Co op trustees term limit proposal defeated at meeting
HELEN PAYNE reports that Firelands Electric Co op held its annual meeting in Ashland where an amendment to limit trustee terms was rejected by 310 to etc. Members re elected three incumbents Royee Cramz Ted Beck and Robert Zimmerman to three year terms while another amendment allowing flexible annual meeting scheduling passed. A group from New London had pushed the term limit proposal which could have triggered a board turnover within three years. Carl Bruce was reelected president Elroy Walther vice president and Ed C Sharp less secretary treasurer. The board will meet the third Thursday of each month at 8 p.m.
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Firelands Electric Co-op
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Royee Cramz
Ted Beck
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Elroy Walther
Ed C. Sharpless
Kodak rewards good ideas at Rochester plant
Kodak rewards good ideas at its Rochester plant, paying employees over 1.5 million dollars annually for suggestions. Since 1898 the plan has run as the nation’s oldest continuously operated program, starting with a 32 dollar award for washing windows. The latest winner, George Wheten, received 50 thousand dollars for a packing improvement. One worker submitted over 3,000 ideas, more than 1,500 adopted.
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Rochester
N.Y
Eastman Kodak Co
United States
George Wheten
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