A friend was showing me some of his Grandfathers Studebakers momentous from his about 35 year career at the factory. Amongst them was a wallet size card that says Honorary Pass with his name, Monte Dishon, and picture on it and says, a retired Studebaker employee has permission to enter the factory to visit his friends in his department and signed by the Director of Industrial Relations of whom I can't make out the name. I've never seen one of these before and wondering how common they are and who they were given to.P
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Chris; I appreciate the confidence you have shown in me!!Originally posted by Chris Pile View Post
They are not very common. Of the type you mention I have this one only shown below. The signature on it is H. (Harry) D. Beutlich who was Director of Public relations in the 50's. The originals were encased in plastic. There was also a later style card that came out in '63 that I also have. Th '63 version did not have the photo i.d. In any event they are both quite rare.
Richard Quinn
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Rare. I've looked in old Spotlights and I recall reading about a guy who retired and then went back to his department to visit his old coworkers. As you may know, any employee entering the plant needed his I.D. badge with clock number to enter. As Studebaker changed badge styles over the years many employees kept their old badges as long as they were still working at Studebaker; that's why they can still be found from time to time. But once that employee was issued a new style badge (depending on the year) the old badges (or old accumulated badges) were no longer valid to enter the plant with. Once an employee retired or quit they were supposed to turn in their current, usable badge. Now if a retired employee wanted to come back to visit and he turned his badge in like he was supposed to, obviously he had no way into the plant; so he would have been issued one of the cards you found and would have only been good for periodic use.Chris DresbachComment
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That is the identical card and it is encased in plastic but I'm not sure the signature matches. Thanks for the info.Comment
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BP and his cousin found ways to get into the plant without a badge! They revealed all their secrets on how to get inside in TW!!Originally posted by Chris_Dresbach View Post
CraigComment
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Ok, legal way into the plant without worrying about getting caught and thrown out...Originally posted by 8E45E View Post
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Ohhhhh....they got IN legally enough! (In most of their visits, that is!) They were certainly in NO RUSH to get out, though!Originally posted by Chris_Dresbach View PostOk, legal way into the plant without worrying about getting caught and thrown out...
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