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Photo by Ann Colwell
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Joe Fewell
Building Operations Manager
Radio Shack Headquarters
Fort Worth, Texas
Keeping the temperature just
right, the lighting system in good
working order and answering to
the many requests of nearly 300
employees is enough to keep any
maintenance department busy, let
alone one Building Operations
Manager. But Joe Fewell says his
job is "great!"
Fewell has been servicing the
building at Radio Shack Headquar-
ters in Fort Worth for over three
years. However, his career with
Tandy Corporation is nearing its
25th year. Prior to Radio Shack,
Fewell worked as a letterpressman
for Tandy-owned Stafford-Lowden
Printing Company. When the print-
ing inJustry began converting from
letlerpress to lithography, Fewell
transferred to Headquarters and
re-channeled his expertiseto build-
ing operations management. He
recently completed a 1,310-hour
course (14 months) in air condi-
tioning maintenance at the Adult
Education Center in Fort Worth, fi-
nanced through the Tandy
academic tuition plan.
Fewell says he has witnessed a
lot of growth in his career with
Tandy Corporation. Even in his
past few years at Radio Shack,.
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Fewell has seen our warehouse
expand and relocate from Head-
quarters to Terminal Road. He has
also watched the tremendous
growth of our National Parts/
Repair Center which now operates
on Beach Street.
Besides his duties at National
Headquarters, Fewell also services
the building for American Handi-
crafts, located on the 1st and 3rd
floors at Headquarters.
Fewell reports to James M. Bo-
gan, vice president, General Distri-
bution manager. And he adds that
Bogan's secretary, Billie Milliman,
"really helps out by taking calls in
my absence and keeping up the
records."
Fewell and his wife Louise
moved to Fort Worth in the early
1950's from their hometown in
Birmingham, Alabama. He says
they spend a lot of time with their
family of three children and two
grandchildren. Fewell is an avid
football fan and fisherman, and he
and his wife enjoy camping.Police prefer Realistic I
Photo by Joe Russo
BOB MACKAY (left), manager, dealer
outlet B 138 in West Milford, New Jer-
sey, is "a little happier for having
helped" Karen Guthrie and fiance Joe
Naumann find a lost engagement ring
via a Radio Shack Treasure Finder.
RS Treasure Finder
locates lost ring
"Averting a minor tragedy" in
West Milford, New Jersey, Bob
Mackay, manager, dealer outletAPPEARING IN THE AUGUST 9
issue of the Yuma (Arizona) Daily
Sun newspaper, a Realistic 16-
channel scanner was presented to
Bud Bell, "outstanding citizen," for
more than 30 years of towing ser-
vice at Aztec. Lt. Dick Landis, Dis-
trict 4 commander, presented the
gift to Bell on behalf of the Associ-
ated Highway Patrolmen of
Arizona. Sending in this informa-
tion was Ed Graack, manager
trainee, store 3420 in Yuma,
Arizona. Graack added, "It shows
once again that the policeman's
choice is Realistic."INTERCOM September 1977
B138 came to the rescue of a young
woman in distress and at the same
time gave Radio Shack some ter-
rific publicity!
Published in all area news-
papers, Bob Mackay and our Radio
Shack Treasure Finder (electronic
metal locator) were depicted as the
heroes in this incident. Under the
heading, "Radio Shack rescues
Diamond Ring,' The Franklin
Lakes Suburban News newspaper
described Karen Guthrie, a native
of Oak Ridge, as the "young
woman in distress" who lost her
engagement ring while swimming
at MacDonalds Beach.
After she and her fiance spent
many futile hours searching for the
ring, they related their sad tale to
Mackay at the West Milford store.
Mackay suggested they resume
their search with the aid of a $14.95
Treasure Finder.
"He graciously consented to let
Karen and her fiance use a couple
of Treasure Finders for a few
hours," the Suburban News re-
ported. And within an hour, the ring
was located and sifted out of the
sand. The newspaper concluded
the happy ending with, "An elated
and very grateful Karen Guthrie re-
turned the Treasure Finders to Bob
Mackay-who continued business
as usual - a little happier for hav-
ing helped."
Our own happy conclusion to
this story is that stores B138 and
B116 sold out of the Treasure Find-
ers in two days!1
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