■ I- - I -* | .^bbH Hbb> bbk H ' I- ' a^aflafl B ifl Ba^. fl Jtot MU aK lavk^a^flfl A «Kpi^' ■Hik .asTa lam ■*jp**s bbB V-^ 1 \W m B^B^BB^B^w* B^ miiriiii # bW ;'.^iiT- a4■ Bak-. I ■ *||wii« Ik Pi- mr\ ami Mr PwW *8tcD -t ■■" Ir ■'■'■■' Wb^bWbbWbwbI Ifl ,bbB -^ ml V■-" aa "m xiS Bbv i-'Sli- aWaaf aaaam. fl r- i Htt, If"' 1^21 \\\\m. aaW b^bW. b^bI ThiS nristmas season approaches with wars on ihe various ll^^K^(? ll/V^ir^Jli fronts moving in the direction of a victorious conclusion tfJt^^v\W :)f our loved ones have been sacrificed, we IjK^^SSI ) the early return home of the more than rear who are fighting to protect the future f&wRWVll^^al;! )f our families. 3mjy; M efore another Christmas rolls around we Sjlll^1 MA led in worldwidepeace and goodwill. A?S&b?'/ 3DYEARITES: !r^W^V^ g to you of a year ago we have witnessed \3\ft\] rflfQ, th in Christian ideals slowly but surely car- £) fyj\\ "om its great peril. BfvQ As thisChristmas season W^A VUCW rw that faith, looking toward that not too ifM/Mfi&fy forces of evil will have been subdued, and \K^r?^yu E\IS**L$2m> in the spirit of "Peace On Earth and Good- JaX/T^tT/rC iaji " I 1111 ■ v/x/i V/JL/t-vli ns^MBN^I = AKRON EDITION =I PROTECT OUR GOOD NAME Vol. 33 AKRON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1944 No. 51 Everything Ready For Big Christmas Party JL C Brown Wins Top Suggestion Prize Ot $565 IDEA' GASH GOES "Thanks A Million" Writes Sergeant THE CLAN ONE DAY GRAND TIME TO WORKERS LIKE LATE NEXT WEEK To Goodyear Girl Whose Name He Finds Engravers and printers GIFT FROM SANTA will not work on Monday, Inscribed On Raft That Saves His Life FOR 'KIDDIES' Christmas Day, so The Clan will be in the racks Merle Gandee Gets $400 To Be and lobbies one day late OF GOODYEAR Added To Initial $100 For next week, distribution to "I couldn't ask for a bet- tra pat for luck and scribbled Doing Some Thinking be made Thursday instead Christmas gift," said her name and address inside. Gymnasium Doors Open At of Wednesday. The same ter Last week she was amazedto — Margie LaPerna. "To be 6 O'clock In Morning; Santa Claus in the guise of— situation will prevail the receive a letter from Sergeant Program the suggestion department fo'lowing week, due to the told that Ihad a part in Joseph Thibeault, hospitalized Elaborate opened wide his purse strings New Year holiday. in Nashville, Tenn. The ser- and gave generously to those savingthe life of one of our geant, who had used the boat whose ideas for speed- fighting men is the best in an emergency, wrote: "Tell the children of Good- and more efficient production Christmas present Icould yearTireand Goodyear Aircraft p bring victory Children's Home "Thanks a millionfor that be next «rkers nearer. A receive." life raft. It certainly came that I'll in the gym Fri- totalof $3,095.84 has been paid day morning, 22, to seventy-seven employes, Girls As Guests Margie, employed in in handy after Icrackedup December the When in the Pacific, and when I promptly at 6 o'clock, and that average award being $40.20. Dept. 180, balloon room, An- found your name Ijust had I'll stay until 6 o'clock in the The top award winner is R. Merriment prevailed at the to my C. Brown, Dept. 211M, zone en- send thanks. If it evening," Santa Claus wrote in gineer, brought party the Wingfoot Girls Club weren't for you and other whose two ideas gave twenty-three girls girls you, a letter received by the em- a total of $565. He devised for like Iwouldn'tbe guide for braiding machine from the Children's Home last safely back in the States ployes activities office yester- . a Wednesday. Santa lighted the today." day. n Dept. 273, to apply backing Christmas tree and distributed trip at the time braid is ap- the gifts he found under Now every time Margie fin- The kind old man with the ilied.He also proposed the use it. -* ishes a boat she breathes a white whiskers also wrote that >f a heavier chain on a braider, Each guest receiveda present C^B^BUBBk.«B B^ 0mL ■ prayerof hope that it will bring he is pleased to learn that the from aclub member. A program BJ hus cutting down major re- : ; some other fellow back safely. gymnasium will again be the by children from the Dixon ■W JL al "It's just like taking a per- scene of the big Christmas Merle Gandee, Dept. 274, Dance Studio was enjoyed. Ice ■Ik %*^ J sonal slap at a Jap," said Mar- party. "We'll want plenty of nolded goods, received $400 for cream and cake were served. gie with a grin. room," Santa wrote, "because uggesting a new method of re- I'll need more than 220 helpers, iairing bullet-seal tank fittings, TWO-WAY PARTY working in three shifts, to help le had receivedan initialaward A Christmas party, attended distribute the toys and candy I f $100, making a total of $500 bv Goodvear's telephone opera- employesstill have for the children." or the suggestion. tors, held at the Garden Grille Santa, himself, will occupy a T. Michael, Dept. 112, Thursday night, was also the buy war boik throne in the very center of the nters and carpenters, was occasion of a birthday celebra- p gym. The huge Christmas tree, d $125 for a suggestion that tion in honor of Betty Brown, a fifty feet high and sparkling «L.previously Although Exceeded, They Iiim wonhim a$25 award. member the group. A gift ex- Quota trimmings lights, of with and will Walworth Deremer, Dept. 162, change was held, following the Margie LaPerna Continue Good Move stand inone corner of the room. accessories, turned in an idea dinner. Anne Crellin, telephone paid The Goodyear Youth Band, that him $120. supervisor, was in charge of ished a rubber life raft a few though Goodyear Wingettes groups Winners in the $100 bracket arrangements. months ago, gave an ex- Even em- the and other she it ployes have more than exceeded will provide entertainment be- are E. J. Seitz, Dept. 137K; their quota in the Sixth War tween showings of the Nativity L. A. Chatham, 282A; R. D. campaign, Nichols, 211M; Loan cashis stillroll- scene. There'll be never a dull O'Connell Mc- ingin at headquarters.The com- moment, as how could there be Clure, 315, and A. Snvder, and mittee Monday E. Allen, C, joint GREETINGS FROM ADMIRAL KING announced morn- with Santa the center of attrac- W. 271 award. ing that more than $30,000 had tion? Stump Wins Again been taken in during the last Twelve YearsOr Under N. K. Stump, suggestion week, payroll lampion for 1943, shared in Washington, D. C, December 18, 1944. and that deduc- Santa's reference to "the chil- To the Men and Women of tions have reacheda high figure. dren" meant sons and daughters mr awards, according to the of Goodyear immittee's report. addition Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company: Bond headquarters,the com- Tire and Goodyear In Aircraft employes, years i two smaller awards, he was On this fourth wartimeChristmas Iwish to extend greetings mittee announced, will remain twelve lid $85 for an idea that won and thanks, in behalf of the fighting men of the fleet, to you open until December 31, and all of age or under.Tickets arenow 110 for him in January, and whose loyal support on the production lines is helping to carry bonds purchased before that in the hands of all parents, and them to victory. date will be includedin the pres- it will be necessary for the chil- iO for another suggestion. dren to present Sharing awards ranging from In a very real sense, our past successes have been paced by ent campaign report. these tickets at 50 to $75 employes the great productive effort on the home front. They have been the door. are these through cooperation assembly "Bid" Edmund, ith their department numbers: won maximum between the line JUST 70 YEARS OLD director of (Continued Page 5) and the firing line. It is imperative that this fine teamwork con-* education and recreation, asks on tinue to the end of the struggle. Pickett Jolly, Dept. 191A, that children and parents ob- I We only by elevators, says that his wife, entrances must now redoubleour efforts, for sustained hard serve these to avoid work and hard fighting can we hope to shorten the war.Iam con- Myrtle, made him a fine cake confusion: Goodyear Plants 1 Mother Of Four Sons fident that each one of you at this Christmas season will rededi- in celebration of his seventieth and 2 and general office, gym cate yourself anew to your individualwartime—tasks in order that birthday anniversary the other entrance on Market street; Air- In Service Honored victory may be achieved as soon as possisble and that "Peace day. Pickett has worked at craft Plants A, B and C, main on earth, good will toward men" may be regained for all the Goodyeartwenty-five years."Al- lobby, Goodyear Hall; Aircraft The girls in Dept. 156, tube nations of the world. though I am seventy," said Plants D, D-3 and E, Goodyear room, surprisedIva Pitz on her E.J.