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BREVARD PLANT
PHOTO PRODUCTS DEPARTMENT
United Fund
Campaign
Underway
The 1979 United Fund campaign will
be held here Oct. 9 through Oct. 21. A
goal of $40,500 has been set, according
to Graham Grant, Finishing, of Brevard,
and Berry Van der Meer, Coating,
Process Control, of Hendersonville, who
are directing the campaign.
The goal represents an increase of
about six per cent over last year's goal.
Kick-off breakfasts were Oct. 5 and
6 for the 81 employees who will be
soliciting pledges and contributions.
Last year, 82.3 per cent of employees
made pledges and contributions. Graham
and Berry are hoping for a higher per
centage of participation this year.
The total amount collected will be
distributed to Transylvania, Henderson
and Buncombe counties, whose United
Fund participating agencies include the
American Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, Salvation Army, YMCA, rescue
squads and other local and state agencies
that provide a variety of needed human
services.
)Vol. 11, No. 10 OCTOBER, 1978
Jerry
Jerry Violette Named
Process Control
Superintendent
Jerry C. Violette has re-joined the
staff here after three years at the
Towanda Plant. He has been appointed
Process Control Superintendent.
At Towanda he was Process Control
Superintendent and later Manufacturing
Superintendent.
From January 1973 to January 1975,
Jerry was Process Control Supervisor
here. During that period the Control
Lab was combined with Process Control.
He began with the company in 1960
with the Engineering Department, Engin
eering Services Division, in Wilmington,
following his graduation from the
University of Rochester with a degree
in chemical engineering. He has also
done graduate study at Lamar Tech in
Beaumont, Tex.
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Many youngsters benefit from YMCA sponsored programs.
These two are ready for basketball practice at the Hendersonville
YMCA.
Emergency Training
Proves Effective
Rescue squads in both counties receive United Fund monies
for vehicles and equipment used in rescue operations. The unit
with searchlights pictured here is in Henderson County.
It happened one recent Saturday
evening, when a church group gathered
in Ferrell Driskell's back yard for a
picnic.
Most had finished eating and were
enjoying the fellowship, chatting with
friends, catching up on news.
One of the picnickers, Mrs. W. C.
Pearson, was munching on a ham
biscuit when a friend tapped her on the
shoulder. As she turned her head, she
swallowed, then jumped up clutching
her throat. She couldn't speak.
Ferrell, who stood nearby talking
with Mr. Pearson, realized that the food
had lodged in her windpipe, cutting off
her breathing. He quickly used the
Heimlich maneuver, an emergency mea
sure for ejecting food lodged in the
throat, and restored her breathing
ability.
"I pressed hard and nothing hap
pened," he said. "I pressed again and
heard a gurgling sound. I pressed the
third time and dislodged the food."
It was over in a matter of seconds,
he said, but it seemed much longer.
Mrs. Pearson credits Ferrell with
saving her life. "I felt I was going to
die, but I heard him say he knew what
to do. I relaxed and put my life in his
hands. He performed a marvelous job in
a very calm and efficient way."
Mrs. Pearson is grateful to Du Pont,
she said, for providing training in
emergency procedures for its employees.
Ferrell, X-ray Performance Specialist,
Process Control, learned the maneuver
when he took the cardiopulmonary
resuscitation training offered by the
medical department and taught by Carol
Orr, plant nurse.
He admitted that he was a little
shaken by the time it was over. It was
his first occasion to put into action the
emergency procedure he had learned.
Small children benefit from several United
Fund agencies. Funds are channeled through
Transylvania 4-C and used to pay a portion
of the cost for children in Transylvania
County Child Development Program whose
parents can't pay the full cost. The little
ones pictured above at play are at Children's
House, the county's center for infants
and toddlers.
Service Helps Consumers
With Financial Problems
Soon after starting with the company,
he left for a three-year tour in the U. S.
Navy. He returned to Du Pont in
September 1963 and was given field
assignments in Beaumont and then
Newport, Del.
In November 1967, he was assigned
Chemical Engineer Testing Supervisor at
the Engineer Test Center at Louviers
for four years. His next field assign
ment was Polyester Research Supervisor
at Parlin, from which he transferred to
Brevard.
Jerry and his wife Peggy live at 203
Winslow Drive, Hendersonville, with
their four children. They are Kathy 13,
James 11, John 3'/2 and Emily, nine
months.
A family with financial problems
may feel trapped and alone, with no
place to find help. Indeed, when expen
ses exceed income over a period of time,
the situation becomes overwhelming.
About 10 per cent of the public
finds itself with financial problems so
great that it needs help, according to
Lee Dawes, Executive Director of the
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of
Western North Carolina.
That means that perhaps 100 Du Pont
employees have such problems.
CCCS, a non-profit organization that
makes no charge for its services, works
with families who are seeking ways to
solve money problems.
It helps them relieve over-extended
financial situations through budget
counseling, and arranges special debt
pay-off procedures if necessary. This
helps to repair damaged credit ratings.
Through an educational program, the
service helps families prevent future
financial problems.
The counseling is confidential, and is
available to anyone who wants it.
Local employees who would like
more information on the service or who
want counseling may contact Ralph
Breedlove, Area Supervisor, Personnel
Development and Plant Security, who
will direct them to the counseling service.
If several persons here request the
service, Mrs. Dawes may schedule some
days on the plant for the counseling.
Bob Fisher, a Du Pont retiree from
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