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THF WTNereQT ClAN = AKRON EDITION = PROTECT OUR GOOD NAME Vol. 30 AKRON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1941 No. 12 Earn Vacation Money and Help Defense by Turning In Suggestions to Cut Waste TWENTY-YEAR Miss Biddle Win WOMEN FOUND CLUB OUTING Another Goodyear Ship For U. S. Be Bride June 21 SUPERIOR IN Marguerite Biddle, sales and ON JUNE 22 office personnel, will end service SPECIAL LINES of 15 years at Goodyear by be- Meeting Thursday Night coming a bride, Have Very Important Role she and Lorenz _M____k_____k Will Discuss Plans Brimlow of Se- At Goodyear in Exten- For Big Event bring to have _m sive Program the nuptial knot tied on Satur- "We are looking forwardto a day, June 21. That women have an impor- grand time on Sunday, June 22, Marguerite will tant role in the national defense our Twenty- program is no better exempli- when we will hold —_____.. '~^__ leave the com- anywhere in the Year Club basket picnic at Chip- U.S. NAVY L~3 pany on Friday fied than Good- J_.ake Park," said R. C. __k _J__I year factories, which are busily pewa of this week. engaged in manufacturing air- Griffith, club president, yester- A few nights day. ships, barrage balloons, air- ago about sixty plane flotation bags, gas masks, girl Marguerite Biddle mAtmWe plan to have several new of her life rafts, tank tracks, etc., for Bs injected into our program, friends gave the the shower, armed forces of the United mWinnovations to be of the type bride-elect a and the States. that will interest every member. gifts weremany and very useful. Time necessary especially to Ihave reason to believe that— we Mr.Brimlowis connected with produce airship gas bags or en- will have a big turnout the the War Department as inspec- velopes, barrage balloons, life largest in theclub'shistory." tor. The newlyweds will make rafts, flotation bags and gas President Griffith is urgently their home in Wheeling, the masks appropriately could be requesting members of the club groom's headquarters. termed woman-hours rather to attend the regular monthly The L-3, another non-rigid air&hip, just completed for the than man-hours for women are doing the bulk of this work. meeting Thursday night at 7:30 U. S. Navy by Goodyear. The L-2, a sister ship, was delivered o'clock, floor, Goodyear PART IN The nature of the work is third to the Navy about two months ago. TAKE such that experience proved Hall. has Special business is to be dis- PHOTO CONTEST women superior to men where cussed,along with thecompletion operations require nimble fin- gers, capability for detail and of plans for the picnic. FLAG DAY, JUNE 14 arrangedfor Remember, Theater Tickets ability to withstand tedious "We havealready tasks. special rates on various amuse- To Those Whose Vacation Occupation park," Feminine ment concessions at the "Long may our land be bright with freedom's holy light." Pictures Are Best Cutting fabric, whether for said Griffith, "and for meals if airship envelopes, gas masks, desired. And we will have free Don't fail to take part in barrage balloons or life rafts, dancing in the afternoon, besides the Vacation Picture Con- FlagDay. assembling the pieces and a very interesting athletic pro-1 June 14th, is Somehow in our test now under way by The seaming them together into a gram, with adults and children SATURDAY,daily life we little think of the ideals for which the Clan. You'll get some good finished part, is very much like icipating. American flag stands. Today, when our country faces photographs while, you're dressmaking, a strictly feminine short, it is the plan of the greatest crises in its history, it is wise for away. Pick out your favor- occupation. program committeeto provide a one of the ite and bring it to The Clan A highly important and com- setup that will make June 22, "us to solemnlyand seriouslyconsider that symbol which office. mon piece of machinery in both 1941, go down in history as one ■reminds us of all that we in the United States love. Three theater tickets will gas masks and balloons is the of the red letter days of the The flag stands for liberty and for justice under be awardedeach week to the sewing machine. Women have Twenty-Year Club." winner. Two tickets to the an inherent skill for operating the law. Its six strioes in the white of purity and second best. And The Clan this equipment. seven in the red of valor represent the thirteen colonies will print the winning pic- There is no particular age Bollinger Ends which struggled so valiantly in the beginnings of our ture, along withalittle story (Continued on Page 2) 35-Year Service Nation's history. Each state in the present Union is about the vacation trip. represented in the flag by a star placed in a field of Warblers Galore justice each person. Congratulations from through- blue,representative of the due Important Place Now At Reclaim out the Goodyear organization Our flag symbolizes the freedom which makes our To Kidney were received by -Clarence Bol- citizenship a prized possession. Under that freedom our Jack linger, secretary treasurer of thought and Reclaim division is going mu- Goodyear Argentina Company, Nation has grown. We have freedom of Jack Kidney, manager of em- sical in a big way with three companies Goodyear in who roundedout 35 years service action, which has enabled like to ployees' service, long active quartets being organized re- withthe company last week. grow from small beginnings, creating more and more civic affairs, has been named cently and now inrehearsal. Goodyear jobs. chairman of the committee for The "Melody Boys" are John Bollinger startedat fire defense by Lon Tighe, head in 1906 factory messenger out greater Winum, bass; John Wanchick, as Today opportunities are even than ever of the Akron area defense coun- first tenor; Irving Moody, of Mr. Litchfield's office. He is a before, what job we contribute to our bari- native attended for no matter our cil. tone, and "Tommy" Thompson, Akronite and Goodyear Jack's job will be tocoordinate second Central High School. !Nation's defense. The men and women in the tenor. factories, as well as in other plants, are freedom's first the district's fire-fighting equip- The "Chic Four" includes . way living would not be ment in the event of a national John Smith, Ted Johnson, Bruce { defense. Without them our of emergency. Leedom and M. P. Hannan. \ DIDN'T HAVE TO { possible. The "Hillbillies" number { i CALL DIOGENES So on Flag Day, and every other day, let us realize Bass season opens midnight Arch Erwin, Mack Evans and that citizenship carries with it certain duties, which June 15 and many Goodyearites "Shorty" League; they are } It wasn't necessary to " are getting in readiness. Wing- searching for a first tenor to are our.individual responsibilities. The first of these, complete the quartet. j send out an SOS call for ( based, — loyalty foot lake has a prize winner " OldMan Diogenes tohurry j on which all others are is loyalty to with a tag on its fin that every I withhis lantern to find an :our Nation, to our flag, to our company, to the family fisherman should be plugging WAS CITY EXECUTIVE 5 honest man,whenBilly Al- J and to ourselves. for. Alex Hynde, Goodyear Hall : len, Plant 2 transportation / lobby, who received his 25-year J found a pocketbook con- j pin last week, once served as taining $55. Billy imme- ( many of us is that we are in mayor of Punxsutawney, Penna. "f TfiDflY'Q 1 Tne trouble with diately located the owner, / lULml D TrJnTTPrJTinUUUni. j stampede get those things we "It was interesting," said Alex, ( Gallo, 5 such a mac to I not poli- Joe and turned over enjoy we today. "but do care much for ) the lost currency. : haven't that we don't half appreciateor what have tics or holding public office. Too many people to please." -THE WINGFOOT CLAN- 2 Flocking of 30,000 Workers to Charlestown Makes It a Boom City By HUGH ALLEN Die in a given roomis fixed,and Fire Chief Ed Foran's and Bill Manager Charley Blythe's and Hillman, through whom as vice — if someone else comes in, some- McQuerry's job; it's Police Chief Employment Manager Stash president of GoodyearEngineer- CHARLESTOWN, IND. army ing Corp, the wholeCharlestown 30,000 work- one must go out. Carl Gandee's job and his Wrobleski's job. But chiefly, itis Dump construction Safety will every- watchmen, patrol Harry job, job clears into Akron, were into a sleepy town of be and is of neededto so Walker's and con- ers river body's job at Charlestown. It's vast an area. It is Personnel trary to usual Goodyear policy, coming on an inspection trip 300 people within afew months, recently and the presentationto and the result is a boom city. Harry reportsdirectly to the top Resident Manager R. H. Soderstrom was postponed till Such is Charlestown. .man. the officials got here. First came DuPont last fall Gray and is given more author- with an $86,000,000 powder ity than most safety men. plant, the first unit of which is A few of the Goodyear men Funeral Of James just getting into operation., will live on the property, a little now growing up at Weekly payrolls grew and grew -'- settlement DeemHeld Today HrK", f ""^ lj_^Bre« +F _K» - southernmost part till by the middle of May there %^WkmmW^^^^m\m\ the of the Funeral services for James W.