WAYNESBORO PLANT

GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XV III No . 1

WAYN ESBORO, VIRGINIA

Mary Martin & Bob Williams..

Annual 'Payout' On Its Way

Begin "Life of Leisure" In 1976

The an nual distribution of securities
and cash under GE s~vings plans began
earl y t hi s ~onth.
The hold ing period for securities
purc hased under t he Savings and
Security Program in 1972 ended as
1976 began. The holding peri od for
U. S. Savings Bonds purchased in 1970
under the Savi ngs an d Stock Bonus
Pl an ended the same day.

MARY MARTIN

BOB WILLIAMS

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otheA GE e.mploye.<u.i WeJte. adde.d to the. 1976

_thz.e.<u.i I wt -- Malty I . MaJL-Un' QC Mac.rune.
Room, and RobeJtt S. Wil.L<.amJ.i, Monil.oJt -M e..ta.1
F-i.Y!Mrun.g.

Ma ry Mart i n began working here at the Waynesboro

GE Plant nea rl y 20 ~ years ago i n the Shipping
Area. Since then she has worke d i n severa l other
areas bu t says she enjoyed t he Sh ipping Area most.
"The. wo1tf<. -i.n Srupp-i.ng -i.J.i veJty -i.nteA<u.itin.g . You
do J.iO many th-i.ngJ.i J.io d doun ' t get monotonoUJ.i,
and you get t o le.aJtn a lot abolU: the. p!toduw. "

But Mary als o stated her fondness for GE as a

whole. " I ' ve. 1te.a.Lly e.njotje.d wo1tung heJte. . I'v e.
alwayJ.i had the. but 06 6o~e.me.n. an.d e.veAIJone. haJ.i
be.e.n J.iO Mc.e. to wo1tk. wdh. I'm ac.tually le.av-i.ng
wdh m-i.x.e.d e.motiortJ.i--I ' m looung 6oJtWaJtd to 1te.t-i.!te.mmt bu,t I ' U m-i.J.iJ.i mlJ 6Jt-i.e.n.d!.i, alJ.i o. "

Mary will have plenty to do to keep her busy

during her retiremen t. She plans to trave l
some but she also has several hobbies to work
on at home. "I have. a l ot 06 J.ie.w,{.ng t o do ," she
stated, "blU: my mMn hobblJ -i.J.i wo1tung wdh
~owe.M ;

upe.Ually A6Jt-i.c.an V-i.olw . I'm al!.io

,{.ytg to help my J.ion , VaMe.l, on a pa!tt-t-i.me.
~M-i.!.i -i.n h-i.J.i bUJ.i-i.n.u1.i- - j UJ.i;t to lue.p me. bUJ.i y, "

she added .
(Con t 'd Page 2, Col. l)

GE St ock certificates, U.S. Savi ngs

Bonds, and cash due participants
of both pl ans were ma iled on January
5, while S&S Program Mutual Fund
Units being distributed under the
Savings and Securi ty Program are
being ma i l ed January 12. Participants due to receive securities
will be re ceiving them throug hout
the fi rst ha lf of the month .

ASQC Mee ting To Be Held

The Blue Ridge Sect ion o:~ the

Ameri c an Society fo r Quality Cont rol
will hold its f irst meeting of the
New Year next Thursday, January 15,
at t he Or ange Derby in Charlottes ville. Guest speaker fo r the event
will be Mr . Roy Clark of the National
Bureau of Standards . His topic will
be "The Change Over to Metric: Where
Are We Now and Where Are We Headed? "
Soc ial hour wi ll begin at 6 : 15 p . rn.
and di nner at 7 : 15 p . m. with the
meeting following at 8: 00 p . m.
Any one interested i n attending
this meetin g should cont act Dick
Weber or Milton Bl iss on Ext . 1440
or 1582 fo r reservat i ons .

MARY MARTIN_&BOB WILLIAMS

(Cont'd from Pagel, Col. 1)

On December- 28, Mary' s friends and co-wor kers
gave her a Ret irement Party at the General
Wayne Hotel at which Dr. Lou i s T. Rade r,
former GE General Manager , spoke. Mary
expressed her appreciation to her friends
in th i s note: "I w,{,,.6h :to :thank e..veJtyone..
6o1L :the.. be..au;ti.6ul Ji.eblte.me.n:t 9-<-6-to and

GE -Toshiba Complete
Joint Project
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:the. lo vuy pa,Uy. I U aiwayJ.i tlLe.MuJt.e.

:the. 6}L,{_e.nd6h-<.pJ.i I have. made. heJte. . Be.J.i:t
w,{,,.6he..J.i to e.veJtyone. ."
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Mary resides at 552 Sherwood Avenue in

Waynesboro. She has three chi l dren- - sons
Daniel and Curtis, and a daughter, Mrs .
Ina D. Rath--and eight gran dchildren.

***
Al though a native of Manc heste r, En gl and,
Bob pl ans to make Waynesboro, Virg ini a
his permanent home during his retirement.
"Wayne.J.i boJLO ,{,,.6 a veJty n-<.c.e. plac.e.,
plan to Ji.ema-<-n heJte., " he stated.

Shown wah :the. c.omple.:te..d p!to:to:type. To1.>h-<.ba

:teJtm-<.nal Me.. TeJtJttj He.w.{;t.t (l) , VC PV pita j e.c.:t
le.adeJt, and To1.>h-<-Jto Amem-<-ya, ToJ.ih-<.ba plLoje..c.:t
le..adeJt.

we..

Bob learned of the beautiful Shenandoah Va ll ey

from his daughter who had moved to the
States with her GI husband. Her descriptions so appealed to hi m that he decided
to come see for hi mse l f . So, on December
21, 1956, he and his fam il y moved to t he
States where t hey are now permanent
res i dents .
Bob began working at GE three yea rs l ater
on Apri l 13, 1959 . After near l y 17 years
of servi ce, he commented that "on the.. whole.

d' !.> be.e.n a pJte;l:tlj good pfuc.e. :to WOfLQ . "

Durin g the time he was employed here he worked

in bot h the Machine Room and t he Plating Room.
Bob pl ans to spend hi s ret ireme nt "do-<.ng a
lo:t 06 tfLave,l,i_ng. I ' ve. be.e.n a Ji.0U-<-n9 1.>:tone.
a.Lt my li6e. and I j w.i.t ptan :to ke.e.p on
JLO.lUng, " he stated. He added that he
would like to say thanks to "a.Lt my 6JL,{_e.nd6
cU: GE who gave. me.. a lo:t 06 good w,{,,.6he.J.i upon
my 11.eblteme..n:t."
Bob resides at 409 Florence Avenu e with hi s
wi fe, An n. They have three children-- a daughter
who resides in Massachusetts, a son, Ric ha rd
Pierce, who is employed here at the Waynesboro
GE Plant, and another son who is in the Royal
Air Force in England.
Eve ryone at GE wishes Mary and Bob a ve ry
happy retirement'.
0

Too many g ood resolutions g o in

one yea r an d out th e other.

The TermiNet Design Engineering Subsect ion

of DCPD recently compl eted the desi gn and
development of a new 120 chara cter-persecond communica t ions terminal in a join '.....-...
effort with the Tokyo Shibaura Electric
Company (Tos hiba) of Japan.
The complete electron i c system of t he
terminal was desi gned by pe rsonnel of t he
Control Desi gn Eng ineering Unit, managed
by W. A. Surber . The circu i ts designed
by Terry Hewitt and Ma uri ce Ouell ette
represent the high est deg ree of el ectronic
in tegration to date. Thi s printer conta ins
the l atest components and techn i ques used
~n our TermiNet products .
Thi s design
i nc l uded ten new custom l arge sca le i ntegra ted (LSI) circuits . All mechanica l
components, i ncl uding the pri nter mechan i sms,
were provided by Toshiba. The DCPD design
was i mpl emented on printed ci rcuit boards
produced by Toshiba.
The termina l has 158 printing columns
use d with ei t her a s ingl e or spl i t pl aten.
The t erminal may provide any of four different
char acte r sets which incl ud e both Eng li sh
and Japanese characte rs . Also, included
in the terminal are a number of other unique
operati ons i ntended exc lusivel y for the
Japanese market.
,......._
Other DCPD personnel who participated in t he
design and constru cti on of t he Tosh i ba pri nter
were : C. S. Ba l s l ey, R. Brady, F. E. Cahoon,
D. R. Chri smer, L. D. Griff in, A. C. Hu pp,
V. Meek, C. Mil hoff and B. C. Stick l ey .

I /(/ 70

New Metropolitan Claim Forms

Are Available
The
for
has
the

Metropo l itan Statement of Clai m Form

Comprehensive Medi cal Expense Benefits
been revised and is now ava il able in
Payroll Office and Rela t i ons.

The rev i sed clai m form, wh ic h used to be

pri nted on blue paper, i s now pr i nted
on white paper . The new f orm prov ides
empl oyees with add iti onal exp la natory
in formation on the data requ i red on clai ms
submis s ions. It al so request s additi ona l
i nformati on on depende nt s whi ch shou ld
hel p to expedi t e cl ai ms processi ng .

In p-<.c;tuJte. above., NU/t.6e. VoJtothy Copeland (R),

,{,n he.ft ne.w c.apaU;ty M NUJL6 e. o 6 th e. TuJtne.Jt
Comp.le.x Me.d,{,c.al Clil'Uc., t e.nd6 t o th e. ,{,njuJttj
06 ShaJton Se. x.,ton , W,{_Jte. HaJtn e-6~ . VoJtot hy ~
~c.he.dute.d to be. at the. TuJtne.Jt Comp.le.x Me.d,{,c.a.l
Clin,{_c. 6Jtom 10 a . m. to 12 noon and t he. the.
Mun Plant 6Jtom 12 noon t o 6 : 30 p. m. NUJL6 e.
Btte.nda Sh,{, 6le.U i,cill be. at t he. Mun Plant
~,{,c.a.l Clin,{_c. 6Jtom 7 : 30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The secti on on the f orm prev i ousl y used

for in - pat i en t hosp i ta l expenses has been
revi sed to del et e such expenses since
hos pitals submi t such data direct t o Bl ue
Cross. That space has been revised to
all ow f or t he re po r t i ng of Type A- 2 and B
expenses bi lled by hosp i tals. Addit i onal
space has al so been provided for the
li sting of do ctors fee s and diagn ost ic
x-ray char ges.
Remember t o look for the wh ite f orm
i ns t ead of t he ol d bl ue one when f i ling
a claim. Except for the above-men t ioned
changes, t he f orms wil l be processed i n
the same manner.

If you've notice d another 'Florence Night i nga l e- t ype' in our midst recentl y, then you
may have gues sed, correctly, that we have a
new nurse in our Med ica l Clinic.
State Regulation Of Engineers

Our new nurse is Mr s. Dorothy Copeland who

will be responsib l e for covering the medical
clin i c at the Turne r Comp lex i n the mornin gs
and assisting Nurse Bre nda Sh ifle tt at the
Main Plant in the aftern oons, extend i ng into
2nd Shift.
Born in Iowa, Dorothy considers Chicago,
Illinois her home . She took her R.N. train i ng
at the University of Iowa and was Head Nurse
of Pediatri cs at Cook County Hospi ta l in
Chicago.
Dorothy moved to Waynesboro wi th her family
when her l ate hu sband accepted a position
at one of the local businesses 17 years ago.
She has filled-i n on many occasions at the
local GE and DuPont plan t s wh i le at the same
...JJ..me , maintaining a posi t ion as the medical
:retary for the X- Ray Department at the
waynesboro Community Hospi tal. Before
joining us here at GE, Dorothy was a night
supervisor for the Liberty House Nursing
Home i n Waynesboro.
(Cont ' d Page 4, Col. 2)

to be Discussed at Meeting

The I nstitute of Ele ctri c a~ and Elec t ronic

Eng i neers and t he American Society o:
Mec hani cal Engi nee rs wi ll hold a joint
mee t i ng on Tuesday, January 13 at t he
General Hayne Eotel. /i.. social hour wi ll
begin at 6 :15 p . m., witr. di nner at I and the
me eting at 8. The guest speaker wi ll be
Mr. Marvin J . Kolho ff who is a Staff Assoc i ate- Technical Resource s fo r th e Cor porat e
Exe cutive Sta~f , General Elect ri c Co . in
Fai r fiel d , Connecticut .

Mr . Kolhoff will di s cu s s "Sta te Re gulat i on

o f t he Pra ct i c e of Eng i nee r ing " wi th
emphasi s on p r oposed leg i slat i on to remove
the " i ndus t r y exempt i on " f r om existing
l aws gover ning the r e g i s trati on of engi neers .
Suc h leg i s l a t ion is be ing c ons i der e d in
Virg i n ia a t th i s time . All member s a nd
intereste d guest s a r e ur ged to attend and
part i cipat e in t his t i mely di scuss i on . Contac t Wayne Ashby on Ext . 1860 f or re s e r vat i ons a nd add i t i onal i n~ormati on .

ANNOUNCEMENT

And What Did YOU Get

For Christmas?

ATTENTION WOMEN!
This wi ll be the last weekend f or Women's
Vo lleyba ll and Basketball unl ess there i s
more interest shown in continuing the t wo
activities. Experience is not required of
participants and anyone who has a l ove f or
the sports may play. The next pract ice
session wi ll be January 11 at the Waynesboro
Hi gh School Girl' s Gym from 1 p.m . to 4 p.m.
For more information, contact Patty Pitzer,
Ext . 1624.
CALLING ALL BOWLERS!
SCOGEE is now seeking bowlers for the
Tri - Plant Bowler's Tournament to be held
February 7 at the Staunton Bowling Lanes .
Sixteen bowlers with the hi ghes t average
bowling scores will be selected to partic ipate i n the tournament. Those interested
in being cons idered for the tournament
should contac t Larry Mart in, Ext. 1197.
NON EXEMPT JOB CODE CATALOG CHANGES
The following changes are currentl y be i ng
made in our nonexempt salaried j ob code:
Job Added:
112300GOB -- QIE Drafter
Jobs Changed:
FROM: 990900G06
TO:
990900G07
FROM:
TO:

993200G07
993200G08

Customer Dat a Cl erk

Customer Da t a/Whi t e Pri nt
Leader
Field Sales Assis t ant
Sa l es Assistant (F i eld)

*************************************;

Christmas i s over , t he New Ye ar is upon us,

and the Chri stmas gi f t s we rec eived may or
may not have suited us . For Jessi ca Scott,
howe ver , her fellow emp loyees th in k one
gift she rece i ved was j ust r i ght for her!
Before the Chri stmas holi days began, Barba ra
Boyers , a fe ll ow employee i n t he TSI area,
presen t ed Jess i ca wi th a "meani ngful " gift.
She i s pi ctured above wea rin g t he outfi t :
a T-sh irt wit h a pi cture of th e famed "Jaws"
on the front (" . . . be.c.a.uJ.ie. ~he. .ta,lfv., M rr~ " ) ,
and a pai r of socks with "I ' m Number One
printed on t hem ( in recogn i t i on of the pe t
name a f el low emp l oyee, Regg i e Bridge, pinned
her with) .
Everyone i n TS I we re greatly amused over
t he unusua l gi f t , especi all y Jess i ca .
Barbar a qu i pped, "Some. may ,!Jal} d ' ~ ill
wottk and no p.W.~1 a,t GE , bed: J u~..<_c.a Sc.o:tt
~au~ CU.06e.tte.11. t . "

THAN K- YOU NOTE

I woul.d uke. :to :take. :tluJ.i o1Jpott:tun...{;ty :to
o 66e.tt my .tltanlu to my many 6tt..<_e.nd..6 a:t GE
who have. been M tlwug11't.6ul and ge.11.e.tto~
dutt..<_ng my ttec.e.n:t lw~p. Ua.li..za:t..<_on . YoUJl.
:though:t6u1.11e.M w..i......U ne.ve.tt be. 6ottgo:tte.n .

Randy Wi negard

SWAP SHOP
FOR SALE
AMANA UPRIGHT FREE ZER-- 25 cu.ft. - -9 42-8434
GIRLS BI KES- - 20 11 -$15-- 241' - $25-- 337- 2181
I

WANTED
TO BABYSIT-- full - or part- time--943- 8105
:SOMEONE TO TEACH BASIC GUITAR--942- 9217

PROFILE
(Cont 'd from Page 3, Col . 1)
Do rothy res ides at 766 Cherry Av enue. S.Jlt.
has two sons: Drew , a post- graduate st1 t
at Cor nel l University, and Alan , who res1ues
in Ch icago . Dorothy stated that she likes
workin g at GE because, "60JL. one. tte.M on , I
uke. be...<..ng able. :to (1,'0!tk dutt..<_ng :the. day . 1
mo uke. :the. people. hVte., and 1 hope. :the.y
Uke. me. . "

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

VOL XVIII No.2

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Your
~
Blood is ~
BE A :
. Always
BLOOD:
Needed ooNOR

Janu ary 16, 1976

A Cooperative Effort
Gets Job Done

Next month, on February 4 and 5, t he Red

Cross Bloodmobil e will vis i t the Waynesboro GE Operations for its s~m i- a nnu al
blood donor drive. Over the years, GE
employees have responded well to the
Bloodmobile visits, usua ll y meet ing
and sometimes exceeding our goa l s.
Our goal for next month's visit wil l be
400 pi nts and it is hopefu l that it will
be reached. But the only way this can
be done is through t he willingness of
~E employees to respord to the most urgent
=ed for blood donors.

CAN YOU BE A BLOOD DONOR?

Frequently, people ask if they can qua lify
as a blood donor. Sometimes it is possibl e
to defini t ely answer this question but
more oft en it is not . This is because
there are generally questionable areas
which ca n be answered positively on l y as
the prospective donor passes through the
medi cal hi s t ory at the bloodmobile. However,
there are some ba sic mini mal requirements
and some basic reasons for rejection.
For exampl e, to be accepted a prospective
donor must :
(1) not have given bl ood within t he last
56 days nor more than 5 times with in t he
last 12 mon t hs;
(2) be be tween the ages of 17 and 66;
(3) weigh at least 110 pounds;
4) have a temperature of less than 99.7
degrees;
(Cont ' d Page 2, Col . 1)

PiauJt.e.d above. -Ll one. 06 the. ;tJ1Jte.e. Supple.me.ntaJttj Ex.cilation Vam ping Con.Vi.of/.) whic.h
weJte. u.J.ie..J -<.n the. Sa.l:t. RiveJt PJto j e.a.
In late 1974 , CDO was requested by the
Company ' s Electric Ut il i t y Syst ems Engineer in g Departme~t in Schenectady to partic i pate
in the solution o~ a cri tjc a l pr ob lem b eing
experienced by elect ri c 1,t,ilities in the
Wester n Region of the Uni te i States .
1

At t he Mohave plant on the Colorado River

in Southern Nevada , extremely lar ge g ene rat or shafts we re broken as a res ult of an
undeterminea high st r ess c onditi on . This
happened on two occas i ons . The cost t o
repair the s hafts was over $1 mi lli on. I n
addi tion , the utilities estimated losses o f
over one- half mill i on dollar s p er da y as a
result of the generator s being out of s erv i ce .
A s er ie s of detail fie ld t e sts on s imilar
gener ators locate d at the Salt River Project
i n Page , Arizona revea led that t he high
stress es ex ist ed becaus e of phenomena associated with the long t r ansmiss i on l ine s
between generat or and the load--a c ond ition
not uncommon i n the Weste rn portion of the
Un ited State s ,

(Cont'd Pag e 4, Col. 2)

BE ABLOOD DONOR
(Cont'd from P ~ge 1, Col. 1)
(5) have a regu lar pu l se between 60 and
100;

(6) be in general good hea l th. This last

is established by a series of questions
asked the pros pecti ve donor prior to
donation.

Toda y, PROFILE 6e.a-ti111.u H. S . "S fUp" Robbvu-...

and Pe;teJt F. Van Sid.en who have juJ.d. !tee.en ,
joined tL6 heJte a.t the. WaynuboJto GE Plant.

A prospective donor wi l l be rejected if

he-she has : ever had an attack of hepat i tus;
been exposed t o j aund i ce or he pati t us wi t hin
the last 6 mo nths; been tattoed wi th i n the
last 6 months; been given blood or plasma
with in the last 6 months; had a tooth extracted
with in the last 72 hours; had a chi l d wi th i n
the last 12 months, or is pregnant; ever had
heart trouble.
There are many other bases for rejection
for the Red Cross takes extreme care to
insure: (1) i t will not be harmful to the
prospect i ve donor to donate; (2) there i s
nothing in the donor's blood wh i ch wil l
be harmful to the recipient . But many
rejection areas cannot be determined
until the prospective donor is started
through the donor- bel t- l ine and has
ta l ked to the nurse.
So if yuu are still uncertain, why not
s i gn up for the Bloodmobil e and go
through the medical hi story l i ne. It ' s
the only way to find out for sure if
you are qua lified to be a blood donor.
It won't cost you a thing and it just
may help save someone's life .
Next month's Bl oodmobile wil l be i n
in the Ma i n Plant Aud i torium
and in the Turner #1 cafeteria for Turner
employees . The bloodmob ile will be at
Turner for Wednesday only and will be
operating from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
at ~ oth locations . Cards will be dis t r ;buted to emp loyees next week for
sign-up purposes.
o~erat ion

NEW S&SP CHANGES

The insert in today's Plant NEWS descr i bes
the new S&SP changes that went into effect
Ja nuary 1, 1976. Due to the delay in S&SP
participants receiving their revised book l ets
and prospectus, the new deadl i ne for acting
on thes e new changes has been extended to
Ja nuary 31, 1976.

SfUp ob1.ieJtvM the. woJtk 06 Go.Jtij BeveJtage., a

TuteJt in the TSI Room M he. peJt601tm1.i a
Jtew,{_Jt,{_ng -tal.l k. The. mac.hine in the. bac.kg1to~
,{_/.) a Un)_ve.Ma.l boMd tuteJt whic.h il.l tL6 e.d
to tut CVO pltinte.d c.iJtc.tU;t boaJtdl.l .

Skip Robbers comes to Waynesboro GE as

Supervi sor of the Trans former area and
the TSI Qua li ty Control Room for COO. In
his new capacity, Skip is responsible for
the administration of the qua l i ty products
policy on the TS I Room products. He will
also be responsible for the Inspector and
Testers in the Transformer area.
A native of San Leandro, California, Skip
joined GE in 1967 in that same ci ty as a
panel tester in the Industry Control
Divis ion. He later returned to school and
received his BSEE from California Polytechnic in 1972 .
After two years in the Navy, Skip found
himself back at GE on the Ma nufacturing
Management Program . He completed the
Program on the same day he reported for
work here.
Sk i p is quite athletic and enjoys sail ing
motorcycling and flying--in an airp l ane,
of course. He stated "I have.n ' t !tad a
c.hanc.e. to g e;t into many 1.i poltU aUiv,(,uu
tjU 1.iinc.~ I ' m 1.i.:t.ill -tltying to ge;t 1.ie,t,tie.d ."

He is temporarily res i di ng in Cri mora .

(Cont 'd Page 3, Col . 1)

For S&SP Participants:

I/!~ 17~

How New S&SP Changes Can Help

You Build Your Retirement Income
Improvements in the Savings and Security
Program which go into effect January 1 include
some of special interest for those who aim at
building greater retirement income and those
who have specific investment goals.

greater 9pportunity to save for future goals-especially an opportunity to invest more

toward retirement income through your Retirement Option Account.

For instance, there's a change that lets you

invest more in the Program, although without
a company matching payment. Another change
lets you put more into the S&SP Retirement
Option feature; and still another lets you
arrange to have funds built up during working
years paid out monthly--or annually--during
retirement.

A Bigger Retirement Account

Before making any decisions on participation,

you should carefully study the new S&SP book~
let, the prospectus, and the new prospectus
supplement. These contain a complete de~ription of S&SP and make the offer to par~cipate in the Program.
Current participants
have received copies. If you do not participate and wish to, you can obtain material from
the Payroll office.
Here are some details on how the new changes
can work for you. Of course, this article
only sets forth a few highlights.

You Can Invest More

First, the S&S Program will let you increase
your investment beyond the previous maximum
of 7% of earnings. Beginning in 1976, if you
are already saving at the maximtun rate, you
can make additional investments of 1%, 2%,
or 3% of your earnings. However, no company
proportionate payment will be available for
these percentages. The additional investment
can bring your total S&SP investment to as
much as 13~ of earnings.
Here's how your investment can add up:

GE matched savings
: 50% matching payment
Your unmatched savings
Total potential
investment

~our

- up to 7% of earnings
- up to 3~% of earnings
- up to 3% of earnings
- up to

13~%

of earnings

What's the advantage of the opportunity to

invest 3% more in the Program? It means a

To help you build greater funds for retirement, the new S&SP improvements will let you
add your own S&SP payroll deduction savings-including; the new additional investments of
1%, 2%, or 3% of earnings--to your Retirement
Option Account. Previously, only the Company's
50% matching payment and income from it could
go into this account and be held for retirement years.
You can choose to take advantage of this new
S&SP value with the "payout", or distribution,
that comes early in 1977. Forms will be distributed next year (1976) for use in choosing
this new option.
What's the advantage? Well, with your own
payroll deduction savings--plus Company payments--going into your Retirement Option
Account, your fund for retirement can climb
about three times faster than previously.
Of course, this depends on the performance of
investments in your account.

An Added Income At Retirement

A new improvement that will appeal to everyone interested in increasing retirement
income is this: When you retire, you can
have your Retirement Option Account--plus
any investments still in holding periods-invested in an annuity to provide monthly
payments during retirement years. Or you
can have your Retirement Option Account
paid to you in 5, 10, or 15 annual installments. The latter option also applies to
those who leave for reasons other than retirement, except death.
What's the advantage of the annuity or
installment payout? These create an additional regular income which can be added to
GE Pension and Social Security payments.

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(Cont'd fr om Page 2, Col. 2)

benefit
reminders

IDP-The "Anytime" Benefit

GE has many important benefits iv offers
employees that it would be d if ficult t o
obtain a consens us as t o whi ch one specific
benefit employees would cons i der to be the
best since different benefits satisfy
different needs.
Even though they ' re a ll gond , there are
cert ai n ones which everyone can use
without having to wait until you ' re si ck ,
or ready to retire , or ~eavi ng on lackof- work . One of these "anyt ime " benefits
is the Individual Development Program .

Pue. .ta.I<.~ Wne. :to c.he.d<. oven. Mme. c.ha.Jl.,Ll

:the. She.e;t. Me.:tal. Shop be.60Jte. .:the. 2nd
Sh,{,M- be.ghi-6 .

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Our new foreman for

Metal Shop is Peter
re sponsibi l ity will
~hine Shop on 2nd

the 2nd Shift, COO Sheet

F. Van Sicle n. Pete ' s
also encompass the COO
Shift.

Pete has worked 2nd Shift most of his GE

career and stated that he has mi xed fee l ings
about the s hift. "I uR.e. 2nd Sii,{,6.t ,{,11 tha,t
.the. lU:n10.o phe!l.e. iJ.J mol!.e. l!.e.laxe.d arid I c.ari
g e;t_ mol!.e. do rie. a,t home. duJU..ng .the. day . But
a do~ have. d ' .o dJw.wbac.R..o ,{,ri .tha,t ,{,6 .the.l!.e.
iJ.J Mme.plac e. ljOU. WOu..ld uf<.e. .to go a.t n,{,ght,
you c.ari ' t go be.c.au..o e. tjOu. have. .to wo1tR. . "

Pete comes to us from GE ' s App li ance Park

East in Columbia, Mary land where he was a
Tool and Di e Maker i n the Ai r Conditioning
Operation and most recently in t he Range
Operation . While in Co lumb i a , Pete participated i n GE ' s presupervisory tra i ning
program.
A native of Flora l Park, Long Island, Pete
attended Fr ank li n and Marsha ll College
during 1962- 65. He too k hi s too l and die
maker's training with the Aurora Plasti cs
Co . , West Hempstead, New York and has al so
worked in drafting and ma i ntena nce befo re
;i,Q.j_n ing GE at Col umbia in 1972 .
~ete resides on Northgate Avenue with his
wife Joanne and i s an act i ve member of
t he Jaycees .

The Individual Development Program i s a

self - improvement program wh ich is aimed at
helping employees improve themselves by
pr oviding refunds fo r any appr oved course or
courses an employee satisfactorily completes .
All full- time hourly and non exempt salaried
employees with six months of service are
eli gible to participate .

How much i s an employee elig ibl e to receive

under IDP?
Under the tuition refund part of the
program, the Company refunds to the employee
100% of tuition and other compulsory fees ,
up to a maximum of $400 a ye ar . The only
stipulations are that the enployee must have
sat isfactorily completeJ the approved
cour se and the institutj o ns which courses
are taken must als o be approved .

What type courses are approved under IDP?

In order to obtain approval for courses to
be taken under IDP , the courses must be
re lated t o maint aining and i mproving the
employee's skill in p erforming his or her
job or they must contri bute to the employee's
g eneral career development within the
Company . Examples include bas i c literacy
courses or courses in fundamental reading ,
reading comprehension , and basic mathemat ics;
courses taken to c omplete g rammar school or
obtain a high-school diploma, or equivalent ;
speci f ic courses designed to update you in
the technology of your trade or occupat ior. ;
or , courses related to the next j ob in the
logical development of your career in the
Company .

(Cont'd Page 4, Col . 1)

IDP - (Cont'd from Page 3, Col.2)

ACOOPERATIVE EFFORT

To participate in this Program, is is

necessary to obtain written approval
from management well in advance of the
starting date of the course. When
reviewing an application, management
will consider whether the course is
related to your present job or to future
job opportunities at Waynesboro GE.

(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 2)

What do tuition and compulsory fees cover?

Tuition and compulsory fees that are covered
for you by the program include course tuition
fees, laboratory fees, registration fees,
graduation fees, and library fees. Some
expenses which are not reimbursable to you
include fees for books, transportation,
meals, and course materials (i.e. slide
rules, tools, pens, etc.).
The GE Individual Development Program is
one of the ways in which General Electric
helps make it possible for employees to
prepare for present or future job opportunities. If you're thinking about
additional education, it would be well
worth your while to investigate IDP.

CA 'FlETERIA CHANGES
In an effort to improve the quality of the
pastries employees purchase in the cafeteria during the morning break period,
Marriott has elected to change suppliers
for the Main Plant cafeteria, to become
effective Monday, January 19.
Along with the regular 10 glazed doughnuts,
the cafeteria will be offering cake doughnuts at 15 (were 10), filled doughnuts at
20 (were 15), and Danish pastries for 25.
The new pastries are bigger, better, tastier
and more attractive and well worth the cost.
Err.?loyees may have noticed that sausage
biscuits are being offered in addition to
the regular ham biscuits and are selling
for 35. Ham biscuits are still 30 each.
For the afternoon break, as an added feature,
employees are being offered fresh baked
cookies rather than the usual pastries
offered during the morning break. Also,
the cafeteria will continue to leave luncheon
desserts on the line for the afternoon break.
The cookies may also be purchased by the dozen
for employees who wish to buy them in larger
quantities. In order to purchase a box of
cookies employees should inform the cafeteria
well in advance of the afternoon break. The
price of the cookies are $1.10 a dozen and
include a choice of chocolate chip or oatmeal
raisin.

One potential. solution considered was the

addition of parallel Extra High Voltage
(EHV) lines but this approach was ruled o~
because the estimated cost was over $100,0uv
per mile. A cooperative effort between CDO
engineers and analytical specialists from
EUSED derived a concept which would electronically provide damping for the natural
modes of oscillation of the machines. This
equipment would operate in conjunction with
a series blocking power filter inserted in
the circuit between the generator and the
transmission system.

An order for 3 Supplementary Excitation

Damping Controls was subsequently placed on
CDO by the Salt River Project, which represented a group of Western utilities, with
timely delivery being of paramount importance. The specifications involved extremely
precise electrical circuit filters requiring
a high degree of reliability and stringent
requirements relative to change in performance
in extreme temperature changes such as those
experienced in the desert regions.
Through the cooperative efforts of a project
team composed of representatives of Marketing, Engineering, and all functions.of M~
facturing, this first-of-a-kind equipment
was designed, built, tested and shipped
complete and on schedule by the end of
October, 1975, 11 months from order entry.
Substantial personal efforts on the part
of key individuals in Engineering a..1d Manufacturing made this successful conclusion
possible.
The equipment installation started on
December 15 and will conclude with a large
scale field test at the customer's plant which
will extend through the end of March 1976.
CDO engineering will also participate in
this 3~ month test program.
Principal people involved in this effort
were Dick Lord and Joe Polee, Marketing;
Rod Lawson, Jubin Lane, Steve Lukas and Tom
Smith all of Engineering; Bill Burleigh,
'
.
.
Joe Brunetto,
Materials;
Pat Russell, Jim
Painter and Carl Jones, Shop Operations;
Chuck Yemington and Sam Lantz, Manufacturing
Engineering/Quality Control. There were
numerous other personnel in all functions
without whose support this project would not
have been successful and who can be justl~~
proud of their accomplishments.

Ci)uestion of the Month

What better sense of accomplishment is there than doing an extremely

difficult job well?

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XVII I No. 3

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WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR SIGN- UP

UNDER THREE NEW FEATURES OF S&SP

Dick SMiTH REcEivEs CER1if icA1ioN

fl.s announced in last week ' s Plant NEWS ,

Savincs and Security Program part i cipants
were c iven until January 31 , 1976 to act
on certain i:ew features of tr.e S&S ?rogrrun
which wer.t in~o effect on ~anuary : .
This extension was made because of the
delay in receipt by iart i cipants of their
revised booklets and prospectuses .
You -~il.:.. h'a:.t tr cor.sidcr ~he extended
deadline des!ite the 1975 yeare nd deadline
set forth in the reviseC. pr ogram booklet
and prospectus ~upplement for makinr-; the
electi ons described below. ~he new deadline
in makinc these elections is January 3J ,
1976 . The ne~ Jead:ine does not apply in
Ae event you l.n:re alreaC.y taken action on
e new features .
The fea~ures to w'.!ic'.. :.:,e e):ter.ded sicn- up
reriod ap~lies are :
- Election by elii~:e rarticipants t o save
an extra U' , 2% , or .;% ur1der the Pr o{'"ram .
To make this elecU on , yo"J must already be
savir.r at the naxir.:w:.. ':''."le acldi tional lf. ,
2~ , or 3~ loes n): receive a
ornpa::y ~atchinr
pa~~ent as does ;our first 6~ or 7S o f
investment .
- Election by participants to in crease their
investment in r,~ Gtoc k ab~ve the f ormer 6%
of earninrs li~itation if ~hey are already
investinc in r,~ J~ock at that rate . You can
now invest all 0f your S&SP funds in stock
with the exception o:~ the perc enta.ae which
must be in Savin~s Bonds .
- Election of or.e o f the ne~ ~et~ods for
distributio:-. o :' ?.etire::-.e::-;:. Cptio:. :'..cccu.-:ts .
~he extended nead:ine applies to January 1,
1976, retirees only . Elir,ible retirees who
wish to use one of the new distribuL i on
~th ods can ret proper applications from
.eir f c rmer Jerart~ents a~d ~ust return
then: not later tt:a::. . Jan.~ary 31 . ':''.:.e dis tribution metholls ir:.clude lump sums , vari ous
installmenL payments and various annuities .
The price of securities will be the same as
if the choice had been made in December , 1975 .

D-<.c.k Sm,t,th A.A J.ihoit'n J.i -tan.cu.1ig bu-<.de. the.

c.e,;'!M.6,{,c.a.te. he. Jte.c.uve.d wluc.h Jte.gi.AteJLO
fum cw a CeAt-<.6,{,c>d PuJtc.hcw-<.ng 1\lan.age.Jt
w-Uh NAPM .

The NEWS wou l d li ke to congratulate R. R.

"Dic k" Smith, Manage r - Purchasi ng , who has
recently received ce r tificat ion from the
National Associati on of Purchasing Management as a Cert i f ied Purc hasing Ma nager .
Certi ficati on by NAPM i s awarded to i ndividua l s in the pur chas ing profess i on who
have met the requ irements in educational,
persona l devel opment anrl wo r k re l ated
act ivi t i es that ha ve been estab li shed by
t he NAPM .
The sign ifi cance of the certification is
to gi ve evidence to employer s and others
that an individ ual ha s spent the ti me and
effort necessary to meet new professi onal
standards in purchasi ng. Another si gnificant factor is t hat it brings a more professional i sm to the pos i t i on of purc hasing
manager at DCPD and other areas . It
i ndicates that these individuals are
willi ng to keep abreast of cha nges i n the
economy and t he business .
To receive ce rtificat i on , an individual
mus t app ly to NAPM and mus t rece i ve a
cer ta i n number of points for hi s or her
ac hi eveme nts in severa l aspects of t he
profession .
(Cont ' d Page 2, Col. 1)

PJo~~~M}r1~

Page 1, Col. 2)
Dic k stated that "the avvw.ge manu6ac.:tU!Ung
op vr..a;t,{_o n .6 pend6 40- 6O% o 6 ill do .tlaJz,o in
puttc.ha.6 ed mat~ , wlU.c.h j__}., a v eJtlf lcvtg e
po.Jt,t 06 the to:tal c.o.6:t.6 a tak.u to opeJta:te
a bu..6ine.6.6. T~ j__}., why puttc.ha.6ing manag eJt.6
Vte :tltying to lend mOJte CJted,i,bildy to :thw

p/1.0 e,6 ,6 ..i_o )1

II

From Bangor, Maine, Dick received his BSME

from the Unive rsi ty of Maine. He began
working for GE in 1959 after a 4-year stay
i n th e Army. After gra du ating from MMP,
Dic k began his firs t assignment in Utica,
New York as a subcontract buyer then later
moved to Hendersonville, North Carolina as a
procuremen t engineer . Before coming to
Waynesboro in 1970, Dick was a purchasing
agent at the GE plant in Phoenix, Arizona .

Employees to Receive
New Years' Holiday Early
For those of you who are already planning
on bow you wi ll spend New Years Day 1977,
here's good news for you: The New Years
Day paid holiday for GE emp l oyees will
be observed on Friday, December 31, 1976.
Si nce New Yea rs Day falls on a Saturday
next year, accordi ng to the UE - GE contract,
the holi day is to be recognized on the
preceeding Friday. The contract also
stip ul ates that whenever the holid ay fa ll s
on a Sun day it i s to be recognized on the
followin g Mo nday.
The pa id ho li day on December 31, 1976 will
be considered the f i rst paid holid~y for 1977
for Waynesboro GE employees.

Patent Awards

WERNER MAI LER

DIC K GENTZLINGER

Werner Mailer, Design En gineer for DCPD

and Dick Gentz linger, formerly a Des i gn
Projects Engineer for DCPD, recently
received U.S . Patent Awards. The patent
was for the i r inven tion which relates to
an assembly in which a print head, in this
case a matr i x wire print head, i s secured
to a carriage . The patent awards were
the fi rst for Di ck and Werner.

Are You Afraid

To Give Blood?
Many people have the mista ken idea that it
i s harmful to give blood, although this is
contrary to the best medical opinion ava ilable. Physicians throughout the country
not only say it is not harmful t o donate
blood, provided t he donor i s i n good health ,
they al so urge friends and re l atives of
the ir patients to do so.
In the f irst pl ace, a donor does not gi ve
a full pint of blood. He gi ves abo ut 450cc. ,
or about 9/10 of one pint.
In the seco nd place, th e ave ra ge body has
from twelve to th irteen pin ts of blood. A
pe rson who donates less than a pin t of
bl ood is l osing less than 1/ 12 to 1/ 13 of
this total blood supply . Physicians say this
l eaves more tha n enough blood to keep t he b~
functioni ng normally. Acc i dent victi ms ana
surgical pa tients have l ost much, much more
than 1/12 of their total blood supply and
still li ved.
In the th ird pl ace , blood loss i n a person i n
good health is replaced qu ic kly . The plasma,
or li qui d pa rt of the blood , is re placed
within 24 to 48 hours . The ce ll s, which are
manufac tured by the bone marrow , are replaced
within three to f our wee ks .
The physicians who know the most about it
say a person in good hea lth can donate blood
as often as five times dur ing a year and suffer
no ill effects whatever .
So you see, it is not ha rmfu 1 for you to
don ate blood when the Bloodmobile visits our
operatio ns February 4 and 5- -that is , it is
not harmful if you are in good health . If
you are still not sure as to whether or not
you shou l d give blood, s i gn -u p anyway. When
you go through the medical history l ine at
the Bloodmobile the nurses will be able to
determine if you can or cannot donate. It
will be worth the time when you consider tr,,._._
your bl ood may he l p someone in dire need ot
it .

Sign-u p cards have been distributed to

employees this week for next month' s Bloodmob ile. Sign-u p today and he l p us to reach
our goal of 400 pints .

163,000 Share In Savings

Plans "Payout"

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)/(

Paeir1t&11

$141 million package'.

That was the va lue of th e bundle of

securi ties and cash distr i buted this
month in the annua 1 "payout " under the
Genera l El ectri c Sav i ngs and Securi ty
Program and the GE Savings and Stock
Bonus Plan .
The big package was shared by nearly
163,000 emp loyees , retirees, and former
emp 1oyees.
More than 141,000 recei ved securities
and cash in the S&SP distribution, and
over 21,000 received sec urit ies under
the Stock Bon us Plan .
The $141 mi llion involved in the payout
reflected the December 31 clos ing market
va l ues for GE Stock and S&SP Mutual Fund
Units , the mat urity va l ue of U.S. Savings
Bonds , and the cash bei ng distributed i n
the "payout . "
...J'l!1ere did all the securities and cash come
om? It all resulted from the investments
vf participants in the S&S Prog r am in 1972,
and the sav i ng s of partic ipants in the
Savings and Stock Bonus Plan in 1970. It
also included sec urities purchased for
participants with Company match in g payments
in those years.
S&SP parti cipants l eave the i r investments
i n trust for a specif ied three -year ho l di ng
period and rece i ve a 50% Company matching
payment on the porti on of the i r payrol l
deduction eligible for matc hi ng . Stock
Bonus Plan users leave their sav ings in
f or a specifi ed five -year period and
rece ive a bonus in GE Stock equal to 15%
of the cost of the Bonds they pu rchased .
The three-year hol djng period for Sav i ngs
and Security Program investments of 1972
ended as 1976 began . The five-year ho l din g
peri od for savings under the Stock Bonus
Pl an ended the same day.
But t here was more to the bi g savings pl ans
distribution than shows in t he $141 mil l ion
ota 1:
In addition to the $141 million that went
directly to participants in the plans in
t he form of U. S. Bonds, GE Stock, Mutua l
Fund Units and income checks, nearly $10
mi lli on in Company match ing payments and
(Cont'd Page 4, Col . 2)

Bruce E. Morri son became i nterested i n

computers in his fres hman year at college
when he walked by the computer lab room at
Federal Ci ty College i n Wash i ngton, D. C.
The tech nica l appa ratus so intri gued hi m
that he i mmed i atel y switched his major
f rom mus i c to computer science and , i n
1974 , graduated from Federal City wi t h a
B. S. in Computer Science . Bruce is presently wor ki ng as a Programmer Designer in
the DCPD Programmed Devices area here at
GE.

In his capacity he is working with the

bu ffer, an in terface for t he
TermiNet, and writing programs for Software
Eng ineers . He is also working on the Hex
loader program f or t he microprocessor which
loads a cassette tape i nto memory f or later
use .
co~muni cation

Before j oi ni ng GE i n Novembe r of last yea r,

Bruce had wor ked for IBM in Poughk epsie,
New York. Whi le he was still in school
he worke d as a Teac her ' s Assistant at
Federal City Col l ege and spe nt one summer
in Computer Graphing at NASA.
Of GE he states ,

I .:th,tnk GE ,{,6 a good

p.Wc.e. .:to woJtk . WoJt!Ung wdh .:the. mic.Jto p11.oc.eJ.i-6 OJt ,{,6 a gJte.a.:t c.halle.ng e. .:to me. . I
eJ.ip ~c.,{ally L{.ke. woJt!Ung wdh .:the. people.
he.Jte.. II
11

Bruce was born i n Bennettsvi l le , South

Ca ro li na but cons ider s Was hi ngton, D. C.
hi s home . He is presently residing at the
Brandon Ladd Apartments and lists music ,
especiall y gu i tar pl aying , as his hobby .

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'STOCK PRICE' AND 'FUND UNIT PRICE'

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Stock Price

Fund Unit Price

$35.500
41.757
46.369
46.000
46.458
47.833
49.926
44.542
44.173
47.332
48.336
46.347

$20.289
22.706
24.499
25.213
27.056
27.371
27 .114
24.670
24. 010
25.257
25.991
25.407

A SWEETHEART DANCE
All Waynesboro GE employees are invited
to bring the loved one out to the
Sweetheart Dance on February 13, 1976.
The Dance will be held at the Red Carpet
Inn from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Music
will be provided by "Jack Brown and the
Snatch. 11 Admission price is $8 a couple
and $4 single. For more information and
tickets contact June Shivey and Audrey
Hartman at the Turner Complex and Linda
Doyle and Kenny Gray at the Main Plant.

MVI~GS
P~S
"PAtOYT"
ontd from
age 3 ,{) . 1)
income was placed in a special feature of
the Savings & Security Program--the Reti~
ment Option. This Option allows you to
have your securities placed in a special
account and held until you leave the
Company. If you remain until retirement,
it can be returned to you in various forms-annuity payments, installment payments,
or lump sum. Thus, you can provide for
retirement income as well as obtain some
tax advantages by using the Option.
Another $4 million not shown in the total
was made up of fractional shares of stock
and fund units. These are always carried
forward to the next payout to help make
up full shares and units.
How did participants in the two GE benefits
plans have their savings and company payments invested? Here's how the $141 million
which went into the mail to participants
was divided:
$34.6 million was the market value of the
GE Stock distributed .
$77.7 million was the maturity value of the.
U.S. Savings Bonds mailed.
~
$27.1 million was the market value of the
S&SP Mutual Fund Units distributed.
$1.8 million went out in checks as cash
payments.
In total, the mailing included 750,000
shares of GE Stock; 1,058,538 units of the
S&S Mutual Fund' and 1,558,599 U.S. Savings
Bonds in various denominations.
The average purchase price for GE Stock
purchased under S&SP in 1972 (when the
holding period securities were purchased)
was $65.548. For Mutual Fund Units, the
average purchase price in 1972 was
$36.28. The value of stock shares and
Mutual Fund Units rise and fall, depending on the market, and values are
currently lower than in the 1972 period.
U.S. Savings Bonds, of course, have a
specified rate of interest which has
steadily increased the value of Bonds
purchased in 1972.
The current distribution was the 14th
under the Savings &Security Program and
the 23rd under the Stock Bonus Plan.

***

An ounce 06 p![.even-tion may be woJt:th

youJt .li.6e. Be ~a6e.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XV III No. 4

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

Why Give Blood?

The Bloodmobi l e visi ts conducted at the
Waynesboro GE Plant are a very important
aspect of the services GE employees perf orm
for t he community. But oftentimes we may
tend to overl ook the significance of
donating blood when t he Red Cross Bl oodmobi le
pays us a vi s it.
Onl y t hose who have ever needed the "gift of
1ife" truly know the importance of dona ti nq
* * *

blood just as only those employees who have

donated blood know the satisfac tion one feels
after he or she has been thro ugh the Bloodmobile .
The fo llowing statements v-1ere made by
emp l oyees who have known that sati sfaction
an d the good feelin g which comes with
gi ving "the gift of life."

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

r'rankie .:iles , an FMP trainee , wil j_ visit

the Bl oodmobile for the second t i me next
week . After her first go at it last Aug ust ,
she wholeheartedly encourages other employees
1~o donate whe n the Bloodmobile visits .
''"'I t ' J.i

be.e.n uud tha,t blood ).,.6 ' ,the. th!te.ad 0 6 .u 6e '

wlu.c.h 6.towJ.i t lvwugh the. body . G,lving blood
).,.6 jw.,t on.e. way we. c.an. give. ' U.6e ' to Mme.one
in ne.e.d. It ).,.6 n.ot a pain6ul e.xpvU.e.n.c.e. (aJ.i
I ' d imagine.d mt ye.aJt ) and i t ).,.6 an. au o 6
J.iinc.vr.e. love. whic.h 1.ihould motivate. u,.~ aL.t
to give. ne.xt we.e.R.. "

Paul Wa rren, Supervisor -Time Standar ds & Work

Meas ur eme nt , i s a t wo-gal lon donor who had
s t opped piving blood fo r a whi l e but int e nds
to be~in the pr acti ce agai n next week . He
stated , "Although I have.n ' t donate.d bfood

60Jt J.i e.tQ.Jta.t ye.aM, a6tvr. d!U6ting out 06

the. hab).,t, I do ).,nte.nd t o donate. t h).,.6 c..om).,nq
We.dn u day . " Why get back i nto t he habi t , he was a sked . " Be.c.aw., e. giv).,ng bl ood ).,.6 a
vvr.y 1.iimple. way 06 mal<.ing a moJ.it valuable.
c.ontJi).,bL.Uon to ouJt J.iac,1-e.ty- - and d dou n' t
c.01.i t the. don.alt. a pe.nny," he said.
~Co n t ' d

next page)

Doris Merriken, a Tester in Turner #2, has

donated 12 pints of blood over the past ~
y ears . She stated that she gives blood
because 11 I 6eel .tha.:t I' m 1tea.Le.y hei.ping
.6 omeone
1.t' J.i a. good 6eeiing . II To
prospective donors who haven ' t yet de cided
whether or not to donate , Doris assures them
that t he experience is quite painless . 11 I.t
do un' .t hWL.t a. bd ," she stated. "At .lea.M:.
I ' ve ha.d no J.i ide e 66ec-t6 whenevVl. I ' ve

we.

do nated b.tood."

i:ade Hutch i nson , Security Guard, i s one of

:our employees who have contributed the
P: ant all- time hieh of 6 gallons to the
3l.oodmobile. (The other three are Ben
Ccoi'er, J ames Kennedy a::d Gor cion Parker . )
'dacie has always g iven blood over the past
, r,. year. he has been errpl oyed at GE and
s:..c>.t.ed. , 11 I give bec.ruL6e I uke .to help people
and by dona.ting blood I 6eel .tha..t I ' m doing
11
.6 ome;t!Ung woJt.thwWe .
He a dded , 11 I a..lwa.l}.6
enc.oLUta.ge o.thVl. emp.toueu .to give blood and
,{;t. uiiLlCLUIJ wo1dv.i.
I'v e even got.ten my 6a.nU.i.u
don~ng ,

now. I gu.UJ.i one o.thVl. 1tecv.ion whu

I give blood ~ .tha.:t I' d ha.:te .to .t!Unk .that i6
a membvt 06 ml} 6amily evVl. needed b.tood .tlta.:t
.thVl.~ would be no blood .to give .
You. nevVl.
knov: whe:thVl. you. olt a. .loved one mig h,t J.i omedatj
be iH need 06 b.e.ood .60 I aiwayJ.i mak e d a.
p1tac..t,{.c.e to dona.:te whenevVt I c.an . 11

Bl ood i s always needed by the ar ea ' s bl ood

banks in ord er t o insure t ha t a sho rtag e
never occu r s . Way nesboro GE empl oyees wil l
have an op por tu ni ty t o ass i st i n eli mi na ti ng
any potent ial shortages of blood wh en the
Bl oodmobil e vi sits our opera t ions next week .
The Bloodmob il e will se t up i ts anti se pti c
fac i l ities i n t he Ma i n Pl ant au di tor i um
next Wednesday bnd Thur sday from 11 a .m.
to 5 p m. and at t he Turne r #1 caf eteria

. .. and , of c our se , we would all like to see

it cet thr ough with a minimum number of
mishaps along the way . Recently, c;here have
been a few near-collisions between employees
and mail cart s, especially in the cafeteria
area . This usual l y cau ses a delay in mail
delivery .

Wednesday onl y , from 11 a. m. to 5 p. m.

400 pi nts of bl ood are needed f rom donor s
i n order t hat we may mee t our quota fo r
t hi s vi sit . Al l eli gible empl oyees are
as ked t o s i gn-u p to donate blood when the
Bloodmobi l e pays us a call . You , t oo, can
join the li st of sat i sfi ed emp loyees who
know t he good fee l ing of gi ving t he "g if t of
li fe
II

We would all like to see acc ident s o f any

kind e liminated a ltoget her i n our Plant .
Therefo re , i t behooves all employees to
cooperate with the mai l carts and become
more aware of their movements , particularly
at inte r sections and during breaks and
lunch , the heaviest traffic periods . At
the same time, all mai l cart drivers are
urged to rec ipr ocate in kind .

Maggie (Fitzgibbons) Ponzillo

Retires

--

p,{.c.tuJted wah the 6,.ve 6Oll.me!t and

p1tv.ient GeneJtai. ManageJt.6 J.ihe hM wo1tk.ed w.ah
601t the pMt 20 yeMJ.i . P,.c.tuJted, (.leM to
Jt,{.ght) -tn the 01tdeJt ht wh,.c.h they .6Vtved M
GeneJtai. ManageJt, Me : V!t . LocU/.i T. Ra.deJt,
V1t. John G. Hutton, Paul V. RoM, JoJ.ieph F.
Ponz,{..lfo, and WMJten F. Kindt, p1tv.ient.ly
the GeneJtai. Mana.geJt 601t the Vata. Commun,{.c.a.t,.on P1toduc.t.6 VepMtment .
~lagg,{.e ,(,6

After 35 years of loyal service , Mar garet

(Fitzgibbons) Ponzillo has retired from
the Company , effective February 1 .
Maggie is originally from Amsterdam, New
York, and a younger sister of three brothers- Joseph , Robert and Edward . She began her
career with GE on August 26 , 1940 in
Schenectady as a file cler k .
On January 4, 1955, she relocateu to
Waynesboro with the Specialty Control
Department when that Depart ment first opened
its doors here . At that time she was working
for Dr. Louis T. Rader , then the General
Manager of the Specialty Control Department .
In fact, one of the interesting things about
Maggie ' s GE career is that since she has
been employed at the Waynesboro GE Plant,
she has been the Secretary t o all five
Gener al Managers .
On December 18 , 1975, a Retirement Party
was held in Maggie ' s honor at the General
Wayne Hotel. Maggie wishes to express her
~hanks to her many friends and co- workers
who attended the party in this note :

"Now that I have had one, I'm c.onv,.nc.ed the

g1teatv.i.t way :to .6.taltt Jtet,{./tement ,{.!:, wah a
Re;ti.~ement PaJt:ty ! NeveJt be601te had I

(Cont ' d next column)

/s c / 70

IPBt81Pll&ll

Rodney A. Ford, a Technical Marketing

Program trainee, has recent ly joined ICD
here at Waynesboro GE. Rod joined TMP i n
Detroit on February 2, 1975 in User Sales
before transferring to Systems Sales i n
Erie . He chose Waynesboro GE because he
"wanted to get a. p,.c...tuJte 06 the 0Jt,{.g-tna.l
Equ,.pment Ma.nu6a.c...tuJt eJt (OEM) "

Rod has enjoyed work i ng for GE and be i ng

invol ved with t he Technical Marketi ng
Program. "The Company allow.6 you .to get a

good oveJtv-tw o 6 :the p1todu.c.t.6 o 6 d,.fi6 Vtent

p1toduc...t depa.MJnent.6," he said . "That ' .6
one .th,.ng I .l,tk.e a.bou,t :the Tec.hn,{.c.a.l
Ma1tket,.ng P1togttam . 1:t g,.vv., you .thi.A
6.leub~y ."

Rod is in the process of learning about

our numberical control products wh ich are
the brains for mac hi ne tool application
that sends signals to machines to perform
var i ous operati ons.
A native of Hammond , Indiana, Rod received
his B.S. in Mecha ni ca l Engineering from
the University of Mi ch i qan in 1973 . He
is present ly re sid i ng at t he Brandon Ladd
Apartments in Waynesboro.
(Cont'd from Col . 1)
1tea..l,tzed the 1tect!J-y WaJun 6ee1A.ng

g,tvv.,

you 6a1t ljO..Jt. 6Juend.6 .to ga,theJt ,.n you.1t honoJt

to J.iend you ,.nto .the wo!tld 06 ' Vo what you
want to when you want .to . '
"Joe and I J.i,.nc.Vteltj :thank all ou!t 6Jt,{.end.6
6~1t the wondeJt6u.l d,.nneJt, :the g,{.6:tJ.i and good
w,w ~v.i M1J Jtet,{./tem ent M a. .6 ec..Jt e.tMy to
beg-<..n my c.MeeJt M a. w-<-6 e hM ma.de 19 75 and
7976 the yeM.6 I mo.6.t want .to 1temembVt."
Maggie will be misse d by all GE employees
who knew her personall y and pr ofess i onally
and is wished a ve ry happy retirement by
all.

Spruce Up Waynesboro GE"

Audrey Simmons Completes

10 Years Of Service

By now we've all probably seen this symbol

or at l eas t heard its slogan on our TV
sets, rad io stations, billboards, etc . ,
t hroughout Virginia.
It's a very catchy phrase, but what does
it mea n, actua 11 y?

Wel l, we ' re all aware t hat th is year i s the

nntion's Bi centennia l which means that there
wil l be mu ch celebrating wi t h tours of
hi stor ical sites conducted all over the
coun t ry, including Virginia. EJ.ipe.uail.y
Vi rgin i a--- for it was this area which played
a bi g part in he l ping to get t he country
started on its way.
D urfo~ t his time, more than ever , visitors
fr orn a ' l over will be upon us "to share
our c h ~ r i s hed heri tage, and t o see the many
pl aces in the Ol d Dominion where American
history v-1as made." We will want to look
our bes t i n the eyes oF the rest of the
coun try. as wel l as the wo rld; which is
why th e Spruce Up Campai gn was begun.

The ob jecti ve of Vi rg ini a's Bi centennia l

Spruce Up Campa ign is, briefl y, "the
clea ning up and beautificati on, by every
appropr iate means, of Virg in ia ' s publi c
pl aces, pr i va te homes, business es, and
ne ighborhoods, for t he period of t he
Bi cente nnial and beyond."
There 's a place for all of us i n this
ambitious effort and one of th e areas in
whi ch we ca n start i s ri ght here at our
Pl ant. There are many t hings each of us
could do to help beautify our work area
and ma ke Waynesboro GE an even more pleasant
place in which to wor k. The NEWS will carry
fu tu re articles on t he Sp ruce Up Campaign
with suggestions on wha t we ca n do and
i nformation on what the Company i s doing
in this campai gn .
The Spruce Up Campaign is a state-wide
program being di rected by our own Mr. H. W.
Tu l loch who is being l oaned to the sta te
for t hi s purpose . Here in t he Waynesboro
Pl ant Mr. Gordon Batey i s heading up the
pl an t -wide program to spru ce up and clean
(Cont ' d next col umn )

Audrey Simmons has completed 10 years c f

s ervic e with the Marriott operations here
at the Main Plant . During her entire 10
year career, Audrey has always worked on the
2nd Shift . Audrey stated that she has enjoyed
working i n the Pl ant cafet eri a and getti ng
t o know a l ot of t he 2nd. Sh i ft GE employees
over the years .
Audrey is originally fro m Hot Spr i ngs,
Virg i nia but has lived i n Waynesboro f or
over 20 years . She and her husband , Edwin ,
have three c hildren .
"""'-

WAYNESBORO GE RET IREES ASSOCIATION MEETING

The Waynesboro GE Ret i rees Assoc i at ion will
hold a meet ing Wednesday, February 4, 1976,
at 11 : 30 a .m. at Perkins Pancake House.
W. R. Perry will be guest spea ker.
******** ***** ***************************~

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FOR SALE
' 65 DODG E
2 MOUNTED
' 66 CHEVY
GE RP2020
OLD SKIS,

4D R WAGON --see at 373 S. Wayne aft. 5

SNOW TIRES-- E78xl4- - $25 each--942- 2374
CAPRICE STAT ION WAGON -- Ext 1612
PORTABLE RECORD PLAYER--$20--942-8537
BOOTS, POLES, SKATES--942-8579

****************************************~

up our fa ciliti es. "We. Me. de.vei_opA_vtg many__

p.f.anJ.J 601t j oA.,ri-[ng A.,nto t~ ve.Juj wo!tthwW
e.66oll..t. to ~e.du~ e. ~e.Jt and be.au,t,i_6y o~
J.iU!UtouvtdA_ng1.>, " Mr. Batey sa id.
Wa tc h fo r more details in the ne xt several
weeks and lets "Spruce Up Waynesboro GE"
as our contributi on t o the Bicentenn i al .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTR IC
VOL XV II I No. 5

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

February 6, 1976

Unaudited 1975 Results Show

GE Sales Steady, Profits Down
Preliminary , unaudited results indicate net
earnings of General Electric for the year
1975 were approximately $580 million or $3 . 1 7
per share . ~his was a decrease of about 5%
from the $608 million or $3 . 34 per share
repo rted in 1974 , Re ginald H. Jones , Chairman
o ~ the Board rep o ~ted recently .
Sales for
the year 1975 were expected t o be about the
same as the $13 . 4 billi on for 1974 .
Earnings for the fourth quarter of 1975
were indicated to be about $220 mill i on or
$1 . 20 per share, an increase of 15% from
the $192 million or $1 . 05 per share reported
in the comparable quarter last year . Sales
the quarter were aroWld $3 . 77 b i llion,
ivughly equal t o the $3 . 74 billion r eported
in the same quarter of 197L .

:Ke a e.Aetp(?i u/(iJJed f!lhe 55 /7Jin/J

o{ $/ood :fte~ <Be1flen

Mr . Jones , in commenting on tte year , stat ed,

11

I rt a ye.AA whe.rt the. U. S . e.c.o no my e.xpVU..e.ric.e.d

t he. moot o evVte 1te.c.uoion oiric.e Wo!tld WM II,
GE eMyt,{.rigo 601t .the 6~t qu.a.JttVt 06 7975 wVte
down 39% 61tom .the 1974 qualttVt, arid the
oe.c.orid qualttVt eaJtyt,{_rtgo WVte 066 13% 61tom .the
c.ompMab.le. 19 74 qttalttVt . But irt .the. thi!td
qu.a.JttVt 06 1975, e.aJtyt,{.rigo wVte 7%ahead 06
.the. 1974 .thi!td qtlalttVt, and advaric.ed eve.rt
moJte. iri .the. 6,(ria.l qualttVt . Fac.e.d wdh a
oubo tan.tia.l e.c.o riom.{c. dowritUJtn and a c.o n.tinued
c.oot-pJtic.e oque.e.ze., expe.riou wVte c.ut bac.k
Jtigo1touo.fy but iri 11..1ayo .that, in .tlte. judgme.YJ.,t
06 manageme.rit, will not impa.J.JL the. Company ' o
pote.n,t,(a.l 601t 6utUJte. g1towth . Irt adddion,
e6Mue.rit ut,(Uza..uori 06 c.aoh 1tuoUJtc.u
wao give.rt a high pJtioJtity at all .leve.lo 06
managemerit in 1975 . The. 1tuuli wcw to
11.educ.e. total de.bt by about $150 m<lliori
611.om the 19 74 ye.AA end wlu.J.e inCA.eaoing
c.aoh and mMke.X.a.b.le oec.Ultd,(u by oome $480
m<llion . GertVta.l f.lec.tJt,(c. thuo c.oittiriuu
~ be in a otllorig 6,(nariua poo,(t,(ori . 11
Reviewi ng the vario us categories of the
company ' s business in 1975 , Mr . Jones
noted :
(Cont 'd Page 2, Col . 1)

One of the enjoyments of g1v1ng blood is the

snacking af t erwards , as Bob Broughman, ManagerHo url y & Uni on Re l ations, wi ll testify to .
Bob i s pi ctured here enjoy i ng th e refres hments
after gi vi ng hi s 55th pin t of blood Wednesday
afte r noo n during the Bl oodmobile vis i t he re .
When the next Bloodmobi l e comes around i n
August , Bob ful ly in te nds to gi ve aga in ,
thereby reaching a plant record of 7 ga ll ons'.
11

I 1 111 riot going to q1U..t at oeven , .thoagh, 11 he

said. 11 I have no in;ten,uorio 06 qu.. t:tlirig . I
like .tlie oaridi.vic.hu , 11 he joki ngl y added .

Bob has been gi ving bl ood since his days of

workin g for the Chesapea ke and Oh i o Ra ilroad
back in 1947 . Actua ll y , he began giv ing blood
in hi gh schoo l but no records of i t was kept
until later.
He stated that his ~ iving bl ood was something
he never reall y had to question.
I g.tve.
11

blood bec.auoe pe.op.le nee.d d

d .to opMe.. 11

(Cont'd Page 4, Co l. 2)

and I've got

ws

RESULT~
ont'd fromage 1, Col. 1)

"Sa.le.o and e.aJuu.ng.o o6 the Con.oumeJt Cate.go1ty

e.n.teJte.d 7975 -i.n a .6 hcvr.p de.rune.. Sale.o to
c.on.oumeJt mcvr.h.w touc.he.d bottom e.cvr.ly ht the.
yeaJt and be.gan a Jte.c.oveJty that c.onti.nu..e.d
th/tough the. 1tema-i.ndeJt 06 the yeaJt. Although
total .oa.lu 601t 7975 weJte. le.M than 601t 1974
~onti.nuoU.6 . e.6 6ow to 1te.duc.e. e.x.pe.M u and '
.unpltove. pJtA..c.e.o to 066.oet e.oc.ai.a.ting c.o.ot.6
ac.c.ou..nte.d 601t a ga-i.n -i.n e.cvr.n.lng.o 601t the.
total ye.cvr.. Falt majolt app.li..a.nc.e.o, 1te;tai.1,
J.>ale.o J.>howe.d a. .ot.Jtong !Le.bound, wh-i.le. a c.on~ue.d low Jt~e. a6 hoU.6-i.ng .otaJt:t.6 p1te.c.lu..de.d
.unp1toveme.n.t ..ui the. c.onbr..a.c.t a.ppUa.nc.e.
~UJ.>ine.o~.
La.mp.& e.nj oye.d a .ot.Jtong c.ome.ba.c.h.
..tn e.a/CJUng .6
HOU.6 ewaJte.6 and aud-i.o p!todu.c.t.6
weJte. .olow duM.ng the. eaJtly paM: o6 the. ye.aJt
bu.t pcwtlupated -i.n the. hnpJLovement a.& the.
ye.alt p1tog1te.o.o e.d. TV 1ter_uveJt opeJLa.t.i.on.o
1te.6le.c.ted that btdU.6tlty'.& cli.6a.ppo,[nt,[ng
.6ale.6 yeo.Jt.
"Foll. 1~dU.6:tJt.lai. Component.o and Sy.ote.m.o,
the negative. 6a.c.toM -i.n 797 5 ou.:twughed
the. po1:>Ui_ve. and .oa.lM and e.cvr.n-i.ng.o weJte.
down 61tom 19 74. OpeJLa.t.i.on.o wh-i.c.h .&upply
p1toduc.e.1t equipment 601t -i.ndUJ.>tlty .ota.Jr.;te.d
. the. ye.cvr. wli:.h .ot.Jtong .oa.lu and e.cvr.n-i.ng.o.
:: Re.ouLt.6, howe.ve.Jt, :tM.A.i.e.d 066 a..o the. ye.cvr.
p1tog1te.o.o e.d. Compone.nt.6 and mateJr..-i.a.!A
opeJLa.t.i.o M .6 e.Jtvbtg c.o M ume.Jt gaadJ., and c.o n.ot.Jtuc..t.lon mcvr.h.w Welte we.ah. th!toughou;t mo.ot
06 the. ye.alt, but began to 1te.c.01td ga-i.n-6 a..o
the. yeaJt c.lo.o e.d. Me.d-i.c.a.l .6 y.ote.m.o and
-i.n 6 01tma:tlo n and -i.ndlU>:tlli.al .6 e.Jtv-i.c.e.o hnp!to ve.d
both .tia.le.o and e.a.Jtn-i.ng.o 601t the. ye.o.Jt..
"The. 1ndU.6:tJt.lai. Powe.It Equipment Sec.toll.
u..ndeJWJe.n.t. majolt a.djlU>tme.nt.6 -i.n 1975 -i.n the.
wake. o6 the wo!tldw,de. e.ne.Jtg y c.Jt-i..6-i..6 a.nd
the. e.c.onomlc. 1tec.u1:>-i.on. A6 e.x.pe.c.te.d,
although total. 1:>a.le.o -in th-i.-6 c.ate.golty we.Jte.
up !:> omewhat, e.Mnlng.6 weJt.e. lowe.Jt -in 7975
than 19 74. Sh-i.pme.nt.6 a6 .ote.a.m :twtb-ine.ge.neJt.q.;(;01t un-i.t.6 Welte. down 61tom :the. e.o.Jt.UeJt.
ye.cvr. wli.h a. .o-ign-i.6-ic.an:t advelt..6e. -i.mpac.t on
e.aJtni.ng.o. The. nuci.e.cvr. bu...o-ine..o.o -inc.1te.a.o e.d
m .oa.le.o and Jtema-ine.d mo.Jt.g-i.nally p1to6Lta.ble..
GM :twr.b-i.ne..o .oold to dome..oilc. util.U:)..e..o ha.d
a.no:the.Jt d-i.66-ic.ui.:t ye.cvr.. Th-i.-6 we.ah.ne..o.o t.tk:t-6
po.Jt:tlo.i.ly o66.6 et by .ot.Jte.ngth -in -inte.Jtnationa.l
ma.Jc.kW. PoweJt. deli.ve.Jty .oa.le..o weJte. down
.o.llghtly 61tom :the. plte.c.e.cli.ng ye.aJL although
o:JeJLa.t.i.ng 1te..oul.-t6 Welte imp1tove.d th!tough
be:tteJt pfl..i.clng and c.o.ot and p!toduc.:ti.vity
impJtove.me.nt plt091ta.m.6.
"The. AeJto.opa.c.e. Ca:te.go1ty' .6 level 06
19 75 .oa.le..o a.nd e.o.Jt.ni.ng.o -in total weJte. up
Mmewha.t 6Jz.om 19 74 de..o pli:.e. a. de.iline. -i.n
.oa.le..o o6 c.omme/tlc.a.l a.iltc.1ta.6t e.ng-i.ne..6.

{Cont'd next column)

from Col. 1)
"1nteM.a:tlonal.. UpeJLa.t.i.ort.6 .&a.le..o we.Jte.
beften. than la.tit ye.cvr. e.ve.n -i.n the. 6ac.e. o6
wo!tlciuJi.de. 1te.c.e.6.o-i.on, but e.cvr.n-i.ng.o wen.e.
down be.c.a.u..6 e. o6 loweJt e.x.polit. mcvr.g-i.n.o and
l0.6.6 e.6 on c.Vttai.n wta.li.a:tlon c.on:tltac.t.6. ~
lC~nt'd

"P1te.U.mi.no.Jt.y, u..naucli.te.d 1te..oui.t.6 601t

:the. Ge.neAal Ele.ctJU.c. CJz.e.CLlt Co1tpolla:tlon.
btd-i.c.a:te tha:t e.aJtn-ing.o c.onti.nue.d to be.
befteJt th!toughou;t 7975 than -i.n 197 4 be.c.a.u..6 e
low~ -inte.Jte..ot c.o.ot.6 and a. h-i.ghen. level 06
Jte.c.uvable.6 molte. than o66.o et c.onJ.>-i.de.Jta.bly
h-i.ghe.Jt pltov-i..6-i.oM 601t loMe.o and lowe.Jt
y-i.elciJ.,. ,,
Looking ahead to 1976, Mr. Jones noted
that "we. plle.6 e.nti.y expect to -inc.Jz.e.M e.

plant and e.qu-i.pme.n.t expenclUuJte.6 by about

20% 6Jz.om :the. 1975 a.mount 06 app1toma:te.ly
$450 million." He further stated "OU!t
Gene.Ital Ele.c.tJz.,le e.eonom-i..ot.6 Me. looh.-ing
6oll a.RLttle. ave.Jr. 5% !teal g1towth 601t the.
U.S. gJz.o.o.o na.Uona.l p1toduct -in 1976 with
an -i.n6la.-ti.on Jta..t.e. 06 about 6 to 7%. OWt
expec.ta:tlon, c.oMe.que.ntly, -i.-6 601t a.
mode.Jta:te. a.nd .ote.a.dy Jz.e.c.ove.Jty. Th-i.-6 me.a.M
a. h-i.ghly c.ompetliive. .oitu..a:ti..on. 1n the.6e.
Ultc.wn&tanc.e..o, the. h.ey.o to Ge.nen.al Ele.c.tJt,lc.' .6
7976 .o.t.Jta:te.gy will be. c.ont-i.nue.d c.o.&t c.ontltol,
e.6 6e.c.t-i.ve. c.M h ma.nag e.me.nt, Jz.e.a.l-i..6Uc. pfl..i.c.e.
imp.tove.me.nt and g1towth-0JL.i.e.nte.d 1te..oouJt..c.e. ~
allo c.a.t,lo n.b "

REsulTs of SCOGEE
REORGANiZATiON

VOTE ANNOUNCEd

The following is the outcome of the voting

by the membership, concerning the future
of SCOGEE:
1. The organization will continue to exist
as it has in the past.
2.

Dues will remain at $3.00 per year.

3. The money in the building fund will be

released at a rate required to keep the
organization in existance as long as
possible.
4. Planned and future activities will be
set up such that they are as financially
self-supporting as possible.
5. Increase the number of activities
to the members.

off~

Watch the Plant NEWS and bulletin boards for

upcoming activities and an election of
officers and board of directors.

PATENT AwARds PRESENTEd

(Cont'd from Co 1. 1)
< / { /' l ~
extended abnormally high voltages of currents .
Each relay, upon act i vat i on, serves to red uce,
in an appropriate manne r, the power supp l ied
from a source to the protected circuit.
Steve is a product engineer for COO .
Carter Sinclair (CR i n pi cture above) and
Robert C. Missman (L in pi cture be low) have
jointly received a U. S. Patent on a watercooled hea t sink assembly. This assembly
cools the large rectifiers which suppl y
the field current for large power station
generators. This patent was the first for
Bob and the sixth for Carter.

A patent award is a mark of ac hievement which

represents a recognized accomplishment by the
individual who receives i t . GE takes great
pride in its emp l oyees who achieve such
recognition through their efforts in
design in g and/or developing new products.
Several Waynesboro GE emp loyees for the COO
area were recipients of patent awards last
year . Meda lli ons are presented to the
individual upon the filing of a patent
app lication. A bronze meda ll ion i s given
for 1-9 applications, a silver meda lli on
s for 10-19, and a go ld meda llion is given
ior 20 applications and up.

David G. Saben (CR in above picture) was

presented a bronze medallior1 for his joint
app l icat i on with Joh n R. Va n Patten (not
pictured ) . The invent ion is entitled
"Static Control Shorting Clip for Semiconductor Package . "
L. Jub i n Lane (C of below picture) has
received a bronze medallion for his patent
appl i cation entitled "Bi - Quad Act ive Filter
1vi th Inverse Opt ion . "

Steven J . Lukas (at lef t in the above picture)

received his f irst U. S. patent entitled
"Static Overcurrent of Overvoltage Protecti on
Circu it." This deals wi th a static control
ci rcuit for protecting against either a
critically high instantaneous cu rrent or
vol tag e or an abnormal ly hi gh current or
voltage which persists for an extended period
of time . It includes an instantaneous re l ay
ci rcuit responsive to the critica ll y high
currents or voltages in the protected circu it
and a delay relay circuit responsive to the
(Cont ' d next column)

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Bob's may be even more needed because he is !""""i,

one of the few who has Type B negative blood
At one point, Bob was regularly called upon
to give up his blood for an employee's wife
who had leukemia and also had the rare type,
B negative. "The1r.e we1r.e only about 7 06 U6
in the plant o.;t .the .ti.me who had B negaUve
.60 we Welle pe!U,od.1-c.ai.ly dona,tlng blood 601t
hell," ne noted.
HOLLAND-About 45 laid-off employees
were recalled to work last month at the Holland, Michigan, Hermetic Motor plant. Orders are now starting to pick up and if this
continues. the business is hopeful it can
recall more employees early in 1976.
EVENDALE-The Aircraft Engine Group's
Aviation Service Department has signed an
agreement with the government of Greece
to establish a complete aircraft engine
maintenance and service facility in Greece.
GE will be responsible for providing equipment, tooling, training programs. and management of the new facility. The program,
which began recently, has a value of over
$30 million and will mean 40 new jobs in
Evendale and in Greece this year.
SALEM-Major expansion and modernization projects in the metal industry have declined as metal producers postpone or
shelve investment programs. As a result,
the Drive Systems Department plant in
Salem, Virginia. has had a decline in orders
for equipment that would be going into service in the next two to four years at metal
producing plants around the world. According to Jim Olin, department general manager, "Unlike many GE businesses with
shorter cycle times, we will feel the impact of
this reduced order level over the next two or
more years."
TYLER and FORT SMITH-Room airconditionin9 is predicting only a slight improvement in 1976 sales over a poor 1975, which
means they will not be able to recall manv. of
the employees now on layoff. In fact, 1f a
third shift is brought back, it will be very
small; and plans to reopen Tyler's Bldg. 16
may be put off another year. Increased
overseas markets and a growing heat pump
business are credited with preventing more
extensive layoffs.

Once again, Bob found his blood to be in

demand as this past week's Bloodmobile was in
need of B negative type blood. A call was
sent out to all those who had this type
blood and employees responded favorably.
But whatever your type blood, it is always
needed. So the next time the Bloodmobile
comes this way, sign up and be listed among
those proud blood donors like Bob Broughman.

(Next week .the NEWS w-il.l g~ve a Jtepoltt 06

.thlA week'.& Bloodmobile v-UU.)
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ANNOIJNCEMENT
2ND SHIFT BOWLING LEAGUE
Anyone interested in bowling in a morning
bowling league, men and women, may contact
Nancy Baker, TermiNet-2nd Shift.
THANK YOU NOTE

We would Uke .to ex.pJtel>.6 OWL .tha.nk-6 to all.

06 oWL 6M.en.cl6 who c.on:tJUbu.ted ~n any wa.y
duJL.i.ng .the -il.lnU.6 o6 ouJt hU6 band and b1to.thell,
Bobby Vav-U.

Debbie Davis & Eddie Davis

SYRACUSE-GE's Semiconductor Products Department recently invested over

$500,000 to reduce the cost of each transistor chip by 25% by switching from a twoinch diameter silicon wafer to a three-inch
wafer. The larger wafers. which provide
more than double the number of chips, improve productivity and quality. It took over
$11 million in sales to produce the profit
necessary to make such an investment.

u1 had to throw up in a hurry."

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No . 6

February 13, 1976

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

A Believer

BloodMobilE ExcEEds OuoTA

By 9

Pi NTS

Thanks to the many concerned GE employees,

l ast week's Bl oodmob ile quota was exceeded
by 9 pints as a total of 409 pin ts were
co l l ec ted. The r es ponse from emp loyees was
tremendous , with some 500 empl oyees si gning
up to give blood.
The Red Cross would like to thank those
employees who pl edged bl ood l ast week and
all those who hel ped in any way . Also, a
spec ial recogniti on to t hose who achieved
one- to - four gallon records last week.
Those empl oyees i nc lude :
ON E GALLON

""""1

Snodgrass, Machine Shop, is pictured

.ce iving his Wi se Ow l Award from Foreman
Joe Wh i tese ll. Don wa s mov i ng scrap meta l
from the floor of the punch press to the
hopper when a piece of the scrap metal st ru ck
his lef t glass lens. The meta l struck with
such force that the glass l ens cut and
bruised hi s upper eye lid .

Con remarked, "1' vc. af.i.rau!i been a be.U evvz.

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g.ta.Me.o a1td .tli eu Jz.c.aU.u .oaved me

Don's case i s j ust anot her

instance of how i mpo r tant our safety program
is to all of us here at GE . An accident
of this type could eas il y have caused
ser ious eye dama ge to someone not we~ri n g
protective gl asses, anc i t can happen to
anyone who works around or with mach ines
and parts. So wear your safety gla sses at
a ll t i mes while i n t he fac t cry. They will
save you, too.

.tli.,U, .tAJ11e."

Sammy >l. Lantz

Ca::-1 Roy Cl i ne
John r . McAl i ster
Ro;iald L. Sir or.

Lee C. l-1i ller

Dona.la P. Cappuzzo
Larry E. Kyr,er
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Lavie :: . Sitter
11.l exancer R. ~ici
Pobe r t :, . Knec ht
Geor Fe A. McLean
. 'cu:-ie s C. Ke nyon
John fl. . Br ee!"! , J r .

THREE GALLONS
Ler oy H arlo ~
Jear l 1-J . v:a de
Robe r t \: . Good , .h .
Ja~ es

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Car l Alexander
Harold E. Ch i ldress

FOUR GALLONS
Char les D. Rexrode
Warren Parmer
'.:.'hoina;, R. 'l':-iompson

EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION
THANK YOU NOTE
Raymond Hildebrand wishes to thank everyone
...-...o sent flowers and other t houghtful
~ nsiderations upon t he death of hi s fat her.
Raymond Hildebrand & Famil y

Le e Collins would like to express his tnanks

to everyone v1ho sent gi fts, fl ov1ers, cards ,
and gave blood durin g his ill ness . Your
thoughts at thi s time wi ll al ways be remembered.
Albert L. Co llins & Family

The Hidden Benefits

In Your Social Security
;.:1~e;! the w"lrds " Soci al Security" are rr.entio r.eC. ,
you probably ttir.k o : retire~ent income . But
that ' s only part of the story .

In addition to monthly retirement chec ks,

Social Secur ity also provi jes :

* di sabili ty benefits,

* survivor benef i ts , and

(C ont'd from Col. 1)

cert air. arnount of work l1nd.er Social Sec urit y .
The exact ai:i.ount c :' your be::e:i ts ciepenC.s
on the contributions you (and y our emp' "lyer)
have made over the years .
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But :iere ' s one very import ant po:nt t o keep
in mind : : or any benefit you must apply .
If you apply l ate, it ' s possible that you
might lose sorre benefits .
So Soc i al Security i s cuch more than just a
source of ret irement inc ome . Every year it
provides the money to help Americans keep
t~ei r di gnity ~ hile dealin~ with the increasi ::~
costs anci cor.1plexity of American li :~e .

* Medi ca r e benef i ts .
~nd

once those be~e:its beGir. , tney are

increased each year to keep ber.e:its in line
with cost- of- l iving inc r eases .

Here's how each dol l ar in Social Securi ty

benefits is pai d out . As you can see, there's
a lot more to Social Securit v benefi ts than
mon thl y reti rement chec ks .
J

Why Soci al Secu r i ty?

BENE F1 TS PAID

Because it ' s the ma in source of r etirement

income for workers in business and indust r y .
Only about 50% of uusines s a nd industry
er.1ployees have a pri vate pens i on plan to
supplement Soc i al Se curity .

Who Rece i ves t he Different Types of Soc i al

Sec urity Chec ks ?
Other

All kinds o f people . ~he Soc ial Security

sy st em sends out ~ o r.thly checks t otal ing
nearly $57 bill i on a year to nearly one out
o : every seven Americans . Some of the people
el i c ible , besides the worker, receiv ing
Soc ial Secur ity be::e:its include :
*A worke r ' s wife, widow, or divorced wi fe .
She rnust have an eli g i ble child in her care
or l'.!eet a certain ar.e requirement . In sor.1e
case- a man can collect benefits on his wife ' r
earr.ir.cs reco rd .
* \r. elip;i ble child , who must be unrr.arried ,
a re 18 , er between ac es 18 ar.d 22 i: a
~u-1 - tine student, o r who has bec ome disabled
uefore a re 22 .

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Retirement

Bene fits

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* Jener. denL rarents .

~hey are elif ible f or

survivor be~e: it s . Also , ther e ' s ~ed icare,
>i:.: ch contains :iospi tal insurance ar.C. r.edi<':>.1
inr~. ~r ~0 Le ne:p protect people over G5
f'rom tLe hirh c osts o f medical care . Nearly
.::11 million Americans have coverage under
1-'.edicare .

be fo re yo" <'r your f'ai:1 ily c an get monthly

casn benPfits , you must have credit f nr a

(Cont ' d next co l umn)

H. Arr.old Al exander , COO

Pr oject Engineer, has received
a U. S. Patent deal in g wi th
sel ectivel y controllab l e sh if t
reg i ster and counter di vi der
networ k. This invention is a
di vi de - by- N shift register
coun ter whic h all ows circu i ts
to be placed in series to
accomp li sh any division greater
than 6. It all ows one to eas ily
sel ect vari ous freq uenc i es by
t i me shar i ng of t he ci r cui t .
Th i s is Arnol d' s f irst patent.

rrSpruce Up GE"

Popular Demand 2 11 ~I 7 t..

and Saving Bucks
Re surrect $2 Bill
Two hundred years ago, in J une 1776, the
Cont i nental Congress i ssued 49,000 two- do ll ar
bi lls for the "defense of Ame r ica . "
Now, two - do ll ar bil l s wi l l soon be bac k in
circul at i on thanks to in terest shown by
Contress , the Amer i can Revolution Bi cente nn ial Admi nist rati on, and t he Ameri can
people.

Those empl oyees who freq uently travel the

east side of the building have probably
noticed that someth ing new has been added
to the landscape. The Waynesboro Pl ant
has just recently procured a new American
fl ag and, along with its mo re familiar
red, white and blue colors, an American
Bicentennial Flag has been added .
The Bi centenni al Flag is the first visible
""""'t ep the Pl ant has taken in the "Spruce
i) GE " Campaign and will continue to be
flown throughout the Bi centenn i al period.
Mr. David L. Coughtry stated that "we
do -<.n.te.rid ;to pCl}(,Uupc,_,t e -i.ri vCl}(,(.ouJ.i H'a1J6
-<.ri :the 1.> -ta:tew.{,de 'Sp!tu.c.e Up Campa,i.9 ri f arid

1xuc.,uc.uhut1..u wdlun GE . " However,

Mr . Coughtry added that the specifics of
the campai gn have not been worked out as
of yet and any additional act i vities the
Pl ant will undertake will be ann ounced in
the Plant NEvJS .

1110Jte

Why rev i ve the bill? In addition to add i ng

to Bi ce ntenn i al feve r, i t wi l l save t he
U. S. Gover nment money--about $35 mi lli on
dur ing the next five years . The Treasury
hopes the two-dollar bi l l wil l replace about
half the 1. 7 bi ll i on "ones" pl aced in
circ ul ation each yea r.
The new two-dollar bill s wi ll be issued by
the Federa l Reserve t o banks by mid- Apr i l,
1976, in amo un ts t hat will hopeful ly meet
public dema nd. Two hundred twenty- f i ve
million of the new bi l l s will be ma de
availab le, and an annual printing of 400
mi l li on i s ant i cipated . A portra i t of
Thomas Jefferson, universa ll y recogni zed
as the author of the Declaration of Indepe ndence, wi ll be on the face plate of the
bill.

The l ast printing of two-dollar bi ll s was

i n 1965 . They were only about one- third of
one percent of all U.S. outs t and i ng money,
and this led people to believe two-do ll ar
bi ll s were either unavaila ble or an odd i ty
to be avoided .
Arid :that ' '-> :the 1.,1.:au d
arid :that ' '-> :the way d

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GE's "Happy Birthday, America"

can Mean Up To An Extra sso
Off on Selected Major Appliances
And Television
In addition to their usual Employee Courtesy
Discounts, General Electric employees may
get up to $50 off on a selection of GE major
appliances, a washer-dryer pair, or one of
two color television sets during the company's
"Happy Birthday, America!" celebration.
From now to February 29, GE is lowering
prices to its dealers to they may give you
savings of up to $50.
Appliances on which dealer pricing has been
reduced include:

--An 18.8-cubic-foot side-by-side refrigerator, model number TFF19D, with Power Saver
switch to help reduce operating costs.
(Employee Courtesy Discount: $65.)
--A built-in Potscrubber II dishwasher,
model GSD1050, with six push-button cycles
including the Power Scrub cycle. (Employee
Courtesy Discount: $45.)
--A 30-inch free-standing range, model
JBP22, with P-7 Self-Cleaning oven. {Employee
Courtesy Discount: $40.)
--A 30-inch cabinet range, model JBS26, with
standard oven. {Employee Courtesy Discount:
$35.)
--A 17-inch diagonal 100% solid-state Porta
Color TV, model WYA6314WD. (Employee Discount: $45.)
--A 25-inch diagonal 100% solid-state color
TV console, model WMC9275CO. (Employee
Courtesy Discount: $85.)
In addition, dealers may offer up to $50
o~f on the following combinations of
appJiances;

National Electric Week

February 8 -14, 1976
Thomas A. Edison
Born February 11, 1847
Tfr...L6 week we ~ec.ognized Na..tionai. Eleci:JU.c.
Week bl honM 06 ThomM A. EcliAon' -6 bbtthda.y.
The 6oUowlng l..h a b-'Lie6 bac.kg~ou.nd 06 the
man and fiiA beLi.e6-6:

All the electric lights in the world began

with the bulb invented by Thomas Alva
Edison. Today's vast world of electric
light, however, has come a long way since
the mastermind from Milan, Ohio, developed
that crude pioneer model in 1879.
Three days before Edison started the 40-hour
test on his first successful incandescent
lamp, he boastfully declared to Charles
Batchelor, his model maker and chief mechanic:
"Ba:tc.h, we w.lU. pe1t6ec..t a. lamp be6Me we
.6leep M clle -in .the at.tempt."
klthough he would work through the niqht ~n
some experiment, he never appeared to be in
a hurry. None of his associates ever tound ~
him out of breath. Putting off until tomorr1
was an unknown practice to Edison.
It took a lot of work each day and a multitude
of bright ideas to "let there be light" -arti fi ci ally.

SERVICE PINS
AWARDED
FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY

J. K. Thompson
--An automatic washer, model WWA7400P,
together with an electric dryer, model
DDE6200P or gas dryer, Model DDG6280P.
Employee Courtesy Discounts are $35 for
the washer, $25 for the electric dryer
and $30 for the gas dryer.
--Any GE built-in P-7 Self-Cleaning Oven
and any GE Built-in Cooktop. Employee
Courtesy Discounts eo up to $70 for builtin ovens and up to $45 for built-in cooktops.
Amount of savings are options with each
dealer, so shop for your best buy. Courtesy
discounts are subject to the provisions of
the Employee Product Purchase Plan.

10 YEARS

25 YEARS

20 YEARS
E. B. Armentrout
G. s. Chambers
D. B. Hull
I. w. Hutchinson
c. J. Liebal
M. R. Whitworth

15 YEARS
I. D. Fitzgerald

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Steele

H. R. Chittum
Day, Jr.
1. Ellington
F. Helsley
D. G. Hite
M. L. Griffin
c. P. McGuf fin
c. J. Phillips
D. M. Stinespring
J. K. Thompson ~
L. A. Wheeler
T. A. White

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5 YEARS

Horton
R. E. Hughson
P. F. Lunsford

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 7

WAYNESIORO,VIRGINIA

Instrument Repair
Facilities Expand

Fe bruary 20, 1976

Working on Your Tax Return?

Here's How to Report Your

1975 S&SP and SB "Payout"
If you ' re working on your 1975 Inc ome Tax
return and you ' re an S&SP participant ,
don 't forg et to dig out the Tax I nformation
Statement distributed in March of last year .
It tells you the taxable i ncome from the
Savings an d Security Program that should
be included in reporting your income for

1975 .

ill Howill (.6 e.cU:e.d) , I n.6bwme.rr;t Te.c.hrU.Ua.n ,

me.teJt wh,tc.h
,i_,6 Ulie.d ,i_n ;the. Rwy F,i,yiMh a.Jte.a .

.u.. p,i,ctWte.d c.a,Ubtr.a.ting a me.gohm

The former Instrument Room in the Engineeri ng

Lab recently underwent some changes and ha s
now become two separate fac ili ties : the
COO Instrument Room and the DCPO I nstrument
Repair Faci lity, or Cal Lab, which is
locate d in Room 244 . The COO Instrument
Room is conti nuing to handle COO ca l ibration
repair while the DCPD Cal Lab is now handling
calibration and repair of e l ectron i c instru ments and test equipment for DCPD.
The changes came about due to the increased
business for DCPD and the addition of the
Turner Comp le x. "We. 6e..U ;tha;t :the. c.a,U-

btr.a.tion and Jte.paJA p!tOc.e.M would be. e.a,6,{_eJt

;to adm,i,n,{,,6;teJt ,i,6 ;the. Jte.paJA 6a~y WM
a paft:t 06 VCPD ," stated Ernie Hutton,
Manager-Engi neering Support-DCPO.
Wayne Ashby , Computer Support Eng in eer, is
i n charge of the Ca l Lab. He stated that
the pri mary purpose of the Cal Lab i s to
~~ e.e.

;tha,t h1-0tJr.wne.n:U do whcU: :the.y a.Jte.

Af.e.nd e.d ;to do - - ;to .6 e.e ;tha;t an ,(,yt/.):tJtwne.rr;t
me.e.:t-6 ,i_;t,6 .6pe.c.,(,6,(,c.a,t,(,on.J.i and, ,(,6 no;t, to

(Cont'd Page 4, Co l. 1)

Don 't report the income invol ved i n the

recent S&SP "payout " or use the 1976 Tax
Information Statement which most employees
are now r ece1v1ng . That ' s the warning of
benefi ts administrators . The recent distribution should be reported next year when
you turn in a return on 1976 income . It ' s
the payout of January, 1975 , that ' s involved
in the tax returns now being completed .

"And be. .6tUte. and ll6 e. the. tax.able. ,i,nc.ome.

l,i_,6;te.d ~n the. Tax. In6 oJtma,t,(,on Sta:te.me.nt you
Jte.c.uve.d a ye.a.Jt ago," the administrators
re- emphasize.
If you report the wrong figures , IRS
examiner s may see a discrepancy between
the amount you report and the figure
furn i shed by GE . The problem of explaining your error can cause you some inc onvenience.
If you are a Stock Bonus Plan part icipant
who received a distribution of securities
in 1975, you did not receive a tax i nformation statement . You should determi ne your
taxable income from the Stock Bonus Plan
after considering these points.
First--Remember that under the SB Plan ,
U. S . Savings Bonds are always purchased with
payroll deduction money . Since that has
already been taxed , t he receipt of the Bonds
has no tax consequence.
(Cont'd Page 4, Co l . 1)

coo Ships Controls for World's Largest

ffGeothermal Turbine - Generators"

6y 9/J. dt. J/{i/le1t

The two General El ectric generators are rated
at 155 , 300 I0/A and 70 , 500 I0/A and require
340 KW and 185 KW of excitation power respectively . The 155,300 I0/A unit will be the
world ' s large st geothermal generator . The
two generators could supply elect ric power
fo r most of the Shenandoah Valley . The new
CDO control is called a Shunt SCR Excitation
System . Thi s high performance system was
required by PG&E to overc ome st ab ility
problems as s ociated with long transmissi on
li nes in t he West .

Joe. Vav-W , Emme.,t,t Swnne.Jt , and Al May d.wc.uoJ.i

MJ.iemblij a;t .the. PG&E hycvwge.n c.on.tltol.
The Control Devices Operat i on is in the
process of shippi~g a new excitation system
and a hydrogen cor.trol to the Pac ific Gas
and Electric Company for installat i on on
a geothermal gene rator . This i s the f irst
o f t wo sets of controls to be furn i shed by
Waynesboro for PG&E ' s " Geysers II p ower
Plant . The turbine- generators are being
furnished by General Electric ' s Lynn River ,
Massachusetts Plant .
What is ceothermal power? The name of t he
plant - "Geys ers " - north of San Francisco
gives us a general idea . The area was called
the "Gates of Hell" when discovered by a bear
hunter in 1807 . It is cenerally believed
the interior of the earth is composed of a
high temperature :'luid called magma . Only
the sur face o:: the earth is.solid - a crust
that averages about 20 miles thjck .
In s ome volcanic areas the crust is very
thin. Here a volcano may form or - in
place s where the mavna contains water a geyser ::i:: hot sp:cing occurs . The hot
s team fro~ geysers contain enerr,y - so
PG&E uses this s~eam to run turbinegenerators . The "Geyser s " Plant now has
th i rteen 5enerators operati ng - the first
in 1960. The two new General Electri c
machines will boost the output of the
"Geysers" Plant to about 700,000 I0/A . Ther e
are als o geoth erma~ power plants i n Italy
(Would you believe since 1904 ! ) , New Zealand ,
and Mexico .

The job was headed up by CDO Project Engineer ,

Pet e Hendel who says , "I go;t help 61tom a lo.t
o 6 pe.o ple. - ' d WM a 1te.al .te.am e. 66oJt;t. fl The
Shunt SCR patent was issued to Jubin Lane in
1968 . Much of the PG&E circuitry was taken
from the Generrex Sys tem where Jubin and George
Chambers developed t he basic circuits . Steve
Lukas and Francis Tucker worked with Pete to
add some s pecial c ircuits for the PG&E Syst err. .
Carter Sincl air worked out the details of ...-....
the mechanical des i gn while Frank Ellis did
the layout work and many of the drawings for
steel and bus work . John Audia worked out
the panel documentation and wiring di agrams
reauired for manufactur i ng . Eleanor Ellison
did most of the diagr am drafting . Raymond
Balser , CDO Product i on , chased down the
material requi red to get the job to the
fac tory floo r .
Onc e the job hit the facto r y floor , Russ
Culver followed it from Engineering . Bobby
Downs worked out spe cial requirements such
as tin plate d bus . The control required
many special par ts because t he " Geysers II
area has corrosi ve gases such as H2 S (rottenegg gas ) and ammoni a . The job was assembled
and wired mostly by Bernie Campbell , Russell
Washi ngton, Linda Louderback , Danny lkGann ,
Char les ~cGuffin , and Dave Showalt er .
Once the job hi t t est Larry Kyger, Tom
Cash , Al Swic egood , and Bill Krzastek were
busy doing pr oduct ion testing .
Sinc e this is the "first of a ki nd , " many
special engine ering tests were required to ...-.
verify the design . Pete Hendel , Russ Culver ,
and John Audi a r an t he contr ol on the CDO
diese l generator and the VEPCO Power Sy stem

(Cont'd next page , Co l. 1)

(Cont'd from Page 2)

to prove performance and to demonstrate
to the customer. Carter Sinclair
l Ernie Alfred helped make a heat run and
t-ake current balance data.

~eration

The Special Hydrogen controls, engineered by

Joe Davis , are also be i ng furnished for the
two PG&E generators . The big difference in
the hydrogen controls was the many special
parts to withstand the corrosive gases .
Stainless steel piping was used in place of
copper and bronze. Al May, Emmett SWIUler ,
and Eddie Patterson worked on the hydrogen
control.
There wouldn ' t be room enough here to list
the names of everyone who contributed to the
PG&E controls but everyone deserves special
praise for their outstanding efforts.

Steam 6Jtom the e.o.Jt,th tha;t wilt poweJt new

U.UC.bJ..1ie.;., a.,t PG&E '!.> " Gey'-> eM " poweJt p.tan-t
~n no!t-theJtn Ca1A_fioJtn,i,a.

Again CDO is contributing to a solution to

the energy problem. No fuel is required in
geothermal generation - we simply use energy
furnished by mother nature .

Joint Technical Societies Meeting Held

in Recognition of

NATIONAL ENGINEERS' WEEK

Lod.i..e SeMeti, At Sw~c.egood , Tom CMh, Unda.

LoudeJtbac.R, LaJtJtlf KygeJt , Bunny Bei.i, Ke,{;t,h
Bec.h-told, Tom Rogel, Joe E~ngeJt, and
Stel.ta SoJtJtell-6 po1.>e w~h the PG&E ex~eJt
~ the pJte..paJte to 1.>~p aJtea .

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Next week, in recogn i tion of National Engineers '

Week, t he l ocal profess i ona l engineers societies
will hol d a jo i nt techni ca l societies meeting .
The di nn er-meetin g will be Tuesday, February
24, at the Holiday Inn on Afton Mountain. Social
hour begi ns at 6:00 p.m. with dinner at 7:30 p.m.
Adm i ral El mo R. Zumwa l t, J r., guest speaker,
wi ll speak at 8:30 p.m. Pri ce for t he dinner
is $7.00.
Adm iral Zumwal t i s a 1942 gra udate of the
U. S. Naval Academy . He has served in the
Navy since that time and i n 1970 was named
Chi ef of Naval Operations . Si nce retirement,
Admiral Zumwalt has been an outspoken advocate
of a strong U. S. Defense.
Due to the limited facilities and the size of
the group participating, al l those planning
to attend are asked to make reservations as
soon as possible. The persons to contact
here at GE for reservati ons are Bart Conlin,
Don Mi ll er, Moe Oue ll ette and Di ck Web er .

~?~nt~~Bfrom

Pagel, Col. 1)
adjr..u.>-t. ott c.etU.btta.,te. d M that d doeo."
Calibra tion checks are performed on such
instruments as meters, oscilloscopes,.
digital meters and counters. Also being
hand l ed i s the complete repair of instruments
and replacement of defecti ve parts.
Wayne stated that in addition to instrume nt
calibration checks and repair, t he DCPD
Cal La b will also provide maintenance
serv ices for computer-type test equipment
i n use by Manufacturing and Engineering.
He added that "-6-<'.Jtc.e. we. have. Ve.pa.Jt.,t.me.n,t. o 6
Ve.6e.ri6 e. c.uo:tome.M, c.etU.btta,,;Uori6 muo:t be.
tf-<llc.e.abl e. :to :the. National BU/Le.au 06
S:tandattd-6 . We. muo :t o pe.tta.,te. in ac.c.OJtdanc.e.
wdh MIL-C -45662A." Ernie Hutton also
emphasi zed this point. "We. do have. :to
ke.e.p OU!t iri6:t.Jwme.n:t-6 c.etU.btta.,te.d :to me.e.:t
mildatty -6pe.u6,(,c.atiori6. 1:t i-6 ne.c.e.Matty :to
be. ac.c.Ultate. and :to have. a -6:tandattd :that i-6
e.xac.:t. Th.i-6 i-6 patttic.ulaJtly ,i,mpott:tan,t. :to
Re.lay-6 be.c.auo e. we. do build Re.lay-6 :to ml,U,,taJty
-6 pe.uQic.a;t,i,ori6 . "

A new face has been added to the Medical

Clinic scene and it belongs to our new
contracting doctor, Dr . Kar l Stein.

The Ca 1 Lab fir st "opened for bus iness 11 on

February 2, t he day i nstruments were
i nitially de livered to the lab. The Lab
i s approach ing comp l etion of the maj or
transit ion and has now taken full re s ponsibil i ty for ca l ibratin g and repairing
instruments.

Dr. Stein i s a 1968 gradua te of VPI with

a B.S. in Bi ol ogy . He received hi s M.D .
from the Medical Coll ege of Virgini a and ~
took his Fami l y Practice Residen cy tra i ni,
in Johnstown, Pennsyl van ia.

YOUR TAX RETURN

(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 2)

Second-- Rememb er, i f you "cashed" Bonds in

1975, t here will be taxable interest income

to r eport .
Third-- Remember t hat if you received GE
Stock share s in the Stock Bonus Plan payout "
in 1975, t hey were a "bonus" for participating
and .should be reported at market value as
ordinary inc ome . You should use the average
of the high and low prices of GE St ock on
tne date the stock was received as the market
value of the bonus shares .

Dr. Ste in
emergency
be in the
a week to
nece ssary

will handle this Pl ant's

cases at the hosp i ta l and will
Plant app roxi mate ly four hou rs
conduct pe riodi cal s and the
OSHA phys i cals.

Dr. Stein moved to Wayne sboro in Jul y, 1975

and is now in practi ce with Assoc i ated
Physici ans here in Waynesboro. He i s
ori gi nall y from Arlington County, Virginia
and i s presently residing on Chase Avenue
with hi s wife, Jane, and their 2 year old
dau ghter, Ki mberl ey.
As his hobb i es, Dr. Stein co nsiders hi mself
an amateur astronomer and enjoys skiii ng.

II

Her e are the market values of a GE share on

the f ive bus ines s days in 1975 following
t he mai l ing of "bonus" shares to homes of
recipi ents . J anuary 7 : $33 . 19 ; J anuary 8 :
$34.06; J anuary 9: $34 . 00; January 10 : $35 . 19 ;
and January 13: $36 . 44 .
:fos t St ock Bonus Plan parti ci pant s who
received a distr ibution of securities in
1975 al so received a chec k for income and

THANK YOU NOTE

Thank-6 :to e.ac.h 06 you who c.o~bu:te.d :to
:the. gi6:t 6alt my :t.1tiple.:t -60 ri6 . YoU!t
:though.:t.6ulneo-6 Wa-6 muc.h appJte.Ua:te.d.

Shirley Craft
Former GE employee

dividends accwnulated on their bonus shar e~

during the holding period. This was pai d
check and should be report ed as or dinary
i ncome on income tax r eturns fo r the 197 5-the ones now being fi led . The dividend
exclus i on pr ovided under feder al l aw does not
apply t o dividends acc wnulat ed during a
holding period .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 8

WAYNESIORO,VIRGINIA

February 27, 1976

NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK 1976

11

AMERICAN INGENUITY:

200 YEARS OF ENGINEERING 11

This bicentennial year celebration of our nation is one which American engineers share with deserved pride. They have contributed significantly to
the growth and development of the nation and in creating an industrial economy
that serves its citizens better than any in the world's history. President
Gerald Ford's letter of tribute to the 1976 Engineers Week makes special
note of this contribution:
"By putting knowledge to work efficiently and effectively for
the needs of his fellow citizens, the American engineer has
been at the very heart of our successful national effort to
build a standard oi living that is the envy of the world."
Our engineering history in the United States can be marked off into two eras:
the first century was the period of spanning the continent and welding the
nation together by engineering contributions to transportation and communication; the second century has seen the added development of U.S. industry to
support a rising standard of living for a growing population.
It is gratifying to note that General Electric and its predecessor companies

have been major contributors throughout this second century. In the engineering of product designs, the engineering of manufacturing processes and
facilities, and the engineering of applications and services for its products,
General Electric epitomizes the embodiment of engineering in American
industry.
This is a heritage that we engineers in General Electric cherish. Our. challenge is in sustaining this history of achievement and projecting into the future.
Perhaps the next century will be marked off as the era of engineering of energy
and material resources to continue to support the growth in world living
standards. From today's vantage point it is difficult to look forward into the
second century, but one thing is certain -- whatever the nature of that era, it
will rest upon an engineering foundation.

Vice President-Technical Resources

'~m.erican

Ingenuity: 200 Years of Engineering

This week, February 22- 27, we gave tr i bute

to our engineers here at the Waynesboro GE
Plant in recogn i tion of National Engineers'
Week.
In a hi gh ly techn i cal society such as
ours, t he engineer plays a s i gni ficantl y
prpmine nt r ol e. Whethe r his f i el d be mechani cal , el ectri ca l , chemi ca l or otherwise, the
en gineer i s very i mportant to the conti nued
advancement and growth of technol ogy .
We may all agree that the eng i neers ro l e
i s an extremely important one, but not al l
of us know exactly what an engineer doe s .
Not on ly are there several di fferent types
of eng i neers, but there are en gineers who
work in functio ns of industry other than
Engineering, such as Manufacturing Engineering and Marketing.
In ho nor of Na tional Eng i neers' Week, we
have taken a l ook at a few of those engineers
here at the Waynesboro GE Pl ant to find out
what, exac tly, it i s they do; and rece i ved
their res ponses t o the questi on: "What do
you consider t he greatest chal lenge fac i ng
eng i neers i n today's bus i ness env ironment?"

DON MILL ER
Don E. Mi ller, a Des i gn Engineer for DCPO ,
feels that " e.ngine.e!Ung 06 :the. 6t.L:twte. w,(1,l be.
c.ha.lle.nge.d :to -<.mpleme.n:t :tho-0e. :te.c.hnologiu
wh,[c.h hnpJtove. :the. qu.al,{;ty 06 U6e. 06 a.ll ma.nund . The. la.Jtgu:t polltio n 06 :t~ c.ha.lle.nge.
wJ...tl be. in c.onvinung :the. non-:te.c.hn,{.c.al poJttion 06 Ou.It u vilization 06 :the inuc.apable.
na.:twta.l law-0 wh,[c.h e.6 6e.c:t :thU!t qu.al,{;ty o 6
u6e. ."

As an electri cal eng i neer, Don uses such

l aws everyday i n hi s work of des i gn engineer; ng. "An e.le.c:tJt,{_c.al e.ngine.e.Jt Me. t he. law-0
o6 phy-0ie and ma:thema:Ue to de.v~ e me.aM ~
06 pe.1t60Jtm.{.ng Mme. -0pe.uMe.d :ta.1.ik.. Th e. poi.

tion 06 :the. :ta.!.ik 6a1t wh,[c.h he. (OJt -0he.) ~

JtU po Mible. 1te.qu,{.Jtu the. Me o 6 :tho-0 e. na:tu.Jtal
law-0 wh,[c.h duc.Jt,{.be. U!tc.~ , uiUd--0:ta:te.
phy-0ie, logic. and mag ne.tie, a.1.i we.U a.1.i law.o
in c.h~:tJty, me.c.han,{.e , optie, he.at :tltaM6e.Jt
and e.c.onom<.e . Th!tou.gh the. appUc.a:Uon 06
:the.e. law-0 , :the. e.le.c:tJt,{_c.al e.ngine.e.Jt c.an p!todu.c.e. dJtaw,{.ng-0 and/alt 1te.poltt6 wh,[c.h p!te.~e.ly
de.:te.Jtm<.ne. how :the. -00lu.tion :to :the. :ta.1.i R. ~ :to
be. ,i_mpleme.n:te.d. II

JOHN LAREW
As Ma nager of COO En gi neering, John J .
Larew' s job i s to "c.ooJtd.{.na:te. the. wo1tk o 6
:the. pe.ople. in CVO e.ngine.e!Ung :to -0e.e. :tha:t

Here at GE, Don has worked on t he team

which developed, des i gned and manufactured
the magnet i c tape accessory for the Termi Net
30 .

1te.pu.:ta:Uon. 601t e.ngine.e.Jt.{.ng :te.c.hn,{.c.a.lly

e.xc.e.Ue.n:t and highly 1te.l,{_able. p1todu.c.U ~
ma.{.n:ta,{. ne.d . "
Ou.It

Mr. Larew forsees t he greatest challenge

for Waynes boro GE emp l oyees as being ab l e
to keep in step with technol og i cal advances .
"One. 06 ou.Jt g1te.a:tu:t c.halle.ngu ~ :to be.
c.e.Jt:ta,{.n :tha:t we. inc.01tp0Jta:te. the. la.tut
:te.c.h;U_c.al advanc.u , -0u.c.h a.;., the. mic.1top1toc.u-001t ; in Ou.It pttodu.W Wdhou.:t :taung u.ndu.e.
Wk. 06 bung 'too Mon . ' A;t :the. -Oame. We.,
we. 6ac.e. :the. c.halle.nge. 06 ma.{.n:ta,{.;U_ng a pttopeJt
balanc.e. be.:twe.e.n :te.c.hn,{.c.al e.xc.e.Ue.nc.e., pttodu.c.:t
c.M:t, an.d de.ve.lopme.n:t e.xpe.Me.."

BART CON LON

~''? / /7 6
Another type of engineer required here at
Waynesboro GE is the Mechanica l Engineer.
Like the El ectri cal Engineer, the Mechan i ca l
Engineer also utilizes the laws of nature in
,-... design of a product. Bart F. Conlon, a
~ - ~ign En gineer for DCPD explained that a
Mechanical Engineer "u,t{V,zu an undeA6ta.nd-

-i..ng o 6 the. phy-0-i..c.al law-0 o 6 natU!!.e., the. toou

o 6 mathemat-<..c.J.> and the. wo!tld o 6 mat.e;Ualf.>
and pJtOC.e.6-0e.6 to c.ultivate. the. aJt;t 06 de.velop-i..ng new -i..de.M 6oJt the. du-i..gn and manu6ac.tU!!.e.
o 6 mac.h-<..nu me.c.harU.l.mJ.> and otheJt. e.qu-i..pme.nt.
He. .then ex.pJte.6-0e.6 thue. -i..de.M -i..n the. 6oJtm 06
dJtaw-i..ng-0 and -0pe.u6,(.c.at-<..0M wh-<..c.h uLt-<..mate.ly
Jte.6u.lt. -i..n the. manu6ac.tU!!.e. 06 the. many pJtoduct-0
-OeJt.v-i..ng man!U.nd ." Bart uses these same funda -

mentals in the desi gn of TermiNets and other

DCPD peripheral equipment manufactured by GE.

According to Bill, there are a great number

of challenges facing a Manufacturing Engineer
in today 1 s business environment. "The. Manu6ac.tU!!.-i.ng Eng-i.ne.eJt. ' <> job

JtUpoM-i.b~u

g-i..ve a le.ad-<.ng and c.ompJteheM-i..ve. Jtole wdh a

bJtoad and demandbtg <ic.ope. and th-<. JtUpoM-i..b-i..Wy -<. -i..nc.Jte.M-i.ng. We. Me getting mOJte.
-<..nto the. development 06 11.ew pJtoduw and
pJtoc.u-0 u when they Me <i.t.J..1..1 ,fo the. pite,.l,UrU,-

nMtJ eng-<.ne.e!Ung <ita.gu. Te.c.hrt-<.c.a.l c.onte.nt

o 6 the. job hM -i..nc.Jte.M e.d, we. ' Jte. get.ting
aJ.\Ja.lj 6Jtom the. 'blac.k-Omdh ' c.h-<..p- c.u,UeJt. c.onc.e.pt and M-OW71-i.ng the. te.c.hrt-<.c.a.l 11..ole. Jte.qu-i..11..e.d
o 6 today ' -0 manu6ac.t.U!!.-<.ng -<.ndu<>t.Jty . AU th-<.
and mOJte. c.Jte.atu a gJteat c.hille.nge. 6oJt Manu6ac.tU!!.-i.ng Eng-i..ne.e!Ung -<.n OJtdeJt. to c.on.t..<.nue. to
develop pJto 6u<i..<.onilly -i..n the. bu<>..<.nu-0 wo!tld ."

As a Mechanica l Engineer, Bart sees the

greatest challenge facing his profession i n
industry today as being able to "ke.e.p up- to-

date -i..n the. Mp-i..dly c.ha.ng-i.ng wo!tld o 6 mate!Ualf.>,

pJtoc.u-0 e.6 , and -Uv.it.Jtun1e.nta.t-i.on te.c.hrt-<.quu -Ouc.h
that h-<. du-<.g M c.an compete both te.c.hrt-<.c.illy
and e.c.onom-i..c.a.Lly t~h the. -0 e.ve.Jte. c.omp~on
-<.n today' mMket.plac.e.."

GEORGE HAWKE
Marketing is another function i n wh i ch you
are likel y to find engineers in industry.
George R. Hawke, who has a degree in Electrica l Engineering, works on the DCPD Ma r ket i ng
staff i n Training & Documentation. "My jo b

BILL WOOD
W. J. "Bill" Wood is one of the many
engineers who utilizes his professional
knowledge outside of the Eng i neering function
as a project engineer in Manufacturing. Worki ng on special projects of major si gn ificance
in our Manufacturing system is the prime respons.ibi lity of a project enginee r.

'Manu6ac.twu:..rtg Eng-i.ne.e!Ung hM the. urt-<.que.

06 be-i.ng able. to eng-i.neeJt. majoJt
hnpJtoveme.nt.-0 -<.n manu6ac.tU!!.-i.ng , M well M
play a v-<.ta.l and c.hille.ngbig Jtole. wd.h
Jte.6pec.t to the. c.ont-<.nue.d -0uc.c.u-0 and pJto6dab~y o 6 the. e.nt-<.Jte. bu<>bte.M, " Bi 11 stated.
pu-O~on

-i..n MMke.ting c.oM-i.-Ot.-0 06 pJte.palt-i..ng J.iuppoll..Uve.

doc.ume.nta.:t..<.on, -0uc.h M Func.:t..<.ona.l Spe.uQ..<.c.atioM , In-0-ta.Uat-<..on, Ope.JtatoM, and SeJt.v-i.c.".
Manualf.>, and I llu<>t.Jtate.d PaJtt-0 Uou " he
stated. "One. would have. :to have. a fi)_ghly
:te.c.hrt-<.c.al bac.kgJtound ..<.n oJtdeJt. :to pJte.pMe.
:the. :te.c.lirt-<.c.a.l manualf.> Jte.qu-i..11..e.d 6M ~{Mke:t
..<.ng ..<.n VCPD ."

As for the engineering profession, itself,

George feels that a continued development of
new products to meet our future needs i s the
engineer's greatest cha ll enge . "In ye.aM
pM:t, e.ng..<.ne.eJt.6 du-i.gne.d and bu.A.Lt new pJtoduc.t-0 bMe.d on -Ouc.h c.oM-i..deJt.ationJ.> M ne.e.d-0 06
:the. maJtke,tplac.e., e.c.onomu o 6 c.on-0:t.Jtuc.:t..<.on ,
appeaJtanc.e., e:tc. . Now we. Me e.nteJt.,{.ng a new
e.Jta o 6 l..<.mde.d Jte.6 OU!!.C.e.6 and Jtaw mateJt.,{.alf.>
and moJte. e.x.peM..<.ve e.ne.Jtgl} -OOU!!.c.e.6. The. gJte.a,.tu,:t
c.ha.U.e.ng e. 6aung :today' -0 e.ng-<.ne.e.Jt -<.-0 :to du-i..g n
new pJtoduw bM e.d no:t only on :the. o.e.d c.Jtde!Ua,
but ct0o on new onu M well. Ava.M!.a.b~y o 6
mat~, lowu:t poM..<.ble. poweJt. c.onJ.> un1ption,
po.Uu;t,{_on c.ont.Jtol, -0a6 UIJ , and -00Ual ..<.mpac.t- :the.-0 e. . 6ac.to~ ma~e. :the. e.ng..<.ne.eJt.6 job one. o 6
ev e.Jt--<.nc.Jte.M..{.ng ..{.mpOIL.tanc.e. and c.omple.x...<.:ty. "

"Stock Price" and

"Fund Unit Price"
for January 1976
Here is the GE "Stock Price" and the
average "Fund Unit Price" used in the
crediting of participants' accoun ts for
the month of January under the Sav ings
and Securi ty Program.
The "Stock Price" is the average of
the clos ing pri ces of GE Stock on the
New York Stock Exchange for each trading day in the calendar month.
The "Fund Unit Price" is the average
of the dai l y fund uni t prices, determined for each trading day of the New
York Stock Exchange in the ca l endar
month by dividing the number of fund
units into t he net asset va l ue of the
Fund.

ANNOVNCEMENT
THANK YOU NOTE
I would like. to thank ill mlJ 6!U.e.n.d6 a.-t.
GE 6oJt the. be..au.U.6ul 61oweJL.6 and a.c.t.6 06
Wi.dn.eo I Jte.c.uve.d a.t the. de.a.th o 6 my
bJtothe.Jt, Voug.ltui Tilley. The. many though,t6ul e.xpJteoA..oM 06 tjmpa.th1J Jte.c.uve.d a.t a
:t.Un e. .U.ke. thA.. c.a.n. ne.v e.Jt be. 6oJtg ott e.n. .

June Harre ll
RETIREES ASSOCIATION MEETING
A meeting of the Waynesboro GE Retirees
Association wil l be he l d next Wednesday,
March 3, 1976, at Perkins Pancake House.
The meeting wi ll begin at 11:30 a .m.
Guest speaker wi ll be Mr. Warren Evans
of the Cosmopol i tan Travel Agency and
his t opic for discussion will be "Travel
and Tourism."

The "Stock Price" and the "Fund Unit

Price" for the month of January are as
follows: Stock Pri ce - $52 . 220; Fund
Unit Price - $26.986.

A Cash Refund!
fOr S&SP
Insurance Option Participants
Favorable experience during 1975 under
the Insurance Option of the Gene ral El ectric Savings and Security Program has made
poss i ble a c ash refund to elig ible participant s . This wi ll be the fifth consecutive
year in which refunds of Insurance Option
contributions have been made .
The r efund will be equal to 50% of an
eligible part icipant's insurance c ontributions for 1975 . Employees eligible fo r
r efunds will be those who made contributions f or S&SP Life Insurance in 1975 and
either (1) had payroll deductions fo r the
Savings and Security Program in December
1975 , or (2 ) otherwise were a ctive par t icipant s with unbroken service in December
1975 .
The checks are scheduled to be mailed
to participant s about the f irst week of
March .

Listed below are a number of items tha ~1ve

been turned into "Lost and Found" in the
Re la tions Office . If you think one of the
listed items belong to you, contact Reginia
Wilson, Room 105.
2 sweaters
2 ladi es' scarves
1 pair brown kn i t gl oves
2 pair sung l asses
1 pa i r presc ri ption gl asses
1 pair safety presc ri ption glasses
1 contact l ens (green)
20 year service tie tac
l ady ' s cosmetic case
nail file
tie clasp
miscellaneous keys
rings (men and women)

*****
spruce up
Virginia .

com~ny's

coming
1976

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XV I II No. 9

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

S&SP INSURANCE PARTicipANTs

SHARiNq $2.~/ MillioN REfuNd

C. F. Robinson
Reaches 40 Year Milestone

For the f i fth consecutive year eligible

partic i pants in the Savings and Secur ity
Program ' s insurance option will receive a
substantial refund on their payments for
S&SP ' s outstanding life insurance coverag e.
The reason for the bi g refund : Favorable experience of the coverage throughout
1975 .
The total being refunded : Ove r $2 . 3
million .
The refund checks are scheduled to be
sent to eli e ible participants early thi s
.th .
Those el i g ible wi ll receive a refund
equal t o 50% of their payroll deductions
for S&SP insurance coverage i n 1975 .
About 24 ,ooo GE people will receive
re fund chec ks . To be eligible you must
have made contributions for S&SP life
in surance dur ing 1975 and had payroll
deduct ions f or t he Savings and Security
Progr am in December 1975 . Even if you
had no payroll deductions in December,
you will qual ify i f you were an active
S&SP participant with unbroken servic e
in December .
Even without the refund , the S&SP l ife
insurance option offers significant coverage at extremely low cost .
When you cons ider the 50% refund on top
of this fact, S&SP ins urance coverage
becomes a bar gain that ' s hard to beat .
How does S&SP life insurance coverage
work? To obt ain coverage an S&SP particit just earmarks one percent of his or
___ r pay for the cost of coverage . That
amount is deducted from your pay along
wi th the rest of your S&SP investment .
You then receive a GE match i ng payment
equal to half of all your S&SP deduct ions

(Cont ' d next column)

Robbie. RobiY!..6on (c) -i./.J ~hown ~e.ceiving h-i/.,

40 Ye.aJt.6 ' S~tvice. Pin 6~om Gl e.nn A. Kell~
(l ), Manag ~- Manu.6actu!Ung fogine.~nQ, M

Vavid A. Cou.ghbty,
loo/M on .

Mana.g~-Manu.6a.ctwung,

Forty years ago on March 2, C. F. "Robbie "

Robinson started his ca reer with the General
Elect ri c Company as an apprent i ce machinist
in Schenectady, New York. Today, as Supervisor of Tool Desi gn , he conti nu es to use the
know l edge gained about tool s and mach i nes ove r
his lengthy career to the benefit of our many
product programs in the Way~esbo ro Depart~ents .
We certainl y congratu l ate hi m on a real mil estone in a fine career and wish hi m many continued years of success.
(Con t 'd from Col. 1)
up to the amount eligible for matching-6% of earning s (7% for veteran part i cipant s ) . The matchi ng payment i s placed
in one of the available Savings and Secur i ty Pr ogram options, as you instruct .
Here ' s an example of how well you are
covered by S&SP life insurance :
If you are under 30 and die , your benefi ciary will receive 60% of your last year ' s
pay for 40 years . If your last year ' s pay
was $10 , 000, your beneficiary would recei ve
$6 , 000 a year for 40 years or a total of
$240 , 000 . Coverage goes downward as a ge
climbs , but at any age S&SP l ife insurance
i s a bargain-- especially for 1975 participants .

Pensioner Bertha Cooper

Celebrates IOOth Birthday:
Has Been a Retiree Since 1936

(Cont ' d from Col. 1)

A past president and charter member of
the Schenectady Zonta Club, Bertha Cooper
has been active in that organization as
well as the GE Woman' s Club. Travel wi t h...-..
both of these organizations has taken her
to Norway, Switzerland, It aly, Spain,
Portugal, Canada, and t hrou ghout t he U.S.,
including Alaska.
Her culinary t alen t s have been t he envy
of friends. Her hob bies have i ncluded
photography, knit t ing, rug mak ing, and
reading mystery st ories, although fai li ng
eyesight and hearing prevent as much par t icipation as she once enjoyed. A passage
from a Zonta publi cat ion i n 1965 quotes
Miss Cooper's ba::;ic ph il osophy : "A6teJt a.11, "
she says, "d: t he 6!U en~ h-i_p we make
that

C.OLJ.nt .

II

HA PPY 100th -- M-<'-6 Be!Ltha CoopeA, a GE

pertJ.i-<-on.eA 6M 40 yeaJL.6 , c.e.1.ebJta..ted heA
7OOth b.Utthday on. Jan.u.CVty 1. She -<'-6 on.e
o 6 owr. 6ouJt Jte;lUte~ who Me moJte than.
100 tj eaJL,6 lj 0 u.n.g .

Besides Bertha Coo per, the pensioners

who have passed the "100-years-young"
mark are Christian Sch ul tz, 102, born Jul y
22, 1873; Cass i us F. Ba r t holomew, 101, born
November 26, 1874; and William V. B. VanDyck,
100, born September 8, 1875 . All four
retired from the Schenectady pl ant .

Our pl ant here in Waynesboro goes back

onl y to 1954, but GE j obs go back far beyond
th at date . Miss Bertha Cooper can testify
t o that.

John Dvorscak
Completes 25 Years Servic:'

In th i s year of 1976, as Amer i ca celebrates her 200 th birthday, Miss Bertha

Cooper, a re tired GE secretary, is celebrating her l OO th year. She's now one of
t he four ret irees who are over the century
mark .
On her Ja nu ary 1 birthday, Bertha Cooper
received cards and l etters from such people
as Pres i dent Ford, New York Governor Hugh
Carey , and other well-known people as wel l
as f rom fr i ends , nei ghbors, and GE people
she had neve r met .
Mi ss Coope r was born on a farm near
Sc henectady, New York, trained for teaching
in co un t ry sc hool s , and then tau ght for five
years i n one-room country hou ses . She moved
t o Schenec tady, atte nded business school,
and jo i ned GE in Sc henectady in 1910 .

John Dvorsca k (R ), Proj ect Eng ineer fo r

CDO, recently became th e newest member of t he
Company's Quarter Century Club as he reached
25 years of servi ce wi th GE . Presen t i ng Joh n
with his servi ce pi n i s C. A. Ford, Manage rCDO.

Sp ry and al ert an d st ill living i n the

home she had buil t in 1912, Miss Cooper
ret ired i n 1936 afte r almost 26 years with
t he Company . She was a secretary in the
Sc henectady pl an t ' s Shipping and Warehouse
Depar t men t when she r et ired. She ' s been
on pens ion for 40 yea r s , and she' s had
numerous pe ns i on i ncrea ses from GE s ince
she became a re t i ree.
(C ont ' d nex t col umn)

John has a f ami ly in ter est in GE as his

father, Andrew, had 45 years of service with
the Compa ny upon retirement an d hi s brother .(-'-.
also named Andrew, presen t ly has 33 years o.
serv i ce -- giving the t hree of them a grand
total of 103 years of se rvi ce'.
J ohn i s present ly work i ng on t he Gene r rex
Exc i tation Systems f or CDO.

Reorganization of
Turner Operations Announced

) I)

/7 6

H. s. Robbers Receives
MMP Graduating certificate

,-... L. L. Trott, Manager-Turner Operations,

nas announced a recent reorgan ization of
the Turner 1 and 2 Operations. The reorganization came about in an effort to
improve the efficiency of managing the
area.
The changes which have taken place are:
R. I. Whitley, who was
formerly the Manager of the
PCB Assembly Area, is now
Manager of the Turner #2
Assembly Operations. Bob is
responsible for the Repair &
Return area and Terminal Controller (Buffer) in addition
to the PCB Assembly area.

R. J. Edling, who was ManagerMa nufacturing Engineering in

the PCB area, is now Manager
Assembly Operation in Turner
#1. Jim is responsible for
assembly in the Wire Harness
area, Kits & Accessories, T30
and T30 Magnetic Tape operations.

F. E. "Mike" McGowan, who was

former ly t he Manager of Manuf acturing Engineering in Tu rner
#1, i s now Manager-Manufacturing
Engineeri ng for Tu rners #1 &
#2. Mike has responsibi l ity
for the same areas he previously
supervised in add ition to those
in Turner #2.
The reorgan ization became effective February
2. The three Managers involved in the change
will continue to report to L. L. Trott.

H. S . "Skip" Robbers has r ecently received

his Manufacturing Management Program gr aduating
cert ific ate in r ecognition of his successful
completion of the Program .
Skip joined the MMP on January, 1973, and
had addignments with nuclear energy, vertical
motors , breeder reactors , and houseware flat
irons, all in Cal iforn ia . Upon complet ion of
the Program in December, 1975, he transferred
to Waynesboro and is presently the Supervisor
of Transformer and TSI Qualit y Control f or CDO.

Ron Guthrie Receives Promotion

Ronald W. Guthrie has been promoted to

Spec ialist-Manufacturing Engineering/Quality
Cont rol for the Repair & Return a r ea as
announced by L. L. Trott, Manager- Turner
Operations .
Ron received his Associate Degree in
Electronics from Danville Community College
in 1969 and started work at GE in September
of that year as a Test Techni cian . Before
his promotion , Ron was working as a Monitor
in the Repair & Return area.

THANK YOU NOTE

wottld like :t.o .thank ill my 6!Uen.d6 a:t. GE
601t :t.he IUn.d exp1teM-loY1.-6 06 cympa:t.hy wlUc.h
I 1tec.eA..ved dU!Un.g :t.he lo 06 my mo:t.he1t,
MM . No1ta Ba.tman. .

Ann Davis

Ron obtained his new position through the

exempt job posting procedure and feels that
the procedure is "a p1te:t.:t.y good y:t.e,m ."
Ron resides at Rt . 2 , Stuarts Draft , with
his wife, Regina , and thei r son, Kevin. His
hobbies are tennis, hunting and fishing .

SERVICE PINS
AWARDED
FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
25 YEARS
J. C. Brl.llletto

10 YEARS

20 YEARS
D.
D.
B.
J.
L.
M.

s.
L.
E.

o.

N.
R.

c.

M.
J.
J.
J.

w.
R.
J.

P. Altman
Brenneman
R. Buchanan
J. Campbell
M. Campbell
c. Campbell
F. Cris er
A. Dovel
P. Ervine
H. Fox
E. Gill
c. Gill
s. Harris
s. Johnson
A. Kenney
H. Lockridge
Vansise
E. Warden, Jr.
w. Warner
F. Wilson, Jr.

H.
J.
J.
F.

c.

M.
H.
D.
G.
M.
K.

c.

D.
M.
B.
L.
L.
P.
A.

C. Anderson
Barber
S. Bingler
R. Coiner
L. Cook, Jr.
A. Ellinger
R. Halterman
B. Hawks
w. Howdyshell
A. Hutchinson
P. Kite
M. McLaughlin
M. Ott
c. Stickley
R. Stroop
w. Vann
c. Warble
s. Ward
L. Wilson

15 YEARS
5 YEARS

w.
T.
s.

G. Breinich

D. Nicholls
L. Nugen

F. A. Argenbright
J. c. Kenyon
s. w. Lotts
c. s. Vincent, Jr.

ANNOfJNCEMENT
DEADLINE FOR 1975 INSURANCE CLAIMS
The deadline for all insurance claims for
1975 expenses is March 31, 1976. All
insurance claims for medical expenses
incurred during 1975 should be turned in
to Payroll no later than this date.

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

SWAP SHOP
FOR SALE
JEEP CJ5--4 cyl--good cond--$895--942-4663
1974 .8 1 PICKUP CAMPER--$1500--Ext 1232

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

Burlington, Iowa. Noting a "severe cutback in investment for construction and

expansion by our customers," plant manager John Berkenkamp recently announced the layoff of about 120 Switchgear employees. Berkenkamp added
that, "Most of the electrical equipment industry is just waiting for the time when
utilities and industries can again justify
and afford to make major capital investments. That's when the full employment
levels we all want will return."
Danville, Illinois. Activities were started
recently to recall nearly 200 Ballast Business Department employees, as sales activity increased due to low customer inventories. This news comes after significant cutbacks in personnel in 1974 and
1975. Bill Borst, manager of employee re1ations, noted that with this recall
employment will again exceed 1,000 employees at the Danville plant-the highest
employment level since November, 1974.
GE Goes CB. GE plans to enter the rapidly
growing CB (citizens band) radio market
by midyear. Paul Van Orden, general
manager, Audio Electronics Products
Department, stated that GE will begin
product line shipments to retailers in
11
June. According to Van Orden, With our
brand name meaning value and reliability
to the consumer, . . . we feel that we will
make a significant contribution to this
segment of the electronics industry."
Portsmouth and Syracuse. As a result of
year-end TV sales which were lower than
expected, Portsmouth made plans to shut
down several assembly lines for a brief
period during February and March. Because Portsmouth is their principal customer, this will result in a one-week shutdown this month of many manufacturing
operations at the Television Component
Products location in Syracuse.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENER AL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XV II I No. 10

WAYNESBOIO,VIRGINIA

n's OFFICIAL:

Gf's 1975 Profit About 4 Cents

Per Sales Dollar
Fi na l, audited f i gures show net earnings
of t he Gen eral El ec tric Company were $581
mi l lion, or 4. 3 cents on each sales do ll ar
i n 1975 . Thi s was a de crease of 4% from
th e $608 mill ion or 4. 5 cen t s profi t on
each sales dol la r rep orted i n 1974 . Sales
for the entire yea r of 1975 were $13 . 4
bi l l ion, abou t t he same as i n 1974.

4TH INTERNATiONAl
SAlEs CoNfERENCE HEld

W. F. KiNdT GivEs
STATE of Tl-iE BusiNEss REpoRT
At t he In te rna ti onal Sales Conference
held February 22- 27, our General Manager,
Wa rren F. Ki ndt, spoke to the group of
s al es pe r sonne l as sembl ed there, givin g
a br ief overview of the business -- how
we stood a t the end of 1975 and what t o
expect in 1976.
In hi s ta l k, Mr. Ki ndt reported that
although Terminal orders have steadi ly
i ncreased over t he past five years and
relay orders have remained relative ly
steady , our i nc ome for 1975 dropped
considerably.
"We lM:t morie.y the 6-<-M:t J.> eve.Jta.l lfe.a/t.6
due to ;.,:t.aJt;t- up c.o;.,u 601t t he. :te.Jtm-<.riaU ,"
he continued. "T~ WM 6ollowe.d blf :two
ve.Jtlj good ,.i_ric.ome. lje.a/t.6 ,.i_ri 19 73 and 1974
M aUlt ;t e.Jtm,{_ria.l bUJ.> ,.i_riu ;., be.g art to b4 rig
,{_11 ;.,a.tu. LM:t ye.AA, hcwe.ve.Jt, OuJt -<.nc.ome.
d!toppe.d ove.Jt 20% e.ven though 01tdeM arid
;.,a.tu c.o11:t.,i_riue.d to ~e . I 116.e.a.tio11 arid
c.omp~ve. p)t,.(_ung p!tUJ.>uJtU we.Jte. the.
majOJt c.aUJ.>U 06 the down:twr.n ,{_n ,{_tic.ome .

Sa.tu peM onnei cU: the. Jte.c.e.n:t I n:te.Jtna.tiona.l

Sa.tu Con6e.Jte.nc.e. ;.,pent a gJtelU: de.a.l 06 :theJA
;C;rr1e. -<.n c..!M;.,Jtoorrl-6 .le.Mrt-<.ng :t.o u.J.> e. ouJt riew
TeJuTU.na.l pJtoduc.:t.;., . Irt p-<.c.:tuJte. above., Vave
Ho dJ.i on (;., :t.ariCU.rig- R) , I M :t.Jtuc.:to Jt, ;., holJ.!,6 J oe
Wa.lhh fl)' V-<.J.>:t.Jt,{_c.;t Sa.tu Manage.Jt 60Jt WMh-<.rtg :tort , V. C. , arid Bob LCVUtabe.e. , Sa.tu Re.pJtue1uative. -<.11 :t.he Philadeiph-<.a 06Q,{_c.e., how :t.o UJ.> e.
the. Magne.tic. Tape Ac.c.U60Jttj 06 the. TeJtrr0Je:t 30.

On Fe br uary 22- 27, t he Data Communication

Products Depar t ment held i ts 4th Intern ational
Sa l es Conference which was attended by 140
sa l es pe r sonne l. The purpos e of t he conference
was to tra i n a ll sale s pers onne l on the use of
the new TermiNet 340 li ne printer and the
~erm i Net 30 Magneti c Tape Acces sory .
The conference consis ted of two full days
of cl assroom train i ng wi t h the remainder of
t he wee k spent l earn i ng about product compet i t i on, OEM contra ct, in ter facing , forecast
and budget.
(Co nt 'd Page 2, Col. 1)

"Howe.ve.Jt, :the.Jte. WM ano:the.Jt 6ac.:to1t , the.

Ve.pM:t.me.n:t had c.ontinue.d i l i plarined
gJtow:t.h and had ove.Jt- e.x;t.e.nde.d i l i OJtgan-<.za.tion M c.ompaJte.d to the. ;.,,{_ze. 06 :t.he
bUJ.>,.i_nuJ.> . The c.oMec.t-<.ve. ac.:t-<.oM :t.ake.n
.lM:t. Summe.Jt and Fall have p!te:t:tlj well
6-<-xe.d :t.hcU: p!tob.le.m , p!to v,.i_CU.ng we c.an
ac.h-<.e.ve. OU!t 7976 Ope.Jta.ting Plan."

Mr. Kindt added that "MmetA.mu 01tdeM

1te.c.e.,{_ve.d 61tom ouJt c.UJ.>:tomeM do not e.xac.:tly
mcU:c.h OU!t 6O!te.c.MU ,{_yt ;te.Jtrr!}.i 0 6 m,{_x 0 6
mac.h-<.nu , ac.c.u;.,o)t,{_u , c.oloM , etc. . The.Jte.601te., d -<.J.> CU.6Mc.uU to J.>c.hedule p!toduc.tion ,.i_n a :t.-<.meiy manne.Jt, :the.Jteby c.aUJ.>,{_ng
up;., and dowM ,.i_n ouJt p!to duc.:t-<.o It J.> c.he.dule. . "
(C ont ' d Page 3, Co l. 1)

SALES CONFERENCE
(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 1)
The conference was at tended by all
Waynesboro GE DCPD sa l es personnel , f i eld
sa l es empl oyees, and sales personnel from
International Sal es Division (IGE ). Represe ntatives from the Great Northern Telegraph/
Automatic (GNT/A), one of our di stributors
in Europe, al so at tended as guests of the
Department.
Other speakers on the Program during the
week were: Dr. T. A. Vanderslice, Vice Presi dent of the Special Syst ems and Products Group,
and staff; C. T. Kastner, General ManagerCommunication Systems Bus i ness Divi sion , and
staff; G. J. Feeney , Vi ce President of the
Information Servi ces Business Divi sion, and
st aff; and W. F. Kindt, General Man age r - Da t a
Communication Products Department, and staff .
One of the maj or hi ghlights of t he conference was the awards presentati on for
outstanding ach i evement by sales personnel.
One such award, the "Quota Busters" award,
i s given to those sa les personnel who have
made their quota s for the year and, for
the first ti me ever a woman, Dawn Sauers,
was a recipient of th i s award . Dawn i s our
Sa l es Representa t i ve i n Detroit, Michigan.
Al so receiving the Quota Buster Award was
Hugh Granberry, located i n Tampa, Florida.
Another Awa rd, the "Mi 11 i ona ire ' s C1ub"
Award i s given to those sales pers onne l who
have sold over a mi ll ion do ll ars wor t h of
products in a year. Recipients of thi s
award were J i m Burrell (Rockville, Md. ) ;
Bob Larrabee (Philade l phia); Bob Greenwald
(New York), a 3- t ime winner; John Ca lla na n
(Boston); Barry Robertson (Boston), a 2-time
winner; Don Gagg iano (Ch i cago); Jim Hureau
(C incinnati); Bill Templeton (San Francisco);
Jack Turner (Phoeni x), a 2- time winner; and,
in International Sa les, Gusta Kullner
(S tockhol m), a 3- t i me win ner an d Pat Berman
(Paris) .

Don hall i s shown disp l aying t he Si lver Beaver

Award which was rre sented t o hi m by the local
Boy Scout Counci l. Around hi s neck he wears
the Sil ver Beaver Medal li on whi ch he received.
They say Scoutine builds leaders and
Don Hall, DCPD ~esien J ra:t sman , i s r.ot on e
to dispute that staterr.ent . Jon ~a s recer.: : y
presented the Silver Beaver Award by the local
Boy Scout Counc il at their annual recocni~ i or.
din ner. The Silver Beaver Award is the hi ghest
honor that can be bestowed by a Sc out C0ur.ci l .
Don has been involved in Scoutinc s:nce
he started out in 1941 as a Scout and stated.-...
11
It ' .6 art ac.t-<..vdy .that -<..6 you c:Udn' .t .tik.e to
do d you wolLldn ' t be.c.aU.6e. a tot 06 time. goe.-6

-<..nto bung a Sc.out Le.adell . But I think. ,{,,t '~

woJtth.whle.. I'v e. watc.he.d Mme. Sc.out.6 I ' ve. had
-<.rt my TJtoop.6 c.ome 61tom 8 ye.AA old Cub Sc.out.6
t o be.c.ome. Sc.out Le.ade!L.6 . It ' .6 VelllJ 1te.iua1tc:Urtg . "
Don began as a Ci.:b :>:aster lL years aco and
later became a Scout Master . He has held all
of the District Offices a Leader can hold in
t he 14 years he has serveu in Scoutir.1 . ~e
is presently the Dist rict Scout Chairrr.an o:
t he Tr i Rivers District .

I t hink. Sc.ou.Urtg i.6 a 6cmta.t> ,uc. OJtganizatio n, 11 he stated . "I dart ' .t tlU.rtk. tha,t the.,'te.
i.6 any bet.tell p1tog1ta111 -<..n whic.h to te.ac.lt le.adell.6 hip to young giJtl.6 and bo tj}.) . Sc.oii,Ung ' '~ idwte.
plu'...lo.60phy i.6 le.ade!L.6hip and that ' }.) ac.tu.ailu
u:hy I'm Mld Ort d ."
11

In fact , Don i s so sold on Scoutinf ' s

leader ship quality t hat he once did a s kit
involving a former employee ' s son , J8Jl1ie
Car on , much to the amazement of the boy ' s
fath er , Paul Caron . The skit was enti~led
"How Jamie Caron Became ?resider.t . " "I
6o/LJnlLlate.d the. .6 W 6oft a me.e.Ung o 6 pMe.1i-t6
-<.rt wh-<..c.h I WM tlttj-<..rtg .to c.ortv,i.nc.e. .:tlte.m o 6
the. meJL,{;t/.) 06 .:the. Boy Sc.out.6 . I.:t we.nt ovell

Vawrt Sau.ell , Sa.le.-6 Re.p1te.6e.rU:a.tive -<.rt Ve;t;i.od ,

Jtec.uv e-6 the. 11 Quota. Bw.dell Awa1td 11 61tom W. F.
urtdt, VCPV Ge.rte./l.Cll Martagell .

pJte..:tty we.U , a.e..:thou.gh Pau,l

p!UJ.ie.d !"

(Cont 'd Page 3, Col . 2)

Wa..6

plte.tttj

}.)uft-

W. F. KINDT
(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 2)
Mr. Kindt pointed out that a greatdeal
of the Department's investment revenue comes
from the Company. "The. Ge.nellal Ue.&JUc.
Company hM .i.nvu:te.d oveJL $30 mllUon i..n
thih Ve.paJLtment and while. oWt e.altn.i.ng.t. weJLe.
o..t. a 1:,o.;lU,,6ac.tOJr.y level .ln 1973 and 1974,
they 6eU be.low thue. le.ve.ll:> l.a6:t ye.a.Jr... It
L6 .i.n,teJLuti.ng to note. :that i..n the. pai:,:t Mve.
ye.o.JL6 GE hct6 had to pJLov.lde. adc:U:ti.onal
c.a1:, h to c.ov eJt :the. g1taw.th in 1.nve.n:tolLi.eA
and c.U6tomeJL e1te.dl:t. 601t the. :teJUnlnal
bu.6htU.t. -- even ht tho.6e. ye.aJL6 wheJLe. we.
weJte. bookke.e.phtg .6o..t..i.I:> 6ac.:t.01ty htc.ome. le.ve.ll:>."

On the issue of employment stability,

Mr. Kindt stated that employment levels
for the Department will remain relatively
steady for 1976. "The. ave/Lage. numbeJL 06

emplotje.eA in :the. Ve.paJLtmen:t. Wa..6 .t.Ughti.y

ovell 2000 lal:>t lJea/t. and wlU. pJc.obably hold
o..t. abou..t :t.ho..t. .t.ame. level :t.hL6 ye.a.Jr..," he
noted. "We. have. abou.t 100 06 oWt p!r.Oduc..ti.on people. on lac.k 06 wo1tk and we. aJLe.
fUghltJ de.pendent upon adc:U:ti.onal 01tde.JL6
:to bJU.ng bac.k tho.t. e. people.. "

One factor that greatly helped our

business last year was international sales.
Mr. Kindt reported that, "In 7975, 066.t.hoJte

.t.aleA .lnc.lu.dlng Canada, p1tov.lde.d oveJL 20%

06 th~ total VCPD bu..6hte.ll.t.. In the. WayneAboltO Lync.hbWtg and Salem, Vhtg.lnla Plant.6
~ we. utimo..t.e. 2293 job.t. aJLe. a,t;tM.bu..te.d :to
p1tadu.c.U manu.6ac.tWte.d .in thue. plant.6 whlc.h
Me expoJr.:t.ed."

As for expansion of our facilities, Mr.

Kindt stated, "We. aJLe not planning any
majolt new 6a~u .ln the. 6oJc.eAe.e.able.
6u.:twLe, howe.veJL, we. will. have. .t.ome mecli..um
.6.i.ze. p1to j ech, note.ably ht the. Plating
and Paln.ti.ng Alr..e.46 :to u.pgJta.de. oWt p1todu.c.:ti.on c.apabil1.:ty. FWtthelL .ln6oJc.mati..on 06
:thue. p1to j e.ch w.ill be. 6olt:t.hc.omlng a6te1t
:they have. be.en appJtOve.d. "

Looking to the future, Mr. Kindt expressed

his optimism for a market increase. "We. aJLe

.6hooting 60Jt a 15% gJc.ow.th ht .t.aleA .ln the.

Ve.palt:tment ovelL :the. 1te.c.eA.t..lon yeaJt. 06 7975,"
he told the audience. "Howe.veil, we. aJLe. not
de.c.e.lvhtg oUIL6 elv u w.lth :that numb ell.. Who..t.
U Jte.a.1.1.y me.ttn.6 L6 tho..t. the. da,ta. teltmi.nal
polt.tlon 06 Ou.It bu..6hte.ll.6 mu.6.t gJc.ow 25% :thih
ye.aJt be.c.au..6 e. we. fu c.ontinu.ed oWt Va.ta. Ne;twoJth.
pJtOdu.c.U and Relay.t. .t.alu aJLe. expected :to
Jtemaln 1tela.ti.vely 6lo..t.. A good de.al 06 :thl..6
g1tow.th will. c.ome. 61tom oWr. e.x.L6:ti.ng le.46 e.
.teltmi.nal bu.6htU.6 and .the pallt6 bU6hteA.6 :to
.6 eJLve. e.xl..6:t.lng c.u6tomelL6. GE c.uM.en:tf..y le.46 U
aJLou.nd 6, 000 teJr.mi.na.l6 :to people. who would
~ !t.LUhelL tt.ent :than buy thel.lt :te.Jr.mi.na.l6 "

In summary, Mr. Kindt noted that, "7976

p1tavldu an oppoJt.tu.n,i;ty .to c.onti.nu.e. the.
g1tow:th pat:telln we. expe.IVi.e.nc.ed be.601te. the.
Jte.c.e.n.t Jte.c.eA.6.lon. Mu.ch wllt de.pend upon
how well we. .6 eJLve. oWt c.u.6tomelL6 and the.
c.ontlnu.lng Jc.e.c.oveJty 06 the. ove/Lall e.c.onomy."

PROFILE
(Cont'd from Page 2, Col. 2)

3/12/7~

Don added that Scouting is not just an

organization for a select few and he actively
encourages the involvement of all boys and
girls between the ages of 8 and 21. He
stated that, "A lo:t 06 ki.cl.6 don't get .ln:to
Sc.outing be.Cau..6e :they 6e.e.l Lt -l6 :too e.x.pe.n1:>.lve. when ac.:t.u.a11.y U -l6 not. We. e.nc.oWUtge.

a.1.1. bo y.t. and gbri..6 who aJLe. .ln:t.elleA:ted .ln

Sc.au.ting to jo.ln and 601t .tho~ who cannot
a6 6oJc.d .to buy a u.nl6oJc.m oJc. e.qu.lpme.nt, we.
tluj :to help them otd by 6Wtnl..61U.ng them
wlth :the. ne.cu.6a1ty equ.lpme.n:t. Thl..6 .l.6
u.6uai.ly made. po.6~.lble. :t.hJc.ough dono..t.lon.6 we.
1te.ce.lve 6Mm c.onc.eJLne.d htdlv.ldu.a.l6 .ln the.
c.ommu.n.lty. "
Don has a duaghter and two sons, both
of whom are Scouts.1 which was one of the
reasons he chose to become a Scout Leader.
"I knew they would 1:>oone1L 01t lo..t.eJt get
.involved ht Sc.ou.ti.ng .60 I became. a Le.adeJL

to help e.nc.oWtage them. I've. pu.t ht a lot

06 .time .ln Scouting bed I c.an hone..6.tly .6ay
I've. 1teail.y e.nj oye.d Lt. "

New Location for

Safety Prescription Glasses
Beginning Tuesday, March 16, 1976,
Waynesboro Opticians, 514 West Main Street,
Waynesboro, Virginia, will be the new
location for employees to visit for the
fitting and repair of their prescription
safety glasses.
Waynesboro Opticians' opening hours
is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through
Saturday and they are located next door to
Grand Piano & Furniture Company.
There is no other change in the safety
prescription glass procedure except the
new location. Employees will continue to
follow the usual procedure of obtaining an
eye prescription form from the Plant Nurse
and having their own eye doctor complete
the form.
The Plant Nurse will then give further
instructions to the employee to report to
Waynesboro Opticians where the employee's
prescription form will be processed to
Bausch & Lomb in Richmond for filling at
General Electric's expense.
Waynesboro Opticians will notify the Plant
Nurse when the employee's glasses are ready.
The Plant Nurse will then notify the employee
to pick up his or her glasses.
Waynesboro Optician, in addition to
providing the above services, will check
the filled prescription glasses for accuracy,
fit and adjustment if required.

Fire Brigade &First Aid crew

Celebrate 21st Anniversary

BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

SPRING SCHEDULE RELEASED
The Blue Ri dge Community College has
released its eveni ng class schedule for t .
Spr ing Quart er 1976 . The schedule may be
picked up in Bi ll Perry ' s office i n Relations .
In addition to the regular schedule of
class es, Blue Ridge Community College i s
offering a cour se in readi ng entitled "Reading Rate - Reading Effi ciency ." The course
will be offered on Thursdays, f rom 6 : 30 p . m.
to 9 : 20 p . m., beginning Apri l 1 and lasting
through June 10, 1976 .
"Reading Rate - RPading Effic iency " is
a three- credit course designed for people
who wis h t o improve their ability to skim
and scan , to read with increased s peed and
comprehens i on , and t o develop skill in more
thorough study- type reading . The course
includes both group and individual activities .
Registration for the course wi ll be conducted
March 22 through April 1. Tuition fee is
$18 . 75 . The course is avai l abl e on a credit
or audit basi s.

Above., W. F. /(,(_nd;t addtte.6.6 e.6 an auc:Ue.nc.e. o 6

9 0 a.ti.e.nde.e.6 06 :the. 21.6:t AnrU.vVLOM!:f Banque.:t
o ~ :the. F-Ute. & FA.A.6:t AJ..d Cttew.

The Fire Brigade and First Aid Crew of

the Waynesboro GE Plant celebrated its 21st
year of existence with a banquet held on
February 7, 1976 at t he General Wayne Hotel.
The dinner- meeting was well attended by
90 members of the Fire Bri gade and First
Aid Crew. The annual banquet began with a
social hour and dinner followed by a welcome
from Plant Fire Chief, Gordon Batey, who
also in troduced a movie on boating fire
safety to the group. Short talks were also
given by G. A. Ke ll er, Manager-Manufacturing
Engineering; D. L. Coughtry, Manager-Manufacturing; M. G. Gr imes, Manager .-Emp loyee
Relations; and W. F. Kindt, General ManagerDCPD.
In celebrating the Fire Brigade's 21 years
of service to the Plant, Gordon Batey reported
that in those 21 years there has been only one
reportable fire which t ook place eight years
ago. He added, "We. Me. ve.tty pttoud 06 outt
6-Ute. tte.c.ottd and :the. tta.p-<.d tte.6 po l'l.6 e g-<.ve.n by
outt FA.A.6t AJ..d CJtew. Eve.ttyone. on :the. F-Ute.
Bft,{_gade. and FA.A.6:t AJ..d Cttew Me vo.tun:te.VLO and
a numbe.tt o 6 outt mem beJt-6 a.tt e a1...6 o memb eJt-6 o 6
c.ommun..-i.;ty F-Ute. & FA.A.6t AJ..d Cttew.6 . We. Me
ve.tttj 6ott:tuna.:te. :to ha.ve. :the. -<.nvo.lveme.n:t 06
:the.6 e people. . 11

The Fi re Brigade and First Aid Crew was

established 21 years ago by Fred B. Curto,
former Manager of Plant Utilities and
Maintenance, now retired . At that time,
when the Plant was just newly estab lished,
Mr. Curto recognized a need for a fire
fighting, fire prevention program and a
first aid service, so the Waynesboro GE
(Cont'd next column.)

The regular registration for evening

classes will be conducted from MondayFriday , March 22- 26 in the G Building . T'
hours of registration will be 8 : 30 a . m. t~
7 : 00 p . m., Monday through Thur sday , and
8 : 30 a. m. to 4 : 30 p . m. on Friday .
All hourly and nonexempt employees who
plan to enroll in a course for the Spri ng
Quarter and wish to part icipate in the
Indivi dual Development Plan a r e reminded
to obtain written appr oval from management
wel l i n advance of the starting dat~ of
the course . The same procedure applies to
exempt employees using the regular Tuition
Refund Appli cation Form .
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Fire Brigade and First Aid Crew were established. The NEWS wishes to congratu l ate
both organizations on their 21 years of
outstanding service to this facility.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
,__

GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XV II I No. 11

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Six EMployEEs WiN P~illippE

AwARds fOR Public SERvicE
Six General Electric employees in five
company locations, including one team nomination , have been selected as winners o f
the 1976 Gerald L. Phill ippe Awards for
Distinguished Public Service from t he General Electric Founation.
The winners are Betty P. Brown , manager
of professional r elations : or the :l'eutron
Devices Department in St. Petersburg, Fla. ;
David Collins, senior engineer for Aircraft
Engine Gr oup Quality Cont rol in Lynn , Mass.;
Donald A. Davis , manager of the equipment
development laboratory for the Major Appli,..a.QCe Business Group in Louisville, Ky .; the
am of William L. Fitzpatrick, an electrician ,
and Gary W. Hurst , a machine attendant for
the Photo Lamp Department in Mattoon , Ill,;
and Charles W. Trabold , g eneral foreman for
maintenance and construction of the Transportation Systems Business Division in Eri e , Pa .
Betty Br own was cited :or her efforts
over many year s to help disadvantaged people
improve their living conditions and opportunities .
She campaigned successfully for such public
services as street resurfac ing , light ing , and
bus services for the low- inc ome community of
Progress Villag e. She also arranged an
$80 , 000 grant to expand recreation facil i ties
and organized massive cow.munity clean- up dri ves .
She c onduc ted employment workshops for mi norities in Tampa and serves as vice-chai rperson of
the H:~lsborough County Commission on the Status
of .iomen.
David Col lins was s ingled out for his
leadership of p r ojects to improve care and
fac ilities f or the mentally ill and retarner. .
As chairman of the Danvers/Salem Area Mental
Health and Retardation Board, he led a camign to challenge public o ff icial s and
Js pital administrators to correct deficiencies at century- old Danvers Hospital . He
was also instrumental in establishing out -

(Cont ' d Page 3 , Co l. 1)

Marc h 19, 1976

2 DCPD Employees
Among Phillipe Nominees
Representing Wa.ynesbor o GE among the
ninety nominees for the 1976 Gerald L.
Phillippe Awards for Distinguished Public
Service were J . Mar v i n Stoner, ManagerExempt Salaried Re l ati ons & EO/MR , and
Leon P . Harris , Manager- New Products
Pr ogram in Manufacturing Engineering .
Marv Stoner was
recommended as a candidate f or t he Ph illippe
Awards because o f his
active involvement i n
community activities and ,
more particular ly , the
Waynesboro United Way
Campaign . Marv served
as the 197 5 General
Chairman of t he Unit ed
Way Fund Drive and , in
this capac ity , he rai sed
more '.11oney fo r the Waynesboro United Way
than nas ever been raised befor e . As
overall coordinator, Marv had to select
train , motivate and guide 10 divis i on '
Chairmen , covering the enti re Waynesbor oEast Augusta County area . He is now servi ng
as Vice Presi dent and coordinator of the
1976 Campaign .
i-lar v has served in other capacities of
community funct i ons , noteably as Treasurer
of the Waynesboro Democratic Committee
where he has been quite active in raising
finances for the politi cal campaigns in
Waynesboro .
In September, 1974 , he was appointed to
a 5- year term as a member of the Waynesboro
School Boar d . Since t hat time he has served
on two committees -- t he Soc ial Att itudes
Committee and the Salary Committee .

(Cont ' d Page 3, Co l . 2)

C.H. Lee
Completes 35 Years

RoM Spalcl<.ng deJ110Mtltatu the e.quA_pmen;t UJ.i e.d

at a meeting -<.n w!U.c.h he. WM
the. gu.ut .6pe.aizeA.

,{_n .6 kycl<.v-<.ng

Did you ever wonder what it is l ike to

f loat under a bi g colorful parachute in a
blue sky on a sunny weekend? Or did you
eve r wonde r what it must be li ke to fall
free at speeds in excess of 120 mph? Wel l ,
Ross Spa lding, Instructor-Customer Train i ng
for NCO, who has been jumping out of airplanes for the past 10 years , wou l d tell
you that the feelin g is 11 -<.nduc.!Ubable. "
Ross expressed t he belief th at skydiv i ng

i s "an amalg arnaLi.o n o 6 6eM and j ol} , but

theAe ' .6 Jr..ealiy no wau to duc.!Ube d . The

6A.Jr.,6t ju.mp 6oJr.. anuone -<..6 bMA_c.aliy 99% 6eM
and 1% c.ou.Jr..age.. But d ' .6 heaJ.;thy 6eM. I 6
a pe.Mo n WM not a6Jta.,{,d on w 6A.Jr.,6t j u.mp,
I woul.d t!U.nk :theAe. would be a bd o 6 abnOJr..mal.dy A_nvolved."

How does one become i nterested in skyd iv i ng?

As Ross exp l ained it, the initial in terest i s
t he wonderment of how it mus t feel to be up
the re in th e free fall , and t he onl y way a
pers on i s go ing to find ou t i s to do it. "I
6-<-Mt be.came ,i_n;teAute.d A_n ,~lzycl<.vA_ng :t.hJr..ough
the old telev-<..6-<.on .6 eJr..,(_u ' RA_pc.oJr..d' . My
.6tltongut motivatOJr.. WM the. 6abuioUJ.i cUA.-tocUA. .6 hot.6 o 6 .6 kycl<.v-<.ng wh-<.c.h weAe. plte.6 en;te.d
on :t.hat p!togJr..am . I lat.Vt talked :t.o a .61<.ycl<.veA
about :t.he. .6 poft:t. and de.ude.d :t.o tlty d . "

Getting th rou gh t hat first jump i s probably

the biggest hurdle one ha s t o cross. 11 You.'Jte.
,(.n a .6:t.ate. 06 .6hoc.k. :t.he 6A.Jr.,6:t. time , 11 Ross
rec a11 s . "The e.x.c.de.me.n:t. -<..6 .6:t.upe.ndoUJ.i . But
onc.e IJOU ' ve c.omple:t.e.d :that 6-<-M:t. jwnp, lfOLl
j U.6:t. want :t.o k.e.e.p 90,i_ng bac.k. up agahi. and
agaA_n. 11

Ross stated that he doesn ' t believe anyone

completely overcome s t he fear of t he free
fa ll. Actua lly, mos t skydivers have cond iti oned
the ir co ns cious minds, which knows that
the j ump is saf e, to i gnore t he sub conscious ,
which sti ll harbors t hat fear of fa ll ino .
(Cont ' d Page 4, Co l . 1)

C. 1-f . Le.e. (c.) -<..6 .6hot'..'Yl Jr..ec.uv-<..ng w 35

yeaM ' ,~Vtv-<.c.e. p-<.n 6Jr..om C. A. FOJr..d (l) ,
ManageA-CVO, M P. C. Sc.hatz, ~lanageA
CVO 1\IMu6auUft..,(_n9 , look.l.J on .

C. H. Lee has recent ly comp leted 35 yea rs

with t he Company.
Cy joi ned t he Genera l Electric Company in
March, 1941 as a tester i n Schenectady . He ..-..
held many pos i tions in Schenectady befo re
j oining the Specialty Contro l Department in
Waynesboro as Superv i sor of Method s and
Pl an nin g.
While in Way nesboro , Cy has held t he
positions of Ma nufactu rin g Engineering , Manage r of Indu strial El ectr on i cs Ma nu fac turing
Operation and Ma na ger of COO Man ufac tu rin g
Operati on . He i s presently the Manager of
Mate rial Parts Fabrication for COO .
GE Employees T ell:
WHAT HAPPENED,
WHAT'S AHEAD

Want to know wh at li es ahead for GE

emp l oyees? If you do, you're not alone .
So, the co rporate GE News in terviewed hourly
and sa l aried employees from some of GE ' s key
bus in esses to find out what happened to them
last year and what they see ahead fo r t heir
bus inesses t hi s year . A spec i al in te rvi ew
with Reg Jone s, chai rma n of the board , on
hov1 GE fared in 1975 and what he sees ahead ,,-._
for the compa ny in 1976 rounds out the i ss u
To l earn wha t happen ed and wh at ' s ahead as
told by fellow emp l oyees, read your copy of
the corporate GE News which were dist ributed
today to all Waynesboro GE employees.

PHILLIPPE WINNERS
(Cont ' d from Pagel, Col. 1)
p~

.ent care for those discharged from the

hospital. He has supported adult education
a nd work skill development for t he retarded
and now head s a study of financ i al management of state mental institutions .
Donald Davis was recognized for hi s work
in helping to rescue two community s ervices _
for the needy which were in danger of clos ing .
The Wayside Christian Mission , a sanctuary
f or derel icts and transients in Louisville,
was forc ed to find new quarters because of
urban r enewal. Dav is found a new location,
raised $60 , 000 and recruited volunteers to
renovate the facility . The King ' s Daughter s
and Sons Eome for Incurables had r eceived bad
public i ty for poor management . Davis or ganized a new board of managers , installed a new
accounting syste~, and restructured the operation.
William Fitzpatrick and Gary Hurst were
selected as a team for their cont ributi ons
to the operations of a surruner camp for handicapped children . As officers of the Coles
C ty Parent Group for the Retarded , they
tuvA the lead in raising funds and arr anging
for work parties to build a recreational
complex which serves about 400 youngsters .
Fitzpatrick did all of the electr i cal wiring
at the camp , and Hurst has done much of the
carpentry. In addition to a main hall and
cabins , the camp also required many special
walkways t o accommodate these handicapped
youngsters .

Charles Trabold was named f or his leadershi p of a b road range of community act ivities
to aid the disadvantaged and youth . He is a
charter member of Volunteers in Probation anc
has recruited many of the volunteers to work
with juvenile offenders . He directed public
relati ons for a $6 million hospital dri ve and
chaired a $2 mi llion campaign to sav e a building pr oj ect of the Benedictine Sisters . For
30 years he has been treasur er of the Childr en ' s Welfare Association , whi ch rai ses $10 ,000
annually for underprivileged children . He has
been a Scout leader for 25 years .
These winners receive tie Phillippe medallion
aoQ....have the opportunity to select a charity
f
a $1 , 000 grant f rom the GE Foundation . They
bring to 35 the number of winners of the Phillippe
Award in its seven years of existence . Fitzpatrick
and Hurst are the second team to be selected .
The award winners were chosen from among 90
nominations submitted by operating components
t o the Phillippe Awards Committee .

DCPD PHILLIPPE NOMINEES

(Cont 'd from Page 1, Col. 2)
Leon earned his nomination
through his involvement in
various community activities .
As a member of the Waynesboro
Jaycees s ince 1969 , Leon has
been recognized for his
achievement in projects involving youth development,
betterment of mentally
retarded children, youth drug
deter ment , political forums ,
fund rai s ing and membership
growth and d evelopment . His most significant
accompli shment s have been in his work with
mental ly retarde d children organizat ions in
which he was r esponsible for helping initiate
local involvement in a statewide SUllliller camp
for mentally retarded children . He was also
responsible for helpi ng start the " Special
Olympics" progr am locally . In his work with the
local drug pr ob lem , Leon helped establish a dr ug
det erment program i n conjunction with local enforcement offic i als .
Leon ' s work with the Jaycees won him t h e
Chapt er ' s " Key Man" Award for 1973 whi ch is
pr esented to the Jaycee who has done the most
for the local chapter during the past year .
Leon was also recognized for hi s outstanding
service to the community when he was named
Waynesboro ' s " Out st andi ng Young Man" fo r 1974.
This is the seventh yea r of the awards
program named in memor y of the late Mr. Phillippe,
forme r GE boar d chairman and a national leader
in the field of public service . In the pr evious
six year , 29 indivi duals and one employee gr oup
have been selected for the awards .

THANK YOU NOTE

I would uke. :to :thank a,U 06 my 6!Ue.ncl6
and eo - wo~keJt.6 60~ :the. many cMcl6 and
gi6t.6 I ~e.cuve.d dU!Ung my .6tay in :the.
hMpdaL

Lucille Wiseman
Relays

*****

I would u ke. :to :thank a,U my 6!Ue.ncl6 at

GE

60Jt :the. 6loweJt,6,

CMcl6 and

e.x.~e.MioM

06 .6ympathy wh-<.eh I ~e.cuv e.d dU!Ung :the.

lo.6.6 06 my 6ath~--<.n-law, C~.6 R.
Fdzg~d .

Margaret Fitzgerald

PROFILE
(Cont'd from Page 2, Col. 1)
Some skydivers jump all-year-round, but
only on clear days in the winter. Ross
doesn't jump in the winter months because it
is inconvenient for him and he doesn't enjoy
it as much as t he summer months. It is for
this reason, Ross stated, that he will have
to recondition himself for his first jump of
the spring season. "Onc.e you 'v e J.itopped 6M.
a w/U1.e, you. have to J.ito.4t all oveA aga,in to
pttepa.Jte youJ1..J.ie.16 mentally 60Jt the jump. When
you. ' ve dec.,(ded to make a jump one day, the
ad!!.erz..li..n w.llt J.ito.4t 6low-lng when you. J.ito.4t
th-lnk-lng about U. "

Accord ing to Ross, skydiving is just as

safe as any ground sport. Like any other
sport, t here are certain rules and procedures
a person must follow to insure the safety
aspect of the sport, and skydiving is no
exception. Skydivers receive such rigorous
ground tra ining at the beginning and are so
we ll equ ipped t hat the chances for any mishaps are very s 1im. In fact, each skydiver
i s equipped with two parachutes so that if
the first one should ever malfunction, which
i s hi ghly unlikely, the second one is always
there to back it up . "The pJto babU-lty that
both c.hu.tu w.llt mal6u.nc.tion -lJ.i J.iO Jtemote
thM. U dou not c.onJ.it-ltu.te a Jte~tic.
J.ia6ety hazaJtd, 11 Ross explained.

Ro ss would have to admit th at a person

would have to have a bit of the dare-devil
in him to get into the sport . "It dou
take a veAy deQ-lii-lte type 06 peMon t o get
-lnto J.i kyd-lv-lng ," he stated. "Someone wUh
only a c.Mu.al -lnteAut would pJto bably
pnuent a J.ia6ety hazaJtd."

Ross belongs t o t he local skydivers club

called the Shenandoah Va lley Para Club. This
group of skydi vers take jumps nearly every
weekend when the weather is good. This year,
i n honor of the Bicentennial, the Shen Vall ey
Para Club in conju nction with SCOGEE, will be
offering l essons to novice parachute j umpers
and their families. Emp loyees who are interested may cal l the Waynesboro Airport for
more i nformation.
Ross urges anyone who is really interested in
finding out what it i s li ke to "fly" to come
out one weekend and join up. As he stated,
"You. ' U neveA know what U -lJ.i like u.nt-ll you.
tJty U,

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Free Tax Assistance Available

The seventh annual Taxpayers Assistance
Program , conducted by volunteers f r om the
University of Virginia schools of Commerce,
Law, and Graduate Business , opened its
offices the weekend of February 28- 29 .
,.-.....
Last year the volunteer service assisted
more than 450 area residents in the preparation of tax returns that involved some $2 . 7
million i n personal income . User s of the
service received more than $64 , 000 in refunds .
The program , which offers f ree assistance
to all fami lies and individuals , is operating
offices at the following locations in Charlottesville : the Venable School , 14th Stre et,
N. W.; the Salvation Army Hall, 207 Ridge
St r eet; the Belmont Baptist Church , 830
Mont ice llo Avenue ; and Burley Middle School
on Rose Hill Drive .
The volunteer staffed offices is open
every Sat ..lrday from 10 a . m. to 4 p . m. , and
every Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p . m., through
the weekend of April 3- 4 .
1

Taxpayers should bring with them the ir

W- 2 forms , a list of 1975 deductions and
expenses , and all othe r necessary information and rec or ds . They also should bring
both their Federal and State pre- printed
tax forms , i f they have them . Due to a
paper shortage in Virginia, the program
may be short of forms.
The program i s absolutely free, regar dless of one ' s inc ome level.
Information about Taxpayers Assistance
is available from Madison House , 977-7051.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 12

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Big Prizes!
Here's Your Chance to Become a Winner in

Tl-tE EMployEE SAfETY SloqAN CONTEST

LJ

open to all Waynesboro GE employees but only

one entry per person wi ll be permitted.
Eight winners will be chosen from all entrants
and each winner will receive a grand prize
of a GE digital cl ock radio with a retail
value of $72.95!
Slogans can be based on safe work procedures, avoid i ng accidents, etc., in
industry but are not limited to industry
alone. Slogans dealing with safety outside
the factory (such as safety at home or while
on vacation) are also acceptable.

S fUJr1. e.y Atz.e.ha.M:., QC Tv.d.eJt - 2nd S hA. 6t,

the. GE cli..g-U:a.1 cl.oc.k. Jta..cli..o whA.c.h will
one. 06 the. ught fuc.k.y w..i.n.n.e;u., ,fo the.
Sa6 e.ty Slogan. Cantv.it. The. ttacli..o ha.;.,
vafue. 06 $72.95.

aclrrUAv.,
go to
Employe.e.
a tte.;t.a;,f_

Safety is people!---And over the years

Waynesboro GE people have all worked towards
the major goal of maintaining high safety
standards at our facilities. We have succeeded in mak ing our Plant as safe as possible, but our most i mportant safety factor
continues to be people working safely.
It is for t his reason t hat our 1976
Safety Program is being oriented toward
generating more employee safety awareness.
And, it is for this reason that an Employee
Safety Slogan Contest has been planned .
The Emp loyee Safety Slogan Contest is a
for employees to demonstrate the i r
creativity, as well as good safety thoughts
and practices, and possibly win a prize as
well! The Contest will begin next Thursday,
April 1 and extend through April 15. It is
~

~ nee

Short, eye-catching phrases with a maximum

of 12 words are the best sl ogans and each
slogan will be judged on its originality,
safety message content and appeal.
The 8 winning slogans wil l become the
property of GE and will be reproduced in
quantities for posting throughout our
facil ities for everyone to see. One slogan
winner will be posted per month beginning
with the month of May and all eight winners
will be announced in the Plant NEWS.
Emp loyees who are interested in entering
the Employee Safety Slogan Contest may pick
up entry forms from any cafeteria beginning
April 1. Official closing date of the Contest
will be midn ight, April 15, 1976.
For more details on the ru l es of the
Employee Safety Slogan Contest, see the
reverse side of today 's NEWS.
Remember, anyone can be a winner so if
you've got an idea for a catchy slogan,
write it down and send it in. You just
mig ht be one of the luc ky eight!

EMPLOYEE SAFETY SLOGAN CONTEST RULES

* All actively employed Waynesboro GE employees and those employees on lack of work (with

protected service) are eligible for the contest, except for contest committee and judges.

* The type of slogans to be entered are industrial related slogans involving safe work

procedures, avoiding accidents, etc.; plus, slogans dealing with safety outside the factory,
i.e., safety at home, while on vacation, etc.

* Employees may enter the slogan contest by picking up entry forms from any cafeteria,
completing the forms and returning them to Room 105, Relations.

* Short, eye-catching phrases are the best slogans with a maximum of

12 words.

* There will be a limit of only one entry per employee.

* Each employee slogan entry will be coded, thus eliminating the employee's identity during
the judging.

* There will be

8 slogan contest winners. Two exempt, 2 nonexempt salaried, and 4 hourly

employees will be selected as winners.

* Each of the

8 winners will receive a prize of a GE digital clock radio with a retail value

of $72.95.

* There are no special requirements as to preparation and neatness of slogans. Entrants must
simply print or~ their slogans in the space provided on the entry forms.
slogans will be artistically prepared later by the Department's sign unit.

The winning

* Slogans will be judged on originality, safety message content and appeal.

* The 8 winning slogans will become the property of GE and will be reproduced in qqantities
for posting throughout facilities.
with the month of May.

One slogan winner will be posted per month beginning

!"".,

* All slogans, winners and non-winners, will become the property of General Electric.

Therefore,
each employee, when submitting his or her entry, must do so with full knowledge that it
becomes the property of the General Electric Company and may be used as posters or in
publications by the General Electric Company in promoting safety.

* Impartial judges will be comprised of individuals from outside the Waynesboro General
Electric facilities.

Safety Films to Present Timely Messages

Last year, the Waynesboro GE Plant had
a total of 12 employee occupational injuries
which was the highest number of lost-time
injuries for this facility in the past five
years. Four of these injuries were back
injuries caused by improper lifting while
five were due to falls, slipping or tripping.

Another film to be shown later this

year is concerned with falls
and is
entitled "Down and Out. 11 This film
deals with the many safety hazards which
can cause falls and severe injuries. It
focuses on the dangers of occupational
falls.

This high number of injuries for the

year 1975 has prompted our 1976 Safety
Program Committee to devise ways to make
employees more aware of safety in our
Plant through the use of safety films.
The first of these films, which is being
presented now in Employee Informative
Conferences and wi 11 continue to be
shown through April 23, is entitled
"Lifting, Man's Age Old Problem." The
film presents to employees the right
way in which to lift heavy objects in
order to avoid back injuries and what to
look out for in lifting and transporting
those objects.

Another injury common to Waynesboro GE

employees is the injury caused by lacerations
and contusions to the hands and the last
film, entitled "The Handtrap Test; will deal
with this problem.
Each of the films utilizes special photographic techniques to dramatize and illustrate safe and unsafe methods. The films
present their messages in a very informative
and interesting way and should be quite
helpful to al 1.

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XV III No . 13

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

March 26, 1976

FAMILY SURVIVES FIRE

THANKS TO GE SMOKE ALARM

NO ONE

"My hMband bought my daughte.Jt and me. the.

be.f.it g,{,6,t o 6 all- -OWL U ve.-6, " says Sue Erdmann

CAN AFFORD
AN INJURY

of Neenah, Wisconsin , as she remembers what

happened prior to Chr istmas, 1975 .

"On the. e.ve.n-<-ng o(i Ve.c.embe.Jt 23, 1 WM f.iew,{,ng

doU c.lothe.-6 6oJt OWL daughte.Jt, and my hMband
TUc.k WM melting a laJtge. bloc.k 06 wax to make.
11
C~tmM c.andle.-6 ,
Sue recalls.
Since it was getti ng late in the evening ,
Rick told his wife to go to bed and fin ish the
sewing in the morning . Shortly after mi dni ght,
Rick decided to relax on the couch and watch
TV until the candle wax melted .
Sue remembers that , "A loud buzz-<-ng no,{,}., e.
woke. me. at about 2: 30 a. m. It WM OWL new GE
Smok.e. Ala.Jun. 1 f.itu.mble.d out 06 the. be.dJtoom
,{,n,to the. uv,{,ng JtOOm.. d WM t\ille.d wdh
f.imoke. . I 6ound TUc.k a-6le.e.p on t he. c.ouc.h. When
1 6-<-nally got h-<-m up, he. Jtan -<-nto the. IU..tc.he.n,
gJtabbe.d a huge. pot c.ove.Jt , and f.imothe.Jte.d the.

6,{,Jte. II

Earl ier t hi s week, a Special Issue of

t he Plant NEWS was dis tr ibuted which
anno unced the new Employee Safety Sl oga n
Co ntest .

Apparently the candle wax had gotten so hot

it caught fire . But the Erdmann fami ly was
a l ive thanks to the GE Smoke Alarm Rick had
r ecently purchased. "To ;th-<-nk :that I /.ic.olde.d

my hMband 6oJt buy-<-ng a f.imoke. de;te.c.toJt be.c.aMe.

I thought the.Jte. Welte. M many C~tmM g..[6:tf.i
:to buy," Sue states .

The Contest was initiated for the purpose

of generatin g safety awareness among Waynesboro GE emp loyees throu gh their involvement
i n the 1976 Safety Program . As Bill Perry,
Manager- Saf ety & Serv ices, pointed out, " OWL
maJoJt obJe.c.tive. and c.onc.vrn 6oJt the. pcut
/.ie.ve.Jta.! yea.JLO hM be.e.n to p!tov-<-de. emplolfe.e.-6
wdh a f.ia~e. plac.e. -<-n wluc.h to woJtk. . Now that we.
6e.e.l that th-<--6 obJ e.c.tive. hM be.e.n me;t, we. will
want to c.ontinue. to ke.e.p OWL Plant ope.Jtating
f.ia6e.ly by hav-<-ng e.ac.h 06 M be.c.ome. moJte.
,M6e;ty C.On/.JUOM ,{_n OWL dmy woJtk -60 M to
p!t e.v e.nt -<-n JUJt,{, e.-6 We. don ' t want any employ e.e.
to e.ve.Jt ge;t htui;t. Tn:W .vs one. Jte.Mon why
we. Me. attempting to ge;t e.ve.Jtyone. ,i_nvolve.d
-<-n t~ Ue.aJt ' -6 Sa6e;ty PJtogJtam. One. 06 the.
,,,,,-.....'J-6 we. hope. to do tlU/.i ,{,)., th!tottgh the.
_.. 1ploye.e. Sa6e;ty Slogan Conte./.it. We. 6e.e.l
that the. Conte./.it will not only be. t\un 6oJt
all, but will -6 ;tcui;t M to th-<-nk -6 at\ e;ty and
woJtk f.ia~e.Jt . "

(Cont'd next column )

According to Rick , "I looked at aU the.

c.omme.JtUa! f.imoke. de;te.c.toM and bought :the. GE
model be.c.aM e. I thoug ht d WM ;the. be.f.it. 11 That
was a. life- savi ng decis ion that the Erdmann
family will 11.lways remember.

(Co nt'd from Col . 1)

The Safe ty Slogan Contest will officially
open T~ursday , April 1 and close at midnight
on April 15, 1976. Entry forms will be availab l e ~ n all cafeterias on April 1 for employees
w ~ o wis h to enter the Contest.
Eight winners
will be annou nced and a GE di gital clock radio
will be awarded to eac h winner.

Everyone is eli gible to win and, when it

comes to initiating more safe thoughts to
preven t injuries , no one can be a loser. So,
be a winner and enter the Employee Safety
Slo an C ontest~

coming Soon: A "Personal Share

Statement" on Benefits
Prepared For Each Employee
You 'll rece ive a document from GE i n
Apri l that you won't want to misplace.
It's called "A Personal Share Statement
as of December 31, 1975." At the bottom
of the title page it will say "Prepared
for . .. " The words that follow will be
your own name .
And that's just what it will be--a
special document prepared especially
for you. It will furnish you with facts
on your GE benefits. For example, it will
give you the amount of life insurance
coverage you have under GE benefits ... the
amount of money you have accumulated under
GE savings and investment plans ... the best
possible estimate of what your retirement
income might be from the GE Pension Plan
and Social Security . ... In addition i t will
te ll you how well your medical bills will
be covered under GE's comprehensive medical
expense insurance ... and more.
"OuJt goal Wa...6 to pJtovid e GE people wdh
an e.My- to- Jtead, c.ompact J.datement on thw
,tnd,tviduaJ.. .1Jtake i n GE employee be.ne6ill ."

PATENT AWARDS

J. R. Bittner

K. C. McCartney

J. R. Bittner, Manager-Product Mechanical

Engineering and K. C. McCartney, ManagerParts Design Engineering, have recently
received two joint U.S. Patent Awards. The
two awards relate to the design of a cabinet
for an input-output device for a data hand1ing system . The patent awards were the
second and third for Ken and the fifth and
si xth for John.

John also received his seventh patent

award for an invention relating to printers
of the type having an in ked ribbon that is
reversibly traversed under tensjon across a
printing area and, more particularly, to
new and improved non-jamming, reversible,
tens ion ing ribbon spool drive mechanisms
for use therewi th.

says Paul Moyer, Manager of Corporate Employee

Benefits. "You ' U want to .1Jtudy t w .1Jtatement and 6ile d wdh lfOuJt peM onal. papeM.
It hM 6act.IJ that you~ need when you'Jte
mak.,(ng plart 6oJt youJt 6ti,lu!te oJt eva..tua,.Ung
youJt peMonal 6,{.nanu.a.l .1Jduat,(on."

REMINDER: DEADLINE FOR QUARTERLY

CHANGE IN s&SP INVESTMENT IS CLOSE

D. N. Sitter

P. J. Moran
March 31 marks the end of the year ' s
first quarter. It also marks the deadline
for S&SP participants to make changes in
their investments under the Program.
In an i mprovement that went into effect,
Savings and Security Program participants
can change their investment options quarter ly
ra t her than annual l y as in the past. Changes
which are made before April 1 will go into
effect with the first payroll di sbursement
made in the second quarter. Those that are
made later will not go into effect until the
year' s third quarter.
Forms and instructions for making a change
i n your S&SP investment allocations are
avai l ab l e from Payroll. The March 31 deadline applies to both a participant's own
payroll deductions as well as to the Company's
50% matching payment.

P. J. Moran, Production Engineer-DCPD,

and D. N. Sitter, Manager-Program Devices
Engineering, also recently received joint
patent awards. Paul's an d Dave's invention
relates to electronic data process ing and,
more particularly to methods and means for
increasing the printing rate of electronic
printers by varyin g the processing rate as
a function of the print density of data
being received from a remote source. This
was Dave's second patent and Paul's third.

,-...,
0

Who Else?
\Vif< ( to late rcl1 1rning h11sha1ul ) :
.. h th 1! \-ou_ f oh n~"

John: 1tc1 better he."

How You Can Save Energy

Doing The Laundry

Can the ener gy- conscious homemaker help

cut her utility bills in the laundry r oom ?
Yes, indded , says a report issued by the
Consumers Institute for General Electr ic
and Hotpoint .
The answer is to shift from washing
everything in hot water and giving it a
warm water rinse , to washing in warm water
(at least 80 F)and rinsing in cold water,
says Jane Butel , manager of the Consumers
Institute .
For a typical homemaker who does 410
wash loads a year (that 's right -- some
34 a month is average) , the switch from
hot wash/warm rinse to warm wash/cold
rinse will save about 7 , 100 gallons of hot
water annually .
Translating that into dollars and cents,
i f you heat water electrically you could
save up to $5 5 a year on electricity . That ' s
figuring the cost at the projected national
raee of 3 . 4 kwhr -- which is considerably
~ ~OW the goi ng rate in many areas , such as
the mid- Atlant ic states and Florida .

(Co nt'd from Col. 1)

"WWe .toweJt WMh tempeJta.tWLv.i do Jteliui...t
J..n an J..nc.JteM e J..n the. nwnb Vt o 6 bac.teJLJ..a
JtemaJ..nJ..ng on ;the 6abltJ..c. at the end 06 the
WMh c.yc.le," she pointed out , "bac.teJLJ..a
Jtemova.t J..'6 abol.d 99% when both an au.toma,Uc.
dJtyeJt and c.hern.J..c.a.t adcli;t,{_vv.i, }.iu.c.h M
c.h.toltJ..ne bleac.h , Me w.ied."
For f amilies that must dry clothes on
indoor lines, Ms . Butel recommends using
a 20- minute wash cycle in 140 degree water
plus chlorine bleach for i tems prone to
bacterial concentrat i on, such as diapers ,
and for all washable apparel (where cons istent with garment - care labeling) during
times of i l lness.
In addition to the money and energy to
be saved , consumers will find that do i ng
the home laundry in water that is less than
hot has two other benefits : it will help
keep colors brighter and will lessen
wrinkling of per manent pr ess f abri cs .

Hugh C. Hall Retires

Even if you heat water wi th natural gas ,

you ' ll save about $11 a year (at 15/100 cu .
ft.) . But , just as important, says Ms . Butel ,
you ' ll be developing a habit which will pay
off as gas prices keep ris i ng, or should you
later move to an area where new natural gas
hookups are banned .

"Many c.o M wneM c.an w.i e .toweJt WM h

tempeJta.tWLv.i and -6.tA.ll obtain veJty adequate
c.learu.ng , " says Ms . But el. Laboratory tests,
she says, show that cleaning increases only
slightly as water temperatures go above 80
degrees . However, she cautions, at temperatur es much below 80 degress cleaning ability
drops off sharply .
For except ionally heavy soil , water
temperature can be adjusted fo r the best
compromise between energy saving and
cleaning .

,,,_,.!-.n often voiced concern is whether warm

:r washing and cold water rinsing is

sE<.,litary. "Fa.mJ.,.Uv.i wdh '6mail c.~en
Oil. il.J.nv.i-6 v.i Me ge.neJtaily wo!UUed abol.d
'6arUta,Uon," says Ms . Butel , "bl.d they c.an
w.ie the waJUn wa.teJt wMh/c.old ~e 6oJunula. ,
too .

(Cont'd next column)

Hugh C. Hall has retired from the Marriott

operations he re at the Main Plant Cafeteria.
Hugh is the Ass istant Manager of the cafeteri a .
Hugh is originally f r om Charlottesville
but has lived in Waynesboro fo r the past
30 years . He has been in the food servi ce
business "mo.l.);t 06 my li6e," he stat e d , but
still feels that "1 ' m too young ;to Jte;t;Jr.e."
Hugh added t hat he plans to stay busy and
will be available to work part - time in the
cafete ria when necessary . He also plans to
travel with his wife, Wealthia , and ".l.)ee '6ome

.l.)J..ghU . "
The Waynesboro GE Plant NEWS extends its
best wishes to Hugh for a very happy and
fulfi lled retirement !

ANNOUNCEMENT

DO IT IN THE AIR, DO IT IN '76!

HAVE YOUR PAYCHECK DIRECTLY DEPOSITED

In answer to recent inquiries concerning the
direct deposit of employees' paychecks to the
United Virginia National Bank in Staunton:
Employees who have accounts at this bank and
who wish to have their paychecks directly
deposited by the Company, may submit their
names to Leo Huntley in Payroll. In order
for the United Virginia National Bank to be
added to the "Authorization for Direct Deposit
of Earnings" list a minimum of five DCPD
employees and a minimum of three COO and ICD
employees must request this service.
GE #1 SOFTBALL PRACTICE TO BEGIN
The GE #1 Softball team will begin seasonal
practice next week out on the ball field
behind the Main Plant. Anyone interested in
playing softball for GE #1 must come to this
first practice session on Tuesday, March 30,
at 5:00 p.m.
A SPAGHETTI DINNER
Members of the Blue Ridge Chapel Church of
the Brethren on North 340 in Waynesboro
will have a Spaghetti Dinner next Saturday,
March 27, at 5:00 p.m. Prices will be $2.50
for adult and $1. 00 for children for "A 11
You Can Eat. The menu wi 11 include spaghetti
with homemade sauce, french bread, tossed
salad, jello, and tea or coffee.
11

SCOGEE will present a 20 minute movie on

sport parachuting for all employees next
Tuesday, March 30, 1976. The movie is
entitled "This Is A Sport" and will be
shown in the auditorium at 4:05 p.m. and
again at 4:35 p.m.

~,

SCOUTING SURVEY
In conjunction with the Stonewall Jackson
Area council's "Community Involvement Program"
a survey of registered scouters is being conducted in all major industries in the StauntonWaynesboro area. If you are registered in any
scouting capacity, please complete the coupon
including position held (i.e., Scoutmaster,
cubmaster, Den leader, committee member, etc.)
and return to Don Hall.

SCOUTING '76
RETURN TO:

Don Hall
Trailer #4

NAME: - - - UNIT #: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
POSITION:--------COUNCILOR
DISTRICT POSITION: _ _ _ _ __

GOLF TOURNAMENT
The GE Plant in Salem, Virginia is sponsoring
a golf tournament at Blue Hills Golf Course
on April 10, 1976. The entry fee is $15.00
and will include the trophy, prizes, buffet
meal and green fee. Anyone interested in
entering the tournament may contact Willie
Woodson on Ext. 1197.

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SWAP SHOP
FOR SALE
TRICYCLE--large size--ex. cond.--942-2708
WANTED

'STOCK PRICE' AND

'FUND UNIT PRICE'
FOR FEBRUARY, 1976

S&W MODEL 29--4 11 bbl.--Ext. 1124

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EXPRESSIONS OF APPRECIATION

January
February

Stock Price

Fund Unit Price

$52.220
52.329

$26.986
28.042

We would Uke to thank oWt 6Jtienc:U:, 6Oil. the

6loweM, c.a1tc:U:, a.nd expJte.M-i.onl> 06 }.) ympa.thy
ex.tended to tL6 on the. lo.M 06 oWt l.).(.}.)teJt,
Voci.a. G1r.oa.h.

Robert Campbell, Tool Room

Marie Campbell, Incoming
Inspection

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XV III No. 14

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

SAFETY SLOGAN
CONTEST BEGINS!

Apri l 2, 1976

c. A. Ford Reports
Favorable Outlook for

coo

Althou gh sales were down in 1975, t he

Control Dev ices Operation is forecast i ng a
bri ghter picture for 1976 in terms of both
sa les and orders.

ENTRY
FORM$
B,{,U PeNtiJ 1te.vie.w.6 the. 1tul.e..6 06 the. Sa6dy
S~.n Con.tut a.6 he. pla.c.e..6 the. Ent!tij Fottm.6
in -1.- 11.e. ~fain Plant c.a6de.ltia . The. Entity Fo!tm.6
a1te. loc.ate.d ,{_n all c.a6de.ltia.6 and ,{_n the.
Twu1e1t Ma1tke.ting BtU.1.ding .

The Emp l oyee Safety Sl ogan Contest

officially opened yesterday, Apr i l l, to
all Waynesboro GE emp l oyees '. The Contest is
an effort on the part of the 1976 Safety
Committee to get employees more i nvolved i n
safety--either on t he job or away from it .
Safety is so much a part of our l i ves
that it cannot be ignored. Those of us who
do ignore safety precauti ons usuall y experi ence the effects of our negligence in the
form of injuries. And, as we al l know, no
one can afford~ injury; both financia llY
and physically.
So if you are one of the many who be 1i eve
in practic i ng safety and i f yo u have a
thought or t wo on the subject, write i t down
in the form of a s l oga n. You will not on ly
get your point across but may win a GE dig i tal
clock/radio to boot'.
Kemember, the deadl i ne for entries in the
Safety Slogan Contest i s midnight, April 15 .
So , to avoid forgetting, get your slogans in
today and take a crack at becoming a "safety"
winner'.

This was the report g iven at the annual

BuC.cet Review Meetine; for the Motor a:-id
Jr ives Business J ivision , of which the
Control Devices Operati on is a part . The
meetinE was held on March 5 in Bridgeport ,
Connectic ut and , in a recent i nterview with
CJO '.-'.ana(jer, Charles A. Ford , he swnmari zed
t.he CJO out l ook .
li\r . Ford explained that CDO sales were
down in 1975 from prior years because of
pos t ponements in utility purchases caused by
:'inancing prob l ems and c ons truct i on delays
~ ithin the ut i l i ty industry .
Howev e r, alt hough
sa}es we re down , the or der r at e in 1975 was
t.hc hi,c;hest in the hi st ory o: CDO . "The. Jte.Mon.
6o'L tit-i.J.i ," '.>lr . Ford explain ed , "~ that , e.ve.n.

thou.9 h ~IJ bw.,,{_ne.J.Sf.> e..6 c.oul.dn ' t pu.1tc.ha.6 e. ou.Jt

p1todu.w lMt ye.alt , the.y ;.,till pla.c.e.d 01tde.M
601t 6u.tu.Jte. f.>~pme..n;l6 . A;., a Jte..6ul.t , we. Welte. ,{_n
a mu. c.h be.tte1t bw.,ine.J.Sf.> pM,i,Uon a.6 we. e.Ytte1te.d
19 7 6 :than we. Welte. ,in 19 7 5 . We. a1te. e.xpe.c_t,{_ng
1976 ;.,alu to be. about 25 % h,{_ghelt than lMt
lje.aJt If., II
In anticipat i on o: thi s c r owth , CDO has
recalled and hired additional hourly and
~one xe mpt sal aried employees .
Mr . Ford stated
that by tte end of Apr i l , t he operation shoul d
be fully staffed for the 1976 volume level .
Even ~ith the tigher sales predictions
f or this year , continued gr owth is projected
fo r the next few years . Mr . Ford stated that
80% o f CDO ' s business is with other GE Depart ments who use our pr oducts as part of a turbine/
cener ato r packaGe . "The. time. be.twe.e.n the. plac.e.-

ment o 6 oJtde.M and the. ;., ~pme.Ytt o 6 e.qu.ipme.Ytt

rcan.g 17.-6 61tcm tJ.eo to th!te.e. lje.altf.> , " he sai d , "wh,{_c.h
me.aM that 01tde.M booked :t~ ye.alt w,{,U Jte..6ul.t
,{_n Mlle..6 ,{_n. 19 78 and 19 7 9 . "

(Cont 'd Page 2, Col . 1)

\IVU

IU.. I

VI' I

(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 1)

One of the operation's strong areas, Mr.
Ford noted, will be new orders from the U.S.
Corp of Engineers. "Vue to the 6uel .6hOJr;ta.ge6
and hi..gh 6uel c.o.6tA," he stated, "the U.S.

ColLp o6 Engineelt4 )A plLoc.e.e.cling wUh pla.n.6

to Wt.all hydJc.oge.ne/ta.toM bt a.n incJt.e.Me.d
numbeJr. 06 ava-lla.ble. dam .6Ue&. FolL CVO, thlA
mean.6 tha..t the. hydJt.ogeneJuttolL e.xcilati..on
bui,inu~ c.oui.d Jw.n a.;t le.vel6 1O ti.mu highelL
:tha.n nolLmal 60Jt. the. next 6ew yeaJt.4."
Mr. Ford added that the operation also
has two relatively new product lines which
will add to the growth of the business. The
Turbine Supervisory Instrumentation System
(TSI) and the Raymike Thickness Gauge for
Steel Mills were brought into the Waynesboro
operation in 1974 and 1975 and are expected
to add about 20% to the total sales volume
of the business.

TSI is a system used to monitor vibration,

temperature, expansion and speed on steam and
gas turbines to insure that the operator will
be able to determine any malfunctions that
... :oo
may occur. According to Mr. Ford, "W e. ~

be intltoduc.ing a new plLoduc.t in June. 06 thiA

yeo.Jr.. whic.h w1...lt make. TSI molLe. c.ompet.Lti..ve. a.nd
te.c.hnic.a.ii.y up-to-da.;te.."
The Raymike Thickness Gauge for Steel
Mills is actually an old product that was
transferred to Waynesboro in August, 1975.

"The. Ra.ymike. w.U.l 1Le.qu1Jte. .6ome. engine.elr.in~

ILe.-duign be601Le. U ILea.ii.y be.c.omu c.ompeUUve in the. domutic. mMke.t," said Mr. Ford.
"We. aJte. aRJr.e.a..dy wolLking on that phcue. 06 the.
pJLoblem, howe.veJr., a.nd we. .6houi.d have. .6ome.
new o66eJL.i.ng.6 by the. 6ilL.6t qu.aJLtelL o6 19 77. "

Quality and Cost Key Problems

While CDO is expecting increased
business and future growth for the operation, Mr. Ford still foresees the need to
control costs and increase quality in order
to stay competitive. "Though CVO i.6 a. .6ma.ll
opeJUtti.on, U i.6 .6.:tlU the. incluotlr.y lea.delL

a. .6uppUeJr. on e.xcilati..on e.qCU.pme.nt. CVO' .6

e.xcilati..on ha.ltclwOJLe. )A .60ld wolLldw.lde. nolL
all typu on appUc.ation.6 ILanghtg 61Lom
dlu el-dJtiv en gene/LCLtoM to .Mg e. nuc.leo.Jr..
pOWelL pla.nh ,," he stated.
a.6

"In oll.delL to ma..lnta-ln thlA .6:tat.U.6 we. ha.ve.

to 1Lemain c.ompet.Lti..v e. wil.h othelL .& uppUe!t.6 -i.n
the. mMke.t," he added. "The .6Lt.u.a:ti.on wolLldwide. i.6 v eJr.y .i.nte.n.6 e wUh the. Japanu e. '!-nd
the. GelLman.6 .6how.lng up cu .6.tJr.ong c.ompe,ti.;toM
ht ail. maJr.keh Sic.ne. they Me .6 u.6 6e.ILing
nil.om .6UppJl.e.6.6 e.d bU.6-i.neA.6 le.ve,l.6 .t:hlA Yeo.A;
they OJLe. extlr.e.mely ac..tlve. ht bidcling on J ob.6
in both the. U.S. and nolLugn c.ou.ntM.u. We.

(Cont'd next column)

ha.ve. to be. a.c.tuely awaJLe. 06 ouJc.. c.o.6tA .60 tha;t

we. don't plli.c.e. OWl.6 elv u out. o6 the. maJr.ke.t. "
Not only does Mr. Ford feel the need for
concern over cost improvement but he also fee~
thau quality and scheduling will play an impo
tant part in the success of the business year.
"S-i.nc.e. 8O% o6 oUIL plLoduc.tA OJLe. .6 ol..d to otiteJr.
GE Ve.pcuitme.ntA, the. .6al.U 06 thei.lt pJr.o~c.tA
de.pen~ dill.ec:tly on the. ll.Upon.6e. 06 th-i..6 opelL-

a.tion. When CVO 6aih to deLivelL a. p1toduc.t on

time. OIL i6 the. qu.al.U.y OIL peJc.601Lmanc.e. )A not
a.de.q:i..a..te., then we. have. a negative. impa.d on the.
total. Company bee.a.Me. we may inte1t6e1Le. wUh
the. .6 ale. o6 lOJLg e. :t.UILbine. geneJLa.toM wh0.6 e.
val.ue. may be 10 Umu tha.;t o6 oUIL e.qu-i.pment.
"Foll. thi.6 ll.e.Mon," he continued,. "U i.6 impoll.t.a.nt. tha.t we all be. awaJte. o6 qu.al.U.y a.nd .6 c.he.duUng

nee~

06 ouJL c.U.6tome/l..6.

In summary, Mr. Ford stated that "the. outlook

601L the. ye.OJL i.6 pJtefty .6olid. We. have olLdell..6
on the. book.6 6olL thiA ye.air..' .6 .6a.le..6 and we.

don't expect any majolL c.hangu in employment

a6:f:.e1L we have. ILeac.he.d oUIL duill.e.d level. To
ma.ke. thi.6 a :tlwi.y .6uc.c.u.6 6ui. tjeo.Jr.. we need te.amwolLk on e.vvr.yoni .6 paJLt to handle. the. in~e.Me.d
loa.d a.nd .6ti...U me.et c.LU>tomeJt 4c.he.dulu wi..t.h
qu.al.U.y p1Lodu.c.:t6."

BICENTENNIAL
~
SAVINGS BOND PROMOTIOh.
In addition to the usual Employee
Courtesy Discount, General Electric employee
In addition to the usual Employee Courtesy Discount, General Electric employees
can receive a $50 U.S. savings bond if they
buy a Potscrubber II built-in dishwasher
during the company's "Bicentennial Bond
Promotion."
From March 29 to May 30, 1976, at participating GE dealers, purchase of a GSD950 or
GSD1050 dishwasher entitles the buyer to a
$50 savings bond directly from GE. The $50
bond is in addition to an Employee Courtesy
Discount of $45 on the GSD950 or $50 on the
GSD1050, or a total saving of $95 or $100.
Potscrubber II dishwashers feature the
unique PermaTuf tub and door liner that
resists scratching, peeling and chipping
and cannot rust; plus a Power SAver switch
for no-power, "natural" drying, soft-food
disposer, rinse aid dispenser, and randomloading racks. Among their many cycles is ~
the famed Power Scrub cycle, which can clear. .
even baked on soils like macaroni and cheese.
Courtesy discounts are subject to the
provisions of the Employee Product Purchase
Plan.

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

way: "I've. a.lwa.y-6 be.en We.1tu:te.d in :the.
6,{.na.nua.l -6.<.de. o 6 :the. bU.6inuc, a.nd wa.n-te.d to
l e.Mn mo1te. a.bout d. I wa.n.:te.d -to move. in.to
a. 1tela.:te.d a.1te.a. 06 Fin.a.nc.e. a.nd 6iguJte.d :tha.-t a.
de.g1te.e. would help. "

I
I

~'.m

When the door to opportu nity opened for

DCPD's Clyde Conner, he walked right in. For
Clyde, the door has opened twice and he has
been able to take advantage of both opportunities through the aid of the Tuiti on Refund
Plan and the Exempt Job Posting System.
Through the financial ass i stance of the
Tuj.I..i_on Refund Plan, Clyde has been working
ds an AAS degree in Accounting and in
tc
Business Management at Blue Ridge Community
College. He has had this goal since September, 1969 when he first began taking t he
courses and expects to receive his degrees
by the end of this year.
"I ha.ve. pa.id 601t i l l 06 my c.OU!LJ.>U .th/tough
.the. Tu,.{;t,i_on Re.6und Plan 6inc.e. I -talt,te.d wo1tfUng
.towa.1td-6 my de.g1te.e. . We.Le., i l l but two," he
stated. "Tho6e. two .tha,t didn't go .th/tough .the.
Plan Welte. by my own ne.g.l<.ge.nc.e. be.c.a.u.6e. I didn ' .t
get .the. 6oltm-6 in on .:tUn e. . But d i-6 a.n e. xc. el le.n-t p1tog1tam . I c.ouldn.' .t ha.ve. gone. .tlUl.:i 6a.1t
wdhout d."

Clyde stated that a great many employees

haven't taken advanta ge of the program
because they may keep putting off the decision
to start taking a course or working towards
a degree. "The. p1toblem i-6 jU.6.t ge.;t;t,(_ng -CM;te.d .
I kn.ow be.c.a.U.6e. I ha.d -tha,t pltoblem my6 el6 . But
d i-6 .too g1te.a.-t a.n. oppolt-tundy .to pa.M up . The.
Plan. i-6 an e.xc.e.Le.e.n-t wa.u 601t employe.u -to 6U1t.the.1t .thU!t e.diic.a.tion i6 .they c.a.n' .t o.thvu'.J..Ui e.
do d on -thU!t own .
11

eing a Techni ca l Specialist who started

out back in December of 1958 as a Relay Technician Trainee, one wonders why someone with an
En gineering background would decide to obtain
a degree i n Finance. Clyde exp l ained it this
(Cont'd next column)

Clyde has already reaped the benefits of

his efforts when, on March 15 of this year,
he received a promotion t o the Finance Section
as Specialist of Service Costs. Another door
to opportunity opened up for him and he took
it--this time through the Exempt Jo b Posting
System.
Clyde i s happy t hat the job posting system
is available to employees because, as he put
it, his situat i on "i-6 a. good e.xa.mple. 06 how
d wo1tk-6. The. pltog h....vn blt.lng-6 :tog e.-the.Jt :the.
n.e.e.d-6 o 6 -the. ma.nag e.Jt and -the. pe.M on who i-6
loofUng 601t a pa.Jttic.ula.Jt pMition. . I WM
.told by :the. ma.n.age.Jt who 6 ele.c.-te.d me. :tha.-t whe.n.
.the. po6ition bee.a.me. a.va.ila.ble., ,they p1toba.bly
ne.ve.Jt would have. :though-t -to look in.to Engine.e.Jt.lng 601t Mme.one. :to 6ill d, wh.lc.h i-6 why .the.
p1tog1ta.m i-6 M U.6e.6ul. I 6 .the/te. WMn' -t a. job
poc,:t.<.n.g 61j6tem, I pltobably wouldn ' t ha.ve. known
.the. job WM ava.lla.ble..
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Clyde plans to conti nue to use the Tuition

Refund Plan until he has obta ined his degrees .
After that, he is undecided as to whether or
not he wil l continue his education further.
But, he feels it is ni ce to know that he will
be able to continue if he chooses, through
the help of the Tu i tion Refu nd Plan .

ANNOUNCEMENT
MEDICAL CLINIC SERVICES
The Medical Clini c provides treatment of
occupational illnesses and i njuries. If an
employee becomes ill at work, the supervisor
shou l d send t he employee to the Med i cal
Clinic fo r medical evaluati on. Normally,
personal illnesses should be treated by the
fa mi ly physician and not by the Clinic staff.
EMPLOYEE SOLICITATIONS
Company policy states that, for the protection of all employees, solicitations by
employees for any purpose during working
hours is not permitted unless approved in
advance by management. Employees who wish
to sell an item or i tems must obtain approval
from their managers and must keep it confined
to non-working hours.

ANNOtJNCEMENT
Do you need something to do this weekend?
Then why not plan to attend

CELEBRATE
'76

AMUSICAL SALUTE TO AMERICA

This official Bicentennial event has been
performed in Jamestown, Williamsburg, and for
tne Governor in Richmond, Virginia.
Featuring a cast from Fort Defiance High
School's Music and Drama Qepartments, this
program is under the di.reetion of John D.
Booth and Charlotte Freeman.
The next performance is on Sunday, April 4,
at 3:00 p.m., at Augusta Expoland. Tickets
are: Adu"its - $2.00; Students - $1.00; and
can be purchased from any Fort Defiance
s tlident or at the door.

ATTITUDE

SUF~VEY

TO BE DISTRIBUTED

Another attitude survey for salaried employees

will be distributed next week. Employees
should complete the survey forms and return
them to their supervisors or managers by
~
Friday, April 9.
The purpose of the attitude survey is to
determine employees' feelings concerning
their jobs and work environment. The summarized date assembled from the survey will
be reviewed with the salaried employees and
will be used as a basis of consideration for
action to be taken to improve the work climate.
NOTICE GOLFERS
The SCOGEE Interplant Golf League is forming
and will start playing the first week in May.
Employees interested in playing golf must
submit their names to Curtis Layne, Turner
#2, Ext. 1704. Entry fee is $7.00 per team.
NEEDED:

EXPRESSIONS OF APPRECIATION
1 would Uke. :t:.o e.xpll.U.6 my deep :t:.hankll 6oil.
:t:.he. 6lowell..6 and IU.nd :t:.hough:tl, .6e.n.:t:. dwU.n.g
:t:.he. ll.e.c.e.n.:t:. lo.6.6 o6 my 6a:thell., Ru6U6 W.
C.f.altk.

Coaches for Farm and Little League Baseball

in the Ladd area. Anyone who is interested
may contact F. Zirkle, 942-2483.
RETIREES ASSOCIATION MEETING

Alice Summer, Plating Room

1 would Uke. :t:.o thank a.ll :t:.ho.6e. a;t GE who
expll.U.6 e.d :t:.hei.Jt .6 ympa:thy on :t:.he. ll.e.c.e.n.:t:. dea;th
06 my mot.hell., MM. Ele.anoll. Wall.den.

Bill Warden

The Waynesboro GE Retirees Association will

meet on Wednesday, April 7 at Perkins Pancake
House. Luncheon will be served at 11:30 a.m.,
followed by the usual business session. The
speaker of the day will be S. D. 11 Doc 11 Fendley
who will present a slide presentation on
Cambodia, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian
countries.

Woll.cl6 Me not avcUi.able. :t:.o e.xpll.U.6 OWL

appll.e.Ua.tion 6oll. .the g e.nell.oUI.> gi6:t:. o 6 mone.y
:t:.ha.:t Wa.6 given by :t:.he. employe.u in be.hal6
06 my hUl.>band, Willie ShaJtpe..
Willie l6 .6:t:..Ui. in :t:.he Un1.veJL6i:t:.y 06 Vhl.ginia
Ho.6pital bu.t i.6 .6howing L>ome. impll.ovemen:t:. a;t
:t:.hi.6 :ti.me.. YouJL c.Mcl6, pll.ayell..6 and gi6.t6
Me. gll.eail..y a.ppJz.ec.ictted.

Nell Sharpe, Power

Regulation

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SWAP SHOP
FOR SALE
1974 8 PICKUP CAMPER--eguipped--$1000--943-2429
1968 FORD TORINO GT--$700--Ext. 1144
1

WANTED
1 would Uke. :t:.o .thank all my 61l.iencl6 and
c.o-woll.kell..6 a:t:. GE 6oll. :t:.he. blood dona.tion.6
given 60fl. my bll.o:t:.hell., Kei.:th Me.JU.ea, who
ll.e.c.entty undeJtWe.n:t:. open he.aJt:t:. L>Wtgell.y a:t:.
:t:.he. Univ e!L6i:t:.y o6 Vill.ghU.a. Ho.6 p,i;tai..

Nancy Dean, Turner #1

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 15

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

MANufACTlJRiNq's "SAlEsMANsHip"
CoNviNcEs Cus10MER

Apr il 9, 1976

1976 UNION
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
BEGIN THIS MONTH
(C ontracts wi t h IUE and UE unions run to June
27, 1976 . Negot i at i ons wi t h both uni ons on
th e t erms of new contra ct s begin l ater this
mon t h. Her e John Bal dw i n, Ma nager of Union
Re l at ions f or t he company , discusses th e
pr ospec t s fo r t hi s year ' s negot i ati ons . )
GE News: Let ' s start out wi t h t he bi g questi on
firs t . What are the chances for a peaceful
set tlement t his June?

P,(,cA.uJted Me pa.M: o 6 the p/f.,(yi,ted Wl.c.LU;t

boMd and MJ.ie..mb.ltj Mea en1p.touev.i who do an
w"'..... tancU.ng j ob ,{_n tv.iting , htJ.ipec.tin.g , and
a,_ . .mbling the Tetim,(,Ne,t 340 . S.ta.ncU.ng , 4th
6Ji..om the le6,t, ,{_).) R. I . Whdletj, i\fanageJi.. 06
M J.i e..mb e.. tJ Ope/w...,t{_c nJ.i

Customer r eass ur ance i s synonymous ~~th

customer sa ti sfact i on -- and anyt i me a
bu s iness ca n convince a customer tha t i t
has t he bes t product t o offer, t hen that
bus iness i s assu re d of having a satisfied
customer.
DCP D had an oppor t unity r ecentl y to convi nce a customer , Honeywel l Nor t h American
Operat i ons, of t he qual i ty assurance, qual i ty
cont r ol, and manufacturing met hods of th e
Termi Ne t 340 an d succeeded , wi th f lyi ng
col ors '. Hhy? Because the T340 ,{_).) a good
product and, tha nks to t he efforts of R. I .
Whi tley , S. J . Bookatau b, and t he rest of
the T3 40 Ma nu f acturin g team , Dave Ber na r d
of Hon eywe ll lef t our fac ili t i es compl ete ly
co nvinced of it'.
Dave Bernard , Peri pher als Cons ul t ant for
Honeywel l NAO , vi s i ted t he Turn er Complex on
March 19 i n order to rev i ew and evalu ate t he
manufactur i ng, qual i t y control and qual ity
a ran ee methods of t he T3 40 . The T3 40 is
cu . rent ly be ing eva l uated by the Frenc h
Honeywel l Opera t ions and Mr . Bernard's r eport
will have an i mpor t ant effect on the i r eval uation .
(Cont'd Page 4, Col. 2)

Baldwin:

Th i s year ' s ne got i ations are go i ng

to b e d i ff i cult , but I t hi nk the chances f or
succes s are better than 50- 50 .

GE News :

Why do you say that?

Balds i n:

Several reas ons . There are exper i enced bargain i ng t eams on ea ch side of the
table . We have a grea t dea l of r e spect
for I UE' s chie f negotiator , J ohn Shambo ,
and their new pres i der.t , Da vid Fitzmaurice .
Boris Block , who recent ly bec ame secretarytreasurer and the negotiator for UE a f ter
the t r ag ic death of James Matl es , i s le ss
well known to us but has ha d a good amount
of nat ional cont ract negotiat i ng expe rie nce .
I bel ieve we ' ll be able to get down t o
s er ious neRotiations with a mi n i mum of pub~ i c
ity and po s~urin g .

GE News:

What are the other reaso ns ?

Ba l dwi n:

I think both manag ement and un i ons

ar, ree that the nwnber one issu e t o be
addressed is ~ay , s o we ' re not going t o
have an argwnent over prioritie s . Ev en
though the rate of i nflat i on i s s l owing
down , t h e cost of l ivi ng r i se duri ng the
past thr ee years has had a clear - cut impact
on employees ' earnings . Finally , it ' s my
opinion that bo~h management and ~he uni ons
will come to the bargai ni ng table with the
right att i tudes --we ' ll b e l ooking for sol utions .

(Cont 'd Page 2, Col . 1)

UNION NEGOTIATIONS
(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 2)
GE News: Obviously you don't know now what
the specific package will contain, but it
would be helpful to readers if they can get
an idea of how the company is looking at
various issues. You mentioned pay as the
number one priority. Isn't that always the
case?
Baldwin:

It's true that every time we

negotiate new contracts people expect
a pay raise. But in most other years,
the expectation has been for a reasonable pay raise, plus a number of improvements in benefit plans, vacations, holidays and so forth. The difference this
time is the inflation of the past three
years suggests that more emphasis be on
pay and less on benefits.

GE News: Protection against future rises in

the cost-of-living is a major concern.
What do you see here?
Baldwin:

Solving the cost-of-living problem

is going to be the most difficult part of
this year's negotiation, in my judgment.
During the past three years inflation hit
the cost of materials the company has to
buy even harder than it's hit employees'
pay checks. Employees want to be shielded
against runaway inflation to protect their
buying power. That's understandable. The
company needs protection against open-end
cost liability so that it can plan its
purchasing, its production and its pricing.
I hope that's understandable, too, since
our jobs depend on it. This is the reason
the cost-of-living escalator has been capped
during recent contracts.

GE News: Normally there are a number of

improvements in the benefits package in
each new contract. What do you expect
this time?
Baldwin:

Naturally, we'll be taking a hard

look at benefits, but there are two things
to keep in mind. First, the GE benefit
package is still among the best available
and has not been hurt as much by inflation
as pay. And, second, the more emphasis that
is placed on pay and cost-of-living protection, the less money there is available to
improve benefits. It's just not reasonable
to expect a hefty pay increase and major
benefit improvements at the same time.

GE News: What about the company's business

outlook? What effect will that have on
negotiations?
(Cont'd next column)

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

Baldwin:

General Electric has always taken

the view that employees' pay should not be
tied very closely to the short term ups a~
downs of the business. For example, last
year profits were down to a little over
4 cents on a dollar. If pay had been tied
to profits we all could have taken a cut.
Many people may not realize it, but when
we look at pay levels, we are mostly concerned with two sets of figures. We look
very closely at what others are paying for
the same skills in the town where the plant
is located, and we also look carefully at
what our product competitors are paying.
We look at other things, of course, such
as the rate of inflation, national manufacturing pay averages and th~ like. But the
two most critical are the conununity, because
we have to attract and keep good people,
and our competitors, because if we start
paying a lot more than they pay, we'll be
out of that business.

GE News:

When will negotiations begin?

Baldwin: April 20 is opening day.

We've got
a lot of ground to cover and I certainly
don't want to give anyone the impression
that we think we've got all the answers
figured out in advance. We've done a lot~
of serious research to get ready for
negotiations, and I'm sure the unions have,
too. The final package we'll negotiate
obviously will have to be one that employees,
management and unions can all endorse.

The NEWS has learned that a few

General Electric employees were adversely
affected by the Brandon Ladd Apartment
fire this week.
A fire is a terrible thing to happen to
anyone, especially when it happens to our
employees. Therefore, for those employees
who may have been affected by this disaster,
they are reminded that the General Electric
Emergency Aid Plan was designed specifically
to help employees financially for this type
~
of disaster.
Any employee affected by the fire and
who may not have had adequate insurance
coverage, if any at all, should contact
W. R. Perry, Relations, for assistance if
he or she so desires.

(Cont ' d from Col. 1)

GE 1st QUARTER RESULTS- Earnings Still About

-+ cents on Sales 0011ar
Earnings of the General ~lectric Company
were $135. l1 million in the first quarter of
1976, Ree inald H. Jones , Chairman of the
Board, reported t oday . This was an i ncrease
fr om the abnormally low $74 . 4 million in the
first quarter of 1975 and represents only
about 4 cents on each dollar of sales . Earnings per share were 73 cents for the 1976
quarter compare d with L1 cents for the 1975
period .
Sales i n the first quarter of 1976 were
$3, 268 million , ur from the $2 , 979 million
reported in the same quarter of 1975 .

"Ae.1to1.i pa.c.e. 1.ia..te.1.i Welte. abcu...t eve.11 wdh lM:t.

ye.AA bu...t e.aJtn.,i,1191.i WeJte. dOIA'l'l 1.ili9Wy.
"The. inteltna.tiona.l c.a:t.e.go1ty lte.poltte.d hnp1tove.me.n...tl.i ,i,n. :the. 19 76 6,{;u.,:t qUaJt...telt ovelt :the. 19 75
6,{,M:t. qua.Jttelt ,i,n. 1.ia.te.1.i and e.AArU.n.91.i both by
a.6 6ilia:t.e.d c.ompa.n.,i,u and e.xpolttl.i 61tom the.
Un...Ue.d S:t.a:t.u.
II EaJtn.,i,1191.i
601t :the. Ge.n.elta.l E.te.~c. C1te.dd
ColtpOJta;t,{,o n. 6OJt the. 6,{;u., :t. qua.Jttelt o 6 19 76
weJte. $12 . 6 m~on. c.ompaJte.d wdh :the. $12.3
m~o11 1tep0Jtte.d -<.n the. 1.ia.me. qualttelt 06 1975 ."

SCOGEE Basketball Team

are City Champs

"The. 6,{Ju., :t. quaJt.t<Vt O6 lcu :t. lj e.aJt WM

1.ie.veltel..y a66e.cte.d by a c.ombina;t,{,on 06 d.J..66ic.u1,:t..,{_e.J.i," Mr . Jones said , "inc.iud.J..ng a
dep1te.1.i1.i e.d .te.vel.. o 6 c.0111.itunelt goodl.i 1.ia.te.1.i and
unu.1.i uaUy low 1.i hipme.n:t.l.i o 6 lAAg e. 1.iteam tUJt.b,i,ne9 e.nelta:t.oM. Tha:t. qualttelt WM the. low po,i,nt o 6
the. 1te.c.e.1.i1.i,i,on 601t Ge.neltal Ele.ctlt,i,c., and oUJt
1te.1.iu.Ul.i ,i,mpltove.d qualttelt- by-qualttelt dUJt,{,ng the.
Itel.it o 6 the. ye.AA . Should :the. Jte.c.oveJty o 6 the.
S . e.c.o n.omy c.on.t,i,nue., oUJt e.x.pecta;t,{,0111.i 601t
<e. ye.AA 1976 Me. 601t e.aJtn.,i,ng1.i to exc.e.ed tho1.i e
601t 1975, although :the hnp!tovvne.n.t 60Jt :the.
ye.AA will obv,i,ou.1.i.ty no:t. be. a:t. :the a.bn.01tma.l
1ta:t.e. 1teal,{,ze.d ,i,n. :t.Ml.i 6,{;u.,t quaJtteJt.
"The nio1.i t 1.i,i,gn. .i.6,i,c.a.n:t. 6a.ctoM ,i,n. :t.lie
qtia.lttelt-:to- qua.Jttelt ,i,mplto vvne.nt in e.AA1w1g 1.i
Welte :the. 1te.1.iultl.i 06 :the. Con1.iw11elt and Indu.1.irua..t )JOWelt Equ,i,pmen...t c.a:t.e.goJt,{_e.J.i . Con1.iwneJt
goodl.i, be.11e.6ili11g 61tom hnp1tove.d c.01.it-pJt,{_c.e.
1te1..a.tio 111.i fup1.i a.nd highelt 1.ia.te.1.i, 1tebou11de.d
61tom the loM po1.iilio 11 1tep0Jtte.d a. ye.AA ago .
The. ,i,ndtwrua.e. poweJt e.qu,i,pme11t c.a:t.e.gotty a...tl.io
1te.ve1t1.ie.d ,{,tJ.i u11p1to6~ble. po1.iilio11 06 the.
1975 6A.A.o:t. qua.Jttelt on :the. 1.i:Ute.11gth 06 ,i,11c.Jte.M e.d 1.i /upme1'l:t.l.i wluc.h 1te.1.iulte.d ,i,n good
-<.nc.1te.M u -<.n e.aJt1un91.i . "
In commenting on the other maj or categori es
of the Company ' s bus iness for the quarter, ~r .
Jones said :

" Indu.1.irua..t c.ompo11en...t1.i a.nd 1.iy1.ite.n11.i 1.ia...e.e.1.i

Welte 1.i.l,{,gh...t.ty a.he.ad o~ :the. 1975 qualtteJt bu...t
eAAn.,i,1191.i Welte 1.iame.wha:t. .towelt . Sa.tu 601t
h1du.1.irua.t a.11d c.o~tJ.i .t-'tuc.:t,{,on p!toduw weJte.
~neltaliy be.tow lcu:t. ye.AA ' ,~ .te.vell.i , wWe.
:,u.UJ.i 601t 1.ihoJtt-manu6a.ctUJt,{,119- c.yc.ie. plLOduc.tl.i,
1.iu.c.h a1.i :t.ho1.ie. 1.iupp.l,{,e.d :to c.0111.i wneJt 9oodl.i ma.nu6actUJteM , t~elte. up 61tom the. c.ompa.Jta.b.te. pJt,{_oJt
)J eJt,t (I d .

(Cont ' d next column)

The. SCOGEE BM ke.:t.ba...U Te.am ,i,nc.iude., lme.e..l,{,ng

(.t :to 1t) : La.My MaJttin , Ro be.Jtt F1tye. , Ra1.i c.o e.
We.UJ.i , a.nd Tom CMpelt. Sta.nd...tng (.t :to Jt ):
Je.My H~, V,i,nc.e. Tulia , R,i,c.haJtd He.w.te.U,
Ouvelt G1tant, Edd.J..e. VJt,{,velt , and Bill Nell.ion.
Not p,i,ct1L1te.d Me. : John AfMl.i e.nbUJt.g , Randt]
Ga.Jtth, GaJttj S1toka, a.nd Wayne. Wymelt.

The SCOG EE Basketball Team comp l eted an

outstanding season this year by capturi ng
the title of Reg ular Season City Champions .
The t eam came in second to the C Shift of
DuPont i n t he Industrial League Tournament
but stil l came out on top with the impressive
record of 11 wins and 1 loss for the 1975- 76
basketball seasnn .
Congratulati ons team on a dynamite showing
th i s season !
**** ***********************************

SWAP SHOP
WANTED
RIDERS from Verona area to GE--lst shi ft -- Xl 43 1
CARPOOL from Elkton to GE-- lst shi ft- - Ext 1144

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155 Eyes Saved in Past 12 Years

HONEYWELL'S VISIT
(Cont'd from Page 1, Col . 1)
During his vi sit, Mr . Bernard was taken
on a tour of the facilit i es by David E. Estey,
GE' s Program Manager for Honeywel l NAO. On
the tour, Mr. Bernard vi sited the printed
circuit board facil ity and the TermiNet 340
product i on area where he was quite impressed
with that fac il ity, the employees, the methods
and the cleanl iness he saw i n those two areas.
"OuJt pftinted c..iftc.u.i:t boa.Jtd a.Jtea," Dave
Estey explained, .if.i aJ.wayf.i an .imp1ter.if.iive a.Jtea

Michael Breen became t his facility's 155th

Wise Owl Award Winner when his sight was protected recently by hi s safety gl asses . At
the time of Mike's accident,wh i ch made him
eligible for t he Wise Owl Award, he was working
in the DCPD assemb ly area. Mike was operating
a welder when a compone nt bl ew out, caus ing
hot meta l to spl ash up onto his safety gl asses .
Mike stated, "Spa.Jtlv.i and me;ta,l Welte 6.tying
evVt!fWhVte. I WM jw.,t glad that I had my
r.ia6ety gwr.ier.i on. "

If he had not been wearin g hi s safety

glasses at the t i me, the accident cou ld have
seriously injured hi s eyes. Today, Mi ke still
has his sight, thanks to hi s safety gl asses,
and is able to display his award and pins (in
above pi cture) as a proud member of the Wise
Owl Club.

"The Jter.iponr.ie to the Employee Sa6ety Slogan

Canter.it hM been veJty good, " stated Bi 11 Perry,

Safety Manager and Contest Commi ttee Chairman.

According to Bi 11 , "A:t p1ter.ir.i t.ime o 6 the
Plant NEWS, we had 1tec.01tded a total 06 138
en.VUer.i and they weJte r.,,till coming in!
"We a.Jte qu.i:te 6oJttunate to have M many
r.ia6ety-c.onr.iuow., people heJte at ouJt fiaUUtier.i
and the 1ter.iponr.ie to the c.onter.it hM r.,hown that
Wayner., bo1to GE employeer.i do th.ink abou;t J.ia6 ety
in a vVty p!toduct.ive way ."

Bill cautions employees, however, to r ead

the rules of the contest carefull y . "ThVte
have bee..n f.i eve!tal en.VUer.i wh.ic.h have exceeded
the mawwn numb Vt o 6 72 wo1tdf.i . We do not
want to dMquili6y anyone r.,o we Mk that
evVtyone c.hec.k thw r.i.togan entlL.ier.i c.a.Jte6ul.ty
to be f.iuJte that they adhVte to the Jtuler.i."

The Safety Sl ogan Contest deadline is next

Thursday, April 15th at midnight . Entries will
not be accepted after t hat date so keep those
s l ogans comin g in! You just may be a winner!

601t ouJt c.w.itomeM to touJt . R.eliab,{,l,L;ty 06

the Te!tnl.iNet 34 0 .if.i mo f.it .impofttant in c.omputeJt
opVtat.ionr.i and Bob Wh.itley ' f.i p1ter.ientat.ion on
ouJt 6aUli.ty and opVtat.ionr.i JteU-lty Mld 1\!Jt.
BeJtna.Jtd."

In t he T340 production area, Mr. Be rna rd

was very i mpressed with the way the producti on
line is set up and the way our pri nters are
built. He was also quite i mpressed with the
improvements that have gone into the TermiNet
340 . "The TeJtmiNet 340, in mec.hanic.al pftinuple,
.if.J J.i.imila.Jt to the Te/rmiNet 1200," Dave stated.
"So the one th.ing c.w.itomeM look 601t in :the
T340 .if.J whethVt OIL not we have taken an old
pftintVt and pu;t new mec.hanif.imf.i on it, f.ipeeded
it up and jw.,t given it a new name. Joe
Bookataub pointed out -<-n detail , to MIL . BVtn~
the ma.nu6ac.tuJting and der.iig n c.hang er., inc.01tpo1r.. ..1.
-<-n the T340 . MIL. BVtna.Jtd Waf.i completely c.onvinc.ed that we have a new p!toven 6amily 06 line
pftin,teM and not Wa.JtmeaaveJt TeJtm,{,Net 1200'J.i . "

The net result of Bob Wh itley 's, Joe Bookataub's and our manufacturing emp l oyees' "salesmansh i p" was tha t Mr. Bernard l eft our fac il ity
feeling that our ma nufacturi ng and quality
control methods were excellent and that we
know how to build printers .
This is one ins t ance of customer satisfaction which emphasizes the fact tha t we are al l
our Company's best salesmen . Congratulations
to this team of employees for their outstandi ng
efforts!

THANK YOU NOTE

We would uke to ~xp1ter.ir.i ouJt thanlv.i to eac.h and
eveJtyone who f.i ent 6loweM , c.a.Jtdf.i and 6ood du!ting
the. loM o 6 ouJt J.i.if.iteJt-in-law and aunt, GVtt!tude
Pa-<-n:tVt.
~

Katherine Monroe (MOl)

Betty Ha rris (Relays)

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GE NER AL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XV III No. 16

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Dave Warner Is Promoted

R. Davi d Warner has been
appointed Supervisor ,
Power Regulation Quality
Control for CDO as announced
by P . C. Schatz , ManagerManufacturing for CDO . Before
hi s promot ion , Dave was QC
Er.cineer ~or all TermiNet PCB
pr oducts in Turner #2 . In
his new position , he will be
responsible f or QC on heavy
electrical assembly and metal
working .
Dav e , who has a BS in Business Management
from Drexel Univers i ty , spent 11 years with
GE ' s RESD Plant in Ph i ladelphi a as QC EnginE
?n the Minuteman III Reentry vehi cle .
Th ~ ~ e years a go , he transferre d to Waynesboro ' s
Data Communication Pr oducts Department as QC
Engineer on the Ter mi Net 30 Task Force and ,
later, as QC Engineer on all 'Iermil'et PCB
products .
Dave is an active member of the community
through his involvement i n t'."le 1:aynesboro
Jaycees and as an offi cial of the PTA of the
Westwood Hills Elementary School.
Dav e r esides at 1508 Chat ham Road with his
wife , Je~n , and their three childr en , Cheryl,
Karen and David , Jr .

0Nly A FEW MoRE HouRs To Go!

Emp l oyees are rem inded t hat they sti ll
have a chance t o wi n t he GE AM/ FM Di gital
Clock- Radio by entering t he Emp l oyee Safety
Slogan Contest . The contest does not end,
until midni ght , t oni ght so t here ' s still a
c han ~ e fo r l ate- comer s to submi t tho se few
catc hy "words of wi sdom" on safety and,
maybe become a winn er!
sponse t o the Sa fe t y Slogan Contest
has been very good. As th e contest neared
its end s loga ns had bee n submitted by 225
safety consci ous emp l oyees . The dea dlin e
i s not far away , so get t hose s logans in
"bef ore midni ght t oni ght !

Apr il 15, 1976

GE Continues Educational
Loan Programs
The General Electric educational loan
progra ms wil l contin uE to offer financial
assistance for higher educati on to General
Electric employees and their children in
1976 through the Employees Educational Loan
Program and the Guaranteed Educational Loan
Program.
The Empl oyees Educational Loan Program,
continues for the 20th consecutive year to
offer l oa ns by t he compa ny to employees for
their use or t hat of their children for
full-t ime hi gher educa tion , day or evening.
Under the Empl oyees Educational Loan
Program, employees may borrow up to $1,500
per i nd i vi dua l student per yea r with a
maxi mum of $5,000 outstanding for one student
and a tota l of $10,000 outstanding per emp loyee
borrower . The rate of interest for l oans
approved f or the 1976-77 academic year is 9%
per year or the maximum le gal rate in the
st ate in which the loan is made, wh i chever is
lower.
All l oans und er the Emp loyee Educational
Loan Program for use du ring t he 1976-77
academi c year must be approved by December
31, 1976. These loans must be approved by
Department General Managers and Corporate
Component Managers .
The second type of l oa n program, the GE
Guaranteed Educationa l Loan, is a loan which
an employee or an employee's children t ake out
for ~ ull- ti me post-secondary school education .
~rr~n~ements for the actual loans are made by
i nd1v1dual borrowers wi th parti ci pati ng banks.
The maximum loan available per individual
is $2,500 per year with a tota l of $7 ,500 for
undergrad uate study and $10,000 for undergraduate and grad uate study combined.
For more informati on on t hese two l oan
programs available to empl oyees, you may pi ck
up brochures exp l aining t he programs in Bi ll
Perry ' s of fic e in Rel ations.

(Cont ' d from Col. 1)

"S-i.nc.e. 1 UkL6 down to one. 06 the. lMt thlr.e.e.,
I WM detvun-i.ne.d to w-i.n ," said Wes. "1 e.ve.n
told the. g~ who WM do-i.ng the. ciJta.w,lng .that
I would g-i.ve. hen $100 -i.6 1.ihe. dJr.ew my name. w .

When he won, Wes made good his promise and the

girl was $100 richer.

"The. on1-y ba.d tlUng a.bout the. whole. tlUng

WM that my w-i.6e. WMn ' t thene. to be. -<.non a.U
the. e.xc.-<.te.me.rz,t.," Wes remarked. Mrs. Petrie was

in Schenectady, New York at the t ime for a more

sorrowfu 1 occasion . "1 c.a.Ue.d hen that n-i.ght
to tell hen that 1 ha.d gotte.n the. c.M a.nd the.
6-i.Mt tlUng 1.ihe. 1.ia.-i.d WM 'How mu.c.h d-<.d you. pa.y
6on -i.t. 1 She. c.ou.ldn 't be.l-<.e.ve. -<.t whe.n 1 t old
hen 1 d-<.dn. 1 t pa.y a.11.yth-<.ng - - -we...U, haJtd.ty anytlUng."

W~

Pe...:tJUe. hold6 the. ke.y1.i to t he. 7976 Fond

he. only pcU.d $7 25.

So, with st i ll $2400 left in his pocket ,

Wes drove home with a brand new 1976 Ford
Pinto which had onl y cost hi m a $25 raffle
ticke t pl us t he $100 reward to the ticketdrawer . $125 for a car wh ich cost well over
120 t i mes that much'. Now that's a bargain
if there ever was one '.

P~rz,t.o 60~

Wes Petrie came prepared to win at the

BPOE Elks Lodge Bu ilding Fund Dinner/Raffle--and "win" he did'. After nearl y two hours of
ticket-drawing and "wheel i ng & dealing", Wes
walked - or rather, drove - away from the
event with a brand new 1976 Ford Pinto'.
The Bui ldi ng Fund Raffle was held on
Marc h 20 to raise money for t he new extension of the Elks Lodge Buildin g. 225 tickets
were sold which entitled each tick et holder
to a dinner for two at the Elks Lodge and a
drawing spot in the raffle.
"The. dJr.aw-i.ng WM done. by a pnoc.~1.> o 6
e.U.rnina.,ti.on," Wes said. "All tic.kw wene.
plac.e.d .-i.n a. baNtel a.nd wene. dJr.awn ou.t , one.
a.t a. wne., u.n,t.,{_l thene. wM only one. tic.l<.et
le.6J:,. The. lMt tic.ket won the. c.M. " That

last ticket happened to belong to Wes'.

Wes exclaimed that when he learned that
he had won "1 W the. c.Ul-i.ng ! 1 WM ne.ven
1.>o e.xc.-<.te.d -i.n my l-<-6e. ! 1 t hought 1 UkL6 go-i.ng
tO

6a.,{_yz,t_ !

II

But Wes came prepared to win anyway . Wi th

$2500 in hi s pocket, he had planned to bid f or
the last three tickets if his had bee n eli minated earlier. Unfortunately, his plan
probably wou l dn't have worked since one of the
ticket-holders wasn ' t present to sell and the
other, the now retired GE employee John Cooley,
\\louldn't sell.
(Cont'd next column)

GE, UTAH BOARDS APPROVE MERGER

Last month, t he Board of Directors of
General Electric Company reviewed and
approved an Agreement and Plan of reorgani zat ion, and a related Agreement of Merger,
for the acqu i sit i on by merger of Utah Internat i ona l Inc . The Board of Di rectors of
Utah In ternationa l Inc., headquartered in
San Franci sco , recent ly announced a similar
act i on. It i s ant i cipated t ha t excution of
the agreements wil l occur in Ap ril . However,
comple t ion of the merger wi ll still be subject
to var i ous conditions , including approval of
the transaction by t he share owners of both
companies , and the receipt of appropriate
gove r nment approva l s .
The Board of Directors of General El ectric
Company and Utah International Inc. announced
on December 15, 1975, t hat t hey had authorized
the negotiation of a definitive merger agreeme nt. The proposed merger is t o be accompl i ~
thro ugh a t ax-free exchange of 1. 3 shares of
General Elect ric common stock for 1 share of
Utah common stock. General Electric had approxi mate l y 184.4 milli on shares outstanding on
December 31, 1975 and Utah had approximately
31.5 milli on shares on October 31, 1975.

t.; I ri;-/ 7 6

GE PRODUCTS TO BE ON DISPLAY
reminders
Di d you forget to cash your paycheck last
week? Well if you did, it would be wise not
to hold it too much longer .
According to Leo Huntley , SpecialistPersonnel Accounting, there is a 30-day
limi t for which all payroll checks must be
cashed in order to be cleared by the banks .

"It .W n.o:t oni.y in.c.on.vel'Uen.:t 601t w.,, bu,t

mo ex.:t.Jteme,ly inc.on.vel'Uen.:t 601t :the
emp.loyev.i when c.hec.lu Me he,ld pa1.i:t :the 30
day.6 06 .W.6ua.n.c.e," Leo stated .

a .w

"A :te.Ue!t may c.aJ.i h a c.hec.k i 6 it .W he,ld

601t 30 day.6 Olt molte, " he continued, "bu,t
the c.hec.k w-<.1.1. not be cl.eMed by :the bank.
Th-W me.an.6 :that :the bank w-<.1.1. have :to no:ti6y
the employee :to pic.k up :the c.hec.k 61tom :them
and 1te:tu.ltn :the money :to :the bank. Then. he
ha.6 :to wait .6 eve1tal mO/te day.6 un.:til Pay1toU
c.an 1te-.W.6ue an.o:the1t c.hec.k . Fo1t :tho1.ie who
have al!teady made w.,e 06 :the money, :th-W c.an.
p1tv.ien:t a !teal p1toblem ."
...-.l.eo r~minds employees who may find it
;nvenient to visit the bank in order to
deposit or cash their checks that the Company
has a system whereby checks may be deposited
directly by Payroll. When an employee a uthor izes Payroll to depos it his or her check
directly to the employee ' s account , the check
is automatically sent to the bank each week
or month .
~

Employees who wish to obtain this service

may pick up an authorization form in Payroll .
Banks i ncluded in this service are : Virginia
National Bank in Waynesboro and Staunton ;
First & Merchants National Bank in Waynesboro
and Staunton ; National Bank & Trust Company
i n Charlottesville, Fishersville; New Hope
and Stuarts Draft; Planters Bank & Trust
Company in Staunton; Rockingham National Bank
of Harrisonburg in Grottoes, Harrisonburg
and Verona; The Fir st Vir g inia Bank in Waynesboro, Staunton, Verona and Stuarts Draft; and
Augusta Bank & Trust Company in Fishersville.

Central Virginia ' s f irst major industrial

Machine and Tool Exposition will be held at
the new Augusta Expo Center on April 21 , 1976
from 9 : 00 a.m. to 10:00 p . m.
Featured at the Exposition will be nearly
$1 million in the latest Numerical Cont r ol and
Conventional machines , accessories and tools
from over 90 international manufacturers. Among
the more than 100 companies who will be di splaying their products will be DCPD and ICD of
General Electric. On exhibit for DCPD will be
the TermiNet 340 with Buffer , the TermiNet 30
with Magnetic Tape , the TermiNet 30 with Paper
Tape, and the TermiNet 300 with Paper Tape .
ICD wil display i ts 500 Model TX N;.unerica l
Control.
The sponsor of the show is the Blue Ri dge
Chapter #181 of the Society of Manufacturing
Engineers . SME is a professional organizat ion
of 44,000 members in 225 Regular and 71 Student
Chapters in 41 states, the District of Columbia
and seven foreign countries . SME ' s major objec-'
tive is member and student education in new
manufacturing equipment and processes to improve labor productivity .
Hostess for the show will be Miss Tawny
Elaine Godin , the reigning Miss America . Miss
Godin will be on hand to welcome attendees and
honorary guests including Attorney General
Andrew P . Miller, Senator J . Marshall Coleman,
Senator Nathan Miller and Commissioner of Labor
and Industr y Edmond M. Boggs .
The show is open to the public. Several
thousand industrial managers , engineers and
students from Virginia and neighboring states
are expected to attend the one- day Exposition.

S. C. Harris

C. M. Jones

Samue l C. Harris, Jr. and Clifford M.

Jones have recent ly received a U. S. Patent.
'.his patent re l ates to max i miz ing the print~n g r ate.of an electronic printer by causing
it to print data characters at a relati vely
constant rate despite variations in the
patte rn of the incoming data .
Thi s i s the fourth patent for Sam and
the fourteenth for Cliff.

SERVICE PINS
AWARDED

ANNOUNCl'MEN'l
NONEXEMPT JOB CODE CATALOG CHANGES

FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH

The following changes are currently being

made in our nonexempt salaried job codes:
New Job Codes
QIE Expediter -- 417000G08
Field Sales Secretary (District)--723200G06
Field Sales Secretary/Administrative
Assistant--723200G08
Jobs Added/Changed
Publications Service/Subscription Clerk-993100G06
Leader-Accounts Payable--514100GOB
Accounting Clerk-Leasing--514200GOB
License Liaison Clerk/International Sales
Clerk-Secretary--723000G07
Keyplex Operator--838000G04
Keyplex Operator--838000G05
Transcriptionist/Fill-in--991900G05
SILENT AUCTION TO BE HELD
Electronic and mechanical equipment will be
offered to Waynesboro GE employees by "silent
auction" Saturday, April 24, at 9:00 a.m.
Employees interested in attending the auction
can see the list of items available and
bidding instructions in the Maintenance Office.

c.

40 YEARS
F.

35 YEARS
C. H. Lee

A nuclear power plant, built byGE and

equipped with two GE nuclear reactors, is
helping some bald eagles, America's emblem
and a threatened species, stage a comeback.
The Quad Cities power plant, jointly
owned by Commonwealth Edison and Iowa Gas
and Electric, is located on the Mississippi
River near Moline, Ill., and was licensed
to begin operation a little over three years
ago. At that time a study showed less than
30 bald eagles within a 25-mile radius of
the plant. A one-day count of the birds
taken last December revealed 107 eagles
within the same area--an amazing increase.
According to Harry Bernhard, a biologist
for Commonwealth Edison's Department of
Environmental Affairs, the rise in the eagle
population is mainly due to the power plant's
causing a small area of the river to remain
unfrozen during the winter. This results in
an ample supply of one of the eagles' favorite
(Cont'd next column)

25 YEARS
R. D. Spalding

20 YEARS

c. L.
c. s.
K. s.

T. w.
H. B.

c.

M.

c.

v.

E.
L. F.
J. c.
M. s.
c. R.
E. T.
R. G.
P. G.
G. M.
s. N.
N. c.
L. v.

Ball
Balsley
Brooks
Bryant
Cain
Comer
Earman
Howdyshell
Huntley
Kobus
Martin
Minter, Jr.
Morris
Niedentohl
Propst
Simmons
Sorrels
Taylor
Wiseman

15 YEARS
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT GIVES
OUR NATIONAL BIRD A BOOST

Ro~inson

R. J. Batten
P. s. Faini

10 YEARS
I.
T.
M.
J.
R.
D.

c.

M.
L.
M.
F.
K.

s.

w.

M.
J.

s.

D.
D.
M.
D.

T. Bolling
R. Brothers
A. Childress
w. Collier, Jr.
w. Daugherty
H. Flippings
M. Henderson
E. Henderson
J. Higgs
B. Huffman
v. Johnson
M. Lawhorne
A. Lotts
L. Lotts
M. McGoldrick
T. Miller
A. Moore
J. Muncy
F. Simmers
E. Spears
L. Wells

"""'

5 YEARS
R. A. Driscoll

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

foods: fish. "I've. .&:t.ucli..e.d :t.hl...6 aJte.a. 6M.
.6eveltal lje.aJi6," Bernhard states, "and e.nvbl.onmental damage. aJtound :t.hl...6 plant j U.6:t. do u n' :t.
e.x.AA:t.."

A man who lives in East Moline and who is

devoting his retirement years to the study of
eagles--including "one day counts" of those
birds--for various national wildlife organizations is Elton Fawks. According to Fawks,
"WWe I have.n' :t. Jte.ached any 6-Lnal conc.lu6-ion.6

on :t.he. ovcur.di. be.ne.6it6 oJt haJtm 06 :t.he. nucleaJt

poweJt plant, :t.heJLe.' .& no doub:t :t.ha.:t. U' .& ha.d
an impac.t. The. inCAe.a6e. ln :the. numbeJL 06 e.agl~
wln:t.eM..ng ne.a.Jtblj .6 how.& :tha.:t.."

So, as the Bicentennial approaches_ America's

national bird is thriving, not threatened, in
at least one part of our land th~nks to some
help from a nuclear power plant.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XV III No. 17

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

A NEW FAMily AT DCPD

A new family of line printers with print

dtes ranging from 340 lines per minute to
90 lines per minute was introduced in midFebruary.
The Termi Net* 310, 320, 330 and 340 line
printers use the rotating belt technology
that has been the basis for TenniNet 300 and
1200 printer reliability. Attractively housed
in a compact pedestal configuration the
TermiNet* line printer series offers both
front (recomme nded for multipart forms) and
rear paper loading capabil ities . A unique
ribbon cartridge design, employing a Mobius
loop ribbon is a feature of the line printer
series. The cartridge allows quick, easy,
clean replacement while the Mobius loop
feature extends useful ribbon life to 50
million printable characters. The loop gives
a half twist to the ribbon at each pass so
that both sides of the ribbon are used.
The new line printers are smaller and more
compact than the competition, weighing 135
pounds and standing only 38" high by 24"
deep and 26" wide. The inherent qu ie tness
of the belt printer mechan ism is an outstanding
~~ature of the line printers.
Up to s i x part forms, an original plus five
copies, may be used and print quality is
excellent for the pri nters. Horizontal spacing
(Cont 'd Page 2, Col. 1)

Apri 1 23, 1976

DCPD Marketing Manager

Announced

Warren F. Kind t, Gene ral Manager of the

Data Communicati on Products Department,
announced today the appointment of John W.
Swett to the position of Manager of Marketing .
Mr . Swett, a nat ive of Michigan, received
a B.A. in Economics from Michigan State
University. He joined General Electric in
Syracuse, New Yo r k, in 1957 i n what is now
the Mobile Radio Department. Since that time
Mr . Swett has held a number of marketing
positions in headquarters and field sales,
includ ing District Sa les Manager, Territorial
Sales Ma na ger on t he West Coast and t hen
Regional Sa l es Manager f or the Western United
States. In 1970 he became the Manager of
Headquarter Sales for the Mobile Radio Department in Lynchburg, Virgi nia.
Mr. Swett will offi ci ally begin his new
duties in Waynesboro on May 10 . His wife,
Marilyn, and their two younger sons will
move to the area after the school year. Mr .
Swett's two older sons are college students;
the eldes t at Un i versity of California in
Northridge, and the younger at Madison College .

DON'T FORGET!

TURN THQSE CLOCKS BACK

2~J FOR DAYLIGHT

1 HOU R SUNDAYJ APRIL

SAVINGS TI ME !

The Contest Is Over!

f.

,.

..

UNION NEGOTIATION NEWS

General Electric opened separate negoti ations on Tuesday on new national contracts
with the International Union of Electrical
Radio and Machine Workers, AFL- CIO ( IUE ) , ~
and the United Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers of America (UE) .
The tone of the meetings was constructive .
?ompany and union officials stated they
anticipated hard bargaining on a number of
economic issues, and expressed hope that
negotiations could be concluded successfully
by June 27, the last day of the current contracts .
Bot~

Details of the unions' propos als were not

discussed at the opening session. Formal
negotiations will resume on a full-scale
basis next Tuesday, April 27.

In the picture above, Bill Perry, Safety

Manager, discusses the rules of the Safety
Slogan Contest with j udges, (1 to r) John
Barthel my, who is with the Advertising & Sales
Promotion Operations of the General Electric
Southern Ac~ounts Operation in Winston-Salem ,
North Carolina; Herb Shady, Safety Manager at
the local American Safety Razor Plant; and Rod
Campbell, Plant Engineer at Virginia Meta l crafters.
. At the time .the NEWS went to press, the
Judges were sti ll busily pouring over the
n earl~ 400 entries to the Contest.
Although
the winners had not yet been selected the
judges reported that there were many ~x tremely
good slogans whi ch made it difficult to reach
t~e ei ght wfnners. the judges wil l have the
winners selected by the time t he NEWS goes
!O press nex! week so that they may be announced
in the next i ss ue.
NEW FAMILY OF LINE PRINTERS
(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 1)
~ s 10 c h a~acters per inch with six lines per
inch verticall y. The adj ustabl e tractors can
handle forms from three to 1511 wide.

Commonality of parts among all t he TermiNet*

bel! printer famil y makes the line printer
series customer mod ifiable so t hat throughput
can be i ncreased quickly and at modest cost.
In all ~7 % of parts are common among the enti re
belt printer family which includes the TermiNet*
300 and 1200 keyboard prin ters and TermiNet*
120 l i~e.p~inter: In fact, compl ete el ectronic
compati bility exists between TermiNet* 120 and
340 printers.
De liv er~ es

on ! he '.ermiNet* 340 have al ready

beg un with de li ver i es on the other line printers
to begin July 1.

NO SMOKING Area in Cafeteria

Recen t ly , a few employees have requested
that a section in the cafeteri a be reserved
for no~-smokers. Therefore, effective May 3,
a section of the cafeteria will be so des i gnated for the convenience and comfort of
those employees who do not smoke and who ~
be phys i cal ly allergic to cigarette smoke .
The area, which wi ll be located on the
west side of t he cafeteria, will be easily
identifiable with "No Smoking" si gns. All
other areas will remain open for the convenience of those who wish to smoke .

Retired Employee Visits Plant

Quite a few employees received a pl easant
sur pri se earli er thi s week when James
11
Chief 11 Byram visited the Pl ant. Chief
t old the NEWS that he was vi siting t he
Pl ant to see hi s old fr i ends in the Tool
Room but was unable to visit them all
si nce several have moved to other areas
since he left.
Chi ef retired in August of 1973 and stated
that he no ted many new changes and new
faces during his visit . When asked what
he has been doing since his retirement, he
rep 1i ed, wtth a bi g smi 1e, "JU..6:t :ta.tung a
e.M y. Tha.:t ' .o wha.:t 1 Jr..e:tiJr..e.d 6oJr..! " I t i s ,
indeed .

Lj I?_ 7> )

;-6

National Secretaries Week

AU:hou.gh the. infupe.Mable. wottk that ou.tt
S e.CJte.tMieJ.i pe.tt 6Oltm h e.tte. at Waljne.J.i boILO GE
i-6 tte.cogn.-lze.d all- lje.att-ttou.nd, one. we.e.k out
o6 e.ve.ttlj lje.att i-6 .6tiU -6 et Mide., nationalllj,
in honott 06 Se.CJte.tattieJ.i -60 that we. malJ de.mon.6tJu:lte. how mu.ch the.I} atte. apptte.ciate.d and
ne.e.de.d. Thi-6 pMt we.e.k, AptU.,t 18- Z4, Wa-6
National Se.CJte.tMieJ.i We.e.k, and to tte.c.ogn.-lze.
that we.e.k, the. NEWS int.e.ttvie.we.d Se.CJte.taftlj
Sl}lvia Witt, one. 06 the. manlj competent and
e6Mcien.t. .6e.CJtetMie.6 e.mplolje.d at the. Waljne.J.i botto GE Plant.

Sylvia also noted that the Secretary 's ro le

has changed quite a bit from when she first
started in the fie 1d. "The. SeCJte.talLtj .todalJ i.o
involved a lot matte than be.6otte., patttic.u...latt.llj
he.tte. at GE. Motte ILMpoMibiUtlj .{/.) bung
de.le.gated to SeCJte.tattiv.i now than when 1 6iM.t
came. he.tte.. " She fee l s that the change is a

good one because it all ows the Secretary to

become more involved in the business instead
of j ust doin g the routine work of typ ing, filing
and taking shorthand.
It is for t his reason that Syl via wou ld
advise all persons interested in becoming
Secretaries to expand their knowledge in
other areas . "MIJ a.dvic.e. .to .6ome.one. who
i-6 coMide.tting .to be.come a SeCJte.taftlj i-6 .to

.take. not oni.lj -6 hottthand a.nd .tljping, but

.to al-6 o .tak. e co u.M e-6 in human tte..latio M , law,
bUliineJ.i-6, oft anlj a.the.IL tte..late.d c.ou.IL-6 v.i . Whate.ve.tt attea. the pe1L.6on i-6 in, he. ott .6he .6hou...ld
.take. tte..lated cou.IL-6 v.i in .that Meld . Thi-6
will not on.llj enable. .the Se.CJte.talLtj .to do a
be.tte.tt job but will al-60 be.tte.tt pttepatte. him
ott he.tt 6ott a highe.tt po-6..<.tion in cM e the.
oppofttu.nitlj .6hou...ld c.ome. along 6ott advanc.e.ment.. 11

Sylvia Witt, who i s presently t he ~ec ret ary

to R. W. Breihan, Manager of International
Sa l es for NCO, has been a Secretary s ince 1955
when she started work ing for GE. When asked
why she chose to enter the Secretarial field,
she stated, "At that pattticul.alt time. 1 Uked
the g.larnou.tt 06 bung a Se.CJte.taftlj . 1 t~ou.ght
it WM an int.e.ttuting c.attee.tt and that it
would be. a challenge to be. a Se.CJte.taftlj in
bUliineJ.i-6

For Syl via, the secretari al field has been

exciting and satisfying but she feels that
she would li ke to move into another field if
t he right opportunity shou ld ever arise. She
believes that her secretaria l experience will
be an invaluable tool in any new position and,
until that time when she decides to move on,
she will continue working dilligently and
most
competently in this 11 glamou rous 11 and
11
cha llenging 11 field .

II

Sylvia stated that her initial goa l was to

become a nurse but she changed her mind. "Vu.!Ung
that time. we. didn't have. 'women ' -6 Ub ' M we.
know it ~dalj, -60 mo.6t women j Ulit automatic.ale.CJ
be.c.arne. nu.IL-6 u , te.ache.M ott -6 eCJtetattie-6. "

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

SWAP SHOP
FOR SALE

She added that she still th i nks the secreta r ial f ield is glamorous and challenging,
"pattticu...latt.llj in the. Mattke.Ung 6u.nc.Uon .6ince.
IJOU. me.et -60 manlj pe.op.le.. "--And dealing w i~h

people is what Sylv i a likes best abou t being

a ,-.,retary. "E.6pe.cialllj the. c.Ulitome.M," s~e
aL. ... _J.

"1 Uke. being ab.le. to help them; which

i-6 whl} 1 6eel that todalJ' -6 S eCJte.taftl} hM to be.

matte. in601tme.d than eve.ft be6otte.. The. ~e.CJt~afLIJ

tte.alllj hM to be in601tme.d M to what -<A go.{.ng
on in the. Vepatttment. -60 that he ott .6he. can
6u.nc.Uon be.tte.tt. And in ottde.tt to be. ab.le. to
help othe.M .6he hM to be. kept on .top 06 .thing.a ."

GOLF LEAGUE FORMING

The Genera 1 El ectri c Waynesboro Country Club
Golf League is now forming. Requirements of
those who wish to join the league is that
they have to be employees of GE and members
of the Waynesboro Country. Club. Those employees
who meet these requirements and are interested
in joining may contact Bob Killian , Room 119,
Ext. 1514 .

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

CONSUMERS WARNED:
watch Your warranties!
Many consumers think they now have more
protection against defects in their purchases
thanks to a new Federal warranty law that went
into effect last summer.
The fact is, however, that some manufacturers
who formerly offered consumers a warranty on
their products may now provide none at all.

"Con.6ume/L6 mu.6t be mOJr.e o.lelt.t. tha.n eveJL

be601r.e to .6ee that the p1r.oduct6 they pUJr.c.ha6e
w.i.ll. be 6ixed by the ma.nu6a.c.tWl.eJL .l6 they Me.
de6ec.tlve.," says Jane Butel, manager of the
Consumers Institute for General Electric and
Hotpoint. "You .6houh1 not .take a.nythi.ng 601t

gJr.a.nte.d. ,,

The new legislation, known as the MagnusonMoss Warranty Act, is designed to make consumers
more aware of the warranty on a product before
purchase. All manufacturers of items costing
$15 or more must, if they wish to comply with
the law, "ma.ke thehr. waJr.Jtantlu a.va.U.a.ble a.t

the de.o.le!L6' .6to1r.e 601r. c.on6ume/L6 to .6 ee, a.nd

WaM.antlu mu.6t .6.ta.te what l6 6ul.ly c.oveJr.ed
a.nd wha.t l6 R..bnUe.d OIL optional., " says Ms.
Butel.

For what period of time are you protected:

for a year, or less or longer?

* Be sure you understand what parts are covered.

Don't be deceived by a long-term guarantee~.
certain parts that rarely cause a problem.
,
*
*

Is labor covered as well ar parts?

Check to see who will perform the repairs.

Is it the sotre selling the product, or the
manufacturer or who?

* Must

you take the appliance in for repairs

or will the serviceman come to your home?

* Do you have to pay for the serviceman's

travel expense? If th~ repair shop is far
away, this can prove expensive.
"Ma.ke .6WLe you. know exa.c:ti.y wha.t you. aJte
ge.tt.lng," counsels Ms. Butel, "a.nd by all
mea.n.6 kee.p all 1r.ec.e..ipt:.6 06 pwc.c.ha6u a.nd yowr..
Wll.it:te.n waM.an;t;y. "

THANK YOU NOTES

We wouhl like to thank all owe. 61Lle.nd6 601r.
the .6 ympa.thy a.nd klndnu.6 .6 hown lL6 dU!Un.g
the 1r.ec.ent lo.6.6 06 oUJr. motheJL.
~,.,
-~

Although some manufacturers have elected

to offer no written warranty, most have opted
to provide either a full warranty or a limited
warranty.
~~
A full warranty, such as GE is offering on
its major appliances, says Ms. Butel, covers
all parts and service labor for a specified
period, e.g., one year.
A limited warranty, as the name implies ,
provides only limited coverage. It may, for
example, cover parts but no labor. Or it may
require that the consumer pay the cost of
packing and shipping the product to a service
location.
At the present time the retailer has the
responsibility for seeing that the customer
has a chance to compare product warranties
before he buys. Manufacturers are trying to
make the deal~rs' job easier. GE, for.example,
is providing its dealers with copies of its
major appliance warranties on 9xl2-inch cards
to use at the point of sale.
Ms. Butel suggests that consumers keep
these points in mind in assessing warranties:

* Is it a "full warranty or a "limited"

warranty?
(Cont'd next column)

Joyce Stevens and Ed Monger

FJr.an, Bll.enda. a.nd my.6 el6 want to exp!LU.6 owe.
oveJUAJhe,tm.ing tha.nk.6 a.nd good 6eeLi.ng.6 601t
all the wondeJr.6u.l 61Lle.nd.6 who helped lL6 get
ba.c.k on owe. 6eet a.6teJL owr.. lo.6.6.

Allen Schwartzberg
We would like to e.xplr.e.6.6 owr.. dee.put gJr..a;tLtu.cJ.e
to all tho.6 e who .6 ent 6lowe!L6, c.aJc.d6, a.nd
otheJL exp1r.u.&.lon6 06 .6ympa.thy on the.. pa.6.6.lng
06 au.Jr. .&on a.nd b1r.otheJL, Av1r.ey Bell Wood6on.

Jim Woodson, Father

Regina Jackson, Sister

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No . 18

... ANd

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

April 30, 1976

T~E WiNNERS ARE ... !

C. A. Fotr.d pltu mt6 So.LUe. Ra.inu will he.tr.

,-..6e.ty Slogan Contut awa.tr.d. V,{,,6pla.ying
-t..11.Utr. awa.tr.do a.tr.e. w-Uine!L6 &ill J e.nkin-0 and
Von Mc.Kee..

Yes, the Employee Safety Slogan Contest is

ever and the winners have been selected!
In a "special" Roundtable Meeting last
week and earlier this week, Warren F. Kindt,
Genera l Manager-DCPO, and Charles A. Ford,
Manager-COO, presented the winners with their
awards and congratu l at ions.
The winners are:
Eleanor Davis ------ Relays C-OCPD
Thomas Hughes ------ Boiler/Watchman-DCPD
Wi 11 i am Jenkins ---- Monitor-Transformer AreaCDO
Donald McKee
Engineer-NCO
Linda Mi 11 er
Relays C-OCPD
Owjght Phelps
Engineering TechnicianDCPD
Sal lie Raines ------ Secretary-COO
Ruth Waddington ---- Sales Service Specialist
Mr. Kindt, in addressing the winners from
uvPO, told the group assembled in his office
t hat he felt Waynesboro GE had a very good
safety program. Industry on a whole, he
added, "ha.6 a be.tte.tr. .oa6 e.ty tr.e.c.o!td.. t ha.n
people. in thUtr. own homu ."

W. F. Kindt, c.e.nte.tr., ptr.ue.nt.6 Unda. Mille.tr. wJ.;th

the. GE AM/ FMVigita.l Cloc.k Radio .ohe. won in t he.
Sa6e.ty Slogan Contut. Othe.tr. VCPV winneJL6 a.tr.e. :
(l to tr. ) Vwight Phe.lp.o, Tom Hughu, Ruth Waddington a.nd Ele.a.nOJt Vav,{,,6.

Mr. Ki ndt fel t that the winning slogans

were extremely good and stated that he was
quite pleased with the number of responses
to the contest.
In presenting the awards to the winners
from COO and NCO, Mr. Ford corranented that
"Sa6e.ty ,(,6 a.6 ,{.mpof[;(:.a.nt to outr. bu.o-Uiu.o and
e.mploye.u a.6 having a good job. 16 an e.mploye.e.
lo.o u wotr.k. be.c.a.u.o e. o6 a lo.ot-t,{.me. ac.ude.nt,
then the. .oho p ,(,6 in j u.ot a.6 bad a po.oliio n a.6
i6 that e.mploye.e. We.tr.e. la.id-066 ."

He added that he felt the Waynesboro GE

employees were very safety conscious in their
work routine as was evidenced by the quantity
of responses.
In all, a total of 385 employees submitted
entries to the.contest . Each winning employee's
slogan will be announced in the Plant NEWS the
week prior to t he month in which they will be
posted.
The slogan for the month of May, by Dwight
Phelps, is: "wo~K CAREFULLY. YOUR SAFETY
AFFECTS MINE ,'

ORGANIZATION CHANGES

Listen to the Horns &Bells

On Monday afternoon, May 3, 1976 there will
be a practice sounding of the plant alert
signals as follows:
.....-...
1:50 p.m.
1:55 p.m.
2:00 p.m .

R. A. DuBridge

R. J. 0 1 Flaherty

Warren F . Kindt, General Manager of the

Data Communication Products Department recently
announced two important organization changes ,
both to become effective May 1.
In keeping with the department 1 s growth in
the international market, Richard A. DuBridge,
present Manager- Operational Planning Section ,
has been appointed to the position of Manager International and Planning Operations Sect i on .
This new position, reporting to Mr . Kindt , will
draw on Dick 's broad product, engineering and
planning knowledge . In addition tu ;,a,10 .......ng
the department 's operational planning , product
planning and market research activities, Dick
will have responsibility for international
marketing and sales.

Alert Horns (horns sound intermittently)

Evacuation Bells (fire bells
ring a continuous beat)
All Clear Horn (horns sound one
continuous blast for 20- 30
seconds)

Second shift will also have a practice at

the following times:
6:50 p.m.
6:55 p.m.
7:00 p.m.

Alert Horns
Evacuation Bel l s
All Clear Horns

During the practice sounding of the signals

all employees should remajn at work as usual.
The practice sound ing is merely to familiarize
you with the various sounds to that i n case of
an emergency in the future, you will be completely familiar with the signals involved .
Each manager should have someone posted in
the area and report immediately if there is a
possibility the bel l s are not being heard .

NO SMOKING Area in Cafeteria

Robert J . O'Flaherty has been promoted to

Manager- International Sales reporting to Dick
DuBridge. Bob will have responsibility for
expanding the department's participation in
International markets through i nc reasing sales
and service.
Bob, a graduate of Yale University with a
BE in Mechanical Engineering and a BS in Industrial Administration, joined General Electr ic
in 1957 on the Technical Marketing Program.
After graduat ion from the program, he had a
number of engineering , sales and marketing
managerial a?signments in New York City,
Venezuela and West Lynn, Massachusetts . In
1972, Bob joined the Data Communication Products Department as Manager for International
Development . Bob, his wife and three chi ldren
currently reside at 1451 Sunset La ne , Waynesboro .
Dick is a graduate of Harvard University
with a BS in Physics. After serving in the
.ti.rmy, he joined General Electric in 1958 on
the Manufacturing Management Program . In
1961 he joined the Nucelar Instrumentation
Department in San Jose, California where he
held a number of engineering management

(Cont d Page 4, Col. 1)

1

Eddi e Driver (backgrou nd ), Maintenance,

checks out the Reserved: Non-smokers signs
which wil l be placed on those tables in the
cafeteria reserved for those emp loyees who
do not smoke and may be allergic to cigarette
smoke. The reserved section will go into
effect ~onday, May 3 and will be located on
the west side of the cafeteria. All other
areas will remain open for the convenience
of those who wish to smoke during their
break and lunch periods.
11

11

Wayne Scoville Assumes New Position

Wayne W. Scoville has been appointed

Manager- Marketing for the Control Devices
Operation as announced by C. A. Ford,
Manager of CDO. He will be responsible
for the marketing of all CDO products both
domestically and worldwide.
Wayne received his ESME from Cornell
University in 1960 and a Masters Degree in
Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute in 1963.
He joined General Electric on the Engineering Test Program in 1960 with training
assignments in Lynn , Massachusetts, Schenectady, New York and Burlington, Vermont.
After project engineering assignments in
the N~val Propulsion Program in Schenectady,
he
~ ned the Electronics Components Division .
Wayne has held sales and marketing assignments with various General Electric business
components, the most recent being Manager- Sales
Electronic Capacitor Markets in the Capacitor '
Products Department, Hudson Falls, New York,
a post he was named to in December 1972. Mr .
Scoville assumed the responsibility for his
new position in Waynesboro effP.ctive March 29.

ASQC MEETING
The Blue Ridge Section of ASQC will hold
a dinner-meeting next Thursday, May 6 1976
'
at "Th at Steak Place" Resta urant in Charlottesville. The schedu le for the meeting is as
follows: Social hour at 6:15 p.m., Dinner
at 7:15 p.m., Instal lation of Officers at
8:00 p.m., and the meeting at 8:15 p.m.
The speaker for the evening will be Mr .
Delmer Dague, Corporate Director of Quality
Control for the General Tire and Rubber
C~any in A~ron, Ohio.
Mr. Dague 1 s topic
w. . be quality control engineering as applied
to the tire industry.
Price for the mea l is $7.00. All those
wishing to attend must make reservations by
contacting Milton Bliss on Ext. 1440.

YOUR PERSONAL 9 / ~ ~ J 7-<,

SHARE STATEMENT

Leo Huntley, Personnel Accounting, sorted

through over 2000 Personal Share Statements
earlier this week in preparation for distribution to employees. Here, he i s shown with
only a third of the the 2000+ documents which
were distributed today.
You, the employee, will want to focus your
attention on this document as it will provide
you with personal information on the specific
va lues you have in GE major employee benefits--Retirement Income, savings and investment plan
holdings, life insurance and medical expense
coverage, and more. Your statement has been
especially tailored for you; so when you receive
your document, be sure to study it carefully
and file it at home for reference in Joing
your family planning for the future .

SOME- CHANGES TO BE MADE IN PERSONAL

SHARE CALCULATIONS FOR SOME
Were you born in 1944? And did you earn
less than $15,300 in 1975? If so, you may be
one of a number of General Electric employee
whose projected retirement income at age 65
will be even better than that shown on your
Personal Share Statement .
How come? It seems that there was a 11 blip"
in the computer as it did the Social Sectirity
benefit calculations for many of the people
in the category described above . As a result,
their Social Security benefit at normal retirement ( in t he year 2009) was printed by the computer
on their Personal Share Statements as $101 per
month. The sum should have been somewhat higher
per month, depending on the individual's earnings
record.
The relatively few people involved will soon
receive a complete recalculation of their total
retirement income project ion. This will make
their monthly retirement income show up even
better than the sum shown on their Personal

(Cont'd Page 4, Col . 2)

Quality Awareness
QUALITY WEEK

":Kanh ~kt,

April 25- May I

vtfanor 9M ~eun~

This past week, April 25 through May 1,

1976, was proclaimed Quality Week in Virginia
by Governor Mills Godwin. In observance of
Quality Week, Dave Coughtry, Manager of Manufacturing for the Data Communication Products
Department has released the following statement:

This is the first in a series of articles

which will appear in the plant paper. We
plan to explain what is meant by quality
and how quality relates to each and every one
of our jobs. We plan to.explain what quality
means to the customer whom we count on to buy
our products. The series will run for the
next six to seven weeks. At the end of that
time each of us should have a much better idea
of: What is quality? Where does it come from?
How do we achieve quality? How do we each
contribute?

"By an obi, e11.vanc.e o6 Qal!u.:ty Week we JJJt..e

hi.ghUght.lng quallty and Jtec.ogni.U.ng :the
abi,oR.uJ:.e need 6oJt .U:. .ln aU. the thi.ng.6 :that
we do.
"Eve11.yone .ln. :tlU.6 Vepalttment ha6, ei.Jthell.
cli.JLec.:tly oJt i.n<Ultec.tt.y, a de6.inUe .impa.& on.
:the ul.:tlmate quallty 06 :the VepaJLtmen:t' .6 pJtoduc.t.6 The11.e Me li.:teJtally no j ob.6 oJt woJtk.
pe.1r.601rmed w.ltkin :the VepaJLtment :that do not,
.ln .6ome way, beaJt. on :the quali.:ty 06 OWL pJtodu.ch.

The reason these articles are going to be

written is to try to make sure that each
person in the Data Communication Products
Department understands and accepts the fact
that she or he does contribute to or detracts
from the quality of our product. All of us,
individually and as a group, either produce
a quality product or fail to produce a
quality product.

"The.1r.e .l6 .6omUi.mu a. tendenc.y 6oJt ea.c.h 06

U6 to be a.ble to .6 ee pooJc. qua.U;t.y woJtk. done .by
o:thelr..6 a.nd be .6 omewhat bUnd to lui, than good
quallty woJtk. done by owue.tvu. Zn thue da.yi,
06 .inte.n6e c.ompetl:tlon., CU6tome.1r. .oa;t:...U 0ac.ii..on
We have all heard and even may have used ........._
wJ;t.h OWL pJtoduch, quaii;t.y, OJt l.a.c.k 06 u, c.a.n
some of the following s~yings:
.r
l
ma.k.e :the cli.66vc.enc.e between getting a.n 0Jtde11.
oJt 6aili.ng to ge..t an 0Jt.de.1r.. We i,houi.d not
"Everything costs more but seems to have less
quality these days. 11
6oJtge..t that how well. ea.c.h 06 U6 dou ouJr. .lncllv.idua.l job Jr.ea.Uy de..teJUninu how well. we, a.6
:the VepaJLtment, do .ln dui.gni.ng, pJr.OducUn.g and
"They sure don't make things like they used to."
.6ell..ing OWL p1t.oduc.t6 .in olt.de/l. to mainta.ln p1t.uent
CU6tomelr..6 a.nd en.tlc.e ne.w onu
"Quality is the responsibility of Quality

Control."

' "We Me al.l., .ln .tJtu;th, bound toge.:the/l. and

mU6t Jte.ly upon ea.c.h o:theJt to pe1t60Jun OWL wolt.k.
wJ.i:.h quallty uppe1tmo.6t .in OWL mind.
""Tkl6 whole .6ubjec,t 06 qua.U;t.y l6 06 i,uc.h
impo4t to oWL mu.tual wd6a1te that toda.y' .6
pa.pe1r. UllU c.on:ttU.n :the 6hut 06 a. .6e.Jri..U 06
ei.ght aJt:tlci..u on :the .6u.bjec,t 06 quallty. I
hope that ea.c.h 06 :the aJL:Uci..u will. be :thought6ul.l.y 1t.ea.d and that the .6e.Jti.U w.lU. g.ive aU. 06
U6 a. befteJt undelr..6tancilng 06 jU6t what qu.o..tlt.y
mean.6 a.nd how .impoJLt.a.nt .U:. .l6 to oUJt mutual
bU6-lne6.6 ' we.l6aJLe. "

CHANGES--(Cont'd from Page 2, Col. 1)

positions. lie came to waynesboro in 1970
and has succe~sively been manager of the
Engineering, Customer Service and Operational
Planning Sections. He is married, has two
children, and resides at 1925 Cherokee Road.
In his new position, Dick and John Swett,
newly appointed Manager-Marketing, will work
closely together to assure coordination of
the international and domestic marketing
activities.

"No one is interested in quality; they only

want output."
I don'"s have anything to do with"' the qua 1i ty
problems our customers are complainign about."
11

"We can't afford to put all that money into

quality."
"I'd gladly pay more if I knew I was getting
money's worth."

my

Ring any bells? O.K., see you next week when

we begin to explore this thing called quality.
STATEMENTS--(Cont d from Page 3, Col. 2)
1

.Share documents. If you get a new retirement

income figure, be sure to file it along with your
Personal Share Statement to help you with future
planning. By the year 2009, of course, the figures
may improve considerably as changes occur in Social
Security and other benefits.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
-.

GE NERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XV I I I No. 19

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

Work Carefully. Your Safety Affects Mine.

Vw,i,gh-t Phel..p.o (Jt) .took-6 qiU.te pie.M ed a.t th e

new.o -tha.t /!AA WM one 06 -the w,i,nning .o .toga.rt.
.{.11 -the Employee Sa. 6UIJ Slogan Con-tu-t .
HeJte
he. ,'t ec. e~ v C.) It-0.i awa.Jtd 6Jto m IUJ.> ma.nag eJt , Bill.
Gen.bu;, ,\lan tl:i Vt- Eng.{.neeJt.{.ng SeJtvic.e.

The above headli ne i s the slogan you have

been see ing posted throughout our facilities
at all t i me cl ocks and bulletin boards. The
sl oga n fo r t he mon t h of May was written by
Dwi ght Phel ps , Engineering Technician-DCPD,
and it made him one of eig ht winners in the
Emp l oyee Safety Sloga n Contest. Each month
for the rema i nder of this year, a winning
slogan will be pos ted t hroughout the Main
Plant and the Tu rner Comp lex.
It i s hope ful that these slogans will
make each of us more aware of the need
for safety on t he j ob and in everything
else that we do. Safety is not just one
person~ j ob, but it is everyone's responsib il i ty . In a fa cility as diverse in
el ectri ca l and mechanica l equipment as
,9.U.(S, your safety measures not only affect
, but i t affects everyone around you.
~u pl ease heed the signs you see posted
and---Wor k ca reful ly. Your safety does
affect mi ne !
--

FJtedd<.e PleMa.n-t-6 , Ma.in-tena.nc.e , (above ) po.o-ted

the 6-<'..Mt o 6 the winiU.ng .o.togart. a.t a.Lt time
c.lo c.k-6 a.nd bu..U.elin boa.Jtd-6 ea.JtlieJt -t!UJ.> week .
The .ologa.n will Jtema.in po.oted th!i.oughoU-t the
mon-th 06 Ma.y.

RELATIONS NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS

FOR SUMMER EMPLOYMENT

The Waynesboro GE Plant has now recalled

all empl oyees who were on l ack-of-wor k status
with protected service . Therefore, Marj orie
G. Gri mes, Ma nager of Employee Re l at ions,
has announced t hat. t he Plan t will be hi r ing
summer help to take the physi ca l in ven t ory
during the month of July. Approximatel y
50 jobs wi ll be open for three to four weeks
only. Anyone in t erested in being considered
for summer employment should fill out an
app l ication and submit it to Empl oyee Re l at i ons,
i mmediately.

llCltLE & PEDESTRIAN TRAILS SURVEY

The Waynesboro Recreation Commission has the opportunity to obtain funds from the Federal
Transportation Department for bicycle and pedestrian trails and routes in Waynesboro. The
League of Women Voters has been asked to assist the Recreation Commission in gaining community support for this activity.
The League feels that before a large amount of time and money is expended, evidence that
the community will support and use these trails should be obtained. Therefore, the League
is requesting that Waynesboro residents here at the GE facilities complete this survey form
and place it in the boxes provided by Wednesday evening. The League needs this information
so that statistical facts will be presented to the Waynesboro City Council on May 10.
If you wish to express your opinions on this subject, just fill out the survey fonn below
and place it the boxes provided at all cafeteria locations. Survey forms should be submitted
by Wednesday evening, May 5, 1976.
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAILS SURVEY
Circle one:
1.

Non-resident

Waynesboro resident

If there were separate, convenient routes for bicycles and pedestrians would you
bike or walk to work?
Yes
No
(Circle one)

Would you use the routes for recreation?

Yes

No

(Ci rel e one)

2.

Do you now drive to work, carpool, or ride bikes?

(Circle one)

3.

Do you have children in the public schools who ride bikes to school?
Yes
No

(Circle

one)~

If they do not presently ride bikes would they use such trails if they were
available?
Yes
No (Circle one)
Would they use such trails for recreation?

GE RETIREES ASSOCIATION TO MEET

A meeting of the Waynesboro GE Retirees
Association will be held Friday, May 7
at the Red Carpet Inn in Waynesboro. The
buffet luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m.
and all members and spouses are invited to
attend. Guest speaker will be Mr. Roy
Sullivan, forest ranger, who will discuss
the problems and duties of managing a
national forest.

No (Circle one)

Yes

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THANK YOU NOTES

We. woul.d Uke. t.o thank ai.l ouJt many 6Jt.le.ncl6
fi Oil. the. C.o.Jl.cl6 , nlOWell.6 a.nd C.0 nc.eJtn .6 hown OOft
my wl6e. dUIL.lng hell Ae.c.oveJLy 6Aom the. a.u-t.o
ac.c.ide.nt.

Hollie Mccutcheon & Family

William and Florence Smith and family wish to

thank all of their friends for the flowers,
cards and other expressions of sympathy shown
at the loss of Williams father, William G.
Smith of Baltimore, Maryland.
/

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 20

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

A Change of Scenery

NCO SEES

May 7, 1976

FAVORAblE YEAR AHEAd

::t=

Employees who work on the west and east

side of the Main Plant factory area have
noticed a vivid change in the scenery--and judging from most conments, it is a most
welcome change, too.
The change referred to is the new colors
on the walls of those two ends of the factory.
Instead of the usual 11 GE green", employees
are now seeing misty yellow walls with moorland (brownish) trim when they wa l k by.
What brought about the change? Well,
according to Fil Argenbright, Metal Parts/
Advanced Manufacturing Engineer, it started
out as a project in finding ways to reduce
our energy usage. As Fil expl ained it, "The.
fung We. c.o~..i..deAe.d WM the. p0.6.6..i..bil.A..,t.tj
J
c.hang..i..ng the. 6ac.totr.tj light..i..ng to a motr.e.
e.6 6..i_c...i..e.nt type. o6 light..i..ng bCLt the. ..i..nve..titme.nt
..i..n th..i..-6 Wa.6 not tte.alitj jMt..i..6..i..able.. The.
.tiav..i..ng.6 we. Welte. loo/U.ng 6otr. wou.1.d have. :ta.ke.n
20 t:fe.M.6 to pay 6ott d.6e.l6 . So we. de.c...i..de.d
..i..t Wa.6 be.tteA to ..i..nc.tr.e.a.ti e. the. tr.e.6le.c.t..i..v..i..ty
06 the. e.wting lighting by c.hang..i..ng to
lighteA c.olotr..6 ..i..n the. Pla.nt ."

,......tUd.

When Fil, Bob Berrang (Ma nager-Relays &

Metal Parts Manufacturing Operation), Dave
Coughtry (Manager-Manufacturing), and a host
of others reached this decision, they began
consulting a number of sources for the color
scheme and came up wi th a coordinated color
scheme that would be pleasing to the employees.
Harvey Wilshusen, Manufacturing Engineering, is supervising the painting which is
being done by local contractors . According
to Harvey, 100% of the east main factory
wall and approximately 80% of the west wall
have been completed. The entire west wal 1
and the two aisles alongside the Engineering
Lab, sheet metal, the tool room and t~e Men ' s
restroom will be completed within a month.
Fil stated that he has received a l ot of
good comments from employees concerning the
change in co 1or and added, "Th..i...6 ha..6 be.e.n a
(Cont!d Page 4, Col. 2)

......

----

The Numerical Control Operations is one

of the three different Departmental functions
located at our faci liti es. NCO, an operation
of the Industrial Control Department headquartered in Salem, has its Engineering,
Marketing and Finance Sections located in
Waynesboro , its Employee Relations Section
in Richmond and its Manufacturing Section in
both Richmond and Charlottesvi ll e .
The world's largest numerical control
operati on, NCO builds controls for all types
of metal cutting machi ne tools for machine
tool industries throughout the United States,
Europe, Austra lia, Brazil, South Africa and
Japan. With GE controls, machines make more
and better parts, reduce scrap, and generally
increase the overall efficiency of machine
shops throughout the world .
This week, we talked with Robert W.
Breihan, Manager of Numerical Control Sales,
about the outlook for the NC business.
Ac cording to Mr. Breihan , 1976 has been
an outstanding year for the business. "The.

6..i..tr..6t 6ou!l. month.ti have. be.en a tr.e.c.otr.d pe.tr...i..od

6ott the. nume.tr...i..c.al c.on;tJtol bu.6..i..11.e.6.6," he
stated, "and w<.-th the. mac.h..i..ne. tool otr.de.tr..6
c.ont..i..nu...i..ng to p..i..c.k u.p, we. e.xpe.c.t ..i..t to be.
eve.rt be.tteA a.ti the. tje.atr. ptr.ogtr.e..ti.6 e..6. "

(Cont'd Page 2, Col. 1)

NCO OUTLOOK

(Cont 'd from Page 1, Col. 2)

Mr. Breihan contributes this favorable

report to several factors, one being the

decision to consolidate the numeric al control
manufacturing funct ions in Charlottesville
and Richmond, and to supply offshore markets
through regional modification/supply centers.
The first supply center was established in
Frankfurt, West Germany, the geographic and
commercial center for the European machine
tool industry, in 1974.

New 50-Year Man

ED ZIEGLER REMINISCES ABOUT HIS
50 GE YEARS; INCLUDING COUNSELLING
NEARLY 200 EMPLOYEES ON RETIREME

"Sinc.e. ICV c.oYl.l.lolida.:t.e.d W NC ma.nu.6a.c....twting in ChaJtlo:Ue..6ville. and Richmond a.nd

e..6:ta.bwhe.d the. F.1t..a.nk6wr.;t 1.>hop," stated
Breihan, "the. qu.a.lil.y 06 OW!. pttodu.c:to ha!.>
hnpttove.d and oWt ma.ttke.t .tiha.tte. in EWtope. ha.1.>
inc.tte.M e.d."
Another factor which has contributed to the
favorable forecast for the business is the
decision of Sperry- Rand, a major competitor ,
to drop out of the market. According t o
Breihan, Sperry- Rand found that "the. c.ontinu.a.l

inve..6:bne.nt in thA.-6 bMine..6.6 WM not c.on.tii.tite.nt

with :the.itt ma.ttke.t po.tiition in the. 7 ott g ye.a.M
the.y we.tte. 1.>u.pplying nu.me.ttic.a.l c.on:tJtol.6. The.y
we.tte. jMt not a.c.hie.v.ing the. ma.ttke.t .tiha.tte. to
.tiu.ppott:t the. inv e..6:bne.nt tte.qu.itte.d."
He added that "we. have. a. lot 06 .ti:tlte.ngth.6
in the. bMine..6.6 whic.h ha.ve. a.Uowe.d GE to
maintain w nu.mbe.tt one. po.tiition, wo.ttldwide..
Fott e.xa.mple., GE i.6 a. c.omple.te. .6u.pplie.tt,
o66e.tting c.on:tJtol.6 , dttive..6, c.ompone.n:t.6, .tie.ttvic.e.,
etc.. , :to oWt ma.c.hine. tool c.Mtome.tt.6 while. many
06 oWt c.ompe.titoM, like. Spe.tttty, o66e.tt only
c.on:tttol.6. GE a.l.60 pttovide..6 c.on:tJtol.6 6ott all
:type..6 o 6 ma.c.hine..6 and plan.ti w pttodu.c:to ba.1.> e.d
on inpu.:t.6 6Jtom c.Mtome.tt.6 a.ttou.nd the. wottld.

"ICV' .6 .ti:tttong N/C e.ngine.e.tting ope.tta.tion in

Wa.yne..tibotto i.6 .tie.c.ond to none. in the. 6ie.ld 06
nu.me.ttic.a.l c.on:tttol and the. wottldwide. .6 e.ttvic.e.
ottga.niza.tion with ove.tt 250 N/C .tie.ttvic.e. e.ngine.e.tt.6
play.ti a ma.j ott ttole. in main:ta.ining GE ' .6 pa1.>ition
06 indM:tJty le.a.de.tt.6hip. "
In summarizing, Mr . Breihan said, "A.6 lo ng
we. maintain oWt inve..6:bne.n:t.6, c.omrn.Utme.n:t.6,
and hnpttove.me.n:t.6 in pttodu.c.:tivity, we.' ll be. a
ma.jolt 6a.c.tott in the. ma.c.hine. tool indM:ttty.
The. 6u.tWte. ne.ve.tt looked be.:Ue.tt. "
M

Most of the good things in this

life come to us in twos and threes,
dozens and hundreds-plenty of
roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows,
brothers and sisters, aunts and
cousins, comrades and friends but only one Mother in all this
wide, wide world!

Ed Ziegler, Warren, Ohio plant of Lamp Busin~ss Division, achieved a GE service goal
attained by relatively few employees . When
he retired earlier this spring, the employ~
of the plant honored him at a special cele
bration and the mayor of Warren proclaimed
"Edwin H. Ziegler Day". Above , Ed receives a
boutonniere from his wife, Helen, as his
retirement party begins. As part of his job,
Ed had spent the last 25 years counsel~ing
employees on retirement. "Now it' .6 my tWtn,"
he said. "It 6e.e.l.6 .titJt..a.nge.."

"I .ti:ta.Jt:te.d a;t. 14 c.e.nt.6 a.n hoWt, 54 hoWt.6

a we.e.k- -whic.h Wa..6 -0:ta.nda.ttd 6ott a.pptte.ntic.e..6
a;t. that fue.." The time was 1926 and Ed

Ziegl er was 14.

That's how Ed Ziegler reminisced about
his job with GE as he retired earlier th is
year after completing 50 years of GE service.
He's one of t he l ast few who will make the
50-year mark. These days you can't start
early enough to accumulate that much service.
Ed Ziegler started as an apprentice
draftsman at GE ' s York Wire and Cable Works,
Pennsylvania. He reti red as fi nancial supervisor of the Ohio Lamp Plant, Warren, Ohio.
~

What's Ed got to say about retirement?

"You. know, .tiinc.e. 1948, I've. c.ou.Me.lle.d c.l.01.>e.
to 200 people. on the.itt tte.titte.me.nt be.ne.6w.
Now it' .6 my tWtn. It 6ee.l.6 .titlta.nge.."

(Con t' d Page 4, Col. 1)

Quality Awareness
ly ;J(/a~ ulf~inc,e,
rlHAT IS QUALITY ANYHOW?

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

It is no wonder that regardless of what
people think the word quality means, and
whether it agrees with the dictionary definition or the professional definition or
neither, there is no question that it is a
positive asset which everyone wants .

We have all heard comments made concerning

quality; In fact, most of us use the term
quite often in our daily vocabu lary. In order
to get us all off on an equal footing, the
f i rst task of these series of articles is to
define our subject.

As professionals, it i s up to us to
provide this thing called quality to our
customers.

The dictionary defines quality as "any of

the features that make something what it is;
basic nature; the degree of excellence which
a thing possesses. " From this very basic
definition we can see that qua lity is not
something extra . Quality is an integral and
essential part of a given product. In one
sense of the word definition, quality actually
is the product.

SCOGEE BOWLING CHAMPS

Like any word, qual ity has many mean ings,

depending on how it is used and what someone
is trying to say. In an industrial sense the
definition is even more compl ex. As the ol d
saying goes, Beauty is in the eye of the
beholder," so it is with qua lity; that much
of what it is, is in the eye of the customer.
11

Different people have different concepts

of quality; if a product costs more, or if
it has fewer things wrong with it than some
other brand, or if it lasts longer, or if
it is bigger, or it looks better, or if it
has a well - known name, or if it does more
things than the other brand, etc . , etc.
Since our customers are indeed people, all
of these things are what is meant by quality.
Qua lity, as you can see, has to do with
everything a product i s or does.
In professional terms which are used in
a business environment such as ours, we can
say that our product has quality if:
1. Our product is exactly what we describe
it to be, or better.
2. It will do exactly what we say it will
do, or more.
3. It wil l continue to perform its intended
function reliably and dependably for as l ong
as any reasonable person has a right to expect,
or longer.
It will, in tota l, represent an honest
alue for the price we ask, and all things
considered, be of at l east as good a va lue
as the customer can buy elsewhere at the same
cost.
(Cont'd next column)

~.

The GE SCOGEE bowling team in the SVIL

League has just completed a successful year
of bowling. After finishing in first place
for the first half of the season, the team
went on to defeat DuPont in the Rol l -off on
Apri l 30 to take the League Championship.
This is the second consecutive year in
which the GE SCOGEE team has won the SV IL
Championship and, therefore ha ve retired
the traveling trophy. Pictured with the
SVIL Championship trophy and the larger
traveling trophy are: (from l to r), Larry
Martin, Jim Belcher, LeBron Holden, Skip
Hanlin, Don Theado, and Dave Crocker .
THANK YOU NOTE
1 would L<.k.e. :t.o :t.ha.nk. a...U my 61Ue.nd6 a.nd
:t.he C.LVtd6, candy, poem and
o:t.heJt :t.hou..gh:t.6u.. ex.~U.6.lon..6 .6 hown du..JUng
my .6ho~ .6:t.ay a:t. :t.he Un.lveJUi.l:t.y 06 V~.ln.la
ho.6 p.l:tal.
eo-wo~k.eJUi 60~

Glenny Huffman
SVIL GOLF LEAGUE FORMING
Anyone interested i n playing SVIL Golf should
contact John Painter i n TermiNet Assembly, 1st
shift, or Dave Fitzgerald, 2nd shift .

ED ZIEGLER
(Cont'd fromPage 2, Col. 2)
Ed's years of counselling hourly employees
on retirement benefits have convinced him that
career GE hourly employees do very well in
retirement. "In th.iA plant mo.6t 06 tho.6e. I've
c.oUn6ei.led who aJte.

c.aJteeJL

w.U;h VelUJ good peJLc.e.nhl.geA

'take-home, '" says Ed.

emptoyeu JLet1Jr.e.
On pJc.e.-JLe.tiJr.eme.nt

Looking back on his career, Ed says he

could never have predicted it at age 14 when
he got the GE. apprentice draftsman job.
After joining GE, he graduated from York
High School as salutatorian of his class.
He continued as a draftsman and began taking
some engineering courses in night school.

CHANGE OF SCENERY
(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 1)
veJr.y inteJLU~ pM j e.c! no~ me.. ,1 've. ne.veJr.
been involved -tn a.nyth.lng like. th1A I neel.
tha;t U .l6 a. veJr.y woJtthwhil.e pJc.O j e.c;t;, not
only a.6 a. me.a.~ to betteJL u:tiU.ze. ouJL pJc.U~
UghUng .6y.6tem, bu,t aiAo a.6 a.n i.npJLoveme.nt _,,
in the. e.nvaonme.nt in whlc.h ouJL employee.&
WOILk." '

The new colors not only increase the reflectivity of our lighting in the factory but
also improves the appearance of the east and
west ends. So, what started out as an energy 0
usage project has turned into a "Spruce-Up GE
campaign as well. And what a 'colorful'
project it is!

ABC's of MICROWAVE COOKING

In 1932, his career took a new direction.

Ed was asked by his plant manager to assume
the cost accounting responsibilities for the
York Wire Works. Ed attributes his competence
as a draftsman and high standing in high school
as the key factors in his being selected for
the job. By the late 1940's Ed had been promoted twice and was responsible for cost,
general accounting, p~yroll and office services.
That~s when he began advising people on their
retirement benefits as part of his job.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronic

Engineers (IEEE) will hpld a dinner meeting
at the General Wayne Hotel on Tuesday, May 11.
The meeting will be the annual ladies night
event. A social hour will begin at 6:15 p.m.
with dinner at 7:00 p.m. and meeting at 8:00
p.m. All ladies attending will receive a
favor supplied by the guest speaker.
The subject of the meeting will be "The
ABC's of Microwave Cooking". Gloria Aday, ~
Litton Consumer Affairs Director and M. s.
Walters, Vice-President of Goldberg Company, Inc. of Richmond will discuss the principles
of microwave cooking and give a cooking
demonstration. The desert to be served to
all present will be prepared as a part of
the cooking demonstration.

Along the way, Ed had met his wife, Helen.

She was hired as a clerk in the Wire Works
in 1932, where she worked for 15 years. They
have a son, Ed, Jr., now 28.
:Through his career, Ed saw the ups and
downs of three GE business.es. After working
at \the York Wire Works for 27 years, he saw
that operation move to Lowell, Massachusetts,
in .1953. Then GE Welding Department moved
into the York facility and Ed became manager
of general and tax accounting for that operation. The business closed its doors in 1957.
At that point, Ed and his family moved to
Warren, Ohio, adn Ed was named plant accountant for Ohio Lamp.
Since January, 1958, Ed has seen Ohio
Lamp grow and prosper. Through his halfcentury career, he has seen many other changes
as wel 1.
"In my Me.a., nlnttnc.e., the. biggut c.ha.nge.
ha.6 be.en c.ompui:eltlzat.lon. The. c.ompui:eJr. htU
done. .60 muc.h &oJL pa.yJLo.U JLe.c.olt.d6 a.nd bookke.e.phr.g. It can handle. .6 o muc.h moJLe. detail
a.nd pitoduc.e muc.h moJLe. .6ophhd:.lc.ate.d JLe.polrh."

To celebrate the occasion of Ed Ziegler's

50 years with GE, the Ohio Lamp Plant employees
honored Ed and his wife, Helen, and the mayor
of Warren opened the celebration by proclaiming
"Edwin H. Ziegler Day" in Warren, Ohio.

All members of IEEE and their spouses as

well as any interested guests are urged to
attend. For additional information and
reservations, contact Steve Lukas on Ext. 1661.

UNION NEGOTIATION NEWS

General Electric continued negotiations with
on the contents of a new national agreement
to replace the one which runs to June 27.

UE

Meetings were held at the Essex House in

New York City on Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday.
The sessions continued to be listening ones
for management, as the union presented pro- ~
posals on income extension aid, vacations and--..
holidays, health insurance, automatic progression schedules, and contract language.
Negotiations will resume next Tuesday.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL @ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 20

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

"Rollers" Win
Bowling Championship

Toshiba Representatives
Visit Plant Today
Representatives of the Tokyo Shibaura
Electric Company, Limited (Toshiba), in
Tokyo, Japan, are visiting the Waynesboro
General Electric Plant today, and meeting
with Mr. Warren F. Kindt, DCPD General
Manager. Mr. Ohashi, Genera l Manager of
Toshiba's Business Mac hines Equipment
Division, has been in Europe and America
for the past several weeks on an extensive
business tour and is using this opportunity
to vis it the Plant.
The Business Machine Equipment Division
i s a division of Toshiba wh ich holds the
license encompassing several GE patents which
they use in the manufacturing of their own
business ma chines. Toshiba is a potential
major customer for the TermiNet 340 .

The Rollers Team have become the 1st Place

winners of t he SCOG EE Wednesday Ni ght Bowling
League after winning the championship against
the Marketeers l ast Monday, May 3. The
SCOGEE Bowling League i s divided in to halves
with the winners f r om eac h half meeting each
other in a roll - off to determine the championship. The Roll ers came out on top of their
half after pl ay ing a tota l of 99 games, which
brought them up aga inst the Marketeers, the
winners of the 2nd half.
Pi ctured wi t h the 1st Pl ace trophy above
are: seated (1 tor), Jerry Crane and Doug
Shull , ca ptain; and standing (l tor), Art
Lively, Jim Bel che r , and Ri ck Cox.

Accompanying Mr. Ohashi wi ll be Mr. T.

Watanabe who is with Toshiba America in
Chicago.

NOTICE ABOUT THE

EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY

ACT OF 1974
Copies of a notice on the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
were distributed to employees with their
paychec ks today . The notice should be
read by all employees as it briefly explains
the Act and the r equirements under the Act.
The Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a new law with which
employees shou ld be familiar. It imposes
important requirements on all companies
with pensi on and welfare plans ard specifies
certai n r i ghts of employees.

NUCLEAR POWER'S CONDITION

benefit
reminders

KEYNOTE OF GOSAM GATHER~G.,

One of the many benefits which employees

are likely to get the most pleasure out of
is the Employee Product Purchase Pian. The
big reason for the Plan's success and popularity is that it enables employees to purchase General Electric and major Hotpoint
appliances at a discount---and at today's
pri~es, who doesn't welcome a discount!
Even though the Plan is quite beneficial
to employees, it still carries some restrictions and limitations, as with most things.
The one basic restriction to the Employee
Product Purchase Plan is that the major
products purchased under the Plan must be
for use in the employee's own home for at
least 6 months. The only exception to this
is that one table or portable TV can be
given as a gift to a member of the employee's
immediate family once during a 24-month
period.
Another limitation to the Plan is that the
employee must complete an Employee Product
. Purchase Plan application within 30 days
a~er delivery or, in the case of products
purchased from a builder of a new home,
within 30 days after the date on which he
or she takes title to the home. This must
be done within the specified time in order
for the employee to receive the discount.

'STOCK PRICE' AND

'FUND UNIT PRICE'
FOR APRIL, 1976

January
February
March
April

Stock Price

Fund Unit Price

$52.220
53.329
52.098
53.190

$26.986
28.042
27.962
28.088

Discussion of the United States' nuclear

power program will highlight the nineteenth
annual Symposium of the Group of Solid-state
Applications and Measurements {GOSAM) May 19
and 20 in Syracuse, New York.
The Symposium's keynote speaker will be
Dr. Richard Roberts, formerly of GE's Corporate
Research and Development staff and currently
the assistant administrator for nuclear energy
of the U.S. Energy Research and Development
Administration.
Hundreds of GE engineers, scientists,
researchers and others involved in solid-state
activity will participate in the conference's
16 panel sessions comprising 137 technical presentations from 38 company components. A common thread of discussion running through the
most intensive technical program in GOSAM's
history will be the company-wide effort to
apply micro-processor technology to GE products
and equipment.
Attending the Symposium from our facilit~
will be: T. L. Crapser, T. L. Hewitt, C. M.~
Jones, C. S. Kennedy, D. E. Miller, and W. A.
Surber, from DCPD; G. S. Chambers and S. J.
Lukas from CDO; and D. P . Altman, P. E. Bonivich and D. O. Schlegel from NCO.
Terry Hewitt, Al Surber, George Chambers
and Steve Lukas will present papers at the
Symposium. Terry Hewitt and Al Surber will
present a joint paper entitled "Getting the
Best from Microprocessors and Custom LSI".
George Chambers' paper is entitled "A Band
Pass/Band Stop Filter and its Application in
the Protection of Turbine Generators." Steve
Lukas will present a paper entitled "Remotely
Adjustable Phase Shifter", the circuit used
in the Supplementary Excitation Damping Control.
GOSAM is a technical society composed
exclusively of GE people and dedicated to
enhancing the company's position in solidstate electronics. Eligible GE employees
who are not currently members of GOSAM
but would like. to join may contact R. R.
Herzog, GOSAM's secretary-treasurer, Corporate Research and Development, Building
37, Room 411, General Electric Company,
Schenectady, N. Y. Dial Comm: 8*235-9788.

5/ty/ ;6

PROTECT YouR AuTo

Recently there have been several auto
~efts i n the GE parking lots during the
~ .d shift . The cars which were stolen have
been r ecovered; however, one of the cars
had been wrecked. In all of the cases the
doors were left unlocked and, i n at least
one, the keys were l eft in the car.
The Police Department has apprehended
the suspects of the robbery but this does
not mean that it may not happen aga in . All
of us can best protect our own property,
e ither our cars or the i r contents, by maki ng
sure that the keys are removed and all t he
doors are l oc ked.
Steps have already been taken
the security of the parking lots
employee can further i mpr ove the
of his or her property by taking
meas ures.

to i mprove
but each
protecti on
these extra

FORGET THOSE CALORIES!

Quality Awareness
ly :lfank ~'lb
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR QUALITY?

We may not be able to agree on what

qua li ty is exactly, but we all certainl y
have a pretty good idea of what i t i sn ' t.
If i t aoesn 't work, i t isn't a quality
product . If i ts damaged, i t i sn't a
qua li ty product. If it fa ll s apart the
seco nd t i me i t is used, it i sn't a qu ality
product . If all that t he customer ordered
i s not there, it i sn ' t a quality product.
Before we attempt to say who i s respon sib l e for quality, let ' s cons i der some of
the things which go into building a quality
product. One magaz ine reported that there
were 103 di fferent things that could go
wrong with the manufacture of a simple can .
Now you can ' t get much more basic than a
can.
In this Department our maj or product i s
Termi Net*. This is a very compl ex, sophi sticated and expensive product . To app l y
the example of a can to our product we
would have to cons ider the basic parts t hat
go into our product as so many indi vidual
cans. If we consider that there are over
7,000 different bas i c parts in an average
TermiNet, our example l eads us to t he
possibi li ty of wel l over 700,000 different
th i ngs that ca n go wron g with t he manufacture
of a Termi Net . This is quite a staggering
thing to understand.
If you thought the answer to the question
"Who is responsib l e for quality?" was Quality
Control, you should be convinced that this
i s imposs i ble. The wi sdom of t he statement
that "Quali ty can't be inspected in to a
product" shou l d also now be more clear to
everyone.
It is obvious by t he size of t he problem
al one that no sing l e organization or group
of people ca n guarantee the quality of a
product. It takes everyone who has anything
to do with the product to determ ine its f inal
qual i ty.

Wilbur Jones, Main Plan t Cafeteria, points

out the new ad di tion to t he soft drinks vend ing machine- -- a diet soft dr ink. The diet
,.-lrink , Tab, has been added to the vending
1chine located next to the mi crowave ovens
and at both serv ing lines in the Ma in Plant
cafeteria . For tho se who are watch i ng those
ca l ories but still enjoy an occas i onal soft
drink, you can now drink to your hea rts '
content.

By understand i ng t hat we all have an

i mpact on quality, we then ~e~l~ze that.we
all mus t share this respons 1b1l1ty. This
is the only answer . Whatever our jobs,
in wha t ever fun ction or pos i tion, we determine and are respo nsibl e for t he qua l ity of
the products whi ch this Department se ll s .

THANK YOU NOTES

Janice and George Zimmerman and family wish
to thank all of their friends for the
flowers, cards and other expressions of
sympathy shown at the loss of George's
father, Gordon T. Zimmerman of Waynesboro.
Janice Zimmerman
Ma.ny .tha.nlu, .to ouJl 61Uencl6 6oJr. .the pJt..ayeJUJ,
Portsmouth: A GE development that could
revolutionize home color TV reception was
unveiled recently at press conferences in
New York and Portsmouth. Five new GE TV
models have a special feature that detects
and decodes a tint and color-intensity reference. s.ignal now transmitted with many co~or
telev1s1on programs, and automatically adjusts the color on the home set. With these
new "broadcast controlled" GE models,
consumers should not have to make any
adjustments for most color telecasts. Pro
duction on the new models is scheduled to
begin in late April, and the new sets will be
available in retail stores this summer.
Valley Forge: A new computer-based build
ing automation system, installed last
November, is helping the Space Division
save on its electric and fuel bills. The new
system, believed to be the first of its kind in
GE, is programmed to do two main functions: schedule the operation of air handling
units, and automatically limit peak electricity
demands. According to Lee Farnham,
Space Systems general manager, the new
system will save a total of $93,000 in fuel and
electricity costs in its first year.
Charlottesville: According to Kim Fox, plant
manager, 1976 looks like a good year for
GE's numerical control business-thanks, in
part, to a competitor. Sperry-Rand recently
dropped out of the numerical control business. When that happened, "Our sales en
gineers," Fox states, "went to former Sperry
customers and by promising value. quality
and quick delivery, were able to convince
several of Sperry's customers to switch to
GE." This new business is one reason for the
hiring of a number of new people for the
Charlottesvill~ plant.
Erie: The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced recently that it was
awarding a contract worth about $117.5 mil
lion to Erie GE for 160 electric commuter
cars. Gerald Gould, acting general manager
for the Transit Vehicle Products Department
stated that, "This is the largest single order
we've received." And added. "This important order will allow us to maintain job con
tinuity for our experienced transit car work
force."

vl..-6-lt.4, money a.nd 6lowe/l..6 we 1r.eeeived whlte

He lA home now
a.nd -i.mpJr.ov-lng.
J..Un uw -ln :the ho.t>pU:.a.l.

Thelma Conner

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M!iit.~R;wi':'!.~.;~-;.s.;.me.a,.i:r.rJa~\-;,m;.6.;;Ju~ ~
UNION NEGOTIATION NE\IVS
Company and UE negotiators continued to
meet this week in New York City. Bargaining
sessions were held on Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday.
The week was spent with the Company
listening to the Union proposed changes in
the administrative language of the Contract.
The discussion covered working hours,
wage rates, continuity of service, and
service credits on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the Union reviewed proposed changes in vacations, holidays,
transfers, retraining and reassignment,
reduction or increase in forces, hiring,
layoffs and transfers, local understand~
ings, union and local representatives and
stewards, and gri~vance procedure.
On Thursday, the talks covered arbitration, upgrading, job posting, and information supplied to the Union locally and
nationally.
Negotiations will resume in New York
next Tuesday.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 21

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Al Pici Receives
Patent Award

Disability Checks.
Another Hidden Benefit
From Social Security
Di sabil i ty . It can happen to anyone at
any age at any time . When disabi l ity due to
i llness or injury st rikes , one of the first
q_uestions asked by a worker is, "How will 1
pay :the b,{JM when 1 c.an' ;t WOll.lz ?" One
answer to that q_uestion is provi ded by
Social Security.
That ' s right ; in addition to pr ovic1ng
regular monthly r etirement checks , Soc ial
Security also provides disability benefits
for many ftJnericans. In fact , ten cents
our of every dollar pai d out by Soc i al
Security goes t o supply disab ility benefits .
Your primary wage protection in case of
disab ility may well come from Soc i al Security ,
with any GE disabi lity coverage you may have
added on top .

Recentl y , Al Pici, Specialist-Metal Parts

Area, was awarded a Manufacturing Process
Patent. This represents a rare occurrence
for Manufacturin g as most patents are generated on design innovations. Al' s award
was given for his work i n developing and
i mp l ementi ng a new process for the manu facture of TermiNet typefingers.
By using two character bars where one
had been previously used, the number of
typefinge rs produced from a given amount
of raw ma terial was doubled as a resu l t of
Al' s project. The raw material in th i s
i nstan ce i s a high grade, very expe ns i ve
maraging steel and savings of nearly $80,000
per year in raw material alone resu l ted
from th i s process change.
In the picture above, Al (LC) is shown
receivin g hi s bronze medallion (wh ich i s
ten for the f i rst patent ) from Bob
-~rrang (RC), Ma nager - Relays and Meta l
Parts. Standing by to extend congratula tions are Bob Hu ghs on (L), Mana ger-Proces sing Unit, and Dave Coughtry (R), Manage r
of Manufacturing .

WHAT IS A DISABILITY?
A "disability" occurs when there are such
severe limitations on your mental or physical
abilit ies that you can ' t do any substantial
work . A disability , accor d i ng to t he Soci al
Security definition , i s also a c onditi on that
i s e xpected to last at least 12 months , or
result i n death .

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
Eligibility varies according to a ge and
number of year s worked before becoming disabled.
For example, if you become disabled at any time
between the ages of 24 and 31 , you must have
worked half the time between your 21st birthday
and the t ime you be came d i sabled .

WHEN DO DISABILITY CHECKS START?

There is a five month waiting period before
benefits begin . For instance , i f you were
disabled on Febr uary 2 , there is a waiting

(Cont'd Page 2, Col. 1)

(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 2)

period of five calendar months - March through
July - before benefits begin in August. The
first disability check should arrive about
September 3rd.

benefit for you, as well as benefits for your

dependents. And, as you can see, there is a
maximum amount of benefits any family can
receive. Generally, the younger you are~
when you become disabled the higher your

monthly Social Security benefits will be,

assuming comparable earnings histories.

HOW MUCH ARE DISABILITY BENEFITS?

Adjacent to this article is an easy
reference table showing you approximately
what the monthly disability benefits you and
your family may expect if you became disabled
this year.

It's plain to see that Social Security is

much more than a source of retirement income.
But here's one important point to keep in
mind: you must apply for any benefit. If
you apply late, it's possible that you will
lose some benefits.

You'll notice there's a basic disability

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS

YOUR PRESENT ANNUAL EARNINGS

Your Age
your benefit
maximum few family
your benefit
maximum for family
your benefit
maximum fer family
your benefit
maximum for family
your benefit
maximum for family
your benefit
maximum for family

63-65
46-62

S6,()()().

6,000
$212
327
214

8,000
$258
451
262
462
278

10.000

504

596

298
558
321
590
342
620

351
633
390

333

41-45
3640
3135
under 31

s 8,()()().

$4,()()().

225
362
240
404
258
451
273
493

$303

563
309
572
325

682

411
719

$10,()()().
12.000
$331
605
340
617
362
646
401
701
427
748
450
788

$12.00014.000
$340
617
351
633
377
664
414
724
444
777
487
652

$14.000
and up

$342
620
357
639
384

673
419
734

455
796
515
902

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

~
PAl Rate of 50 per $l000 of Coverage
Currently there is a total coverage of $5 . .,
Holds for New Year
Despite rising costs, the premium rate
for GE's Personal Accident Insurance coverage
will remain stable for the policy year that
begins July 1, 1976, according to Travelers
Insurance Company, which carries the insurance.
The annual rate will be 50 cents per $1,000
of coverage, the same as for the past year.
Under Personal Accident Insurance, the
claims experience is evaluated by the carrier
each year and premiums are set for the year
ahead on the basis of the past year's experience. The claims experience of the past
year has enabled Travelers to hold the PAI
premium rate steady for the 12 months begin~
ni ng July 1.
There were 158,573 GE employees participating in PAI as of March 31, and the
average coverage chosen by individual
participants is over $34,000. As an example,
the ability to retain the old premium rate
means participants can continue to obtain
$30,000 in PAI coverage for just $15 a year.
Beneficiaries of PAI participants have
received more than $26.5 million in benefits
since the plan was established in 1960.
(Cont'd next column)

billion in effect for all participants in

the plan.

You can obtain Personal Accident Insurance

coverage by asking your supervisor, or
checking Personnel Accounting. It's available in blocks of $10,000 of coverage, with
at least $100,000 in coverage available to
an individual. At the low cost of 50 cents
per $1,000 you can have the coverage you
might purchase for a brief airline trip in
force 24 hours a day every day of the year.

ANNOUNCEMENT
AUCTION THIS SATURDAY
The Verona Community Association will be
holding an auction this Saturday, May 22
for the purpose of raising money to obtain
equipment for the Little League Baseball
and Football Teams. The auction will be
held at 10:00 a.m. at the.Verona Fire House.
~

The Association is in need of good used

furniture for the auction and anyone wishing
to donate items may take them to the sale
on Saturday or, call Junior Sacra, 885-3819
or Ext. 1192, in order that arrangements
for pick-up service can be made.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 22

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Another Chance - -

May 21, 1976

GE Insurance Really
Helped Al McDaniel

ANoTliER SAfETY CONTEST

The. GE 8-bta.c.k. 1.ite.tte.o muJ.i.ic. 1.iy1.item pic.tUJte.d

above. iJ.i the. plt).ze. 5 luc.k.y employe.e.1.i will
tc.e.c.e.ive. aJ.i winne!tl.i 06 the. Employee. POJ.ite!t
~nte.1.it.

For all those who were not winners in the

Empl oyee Safety Slogan Contest (and even for
those who were) you now have a second chance .
Yes, the Waynesboro GE Plant is sponsoring
another Safety Contest in which employees
may enter -- the Employee Safety Poster
Contest.
Li ke the Empl oyee Safety Sl ogan Contest,
t hi s contest was planned as a part of this
fa ci lity ' s 1976 Safety Program. The objective
in mi nd for the Contests is to generate more
safety awareness among employees so that we
may al l work towards the major goal of maint ai ning hi gh safety standards at our faci l iti es.
Once again, employees can put their good
safety thoughts on display in creative form
t hr ough the Empl oyee Safety Poster Contest.
The Contest, which begins June 1 and
extends through June 15, 1976, is open to
all Waynesboro GE employees. Only one entry
per employee will be permitted with 5 winners
to be chosen from all entrants. The five
grand pri zes for the Employee Safety Poster
Contest wi ll be a GE 8-track stereo music
tern wi th a reta i l value of $169 . 95'.
Posters to be entered in the Contest must
be artisti ca ll y prepared with the slogan
message printed neatly and with the message
(Cont ' d Page 2, Col. 2)

11

It'1.i gtc.e.a..t! "

Those were the words repeated several

ti mes by Al McDani el, Monitor-Machine Shop,
as he described the GE Insurance Pl an . And
Al is one of the many who is qualifi ed to
make the statement'.
With a total of $5,533 . 33 pai d out in
Weekly Sickness &Accident benefit checks,
med ical expenses and a hospital bill, Al
feels very lucky indeed to have such a plan
which only al lowed him to pay approximately
$4.00 of the total amount .
Al first went into the hospital May 13,
1975 for an operation which involved removing
a small hip bone to replace one in his back.
The operation in itself was expensive but
he compounded the expense when, after being
out of the hospita l for 3 months, he fell and
cracked the very same bone the doctor had
(Cont'd Page 3, Col. 2)

Allen Shifflett Receives

MPA Graduating certificate

SAFETY POSTER CONTEST

(Cont 'd from Page 1, Co l. 1)
not to exceed 10 words. Art work and slogan
content must be original. All lettering
and pictures must be done in paint or ink, ~
using a max imum of three colors.
As in t he Safety Slogan Contest, the
entering posters can be based on safe work
procedures, avoidin g accidents, etc., in
industry, at home, or while on vacation.
The 5 winning posters will become the
proper ty of General Electri c Company and
will be reproduced in quantities for posting
t hroughout our fac ilities for everyone to
see . One winning poster will be on display
each month beg inning with the month of August
and all 5 winners will be announced in the
Pl ant NEWS.

Allen SIU.66le,t;t ,{,;., -0hown ~eQe,lving IU.-0 MPA

gJta.d.u.a;t{_ng QeJc.:tl6ic.a.te 6~om Vave Cough:t:Jty,
Manag~-Manu6ac.tu!r.in.g.

Allen L. Shifflett, Manufacturing Engineer in the Printed Circuit Board Operation

in Turner II , received his MPA graduating
cert ifi cate from D. L. Coughtry , ManagerManufacturing , Data Communication Products
Department in a brief ceremony this week .
The Management Problem Analysis (MPA)
certificate repre sents the completion of a
year ' s course in modern applied quantitative
management techniques taught within the
framework of a sponsoring General Electric
component. It combines study with applic ation within the part i ci pant ' s own job
responslbility . It e ffec tively develops
broad management ability and also benefits
t he s ponsor ing department with bonafi de
cost and/or productivit y improvements.
Allen began his MPA studie s , before he
joined DCPD , while a trainee on the Manufacturing Manag ement Program (MMP) in
Philadel phia with the Re- entry and Environmental Syst ems Division . He completed
his clas sroom studies at Philadelphia before
accepting a position with DCPD upon graduation from the Manufacturing Management
Program in May, 1975 .
The final phase of MPA, the selection o f
a major proj ect and its subsequent application was complet ed in Waynesboro.
Al is currently putt ing his MMP and MPA
training to good practical use in system
programmi ng various phase s of t he pri nted
c i rcuit board operation . Allen also a cts
as an instruct or for new operators .
(Cont ' d next column.)

So, even if you weren't a winner in the

Employee Safety Slogan Contest, don't be
discouraged. You now have a second chance
at it by entering the Employee Safety Poster
Contest. Just pic k up an entry form at any
cafeteri a beginning Ju ne 1 and take another
crac k at becoming a winner.
For more details on the rules of the
Empl oyee Safety Poster Contest , see page 4
~
4 of today's NEWS.

IN MEMORIAM
Many GE employees were saddened to learn
of the death yesterday of Edward F. Miller.
Ed, a Cost Estimator in Cost Accounting-DCPD,
began hi s career with GE in April, 1962. Prior
to hi s moving to Waynesboro in Apri l of last
year, he had been employed with GE in Syra cuse,
New York , Portsmouth, Virginia, and Decatur,
Illinois.
Ed i s survived by his wife, Marie; a so n,
John, and 3 daughters, Deborah, Alli son and
Andrea.
Our sympathy is extended to Ed' s famil y.

( Cont ' d f r om Col . 1)

Allen and h i s wife Li ll i a n (Rust y ) res i de

at 400 Florence Avenu e i n Waynesbor o .
Congratulations Al , on your outstandi ng
achievement .

Quality Awareness

"':JfatJ ~"1,
BE REALISTIC; DOES ANYONE
REALLY CARE ABOUT QUALITY?

L~'S

Now that we have zeroed in on .what

quality is and we understand something
about our individual responsibility,
there is not much left to do but face
the issue head-on. But maybe you are
still not convinced. Sure, we all hear
about quality and we're all concerned.
but on a day-to-day basis, what really
happens? How can you measure quality,
how do you know if the quality really
affects anything and how does quality
fit in with everything else we need to
be concerned about?
Everyone realizes that any business,
in order to stay alive, must sell its
products for more money than it spent
to make those products. In addition, a
business (this Department) exists and will
continue to do so only as long as it provides products for which there is a need
(market). The product must satisfy the
customer in that he gets what he wants,
the quality he expects and at a price he
is willing to pay. For him to continue
buying our product, he must feel that he
is getting full value for his money.
We are all customers to someone. If
you think about your own buying or purchases, you and I want the same value,
quality and performance from the products
we buy that our customers expect from us
and the products we make and sell to him.
Well, O.K., we need quality built into
our products, but most people have a great
concern about the price of a product. We
could take the easy path and put less
quality in our products and perhaps sell
them for less money. This is a trap that
we can fall into easily. The lack of
quality and reliability will soon show up
and our customer will then go somewhere
else--r<>r his next purchase. He may even
tell others of his problems with our products and cause them not to buy from us.
The markets into which our products go
require high quality and reliability. Our
customers expect it. If we can't or don't
meet these expectations, then- our customers
turn to our competitors for their needs.
(Cont'd next column)

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

Our products sell for thousands of
dollars. Customers have the right to expect
that it works and work well. Furthennore,
they use it as a part of a system. If it
fails to work properly, the whole system
becomes inoperative. Our product must be
reliable.
If you bought an item, say a set of tires
for your car and they kept losing air or
blew out on a turn or had a tread design
that didn't give you good traction on the
road, you would not only loudly complain to
the seller, but you probably would not buy
his tires again. With that kind of quality
and reliability in his product. would you
reconunend his product to your friends? How
long do you suppose he would stay in business?
Customers pay good sums of money for
our products. They use them in vital and
critical places. If we want to stay in
business and keep having a job to come to,
and we surely all do, we cannot short-change
our customers on quality.
11

(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 2)

fused. This meant more trips back to the
hospital for x-ray and other treatments, and
more expense. But again, Al had nothing to
worry about, financially, since he was well
covered by the GE Insurance Plan.

"1t' .6 j UJJt. gJr.eat! " he stated. "The.

In6Ulr.4nc.e. Plan c.oveJr.ed. ne.aJr.ly e.ve.Jr.ytking."
Al contributes the ability for even
having the operation at all to the Weekly
Sickness &Accident benefit provision under
the Plan. Since his wife does not work,
they would have had no other source of
income if they had not had S&A benefits.
"I got. my SSA c.he.c.lu e.veJty week wllhout
FJL.i.da.y
46t.eJr. I went hthJ the. ho.6p.U:al .60 I cUdn' t.
ha.ve. t.o mi.6.6 4 week without pa.y. I6 l
cUdn' t. ha.ve. t.ho.6 e. c.he.c.lu I c.oul.dn' t. have
done. U. Zn 64&, without t.he. 1n6Ulr.4nc.e.
Plan, . 1 wou.l.dn.' t have had my b4c.k woJth.e.d.
on be.c.a.U6e. 1 c.ou.l.dn' t. ha.ve. 466oJc.d.e.d. U."

6a.U.. I Jr.e.c.uved. my 6.i.lut. one. the.

Al feels that the GE Insurance Plan's

reputation speaks for itself. "Whe.n you
go out t.o t.he. ho.6 p.ltal. 4nd .64Y you woltk.
a.t GE, you don't ha.ve. MY p1r.oblem6 a.t all..

They jUJJt. take. yowr. 1. '0. CJVt.d 4nd e.ve.Jr.ytking .iA taken c.aJLe. o6, " he said.

Al added that he' never misses an opportunity to praise the GE Insurance Plan.
"Whe.n employe.u .6ta.Jr;t c.ompla.lnlng a.bout
t.he. 1n6wr.a.nc.e. Plan 1 .l.mme.cli.at.e.ly teft t.hem
how good .lt. .iA 4nd hpw U hel.pe.cl. me. It.' .6
wondeJr.6u.l t.o have when you Jr.eally need .lt.. "

11

EMPLOYEE SAFETY POSTER CONTEST RULES

* The contest will begin June 1, 1976 and end at midnight, June 15, 1976.
* All actively employed Waynesboro GE employees are eligible for the contest, with the
exception of the contest committee.
* The type of posters to be entered are to be based on safe work procedures, avoiding accidents,
etc., in industry, at home, or while on vacation.
* Employees may enter the poster contest by picking up entry fonns from any cafeteria, completing
it and attaching it to the poster. Posters with entry forms attached are to be submitted to
Relations, Room 105.

* There will be a limit of only one entry per employee.

* In preparing the posters, employees must use a regular poster board the size being 22 11 wide by
17 11 high.
* The poster should be drawn artistically with the slogan message printed neatly. The art work
and slogan content must be original. All lettering and pictures must be done in paint or fnk.
Cutou'ts pasted on the poster will not be accepted.
* A maximum of 3 colors may be used in preparing the poster.
* The slogan content of the poster should be limited to 8 to 10 words.
* Impartial judges will be selected from outside the Waynesboro GE Plant.
* Each employee's poster will be coded, thus eliminating the employee's identity during the judging.
~

*Posters will be judged on originality, message appeal, neatness and artistry.

* There will be 5 poster contest winners.
* Each of the 5 winners will receive a GE 8-track stereo music system with a retail value of
$169.95.
* The value of the award will be reported as income, however, GE will pay the government the
applicable taxes and the value of the prize, and the amount of the tax paid by GE will be
reflected in the w1riners' W-2 form.
* The 5 winning posters will become the property of GE and will be reproduced in quantities for
posting throughout the facilities. One winning poster will be displayed per month beginning
with the month of August.

* All posters, winners and non-winners, will become the property of General Electric. Therefore,
each employee, when submitting his or her entry, must do so with full knowledge that it becomes
the property of the General Electric Company and may be used as posters or in publication by
the General Electric Company in promoting safety.

NEW LOCATION FOR SAFETY SHOES

Effective June 1, 1976, the safety shoe
outlet. location at West Shoe Store in
Waynesboro will move to Martin Shoe Store
at the Centre for Shopping. Safety shoes
can still be purchased from West Shoe Store
through May 26, 1976. During May 27-28,
the stock of safety shoes pre~ently at West
will be transferred to Martin Shoe Store.

THANK YOU NOTE

My 6amil..Y and 1 would Uke. to e.xplr.e.6.6 oUIL ~

tha.nlu to e.veJr.yone a.t GE 6M. thw .6ympa:thy,

both .in woJuf.6 a.nd de.ed.6, Jr.e.gaJU:llng the. de.a.th
06 my 6a.theJr., Ge.oJtge. H. Van. Si.cl.en.

Pe'l!e Van Siclen

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 23

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

A NEw AddirioN ro T~E PlANT

May 28, 1976

ENTER THE
SAFETY POSTER
CONTEST

THINK
A new paint building is scheduled for
construction at the Main Plant this year
which will house painting equipment designed
to perform the final appearance painting of
all of DCPD's TermiNet parts. The new paint
bui'.ding, w~th its electrostatic painting
equipment, 1s expected to reduce quality
problems, painting costs, inventory, transportation costs, and eliminate long production cycles.
At present 80% of the TermiNet paint
work is being done by outside painting
companies with the rest being handled by
the COO and DCPD operations located at
this facility. Earl WilkinGon, Manufacturing Engineer-Metal Parts Fabrication,
who initiated the project three years ago,
s~at~d that ~t _the time, "we. had d)_66J.-c.uU.y
6-<.nd)_ng .wnfi-<.uen.t oCJvt.J.J-<-de .60Wtc.e..o 6ott
pa-<-mng a..U TeJun.lNe.t tte.quJ.Aeme.n:l6 and
~en:t1y u.6 e. 1O d.)_6 6e.tte.n.t pa-<-mng c.om A._an-<.e..o . Not only ha.6 th.M be.e.n c.01.:itiy,"
~ cont1 nued, "bcLt the qu.o.Li.;ty hMn 't be.en
what we woui.d Uke. 6ott d to be. be.c.aU!.>e. 06
an -<-nc.o n.o.V.:.te.nc.y ,in c.olott. By u.6..i.ng d.)_6 6ette.n.t pa,in.t,{,ng c.ompan-<-e..o , we. have be.e.n
getting d)_66etten.t .6hade..o 06 the. .6ame. c.olo!t.6."
(Cont'd Page 2, Col. 1)

SAFETY!
WANTED: All you talented Waynesboro GE
employees who are concerned about safety
and like winnin g prizes. The Employee
Safety Poster Contest is here to put your
talents and safety thoughts to use.
.As ~art of the 1976 Safety Program, the
obJect 1ve of the Safety Poster Contest is
to make employees more aware of the need
for safety at our facilities. Thinking
safety at all ti mes is one sure way of
preventing acc i dents .
The Safety Poster Contest will official ly open Tuesday , June 1 and close at
mi dni ght, June 15, 1976. Entry forms will
be available in all cafeterias on June 1
for employees who wish to enter the Contest.
Five winners wi ll be announced and a GE
8-track stereo system will be awarded to
each winner. Complete rules will be printed
on the entry forms.
If you missed the l ast Contest then don't
;et this one slip by . Remember, there's
always that chance that you may be one of
the 1ucky ones.

NEW PAINT BUILDiNG

(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 1)
The long production cycle experienced by
using outside companies is another reason for
building the new paint facility. "I:t pJLue.ntly :ta.ku up :to .6.ix we.e.k.6 to obtain pal.n:te.d
paJtt.6 61t.om .6ome. 06 OU/r. .60U/r.c.U :the. 6.ilc.4:t .time.,"
Earl stated. "16 :they a1r.e. de.6e.ruve., ba.c.k
:the.tj go oOJL a.notheJL .6U We.W, lo We. c.a.n
.6 pall.e. them. 16 no:t we. JLe.pal.n:t :them heJLe. a.t
oUJr.. expe.n6e. a.nd pLLt oUIL6elvu :that muc.h
6witheJL be.hind. WUh :the. new pal.n:t .61J.6:tem
a.dde.d heJte., we. c.a.n eLi.mi.na,te. :thl6 long c.ycle
ti.me.. Al6 o, by ptUnt.lng aU. 06 :the paJtt.6 o6
the. .6 a.me. c.oloJL <Lt. the. .6 a.me. .time. pJLo blem.6 wUh
c.oloJL vaJU.a..tion .6houhl be. eL<.mlna,te.d. AlAo,
ouJr. ln-pJr.oc.u.6 lnve.ntoJLy 06 pal.n:ted paltt.6
wilt be. JLe.du.c.ed.,,

Earl is responsible for the manufacturing

engineering associated with the equipment
purchase and installation in the paint building. Harvey Wilshusen, Manufacturing Engineer,
is responsible for the manufacturing engineering associated with the purchasing of the
building and its erection. Bill Wood, Facilities Planning, is coordinating the entire
project.
The building, which is to be approximately
9200 square feet, will enclose an automatic
cl~aning system over 100 feet long, an oven
of approximately the same size, two paint
booths, and a touch~up booth. The painting
system, called the New Environmental Electrostatic Painting System, utilizes the latest
technology in electrostatic painting. This
new process involves electrically charging
the, paint which is attracted to the parts
which are grounded. The technique not only
spreads the paint more uniformly, but also
gives the part a smoother finish and eliminates waste in the process.
The new paint equipment will have the
capacity for painting approximately 2,000,000
parts a year. According to Glenn Keller,
Manager-Manufacturing Engineering, the
facjlity should .be operational in January,
1977 and is forecasted to paint approximately
1,000,000 parts by 1978. Taking into account
the savings realized through the elimination
of 9utside sources, transportation expense,
reduced inventory, and reduced rework, the
facility is expected to pay for itself within
two years.
Glenn added that the new facility will
also be an improvement for our operators in
tha~ the facility will be cleaner with a very
adequate exhaust system. Also, the new
electrostatic equipment, he said, will make
it easier for the personnel to operate and
handle.
(Cont'd next column)

(Cont'd.from Col. 1)
Preparations have already been made for
construction of the building which shoul~~
begin next month. The fence on the nortr. '
end of the building has been moved out
~
approximately 25 feet, and the parking lot
has been remarked. In addition, the fire
loop, the sprinkling system which is the
water supplier for the Plant, has also been
relocated. A local construction company
has been contracted to construct the building.
Bob Berrang, Manager-Relays and Metal
Parts Fabrication stated that the new
facility will provide us with a modern day
state of the art facility as well as provide
a significant cost improvement for the
Department.

If you are planning to register for a ~

course this summer at one of the local
educational institutions, 'don't forget that
GE has a plan, the Individual Development
Program, which pays the tuition expense of
hourly and nonexempt employees for job
related courses. A similar plan, the
Tuition Refund Plan, is available for
exempt salaried employees.
All actively employed GE employees with

6 months of service are eligible for the

programs. However, and this is important,
in order to receive the benefits from the
Plans, employees must obtain approval from
their managers and submit their applications
well in advance of the course registration
date. This is necessary since it usually
requires several weeks to process an
application and late submission of an application may mean that the request will not
be approved.

*****
spruce up
Virginia
company's
coming
1976

I)/ 2 s-) I

NEW SAFETY SHOE

STORE LOCATION

Quality Awareness

fo

'Y :lfank uHeincke,

O. K., WE NEED QUALITY; ISN'T THE SOLUTION
SIMPLY ADDING MORE INSPECTORS AND TESTERS?
Well, we're more or les s convinced that
we need quality; in fact, we've thought it
over and if quality is so important in our
business, le t's just add checks and overchecks everywhere to make sure that we get
the best possible quality. We'll have all
the quality we need and then we can put
all this worry about quality out of the way.

06 We.J.i.t Shoe. S.to!Le. .i.A .6hown

c.he.c.fUng ou-t GE' .6 M.6e..ty .6hoe. .6.toc.lz. w.uh
M!L. Elli.A Ma.JLt,tn 06 Ma.JLt,(.11 1 .6 Shoe. S.to!Le..
M!t. Sam We.J.i.t (.)

Effective June 1, 1976, Genera l Electric

employees, Waynesboro, Virginia, will be able
to purchase their safety shoes from Martin
Shoes, The Centre for Shopping, Waynesboro,
~ Virginia. This new purchasing arrangement
will provide professi onal fitting service,
in-stock safety shoes to select from, and
the regular payroll deduction plan.
In add i tion to offering Hy-Test shoes,
General Elec tri c has arranged for Martin to
stock some styles of Thom McAn and Lehi gh
safety shoes for employees to select from.
Orders have been placed with the respective
safety shoe suppliers of these new and
different styles and receipt of these styles
is expected after June 1.
Martin Shoes will transact safety shoe
sales for eligible Waynesboro General Electric
employees, but on ly upon receipt of an authorization form f rom the employee, provided him
through the Company Payrol l office. Martin
Shoes will then prepare a sales ticket which
wi ll be given to the empl oyee for him to
present at the Plan t Payroll Office for final
payment arrangement. A second copy of the
sales ticket will be mailed to Payroll with
the third copy being retained by Martin Shoes.
Employees should make t heir safety shoe payment with Payroll no later than 48 hours
,-.... after the purchasi ng of their shoes.
Martin Shoes business hours wil l be
Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to
9:00 p.m., and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to
5:30 p.m .

If it were only that easy'. As we have

said before, you can't really hit upon the
answer to quality if you forget the definition.
Keep i n mind that by our definition, our
product at a minimum must "be of at least
as good a value as the customer can buy elsewhere at the same price." Simply spending
more money to get more quality is not the
answer.
To make this a little more clear , let's
consider just what it is we are trying to
control. We are all familiar with the
average automobile . Most people consider
it to be very expensive, very complex and
fairly sophisticated. The average automobile
has somewhere between 3,500 and 4,000 parts.
The average TermiNet* has about 7,000 parts.
The automobile design uses basic technology
that has existed, for the most part, for the
past 50 years. Much of the technology used
on the TermiNet* has been in use for less
than 10 years.
As we all know, the automobile is delivered
by the manufacturer to the dealer who has to
make it ready for delivery to the customer.
Further, the customer generally has to return
it for additional adjustments, etc. Our
printers, on the contrary, are expected by
the customer to work perfectly as they receive
them. They, in fact, expect (and should) to
plug our unit into a power outlet and have it
work perfectly. There is no question that we
have our work cut out for us.
The only possible way to build a quality
product, economically, is for each person
involved to do a quality job.
Most of us would not think of doing a job
any other way because we take pride in what
we do. But even without pride, concern for
job security shou ld be something that is
cJmmon to us all. Without quality at a
reasonable price we will not be able to
sell our product. If we don't sell our
product, the results are easy enough to
see.

GEEA -SCOGEE PRESENT

Jamaica
GEEA of Salem, in conjunction with SCOGEE,
is offering to employees the most exciting
resort in the loveliest spot . on the perfect
Island :Jamaica! This year's tour will begin
July 3 and extend through July 10, 1976 and
will be $459.00 per person.
The tour includes:
- charter flight directly from Roanoke, Virginia
and return.
- special meals and beverages aboard flights
- 7-nights in the beautiful Rose Hall Intercontinental Hotel
- four full breakfasts and four sumptuous
dinners - including a Bar-B-Cue feast
- an exciting tour of Montego Bay
- Welcome Rum Swizzle
- fascinating optional tours
- private cocktail party
- transfers to and from the hotel airport in
Jamaica

ICD QUEST Aims at

Improved Quality, service
~

Quality and service - two vital ingre~i

ents in the formula for any successful
business - are the main themes of the ICD
QUEST Program whiCh is now underway at all
ICD locations.
QUEST - short for the phrase "quality/
service teamwork" - was launched earlier
this year when thirteen teams, representing
all plants and major product lines in the
department, were created. The job of each
teamis to determine what the obstacles are
to better quality and servicP. and then to
find ways of eliminating those obstacles.
To monitor the progress of each team, various
measurements are made monthly on such items
as scrap and rework, complaint costs, field
sales peoples' appraisals of our quality
and service, customer appeals and meeting
original shipping dates.
All ICD employees here at the Waynesboro
GE Plant received material concerning the
program this week. Early next week, ICD
employees will attend meetings in which
Bill Mackey, !CD's General Manager will~
seen in a slide presentation in which h~
will discuss QUEST.

ANNOUNCEMENT

- free use of the hotel's tennis courts

- tips for baggage handling, maid service,
and meals
- taxes for all items - including the U.S.
and Jamaica departure charges
A minimum deposit of $75 will be required
by June 3. For more information on the
tour, contact June Aldhizer, Ext. 1463.

PREGNANCY CASE TO BE REARGUED

The United States Supreme Court has
announced that it has held off any decision
on the case of Gilbert et. al. v. General
Electric, concerning the issue of weekly
disability insurance benefits for pregnancy
absences, until after reargument of the
case during their Fall 1976 session. No
reason for this action was given by the
court.

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SWAP SHOP
FOR SALE
COVER FOR SMALL PICKUP--like new--$175--943-3224
SEARS UPRIGHT FREEZER--15.9 cu ft--$280--942-8683
SAILBOAT--12 1 Starcraft--942-1968
WANTED
4 or 5 DRAWER CHEST--943-1427

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NONEXEMPT JOB CODE CATALOG CHANGES

The fo 11 owing changes are currently being
made in our nonexempt salaried job code:
New Job Code:
817100G10 -- Purchasing Order Clerk
Added:
991000G04 -- Whiteprint Clerk/Small
Machine Operator

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 24

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

SAFETY POSTER CONTEST

OFFICIALLY OPENS

June 4, 1976

SAFETY SLOGAN WINNER

FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE

The GE Empl oyee Safety Poster Contest

officially opened this past Tuesday. All
Waynesboro GE employees are eli gible to
enter the contest and try to win a brand
new GE 8-track stereo music system.
You don't have to be a Rembrandt to
win. All you need is an original idea
and the ability to put that idea into
the simplest artistic form on a poster
board. Posters will be judged on originality, message appeal, neatness and
artistry.
There will be 5 poster contest winners
and each winning poster will be displayed
.....,... each month for the rema i nder of the year,
beginn i ng in August.
If you can draw a straight line you
can enter ... and if you have any thoughts
on safety at al l , then you stand a chance
of becoming a wi nner. So don't lose
another minute. Enter the Safety Poster
Contest and share your thoughts on safety.
The deadline for entries is midni ght,
June 15.

UNION NEGOTIATION NE\NS

Company and Union negotiators met on
Wednesday and Thursday this week to review
a number of areas on which there have been
previous discuss i ons and presentations.
On Wednesday, the Company and the full
UE negotiating committee reviewed the
contract language covering several articles.
Among these were working conditions, wage
rates, discrimination, ho l idays, and vacations.
Thursday's meetings were devoted to
discussions on the Insurance Plan, Savings
and Security Program, and Pension Plan.
Negotiations are scheduled to continue
next week.

Congratulations to William T. Jenkins,

Safety Slogan winner for the month of June.
The sl ogan which won Bill a new GE AM/FM
Digital Cl ock- Radio is: "When standing at
St. Peter's gate, safety then will be too
late.
11

Safety measures are preventive measures.

It is too late to thin k about safety after
an accident has happened so it is best to
be safety conscious at all times. Don ' t
let it be too late for you.
In the picture above, Bill (1) receives his
new cl ock- radio from his foreman, Hard i ng Lonas.

*****
spruce up
Virginia

comp~ny's

coming
1976

Back From Hawaii,

Tom Werner Finds He's
GE's 60,000th Pensioner

Now, less than three years later , the

retiree family has crossed the 60,000 mark
with Tom Werner's retirement. That total ~
expected to be up by 50 percent--to 90,000
in less than ten years.
All those thousand s of retirees and
potential retirees are good reasons why
the GE Pension Trust requires right now
more than $1 billion in assets for the
benefits of those already retired, plus
nearly $2.5 billion for benefits of those
scheduled to retire in the future.
Tom Werner , whose retirement put the
active pensioner family over the 60,000
membership mark, had 39 years of GE service
when he retired. He took hi s pension under
the provision of the GE Pension Plan that
makes it possible to retire on full earned
pension as early as age 62.

RETIREE FAMILY HITS 60,000--Thomas Werner , of

GE ' s Switchgear plant in Philadelphia, retired
early this year to make the active pensioner
family 60 ,000 strong . He is shown with his
wife, Thelma .
When he went home from his l ast day on the
j ob as a wireman in GE's Philadelphi a Switchgear
plant, he didn't waste time . He thanked everyone for their good wishes. He and his wife
packed their bags. The bi g bird from the
friendly skies was ready. They were off to
Hawa ii.
It happened almost that fast. Shortly after
Tom Werner retired early this year, he and his
wife were soaking up Hawaiian sunshine.
Now, only recently returned from a long
Hawaiian stay, Tom (Thomas E.) Werner has
just discovered that, with the addition of hi s
name, GE's active pension roll has reached
60,000--meaning that there are now more than
60,000 pensioners and beneficiaries receiving
GE retirement income benefits.
The GE pensioner family has grown faster
in recent years as the many who joined GE in
the World War II era have begun to retire.
In 1949 there were only 10,000 on the act ive
pension roll. It took nine years--until 1958
--for the total to grow about another 10,000.
In just seven more years--in 1965--there were
near ly 30,000 on the roll. Then the pensioner
family grew even faster. It took just five
years--until 1970--for the number to climb
to over 40,000. Then in three years- -in
1973-- the retiree fami ly reached 50 ,000.

The Hawaiian trip was the first to what

Tom says will be many tr ips during his
retirement career. And that's not counting
the fishing trips to Canada which he's taken
annually for the past 17 years and plans
to cont inue .
Tom Werner's GE retiremen t income of
pension and Social Security tota l about ......,.
80 percent of hi s average "take home" of
recent years . Mrs. Werner, younger than
Tom, has a few years to go before she, too,
receives Socia l Securi ty benefits to make
their retirement in come even better.
With a home in Haver ford, Pennsylvania,
all paid for, a boat for f un and fishing,
and plenty of other interests, Tom Werner
and his wife are set to enjoy life as
members of the GE retiree fam il y in which
Tom' s name is the 60,000th on the acti ve
ro 11 .

ANNOVNCEMENT
ALL GE SCOUT LEADERS
Don Hall , Tri-Rivers District Scout Chairman, will hold an "Appreciation" Coffee for
all registered Scouters here at GE in the
Pl ant auditorium on June 15 from 10:00 a.m.
to 10:30 a.m. All employees who are registered in ~scoutin g pos i tion are invited
to attend .
BOWLING LEAGUES TO BE FORMED
Wayne Lanes on Char lo tte Avenue in Waynesboro
is forming bowling leagues for interested GE
employees. Empl oyees who wi sh to participate
may ca ll Wayne Lanes at 942-9100 for more
information .

Read That savings Bond Folder;

It Has Important Information
,,,....... The small folder about U.S. Savings Bonds
~nat came with your paycheck today can be
important to your future. It is called
"Declarations of Independence 1776-1976."
The little folder can provide you with
information on the special values of U.S.
Savings Bonds that you may not have considered,
even though you are buying Bonds now.
During the 12 months ending September 1975,
172,000 GE people were purchasing Bonds under
GE savings plans. During the year, nearly
16,ooo employees invested in Bonds for the
first time, while a whopping total of 138,ooo
GE people increased their investments over
the previous year.
The total maturity value of U.S. Savings
Bonds purchased in 1975 by General Electric
employees rose to a new high--more than
$145 million. That's $6 million more than
the previous high in Bonds purchased in 1974.
If you are already purchasing Savings
Bonds regularly, the folder offers a review
~f methods to make Bonds produce the greatest
alue for you in achieving your investment
objective. For example, it shows how to use
them to build funds for a child's education,
to create a supplement to retirement income,
or just to save for a special purchase, such
as a new car or a special vacation.
If you aren't aware of how buying Bonds
can provide you with one of the soundest of
growth investments, the folder can give you
important new information.
GE employees buy Savings Bonds three ways-through the Savings and Security Program or
the Savings and Stock Bonus Plan, both of
which offer company matching payments to
encourage you to save, or through the GE
Savings Plan. Under the Savings and Securjty
and Savings and Stock Bonus Plans, Bonds are
held for specified holding periods; under the
Savings Plan, the Bonds are delivered as soon
as payroll deductions total enough to purchase
a Bond.

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~ f v/7b

Quality Awarene.ss
"' :lfa*" uKeincke,

SO, WHAT CAN YOU DO? WHAT IMPACT WILL YOUR

QUALITY OR LACK OF IT HAVE ON ANYTHING?
Now, we're getting down to the heart of
the issue. We have some idea of what quality
is, we're pretty sure we need it and hopefully
we all feel responsible, at least to some
degree.
Once again, to make things a little more
clear, remember that it was a 39 cent fastener
that caused the failure of a multi-million
dollar Apollo missile .. and a faulty wire
was termed the probable cause of the Apollo
capsule fire which cost the lives of three
Astronauts. The impact of quality is everywhere and can come from any part which goes
into the product.
Looking at a TermiNet* with its 7,000
parts, remember that if any one of those
parts is defective we have the potential of
causing customer dissatisfaction. Considering
there are a multitude of things which can
cause a defective part, it is obvious that
everyone must do his work with quality of
workmanship constantly in mind.
What impact do you have? Let's take a
part from start to finish and see if we can
see where each of us fits in.
To begin with we have raw material or
actual parts which come through Receiving.
Unless the material or part is handled properly, we can cause damage which will create defects that may be found here or else defects
which will not be found until later on in the
production cycle. Material handling is
definitely an important part of the quality
picture.
Next the material or part goes through
Incoming Inspection. Here we try to see if
there are any defects, what the defects mean
and what to do about these defects. Keeping
in mind that it is economically impossible to
look at every part and each piece of material
for every possible defect, we must do a quality
job on what we do inspect. The quality of
material and parts passing through Incoming
Inspection, all other things being equal, is
directly related to the quality job performed
by the Incoming Inspection personnel. This
is a big job which takes a lot of dedication,
care, judgment and skill to be effective.
{Cont'd Page 4, Col. 2)

CHAINED?

QUALITY AWARENESS
(Cont'd from Page 3, Col. 2)
Planning, tools and up-to-date techniques
can be provided, however, on ly peopl e have
the capabil ity to find the unexpected and
supply the common sense necessary to assur~
that material and parts are r i ght.
The Inspector's /Teste r ' s jobs can be made
easier by the quality of work done in
advance by Engineering and Purchas i ng, both
of whom mus t be thinking quality . The burden, however, is clearly on the individual
inspectors/testers. No ma tter where you
look or how you cut it, people make it happen .

Jim Small won't actua l ly be locked in ball

and chain th i s Saturday when he "ties the
nuptial knot" but a few of hi s friends thought
it wou l d be amusing to try to give him that
impression.
Leon Johenn i ng, John McKi ll ip, Milt
Schooley and Leon Harris got together and
constructed a ba l l and chain lock out of an
old bowling ba ll and an i ron chain and cl amped
it to Jim's l eg earli er this week. Since they
had the key, Jim had to carry the ba ll around
all day as a rem i nder of "what he was getting
himself into.
Apparent ly Jim thought it
was well worthwhile since he carri ed i t
around with a big smi l e on hi s face al l day.
11

Jim ' s bride-to-be i s Mi ss Mary Katherine

Keedwe ll of Emporia, Vi rginia. We are sure
al l of his fr i ends wis h he and his wife the
very best.

THE EDI TOR'S HEADACHE

Getti ng out t hi s publication i s no
pi cnic.
If we print jokes, people say we are
silly.
If we don ' t, they say we are too
se rious.
If we stick close to the office al l
day, we ought to be around hun ti ng
materi al.
If we ge t out and try to hustle, we
ought to be on the job in the office.
If we don ' t print contributions , we
don't apprec i ate gen i us.
And if we do print them, the paper
i s full of j unk!
If we ed i t the other fellow's stuff,
we ' re too cri tica l .
If we don ' t, we ' re asleep.
If we cl ip th i ngs from other magazi nes,
we are too l azy to write them ourselves.
Now, l ike as not , some guy will say we
copied t hi s from some magazine.
We did.

Let's assume that our part goes through

the Mach i ne Room (MOl) next. Here again,
we are ta l king about thousands of parts and
tens of thousands of separate operations to
build just one TermiNet. Only one person
can hope to control the quality of these
parts - the individual who i s doing the job.
He handles each part and performs each operation. He is the only one who gets this
close to each piece of materia l or part and
is also familiar with the detai l s of the
part. He is the one determin i ng the qual ity
with his sk il l, care, concern and awareness
of responsibility.
Inspect i on is the next step in the cycl~
Due to cost and sheer vo l ume of parts and
pieces, all we can do i s examine sampl es
from each l ot of parts and cl ose ly check
those items wh i ch are most cri tical . At
inspection we hope to prevent a disaster
by usin g the lessons of statistics and
probabilities, bu t there is no way to
insure 100% quality parts if 100% qua l ity
isn't built in.
As at Incoming Inspection, people ca n
find more defec ts if they are doing a quality
job, but it is reall y t he operator who contributes the most towards insuring the
quality needed to stay in bus iness . The
formula for success at t his point i s for the
operators and t he inspectors to work as a
team, each doing the things for which he has
been trained. The inspectors are there to
help the operator produce qua l ity through
their knowledge of process capa bilities and
use of sophis t icated meas ureme nt techniques,
but the burden is clear ly on the individual
doing the job when it comes to tota l quality.
Working as a team is the only way we have
any chance to succeed.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRI C
VOL XVI II No. 25

June 9, 1976

WAYNESBORO, VIRGIN IA

THOSE 1975 INSURANCE PLAN DOLLARS:

HERE'S HOW THEY W ENT TO WOR K FOR EMPLOYEES
,,,-.....
he annual report of the GE Insuranc e
AND DEPENDENTS
Plan for 1975 was issued thi s week . I t
1

appears on the reverse side of today 1 s NEWS .

Here are some of the most s i gnificant
facts contained i n the report:
The total cost in 1975- - $284 mi llion ,
$31 million mor e than ever be fore . The
biggest portion of it went to pay for incur red claims which i ncluded :
- --Life insurance claims of more than
$42 million .
---Accidental death and d i smember ment
claims of near ly $2 mi llion.

Insurance Plan coverage- - life insurance,

acc i dental death and dismemberment coverage,
medical expe nse c overage, and weekly sic kness
a nd accident income- - is free to employees .
Medical expense coverage is available t o
dependents of employees - -no matter how many- for $100 or less per year, depending on
earnings .
When GE became the first large company
to provide compr ehensive medical expense
coverage for employees i n 1955 , company cont r ibutions for all the benefits of the entir e
plan totalled only $11 mi llion. By l ast year
GE cont ributions had multiplied more than
2 , 000% to an all- time high of $263 million.

- -- weekly sickness and acc i dent claims of

over $31 million .

SERVICE PINS

- --Medical expense and maternity clai ms of

$191 milli on . Employees ' claims in t his
category were over $90 million , and
dependents 1 claims added up to nearly
$101 million .
In addition , about $19 million wa s s et
aside to help provide life i nsur ance f or
retirees . About $12 mi llion was used for
taxes and other expenses , but that was
exceeded by interest credits of $1 3 mi lli on
fr
insurance companies on reser ves built
up over the year s.
How many people did the Insura nce Plan
cover last year? At the year 1 s end 292 , 585
GE employees had personal cove rage while
210 , 568 had coverage for their depe nd ents .
How many claims were handled ? Well over a
million .
GE paid , essentially, all of the c ost of
~ yee coverage--more than $180 million.
fo.u
,;E paid approximately 80%--about $82

rrill ion--uf the cost of depe ndent coverage ,

with employees paying the balance.

(Con t 'd ne xt column)

AWARDED
FOR THE MONTH OF APRI L
25 YEARS

35 YEARS
Y. b. P l.tche r

R. H. Heffner

10 YEARS

20 YEARS
J.

c.

E.
M.

w.

IL

F.
M.
H.
G.
B.
A.
R.
H.
M.
D.

J.
B.
G.
H.
K.
M.
G. c.
J . D.
M. H.
M. T.
W. L.

Brydge
Davis
Elkins
Fitzgerald
Grant
Greaver
Gyorko
Hite
Hufford
Humphreys
Hyde
Lockri dge
Moomaw
Shifflett
Vest
Wingfield

c.
s. s.

F.

R.
A.
G.
F.
B.
N.
M.
J.
L.
R.

E.
L.
F.
W.
W.
H.
B.
M.
F.
L.

Arbogast
Arehart
Balser
Clark
Colvin
Dame ron
Flint
Hemp
Payne
Rhodes
Sh i plett
Southwi ck

5 YEARS
J. C. Uggla

Report for 1975 on Your General Electric Insurance Plan

In 197 5 the benefits paid under the Plan to employees and their beneficiaries once again
reached a new high - over $28 million more
than in any previous year. All regular General
Electric employees enjoy the valuable protection of the Plan. Since 1955 when the Company

pioneered by offering comprehensive medical

expense insurance, annual Company contributions under the Plan have increased from $1 I
million to over $263 million.

Here's How The Money Was Spent

Here's How The Cost Was Shared

CLAIMS INCURRED DURING THE

YEAR:

Employee Coverage Total Cost $181,137,980

(Includes Life Insurance, Accidental Death or Dismemberment
Insurance, Weekly Sickness and Accident Insurance, Medical Expense Insurance, and Maternity Benefits.)
Amounts received from:
General Electric Company and
participating affiliates .............. $180,929,888
Employee Payroll Deductions ...... $
208,092

(99.9%)
(.I%)

Employees Covered (at year end) .................................... 292,585

The Company's objective is to provide General Electric employees
with sound group insurance protection. Since 1971, the Company
has paid the full cost of the coverage except for the cost of special
additional benefits required by laws of certain states.

Dependent Coverage Total Cost $103,237,683

(Includes Medical Expense Insurance and Maternity Benefits)
Amounts received from:
General Electric Company and
(79.6%)
participating affiliates ...................... $82, 124,469
(20.4%)
Employee Payroll Deductions ............ $21,113,214
Employees with Coverage (at year end) ................................ 210,568
The original aim of the Company was to devote the major portion of
its contribution to employee coverage and to assume only the administrative costs of the dependent coverage with employee payroll
deductions covering the cost of incurred claims for dependents.
However, in 1975, employee payroll deductions again fell far
short of the amount needed to cover the cost of claims incurred by
their dependents, and the Company paid the balance of the claims
cost as well as the administrative cost of dependent coverage.

Combined Cost of Plan Total Cost $284,375,663

Amounts received from:
General Electric Company and
participating affiliates .................... $263,054,357
Employee Payroll Deductions ............ $21,321,306

This report shows the 1975 financial activities

of the General Electric Insurance Plan wh~
has provided broad, flexible protection for e
ployces and their dependents, the cost of this
protection and how this increasing hospital and
medical cost was shared.

(92.5%)
(7.5%)

The combined cost of the Plan - including the cost of coverage for
both employees and deper.
'.ts - was over $284 million. This
amount is an impressive all-time high. Since 1955 the annual cost of
this Plan has increased by over $255 million.

NOTES

By employees

Life Insurance .................... $42,410,898

Accidental Death or
0'
h
I 71 6 856
ismem erment . ... .. .. ... ... . . '
'
Weekly Sickness and
Accident .......................... 31,266,306
Medical and Maternity ........ 90,360,244

TOTAL BY EMPWYEES

165,754,304

By dependents

Medical and Maternity ...... 100.519, 730

TOTAL INCURRED CLAIMS 266,274,034
. .

Add1t1on to reserve for retired

employees ............................ 19,079,000

total or $266,274,034.

This is the amount set aside in

1975 with the Metropolitan
Lire Insurance Company to
help provide life insurance
coverage for pensioners. Pen
sioners claims for life in
surance arc included above.

0 th er c harges .......................... 12010 085

Gross Cost .............................. 297,363, 119
Less interest credits .................. 12,987,456
Net Combined Cost of the Plan
in 1975 ............................ $284,375,663

Under the Plan 138,000 ~

claims were paid in I.
than in 1974 and benefits or
$265,122,085 were paid .dircctly to or for employees and
their beneficiaries. The funds
held in reserve to pay claJms
for covered expenses incurred
by employees and their de
pendents in a given year, but
which are not reported in
that year, were increased by
Sl.151.949. These two ilcms
make up the incurred claims

This is the amount for taxes,

expenses. necessary adjustment of other reserves and
other purposes.

1This.is the amount ~f intere..t

credited by the ansu~ancc

~~;rp;:: Y~~r~~erves

built up

General Notes Regarding The Insurance Plan

Cost of Plan ... During 1975 benefits provided directly by the Company amounted to
SI 14,224,470 and the balance of the net cost ($170,151,193) represents net premiums
payable to insurance carriers. No comm1SSions were paid.
Rcservei. ... At the end of 1975. the insurance carriers were holding rci.crves totalinK
$246.0 million to meet Plan obliaiauons. The principal obligation is to provide Jirc
insurance to pensioners.
Premiums ... During the year. the Company pays premiums to the insurance carrier:!>
that arc designed to cover insured costs plus a small additmnal amount to provide for
unpredictable claim costs. The excess for 1975 was Sl02,S56 - less than . I% or the
total premium paid. This excess, having been paid from Company funds was, of
course, returned to the Company and is excluded from the figures in this report.
Other Costi. ... A substantial item or cost 1s created by the dericaJ and other administrative work which 1s performed by the Company to operate the Insurance Plan
and the cost or this work (other than the administration of the California Voluntary
Plan) is not reflected in the figures in this report. In 1975 this work included the preliminary processing of over l,200,000 insurance claims.
Neither do the figures reflect the benefits of $3,241,37S rurnished in 1975 to pensioners,
their spouses and surviving spouses under the General Electric Medical Care Plan
for Pensioners. In addition the Company paid $28.2 million in 197S for Medicare in
Social Security taxes.
Employees Protected ... The actual participation shown above is at the end of 197S.
During the year an avcraac of 309,422 cmplOYCCli had personal coverage, while an
average of 217,042 also had coverage for their dependents.

GENERAL. ELECTRIC

WAYNESBORO PLANT
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GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 26

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

ANNUAL PENSION TRUST REPORT

GROWING RETIREE FAMILY, IMPROVED PENSIONS,
REQUIRE TRUST TO GROW TO MEET FUTURE NEEDS

Pension benefits paid out from the GE

Pension Trust in 1975 reached a new record
of $147 million . That was $21 million more
than the $126 million paid out in 1974, and
$31 million more than the $116 mill ion paid
out in 1973 . Pension payment s just 10 years
ago, in 1965, were only $46 milli on.
The size o f the 1975 payments f or pension
benefits is one of the important fi gures in
~ Report for 1975 on the GE Pension Trust
~ was issued early this month.
The Report
i s printed on page 4.
Those who study the annual financial reports
of the Pension Trust recognize that the constant increase in Trust obligations i s the
reason why the Trust must continue to grow.
That's why dividends, i nterest, other income ,
and market value i ncreases on Trust invest ments, plus company and employee contributions ,
a re so important t o every participant.
Here a r e some highl i ghts from the Report
that should be of interest t o all Pension
member s .
The number of people on the GE Pension
Roll as 1975 ended was 59, 497. (The 60,000
mark has now been r eached. ) That 59,497 is
nearly double the number on the Roll ten years
ago and 43% greater than the number just five
years ago .
The Trust began 1975 with assets of almost
$2 . 8 billion. But the Trust's zooming obligations--more pensioners, hi gher pensions,
~increased pension credits for current
l
.oyees--means that it cannot remain constant but must gr ow. During 1975 assets
increased by $285 million .

(Cont'd next column)

Where did the increase in assets come

from?
--$170 million was from Company contributions
(About $21 million more than in 1974) .
--$47 mi llion came from employee contributions ($3 million more than in 1974) .
--$215 million came from dividends, interest
and al l other investment income.
--After subtraction of $147 million paid out
in pensions , the increase was $285 million
and the assets had reached a little more
than $3 billion.
As the Report shows, more than $1 billion
of the Trust, together with interest and
other income, is there to pay benefits of those
already retired . It must provide for those
pens ions far into the future .
Also, approximately $2 billion is in the
Trust t o pay pensions of those who are not
yet retired . That $2 billion is counted on
to grow through dividends , interest and other
income to meet i ts obligations .
There is an unfunded liability of $581
million that must be provided for if t he
Trust is t o meet all of its obligations of
the future . This is primarily the result
of improvements in the Pension Plan in
recent years. These improvements made huge
increases in Trust liabilities . (At the
end of 1970 the unfunded liability was only
$73 million . ) About $56 million of the
company ' s contributions in 1975 was in
payment on the unfunded liability .
A total of 6 , 658 people were added to
the rolls in 1975, says the Report.

LAST CALL FOR ENTRIES IN THE

GE #l Wins Tournam.ent

SAFETY POSTER CONTEST

Next Tuesday, June 15, is the deadline
for entries in the Employee Safety Poster
Contest. Employees wishing to enter the
contest must submit their entries no later
than midnight on that day.
As a reminder to employees, posters must
be prepared on poster board 22 11 wi9e by 17 11
high. Also, a maximum of 3 colors may be
used in preparing the poster (not including
the color of the poster board itself).
There will be 5 winners in the contest and
each winner will receive a brand new GE 8-track
stereo music system as a grand prize. As
required by law, the value of the prizes will
be reported as income; however, GE will ~
the government the applicable taxes and,
both the value of the prize and the amount
of the taxes paid by GE will be reflected in
the winners' W-2 forms at the end of the year.
There's only a few more days to go so get
those posters in before the deadline. You
may be a winner.

GE #1 won the District Industrial tournament held in Charlottesville by beating

Thiokol in two consecutive games with the
scores of 12-11 and 14-4.
GE #1 won 8 of 9 games in coming back
from a losing start to win the tournament.
The team was led at the plate by Ala n Huntley
who had 27 hits in 37 at-bats, including 2
home runs; Kenny Gray with 21 hits in 35 atbats, including 2 home runs; and Jim Mace
with 20 hits in 37 at-bats, including 3 home
runs. Home runs were also contributed by
Steve Huffer and John Painter with 2 each,
and Gary Batton with 1.
GE #1 took 1st place with Thiokol coming
in 2nd and Stromberg 3rd. Each team will
advance to Lynchburg for the State Tournament on July 24 and 25.

Patent Awards

SERVICE PINS
AWARDED
FOR THE MONTH OF MAY
MILLI SER

SITTER

HANGER

Charles E. Milliser, Design Engineer, and

David N. Sitter, Unit Manager-Design, have
recent ly received a U. S. Patent. This patent
rel ates to printers and more particularly to
a method and apparatus for control ling the
rate of printing by a serial printer. This
was the first patent for both Charles and
Dave.
William A. Hanger, Design Engineer-DCPD,
has also received a patent. Bi ll's patent
relates to a photoelectric signal generating
circuit, more particularly to such a circuit
for use in connection with high speed printing devices. This is Bill ' s first patent.

25 YEARS
W. F . Ostrander
D. F. Roger s

20 YEARS
W. J . Fol som
A. H. Lawrence
C. D. McAl l i s t er
V. H. Sandy
R. F. Suddarth, J r.
D. B. Young

15 YEARS
E. W. Claytor
E. R. Howard

10 YEARS
R. C. Ashby
G. P. Batey
J . R. Cooper
E. M. Crawford
K. J . Desimone
G. C. Dicker son
J . L. Driver, Jr .
R. L. Eppig
K. P. Grove
L. P . Kite
E. G. Napier
P. L. Ramsey
D. F . Showalter
J . J . Turner , Jr .
M. B. Turner
W. F . Whitesell

Quality Awareness

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WHERE DO YOU FIT IN?

So far our TenniNet* is still a lot of

parts. Already hundreds of people have
contributed to quality. Let's move along
to the sub-assembly and assembly areas.
You may think that a quality job at this
.Point is to insure that the right parts are
assembled in the right places. This, of
course, is true, but is not the whole
quality picture. Once again as in MOl, here
are the people who handle each part and understand best how the parts go together. Whereas the individual in MOl is most familiar
with how the part is made and what each
dimension is, the people here are most
familiar with how the part is used. It is
their knowledge and quality awareness at
this stage that can improve the quality
coming to them and, of course, leaving their
station. By conununfcatfng what is found
and what is happening at each work station
we can work to improve the entire system,
piece by piece if necessary.
Once again, the inspectors who are there,
are there to help the assembly operators
produce better quality. As previously
noted, they sample the work and look at some
critical items dimensions etc., so as to
prevent a disaster. But, remember, it is
really the operator who determines the
quality. The quality of work performed by
the inspectors is essential to cost and
final product quality, but the primary contribution they can make is to help the
operator do a quality job.
Once a TermiNet is assembled and is
operational, because it is a complex
mechanism, it must be tested to specific
specifications by qualified and knowledgeable individuals. The entire test and
inspection cycle at the unit level is
extremely important because this is very
close to what our customers will receive.
The product is near the end of the line
where if anything goes undetected, we can
expect a customer complaint.

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However, as in every other case, the

inspectors and testers alone cannot insure
a quality product. It is the quality of
the product they receive that really
determines the quality of the product which
the customer receives. Of course, the better
quality job performed by these inspectors
and testers, the better the chance of eliminating defects. These people can, in a lot
of cases, find and fix quality defects which
went undetected up to this point. They can
(Cont'd next column)

UNION NEOOTIATION NE\NS

National Contract Negotiations continued
this week with UE. The discussions covered a
variety of subjects, as both management and
the union continued to explore priorities and
to examine issues. In addition to discussing
vacations, holidays and skilled trades matters,
on Thursday a subconunittee met to discuss
problems associated with LIE-represented Apparatus Service Shops. Negotiations will resume
next week.

ANNOUNCfMENT
ALL GE SCOUT LEADERS
Don Hall, Tri-Rivers District Scout Chairman, will hold an "Appreciation" Coffee for
all registered Scouters here at GE in the
Plant auditorium on June 15 from 10:00 a.m.
to 10:30 a.m. All employees who are registered in !!J.l scouting position are invited
to attend.
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THE LIVING SACRIFICE"

A 11 brfng-your-own-food 11 picnic will be

held this Saturday, June 12, at the Rfdgeview Park at which "The Living Sacrifice",
a live band from Hampton, Virginia, will
prov1de an afternoon of entertainment.
The picnic will be from 2:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m. and is open to the general public.
So bring your picnic baskets, swinming suits,
and tennis rackets and enjoy an afternoon of
llllsf cal entertainment at the Ridgeview Park.
(Cont'd from Col. 1)
also identify problems which are new or which
nobody has even tho_!Jght about. It is only
their knowledge and attention to quality,
at this point, that stands between us and a
dissatisfied customer. They represent
our last chance to insure that our customer
receives a quality product. Their's is
perhaps the most exposed position when it
comes to quality, and yet they are dependent
upon everyone else who came before them in
order to insure a good product. Being a
last line of defense can be very rewarding
because you can "save the fort, 11 but ft
can also b~ frustatfng ff-you are the only
defense.
Now that we have a picture of what
happens, our final article will bring it
all together in dollars and cents. You'll
begin to see where quality is job security,
job satisfaction and money. These are
things we can all relate to.

REPORT FOR 1975 ON YOUR GENERAL ELECTRIC PENSION TRUST

Thia report shows the financial activities of the General Electric
Pension Trust during 1975 and Its llatua at the end of 1975. It

contains Information llmllar to that which the General Electric

CompanJ ha pnmded to emploJH for a number of reara.

The General Electric Pension Trust was established in 1927 to

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

eligible to receive pensions in the future. None of the assets can

ever revert to General Electric Company. General Electric pays
all the costs of administering the Pension Plan and Trust (brokerage fees and transfer taxes are treated as part of the price of the
securities when purchased and as a reduction of price when sold).

HERE ARE THE CHANGES DURING 1975

(Dollar Amounts In Thousands)

NET FUND 12/31/74 ............................ $2,762.033

Amounts attributable to:
Interest, dividends and other
investment net income ..........................
Common stock appreciation:
Realized ..............................................
Accrued ..............................;.................

127,981 }
16,718
70,741

...

Resulting from investment of contributions made by the Company since 1927

and by the Company and employees since 1946, and reinvestment of income.

Employee payroll deductions, less

refunds for death and withdrawal ......... .

47,166 (a)

are the contributions made during 1975 by participants on the excess

over $6,600 of eligible compensation, less refunds of contributions as a result
... ofThese
death or withdrawal from participation.

Contributions by General Electric

Company and participating affiliates ......

170.184 (b)

is the amount which with income and employee contributions is required

to cover the ':Ost of pension benefits which apply to service during 1975 plus
... This
a payment of $56.2 million on unfunded prior service liabilities.

Pt'nsions paid during 1975 ................

147,28fJ (c)

These payments to pensioners and benefu;,iaries will increase with the increase
... in pension rolls as more presently participating employees retire. The number
on the pension rolls at December 31, 1975 was 59,524-an increase of 91 %
over the number 10 years ago and 43% over the number just 5 years ago.

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

285,510

NET FUND 12/31/75 ........................... $3,047,543

Includes following amounts, in thousands, applicable to the
International General Electric Puerto Rico, Inc. Pension
Plan: (a) $9, (b) $12 (before deferred gains), (c) $17.

Tho esse~ of the Trust are required specifically to provide for ( 1) pensions
payable to present pensioners and beneficiaries as well as for ( 2) pensions
... built up through 1975 by present employees and vestees who will re.tire in
tho future. Pensions are payable only from the assets of the Trust and they
will continue to grow as employees service and earnings increase. It is necessary, therefore, that the total assets of the Trust increase correspondingly so
there will be sufficient funds to pay these pensions when employees retire.

HERE IS HOW THE PENSION TRUST STOOD AT THE END OF 1975

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

AUDIT, ACTUARIAL REVIEW AND FUNDING

(Dollar Amounts In Thousands)

ASSETS
U.S. Government obligations .................... $

53,862
335,268
1,775,178

Corporate and other obligations ............... .

Common stocks ......................................... .
Other equity investments convertible
55,913
into commons ......................................... .
295,011
Mortgages - Industrial ............................. .
43,307
U.S. Government mortgages ..................... .
291,602
Real estate (leases, notes & other) ..............
236
Mineral interests ........................................ ..
2,633
Miscellaneous investments ........................ ..
Total investments (excluding
2,853,010 (a)
short-term investments) ......................... .
123,093
Cash and short term investments ............... .
77,649
Receivables ..................................................
3,053,752
Total assets ..................................................
6,209
Less miscellaneous liabilities ..................... .
NetFund ....................................................... $3,047.543 (b)
PARTICIPANTS' EQUITY
For payment of pensions to 59,524
present pensioners and beneficiaries ...... $1,153.848
Required to pay pensions for service
through 1975 for employees who
1,893.695
will retire in the future ............................
Total participants' equity ........................... . $3,047 ,543 (c)

AUDIT: The records of the General Electric Pension Trmt arc audited each year by Peat,
Marwick, Mitchell & Co., c:crtiflcd public accountants. The latest audit was made as of
December 31, 197.S.
ACTUARIAL REVIEW: The firm of independent consulting actuaries, The Wyatt Company, bas reported as follows: "We have reviewed the calculations of the pension cost
applicablo to tho year 197.S under tho General Elec:tric Pension Plan. In our opinion, as
Independent actuaries, the actuarial assumptions and procedures used for the 1!17.S calculations aro in accordance with accepted actuarial principles. Based on the data submitted by
General Electric for our analysis, .we ftnd the results to be reasonable in representing the
pension cost of the Plan applicame to the year 197.S." The Wyatt Company has also reviewed and approved the valuatJon of liabllitics for bcneftts accrued through December
31, 1974.
FUNDING PROGRAM: Investments arc.carried at amortized cost plus programmed aa>preciatfon in the common stock portfolio, the recognition or which is limited by a maXlmum ratio, calculated on a movins basis, of book to market values over a multi-year
period. Unfunded liabilities are being amortized over a 20-ycar period. The actuarial
assumptions used in 197.S include a 69& estimated rate of future earnings, and mortality,
employee tumovcr, e>ptional retirement and disability retirement rates derived from
cxpedencc under the Plan.

Notes to Financial Statement

(a) Market value approdmatcly $2.798,210,000. No assets were invested in securities or
property of (1) General Elcc:tric Company or its aftUJatcs or (2) any officer. trustee or
employee of the Trust. No loans were made durina the year. nor were any outstandinK at
year-end, to General Electric Company or its affiliates or to any officer. trustee or
employee of the Trust.
(b) Includes net assets applicable to International General Electric Puerto Rico, lnc.
Pension Plan amounting to $532,000 which are commingled for investment purposes.
(c) Unfunded liabDlty at the end of 1975 was estimated by the Company on a prcllmlnary
basis to be approximately $581,000,000.

HERE ARE SOME FACTS ON RETIRED EMPLOYEES.

As of December 31, 1975, there was a total
of 59.497 persons receiving bnefits under the
General Electric Pension Plan. of whom
56,514 were pensioners (40,280 men and
16,234 women) and 2.983 beneficiaries. There
were also 27 persons retired under the IGEPR
Plan.

Durinf 1975 there were 6,658 additions to

the pension rolls. Of these 5,858 employees
and 587 beneficiaries were added to the regular monthly payroll and 65 employees and
148 beneficiaries were given lump sum settlernents.

Tho average age at retirement of the employees added to the regular monthly pension
payroll was 61.1 years; their average length
of service at retirement was 25.3 years and
their average monthly payment under the
Pension Plan was $263.47.

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
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GENERAL@ELECTRIC
~OL

XVIII No. 27

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

SAFETY POSTER CONTEST

HAS ENDED

Bill Perry, Safety Contest Coordinator,

,.....c;.hec ks out two of the posters entered in the
nployee Safety Poster Contest. The contest
ended this past Tuesday, June 15 and, as Bill
stated, "The. e.n:tJUu Me. a.t.e. .6 o o!Ug.<.nal. a.rid
.6howe.d .6ueh ~tA..e a.b,[.l{,ty tha.t 1 th<.n.k.
the. j udg u w.iU ha.v e. qu.<.te. a. job .<.rt de.ucllng
upon the. w.<.rtneM. 1 do not e.nvy theJA wk."
The judging will take place early next week
and winners will be announced in next Friday's
issue of the Plant NEWS. Judges are Mrs. Erin
Girdler, Elementary Art Teacher for the Waynesboro Public Schools, a~d Jerry Kerby, Empl oyee
Relations Specialist at Thiokol Fibers in
Waynesboro.

UNION NEOOTIATION NeNS

Negotiations between the Company and the
UE continued in New York this week. Union
and management representatives met each day,
as the pace of discussions quickened.
In order to permit maximum flexibility in
the daily exchange of views and opinions,
both sides are attempting to keep specific
:tails out of the publ ic press.
It's expected that the talks will continue
on a highly frequent basis next week.

June 18, 1976

D. F. ROGERS COMPLETES 25 YEARS

Mr . Donald F. Rogers, Manager DCPD Production Engineering Subsection, has recently

completed 25 years of service with the Company.
Don, a nati v e of Teaneck , New Jersey,
attended the Polytechnic Institute of
B~ooklyn, where he received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering . He began his career in
Schenectady, with the Maqua Company, a GE
subsidiary. In 1953 he joined the Specialty
Control Department and moved to Waynesboro in
1955. After several design and project
assignments involving machine tool controls,
motor controls and devices , he was named to
manage the Production Engineering Unit for the

(Cont'd Page 3, Col. 2)

DON'T

FORGET YOUR SAFETY GLASSES

Employees who enter the plant during offhours are reminded to bring their safety
glasses with them . Since there are a li mited
number of safety shields in the Recepti on
Room and the Guard House, these glasses are
being retained for visitors' use only. If,
however, employees for some reason must use
the glasses at these two locations, they
should return them immediately upon leaving
the facilities.

Quality Awareness
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MEDICARE:
ANOTHER BENE FIT FOR YOU
FROM SOCIAL SECURITY

WHAT DOES QUALITY MEAN IN TERMS OF DOLLARS AND

CENTS?

For many Americans Social Security is -~

merely another way of saying "retirement ,
income." But Social Security provides much
more than that.

Hopefully by now you can see where you fit

into the quality picture. The impact you

have within the framework of that picture

should be visible in the following illustrations.

Millions Covered by Medicare

Let's say that we find a bad part at

Incoming Inspection. Without exploring the
many alternatives, the primary consideration
is that we simply return the material or part
to the supplier. Ignoring overhead costs, the
cost to the Department at this point to process
the_p~rt is perhaps $1 of Incoming Inspection
act1v1ty.
Now, let's say that we didn't find the
defect at Incoming, but the operator in MOl
found it as he was machining the part. Now
the cost to the Department is that of the MOl
operator plus what it cost to go through
Incoming, perhaps $2, assuming that we can
still return the part to the supplier.
If both Incoming Inspection and the MOl
operators failed to find the defect, but the
MOl inspector finds the defect after all the
MO! operations have been performed, the cost
to the Department is still more. We have
the previous costs, plus the cost of the
inspector, plus the cost of the part, since
once we have machined it we can no longer
return it to the supplier, as a rule. Now
the cost to the Department is probably $4.
If the defect goes undetected until the
subassembly operator finds it, we can add
the cost of the subassembly operator's time.
If the defect isn't found until after the
subqssembly is built, we can add the cost
to scrap the subassembly or, if less, the
cost to rework the subassembly. The cost
is now perhaps $6~
If the aefect isn't found until the
assembly level, we once again add the cost
of this operator. If found after it has
been assembled, we once again face the
cost of rework of the assembly and scrap
or rework of the subassembly. The cost is
now perhaps $10.
If the defect is found at theunit level,
the cost is greatly multiplied by the extensiv test and inspection costs involved, as
well as the complexity of rework and higher
(Cont'd Page 4, Col. 2)

About 22 million Americans, age 65 and

over, have health insurance p~ovided by
Social Security's Medicare. Another two
million Americans, under age 65 who have
received Social Security disability checks
for two or more years in a row, are also
covered under Medicare.

Available at Age 65
Except for certain disability cases,
Medicare is available only when you reach
age 65. This holds true even if you stop
working before that age. GE employees who
take early retirement on a disability or
optional basis are covered by the GE
Insurance Plan until they reach age 65, when
Medicare coverage becomes available.

Medicare Has Two Parts

When you apply for Social Security retirement benefits, you automatically apply for
Medicare. Medicare has two parts; the' first,
hospital insurance, has several features,
including home health services, and--after
you've paid the first $104 of hospital
charges--payment of the ~ull cost of hospitalization for up to 60 days. This part of
Medicare requires no additional Social Security
taxes when you quit working.
The second part of Medicare is medical
insurance, which you automatically become
eligible for unless you choose not to. People
who have this medical insurance currently pay
a monthly premium of $6.70. Under the medical
insurance portion of Medicare, you pay the
first $60 of covered expenses each year and the
plan pays 80 percent of the remaining covered
charges. Some of the covered items include:
physicians' services, x-ray therapy, home
health services, and ambulance service.

Hang On To Your Card

When you become eligible for Medicare,
you receive a card containing your Social

(Cont'd Page 4, Col.1)

Patent Awards

Speak Up For Quality

Offering congratulations to three engineers

who recently received patent awards i s J. Kirk
Snell, Manager-Engineering, DCPD. Left to
right in the photo are Steve Harris, Senior
Development Engineer; Al Surber, ManagerControl Design Engineer, Bill Hanger, Senior
Engineer-Project Design , and Mr. Snell.

V.lti pla.y.i.ng one. o 6 the w-<'..nning cloga.n.6 ,fo

PMQ_C c.on.:tu.t a.11.e., w-<'..nneJL6 (l to 11.J,
AJt:t Hyze.Jt, Ma.na.ge.1t-Q_ua.LU:y Con.:tltol; Ru.th
Ma.cil6on, Vw-<'..gh.t Moomaw, Ma1Ue. Ca.mpbell,
Ron We.a.ve.Jt, a.nd Thelma. Conne.Jt, PMQ_C
e.mploye.u; a.nd V-lc.k We.be.It, Supe.1tv.l601tP1toc.uc Con.:tltol. Not chown .l6 Peggy Noe..

the

Each of you may have noticed different

motivation signs in the Purchased
Material Quality Control areas . Much like
the safety slogan contest, the PMQC organization has been conducting its own slogan
contest. The contest which began prior to
January, 1976, was established for PMQC
employees only. It was conducted to express
the employees' feelings concerning qua lity.

The awards are for two patent applications,

one jointly between Al and Steve and one
jointly between Bill and Steve. The first
concerns a "Print Control System", designed
to eliminate the requirement for fill characters
on TN300 type printers. The second concerns
a "Photoelectric Signal Generating Circuit",
an improvement to TN30 type matrix printers.
The awards are Al' s second, Steve's sixth and
seventh and Bill's si xth.

~ uality

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SWAP SHOP

Individuals in the PMQC organization

were allowed to submit as many suggestions
as they wanted. All the suggestions were
then evaluated by the employees to determine
the 12 best . Each month one of the slogans
have been displayed and will continue to
be displayed through January, 1977. Employees
with the best slogans were treated to free
lunch by Dick Weber, Supervisor-Process
Control.

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17 1
150
1
73

The slogans judged as the best and the

individuals who suggested them are as follows:

TO & FROM MINT SPRINGS--FW 28-29--337-1868 or X1805

January : "Work wisely, intelligently and

diligently" - Marie Campbell
brua ry: "PMQC - Where vendor and
customers meet" - Thelma 'conner
Marc h: "Spare intelli gence, spoil production"
Marie Campbe 11
(Cont'd Page 4, Col . 2)

FOR SALE
1

ROVER 8 1 PICKUP CAMPER--$850--943-2429

350 YAMAHA--$800 or best offer--943-3485
1970 GILES SELF-CONTAI NED CAMPER--942-3501
s~ ft NEW ASPHALT SHINGLES--Ext 1563
J YCO 17 1 SELF-CONTAINED TRAVEL TRAILER--9432446
RIDE WANTED

D. F. ROGERS
(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 2)
first Termi Net products. He has held several
other managerial positi ons here before assuming
his present title i n 1971 .
Don and his wife , Bette , have two sons ,
Kenny (who just completed his first year at
VPI&SU), and Randy (a ri sing senior at
Wayne sboro High School).

MEDICARE
(Cont'd from Page 2, Col . 2)
Securi ty number plus a code . Keep this
claim ca;_ d; no Medicare claims can be
honored wi thout it.
Medicare claims are usually handled by
an insuranc e company or other a gency under
contract to the Government and are not
administered by Social Security itself.
Both parts of Medicare--hospital insurance
and medical insurance--help pr otect elderly
Americans against the high cost of medi cal
care. And , don 't forget , the GE Medical
Care Plan for Pensi oners is also designed to_
provide eligible r et ired employees and their
spous es with addit i onal benefits for periods
of hospitalization; and that helps fill in
the gaps in Medicare coverage.

ADDED PRECAUTIONS

SPEAK UP FOR UALITY

Contd rom age 3, Col. 1)
April: "We' re proud of our quality" - Di ck
Weber
May: "Quality we pursue in everything
we do" - Marie Campbe 11
June:

ir'

"We work with pride" - Peggy Noe

July: "Pleasing the customer is our job"

Peggy Noe
August: "Quality cou nts in increased sales"
Ruth Madison
September: "Work smarter, not harder" Ruth Madison
October: "The customer views quality as we
do, critically" - Ruth Madison
November: "Pride and quality is what we
seek" - Ron Weaver
December: "Quality and efficiency means
profits and job security" - Dwight
Moomaw
January: "Remember, our customer is the
ne xt inspector" - Art Hyzer

UALITY AWARENESS
Contd rom age 2, Col. 1)
potential for scrap at this point. We could
easil y be ta l king about a cost to the
Department of from $15 to $25.

Bobby Harner, Maint enance , i nspects the

chain he has just l ocked which will seal off
the south entrances and exits to the Turner
parking lot . The chains were i nstalled as
an attempt t o reduce the the ft and vandalism
that has invaded the lots.
Four chains have been p laced across the
entrance and exit driveways t o the Turner
parking l ot . The c hains will be l ocked each
night at 6 :00 p.m . and will remain locked
during the sec ond and third shi~s.
Sec ond shift employe es will continue to
enter the lot through the south entrance but
will have to leave through the Mar keting
Building exit.

Some examples, of course, are much less,

but some are also a lot more. The point
being made should now be quite clear. The
earlier in the cycle we find a problem, the
greater impact we have on reducing costs
and insuring the final product quality. At
the same time, the further along in the cycle
a bad part gets, the harder it is to find
and the greater chance we have of missing it.
All we cons idered in this example is one
part with one defect. If we multiply this
by the 7,000 parts and the 700,000 possible
defects in one TermiNet*, we get a pretty
good idea of how important each of us is to
this thing called quality.
Each of us wants quality and all of us
are experts on quality in our own area. It
is going to take all of us to provide a
quality product. We must recognize the need
for and dedicate ourselves to quality.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 28

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

1n the. p.ic.twte. a.bove., W. F. /Glnclt (3.ttd 6.ttom

le.6:t) eong.tta.:tula.teti :the. wtnneJt.6 .in :the. Sa6ety
.-.. Po.6:te.tt Contu:t M :the.y l ook. ove.tt one. 06 the.
6,[ve. p.tt,[zu. W.inneJt.6 M e (l :to .tt ) : 1Ueha.ttd
Co x, John M.i.11.e.tt, Judy Be.ek., Tom Ba.Jt.ttett,
a.nd Cha..ttlu Bowlu .
The Employee Safety Poster Contest is over
and, in a special meeting earlier this week,
Warren F. Kindt, DCPD General Manager, presented the winners with their awards.
The winners who each r eceived a GE 8-track
stereo music system were :
Thomas W. Barrett, Jr . ---Supervisor, PWB
Design-DCPD
Judy M. Beck-------------Secretary-Cost
Acctg. -DCPD
Charles E. Bowles--------Artist-IllustratorNCO
Richard D. Cox-----------Senior Draft smanDCPD
John D. Miller-----------Mill Machine & Grind
DCPD-2nd Shift
In presenting the awards, Mr. Kindt told
the winners that although the contest was over
and the awards were being presented , safety is
still an important part of our bu siness and
should remain uppermost in our thoughts as we
go about our dail y work routines.
Bill Perry, Safety Contest Coordinator,
congratulated the five winners and sta ted t hat
(Cont'd next column }

June 25, 1976

JeJt.Jty Ke.ttby (l) a.nd EJU..n G!U.dle.tt look. ove.tt

:the. pM:teJt.6 wh.ieh we.tte. e.nte.tte.d .in :the. Sa 6ety
PM:te.tt Contu:t M :the.y :t.tty :to .6e.le.e:t the.
w<.nneJt.6. M.tt. Ke.ttby .i-6 an Employee. Re.la.tiol'!li
S pe.~ :t a.:t Th.io k.o l F.ib eJt.6 and M.tt.6 G.iJtdle.tt
.i-6 Ele.me.n:ta.tty AJr;t Te.ac.he.tt.

all of the posters showed a great dea l of

effort and artisti c abi l ity which made it
extreme ly challengi ng f or t he judges in selecting t he wi nners .
The wi nn i ng posters wil l be displ ayed each
month throughou t t he Waynesboro GE fac ilities ,
begi nning with the month of August.
STOCK PRICE AND
' FUND UNIT PRICE
FOR MAY 1976
I

Stock Price
January
Febr uary
March
Apr il
May

$52 . 220
53 . 329
52 . 098
53 .190
51. 469

Fund Unit Price

$26.986
28.042
27.962
28.088
27.547

TOM EDISON TELLS GE STORY IN UNIQUE PRESENTATION

"MAGIC OF MAKE-UP

11

--It took four hours to turn actor Pat Hingle into the 81-year- old "Thomas
Edison" for a series of sketches to be shown during the commercial breaks of GE Theater's
special, The Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet, on CBS- TV, June 27 , 8 : 00 to 10 : 00 p.m. (EDT) .
At left, top, Hingle is still rec ognizable despite a "balding cap" vulcanized onto his head;
at right, one cheek is "aged" with a foam rubber cover . Bottom , left, both cheeks in place;
bottom right, Edison ' s nose and under-chin dewlap are in place. Finished off with etched-in
age lines and a wig, Hingle-Edison is ready for the camera at the extreme right .

GE Theater will present a special within

a special when veteran actor Pat Hingle
appears as Thomas Edison in a one-man show
in the GE commercials on The Bol shoi Ballet:
Romeo and Juliet, June 27 on CBS-TV at 8:0010:00 p.m. (EDT).
A four-hour make-up session transforms
Hingle into Tom Edison, the man whose extraordinary career is so close.l y connected with
the history of GE.
The first commercial spot is set in Edison's
library-study with the 81-year-old inventor

looking back to the creation of what he calls

his "greatest invention"--the country 's first
commercial research lab in Menlo Park, New
Jersey, in 1876. Edison explains that this
could be termed the start of the General Electric Company, although, "I didn't know it at
the time."
For more stories about GE and people who
made the Company grow and prosper as told by
"Tom Edison," tune in the GE Theater, June 27,
8:00-10:00 p.m. (EDT) on CBS.

lNON NEOOTIATION NEWS

Negotiations between the Company and the
UE continued at an intensified pace this week.
Union and Company representatives met last
Saturday and Sunday and expect to continue
bargaining through this weekend.

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Bargaining has been hard, and several

key issues have not yet been resolved to the
satisfaction of both si des.

FREEZER---AIR CONDITIONER--942-9755

SWAP SHOP
FOR SALE

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SURVIVORSHIP BENE FITS:

YOUR FAMILY
MAY NEED THEM SOMEDAY

Beauty Comes In All Sizes

--..

You are probably familiar with the

survivors' benefits under the GE Insurance
and Pension Plans, which are designed to
provide a period of steady income for your
beneficiary in case of your death. But did
you know that Social Security also provides
a similar, continuing benefit?
If a worker dies, Social Security survivors ' checks can provide a steady monthly
income to certain members of the worker ' s
family. Here are some of them :

a widow or dependent widower age 60

or older

a mother with a child in her care

unmarried children under 18 (or under

22 if full-t ime students)

dependent parents age 62 or older

In order to receive survivors ' benefits,

For
_Aample, a worker must have been employed
a specific number of quarters t o qualify
his famil y for survivors' checks . This can
be as little as six quarters (a year and a
half) for a man born in 1950 who dies this
year .

~tain requirements must be met .

There is a maximum amount of monthly

benefit that one family may receive . It' s
based on the earnings record of the worker .
Accompanying this article is a table
which shows, roughly, the maximum monthly
benefits payable t o the fami ly of a worker
who died at the beginning of 1976. You ' ll
notice the younger the worker is and t he
higher his or her earnings at the time of
death, the larger the survivor s ' benefit
checks can be.
Per sons receiving survivors ' benefits are
subject to an earnings limit. Any earnings
above that limit result in a reduction of
the survivors' benefit to that person .
Here's an important point t o remember
out Social Security benefits, including
~urvivors' checks :
they increase automatically as the cost of living increases. And,
Social Security checks are not subject to
Federal income tax .

Celia Winkey

Stephanie Good

What does Celia Leona Winkey and Stephanie

Deanne Good have in common besides parents who
work at GE? The fact that they just may some
day be competing for the title of Miss USA--or Miss America---or even Miss Universe.
At the tender young ages of 10 and 7, respectively, they have both claimed enough
trophies to fill a couple of showcases. And
this past Sunday at Kate Collins Junior High
School, t hey were ab le to add to their collections as Celi a went home with the crown and
t itle of Mi ss Pre-teen Industrial City and
Stephanie walked off with the Little Miss
Industrial City title.
Last week's contest was as far as Celia
could go in her division but Stephan ie will
go on from this contest to compete in the
Tiny Little Miss Virginia Contest in Manassas,
Virginia on August 7 and 8.
Celia is t he daughter of Betty Winkey,
Assemble/Wireman in the CDO-TSI area and
Stephanie is the daughter of Bob Good,
Engineering Technician in the DCPD Photo
Lab.
MAXIMUM MONTHLY SOCIAL SECURITY
SURVIVOR BENEFITS PER FAMILY

WORKER'S ANNUAL EARNINGS AT DEATH

Workers
Age
At Death

$6,000
8.000

S8.000
10.000

$10.000
t2.000

$12.000
t4.000

$14,000
& UP

6365

S45t

S563

$605

S6t7

$620

46-62

462

572

6t7

633

639

4t45

504

596

646

664

673

3640

558

633

701

724

734

3135

590

682

748

777

796

620

7t9

788

852

902

Under 31

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SCHENECTADY-A new research tool for

creating pressures higher than eight million
pounds per square inch-equivalent to
stacking four 50-ton locomotives end-toend on the head of a tack-has been successfully tested by Dr. Francis Bundy. a scientist at the Research and Development
Center. To achieve those high pressures GE
~reated a pair of unique pistons tipped with
thousands of the Company's Man-Made~
industrial diamonds.
"The C!lbility to create pressure higher than
eight million pounds per square _inch, may
lead to the creation of entirely new forms of
known materials. and may provide new
clues to how materials behave at great
depths beneath the surface of the earth and
the other planets ... " predicted Dr. Arthur
Bueche. GE vice-preside.ntfor research and
development.
DANVILLE, ILL.-OVer one-half million dol.:
lars will be spent in the next several months
on new manufacturing equipment and
facilities at this Ballast and Specialty Transformer Business Department plant. according to Bill Wood, manager of manufacturing.
Wood stated the investment had been
planned for sol')'le time but wasn't started
until, "improvement in our business situation
made this plan to strengthen our manufacturing capability possible." Wood added
that, "our business requires continued improvement in productivity, quality, and the
reduction of costs if we are to compete in our
industry. This program of improvements is
aimed at helping satisfy those needs."
SYRACUSE-The loss of a $46 million Air
Force radar contract to Raytheon earlier this
year. means a work force adjustment affecting 300 to 400 Electronic Systems Department salaried employees. The exact
number of employees involved depends on
several items, including success in securing
other contracts and Congressional action
on defense appropriations.
George Woodward, major radar electronics programs general manager. stated,
"the important thing is that we leam enough
from this experience to help win the next
time. Meanwhile, we'll need to work a little
harder at getting even more efficient-to
use our limited resources more effectively
on the important programs we have now and
the new ones we will be pursuing."

CORPORATE ALUMNUS PROGRAM

SETS RECORD IN HELPING COLLEGES,
ANNUAL REPORTS AVAILABLE
Matching contributions under the GE
Foundation's Corporate Alumnus Program
reached an all-time high of $648,437 in
1975. The new record seems primarily the
result of more gifts by employees as a
~esponse to the increased needs of higher
educat.ion, according to the staff of the
Foundation.
The General Electric Foundation's Corporate Alumnus Program was the first
employer matching gift program established
by industry. It is currently operating in
its twenty-second year since its establishment in 1955. All GE employees with one
year of continuous service are eligible to
participate in the Program.
Provisions of the Program remain as
amended in 1973, except that beginning
July 1, 1976, checks for matching gifts
under the Program will be distributed
annually to the beneficiary colleges and
universities. In previous years the distribution was made quarterly. Gift checks
will be processed following the second
quarter of each calendar year. This
change can help.win increased recognition
for .. the Program from colleges and universities and will reduce processing costs for
the Foundation. Matching gift forms for
the Program have been changed from blue to
brown, and information on the form has been
revised. Those using the Program should
look for the revised form.
Under the Program, eligible employees
make gifts to the eligible colleges or
universities of their choice. When
appropl'iate forms are submitted, the
Foundation will m8.ke matching gifts, within
the Program's limitations, to tQ.ose colleges
and universities.
The Foundation prepares an Annual Report
on gifts made under the Corporate Alumnus
Program. Copies go to colleges and universities and to General Electric components
so that interested employees can see how
matching gifts have been distributed. A
quantity of the new annual reports and
matching gi~ forms for use by employees
are now available here in Relations. Any I"""'-.
employee who wishes a copy can obtain one
from Conchita Munn. Any questions related
to the Program should be directed to: Richard
E. Kramer, Jr. , GE Corporate Support Operation, 1285 Boston Avenue, Bridgeport, CT
06602; Dial Comm 8*223-2775/1876.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 29

NEW YORK, N.Y.

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

June 27, 1976---Tentative agreement, subject to ratification,

was reached tonight on new contracts between the General Electric Company and two
unions, the International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE, AFL-CIO), representing
about 70,000 GE employees, and the United Electrical Workers {UE), representing
about 17,000.
Following Sunday sessions with unions in New York, John R. Baldwin, Manager
of Union Relations for the Company, said that details of the agreements would be
,,,,..,.._ announced later.
Mr. Baldwin termed the settlements "sound and competitive" and said they
would "meet employee equity requirements considering the inflation of the past
three years, but would protect the Company's competitive needs.

11

He said the

agreements represent 11 nine weeks of constructive but very hard bargaining."

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 30

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

Negotiated Job Package Improvements

(SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION)
*GENERAL WAGE BOOSTS TOTALING
$44 PER WEEK OVER 3 YEARS
($24 Right Now}

COL WITH NO CEILING

(At last month's annual inflation
rate it would add about
$24 a week over 3 years)

'A MEDIATE ADDITIONAL INCREASES

ON HIGH SKILL JOBS CAN ADD
UP TO $20 A WEEK MORE FOR MANY

PLUS

HIGHER G~ARANTEE~
MINIMUM ENSION ANGE
TARLY RETIREMENT OPTIONS
MP ROVED

BETTER LAYOFF BENEFITS

BROADER INSURANCE COVERAGE

Six WEEKS VACATION AT

30 YEARS

,,,.,,......

.AND MANY OTHER

PRACTICAL IMPROVtMJNTS
PN THE OVE~ALL G OB
ACKAGE,
ANY BENEFITS
LIKE INSURANCE, IMPROVE
AUTOMATICALLY WITH PAY
INCREASES ,
I

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

ALL

THIS

$~3

A WEEK 8VER 3 YEARS

COULD

MEAN

(EVEN MORE IN TH~

~VENT C~ RUNAWAY INFLATION)

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**
*

**
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THE

3 YEAR ToTAL FoR

HIGH SkILL EMPLOYEE S

COULD BE $88 A WEEK OR MORE

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General Electric has now rea ched a

ten tative agreement, subject to ratification, with barga ining committees from the
International Union 0f Electrical Workers
(IUE-AFL-CIO) and the Uni ted Electrical
Workers (UE) on a new contract .
The Conference Board, ma de u~ of representatives of union bargaining committees,
has recommended acceptance of the proposed
agreement to the members of their unions.
Shown here are highlights of t he agreement which not only provides cost of livin9
protection without a ceiling but also hefty
first, second, and third year general pay
increases and many benefit improvement3 .
If the agreement, which will run 36 months,
i s ratified, it will go into effect i mmediately.

HERE'S HOW THE IMPROVEMENTS WORK:

G e neral Wage Boosts Totaling

COL With No Ceiling

$44 A Week Over 3 Years

You'll get a le per hour increase f~.

each . 3 of 1% by which the government's
CPI inc reases in each measurement peri od
up to an increase of 7% in t he i ndex .

JU NE

JUNE

1976-----60
1977-----25

PER HOUR
PER HOUR

(o r 4S whichever is greater)

JuNE

1978-----25

/,.,~ 11 :

In the event of runaway infla tion the

same increases apply for each .3 of 1 ~
by which the increase in the i ndex exceeds
9% during eac h measurin g period-- WIT H NO
CEILING.

PER HOVR

whiche er i s greater)
Sl.10 ($44 a week)
11

AJdit ional Increases

On High Ski ll Job s

'. :1el

Wage Adjustments for hi gh

s ~ illed .-. crkers 1vill range from 5<t tc 50(
i <"' hou r as shovm belc1-1 .
These ra tes go
; ~o effect fo r hourly daywork emp 1oyees
, ... P .,8 arid for many , lhese rates could
.. .->iln as muc h as 520 mo re each week in
Lh.: oayc heck.
in 1

HCURl_Y DAYWORK
r t . ... 5c

R2 l. .. . 25<t

s: ':I . . . lOc

R2 2 . .. . 35c
R23 and up ... 50~

/O r

OTHER PRACTICAL IMPROVEMENTS

~ ~F ECT l 1 / E

THIS YEAR:

: .. v e [ -< tension Aid Plan guarantees

._ "' r J' of your week 1y pay when added
,. uie"iJ loyment compensatio n.

:EA dccuunt ful l y replaced on ret urn

fr on 1ayoff .

if you die, your spouse and dependents

will be covered by the Insurance Plan
for one year.

MEASUREMENT PERI OD

EFFECTIVE DATE

June 1976 - Oct. 1976

Oct 1976 - Oct. 1977
Oct. '977 Oct. 1978

Nov. 29, 1976

Nov. ....28,
1977
..,

No v

>

':J '("

Imp ortant Pension Pion Values

lstar:. ~

.. ~ ..;u: 1 1, 1975 )

0 Guaranteed min i mum ran ge jumps:

$6 . 50 to $9 . 50
--Now $8 . 00 to $12.00.

was

0 Earl y optional retirement at age 60

and 61 with former reduction cut in
half.
O .. . also, optional retirement as early
as age 55 for men who were participants
in pension plan August 14, 1955 and on
payroll Ju l y 1, 1976 . (Was available
only to women with t his service record. )
O Accu mul ate as many as 20 sick pay days .
0 Death in family paid absences expanded.
0

Insurance Pl an also covers doctors consu l tation or confirming medical opinion

in connection with di agnosis and / or
tr ~ a tmen ts .

C 100 private room coverage for co ntagious

di seases.

O Mi ni mum Hourly Long-Term Di sabil ity in surance benefit of at l east $50 monthl y .

C GE Insurance Plan will cover confinemen t

in a li censed detoxification fac i l i ty f or
::Jl.-r1hu l or drug addiction.

O Optional l ow- cost dependent li fe insu rance .

($5,000 for spous e, Sl ,000 for each c h~~d .)

C If yoJ become tota l l y disabled, i nsurance

plan coverage fo r dependents can contin ue
fo r as muc h as two years beyo nd the year
ir w~ich you became di sab led.

EFFECTI VE 1977:
0 Si x wee ks vacat i on with 30 years service.
0 Up to $175 in weekly s ickness and acc iden t
income.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XVI II No. 31

Ju ly 2, 1976

lN SUPPORT OF
DECLARATION OF

INDEPENDEI'~CE

06 .:the. many gJte.M: e.ve.rU:-6 c.lvto1U.c.lin9 the. hJAtoJty o6 ouJt c.ou.ntlty, none. AA moJte.
u.YIA..veMctlltj c.ele.bJta.:te.d, none. AA moJte. 6Alle.d w,Uh de.e.p me.anA..ng to i l l Ame.JUc.an6 :than
Jtd.y 4, 1776, .:the. b.<Jt,thday 06 :the. UYIA...:te.d S.:tcU:v.i 06 Ame!U.c.a .
Inde.pe.nde.nc.e. Valj, Jtd.lf 4, .tihotd.d Jte.m.fod u.-6 that 6Jte.e.dom ,{;., woJt:th 6ighting 6oJt-that 6Jte.e.dom doe.-6 no.:t c.ome. e.My--d muJ.i:t be. woJtl<.e.d 60!1. , 6ou.gh:t ove.Jt, and gu.aJtde.d
c.10.6 ely.
ThJtoug hou,t Ame.JUc.a we. .6 hott-td appJte.uate. .:the. Jte.a-l me.anA..ng o 6 :the. date. and
Jte.a66,{,Jtm ou.Jt de.dic.ation .:to ac.c.e.pung the. Jte..6pon.6ibil),,t,i_e..6 wh.,i_c.h , M a nct,Uon 06
6Jte.e. people., we. have. be.e.n p}t,{,vile.g e.d to enjoy.

Bicentennial

1776-1976
JJ

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SAFETY SLOGAN WINNER

FOR THE MONTH OF JULY
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Congratulations to Eleanor Davis (Re l ays) ,

Safety Slogan winner for the mon th of July .
The slogan which won Eleanor a new GE
AM/FM Digital Cl ock- Radio is "Be a Winner,
Number One . Safety Firs t for Work and Fun ."
It is i mportant that each of you en j oy
your fun i n the sun on vacat io n in the next
two weeks. But do return to us safe and
sound after vacation. We depend on you;
the members of your famil y depend on you.
So think safety wh il e you enjoy yourse l f. Have a happy 4th of July holiday
and a fun - fil led vacat i on but keep in mind-the life you save is not yours alone.
In the picture at the left, Eleanor (r)
receives her new clock-radio from her foreman,
Harvey Goff.

"MUSIC '76!"

J. L. CURRIE RECEIVES PROMOTION

If you have ti me in your vacation

schedule this year or, if you are already
planning a trip to the nation's capital,
Marriott in vi t es you to stop by the
Wa ~ hington Monument one evening to take
i n their Bi centennial gif t to the nation,
"Music 1 76!" .
"Musi c 1 76! 11 i s a Bicentennia l tribute
to those special qualities which have
combined to make out country the mighty
nation it has become. To dep i ct these
charact eristics of both the peop le and the
l and, distinctive music created in the
United Stat es is being presented in the
evening fo r 12 weeks this summer in our
nat i on's cap ita l .
The Young Americans, one of the nation's
most popular musical troupes, is performing
"Music '76!
These 30 singers and dancers
present a ha nd- clapping, toe- tapping musical
in an unequaled patriotic atmosphere.
11

The s pirited musical will be presented

without charge at t he Sylvan Theatre,
l ocated in a grove of trees 100 yards
southeast of the Washington Monument.
Programs are being presented si x nights each
week and will run to Labor Day, September 6.
Shows will be held every evening except
Monday from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. (The only
Monday performance will be closing night,
Labor Day evening. )

John L. Currie has been

promoted to Manager-Commu..
cation Services f or the company ' s Apparatus Se r vi ce
Business Division , Schenectady , New Yor k , as announc ed
by John W. Swett , Manager - Marketing .
After graduating from Lawrence Institute of Technol ogy
in 1964 with a BSEE , John
began his care er with General Electr i c working
in Insta l lat i on and Service Engineering with
the Spec i alty Contl'ol Department here in Wayne s bor o . In 1965 he was transferred to Cleveland
as Nume rical Control Field Engineer with I&SE.
J ohn r eturned to Waynesboro just prior t o the
introduction of the TermiNet* 300 printer in
1969 .
As Pr oduct Service Specialist John worked
on the development of the first Training
School for the new TermiNet product s . Sinc e
1972 he has b een a Sales Specialist with
respons ib i l i ty for the Western Union Data
Services account .
John, hi s wife , Joan , and the i r sons ,
Patrick, 16 and Kevin , 6, wil l rr.ove to
Schenectady late t hi s swr.mer.

NOTICE

ANNO tJNCEMENT

THANK YOU NOTE

I would lib.e. :to .thanb. all my 6!Ue.ndJ., 6oft
:the. 6.oweM , c.aJtdJ., and o:the.Jt :though:t6ul.
e.xp!te-6.6~0 YL6 I have. Jte.c.~ve.d du!Ung my
J.i:tay ht :the. hMpda.L YouJt. :thoug h:t6ul.~
ne-6.6 w-LU al.v.Jay.6 be. 1temembe.1te.d and I w.wh
you all a ve.Jty ~c.e. vac.mon.

Margaret Cash
QC TermiNet Area
NONEXEMPT SALARIED JOB CODE CATALOG CHANGE
Job added:
417500G12 ---- Measurements/Analyses Tech .

It has been learned that a former co-worker ,

Hourly Re l ations Speciali s t Leon Stokes, now
with the GE Plant in Dothan, Alabama, was
recently hospi talized. Mr . St okes i s improving
and would be happy to hear fr om his Waynesboro
GE friend s . If you would li ke to drop hi m a
line or a card, he can be reached at t he following address:
Southeast Genera l Hospi ta l
Ashford Hi ghway
Dothan, Al abama 36301

WAYNESBORO GE RETIREES ASSOCIATI ON MEETING

The Waynesboro GE Retirees Ass ociation w ill ~
hold a l uncheon meeting Wednesday, July 7,
1976, at 11 : 30 a.m. at Perkins Pancake House.
Guest spea ker will be Will Cockrell who will
give a slide present ation on his trip to
Italy.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No . 32

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

First Time, A Shortage

Next Time, A Disaster
Remember all t hose motorists with short
tempers wa i t ing in l ong l i nes for gaso line
back in 1973? An instant replay of those
gloomy days cou l d occur at any time because
our dependence on foreign oil sources i s
steadil y increasing. Six years ago, 23 percent of the oil used in Ameri ca came from
foreign we ll s. The tota l had cli mbed to
44 percent by t hi s March . And, with a
record 60 percent of all U.S. oil imports
comi ng from the same guys who turned the
oi l off and put the squeeze on three years
ago, another oi l emba rgo lasti ng six months
coul d stop our economic recovery and send
another 1. 5 mi llion Americans to the unemploy:r.~ n t 1i nes.
If you think there's got to be a better
way, you ' re not a1one. "We. have. e.nough c.oa.l
to laJ.it 60~ ov~ 200 ye.o.,JU;, mo~e. e.n~gy than
all the. M..lde.aJ.it c.ount!Ueo put toge.th~. And,
i._6 the. U.S . had 200 lMge. nuc.le.M pow~ plan.t!.i
i._n op~o n today A._n6te.ad 06 55, we. would be.
l.lavi._ng the. e.qui._va.le.nt o6 all the. oil we. Me.
now i._mpomng ," declares Dave Dance, GE vi ce

chairman of the board and executive offi cer.

However, Dance states that using coal as
a majol energy source isn't very like ly for
severa reasons, includin g: t he enormous sums
of money needed to mine the quantity of coal
req ui red are not readi ly ava ilable; and,
much of the coal that could be mi ned cou l dn 't
be burned because of air pollution restr i ct i ons .
According to Dance, that l eaves nuclear
power as a key pa rt of any pl an des i gned to
end our ever-increas ing reliance on foreignoil i mports. Stripping aside t he emoti ona l
charges of the critics, these facts rema in:
,.-...* Nuclear power plants save consumers

.ey . In 1975, nuclear power pl ants saved

uti l ity customers over $1 billion in their
el ectrical bi ll s.
(Cont ' d Page 2, Col. 1)

July 23, 1976

Hourly Employees
Receive Pay Increase
With Next Paycheck
On July 14, 1976, the Wavnesboro GE
Plant received official not~ce that the UE
had ratified the Nationa l Aqreement for the
period 1976- 1979 .
The negotiated pay chanqes became effective
Ju ne 28 which means that the increases will
be retroactive to that rlate. Pavroll off i ces
in Lynchburg and Salem are in the process of
programninq the increases into hourly employees'
paychecks and, if no comnlications ar ise, the
increases are te nta t ively scheduled to be
incl uded in paychecks received July 30, 197f. .

Bloodmobile To Visit Plant

In two weeks, on August 4 and 5, the
Bl oodmobile will pay the second of its semiannual visit to the Plant. In the l ast
vi sit, a tota l of 409 pints were coll ected,
exceeding out goa l by 9 pints. This year
we hope to do even better therefore, we
urge all eligible employees to commit themsel ves to giving "the gift of life" by
signing their blood donor cards next week .
Sign-up cards wi ll be distributed to
employees early next week.
Distribution Forms Go Out To S&SP Participants

Forms for "Reqistration and Deliverv of

Securities Uoon Termination of Holdina DP.riod"
have been distributed today to all participants
in the Savinqs & Securities Proqram . Emolovees
should examine these forms closely and if
rea istration is required for bonds, stock, or
mutual funds, Part II should be completed and
returned to personnel as soon as possible.
All forms shou l d be in the Payroll office no
later than September 1.

GE Earnings. Sales Continue Rebound

(Cont'n from Col. 1)

t<VL_.a~ J~YIM.a:tin~ equipment Welle. Jc.ela.Li..vely
.fou u- L-< ng :the. quaJt:t.eJt and nucle.aJt e.ngine.eJtinq c.o.6:1:..6 Welle. at. a h.iqhvr. p1toq1c.a.mmed. level.
1

Earnings of the General Electric Company

were $180.8 million in the second quarter
of 1976, Reginald H. Jones, chairman of the
board, reported recently. This represents
5 cents profit on each sales dollar. Earnin~s per share were 98 cents for the 1976
auarter compared with 71 cents for the 1975
period.
Sales in the second quarter of 1976 were
$3.64 billion, up 8% from the $3.37 billion
reported in the same quarter of 1975.
Earnings for the first six months of 1976
were $316.2 million. This was an increase
of 55% from the $204.o million reported in
the first six months of 1975. Earnings per
share were $1.71 for the period compared
with $1.12 per share for the same period in

1975.
Sales in the first six months of 1976
were $6.91 billion, up 9% from the $6.35
billion reported in the same period of 1975.
In commenting on the second quart.er,
Jones said, "The Compa.ny'.6 etvuu.ng.6 peJlnoJc.ma.nc.e. Jte.6R..ect.6 the. .&t!c.e.ng:t.hening o~ :the. LJ. S.
e.c.onomu i{Jc.om :the. de.p1c.u.&e.d level 06 la.6:t.

ue.rvc.. 1nc.Jc.e.tU e.d M.lu, comblned wlth

vigoJc.ou.6 e.66oltt..6 to c.on:t.Jc.ol co.&:t..6, 1c.uulte.d
in .6ub.&:t.anti..a.lty imp1c.ove.d opeJUtt.i.ng mtVLgin6
noJt :the. quaJL:t.eJl. 1n a.dcli..tion, o:t.heJL income.
~oJt the. .&e.cond qucvr..te.Jt incl..ude.d a. non-1c.e.c.u.1c.Jc..lng p!c.e. -:tax ga.in o6 $20 7 mi111.o n 1c.e.a.U:z e.d
on :the. .&a.le. 06 :the. Comoa.nu' .6 invu:tme.rit in
Arn Te.le6unke.n. We. continue. :to a.ntiupa:te.
that e.aJtn.ing.6 6oJc. 1976 Will e.xc.e.e.d :t.ho.6e. nOJc.
797 5, b~ not a:t the. high Jta.t.e 06 imp1c.ove.me.nt a.cfUeve.d in :the .6 e.cond quaJL:t.eJl a.nd nfu:t.
ha.R..6."
As to the categories of the Company's
business for the second quarter of 1976 compared with 1975, Mr. Jones said:

"AeJLo.6pa.ce. .6ale.6 and e.Mning.6 We/Le up f.il""...

:the 197 5 quaJL:t.eJt, p!c..lnci.YJa.lly (u the. 1tuub.
oi{ Mmewha.t highe.Jt .6ale.6 on goveJLnment c.ont!c.a.c.:t..6

"The. in:t.e.Jc.natio na.l ca:te.g 01c.y 1c.ep0Jc.ted

.6 e.co nd-qu.a.Jc.teJl impJtov emen:t..6 in ho :th .6 a.lu
a.nd e.aJtn.ing .6
"EaJtn.ing.6 on :the. Ge.ne.Jtttl. Ele.c.Afc. C1c.edU
Co1c.po1c.a:tion 601c. the. 1976 .&e.cond quaJt:t.eJt we.Jte
$14.2 milllon c.ompa.Jte.d wi.:t.h $13.0 mllllon
in 1975."

TESTER B COURSE TO BE GIVEN

A class for individuals interested in R12
Tester B openings will be offered. Participation is completely voluntary and limited to
18 people. The class will be taught in twelve
sessions over six weeks. An exemination will
be given at the conclusion of the course which
if passed, will qualify the individual for R12'
Tester B openings. Any individuals interested
in participating must contact Joe Murphy, Relations
by 4:00 p.rn. Wednesday, July 29. Further details
will be available in next week's issue of the~S.
(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 1)
* Nuclear plants are safe. Worldwide,
commercial nuclear power plants have logged
over 700 reactor years of operation without
a single fatality or serious injury.
* Nuclear power plants don't emit harmful
levels of radiation. In fact, the natural
radiation given off by the granite at New
York's Grand Central Station is 500 times
greater than the radiation a person would
receive at the gate of a nuclear power plant.

, "HigheJL .&a.tu volume a.nd imp1c.ove.d c.o.6:t.r.>Jc.iC;!.e. 1te.1.ail.on6h.lp.& 1c.ei,ulte.d in .6ub.6:ta.nti..a.lty

inc.Jc.e.tUe.d e.aJtn.ing.6 in the Con6umeJl ca:te.go1c.y.
La.m~.6 a.nd ma.joJc. a.pplia.nc.M .&howe.d ei,pe.cl.a.lly
6 .t.Jtq nq gain6 .

* Nuclear power is a job provider for

Americans. In addition to the millions of
man-hours put in by the building trades to
construct a nuclear power plant, each new
nucle~r plant provides enough energy to
sustain 25,000 to 30,000 permanent jobs.

"1 ndU.6t!c.ia.l com po ne.n:t..6 a.nd .6 l/.6:1:.em.6 ea!U1.197 5 quaJr.:teJl.

Sq!~ on component.& 1c.ela.:t.e.d :to con6wneJL
p!toduc.:t..6 a.nd ma:te.lli.a.l.6 .6uc.h a.6 engineelling
pla..&:tlc..6 welle. paJt:tlc.ulaJrl.y impJtoved.
~

Long-term, Dance states there is little

disagreement that conservation, more
efficient conversion, and technical advances l""I.
to tap new energy sources will greatly
reduce our dependence of imported oil. "But,"
Dance adds, "we don't ha.ve :the. 20 :to 30 yea.Jt.6

ing.6~ We/Le. a.l.60 Well a.head 06

.the

: ~~ ndlL6WA.l powell equipment .&ale.6 a.nd

e~rz,-<-n.Q.6 Welte. down nJtom :the. .6 ec.ond qlUVLtell
0 ~ '~:9 7 5, pll.bnaJU.ly bec.a.u.6 e .6 hipme.n,t..6 0

(Cont'd next colunm)

needed :to make. .them wo1c.k. ShoJt:t.-:t.eJlm, we.

m<.U:t. 1c.ely on oUJL two mo.6:t. a.bunda.n:t eneJLgy
Jc.U OUJLC.e.6- -coal a.nd nucle.aJL pOWeJl.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII

No. 33

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Winners in ICD QUEST

July 30, 1976

Bloodmobile
Scheduled For Next Week
The second bloodmobi l e to vi sit Waynesboro
GE this year will open its doors for donors
next Wednesday and Thursday, August 4 and 5.
Our goal is 400 pints and, as usual, we are
expecting to meet or even exceed this amount.
Employees with rich, red healthy blood are
needed to help save lives and heal those in
need throughout our community by donating
blood next week. Your donation of blood is
vitally important to the success of this
bloodmobile and to the many who are in need
of it.

,,-..... Rec..uv..<.ng el.ec..:tlto n..<.c.. c.alc..ulatoJc..6 cu w..<.nnvu

.{.fl :the ICV QUEST Con:tu:t Me (le6:t :to !Ught),
T. P. Haught, Ma.na.geJt-TU!UU.ng Con:tltol; W'. ~
Va.v-lo Tec..hn..<.Ua.n; a.nd B. R. IGW.d, Tec..hruua.n.
No:t hown -lo L. H. Howze. Va.v-lo, IGW.d a.nd
Howz e weJte ea.c..h w..<.nnvu ..<.n :the dJtaw..<.ng while
Haught 11..ec..uved h-l6 awcvtd 6011.. u.bmil:t..<.ng :the
mot nu.mbe.11.. 06 u.ggutioM. P11..uen:t..<.ng :the
awcvtd6 -lo R. 1. Hu.1.ett, Ma.na.geJt-1CV F..<.na.nc..e
i 6a1t !Ughtl.

Winners of electronic calcu l ators in the

recent ICD QUEST Contest have been announced
as Bill Davis, Larry Howze, and B. R. Kidd,
all of whom are technicians in t he Industrial
Control Department .
QUEST - short for the phrase "quality/
service teamwork" - was launched earlier
this year when thirteen teams, representing
all plants and major product lines in the
department, were created. The j ob of each
team was to determine what the obstacl es
were to better qua l ity and service and then
~o f ind ways of eliminati ng those obstacl es.
1e second phase of QUEST - involvement by
1ndividual employees in the department began June 1.
(Cont ' d next column)

So, if you haven't pledged to give "the

gift of l ife 11 yet, do so today! Just circle
11
Yes 11 on your sign-up card and return it to
your foreman as soon as possible.
One pint is such a small price to pay
when you consider that you're giving the
greatest gift anyone can offer -- the gift
of life.
Next week's bloodmobile will be in
operation in the Main Plant auditorium and
in the Turner #1 cafeteria for Turner employees.
The bloodmobile will be at Turner on Wednesday
only and will be operating from 11:00 a.m.
until 4:45 p.m . at both locations. Si gn-up
cards are being returned to employees indicating their scheduled time for visiti ng the
bloodmobile.
(Cont'd from Col. 1)
The Contest, which ended June 30, was
open to all hourly and nonexempt salaried
employees. At the end of the contest,
three names were chosen in a drawing as
the lucky winners of the electroni c cal cul ators. In addition, a television set will
be awarded later to the employee with the
best act ion or best idea of the contest .

R. A. DuBridge
Accepts New Position
Ric.hard A. DuBridge, Manager-
International and Planning
Operations, has just accepted
a pDomotional opportunity with
Memorex Corporation and will be
leaving Waynesboro for San Jose ,
California . In his new position
Dick will be Direct or of Marketing for Memorex ' s Equipment
Group .
Dick is a graduate of Harvard
University with a B.S . in Physics. After serving
in the Army, he joined General Electric in 1958
on the Manufacturing Management Program. In
1961 he joined the Nuclear Instrumentation Department in San Jose, Cali fornia where he held a number
of engineering management positions. He came to
Waynesboro in 1970 and has successively been
manager of the Engineering , Customer Service and
Operational Planning Sections .
Earlier this year, Dick was appointed to
the position of Manager- International and
Planning Operations Section. In addition to
handling the department ' s operational planning,
product planning and market r esearch activities,
Dick had responsibility for international
marketing and sales.
On leaving Dick stated, "I would like to
ex.ptteo.6 my gJta..tltu.de 6M. the ma.ny :t.h..i..ng.6
Wayneob o4o people ha.ve done 604 me and my
6a.mil.y eo pec.i..a.,U.y tho.6 e who woJi.k.ed w.Uh me ..<.n
Eng..<.nee4..<.ng, Cu..6tome4 Se4vic.e, Planning and
In:te4na.:ti.onal. Wayneobo4o hM a g4ea:t. 61LtJJJc.e
a.nd U ha.6 been a g4ea:t. plt.t.vilege 604 me to
wo4k. he4e. Beot ~heo. "

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My ll6 e and I would like to ex.pJteo.6 oWt
appttec.,i.a;t..lon 604 the k..t.nd ex.ptteo~ion 06
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06 my mothe4-in-la.w, MJt.6 . Emily Jac.k..

G. E. Hemminger
Turner #2

The Safety Slogan Winner for the Month of

August is Ruth E. Waddington, DCPD Relay
Sales Specialist, and her winning slogan is:
"An Investment in Safety Draws Lifetime
Interest . "
A safety i nvestment is a "safe" investment .
You can always expect a return on it year
after year . So invest in safety and draw your
lifetime interest!
Ruth is pictured above receiving her brr--\
new GE AM/FM Digital Clock- Radio from her
manager , Bill Bare, Mgr .-Relay Sales .

BEA WISE OWL

The Waynesboro GE Safety Glass Policy
states that "In order to provide max imum
protect ion from eye i nj uries, it is ma ndatory for all persons to wear the prescribed
eye protection when working in, or passing
through, the Manufacturing Area in all t he
Waynesboro Plant locations, regard l ess of
time of day or day of week. This includes
entering and leaving the plant during shift
changes . It also incl udes working at desks
in open manufacturing areas. In addition,
the wearing of safety glasses is req ui red
in the Engineeri ng and Manufacturing Engineering Labs."
It has been noticed that there are some
employees who have not been complying with
this policy. The wearing of safety glasses
in all prescribEd areas is a most important
aspect of our safety program and our po li~
must be strictly adhered to if we are to
eliminate eye injuries at our facil i ty .
Over the past 21 years t his facility has
been in operation we have had very few eye
(Cont'd Page 3, Col . 1)

WAYNESBORO'S "VISITORS FOR A DAY"

TOUR PLANT

Don't Miss Considering 7/~J~

The New Alternative On Your
S&SP Authorization Form
The Authorizati on Form dealing with your
1977 distribution under the Savings and
Security Program may look the same as last
year.

"Bed.," says Biibl Perry, benefits administrator here in Waynesboro, ".theJte. )A a

cU 6fi eJtenc.e.. "

Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Fischer and daughter,

Janice, became Waynesboro's Visitors for a
Day, yesterday as they were selected at
random from t ourists passing through the
area.
As part of the activities planned for
the Fischers, they were given a tour of the
Waynesboro GE Turner Complex. In the
picture above, L. L. Trott, Manager-Turner
Po-orations, presents the Fischers with a
~ .t from the Company.
Receiving the g i ft
is Mrs. Joan Fischer (2nd from left) as
her daughter, Janice, and husband, Herbert,
look on.

BE A WISE OWL
(Cont'd from Page 2, Col . 2)
injuries and a number of these injuries
resulted from the employees not wearing
their safety glasses. On the other hand,
over the same period of time, we have had
155 employees become members of the Wise Owl
Club . . These employees escaped serious injury
to their eyes by wisely wearing their safety
glasses.
11

11

We never know when or where an accident may

happen so we must be prepared at all times .
Those 155 Waynesboro GE employees who were
prepared are finn believers in our safety
~lass program. They see our policy as an
important and practical one which no one can
afford to ignore, and they have good reason
)oiQ.., believe so -- they still have their eye1ht to prove it .
So--for your own protection, wear your
safety glasses whenever you are in the
prescribed areas. They are the only things
between you and a serious, possibly disabling,
accident.

The Form was distributed !bast Friday to

all Savings and Security Program participants who have 1973 investments scheduled
for distribution in early January 1977. By
using the Form you can tell the GE Employee
Savings Operation how you want your S&SP
securities registered and whether you want
them paid out or retained in an S&SP Retirement Option account for your retirement.
In case you have
the assumption that
as last year, Bill
extra consideration

put the Form aside on

everything 's the same
urges you to give some
to this year's decision.

This year there are three distribution

alternatives to consider .
--You can have all securities and cash from
your 1973 investments come to you.
--You can have the securities purchased with
the Company's matching payment and income
retained in a Retirement Option account and
have your payroll deduction investments go
direct to you .
--Or you can have all your investments-those made with GE matching payments and
income, and those made with your own deductions--go into your Retirement Option Account.
Bill Perry points out that the latter
alternative is the new one . This is the f irst
year it's been among the list of choices.
Using it, you can put a great deal more aside
for retirement. When retirement comes, the
securities in your account can come to you in
a lump sum; or they can be used to purchase
a lifetime annuity or they can be paid out in
installments over a five-, ten-, or fi~een
year period. _

"Tha,t' .6 why you .6hould .ta.k.e. .60me. e.x:t!ta.

:U.me. w..Uh .tha..t Au.thoJU.za.:tum. FoJun," says
Bill.

(Cont'd Page 4, Col. 1)

S&SP AUTHORIZATION FORMS

A N N tj U N C f .M. f N T

(Cont'd from Page 3, Col. 2)

Study the instructions on the reverse
sides of the t wo parts of the Form. They'll
tel l you whet her you need to furnish the
information requested on Part II of the f orm
and return it, or whether you should take no
action.
Is your mailing address correct as shown?
If not, complete the change of address
section of Part II.
How about registration of your securities?
The instructions will tell you whether you
must provide information ~or this. If you've
never received an S&SP payout before, or if
you want any changes made from last year,
you'll have to complete and return the Form.
How about that Retirement Option (especially the new alternatives of putting all
securities into your RO account)? Doing
this may help increase your monthly income
when you retire . And maybe it can defer
payment of income taxes which might otherwise apply to your 1977 payout . However,
you'll want to check your S&SP Prospectus
regarding the possible tax results when U.S.
Savings Bonds purchased with your own contributions are placed in your Retirement
OptiOn Account .
If you're not participating in the
Retirement Option, use the Authorization
Form to start. There's a plainly marked
place for you to indicate which alterr.ative
you want to use--retain only the Company
payment and income investments in your RO
account, or put everything into it.
But maybe you want everything handled
just as in your past distributions. If so,
just file the form with your personal papers.
No need to return Part II . But be sure to
study the information in Part I. It provides
you with a record of just what's coming to
you in the 1977 S&SP "payout"--both from your
own savings and the company's matching payments
and income. It tells you how those securities
are registered and whether you are using the
Retirement Option.

'STOCK PRICE' AND 'FUND UNIT PRICE' FOR JUNE 1976

Stock Price
January
February
March
April
May
June

$52.220
53.329
52.098
53.190
51. 469
54.722

PARKING FOR SUMMER EMPLOYEES

All summer employees who are scheduled ~
to come to work at 7:30 a.m. at the Main
Plant are reminded that their designated
parking area is in Zone 8 (the back parking
lot behind the Relays area). Summer employees
who come to work at 8:00 a.m. should park in
Zone 6 (the front parking lot) .
SCOGEE DUES TO BE DEDUCTED NEXT MONTH
DCPD SCOGEE members' semi-annual dues
will be deducted from employees' paychecks
during the month of August. Dues for hourly
and nonexempt salaried employees will be
deducted from their paychecks received on
August 20. For exempt salaried employees,
dues will be deducted from their August
monthly paychecks .

SERVICE PINS AWARDED

,-...
FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE

H. W. Granberry
J . K. Snell

H. R. Knueppel
1 . F. Ro let ter

10 YEARS

20 YEARS
W.
R.
E.
J.
J.
L.

c.
c.
J.
G.
M.
A.
M.

H. Gentry, Jr.
I. Hulett

E. Johnson
L. Long, Jr.
F. Lopez
c. Martin
R. Mietus
H. Petry
T. Roberts
D. Schuder, Sr.
s. Stevens
v. White
A. Wingfield

Fund Unit Price

$26.986
28.042
27.962
28.088
27.547
27.317

25 YEARS

35 YEARS

5 YEARS
L. W. Houser, Jr.
J. s. McKillip
c. c. Milton
L. M. Thompson

J.
L.
K.
G.
B.
L.

w.

R.
R.
0.
F.
J.

W.

L.
J. E.
L. s .
c. A.
R. J.
B. B.
P . A.

H. s.
E. J.

L. w.
R. E.

Bittner
Coffey , Jr.
Comer
Edwards
Gallagher
Klingman
Lake
McKay
McNaughton
Miller
Sharrock
Slack
Thompson
Tush, Jr.
Ward III
~
Worley
Yancey, Jr .

15 YEARS
M. E. Frye

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XVII I No. 34

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

Scenes From This Week's Bloodmobile

By the time today's NEWS went to press on Wednesday afternoon, over 200 pints of blood had been
given at the Red Cross Bloodmobile wh i ch paid the second of its semi-annual visits to our. plant
this week. Complete results of the visit will be reported in next week 1 s issue of the Plant NEWS.

Po.Uy Chan.d.leJr.., BoxeJr../ CJUJ..:t_eJr.., e.eme.d qu).;te.

1tei.a.xe.d M he. gave. blood ea!llieJr.. tw we.e.k.
a;t the. Mahi Plant.

Shall.on. PUJtv..Ll, T- 340 N,embly, "6e.U no pain"

Be.tty Clowu d!te.w blood 61tom heJr..
pa.6t We.dn.e.Mla.y whe.n. the. Bloodmobile.
v..Wile.d the. TUJtneJr.. OpVUl.tion..

a.6 NU!l. e.
a/lm th.l6

SAFETY POSTER WINNER

The Safety Poster Winner for the month
of August is Richard D. Cox (right), Senior
Draftsman for DCPD. Presenting Ricky with
his award of a brand new GE 8-track stereo
music system is hi s manager, Bill Folsom,
Mgr-Product Documentation Engineering. Look
for Ri cky ' s pos ter at time clocks and bulletin
boards throughout the facility.
As Ricky puts it: "Lets all pull together
to put safety on our side. 11 A safe facility
requires the cooperation of everyone to help
keep it free of accidents and injuries.
Safety practices are not the responsibility
of just one person but of everyone, so we
must al l pull together to keep our facility
a safe-faci l ity.

Some O's and /\son that

E. H. DiNGER

Age 55 Retirement Provision

CoMplETEs ~5 YEARS

of the Pension Plan

Editor's Note: Because of the number of
practical improvements made recently in our
GE employee benefit plans, we've asked Bill
Perry, benefits administrator here in
Waynesboro to answer some of the questions
that have been asked most frequently. This
is one of a series of articles. It deals
with the Pension Plan provision relating to
retirement at ages 55 through 59.
NEWS: A good many people have asked for
additional information about the new provision of the Pension Plan that allows
retirement at age 55 if you're qualified.
CIUl you explain this provision?
BILL : Years ago the normal retirement age
was 65 for men and 60 for women. Optional
retirement was available at 60 for men and
55 for women. Then, after August 14, 1955,
normal and optional retirement ag es became
the same for both men and women--normal
retirement at 65, opt i onal at 60.
However, to be fair to those women then
participating in the Pension Plan who had
previously had the right to retire at ages
55 through 59, a provision was added allowing them to retain that right with the same
pension reducti on factors as before . The
new change simply provides men with the
same opportunity. The qualifications are
that their retirement date must be on or
after July 1 of this year and they must have
been a Pension Plan participant on August 14,
1955.
So, as you see, this current change does
not apply to all employees or to all male
employees--just to those who were participants in the Plan on August 14, 1955.

NEWS: What about the size of the pension

if you are eligible and take it at 55?
BILL: Obvi ously, pension payments for
"early, early" retirement are not going
to be as large as those at age 60 or older.
The reduction factors for eligible men are
the same as for eligible women employees
who use this benefit . And, of course, the
table of minimums doesn't apply if you begin
taking your pension at ages 55 through 59.
Your pension would be calculated on your
(Cont'd Page 3, Col. 1)

C. A. FoJtd (l), MgJr.-CVO, plr.Uen:t.6 Ed Vhtge!t

wlth h<A 35 1J ea.JL6 ' ~ eJtvic.e a.waJtd6 a..6 J. J.
LaJt.e.w (Jr.) , MgJr.-CVO Enginee!Un.g, eti:end.6 hM
c.ong~oM.

Edward H. Dinger, Consultant-Control

Devices Operation Engineering, has completed
35 years of service with the company.
...-....
Ed, a native of Ironton, Missouri, joined
the Test Program in 1941 soon after graduation
from the University of Missouri where he
received his BSEE. He completed assignments
in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and Schenectady, New York prior to
joining the former Industrial Control Department, ancestor of the Departments located in
Waynesboro.
Throughout his career, Ed has made a
significant impact on the industrial control
field, particularly in Drives. In addition
to authoring a chapter on Adjustable Speed
Drives in the Industrial Electronics Handbook,
he has presented many technical papers and had
a number of magazine articles published.
Ed is a licensed professional engineer and
holds membership in Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa
Nu, and Sigma Xi. He is also a member of
IEEE. He holds 31 patents and has been responsible for the design of most of the Drives
products which has been transferred to Erie .
Currently , he is working on the developmen ~
and design of the advance TSI display systl
in addition to acting as general consultant
to COO engineering.
Ed and his wife, May Ann, reside at 2009
Cherokee Road.

{Cont'd from Page 2, Gol. 1)

career earnings using the "career formula."
This sum wou1d be reduced by the specified
~duction factors which apply.
For long-service employees (15 years of'
Pension Qualification Service), there is a
$45 monthly supplement to add to the reduced
pensiop. This continues until age 65.
NEWS: What wou1d be an estimate of' this
"early, early" pension--Can you give a percentage of' normal retirement pension?

BILL: Well, it wou1d have to be a reall.y

rough estimate because the "career formula"
gives a different pension for each individual.
In addition, separate computations must

be made for pension credits earned through

August 14, 1955, and those earned after that
date. Credits earned through August 14, 1955,
are reduced by 4% for each year of' retirement
before age 60 starting with 100% at age 60.
Credits earned after the 1955 date are reduced
at the same 4% rate f'or each year of' retirement
before age 60, but starting from 88% at age 60.

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

reasons--like opening their own business,
moving to a new area, or changing careers,
then the new provision of'f'er~ a good many
:values. For example, there's a steady,
though small, income that provides some
security if' yo~re entering a new endeavor
or changing careers. There's also the f'ree
protection of' the GE Insurance Plan until
you reach 65, plus the opportunity to continue dependent coverage at the low cost of'
$100 per year. That's very important if' you
are striking out on your own. And there' s
the advantage of' being a direct retiree,
rather than a vestee, and receiving any
pension updates which ~ occur in the
tu.ture.
It should be stressed that this equalizing provision of' the Pension Plan is not
intended to encourage people to retire extra
early. But where it fits circumstances that
call for extra early retirement, it offers
significant values.

SERVICE PINS AWARDED

In general, if' you assume you cou1d have

~e same years of' service and earnings history

c1.t both 59 and 65, then, if' you retire at age

59, your pension will be at least 84% of' what

it would have been at age 65. This percentage
reduces still further for each year of' early
retirement prior to age 59. At age 55, the
pension would be at least 68% of' what you
would have received at age 65 for the same
earnings and service. As I mentioneCt., longservice people get a $45 a month supplement
in addition to the pension.
You must remember that in practice you
probably cou1dn't have the same service and
earnings at 55 as you would at 65. The
reason is that if' you had 25 years at 55,
then you'd have 10 more years if' you stayed
until 65. So comparisons have to be theoretical.
NEWS: With those reductions, and considering
that there's no Social Security at 55, you'd
really have to have a good personal reason to
choose this "early, early11 retirement.

.-BILL: That's right.

If' you retire at 55,

r-ne fund created f'or your pension must be
spread across many more years than if' you
retired at 65. But when you .consider most
people retire between 55 and 59 f'or special

{Cont'd next column}

FOR THE MONTH OF JULY

40 YEARS

15 YEARS

R. E. Drayer

J. R. Harris
T. P. Haught

35 YEARS
E. H. Dinger
L. U. C. Kelling

30 YEARS
E. G. Menaker

25 YEARS
R. C. Pardee
L. Rogers

20 YEARS
E. L. Armentrout, Jr.
G.

s.

Brooks

N. B. Brooks
J. E. DeWitt
R. E. Gunn
M. c. Lunsf'ord
w. F. Tomlin
D. J. Trohaugh
v. A. Walsh
E. J. Wilkinson

10 YEARS
D. L.
s. J.
L. V.
A. K.
J. A.
w. K.
R. A.
R. Y.
N. S.
F. L.
J. E.
D. S.
R. I.
B. L.

Crist
Doyle
Gibson
Hyzer
Kachis
Lam

Lawson
McLaughlin
Paxton
Pleasants
Poole
Showalter
Trimble
Winkey

5 YEARS
K. w. Deane
T. A. Harris
G. F. Peltier
s. J. Wilt

More on the Tester B Course Being Offered

LAS VEG A S-About one ye ar afte r its

completion. the orig inal roof of the MGM
Grand Hotel 1n Las Vegas proved un satt s
factory
Lou Ri cca M G M s c hief engineer
analyzed several different types of roofin g
sys tem s which would nave. to stand up
uKfer tt1e demanding weather conditions of
the drea. 1nclud1ng high winds and g reat
temperature fluctuations. and decided GE 's
S11tcone Roofing System best met the hotel's
needs
Tt1e GE roofing system consists of a seamless. sprayed-in-place fayer of polyurethane
foam coa ted with a thin. protective layer of
silicone rubber Over 56 .000 square feet of
M G M s hotel is now covered by the GE
roof1n_g system
SAN JOSE-Accordi ng to Don Rubio. general manager. Nuclear Energy Control and
Instrumentation Department. the business
throughout the nuclear industry has been
quiet for about two ye ars One reason
utt1 111es have a hard time f1nanc1ng their plant
exoans1ons - nuclear plants cost on an av
erage of $1 billion for a single reactor plant
On the plus side. Rubio states that a large
backlog of orders. which GE received be
fore ut11it1es had financ ing problems. are
beginning to reach the shop floor now This
has resulted 1n hiring a substantial number
of manufacturing people for the past several
months The higher level of employees will
according to Rubio. " probably hold steady
fo r the next four to five years"
LOUISVILLE- According to James Cherol.
GE 's general manager . Central Air Condi
t1or11ng Busine ss Departmen t , industr y
shipments of central residential units will rise
40% this year. adding. " GE is doing much
better than we hoped " Cherol continues.
" Now we 're reaping the benefits of demand
that built up 1n the fast half of 197 4 and
during all of 1975 ..
HOLLAN D-The aut omotive market ing
team 1n Bergen op Zoom 1n Holland has
come up with a dramatic way to show
people that Lexan and Noryl resins (GE
tradema rks) can be widely used to fabrica te
part s for replacement of metal and other
conventional materials in autos The idea
build a car
The General Electric Engineering Plastics
(GEEP) car was built by f1tt1ng GE Plastics
parts on a Renault RS Total weight of the
repl acements was less than 3 1 pounds.
compared to th e 71 pounds of the o ri g inal
components

Employee Relations is no longer accepting

nominations for the Tester B course which w.aa...
announced earlier in the Plant NEWS. 125
nominations have been received to date and
of this amount, the most senior employees will
be selected for the course . It is anticipated
that two classes of 15 employees each will be
held ; one for first shift employees and one
fo r those on 2nd shift.
Books for the course have been ordered and
the date for which the course is to be
scheduled will be announced when the books
arrive and detail s have been finalized.

NOTICE
Fred Curto, former Manager of Plant
Utilities and Maintenance, entered Meese
Hospital in Dunedin, Florida for surgery
earlier this week and we are sure he would
like to hear from his friends and former
co-workers. If you would like to drop him
a line or a card you can send it to the
following address:

r--...

Mr . Fred B. Cur to
Meese Hospital
Room 428
Dunedin, Florida 33528

SPECIALTY BOWLING LEAGUE

The 1976-77 Specialty Bowling League is
now being organized and will bowl on Wednesday nights at Staunton Lanes. Interested
bowlers should contact D. Phelps, Xl525, or
H. Mabry, Xl610 . All team captains must
submit their rosters to H. Mabry on or
before August 13.

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 35

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

August 13, 1976

A STATE OF THE BUSINESS ADDRESS

/tom 0Jfa1/ten $. :f{e~ q{fYJr!J) <fJenewlufta~e1t
Customers are buying. Business is on the upswing, and we are trying t o satisfy those
cus t omers so they wi ll stay with us for the long pull. With Data Terminal orders 50% ahead
of l ast year we have rehired all production workers on lay-off, we have added over 100 new
jobs and we are scheduling more overtime than any of us want. We are still hiring. A th ird
shift in the Machine Shop starts next Mo nday. Between now and the end of the year we will
have more printer and control devices business than we can handle.
Relay orders, on the other hand, are down 28%. So we are movi ng people t o balance the
workload.
Our customers are desperate ly expediting us on some orders. Let's show t hem what we can
do to help - or the next time around they may say "Where were you when I needed you?" and
go elsewhere to buy.
We have some local issues to resolve and your management is more than willing to settle
these. The proper place for al l the items to be discussed in revising the local supplement
is in the coolness of negotiation - not in the heat of emotion. Let's settle the issues
and keep our customers happy and coming back with new orders the ne xt t ime around.

BLOODMOBILE A BIG SUCCESS!

2 Employees Reach 7 Gal lons Mark
An urgent appea l was sent out last week
and once again Waynesboro GE employees
responded with t he concern for which our
employees are noted. As a result, we
exceeded our goal of 400 pints to collect
a wh opping 459 pints of blood for the
Red Cross Bloodmobile'.
Bill Perry and Reginia Wi lson, coordinators of the Bloodmobile, would like to
extend their sincere thanks to all those
employees who responded to last week's
visit. Bill noted that the Turner Complex
employees did an outstanding job during
the Bloodmobile's one day visit there,
contributing well over 100 pints of blood
1~st Wednesday.
"A good majotr.,Uy 06
hue. wvz.e. 6ill:t-.time. donoltli," he stated,
"and we. aJte. pttoud :to ha.ve. <5uc.h ttupoM.{.ve.
emp.toye.u at outt 6aU.t.{.:ty."

(Cont'd Page 4, Col. 2)

G.{.na Sne..t.t (.t), one. 06 :the. c.o- c.fuUJune.n 06

:the. Re.d CttoM Bloodmobile. wh.{.c.h v~ile.d :the.
pla.nt ..ai:,:t we.e.k, ptteA e.n:t<5 J amu Kennedy (c. )
and Bob Bttoughman w.{.:th :the..{.tt 7 gal.to n p.{.M .
Both c.on:ttt.{.bu:te.d :thU!t 56:th p.{.n:t<5 l M:t we.e.k.
Fott mo1te. p.{.c.:tuJtu 06 :the. Bloodmobile., :tu!tn
:to Pa.g e. 4.

WAYNESBORO FIRST AID CREW NEEDS YOU!

Blue Ridge Community College

Offers R9 Tester C Course

Over the past few months membership in

the Waynesboro First Aid Crew has been ~
a decline. Presently, the crew has 39
volunteers to provide 24 hour service 36)
days a year to Waynesboro and t he surrounding county.

The Fall schedule for the Blue Ridge

Community College has been released and
may be obtained fvom Bill Perry ' s office
in Relations.

Crew member, Frank Cahoon , a design

engi neer for DCPD, f eels that such a low
membership level presents a potentially
dangerous situation and because of this ,
the Crew is conducting an aggressive
membership campaign. The First Ai d Crew
is searching for individmi.ls between the
ages of 15 and 20 for membership in the
Juni or First Aid Crew, 21 and older to
serve in the Senior Crew, and ind ividuals
18 and older t o serve as night dispatchers.
Previous first aid experience or training
is not required as the Crew will provide
instruction in Red Cross and Virginia
State approved courses.

Employees who plan to register for a

course in the Fall are reminded that the
Individual Development Program (IDP) is
available to help employees, financially,
to meet their educational objectives . To
be elig ible for a refund under IDP, however,
employees must file an application well in
advance (at least 2 weeks) of the registration date of the course. Registration for
evening students at Blue Ridge is Monday
and Tuesday, September 27- 28.
This year, the Blue Ridge Community
College is offering a series of courses in
electronics which, when successfully completed, will qualify employees for the R9
Tester C position. The first of the series,
Electricity I is being offered this Fall
with Electricity II and III to follow in
the Winter and Spring terms, respectively.
Any employee successfully completing these
three courses will qualify for the R9
Tester C position.
Also, the company is in the process of
arranging with Blue Ridge to offer a series
of courses in electronics which would
qualify employees for an Rl2 Tester B position.
These courses will be offered, beginning this
Fall, if there is.a sufficient number of
employees who aPe interested in taking the
series . In order that we may determine the
suitability of offering these courses to our
employees , we are asking that those employees
who would be interested in taking the series
to fill out the survey below and return it to
Bill Perry ' s office in Relations . The survey
forms must be in no later than 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 18 .

I ndividuals desiring more information

should contact any member of the Waynesboro Junior or Senior First Aid Crew or
stop by t he First Aid Crew buil ding on
Broad Street at their convenience.

ATTENTI ON BOWLERS
The SCOGEE mixed bowling league i s gettinq
readv to start its 1976- 77 season . All
those i nterested i n bowling th i s year (Sunday
niqhts) shoul d contact Douq Shu ll on Ext.1797
or Ray Cl i ne on Ext. 1442.

Return to :

RELATIONS
ROOM 105

A description of the two series of courses

follows:
ELECTRICITY I, II, III - Principles of
electricity covering resistance, current,
and voltage in both AC and DC states.
Assumes no background in DC or AC theory
and elementary knowledge of algebra .
ELECTRONICS I, II, III - Introduction t o
vacuum tube, semiconductor, principles,
and circuitry.

Would you be i nterested in taking the series

of electronics courses (Electronics I, II , ~
and III) which, when suc cessfully completed,
would qualify you for an Rl2 Tester B
position? YES~~NO~~~-

The Documented Discussion

Procedure / I /

GE #1 Advances to
Softball Regionals

fs /c.,

The Documented Discussion procedure is a

means of recording a discussion between an
employee and his supervisor. The procedure
is used to record discussions ranging from
excessive absenteeism to an employee's outstanding performance on a particular assignment.
The documented discussion has been used to
bring an employee's attention to a problem
which requires an effort on the part of the
employee to correct . This method has helped
to remind employees that a si t uation which
probabl y had been discussed verbally, previous
to the documented discussion , needs to be
corrected and the employee must make a real
effort to bring it under control.
GE # 1 .te.am membeJv.i ,{,nc.lu.de.: 1.t !WW, l .to 1t;
/vU;tc.h CM.te.1t, Je.1t1ty S.ta.LUng , Willie. Woodon.,
Cleme.n.t Waggy, Roy Re.XJtode.. 2nd 1tow, l .to It;
Ga1ty Ba.t.ton, Ke.nny G1tay, Ronn,i_e. HeJ.JJ..i.ft, &U
Waggy, A.tan Huntley. 31td 1tow, l .to It; Von
Stinupft,{,ng, Randy Galt.th, J,(,m Mac.e., S.te.ve.
Hu. 66e.1t, 0 llie. G1tan.t. No .t hown, Ga1ty F1taz,{,e.Jt.

Another use of the documented discuss i on

is to inform an employee or group of employees
of good performance, good effort on a project
or effort beyond the expectations of the
employee.
The form used for documented discussions
is a three copy, self-carbon form. The
foreman keeps one copy of the form, another
copy is filed in the employee's folder and
another i s kept by the employee for his or
her records. The employee then has a copy
of the subject of discussion, supervisor's
comments , employee's comments and the results
of the meetings .

GE #1 won the Vi rg ini a Indu s t r ial Slow. vch Softbal l Champ i ons hi p in Lynchburg
on t he weekend of J ul y 24 and 25 with a
5-4 victory over the Babcoc k and Wilcox
"Atoms" of Lynchburg . The team gained the
f inal s by thras hing Stromberg -Carlson with
a 17- run outburst and defeati ng Lynchburg
Foundry 8- 3 and GE of Salem 19-7.

The documented dis cussion has not affected

the promotable ri ghts of any employee and is
not a disciplinary measure .

Bi ll Waggy provi ded the bi g bl ow in the

champi onship game wi th a seventh i nning
home run. GE #1 was l ed at the pl ate by
Jerry Stallings with a . 692 average , Waggy
wi th a .667 average, Don Sti nespring with
a .615 avera ge, Steve Huffer wi th a .571
average and Kenny Gray wi t h a . 563 average.
Waggy l ed the team wi th a dozen hi t s and
Ollie Grant was the win ni ng pi t cher in all
fou r games.
The four-game sweep advances t he GE #1
team to the Centra l At l anti c Regionals whi ch
wi l l be held at the Norfolk Indus tri al Park
i n Norfolk, Virg i nia on August 21 and 22.
~ oft,(,e.

G. GJt,{,mu , Manag e.Jt- Emplo ye.e. Re.latio M ,

)e.n.t Ke.nny G1tay, .team ma nag e.Jt w.Jh a
c.ne.c.k. 61tom .the. c.ompany .to c.ove.Jt .the. .team'
lodg,tng e.xpe.M u while. ,i_n No1t6olk.. The. .te.am
w,{,ll a.t.temp.t .to bJt,{,ng home. .the. 1te.g,i_onal 06.tbaU c.hamp,{,onh,tp Uile. Au.gM.t 21 and 22.
Looung on -<A .team membe.Jt &U Waggy.

BLOODMOBILE
(Cont ' d from Page 1, Col. 1)

"NO SMOKING" AREA

Two employees, James L. Kennedy and

Robert L. Broughman, reached the sevenga l lon mark as they visited the bloodmobile for their 56th times, and George
Baker became a five-gallon donor. Also,
recognition goes to those employees who
achieved one, two, three and four gallon
records last week . Those employees are:
FOUR GALLONS:
Dexter W. Her ran
Dewitt H. Miller
Mae Elizabeth Mize

THREE GALLONS :
Russell J. Culber
Robert W. Good
Charles F. Moyer

TWO GALLONS:

Recent ly, a section of the cafeteria was

designated a "no smoking" area for t hose ..-..
employees who do not smoke cigarettes and
are phys icall y bothered by the smoke from
cigarettes of those who do. Even so, there
are still those smokers who wish to use t his
area during the break and l unch periods.
No one can dicta t e where an empl oyee si ts
during break and lunch whether he be a smoker
or non-smoker. However, si nce a particul ar
area has been designated as a "no smoki ng"
area, it is expected that employees adhere to
the si gns placed on the tables and not smoke
while sitting in the !: no smoking" area .
Effect i ve today, an area of the cafeteria
wi 11 once again be designated a no smoking
area and it i s requested that employees
recognize the comfort of the non-smokers and
refrain from smoking while i n t his area .
11

Kenneth Page Hite

ONE GALLON:
Audrey L. Gr aham
Joe R. Armentrout
Aurelia M. Cash
Robert G. Halbert
Ruby N. Coffey
Albert Halterman
John T . Conner
John M. Karaleviez
Donald K. Kyger
Edward W. Deane
Donnie R. Farris
Roy R. Rexrode
Marshall Fitzgerald
David M. Schooley
Edward Furrow
Gene Shiflett
Christopher D. Shuey

11

STOCK PRICE AND FUND UNIT PRICE

FOR JUNE 1976

January
February
March
April
May
June

Stock Price

Fund Unit Price

$52.220
53 . 329
52.098
53.190
51. 469
54 .722

$26 .986
28 .042
27.962
28 .088
27.547
27 . 317

Geo.l[.g e Me Le.aJt (~ ), a 6~equent blood dono~,

ean p~obably give the .thtt.ee 6,{}u,t-:tiJneJt.,6
eieated wdh /Um tiome upei on the ti ubjeet
06 blood-giving. Anx,,i,oueily wading th~
tMnei in Une. w.lth Ge.o~ge Me (l t o ~),
Glo!U.a. Wampl~ , Sheila Afding~, and MMy
Campbell.

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENER AL@ ELE CTR IC
VOL XVIII No. 37

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

G E GoEs To MARs

August 20, 1976

Safety Contest No. 3

To Get Underway

OUR J PL F1UENDG WERE

KIND ENOU<TH TO $END Ufl
THIS EARLY PHOTO OF MAV.9
TAKEN BY T-1/E VIKING- I
WHICH LANDED Oii JULY Z0,1976
THl.r MIG~ION USES' MANY
OF OUR 3 SBM 11.ELAYG

IS' TYPIC-AI.. OF THE

eRITICAL AltEA~ YOUR HIR1..
EFFOTl.T$ GUPPOR.T
.,,,,-ANG'.l'.~fiv-

If you have been following the progress

of the Viking I and II as they go about
searching for life on Mars, you may have
marveled at the progress of modern technology which has given us the ability to land
a space craft on an unexplored planet. Well,
some of you can take some credit for that
progress since the Viking space crafts contain many of our own 3SBM relays built by
employees here in Waynesboro.
The 3SBM relays (our 4-pole 150 grid
magnetic latching relay) are important to
the operation of the Viking ships and, in
appreciation of our efforts, Mr. Herman
Johnson, one of the project managers at
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, presented Hugh
F. Robertshaw, Relay Sales Specialist, with
a copy of the photo of Mars taken by the
Viking I. Hugh received the photo during
his visit to JPL in July when he was there
on business relating to the recent relays
contract for the Mars-Jupiter-Saturn (MJS)
~unch, another unmanned space craft which
to be launched in 1977 .
The MJS is in the process of being built
at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasedena,
California and, once again, more GE high(Cont'd Page 4, Col. 1)

P-i..Uu!ted a.bove .iA one o 0 .t.he 1O" Pol!Xa.-Co.toJt

TV .o e:t6 3 fuc.k.y emp.toyee.o w,ill Jtec.uve a..o
w.lnneJLO -<..n .t.he Employee Sa. 0e.t.y E.6.oa.y Conte.o.t.!

For the 3rd t i me this year, the GE Plant

is sponsoring a challenging safety contest-the Employee Safety Essay Contest. Once
again, all actively employed Waynesboro GE
employees will have the chance to exercise
their talent and creativity in the form
of an essay which will display their good
thoughts on that ever-important factor--Safety.
By composing your thoughts on safety, you
can be one of the three big winners of a
GE 10" Porta-color TV---a retail value of
$228.00.
You can enter by obtaining an entry form
from any GE cafeteria when the contest opens
and attaching it to you r essay before submitting it to Room 105, Relations.
The contest will run from September 1
through September 15, with the deadline
for submitting essays be i ng midnight,
September 15, 1976.
Illustrations may be used to emphasize
salient points but are not required. Essays
will be judged on originality, message appeal,
(Cont'd Page 4, Col. 1)

LEROY U. C. KELLING COMPLETES 35 YEARS

The Correction Notice Procedure

Last week, the NEWS printed an article
explaining the documented discussion pro-.........._
cedure. Since that time, there has been
e
confusion among employees as to the difference
between a documented discussion and a correction notice. This article explains the
difference between the two in order that any
misunderstandings may be cleared up.
As was stated in last week's NEWS, the
docume nted discussion is not a disciplinary
procedure. It is only a means of documenting
a discussion between an employee and his
supervisor. A documented discussion report
cannot be used to di~charge an employee
regardless of how many he receives.

In .the. pl&wr.e. a.bove., WU-Uam Alva.Jte.z, Mg1t1CV Eng-Ute.e!u'..ng, ptc.Umt.6 Le.JtOy Ke.lUng wli:.h
hAA 35 ye.o.JrA' MVt.v.i..c.e. pln a.6 Von Law, Mg11..NCO Eng-Ute.e.11...i..ng ext.e.nd.6 h,i,,6 c.onglt.a.tui.a.t.i.ort.6.
Leroy U. C. Kelling, Consulting Engineer
for the Numerical Control Operations, has
recently completed 35 years of service with
the Company.
A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Leroy
received his BSEE degree from the University
of Wisconsin in 1941 and j oined GE as a test
engineer. In 1942 upon completing test
engineering assignments in Fort Wayne and
Schenectady, he joined the Electr onic Engineering Section of the former Industrial
Control Department in Schenectady . This
department was the forerunner of the various
control departments now located in Bloomington,
Morrison, Salem and Waynesboro .
After making many contributions in photoelectric controls, Leroy was assigned to the
development of the first numerical controls.
In 1955, he transferred to Waynesboro with
the original Specialty Control Department .
Since that time he has made significant engineering contributions to the development of
numerical control systems that have spearheaded GE into the recognized position as
world leader in numerical controls. The
magni tude of his contributions i s best
illustrated by t he fact that his work has
resulted in 45 patent applications which
have produced 37 issued patents thus far.
Leroy i s a licensed professional engineer
and has been elected a Fellow in the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . He
has served as Chairman of the Central Virginia
Section of I EEE and holds membership in the

(Cont'd next column)

The documented discussion report is completely independent of t he measure used in

the company's di sciplinary procedure, the
correction notice. In the disciplinary
procedure, the correction notice is only
issued after all means of correcting a
problem have been exhausted . The first
correction notice issued to an employee normally will not result in disciplinary time
off; however , a second correction notice,
within 12 months of the first, will result
in time off without pay. A third correct...-..,
notice received within 12 months of the
second will norma lly entail discharge.
The correction not ice , which is a disciplinary measure, should not be confused
with a documented discussion.
The code of cond uc t card, which every
employee should have recei ved in the past,
explains the usages of the correction
notice and the offenses for which it is
i ss ued . If an employee should have any
further questions regarding the correction
notice procedure, he is advised to refer
to hi s code of conduct card or to see his
foreman/supervisor or manager.

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

Numerical Control Society and the Tau Beta Pi
and Eta Kappa Nu honorary engi neering societies.
In addition to being a contributor to two
technical books, he has written many IEEE
technical papers and magazine articles on
control systems .
Leroy and his wife, Anne, reside at 1909
Forest Drive, Waynesboro.

Some Q 's and A's About Those

Income Extension Aid Improvements
Just Announced
Editor's Note: Because of the number of
practical improvements made recently in our
GE employee benefit plans, we've asked Bill
Perry, benefits administrator here in
Waynesboro to answer some of the questions
that have been asked most frequently. This
is one of a series of articles.
NEWS: A lot of people know that Income
Extension Aid is our GE plan for providing
income pnotection i n case of layoff, but
many aren't sure just how it works. Can
you explain?
BILL: As a GE empl oyee you build up a "bank"
of IEA benefits as your service grows--one
week's pay for each full year of continuous
servi~e.
You must be on the payroll two years
to be eligible. You star~ off with four weeks'
pa:y in your "bank." After your fourth year
your "ba nk" grows b y another week of pay for
each additional year of service.
In case of layoff or plant closing, your
,.-.."bank" of benefits is paid out in several
ways. Most often, in event of layoff, an
employee receives IEA benefits as a supplement to Unemployment Compensation . If the
layoff lasts until UC is exhausted, Income
Extension Aid continues to be paid until your
"bank" i s exhausted.

NEWS: How did the recent job package improvements make IEA better?
BILL: Under IEA you were formerly guaranteed
an income of 50% of weekly pay from the combination of UC and IEA. Now the guaranteed
percentage is 60% of weekly pay . If your
weekly earnings were $200 , then your layoff
income moves from $100 weekly to $120. As
I mentioned before, when UC runs out, IEA
will continue to be paid at the full 60%
until your "bank" runs out.
NEWS:

Any

other improvements?

BILL: A very special one. The imp~ovements

of this past June include one that restores
all your IEA credits the day you return to
work after a layoff. For example, if you
had 20 weeks of pay available for IEA benefits-as the result of 20 years of service--and you
(Cont'd next column)

lLont ' a trom Loi.

l)

used these up during a layoff period, your

bank of 20 weeks of pay would be resotred as
soon as you return to work.
Another value is the improvement in the
options available in case of a plant closing .
In the past when thi s situation occurred,
most employees were given all of their IEA
credits in a lump sum cash payment and their
service was terminated.
Now, if you desire, you can elect layoff
status instead of taking a lump sum payment.
Under this status you can receive a continuing
IEA i ncome for up to a year, while you seek a
new job; and you will also accumulate as much
as another year of pension service before your
service terminates. The latter could increase
your GE pension if you are eligible.

NEWS: What about the second chance to repay

IEA lump sum payments?

BILL: That's another value that has been

added, although it applies to a relatively
few people. In the past when some employees
left GE on lack-of-work, they took the lump
sum payment of their IEA "bank, 11 withdrew
their pension contributions and ended their
GE service. Later, if the employee returned,
the Plan required that he or she would regain
previous service and pension credits by
repaying the IEA lump sum and the withdrawn
pension contributions-, plus interest, within
a reasonable period. In this situation, some
returning employees decided not to repay and
lost their prior continuous service.
The new one-time "sec ond chance" for
repayment offers those who decided not to
repay, a "second chance" to regain their
IEA "bank" and restore their GE service and
their pension credits. Active employees who
want to take advantage of this one-time
II secon d c h ance II must make arrangements for
repayment through the employee relations
office by January 1, 1977. Of course, the
repayment can be extended over a reasonable
period of time.
As you can see, all of the IEA improvements that have gone into the job package
are very practical changes that team up well
with the increase in pay that has gone into
effect.

CORRECTION
In last week's article in the Plant
NEWS on the Bloodmobile, Edward W. Deane,
listed under the one gallon donors
category, should have been Kenneth W.
Deane.

THAN K YOU NOTES

HANDICAPPED?

We. w.l6 h .to e.xp1r.e.o ~ oWt ~-l.nc.e.1r.e. a.pp1r.e.cA..a..:Uo n

.to e.ve.Jr.yone. who w~ ~o IU.nd .to U6 du!Ung .the.
de.a-th 06 oWt mo.the.Jr., Mli6. Lo.ili W!Ugh.t. 1)a4(ik.6
.to e.ve.Jr.yone. no.Ir. .the. be.a.u:tl6ul 6.R..olULf. aJUu ~
me.n.U . We. We.Jr.e. gJr.a.,te.6ul 6oil. e.veJty.thlng.

WE NEED YOUR HELP

If you are handicapped, we need your help
in the continued development of our affirmative action plan for the handicapped here in
Waynesboro .

Lody Serrett, Eli zabeth

Claytor, and Betty Wright

Today, employees received a communication

f rom Marjorie G. Grimes, employee relations
manager, which had a self-identification
form attached. If you would like to be
considered under our affirmative action program for the handicapped, please fill out
the form and return it to Reginia Wilson in
Relati ons .
GE GOES TO MARS
from Page 1, Col. 1)
reliability relays are being put to good use .
Approximately $50,000 worth of relays are
being used in the MJS program .

TEOn t'd

For those of you who have not seen the

picture of Mars (in photo above), it is
located outside Bob Berrang's office in the
Relays area.
SAFETY CONTEST #3
(Cont 1 d from Page 1, Col.
composition and neatness.
will be selected by judges
GE Plant. All entrys will
eliminating the employee 1 s
judging.

My hU6 ba.nd a.nd I would like. .to e.xpJr.e.o~

.tha.nk.6 6oJr. .the. !Und e.xp1r.e.o~-i_on 06
~ympa.:thy we. Jr.e.c.uve.d a.:t .the. de.a.th 06 my
mo.theJt, Mli6. FloJr.e.nc.e. CJrJ.,tj_zeJt.
OWL

Frances and George Snider

Main Plant

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SWAP SHOP
FOR SALE
1

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2)
The three winners
from outside the
be coded, thus
identity during

The essay Gan concern safety at work,

holiday and vacation safety, home safety,
fire prevention, etc. The possibilities
for writi ng a winning safety essay are
almost enrl less:
So start thinking now. You may be one
of the three lucky winners who will receive
the color TV and have their essays distributed, one each month beginning in October,
to all GE employees!

NOTICE
Since there will be a limit of 24 students
in the Electricity I course to be offered at
Blue Ridge Community College this Fall, employees
planning t o take the course - should have their
IDP applications processed for approval immediately. Bill Perry will notify Blue Ridge of
those approved applicat i ons in order that the
employee may be assured of consideration for
the class in advance of registration. The
Electri city I course is the first in a series
of courses which will qualify employees for the
R9 Tester C position.

"LITTLE MISS" CONTEST WINNERS

Several weeks a go, the NEWS printed an
a rticle on the daughters of two employees-Celi s Wi nkey, daughter of Betty Winkey in
the CDO- TSI area; and Stephanie Good,
daughter of Bob Good in the DCPD Photo Lab-who had won beauty pageants. Stepahnie went
on to later compete in the Tiny Little Mis s
Virginia Contest in Manassas, Virginia.
For those who have been wondering how
Stephani e fared in that contest on August 7,
in competition with 22 other young misses ,
she captured the fourth runner- up position .
Other contest winners were: 8- year- old
Anissa Stanley , daughter of Brenda Stanley ,
in Turner #1 , who was crowned Miss Congeniality in the same contest; and 5-year- ol d Julie
Renee Shifflett, daughter of Pat Shi fflett , ,..-....
CDO- TSI area, and Gene Shifflett, DCPD Mach.
Room , who captured the fourth runner-up position in the Wee Mi ss Virginia State Pageant
hel d i n Manassas on the same day. Julie was
also crowned Wee Miss Personality in that
contest .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 38

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

Bob Good CoMplETEs

20 YEARS of "CHEESE"

August 27, 1976

Summer En1ployees and Co-op Students

View Assignn1ents
as Valuable Experience
Most of you have rrobably noticed some
bright young faces around our facil i ties
over the past few months . The face s you have
seen are those of our summer employees who
have been either working here for t he summer
as they await their return to college or are
here on a co-op and pre-coop assignment with
VP I and the University of Tennessee .

Am<.cU:,.t .the pho.tog1ta.phA.c. equ-<.pme.nt he tL6 eo

do.A.,f_y ,ln .the Pho.to Lab, Bob ~ec.~veo h.<-6
20 yeM' .o .o~v,lc.e p,ln and c.ongJta..tu1a.t,(_on.o
6~om Weo P~e, Manag~-VCPV Voc.u.men:ta:t:J..on
S~v,lc.eo.

1aking pictures is usually a hobby for

most, but for the past 20 years Bob Good
has been able to combine his great love for
the camera with his work.
Bob has been wi th the company since
August, 1956 when he graduated from high
school and we ' ve known him as our Plant
photographer ever since . "I .thMou.ghly
enjoy mu. job," he stated. "Th~e Men '.t

many job.o wh~e you c.an ge.t .to do what

you. ~ea-Uy enjoy do,lng."

Bob i s from Shenandoah, Virg ini a where

he travels a total di stance of 80 mi l es,
to and from, each day. It has been calculated by some that in the 20 years Bob
~s been employed here, he has traveled
total of 389,600 mi les to and from work,
which i s equivalent to 15 times around t he

Some of the summer students worked du ring

the pre-inventory period while others worked
continuously through the summer in areas
rela~ed ~o the~r spec~fic field of study.
Working in an industrial climate' has been a
new and different experience for most of
the student employees and the exposure has
even helped a few to decide upon what area
of study to pursue when they return to col lege .
Al~ in all, the summer work experi ence
was vi ewed by the students as being quite
valuable and rewarding as they rece ived a
chance to l earn about business and earn
money at the same t ime. Most of the students
felt their jobs were "quite an experience"
and that it was "the best summer" they had
ever had.

Besides the employees who worked here on ly

for the summer, there were also students
employed here on a co-op and pre-coop ass i gnment .
T~e.Way~esb?ro

GE Plant is presently
in a technical Cooperative
Edu ca~ion Pr?gram with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univers ity (VPI)
at B l ack~burg and the Un iversity of Tennessee
at Knoxville.
partic~pating

The Co-op Program with VPI has been in

since 1956 and approx imate ly 75
e~gineering students have co-oped with us
since then. The Co-op Program with the
exi~tenc~

world~

(Cont'd Page 4, Col. 1)

(Cont'd Page 2, Col. 1)

STUDENT EMPLOYEES
(Cont'd from Page 1, Col . 2)
University of Tennessee is a new program
which began this pas t June. This program
differs from t he one with VP! in that it
emphasi zes an ass i gnment called the 11 PreEng i neering Co-o p" ass i gnment.
This pre-coop ass ignmen t is a three
month industri al and engineering-oriented
work peri od which immediately fo llows the
partici pa nt ' s graduation from high school
and precedes t he student's first academic
quarter as a f reshman engineering student
at the University of Tennessee.
It is our objective t hat our co-op work
assignments will be such that each co-op
student rece i ves a first-hand look at how
industry operates and i s provided hands -on
experience in a technical environment as well
as a basic ins i ght into the work of an
engineer. The cooper ative education program
i s one of t he best ways of generating future
professional ma npower .
This week t he NEWS interviewed our three
VPI co-ops and our f our University of Tennessee
pre-coops to f ind out how they each view the
co-op program.
Lester Good, Joy Hunt, Darrell Jordan,
and Shei la Thorne are on the pre-coop
program with t he University of Tennessee .
The co-ops ass i gned t o us f rom VPI are
Doug Jones, Dave Ulman and Allan Wilson.

ALLAN WILSON
Anot her VPI co-op who is an Engineering
Mechanics major is Dave
Science and
Ulman. Dave i s a junior at VP! and is
completi ng his fifth co-op assignment here.
With an ES&M major, Dave, as well as Allan,
will be able to choose between the electrical
and mechanical functions of engineering but
has chosen mechanical engineering as his
career objective . He feels that his co-op
assignments have benefitted him in that he can
obtain more practical experience by working
in the Mechanical Engineering Lab than just
from his books . "FJtom :the. ptt.amc.a.l e.xpeM'..e.nc.e I' ve Jtec.uve.d he11.e I 6e.ei. :tha.:t I c.a.n
.lmme.d.la.:tel.y .ln:to a.n engine.eM'..ng job. I:t
would pJtoba.bly give me. a.n edge oveJt :tho-0 e
who haven ' :t ha.d :the. c.o-op e.xpeM'..e.nc.e.. 11

The cooperative education program is one

whereby students take a semester off from
school and work f ull-time in a posi t ion as
directly related t o t heir career obj ective
as possib l e. Not only do the students
receive practi ca l rel ated experience from
their assignments, but they al so receive
financial ass i stance as well since the
co-ops are provi ded an appropri ate salary
during the work experience here.
The pay is one of t he aspects of the
co-op program whi ch at t racts Allan Wilson,
a VPI junior from Ri chmond. "The p11.09Jtam
pa.y-0 well and eve11.y W;tte bU hei.pll, 11 he
stated . 11 In 6a.c.-t, I p11.oba.bly Uke :the woJtk
e.xpeM'..enc.e. be.tieJt :than. :the. -0:tu.diu bec.a.u.6 e.
U b11.ea.kll up :the. mono:to ny o6 j M:t going :to
c.la.ll-0u a.nd you ge.:t :the. on-:the-job e.xpeM'..e.nc.e a.:t :the. /la.me fue. II
Allan ' s major at VPI i s Engineering
Science and Mec hani cs. He is presently
working in t he Standa rds and Calibration
laboratory under Wayne As hby.
(Cont ' d next col umn)

DAVE ULMAN
Doug Jones , a sophmor e at VP!, agrees that
the experi ence i n co- op training is very
helpful . Th is is Doug's first assignment
on the co-op program and he feels it has
been a big benefit t o him. 11 I M ed :to WOJtk
in a. 11.u:tawz.a.n.:t du.Jting :the -0u.mme.M whic.h,
all we. know, illn ' :t 11.ela.:ted a.:t all :to engi neeM'..ng. He11.e, I 'm lea.11.ning :to Me. :tu:t
equipment a.nd woJtk in a.n engineelting e.nvilto nmen:t. I:t ' -0 a. big d.l66e11.enc.e. 11
(Cont ' d Page 3, Col . 1)

DARRELL JORDAN
DOUG JONES
The students on the pre-coop assignment
with University of Tennessee may find that
they have an edge over the rest of the
freshman engineering class as they enter
college this fall.

JOY HUNT
Joy Hunt, like many freshmen who havl:!
decided upon engineering as a career stated,

By c.om-<.ng heJte. .6;tJta,i,g ht out 0 n rug h .6 c.hool,

I d,i.dn't k.now what to e.xpe.c.t. S,i.nc.e I've been
heJte., r trunk. I've lea.Jtne.d a. lot ofi trung.6
that will. pJtoba.bly help me. a. lot when I get
to .6 c.hool. "
II

The objective of the pre-coop first

assignment is mainly to acquaint the
students with the industrial environment
as well as to give them some basic background in engineering work. Joy feels that

a.bout ,i.ru,;Otumen.:t.6 a.nd elec:tJz.on,i_c.,0. So I

trunk. I've gotten a. pJtetty good i l l aMwtd
expo.oWte on my fi.<Juit a.o.6,i.gnment heJte."

For Darrell, working for a large company

like GE has been a very new experience.
"I've. lea.Jtne.d qu.M:e. a. bil a.bout thl.6 Ve.paJttment .6,i.nc.e. r' ve. be.en heJte.," he said. 11 I wa.o
.6 Wtp!t,{_.6 e.d to h e.M what the. ptU..nte.Jt.6 c.a.n do
c.oru,,i.de.Jt,{_ng the. .6hoJtt time. GE ha.o be.en ,i.n
the. bu.ti-<.ne.M. The. Ve.pa!ttme.nt ha.o c.ome. a.
long way . "

LESTER GOOD
Lester Good feels that his experience
here will help him to decide what area to
specialize in later on. "By bung heJte

tM.-6 .6ummeJt r, ve. be.c.ome. ex )'XJ.6 e.d to a. lot

I c.ould u.tie. when I .6ta.ftt .6c.hool thl.6 fiill.
The. e.xpo.oWte. ha.o helped me. to le.a.Jtn the.
te.c.hn,i_c.a.l la.ngu.a.g e. a.nd to .6 e.e. the. Jtela.tion.6 rup be.tween what I have. be.en do-i..ng a.o il
Jtela.tu to e.ng-i..ne.e.Jt,{_ng. "

"w.Lth e.a.c.h a.o.6,i.gnment I .6hou1.d le.a.Jtn moJte.

a.nd a.fiteA the. fiillt Yeo.A ofi c.olle.ge. I will.
p1toba.bly get mOJz.e. e.xpe.Jt,{_enc.e. -i..n woJtk.-i..ng -<.n
eng-<.ne.e.Jt,{_ng i l l eln. 11
~

Darrell Jordan also views the first

assignment here as a good one for pre-coops.
"I've. lea.Jtne.d a.bou,t GE a.o a. c.ompa.ny th/tough
woJtk.-i..ng -i..n Inc.om.tng Iru,pe.c.t,{,on a.nd by woJtk.-<.ng -<.n the. c.a.libJta.lion lab I've. leo.Ane.d mOJte.

SHEILA THORNE

(Cont'd from Page 3, Col. 2)

For Sheila Thorne, working in an industry
has been quite a different experience, as
she has most likely been to her co-workers
with her lively and outgoing personality.
Sheila decided upon engineering quite by
accident. She had almost decided to major
in psychology when she received her scholar-.
ship in engineering instead. Now that she
has had the exposure to engineering work
here at GE, she feels that she is glad she
did not go into psychology.
In summing up her experience on her
first co-op assignment, Sheila stated "I
gu.U.6 'the. mo.6t hnpoJt.t.a.nt thing I've. leaJt.ned
htu be.e.n c.oopeNdi.on. Eve1r.ythi.ng one. pe1L6on
clld wa.6 i.ntelrwove.n wlth .6ome,th,lng anothell.
peJL6 on Wa.6 do.i.ng. One. peJL6 on ~ j UJ>Z a.6
iJnpoJtta.nt a.6 anotheJr. and e.veJr.yone. htu t.o
WOJtk. toge.their.."

BOWLING ANYONE?
Anyone interested in bowling on the SVIL
Bowling Team may contact Don Theady on
Ext. 1617, or come to Room 265 on September 10, the starting date for the team.
GENERAL ELECTRIC RETIREES ASSOCIATION
The General Electric Retirees Association
will hold a luncheon meeting at the Red
Carpet Inn on Wednesday, September 1
starting at 11:30 a.m. Spouses of members
are cordially invited to attend.
The feature of the day will be a talk
by Emily_ and Lewis Spilman who will
describe the highlights of their recent
North Atlantic cruise.
NOTICE TO APPLICANTS

The Co-op Program as well as ~he sununer

assignment for college students 1s both _
rewarding to the student as well as the
company. Not only do the students be~efit
from the experience of working in an 1ndus trial environment but the company also
-benefits by having such willing and capable
employee who may even someday become capable
full-time GE employees.
The Waynesboro GE Plant would like to
express its appreciation to all sununer
and co-op employees for their valuable
output during their employment here and
wish them the best for the upcoming school
year.

According to Marjorie Grimes, ManagerEmployee Relations, there are presently

over 2000 applications for full-time
. .
employment on file in the Employee Relat10~
office. Therefore, it is highly unlikelyr-"
that those persons who submit applications
over the next five months will be hired
since there are so many already on file
and the earlier applications will be considered first.
NOTICE TO SUMMER APPLICANTS
Employee Relations will not be accepting
applications for sununer employment for
1977 until after December 15, 1976. Any
applications which have already been
received will be returned to applicants
with a letter of explanation.
AUTHORIZATION FORMS DUE

BOB GOOD
(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 1)
Bob conunented that he has enjoyed working
for the Company the past 20 years and, he added,

,, I I v e. made. moJte. olli.e.n.d6 hell.e. .than anywhell.e.

ei..6e.. I pJLoba.bty know moJte. people. hell.e. <Lt.
zki.6 pl.ant a.tone. than I do .in Shenandoah."

And he will probably get to know even more

as he goes about the plant each day poppi~g
flash bulbs and making people smile~

As of August 24, 1976, Personnel Accounting

had not received 75 of the Savings and
Security Authorization forms. It is very
important that Part II of this form be
completed immediately and returned to the
Payroll Office. These forms, which authorize
the delivery and registration of securitie~
for the 1977 payout, are needed by Corpora
Employee Savings Operation in order that they
may know how your securities are registered
and to whom they are to be mailed.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XV III No. 39

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

September 1, 1976

SAfETY EssAy CONTEST

.BEqiNs TodAy!

SAFETY SLOGAN & POSTER WINNERS

FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER

The Employee Safety Essay Contest officiall y

began today for all Waynesboro GE employees.
As another aspect of t hi s facility's 1976
Safety Program, th i s contest has the objective
of generating more safety awareness among
employees.
This third and final safety contest for t h.
is an essay contest based on safety pra c-t i ces at.our faciliti es, in our homes, or whi i
on ~acation. Empl oyees may wr ite on any safe
topic.they choose whether i t be a perso nal
~ xpe rien ce or thoughts on a saf ety policy Lei
imp l emented here at our fac iliti es .
y~ar

Tom Hughu (1t) 1te.c.uvu h,<,6 GE AM/Hf Vig-Uai..

Cloc.k-RacU.o 61tom Go1tdon Ba;te.y, Man.age.It-Plant
U.;t{.u and Mainte.nanc.e..

. This month's Safety Slogan Contest winner

is Thomas T. Hughes, Boiler-Watchman. Tom ' s
s loga n i s "THINGS THAT FLY UNEXPECTED, CAN
LAND IN THE EYE THAT'S UNPROTECTED."
The Safety Poster Contest winner for this
month is Thomas W. Barrett. Tom ' s message
on his poster is "BE ALERT. SAFETY IS NO
ACCIDENT--NO SAFETY IS."
To avoid acc i dents we must practi ce
safety measures dail y . We should not have
to worry about accidents and injuries if we
constantly have safety uppermost i n our
mi nds, and one way to show our safety consc i ou sne~s is to always wear our safety
gl asses in the manufacturing areas . If our
eyes are protected at al l t imes, then we
do no t have to be concerned about injury to
them by those "things that fly, unexpected."
Congratulations to both Tom Hughes and
Tom Barrett for t heir contributions!
Tc. ,MJte.ft. (l)
look. ove.Jt Tom' .6
.6y.6te.m whlc.h he.
Employe.e. Sa6e.ty

and h,<,6 man.age.It, Ed C!t06.t

ne.w GE 8-bta.c.k .6te.Jte.o mU.6-lc.
1te.c.u ve.d M a wlnne.Jt -ln the.
Po.6te.Jt Contut.

Rules of the contes t are printed on th e

front of entry f orms which may be fo und i n t~e
cafeterias at all facilities. The entry fo :ir
should be completed and attached to the essa
before submitting to Rela t ions. All es suys J
must have a title.
We are not looking for Pullitzer Prize
winning authors , but we are seeking three of
the m?st original, thought-provoking, safe ty
consci ous essays Waynesboro GE emp l oyees can
compose.
Es says need not be long and shou l d contain
between 150 and 300 words. Three of the
essay contest entrants will become winners
and will receive a brand new GE 10" Porta(Cont ' d ne xt page)

GE No. I Ends Season

The GE #1 softball team placed sixth out
of 11 standings in the Central Atlantic
Regional Tournament on August 21.
The team
Stinespring
Gray with a
with a .529

was lead at the plate by Don

with a .616 average, Kenny
.588 average and Bill Waggy
average.

GE #1 played a total of four games,

dropping the first one to the Coast Guard
of Washington, D.C. 11 to 10 in 10 innings;
winning the next two against the Federal
Reserve of Richmond and Maple Press of
York, Pennsylvania, 7-2 and 9-2, respectively;
and losing the fourth to Norfolk Firefighters,
13-5.
The team members wish to express their
appreciation to everyone who gave their
support and went down to Norfolk to see
them play. They would also like to thank
the Company for their financial .support
which helped make the trip possible.
Congratulations GE #1 for an outstanding
season!

January
February
March
April
May
June
July

$52.220
53.329
52.098
53.190
51.469
54.722
56.899

The Rl2 Tester B Course offered here ~

the Plant will begin with an orientation
class, tomorrow, September 2 in Room 108.
The orientation session will be from 4:10
to 5:10 p.m. for first shift employees and
from 2:35 to 3:35 p.m. for second shift
employees.
Regular class meetings will begin
Tuesday, September 7 and will be held
every Tuesday and Thursday therea~er for
a period of six weeks. Classes will be
held in Room 108 from 4:10 to 6:10 p.m. for
first shift employees and from 1:35 to
3:35 p.m. for second shift employees. First
shi~ employees, however, will meet in the
auditorium for the September 28 session but
will continue to meet in Room 108 for all
other sessions.

Marriott - A Good Neighbor

of the District Hom~
The Ladies Auxiliary
for the Elderly recently sent out an appeal
to anyone in the Waynesboro area who might
have a cash register which could be donated
to the Home's store.

'STOCK PRICE' AND

'FUND UNIT PRICE'
FOR JULY 1976

Stock Price

R12 Tester BCourse Begins Tomorrow

Fund Unit Price

$26.986
28.042
27.962
28.088
27.547
27.317
27.978

SAFETY ESSAY CONTEST

(Cont'd from Page 1)
Color TV with a retail value of $228.00. One
of the three winning essays will be reproduced for distribution to employees each month
beginning with the month of October.
If you can write a sentence you can enter
the contest. So don't delay .. enter the
Employee Safety Essay Contest today! The
deadline for entries is midnight, September
15.

The Marriott Company at GE responded to

the appeal, and within 24 hours, a cash
register was sitting in the store, waiting
to ring up a sale for its first customer.
George Tilton, cafeteria manager, explained
that Marriott had had an old cash register
which hadn't been used through the years so
it was decided that the cash register be put
to good use and be donated to the District
Home.
The cash register is being put to good
use now and, thanks t-0--a good neighbor, the
District Home's store is able to operate.

Spaghetti Special
The Marriott Cafeteria at the Main Plan~
is offering a special spaghetti lunch for
tomorrow, September 2. The lunch includes
spaghetti and meat sauce, tossed salad and
garlic bread -- all for only $1.00.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
VOL XVI II No . 40

WAYNESIOI O, VIRG INIA

Se ptember 3, 1976

New Prognu11
Helping Handicapped Underway
Editor 's Note : General El ectric has a long
history of hi ring t he handicapped. Now,
pr ograms to hire the handicap ped are recei vi ng more at tention than ever before. To
expl ai n why, Regin i a Wil son, who is in charge
of the affirmative ac t i on pl an for the hand ica pped here , answers ques tions on the subject
in today ' s NEWS .
Q.-- You are respons i bl e for developing our
aff irmative acti on program for the handicapped. Why i s such a program neces sary?

'r he article on page 3 i s an art icle on Quali ty

Control written by one of our 14 graduating
appre ntices of this fac i lity ' s Apprent ice
ProgrB..!?l . ~he author , Ritchie Ferrier , wrote
the article as an assignment for his supervisor at the time , Dick ,.,reber , SupervisorProcess Control .
Ritc hie, who had been working in the
Quality Control subsection for only six
weeks , had done such a fine job in expressing his views on the subject of quality control that it was felt hi s opi nions should
be shared with all empl oyees .
Prior to the writing of Ri tchie ' s arti cle,
Hank Meineke , Manager- QC Engineer ing , had
written a series of articles on the subject
of Quality Control whic h we r e published in
the Plant NEWS. Ritchie felt that the articles
were quite interesting and very informative .
The only other background Ritchie has had
in Quality Control was a course he ' d taken
~or the Apprentice Program , but he feels that
11
nea!tly eveAIJ Mea. o 6 .the P.la.n.t we wOJz.k ,i_n

.a..o

~ ome.th-<.ng

.to do wdh qu.a.LUy c.onbtol. 11

Ritchie will be graduating from the

Apprentice Program this September 17 .

(Arti cl e on Page 3, Co l . 1)

A. -- The Department of Labor ' s (DOL) stat i s tics s how that there ar e mor e t han 14 million
handicapped i ndividuals i n the Unit e d Stat e s .
Onl y a little more than 40 perc ent have j ob s .
Of those 14 million handicapped peopl e , t he
JOL estimates that at least 1 . 5 mi lli on who
aren ' t working could work if given the chance ,
and many others are capable of holding more
responsible jobs than they hold now .
Also , the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires Government contractors--and GE dces
a g reat deal of work for the Government --to
set up affirmative action pl ans for employing
and advancing the handi capped . The Act wa s
amended in 1974, and regulati ons on t he
methods of i mplementing it were released by
the Government in Apri l of thi s y ear .
Of course , here in Waynesbor o , we ' ve
always made an e~fort to hire qualifi ed
handicapped persons . The new law now puts
that approach on a fo rmal, legal basis .

Q.- -When wil l t hi s offi ci al affirmat ive

act i on pr ogram go in t o ef fec t here?
A. -- On September lo . We ' ve had a good head
star t and will have our complete progr am
formally established and working by t ha t dat e .

(Cont ' d Page 2, Col . 1)

NEW PROGRAM HELPING HANDICAPPED UNDERWAY

(Cont'd f rom Page 1, Col. 2)
Q.--What will that mean for GE in Waynesboro?
A. - -The Act requires no discrimination in
the areas of hiring , layoffs, promotions ,
transfers , rates of pay and other personnel
practices. We will be reviewing those
practices as well as other job requirements
to be sure they don't disc riminate against
handicapped i ndividuals .
Also, as handicapped people apply fo r jobs
or are considered for advancement, we will
be looking at our jobs to evaluate ways in
which we might accommodate handicapped
indi viduals.

Q.--Just who are the handicapped?

A.- - The Rehabilitation Act de f ines handicapped
as any person who :
.. . has a physical or mental impairment
which substantially l imits one or more
major life activities (like f inding a
job or getting promoted) ; has a record
of such an impairment (such as a heart
attack, or mental disability); or is
regarded as having s uch an i mpairment .

Q.-- Does complying with the Rehabil i tation

Act mea n that employees who aren't handicapped wi ll have to take up the slack when
a handicapped employee can' t meet normal job
requirements ?

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

A.-- If they are qualified to do the job with
reasonable accommodation , yes . In fact ,
people with such handi caps already hold jobs
in General Electr ic businesses and in other
companies and a r e often hi ghly productive
employees.
I think handicapped people-- i f given the
chance--make an important contribution to
any business.

************************************************
OUR COMMITMENT TO THE HANDICAPPED
The General El ectric Company will not
discri minate against any emp loyee or
applicant because of a phys i cal or mental
handicap in r egard to any pos i tion for
which the employee or applicant i s qualified.
Beyond that, General Electric will undertake
affirmative action t o employ an d advance i n
employment qua li f ied handicapped indi viduals .
Non-discriminatory treatment wil l app ly
relative to all employment practi ces such
as emp l oyment , upgrading, demotion, transfer,
recruitmen t, advertising, lay-off, termination,
rates of pay or other forms of compensati on
and selection for trai:ling, including ap prentices hi p.

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

Bobby Cu llen VVins Color TV

A.- - Not at al l . No one will be hired who

can ' t do the j ob . The law only requires
affirmative act i on in hiring and advancing
qualified handi capped people . In some
cases , i t may be necessary to accommodate
the handicapped person ' s condition--for
exarnple, lowering the height of a work
bench to enable a person in a wheelchair
to perform the job product ively .

Q. --How well could a hand i capped person,

say one who i s menta l ly retarded, fi t into
industry?
A.- -Some mentally ret arded individuals mi ght
not . On the other hand , many could f it i n
quite well . Several companies have had good
experience in training mentally retarded
employees for certain types of j obs .

Q.- -Would you expect to be hiring bl i nd and

deaf peopl e as well ?
(Cont ' d next col umn)

The recent winner of the !CD QUEST Contest

for the best i dea was Bobby Cullen, Engineering
Data Processing Technician (on t he ri ght in the
picture above). Bob by won the grand pri ze of
a GE 10 Porta-Col or TV for his idea to improve
the methods of handling Renewal Parts Requisiti on
His method wou l d prevent the delay in the ordering of parts not on the computer inventory file .
Present ing Bobby with his new TV is W. C. Mackey,
Gen eral Manager of !CD.
(Cont'd Page 3, Col. 1)
11

7/ <)7 (:

QUALITY CONTROL
6y Phttlue IFeiieO't

In essence, qual ity control is t he ultimate effort of every individual and orga nizati on within the ma nufacturing system to
provide the customer with the hi ghest qua li ty
prod uct at the l owest possib le cost. This
is a very difficult task when one cons i ders
the r i sing cost of mate ria l s, l abo r and the
do ll ar va lue placed on lost time and stri ngent
consumer demands.
The need for better qual ity control qrose
out of a greater pressure by the customer
for a reliable product that wou ld not have
to be serviced on a regular basis . When the
customer cries out for better service and
quality, the manufa cturer has to answer those
cri es in orde r to stay competitive .
Quality control, when improvised properly
from the lowest level of tr1e 1ilanufacturing
stage to the finished prcduct, wi l l produce
a hi gh qua lity product and a satisfied cus tomer .
Careful se lection of vendors by Purchasing and
conscienti ous vendor evaluation can help as sure
tha t those vendors wi ll supply the company with
~ uality pa r ts.
A good vendor - company rapport
and open communi ca t i on wi 11 add to the quality
and service to the company and the customer.
Communication between the different areas
of the Qua li ty Control organization i s a must
if the system is to run effectively . Any
breakdown in communicati on can resu l t in l ost
t i me and lost do llars .
The mos t important factor i n an effecti ve
quality contro l system is the installation
of a special kind of pri de within every
i nd i vidual to do the best work he or she
can do to assure the customer that the product
they are receiving is the best poss i ble and
one that everyone can be proud to have had a
part in comp leting.

ICD QUEST CONTEST WINNER

(Cont'd from Page 2, Col. 1)
Bobby is one of several QUEST Contes t winners
i n the Industrial Control Department. QU EST ,,--;hort for the phrase "qua lity/service teamwork" 1as launched earlier this year when th i rteen
teams, representing all plants and major product
li nes in the department , were created. The
second phase of QUEST - i nvo l vement by i ndividual
emp l oyees in the department - began in May.

There've Been Some Changes In Ranges

If you ' re planning to shop for a new
electric range this year , you may notice
some design changes which have been
implemented t o make ranges conform to new
standards .
The new requirements were established
partly by Underwriters' Laboratories , Inc.
(UL) , and partly by the appl iance industry
working with the National Bureau of Standards
and the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
UL is an independent product - testing organi zation concerned with the electrical charac teristics of consumer pr0ducts .
Most of the design changes are aimed at
pr otecting c onsumers against their own
carelessness . The most visible ones, and the
reasons for them , are these :

* Al.l 120- volt appliance outlets have been

eliminated , s o that trailing power c or ds
cannot come in contact with a surface unit
that is on .
* Two-st~ :- " push- to- turn " s urface unit c ontrols arr: 1 ow standard to preclude unintent ional operation.

Each surface unit c ontrol is identified to

show which element it is contr olling--not
just with words (such as Right Front) but by
a symbol as well , unless positioning of the
knobs makes it obvious which switch control s
which surface unit. The reason: not everyone
reads English .

Every range must have at least one light to

i ndicate when a surface unit is "on ," and
every surface unit control must have a marked
" off " positi on.

* The center l ine of controls must be at least

six inches above the surfac e of the cooking
elements to avoid the problem of trailing
bathrobe sleeves touching the cooking units
when making cont rol adjustments .

Front surface units must be set back f our

inches from the maximum forward pr oj ection
of the r ange, ge nerally the oven handle , to
keep clothing f r om coming in contact with
surface elements when a person leans over the
range . Only one surface unit larger than
6-i nch diameter can be located in the front
section of the rans e .

* Oven bake heating units must be shaped so

that a hot pad will not come in contact with
(Co nt'd Page 4, Col. 1)

SOME CHANGES IN RANGES

(Cont ' d from Page 3, Col . 2)
the f r ont cent er of the element, or b e close
enough to i t to ignite, when a person pulls
the oven shelf out or pushes i t in f rom i t s
lowest position .
Amon g the non-vi sible changes are reduced
temperature limit s on r ange ext erior surfaces
that apply when the oven is in use , or i f i t
is in its self- cleaning cycle .

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SCHENECTADY-GE plans to furn ish

rotors and other critical gas turbine components worth about $90 million for 158 gasturb1ne compressor modules as part of an
order by Machinoirnport ot the Soviet Union.
Jack Gatzerneyer. general manager for
the Gas Turbine Division's International Operations Department, expressed " disappointment" at not receiving the full Soviet
order, but emphasized that the $90 million
worth of GE- supplied components repre sents more than 1 ,000 man -years of jobs
for the U.S.

Self-c leanin g ovens , GE said , are equipped

with special interlock s so that the oven door
cannot be opened during the h igh-temperature
cleaning cycle.

NOTICE
Un i on dues withhel d for the f i scal week 35
i s $1.74. Dues t o be wi thhe ld f or t he f i sca l
week 36 will be $2. 34 to cover t he differe nce
of t he 30 not i nc luded i n the previ ous week ' s
dues. Uni on dues for f i scal week 37 wil l be
withhel d at the correct amount of $2.04 and
will continue at that amount each week.

SERVICE PINS AWARDED

FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST
20 YEARS
H.
J,
H.
F.
R.
H.
P.
E.
J,
D.

A . Alexande r
E . Allen
N. Dedrick
H. Draper
W. Good , Jr .
S . Poole, Sr .
T . Rowzie
V . Shifflett
N. Smith
F . Wright

15 YEARS
J.
J,
A.
S.

F . Blai r
H. Hostetter
C. Krabbenhoft
J . Payne

5 YEARS
G. C. Beak ley

10 YEARS
A.
B.
R.
W.
M.
H.
M.
J.
J.
N.
F.
M.
S.
G.
S.
F.
D.
B.
W.
A.
F.

C. Barker
V.
W.
M.
A.
Y.
A.
W.
W.
R.
E.
M.
S.
W.
S.
S.
M.
E.
S.
A.
S.

Boyers
Breihan
Davis
Dodge
Fountain
Glenn
Humphries
Hunter
Kite
McGowan
McPhatter
Moretz
Peer y, Jr .
Ponton
Sandy
Schooley
Schriver
Shickel
Swicegood
Swi sher

SALE~hanges in product mix and the

continued failure of short-cycle business
orders to materialize c aused a work force
reduction of about 100 production employees early in August.
Based on economic fo recasts completed
earlier this year, it wa s expected that employment would remain fairly stable-mainly
due to a diversified range of products. However. total volume is down and changes in
product mix have affected the work content
in assembly areas .

PHILADELPHIA-At mid-year the Switchgear Business Department's orders were

less than expected, and considerably below
the June 1975 level of performance. which
was one tough month in a very tough year.
Currently, for example, the outdoor
breakers business is still in a dramatic
slump. Volume in the industry remains near
1975 levels with no indication s as yet that
utilities will start buying in quantity soon.
One small positive sign: a pickup in export quotation volume recent ly, particularly in transmission and subtransmission
breakers.
DAYTONA BEACH-Purchase orders
have been received from Bath Iron Works
and Todd Shipyards for 11 shipsets of machinery control system hardware. including
propulsion control systems and damage
control consoles for guided missile frigates,
two of which are destined for service w ith the
Royal Australian Navy.
According to Lad Warzecha, general
manager, "This significant production order
of approximately $12 mi llion will form a
strong base for our Ship Systems product
line and will maintain our competitive position for similar programs."

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 41

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

September 10. 1976

DAVE CouqHTRy, MqR-MANufAauRiNq,

ExplAiNs THE ovERTiME ANd lAck of woRk siTuATioN
Earlier this week the NEWS interviewed Dave Coughtry,
Manager of Manufacturing for Data Corrununication Products
Department. We specifically asked him to comment upon the
odd situation we are experiencing wherein we are having
both lack of work and overtime.
Dave stated that while this unwanted condition did exist
it came about because of a rapid upturn in orders. Our Department's incoming order rate has climbed and is still
climbing very rapidly. As our Department has more business
and grows, all of us here have greater job security and are
able to provide more job opportunities. The present rapid
growth situation, while it presents some short-term problems,
is mutually beneficial to each one of us.
According to Mr. Coughtry, basically what has happr r.-:d,
and is happening is this:
"CU6tomeJt demand 60ll. oWt p1toduc.:t.6 ha.6 .{.nCJte.a.6e.d .60 1111.p,i...dly
that we. have. be.e.n unable. to get the. adcU.t<..onal pa.Jr.,U and
matvUal..6 6Mt enough and .{.n balance. -00 a.6 to allow U6 t u
me.et the. c.U6tomeJt-O' de.UveJty 1te.quA.Jr.eme.n.U. While. the. Mate.It~ pe.ople. have. 01tde.1te.d tlteme.ndou.6 quantitiu 06 mateJt.{.al
to -Ouppotr.t th.{.-0 91towth, we. have. 6ound that oWt vendotr.-0 a1te. hav.{.ng .{.nCJte.a.6.{.ng d.{.6 6.{.c.uUy me.e.t.{.ng oWt
-0holtt-te.1tm ne.edo .
"Af. the. -0ame. t.{.me. we. ne.e.d mo1te. mateJt.{.al, otheJt bU6.{.ne.-0-0e.-0 a1te. al-Oo .{.nCJte.a.6.{.ng thU!t 01tde1t-0 on oWt
vendotr.-0. What .{.-0 happenbtg .{.-0 that oWt vendotr.-0' c.apac.U.{.e.-0 a1te. bung U6e.d up. Th.{.-0 c.au.6e.-O them to
-Otltetc.h out thU!t -0h.{.pme.n.t6 to U6. Ni a.n. ex.ample., -0ome. mateJt.{.al-0 that only a -0hotr.t t.{.me. ago c.ould
be. obta.{.ne.d .{.n eA.ght to twelve. we.e.k.6 now take. .&.{.x.te.e.n to twe.nty we.e.k.6. UndeJt no1tmal c.oncU.t<..on-0 th.{.-0
would hWtt. It .{.-0 even mo1te. d.{.66.{.cuU -Obtc.e. we. a1te. tltybtg to obta.{.n mateJt.{.al bt e.ve.n le.-0-0 t.{.me. tha.n
oWt ve.ndotr.-0 p1te.v.{.0L6ly 1te.quA.Jr.e.d.

"OWt MatvUal..6 pe.ople. have. be.en dobtg thU!t utmo-0t .{.n e.x.pe.cU.t<..ng oWt ve.ndotr.-0. We. have. authotr..{.ze.d
them to wo1tk oveJtt.{.me.; Ve.pcvr;tme.nt peJt-Oonne.l a1te. be.big .&e.nt to vendolt plant.6 to ll.U6h mateJt.{.al bac.k
to Wayne.-0 bolto, to e.x.pe.d.{.te. mateJt.{.al th/tough thU!t opeJtat.{.on-0. We. a1te. mah.big p1tog1te.-0-0, but we. Me.
not alwa.y-0 able. to obta.{.n the. pltopeJt bala.n.c.e. 06 pa.Jr.,U and/alt mateJt.{.al. A m.{.-0-0e.d de.UveJty, a 1te.je.c.te.d
lot le.ave.-0 U6 -0hotr.t one. paftt alt anotheJt wh.{.c.h then c.au.6e.-O a lac.k 06 wo1tk.
"when the. '-0hotr.t' mateJt.{.al MJt.{.ve.-0 we. then have. to tWtn to oveJtt.{.me. t o make. up 601t the. l0-0t .time..
to vendolt mateJt.{.al, the. .{.nCJte.a.6e. bt quantitie.-0 06 pcvr.:t-0 and -0uba-0-0emblie.-0 made. bt-hoU6e.
gone. up -00 Jta.p.{.dly that we. have. be.en unable. to ptr.oduce. them a.6 ne.e.de.d. Tw, too, c.aU6 e.-0 a lac.k
06 wo1tk. and al.&o oveJtt.{.me bt otr.deJt to c.atch up. We. have. adde.d new mac.hbte. tool-0 will mo1te. yet to
c.ome.. We. have. -0ta!tte.d a th.{.Jtd -0h.{.6,t bt the. Mac.hbte. Shop. We. Me build.{.ng oWt own pa.{.nt.{.ng 6aUlity.
AU 06 thue. Me. bttende.d to help U6 not only me.et :the. bu.6.{.ne.-0-0 gltow:t.h 1te.qu.{.Jteme.n.t6, but to do -00 bt
a molte. otr.deJtly 6Mh.{.on.

~ add.{.t.{.on

(Cont'd Page 4, Col. 2)

UVa releases Fal I schedule

Time is running out!

The University of Virginia School of

Continuing Education has released its
schedule of courses for the Fall 1976
semester. Copies of the schedule may
be obtained from Bill Perry's office in
Relations.

Enter the
Employee Safety Essay Contest _
~

TDDAY!

Employees wishing to enroll in a

course at the UVa School are urged to
do so as soon as possible as registration ends tomorrow September 11 at
12:00 p.m. However, for those who are
unable to register at that time, late
registration will be conducted September
13 - 16 from 9:00 a.m. to 7 : 00 p.m.
Classes will begin the week of September
13, 1976.
Employees who enroll in a course at
any of the area educational institutions
are reminded to complete and return
an .Individual Development Program application at least t wo weeks in advance of
the starting date of the course. IDP
applications must be approved in advance
before a refund can be granted.

A 'Thank You' Message From Fred Curto

This week a letter was received in the

Relations Office from former employee
Fred B. Curto expressing his thanks to
everyone who have been sending him cards
and other get well wishes during his
recuperation.
-Fred stated , "I' u 6e.e.l be.:t:te.ll.

in

a.n6We.ll. a 6ew o 6 the. pe.o ple. a.nd 6.l!.ie.nd6

who .oe.n-t oveJt 5, 000 c.aJLd6 .t>inc.e. Novembe.ll.
4, 1974. A6.tett 46 day.o in va.ll.io U6 ho.o pi:ta..e.6, both in V-Utginia a.nd in Floll.ida., I
a.m hoping :t.o be. a.ble. :t.o walk nail.ma.Uy by
:the. e.nd 06 :the. ye.a.I!.. How doe.o one. -0a.y
:t.ha.nk.o :to .&o ma.ny?"

"I now live. in Floll.ida. w,Uh my lovely

wl6e.," Fred continued. "I ha.ve. my own
.t>w.Unmi.ng pool (in wfUc.h I e.xe..1!.c..l6e. daily)
a.nd a. hoU6 e. a.U pa.id 6oil. :tha.nk.o :to the.
ma.ny GE be.ne.6U6, inc.lucli..ng the. Sa.ving-0
Plan. I 6 you :think a.bout :the. be.ne.6U6
now, you don.':t. ha.ve. :t.o wotcJty a.bout :them
We.I!. whe.n. you ll.e;ti.1!.e.. Again., thank.
6Oil. l.JJIC.Ltlng "

VuM.ng heJt bll.e.a.k pe!tlod, MeJtljl Edcli..n6,

c.o.6e;te1Ua. employee., c.a.,tc.he.o up on heJt
TV pll.Ogll.am-0 on the. bJta.n.d new GE 1O"
Pollh-Cololl. TV wfUc.h Wa6 iM.ta.1.le.d in
the. McU.n Pla.n-t co.6e;teJUa.. .tki..6 we.e.k.
Thll.e.e. lucky employe.e.o w.lU e.a.c.h .l!.e.c.e..Lve.
one. 06 :the.oe. :te.le.v.l6..Lon6 a.o w{.nneJt.O in
:the. Employee. Sa6e.:ty E.6.t>a.y Con-te.o:t.

Employees are reminded that they have

only 5 more days to go to enter the last
safety contest for 1976. The Employee
Safety Essay Contest began last Wednesday,
September 1, and will end next Wednesday,
September 15, at midnight.
If you want to be one of the many
authors to be considered as a winner of
a brand new GE 10 Porta-Color TV, then
you'd better get your entry in today!
11

As a reminder to employees who are still

planning to enter. Essays must be neatly
printed or~ on regular.white bonded
stationery and should contain no more than
300 words but no less than 150. It should
also be titled .
Three winners will be chosen and each
winner will receive a brand new GE 10 11
Porta-Color TV with a retail value of
$228.00.
You don't have much time left so get
those entries in before the contest ends
next Wednesday!

,.-...

ci/1c/ 7{:;

Enrollment material for

Dependent Life lnsuran ,
~ .J be distributed September 17
If you're an hourly or non-exempt salaried
employee, you'll soon be receiving informative material on the new GE Dependent
Life Insurance Plan which goes into effect
October 1 for eligible employees. The
package will include a brochure containing
the text of the Plan and an enrollment card
so that you can obtain the Plan's benefits
as soon as it becomes effective. Distribution of enrollment material is expected
to be made on Friday, September 17.

(Cont'd from Col . 1)

'
WJU..tte.n ~e.coM i6 you. tUJtn i l down, in .
o~de.Jt :to p~e.ve.n:t po-0-0ible. YTU.6u.ndeJl.6ta.nding
la:te.Jt."
Bill reemphasized that an employee ~ill
be able to sign up for the Dependent Life
Insurance Plan at any time after its effective date; but most people will probably
want to take advantage of t he 31-day open
enrollment period and avoid running th~
risk of denial of coverage by the carrier .

Parking Tag, A Must

Under the Plan you can obtain life

insurance for your spouse and children for
the 1ow rate of 45 cents per week . "Tha-t.
low cori;t!U.bution p4ovide6 coveJta.ge. 6oA
an e.mploye.e.'-0 wl6e. o4 huoband and all
eligible. chilc/Jr.e.n- - no ma.t:te.Jt how many, "
says Bill Perry, employee benefits adminis trator here in Waynesboro.
The Plan was devised because wh1le
employees have coverage on their own
....,.li.;\ves under the GE Insurance Plan, many
ployees are less likely to have insur
ance on the lives of their spouse or
children. The new plan offers employees
an opportunity to purchase coverage on a
group basis at an attractive low rate.
"The. low 45-ce.Y!bi-pe.Jt-we.e.k. cori;t!U.bution
pJtovideA $5, 000 06 cove.Jta.ge. on a -0pou.oe.' -0
.li6e. and $1, 000 06 coveJta.ge. on :the. .li6e.
06 e.ach eligible. child," Bill said . "A.6
:the. Plan -O:ta:teA, :the. in-OWt.a.nce. co.M.)_e.Jt can
change. :the. ~e. on JanuaJty 1 06 e.ach ye.AA,
de.pe.nding on e.xpe.Jtie.nce., al:though :the.Jte. w.llt
be. no change. be.6o4e. JanuaJty 1, 1978," he
added.
"I:t i-0 impo/t.ta.n:t 6o4 tha-0 e. in:teJr.eA:te.d in
:the. coveJta.ge. :to e.MoU M -Ooon M po-0-0ible. 1 "
according to Bill. "1 6 yowr.. e.n4oUme.n:t
~d i-0 no:t -0u.bmi:tte.d in :the. 6ill:t 31 day-0
06 yoUJt e..ligibi.lity, :the. WWt.a.nce. company
can 4e.qu.i4e. :tha-t. you. p~ovide. at yowr.. e.xpe.n-Oe.
me.dical e.vide.nce. o6 in-OWt.a.bi.lity o6 yo Wt
de.pe.nde.n:t-0 which i-0 -Oati-0 6ac:to~y :to :the.
in-OWt.a.nce. company be.6o~e. :the.y can be. cove.Jte.d
u.nde.Jt :the. Plan.

"Whe.n you. ~e.cuve. :the. b~ochUJte. out.lining

:the. Plan, you.' U wa.n:t :to give. U ~e.6u.l
-0:tu.dy," says Bi 11. "The. e.Mollme.n:t cMd
muo:t be. -0igne.d whe.:the.Jt o~ no:t you. wa.n:t :to
ob:tain :the. cov eJta.g e.. TYU.6 W-ill pita vide.
(Cont'd next column)

All.. e.mpi.oye.e6 -0hou.ld have. a paltk.lng ta.g on

:the. le.Q:t 4e.M bu.mpe.Jt 06 th~ CM-0 M
-0hown in the. pic.:tu/l.e. above. (indicate.d by
aMOW).

Recurring problems with plant security

require that increased emphasis be placed
on the proper use of plant parking lots.
It must be remembered that parking privileges are extended by parking zone and
then, only with an authori zed parking tag
for that zone.
Effective October 1, 1976, fo r the Main
Plant, and October 8, 1976 for the Turner
Complex, no vehicles will be allowed to
park in employee parking zones wi t hou t a
properly displayed parking tag. There will
be no excep tions and random audits of
incoming traffic will enforce the policy.
Each employee has at least three weeks
to obtain a legible parking tag and
properly dis play it on the left rear
bumper of his vehicle. Employees may
obtain a parking tag by filling out a
request form and sending it to Maintenance. Forms may be obtained from the
bulletin boards located outside the Main
Plant cafeteria or from the employee's
supervisor.
Please be attentive to t hi s requirement so t hat your parking privileges will
continue.

Appliance-TV Service: Sti 11 a Good Buy

DAVE COUGHTRY (Cont'd from Page 1)

Twenty-five years ago a home service call

on a household refrigerator ran around $12.
Today a typical in-hom~ service call--including
diagnosis, labor and part s--averages about $34.

:th~ ne.e.do o 6 owz. c.~:tomeJLO I 6 we. did no:t,

~ .woui..~ veJty qLU.c.ky g.lve. lL6 g1tea:teJt

"We. Me. :t!tylng qu,i;te. dupeJto,,t,ely to me.et

While, on the surface, a near three f old

increase in a generation might appear prohibitive, in reality the cost of product service
has held extremely well against the overall
press ures of our inflationary economy, and i t
is still a good buy, according t o Robert J.
Kalember, general manager of Product Service
for General Electric and Hotpoint.
The cost of bringing a trained technician
and his "repair shop on wheels" to your door
t o fix a product in your home has increased
mainly because service is labor-intensive and
cannot be mass produced like consumer products,
s a id Kalember. "In-home service is a result
of a combination of factors, including buying ,
equipping and operating radio-dispatched trucks,
maintaining a massive parts inventory, and
wages and benefits for service technicians as
well as dispatchers and parts stockers," he
said.
"Then, too, there is the constant need t o
pull service personnel in for training to
make certain they are familiar with all
products, and can handle a majority of
problems on the first call."
In an effort to meet the consumer's need
for fast and efficient in-home service, General
Electric has instituted a "Customer Care
Service Everywhere" network for its GE and
Hotpoint brands.
The network consists of more than 5,000
employees providing service coverage in
more than 350 metropolitan areas, as well
as about 10,000 independent servicers franchised by GE to provide nationwide service
coverage.
When a customer calls for factory service,
an appointment is made within a promised
four-hour time span on a certain day. The
customer may specif'y whether the service
technician is to come in the morning or the
afternoon.
To make certain that the right parts are
on hand, each company service truck carries
up to 700 different parts which allow the
technician to complete 90 per cent of his
calls without ordering more parts from the
warehouse.
GE's emphasis on product service is not
surprising , points out Kalember, since the
man who developed the Hotpoint trade name,

(Cont'd next column)

<Li:6 6-<-c.u.Lti_u o 6 a. mo1te. .6 eJtlolL6 :type.. We. .-...,

6-<-nd owz..o elv M g1ta.du.a,Uy 6a.c.e.d wlth no:t
OY!1LJ .lnc.Jte.a..oe.d, but a.loo tougheJt c.ompe;U:ti..on who .oe.U p!toduc.t.o veJty .ohnllatt to owz..o.
We. ~e.c.ogn.lze. tha.:t .l6 c.MtomeJLO c.a.n' t get
d~veJty 61tom lL6, :the.y go to owz. c.ompe;U:ti..on a.nd we. .loo.6 e. :the..l!t bM.lnM.6. Fo!t :t/Uo
1te.a..o on we. aJte. :t!ty.lng to do e.v eJtyth.lng po.o.o.lble.
to me.et :th e..lJt de.Li..v eJttj ne.e.do Tog e.:theJt we.
ha.ve. bu.ll:t a. 1te.pU-ta.t.lon 601t be..lng a.ble. :to
de.Li..veJt good qu.a.LU.y pJtoduc.:t.6 on a. :ti..mely
bM.l-6. T/Uo .l-6 what b!t.lng.6 c.lL6:tomeJLO :to owz.
doo1t. We. do no:t wa.nt to loo.6 e. tha.:t 1te.puta.t.lon."

According to Dave, "be.c.a.U6e. 06 :the. a.bove.,

we. .6 e.e. a. c.o nt.lnua.Uo n o6 ov eJtt.lme. a.nd .6 ome.
la.c.k. o 6 WOJtk., but hope.6ully a. de.c.Jte.a..o.lng
a.mount 06 .lt M we. go :th!wugh Se.pte.mbe.Jt
a.nd Oc.tobeJt.
"Owz. ma.teJt.la.l-6 .o.ltua.Uon, 11 he continued,
".l-6 g1ta.dua.Uy .lmp1tov.lng .6 o tha.:t we. aJte.
ha.v.lng 6e.weJt .o hoJrJ:a.g M We. w.il.1. c.o nt.lnue.
61.y.lng ma.teJt.la.l .ln, .6 e.nd.lng owz. :tltuc.k..6
a.6teJt .lt, a.nd do.lng e.veJty:th.lng po.6.o.lble. to
move. ma.teJt.la.l 61tom ve.ndoM to lL6 6MteJt.
In :the. 6.lMt pa.Jtt 06 1977 we. be.Li..e.ve. we. .oe.e.
a. c.o nt.lnua.Uon o 6 owz. blL6.lnu.o g1tow:th, no:t ~
qu,i;te. M .6te.e.p M a.t :the. moment, but veJty '
good. In a.nt.lc..lpa.tlon 06 th.l-6, we. Me.
01tdeJtlng laJtgeJt qua.ntil.lu 06 ma.teJt.la.l .ln
oJtdeJt to plte.ve.nt oUJt Jtunn.lng out .ln :the.
6utUJte..,,

Dave stated that he does not like to

use overtime except in small amounts and
then only in emergencies. One thing that
he likes even less is the placing of
employees on lack of work . "I 6ully
1te.c.ogn.lze.," he continued, "tha.:t a. la.c.k. 06
wo1tk. .o.ltua.tlon hM a.n a.dveJLOe. .lmpa.c.t on
e.mploye.u' .lnc.ome.. In ma.ny c.MM, howe.veJt,
the. oveJtt.lme. wo1tk. ma.k.u up 601t :the. lo.o.o
due. to la.c.k. 06 WO!tk.. Be. M.OUJte.d :that I
a.nd the. otheJt Ma.nu6a.c.tU!t.lng ma.na.ge.Jt.6 aJte.
do.lng, a.nd w.lll c.ont.lnue. to do, e.veJty:th.lng
:tha.:t .l-6 humanly po.o.o.lble. to k.e.e.p lL6 61tom
ha.v.lng a. la.c.k. 06 wo1tk., M well M :tJty.lng
:to 1te.duc.e. :the. oveJtt.lme. 1te.qul!te.me.nt.o. We.
.ln ma.na.ge.me.nt w.il.1. c.ont.lnue. to do e.veJtyth.lng po.o.o.lble. :to me.et the. blL6.lnM.6 ne.e.do
while. a.t the. .oa.me. :ti..me. be..lng :though:t6ul
06 a.nd :tJty.lng :to pJtov.lde. the. but po.o.o.lble.
WO!tk..lng c.ond.lt.lon.o a.nd .o.ltua.Uon.o 601t oUJt
e.mploye.u."
~

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

Earl Richardson, i s al so credited with
or iginating t he appliance service call in
1907 when he bicycl ed t hr ough the streets of
Ontario , Califor ni a , t o repair his "hot
point" irons in the customer's home.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No . 43

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

LARGEST clAss of
AppRENTiCE PROGRAM TRAiNEES
RECEiVE diplOMAS

September 24, 1976

Constructive Citizenship Program

to focus on 4 Major Appeals
A timetable and other details of the 1976
Constructive Citizenship Program were revealed
today by Mrs. Marjorie Grimes, Chairman. The
campa ign, which i s designed to encourage
employee participation in the political process
was announced Friday, September 17 by Warren F.
Kindt , General Ma nager for DCPD.
The 1976 program, according to Chairman
Grimes will be promoted as a Bicentennial
affirmation of democratic principles, and
employees will be reminded that there could
hardly be a more appropriate way to observe
America's 200th birthday than to participate
personally in helping to make t heir government
what they want it to be.

P).Uu!te.d above. aJte. the. 14 applte.ntic.e. g.1ta.dua-te6

06 the. 1976 App1te.ntic.e. Tlta.).tU.ng P1to9.tr..am 91ta.dua..tA..n9 clcto.6. The.y a1te.: ~Jtont JtOw; l to Jt)
Voug BJte.e.de.n, GMy Mize.It, Ralph Plta.te.Jt and
Sam Cook. 2nd now, l to n: Paul WaJtJte.n,
Supe.Jtv~olt 06 t he. PJtOg.tr..am; Vana P,{;t;tman;
R).c.hMd Mea.doW-O; Jhnmy Ha1tne.1t; U.nda Cll.Uze.Jt
and Ke.n Boy~. 31td now, l to n: Vave. Cought.Jty,
Mg1t-Manu6ac.,tu/t).ng; J.bnmy Campb e.U; M).ke. Wwh;
Ke.dh Ke.1t1t; RUc.h).e. Fe.ltUe.Jt; Ste.ve. Vow~ and
Gle.nn Ke.lie.It, Mg1t-Manu6ac.,tu/t).ng Eng).ne.e.Jt).ng .

Last Friday, September 17 , the largest

class of apprentices in the history of
the Waynes boro GE Plant graduated from
the Apprentice Program. The graduates
were awarded diplomas and pins for their
successful completion of the three year
Tool Room Mac hinist training program.
The 14 graduates were addressed by
David L. Coughtry, Manager of Ma nufactu ring for DCPD. In his address to the
class, Dave emphasized that this fac ility
has had "a lot 06 gJta.dua,t).ng clcto.6e6 on
.the. Applte.rttic.e. P1to9.tr..am but we. Ive. neve.Jt
had tM.6 many." The largest c.lass to

(Cont'd Page 2, Col. 1)

The program will focus on state and local

elections and issues, as well as national.
To assure that everyone will have an opportunity to support the party and/or candidate
of his or her choice, there will be four
distinct Jppeals for action involving
(1) voter registration, (2) working for the
candidates and/or party of one's choice,
(3) giving campaign funds to the candidates
and party of choice, and (4) voting on
November 2.
Chairman Grimes said that the voter
r egistration drive is receiv i ng special
emphasis from now until the end of next
week, Friday October 1. The importance of
volunteer work for candidates, parties and
causes will be the theme from September 27
through October 8.
Another phase of the program will allow
employees to meet the candidates during plant
visits, which may be scheduled at any time
the candidates are available. Individual
contributions of funds to candidates and
parti es of choice will be encouraged in
communications starting October 11 and continuing through October 22.
Finall y, a get-out-the vote promotion,
including wide ly publicized information on
absentee ballots, will run from October 25
to Electi on Day , November 2.
(Cont'd Page 3, Col . 2)

APPRENTICE GRADUATES
(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 1)
have graduated from the Program before
consisted of only six apprentices. Dave
added that he was "ha.pp!f that we've got
l:i o

Employees Con1plete
20 Years of Service

ma.n.y g1ta.dua.U.ng toda.y. "

The graduating apprentices were:

Kenneth M. Boyers, Douglas F. Breeden,
James R. Campbell, Linda C. Critzer,
Samuel L. Cook, Steven D. Downs, Ritchie
E. Ferrier, James 0. Harner, Keith V.
Kerr, Richard L. Meadows, Gary L. Mizer,
Dana M. Pittman, Ralph E. Prater, and
Michael E. Walsh.
The General Electric Apprentice
Training Program is one of the oldest
and best-known industrial training
courses in America. It was established
to meet the need for skilled manpower
when GE was still a young company pioneering the development of electric
power .
The Program is recognized throughout
American industry as a top-ranking training ground for young people who are
setting their sights on a technical
career. During a training period of
practical work and classroom study, the
General Electric apprentice acquires
technical skills and knowledge that open
up a future rich in opportunity.
Apprentice graduates are found in
almost every manufacturing area of the
Company. More than half the graduates
have used their apprentice background as
the foundation for broader careers in
manufacturing engineering, quality control,
and similar activities. Apprentice graduates can be foun d holding such positions as
planners, technicians, foremen, supervisors
and managers.
The Apprentice Training Program consists
of 6000 hours of on-the-job training in
various areas of manufacturing along with
700 hours of related studies at Blue Ridge
Corrununity College. Apprentice training
began in Waynesboro in March, 1956, just
one and a half years after the Waynesboro
GE operations first started. Last Friday's
graduating class brought the number of
graduated apprentices in Waynesboro up to
a total of 65.
Last week's graduates all agreed that
the Apprentice Program was a worthwhile
experience and that it was well worth the
effort. In summing up his address to the
group, Dave Coughtry stated that the Program
is a good one and that the graduates of
(Cont'd Page 3, Col. 1)

The GE NEWS would like to extend its

congratulations to all those employees who
completed 20 years of service during the
month of August. These employees are:
(pictured above; front r ow) Paul Rowzie,
Relays QC- Gas Leak Detection; Howard Poole,
Test Technician-Industrial Elect~onics;
Helen Dedrick, Registrar-ICD and Don Wright,
Photo Processes Operator . Back row (1 tor):
Jim Allen, S/M Fabricator; Floyd Draper,
Tool Equipment and Repair; Joe Smith, Engineering Technician; and Bob Good, Engineerin
Technician-Photo Lab .

Employee Safety Essay Contest

judging to begin soon

The Employee Safety Essay Contest ended

last Wednesday, September 15, thereby concluding the Safety Constest for the 1976
Safety Program .
Due to the enthusiastic response to the
contest and the nature of the contest,
itself, the judging will take a little
longer than usual. Winners will be announced as soon as possible.

Many GE employees were saddened to learn

of the death of Cecil F . Davis, 49, of
Weyers Cave , Virginia . Cec il began his
employment with GE in April of 1956 and
was currently working in Maintenanc e and
Test Equipment Development.
Cecil is survived by his father, J.
Frank Davis; a si ster, Mrs . Melvon Simmers
of Route 1, Mt . Crawford; and a brother,
James T. Davis of Route 3, Waynesboro .
The NEWS wishes to extend our sympathy to
the family.

October 2

.:.

. :..'

Last Day to Register

Employees are reminded that the last_ day
~o register for the upcoming election is
Just one week away. Voter regi$tration
books will be closed on Saturday, October 2,
31 days in advance of the November 2 General
Election.
In view of this, Voter Registration
Offices for Waynesboro, Staunton and
Augusta County have set up special hours,
along with their regular hours, for voter
registration. The hours for registration
are listed in the second column.
In order to be eligible to register,
one must be a citizen of the U.S. an4
at least 18 years old on or before November
2 (Registration, however, can be made in
advance of one's birthday if it falls
~etween the October 2 and November 2 period).

One needs to register only once. However,

the name of a person will be remov~d from
the registration books if that person has
not voted during a four-year period.
Transfers of registration mwst be made
if a person moves from one ward to another,
or moves into the city from soAle other
jurisdiction. Persons who move from the
city to another jurisdiction must transact
the transfer at the office of the general
registrar in the new jurisdiction.

C/(2-'( (lk

. '

. i

Waynesb~r~,

Office of the General

Regist~ar

Regular Hours: Fri., Sept. 24 -- 5:00 p.m. to

9:-08 p.m.
Mon. thru Sat., Sept 27 - Oct. 2,
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Extended Hours: Fri., Oct. 1 -- 8:30 a.m. to
9:00 p.m.
Staunton
Regular Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
2: 00 p. m. to 5: 00 p. m. ': 4'
at City Hall
Special Hours: Sept. 23 and 24 --6:30 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. at Leggett Dept. Store

The October 2 deadline results in a

30-day residency. Anyone moving within
the period may return to his or her former
place of residence to-vote.
Registration must be accomplished in
_person, with some exceptions, and requires
~n oath before the registrar that the
1nformation is correct. Information asked
for registration purposes includes: full

name, Social Security number, date and place

of birth, marital status, occupation, whether
presently a U.S. citizen, address and place
of abode, date of residency in the ward,
and plac~ of any previous registrations to
vote.

Schedule For Voter Registration in Waynesbor.o,

Staunton and Augusta County
:+.

Mon . , Sept. 27 -- 7:00 p.m. to

8:00 p.m. at Bessie Weller School,
Westsi~e Elementary.v~~h,~l.i ..
"~
Thomas Jefferson School
.
Wed., Sept. 29 -- 9:15 a.m. to
12:00 noon at Lee High School
Sat., Oct. 2 -- 9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. at City Hall
Augusta County Offices, 11 South Augusta Street

~ "

"

md Grand ,tano .9tdg~"

Regular Hours: Monday through Friday,

8:15 a.m. to 12:00 noon
12:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Special Hours: Friday, Sept. 24 and Oct. J~
5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 2 -- 8:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m.

APPRENTICE PROGRAM
(Cont'd from Page 2, Col. 1)
~twill reap the rewards of their training;
~ ~ybe not immediately, but the rewards will
-~ -oe forthcoming,

CONSTRUCTIVE CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM

(Cont'd from Page l, Col. 2)
While there will be some overlapping'of'
these four special action projects, and all
four will be discussed throughout the entire
period between now and election day, Chairman
Grimes believes it will definitely strengthen
the program if each activity has its own
special ti frame for concentrated actien;

Attending the ceremony was the manufacturing staff and Paul W. Warren, Supervisor of the Apprentice Training Program.

Chairman Grimes emphasized the non-partisan

and voluntary aspects of the Constructive
Citizenship Program.

.,

SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS To Get Them You Must Apply

Millions of Americans are eligible for
and are.paid.Social Security benefits. But
that doesn't mean Social Security is going
to come looking for you to pay you a benefit.
. Before ~ Social Security benefits are
paid, you must fill out an application.
Start with a phone call to your nearest
Social Security office to get procedures
start.ed. Your application will be processed
with reasonable speed.

* If' you

are unable to work because of an

illness or injury that is expected to last
a year or longer or result in death.
If you are about to retire at age 62
older.

* If

* A marriage

certificate if you're applyiug

for a wifesor widow's benefit.

* Your children's birth certificates if'

you're applying for them.
* Your

W-2 tax form for the previous year.

Don't delay applying

When to contact Social Security

.*

* Proof of your age. A birth certificate

or baptismal certificate will suffice. ~

o~

a wage earner in your family dies.

About three months before you become

eligible to start receiving benefits, file
an application. If, for example, you plan
to retire in December, file an application
sometime in September. It takes time to
process the paperwork.

What should you bring when you apply for

benefits?
Your own Social Security card or a record
of.your Social Security number. Everyone
should have a Social Security number and a
card showing that number. If you lose your
card, apply for a new one--but not a new
number. All your retained earnings history
is listed under the old number . When you
apply for benefits, also bring:

Don't delay in applying for Social

Security benefits because you lack some of
the cert.ificates mentioned above. People
in the Social Security office will tell
you what alternate proofs can be used when
you apply.

In doubt. about eligibility?

Any time you think you may be entitled
to a benefit, file an application. Don't
just ask if you can get it. The answer
to an informal question is seldom given
the care an application receives. If y~
believe a ruling made by Social Securityagainst you is wrong, it can be appealed-through the courts if necessary.

More than retirement income

Social Security is more than just retirement income. It provides a wide variety of
benefits to millions of American workers
and their families. But remember, to get a
benefit you must apply.

DEPENDENT LIFE INSURANCE

THANK YOU NOTES
The family of Mrs. Mary Oliver Leake
wishes to thank the employees of General
Electric for their many expressions of
sympathy at the time of their sorrow.

Infonnation on the new GE Dependent

Life Insurance Plan, which goes into
effect October 1, was distributed today.
The package includes a brochure containing the text of the Plan and an enrollment card so that you can obtain the Plan's
benefits as soon as it becomes effective.

OWL 6ami.ly would Ufie_ t;o e.x.pJte..6~ OUJr.

a.ppJte.ci.ttti.on 601t.. .the. ~, 6ood, pltay~
and e.x.pJte..6~.lon6 o6 ~ ympathy e.x;tend.e.d. du!Wtg
owr. Jt..e.c.e.nt beJtea.veme.nt, .the. dea;th 06 owr.
bJr.o.theJt and bJr.o.theJt.-.ln-t.aw, ce.eu. F. 1Ja.v.l6.

.
. It is important
for those interested,~
the coverage to enroll as soon as possible.
The enrollment card must be signed whether
or nor an employee wants to obtain the
coverage.

Jim and Eleanor Davis

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERA L@ELECTRIC
VO L XV III No. 44

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

September 29, 1976

Editori al:

/?JJad o//ici~ aw eleded 6y !food jteop/,e wkJ tkJ nol taole.

- Anonymous
In th is year of America's Bicentennial, we are reminded that the privilege of supporting the
cand idates of our choice is becoming more i mportant than ever, because of the increasing number
of ways in which national, state and local governments affect our lives .
He re at General El ectric, we are convinced that a concerned , active citizenry i s still the
best ass urance of having responsible government -- government that serves the best interest of
a ll . And the single most important way each of us can take an active part in our government is
through our selection of our government officials .
However , over the years, the percentage of the voting age population who actually cast ballots
i n Presidential elections has been declining. In 1960, 62. 8% voted, and since that time the
percentage has been shrinking. In 1972, only 55.5% participated.
That r enowned philosopher, Plato, once said "The pun.i.ohment tha.-t the w.i6e 1.>u66Vt who Jte6Me
,1:, to live undVt the. govVtnme.nt on WoMe. me.n .,, If we do not
;ercise our right to choose our government officials, then we will be stuck with t he government off icials others have chosen for us. Being of sound minds, each of us is capable of
mak ing our own decisions as to the person we think will best represent us i n government.

~,

ta.k.e. pCULt hi the goveJtnment

Your vote on Novembe r 2 will be a personal and important decision -- one that makes you a
participant in the democratic process . But before you can cast that vote, you must be registered.
Registrat ion is the act of qualifying to vote by formally enrolling on a list of voters .
Emp loyees are reminded that they have only three more days (in most areas) to register if they
wi sh to exercise that all-important right of choosing their government officials. If you haven't
already done so, we urge you to register now so that you may be eligible to vote November 2.

Get Out And Vote

This week, Mrs. Joyce B. Wimer (r), 7th t

District President of the VFW, presented
Mrs. Marjorie G. Grimes with a "Get-Out-ToVote" tag which she will wear as chairman
of the 1976 Constructive Citizenship Program. (Joyce is shown, in the picture at the
r i ght, pinning the tag on Margie.)
The Constructi ve Citizenship Program
began two weeks ag o when Warren F. Kindt,
j).Q'D General Manager , announced that Mrs.
imes would become chairman of the Program.
1ne Program's objective is to encourage
broader employee participation in the political process with emphasis on the four
action areas: register, work, give and vote.
(Cont 'd Page 2, Col. 1)

.r

(Cont'd from Page 1)

As Joyce stated, the 7th District of the
VFW is presently conducting a campaign to
get the people in the area to register and
vote. As part of this campaign, the District
will stress the importance of voting on
November 2 and plans to distribute tags,
like the one presented to Margie, to employees
in the Plant.
Joyce is originally from England but has
lived in the U.S. for the past 30 years.
Although she didn't become naturalized until
1958, she considers the United States her
home and stated, "Bung a. ~zed cltlzen., I'm awaJLe o6 .the .impoJLta.nc.e 601t. eve.Jr.yone
to 4:t.udy .thw c.a.ncli..da..tu a.nd to c.hoo~ e the
one. wfio wi.Le. do the. but job. 1 've exeJLC.l6ed
my ,u.gh.t .to vote evell. ~.i.nc.e I've been a.
c.i:ti.zen bec.a.u.6 e, .i.n Eng.a.nd, 1 wa..6 neve.Jr. old
enough. I enjoy .thi..6 JU.gh.t a.nd 1 e.nc.oWta.ge
eveJLyone we .to get ou;t a.nd vote."

Joyce is very active in politics through

her association with the VFW. The VFW's
State Legislature Chainnan, Mrs. Lois Tate,
keeps the auxiliary informed about the
legislation up for consideration, and the
members of the auxiliary keep their congressmen infonned of their feelings on certain
legislation which concerns them and the VFW.
Joyce, who works in the Machine Shop,
has two sons who are also employed here at
GE -- Carl A. and Roger L. Both of her
sons and her husband, George J. Wimer, are
veterans of foreign wars. Joyce has been
a member of the VFW for the past 10 years
and, as she stated, "I Jteo.i.ly do enjoy U."
A~ well as serving as President of the 7th
D~strict, she is also a state officer and
is past President of the 2216 Auxiliary of
the VFW.

Overtime Break
Beginning Monday, October 4, 1976, those
employees who work three (3) hours or more
beyond the employee's regular quitting time
will be permitted to have a ten (10) minute
break. Employees working less than three
(3) hours will not take the ten minute
break.

AREA VOTER RGISTRATION SCHEDULE

The following area Registrar's Offices
will be opened on the designated days for
those who have not registered but wish to
do so:
WAYNESBORO - Office of the General Registrar
City Ha 11
Wednesday, Sept. 29 - Saturday, Oct. 2
-- from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Extended hours on Friday, October 1
-- from 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
STAUNTON - Office of the General Registrar
City Hall
Wednesday, Sept. 29 - Thursday, Sept. 30
-- from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 2
-- from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
AUGUSTA COUNTY - 11 South Augusta Street
Old. Grand Piano Building
Wednesday, Sept. 29 - Saturday, Oct. 2
-- from 8:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon
12:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Extended hours on Friday, October 1
-- from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
NELSON COUNTY - General Registrar's Office
Court House in Levingston
Wednesday, Sept. 29 - Thursday, Sept. 30
-- from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 2
-- from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
CHARLOTTESVILLE - Office of the General
Registrar, City Hall
Wednesday, Sept. 29 - Saturday, Oct. 2
-- from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
ALBEMARLE COUNTY -- Rm. 101, County Office
Building, Charlottesville
Wednesday, Sept. 29 - Saturday, Oct. 2
-- from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The ten minute break will start, for those

employees who qualify, at 5 minutes before
the employee's regular quitting time and end
at 5 minutes after the employee's regular
quitting time.

REMINDER!
Parking Tag Inspection - October 1

This schedule is for the standard established shifts. If and when shifts and/or
hours are changed, there are other instructions to cover these situations.
(Cont'd next column)

If there are any questions covering the

break procedure, employees should discuss
them with their foremen/supervisors.

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERA L@ELECTRIC
VOL XV III No. 45

WAYNESIOltO, VIRGINIA

DCP Teamwork
Clears Customer for Take -off
With American Airlines
by Judy Palocsay, Marketing

October 1, 1976

Tomorrows the last day

to register in most areas
General Electric employees who aren't
yet registered to vote sti ll have an
opportunity to do so in most areas. Most
General Registrar Offices will not close
their voter registration books unt il
sometime Saturday, October 2. These areas
and their ti mes are:
Waynesboro -------- 8:30 a.m. - 5:00
Staunton ------- --- 9:00 a.m. - 5:00
Augusta County ---- 8:15 a. m. -1 2:00
12 :45 p. m. - 5:00
Ne l son County ----- 9:00 a.m. - 5:00
Charlottesville --- 8:30 a.m. - 4:30
Albemarle County -- 9:00 a.m. - 5:00

Some 06 :the TuJtneJt Comp.lex. people (p,{,c;tuJted

above) who Welte ,{,nvo.lved ,{_n ~eeuJt,{,ng :the
Rayt heon 01tdeJL Me (.l :to 1t ): J,(_m Mc.Kay,
Lou TJz.o:tt, 1\.U.ke Auen, ~kke Sehoo.ley , J,(,m
A~tin , R,(,eh.aJr.d H~ , Tommy H~, HowMd
Coo k, L o~ Lu~ 6 01td, J,(,m Wo o ~on, MMg,{,e
MeGo.ldlL,{,ek, J,(,m Eclltng , John Btteen and Dave
Eei:tey . No:t pJz.U en:t 6OIL :the p,{,c;tuJte Welte
J ohn RanMe, Je.My T~da.le, M,{,ke Sehe.lo1t,
and Becky Lu~ 6 01td .

A device as s imple mechanicall y as t he

nine-part fo rms adj ustment option to the
TermiNe t 30 prin ter has opened up new
hor izons for DCPD and it appears that the
sky' s the li mit.
Raytheon Data Systems, Norwood, Massachus etts, long a maj or OEM for TermiNet
300 and 1200 pri nters , expressed an in terest
early this year i n t he TermiNet 30 matrix
p ~ter for their newly developed airline
t .et i ng sys t ern . The Raytheon Programmed
Terminal Sys tem (PTS) combines the ir own
compu ter and CRT wi th t he TermiNet 30
printers.
(Cont 'd Pag e 2, Col. 1)

p.m.
p.m.
noon
p.m .
p.m.
p.m .
p.m .

If you happen to live in an area which was

not mentioned above, call your area's General
Registrar's Offi ce to obtain their voter
registration hours.
The only requirements for voting in the
Presidential election are that you be a
U. S. citizen, at least 18 years old by
Election Day, and that you register at
l east 30 days before November 2. And even
those who move during t hat 30- day residency
period can still vote in their old district,
provided they have registered .
General Electric empl oyees who aren't
registered are urged to do so by tomorrow
so that t hey may be all owed to cast their
ballots November 2.

ATTENTION!
Employees are urged to retur n their
enrollmen t cards for the Dependent
Li fe Insurance as soon as poss ible.
The enroll ment card must be signed
and returned to Personnel Accounting
whether or not an employee wants to
obtain th e coverage. A package con taining infor mation on the Plan was
distributed to all hour l y and nonexe mpt employees las t week .

DCP TEAMWORK
(Co nt'd from Page 1, Col. 1)
Six evaluat i on uni ts, incorpora ting the
new striker bar, had to be ready for
Raytheon by late summer. This necessitated
speeded up re-work to warehouse printers
and a herculean effort by Engi neering t o
come up with the des i gn for the forms
adjustment option and a new tear- off bar
feature.
The tremendous teamwork exhibited by
DCP Engi neering, Ma nufactur i ng, and Marketing should not go unmentioned. Many people
were i nvolved, from Jerry Crane, Production
Engineering, who designed the adjustment
option, to Mike Shelor, Product Service,
who installed the f irst two units at American Airl i nes Computer Center, Tulsa .
Overcoming the myr iad problems associated
with producing the first forms adjustment
on short notice can be credited to a number
of people between Crane's desi gn and Shelor's
insta ll ation. In Engineering, credit goes
to John Bi ttner, Manage r, Production Mechanical Engineering, Ralph Bill i ngs, Production
Enginee r i ng, and a host of other Engineering
people.
Man ufactur ing plaudits go to Lou Trott ' s
people, name ly Jim Edling, Manager-Turner #1
Operati ons; Tommy Harris, QC Foreman ; J i m
McKay, Superv isor -TermiNet 30 production;
John Breen, Foreman ; Mi ke Auen, Becky
Lunsford, Marge McGo ld rick, Mike Schooley,
Lois Hangar, Ri chard Harr i s , and Howard
Cook.

(Cont 'd from Col. 1)

Senior Sa les Specialist, Headquarters
Sal es . Both men have done excellent jobs
"honchoing" the project to its comp letion
on time.
To date, Raytheon has ordered more
t han 100 units to be incorporated into
systems for American Airlines . Ameri ca n
i n turn leases the system to travel agencies
across the country .
Benefits to the end- user are twofold.
As an i mage booster the system provides
the advantage of gi vi ng the t icket purchaser
his ticket i n hand at the t ime of purchase
so he is assured of his reservati on . Secondly, dollars saved are tremendous because of
lessened paperwork, consumab les savi ngs,
and manpower reduction.
A Raytheon spokesman projects a market
for 5000 printers for this specific appli cation alone . Early feedba ck from Raytheon,
Incoterm and others rates the TermiNet 30
as the "finest ticket printer avail able in
the marketplace."
Other airlines are already showing
interest and, than ks to a fine DC P crew,
the TermiNet 30 is cl eared for take- off.

The very first forms adjustors were

handcrafted by Production Engineering
technician Al Scarbrough from special parts
made in the mode l shop by Jerry Cox,
Supervisor, Support Engineering. The opti on
is now i n full production thanks in large
part to the efforts of John Rannie, ManagerMaterials; Jerry Tisdale, Supervi sor-Production; Jim Aust in, Superv isor- Shipping and
Stockroom; and Jim Woodson, Shipping.
Another facet to the project is the
special tear-off b~r des i gn by Harry
Berrey, Production Engineering. Ni nepart forms have been likened to small
telephone books and separating them
involves some mus cle power. Berrey ' s
new heavier paper shield has been designed
with a special cutting edge for tearing the
forms wi t h relative ease.
On the fr ont li ne wi th Raytheon were
Barry Robertson, District Sa les Representative for Boston, and Dave Estey,
(Cont 'd next col umn)

The. Enghte.e!U.Ytg g.1toup who played a.11. -<..mpoJtta.n;t pa.Jtt. .<.rt the. Ra.ythe.o rt OJtde.Jt btc.lu.de.:
Se.a.te.d (l to Jt) , Jo hn B-<.;ttne.Jt, Ralph
B~rtg~, Je.JtJty Vove.l a.rtd No1tma.rt Coa.k-te.y .
Sta.nd.<.ng (l to Jt) , Ale.x Che.pai.li , Al
Sea.JtbJtough, Von The.a.do , Ge.1ta.ld Cox , He.n1ty
S.<.pe., Va.ve. Sehoole.y a.nd Je.JtJt y CJtarte. .

'

SAFETY SLOGAN
& POSTER WINNERS
J:or the month of October

I{._,

THE Job Pos1iNq PRocEduRE-LETS REviEw

Emp loyees who utilize the Job Posti ng
Proced ure s hou l d be aware of the i mportance of provi di ng complete and accurate
informati on on the Job Interest/Sel f
Nomina t i on Form. A form improperly or
partially compl eted could cause the
employee ' s nomi nat i on to be eliminated
from considerat i on f or the open job .
In order t hat we gai n a fu l l understandi ng as t o what informati on i s
requi red or should be suppl ied on th e
Job Interes t/Self Nomination form , l et ' s
rev i ew t he form sect ion by secti on .
SECTION I
Section I should be filled out compl etely by t he employee, paying part i cul ar attention to the sen~ority dat e
(month , day and year) . Thi s section
r equ ires general but accurate information on the employee ' s present job status .

Sallie. 11.e.c.u vu he.11. new GE c.lo c.k.-11.a.c:Uo wdh

~ .timil.u 611.om he.11. ma.na.ge.11. , John La.11.ew,
l g e.11. 06 CVO Eng,LJ.ie.e.JU.ng .

The safety slogan winner for the month

of October is Sallie Raines, Secretary .
Sa llie's sl ogan which won her a brand new
GE AM- FM Di gital Cl ock/ Radio is: "Safety:
A st ep pi ng stone to good health ... Don't
skip over it ."
The saf ety poster winner for this month
i s Judy Bec k, Invoice Verifier. Judy's
humorously creati ve poster carry ' s the
s l ogan: "To stay in action, avo id di stracti ons . "

SECTION II
Section II , Parts (a) through (g)
r e qui r es information which can be obtained
f r om the "Notice of Job Ope1,::-.g" form
posted on all Job Posting boards throughout the facility . The "!Jot ice of Job
Open i ng" form provides such information as
t he t i tle of t he job to be filled , t he
se rial number , the rate number , the job
code a nd the shift.

(Cont'd Page 4, Col . 1)

Both poster and slogan carry very timely

messa ges which should be heeded by each of
us . Safety, just like any other health
precaution, must be observed dail y if we
wi sh t o live healthy , safe lives. Just
as we take precaution against sickness
and disease, so should we al so take equal
measures t o preven t accidents.
And one way t o pre vent accidents i s, as
J - puts it, t o "avoid distractions."
M~ . ef acc idents are caused by people who
are not full y attenti ve to what they are
doing at the t i me. Safety requires ou~
full, undivided attention to be effecti ve.
Le t's give it that so that we may all
"s t ay in action."

Ju.d y, a-long wdh Bob Bowen, Ma.na.ge.11. 06

Co.tit Ac.c.ou.n,t{.ng , a.dmUt.u the. ne.W G~ 8- tll.a.c.k.
.tite.11.e.o mMA..c. .ti y.titem wh-<..c.h .tihe. won A..n the.
Employee. Sa. 0uy Po.tite.11. Con:tut. Jud~ WM
.ti e.c.ll.Ua.'1.CJ to Bob whe.n .6he. won the. pll.A..ze..

THE JOB POSTING PROCEDURE

(Cont ' d from Page 3, Col . 2)
The employee should check Section II (a)
if he/she is nominating himself /herself for
an open, posted pos ition. Section II (c)
should be checked if the employee is
placing a nomination in advance of an open
pos ition .
Although all previously mentioned areas
should be completed fully and accurately
for proper consideration, Section II (h)
is just as cr itical . Section II (h )
requi res that the employee list all wor k
exper ience and training at GE and prior to
joini ng the company . Complete and accurate
information in this area could be the factor
that would g ive the employee an edge in
obtaining an interview with the interviewing foreman/supervisor . The Employee
Relations personnel and the interviewing
foreman/supervisor need this infor mation
in or der to properly give due consideration t o the employee who has the related
experience . If Sect ion II (h) i s left
blank, then ~his will be taken to mean
that the empl oyee has had no experienc e
at General Electric or elsewher e .

THANK YOU NOTES

The. Ce.c.il. F. Va.v..i.A 6a.mil..y W-i.Aheo to
e.xptte.66 theJ.Jr. apptte.c.,,i,a;t{_on 6ott all
e.xptteo6ioM 06 6 ympa.thy du.!Ung t heJ.Jr.
tc.e.ee.nt lo66. The. mone.y w-U'..l be. u.-0e.d
6M the. Me.mo.tU.itl fond . Tha.nki> 6ott the.
6low~ , eMd-0 and v..i.Aw .

Mrs. Dealy Dav is

The J. Frank Davis
Fami ly

I woui.d L<..ke. to thank all 06 my

MJ.i oeia.tu 6M a wondeJt61Ll tt~e.me.nt
p~y and ~ott the. 6-Uie. gi6.t.-O I tc.e.ee.ive.d .
I w-U'..l ai.wa.y6 ha.v e. 6ond me.mo~eo o 6 the.
many 6~e.nd-O I have. made. du.!Ung my ye.a.M
a.t GE a.nd I will. m{.-0-0 ea.eh o 6 you .
Mac Smith
We. would like. to e.xptte.66 ou.tt thanki>
6ott the. many a.ca o 6 kindneo6 and 6 ljmpa.thy
e.xte.nde.d t o M du.!Ung the. illnu-0 a.nd lo66
06 Ou.It motheJt, MM. Odell ~Clinningha.m .

Dawn Bull e, Helen

Johnson and Dayton......._
Cunningham

Section II (i) and (j) require that

the employee date and sign t he selfnomination form .

SECTIONS III and IV

These sections are the r esponsibility
of Employee Relations . Sect i on IV will
state whether the employee has been
selected for the job and , if not , the
reasons he or she was not selected . If
the conunent in Section IV reads ''Does
Not Meet Minimum Qualificat i ons", the
employee may meet with his or her foreman
to determine what actions can be taken
in or der for the employee to obtain mini mum qualifications .

SERVICE PINS
AWARDED
FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
35 YEARS
C. K. Dupouy

10 YEARS

25 YEARS
G. F . Gier
D.

As a reminder, this may be your opport un i ty t o be considered for a promo t i on

so make sure you properl y represent yourself by f illi ng out t he Job Interest/ Sel f
Nominatio n form compl ete ly and correctly.

SCOGEE BASKETBALL
Al l SCOGEE members in t erested in playi ng
Men ' s Ci ty League Bas ketbal l shou l d contact
Oll i e Grant, Ext . 1201, or Tom Carper,
Ex t . 1844. Remember , you mus t be a SCOGEE
member to pl ay .

s.

Baum , Jr .

0 . A. Dameron

20 YEARS

R. W. For tune
E.

E. E. Alfred

s.

Haynes

R. L. Ho Land

L. G. Ander son , Jr .
D. L. Brown
w. G. Chapman, Jr .
M. F . Claytor
D. w. Garber
c. D. Love gr ove
J . A. Moren

s.
c.

Naunchik
T. Noland
A. D. Rader
F. H. Rexrode
H. w. Spanner
R. B. Via III
c. R. Yemington

15 YEARS
H. L. Coffey
E. M. Horne

W. J . Miller
G. S . Pullen

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 46

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

SAfETY EssAy CONTEST

WiNNERS ANNOUNCEd

October 8, 1976
There were many extremely good
essays entered in this final safety
contest, which presented quite a
challenge to the judges in making
the selections. The contest emphasized the point that GE people DO
think and practice safety measures
daily .
The combined Safety Slogan, Poster,
and Essay Contests brought out
responses from over 500 employees.
Bill Perry, Safety Manager, stated
that he was "veJty plea..6ed with the
ll.e.6ult.6
06 the c.onte.6t.6." He added '
,,
1 01 eel tha.t thi.6 numbe11. 06 employee.6
hope6ully, will continue to be 1 .6a. 0ety
a.mb~.6.6a.doll..6
6011. thi.6 6a.c.ility in
the~ll. e66011.t.6 to empha..6ize good .6a. 0ety
ha.b~t.6 a.nd wo11.k pll.a.c.tic.e.6 duJting theiJt
da.ily a.c.tivit.le.6. "
1

F. Kindt (Jt), VCPV GeneJtal_ Mana.geJL,

'" JUUu.ta;teo Sa.6e:t.y E6.6a.y Conteo:t WinneJU>
Atva. JoJuia.n (3Jui 6Jtom le6tl, a.nd Melvin
Redmond (2nd 611.om 11.,i,ght), M they a.dm,i,)[.e
one 06 the GE 1O" PoJtta.-ColoJt TV.6 they
Jtec.uved M wi.nneJU> . Al6o extend,i,ng
c.ongn.a.:tula..U.on.6 Me Alva.' .6 a.nd Melvin' .6
.6upeJLv,{,,6oJt.6 (Jteopec.tively), HMvey Go66
(2nd 6Jtom le0tJ, FoJtema.n-Rela.y.6 a.nd La.Jt.Jty
Role:t.teJL (
11.,i,ght), Ma.na.geJL-L~e ContJta.w, VCPV MMke:t..lng.
W~en

oM

After some delay, the winners of

the GE Employee Safety Essay Contest
have finally been chosen. Wading
through the many original and interesting essays submitted by safety
conscious employees took some time
for judges, Mrs. Mildred Via, English
Teacher at Kate Collins Junior High
School, and Mr. David McDaniel, Safety
Area Engineer at DuPont. But the two
finally narrowed it down and came up
with three winners.

The employees who submitted slogans,

posters, and essays, Bill feels,
represented not only their safety
thoughts, but also the thoughts of
many other employees who could not
express their safety consciousness
in slogan, poster, or essay form;
but who express it each day through
good safety practices.
Each winning essay will be reproduced and all employees will receive
.copies with their paychecks; one
each month, beginning with the month
of October.

The winning employees who have

become recipients of brand new GE
l P"'- Porta-Color TVs are: Alva D.
J , Jan, DCPD Relays; Doris W. Mclear,
Secretary-COO; and Melvin R. Redmond,
Training & Documentation, DCPD Market; n g.

(Cont'd next column)

Vow Mc.Le.alt (11.), 11.ec.uveo heJL new TV 011.om

C. A. FoJui, Ma.na.geJt- CVO .

VOTER INFORMATION
ON 1976 CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT QUESTIONS
The League of Women Voters have printed
a pamphlet containing infonnation ?n the
si x constitutional amendment questions
which voters will have an opportunity to
respond to in the upcoming election.
This week, and the next three week,s the
NEWS will print one of the si x questions
al or:o with the arguments for and against
the proposed changes . The full text of
the proposed constitutional amendme~ts
will also be available at each polling
place .
Ins t ead of putting all proposals in one
yes or no questi on, Virginia custom has
been to present separate questions to the
voters on broad areas of constitutional
change, with potentially controversial
matters singled out . Each question must,
of course, be considered as a whole, i.e . ,
even if a voter objects only to a part
of a question he must vote yes or no to
the whole question.
Employees are urged to read these
questions and to weigh the pros and
cons carefully before deciding how to
vote on November 2. The first of
these questions is:
1. Shall Sections 1 and 2 of Articl e I I
of t he Const i tution of Vi rgi nia be amended
to eliminate l ength of r es i dence as a
quali f i cation to vote and t o extend the
time a voter may vot e in hi s pr ecinct
after moving from i t?

Swine flu vaccine to be administered in area

A swine flu vaccine will be available
to employees and the ir f amilies at t he
Waynesboro Health Clini c in mid-November .
The vaccine will be given at no charge
and on a voluntary bas i s.
Because the vaccine guns could not be
made available to ar ea i ndustr ies , the
shots will not be gi ven i n the Plant .
This means that the vaccine will have to
be administered through a syr inge by a
doctor .

PRO
A regist ered voter may not realize he must
noti fy the regis.trar of a change of address
or he may forget to do so.
A voter who thinks he is st ill quali f i ed
to vote and returns to his former prec i nct
s hould not be deprived of his bal lot for a
t echni cali ty, but should be allowed t o vote
and to leave a change of address of his
voting r esidence for future elect i ons .

CON
No voter should be permitted for nearly
a year to r eturn to a former precinct to
vote for officials who may no longer r epresent him.
Allowi ng a return to the former p r ecinct
for such a long period would be open to
abuse .

There are two types of vaccines to be

given--the monovalent, or A/New J ersey ,
which is the regular vaccine, and the
bivalent. The bivalent consists of two
vaccines--A/New Jersey and A/Victor ia-whi ch contains both the swi ne flu vacc i ne
and the A/Victoria, another form of flu
expected to give some difficulty this
year . This vaccine is for those i ndividuals over age 65 and for those who have
a chronic disease (such as diabetes, ~
chronic pulmonary disease, etc . )
Employees who are consider i ng taking
the vaccine should contact thei r private
physicians to determine whether or not
they should take the shots .

Your Candidates Need

Not Only Your Vote,
,,,-. But Also Your Time
And Talents

/o/~ / 76

C. K. OUPOJY COMPLETES 35 YEARS

Your candidates aren't going to get

elected on their good looks and the money
they're spending on TV and posters. These
things help, of course, but they also need
something much more precious and fleeting-your time and talents. For it takes the
combined efforts of a host of people at
the l ocal and neighborhodd level to get
a candidate elected.
What can you do?
like to do?

Rea ll y, what do you

Do you like to sit around a table with

friends and banter back and forth? Well,
go down to party headquarters and help
address and stuff envelopes.
Do you like to take a wa lk and chat
with people? Well, get some campaign
literature and help distribute it in your
neighborhood.
Do you like to work by yourself away
from the hustle and bustle of campaign
headquarters? Well, you can help prepare
voter index cards and lists, in your home.
Do you li ke to talk on the telephone?
Well, try your hand at recruiting other
workers, or perhaps only making sure
peopl e vote on Election Day.
Do you like to organize things, and
people? Well, help organize rallies and
fund-raising events.
The list coul d go on and on, but the
important thing is that your party or
candidate has jobs for everyone . Remember
that, when you're asked to work for your
candidates and causes.

***
*
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*
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**
CConstructive
CCitizenship

'76

"Chlnk." VuPouy (2nd 611.om le.Qt) 11.e.c.e.lve.6 h.i-6

35 !fea.JL6' c.e.11.vic.e. pin 611.om C. A. Fo11.d, Mana.ge.11.CVO, a.6 h.i-6 w..i.6e., Hei.e.n, a.n.d John La11.ew, Mana.ge.11.-CVO Engine.e.11.ing, look. on. Chlnk. Wa..6 give.n
a lune.he.on .ln. h.i-6 honoll whlc.h hi.6 w..i.6e. attended.
C. K. Dupouy has just completed 35 years
of service with the General Electric
Company .
Chink, as he is known by his friends,
j oined the company as a Test Engineer in
1941 at the River Works. From 1946 to
1954, he served as Requisition & Production Engineer, Design Engineer and Supervisor - Requisition & Production Engineering
in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. In 1954, he
transferred to the Lynn River Works as
Team Leader-Requisition Engineering. From
1956 to 1973, Chink was a design engineer
in West Lynn, Massachusetts.
A transfer of the Turbine Supervisory
Instruments line in 1973 brought him to
Waynesboro where he is responsible for all
engineering aspects of the running phase
of the TSI system business .
Chink and his wife, Helen, reside at
1333 Hollins Road .
SWAP SHOP
OFOR SALE

DFOR RENT
DTRADE
DWANTED

ROCJI 105 - RELATIONS

a FREE

D RID E WANTED
DRI DERS WANTED
DLOST
DFOUND

I I IIIIIII IIIIII I
Ads Q.lst bt' tn ROOl!S lOS no 1ater than 4:30 , Monday preced tng pub li n tt on
dHe. Ads tiust not ucted spaces provtded, and only one ad tt N Y bt

s1.1bm1tted per week per employee .

The NEWS 'litltll not acce pt 1ds on:r the

phone under any c frcucns tencu.

NAHi:-- _ -- _. _. --- - - --- - -- - --- - - --- - - -- - -- --PAY MO. -- - - -- -- - - -

n1e 1tto'l(s) refer red to In this ad h/ue my personal prcpe-r t,y and t s /
are In no way connected wt th "1 bYJ tntss venture.

SIGRXTORE

Roi ling through life

not as easy as it sounds

chair basketball f or one of the top wheelchair teams in the country--to demonstrate
that he really shouldn't be thought of as
different from others.
That hasn't always been easy. "1' .U. have
to a.dmU. 1 had a pltefty Mugh time 06 i l at
h,{.gh .6c.hoo.t," Mike states. "And," he continues, "my fuab~ hM held me bac.k. 611.om
j ob-6 1 c.ou.td handle wUh othe1t 6bt.m6, but
not he1te at 1S&J. In 6ac.t, when GE h-<.Jted
me -<.n Janua1ty 06 1975, 1 WM given the bMt
.6a.talty 1 c.ou.td have hoped 601t. 11

Mike, who is enrolled in the Financial

Management Program (FMP) in hopes of gaining
the specialized knowledge needed for a
management position in finance , feels that
GE is sincere in its concern for the handicapped, stating , "MMt 06 the majo11. c.01tpo11.aBLOCK THAT SHOT--Mike Lynch (right) whizzes
toward an opponent in an attempt to block
a shot at the basket during a bone-j arring
wheelchair basketball game.

A young man with a thick black moustache

hai r f l owing out behi nd his head as his
'
speed i ncreases, bri ngs the basketball down
the court, passes to a teammate, fakes an
?pponent out of position, breaks open for an
instant, gets a quick return pass and sinks
a 20-foot set-shot .
But this is no ordinary basketball game.
Number 11 00 11 , the man who just scored the
basket is sitting down. So are his teammates.
And his opponents. In wheelchairs.
For Mike Lynch, the discovery of a vaccine
t o prevent polio came 18 months too late
The disease that's practi cally unheard of
today perman~ntly disabled Mike's legs in 1953,
wh~n he was Just two years old, leaving him
wi th dim memories of his first--and only-att empts to todd le around the house .
But the years of confinement in a wheelchair have not turned Mike, an Information
Services Business Division (ISBD) accounts
payable clerk in Rockville, Maryland, into
a bitter man, cursing his luck. In fact
it 's quite the contrary.
'
"A phy.6ical ha.nc:llca.p ,(.,6 not the end o 6
the wo!Lld," Mike states emphatically.
"Ac;tu..a,U.y, " he adds, 11 we 1 1te no c:ll66e1tent
61tom anybody we; and the Monelt we ca.n
educa.te both the hanc:llc.apped and non-ha.nc:llc.apped to ~ 6ac.t, the beftelt :th.i.ng-6 w.i.ll
be 601t eve1tybody."

And that's one reason for Mike's playing

the surprisingly bruising sport of wheel(Cont' d next column)

tioM have been tltying to give the hanc:llca.pped a b1tea.k., but 1 believe Genell.a.t E.tec.tJt,{.c.
hM gone 6Ultthe1t than mo.6t -<.n ~ a1tea. And,"
Mike continues, "they've c.~ given me
a c.hanc.e to beftelt my.6el6 and move ahead -<.n
the c:llv,{.,6ion by ail.owlng me to en1to.U. -<.n the
FMP."

Don Clark, ISBD's affirmative action program manager, backs Mike up. "We have an

open policy 6011. ~g the hanc:llca.pped--i6

they' 1te qua.t,{.6,{.ed, we want to give them the ,.-...,
c.hanc.e to do the job. And, although we've
made phy.6ic.a.t c.ha.ngM he1te, like ~g
pa/Lt 06 a c.u1tb and then build-<.ng a .ttamp to
ac.c.orrmoda,te whee.tc.ha.Ut.6, the ha.nc:llca.pped
.6tiil. mMt do the job M well M anyone
we. No ,6peUa.t pe1t601tmanc.e .6tandaltd,6."

And t hat's just the way Mike Lynch,

accounts clerk and basketbal l player, wants
i t. "My mothelt let me tlty th,{.ng,6 to .tea11.n
my ~OM and develop my ab,{.litiM, "
Mike says. "1 owe he1t a .tot bec.aMe .6he'.6
-<.Mtiil.ed 'in me that dM,{.Jte to keep on
tltying and .tealtn-<.ng . And that' .6 what 1 ' m
c.ont-<.nu-<.ng to do, both on and 066 the job."

THANK YOU NOTE

My lw.o band ami 1 would like to expJtM-6
oUlt thank.,6 601t the k.-<.nd expltU,6,{.oM 06
,6 ympathy we 11.ec.uved at the death o 6 my
mothe1t, Mlr..6 . Made.t-<.ne Ro.6.6.

Mary &John Glenn

SCOGEE BASKETBALL
There will be a basketball practice
at Rosenwald Gym, Monday, October 11 ,
from 7 to 9 p. m. All SCOGEE members
interested in playing basketball should
attend.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GE NE RAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XV II I No. 47

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

More on the
Documented Discussion Procedure

"Second Chance" IEA lump Sum Repayment

Several weeks age, the NEWS pr inted an

article which e xp l ai~ ~d t he Documented
Discussion procedur e. A Documented Discussion Report is a me2ns of recording a
discussion between a1 m ployee and his/her
supervisor on subjects ra ngin g from an
excessive abse nteei sm pr oblem t o an
employee's ou tsta nd i ng pe r formance on a
particular assi gnment .

Employee s who may be el i g i ble for the

" one- t ime s econd chance" to r epay lump SUr:l
I ncome Ext ens i on Ai d payments a nd regai n
s ervice and pensi on credit s were given
another r eminder t hi s week .

In addition to t his, t he Documented

Discussion Repor t can now be used to
document the correction of a previous
problem which had also been documented.
The major difference in this new procedure
is that it has to be initiated by the
e.!J,l.QJ oyee who recei'led a Documented Dis~ .
~
ion Report for an unfavorable cond1t1on.
To do this, the emp l oyee can take the
original copy of the Documented Discussion
Report to his/her supervisor after the
unfavorable condition has been corrected.
The foreman will then have another discuss i on
with the employee to review the unfavorab le situation and determine whether or
not it has been corrected. If it has,
the supervisor will issue another Documented
Discussion Report, with reference t o the
original document, stating that the
employee has satisfactorily corrected the
problem brought to his attention.
This second Docu mented Discuss i on
Report will be processed in the same
ma nner as the original, with the employee
and the supervisor each retain ing a copy
and with the third copy be i ng sent to
the Re lati ons offi ce to be attached to
the first in the employee's folder.
The key factors i n thi s procedure is
the employee must correct the
p lem stated in th e ori ginal Documented
Di~~ussion Report and he or she must
initiate the actio n i n obtaining the
second Documented Di scussion Report.

Must Be Arranged By January 1

Marjori e Grimes , empl oyee rel at ions

mana t;e r , ex:rlaineC. the circu.!J!stances i r.
whi ch the "second chanc e" repayr.ier.t oppor tu!".i ty ap~lies .

" In .the pMt when 1.i0me employeeo le6.t

GE on la.c.k- 06 -wottk., t hey too k. t he I nc.ome
Ex;tenJ.i..<.on. A,{,d l ump -6um pa.ymen.-t-6 !ta.-theJL
t han it'eekiy ,{,nc.ome, wdhdttw t he..<.tt ~E
penJ.i ..<.on c.ontJu . but..<.onJ.i and ended t hUJL GE
-6 eJLv..<.c.e.
La.-teJL, ..<.6 an employee JtUwtned,
t he Plan ttequ,{,tted t hat he ott -6 he _would .
tte.ga...<.n pttev.<..oU-6 -6 eJLv.<..c.e. and penJ.i ,(.On c.tt~dd-6
by ttepay..<.ng the. I EA lum p -6um and t~e. wdhdttawn penJ.i..<.on c.on,.t.JU...but..<.on-6, pU-6 .{.l'!XeJLeot,
w{;th..<.n a Jt eM onabl e peJL..<.o d. "
Mar ~ie said tha t i n t his s itua t i on ,
some ~ eturning employees dec i ded net to
r epay ar.d lost their pri or continuous
serv i ce .

"The new one- t..<.me. '-0 ec.ond c.hanc. e. ' 60.1t

ttepaymrnt o&6e.M .tho-0 e. who de.ude.d not -~c
ttepay, a. '-6 ec.ond c.ha.nc.e ' to tteo.totte th~
I EA ' bank.' 06 c.tte.dd-6 , and tteo t otte. t hUJL
GE -6 eJLv..<.c.e. and the..<.tt penJ.i . <.on c.tte.dd-6,"
s he said . "Ac.t..<.ve employeeo who wa.n.t .to
ta.k.e. advantage 06 .t!Ul> one-t..<.me. ' -0ec.ond
c.ha.nc.e ' mU-6 .t ma.k.e. a.JtJta.ngeme.n.-t-6 6ott ttepa.yme.n,.t .tlwou.glt t he em ployee ttel.ationJ.i 06 6..(c.e.
by Janu.aJi.y 1, 1977 . 06 c.ou.Jt-Oe, .the ttepa.ymen.t c.a.n be ex;te.nded oveJL a. tteMona.ble
peJL..<.od 0 6 w ie. ,,

(Con t' d from Col. 1)

t~

(Cont'd next column)

This new procedur e not only gi ves

every emp l oyee an oppor tu nity to correct
a probl em brought to his attention, bu t
it als o all ows management to acknowledge
th at t he empl oyee has satisfactorily
correc t ed t he problem.

VOTER INFORMATION

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

ON 1976 CONSTITUTIONAL

any of the people affected could vote in

state and local elections.
(Change desirable even if achieved the
wrong way.)

Af\~ENDMENT

QUESTIONS

The following is the second question to

the 1976 Constitutional Amendment which
Virginia voters will have an opportunity
to respond to in the November 2 election.
The full text of the proposed constitutional amendments will be available at
each polling place.
Employees are urged to read these
questions and to weigh the pros and
cons carefully before deciding how to
vote. Question #2 is:
2. Shall Section 4 of Article II of the
Constitution of Virginia be amended to
permit absentee registration by persons,
and their fam.ilies, temporarily residing
outside the country by reason of employment?

Citizens living outside the country are

less likely to be informed on local and
state issues and should not be permitted
to vote in any but federal elections.
(No change in Constitution is desirable.)
The proposed change should not be
limited to those living abroad by virtue
of employment as this discriminates against
others, such as people retired overseas.
(Change does not go far enough.)
The proposed change would not conform
to changes already made on the federal
level.
(Change does not go far enough.)
A Constitution ought to be limited to
fundamental law, with detail left to
statutory law. Rather than add to the
Constitution categories of citizens permitted to register absentee, it would be
better to amend the Constitution thus: ~
"The General Assembly may provide for
registration and voting by absentee application and ballot," and to specify by
statute those persons permitted to do so.
(Change achieved the wrong way. )

SERVICE PINS AWARDED

FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER

The proposed change would permit the

dependent of a member of the Armed Forces
who becomes eighteen while outside the U.S.
to register absentee by mail to vote in
all elections.
(Change in Constitution is desirable.)
The proposed change would permit
citizens out of the country because of
their jobs (such as business people,
missionaries, etc.), their spouses and
dependents to register absentee by mail
and to vote in all elections.
(Change is desirable.)

35 YEARS
C. K. Dupouy

25 YEARS
G. F. Gier

10 YEARS
D.

o.

Even though this amendment puts detail

into the Constitution that belongs in the
Election Laws, it is better than beginning
the amending process again, thus resulting
in a delay of at least two years before

(Cont'd next column)

R.
E.
R.
E.

s.
c.

A.
F.
H.
R.

c.

s. Baum, Jr.
A. Dameron
w. Fortune
s. Haymes
L. Holland
H. Mabry
Naunchik
T. Noland
D. Rader
H. Rexrode
w. Spooner
B. Via III
R. Yemington

20 YEARS
E. E. Alfred
L. G. Anderson, Jr.
D. L. Brown
w. G. Chapman, Jr.
M. F. Claytor
D. w. Garber
c. D. Lovegrove
J. A. tv!oren
B. P. Rankin (July)

15 YEARS
H. L. Coffey
E. M. Horne
w. J. Miller
G. s. Pullen

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XViII No. 47

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

October 15, 1976

Prelude to General Electric's

United Way Kickoff Ca111paign
Employees who took the tour were: Al va
Jordan, Relays; Lillian Shiplett, Machine
Shop; Olga Sandy, Wire Harness-Turner I;
Ruth Shiflett, Wire Harness-Turner II;
Ruth Lotts, Assembl er-COO; Edith Gi l bert,
Inspector; Gerald Cox, Engineering Technician; Glenna Camden, Secretary; Al Pici,
Specialist-Metal Parts Fabrication; Ralph
Wood, Manufacturing Engineer; Nancy Snider,
Forelady-Relays; Joe Davis, Sr. Technical
Specialist-COO; Margie Grimes, ManagerEmployee Relations; Regin i a Wil son, Assistant United Way Chairman; and Bi ll Perry,
United Way Chairman.
Employees learned what each of the
agenc ies are doing in the community and
were generally impressed with the agencies
performances.

6ew o6 .the empi.oyeeli who a.tte..n.de.d :the :touJL

o6 :th!r..ee UrU:ted Wa.y a.ge.nueli wt we.eh. p.1t.e.pa11.e.

:to boa.Jtd the btU>.

Next week a special issue of the NEWS

will be published featuring the kickoff
of the United Way Campaign Fund Dri ve for
the Waynesboro GE Plant.

Recently, a group of 16 employees were

given a bus tour of three Waynesboro-East
Augusta United Way agencies. According
to Bi ll Perry, United Way Plant Chairman,
the tour was conducted as a prelude to
the Pl ant ' s United Way Campaign kickoff
scheduled to begin next week.
The group's first stop on the tour
was Lurnmor School. The Lurnmor School
provides a very structured educational
setting for pre-school children who have
some type of learning handicap (mental,
phys i cal or emotional). From there they
toured the United Church Nursery, a daycare center which provides care and
g~ance for pre-school children with
s ial needs . The trip then ended wi t h
a .dur of Valley Workshop. Inc., a center
which provides vocational rehabilitation
and training for hand i capped and/or
retarded citizens.
(Cont'd next column)

.VALLEY WORKSHCf
INC.

Empi.oyeeli en:teJt Va.i.i.ey Wo.1t.luhop, Inc.., a.

llrU:ted Wa.y a.genc.y, whe.1te :they w.lll be :ta.ken
on a. :touJL 06 the 6a.~y .

VOTER INFORMATION

ASQC MEMBERS TO TOUR

ON 1976 CONSTITUTIONAL

AMERICAN SAFETY RAZOR CO.

AMENDMENT QUESTIONS

The Blue Ridge Section of the American ~

Society for Quality Control is sponsoring
a tour of the American Safety Razor Co.
in Verona, Virginia.

The following is the third question to

the 1976 Constitutional Amendment which
Virginia.voters will have an opportunity
to respond to in the November 2 election.
The full text of the proposed constitutional amendments will be available.at
each polling place.

The tour group will organize at the ASR

cafeteria at 6:45 p.m. on October 21, 1976
and the tour is scheduled to begin at
7: 30 p.m. Guests who wish to accompany
members are warmly welcomed.

Employees are urged to read these

and to weigh the pros and
cons carefully before deciding how to
vote. Question #3 is:
qu~stions

The tour offers an excellent opportunity

to observe the Manufacturing and Quality
Control procedures in one of the top
national razor companies.

3., Shall Section 5 of Article II of the

Constitution of Virginia be amended to
sp~cify that the requirement of one year's
residence in Virginia for office seekers
be the year preceding election to office?

'STOCK PRICE' AND

'FUND UNIT PRICE'
FOR SEPTEMBER 1976

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
Candidates for local and state office
shquld have current knowledge of the
lo~ality and its problems based on recent
residence. A candidate ought not to be
able to move in today and file for office
tomorrow--the restriction ought to be in
thd Constitution to provide clarification
and to avoid possible legal difficulties.

Stock Price

Fund Unit Price

52.220
53.329
52.098
53.190
51.469
54.722
56.899
54.790
54.798

26.986
28.042
27.962
28.088
27.547
27.317
27.978
27.759
28.310

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SWAP SHOP
FOR SALE
1

74 HONDA 360--CB--lug rack--back rest--943-2950

'73 TRAVELMATE POPUP--exc. cond--$1150--3372653

1

67 DODGE MONAC0--4dr--54,800 mi--886-0125

68 CHEVY--2dr--AT--good cond--943-5815
METAL
BUNK BEDS + WO D GUN cAsE--942-4904
1
69 FORD FlOO PICKUP--$1350--886-9169 after 5
31 BR HOME--on 5 acres--$34,900--942-1353
72 SUBARU GL COUPE--942-1353
1

Knowledge of a locality and its problems

ca.Iinot be measured by length of current
residence, and the Constitution ought not
to prevent a future session of the General
Assembly from eliminating this requirement
if it wishes to do so.

LOST
TIMEX CALENDAR WATCH--stn steel band

SCOGEE BASKETBALL
There will be a basketball practice at
Rosenwald Gym, Monday, October 18 from
7 to 9 p.m. All SCOGEE members interested
in playing basketball should attend.

&

cover--X1 13.

RIDE WANTED
FROM STAUNTON TO GE PLANT--885-6538
FROM PT REPUB RD TO PLANT--2nd shift--942-8917

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Way Cleared for Share Owner Vote

on GE Utah Merger

CLEVELAND-A new 120-watt elliptical reflector lamp, designed to produce almost

twice as muc::h light and consume 20% less
energy than a 150-watt reflector flood lamp,
has been announced by the Lamp Business
Division. In addition to more light and less
energy consumption, the new lamp produces less glare and significantly better visual comfort compared with 150- and 300watt reflector lamps. Manufactured at the
Ohio Lamp plant, the new lamp can be used
1n a vari~ty of locations, including offices,
stores, lobbies, restaurants and schools.
TIFFIN-A one week shutdown of most
manufacturing operations in September, followed by a 15% reduction in production
schedules, resulted in the indefinite layoff of
about 200 Hermetic Motor Department
employees here.
According to Jack Essenburg, acting
plant manager, two developments caused
the production cutbacks and the. resulting
layoffs. First, an expected rebound in demand from three customers didn't occur.
Second, some of Tiffin's customers now
have their own motor parts manufacturing
capacity which satisfies some of their requirements. This results in motor parts
suppliers like the Tiffin plant being hit hard
when demand fal Is off.
SYRACUSE-A Submarine Active Detection Sonar contract, recently awarded to
GE's Undersea Electronics Programs Department (UEPD) by the U.S. Navy, isn't as
significant in its value-$375,000-or
scope- -a 9V2 month study to redesign
submarine transmitter subsystems-as in
the opportunity it provides for a GE breakthrough into the submarine sonar market.
According to UEPD General Manager
Ken Anderson, "although we're the acknowledged leader' in surface-ship sonars,
we've never been prominent in submarine
sonars.'' Raytheon, the subcontractor for the
present system, has received a contract
identical to GE's. At the end of the study
period, the Naw will choose between the
GE and the Raytheon proposals. Eventually,
the potential exists for an extimated $160
million program to replace existing sonar
transmitters.

Reginald H. Jones, Chairman of General

Electric Company, and Edmund W. Littlefield,
Chairman of Utah International, Inc., announced
recently that they were very pleased that the
Department of Justice has provided the companies with a favorable le~ter under its
Business Advisory Clearance procedure._ The
Department stated that it "does not presently intend to bring an action to enjoin the
proposed merger" of Utah with General Electric~
Jones and Littlefield also said that
the proposed merger will be submitted to
their respective share owners at separate
meetings to be held in December 1976. Upon.
receipt of the share owners' approval it
is the parties' present intention to complete the merger before the end of the year.
Utah and General Electric submitted a
revised request for a Business Advisory
Clearance letter to the Department of
Justice on August 18, 1976. The revision
responded to the Department of Justice's
concerns expressed in its letter of July 23.
At that time the Departme~t noted the potential anti-competitive effects resulting
from General Electric's role as a supplier
of nuclear steam supply systems and Utah's
role as a uranium mining and milling
company. To resolve these concerns, the
uranium assets and operations owned and
conducted by Utah will be transferred to
a new company wholly owned by the merged
companies. The voting stock of this new
company will be deposited in a trust
managed by five independent trustees.
In this manner, General Electric and Utah
will retain all of the earnings of the
new uranium company, while control over
its operations will be vested in the
trustees. The GE-Utah merger is not being
changed in any other respect.
As previously announced, the proposed
merger is to be accomplished through a
tax-free exchange of 1.3 shares of General
Electric Common Stock for each share of
Utah Common Stock. General Electric has
approximately 184.7 million shares outstanding and U~ah approximately 31.5 million.
Share owners will be receiving a proxy
statement with detailed information on the
proposed merger and the special. meeting
to be held in connection with.the required
share owners' vote.

Have you signed up

for your low-cost

DEPENDENT LIFE
INSURANCE PLAN
For Hourly and Non-Exempt Salaried Employees

$5,000 for your spouse

$1,000 for each eligible child

No Medical Exam of Dependents Needed

If You Sign Up Not Later Than October 31, 1976.

Effective date October 1, 1976

SIGN-UP CARDS ARE TO BE COMPLETED AND
RETURNED TO PERSONNEL ACCOUNTING

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 48

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

October 22 , 1976

TH UNITED WAY CANIPAIGN GETS UNDERWAY

The 1977 United Way Campaign Fund Drive got
underway this past Thursday when Bill Perry,
United Way Campaign Chairman, held a kickoff
meeting with the Waynesboro Plant management.
The meeting opened with an address by Warren
F. Kindt, DCPD General Manager, who told the
audience that the United Way Campaign had his
endorsement and wholehearted support, as well as
the support of management and the company. He
added that, ".<.n Waynu botr.o, we (.<.ndMtlty) Me
the bac.kbone 06 the UrU-ted Way; theJte601te, d ,i,6
veJty .<.mpoUant t o them that they have ouJt 15 uppou .
Genvr..aUy .6 peak.<.ng , Waynu bo1to emplo yeu have
.6uppoued the UrU-ted Way veJty well in the pa-0t;
howeveJt, we J.it,(,.l.l have a long way to go to matc.h
the c.ontJt,{,bution-0 06 Salem , Lync.hbuJtg and otheJt
GE loc.at-<.on-0."
In the pic..:tuJr.e above, Wa1t1ten F. KA..ndt, VCPV
Gene!ta.l ManageJt, givu h,i,6 -0uppou to the
UrU-ted Wal} Fund V!t-<.ve and uJtgu all emp.toyeu
to do the -0ame to help put LL6 oveJt the top
0 6 OU!t goal th,i/.; yeall. .

Mr . Kindt said, "The employee' .6 c.ontJt-<.bution

to the UrU-ted Way Fund -<..6 pU!tely vo.luntalty, but
d dou 1tequ.<.Jte the pall.tiupalion on eveJtyone '.6
paU to make d -0uc.c.u-06u.l." He added that "we
hope t o go oveJt the top 06 ouJt goal in employee
c.ontJt-<.bution-0 th,i/.; yeall. and to do th,i,6 we need
eveJtyone '.6 help."

In summ ing up, he urged everyone there to support the United Way with his/her "Fa ir Share"
contribution and he suggested that they implore others to do the same.
The meeting continued with the presentation from Bill Perry of this year's United Way program.
The campaign will officia ll y begin with a meeting of solicitors Monday morning at which t i me Bi ll
will review the program and explain the solicitor's duties.
The goal for this year's United Way is $50,000, which is only slightly higher than the total
amount of contributions pledged by employees l ast year. Bill stressed that we can achieve and even
exceed our goal this year i f we all pledge to qive our "Fair Share" when our solicitors come around.

"VOTE NOVEMBER 2"

Badges with the slogan "Vote November 2
will be distributed in all cafeterias beginning Monday, October 25. Distribution of
t
badges is part of the 1976 Constructive
L
i zenshi p Program going on here at the
Waynesboro GE Plant. There will be not
charge for the badges. Employees are urged
to wear the badges as a reminder to "Vote
November 2."
11

RIDE WANTED-- from Port Republic Road to

GE for the 4:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. shift.
Phone 942-8927

GE CHAIRMAN URGES SUPPORT FOR UNITED WAY

How can we show our concern for the communities where we live and work?

How can General

Electric people reach out to help neighbors that need help?

The Un ited Way appeal offers us an opportunity to support many vita l communi ty services
wi t h one generous contribution .

want to stress that the organizations we support through

United Way are voluntary organizations, supported not by taxes that we al l have to pay, but
by gifts freely given.
Business is also a voluntary association, st1oported by people who freely choose where
to buy, work, and invest.

The voluntary sector is the heart of the American idea, as

contrasted with societies that are controlled by central governments.

That is why we in

Amer ican business have a specia l reason for supporting and strengthening the other voluntary
organ i zations in our convnunities.
Please support your local United Way.
Reginald H. Jones

WAYNESBORO GENERAL ELECTRIC MANAGEMENT

SUPPORTS
THE UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN
We, the Waynesboro General Electric management wholeheartedly endorse and support the
Waynesboro-East Augusta County United Way Campaign.

We encourage all employees to give

the ir support to this worthwhile program by pledging their "Fair Share."

We believe "Everybody benefits, everybody gives" is one of the basic principles of the
Un ited Fund.

All Waynesboro Genera l Electric employees will have the opportunity to make

the i r pledges during the period of October 25 through November 5, 1976 .

Please join with us in pledging your "Fair Share."

W. F. Kindt
Genera l Manager
Data Comm. Prod . Dept.

C. A. Ford
Manager
Control Devices Oper.

D. C. Law
Ma nager-Engineering
Numerical Control Oper.

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 49

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

October 29, 1976

FiRsT 100/o GRoop PARTicipA1ioN iN - UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN

The United Way Campaign has gotten underway
and solicitors are beginning to bring their cards
in. Before today's NEWS went to press the first
group with 100% participation had been reported.
The group is George Harlow's DCP Assembly office area
(George is 2nd from right in the picture). His
solicitor is Glenna Camden (holding the United
Way sign in the picture) .
Displaying the sign with Glenna is "Shorty"
Ward, Foreman in the TermiNet Assembly area.
Shorty spoke to the group in their solicitation
meeting about his own personal reasons for supporting the United Way.
A member of Shorty's family contracted Wilson's
disease--a progressive disease which damages the
liver and brain--at the age of six. The child,
now 25 years old, became progressively worse until
it became apparent to the rest of the family that
she could not function in a normal environment.
11

We. wVte. quite. .to.tit a.,t knowing wha.,t :t.o do, 11 Shorty explained. "So we. we.n:t. :t.o :t.he. Me.a'.6 .6oci.ai..
.6Vtv-<.c.u and :t.he.y clUte.c.:t.e.d Ul> :to :t.he. p!topVt age.nuu and pe.ople.. She. -<..6 now e.n1t0Ue.d in :t.he. VaUe.y
Wo1tk.6hop and, .6-<.nc.e. .6he. hM c.on.6-<.de.1table. me.n:t.al damage., :t.he. Me.n:t.al He.aUh A.6.60Ua.;ti,on -<..6 helping
hVt -<.n a b-<.g way. 11

Shorty also stated that the agencies do not necessaril y work alone, as most people think, but
assist each other in any way they can. 11 The. age.nue..6 wo1tk .60 c.lo.6ely w,t;t.h one. ano:t.hVt," he continued
":t.hM: d' .6 hMd :t.o .6ay a.,t time..6 who -<..6 do-<.ng whM:.
help tha.,t ,(..6 ne.c.e..6.6My. 11

Eac.h age.nc.y -<..6 Jte..6pon.6ible.

601t ge.:t.ting whM:e.vVt

The agencies, he said, look for programs for the handicapped then sol i cit aid from other agencies.
For example, the YMCA, he said, allows them to use the pool and has dances for them occasionally.
11
Th e.y do mu.c.h moJte. :t.ha.n wha:t. :t.hU!t namu .6ay, 11 he added.
"The. age.nuu have. :t.a.ke.n ove.Jt in p!toviCU.ng help 601t :t.he. c.Wd," Shorty stated, "and :t.he.y have.
done. a be.a.u.:t.,[6u.l job. I'm no:t. .6ay-<.ng e.vVty:t.h-<.ng'.6 pVL6e.c.:t. now be.c.a.M e. d'.o no:t.. She. will .6:t.,{.U
be. ha.nCU.c.appe.d; :t.hVte. -<..6 no:t.h-<.ng :t.ha:t. c.ou.ld be. done. abou.:t. :t.hM:. Bu.:t. wdhou.:t. :t.he. a.ge.nuu, we.
1te.a.Uy don't know wha:t. we. would have. done.. The.y Me. aU vVty de.vo:t.e.d pe.ople. and 1 :t.h-<.nk :t.he.y do
!tM:hVt we.U c.o 11..6 -<.de.Jt,[ng th Ult bu.dg e.:t.. "

....-...

~twas perhaps the

testimonial of Shorty Ward which opened up the eyes of many in George Harlow's
area to the benefits of the United Way and helped them reach their goal of 100% partic ipation.
Perhaps there are many of you who have been benefited by the United Way. If not, there still may
be a chance that one day you will need the services of one of these agencies. It could happen to
anyone . So why not give your "Fair Share" today and help keep these worthwhile agencies functioning
for those who need them.

R. W. BREIHAN RECEIVES PROMOTION

Robert W. Breihan, Manager
of Numerical Control Sales
for Industrial Control
Department, has been named
section manager of Numerical Control Sales and
Service. The appointment,
which becomes effective
November 1, 1976, was
announced today by W. C.
Mackey, General Manager of
t he Industrial Control Department. In his
new positi on, Breihan will be respons ible
for both domestic and foreign numerical
control sales, service and product planning
act i vities . Hi s offi ce will remain in the
Waynesboro General Electric Plant.
A graduate of Rice University (B . S . in
mechanical engineering) and SMU (MBA in
finance), Breihan j oined General Electric's
Technic al Market ing Pr ogram in 1966 after
two years in the U.S. Navy . After application engineering and sales engineering
assignments in Schenectady and Dallas he
joined the Industrial Control Department
in 1971 as Sales Manager-Material Handling
Automation . In 1973 he was appointed
Manager-International Sales and in 1975 he
was named Manager- Numerical Control Sales.

STATIONERY) MAILROOM AND TELEGRAPH

HAVE MOVED

VOTER INFORMATION
ON 1976 CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT QUESTIONS
The following is the fourth question to
the 1976 Constitutional Amendment which
Virginia voters will have an opportunity
to respond to in the November 2 election.
The full te xt of the proposed constitutional amendments will be available at
each polling place.
Employees are urged to read these
questions and to weigh the pros and
cons carefully before deciding how to
vote. Question #4 is:
4. Shall Section 8 of Article II of the
Constitution of Virginia be ame nded to
remove the restriction against certain
public offi cials and employees serving
as assistant or substitute regi strars or
o fficers of elect i on?

The proposed change would permit, for

example, a public librarian to act as an
assistant registrar to register citi zens
in the library, or a school bus driver to
serve as an assistant registrar . Allowing l ocalities the option of using such
people would enlarge the pool or persons
from which t o staff the election system
and would make possible some saving of
money.
The change is not compulsory but is
l eft to local opti on .

If you've been looking for the stationery

room and the mailroom in their usual locations lately, then chances are you haven't
heard about the change.
What has happened is that the stationery,
mail service and te legraph operations have
all moved to new locations in the Main Plant .
Both the stationery room and the mailroom
have relocated to the southeast corner of
the Main Plant on the first aisle in the
factory (see diagram above). The telegraph
operation has returned to the southeast
corner of the office addition on the first
floor where it was previously located.
Returned material from Offset and filled
stationery orders will be placed on a shelf
outside of the new stationery room for
oickuo by the individua l who placed the order .

Localities in which political partisanship on the part o f government employees

or office holders might present a problem
would not be required to change the present
practice of not all owing such persons to
serve .

Persons employed by or hol ding office in

government might have a personal or political
stake in the outcome of an election and
should not serve in any capacit y.

MORE GE-UE CONTRACT BOOKLETS COMING

Additional 1976-79 GE-UE Contract book
lets have been ordered and will be distributed when received. The new order will
cover those employees who have not yet
received their booklets.

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XVI II No. 50

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

November 1 1976

Your Decision at the Polls is Important!

***
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*
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CConstructive
<Citizenship

'76

**

Certainly, many of us have felt at one time or another that we

might as well sit out Election Day because there is not that much
difference between the candidates.
But we have to choose -- for two reasons.
If we don't choose, somebody else will for us.
no solution to our dilemma.

That's certainly

The second reason is more fundamental, and is especially worth

remembering in this Bicentennial year since it goes to the heart of
the governing system we've had for the past 200 years.

Through the years, the nation's best minds are in agreement that if our democratic process is
to surv ive, citizens must make an informed choice at the polls, whether or not they like the
choices available .
An incredibly small number of votes can swing elections of major importance and have farreaching effect upon our lives.
In the 1974 mid-term election, for example, more than 220,000 New Hampshire voters went to
the polls to elect a new U.S. Senator. The voting was so close that several recounts were held,
and at the end only two votes separated Republican Louis C. Wyman and Democrat John A. Durkin.
Durkin, the apparent loser, filed an appeal with the Senate, where the question of who should
be seated was debated for seven months. Finally because of disputed ballots, the Senate ordered
a new election, the first time the Senate had ever declared a vacancy due to inability to decide
an election contest.
When the rerun was conducted on September 16, 1975, almost 40,000 more voters went to the polls
than in the original election, and Durkin won decisively. If even a small percentage of these
additional voters had appeared in the first election, the chances are that New Hampshire would
have been fully represented from the start in the new Congress.
Of course all elections are not that close, but this is the kind of potential result we would
Jell to remember as we confront the 1976 elections tomorrow. Don't neglect to vote.

VOTER INFORMATION
ON 1976 CONSTITUTIONAL.
-

A.~AENDMENT .OU~STIONS . . ..

The following are the last two questions

of the six Constitutional Amendment Question$
voters will have an opportunity to responq to
tomorrow. The full text of the proposed
amendments will be available at each polling
place.
Employees are urged to_ read these questions
and to weigh the pros and cons carefully
before deciding how to vote. Question #5 is:
5. Shall Section 12 of Article VI of the
Constitution of Virginia be amended to
permit judicial appointments of elected local
officials, and eliminate the. need for speci~
!elections to fill a vacancy for less than
sixty days?

At present a voter may be faced, at the

same election, with botb the ch9ice for
.fil~ing tne. urieipi~ed port~~n of a te:nn,
however short;__ and tbe choice f~yr filling the
full term of an office. EXperience has shown
that this is confusing and that there is a
drop off of voters for the unexpired term.
Theoretically, a candidate could be elected
to complete fewer than 60 days of a term
of office, and be defeated for the full
term.

No enlargement.should be permitted of
the right of the judicial branch to appoint
to elective office.

The exempt~oils p:re>pps.~d woUld ~low.

needed relief ozt incentives .to-be provided.
~e cb-an~e~-in t~ st~uQtUI?e

not mandatory,.

t"e

o~tional .

The e~emptions propo~ed could result in

unfair and ineq\rl.table t~ation.
We do not know what the effect of these
wold be on.t~e prop~~ty taxes
coll~cted. Until we can m~e ~ reasonable
estimate of their effect on the tax b~se,
it is better not to open up further possibilities for t~ exemption.
exemptio~e

.........

,I

THANK YOU NOTE

tc be. a.tlve. t:.oda.y to 1,ay
o6 you. - - my. c.o-woJtk.eJrA , .
management, 6eli.Qw emplctJ~e.6., an4 .up~
Mahtte.nanc.e.. Thank you 6olL the. be.a.u;U.6ul
I'm

than/u

j~t ~!I

.tt;J QLt_

otow.elt6, ~., an.d vl6,/.JA tt;J .the. ho1,p~.

But, mo.6t .06 Qll.., thanlu to ~-the. employe.u
who 4 haJr.e.d a. -p(Wt o6 thellr. e.a1Ln.i.ng1, a.6 a.
ge.neM.~ g.l.6t to me.

Jim Collier

Question #6 is:
6. Shall Section 6 of Article X of the
Constitution of Virginia be amended to permit
certain tax exemptions for property subject
to a perpetual easement for flooding,
property owned by the permanently and totally
disabled, property used for sol$r energy
purposes, and tangible farm property and
products?

SCOG,EE BASKETBALL PRACTICE

. .

There will be a b~sketball practice at

Gym, Monday, Novemi>er 1, from A.
7 to 9 p.m; All SCOGEE basketball team r \
members ~hould attend.
Ro~enw~ld

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

VOL XVIII No. 51

Thank You!

Thank You!

November 5 1976

Thank You!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Ever get the feeling that you're not
El ectric. As you know, Thanksgiving is
Electric is going to express, in a real
ated with a special Thanksgiving "Thank

appreciated -- Well, not so at Waynesboro General

just around the corner and because of this, General
way, just how much Waynesboro GE employees are appreciYou" .

The special "Thank You" is extended to all employees for helping to maintain our fine reputation for designing, building and selling quality products. The customers of Data Communica tion
Products Department, Control Devices Operation and Industrial Control Department have responded
to our reputation by placing unusually high demands on all of us during 1976. Whi le we are
grateful for the expression of confidence on the part of these customers, their demands have
created unusual work loads and long hours of work for most of us. Therefore, we thin k it very
appropriate at this special time of the year -- Thanksgiving -- to say "Thank you" by servi ng
a free Thanksgiving dinner to all employees!
This special "Thank You" Thanksgiving dinner will take place on Thursday, November 18, 1976
at all three cafeterias . Marriott and Macke have already begun preparations for the big feed
and the menu will be as follows:
Roast Turkey w/dressing and cranberry sauce
Whipped Potatoes
Green Beans
Rolls & Butter
Choice of Pumpkin Pie or Apple Pie
Coffee, Tea, Milk or Cold Beverage
Free Thanksgiving Dinner tickets will be distributed to all employees beginning November 12.
We really mean "Thank You" and sincerely hope you, the members of your family and all your
friends have a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!

* * * * *lCont ' d

ASQC TO HOLD 'MEMBERSHIP NIGHT' MEETING

The Blue Ri dge Section of the American

Society for Quality Control (ASQC) will hold
a "Membership Night " meeting next Thursday,
November 11, 1976 .
he meeting is scheduled to take place
at 'That Steak Place" in Charlottesville.
Mr. Everett E. Backe, Director of Manufacturing Research and Services ( Institute
of 'I'extj le Technology), will speak on
(Cont ' d next column)

from Col. 1)

'Quality Assuranc e in the Textile Industry ."

Qual ity objectives that should be used in
the textile industry wil l be inc l uded in
the program.
A social hour is scheduled for 6 : 15 p . m.,
with dinner at 7 : 15 and the presentati on
at 8. Those members who joined after July J,
1976 will be entitled to a free meal.
For reservation and additional in formati on
contact Milton Bliss on Ext 1536 or 942- 4762
after 5 p . m.

United V-J'ay Reaches 94/o al Goa/I

By the time today's NEWS went to press, the United Way Campaign Fund Drive had reached 94%
of its goal!
We are very proud of the contributions made by employees to this point; but, we are still 6%
away from achieving our goal of $50,000. Some cards have yet to be returned which means that
there is still a chance our goal will be reached, if not exceeded.
Employees are urged to return their United Way cards as soon as possible if they have not
already done so. If you have not been approached by a solicitor and wish to contribute, contact
the Employee Relations office to obtain a card .
The United Way is a very worthwhile program which could possible benefit any one of us at
some time in our lives. Let's each of us support this worthy cause by giving our Fair Share
today.

P,i,c:twr.e.d above. Me. .the. 2n.d and 3tui. "100 Pe1tc.e.nte.Jt6", ltU pe.ctively, who ac.h,i,e.ve.d 100 % paJr.ilupa.Uon ,i,n :thU!t g1toup Unile.d Way Fund dJt,i,vu. The. p,(,c:twr.e. :to :the. le.6t ).A Bobby Hoy 1 l> T-340
Al>1>embly Me.a ,i,n Twc.ne.Jt #2. The. 1>oliUto1t 6ott ;th).A Me.a WM Uva 11 C1tane.y" Campbell (1>:tand,i,ng,
2nd 6JtOm Jt,(,ght). The. p,i,c:twr.e. to :the. Jt,(,gh:t ).A Jane,t W).Aeman'l> W,i,Jte. HMYl.Ul> Me.a ,i,n Twc.ne.Jt #7.
Solic.lioM 6olt ;th).,6 g1toup WM Ann Wlt,i,g h:t (knf.el,(,ng , 2nd 61tom Jt,i,g h:t I and J e.a.nn,i,e. Eutl>le.Jt (ab!> e.nt
whe.n p,i,c:twr.e. WM :taken I .

NATIONAL ENERGY OUROOK

TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE IEEE MEETING

* * * * (Cont
* 'd

The Institute of Electrical and Electronic

Engineers, Central Virginia Section, will
hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 9,
at the General Wayne Hotel. A social hour will
begin at 6:15 p.m., with dinner at 7 and the
meeting at 8. The guest speaker will be
Dr. Anthony E. Bopp, Assistant Profes sor of
Economics at Madison College and Consultant
t o the Federal Energy Administration (FEA).
Dr . Bopp has recently j oined the Economics
Department at Madison Coll ege after serving
as Chief of the Modeling and Forecasting
Divisi on of FEA during the energy cris is years
of 1974 to 1976. His presentation will include
(Cont'd next column)

from Col. 1)
a discussion of the energy outlook through
1985 and an explanation of how these forecasts
were derived .

A cordial invitation is extended to all

IEEE members and guests. Those who are
i nterested in attending may contact Wayne
Ashby on Ext. 1860/1869 for reservations
and additional information .

SCOGEE BASKETBALL PRACTICE

,...._

There will be a basketball practice at

Rosenwald Gym, Monday, November 8, and
Thursday, November 11 , from 7 to 9 p.m.
All SCOGEE basketball team members should
attend.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL(i}ELECTRIC
VOL

xvirr

No. 52

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

November 12, 1976

WAYNESBORO GE EMPLOYEES
PUT UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN OVER THE TOP WITH
$68,476!
An elated Bill Perry, United Way Chairman for the
Waynesboro GE Plant, adds the final touches to his
own personal United Way scoreboard as the facility
goes "over the topu with $68,476. This amount
includes the $11,000 Company contribution pledged
to the 1977 Waynesboro-East Augusta United Way Program.
Bill stated that this year's $68,476 GE United Way
contribution was the highest in the Plant's 22 year
United Way Campai gn his t ory. He attributed the campaign's success to the approximately 100 employee
United Way group solicitors . "The.y clld a.n ou.t6.to.ncllng
job," he said, "upe.cJ...all.y 24 06 :the. 100 employee.

tio.UcJ..:tolL6 who obtained 700% pa.Jttiupa..U.on 6Jz.om :the.Uc.

1r.upe.ctive. gJr.oup 06 employe.u."

The 100 percenters,

11

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inc 1ude:

Glenna Camden - DCP Assembly Office Area

Kay Dunaway - Relay Production
Charlie Smith - DCP Advanced Manu. Eng~
Ilva Campbell - T-340 Assembly (B. Hoy)
Jeannie Eutsler/Ann Wright - DCP Wire Harness
Ted Crapser - Program Devices Engineering
Lou Parr - Turning Control Eng. (NCO)
Richard Hewitt - Inventory Programs
Bob Hull - Purchasing
Sharon Purvis - T-340 Assembly
Sal lie Surratt - Relations
Jean Gum - T-30 Administration

Alma Claytor - NCO Engineering Office Area

Conley Daughtry - T-340 Administration, Turner #2
Sheila Aldinger - Product Service Admin. (NCO)
Marvin Chaplin - NCO Engineering
Skip Hanlin - Advanced Materials
Dennis Shuey - Tool Design
Georgia Gosnell - QC Engineering
Margaret Earman - DCPD Offset
Sandy Moretz - COO Manufacturing Administration
Kenny Cline - Relays Administration
Carol Houser - DCP Production Office Area

Bi ll would like to extend his thanks to all of the solicitors and the employees who contributed
to the 1977 United Way Campaign and helped us to exceed our goal of $50,000. Of the total amount
pledged, $7,258 will be going to three other Valley United Way organizations.

THANKS TO YOU IT'S WORKING

''OVER THE TOP''

$68,476

Dan Stubbs (center of photo), United Way

Industrial Chairman, receives the check for
GE's contribution to the Waynesboro-East
Augusta United Way Program. Present i ng the
check to Mr . Stubbs are the f i rst four solicitors who achieved 100% participation from
their groups (standing to the left and right
of Mr . Stubbs). They are: A..."lll Wright,' Glenna
Camden , Ilva Campbell and Jeannie Eutsler .
In the background are the other solicitors
who attained 100% participation from their
respective group of employees .

Part of the Program for this year's United Way

Fund Drive was the drawing for prizes for those
solicitors who achieved 100% participation from
their groups. Pictured at the left are seven
of the ten pri ze winners whose nam~s were drawn
from the pool of 24 "100 Percenters. " They ~:
seated (1 tor), Margaret Earman and Sallie
Surratt ; and standing (1 to r), Dennis Shuey,
Skip Hanlin, Marvin Chaplin, Richard Hewitt and
Conley Daughtry. The other three winners who
were not present at the time of the drawing
are Kenny Cline, Bob Hul l and Charlie Smith.
The prizes included Hair Styling Dryers , FM/AM
Portable radios, Steam Irons and Custom Portable Mixers .

As another feature of this year's United Way

Fund Drive, five of the "100 Percenters "
received, through a drawing of names , a pair
of tickets each to last Friday ' s Grand Ole
Opry at Expoland . The five winners, proudly
displaying the United Way banner in the photo
to the right, were, (1 to r) Richard Hewitt,
Ilva Campbell, Charlie Smith, Margaret Earman
and Skip Hanlin.

I( /

1977 VACATION &HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

_

The 1977 vacation and holiday schedule

been released (see calendar on Page 4).
The ten paid holidays for next year which
employees will receive are as follows:

~as

December 31-----New Years Day

February 25-----Floating Holiday
April 8---------Good Friday

May 30----------Memorial Day

July 4~~--------Independence Day
September 5-----Labor Day
November 24-----Thanksgiving Day
November 25-----Floating Holiday
December 23-----Christmas Eve
December 26-----Christmas

Winter is almost upon us which means snow

is not far behind. Therefore, in anticipation
of a long, snowy winter, the Waynesboro Ski Club
is already beginning its membership drive for
new members.
If you are interested in joining the Club,
try to get your membership in early so that
you and your family will be ready for that
first big snowfall. For membership applications and additional information, all, interested parties may contact Cliff Rockwell.

SERVICE PINS
AWARDEDFOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER

Plant shutdown will begin July 1 of next

year and end July i1. July 4 will be taken as
a holiday and is not part of the vacation
shutdown period.

25 YEARS
A. B. Carson, Jr .

15 YEARS

20 YEARS

DON'T FORGET:

H. R. Ball
M. G. Bliss, Jr.

Thanksgiving Dinner
Next Thursday

10 YEARS

H. L. Goff'

C.
A.
B.
E.
A.

L.
J.
A.
E.
P.

R. H.

D. T.

As a reminder to all employees, a special

"Thank You" Thanksgiving dinner will be served,
.free of charge, next Thursday, November 18,
at all three cafeterias. The special "Thank
You" dinner is being extended to all employees
as ah expression of management's appreciation
for your untiring work efforts during 1976.

More information on the dinner will be

-forthcoming in next Wednesday's issue of the
-- Pl ant NEWS.

J. R. Hagwood
J. J. Hill
W. H. Lindamood
D. R. Stinnett

C. P. Claytor
L. A. Drumheller
W. M. Freeman

- i,njoy Your Free

I7(,

JOIN THE SKI BUFFS ON THE SLDPES

Since New Years Day, January 1, falls on

a Saturday next year, accord.1.ng to the GE-UE
contract, the holiday will be recognized on
the preceding Frtday, December 31.

Employees will be advised of the special

dinner release schedule by their supervisors.
In view of an expected 100% participation, it
would be greatly appreciated if employees
would vacate their seats as soon as possible,
after finishing -their dinner, in order that
ample seating will be available for other
employees.

11.

E . W.
H. D.
L. B.

Jones
Moore
Myrtle
Myrtle
Sauf'ley
Smively
Stinespring
Sumner
Weaver
Zimmerman

M. B. Armentrout

R. L. Bartley

E. W. Davis
J. L. Deel
K. E. GrEcy"
J. L. Johnson
J. s. Martin
G. W. McLaughlin
L. E. Miller
R. G. Nahay
L. H. Noon
S. Pidhirny, Jr.
D. C. Stigge

5 YEARS
J. A. Tisdale

THANK YOU NOTE

I would Uk.e t:.o explte.6.6 my tha.nk6 oOJr. the
c.aJt.dl,, v,Ul.t.J, and othelr. fUnd
explte.6.6i.on6 o0 .6ympa:thy Jr.ee.uved a;t; the de.a.th

olowe.u,

Oo my

bJwtheJL, John Clemmelr..

Annabelle Barker

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERAL@ELECTRIC
YOL XVIII No. 53

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

ENJOY YOUR - -

November 17 , 1976

Two New GE Board Members

TURKEY & ALL THE TRIMMINGS

AT TOMORROW'S "FREE THANKSGIVING DINNER"
As mentioned earli er in t he Plant NEWS,
tor11orr ow, November 18, a 11 Waynesboro GE
employees wi ll be t he Company ' s guests of
honor at a special "Thank You" Thanksg i vi ng
Dinner.
The dinner will be free of charge for
al l employees and will be se rved i n all three
cafeterias. The Bl ue Ridge Dining Room will
be closed on that day; however, the fu ll
comp li ment of vending mach ines wi ll be
ava il able for those desiring to use them.
Emp l oyees desiring additional cold
or mil k are requested to obtain
1em from the vending mac hines so as not
to tie up the lines . Also, because 100%
attendance i s expected, employees are requested to vacate the i r seats as soon as
,possible after finishing the ir dinner in
order that amp l e seating wi ll be ava i lab l e for other emp l oyees.

~ verages

The specia l re l ease schedule for all

areas ha s been provided to all s upe rvi s i on
and employees have been informed of their
release times by their respect i ve supervisors/
foremen .
The menu for the mea l will be as fo llows :
Roast Turkey w/dressing & cranberry sauce
Wh i pped Potatoes
Green Beans
Rolls & Butter
Choice of Pumpkin Pie or Apple Pie
Coffee, Tea, Milk or Cold Beverage
It is not too often, in many of our lives,
that we receive thanks for the daily t hings
we do. Waynesboro GE has recogn i zed th is and
wants to show how much employees are apprec i,......ted for their efforts by giv ing this Free
1anksgiv i ng Di nner . THANK YOU for the outstandi ng job you ' ve done over the years which
has given th i s fac ili ty one of the finest
reputations in the business!

Gertrude Michelson (1) and Lewis Preston are

the most r ecent additions to GE 's Boar d of
Directors .

Gertru de G. Michel son and Lewi s T. Preston

have been elected members of the Board of
Directors of Gene ral Electric Company, i t
was announced recently by Regina l d H. Jones ,
Chairman . The i r el ections are effective
immedia tel y.
Mrs . Mi chelson, 51, is Senior Vi ce Pres i dentPersonne l, Labor and Consumer Re l ations, for
Macy ' s New York. Mr . Preston , 50, i s Vi ce
Chairman of t he Board and Member of t he Executive Committee of Morgan Guaranty Trust
Company .
In addition to serving on the Board of
Directors of Genera l Electri c, Mrs . Miche l son
serves on the corporate boards of the Chubb
Corporation, Harper and Row and Quaker Oats
Company.
Mr . Preston, i n additi on to servi ng on
the Boa rds of Directors of General El ectric
and Morgan Guaranty Trust, is Vi ce Cha i rman
of the Boara of J . P. Morgan & Company, Inc.
and Chairman of Morgan Guaranty International
Finance Co rporation .

These Steps Help Make

(Cont'd from Co l . 1)

"Reasonable & Customary" Provision

the fee does not seem to be in line with

"reasonable and customary" levels, the
insurance company carefully reviews .the case
and contacts the doctor to determine if
there were unusual medical circumstances .
Most questions about fees are resolved at
this point . If not , the insurance company
will continue to try to resolve the question
with the doctor . They will also respond to
any question about the payment of the amount
not considered reasonable and customary .

Work ForYou
A very important f eature of the General
Electric Insurance Plan is the one which
pr ovides broad financ ial assistance to meet
necessary costs which are "reasonable and
customary ." This key appr oach makes it
possible for the GE Plan to give flexible
pvotection on medical fees, unlike the many
plans which limit payments to a fixed benefits
schedule .
The " reasonable and customary" provision
has the added value of pr otecting I nsurance
Plan participants against excessive charges .
This helps everyone i n an inflationary
period when hospital and medical costs rise
rapidly .
To make sure the "reasonable and customary"
provision serves well , you should take three
important steps when you , or one of your
covered dependents , is to have surgery or
other extensive medical treatment :

--Tell your doctor t hat the General Electric

Insurance Pl an provides re imbursement for
"reasonable and customary" fees as de termined by the insu rance carrier, Metropo litan
Life. If the doctor need s further informat i on, suggest t hat Metropolitan ca n be
helpf ul in di sc ussing what is reasonab l e
and customa ry. The insurance company can
protect you most effective ly against
charges which are higher than reas onable
and customary i f you do not agree in advance
to pay the doctor a specific amount .
--Aut hori ze the payment of benefits directl y
to t he doctor by completi ng the aut hori zat i on secti on of the In surance Pl an ' s medical
expense clai m form . Th i s wi ll all ow the
insurance company and the doctor to work
out problems if the charge appears to be
hi gher than reasonab l e or customary .
-- After the insurance company has pa i d t he
doctor, you should then pay the bala nce of
the fee, if any, up to the reasonable and
customa ry amount as advised by the insurance company .
The insurance company determines whether
a doctor ' s fees and other medi cal charges are
reasonable and customary on the basis of long
experience . Most fees are routinely paid
without question . In the few cases where

(Cont'd next co lumn)

The reduction of a fee can result in

savings to you since , under the Plan, you
pay 15% of surgical charges exceeding $500
in a calendar year as well as 15% of nonsurgical medical charges .

Roy Duncan
is new Leasing Manager
Roy Duncan has been appointed
Manager of the Leasing Subsection as announced by J. W.
Swett, Manager- DCPD Marketing
Roy joined the General
Electric Company i n June 1942
on the Engineering test Program after gr aduating from
Mississippi State Univers i ty
with a BSEE degree . He has
held positions with various operations of the
Company in several locations including ManagerProduct Service of the Commercial Equipment
Department , Syracuse, and Manager-Product
Service and Marketing administration of the
Technical Products Department, Syracuse . He
also held the position of Manager- Customer
Service for Technic al Products Oper ation and
Vi s ual Communication Products Department.
In 1971 he was made Manager-Marketing Services
for VCPO/TPD . Prior to joining DCPD Marketing
on s pecial assignment, Roy was Manager-Systems
for MACSO/TPD i n Lynchburg.

THANK YOU NOTE

Ma.ny .th.a.nlui .to e.a.c.h o6 you. who ga.ve. youJt
-tUne., money, 6ood a.rid o.theJt e.xp1te.Miort6 06 .-..
ympa..thy duJt-<.rtg ],{_m' il.trteM a.rid de.a.th.
Ma.y God ble. e.a.c.h 06 you. .

The lma Conner & Chil dren

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XV III No. 54

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

........

November 19, 1976

Arnold F. Roane is Appointed

Manager -Operational Planning
Warren F . Kindt , General
Manager of DCPD, announced
today the appointment of
Mr . Arnold F. Roane to fill
the position of ManagerOperational Planning , effective December 1, 1976 . In
his new assignment Arnold
will have responsibility for
managing the Operational Planning funct i on for
the Department , including market research,
oper ations analysis , faci lities planning and
product planning .

Mma. SoM.e,U (le6.t) g.<.vu V.<.ue Chaplin Mme

a.M-i.A.ta.nc.e w..Uh heJt .typ.<.ng . V.<.ue -<.A a. -0-tuden.:t
a..t the WoociJww Wilion Reha.b-llUa,tion Cen.:teJt
a.nd -<.A pll.U en.:tly :tluUrt.<.ng undeJt the Stud mt
I n.:teJtn-0 h.<.p P1togtr.am heJte a..t GE.
S~nce February, 1974, the COO Engineering
Section has had a periodic influx of new
face s. If you do not work in that area,
you probabl y don't know who these people
are who keep coming and go ing after short
stays. Well, the faces bel ong to students
of the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center
who are here as trainees as part of the
Center's Stude nt Internship Program.

One of the Student Internship Program's

objectives is to give the students practical on-the- job t rai ning in an effort to
determi ne wh ether a student is ready for
permanent j ob placeme nt . At the end of a
6-8 week training period the students are
evaluated by their supervisors here and
this input assists the Woodrow Wilson
Rehabilitation Center in determining
~hether the student is ready for permanent employment.
(Cont'd Pa ge 4, Co l. 1)

Arnold i s a native of Phil adelphia , Pennsylvania and a product of their public school
system . He received his B.S. in Mechanical
Engineer ing from Penn State University in
1959 and his M. S . in Management from M.I. T. ,
Sloan School of ~anagement in 1974 . He was
commissioned a 2/Lt . U. S . Army Or dnance
Corps and completed an eight (8) year active
duty and r eserve training obligation. He has
also attended Drexel University (1963-1966)
working toward a M. S. in Mechanical Engineer~
i ng ; in addit i on , he also completed special
course work at the Univers ity of Michigan
and Har vard Business School .
Arnold has held a variety of supervisory
and management positions duri ng his fifteen
(15) year tenure with the General Electric
Company . These assignments have spanned
both the engineering and manfuacturing
functional areas . During this time he
has also participated in numerous company
admini stered engineering and manage~ent
training programs . In 1973 , he had the
distinction of being selected as the first
General Electric Company sponsored , Alfred
P. Sloan Fellow at M.I.T .
During this one-year res idency in the
Boston ar ea , Arnold participat ed in a
management _program with forty-nine execu-

(Cont' d Page 4, Col. 2)

Scenes from the Month of October

Last month was a very busy and exciting
month for most of us. As the month fell
upon us, so did the fall foliage in all its
colorful splendor. Consequently, to celebrate the "turning of the leaves", the city
held its annual Fall Foliage Festival in
the usual eventful style, if not in the
usual dry weather.

John Uc.he.lbe.JtgeJt dJApla.y6 :t.he 6:t.yle a.nd

6o!Uli Lt. .ta.k.e..o :t.o bec.ome a. w.<.nneJt J..n a.
matta.:thon. John 6:t.a.:t.ed he ha.d .tluUned .two
month 601t .the 1ta.c.e..o a.nd woul..d p1toba.bly
en:t.eJt a.gabt 11.ex.t yea.It.

Part of the fun-filled events of this

year's Festival was a Marathon which saw
three Waynesboro GE employees demonstrate
their athletic abilities by racing to the
finish line to claim either a winning
plaque or one close to it. John Eichelberger, a Manufacturing Engineer in the
Turner Complex, was the number one winner
in the 5-mile Foot Race while Dennis
Whitley, a QC-Process Control Technician,
stayed close behind as he captured fourth
place in the same race. Werner Mailer,
a Design Engineer, proved that perserverance
and determination has its rewards as he ran
26 miles for the first time, to place second
in the 31 to 45 age group of the 26 Miles
Marathon. All three should be corrmended for
their showings in such a grueling display
of their ability.
(Cont'd next column)

As the month rolled on, employees began to

realize it was that time of the year again
for the "boss" to receive some recognition.
So, beginning October 16, and continuing
several days afterward, managers, supervisors
and foremen all over the facilities were
treated to many surprises as employees
expressed their appreciation on "Bosses Day."
"Bosses" were bombarded with gifts or treated
to lunch as employees throughout the Plant
honored them. In the picture above, foremen
in the Main Plant TermiNet assembly area
proudly display the gifts they received from
appreciative employees.
All were thoughtful, some were humorous.
Perhaps the most suitable of all gifts was
the one Ed Monger received. Employees in the
batch sub-assembly area presented Ed with a
"Boss Pacifier" which is supposed to comfort
him whenever he needs to be pacified. It is
not yet known whether or not the pacifier has
worked, but if it does , you can be certain
most bosses will be placing their orders for
one. Pictured left to right are: Kenny Glass,
Sadie Smith, Ed Monger, Shorty Ward, Ron
Pieta, Lois Breen and Kenneth Marshall.

****
Another big event which took place in
October was the annual Quarter Century Club
Dinner Meeting. This year's dinner was held
at the Hotel General Wayne on October 20. Of
the 95 members in attendance , 14 were newly
initiated members who had become eligible for
the Club by reaching 25 years of service.
(Cont'd Page 3, Col . 1)

As a tra ditiona l part of the meeting the

new offi cers we re inducted (shown in picture
above) . They are: (l tor) Bob Holcomb,
Secretary-Treas urer; Hervey Vi gou r , Vi ce
President; and Ben Cooper, Pres i dent . Pictured on the right is the outgoing Pres ident,
Roy Beckerle.
As speaker for the even ing, Ben Part low,
Vice President and Trust Offi cer for t he
~First and Merchants National Bank, gav e a
presentation on the latest changes in t he
income and es t ate tax laws . It was a very
succesS1 Ul and enjoyab l e 21st annual meeting
of the Quarter Century Clubbers .
7

winners of the Contest (pictured above ) were

(l to r): Kanny Gray and Lind a Doyl e, who
were dressed as Ra gg edy Andy and Raggedy
Ann, respectively; and Na~ :y and Don Sti nespring, who were dressed as the pumpki n and
Fairy Godmother ( or father, whi chever the
case may be) from the story of Cinderell a.
(For those of you who don ' t already know i t,
the VEEJAR is a group of employees consi sting
of Virgini a Coffey, Eaith Gilbert , Erma Si ms,
June Shirey, Audra Kerby and Ruth Shi fflett . )
Yes, Oc tober was a very busy and active
month . But luck ily, we won' t have to wai t
another year f or such anot her fun-fill ed
month . Remember, there ' s s t ill Than ksg i vi ng
and Christmas yet to come .

*****
The month ended i n its usual fas hi on with
l ittle "demons" roami ng the streets at night
demand i ng additions to the i r swe ll i ng treasuretrove or for fei ture of li fe , l i ber ty and pursui t of their tormentors --- al l i n t he name of
Hal l oween fun, of course. Not to be outdone,
however, the grown-ups here at the Pl ant
decided to do a l ittle "tri ck- or - t reat"-ing
of their own, so the VEEJAR got toget her and
t hrew a big party "to spook al l spooks ."
They came in droves -- bats , hobgobli ns ,
ghosts and wi tches, just to name a few. And
everyone had a bewitching t ime, so we were
told.
..-....

Some came in the i r normal attire , some

wore costumes, and then there were t hos e t hat
cou l dn' t be determined. For t hose cos tumes
whi ch were discernib l e, however , pr izes
were awarded for the Best Costumes. The
(Cont'd next column)

THANK YOU NOTES

. Many thank.6 to e.o.c.h o 6 you who ga.ve tJOWt
.:tUne, money, 6ood a.nd otheJt exp~u-0~0YL6 06
o ympa.thy d~g J~ ' -0 illnu-0 a.nd dea.th.
Ma.y God blu-0 ea.c.h o 6 you.

Shirl ey Moore
Ma.ny tha.nk.6 to a..le. my 6~end-O a.nd c.oWMh.eJt-O 6M the lovely 6.f..oweJL-O , c.Md-0 a.nd
telephone c.aJtd.o I ha.ve ~ec.~ved d~ng my
illnu-0 a.nd -0ta.y ~n the hoop~ .

Ka therine Monroe
MOl Machine Room

PROFILE
{Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 1)
One particular employee has been the
"guiding force" for quite a few students
{18) since the Program's inception at this
Plant. She is Alma Sorrell, an Engineering
Data Processor in COO Engineering.
Alma has assumed the leadership role of
training the students in various office
procedures {such as answering the telephone and taking messages) and how to apply
the basic skills of typing and shorthand
which the student has already acquired at
the Center. Alma feels the Center "doeA

a veJLy .good job 06 tJr.a.,ln,lng the .6tu.de.n:t6.

The ma301Llt.y aJLe. good wo1t.kell..6 and mo.6t
have. be.en veJLy good typ.l.6:th."

However, she was quick to add that

during their training here, the students
have had to perform tasks for which they've
had no training at the Center. "FOJt. one
tklng," she continued, "a.t the. Ce.n-teJt, the.
.6tu.de.n:th jLL6t do .6.tluU..ght le;tteJL typing.
They've ne.veJL had to do .6uc.h thlng.6 cu U6e
a cllc.:tlonaJty to .6ee .i.6 a wolt.d iA .6pell.ed
c.oJtJLec.t.ly." The students also learn to

type graphs and drawing information on

mylar during their assignment here. As
A1ma exp 1ai ned, "They had neveJL .6 een myl..aJr.

be.601te c.omlng heJLe, nolt. had they eveJL typed

g1t.aph.6. &Lt they leaJr.ned to do both and
dld an exc.el.lent job on them."

Alma stated that she really looked forward

to it when she first learned that she was to
lead and provide direction for some of the
students under the Program. "1 Uk.e people
and 1 Uh.e ki.d6," she said. "I've had 60U1L

C:.hil..dlte.n 06 my own to '1..tliAe, plu.6 .6.lx 6o.6tell

c.hlf.dJLe.n, .6 o thiA uw j ui,t Uke having
pe.Jtlocllc. adcli;tlo n6 to the IJo.mil..y. "

A11 of the students assigned to this

Program have a handicap, either mentally or
physically, but Alma has had only a few
incidents over the years in which medical
attention was required. "Mo.6t 06 the time,"
she stated, ".i.6 you don't cuk, you don't

know wha.t the.ht handlc.ap.6 aJLe; unleA.6 they

aJLe highly viA.lble .6uc.h cu a m.iA.6.lng Umb."

Alma's experiences with the students

have been quite rewarding and one, in
particular,. has even developed into a pro1onged friendship. "The veJLy 6fut .6.tu.dent

we. had heJLe had a he.aJtlng p1t.oblem wh.lc.h

c.oul.d not be c.oMected," she stated. "She' .6
1t.e.aU..y a c.on.6 c.len:tloui, wo1t.keJt and ha.6 the
mo.6t ple.tU.lng pelU>ona.i.1.:ty I Jte.ail.y bec.ame.
6ond 06 heJr.. She' .6 back .ln Newpolt.t NW.6

(Cont'd next column)

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

now, woJr.k.ing 601t. the. goveJtnmen:t and we.
c.oMupond wUh one. anotheJc.. She.' .6 1t.e.ally
a git.eat pell4on to wolt.k w.lth."

Alma recalled another student who was an

ins pi ration to her. "ThiA one. .6tu.den:t had
lo.6J:. heJr. le6t aJUn when .6he. uw a c.hi..td, buJ:.
.6he. dldn' t let tha.t .6top hell 61t.om do.lng mo.6t
anything .6he wa.n.ted to do; ne;t e.ve.n ;typing.
She. c.ould type with one. hand, and dld a veJc.y
good job, too. She. had .60 muc.h en;th.tu.l.46m.
She. o6ten .6a.ld t.h.a.t theJc.e we1e.e. only :f:JAJo
th.lng.6 .6he. c.ouldn't do---ILlde. a moto1t.c.yc1..e.
and 1t.0U a c.lgaJLe;tte.. She. wo1t.ked be.601te a6
a diApa.tc.heJt 601t. a tJw.c.IU.ng c.ompany, but
de.cl..ded .6he wanted to le.aJt.n to type., .60 .6he.
jU6t dld u. ,,

Alma stated she and other employees have

had very good relationships with most of the
students. "The .6tu.de.n:th aJLe U6uail.y veJty

plea.csan-t and aJLe quUe. appJr.eeia.t..lve. when

they've c.omple.te.d theiJc. M.6.lgnment he1e.e. We.
.6ometimeA Jtec.uve. lett.ell4 oil. c.a.ll.6 oil. even
viAw 61t.om them a6teJL they le.ave. heJLe.. It
ha.6 be.en a Ve/LY Jt.e.waJULi..ng e.xpeM.e.nc.e. WOJtlUng
wlih theAe .6.tu.den.t.6," she added. "Uke. 1
.6ai.d befJoJLe., 1 have .6e.vellal c.hil.dJc.e.n 06 my
own, .60 they a1r.e jui,t Uke. 6amll..y to me.."

Well, Alma won't have to worry about not

having any "family" around as long as She
works in the COO Engineering Lab. There will
periodically be someone coming in, eager to
receive the guidance and training she so very
capably provides for them.

ARNOLD F. ROANE
(Cont'd from Page 1, Col. 2)
tives, representing business and government
from the U.S. and eleven foreign countries.
In his previous assignment at General Electric, Arnold was located at Corporate Headquarters, Fairfield, Connecticut, in the
Power Generation Business Group - Strategic
Planning Operation, where he was responsible
for the management of business and economic
studies.
The Roane's have three teenage daughters
and currently.reside in Trum.blll, Connecticut.
They are both active in community/civic
affairs. Arnold plays tennis regularly and
occasionally gets in a little golf.
Arnold and his family will be moving into
the Waynesboro area after the new year.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 55

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

November 24 . 1976

The special "Than k You" Thanksgiving Dinner employees received last

Thursda y was, by all accounts, a big success . As e xh ibited on the faces
of those employe es in the pictures abo ve , the meal apparent l y was enjoyed
by all who were able to attend.
The Marriott and Macke operat i ons at t his facility are to be commended
for the preparation and serv ing of such a dele ctable meal. Ma ny let t e rs
and verbal ' thank yous ' from employees have been received in Re l ations.
These expressions of thanks have been greatly appreciated and the man agement staff at the Waynesboro GE Plant would like to extend their wishes
for a Happy and Safe Than ksg iving for all emp l oyees .

"WheJtea..ti il ~ the. duty o 6 all na..tloYll> to ac.knowle.dg e. the. p1tov.i.de.nc.e.

06 A.lm{_ght.y God, to obe.y ~ w-<..lt, to be. gka.t.e.6ui. 6ok ~ be.ne.6-<.t.6, and
humbly to -<.mp.take. ~ pMte.c.tion, a..i.d and 6avoM . . . that we. may the.n all
unile. -<.n ke.ndeJL.i.ng unto h,LJn OUk 1>.i.nc.eJte. and humble. tha.nk1> 6Ok w k-<.nd
cake. and pltote.c.tion 06 the. pe.ople. 06 the. c.ountky, and 6ok all the. gke.a.t.
and vM.i.oM 6avoM wh-<.c.h he. hM be.e.n plea.tied to c.on6eJt upon M ."

- George Washi ngton

Improved C-0-L Formula

Adds 6~ To Hourly Pay Rates

IN AppRECiATiON

June's Large Pay Increase

Protected By Additional 'Inflation Insurance'
A cost-of-living pay increase of 6 an
hour will go into effect Monday, November 29
for all hourly employees in this pl ant . Nonexempt salaried employees will get a raise
of $2 .40 a week .
This pay raise, to be first seen in paychecks passed out on December 10, is part
of the new GE job package negotiated earlier
this year by the company and the union. It
is the second across-the-board pay increase
this year. On June 28 there was a 60-an-hour
general increase, topped off for hi gh- ski ll
employees by an add itional 5 to 50-cent
increase. The c-o-1 adjustment covers the
four months from Ju ly to October and helps
offset the erosion effect inflation has had
on GE pay.
Marjorie Grimes, Emp l oyee Relations Manager,
pointed out that this year 1 s pay increases
for hourly and nonexempt-salaried emp loyees
are much higher than GE pay increases in
other years . "Irt6.f.a.t,{.oYL .60a.Jl..e.d dU!UYLg 1974
a.nd 7975 , 11 she explained, "a.nd by :tli.U
.6 p!Ung i.;t WM ci.e.aJt :that :the. k.e.y ne.e.d wa.-0
:to 6a.:t:te.n up a.nd pJtO:te.c;t GE pa.yc.he.c.k..6."

NEW FEATURE
11
Now :the.11.e. -<.,o muc.h be;Ue.11. plto:te.mon a.ga,i.n-0:t
in 6.la;t{_o n be.c.a.u-0 e. o 6 :the. Yl e.w 6e.a.,tu/t. e. -<.YL :the.
c.- o-l e.-0c.a.la.:to1t c.la.U-Oe. a.dd-<.YLg unc.a.ppe.d c.ove.11.a.ge. -<-6 :the. ).yt6.la;t{_oyt Jta..:te. e.x~e.e.d.6 9%. we. . .
c.eJt,;ta,{,nly hope. we. doYL':t lt..U.Yl ,{,n;to double.-d-<.g-<A:
in6.la;t{_on a.gMYL, bu:t -<-6 we. do, A.;t' .6 c.om6olttiYLg
:to k.YLOW :that :th-<.-0 i<.).nd 06 e.xpa.nde.d -<.n-0U1ta.nc.e.
a.g a,i.n-0 :t a. lt..U.YLawa.y in 6.la;t{_o n .6 ilua.tio Yl -<.,o
a.vcU,la.ble.," Margie said.

The November 29 increase is the first

payout under the i mproved c-o-1 arrangement.
Under this formula, pay is increased one cent
an hour for each full 0. 3% rise in the
national Consumer Price Index up to a 7%
increase and in excess of a 9% increase
during a specific measurement period.
The 6 increase results from the clim~ in
t he CPI during the first measurement period
under the new contract. For all of 1976, it
(Cont 1 d Page 4, Col. 1)

Becaus e "Bosses Day" is not a national

event, there were some employees who were
unsure of the exac t date or who were unaware of the event, altogether. The
employees in the Wire Harness area in
Turner #1 are among those who hadn 1 t
realized that Bosses Day had come and gone
unti l they read about it in the Plant NEWS
las t Friday .
To make up for the unintentional oversight, the group got together and decided
to show t heir "boss" just how much she is
appreciated anyway. So, this past Monday,
Janet Wiseman, Forelady of the Wire Harness
area, received a belated Bosses Day gift
from her employees. Among the gifts Janet
received were a dozen red roses, a bottle
of perfume and some pocket change to supply
her with her da il y ration of NABS and candy
bars for t he rest of the year.
The offi cial Bosses Day, li ke Christmas,
comes but once a year. However, employees,
such as t hose in t he Wire Harness area, know
t ha t a show of appreciation is something
that can be displayed, in many ways, any day
of the year.

THANK YOU NOTE

We. wou.td uk.e. :to e.xp!te..6.6 ou:t :tha.nk..6 601t
:the. 6ood, 6lowe.lt.6 , c.a.1td.6, money, v,{,o-<.:t-0
a.nd o:the.11. k.).nd e.xp1te.-0-0-<.o Yl.6 o6 .6 ympa.:thy w~
1te.c.uve.d a.:t :the. dea.:th o 6 Mile.hell B. Filzg e.11.a.ld.

Margaret Fitzgerald, Mother

Alice J. Quick, Sister

1f I 2 l/ ( I~

SAFETY SLOGAN
&POSTER\NINNERS

Only 6 Days Left to do Your Banking;

Vacation Banking. That Is
I f you are entitled to vacation time
over three weeks, or in excess of the
plant ' s primary shutdown, if longer, here ' s
good news: you are eligible for vacation
banking .
Here ' s more news: if you want to use
this vacation plan feature during 1977,
you ' d better hurry ' cause time is running
out .

"To u.6 e. the. ' ba.n/Ung ' be.ne.6il ..i.n 1977 ,

a.n e.mploye.e. mu.6t ma.ke. .oWte. h..t.o e.le.etion
6oJUn ..t.o 1te.c.uve.d by pay1toU by Nove.mbe.Jt 30,
7976", says Margie Grimes, Manager of
Employee Relations.

Don McKee (ri ght) rece i ves hi s GE cl ockradio from hi s man~ger, Jim Kenyon .

A letter concerning the "Vacation Banking" provision has been distributed to all
employees elig ible for the benefit . Those
who want to use banking should contact
Leo Huntley in Payroll to obtain proper
forms .

The winning safety slogan for th i s month

was written by Donald McKee, NCO Engineering.
The sl ogan which won Don a new GE AM/FM
Di gital Clock-Radi o is: "Forgetti ng safety
....-.._ may be t he l ast thing you will ever do."

Vacation banking lets you "bank" one or

more full days of vacation in excess of
three weeks -- or in excess of the plant ' s
primary shutdown if it i s longer . You are
paid normally for work on "banked" days,
and your vacation pay those days is credited
to your retirement option account under
the Savings and Security Program . If you
don ' t have such an account, one will be
opened for you .

The safety poster winner for t hi s month

is John Mi ll er, Turret Lathe Operator. John ' s
poster carry ' s the slogan: "With Greater
Enthusi asm, th i nk safety ... then act."
We should all become more enthus i astic
about safety i f we wish to l ive safe, accident-free li ves. For this reason it is
necessary that we constantly t hin k sa fety
first, before we act . .. before it is too
l ate . .. for, as Don put it in hi s winning
poster, "Forgetting safety may be the
last th ing you wi l l ever do . "

Your "banked" pay - invested in one of

the S&SP securities will be held until your
retirement or until your service with GE
is terminated for some other reason .
According to Margie, election to bank vacation days is irrevocable. That means that
if family or plant production needs change,
you can ' t change those banked days back
into vacation days .

"Th..t.o -ln60Jtma.U.on 11 , she adds, 11..t.o not a.

.ool..tc.ila.U.on 601t paJtt..i.c...i.pa.U.on ..i.n vac.a.U.on
ba.n/Ung bu,t .6-i.mp.ty a. Jte.m..i.nde.Jt to mg-lb.le.
e.mploye.u to .otu.dy the. be.ne.6-U."

John Miller (left) admires his new GE

stereo music system with hi s foreman,
Fred Shaver.

C-0-L INCREASE COMING

(Cont'd from Page 2, Col. 1)
now appears that the CPI will rise well
under 6% -- less than half as much as 1974 ' s
juw.p of 12.2% and also less than the 7.0%
inflation rate of 1975.

MORE PAY INCREASES COMING

There are two more c- o-1 increases coming,
in November of 1977 and 1978, under the
current arrangement. This continued coverage
should prevent GE employees from falling
behind t he way they did during the past
period of hi gh inflation.
The new c-o-1 formula is just one part
of the "i nflation insurance" in the GE job
package. Another very important part i s the
med i cal expense coverage under the GE Insurance Plan. Hospital and other medi ca l costs
have soared at a much faster rate than the
overall Consumer Price Index, but GE insurance
has long protected employees agai ns t high
med i cal bi 11 s .
Sal aries f or exempt employees are not
directly affected by this cost-of-living pay
inc rease for other emp loyees. However, yearly changes in the exempt salary structure
have served to protect exempt pay rates
aga inst inflation.

ANNOlJNCEMENT
SCOGEE BALLOTS AVAI LABLE
Nomination bal lots for SCOGEE officers
and board of di rectors have been pl aced i n
all cafeterias. Larry Marti n, SCOGEE President , has requested that all members fill
out the forms with their choices for the
positions and pl ace them in the ba llot
boxes al so located in the cafeterias.
SURPLUS SALE
Attention home electronics/e iectrical
hobbyists:
There will be a company sale of surplus
and obsolete miscellaneous electrical and
electronic parts to be held Saturday,
December 4. Detail s of the sale will be
forthcoming in a separate bulletin .
GE RETIREES ASSOCIATION MEETING
The GE Ret i rees Association wi ll hold
its regu l ar l uncheon meeting at the GenerciJ-...
Wayne Hotel next Wednesday , December 1,
at 11 :30 a.m. Refreshment s wi ll be available. This will be the Christmas meeti ng
and all spouses are invited to attend.

George Beakley is Promoted

George C. Beakley ,
Supervisor- Production Control for CDO, has accepted
a promotional opportunity
with the General Electr ic
Battery Department in Gains ville, Florida. In his new
position , George will be
Manager of Advance Materials
for the Battery Department .
George is a graduate of Arizona State
University with B. S. and M. S . degrees in
Industrial Engineering . Upon graduation
he joined GE in 1971 on the Manufacturing
Management Program. While on this progr am
he successfully completed assignments with
t he Transportation Systems Division in Erie ,
Pennsylvania and with the the Distribution
Transformer Systems Division in Shreveport,
Louisiana. He then joined the Control
Devices Operation in 1973 as SupervisorProduction Control.
George will leave Waynesboro to take responsibility for his new position in Gainsville
later this week with his family to relocate
later.

THANK YOU NOTES

Thanlui to all my 6!Uend6 and eo-wo1tke.JL6
at Gen~al E.e.eet/Ue 601t all the thought6u1.

g-i..O;t.ci , the p!W.ye.JL6 , and oth~ get-well

exp1te.M-i..0YL6 I 1teeuved du/Ung my illneM .
Know-i..ng I have 6!Uend6 like you pui.Li.ng 601t
me ha;., helped to .OU.!:i.ta.fo me th/tough my illne.o.o .
Thank you 601t ev~yth-i..ng and I hope to be baek
w-i..th you -i..n Veeemb~.

Wade Hutchinson
I would like to thank all 06 my a.;.,.ooe-i..atu
at the Mun Plant and TU!tn~ Complex , and

upeually the Ineom-i..ng IYL6peet-i..on employeu

601t the 6f.owe.JL6 , v-i...ow
and p!W.ye.JL6 I 1teeuved while I LIXl..6 ho.op-i...talized.
I would al.oo like to extend my tha.n.lui 601t the
attention I 1teeuved when I had my aeUde.n~
-i..n the pMk-i..ng lot.

at TuJtn~ Wa1tehotL6 e,

Ruth Madison

WAYNESBORO PLANT
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GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XVI II No. 56

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

Three Receive
ffStatesman Award"
for outstanding service
~ 1
I

December 3, 1976

Employee Surplus Sale

Holiday Bargains
If you are a home electronics / el ectrical
hobbyist or j ust a bargain hunter, come on
out this Saturday and buy yourself a Christmas present.
WHEN - -- Saturday , December 4, 1976
9:00 a. m. to 2:00 p.m .
WHERE -- Tra il er near south pa r ki ng lot of
Ma in Plant -- use Gate 4 (Receiving)
WHAT - - - Miscell aneous resistors, capacitors,
meters, transformers, wire, tubes,
motors, etc.
TERMS - - * All ma terial sold "as i s'-'
*All sales are fina l
* Cash and ca rry - Sorry, no Master
Charge, Bank Americard, etc.
* First come - first served

Re.c.uv.{.ng the. 11 Sta.te-6 ma.n AwMd" 61tom Bill.

Ba.1te., Ma.nag e.Jt o 6 Rela.y Sa.!e-6 , Me. : (l ;to It)
Bob Sa.unde!L6, Bob Mo01r.e. a.nd Hugh Robe..Jt-t.6ha.w.

The Electronic Components Sa l es Department

has presented 3 Waynesboro GE emp l oyees with
the "Statesman Award" plaque for their
"superior efforts i n bo t h the gr owth and
development, and support for orders and sales
for the Genera l El ectric Company." The
employees who received the awards are Bob
Moore, Sales Service Special i st; Hugh Robertshaw, Relay Sales Special i st; and Bob Saunders,
Production Man.
The Statesman Award, which i s similar to
the MBBA Program (Maste rs of Business Bui l ding
Ability) , was so titled this year in honor of
the nation ' s Bicentennial. Bill Ba re, Manager
of Re lay Sales, prese nted the awards to the
..-cipients. Bill stated, "the. awa.Jtd ).A de-6<-gne.d
g.{.ve. 1te.c.ogn.A...tion to tho.6e. pe.ople. who do a.
be.fte.Jt job and pu;t 6oJtth a .lU:il..e. e.x.:t.Jta e. 66oJt.:t.
The. pe.ople. who norn.{.na.;te. the. 1te.c.,i,p.{.e.11;U on th).A
ba.6).A a.Jte. tho.6e. pe.ople. who wo1tk wdh the.m . 11

(Cont ' d next column)

* GE employees only

(Cont' d from Col. 1)

Bob Moore was nominated for the strong
overall service he ' s provided which has all owed
GE to maintain a hi gh share of the rel ay
requirements of two of our customers.
Hugh Robe rtshaw was nominated for his
continuing strong support that has he l ped
to maintain one of our very important re l ay
bus i nesses .
Bob Saunders was nominated for his work
in securing excellent delivery service for
a customer and for his efforts in providing
a special two-week se rvi ce on ten prototype
units for another customer.
Congratulations to three well - deserv i ng

emp l oyees ~

SAFETY SLOGAN
& POSTER WINNERS

Jaycees Shopping Tour

Sprea.ding Christmas Joy Again This Year
~

The Waynesboro Jaycees are now condu cti~

their annual Chri stmas Shoppi ng Tou r project
fo r disadva ntaged residents. Dean Sung,
co- chairman fo r the annual event, stated that
the organ i zati on is trying to ra i se $3700 in
community donations for th i s year's Christmas
project for children and senio r citizens.

The grou p hopes to ~ccomp li sh its goal of

providing approximate ly 200 chi ldren an d 60
senior citizens with Chr istmas gi fts, a party
and other items . This year's shopping tour
wi l l be Saturday, D~cember 11.
Per sons wishing to contribu te to the
even t may send the ir donations to : Waynesboro
Jaycees , P. 0. Box 363, Waynesboro , Virgin i a.
L-&tda. M-<-UeJt (!Ug?i..t) 1te.c.uvu heJt new GE
Ml/ FM rli_gdaJ:. doc.k - 1ta.cli_o 61tom lteJt 601te.-e.a.dy ,
Na.nc.u SrU.de,'<. .

SRV/C PINS

The winning safety s l ogan for t he mon th

of December was written by Li nda Mil l er,
Re lays . The sloga n which made Linda one of
ei gh t winners in the Employee Safety Sl ogan
Contest is : "Practi ce safety ; do your best .
Be an examp l e for all the r est."
The safety poster wi nner for th i s month
i s Cha rlie Bowles, an arti st- illustrator for
the Numerical Contro l Operati ons . Charlie' s
poster carries the slogan : "Don't di scover
safety by accident."
If each of us t ries to do our best at
pract icing safety in everyth in g we do then
we will be setting good examp les for those
around us . Don't discover safety by acc i dent-practi ce it everyday to prevent those unneces sary acc idents .

AWARDED
FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMB ER
30 YEARS

w.

J . Wood

15 YEARS
J . J . Crane

c. E.

10 YEARS

20 YEARS
H. H. Crawford
R. E. Harris
B. ,J . Hoy
L. c . Hoy
H. i.1. Kennedy , J r .
W. A. Kite
K. H. Marshall
V. B. Martin
T . R. Thompson
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Russell
Shiflett

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Vo11 T!tolw.ugh , 1:.>Jtoudltj d,i.,opla.tj.o .the. new GE

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one. o 6 6.{.ve. lu{.1111e.M .{.11 the. Employe.e. Sa.6e.ttJ
Po.oteJt Con.tut.

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c-o-L Pay Increases /z / ~ 17 r::

Two CDO Promotions

Escalate Pensions,
John E. Sartin has been
appoint e d Manager of Assembly
Operations for CDO .
John joi ned the Ge neral
Elec t ric Company in 1969 as
a Quality Contr ol Engi neer
with the Avionics Control
Departme nt in Binghamton ,
New York, after graduating f rom Tennes see
St ate University with a BSEE deg ree . In 1971
he joined the Manufacturing Management Pr ogr am . He held various manufactur i ng assignments witn Larg e Steam Turbine and Gas Turb i ne
Departments in Schenectady , New York , and
Industry Control and Drive Systems Depart ments i n Sal em, Virg i nia . Aft er c ompletion
of the MMP Pr ogram , John was appointed
Supervisor Pr oduct i on Control , New Pr oduct
Developments in DSD . Prior to joi ning CDO ,
John was Manager of Recei ving and Material
Control for DSD in Salem , Virginia .

* * * * *
John C. Uggla has been
appoint ed Supervi sorPower Regulat i on Produc t i on Contr ol f or CDO . John
will be responsible for the
overall production control
activit ies of the Power
Regulation Equipment .
J ohn received hi s BSEE
from Cap i t ol Inst i tute of Technology i n
Kensington , Maryland i n March of 1971 . He
joined General Electric on the Manufacturing
Management Progr am in April , 1971 with traini ng
assignments in Er ie , Pennsylvania and Columbi a ,
Maryland . His f i rst assignment off the tra i ning progr am was Manager- Stockroom Oper ations
at the Mechanical Dr ive Tur bine facility at
Fitchburg , Massachus etts.
John comes t o CDO from the Data Communications Products Department here in Waynesboro
where he held the position of Process Control
Eng ineer . J ohn and h i s wife , El izabeth ,
resi de in Augusta County .

.-i1ANK YOU NOTE

I woul.d uk.e. to thank. a1.1 o 6 my 6.tUe.nd.6

60~ th<UA though.t6ul. fU.ndn u.~ du!Ung

lo~~ 06 my 6a,th~ , C. P. How~d .

Ed Howard

Plus Other Benefits

Once aga i n t he va l ue of GE's emp l oyee
benefi ts has been escal ated for al l who
received t he cost- of-li vi ng pay i ncrease.
In f act , t hi s happe ns every t ime any
empl oyee gets a pay i ncrease beca use many
benefi ts are directly linked to earni ng s .
Although t he l atest pay increase was in
terms of cents an hour, th e res ul t coul d
be many more do ll ars in pens ion checks
when retiremen t ro ll s ar ound. That ' s
because al l pensions are based on earni ngs .
For those earning up to $14,250 a year
t he guaranteed month ly pens i on i s based
on a tab l e in which the pensi on goes up
for each $300 i ncrea se in avera ge annual
earn i ngs . This c-o- 1 i ncrease will boost
many i nto a hi gher pens i on bracket .
Social Secu ri ty checks are al so based
on an nual earn i ngs so that another import ant sou rce of reti remen t income is al so
f avorably affected by any pay i ncrease .
The fo ll owin g is a shor t summa ry of
how this increase i mproves other be nefi ts :
* GE Insuran ce Pl an:

More r e gular life

insurance ($2 more for every $1 increase
in straight- t i me e arnings) and more accidental death or d ismemberment insurance .

That ' s because the GE In surance Plan provides l i fe insurance at double straight t ime earnings , and t riple if death is
acc idental. Min i mum coverage is $15,000
and $22 , 500 .
Weekly si ckness and acc i dent benefits ar e
also hiked by the pay increase . They are
now 60% of straight- t i me earnings, wi th a
higher maximum weekly payment of $175 to
go into effect this Janua ry 1 .

* Long- Term Di sabili t y Insurance :

Benefits
under this plan are also pegged to the level
of annual straight- time earnings. Those
additional dollar s in the paycheck will g i ve
added protection in the eve nt of disability
over a long period .

t he.

(Cont ' d Page 4, Col. 2)

* Vaca t ion, Ho li day, and Si ck Pay :

These
too are based on nor mal straight- time
earnings s o pay for these days i ncreases
with your pay rate . Personal t i me i s
treated the same way for those eligible
for payment .

on 3 Microwave Ovens
go to $100 f\Jovember 1
Until End of Year
From November 1 until the end of 1976
the employee courtesy di scount on each of
three countertop microwave ovens has been
nearly doubled -- in one case fully doubled
to bring it to a big $100 discount on each
oven . Each oven i s a top-of- the- line product
and features the automati c temperature sensor.
The bonus di s count is retroact ive t o November 1
and employe es who purchased eligible ove ns
after that date can apply for it .
The spec i al bonus courtesy d i scount is
be i ng made under the GE Employee Product
Purchase Plan and all of the r equi rements
and procedures of the Plan apply to the
extra discount as well as to t h e r egular one .
The bonus dis count i s being offere d by the
Major Appliance Bus i ness Gr oup .
The big $100 discounts apply on GE models
JET89T and JET90T. They have regular employee
d i s c ounts of $50 and $55 , r espectively . Both
of these discounts have c l imbed to $100 for
the s pec i al employee sale period . Hotpoint
model RE930T i s also available wi th a bonus
di s c ount . It ' s r egular discount i s $55 . That,
t oo , jwnps t o $100 unt i l the end of 1976 .
Each of the three microwave ovens cooks
accura tely by temperature wit h mic rowave
spee d . GE ma jor appli ance spec ialists po i nt
out that there' s no more guesswor k t o cooking
with these ove ns , no need to "pot watch". You
just set t he oven, and forget i t .
Look fo r further information on this big
bonus di scount
plus further des cription
of these ovens
in special flyers s oon t o
be distributed to employees .

"STOCK PRICE" AND "FUND UN IT PRICE" FOR OCTOBER

Stock Price
January
February
March
April
May
June
J uly
August
September
October

$52.220
53. 329
52 . 098
53.190
51. 469
54. 722
56. 899
54 . 790
54 . 798
52. 000

C-0-L INCREASES ESCALATE BENEFITS

(Cont'd from Page 3, Col. 2)

Employee Discounts

Fund Unit Price

$26 .986
28.04 2
27. 96 2
28.088
27. 547
27 .3 17
27 .978
27.759
28.310
27. 255

* Savi ngs Pla n: Participants in the

Savings & Security Pr ogram will have more
invested in U. S. Savings Bonds , mutual
f und un i ts , GE stock , or life insurance.
This is because the weekly savings are a
percentage of their earnings . And , wi th
GE adding 50 cents to every doll ar i nvested
by employees , the pav increase will mean
higher company payments into their S & S
account .
And More: Benefits wi ll a l so be hi gher to
employees using the In come Ex tension Ai d Plan
duri ng layoffs, th ose en t er ing military servi ce , attending an ann ua l mili ta ry reserve
encampment, carrying out j ury duty , or absent
due to a death i n t he famil y.
The nex t Persona l Share Statement, to be
issued i n 1977, wil l show each employee what
his or her benef i ts we re at the end of 1976 .

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ANNOUNCEMENT
TIME IS RUNN I NG OUT~
Bill Perry wishes t o remind emp loyees who
received Than ksgiving Dinner Ra in check t ic kets
that the deadline fo r t he use of these tickets
i s Monday, December 6, 1976.
I N THE HOSPITAL
Brenda Shiflet t, Ma nager of the Medi cal
Cli nic, has recently been hospital ized. Those
employees who woul d like to send her a card
or f l owers may send them to the followin g
address: Un i versity of Virgi ni a Hospi ta l,
Ba rr i nger Buildi ng , 2nd Floor - Room 70,
Char l ottesville, Vi rg i nia.
Al so h o~ pitalized are Ralph Musgrave,
Pl at i ng - 2nd Shif t, and Charli e Hughes,
Waynes boro GE retiree. Fl owers and cards
for them may be sent t o t he Waynesb oro
Community Hosp ital.

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
VOL XVIII No. 57

WAYNESIOIO,VIRGINIA

December 10, 1976

SUPREME COURT DECISION

QUARTERLY DEADLINE FOR

SUPPORTS GE INSURANCE PLAN

CHANGING S&SP

ON PREGNANCY BENEFITS QUESTION

INVESTMENT

The U. S. Supreme Court has announced its

dec i s i on on the case of Gilbert et al v.
Genera l Electri c . By a vote of 6 to 3, t he
cour t held that t he Ge nera l Electri c Insurance Pl an's provi si on of nonpayment of
s i ckness and acc i dent week ly disabil i ty
benefi ts for pregnancy abse nces did not
violate Title VII of the Ci vil Ri ghts Act
of 1964. The ru ling reverses a dec i si on
against t he company by the U. S. Di stri ct
Cour t i n Richmond, Vi rg i nia.

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The decis i on by the Supreme Court ends a

l egal acti on wh i ch began i n 1972. The majori ty
opini on of t he cour t was wri tten by Justi ce
Rehnqu i st. The ru li ng does not affect benef i ts for doctors ' , hosp i ta l and other med i ca l
expenses for pregna nci es of employees or
their dependents covered under the GE Insurance Pl an .

W. E Kindt to Address
Blue Ridge Chapter of SME
i-:arren F . Kindt , DCPD Gen eral :.1anager,
will be the special guest sp eaker at a
meeting of the Blue Ri dge Chapter of the
Society of Manufacturing Engineers . The
meetinc will be held December 16 at the
Holiday Inn North in Staunton .
Mr. Ki ndt will describe the Waynesboro
plant 1 s products and operat i ons with a
~ ..- filri presentat ion of the highly suc cess11 line of Ter~iNet print ers . ~he subject
wi ll r~nge fro~ the selection of the Waynes bor o plant si te th rough p r oduct development ,
en gin~erin~ and manufacturing to the present
inte!~ational sale s and servi ce facilities.
G~

(Cont'd next column)

IS

DECEMBER 31
nonds, life insuran ce , 1''.utua.:.. Funu units ,
GE Stock -- no matter which Savincs and
Security Prograrr. options you are investing
in , you may want to change the allocation
of your S&SP funds for the quarter ahead .
According to Leo Huntley , Personnel
Account ing Spec i ali st here, changes made
before December 31 will be in effect for
the f ir st quarter of 1977 and will continue
in effect if no new changes are mane .
The S&S Program offers :our di st i nct
investment opt i ons : U. S . Savings bond s,
life i nsurance , the Gener al Electric S&S
Program lh:tual Fund , and GE stock. Each
is de signed to meet di ffe re nt employee
objectives . Participants can change their
investment media quarterly if des ired and
the new allocation of funds will be effec t ive a~ the beginning o: the quarter follo~
ing filing of the change .
Now is a good t i me to review your inve st ment election to see i f your objectives are
likely to be me~ by your present selections
and to make any desired changes before the
next deadline -- December 31 .
For~s and instructions for changinG your
investment election are available in Personnel
Accountin~, Leo said .
The deadline for chanGes
for first- quarter .:..977 ir.vestments applies t o
both a participant ' s own payroll deductions ,
as well as to the 50 percent matching payment
by G en~ral Elect ric.

(Cont'd from Co l . 1)
The meet i ng will begin at 6 : 30 p . m. wit h
a social hour . Dinner will be served at
7 : 00 p.m. with Mr . Kindt ' s presentation
beginning at 7 : 45 p .m .

ELECTRICITY SOLVING MANY

OF THE NATIO N 'S PROB LEMS

In keeping wi th Genera l
Electric's tradition of spo nsoring hi gh quality t elev i si on
programs, the company wil l sponsor four Barbara Wa lters spec ials to be shown on ABC- TV i n
1976 and 1977. GE people will
want to call them to the at tention of fri ends and ne i ghbors.

l oda~. our c~1un1ry 1:-i ~clk ing.

'olutt nn ... to 'C:\t't l' economic. en\ ironlllL'nt.t! .tnd 'ocial prohlt:m~ .
()u1~th .1nJ '"llwut fa nfar r. our
na tio n\ !!tl\1,,:rnmcnt and indust rv
k:11k" .li t' "nli-img the h"IP .;f
l'lc.:c t r11..1t~

to

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to

r \ampk. ni..;\\
h1gh-int 1.. n~11~ -.trcl't light mg 1s he..>
mg ll'c..:d 111 man~ 1..111..: :-, tn comhat
111~ht tnm1...'.\ . ... w..h .1" stf1..'l"l mugC.trll!
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lll!;! the ''t me amount of t..lrct ri c1t y

NEW LI GHTING
RED UCES CRIME
loui h1gh-tr1 mc.: arc~ 1 :-. in thi:
D 1-.trict o l Columh1a report ed a
JO p1..n...nt dt..cn.:a ... c in night ..:runt:

AUTO MOBILE SHREDDER in Holland , Michigan. is powered by

electricity and has a c apaci ty of 35 to 40 automobile bodies an
hour Shredded me 1al from such ope rat ions as t his can then be
transformed back into steel at the rate o f 50 tons an hour 1n new ly
d eveloped electri c arc furnaces
" !!lll l) JU Ilk hear' "a med h y aband o n ed automohik .... a' 1.1,cll a:-.

''o'e' and so up c~llh. I hl' en' 1ronmen1al unp~tct nf ... uch

a llt.:r the.: nC\\ light~ were t u rned

on . O t he1 citic' report 'imi la r

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ma~!<.

tran ~i t

'"lem' arc hcing uliil11ed to

n:ducc u1han tra fl1c congcst io n
anJ. 111 add111011. reduce the
a mount ol tu.\ IC emissi on~ in cit y
air h' red ucing the num h ~r o l
\1,:h1ck' Pn tht: l' \pn..: s~""~'- :\
rlt..'\' h1gh -... pccd 1.:ll'<.:tric ra d line in
P hiladelphia ca1 ""' ~0.000 comm u ter\ dad~ h 1.: l\H'l'll the ... uburh~
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\ Vhat ''" ' ;rn hn111 -lo ng car tri p i~
ncn1. a 22- minutc tr~1111 rid e m1 ru1~
hu mp n -to -hu m pc1 I rat! 1c and
par~ mg problem,
I he c11u nt ry ... 1dc 111 ma n~ commu n111c' ha, hecn hhg hted h' un-

GE SPONSORS FOUR
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BARBARA WALTERS SPECIALS

lll CS!'!l''.'I

ha .-.

t ht 11c of
.ind 1nRe,ult: the dndo pment
ra1,cd

go\ert1111cnc

ol an t.:kc lttl' arc lurna ce that i:an

1ran~lorm 'icrap metal
at tht.:
rate o f 50 ton' an hour h a c ~ int o
-.tct.:l.
E k e1 ricity ha' beco me th e
kadcr 111 the rcl'~cling indu,tr~.
ma k1ni; me tal. gJa,, and papc1
r cu~ahk and thu' cun~t:n tn!! our
n at ural :-.up phe . . o l ra1,1, m atc riab.

FUELS PLENTIFUL FOR

POWER GENERATION
O n 1he lh>me fron l. American,
no\\ n: a li1c that . . u pplu:;-.. o l lil
anti na tural ga:-. arc not l im1 t ks~
and '"ill become 1ncrea . . 1ngl~ ex-

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elect 11 c 11~ .

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need ed 10
coal a nd
uranium .. ire 111 plentif ul 'upply.
I ht: trtnJ '' tn . . ut-htitutc ckct ric1-

ty \\hCTt:\er p <h '.'lihk i n the home

tu l'1Hl'lt'nt oil and natural gas fo r
olhl'f lt\l''- .
:\ tno'.'lt ... 1rik 111gc.-.;am pk ol suh-

,111u11011 " the ne wl y-popula r

r krlnc hea t pump. In hot
"c:llher. 1hc heal pum p a h,orh'
indonr he.i t I n cold weather. ii
gd t hl."r-.. hi:at lrom t:\l'll suhlrn_11n 1Hll ~ 1dc: air and p ump:-. it
ind oor>. thm 1a~111g 1he place of
both a lu11ta n: and an air cond1t1oncr
I h.c1r1t:t1y 1, helptng to :-.oh t.:
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ul 'nent1:-.b and
l'ngrnt:l'r' tn \lH:h compar11l's a :-.
(icni:1al I k ctnc a rc con:-. tantl y
worJ..ing to 111\'l."\tlgate o ther
pot..:nt1al u . . e~ (lt dertriclt~.
I

The first "Barbara Walte rs

Special" will be broadcas t
Tuesday, December 14 ( 10 :00 11:00 p. m., EST) on AB C. The
prog ram includes in terv iews
wi t h people in the news from
all fields -- i ncludin g polit ics, sports , and entertainment. Ms. Wa lters will travel
worldwide to secure in t erviews
which will be done "on location" -- where guest s live or ,.-.
work, and not in a te l ev i s i on
studio.
Accord i ng to Karl Koss, GE' s
manager of corporate adverti sing, "The..o e. 1.:i how1.:i, ho1.:ited by

one. o 6 the. mo1.:i;t 6amoc.v., neJ,CJJ.:iWome.n

06 the decade., w,(,.tt make. neJ,CJJ.:i
M we..U M p!tov,i_de neJ,CJ ,{_YLJ.:i,{,glU:J.:i
abou;t the people. who Me ,tn t he
neJ,CJJ.:i. The. 1.:i pe.ua.l6 a.l6o add a
neJ,CJ M pe.c.t. ;to Ge.neJtal Elec..;t;Uc.' J.:i
tJz.a.cU.,t{,on 0 6 J.:ipoYLJ.:ic/!.,(.ng qua.Lt,ty
eltt eJtta.{.YU11ertt. and ,i_n 6OJr.matio n
p!togttamm-Wg 1.:iuc.h M t he. ' GE
Mono gftam ' J.:i e!Ue..o , w?U.c.h WeJte.
;te.,lec.Mt on ABC ,{_n 197 2 and the
ongo,(_ng ' GE Thea;teJt ' . "

The at1ovc matenJ' is cwt ed fr om a con rmwng <) p ries o f 'a'/Hl co mm,.1 c1als soo11 s.orcd lly Power
Gent ,dt1011 dfl<J Jnousf11dl ancl Pow,H Oofrvv ry G1oup~ ttnouCJll Gl _
. .,Second EJecrr1c.1f Century pro1ccrs

THANK YOU NOTE

I wo!Lld like to ;thank e.veJtyo ne, v., pe.ua.e.~1
the employee.;., -<.n the Relay Machin e. Shop , 6o:i.
t he. 6loweM and 6ood Jte.ceived a;t t he. 1te.ce.1U:
de.a;th o 6 my bJtotheJt , EveJtefte Pul;tz .

Dot St inespring
Relay Machi ne Shop.

DELAY IN UNITED WAY DEDUCTIONS

Due t o the extended deadline of the
United Way Campaign this year, some employees'
Unite d Way payrol l deductions wil l be ded uct ed
la ter th an anticipated.

WAYNESBORO PLANT

GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

VOL XVIII No. 58

A CHRISTMAS FEAST
Em p l oye es a re re mi nde d that ne xt Monday and Tuesday a s pec i a 1 Ch r i s t 111a s
Di nner will be served to al l e mploye es, fre e of charge. Li ke the free
Thanksgiv i ng Dinner, the Christmas Dinner is man a gement ' s wa y of s howin g
their apprec i ation for the dedicat i on, speci a l efforts a nd hard work emplo yees
exh i bited throughout the year .
Turner employees wil l feast first with their free d i nner to be s er ved
Mon day, Dece mb er 20. Main Plant employees will receive the ir d i nner the
following day, Tuesday, December 21 . So come pre pared next week to si t down
a nd en j oy a delectable mea l .
Best wishes to all for a Merry Christ mas and a happy and propspe r ous
New Yea r'.

Wal tons' Daddy Does About- Face

in New Drama on GE Theater

A side of Ra lph Waite never seen on
"The Waltons" \'1ill come jarringly to
li ght when he star s in "The Secret Life of
John Chapman " on GE Theater, Monday,
December 27 , 9: 30 to 11 p.m . (EST), over
CBS- TV.
An unshaka ble tower of strength as John
Walton, t he fat her on the l ong-running CBS
seri es , Waite revea l s, in the GE Thea t er
drama , persona lity flaws and comp lexities
that would be unth i nkab l e on "The Waltons . "
Waite portrays Haverford College President
John Chapman . A man who is unhap py with
his life and deci des to change hi s lifesty le for a while. He leaves his we llordered life and becomes a blue co l lar
wo,...r...or _ All t he ti me attempting to keep a
jcJ 1ci i' the events that occur .
As h ~ wrest l es wi th new frustrations, and
finds rewa rds in pl1ys i cal, rather than me ntal
(Ccnt ' d nex t co lumn)

(Cont ' d from Co l. 1)

l abors , the college pres iden t has a learnin~
experience that resu l ts in dee per un derstarding of hi msel f , hi s children and his coworkers in both the blue coll ar and acade1 ic
worlds .
According to Ralph Wa ite, "One. o(i -the.
tr.e.Mol'L6 (i otr. do-tng ' The Se.CJte..t Ll 6c o 6 Jofrn
Chapman' WM tha.-t i,t gave. me a c.hanc.e .to
ac.,t ou.:t a hwnan bung wi,th 6u1.1_Vt d-tme11-6-tol'L6 than lJOLt ' tr.e. aLe.ov:e.d t u cn \l t e C<!Vi~< .-n
-6eJUe..6 ." For a l ook at a differen t Ra l ph
Waite, and a peek i nto "The Secret Life of
John Chapman , " tune in the GE Theater en
CBS - TV , ~ ecember 27, 9: 30 - 11 ~ -

TIME IS RUNNING OUT!

There are on ly 2 wee ks l eft for Ge neral
Electric empl oyees to take advantage of
the Major App l iance Bus iness Group offer of
a specia l hol iday season bonus discount on
the followin g countertop microwave oven s :
Ge ner al El ectric model JET90 T, JE T89T, or
Hotpoint model RE930T . The bonus brings
the tota l emp l oyee di scount on each mode l
to SlOO.

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Pay Increases

EscJlo.te Pensions. Plus Other Benefits

Once acain the value of GE ' s employee
benefi t s has been es calat ed for all who
receive d the co st - of- livi ng p ay increas e .
In fact, this happens every time any
employee g ets a pay i ncrease bec a use many
benefits are dire ctly l inked t o e arni ngs .
Al though the lat est pay i ncrease was in
t erms of cents an hour, the result could be
many more dollars in pen sion checks when
retirement rolls around . That ' s because all
pens i ons are based on ear ni ngs .
For those earning up to $1L,250 a year
the guaranteed monthly pe nsion is based on
a table i n which the pension goes up for
eat n ;;; )00 i ncrease in average earnings .
Th - "- o- 1 in ~ rease will boost many into a
hi,)1er pension b r acket .
Social Security checks are al s o b a sed on
annual e arning s so that another i mpo r tant
source of retirement i ncome is a l so favo r a bly affected by any pay increase .
The follo wi ng is a s hor t summary of how
this pay incr ease improve s other benefi ts :

* GE Insu ra nce Plan:

Mor e regul ar life

insurance ($2 more fo r every $1 increase
in s traight-time earnings) and more
accidental death or d i smemberment insurance .
That ' s because the GE Insur ance Plan
provides life insurance at double
straight- time earni ngs , an d tr i ple if
death is acc i dental . Mi ni mum cover ag e
is $15,000 and $22 , 500 .
Weekly sickness and a cci dent benefi ts are
also hiked by the pay incr ease . They
are now 60% of straight- t i me earnings ,
with a higher maximum weekly payment of
$175 to go into effect this January 1 .

* Long-Term Di sability Insurance:

Benefits
under this plan are also pegged to the
level of annual straight - t i me earnings .
Those additional dollar s i n the paycheck
will give added p r otect ion in the event
of disability over a long period .

* Vacation, Holiday, and Si ck Pay:

Thes e
too are based on normal stra i ght - time
earnings so pay for these days increases
with your pay rate . Personal time is
treated the same way for those eligible
for payment .

(Cont'd next co lumn)

(Cont'd from Col. 1)

* Savi ngs Pl an: Participants in the . Savings
& Se curity Program will have more inve sted
i n U. S . Savings Bonds , mut ual fund units ,
GE stock , or life insurance . This is
be caus e the weekly savings are a pe rc e ntag _
of their earnings . And , wi th GE adding
50 c ents to every dollar inves ted by
employees , the pay increase will mear. higher
company pa yments i nto thei r S&S a cc ount .

* And more:

Benefi ts will also be hi ghe r

to employees using the I ncome Exte nsion
Ai d Pl an duri ng layoffs , those entering
military service , attending an annual
mi l itary reserve e ncampment , carr ying
out jury duty , or absent due to a death
i n the fami l y .

The next Personal Share Statement , to be

i ssued in 1977 , will show each employee
what his or her benefits were at the end
of 1976 .
A SPECIAL THANK YOU

On beha6 06 ;the Wayne..6bono Jaycev.i , J..;t

AA my pleMWte ;to ;thank ;the Gen~a Elec..:tJUc
wonke!l.J.> the Gen~a Elec.,t/Uc Company and
v.i pe~y ;the VCP Manu6aetwU.ng E~emp;t,
Non- exempt and TechrU.cA.aYl.!.i 6on ;the.,vi thoug~
6ul con.tJr.)_bu;tA.oYl.!.i necently conveyed ;to oWt
C~:tmM Shopp~ng ToWt Fund.
U AA encowr.a.g~ng to me, M the new
Pne..6~dent o ;the Wayne..6 bona Jaycee..6 , that
a gnow~ng numb~ o bw.i~ne..6.6 ent~pw e..6
appnecA.ate the e.M e~ value o oWt
C~:tma.ti S hopp~ng ToWt and .tihane ouJt conce.nn 6on the und~p~v~eged c~dtten and
.ti c.rU.on ~zeYl.!.i h~e ~n Wayne..6 bona .

We the Wayne..6bono Jaycee..6 , Me v~y

gnate6ul 6on yoWt .tiuppoJtt. Be..6t WAAhe..6
Son the corrU.ng ho~day .tie.Mon.

Curti s H. Layne, Presiden t

The W
aynesboro Jaycees
ANOTHER NOVEMBER SERVICE AW
ARD
10 YEARS - Di ana Tayl or

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SWAP SHOP
LOST
1 PAIR BROWN FRAME PRE SCR IPTION GLASSES- - Xl890

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

VOL XVIII No. 59

December 22

1976

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Each year I am expected to write a message about Christmas.

Frankly, I am about a 11

11

writ out.
11

Still, Christmas is as fresh as it was nearly two thousand years ago, for joy is ever
new in the hearts of people throughout the world.
What is the meaning of Christmas . . .

~ It is warmth and sunshine -- yes, even if the snow is fa l ling .

It is Yorkshire Pudding, Swedish Glogg, Norwegian Fattigmand's Bakkelse, German Pfeffernusse.
It is the Halleluj ah Chorus from Handel ' s Messiah and the story of Santa Claus and the miracles
of Christmas giving.
Chris tmas is the crack of an axe to fell a tree that will light up the hearts of families
everywhere.
It is tears and l aughter and sweet memories of years gone by.
It is mistletoe and greeting cards and candy canes and t i nsel and young voices singing
caro l s.
What is the meaning of Christmas?
It means that a man may rise in the pulpit of a church and pray before the entire wor l d that
there will always be a Christmas to bring peace and happiness and hope for al l people everywhere.

e"if "if ""

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9~

ATTENTION SAVINGS PLAN PARTICIPANTS!

DCPD employees participating in the
General Electric Savings Plan will not
rr-"\ive bonds at the end of December due
t~ ~ computer programming problem in
Schenectady . However, these employees
wi ll receive doub l e bonds at the end of
January, one of which will be dated for
December.

THANK YOU NOTE

I would f.A..ke. to thank e.veJtyone., e.1.>pe.CAa.Lty the. employe.v.i ~n V,Uz.g~l'Ua. Co66e.y'

Me.a, 6oJt the. 6lowe!t. and Undnv., hcrwn
to me. dWU:.ng the. death 06 my 6atheJt,
Cha!!.lv.i Co 66e.y.

Genevieve Robinson

Home (Safe) for the Holidays

There is no place li ke home for the
holidays -- that's a sentiment few wou ld
dis agree with, but the fact is that home
is al so where accidents frequently happen .
The Christmas and New Year ' s holidays -a time of extra festivities and increased
home entertaining -- should also be a t i me
to ta ke extra precautions against accidents,
the Health Insurance Institute says.

Aroundthe
Company

AWARD W INNIN G- General Electr ic l1<1s

once again won the greatest number of
awards- five- in the annual 1-R 100 competrtron sponso red by Indu st rial Resear ch
Magazine Three of GE s five winn ers were
developed or co-developed at the Rescar ct1
and Development Cent er 111 Scl1enectady
Over the years. GE has received ;i tot al of
102 1-RlOO award s. mor e than twice as
many as any other organ 1zcit1on

LYNN -According to Edward C Clark .

deputy division general manager . th e
largest piece of Industrial and Ma rine Steam
Tu rbi ne (IMSTO) new business rs ;rn order
from the Korea Electric Company fo r two
STAG 400 comb ined cycle plant s The
IMSTO portion of the order includes 1wo 11 0
megawatt steam turbine-gene ra tor sets.
plus the steam cycle unit control sys tems
that will be made by the Lynn Ut 1l1t1es Operation
.. The equ ipment rs for delivery 111 19 77 .
Clark state s. and fit s 111cc ly into Ifie sl1op
schedule for next year It s a sub stantial
order and comes at a very opportune 11me It
will help stablrze employment well mto next
year .

PORTSMOUTH -A number of improvements

in th is plant's facilities. including 1nstallallon
of exhaust fans and systems, and rear rangement and relocation of conveyors. have been
completed and more are on the way . According to Joe Fogliano. manager - manufactu ring
facil ities and support. the various projec ts recently completed or now underway. represent an investment totaling well over $75.000
and are intended to maintain our facility. improve wo rk ing conditions. and help us rema in
competitive ...

Here are some tips:

* No matter how reluctant you may

be to see Chri stmas come to an end,

don't l eave your tree up too long
or it may become a f i re hazard.
Dispose of it as soon as the need les
begin falling.

* Your floors will probably be

littered with more small toys than
usual. Keep them from under foot
of both young and old. Spread a
sheet or blanket on the floor for
a child to play on. When pl ayt i me
is ove r , you can simply pick up the
blanket, toys and al l . Some parents
like to keep a la rge drawstring bag
which can take in a lot of li ttle
toy s.

* When enterta ini ng, provide

l arge ashtrays in sufficient numbers .
Before emp tying these, make certain
t hat contents are completely extinguished .

* Remembe r to clear all sidewalks,

steps and porches of snow, ice , or
othe r obstacles before your guests
arr i ve .
* Mistletoe and holly are traditi onal decorations, but they can be
dangerous for young chi ld ren. The
berries of both are poisonous and
shou ld be kept out of reach of
youngsters.

* If you go visiting relatives or

fr i ends , don't drink and drive. If
you're accompanied by your spouse,
a fr i end, or another couple, decide
beforehand that one of you wil l not
dr in k -- and wi ll do the driving
chores. If you do drink, warn experts,
li mit yourself to no more than one
per hour. It takes one full hour for
an ounce of alcohol to burn out of
your system.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ~LECTRIC
VOL XV III No. 60

WAYNESIOIO, VIRGINIA

December 30 1976

1976 --- IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR

7976 WM a veJty good ye.AA 6oJt the. Wa ynu bOJto Ge.neJtal Ele.c;t!U._c. Plant M we. ac.hle.ve.d .11.e.c.oJtd
YU.gh OJtdeM and .6ale.6 60Jt the. ye.AA. Ne.w hlgh.6 WeJte. Jte.ac.he.d ht payJtolli, .6ai.wUe.6 and wagu and
the. nwnbeJt 06 people. employed dwUng the. ye.AA M a Jr.e.6ul:t 06 the. .6uc.c.u.o6ul gMw.th 06 the. TeJtmlNe.t
p)[,ln.;teJt bM-lne.6.6. By ye.M-e.nd, we. have. oveJt 2800 employe.u on oM payJr.oU; the. hlghut nwnbeJt of.i
people. employed ht the. h-l.6toJty 06 the. Plant. Loe.al payJr.oll e.xc.e.e.de.d $38 ~on .

GJtOwth -ln j ob.6 ha.1.i be.en due. pWnM.ily to the. .6 hMp Jte.bound -ln 19 76 o 6 the. TeAm-lNe.t pJr.-lnte.Jr.
bMirte.6.6 M OM pJr.oduw ac.hle.ve.d gJr.e.ateJt ac.c.e.ptanc.e.. Coupled w-l:th th-l-6 .6uc.c.e..6.6, the. TeAm-lNe.t
340 pJr.-lnteJt line. WM launc.he.d .rnd .6 eve.Jr.al e.nhanc.eme.Ylt.6 to e.wting p!toduc..t.6 Welte. annoUYlc.e.d. The.
Re.lay bU.6-lne.66 d-i.d not 6Me. M well, howe.veJt, and ac..tually e.x.pe.'1.-le.nc.e.d a downtMn in 19 76 6Jr.om
197 5 le.ve.l.6. Howe.ve.Jr., employe.e..6 who m-lght have. be.e.n a66e.c..te.d by the. downtC1'1.Yl WeJte. ab.6 0'1.be.d -lnto
the. e.x.pand-i.ng Te.'1.m-lNe.t pJr.-lnteJt bU.6-lne..6.6.
The. Co Ylt!tol Ve.vic.e.6 bU.6-lne..6.6 ai.6 o .oaw a .6 ub.otantial -lmpJtov e.me.nt -ln 1976 av eJt the. pJte.v-loU.6 ye.AA
M WM e.v-lde.nc.e.d -ln the. inc.Jte.Me.d .oalu a.rid e.mployme.nt in the. bU.6-lrte..6.6. Ve.ve.lopme.nt pll.OgJr.am.6
WeJte. ClYlde.'1.take.n -ln two ne.w pJtOduc..t we..6 wh.<.c.h Jte-Oul:te.d -ln ne.w pJr.oduc..t 06 6e.'1.-lng.o and he.lpe.d expand
the. ope.Jr.ation . The. poweJt Jr.e.gulation bMinu.o 60Jt .ate.am and ga.1.i tMb-lnu WM down .ohMply in 1976
but WM moJte. than 06 6.oe.t by e.xc.dation .oalu 6oJt hydJto-ge.ne.Jtation applic.atioYl.6.
FoJt the. Nwne.'1.-lc.al ContJr.ol bM-lne..6.6, 7976 p'1.ove.d to be a.n eve.rt be.tteJt ye.AA than the. pJtevioMly
.ouc.c.e-0.061.1.l ye.AA 06 1975 M OJtdeM and .oalu inc.Jte.a..oe.d, both domutic.illy and in EMope.. The
MMk Ce.ntMy 550 .a e.'1.-le..6 c.ont,ln.ue.d to be. the pJte.m-leJt c.ontJtol -ln the nwne.'1.-lc.al c.ontJtol -lndMtJty.
ThJr.ee. ne.w MMk CentMy 1050 .oe.'1.-lu .oo6:Wi.Jte.d c.ontJtol.6 Welte. intJtoduc.e.d at the Inte.Jr.national Mac.?Une
Tool Show -ln Ch.<.c.ago th-l.6 ye.AA, Jtec.uv-lng w-ldu pJr.e.ad -lnteJtut a.nd ac.c.eptanc.e. Thu e. ne.w c.ontJtol.6,
along w-lth a.n e.xpande.d line 06 hlgh pe.Jr.6oJtma.nc.e. .OeJtvo d'1.-lve..6, .ohould help the. Nwne.'1.-lc.al ContJr.ol
bMine.6.6 Jr.e.alize. a.nothe.Jt ve.Jr.y good ye.AA -ln 1977.
The ave.Jr.all ouilook 60Jt 7977 -l.6 ve.Jr.y good a.a we. e.x.pe.c..t to c.ontinue. the upWAAd tJte.nd in pJr.-lnteM
whlc.h we. e.x.pe.'1.-le.nc.e.d -ln 7976 . An a.dde.d advantage. -ln 1977 w-lll be the. c.omple.tion 06 pJr.oje.c.t.6
unde.Jr.take.n. th-l.6 ye.AA. A ne.w automatic. pa.-lnting 6ac.il-lty, whic.h -l.6 -ln the. 6,.nal .otage.6 a 6 c.on.otJtuc.tion, .ohould pJtove. to be. a majoJt pJtoduc.tiv-lty -lmpJr.ove.me.nt to c.ontJtol c.o.ot duJr.-lng 1977. The.
plating Jr.oom -l.6 be.,<.n.g c.omple.te.ly Jte.6Mb-l.6 he.d and add-i.tion.al .{.mptwve.me.Ylt.6 in othe.Jr. Mea.o Me.
.a c.he.dule.d -ln 19 77 M well; inc.lud-i.ng a. minoJr. e.x.part.6ion o 6 ma.nu6ac..tu'1.-lng 6ac.-llitiu.
AUhough the Re.lay bU.6-lrte..6.6 -l.6 e.x.pec..te.d to c.ontin.ue. to dJtop .olighily -ln 1977, any ava.-llable.
6ac.-llitie..6 oJt pe.M onne.l -ln the. Re.lay Me.a Me. antiupate.d to be. qu-lc.kly ab.a OJtbe.d -lnto the. p!Unte.Jt
bU.6-lne..6J.i .
The. bigge..6t d-i.66,.c.ul:ty we. 6ac.e. in 1977 -l.6 -ln me.e.ting c.MtomeJt J.ihipp-lng da;t,e..6, a pJtoble.m wh.<.c.h
plagued C1.6 thJr.oughout 1976. In OJtdeJt to be. mOJte. Jte-Opon.6-lve. to the. .ohoJr.teJt J.ih.<.pp-lng .oc.he.dulu
that oM c.Mtome.M have. plac.e.d on C1.6, we. mMt be. able. to Jr.e.duc.e. oC1'1. maYlC16ac..twUng c.yc.le. t-lme..
,,,.-....

7977 c.an aga-ln be. a gJr.e.at ye.AA nOJt C1.6 pe.Mortalllj a.I.> Well a.I.> p'1.ovide. an e.x.tJr.e.me.ly -lmpoJr.tant
c.ontJr.-lbuting bU.6-lrte.6.6 -ln the. WaynuboJto c.ommwU;ty. The. c.oope.Jr.ation and de.d-i.c.ation 06 Ge.ne.Jtal
Ele.c;t!U._c. e.mploye.e.6 i n Wayne.6 bOJto -ln .a eJtv-lng thw c.Mtome.M -l.6 a 6,.ne. Jte.c.oJr.d and -l.6 a c.ontinu-lng
c.haUe.ng e. we. aU 6ac.e. -ln the. ne.w ye.AA.

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GE Hosts Luncheon for Retirees

~I
JI

Wednv.i day, Vec.embell 8, 38 Waynv.i boJto GenellCLt Ele.wuc. Jte.:ti..Jte.v.i Welle. tAe.a,t,e.d to a
Ch.JU./.i;tma1.i lunc.heon in the Blue. Ridge Vining Room (pic.tuJte.d above.) . /v!a.Jtjoft,{_e G. Gft,{_me;.i,
Managell 06 Employee. Re..la.,t,,{_onJ.i, we..lc.omed the g1toup to the Plant M Ga.1tvey Winega.Jt, a loc.CLt
W ent, p!tovide.d mw.iic.ctl enteJLta.,{.nment on I~ guda.Jt. V!t. Lou.M T. Radell, t)OJtmell Waynv.i boJto GE Genella,e. Managell, WM guv.it 06 h.onoJt .

LTD I'ers start year off

with favorable rate news

.'

The claims experience under the long- term

disability insuranc e plans f or hourly and
salarie d employee s i n 1976 has resul ted in
employee contribut i ons eit her remaining the
s ame or going down i n 1977 .
Under the LTDI p.lans , the insurance carrier
establishes the r at e of c ontribution f or
employees at t he beginning of each year . The
rates are based on claims experience under the
plans.
The contributi on rates , which will go into
effect with the pay p eriod nearest to J anuary 1,
1977 , are :

(Con t ' d fr om Co l. 1)
The hourly plan was improved in 1976 t
pay claimants at least $50 a month , even ti,_""gh
they mi ght be receiving incomes of 50% or more
fr om other disability plans . This change
became e f fect ive with respect to disabilities
which beg an J anuary l , 1976 . However , it was
not necessary to rai se the employee contri bution rate f or 1977 because of the favorable
1976 experience .
Tbe long- t erm disab ility plans are opt i onal
plans wh i ch empl oyees may purchase to provi de
repl aceme nt income in the event of total
d i sab i lity which extends fo r over 26 weeks .
The plans provi de valuable coverage at f avorable rat es based on experience .

For the salari ed plan , the contribution

rate of $1 . 80 a month p er $100 o f monthly
benefi ts in 1976 , will r emain the same
in 1977 .
For tbe hourly plan , the contr i but i on
rate fo r hourly employees with less
than 14 y ears of service will go down
to 1 . 35% o f normal straight - time earning s in 1977 f~om 1 . 50% in 1976 .
The contribution rate or hourly employees with 1 4 or more y ears of service wi ll
remain the same as in 1976 -- $2 per week .

(Cont ' d ne xt col umn)

S&SP 1973 HOLDI NG PERIOD DISTRIBUTION

The mai l ing of Stock and Cash t o be
di stributed to partici pants is schedulec ir
Jan uary 3, 1977 and U. S. Savings Bonds ar e
schedu l ed fo r mai li ng on January 7, 1977.
Statements of Accoun t, reflecting ownership
of Mutua l Fund Units, are schedu l ed for
mail i ng t o par ti ci pants on J anuary 10, 1977.

QUALITY CONTROL PROMOTIONS ANNOUNCED

A. K. Hy zer , Mana ger of Quality Contr ol for
,......,_DCPD , has announced two management appointments
\
in Quality Control. Willard C. Kennedy has
been appoint ed Mana ger- Quality Assurance for
the Turner Operations, and Jerry L. Smith has
been appointed Manager- Quality Assurance for
the Main Plant .
Bill graduated from Glassport Hi gh School , Glassport,
Pennsylvania. After receivi ng
his B.S. in El ectrical Engineering from the University
of Virginia in Charlottesv ille,
he joined General Electr i c in
1968 on the Manufacturing
Management Program as trainee.
His assignments included Mob ile
Radi o Department, Lynchburg,
Virginia and Large Motor and
Generator Depart ment in Schenectady, New York.
Upon complet i on of the training program, he
accepted a position as Plant Engineer with
Outdoor Power Equipment Department , Scoti a,
New York .
...-...

In July, 1971, Bill was appointed Supervisor

)f Facilit ies and in December , 1972, Supervisor
of Customer Servic e. He j oined Ridge Elec tronics Corporat i on , Charlottesville, Virginia
in May, 1974, and later rejoined General Electric
as Manager- Qual i ty Appraisal in November , 1974 .
In hi s new position, as Manager- Quality Assurance,
Bill wil l be responsible for the Process Control
Engi neering and Quality Apprai sal functions of
Quality Cont rol in the TermiNet 30 , 340 and
printed circuit board areas.

Bi l l , his wife Faye and twins, David and

Mary, live in Keswick, Virginia. His avocations
are photography and carpentry.

Jerry graduated from Trap

Hill High School, Surveyor,
West Virginia and received
his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University
of West Virgin ia in Morgantown, West Virginia. He
joined General Electric in
1974 on the New Products
Task Force as Quality Cont r ol Engineer f or the TN- 120 Printer.

(Con t 'd f r om Col . 1)

I 2 I -:s (_ I 7 (:.

Electrical Power Design Engineer (Philadelphia) and the Naval Air Systems Command in
1968- 1974 where he served as Staff Production Engineer and Reliability Engineer
(Washington, D.C . ) .
In his new position
as Manager- Qual ity Assurance he is responsible for all production test and inspection and Process Control Engineering for
TermiNet 300/200/120 and Metal Parts Fabrication areas.
Jerry and his wife Ann live in Waynesboro.
His avocations are golf and fishing .

Utah Merger to Bring GE

Into Whole New Area
of Op port unity: Jones
The shareowners of the General Electric
Company and Utah International voted overwhelmingly December 15 t o approve the merger
of the two companies. Utah's principal
business is mining, predominantly outside
the United States.
Following the GE share owner meeting i r
Stratford, Connecticut , and Utah ' s share
owner meeting in San Francisco, General
Electric ' s Chairman Reg inald H. Jones told
reporters at a special press conference in
New York that the merger "will hold gJte.at

p!t..Om-Ui e. 6oJt the. .o hMe. owne.M o6 both c.ompruU.u . "

"TIU.6 me.Jtge.Jt will b!Ung Ge.ne.tw.1. Ele.ctJrj_c.

.lnto a whole. ne.w Me.a o 6 oppo!ttun.lty, natuJtal
Jt..UouJt..c.u . TIU.6 J.A an Me.a 06 e.noJt..moM
pote.nt.lal 6oJt 6u.tu.Jte e.Mn,,i,ng.o gJtowth be.c.aMe.
the. wo!tld J.A .lndM-t!Ual.lz.lng and demand 6oJt
6ue.l and Jtaw mate.JU~ J.A .lnCAe.M.lng ve.Jty
Jtap.ldly," said Jones .
Utah shareowners will markedly increase
the diversification of their investment by
becoming share owners of General Electric.
In addition, Jones pointed out, "Utah will

add gJte.atltj to GE'.o we.ll-advanc.e.d dive.M.l6.lc.at.lon beyond the. manu6ac.tuJte. 06 t!tadit.lonal

e.le.c.t!Uc.al e.qu.lpme.nt and .lnto the. 6Mte.Jt
gJtow.lng mat~ and .o e.Jtv.lc.u bM.lnu.o. "

Jerry ' s prior experienc e was with Frankford

Ar senal in 1966- 1968 where he served as

Jones said that services and materials

accounted for about 14% of company earning s
in 1966, about 27% in 1976, and that t h is
would increase to 40% with the addition of
Utah -- with 60% of earnings coming from
equipment manufacture.

(Cont ' d next co lumn)

(Cont ' d Page 4, Col . 1)

....-

UTAH MERGER
(Cont ' d from Page 3, Col. 2)
The Utah merge r als o advances GE as a
worldwi de company , accor di ng t o Jone s.
General Electri c ' s int ernat i on al sal e s have
been growing twice as fast as its domest i c
sales, a nd Jones indicated that two- thir ds
of GE ' s international bus i ness has be en
comi ng f r om countries that are growing f a ster
than the United States . As a major contr ibutor
to the U. S . balance of payments , GE had a
favorable balance of trade totaling $5 b i ll i on
in the past five years, of which $1 . 5 b illion
11
was achieved last year . 11 OUJt ex.pow, said
11
Jones , pJtovA..de. abo!Lt 80 , 000 job-0 int.he.

Und:e.d S;t.a;tu , dA..Jte.c:tl.y oJt indA..Jte.c:tl.y.

11

"Th,U, planet ~ unde.nA..ably gJtow{.ng -Omalie.Jt

and moJte. A..nte.Jtde.pe.nde.nt . WoJtldw{.de. maJtke.ting ,
-OoUJteing, and eompe;t{,.t,{_on M e. t he. wave. 06 the.
6!LtUJte. . CompanA..u t hat Uma the.A..Jt hoJtA..z on-0
to one. eount.Jty Me. JtutJtA..cA:e.d A..n the.A..Jt -0tJtat e.gA..e pote.n;t)_al , 06 eouJt-O e., we. have. to pJtote.c,t
ouJt-O e.lvu agaA..nct e yueal -0w{.ng-0 and eUJtJte.ney
6luc,tua,t<..on-0 A..n vMA..ouc mMke.t-0 , and we. have.
plenty o 6 e.xpe.JtA..e.nee. A..n t hat Jte.gaJtd , 11 Jones
stated .
The ability of Utah International ' s
reserves of natural resources - - minerals in
the ground - - to help o~fset the effects o ~
inflation and Utah ' s proven record as an
outstandi ng gr owth company were also cited by
Jones as major factors that would be suppor tive of the merged companies ' long-term
str ategic objectives .

HAPPY NCW YEAR!

Pij'e <&an f!lJe dteaven !Jn '77

Th,U, old wo/tld

a ye.AA olde.Jt!

The. old man w{.th the. -0eythe. -0hu66lu 066,

hA..-6 he.ad -OtA..ll buzzA..ng w{.th talk 06 6ootball
vA..doJtA..u , -0paee. plat6oJtm-O , -0paee. me.n, poUtA..ec,
j uve.n,i,te.. deL<.nque..ney, and new a.!Ltomob,{,lu .
The.Jte. ' '-> a de.e..p 6UJtJtow -.n hA..-6 bJtow, planted
:the.Jte. by tho1.ie. who Jtuolve.d to -0tJtA..ve. to do
thU/t but A..n 1976 . Some.how, the.A..Jt gJte.at
e.xpe.c,tat)_o n-0 Jtu uUe.d A..n 6e.e.ble. attempt'-> .
B!Lt a new ye.AA awaill . And a new Jtuolve.
to make. lA..6e. lA..ke. he.ave.n A..n ' 77 maku po-0-0)..ble.
Jte.newe.d e66ow .
The. time ~ now
. the. plaee. A..-0 he.Jte.. . .
The. Jtut A..-0 up to you!

SHUTTLE- BUS HAS NEW ARRIVAL-DEPARTURE LOCATION

Beginning January 3, t he shu t tle - bus fr1.....
the Mai n Plant to the Turner Complex wi ll
arri ve and depart the Mai n Pl ant at the
Emp l oyment Of f i ce entrance.
GE RETI RE ES ASSOCIATION MEETI NG
The regular meeti ng of t he GE Reti rees
Assoc i at ion wil l be he ld at Perkins Pancake
House at 11 :30 a. m., Wednesday, Ja nuary 5.
All retirees are invited to attend . No
rese rvati ons are requi red.

3 LADIES COATS-- at Red Car pet Inn 12- 23- 76

Call V. Coffey , X1144
MAN' S W
ATCH--at GE XMAS Da nce at Moose Lodge 12-23- 76
Con t ac t Janice Weaver of Cal l 942- 9266
' 76 WAY NESBORO f' GH SCHOOL CLASS RING-- name in~ide
"Willi am E. Gunn"--Call Xl459
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