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 Services and Activities
Written and compiled by Sue Poole

In addition to employment and great insurance benefits, Rohr Aircraft created a real sense of community for its employees through a variety of services and activities.

CALIFORNIA

Chula Vista

Aquarists
Blood Bank
Boat Builders (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 3)
Bowling
Co-Ed Swim Night at the YWCA
Communicators (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 3)
Credit Union
employee picnics - Bonita, California (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 4)

Employes' Salvage Store
Employes were able to purchase a variety of scrap and surplus materials each week.

Inventors (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 3)
Junior Achievement
March of Dimes fund
Medical Center and First Aid Stations
Model Aircrafters (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 3)
Open Houses
Photo-Arts (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 3)
Recreation Club - Bonita, California (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 3)
Rockhounds  (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 3)
Rough Riders (AeROHRcrafter, June 1955, page 3)

War Bond Drive
Rohr "was the first industrial plant in the United States to sign up 100 percent of its employees in the War Bond drive" (Austin. Summer 1965, p. 7).

Will Share Club - The Rohr Chula Vista Will Share Club supported community-sponsored organizations in San Diego devoted to men and women who were afflicted with alcoholism.



Riverside

Bowling teams
Employes' Salvage Store
Medical Center and First Aid Station
Open Houses

REFERENCES:

Austin, Edward T., ed. Summer 1965. Rohr Magazine 15, no. 2: 7.

REFERENCES:

“Production Line Medicine.” 1959. Rohr Magazine 9, no. 6: 18–19.
Weston, Sam. 1958. “New Chance in Life: Rohr Will Share Club Helps to Support Alcoholism Cure Foundations.” Rohr Magazine 9, no. 1: 12.