Big Tom Walker
Suggests Winning
Name
G. T. “Tom” Walker suggested the
winning name. FOTOFAX, for our pub
lication. Tom began work with Du Pont con
struction as far back as 1947 and came to
work at the Brevard plant in August of
1958. He is presently the Maintenance Shift
Foreman assigned to “A” shift. Tom lives in
Sherwood Forest, and has three children:
Thomas B. Walker, of Du Pont Photo Pro
ducts Sales Department and formerly of
the Brevard Plant Finishing area, Carol
Walker, who has worked at the Brevard
Plant as a summer employee, and David
Walker, now in Brevard High School.
Eloise, Tom’s wife, works with the Tran
sylvania County Board of Education.
Tom stated that he thought his sug
gestion was appropriate, and a little un
usual. The judges thought so too. In all,
68 different names were submitted by 117
people. Several people submitted the same
name. The frequently suggested name was
THE X-RAY, with 14 entries.
The second most popular suggestion
selected by the judges was PHOTO
FACTS, a different spelling of the win
ning entry. PHOTO FACTS was submit
ted by Perry Davis of the Coating Area,
and also by Carroll Wagner of the Main
tenance Department. THE PICTURE, sug
gested by Lloyd McJunkin of the Power
and Grounds Department, was the third
most popular suggestion.
Fotofax, Tom Walker’s suggestion, was
selected by a panel of 13 judges who used a
list of all entries, without the contributors’
names. The judges were:
Darnell Ashley, Casting
Bruce Gosnell, Coating
Gary Babb, Finishing
Bill Johnson, Control Lab
Malcolm Hamilton, General Mechanical
Spalding McIntosh, Control Mechanical
Arthur Hefner, Power and Grounds
Bill Baughn, Facilities Planning
Martin Harris,/Process Control
Ann Kitts, Mill Office
Shirley Hall, Mill Office
Robert Galloway, Stores
Mary Bishop, Secretarial
The editor of our new publication,
FOTOFAX, is grateful to all who have
shown an interest and have participated in
finding a name for our publication. Your
future comments and suggestions will be
welcomed at any time.
“Qiana” A New
Du Pont Product
A versatile new fiber with outstanding
esthetic properties and performance super
ior to any existing textile fiber was announc
ed last week by Du Pont.
The new product, trademarked “Qiana”
(pronounced Key-ahn-a), is the result of
20 years of research. It is expected to make
its first commercial appearance in finest
quality, high-style women’s apparel.
Dr. Wallace E. Gordon, a Du Pont vice
president, described the fiber as represent
ing “an entirely new body of technology in
man-made fibers”. He said it is unique “in
terms of ingredients, fiber chemistry, pro
cess technology, molecular structure, and
esthetics and performance.”
Dr. Gordon reported that “Qiana” has
been made into fabrics that have the hand
and visual characteristics of silk with even
better wash-wear properties than other
man-made fibers. The fabrics resist wrink
ling better than any now in commercial
production. He said work has started on
“applications far beyond those chosen for
early development.”
Dr. Gordon stated that while the ge
neric designation for “Qiana” is nylon, the
new fiber is different from other nylon
fibers. The new fiber is being produced in
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limited quantities at a pilot plant at an
existing production site in Chattanooga.
Larger market development facilities are
being constructed at the same location to
provide additional supply during the first
half of 1969.
Dr. Gordon stressed that the company
is optimistic about the long-range poten
tial of this product in a wide variety of
applications and has committed “multi
million dollar” investments to its develop
ment and production. He said, however,
that “Qiana” probably would not have
significant impact on corporate earnings
over the next few years.
Jim Hollingsworth
Promoted
Jim Hollingsworth was recently pro
moted to Group Supervisor. Jim is a long-
service employee of this plant, having be
gun work in January, 1958, with the sili
con operation. He was a Reactor Operator
in silicon, has worked as a Senior Ope
rator in the Finishing area, and as a Pro
cess Operator in the Control Laboratory.
His current assignment is A-shift Control
Lab Supervisor.
Jim lives at Route 1, Pisgah Forest.
He is married, and has two children: David,
12 years old, and Vic, 9 years. Jim, his wife
Bessie, and the children attend the Temple
Baptist Church.
ISl’
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Jim Hollingsworth
THIRD
CLASS
Did You Know?
F. E. and F. O. Stanley, the twin
brothers who built the Stanley Steamer
automobile, pioneered in the development
of the photographic plate and perfected
the early x-ray equipment. The sale of
these inventions financed them to build
the Stanley Steamer, the automobile power
ed by steam (1897)! The Steamer sold 1600
automobiles in 1900 —more than twice the
number of gasoline powered automobiles
sold that year. In 1907 at Ormond Beach,
Fla., the Stanley Steamer set a world speed
record of 197 miles per hour.
TAXES
Maybe we shouldn’t be to critical of
the government for not being able to man
age on the 20% they take from our wages.
We sometimes have difficulty getting along
with the 80% they leave.
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