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CONVAIR
Wednesday, Sept. I, 1948
Links VeteranWill
Defend Ft. Worth Title
A slender 20-year-old time-
keeper—veteran of 16 years on
the golf links—will be one of the
first sod-busters to tee off in the
annual Convair Ft. Worth match
play golf tournament.
He is J. H. DeWees, of Time-
keeping (Dept. 9-2), who piled up
16 years of golf experience in 20
years of living by taking his first
lessons at the age of 4 from his
two brothers, one a golf profes-
sional and the other a leading Ft.
Worth amateur for many years.
DeWees was 1947 champion,
winning the championship flight
by eliminating Fred W. Sloan, In-
dustrial Engineering (Dept. 8-3).
DeWees’ score on the final 18 was
71—one under par.
Both DeWees and Sloan expect
to enter again this year. F. F.
Gignilliat, golfing commissioner,
announced that qualifying rounds
will be played Sept. 18 through
Sept. 27 at Ridglea golf course.
An entry fee of $1 will be
paid by each player* Entire
proceedings from entry fees
will go into the prize list, in
addition to trophies which will
be offered by the Employees
Service section, according to E.
G. Crosier, supervisor. Tro-
phies will be purchased from
the welfare fund.
Entries totaled more than 105
last year, when there were seven
flights of 16 players each. Most
of the 1947 flight winners will be
on hand to defend their titles, in-
cluding Lenard L. Johnson, of
Mating (Dept. 46), Frank D. Fox,
Ellis Winner In
Golfing Sweeps
Golf at Convair San Diego con-
tinues on a regular schedule with
monthly sweepstakes under the
direction of Russ Osgood assisted
by Charley Yater.
Winners in the July sweeps
were: Ken Ellis, Jim Scott, Frank
Csupak and Gordon Onstad in the
0-14 handicap division; Howard
Wright, Jim Marshall and Harold
Keswick in the 15-21 bracket, and
Earl Zeitler, Keith Chase and
Gerry Nuss in the 22 and up.
Ellis shot the best medal score of
the day with a 76.
of Engineering (Dept. 6-4), O. K.
Green, of Master Scheduling
(Dept. 2-1), R. J. Jensen, Jr., of
Engineering (Dept. 6-4), and
Walter V. Kosiak, of Engineering
(Dept. 6-2).
The tournament is not for the
benefit of links experts. It was
pointed out that in last year’s
competition there were some
qualifying scores in the 118-to-
130 range. This year a special
prize is being planned for the
highest qualifying score.
Welders Lead in SD
With 40 games won to 12 lost,
Convair San Diego’s Welding
team leads the summer bowling
tournament’s A group while Field
Operation, with 31 won and 21
lost, is on top in the B group.
Engineering, with 38 victories
and 14 losses, is in second place
in the first division while Misfits
Jrs. are only a game behind Field
Operation in the B group.
Picnic Slated
For Kids' Fun
Officially it’s going to be the
annual Management Club picnic
Sept. 18, but actually it’s going
to be a field day for the kids.
That is what H. W. Rubottom,
general chairman, promised for
the yearly San Diego Division
event for all supervision, their
families and friends. John P.
Hopman, who heads the picnic
executive committee, echoed his
pledge.
The picnic will be held at El
Monte Park, near Lakeside, scene
of last year’s get-together when
more than 800 attended. Festivi-
ties will start at 10 a.m. and last
until late afternoon. Plans are
under way to provide plenty of
refreshments and food as well as
a full schedule of athletic events
with prizes.
“We want the events to be
slanted toward the kids,” Rubot-
tom insisted, “if we can just keep
the grown folks from hogging it
all.”
SHINE ‘ER UP—A. H. Kimble, Sheet Metal Dept, foreman at
San Diego, left, and Bob Rose, manager of the winning division
softball team, puff and rub on the shiny trophy the team won.
THE CHAMPIONS—Convair's all-star softball team poses after winning the San Diego AA
league title. Back row, left to right: Bob Rose, George McElvain, Chuck Larson, Bud Leesch, Stretch
Jensen, Gil Crosthwaite (team captain) and Ray Reinagel. First row: Mike Clark, Jack Swank, Bill
Rivas, Tony Berardini (team manager), Steve Rivas and Nay Sainz. The bat boy is George McElvain Jr.
TIP TOEING—Gil Crosthwaite slides into third base a split
second ahead of the ball in a game against the Navy CIC team
which the Convair all-stars won 8. to 4. It looks easy in this split-
second photograph, a lot easier than it really is.
San Diego Division Team
Takes City League Title
Softball teams of Convair San
Diego, participating in city
league play, ended the season
with one league championship
and a tie for second place in an-
other.
The company’s all-star entry in
the San Diego Recreation Dept.’s
AA league was undefeated. The
nine was piloted by Tony Berar-
dini.
An Experimental Dept, all-star
team, managed by Woody Ross
assisted by A1 Parsons, experi-
mental shop foreman, ended up
in a three-way tie for second
money.
Meanwhile, the Sheet Metal
Dept, team was walking off with
the plant championship, defeat-
ing Dept. 10 in the all-company
league playoff. They were the
best of 20 departmental teams
which began the season in league
play in April.
Although play in the original
Speakers Club
Four Years Old
Convair San Diego’s Sun Har-
bor Toastmaster’s Club soon will
observe its fourth birthday.
The group, organized Oct. 23,
1944, is designed to promote fel-
lowship and aid members in pub-
lic speaking. The club meets
every Monday at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
at the Shalimar cafe on Pacific
boulevard.
Prospective members may con-
tact the following: Andy Minella,
ex. 1107; Bill Jacobsen, 663;
Merle Brady, 396; Tony Traskell,
1107, or Henry Callihan, 683.
three company leagues ended in
June, two other leagues—Experi-
mental and Convair — were
formed later and play continues
regularly at Convair Field, Fron-
tier and Rosecrans. The Experi-
mental league games are played
at Roosevelt Jr. High play-
grounds.
Convair league standings as of
late August are:
Team W L
Fabricators ................................ 5 0
Tooling ..............................................4 l
Dept. 407 .......................................... 3 1
Dept. 235 ................... .:.................... 2 p 2
Dept. 270 .......................................... 1 3
Inspection .................... 0 5
Primers ........................j._................ o 5
Howard Heads
Trophy Race
Ben O. Howard, aviation con-
sultant to Convair and member
of the company’s board of direc-
tors, has accepted the chairman-
ship of the Goodyear trophy race
at the National Air Races in
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 4-6. He
served in the same capacity last
year.
The Goodyear trophy race is a
closed-circuit speed competition
for small planes having cylinder
displacements of 190 cubic inches
or less.
A former speed flier himself,
Howard won the Bendix trophy
race (Los Angeles to Cleveland)
in 1935, piloting one of the air-
planes he designed and manufac-
tured.
The Convair-Liner’s 20 larger
panorama windows increase the
pleasure of travel by air and ad-
mit more light for reading.
Convair Total Payroll
Convair’s total employment, in-
cluding Ft. Worth and San Diego
Divisions, general office and the
experimental plant at Dainger-
field, Tex., stood at approxi-
mately 23,000 this week.
Ft. Worth was in excess of
13,000. San Diego accounted for
over 9,500 and Daingerfield and
general office totaled approxi-
mately 400,
INDOOR PITCHING—While the boys in ft. Worth are pitching
metal washers as an off-moment pastime, the lads in San Diego
are chunking rubber horseshoes. Left to right, Tony Manino, George
Seiler and Lyman Tremble, all Dept. 27, watch the circle for ringers.
Tremble is ready with a pair of monster calipers in case of argument
about close ones.
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