PLAN TO ATTEND

THE

CHORUS CONCERT

ON

JUNE 1·2 AT

ED . HAND JR. H.S.

STORY OF THE

HAMILTON PRINT SHOP

APPEARS

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* Published by and for the Employees of the Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Penna. * Vol. 9 No.4

Copyright. 1951, Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Penna.

HAMILTON CHORUS CONCERT TO BE HELD JUNE 1·2 Hamilton Watch Company Tops In Safety For 1950. Choral Fantasy to be Given

Certificates Of Honor Awarded 24 Departm.ents For by Company Chorus with

No Lost Time Accidents; Co. Receives Merit Award "Porgy & Bess" Excerpts

This group constitutes the representatives from the departments of the Manufacturing Division who received safety honor award cer­tificateS:

The Hamilton Watch Company had one of the finest safety rec­ords of any industry in Pennsyl­vania for 1950.

Nineteen departments in the manufacturing division along with Quality Control, Industrial Rela­tions, Small Tool, Machine Shop and Planning had perfect safety records involving no lost time ac­cidents for 1950.

The total number of employees in these departments posted a to­tal of 2,495,882 working hours without lost time.

For this remarkable record, Henry Draude, inspector for the Department of Labor and Indus­try of Harrisburg, personally con­gratulated them and presented each department, represented by the foreman and a departmental representative, with a certificate of honor at a brief ceremony held Monday afternoon, April 9th, in the new Hamilton auditorium.

Seven other departments (Plate, Assembly "A," Service, Automatic, Maintenance, Escape, Engineer-

ing) received certificates of merit in recognition of a safety record better than state average.

The Company as a whole re­ceived a certificate of merit in recognition of a safety record bet­ter than state average.

The Hamilton Watch Com­pany's was 8.56% under the State accident frequency rate. The State average is 11.40%. Hamilton's ac­cident frequency rate was 2.84%. This is one of the most remark­able safety records ever compiled by the Hamilton Watch Company and reflects credit on the careful­ness of all the employees who made this fine record possible.

The departments who received certificates of honor and those foremen and representatives who accepted them for their respec­tive departments are as follows:

Jewel Mfg. and Setting (Harry Weaver and Margaret Brinard), Quality Control (Charley Wolf), Industrial Relations (Ken Weeks and Joanne Bixby), Balance &

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This ' ~maller groYR represents the departments of the staff divi­sion under the vice president in charge of manufacturing who also received safety honor award certificates.

The Hamilton Chorus, composed of 44 mixed voices, will present its 1951 musical extravaganza, "A Choral Fantasy" with excerpts from "Porgy and Bess" on June 1-2 in the Edward Hand Junior High School auditorium at 8 :15 p.m.

The Chorus, under the capable direction of Miss Dorothy Schock, is composed of: Jane Beazley, Shirley Beck, Mary Billet, Marie Caldwell, Hal Catherman, Mary Caulfield, Bob Deardorff, Janet DeGolia, Harry Detwiler, Helen Dilliplane, Jean Doll, Janet Eck­man, Nancy Jane Falk, Bob Fickes, Bill Gassman, Evangeline Gates, Regina Gaul, Jean Gerlach, Jack Harrison, Julia Heida, Bar­bara Henderson, A r len e Hoff, Nancy Imhoff, Jack Jones, Emma Kuch, Fern Knotwell. Mary Lou Troop, Harry McCullen, Francis Meyer, Esther Miller, Len Pugli­ese, Herb Roberts, Elsie Royer, Margaret Scally, Doris Schlotz­hauser, Catherine Smith, Anna Mae Snader, Winford Talbot, Bruce Whitney, Doris Yeager, Chet Smith and John Doll.

Actually, the musical will be presented in two parts, "A Choral Fantasy" as Part One, and ex­cerpts from "Porgy and Bess" as Part Two.

In "Choral Fantasy" the Chorus, who will be dressed in tuxedos and evening gowns, will sing, "Mountains" (Rasboch ), "When Children Pray" (Fenner ), "Early One M 0 r n i n g" (Whitehead), "Hymn To A Hero" (Lovett), "Tannhauser" (Wagner), "s e t Down Servant" (arr. Shaw), "Deep River" (Burleigh), "In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin'" (Cain), "Deep Purple" (D e R 0 s e), "Jalousie" (GadeL This part of the concert will also include a piano duet by James Buckwalter and Joanne Weiler. .

The second portion of the pro­gram, excerpts from G e 0 r g e Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess," finds the Chorus members dressed in appropriate costumes and sing­ing the following song hits from the show "Summertime" "A Wo­man Is 'A Some Tim~ Thing," "Bess, You Is My Woman Now," "My Man's Gone Now," "It Ain't Necessarily So," "I Got Plenty 0 Nuttin'" and "There's A Steam­boat Heaven." Along with the Chorus numbers there will be in­cidental solos.

The setting for "Porgy and Bess" is Catfish Row in Charles­ton, South Carolina. It's a musical story of the trials and tribula­tions of characters like "Porgy," "Bess," "Crown," "Sporting Life," "Robbins" and "Clara," who in­habit the Negro fishing sector of Catfish Row.

The piano accompaniment for the show will be handled by James Buckwalter, assisted by Joanne Weiler, guest pianist, while the

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Calvin M. Kendig Retires

Calvin M. Kendig

On April 10, 1951, Calvin Kendig retired as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hamilton Watch Company.

In the span of 49 years and four months he climbed the heights from bookkeeper to president, and in bis nine years as president, established himself as a leading figure in the Ameri­can Watch Industry.

From bookkeeper and cost accountant in 1902, he was pro­moted to purchasing agent several years later. On March 12, 1920, he became assistant treasurer. The following year he be­came a member of the Board of Directors. On March 11, 1924, Mr. Kendig was made assistant treasurer and secretary. On August 27, 1931, he was promoted to 1st vice president. The fol­lowing year he became 1st vice president and treasurer. .

He rose to the presidency on April 11, 1939. He served nine years as top executive. He was in office during World War II. The commendable and highly efficient job he did during the war years gained him the respect of top executives in Wash­ington.

On April 4, 1948, he retired as Company president but was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors on April 13. 1948. R. M. Kant succeeded Mr. K endig, while Mr. K endig in turn succeeded Frank C. Beckwith as Chairman of the Board. He remained Chairman of the Board for three consecutive terms. He is still a member of the board on which he has served for 30 years.

He has been active in civic affairs for years. He was twice president of the Lancaster Manufacturers Association. He has been a member of the Lancaster Y.M.C.A. for 57 years. He is also a member of the Lancaster Country Club and the Hamilton Club. He has been a resident of Mountville for the past 42 years and for 18 years has been school director of the Mount­ville Boro Schools. He is also a member of the Mountville Trin­ity Reformed Church where he bas been treasurer for 40 years. . Mr. Kendig has been married for 42 years and has three sons and one daughter, Perry F., acting head of the English Department of Muhlenberg College; Calvin F., employed in the Engineering Department of Philadelphia; John F., at home, and Susan F., wife of Richard H. Bard.

Hunting and fishing are Mr. Kendig's two main sports activities. He's the oldest member of the Saw Creek Hunting and Fishing Association of Pike County, Pennsylvania. In his younger days he was quite a tennis player. Baseball and foot­ball still hold a lot of his interest.

Mr. Kendig always took a deep interest in all Hamilton employees. He still maintains that interest. He has uncanny ability for remembering names. Many of the older employees called him, "Cal." He liked that. By the same token h e called them by their nicknames. His door was always open to any employee whQ wished to enter and talk it over, be it on business or a personal problem. Mr. Kendig never forgot that he rose from the ranks and h e f.ully realized the importance each. and every employee plays in the progress of Hamilton.

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Volume 9 Timely Topics Number 4

EDITORIAL BOARD WALLACE BORK, Chair., Proc. Engineering

J. ED MILLER, Case Order Division HAZEL KELLER, Case Office

EDITORIAL STAFF General News and Production, CHARLES H. FREY

Personnel Consultant, R. A. PRESTON Cartoonist, CHARLES SHINDELL, Jr.

Copyright, 1951, Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Penna. Quotation or reproduction forbidden unless permission has been granted.

LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 30, 1951

Charles S. Gause, Jr. Takes Over As Southeastern District Sales Mgr., WhUe Gus Colvin Is

Appointed Western District Sales Mgr.

Charles S. Gause

Hamilton opened a new terri­tory in the southland and trans­ferred Charles S. Gause, Jr., from the Pacific Coast to the South­eastern District.

Replacing Gause in the western sector is Gus Colvin, who will handle zones 19, 20 and 21 as Western District Sales Mgr.

These changes became effective April 1 according to an announce­ment by Lowell F. Halligan, vice president and sales mgr.

Gause, who had 12 years experi­ence in the south as a salesman for Hamilton before going out on the Pacific Coast, is ideal for the job.

Colvin, who was a salesman for the Waltham Watch Company for 20 years, will have charge of Ham­ilton business in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Washington, Oregon, Cali­fornia, Nevada, Arizona, part of Wyoming, Alaska and Hawaii.

Both Gause and Colvin have fine backgrounds for their new duties.

Charley has been a Hamilton salesman for 28 years. He started in 1922. He covered the south in 1922, 1923 and 1924 and was per­manently assigned the southern

territory in 1925 to 1935. He start­ed on the West Coast in 1936, cov­ering eight western states (zones 19-20-21>. Between this time and 1948, when he became District Sales Mgr., he served four years as captain in the Army Ordnance Department.

Colvin has been in the watch and jewelry business for 26 years. He was with the Waltham Watch Company for 20 years, resigning as sales manager in 1944. During this period he was Waltham's Western District Sales Mgr. from 1937 to 1942.

He then took a job with the O. B . McClintock Clock Company. Over a period of several years he was sales manager, vice president and president when he resigned to return to San Francisco. He be­came a manufacturers' agent, cov­ering the wholesale jewelry trade from Denver, Colorado, west.

Gus has been in constant con­tact with the watch and jewelry trade on the West Coast for 14 years.

His Hamilton address is 657 Mission St., San Francisco. Gause has not as yet established his headquarters in the south.

Fifty· Two Keymen S,!lected To Handle HRA Activities In All Departments Throughout The Factory

At a recent meeting of the Hamilton Recreation Association officers, keymen for the various departments throughout the fac­tory were selected.

These keymen will be in charge of HRA activities in their respec­tive departments.

The list, which includes 52 em­ployees, is as follows: Margaret Sposato (Automatic), H 0 l' ace Smith (Assembly "A"), Bob Wen­zel (Assembly "B"), Ken Shank (Assembly "C"), Ernie Braun (As­sembly Casing), Gerry Schuldt (Assembly "D"), Paul Afflebach (Bal. & Hspg.), Jim Rowell (Bal­ance), F l' a n k Hoffman (Flat Steel), Verna Miller (Balance Staff), Ruth Newcomer (Case Of­fice), Joe Butson (Damaskeening), Dick Weaver (Dial), Johnny Ful­mer (Display & Print Shop), Mary Ann Edwards (Dial Stock Room),

Jackie Hoe h n (Basement-Eng. Bldg.), Ed Fechter (lst Floor Eng. Bldg.), Ed Long (2nd Floor Eng. Bldg.), Florence McGeehan (3rd Floor Eng. Bldg.), Hal Catherman (4th Floor Eng. Bldg.), Mary Bil­let (Escape), Earl Copeland (Fin­ishing), Dick Young (Frt. Jewel­ing), Joanne Meier (Hspg. Mfg.), Norma Bowers (Inspection), Es­ther Miller (Jewel Setting), Milt Bricker (Machine Shop), George Dorwart (Maintenance), Beulah Stauffer (Material Sales), Anna Mae Snader (Mfg. Division), Mary McMurtrie (lst Floor Office Bldg.), Blake Dulaney (2nd Floor Office Bldg.), George Atkinson (3rd Floor Office Bldg.), Mary Caulfield (4th Floor Office Bldg.), Phyllis Patton (Personnel, Quali­ty Control, Prod. Performance), Muriel Turton (Quality & Plan­ning Divisions), Mollie Kin g

Timely Topics

SORRY The April issue of TIME­

L Y TOPICS was delayed due to a last minute change in copy which broke after our deadline date.

Harvey Rudisill Retired March 30

Harvey Rudisill, with the Com­pany for 48 years and 7 months, retired March 30th.

He started at Hamilton on Au­gust 12, 1902. During his career here he saw a lot of changes made. He saw the Company grow from a few hundred employees to its present status.

If he had his career to live over, he admits he'd still choose Hamilton as the place for him.

During his 48 years, he worked in three departments, Damask­eening, Finishing and Specialties Assembly. He started in Damas­keening, moved t 0 Finishing where he did banking and finish­ing work, and in 1948 was trans­ferred to jobbing in Specialties Assembly.

Harvey Rudisill

He also likes to state that he worked under seven foremen, Walter Daggett, William Manby, Fred Hauer, Galen McCauley, El­lis Carlstrom, George Goode and Cloyd Dobbs.

Harvey learned watchmaking under Leslie Blake, who at that time was an instructor in the Watch School.

The folks in Specialties Assem­bly got together and presented Harvey with a gift of $25.00 the day he retired.

Now that he has retired, he in­tends to' take it easy for a while. He plans on taking a few motor trips to Michigan and Florida.

As for sports, Harvey gets a bang out of watching college foot­ball and wrestling. He used to be interested in hunting and fishing, but during the past few years he's lost interest in both.

Harvey has been happily mar­ried for 29 years. He has no chil­dren. He and his wife live in Man­heim.

"I hate to leave Hamilton," Har­vey said the day he left, "because I enjoyed working here and I made a lot of friends among the employees during my 48 years with the Company." .

(Plate) , Johnny Scott (Press), Nancy Falk (Prod. Con.), Frank Shreiner (Raw Material Stores), Betty Forry (Screw Mfg.), Jack Harrison (Service Dept.), Viola Adair (Service Office), George Brown (Small TooD, Sara Roth­ermel .(Spec. Assembly), R e n 0 Long (Spec. Mfg.), Barbara Ann Miller (Stocks & Stores), Nancy Frankenfield (Time Study), Dick Benner (Traffic), Anna Severino (Train), and Bill Gassman (Works Lab.).

THE LITTLE GAL FROM MEMPHIS: Lady Hamilton (May Belle Callaway), who sings via recording on over 400 radio sta­tions from Coast to Coast on programs sponsored by Hamilton retail jewelers, is well known in big time music circles ... May Belle from Memphis was recently interviewed by Bill Slater, well known emcee of "Luncheon at Sardi's" ... She's a personal friend of Lucky Strike's Snooky Lanson, who both hail from Memphis ... She's received good press comment from Walter Winchell, Louis Sobol, Nick Kenny, Frank Farrell, etc . . . Before

May Belle Callaway

signing with Hamilton, May Belle was feature vocalist with Ted Weems, the Lenny Her­man Quintet and Dick Kuhns and his orchestra ... She has r ecorded close to a hundred songs for Hamilton's "Dream Time" program .. . May Belle has her home and her heart in Memphis . . . The "heart" part is singing there to Veterans at the Army's Kennedy General Hospital for which she gave up big time stardom in New York and Chicago . .. On a re­cent visit to New York, May Belle turned down auditions for television and a major role in a musical comedy, just so sh e could be around to sing for her "boys" . .. The musical backgrowld for her various

fifteen minute recorded programs for Hamilton is furnished by Henry "Hank" Sylvern with the announcing handled by Peter Thomas.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Over the past three months Hamilton's name has been used frequently in "good spots" on big time net­work shows in radio and TV ... To name a few top shows that used Hamilton's name in its scripts were, "My Friend Irma," a Columbia Broadcasting show on Jan. 29 . .. "The Saint," a top Mutual Broadcasting favorite on Feb. 11 ... The International Airport Show with Phil Reagan, another Mutual Coast to Coast hookup, on March 7, and the Screen Guild Players' March 15th show . . . "It's A Wonderful Life," starring Victor Moore, James Stewart and Donna Reed, via the American Broadcasting Com­pany ... Future Hamilton "spots" will be forthcoming in several top flight movies not yet released.

SHOOTIN' THE BREEZE: Sam Rohrer (Personnel) had a birthday on April 1. .. Thanks for the candy, Sambo .. . Bob Af­f1ebach (Case) was on a number called Post Card at Laurel on March 31. . . Dick Vaughan (Cost Analyst) dropped in to see Dave Wiley, local footballer at the University of North Carolina, when he was driving through the Southland recently ... Have you noticed the weight on Ray (Easy Credit) Foultz? .. Henri "Hank" Vermot (Styling) didn't think Ben Hogan would win the Masters golf tourney at Augusta, Ga. . ... He did though .... Janie Shertz (Cost Analysis) was more than somewhat mad at Kirk Johnson's because they didn't have any hockey tickets for her for the March 31st play-off game between Hershey and Pittsburgh on the Chocolatetown ice . .. Ken & Mary McMurtrie celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary on March 30 . .. AI Pickell (Time Study) does a good job ushering down at St, Mary'S.

Ernie Mester (Sect. Supt.) was sad to see the U. of Ky. bump the U. of Ill. in the Eastern Collegiate basketball finals in late March .. . Funny, but Paul (Maintenance) McLaughlin was happy about the outcome .. . Two guys who discuss fishing quite a bit are Lefty (Traffic) Fritsch and Frank (Tabulating) Bit­zer ... Despite a bad thumb Clair Shenk (Hal. & Hspg.) played a round of golf on March 30 ... No score mentioned .. . A lot of folks thought the picture we ran of little Toni King, three-year old daughter of Kiddy and Bob King (Plate) in the March issue was a cute number . . . Toni's mommer and popper thought so too ... Mother's Day is May 13 and Father's Day is June 17 ... Let's not forget the folks, mates! .. . Charley Dietrich (Flat SteeD was among the 8,500 fans who jammed the Palestra in Philly on Sat. March 31 to see Milo Sewards' Allentown H. S. team bump Farrell H. S. 66-55 in the Class A Pennsylvania scholastic basketball finals . .. The reason you won't find any story on Luella Shank's retirement from Order Dept. after 34 years with the Company, is because she didn't want any fan­fare on March 30, the day she left.

Rowland Bitzer (Frt. Jeweling) wants to know if you've no­ticed how he's reducing ... 1f that guy has taken off any weight it must be from under his arms . . . 1f you want your wash sprinkled in technicolor, see Kitty Barto (Damaskeening) . .. . She'll do it for you in a heavenly tomato soup red .. . She gained her knowledge quite by accident when her young daughter un­expectedly switched the pot of water on the ironing board for a pot of toma.to soup . .. Guess you noticed nine pictures that appeared in Timely Topics during 1950 were included in the CO.'8 annual report . .. And speaking of the annual report, it looks like another winner in the watches & clocks division when they get around to handing out the "Oscars" in New York come next October . .. On June I, Hamilton's New York branch office will move to a brand new skyscraper at 600 5th Avenue-the Sinclair Building, which is an addition to the Rockefeller Cen­ter group.

HRA "Candlelight Caper" (Cabaret Style) Dance To Be Held At Hotel Brunswick On June 8th

With Hal Catherman (Process Eng.) as chairman, the HRA will have a "Candlelight Caper," caba­ret style dance, on June 8th in the Hotel Brunswick Ballroom from 9 to 1.

Catherman's committee is com­posed of : Jacqueline Hoe h n (Standards), Pat Farrell (Statis­tics) , Marilyn Mill e l' (Bal. &

Hspg.) and Woo d y Rathvon (Dial) .

Len Matroni and his orchestra will furnish the music with a Hamilton watch as the door prize. There will be six other prizes awarded for spot or elimination dances.

HRA members will be admitted for $1.25 per couple, while non­members will pay $2.00 per couple.

Mrs. McLaughlin Came To See Hypnotism Show But Wound-Up As The Star Attraction Instead

Did you ever go to a show that you really wanted to see and then wound up being the star attraction of it?

This happened to Irene Mc­Laughlin, who works in the Assembly Laboratory of the Watch Research Dept. She's always been interested in hyp­notism. She read a lot about it, but she never saw a hypnotist

Irene McLaughlin

in action. When the Watch Re­search Dept., decided to have a hypnotist on its banquet pro­gram at the Old Mill on March 16, she was anxious to attend.

The hypnotist for the eve­ning was John B. Shenk, an in­structor in Practice Teaching at Millersville State Teachers College. Hynotism is a hobby with Mr. Shenk and locally he has built up quite a reputation in the art.

Needing subjects on which to perform his feats of hypno­sis, he invited members of the Watch Research audience to help him out. After a bit of persuasion Irene decided to be a subject.

In order to create sleep, Shenk told Irene to relax. H e had her stare at a light on the wall. Then he passed his hands four or five times in front of

her eyes and in a few minutes she was sound asleep.

Under his hypnotic power, he had her write on a picce of pa­per the name of her third grade teacher and the school she at­tended at the time. She wrote down the correct answers in the handwriting of an eight year old.

Then he had her remove her necklace, telling her that her neck was getting warm. She removed the necklace and handed it to him. Shenk told her that her shoe was tight, it was pinching her, and request­ed her to remove it. She did.

He next told her to hold out her arm, made her believe there was a 2400 pound weight hanging on it. She responded by holding her arm out very rigidly.

Irene's close friend is Esther Kennett, who also works in the Assembly Lab. Shenk made her believe Esther was missing. Irene started to cry.

Shenk then took a silver dol­lar out of his pocket. He put it in front of her nose so she could smell it. Then he took the silver dollar and hid it un­der a menu on the mantle. He told Irene to find it. Without any hesitation she arose, and walking in her sleep, she went to the mantle, lifted up the menu, picked up the silver dol­lar and handed it to him.

Figuring she ' had enough hypnosis for one evening, h e clapped his hands loud in front of her face and she awoke, not knowing what had gone on.

As for the after effects of her deep sleep, she said she never felt better in her life the following day.

Irene responded so well as a subject that Shenk will use her in a number of his future shows. On April 15 she ap­peared with him on the Mil­lersville State Teachers College half hour (2 to 2:30 P.M.) Sun­day show over WGAL-TV.

HOLD IT! - - - THANK YOU

Here's part of the group of 50 who gathered around the banquet tables at the Old Mill Inn for the Watch Research Dept. party on March 16. Steak, lobster and ham were the features on the menu. A hypnotism show by John B. Shenk highlighted the entertainment por­tion of the party. There was dancing with the music furnished by a record player. The chairmen of the party were Florence McGeehan and Dick MichaeL

Timely Topics

1951 HRA B of D's Includes 10 Members

The Hamilton Recreation Asso­ciation now has a board of 10 di­rectors.

The 1951 board of directors will serve for one and two year terms.

The two-year term group in­cludes, A. B. Sinkler (Dir. of Quality), Robert J. Gunder (Deal­er Service Supv.), Charles L. Shindell, Jr. (Escape), H . Paxson Gifford (Crystallography Supv.) and George A. Dorwart (Mainten­ance).

The one-year term group is composed of: John H. Dudley (Mainspring Mfg.) , Charles Mil­ler (Train), William Dussinger (Mechanical Planning), I l' e n e Harnish; (Serial Records), and Alice Johnson (Prod. Dispatch).

The purpose of the board of di­rectors is to guide, assist and make recommendations to the As­sociation in an effort to give the members of the HRA as well rounded a program as possible.

The 1951 board of directors were elected by ballot by those HRA members who joined the organi­zation this year.

Credit Union Holds Meeting On March 21

The Credit Union board of di­rectors and committee members held a business meeting followed by cards, pool and refreshments in the cellar of Harry (Works Lab.) Hovis' home on March 27. Twenty-three members attended.

The highlight of the hour and a half business meeting was the O.K. given to purchase Kardex files for the Credit Union office. The new files will modernize the bookkeeping methods of the office and increase the service efficiency lor all members.

Those members present were: (Board of Directors), Ed Hendrix, president; Charles Funk, vice president ; ChI' i s Steckervetz, treasurer; Bob Wilson, assistant treasurer; and Ed Schwar, secre­tary. The committee members were, Harold Herr, Ray Foultz, Clarence Mathiot, Ray Dirks, Al Kleiner, Harry Hovis, Dave WeI­ler, Russ Hershey, Bob Wenzel, John Spencer, Matt Hauser, Mar­ty Christensen, Rowland Bitzer, Lloyd Drybread, John Rohrer, John Dudley and Ray Musser.

IN M E MORIUM

Many Hamiltonians were saddened by the news of the sudden death of George Falk on March 17th. George, who worked in the Timing & Casing Department, took an active part in Company activities. He will be greatly missed. More information will appear in June TIME­LY TOPICS.

Chorus Concert (Continued from Page 1)

stage settings will be designed and painted by Charley Shindell (Escape). James Buckwalter is the son of Noah Buckwalter (Ser­vice). Jim recently won the Co­lumbia Scholarship For Music.

Tickets for the musical concert may be purchased from members of the Chorus or at the Personnel Office.

WANTED Do you own an old Illin­

ois watch made prior to 1888 with the single name ILLINOIS on the dial? If you do, contact Murray W. Gould (Patent Attorney) , who has his office in the new Research & Engineer­ing Laboratory or call him on extension 385.

18 Hamiltonians Tour Adamstown Factory As Members Of Foremen's

On March 30th the Lancaster Foremen's Club toured the George W. Bollman & Co., Inc., of Ad­amstown, Pa.

Among the Foremen's group were 18 Hamiltonians, all mem­bers of the Lancaster organiza­tion.

The Hamiltonians included Russ Markert, Ted Schmid, Vi n c e Pierce, Bob Ferguson, Frank Ko­zicki, Charley Miller, Al Kleiner, Jim Lefever, Tom Kirchner, Frank Metze, R. F. Frey, Matt Hauser, Russ Neff, Bob Mathiot, E. B. Fornoff, Vard Rinehart, Jim Bas­so and Russ Hershey.

Another Story Of The Rugged Dependability

Of Hamilton Watches

Here is another success story of how well Hamilton watches stand up under all sorts of rug­ged handling.

It comes from John Miller, an employee of the Chicago Bronze & Color Works, Chicago, Ill., who is both satisfied and pleased with the performance of his Langdon water resistant model Hamilton.

John writes: "While I was mix­ing a 500-gallon batch of alumi­num paint, the strap broke and my Hamilton fell into the tank during the mixing process. This went on for about two hours. I didn't notice my watch was gone, and later I looked to see what time it was and found it wasn't on my wrist. I thought I had lost it somewhere in the factory and looked around for it for quite some time, finally giving up.

"While emptying the tank I found my Hamilton was on the bottom, all full of paint pigment; and not thinking I could do it any more damage, I put it in a pail of naptha to clean it off. When I took it out of the naptha I found that it was running and had the correct time and is now as good as the day I bought it."

How about that for a testimony of the rugged durability found only in a Hamilton watch?

John concludes his letter by saying, "I know that you must put your watches through rigid tests, but believe me when I say you have never subjected your watches to the treatment that my Hamilton was put through. It's truly amazing."

FLASH If you're interested in buy­

ing a girl's 20" bicycle in good condition for $8.00, contact Lloyd "Beef" Dry­bred (Plate) .

* * Two ladies desire trans­

portation to Williamsburg, Virginia. Will share expen­ses. Contact Ext. 247.

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CHOP TALK Russ Kuhns (Dial), who under­

went surgery in mid-Feb., is back at work and looks sharp . . . Paul McGeehan (Adv.) is the guy who digs up the interesting facts on Hamilton that Elsie Hix uses from time to time in her nation­ally syndicated "Strange As It Seems" daily newspaper cartoon.

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Raymie Fritsch (Maint.) dug some fishing worms the other week, brought them in and put them in the greenhouse so they'd have the right temperature .. . The other day he decided to look how they were doing ... They weren't. ... A couple of Chet Bostick's pet rats had a banquet on them.

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Bob Kauffman (Flat Steel) in­forms us that the popular song, "My Heart Cries For You" was written by Marie Antoinette ... Ruth Weitzel, the former Ruth Cook, who used to work for Herb Roberts in Prod. Disp., is now in the Traffic Dept. ... . Received a letter from Pfc. Jim Wennerholt, stationed at Sulfridge Field, Mich.

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Thirty years ago, Elvie Silvius (Sales) was thinking seriously of becoming a fighter .. The kid used to work out down at the Y with Rosey Stoy and he admits that he gave Stoy a rough time.

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Vince Pierce is back in Train .. He returned Feb. 21 .. . Anna Mae Snader's husband, Leo, is now working in the Machine Shop .. . Mary Brubaker (Frt. Jewl.) used to work for an underwear com­pany .. . Betty C oc h ran (Prod. Disp.) used to be a cheerleader at East Lampeter H. S .. . . Dot Greg­ory (Office Mgt.) attended the Eichels School of Mortuary Sci­ence in Philly.

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Jerry Gegg, formerly of the Ma­chine Shop, but now in Uncle Sam's Army, visited here on Feb. 21 prior to shipping out. .. Russ Emery will probably be the next top crooner to send the bobby­soxers swooning . .. Denver Morris (B.&F.S.) hails from Galax, Va . ... Johnny Muckenthaler (Plate) col­lects coins.

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Elizabeth Mummaw (Train) did welding work at Hill Hall, Pa. . . . Bob Ulmer (Automatic) was a painter, delivery boy and umbrel­la steamer before he came to Ham i Ito n ... Doc Hergenrother (Screw Mfg.) is getting in shape for the croaker season in Mary­land.

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Skip Wise (Quality Control) sent us a yellowed clipping of a cartoon of Connie Mack from the Oct. 14, 1911 Philly Inquirer ... At the time the A.'s and the N. Y. Giants were getting ready to open the World Series ... New in Traffic are: Nelson Kreider, Martin Mil­ler, John Hanna, Paul Mull and Dale Bastendorf.

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Mary McMurtrie (Adv.), who lives across the street from the factory, absent-mindedly came to work with her apron on the oth­er noon . .. Bob Wenzel (Assem. "B") was 34 on March 5 and can­dy accompanied the occasion ... Ken McMillen (Damask.) retired as president of the Millersville Recreation Association . . . His one year term was up March 19.

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Bud Hoin (Plate) found his hunting dog, Mose, wandering around the street behind the fac­tory on Feb. 26 ... Mose had been out on a date over that week-end and failed to ch,eck in at the Hoin mansion on Maple Ave.

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The Hamilton Print Shop In Its New Quarters Steaks And Trophies, Now One Of The Most Modern And Complete Among Cards And Fun Top The Private Industrial Print Shops In The East Service Loop Banquet

The detailed work of the Print Shop is handled in this large, well­lighted printing room. Photo shows the four printing presses on the left operated by Jack Jones, Dan Denlinger, Charley Smith and Norm HulL Supervisor Harry Longenecker (center) is shown checking some outgoing printed matter.

--------On March 26th the Print Shop for printed material instead of

moved into its new location in the the permanent racks included in section formerly occupied by the the old set-up.

The personnel of the Print Shop Watch R esearch Dept. on the first is composed of eight employees. floor directly behind the Traffic Dan Denlinger, 19 years a Hamil­Dept. in the west sector of the tonian, Bob Dommel, Al Muehlei­factory. sen, Jack Jones, Charley Smith,

The new location is ideal be- Norm Hull, Dick Bleecher and cause it affords 693 square feet supervisor Longenecker. more floor space t han was In order to re-Iocate the Print available in the old quarters, in Shop, the Maintenance Dept. did the basement under the Quality another efficient and speedy re­Control Dept. The new location modeling job. Six partitions were gives the Print Shop a total of torn down, doors were built along 2223 square feet. It places it next with a small office, tables were to Traffic's new mailing room constructed, fluorescent I i g h t s which saves time in carrying the were installed, and a complete printed material from the base- painting job was done in a short ment to Traffic as was the case in space of time. the old set-up. Actually, the Print Shop moved

The Print Shop is divided into back to a location it once occu­two sections, the printing quarters pied. About 20 years ago the Print and the packing and shipping Shop was located in the present room which is located directly Traffic quarters. across the hallway. This little industry within an

industry does a lot of work. In one year it imprints the names of Hamilton dealers on more than three million pieces of Hamilton sales promotion literature as well as printing 95% of all Hamilton office and factory forms.

In the printing section are four printing presses, including the ne­cessary composing and binding facilities along with mimeograph, embossograph, addressograph and graphotype mac h i n e s. Harry Longenecker, supervisor of the Print Shop and a Hamiltonian for 24 years, has his office in this room There is also sufficient space for active raw paper stock and sales promotion material.

In the packing and shipping section are three long tables (to­tal 20 feet) where the wrapping, packing and shipping of all print­ed material and sales promotion material is handled. This room furnishes complete and more effi­cient quarters in which to work.

For the flrst time the Print Shop has portable drying racks

In its new quarters, the Hamil­ton Print Shop now takes its place as one of the most modern and complete private printing shops in the East.

HMA F INAL MEETIN G Dr. Theodore A. Distler,

F&M president, will be the principal speaker at the fi­nal HMA meeting of the 1950-51 season in the new auditorium on May 14. The Hamilton Chorus will furn­ish the entertainment.

Across the hall from the printing section is this large packing and shipping room with its ten f luorescent lights, five windows and three work tables. Here all the necessary wrapping, packing and shipping of all printed material and Sales Promotion mailings are handled. Bob Dommel, Dick Beecher and AI Muehleisen are working on an outgoing order.

Thirty-one members of the six­five man team Service Bowling League held its annual banquet at the Old Mill Inn on April 12.

Steaks with all the trimmings, trophies for top bowling perform­ances in circuit competition, and cards and bull sessions for every­body were the highlights of the evening.

On the business agenda was the election' of officers for the 1951-52 season. Noah Buckwalter landed the presidency. Jack Harrison was elected vice president, while Paul Heistand was re-elected secretary and treasurer for a third term.

Abe Burkhardt was the retiring president. Buckwalter, the 1950-51 vice president, moved into the presidency.

Retiring .prexy Burkhardt pre­sented trophies to Dick Rote, cap­tain of the winning 922 team, for a high average of 173, Ellwood "Chink" Johnson for a 242 high single, and Lloyd Fichtner for a high triple of 594. Rote actually won high triple honors with a 616 but because of the "one prize to a winner" policy, he settled for his high average trophy.

The winning 922 club was com­posed of Captain Rote, Harry Youtz, Charley Funk, Ed Sherick and George Atkinson.

The final standing of the teams found 922 1st, 987 A 2nd, 911 3rd, 992 4th, 980 5th and 974 6th.

Johnny Rill was the official pho­tographer for the evening. Sev­eral of his pictures will appear in the May issue of TIMELY TOP­ICS.

Ninety HMA Members Attend Friday 13th Oyster Nite At Moose

The Hamilton Management As­sociation held no fear for Friday, April 13th as 90 members, includ­ing three honorary retired guests, attended a Friday 13th Oyster Nite in the Moose Dining Room.

Oysters- fried, raws and stews - baked ham, olives, pickles, cheese, etc., took top billing on the menu. The HMA members were in rare eating form as they con­sumed the food in stride.

The three retired guest mem­bers present were Parke Lindsay, John Spencer and John Bartholo­mae.

The entertainment portion of the program was strictly top drawer. Two movies, "Football Flashbacks" and Sports Revue of 1950" were shown through the courtesy of the Atlantic Refining Company. Bob Gunder (Dealer Service) and Fred Orr (Sales) op­erated the movie projector. •

An hour bingo game and cards were played.

Television also came in for its portion of the spotlight with the feature attraction being the Elk­ins Brothers vs Bob Baker heavy­weight clash from St. Nick's Are­na in New York. Baker won the unanimous decision of the judges and referee which is the way the form players in the crowd had it picked.

The six door prize winners, who each received a necktie, were: Kelly Horst (Insp.), Horace Smith (Assem. "A"), Joe Tobasco (Chem­Met.), Clair Shenk CBal. & Hspg.), Bill Sterling (Process Plan) and Jim Rice (Friction Jeweling).

The committee in charge of the program was composed of, Chair­man Gene Barber (Prod. Con.), Johnny Adams (Machine Shop), Woody Rathvon (Insp.) and Carl DeMora (Friction Jeweling).

Forty·One Keglers Attend Hamilton Men's Bowling Loop Banquet As Milt Bricker Is ' Re·Elected Pres.

The Hamilton Men's Bowling League trophy winners were all smiles. The group includes (Front Row, L. to R.), Red Bauer, Milt Bricker, who was re-elected loop prexy, and George Atkinson. Back Row (L. to R.), Cloyd Dobbs, Ellis Landis, Captain Johnnie Dinkel, Johnny Sheetz and Howard Banner, all members of the winning Nor­man team.

The Hamilton Men's Bowling League held its annual banquet at the Old Mill Inn on April 6th with 41 keglers on hand to dispose of the lobster tails and the steaks.

The eats were good and so was the fun.

During the evening trophies were presented and elections were held for 1951-52 officers.

Milt Bricker was re-elected president for next year and Ted Morrison was re-elected secretary, while Charley Koller, Sr., was elected treasurer.

For the capable manner in which he handled league opera­tions as prexy this past season, the members of the league pre­sented Milt with a special trophy for a job well done.

Individual trophies went to Red Bauer of the Eric team for a 178 high average, George Atkinson of the Gilbert club for a 250 high sin­gle, and Pres. Bricker for a 607 triple.

Actually, Bauer won both the high average and the high triple with a 624, but because of the league ruling which allows one trophy to a winner, Red settled for his high average with the high triple trophy going to Bricker who whammed a 607.

Individual trophies were also awarded to the winning Norman team composed of Captain Johnny Dinkel, Cloyd Dobbs, Ellis Landis, Johnny Sheetz and Howard Ban­ner.

Th is shot of the Hamilton Men's Bowling League banqueteers was taken by Ken Weeks before the eating started. When it was over no one complained about not getting enough to eat.

R. M. Kant Re·Elected President And Made Chairman Of B Of D; C. M. Kendig Retires As Chairman Of Board

R. M. Kant was re-elected pres­ident and made chairman of the board of directors of Hamilton watch Company at the annual re­orgnization of the Company's di­rectors held April 10th in the Board Room.

The board passed resolutions in appreciation of 50 years of "able service" to the Company by Cal­vin M. Kendig, former president, who retired as chairman of the board at the April 10th meeting.

Other officers re-elected by the directors were Charles C. Smith, vice president in charge of finance and secretary, George P. Luckey, vice president in charge of manu­facturing, Lowell F. Halligan, vice president and sales manager, Har­ry Lawrence, treasurer, Robert B. Thompson, comptroller, and Ro-

land Raver, assistant comptroller and assistant secretary.

Stockholders re-elected Smith, Luckey, Kant and Halligan for three-year terms. Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery were elected auditors for 1951.

Sinkler on Radio

A. B. Sinkler, Director of Quality, and General Man­ager of Defense Orders Di­vision, made a transcrip­tion of answers to questions on Hamilton's defense pro­gram for a 15-minute radio show recently in New York.

The recording was used on April 30 for the "Mind Your Business" s how, a quarter-hour program 0 u t of WINS, New York.

MIDDLE AISLE NOTES J ean H . Houck (Prod. Disp.) married on F eb. 11 in St. Paul's

became the bride of Leonard Min- Evangelical and R eformed Church . eur on March 24 at St. Anthony's The R ev. Dr. T . A. Alspach and Church. Len is a student at R ev. B eatrice M. W eaver officiat­Franklin & Marshall College. The ' ed . couple are residing at 679 St. JO- I **0** seph's Street this city. P eggy McCarthy (Sec. G. E .

**0** Shubrooks ) announced h er en-B~tt~ Roberts (Bai. & F . S: ) and I gagem ent to Ken Campbell, for­

Christian R edcay were married on m erly of the Chern-Met. Section March 24 in the Ross Street Meth- in March. The wedding is slated odist Church. The couple honey- to take place on May 26. K en is mooned at .Nia~ara Falls and now employed as a research en­Ca!lada. Christ IS employed at gineer at the Battelle Memorial Shirks Motor Express. The couple Institute Columbus Ohio. are residing at 430 East King St., '**0** this city.

**0** Dorothy M. Shank (Assem. "D")

became the bride of Melvin Mar­tin recently. The wedding took place at the home of the bride, Conestoga R # l . Bishop H enry Nauman officiated. The couple went on a honeymoon trip to Flo­rida. They a re presently residing a t Conestoga R # l .

**0** Marian L . Schaffner (Stand­

a rds) and William M. Ada m s were m a rried on March 22 in Betha ny Presbyteria n C h u r c h . The R ev. A. Fred R entz officiated at the double ring cer emony. The couple are residing at Mt. Gretna, P a.

**0** Doris Kofroth (Assem "A") be­

cam e the bride of Joseph W eaver on F eb. 10 in Emmanuel Lutheran Church. The R ev. Ernest Hoh of­ficiated a t the ceremony. The cou­ple went on a honeymoon trip

Mary E. Markley (Assem. A ) announced her engagem ent to Robert P. Schmitt recently. No date has been set for the w edding. Bob is in the Army.

**0** Mary Joan R essler (Assem. A )

and Hugh A. Armstrong an­nounced their engagem ent r ecent­ly. Hugh is in the Navy.

**0** Ethel Grace Brown (Prod. Dis­

pa t ch ) beca m e the bride of H en­ry A. Bielmyer Saturday, March 31, in the rectory of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. The R ev. Philip A. Liebich performed the cere-mony.

**0** Shirley Ann Smith (Automatic )

a nnounced her engagem ent to Gera ld T . Horn r ecently. Gerry is enga ged in the fruit and pro­duce business.

**0** through the South. Gloria J ean Smith and Bob

**0** \ W eston, Jr. (Casing) announced Alice Elizabeth Winter s (Assem . their engagem ent recently. No

"D") and P a ul F . Rye, Jr., w er e date has been set for the wedding.

Hamilton Helps To Make Christmas In March Worthwhile For Kelly Nobles Of San D1iego, Calif.

The Kelly Nobles had their Christmas in March in the TV stu­dios of KFMB in San Diego on March 27th. It carried with it the traditional Christmas tree and all the gifts. Seated L. to R.: Rex May, KFMB announcer , Mrs. Nobles, while four year old Kelly n sits proudly on his Daddy's lap admiring a brand new cowboy belt aocI holster that Santa just gave him. The Nobles admire their two Hamil­tons which were given them during the celebration.

With Daddy in Korea, Christ­mas just wasn 't Christmas for the K elly Nobles of 1129 Sapphire Lane, Sa n Diego.

So they decided to have Christ­mas in Ma rch instead.

It all began like this. Back on J a nua ry 28th, Mrs. No­

bles wrote a letter to the Hamil­ton Advertising Dept. , t elling how her husband, K elly Nobles I , was in Korea with the Navy and wasn't a ble to get home for Christmas 1950. She wanted him to see the joy in his little 4 year old son's eyes when h e saw the tree and his gifts for the first time

on Christmas morn. She wasn't certa in whether the little guy, K elly II, would still believe in Santa Cla us when h e was five. Mrs. Nobles figured to do this she would postpone Christmas until K elly I came home from Korea .

According to his letters she felt h e would arrive sometime in March. She got a permit to cut down a Christma s tree in a San Diego Sta t e Park, so they'd be sure of a tree.

The r eal r eason Mrs. Nobles wrote to the Hamilton Advertis­ing Dept., was to ask permission to have one of the two Hamilton

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Stems Team Wins Women's Bowling Loop Crown In Close Finish

The Stems team won the 1950-51 Women's Bowling L eague title in a close finish with the Clicks club.

Captained by Arlene Hoff, the Stems finished on top with 80 vic­tories and 40 defeats, while the Clicks wound up in second spot with 76 wins and 44 reversals. The Pinions w ere 3rd (70-50, Cas­es 4th (59-61), Hands 5th (43-77) and Barrels 6th (32-88).

Individually, Clara Henry, cap­tain of the Pinions, was the big gun . She captured high average with a 151.70, high triple 540, and finished in a tie with Erma Huber for high single, both having a 209.

According to the ruling, which allows one prize only, Clara r e­ceived a trophy for her high aver­age. Julia H eida, captain of the Barrels, took the trophy for high triple with a 523, while Erma Hu­ber took home a trophy for her 209 single.

The trophies were presented at the league's annual banquet held at the Old Mill Inn on April 23.

The winning Stems team was composed of Captain Hoff, Ida Duke, B etty Welsh, Rhoda White and Doris P et ers.

As this story goes to press, an a ccount of the league banquet which was held April 23 was too late to be included in this issue. Pictures and an announcem ent of the new league officers will ap­pear in May TIMELY TOPICS.

The r etiring officers, who served during the 1950-51 t erm, include B etty W elsh, president ; Arlene Hoff, vice president; B etty Mar­shall, treasurer; Jane Beazley, secretary ; Bertie Liller, a ssistant secretary ; and Clara H enry, a s­sistant treasurer.

Christmas movies ("To Jim" or "To P eggy") shown on Sa n Die­go's TV station, KFMB, the da y her husband arrived . She saw the movies during the Christmas sea­son and their sentimentality touched her deeply. She had writ­t en to h er husband and told him about them , and he had expressed a desire to see them when he ca m e home.

The H a milton Adve rtising Dept. got to work immediately with TV sta tion KFMB in San Diego. After severa l letters, telegrams and phone calls, a rrangem ents w er e made. The K elly Nobles wer e to have a special Christmas party right in the KFMB studios. They were to be interviewed by R ex Ma y on a 15-minute program, "P eople In The N ews" and the H amilton Christmas movie "To Jim" would be shown the day K elly I arrived in San Diego.

Nobles, a chief quartermast er on the destroyer Wiltsie, arrived in San Diego on March 23. On March 27 the Nobles had their Christ­mas TV party Ther e was a Christ­mas tree and presents for little K elly II, who opened them with a big smile on his face, and the KFMB management presented two Hamilton watches to Mr. & Mrs. Nobles. Announcer May h a n­dled the program as though h e got just as much of a bang out of it as the Nobles did.

For the K elly Nobles of 1129 S a pphire Lane, San Diego, Christ­mas 1950 might have been a little late, but they agreed it was cer­tainly worthwhile waiting for and one they'll never forget.

As little Kelly II put it, "Ain't that Santa a great guy?"

Richard J. Blakinger New General Counsel For The Company

Richard J. "Dick" Blakinger was recently appointed general counsel on all legal matters for the Hamilton Watch Company.

Prior to his job h ere, Dick was a professional staff member on the Majority Policy Committee of the United States Senate, Wash­ington, D. C. He acted as legisla­tive assistant to Senator Scott W . Lucas, former Majority Leader , who also was chairman of the sub-committee of the Senate Fi­nance Committee, who first took an inter est in the National De-

Dick Blakinger

fense aspects of the America n Watch Industry. Dick a ct ed as counsel on this sub-committee.

H e is 28. H e married the former Barbara Bowman of Wyoming in 1944. They have a nine months old son, "Chuck."

Dick was born in Aurora, Ill­inois. H e complet ed his College Prep course at East High in Au­rora in 1940. He graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors and a B.A. degree from Cornell College of Iowa in 1946. H e graduated from the Northwestern University Law School in 1949 with Order of the Coif honors. H e was associate ed· itol" of the Illinois Law R eview, a legal publication put out by the Northwestern Law School stu­dents. H e taught one sem ester in the Northwestern Law School be­fore he went to Washington.

H e had his college career a t Cornell of Iowa interrupted for three years while he served as a 1st Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. H e was a navigator on B-25 Mitchells and has 21 mis­sions over the Luzon-Borneo area to his credit.

While at Cornell, Dick won let­t ers in wrestling a nd t ennis. As a gra ppler he compet ed in the 128 pound class. At the present time his hobbies are t ennis a nd r ead­ing. H e resides with his family in a new home on Pleasure Roa d.

Mae Evans In Charge Of Girls' S-8all Program

Mae Evans (P ersonnel) will be in charge of the Hamilton girls' softball program.

Whether a league will be formed or a team, composed of factory players to represent Hamilton in outside competition, isn 't definite a t this time.

According to Mae, if enough girls are inter ested, an Inter-De­partmental L eague will be formed. If ther e aren't enough players available, the possibility of form­ing a t eam to play outside com­petition is good.

At the present time Mae is in­t er ested in securing names of all girls interested in playing soft­ball. It doesn't matter how good you are as long as you want to play. Contact Mae as soon as pos­sible on extension 231 so that she can gP.t the program started.

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ODDS & END S Steve Cepeki (Maintenance) al­

most shoved his hip pockets out, pushin' an overloaded wheelbar­row full of scrap iron up a small incline the other day . . . When he reached the top of the short hill behind the factory he headed for the air hose where he added more pressure in the tires of the wheel­barrow . .. Willie Nolan, formerly of Print Shop now in the Army Air Force at K eesler Field, Mis­sissippi, has added 20 pounds.

* * * * • K en K ellenberger , former HRA

prexy, is now a Pvt. in the Army at Camp Pickett, Va .... There was rumor afloa t that Cal Allison (En­graving) was the No. 1 replace­m ent for General Ma cArthur but then they went ahead and picked Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway in­st ead ... Did you ever know that H erb Fulmer (Ma intenance) eats his lunch in a closet with a st ep ladder for a companion?

* * * * * Francis Meyer (Watch Des.)

thinks Nature Boy Buddy Rogers is a nice guy out of the ring . . . He met him a couple of times at El­mer's and took his picture .. Frank Byorick, the BRA prexy, has been working hard to give the Associa­tion members a lot of activities this year.

* * * * * For a guy without fire fighting

experience, K en Trees (Insp.) did a good job when his Dad's bakery was ablaze on April 8 .. . Marie Caldwell (Quality Control) gave a top drawer monologue perform­ance in a minstrel show at the Community Building in Conestoga Center on April 12 and 14 .. . Aus­tin Falk (Prod. P erformance), whose hobby is playing and ta lk­ing about golf, was glad to see B en Hogan win the Masters a t Augusta, Georgia, on April 8 .. . Patsy Berkheimer, formerly of Ma terial Sales, is now with h er husband in T exa s . .. H e's in the Army.

* * * * * Peggy McCarthy (Sec. to G. E.

Shubrooks) was studying a book on etiquette by Emily Post ... We always felt the kid was sharp.. enough without rules . . . Blake Du­laney (Export Sales) likes the an­tics of the pro wrestlers ... Gene­vieve Douglas (Traffic) admits her favorite hobby is eating . .. A previous festival date at Edward Hand Jr. High caused the man­agement of the school to change thll BRA Chorus Concert's origi­nal date of May 18-19 to June 1-2.

* * • * * I s it true Fred Orr (Sales)

sleeps with a cigar in his mouth ? . .. H erb Swisher (Pla t e) is a slick lookin' chick in a bow t ie .. J ackie Troop (Display) is sportin' a n en­gagem ent ring, placed on her fin­ger by Bob King, 1950 F . & M. football capta in . .. In the hospita l for identica l oper a tions in mid­April were P a ul Ma rtin (Assembly "A") and John Foose (Sect. Supt.) . . . After a serious operation at St. Joe's, Howa rd Fritsch (Guard ) is coming along nicely.

Hazel Keller Elected Pres. Of Pilot Club

H azel K eller (Sec. to F . Hueh­nerga rth ) was elect ed president of the Lancaster Pilot Club at a m eeting h eld recently in Hotel B runswick.

Hazel was officia lly installed as president of the club on April 25th at a dinner m eeting in the Bruns­wick.

The Pilot Club is an Interna­tional Organization of business and professional women. The Lancaster Pilot Club is in District 16 which comprises the leading cities of the Eastern Seaboard States.

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IT'S LIKE THIS We've watched Irish Bob Murphy in TV fights against Jer­

sey Joe Walcott, Harry Matthews and Bob Satterfield .. As much as we enjoy seeing him in action, he's going to go punchy un­less some kind character comes a long and teaches him that there's a defensive as well as an offensive side to fighting ... No matter how tough Bob is or how well he absorbs pun ishment, the guy can take so much and no more.

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As phoney as it is, we believe pro wrestling has given more young athletes coming out of college a start in life than any other money sport . . . We have in mind a good looking kid who came out of a small college along the Main Line to Philly .. . The boy wanted to get into med school. .. He didn't have any dough ... He was a top notch heavyweight college wrestler . .. He decided to get into pro grappling to get the dough he needed . . . In two years time, he not only made enough to handle his med schooling, but put away a sufficient amount of green stuff to set up office with all the necessary equipment when he offi­cially became a doctor.

-o-See where Ken Raffensberger started another season on

the mound for t he Cincinnati Reds .. . We can remember when Ken broke into baseball with the York Legion team and used to come across the Susquehanna to pitch week-end games for a club in Columbia ... Even in those early days, Ken had a lot of slow, tantalizing stuff that made the batters look silly.

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If we had our pick of the three top trackmen over the past twenty years we would select Glenn Cunningham, Bill Bonthron and Joe McCluskey ... Cunningham was the great Kansas Flyer, Bonthron hailed from Princeton, while McCluskey represented Fordham .. . For our dough, there wasn't a miler with more color and poise than Cunningham .... We remember seeing him in his prime and what a master of pace he was ... Bonthron could run both the mile and the half mile ... The latter was his favor­ite distance .. . W e remember him on a dark, dreary day in the IC4A games down on Franklin Field in Philly ... Bill got away to a bad start in the 88:> finals ... He was back in the pack as the race headed into the last curve at the top of the long home­stretch .. . Like a shot out of a cannon he came roaring out of the pack making the rest of the runners look like they were standing still as he took them by twos and threes until he was out in front by two yards and into the tape by four . . . Bill had one of the most powerful "kicks" of any runner we have ever seen in action ... It wa a thing of beauty to watch ... As for McCluskey, he wasn't fancy . .. H e was probrably the most flat­footed two miler to ever set foot on a track ... But what stam­ina and heart this Irishman possessed ... We ran against him three times, once in the 3000 m eter steeplechase in the Penn Relays ... Joe was America's greatest steeplechaser for years, being a member of several American Olympic teams ... He was a master of pace ... He didn't possess a kick to his finishes . .. He killed off the opposition in the middle of all his races . . . H e was a finished product when it came to taking the various hurdles along the 3000 meter course ... Over the past twenty years there may have been greater stars in track than Cunningham, Bon­thron and McCluskey, but you can't prove it by us.

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Noticed Uncle Milty had a pro wrestling act on his TV show on March 20 . . . The two grunters on the one tag team in the skit were Tarzan Hewitt and Georgie Harben, who both have ap­peared at Maple Grove during the past two years . .. Hamilton lost a good bowler to the Army in late March when Ken Kel­lenberger was inducted . .. Clair Shenk (Bal & Hspg.), a Ted Williams fan all the way, showed us an article written by Jim­my Powers, N. Y. News sports colwnnist, in defense of Williams. ... Clair got quite a charge out of Powers' story . .. Wonder if Bags Broome (Machine Shop) will don the maslc and pads for another season of softball umpiring?

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Don't be too surprised if Tennessee is the top football team in the nation next season . .. The Volunteers are loaded with high-class talent ... Down in the rugged Southwest, make room for T exas A. & M .... In the East, check Army and Navy, both draft proof, and don't overlook P enn and Cornell.

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Next winter Purdue University's wrestling team will come East for some dual meets if it can land a third opponent to make the trip worth the expenses . . Already Ted Rupp's M.S.T.C. grapplers are slated for a tentative date with Purdue along with Waynesburg College ... If the Boilermakers can schedule one more meet with either L ehigh, F. & M. or Penn State, they'll come East . .. April 15th was the start of trout season .. . And speaking of trout fishing, Maurice Shearer (Automatic) is the only angler we know of who ever caught seven trout while standing on one foot .. . The punch line to this bit is that Mau­rice had a hole in his other boot and if he would have put his foot down in the water he'd have had a wet dog ... Received a copy of the Elephant Trail, an interesting little four page sheet put out regularly during the diamond season by the Philadel­phia Athletics . . Hofstra is a definite new opponent on M.S.T.C.'s wrestling schedule next year ... . The two will tangle in New York . . . According to our informants, the Italian-American club ought to be a hot number in the Farnum softball loop this year. .. . Johnny Fulmer (Display) will be at third base, Paul Stauffer (Assem. Casing), is a member of the pitching staff, while Lou Giangreco (Automatic) will operate as a coach for the outfit ... With the start of another big league baseball season, Ruth Har­pIe (Frt. Jewl.) will be yelping right down to the wire for the Boston Red Sox.

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Dark Horse Assembly "B" Club Plays Steady Brand Of Ball To Win Play-Off Finals From Plate Team

Here's t he winning Assembly B squad with t he trophies they WOn for capturing the 1950-51 championship play-offs of the Men's Inter­Departmental Basketball League. Seated (L. to R.), Sonny Wolfer, D ick Keene, Johnnie Erisman, Charley R ittenhouse, Garth Hacker and Jer ry Hinkle. Standing, Skip Weaver and Bill Bradley. Glenn Arnold was missing when this photo was taken.

Assembly "B," the dark horse team that finished in fourth spot in the final Inter-Departmental regular season league standings, caught fire -in the round robin playoffs and won the loop cham­pionship by taking two out of three games from Plate in the finals.

The Assembly "B" outfit, beat­en five times during the regular season competition, rose to the oc­casion when the chips were down.

After eliminating the Engineers in the semi-final round by a 98-20 count, Assembly "B" with accu­rate shooting and a steady floor game went to work on Plate. The Plate club won its way into the final round with a 36-30 victory over Assembly "C."

All three games of the "B" vs Plate series w ere close, hard­fought clashes with the Assem­bly outfit taking the first and third games by scores of 55-47 and 59-34, while Plate swept the

Atkinson In Charge Of HRA Men'S S-Ball League For 1951

The 1951 HRA Men's Inter-De­partmental Softball League will be operated by George Atkinson (Budget) , according to an an­nouncement by Frank Byorick (Process Eng.), HRA president.

Atkinson will be assisted by Dick Ponzini (Proces Eng.), who will act as secretary and treasurer of the circuit.

As this story goes to press, nothing definite has been set on plans until a meeting is held with the managers and captains of the va rious t eams, At that time At­kinson will make definite arrange­ments to get the league underway the latter part of Mayor the first week in June.

Atkinson, a Syracuse g r a d, would like to have eight teams in the loop. H e also figures on awarding the winning t eam indi­vidual trophies as well as trophies to the player with the highest bat­ting average and another for the home run king of the league.

Atkinson has planned t his meeting for the latter part of April. By the time this story ap­pears definite plans will probably be underway.

second tilt, 51-49 in one overtime period.

Individually, the big scoring gun for "B" was Sonny Wolfer, who poured 54 points into the nets in the three final tilts. He added 29 points to his total in the semi­final clash against the Engineers, bringing his combined point con­tribution to 83 markers in four games for an average of 20.3 points per tiff.

In winning, each member of the Assembly "B" club received a small trophy on April 4, presented by the Hamilton R ecreation As­sociation, sponsors of the league.

The Assembly club was com­posed of Sonny Wolfer, Skip Wea­ver, Dick Keene, Jerry Hinkle, Bill Bradley, Garth Hacker, John­nie Erisman, Glenn Arnold and Charley Rittenhouse.

The Plate club operated with Johnny Baker, Sonny Denlinger, Elmer L eese, Al Muehleisen, Vern Hilt, Joe Slavoski and Bob Bow­man.

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Hairspring (Clair Shenk and Francis Finger), Assembly "B" (Bob Wenzel and Ed Wisdo), As­sembly "C" (George Wolf and Walt Mellinger), Assembly "D" (George Wolf and Eddie B enner), Assembly Casing (Phil Wendel and Bob Hartman) , Finishing (George Goode and Paul Barber), Dial (Russ Kuhns and LeRoy Martin), Hairspring Mfg, (Bill Boyle and Ear I Eisenberger), Friction J eweling (Rowland Bit­zer and Charley Miller) , Casing (Jim Basso and Clarence Ernst), Balance Staff (P a u 1 Kauffman and Zelma Hartley ), Balance & Flat Steel (Gene Wiley, Charley Bradley, Dave Harnish and Louis Ernst) , Timing (Jim Basso and Al Kurkowski), Specialties Mfg. (Frank H eckendorn and R eno Long), Specialties Ass e m b 1 Y (Cloyd Do b b s and Margaret Frank), Small Tool (Bill Bachman and Harold Hable) , Maehine Shop (Ray Dirks and Frank Hatz) , Press (Charley P et ers and Elvina McEllhenny), Pia n n i n g (Joe Gegg) , Damaskeening (K en Mc­Millen, Joe Butson and Gladys Marks, Train (AI Kleiner and George Slaugh).

Ticlcets For The "Choral Fantasy" Will Go On Sale May L You Can Purchase Tickets From Members Of The Chorus Or The Person­nel D ept.

JOTS & DOTS Did George Ulmer (Maint.)

ever find his false choppers? . . If you want any facts on the Green Tree Hotel, check with Ruth ir­win (Payroll) . .. Jerry Gegg, for­merly of Machine Shop, and son of Joe Gegg (Prod. Con.) is now with the Army in Germany . .. Did Ray D irks (Machine Shop) ever tell you about the time he tried playing basketball out in Pitts­burgh? ... Paul Kutz (Supt. Fact. Rates & Cst. Stds.) was taUcing about poise t he other afternoon . .. He concluded by saying, "Poise will be poise."

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Charley Wagner (Guard) gets a bang out of watching the pro wrestlers at Maple Grove Two of the top cigar smokers around Hamilton are, John Foose (Sect. Supt.) and Bruce Wolfe (Mechan­ical Dept. Supt.) ... Wyn Davis (Dir. of Planning), who is the proud father of a new son, figures he'll start teaching the little guy how to play ball when he's two ... The Maintenance Dept. did anoth­er transformation miracle with the old Watch Design Section . .. With paint and carpentry they rebuilt it into the Print Shop and Traffic headquarters.

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Charley Miller (Train) wore his first bow tie on Monday, March 26 ... Billy Garden, who retired from Finishing on Feb. 28, visited the dept. on March 27 . . . . Gene Barber (Prod. Con.) was one of the judges at the Millersville Rec­reation Association Talent Show on March 28 in the M.S.T.C. Aud­itorium ... Marsha McMillen, Ken (Damask.) McMillen's youngest daughter, was slated to sing, "Chocolate Ice Cream Cone" in the show but she had the measles and couldn't be on hand for the affair . .. . Don Bauer, formerly of Machine Shop, who is now sta­tioned with the Army Air Force at Andrews' Field, Washington, D. C., looks good and was glad to see the boys in the M.S. when he visited here on March 26.

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Ruth Colgrove (Dealer Service) visited her folks in Ohio over the Easter week-end . .. Hazel Lowe is new in Advertising . . . That digni­fied look in' redhead at the console of the Willy's station wagon is Paul McGeehan (Adv.) . . . A I m a Shepley (Train) used to play field hockey with the Lancaster Wom­en's Hockey team ... According to Joyce Rhen (Personnel) , Alma used to be a top notch operator with a hockey stick in her hands. ... Al Hanselman (Damaskeening) put ten pounds of onions in on March 24 ... That's what you call getting an early start.

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Optimists Club lost $300.00 on the March 16-17 Middle Atlantic Asso­cia,tion Wrestling Championships held at the Armory . . . It just goes to show that local wrestling fans aren't interested in the legitimate phase of the sport .. They'd rather ha ve their grappling on the phon­ey side . . . According to a leading insurance company, March, April and May are the three months in which more home accident occur than at any other time . .. Lloyd Fichtner (Jewel Set.) is thinking about dropping in on Dude Wil­liams down in Tampa, Florida, during his coming vacation . . . Mae Evans (Personnel) isn't a horse owner anymore . .. She sold Rose of Veechland ... P a u I K in ale y (Guard) says if his Irish Setter continues to grow, he's thinking about entering the dog in pro wrestling.