Community Chest organization completed its organization Wednesday, Kimble employees part of group

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Muncie Star

Muncie, IN, United States
vol. 79, no. 133, p. 24, col. 1-2


Red Feather

Industry Arm

Is Organized

Community Chest Industrial Employes Division completed its organization Wednesday in a luncheon meeting with division chairmen and Walter C. Burt, general campaign chairman, at the YMCA.

Ed Spence, Kimble Glass Com­pany plant manager, is head of the division’s manufacturing sec­tion. Section co-chairmen are J. Ed Dickson, AFL member em­ployed at Kimble Glass, and John Wells, CIO Industrial Union Coun­cil representative and Warner Gear employe.

Team captains in the manufac­turing section are Charles Yeo, Warner Gear; Kenneth May, Warner Machine Products; Ed Langas, Kimble Glass Company, and Harold Bush of Ball Brothers Company.

The wholesale, retail service and construction section is headed by W. F. Dearborn of Warner Machine Products with Leland Stiff, CIO Industrial Union Coun­cil president, and Harold Martin, AFL representative, as co-chair­men. Stiff works at Ontario Manufacturing Company and Martin is a U.S. postal worker.

Team captains in this section are Robert Stough of Tarbet Trucking Company; John Judkins, Fisher Motor Company; Fred Covalt Jr., Covalt Dairy; Paul Wearly of Wearly Monuments; Orville Odle of Odle Paint and Decorating Company and Bob Wine of Kirby-Wood Lumber Company.

Spence pointed out at the luncheon that each team captain will be responsible for enlisting a firm chairman in each of the plants or companies on his list. This firm chairman will be re­sponsible for Community Chest so­licitation of employes within his own plant and will be a member of the team captain’s organiza­tion.

"Wherever possible, and we hope it is possible in every case", Spence said, "each captain and each firm chairman should choose, where appropriate, a co-captain to help from the ranks of organ­ized labor.

"We are fortunate this year for the first time to have members of the labor unions actively related in the planning of our Chest cam­paign. We need their help to make this campaign a success."

The Industrial Division is shoot­ing for a goal of $89,000. In last year’s campaign the division brought in $67,837.


Keywords:Hemingray : Owens-Illinois Glass Company : Kimble Glass Company
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Researcher:Bob Stahr
Date completed:February 1, 2023 by: Bob Stahr;