Frolic, Fiesta, Foolishness — Viva Barbecue!

Photos l>\ C. Kfesling and R. }\ Oodu-ard

Shots at random — The Barbecue, Verdugo Park, Glendale

The Verdugo Park barbecue proved a red-letter event forLibrascope gourmets. According to Charles Snell, the Libra-

. %AHp rnrrRsnnndpTif nr| duty af fbp park, fbp barbecue broughtforth some of the finest food the group had tasted in a longtime.

His report of the party, illustrated by the fun-filled mont-age of pictures on this page is as follows:

"The day was exactly right forthe barbecue, not cool, not hot. Thepark was clean and an easy drivefor most everyone.

"Around noon, people began toget hungry and wonder about therumor that Johnny Buckens' horseSally, was actually being prepared.(Rumor had it that Sally had dis-appeared under mysterious cir-cumstances the day before.)

"However, the pit was finallyand dramatically opened with acloud of fragrant steam whichtantalized the nostrils of half ofthe people in Glendale. The serv-ing crew took one look at thosedelicious, steaming hunks of meatand promptly threw away theirknives. And that sauce! Mmmm,way up on Cloud Nine!

"By the way, let's give threecheers to the people who workedSaturday, Saturday night (theystayed right there on the job) andSunday morning to prepare thattasty meal.

"Johnny Buckens, who not onlysold tickets, ran errands, workednight and day, and gave con-tinued moral support to those whoworked with him, certainly de-serves a lot of credit and was real-ly appreciated.

"Wasn't that some ball game?That night crew certainly learnedwho can take their challenge andmake them eat their words. Theywere soundly spanked: 17 to 7, bythe day crew team. Tough gamefor you nighter's, eh! (No fooling,we Precisioneers have two of thebest teams in their respectiveleagues.)

"AH present hope that nextyear's barbecue can be as enjoy-able and successful as this onewas.

"Incidentally, credit should begiven to those who helped in pre-paration and serving and theclean-up that followed the bar-becue. This hardy crew includedLyle McDonald and family, MacMayclin and family, Carl Culver,Jeanette Calley, Don Cady, JackNelson, Russ Ericson, Bob Jewett,and Johnny Delle Fave."

(E d i t o r 's n o t e: Incidentally,Charlie, did you ever locate thatsixteen-year-old nag-, Sally?)

Details of the festivity enjoyedby the membership of the Li-

TraVet's ar their "annual paftjTwere unavailable at Librazettepress-time. Complete coveragewill be chronicled in the Julyissue.

West German RebirthReported By President

At a recent Operating Committee meeting, PresidentLewis Imm outlined some of the impressions he received on abusiness trip to Europe. The purpose of Mr. Imm's trip was toattend the Hanover Fair, an industrial show held annually at

Deadline for the July, 1954, issueof the Librazette: June 28.

Hanover, Germany.The Fair draws attendance from

all over the world, and is instru-mental in creating markets forWest Germany's industrial prod-ucts.

"One of the most impressivethings," said Mr. Imm, "was thetremendous industrial progressthat has been made in West Ger-many since the end of World WarII. There is a will to work and apride in accomplishment that hasenabled West Germany to achievean amazing industrial renascencesince the days of 1945 when mostfacilities were completely bombedout and machines and equipmentwere at almost zero level.

"With example and assistance inestablishing a strong democratictype of government, the spirit ofthe West Germans should enablecontinued growth without fear ofthe false doctrines of Nazi-ism be-ing rekindled," said Mr. Imm.

Mr. Imm also felt that West Ger-mans were strong in their feelingfor America. They admire our wayof doing things and are striving toemulate our standards of living.There is a strong home buildingprogram, and good competitiveprograms in the fields of appli-ances, clothing, etc.

"Many of the things that havec h a r a c t e r i z e d Librascope'sgrowth," said Mr. Imm, "can befound in the progress which WestGermany has made for herself,since the end of World War II.There has been a strong determin-ation and willingness to tackle theproblems at hand."

Mr. Imm was interested in thefact that apparently West Ger-many is more concerned with theunderstanding and technical assist-ance of the United States than sheis in direct financial ai'd.

"It is an encouraging sign," saidMr. Imm, "when a people such asWest Germany can, in so short atime, emerge from the rubble ofbombed building and Hitler's falseteachings, to take a position withthe democratic nations of theworld."

Attendance HighFor Special Courses

During the past several monthstraining courses have been con-ducted f o r employees duringworking hours. Several electronictechnicians and engineers receiv-ed a twelve-hour course on mag-netic amplifiers from Hal Hamil-ton, Frank Hill, Joe Fingerett, andBob Davis, all of electronics.

Twenty adjustment and assem-bly employees attended a ten-hourcourse covering the principles ofoperation of the various sectionsof the Mark 5 computer. Roy"Skip" Case c o n d u c t e d theseclasses which are being supple-mented with on-the-job instruc-tion.

Stork ClubVirginia DeLaVega, production

control—GirlMark Goldwater, electronics—

BoyIvan Franklin, machine mainte-

nance—GirlPat Lombardi, toolroom—BoyHoward Miller, production con-

trol—BoyJay Merkel, engineering—BoyChuck Baumgard, engineering

—Girl

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Volume Z, Issue 6 June, 1954

Link Aviation WelcomedTo GPE Industrial Group

General Precision Equipment Corporation has done itagain, adding still another well-known industry to the familyof which we at Librascope are proud of being a part. LinkAviation, Incorporated of Binghamton, N. Y., is GPE's latestaquisition.

Most of us know Link as thedesigner and builder of trainingdevices used for aviation flight,instrument, and navigational in-struction. No doubt many of ouremployees who were in wartimeflying service have used the stand-ard Link trainer while earningtheir wings.

Probably not all of us know theorigin of the Link Company norhow the trainer came upon thescene. If we could turn the calen-dar back 20 to 25 years we wouldfind a small firm, the Link PianoCompany, occupying a small WaterStreet building in Binghamton.Here the Link family were busilyengaged in building pipe organsand cutting of music rolls for au-tomatic player pianos.

Edwin A. Link, then a veryyoung man, became engrossed inthe field of aviation. It was onlya natural to dream up a connec-tion between an organ bellowsand some kind of small boxlikecompartment to simulate an air-plane cockpit, tying the two to-gether so that air being forcedinto the bellows attached to thecockpit would cause it to pitch ina more or less realistic fashion,comparable to air flight in a smallplane. Providing a set of cockpitcontrols, it was possible by fol-lowing usual stick and rudder

silver anniversary with aviationcircles, employs 2,300 people.

Other firms under the G P Ewing are Ampro Corp., AskaniaRegulator Co., Simplex Corp.,General Precision Laboratories,National Simplex Budworth Co.,J. E. McAuley Manufacturing Co.,International Projector Co., StrongElectric Corp., Hertner ElectricCo. and Kearfott Co.

These brother firms and Libra-scope Incorporated warmly wel-come Link Aviation Corporation toour midst, a great name in goodcompany!

-movements- to-—ma"flight" in the trainer.

From that day to this, Link hasliterally revolutionized aviationground training. The trainer isstandard with armed forces andcivilian training programs alike.

Affiliation of Link with ourG P E family is expected to resultin expansion of the BinghamtonLink operations. Link, now in its

Librasports SetMonthly Meetings

The Librascope Chess a n dChecker Club has been expandedto include participants in tabletennis and badminton and reor-ganized under the name, "Libra-sports". The first meeting of theLibrasports was held May 11 atthe 1111 Olive Street RecreationalCenter, Burbank, where all of theclub meetings will be held.

Invitations have been extendedto all employees interested in theabove games to join the organiza-tion whose primary purpose is to

tevel ----- eonduct a- -o\Tory-gee—ond Tuesday of each month.

Medals will be awarded everymonth to the leader in each sport.When anyone accumulates sixmedals they may be exchanged fora trophy.

The next meeting of the Libra-sports will be held at the OliveStreet Recreation Center on July13 from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m.

Proof Positive

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THE THREE STALWART fishermen, above, with their prize-winninghalibut, were top respresentatives of the Librascope deep sea expeditionFrom left, they are G. Anderson, dust free room, with a 13-pounder; C.Miller, engineering, his nine-pounder, and W. Lewis, inspection, six-pounder. Winners, and their booty, were: G. Anderson, largest fish, Mon-tague glass rod and surf master reel; T. Netterfield, most fish, glass rodand Ocean City reel; C. Miller, second largest fish, tackle box; and C.Doolittle, ye olde boobie prize for the smallest fish, a Penn reel. Althoughsmall craft storm-warnings were up, and the luck wasn't too good, allmembers of the sea safari are looking forward to the next trip, July 11.Boys aboard the "Skip-a-Lou" have received a rain check for a latertrip as the craft's engine had considerable trouble. Congratulations toBuster McKinney for his expert mechanical help in repairing the stalledboat.

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Not Every Loan The Model Shop-Its Major Role In Instrument Development!Needs Co-Signer

(The following information onthe operation and policies of theLibrascope Credit Union is in-cluded for the assistance of thoseemployees who are consideringthe possibility of securing loans).

Not all Credit Union loans re-quire co-signers. In fact, if youhave been employed at Librascopefor the past few years, and yourloan is for less than $500, a co-signer may not be required.

Each loan application is re-viewed by the credit committee,and where insufficient collateralto guarantee payment is available,the committee may require a co-signer. However, there is no rulethat requires a co-signer for eachloan.

The credit committee supervisesall loans to members. Applicationsfor loans are made in writing andmust tell the purpose of the loan,security offered, and any otherdata required. The credit com-mittee meets at regular intervalsto consider loan applications.

THESE PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHS, by staff photographer LeeDuggan, serve to illustrate the exceedingly wide variety of machines andinstruments required and used by personnel of the Librascope ModelShop, this month's featured department. At the present time, the ModelShop is divided into two sections: mechanical and wiring assembly, jobstock, and office in one location, and the machine shop in the other.

Accidents have seasons! It hasbeen proven to be a fact that in-dustry can count on having an in-crease in its accident rate duringsummer and early fall. Perhapsthis is due to summer vacationperiod letdown, fatigue, or theheat, but—whatever the cause—let's all remember to try and beeven more safety conscious thanwe normally are. Remember: youonly have to slip once! Let's makeit Safety First, Last, and Always!

(In order to better acquaint all employees of the laws,management, and objectives of "The Precisioneers", the Libra-zette is herewith printing the constitution of this group, theLibrascope employees organization.)

CONSTITUTIONOF

THE LIBRASCOPES EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATIONARTICLE I

Name and ObjectsSection 1 The name of this organization shall be "The Precisioneers".Section 2 The object of the association is to foster and direct recre-

ational and social activities for and in accordance with thedesires of the employees. It is a voluntary organization ofthe employees.

ARTICLE IISection 1 All employees of Librascope are members after passing their

initial probation period.ARTICLE IIIManagement

Section 1 The officers of the association shall be as follows and shallbe elected by a majority vote on the part of the employeeswho have passed their initial probation period.

PresidentVice-PresidentRecording Secretary

The above officers shall receive payment of $.08 per mileon business connected with the Precisioneers, and are alsoexcluded from payment of 5% charge on wholesale buying.

Section 2 An executive board consisting of four members shall beelected by a majority vote on the part of all employees whohave passed their initial probation period.The above officers shall receive payment of $.08 per mileon business connected with the Precisioneers', and are also'to be excluded from payment of 5% charge on wholesalebuying.

Section 3 The officers and Executive Board aforementioned will plan,direct and take full responsibility for staging social and ath-letic events. They may, as they see fit, appoint various pro-gram chairmen to carry out the projected plans.

Section 4 Disbursements shall not be made without 2/3 majority voteof officers and Executive Board, excepting those disburse-ments outlined in the By-Laws and in the case of emergencyat which time disbursement may be made upon a jointauthorizaiton of the President or Vice-President and twomembers of the Executive Board.All checks must be signed by the President, Vice-President.One member of Executive Board so designated, to sign incase of either President or Vice-President's absence.

ARTICLE IVElections

Section 1 Regular elections to be held annually in the first two weeksof December. New officers and Executive Board shall takeoffice as of the first of January of the following year.

Section 2 In the event of resignation, termination, etc. of the office ofthe President, the Vice-President shall fill the office and soforth down through the four elected officers. Emergencyofficers can be appointed by Executive Board. Until suchaction can be taken, the Executive Board will function asadministrators.

ARTICLE VMeetings

Section 1 Meetings of the Executive Board shall be held once a month,or when deemed necessary by the President.A majority of the Board members shall constitute a quorum.Board action shall require a majority vote.

ARTICLE VIAmendments

Section 1 This constitution may be amended by a 2/3 majority voteof the President, Vice-President and Executive Board mem-bers, provided notice of the proposed amendment be givento each officer at least one month prior to the taking of thevote.

ARTICLE VIIFunds

Section 1 Cancellation of club activity due to curtailment of companyactivity 100% will call for dissolution of the club bank ac-count. This dissolution will take effect as a social functionafter all debts are cleared.

Section 2 Funds to finance our organization wil Icome from thesesources primarily:(a) 5% of the gross canteen receipts,(b) all vending machines,(c) 5%of all wholesale sales not to exceed $10.00 with any

one purchase,(d) Raffles and company donations.

Section 3 The following disbursements are authorized:Employees only: Maximum

Wedding Gifts $10.00Birth Gifts 6.00

Immediate family or at discretionof Executive Board:Funeral Flowers 10.00

Major Sickness-RemembranceCards, Flowers, etc. 5.00

Carmen Parks gave a babyshower for Cesar Goldstein andwife, Ann. All the gals from themachine shop had a good timediscussing babies and admiringCarmen's new home.

We are sorry to say many ofour "Chickens" are on the sicklist this month. Blanche Stainesand Claire Meeker of receivingare undergoing surgery. VirginiaAndreason and Florence Swaine ofinspection are recuperating aftersurgery. Georgia Stukey has beenmissed from the burr bench. Hur-ry and get well, girls, we miss you.

Sadie Sushan was the guest ofhonor at a dinner at Rand's Round-up. The girls from receiving allhad a fine time celebrating herbirthday.

Wasn't that Lyle Kane spread-ing "the bull" on her new lawnover the holiday?

Lloyd Somerfield was very hap-pily surprised Friday night, May28, by a group of approximately55 Librascopians who had gottentogether for the celebration on his21st birthday (says he). Held at

Photo b\ C. TylersmitliSomerfield at play!

the Maribou Club in Eagle Rock,the party was such a success thateveryone forgot they had a homeand stayed past curfew time.

Charles Burgess, machine shop,is a newlywed, we understand. Isit true, Chuck?

Chicken Chatter wishes to wel-come back the following girls:Pam Crawford, Davie Henshaw,and Betty Meyer.

Tennis Fans PlanSummer Activity

With a June accent on athletics,another sports group is underwayamong the Precisioneers. Tennishas now been added to the inter-mural sports lineup, with a "sign-up and play at your own con-venience" program in progress.Plans are being made for an even-tual tennis tournament completewith trophies for the winners.

Enthusiasts are asked to con-tact Mac McColl, adjustment, HalHamilton or Jim Clarke, electro-nics, for enlistment in the tennistourney.

Already signed up for summercourt action are Warren Perrine,Jim Clarke, Hal Hamilton, BobDietrich, Doris N e w c . o m e r ,Charles Kleiner, Jack Klosterman,Frank Copple, Phil Goodrich, MacMcColl, George Metcalf, LarryMoore, and Jake Jacobs.

In every research and development program fact must beestablished. A new founded theory, or a basic principle withan applied theory, are nothing more until tested and provenwith a device peculiar to that particular field. Henc ethe proto-type model.

From the outset, research anddevelopment has played an in-creasingly important part in thegrowth of our company. The ModelShop Department acquired itsname in the making of the proto-type models. Due to the nature ofits functioning there are many op-erational factors common to boththe company as a whole and thissection as a department. It is notunusual for the section to schedulethe jobs. They do their OWB pro-duction controlling. They analyzemethods and tools for parts pro-duction. Many of the tools aremade here; and Model Shop in-spection of the machined parts isa certainty. This department couldwell be linked to the company asan elder son following in the foot-steps of the father.

Starting with but two or threepeople it has reached, includingthe swing shift, a present figure offorty-five. And a future expansionprogram 'is in the mill.'

Due to limited floor space, it isnow divided into two sections. Themechanical and wiring assembly,job stock, and 'office' in one lo-cation and the machine shop in thesecond. Consolidation is againplanned pending the completion ofour new building.

To show you the 'ropes,' let'sshop, realizing that many jobs arefollow a mythical job through thein progress and that each and ev-ery part is subject to engineeringchanges at all times.

The project engineer releases ajob to the shop by sending a 'jobcard' and a blueprint of each de-tail, component, sub-assembly, andsection; along with a parts list andthe Section 'Tree.' Most jobs con-sist of several hundred parts.

The prints and the job cards,which contain the job number, thepart number and description,quantity required, and the nextassembly numbers, are given to theexpediter, Glen Harrison. Glenprocesses the cards by doublechecking the figures and by post-ing the necessary data to the printto effect a release to their machineshop or to outside production. Hewrites the requisitions for thehardware and many p u r c h a s e dparts. Besides these duties, hewatches over the stock-keepingand the dispatching.

After a card has been processed,it is given to dispatchers Hal Or-ner or Bob McCollom who post innumerical order the part number,description, requirements, and thepurchase order number to a short-age list. It is their responsibilityto be able to give an accountingof each part from source to finalstock and to expedite the 'hotstuff.'

The prints for parts to be madein the model shop machine shopare sent to assistant foreman BobMcFarlin. Bob, with leadman RoyVanHolm, and machinists FredJensen, Charley Perro, Bert Elder,Jesse Brown, Lyman Wells, Jerry

Summer BowlingThe Precisioneers have started

their summer bowling league andhave 14 fine teams fighting it outfor the prizes and honors. On May6th the team captains elected CarlCulver as president and Kay Smallas secretary of the league.

At press time, the individualteam standings after four weeksof play were as follows: first, TheHappy Four, with a 3 game lead.Second place, The 4 Aces. Thirdplace, a tie between The Hookersand The Four Jokers.

Watch your bulletin board forweekly standings and results.There will be plenty of upsets,surprises, and fun on Thursdayevenings at the Burbank Bowlduring the next few months. Be-sides the skilled veterans of pastseasons, many newcomers havebeen welcomed to the league.

Sikora, Dick Henderson, BobEwald, Vern Wilkie, ClarenceKress, Irv Leff, and Bill Went-worth, along with Nate Ferris, gen-eral helper, comprise the day shift.

Howard Gilbert, assistant fore-man, and his group consisting ofWally Small, Bob McCoy, Al St.Ours, Otto Goiter, Bu Ottens, HalOdland, Wilbur Koehn, LouieMiller and Ray Purse, comprisethe swing personnel. These menare more than just machinsts: theirjob requirements include the abil-ity to operate any and all machin-ery in the shop whether a lathe,mill, jig bore, or other machine.

The machined pieces are thensent, by the dispatchers, to anyfurther processing and returned asfinished parts. They are crossedoff the dispatchers shortage listand given to stock clerk Rog Mad-sen. Roger posts them to their re-spective card and numericallyaligns them in the proper jobstock. He reissues all materials andin this way a running inventorycan be kept on the cards.

When parts requiring mechani-cal assembling are issued fromstock they are delivered to lead-man Hal Nylen who might passthem along to one of the followingmechanical assemblers, Eddie Syl-kaitis, Tom McKay, Basil Mardis,"Curly" Moore, or Rick Girouard.

Should there be any -wiring re-quired, parts go to leadman RoyGombert or one of his group in-cluding Doris Glendenning, RoyHunter, Steve Jackman, GeorgeJohnson, Crystal Bowhay, Clar-ence Dixon, Dal Mason and Will-ard Mather.

Here again, these people are topnotchers in their work. They arerequired to be able to read anyblueprint or to use any tool suitedto their work.

As the instrument begins to takeform in the assembly departments,there are times that the engineer'sdream seems a nightmare. How-ever, through the cooperation ofall concerned, the e n g i n e e r s ,draftsman, and the Model Shoppersonnel, through sheer persist-ency and determination at times,these 'nightmares' are now provenwaking fact.

You can rest assured that allproblems are equally met if youknow Art Davis, Supervisor ofthis entire department. Art is aman with a well balanced person-ality. Calm and serene with phys-ical mannerisms d e n o t i n g anabundance of internal strengthand fortitude, he is a person thatit is a personal privilege in know-ing, a pleasure being under hissupervision, and a significantcredit to his employers. (Ed's note:Wow!)

Yes, the Model Shop and its per-sonnel are another departmentcontributing directly to the factthat our company is fast becominga leader in the field of mechanicalanalog and digital computers,there research, development, andtheir research, development, andmanufacture.

By Bob McCollom

So Soys SafcfiSatchel Paige, whose baseball

pitching prowess and advancedage—45, and going on 55—haveawed sportswriters from coast-to-coast, has his own formula for along life. The ingredients are asfollows:

1. Avoid f r i e d m e a t s whichangry up the blood.

2. If your stomach disputes you,lie down and pacify it with coolthoughts.

3. Keep the juices flowing byjangling around gently as youmove.

4. Go lightly on the vices, suchas carrying on in society; the so-cial ramble ain't restful.

5. Don't look back. Somethingmight be gaining on you.

June, 1954 The LIBRAZETTE Page 3

Libra Workers Cited forMagnetic Amplifier Progress

Contrary to the implication, magnetic amplifiers do notamplify magnetics. Instead they serve to provide electricalpower amplification somewhat similar to that achieved invacuum tube amplifiers.

EXAMINING ELEMENTS of the ultra-fast magnetic amplifier whichthey developed are Frank Hill, left, and Joseph Fingerett, of the Libra-scope magnetic group.

The difference lies in the factthat magnetic alloys of a specialnature are used in magnetic ampli-fiers to provide the jnechanism ofamplification in place of the va-cuum tube. Greatly increased re-liability is the principal featureof these devices as they presentfew failure points when properlydesigned and operated.

It is natural then that the mili-tary services should be interestedin the development and use ofmagnetic amplifiers in computers,periscopes, and other operationalinstruments of great importance.Likewise, industry is r a p i d l ylearning the utility of these de-vices.

Librascope has been engaged inresearch and development in thisvery new field for nearly fouryears, much of which has beensponsored by the Navy Bureau ofOrdnance.

One outstanding achievementaccruing from this program has

"Been the development" ofa mag-netic amplifier called an ultra-fastamplifier which boasts a greatlyreduced time lag for signals pass-ing through in the process of be-ing amplified.

Coming EventsThe future holds the following

events for members of the Preci-sioneers:

July 11—Fishing trip — fromNorm's Landing, Newport —$8.00.

July 17—Los Angeles BreakfastClub—dance—free.

September 11 — Picnic—Moun-tain Oaks Park—free (games,prizes, beer, pop, ice cream).

December 3 — Dance—Los An-geles Breakfast Club—free.

Patents are being assigned totwo Librascope employees, FrankHill and Joseph Fingerett, fortheir outstanding contributions tothe field. Announcement of thisdevelopment will appear soon inthe periodical, "Electronics", inthe form of a technical paperwritten by these men.

Magnetic amplifiers have beendesigned into several Librascopeelectro-mechanical computers, di-gital computers, periscopies, andother instruments.

The usefulness of magnetic ele-ments and amplifiers in the broadnew automation industry, in con-trol and computing, is as yet onlypartially discernable but the out-look appears very bright indeed.

The magnetics group at Libra-scope has grown rapidly in thepast three years, numbering four-teetn members at the present time.A high degree of tethnical skilla n d perspverance characterizesthose associated with—this-Libra-scope activity.

By Hal Hamilton

Stork ClubJean Stengel, production control

—GirlDave Pickens, electronics—BoyHerbert Thorpe, engineering —

GirlJohn Blake, adjustment—Boy

STORE SPECIALSNew items:

Ironrite ironersKitchen Aid dishwashers

Best sellers:Norge washers, dryers, refriger-

atorszenith TV sets, Built-in ovens

Eileen Brown Wins TripIn recognition of her outstanding sales record established during

the past four months, Eileen Brown, Precisioneer secretary, has beenawarded an all-expense paid trip to Mexico City. Sues, Young, andBrown, local wholesale distributors, announced the award on June 1.

The date for the formal presentation of the award had not beenset at press time. Thrilled by the announcement of her winning of thetrip, which will also present her first opportunity to travel by plane,Eileen stated that her selection indicated just how many employeeshave used and are using the store services presented by the Precision-eers.

Code Tutor and Class

The Horrible Truth:In reply to your request to send

a check, I wish to inform you thatthe present condition of my bankaccount makes it almost imposs-ible. My shattered financial statusis due to the federal laws, statelaws, county laws, city laws, cor-poration laws, liquor laws, mother-in-laws, brother-in-laws, sister-in-laws, and outlaws.

Through these laws I am com-pelled to pay a business tax,amusement tax, head tax, schooltax, gas tax, light tax, water tax,sales tax, liquor tax, unemploy-ment tax, old age tax, carpet tax,income tax, food tax, furnituretax, and excise tax. Even mybrains are taxed. I am requiredto get a business license, truck li-cense, driver's license; not to men-tion a marriage license and doglicense.

I am also required to contri-bute to every society and organi-zation which the genius of man iscapable of organizing; to unem-ployment relief, to every hospitaland charitable institution in thecity, including the Red Cross, theBlue Cross, the Green Cross, thePurple Cross, and the double-cross.

For my own safety I am re-quired to carry life insurance, pro-perty insurance, liability insur-ance, burglar insurance, accidentinsurance, b u s i n e s s insurance,earthquake insurance, tornado in-surance, lightning insurance, un-employment insurance, old ageinsurance, and fire insurance.

My business is so governed thatit is no easy matter for me to findout who Owns it. I am inspected,expected, suspected, disrespected,rejected, dejected, examined, re-xamined, informed, required, sum-moned, fined, commanded, andcompelled, until I provide an inex-haustible supply of money for ev-ery known need, desire, or hope ofthe human race.

Simply because I refuse to do-nate to something or other, I amboycotted, talked about, lied about,held up and held down, and rob-bed until I am almost ruined.

I can tell you honestly that ex-cept for the miracle that happen-ed, I could not enclose this checkThe wolf that comes to-many doorsnowadays, just had pups in mykitchen. I sold them—and here isthe money.

Lunch Hour CodeClass Proves Worth

Under the capable tutorship ofDon Lusk, electronics, six membersof the electronics department havebeen devoting their noon-hoursfor many months studying for F.C.C. general class amateur li-censes.

"Classes" convened last October15th as the result of a prospectingexpedition several of the grouptook into the Piaute Mountains,during which time amateur radiocommunications provided a lot offun. Don Lusk (W6ZL), is quiteproud of his class, consisting ofBob Davis, Wayne Blackburn, BobNielsen, Arnie Brown, DouglasPenrod, and Hank Kidd, and feelsthat they have progressed excep-tionally well.

All members of the class areable to copy from 15 to 20 wordsper minute and have sufficienttechnical knowledge for their F.C.C. tests. They have been work-ing to complete the radio laws re-quirement at which time they willbeready for the license examina-tion.

Federal Communication Com-mission's general class amateur li-cense requirements are as follows:13 words per minute code speed,both sending and receiving; know-ledge of national and internationalradio laws and procedures; athorough working knowledge ofthe radio equipment an amateurrequire, such as transmitters, re-ceivers, power supplies, and fre-quency meters.

LONG MONTHS of noon-time will be paying off for six of the aboveLibrascope electronics employees when they take their F.C.C. generalclass amateur license examinations. From the left, they are: Don Lusk,who conducted the classes, and his pupils, Wayne Blackburn, HankKidd, Bob Davis, Arnie Brown, Doug Penrod, and Bob Nielsen.

Blood Bank NewsAny Librascope employee or any

of his immediate family is eligibleto draw on the blood bank wheth-er he or she is a contributor ornot. This fact should be kept inmind when you or your family en-ter a hospital. This informationshould be given to the hospital atthis time whether blood is usedor not. Your information auto-matically sets the blood transferin motion. The hospital will usethe blood they have on hand andthey will then call the Librascopeblood bank for transferal.

Georgia Peach Graces WiringSection As Senior Leadwoman

Fishing is barrels of fun, but for the sake of the proverbialrecord, we have in our midst one who would rather row theboat than do the fishing. Three guesses will not help so we'lltell you who we're talking about: Pauline Ponnish, a lead-woman in the wiring section of the assembly department andsenior leadwoman with the company.

Pauline is one of our oldtimers,a member of our five-year clubwhose Librascope service began asa wireman in February, 1947. Go-ing places is one of her chief inter-ests outside of her home and work.In fact, she modestly admits tohaving visited all of our country'snational parks, Yellowstone andthe Black Hills of South Dakota,to mention but two.

Getting around is lots of fun forPauline. In fact she has beenknown to drive a low eighteen holescore around a golf course. Flyingis one of her favorite means oftravel and, skywise, she does a bitof getting around with her son-in-law pilot who owns a two-placeCessna. To date though she has de-clined to ride with him on hisregular business runs. You see, heis a crop-duster by vocation, butit's anyone's bet, she may some-day take a hedge-hop just forkicks.

Our personality for the monthisn't saying just when she wasborn but she does admit, with abit of pride, that it was in Georgiaat a little hamlet called Armuchee.Getting around even at a early age,she attended school in Birming-ham, Alabama and later lived inHouston, Texas.

Progressing ever westward, shecame to California in 1943. Soonafter arriving- here, - she -did—heppart in the war effort at Lockheedwhen plant A-l was known asVega Airplane Company. Here un-til 1945, she played a part in com-mon with thousands of otherSouthern California women, thatof "Rosie the Riveter."

Pauline has one daughter and agrandson eleven years old. Beinga gal of travel and the out-of-doors, she loves the desert and asher first choice in flower specie,cactus comes number one. Gettingaround in the western deserts of-ten brings her to one of the oldghost towns, a never ending inter-est of hers.

To those of you who don't knowPauline, she's that busy personflitting around half of the longwiring line that stretches thelength of assembly. Stop by andsay "hello", who knows, maybeyou've been someplace she hasn'tor found a novel way of travelingto places she could try.

By Wally Tyler

Swingsters SmashAriel In First Tilt

The "Day of the Verdugo," whenthe Night Shift team lost to theDay Shift club at the annual bar-becue day slugfest, certainly gotthe kinks out of the Swing Shifterswho dismantled Adel 29-7 in win-ning their league opener.

Leading the hitting spree for theSwingsters was Harold Babcock,jig bore, who hit two singles, adouble, and a homer for a perfectday at bat. He drove in seven ofthe total of 29 runs. Paul Wilsonbatted .500 for his game contribu-tion and drove in two runs.

The pitching duo of John Clif-ton, mills, and Fred Russell, bor-ing, held Adel to only six hits.

The tremendous onslaught evi-denced by the Swing Shift clubmay have resulted in their pridein their new uniforms providedby the Precisioneers.

June games are set with Hy-draulic Research and Weber Air-craft, the latter game scheduledfor June 16th. We've got somewinners: let's back them up!

Summer Safety"Work safely so you can play;

play safely so you can work" is agood motto to keep in mind duringyour summer vacation. Each yearmany Librascope employees ex-pose themselves to unnecessaryrisks and dangers while they areon vacation.

Don't spoil your vacation by get-ting a bad sunburn, straining yourback, or over-exerting yourself.Observe driving rules on yourtrips, use good judgment and com-mon sense while at the spot youhave selected for your vacation;rest, relax, enjoy yourself, andcome back to the plant refreshedand ready for work.

The LibrazetteCopyright 1953 by Librascope,

Inc., 1607 Flower Street, Glendale.EDITORS

Stan Bibbero, Bill TraceySTAFF •

Bill Walker—Prod. ControlElsie Stefaurak—InspectionWally Tyler—AssemblyDick Hastings—PersonnelCarl Culver—AssemblyArlene Hesse—InspectionJuanita Delle Faye—DraftingDoris Appleby—AssemblyChuck Freeman—AccountingKeith Kinnaird—PublicationsDick Bartlett—PersonnelIrving Leff—Model ShopPhotography by Lee Duggan

Page 4 The LIBRAZETTE June, 1954

DIG THIS CRAZY JUKEBOX!By Paul Kane

In This Comer— Photo Club NewsHave you been noticing the sus-

picious bulge in the hip pocketsof your fellow Librascopers?Keerect—it's not his trusty six-shooter nor an inflated wallet—it's a road map. The trek is on,vacation time has come a-gallop-ing up on the tool and model shopgang and already we are begin-ning to miss some of our boys.

* * *Walt Bradley is on a trip back

home to Philadelphia with hismissus. And while there, Waltwill have the pleasure of havinghis wife meet his family for thefirst time. To keep the boys frommissing him and his stories, Walthas been sending classic comiccards from points along the way.

* * *Vital Statistics. It was a man-

child for Lorraine and Pat Lom-bardi. Man! What a child! Ninepounds and already needing ahaircut. Poppa Pat, crack gun-ner, topnotch auto mechinc andmachinist, fathered a full-sizedboy. Saves half the work in rais-ing him.

The boys are organizing a Uran-ium Research and Finding So-ciety and, by almost unanimousconsent, have recognized "Wen-dell" Wilkie is a leader of thisgroup. Wilkie comes rightfully tosuch recognition: he's the guy whoonce traded off an indicator thatdidn't indicate for a master squarethat wasn't square.

* * #Girls, Girls! Did you know that

the model shop has a very eligi-ble bachelor in their midst? Butyou must be able to match thatbig bag of all-day lunch thatChick Kress' mother packs forhim.

* -'i- %Eating Crow Ala Shark. Re-

turning home one Sunday eveningthis writer found a four-footshark tied to his front door knob.Attached to the gay blue stringwas a note saying, "You askedfor it and here it is." It was left

The first May meeting of theLibrascope Shutter Clique washeld May 4 at the home of R.Woodward. Among other club de-tails discussed was the decision tochange the group's meeting nightfrom Fridays to Tuesdays and theadoption of a uniform mountingcard size for photographs, takenby the membership, selected fordisplay on the Shutter Clique'sbulletin board.

The second monthly meetingwas held at the Burbank home ofJ. Marfine on May 25. Memberswere requested to offer sugges-tions to assist in the compilationof the article of the club's consti-tution. The possibility of a vaca-tion snapshot contest open for allLibrascope employees was alsodiscussed. A technical talk anddemonstration was given by C.Davis on density of negatives,characteristics of contract, all forimprovement of finished salonprints.

The first June meeting of theShutter Clique was held at thehome of C. Goldstein at whichtime color photography was dis-cussed.

by the gentlemen of whom wewrote so glowingly (?) of theirfishing success (?)

Warm weather is bringing outour water enthusiasts. The flap-ping you hear these days are BillWentworth's fins. There is a manwho really loves his swimming.And when he swims, he goes outfar enough to mingle with theporpoises.

And then there is Al Wexsteinwho has a new swimming pool athome. It keeps his four childrenand his many friends happy.

* * *Says the Librazette boss to this

writer: "Irv, see what you canget on the surprise birthday partythey threw for Somerfield." Boss,what I heard you wouldn't print.

By Irv Leff

No Magician(Editor's Note: The following letter was lifted in toto from the

Letters to the Editor column of the "Wyoming Wild Life" publication.We are indebted for this excellent dead-pan hilarity to a fellow em-ployee of the author of this letter, Mr. Skippy Case, who ran acrossthe reprint in his own issue of the periodical.)Wyoming Game and Fish CommissionBox 378Cheyenne, WyomingGentlemen:

When I requested information regarding elk hunting, I was sent"Tips to Non Resident Hunters and Fishermen." It told me what Iwanted to know about elk hunting. A wonderful publication.

Since it didn't tell me what I wanted to know about antelope hunt-ing, I sent a letter requesting this information. I received "Tips to NonResident Hunters and Fishermen"—nothing else. It's still a wonderfulpublication, but it still doesn't tell me what I want to know aboutantelope hunting.

So I wrote another letter carefully spelling out what I wanted toknow. I received, "Tips to Non Resident Hunters and Fishermen". It'sstill a wonderful publication, and I ought to know, as I now know itby heart.

This last letter from you also included an invitation to subscribeto the magazine from which "Tips to Non Resident Hunters and Fisher-men" is reprinted. The salesmanship employed to put this magazineacross is so unusual that there is nothing left for me to do but to sub-scribe—so here is my dollar. Actually, I didn't know there was any-thing nowadays that had anything to do with hunting that a guy couldget for a buck.

But I am still left dangling when it comes to the information onantelope hunting. Just how in the devil can a fellow fill out an applica-tion for an antelope permit where it says, "Designate Antelope PermitAreas Desired", when you won't tell him what is available?

How about some dope—a way of indicating the areas—I am freshout of crystal balls.

Very truly yours,Roy I. Case, Jr.

R. Davis NamedVice-Chairman

Raymond Davis, senior en-gineer, development, has beenelected vice-chairman of therecently f o r m e d SouthernCalifornia section of the As-sociation for Computing Ma-chinery.

The association was formed in1947 and has grown from an ori-ginal group of 78 members to over1200. There are approximately 125members in the local chapter of theA.C.M. Librascope, at present, isrepresented by 10 members.

Edward L. Braun, senior systemsengineer, who is chairman of thepublic relations committee of theorganization, urges anyone inter-ested in computers or their appli-cations to consider membership inthe A.C.M. Any person interestedin and capable of forwarding thepurpose of the association is eligi-ble to apply for membership. Ap-plication forms may be obtainedfrom Mr. Braun.

The association is primarily in-terested in the use and applicationof computing machinery and en-deavors to be a source from whichpeople can learn what can be donewith computing equipment. Thelocal group plans, at present, tohold meetings once every twomonths, the next meeting beingscheduled for July 7. The meetingswill feature programs of interestto the newcomer as well as thosewho have been active in the field.National meetings are held annu-ally. Approximately 1500 peopleattended the 1953 national meet-ings.

In addition to its local and na-tional meetings, the Associationfor Computing Machinery alsopublishes proceedings of its con-ferences, and a quarterly journal,"The Journal of the A.C.M." Allof these activities are for the pur-pose of disseminating informationconcerning the latest developmentsin the field of computing machin-ery.

In keeping with its policy of co-operating with other local groupsinterested in the various aspectsof computing machinery, the A.C.M. has appointed Bill Waddell, Li-brascope senior engineer, as liaisonofficer between the A.C.M. and thelocal section of the ProfessionalGroup on Electronic Computers ofthe Radio Engineers.

Of Kings and Queens

Casey's Crew NabsLeague Leadership

Manager Moe "Casey" Lehmanhas announced that the day shiftPrecisioneer Softball team will bethe team to beat in this year's A.A.ball games. In the first leaguegame, the Precisioneers swampedMenasco 10-2 under the four-hitpitching of Al Akins, pretty wellbearing out "Casey's" predictions.

The Precisioneer-Menasco gamewas highlighted by Akins' tremen-dous pitching and a grand-slamhomer by George Henderhan.

A ten-inning pitching duel fea-tured a tight 3-2 league game be-tween the day shift squad andthe Trojan Stars. Sam Houchin,production control, fanned 16 men,to put the Librascope team off toa league-leading start.

Members of the club are: WaltNewcomer, George Henderhan,Dan Sanchez, Al Akins, SamHouchin, Jerry Dooley, Bob La-Pearl, Jim Cawthorne, BonesBurkhardt, Bill Richmond, HalShorte, Earl Lumpesta, and TonyNoriego.

An added incentive for Libra-fans at all league games will be achance at a $5 merchandise orderto be given away at each game.

Schedule of all games will beposted on the company bulletinboards and the team is hoping thata rooting section will be givingthem moral support at each game.It certainly looks like we've gotsome fine ingredients for a win-ning club: let's back them up!

Final Stamp MeetThe Librascope Stamp Club, the

Stampeteers, held their final pro-gram and meeting on June 11 atthe home of Moe Lehman. Theorganizationwill "reconvene" afterthe end of the summer vacationseason.

LIBRASCOPE MAY have bowlers, golf enthusiasts, and others, butcomes Spring and there are some whose fancy's turn to grease paintand spotlights. The above photo shows five of these people who belongto the Burbank Civic Light Opera Company, which is presenting Ru-dolph Friml's Vagabond King June 25 and 26 at the Starlight Theatre.They are, left to right, Carl Frain as Thibant d'Aussigny; James Kay,captain of the Scotch Archers; Dave DeHaas, Casin Cholet; June Zem-blidge, understudy to Lady Katherine; and Dorothy Vinson as Huguettedu Hamel. With Warner Bros, handling the sound, the orchestra madeup of symphony personnel, costumes by Western Costume Co., and theballet by Nana Gollner and Paul Petroff, the show promises to be theValley's highlight of the year.

Rules Altered Librashots FireFor Golf Tourney For Championship

At a recent meeting, the Libra-scope Golf Committee voted toalter the rules for the tournamentas follows:

For a player to be eligible tocompete in the annual tourna-ment, he must turn in at leastfour 18-hole, or eight nine-holecards. These are to be played onany regulation 18-hole course.

It will be optional to participatein the monthly competition; if youdo desire to enter, there will be a50-cent fee.

The necessary scorecards maybe turned in at any time betweennow and July 15. In order to en-ter the monthly pre-tournamentrounds, you must turn in $.50 inadvance of play, and your scorecards.

The results of the March 15-April 15 pre-tourney rounds were:

1st low gross—Bill McAboy2nd low gross—Forest McColl3rd low gross—Kenny Gowan1st low net—Carl Culver2nd low net—Art Davis3rd low net—Bill BrattonThe results of the April 15-May

15 pre-tourney rounds were:1st low gross—Kenny Gowan2nd low gross—Cliff Godwin3rd low gross—Forrest McColl1st low net—M. L. Lindahl2nd low net—Bill Bratton3rd low net—Carl Culver

The Librascope Gun Club, theLibrashots, is holding its OpenRifle and Pistol Championship atthe Big Bear Rifle Range at BigBear, on Sunday, June 20, startingat 10:00 a.m. This affair promisesto be a hot-shooting get-togetherwith lead flying all in the rightdirection: the 10X bullseye!

Competition is expected to beexceptionally keen in all threeclasses, pistol, rifle small bore,and rifle big bore. The champion-ships will be conducted accordingto the rules of the National Rifle-men Association.

An interesting light to the RifleChampionships, both in small boreand big bore, is that the competi-tion will be fired Off Hand ex-clusively, the hardest and most dif-ficult of all positions from whichto shoot. (Note: in the last Olym-pics, held in Finland, the UnitedStates team placed 18th!)

The purpose of the Librashotsholding this difficult shoot is anattempt to develop and sharpenthis weakness in competitive rifleshooting, the Off Hand stance.

All members are invited alongwith their friends to witness somefine shooting up in the Big Bearcountry. For further information,contact the following committee-men:

Skip Case, engineering.Paul Litvinoff, dust free room.Glen Reyman, dust free room.Pat Lombardi, grinding.

Lip[n by Joe Riddle and Keith Kinnaird