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CONVAIRIETY
July 16, 1952
CRA Activities at FW
(CRA stands for Convair Recreation Association, an organi-
zation to which all Convair employees belong. Financed by
proceeds from candy and soft drink machines in the plant, the
association is run by a Council of employees who are commis-
sioners of various activities. The association is run by em-
ployees for the benefit and recreation of employees. All
Convair people should feel free to join any of the groups such
as are listed on this page or suggest organizations of new
activities.)
ARCHERY—H. L. Lucas, commissioner, ext. 5141. Meetings 7:30 p.m. each
Tuesday at CRA Ranch. . . , ,
BADMINTON—Phil Mahaffey, commissioner, ext. 5294. Activity suspended
BALLROOM DANCING—I. M. Pemberton, commissioner, ext. 3121 (Second
Shift). Ballroom dance lessons, 3 to 5 p.m. each Sunday at CRA Center.
BAND—J. S. Lewis, commissioner, ext. 5284. Home phone WI-4788. Rehearsal
7 :30 p.m. each Thursday at CRA Center.
BASEBALL—Jack Brittain, commissioner, phone LO-2959.
BASKETBALL—Ed Tucknies, commissioner, ext. 6210.
BOWLING—H. G. Starkey, commissioner, ext. 5139. Second shift, W. D. Martin,
ext. 6105. .
BRIDGE—Wendell Eldred, commissioner, ext. 5239. Regular meeting 8 p.m. each
Friday at CRA Center. .
CAMERA—L. S. Orrick, commissioner, ext. 2100. Regular meeting 8 p.m. July
28. Movie section meeting 8 p.m. July 21. Both at CRA Center. Second shift:
J. D. Goodman, ext. 6293. Regular meeting 10 a.m. July 28 at CRA Center.
CHECKERS, CHESS, DOMINOES—J. E. Pair, commissioner, ext. 6116. Cham-
pionship tournament playoff July 19-20 and July 26-27 at CRA center. Saturday
hours 9-12 a.m., 2-5 p.m. Sunday hours 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
CHORAL—Roy Cantrell, commissioner, ext. 5120. Group singing Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, 11:20 to 11:45 a.m. at 50-foot aisle, Col. 71-R.
DRAMA-—E. Stanton Brown, commissioner, ext. 5242. Wing and Masque Players’
summer workshop instruction classes 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2966 Park
Hill Drive. ,
FISHING—R. D. Jones, commissioner, ext. 4177. Monthly and quarterly fishing
contests under way with prizes for largest bass, crappie, sand bass and channel cat
caught with rod and reel or cane pole and line. Register weight of fish by last
day of month at CRA office, ext. 5141.
FOLK DANCE—R. A. Dvorak, commissioner, ext. 6145. Dancing July 22 and
July 29, 7:30 to 10 p.m. at CRA Center. Beginners, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Advanced,
8:30 to 10 p.m.
GOLF—Fred Foster, commissioner, ext. 3261. Second shift, J. M. Thompson, Jr.,
ext. 2185. Instruction Monday through Friday at Z Boaz Golf Course.
HORSESHOES—Finn Wahl, commissioner, ext. 3132. Plant-wide activity during
lunch hours.
ICE SKATING—Glen Carter, commissioner, ext. 3207. Activity discontinued
until fall.
LITTLE LEAGUE—A. K. Lawley, commissioner, ext. 3188. Second half of
schedule under way with games played 5:30 p.m. each Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday at CRA Ranch.
MODEL RAILROAD—Frank Chaddock, commissioner, ext. 5138. Meetings 7 :30
p.m. each Tuesday at CRA Center.
MOVIES—Miscellaneous movies each Tuesday during lunch period at 50-foot
aisle. Serial each Thursday.
RADIO—Robert Raines, commissioner, ext. 3254. Radio classes 10 a.m. and
6:30 p.m. each Wednesday at CRA Center. Station projects 7:30 p.m. every
Friday. Business meeting 2 p.m. Sunday, August 3. All at CRA Center.
RIDING—Jimmy Shackelford, commissioner, ext. 3184. Adult classes each week-
day evening. Children’s classes mornings except Sunday, and afternoons except
Tuesday and Thursday. All at CRA Ranch. Rental horses available daily except
Monday to CRA members and their families. For evening classes contact Bill Woo-
ten, ext. 3250. For day classes contact Mr. Patton at CRA Ranch. For trail and
hayride reservations contact C. J. Hall, ext. 5141, or PE-0191.
ROPING—Jimmy Shackelford, commissioner, -ext. 3184. Roping at 2:30 p.m.
Sundays, 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays at
CRA Ranch.
SOFTBALL—Jack Brittain, commissioner, phone LO-2959. Second shift, J. B.
Martin, ext. 5211.
SQUARE DANCING—Ross Carney, commissioner, ext. 3260. Dancing every
Monday, Northside Recreation Bldg., 18th & Harrington. Beginners 7 to 8 p.m.
Advanced 8 to 10 p.m. Next Saturday Night All-Shift Dance, July 26.
STAMP AND COIN—J. D. White, commissioner, ext. 3131. Regular meetings
7:45 p.m. first and third Tuesdays at CRA Center.
TABLE TENNIS—Lucky Sawamura, commissioner, ext. 5141. Play during lunch
periods at plant and at 7 :30 p.m. Sundays at CRA Center. Second and third shift
play at 9:00 a.m. Tuesdays.
TENNIS—Terry Stephens, commissioner, ext. 6285 or 4239. Instruction from
7 to 8 p.m. each Wednesday followed by regular play. Court also reserved from
7 to 11 p.m. Fridays at Forest Park.
yOLLEYBAL’ -W B. -xtoo&r&e.-.-; commissioner, ext. 2127. First shift, 7 to 9
Tuesday. All at City Recreation
p.m. Wednesday. Second shift, 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Building on West Vickery Street.
WASHER PITCHING—Hugh Pennington, commissioner, ext. 3137.
pitching during lunch periods.
Washer
Word of Convair Stamp Parties
Penetrates Michigan Prison
IMPRESSIVE—Harry Baumann, Dept. 6, new CRA Camera Club
chairman, checks equipment in darkroom at CRA center. Facilities
are open to Convair cameramen.
Amateur Photographers Urged
to Join Camera Club Ranks
A prisoner in Michigan and
veterans in a New York hospital
have found some real friends
among members of Convair FW’s
CRA Stamp Club.
Furthermore, the long-distance
friendships are helping toward
rehabilitation of all through a
mutual interest in stamp collect-
ing.
It all began early this spring
when the CRA Stamp Club re-
ceived national publicity in phila-
telic magazines for originating
unique “mixture-picking” parties.
Shortly afterward, letters began
arriving from all parts of the
United States requesting further
information on how the parties
are conducted, where stamps are
obtained, and so forth.
One letter, however, asked sim-
ply if the club had any “left-
over” stamps which members
would not need. Written on inex-
pensive ruled paper, the letter-
head showed that it was mailed
by a convict in a Marquette,
Mich., prison.
“It so happens that we do have
thousands of extra stamps after
But, I’m positive my purse was
there two seconds ago.
each party,” explained Commis-
sioner J. D. White. “The club
was whole-heartedly in favor of
sending some to the man,” he
said. “It’s certainly worth the
effort if it will help in any way
to rehabilitate him.”
Club members voted to send
bulk of their unused stamps to
patients at the Franklin D. Roose-
velt Memorial Hospital in New
York, who earlier had requested
them through a magazine appeal.
So far more than 10,000 stamps
have gone to the hospital while
another 3,000 were mailed to the
prison.
“We plan to have more mix-
ture-picking parties and will
continue to send the duplicates to
hospitals and persons who request
them,” White added.
Convair Postcards
in Color go on Sale
You don’t have to travel to
send postcards to your friends.
In fact, you don’t even have to
leave the Convair FW plant.
Employee Services section in
the Industrial Relations depart-
ment has on hand colorful picture
postcards which employees may
purchase during lunch and rest
periods and before and after
shifts.
One card shows an aerial view
of the FW assembly building with
Lake Worth in the background.
It sells for one cent.
Priced at two for a penny are
two pictures of the B-36. One
shows a full-length view of the
plane in front of the electronics
building and the other is a close-
up of the tail section.
In addition, Employee Services
has gold-filled B-36 lapel pins
and buttons which sell for 75
cents each.
CRA Camera Club members at
Convair FW stopped clicking
shutters and developing prints
long enough this week to take a
good look around their dark room
and studios at the Convair
Recreation Center.
They liked what they saw so
well they immediately sent out a
Dance Tips Offered
in New Class at FW
Pointers on how to trip the
light fantastic are being offered
Convair FW employees by profes-
sional Arthur Murray dance in-
structors in a new ballroom danc-
ing class which began this week.
A last call for students was
issued by CRA Dance Commis-
sioner I. M. Pemberton. Those
who wish to enroll may register
until July 20 by calling ext. 3121.
The fee is $5 per couple for 10
lessons. Classes meet from 3 to
5 p.m. each Sunday at the CRA
Center.
The classes are sponsored by
CRA. Instruction in waltz, fox-
trot and swing is offered.
Ask Ray White about the most
exciting day of his life and he’ll
say “July 3” without hesitation.
That was the day that a dream
became reality for the young
Convair FW assistant foreman as
he launched his sleek, 21-foot
Chris Craft cabin cruiser at Eagle
Mountain Lake.
White finished the trim craft
in record time by working “every
chance I could get.” He started
in September and beat an arbi-
trary July 4 deadline by a few
hours.
“I held my breath when the
boat slid into the water, but it
performed perfectly,” he added.
“Didn’t leak a drop!”
White altered the standard
Chris Craft blueprints to provide
combination dining and sleeping
quarters in the cabin. The in-
terior is finished in chartreuse
and black “naugle-hide,” a mate-
rial similar to leatherette. Chrome
upholstery tacks add a decorative
touch.
He added $350 worth of chrome
trim to “dress it up” and used
blue glass on the flying bridge to
help cut sun glare. He also
streamlined windows and rounded
all corners.
On one side of the cabin is a
seat-bunk combination while op-
posite are seats and a small table
which can be rearranged to pro-
vide additional bunk space.
There also are storage and ice
box compartments as well as a
fresh water tank in front of the
bulkhead. The deck is finished in
mahogany and inlaid linoleum
squares.
A 120-horsepower marine en-
gine will drive the craft 37 miles
new invitation for amateur
photographers to join their ranks
and have access to the equipment.
“In the first place, our work
rooms are completely air condi-
tioned,” explains A. M. Morrison.
“And in the second place, we
have some of the finest equip-
ment that an amateur photog-
rapher could hope to use.”
In the dark room are three en-
largers, dryers for film and paper,
a contact printer and other equip-
ment. Out in the studio, the club
has installed all necessary lights
for making pictures of profes-
sional quality and a variety of
props for backgrounds.
“All employees at Convair FW
or members of the Air Force
assigned to the FW division, and
their families, are invited to join
the camera club,” Morrison ex-
plained.
“For those who wish instruc-
tion, we offer beginners’ classes
and are accepting registrations
now,” he continued.
The first shift club meets regu-
larly every other Monday at 8
p.m. at the CRA Center. Second
shift photographers meet at 10
a.m. on the same dates while the
movie camera section meets on
alternate Mondays.
an hour (32.2 knots). With a
54-gallon tank, White can go
about 18 hours without refueling.
“The worst thing about build-
ing your own boat comes from too
many supervisors,” White reports.
“Everyone in the neighborhood
joked that it would probably sink
first thing and they agreed we’d
have to tear down the garage to
get the boat out.
“It was close,” he admits.
“There was only one inch to
spare.”
Besides using Pandora for
water skiing and local fishing, he
plans some deep-sea fishing in
the gulf this summer.
FW Bridge Fans
Trip Experts
Convair FW bridge players
showed the experts how it’s done
in the Sectional Bridge Tourna-
ment held last month in Fort
Worth. Sponsors were clubs from
all parts of North Texas, includ-
ing the FW CRA club.
Outranking such all-time greats
as Charles Goren and Oswald
Jacoby was Truman Welborn,
Dept. 6, who placed second in the
“individual” competition which
saw 112 players matching wits.
This particular phase of the
tournament set a new record as
being the largest ever held south
of the Mason-Dixon line. It broke
a four-year record held by Dallas
for the number of entries.
Welborn and Club Commis-
sioner W. E. Eldred also made a
good record for themselves by
placing highest in their section
for the open pair qualifications.
Making a name among women
contestants were wives of two
Convair employees. Mrs. W. A.
Todd shared first place honors in
the women’s pair division, while
Mrs. I. B. Hale and her partner
won the “Cowtown pair” game.
H. H. Pinkerton, teaming with
Jacoby’s son, Jim, ranked third
in the mixed pair event.
Checker Champs
Schedule Play
CRA checker champions from
eight zones are scheduled to be-
gin a four-day play-off for the
Convair FW plant-wide cham-
pionship Saturday, July 19, ac-
cording to J. E. Pair, checker
commissioner. Contestants will
represent both first and second
shifts.
The zone champion and runner-
up in each of the eight pre-desig-
nated zones of the plant will com-
pete at CRA Center over the
four-day period.
The July 19 event will be
staged from 9 a.m. until noon and
from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. July 20
will find play-offs being held
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
July 26 pairings have been set
for 9 until 12 and 2 until 5. The
July 27 event is scheduled from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Prizes will go to various win-
ners, Pair says, as well as to the
plant champion.
Management Club at
FW Okays Eagle Lake
The Convair FW Management
Club’s Board of Control has en-
dorsed the use of the Eagles Club
on Eagle Mountain Lake for all
members, it was announced this
week by C. F. McClure, president.
The club is open to members
only and features a beach house,
dressing rooms, beaches, picnic
areas, children’s playground and
swimming areas. Tennis courts
and sport areas are lighted for
night use.
Management Club special rates
are $10 per family. The fee en-
titles members to use the recrea-
tion area through Labor Day.
SPLASH—Newly completed cabin cruiser g,ets splashed in ad-
vance of launching—with beer! Boat, named Pandora, was built
by Ray White of FW.
Months of Building Climaxed
as Homemade Cruiser Launched
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