The Vick news [January 1958]

              Credo:
I believe in working, not weeping;
in boosting, not knocking; and in the
pleasure of my job.
I believe that a man gets what he
goes after, that one deed done today
is worth two deeds tomorrow, and
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that no man is down and out until
he has lost faith in himself.
I believe in today, and in the work
I am doing, in tomorrow and the
work I hope to do, and in the sure
reward which the future holds.
I believe in courtesy, in kindness,
in good cheer, in friendship.
Vol. 9
Greensboro, N. C, & Philadelphia, Pa., Janurary, 1958
No. It
Annual Ping Pong Tournament Now
Under Way At Milton Street Plant
The annual winter Ping Pong Tournament at Milton Street
is now in progress under the sponsorship of the Social and
Recreation Committee. Sixteen people have signed up for the
singles   tournament,    and   eight
tournament
couples    are    playing   in   the
doubles tournament.
The defending champions in
each class, Worth Holder and
R. L. Kirkman in doubles and
Bob Hall in singles, are hoping
to successfully defend their
titles. However, both have been
pushed into the losers brackets.
Bob was upset for the second
year in a row by Lee Norman in
three thrilling games: 21-13,
20-22, 23-21. Tom Bryson, a
newcomer to the tournament, also
is rated to have an excellent
chance to take home the singles
title.
Kirk and Worth were surprised
by the team of Bob and Lee in
early round play and were set
back in consecutive games with
scores of 21-9, and 21-19.
The only girl in the tournament,
Peggy Rice, has teamed up with
Tom Bryson,  and they  are rated
as   the   dark  horse   in  doubles
Play.
Charlie Young and George Harris
keep the ball rolling while Jiggs
Venable and Roy Thompson watch.
Other individuals participating
in the tournament are Jiggs Venable, Roy Thompson, Harry
Whitener, Paul Provost, George
Harris, Fred Kyle, Charlie Young,
Dave Wray, Al Potter, John Holt,
and Johnny Mitchell.
Upon completion of the matches,
medals will be awarded the winners   with   the   compliments   of
Harvard Table Tennis Company.
Peggy   Rice   and   Tom   Bryson
have teamed up in doubles play.
Bob Hall   gets  ready   to   slash
one across (he net.
Indoor Sports Offer
Entertainment During
The Winter Months
With the advent of cold weather
Vick employees turn now to indoor
sports for their entertainment.
Much enjoyment is offered by just
observation. But observation is
not enough for several of our female employees. A group composed of Alice Hadesty, Blanche
Ziebiec, Alice Zilinsky, Josephine Rufo, Mary Scott, and Claire
Connor bowl on Monday evenings
starting at 6:30 at the Bowler
drome—Hunting Park Avenue and
31st Street
The girls join another group
like themselves and form four
teams. The teams oppose each
other in a series of three games.
The bowlers have been inactive for a few weeks due to a fire
at the alleys but are looking forward to the resumption of the
series.
INTRODUCING
Tom Gryzewski, Phila.
Tom Gryzewski started his firsv
industry period as a Drexel Co-op
in the Engineering Department on
December 30. Tom is a June,
1956, graduate of John Bartram
High School and is now in his
sophomore year at Drexel, where
he is a member of the Lambda
Chi Alpha fraternity. He is a
photography fan and is also a
model building enthusiast.
Ted McLendon Trains
In This Division For
Assignment In Mexico
For the past three months
Greensboro employees have had
the pleasure of working with Ted
McLendon of the International
Manufacturing Department who on
April 1 will become Production
.Manager for Vick and the Wm. S.
Merrell Company in Mexico City.
In Greensboro he has gained
experience in purchasing procedures, all phases of production,
and Quality Control. When he
leaves Greensboro at the end of
this week, he will go to the Merrell plant in Cincinnati for two
weeks, to the Vick plant in Philadelphia for a week and then return
to the New York Office to complete plans for his assignment in
Mexico.
Ted was born in Alabama in
1923. At an early age he moved
with his family to central Florida
and remained there through high
school.
In 1945 he graduated from West
Point Military Academy with a
degree in engineering. For the
next ten years he made the Army
his career. For three years he
was in Germany with the Occupation Forces; for six months he
was at Ft. Bragg and then he •
attended Columbia University
for two years for advanced training in Internationa) Affairs. For
the next three years Ted returned
to West Point where he taught
different phases of social studies,
The next year saw Ted on Governor's Island, N. Y., where he
was stationed at First Army Headquarters.
When he resigned from the Army
in  1955 he joined the Manufacturing Department of Vick International in New York.
Ted enjoys fishing, hunting,
tennis, bridge, and football. He
has made many friends in Greensboro and their good wishes will
follow him south of the border.
CONTAINS THAT^j
NECESSARY INGREDIENT^
New Committee Members
Appointed In Philadelphia
Effective January 1, 195&, and in accordance with our policy
of operating committee memberships on a six months' turnover
basis, new members were elected to all of the Philadelphia
committees.
Three new members were appointed to the PhiladelphiaSafety
Committee. Margaret Kinniry replaces Ann Kurhan; Sara Horen-
bein replaces Margaret Overton;
and Robert Husted replaces Eugene Maley as Chairman of the
committee Serving on the committee until July 1 are Howard
Mace, Frank Janton, and Melvin
Mobley Shirley Mullen, William
Mulligan, and Ron Hawkins remain on the committee as ex-
officio members and Gen Geiger
stays as secretary.
Russ Chaney, Chairman of the
Social & Recreation Committee,
announced the election of four
new members to serve from January   1   to   December   31,   1958.
John   Corney,   Jim   Lotka,   Ed
Petko,   and  Mary  Scott  replace
Tom    Colleran,    John   Howells,
Helen Kolody,   and Jim Pelkey.
Christine    Forte,    Carolyn   Mc
Caulley,   Helen   Paliwoda, and
Rudy Pfueller will remain on the
committee until June 30
Two changes were made on the
Suggestion Committee, also.
Christine Willits and Edward
Petko retired on December 31
and were replaced by Arthur
Rutherford and Thomas Cox.
Still on the committee are John
Dumas,    Carolyn    Saltenberger,
Helen Laughon Finds
Lost Friend Through
Aid From Radio Station
To prove that if you want something bad enough, you can get it
was   the   experience   of Helen
Laughon.     Helen had  a friend
living    in    Hopkinsville,    Ky.,
with whom she wanted to get in
touch.   She wrote this friend and
the letter was returned marked
with a new address in Clemson,
S.  C.     Helen  wrote a letter to
Clemson   and   It   was  returned
marked   no   longer  living  here.
By this time Helen was getting
a little anxious about her friend
so she wrote the radio station in
Hopkinsville and asked them to
help her locate her friend.   After
a short time Helen received a
letter from the president of the
radio  station   saying that they
had located her friend and ashort
time after that Helen received a
letter from her friend saying that
the Mayor (who is also the president of the  radio  station) had
called   and   given   her Helen's
message.     She  wrote  that she
would have written Helen sooner
but  she had  been  helping out
during   the   recent   floods   that
coursed through the area.
Vivian Kennedy, and Claire Connor  in   addition   to   Bill   Scott,
Chairman,   and Lila Coddington,
Secretary.
The Vick News staff underwent a few changes this month,
too. Charles Bimey, John Boyle,
and Anna Mae Pindyski are the
new additions to the staff. Retiring members are Carolyn Saltenberger, Mary Chiapelli, and
Clarence Buck. Claire Connor,
Edward Petko, Mary Raber, and
Art Rutherford remain as Vick
News reporters.
We'd like to thank the retiring
members of all of these committees for a job well done, and to
welcome all the new members,
wishing them the very best of
luck as they take over their new
assignment.
Sales Trainees Visit
Philadelphia Plant
Sales Trainees from New York.
On December 16, 14 sales
trainees from New York visited
our Philadelphia plant. In addition to welcoming and orientation
talks given by R. S Fitch, and
W. I. James, these fellows were
taken on a complete plant tour by
guides Bill Campbell, Charles
Covey, and Russ Chaney. Supervisors Ray Henderson, Dick Holland, Bill Suitor, Herman Freiling, Mike Flaherty, and Bill Scott
all took part in explaining the
operations of our plant to these
people.
SUGGESTION WINNERS
Four Philadelphians received
awards for accepted suggestions
during the month of December.
They were Caroline McCaulley,
Howard Mace, Mary Szuba and
Carolyn Saltenberger.
We congratulate these employees
for   their   constructive  thinking.