The Vick news [December 1953]

              Million Vicks
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Vol. 5
Greensboro, N. C, & Philadelphia, Pa., December, 1953
No. 10
"00 H! .... PRETTY PAPER," Jennifer Holder tells mother, Jil.
Ramsey, at left, is busy with a spool of colored wrapping ribbon. The
Holder family — Worth is in Greensboro Accounting — spends many
happy hours assisting Santa every Christmas.
Annual Christmas Party
Planned In Philadelphia
Santa Claus Is Expected
The annual Christmas Party is
scheduled this year in Philly for
December 23. At 3:30 all operations will stop and the employees
will gather in the cafeteria. We're
all hoping that Santa Claus will be
able to take some time from his
busy schedule so that he can be
present to greet everyone and draw
the first name for the Christmas
prizes.
Each employee will be given
numbers as they enter the cafeteria. These numbers will entitle
the employee to a chance to win
one of the many attractive gifts to
Entertainment is being planned
in the form of singing from a few
of our very talented singers in the
Philadelphia plant. Dave Kuch
will act as M. C. for the day.
Invitations have been sent to all
of  the  Vick Vets  and  "Old  Tim-
$10,815 Shared By G'boro Members Of
Christmas Savings Club; Tops '52 Total
The Christmas Savings Club, made up of Greensboro
members of the Vick family, ended the 1953 club year with
a balance of over $10,800.   On December 1, checks totaling
Fort And Kirkman Name
New Safety Committees
In G'boro For Next Year
B. B. Fort and R. L. Kirkman
announce new appointments to the
Greensboro Safety Committees at
Milton Street and Wendover Avenue. New committeemen at Milton
Street are A. G. Greeson, B. H.
Marks, and Louise Scott. They replace Clyde Fields, Lucy Blair, and
Harry Whitener and will serve until December 31, 1954. Remaining
on the Milton Street Committee until June 30, 1954, are Ed Folcke-
mer, Elwood Cooke, and Jean Wall.
Ed Folckemer will serve as
Chairman of the Committee until
June 30, 1954. Succeeding him, A.
G. Greeson will act as Chairman
until December 31. Anna Brewer
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Phila. Safety Comm. At
NovemberMeetingHears
Report On Improvements
The Philadelphia Safety Committee has recently made two improvements in the plant to better
the safety conditions there. At the
November monthly meeting it was
announced that two recommendations have been completed.
The hydraulic lift trucks are now
to be checked monthly to insure
that an adequate supply of hydraulic fluid is in each truck. Unless
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Cunningham, Reiley Each Have Three
Ideas Accepted; V&V Retains Lead
During the month of November, sixteen suggestions were
accepted with the V&V Laboratory still in the lead. Don
Cunningham and Joe Reiley, both of the Cough Drop Laboratory,  each  had  three  accepted
suggestions. Other winners included Melvin Mobley, Frank Schmidt
and Jim Allen of Shipping, Tom
Bird, Mike McEntee and Ed Wallen of Maintenance, Gene Kelly and
Stella Wesley of V & V, Joan Murphy of Personnel, and Hank Gorski and Tony Knox of Accounting.
Don Cunningham's three suggestions were the first he has had accepted. The first one was for a slit
rubber gasket to be placed around
the edge of the doors on the Berks
Mixers to prevent injury and torn
clothing. The second one had to do
with the placement of a mineral oil
can on the Berks Mixer to cut down
on the use of mineral oil and to do
away with a hazardous situation.
His third idea was a removable
slide from the cartoning room into
the cooling room which eliminates
the necessity of men working in
the cooling room for long periods
of time while placing drops on the
belts.
Joe Reiley suggested the installation of an automatic bleeder-type
valve in place of the manually
operated valve presently in use, the
installation of a wider guard band
on the Berks Mixers to prevent
much of the banking and jerking
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Four In G'boro Appointed
ToSuggestion Committee
For Next Calendar Year
New members of the Greensboro
Suggestion Committee were announced by G. C. Eichhorn in a
memorandum to all employees on
December 18.
Named to serve on the committee
until December 31, 1954, were Julia
Cokev, Dewette Frick, Gordon
Funk, and Bill McGianahan. They
replace Mattinee Marshall, Aubrey
Tingen, and Hallie Wrenn, who
have served the past calendar year,
and Charles Elmore, who resigned
to join another company.
Remaining on the committee until the expiration of their terms in
June, 1954, are J. C. Hanner and
Bill James.
Dot Hurley has been appointed
to complete the unexpired term of
Margaret Fields, who resigned
from the committee. Dot will serve
until June of 1954. W. Y. Preyer,
Jr., was re-appointed for another
year as Chairman of the committee.
$10,815 were distributed to mem
bers of the club. Immediately following distribution of the checks,
collections were begun for next
year, and $342.50 has already been
received from 101 members for
their Christmas savings in 1954.
Helen Laughon, who, in addition
to her regular duties in the Accounting Department, has been
handling our club since Vick personnel began participating, boasts
that during the past year the club
membership totaled 108 accounts.
This is a slight decrease in membership from the previous year, but
the balance topped 1952's savings
by $1,301.50.
The Club, which will be handled
again next year by the Security
National Bank, runs for a period of
fifty weeks. The amount a member deposits regularly is based upon the sum he wishes to receive in
December, 1954. There is, however,
a minimum of fifty cents per week.
Weekly payments are turned in
to Martha Johnson at Wendover
Avenue and to Dot Collie in the
V&V Laboratory, while Helen
handles the collection for . officp
members. Not to be forgotten is
the part Sam Mundy plays. His
important role is delivering the deposits to the bank each week.
JIMMY LISTENS INTENTLY to the Christmas story that his father,
Bill Campbell of Philadelphia Accounting, is reading to him. Suzanne
is having trouble fighting off the sandman. Christmas is the time that
family ties are strengthened through scenes like this.
Pollyanna Party Slated For Wendover
There's fun in store for everyone attending the Pollyanna Party
sponsored by the Wendover Social
and Recreation Committee. Beginning at five o'clock, the party will
be held in the Wendover Cafeteria
on Friday, December 18.
Adding to the Christmas atmosphere, a quartet of Vick personnel
will be harmonizing on many beloved Yuletide carols. There will
be a decorated Christmas tree, and
Santa will drop in to distribute
gifts.
Baked ham with apple rings,
candied yams, green limas, and
fruit cake with whipped cream
will be served at 5:00 p.m. W. Y.
Preyer, Sr., will be speaker, acting
as emcee for the rest of the evening.
Plans are being made to accommodate approximately 160 Wendover personnel expected to attend
the party.