linton ge open house oct 4 1956
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GE Open house scrap book. Book 1.TRANSCRIPT
Ir DEVElOPlrG OUR 0 E OUSE PlA S E DIRECTED
OUR EFFORT TO ARD THREE AI 0 JECTIVES -_ 1. TO EXT~ 0 A AR FRIE DlY HA 0 TO OUR E. PlOYEES
A 0 OUR C01 U ITY EIGn ORS . 2. TO GIVE OUR E PLOYEES A 0 CO U ITY EIG ORS
I .CREA " ED U OERSTA 01 GAD DEEPER APPREC"IATIO OF US A 0 OUR 0 ERATIO S.
3. TO CREATE A EVE EAlT~IER ORKI G ell ATE AT THE PLANT A 0 IN THE CO nU.J.lTY.
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Vol. II LINTON, INDIANA, OCTOBER 19, 1956 NO. 16
GE Club to Elect October 25 -- -" ~--- --" ------'-----'-....... - '~--r Bryan and Ring to
Vie For Presidency Final arr·angements for the annual election of G.E. Club
Officers to be held Thursday, October 25 have been completed. Nominating committee chairman, Henry Mitchell re
I ports that the slate of candidates has been posted on the bulletin boards and the ballots are prep·ared and ready for next Thursday.
J. H. Flickinger, Linton Plant Manager, and L . W . Kuttner, GPM Manager of Manufacturing, extend their personal welcome along with the sign that greeted Open House visitors.
Plant "Open House" Attended By 5,500
Traffic was jammed and visitors moved into the plant four and five ·abreast at a snail's pace on the evening of Open House. In all, over 5,500 guests came to see us and our plant.
Notable among the many visitors-besides Ronald Reagan -were Mayor P. H. (Pat) O'Hern, Senator Homer Capehart, and Congressional candidate Vernon Hill. General Electric Officials present included: L. W. Kuttner, GPM Manager of Manufacturing; Charles Slater, Manager of Employees Relations, and Gene Henry, Manag,er of Finance.
The oldest visitor to travel the route was .92 year old Al Baughman. with cane in hand he paced off the plant and enjoyed every minute of it.
The morning session saw the arrival of a steady flow of school busses bringing young visitors to the Open House. It is estimated that nearly 500 students made the morning round.
The comments of employees indicate that showing their families through the plant was something that they had looked forward to and really enjoyed.
Mendell Padgett: "My dad had never been inside a factory
before and he was surprised to see that building small motors was such a big job."
John Murray: "My mother was interested and amazed at what she saw. My brother Jim said he didn't realize that there were so many parts in a motor. A friend of mine who repairs motors said he would really like to have one of our winding ma-chines."
Many employees also got a new appreciation of our whole operation. Julia Brown commented that she "had a pretty good idea of many different op-
The officers to be elected for the 1956-57 year are: President, Vice-President, Secretary, and two Directors. One of the director's terms will be f.or one year (filling the unexpired term of Dale Jacobs) and the other will be for the regular three year term.
Candidates are: President:
Wilbert Bryan Harley Ring
Vice President: Lillie Hay Betty Powell
Secretary: Mildred Butler Bonnie Herndon
One Year Director: Julia Brown Ethel Johnson Oran Reed
Three Year Director : Bill Burris Max Tryon
Ballots are to be distributed by the foreman and supervisors to each employee during his regular shift on October 25. All ·employees are eligible to vote. The ballot box will be placed at the tool crib for the convenience of the voters. Office employees will cast their ballots in a box which
erations, bnt didn't realize before how everything fit together."
"They're still talking about it" was a frequently heard comment that shows it really was the big day that we had all worked and planned for it to Ibe.
On pages 2 and 3 you will find the highliihts of the day's activities as recorded by the camera of Rex Mericle, Fort Wayne Works Photographer.
will be located near the office time clock. All ballots must be cast on October 25.
Henry Mitchell, speaking for members of his nominating committee, urged all employees to support their favorite candidates in the election and throughout their term of office.
Members of the nominating committee are:
Henry Mitchell-Chairman Julia Brown Bill Burris Al Hebb Bonnie Herndon Ethel Johnson Edith Martindale Max Tryon
Reminder The Insurance Certifi
cate which you received today and your InsuranCe Plan booklet are valuable to you and should be kept in a safe place known to you and your beneficiary.
This certificate is evidence that you are insured under the General Electric Insurance Plan, and, equally important, it must be presented here at the plant whenever you desire to make a change of beneficiary.
Be sure to read carefully the information on the back, side of youX'" certificate.
OUR DISPLAY OF pnODUCTS CREATED A GREAT DEAL -OF INTEREST A 01 G OUR VISITORS A D THEY ASKED ANY QUESTIO SAD RECEIVED CAREFUL EXPLA ATIO S •
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A ONG OUR GUESTS ERE OVER 500 HIGH SCHOOL STUDE TS
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THE BAND OF THL LINTON-STOCKTON SCHOOLS IS mmER THE DIRECTION OF MR. HILLID1 PIRToLE.
THE BOY'S AND GIRL'S GL8E CLUBS ARE DIRECTED BY MRS. HAZEL KEISO.
THIS "FESTIVAL OF MUSICrr IS SPONSORED BY THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, LINTON PIJJ'IT.
CHOnAL Pi10GRAN
LINTON HIGH SCHOOL SONG Nixed Chorus
PRAISE Y~ THE FATHER - Gounod STOUTHE.ARTED IvlEN - Romberg
Boys Glee Club
GRi:.E;N EYE;!) DRAGON Vocal solo by Ronnie Wakefield
LOST CHORD - Sullivan CLOUDS - Pohlman - Fryfogle THE LITTLE HORM - Sachs - Riegger
Girls Glee Club
SOURi-iOOD lVIOUillTAIN - American Mountain Song I STOOD ON TEE RIBB1R 'OB .rLRDON - Bur leigh BORN TO BE FREE - Williams
Mixed Chorus (accompanists - Sheila Hadley-Chris Bailey)
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS
BAND PROGRAH
ILLINOIS LOYALTY STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER (IvIarch) - Sousa INDEPErIDENTIA (March) - Hall
HAPPY WHISTLER (Novelty) - Robertson BUGLER'S HOLIDAY - Trumpet Trio
(Thatcher Gaither-Jim Church-Joe Spinks) accompanied by Sheila Hadley
EL CAPITAN (March) - Sousa , HASHINGTON POST (March) - Sousa
WAYllARH HINDS (Popular) - Newman
mIDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE (March) - Wagoner STAn. SPANGLED BANI-rill - Smi t.h