Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-05
OVERLAND FACTORY
CARES FOR EMPLOYEES

Realizing The necessity Of having
the mon happy ana contented Ga or
der % work at the maximum eff.
cieLcy, Mr. Willys has taken a keen
interest in the mems play hours
ENcrythne possible to be done to
make their ives as pleasant out of
the shop as in it is being done Holt
days are frequent and on many of
them there are gatherings Of the en-.
tire factory force for one method of
amusement or another. They 60 10
ball games rs unit. thousands
strong, have picnics and field day
meetings that draw enormous crowds
OF Toledo citizens, and take ever,
opportunity to have real wholesome
pleasure. And back OF an these gath.
erings and dolugs the owner OF the
Overload plant stands with his time
and his money 10 make them sue
l t'NHi.i III every detail
Within tho fold of the organization
there is a band of fifty pieces nm
der the direction of a professional
musician. This band is one Of the
famous musical organizations of
Northwestern Ohio and their sery-
ices are in great demand In fac
they are so popular that certain limi-
taiions had TO be placed on the mem.
bcrs leave OF absence from work.
Then there is an athletic organ
l7atioH, which indrlges in all athlet-
ic tests and games This also is in
charge of an expert athletic iirec-
tor From this organization basket
ball teams, baseball teams. football
teams and track teams have beer or
gani7cd that have made records hard
to heat anywhere In the country The
basketball team that Just finished the
past season was easily one OF the fast
est semi-professicnal teams that ever
played together. They beat every.
thing in sight before the season
was over and played some big teams
Tie baseball team won the city
championship last year and has
walked over some OF the best semi
PR teams in the country. The team
this year Is doing the same stunt
over again. The outlook for the foot
bail team this winter is very bright
and some college and prep school
teams have been scheduled already
Tor games. On this team there will
be no less than six or seven college
men who represented big college
teams hnring the last few years.
When the field day meeting was
held Just a few weeks ago some Of
the events brought oct marks won
derfuily close 10 records In fact |
every team in the organization is 50 |
EXPERT that IL Is difficult 10 match |
them from nearby material, and now
matches are being booked from such |
distant points as New York and Chi. |
cago.
These facts simply bear out a state |
ment dwelt uDon in another part OF |
this story that the personnel OF the /
Overland factory Is remarkable in /
that il shows n superior class OF men |
10 those ordinarily found in factories /
ana shops
\ palatiai club house for the use
" Overland employees has inst been
opened on Maumee Bay.
This cl1h 1orse Is located In one
or the most picturesque spots on the
Great Lakes. whore II Il always cool
anl inviting Attached 20 tho club !
house Is q fully equipped boat house
with two boats and an the raranher.
MALTA tEat goes with n Nc'vifh- /
standing the fact that n is miles away
from the business center. the Over
land Company has been able 70 have
electric LIGHTS and power carried
down 10 tho club house and tele-
phoner installed
The entire factory force plays 'us,
as hard as II works. and. Individual.
". the mon are al as proud % the
social organization IN the factory As
they are % the work which thov pro-
luce