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CONVAIRIETY
May 21, 1952
Co-ed' Links Tournament
Eliminates 'Golf Widows'
ACROBATS IN DIAPERS—Pat and Craig Poston, 4 and 2, started entertaining early. While most
youngsters confine their antics to an occasional backyard tussle with their parents, these children of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Poston (he is in Experimental at San Diego) have appeared on TV and in various
shows.
Doctors Orders to Exercise Childs Legs
Lead to Family Hand Balancing Act
Although they are hardly out
of diapers, Pat and Craig Poston
are already seasoned entertainers.
Pat, 4, and Craig, 2, are the
“stars” in a hand balancing act—
a form of acrobatics—with their
father, Roy Poston of Experimen-
tal Engineering at Convair SD.
They have appeared on television,
USO and other shows all over
Southern California.
Most folks who find themselves
with a wrecked car on their
hands just utter a few uncompli-
mentary phrases, cart it off to a
junk yard, and start looking for
another car. But not A. E. Crow
—he’s different!
The sight of a twisted pile of
metal that was once an automo-
bile sends a sparkle to the eyes
of the Convair FW inspector and
he wonders: Can I buy the
wreck? Would it be worth re-
building ? What parts will I need ?
How can I change the body style
to make it unusual ?
Crow has set up a complete
body shop in his garage and has
the latest types of repair equip-
ment valued at better than $1,600.
When not on the job in Dept.
27-9, he’s working in his shop.
His pastime of rebuilding
wrecked cars and remodeling
others is more of a hobby than
a job. But he’s quick to add that
there is good money in turning
out a finished car that’s different.
His latest creation looks like
a cross between a Cadillac and
a custom job from Europe. Crow
started with a 1949 Mercury se-
dan. He added a Cadillac trunk
and rear fenders, rebuilt the grill
from parts of Mercurys, Fords
and Cadillacs.
| “It all started when Pat was
! five months old,” Poston said.
I “We started working out at the
suggestion of a doctor to correct
a condition in her legs. Then
when Craig was a few months
old, he wanted to ‘get into the
act’ too.”
While hand balancing is their
specialty, the children also roller
skate, and although neither can
“But I didn’t do it all myself.
Crow adds. “D. T. Hyden, Dept.
61 and Lloyd James, Dept. 27-9,
helped with a lot of the work
during spare time.”
The exterior of the two-tone
custom job is complete and Crow
has started work on remodeling
the upholstery to fit the car’s
looks.| He plans to replace the
original motor with a souped-up
power plant for added speed. The
expensive looking creation cost
Crow only about $1,600, not
counting the 500 hours of labor
it took to complete it.
The builder explains that the
Mercury is the result of some
“horse trading.” He bought a
wrecked car, rebuilt it, and sold
it at a profit to buy another. The
Mercury was his third attempt to
get a good chassis for his big job.
Crow gets a lot of help from
his wife, Dorothy, Dept. 31, and
from fellow employees who like
to tinker with automobiles.
“But I’d rather drive Al’s crea-
tions,” Dorothy says. “Every-
where you go, people just stop
and stare.”
But Crow faces one big prob-
lem: how does he register the
car for license tags?
swim, both retrieve objects under
water in a swimming pool.
“I don’t believe the children
have any special talents, though.
Any normal child could do the
same things with the proper in-
struction and practice,” Poston
explained.
Even though Poston and the
children have won several first
places on talent shows, he doesn’t
plan to turn professional with the
act.
“We get enough criticism for
the few appearances we make as
amateurs,” he said. “People say
the children don’t lead normal
lives, but nothing could be fur-
ther from the truth. We seldom
work out more than an hour a
week, and the children love it.
Any time they lose interest, we
will stop.”
Several years ago Poston
taught acrobatics in the YMCA
in Chattanooga, Tenn., his home
town, and he has won several
awards for roller skating, includ-
ing the Illinois state champion-
ship in 1950.
His wife, Florence, is also an
entertainer. She has won skating
awards, and has appeared on
USO shows as a tap dancer.
The Postons—Pat, Craig and
Roy—are tentatively scheduled to
appear next on a coast-to-coast
TV show, if arrangements can be
worked out. After that . . .
“It’s up to the kids,” says Pos-
ton. “If they want to keep on,
we will.”
That rare combination of fly-
ing skill, maintenance know-how,
and a superior aircraft has again
proven that Air Force B-36s are
capable of making ever-newer and
ever-better records in the air.
Carswell Air Force Base at FW
announced last week a B-36D as?
signed to the 26th Bomb Squad-
ron of the 11th Bombardment
Wing, Heavy, has logged in ex-
cess of 1,000 hours flying time
without a single engine failure,
an accomplishment even for
B-36s.
A band of Convair Fort Worth
golfers has finally found a way
to keep up with their favorite
sport and still not make “golf
widows” out of their wives.
They’ve turned their attention
to miniature golf—and take their
wives along to join in the fun!
The golfers, all from engineer-
ing drafting section, still have
the thrill of competition through
tournaments held during once-a-
month “meetings.”
It’s every person for himself
in the tournaments, too. Handi-
caps are barred and the group
abides by strict rules.
“The women actually show up
the men,” laughs F. D. Fox, who
helped organize the pee wee golf-
ers.
Beginning with 18 persons, the
club’s membership had doubled
when the second tournament was
held this month. Players meet on
the first Wednesday of each
month for 36 holes of play at a
local course.
Low scorer is acclaimed tour-
nament winner. A “kitty” pro-
vides cash awards to the low
scorers among men while best
women players receive free
passes to the course. Special
awards of free passes also go to
high scorers who “need more
practice,” according to Fox.
Winners thus far have been
B. Witte, who took honors at the
April tournament. Witte’s score
of 108 on 36 holes was 10 strokes
under par. He lost the crown to J.
Speight at the second tournament
when the latter toured the course
in 106 strokes.
Included in the eight foursomes
on hand to prepare the B-36 for
take-off and stood by to make
quick repairs after long mis-
sions,” Paskavan says.
M/Sgt. DeJarnette, in turn,
gave much credit to Flight Engi-
neers Paul R. Chulick and Newby
Tyson for their help in analyzing
minor troubles and reporting
them to ground crew members
quickly for adjustments.
Invest in Uncle Sam. Buy a
bond.
are the following employees and
their wives: F. Fox, T. McCrary,
H. Panner, O. Thompson, P.
Longeway, M. Croston, C. Sierra,
B. Witte, M. Morris, C. Cooper,
W. Wright, Max Martin and J.
Speight.
Also on the roster are Miss J.
Armstrong and Mrs. J. Fitzger-
ald; L. Boaz, R. F. Books, J.
Taylor, M. Sullivan and P. Stev-
ens. All are Dept. 6 employees.
"ROUGH" SHOT — B. B.
Witte, Convair FW miniature
golfer, finds putting is difficult
from tree limb. Witte is much
better golfer than this posed
photo indicates. He took top
honors at April miniature golf
tournament, shooting ten under
par.
SD Trio Grabs Off
Honors in Theater
Pastime Players, Linda Vista
little theater group, literally
“stole the show” at a one-act play
tournament sponsored by the
Little Theater League of San
Diego recently.
When the judges handed down
their decision, the group’s play,
“The Clod,” was listed as best
and three Convair players led
also: Louise Munger (Dept. 9),
best actress in the tournament,
who received a $500 scholarship;
Tom Hawkins (Dept. 212), best
actor; John McCambridge (Dept.
9), honored for best direction.
Face Lifting
'Artist in Autos' Creates New
Designs Out of Wrecked Cars
DUBBERS—Obviously these miniature golfers from Dept. 6 FW,
enjoy monthly tournament meetings. F. B. Fox, third from right on
first row, organized activity so employees in Furnishings Group
could get better acquainted.
Air Force Skill Plus Fine Airplane
Bring New B-36 1,000 Hour Record
The first set of engines was
replaced after slightly over 425
hours and the second set has log-
ged better than 575 hours at
present, James says.
“The record is even more out-
standing when you consider that
only two sets of reciprocating en-
gines were used,” says D. W.
James, Convair field service engi-
neer at CAFB.
WHATISZIT?—Custom car made by A. E. Crow, Dept. 27-9
FW, poses question for tax authorities because it looks like a
Cadillac but is made mostly of Mercury parts.
Lt. Col. Paul R. Paskavan, air-
craft commander, lauded the
work of the maintenance crews
under M/Sgt. John H. DeJarnette
for their work in keeping the big
ship aloft without incident.
“The ground crew was always
’Here's your jackhammer. . . and good luck, old man!"
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