WAYNESBORO PLANT

GENERAL @ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

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accou n tant , prod1 1c ti r111 r: .:t1.:1~cr ;l!1J assis tant
factory supe ri11te nJu1t 'i:: :1'.;<.. 21. Jn l ~ l ~ h e
became a ss i s t a nt \',e1lt:r: i! .-;1per i n t encle:n t o r
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and \:ch Kens ing t on , Pc1111a .
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respons 1bll 1t1cs fur :111 c11:rpa11,. Jcpa r tr.1c nts .
On .J':: nuary . 1, l'J.10 h1.. stH.cu.~Jcd l;crarJ Shoic
a s CE pres 1Jc nt . lie l1cc.a1:1l the fou rth o r es , Jc
and chief e xccu t i \e of"Cic<.: r of the comp~n: .
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WI1HHOLDING TAX .. .. .. .. . . . (continued from P. 1)

bands work and those claiming large amounts
of i temize<l decillcti ons, \vi ll find the ne1v
h' i thholding tables take t oo deep a bite .
The \vi thholding increase is so large , in
fact , that i n mam cases it will more than
offs et the tax reduc tions that Congress voted
last month in the fonn
of higher personal
exemptions and an increased standard deduction .
New Employee Wi thhol<ling E..xemption

Certi f icates (W-4) ivi.ll be furnished to e ach

employee next week. lnstructions are provi<lecl
with the new form . Br completi ng this form
an employee 1vi ll be able to a<ljust his year
long h'i thholding to an amount roughly equiva1ent to hi s actual tax liability. Those
employees who <lo not complete the new fonn
h'i 11 have deductions made on the number of
exemptions claimed last year .

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WILSON ...... {continued from P. 1)
For 212 years Wils on senred as a vigorous
and imaginative pres ident . 111en, in Sept .
1942 , h'ith the United St ates st ruggling t o
increase production of war materia l , Wilson
res i gn ed all private business connections and
1vent to Washington at the reques t of Pres i dent
Roosevelt to become vice chainnan of the War
Produc tion Board. In 1943 \\'ilson was given
full authority over all war production . Under
his <lirection the aircraft, ship building
and munition programs boomed .

He res umed his work a s GE presi dent in

19 44 and continued to head the rapidly growin g
company Lmtil December 1950 , when President
Tn.nnan again called him into government servvicc a s chainnan of the Defense Mobilization
Board for the Korean \\far . He returned to GE
bri e flv i n 1952 and t hen l eft to become
associ~ted with W. R. Grace &Co . At the
time of hi s second "ret i r ement" in 1956 he
had advanced to Grace ' s board chainnan .
\Vi ls on was a l eader in civi l rights efforts . In 1946 he was appointed chainnan of
the Civi l Rights Corrnni ttee whose members
s tu<lied and r ecorrnnended ne\\' civil rights
legi.s l a tion to protect "all parts of our
population . "

$200 rnLLION: ESTIMl\.TED GE PAY,\ lfNT TO EMPLOYEE

RI:TIREMENT INCOME I N 1971
\\l1iJ.e complete data is not yet available,
i t is estirnated that General Uectric will
have paid more than $200 mi llion toward
empl o~e e retirement income during 1971, according to E. Sidney \vi llis , manager of
employee benefits for the Company .
Ile said that company payments in 19 71
Social Security taxes may total more than
$120 million . This is ai1 estimated incr ease
of about $18 million over 1970 payments and
$86 mi ll ion more than those of 1961- -an
increase of 250% in 10 years .
Company payment into the GE Pension Trust
is also expected to be much larger for 1971
than for 1970, when the contribution was
$6 7 million . The combined increases in Social
Security and Pension Trust payments s hould then
bring the company 's 1971 contributions to
employee retirement income to more than
$200 million , ~~ . Willis said .
Social Security operates on a pay-as -yougo basis , ~Ir . \\lillis ex-plained . Thus , current
payments ~ . Cl the Social Security f W1cl can
be used t o pay current soc i a l security
r etirement and medical benefits . Future taxpayers 1vill take care of future benefits .
On the e ther hand, it is not sow1d ,
from the retiree ' s vi~w or the company ' s
for a company to finance its private pens ion
plan on a pay -as-you -go bas is . TI1Us, General
El ectri c bui lds up a f und - -the GE Pe ns ion
Trust- -so that the pens i ons of both current
and future retirees will be available, no
matter 1vhat the circumstances .
Mr . Willis also noted that the present
Social Security t axable 1Vage base--now on
the first $7800 of annual earnings- -will
increase in 1972 to the firs t $9000 of
annual earnings . TI1is will inc rease the
maximum poss i bl e t ax per employee from
$405 . 60 t o $468 . General Electric , o f course ,
will match each employee ' s tax. Thus GE,
in 1972, will pay even more toward employee
retirement income than it did in 19 71.

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Netha and I wish to ex press our thanks

"Ele ctric Charlie" ma intained his strong and appr eciation to the peop le who had a part
iYl my r etirement party . It was an occasion
interest in Gene ral Electri.c and GE people.
Often in recent years he visited GE plants and we shall always remember.
attended gatheri ngs of GE employees.
Ea::ole Mc Dowell

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Vo lume XIV , No. 2

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

Ja nuary 14, 1972

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IRS SUGGESTIONS FOR FILLI NG OUT

NEW TAX FORM

1
RECOR D $1 . 1 MILLI ON BEING DELI VERED IN
JP!GS
PLAN PAY OUT TO WAYNESBORO GE EMP LOfE t.
1

A record "payout" of securities ca me

this month as General El ectric savings ~ l a ~ s
The Interna l Revenue Service has passed
made t heir ann ual "payou t ." The Sl.l mi llion
alon g these general suggestions .for filli~g
worth of securi ti es Waynesboro GE e m pl?ye~ s
out ~he new Employee's Withholding Exemption
recei ved t his week ~ s pa rt of the m u l ti- m i ~-.
Ce rtificate which was distributed to all
lion
do ll ar "r ayou t " to about 1 8 1, ~00 par~ici
emp 1oyees this \veek.
pan ts i n GE savi ngs plans for ho ldina periods
en~ e d De cember 31, 1971.
The t ota l.
The new Employee ' s \~ithhold i ng Exemption which
market value of the secu r iti es de li vered i n
Certificate (W-4) enables the taxpayer to
the "payou t "--in c lu din~ U. S. Savi nq s B?nds,
adj ust hi s year-lonq withhold in g to an_am?u~t GE Stock Shares Fund Un i ts an d cas h--1 s mo re
rough l y equivalent to hi s actu~ l ta x liab i lity . than $166 rriilli~n, th e l arqes t "deli very" in
The form includes a tab 1e showin g ho..,1 many
t he hi s t ory of GE savi nas pl ans.
"allowances" the ta xpayer shou ld claim at
$750 to i nsure that he is meet in g his tax
The $166 mill ion in vol ve d cons ists of
ob l i ga tions throughout the year, but not
$60.9 milli on i n Gene ral El ect ric stock, $65.8
overpaying al ong the way.
mi lli on mat urity val ue in U.S. Sav i ngs B o n d~,
$38.0 million in S&S Program Mutual Fund Units,
A new wrinkle for 1972 i s a "special
and $1. 6 mill ion in cash . Locally,_the payout
withho l dina allowance " (worth $750) for onewas $349,000 of GE stock, $516,000 in U.S.
job i ndividuals and families. "Thi s allowBonds, $251 ,000 in S&S Mutu al Funds and
ance may not be claimed by either husband or
$26,000 in cash.
wife when both are employed , or by any empl oyee v1ho has tv10 or more concurrent jobs, "
according to the IRS.
The prime reason for makinq these changes
in allOY1ances v1as to eli minate the major
causes of underwithh oldin g experienced by
many taxpayers in 1971.
Empl oyees are advised.to fill out ~he
new 1vithholding form as swiftly as poss i bl e
and return it to Personnel Accounti ng. Otherwise, the i r former withholding schedu l e wil l
be used to determin e this year ' s deductions.
The emp l oyee should: " l) Clai m all of
the withho l ding exemptions to which he is
entitled for himself, spouse, dependents, etc .
Employees who formerly underclaimed e~emptions
in order to coun terbalance the underwithholding in the withholding system will probabl y
find that this i s no l onger necessary or
desirable . 2) Clai m the new "special with holding a llowance" if single and he does not
earn more than $25,000; or if marri ed, his
(continued on Page 2)

Ci lbert !'ul len, Machine Shop, had this to say

about the Savings ar.d Security Dlan : "I ' ve
oarticiriated in the S&S Plan e1.:e:t> s ~nce T 've
been w{th the Corrrpar.1.1 . It hc.s been c li ,~esaver
in Dr>ovidi ng an educ; ti on ."'or ryy chi ld:t>en .
A l s'a, another real goorl _reatv.r>e o.-~ the plan is
t ha t you can wi thdr>C{);) your> savings for educati onal pur>poses 1.Jitl:out forfeiting the Ccmpany 's
part . "

(co ntinued on Page 2)

NEW TAX FORM.. . ...... . . (continued from P. )

spouse does not work and he has only one j ob
from wh ich he earns not more than $31,000.
(3) Clai n t he "additional wi t hholding all owances" shown in the table on the back of
the withholding exemptions certificate (Form
W-4) if his itemi ze d deductions are s ub stantiall y l arger than the standard deducti on."
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BUS INESS NEWS
EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO- -Genera l El ectric Company sa id its housewares bus i ness division is
di scontinui ng production of floor care products and will cl ose its vac uum cleane r
pla nt by Apri l 1.
By doin g so , the Company sai d, i t is
going out of the vacu um cl eaner business.
plant cl osing will affect 500 employees.

The

A GE official said the plant had been

"faced with a critical business situation. "
He ad ded , "af ter a l ong and ser i ous re view ,
we have reluctantly concluded that we see no
alternative but to halt all current production
and go out of t he va cuum cl eaner business."
S&S (conti nued *****"lr.****trt**
from Page I J
Di stri bution of the payout began Jan. 10
and went to participants in t he S&S Pl an
during 1968 and to the Sav in gs & Stock Bonus
Pl an parti cipants of 1966 . The total i nvolved cons is t s of mil l i ons OT dol l ars in GE
contribu tions to these pl ans, as well as the
millio ns of do ll ars part ici pants invested .

"The S&S Pla:ti hes priovided me an eas y sys tematic way to save . My mai n purpose for> saving
thr>ough t he plan i s in case of emerigencies ,
such ~s a long extended illness . Also, I
riecogniz e the good rietur>n on my money , especially
when GE contY'ibutes . Wherie else could you get
50 on everiy dolla r> saved for> friee ! " was
Lois Gr>aham 's corrment r>egar>ding the S&S Pla:ti .

Mariy Bald;.,;in College students Julie Russell

(left) , wife of employee Pat Russell, a:ad
Marcia McDonald di scuss their> schedule fo r>
their> visi ts duY'ing this past as part of
their> career> awareness priogram .

MARY BAL DWIN S TUDENTS

LOOK US OV ER
Tw o young Ladies fr om M a ry B a l dwin
C o llege h ave bee n spending t hi s v.: ee k with
us as pa rt o f their career a w a ren ess p r o g ram . The s t udent s , M a r c ia McDona ld
a nd J u l ie Russell, have bee n given an
o rientation in th e variou s fu ncti o n s o f th e
plant fr om the i nitial deve l opment o f a
ne w produc t t o its s hi pmen t o ut the door
t o a cu stom er . The program i s part of
a coop e r a tiv e a rrangern e nt b e tw ee n M a ry
Ba l dwin C o llege a n d a r ea e mpl oye r s to
acquain t college s tud en t s with the "wo rld
o f \vork" into which many w ill s h or tly be
ent e ring .
In r e vi ew ing th e i r expe ri e nc es i n the
plant thu s far, t h e stude nt s indicated th e ir
b ig ge s t impre ss i on was th e en thusiasm of
t h e peop l e th e y talked with abou t th e ir job s
and th ei r co m pany . "P eopl e r e ally like
th eir j o b s ," th e y said, "a nd seeme d a nx ious
t o want t o help us unders t a nd what they do,"
Mrs . Ru sse ll sa id . Wha t s tr uck Mi ss
McDonald was th e great emph asis on
quality . "I had n o id ea you did so much
in sp ectin g a nd testing , " s h e ind ic a ted .
The s t uden t s were a l so imp r essed by the
fr ankn ess o f employ ees in answeri n g
questions . Al so , r e ga rdin g c usto mer s ,
"e ve ryb o d y wants to n1 eet the cus t om e r ' s
n ee d s" i s th e w a y th e s tud e nt s ex p re ss,c1 i t .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Volume XIV, No. 3

WAYN ESBORO, VIRGIN I A

COMPANY ASKS PAY BOARD TO APPROVE RETROACTIVE

COST- OF-LI VING PAY INCREASES FOR HOURLY AND
NONEXEMPT EMP LOY EES
General Electri c has formally asked the
Federal Pay Board in Wash i ngton for permission
to put last fall ' s cost-of- living pay in crease
into effect on its originally s cheduled starting date of October 25. Th i s action was taken
immediately upon learning that the Pay Board
would generally grant retroacti ve raises that
di d not exceed 7 percent.
The Pay Board said i t wi ll act upon s uch
req uests within 14 days. If approval is
obtained by GE, this wi 11 mean some back pay
for this plant's hourly and nonexempt salaried
employees .
Because of governme nt restri cti ons during
t he earli er wage/price freeze , the Company
was not ab l e to begin paying the 8 per hou r
i ncrease ($3.20 per week in the case of non exempt sa l ari ed employees) until November 14 ,
the day after the freeze ended . Now , the Pay
Board has l ifted- -wi th i n ce r tain limi tations-the ban of the payment of increases that were
scheduled for the freeze period and is permitt i ng retroactive payments. However , large
compan i es l ike Genera l Ele ctri c, must pre not i fy t he Pay Board of i ts i nt ent an d seek
approva l , before back payme nts can be made .
Edward H. Beekman , Co rporate Manager of
Employee Compensation at GE ' s New York City
he adqua r ters , sai d he was pleased that the Pay
Boa rd' s act i on appa rent ly makes i t possib l e for
th e Company to meet its fu ll commi tment to empl oyees i n rega rd to promised pay i ncreases
for 197 1 .
"Based on the Pay Board ' s public statements," he added, "i t seems quite likely that
we ' 11 receive the necessary approval to make
the retroactive payments."

January 21, 1972

"GE BEST BUY PROGRAM "

A massive program aimed at helping to get
the economy rolling again has been launched by
the General Electric Company.
The Company-wi de effort, ca 11 ed the "GE
Best Buy" Program "is designed to provide customers with products and services that represent
the best buy we can possibly offer in tenns of
qua li ty, service and v~1 lue," acco rdin g to Fred
J. Berch, GE's Board Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer.
Mr. Barch said that "to realize our nation's
in 1972, and to get our economy rollin g
agu1n wil l take t he dedicated efforts of al l
of us. The U. S. ' producti vity gap ' i s a
critica l cha ll enge an d surely an improvement
in this sector wil l help keep America competi t i ve . The "GE Best Buy" program is the
Company's answer to that challenge," he said .
pot~nti~ l

We fee l that taking the initiative with a

positive, results-oriented program is in keepin g
wi th our leadership tradition and better than
a 'wait -and -see ' approach , " he sai d. "We
rea l ize from experi ence t hat programs s uch as
"GE Best Buy " can contri bute to the mome nt um
needed for an economic upturn."
In addit ~ on to improving productivi ty and
he l ping to sti mulate an economi c recovery, the
prog r am wil l have as i ts objectives buildi ng
sa l es and jobs and bri ng i ng customers what
they recognize as extra value.

"Admi tting a certai n amount of enl i ghtened

self- interest," Mr . Barch conti nued, "whenever
profitable sales (and therefore jobs also)
become scarce, they gravi tate towards those
companies that are able to provide customers
~1ith
the best buy in terms of quality, se rvi ce,
Beekman pointed out that most affected employees will have about three weeks of cost-of- and all the other ingredients of va~ue as
seen from the customer ' s viewpoi nt . "
l i vi ng pay adjustments comin g to them.
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RETROACTIVE PAY ..... (CONTINUED FROM PAGE l )

BEST BUY .. . ........ (CONTIN UE D FROM PAGE l )
The period covered by the retroactive pay
wou ld be from October 25 through Noverrber 13.

The "Best Buy" program wi 11 be conducted

throughout 1972 along the lines of previous
H. W. Tulloch, the Waynesboro Pl ant ' s
successful Genera l Electric programs ai med
Re lations Mana ger , said that in anti cipation
at sti mulating the economy by increasing
of a favorable decision fro m the Pay Board on
sales and jobs (Operation Upturn in 1958 ,
the Company:s req uest, the Payrol l peop l e are
Accent on Va lue in 1962-63, and Go For
already at work makin g the many i ndividual com- Improvement in 1967.)
putations on this retroactive pay so t hat i t
can be i nc luded in paychecks as soon as posThe program will provide an umbre ll a wi der
which each Department will make an extra effort
sibl e after the approval is obtained .
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to do whatever is necessa ry to make (or keep)
GE products and services the best buy for
NEW PLATIN G ROOM SAFETY RULES ANN OUNCED
custome rs in today ' s world, Mr . Bo rch pointed
out. Each Departme nt wi ll set its . own oriori ties
i n keeping with its most i mmedi ate needs and
oppor tunities .
A representative from each of the Company ' s
operating components he ard detai l s of the
program at a kickoff meeting in r~ew York tod ay .
Pl ans vJi ll now be developed at each location
ai med at eventually involving some 400,000
GE employees worldwide in mak ing the "Best
Buy" program work in ways that are appropri ate
for each department.
*************
FEBRUARY 9--NE XT BLOODMOB ILE VISIT
Car>l H":fde , Plating Room For>eman, 7'. s ,;hown
pointi>ig out to Bob Wi U iams, Plat;ina Room
Sa ~e ty Repr>e s ent ative cher.;ica l haz a r>d signs
1e cently i nstal l ed in t he Plating Room.

Carl Hyde , Foreman in the Pl atin g Room,

anno unced today tha t effective i mmediately new
Platin g Room sa fety rul es wi ll be fol l owed:
T\'10 of t he new ru l es concerning the admittance of employees and/o r vi sitors to t he
Plati ng Room. No one wi l l be permitted beyond
the ma i n through aisles exce pt Platin g Room
personnel unle ss specifi ca ll y authorize d by
the Plating Room Fo reman. Employees permanently authorized to f ree access i n the Plating
Room are al l Pl ating Room personnel, Metal
Pa r ts Manufacturing Engineer, Ma teri al s and
Processes Lab personne l , members of the Plan t
Safety Committee, and Ma in tenance personne l .
The new sa fety precautions are being taken
to mini mize 'tfir~ '.'.!0SSibilit_v of se rious injury
because of the potentially dangerous chemi ca l s
t ha t are use d in the Pl ati ng Room Operati ons .
The other new safety ru les have been reviewed
in det ail with the Plating Room personne l.

The next re gular Bloodmob il e visi t to our

plant is sch edul ed for Wednesday , February 9 .
Blood donor si gn- up cards ha ve been distributed
to all employees .
Bill Perry, Pl ant Blood Donor Coordinator,
asks emp loyees 1-1hen contacted by an area Blood
Donor Chairman to seriously consider donating
bl ood in February. The blood is ne eded . DO
NOT HESITATE --GIV E A PINT .
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1972 HO LIDAY AND VACATION SCHEDUL E
The 1972 holiday schedul e i s as fol l ows :
Good Friday
Memo rial Day
Independence Day
Labo r Day
Thanks giving Day
Extra Day
Christmas Day
Extra Day

Fri day, Ma rch 31, 19 72

Monday, May 29 , 19 72
Tuesday , J uly 4, 1972
Monday , Septembe r 4, 1972
Thursday, November 23
Fri day , November 24, 1972
Monday, December 25 , 1972
Tuesday, Decembe r 26.

The pl ant shutdown for vacation will be

f rom Monday , J ul y 3, through Monday, Ju ly 17 . .....-...
The first day back to work after the vacation
shutdown will be Tuesday, Ju ly 18.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Vo l ume XIV , No. 4

January 28, 1972

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

J. F. PONZILLO COMPLETES 30 YEARS SERVICE

WESTERN UNION DATA SERVICES BUYS GE 1 S

TERMINET*300 PRINTER
Western Un ion Data Services Company has
announced they have sel ected the Waynesb oroma~ Termi Net*300 Pri nter for market ing to
their data communi cati on customers . Mr .
Zakar V. Zakarian , president of the Weste r n
Union Company subs i di ary , said, "After extensive testin g of terminals in th is speed
range ( 30 cha racters per second) we have
chosen the GE Te rmiNet*300 Printer as the
most reliable and adaptable terminal of its
kind. We plan to l ease the bas i c dev ice
includin g mai ntenance support for as l ittle
as $125 a month .
11

Joseph F. Ponzi Ho {left) , General Manaaer of

the Manufacturing Automation Product s Depart Western Un~on Data Services Compa ny
ment, accepts his thirty -year pin from Mr.
announced the 1'newest way to reduce ti me -shari ng
Howard D. Kurt, Vice President and Gene ral
costs is by usi ng t he Termi Net*300 Prin te r"
Manager of the Mcr11.ufacturing and Pr>ocess
in an adverti sement i n t he New York Ti mes
,.-...Automa~ion Business Division .
Sunday , January 16 , 1972 . A reproduction of

Mr . Joseph F. Ponz i l lo re cent ly completed

th irty ye ars of service 11i t h the Gene ral
Electric Company . A graduate of Alb any
Business Coll ege in New York , Mr. Ponzillo
began hi s career 11i th GE as a shop clerk in
Schenectady in 1941 .

the ad i s on page 4 of the NEWS .

Mr . Harold Stove r, Man ager-Data Communi cation Product Sales , said , "The decis ion by
Western Un ion Data Services is good news .
We have been engaged i n intensive discussions
over the l ast two years concerning our qua lity
standards, reliability and adaptability of
During the followinq years , he held vari - the equipment and the 1ov1 maintenance require me nts . To be selected after such competiti on
ous positions in the manufacturin g and acis a compli ment to all who had any part i n
counting areas . In 1953 he was appointed to
the desi gn and/or manufacture of the Termi Net*
the Planning Study Group which was respons i300 Prin t er. "
bl e for estab l ishing the Special ty Control
Department in Way nes boro. Mr. Ponzi llo was
He conti nued , The first order is not too
named mana ger of manufacturing in 1959 ,
l arge, but the potential for orders of seve ral
Ge ne ral Manager of t he Special ty Control
Departme nt i n 1968 and Genera l Manager of t he different models is very l arge . We must now
make sure in every way that the finished proManufac t uri ng Automa t i on Products Depa rtment
in 1969.
duct meets the qua l ity standards expected ."
11

He i s a member of the Advi sory Board

of Fi rst &Merchants Nat iona Bank, member
of the Board of Directors of Memoria l
Hospital , member of the ~irginia Advisory
Commiss ion on Aviation . He has served on
the Board of Directors of the Waynesboro YMCA ,
~ndustri al Commi ttee of the Chamber of Com,nerce and the Redeve 1opme nt and Housing
Authority.

Wes tern Un i on Data Services pl ans to

offer standard GE options, s uch as Pin Feed
or Fricti on Feed, Horizontal Tabu l ation and
An swerback . Western Union Data Services has
mod ifi ed the external appearance of the stan dard model from desk mounted to pedestal
mounted with some front panel switches under
(continued on Page 3)

SOMETHING STRANGE HAPPENED THE OTHER DAY

WHI LE I WAS AT WORK-------

The Bloodmobile un i t is always trying to

improve their se rvice. Beginni ng with the
February 9 visit , the need for an on- duty doctor
has been eli mi nated . A study has shown very
.--...
few emergencies arise during a 6 ho ur blood
donating period, and i f an emergency does
arise, the unit has registered nurses who are
qualified to handle the emergency .
Won't you sign your Bl ood Donor card now??
The blood you give may be needed by someone
close to you tomorrow.
**********

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ny l on strinq surplussed from the Aircraft
move can be purchased for 35 plus tax from
the Maintenance Office.
We dnesday morning, Janet Wood, an employee in
the DCP Assemb ly area, parted her car in Zone
8 of the parking l ot and went into work as
usu al . Sometime duri ng the day someone came
into t he lot, jacked her car up and removed
all four tires, whee l s, and lugs . Later they
returned the wheels, keeping the tires.

Te ll and Charl ie Hu ghes want to express

their heartfel t thanks to all their friends
who ma de their retirement such a delightful
occasion.

The po li ce have been cal led in to investigate

the situation. Mrs. Wood and local management a re both re viewing the facts to determine if s uffi cient evidence is available to
identi fy the person(s) involved and to file
charges for unauthori zed trespassing on GE
property or tampering wi th Mrs . Wood's car .
***********

TV SERIES ON RET IRE MENT--Rocki ngham National

Bank is sponsoring a TV se ries covering
,.-....
problems, present and future, facing ou r
retired pop ul ation. There will be three half
hour shows beginni ng Sunday , February 20 , 1972 ,
at 6:00 p.m. on WSVA , TV , Channel 3, Ha rrison burg .

BLOOD DONOR SIGN- UP LAGG ING

Bill Perry, Blood Donor Coordinator for
the Plant, exp ressed concern over the small
number of Blood Donor sign-u ps that his
office has received. At press time only about
100 cards had been received .
The Plant's quota is 225 pints. Bill
said in order to meet this quota, 300 sign-ups
are required .
In view of t his , Bi ll Perry is appealing
to those faithful employees who give their
b1ood on a re gular basis to get t hei r cards
turned in if they have not already done so.
Al so , Perry appealed to those employees who
have never given blood to become "First Ti me
Donors" on Wednesday , February 9, 1972 . The
procedure to give bl ood i s simpl e and painless .
It takes approxi mate l y 45 minu tes f rom the time
the donor regi sters to t he time he l eaves the
cantee n after enjoying some refreshments .
(contin ued next column)

Frances Bruno nee ds a ride f rom Staunton

and back for t he 8:00 to 4: 30 shift . Contact
her on Ext . 697 .
*************
STOCK & FUND UNIT PRICES FO R 19 71
Month
January
F e b r ua ry
March
Ap r il
:via y
June
Jul y
August
Septembe r
October
Novembe r

Decembe r

Stock Price
Old
New
$ 96 . 994

l 04 . 645
11 o. 0 43
11 8 . 964
12 0. 4 00

60 .
59 .
57 .
58 .
62 .
6 1.
57.
62 .

625
9 43
673
369
64 9
054
167
65 3

Fund Unit Price

$26. 374
27 . 546
28 . 132
29 . 3 11
2 9 . 665
29 . 69 1
29 . 873
2 9. 455
30 . 3 07
29 . 720
28 . 64 7
3 1. 568

,-..

In an NLRB representation election at

GE's Capacitor Plant in Irmo, South Carolina,
....- -on Fri day, January 14, the IBEW petition to

represent the production and maintenance

employees was rejected 428 to 216.

General Electric's Semiconductor production facility in Buffalo, New York, will be

phased out of business during the latter half
of 1972 as a result of mounting cost pressures.

'f
)10, VIRGINIA

February 4, 1972

PAY BOARD APPROVES RF.TROAITTVTTV

5 YEARS
UNION APPROVES PLAN TO PARE WAGE RISES AT GTEEsther Wi 11
SYLVANIA UNIT--Hourly workers at GTE-Sylvania Galen Heatwole
Judy Burns
Keith
Fee
Inc. 's television plant have approved a plan
Phyllis Kite
Walter
Norvelle
to reduce wage increases in order to keep the
Robert Hotte 1
Worthington
Jenkins
plant in production through September 1974.
John Audi a
Geneva B1air
Frank Cacciapaglia
Gina Driver
The 185-to-147 acceptance vote Friday night
Robert Kerby
Leon Stokes
by menbers of the lnternation Union of
Joan Morris
Electrical Workers, Local 352, followed the
union's rejection of earlier proposals by the
10 YEARS
General Telephone &Electronics Corp. subsidiary and a company announcement that 210
Martha Gibson
John Hostetter
,,.,..-employees would be furloughed.
Janet Wiseman
Gene Grove
The pact provides that hourly workers wi 11
receive a general increase of 15 cents an
hour for 1971, but will be denied an eight15 YEARS
cent cost-of-living raise contained in an
Violet Via
earlier contract.
Martin Buehler
Donald Brown
Joseph Ellinger
Whi tfi el d Bryant
The incentive-pay system will be replaced by an John Hash
additional 20-cent-an-hour increase.
John Via
*********
Tied to the agreement was a guarantee that
color and black and white television assembly WESTERN UNION DATA SERVICES .. (from Page 1)
lines will remain here through Sept. 30, 1974.
the cover. No changes were made in the
The company had said it would transfer the
electronics of the unit.
operations to Smithtown, S.C. if workers
failed to keep their wages com_pet\tive.
Western Union Data Services continues
(Wall Street Journal 12-20-71)
to show interest in other versions and
features, particularly a new 120 charactersper-second model.
GE'S 300TH QUARTERLY DIVIDEND IS PAID--On
*******************
November 19, 1971, the Board of Di rectors
SPEAKING ABOUT PROFIT ..
declared a di vi dencl of 35 per share of common
" ... in a free enterprise system there can
stock, payable on January 25, 1972, to share
be no prosperity without profit. We want a
owners of record as of Decerrber 8, 1971. This nrowina economy, and there can be no growth
_is the 300th dividend paid by General Electric without investment that is inspired and
ince incorporation in 1892 .. GE h_as not
financed by profit. "--John F. Kennedy, President
missed a quarterly payment since 1899.
"Companies without profit mean workers
without jobs. Remen'Der when the boss is in
financial trouble, the worker's job isn't safe. 11
Samuel Gompers, former President-AFL

EDITORIAL ... (continued f rom Page 1)

BLOOD DONOR SIGN-UPS LOOKING BETTER

"In most parts of the United States,

!)eoplc 1vere vi rtua lly without fresh frui t and

gr een vegetables from late ~utUITil1 to late
sprin g . During th i s time they consl.Il11ed
quantities of starches--which few would venture
to absorb today . The result was that innl.Il11erab le Ame ri cans h e re in s luggish health durin g
the months of later winter and earl y spring
1vhen their die t was short of vitamins ."
1

The fact is , electrici t y is not a luxury

but is essential to l i fe and health as we
knrnv and enj oy it .
f cbruary 6- 12 i s Nationa l El ectrical
\l!eek , a good time to reflect on the personal
s take that everyone has in electrici ty and
the continued good per fo rmance of the electrical in<lus try.
As the \\eek proclaims , "Electri city is
for People" - -the peopl e of today and the
people of the future .

************
VO'.'J STLTI1 A. . . ( continued from Page 1)

Some Employees May Not Be Able To Give Blood

Bill Perry, Blood Donor Coor3inator, stated
that 270 employees have si gned up to gi ve
blood Wednesday, February 9. This number is
slightly less than the number that usually
sign up.
If 30 more employees would come th r ouoh
it would, in all probability, assure the
plant of reaching its quota of 225 pints.
Perry also stated that the \.Jaynesboro Red
Cross Blood Ch airman informe d him today that
employees donatin g bl ood Wedne sday will be
asked two new ques t ions when th ey reg i ste r to
give blood. The questions are :
1) Have you been to the dentist within
the past 24 hours?
2)

Have you ever used LS D?

If an affirmative answer i s given to ei ther

or both of thes e questi ons t hen the donor
will not be ab l e to gi ve blood.

I le held vari ous assignments in Cos t

Account i n g in Owensboro and Jo liet, Illinois
and during 1966, transferred to Capacitor
Department in Hudson Falls , Nev; York , as a
Cos t Analys t .

RED CROSS BLOOD PROGRAM

~~

Rm j oined the Corporate Audit St aff i n

Schenectady , New Yor k , durin~ 196 8 and completed assigrunents as a Trave ling Audi t or
at various Company locat ions in the United
Stat es , Sp ai n, England and Ire land until
appointee! to hi s present pos ition.

Ron ea rned hi s BA degr ee in Business

Admini s trat i on from St . Mi d 1ae l's College i n
Vennont during 1960 . Ron arid his wife ~lary
have one child and they pl ai t t o move to the
Waynesbo ro ar ea in the near f uture .

******************
NOTES OF THANKS
"Wo r ds seem har d l y enough to express my
heaPtfelt appr eciati on for a ll the thoughtfulnes s conveyed in so many ways by eve ryone at
GE during the illness and de ath of my husband.
Thank you aU so much . "-- - Rosalie Harter

******
Virginia Coffey would like to express
her appreciation fo r all the food , cards and
flowers during the r ecent death of he r mother.

******
Se th Davis and Cl audine McA lli s ter would
1i ke t o thank eve ryone for the many ac t s of
kin dness du ring the recent death of t heir
mother .

"W f' ('!/n make {//(' blood

donor ( ('el welc ome in other
ways, Mi s s Bancroft . "

A WILD IDEA OF PROFITS

Opini on Res ear ch Corp . asked a s ampl e of
U. S. citizens last month wh at percent of profit they think the avera ge manufacture r makes
on a doll ar of sal es . The answer should ra t tl e
the teeth of bus inessmen everywhere : The me di an
publ i c esti mate of profits is 28t on the doll ar.
In fact, average manufact uri ng profits in lg70
~1ere 4 on the dollar and they have not gone
over 6 i n th e past quarte r- century .
Businessmen thems el ves may have contri buted
to th i s extravagant overesti mate . Mana gers ,
with one eye on the stock market , have been
qui ck to talk about ros y earnings and s l ow to
me nt i on profit margi ns . But wh atever t he reaso ns, th e ORC s urvey i s a warni ng. Un les s
thi s are a of publ i c i gnoran ce i s co rre cted,
u. S. economi c po l icy is l ike l y to be based
on a fantast i c mis conception.
Busi ness Week,

Decembe r' 18,

1.9 71

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENER AL@ ELECTRIC
VnJ 11me XTV , No . S

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

February 11, 1972

GE LAUNCHES 'BEST BUY' PROGRAM

KEY ELEM ENTS:
Please the Customer and Build Sales and Jobs in '72
.\ll-empl oyee meetings ,,ill be held thi s
1veek and next to kick off the Waynesboro portion of the "Best Buy " pr ogr am .
The "Best Buy" program is a i med at t aking
the initLati\e in a pos itive \vay by cr eating
the prope r envir onment and attitudes toward
improvin g saJes and jobs in 1972 . The pr ogram
ts airne<l at unify j ng all employees' efforts
to,,ard pJeas ing the cus tomer an<l building sales
o..nd jobs .
~

During the all-employee meetings, the

plans for each Department will be discus sed and
the opportLID ities for every empl oyee to participate wi J 1 be present ed .
"E\'crybo<ly is a sal esman because sales
make jobs. "
BLOOD OONOR QUOTA f\lISSED BY 2 PINTS
Bill Perry, Plant 131 oo<l Donor Coordinator ,
s tated that 1\lcd.nesday ' s Bloodmobile visi t \vas
a successful one even though the quota 1-1as
missed by 2 pints .
~!any employees , at the l ast minute ,
could not donate blood because of ba<l colds
or the flu . Also , 24 other employees here
rejected for various reasons . A t otal of
297 employees signed up to give "ith 223
actually donating blood.

Mrs . ,June /.1cNaiY', fvaynes boyio Red CY'oss B Zood

,,,.,,--. DonoY' Co - Chai Y'man, is shown happily pY'esenting Bob liY'oughman his six gallon .pin . Bob
has been a yiegulaY' blood donoY' since the
beginning of the Bloodmobile visits to this
plant in 1955 .

Bill Perry expressed his appreciat ion

to all those employees 1vho parti cipat ed in
the blood program. Al so a special thanks
to both fi r st and second s hift maintenance
personnel who expertly helped set up a.n<l take
down the IHooc.lmobile equipment.
(continued on Page 2)

I L\IU<Y EPPERSO:J JOI~S ~ IA.PD IN WAYNESBORO

Rever sing the mor e cus tomary sequence , Har ry got

i nto engineering after a
career in business and marketing r esearch . After at tending the Uni ve r si t y of
Nebr aska and I larvard Graduat e
Schoo l of Business , he worked
fo r the Olase Bank i n New
York and a number of indust r ial firms as credit and
fi nancial analyst and spent
a total of six years in the
militalY service as a pilot and s enior pi l ot .
In the 1950' s he became int e r es t ed in e l ectronics a s a hobby , an i nter es t that intensi iieJ to the point that a decision was made to
go hack t o Columbia University fo r a gr aduate
Je gree in en gi neering.

I3L00!)'vDBILl . . .. (continued from !)age 1)

ln a<lJ.i ti on , the ' larri ott Cafeteria Jc;;

to be thanked for furnishing coffee , s uga
cream, paper cups and other i terns to the
canteen.

Upon receiving the MSEE in 1959 , he \vorked

for Thompson Ra.me Wool dridge i n Los Angel es as
a logic designer and proposal wr iter , going on Sh01.Jn having their juice and waiting t o give
to sys tem des ign and engineeri ng u1 t he comblood are (standing) Bernard Clinierki ::mJ.
puter fiel d. i le joined General El ectr ic i n
(seated l eft toright) Ken Slowey, Charl.fo
1965 in what was then t he Computer Equipment
St rickler, Bill Freeman and /err-;-1 Loj'ti 3 .
Department and from then llllti l 1970 he he l d
a numbe r of technical management posi t ions,
among them ~ lanager-E lectronic Techno l ogy ,
~lanager- ~lemories and Circuits Engineer i ng ,
Manager - 400 Line Computer and Cont ro ll ~ r
En ginee ring . ! le joined t he Manufactunng
and Process Control Divi s i on in 1970 .
llis hobbi es are outdoor sp orts , music,
woodworking and reading . Harry i s marrie?
and has two d1ildren , Ei l een Louise , who i s
a jllllior at LSU , and Lisa Ma rie , age seven.

***********
Georae and Catherine Haus l e r would l ike
.
t o thank "'their many f r iends who made t heir
retirement par ty s uch a memorable occas i on .
Mrs . Connie Rader is shown pr>esenting t hree
gallon pins to C"aarles D. Rexrode and f;ric
H . Perl .

electricitv

is tor

people
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL WEEK
" He r e is something, sir, that says ve ry
dist in ctly - BE MY VALENTI NE."

FEBRUARY 6-12, 1972

--

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTR IC

Vo 1ume XIV,

1'l o.

W AYNESBORO ,VIRGINIA

UPTURN IN GE PROFITS
IS GOOD NEWS...
FOR PROFITS TO BUILD MORE
JOBS

q1~ ~E E n CO~TI~UES

The f i nal year-end resu l ts for 1971

announced last week by GE ~hairman Fred J .
Borch was hearte ning news for Genera l El ectric
people. The results showed GE had tu rned the
corner on profi ts in 1971 and that we were
back at an earnings rate of 5 cents on each
dollar of sales after the strike - depress ed
profit rate of 3 . 8 cents per dol la r in 19 70 and
3.3 cents in 1969.
At the same time, Mr. Borch sai d t ha t
employee pay an d and benefits for 1971 amounted
to a new record fi gure .
.-.

February 25 , 1972

'Engineering ...
A Better Tomorrow
Through Technology'

NATI oNAL ENGr NErns, wEEK :

Engineers form a key group of Gen eral

El ectri c employees and th is we ek al l of us
ha ve had an opportunity t o recogn i ze the
s i gn i ficance of the i r work i n crea t i ng product s and services t hat wi n customers, bui ld
jobs an d improve soci ety . It is particularly
app ropriate durin g t he "Best Buy" program to
note th e cont ri buti on eng i neers are making to
i mprove s ales and thus make more jobs in
vJayn es bo ro .
TERMINET* l 200 PRliHER

There are plenty of challenges ahead ,

.riowever . Whi l e GE' s profit rate for 1971 was
above the 4.7 cents of 1967, the best pre vi ous year for total profi t s ($361.4 mil l ion),
i t was still below the rate of 1965 when earnings were 5.7 cents on each sa les do ll ar.
The GE 1971 Annual Repo rt vJhi ch reports
the year ' s resul ts, is soon to be de l ivered
to share 01-mers , includin g thousands of GE-ers .
In one secti on i t emphasizes concern over the
increas i ng dif f iculty of Ameri ca n business
ente rprises, in general , to earn sufficient
profits to support operations and stay compe tit i ve . In the 1966-71 period total profi t
do ll ars for all U. S. corporations actually
de cli ned , whil e the U. S. Gross Nat i onal Product- - the va l ue of all goods and servi ces
produced-- increased 39 .6% and total emp loyee
compensation of all comp anies zoomed upward
42. 1%.
Profits help provide the vital reinvest men t funds that keep the nation ' s bus inesses
r unnin g and competitive and ab l e to contribu te
to soci a 1 progress. The An nua 1 Report poi nts
out that a brief profit upturn cannot so lve
t he problems created by the need fo r reinvestment funds .
(continued on Page 4)

After near ly one fu ll year of concentrated

deve l opment effor t, DCPO engi neers have compl eted the des i gn f or t he newest and fas t est
production addition to the TermiNet* fa mi ly .
Designated the TermiNet*l 200 Pr i nter, th is new
t ermina l will offer users the capability to
print at speeds four times faster than the
widely acce pte d TermiNet*300 Printer.
(cont i nued on Page 2)

ENGINE ERS ' WE EK .. .. (continued from Page 1)

accelerating. It provides the comfort of our

livin a both at home and in the office--better
Because the TermiNet*l200 Printer wil l be tools ~ to work wi th--automation for industry -the f~stest, non-matrix i mpact printing terminal better communication and transortation--and
available, several new market areas can now be the highest standard of living knovrn to manki;.a....
served by General Electric. In addition to the
obvious money savings that will be realized
Those engineers who are engaged in th is
by our new hi gh speed printer, several design
design work have reason to be proud for few
i nnovations to assure reliability at high speed have opportun ity to provide equipment which has
operation are included. These engineeri nq
so great an i nfluence on all our li ves .
contributions make the TermiNet*l200 Printer
a GE Best Buy . It is easier to service and
PHOTOE LECTRIC PRESS PROTECTION DEVICE
easier for the non-skilled operator to use .
The new Occupational Safety and Health
Act
(OS HA ) is probab ly one of the most far
The Termii~et*l200 Printer 1vill go to
reaching
sa fety standards to affect American
market with the advantage of an extensive ad industry . The fe deral govern me nt, in coopervertising and sales promotion campai qn .
ation with State and l ocal governments and
Although production is not schedule d to begin un-
i ndus tries, has es tab 1i shed standards creattil the fourth quarter of th i s year, some
i ng a safer worki ng envi ron men t for i ndus customers have already recogn ized the TermiNet*
trial workers.
1200 Printer provides a "Best Buy " and have
initiated plans to in clude it in their data
The Fo rd Motor Company uses many very
communication requirenEnts for the future.
large presses to form the sheet metal parts
*Trademark, General Electric Co., USA
for automobile bod ies. The shee r size of
t he presses and the mate ri al being worke d
POWER REGULATION EQUIPMENT
and the need for ac cess , makes i t difficu l t
to pro vide adequa te saf ety gua rds. A man
was recently crus hed to death in one of these
presses .
Word of the need for a ne1v approach to ..-..
guarding th ese machines ~a s bro ught t o
Specialty Con t rol De vices Engineeri ng , COO,
by Don l!ols te'in , Sa les, \1ho recoqn ized the
possi bili ty of modifyin g our standa rd photoelectric relays to do this job.

GE Large Ste am Turbine generator shown .at .the

Cardinal Station of Ohio Power Co. , Brilha:nt,
Ohio . The ~laynesboro -made A lterrex excitation
s ystem is on the fore end of the generator .

Electricity is the lifeblood of our highly

industrialized society--the power that makes
things move. In the past 10 yea rs, the Pov1e r
Regu l ation engineers at the W.".ynesboro General
El ectric Plant have designed and technically
directed the manufacture and installation of
excitation equi pment for more than one th ird
of all the present electrical ge nera t i ng
capacity in the United States today.
The present generating capacity is
340 ,000 mega\vatts or equivalent to nearly one
half billion horsepovJer. The use of electricity
has been increasing at si x t i mes the rate of
populat i on growth and its use seems to be

Charles Vi ncent and Bill Sa ger engi neered

and built a demonstration kit usino our new
light emitting diode (LED) photorelay circuits as part of the overall syste m. ,~
demonstra t i on was given t o Ford Motor Company by Bob Carter and Charles Vi ncent which
convinced Ford to specify our equipment .
An ini tial order has been received, an d
substanti al additional business i s expecte d.
A fine example of Wayne sboro's "Best Buy"
theme, "Everybody 's A Sales man , Because
Sales Make Jobs . "
To do the job, a multi ple set of li ght
emitters and sensors scan the uns afe re gion
of the press . Shou l d a beam beco me i nterrupted, a s i gna l is received at the mai n
contro l panel and the press is shut down
until the beam i s restored and t he contro l
reset.
The engineeri ng peop le i nvolve d i n th e
final design of this equipme nt (IJorm Davis,
Sammy Lantz, Guy Rusmiselle, John VanPa tte n,
and John Wilson) as well as all of us who
work on some phase of the project , can take
pride in having made a rea l contri bution to
the cause of human safety .

DEPUY ,\.\JD

,\J~CJ-1/\1\il)E AULT

RLCOC?\ IZED FOR 30 YEARS I

Second Shift Operations, his current assignment

for the Data Cor.ununication Products Department .

Sr.RVICJ.:

Joe and his wife Elaine reside at 879

Shawn ee Road. The Archambeault ' s have three
children, a son David, and two daughters
Jol aine and Robin.

Seymour '.'I. DePuy is shown receiving his 30

\ear tic pin from R. A. DuI3ridge, Manager-DCPD
Enginee ring. ,.\ltcr graduating from Rensselaer
Pohtcchnic Instit ute , he worked for several
yea.rs !or the p01vcr company in New York and then .Joe Archambeault 'i-s c:'h 7 m recei,vi,ng his JO !tear
joined the General Llectric Control Lab in
service pin from Mr . D. L. Cought r y , Nanage r Schenectady as a Test Engineer . An unusual
Manufacturing .
thing about Seymour' s employment history is that
he has ne\e r changed Departments since joining
GE ; hhenever the Department has been renamed
.-or has moved, he has just moved \~ith it .
Sc)1nour h as made significant contributions
t0 the <le\'elopment of many GE products, and has
a menhe r of patents in our TenniNet and Relay
product lines .
Reading and golfing are Seymour ' s hobbies,
and he and his wi fe ~lildred reside at 2000
'.'!onticello Street . The DePuy' s have three
children : Richard teaches school, Doug attends
Clemson and Donna is a senior at Radford Co llege .
Joseph (Joe) L. Archambeault, ManagerSeconcl Sh ift Operation, DCPD, began his career
h i th Cene ral Electric on October 17, 1941, 1vi th
the Control Department in Schenectady. Except
for a tour of duty in the mili tary service
between December 194 3, and Feb ruary , 1945 , he
held various ass ignments associated with Voltage
Regulators in Testing and as a foreman . He
became Supervisor of Test for the newly-fonned
Specialty Control Department in 1954 and 1vas in
the vanguard of the move to Waynesboro in
Octobe r of that year .
,,.-.....

Since his move to Virginia , Joe has been

Supcffiso r of Incoming ~!a teri al and i'-lechincal
lnspcct ion and Supe r visor of Shipping and
Returne <l Apparatus . In 1968, he became ~lanager -

PLEASE RETURN EQU I PMENT

Woul d t he person or persons who borrowed
t he addi ng machines from the ONO office and the
Relay Product i on Office please return them to
the offices or to Maintenance. They are needed
for business purposes.
We al so ask that the two portable electric
baseboard heaters borrowed from the TermiNet
Pri nter office be returned as soon as possible .

PROFITS ..... (continued from Page 1)

BEST BUY I DEAS

Underscoring the need for continuing profitability in General Electric. the Annual
Report indicates that in March, 1971, and
January, 1972, the Company increased its longterm borrowings. The money was needed to help
continue reinvestment in modernizing and expanding plants and equipment in our $9.4 billion
business.
The report shows that, for the past five
years, the Company has spent more than $500
million each year on facilities and equipment.
Profits have only been able to provide a part
of the sum required.

Q.
The cafeteria ha.s been f~quently (and unjustly) critized in this column, so I would
like to compliment the cafeteria staff on theiP
prices, ser>Vice~ and menus. In oPd.eP that
~
more of us can enjoy the full range of service,
would it be possible to keep the sancihJich line
open 10 minutes longer eaah day to aaaommodate
those of us who do not break until 12:55 and
f Pequently aPe a few minutes late beaause we
are tied up on the telephone OP cornered by
people who have already eaten?

Here in \~aynesboro, Mr. W. F. Kindt, Data

Communication Products Department General Manager, said that "while all of us as GE employees
can take justifiable pride in helping to bring
about the upturn in GE profits in 1 71, we
must all give consideration to improvenent in
our performance in 1972 so that more capital
will be available to keep our Company and our
Department competitive in the worldwide marketplace. 11
Q.
"A major factor in our efforts should be
participation in the new 1 GE Best Buy program.
I know everyone of us can contribute to the
success of this effort to offer customers the
best buy in quality, service, and value. The
results can generate new momentum for the
Company and the economy and can help build
sales and jobs right here in Waynesboro. 11
In announcing General Electric s final
results for 1971 last week, GE Chairman Fred
J. Barch said that, while he was encouraged
by overall results, he was "keenly aware that
the progress of our diversified businesses
in 19 71 was uneven. 11
1

He pointed out that 11whi le some areas

experienced substantial growth, some other
operations suffered as decreased sale and
orders necessitated sizable layoffs. Government-related areas such as military and space
projects were especially hard hit.
11

Earnings of General Electric were $471.8

million or $2.60 per share in 1971, compared
with $328.5 million or $1.81 per share in
strike-affected 1970, Mr. Barch announced.
Sales were $9,425.3 million in 1971, an increase
of 8% over the $8.726.7 million of 1970.
For the fourth quarter of 1971, fi na 1
audited figures showed earnings of $154 million
or $0.85 per share compared with $167 million
or $0 .92 per share in 1970. Sal es in the fourth
quarter of 1971 were $2,725.3 million as compared with $2,568.4 million in 1970.

A. The compliment is graciously accepted

with a sincere "thank you. 11 The last
cafeteria break is 1:00 p.m. and the
short line (or sandwich line) will remain
open until this time. However, the
cafeteria manager stated employees can
sti 11 order sandwiches that are on the
menu by asking cafeteria personnel. Also,
advance telephone calls for sandwiches
will be accepted.

When I pay more I e:r:peot to get more money,

the same as GE, when they pay mo?'e wages, they
e:x:peot to get more produotior:i. LTDI sti ZZ. pays
l/24th of one 's wages after six months, yet
they want more. I, for one, oannot see the
inorea.se in LTDI. I have a policy that I
pay $0. 315 more per week than LTDI. It pays me
after three days' illness, $189 per week OP
$2? per day in the hospital. Reaoverry at home
pays $94.50 per week or $13.50 per day. This,
in my opinion, is far better than LTDI. My
poliay will not cover anything wrong with me
pPior to taking out the policy.

A. The above medical policy sounds good,

however General Electric's Long Term Disability Insurance Plan is not a medical
policy. GE has available to all employees
at no cost to the employee and only a small
payment for dependents, one of the best
and most comprehensive insurance plans in
the country. This plan pays 100% of all
hospital bills from the first day and also
pays 60% of your average weekly pay (up
to $150 per week) for 26 weeks while an
employee is disabled. The plan also
provides for other medical bills after a
$50 deductible has been paid. Comprehensive
insurance is a GE "Best Buy .
11

LTDI is designed to help give employees an income if they cannot work because of long-term total disability. The
level of benefits is set so that in general,~
with your other disability benefits under
social security and GE disability pension
benefits, you should receive about 50% of
your norma 1 pay.

--.. WAYNESBORO PLANT

GENERAL@ ELE CTR IC
XI V, No . 6

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
TIU-

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WC"ck, 197 2

Duri ng tlua tra d1tio~ <L l obs ervanc e of N t ional

E ngincc ra We e k , it is =i??:-o p:- iJ.t c ~'1a.t a ll
An1c rica :i.s hono!" t.~o sc t.alc ::~ eci a:id h a. :-d -

wo rki."'lg mC'n <i nd wo n?cn who s e s kills arc so

bas ic to r cali 7. in g Dlc tcchn o loh ic.:i l a dvance s
that will assure io r all o f us l~e impr ov ement
we seek L"l t.he qua h ty of life in ou r s ocic:-; .
It is well tJ1at we sal u te thCi!"' ima ginati o n , rc c o cn iz c the ir a c hic \cn1c n t s a nd encou r a ge th e ir
continui ng ded ication to t."1c needs o f t..'1cir fellow
c it.i i.e n s .
On be half o f a pr oud and gra teful na ti on , 1 pay
tr ibute t o these b-.i ildc rs of y este rday and
t om o rr ow .

BLUE RIDGE STUDENT HELPS CELEBRATE NATIONAL

ENGINEERS WEEK

February 18 , 1972

BEST BUY MEETINGS HILO FOR ALL EMPLOYEES

A seri.e s of
meetin gs were held
last week and the first
pa rt of this 1veek with
a ll empl oyees in the
Waynesboro Plant kicking off the Company wide Best Buy Program.
~Ir. \\1 . F. Kindt ,
General Manager of OCPD , rum ounced the Waynesboro theme , "Everybody is a Salesman Because
Sal es Make Jobs . " I le revie1ved the results of
1971 and devel oped the theme that i ncrease d
productivit y will be one of th.e corners t ones
for an upturn in business , loca lly , for
the Company and for t he nation. lie concluded
hi s port ion of the program by asking for all
employees t o parti cipat e i n the Be s t Buy plan
by submitting the ir ideas t o the Bes t Buy Idea
Box locat ed at the entrances to the Cafe t e ria .

Jolm Garrett , National Sales Manager for

DCPD , reviewed the Sen-iNet program and its
i mpact on potential sal es ru1d cus tamer satis faction .
Robe rt Gill, Manager -Relay Marketing,
detailed some of t he prob l ems encountered in
marketing r e l ays in a highly compet itive and
price conscious environmen t .
C. A. For d , Operations ~-lanager for COO,
announced the introduction of Statotrol II and
Statotrol J R. Ile r eviewed in detail the
extensive planning that precede s the intro duction of any new product and concluded hi s
presentation by noting that the firs t production
models were due on the floor this month 1vith
s hipment s d 1eduled for March.

,..,-I2ennis Norris , a second year pre- engineering

tudent at Blue Ridge Community Co l lege, is
shown wi th Mr. W. F. Kindt , General ManagerDCPD, and Mr . J . K. Sne ll , Manager-New Products
Deve l opment Oper ati on, as he begins his tour
o f the local GE 2lant tqdau . Mr . Kindt is
&scribing the 'J.e rrrnNet "30V Printer to Mr .
Norri s . (See story on Page 2)

D. L. Coughtry, ~lanager-Manufacturing ,
s tressed the impor tance of each i ndi vidual,
hourly or salaried, to the mai ntenance of
good relationships with customer s. H~
revie1ved the prime importance of qua lity jobs
( continued on Page 2)

ENGI NEERING WEEK . . . (continued from Page 1)

BEST BlN .. (continued from Page 1)
being done at every step in the manufacturing
process so that the marketing people can go
to our customers with the best possible
price and with a quality product that they
can stand behind. He asked for the coopera tion of all employees in getting the boat
moving again in the right direction.
i'-!r . Ted Swanson, ,\ !arketi ng j\W\ager for
the Way.nesboro portion of ICPO, talked with
the engineering, marketing and financial
personnel located here. He outlined the
expected impact of the Bes t Buy Program on
their Department and the extreme i_mportance
to the business of continued high quality
products.
Further plans and programs are at this
time lll1der consideration and being prepared
for all employees ' participation. If you
have any good ideas concerning a Best Buy
project that would increase pro<lucti vi ty,
reduce cos ts, or improve quality jot it down
and drop it in tl1e Bes t Buy Idea Box at the
cafeteria o r send it in the mai 1 to the
Best Buy Program, Room 105.

Dennis No rris, a second year pre-engineer : ing student at Blue Ridge Corrnnlll1ity College,
was selected by his class to participate in
' Engineers' Day in cel ebration of Nat ional
Engineers' Week. ;\!r. Norris was a guest of
the General Electric Company today and Mr .
, Warren F. Kindt, General Manager-DCPD, and
a representative of the Virginia Soci ety of
Professional Engineers, welcomed Mr. Norris
to the plant.
Mr. J. K. Snell, j\lanager-New Product
Development Operation was in charge of the
day ' s program for i\1r . No rris and a r ranged
to have Mr. Norris become acquainted with
all aspects of the engineering operation at
tl1e Waynesboro Plant. Included in the
program was a tour of the plant facilities.
A second student of the Blue Ridge
Community College , i\!r . Bill Huffman, is
being hosted to~y by the DuPont Plant.
i'-!r . '.'/orris is a native of Staunton and
plans to enter VPI this fall.

*********

Service
Milestones

*****

PLANT NEWS QUESTION BOX

(NOTE : These are a few of the rema~n~ng
questions . In the future all sugges tions,
recommendations or questions will come under
the Best Buy Idea Box . )
Why is it that the big garage type doors
on the north shipping dock are not allowed to
stay open on hot s tuf/-'y days? 1'his would
allow fresh air to circulate through the
factory thus making a healthier, more pleasant
place to work . It seems that ventilation in
the factory is not sufficient for the vas&
majority of people working on the floor . !c'ven
in the winter (on particularly warm days like
the large number we have had this winter ) it
is far too hot and stuffy .

We wish t o con
gratulate the
following employees who
reached scnri cc
milestones this
month .

Q.

A.
l11ere is no rule against having
these doors open . They have been open
when the weather would permit. l11ose
who work closest to tl1e doors have to be
considered also. \'/hen open, a cons iderable draft is created. Some people in
the middle of the factory might en joy a
degree or two of lower temperature, but
those closer may have to s uffer a drop
of S to 6 degrees and be much too cold .
We will continue to try to get the best
balance by opening the doors when the
inccrning air will not make others too
cold.

5 YEARS

J . N. Burns
I . Y. Campbell
E. ii. -~ Davis
s . ff . Mccann
R. :1 . Fortune
G. W. MCILJyer
G. i/ . McLaughlin

II. W. Templeton

R. L.
c. L.
D. W.
J . D.
H. c.

Siron
Davis
Myers
Pick
Sipe

10 YEARS

Weeks
r
'-' L. Craig
B. M. Pittman
!1. M. Crickenberger
J.

ff.

M. H. Woods
M. E. Hende r>son
L. E . Smoot
fl . E. Devore

15 YEARS

L. B.
c. D.
c. L .
K.

E.

t:

Zirrunerman
Lovegrove
Collins
~eid
umner

!/. M. Freeman
L . R. Coffey
K. N. Kent
H. R. Ball
c. P. Claytor

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XIV, No . 8

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

March 3 , 1972

S&SP PARTICIPANTS: YOUR S&SP TAX INFORMATION

STATEMENT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU

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Savings and Security Program participants

should now have received their annual Tax
Information Statement and Statement of Account
as of December 31, 1971 .

March 6, 1972

.1' icturied a.hove iu one o;' t;,10 display boards in

the Caj'eteria w ~t/1 a me ssage for all employees .
Unde ri our "Best :Ju;;1 " slogan o." EVERYBODY ' S A
SALESlvfA!! BECA U, .:. . ._)'A:.,E.) ;,JJlJ.2 JOBS, new messages
will apDeayi rriom "<~me to ~ime to remind us of
the 19i::, c:ia .lle>zge ard how everyone can help
h~msel;- a;:! o:-;:e 1:; co ~eep o r de rn coming and
j obD ." i lleJ..

Information in the Tax S t a tement is for

use in reporting 1972 taxable income when
income tax time rolls around in 1973 , according
to Benefits Administrato r s through0ut the
Company. " It's not fo r use in t ax ret~rns which
emp loyees are now filing, " they sai d . "In
filling out tax returns on 19 71 income--t he
ones now being p r epar ed--th e Tax Information
Statement dis tributed in 1971 followi ng that
year ' s ' payou t' s hould be used ."
The 1972 Tax Information Sta temen t and
Annual Statement of Account which S&SP par ti cipants have just received furnishes tax data
in duplicate. Participants are urged to file
one copy with personal papers and to attach
the t ear- off stub, with dupli cate information,
to their 1972 "payout" certificates --U. S .
Savings Bonds, GE Stock and S&S Pr og ram Mut ual
Fund uni ts . This will prevent loss and the
data will be available at tax filing time next
year .

CAFETERJ.A fu.'lNOUNCEMENT
For the past few days , Dixie Cream
pastries have been available du ring break in
the Ca feteria . The Cafeteria is pleased t o
be able to reins t a t e this favorite line of
de l icious pastries .
The va ri e t y of Dixie Cream pastrie s will
se ll fo r lOc a nd l Sc each . The on ly pas try
t11at will not be include d in the above , is the
7c donut , which has been discontinued .
~r . Jones , Cafeteria Manager , stated it
wil l take 7- 10 days to determine the required
,.-..umbe r o [ each po rtion for a break period.
Jrdering ad justme nt s will be made daily until
the exact quantities are determined .

Each part of the Tax Information Statement

shows the amount of income t o be reported as
a r esult of the re cent S&SP " pay out . " In
addition, the statement shows the tax cost of
each share of Stock and each Fund Unit . For
tax purposes , Fund Units are val ued at the
net asset value per unii on the date of
deli very t o the participants. The tax cost
figure for securities rece ived should be used
for tax purposes in determining gain or loss
if s hares are sold or units are redeemed.
S&SP participants who sold
sto ck or fund units Juring 1971
the information in the 1971 Tax
Statement in order to determine
(continued on Page 2)

or redeemed
will require
Information
gain or loss .

S&SP INFORMATION .. . . (continued f r om Page 1)

not recommended . However, the vaccine
is recommended for those in dividuals wit
chronic disabling conditions such as
caroid-vascular disease, chron ic p ulmonary disease, diabetes, etc .

Particip ants who have sold securities

received in a previous " payout" s hould check
the Tax Information Statement fo r the yea r in
which the payout was made to obtain appropriate
inf ormation for tax returns.

OthPr factors influencing the adminis tration of influenza vaccine are the
difficulties encoun tered in p r edicting
the type of influenza that will be experienced in any given year, the questionab l e effectiveness of the vaccine , the
possible occurrance o f considerable side
reactions , availabi l ity of vaccine and
the possibility of diverting vaccine
from those individuals who are at a higher
risk.

Benefi ts Admi n istrators said the Annual

Statement of Account fu rnis hes the pa r ticipan t
with the status of his holdings under S&SP on
the date of the statement . They emphasize d
that participants will want to safeguar d the
two parts of t he stateme n ts in separate pl a ces
because of the importan t informa ti on t hey
conlaln .

*********
STOO<. AND FUND UNIT PRICE

lne decisi on to discontinue the program

two years ago was made on the basis of
the above criteria. The q uesti on of
reinstating the program is revi ewed annully , and in all probability will be
started again when and lf a more effective
vaccine becomes available in sufficient
amoun ts t o r en de r sat i sfactory immunization to a majority of individuals . Such
a decision would also depend upon an
.-.,
employee parti cipat ion in substantial
numbers to justify the undertaking .

The Stock and Fund Unit Prices fo r the month of

January , 19 72 are:
STOCK
FUND UNIT PRICE

$63.125
$32. 704

************
BEST BUY IDEA BOX
.) .
Is ther>e a ru. le against breaking into
personal tool boxes even tho ugh you have Com.ran:; tcols which are used only by you?

**J'*********

Service

A.
The only time that a tool box would be
opened without the employee bei ng present
would be when vital production parts or
special too l s are locked in a tool box
and the employee who uses t ha t tool box
is not avai lable . Whenever it is necessary to gain access to a tool box in
this fas hi on, more than one member of
management is on hand , or both a foreman
and monitor are present .
Even th ough employees are cautioned
not to store vital tools and parts in
their tool boxes , it sometimes does
occur . Howe ver, this is a very infreq ue nt
happening .
:.. ;.;y doesn 't GE give flu shots to the
employees any more?

A.
The immunization programs carried
out in the Medical Clinic usually follow
the guidelines form ulated by the United
States Public Health Service. Mass immunization with influenza vaccine i s

gratulatc the
follo1ving employees who
reached service

milestones this
month .

10 YEARS

M. L. Pitcher
E. J . Seabolt
D. K. Moy er
v. G. Snider
c. B. Burnett

D. A . Miller
J . P. Lyons
D. F. .J ohns or:
H. A . ;.;a}J Y";j

...-....

15 YEARS

w.

B . I-lamer
H. .Kent
J . G. Bridge
c. W. Clayton, Jr .
u' .

s.

30 YEARS

M. DePuy

G. B. !.,uf'.ens , ]JI
A. B. C'hepc. l?:c
E. N. !ia

WAYNESBORO PLANT
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GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Vo lume XIV, No. 9

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Mes sage f r om Dave Co ugh try :

THE BEST BUY S COME FROM
THE " B EST PLACE "
When you go o ut to buy a n ew car, or f ood ,
or clothes, or any o f the many things y o u pur c h ase, are you impressed by a c l ean , neat ,
o rd e rly business place? Of course you a r e !
And '.)u r cus t omers a r e no di ffe r ent . They
have a l ways b een impress e d by the Wa ynesb o r o pl an t, a nd eve r yo n e wa nts t o keep it
that way, I am sure . Keeping your wo rkpl ace
nea t a nd c l ean i s jus t one m o re way you can
be a sa l esman -- a nd sales make j obs .
_

Now to keep the p lant c l ean everyb od y h as

h e lp. The re just isn 't any oth er wa y t o
get it done . Su r e l y the jani t o rs canno t clean
up the d i r t a nd d eb ris cr eat ed by hundr e ds of
factory and office peopl e . In fac t , t h e r e is
no one spec i al group w ho has the a ssig n e d
r espons ib il ity to keep the plant c l ean. E ve r y
person wh o wo r ks in it i s r espo nsibl e . The
jani t o rs perform the vi tal function o f moving
rubbis h and debris and ke e ping the m a in ais l es
c l ean, and wi thout t heir h e l p we 'd all be up t o
ou r e lb ows in tr as h a nd rub bish . But w itho ut
a f e w minu t es of h e l p by ever y singl e e mploy ee
wiping t hings d ow n, du sting, pu tti ng things
awa y , sweeping th e factory floor, ge tting into
th e "nook s a n d cr e vices, " and pushing th e
d i r t to the main ais l e s o r u sing a dus t pa n
- --- well, the factory can no t poss i bly be o n e
to be p r oud o f. Take a cue fr om th e t oo l makers . Pr o ud of t hei r craftsman s hip , t he y
l o ng ag o recognized that car e o f e q uip m e n t ,
ord e rliness , and cleanli ness we r e absol ute l y
n eces sary . I n ever knew a t oolm aker "worth
hi s salt 11 who t h o u g ht it ben eath him t o c l ean
..-.) his workpl ace.

(cont inued on Page 2)

March 10, 1971

BARTON PROMOTED
Richard Barton has been
named Ma na ge r-Nurne ri cal Control
Operation of Ge nera l Electric ' s
Indus tria l Contro l Products
Department. The appoi ntment
was an noun ced by James A. Bake r,
General Manage r of t hat dep ar t me nt. Headq uarters fo r the
Numerical Control Operation
wi 11 be here i n Way nesboro.

In hi s new pos ition, Mr .

Bart on wi ll ha ve financial,
marketin g, and engi neering
respons i bil i ties for Genera l
El ect ric ' s domestic and forei gn Numerica l
Contro l busi ness .
A 1955 graduate of the Univers i ty of
Pennsy l vania where he received an AB degree
with a major in math emati ca l l ogic, Mr .
Barton obtai ned a master' s de gree with a
ma j or in el ect ri cal engineering from that
same Univers i ty i n 1960 . A former employee
of Remin gton Rand-UNI VAC and RCA , Mr. Barton
j oined GE in 196 1 as an eingineer in its
Computer Depa rtment in Phoenix. After
hol din g several engineering management
pos i t ions in that departme nt, he transferred
to GE ' s Manufacturin g Aut omation Systems
Operation in Charlottesvi l l e in 1970.
He was named Manage r- En gineering of the
Manufacturing Automation Products Department in Waynesboro in January, 1971. He
he l d this l atter post unt il hi s most recent
appointmen t .
1972 Interp l ant Golf League
The 1972 Interpl ant Golf League is now
being organized . If you are i nterested, ge t
a partner and s ign up today. League fees are
$5 per team (2) and $1.50 for alternates.
The League will play on Monday' s at 5 p.m. at
the Swan nan oa Go l f Cl ub . Call Bill Harri s ,
Ext. 441 today so we can get the schedu l e and
fina l deta i l s ironed out .

BEST BUY VIEWPOINTS

Message .... (continued from Page 1)
I, too, have never waited for someone to
do my job. And I'm confident you want to do
yours. So let's add to the Best Buy Program
the dedication of everyone to do his share in
making this plant a showplace and impressing
customers. It will continue to pay off.

Dave
P.S.

Please
I tour
sudden
fallen

don't follow me too alosely when

the f aatory--I sometimes make
stops to piak up rubbish that has
on the floor!

STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN F. J. BORCH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AI RUNE CRASH ON MARCH 3

This is a time of deep sorrow for us
at General Electric.
With so many General Electric people
aboard the plane which crashed Friday night
in Albany, this accident is without doubt one
of the worst tragedies ever experienced by
our company and the communities where the
victims lived and worked.
The loss of these talented and experienced
associates will be felt for many years to
come by the businesses they represented.
More importantly, the great personal loss experienced by their fami 1i es, their fellow
employees, and their neighbors, will never
be erased.
I want to express at this time my
personal sympathy and that of the General
Electric Company to the families of those
killed in this tragic .accident. At the same
time, we pray for a rapid and complete
recovery of those injured.
Those killed in the crash were: John
H. Blomshield, Corporate Manufacturing
Consulting Staff, Schenectady; Merl L. Galusha,
Vice President-Operations, General Electric
Cablevision Corp.; Anthony J. Gizzi, General
Manager-Distribution Transformer Products Dept.;
Deane F. Haywood, Manager-Pittsfield Operations;
David L. Herder,Manager-Distribution Transformer Engi nee ring; Haro 1d J. McKeeve r,
Manager-International Business Planning; Thomas
P. Mullen, Specialist-Structural Materials;
Materials Development Operatiol; Jeremiah A.
Rundell, Manager-Quality Control, Machinery
Apparatus Operation; Anthony A. Paradise,

At the "Boss Talk on Best Buy" last month,

Mr. Kindt presented some facts about the
~
deep problems of U.S. industry. Many
employees expressed a desire to hear more
about such problems and, of course, the
implications for our own situation right here.
Here are some additional thoughts this week:

The U.S. share of world automobile produation was 76% in 1950, 33% in 1971.
Our share of world steel produation was
47% in 1950, 20% in 1971.
For deaades the U.S. was the No.1 builder
of maahine tools; Zast year it was only
20% and we're now behind Russia, Japan,
and West Germany.
Nearly half of us eaah morning step into
shoes made abroad. Nine out of ten listen
to the news on radios built in other aountries. One out of six drive to work in a
foreign oar. Nine out of ten play baseball with gloves made in the Far East.
Nineteen out of twenty motorayales aome
from Japan.
Every employee should be asking: "Why?~
And more important -- 11 What can I do about
it? II
(More next week . )

STATEMENT ... (continued)

Specialist-Computer Techniques, Information
Systems Section; Mrs. Homer C. Laube, wife
of Manager-Engineering Design, Standards
and Documentation.
Those injured include: W. S. Campbell,
Manager-Engineering, Cablevision Corp.;
Donald Cornell, Project Engineer, KAPL;
Richard Crotteau, Silicone Products; Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Dellert, General Purpose Control;
B. B. Hull, International Group; D. B.
Kittle, Engineer-Metal Joining, Manufacturing
Process Development Operation; R. P. Majewski,
Specialist-Analysis Appropriations, Corporate
Accounting; R. M. McCarthy, Traveling Auditor,
Corporate Accounting; and Paul Mclaughlin,
Business Analyst-Technical Ventures Operation.
***********
STOCK AND FUND UNIT PRICE
February, 1972:
Stock
Fund Unit

$60. 394
34.358

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Voltnne XIV , No . 10

WAYNESBORO, VIRG IN IA

BEST BUY VIEWPOINT

At the "Boss Talk on !)es t Buy" l ast
month Mr. Kindt presented some fact s about
the d~ep problems of u. s. industry . Ile re ate
some additional thoughts on U. S . emp loyment:
"App r>oximate ly 700 , 000 American jobs
we r>e lost directL a.s a i'CE~?1lt of
L'o r>eiar. corrr.::etiticm between 1966 a:r.d
1969 ~lone . "--A. J . Bie"l~ lle r>, Di r ec"';or AFL- CIO
"In r)ie co'iswne1
~ ?,

e~ectro;:ics

in dus"'; !'::f ,

000 ,jobs have bee ,:. lost to imuo-Pts . "--

Pr esident- Zeni th Radio Corp .

"Ir:roY'teC. foot:..Jem i..:ir:,>.:. our: 7 , J:,50
:iob o-p-por<;uni ties in t;iw U. 5 . by
l 969 c;,,d by 19 75 could reach
169 , 200 . "- - Prnsi dent - Cornmonwealth S'hoe
Company
1

"More t hem a quarter nil lion tex tile

and apparel jobB we !'e lon f; b;: impoPts
of' these ":JY'cdi-.cts in one recen: year
a"lor.e . "- - ?r esident , ilr1e:"':can ':e xti la
Eve ry employee shoulJ he
( ~lo re

a~ k i

ng " M IY? "

next "eek)

A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY BE

COUNTING ON PROFITS
THAT DON'T EXIST
\I/hat percent of profit on the dollar
does the average manufacturing bus iness
make?
Take a guess before you read on ... . .
\ ow d1eck the figure s on Page 3 t o find out
i f your opinion i s close to what the average
member of the pub l ic thinks , or c l ose to the
actual figu re .
(continued on Page 3)

~ larch

17 , 19 72

GE BE iEFITS ARJ:.: A I '13EST BUY' I

'PERSONAL SHARE'
STATEMENTS BEING PREPARED
Since late l as t year a huge informatiou
gathering project has been undenvay in persormel accow1ting components throughout the
Company . \ oh the acti on is shi f ting to
corporate account ing operations in Sdtene ct ad;
and it has become a project of infonna ti on
distribut ion.
TI1e project is the big task of preparir:. ~
an indi\iclualizecl "Personal Share in GE
Employee Bene Ii ts " s ta t emen t fo r each GE .
emp loyee. The "Pe r sonal Share" project 1s
undertaken every fe1.,r years to provide each
GE employee h"i th essential infonnation- including actual pe r sonal financia l data -to s how him hi s s take i n employee benefits
and to give hi m a bet ter unders tanding of how
the benefit plans 1vo rk .
"You will find your Personal Share
statement corning t o you as a fo ur-page
fol de r," said ~ Ir . I I. \\' . Tulloch , ~Ianager
Re lations he re in \\a;11esboro . "In addi ti on
to pe r sonal f in:mc i. a l s ta t is t ics on your
s tatus in major c;r: pl ans , it wi ll include
brie f s llllnnarie s of all General Electric
benefi t pl an:; . "
~lr . Tulloch s :1 i d that hundreds of people
have playecl impo rL.m t rol es in feeding cla t a
to r:ompany accowi ting operations where it
has been computer i zed for inse rtion into
proper boxes anJ spaces on each employee ' s
Personal Share st::itement . "The Company ' s
corporate empl oyee benefits group in New
York, which is coorJinating the project ,
tells us that the forms will be ready for
di s tribut ion t o GL people in April," Mr.
Tull och s aid .

(conti nuecl on Page 2)

PERSONAL SHARE STATEMENTS (from Page 1)

''When you receive your statement you
will have a very clear picture of what you
have available in benefits," Mr. Tulloch
added. ''With this infonnation each employee
will be able to make full use of his GE
benefits and properly integrate it with any
outside programs he or his family may have."

NOTES
SCDGEE dance Saturday, March 25, 9 'til
1. Music by The Sotmd Fotmdation. DuPont
Recreation Center. Members $2.50, Non-membel}=._
$4. For additional infonnation contact Wimp~
~
Wingfield, Ext. 141.
SCDGEE dances for the remainder of 19 72:
The
The
The
The
The

May 6

~.

Personalized statistical infonnation in

the Personal Share statements will include
financial infonnation on the individual's
stake in the Pension Plan, Life Insurance,
Medical Expense Insurance, Personal Accident
Insurance, Long-Tenn Disability Insurance,
Savings and Security Program and other benefits. All the data will show the individual
employee's status as of the end of 1971.
As an example, an employee wi 11 be able
to compute his own approximate retirement
income tmder the Pension Plan and social
security, assuming continuing service and
similar earnings. A special box will show
his own contributions to the Pension Plan.
For the first time employees w.i.th credited
service prior to 1961 will see the increase
in pension credits which results from the
January 1, 1971, improvements in the Plan.

Mr. Tulloch urged each employee to look

for and s tucly his own "Personal Share"
statement carefully, go over it with family
members and file it with personal papers
so that the infonnation can be readily
available if needed.

**********

GE PHASING OUT OUTPUT

OF TV SETS AT SYRACUSE
General Electric Company said it is
consolidating its standardization of production of color-television sets by phasing out
television-set output in Syracuse and concentrating its efforts on the Company's
Portsmouth, Va., facility.
According to a GE spokesman, about 1800
jobs in this part of Syracuse production will
' be cut by the end of the year. The company
also intends to spend $5 million on new equipment and services for operations slated to
remain in Syracuse, principally the manufacture of electronic tubes, military television picture tubes and research facilities.
'I?le employment cut wi 11 reduce GE's work
force in SyraOlSe to 7500 from 9300 the
spokesman said.

Jme 17

Sept. 9
Oct. 21
Dec. 23

SOlmd Fotmdation
Flames
Sound FOlmdation
Lasers (costume)
Lasers

*********
The 1972 SVIL Golf League is looking for
all golfers to play competitive golf against
other industrial companies in the area. If
you are interested, send your name and handicap to Ken Kent, Room 106. Let's make this
a wirming seas on for GE! !

***********

SCOGEE WEEK
APRIL 8 THRU 15
*************
Ray Glass, Relays, would like to thank
his fellow employees for their many acts of
kindness during the loss of his mother and
grandmother.

**************
The Layton Warble family would like
to thank each and everyone for the assistance
and cards sent to Patty.

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

A GE ''BEST BUY

NEXT HOLIDAY MARCH 31

The second of GE Waynesboro 's nine
paid holidays will be taken on Good Friday,
March 31.
Only those employees contacted by their
supervisor and asked to work will be working
that day.
The third paid holiday is scheduled
for May 29, Memorial Day.
SEmDNETIES
Don't ever be satisfied with being
"average" in anything. Average means you're
the worst of the best and the best of the
worst.

FIRST AID CREW GIVEN

TRAINING ON HELPING
_.,.,-..

HEART A TTACK VICTIMS

Recently Opinion Research Co rp. asked

sampling of U. S . cit i ~.cri:-; 1diat 1K' rccnt
of profit the average m;.u1uf1ct11rc1 makes on
a dollar of sales . Result : Lhc median
public thinks manufac turing lius incsscs make
28 cents profit on the do J Iar.

3.

That' s a far Cl)' from the fact . Actual

average manufacturing profits 1.,re r c 4 cents on
the dollar in 1970. Profits haven ' t gone
over 6 cents on the dollar in the past
quarter century . General Electric Compan>'
profits for 1971 were 5 cents !or each dollar
of sales .
BUSI\ESS \\"EE!\ magazine harns that
w1less people get a better idea o[ ci1c fac t s
on "hat the profits of compani cs r ea lly are ,
U. S. economic decisions a r c l::.kcfr t o be
based on fantastic ideas o[ profit~ that
don't exist .

:,ook

cfo,~e

w-:-r:s .

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

CITY VOLLEYBALL CHAMPS

J.1 . d.

you ' ll see the RESUSI- Ailll

.'71C'.'c. aro mani kins used in t"f'aining

11
_.rirst - aiJe1.;,, in the method o ..t:' saving the
life of a h~art attack victim . It is called
CaY'd-1 ovulrr,ona1? iesusci tation . Fifteen membe rs
of our Firn t ,lid Crew from both shifts attended
a lecture an 1 -lemons trat1' on on Ca"f'diopu lmonary
Res us ci lation . 'i'he tUJo- hour meetin.g was
hel d at the :la;tnesboro Community Hospital
spons ored b:, the 11111e r>i can He art Association .

Thos e atterid:"ng weioe : J'r ont "f'01J, left to

ngnt : . 1 . L. /;rchambeault, Don Bake io, Alva
Jordan , Cl:1'i.ni.;ze ffcLaughlin , 'lhe lma Fitz gem L!.. Bae:.:. mw, le.rt to right : F. i3 .
Cur':;o , 'Ila le i!ulclzins on , Fioed Shave"!', v!ayne
Bowles, Ton; r!'eP..Jell, Chaiole s Xanney , Jess
Bri dge , e.-O;H: ?a.ton, Bra dley Mrtle and James
Duncan . A!x;er;t we re : :l iUiam Smi th, Fred
Zirk le , c' Pic I'..... "f'l , ,roe iJ rown a:rld Paul Ross .

The Terminette rs pictured above are the

City Volleyball champions . Members of
the teClJ71 are : front row, left to 1ight,
Jim Clark, Jim Mayes , Roy Rexrode and
Kenny GY'ay . Baek row, le ft to right, .
Glen Keller, Jim Edling , Bobby Hoy and
Leon Ha"f'ris. They finishe d the season
with 10 wins and 3 losses .
P eople
So me people are like wheelbarrows-they
do n't go anywhere uoless rmhed . Some arc
like crn oes- the~ need to be raJJ lcJ . T!1cn
there are the balloons- full of air. ready to
blow up . . . Then there arc those who a rc
like good watches- open l aced . ruce gnld .
quietly busy . ar.d full of good wurk<.

Of the top 20 companies in 1909,

only 2 are still on top in 1972.
111:.r k <i nc<' 1~1 (;.-,, Fi\'( nnt, on :r dollar. >lot as well
:1;: \\",,.don" lu l111< " :"\111 ll lll('li lry tlw "l: 111d ::u d~ of
l!Hl'' I :11t in 1.r1.,, , """""11" tlr:it fiH c:Pnls is good
1ww;: l11r :il l ol th .
1\1 111 lhf' 111 .. I i11 l 'J7:! ;,, 111 lr:rng on to !'Ven this
ni d.1! 1d urn "" :1 <1,,11,, ,. \\'i l h i1 w rC'asing compet ition
lr.. 11 1 l'"op lt Ir!- .... u.,,, ""' in other co111p:1nies- and
willr r:qi idl ~ in"""" lll!! t'(1n1pPtit ion from overseas.
''":\'!. got our \\C.r I- vrr t out for u~ in 1912. But we'vf'
IH .. 11 d11ing i1 s i111 ( ; r. h1.!<111 in 1892. We can keep
dP111;: 1t. ju~t :1 . . l.,nv :1:-- \\t' \\~1nt to.

It's tough to ;:1:1.\ on top . O f the top 20 companips in

1909. o nh' :.! :m st ill o n top in 191:.!. And C (111r:tl
E lf'ctr ic i;: ( Jll (' of the two.
The s u r\iv:tl nwch:111is m was profi ts. Wt ma d e profits . v\/p dirJ Jll:lll;J gf'ITif'llt, a ll employ<'I'>', s hnreown<"rS.
investors o ur~lves. Othe r investors . too, w:rnt :i ton1pany that makes good profit s. They go fo r tlw prof it
winners am! lta\e the profit-lose rs .
Unlcs,; tlwn is profit. investors :irC' turned o fT. :\nd
when that h:1ppc ns, imtstnwnt in suc h things a s ll",\'
p la nts a nd rquiprne nt sto ps . Growth stops. Tlw pr or: t
I P~s c o mpan.\ stops.
Last y mr. CE' s profits increase d a litt!P. W P got up
to :i c pnts o f profit on n d o llnr of sa lPs - tlw highwa1t1

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on t.~e \',\ST Svstem alone. Evc rvone imolved
in this progr~L'l' shoul d be congr~tulated on
the ir t ruly "nest Buy' ' effort .

BEST BUY REMINDERS

:\t tile recent " Boss Talk" on " Bes t Buv"
'-lr . Kindt presented some facts abou: the deen
:nobler.-.s of U. S. industrY . Here are some
~Jditional fact s :

>lei. s:i:: -..:i-z retired re-:e:'t::..:: :i.3': er 1 - years

cf ser::.c~ ,, i :h ~1e Gc:1e:-a::.. ::.~ectric Conpa11y
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P'.-.i l ace lphi a . lie also at tended Perm Stat e .

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bis fielJ 0: i:o rk . It \:as a k110,-:>. fact that
he was a source of knowled~e on rah material ,
chemicals , etc, and that no one c\er questioned
this i nfomati on tllat ~lcl ga\e them .
>lel ,,ill be sorely missed bY his assoc iates
but no one h'ill Jen;: hiir. his "ell -e:imcd
retirement. \\e all envy him \hiie he enjoys
his hobbies , particularly fis h i ng, hun ting ,
and pJttcring around in b.is garden .
'~l a..1d his fa"1i l y ,_ :_:;.1 cJ!ltin;.ie their
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eva lua tion center operated by the c ustomer.
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midni giit oi l desi s :-,i:1g and buildi:: e; u-:c of thes e un i ts \vh i ch i ll be ti10 ce:1tcr o i'
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wi :n a -BSE:: . lie entered : :ie Corr~any ''.c,..ufc:cturi n~ r-~anager.ert Pros;rarn in 1J68 and had c:ssign Robert C. ~e rrarg ..,ii 11
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effec:ive April l, 1972.
Bob 11ill enter in:o this nevi Rich 1and, ..iash i ngton. He care to \/aynesboro
resoonsibility after a long
in 1963 on a Manufacturing Ensineering assign association rn the relay
rr.ent . In i966 he becan-.e Supervisor of Man ubusiness.
facturing Engineering at the Charlottesville
Plant returning to Waynesboro in 1969 as ManagerBorn and raised in
Manufacturi ng Engineering for t he Com~unication
Altoona, Pennsylvania, he
Control Products Departr.ient . In 1971 he became
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school and joined the
Mr . York has presented papers to :h e
:;ereral Electric c o~~ any O'l June 20, 1955,
,;r:ie ri can Society of Automation '.::ngineers and
s"or:l; after receiving ~is Associate in
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~~;1"eering degree fror the Pennsylvania
Advisory Connittee of t he Blue Ridge Corrunity
~:ate University.
he worked i n Relay Engi College .
.ee i r.g until Septemer of 19~'."l when he rr.oved
: the ~anufacturing Section as a SpecialistAll of his co -workers in ~aynesboro and
- .:;.:;ls and ":ethods.
friends in Charlottesvi ll e and R'.chro'ld
e xtend their best wishes for success in his
Gob 1-1as a1-1araed tne Cordi ner Award in
new assignr.ent .
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MARRIOTT PETITIO:\S GO\'ER.'\~[EH FOR
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l~CREASED PRICES l~ CAFEiERlA
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the prices on f oo d sold in the cafeteria,
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GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XIV, NO . 12

WAYNESBORO, VIRGIN IA

PAY BOARD 'PRE-NOTIFIED' OF GE' S!

INTENT TO INCREASE EMPLOYEES '
WAGES TWICE IN 1972
The federal government 's Pay Board has
been " prenoti fied " by Ge neral Electric of the
Company' s in~ent to put into effect thi s year ' s
two scheduled pay increas es fo r hourly, which
have been negot iated with the UE, and for
nonexemp t salaried employees . Such prenotifi cation is a requi rement under Phase 2 of the
nation ' s curre nt econ omic controls.

Edward 11. Beekman , CE ' s manager of c orporate employee compensation, said that he anti cipated no p r oblems in getting the Board ' s
ap proval fo r the May 1 increases of 1 5 cents pe r-hou r for hourly and $6 per week for nonexempt sa laried and the October 30 cost-ofliving increase which cou ld be as much as 8
cents - pe r-hour .
" Our- general pay increases for 19 72, "
Beekman added , " seem to measure up to the
s tandard which the Pay Board has es tablished
in its efforts to curb the nation ' s inflation. "
The exact size of October's cost- ofl iving adjustment will depe nd upon the change
in the national consumer price index from
October, 1971 to October, 1972 .

ASSETS OF PENSION TRUST ASSURE

SAFETY OF PENSIONS
Figures in the Annual Report of special
inte rest to CE employees included those which
provided data on the Pension Trust .
They showed company contributions to the
Trust at $91 million in 1971--nearly 40%
more th a n 1970 ' s $66 -1/ 2 million.
Pensions paid in 19 71--$98.3 million- -
17% greater than payments for 1970 ,
e r three times larger than payments of $30.l
million made just 10 years ago . The number
of pensioners have been s ubstant ial ly increased,
the late s t increase having been made Jan. 1,
19 71.

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April 7 , 1972

BEST BUY REMINDERS

At the r ecen t "B oss Talk" on "B est Buy"
Mr . Kindt presented s ome facts about the
deep prob l ems of U. S . ind us try . Here is
how Mr. M. P. Venema, chairman of the board
of Universal Oil Products, described the
Productivity challen ge in a rece nt address :

"'l'he real issue lorlay ic lhe s uvi val or th is country as a cigni j'icant fa. ctc r in the worl d 'r.:
econoT'7!J ."
"The U. .r; . is being bealen at i lr.;
own g(JJ71e . We a re rea~h ing a point
where we wi ll find ourcelvec aui prcduced and out - corrrpeterl by a.lmosl
every industric:l na tion in the
free world."
"This P'N3di c amenl is cue to high costs
f or labo r and material, lae:kb re aking
tax l oad:J impoacd by gove rnment at
all levels , an aging -:nductr-ic:.l
pla~t , and s ociety 's legiti~ate
demands f or ever- incY'ea:>ing expendi ture s for environmental control . "
"t,'mploye rc acros::; the nation
must make sure thei r employees
understand the-ir ro l e and vital
stake i n productivity ."

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Tot al assets of th e Pension Trust were
just ove r $2 billion. Of this amount about
$720 million i s on hand to pay t o pensioners
now retired while approximately $1.350
billion is eannarked for pensions of cur-rent
Pension Plan participants who will retire
in the future . The two liabilities equal the
total $2 . 071 billion assets.
The GE Pension Trus t was started 45 years
ago to help assure that pensions are safe
and that there will be funds payable e ve n if
General Electric disappears.

THE LAST OF AN ERA

A " BEST BUY"

SCOGEE WEEK APRIL 8 -15

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The primary purpose of SCOGEE WEEK i s to

increase the c lub ' s membership . Specia l inducemen ts for nonmembers to become members of
SCOGEE are :
--emp l oyees joining SCOGEE now wi l l
be provided with a free membe r ship
until July .
--plus new members wi ll be eligible to
participate in the "special" SCOGEE WEEK
activities .
SPECIAL EVENTS DURING SCOGEE WEEK:

The excitation cubi cle sh ow n in the pi c ture is

t he last of t he 79 31NA143 arnp l i dy ne r eg ulato r
systems fo r s t eam appli cati on. This s ys tem ,
fi rst des i gne d i n 1960 by Geo r ge Chambe rs , has
been e xtre mel y s u ccessf ul ove r t he past 12
yea r s . Durin g thi s t i me Torn Smi th has engineered mo r e t han 130 sys t e ms and Cy Lee ' s a r e a has
bee n r esp onsible for fo l l ow i ng t he manu fac ture
of th i s prod uct . The amp li clyne regul ato r has
bee n r e p.l ace d by tl1 e Al t errex s ys tem which can
s upp l y th e large r amo unt s of ex citation ne ede d
fo r pr es e n t-day ge nerato r s a nd provi de fa st e r
r espons e . Th i s J as t un i t was sh i pped t o Ir an .
Pi c ture d wit h th e un Lt are : ( left t o ri ght)
Wa lley Ca mpbe ll,
Chambers
and Tom Smi th .

April 8- - Kiddie mo vie at the Wayne Theate r 1012 noon . Free admission by current
membership card .
April 10 --YMCA open to a l l SCOGEE members
7 : 30 to 10 : 00 p . rn . Curren t membe r ship
ca r d .
April 11-- Skating at the Skate-A- Re na . 7: 30
to 10 : 00 p . m. Current membership card .
April 12- -Fre e coffee break in Cafeteria on
t hi s date on l y . Special discoun t ch it
of 21~ .
April 14- - Teenage Re cord Hop , Elks Lodge ,
8 : 00 p . m. to 11: 00 p . rn . Tickets wi l l
be available in t he cafeteria .
Apr il 15--Do llar Dance with music by the
SOUND FOUNDATION, Elks Lodge . $1 per
co uple a vailable on a " first come , first
se r ved " bas i s . 9 :00 p . m. to 1: 00 a . m.

Pr at ulat c the
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f oll rn,ing

plo,ces hho
reached s c rv i c c

milestones thi s
month .

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YEARS

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P. R. Hatto;;
A. M. Cas h
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A. Whi te

Ge t on SCOGEE ' s bandwagon by J 01ning up

dnd enj oyin g the ir man y activities -- a tr uly
" Best Buy ."

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SCOGEE INTERPLANT GOLF LEAGUE
Last call for any pers ons interested in
playing gol f . The league will be split into
2 parts , one - half pl ayi ng at Gy psy Hill and
th e other half at Swannonoa . Any person
interested in playing must sign up no l a t er
than April 14 . Contact Jim McKay , Ext. 272 ,
Room 106 .
OUR NO. 1 GOAL:
TO MAKE
GENERAL ELECTRIC
YOUR BEST BUY

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
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WA YN ESBORO, VIRGINIA

Another " Bes t Buy" Success St ory

April 14 , 1972

BEATRICE DUNN RETIRES

NEW FULL W AVE DRIVE

HITS THE MARKET
The Control Devi ces Operation recent l y
announce d a new " Best Buy" product-- an adjustab l e speed STATOTROL*DC drive f or 1/6 through
5 HP appl i cat i.ons . The new Full Wave Drive
was deve l oped i n Waynesbor o for manufac t ure
by the Control Devi ces Oper a tion .
The ne1v STATOTROL II drive is a compact
and rugged s uccessor t o the popula r STATOTROL
half-1vave dri ve . It off e rs entirely redes i gn ed full 1vave ci rcui t ry 1vi th superior pe rfor mance for every type of i ndustrial application.
ror the economi ca lly -minded , a STATOTROL
JR dri ve is also available offe ring the s ame
__.-.Qi gh pe r fonnance characteristi cs as the
fATOTROL I I drive s 1vi th out r eduction of
rel i ab i l i t y and q ualit y .
How do ne1\l' pr oducts s ud 1 as the a bove
come ab out? Re ad on .....
It takes the comb i ned effort s of Engineeri ng , Product ion , ~ lanufac turing and
Market ing for the cr eat i on of a new product.
In t hese pages you wi ll r ind pictures of s ome
of the people i nvo l ved and a word story of the
j oint effort which cr eat es sales --- and a GE
' 'Best Buy . ' '
*REGI STERED TRADEMARK OF THE GENEr~ .i:::LECTRI C
COi\ [DANY, USA .
(cont inue d on Page 2)

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CAFEl'ERIA 0 l.AJ\JGES DELAYED

/.1i Zton B Zi ss is s hown p r>es ent i ng c r>enierient

gi f t t o Bea t ti ce Dunn a t a par>t y fieZ ..:.
:;e ::
hono Y' by he r> _
1'ellow wo r>k e rn at the i-ioEC:.cr::! J-,-._r: ,
A ~-~ton i'1 oun ta-:_n .

->

Beatrice A. Dunn i s the first hourly f ema l e

empl oyee to re t i r e at t hi.s pl ant . Be::itri ce
sta rted t o \\'Or k 1vi th GL on July 11 , 195 5 as
an Assembl e r / Small Cab l e Tr ::iinee . He r last
ass ignment befo re retj r i ng was a Re la:' A
operator .
Beat ri ce i. s J Olll Ing her husban d Fo r est
1\iho i s a l ready i n r et i r ement . She s ays t hey
plan to do some t r ave l ing , stoppin g of f in
Atlanta to visit their son Denn is , who is a
pil ot with !1elta Ai rlines , and a l s o to vi sit
wi t h a second son I !ugh 1\l'ho lives i n Ga ls ton
Lake , \!e1-. York . Of course , get t i n g t o see t he ir
4 grandchi l dren h'ill be th e highli ght of t hes e
vis i ts .
1

TI1C changes in se rvi ce and pr ices in the .

Aft e r thei r t r ave l s , 1vh i. ch 1vill inc l ude
Caf ete ri a announced s eve r a l weeks ago by ~ ~rnott Di s ney l and (Cali r . ) , s he and her hus band
have been hc l? up as th~ : ep l y from _t he Price
plan to set t l e down 1:rn<l enjoy some campi ng at
1
Board t o ~larnott. s pe t 1 t1on for price d 1a.nges
Senge r' s Lake . Bea t r j ce says she has a lot of
has not been r ece1vcd .
catchin g up to do on sch-i ng which i s one of her
ma in hobb i es .
.,.-.. We wi ll continue t o keep you pos t ed on the
1 ~i ce Board ' s
deci sion on ~larri ott ' s pet iti on
\\e 1, ish Be atri ce an d Forest a full and
and t he pl anned changes in service and prices .
en joyable retirement li f e .
1

FULL \\'AVE DRI\iE .. . . (continued from Page 1)

Firs t of all , there must be a need . In
t his cas e , the need , as detennined by our
'.larketing sales personne l, was for a good pro duct to he l p maintain and increase our market
s lw r e i_n the drives marketplace . A review of
our p roduc t by Product Planning, as compared
1vi t h our competito r' s product , i ndicated that
1ve 1vcre losing bus ines s due to product inflexi bility. A competi tive analysis was made
1~h ic h indicated that competition was much more
flex i ble in their dri ves product lines .

::; ::~'-!lie; ~ !TODUCT PLANNING--J ack Kacz marek

and Bob Carr; a 2

'.'Jow that the need has been defined and

our pr oduct detennined , a flll1ctional specification was prepared fo r Engineering which defined
the market needs , the product definition and
the cost ob j ect i ves . To fulfi ll that need we
requi r ed a practical design and a manufacturing
procedure.

I t was Engineering ' s respons ibility

to design the regulat or control circuitry and
package the product in an attractive encl osure .
Using the designer ' s sketches, Engineering
created dra\\1 ings Crom 1vhid1 models were made
in the il lodel Shop to pr ove out the val idity
of the design .

ENGINEERI NG !10DEL SHOP--Jeny Comer', J ack Vans i se,

Davi d Schooley , D. G. Sohe n, and Henry Sipe.

Thus , our need becomes mud1 more definite - From t he model Enginee ring fi nalized the ir
a nec<l t o deve l op a new pr oduct with more
drawings , which were submitted to pot ential
featu r es , a gr eater degree of re li abi l ity- suppliers of hard1vare by Purchasing . These
th rough the use of improved packaging , modern
potential s uppli ers submi tted samples of their
in tegr ated circuits, and other up-to-date
work similar to our requirements for evaluation
" stat e of the a rt" technology- -at market
by Enginee ring and Purchas ing.
c ompetit i ve price levels.
Once En ginee rin g had detennined the r equired
components and Purchasing had approved vendors ,
it wa s up t o Production t o order the materi al .
Many items 1ve r c r equired ; such as sheet metal,
printed circuit boards , transfonners , electronic
components, cover s , chass i s and various other
parts. 111is was no small task and r equi r ed
the effo rt s of many people working t ogether .

i;,'NGINEERING- - ChaY'les Spangle r', Sa l l i e Raines ,

ChaY'les Liebal, FY'ank Ellis, Clyde Conner,
E . E . Myrtle , Chuck Yeming ton, Ed Dinger, John
La r ew, ,John VanPatten, ,Jos eph McKenny and
FY'anl< Pie rsa .

OUR NO. 1 GOAL:

TO MAKE
GENERAL ELECTRIC
YOUR BEST BUY

The fina l testing of the product is very

i mportant to insure GE quality performance and
va lue . To t his end , the pe rs ormel in Test
Equipment bui lt a small "mini -computer ." The
equipment checks the circuitry of the STATOTOOL
drive t hr ough a controlled program and compares
tes t val ues to a known standard. There are
over 30 separat e s tcps to the t est program
and, as each s tcp is comple ted, the tcs t val ue
is printed out for the test ope r ator ' s information. If the dr ive circuitry does not meet the
standard value fo r a particular step , a visual
indication i s given to t he t est operator . 111e
operator will then either reject the <lrive or
continue testin g depending on the natur e of
the defect noted.
S.':..JIP?I:lG, ?URC.=f.4SI NC, ?RODUCTI ON CONTROL,
S!:'EET ,'B'.:.4L , & .\!A CHI!J2 SllOT'--Fir-s t m w, John
i: :z ;,~he r, 3ue la;, Cash, Porznie Fi she r-, I r ene
:Jo~e , o-.-:,r-; .~obe Fcs , :-:e ie n Cr au."o r d, Selvester
?c.;:r:.e , : sz e l:e ?itz ge"!'ald., ,-i-.-. tuscin, and
::"e;:r: Stalte r . Seconc P.cruJ , .oim 3 1'een, Ce c:i l
Come r , Howard Cook , Dave D!'i er> and ilen ry
flughes .

Befor e the product could be manufactured

and assembled , >lanuf acturing Engineering had
_.-...+o create new tooling and new work procedures;
~uality Control had to initiate new standards
of quali ty, new in-process inspection procedures
and final testing of the product. 111eir
efforts Kere directed to insure a GE quality
product at the l ohest poss ible cost--in fact,
TEST EQUIPf.JE;.'T- - Back r>ow- Earl Coss , Bobby .'-.'oI:-eJ',
a GE ' Best Buy . " These drives are manufactured Chie .r Cook, i<erz Basset t . Front r ow- :.Jargie
in the Dri\cs and Devices Room . These operators Huffor d, ASCOT- BO , Maxine Gabbert, Bobbie /.Je:1e r>s
ha\e done an exceptional job in filling orders and Rus Coine r .
for our ne1, pr oduct and a r e continuing to work
You have heard '~\'e are all salesmen because
hard to maintain GE qua lity and value .
sales create j obs . " Case in po i nt- -a good custome r of ours re cently visited \\'aynesboro . \\;e had
so l d him the ne1v drive but he had reservations
about the quality , appearance , value and performanace of ti1c <lri ve because it h'as a ne1v , W1proven pr oduc t. Engineering demonstrated the
perfonnance of the dri ve , Production was able to
promi se s hipment of t he drives within the cus torner ' s required timetable and the customer talke<l
with the operators 1vho were assembling his drives .
111is f irs thand ex-pericncc created a favorable and
lasting impression on the customer . Ile had been
sold on GE br GE people . mis is not the end of
the STATOTROL stor y . Proposition acti\ity i s \cry
high a t t h i s time . ~tarkct in g expecta tions arc
that we will sell 1500 W1i ts this firs t production
year . However, if we 1vant this s t o ry to continue,
we mus t constantly prov i <lc the customer hith a
combinati on of quali tr , value , service and
11.;.r;:~'l.fi3:i'! t ./UALITY CONTROL -- Frank Monge r , J ac k
pe r formance , because ' 1\fc a r c all sal esmen , and
i lwnmer-, Shi1 l ey Sandridge , Phyllis Childress ,
sal
es creat e jobs . "
Ubby Graves , Dot Mauzv , Cloi>ia Phillips and
Stu Pitts .

INSERRA TO JOIN DCPD

FIRST QUARTER GE PROFIT

IS 4.7( ON SALES DOLLAR

~I r . \\arren f.
General Electric earnings were 4 . 7 cents
Kindt , Gene ral ~ lan age r on each sales dollar i n the first quarter of
of the Data Conununica- 1972 . Thi s is s li ghtly above the 4 . 4 cents
tion Products Depart- recorde d i n the first quarter of 1971 , but
ment , annoLmced r ecent - be l oK the 5 cents profit on each doll ar earned
l y tJ1e appoint men t of fo r the full year of 1971 . Fi r s t quarter dollar
Paul I!. Inserra to tJ1e earnings 1.,rere $103 . 5 r.iillion as compared to
position of ~lanager$91.5 million in the fi r st qua rter of 1971.
Marketing for the
111is amoLmte d to 57 cents a shar e for 1972 as
Department. On ~lay 1, compared to 50 cents for the first quarte r of
Mr. Inse rra will sue- 1971.
ceed Mr. Charles T.
Inseryia
Humphrey who will
Sales i n the first quart er of ' 72 we r e
become ~lanager - Re lay products operat ion.
$2 ,218 million compared 1vith $2 ,099 million
in 1971 . Costs that include employee pay and
I nserra attended school in Monongahela ,
benefits and material s we r e more than S2
Pennsylvania, and i s a graduate of the Univer- billion for 1972 ' s first quarter, about $220
si t y of Pittsburgh with a degree in Bus iness
million mor e than tJ1e $1 . 938 billion for 1971 ' s
Admi ni s trati on. lie joir.ed the General Electric similar period .
Company in 1961 as a Sal es Reprcsentati ve in
the Cor.iput er Department after serving in the
In commenting on the Company ' s first
Ordance branch of the U. S . Army ancl 1vorking
quarter , GE 01ainnan Fred Bord1 noted that
fo r the Univac Divis ion of Sperry Rand. ile
the i mprovement in results has been l ed by
has been a District Sales ~la.n ager fo r the
tJ1e company ' s s ho rter cycle businesses--major
Industrial Sales Divis ion, ~ lanager - Infonnation appliances , othe r consume r pr oduct s , and com Systems Sales , and his most recent pos ition is ponents and materials suppl ied t o consume r
goods markets.
1\lanager -Industr ial Automation rlarketi ng fo r
the ~lanufactur ing and Process Automation Sys tern
~larketing Depart ment , Lyrm , ~lassachus ett s .
"TI1e rise in sales of General Electric
major appliances has been particularly s trong
Paul, hi s wife Joanne, and tJ1eir three
since the beginning of 1972 , "s a i d Mr. Borch,
daughte rs- - Pamela , Patricia, and Paula- -will
"a reflection cf conswners ' rising confidence
be moving to 1\laynesborc la ter in the spring .
rn the U. S . economic outlook ."

*******

PARKI>JG LOT Rl:).IINDERS

,\ survev this week of the park i.ng l ot shohed
that many emP l oyees 1vc re not comply in g h'i th the
pa r kin g regulations :
All vehicles must display a park i ng t ag with
legible mmibers and ,isible colors on the left
rear bumpe r .

He also said that sales by tJ1e Corrp3.11> ' s

international opera t ions 1, ere higher in the
first quarte r . A continued s trong performance
by the Gene r a l Electr ic Credit Corpo1ati on
contributed t o the increase in earnings . "These
gains mo r e than offset the softness i~ the
short - cyc l e indL:s tri al n:a rket , an c~ also tl'.e
relative l y 101v delive ries of heavy capi tal
equipment during the first quarter ."

************
Blue permits park in Zone 4- -office
employees in south end of buildin g . Red permits
park in Zone 6 - -office employees in north end
of building . Green penni ts park in Zone 8- all empl oyees report i ng at 7: 30 n .rn.
Forms fo r appl ying for parking pe nri t s
are availab l e outside the cafeter i.a . Permit s
arc i.ssued from the main t enance offi ce .

George >lcLear , Second Shift >laintenance, has

lost a pair of prescription sunglasses some where in the plant . They have black frames
and are in a brown leather case. Anyone having
information on these glasses, please contact
George in ~Iain tenance.

Gladys Carn.ichael houl d 1 i ke to thank }.er many

friends for flowers , f ruit , ca rds and blood
dor.ations during her re ce r:t surgery in UVa .

***************
SK.LET LEflGLiE FORJ\iING
There 1v i.11 be a 1reeting in the audi toriwn
at 4: 30 p .m. Thursday , April 20 , fo r a ll pcrsor.5
interested in joining the Skeet League . For
further in forma tion contact John Gl enn , Ext . 6"3,-,..._or Ken Hanl!la, Ext . 513 . The league 1,ill begir,
sheetin g on :. 1ay 5 at Pine HiJ 1 range near Dooms .

WAiNESBORO PLANT

G~N ~RAl@ ~l~~1R~C

\oi ur::e \I\" , \o. i-l

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

PAY BOARD APPROVES

MAY 1 INCREASE
l! ourh J ob Rate \-.ill R~se 15 Cc:1ts :
Salari ed to Recei \e S6 :-lore \\'eeklv

ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES TO GET

INSURANCE REFUND

\1:

General Electric hil.i. soo:-i r:~e a s rr.all

r efW1cl of Ins1.ffancc PJan JeJ'...lc:ions to e1:1pl0\ees
ll1c U. S . :!:O\ernment' s Pav '.3oa r J has
hho , a::ter :rei:.G11:i :.g :-ro::: tl1L' } _~t10 - - 0 st: r i.Kc
gi\en its appro\:al for Ger:eral Electric to put against CE , part l~ re imburs eJ :he cor.i;1an; fo r
into e:fect on '!m:dar , >lay 1 the pay increase
its continuatim o f Ir.surancc Pla.:i con~rage, by
rire\ioush sd1cdulecl to begin the:-i fo r 111an;
a pe r iod of "iilake - up" .2e J~ :ct:.o:,s . ..\ L~}1tcal
of GE 's hourly and nonexempt salaried employees. refun<l hill be about '. 2 . :s al though c3ch inc.ii \i dual r efund 1,i 11 be cornputeJ separately ~u1J
This means that a ll hou rlv d3;'\-'0rk r ates
in<li \ i du.'.11 refunds 1-.i 11 Ln~:.
rn this ;;Lmt i,ill be inc:-ease<l 15 c ents an
hour on that jay , 1: hile the heckly rate fo r
The re ~Jt J -::o::ie s J.bo:.it ;.LS ;:; n.::-:J] t c r ,,
nonexe;:ipt , sal3 ricc.l j ob s hill cli111b S6 .
recent court case in h hi ch one o:' ::he unions
on strike c 1aimeci liE shouJ d ha\e hcpt the
_
Because GE ' s tota l emp l oyme nt r anks it
\\"eeklv Sickness and .-'\cciC.ent 5c::c1i:,::; ,1 i ::w
_ 1ong the largest eii!pioyers of people in the
Insurance Plan ~ n force fo r strikers . Gc1tc _
c. mmtry, the co;::pany has r equi red to "pre i:lcctric. h2J oiw1tarily ;; :i: ..'. ~ii cost:; t 8
notifv" the Pav Boar<l of its intention t o
'.:ecp the lnsu r ancc Plan in ~crcc for all
incrc~e the p~y rates in :.:ay even though the
strihcrs du r ino the stri ke , hlt)1 the e xc,';;t1 L1 n
CC)rnpany i1aJ comnitteJ it :;elf t o such an . .
t11at, as spc..:i ,fie,~ in the PLL!, :.ec1'h Si...::-.:rcss
inr-rc:lSc o\cr L:o \"C3rs ac::o . nn s prcr:o tLfLJ.!1,l .-\cci Jcr:t c o\c ra~e , ,Jo: c:: ..;..:o;~ti;1ucJ :-iJ
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pcmi.ssior: to procc':.' J hith the rai s es c ame
.-\p ril 18 from ii ashingto;-i .
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corr.!Xm\ in its actLon ::; ~ C.:.:.:..:o;' ti::ui:1~ ~1-i..'L?;.;.1;
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EXTRA EFFORT PAYS Off AGAIN

l"li~ 2. recent "lcnday, the i<.elay Operation received a call from the Binghilmton,
.:c::cr~~ ~:iectr ic Pi;::.'1t.
Thev \\ere in desperate need of fii:"teen SS..\Fl957.A3 rcla;s
.,:c~u-.:tio:1 line started building
the relays at 3: 00 ~ionday aft ernoon .
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i\'i th ;m all out effort by Gunda Zirnrnennan ,

011ic Cr;iun, floris Bailey, Audrey Graham ,
\'irginia Fisher, and Joyce Raiston, these
reLiys i\ere sent to the finish area at 9 : 30
TuesJay morning .

Wi th special handling from finish personnel

on first shift: Back row, Juanita Curry, Jl.Ule
Clark, Dottie I<:nl(S, and Front row: f.1.J.e \!i ze ,
Nancy Cook, Katherine Perry and ~largaret Comer ,

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,,:-1c'. ::-econd shift operato rs ~!a ry Corbin, Betty

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Tne QC peoi1le , Ethel Cri tzer, ~13.de line ~i ze ,

aric !lolly l!olsinger, ouickl; h ~i<l the rc1 ;,.i:-s
tcstcc a.1<..i rcac.'y ts s::.:.? .

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EMPLOYEES RECEIVE
\,;'j:;E OWL AWARDS

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P'.-1i 1 i oincu the Compa:.y

in Sep:ember, l 9o9 , as a Ligh t
~achines operator .
During
his emlovment h'i th the Conmam
of o\ei t~,o rca rs, he horked ~n
t.i:e Si1cc t .\iet;:il anJ .\lain t enancc
areas as well as \arious jo::,s in the '!achine
Shop .

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?~illin Lee Baber, a

General E::lectric employee h'hc
1,as or. .i.ayoff , died las t
SaturC.a\ in a1 a utomobile ac cide~t on Rout e 3~0 \orth
of the City .

Lee, .\ssen..hlcr in C!X1 , is

si!01m rccc i \ing his \Ilise 0.vl A1,arc cert Lficate ,

bpel pin an<l button from Foreman !larding

Lonas .
Bill :irniJc<l ser\'ious rn_1L11~: to his right
eye recently. lie had his safety gla?s es on
and while leaning ornr suddenly t o pick up
a piece of 1:ork , he struck a protr.ucling.
""'eminal on a large transfomer (snm-n in_
.cture) . The blm: hit the top part cf his
sJ.fcty glass frame. lllC in~1act battered the
frame and a part of t he lense.
Bill Sn-s, "You d.on 1 t ha\e to tell i7le
am1;1orc al..>out the i mportance of 1iearin;
s<.1.fety glasses on the job . 11
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lie h'3S a 1967 graduate of Jort Defiance

High Sd1ool . Phil continued his schooling
aft er high school oy taking a machinist course
at lfay11esboro l!igh Sd1001.
"Phil 1-.a.s an ei;1ploycc 1vho ha<l p r l<lc in his
1w r k and has alhays striving to ir.rprove hi mself ,' '
says his last GE ioreman , Carl Jones . '1-fe ha.s
ambitious and 1~as planning for the future ."
..\1 though Phil had chosen to take a bwfll?
1:aiver in \ovember 1971, he continueJ to maint a i n a ll hi s :)enefi t prognu:15 ''i th the Company
in hopes of r eturning to GE 's empl oyment in the
near future .

The \Eh'S extends its sincere s:-::1pathy t o

his mother Jo..\nn Baber , a CE er.:ployee i n rcla)'S ,
and his father Carl Baber , an employee at
Cro;;;pton - Shc:tanJoah , and Phi l 's rnan: fricnc..ls .

bETTER SECRETARiES
MEAN

bETTER busiNESS

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C':''":';:i~

pay i:-.creases "i il be a:1c : i1e r

,:-2Jition t o thi::. rLmt 's openL11g costs.
"\1-m. ;"'L"O?L: ot.rs:.Jc oi :msiness jei.ie;c th<1 t
t'.:ese !ncrc;.ise<l cost.:> :ire just passed throw~h
:o our cus t oraers in t.11.e fonn of pr i c e
"
increases ," >Ir . Tulloch sai d .

" \\c pco1)lc in the busi;1ess knrn,, contrary

to thi s ;:iopular fallac y , t hat this iU3 t can 1 t
l)e done . \\c h::n-e too f.1JJ1y compet i to r s in our
:-HoJuct ::nrk.etplacc . ,' u r ?rices :.1ust be ~cpt
.: c:~:pctLtLn to he :ih le t o get the orders we
;.'..:c ...: t o Si..lP!'Ort an<l groh our business .:m<l t'.~e
_;obs it ::;enc' rei tes .
" J:1is means that "e ha\e to "ork hard
a ~ ~wpro\"ir.g . our producti \i ty - - a t offse tting
lng.1er r-:at c n al and l abor c osts throuQ"h
progr ams suci1 as cost improvements ,
and
our 3es t Ju;- progra;n. The cooperation
.

J
rntc r es t anJ effor ts of all emplovees are \it al
to the success of such programs . ..

Insur:1.nce Reflmd .. (con tinued from Pnge 1)

SEiA coverage fo r 70 days or 10 wee:.-s. Hi s
:efund therefore ,,ould be 18. 2% o f t he amount
he pai d in after the s trike was ended to
co \er mone\ ad\anced bv GE for the s t rike
pe ri oJ. I iis repay1~nts , there fo re, amounted
: o $1 7. . 60 . Since 18 . 2% of t hat figure is
$2. 29 .. his r efund h'Ould be S2 . 29 minus f i\e
cents fo r costs , o r $2 . 2-L

ilere i;1 "' :.i~11csboro the re fund to cli <;ible

empl orees y,iJ l be mac.le during the 1,eek. of
Apri l 28 . I t ha s pointed out that since GE
began JJ.'.l)'i ng ;,:i 11 cos t s of the Insuro...'1ce Plan
for the emp lo\ec ' .s oi-n co': eragc or. .January 1 ,
1.1 -1, a compJicated prc~le:~ such as thi s or..:
~:11 not occur again .

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f\acuation 1 fire be li s rrng a
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continuous C) last. for .:: u-.JO seconJs)

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[\.i ~in g the pr~~t i ce soi.;:Li rn~ c f t i1e s i gnals

ali e:.:?-o:::ees shou~u re::-.3::.:. ~t .,,ork :1S ll::'ual .
111e practice sounding is ;a.ere!: t o famiLarizc
t he1.1 ;, i th the :ari o;..;.s soi.n1,Ls so t h:.it in cJse
of an emergenc:: in the f u ture , the ~; hill be
co:np l etel> famili a r h"i th t'.1C: s i gHJ. ls invohed .
Each ;na.n age r shoulJ h :1 \e ~omc onc postcJ
i:1 the arc-J. and r epo rt ir.J:;cJio~cl: Lf tnerc
i s a pos s ibi li ty the ~) ells arc net being hcJ.rJ .
1

\\.ILSO\; C..\.\JDIDATE F{'R Cl TY COLJ\"CI L

.John F. ,d l so;; , Jr . , a
des i gn c.!ra Cts:-.;rn ;,i tr. the
Genera : Elcc: ric L011w<:ci.
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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
NO . XIV , No . 14

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

April 28 , 1972

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AUT OMA TION BUSINESS

DIVISION ANNOUNCES
BEST BUY PROGRAM
>lr . .J . A. Baker , Automati on Business Divis i.on Best BuY COLmci 1 01ai rrnan announced this
\,eek the "Tie It All Together" individual recognition pr ogram for the employees of the Division .
ABD has o,o operations in l\'avnesbor o- -Control
Devices Operation ( COO) , producing and se lling
gcncrat ion cont rol equipment and dri \cs and
devi ces products , and the . Lunerical Control
Operation (NCO) engaged in marketing ~U1d
cng i nee ring of nLU11erical control (leviccs for t he
mach inc tool i ndustry .
TI1c " Tic It All Together" program 1vill
recognize outstanding individual pcrfonnance
in such areas as incr eased productivity , incr eased cost reduction efforts , servi ng cus tamer
needs , emp l oyee in vol \emen t, and greater community awareness .
Best Buy ties \,ill be awarded to individua ls who arc rcconunended by the local Best
Buy councils to the ASB council . Recipients
will be encouraged t o "tie it all t ogether"
by wearing their Bes t Buy ties on official tie
days .
In making the announcement Mr . Baker said ,
" Each component of the Di vi s ion has knotty
prob l ems which , a t t imes , seem insurmountable .
By joining forces and uni tin ~ efforts we can
" tie i t a ll together . By tying it all together ,
the Division \vi ll be in the enviab l e position
of be ing ab l e to offer cus t omers the Best Buy
with pr oducts of unsurpassed qual ity , service
and value . "

_Don't f~rget _to set up your clocks Sat urday .

Dayltght Savrng t i me has arrived . That means
you come t o 1vork on ~londay morning at 7 : 30 a .m.
by the clock . Is that an hour earlier? Or is
it an hour later? \Ve don 't know . We ' ll just
see you at 7 : 30 Monday mornin g, DST .

Dixon is congratulated on his 30th

anniversary with GE by J . Kirk Sne ll , ManagerNew Pr oduct s Development Operation.
Co~bin

Co:bin ~ixon r ecently completed 30 year s

of service.with the General Electric Company .
I le began !us career with the General Electric
Company on J\pri 1 27 , 191l2 after oraduation
from >Jew York Univer sity 1dth a BSEE degree .
His earl~ as~ i gnrne nts as a Tes t Engineer ,
1vorkrng rn Philadelphia , Pittsfield,
B:idgeport, ru1d Schenectady on projects assigned by the Tube Division. In 194 7 he joined
the Contra~ Divis i<;m in Schenectady and did
t he mechanic1l design of a line of electronic
mot ?r controls . Followin g this , he was
assigne~ ~h~ production and application
r esponsibility for mechan ical and amplidyne
regul ator s .
.

rn~luded

Since moving to Waynesboro , Corbin has

played a major_ role in_ the des i gnof many
e l ect r o mechanical devices . These include
products s uch as pinhole detectors , in frared
hot 1?ot detectors , regis ter controls , cent ral
sta~ion regulators and photoelectric devices.
Duni:g thP. last five years he has been
workrng on the TerrniNet*300 printer line.
~e is the holder of five patents and is
a Regis tered professional Engineer in the
s~ates of New York and Virginia . 111roughout
his car eer , he has always had a special
inte r es t in cost improvement and has been a
major contributor to these efforts .

(continued on P . 2)

MIESEL RECOGNIZED

BEST BUY REMINDERS

;\t the r ecent " Boss Talk" on " l3es t Buy"
'Ir . \\. . F. ,..indt presen ted some facts about deep
problems . U. S . indus try . Here are a fe"
exce 111ts from the Tes timony of Peter r. . Peterson ,
ComPK' r ce Sec r e tary of the fede r a l QOYernrnent
Le lo r e t he .Jo int Economi c subcornmi t t ee o f
Congr ess on p r oducti,it, :
l ie expressed his amazement at the " fi r s t
(]l'<:l.rte r s lowdrnvn in the rate of improvement in
output per hour of 1vork in the p r i vat e sector."
(T1e Labor Department announced tha t seasonally
ad i us ted annua 1 rate or output ner hour or wor k
has on l\ 2 . 17 ~ in the firs t. quar te1 of 1972
c omnarecl t o 3.2 0 fo r the fo urth quarter or
1971 and 3 . 6 ~ fo r all of 1971.)
'Ir . Peterson ca lle d for a " comprehensive
nati ona l c rusade to hoos t U. S. ~roductivity , "
adding that " to be s uccessful such a crusade
mus t unite management and labor - p ri ,ate
cit i zens and go, e rrmen t . ''
>Ir . Peters on s aid , "The U. S. re~ i s tered
the "orst product i vi t: recor d of any maj or
pOh'e r in the bO ' s ."
I le t o ld the s ubcorruni t t ee, " TI1e lJ. S . has
got t en a little fat and l azy .'' To improve
product i vity, the lJ. S . 1vill need "ne1v approach es , ne11' techniques and new work environments ."

EMPLOY EES VOTE NO UNION

Recentl: \ LRH s upervised elect i ons "e r e
he ld in the Co lumbia ' s in t he(;[ d1a in of
plants to de t erm ine i f the emplmees 1ver e to
he r epresented by a union . Both elect i ons 1vere
the s ame day, one in Columbia , >larylan<l , where
r.r i s starting up Arp l iance Park Eas t , and the
o the r i n Columbia , Tennessee , a ne1~ pl<mt .
The: result s "e r e as fol lo11s :
COi L7''J3JA,
No LJ~ i on
IBE\'J

John .J . ~leisel , Special i s t-Fin ancial Analys i s ,

Control De\ices Operation of the Dr ives
Sys tems Product DepartJllent , was recogni zed
la.s t 1\eek for outstanding h'ork i n the Company ' s
fin ancial 'lanagement Tra in irw Program .
John , h'ho joined cro on fehn~a r: i , 19 72 ,
was presented \\i th a Certifi ca t e of Ad1ievemen t
by \\1 . E. Forsyth, Vice Pres t de nt an d Comptroller ,
in New York l?..s t 11.'erlncsday in recognition for
having p repared one o f t he t hree mos t out s t c;
11r oject r eports for the fall 1971 Informat io11
Sys terns course .
The kindnes s and sy111path:' of fri ends and
member s o [ management he r e at r.r: i.n our recen t
sorrow will ah\a,s r emain 1\i th us a s a nrecious
memory . Our sincere thanks and grat i. tude for
all those co;nfor tin g acts .
- - -Joann & Car l Babe r

COlill-HA , TENN .

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76 8
335

No Uni on
IVE

IVE
52
Stove lforker s
7
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Total
1182
SCOGEE DA\JCE , Saturday , >lay 6 . 9 ' t i l l
DuPont Recreat i on Center . ~lusic by

117
83

200

Brant ' s Business School students we re hosted

by the :Jaynesboi>o Plant during Secretaries
TI1e Sound Foundation . >!embers $2 . 50 ,
y/eek for a p lant t our.
The group pictur ed al.
non -members $4 .
l istened intently as Leon Stokes explained
the mechanics of products r1ade in TermiNet .
DIXON . .. (continued)
The students at B-ra.Ylt '., n.r>e l'lr>r?beY's of the
Corbin ' s hobbi es and outs i de in teres t s in- F'utuY'e Secr etaries As~oc~alion sponsored by
::lu<le fi s hing , hw1t ing, paintin g , s kiin g , ~anoe the Augusta County Chapter of the National
ing , archery and bowling . All in all , he t s a
Secretaries Association (Int e rnational) .
man 11ho kno1vs h is 1vay a r ound in the outdoo r s .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Volume XIV , 'fo . 16

~lay

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

ZIMMER RETIRES

5 , 1972

RULES WE \\IORK BY :

MATERNITY LEAVES
The Waynesboro policy regarding maternit y
leaves for emp l oyees that become pregnant has
been review and revised recently . In order
to bring a ll employees up to date , a bri ef
summary of the policy 1vill be noted beloh' .
For more specific infonnation , see your
supenrisor, foreman , plant nurse , and/or
the doctor in the Me di cal Clinic .
Empl oyees t hat become pregnan t will be
pennitted to continue work as long as the
employee ' s personal physician and the plant
phys ician both agree that this is feasible .
The decision to permit pregnant employees to
continue work involves the following considerations :

_..-..Tack Zirrnner (second from right) enjo,11ed a

.etirement pa:rty in his honor r ecenti,11 . Also
pictured are (from left) Mrs. Zimmer, George
Hausler , Ruthi e Zimme r (Jack 's daughte r) and
Chri s Eiri ch .
J olm S . (Jack) : immc r r e tired from the
General Electric Comp:m;. at the end o F Arril
afte r 32 years of senri ce . .Jack had been
associated with the engineering section of
Industry Control and later Snecial tv Control
Departments since 1941. I le {,,as ahrarded 14
letters of patent agree ment during this time .
His first patent 1vas for a thermally
actuated switch in Febn1ary, 1950 . ~-1any of
his patents made important contributions to
the success of the re~av business here in
Waynesboro. 111e micro :r elay , patented i n
1957 , has been recognized as the bell1vether
for the relay business . Jack was teamed wi th
Chris Eirich , who is now al so retired, in the
development of the neces s ary processes to
manufacture the micro relav . The s ucces s ful
en gineering and manufacture of the micro gave
Specialty Control the bi g boost in sales that
,,.,,-...was needed to establish the relay business .
(cont inued on P. 2)

A.
B.
C.
D.
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The desire of the individual .

Approval of the attending physician
Concurrence by the General Electric
physician .
'-laintenance of ~ood heal th and well being .
Appropr iate and safe 1vork assignment .
Continued e ffici ent \\"Ork perfonnance.

It is the responsibility of the empl oyee

to notify t he Medical Clinic at the earliest
t ime possible relat ive to her condition . In
most cases, definite indication should be made
by the end of the t hi rel month . 111e empl oyee
s]1oul d obtain a \ ledical Clinic pass from her
supenrisor and go to the ~ledical Clinic where
she will be asked to have some forms completed
by her personal physician . The employee ' s
personal physician will be asked to indi cate
the date of the expected confinement and make
additional cormnents concerning the employee's
continuing to 1vork . The plant phys i c ian will
revie1v this information ; and after inte rviewing the employee , a decision 1vill be made
on the date on which she will discontinue
working . Because there are many vari able
factors from one empl oyee to another , ead1
case will be decided on an individual basis .
(continued on P . 2)

>1ATER~ITY

LEAVES ... . . (cont inued from Page 1)

111e employee will be placed on maternity

leave , \vhich will be continued up to the time
she is prepared to return to 1.;ork after the
confinement . An employee on mate rnity leave
must return to 1.;ork or make her condition
known to the plant physi cian and Employee
Relations 1vithin 8 weeks aft er delivery in
order to protect her Company service . If she
is physically unable to return to work within
8 1veeks bacause of complications or other
illness , s he wi ll be placed on illness leave .
She may r eturn sooner if the employee ' s
phys ician and the plant physician agree she
i s physically capable of performing her work.
A written release for wor k from her attending
physician must be given to the plant physician
before a physical examination and returning
to work 1vill be permitted . In the event the
child ' s condition requires the empl oyee ' s
continued pr esence at home , her senrice may be
protected beyond 8 weeks after termination of
pregnancy ~nly if a leave of absence is
processed in the normal manner through her
foreman or supervisor and approved for sud1
purpose .

*****
ZIMMER . ....... . .. (continued from Page 1)
Other relays that Jack r eceived patents
2
on 1vere the GE 150 single pole , unimi t e , TO S
and the 150 ,grid 4- pole. Jack r eceived his
latest pat ent award on the mercury wetted
r el ay on February 15 , 1972 .
Jack's plans are s t ill indefinite at tJ1e
moment , but he looks fo n vard to spending as
much time as possible at his vacation home in
the Thousand Is lands in Upper >Jew York St ate .
Jack , his wi fe Toni , and his daughter Ruth ie
live at 413 Ellison Lane in lfaynesboro. Jack's
other dau~te r, ~!rs . Jackie Brown , lives in
Lexington , Mass.
Everyone wishes Jack the best
retirement years .

111

his

*****

SCOGEE GOLF LEAGUE STARTS

Two femal e SCOGEE members, Sa llie Surratt
and Alice Lawrence , joined 46 mal e members in
interplant golf league ac tion this 1veek and
Sallie and Alice have set their sigh ts on
winuning the individual team t rophy .
The league players 1vill be competing on
t1vo courses - -Gypsy l!i ll and S1.;annonoa . League
play star ted i'- !ay 1 and concl udes in August .
Jim ~lcKay is league chainnan .

ART EXHIBIT CHAIRMEN NAMED

Standing (le ft to right) : Ken Clark and

Ceor'(le Hausle r , Co- Chairmen of the Exhibition;
Ernie flutton , Chai man- Luncheon; Sylvia ;;i tt,
Chairrman- Program and Tyoing ; Earle !1cDowe ll,
Chairman- Transportation.; J . C. McKenney , CoChairman- Arrangements ; Dan Dondeigo , ChaiY'amPUblicity . Front Y'01.J , left to right : Mrs .
John Dunlap, Chairmcra- Judges and Awards ; Mrs .
Pat Moss , Co - Chaiman- Arranger?ents _; cmd Mrs .
liill Cockrell , Chairmcra- En tries . Absent .from
photo is Bob Dedrick , Chaiman - Hos tesses and
Refreshments .

The above co1TD11i ttee d 1ai rmen are busy

getting the next Shenandoah Art Exhibition
ready for openi ng at 3 : 00 p . m. on Saturday ,
>Jay 13 at the General Electric Plant . 111e
exhibit 1dll al so be presented again on Sunday ,
\ lay 14 , heginninC! at 2: 00 p .m.
Arti sts may sulmit tJ1eLr entries at the
Waynes boro Ornpter of the Vi r ginia ~ !us eLUn of
Fine Arts J ocated at 536 01es tnut Avenue on l y .
The schedule is ~is !ollrn:s :
10 :00 a . 111 .
3 : 00 p . m.
lO:O O a .m.
1 :00 p . m.
3 :00 p .m.

to 12 : 00 noon ,
to 5 : 00 p . m. '
to 12 :00 noon ,
to 3 : 00 p . m.,
to 7 : 00 p . m.'

Friday , ~lay 5
Friday , ~ l ay 5
Saturday , May 6
Saturday , ~ lay 6
;..Jonday , \!av 8

Entry blanks mav be secured f r om Sylvia

\Iii t t , Room 241 or by. calling her on Ext . 343~
111e art exhibit "'ill he open to tJ1e
pLtl1 h c ho t h days at no charge .

CONGRATULATIONS TO

HARRIS PROMOTED

JOHN WILSON

Robert C. Berrang ,
Operat ions ,
announced this week that
Leon P. Harris has been
promoted t o ManagerManufacturing Engineering
and Advanced DevelopmentRelays, as of May 1, 1972.

~ !anager - Relay

Mr. Harris . is a native

of Fl oyd, Virginia . He
,g raduat ed from VPI in 1964
with a degree in industrial
engineering. In August, 1964, Leon was enrolled
in the General Electric Company 1'1anufacturing
Management Program. His training under the
p r ogr am was inte rrupted fo r two years by a
tour of duty 1vith the United States Army
Engine ers inc luding an assignment in South
Vi e t Nam as an Executive Officer.
During his MMP training, Leon had assignat Locomotive and Car Equipment Department,
Erie, Peru1sylvania; Service Shops, Plantsville,
CoTU1ecticut; Ci rcuit Protective Devices,
Plainville, CoTU1ecticut ; Processor Equipment,
Phoenix , Ar i zona; and Specialty Motor Department,
Fort Wayne , Indiana .
me~t s

Upon gradua tine from the Manufacturing

'lanagement Program, \fr. Harris accepted a posit i on in Waynesboro in November 1969 , as a
'lanufacturing Engineer- TermiNet, his mos t
r ecent ass ignment prior to this promotion .
Leon, his 1vi fe Margar et , and their
age 5 , and Vickie, a ge 3,
res ide at 1318 York Drive .
chi~dren --P a~ela,

DR. L. T. RADER TO SPEAK TO ASQC GROUP

TI1e Blue Ridge Section of the American
Socie t y for Quality Control 1vill present its
aTU1ual Mana ~ement Ni ght on May 10 at the Pantop
Restaurant in Cha rlottesville,.
Ur. Louis T. Rader, 01a irman o f the
Electrica l En.gineering Department of the Uni versity of Virginia, 1vill be keynote speaker .
Dr. Rader i s a leading national authority in
the fie ld of e lectronics , and a director of
seve ral large corporations. He is an eminently
quali fied profes sional manager , whose former
positions include : uice President-General
Electric Elec tronic and Electrical Division
..,......-.., ce Pres ident-Remington Division, Remingto~
" and Corp., and Manager -General Electric
Electronics Division .
The meeting will be.g in with a social hour
a t 6 : 00 and diTU1er at 7:00 . All are asked to
make ;rese n!ations bv Monday Max 8 by calling
R. \\fe ber , Ex t. 193 or M. Recilnona, Ext . 606 .

~l employees share in congratulating

John Wilson on his election to the City Council
for Waynesboro. We a r e confident that John will
make important contributions to the administration of the City and to advancing the we lfare
of its citizens.

J ohn asked that we print the followin 0o

s t atement concerning his e lection:
11

I wish to thank you, the citiz ens of

and a special thanks to all
t hat worked s o closely with me during
my campai gn, for having demonst rated
your f ai t h and confidence by voti ng
for me .

~laynesboro ,

"Although I di d not talk with a l l of

you, I just wan t to say it has been
very encouragi ng for me to have
recei ved such warm receptions , and I
s hal l strive to serve you to the best
of my abilities . "

TO ALL EMPLOYEES
~le cannot express in words our thanks
and appreciation for the large donation you
peop l e gave t o help with the medi cal expenses
of our s on . It i s people like you folks that
encourage us along day by day .
~le had no i dea ther e were so many people
who cared and wanted to help out in a time of
need. Our pray er i s that Cod wi l l abundantly
b less each one who has been so thoughtful and
gene rous .

May Cod bless you,

Mr . & Mrs . Gwen Baugher &
Carroll

\OTICE TO SAVDJGS PLAN PARTI CIPANTS

Beginning in J uly , 1972 U. S . Savings

Bonds purchased w1der the Gene ral Electric
Savings Plan \vi ll be mai l ed di r ectly t o employees ' homes r a ther than to Payroll Sect ions
!or subsequent de l ivery .
Accuracy of the re.gis t rati on, mai l i ng
address , and Zip Code is of utmos t Dnportance .
An incorrect address wi ll del ay the delivery
of your bonds . 01anges i n the r egi s tra t ion,
mailing address or Zip Code can be made by
complet i ng an Authori zation Change Form , FN981.
This fonn i s avai l abl e at your payr oll of fice
and should be r eturned promptly t o avoid
delays i n receiving bonds purchased fo r you
Lmcler the Plan .
SAFETY Sl!OES TO OUfSIDERS
\\' . R. Pe r ry , Safety Specialis t, announced
today that the practice of purchas ing safet y
shoes for pe r s ons not empl oyed by the Gener al
Electric Company \vill he di scontinued. ~ !r.
Perry stated manv problems had been encountered
s uch as fitting
diffi culty without the user
of the shoes being present, di ffi culty encountered in exchanges of shoes through a third
party , cost of ordering and shi ppin g, and
losses in exchanging defective or o t hen vise
w1satisfactory shoes .
Except fo r t he above , the procedure for
purchasing safety shoes by emplovees remains
the same .

*****
..\rt Dorman \,ishes to express his sincere
appreciation for t he many acts of ki ndness
by the nice peopl e at GE ext ended t o both he
and his mother during his recent stay in the
hospital .

*****

TRANSPO 72 , MAY 27 - JUNE 4

General Electric ' s exhi.b i t i.s sur e to be
one of t he major att r actj ons at t he nine-day ,
300-acre i nternation al city th::it is r i sing
,-.._
from t he clay-crusted h jlls o.f Virgi ni a :idjacent to Dulles International Airport near
1\lashington, D. C. The ci.ty 1vill l ive for n i ne
days , May 27-June 4 . It h'ill feature a ni ne day popul ation of 1 , 125 , 000 and a 150-acre
market pl ace .
The " c ity" is TRANSPO 72--the United
Sta t es Int ernational Transpo r tation Exposi ti on ,
and the first int e rn ational e:xposi ti on every
organized by the U. S. Government .
General Electric will he represented at
TR.A..\JSro h'i th an exhihi t. It 1vill make the
first time al l components making major contributions to transportation have teamed up to
t el l the GC t ransportation story . Theme of t he
GE exhibit is " Gener al Electric Provi des Transport at ion Sys t ems, Equipment and Service for
Land , Sea , Air and Space .
111e Company ' s
Industrial Group \,ill sponsor t he land trans portation exhibit featuring models of t ransit
car s and locomotives . Power Generation h'ill
exhibit ship pr opul sion and o ther sea t r ans portation pr oducts. Aircraft Engine Group
will featur e air transportation with an act ual ,.-..,,___
CF - 6 engine on display . Aerospace wi ll sponso:..
an exhi bit of GE products used in space .
11

Advance tickets are available at reduced

rates . Prices are : Adult $2 ( regular $3) ,
01ildren (12 6 under) 50 (regula~ $1) . ~!ail
advance orders to TRA.~SPO 72--Tickets, 800
Independence Ave ., SIV, \\las hington , D. C. 20591.
Make check or money order payable to "Treasur e r
of t he United States- -TRANSPO 72". All orders
mus t be received by >lay 15 and must include
25 or a self- addressed s t amped envel ope .

0-ur sincere thanks and apprieciation

out to nanagement and all the many
e~ployees who were so nice to us dur>ing the
recent Zoss of our baby daughter> . It was a
gPeat Zoss but knowing that all of you fine
people shaPed the gr>ief with us tended t o ease
the pain .
goes

JIM ROSE AND ?AMILY

*******
SCOGEE BEATS DUPONT
SCOGEE ' s SVIL golf team got off t o a ~ood
start by winning its f i rs t l eague match
against DuPont l as t Saturday at Lakevi ew
Country Cl ub . SCOGEE players won 12 out of
a possible 18 poi nts .

OUR NO. 1 GOAL:

TO MAKE
GENERAL ELECTRIC
THE BEST BUY

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Volume XIV ,

~lo .

17

BEST BUY REPORT

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

May

12, 19 72

TERM IN ET ORDE RS UP
IS THE ORDER SITUATION ON TERMINETS IMPROV ING ?
It most ce r tain l y is ! Ap r il was an outstanding month fo r Termi Ne t orde rs, bein g
double t he budge t. I n f act, except for
Dow J ones , this i s t he largest orde rs
month in the history of Te r mi Nets .

W
HAT ABOUT RE LAYS?
April was ano t her good mont h for orders,
and ye a r to date we are mo re than a t h ird
better than we were a year ago .

HOWABOUT DIGINET ORDERS?

!/. F. Kindt, General Manager fo r the Data

,,,-... 'omrr:Anication Products Department, answered
Uze _.~o l lacJing questi ons for the GE NE!lS on the
ctate of the business and the pr'Ogres s of t he
Lim;t Buy program i n Waynesboro .

GE SUPPORTS FIRST AID CREW

A lar ge order f or 13 DigiNet 1600 ' s sent

us way ahead of t he first four months of
1971.

W
HAT IS TH E OUTLOOK AT THI S TIME FOR 1972?
IS IT BETTER OR WORSE THAN YO UR EARLI ER
FORECASTS?
I am an optimist , so I always think
things wi l l i mp rove . And s o far this
year it looks even better t h an I h ad forecasted . It will take time to ge ar up
to highe r rates of produc t ion , but we' r e
on our way .

IS THE BEST BUY PROGRAMHAV ING RES ULTS?

It sure is . I t hink our l ocal slogan o f
" Everybody ' s a Sal esman, Becaus e Sales
Make Jobs" i s t he best one we've had.
Every employ ee I talk t o h as his eyes
right on the targe t of pleasing the cus tome r and we ' re beginning to see the
payof f .

Bil l Perry , Safety Speeialist, is shown presenting t he Company 's donation for the Waynesboro
!-'i r>s t Ai d Crew to Jack Plwruner, President of
:;he First Aid Crew and a Teste r in t he Drives &
n~vices Operation .
The Company 's donatior. wil l
~e a:ov lied toward the Crew 's 1972 Annual Fund
Drive- that has been in progress since April 30 .
':'he Dri ve concludes Saturday , I.fay 13.

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR TERMINET CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS

AT TH I S TI ME ?
I ' m glad you asked about this . Ou r service
people in t he field who go out t o repair
Terrni~ets t h at are not ope r ating pro perly
are having t o make too many cal ls . These

( conti nued on Page 2)

TERMINET ORDERS ..... (continued from Pagel'

repai r s cover every kind of imaginab l e
defect, some o f which are fa ults that
occurre d r igh t here in the plant and
never got caught before shipment. I
canno t emphasize t oo much the need for
eve r y single operator to do the bes t
possib l e job . Our customers are j ust
like you and I are when we buy an automobile--we want it to be pe rfect because
we paid fo r a perfec t produc t . When
you have t o take th e car back for repairs
that s houldn ' t have been necessary in the
first place , you will surely t e ll them
to " forget it" when they try to sell you
another car someday .

ART EXHIBIT READY

FOR THIS WEEKEND

OVERALL, DO YOU THINK WE'VE TURNED THE CORNE R?

April was s uch a good month for orde r s that
I migh t get carried away with enthusiasm.
I feel t he nex t few months wi ll tell the
story, however , and meanwhile I continue
to be an optimist. Perhaps the best news
of all is that we are now recalling many
employees from layoff and th a t i s the
best indicator of a ll of how we are doing.

PRODUCTIVITY IS THE KEY WEAPON

AGAINST INFLATION
Productivity statistics are comin g in for
more than their usual inspection from economists .
Import ant to the success of curb ing inflation
is t he degree of productivity increase. The
faster it grows, the easier it will be to
absorb the still l arge wage settlements.
An d producti vity is becoming a key factor
in Price Commission decisions on allowable
price i ncreases . The most recent data on
productivity are disappointing. In the first
quart e r, according to the Burea of Labor
Stati sti cs, outpu t per manhour in the private
economy rose at an annua l rate of onl y 2. 1%,
declini ng from 3.2% in the fo urth quarter
of 1971 and 4.0% i n th e third.
In another area- -wages-- grow th was altoqether too fast . In the nonfarm sector ,
compensati on per manhour jumped t o an annual
ra te of 9.3%--and in manufacturing, 9.7%.
There 1>1as a bunch of speci al- - non - recurring- factors that caused the big jump. The
first quarte r pi eked up the post-freeze
increases in wages , retroacti ve wage payments,
and hi gher empl oyer contributions in Social
Security . The sharp gain in compensation
pulled up unit labo r cos ts, which rose at a
rate of 6. 3%

Ken ciark, Engineering Lab and Co-Chairman of

SCOGEE 's Shenandoah Art Exhibit, assisted by
June Aidhizer are shown hanging one of the
entries to the Art Exl,fbit.
One of t he largest number of entries ever
r eceived by the Shenandoah Art Exhbition we r e
received this year. Two hundred twenty six
paintings and piecies of sculpture by 131 ...........,
artists within a 50 - mile radius o f Waynesbo.
will be featured.
Hours are 3 :CO p.m. to 9:00 p . m. , on
Sat urday, May 13 and 2:00 p . m. to 6:00 p.m .
on Sunday, May 14 in the plant auditorium .
The p ubl ic is co rdially invited to attend both
days. Admission is free and refreshmen t s will
be served.
Awards wi ll be made for first, second,
th ird places and honorab l e mention in the
va rious classes and cate go r ies at t he discretion of the judges. Cash prizes will also be
awarded for the best entry in each class.
From the winners , two or three artists wi ll
be selected by the Waynesboro Chapte r of the
Museum of Fine Arts to hold a two or three man
s how in the fall .

'EAGLE AND THE HAWK'

TO BE SEEN AGAIN
The "Ea.g l e and the Hawk", the GE Monogram Series TV special, 1vill be r erun on
Monday , May 22, at 8 p.m. (EITT) on t he ABC-TV
net work, Channel 3, 11/SVA-TV /Harris onburg .
~
The special was nm earl ier this TV
season and received highly favorab le reviews.
The show feat ures act ress Joanne Woodward and
her daughter , Nell Newman , along 1vith 1vildlife
expert Morlan Nelson .

RECENT PAY INCREASE BOOSTS

VALUE OF MANY BENEFITS
Bes ides boos t i ng the size of paychecks,
that 15 cents-pe r -hour pay increase ($6 per
week for nonexempt sal o.ried employees) whid1
\vent into effect '1ay 1, ades dollars to your
benefits package .
'This is because many GE benefit plans are
linked to employee earnings ... as your pay goes
up so does the value of these benefits.

AND OTHERS : Bene.fits will also be hiqher

to emp loyees entering military service,

attendinq military rese rve encampment, carrying

out jury duty or absent due to the death of
a member of the i mmediate fa mily.
It 1t1on't be necessary for any employee to
take any special action to get this added
coveraqe under t he benefits pl ans . These
i mprovements in the value of the GE emp loyee
benefits packaqe ao into effect immediately
because they are all t ied to your earnin ~ s.
They provide a substantial "bonus" that goes
vii th every increase in GE pay .

Here's a short swmnary of how the recent

pay increase will improve various benefits:

GE INSURANCE PLAN: More regular l ife

insurance ($2 more for every $1 i ncrease i n
your earnings), more accidenta l death or
dis memberment insurance, and imp roved coverage
under the weekly s ickness and accident benefit
provisions. All this, with no payroll deduction for employee insurance.
PENSION PLAN: Hiqher earnings result in
a faster buildup of pension credits, mean ing
you can look for,.1ard to increased retirement
income. Still no deduction on the first $6600
~f this year ' s earnings .
SAVINGS PLAN: If you 're in the GE Savinqs
& Security Progra m you 'll have more invested
i n U. S. Savin as Bonds , mut ual fund units, GE
stock, or life insurance because the week ly
savings is a perce ntage of earnin gs . With
GE adding 50 cents to every $1 invested by the
employee, the pay increase wi 11 mean higher
proportionate payments from the Company into
your account .
LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE PLAN:
Benefits under this pl an are also pegged to the
level of your annual straight-time earninas.
Those additi ona l dollars in the paycheck qive
added protection in the event of disability
over a l onq period. For those with les s t han
14 years of service, there wi 11 be a very
sli ght increase in deductions--only a few cents
per week .
VACATION & HOLIDAY PAY: As yo ur pay
incre ases for days \1orked, so does you pay
fo r days off on vacati ons and holidays .
SICK PAY :

This, too, is based on you r

~)rmal straight- t i me 0arninqs so that it in-

creases with the job rate . -Persona l time is.

treated the s arre v1ay for those e 1tgi ble for
payment.

REMINDER
The NEWS has been asked to remind all
employees that the Virgina State law requires
anyone gainfully employed and r esiding in
the State of Virginia must have state 1 icense
pl ates , automobile r egistration and driver's
license. Violators will be prosecuted when
apprehended.

STOCK AND FUND PRICE

The Stock and Ftmd Uni t Price for the
month of April are :

STOCK
FUND UNIT

$68 .163
$35. 884

RICHARD THOMAS NAMED NC SOCIETY PRES IDENT

The Numerical Control Society
has elected Richard A. (Dic k)
Thomas of Staun ton as its new
presiden t at the group 's 9th
annual meet i ng and technical
conference held rece ntly in
Chicago . Thomas, a charter
member of the organization,
is software coordinator at
the Waynesboro Plant of
General Electric's Indust ri al
Control Product s Department.
Thomas has l ong been active
in NC affairs, having started hi s career with
GE fol l owing rece i pt of his BSEE from Case
Institute of Tech nology i n 1944 . He served
on the national board of directos of NCs and as
national meet in g coordinator . He has also
served as pane l chairman and member of two
Departrrent of Defense NC Symposi urns, and has
served as a rrerrber of the Manageme nt Steering
Committee for Computer Aided Manufact urin gInternational, an international assoc i at ion
promo t i ng t he use of computers in manufac t uring .
Dick i s ac tive in local youth work and
resides with hi s wife and famil y in Staun t on.

The American way

of life is giving your JOb
awa~
We should be flattered. We in the U.S.A.
From the outside looking in, we are envied.
Many foreigners want our way of life. And
they're getting it. At our expense.
In striving for the life we live, they are taking business away from us. They have good
products. They're formidable competitors.
The good life here has made some of us
forget how we earned it: by being productive
and competitive and profitable. The President of the U.S. has said as much.
We're so wealthy that some of us can afford
to attack the "profit motive." As if profits
had been gaining. From 1965 to 1971 The
Gross National Product rose 53%, employee
compensation rose 63%, while corporate profits rose only 2%. Absenteeism is up, too. Some
people have a lifestyle that calls for work-

when they feel like it. And as for workmanship, you make your own dec ision as a
consumer.
Overseas firms have noticed our situation
a nd are doing somethi ng about it-with
better products. Overseas firms have a great
many productive, gung-ho employees. Overseas firms get lots of help and encouragemen t
from their governments to be more competitive-with us. They have a lot working for
them-as competitors.
Overseas, t hey like the American way of
life-and its rewards.
We like it too. But are we doing enough to
hold on to it?

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Volu me XIV, No. 18

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

SWANSON NAMED
MANA GER-EXPORT SALES

Ted A. Swanson, Manager

of Marketi ng for the Numerical Con t rol Operation here
in Waynesboro, has been
named Manager-E xport Sa les
and Market Developrrent for
Compagnia Generale de
Electtrici t a' S.p.A.(COGENE L) ,
a Genera l Electri c subsidiary whos e headquarters i s
located i n Milan, Italy.
The announcement was ma de
this week by Paol o Fresco,
Executive Vi ce President for Italian Operations,
COGEN EL.

May 19, 1972

Another "Best Buy" Success Story

MANUFACTURING PLUNGERS
FOR DCP
REQUIRED THE PURCHASE OF NEW EQUIP MENT
AND TRAI NING AN EMPLOYEE ON A NEWJOB
AJ out t~rn years ago, t hi s was the
situati on:
--We we re purchas i ng a semi-finished
plunger from an outs ide vendor.
--Cost was high .
--Quality was not up to our standards.
--Quantity needed was not available
from vendor.

In his new assignment, Mr. Swanson will

be r esponsible for the marketing of a variety
of General Electri c commercial products empl oyi ng some of the Company 's most advance d
techno l ogy. His appointment coincides with
COGENEL ' s desi gnati on as the Company' s base
for market ing ma ny of its product lines
t hroughout Europe .
A graduate of I lli nois Institute of Technolo gy wi th a de gree in El ect rical Engineering,
Mr . Swanson joined the Company in 195 3 as a
member of the Apparatus Sal es Training Program.
He v1as a miss l e engineer with the U. S. Army
Ba ll i sti c Mi ssile Agency from 1955 to 1957 and
rejoined Genera l Electric at Waynesboro in
October, 1957 as a sa les speciali st. After
various ma rketin g ass i gnments he was appointed
Manager of European Numerical Control Sales
in 1965 . He held t hi s pos ition until hi s
appointment in 197 1 as manage r of Nu me rical
Control Ma rketing for Manufacturing Automation
Products Department in Waynesboro.
__

Mr . Swanson, his wife and two children

~i ll move to M
il an in the near future. Hi s
present home i s located in Charlottesville.

DCP Plunge rs --present level of production :

500~ 000

a yea.r .

"Best BuJ1 Actio n :Taken:

11

--A capital expe nditure of $70,000

was made to buy an automatic machine
to produce plungers from raw s tock.
--An employee was trained to operate
the new machine .
"Best Buy" Resul ts:
--The quality of the P.roduct was i mproved.
--The capaci ty to pro~uce plungers as
needed was now avai l ab le .
--A substanti al cost savings resulted.
(continued on Page 2)

The new automatic equipment is put through its

paces by Norma:a Coakley . Some of t hose responsible for the machine 's set up and operation
are observing--Phil Argenbright, Roger Ramsey,
Bi U Lipsky and Gene ilard.

A hi gh - speed , fully -au tomatic, f i ve

station rota ry inde x machine eq uipped with
broken t ool detection eq uipment and an automat i c shutdown t o prevent scrap was purchased
for $70,000. This machi ne produces a ful lyr:rac hined plun ger every 11 seconds . The
machine automatica ll y advances stock, cuts
plungers to length, spot fac es , drills ho les ,
mi ll s slots and f l ats, radiuses ends, removes
feather bu rrs and ejects a f ini shed part . A
cost reducti on of appro xima t ely 18 fo r each
plunger produced resulted at th i s point f rom
a Compa ny investme nt of previous ly earned
profits of $70 ,000, an d the t rainin g of an
empl oyee on a new job.

Machined p lunge rs are ejected thr>ov.gh 2 pnue matic tv.be into an oil resevoir so 7;he1 can
float to the bottom of a collector oas~et
without da!rage . A ten ;oot bar o"-' r(J),) material
will delive r approximately 170 plungers .
Roger Ramsey and NoY'f11an Coak ley are s hown
here checking the plungers for proper dimensions

The f oll owi ng pic t ure story fo llows the

operation of producing, platin g, and assemb ling
the plunge rs in the DCP Te rmi Net .

Machined plungers are processed through inspection wher e they are sample checked on a quali ty
con trol basis for 13 dimensions before they
are released for cleaning and plating . Pictured
ahove are Bi U !lammer, Charlie Matheny , and
George Archambeaul t inspecting plungers .

OUR NO. 1 GOAL:

TO MAKE
GENERAL ELECTRIC
YOUR BEST BUY

John Long, Incoming Inspection, checks the incoming rGl.!) stdoc~ . The mqterial is 2. 5% sili cone Steel an -is allowed to vary only . 00 1".

Protective plastic caps are inserted over each

plunger to pro tect the fini s h during the chemi cal milling a:nd deburring ope~ation of the
holes and slo ts . Margaret Turrf!er, Dottie Crist,
and Ver-f!a Rudine are shown putting on the
p l astic caps . After plating, the plungers are
returrfle d a-ad the caps are removed.

The plungers are inspected again after the

cherrri cal "nlling oper ation to see that quality
contr ol is being maintained. Charlie Wertman
is shown inspecting plungers unde r a s cope .

Raymond Balser is shown placing the finished

plv.ngers in the stock rocm . Plungers are packed
in lots of 5000 par t s ready f or v~e in the
asserrbly area of TermiNet .
Ma lco l m Monroe and Randy Meek ar e shown cleaning and plat ing plungers . All plungers go
through i;{;)o processes in the plat i ng r oom. The
plungers ar e processed i n l ots of seve ral
hundr ed at a time a:nd ar e put thr ough chemical
milling oper ations which etch of f burrs and
roW?.d out s harp edges . Plungers are then heat t reated and returned to the Plating Room wher e
t hey are c l eaned and receive an Ele ctroless
nickel p lat ing .

REMINDER
Nominations for office r s and boa rd of
dfrec tors are be in g a ccepte d through today in
t he ca f e t e ria. More de t ail e d information
i s ava i l ab l e i n t he ca f eteri a .

Margare t Fitzgerald is shown making a subassembly joining a plunger and a clevis .

SCOGEE ART EXHIBIT A SUCCESS

Genevieve Michael makes the final assembly of

plungers and clevis into t he coil banks in the
printer> . Some 50 - 100 plungers are used pe r
machine depending upon the style and size of
the machine<: .

A pl unger makes up a vita l part of t he

miniature so l enoid whi ch is activated el ectrical ly by ei ther a si gnal fro m an externa l
source or by pressure on a typing key . The
plu nger actuates the hiammer and stri kes the
cor rect finger in the movi ng print be l t wh i ch
pri nts on the paper. This operation i s performed thousCTnds of t i mes during the li fe of
a pri nter. Our present machi ne is capab l e of
printing 30 characters per second and a new
mach i ne comi ng out soon wi ll print 120 characters per second.
The change i n manufacturi ng of pl ungers
is trul y a "Best Buy" for everyone--e mp loyee,
company and customer . An i mp ro ved product
was produced internall y by Waynesboro employees
under controlled condi t i ons at a reduced cost .

SPECIAL SAFETY SHOE SALE

You will save money if your feet f i t
the following shoe si zes: Mens -- 6 i~, 7E,
71--j_, 8D , 81213 , 108, llAA & 12B; ladies --5C,
51i:, 6AA, 6D, 6 ~C, 7 wide &9C .
Check the Me dical Clini c for these
special priced safety shoes . First
come, first served.

Shown above is Marce l H. Lerou x (w ith hands

behind back) chatting with other arti sts and
interested spectators who were attending
SCOGEE's Seventh Shenandoah Art Exhi bition
held i n t he auditoriu m l as t weekend. Ma rce l
(ICPD -~NC Design) was one of t he grand prize
c~sh w~ nners .
His wi nn i ng entry , "Twisted
Ri bbon 1 earned him $50 in t he Class I I category. Als o, Daniel Lerou x,, a son, capt ured
the Class III grand prize of $25.
Show n bel ow with Bob Dedrick , Chemical Process Lab, Chairman of Re fr es hments are 4
of t he 20 beautiful SCOGEE hostesses who
se r~ed refreshments and hande d out programs
durin g the two - day affa i r. They are Beck v
Mays, Bob Deadrick, Nancy Baker , Sylvia ;,; tt--.,
and Connie Barker. The other hostesses

were: June Aldhi zer, Be tty Ba ker, Ge tty

Boye rs, Hattie Casey, El eanor Elli son
Ros i e Ha rter, Barbara Knight, El o'se 1:\abry ,
Connie Mill er, Genevieve Ritchie, Ba rbara
Sh i f l ett, Joan Smi th, Bren da Shifle tt, Kay
Shoe maker, Jan \.Jood and Mary Ann Wingf ield.
Speci al reco gnit i on i s extended to Ken Clark
and Geo rge Hausler, Co- chai nnen and to Dan
Dondiego , Joe Mill er, Bob Crawley, Ma rcelle
Lerou x, Ral ph Cole, Sy lvia ~J itt, June A:Jdh izer,
Inez Hite, Ruby All among , Delores Martin,
Ernie Hutton and many others who gave numerous
hours of the ir personal tirre in putting the
su:cessful exhibition together. Approx i mate ly
1000 people at tended the two day show.

WAYNESBORO PLANT

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GENERAL@ ELE CTR IC

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Vo lume XI V, No. 19

APPRECIATION FOR ART SHOW

The Preside nt of the Virginia Museum of
Fi ne Arts has written Mr. Wa rren Kindt, General
Manage r of DCPD as a representative of all
employees. The letter is printed below:
Dec.I' ,. 'c.r>ren :
0-f'.. be-,,. az_.c- o_-" ::;~e :lcrynesboro c:'n.apte l'
o~~ r;;w li1 ginic:. :.Ju.sewn of Fi;?.e Arts ,
1

wi. ll you as General Panager, accept ana

pass or. our appreciation crn.d thanks
to all the ~ers onnel involved "-d
mern.Oe rs o; SCOGJ:,'E f or their outst0J1.ding work on the Shenandoah !! r t
Show . It was a credit to the communitlj,
and by all reports , enJoy ed by many .
Cordia l ly ,
Haz e l F . Dunlap
President

BOWLING CHAMPIONS

May 26 , 1972

COMPANY PAYS $181 MILLION

FOR 1971 INSURANCE PLAN BENEFITS
EfYIPLOYEES CAN GET PLAN VALUES FREE --PAY ONLY
1it0:0R COST OF DEPENDENT COVERAGE --vJAYNESBORO
(,._AI MS PAID IN 1971 AMOLNTED TO $916,000
~o r e t han $181 mi l lion was contributed
by General Electri c in 19 71 to provide employees and thei r depen den ts with the f arreaching coverage of the General Electric
Insurance Plan . Benefi t s paid t o employees
for the year were $30 million hi gh e r than ever
before --a reco rd jump in benefits _

All General Electric empl oyees we re protected free under t he pioneering pr ovis ions
of the Plan. And at the ye ar' s end , more
than 218,000 employees were enjoyi ng th e
medical expense coverage (o r Lhci r dependents
by purchasing it at rates that: 1vere fa r
below actual cost because GE paiu the ma i or
share of this expense. In Wayn es bo r o, appnE i
mately 70 % of all employees pa r tic i pa t e in
the dependent coverage . When the contd.butior1
by empJoyees fo r th e pa rtial cost of dependent
coverage was added t o GE' s $1 81 mil lion
th~ t otal cost of t he Plan r eached $203,mil lion .
The past year was the f irs t in which GE
paid the f ull cost of emp loy ee coverage und e r
the Insuran ce Plan . Pre vious ly , the Company
had paid the major cos t, and emp l oyees , thr~u>;h
payr oll deductions , had cont rib uted ab out
25% of t he cost . As a r es ult of GE ' s new
con tri bu tions, the company paid out a t o t al
of $126 , 669 , 211 f o r employee coverage, while
th e cos t for mos t employe es was zero .

P~cturec!. ab ove are the winne rs of lhe :Jednesday

Ni.ght .Men 's Bowling Lea.gue Champi onchip helii at:
the Sr;aunton Lanes . Members of the team are
a re : (back row, le f l to right) Chuck Vo foe ,
harry Berrey , Harry Baum, !Jon '1 1waci.o, and
_,-f.. s eat~d) uem,'l :.Jade , .Dick i1cDermott (captain) ,
n~ Ji.m Belc,1er .
Thi.s team de f eated !far o li
Chi. l dr~ss , Dave Harm ll, ,}oe Smith , Stu Fi tts ,
Jack Fi.s he r, Lyle 2ve l size r and Don Vey i11 a
5 game roll off total pin chamrions ln: p .

All of these figures and others of s ignific an ce to e mployees and th e i r f amilies we re

announced i n a r epo rt on the Insurance Plan's
1971 activities is sued this week . The r~:p c. ,
appears on page 4 of this is sue of the ~EW ~ .
Mo r e than 770 , 000 claims we re pai d u n~
the Plan in 197 1. T~1.:1 t !.lg ure was 125, 00('
g reate r th a n the number paid i n 1970 , whi ch
was also a r eco r d year .

( conti n?J.8,~ an Pa.Je

VOTE! SCOGEE ELECTION - MAY 26 & 30

PRESIDENT:

June Aldhizer

(Vote for one)

Don Hall
VICE-PRES:

Dan Dondiego

(Unopposed)

SECRETARY:

Ruth Good

(Unopposed)

TREASURER:

Lou Showker

(Unopposed)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ENGINEERING

MANUFACTURING

Gene Black

Nancy Baker

Bob Crowley

Bob Broughman

Bob Dedrick

Denny Capriotti

Dick Gentzlinger

Audrey Hartman

Connie Miller

Rein Kerber

Pete Rankin

Dot Mauzy

Joe Smith

Susie Mays

(Vote for 4)

Dick McDermott
Hank Meineke

MARKETING
John Miller
Delores Martin

(Unopposed)
Wanda Poats

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
Pat Thompson

Barbara Shifflett
(Unopposed)

Jerry Tisdale
Mary Ann Wingfield

FINANCE
Wimpy Wingfield
Roger Hulett
(Vote for 5)
Juanita Via
(Vote for 1)

DROP IN BALLOT BOX

INSURANCE ... (continued from Page 1)

Of the $203 million cost of the Insurance
in 1971--$74 million went to cover
.edical and maternity expense for dependents,
$60 million was used to cover medical and
maternity expense claims of employees themselves, $30 million was paid in life insurance,
nearly $25 million was paid out in weekly
sickness and accident claims, while just over
$1 million went to cover accidental death and
dismemberment claims. In addition, more than
$10 million was set aside to provide life
insurance coverage for pensioners. In Waynesboro, claims were paid during 1971 for all
types of coverage--medical, maternity, life
insurance, sickness and accident--in the amount
of $916,000.

---~~lan

To provide medical expense coverage for

dependents of employees, GE paid $55 million
or 72.3% of the cost, while employee payroll
deductions amounted to $21 million, or 27.7%.
Benefits administrators point out that the
original aim was for the company to assume only
administrative costs of dependent coverage and
devote its major contributions to employee
coverage, so that all employees would share
equitably in the GE contributions whether or
~ot they had dependents.
but in 1971, as in many previous years,
employee payroll deductions by those with
dependent coverage again fell far short of the
amount needed to pay dependent claims and the
company paid the major share of claims costs
as well as administrative expense.
In releasing the report on the Insurance
Plan in 1971, it was pointed out that the
costs do not reflect the payments for clerical
and administrative work in processing the
770,000 claims nor do they reflect the
several million dollars furnished to pensioners
and their wives or husbands under the GE
Medical Care Plan for Pensioners and the
millions of dollars paid for Medicare taxes.
General Electric has issued annual
reports on the operation of the Insurance Plan
for many years. Just recently, the government
nas required such a report from all companies
or unions sponsoring welfare or benefit plans.

REMINDER

The NEWS has been asked to remind

~nterested persons that the Medical Clinic
jtill has some ladies safety shoes for
sale.

1972-73 ELECTION OF SCOGEE

OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SCOGEE's 1972-73 election of officers
and Board of Directors begins Friday, May
26 and concludes Tuesday, May 30. The
ballot to be used for the election is on
page 2 of this paper.
If you are a SCOGEE member, fill out
the ballot and drop i t in the ballot box
during lunch periods and supper periods on
May 26 and May 30. The ballot box will be
in its usual location in the cafeteria and
a SCOGEE member will be present to check
your name off as you vote.

NEXT PAID HOLIDAY IS MAY 29

Monday, May 29, we will all enjoy the
third paid holiday of the year, Memorial
Day.
Employees eligible for the holiday
pay should remember that to be paid for
the holidays it is necessary to work the
last scheduled work day prior to and the
next scheduled work day after the holiday.
Any exceptions to the above must be approved
in advance by the employee's immediate manager
and subsection manager.

GE TV SPECIAL RERUNS JUNE 12

"Hollywood: The Dream Factory," one of
the TV programs in the Company's GE Monogram
Series, was a nominee by the National
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for
an Emmy Award. "Dream Factory" competed against
five other programs in the cultural documentary category. The Academy announced the
Emmy award winners on May 14.
The program was originally telecast on
January 10. It will be repeated on June 12
over the ABC-TV network.

Report for 1971 on Your General Electric Insurance Plan

In 1971 the benefits paid under the Plan to employees and their beneficiaries once again reached a new high-over $ 30 million more than
i n any prev ious yea r. This reflects in part the 1970 and 1971 improvements in the Plan. All regular General Electric employees enjoy the
va luable protection of the Company Plan wh ich pioneered in the development of comprehensive medical expense insuran ce in 1955.
Th is re port shows t h e 197 1 fin a n cial acti\' i tics of th e G eneral Elect ri c Insura n ce Plan wh ich has pro,ided b r oad, flexib le p ro t ection for employees
a n d the ir de p enden ts, the cost o f this protec tion a n d h o w th is in creasing

'": . HERE1

$ 126,669,211

( Incl udes Life l nsura ncc. Acc idental D eath or Dism cmbcrn1crH I nsurance,
W' cckly Sickness and Acciden t Ins u rance. /lledical Expense Insurance. and
1\ l atcrnity Ben efits . )
Amou nts r ccci v t.:<l from :
G e neral Electri c Co1np a n y a n<l
partic ipating affi liates

Employee Payroll Deducti on

$1 26, 166, 194

(99.6<;(;)

503,017

( .4%)

HERE'S HOW THE MONEY' WAS SPENT

B y employees

Life insuran ce

S 30,-fOS.499

Accidenta l Death o r
Di .. mcmbcrmtnc

l, 100, 1 16

\Vecld r Sickness and Acc ident

24,7i 1,558

~f cJ i c a I

60.4 78,806

and :-Ofatc rnicy Expense

I 16.7 25.'r9

TOTAL BY EMPLOYEE S .
By d ependen ts

1\f cdic a l a nd

~1 a ccr nily

Expense

TOTAL I NCURRED CLAI MS

T he Com p;.1 ny 's objcni,c is to 1no,i<lc ticncral Electr ic e m ployees with t h e

~~> un 1.kst possible grou p in su rance pro ccnio n. Beg inning i n 197 l. the Con1
p .rny pa iJ chc f u ll f ast of the co\erage l'X (C JH fo r the cost of sp ecial additional h(_nefits n;quin: d h y cert ai n scare laws.

74,358,1 0 0
!'ll.0 81 , !(,<J ...

ccs

Und e rthtPJa n 125 ,000 m ore

claims \\'t rc p aid in 197 1
than in 1970 and bc ncfus o f
Sl82,01S , ~ i2 w er e p aid
<lir<:t-clr to or for t mp luyc cs

a nd th e ir benefi.cia ries. In a<l

<l1 t io n, the f unds hc l<l in re .
o;t:nc co p3}' rlaims fo r <.'O\'c.: rc<l expenses in cur rcd by
c mploycl' s anJ clle ir <lepcn<lc nts in a gi\'c:n ye .1r , h u t
wh ich a r e n ot rt:'pOrte d in
t h ,:t yea r , were inttl'<:.~t:<l by
S9,U6 t;, .. 9 7. These two itc:ns
make up t he in t urrcd clau11s
1oul o f S l 9 1.0S4 . 169
T his is t he amO l1 n t se t a ~i...!t 1r.
J lr I w ith :ht Ml'tropoliu.n

A d di1 ion to rcse n e for re{i rt.."d

cm plo~

NOT ES

Clai ms incu rred du ri ng the year:

3 08,469

Employees Co vered ( at year en d)

h ospi tal and medical cost was shared . \Y/c h e licn it essent ia lly m eets
requiremen ts for a summa r y of the annual report under the Federal Welfar'2 a n <l P e nsion Plans Disclosu re Act.

SHOW THE COST WAS SHARED

Employee Coverage .. .. Total Cost

Life J n su rancc Comp.in: w

I 0. 24 .\ ,861 ...

hl'lp pro\'1de life 1 11 ~ ,r.rncc

(.o\eragt: f or p<: n si on<.: ". P Ln
sioucn dcath d~1m ' art j,-, .
duded above>

Dependent Cove rage .... Total Cost

<In cl udes

~ledical

$76,4 80,701

Och e r c h arges

Gross Cost

209.424,'J'))

J:xp(.:nse Insura nce an d 1\ 1a tcrnit y Be nefits )

Less inccrtst c rctl its

:\"cc Combined Cose of dw !ll.rn

in 197 1

Gen er.ii El el tri r ( om p a ny and

PHrtic.:ipa tinf: affiliates

$55,326, 195

<72.3'1< >

E mp l o~ ec P ayroll

$2 1,154 ,506

< 27.7'/v)

General Notes Rega rdi ng T he

218 ,034

1'.mployccs wi1h Cove rage (at year en d)

ori~in .. d

:1i m of li1l C ompany w as to d l \occ the major portion of ics

10 l'mployel' coverage and to a ss unll' on ly the admin i,trativc
co~c~ o f cht d ependen t c.:o,eragc with e m ployee payro l l deductions CO\'l ring
d ie lO~ t of in c urred rl:iims for depende nts . T h is procedure wou ld help to
,1.-. .... un chat all c mp l o yl'e~ \\oold s hare eq llilahly in chc Com pany's lontrihutio11, w h et her or not t hey havl depen den ts.
llo,\'t\ cr. in 197 1. l'lllplor ee pay roJI dcdu uio ns ag ai n fe ll far s hort of r hc
.unount needed to nn e r 1he cosc of c lai ms in u1r rcd b y the ir <lc p e ndt:nts. a nd
the< um p.u;~ paid th e h .d :rncc of rhe cla ims tos' as we ll a s chc ad m inis tra ti\ c
~ o~ t of dcpe nc.k nl CO\ cragc.
< nntrihuuo n

Co m bi ned Cost of Pla n .. Total Cost

$203, 149,912

1s 1hc

~:mo ~;~1

1ntt r

nedi!cd by 1he 1nsu rlncc

... u:npany o n rl'~ d\ L'!I b utJ c

ltP 'JH._.: rhc \. 1;.,r~.

ln sura n r.i~

Plan

hl' n c 1i1s p: .. \:.kd . ~

. :: ~ li~ ;;h ~ L 11 np .w r
.tllWllfHnl ro 5 l l?'i.HH2 . 1J-5 .rnd tlH hal:1 n 1.-:: of : h( llL d' '' ''i'l.~ (6 .~5 - ) rcprc
sc1us IH l m rn m s p ~i y.1 blc re 11t\Ur.llltl' l3rri1:r s :-... o 1..0! : 1111,\:0'i'. \;'t :L" p a id
Cos t

T he

'l ~i:s

r~ t

A mouncs n.:ceiq:d fro m:

D edun ions

. his i, riu. amrn in: i d taxt:s,

1).1 wn .. c.,., n c. ({!tsaq 1 <l ju'it
11 . 1:H of mher r e'-1~ v1:s an d
.. ll O! ;lt'f pu :- ')~C'i
~

of Plan .

. D u r 1n>-:

19 ~ 1

Res erv es ... Ac chc L'n d o f l 1 J..., I, 1hc in sur;1rn,: c t.irrnn \\ ~ re ho! J1n.i;;: rt.-'"' n ....
l o m t'l't Pl.111 obl igacions. ~I he.: pr 11H1p .tl obl 1j!.lC 1011 ht<
IHil \ 1dc. life 1n :ior,1 nt1. to pl'l h1 onc.n.

coc:iling .$ l(d t. 9 m i llio n

Pr e miums . .. D ur ini-: 1hc y ca r, the Compan)' p a)" prt.' llllllilh ro th l in"1ra11rc

l.1rrw n 1h.1t ,trl' -.ksiJ,; n nl 10 lO \ l' r !f1,urcd co~1 s p ill \ .1 !t rH. dl ,tddit i on ,d aniOl llH
pro\'1dc. f1)1 u n prn l1l t,1hl1 ll.11111 tO \l 'o. t\n y c u t " li .H J fl!) ht:t'n p;1iJ fron 1
1.orp(>r.n fu1 HJ..., 1, r1.u1rnl'd t o 1hc ( o m p .1 n y.
10

ll ow c\l r. in 1~,r1. th l' pr1.m1ums p:iiJ ;.> f $8-Ll ~ . S J I wcr1: $1 2 .3 .." 6 lc."is th.tn
t}w .1moi1nf rlq.:1rnl. l ndtr 1hl Pi.Hl. die Comp.u~ ~ !~ o h l 1g.t t n l t o pa~ the J 1f
fln 1Ht hc.t \\tl'll tilt' 111t,1l u> ..1 of tile. Pl.111 .1nJ 1IH . 1 mou 1u ~ co n tributed by
1m plo~n:' .u1d . U Hht'ljll l' nt l v 1Jn ( .om p.rny h.t\ p;11J fli..: ,1ddtt1on.il pre mi u m c._h1c..
Other Cost s . .. A ~ 1:h.., t.1n t1<il 11c. m o f co"1 i s u<..ll l'd h)' the ck ri r11 l 1111d othn
-;.\ork wh1lh "p1.rformcd br thl' (.om p :lll )' to opc. ract thl' l n "ll r
:tnd th e l'O't t o f 1hi!t work ( other 1h ;m the . 1dm in i~1r a tion o f the Cali
f or 111,1 V oluntary P i.in ) " n o t rdh:t!td in 1he fi,.; un-. 1n 1!11:-. r tport. In I 1J '7 I 1hi'
w o r k 1nduJnl the pr: ; 1m 1n:1r r pro<.C!t'ltng o f aho111 - -o,OUO i ns ura n( t' dai m s.

.1d m1n i , t1al1\l'

:Hil t' l'l.111

l 1cncr ~d

l:lncrit C ompany and

1 .i.rth.ip.uin g

~11li l ia t c s

}-mpio:l'c: 1',1yroll Dl'lluuion s

$ 181,492,389

< H<J.Y; l

$ 2 1,6 57,523

( 10.7,'; )

I ht t<H1d-.. 11!ed t o ~ t nf ch e P lan- including t h e c ost of <: overat:c for h u th 1.. mp lorn" :1 ld dctH.. nd enl ~- w;i s over S205. I m ill io n . T his amou nt is an i m IH< ...,, .. 1 .di :rnw hi g h. '.'li 11n_. 1955 th<. annua l ros! of th is P la n h as i n c reased
I>~ U\

.'\.,' lithn do the tif: .lrC'.> r uin 1 thL' b c-n l.':it\ o f 52 , 1-1\J,1., 1 fu r ni-.h c <l in 19 -;' l IO
their !tPUll')l' ~ .t n d \ Ur' I ' ini;: ~po~;"n u ndt r : ht Gcnl'r:-tl f lC'flric._ M edi .
l.1 1 <..ire P la n for l'l'l1'in1wr '
l ri .1d.!: ! :,, n 1he ( um p.in) p .11J S l.3 n111lio n in
I lJ- 1 fo r ,\fl.-,licm: in Soll .ti Sniir icy f:l:'l. t <;.

Pt' l"l\lO!l CO. .

Employ ees Protected, . . T iu. anu :il ri:1rti1.ip;1tmn .-.hO\\tl .1ho\l'.' is ~t ihc tml o f
I J- 1. D u 1 in~ the }car ~ n a\'tr.1,.;c of .) i 1,-H l.'111pl<,rt:n liad pc r.,o u a l (O\' Cra~t',
whiit :1u .tVt:ragc of 216. 2(>(, a \,o h ;1d nnc ra i;c for 1 ht_- ir ckp1.ndc n t.s.

tr :-- 'l5 1nillion.

GENERALfj ELECTRIC

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Volun.e XIV ,

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WAYNESBORO,VI RG IN IA

CDO PLANS FIELD TRIP

On Satu rd ay , June 17 , 1972 , people who
work on the generator control and exci tation
sys t ems a r e going to see thei r produ cts in
ac t ion .
As par t of t he "Bes t Buy " p r og ram , 130
Genera l Elect ri c emp l oyees will vi sit the
Morgantown Gene r ati ng Station of Potomac
Electric Powe r Corrp&ny (PEPCO) . The group
will incl~de engineers , dr&ftsmen , technici&ns ,
wi r emen , QC p~ r so nn el , sheet metal pe r sonnel ,
sec r eta ries , cle rks , foremen , s u pe rv isors , and
manage r s .

~ ---

Three buses will leave the Way nesbo r o

Plan t at 7: 00 a . m. and travel t o the Mo r gantown Plant wh~re seve ral pieces of Way nesboromanu f ac tured eq uipment is in operation, including an Alterrex s ystem , gas turbine -ge ne r ato r
excite rs , and boi ler feed pump cont r ol . Box
l unches will be served following t he plan t
to ur and t he buses will return to Way nes boro
at 5 : 00 p . m.
*'~-:~*-,':*;'~***

June 2 , 19 72

PERSONAL SHARE
ST ATEMENTS
DISTRIBUTED
Personal Share Statements of GE be ne fit
p l a ns are c urrently being dis tribut ed to
all employees i n Way nes b oro . All of the
dat a on Page 4 r elates to yo ur personal
participation as of December 31 , 1971 .
Yo u s hould ca r efully review you r
participation in the many plans to assure
yours e l f that your investment and pa rt icipation for yo u and you r family a r e th e way
you wan t th em to be .

A1so included on Pages 2 a nd 3 a r e

brie ( s ummaries of th e programs in case you
wish to change yo ur l evel of parti cipa ti on.
lf you have any questions regarding any of
the " Best Buy " benefit programs , please contact your supe rvisor , and he wil l eithe r
an s '..'e r question or obtain t he necessary
inf o rmation for yo u .

'BEST BUY' PRODUCT

ON DISPLAY

PAI PREMIUM RISES 5

PER $1000 OF COVERAGE
With c laims under th e Pe r sonal Accident
Insurance Plan signi f icant l y higher i n the
pas t policy year , t he insu r ance carr i er has
notified GE that premi um rates wi ll be
s lightly higher fo r th e 1972-73 policy year.
GE emp l oyees have more than $5 . 2 billion
i n acciden tal death ins urance cove rage in
effec t under t he plan . The plan goes in t o its
new policy year on J uly 1. The premi um ra te
h as dropped conside r ably since the plan' s
incepti on . For th e pas t year, it has been
50 cents per tho us and dollars of coverage ,
but th i s will be raise d to 55 cents per
In coo:-'emtion with t he i./aynesboro -Easi AugUBla
thousand with the new policy .
County Ciwmi>er' o .t:' Corune rce 11Communir;1 .l..lJPl'eciar;ion . J.~, 11 : ro:iect, a Te m 1iNet *300 ? Pincc.1 ;zas
E. Sidney Willis , manager of the c ompany ' s bee;, 01: i~:;;: lay i i !:;af'K.J ;ale 'c Fu Fr'!i"Cw'e . 'to r e
benefits programs , reminded pa r ticipants that
windo1J a:nce :.;e -ine.,day , /1ay .:1. -:-r.e di;:mlcni
will Perr.a. in i i che window thr ough Saturda.y ."
( con tinued on Page 2)
Stop b~1 and lake a look at this "Best Bu11 11
pro ducl that i ..; being produced at this pvlan l
f or our c.:us ';ome r s .

GOLDEN QUILL AW ARDS

PAI . . ... (continued f rom Page 1)
the rate fo r each new poli cy year is establish ed on the basis of past claims e xperience . lie
said that the rate had moved consistent l y
downward from an o ri ginal 76 cents per thousand
annually until 1970 whe~ adverse experience
r eq uired an increase in the rate.
Based on the going rate of claims in the
current policy year-- not counting those from
the Albany plane crash - -the plan 's cost will
be substantially higher than payments into
the p lan . "We made provision for reinsu r ance
against major catastrophes, thus the tragedy
of th e Albany plane crash in which nine
employees were killed had limited financial
impact on PAl ' s expe rience," ~!r . \Hllis said .
Excluding the air crash deaths , there
we r e still 57 claims in the first 10 months
of the cur rent policy year , he reported. Of
these , more than 30 were for au to accident
deaths and more than half of the claims were
fo r fatali ties involving hourly employees .

.-.r . C. A. :ord, Va:aager- Cont:t'o l Devices 7"e r'l-:; '.,::;-.; ,

rresents r;o/,den Quill AWaY'cis to ,r. J . 'iac,e xu;
I' . :-1 . Ca;,d-~er _"'or signed articles appecr:-r;~ 1
:i

re cer:: e i: ;:~ a ~ : -:- _:- _::...;._-_:..:.:.. ~ : :; :. ~.~'.'..' -:; ::: _:. i_:. .. _
-in ~--~~c ' 2 a1<~i:]le _, .c}'_r.,i-r;lPc "i1c&~:Jx

r~;aea ::: :.,;:e .

In Waynesboro, we have had two claims

submitted for accidental deaths of employees .
Both of these were hourly employees and one
of them was a result of an automobile accident.
Approximately 40 percent of all Waynes boro
employees participate in PAI .
Under terms of PAI , participants have
their coverage re newed automatically each
policy year unless they comple te and turn in
forms indicating their to increase or decrease
coverage . Decreases in coverage can only be
made at the beginning of the policy yea r and
fonns must be turned in by June 15 . Employees
can increase or begin cove rage at any time.
The new 55 cents per thousand rate for
PAI for year- r ound, 24 -h ours -a-day cove rage
is a Best Buy when compared with outside
rates for similar coverage .
Under th e free coverage of the GE Insurance Plan , beneficiaries r eceive three times
the employee's normal st raight-ti me annual
pay for accidental death. The PAI plan provides an opportunity to pu rchase accidental
death coverage beyond the GE Insurance Plan ' s
free coverage . In general , PAI coverage can
be purchased in $10, 000 blocks to a limit of
f ive times the emp l oyee ' s nonnal annual pay
or $10 ,000 --whichever is higher .

fleiector iia.::; Fas t :'rzut-ccr>", ais cusced lite ba.si<.:

o.J~ ::o:,~cx ietectior. ?Jhi le :'a.ul
Caulie r':; aYr;icle, en-ci-cled ".:-!otbox :"'1.ec:cor
r::valuator Refines Derection 'J'ee:/mique1; ", gave
a detailed exola-natim. o f' Geneml Elecll'ic 's
new hotbox 3-e-tec tor data evaluator .

r ['~1:ciple:~

SCOGEE ELECTIONS
COMPLETE
The ballots have been counted and
effective June 1 , the follO\:ing people becai""lle
the new offic2rs and Boa rd of direct o rs of
SCOGEE for the coming yea r:
OFFICERS
June Aldhizer
Dan Dondiego
Ruth Good
Lou Showker
Larry Martin
Bill Perry

President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Ou tgoing Presiden t
Advisor

BOARD Of DIRECTORS

Nancy Baker
Gene Black
Bob 13 rough man
Rein Kerber
Delores Martin
Connie .Miller

Joe Smi t h
Pat Thompson
Jerry Tisdale
Juanita Via
'.'!ary Ann \.JingfieL
Wimpy \.lingfield

Th e first meeting for the new term \Jill

be a dinner meeting for the outgoing and
incoming officers and board of directo rs on
June 8 , 1972 .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VolLune XIV , No. 21

June 9 , 1972

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

TWO NEW FOREMEN NAMED

J ames R. l3e ld1er was promoted to fore man-DCPD Quality Cont r ol effective June 1 ,
1972, according t o ~Ir. !!ugh T. Ti erney ,
~lanager-Quality Control.
Jim was graduated from
Abbeville , Virginia , Secondary High Sd10ol . ! !e at t ended
Emory University , Atlanta ,
Georgia . Jim e nte re d t he
Navy in 1944 1<1here he served
ei ght years as an instructor
in Electr onics and four years
as Olicf in d1arge of repair
'
shop for tel e t ype and c ryptographic devices . Leaving
the Navy , he then joined
General Electric as a t est
t e chni cian i n September, 1969 , advancing t o
Seni or Quality Control Planner i n November,
1971.

COO TIES IT ALL TOGETHER

Unde r the Automation Business Divis ion's
theme of " Let ' s Tie I t All Together" s pecial
re<l , white , and b l ue s t a r- striped neckties
are be in g given t o emp loyees 1<1ho make major
contributi ons toward achieving specific
departm::!nta l Best Buy goals and objectives.
The first awards were made last week .

Jim resj<les at 331 Alph in Avenue 1vi th

his wife Toyoko , and thei r three sons - -James ,
Jr., 15; l'iilliam , 13 ; and Jack , 12 . His
hobb ies include bo1"1ing , hunting, fishing ,
Some of thos e re ceiving the Best Buy ties
an<l assis tin g i n Littl e League activ ities .
were (left to right) C. A. Ford, W. H. Burleigh,

Brunetto, P.
and P. C. Scha tz .

J . C.

!laro ld R. Knueppe l, ~lanager - TenniNet

Opera tions, announced the promo tion of
Clarence B. Ward to For eman - Desk , Reader and
Cassette Assembly , effect i ve J une 1, 1972 .
Cl arence, a na ti ve of
Waynesboro and a gr aduate of
Waynesboro High Sd1ool , join ed General El ectric in 1959
as a t este r with t h e Ae rospace and ~!i l itary Unit. He
became a test tedmician for
DCPD in Novembe r, 19 71 and a
Senior Quality Control Plan ner on February 14, 1972 .
He served three vear s with
the Un ited States Navy from
1943 to 1946 . I le t hen

(continued on P. 3)

E.

Ze lencik, L . D. BashloY',

One of the maj or contributions toward

the Best 13uy goals 1<1as a program t o s hi p spare
part s in time to meet a critical custome r
delivery r equi rement . Result? Complete ly
satis fi ed customer.
A $261, 000 cos t impr ovement was ;mother
contrib ut ion . COO design approaches have
r esulted i n maki ng , in-house, SC trans fonn'::-1.: ;.
PD t ransformers and linear rcoctors whose=
combination perfoni1s the same f w1Ction as t he
l arge single oil fi lled units previously
purd1ased outside .
Primary 1vinding , fa nnin g an<l vacuwn/

(con tin v.ed on P.

t')

1972-73 SCOGEE OFFICERS & BOARD OF DIRECTORS

/
Vice Presi dent : Dan Dondi ego Se cretary :

~
.,_,. -

ft Board Member:

2nd s hi.

Ruth Goo d

These SCOGEE o{ficer s and Boar d of

Directors will be plam1ing and carrying out
vour 1972 - 73 club activities . The past year
proved quite successful with such . acti:ri t ies as
the " Family Day" picnic, membership drn-~ and
Art Show bei ng he l d . \\le want ~o t ake.this
opportun ity to ~1ank the out going officers and
dire ctors fo r a j ob \\'ell done. Also, Ke \\ould
like to ~1ank t hose member s who
ran for offices and were defeat-
ed in our recent election. \\le
rtll ~ "' /.
may be calling on you yet .
,, ~ /
i
.J
The re 1 s a lot of work t o be
~
,,
..il.t! _
~ Treauurer: Lou ShCV;Jker
d one .
June Aldhize r
President-SCDGEE

Nanc:y aaJ<.er

Seate d (Zeft to right) Rein Kerber, Delores Martin, Connie MiUer, Pat
Thompson, Juanita Via, Larry Martin; standing (left to rifjht) Wimpy
Wingfi e l d, Gene Black, Bob Dedrick (who was inadvertently omitted in
the June 2 paper) , Bill Perry ( Advisor) , Jerry Tisda le~ and Joe Smith .
Absent when picture was taken: Mary Ann f./ingfieZd, and Bob Brougmnan.

PROMJI'IONS (continued from Page 1)

SCHOOL BOND REFERENDUM

Tuesday, June 20, 1972 is an important

date when every registered voter in the City
of Waynesboro will have the opportunity to
exercise his or her vote on the City School
Clarence and his wife Betty reside at 477 Bond Referendtnn. Available today in the
Dinwiddie Avenue. His hobbies include huntcafeteria are brochures which describe the
ing and fishing.
referendtnn.

managed the Waynesboro Wayne Theater from

1946 until he joined General Electric.

*********

EXEMPT SALARY STRUCTURE ADJUSTED

Effective July 1, 1972, exempt salary
structure values are increased 7.0%. The
structure was last increased on February 1,
1971 by 5.5%.
These increases in structure values
reflect the Company's action in response to
its continuing evaluation of the factors
affecting the market values for managerial,
professional and other exempt positions.
Under the provisions of the Exempt Salary
Plan, employees' salaries are accorded individual treatment based on perfonnance. The
new salary ranges provide a higher base
against which individual salary detennination
will be made.

**********

Every resident of Waynesboro should

carefully decide whether to vote "yes" ?r
vote "no", and then be sure to vote. Listed
below are some things that might be con-
sidered in making a decision:
Are the present school facilities
adequate to educate my children for
the next 10-15 years?
Will it be fair to mv children to
let them attempt to get an education
in crowded classrooms?
Would it be fair to let my child
attend school in an unsafe building
anymore than for me to work in an
unsafe plant?
How far downhill will I allow the
educational facilities to deteriorate?

~,AGIC

KINGDOM CLUB INFORMATION

Membership in the General Electric

Chapter of the Magic Kingdom Club is available at No Charge to Waynesboro GE employees
who defiiiitely plan to visit Disneyland
"('Cahforn1a) or Disney World (Florida) in
1972.

Membership entitles the employee and

his family to special discount prices on
ticket books at either Disney attraction,
plus special package plans including hotels
in Florida.
If you are interested in a membership
contact Bill Perry in Relations, only if
you definitely plan to visit either oX-the attractions this year.

***********

CIX> BEST BUY (continued from Page 1)

pressure processing equipment for insulating
the primiary windings has been installed
which enables COO to make the windings that
were previously purchased from an outside
source. This irmovation resulted in a
cost improvement of $175,000.

Am I satisfied to have mv children

educated in the same type of facilities

that I received my education in 10, 15,
20 years ago?
Is it important to industry and other
businesses that city schools have
appropriate facilities?
Would new industries and new businesses
be attracted to locate in Waynesboro
if the educational system and facilities
are non-progressive or inadequate?
If it becomes necessary, am I willing
to pay additional taxes in order to
have my children attend an up-to-date
modem school, receive a good, wellrollllded equcation in preparation for
college, or be competitive in getting
a job?
Do I want the Waynesboro Public Schools

to be second-rated to neighboring
conummity schools--Ladd, Stuarts Draft
High School, Wilson High, Verona, Crimora,
Valley Tech?
Each of us must decide what is best in the futu1e for our city, our children and their
children. Voice this decision by casting
your vote on Tues day, June 2O.

Our gross national

headache.
A U.S. Citizen -so the story goes -saw on
his J apanese TV how a C.S. company was
moving a segment of its business offshore.
He got so mad at the news he sat down at his
Swiss type\niter and wrote his Congressman
demanding action. On his way to work in a
factory making goods to be sold in Europe,
he drove to the Post Office in his French
automobile.
The Congressman was having his picture
snapped for publication in a foreign magazine by a Czech camera loaded with German
film when the citizen's letter arrived. T he
Congressman di ctated a brief pledge to look
into the matter and then signed his reply
with a n:-lon-tipped pen made in the Orient.
World competition is becoming our gross
national headache.
Foreign firms make a lot of products we

like and enjoy. These firms know that success

goes to the company that makes desirable
products better and for less money.
Here in America many of us seem to be
forgetting that lesson.
There is no easy way out. Over the long
haul, we are going to have to compete in the
world markets. T here is no permanent shield
that can isolate us from foreign competition.
Once the U.S.A. had it made. Now we don 't.
To make good times come again, costs have
to come down and quality has to go up. That's
what makes profits. And profits make jobs.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Volwne XIV, No . 22

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

June 16, 1972

COMPANY CONTRIBUTES $91 [NEW VIRGINIA WITHHOLDING

MILLION TO PENSION TRUST TAX RA TE EFFECTIVE JULY l

i
'

In order to comply with the amended income

tax law, it will be necessary for all empl oyees
to execute a new Vi rginia withholding exemption
certificate
(VA-4 , rev. 1-1 - 72) . TI1e new law
General Electric contributed a huge total ;
is
similar
to
the Federal Income Tax law and
of $91 million--$90,971,570 to be exact--to
i
allows
a
fixed
amount of $600 for each personal
the GE Pens ion Trust in 19 71, according to the
exemption
and
each
dependent rau1er u1an the
report released this week on the Trust ' s
amolll1t
previously
allowed.
"D1e law does not
operations last year .
provide for the federal special or additional
withholding ~l~owances; therefore when preparing
The contribut ion was far above the $53
the ~ew certificate, employees will disregard
million amount which GE paid to the Pension
the
information shown in the left center block
~rust just two years ago in 1969, thus pushon
the
face of the form. If an employee fails
ing the Company ' s contribution for this bene to
execute
a new certificate withholding will
fit up nearly 75% in two years.
be calculated as if the employee claimed no
exeITIJ? t ~ons.
A new withholding exemption
Employees contributed only on the basis
certificate
will
be distributed to each
~ earnings over $6,600 annually so many emhis
or
her manager or foreman by
employee
by
_l oyees made only a small contribution or none
Jlll1e
20
.
This
certificate
must be r eturned to
at all . However, net contributions of those
Personnel
Accounting
by
Jlll1e
23.
who did contribute through payroll deductions
totalled $27,846,754. Pensions paid during
the year reached a whopping total of more than PENSIONS (continued from column 1)
$98 l!lillion. ~ey went to 44,739 persons who
-~ 19?1 e~ded, 282,127 employees Here
received benefits under the GE Pension Plan
participating
in the GE Pension Plan and the
in 1971. Of these, 42,858 were retired emn~er of people receiving pensions was 83%
ployees and others were beneficiaries.
higher than those receiving pensions just 10
years
ago, and 36% higher than U1ose receiving
Al l these statistics are highlights of
pensions
just five years ago .
the Report for 1971 on your General El ectric
Pension Trust. The report will be found on
.
As the number of Pension Plan participants
page 2 of this issue of the GE NEWS. General
increase,
and as pensions increase, it is
Electric has issued annual statistical reports
necessary
for the assets of the Pension Trust
o~ t~e Trust ' s operation for many years, beto
increase
correspondingly so that it will
ginning long before the passage of the current
b~ large enough to provide the pensions that
la~ requiring that this be done by companies,
will be required in the future .
unio~s, or other organizati ons sponsoring
pensions or other welfare plans.
New Pensioners Are Yolll1ger with Less Sen.rice
But Pensions Higher

**********

During 1971 there were 5,558 people added

to U1e pension rolls. The report notes that
while the average age at retirement dropped ' 1
from 61.7 year~ to 61 . 5 years and the average .
,,_.....-.. ngth of service of new retirees dropped from
~0. l years to 25.5 years, still the average
pension of those retiring in 1971 climbed from
$218.23 per month to $227 . 83 .
(continued column 2)

SCOGEE SWIMMING PARTY

WHERE :

WAR MEMJRIAL POOL

WHEN:
Jlll1e 23 --6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
AIMISSION: Free--show SCDGEE membership
card.

REPORT FOR 1971 ON YOUR GENERAL ELECTRIC PENSION TRUST

This report shows the financial activities of the General Electric
Pension Trust during 1971 and its status at the end of 1971. 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 provide for General Electric pensions. It is administered by 5 trustees
who invest Trust funds in accordance with sound investment principles and policies. The assets of this Trust arc 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 arc treated as part of the price of the secunties when
purchased or sold).

HERE ARE THE CHANGES DURING 1971

NET FUND 12/31/70 $1,891,868,708
Amounts received from:
I ntercst, dividends, and other
investment net income: . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Common stock appreciation:
Realized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unrealized but m:oj!nized . . . . .

97,983,144

$
$

6,653,283
54,794,240

Employee payroll deductions, less

refunds for death and withdrawal . . . . .

27,846,754

General Electric Company and

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

90,971,570 .b -

This is rht: amount which with income and employee contributions is required to cover
the CO>t of pt:nsion benefits which apply to service during 1971, plus a payment of
$29.0 million on unfunded prior service liabilities.

98,326,657 '

The!>t: paynwnts to pt:nsioners and bendiciaries will increase with the increase in
plm:on roll'i a!> more presently participating cmployees-282,137 at December 31,
1971-rerm. Tht: number on the pension rolls at December 31, 1971 was44,7SJ-an
increase of 83'~ over tht: number l O years ago and 36% over the number just S years
ago.

Pensions paid during 1971 . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

$ 179,922,334

NET FUND 12/31/71 $2,071,791,042

Includes following amount'i applicable.- to the International Gencral Electric
Puerto Rico, Inc. Pension Plan: (a) SS,30S, (b) $I S,212 (before deferred
gains), (c) 59,136.

Rcsultmg from investment of i:cntrilmtions made by the Company since 1927 and by
the Companv and cmployl l"S sini:e 1946.

Thcst: an 1he C<>1Hrihut1ons made during 1971 by part1C1p:mts on the excess over
$6,600 of cligibk compcns.llion, lt:ss rcfunJs of contributions as a result of death or
withdrawal from participation.

The asslts of the Trust arc n:quirnl spt:cifically to provide for ( 1) pensions payable to
present pn!>1onas and beneficiaries as well as for (2) pensions built up through 1971
hy pre:>l."r.t t:mployccs and \estees who will retire in the future. Pensions are payable
only from till assets 0f the Trust and the}' will continue to grow as employees' service
and earnings increase. It is necessary, therefore, that the total assets of the Trust
increasl" rnmspondingly so there will be sufficient funds to pay these pensions when
nnph>yee-; retire.

HERE IS HOW THE PENSION TRUST STOOD AT THE END OF 1971

AUDIT, ACTUARIAL REVIEW AND FUNDING

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

ASSETS
U.S. Government obligations . . . . . . . . .
Corporate and other obligations . . . . . . .
Common stocks . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other elJUity type~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mortgages- Industrial . . . . . .
l' .S. Gm"t. guaranteed
Real c~tate (leased to others)
Mineral interests ...
'kmporary and other investincnts .... .
Total in\'cstments
......... .

Mortg;1gt~

Cash

........ .
... .
Total asst:ts .... .
Less m1sl"dlaneuus li1bilities ...

4,912.598

3 57,977, l 79
1,075,033, 198
- - ~_2.h~~l.9~
1,t90,603,934

113,308,644
58.5llt>,82Q
2<2 ..rn7.1>5X
22.105.'lllJ
47,908,89 I
I ,lJ>4.74 l,875 (.a)

3 .!3 5.974
83,418,175
2,081,396,024
9.604,982
5-2.111-1. 191.042 (bl

!{CCCI\ ahies

~et Fund

PARTICIPANTS" EQlTI'\"
For payment of pensions to 44, 7 51 prl,.
ent pensioners and beneficiaries ..
Required to pay pensions for serv1ct
through 1971 tor t:mployees who will
reurc in the future . . . . . . . .
Total participants' equity . . . . . .

719.991,07 3

AL'IHl': The n,111<1~ of the General Electric Pension Trust arc audited each year by Peat, Marwick,
.\\itd1dl & Co .. , crtilicd public accountants. Tne latest audit was made as of September 30, 1971.
,.\Cl Ll.-\l{l,\L IU. VII.\\' The fim1 of independent rnnsuhin~ actuaries, The Wyatt Company, has
nportcd as follm'' we have rcvic\\C:d the cakulatiom of liabilities applic&hle to the year 1971
under the Gcmral Electric Pension l'lan. In our opinion, a.~ independent actuaries, the actuarial
assumptions anJ procedures UM.:d for the 1971 calculations arc in accordance with accepted
actuarial principle,. lla,cd rm th data suhmittcd by General Elcnric for our analysis, we find the
r<,ult, to be r<:,.nnahk in representing the: liabilities of the Plan applicable to the year 1971." The
Wyatt Compan)" has also reviewed and approved the valuation of liabilities for benefits accrued
chrm.i:h Dcccmh,r 31. l '170.
l'l'"l>ISG l'IHICI{,\.\\: The program which wa in effect from 1967 throullh 1971 includes the
,\',l<"ntatic ren>g1111111n 111 unreali1ed apprc..:iation in the common stock portfolio which it is conscr
Yaliwlv estimated wall he availahlc fur the payment of pension lu:nefits. Appreciation will not be
rnugnw:d, hm\'l"\C:r. if the rc:,uhini: hook value of common stocks exceeds 90% of their average
m.ukt"t v:iluc for tin currc:nt anJ prending two years. Unfunded liabilities arc being &mortizcd over
J 20n:ar period. The actuarial a."umptions usc:d in 1971 include. in addition to the 6% estimated
r:itc: .,f future earmngs. mortality. employee turnover. optional retirement and disability retirement
rate' .tcri\'cd from cxpcrien..:c under th Plan.

Notes to Financial Statemunt

(a) .\larkct v.iluc approximately S2.437,904,000.
Investment' .1r. ,arricJ at .unort111:d ..:n't plus unrcalitcd appreciation recognized. No assets
wrt 111vc:stcd in ,c,ur1ti<"' or property of ( 1) General Electric Company or its affiliates or (2) any
11ff1<r. tru,lel 1>r cmployc:c: of th Tru't. No loans were: made during the year, nor were any
oul,t:an.ling at , carnd. to General Elctric Company or its affiliates or to any officer, trustee or
c:mpluyec of lhl' Trn't.

<hi lndudcs nee L''><"l' ;ippli..:.ihlc tu International c;encral Electri.: Puerto Rico Inc. Pension
Plan
1
;unouruing lo S ~ Sr>.1'154 which arc l"omminglcd for invctment purposes.

1,351,799.909

gt!]f.791.i@<)

(d Unfumkd liahilitv at the end of 1971 was estimated on a preliminary basis to be approxi
matdy S325.lllHl.OOO:

HERE ARE SOME FACTS ON RETIRED EMPLOYEES

As of l>ecembcr 31. I 'Ji I, there was a total of
44,7 39 persons reccinng benefits under the Gent:ral
Elecmc Pcnsi.m Plan, of whom 42.RS8 were pen
sioners 01.547 men and 11,3 11 women) and 1.881
~ntfi"1arics. There were also I.:! per~ons rctirc:d
under tht: JGEPR Pl:in.
ERA 111 6/1/72

During 1971 there wt:n: 5.558 additions to the

pension rolls. 01 these 4.8411 employees Jnd 317
beneficiaries werl" addcd t11 tht: regular monthly
payroll and 144 e111plt1yt:e~ and 257 bendic1anes
\\'l"rt: given lump sum 'ertlt:mt:nl'i.

The average: age at retirement of the employees

added to the regular monthly pension payroll was
61.5 years; their a\erage length of service at retire
ment was 25.5 rears and their average monthly pay
ment under the Pension Plan totaled 5227.83.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RAL@ELECTR IC
\'olwnc \I\' , \o . 23

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

June 23 , 1972

EDITORS VIEW NEW PRODUCT MESSAGE TO ALL EMPLOYEES

To recognize each employee who
responded to the di f f i cu l ti es caused
by "S t orm Ag nes " would be very di ffi cult . Their deeds we re numerous an d
varied with indivi dual situat ions .
Empl oyees hurried in to floo ded
are as to he l p evacuate and shelter
those v1hose homes were floo ded or in
dan ger . Th ey len t a helping ha nd in
every v1ay-- cl eani ng up, lending
cars , providing food --everything that
was needed.

Pau l Inserra, Manager - Marketing, s hows the

_,,-... TermiNet *1200 Printer to Bruce iiowat, publish e r of Communications News and Te lephone
/;'ngineeY' & Management mazagines based in the
Chicci.go area .
I-lore than 30 c<li tors f r om the nation ' s
lca<ling dat a maga:incs wer e given the opportw1j ty las t hcck to sec an<l <liscuss the
Department ' s nc1vcst pro<luct , the Ten niNct '"l 200
higi i-speed data printer .
IJur ing a four -clay multi - c ity tour , a
group of Department people headed by .\brket ing
'.lcmagcr Paul II . Inserra , gave the e<li tors
a brief description of the Company ' s Terrni\et
printer business includi ng .i.ts hi s tory and the
Department' s role i n the data connm.mications
i.ndus try.
" Editors exhibiteu n great deal of
interest in the Tenni\et:<12 00 printer an<l 1vere
pnrticularly int e r ested in the applications
1vhere the printer coul<l prov .i.de a needed
s e r vice ," Inserr a said .
(continued on Page 2)

Here at the pl ant , our Mai nte nance

pers onne l worked around the clock i n
all sorts of v1ays , not only to protect
th e plant , but t o he lp employees wi th
any prob l ems t ha t deve l oped. Thes e
in clu ded tra ff ic control at al l times ,
assi stin g emp l oyees with we t ele ctri cal systems to sta rt their cars,
trac t ors to hel p empl oyees cross
Hapeman Park1-1ay , loaned out emergency
pump s for basements, and communica ted
to manageme nt on flo od condi t i ons .
In addition, they main ta ined a
full fire pa trol, handled roof seepage ,
protected the s ubs tati on and did
count less other tasks to keep the
plant in operation . Our hats are
off to every emp loyee who put hi s
shoulder to the wheel in the way tha t
al ways happens when an emergency faces
us . Thanks to everyone .
We also want t o express our tha nks
f or the great j ob done by are a radio
stations in comrnun i ca tin g about the
rapi dl y changing situation minute by
minu te. They were especi ally hel pf ul
to us, as were the Firs t Aid Crew,
fire men , po lice, an d al l municipal
authoriti es i n meeting t he very di ff i cult s it uation i n a truly heroic way .

__.-.. '" Rcgistere<l tra<lcmark of GE Co . , USA

All in all we are ve ry proud of

our employees and everyone in the
community for a job well done.

TU~H NLT

PRI \rl'EI\ .. . (continued from Page l }

Perhaps the most asked question , he

:iddcd has the :ire as of industry h here the
1200 printer coul d be beneficial. In <cms1ve ring t11i s ques tion , Inser ra no ted that the
pr i nte r was especial ly use[ul in hi gh-vo lwnc
data businesse s s uc h as stock exchanges or
internal nethorb . lie separated the app l icati ons "here the 1200 printer i s particular1;- he ll -sui t ee! in to [our ca t ego ries , time shar ing , nct1.,rork in g , for tJJ1dcm usage 1.,r ith
CRTs JJ1d !or high v6 lw11c dat a users.
1

ln connect i on h'ith the use of t h e Tcnni:\et*l200 printer i n concert 1"ith a cli spLly
type of tennin;il, I nserra pointed out fo r
editors that the Tcnni\ct*1200 printer operates
at pa ralle l speeds 1.,r ith most o r these t)11cs
of terminal s no1; on the market .

cJrriage t o hcgj11 tlic next !"ulJ i:l<.: u! tc:\t .

Thi s r es ults in :1 1oi1c'r print r: i" ...!1i~:1 \\'<.' . - _
e.\1Jl:1ine d t o ;1 Jlll!ltl1,;r 0 1 u!;~nrs, l:1-;t:rr:1 :--:11u .
" All jn a ll , edito rs hl'rC i nt e rested 111
11'1 wt \\c ha J to s:1'. ~mJ offl:H.'Ll us thl' 1ppor t tu1it;
to ~bk them about thcj r :-c<.'l i.1\~s 1~n th1..' indust ry
Jnd \\hat t he future t rui-~.' r<, , , " l 1!:'1..'lT.1
pointe d out.
"lhe Tcnnj .\lct *L'.llO pr inter m:idL' :1 good
first impression 11ith t lK'S L' r.'pH':-'l'i1L1t i\.l'S llr
the meJiJ ~md Ill' :1cL1aJ :: ,;l'llLil::t ;-_,:L',: t :1c
m<1cl1!1c for :;i;u1: 11( t :1cu i n t:!~i,:1~u .1nj <1..;:1in
in i)os ton , " hL :11k:cJ.

COO EMPLOYEES VISIT

CUSTO MER

"In hospital situations or in lmv

c n forccn~nt agenci es , the gene rat ion o r a hard
copy as a docLU11cntcd r e co rd printed a t the
same rate as tl1C material appearing on .:i
display screen can be of signi Cicant importance
si nce it provides le gal proo r 0 r hrn, th e
message 1Va5 IVor ded , " he added.
m e r e 1._rcre do zens of ques ti ons f r om cdi tor s
coverrng a multitude of s i t uc:itions i n :i 1vi de
var iety of i ndust ri es . Pr i marily , edi tor s
were interes t e d in hrn.,r the tc rn1 i nal cou ld best
be used by customers, in particular service
groups . A<lcli tional l y , editors "ere curious
about t11c elect r oni c hammer - firing printing
sys tern and the t ypcs of f on ns that can he
used with t he Tern1i Net *1 200 p r inter 1 s a dj us table 3!.z to 12!.z inch paper tractors .
Ed i tors here also inte r ested in 1"ho the
curr ent users of t he 11 , 000 Tenni.\let*300
CUJ <;mp l oyees hoc.r>Ii:.g : .,,cir,. ,
printe r s we r e an d jn what i.n<lus t ries th ey coul d ,'.J'a lurrlay morn i1zg .
be found .
_.\s p:i r t r'r tl:v " l:L:--t ::1\" ;'r 1.:,
CJllp
l
o:ees
or tht' l:rn~thl .iL'\il~'
I.!:,:. i l';irJIn general , Inse rra noted, editors 11ere
e<l
three
TrJi
11-.;l\s
husl."
.11
-:11
.i..
, ,_
keenly a1Vare of compet iti ve machines t11at
S;iturJay
t
o
\'
isit
J
ct1st
.i1:1L'r
,
thL
\lt1n;.u1:_u1111
seeme d to off e r t he SJJne f e <.1tu r es . " Pr i cing ,
Gcnc rat ing s t :1t ion or l'utollUl 1: l L'l.."t ric i \ ! \\l'l'
of course , was t he one ques tion that was on
Comp :rny ( PJ:l'COJ . The group includl'd L ' !l'.~ill<.'L'Js ,
everyone ' s mind ," l ns e r ra note d . "\Ve curcl ra ft smen, tccl1111 CL ;ms , II i l"l'i:.l'l,, ~ <..' .: t !''- 1"' JllnC] ,
rently are complet ing final pri c i ng s tuclj c s
now and 1Vcre able to tel l ed j tors that 1"e 11ould sheet met a l pc rs0;rne I , St'l. rLL .1 r I ls , L l , ri-.:-: ,
have final prices (or them wi. thin a week to 10 f oreme n , supcJYis o rs :i11d n1;111:1gL'l'.S .
days . "
Upon :ir r i\' ~1 ! , Pl:Pl:U ,n11dlll:tcd t our:-: r:ir
I

In connection 1Vi t11 compct1t1ve machines ,

one offer s the 120 cps speed or the Termi:\et *
1200 printer and i s seeming l y 1011e r i n pr ice .
" As it turns out , because 1.,rc have no ca rri a ge
t o r e t urn our 120 cps rat e j s a real print -out
rate IVhilc t he competing mach ine mus t use IVha t
is called as ' f j 11 drnr act c r s ' to r e turn the

the m through thei r PLU1t hhl'l-C' Sl' \Tr:1 l pieces

or \\'a ynesbor (; !: e quipmen t \ll'rl ii. OpL rc1t ion .
The t r i p h:1s Jn o\l n,hL'll: i:1_..; '-llllL'SS i11
sp i te of the r:1in . .\ 1.:0111p kl c pict11rL' ~tor:
IV ill be pub ! i s hcd in t lh \l:i\ '.-i 11cxt '-'L'l'~ conce rni ng the Lri1 ' .

HA VE A SAFE AND HAPPY VACATION

SEE EVERYONE JULY 18

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volwne XIV, No . 24

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

SNELL AND DUBRIDGE RECEIVE

NEW APPOINTMENTS

SNELL

REGINALD JONES NAMED

GE PRESIDENT

DUBRID(JE

J. Kirk Snell and Richard A. DuB ridge

...-... have been appointed Manager-Engi nee ring and
~lanager-Cus tame r Service, r espectively , of the
Data Commw1ication Produc t s Department , according to an announcement made today. 1he appointments are effect ive July 1, 1972 .
~Ir . Snell moves int o his new position from
the >:e1v Products Deve l opment Operation "hich
he headed and which wi ll be consolidated into
the Engineer ing Section . 1he Engineering
Section will include all product lines of the
Department , including bo th Waynesboro and
Lynchburg .

Mr . DuBr idge , fo rmerly Manager- Engineer i ng

of DCPD , has also been Act ing Manager of the.
Customer Service or gani zation which he no"' 1vill
fill on a regular basis . The establishment of
this activity at section level will bring
added emphasis to the product service function .
Kirk Snell gr aduated from the ~tate Univers ity of Iowa with a BS~IE degree rn 1941.
After serving in the U. S . Army for five years
as a captain in the European theater during
lforld \far II, he held various engineering
posts in the contr ol systems a~tiviti~s of.the
Company , including Manage r- Design Eng1i:ieeni:g ,
Manager-Electronic Control Product Engineering,
Manager- Data Cormmmicat ion Pr oducts Engineering
(continued on Page 4)

General Elect ric Board Chairman and Chief

Executive Officer Fred J . Borch announced today
that the Board of Di rectors has e l ected
Reginald H. Jones President of the Company
effective immediately . ~lr . Borch , 62 , also
announced his anticipated retirement at the
end of this year .
Mr . Bar ch , whose General Electri c car eer
spans 41 years , was appoint ed 0 1ief Executive
Officer of the Company with the retirement of
Ralph J . Cor<liner in December, 1963 .
~Ir . Jones , SS, has sercc c;s Vi ce C'l:c.innar..
er che Board and E:.xt"cuti ve Officer of the
Ccrrpany and a member of the five-n;ar. Corporate
Executive Office h hich is responsib l e t o the
Board of Directors fer overall management of the
1vorl d-1vide businesses of the Comrmy .
1

In his new position as President of the

Company , Mr . Jones 1vill, an:ong other duties ,
continue to have responsibility fe r the
(continued on Page 4)

COO 'BEST BUY' FIELD TRIP

On ~aturG.ay , June 17 , 93 Geli<::.ral Electric
enrplcyees visi ted the Morgantown generating
plant of the Potomac ElEct ric Pci<<::.r Con:p2.ny .
The employees were from the CCO a r ea and includeci these pec:poe \,he are involved with the
Poh"E. r Ceneration busine ss . ~ lakin g the trip
"ere. enginee r s , t echnicians , draftsmen , tes t men ,
wi r emen , shee t met al 1vorkers , assemblers , clerks,
secretaries , and managers .
The purpose of
the trip was to make each employee fee l that he
is an important part of the e l ectric pm-.rer
jndus t ry. The tour was set up as part of our
"Best Buy" program ccncerning employee i nvol vement .

111e three busloads of empl oyees l eft the

i:;lant at 7 : 00 a . m. anc! a rrived at the \!organt own station about 9 : 30 a . n. . TI1e s tatien is
1 cc 2.t ed en the Potomac River about 40 miles
south of \\'as hington . ri f teer. HPCC en gineers
met t !te group and hosted t he t1ve-h0Lr tol- r
in smal l w1its of 6 to 8 people . The tour .
included the entire genera.ting plant , and rn
particular , COO manufactured equipmen~ on the
large steani. turbine-ger.erator, the boile r fee dpump , and two gas turbines. The emr-l eye,es were
irr:pr essed by the size and complexity of the
machinery r equ ired tu i:;rcduce. electric po1vE.:r.
They saw firsthand the importance of reliabi l i t y
in our prcdects .
PEPCC hac several of the CI:x:. manufactured
controls set up fe r cisplay du ring operation.
1his was the first opportunity that most of the
employees haC:. to see CL:r eqv.ipment in ope ration .
There were many comments during the t cur, such
as 11 I helped build this case", ''There's my
t est stamp en t he rectifier ," etc. The ~ .organ t own station is a new mac.em s tation, and. was
a gcoc1. exo.Jrf:le fer our emr l oyees to see .
After the t our , the employees enjeye c 2.
box 1 Lmd: at a rcac1side park on the bank c f the
Potcmac . During the bus ride tc ar.ci from
Mor gantown, ''Best Buy 11 radios 1..iere raffl ed off
as door pri zes . Suc11 tr.in gs a.s [.Ui tar plciyrng,
son<.TS and front -wheel roulette ke pt activity
on th~ buses at a hi g,h pi tc11 i n spite o:( the
soggy 1veather . All co1T1Jr.erts f rom the ~rrr~ oyees
h0-ve beer, favorable . They wer e apprecu.t1ve
for the opp0rtt.:.r.i t y tc visit thE po1ver plan t
arid c..n: al r eaciy askir.g fo r another trip.
Prin t Ed on t},is page and page 3 are some
pictur es an d comments frcrr. indiviciu?.1 cn;p lcyees
cc:ncE:rnir.5 the t ri r- .
Mary Barker- - "The fa ct of being ab le t o see
firs t hand s ome of our equipment in action
and being up 210 feet i n the air were the
highlights of the trip ."

ElE:anc r Ellison - - "My f ratefu?. thanks tc; GE and

the o the l' hcid UJc1'king pe ople whc me.de the
l'ri-c tc th e ~'EPCO p 7.c:n t at Morgc.11tc ur: mc0 ~i nf~yr-c:t;i:.;e o _: cri)u!:, r.l> :e . Thc<:e !iho _were iZC t
chZe tc rr.d:e th.e trir e:edair,ly r.issec. o wc-;:c'.er"u l c :-'r'( j ti;n i t y :c; s
~he cur: t ro is l.UE. no f.e
[e r ;' c.Pr!'~r;fi their depend.oh le duties . Su re makes
me ha:opy and -pr>ouci to be one of rhe team . The
ove rcast dav was oe r"ect for the roul'--no:; too
hot nor t oo" cool .''.' l1aybe I 'm prejudiced, but I
thought the GE contra ls were far superio:ri in
both de sign and looks to those of one of oul'
competitors . Our PEPCO gui de , Vince Cushing
and Bob Missman, our CE guide , did an exce Uent
job of explaining things that even I knew what
,.-...
was going on . 1~ose small groups of 6 were
size d just right in or de r to be ohle to hear
above al l the nois e . That pi ~aic lunch of
frie d chicken plus more t rimrr;i~gs th~n.I co~id .
poss ibly eat t asted most de Zwwus av rhe pi.~~i.c
grounds on the way back . But, tre most u~~eli.ev ab le event of the day occur red wh~a our dri.ver,
th e driver of bus ilo . 3, backed our bus i nto
that oarking soace i!ITi-iIN A FOOT OF EACH SIDE
o-~ t he c:::::rs ::::: i'ready parked the re ! .' .' ':'f:a :; :.;as
o~e for the hooks . Yes , this is a c.a~1 I ' Zl
not fo rge t for a long time . 11

cE

e(,

seeing our eouipmen t ~n ooel'ation I am s ure each

of us will l ook at our job with more responsibi li ty and pride . Our app re cia~~on shou~d- b~
passe d on to our Power Regulat~ on se ct ~on "or
a we ll - planne d tri p ."
Mary Coffey- - "Being my first trip o.-" this kind,
I was impress ed all the way thr ough the tour.
To f ina lly see our cont !'ols doing their job in
a powel' plant that serves so many cities made
me glad that I have the inspection job associated with these controls . We have good operators
here at GE a-11d our products sell themselves . I
can see why quality is emphasi zed and why our
customers ' demands are irrroo rtan t . Mr . D. Mil le r
dese rves a lot of gratitude _ccr promoting this
tour . I feel like the group cr11 our bus agrees
with me ."
Galen Heatwole- - "Saturday morning was a dreary
rainy morning when we started on our f ie l d t rip
t? tfie :..' ;Y'gc:'l.town plant .
It seemed Uie faY'ther
we went away from Wayne s boro, the better> the _
:.;eather bec:ame . :./hen we re tv.med, you guessed
-:.t -- ;;;:e sc;;e cirea'f"~ rain was still at :iaynesboro .
';'(ie drawing .rOY' th~ radios cr11d the singing ana
playing of Buddy Spears and other>s all helped
t? keep tfi.ings li vely on the bus . The rest of
us still need a little mor e practice in group
singing, however . l'he tour through the generating plant was an interes t ing and educational
e,,-...rience even t hough some of us play only a
I''..< . . el' insigriificant pa!'t in the production o.-"
t~is equip~en t .
By actual l y observing this
equipment i n operation one ccr11 get a much
c leare r picture of how his own e fforts contribute to the complex ope raticr11 of a mode ~11
power plant of this kin~ . Many thcr11ks to Mr .
?oY'd and the Genero.l Electric Comp any for a
successful and profitable trip ."
0

Bwmie Be 11- - "The tour we took th1ough the

Morgant own plant was really an inte resting
expe rience f or me , and I was especially im pr e ssed to see a control that had my inspection
stmrrp on it . I know now why it 's ir:rportant
to see that OUY' contY'ols ~eet the quality
stcmdards . i!e must p lease our customers . To
see our controls in ope l'ation was fantastic . "
Alvin J\llen- - "I ' ve been wanting to see some of
our equipment in operation since I first came
to GE a11d have been looking f ortJard to taking
this trip since pla11s were first made . It was
every t hing I expected and more . Se eing our
ha:11diwork in action he l ps us to relate ou!'
every day efforts and brings all of us much
close r to the custome r. I enjoyed talking with
the engineer and asking questions . We walked
up to one case and there was my tes t stomp .
This gave me a good feeling and made me proud
that I woyiked for GE a:tld I 7<.now we make good
products . "
Peggy 1 oe --"Our t ri p to t he Morgantown station
was outstanding . The trip was we ll organized
and the tour of the plant was -:eal nice . One
of the f ines t things I noticed was how clean
the plcr11t was --ins ide and out . One of the
most interesting t hings I saw was one of' our
GE uni ts carry the load while oi-:r col'Tpe ti tm 's
unit was being r e paired and had been shut down
for almost a year . They spoke highly of our
GE products and we sazJ one unit that has been
there since the p lant started and they have
never had any problems with the unit . flow I
know why it is important to plea..,e the custome r '.'

Paul Back- - "Our trip to Morgantown wa.s a very

enjoyable xnd inte rnsting one . Our group was
uer-J r-o '!'twiate to have Mr . B. Cooper and a very
good guide on our tour of the plant . Afte r

Harry Jenkins- - "I was one of the fortunate Ci:,'

employees who got to go to Mo rgantown to visit
a customer of ours , the Potomac i:,'l ectric Power
Company . The most important and inte r e sti ng
part of the plant was th e generating stationn
whe re one of the generators was able to cover
50 , 000 square mi les with electricity . 7his
trip was an interesting experience for rne and
also very enjoyable ."

SNELL

&DUBRIDGE ..... (continued

from Page 1)

dent on June 1, 1970 anc made a w.errber of the

Board of Directors on August 1, 1971 and Vice
Operation, and Manager-New Products Development Chainnan of the Board and a member of the
Operation, his present position. He transfer- Corporate Office on March 1, 1972.
red from Schenectady to Waynesboro in 1955.
*********
Kirk and his wife reside at 2414 Cortland
---IN MEMORIAM
Street in Waynesboro.
David L. Harrell, an employee of
Richard DuBridge is a graduate of Harvard
the TenniNet Proudction group, died unUniversity with a BS in Physics degree and also
expectedly Saturday, June 24.
attended Stanford University for studies in
business law. After serving in the U. S. Army,
Dave began his career with General
he joined General Electric in 1958 on the
Electric in Wavnesboro in 1955 as an
Manufacturing Management Program with assignacctunUlator. During his employment here,
ments in various locations producing jet
he was promoted several times and was
engines, medium steam turbines, and atomic
named Production Man in 1970, the posipower equipment. Since 1961 he has held posts
tion he held at the time of his death.
as Manager-Development Engineering and ManagerElectronic and Panel Enginerring in the Nuclear
He was well known to area sports fans
Electronics Business Section, and Manager-Design
because of his enthl:lSiastic participation
Engineering of the Nuclear Instrumentation
in sports, especially baseball.
Department in San Jose, Califotnia.
On behalf of the Waynesboro Plant
Mr. DuBridge personally pioneered the
employees, the NEWS extends its sincere
world's first in-reactor-core startup system
sympathy to his wife June (also an
using neutron detectors and digital electronics.
employee of the Waynesboro Plant), his
He is married, has two children, and resides
family, and close friends.
at 1925 Cherokee Road in Waynesboro.

*****

JONES .......... ( continueC: from Pc.ge 1)

Conipany's electric utility businesses: the
Power Generation group ar:d the Power Delivery
group.
Mr. Jones, who is a graduate of the
Wharton School and began his General Electric
career in 1939, has served in a wiae range of
increasingly responsible executive and
managerial positions in the Comp@ly's
Apparatus, Industrial, and Consl.DTler goods
businesses .
He was first narreC: a Gerreral Manager in
1953 of the Company's Apparatus area and in
1956 We$ nrured to head the Air Conditioning
Division. Two years later, Mr. Jones was
appcinted General Manager of the General Electric Supply Company Division, and was elected
a. Vice President in 1961. When the Construction
Industries Di vision Kas fonned in January,
1964, he was made its General Manager. Mr.
Jones fulfilled a unique challenge in General
Electric: he continued to head both Divisions
until he was named Grc,up Exec~tive of the
Con~onents and Construction Materials Grcup in
1967. In May, 1968 l:e was narred. Vice Presiden.tFinance for the Company.
Mr. Jones was elected a senior Vice Presi-

HENRY STALTER RETIRES

Henry C. Stalter, a long time employee

in the Shipping Unit, retired recently after ~

completing 17 years with the Company.

Henry spent his entire GE career in the

Shipping area. In 1955 he was one of the
group who helped to set up the Shipping area
and has contributed a lot to the success of
the operation during this time.
A retirement dinner in honor of Henry's
retirement was held at Perkin's Pancake House
where Henry was presented gifts from his fellow
workers. Henry plans, now that he is retired,
to do a lot of traveling and fishing.

NOTES
We nish to expraess our heartfeZt thanks
to aZZ our friends at GE for aZZ the flowers,
food, cards, and the many other acts of
kindness expressed to us during the death of
our beZoved husband and father.
--June HarreZZ & Daughter Debbie

********
Jean and Ken Kent wouZd Zike to thank aZZ
their friends for the many acts of kindness ~
and concern shown during Ken's recent iZZness.
Frank Gwn wouZd Zike to thank everuone
for the acts of kindness shown during h't;s
iZZness.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volwne XVI , No . 30

Jul y 21, 1972

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

KROG APPOINTED MANAGER

Mr . J. P. Conley,
Manager-Domestic Nwnerical
Control Sales , Nwnerical
Control Operation, today
armounced the appointment
of John A. Krog as ManagerOEM Sales . 111e appointment
is effective July 1, 1972 .
Mr. Krog will coordinate
and direct the headquarters
sales activit ies for OEM
customers.
John is a 1953 busines s
adrrinistration graduate of the College of
Wi lliam and Mary. I-le receive d his BS in
electrical engineering from the Unive rsity
of Texas in 1960. He has been a member of the
NCO \1arketing organization and its predecessor
organizations since 1962.
John and his fami l y make their home at
ll49 Club Road in Waynesboro .

EA ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO
EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY AGNES

FIRST HALF RESULTS ANNOUNCED;

SALES, EARNINGS CLIMB;
PROFIT RATE 4.73 ON SALES
General Electric Ccmpany rep0rted 1972
second quarter net earnings cf $121. 5 million
or 67 cents a share, an increase of 8% over
~he $112. 2 n:illion or 62 cent s a share reported
m the same quart er of 1971 , Chairman Fred
J. Bord1 announced Jul y 6.
Sal es i n the second quarter of 1972 were

~2,556 million as compared with $2,330 million

m the same peri od las t year , an increase of

10 %.
For the first six months of 1972 net
earnings were $225 .0 million , or $1.24 per
share , compared with $203 . 7 mi llion or $1.12
per shar e in the f irst half of 1971 an
increase of 10%.
'
Sales in the fi rst six months of 1972 were
$4,774 million, 8% higher than the $4 429
mil lion in the same period of 1971. '

Earnings for the fi rst six months of 19 72

were 4 . 7 cents on each sales dollar as compared
W. R. Perry, Benefits Specialist stated to 4.6 cents from the same period in 1971 .
For the second quarter, earnings as a percentage
today tha t in view of the recent flood
of
sales we r e 4.8% in both 1972 and 1971.
disaster, the Trustees of the General Electric
Emergency Aid Plan just before vacation
In commenting on the Company's second
shutdrn:m r aised the ~imi t on loans or grants
quarter
results, Mr . Barch said, ''Sales gains
to assist employees in meeting emergencies
the
quarter
wer e led by consumer products,
arising from the June disaster.
which were affected by unseasonably cool
weather.
In view of these raised limits for the
flood only! f\fr. Perry stated that any
"Shipment s of industrial power apparatus
employee directly affected by the flood
other
than power delivery equipment regained
shci.:.ld coEtact him regarding these sped al
the
grow~h
pattern temporarily interrupted
emergency rrovisi ons. Mr. Perry~s extension
by
r
elatively
low de liveries in this year's
i s 241.
first quarter," he added .

o:

JUNE STOCK & FUND PRICE

STOCK PRI CE
FUND UNIT PRICE

$67 .023
36.687

He also said transportation equipment

components were str ong
in the industrial components and systems
~d co~umer-re l ated

(continued on Page 2)

FIRST HALF . (continued from Pg. 1)

category, and sales by international operations
again increased.
Mr. Barch said that factors adversely
affecting the quarter's results, in addition
to low levels of air conditioner sales,
included the continued softness in orders and
prices for industrial automation equipment
and a long-tenn downward trend in aerospace
businesses.
"In accordance with the program outlined
at the end of the first quarter, the portion
of gain from the sales of shares of Honeywell,
Inc., conunon stock recognized in the second
quarter was again equivalent to earnings of
three cents per share of General Electric
conman stock. During the second quarter of
1971, the gain was four cents per share," said
Mr. Borch.

******

SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS RISE

AND TAXES TO PAY THEM JUMP,TOO
SINCE 1970: BENEFITS UP 50%, TAX ON PAY UP
OVER 75%
An estimated 28 million retired .Americansincluding nearly 45,000 GE pensioners--will
receive a 20% increase on Social Security
benefits as a result of new legisiation signed
by President Nixon early in July.

General Electric employees will receive

a less desired result--an increase in the
deduction from pay for Social Security tax.
In 1973 the maxinn..un deduction for Social
Security tax will go from $468 to $594--an
increase of 27%. In 1974 the maximum tax
will zoom up to $660- - a climb of more than
40% in two yeaRs.
Since January 1, 1970 Social Security
benefits have climbed more than 50% while
the cost of living increased 10% for the
same period. After the scheduled 19 74
increase goes into effect, the maximum Social
Security tax will have climbed more than 75%
since the begiJUling of 1970.
The new legislation, as in the past,
requires the same percentage increase in taxes
to be paid by General Electric as is paid by
employees, since GE--and other employers-nrust pay an amotmt equal to the total Social
Security taxes paid by their employees. Last

year GE's Social Security tax approximated

$112 million. The 1973 tax for the Company
is estimated at over $140 million. 1he 1974
GE payment is estimated at over $150 million.

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General Electric's Social Security tax is on top of the millions paid into the Pension
Plan each year by the Company. Last year's
payment was $91 million. This brings the
1971 total Company cost of providing retirement
benefits-goveTilillent and private-to over
$200.0 million. This cost will rise this
year and in 1973 when pension plan improvements
which take effect in those years, are added
to the increasing Social Security taxes .
The new Social Security benefits will
be the biggest increase in Social Security
ever and will become effective September 1.
The higher Social Security payments will
be in checks mailed in October to retired
people receiving Social Security benefits.
In addition, for the first time the
Social Security law provides that future
Social Security benefits will be tmder an
escalator provision tied to the govenunent's
cost of living index and benefits will
increase automatically whenever the index
goes up 3% or more in a year.
The new tax increase to support the
improved benefits will go into effect January
1, 1973 when both the tax rate and the wage
base on which it is paid will climb upward.
Starting next January the Social Security
tax deducted from wages will climb to 5.5%
of the first $10,800 in annual eamings.
The tax rate currently is 5.2% on the first
$9 ,000 of earnings, which results in the
current maxiim.un tax of $468 annually. On
January 1, 1974, the wage base on which the
new 5.5% Social Security tax is levied will
rise to the first $12,000 of eamings--a $660
tax annually.
After 1974, the taxable wage base will
rise automatically, tmder a new escalator
provision, as the general wage level rises.
In this way, should general wages rise, the
wage base on which Social Security taxes are
paid could reach $27,000 in less than 20
years, according to some authorities; and the
maximum individual tax could then go as high
as $1,665.

GOLDEN QUILL AWARD PRERENTED

CHANGE IN SECOND SHIFT

FOOD SERVICE
Effective :'-lone.lay night , July 24 , 1972 , a
ne\\ r evised service h'ill be introduced in the
Cafeteria for second shift employees . 'I11e short
hot food line "ill be converted to a self-service
line. Employees 1vil1. go down the l ine as
usual, but will serve themselves .
Items that 1vill be available on the hot
food line will be : pre-wrapped hot dogs ,
hamburge rs , cheeseburgers <md hot roast beef
sandwiches . Other pre-portioned serve yourself items will be : two entrees, one vegetable ,
soup and pot ato.
Ready -made salads and
deserts will be available as usual on a self senrice bas i s .
This new arrangement should improve
service and efficiency . Later , it will be
introduced to first shift employees .

Mr . C. A. Ford preeents Golden Quill Award to

R. C. Carter for hie signed article "LED 's-New Light for an Old Control Concept" appearing
in the May 18th issue of PLANT ENGINEERING.
The article discussed basic application of
light emitting diodes (LED) to photoelectric
~st ems .
This award represents the second
lden Quill Award for Bob Carter.

VENDOR OF THE MONTH

BLOODMOBILE VISITS AUG. 2

TI1e t hirty-fourth vi sit of the Bloodmobile
to this plant is sd1e duled for Wednesday ,
August 2 , 19 72 .
'The first visi t \\"as r!ard1 20 ' 1956 ' and
for this visit and succeeding visits employees
have contributed 7899 pints of blood or an
average of 239 pints per visit--an enviable
record of 1,,rhich 11/e all can be proud .
\\.i th this in mind , bl ood donor sign-up
cards arc being distribut ed to all employees
beginning jl!onday and 1,,rhen you get your card
00 Nor IILSITATE, sign up t o give a pint on
August 2 .

*******

SCOGEE SWIM PARTY

WHEN:

_Ar[: :
I

July 28
6 : 30 p . m. to 9 : 30 p . m.

11r-IERE :

\far rlemorial Poo l

AD.\ II SS I01

Show SCOGEE Ca rd

The Data Cornrm.mication Products Department's

Vendor of the Month A1vard was presented
rlicrobest Inc ., Bethel , Connecti cut, Tuesday ,
June 20 during a presentation ceremony here
in Waynesboro.
In presenting the ah'ar<l to the president of
rli crobest , Dick Smith , \\'ayncsboro's :'-lanagcr
of Purchasing , commented that one of the keys
to success in any business is the ab ili ty or
suppliers to meet cus tamer's needs . "The extra
effort on the part of 1viicrobcs t has had a major
role in continued cus tor:icr se n ri ce of our relay
products ."

SPECIAL DUES DEDUCTION FOR

RECENTLY RE- ENGAGED EMPLOYEES
Because of an error in making inputs
into the computer, many employees r ecently
re- engaged from illness or lack of work who
had previously signed dues deduction authori zation , did not have dues deducted during
the month they initially returned to work .
A special deduction of monthly dues of
$6 will be made next week to correct this
error . The regular dues deduction for August
will be made on pay checks to be de liven d
to empl oyees August 4 for all employees with
dues deduction authorizations on file .

WAYNESBORO GE
SPONSPORS
CONVENTION COVERAGE

COISTRUCTIVE

CITIZENSHIP

Those of you who tuned in to \VAYB during

the r ecent Democratic national convention
probably noticed that we were one of the
sponsor s . The messages , a part of our local
CONSTRUO'IVE CITIZEJ\JSHIP PROGRAM, presented
items of civic interest and urged all citizens to participate in the upcoming
national and local election.

.;;

PRODUCTIVITY SUFFERS.

TI1e plant will also sponsor broadcasts

of the Republican national convention to be
held in August on both l ocal stations, WAYB
and WA"ll/.
One of the messages broadcast was :
Everyone probably asks hi mself during
an election campaign : 11Should I ever bother
to vo t e? 1 1
Well, Mr. William H. Moss of Fairfax
County thinks so . He received 16,409 votes
last November for the Virginia House of
Delegates, and stil l lost the election by
one vo te, due to a baby 1 s feeding schedul e .
According t o Jllr . Moss, a couple with a
baby were waiting to vote for him, but the
voting line was so long that the couple left
to feed the baby . The two lost votes would
have spelled victory for Mr . Moss.
Now, it so happens that Mr. Moss finally
won after a recount, a tie , and a flip of
the coin. Did one vote count very much? Mr .
Moss cert ainly thinks so ! And we hope you
do , too. Your vote is important. We hope
you exercise it whenever you have the
oppo rtunity .

(lAcH Of US Cti.W HELP TO OHSET

SOME OF T\.1SE ADVANTAGES AVAILti.BL'E
TO OUR FOREIGN COMPEflTORS. WE CAN DO OUR PART
TO RAISE OUR PERSOfllAL PRODUCTIVITY WHICH 8RIN~S
IN THE PROFITS THAT WILL KEEP US COMPETITIVE
ANO \.IElP US HOLD ON TO OUR JOBS.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Vollune \\"I , \o . 3 1

WAY N ES BORO, VIRGINIA

NEMEYER NAMED TO
NEW POSITION
0 . R. \er.ie\er , [onncr
~lan::iger o{ Hnancial
Opero.tion tor t he
~lanu r<ictur i ng :\utoma tion Products Depart ment in \\a>11esbo ro , has
been named ~ lanage rCo 11)0 rate Compute r
'
Operlltions ,\nal>sis an<l
forecasting . ln his ne1v
iJ. R. Nerneyer
ass i gnment .'Ir . \emeyer
"i 11 he involved h'i th
the Compan~ s efforls to consolidate rnri ous
computer facilities into regional compute r
s;stems throughout the c0Lmt0. llis off ice
wi 11 he located at Bridgeport , Connecticut .

July 28 , 1972

BEST BUY PAYS OFF

Mr . Be rrang expressed ext reme pleasure in
re ce iving an award for qua l ity and service
from one of our custome rs . He note d his
acceptance of it was on beh a lf of t he entire
Relay ~anufacturing team whose consistent
daily effort t o maintain quality and customer
serv i ce clearly demonstra ted to Lear Seigle r ,
Inc . tha t GE Waynesbor o is their "B es t Buy. "
This pa rti cular customer (Lear Seigler , Inc .,
Instrumen t Division , Grand Rapids , Michigan)
manufac tures militar y and commercial av ionics
equipment using our half- size , large 4- po le ,
fu ll s ize g r id , 150 family and micro r elays .

:\ fonncr lforld \\'c:ir I I Ai r Force pi lot ~md a

thent>-lour -;car employee ol General Llcctric ,
~- . .\'cmcyer joined the Comp~my ' s Fi n~mc i al
1nagcmcnt Program in 19-18 short!; alter grad uating lrom Clarkson College of Tedmo loCT\
"here.he "as aharded a bachelor ' s degree.,1n
Business ,\dministration . .-\ fter assiWimcnt s
at L)11l1, Schenectad; , and Ut i ca , \Ir . \emeyer
1vas named .'l<:mager-General and Troe .-\ ccow1ting
at the Company 1s Lynchbur g plant in 195 7. He
became >lanager of Information Systems and Data
Processing fo r that plant in 196-1 , transfe rring
to the l\aynesboro plant in 1968 as ~lanager
Financial Operation , ~lanufacturing .-\utomat i on
Products Depa rtment .
~Ir .

Ne111ever and his fami lv 1vill move t o

Connccti~ut in the near luture.

HEY, SCOGEE MEMBERS

Don 't forget the free SWIM PARTY tonight at
the War Memorial Pool from 6: 30 to 9: 30 p.m.
Admis sion for members and the i r families is
free upon presentation of your SCOGEE membership card . Come on out for a "srl ash in g"
good ti me'.

SCOGEE FAMILY DAY PICNIC

Saturday , August 19
Noon 'ti 1 Dark

P. C. Berrang, Man.ager- Rela:y Operation, a:ad

ii . ~ . ~ahn , Manager>- QC, accepting the quality
and serJice aJ.Jard "'ram Mr . Ray ,aglowski rze~t)
o.~ Lear> Seigler>, Inc . 's Instrrvment Division .

TRUCK TRAFFIC HALTED

FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE LEAVl~G WORK AT
4: 00 P . M., ALL TRUCK TRAFFIC TO AND FROM
THE SH IPPING DOCK HAS BEEN HALTED FROM
4 :00 TO 4 : 10 P. M. DAI LY .

DIG THE 'NEW LOOK'

GE HAS NEW SOLID

STATE LAMP FACILIT Y
Ge neral El ec tric h as lea se d a 44, 000 - square fo o t p l ant, nea r Cleveland , Ohio , t o man u fac tu re " sol id stat e lamps . '' They ar e t h e tiny
lights wide l y u se d in c o mp u t ers a nd o t her
ind us trial ele ctr on ic ap p lic atio ns . In o r de r
to begin manufact u ring, a n a d d i ti o n al i n ve s t me nt o f thousan ds of m a n hou r s and p r ofit
d o llars i n pr o c ess a n d fac ili t ies d e ve l o pm e n t
is b eing ma de . Th e i n i t i a l sm all wo r k forc e
is e xpected to gr ow to abo u t 2 00 by 19 74 .

Rheba Dudiey, DCP Aaaembiy, shown using time

c i ock i n the newiy impl'oved time ciock boal'd
al'ea .
Time clocks catch your eye for t he very first
t i me t his week? The old t i me clock board had
become obsolete, providi ng very little space
to disp lay the many St ate, fe deral, and Company not ices r equi r ed t o be posted. The
"New Look" clock colors are bri ght green and
ye llow lvi t h black t r im- - t he boar d for posting
notices designed and construct ed with a slight
s l ant , makin g it easie r fo r emp l oyees t o read
the notices .
Ive t hink you wi 11 agree that the ")jew Look"
not only improves the time clock area , but
the ove rall appearance of the t ot a l pl ant .

BREAK SCHEDULE VIOLATIONS

An i n c r eas i ng numb e r o f o ff i c e empl o yees
a r e n o ted en t e rin g th e c a f e t e r ia for th e ir
r e fr es hment bre a k befor e th ei r a u th o ri ze d
t im e s .
The p e riod o f 9 : 20 - 9 :55 a . m . i s p nm a r ily s e t a sid e fo r fac t o ry e mpl o y ees, ex c e p t
f o r a f ew office s ec r e tari es who a re a ll o w e d
to h ave their b reak d urin g thi s pe ri od be cau s e o f t e l eph one cove r ag e .
It i s the re fo r e r e qu e sted o f th ese pa rticu l a r
offic e em pl o y ee s w h o a r e vi o l a ting th e r u l e
t o take thei r break a t t hei r sc h eduled ti m es .
If yo u do n o t kn o w y ou r sc h edu l e d br ea k time ,
p l e a se c o n tac t y ou r sup ervi so r w h o wi ll be
ha ppy t o info rm y ou o f t he c o rr e ct t i m e .

T h e n e w pl a n t is ne cessary becaus e o f th e
inc reasin g d emand fo r " s olid state l a mp s. "
GE 1 s Mini a t u re Lamp Pro du cts De p artme nt
w ill operat e it .
E l ec tr o nic e q u i pment m a n ufact u r e rs n ee d
simple , sturdy hardware like solid s tat e
lamps . A ' solid s t ate lam p 1 i s v ir tu a lly i n de st r u ctib l e, and c an ope ra t e cont inuously
for ma ny th ou sand s o f hou r s .
" Soli d State products m u s t be pro d uced ir~
h o spital - l ik e conditions of c leanliness, 11 says
Way n e D. Nei l s, gene r a l manag er o f M i ni a t u r e L amp Products . He exp l ai ned that th e
slightest c o n t amination c a n dr a stic all y r e d u ce
b ri gh t nes s and life o f the pr oducts . The new
p l a n t will be "as clean on th e outsi de as i t i s
on t h e inside . 11 li e sa i d th e p la n t will burn
n o fi r es, pr u ducc no fum es, and ,,ill h ave its
i ndus t r iai. w as t e r en1ovccl .
G enera l Ele c tr ic pioneered during t he earl y
1960 1 s i n sol id s late lam p research a t it s
N e l a P ark Laborator i es a nd at t he c ompan y ' s
Re sea r ch a nd DC'vc l opmc nt C ente r .
E a rl y i n 196 7, GE an n ou n ced th e d ev elopmen t
of SS L - L, the first sol i d s t a t e Lam p. T he
l abo r ato ry sa rnp le had opera t ed c ontinuousl y
f o r m o re th an 1 0, 000 h ou r s (m o re than a year)
a nd showed no sign o f sto pp i ng .

Notes
Ke nn eth L. Carte r , ~achine Room , wishes to
e xp r ess thanks f oe the many acts of kindness
shown during the r ecent loss of h is mothe r .

PLEASE ... SAFETY FIRST

Concern h as been exp ressed for the safety of
employees wh o have been seen jumping off the
Shipping platform to the g round r a ther th an
usi ng th e side door ste ps when le avi ng th e
p lan t.

The Bt
THESE ARC :,

: Possible effort to give them

....

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We Pledge our I:
QUALllY SER.V ICe VAt..Ug

This is a very dangerous action and it i s

strongly suggested that thi s me ans of e xiting the bui lding be stopp e d imme di a te ly .
Alth ough leaving the bui lding by t hi s means
may get y ou out of t h e p l ant a few seconds
sooner , it could put you in the hospital
fo r much longe r than the time saved !

The large bi l lboard depicted he re is located

near the factory cafeteria entrance , serving
the purpose of keeping you posted on the
ncones o.f.' some our "Best Buy " custome rs f or
whom JOU QY'e providing, on a daily basis ,
quali t y, service , cr~d value in the oroducts
vroduced ..::Or :;hem .

BEST BUY 'DOUBLE FEATUR E'

It's important for you to

Bill Jenkins and Mel vin Morris are showr.

:ie"':C>.. : ;r;i.ng the "wrc::;" -:--:~ " '!"'.-:: - " :-~,
:;o .:.x: : i;ie building n.,.a1 c;:e s;~ :: ' :
plat j'u )'Ill .

'sell"our
customers!
4

Som p90ple sel with l'fotlb

~1 people sell with .-.....
You1 hdp rs nrf'ded to s.r!I
t.111t~IOnW't~Y.1thquM11y

woiliitNMhi.p and lowr1 tO\I

Viit~t your bt<s:1 tffart1 "''
tOtld WOW CUSloiM'IS
wri.forredyr~

''our ,olts Md PJ checb

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Youq~ood '' ork i~

our hes! ~alr~man!
July

on :)UALITY, SE!;;_ C!~' ,

tea eacl! 1Jeek i;. U!r
a li ttle time a>. i 1c 1 l

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"!fit's OK w it~ yo1! C';!,11i!'9, t.lw 5;:i f r> ty

C0:1.m itt0c ,vou ld ju ~ . a~ s:ion 'f'"''.' d i ~i'
catch up on you r ape : v. ol'k with .J match"

REQUIREMENTS?
You must be between the ages of I 8 and 66 .
No pregnancy within the past year .
No se r ious illness or major operation in the pa st
six months .
No signifi cant illness in past mon th
Weigh t -- 1 1 0 pounds or more .
::\o blood donation within past eight weeks .
No history of Hepati t us or Malaria

Please do not go without f ood . It i s ve ry im po r tant for y ou to h ave

eaten and t o h ave had p l enty o f l iquids before d onating bl o od .
Try t o avoid fat t y foods .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
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WAYN~S90~0, VH~GINIA

CONllEY NAAA!EID MANAGIE~

RJOr~IEStr~C NC SAlrES
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\Jr. Richard Barton,

~lanaQ:er- .\urnerical Control
Operation of the Indus tly
Control Products Iepm't:-:ient,
annotmced recently the appoint ment of Mr . J. P. Conley to
the position. af 'lanage rDomes tic \umerical Contra l
Sales.

~lr. Conley grndua te<l

from the Rod1es ter Institute
of Technologv in 1961 and
~ oi;-icd the Indus trial Sales b.i vis i on of tile
~~ene:r:il Electri c Company in 196 5 as an :\Jplication i..:ngi:1eer. Since that time, he has held
: -:rious :'"ield sales assignments in the
).iil.d.ustrial Sales Division. !!i s most recent
' 1 ...cr,--r.
i n the Clevel artd District as a
~1.J J1',., ,t .I.~ ,as
i:it> le Sales Engi.ncc r .

August 4 , 19 72

BEST BUY IS WINNER AGAIN!

lfH~Y SA~lO ~l

COUlKJu\PT

BrE [)0NtE
On Tuesday, july 25, 1972, Manufacturing
Engineering delivered the first twenty - four
thick fil m assemblies to Material s, and
thereby beat the production s tart -up target
date of Ju 1y 31 .
It all started back in November

o~

1971 1vhen management decided we must provide

a th i ck film facility at ~aynesboro due

to the expected overloaj on the Lynchburg
facility.

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.'.::. :0:1lc' , his \,ife '.larie, and frej r

three child ren.. presently reside jn the Clern >=~~j :Le :.:.-:.:'..'. h" ill oc r-10\i n~ to \".ir gi ;1~ :; i :1
tl:c- :K.:r: :-_.it ire .

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~e1ny Gl ass and Donn ie Cook of ONO pro dJc:ion and Ron Sr1th of Purchasing al l
pit che d in to order and expedite material for
~e new product .

Mike Gaker ar.d ,'.!,rt Hyzer of DCPD Qual i ty

1.-ontrol 11ere ins:rurr.ental in providing the
design and co~struction of the tes t console
used to verify th e qual i ty of t he circuits .

John Runnie , Man a ger -l~atcrials, ~rco ;-111~nt ,

Da ve Elle fson, Jerr; Tisdale , c: ;p2rvic-orDIW production, and Lou frot:, ".~r'a-.::. Manufacturing Engineeri n1J , are .er1 r~0uJ
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vlaynesboro has an abundance of manufacturing
competence and th at 1;e can even do 11hat othe rs
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~, '": l.,_: >v r:~Yit, Fred }:r.ight and .lc:;e i.'ZZe : ,::;-: ;:;;117..) , .. e ny r:.si.:J.Le tr.e completed tY.i- c.:k
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of coordinating a 11 the manufacturing efforts
required to reach prod uction stat us . Chuck
S11ith did a l ot of the f i xt ure and equip1~ieri t
develoo1-ierit and ~red Knigh t act uall y did the
prototype production 1.;ork on the first assemblies .

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in the a::tual delivery of t he first
Jrij :s a~ead of sched Jle .
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::-e Ji isio:i to~c "'~ "'r::-u ' ll ne ver ae: the
prc::: Jc: off t~e 9r0Jrc )ecause i: is :oo
c :-~lex ana requires a let of ~a~ufacturirg
c')rJetence . " '{ e e~1ess to say , this co1ment
or1; served to SDJr us or and becarre our
i ricen:; ve ~o r-,o t o,,. ly ;:>ro:'Jce :ne ci r:::ui ts
~~: a15J to reet or ~ea: t~e start-up da:e .

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WA YN!ESBORO WIELCOMES

TWO M~ PGRADS

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Managerrent Pro gram , Al Gree n and Doug Drumhe ll e r have recent ly j oined the operations
here in Waynesboro.

SECOND 6 GALLON

On May 30 , A1 Green joined t he Data

:::oiTll'ltmi ca ti on Products Oepartmerit as a
~an~facturing Engineer .
~e is a ~racua :e of
Tuskegee In s titute with a ~S de~ree in elec tri cal engine eri ng .

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Co-op Progral'1 fro 196 7 th ro:Jr~1 1909 , :1 ~ d i ng
in the r-:ississi ppi ::itate tes': facilit.ies jt
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Hood Department, U1~:rles:c , S .C. , a"'r'. ~r':
Television Components Pr oducts Depa rtrc~t ,
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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Volume XVI, No. 33

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

August 11, 1972

S&SP PAYOUT AUTHORIZATION

FORMS OUT

If you're one of the 725 here in Waynesboro who have received Authorization Fonns relating to the 1973 "payout" of securities
llllder the Savings and Security Program, the
questions and answers in this article can help
you decide whether you need to complete and
return the fonn.

Service
Milestones
We wish to con
, gratulate the
following employees who
reached scl'Vicc
milestones

The 725 authorization forms distributed

here were part of the 145,000 distributed to
S&SP participants who 'have savings and investments in the program resulting from 1969
participation. The holding period for securities bought with employee savings and company
matching payments in 1969 ends on December 31,
19 72. The payout will be made early in Januazy
of 1973.

Q.

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DOES EVERYONE WHO RECEIVED AN AUTHORIZAFORM HAVE TO COMPLETE IT AND RETURN IT?"

A.
No. :Most people won't have to do a
thing. But each individual should study the
directions to detennine whether or not it nrus t
be completed and returned to personnel acc0tmting.

Q.
IF A FORM HAS TO BE COMPLETED, WHEN IS THE
DEADLINE FOR TURNING IT IN TO PERSONNEL
ACCOUNTING?
A.

No later than September 1, 1972.

Q.

WHO DOESN'T HAVE TO TURN IN THE FORM?

A.
If you want the registration of the U. S.
Savings Bonds, GE S&SP Mutual Ftmd Uni ts or GE
Stock, you will receive in the "payout" to
remain the same ... if the addresses involved
remain the same . and if your election regarding the delivery of all securities and cash or
retention of company payments and income under
the Retirement Option feature remains the same .
then just retain the authorization fonn in your
files . Part I of the fonn is a good record of
~t you have available to receive in the next
l'\I

(continued on Page 4)

5 YEARS

R.
R.
G.
M.
F.
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D.
D.

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E.
A.
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G.
S.
M.
R.
A.
C.

Christman
Gleason
Gosnell
White
Harris
Smith
Gregory
Webb
Lazzo
Ellefson
Phelps

A
Kwarziany
I. G. Duckharn
F. E. Cahoon

J. T. Rose
R.
K.
R.
R.
R.
G.

E.
R.
E.
M.
D.
R.

Chase
Clark
Hieber
Jolmson
Thacker
Hutchens

10 YEARS

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M.
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P.
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N.

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G.
A.
L.
L.
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P.
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V.
M.
D.
L.
S.

Jenkins
Marshall
.Antonoplos
McDaniel
Rusmisel
Shipe
Corbin
Dudley
Henderson
Baber
Harrison
Phillips
Cline
Harper
Davis
Gochenour
(continued

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B.
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W.
K.
J.
D.
W.
R.
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A.
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M.
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W.
0.
B.
D.
P.

Baker
Conlon
Gibson

Waggy

Bassett
Jackson
Sitter
Woods
Bradley
Kivistik
Massie
Wilroth
Krenz
Johnson
Davis, Jr.
Sprouse
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SCOGEE f

SCOGEE Fami ly D
door prizes d ay headqi
Ward Coh ron Hon
a ted by
a rdware
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SCOGEE' s Fami 1
J oe Smi th R th Day Commi
Del ores M~ rt~ n ~ooP.....,J.,unt
Chairman
St ' . ou . ~t'lki
Kempe r, Rein ~~d~ng , l~ft
De drick
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'AMILY DAY

a rte rs . A1so di s p1ay of

reed Company, Inc., and
1

:tee. Seated left to right! MA izer (SCOGEE President),

!r,
J Dan Dondiego.
to ri ght-Gene Black , Dan
Win gfie l d, and Bob

the Retirement Option is desired .

SPANGLER RECEIVES GOLDEN QUILL

HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW TO HAVE YOUR SECURI TI ES REGISTE RED?

Q.

A.
A detailed explanation of that is on the
authorization form . It should be carefully
studied if you are making changes in registration or furnishing registra tion information
for the first time .

Q.

Mr . C. A. For d, Manager- Contro l Devices Operat ion presents the Golden Qui ll Award to Charles
Spangler fo r his signed arti cle appearing in
t he June issue of POvlER TF.J..NS!1ISSIOI! DESIG!l
magazine . Charles ' article, entitled "Six
Success Stories : Sma U Ad;}u.s tab le DC -Uri ves"
discussed the successful applicatio~ of small
adjus table speed drives to certain selected
and varied control applications.
S&SP roRMS ... (con t inued

from

Page 1)

payout and Part I I may be needed for use at a

l a t er date .

Q.
WHO SHOULD TURN IN THE FORM? OBVIOUSLY ,
THOSE WHO HAVE CHANGES TO MAKE . BUT WHAT ARE
THE DETAI LS?
A.
I f your address has drnnge<l- -or if the
addr ess of any person in 1d10se name the
secur ities 1, ill be regis tere<l has change<l . ..
that informat ion must be put on tile authori:ation fonn and turned i n . . . If you 1.,iant your
bonds , or stock , or mutual fund uni ts to be
r egi s t e r ed in differ ent names lrom those }'OU
r ece i ved in the l ast payout , then that information mus t be put on the fo1111 and t urne<l in.
I f you didn ' t use the program ' s retirement
option in t he las t payout and h"ant to use it
thi s time , t hat change must be electe<l and
turned in .

WHAT IS THE RET IREMENT OPTION?

A.
Under t he S&SP the company matches employee
s avi ngs in the program with $1 for every $2
saved by t he i ndividual. 'fnis is invested i n
one of the investment opt ions d1osen by the
parti cipant and the securit ies 1vould normally
be distributed in the regular payout . However ,
i f t he Retirement Option is d1osen , the
securities continue to be held in t r us t,
coll ecting income unt il the employee r eti r es
or t erminates hi s empl oyment , 1,hen all secur i ties are paid out that are be i ng held. Si nce
t hese s ecurities are bought wit h the GE mat ch ing payment and inc ome cr edi t s to his account ,
the participant may have to pay s igni f i cant
income tax on these if he were t o recei \re t hem
in the normal payout. However , i f he has them
he l d in trust until after retirement , the part
which 1~ou l d nonnally be pai d in t axes will
cont i nue to earn income un t i l the eventua l
payout . Also , of course , the participan t will ..-..
r eceive t hem after his i ncome has dr opped to
r et i r ement level and t he tax , under current
rulings, would be lrnver . In addit ion , of
course , he would have a sizeab l e fund on whi ch
to begin retirement . Al l of these factors have
caused many pa rticipants to chaos~ the Retiremen t
Option . An a<ldi tional advantage 1s that the
securities in the Retirement Option can be
drahn on , if necessary , if the participant
needs them fo r e<luca ti on al ex'Penses or faces
serious financial emergency .

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SERVICE RECOGNITION . .. (continued from P. 1)

15 YEAHS
1: . R. Long

R. T. llarte r
B. L. !lammer
G. 11. Shipe

r. z.

[ . c; . ~later
G. s. Cox

s.

Dean

B.

A. L. Claytor

Q. SUPPOSE A PERSON HAS NOT RECEI VED A

PAYOUT BEFORE?

>!. L. Comer

A.
He or she must give complete information
as r eques t ed so that S&SP admini s trators \\'ill
!mow hoiv the secvrities s hould be registered ,
1\lhe r e t hey s hould be sent and 1.,ihether or not

J . P. Tipton

\\' . \\fj nkler

c. St ickl ey

20 YEARS

L. L. Trott
R. G. Thurosson
25 YE ..\RS

c.

Sincloir

J . T . hans

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VolLUJte XVI, No. 34

WAYNESBORO,VIR GINIA

DON RUSSELL PROMOTED

Donald P. Russell ,
formerly Manager 0 Business
Information Sys terns and
Services for the Manufac turing Automation Products
Department in Waynesboro ,
has been named ~tanager of
Business Information
Systems for the Industrial
Control Products Department.

August 18 , 1972

INDIVIDUAL
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM

Don ' s appnint ment,

which i s effective immedi at e l y , was announced by Mr.
Bob Cool , Manager of ICPD Finance.
"Don 's appointment does not change ICPD ' s
,-.. Salem and Mebane rel ationship with BSPD of
the Business Systems Operation managed by
Al ~lcLeod, '' Bob said . "Don will be l ocated
in lfaynesboro and will be concerned with
long range p lann i ng and the integration of
systems be tween the many diverse locations
of the Department in addition t o managing
the numerical control sys tern effort .''
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Don
received a BS degree from ~uch igan State
Unive r sity in 1954 . He joined GE the same
year on the ~lanufacturing Management Pr ogram
and from 1958 to 1962 Don had engineering
design, product production and adminis trative
assignments in Utica, Syracuse , and Lynchburg.
He was named ~!anager of Engineering Informa tion Systems in CPD in Lynchburg in 1962 and
became Business Information Sys terns and
Services manager in Waynesboro in 1968.

*********

COOPER RECEIVES 35 YEAR AWARD

~ !r. Cooper, . .,ho is presently ManagerPower Regulation Engineering in the Control
Devices Operation, joined the Gener al El ectric
Company in 1937 as a Tes t Engineer in
Schenectady after r eceiving a BSEE from
(continued on Page 2)

Mal'Vin Henderson, Incoming Inspector, is shown

receiving his approved IDP application .
Marvin will be taking Electronics I, II, & III
courses this fall at Blue Ridge Community
College .
In \vinter, for many- -yow1g and ol<l -though ts turn on rusty hinges: it 's cold
outside , there ' s no th i.ng decent on the tube . . .
etc . So relax , huh?
No , not so for the br ight-eyed . To t hem
September is a time to ~1ink of enrolling~
courses that can help them on the job, maybe
help them gain promotions. Tirnt ' s because
September is the time the sd1ools traditionally
begin enrollment for the fall semester, so the
time to get in is nO\v.
Here in ~1e Waynesboro area, enrollment
has already begun at Blue Ridge Community
College and Valley Vocational Tedmical Sd1ool
according to W. R. Perry , Re l ations Specialist .
All right, but \vhy bring that up?
Because as a General Electric hourly or non exempt salaried empl oyee , you might qua lify
as a participant in the tuition refund pro(continued on Page 2)

lDP .. ...... .... (continued from Page 1)

visions of the Individual Development Program
(IDP) . Last year, according to Mr . Perry,
2 332 GE employees arow1d the country , hourly
'
..
and non -exempt salaried, applied fo r part1c1pation in IDP. Of these, 91% 1vere approved .
Local I y , he sa id, " 'T\ven t y -four empl oyees
applied and all were approved . "
J\ll of these figures were for the s econd
six months ol the Pr ogram ' s operation, from
.July J through December 31 , 19 71.

I lourly and salaried empl oyees ran a close

race in apply i.ng for IDP . 'The s i x- month
local score was Sal aried- - 13 ; hourly 11.
for employees eager to catch the wave for
the future , IDP is the General Electric bene fit that could make it happen . Contact your
supervisor today for full detai l s on IDP .

During the last 28 years he has held various

s upervisory and managerial pos itions and was
appointed to his preser.t position i n 1969 .
Mr . Cooper holds 13 patents in the field of
indus t ria l electronic control ci rcui t design.
He came t o Waynesboro 17 years ago and
s ince that time has been active i.n many local
organizations s uch as PT/\ , Babe Ruth Baseball,
Little League Football, Y~!CA, etc . I le scrve<l
on the City Counc i 1 [or 8 years durin g which
time he 1vas ~!ayo r for 3 years . l!is acti vi tics
in city government have included work with
tJ:e Recreation ColTilllission , the Bi - Racial Cornmis s 1on, the Annexation Study and the cs tabl i shmcnt
of the Blue Ridge Comrm01 i ty College , of 1vhi ch
he is still a member o I the Board o f Di rec t ors .
~fr. Cooper and his hifc , Elizabeth r es i.<lc
at 2424 Cortland St r eet.

*************
Cooper ..... (continued from Page 1)

STATS.

..

-.~~~~~

'U'oDAY,OVER. 20.00 0 GE JOSS DEPEND ON THE PRODUCTS

WE MAK FOR EXPORT TO FOREl6N COUNTRIES. FOR THE
WHOL'E U. S., OVEQ 2.7 MILLION
JOBS D'EPENO ON 'EXPORTS.

IDur
The CDO S taff honor ed Mr . Cooper on his 35th
an.nive r" ary u.1i th GE with a luncheon . Mr.
Cooper> ( second from left) received his 35 year
pi n fl'Om Mr . C. .4 . For d, Manager- COO .
S1,arthmore College. After various tes t engineering ass i.gnments , ~ Ir. Cooper was named a
Development Engineer in 1941, at the Indus trial
Control Department, which 1vas the forenmne r
of the former Specialty Control Department.
11 i. s early year s 1vi th t he Company were
spent i.n development and design work where he
helpc<l in the design and introduct ion of con trol sys tems in various industrial electroni c
fieldsi including ri s istance welding , motor
contro , machine tool , etc.

UNLESS FOREIGN

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Vo llUlle

X\n , No . 34

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

DON RUSSELL PROMOTED

Donald P . Russe ll,
fonnerly ~tanager oE Business
Infonnation Sys t ems and
Services for the Manufacturing Aut omation Products
Department in IVaynesboro ,
has been named Manager of
Business I nformation
Systems for the Industrial
Control Products Department.

J\ugust 18, 1972

INDIVIDUAL
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM

Don ' s appnintme nt,

wh i ch i s effect ive immedia t ely , was announce d by Mr.
Bob Cool , Manage r of ICPD Finance .
.-..

" Don' s appoint ment does not change ICPD ' s

Sal em and Mebane r elati ons hip with BSPD of
the Business Sys tems Operation managed by
Al ~ lcLeod , f.I Bob said . " Don will be l ocat ed
in Waynesboro and wi ll be concerned wi th
l ong range planning and the int egr ation of
systems bet\veen the many diverse locations
of the Department in addition to managing
the numeric a l control syst em effort . "
A nati ve of 01icago , Illinois , Don
received a BS degr ee from Michigan St a t e
Univers ity in 1954 . He joined GE the same
year on the Manufacturing Management Progr am
and from 195 8 t o 1962 Don had e ngineering
desi ~1 , product producti on and administrat ive
assignment s in Utica , Syracus e , and Lynchburg .
Ile was named Manage r of En gineer i ng Information Systems i n CPD in Lynchburg in 196 2 and
became Business Information Sys t erns and
Services manager in Waynesboro in 1968.

*********

COOPER RECEIVES 35 YEAR AWARD

~ Ir . Cooper, xho is presently Manager Power Regul ation Engineering in the Control
Devices Operation, joined the General El ectr ic
Company in 1937 as a Test Engineer in
Schenectady after r eceiving a BSEE f r om
( continued on Page 2)

MaY'Vin Henderson, I ncorrring Inspector, is shown

receiving hi s approved I DP application .
Marvin will be taking Electronics I , II, & III
courses t his fa ll at Blue Ri dge Community
College .
In \vinter , for many- -yow1g and ol d-though ts turn on rusty hinges : it ' s col d
outside , there ' s nothing decent on the t ube ...
e tc . So r e l ax , huh?

No , not so for the b right - eyed. To them

Septe mber is a time t o think of enrollingll1
cour ses that can help them on the job , maybe
help them gain promotions . That' s because
Sept ember i s the time t he sd1ools traditiona lly
begin enrollment for the fall semes t er , so the
time to get in i s now .
Here in the Waynesboro area , enrollment
has already begtm at Blue Ridge Community
College and Valley Vocationa l Technical Sd10ol
accor ding t o IV . R. Per ry , Re l a tions Specialis t.
All right, but why bring that up?
Because as a General Electric hourly or nonexempt sal aried e mployee , you might qual ify
as a participant i n the tuition r efund pro( cont inued on Page 2)

lDP ............ (con tinue<l from Page 1)

v i s ions of the Indi vidual Development Program
( IDP) . Last year, according to Mr . Pe rry,
2 , 332 GE employees arow1d the country, hourly
and non -exempt salaried, appl ied for participa tion i.n IDP. Of these , 91% wer e approved .
Locally , he S;-Jid , 111\vcnty-four employees
applied and all we r e approved ."
1\J 1 of t hese figur es were for the second
si x mon t hs of the Pro gram's operation, from
July J t hrough December 31, 1971.

I lourly and salaried employees ran a close

r ace i n a pply i.ng for IDP . The s ix -month
l ocal s core was Salaried--13 ; hourly 11.

r:or employees cager to catch the 1vave for

the future ,1 IDP i s the Gene r al Electric bene fit tha t could make it happen . Contac t your
s uperviso r today fo r full details on IDP.
****;'**;'*****
Cooper ..... (continued from Page 1)

During the l ast 28 year s he has held various

supervisory and managcri;-Jl positions and was
appointed t o his prcs er:t position in 1969 .
Mr . Cooper holds 13 patents i n t he field of ..-...
industrial electronic control circuit design .
He ca.me to Waynesboro 1 7 years ago and
s ince that time has been active in many local
o:ganizations such as PTJ\ , Babe 11.uth Baseball ,
L1 ttle League Football, YMCA, etc. I le served
on the City CoLmci 1 fo r 8 years durin g 1vhi ch
time he was 1\layor for 3 ye ars . I !is ac t iviti es
in city government have included work 1.;i th
~e Recreation Corrm1issi on, the Bi - Racial Conm1iss 1on , t he Annexation Studv and the es tablishment
of the Blue Ridge Conunw1ity College, o f which
he is still ;-J member of the Board of Di rectors .
Mr. Cooper and hi s 1vifc, Elizabeth reside
at 2424 Cortland St r ee t.

EMERAL ELECTRIC HAS BEEN

ENGAGED IN INTERNATIONAL
TRADE SIN(;~ WILLIAN\ M'KINLEY
WAS PRES IDENT OF THE UNITED r"l!~tl!N!,,,a
STATS.
~

-'-

20,000 G;Jos:0~1:'~~

'U'ooAY,OVER
W E MAK FOR EXPORT TO FORE.16N COUNTR IES. FOR THE
WHOLE U.S., OVER 2 .7 MILLION
JOBS DEPEND ON "EXPORTS.

IDuT UNLESS FORE16N

7'he CDO Staff honore d Mr . Cooper on his 35 th

anniversary 1;1ith GE with a luncheon . Mr .
Cooper (second f rom left) received his 35 ye ar
pin from Mr> . C. A. Fo rd~ f.1anage r - CDO .

Swarthmo re College. After various test engineering a ss ignments, Mr . Cooper was named a
Development Engineer in 1941, a t the Industrial
Contro l Depa rtment , whid1 was the forerunner
of the former Specialty Control Department.
I !is e a rly years with the Company were
spent in deve l opment and design work where he
helped in the design and introduction of control sy stems in var ious industrial electronic
fieldsi includ ing risista.nce 1velding, motor
contra , machine tool, etc .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
Volume XVI , No . 35

WAYNESBORO, V IRGINIA

August 25 , 1972

DON WILMOTH JOINS WAYNESBORO

GE FOUNDATION & GE PLAN
OPERATIONS
$600,000 AID TO MINORITY YOUTH
Don I I . l\i i lmoth has been EDUCATION; GRANT MADE TO MARY
named !'lanager-Accounting,
BALDWIN COLLEGE
Waynesboro by Communication
Systems Business Di vi sion
AccoLmting Ope r ations. In
this position he i s responsible for general accounting ,
or der/sales accounting , and
accoLmts payab l e for compo nents located in lfaynesboro.
.
.
Don ' s appoint ment, whi ch
i s effective September 1,
was announced by Mr . Kern K. Kernan, ~lanager
AccoLmting Operations of CSBD finance .
A native of Be l ingt on , \Ves t Vi rginia, Don
completed five years of service with the U. S .
Army during l\iorld l\iar II . Upon release from
~ nrice he attended Bentley College , Bos ton,
. .cl5sachus et ts , where he received an ASA degree
in Finance in 1948 . He j oined GE the same year
on the Business Training Course and from 1952
to the present he has hel d various manageria l
positions in General and Tax Account ing . His
most recent assignment 1vas Manage r-Cost and
Gener a l Accounting with Vi sual Communication
Products Operation, Syracuse .

Don and his hife Loua1111a , and his son

Brian hill move from Syracuse to \\aynesboro in
the near futur e .
*********:'<
~londay, August 28 , some operations
in the manufacturing area h'dl be shut
down Fo r a physical inventor y . This is an
annua l requi rement of aJl hLL-; in esses which
requires the cooperation <111d ha rd work
of everycne . The inventory pro cess 1von ' t
be completed until the books 3 re reconci l ed
with the physical inventory late r this
year.
n1c assemb lv and production areas ,
along h'i th sh ippl.ng h':ill be counted by
the foremen and some of the en~)loyees from
,,-.,1 area.
The r emainder or the empl oyees
11v1... needed for invent ory have been no tified .

More than $600 , 000 will be provided thi s

year by the General Electric Foundation and
the Gener al Electri c Company for the education
of minorit y youth at various l evels and fo r
progr ams designed t o respond to the unique
educational needs of u!lban areas. Armouncement of this support was made by Dr. Donal d J .
\Va ts on, Secr etary of the Foundation and General
Electric Manager of Educational Relations and
Support.
Th is t ot al represents almost 20 percent
of the $3,285 ,000 educational support package
sponsored in 1972 by the General Electric
Col11J?any and the General El ectric Foundation,
an independent trus t e s t ab lished by the
Company in 1952 .
An initial budget was provi ded for minority
and ur ban - disadvantaged grants by the FoLmdation
in 1969 and has been dramatically increased in
each succeeding year .

Highlights of s uppo rt last year, in 1971 ,

included:
A grant to \lary Baldwin Co llege in St aunton
to hel p Lmde n-T:i t e a s tudy of hmv, within the
context of a liberal arts curriculum , a more
thorough car eer awareness and an understanding
of 1vomen' s r ol e in society can be ins tilled in
s tudents .
Grants exceeding $70 , 000 t o predominantly
bl ack engineerin g s choo l s .
A three-year grant of $30 , 000 t o the
Whitney ~ I. Young , J r. Memorial Foundation t o
help provide br oad leade rship training to high potential b lack Ame r i cans .
The commissioning of a Play for Living,
the Family Se rvice Associ ation of
America, des i gned t o present ~1rough drama the
facts concern i ng equal empl oyment opportLmi ti es
fo r women.
.
(contmued
on page 2)
throu~1

GRA.\TS .............. (continued from Page 1)

BECKERLE ............ (con t inued from co lumn 1)

Two Educational Incentive Awards t o he l p

so h e minority e duca tion problems : $55 , 000
t o Di llard Univer s ity in e\v Orleans for a
pr ogr am c alled " Bus iness Training and the
. egro Bus inessman" and $70 , 000 to City College ,
>Jew York City , fo r "Teaching the Di s advan t aged
\,i th '.\lodi f i ed Audi o- Tutorial ~leth ods i n a
Cont i nuous Education Pro gram" t o he l p open
admi ss ions studen ts .

until that wor k has consolj <lat ed in Lynchbur g .

Suppo rt o{ Maste r of Business Admini s trati on programs for minority students a t the
\fas hing ton Uni vc r s i ty Consortium (\vhid1 i ncludes
fi,c s choo l s and I la r vard Business Schoo l :.

.-..

Roy has bee n ac t i \e in community Jffai r s

i nclu<l ing 16 year s of se rvice on the Queens be r ry School Boa rd i n Glens Fa ll s , \'ch Yo r k- th ree ye a r s o l wh i ch he \vas l3oa r <l Presiden t .
Ro: and hi s "i[c Leona l i rn at 1235
Road . Daugh t e r s Caro l yn and
Loui s e at ten <l 1\me r ican Uni,er s ity and t he
Un i vc r s j t y ol Ve rn1ont , r especti ve l y .

~le a<loh'b rook

********* **********
BIS I' ! ~ UY

MINI POWER HOUSE ON WHEELS

Support fo r t he s econd yea r , of a pilot

summer pr ogram in computer mathematics for 40
ma thematics t eache r s f r om predominantly b l ack
secondar y s chools i n the Southeas t e rn s tates ,
a t rlor ida A & M Unive rsity in Tallah as see .
>lor e than $250 , 000 in support fo r pre dominantly b lack ins titutions of hi gher l e arni ng th rough a comb ina tion of direct gr an t s , and
gr ants t o such organizations as the Un ited
~egro Colle ge Fund , the Office fo r the Advancement of Public Ne gro Colleges, and the College
Pl acement Council Foundation.
Additional grants in 1971 included $7000
through the Foundation's Corporate AlU1TU1us
Progr am , in whi ch GE employee gi f ts t o i ns tit utions of higher l e arning are matched by t he
Foundat ion , and $66 , 000 wo r~h of equi pment
through the Company's Equipment Assistance
Program , which provides equipment at reduced
prices to selected educational institutions .

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

BECKERLE COMPLETES 35 YEARS

SERVICE
L. F. (Roy) Becke rle,
Specialist-Leas in g i n DCPD,
recently comple t ed 35 year s
se rvi ce with the General
Electric Company .
Mr. Becke rle was bor n
in Scranton, Pennsy h ani a ,
and at t ended Keys t one JLmi or
Co lle ge and Lackahanna
Bus i ness Co ll e ge before
j oining General El ectr ic ' s
Bus iness Training Course in 19 37. lie fulfilled
a munber of positions at Schenectady , For t
Ed\.,r ard , and Huds on Falls , New York, and \~e s t
Lynn and Pitts fi e ld , ~las s achuse tts , befo r e
coming to Waynesboro in 1967 as the ~lanagc r
Pe r sonnc l Accounting, a position he he l d

Las t week >la r ke t ing and Engi neering

personne l \vere given a s ne ak pr evi eh o f
the lat est Mi ni Po1ve r Hous e on Wheels . n1i s
new van , one of th'O noh in operat i on , "ill
be us ed by .-\&DSO sa les engi nee r s to actua lly
shrn" <.m <l demonstr:itc product olfe r j ngs at
cLLs t omc r plan t s . :\long h' i t h other Cl. dc1n r t me nts , the Cont r o l Dev i ces Ope ra t i on is
sho1vi ng i t s neh'es t St;1to t ro I [ 1 and .JR
ad j us t ab Jc speed c.lri ,cs , t he ne" >DIJ-U-RA'l
controls , an d the :-; t a.ndn rc.I Line of pho t o elect r ic Jc, i ces and acce ss o ri es .
:\e Ison ;:inc.I 1 h' i sh to th ~u 1k eve r yone
fo r thc iT kindnes s ;111d cons ide r ation durin g
h i s i l lness .
\ o,e Jl a l\ it e

FAMILY DAY A BIG SUCCESS

.\pproxi1:1:,tcJ: .l()(J SCUt;u: membe r s , includ in0
f wnil \.' 1ne1~1bcrs at ten Jed SCOGEE ' s ..-\nnua l
b
Farnih !Ja\ affair last Saturda\ .:it Shenandoah
Acres ' i n spite of a big thlmde.rstonn t ha t
came jus t about in the 1:iidJle of the affai r .
!Jan l\:mJiego , hunl l : !Jay CJ1a i nnan, and
June r\ldhi::c r, SCOCl:L Pres i den t , 1,c r e hi ghly
pleas e d 1, i th the turnout :md e:qw ess ed
sati s f ac t ion that everyone en j oyeJ the mselves .

1n ;idd it i.011 to the r i nc s1v inuni n g faci l i t fos ,

other activi t ies inclt1dcd an egg throw i ng
con t est ( pi cture ;it l elt ) , sack r a ces , ba lloon
s t omp , b all t hro''' n urn in g r;.ices and sand
cas tle contest (pictuiL'd l1elo\\') .

Egg throhing contest--winners were : >lale &

fema l e tewns- - Carmela Liebal, Olarlie Liebal ;
Father & Daughter/Mother & Son Teams-- Conn ie
Miller , Al ~ !iller; Female Teams -- Connie ~ liller,
Teresa ~lille r; ~!a le Teams- - Dan Don di ego , Al
Kwarziany .
Door Prize Winners : Casserole dish--Don
Schlege l; alarm clock--Don Vey; teakettleC. L. Conlon ; cooler--S . J . Hall, te akettle -Bill Freeman; hose - -Cindy Lotts; pitcher and
tt..nnblers - -Harry Quick; roasting pan --Dolly
Jenkins ; tool kit - -Wimpy Wingfield; serving
tray -- Gene Black ; pitcher &tt.nnblers - J . E .
Whetze l; golf balls- - !. L. Erler ; screw driver
set--Jirruny ~!ayes ; silent butler-->1 . Oueletto ;
alarm clock -- Paul Zelenak; thermos - -Bob Yancey ;
set of sponges - -Hank Meineke; trans is tor-Joan
Pierce ; portable vacut.nn cleaner- -Hollie Mccutcheon; transisto r radio - -Dot Burford; bun
warmer- -Jerry Loft is ; transistor radio - -Robert
Rowe; portable vacuwn cleaner - - lfalt 111ompson;
electri c fan- - Gai l Aldhizer; portable vacuLUTI
cleaner- -Bill lvi!_s on ; e l ect ric hair curlers - Lut he r Lon g ; trans i s tor radio- -13 ill Pe rry; and
lounge chair- - Ray Demattia .

\\'inners in Sand Castle Contest : 7 ye a r s and

under - - Sa11cly >lcDe r:.iott ; 8- 1: yea r s -- Beth
Knecht , and l~ vears Md 01cr- -Gail ..Udhi zer ,
J oe l Kaczma rek , John Tutlc , and Tom ll1eado .
\\. inners in other conks ts \\e r e :

Sac k R;1ces - -ho \s JO \'(';1 rs : 111d LmJe r - -Bany

Long ; girls 10 years - ;md tm dc r --~le .l is:.i \\/e lls ;
boys 11 t o IS yca rs --l\ci tl1 1:olsom ; g Lrl s
11 t o 1 S ve;1rs - -Sus:rn Li ch;ll ; :md adults - >l<mcy S tin es pr i n .'~
Balloon St omp- - S ;u1J () :-c;irs- -Ju li e lle rron .

OUR NO. 1 GOAL:

TO MAKE
GENERAL ELECTRIC
YOUR BEST BUY

!~ a ll Th ro .:---! n';1 r ..; :uiJ tmdc r- g irls - -She rry

l\e nyon; ho>-: - -T r ace\ j; i n~kin .

cutting the

fri nge
Each pay perio d we collect inco me we ne et r~ all y see iii the
time.
It's part of what was o nce called " f ri nge.'' be!ld its. The word
/n'nge really doesn't belong anymore. T b~se benefits now comprise a size able percentage of GE's payro ll.
These benefits mo re and more become 11 vi! a l part of o ur total
compensation fr o m G eneral Elec tric .
Without being able to see these benefi rs, it's only nat 11raJ that
we might take such income, unse en as it is, for gran ted. B ut when
one gives it a tho ught or two , it's easy to con dude that we're be tter
off than the "takehome" indicates.
Comparison with a small shop operator gives one an insight
which might make it easier to "see" this income.
He will probably work six days a wee k .rnd often ge ts no
vacation, unless, in either case, he wan!s to close ~hop a day, a
week , o r longer fo r a vacatio n, th us terminating t is incom e for
that period.
Hea lth a nd life insurance are his ior the buying . b..it as an
individual rather tha n in a companyoai<l gro ap program .rnch as
we enjoy at G E. When he looks ahead to reti rement , he: must
realize that his retirement tiving must be fi!ianced
hy what he has sa ved a nd v th.., ninse a::cmed
during his working life. Of course . o ur "unst:en"
income becomes instantly visibk when a hospital
emergency arises or t!Uit vacatio n c:heck is
collected.
Or when retirement tiI"rJe arrives a nd those
pension checks are dropped by each mcnth.
It's also a comfort to k ne w tha c o ur famil ies
are protected by gro up life insurance.
A considerable amount of money is expen de~I by GE to
finance these benefits, in addition to the mo ney paid into Social
Security. And there's nothing fringe about these bene fits. They're
unseen, yes, but they exist and they're assets.
It's a co zy feelin g to k now they're there .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volwne XVI, No. 36

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

INSERRA SAYS: 'NOW IS THE

CRUCIAL TIME TO CEMENT OUR
POSITION WITH CUSTOMERS '
Editor 's Note : Mr . Pau l Ins erra, ~ho became
Maiketing Manager f or DCPD fost May 1, was
intervi ewed thi s week by your edi tor regar ding
his i mpressions of the Waynesboro Pl ant and
the business outlook. Here is what he said:

Septembe r 1, 1972

STUDENTS RETURN TO COLLEGE;

LEARN OF GE OPPORTUNITY
..._

H. f.I . Tu ll och, Manager - Relations , is shown

discussing GE career opport unities with sv.mmerhir e col lege students .
MR. INSERRA, WHAT'S YOUR MAJOR IMPRESSION
HERE SO FAR?
I' m ve r y ple as e d to see that our employees
are ve ry cus t ome r-c onsc ious. Pr oviding
c us t omers wi t h the kind of service that
gains repeat business an ~ high quality
re fe rr a ls is our bread and butte r. I've
f ound the employees at the Waynes b or o
Plant will knock themselves out to mee t a
tough delivery schedule or to do the
countless things often necessary to keep
a customer in operation when equipment
fails. This customer spirit is a great
as set.

HOW'S 1HE ORDER SITUATION FOR TERMI NET

PRINTERS?
We experienced a major turnaround in March,
and since then, we've had six straight
(continued on Page 2)

"A car ee r 1vi th Gener al Elect r i c me ans

opporttmi t y for you ," t went y -three college
s tudents 1ver e t ol d by 1-1. W. Tulloch, ~lanaaer
Re l at ions , l as t 1veek . The s umme r hires , ~ho
will be r et urning to college i n a few weeks ,
met wi th f.!r . Tulloch on Fr iday .
Noting that the present gener ation
att ending col l e ge is interes t ed in makin 0a
contribut ions to soci et y , Mr . Tulloch
c<;>rrunented t hat GE i s bringin g bet t er health,
In gher s tandards , improved educ a tion methods ,
and new cities t o the world .
"You can have a f ruitful, useful ca reer
and make a r eal cont ribut i on t o s oci et y at
General Elec tri c ," he told the s t udent s .
r.!r. Tulloch said t hat he knew young
peopl e about t o begi n their car eers were
c~ncerned about being "lost in a bi g corporation. 11
(con t i n ued on Page 4)

INSERRA (continued from Page 1)

months where orders have exceeded our
budget. I think this is indicative that
our TermiNet printer has achieved acceptance in the marketplace. Of course, some
of these orders resulted when our customers
became worried about having a p.lace in our
production schedule, but I think our
order rate will continue to grow.

WHAT ABOUT RELAYS?

Relay orders continue at about the
expected level, and I think they will stay
there for the balance of the year.

HOW ABOUf DIGINET?

As you are aware, we have been moving
this product line into Waynesboro from
Lynchburg, and in July we shipped our
first asynchronous concentrator after
much blood, sweat and tears by many, many
dedicated people. Most of the orders
that we presently have are for internal
GE use, but the product line has been
catching the imagination of people outside
GE, and we have every indication that
interest will continue to expand.
HOW ARE CUSTOMERS FEELING ABOUT OUR PRODUCTS?

By and large, customers are satisfied

with our product. It works well, and when
it fails, we are providing quick repair
service. We have now trained 479 men
to service TermiNet printers and they're
not only doing a good job at that, but
our customers are gaining confidence
through them that we provide both quality
and expeditious service. There are some
days when my telephone rings with an
unhappy customer on the line, and one
of these is one too many. All of our
efforts are slanted toward providing a
quality, reliable product and servicing it
quickly in the event of failure. In the
relay area, I haven't had a complaint
since I have been here. In the true
spirit of our Best Buy program, we met
a very short delivery cycle on 150 4-pole
reiays, replacing a competitive design.
This is the kind of thing that will
enable us to receive more orders in the
future.

WHERE DO WE ST.AND WITH WESTERN UNION?

Western Union can be a very large account

for us over a long period of time, and~
the key to ensuring that this is the
case, depends on how well we please the
customer. In July, we shipped 50 pedestal
mounted units, and the customer was very
happy with this effort by our factory
people. He was even more pleased when
he received 100 in August.

MR. INSERRA, IS 1HERE ANY SPECIAL

WANT TO GIVE EMPLOYEES?

MESSAGE YOU

Yes, very much so. I want to tell them

what a great job they are doing and to
ask them to keep up the good work for our
customers. Regarding TermiNet printers
and DigiNets, right now is the crucial
time to cement our position with the
customers, because we are new in the
field and everyone is watching just
what we can do--is our product as
reliable as we say it is and do we
ship it when we say we will? Our
reputation, is being built right now!
As for relays, our employees have already
gained that reputation, and those of us~
in Marketing capitalize on it all the time
to bring in more orders. We are
convinced our products are the Best Buy-my job is to be sure the customer agrees
with us. We can do this, and I am very
happy to be a part of the effort.

OUR NO. 1 GOAL:

TO MAKE
GENERAL ELECTRIC
YOUR BEST BUY

THOUSANDS APPLIED FOR IDP

BENEF ITS IN '71; 90 3 WERE

APPROV ED; NOW IS THE TIME TO
PLAN FOR THIS FALL

Janet Brax ton , Walt Braden , and Phil

Jackson were among th e first who re ceived values
from IDP . Since then, hundreds of emp loyees
have taken advan t age of this bene f it program.
By the time 1972 began, a tota l of 4690
hourly and nonexemp t salaried GEers all over
the country , had applied for part icipation in
IDP . " Of those applications, more than 90
percent were approved ," says Bill Pe rry, who
handles IDP applicat ions here in Waynesboro.
" Bu t reports I ' ve received on the company-wide
program show that on l y a little more than 1%
of those e ligible to part icipate appli ed."
"Now i s the time fo r eligible emp l oyees
to obtain approval for IDP benefits for
courses t o be taken this fall, " Mr. Perry
sai d . "Management approvals on course and
i nstitut ion mus t be obtained prior to r egist r ation. Courses which may be approved include
those related to improving job skills or
contributing to t he emp l oyee ' s caree r deve lop ment w::i; thin the Company .

"The Individual Development Prog ram is

r eally a nice thing. I t is good th at the
Company is willing to pay for t he courses to
...-..1c lp employe es gai n new s~ill s and improve
ones they already have ," was Janet Braxton ' s
feelings. Janet , a printed board operator in
the data communication printer operation, has
a t te nded Valley Vocati onal Technical School
wl1ere she took a course in key punch. She
plans to attend school again this fall and
t ake some classes in typing. " At Valley Tech
they worked us hard in the keypunch class , but
I r eal ly enjoyed it."
"IDP has given me an opportunity t o complete my co llege education ," says Walt Braden,
range assemble r in Appliance Park , Lo uisville,
Ky . He goes to schoo l nights as a f ull-time
student and works ful l- time at his job .
In the Richmo nd, Vi r ginia , plan t, Phil
Jackson, a stockroom employee is in his second
semeste r at Virginia Union University , with
IDP help , havi ng a lready completed five courses
with the help of this GE benefit plan.
IDP is the Individual Developmen t Program
which went into effect at the beginning of
19 71. All hourly a nd nonexempt salaried em_....-.n l oyees a r e eligible if they have six months
Jf c redite d GE service. It pr ovides eligible
emp l oy e es with a tuition refund ben~fit of
100 percent of the cost of tuition and other
compulsory fees up to $400 a year for managemen t
approved education and training cour ses at
approved eudcational institutions .

A new value in the pro gram, stemming

from a company ' s petition to the gove rnment ,
is th a t the U. S. In t ernal Reven ue Service
no longer requires GE to withhold inc ome
tax on benefits unde r IDP for any courses
that a re job related.
"Last year about 53% of th ose wanting
t o use the program ' s benefits we r e nonexempt
sal a rie d people ," Mr. Perry adde d . He
r e ported that during its first year, in
addition to helping employees improve t heir
skills , IDP s e r ved abou t 250 employees on
l ayoff, helping them train for new jobs .
A new report on the use of the Individual
Development Program during the first half
of 1972 is expected soon. "I would guess
that it will show growing use of this tuition
refund benefit as more people become aware
of it, " predic t s Mr. Pe rry. "Here in
Waynesbo r o , twenty-fou r applications
durin g 1971 were approved .
App lication blanks for IDP benefits
can be obtained from his office .

STOCK & FUND UNIT PRICE

The stock and fund unit prices for
th e month of July , 1972 ar e as
fol l ows :
Stock Price
Fund Unit Pri ce

$64 . 531
$36 . 629

Service
Milestones

STUDENTS . (continued from Page 1)

''We know you are here, we keep track of
you, and we keep the avenues of advancement
open for you,'' he stated. He reminded students
that the one thing they should keep in mind
is that "ability pays off." He urged them
to consider General Electric for their careers
and to see the GE recruiter who will visit
their schools.

We wish to con
gTatulate the
following employees who
re~ched

The twenty-three students attending the

meeting were part of the twenty-eight college
students employed at the plant for the stumner.
Some had already left to retunl to school.
5 YEARS
The students represented a number of colleges,
including the University of Virginia, VPI,
D. L. MaPtin
R.
Madison, Xavier, Penn State, Old Dominion, Duke, A. G. McKechnie
J.
University of Chicago, Eastenl Tennessee State, R. F. Chanibliss
L.
St. Paul's, Emory and Henry, and Virginia
J. E. Whetzel
E.
State Teachers College.
D. P. Benson
w.
R. P. Swisher
For the summer work, students were employed
in Manufacturing and Finance. The group
10 YEARS
includes undergraduate students majoring in
J. L. Shiflett
a variety of fields including engineering,
c.
physics, economics, business administration
D. M. Washington
w.
and math.
c. Y. Kyle
A.
J.
D. S. Merri ken
H. H. Heizer
H.
After the meeting, the group was served
refreshments in the Blue Ridge Room. Each
N.
N. M. Smith
student was given a copy of "Career OpportuniL. L. Reese
ties at General Electric," a book describing
15 YEARS
the variety of careers available through the
Company.
M. L. Comer
K.
J. J. Gulding

SEPTEMBER 4 NEXT PAID HOLIDAY

The next paid holiday to be enjoyed by
all employees will be September 5, 1972,
Labor Day.

service

milestones

K. Wilson
w. Arendall
o. Collie
F. Ontiveros
H. Spiller

H.
F.
D.
E.
E.

w.

Spears
Back
MaDa:niel
Snead
Coiner
Coakley

E. Cline

20 YEARS

G. A. Arahanibeault

J.

R. Shatz

35 YEARS

-Employees eligible for the holiday pay

should remember that to be paid for the holiday
it is necessary to work the last scheduled work
day prior to and the next scheduled work day
after the holiday. Any exceptions to the
above must be approved in advance by the ernployee 's inunediate manager and subsection
manager.
With stnnmer drawing to a close, there
will be a wild rush to enjoy the last unfilled activities associated with this time
of the year. The NEWS wishes everyone a
very enjoyable holiday filled with lots
of good safe activities.

B. Cooper

*********"'****
Dear Friends:
My girls and I wish to e:r:press our
appreaiation for your contribution to the
First Aid Crew and the two canoes for Camp
Shenandoah.
You could not have given a more fitting
tribute in keeping with Ed's interest.
Sincerely,
Ro Hogg, Gayle, Alice
Ann and Nancy

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERAL@ELECTRIC

Voltnne XIV, No. 37

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

INTERNATIONAL SALES
ORGANIZATION EXPANDED FOR
TERMINET AND RELAYS
Added emphasis has been given to DCPD
Intenlational Sales this week when Paul H.
Inserra, Manager-Marketing, indicated the
setting of new goals of accomplishment in this
growing segment of our business.
Most economists are indicating that the
European Corranon Market will be as large as,
if not larger, than the U. S. Market by 1980.
TI1is, coupled with the growing corruntmications
needs of the European conuntmity, provides us
with a major opportunity, Inserra said. To this
point in time, we have focused our international
activities on licensing of offshore companies
to build the TenniNet printer and Relays for
resale. This effort is important to us and
~11 be continued, but we are also interested
serving large OEM's (Original Equipment
Manufacturers) in Europe, just as we do in the
U.S., especially when the licensees' coverage
of a given market is not very strong.
Our International Sales organization is
being increased from two to four people this
month, and orders for 1973 are expected to
more than double 19 72 . 19 72 was a banner
year with orders coming in at five times the
1971 rate.
-Mr. Robert O'Flaherty, 15 years with
General Electric, a Yale graduate with extensive international experience, having been
with Inte!Ilational General Electric in OEM and
Apparatus Sales in Maracaibo and Caracas,
Venezuela for seven years, has been named
Manager-International Sales and Licensing Unit.
Bob will be moving to Waynesboro from West
Lynn where he is presently Manager of Industrial Automation Sales, and will be reporting
to Mr. Harold Stover, Headquarters Sales
Manager.
(continued on Page 2)

September 8, 1972

RELATIONS SECTION
REORGANIZATION ANNOUNCED
Also arulOllllced this week is a reorganization of the Relations Section in which added
emphasis will be given to nonexempt employee
relations with the promotion of Mrs. Joan G.
Marshall to Specialist-Nonexempt Personnel.
Joan will handle such matters as employment,
programs to enhance equal employment opportllllity
for women, upgrading, employee cotmseling,
and compensation for nonexempt employees,
including drafting.
Leon Stokes will handle similar activities
for hourly employees and technicians, while
Bill Perry will cover all employee assistance
and service programs, safety, security, and
conuntn1ications. Ivlarv Stoner will manage the
Subsection and handle union relations.
In announcing the reorganization, H. W.
Tulloch, Manager-Relations, indicated that it
will provide better balance in the Relations
Section in serving the needs in the nonexempt
area, while continuing to meet the growing
needs in the hourly area as the factory load
increases.

**********

PLAN NOW FOR USE OF IDP

FOR EDUCATIONAL COURSES
THIS FALL
Now is the time to begin thinking about
educational courses you may need in order to
develop your potential value on the job or
prepare for advancement. When school terms
begin this fall, thousands of GE employees
across the country will be taking vocational,
high school, and college courses tmder
provisions of General Electric's Individual
Development Program.
IDP is designed to be custom-~ailored
to fit the needs of hourly and nonexempt
salaried employees. The program offers
(continued on Page 2)

INTERNATIONAL SALES .. (continued from P. 1)

Mr. Ed Tutle, the major force behind our
success with licenses, will continue in his
present position as Manager of Licensing,
reporting to Mr. 0' Flaherty. Mrs. Wanda Morris,
Girl Friday of our international effort will
continue as International Sales and License
Liaison Secretary.
In addition, Miss Andrea Tulloch, a
recent graduate of the College of William and
Mary, with a major in foreign languages,
emphasizing French, has accepted a position as
a Marketing Trainee. "Andy" will be involved
in an extensive marketing and product training
program involving interna~ional customer interfaces in anticipation of the day when the
Department may need inte!llational field offices.
This new team is just the beginning of
an attempt, that on success, could double the
size of our Department over the next decade.

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

IDP ........... (continued from Page 1)

extremely flexible benefits in the form of
tuition refunds, as well as company sponsored
in-plant education and training courses.
Courses which may be approved for any
employee are those related to maintaining and
improving job skills or contributing to the
individual's career development within the
Company. GE will refund 100% of tuition and
other compulsory fees up to a maximtun of $400
in a calendar year for satisfactory completion
of an approved course or courses . 111e
institutions at which courses are taken must
be approved in advance as must the courses
themselves.

SPECIALLY PREPARED SEMI-ANNUAL

REPORT ON S&S MUTUAL FUND ~
NOW GOING TO PARTICIPANTS
A pale blue folder will be going to each
participant in the GE S&S Program Mutual Fund
this week. It's the Semi-Annual Report of the
Mutual Ftmd. It tells participants just
where the Ftmd stood on June 30 of this year.
'TJ?.is new report is more detailed and infonnat1 ve than those of previous years.
Here are some of the highlights to be
found in the Fl.llld' s Semi-Annual Report:
In a special comparison chart, the progress
of the Fund is compared with the Dow-Jones
Industrial Average and Standard and Poors 425.
These are two leading indicators of changes
in the stock market. The comparison shows the
S&SP Mutual Fund up 13.5% in the first six
months of '72. Dow-Jones was up just 4% and
Standard and Poors index was up 6. 4% .
Statistics on ti1e Fund show the net
asset value of each Ftmd Unit at $36.54 on
June 30 compared with $32. 42 at the close of
1971.
Complete holdings of the Fund are listed
in the report and each listing shows the
original cost and market value as of June 30.
A special chart in the report shows how
an investment of $1000 in July 1967--when the
Fund was established- -has grown. The value on
Jtme 30, 1972 was $i462. The repcrt emphasizes,
however, that the growth should not be taken
as representing what might happen to the Fund's
growth at any given time. .Market value of
stock goss down as well as up.
The chart on the growth of the assumed
$1000 investment also shows total dividend
income of $72 for the period July, 1967 to
June 30, 1972.

In reminding employees of this important

Company benefit, W. R. Perry, Benefits Specialist, said that the key requirement of this
In a special reminder, the report emphasizes
program is prior approval for any course by
the employee's supervisor. "Individuals should that there is no sales conunission or other
similar charge for participants.
refer questions concerning IDP to their supervisors or contact me in the Employee Relations
office," Bill said.

--IN MEMORIAM--

A new value in the program sterrnning from

a Company's petition to the government, is
that the U. S. Internal Revenue Service no
longer requires GE to withhold income tax on
benefits received tmder IDP for any courses
that are job related.

The plant was saddened by the

sudden death of Charles A. McCarthy, a
twelve year Cafeteria employee. Charlie
was wel 1 known a:.d l&ked by many GE
employees and he will surely be missed.
He is survived by his wife Connie and nine
children at home and one son in the
service.

I"

APPROVED WAGES UP 4.93, PRICES 3.23 AFTER ONE YEAR OF CONTROLS

'Ihe Government's program of wage and price control recently passed its
first birthday. Despite the controversy that surrot.mds the program, especially
in an election year, a recent New York Times survey finds that "the control
program has worked better in its first 12 months than skeptics in and out of
the government expected," with both wages and prices showing signs of leveling
off.
Wages of GE employees and prices for GE products are among those still
covered by controls. The surmnary table below, published in U. S. News and
World Report (August 21) shows where the program stands as it enters it
second year.

KEY FACTS ABOUT CONTROL PROGRAM

Who's Covered Now
Workers:

26,000,000 or 44 percent of all private nonfaUll employees.

Renters:

13,200,000 or 55 percent of all people who rent their

1i ving places.

Doctors:
dentists.

Every one of the nation's 335,000 physicians and 120,000

Businesses: 400,000--5 percent of all U. S. finns, doing 72 percent of

the nation's dollar volume.
How Big a Bureaucracy
Employees Involved in Controls

Control Agency
Price Cormnission
Pay Board
Cost of Living Council
Inte111al Revenue Service

595
174
131
3,000
1UfAL

3,900

When Companies Ask for Price Boosts

Of 4, 54 7

Corrunission,

as

requests for price hikes that had been acted upon by the Price
of early August--

Increases Approved:
Increases Scaled Back
Increases Flatly Rejected

3,390 or 74.6%
813 or 17.9%
344 or 7.6%

Size of Wage-Price Hikes Approved

Since control program began-Average price increase approved:
Average wage increase approved:
Source:

3.2%
4.9%

Price Connnission, Pay Board, Cost of Living Council

US-Owned Foreign Affiliate Sale s

Billion USS

ao.-------..- --..,.-----..--------.----,--- --.----.-------..---..,.--- ---, 1950.10

Increase
$76.8 225%

60

40

20

GE exports make GE jobs:

80

1962

1964

Locomotives
for
Brazil
Case1
To:
From:

Source :
Chart and Dale, US Department of
Commerce

General Electric
Rede Ferroviaria
Federal S.A.
80 GE U23C
For:
locomotives
Cost:
S34,000,000
Components: GE Locomotive
Products Dept.
Erle, Pa., USA
General Electric
Assembly:
S.A., Brazil
Job gain:
300,000 manhours at Erie
Point 1
Brazil's trade laws bar
export of US locomotives to
Brazil. But components can be
exported-for local plant assembly in Brazil. Without a local
manufacturing afllliate GE
could not have won this S34
million mixed export order. GEErie would not be ( + ) 300,000
manhours.
In Spain, Italy, India, West
Germany, Japan, Swedensimilar GE affiliates are
winning similar mixed export
orders GE alone could
not get. Making GE jobs-at
Schenectady, Cleveland,
Syracuse, Evendale, Lynn-U S
workers would not otherwise
have.

1966

Point 2
US-owned foreign manufacturing affiliates produce the
bulk of USA international
business. In 1970, sales of US
affiliates were $76.B billion75% greater than total US
exports and 2.6 times greater
than US exports of manufactured goods. US direct
investment in foreign affili ates
produ ced in 1970 a surplus of
US income over US outflow of
S1.6 billion. Yet US foreign
affiliates do not take away from
US exports. They add to them .
Of all US exports of manufactured goods, 50% or $15
billion comes from US companies with foreign affiliates.
Of this $15 billion, 50% or S7.5
billion goes directly to US
subsidiary plants abroad. Only
8% of foreign affiliate output is
exported back to the USA.
Point3
US exports to foreign
affiliates ( + ) US investment in
foreign affiliates generate
US income. US income makes
US jobs.
To restrict US foreig n
affiliate operations-as some
Congressmen propose-would
not "protect" US jobs. It w ould

1968

1970

t hrottle back income from US

exports to foreign affiliates,
shrink back income from US
investment in foreign affiliates
and hand back-to European
and Japanese competitors-a
multi-billion dollar share of
the USA's hard-won foreign
affiliate market.
And that woul d cut back
US jobs.
To i ncrease US income, to
make new US jobs, to stay
alive i n a world of economic
chance and change:
We need more world trade
- not less. We need to be more
competi tive-not less. We
need more help, not less,
in opening US doors to new
sa les and profit and job
opportunities. Wider. Faster.
Before those opportunities
knock. Before they can get
away.

GEPHR <H. ELECTRIC

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XVI , No . 38

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

PRLC L CO!vll\lISSI O :\ APPROVES M.AR RIOTT

C.l\FETERIA FOOD PRICE 11\CREASE

Se ptember 15, 1972

T r !E PL.A N T s l 8 TH RIR T H D A y

CE LE BR J\TED WEDNESDAY

In the Mard1 30 issue of the \faynesboro

Plant NEWS , it 1vas annoW1ced th:it due to in creasing labor and food costs the Marriott
Corporation had petitioned the federal Price
Commission fo r an increas e in the cafeteria
food prj ces . The Price Commis s ion has grant ed
thi s reques t .
The increase approval is fo r a small
increase i n al most all food i terns r ath er
than a l arge increase on jus t a few items .
n1er efore ,

0 :1 ~!onday ,

September 18,

1972 the inc rease will become effective , and

price s 1vill be increased from one penny on
low priced i terns to several cents on hi gher
priced i t erns . 111e prices in the vending
machines \\i ll not d 1m1ge at thi s t i me because
the mad1ines do not make change in pennie s .

**********

SPEC l:\ r.

VO TER SLG:\-CI)

LS SET

CONSTRUCTIVE

CITIZENSHIP
Speci al hours fo r voter r egistration have
been established for 5:00 t o 9 : 00 p.m. t oday
by the Waynesboro League of Women Voters.
In addition to the Office of the General
Re gis trar being open during this period, the
League wi ll provide free transport ation and
baby s itting to those wishing to transact
re gistrations and transfers, a spokesman of
the League said. Persons desiring the
(continue d on Page 2)

H. i./ . Tu l'loch , !1anager- Re lations , i s s hown

above happily r>eminiscing with four of the
origina.l employees who started to work here
the da.!1 the p ~c.:n t opened on September 13, 1954 .
Fr>om lef't t o ri:;ht a!'e Charlotte Hamzan ,
.'1'. c.r;1 !,ouise Co;'.''e~, , .'/r . ?v.l loch , !-1ae .iios tetter,
and Isahe lle Fi tzqeralC.
.lze f'{fth eriplouee,
Genev-1:e e Al l ebaugh, was ah.sent when the
r-icture was taken .
Ei gh teen yea r s ago on Sep tembe r 13 , 1954
Gener a l El ect r ic ' s fi rst p r od ucti on wo rke r s
in Waynesbo r o s tart e d this plant h urruning .
Those e mploye es we r e Mar y Lo uise Coffey , Hazel
Bessie St rickle r , J ean Louise Shifflet t,
Do r othy Mae Hos tett e r , Ch arlott e Barnes ,
Genevi e ve Allebaugh , Charlo tte Harmon , I sabelle
Fitz ge rald , Jane t Alfo r d , and Mary Hele n
Martin. Of th ese t en employees five are still
with us : Mary Lo ui se Cof fey - CDO , Doro th y
Mae Hos tette r- DCPD , Genevieve Allebaugh - DCPD ,
Charlott e Harm on- COO, and Isabelle Fit zge r aldCDO.
Tn celeb r a t e the occasion , a "surprise
party" was held in the cafe teria .

REGISTRATION . . . . . (continued f rom Page 1)

services need only phone their requests to
942-8098 .
The special hours Friday and also for
9 : 00 a . m. to 5:00 p . m. on September 23 were
es tablished as a result of a reques t granted
by the Waynesboro Electoral Board, the spokes man said . The hours are in addition to the
regular 9 : 00 a.m . t o 5:00 p . m. Wednesday
operation of the office and the required opening of the offi ce on October 7 .
Registration books wi ll be closed October
8 -- 30 days in advance of the November 7 General
Election - -in accordance wi t h the State
Election Law and the State Board of El ections.
1hose ci tizens who wi ll be 18 by November
7 and can prove bona fide residency here, are
eli gible t o register , according t o Gene ral
Registrar Mrs . Kathl een D. Whitlow . In
Virginia , one nee ds only to register only
once in o r der t o vote in the elections held in
his ward, and to keep the information on his
r egis tration current .
n1e Office of the Gene r al Regi s trar 1s
locat ed in the City Building to the l e ft
of the S . 1Vay11e Avenue entrance , in t11e
hallway- of l\lay11esboro Circuit Court .

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Fi :Je Ge ne ral Electric Too l Room Machi nis t

g Y'adua ted recent l,y from the
Company ' .s th r ee- year' proqram . The pr ogram
cons 1:.s ls of 6000 hours oj' shop assignments
and 700 hours o ; academic: studies at Blue
Ridge Community. College . In a ceremony this
1Jeek , Mr . D. L. Cought ry and Mr . Paul ~la rren
r1"f'es e >1teJ. tlze <IDrr2ncices thei Y' diolomc.s ,
'as s lz01Jn ulJ,_wc : le .''t to ryz:ght D. L. Cough t ry , ..-..,
Manage r - Manufactu ri ng, La r>ry Dudley , Robe r t
Conner, Ed McC-f'au , Ed FurY'Ol.J , Dennis Sl, uey ,
and ?aul >larPen, v Sure r vi s o r Apprentice Tr aining .
A~prentices

I n Augusta County and in St aunton,

respect i ve Gene ra l Regi st rars have announ ced
that they will transact r egi strations and
trans fe r s a t the St aunton Plaza Shoppi ng
Cent er from 6 : 30 to 9 : 30 p . m. Thurs day and
a.go.in on September 21 i n addi ti.on to thei r
r egu l ar office hours .
SINC E RE TJ-L-'\i\KS

Family members of 01arles ~lcCa rthy ,

deceased cafe t e r ia employee , have expressed
thei r s ince r e thanks and gratitude to the
hundreds of GE employees 1vho have gi \'en
financial s upport, clothes , and food in the ir
time of need and s orrow.

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I woul d l i ke to take t hi s opportunity
to thank everyone 1v!10 s hm\ed s uch ki ndness
during the illness and death of my fathe r .
fully J enkins

Fo"f' th e r: e con.d 71.3ar in a row CEii l has

caot:,!e l c~ e Ame ri an :.,eaov.c Di;1isicn c ; 61e
Me ;1 1 s C?'.t-y Softbal l Leagu~ . Their> !'eco:d
f o r> the r egu la l' s ea::;on. ~w as ;;o wim:! a~d n~
l onses . In the ;; la.~ o : .-.3 :,,Ju?.~ 0;c !c s i.;;, iA>i,12s
and one Zoss . 11ie team is ch aracte ri z ed b~,
a s o li d de f ense an d a adeq uate o f fen s e . Team
meriber. aY'e : :;;t row, le .rl to r-: ght : La r>f'!:
Martin , Harr'IJ Lotts , Jr. ;/o.g(}f: , !lO!J Rexrode
and Jer>P!f Stallings ; 2nd ro1.J , B'i'.ll ilagg!J , i\'d
Rankin, ,rr' N'!f Deel, <rt'ld Carl Alexo.nd.e r ; 3"f'c!.
r>OZJ , le j't to :igh t : 0 Uie r:f'c.n i , Xennu (;ray ,
Alan McDaniel, Manager Slcve Huffe r , and
Jim Harlow . Absent .f'rom photo ai''' St u Pitt s
mid Skip !.un.c: : 'orc.J.

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1972 L'Va Ft-'\LL CLA SS SCHEDULES

7M

Bi 11 Per ry's office , F.oc'll. 105 , has a f ew

universi ty of Virgini & fa ll class schedules
left . Th E: s c.h e du le is very complete, incl udin g cours e l isti ng, course credits, instructors
ccurse mee ting days , cost , registration
schedule , e tc . Pick- up a copy t oday.
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EH1t ou t of ten accidents at work have s ix s imple causes. H erc they

ar;. They account for nearly two million work injuries a year.

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Handlin g and lift ing objects - m ore peop le on the job get hurt this way than any
other way.

REMINDER

The Cafe t e ria lunch schedule on Saturdays

is f rom 11:20 a.m . to 12:15 p.m . Manufacturing
employees ar..d office emplcyees working on
Saturdays should be using the r elease time as
sb.c1<r, telow t o go t o the cafeteria for their
lunch .
11 : 20 a . m.

Mainte nance , Too lroom ,

Sheet Metal, Machine Shop

11 : 25 a . m.

1/2 of TermiNe t

11 : 30 a . m.

1 /2 of Te rmi Ne t

11: 35 a . m.

1/3 of Relays and 1/2 ONO

11 : 40 a.m.

1/3 of Re lays and 1/ 2 ONO

11 : 45 a . m.

1/3 of Relays

11 : 50 a . m.

Rece i vi ng, Sh ipping ,

Plat i ng , All Electronics
Assembly

11 : 55 a . m.

All othe r Manufacturing

Shop Op e rations

12 : 00 n oon

fi rs t fl oor offi ce employeeE

12 : 15 p . m.

Second floor office

e mploy ees

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F alls - secon d bigf!cst source of in juries.

:\.ntl su rpr is ingly, of those \\ho fall, fc\\e r
get h urt fa ll ing off something than L: lli ng
without e\cn dimhin)! on anytl11ng such as ti ppi ng o,cr ha ck\\ard in a s,,. i,c l
c hair or sl ip p ing on sp illed coffee.
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Hit h y a fall ing object - o ften t hl' resu lt

of not ,,ea rin g prot ecti\l' equ ipmen t such
as hard hats and safety shoes.

;\("C"i de nts in n1h-inl!; machin c rv - ma1w o f

which resull from no t keci>in g safety
guard s in p lace.

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ARE Y OLi ELJGIBL E FOH PWP ?

Wh at P .W. P is and does:

Paren t s Wit hout Pa rtners , Inc ., i= an
international, non- profit , non- s ectarian
e ducational organization devo t ed to th e wel fa r e
and interests of s ingl e pare nts and their
childre n.

Steppin g
- lik e an

0 11

or lrnmpi nr; into somet hin g

fll c ca b ind drawer.

O[ll' ll

(. :\nd. acc id!'llh ,,itl 1 ha nd tools, 11sually

us('d improperly .

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If you are a single paren t ( separate d,

widowed , divo r ced o r n e ver marri e d) and would
like to know more about PWP , you are invited
to attend th e bus ines s me eting September 21
a t the \fay nes boro Public Li b rary a t 7: 30 p. m.
Or, you may cont ac t th e presi dent of th e local
chapt e r, Kerford Brooks , 942 -84 29, or Alice
\food , Ext . 69 2 for mo r e informati on.

Tf you \\"ant to a,oicl inj1 1n on the job ( or o ff the job. too. for
tha l matter ) , mak" it a hah it to take S('n .-; ilile sa fct v p r('<"aut io ns
wh en you find \011rsclf in an\ si tu at ion \\"hen ,.Ol; arl' 1xpos(d
to am o f the se hazards. :\ \"ti idin<J: tl1 csc si\ kin ds of accidt'nts can
quad;uplc .' our d 1:rnccs nf a n 1irli11'! anv in juriLs th roughou t your
working lih.:.

Pi ttsburg , Pennsylvani a .
MMP GRADS JO IN DC PD

lie and hi s wife Phy ll i s live i n Stuarts

Draft , Vir g i nia .

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f,e r l lo -righ t : joe Bookataub and Javi e r

Uri as tc a r>e shown having r>ecei vea tn.ei r
gr.ijllatior:. ce rtificate s f'mm D. L. Coughtf'y ,
!.fr::nr..:11? !>- .'-fr;.nu . -"'
. a c : i..1-rin..a .
\less r s . J . S . Bookatauh an<l J . R. Ur i oste ,
graduates of t he \lanufacturi ng \lanagement
Prognun, r ece ived the ir g raduation cert if i.cate
Jt a recent \lai1ulacturin g infonnative confe r ence .
,\ Ir. Javier Urioste accept e<l a position C1S
a \bnufacturin g Engineer in the Data \et\\orks
Opcr:1tion, joining the Data Communi cation
l1 rnducts Depar tment on .June 26 . I le is a
g r;1du;1te of Buckne ll Uni vers ity 1vith a BS :111d
\lS in ,\ lechanical En gi.nee r:i.n g .
.J:1vicr ' s H\IP assignments were with the
\;" ire :me! CJb le Department , Bri dgepo r t ,
Lonnc cbcut ; ..\prli. aiKe Control , Morrison ,
111 i :,o is ; and Port ah le I loLLc;e Products ,
l) ri dgcpo rt, Conne cti c ut .
lie , his hi le Karen , <:m d son ..\l ex:mder
ma!,_e thei r home at 110 Swnrne rcres t ..\\enue .
Joe Bookataub joined the Data Communication Products Depa rtment on July 17, acceptin g
an assignment as \lanufac turi ng Engineer in t he
Re pair and O\erhaul Uni. t in the Tenni.\et
Operation .

"Excuse me, sir but EVERYTHI N G

you do is news."
!)OMBS AI\D B R .C\S

Airports usi.ng electroni c <le \ ices

[or spott ing guns o r exp l os i \cs have l oLm d
themse l vcs i n a p r e tt y de l enuna .
Sa\s Peter \lasefi cl d ,
Brit is h. Luropean .-\i n ,a;.s :

cha'.nn~m

of

" ,\ l arge 11lUllhe r o f g irls SCelll tO he

re in force d b ra s th ese days .
:.i re put there for e xtra bos om
upli f t . But as soon as these a ttractive
lookin ~ gir l s pass before the eyes of a
detect ion machine, i t .~oes absolut e l y bes erk.
01ecking out our susp1c1 Lons causes
embarrassment as "e ll as de lay~ to other
passengers . "

fl~ing h'Lth
~let al h 1ires

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J oe received a BSLE from the Unive rsit;.
of Rhode fsland . Hi s ~L\ !P ass ignments 1.,;e r e
1.;ith the ApplicwKe Control Department,
~ lorr i.son, [ ll inois ; Ilouse\va r es and \\.ire and
Cable Depa rtments at Bridgeport , Connecticut ;
and 1v ith the Apparatus Ser vice Shop :in

THIS SYM BOL REAFFIRMS OUR

NO. 1 GOAL IN 1972: TO MAKE
GENERAL EL EC TRIC YOUR BEST BUY
IN QUALITY. SERVICE. AND TOTAL VALUE

WAYNESBORO PLANT
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GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC

VolLnne XIV, No . 39

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

SATURDAY VOTER SIG N - UP IS SET

September 22 , 1972

DAVID GLOVER
WISE OWL AWARD WINNER

A second special rnter r e_c,istration pro~ r:1.rn \\'i ll

be conducted Sa turday . 111e hours 1, i l I be from
9 am t o S p.m . at the \\'ayncshoro ,<.egis trars oltice .
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regular office hours a re from 9 a . Ill . to S p.m.

on Wednesdays . The or t ice 1vi ll also he ope n
during the same time period on Saturdar , Oct. 7,
which is the last day for regi s t e rin .g before the
books are closed by lah i n ad\arlce of the \o\. 7
General Election.

Buddy Spears (center), Safetu Rev resentative for

1st shi l Shee t Metal is shown v resenti ng a
Ilise OWl Awa.rl Ce rti,ficate to David M. Glover
(Yighd . Carl Jones , ? r cma11 is lookiY/.g on .

Persons hho are citi:ens o l the Unit ed S ta tes , 1"110

will be 18 by \o\ . 7 and can pro\e hon;:i Ci de
residency here , a re eligible to reg i s ter. One needs
to register only once, unless he or she fails
to vote at least once in lour years , j n order to
vote in the elections held in his or her "a rd .
Persons \\ho are r egiste red but have moved from
one 1van.l to arlother Dre rcqui red to no t it\ the
General Registrar of the move . Persons "'ho hme
moved from one locality to arlother arc requi red to
transfer their registration .

SUPPORT LOCAL HIGH

SCHOOL FOOTB A LL GAMES
Kickoff time for the \\'a:11es boro-Stuarts Draft
!.'
Sd1ool football ga.rnc i s 8:00 p . m. tonight .
:::n..,-iJort these team players with your attencl~ce .

TI1e game 1vill be played on the \\aynesboro I ligh

School field.

Oa\id am i<led s erious injury to his eyes , due

t o the safet y glasses 1vith s ides hields that he
"as 1vearin g at the time ol the acc ident. Dmid
was using a paint s pray gun 1d1en it clogged up .
In hi s attempt to correct the problem , the spray
gun Lmstopped s uddenly - sp raying paint forcefully over most of hi s lace <.m d glasses .

QOOTABLE QOOTES
"They have s uch refined and delicate palates
That t hey can discove r no one horthy of their
ballo t s , And then 1vhen someone terrible gets
elect ed They say , 'n1erc that ' s just what I
e)..-pected !
Ogden >lash

STOCK & FUND UNIT PRICES

The Stock and Fund Unit Pr ice for the month of
August are as follohs :
Stock
Fund Unit

$66 . 739

$38 . 001

UNDER THE SHADE

SCOGEE '
LAKEVIE\\

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~F THE OLD APPLE TREE'

,QLF DAY

H, .~Y CLUB

"! ure Jid birdie that hole," says

r'." 'l'I !ompson wi. t h. B. Broughman appearing
,wu.b t j'u l.

some golfe1 's

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i.,ow r:e:: - H. Xe Y'ver

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Low net Gypsy Hill

L . Swanson 36
D. Hippemd 36
D. Phelps 31

Least nwnbcY' of' putts - S . Millei

Longest ci>ive - D. McKee
Close l to pin - C. Thompson
Most nurnber of 1 's - iv. Herron/D . Hippeard
Most nvmber of 5 ' s - J . McKay
Most nuwer of 6 's - H. Meincke/W . Wingfi eZ
!! ighes t s cme - T . Barrett
Most putts- E. Armentrout

JACK JEFFERS RECOGNIZED

PARKING STICKER INSPECTION

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PARKING TAGINSPECTION
NOW IN PROGRESS

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IN STATE MAGAZINE
n1e September issue o f" the CO>l'I0\1\l:AL'nl maaazine
devoted the ~ront co\cr and four inside pages
of the maga:111e to some outstanding profes sional
photography by .Jack .Jc flers , DCPD ~la rketina
Adve:tising Special is t. 'J11e nine photos tl~at were
published ~ame about b~: Jock tramping through
the Blue Ridge aJlll f\ I legheny 1nolmtains of
northwest Virgini.<l . Tn his travels, J ack recorded
ima ges of a vanishing way of life. 1\.,ro of
these images are shown below .

A parking sticker inspection this week r evealed

marn sticker violations . These included cars
park in g in \\Tong zones , improper parking , no
st i eke r s , and damaged s t i eke rs .
In o rder t o have adequate control of cmpJ oyee ' s
parking their car s on the plant ' s parking lots,
it i s important that everyone have a p;irking
sticker . '!11e s ti cke r is also a protect i on to
the empJ oyec as it se rves as a quick means of
locating tJ1e employee if something happe ns t o his
car while at work. The sticke r is cas Ll y
obtained by picking up a parking pe nni. t application fonn from tJ1e Cafeteri a ne1-.rspaper racks
or from the Relations Office .

'l11C appJication is to be [i.lled out by the

coploycc an<l dropped in tl1C mail to the ~fain
t enance Office , "'here a s ticker hill then be
mailed hack to the emplo>cc . TI1C stickt:.r is to
he pJ aced on the left rear bLUnpcr for LU1 i fo rn1i. ty
and accessibility during inspections . The
co lor o [ the sticker indicates tJ1c co rrect :one
the empl oyee is to park hi s car in . The sti.cker
zones arc : Zone 4--hlue , Zone 6- - rc<l, ;ind zone
8- - gr ecn .

>low1tain ~Jan - 86 Years Old

lli.s speciality is spl ittin g shingles .

SPEED ING VIOLATIONS NOTED

Reccnt lv in c reased speedi ng in the Park i ng l ot s
has bee;1 no ted. There fore, th is is ;mother
appea I to every employee h'ho dri vcs a car to
"'o r k that they must obse rve the 15 MPll speed
limit . .."\t no t ime shou ld this speed I imi t he
exceeded .
Blll Perry, Safety Spec ialist, says "there s hould
be no quest ion in any cmp l nyee ' s mind as t o his
lr he r responsibilit\ "hen dii.ving an automohilP
on company property . Cach of" us knrn.;s h1lwt
speeding cars can do-they can kill , maim, or
disfigure a person for life - certain1y, no one
1vith any concern for li fe ,,ants this t c Jw:':JCn".

...\ lliker en ters Saint .\ farv' s Ri\er Gorge

in Southern Augusta Coun.ty .
Jack is to be congr ;1tu lated on this fine photo graphy, and espec i_;il ly for his foresight rn
capturing some of t he lragile remains of the
not.mtain settlers th0t hi 11 soon be gone .

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELE CTR IC
WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

H. LIIV APPOINTED
MGR.-LEASING OPERATION

H. Henry ( 11 Hank11 ) Liiv

has been a pp:::i inted Manager
of the newly est abl ished
Le asing Oper a t ion , effective
Oc t ober 1 , acc ordi ng to an
announcement by Mr . Warren
Kindt , General Manager of
DCPD .

Born i n Estonia, Hank

rece i ved his B~ degree
f ro;n the Univer s i t y of Mi ss-::mr i i n 1954 and
t hen j oined Gener al El ectric as a member of t he
Manufacturing Management Pr ogr am wi th assi gnm-:mts i n the Switchge ar Depar tments i n Phila cielphia, Fort i,,Ja.yne Motor De par tments , and
Eadio Rece iver Department in Utica .
J:S ter se;ving t wo years i n the U. S. Ar my ,
had s3veral assignments in Qualit y Cont rol ,
t;amtfacturing Engineeri ng , Shop Operations , and
Program Admi nistrat i on in Utica , and was t hen
named Manager- Manuf a cturing Engi neering f or the
Wiring Device Department in Providence . He
then spe nt a year wi th Manufac t uring Service s
as a Senio r Eng ineer on pl ant appropriati ons ,
business scope s t .idie s , and s urveys . Whi le on
Jv\}1P assigrunents , Hank took graduate cour se s at
both Purdue Univer sity and the Un ive r sity of
Delawar e .

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September 29, 1972

GE Pensions Secure Under Pension

Plan, But Trust Must Grow as
Liabilities Increase
11 Ho'1 safe is ID.f pen sion? 11
Consi dering t est im:my coming out of \fa shi ngton r ecent ly, t hat ' s a que stion that employees
o.:' many companies may be asking themselves .
But most GE employee s know i t ' s not neces sary f or GE people t o a s~ the questi on .
Accurate or no t , the st ories that have c orns
f r om recent Congre s si onal hearings don ' t apply
to GE pensi ons . Tho se stories t ol d by re tired
employees of some ot her compa ni es spoke of t heir
pensi on plo.ns 11 go i ng broke , 11 t old about employees spe~:J.ing a score of year s wi th a company
only to have a technicality appar ently do t hem
out of th ei r pensi ons .
GE pensions ar e safe . '='hsy are secured
'-::iy sound :'unding of the pensi on plan through
the GE Pens i on TrJst .
The day- to- day investment management of the
?e nsion Tr ust i s t he responsi bi l i ty of GE ' s
Tr ust Investment Oper ati ons managed by Vi ce
Pr e sid:mt Edward H. Malone a nd a cr eu of nearly
5J seasoned inve stment experts , accountant s
and supporti ng st aff . Ths TIO i s GE r s ver sion
of a bank ' s trust i nvest ment. depar tment .

In 1967, Hank was appointed Manager - Manufac It handles trust por t f olios wor t h over $3
tu:ring at the Angers Pl ant of Bull -Gener al Elec- bi llion . Over $2 billion of that sum is t he
t ric in Angers , France an:J. i n September 1969 , he m9.rket value of GE t s Pension Trust .
Has nam:;d Man;i~e r -Manufactur ing f or t he Mobile
At the end of 1971 about $1 .7 bE lion of
Radio Department in Lynchburg , Virgini a . Trii s
t he ?ensi on Tr ust was inves:.ed in common stocks.
assignment included the i ntr oduct i on of many
Mr . Malone and the i nvestme nt spec i al i sts of
n3W products and the pl anning f or a new manuthe Tr ust Operati on have i nvested in mor e t han
f actu.ring pl ant in Florence , Sout h Carolina .
150 of Amer i cR t s leadi ng cor poration s . For
in st ance , a t last ye ar ' s end t he Pension Tru st
Early t hi s year a Lynchburg Ma~'1ufacturing
owned IBM s t ock wor t h about $145 mi lli on . In
Operation ,.:as created and Hank assi sted in its
anot her a:-ea, t he Tru st had inve stmsnts in
re organization a nd fut ure pl anning , while being
1200 r eal estate properties l eased pr imari ly
:resp0nsiole f or all scheduling , a new marnliac t o major cor por ations and wor t h over $250
ti.:..ring system , n0w product i ntroducti ons , a nd
million.
__ .-.manuf ac t uring eng i neer i ng wor k .
( continued on page 4)
(cont i nued on page 4)

BEST BUY HOURLY EMPLOYEE WINNEI

CONG RA TU
The Manufacturing organi zati o'.1. initiate d th i s ':leek a:1 a'.iarcis ;ir cgr a.r:.
',1hi c h r ecogni zes outstanding enpbye es perfor;r.ance i'.1. t'.!e t r u.e s;ii_ri L.
o.f 3e st Buy . Awar ds ar e bei'.1.g m:::.d~ of a 3e s t 3uy r acii o in each .:' cr e man t s area to t he nourly employee \.!ho e xemplifi e s t :'l is spi rit of
Qual i ty , Se r vice and Value to the cu stomer .
To determine i ndividua l winner s , a candi date ballot \.lap di stri buted to all

For e lady V. Coffey

Ida Bolling

Relay s - Foreman D. Ha r ris

J oAnn Baber

Ma i nte :-ia nc e - For e man C. Howdyshell

J im Davis

D :o

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Layton

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Ma chin3 Sho p ( l si

Fcrem<
Paul I

~arble

( ;> . :ar ren) Vlo la r:,<-11 Li n

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CDO - Foreman

Mat erial s - For eman K. Humphr ey s

Ga l en Hut c hen

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:5 FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER

.ATIONS

-....-.

nourly employees by each Man'J.facturing ror eman or Superv i sor on Ifonday .

Each '.1ourly em;iloyee Has asked to i nsert the name of t'.1e i ndivi dual in
~ is grou;i who in his op inio~ best met Lh~ criteri a .
Ten of t~e emoloyee
winne r s f or the month of Septembe r are shown in t he pictures belo .1. Other
i.-1inne r s are listed at t he bo ttom of thi s page . Simila r ai,mrds wil l b3
made i '.1 October , Nover.iber and Decemb-er - congratulat i ons t o all Se;:itemaer
winners !
1

C. J oues

To::>l Room - Foreman G. Sheffe r

Marshall Fi t zgerald

~ ne

DCP - Foreman J. Our s

J oann Wells

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Qual ity Control - Foreman J . Belcher

Henry Appl

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For eman O. Fox

Jame s Blair

Dl~VICES

OPERATION

J.evi F0x

(F . Monc:er) :'atric ia ':.'ats, ~1

(L . Drwr.:10 lh:r) !:d Dc:de}:
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.'nelson) L0c.. ~' iLc'.:
(r . s:--iaver) ;:orrnan MeadO'tl'..i
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Lonas) M. Smith
Coffey) J . Yunter
'.)os:;) C. :iarmon
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: ltts ) !i . Lockridcc

'.''occnd ~liift
(? . Shaver) Loe Collins
(G . B.ra.islnw) R . 1.- .'ashington
G. Comer
!\ . Collins

LIIV APPOINTED

(co~tinued

from page 1)

according to length of service, retirement date,

etc. In addition to these improvements, the
basic formula for currently accruing pensions
for all employees was increased in 1967. Other~
modernizing has occurred over the years in
nwnerous other features of the plan.

Interested in education, he has taught

various Company courses over the past nine
years and had membership in the Sodety for
Advancement of Management, AEME and IEEE.
H.is other activities have included Boy Sc:outs
The pension trust is guided by its own
and work in the Lutheran Church; and in
b~ard of trustees, who are the long-term policy
Lyn~hburg, Hank vJaS District Chairman of Boy
setters and advisors for handling the trust.
Scouts for Lynchburg and vicinity, and served
Vice President Malone and his experts are
on executive boards of both the Central
Virginia Industries and the Lynchburg Community enormously conscious of the huge sums in ,..rhich
they deal. Mr. Malone emphasizes, however,
Action Group. In 1971, he was elected Chair"that, 'Jihile the number of dollars that are
m~n of the latter organization.
handled by TIOs professionals keep them very
aware of the importance of their responsibilitiee
Hank, his wife Tiina, and children, Karin,
an even greater awareness is created by knowing
Ingrid and Allan, are looking forward to
that GE people are depending on us and our
moving to Waynesboro.
expertise for their retirement income."
GE PENSIONS SECURE (continued from page 1)

In addition to the soundness of the GE

Pension Trust which backs up GE pensions, all
New m~ney is always being added to the
current employees with 10 or more years of
Pension Tr~st. Last year General Electric con- service have a "vested right" to their pensions.
tributed $91 million and employees contributed This means the pensions accrued during their
$28 million. Earnings from the Trust came to
GE employment will be paid, even if they leave
about $93 million last year.
GE, as long as they do not i..1i thdraw their
own cont!'ibutionso They can ask to receive
Is the Trust too large? Theres this to
their pension as early as age 6C) if they wish. --.......~
/ .-;
c~:msider:

First, there are about 45,000 already

receiving pension benefits. Payments to these
people over the remainder of their life will
require nearly three-quarters of a billion
dollars of the Trusts ass~ts. Last years
payment alone amounted to $98 million.
Second, the larger part of the Trust must
cover the nearly 300,000 active employees who
have accrued pension benefits under t~e plan
and will retire in the future. About $1 1/3
billion in assets is ear marked for these
b~nefits.
In addition, these active employees
.will accrue even more benefits, so the fund
must grow much la~ger in the future in order
to provide for their pensions.
Any increase in pensions, of course, auto.ically increases the liability of the Tr..isto
For example, all pensions credited to activt
-':T~ployees with lo:ig service have been increased
four times since 1960, depending on service.
The same four increases have been applied to the
pensions of those already retired. For most
pensioners, increases have been about equal to
the cost of living increase for the period
since the current pension plan was established
1 n lw.Go Increases for in:lividuals bave varied,

In addition, the Pension Plan has numerous

options and features, such as minimum ~ensions,
disability pensions and early retirement.

NEW CASHIER HQURS

The new Cashier hours in Payroll will be
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. effective Oct. 2, 1972.
BASKETB~LL_&

VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE FORMATIONS

There will be a meeting on Mon1ay, Oct. 2,

8:30 aom at the Recreation Building, 321 Pine
Avenue to discuss formation of a Basketball
League. Also a similar meeting to form a
Volleyball League will be held at same ab:>ve
location on Wednesday, October 4, 8:30 p.m.
For additional information contact Jerry Tisdale
Room 106, Ext. 576.

'TJ:1

TE~HNICAL

SEMINAR

The Blue Ridge Section of AS~ ~t.'ill offer

on Oct. 12 a seminar entitled "Handling Measurem1:mt Variability". Contact R. Weber, Ext. 193
for information.
QIOTABLE QUOTES

"Democracy is a charming form of government, . .

.~;-

full of variety and disorder."

-- Plato

WAYNESBORO PLANT
--.

GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

Volumr XVI, No. 41

JOHN GARRETT
RECOGNIZED

October 6, 19n

UCF DRIVE
BEGINS MONDAY
W. R. Perry, UCF Plant Chairman ,
announced today that the In - Plant Unit ed Community Fund Drive will begin Monday, Oct . 9 ,
and conclude on Oct. 20 , 1972.

' ?:~

Key Chairmen for various Waynesboro

Plant Department Sections have been sele cted,
and they will se lect solicitors for their r espect ive sect ion s this coming week . Special
"kick off" meetings will be held for the Chairmen and solicitors. The cente r fold of today' s
newspaper lists the names of the key chairmen. and the sec tions they re pr e sent . Also
shown are the 13 agencies supported by the
Unite d Community Fund of Waynesboro - Ea s t
Augusta County.

John Garrett, a n employee of the General

Electric Company for 36 1/2 years, and pres...~tly Manager of Adm inistr at ion in the DCPD
,..1a rketing Section, has transfe rr e d fr om
Charlottesville to Wes t Lynn to Waynesbor o
over the past two y ea rs. John' s movement
created an oversight that has now been correcte d.
It seems that John's 35 -year se rvice pin had
never caught up w ith him. Recently, W. F. Kindt,
Citizen s h ave only today and Saturday left
General Manager, and the Marketing Sect ion
to register for the Nov . 7 G e neral E lectiori..
Managers helped Joh n celebr ate 3 6 1/2 years
of devoted Company se rvice at a luncheon and
This r equirement is for t hos e per son s who
presented him with his well ea rned , eme rald
will be 18 by that date, who can prove bona fide
studded 35 - year service tie bar.
residency here and who hav e never before
registered to vote in the Stat e , and also for
SPECIAL REMINDER ON S &S
those persons who must transfer their r egistraAll employ ees are asked to c heck and
tions or who must update i nfo rmation on their
make sure they have returned their General
registration forms.
Electric Savings & Security Program Authorization forms to Personnel Accounting. There
The Office of the Genera l Registrar is open
;:ire about 210 outstanding forms at pre sent. It
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. rn. today and Saturday.
is imperative t hat the fo r ms be r eturne d to
The registration books will be closed after
P e rsonnel A cco u nting immediately or no lat e r
Saturday, in accordance with law, in advanc e
than Oct. 13th for processing. If you have
of the election.
questions regar ding these forms, contact leo
....-....i:untley, Ext. 12 5 .
(continued on page 4)

SATURDAY LAST DAY

TO REGISTER

WAYNESBORO-EAST AUGUST A l
COMMUNITY GOAL----:>~ $16
PLANT GOAL - - - -- >
... ~~
SUPPORTING

Y MCA

22 , 500

BOY SCOUT S 17 , 6 0 0

WAYNESE
KEY UCF

L e ft to right
W . R . P e rry, Relations
J . H . Hartnett, DC PD - E
B . Cooper, Cont r ol Devi
R . J . Depa, DC PD- Manu
Cary Osborne, Comm. S
Gale Shipe, D C P D -Financ
R . D . Stapleton, D C P D - <
G . W . Wadsworth , I CPD Barbara Mar shall , ~
W . J . Vance , DCPD - dia1

EMER GE N CY FUND

8, 343

NITED COMMUNITY FUND DRIVE

000

~<---COMMUNITY

<----

.C .)
...
1 AGENCIES

GOAL
PLANT GOAL

RETARDED CHILDREN

tlte

UNITED WAY

us0
)RO PLANT
:HAIR MEN

;inee ring
s Operation
.c turing
. Div. -Info. Sys. & Serv.
stome r Servi ce
lmerical Control Oper.
:::i e ~l & Tax Accounting
~ting .: not pr e sent for picture

EX PENSES 4 , 500

l,

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BLUE .RIDGE CHAPTER

A.S.Q.C. TECHNICAL SEMINAR
In keeping with objectives .. provide advancement in Quality Control 'teclmology, the
Blue Ridge Chapter of the A. Swd:C. will present a Technical Seminar at the University of
Virginia Mechanical Engineering Building
Room 2.05. The seminar entitled "Handling
Measurement Variability" will be presented
on October 12., 1972..
This seminar has been deve.loped for all
practicing engineers, physical scientists,
students, and managers whose jobs or tasks
involve handling data analysi&".ad implementing its control. Three practici.ilJ-consultants in
statisticE;, each with over 10 y~ar.a of experience
in industrial application,will pre.$ent ways to
analyze the component variance in data and
the use of control chart procedures.
No formal training in statistics is required.
The speakers are: Dr. Ber..nard F. Winkel
and Richard L. Poltles, both Senior Statisticians
of the Applied Statistics Group., :Engineering
Departm~nt, E. I. du Pont de-~tnours & Co.,
Inc., Wilmington, Delaware;~ Dr. Norm M.
Howe, Consultant and Prof es sew at Central
Virginia Community College, ~yachburg.
The seminar will end with a social and
dinner at Pantops Dining Room, Charlottesville
with a. guest speaker, Mrs. Phyllis Pendergraft,
Vice-Chairman of the Republican Party 6th
District.
Additional inquires may be made to
R. T. We:ber.,- Ext. 193.

SlNGLES 10 SQUAii
A new Square Dance Club -(or singles from
19 to 99 is being organized in Waynesboro. The
first dance will be held Saturday, October 7,
8 p. m. to 11 p. m., at the Grace Lutheran
Church.. This dance will be free.
If you.are looking for fun, friendship, and
recreation, come and join the Square Dance
Cl..ib. No experience is necessa.ry.

Ur.ited. Church Nursery has ope~ngs for

pre-.school children.

GE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES
$100,000 IN GRANTS
A new Mainstream Awards Program has
been established by the General Electric
r-.-.-~Foundation to assist predominantly Black
universities in their efforts to become fully
viable institutions within the mainstream of
American higher education.

. . . ).

The first $100, 000 in grants under the new

program are in the field of engineering.
Two grants, of $50, 000 each, have bee~
made to the schools of engineering at Prairi._
View Agricultural and Mechanical College in
Prairie View, Texas, and Tuskegee Institute
in Alabama.
Future grants will be made in three
selected fields - engineering, business (with
emphasis on finance), and mathematics and
science, in response to competitive proposals.
REGISTRATION . . . (cont'd. from pg. 1)
General Registrar, Mrs. Kathleen D.
Whitlow reminds the public that the Wayne s.l~
boro Electoral Board has directed election

officials to challenge the vote of those persons who are not voting in the ward in which
they are registered, which must coincide
with the ward in which they re side.
Applications for absentee ballots are also
being accepted.
Roger Morris would like to thank everyone for the many acts of kindness shown him
during his recent illness and operation.

The family of Rev. Silas Brydge wishes

to thank all those who offered to contribute and
all who did contribute blood during his illness. Also for the many prayers, acts of kind
ne s s and contributions to the Lynside Building
Fund in his memory we wish to express our
personal gratitude.
Waynesboro vs. Broadway 8 p. m. - W'boro
Wilson vs. Buffalo Gap 8 p. m. - Wilson
Stuarts Draft vs, Riverheads 8 p. m. - R'heads

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volwne XVI, No . 42

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

LARRY ROLETTER PROMOTED

October 13, 1972

NEWNHAM HONORED FOR 30 YEARS

H. H. Liiv, Manager - Data Communication Products

Department Leasing Operation, announced today the
appointment of
Larry F. Roletter
to Manager of
Lease Contract s for
DCPD, effective
November 15, 1972.
Larry was formerly Manager of Specialty Control Sales for the Control Devices Operation in
Waynesboro. Larry s replacement in CDO has
not been announced.
,,,-...A 1951 graduate of Villanova University with a
BSME degree, Larry joined General Electric
in June of that year as a participant in the Te st
Program.
Larry' s first off test assignment was with
Synchronous Motor & Generator Department,
Schenectady, N. Y., followed by several in
field sales in Philadelphia, Pa ., Richmond
and Roanoke, Virginia . Larry came to Waynesboro in 1960 as a Sales Speciali st in Photoel ec tric D evices. He had subsequent promotions
to Unit Manager then Manager of Specialty Control De vice Sales, which included adjustable
speed drives, photoelectric devices, hot box
d e tector s, etc.

Ken Newnham was recently congratulated by

C. A. F ord, Manager Control Devices Operation and B. Cooper, Manager Power Regul ation Engine ering, for completing 30 years of
service with t he General Electr i c Company .
Ken graduated from St. Lawrence University
in 1933, and joined General E lectric at the
General Engineering Laboratory in Schenec tady in 1942. At the La boratory, Ke n participated in the development of several qual ity
contro l instruments and in ult rasonic gener ator de velopme nt. He joined the Spec ialty
Control D epart ment i n 1954 and moved to
Wa ynes boro with the department at t hat t ime.
Since moving to Waynesboro, he has handled
the product ion engine e r ing for several products, including photoelectrics, hot box detectors, motor control and static excitation
equipment

Larry, his wife, Marian, and their two young est children, Joanne and David, reside in
Ken and his wife , Lois, have two daughters,
Waynesboro. Their two oldest daughters,
Ann and Margaret.
Kathl een and Susan, attend college in Baltimore
':":":":":'
and Milwaukee . Larry is a member of St. John's p au ine
.
C arr an d J oe tt a w r1s
t on w1sh to
1
Catholic Church.
thank all their friends at G . E. for the many
~::: ~::: ~::: ~::: ~:::
acts of kindness shown them during the death
,,,.,-._ "Our communities a re what we make them . 11
of Pauline 1 s mother - Joetta 1 s grandmothe r .
-- John F . Kennedy

UNITED CAMP.
A UNITED CAMPAIGN- uniting the fund raising efforts of
practically al 1 health, welfare, and service agencies into one
drive makes sense.

EVERY~;E
agencie... vo:
people the ag
COMMUNITY~

PLANT GC

THE MEMBER AC:

- having the cos1
- spreading the j
a broader vie~
community.
- freeing the sta
of the burdens
them to give rr.
- providing each
reach more pe

THANK
IT'S )Iii

THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS BY:

- a balanced program of services
- coordinated planning so that standards of
agencies can be improved and the community's needs can be better met.
- educational programs based on sound
medical advice as opposed to "scare
promotions" used in some independent
drives.

SUPPORT YOUR

SOME ANSWERS TO C

Q.

A.

Q.

A.

How much money does it take in campaign costs

to raise the total goal ?
The expenses of the Waynesboro-East Augusta
United Fund amount to 2. 6% of this year's goal
The money is used for supplies such as brochures,
stationery, etc. Campaign costs are about half
of the expense money; the balance is used to pay
a part-time secretary and to collect time-payment
pledges which are not covered under employer's
payroll deductions.
How come, when I sign up for payroll deduction
at the plant, my wife is solicited at home?
"Everybody benefits, everybody gives" is one
of the basic principles of the United Fund. Everyone deriving benefits from these services should
have an opportunity to help in supporting them, if
they so de sire.

Q.

A.

Q.

A.

Q.

A.

Why should I give? I'm fr

United Fund is county-wid
the county benefit from Un
Let's all help to make our
which we are proud to live

Why don't you make all ag

Although we hope that all c
members of the United Fu
is theirs. In some instan<
joining are those of nation
choire of the local volunte

Who decides how the~ne

Your representative~ ~dr
of the Budget Committee,
made up of citizens from
the county.

~IGN

BENEFITS

1~flTS- the contributor, member

ite. workers, communities, the
.cies serve.

THE UNITED FUND - helps provide services

to all the citizens of Waynesboro-East Augusta
County, not just the less fortunate .

)AL - $168,000
.L - 40,000
~CIES

BENEFIT BY:

f fund raising reduced.

ere st of contributors to
f the needs of the whole

and volunteers of many

fund-raising, enabling
~e time to serving.
gency the opportunity to
le.

TO YOU
THE RECIPIENTS OF AGENCY SERVICES BENEFIT BY:

>~KING

- receiving more effective and broader

services.
- the agencies operating with higher standards,
thus maintaining the dignity of the individual.
- having research programs based on needs,
not emotional appeal.

:OMMUNITY FUND

~NTRIBUTORS

QUESTIONS

n out in the county.

All the residents of
~d Fund services.
)unty a community in
nd raise our children.
cie s join the United Fund?
:mcies will someday be
, the decision to join
s, their reasons for not
policy, and not the
leaders.

Q.

A.

Q.

A.
i~nt?

n 5 J volunteer members
cide. This committee is
ery walk of life throughout

How was the total arrived at?

The campaign goal was determined after many
hours of work by two groups of volunteer citizens:
a.
The Budget Committee, which reviews the
agencies' request for funds needed to
guarantee continuation of services.
b.
The Executive Committee, which analyzes
the reports of the Budget Committee and
arrives at a goal based on their recommendations.
I will give, but I want to give to a specific agency. How
can I do this?
The United Fund is composed of 13 agencies serving the
entire area and, though we all have our favorites, we
recognize the needs served by all United Fund organizations. However, you may designate your pledge to
a specific agency by so indicating on your pledge card.

Who's gonna pay

for GE's Best Buy Program?
The competition.
Everybody shops for the better buy. No one
pays 53 cents a dozen for eggs at one market
if they can get the same quality next door for
49cents.
Everybody tries to be a good shopper-for
eggs, or cars, or refrigerators. Money comes
hard. You don't give it away, especially now.
GE customers are the same. Their money
comes hard, harder than ever before. So they
want what every customer wants, the better
buy. GE saw this, saw it before the competition.
Our Best Buy Program is working because
it starts right.
With people.

It's an up with people program. It puts people ahead of anything else. And when people
know their work counts, they do their best.
Customers can see it's the best, and they buy.
When that happens the competition loses
and GE gains.
The Best Buy Program costs money. But
GE's not paying for it. The competition's
paying. Paying every time GE gets the order
and they don't.
GE people a re making that happen.

...-..WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RA L@ ELECTRIC
HELEN DEDRICK PRESENTED
BEST BUY AWARD

ANOTHER COST-OF-LIVING
INCREASE GOES INTO PAY
RATES OCTOBER 30
Ano the r cos t-of-living pay increa se will go
into e ffect Monday, October 30 for this plant ' s
hourly and nonexempt salaried employees.
Under the provisions of the current company union contract , hourly pay rates will be adjusted
upward by eight cents. At the same time the
weekly rates for nonexempt salaried jobs will
increa s e $3. 20.

L-R- Mr. Paul Korneke presents

Helen Dedrick ISM' s Be st Buy
Booster Award Ce r tificate

This will be the second general pay increase at

our plant within th e past six months. Back on
May 1 ther e was a pay boost of 15 cents per
hour {or $6 per week). Added together, this
means that 23 cents per hour or $9 . 20 per week
will have been added to GE's pay rates in 19 72.
No Wait for Higher Pay

Gen e ral E l ect ric' s Industrial Sales Division

presented Mrs. Helen Dedrick, Product
Serv ic e , a BEST BUY BOOSTER AWAR D
CER TIFI CATE . Helen earned ISD ' s respect
through her continuing extra e ffort s to be
responsive and h e lpful to their Mark Centur y'
customers . For example, she often and
cheerfully adjusted training re g istrations to
accornmodate the needs of customers. The
Award Certificate was sent to Mr. Paul
Korneke, Manager Produc t Servi ce for
pr esentation to Helen .

IN PLANT UCF REPO RT

AS OF 10-18-72
$22,877.92
553 OF GOAL

Under the company -uni on contract covering

production and maintenance employees, t h e
exact size of the cost-of-living adjustment for
this year is offic i ally determined by formula
keyed to the U.S. government 's announcement
of the national consumer price index for October,
with the maximum possible increase being eight
cents per hour. Thi s index is not expected to
be rel eased until late November.
R a ther than delay payment of the increas e until
this statistic becomes available and then pay it
retroactiv e l y, GE management felt it would b e
appropriate this year to put the incr ease into
p ayc hecks for all work on and aft e r October 30
without waiting for the official index announcement.
The early implementation ha s been discussed with
union officials, and they are in agreement wit h
the conditions for the change in the origi nal plan
involving retroactive payment.
(Continued on Page 3 )

$1 Y2MILLION S&SP
INSURANCE CONTRIBUTION
TO BE REFUNDED

ED DINGER HONORED

N early $1 - 1 /2 m illion is now (Mid-October)

being distributed to about 24, 000 eligibl e
participants in the Savings and Security Program's
insurance option. The Distribution is being made
from a surplu s in the re serve account of the
S&SP insurance option. The surplus is the result
of unusually good experience under the option
with claims running exceptionally low in 1971.
Distr ibution of the surplus to union-represe nted
employees was decided upon in discussions
be tween the Company and Unions since the S&
SP i s part of the contract with unions. Here in
Waynesboro the union involved in the di stribution
to u nion-r e presented people, is the U.E. This
is th e second time that a surplus has o ccurred
under the S&SP insurance option. The first
occurre d in 1970 . At that time it was agreed
t o u s e the surplus to increase the cove ra ge
value s of the option. In the cur r ent instance it
was ag reed that, because the surplus was unusual
and b e nefits are already exceptionally high, the
sur plus should be distributed in cash refund.
To be elig ible for a refund of contributions
pa rticipants must have be en participating in
th e insurance option of the S&SP on July 1, 1972
a nd has service unbroken through that date.
The a mount of the refund will be 39 % of the
pa rtic ipant's contributions for the life insurance
option during 19 71. This means the participant
obtained his 1971 insurance for about onetenth of l % of pay since he received company
m atc hing payment on the basis of a 1% contri b ution for insuranc e .
In the Wayne sboro Plant 174 eligible employees

r ece ived refund c hecks.

Under the S&SP ins ur ance option employees
contribute 1% of pay for a special life insurance
cov e rage which is one of the be st that is
a v ailable, according to the insurance experts .
T he average refund to those e lig ible will be
about $60 . 00, although in individual situations
i t w ill be higher or lower. The amount, of
c our se , d e p e nd s on the amount an employee
c ontributed in 1971 for insurance.
{C ontinue d on Pa g e 4)

Mr . Edward H. Dinger, Senior Development

Engineer, Control Devices Operation, was
guest at a luncheon Thursday, October 11,
present ed by the Industry Applications Society ,
Institute of E l ectrical and Electronics
Enginee rs in Philadelphia. During the luncheon,
he was presented an honorable mention awa r d ..-._
for his technical paper "Text il e Applications
of Adjus ta bl e - Frequency Drives with Dig ital
Ratio Control" published in the January/
February 1972. IEEE Transactions on Industry
Applications. The competition consisted of
almost 200 papers wr itte n during the 197 1- 72
period.
Mr . Dinger holds 2-! pat e nts in the fie ld s of
adjustable speed drives and volta bo e reoulato
r s'
b
and has authored a number of technical pap ers
and magazine artic l es .

................
.. , ..

.. , . . .,.

Service

GE WILL DEVELOP WASTE

DISPOSAL SYSTEM

Milestones

The General Electric Co. will develop and

manage Connecticut's statewide system for
disposing of garbage, trash, and other solid
wastes with maximum recovery of material
and energy.

We wish to con
gratulate the

following employees who

reached s0rvicc

The program consists of several phases,

including de sign, construction, and operation
of facilities for recovery, re-use, and disposal
of solid wastes. The first phase will be design
of the system, which will include compatible
existing and proposed facilities. It will require
about a year to complete and is valued at
$1, 115, 000. Of this amount, $450, 000 are in
contract funds from the State of Connecticut and
the Federal Environment Protection Agency.
The balance will be in the form of work performed by members of the project team-GE,
the State's Department of Environment protection,
Northeast Utilities, and The Southern Connecticut
Gas Co.

milestones this
month

5 Years
L. C. Shoemaker
M. W. Dollins
Go Go 0' Brien
10 Years

L. J.
V. R.
S. A.
H. L.
A. B.
Do F.

Kline
V. S. Wilson
Ramsey
A. M. Harris
Monroe
A. C. Small
Bassett
C.E. Sours
Harold
A. B. Argenbright
Rogers
D.S. Sims
R.C. Meek

Re-use of solid wastes in the form of

&naterials and energy is expected to increase
employment in existing industries and in new
businesses. Jobs in many fields will also be
generated by construction of new types of
facilities where re-usable wastes will be
extracted from mixed refuse and processed.

More than 7, 000, 000 tons of solid wastes

will be generated in the state this year. By
1985, wastes from homes, businesses, farms
and other sources are expected to total almost
10, 000, 000 tons.

We wish to express our deepest gratitude to

all our friends who shared with us during the
short illness and bereavement of our mother,
Carrie M. Lyons. For all the prayers, visits,
flowers, food and cards.
-"""""'
Thanks again,
Patsy Massie
Anna Mary Beard

30 Years

K.R. Newnham
S&SP Insurance {continued from Page 2)
The benefits available under the insurance
option are extremely high. For example,
the beneficiary of a particiant under 3 0 and
earning $10, 000 who dies would receive an
annual payment equal to 60% of the participant's
yearly earnings for a total of 40 years. This
would mean a total payment of the beneficiary
of $240, 000.
The percentage of pay and length of payment
of the benefit changes as the employee's age
increases. For ages 40 to 44, for example,
the benefit is 45% of yearly pay for a total of
13 years.
The insurance option of S&SP is one o~f...fo_.u_r_ _ __
options into which participants can pu
savings - U. S. Bonds, G. E. Stock, The G. E.
S&SP Mutual Fund and the Insurance Option.
The company matches savings under S&SP
with a payment of $1. 00 for every $2. 00 saved
by the employee. The company matching
payment is invested in any one of the options
except insurance, which must be paid for with
the employee's own contributions.

Cost-of-Living .. (continued from Page 1)

This cost-of-living pay increase will therefore
first appear in the paychecks distributed here
on November 10.
"In brief," H. W. Tulloch, the employee
relations manager of Waynesboro, explained,
"today's announcement simply means that
affected employees will be receiving their
late st pay increase in their paychecks about one
month sooner than originally planned. We're
certainly pleased that this arrangement could
be made.''
Trigger Point Reached
The decision to pay the c-o-1 increase early
is based on the fact that, although there has
been a definite slowdown in the rate of
inflation in this country during the past year,
the consumer price index has reached the
"trigger point" for the maximum 1972 increase of eight cents per hour.
.. .Of course, in the very unlikely event that
the October index should drop below this
point, the size of the pay increase would be
appropriately adjusted to oonform to the
agreement with the union. However, any
overpayment which may have been made
because of the decision to begin paying
October 30 would be retained by employees.

Earlier this year GE notified the U. S.

government's Pay Board of the pay increases
which were planned for 1972 and received
approval to put both the May and October
increases into effect.
"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is that good men do nothing. 11
--Edmund Burke

& FUND UNIT PRICES

The Stock and Fund Unit Price for the month
of September are as follows:
Stock
Fund Unit

$65.581
$36.380

GE'S THIRD QUARTER

EARNINGS UP OVER SAME
PERIOD OF 1971
General Electric Company reported net
earnings for the third quarter of 1972 of
$127. 8 million, an increase of 12% over the
$114. 1 million for the same quarter of 1971,
Chairman Fred J. Borch announced today.
Net earnings per share in the third quarter
of 1972 amounted to $0. 70 compared with
$0. 63 per share in the third quarter of 1971.
Sales in the third period of 1972 were $2, 625
million compared with $2, 2 71 million reported
in the same quarter last year, an increase
of 16%.
For the first nine months of 1972 net earnings
were $352. 8 million, or $1. 94 per share, as
compared with $317. 8 million or $1. 75 per
share in the similar period of 1971 .
Sales in the first nine months of 1972 totaled
$7, 399 million as compared with $6, 700
million in the similar period of 1971.
In commenting on the Company's third quarter

results, Mr. Barch said, "Sales gains for the

period were led by consumer goods, with
major appliances showing substantial increases.
He also said that sales of industrial components
and systems were affected by mixed trends.
"The components businesses were areas of
particular strength, but sales of the systems
businesses such as automation-related equipment, have yet to reflect the projected upturn
in industrial capital goods expenditures.
"Industrial power equipment sales benefited
from a steady rise in shipments of power
generation apparatus and a slight improvement
in sales of power delivery equipment. "
Mr. Barch reported that aerospace sales in
the quarter "showed a leveling after a long
downward trend. "
He also noted that international sales improved
on last year's levels.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELE CTR IC
Volume XVI, No. 42

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

IN MEMORIAM

October 27, 1972

HOURLY EMPLOYEE BEST

BUY AWARD WINNERS
FOR OCTOBER

The plant was s addened

this week with the sudden
death of Arley W .
Last month, the Manufacturing organization
Wilmoth, M g r - Mfg.
Engr . and Quality Con- initiated an award program which recognizes
o utstanding employ ee s performance in the true
trol of the Da t a N et work s Oper a tio n. Arl ey s pirit of Be s t Buy. Thirty - nine hourly em was a 12 yea r GE e mpl- ployees we r e r e cog ni z ed and each pre s ented
with a Be st Buy Radio.
oy e e . He joined t he
Waynesbo r o Plant
Thi s mont h anothe r 38 e m ploye e s were sele cted
oper a tio ns on Novembe r and p r ese nte d with radi os . E l e ven of the em2 9 , 19 71. P rior t o t hi s pl oy e e w inne rs for this month are shown
he was l o cate d at the
th r oughout the pages of this issue of the N EWS.
Lynchbur g GE plant.
Other winn e r s ar e list e d on pages 2 and 4 .
Arley was a vete r an o f
Simila r awa rds will b e made in Novembe r and
World War II and the
D e c e mb er .
Kor e n War a n d wa s
retired afte r 20 yea r s with the U . S . Navy.
~

A Jl'.wieral se r vice was h e l d at 2 PM Wedne s d a y

in L y n c hburg. Our s in c er e s y m pathy is exte nded
to hi s w ife a nd famil y .

ST AND ARD TIME

RETURNS SUNDAY
Daylight Saving Time, which has been with us
s ince the l ast Sunday in April , will give wa y to
E ST du r ing the winter months m e aning it w ill
get dark quicker and daylight will co m e e a rli e r .
Before retir ing Saturday , you could set y our
clock back a n hour ( say fr om midnight to l l p .m. )
or you coul d get up a t 2 a . m. and set the cl o ck
back to 1 a . m . - if you like to play by t he rules .
E astern Standard Time begin s a t 2 a . m . the
l a st Sunday in October and DS T returns the last
Sunday in April at 2 a. m.

lN PLAN T UCF REPORT AS OF 10 -2 3 - 72

$2 8, 644 . 67 - - 72 % OF GOAL. FL'\JAL REPORT
W IL L B E PUBLIS HED IN N EXT WEEK' S NEWS.

DCP - Foreman Bobby Hoy

Susie Stricklel

T HA N K YOU
Harold Heizer of Relay Quality Cont r o l would
like to thank a ll of his friends for the i r acts
of kindnes s during the illness and loss of his
m other.

JOHN T. EV ANS HONORED

Jack Evans, Pr o jec t Engineer of the Nume r ical
Control Operation joined the e xclusive Quart~,-...
Century Club recently. J ac k joined the Gene ral
Electric Company in July 1947 as a Test Engineer in Pittsfield after receiving a BSEE from
The Unive rsity of Tennes see. He has worked
i n a variety of assignments in Fire Control ,
Airborne Feedbac k System s, Industrial Control
&nd Associ ated Servo Systems . Since 1955,
J ack has been associated with the design and
development of Numerical Controls for the
Metalworking field. D uring the last 18 years,
he has held various supervisory positions and
was appointed to his pre sent position in March,
1972 .
CDO - Sheet Metal - Foreman Fred Shaver
Loui s Frazier

Ja ck holds 9 pat ents in the field of industrial

electronic control circuit de sign
Jack, his wife Betty, and family reside at
12 13 Hollins Road, Waynesbo r o .

Maintenance

For eman C. Howdyshell

Clinton VanLear
John T. Evans (left) re ce ives 25 Year Servic e
Award from R. B a rton, Manager - NCO .

CONTROL D EV ICES OPERATION

Fir st Shift
Lutton)
Russell)
Coffe y )
Lonas)
Pitts)
(C. Jones)

Emmett Sumner
Bunny Be ll
Shirley Tayl o r
G l oria Phillip s
Dolly Jenkins
Jea rl Wade
Second Shift
( E. Bradshaw ) Al Rose
Richard Pierce
(F. Shaver)

(D.
(P.
(R.
(H.
(S.

UVa GRAD UATE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO

TOUR PLANT
Approxi mately 90 students w ill visit the plant
on Tuesday , Octobe r 31 fro m 9 AM - ll:45 AM .
A plant tour will be conduc t ed f o r t h e group
t o be fo llowed by a p r esentati o n on the Data
Communicat i on Printer Busin ess by Paul
Inserra , Mana g er -Ma r keting , and Harold
Stove r, Mana g e r-H eadqua r te r Sa l es .

Shipping - Foreman K. Humphr eys ( s ubstitute fo r Bill) Nannie Bellamy

C DO - F oreman Jim Rose

Jam es Collier

DN O - Foreman Paul Warren

Evone Carr

DCP - Foreman John Miller

Helen Burnette

Relays - Foreman Bobby Hull

Virginia Myrtle

Plati:ig - For eman Carl Hyde

Bob William s

DEADLINE FOR ABSENTEE

BALLOTS NEAR
With the General Elect ion only two weeks away,
the deadline for applying for absent ee ballots
draws near e r.
General R egistrar Mrs . Kathl een D . Whitlow
reminds those qualified regi strants who plan to
vote by absentee ballot that they must file the ir
application s to do so not le ss than thr ee d ays
p r io r to the elec tion, i n person, or not l ess
than five days pr ior to the election, if mail e d .
The office is open from 9 a . m. to 5 p . m. on
Wednes days and will be open by law on Saturday~
Oct. 28 and Nov. 4 for the a:mveni ence of those
persons desiring to vote absentee.
Federal law states that any registrant so de sir ing may vote absentee by mail or in pers on for
the e le ctoral ballot for President and Vice
President, only.

Relays - Forelady Wanda Morris

Carlyle Roadcap

Virginia l aw allows absentee balloting by mail

or in pe r son for a ll of the four ballots to appear
here, generally for those wh o are ill or t em porarily resid ing away from t he city. An e x ception is that per sons who would be absent
from the polls due to business, profession or
occupation or b ec au se of vacat ioning, must
vote in per son at the regis t rar's offi ce.
Absentee ballots returned by mail must be
re ce i ved here before the polls close on Nov . 7.

DATA COMMUNICAT ION PRODUCTS DEPT

First Shift
Relays
( M . Bliss)
Geo r ge Varner
(K. Cline )
Joe Cooper
(D. Harr i s) Ear l Fox
( N . Snider) Joe Jackson
Quality Control
(J . B elcher ) Ji m Clark
(A. Hyzer)
Maxine Gabbert
Manufactu ring Engineer i ng
(G. Sheffer) Jesse Bridge
DNO
(V . Coffey) Vera Collins
( M. Cowles ) Flo ra belle Humphries

Incoming I ns pection - Foreman H. Me i neke

Dwi ght Moomau
Metal Parts
(J. Whit ese ll) John Farrar
Material s
(K . Humphr eys) Stanley Thompson
TermiNet
(J . O ur s )
Mary Phillips
( M . Schooley) Peter Giles
( G . Harlow ) Shirley Lafferty
Second Shift
Te r miNet
( F. Monger ) Anna Wood
( 0. Fox)
George Snider
(L . Drumhell er) Reba Lake
(C. Ward)
Shir ley Areha rt
(E. Snelson) M ar y Foley

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Volume XVI, No .,4-3

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

1J .,,.

NOVEMBER 7

VOTE

UVA GRADUATE STUDENTS

VISIT PLANT

Novem b er 3, 1972

VOTE

UCF PLANT DRIVE EXTENDED

Pl a nt United C o mm unity F u nd Cha irm a n
W. R. Perry s t a ted t o d a y that th e plant
UC F Dri ve , which was ext e nd ed t hr ough
thi s week, wi l l d e fi nit e ly conclud e o n
Mo nday , NoYernbe r 6, a t n oon .
In explaining th e ext ens i o n, C h a ir ma n

Go~

Jn Parker, Guide, i s shown expl a i ning to a

g roup of UVA s tudents the procedure for " running
in" our desk assembly option with its paper punc h
tape and r e ade r with our TermiNe t 300 .

On Tue s day, Oc t ober 3 1, 85 Unive rsit y of

Virginia G radua te B u s ines s School stude n ts v isited the plant from 9:00 until 11:45 a . m. The
students w e re a c companie d by Mr . R o be rt Fair,
Assistant Dean-Graduate School of Busine s s
Administra tion.
The g roup a ss em bled in the auditorium where
they r ec eived we lcoming c omments from Mr.
H. W. Tulloch, Manager-Relation s who a l so out lined a plant to u r which was conducted by L e on
Harris, Gordon Parker, Dick Weber, Gordon
Batey, Bob Whitley, Ed Grober , John Katon a nd
Paul Zel enak .
A t the c oncl us ion of th e tour which was conc entrated prim a rily o n the Data Communi cation
P r int e r, M r. Paul Inserra, Manager-Marke ting
p resent e d a n in-depth view of our t e l e printer
b u s ines s, p ri m arily from the mar keting view-~ a nd a r eview of GE 1 s approach to st r ateg ic
p1 e:..~ 1i ng.

T h e g r oup d e parted at 11 :45 a . m . to vis it the

DuPont C ompa ny on a continuning tour of l o c al
industries.

P e rry s a id, "Th e r es ult of the d riv e

t hr o u gh Frida y , Octobe r 27 , \\' as some what l es s tha n gr a tifying wit h o n l y 7 l %
of o ur em pl o y e e s m a king a pl edge o r a
cash c ont rib uti o n- -leav ing a ppr o xim a tely
5 00 e mpl o y ees wh o w e r e n o n - c o ntrib ut o r s .
I per s on a lly felt th e s e e mp lo y ees s h ould
be g iven a n o p po rtunity to r econs ider
their o ri ginal ' n o ple dge ' d ec i s ion, a nd
hopefull y t o j o in th e m a j o r i t y o f e m p lo y ees
w h o r e cog nized t he im porta nc e o f th is
wor thwhi le cam paig n w ith th e ir p l e d ge
o r contr i buti o n . "
A rea s olicitor s have bee n r e s olic iting the se e mpl oyee s s ince Wednesday, and will c omplete the
r e s o licitation by noon on Monday . It i s s i ncerel y
hoped that a ll of these empl oyees will eith er make
a pl edg e or a cash contribution . The plant 1 s goal
is within l 0% of be ing realized, and if those who
have not contribute d will do so we can go over the
top.

"Everything that is now being done is going to b e

done differe ntly, it 1 s go ing to be done better; a nd
if you don 1 t do it, your competitor s w ill."

NOT I CE
T h e B lue Ridge Section of ASQC will have a plant
t our of T hiokol Fibers on Novembe r 9, 1972.
P l ant Em ploye es are welcome to attend . Anyone
inte r ested s hould notify R . T . Weber, Xl93 or
M . Redmond X606 on or before November 6.

GE PENSION MARKING
60TH
AN
WAYNESBOROS QUARTER<
It was in m id-summer of 1912. -- August 1, to
be exact - - That Charles A. Coffin, then pre sident of General Electric, put into effect GE's
first pension plan. In that early part of the century, GE was voluntarily pioneering in a new
field. It was one of the very first in industry to
establish a pension plan.

This year G ...-._

sary of its effort s t o
employees. Today,
have pension plans,
them until the 195 0' ~
among the be st. In .
Electronics Industri
2.9 % of the com panie
cost of any pension p

NOTE: Here in Waynesbo r o-to help celebrate Gene ral Electric's 60

Dinner Meeting at the Ho tel Gene ral Wayne Inn recently. At
25 years of service.There are 42 Waynesboro plant retirees
ury Club Members, Pensioner Members and othe r specialguesr

Outgoing QC Officers- H. W. Tulloch, Sec -Treas.

J. W. Rannie, Pres., & L. C. Partridge, Vice - Pres.

Shown above\\erea group of pensior

11912

1972

f I

1-

Front Row-Left to Right: C . Eiric

H.F. Davidge, D. S . Thayer, G . E .
Second Row- E . L. Bottemiller , W
M. 0 . Bas sett, G. M. Hausler, W.
P. E. Mills, J. W. Cooley
Not She

Other Retirees Not Pre sent ar e as f

C . L . Beattie, G. M. Bradt, D. 0 .
Green, M. E. LaB e ll e, J. J. Murpl
Rogers, E . D. Schneider, A. W . T
J. S. Zimmer

Honored Guests, Former and Present Gen . Mgrs .

Dr. L . T. Rader, Dr . John W. Hutton, Paul D . Ross,
Maggie Fitszgibbons , ( who has been secretary to a ll
the m a nag ers ) J. F. Ponz illo, a nd W. F . Kindt

In addition to the above Quarter CE

active employee QC members: J.
Cooper, F. B. Curto, J.E. Davis,
E. H. Dinger, C. Dixon, R. W. Dr<
J ~ C. Garrett, C. W . Gerni, A . E .
H. M. Howell, C. T. Humphr ~
P. B. Korneke, J. J. Larew, ,
Menaker, R.C. Missman, J.R. M
W.M . Petrie, V .D. Pitcher, J . F.
M. L. Rus se ll, C . Sinclair':', J. K.
VanPatte n, H.E. Vi gor, R.E . Wa
':'New M embe r

NIVERSARY
OF SOUND PENSIONS
ENTURY CLUB HELPS CELEBRATE
ng the 60th anniverprov1de good pensions to
>f course, m ost companies
lthough many did not have
But GE 1 s plan still ranks
LCt, a recent survey the
s Association shows that
surveyed do not b ear the
:l.n at all.

G.E. First started investigating the possibility of pensions in 1909 when the company 1 s Board
Directors appointed a committee for that purpose.
In Apr il , 1912 the draft of a plan was submitted
and appro ved and in May the first GE Pension
Board was appointed. ( Continued on Page 4 .)

h Pension Plan Anniversary,

the Quarter Century Club held it ' s 17th Annual

ending this affai r were 23 of the 37 pensi oners who are reti r ed with over
Depicted on this centerfold are pictures of a number of the Quarter Centwho helped celebrate this great anniversary.

!rs with 25 years or more of service.

Newly Elected QC Officers for 72 - 7 3- L. C.

Partridge, Pres., H. W. Tulloch, Vice -Pres . and
Not Shown is J.C. Garrett, Sec . - Treas.

, O . W. Livingston, C. L. Kniskern,
7imme r, E . B . McDowell, C. L . Hughes
L. Coc kre ll , E.E. Parker, J.R . Neet,
1. .':ichenk, S . D. Fendley, E . F . Kubler,
vn in Picture - L. T. Rade r and P. Ross

,llow s :
1ic e, B .W. Erikson, R.L. Gray, C.F.
r , H.P. Olsen, D. H. Putnam, G. L.
Lloch, W.W. Walker, S. A. Yingling,

ttury Membe r Retirees listed as follow s are

. Archambeault , L. F. Beckerle, B.
r., R. J. Depa , S . M. DePuy, J. R. Devoy
rer, J. T . Evans'-', M. V. Fitzgibbon s ,
roat':', R . A. Holco m b, L. L . Holmes,
~tton, W.E. John, Jr., L.U.Kelling,
1.M. Lipsky, D.W. Loeble, E.G.
Ec kron, K. R. Newnham, L. C . Partridge,
Ponzillo, J . W. Ranni e , C . F . Robinson,
)ne ll, R.A . Thomas, H. W . Tulloch, J.R.
Jington, W.W. Wolanin
s inc e November 1971

Don Putman, (retire e) is shown telling Kirk Snell

about that last real estate deal.

GE Pension Anniversary continuedImprovements in the original plan have been

rnade every few years. For exam ple :
In 19 J.4 - - an improvement provided a pension
for any empl oyee w ith 2. 0 years or more of ser vice, regar dless of age, who became permanently disa bled.
19 18 and 192.8 saw major changes. One of
them; the previ ous maximum of $ 12.5 per m onth
:a s removed .
There were changes in the 1930' s as new ideas
\'.'ere develo ped. Then , in 1943 and 1944, a
:-;upervis orship option allowed participants tc
;_rrange for co ntinuing payments to a surviving
vife or h usband . . . Optional r e tir ement age was
lowere d w ith only 2. 0 years service required ...
Majo r changes came in 1946. For instance ..
norn;_al retirement age lower ed to 65 . Vested
dghts for t hose who l eft the com pany after age
'.: O -_vith 2.0 ye ars of service ... Pension payments
were gua ranteed for five years even if the
participant died .. .
l'~ew major c hange s came in 1950 .
There was
111inim um r etirement income of $12.5 per month,
i ncluding Soc ial Se curity, for normal retirement
after 25 yea rs of se rvice . .. Minimum pensions
of $ 80 a month for disability after 15 years of
service . . . Ve sted rights for 2.0 years of s e rvice

J D TATE RECEIVES 2ND

GOLDEN QUILL AWARD

regardless of age ... Suppl emental payments of

$45 a mcnth until Soc ial Security began for elig1bl.e early r etirees.
In 1955 improvements included better mini mums and large r supplemental payments .
In 1961 there \\ere many improvements, but
:\any wer e most inte r ested in the fact that pension
cred~ ts for se rvice before Sept embe r 1, 1946
\vcre boost ed 30 per cent, increasing pensions of
those already retired as well as credits of long
sc;rvice peopl e yet to retire.
In 1963 pens i on c redits for service up to 1951
we re boosted, again increasing pen sions of
l'eti r ecs and improving future pensions of long
se rvic e people yet to retire ... There were other
imp rovement s, including a bo os t in minimum
pensions and still better vested ri ghts provisions.
In 196 7 the General Electric Pension Plan
:~c<:'. ived new values. Past pension credits were
ag;::..in increased, a lso improving current pensions.
The.re we re m any other plan improvements, ineluding improved me dical care payments for
pension.er s .

W. F . Ostrander, Acting Manager - Cont r o l

D evices Operation, presents Golden Quill
Award to J. D. Tate, CDO Sales, for hi s s i gned article appearing in the September i ssue
of INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS ~
magazine . Jim ' s article entitled "Using
Selsyns for Remote Control and Data Trans fer11 discussed the basic d e sign and performance of selsyns. This i s Jim' s second
Golden Quill Award .

MISSING
Volume # 7 of "Sweets Ar c hitecturial Cat log 1965 ~" Please retur n to Room 104.

When 1971 arriv e d, along with new h i gher

minimums in the plan , G e neral E lectric again
increased pension credits for past service,
also resulting in higher pensions for most
retirees. This brought the number of increa se s
to pensions of those already retired to four
since 19 60 .
Voluntary increa ses to pensions for t ho se
already retired have a bout e qua lled cost -ofliving inc reases for the period s inc e 19-6 when
major changes establi she d the current GE
Pension Plan.

SATU RDAY DEADLINE FOR THOSE DESIRING TO VOT E ABSENTEE

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Volume XVI, No .

4'4

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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

WISE OWL AWARD WINNER

ALMOST

November 10, 1972

BUT NOT QUITE

Give

Ue F PUNT G-OIU. ~+o, ooo

1 --.......,~,100

Joyce Wimer, MO 1 Li ght Machine Ope rator

WJ3.4. presented a Speci a l Wise Owl Award
(
tion and pin r e cently by her foreman, Joe
Whit sell. This wa s Joyce's second Wise Owl
Award, the fir st one was given to her on
Aug ust 22, 1961.
On Sept ember 19, 1972, Joyce was operating
the Spindle Nateo Drill Pre s s when one of the
drill s broke and struck the l eft lens of her
saf e ty g la s ses . T h e force of the blow shatter e d
the l e ns . There i s no question that her left
eye s ight w a s saved by the s afety gl asses . Joyce
was visibly shaken from this accident, but
thankful for Safety Gl asses that saved her eye sight .
ATTENTION - Basketball Players
All personnel int erested in playing basketball
pl ease c ontact Ollie Grant, Ext . 4 69, by
Wednesday of next week .

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MISSING
.1 the p e r s on who borrowe d a cordless
el ectric era s er from Drafting, Room 23 0,
ple as e return .

Viola Good, repr ese nting the Control Devices

Operation, and Fr e ddie Plea s ant s , r e presenting
the Data Communicat ion Product s D e partment,
are s h own putting t h e final dollars rai s e d on the
plant' s UCF t h e r mometer . L ooki ng o n are
G e or g e Coyner, Wayne s boro - Ea s t Aug usta UCF
Indus trial Chairman, and W . R . P e rr y , GE
Plant UCF Chairman.
Employee UCF pledges and contributions
coupled with the Gene r al Electric Company's
contribution netted nearly $3 7 , 000 for the
thirteen Waynesbo r o East August County UCF
Agencies . This amount represents approxi m ately 92 % of the Plants $40 , 000 goal and is
the second lar gest amount raised in the history of the Gene ral Electr i c' s Waynesboro
Plant.
W. R. Perry, Plant Campai gn Chairman
expressed hi s apprec iation to all s olic itators
for the ir fi n e effort s . He said , "A spec i al
tha nk y ou should go to t he t en key c hairmen
(Continue d on Page Two )

MAINTENANCE
GETS NEW 'AIR-LIFT'

'YUMMIE-YUMMIE' DAY

Thursday, November 16, 19 72 w ill be "Yummie Yummie" Day in the Cafeteria. You g uesse d it ,
this will be the day t hat Mar riott ' s Annual
Spec ial Thanksgi ving d inner w ill be se r ved t o
the Way nesbo ro plant personnel, one wee k before the Holiday . The meal, w i t h all its
trimmings, will be available for both shifts a.nd
is priced at $ 1. 00 (including tax) .
With t he eve r increasing em phasis o n safety,
the Maintenanc e function r ec ently purcha sed a
n ew air-lift to be u sed in congested areas .
Connard Howdyshell, Mainte nance Foreman
(shown above } is explaining to his gr oup the
many safety fac tors. The floor level of the lift
has a maximum h eight of 20 feet and one man
can transport the uni t very easily throug h office
doors and narrow aisl es . Bob Suddarth , e l ec t rician ( shown below} is at the 2 0 foot l evel.

The Menu for the dinner include s r oast t urkey

with fri c as s ee sauce, cranberry sauce , whi pped
potato es, b utt ere d green peas , roll, b utte r--..
choice of i c e cream and choice of any one
beve r age .
The B lue R idge Dining will be closed a s usual
on this day (Nov 16). The full com pliment of
vending machines will be available for tho se
wishing a lighter meal.
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(Almo st - But Not Quite - Cont 'd fro m Pa ge One)

who wor ked very hard t o make the c a m pai gn
a s uccess . They we r e : D C PD E n gi neering JH Hartnett, DC PD Manufac turi ng -RJ D e pa,
D CPD Finance - Mr s . Gail S hi pe , D CPD
Cust omer Servic e -RD Stapleton, D CPD
Marketing - WJ Vance, DCPD R e lations - WR
Pe rr y , Contro l Devices O pe ration - B . Cooper,
Information Systems Serv ices-M r s . Cary
Osborne, General Tax and Accounting - M rs .
Bar b ara Ma r s hall, and Industrial Co ntrol
Produ cts D epartm e nt- CW Wadsworth .

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FOUND I N PARKING LOT

Small amount of m o ne y , Timex watch,
cigar e tte l ighter - - - C o n t ac t Maintenance
Office .

ANOTHER PEf'JSION
LANDMA RK
\n e v ent of 192 7 - - 45 years ago this year - deserves s pee ial note. In that year GE took
another pioneering s te p . In order to help
prvv ide :i.n as surance of pens ion s, rather than
a promise, the company became one of the first
to establish a separate trust f und to meet pension
payrnents as they came due. Prior to that
pensions had been paid from a special re serve.
The GE Pension Trust o f over $2 billion in
as sets as sure s the pensions of those already
ret ired and the thousands who will retire in the
future. The official statement of the Trust
shows an unfunded liability of $3 25 million, but
this is more than offset by the excess of t he
market value of the trust 1 s as sets over t he boo k
value . Thus, contrary to what some have
claimed, there is no 11 surplus" in the fund. It
is operated to mee t the long-term liabilities as
they exist each year.

Service
Milestones
11ish to con
)(ratulatc the
lollohin~. crnpl O\ce;; 1d10
rea ched :~l' r.: i cc
rn dcstoncs last
1~e

c. L. Conner
R. R. Garcia
K. c. Gl ass
R . E. Killian
T. w. Lawhorn
J. c . M iller
L. w. Ramsey
B. J. Rankin
P. C . Swink
G. s. Zimmerman
30 Years

15 Years

w.

R. Ge rman
I-1. L . Shifflett

The Octobe r 3 0 cost - of-living pay ra i se was

the sixth general increa se in hourly and nonexempt salaried pay r ates at our plant in t he
past 33 months. The total of these pay boosts
has been a very significant gain in annual income for many employees.
Under the contract
union negotiated in
were scheduled for
March and October
ober of this year.

which the company and t he

early 19 70, pay incre ases
January and October of 1970 ,
of 1971, and Ivfay a nd O ct -

The six increases have a dded at least 74 cents

to hourly rates whi ch is $29 . 60 more for a fo rty
hour week. Some total inc reas es are even
highe r becau se of a special once - only adju :, ~1.1ent
in early 197 0.
About $15 00 Annually
Although the pay gai ns are applied to the rates
in t erms of cents per hour or d ollars and cents
per week for sal a ried p e opl e , the y also add up
to higher annual income. For instance, as sum i::l{, that a person works a 40 - hou r week with no
overtime fo r 52 weeks , these six increa ses add
about $ 1500 to annual earnings.
SCOGEE 1 S COFF ERS REPLENISHED

10 Years

5 Yea rs
N. L. Batman
H. Q . Burnette
R. E. Dedrick
F. A. K ni ght
G. D. Parr ish
R. D. R am sey
M. .D. Simpson
w. D. Slaug hter
__..._ J . B . Stone r

OCTOBER 30 INCREASE
WAS 6TH PAY BOOST HERE
IN 33 MONTHS

w.

M . Lipsky

J une Aldhizer, SCOGEE President, is shown

pr esenting to Lou Showker, Treasurer, two
che c ks . One represents General Electric ' s
cont ribution of matchi ng dues for the fir st half
of 1972 and the second one repr esents Member ship Dues for the second half of 1972. Looking
on with ext r em e anticipation is Finance Chair man, Larr y Martin, who will make good use of
this money in supp orting the many SCOGEE
activities that the club sponsor s .

Which came first, the profit or the job?

Like the chicken or the egg, you can go
around and around on the question. But
one thing is sure. You can't have one without the other- for long.
A business that makes a profit can prosper and grow.
And provide more jobs- more secure
jobs.
It can buy new machines, expand its facilities, build new plants. It can invest in
research and development to find new prod-

ucts. Products that can make a profit.

And provide still more jobs.
Profits and pay. Profits and promotions.
Profits and prosperity. They go together.
Yet to some people profit seems to be a
dirty word. Which is kind of silly. Who
would want to work for a business that was
losing money?
Profit is what makes t he wheels go
around. P rofit is always good news. For
everybody.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
L/ , I

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL

PONZILLO NAMED TO NEW POSITION
The appointment of
Joseph F . Ponzillo as
Manager - Product Ser vice for the Industrial
Control Products Dept.
was announced this
week by James A .
Baker, General Manager. The appointment
will beco me e ffective
on Decembe r l, 1972.
In his new position,
Mr. Ponzillo will be
responsibl e for product
:vi ce support for the department 1 s domestic
..i fo reign custo m ers and service facilities.
He will also have responsibility for maintaining
contractural relationships with foreign sub contractor s and General Electric ove rseas
aff iliates . M r. Ponzillo 1 s office will be located
i n Waynesboro .
A long time employee of General Electric and
resident of Waynesboro, Mr. Ponzillo began his
care e r w ith the Company at its Schenectady,
N . Y ., plant in 1941 after attending Albany
Business College.
Afte r holding several assignments in manufactu ring and finance, he joined the fir st contingent
of General Electric employees who transferred
to Waynesboro to begin operations at the then
new General Electric facility. His fir st assignment in Waynesboro was that of manager of
materials in 1953. He was named manager of
manufacturing, Specialty Control Department in
1959, a nd in 1968 was named General Manager
of that department. He became General Man...-.r of what later becam e known as the Manu1""- t ur ing Automation Products Department in
(Continued on page 3)

Next Thur s da y Waynesboro P lant Employees

will take their sixth paid holiday followed on
Friday with t h e seventh holiday . With this 4-day
weekend, spending Thanksg iving w ith the famil y ,
even if it means a t ri p of tTtany miles, will be
easier this yea r for m any em plo yees .
Also, n ext Thursday ma rk s the 3 5lst Anniver s ary
of the fir s t T hanksgivi n g in America and in view
of this, we want to wish eve r yone a Ve ry Joyous
and Safe Thanksgiving .

SPECIAL SAVINGS
GE employee s, b y coupling thei r courtesy
discounts with t he company 1 s 11 factory sale
days 11 on special major appliances and tele vision set s , are r eaping an extra savings in
October and Nove mber . The sale offers
reduced p rices on washers , dr y ers, refri g erators, freezers, d i shwashe rs, rang es and
TV re ce i vers.
GE ha s r educed t he pr ices charged t o dealers
for this sale. Tied with Product Purchase
Plan discounts, this should result in a greater
savings than expected.

CHI LDRE N'S CHRI STMAS PARTY

CHEC K YOUR WITHHO LDING

MA Y INCREASE YOUR TAKE- HOME PAY
Many employees have not claime d all of the
Federal income tax withholding a llowances and
exemptions p r ovided for in t he l aw whic h went
into effect in January, 1972 . I n a l etter address ed to employers, the Internal Revenue Service
urges t hat empl oyees be reminded t hat they may
be getting less take - home pay because t hey
h ave n ' t u sed t he a llowances t o which they are
e ntitle d under the new l aw .

He r e ' s the reminder: The new withhol ding tables

are de signed so that the amount withheld over
the course of an entire yea r should be fairly
close to your actual Fed e r a l tax on your earnings fo r the year. Howeve r , the tabl es will
operate this way only if you claim all of your
avai lable withholding allowances on the W - 4
form you fil e with the company.
Bill Perry says 11 Thi s little tot's picture was
taken a t l ast year's Chr i stmas Pa r ty. It ' s got
If you have only one job and your wife or husband to be "The Best Buy" ever", and if the proud
is not working, this means cla i ming the " special parent s of the lovely little child will see Bill he
with ho lding allowance" in addition to the regul ar will give them a Sound Scene "Best Buy 11 General
a llowances for yourself, your wife or h usband,
Electric Picture Radio.
and yo u r dependents . If you pl an to itemize
your deductions, it also means clai ming the
The Annual Children's Christmas Party will be
allowances for ite mized deductions which are
held in the Plant Auditoriu m Friday night, Decde scribed on the back of the W-4 form .
ember 15 and Saturday, D e c e mber 16. There
will be two parties on Friday night - 6 :3 0 PM
Last January, when the new law took effect, a
and 8:00 PM. Parties on Saturday have been
new W-4 form was made avail abl e to all
scheduled for 9:00 AM, 10: 3 0 A M, 12 Noon ,
l :30 PM, 3 :00 PM and 4:30 PM. C hildr e n and
employees so that they could adjust their withholding. If you have filed one of the new W-4
adult ticket request forms were mail e d out to
forms and c laimed a ll of your allowances, your
all Supervisors this week - and it is important
current withholding is probably close to target.
to note a significant c hange has b ee n made on
ticket requi rements and seating capacity. Due
However, if you have not, the IRS u r ges you to
obtain and fi l e a new W - 4 form now . Otherwi se, to new fire and safety re gul ations, it is nece syou may be losing the immediate use of some
sary t o re gulate the capacity of the Plant Auditorium
to 312 per sons .
pay dollars because too much is being withheld.
The IRS has recently revised the new W-4 form
to make it easier for em ployees to fill out.
The forms are available at Personnel Accounting in the Waynesboro Plant.

The r efore, in view of this, each person (c hild

or adult) attending the Chri s tmas Party will be
required to hav e a ticket. R es erved tickets will
be issued for each person a ttending a particular
show. Persons attending a ~ how other than the
dat e and time shown on their ticket will be seate d
only after others are seated, and then, only if
space is available .
It is felt with this new arrangeme nt the s hows

' The bar.k :ltcln 't like th.:: w;iy

I increased my take-home p;iy "

will be safer and more comfortable for eve ry one. Fur ther details on the C hildr en's C hri stmas Party will be publishe d in future issues of
the Plant Newspaper.

HUNTING SAFETY TIPS

PAY RATES HERE HAVE INCREASED

FASTER THAN C-0-L
Recent U.S. Government statistics indicate that
the nation's economic inflation rate is dropping
and that the ''real earnings 11 of U.S. workers
are going up.

Hunting enthusiasts are assembling their gear

and cleaning their weapons in preparation for
the dee r s eason w hich opens Monday . For too
many, this weekend may be the first time they
have handled rifle s since last year.
To protect the lives of the hunters and the
un suspecting cows that some hunters are apt
to mistake for de er , the below rules are
re c ommended by the Sporting Arms and Ammun ition Institute:
1. Treat every g un w ith the re sped: due a
loa ded gun. This is the cardinal rule of gun
safety.
Guns car r ied into cam p or home must always
be u n loa d ed and take n down, or have the action
open . Gun s should always be encased until
r e aching the shooting area.
3 . A l way s be sure that the barrel and action
are cle ar of obstruction.
4. A lways carry your gun so that you can control t h e direction of the muzzl e, even if }OU
stumble . Keep the safety on until }OU are ready
to s h o ot.
5 . Be s ur e of yo ur target before you squeeze
the tri gge r.
6. Neve r point a gun at anything you do not
want to s hoot.
7. Unattended guns should be unloaded; g.ms
and ammunition should be stored beyond the
r each of children and carel ess adults.
Never cli mb a tree or fence with a loaded
g un.
9. Neve r s hoot at a flat, hard s urfac e or at
wate r.
10.

Don't m ix g unpo wder and alcohol.

That's good n ews because real earnings are

simply a way of measuring what your pay will
buy. If real earnings are up, this means that
pay has been increasing faster than the cost of
living.
Here at GE's Waynesboro plant, that's certainly
been happening. For example, over a threeyear period from September, 1969 to September,
1972., the nation's consumer pric e index (the
way most people measure cost of living) ha s gone
up 13%. At the same time the average straighttime earnings at our plant jumped 2.6. 6%. When
the October 3 0 pay increase of 8 cents per hour
was added to this, the local pay gain since
September, 1969 is 2.9. 8% .

There has a l so been an improvement in the GE

Insurance Plan in the past three years which
has meant more spendable money for employees.
Contr ibution s for the employees coverage were
eliminated - - raising take-home pay by about
1%.

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It used to take two bales of cotton to make

a woman's dress.
it on his day off.

Now a silk worm can do

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( Ponzillo continued from pa ge 1)
1969. In March, 1972., he was named Manager Manufacturing for the Industrial Control Products Department in Salem, Virginia. He held
this latter post W1til his most recent assi gnment.
During his 18 years as a resident of Waynesboro,
Mr. Ponzillo ha s served as a member of several
public and business organizations, including the
Waynesboro Housing and Redevelopment Authority and the Board of Directors of First and
Merchants National Bank. A licensed pilot, he
was named last year by Gov. Linwood Holton to
the State's Aviation Adv i sory Board. He is a
197 1 g raduate of Harvard Univer sity ' s Advanced
Management Co urse .

t='IRST AID

W:AYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XVI, No. 48

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

DR. VANDERSLICE
NEW GROUP EXECUTIVE
Dr. Thomas A. Vander slice, Vice President of
the GE Company, has been
promoted to Group Executive of the newly established Special Systems and
Produc t s Group effective
De cember 1, 1972, it was
announced by GE Board
Chairman Fred J. Borch.

December 1, 1972

JAMES A. BAKER
ACCEPTS NEW ASSIGNMENT
James A . Baker, Genera l Manager of the Indus trial Control Products Departm ent, has accepte d
a new assignment as General Manager of the
Lamp Products Operation s with Headquarters at
Nel a Park, Cleveland, Ohio. The appointment,
effective a s of Januar y l , 197 3, was announced
today by Robert V. Corning, Vice Pr esident and
General Manager of the Lamp Business Division.

In hi s new assignment, Mr . Bake r will head

several departments, including the Large La mp
The new g roup is one of
Department, the Lamp Sales D epartment, the
t en such components which Photo Lamp Departme nt, and variou s other com comprise the GE Company and has an employment ponents of the Lamp Business Divi sion.
of 35, 000. It includes the Construction Mater ials
Division, Communication Systems Business Div- Mr. Baker joined Industry Control D epartment in
ision, GE Supply Company Business Division,
Salem in 1968. He was named General Man ager
In-i:-,m ation Services Business Division , and
of that department in 1970 and Gene ral Manager
Tr .....1spo rtation Systems Business Division.
of the Indu s trial C ontrol Products Department
in 1971. In 1972, hi s re s ponsi bilities were
Of the businesses located in Waynesboro, the
extend ed to include Numerical Cont rol operations
Data Communication Products Department is
in Waynesboro, Charlottesville , and Ri chmond.
the only one included in the new Group.
Prio r to going to Sal em, Mr. Baker held mana gerial positions in the Speciality Control Depart me nt in Waynesboro and Servi ce Shops Depart STOCK AND FUND UNIT PRICE
ment in Sc hnectady.
The "Stock Price" and "Fund Unit Price " for
the month of October are as follows:
Stock Price - $63. 852
Fund Unit Price
$36 . 270

POP WARNER FOOTBALL BANQUET

The W' Boro GE Plant Cafeteria was the scene for

a recent b anquet honoring all Pop Warner Sky- Blue
Bowl Football Teams . Carl Jones, Head Coach of
the Waynes boro Royals is s hown receiving a good
l uck hands hake from Lou Onesty, Un. of Va. Track
Coach and guest speaker. Others in picture, (L .
to R.), J ohn Fe rrante , Eastchester N.Y . Coach;
~L opez, MC , and Randy Wilson, Head Coach of
L.
Waynesboro Junior Royals. 400 players and
par en ts at tended the banquet which was served by
Carl ' s team won and Randy's lost.
Marrio tt.

THIRTY-EIGHT HOURLY BEST BUY

DCP - Foreman Milt Sc hooley

Joyce Matheny

R elays - Forelady Nancy Snider

Doris Hemp

DCP - For

C DO - Foreman Gene Bradshaw

Nancy Caton

C DO - Fore
Ma'

CONGRATULA TIO NS!

Additional B e s t B uy .

Maintenance - Foreman E d Sne l son

Annabelle Barker

:!man George Harlow

Lucy Grove

nan Ha rdi n g L o n as
y J ane L awson
\.ward Winners on Page 4

R elays - Fo re m an Mi lton Bliss

Samuel Day

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Q u ality Control - Foreman M i chael Bake r

Robert Moye r

CONGRATULATIONS!

BLACK BELT WINNER

(Best Buy Award Winners-Cont'd fro m Page 3 )

DATA COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS DEPT

Barbara Harris, DCPD - Customer Se rvice,

received her Shodan (First Degr ee ) Black Belt
in Goju-Ryu Karate on November 14, 1972. This
was a culmination of fp'E'_year s wor k and study.
According to Mr. Darryl Mizer, Head Karate
Instructor of the Staunton School, Barbara is one
of two women who holds a Black Belt De g ree in
Karate in the State of Virginia.
She has won two First Place Trophies in InterSchool tournament competition during the past
two years. She plans to continue instructing at
the Waynesboro Karate School and work on the
Second of Ten Degrees in the Black Be lt rank.
Her husband does not practice Karate, but says
he can r un very fast!

Fir st Shift
Relays
(Kenneth Cline)
(Dean Harris)
(Bobby Hull)
(Wanda Morris)

Ruth Grove
Bill Pleasants
Dorothy Shirey
Mary Stickley

Quality Control
(Jim Belcher)
(Hank Meineke)

Mary Moneymaker
Patsy Massie

Manufacturing Engineering
(Paul Warren)
Lyle Houser
Data Networks
(Virginia Coffey)
(Paul Warren)
( Mel Cowles)

Mary Glenn
Betty Hevener
Steve Guerrini

Metal Parts
(Carl Hyde)
(Joe Whitesell)

Randy Meek s
Ruth Madison

Maintenance
(C. Howdyshell)

Jimmy Johnson

Materials
(Bill Humphreys)
(Kenneth Humphreys)

Howard Cook( shipping)

Randall H olland(stkrm)

Congratulations are certainly in order to Barbara TermiNet

for this great accomplishment.
(Bobby Hoy/Jean Hall) Roxylaine Dameron
Beverly Mish
(John Mille r)
SCOGEE CHRISTMAS DANCE
Barbara Shifflett
(James Ours)
Saturday, Dec ember 23rd, 9 til 1
(Donnie
Cook)
Janet
Braxton
Waynesboro Elks Lodge
Social Hour - 8 til 9
Music by The Lasers
Members $5 . 00 per couple
Non-Members $7. 00 per couple
Tickets will go on sal e Monday,
December 4 - to members only
To non-members - Monday - Decem ber 11
First Come - First Serve basis
Limit - 90 couples
Seating by reservation only
For i nformation - contact Wimpy Wingfield, Ext. 141

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SQUARE DANCE FOR SINGLES
Square D ance for Singles Saturday - December 2 - 8 :00 P. M.
Westwood Hills Elementary School, Waynesbo ro

Second Shift
(Oscar Fox)
(Clarence Ward)
(Frank Monger)
(Lyn Drumheller)

Earl Breeden
Viola Eutsler
Darlene Morris
Jack Crouse

CONTROL DEVICES OPERATION

Fir st Shift
(Ray Coffey)
(Carl Jones)
(Dave Lutton)
(Jim Rose)
(3tu Pitts)
(Pat Russell)
Second Shift
(Fred Shaver)

Nellie Profitt
Kenneth Gray
A l May
Frank Casey
Shirley Sandridge
Tom Cash
Donni e Sims

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XVI, No . 48

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

DR. VANDERSLICE
NEW GROUP EXECUTIVE
Dr. Thomas A. Vanderslice, Vice President of
the GE Company, ha s been
promoted to Group Exec utive of the newly established Special Systems and
Products Group effective
D ecembe r l, 1972, it was
announced by GE Board
Chairman Fr e d J. Berch.

Dece mber l, 1972

JAMES A. BAKER
ACCEPTS NEW ASSIGNMENT
James A. Baker, Gene ral Manager of the Indus trial Control Products De partm ent , has accepted
a n ew assignment as General Mana ge r of the
Lamp Products Operations with Headquarter s at
Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio. T he appointment ,
effecti ve as of Januar y 1, 1973, was announced
today by Robert V. Corning, Vice President and
General Manage r of the Lamp Busines s Division .

I n h i s new assignment, Mr . Baker will head

seve ral d epartments, including t he Large Lamp
The new group is one of
Department, the Lamp Sales De partment , the
ten such components whi ch Photo Lamp Department, and variou s othe r com compr i se the GE Company and has an employment ponent s of the Lamp Business Div i sion .
of 35, 000 . It include s the Construction Materials
Div i sion, Co mm unication Systems Business Div- Mr. Baker joined Indu str y Cont rol Depa r tment in
ision, GE Supply Company Business Division,
Salem i n 19 68 . He was named General Manager
In~mation Se rvice s Business Division, and
of that depar tment in 1970 and Ge neral Manage r
T .l ~ . . sportation Systems Business Divi sion.
of the Industrial Cont rol Products D epa rtment
in 1971. In 1972 , his re spon sibilities we re
Of the businesses located in Waynesboro, the
extended to include Numer i cal Control operations
D ata Communication Products Depart ment is
in Waynesbo ro, Charlottesville, and Richmond .
the only one included in the new Group.
Prior to going to Salem, Mr . Baker held mana gerial positions in the Spec i ality Control Depart ment in Waynesboro and Se r v i ce Shops Depart STOCK AND FUND UNIT PRICE
ment in Schnectady.
The "Stock Price " and "Fund Unit Price" for
the month of October are as follows:
Stock Price
$63. 852
Fund Un it Price - $36.2 70
I""""'\

POP WARNER FOOTBALL BANQUET

The W' Boro GE Plant Cafeteria was the scene for
a recent banquet honoring a ll Pop Warner Sky- Blue
Bowl Football Teams . Car l Jones, Head Coach of
the Waynesboro Royals is shown receiving a good
luck handshake from Lou Onesty, Un . of Va . Tr ack
Coach and guest speaker. Others in picture , (L.
to R.) , J ohn Ferrante , Eastcheste r N. Y. Coach ;
~Lo ~ ez , MC , and Ran dy Wilson , Head Coach of
t.
Waynesb oro Junio r Royals. 400 players an d
parents attended the banquet which was served by
Marriott.
Carl ' s team won and Randy's lost.

THIRTY-EIGHT HOURLY BEST BUY

Foreman Milt Schooley

Joyce Matheny

Relays - Forelady Nancy Snider

Doris Hemp

DCP - For

C DO - For eman Gene Bradshaw

Nancy Caton

C DO - Fore
Ma :

CONGRATULA TIO NS!

Additional B e st Bu y .

Maint e nance - Foreman Ed Snelson

Annabe lle Barker

~ man

Geo r ge Harlo w
L ucy Grove

nan Harding Lona s

y J ane Lawson
.ward Winners on P age 4

R elays -

Quality Control - Foreman Michael Bake r

Robert Moyer

CONG RATULATIO NS!

BLACK BELT WINNER

(Best Buy Award Winners - Cont'd fro m Page 3)

DATA COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS DEPT

Barbara Harris, DCPD - Customer Service,

received her Shodan (First D egree) Black Belt
in Goju-R yu Karate on Novemb~r 14, 1972. This
was a culmination of four year s work and study.
According to Mr. Darryl Mizer, Head Karate
Instructor of the Staunton School, Barbara is one
of two women who holds a Black Belt Degree in
Karate in the State of Virginia.
She has won two First Place Trophies in InterSchool tournament competition during the past
two years. She plans to continue instructing at
the Waynesboro Karate School and work on the
Second of Ten De grees in the Black Belt rank.
He r husband does not practice Karate, but says
he can run very fast!

Fir st Shift
Relays
(Kenneth Cline)
(Dean Harris)
(Bobby Hull)
(Wanda Morris)

Ruth Grove
Bill Pleasants
Dorothy Shirey
Mary Sti ckley

Quality Control
(Jim Belcher)
(Hank Meineke)

Ma r y Moneymaker
Patsy Massie

Manufacturing Engineering
(Paul Warren)
Lyle Houser

For information - contact Wimpy Wingfield, Ext. 141

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SQUARE DANCE FOR SINGLES

Square Dance for Singles Saturday - December 2 - 8:00 P . M .
Westwood Hills E lementary School, Waynesboro

Data Networks
(Virginia Coffey)
(Paul Warren)
(Me l Cowles)

Mary Glenn
Betty Hevener
Steve Guerrini

Metal Parts
(Carl Hyde)
(Joe Whitesell)

Randy Meeks
Ruth Madi son

Maintenance
(C. Howdyshell)

Jimmy Johnson

Materials
(Bill Humphreys)
(Kenneth Humphreys)

Howard Cook( shi pping)

Randall Holland( stkrm)

Congratulations are certainl y in order to Barba ra TermiNet

for this great accomplishment.
(Bobby Hoy/Jean Hall) Roxylaine Dameron
(John Miller)
Beverly Mish
SCOGEE CHRISTMAS DANCE
Barbara Shifflett
(James
Ours)
Saturday, December 23 rd, 9 til 1
(Donnie Cook)
Janet Braxton
Waynesboro Elks Lodge
Social Hour - 8 til 9
Music by The Laser s
Members $5. 00 per couple
Non- Members $7 . 00 per couple
Tickets will go on sale Monday,
December 4 - to members only
To non - members - Monday - December 11
Fir st Come - Fir st Serve basis
Limit - 90 couples
Seating by reservation only

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Second Shift
(Oscar Fox)
(Clarence Wa rd)
(Frank Monge r )
(Lyn Drumheller)

Earl Breeden
Viola Eutsler
Darlene Morris
Jack Crouse

CONTROL DEVICES OPERATION

Fir st Shift
(Ray Coffey)
(Carl Jones)
(Dave Lutton)
(Jim Rose)
(3tu Pitts)
(Pat Russell)

Nellie Profitt
Kenneth Gray
Al May
Frank Casey
Shirl ey Sandridge
Tom Cash

Second Shift
(Fr ed Shaver)

Donnie Sims

WAYNESBORO PLANT

GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XVI . No . 49

WAY~ESBORO,VIRG INIA

December 8, 1972

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3, 000 CHILDREN AND PARENTS

TO ATTEND CHRISTMAS PARTY

WAYNESBORO EMPLOYEES
WIN BEST BUY CITATION
I t 1..;as annou nced yesterday t hat loca l emp loyees
had been ci ted by t he Gene ra l Electr i c Industri a l
Group as the la test Month' s Winnin g Organ iza t i on
in the Bes t Buy Program.
The Citation v1as f or doin g th in gs today, not
t omorrow . It relates to such ite ms as orders ,
sa les, shipments, qua l ity, customer serv i ce, cost
improvement , safety and ho use keep in g .
To r ecogn ize everyone's part in th is fine achieve
ment, emp loyees were treated to free cake and
beverage at th is mo rnings break .

Mr . H. W. Tul loch, Waynesboro Plant Best Buy

Chairman, com11en t ed as follovis about th e employee
Ci tation : "It really comes as no surp r ise that
the Gene ral El ec tri c Compa ny recogn izes our
"I t 's fantastic" stated Bill Pe rry, coordinator
);l.t. the Plant's Annua l Chi ldren ' s Christmas Party , emp loyees for their s upport of t he Bes t Buy Program . Eve ry emp l oyee in this pl ant is concerned
:er learnin g from his Ticket Chairman , that
about the customer an d makes every effort t o
aflpro xi mate l y 3,000 ch ildren an d parents are
please hi m, both today and tomorrow . "
planning to attend the Christma s Part i es sc heduled on Fri day night, De ce mber 15 and Saturday ,
December 16 . Bi ll and his committee had ant ici- "Congratulations to everyone for a job v1ell done'. '
pated ei ght qroup parties (on e more party than in
the past) , 11ould accommodate everyone this year .
However, in view of the 3,000 t i cket requests and
because of the nevi safety codes 1<Jhi ch deman d that
the capacity of the plant auditorium be l imited
to 312 persons , a nin th party has been arranged
for 6 PM, Saturday, December 16 .
Bill said, "tickets are to be distributed begin nin g today and it is absolutely necessary that
a ll persons attending the party have a ticket .
This means each child and parent must pres ent a
tick et at th e door . Each t i cket has an assigned
date and t i me for a spec i fic party . There are a
total of nine different parties , t110 on Fr i day,
Decemb er 15 and seven on Saturday, December 16.
If an emp l oyee has a conflict 1t1ith his assigne d
party, it i s strongly suggested that he try to
exchan ge tickets v1ith someone els e in the plant.
Should thi s fail, contact Bi ll Perry , Re lations ,
Room 105. Al so Bill stron ~ ly emphasized th at
,.-Q{'rsons attending a show other than the date and
me shown on their tickets 11il l be seated only
after others are seated and the n, on l y if sp ace
is avail able-.
(cont ' d on pa ge 4)

Ellen Anderson , Marrio tt Cafeteria , is s hown

prepa ring t o put th e Best Buy Symbol on
Emp loyees' Wi nners Cake .

NOW IS THE TIME TO APPLY FC

~

IDP is the Individual Development Program which went into effect at the beginning of 1971.
All hourly and nonexempt salaried employees are eligible if they have six months of credited
GE service.

It provides eligible employees with a tuition refund benefit of 100 percent of

the cost of tuition and other compulsory fees up to $400 a year for management approved
education and training courses at approved educational institutions.
By the time 1972 began, a total of 4690 hourly and nonexempt salaried GEers all over the
"Of those applications, more than 90 percent

country, had applied for participation in IDP.

were approved," says Bill Perry, who handles IDP applications here in Waynesboro.

"But

reports I've received on the company-wide program show that only a little more than 1% of
those eligible to participate applied."

CREDIT COURSES-$6.25 per credit hour-Apply through Admissions Office (7031 234-2461, Ext. 17

DAY

HOUR

ACCT

112

11

Accounting II

T
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ACCT

114
222

11
11

3
4

Applied Accounting I
Intermediate Accounting II

AERO

128

11

Theory of Flight (Instrument Pilot)

ttAGRI

120

11

Everythi09 You Wanted to Know

about Hor~ but Were Afraid to Ask M

t tAPPL

101

11

Learn Electricity and How to Repair

Your Own Appliances

M.

6:00-8:50

309

113

11

Architectural Drafting 111

MW

6:00-9:20

415

ARCH

Th

6 00- 8 50

318

HIST

102

11

H1sl of Western C1v1htat1on II

6 00-8 50

206

I HLTH

104

11

Frrst Aid I

6:00-8 50

222

INOT
INDT
INDT

112
176
176

11
11
12

6:00-850
600-750
6.00- 7 50

416
402
402

INDT
1 INDT

212
276

11
11

MatertJls and Processes of Industry 11 W

Principles of lndustrtal Safety
M
Principles of lndustroal Safety
Th
!Prtoroty fulH1me studentsl
Matertals Management II
T
Motion ,md Time Study I
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6 00-8 50
6:00-9:50

301
416

LWNF
LWNF
LWNF
LWNF
LWNF

114
135
166
18B
247

11
11
11
11
11

Police Organuauon and Admm. I

Crimrnal Law 11
Police Communrcat1ons and Records
Traffic Accident lnveslgation
Advanced Cromrnal Investigation

600-8 50
600-850
6:00-8 50
6:00-8:50
6:00-8:50

319
319
401
319
319

MKTG

227

11

6:00-85o
600-7 50

Jo1
301

MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH

01
05
07
08
09
112
152
1B2

73
73
73
73
73
11
11

Developmental Mathemdt1cs
Basic A11thme11c
Basic Algebra (Algebra Ill
Basrc Geometry
Basc Trigonometry
Technical Mathematics II
Intro. to Business Mathematics II
General College Mathematics II

PHYS
PHYS

12
102

11
11

Applied Physics II
Introductory Physics II

MTh
MTh

6 00-8:50
6 00-8 50

PSYC

202

11

General Pwchology II

6 00-B 50

222

SECR

122

11

Shorthand II

MW

6 00-8 20

302

SOCI

102

11

6 OO-B:50
w
Introductory Sociology II
(Pnorrty Mental Health and Fohce Science studentsl

206

6:00-8:50

403

403
SC

BIOL

102

11

6:00-8:50
6:00-8:50

402
414

BUAD
tBUAD

15B

11

402

164

21

6:30-9:20
Bank Lettcm and Repar ts (Al B)
7:00-9:50
Case Study Approach to Bus. Mgm't. T
Va. National Bank-Waynesboro
T
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206

How to Decorate Your House on

a Budget

900-12:00

318

6:00-9:50
6:00-9:50

410
410

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112

11

172

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Technical DrJftrng II
Blueprint Reading II

ECON

212

11

Principles of Economics II

Th

6:00-8 50

316

ELEC
ELEC

12
22

11

Electroc1ty II
Electronics II

TTh
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6 00-8 50
6 00-8 50

306
309

ENGL
ENGL
ENGL
ENGL

01

73
73
11
11

Verbal Studies Laboratory

Reading Improvement
Commurucat1on Skills I (AIBI
Commun1cat1on Skills II
IBusrness and Technical!
Manual CommunrCdt1on Skill' I

3 hours per week TBA MB

5 hours per week- TBA MB
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6:30--9 :?O
316

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11

302
316

Conte-n11orJry NatronJI

6:00-8:50

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6:00-8:50
6:00-7:50
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6 00-9 50
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101
102

Fuefr9ht1ng I
Foref1ght1ng II

11

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11

11
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History and Appreciation of Art I

11

6 00-8 50

258

Automatic lr11nsmissions I
Automotive Service Procedures
and TuneuP I

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403

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11

Mechanics I IStat1csl

tGOVT

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11

318

11
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151

6:00-8:50

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(F1ng~r Spellrn9 and Manual $1911 Language!

English Composrtion II
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The Modern Novel
Independent Study
The Modern Drama
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254
2B4

11
23
23
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ARTS

General Biology II
(Lab Section for BIOL 102111

112
246
247
262

6:00-8:50
6:00-7:50
6:00-7:50
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>R IDP TUITION-PAID COURSES

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"Now is the time for eligible employees to obtain approval for IDP benefits for courses
'"'-.

to be taken in the 1973 Winter Quarter, Mr. Perry said.

and institution must be obtained prior to registration.

"Management approvals on course

Courses which may be approved

include those related to improving job skills or contributing to the employee's career
development within the Company.
"Individuals should refer questions concerning IDP to their supervisors or contact me
in the Employee Relations Office, Bill said. Also, as an aid to employees who may be
11

interested :in applying for a Tuition-Free Course, reproduced below is the Blue Ridge
Community College's 1973 Winter Quarter Evening Course Schedule.

In.addition, The Valley

Vocational Technical Center, located at Fisherville, will be offering Winter evening

courses.

fil~IDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BOX 80, WEYERS CAVE. VA.-Tel. (70312342461

Transfer Studies-Constitutes the first two years of many four-year college programs.
Associate in Arts Degree (A.A.)

ttCOURSES OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Everything You Wanted to Know About Horses But Were Afraid to Ask-Enables the student to obtain a basic
knowledge of the history of various breeds, physical characteristics, to include the mentality of horses, general
information on stable management, horse care, riding fundamentals, and how to go about purchasing a horse.
Equitation will be offered in the spring quarter.
Learn Eh1ctricity and How to Repair Your Own Appliances-Enables the student to understand the basic prin
ciples of electricity to include elementary wiring and soldering. Demonstrate repairs to small household appli
ances such as irons, lamps, hair dryers, etc.
Manual Communication Skills-Enables the student to obtain the basic skills of finger spelling and manual sign
language, in order to communicate with the hearing impaired. Will be followed by an advanced course during
the spring quarter.

Liberal Arts
Associate in Science Degree (A.S.I
Business Administration

Pre Engineering

PreTeacher Education

Science

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Day Classes-A number of courses in the following fields may be taken for their individual interest or as a part
of a long-range program, day or evening.
English (Literature
and Composition
Government
History (American and
West. Civilization)

Marketing
Mathematics
Mental Health
Music
Philosophy and Religion

Psychology
Seer. Science
Sociology
Spanish
Speech

NON-CREDIT OFFERINGS-Apply through the Office of Continuing Education, Ext. 16.

Accounting
Art
Biology
Business Administration
Data Processing

Parapsychology Two-Instructor: McKnight

Room 222
$15
Begins Friday, January 12, for ten weeks. (Must have had previous ESP course.I

If there are specific courses that you would like to see offered in the Spring or Summer quarter, please so

Williamsburg at Christmastime-One day tour on December 18 ($181. Fee includes round-trip bus from the
campus, stop at Williamsburg Pottery Factory, luncheon at the Christiana Campbell Tavern, and tour of
Williamsburg decorated for Christmas.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
indicate on the form below, including your preference for day and time, and return to the Office of Con
tinuing Education, Blue Ridge Community College, Box 80, Weyers Cave, Virginia 24486.
Name of Course

Day

Time !Morning, afternoon, or evening)

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
By Phone-Phone the BRCC Admissions Office (703) 2342461, Ext. 17. We will send you appropriate forms
and information.
In Person-Apply at the Admissions Office.
Cl.woJ begin January 3 and end March 13. The Counseling Center will be open Monday-Friday, November 27Decembur 1, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. This is the only time formally set aside for evening student registration.

* * *

* * * * * * * * * * *

Blue Ridge Community College reserves the right to cancel, withdraw, or combine classes when necessary.
Courses with insufficient enrollment are normally cancelled at the first class meeting.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Programs-Blue Ridge Community College offers degree, diploma, and cenificate programs in the following
fields:

This College does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, or national origin and is in compliance
with the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Diploma and Certificate

~ive

Analysis and Repair

C
11ographer
Da,_ .ocessing
(Computer Programming)
Draftsman

Electronics Servicing
Firefighting
General Office Assistant
Machine Tool Maintenance
and Repairman

+ + + + +

Machine Shop
Machine Tool Operator
Merchandising
Toolmaking

+ + + + + + + +

VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM

Associate in Applied Science Degree IA.A.S.I

Accounting
~ricultural

Business Tech.
Animal Technology
Business Management

Drafting and Design Technology

Electronics Technology
Forest Technology
Industrial Technology

Mechanical Tech.
Mental Health Tech.
Merchandising Mgm't.
Police Science

REVISED UPGRADING PROCEDURE

Today, local management announced a revision of
the upgrading procedure for hourly employees.
The key feature of the revision is a self-nomination provision. This self-nomination feature
will provide an opportunity for each employee to
notify his foreman and Relations that he is interested in a particular higher-rated job or jobs
and that he feels he is qualified to perform the
work.

LAST CHANCE TO CHANGE INVESTMENTS

UNDER S&SP FOR 1973

Under the Savings and Security Program, a parti~

pant can make changes in the allocation of his
savings to S&SP's various options only once each
year, Leo Huntley, Payroll Specialist here in
Waynesboro reminded employees this week.
"A change will take effect only at the first payro 11 disbursement of the calendar year following
the written no ti fi ca ti on of the desired change,
Mr. Huntley explained. "As a result, a change
made after January 1, 1973, will not take effect
until the beginning of 1974. If a participant
wants to change his investments for 1973, he must
make a written request before December 31. 11
11

The revised procedure was discussed with the

Executive Board of UE Local 124 at yesterday's
regular management/union meeting.

The revised procedure for upgrading will also

provide a complete list of the minimum quaJifiAll of which is reason for S&SP participants to
cations for each job in the bargaining unit and
the job descriptions which are already available. consider whether or not they wish to change the
These reference materials will be available from options under which they are investing their S&SP
the foremen. The foremen will also be available savings and company-matching payments. If they
do, now is the time to do it.
to assist, counsel, and advise the employee in
making the proper selections and in completing
Forms and instructions for making investment
the self-nomination fonn. Information on entrylevel nonbargaining unit jobs will also be avail- changes are available in Personnel Accounting.
Mr. Huntley pointed out that the deadline for
able for hourly employees who are qualified and
changes in S&SP investments during 1973 applies
interested.
to both a participant's own payroll deductions
The revised procedure will also provide an oppor- for the program as well as to the 50 percent
~
tunity for employees to request a lateral trans- matching payment made by General Electric.
fer or a downgrade. As openings occur, these
requests, along with upgrades, will be given
Under Savings and Security a participant can
consideration based on the reasons for the later- invest his savings and the company-matching payal or downgrade and the needs of the business.
rrent in any combination in four options: U.S.
Employees not wishing to be considered for an
Savings Bonds, General Electric Stock, a special
upgrade will be asked to sign a waiver. This
mutual fund, and special life insurance. Mr.
waiver can be revoked by the employee any time
Huntley reminded participants, however, that the
the employee changes his mind and completes a
company-matching payment --$1 for every $2 saved
self-nomination for upgrade form.
by the employee--must be invested in a single
option, and that the special insurance option
The present plans are that the revised procedure calls for an investment of 1% of annual earnings
for upgrading hourly employees will go into
which must come entirely from the employee's own
effect January 1, 1973. Orientation of employees payroll deductions.
about the revised procedure and the completion of
the self-nomination forms will begin next week.
Other requirements are that each participant must
invest either 2% of pay or half his deductions
for the Program, in U.S. Savings Bonds; and that
An upgrading procedure for nonexempt salaried
employees in the process of being developed. It no more than 6% of pay, including employee savings
and company-matching payment, can be invested in
is expected that this program will be put into
GE stock.
operation early next year.
(cont'd from page 1)

A final Christmas Party re9uirement is that

employees whose children will not be able to
attend the party, will be able to pick u~ toys,
candy and fruit in the Plant Auditoriumonday,
Decerilber 18, durina their lunch periods. This
would include chil ren of employees who may be
working 1n the plant on Saturday. Tickets must
be sresented when picking up toys and fruit on
Mon ay.

----- -- ------------------ ----A doctor had just hired a new secretary.

Having trouble with the doctor's notes on
an emergency case which read, "Shot in the -.~
lumbar region," the poor girl was completely
flustered. Finally, she thought she had
figured it out and proceeded to type up
the record: "Wounded in the woods."

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Volume XVI, No. 50

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

P. H 1YL6 eJtlUl a.nno unc.u ..

MARKETING ORGANIZATION CHANGES

December 15, 1972

HAM AND ALL THE TRIMMINGS

Paul H. Inserra, Manager-Marketing,

announced this week a restructuring of the
~PD Field Sales organization to become effectl\Te January 1, 1973. The new organization
will provide for three regional sales managers
to cover the United States market for Data
TermiNet Printers. DCPD District Offices in
Boston, New York, Washington, and Atlanta
will report to Mr. W. J. Vance, the newly
appointed Eastern Regional Sales Manager.
The cafeteria will serve its annual Christmas
Other appointments include the promotion of
Dinner for both shifts on Thursday, December
Mr. R. G. Hoffman, formerly Boston District
21. The menu will include baked ham, green
Manager, to Central Regional Sales Manager
beans, glazed sweet potatoes, jello mold, roll,
responsible for Chicago, Detroit, Akron, and
butter, choice of beverage, and ice cream for
Minneapolis District Offices, and the instaldessert.
~on of Mr. F. W. Schempf as Western Region;,ales Manager responsible for Los Angeles,
The price of the dinner will be $1 including tax.
San Francisco, and Dallas District Offices.
The Blue Ridge Dining Room will be closed on
December 21. Vending, as usual, will be
"The continued DCPD business expansion,
available for those not wishing a heavy meal.
which has been due primarily to the high acceptance of the TermiNet Printer product line, has
Mr. Paul Jones, Cafeteria Manager, extends
made the expansion of our Field Sales operations season's greetings to all Waynesboro Plant
an urgent matter, 11 Inserra said. "By having
employees on behalf of the Cafeteria personnel
three men responsible for one-third each of the
and the Marriott Corporation.
domestic market, and reporting directly to the
Manager-Marketing, we will be able to stay
much closer to the customers' requirements.
This will ensure that we keep ahead of our
135 7 parents want to bring their 2255 children
~petition by using the expertise of the three
to the Christmas Parties tonight and Saturday.
... gional Managers to develop a hard hitting
We think this is great, but we've got a seating
field sales team, 11 Inserra added.
problem. As you know, the Auditorium is now
limited to 312 per sons and for the maximum
Also being promoted after an outstanding field
number of parties (9) that could be scheduled,
selling performance is Grant Seaverns, who
we cannot possibly accommodate all the
moves from Sales Representative to District
parents - - children - yes, therefore, this is a
Manager of the Boston Office. Grant has been
special appeal to the parents who may be
instrumental in developing two new large OEM
accompanying their children to the Christmas
accounts, as well as other significant business.
Parties - - if your children are old enough to
~ is regarded by customers in Boston as
attend the party alone, or with one parent only,
1.. ~n.g the type of individual who is responsive
it would be appreciated very much if one or both
to their needs - - day or night, 11 Inserra stated.
parents would wait in the cafeteria and enjoy
(Continued on Page Three)
some free refreshments "on the house".

HELP

IN MEMORIAM
The plant was saddened at the sudden death of
James A. Conway on December 7, 1972. Jim
began his career with General Electric in
Waynesboro in 1955 as an engineering assistant.
During his employment here he was promoted
several times and was named Technical Specialist in 1965, the position he held at the time of
his death.
On behalf of the Waynesboro Plant employees,
the News extends its sincere sympathy to his
wife, family and close friends.

DEPENDENTS
MEDICAL EXPENSE COVERAGE
Beginning November 1 enrollment for dependent
coverage of children may be made by either
a husband or wife. The change also requires
that the 31-day period for enrollment in dependent coverage begins on the day either spouse
fir st becomes eligible to enroll for this kind of
coverage. It is important for employees to
enroll as soon as they are eligible for dependent
coverage. After the 31-day period, the insurance carrier may require a physical examination
of the dependents to substantiate good health.
Medical expense coverage of dependents under
the GE Insurance Plan has become more convenient for husbands and wives who are both
employees of the company.
SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDESHIELDS
The implementation of the safety glasses with
the new permanently attached sideshields program for certain Manufacturing Areas has
been delayed due to the Vendor's factory being
wiped out by Hurricane Agnes. The factory
has been re stored and they are now back on a
production basis.
We should begin to get delivery on our order
by the latter part of this month, with the
implementation of the program to take place
in January.

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General Electric is sponsoring a half-hour
Christmas Magic Musical Program over Radio
Station WAY-B, from 4:00PM - 4:30PM, Sunday,
December 17, 1972 - - Take a break from the
football game and tune your radio in at this
time and enjoy the beautiful Christmas Musical.

*1972 Social Security changes

impact in many ways

Last summer businessmen reported that the Social
Security tax increase enacted by Congress would
add millions of dollars to costs. Then, before the
higher taxes took effect, Congr~ passed new
legislation in October to further boost Social
Security revenues.
The result is the combined increases in payroll
taxes, to be paid equally by employees and
employers, becomes the largest single hike ever in
Social Security withholding.
The new rate schedules increase the maximum
contribution for employee and employer from
$468 to $631.80 next year (5.853 on the first
$10,800 of earnings) and to $702 ( 5.853 of
$12,800) in 1974 - an increase in taxes of 503.
For GE, matching payments will escalate from
$113 million in 1971 to an estimated $162
million in 1974 - an increase of $49 million
or 433.
Amendments outlined
Last summer's Social Security legislation provided for an across the board 203 increase in
benefits effective September 1, 1972. The October
1972 amendments, most of which will go into
effect in January, 1973, will do the following:
Increase from $1,600 to $2,100 the amount
~
that a Social Security beneficiary may earn in a
year and still draw full benefits.
Raise from 82-1/23 to 100% the benefits
available to widows and widowers.
Apply the same rules to men and women in
determining average earnings. This change will
increase future monthly benefits for men.
Provide for new higher mimimums payable to
people with 20 or more years of employment.
Payments will now range from $84.50 to $170
for those who have worked for 30 years or more
in low-income jobs.
Increase benefits for each year the individual
delays retirement after 65, equal to 1% per year.
Lower the six-month waiting period for disa~
bility benefits to five months.

(Continued on Page 4)

SQUARE DANCE FOR SINGLES

WHEN:

Saturday, December 16, 8:00 PM

WHERE: Westwood Hills Elementary

Waynesboro
CALLER: Lawrence Folk

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( Marketin g Organiz at i on Chan ge s Continued)

W. J. VANCE

F. W. SCHEMPF

Bill Van e~ re ce ived

his Bach e lo:::- 1 s D egree
a t St. John's University
in B righton, Mass . ,
hold s a Ma s le r' s D e gree in Business Adm ini s tration from Boston
University, and h as
c ompl eted a number of
GE trai ning courses .

Fred Schempf is a
graduate physicist
from Syracuse University with an associate
degr ee in E l ectronics.
H e has held a number
of field and headquar ters Marketing assignments in several GE
bu sines se s during the
past 14 years . His
Following duty with the
electronics background
US A r my Sig n a l Corps,
includes a variety of
he joine d GE on the
experiences a s an
C ompany's Engi neering
instructor, field liaison
Te s t Training Program
engineer, field applii n 1955 at Sc henectady . During the next few
c atio n e n g ineer , sales engineer, and various
yea rs, he held a number of e ngineering and s ales management as signments, including his most
e ngineering positions , and later was r es pon s i bl e re ce nt w ith Utility and Process Automation
Products D epartment as Manager- Industrial
for sal es of t h e DigiNe t line of modems , data
set s, a co ustic couple rs and data multiplexe r s .
Automation Sale s. M r. Schempf' s office will
His most recent assignment was Sa l es Manage r
be located i n Phoenix , Ar izona.
~ DCPD.
Mr . Vance ' s office will be locat ed
Naynesboro.

R. G. HOFFMAN

Bob Hoffma n ha s h e ld
var iou s tec hnical and
sal es information
po sit ion s with the
Information Sys t ems
D ivision o f G e neral
Elect ric, and most
recentl y , was Distric t
Sales Manager of th e
D CPD B o ston D i s tric t.
Mr . Hoffman i s a g raduate of Si e n a College,
Loudonville , New York
and sta rted hi s ca r ee r
with Gene ral E le c tric
in Sche n ec tady in 195 1.
I\...-._ Hoffman's offic e will be lo cated in the Mid -

G. SEAVERNS
Grant Seave rn s is a
graduate of the University of New Hampshire. He has h e ld
positions within General E l ectric as Distric t Sa l es Manager
for the Information
Systems Field Sal es
Ope ration, and numerous positions for the
In s trument D e partm ent
in the Electric Utility
and Process Automa tion M arket. H e has
be e n a Sales Representative for the Data Communication Product s
D epa rtment in Boston during 1972 and will
c ontinue to be located the re.

MORE FOR YOUR MONEY

Her e 1 s something to tell fri ends a nd n e i ghbors
about i f they ' r e thinking of a new r e frigerator
for Christmas.
l\ie i-ish to con

In the case of GE r efri gerator s - the diffe rence

b e t ween 1952 and 1972 is not just 20 years . . .
it 1 s al so le ss money ! The r efr i gerator value
receive d today compared to that of a generation
ago is considerabl e . For e xample , due to im proved technolo gy, such as thin- wall cons truc tion and more efficient manufactu r ing processes ,
the General E l ectr i c No - Frost refr i gerator sell 5
for about $ 78 . 00 less than the nearest 1952 GE
model. Although it fits in the same spac e as the
1952 model, it h as m or e than double the capac ity.
However , price and space differe n ces a r e not
the only benefits in the mode r n refrigerator.
The additional features list e d in the comparison
table r e fl ec t a real c on sumer plus in these
infl ationary times.
For 17% l ess than wha t it cost in 1952 a famil y
receiv es :
Featur e
Pric e
Volume , cu . ft.
Free z e r storage
Automatic defro sting
Height
W i dth
Adj uta bl e She lves
Color
R oll out wh ee l s

1952 Mode l
About $46 7. 00

8. 7
52 lb s .
Fresh Food section only

63 7 / 16 11
29 11/16 1 1
None
White only
No

Feature

New 1972 GE
( model TBF 2 lD )
P r i ce
About $389 . 00
20 . 8
Volume, Cu . ft.
Freez er storage
243 lbs.
Automatic D efr o sting 100% Frost F ree
Height
66 11
Width
30 1 /2 11
Three
Adjustable Shel ves
Thr ee co lor and whi te
Color
Roll out wheels
Ye s
I n addition, features that we r e not eve n available
20 years ago, include the automatic ice - making
accessory obtainable as an option at the time of
purcha se or in stalled l ater. For employees ,
of course, the r e is the addi tional val ue of the
c ourtesy di scount of the Product Pur chase P lan.

grat ulate the

follohring employees 1"110
reached se r vice
miles tones la s t
month .

5 Years
D.
P.
P.
P.
W.
R.

R.
J.
G.
R.
0.
P.

Chrismer
Morris
Rankin
Shiflett
Sligh
Swisher

10 Years
A.
H.
R.
C.
B.
J.

L. Beard
C. Co ss
R. R exrode
W. Sensabaugh
L. Shifl ett
R. Wolf

( Social Security Cont 'd from Pag e 2)

Two significant ch2ngcs '-~'ere :1!s0 made concerning Medicare. Effective next July, a Social Securi ty
disability beneficiary will be covered by Medicare ...-.
after 24 months of eligibility. Secondly, the
deductible amount for medical insurance benefits
climbs from $50 to $60.
Not to be overlooked is the new 1972 automatic
cost-of-living escalator provisions. For the first
time future Social Security benefits will be tied to
the government's cost-of-living index. After 1974
benefits will increase automatically whenever
the index goes up 3% or more in a year, and
wages subject to tax will also go up as average
earnings increase.
GE employee benefits experts are studying the
future effect on the company of significantly
larger Social Security payments in combination
with on-going employee pension costs. They note ..-....
that last year's combined outlays for Social
Security and pensions came to $204 million ($ 113
million for Social Security and $91 million for
pensions). This year the total cost will rise to $219
million . Benefits specialists also point out that
Social Security costs are now greater than pension
costs a fact of life that must be considered in any
future pension plan changes.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XVI, No. 51

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

SEASON'S

De cember 22, 1972

GREETINGS
December 22, 1972

Dear Employ ee:

Millions of words are written every year that try to convey
under standing among people.
None are so full of meaning and thoughtfulness toward eac h

,,-......

other as these few - - - a v e ry Merry Christmas and a prosperous

New Year to e veryone!

GENERAL ELECTRIC
CHRISTMAS SPONSORED RADIO PROGRAMS

In addition to the
over Radio Station
Waynesboro General
two other programs

GE Magic Mus ical Program

WAYB last Sunday, the
Electric Plant is sponsoring
over WAYB and they are:

Sunday Dec. 24 - 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Christmas Carousel
Christmas Day -

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Christmas Carousel

Also, on Christmas Day, 1:30PM - 2:30PM the

Statler Brothers wi ll bring Christmas Greetings
....-..~General Electric to all our employees,
1, tends and neighbors over Radio Station WTON,
and to make it a complete and beautiful mus ical
Christmas, Radio Station WANV wi ll broadcast
"The Nutcracker" from 9:Q('.)'Af1- lO :OOAM on
Christmas Day morning.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
POLICIES RELATIVE TO THE HOLIDAY SEASON

The next paid holidays for Waynesboro Plant

personnel will be December 25 and 26 for
Christmas and January 1, 1973 for New Year's.
To receive payment for the holidays, employees
must work their normally scheduled hours on
the day before an d the day after, unless otherwise no ti fi ed by their s upe rvi sor.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!

DATA COMMUNICATIOr

MARKETING

CUSTOMER SERVICE

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RELATIONS

Hthe Christmas spirit isn't in ourselves,

it isn't anywhere.
The Christmas Season is a time for looking back
and dwelling on pleasant memories : a time for
friends and fam ilies to draw closer together. And
it happens .
People try ha rder at Christmastime.
We have our share of modern Scrooges, but they
wea r a low profile for the holidays, mutte ring that
it's a ll a silly, old-fash ioned custom.
They're right about the old-fashioned pa rt. But
how many old-fashioned things a re doing well
these days? More t han you'd think. P eople are
ba king bread a gain, a nd pies a re staging a comeback. P eople a re riding bikes and revert ing to the
days be fo re Sir Wa lter R a leigh brought tobacco
to England. Yo u can actua ll y ex perience a nonsmoking section on a n a irpla ne a gain. And, because
of foreign competition, lots of Amer ica ns are seeing
a need fo r old-fashioned efficiency a nd competitiveness.
The old -fashioned , joyous Christmas can b
ours and it can last a ll year long, if we want it t.oo.
All we have to do is to try.

Please San.ta - I 've been r eal good!

H old a door open for someone. Kee p a drunk

out of a ca r. Say a nice word to a policema n. Spend
more time with kids and old people. Help make
the shop a more cheerful a nd coopera tive place to
work. Give every body a smile-especially the
Scrooges.
It starts with us. No point looking to others. If
the Christmas spirit isn' t in ourselves, it isn't
anywhere.
M ake things a lot better- a ll year long.

I 've got the iest dea l !

2400 childr en and par ents attende d the nine parti es t hat began on Fri d.cry ;:i ght and continued aU
day on Satur day . They en j oye d t he car t oon movie s , the Pussy Ca t (pl ayed by Susan Armentrout,
daugh t er of Mr . and Mr s . Eddi e Arment rout ) , t he Skunk ( played by Bliss ~h'. l loughby ( daugh t e r of
Fronk Willoughby ) , the ClOtJn (Davie Kern) and mos t impo1ta:n t of aU - San ta Claus !- - ( ?)