The Vick news [December 1954]

              THE   VICK
WISHES YOU A
Vol. 6
Greensboro, N. C, & Philadelphia, Pa., December, 1954
No. 10
THE CHRISTMAS STORY
In those day's a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that
all the world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city.    And
Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth,
to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be enrolled
with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
And while they were there, the time came for her to be delivered. And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped
him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because
there was no place for them in the inn.
And in that region there were shepherds out in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the
Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around
them, and they were filled with fear.
And the angel said to them, "Be not afraid; for behold, I
bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the
people; for to you is born this day in the city of David a
Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for
you; you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger." And suddenly there was with the angel a
multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
"Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace, good will among men."
When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go over to Bethlehem and
see this thing that has happened,  which the Lord has made
known to us."   And they went with haste, and found Mary and
the babe lying in a manger.
Luke 2:1-16
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VISIONS OF A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS are reflected on Joann
Mulligan's face as she dreams of Santa and his bag full of presents.
The proud father of this 4 year old sweetheart is Bill Mulligan,
Philadelphia Maintenance.
Philadelphians Expect
Santa Claus At Annual
Christmas Party Today
On Wednesday, December 22,
operations will stop in the Philadelphia plant at 3:15 in order
that all the employees may gather in the cafeteria for the annual
Christmas party. Santa is making
a special trip in order to be on
hand for the first drawing of the
many attractive gifts. Twelve
beautiful prizes will be given
to the lucky holders of the winning numbers which will be
given to everyone as they enter
the cafeteria.
Highlighting the entertainment
will be solos by ~va Petko ana
Bill Mulligan and a male quartet
singing traditional Christmas
songs. There will be caroling
by the entire group prior to the
drawing of the prizes. Dick
Jamison will act as MC for the
program.
Invitations have been sent to
all the Vick servicemen and
retired employees in hopes that
the whole "family" may be together on this festive occasion.
Rush Wins $20 In Phila.
Idea Meeting; Raber
Receives 5th Award
Four suggestions received
token awards at the November
meeting of the Philadelphia Suggestion Committee.
Edward Mulvehill of the Maintenance Department suggested
installing a flexible tube from
the sugar hopper to the exhaust
fan in order to keep the fine
sugar dust awaj from the operator and the electric motors and
controls. The installation of
Ed's idea will help eliminate
this troublesome condition.
Mary Raber, V&V, was given
an award for her suggestion
that the sound absorbing box
on the Inhaler Base Drilling Machine be hinged to the body of
the machine. Such a hinged
cover will make cleaning the
machine much easier. Mary
now has qualified for consideration as Suggester of the Year,
having had five approved suggestions since May 1, 1954.
Louis Rush, Maintenance, received two token awards at the
November meeting. Lou suggested that a light be placed
over the No. 2 Cutter with about
twenty-five feet of cord attached
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"WELL ... I'M NOT SO SURE" says mature 4 year old Sally Taillon
daughter of Joe Taillon of Greensboro Maintenance.   But baby sister
Joanne mirrors the hope, faith and certainty that Santa will come-
perhaps right now!
$12,661 In Christmas Savings Club
Realized By Greensboro Members
Santa Claus has quite a few conspirators among Greensboro
members of the Vick "family." The Christmas Savings Club
ended the 1954 club year with 119 persons having a total balance of $12,661, over $1,800
more than the record total saved
last year. In 1953, 108 members
saved $10,815 which represented
a record for the past three years.
Thus, 1954 sets a new record in
both the number of accounts and
the amount saved.
Weekly payments are turned in
to Irene Culler in the V & V Laboratory and to designated members
of the Social and Recreation Committee at the Wendover Avenue
laboratories. Helen Laughon
handles the collections from the
office employees. These collectors then forward the payments
to Helen who has been handling
our club since Vick personnel
began participating. Sam Mundy
picks up the money from Helen
and delivers it to Security National Bank.
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
of the next year, but there is a
mimimum of fifty cents per week.
Once a person has started making
contributions, he cannot withdraw
his savings until the year-end
distribution is made.
Delightful Surprises
Await G'boro Folk
At Christmas Parties
As the whistles tootle merrily,
operations at both Greensboro
plants will stop today at 3:15 to
permit everyone to attend the
annual Christmas parties.
Renewing old friendships with
our special guests, the retired
employees and the servicemen,
all members of the Vick Family
will meet in the Wendover Avenue
or Milton Street cafeterias. As
each person enters the cafeteria,
he will receive a number which
gives him a chance at winning
an attractive prize in the drawing
that is held.
No Yuletide festivity would
be complete, of course, without
singing the traditional Christmas
carols. Some surprise entertainment and light refreshments have
been planned.