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argu§ eyesEditor Tess CanjaPhotographer Eddie Girvan

Published every month for the em-ployees of Argus Cameras, Inc. andtheir families.

ReportersMachine Shop Cliff OlsonPaint Shop Wilma SimmonsCamera Assemoly . . . Ruth O'HareGovt. Opt. Assembly..Bea FrisingerLens Processing . . . . J3etty ShattuckMaintenance Emil JohnsonOptical Assembly,

Inspection Jean FitzGeraldEngineering Jim MeldrumStandards Virginia BirneyProduction Planning. . Muriel RaafTool Room Bill FikeShipping Hilda WhiteService Jim RohrbaughTabulating Lee MonsonAccounting Beulah NewmanSales Dorothy BellPurchasing Patt DuCharme

Night Shift ReportersPlant I Lee ShermanPlant II Bill Ambrazevich

Feature WritersAndy Argus, Art Parker, J r . ,Robert Lewis, Babe Peterson, EddieGirvan.

Meet I/OHA RefMiteA,!(No. 1 of a Series)

Lee ShermanM e e t Elinore Sherman, better

known as "LeeM to her fellow work-ers on the Plant I night shift. Amachine operator in Dept. 10, she'staken on the big job of covering thenews for the entire Plant I shift.

Writing comes easy for Lee, whowas a case worker for WashtenawCounty before joining Argus 2-1/2years ago.

To keep her busy off the job, Leehas three young children -- Gary,Frederick, and Sandra, and herchief interest is maintaining a homeand security for them.

CoverSetting for this November scene

is Oscoda County, in N o r t h e r nMichigan. The cabin is the hunt-ing lodge of J i m m y Barker, Ad-vertising. The picture was takenby Sam Schneider.

Plan now to enter the DecemberCover Contest. Win the $10 prize!

by Robert E. Lewis

p Sales and ProductionThis past month, I have spent a part of my time in the field, visiting

our dealers. All of their reports indicate that this Christmas season will bea good one for Argus. Despite the production problems we have had on severalof our lines, we have been able to produce a high volume of goods for theChristmas market. Our engineers and production people have worked un-tiringly to iron out these problems.

In our government program, we are working toward a satisfactory con-clusion to the environmental tests. An engineering change from the arsenalhas required us to cease production on the M-19 periscope. These scopesare being adapted for use on our latest tanks, and it will take four or fivemonths to get the new parts needed.

0 Employe Meeting QuestionsSeveral questions came up at the last employe meeting that could not

be answered at the time without a thorough investigation. This investigationhas been completed on almost all of them, and I know you will be interestedin what has happened as a result of the meeting.

Some of the questions asked were followed up with letters to Andy Argus.I'd like to refer you to his column this month and next month for those answers.1 understand that Andy, Bill Sturgis, and Jim Thompson are working on thequestion concerning base rates and maximum earnings in Plant I and Plant II,and their facts will be ready next month. A number of questions concernedthe Paint Shop--all of these have been discussed with the appropriate people.

Another group of questions concerned suggestions that have just beenturned in or that had been rejected. The suggestion committee is carefullyinvestigating every suggestion involved. Vacuum cleaning of the Bakelite Roomis now being done as a result of one of these. The complaints concerningelectric wiring in parts of Plant I have been chased down, and we find thatthe temporary condition of the wiring is the result of changing our electricityin parts of Plant I from one type to another. The wiring changeover willtake some time because we don't want to interfere with production.

$ Cafeteria QuestionsIn the past few months, Andy Argus has had several comments regard-

ing the quality of the food in the Cafeteria nights. Now that the quality hasperked up, the question arises as to the quantity. Ray Higgins has increasedthe servings. A question was also raised about nails in the cafeteria benches.The Maintenance Department has been told to replace all the nails with screws.

Concerning hot meals in Plant II, we have done everything possiblewithin the facilities available there. We had promised earlier in Andy Argusto have the counter open for lunch and to serve some hot dishes that couldbe handled on paper plates. This has been done.

• Projector Line ProblemsImmediately after the employe meeting, the question of fatigue and

standards on the projector line was turned over to Dick Dorow and the MethodsDepartment as a major project. As a result, chairs either have or will beput at certain of the operations, and we will attempt to rotate people duringthe day from standing to sitting jobs.

Minute earnings on the projector line from the records of the past fewweeks are continuing to improve. The latest difficulty has been the increasein production schedule necessitated by the Christmas peak.

The few general maintenance questions have also been investigated. NeilPodewils is estimating the cost of more thorough public address coverage inDepartments 22 and 49, and the changes will soon be made. The commentthat the Maintenance Department ladders leave something to be desired hasbeen referred to Erv Braatz with a request that we replace our old ladders.

In all, 34 major questions were asked at the meeting. Obviously,there isn't room here for a detailed explanation on all of them. A few arestill being investigated. However, I wanted you to know that no questionasked at an employe meeting will ever be overlooked. You will have ananswer either directly or through this medium. No matter how trivial aquestion may seem, if it 's important enough to disturb some of you, it 's aproblem that affects our good working relations, and we want to do some-thing about it.

It was a great pleasure to me to see so many people at the last meet-ing. Our next meeting will be December 1 and I am looking forward to theopportunity to discuss our affairs with you again.

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donation to Che5t> J^ed CroJJ UopJ $15,500With a final tabulation still to be made, the combined

company and employee donation to the 1953 CommunityChest and Red Cross drive at Argus has soared to wellover the $15,500 mark.

This year 's figure if at least $6,500 higher than lastyear 's , and by far the largest contribution recorded atArgus.

Employee contributions so far have totaled $7,900.This figure will be matched dollar for dollar by the com-pany, for a grand total of $15,800 at the present time.

Approximately $2,000 of this will be allocated to out-lying areas.

More than 90% of Argus employees—itself a r eco rd -contributed to the drive. This large participation plusvery generous contributions accounted for the recordamount. Many persons gave one full day's pay or more.

Night Shift Group First to Report 100%First to report 100% participation were the 34 Machine

Shop employees on the second shift. Their contributioncame to an average of $5.25 per person, and set thepace for the excellent response from there on.

Also reporting 100% to date are the Personnel Dept.,Mail Room, and Salvage Inspection. Several more de-partments came within one or two persons of reachingthe 100% mark.

Sincere Thanks to Donors, SolicitorsThe success of the drive would not have been possible

without the enthusiastic response of everyone connectedwith it. Solicitors and donors in every department aresincerely thanked for giving so generously of their timeand money.

Forrest Graves, night shift foreman, proved himselfto be a champion solicitor when he turned in the first

report of 100% participation. Here he receives a dona-tion from Robert Wood, Machine Shop, (left) as Mrs.Radford, drive chairman, looks on. The two 300-wattprojectors and two "40" cameras displayed above wereawarded as prizes in the "Let's Give One Day's Pay"campaign.

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Edgar O. Fowler

Argus friends of Edgar Fowlerwere very sorry to learn of hisdeath Friday, Oct. 23. He hadbeen ill for three months.

Ed, who was 54, had beenan Argus employee for morethan ten years and worked inthe Factory Supply Room.

We extend our deepest sym-pathy to his daughter and foursons.

Hoe Down Argus Style!

With Glenn Eastman asthe caller, everyone hadan old-fashioned good timeat the Tool Room IndianSummer Dance, Sept. 10.The dance was held at theAmerican Legion Home,with music by Smitty's Or-chestra.

Bill Ambrazevich prom-Je n a d e s h i s partner,"Lois Larsen, around thesquare.

C l o s e b e h i n d areCharles and Mrs. Gilli-gan.

Stella Kokinakes became the brideof Angelo Theros, and not JohnTheros, as reported last month.Our apologies to the young couple!

--Photos byFrank Skoman

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Best Wishes, Mary Anne!The girls in the Sales Dept. turned

out in full force for a bridal showerfor Mary Anne White hurch, givenOct. 5 at the home of Pat Strick-land by Pat, Ruth Beckman, andGen Wright.

•Progressing Well

Roy McKeen, formerly of the Ma-chine Shop, is still confined to theHowell Sanitarium. Roy was strickenwith tuberculosis several monthsago. Doctors say that he may befree to leave the hospital in six toeight months. To those interested,Roy can have visitors.

•Back to School

Irene McCowan's son, Jerry, hasreturned to Michigan State Collegeas a junior. Irene is an inspectorin Camera Assembly.

Right Around HomeA major job of redecorating their

home has kept Tom and Cecile Fitz-Gerald busy lately. Tom's doing thepainting while Cecile, an inspectorin Optical Assembly, is investing hermoney in the latest blonde furniture.

Ralph Flick, Machine Shop, has beenspending his free time finishing offhis recreation room. The boys inthe Shop are looking forward to itscompletion so they can go over tptry their luck at the "pasteboards."

•New Home Owners

Vic and Lorraine Devlin have justpurchased a new home, on CummingsDrive in Dixboro. Vic works in theOrdnance Model Shop, Dept. 22.

Harold Sweet, of the Tool Room,is busy moving into his new homein Dexter.

The Schwanbecks moved into theirnew Carmel St. home Oct. 1. Lessays there's still plenty of work tobe done!

•A Word of Sympathy

Production Planning extends sin-cere sympathy to Gene Rossbach onthe loss of his father. Gene is nowin Pittsburgh attending the MethodsEngineering Council school.

Les Schwanbeck of the same de-partment has just returned from theSixth Annual Systems and Proceduresconvention in Chicago.

Proud OwnersThe "new car bug" has been really

active in the Machine Shop. With-in the past few months, Cliff Olson,Chuck Ceronsky, Larry Mayers, andBob Bredemeyer have all becomeproud owners of new cars .

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Real-Life Circus To EntertainChildren at Christinas Party Dec. 19

Roller-skating, bicycle riding chimpanzees, high-diving monkeys, jockey-riding dogs, and an "educated" pony will be on hand Saturday afternoon,December 19, in the auditorium of Tappan Junior High School to delight Argusyoungsters.

The circus begins at 2 p .m. as the first part of the annual Argus Children'sChristmas Party.

Following the animal comedians, Santa has promised to bring along a sackfull of toys - - something for every child at the party.

Smartly-dressed monkeys, beautiful trained dogs, "Cute" -- the pony, andtheir trainers will all be under the Tappan Big Top for the Argus party.

Be sure to reserve a place for your children now by filling out the couponbelow. Turn it into the Personnel Department where you will receive ticketsof admission.r "~i~" i

Argus Children's Christmas PartySaturday, December 19, 1953

Number of Children:Boys Ages

AgesGirls

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B*ude andNow in Germany are Lois

Smith (right, below), ofCamera Assem., and LoisWagner, whose mother, Veraworks in Camera Assembly.

A bride of three months,Lois Smith left to be withher husband, who is stationed

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with the Army in Mannheim.Lois Wagner will marry

Don Hinz, who is with theArmy in Munich. Don isthe son of Grace Hinz, ofCamera Assembly.

Here the two Loises areshown on the first step oftheir adventure as they re -ceive tickets from H. Brick-ley Jones, Boersma travelmanager.

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vhanlcAgiving, J4ad J\e.al Meaning,3or Piatlcowdkid ana

In the tragic days of 1939 whenPoland collapsed before the Nazis,two officers of the Polish Air Forceescaped with their units into Ru-mania.

One, Zygfryd Piatkowski, servedas chief of military air transport.A lawyer in civilian life, he hadstudied international affairs at theSorbonne in Paris and was prepar-ing to visit the United States as agovernment official when war inter-vened.

The other was Henryk Wirszyllo,a commanding liaison officer in theMinistry of War. Henryk was aprofessional soldier. He had be-gun his military career in 1919, asa cavalryman, one of the famous"Vilno" lancers who turned back theBolsheviks in 1921.

Their lives crossed many timesafter Poland fell, In 1940, theyhelped command resistance move-ments from France. When Francewas overrun, they joined Polishunits of the RAF.

With demobilization in 1948, theyestablished homes in London.

No more than two years ago, theyimmigrated to the United States--without possessions and with onlythe few dollars allowed them underBritish travel restrictions.

Henryk a r r i v e d in November,1951, settled in South Bend, Ind.for a year, then moved to AnnArbor. Zygfryd, in March of 1952,came directly to Ann Arbor to bewith his brother, Steve who had beenan Argus engineer for many years.Soon, "Fred" had work at Argus, andurged Henryk to join him.

Today, a new life is opening upfor the Piatkowskis and Wirszyl-los. Their work is steady and se-

cure. They have made friends inAnn Arbor, and they enjoy living inthis lovely town. The cultural advan-tages here remind them of pre-warEurope.

The insecurities of starting a newlife in a strange country are over.Now they can look to a future brightwith hopes and plans.

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fryd, Maria, and Andy. Mariaescaped from the Gestapo intothe Near East. Andy i s afreshman in the University'sCollege of Architecture andDesign. Here he shows hismother one of his designs.

"Fred", who works in Pro-duction Planning, lives withhis family at 1346 Geddes.

Henryk Wirszyllo, his wife,Halina, and her brother, GeorgeTurkull, who is a law student at theUniversity. They live at 216 N.State. Henryk is employed in Re-ceiving Inspection.

To teach newcomers how to mread and speak English fluent-ly is the purpose of this advan-ced c l a s s , attended by MariaPiatkowski and Henryk Wirszyl-lo. Mrs. Knowlton, class in-structor, explains the evening'slesson.

— Anniversaries—

Ro be r t IsaacsonStandards15 years

Shirley TaylorReceiving Inspection

10 years

Nina WalterhouseMachine Shop

10 years

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Suggestors Earn

$246.28 in AwardsSuggestion awards for the last

three weeks in O c t o b e r totalled$246. 28, with 22 persons earning ashare of it.

Largest amount--$36. 28--went toWinton Hansen, of Government Opti-cal Assembly, for a motion-savingfixture that can be used on the pre-sent M-19 scope as well as the re-designed one.

Twenty dollars was awarded toVolney Vorce, of the Punch Pressroom, for suggesting that the loca-tion of the tripod nut and hole onthe C-4 be changed to help preventcracking during the staking opera-tion.

Ten dollars, awarded for ideasranging from a labor-saving twin-tool holder and a method for hold-ing lens on inlay tools in blockingto a system for synchronizing timeclocks, were presented to:

Charles Cole, Stanley Ruff in, JimBarkley, Mary Azary, Wayne Pred-more, and Walter Hubbard, of Govt.Optical Assembly; Bill Betke, Ma-chine Shop; Frank Skoman, ErnestAberle, and Bill Fike, Tool Room;Emil Johnson, Maintenance; EddieSayer, Factory Supply Room; ElroyAbeldt, Glass Salvage; Phil Fedor-uk, Paint Shop; Jerry Patterson,P r o d u c t i o n Planning; and DonnaBroderick, Purchasing.

Beth Bennett, Accounting, OrvielHarrison, Planning, Pat Daugherty,Personnel, and BeaFrisinger, Govt.Assembly received $5 awards.

SnvedtorA Uour cArg,uAWith the Argus "Bull and Bears"

acting as hosts and guides, approxi-mately 100 investors from Wayne andWashtenaw counties visited Argus andtoured both plants.

Most of the investors owned stockin Argus as members of investmentgroups, and were taking this oppor-tunity to visit their "growth firm. "

After talks by Joe Detweiler and BobLewis, it was agreed to form a Wash-tenaw County Council of the NationalAssociation of Investment Clubs.

Bill Brookmyer and Art Parker,Jr. were selected to represent Arguson the Council.

Wiles Converse Directs Group Through Plant

Art Parker,Jr. Explains Punch Press "Where Do We Go?" Wonders Jack Fyfe

Breeding Tropical Fish for Fun and Profit •- by Eddie SayerI began my hobby of breeding

tropical fish at the suggestion ofmy nephew, Bill Martin, of Ser-vice, and soon became just as en-thusiastic as anyone who takes upthe hobby is.

By a stroke ofgood fortune, apair of my angelfish spawned- -quite an achieve-ment since themating of thisspecies is veryunpredictable. Ina short time, I An&el F i sh

was r a i s ing angel fish by the thou-sands and selling to the local aq-uarium store.

In the three years I have enjoyedthe hobby, I have raised Bettas(bred by the Siamese as fighting fishin much the same manner as gamecocks), Gouramis, Angels, Para-dise Fish, Black Mollies, Guppies,Swordtails, Platys and Cupanus.

Breeding tropical fish is a very

enjoyable and interesting hobby inwhich a whole family group can par-ticipate. Breeding of the live bear-ers is a wonderful way for a childto understand some of the questionsof life, and a try at breeding thebubble nest builders and the cich-lids, all egg layers, is a challengeto anyone in a quest for somethinginteresting and enjoyable as a hob-by. A start can be made for verylittle cash outlay.

The hobby is not without somefaults, however, and an understand-ing wife is a requisite to any ad-venture on the scale I was once op-

erating--having 11 tanks, rangingin size from 5 gallons to 50 gallonsin a three-room apartment.

Betta Gour

Eddie Sayer with Tropical Tanks

--All photos taken by Eddie Sayer with Model E

Argoflex and flood lamps.

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cAndiy,

Nothing like a potful of questions to keep Andy on histoes--and that's just what I got last month!

Turned the first one on raw stock quality right overto the quality control experts. Let's see what they cando about it.Favoritism

I called Chuck Myers' attention to the trouble spot inDept. 10 nights. He's checking into it. Favoritism,especially when it involves relatives, is nasty to con-trol. Personnel tries not to place a relative of a su-pervisor in his department. If it can't be helped, thetwo are normally put on different shifts.

Any kind of favoritism from a supervisor strictlyagainst company policy. One supervisor was dischargedbecause of it.Retiming in the Paint Shop

Seems to be two parts to the question from the PaintShop. Here's the first:

"I thought the company policy was that there had tobe a method change in a job before it could be retimed. "

Brinkerhoff and Jim Thompson answered that by say-ing that changes in process are considered to be chan-ges in m e t h o d . A process in the Paint Shop in-cludes buffing, sanding and spray painting, so that anychanges in those operations create changes in standardtime and require retiming.

The rest of the question has been discussed with RalphParsons. This same problem came up at the last em-ployee meeting, with Brinkerhoff and Bob Lewis doing

the checking. Another meeting is scheduled for Dec.1. That would be a good time to have it reviewed.Air Raid Precautions

What to do and where to go in case of an air raid aswell as fire, is the question from Jane Maulbetsch, ofSales. We've been working on that problem for twoyears with our local Civil Defense group.

Basically, we need a trained crew on hand to showpeople where to go and what to do. Work is being doneright now to organize such a group.

Like most U.S. industries, we don't have protectionhere in the plant against an atomic blast. However,booklets are being sent to us by the company that tellhow to protect ourselves both at home and on the jobin the event of an atomic explosion.Room Heat During Hot Spells

Sales and Accounting had good reason to complain a-bout the heat in their departments during the unusualOctober hot spell. I've turned the question over to ClintHarris to see if he can figure out a solution.

When a hot spell follows colder weather, especiallyin late fall and early spring, there's still steam in thepipes. Even though radiators are turned off, the heatcontinues.Exempt Employes, Tardiness and Absenteeism

"Dear Andy: I don't mind being checked on one bit,but what is good for one is good for another. Whydon't you start keeping records on tardiness and ab-senteeism for exempt employes?" f

Employes are exempt because of their special r e -sponsibilities. One of these responsibilities is to seta good example. Supervisors have been and will con-tinue to be called down for tardiness, absenteeism, orfor taking too long on rest periods.

If you have a specific case in mind, stop Brinkerhoffone of these days, and ask him about it.

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Friendy Crysler, of the T o o lRoom, has a new grandchild--San-dra Jeanette Leith. She was bornSept. 24, weighing 8 lbs.

c4rg.uA SmallBill and Carol Houck are the par-

ents of a baby girl, born Sept. 5.Her name is Julie Kay, and herproud papa works in Service.

The newest little Argusite in theDept. 22 f a m i l y is Vicki AnneSwegles, daughter of Fred and Shir-ley Swegles. She was born Sept.2, weighing 8 lbs. 6 oz.

Dennis Junod, 14-months-old sonof Mary and Bruce Junod, has aplaymate now. A brother, WilliamHughes, arrived Oct. 7, weighing7 lbs. 12 oz. Bruce works in theMachine Shop nights.

Placed*

Daria Jeanne is the name of thenew addition to the John Wood home.She arrived Sept. .10, weighing 9lbs. 1 oz.

Her dad, of Polishing, is a part-time student at the University wherehe is studying for his master 's de-gree.

Raymond Wayne is the newcomerto the Loy household. He was bornOctober 13, weighing 5 lbs. 7 oz.His dad is Wayne Loy, of the Ma-chine Shop.

Sharan Lynn is the name of thenewcomer to the Auten family. Thefirst child for Bill, of Lens Grind-ing and Marguerite, she was bornSept. 19 at 7-1/2 lbs.

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Eleanor and Hall Logan announcethe arrival of their first born--KarenAnn, who pu t in her appearanceSept, 24.

Earlier this year, Eleanor ser -ved as Erhart Schlenker's secre-tary. Eleanor, Hall, and KarenAnn are now making their home at911 14th Ave. , Lewiston, Idaho.

Bob and Shirley Gramprie are theproud parents of a brand new 6 lbs.8 oz. son--James Robert, bornOct. 1. Three-year-old Cherie Sueis the baby's big sister. Daddyworks in the Engineering DraftingRoom.

Waiting for a ride is four-months-old Angela Lee Abeldt, with hermother, Dolores. Her dad is ElroyAbeldt, of Inspection.

The c u t e little miss above isKathy Lynn Korte, just turned sixmonths old. Her mom is MarilynKorte, of Lens Cleaning.

Jim and Evelyn Meldrum beat the"Argus Eyes" deadline with a 9 lb.7 oz. baby boy, born Oct. 16. Hisname is William Scott, and he hasa brother, Richard, 7. His dadworks in Engineering.

Several Mundred £n/otf Malloween Zbance

Irene DickBrocknohn Marran

Bernice VictorBlackmer Devlin

MarianHaas

HectorHaas

PeggyGirvan

' 'Dutch"Engelhardt

Lee Art Pat ArtSherman Selent Navarre Uanner

Mrs.Wiederhoft

LeoWiederhoft

Jerry Dolores Ben Gladys AndyCriss Helzerman Kimura Kimura Pack(

Ralph ConnieCutlerv Ganzhorn

Clara Helm MvraMacrhersen

BillDoyle

Frank Lila and Bill Mary and ArnieWallen Ostrander Justice

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Ypsilanti was the scene of the after-noon ceremony, July 11, unitingSandra J. Sprague, inspector on theC3 line, and Billy W. Price, for-merly of the Machine Shop, nightshift.

Following the wedding the coupleleft for a week's trip through Ken-tucky. They are now living at 1274Ridge Rd. , Ypsilanti.

Parents of the couple are Mr.and Mrs. Donald Sprague and Mr.and Mrs. Bob Price, all of Ypsi-lanti.

Billy is now employed by the Ypsi-lanti Savings Bank.

Argus CoupleMarry in Angola

At a ceremony performed Septem-ber 5, in the Congregational Cha-pel, Angola, Ind. , Shirley Kullman,of the Blueprint Room, and JackCummings, of Production Engineer-ing, were united in marriage.

Shirley is the daughter of Mr. andMrs. R u s s e l l E. Graham, AnnArbor. Jack is the son of Mr. andMrs. Edward M. Cummings of Tra-verse City.

The couple's honeymoon trip tookthem to Northern Michigan. Theyare now making their home at 1110Prospect St. , Ann Arbor.

John Kokinakes Weds;To Live in Georgia

Pvt. John Kokinakes, who workedin Camera Assembly before enter-i ng military service, took NancyTervo as his bride in the Presby-terian Chapel, Angola, Ind.

They were married September 8,and will live at Camp Gordon, Ga.until Johnfs discharge in August.

The bride is the daughter of Mrs.Ila Tervo, of Ann Arbor, and Wil-liam Tervo, of Manchester. Johnis the son of Mr. and Mrs. AndrewKokinakes, of Ann Arbor. His fa-ther works in Production Planning.

Mr. & Mrs. Frank WallenMake Home in Grass LakeNewly-weds Frank and Mabel Wal-

len are making their home in GrassLake, Michigan. They were mar-ried Sept. 5 in Angola, Ind.

Frank, the son of Mr. and Mrs.Burton Wallen, of Grass Lake, isemployed in the Machine Shop, nightshift.

His bride is the former MabelStilton, daughter of Mrs. BerthaHall, of Kentucky.

Wedding, J&elld

Mr. and Mrs. William Klave

William fClaue KnlledImogene Flint, of Optical Assem-

bly became the bride of WilliamKlave, Government Optical Assem-bly on Saturday, October 3, in Gali-leon Baptist Church, Portage Lake.

Imogene is the daughter of Mr.and M r s . F. E. Summers, AnnArbor. Bill's parents are Mr. andMrs. N. H. Klave, Pinckney,

Following a wedding trip throughNorthern Michigan, the newly wedsare making their home at 9727 Por-tage Lake Ave. , Pinckney.

Dick Savery TakesMiss Gauss as Bride

Richard Savery, who works in theDrafting Room of Engineering, tookSandra Gauss as his bride in An-gola, Ind., July 25.

Dick is the son of Mr. and Mrs.Roland B. Savery of Detroit. Hisbride's parents are Mr. and Mrs.Paul B. Gauss of Ann Arbor. San-dra is employed by the MichiganBell Telephone Co.

The young couple resides at 322Mulholland St. , Ann Arbor.

Became*M>U.Frances Riggs, of Service, be-

came the bride of Hubert Vining ofBattle Creek, in the Little Chapelof the Garden, Angola, Ind.

The wedding took place Wednes-day, October 14, and was followedby a short tour of the South.

Frances is the daughter of Mrs.Ethel Riggs, of Ann Arbor. Herhusband is employed by the EatonManufacturing Co. of Battle Creek.

The new couple will make theirhome at 408 E. Washington, AnnArbor.

Vows Exchanged ByOnah Beck - John SteppJohn L. Stepp, son of Mrs. Eliza-

beth Stepp, Ann Arbor, took OnahV. Beck, of Camera Assembly, ashis bride Saturday, September 12.

Onah is the daughter of Mr. andMrs. Edward Beck, Ann Arbor.

The ceremony was performed byRev. D. Wayne Brown, of PilgrimHoliness Church.

Onah and John are making theirhome at 531 Third St. , Ann Arbor,following a week's trip to NiagaraFalls aud New York City.

Carmela WhiteWeds Darrell Sheetz

A honeymoon in Northern Michi-gan followed the marriage of Car-mela ("Terry") White, of Depart-ment 22 to Darrell Sheetz.

Terry is the daughter of Mrs.Angelino Aquelino of Washington,D. C. Her husband is the son ofMr. and Mrs. LeRoy F. Sheetz, ofAnn Arbor.

The couple was united August 29in St. Thomas Church, Ann Arbor.

They are now living at 917 MinerSt. , Ann Arbor.

Joan Conrad Become* BiideJoan Conrad, of Accounting, and Paul

Myers, of the Engineering Drafting Roomexchanged wedding vows August 28, atthe bride's home, 4207 Dexter Rd. , AnnArbor.

Rev. Ralph B. Piper, of Zion Luther-an Church, performed the ceremony.

Paul is the son of Mrs. Amanda Myersof Ann Arbor. Joan's parents are Mr.and Mrs. D. C. Bromley, of Ann Arbor.

After a wedding trip through Minne-sota, Wisconsin, and Northern Michigan,they are making their home at 818 S.Main St. , Ann Arbor.

Mrs. Paul Myers

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A question from Optical Assem-bly empties the kitty for this month:

"Why can't the girls in Plant II,Dept. 20, leave the department at3:25, get their coats from the up-stairs restroom and return to punchout? As it is now, we have to waituntil 3:30, go up after our coats, thenpunch out. Makes our rides wait forus and causes a lot of confusion. "

Our operating policy calls for aneight-hour day. We don't have apolicy providing for wash-up time,since inconveniences o r extremedirt on a job are compensated forin base rates.MWhy Wear Hair Nets?"

Mary Lou Anderson, Bob Lewis'secretary, has been doing quite abit of research for me on why girlsin the Machine Shop should have towear hair nets. The question cameup two months ago, and we've beentrying to get the answer ever since.

During the last war, when womenfirst started to operate: heavierequipment, many were l i t e r a l l ysnatched bald by the machines forno apparent reason. Today they'rewearing toupees.

General E l e c t r i c and A l l i s -Chalmers looked into the problemthoroughly. They found out thatpunch presses and other machineswith rotating and twisting motionswill set up twisting, sucking cur-rents in the air.

One loose strand of hair will besucked toward the machine by therotating air current. The twistingwill pick up other strands of hairand braid them with the original.Finally a whole#hank is braided andsucked into the machine with suchforce and speed that a part of thescalp goes with it.

Not a very pretty picture, butreason enough for the nets!

Art Parker, J r . tells me that therest of the questions raised at thattime have been turned in as sug-gestions and are being acted upon.

I've been mighty busy these dayswith a lot of other people, trackingdown questions from the employemeeting. Bob Lewis has many ofthe answers this month.

That's all for now. See you atthe company dinner!

ANDY

Meeting

Tuesday,Dec. 13:30 p.m.-Cafeteria

Bring your questions--get theanswers from Bob Lewis overcoffee and doughnuts.

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Jimmy Barker with Prize Box and Awards

A special display case forthe C4 camera, designed byA r t Di^ctor C h a r l e s A.(Jimmy) Barker, walked offwith the grand prize and allthree first places in the Na-t i o n a l Box Manufacturers'Competition, held in Bostonrecently.

The outside covering of thewinning case is black grainedleather, with "Argus C4" in-scribed at the top in gold.The inside of the top lid iswhite corded silk, with a mir-ror covering the entire backof it.

Besides the best of showaward, the box was cited asbest display container, mostingenuity of construction, andbest in performance.

N i n e t e e n hundred boxeswere entered in the compe-tition.

SERVICE NOTESMarvin Pratt CompletesA&E Mechanics SchoolMarvin F. Pratt has just com-

pleted a school for aircraft and en-gines mechanics at Amarillo (Tex.)Air Force Base, and is now sta-tioned at Elgin (Fla.) Air ForceBase.

Before leaving for Florida lastmonth, he spent part of a 15-dayfurlough visiting his friends at Ar-gus. Currently on military leavefrom Argus, he is employed in Dept.22.

Bob Onago ReportsUse of Spotting ScopeRobert W. Onago, on military

leave from the Shipping Dept. , r e -ports that Argus spotting scopes areused at Fort Knox, Ky. for sight-ing targets.

Bob, an Army private, is sta-tioned at Fort Knox as an instruc-tor in the use of 50-caliber machineguns and M-l rifles.

He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.Gerdes Onago, 2857 Packard.

Pat O'Hare Will BeHome for Christmas

John Patrick O'Hare, elder sonof R u t h (Camera Assembly) andDennis (Planning) put in a long dis-tance call from Japan last monthto tell his parents he would be homefor Christmas.

Pat has been overseas since Feb-ruary, 1952. He is now stationedon the island of Hokkaido, Japan.

Bill Wetzel, Jr. VisitsPlant On Leave

Bill Wetzel, J r . , recently onleave from the Army for 10 days,stopped in to say "hello" to h i smany friends at Argus. On leavefrom Argus while he is in service,Bill works in the Standards Dept.He is the son of Bill Wetzel, Sr.of the Engineering Model Shop.

Bill, J r . , is now scheduled to goto Fort Knox for additional training.

Airman Jerry StauchTo Be In Alaska

Jerry Stauch, on furlough fromthe Air Force until Nov. 19, willleave at that time for Alaska. Whilehome, he visited his many friendsin C a m e r a Assembly where heworks. His mother is Agnes Cobb,of the Blueprint Room.

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Tales from theWoods

Al Terry, of the ToolRoom has a new version of the

"one that got away".A pretty good shot with the bow

and arrow, Al spent a few days re -cently hunting deer in the Lewistonarea. One of his arrows found itsmark in the head of a large deer.The deer took one look at Al, s tar-ted running in the opposite direc-tion, and hasn't been seen since.To top it off, Al got lost trying totrack him down!

Other bow and arrow hunters havebeen making the weekend trek northfor deer - - Carl Rothfuss, FrankRadde, and Bill Frakes, of Dept.22, Jim Sieloff, of Planning, andHarold Thompson, of Inventory Con-trol.

Charles Gray Bags DeerWith Bow and ArrowOne of the first deer to be bag-

ged by an Ann Arbor archer was theprize of Charles Gray, son of Wil-mot Gray, Sales.

Charles caught his deer--a 70 to80 lb. buck--with his first arrowon the third day of the archery sea-son. He was hunting with friendsnear Gaylord, Mich.

He also received a $10 prize forreporting the first deer shot on alicense b o u g h t at Smith SportingGoods.

A.M.B.9A Battle taa/ Baud&ii

by Lee ShermanAt the close of the sixth week of

play, the grueling battle for firstplace between the A. M. S. I. fs andthe Night Crawlers has kept itssteady pace.

Ken Hubbell's A. M. S. I. fs are cur-rently in the lead with a score ofeighteen points won, and six lost.Close on their heels with seventeenwon and seven lost are Harold Nabband his Night Crawlers who held thetop spot themselves just a few weeksago.

Tom Mitchell of the A. M.S. I . ' shas wrested the high single andseries honors from George Spon-augle with a well-rolled single gameof 251 and a three-game series of658.

Although the Grinders are in lastplace, they are Mred hot" now andare expected to give the others somemighty stiff competition. They holda high team game of 1013, and thehigh team three-game series of 2830.

Sport J (Reviewby Babe Peterson

BOWLINGCaptain Glen Alt's Planning

team has dominated the playduring the early weeks of thebowling season, and has takenover the league leadership.

The Planners started outin sensational style winningeighteen out of the first twentypoints. Even the strong Qual-ity C o n t r o l entry f e l t thesting of the leader's whiplash when they crossed alleys in a recent match.The very well balanced front running outfit easily won the first two gamesand had built up a big enough margin to assure them of the total pin point.The challengers were able to salvage the last game, but the defeat was abitter one.

"Big Tom" Knight, Joe Jarosyzk, Russ Conley, and Ted Adams have allgiven outstanding performances to help Glen in his bid to keep his team inthe top spot.THIRSTY FIVE CHALLENGE FOR TROPHY

Jack Cummings1 "Thirsty Five" have remained thirsty and have concen-trated in pin spilling to move into the runner-up spot only two points awayfrom the leaders. There is little doubt but what this revitalized team is themost improved entry in the league this year. The thirsty ones went alongfor the ride in last year 's title chase, but seem to have decided this year tomake a determined effort to walk off with the bowling trophy.

Bill Allan, Ed Selent, Les Schwanbeck, and Dick Leggett round out theroster of this formidable aggregation.T-GROUP SHOWS SURPRISING IMPROVEMENT

Captain Lea Stapleton and his "TM Assembly group are looming up as adefinite dark-horse entry. Not considered in the pre-season dope as any-thing but an also-ran, this team dropped their first eight points and seemedheaded for a battle to stay out of the cellar.

Starting with the third week, however, Lea must have given his membersa pep talk, because at this time they are the hottest thing in the league.They have swept to sixteen points in a row, and have now moved up to thethird spot only three games off the pace. In the early stages of the race,the brunt of the attack was carried by Joe Werner, but Capt. Stapleton, DaveTrail, Jim Miatech, and especially Jack Burkhart have been showing rapidimprovement during their meteoric rise to nearly the top of the standings.KAUFMAN'S GREEN HORNETS SHOW STRONG POWER

Ken Kaufman's "Green Hornets" have also been very much in the pictureduring these early weeks, and have given indication of having the power togo all the way this year. Most of the team's attack has been centered inthe person of Howie Schwictenberg, who is enjoying the best season of hiscareer (those jack-pots are coming quite regularly). Team-mate Mel Bahn-miller has not yet hit his stride, but is certain to find the groove soon.When this one-two punch begins to function, the Hornets will be exceedinglytough to beat./iARD TIMES HELP NORM EGELER SET RECORD

To date there have been no highs set in single games or in the high seriesdepartment, but a low for a single game has been set that should stand thetest of time.

Norm Egeler of last year 's championship Paint Shop team had every con-ceivable kind of trouble in a recent match, and wound up with a total of 47pins for his efforts. This is the lowest total for a single game that has beenrolled since the Argus Bowling League was first established twelve yearsago.

Needless to say, this is one mark that no members of the league will begunning for!

Hunters!The woods are especially dry now. Help prevent forestfires by making sure that every match, cigarette, andfire you light is out before you leave it.

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(cont. from page 4)Hometown Visitors

Roy Craik, of Accounting, andhis family have just returned froma week's vacation in Buffalo, wherethey visited Roy's folks.

Myron Rockman, of Timekeeping,and his wife, Aggie spent the weekof October 12 at Mosinee, Wise. ,their home town.

Goodbye JoyceJoyce Gannon, of Inventory Con-

trol, left Oct. 15 to live in Virginiawith her sister. Betty Becker istaking her place.

Coming Along Fine •Progressing well after an attack •

of polio, Sept. 1, is Dickie Fox, •nine-year-old son of Marian Fox, \of Purchasing. Dickie was able to «return to school three weeks ago. i

Onah HonoredA week before her Sept. 12 wed-

ding to John Stepp, Onah Beck, ofCamera Assembly, was honored witha shower at the new home of GerryOtts.

A large representation of ArgusMasons were present at the initia-tion of Bob Lundquist, of Account-ing, into the mysteries of Masonryat Ann Arbor Lodge #544 F & AMon Wednesday evening, Oct. 14.

The entire program was conductedby Argus Masons, including the fil-ling of all chairs during the initia-tion ceremony.

Plans are underway to organizea Square Club of Argus Masons.All persons interested are asked tocontact Bill McCrie, Tabulating.

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THE F-M SWITCHWhat to do with the F-M switch seems to be confusing to the average camera

owner. (Two Argus cameras—the C4 and "21"--are provided with the switch.) Forthe person who does not want a long explanation, the solution is this: Set the switchon F and use a shutter speed of 1/25 of a second. All flash bulbs will be synchro-nized at that speed.

For those who would like to use the many advantages of the F-M switch, thisexplanation may help:

There are two types of bulbs available to the amateur--the F type and the M type.Only two bulbs are F type--the SM and the SF, and both have the same characteristics .All other bulbs--5, 5B, 11, 40, Bantam, etc.—are M type.

Since this is better explained in milliseconds, it is important to know what a milli-second is. One millisecond is one one-thousandths part of a second. So, ten milli-seconds or 10/1000 is 1/100 second (in fractions). If you want to find how manymilliseconds are in a particular shutter speed, multiply 1000 by the speed in factions.For 1/50 second shutter speed (1000 x 1/50), the answer would be 20 milliseconds.

F-type bulbs reach full brightness 5 milliseconds after electrical contact is made.With the F-M switch on F, the electrical contact is made just as the shutter starts toopen. The diagram below, which omits some factors, may help explain what happenswhen you trip the shutter with the button at F.

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At 1/200 I At 1/100(5 ma.)(10 ms.)Shutter ShutterClosed Closed

From this you can see that at the two speeds shown and any slower speed, theshutter will be open when the light is on.

M-type bulbs reach full brightness 20 milliseconds after electrical contact is made.With the F-M switch on M, the electrical contact is made approximately 16 millisecondsbefore the shutter opens. This second diagram shows what happens with the button at M.

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As you can see, the "time delay" between electrical contact and shutter opening isarranged to give you an open shutter when the bulb is bright.

Let's suppose that we left the switch on M, put an F-type bulb in the gun, and setthe shutter speed at any speed. Contact would be made; the F bulb would reach fullbrightness at 5ms. and would be burned out by 10 ms. But the shutter would still beclosed, and so no picture.

On the other hand, if we left the switch on F, put an M-type bulb in the gun, andset the shutter at a speed faster than 1/25, the contact would be made, the shutterwould open at approximately the same time. At 1/100 second, the shutter would closeat 10ms.--but the bulb would just be starting to light up, and again no picture.

At 1/25 second, the shutter would close at 40ms. and by that time the bulb wouldhave reached full peak and you would get a picture.

Other factors in the performance of both bulbs and camera have a bearing on thisproblem, but it would be impossible to cover them all here. If you have a further ques-tion concerning the F-M switch, please get in touch with Eddie Girvan.