The Vick news [February 1959]

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News
Vol. 10
Greensboro, N. C, & Philadelphia, Pa.    February, 1959
No. 10
Pearle Hubbard Is
Honored By Farewell
Party On January 30
Pearle Hubbard smiles happily
after receiving a gift of luggage
at the party given in honor of her
retirement.
Pearle Hubbard was special
guest at a brunch party given in
honor of her retirement ty the
Vick girls in the Milton Street
Clubhouse January 30. She was
"toasted" by W. Y. Preyer and
presented irtth a lovely piece of
luggage, a gift from her fellow
employees. Mrs. Hubbard wore a
beautiful lavendar orchid given
to her by two of her Vick friends.
Employed as a stenographer in
1913 in the Media Department,
Mrs. Hubbard has held various
positions with the Company. She
was secretary at one time to tne
founder of Vick Chemical Company and has been secretary to both
H. S. and L. R. Richardson. At
the time of her retirement she
was a personal secretary to L.
Richardson, Jr.
INTRODUCING..
MARCELLA MULLIGAN
Marcella Mulligan has been
with Philadelphia since 1953 as
a temporary stenographer in the
peak periods. On January 14 she
was made a regular employee.
Marcella is active in Little
Theater Guild. She used to do
quite a bit of icting and has
directed many plays in her church.
Marcella is married and has a 13
year old son who is a freshman
at St. Joseph's Prep School.
Employees In Phila.
Receive Chest X-Rays
A Mobile X-Ray Unit furnished
by the State Department of Health
arrived at the Philadelphia plant
to give the employees chest
X-Rays on January i9.
The unit worked quite efficiently, completing 161 X-Rays in
approximately two hours. Shirley
Mullen, Philadelphia nurse, deserves a pat on the back for
arranging the schedule so successfully that the unit was able
to complete their work in such a
short time.
Important Events Have
Occurred In February
Feb. 3, 1690—First paper money
to be issued by American colonists was put out by provincial
bank in Massachusetts.
Feb. 6, 1799—France became
first nation to recognize independence of the United States.
Feb. 14, 1902-U. S. Department
of Commerce and Labor authorized.
Feb. 22, 181S-U. S. bought
Florida Territory from Spain for
$5,000,000.
Feb. 26, 1904-U. S. Senate
ratified treaty with Panama for
digging the Panama Canal.
S&R Committee Sponsored Ping
Pong Tournament Gets Under Way
The annual Milton Street ping pong tournament got under way
late last month with a total of twenty entries hoping to win the
again being sponsored by the
championships. The tourney is
Milton Street Social and Recreation Committee which made two
innovations in the double-elimination competition in order to
stimulate greater interest and
participation. This year, the
flight system is being used with
singles and doubles competition
in both first and second flights.
In the doubles play, partners were
chosen by drawing rather than
having the players choose their
own.
Twelve of the more experienced
R. L.  Kirkman slams one as
his partner Bob Frey looks on.
Public  Re
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lotions   Is
iness, Too
Public relations is a vitally important part of business today.
Good public relations makes friends for the company. It is more
than merely making the company and its products known. Good
public relations conveys to the
people who have contacts of any
kind with the company an appreciation of the company's
character—its attitudes, integrity,
and its problems in operating as
an asset to the community.
Good public relations not only
helps to increase sales, but also
to establish the kind of faith in
the company that forms a foundation for growth and expansion
and future job security.
A company's public relations
is made up of thousands of things,
large    and    small,    beyond    the
regular   activities   of the   public
relations department.
Everybody in the company, in
fact, is part of public relations.
Each piece of quality work turned
out . . . every letter typed, every
phone call hanc'led . . . every
meeting with- plant visitors . . .
has its effect on pubiic relations.
Whenever you speak, write, or act
as a company employee—whether
the contact is personal or indirect—you -influence the public's
opinion of the company. To those
who meet you, or know your work,
you are the company.
ping pong enthusiasts were assigned to the first flight bracket
and the other eight entries were
put into the second flight. Doubles
partners were drawn within the respective divisions, and a great
deal of enjoyment and recreation
has been the result.
The singles champions in both
flights have been determined with
Bob Hall winning the top division
championship and Fred Kyle winning over the field in the lower division. Hall claimed his title by
trimming Bob Frey, Lee Norman,
R. L. Kirkman, and Norman again.
Lee proved to be the giant-killer
as well as the runner-up by toppling the defending champion, Tom
Bryson, in winner's bracket play.
Jiggs Venable, another strong contender, upset Bryson in the losers
bracket before falling victim to
Norman.
Kyle took the second flight
championship by defeating John
Goins, Doug Smith, John Holt, and
runner-up Jack Bonner.
Doubles play is still going
strong with the teams of Norman-
Bryson and Smith-Goins appearing
to be the teams to beat in their
respective flights. Both teams remain undefeated at this time, but
the Kirkman-Frey combination and
the Holt-Woosley pairing may give
the favorites plenty of competition
before the champions are decided.
Vick Continues To
Hold First Place In
Basketball League
Vick Chemical Company continues to hold first place in the
Newark Industrial "League despite
a set back from Continental
Diamond and Fibre of 73 to 56.
This defeat marks the first loss
by Vick in league play. Failure
on the foul line made the difference between the teams. Vick
made only 25% of their foul tries
while Continental made over 80%
of their foul shots.
However, Vick rebounded from
this defeat by beating Jackson-
Hardware 47 to 46. Vick was led
in scoring by Roger Barton with
15, followed by Tom Ludlam with
13 and Jim Haslett with 10.
Vick now has a seasonal log of
6 and 1. They were extended an
invitation to participate in the
State Tournament to represent
their league. This tournament is
held each year in Dover, the capital of Delaware. The teams with
the best won and loss percentage
in each league are invited to
participate.
W. S. McGranahan &
E. J. McNamara Are
Assigned New Posts
In order to provide a broader
manufacturing service to the Vick
Products Division, W. S. McGranahan and E. J. McNamara have
been assigned new positions it
was announced by Assistant
Genera] Manager J. W. Lovatt
on January 26. McGranahan, as
Co-ordinator of New Products,
has been responsible for the
liaison in this field between
Vick Products and Vick Manufacturing Divisions and now
becomes Sales-Manufacturing Coordinator. His new duties, in
addition to his previous responsibilities, will include handling
the necessary liaison with respect
to the scheduling and distribution
of all established products for
the United States and Canada.
McNamara, previously in the
International Manufacturing Department as an Assistant Regional
Production Manager joins the
Manufacturing Division as Assistant Sales-Manufacturing Coordinator.
Wayne Calloway Joins
Greensboro Accounting
Department February 2
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On February 2, D. Wayne
Galloway, a January gra "uate of
Wake Forest College, lecame a
member of the Greensboro Accounting Department and started
his Vick career as an Accountant
Trainee.
At Wake Forest Wayne was a
member of the varsity basketball
team and the Monogram Club
before qualifying for a Bachelor
of Business Administraticn degree.
His favorite pastime is golf, and
his favorite partner is his wife,
Corinne, who furnishes ; ppty of
competetion    on    the    ia,?wi.ys.
Both Wayne and Corinne were
reared in Winston-"'alem, and they
are presently living at 620 Polo
Road in their home town, where
for the time being she is continuing her employment with
Western Electric Company.