The Vick news [August 1955]

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— Changing Times
Vol.7
Greensboro, N. C, & Philadelphia, Pa., August, 1955
No. 6
G'boro Production Moves Affect
Kirkman, Holloway, Young, & James
The company's program of expansion and diversification requires trained men to handle the growing group of new products.
To meet this need, the following changes in the Greensboro
Production
Department   will   be
made effective September 1, 1955.
R. L. Kirkman will transfer
from Supervisor-Cough Drop Laboratory to Administrative Assistant to the Production Manager,
Ben Fort. Kirk will be responsi-.
ble for the preparation of Old Vick
production cost estimates and for
the Division's operating cost
budgets. He has had 13 years of
accounting and production experience with Vick.
Nick Holloway will move from
Supervisor-V&V Lab into a new
position-Acting Plant Superintendent, Wendover Avenue. He will
be responsible for the overall
supervision and coordination of
production operations and will
work with personnel of the Chemi
cal Lab and Engineering Department in the design and installation of new processes.
C. S. Young will move from
Acting Supervisor to Supervisor of
the Cough Drop Lab. While Charlie will continue to supervise the
night shift, he will immediately
take over Kirkman's duties for
Cough Drop production. He will
report direct to Nick Holloway.
Bill James will become Supervisor of New Products production
and will report to Holloway. He
will be responsible for the production of Medl-Mist and other new
products not yet introduced on a
nation-wide basis.
Tom Taylor Fights Language Barrier
To Install C. D. Equipment In Italy
T. P. Taylor, Assistant Production Manager in Philadelphia,
flew from the International Airport on June 3, destination
Piacenza, Italy - a city of 55,000 located 43 miles southwest
Here he is spending
of Milan,
several months gesticulating
with his hands, searching the
Italian-American pocket dictionary for the proper word, explaining mechanical problems to his
interpreters, and hoping that his
meaning is made clear. For Tom
is working in the Laboratori
Biochimici Farmaceutici Camillo
Corvi, the plant of our agent
owned by Dr. Corvi, which now
makes VapoRub, Inhalers, and
Cough Syrup for Vick International.
Tom's assignment is the outgrowth of R. E. McCuiston's trip
to Italy and Germany last August
to secure quotations and establish specifications for additional
product lines.
Tom, who has had experience
in Engineering, International
Division, and Production Departments, will be responsible for
supervising the installation of
and placing into operation Cough
Drop equipment, and for inspecting and approving for Vick all
related service equipment --
electrical, air conditioning, construction of a well, boiler, and
building changes. He will instruct mechanics and machine
operators in the repair and use of
the equipment. He will determine the best product formula for
Cough Drop candy, develop manufacturing and packaging procedures, establish standards of
performance and prepare a basic
manual of operations.
In addition to this, Tom will
supervise the relocation of Cough
Syrup    manufacturing,    and   the
inStalUng of certain new equipment on the VapoRub tine.
Interesting features of the
Cough Drop equipment are a new
style continuous cooking, and the
filling of Cough Drops in tins,
sealed with a plastic tape. The
Cough Drop tin filling machine
and tape sealing machine, plus
the Cough Syrup filling machine,
were built by the Greensboro
Engineering Department. The
majority of the equipment was
purchased in Italy, with unobtainable items sent from the USA.
VISIT   TO   GERMANY
Upon completion of his Italian
assignment, Tom will travel to
Hamburg, Germany, to discuss
with candy manufacturers and the
Vick Agent Beiersdorf the possibility and cost of producing
and packaging Cough Drops. He
will survey facilities, available
German equipment, and prepare a
complete report for R. E. McCuiston and the International Service
Division.
Don Duncan Promoted
To Dr. Hess & Clark;
Reports On Sept. 15
Donald G. Duncan, who for the
past year has been serving in the
capacity of Production Assistant
at the Philadelphia Plant, will be
promoted to Dr. Hess & Clark,
Vick's newest acquisition. Don
is scheduled to report to Ashland,
Ohio, on or about September 15.
He will be working in a newly
<?rpqtort pngj,Hnn_ responsible for
the handling of personnel functions as well as miscellaneous
duties in production. He will be
closely associated with F. N.
Getman, Executive Vice President.
Don joined Vi<";; on February 6,
1950, after recei ing his Masters
Degree in Industrial Management
at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance
and Commerce. He worked in the
Personnel Department until January, 1953, when he was transferred to Assistant Supervisor in
the V&V Laboratory. In July,
1954, he was promoted to his
present position of Production
Assistant. Don is married and
has   a little  boy  one  year old.
Although all of his friends in
Philadelphia will miss him, we
all want to wish him the best of
luck in his new job.
Vacation Takes Toll
Of Good ideas; Sole
Winner Is Merschen
At the Suggestion Committee
Meeting for the month of July,
the suggestion submitted by
Helen Merschen, V&V Laboratory,
was the only suggestion accepted for a token award.
Helen's suggestion was that an
extension bar be added to the
gripper which releases the carton
holder on the No. 1 cartoning
machine. Helen noticed that in
the past it was, at times, difficult to get the gripper to move
and necessitated calling the
mechanic. By placing the extension bar on the gripper, the
operator is now able to release
the carton holder without any
difficulty and as a result, reduces
lost time in production.
Congratulations, Helen, for
once again proving that there is
always a better way to do an old
job.
Bohlmann And Potter Join Phila. In
Management Development Program
The month of August saw the arrival of two men in Philadelphia under the company's Management Development Program.
Robert Bohlmann and H. W. "Bob" Potter commenced work on
August   15.
Bob Bohlmann is
spending his first three weeks in
Philadelphia in an orientation
program designed to acquaint him
with company policies and procedures before starting on his first
assignment as Assistant to the
Supervisor in the Cough Drop
Laboratory. Bob Potter visited
Greensboro for a one week's
orientation to Greensboro's operations and more specifically, to
the Personnel Administration
functions. On August 22 he reported to Dick Jamison as Philadelphia's Assistant Supervisor of
the Personnel Administration Department.
Bob Bohlmann is a native of
Niagara Falls, N. Y. He attended Bethany College and Syracuse
University, but was called into
service in 1950 before completing
college. Bob served in the Mr
Force for 44 months and attained
the rank of S/Sgt. When he returned from service, his folks
had moved to Texas, so Bob
completed his final year of college
work and graduated from Southern
Methodist University, Dallas,
Texas with a degree in Business
Administration. While in college,
he became a member of the Beta
Theta Pi fraternity and the Syracuse Ski Club. He took an active
interest in sports, especially
swimming and skiing.
Bob Potter, a native of Lincoln, Nebraska, now hails from
Gainsville, Florida.   He graduated from the University of Nebraska  in   1949   with   a  degree  in
Business Administration.     From
1950 to 1953 he worked for a loan
and finance company and a small
chemical     manufacturing     firm,
gaining   valuable   experience  in
accounting, personnel, purchasing,
and production planning.   In 1953
he matriculated at the University
of Florida and received his Masters Degree in Business Administration in June, 1955.   Bob is
also  a Beta Theta Pi fraternity
brother.   In June he married Alma
Higginbotham of Jacksonville, Fla.
Bob   served   two   years   in  the
Navy  during  World War II and
and until moving has been a member of the JacksonviUe Naval Re-
Lcbor Day
Announcement
Laboratories and offices in
Philadelphia and Greensboro
wiU be closed on Monday,
September 5, in observance of
Labor Day. This will be a paid
holiday in accordance with Vick
policy.
Any personnel who have to
work on this holiday, because of
individual job requirements, will
have the proper adjustment or
compensation arranged for by
(heir supervisors.
serve Training Unit.
Vick welcomes both men and
wishes them happy, successful
careers with us.
Bob Bohlmann
Bob Potter
Raymond D. Smith Dies
Suddenly In New York
Office On August 17
Raymond D. Smith, former
resident of Greensboro, died
August 17, 1955, shortly after
9:00 In his New York Office.
Raymond was associated with
the central personnel staff of the
Vick Company, having joined the
staff in New York about 12 years
ago.
Raymond   was   a  native   of
Davidson, N. C, and graduated
from Washington & Lee University in 1921.    For the next two
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