenance
personnel .

Chuck Gentry app lying lock- out system to

the Sheet Metal Shear. Calvin is obser>ving
the pr>ocedv.re .

YELL OlI TAGS .... (continued f:t>Om Page 2)

Center's lloneywell -635 Computer at \\'est Point ' s

Thayer Hall .
Irrunediate on- line access to the computer
has given ris e to the growing use of computer
technology as a 1vorking instructional t oo l .
The Academy ' s four-year interdepartment a l
computer program begins fo r all cadets in t hei r
first (Pleb e) year when the Department of Larth ,
Space and Graphic Sciencies teaches ".1 45-hour
course in c omput er fundamentals . This course
instructs cadets in the use of the various
equipments associated with the com1-JUte~ and .
provides them 1vit h extensive practice m on-lrne
inte raction with the computer as 1ve ll as how to
write programs in FORTRAN .

Hewitt f.fro oks, authorized Re lay .)JC: repres entative , receiving system from Sue .
/\ <levice bearing a vellow tag must not
be operated at any time., When the mechanical
defect is repaired , the authorized personnel
who apolied the lock- out sys t em "'ill r emove
the tag and lock and return them to the
Secretary of ~!ai ntenance.

LTC I larol <l C. I lannaway , Di r ector of the

Instruction Support Divis i on , said the course
is compulsory in the early stages of a cade t' s
career. i'vluch as he is taught to use the slide
rule , to fire a 1veapon, or to dri ve a truc k,
the Academy believes every cadet must also be
taught hrnv to use a computer in a variety of
teaching situat ions .
IMPORTAt~T RD!I\DER

All chemical s mus t be disposed of properl y .

A list of personne 1 authorized to use
I f you have a chemical t o dispose of and you' re
these tags "ill be mai ntained by the Depart not certain where it should go , consult the
ment Safe ty Specialis t. This list is composec Disposition Code (Apr il 7, 1971 issue) or
of personnel who are authorized by subsection
contact your foreman or the ~!anufacturing
managers , who in tum are responsible for
Enaineer i ng Lab , Ext . 353
seeing that their personnel are completely
b
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instructed and compl ete l y familiar with the
NEED A BABY SI TTER?
correct practices . In case of the absolute
inability of the person signing the tag to
For professiona l, state- licensed chi l d care by
remove the tag, certain authorized management
the week call the Unit ed Church Nursery ,
perso1mel may remove the tag after checking
942 - 5695 '. There are a few openings current l y
the situation .
at both t he Grace Lutheran Church and Basic
'.'-lethodis t Church nurseries .

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Outlook . .. .. (continued from page 4)
I t is un fo rtunate t ha t the wo r d " profit" is so
wide l y mis und erstood . Mil l ions undoubtedly
think of profits and dividends being t he same
thing . Act ually , of cou rs e , profit is divided
into two parts , (1) that r etained within the
business and (2) that paid to stockholders in
dividends . When profits are good , the r e tained
part is us ually the larger . Retained p r ofi t
is use d t o modernize a b usiness or expand it .
Moderni zation directly benef i ts employees by
making their employe r' s products more competitive
with imports , for example . And busi ness expansion (new plants) c reates new jobs, of course .

Hewitt applying the lock system on the Re lay

Hvmidity Chaniber in Relays QC .

Th e last hal f decade ' s wage- price spiral , wi th

all th e act ion on one side of the "sp i ral " is
c le arly not an ideal generator of new jobs .

Reprinted from the WALL STREET JOURNAL, 9-13-?1

1HE OUTLOOK

in an increasingly competitive world just doesn't

stand up.

Appraisal of Current Trends In Business And

Finance

Vastily expanded productive capacity, both in

this country and abroad in Europe and Japan,
make this passing along process steadily more
While we wait for what's to come after "the 90
difficult year after year. This can be put
days," it may be well to ponder the most widely sharply in focus by comparing the rise in proignored fundamental fact about the so-called
ducer prices on consumer goods (1967 equals 100)
"wage-price spiral" that prompted the freeze.
with the rise in weekly wages. The wages cover
It is the heavily lopsided nature of the spiral. all private non-farm payrolls of production
For every point of gain on the price side, there workers or nonsupervisory employees. The 1971
has been a two-point rise on the wage side.
figures are for June.
The popular idea that it has been more or less
an even trade-off between the two sides of the
Average Weekly
Conswner Goods
spiral is just not based in fact.
Prices
Yeari
Eamin~s
It is human nature, of course, for every man
(and his wife) to see only the "runaway" prices
and forget any increments in income. It is
human nature for journalists to emphasize the
prices. And it is political nature for politicians--especially those out of office--to do
the same. But any close look at the record
since 1965, when the inflationary bulge began,
suggests that the emphasis is clearly misplaced.
The table below traces the widely followed consumer price (cost of living) index and this
country's median family income from 1965
through 1970. The family income figure for
1971, or course, is not yet available. The
indexes use the 196 7 base as 100.

Year

Cost of
Living

1965
1966
196?
1968
1969
19?0

94_5
9?. 2
100.0
104. 2
109~ 8
116.3

Med. Fami'ly

Income
87.2
94.1
100.0
108. 3
118.3
123. 7

1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
19?0
19?1

96.1
99.4
100.0
102.?
106.6
109.91
113.1

93. 3
9?.0
100.0
105. 8
112.5
118.0
125.3

Both of these coluIIUls, too, show big gains. But

a little quick pencil work comparing the gains
of each, reveals--Consumer Goods Prices: up 17.7%
and Average Weekly Earnings: up 34.1%. Footnote
to the above: Prices on these manufactured products are up less than the cost of living index
because the latter index contains the really big
gainers--such things as services and taxes.
~
On the prices-vs-wages costs question, it can be
assumed that producers do not abstain from
passing on all wage costs out of charitable
feelings for the consumer. Any business will
pass on its costs--if it can. And it must be
concluded that the failure to do so is due to
lack of power to do so--in the face of competition.

What these figures add up to, over the five year Wouldn't this sort of lopsided "spiral" have a
span of inflation is--Cost of Living: up 23%
fundamental impact on the structure of the
and Family Income: up 42%.
country's economy? Indeed it would. It has.
While GNP and consumer income have climbed
There is a story here on the question of who has steeply over the past half-decade, corporate
the power to push prices up. It is common to
profits have just about been stopped in their
lump "big business" and "big labor" together as tracks.
a team having this power. The reasoning is
that labor, through organization, forces wage
The percentage figuring for the period since
costs up more or less at will and then business 1965 is: Gross National Product: up 52%,
somehow because of its "bigness" simply passes
Wages and Salaries: up 60% and Corporate
these costs right along to the public in higher Profits: down 4%.
prices.
This record, of course, as has been pointed
But it doesn't work out that way. Business can- out by people in and out of government, puts
not hold up its end of the log. The country's
any talk of curbing "excess profits" in the
huge corporations, and especially those in inludicrous area. Profits in excess of what?
dustries where output is concentrated in a few
Today's severely deflated level?
firms, do have economic power, of course. But
the idea that they can pass on all cost increases

(continued on Page 3)

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL @E LE CTR IC
Volume XII I, No. 37

j( f

WAYNESBORO ,VIRGINIA

DRIVE BEGINS OCT. 11

The In- Plant Unit ed Community Fund key

cection d1ainnen met today and mapped out the
Flant's UCF campaign drive . The drive has been
::. .:heduled fo r the week of October ll-15 .
l>,egi::.ning \ londay , th~ key chai:1nen wil ~
' lect sol i citors for their r espective sections
; .Yl on triclay, Octob er 8 at 3 : 00 p .m. a "k~ckc ; f " rneetino0 will be held in the Plant Auditor~ m1 for all chairmen and 1st shift solicitors.
~. econd shift so l icitors wi ll meet at 4: 35 p .m.
i ile same day in the Trophy Room . _At tJ:ese
r ee tinos the mechanics of the drive wi ll be
re\iew~d ' 1vi th the solicitors . The key section
chainnen are : J. A. ~loren, Hi\PD Market ing;
J p . Russell, >IAPD Finance ; R. B. Kerby , i'lAPD
-l '.1u
ineer i nob > >!rs . .\ , E. Gill~ ASPO , . C. E.
. b
f"ill i ser, :\PIXJ ; R. I: . Depa , DCPD Flllance;
J . F. Rogers , DCPD En(Tineering; F. B. Curt o and
,-..p , \\'iiry , DCPD Manufact uring ; i'lrs . M. A.
'--'--onoplos , DCPD i'!arketing; P. C. Schatz , COO ;
:tnd H. \\' . Lonas , AEPS .
c

NOTABLE QUOTES
' '\~e are experiencing a ps eudoprosperi ty ,
resulting in rising costs and l agging productivity which i s destroying our country's com0etitive position , l ess ing the ability of many
\.ndustries to compete in the world market s and
,esul ting in an influx of i mported merchadi se
1ever before experienced in this count ry .

' 'Are we heading fo r the day when I ' m

rnakened by a i'lade in Korea clock radio , when
T wa td1 the Today Show on Sony TV, br ush my
teeth h'i th a i'lade in Rangoon el ectric tooth
;rush, shine my shoes 1vi th a >lad~ in Taiwan
2lectric buffe r, put on my Made rn Hong Kong
shirt eat my breakfast with Made in Japan
stainless steel flatware , while listening t o
Fl ower D1um Song on Panasonic s tereo, And
t hen I go to work in my Toyota? My friends ,
this is no dream. I t can happen t o almost
~ major goods manufacturer in America today . "
- -\Villi am G. Graham
Pres i dent -North
Electric Company

oc~_ ,, i:J-,-,

}. ' 1q?J_

--- - -

SCHNEIDER PROMOTED
The appointment of Darren B. Schneider
.
as manager of General Electric
Automation Equipment and
Systems Products Operation
located in Sd1enectady was
announced today by J . F.
Ponzillo , General i'~nager
of the Company's Manufactur ing
Automation Products Department.
In h is n.:-1: position , Mr.
Schneider 1;j_ ll have responsi bili ty for the engineering
and manufacturing of industrial
automation systems produced
at department plants D1 Ri dlI11ond and Charlott es vi lle , Vi r ginia , and Schenectady, New ~ork .
He will al so be responsible for operation of
the Benerson Corporation, a wholly -owned
.
General Electri c affiliate located at Evansville ,
Indiana .
A resident of ~fav11esboro fo r the past
sixteen .vears ' 0lr . Sclmcider is a native . of
Kansas and i s a 1944 e lectrical engineering
graduate of Kansas State Univers i ty . Af~er
graduating , he joined the General Electri c
Test Engineer Program in Schenectady and
successfully completed both that program and
the Advanced Engineering Program . He then
held various engineering positi ons at the
Schenectady plant until 1955 when he transferred to Waynesboro as a member of the Speci alty
Control Department engineering team .
~Ir. Sclmei <ler 1vas named manager of Numer ical
Control Product Engineering in 1959 and in 1968
.
became Manager of Engineering for q newlyfanned department nrnv knrnvn as the Manufacturing
Automation Products Department . In J anuary of
this ye ar , Mr. Schneider was named Manager of
Advanced Systems Products Opera tion , the post
he held until his new appointment .

A registered professional engineer? he

has long been active i n several prof essional
(conti nued en Page 4)

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~ot quite three h"eeks ago ,
cus tamer ' s requl rement s concen1ing a power r e gt
tamer expected the unit to be on hand and r el! d)
left only th'O h'eeks to comp l e t e t he design r cqt

Immediately , Engineering hc
necessary design requirements anJ the~ah;
steel and fabricating the case .
In the assembly area , f1 c l
case was fabricated , the finish asser.'1) ly s i
their components on an expedited basi s ;.u1<
After four days of tests ,
ed unit 1vas shipped on time .
A good job h"as done by a l l
had a direct hand in completin ~
quality of the 1vorkrnanship .

1d10

It proves once again thnt

it can and h1ill be clone .

.AN D ON TIME
:magement in Po\\er Regul a ti on "as aler ted to the
atLon uni t- -the Devil ' s Canyon proj ect. 'l11e custo be installed as of the end of September . This
rements , release the prints and produce the W1it.
t to 1vork at an a ccelerated pace and produced
;;s,;.-... Simultaneous ly , Sheet Metal started s hearin g
nch assemblies were begun , and as soon as the
rtcd . Contributing areas such as C &T completed
the unit "ent to test .
e necessary adjustment s 11er e made and the finishme pie tures on this page shrn, many of those
his project on time "'ithout sacrificing the
ev~ryonc

is made mvare of t he job to be done ,

r.
....

SQ-INEIDER ... (continued f rom Jl9-ge 1)

!11.J\.\T .'.:El\"S QUESTION BOX

:;;:u.t Cs' is the on l y company with

I ;,:3 UU:JiilCS;J a.hout employees not getting t hei1o
. ,.: (J<:J.~io1: '! i/e think GE is trying to pu ll s ome . ! .

.,

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engineering organizations . I le \\as el ected a

Fe llO\\' of IEEE in Mard1 , 1971 , .in recognition
of his contributions to the advancement of
nwnerical control equipment .

/ .' .,, I~ ,_;

\\'e have d1ecked other employers in the

area . In some companies , all employees
become eligible for additional vacation
at the beginning of the year . (They are
not presently affected by the freeze but
they may be on January 1) . Others were
not aware of the ruling by the Cost of
Living Cow1cil and some a re volW1tar ily
follO\ving the ruling and not granting
vacations as rj1e Cost of Living Coun cil
edict states , the same as GE. In addition
management contacted the In t erna l Revenue
Senrice in Richmond hhich is charged with
handling complaints about the f reeze.
The l etter below was received in reply
to our inquiry.

i\.

~Jr . Schneider and h.i s hife, JW1e , have t 1vo

children . Kare n (~ lrs . I la rry K. 1\lai.er) res ides
in J\labama 1vhere her husband at Li::11ds gr aduate
sd1oo l at the Univers ity o~ Xi a' a.~ca , and ~larcia
j.s a graduate student at \ew York Univer s ity.

The Sdmeiders, who reside at 408 Bader

Avenue , will move in the near future t o
Schenectady .

VERNON JONES RETIRES

r,

Internal Revenue Service

? O Bo 10107. Richmond, V1

Septt"'.'b u

r,

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;.he S :a b il!. za ti on Pro~ r a:-- Gu!C e lines concern i n6 vaca tions .

1:.c.r eas e 1:". nca:ion i s ::-eate d l ikt a r. ~r:creast in ;a > (les.s

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Mr . Jones began his employment 1,i th GE in

In 1966 he
transferred into the ~lachine Shop as a Ceneral
\lachines opera tor and 1,as promoted to Pund1
Press Operation in 1970 . A native of Augusta
County, Mr. Jones attended local public schools .
~larch, 1959, as a ivletal Finishe r .

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, , <f''."".CC' r< ?~J.!C\' O:" ~:-.i,: - ('

Recently , Mr. Vernon Jones, a Punch Press

operator in the Machine Shop , retired afte r 12
years of service with the Gener:.il Electric
Company in \\aynesboro. He is s hown above being
congratulated by his foreman , .Joe \\l1i tes e ll.

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\\l1en asked hoh he fel t about his e:i1plo1ment

with GE during th e pas t 12 years , ~ Ir. Jones
stated, " It is one of the best ploces 1 have
ever 1vorked . 1 really en joyed h'Orking 1.,ri. th my
felloh employees ." I n reply t o hhat h.i s pl ans
are for ret irement, ~Ir . Jones r ep l i.ed , "1 hope
to find some par t time 1vork to occupy my spare
time, II

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~!r . Jones and his wife make thei r home at

428 Essex Avenue in \\'aynesboro .

**************
I like to wo rk with other people, cause t hen
T
;:'t , :-.': ~b ody e l se t o blame .if I make a mist ake .
1

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
vo lu me XI II, No . 39

WAYNESBORO,VI RGINIA

October 8, 1971

GE Managers Speak Up for United Fund

W. F. KINDT
General Manager
D(.;?D

"The United Comnuni ty

Fund agencies provide much
needed services for our
communi ty . Thirteen working
agencies have come together
in this one annual fund
raising campaign eli minating
the waste, duplication and
annoyance of three separate
campaigns. The UCF deserves
our support. W
on't you
join me by ma kin g your
pledge now."

J . F. PON ZILLO
Gener al Manager
MAPD

"Every agency included

in the UCF is there because
it fills a specific need in
our community. These
agencies are not charitable
organizations; they provide
support and assistance to
individuals in areas which
are not covered by our tax
dollars. The annual UCF
drive is yo ur opportunity to
voluntarily provide help by
pledging to give to the
Un ited Comnunity Fund."

"I encourage you to gi ve to the UCF . Al l the agencies --Sa lvation

Army , Me ntal Health Associ ation , Area Workshop, Re tarded Ch ildren' s
Associa t i on--are working to i mp rov e the life of the citizens in this
coITTTi uni ty. Everyone benefi ts, some directly, some indi re ctly. Your
FAIR SH ARE pl edge shows yo u care and support the efforts of those
dedicated people who carry out the programs. Si gn your pledge
ca rd with me this week."

C. A. Ford
Manager- CDO

7~e UCF Key Chairmen wi l l meet today to map out the Plant ' s UCF dri ve which
begins Monday . Seated left to right--W. R. Perry , UCF Plant Chairman; D. P
Russell, MA PD Finance ; Mr>s . M. A . Antonoplos, DCPD Marketing; Mrs . N. E . Gill,
ASPO; Mrs . Barbara Benson, MAPD Marketing, repres en ting J . A. Mor>en . Back row
left to right- - D. F. Rogers , DCPD Engineering ; F . B . S'urto, DCPD Ma:aufacturi ng;
H. ;.; . Lonas , AEPS; P. C. Schatz , CDO; R. oT . :Jepa, :JCPD Finance , J . P . i./itry ,
DCPD Manufacturing . Not present for picture we r e R. B. Kerby, MAPD Engineering;
rrnd C. E . Milliser . NPDO .

UNITED COMMUNITY FUND DRIVE STARTS MONDAY

Seventy-five key solicito~ met in.the
Dlant Auditorium today and received their
final instructions for the UCF drive that begins Monday, October 11.
The program consisted of the 13 Miss Red
Feather girls who gave short talks on the
various UCF agencies they repres~nt. Eac~ .
girl was attired in their attractive red minidresses and carried a huge red feather that
had the name of their agency written on it.
Two of the Miss Red Feather girls are daughter~
of GE employees--Sandy Coughtry, daughter of
D. L. Coughtry, and Libby Perry, daughter of
Bill Perry. Libby was the first runner-up
in the Miss Red Feather contest.
Mrs. Phyllis Pendergraft, GE Receptionist
and General Chairman of the Waynesboro-East
Augusta County UCF Drive spoke to the gr?UP
and introduced each of the Red Feather girls.
Mr. H. W. Tulloch, Manager-Relations,
spoke to the solicitors, emphas~zing the .
importance of the United ColTITlunity Fund Drive
and that Waynesboro General Electric manage~nt
is in complete support of this very worthwhile
community program. Mr. Tulloch urged ~11
employees to give their support ~Y making a
FAIR SHARE pledge to the fund drive.

w. R. Perry, UCF Plant Chairman, placed

emphasis on the following:
--increase employee participatio~ .. Ma~y
employees are not currently participating.
--Encouraoe those employees who are
currently-participating to increase
their p1edges.
--use the payroll deduction method--sign
up and forget it.
--use the FAIR SHARE giving formula when
pledging--0.6 of 1% for salaried employes
and a day's pay for hourly employees.
(Example--$2.59 per hour X 8 hours =
$20.72--FAIR SHARE pledge o! 40 a week
or the price of a pack of cigarettes.)
Mr. Perry conclud~d.the progr~m by stating that any unit attaining 100% sign-up
would be specially recogniz:d and treated to
refreshments in the cafeteria.

NOTABLE QUOTES
PRODUCTIVITY:

BIG PROBLEM

"The most difficult economic problem now

facing the country, but the.one ~hose solution
promises the greatest benefits, 1s that of
lagging productivity, or output per manhour.
It is also a problem loaded with political
ramifications involving labor and management
and can, therefore, be resolved only by the
most sensitive handling. Unlike the imposition of a freeze, productivity cannot be improved by edict.
Any improvement must come from encouraging
business to use more imaginative management
techniques, plants and machinery, and a good
day's work for a good day's pay.
It that way, the experts say, wages and
profits will rise and prices can re~a~n
relatively stable. The greater efficiency,
in other words, could be translated into a
better life for all.
But, Americans are not receiving the
benefits of rising productivity. The United
States has traditionally been proud of its
imagination and know-how, but it doesn't show
up in the figures.
A Labor Dept. study shONs in fact, that
the United States had the smallest gain in
output per manhour of any large industrialized
nation during the decade of the 1960's, a
mere fraction of the rate in some countries.
Compare the growth of U. S. productivity,
34. 7 per cent, with the gain by Japan of 188. 5
per cent and you have some idea of current
problems--and a forecase of the things to come.
True, the United States has the largest
production plant and so cannot sho~ the biq
percentage gains of smaller economies. And
many other economies can show big gains only
because they are going through a growth period
that the United States went through years ago.
But such mature, highly industrialized
economies as Sweden still rose more than
100 per cent and even.France~ wh~ch har~ly
has a reputation for industrial innovation,
rose nearly 75 per cent.
11

--Associated Press
August 31, 1971

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Vol ume XIII, No. 40

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

$7 500 PLEDGED TO UCF

HALL AND KE LLE R ARE PROMOTED

SO FAR

Mr. D. L. Coughtry,
Manager- Manufacturing, Data
Corrrnunications Products
Department, announced recently the appointment of
Glenn A. Ke ll er as ManagerDa ta Networks Man ufacturing .
The appointment became
effective October 1.

GOAL IS $33,410
As of noon Thursday, October 14, signed
pledge cards and cash contributions turned in
by key coordinators accounted for 22% of the
Waynesboro General El ectric employees ' United
Community Fund goal of $33,410.
Many solicitors are contacting the
employees in their areas for signatures on
pledge cards and have not had time to make
a report. Further reports will be made the
first of the week.
On this report, Second Shift and New
Products Development, DCPD, both have gone
~er the top with better than 100% realization
the dollar goa l for their unit.
Percentage realization of the dollar goa l s
for all units with in the Waynesboro Plant are:
UCF FIRST
REPORT

AEPS

7%

COO

27%

MAPD

34%

DCPD

19%

Glenn, a graduate of
Leh i gh University in 1963
Keller
with a BS degree in meta llurgica l engineering, joined
the Genera l Electric Company as a Manufacturing Management trainee . Upon completing the
program in 1966, he accepted an offer to
work in the former Specia li ty Control Department as an Advanced Manufacturing Engineer.
In 1967, Gl enn was appointed SupervisorManufacturing Engineering for Industrial and
Power Regulation, and i n 1970 was made ManagerManufacturing Engineering for the Data
Communi cation Printer Ope ra t i on.
Gl enn, his wife, and their two children
res ide at 2145 Forest Drive in Waynesboro.
Mr. Harold R. Kn ueppel,
Manager-Data Corrmuni cation
Prin ter Man ufacturing,
announces the appointment of
Jean Ha ll as Manager- Manufacturi ng Engineering for Data
Corrrnuni cation Printer effective October 1, 1971. Hi s
previous assignment was as
Advanced Manufacturin g Engineer
for the Data Communication
Printer opera ti on .

22%

TOTAL

*******
HONOR ROL L
100% UCF Pa rti cipation
DCPD
TermiNet Des i gn Enginee ring
Relay Des i gn Eng ineeri ng
Rel~y . Prod u ction Engineering
Adm1n1stration - Enginee ring
New Products Development Operation
Relay Machine Shop- 2nd
Relay Production
QC Engineering & Admin ist ration
Reed Relay Line-1st
Trans istor Re l ay line- 1s t
CDO
Sfieet Meta I - 2nd
Large Transformer- QC- 2nd
AEPS
Aircraft Tes t - 2nd

October 15, 1971

HaU

Jea n graduated from

Ohio State University in 1965 with a BS degree
in Industri al Engineering. Prior to this
time, he had completed the Genera l Electric
(continued on page 3)

HARRY M. HOWELL MARKS 30TH YEAR WITH GE

PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX
Q.
?fhy does GE not furnish the women with
protective acid-proof clothing and safety wa~
proof shoes the same aa they do the men that
work in the Plating Room?

A.
Women are furni shed with protective
clothing and waterproof boot s on the
same basis as the men in the Plating
Room. All any employee in the Plating
Room needs to do is contact the Plating
Room foreman if they have a requ irement
for the protective clothin g or boots .
Carmen Romeo, Manage r- Relations fo r MAPD Ueft)
and Joseph Ponzillo, MAPD General Manager
(right) cis cuss highlights of Mr. Howell ' s 30
years with GE .

Harry M. Howe ll, Manager of Personnel

Practices for MAPD, marked his 30th year with
GE when Manufacturing Automation Products
Department General Manager, J . F. Ponzillo, presented him with a sapphi re studded service pin
and a certificate.
A nati.ve of Sche nectady, New York, Harry
Howell graduated from Nott Terrace High Schoo l
t here. He attended the Univers i ty of Michigan,
earning a bachelor's degree in engineeing in
1940 and a ,11aster's in business administration
in 1941.

much is spent each year on the cost

r eduction di nners?

Q.

How

A.
None so far this year- - $550 was
spent last year. The dinners are given
to recognize t hose empl oyees, hourl y or
salaried, who ma de outstanding contri butions to the cost redu ction program.
An active cost reduction program is vita l
to the continuation of your job and the
GE businesses in Waynesboro. We encourage
all employees to parti cipate in t his
job-saving program .
***************

He first worked for GE as a drill press

operator in the summer of 1937, and re joined
t he Company in Septerrber, 1941, as a student
engineer
with testing assignments in Schenectady, Philadelphia and Syracuse. At Syracuse he became genera l head of test of the
turbine test facility.
In 1945 he returned to Schenectady for
assignments on plant layouts, as a production
control supervisor in the control division,
assistant supervisor of personnel and staff
assistant to the manager of manufacturing,
Aeronautics and Ordnance Systems Division.
Harry Howell transferred to Pi ttsfield,
Mass . , in 1951 as assistant superintendent
an d ma nufacturing control data anal yst . He
joined GE's ~foy nesboro Pl ant in Ma rch, 1954, as
speci al ist-salary and wage administration and
held se veral other relations posts while there .
In 1968 he was a member of the original team to
open t he Richmond Plant and hire the first
Mr . C. A. Ford presents the Golden Quill Award to
employees. Congratulations to Harry Howell on
E. H . Dinger for his technical article "Inexpenhis 30th an niversary with GE.
sive Reversing Drive .. . for Small Motorn " which
appeared in the August, 19?1 issue of MACHINERY
as Mr . J. J . Larew, Manager-BCD Engineering, looks
on .

MANUFACTURING APPOINTMENTS

COO ANNOUNCE MENTS

Mr. Paul Schatz, ManagerMa nufacturi ng Engineering &
QC announced tne appointment
of Mr. Patrick Russell as
Manager-Power Regulation QC
for the Control Devices
Operation effective October 1,
1971 .

Mr. J. W. Rannie, ManagerMaterials for the Data Communi cation Products Department, has
announced the appointment of
Jerry A. Tisdale as Supervisor
of Production for the Data
Networks Operation effective
October l , 1971.
Jerry served in the Mil i tary Public Health Se rvice
Branch of the United States Air
Tisdale
Force from 1959 to 1963 and
joined the General Electric
Company after a brief assignment with a local
business. He worked for several years in the
Magnetic Winding a rea and was appointed a foreman there in 1966. In 1970 he was named
Manager-Ma teria l s for the Aeros pace Bus ines s
during its transition to Binghamton, New York.
His most rece nt appoi ntment coincides with t he
relocation of the Data Networks Operation from
Lynchb urg to Waynes boro.

Patrick joi ned the

General El ectri c Company in
Russell
1966 after graduating from
the University of Leeds,
England, with a BSME.
A native of Southampton, England , he has
held assignments in Power Circuit Breaker in
Philadelphia, Stati c Power Convers ion i n
Philadelphia, Aircraft Instrument in West
Lynn, Aircraft Engine in West Lynn, and Data
Communication Printer in Waynes boro.
He resi des wi th hi s wife J ulie at 2313
{ortland Street, Waynesboro.

Jerry i s a native of Lyndhurst and attended

the Waynesboro public schools. He presently
res ides at 114 Summercrest Ave nue.

Mr. Schatz also an nounced

the appointment of Stuart Pi tts
as Supervisor-QC for Drives &
Devices .
Pitts , a native of Milford,
Virginia, bega n hi s employment
with GE in April 1959. He
attended VPI and worked in the
summers for GE until his graduation.
Pitts

5 YEARS

~lsie Irvine
Grover Peery
Rebecca Ashby
f:ugene Haymes
4.lder> Rader>
Wanda Lake
Gloria Phil lips
Martha Blair

Olivia Damer on
Charles Yemington
Hele n Spooner
Minnie Fi tzgerald
Frank Rexrode
Robert Via
TaY'un Gandhi
Randall Holland
10 YEARS

Joseph Miller

Helen Coffey
Edi th HoY'n e
15 YEARS

John Mor en
Donald GaY'beY'
Malcolm Clay tor
Harold Stove r
John Long
Merl Stevens

Mary A . Wingfield
Leste r Anderson
Ernest Alfred
Anne Hipes
Ward Chapman, Jr .

After graduati on he t ook

a posi t ion as Process Control Eng ineer in
Waynesboro. Pitts now returns to GE after two
years as a Design Engineer in Texas. He
resides with hi s wi fe at the Windsor Apartments.
****************
PROMOTIONS .. ... (continue d from Page 1)
Machini st appre nti ce program in the Large Jet
En gine De partment at Evandal e, Ohio, and attended Xavi er Uni vers i ty a nd t he Univers ity of
Cin ci nnati on a part-time basi s.
He entered the Compa ny ' s Manufacturing
Manageme nt Program in 1965 and gra duated in 1967
after as s i gnmen ts in Schenectady, New York, and
Loui svil l e, Ky. He is a member of t he American
Insti tute of Industri al Engi neers , Oh io Sta te
Alumni As s oci ation and various other profess i onal
ogranizations . He is also a member of St . Joh n' s
Catholi c Church and is active i n associated
music and youth groups in the a rea. Jean, hi s
wife Pat, and their 4 chi l dren l ive at 1411 Cl ub
Court Road i n Waynesboro .

HAS THERE BEEN ANY INFLATION IN PROFITS?

Gross National Product,
Individual Wages, Corporate Profits

~ ~~-~

(rd
I'-

Year

Gross
National
Produd

Wages
and Corporate
Salaries Profits

1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971

$ 685
$ 750
$ 794
$ 864
$ 929
$ 974
$1,041

$359
$394
$423
$465
$509
$541
$572

$46.5
$49.9
$46.6

$47.8
$44.5
$41.2
$44.6

All figures in billions. Corporate profits

are after taxes. Thia year's figures annu.
alized from second quarter.

.if

GE Sales and Net Earnings

Sales

GE PROFIT LAG
In reading the table on General Electric sales and profits, it should
be remembered that earnings in 1969 and 1970 were affected by the
14-week national strike. As a result, GE profits now being reported
appear much improved in 1971, as compared with 1970, but closer
study shows them still below the profit rate of 1965.
The company's recent third-quarter report shows that, for the first
nine months of 1971, earnings were $317 ,848,000 on sales of $6.6
billion. But that's only 4.7% of the sales dollar. In 1965 - by comparison - profits were up at 5.7% of sales as shown by figures in the first
line of the table.
So what about the answer to the question: Why are wages and prices ~
frozen while profits are not?
Check these charts on this page. They present a mighty good reason:
There has been no inflation in profits, and solving the problems of
economic growth and unemployment depends on their ability to climb.

Gross National Product: Up 52%

Wages and Salaries: Up 60%
All Corporate Profits: Down 4%

Year

In considering any curb on profits, it's helpful to look back a few

years to the beginning of the current inflationary bulge. The tables on
this page clearly show the inflationary spiral has a distinctly lopsided
shape. Over several years, while other major economic.factors have.~
zooming, profits of corporations, including those of General Electa .... ,
have been standing still or declining.
The major test of the size of profits is not how they stack up statistically against wages and prices, but how they are doing the required job
of generating the economic growth and employment levels we seek.
Except in unusual circumstances, when unemployment rates are "too
high," profits are "too low."
So the problem is not to keep profits from going up. They have
been going down and only now show signs of turning up. There are not
enough of them for the needed re-investment in business to build the
jobs the nation needs. The challenge is to get profits high enough so that
they can be invested in the economic growth we need to build the
economy and reduce unemployment.
Therefore, for employees, profits are as important as pay. Profits
are needed to keep any business up to date, expand it, keep its products
competitive. This is one important way to protect and expand the
number of jobs.

Nst
Earnings

All figures aro in mlllion1.

Sales: Up 40%
Profits: Down 7.6%
Is it unfair for wages to be frozen while profits are not?
Some highly vocal groups have built pressures for some kind of a
control on profits as well as wages and prices. Some of these critics say
the 90-day freeze is a get-rich-quick scheme for business.
Some less vocal but well-informed groups point out the other side
of the story. This includes Treasury Secretary Connally who has emphasized the belief that "controlling prices during the freeze period would
take care of profits." And Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans who has
said that profits have been at their lowest point in 25 years - only 4%
of the national output.

"DOUBLE CREDIT TIME" UNDER INSURANCE PLAN

It's "double credit deductible time" under

the GE Insurance Plan. That's what benefits
specialists call tne final quarter of each
year in connection with administration of the
comprehensive medical expense coverage of the
Plan. The "double credit" quarter of 1970
began October 1.
Under the provisions of the comprehensive
medical expense coverage, individuals pay a
certain portion of covered Type B expenses-mostly doctors' office visits and prescription
drugs--before they are eligible for benefits.
This portion is called the "deductible" and is
the first $50 of Type B expenses.
While the deductible applies to each
individual's expenses, the total for an employee
and dependents is never more than $125 no
matter how many persons are covered.
~
"The double credit deductible" feature
comes into play when any deductible expense is
incurred in the final quarter of the year. If
this happens, the medical expense in the deductible can be carried over and used for the
fo 11 owing year as we 11 as the current year.

WAYNESBORO PLANT

GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Volume XII , No . 41

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

92% OF DOLLAR GOA L IN

BAKER JOINS QC OPERATION

The Uni t ed Community Fund sign-u p campaign conti nues . The do ll ar goal has not yet
been reached but a last fina l effort
and contacti ng of all of those who have not
yet signed thei r pl edge card can still put
us over the top .
UCF THIRD
REPORT

AEPS

63%

coo

90%

MAPD

97%

DCPD

94%
TOTAL

92%

HONOR ROLL

-.

October 22 , 1971

Acid iti ons to the 100% Ho nor Ro ll are :

DCPD
Terminet Product Engi nee ri ng
Personne l Accou nt ing
Materials & Process Lab-Manufacturing
2nd shift DCP work area in Relays Manufac turin g
150 Grid, 2-Pole l ine, 2nd
Relay -General
DCP Mach . Asm- 2nd
DCP Board Asm- 2nd
DCP Fi nal Asm-2nd
Manufacturi ng Engineering-General
Manufacturing Engi nee r ing Development
Mate rials Stockroom- 2nd
Mechanical Process Cont rol Inspect i on- 2nd
Purchasing
Cost Account i ng
Engineering Suppor t
Machine Shop-2nd
DCP Manufact ur i ng En gi nee ri ng & General
DCP Quality Control

coo
Manufact uring Administ rati on
Marketing Planning Adm i ni strat i on
Manufacturing Engineering-QC
(see next col umn)

Mr. Hugh T. Tie r ney,

Manager-Qual ity Control for
the Data Communicatio n Products Departmen t, an noun ced
recentl y t he appo i ntment of
Michael B. Bake r as Qua l ity
Cont rol Engineer-Qual i ty
Informati on Test Equi pmen t .
Mi ke, a graduate of the
Uni versi ty of Wash i ngton
with a BS i n e lectri cal
engi neering, comes i nto
the Depa r tment from the Heavy
Mili tary Elect roni c Systems Depa r tment i n
Syracuse, New York, whe re he was a Quality
Con trol Re presentative . Prior to that time
he had held pos i tions with the Boei ng Company
and West Coast Air l ines of Seatt l e , Wash i ngton .
Mi ke resides wi th his wi fe and one ch i ld
on Seybert Avenue i n Waynesboro.
************

IVY PLANT PLANS DELAYED

MAPD General Manager , J . F. Ponzi ll o,
sa i d this week that plans for the Ivy manu f acturing facil ity will be de l ayed fo r about
12 to 18 months ." The delay is primari ly due
to the downturn i n the nati ona l economy which
has aff ected al l major businesses and i ndustries
inc l ud i ng our own:' he sa i d. It is now
expected that first operations in the new
location 11ill not begin until 1974 .
******************

Dr ives & Devices -1 st

Materi als - Genera l
Power Regulation - QC
Power Regu l ation Sa l es
AEPS
Aircraft Eng ineering
MAPD
Marketing

NEW PRODUCT STA RTS OFF IN HIGH GEAR!

Recently, one smal l segment of this plant
faced a monumental task, and with some real
cooperation, carried it off li ke i t was a
breeze.
He re's what happe ned-- On Wednesday, October 6, we were getting set up to manufacture
a new product, a mag netic encoder. We weren't
really --we were just getting ready . Some
fixtures were fi nished and some were not . Some
parts were i n-house and some had not even been
ma de by our vendors.
Then came t he blast '. One of our customers
informed us he needed 50 units shipped on
Monday, October 11. The need was imperative.
Success f ul completion of a 3/4 million dol l ar
contract depended on get t in g these parts.
They even sent the ir Director of Purchasing
here to convince us of the seri ousness of the
situation .
How do you satisfy that kind of req uireme nt? There's only one way --hard work and
cooperation! That very day, people got on
phones to expedite the ne eded parts~ One
vendor made 100 pa rts and sh ipped t hem air
express i n 24 hours . Our Purchasing peopl e
had to tell anothe r vendor how he could make
some speci al mate rial for usout of stock
he had on hand.

size. From t here i t went to the Mach i ne Room

where a number of operations were performed
on it with nex f i xtures that were available .
Manu fac tu ri ng Eng ineeri ng had a special ..-..
assembly t able set up in the Dri ves and Devices
Manufacturing area on Fri day, October 8. Here,
several assemb ly operati ons were carri ed out
in advance of t he fi na l . ~ssembly . About
noontime, the magnetiiing f ixture arrived and
was se t up. The Mode l Shop again hel ped by
making a temporary device to hold the sliders
so they could be magnetized . By the end of
the day, not only was the fi xture ope rat i onal,
but a fair numb er of s l ide rs had already been
magneti zed.
Monday, October 11, broug ht the DEADLINE
DAY. Magnetized s tri ps from a vendor were
received in t he morni ng and ass emb l ed i nto
t he aluminum bases . Mo re s l i ders were
magnetized. Final assemb ly was comp l eted.
By 2: 00 p.m. t he 50 uni ts were in Shipping
bein g pa cked f or de l ivery to the cus t omer .
Before the end of the day the Di rector of
Purchasin g retu rned to his plant wi th the
encoders.
Our customer ' s Di rector of Purchasing was
pleased and somewhat surp rised . He had come
in desperation and l eft with his requirements
full y met. He i ndicated admiration for the
man ner in which our organization accomp li shed
a very difficu l t tas k.
Withou t full coope rati on from all
concerned i t cou ld neve r have been accomplished .
Congra t ula t ions and thanks to al l of you .

Magnetic Encoder

A magnetizi ng fixture that had been on

order for some time was found to have been
sh i pped by rail express and no one knew where
it was. Our production me n and our sh ip pers
tried to trace the shipment, and even had a
second fixture sh i pped by air in case the
ori gi nal one didn't show up in ti me.
On Thursday, Oc tober 7, some of the magnetic mater ial arri ve d. It was overs i zed and
there was no norma l way to correct it . But,
the Mode l Sho p ma de a special set-up which
allowed us to successfull y t ri m it down to

"Fred will be sorry he missed you.

He's upstairs taking a nap on our new
water bed."

substantial shoes. The Company has made

safety shoes available at discounted
prices in the plant to be as convenient
and to lend as much aid as possible to the
employee who purchases safety shoes.

PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

Q.
Last i'l!arch~ four people in Airaraft were
116"'"'\ld they were being doWngraded--two from R6
co R4 and two from R6 to R3 pay rate--starting
October lst. Can the Company still aut the
pay while the freeze is in effect?

A. The wage/price freeze was put on to

control inflation caused by increasing
wages and/or prices and thus it has no
effect on adjusting wage scales down on
jobs where the duties and responsibilities
have been reduced. In this instance,
Aircraft harness operators, the Company
has decided to leave the R6 rates in
effect until the work is transferred out.
H(JU) do you justify a Company Zike GE, with
its multi-million dollar profits, each and
every year and boasting of its benefits as
being "sec~nd to none," require the few employees that have to wear sa~ety shoes to ~uy
these shoes themselves? Is ~t not a pract~ce
throughout the major indus_tries of the co~ntry
to furnish all safety equ~pment and cloth~r:g
that is required of its employees? The p~ce
of these shoes would be such a min~r thiYfg to
~e Company but in many cases a maJor th~ng to
_ A individual.

Q.

A. Regarding the "multi-mil 1i or1 dollar

profits I know you a re aware that this
is less than 5% on sales volume and is,
in truth, quite poor. You may consider
that the cost of shoes wou 1d be a "mi nor
item to this department, but if you were
in management's place you would see that
this is only one of many such minor things.
When you add them together, the cost is
most certainly not a minor thing. It
is tremendous. I suppose a number will
laugh when we say we "cannot afford it.
That is an old-fashioned word and not a
very popular one, but it is true. We
have just so much money to operate on.
We try to use it wisely and where it will
keep us competitive and in a position
to take orders and provided jobs.
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There are also several other points

to consider about safety shoes: 1) Any
employee would expect to purchase a
substantial type of shoe for work.
2) The Company has made arrangements
to sell excellent quality shoes at cost
to employees who wish to purchase them.
The price of the safety shoes bought
through the Company are generally less
costly than safety shoes purchased externally and for less cost than other

Why can't Gate #2 be aper 1 around ?:00

a.m. instead of ?:35?

Q.

A. Gate #2 is kept closed until 7:35

as part of our traffic control procedures.
People using the South parking lot are
those that have an 8:00 a.m. starting
time, and 99% of them arrive after 7:35
a.m. While this may be inconvenient for
a few who occasionally arrive in the
South lot and ~ant to enter the 0 lant
through Gate #2 prior to 7:35, we have
not been able to devise a system which
provides complete freedom to each person
and still allows us to properly control
traffic, have proper usage of parking
facilities and timely and orderly entry
into the Plant.
Q.
Is an informative conference required?
It seems other areas have them quite frequently
while other areas such as ours seldom if ever
have one. Problems and questions arise that
need to be answered. They, many times, pass
unnoticed and unanswered because the foreman
could not take an hour or longer if necessarry
to take care of this. Surely, an hour isn't
going to hurt GE if it will help the employees.

A.
Infonnative Conferences are thought
to be necessary and beneficial and are
required on a monthly basis. Some times
situations have come up where it was
impossible to have one. These cases
should be the exception and should
occur very infrequently. If we have
been remiss and failed to hold these
beneficial meetings, we will see to it
that they do take place.
***********
WATCH YOUR SPEED
Recent observations have been made of
employees speeding as they enter Company
property through Gate 20. This violation
occurs when both factory and office employees
arrive late for work, when employees go in
and out during the lunch periods, when the
first employees are leaving work at 4:00 and
4:30 p.m., when employees leave during working
hours or when employees attend classes after
working hours or work late.
For your own safety, as well as the
safety of your fellow employees, everyone
is requested to keep a close check on
their speed while on Company property.

FDDD
. J:OR
THOUC..HT

AN APPLE A DAY ... . .

Have you noticed the
apples dropping this
time of year?

Centuri es ago, a
young man sat in the
quiet of the fall evening thinking. His body
was sti ll , but his vitality, his senses and
his brain we re busy .

apt to lead to doing a more effective job.

And doing a mo re effective job builds
our own persona l job security.
Appl es of opportunity are dropping ever~..-...
day.

******

sa:Cetys

Above hi m, the col d moon shone and the

wind caressed the branches of the trees i n
hi s father's orchard.

light:e:r

From one of those trees an apple fell.

Of course that man was Newto n.
The fall of the apple started i n his
ready brain the stream of curiosity that led
to his great discovery of the law of gravity.
He didn't get the idea on his first trip
to sit under the apple tree. Newton go t in
the habit of thinking, of questionin g, of
bei ng curious.
So his brain was ready to grasp the i dea
that came t o him in a flash that moonlight
night when he saw the apple fall.
Why didn't the moon fall like the app le ?
That must have been one of his questions
to hi mse lf as he pondered what was then a
mystery of Na ture.
An d he was just twenty- three years old
when hi s curiosi ty started hi m on the road
to eternal fame.

BOTTLE READY
The sandbags and World War I he l met that
Bill Bailey keeps in his Eastbourne, England,
wine cel l ar come in hand when he makes a
,-..
batch of wine .
"I make wi ne from all kinds of fruits and
vegetables," Ba iley says. "Grape wine is
the most dangerous . The bottles sometimes
blow up.
11

So he crouches behind the sandbags and

wears the helmet when handling bottles of
his product .

'\M~

_ __,..,o.-/

Most of us are not Newtons, but we can

improve our lot by spendi ng a few mi nutes a
day in thought.

"-

. Si

Our minds are organ i zed for practically

unlimi ted thinking and studying about our
prob lems . We know peopl e around us who t hink
for themselves --independent people. The n
there are those who l et others do their th i nking for them.
Exerc isi n9 independent judgment is a
priceless Amer ~ an he ritage. It can l ead to
more happi nes s. more aid to others who need
our help, a better ho usehold to live in and
a better assortment of friends. Daily "skull
practice," as the football coach calls it, i s

DRI VE RS POKED TO PEAK

Night traffic has moved faster pass i ng
the intersecti on of Iowa 2 and U. S. 65 in
Corydon, Iowa, s ince the owner of a dri ve-i n
theatre at the i ntersec t ion was forb i dden by
the Wayne County Dis tri ct Court from showi ng
any more X-rated movies .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RAL@ELECTRIC

UCF HITS NEW HIGH

EMPLOYEE + COMPANY

October 29, 1971

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

Vol ume XIII, NO . 41

ALMOST $38,000

11

twelve key cha i rmen for the in-pla nt drive.

They were: DCPD Fi nance and Adminis trationR. J. Depa; Manufacturing - J. P. Witry and
F. B. Curto; Marketing and AdministrationMrs. M. A. Antonoplos; Engineering-D. F. Rogers;
New Produc ts Development- C. E. Milliser;
MAPD Finance and Admi nis tra tion-D. P. Russel l,
Marketing and Administra tion-J. A. Moren;
Engineering- R. B. Kerby; ASPO-Mrs. N. E. Gil l;
CDO-P. C. Schatz; and AEPS-H. W. Lonas.
Mr. Perry also stated that he VJanted t o
make special mention of the many areas in the
plant which ach i eved 100% employee participation
for their un i ted support of the drive. Pictures
of so~e of t~e unit? reaching 100% participation
were in earlier arti cles about the UCF and
pict ures of the rema i ning 100% units a;e on
pages 2 and 3 of today ' s NEWS .
******

SPEC IAL REMINDE R ON S&S

!-t1 . George Coiner, I ndustrial :::hairma. n :For the

All employees are asked to check and make

sure they have returned their General Electric
Emp l oyee Un ited Commun i ty Fund pl edges an d Savings & Security Program Authorizati on forms
cont ri butions , coupled with t he General Electric to Personnel Accounting. There are about 150
outstanding forms at present. It is imperative
Company ' s contribution, netted al most $38 ,000
that the fonns be returned to Personnel
fo r the local UCF agencies. This is indeed a
Accounting
immediately for processing. If
real success story and congratulations are
you
have
any
questions on these forms conta ct
extended to each one of the 72% of the employees
Leo Hunt l ey, Ext . 125 .
who participated.

UCP , is pr>es ented the Compr.1i.y ' s matching acntri bution by !1r . ~la rren Kir>J.t and Mr . C. A. Ford.

Thi s year ' s dollar contribution ($37 .904)

is the l argest in the history of General
Electric 's Waynesboro Plant. Mr. W. R. Perry,
Plant Campaign Cha innan, stated, " Increased
employee participation was the main factor in
increasing the level of giving this year over
1970 . Employee participation increased from
51% i n 1970 to 72% this year . Th e number signi ng pledge cards for payro ll deduct ions is the
~est i t has ever been in the Way nesboro
F . ~.i t. II

Mr . Pe rry expressed his apprec iation to

all soli citors for their fine efforts. He
said , A s pecial thank you shou ld go to the
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********

TIME CHANGE
Clocks shou l d be set back one hour this
weekend to conform with the time change fro m
Daylight Sav ings Time to Eastern Standard
Ti me . The change wil l occur at 2:00 a . m.
Sunday and everyone will gain an extra hour
of sleep you lost last spring.
********
There are those who li ke a girl for her
mind. And there are those who l ike a gi rl for
what she doesn't mind.

CONGRATULATIONS to the addit

10~
UNITED FUNC

onal units below for achieving

D~3

PARTICIPATION

,..
DCPD QC Eng .

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Ill'

'

Mfg. Engr. & General

"Aftg .-Engr. De velopment

PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

A letter of complaint recently was handed
to the cafeteria manager with the request that
it be answered in the GE NEWS. The questions
and answers are noted below:
Why did some of the priaes go up whiZe
there is a freeze?

Q.

A. No prices have been increased during

the wage/price freeze. In fact, a price
which was in affect before the freeze
was found to be out of line and was
reduced.
Q.
Portions--Why do men get Zarger portions
than women? AZso, why does the Seaond Shi ft
get larger portions than the first?

A. For all pre-portioned items, Marriott

has one standard portion for business and
industrial accounts. On bulk items like
mashed potatoes, every effort is made to
serve the same to all.
What is being done to improve aZeanUness
and vermin aontrol?

Q.

A. We have had difficulty with the

dishwasher. It has now been repaired and
is functioning as it should. Tables are
cleaned 5 times every 24 hours. One of
the main difficulties is that some employees
do not bus their dishes and waste material.
We have had a continuing vermin control
program which has been increased. In
addition, Marriott personnel are constantly
checking all items used in preparing food
and taking all precautionary steps they
know of.
If other pZant aafeterias aan serve better
foods why aan't the aafeteria at GE?

Q.

A. GE frequently has outside visitors

who eat in the cafeteria. Invariably
they cornnent favorably on the prices,
quality of the food and cleanliness of
the facility. There is always room for
improvement and we at Marriott will continue to try because we value you as a
customer.

********
ATTENTION BASKETBALL PLAYERS: A11 g,uys interested in playing ball this season, please contact
Wayne Bowles, Ext. 549, no later than Nov. 5.
We plan to have at least three teams in the
city league this year. Be sure you are a
member of SCOGEE. Softball players are also
reminded to return your shirts to your captain.

CRUSOE AND ECONOMICS

When Robinson Crusoe was shipwreaked, he
found himself faced with a simple economic
fact.
If he didn't produae, he didn't eat.
All that he had to make his life more
aomfortable on that island was what he fashioned
for himself out of what he had.
When his man Friday aarne aZong, they had
onZy what they prod:uaed.

Our situation today is basically no

different than it was with Robinson Crusoe
and Fri day.
Each of us has to produce if we want to
have more.
More money pouring from the printing
presses won't solve our problem.
Money would have been no good to Robinson
Crusoe.
Similarly, money is no good to us unless
it has production to back it up.
When we produce more, our money will buy
more.
We can produce more by effectively using
the tools we have.
More efficient production means more for
all of us.
INSURANCE GOES TO LYNCHBURG
Insurance claims are now being paid out of
Lynchburg, however employe~s should continue
to turn their claim forms into the Personnel
Accounting Office in Waynesboro. If you have
any questions, contact Leo Huntley, Ext. 125
SCOGEE-DUPONT DANCE
Saturday, October 30, 9 til 1
DuPont Recreation Center
Music by: The Lasers
Members $2.50 Non-members-$4.00
Costume Optional
Prizes to be awarded as follows:
Best Fema 1e
("".,
Best Ma le
Best Couple
Most orig i na 1
There will be a SCOGEE representative
at the door for those who do not purchase
a ticket at the Plant.
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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XIII, No. 42

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

QUARTER CENTURY CLUB MEETS

November 5 1971

OEP DENIES G2 's PETITI ON TO

UNTHAW I NITIAL AND ADDITIONAL VACATION

DURH;G FREEZE
In late October the Government ' s Office
of Emergency Preparednes s sent good news to
GE employees in the form of an OK to the
Company ' s petition t o reins tate progression
increases which had been wi thhel<l because of
the wage freeze. But the most r ecent communi cation from OEP brought disappointment.
TI1e disappointment came in the form of
an OEP denial of another Company petition t o
place in effect the l ong time vacation
practices which provide initial and additional
paid vacations to employees who r eached el i gibility for them during the wage freeze period.
Outgoi ng president~ Earl McDowell is s hOtJn
presidin.g over t he Waynesboro Plant' s Quar ter
CentUY"J Cluh dinne r meeting held recently
at t he Genera l (!ayne Mot or Inn .

Members of the Waynesboro Plant's

Quarter Century Club attended the Club's
annual di nner he l d at the Gener al Wayne
Hotor Inn on October 27 , 1971 .
Officers elected for the coming year
were: J. W. Rannie, president; L. C. Partridge , vice pr es ident; and H. IV . Tulloch ,
secretary-treasurer .

A Corporate Employee Relations announcement indic:ites that "the ultimate disposition

of vacati ons denied by the freeze will d1er efore have to await the Phase II guidelines
of the Government' s economic progr am t o be
issued by the Government's Pay Board."
*i.***

BORQ-1 SPEAKS TO SHARE OWNERS

Fred J . Ba rch, Board Chainnan of the Ger,eral
F.lectric Company , speaking during d1e Share L.,".mers
Information Meeting in Houston recently, said
that for the Company , "Overall, 1971 appears tv
be shaJing up to be a fair-to-good year," with
earnings "i.mnrovin P nn l::i.st vear ' s l eve l s ."

Gues t speaker for t he dinner meeting

In his report t o share rnmer s , Mr. Borch
1vas Mr. L. F. Beckerle who gave the group
a canprehens ive r eview on retirement benefi ts. noted that in the pas t year, the Company had spl it
its stock two-for-one , had a modest dividend
increase
and improved ean1ings duough the
Also, S . D. ("Doc") Fendl ey spoke
first three quarters of 1971.
briefly on the Arr erican Associat ion of
Retired Persons . Currently, there are
In discussing the nation's economy, 0lr .
53 active per s ons in ci1e Quarter Century
Borcl1 said that since August 15 , "we have had a
Club and 27 retired members.
new econom ic ballgame on both t he domes tic and
international fronts . " Ile said that it was still
Sixt y-five persons attended the di nner.
t oo early to t ell the full effects of Phase 2 of
the President ' s economic program on either General
Electric or the economy. Mr. 13orch admitted that
while there was need for decisive action t o curb

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VISIT

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THOUC.HT

A QUESTION FOR 3COFFEF.

J UST
IVHAT

ARL
YOUR

lfaen you and I hear people who dis l i.ke the

United States and praise the "isms" of other
lan<ls , that i s a fa ir question we might ask
them.
Thes e s coffers of t he J\merican way arc not
always so r eady to a nswe r t he q:..1estion of their
motives .
One h~:nd r(!J U1 ii. \crs i t v of \ . i rg in i a
('r;1Juat c <..;.:Jwol 0! Bus iness s t udents 1,ere
guests at the . a:meshor o Plant on \\"cJncs<lay .
The s tu den ts \\en' "cl corned by ~Ir .
11 . \\. Tulloch , ~bna gcr-!~cla tions, in t he
auJitor i Lml. Fo llohing the hC lcome , the:
1>erc gi\en a pLrn t tour . .\Cter the pL:mt
tour , .' Ir . \\.. l'. Kindt , l~cncral \bna gc r ,
spoke to the group on the Data Com11w1 i c::it ion
Products bus i ness . i\ discussion per i od
concluded the progr~n.

They do not al ways care to go into t he

"reasons 111hy" f or their attitude .
The:- h1ould t end t o forget that Man ' s
gr ea tes t s tr ides fo nvard ha ve been made i n
th e last 200 yea rs ri ght here in the United
Sta tes .
Our Declaration of Indepe ndence gave man
the ri ght t o live as an i ndividual.

...-..

lt gave him the right to govern force

1v i th rcason--no t reason with force.

BORCJI ... (conti nued fr om page 1)

In the Uni ted States the \\1o rld fowKI t he

anshc r t o t he pr ayers i t had been sending out
in nation , he had some reserva tions ;Jbout the f or gene r a t ions .
effectiveness or \vage - pr ice cont r o ls .
Lt found Life, Liberty , and the Pursuit
o[ I la ppines s .
"llistory w1d cxpcri.ence teaches us that
it i s easier to cont r o l prices of larger corI t fowxl t hem through free ind i vi dual effo rt .
porat ions like Ccncral Elect r ic , th;-.in the
ne ighborhood ba rber shop . " I le added , " You
The birt h of .!.\rnerica 1vas the beginn ing
can ' t control prices \\ i thout contra I I i ng
h'<Jgcs , and here \\e mus t rcal i s tical l r r ea lize of man ' s f r ccdom .
the political strength and economic c lou t of
It 1vas the beginning of history's bri ghtest
th e tmions . 11
chapter .
Turning to the i ntcrnationa l lron t , the
for /\me rica has set up the highest s tandards
Ccncral Electr ic Chai 1111.an said t hat t he need
of living the World has ever seen .
ro r "bold , decis i ve action , h'as in our opin ion, cycn more urgent. 11 Ile w1dcr scor cd the
\\c r eached those standards because of our
!~td that General Elect r i \.. has cons j s tcntlr
a biJi.ty and our free dom to produce.
C:1\o red conm1ercc bethecn nations h j t h ;:i
m1111mLun of restrictioi.s , hut th at , 11 \\e arc
So 111hen t hese sco f fcrs of the American way
greatly concerncJ to note how far the t rading
shout
forth their scorn , lct 1 s ask them a fair
nations of the h'O rlJ have drifted lrom trade
question :
tha t i s bot h !rec a11J lair . "
" J ust 111ha t a re your mot ives?"

WAYNESBORO PLANT

GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

Vol1 1mc XIII , \lo . 43

COST

or

November 12 , 1971
DICK LORD PROivOTED

Ll VING COUNCIL LI ITS FREEZE

ON VACATIONS

The Gove rnment ' s Cost of Living CoW1cil

has modified its previous policy on vacati ons
W1der the ne1v economic program, according to
an announcement in l\ashington on November 10.
Under the ne1v ruling , employees may use
increases in the an10W1t of paid vacation
granted to them because they have completed a
specified length of employment .
r:or example , a GE employee who completed
10 years of service during the freeze will
be able to take and be paid fo r 3 weeks vacat ion in 1971.
This is welcome nelVs to a number of
.rployees 11ho had reached new el i gibility
level s during the freeze .
RETROACTIVE PROQ<ESSION PAY I NCREASES IN
0 IECKS NO\fEi\IDER 19
The progression pay increases for hourly
and nonexempt salaried empl oyees that Here
r ecently released by the Cos t of Living
CoLmcil will be i.ncluded in the paychecks
on November 19 .

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STOCK AND FUND UNIT PRICES

The appoint ment of R. T.

(Dick) Lord as Manager of
Marketing Planning & Adminis tration, 1vas annoW1ced r ecent l y by ~ Ir . J . A. Schlick ,
Manager-Power Regulation Sales
and Marketing Planning . Dick
will be responsib l e for
Product Pl anning , A&SP and
Administration for the Control
Devices Operat i on .
Dick is a graduat e of
Ohio Univers i ty in Electrical Engineering , has
attended Northwestern Univers ity in the ivIBA
pr ogram and is a graduate of the Technical
~0rketi ng Program .
I !is experience includes assignments in
the Specialty jvJotor Department , General
Purpose Control Department and Industri a l
Sa l es Division in Chicago befor e moving to
lfaynesboro in 1969 as a Sales Special is t in
Power Regulation Sales . I!is mos t recent
assigment has been as Sales Specialist in
the Data CommLmica ti on Products Department .

Dick makes his home at 1833 N. Tal bott

Pl. with his 1vife J eanne and their t 1vo sons
Robert and Donald . They are members of t he
first Presbyterian Church in \Vaynesbor o .

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CAFETERIA ' S 1HANKSGIVI NG DINNER 1HURSDAY

October

S1DCK

FUND UNIT

$61. 054

$29 . 719

*********
~!rs .

Ann ..\.rthur, cashier i n the Cafeteria ,

wishes to t hank everyone 11ho sent her cards
and flowers during her illness.

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iULD SAi\TA CLl\US PLEASE CALL BILL PERRY ,
HIPLOYEE RELATIO:.JS, EXT . 241 .

Pau l Jones , Marriott' s Cafet eria iv0nager ,

annoW1ced today that a Tha nksgiving d inne r
will be available for lfaynesboro Plant personnel next Thursday , ~ovember 18, one 1,eek
before the holiday . The meal, 1,i th all its
trimmings , 1vill be available for both s hifts
and is priced at $1 . 00 (including tax) .
The menu for the tlinner includes roas t
turkey 1Vith fricasse sauce , buttered Qr een peas
whipped potatoes , co l e slaw , c r anberry sauce ,
roll, butter , coffee or ice tea and assorted
ice cream . The Blue Ridge room will be closed
November 18 . Vending service ivill be availab l e
for those 1vishing a lighter meal .

"E:\GLE A\fl '1111 !t\\""" SO!E!XJl.l.Il \n\DlBLR 2<1

L:.n t ertainmcn t ~mJ total ho11cstv \\'ere the
ti>o major goab ; rc.Juccr Rolwrt Ri,1~cr tried
t o ad1ie\e \\hen h1. :-:ct out ear l 11.'r th1 :' year
to produce, "'ri:c :,: ..! ,ltn.'ct ()r :he Ci: 'lonogram S0r1t:~ . ? I": .::'c..- 1(1 ~ ~:.>cl;t t.':q.:I c~ a.nd
ha1>ks, both o t" .. :w1. :.. ,:~' :-~'f':: . J ;;::,,; 1 ~, cd as
th r eatened :p.Y 11.s . Ri.:.Lr :111" ! i'..t' c;u::cra
c r eh'S ma<le nUJlL'n)tiS trips t u i.it 1i .Lt1 n 1.'sq11L'
a nd rugged S11.1kL l~i\cr Cmyon 111 ld:1h u to
achi eve these i.:oah , an<l t he r es ult is ''l:ag le
o. n<l the llahk ," a knl'r:I1 !.lcctri L spon,orcd
special on .\it ''. !r1,L1:, ::ml':: l'r _c, ]() tu
LI p . ra .
\ c~n:ss J :.i!UlL' \\oud1;~11,i i.:1 rr:itcs :mJ
appe:1r~; on-cuncr:1 in the s pecial, a real life

:1dn .tur.c sto 1Y a11ou:: <1 ::nunt; g1 rl and a

.,: ',: '.e cx;wrt hii i tca1.:!1 L'S l!L'r tlw 1\a~s of
t.., '-- !- :1:::.z.11 : ...''::. .~o:-:.t ~ . . c:1rn- 1) 11J:' o~ :'rl'.
tht i _-!le a::J the !~d\, r . 1~:1c ~~ 1~u:1'! ~ i 1: i i ~~
12 \ear o:<l ~~L~!~ \t".,... ,.t:, , ..._~~1t: _:.~, ~- "': .J a1u1L'
\\'ood\\arJ anJ i'au t \L>: !:1, .in,. ,e r en tor is
'lorlan Clo r ~ ...~ \'-. ui. , :, .\:1t 1t11.. i! :\t11.1ubo11
Soc iety \\i l<ll111. L'X''' rt .
"Our progr:1n "-O.rtL".-.1.rl i>l'11L'l'!: :i \ital
11c1>s s tor: and 1 LT\
. t :, ~ \\ 1 uc r:ll'~ ,, h;
1\U<lUhOfl, SiJTI[~ 1 L', hl'~\:t ~U ] ;U1d L'.\L' Jt iil,._: , \,hi.._:li
htan~rni.: cs t hv ~1111icct 10: :1 11H111g "]ult
aud i ence , " l'Xi1l,11iis l\i ..:cr . "l~u r p11rposc !:~
to c all publi ...: .il l l'H ti o n tu till' p l1 gl1 t Oi' Olli'
b i rds of prey ,,hid; .trL' rapidl > h<ing di.1ninated from th(' L'llt irL' country ."
Ri"cr
...:oul ...l h.!h' ,;_,cd 1 mnl'1.'r 0f approach
b
.
cs in fi1'11in thL' 1:1 '!t_;llC'ram '->1.T1cs spec ial .
" I coulc.! bn~ !1 it \ ; chcrs ....O\T r t ht. hcaJ \\' i th
figures an<l sta t 1st ics tl:at :ire a s~oun<l in g ,"
he expl<tins' 11 1lll t I th oui;ln the Lr;l'C t i-md d
be greater j f :_ill' ; lCSSa~e h;JS Jess Ji reCt
a.n<l <leli\erLj ,,\. thD Luna::.t1c people--.'.! yoLU1g
g i rl Kith a trL~ncndous ~ on for na:urc~ and
;u1 cxpcricnet'd nu td o,irsm;m h ho ha:; t!eu 1c a tcd
his Jifc to the prcSLT\ation o f iidng things . "
"Lag le a11d th ~ ll;nd.:" abo 1c:1 tu res
po rt ions o f fo11 r 111us i c:1l compos i lions sung
by popular fo I " s i ngL'r .John llenve r, wh ose
music reflects hi s .l ove fo r n.:i t urc an<l frecdan .
" hcr: scene in Lhis t elecast has tu1stagc'd, 11
R iger. cmphas i .:cs . ''The re j Sl! ' t one shot that
was faked . \\11cn \e 11 1s loh'ered rnt o the
eagle ' s a erie for the fi r s t time, iL has fiL11ed
a s it actuall> happene<l . 111ere hcrc no re hea r sals . ,\nd hhcn a ~:ow1g eagk takes hi s
first flight, that , too , has fi l::icd as lt
happened. 111t~rl' .,1 s notf~ing ;it al I in th1s
program that .,:is ~~a!~cd ...

1111. \ll.D SI lLLL G\,\!l

ikr:!er:ii'er the s 1 ick
't'!~gul"\.1 ~h:i;~c r a:

the

,, 1r;. i ::.! s (\es t~r<la:

, th his t h ree shells. and
.1....pt>H ':'

I IL "" llll' l I :111 l'\' I i \ i ll g ro r h llllS cl f by a

s.i;nplc pri11cipiL'. :I'll::! pri 11c ipk 1\as " some tl !11c: (\lr 1 :1in : ."
I ~ ...

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hant

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in all of us to

no-rhi?~_t! .''

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f t}e siren er'#
- 1-.c ; , . : 11.1; .. c - hut. 1 1 gt't ''rior e pa~
for ic.---: . . . .\ ! ~ "

S11ch .i:: 1,!v:

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I i"l' the s li ck tongued

I.:!: n ~ \, 1 ! '' bn p rom i :-;cd us
r1 ~ i1 l I~~."

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i t' s :1!1 :1ttraLti\'L

id~:1 ,

but it simply

hOn't hll1L.

ikron .-.L' c.111 ha\'l' ;mything it has to

he produLl',i. lllL' rel !oh 1d10 produces it h:.i_:1ts
so::;ct!1i:1~ " '.. "qu;1I \a!tK' i:1 return fo r hi~

i:ork .
...;c' J ~ t'c'! J-.. ,:o.,,n to till' simple l ogic
t:::it ;,hat .. 1. ::l't he h:l\'L' to pay for.

.w ,.,,: 1':1:
or 1:1 ::t(.JlL'Y
ha'. L' LO pay

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j,,

r it in t~ooLL" , i.n serY i cc..; ,

'11r lll l' ::. n :ice:- . But \\'C

s OITIL' h :t\' .

j) e ,:ad:~l

a lure ,

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'':'('lL'tlllllg l'or nothing" iS just

:'.1 hL drL'ar1 h'i th :1 c ruel ending .

rr \\(' prn1lun l'ffect ivcl : , h 'e are c reating somcthin;. o:' 1alt1L' . Ill' c an ::;tcp up to :i..ny
counter :md or.!lT h !i :it hL' c 1n pay for .
Il1;1t l'.-' ti1c .\1:1v r 1L;11 1.. 1> )r doing thing~ .
i\c p r odi:u c1fl'Ctl \'l' l;. ;md hC buy \\hat
i-c 11ant . :hL' ..; 11:1p IL' fo n ~u I a Ins 1:iadc us th e
g reatest nation in the horld.
It l..1s !'tit.::- t':1r i11 front of the coW1tries
of the 1,)rld.1-.lu listened t) the "something
(or :1oth1:1:.;" '1:11t or t!1cir lc:.i<lcrs .
If l\e
proJucc no r l' , L111.rL '' i 11 li1. r1ore to Ji\idc .
It is as simple .1s that.

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RAL@ ELECTRIC
___
\'.iitu:1l' XIII , .\o . ..\4

WAYNESBORO , VIRGINIA

D\ O PRODUCTION STARTS
1\s lllany o I you have noticed , DCPD is
h~ g i 1u1 i. ng the move of t he Dat a Net111orks Opera -

:\ssembly and Test from Lynchburg. The

p r oducts , \\hich arc closeh associated h-ith
thl' rc nni\e t*300 product l.ine , are expected
to add s ignif i can tly to the sales attractivelll'ss o l the Department's products .
t1011

Pictured bclO\, is one of the first pro Juc t ...; Lha t has been moved . The pro<luc t ,
ca I led ~m acoustic coupler , provides the
l i 11h. hcth'ecn the Tc11niNet Printer and the
t c kphone line over which the dat a is transIll i t t cd .

November 19, 1971

BIG OOUBLE l!OLID!\Y C01'1ING UP

Next week we will al l enj oy t he 6th and

7th paid holidays of the year on Thanksgiving ,
November 25, and the <lay a[tcr , November 26 .
The next paid holidays 1vill be December 23
and 24 .
The two -day holiday , coupled 1,ith a
1,ill lure many employees to ride the
hi ghways along hith thousarnls of others .
Being safety conscious may make the di ff erencc
and mean that you and your f;:uni h \\ill be
her e to enjoy the next four-day holiday
weekend at 01T istmas .

w~ekend ,

Employees eligible for the holiday pay

should remember that t o be paid for the
ho l idays it is necessan to h'Or k the las t
scheduled 1vork day prio~ to and the next
schedul ed 1vork day after the holiday . Any
exceptions to t he above mus t be approved i n
advance by ~he employee ' s i.mnediate manager
and subsection manager .
Safety pays---Be aroW1d to collec t .

. .\s of \ovei~ber 15 , the fi r s t empJ oyecs

(pn.: tured at right) s t arted wor k on thi s
product and they have done an excellent job
c.luri ng the start-up 111eek.
Othe r product transfers will take pl ace
th roughou~ this.rear and early next year .
l>urrn~ Lins pence.I l a rger assemblies will be
mO\ ~ng to_harncsboro , and a greater va ri.ct)'
or JOils h"lll be opening up . Product line
groh th looks \'cry optimistic at this ti me
_...-. ~nJ i L is hoped that the added Deparbncnt '
sa I cs h'i l l cont inue t o produce many good jobs
1 n the \\ayncsboro l ocation .

Being in-croduced to :;he new ;;rinted. board

assemblies by Forelady Virginia Coffeu (center )
are (from left t o right) F:vn. Seabolt,
Fl om belle Hwn~hries , detl!J !'i tvnan, Aur elia
Cash, Shirley Judlej and F1ances Stevens .
Thr ee other women, ~wt l ic lwed, Violet Snider,
Mary_ l'.e ~dern on, and Mary Cr-ickenberge r , will
be Jmni.ng the DNO group w1: lfiin the nex l f ew
weeks . See additional pholos on Page 2 .

ll\ O TEOC\ll.L\\')

PLJ\J T NE\\'S QUESTION 130X

I had a f lal tire recenlly in the parki ~

lot . ~0..y didn ' t m~intenance send scmeone ou~
to change it f o r me?

Q.

The ~!aintenancc Department will <lo

all they can to assist an employee whose
car is stalled in the parking lot , bu t
they cannot be called aivay from their
regular <luties in the plant to repair
aut os . ~ta i.ntenance wi 11 help get your
car running by jLDTiping the current needed
to star t a car with a <lead batterv or
they h ill call a garage ror flat tires
or ma j or repairs . In a<l<li ti on , many
employees i.n ~l:iin tenance , as 1vell as
elsewhere, i.n the plant have assisted
in changing ti res 1vhen ano ther employee
needed help . '!his is usually done
after horking hours as a personal favor .

1\ .

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1-lhen do we ger; our coot of living incr ease

that was due (),:lober ::,s according to the
contr>act?

Q.

The cost of living increase became

effective November 14 , the first day it
was pennitted by the Pay Board appoint ee
by Pres i<len t \'ix on . The Pay Boa rd has
re\iewe<l , but not changed, its ruling
against all01,"ing retroacti \e pay adjust ments . 111Us , the cost or living adjustment cannot be paid back to October 25 ,
without violati.ng tJ 1e Pay Boar d ' s ruling .
The cost of living index for October
has not been announced as yet but it
seems rea<;onable to e:x.-pect that the
a<ljustment 1, ill be 8<t per hour or S3 . 20
a week . lhe increase will be paid as soon
as a release is given .
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Ceneral I lcctric Comp:111> crrployce:' at tl:e

Portsmout h I l' le\ is i.on Rccci \e r Plant n1 t cd
i\o\ember 12 ag:1 inst repres en tati on ry the
llJE. The \o tc h;1s 1810 against w1ion rep re sentati on , 8~J.I in fa \or, (10 challenged \'Otes
;rnJ six i.1na I 1J ballots . The uni o n I os t ;1
s imi lc.lr elect ion :it the ]'l:llll in 1:)(1~1
by a vote o r s-:-1 to bl3 .
.Jolm l~ ittn cr hislics to tlianJ... ;i ll those 1d10
sl1oh'eJ acts 0 1 ki.n<lness and LhoughtCulrn:ss
<luring hi.s J:1ughtc r' s recent ac:ci<lent .

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CllILDRE.\'S CllRlST>l.\S PARTY SET ffiR DEC. ll
and DEC . 12
~lark your calendar no1v .
111is year ' s
arrnual Children's 0ffistmas Party 1vill be
held on Friday night, December 10 , and on
Saturday , December 11 .

There will be two shows--6 : 30 p .m.

anJ 8: 00 p . m. on Friday and on Saturday there
will be five shows--9 : 00 a . m., 10 : 30 a.m .,
12 noon , 1: 30 p .m. and 3: 00 p . m.
r inal arrangements will be announced
rn t he GE NEIVS on December 3 .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GE NERAL@ELECTRIC
\"ohmic XII I , No . 45

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

DCPD GENERAL MANAGER, WARREN KINDT

GIVES VIEWS ON BUSINESS

01ILDRE.\ ' S GIRISTMA.S

December 3 1971
SET FOR DEC . 10-11

~A.R1Y

EDITOR ' S NOTE : Several

weeks ago , Mr . J . F .
Ponzillo , MAPD Gene r a l
Manager , gave his views on
t he state of NC business .
This week the plant NEWS
has asked DCPD Gene r al
Manager Warren Kindt to
give h is outlook .

Mr . Kindt , how ' s bu3iness in DCPD?

T he D a ta Communication Products De pa rtment h ;i <; been having cons i derable difficulty
in ub t aini ng o rders for large q ua nt ities of
..-._ printers . The D ow - Jo n es order for pr int ers
\\'as com pleted in September, and since tha t
tim e w e have n o t h ad an o r de r o f such h ig h
volume to .ake i ts p l ace . Most o f our o rders
ha\ e been fo r smaller quan ti ties, and the
tot a l volume ha s dropped off substant ia lly.

Yhat are our salesmen in the field saying about

cus ~omer interest in our products?
T h ey are saying there are all kinds o f in q ui ries and gr eat interest in ou r printer ,
but po tential custome r s a r e he sitatin g to
plac e o rders a t th e moment . This is due
primarily to continued uncertainty about
when the econ o my is go ing t o start rolling
in high gea r.
!low

will this affect employment in terminals?

W e hav e many exce ll e nt p r os pects, and if

o nly a f e w of t h em click we could easily
start upw ard again . We expect t o introd u ce
several new models next year that we are
sure will keep us ou t front in the competitiv e race . Meanwh il e , the next severa l
m o nth s a r e st ill unce rtain .

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This little tot at last year ' s Christmas Party

was more than happy with Santa ' s promises , and
it should not be any different this year when
Santa visits with them on December 10 ana 11
i.n the Plant Auditoriwn .

Bill Perry says the annual Children ' s

Christmas Party pl ans are well LUldenvay and
that comnitt ee members Ralp Cole, Charlie
Minter and Fred Curto are working feveri shly to
make the part y an enjoyab l e one for all
Waynesboro Plant children.
Santa Cl aus has been notified that he
shoul d l oad his s leigh with 2500 toys plus
plenty of candy and fruit for dis t ribution to
the children.
Because of the expected crohd of some 2500
children and their parents , the armual event
will be hel d on two days--Friday , December 10,
and Satur day , December ll . The first tKo
parties are s~hedul ed for the evening of the
10th at 6: 30 and 8: 00 p .m.
The next day ' s sho"s will begin at 9 a . m.
Additional shows are schedul ed for 10 : 30 a .rn . ,
12 noon, 1: 30 p .rn . and 3: 00 p .m. In addition
to a co l orful stage setting for the chi l dren
to see , there will be cartoon movies for the
yoW1gsters to watch while they await St . Nick ' s
arrival .
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BUSIKESS REVIEW .. . .. (continued from Page 1)

vlhat a:re the long Y'ange ;;r ospects fo:r terminals ?

We h a ve come a l o ng way fr o m zero p r o duction in 19 69 to the 10 , 000 th u nit that was
shipped o nly a few weeks ago . The l ong
range outlo ok for termina l s i s outstanding ,
and a ltho ugh we wi ll alway s have ou r ups and
d ow n s , our produc t demand is expected to
doub l e in three years.

How is the DNO move from Lynchburg to

boro working out?

~laynes

Th e transfer i s in process a nd m a n u fact ....-..;

ha s a.-1.ready started her e , a nd we expect __
compl ete this m o ve by n ext spring . This
h as a lr e ady crea ted a b out 25 new j o bs in
the office and the factory, an d will proba bly
d oub le next year .

Ove Y'a U , hCJl..J Jo you see the yea :r 19 7;; ?

~!hat

ahout re lays , Mr . Kindt?

R e l a y b us in ess h as st eadi.l y decl i ned as the

Vi e tnam War winds down and th e space pro gr am l oses go vernment funding. Yet, it h as
been exc eeding our own estima t es, a n d ou r
sal es men a.re con tinuing t o bring in o rd ers .
We are t aking busines s at l owe r and lowe r
prices, and thereby have l ess d olla r s t o
r ein ves t in th e busi n ess . Bu t we are ma k ing
every effor t t o get o rders that provide j o b s
a n d give us some return o n our inves tm ent
at the same time .

i-lhat can be done to get more r e lay or ders?

Thi s depend s o n gene r a l b us ines s co nditions

in the c oun try . M os t econom ist s are pre dicting a gradual recovery thr oug h out 19 72,
and if they a re right , I a m confid e nt we will
m ove right a l o ng with it. Many t e rmin.3. l s
c us t o mer s seem t o be in a "watchin g a nd
wai ti ng '' mood a t th e moment , but I 'm
optimistic th a t t h e y \Vill b e p laci ng subs tan tial o rd ers in 1972 which shoul d bui l d u p
our p rod uc t io n in the latter half o f th e y e ar .

CHRISTMAS PARTY .. ... (con ti nued from Page 1)

It' s an ol d s t o ry, but i t b ears rep ea tin g o ve r

and ove r . Unless we can find ways t o w o r k
smarter than o ur compe t ito rs, we are u n a ble
to get orders except at a l oss . O u r compe ti tor s are hungry t oo , and keep cutting prices,
often below th = cos t s o f o ur s h op l a b o r a nd
m ateria ls a l one . The onl y way we c a n beat
them is to ou t smart th em -- a n d th ey 'r e
plenty s mart . B ut , so ar e o ur e mpl o ye es
and I a m optimis ti c a b ou t being abl e t o get
ou r s har e o f th e m arke t.

Is the move of Aerospace manufacturing about

complete?
Yes, the e nti re m o ve i s ex p e cted t o be com p l ete by th e e nd of th is mo nth . All b u mp s
bec ause o f the mov e h a ve now b een an n ou n ced
in bo th the offic e and th e factory , so thi s
m os t difficult tr a n s ition wi ll f ina lly be be hin d
us b y ye ar end ,

What ahout the consolidation of finance work in

Lynchburg? What will thi s do to ~laynesboro
emp laymen t?
H e r e again the m ain impact o f this action in
Waynes b oro h as a l read y b ee n announced a nd
any furth er co n so l id a ti on wi ll occu r on l y
g r a dually , w ith emp l o ym e nt cutbacks, if a ny,
b ei ng q u ite small.

Davie Kern will , as usual , be pres ent lo help

greet afid e nte :rtain the chi ld:ren ~~n i:,:n own
inimita.Dle fashion .
SCOGEE, as usual , "ill provide some 50
gi rls t o be on hand at the various sh01,,s to
g i ve Santa a hand . Distr ibution of the
c hi l dren ' s tickets will begin \ londar, so if
you failed t o request tickets , be sure to .-contact your supervi sor today so he can
arrange for you to get t hem .

LYNCHBURG MANUFACTURING OPERATION ESTABLISHED;

WILSON DAVIDSON NAMED MANAGER
Mr. R. P. Gifford, Vice President and
General Manager of the Communication Systems
Division, announced the establishment of the
Lynchburg Manufacturing Operation with Wilson
Davidson as Manager. The Operation will consist of all personnel and facilities previously assigned to the manufacturing-sections of
the Mobile Radio Products Department and the
Teleconnnunication Products Department.
Mr. Gifford said, "The consolidation of
all manufacturing in Lynchburg into a single
organization structure will increase the
Division's ability not only to meet the many
challenges in meeting cost, quality, and
delivery goals, but also to enable the department management teams to concentrate more
heavily on achieving growth of the businesses
in what is expected to be a surging market in
a very competitive environment."
Mr. Davidson will transfer to Lynchburg
on January 1, 1972, from his present position
as Manager-Manufacturing, Heavy Military
Electronic Systems Product Department in
Syracuse.
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HEAVY INFLUX OF CLAIMS PUTS LTD! PAY

DEDUCTIONS UP FOR 1972
Experience Can Bring Them Down
In Future

Claims under the Long Term Disability

Insurance plans for both hourly paid and
salaried employees have zoomed upward during
1971. This means contributions for this
special bargain coverage will go up in 1972,
as prescribed in the insurance contract with
Metropolitan, H. W. Tulloch, Manager-Relations,
here in Waynesboro, said this week.
Mr. Tulloch pointed out that claims under
the salaried LTD! plan through 1969 had been
so few that contributions had been discontinued
for five months in 1970. "Now just the
opposite situation has occurred," he said.
"Claims under the salaried employees' plan
have doubled the anticipated number. Metropolitan Life estimates that insurance claims
for 1971 will total more than $4 million
while contributions and interest available
!""'.to pay them total less than $2 million."
The LTD! plan for hourly employees has
also been hit with unfavorable experience.
For hourly employees with less than 14 years

of credited service, estimated claims for 1971

are more than $4 million and only little more
than $1~ million is available from contributions. For hourly employees with more than
14 years of service, effective claims have
increased, and they have been larger and for
longer periods than anticipated.
"The experience of other companies with
similar coverage for employees has been
checked," Mr. Tulloch said, "and apparently
most companies are having experience similar to
that of General Electric. Claim totals are
skyrocketing above previous estimates by
133% to 44 7%."
Mr. Tulloch said that in accordance with
the plans, new contribution rates are established by the insurance company each year.
The formula for establishing new rates is
within the guidelines issued by the government's
Cost of Living Council.
Beginning January 1, 1972, the contribution
rate for the salaried plan, as determined by
Metropolitan, will go from 60 cents per $100
of monthly coverage to $1.20 per $100 of
coverage.
For hourly employees with less than 14
years of service the rate will rise from ~% of
normal straight time weekly earnings to 1.3% of
those earnings. Hourly paid employees with 14
or more years of credited service will have a
rate increase, with the rate going from 20 cents
to $1.20 per week.
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Service
Milestones
i\e 1,ish to con
ar atulate the
follrn,rn g employees who
rc:i.ched service
milestones last
b

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5 YEARS
Dottie Thompson
Br>e nda Shiflett
Jerry Her>ndon
Fr>ances Ca s on
Helen Fountain
Patri ck RusseU
James Cla r k
De lor>es Mar tin

Diana Taylor
Maken Dodge
Dal las Gosnell
Dona l d Cooke
iiar>ry Bawn
Pe ter C la:t' ke
Calvin Humphri es
10 YEARS

Char les Mi 7, Us er>

Sylvester Payne

James Blair
James Simons
15 YEARS

Bobby Hob
Rober t Harris
Sherman Cas h
Thomas Th ompson
James De~li tt
Hodge CY'Q1.uford
Louise Hoy

Floyd Draper>
H. W. Kennedy
James A 7, Zen
Pau l Rowzie
Wayne Kite
Charles ~latts
Via la Martin

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LTDI . . . ...... continued f rom page 3
Participating employees will soon receive
an insert for the plan booklet giving details
on the change.
Mr . Tulloch pointed out that LTDI coverages
when combined wi th disability and social
security benefit s aim t o provide a disabled
employee with approximately half pay after
total disability is determined . "The plans
still provide this coverage at about the
lowest possible cos t," Mr. Tulloch said.
"Since r a tes tend to be lower as the
m..unber of employees covered increases, now is
the time for those who have neglected to obtain
the coverage to consider it. Needless to say,
those wi t h coverage should remember the bargain which the plan provides, and that a
medical examination i s needed to restore

GE, TOOL BUILDERS SET NEW PROGRAM

A group of 29 machine t ool buil de r s and
t he General El ec tric Company have announced a
joint program aimed a t speeding the nation ' s
current economic recovery. They said t he
program complements the Admini s tration ' s
planned economi c measures .
J oseph F. Ponzillo , Gene ral Manager of
the Manufacturing Automa tion Products Depar t ment , here , said the new partnership program
is des i gned "to he lp Ameri can industry r egain
its compe titive e dge " ove r foreign compe t ition ,
in th e face of inflation and po or pr oduc t ivity
gains , by a llowing it to r espond faster to
the anticipated new demands fo r i t s products .
"We a re mounting an aggressive campai gn
to make s ure American industry is aware that
now is the app r opriate time to invest in new
aut omatic production equipment ," Mr. Ponzi l l o
said . "For, if t hey fail to do so , they will
certainly pay for their delay with lost
business later on ."
The pr ogram is called "Buy Now Or Pay
Later ," emphasizing that conditions dictate
an immediate investm ent to a vo id lost bus iness
as the economic r ecovery increases demand for
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new products.
At the heart is a corrnnitment
by the 29 mach ine to ol bui lde r s t o begin build ing an inventory of numerically cont r olled
mach ine t oo ls now, in anti cipation of renewed cus tomer demands, rather than wait i ng
until the expected demand for the eq ui pment
actually develops, as i s traditional l y done.
Mr . Ponzillo noted that General Electri c ,
t hrough its plants in Waynesboro, Ch arlot t esville and Ri chmond, is the world ' s leading
designer and s upplier of numerical contro l
automati on equi pment to the manufac turers of
machine to ols. These manufacturers, in
turn, sell their automated producti on equip ment to thousands of th e country ' s equipment
and machinery manufacturers se rving all
industri es . Program partici pants produce
mo re than 50 percent of the na ti on's out put
of such machines.
The Buy Now or Pay Later Program is a
strong and posi tive effort t o help the
American economy fa ce one of the mos t
severe challenges in its hi s tory .

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coverage once it i s dropped. It is hoped,
of cours e , that experience in 1972 , will
improve, permitting some adjustment in contributions . "

WAYNESBORO PLANT

GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VolLDTie XIII, No. 46

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

LAST 0-!ANCE TO G!ANGE INVESTMENTS UNDER S&SP

FOR 1972; FORM3 AVAILABLE

December 10, 19 71
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AND /\LL '11 IJ :

TRI~MINGS

Under the Savings and Security Program,

a participant can make d1anges in the a lloca tion of his savings to S&SP 's various options
only once ead1 year, Leo Huntll::y, Payroll
Specialist here in Waynesboro reminded employees
this week .

The cafeteria 1vill serve its annual

Chris t:mas dinner for both shifts on Thursday,
December 16. The menu will include ham delicut,
glazed s\\eet potatoes , green beans , j ello ,
roll , but t er, coffee , or cold bever age , and
ice cream for dessert .

"A change Kill take effect only at the

first payroll disbur sement of the calendar year
following the wri tten notification of the
desired change," Mr. Huntley explained. "As
a r esult, a change made after January 1, 1972,
will not take effect until t he beginning of
1973 . If a participant 1vants to change his
investments for 19 72 , he must make a 1vri tten
r equest before December 31 . ''

TI1e price
inc luding tax .
will be cl osed
usual, will be
a heavy meal .

All of 1vhich is reason for S&SP participants t o consider whether or not they wish to
change the options under which they are investing their S&SP savings and company-matching
payments . If they do, now is the time to do

of the dinner 1dll be $1

The Blue Ridge Dining Room
on December 16 . Vending, as
ava dab le for those not 1vis hing

~lr. Paul Jones, Cafeteria ~lanager ,

extends season ' s greetings to all Waynesboro
Plant employees on behalf of the Cafeteria
personnel and the Marriott Corporat ion .
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WAYNESBORO PLJ\NT POLICIES RELJ\TIVE TO THE

llOLIDJ\Y SEASON

The next paid holidays for Waynesboro

Plant personnel h'ill be December 23 and 24
Fonns and instructions for making investfor Christmas and December 31, 1971, for
ment .changes are available in Personnel Account - New Year ' s . 111e last regu_lar 1vorking days
ing . >lr. Huntley pointed out that the deadline before Christmas and :--Jew Year' s will be
December 22 and December 30 , with the next
for changes in S&SP investments during 1972
scheduled workd.a;r~ being December 27 and
applies to both a participant's own payroll
January 3, respectively. To receive payment
deductions fo r the program as 1vell as to the
for the holidays, empl oyees will be expect ed
50 percent matching payment made by Gener al
to work their normally s d1edulc<l hours on
Electric.
these days w1less othernise noti lied by their
supervisor.
Under Savings and Security a part1c1pant
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can invest h ~s savings and the company-matd1ing
S&SP
payment in any combination in four options :
Other requirements are that each part1c1 U.S. Savings Bonds , General El ectric Stock , a
pant must invest either 2 ~ of pay or half hi s
special mutual fund , and spec ial l ife insurance. Mr . Huntley reminded participants, hrnv- deductions for the Program, in U.S. Savings
Bonds ; and that no more than 6 ~ of pay, inever, t ha t the canpany-matching payment -- $1
c luding employee savings and company-matching
for every $2 saved by the employee- -must be
payment , can be imes te<l in GE s tock .
invested in a singl e option, and that the
special insurance option calls for an invest****************
ment of 1% of annual earnings which must come
entirely f r om the employee ' s mm payroll
RHlINDER: OIILDRE>l ' S OIRISTMl\S PAR1Y 11 1IS
deductions .
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
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AS WE HEAD TOWARD END OF '71-

Here 's How Our Sales Dollar "Pie"

Was Shared As We Entered Final Quarter
Supplies
&Other Costs
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49.6c
Income Taxes

3.3c

Employees

42.4c
Profit

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4Jc{ Di~idends

2.Bc

Remvestment 1.9c

Can We Improve the Slice that Builds Future Jobs?

How will our sales dollar pie be sliced at the end of 1971? How full
will the slice marked "Employees" grow? Will the slice marked
"Profit" be large enough to help build greater security into GE jobs
of the future?
The chart above shows how the pie was divided as the three
quarter mark for 1971 was reached.
For the first nine-months of 1971 GE was making a profit of just
4.7 cents on each sales dollar. This means our profit rate was running
at a little more than 4Y2%. As recently as 1965 our profit rate at year
end was over 20% higher-5.7 cents. It will be recalled that in that
period the company was able to reinvest significantly in new
equipment. Businesses grew and jobs expanded.
Since then, the thin slice of profit has trended downward to the
strike-affected 1969 low point of 3.3%. Fortunately, as our
nine-months "pie" shows, the profit rate has begun to grow back.
Across the country total profits of all companies have been going
downhill for several years. In 1965, all corporations together made
total profits of $46% billion and total pay and benefits of employees
of all companies was $394 billion.
By 1970 total profits of all corporations had dropped to just over
$41 billion-an 11% drop-but total employee pay and benefits had
climbed to $602 billion-a jump of about 50%. Many informed
economists point to the declining total profits as a factor in the lack
of incentive and inability of many companies to reinvest in the
modernization that keeps business competitive and supports Ameri
can jobs. This inability contributes to unemployment.

So-for employees-profits are as important as pay. Profits are

needed to keep a business up to date, expand it, keep it competitive,
keep it able to build jobs and pay good wages.
When the slice of profit gets too thin, the money for reinvestment
in the business is no longer so available. Our competitive ability
declines and so does our job security.
Fortunately, for GE employees, the "profit slice" in our "sales
dollar pie" has begun to grow toward a more acceptable size. Our
challenge is to keep our costs in line and maintain and improve our
profits as we head toward the end of the year and into 1972. The
little slice of profit has a big job to do for everyone.

How the Sales Dollar Was Divided

How was each sales dollar GE received during the first nine-months of 1971
divided? As the chart above shows:
For Employees: 42.4 cents-This huge slice of the sales dollar pie amounted
to $2.8 billion for the nine-month period. Nine times greater than profits.
For Supplies: 49.6 cents-This was the largest slice of the pie. Total: $3.3
billion, for supplies and other costs.
For Taxes: 3.3 cents-This was set aside for income taxes. Total: $224
million.
For Profit: 4.7 cents was left as earnings. Of this amount 2.8 cents went to
shareowners as dividends, and 1.9 cents was available for reinvestment. Total
profit: $318 million, a lot of money but only about 4%% of sales and slightly
more than 1/10th of the amount directed to employees in pay and benefits,
yet on it depends the jobs of tomorrow.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RA L@ELECTR IC
Volume XIII

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

o. 47

C. A. FORD , CONTROL DEVICES OPERATION MA.NAGER,

GIVES VI EWS ON BUSINESS
EDI TOR'S NOTE: Recent l y
Mr . J. F . Ponzill o , MAPD
General Manager , and Mr.
W. F. Kindt, DCPD General
Manager, gave their views
on the s t ate of business
in their respec tive
Departme nts. This week
the plant NEWS has asked
CDO Manager C. A. Ford to
give his outlook .
.'fr> . FoY'd , how ' s business in CDO?

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The business picture for COO can best

be described as mixed. 11vo product
lines-- OC Drives and Photoelectric
Devices- -are suffering from a depressed
orders situation . However, the Power
Regulation Business has shown considerable
strength due to the nation ~vide shortage
of power genera ting capacity.
~!hat ' s

December 17, 1971

Tl-IE WAYNESBORO SAFETY PROGRAM- -A REVIEl\i AND

REPORT TO ALL EMPLOYEES ON THE CONTINUI NG
SAFETY PROGRAM IN TI-IE WAYNESBORO PLAl'IT

NOTE: Over' the past seveY'al weeks, the NEWS

has Y'ecei ved seveY'al questions aonaer>ning the
safety pY'ogY'am ~-who Y'Uns it, who can paY'tiaipate, what has been done, and what QY'e the
plans foY' the futuY'e? The Safety Cammi ttee
has pY'ovided the NEWS with the following
information in Pep ly to those questions :

The maJ1agement of the \\aynesboro Plant

has been , aJ1d cont inues to be, very concerned
about the safety and health of all employees .
\\'e have always ha<l a First Aid Crew and
a Fire Crew ready to assist in any emergency .
Many of our hourly employees have given freely
of their time and talents while serving on
these two organizations.
Safety and llealth have also been str essed
continuously over the years by means of
infonnative conference discussions , plant
Safety Bulletins , aJld plant newspd.per articles .
(continued on Page 2)

happening in DY'ives & Devi ces?

OC Drives and Photoelectr ic Devices are

products sold to industrial customers for
use in their 01m manufacturing plants or
for resale in their products . With
industry general l y u1 aJl over-capacity
condition and industrial purchases down ,
orders for these two products suffered
heavily during 1971. We are fo r ecasting
some improvement for 1972 , but it will
only come about if an economic upturn
materializes.
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Former-Preside nt Harry S. Truman once remarked: "One of
our troubles todav ste ms from
th e fact th at too many adults,
a nd not enough children, bclic,e
in Sant a Claus!"

DCPD
SAFETY AND
CONTROL

SAFETY PROGRAM (continued from Page 1)

A fully-equipped medical clinic has also been provided for many years to serve all
employees at the Waynesboro Plant.

Recently we have established a special Safety, Health and Pollution Control Connnittee to
supplement the existing programs outlined above. This conmittee was established to
insure that all reported or discovered unsafe conditions or health hazards (as
well as environmental hazards) would be investigated and corrected as quickly
as possible. The chainnan of this camnittee is the Manager-Manufacturing Engineering
for DCPD, Lou Trott. The connnittee is made up of representatives from all areas
of the plant and is also supported by the Plant Safety Specialist and the Plant Physician.
Some of the important tasks that this conmittee has accomplished during the last
six months are:

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REQUEST FOR INSPECTION AND EVALUATION OF A POSSIBLE UNSAFE CONDITION

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The Connnittee has developed a fonn entitled

"Request for Inspection and Evaluation of
A Possible Unsafe Condition." This fonn
has been made available to all employees
at the Waynesboro Plant to bring to the
Conunittee's attention possible safety and
heal th problems . So far, a number of
these fonns have been submitted to the
Corruni ttee for evaluation. Action has been
completed on 70% of the reported conditions .
The remaining items are presently being
evaluated and action plarnled. All employees
are encouraged to make use of these fonns.
Report any condition which in your mind
might possibly consititute a hazard.
All reported conditions are thoroughly
inspected and evaluated by the Connnittee
with proper and prompt action taken in
cases when a potential hazard exists.

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The Comnittee has made a detailed inspection of

five major plant areas (Sheet Metal, Machine
Room, Plating, Relay Machine Room, and
Stock Room) to detect and correct possible safety problems. l\1any minor problems
have been tmcovered and corrected by these inspections and the entire plant will
be inspected in this manner.
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The Connnittee has established a fonna~ "Safety Work Order" follow-up system which
insures that all reported problems are documented, assigned a control ntmlber and
issued to the proper section for correction. So far, a number of these safety
work orders have been issued following this procedure. A~ost 80% of these work
orders are now completed. The safety work orders are generated by Connnittee
inspections, Possible Unsafe Condition Reports submitted by employees and Safety
Representatives, and by problems which any Connnittee member refers for investigation.
Services of a specialist to inspect the cranes and hoists in the Waynesboro Plant
have been obtained by the Safety Connnittee. Several potential problems were found
and corrected. We plan to have all our cranes and hoists inspected in a similar
manner on an annual basis.
A program
and First
and train
their use

has been established to provide monthly training for the plant Fire Department ~
Aid Crews (see pictures on next page). These sessions are used to familiarize
all crew personnel utilizing the equipment and procedures available for
during an emergency.

OENliAL ELrrr11u: ro.

WAYNES BOJ/O, VA .

0111111AL nren11e ro.

F/12.E DEPT.

WAYNl880110, VA.

FIRST AID CREW

Dlr. 7. 1911

Dtr. 1. 1911

l '.! SHIFT

l'!/ SHIFT

The Cor.u:iittce has usecl the sc1Tices of the General Electric S:racusc Lab in conJuc ting a
plant-hi de cl1em ica I ha ::<.1 nl sun1ey . 111 is s urvey ,,as made t o detcrmi nc h'hethcr or r.ot chemica ls
used in tlw ;\a\ne:"iioro 1ai..:i Ii t; herc being handled in a safe maimer . TI10sc 1d1ich require
spec ial prci..:;.iutjo11:" i:a\L' hccn iJenti fied and appropr iate procedures cstabl ished to insur e
that these arc handled in a -;a fc maime r. Part of this survev \\as t o check the venti lation
s~:stems in:-.tcd led tlnou~~hout the plant to insure that ha:ar<lous frnnes arc exhausted f ran
the inter ior of the pl:lnt in ;rn efficient manner . ,\s a result of this sun:c:-, seyeral
exhaust systems have been moc.IL f ied to implement the recorruncndati ons made by Syracuse .
An equipment "lockout" system has been establ ished in order to prevent
the operation of anv machine that is shut dow11 for iepa ir . The
" lockout" mechanism. util izes a padlock to l ock the power source
in the " Off" position while the mad1ine is being worked on.
A unique elcctro-med1anical punch
press gtk1rd system which prevents ,
one lrn.nd o r foot peda l operation
of a press ur1less the guard i s
installed on tJ1e presS.h'as de signed . If the ne1> guard is
properly in pl ace , the operator
has t he choice of running the
pres s automatically or with the

foot switch.
~lanufacturing

Engin eer Gordon

Batey ha s been
assigned t o spenc
the majority of his time identifying and coordi nat ing
Safet / a.T1d Pollution Control projec t s . Gor don is
responsible for problem identification, pos s i ble
solution eva luation and coonJinating th e i mp l ementa tion of the correct solution to the problem .
me Waynes boro Plw1t h<Ls had a Safe ty \!anual i.n LL->e
for many years . The Sa fet: Conrni t tee i s responsii.1 I c
for updat ing this manua I t o reflect the latest Safety
practices .
The area Safet v Representati\'c program has been re\itali::cJ in all L1cte>ry and office
areas to as,;i st Curc1LJ. "r :'11pcni,;ors in main t aining a safe \\01king L'mironrncnt .
TI1es e are but a fch of the Safety and llealth projects that the Corru11i ttee has hccn conce rned
wit11 . To a great extent the w1co \c ring of potentia l safety hazards has been accomplished
by members of the Safety Committee . However , tJ1e Safety Cammi ttee i s not as c l ose to YOUR
job as YOU are and , t herefore , needs YOUR help and suggestions in locating a nd correcting
possible unsafe conditions . lf you feel that you kno" of a specific sa fety problem, \\'Ork
with your foreman, area safet y -representative, or any member of the plant safety corrnni t tee
in order t o insure that t his plant c ontinues to be a safe place for all of us to h'ork .

CDO BUSINESS REVIEW (cont'd from Page 1)

What's happening in Power Regulation?

detennined. In any case, the Waynesboro

facility is still considered vital to the
success of the Industrial Group. Keeping
it rtmning at near capacity levels is in
the best interest of everyone concerned.

The Power Regulation Business in CDO wa~

the primary factor in our ability to maintain employment at a reasonably stable
WiZZ any new products be introduced in 19?2?
level during 1971. This is generally "long
tenn" business, and we can predict now
I thought you'd never ask! We in COO are
the sales that we can expect to achieve
particularly proud of the product developin 19 72. As a matter of fact, we are
ment programs that have been carried out
plarming to nm at about the same l~vel
in 1970 and 1971. The new products hold
as we did in 1971 which should provide us
the key to our future growth. Some examples
with an excellent business base for next
for 1972 are: Light Emitting Diode Photoyear.
electric Devices, a full-wave DC Drive? a
new Evaluator Panel for Hot Box Detection
What are the future plans for building split
Systems for the railroads, and Damper
GAC's in Waynesboro?
Valve Actuators for the boiler control
market. Also, we've had many small pro~uct
Before I answer that question, I would
innovations that should make: our offerings
like to explain that the heart of the
more attractive to customers. Development
split GAC (Generator ~uxiliary ~ontrol)
plans for 1972 are just as exciting, so
is a Waynesboro-designed and rnan1:1factured
we can expect more new products in 1973
excitation system for a gas turbine
and beyond.
driven generator. Earlier this year, we
contracted with the Gas Turbine DepartDid the bwrrps from Aerospace affect productivity?
ment to build not only the excitation but
the enclosure as well. But in the first
The bump situation in November had a very
quarter of 1972 the responsibility for the
serious impact on our ability to serve our
package will be divided between CIXJ and
customers and to achieve the budgeted outSalem. We will continue to manufacture the
put established for th~ facto:r. ~ro~ ~he
excitation portion of the package. These
discussions I've had with various individuals
items will be shipped to Salem where they
in the COO factory area, I know that the
will be assembled in the enclosure and
btunps have also had an unsettling effect
shipped to the cus tamer. So as you cal!
on our employees. As we moved into December,
see, we will still retain a major portion
I found that our employees are doing tl1eir
of the split GAC business even ~hough the
best to learn new jobs and we know that the
system will be assembled and shipped from
situation is improving. If we can avoid
Salem.
any further reductions in the work ~orce, I
think we can work our way out of this
Do you forecast an increase in employment in
situation in a few months. Meanwhile,
CDO? When?
extra effort on everyone's part is needed
to make up for the retraining that will
Looking forward to 1972 and evaluating
have to be accomplished during that time.
this question against the plant that ~e
Even though we recognize the problem, our
have laid out, I see no major change 11:
customers are not that l.lllderstanding.
the level of employment for the Operation.
Perfonnance is the only thing that will
allow us to retain their business both
We hear a rumor that the CDO business is
now and in the future.
moving. Is this true?

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

To the best of my current knowledge, there

is no truth in this rumor. All of our
planning for 1972 and beyond is based
on the Operation remaining in Waynesboro.
As you know, the Company is curren~ly in
throes of structuring its many businesses
along the lines of Strategic Business
Unit. Whether or not this wi 11 impact
on CDO or create the need for relocation
of part of the business has not been

WATQf FOR 1HE NEXT EDI TI ON OF 1HE PLANT

NEWS CONTAINING A SPECIAL DETAILED REPORT
ON THE ANNUAL QfILDREN'S a-IRISTMAS PARTY
HELD DECEMBER 10 AND 11.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
Volwne XIII, No . 48

WAYNESBORO,VIR GINIA

CHRISTMAS

MERRY

TO

ALL
Santa, We Love You!
We love you , Sant a , was the message of the day at the 1971 Children' s
Christmas Party he l d i n the plant
auditorium December 10 and 11. More
pictures and a s tory on the party can
be found on the reverse side of today ' s
NEWS .
In addition to the Christmas Party ,
the Waynesboro Plant wi ll sponsor a
series of Christmas broadcasts on t he
radio. There will be a hal f hour of
Christmas music on radio s t at ion WAYB
f r om 5:00 t o 5: 30 p.m. Chris tmas Eve .
On Christmas Day , WAYB will air a pr ogram from 2: 00 to 2: 30 and .WTON wi 11
present a full hour of music from l :Oo
t o 2:00 p.m . and WANV will have music
..-.... from 1:30 t o 2: 30 p.m .
Once again , MERRY QIRISTMA.S to
one and all.

December 22 , 1971

/ '

Over 2000 chi ldren and their parents attende<l the annua
Children ' s Christmas Party at the Waynesboro Plant
auditorium December 10 and 11 , according t o Party
Coordinator Bill Perry.

The children were entertained with cartoon movi es

and after a traditional visit with Santa, during
which they each ha<l a chance to express t he ir
wishes to him, they rece ived gifts of toys , candy
and fruit.

Many credits are deserved for this year's fine

effort . Charlie ~linter should receive a special
"thank you" for the fine job he did in seeing
that the s tage was properly set up . Ralph Cole
should also receive a special 11 thanks" for his
outs tanding job of purchasing, sorting and boxing
the toys, as well as adding the finishing touches
to the stage setting .
Helen Dedrick was r esponsible for the enlistment
of more than 50 "Santa ' s llelpers" who were mostly
SCOGEE members. Davie Kern, as usual, played an
important role in the parties as ~laster of Ceremonies.
Fred Curto and his maintenance personnel did a
corrunendable job in setting up the auditorium , directing traffic and providing volunteer firemen to be
present at the parties . The party would not have
been a success without the excellent portrayal of
Santa Cl aus by Frank l\lilloughby .
To insure that there are enough toys, candy and ~
fruit to go around, "extras" are always purchased .
This year the bal ance of the toys , plus one box
of oranges and one box of apples were donated to
the Lynchburg 01ilclren ' s Tr aining School, and one
box nf apples and one box of oranges were donated
to the Waynesboro Old Folks l lome .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Volume XIII, No. 49

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

1971 has been a difficult year for

General Electric in Waynesboro. The move
of aerospace manufacturing to Binghamton, New
York, the softness in the relay market due
to reductions in defense and spece expenditures, and the continued depressed state of
the machine tool industry all contributed to
lowered employment levels. Several factors
still look unfavorable as we head into 1972,
but there are also a number of favorable
signs on the horizon~

December 30, 1971

The status of .the retroactive portion of

the cost of living adjustment for hourly and
nonexempt employees is still uncertain. The
cost of living adjustment was put into effect
November 15, as early as it could be paid
tmder the pay freeze established by President
Nixon.

The Economic Stabilization Act of 1971,

which has been signed by the President after
being passed by both houses of Congress, calls
The President's program to stimulate
for further action by the Pay Board before
the economy and dampen inflation may encourage alterations are made in the present freeze
rules.
business investment and expansion, with
consequent increases in demand for our
The Pay Board is in recess lllltil after
Waynesboro General Electric products. The
the first of the year, so no activity will
increasing need for data communication probe taken in the innnediate future.
ducts and power generation equipment should
also be reflected in new orders.
The Pay Board, if it follows its usual
practice, will probably establish an adminisSeveral new orders are undenvay or
trative procedure which will delineate critera
being plarmed to stimulate business--a
and/or guidelines which must be met before
"Buy Now or Pay Later" sales promotion
the cost of living adjustment will be permitted
program for ntmlerical controls, and steppedto be paid back to October 25. This process
up field sales and service activities for
could cause a delay of t.mknown duration.
data printers are just two examples. The
stabilization of our employment level deIt is the Canpany's sincere desire and
pends on the continued improvement of the
intention to apply the tenns of our agreements
economy, and the success of our sales promoand pay practices to the fullest possible
tion programs plus an increase in sales from
extent pennissible under the current
new product introductions.
economic controls situation. We will take
appropriate action as soon as we are free to
do so as we always have in the past.
Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November

Stock Price
Old
New

$ 96.994
104.645
11 o. 043
118. 964
120.400

60. 62 5
59.943
57.673
58.369
62. 649
61. 054
57.167

Fund Unit Price

$26.374
27.546
28.132
290311
29.665
2 9. 691

29.873
29.455
30.307
2 9. 720

28.647

SIX LONG SERVICE

EMPLOYEES RETIRE

a Waynesboro GE employee , i s no1v ma er i ed and

l ives near Charleston, S . C. A so11 Ro<lne;,
former l y a GE Lynchbur g emp1oyee, is with the
December 31 marks the retirement of two of Air Force in Rome, \eh York.
the engineers t hat have sparked the growth
of DCPD, George l!au<;ler and Earle McDowell.
"f-!ac" and \ etha plan a Carri bca.n crui se.: in
the near future .
George Hausler joined
the Company in 1935, after
Charl es L. Ilughes is retiring afte r
receiving BSME and MSME
40 year s or ser vice 1~ j th the
degrees f r om the University
General Elcctri.c Ccmpany .
of \\"isconsin . A ye ar of
"test" engineering assignments
llis present position as
led to design and develop~ lanager-Ma.Ilufactur i ng Admi nisment engineering assignments
trat i on capped a long and
in the Industri a l Control
vari.ed car~cr . A native of
Divis i on. Responsible for
Granville, \eh York , he
small swi tches , refrigerator
joined t he Compo.ny in 1929.
and oil burner controls, he
GraJua ting [r0m the ,\ppren tice
developed the popular GI
Progr am, follo\\'Cd by training
"Switche tte ," and hermetic
and assignments in Cost
relays for the military market. In 1953 , he
/\ ccounU. ng, Payroll, und
asswne<l managerial engineering r esponsibili t y
Manufacturing Production, lead to v i ~ al 1vork as
for s1v itches, re lays and voltage regulators
l iaison between the Compan: :m<l the De [ense
Plant Corporation. n1is \for L<l \\ar ll activity
in the newly formed Speci al ty Control Department an<l moved to Wayn esboro in 19 55 .
saw him assisti ng in establ i s h j ng government
manufacturing facilit ies i ll Schenectady and
George and his wife Cathe rine live at
fort Edward, Ne1, York, as \\'c:l as i.n fitc hburg ,
2433 Cortland Street. T!-ley ha.ve four children, ~lass. 111csc facil i tj es later roducc<l hydr au l ic
Bet~1, Carl, Cathy , and Geo.r ge 1~ho live in
gun controls, r emote control leJ B~~1 bomber ,-.
Johnson City, Tennessee ; Sant a Maria, Brazil ;
fi re contr ol systems an J h~trJware, u~. well
Si l ver Springs , Maryland; and Tuscon, Arizona, turbines.
respectively .
~Ir. llughes \\as b~cr l<i.i~;.:: 1 1 fcr anc.1
participated i n the origi.11<11 planning study
George ' s hobby of wood carving has been
recognized in a mnnber of local art and
which selected 1\'aynesboro for the _.;j t c of
craft shows , and he plans to deve l op this
the present General U ectric plant . J oining
inte res t f urther in the future .
the newly fa n ned Spec i alt-y Contr ol llcpartmcnt ,
he cont inued in the planning of the move from
"Mac" McDO\vell joined the Company in
Schenectady to Waynesboro.
1933, newl y graduated from
IO\va Stat e College with a
Upon mo\ing here, he has appointed PurBSEE degree. First a ssigned
d1as ing Agent. l n this posit ion, ht organized
the Purd1asing functi on, expanding i.t as
to the Radio Transmitter
Department growth <licta.ted. Follo1,' ing this ,
Engineering Department, he
became a des i gn engineer in
and prior to taking his prcsei.r pcsition, he
supervised Production Control , \\as \~inage r
the Schenectady Indus trial
Ma.terial s, an d on special assignment, was
Control Division in 1937.
consul t ant to several other Uepartments in
TIUlovations came rapidly ,
the areas of materiaJ s cont fol and purchasing .
and his circuit designs are
used today in wel ding controls,
Mr . llughes and his 1-.ri fc Tali tha res ide
amplidyne regulators, lumen at 1900 Forest Drive. They p la11 t o u:;e thi s
a i res, timers and position
as "home base" while doing some travel.i.ng and
regulators . In 1955 he came to Waynesboro
formulating more specific plans to nm-: do those
with the newly formed Specialty Control
things they always 1,1a nte<l to Jo, but for wh~
Department. His contributions to regis ter
they never had time.
c ontrols, photoelectri c relays and the new
TenniNet printer have c ontinued to improve
C. L. (Larry) Kniskern, Technical
product designs .
Special ist, Relay Engineering , h;:is :-innounc ed
his r etirement from General EJectric effe ctive
"~lac " and his wife Netha live at 1912
Forest Drive. A daughter Audrey, formerly

December 31 , after 31 years

of service. Larry joined the
Company in 1940 as an inspector in the Radio Trans mitter Operation. In 1945
he joi ned the Control Division
as a Labora tory Ass istant
evaluating and testing various
appliance control s and othe r
products. In 1953 he joined
Aircraft Engineering as an
Engineering Assistant and in
1955 transferred to lfaynes boro. Since then , he has been employed as
a Technical Specialist in the Relay
Engineering Operation and has been associated
with many of the advancements in hennetic
r elays built in the lfaynesboro plant for use
in space, mi litary , and i ndustrial fields.
Larry is a native of Cobleskill , New
York, and has relatives in the Catskill
moWltain area . He and his wife Pearl expect
to cont inue their residence at 764 Pine
Avenue. They have 2 married sons , Leroy
in Blacksbur g, Vir gini a , and Kerry in Sil ver
Springs , ~ laryland. Larry expects to have
more time for home improvement hobbi es and
visiting his childr en and four grandchildren .
,,.-...

On December 31 , George L. Rogers is

2ti ring after more than 30 years of service

with t he General Electric
Company. Duri ng this time ,
he has made significant
contributions to the engineering work of the Company ,
especial ly i n the a r ea of
control systems .

forerunner of the Specialty Control Department.

He was a member of the original Speci al t y
Control Department when it was formed in 1953
and transferr ed with that Department to
Waynesboro in 1955. He is currently a
Devel opment Specialist with the Manufacturing
Automati on Products Department ' s Engineering
Section. During this time , he has made major
contributions to a variet y of control systems
such as weldi ng control s, tracer controls, and
rn.nnerical control systems . He was a key
contributor to the ori ginal numerical control
system for Kearney &Trecker Milwaukee-Matic
ma.chining center. Since then, he has contributed heavily t o the development of the Mark Century ser ies of numerical control systems ,
where GE is now the recognized world leader.
Geor ge makes him home with his wife Flo
at 2432 Cortland Street in Waynesboro . They have
a son G. 111ornas who is married and lives in
Moorestown , New Jersey , and a daughter Jean ,
who i s also marri ed and l ives in Annandale,
Virginia . After r etirement, George and Flo
plan to continue living in Waynesboro and
enjoy traveling, their grandd1ildr~n , and
Tciaxing at home .
Also retiring December 31 is Doug
Sornbor ger, who was formerl y with t he Aerospace
Department located here in Waynesboro. Since
October 1, Doug has been located wi th the
Ae rospace business in Binghamton awaiting
r etirement.
Doug joined the General El ectric
Company here in Waynesboro in 1956 as a
foreman in the Coil and Transformer ar ea .
From that time to the present he has held
jobs in the Aircr aft unit as a Planner ,
a Planning Special ist and as Specialist Parts Processes , the position he held here
and in Bi nghamton .

George \vas born in

Clay ton, New York , and received his BSEE degree from
Clarkson College of Technol ogy
in 1928 . lie began his car eer
with GE as a student engineer immediately
Mr. Sornborger was educated in Al bany,
New York ~d held numerous other ?OSitions prior
thereafter , and upon completing assignments
to beginning his career with Genera l Electric .
in Schenectady, New York , and Phil adelphia ,
Pennsylvania, he joined the General Voltage
Mr. Sornbor ger and hi s wife reside at
Regulator Department in Schenect ady where
he worked f r om 1929 until 1932 .
160 DuPont Boulevard i n Waynesboro.
In 1932 he left GE until 1940 . During
t his peri od, he worked in var ious capacities
as a surveyor and ut i l ity sys tems engineer,
including the design of s team and hydro~ower pl ants and other rmmicipal utilities .
Upon ret urning to GE, he joined the
Control Engineering Divi sion ' s Electronic
Control Group in Schenectady, which was the

(A pi c ture of Mr . Sor nborger was not

avail able at press time . )

****************
Rona ld Hewitt wnulrl l ike tn thank his
many friends for their gifts of money , flowers,
and visits during his recent bereavement .

The article reprinted below appeared in the Decerriber 1971 issue of

WOODMAN OF THE WORLD magazine ... and was brought to our at tention
with the suggestion that it be published prior to the holida.ys .
While we were unable to do this , the message is still timely.

YOU BREAK MY HEART.

MISTER!
that

(' r11 s ~11..d

~pf 1._d

mad1i1a of

\' O Ur!'

---=:---.... __

(After tu.Jo tragic weekends

when 36 Kentucky motorists
were killed, Ccmmissioner
~Ii Uiam 0. Newman of the
Kentucky Department of
Public Safety wrote this
article. Addressed to the
indignant ticketed motorist,
Commissioner Newman 's blunt
and memorable words are "mv.st"
for reading for all licensed
drivers as we approach the
holida.y season of heavy travel
and traffic . )
~l a\'hc vo u 'r e oru- of theni. Are
~'otl o.nc of the pt'oplt> wh o call me
o n tht. telephone o r write me a let
ter t o li._ll me rny troop('r.- n re s t oppm~ m otor ists. a n d givi n g them
t 1ck et!" for .. 110 r eason nt all'!" I
wou ldn't know -vo u nC\'CT gi\'<'
vour 1rnme'.
You tell me ~ou 're a ~ood citi zen
and a s afe clnnr JUS t us in i:t Jt1terstate fi-1 for wh at it was int ende<l~peed .
\'OU

An d that ..dumb cop .. gaw

a tickt-t.

. r ou breah mv Jwa rt.' I hope the

next t ime you'fe t earing: down the
rond at 8f"> m i l~ per hour that
t roo pe r cntche~ .-.ou again. I hope
he ~ in~s you n n o th er ticket a n d the
trnffic jud ge tak es your lice nse
nwa y. I hope he cat (' hes ~ou before

- I h op~ we c:a11 teach you a lt.s...-011

.1.1th a ticket :0:11 mayl)( .v ou won 't
eau~c a wnt:k and c1st ~oml'lmd\'
tl:>-C' his o r hf'r lift.'

You rtall~ hr1..>~1k Ill~ heart telling

me you don 1 have time to ~o to
<.:Ourt about that ticket. l wish vou
cou Id tome with nw to the !i'Cl'TI(. of
a w reck sometime. I wi~h I could
make ,ou stanrl and wittch a man
writhe. in the ~raH.-1 on thl ::-;houldtr
of a high,, a ~ whih lw wait ~ for an
ambulance that will i:et thrrr too
late to do anythm~ hu1 t"fHn h1111
to the morg11f'.
I wish I could make you help
scrape t tw bit!" of horw and flesh of
a wholl' family off the a:-.phalt and
into ba::-;ket!". Y cn1 'd ,011111 -ju~t hke
m~ troo ptno. <lo. hut ~ou'd think
diffennth tht nl'~t timt vou
c limhcd in.111 thal ntr of\'our~ . .
Y ou sal d \ou \H'H' dr1,ini.:. !"aft.h
wh en ttw t roopn :-:top ;wd ~-1111 . Tl;l.
road was cl lar :ind thtfl wa~ 110
h arm in ed~1n~ ovn thl' "Petd limit
a few mi les plr hou r -,ou s 1id. 1'm
real ly im pn:-.~td wJth .vo11r ahilit.'
to judgl road r 111uli1 inns_ 1'111 0111\
sorr~ a troopcr wa:-:11"1 at that p lan
a few month!" a;.:o wtwn a man with
;i wife <illll four c:hil<lrl'll h a d a blow out at o\'er RO mph. I h: m1~ht h:l\l
s low ed h im d11wn: and h i..., hi ld nn
would !-ltill h:1n " fotlwr and his
wifo a h u~hilnd

Oh. om I Kett.in~ .''OU 111;1d Hga i11 '!

That man might have lilen ma<I if
the t rooc r h ad ~topped hirn I Jt.
might have wr il ll'I\ tn(' a llI ftr. l\ 111
he'd he a l i\'e! Your l1ttt-r d o<'~111
b o ther m e. frien d. \\'h at hot ht.r::o; rne
is that _\'O U appannl h h;n 111 I
learnld .vour ll')O~on You'n pn1lia
bl.' g:oing tu ~tt li.:11k tlt'h111d th
wh eel o f .v our lo.1 r 1h111ki11J.! \OU own
th c> road and not Inn~ c: an h:1pp t11 ti,
\' OU. You don'1
think about tlw
Ot her peop le on tht. rond 'IAh~1 \\.int
to go on Jj,ing
And who j.W\"t \'Otlr kul dri\'ing
lessons? You '! Tht.n lw's probaht:
go tte n a touple ot tu:kl'I!", too. It s
n o wonder he w1an':" 111 and out of
traffic . s peed~ and lta\"t.':" ~trip:-; of
burnl'd rubber at ~top 111.!ht:-> I hop l'
we ('atch him. too. mistl'T. hdon \\' f
ha\' to l~al l \'OU and \'our "1 ft to
c.:um e 1den1if,: Im: ho<h: at thl' mor
gue. I don'l want 1;1 watch ~ou
cr ying and wishm!! \'Oll hadn '"1 IN
him ha,e a ca r unti l h(' lc-arr1ed l'>
d ri"e matureh.
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while t rying 1 0 pa ~$ h''r. I \\'iHll you
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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XI II, No . 2

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

$86 3,000 " PAYOlIT" TO WAYNESBORO

EMPLOYEES

December 15 , 1971

ROSE NAMED FOREMAN

Mr . C. I I. Lee, Manager- Indus trial and Power

"This year ' s earliest-ever payout of secu- Regul ati on, announced recently the appointment
ri t j es and cash under GE savings pl ans came
of James T. Rose as a Foreman
as a result of much planning and hard work and
in the Drives & Device
QTeat cooper ation bet ween Employee Savings
Operati on.
Operation and Personnel Accounting groups al l
over t he count ry ," H. A. Goodwin said this week .
Jim joined the Gener al
Electric Comnany in 1967 in
Mr . Goodwin, manager of the Company's
the Maint enance section and
Employee Savings Operation, l ocated in S~~nec
shortly thereafter became a
tady , 1.,ras referring to the January 11 ma1lrng
member of the Apprentice
date fo r the allilual "payout" of the General
Training Program. I-le is a
Electric Savings and Security Program and the
graduate of Central Augus t a
Savings and St ock Bonus Plan.
High School , where he was
val edictorian of his graduatin
Ile said that this year's delivery of secu- c lass in 1966. Jim also attended Virginia
A ities was the firs t to come in the month of _
State Col lege in Pe tersburg prior to his employ.....__ muary , and that it was nearly a month earlier ment with General Electric .
than any previous payout. "We knew that many
employees have special needs for an early-as Upon gr aduating from the Appr entice
possible payout because of educational _exTraining Program recently, Jim worked as a
penses or other fami l y or personal requ1remen~s . Planner in ~ lanuf acturing Engineering for the
The earl ier delivery dat e r epresents the culmi - Dri ves & Devices Operation prior to his
nation of four years of plalliling and work aimed recent appointment .
at moving up the payout date ," Mr . Goodwin sai d .
J i m is an active Deacon i n th e Oak Grove
Locally , Leo Huntl ey , Personnel Accounting Baptist C1rnr ch. He makes hi s home a t Route .
Cl e r k, played a key r ol e in providing the re1 , lfaynesboro , wi t h his wife Martha and thei r
quired information to Schenect ady on Waynesbor o one child .
employees , who are sharing in the big "payout"
t his week.
FEBRU1\RY 10 NEXT 13LOOD\!013ILE VISIT
There is a "payout" every year as holding
Employees , mark Feb ruary 10 on your cal en periods under the Savings and Security Program
dar as the mos t important date in your life
and Stock Bonus Plan end. Under S&SP employees thi s year. This i s the date of the next
leave their i nvestments in trust for a speciBloodmobile visit to ~1e plant and a date on
fied t hree -year holding period, and under ~t?ck which each of vou wi ll have t he opportuni t y to
Bonus savings are left in trust for ~ ~pec1fied save a li fe . The life saved could very we ll be
five-year holding period. S&SP part1c1pants
a member of your fami l y , a friend , a s tra nger,
recei ve a 50% Company matching payment and SB
or a Vi e t Nam se rvice man . What a r ewarding
member s get a 15% s tock bonus on their savings . feelin a this would be to know that the pint of
b
blood you donat ed on Feb. 10 helped s ave a
_,,-....
"To achiev'.:'! the early payout, Personnel
per son ' s life .
,.,.ccounting emp l oyees in a ll Departmer ts had t o
furnish a grea t amount of essential data to
Tiiis oppo rtunity will be presented to you
Employee Savings Operation as early as possible ,1 'shortly when you will be asked to s ign-up to
Mr. Goodwin said .
give blood on Feb ruary 10. Don ' t le t this
great opportunity pass you by .
(continued on Page Two)

E..l\RLY PAYOUf .. .. ...... .. Lcom:1nuect trom 1-'age une}'

BAKEL NAMED TO ADVANCED SYSTEMS
PRODUCTS OPERATION

"They also had to make sure employees returned payout authorization forms to provide
needed infonnation on registration of stock,
Joseph Bakel , an 11-year employee of the
Fund Units and U. S. Savings Bonds. Systen~
General Electric Company,
has been named Manager of
and Progranuning persormel of Treasury Operat.
Product Engineering for the had to develop computer programs needed to
process the data required to get the proper
Advanced Sys terns Products
securities to the proper part icipants in the
Operation of U1e Gener al
Electric Company ' s Manufac- payout . Each kind of security--stock, fund
uni ts, bonds and cash- - goes to individuals in
turing Automation Products
separate envelopes," Mr . Goodwin also s tated.
Department located in
Waynesboro. The announcement was made this week by
Mr. Goodwin added that GE worked close l y
Darrin B. Sdmeider, Manager with the Regional Disbursing Center of the
of the Advanced Systems
U. S. Treasury in Philadelphia to achieve
Products Operation.
U1e mailing of Savings Boncls by January 11 .
Bake l joined General Electric in 1959 as
a product engineer after a 4- year period with
the Bendix Aviation Corporation. In subsequent
years he held positions with Gener al El ectric
as lead engineer, project engineer, Manager of
Adaptive Control Development Operati on and most
recently , Manager of CormnanDir Hardware Project.
Bakel i s a 1955 graduate of Bradley Univers ity where he was awarded a BSME degree. He is
a member of the Soci et y of Automotive Engineers.
Bakel, his wife and three children reside in
Featherstone Mannor in Lyndhurst.

111e payout consists of a record $126

million in securiti P.s and cash going to a
total of 172, 400 participants in the t1~0
savings plans during the years for whi ch holding
periods ended on December 31, 19 70. ~Ir.
Huntley stated that 1360 Waynesboro General
Electric employees received a grand total of
$863,000 in Bonds, Fund Units and GE s tock.
ALLB\J A. GUTENKUNST RLTI RES

Allen A. Gutekunst, Supervis or of the

Manufacturing
Material s and Processes Lab,
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retired on Decenber 31
Ann Arthur, Cafeteria Cashier, and Ellen Towler,
after
11 years of service
Relays, wi sh to express u1eir sincere appreciawith
U1e
Company.
tion to the many cafeteria friends and General
Electric employees for their kindnes s during
Al is a native of
their re cent bereavement.
Michigan
and a graduate of
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Mid1igan State Un ive r s ity with
BABER COMPLETES APPRENTI CE TRAINING
a degree in Chemical Engineering. After graduat i on, he
worked for 12 years in various
divisions of General Motors
as plating supervisor and in
chemical analysis work.
During World War II he worked i n the pilot
plant for the Manhattan Project which developed
the atom bomb and usher ed in the atomic age.
When this project was successfully completed rn
1946, he joined the Easy Washer Company for
several years. Later, he worked in a supervisory capacity for both Electric Autolite and
Smith-Corona before joining the Specialty Contra:
Department in Waynesboro in 1959 .
Al has been an active member of the Ame.. '-A. Baher has re cently corrrplet ed t he
Societ y for Metals, Elec troplating Society ,
requiremen ts fo r graduation f rom the Genera. l
Society of Lubrication Engineers and Society
Electric Apprentice Trai ni ng Program. He is
of Testing Materials . He and his wife Irene
r es ide at 2150 Cortland Stre~t where they take
shown re ceiving his Certi ficate of Apprenticeshi p f r om D. L. Coughtry, Manager-- Ma:r.:uf'oc tuY'ing ~n active interest in gardening.
and Paul Warr en, Supervisor -Apprentice Program.
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