I I

HIP

Page 2 ARGUS EYES October 1953

rb

if"

^ =

\ /V

i B

rb

^ ^IIMI k H O B

1

*<)

• • • •

1

M B

rWith the Annual Report in the mail to you, this is

perhaps the appropriate time to discuss what it meansto be an Argus employee and how much it costs to keepall of us working.

As many of you know, the last fiscal year was verysuccessful for us with sales reaching $19,447,541.This is more than six million dollars greater than ourvolume of business for the previous year. It meansthat this past year we have become more firmly estab-lished as a producer of fine cameras and projectors.Our quality and good name are recognized throughoutthe world, and that recognition has come back to us inthe form of greater job opportunities and greater jobsecurity.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS INCREASELast year almost one-and-a-half million dollars more

was paid out to employees than the year before. Sinceour employment figure increased by an average of 200persons, most of that million-and-a-half went into pay-checks and benefits for all of us. Last year our annualimprovement factor was increased to 5£ an hour. Cost-of-living adjustments added another cent to our pay-checks. All skilled workers received a 10£ an hourincrease this summer. As a result of these and otherwage improvements, all incentive workers are now re-ceiving the maximum group insurance benefits. Besidesthat, our growing business made it possible for the com-pany to contribute a record amount to the profit-sharingfund, so that every profit-sharer received an additional$4 for every $1 invested.

EFFICIENCY HELPS ABSORB EXTRA COSTSRaw materials, other goods and services cost us

three-and-a-half million dollars more last year thanthey did in fiscal 1951-52. A good portion of that wasdue to the increased prices we had to pay to buy partsfor our products. Yet we were able to absorb the extracost, and still cut the price of several products makingthem some of the most attractive buys in the photographicmarket today.

Everyone had to pitch in to make that possible. Byworking together efficiently, and by finding new ways ofcutting production costs without lowering our quality wehave been able to pass on considerable savings to ourcustomers.

MOST EXTRA SALES PAID OUT IN TAXESAlthough our business was $6,000,000 greater last

year, we were able to set aside only an additional

by Robert E. Lewis

$290,000 for expansion, future growth, and the newmachines that will help us produce more for less.

The reason for this is the great amount of federal in-come and excess profits taxes we must pay out of themoney left after our bills and payrolls have been met.Last year we paid out one and one-quarter times ourentire net worth in direct federal taxes alone. Theexcess profits tax law is due to expire at the end ofthis year, and I believe it will remove the greatestrestrictive influence on our company*s growth.

SALES CONTINUE TO SET RECORDS

Sales for the beginning of the new fiscal year havecontinued to follow an upward trend. September salesset a new record for one month. They came to over$2,000,000, the greatest part of which were sales ofour commercial products.

Earlier in the year we were cautious about fall sched-ules because of talk in financial circles about a fallingoff of business. Although talk of a mild recession isstill quite prevalent, Argus does not seem to be affectedyet. Demand for our products has never been higher.We have sold all the cameras we can make between nowand Christmas and actually have more orders than wecan produce.

Right now we are pushing for extra production so thatwe can take care of as much excess Christmas demandas possible. The important consideration is not justmaking money from these extra products, but havingArgus products available for those who want them. Itis always undesirable not to be able to fill a customer'sorder because he might go to a competitor. That wouldhurt our business in the long run.

TOO EARLY TO FORECAST FUTURE BUSINESSWe can't predict at this time what the demand will be

in the first quarter of next year. Our present demandis a hopeful indication that at the end of the Christmasseason our dealers shelves will be substantially empty,creating an active business for early 1954.

An active demand from overseas Army and Navy Ex-changes will help us build sales volume for next year.In addition, our government business is continuing on afairly steady basis with orders on hand to carry usthrough to the end of the calendar year 1954.

Eye Opener!When you see this sign. . . be alert for a childwho may be careless.Remember, he's on hisway up in the world . . .an accident can meana tragic detour!

DRIVE CAREFULLY—the child you savemay be your own.

CoverThe young boy on the cover was

given a normal life by Red Featheragencies. The picture was taken byEck Stanger, of the Ann Arbor News.

The entire Optical Assembly Department turned out during restperiod September 4 to surprise Dick Dorow with this large birthdaycake.

October 1953 ARGUS EYES Page 3

Argus Selected AsUnique "Growth Firm"The growth of Argus in less than

25 years has been so outstandingthat members of the National, Assoc-iation of Investment Clubs want tohear more about it.

For their national convention inDetroit, October 24, they have sched-uled Robert E. Lewis as their prin-cipal speaker to explain how Argusdeveloped from a struggling radioconcern in the depths of the depres-sion to a world leader in the photo-graphic industry.

Representatives from all over thecountry will be attending the con-vention. The investment club move-ment began in the Detroit-Ann Arborarea and has since spread through-out the United States.

Jim Yates VisitsPlant on Furlough

Jim Yates, on military leave fromCamera Assembly, d ropped in tovisit his friends in the departmentduring a ten-day furlough in Septem-ber.

Jim has completed supply schooland is stationed at Fort Knox, Ky.

His address is: Pvt. James YatesU.S. 55316487, Co. A 30th TankBn.,Fort Knox, Ky.

r~— • —J £ & G>

What: ANNUAL COMPANYDINNER

When: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9I 6:45 p.m.1 Where: MICHIGAN UNION| BALLROOMj Mark your calendar now!

Make your reservation in' the Personnel Department.I Plans have been made for a

dinner you'll remember!

Profit-Sharers Divide$253,551 Company Contribution

Better than a quarter of a million dollars changed hands when Argus Presi-dent, Robert E. Lewis, turned over this check, the company's contributionto the Profit-Sharing Fund, to Les Schwanbeck, Jess Cope, and HaroldPeterson, employee members of the Fund's Management Committee. In thepicture above, Vice-President Clinton Harris, and Industrial Relations Direc-tor Jim Brinkerhoff, also members of the Management Committee, enjoythe proceedings.

This year's contribution is the largest in the history of the Profit-SharingFund. It represents $4 for every $1 invested by employees last year. Asa result of the company deposit, every $200 invested by an employee as ofJuly 31, 1953, is now worth $1000. Enlarging the original $200 even morewill be interest on the combined company and employee investment plus re-Unquishments.

U. S. Congressmen Tour ArgusOn his recent tour of Michi-

gan, Senator Homer Ferguson,accompanied by RepresentativeGeorge Meader, found time tovisit several departments andemployees at Argus.

Both Congressmen are fromMichigan.

Above: Eddie Girvan and Mrs.Radford watch while Sandra Lupi(Dept. 19) explains the assemblyof the C4 camera to Rep. Meaderand Sen. Ferguson.

Left: Leo Knieper, of Main-tenance, describes his work toSen. Ferguson.

Page 4 ARGUS EYES October 1953

There's Rhyme in SafetyTen little ArgusitesFeeling fit and fineOne smoked in the

Paint Shop,Then there were nine

Nine little ArgusitesThought they'd be late;One rushed over the

railroad tracks --Then there were eight.

Eight little ArgusitesLooking up to heaven;One fell off the

loading dock,Then there were seven

Seven little Argusites,Putting in hard licksOne cleaned a moving,

machineThen there were six.

Six little ArgusitesGlad to be alive;One forgot his gog-

gles,Then there were five.

Five little Argus-ites,

Standing near a door,One thought a wire

was dead,Then there were four.

Four little Argusites,One scratched his knee--DidnTt go to First Aid,Then there were three.

Three little Argus-ites,

Lots of work to do,One oiled a moving

shaftThen there were two.

Two little ArgusitesLeft their jobs on

the run--One missed his

footing,Then there was one.

One little Argusite,Thought of the other nineBegan to practice safety -Now he's doing fine!

employeeJ J^earn to UjeJ^eJuJcitator

One of the finest resuscitators to be found in the Ann Arbor area hasbeen purchased by the Recreation Club for use in the plant and at Indepen-dence Lake. It can be used on three persons simultaneously to save themfrom drowning or choking, or to provide a flow of oxygen if they are sufferingfrom heart attack, shock, or gas poisoning.

To make sure that someone is always on hand who can operate the re -suscitator, the following persons have been instructed in its use: FranWatterworth, First Aid; Wilfred Bonnewell, Recreation Area; Lt. J. M.Pettit and Sgt. Ernest Barker, plant protection officers; Donald Crump,Quality Control; Fred Alchin, Production Planning; Herman Bauer, Salvage;Lloyd Ussery, Engineering; Art Parker, Jr . , Standards; and Vincent Swickerath,Receiving Inspection.

P Herman Bauer and LloydUssery check controls whichcan change the new resusci-tator into an inhalator or an

, aspirator.The whole unit, with two

tanks of oxygen, can be keptin this "suitcase" and movedfrom place to place withoutany danger of damaging it.

• - *

Martin Payne, a representative fkof the resuscitator manufac-turer, demonstrates how to ap-ply the breathing mask. WilfredBonnewell assists him as the"victim" while Lt. Pettit lookson. The resuscitator is alsoequipped with masks for chil-dren and can be adjusted foreven premature babies.

rCall Ouued (o* Q bound

One hundred persons are neededimmediately for the Ground Obser-vers Corps to help report aircraftpassing over Ann Arbor.

Volunteers spend two hours a weekat the Ground Observer post at thetop of the Michigan Union and reportall multi-motored planes and forma-tions to the filter center in GrandRapids.

The urgent need for civilian vol-unteer observers was pointed upwith the r e c e n t "Operation Sky-watch", a practice Air Corps man-

uever in which bombers passed overAnn Arbor without being detected.

The present Ann Arbor force num-bers only 13 members and is toosmall to do an effective job. Amongthe present volunteer observers areLloyd Davis, of Blocking, and LesterMichael, of Service.

Persons who have two hours aweek to spare, and who are inter-ested in serving their country in thisway are asked to contact eitherLloyd or "Mike" for further infor-mation.

October 1953 ARGUS EYES Page 5

It's as Easy as This

To Win $1166.55!Max Robinson and Louis Davis

work t o g e t h e r on the C4 line.TheyTre pretty good friends, andworking side by side they've comeup with several ideas to cut pro-duction time or labor.

One day last year, they turnedin the suggestion reproduced at theright. This month it paid off forthem to the tune of $1166.55!

Max and Louis were paid $500 sixmonths ago when their idea wasaccepted. The balance of $666.55was just awarded them as a resultof actual savings during a six-monthtest period.

Max and Louis had an idea thatrejects ran only 2 or 3 % and thata second checker could be elimina-ted. A thorough check showed theywere right. Their idea shows howeasy it can be to win a substantialaward.

Other large awards were received

by Louis Belleau, Dept. 10($170.63), Bill Dusterhoft,Dept. 22 ($100), Victor Dev-lin, Dept . 22 ($76.35),Maurie Howe, Dept. 10 ($25)and Henry Minges, Dept. 9($25).

Ten-dollar awards went toBob Allan, Dept. 52, JerryPatterson, Dept. 53, andStanley Ruffin, Dept. 22.Betty Shattuck, of Dept. 64,and Tess Canja, of Dept.65 were awarded $5 each.

Right: Max Robinson andLouis Davis at their jobs.

PROPOSED METHOD

ANNIVERSARIES

Roger WestphalReceiving5 years

Harvey BennettEngineering

10 years

Walter BackMachine Shop

10 years

Walter RootEngineering

10 years

Richard WilsonEngineering10 years

Zntesi ifottA. Qauwdte Slide*!i953

GluL

Color Slide ContestThis is your chance to win enlargements of your favor-

ite color slides--perhaps some you took on your vacationthis summer. All slides entered will be divided intotwo classes--animate and inanimate--with equal prizesfor both classes.

FIRST PLACE WINNEROne 8 x 1 0 Kodachrome Color Enlargement

SECOND PLACE WINNEROne 5 x 7 Kodachrome Color Enlargement

THIRD PLACE WINNEROne 3 x 5 Kodachrome Color Enlargement

HONORABLE MENTION (4-5-6-7-8)One Each Wallet Size Color Enlargement

l.

2.3.

4.

5.6.7.

RULESEach person may enter up to 4 color slides from35 mm or bantam film.All entries must have been taken with an Argus.Judges will decide in which class your slide shouldbe.Print your name and department on a slip of paper.Enclose slip with your entries in an Argus factorymail envelope and address to GIRVAN. Give theenvelope to your foreman or supervisor, or placeit in one of the regular factory mail stations.Contest closes Monday, October 26, 1953.Decision of the judges will be final.Contest is strictly limited to amateurs.

Page 6 ARGUS EYES October 1953

youc4jked

cAndiAnother month--and another pot-

ful of questions to keep ol' Andybusy.

Will Van Dyke wants to know whysmaller families couldn't be giventwo chickens instead of the turkeysat Christmas. Some smaller turkeyswere ordered in the past. Very fewwanted them. Last year the Mrs.had ours cut in half at the com-pany's freezer (Liberty Locker). Westored the other half there and arehaving it for Thanksgiving.Paid Factory Sick Leave

A "Disgusted Night Shift Guy" wantsto know why factory workers don'tget paid sick leave. Sturgis pulledout a survey showing that very fewcompanies in the area give it. Ifthe practice becomes more common,Argus will look into it.Orchids for Mrs. Winney

This one's a pleasure to pass on.It 's from a number of girls inPlant I. "We have a wonderful clean-ing lady. She is busy all the timeand keeps our rest room very clean. "

Mrs. Winney left before I couldshow it to her. Mrs. Lindsay's do-ing a fine job, too, I hear.Rest Periods--Favoritism

Two questions came in on restperiods and the possibility of favor-itism being shown with two peopleon the same job. They seem to beproblems for a supervisor to handle.Tell me which one and I'll see whatI can do.

Some of the questions from lastmonth take a lot of checking. I hopeto have a report on safety andPlant I-Plant II differences by nextmonth. I talked over the safety sug-gestions with members of the Com-mittee and they would be worth anaward if you want to jot them downon a blank.

My answer on suggestion rejectsstirred up a hornet's nest. Thewhole question of eligibility is get-ting a good airing.

Here's a cartoon one of the galsin Personnel found. Seems to fitthe bill this month! ANDY

Lavish Greek Ceremony UnitesStella Kokinakes and John Theros

Ann Arbor's St. Nicholas GreekOrthodox Church was the scene Sep-tember 6 of an impressive candlelightceremony uniting Stella Kokinakesand John Theros.

As the young couple pledged them-selves to each other, marriagecrowns, fastened together by a silkribbon, were placed upon their headsand exchanged three times. Thecrowns and a lit candle which brideand groom hold together are symbolsof union used in wedding rites of theGreek Church.

I'M NOT ASLEEP; I DON'T LIKE COFFEE

Father of the bride, Andy Kokinakes, ofProduction Planning, leads his daughterdown the aisle in the picture to the left.

Five hundred guests attended thechurch wedding and reception at the U.S.Armory. Among them were Les Schwan-beck, Vincent Swickerath, Ken Geiger,Eric Soderholm, Lewis Belleau and theirfamilies.

The ceremony was performed by Rev.Agamemnon Papastefanau.

-Photos by Tom Kentes

9 p.m. - 1 a.m.Saturday, October 24American Lesion Home

Your Recreation Card admits you and your partner.Because of the increased number of Recreation Clubmembers, you are asked not to bring guest couplesfor this dance.

October 1953 ARGUS EYES Page 7

Content ZVinnerJ and J\e5ultd (Announced

Jane Maulbetsch Bob Barsantee, Jr.

Jane Maulbetsch, of Sales, andBob Barsantee, J r . , of the ToolRoom, marked 8 out of 10 answerscorrect in last monthTs quiz on howour money was spent, and came theclosest of 70 entrants to a perfectscore.

Close behind with 7 marked rightwere Bob Barsantee, Sr., a toolgage inspector in Engineering, EdZill, a designer in Engineering,Paul McCoy, of Lens Grinding, andDick Bradmon, a night shift lensgrinder.

All six winners have been awarded$25 Government Bonds. (It was origi-nally planned to award five bonds.An extra bond is being given so thatall who marked 7 or more correctwill receive a prize.)

The Barsantees spoke for the restof the winners when they said it tookone whole evening of studying old an-nual reports to come up with theright answers!

Dick Bradmon

With theWomen Bowlers

by Hilda White

The women's bowlingseason is well underwaywith Smith's SportingGoods and Customade ^^Slipcovers battling for first placewith 11 wins to 1 loss each.

Threatening the league leaders witha 10-2 score is the Golden Applesfive, while Pittsfield Market andRoach Printing have turned in scoresthat promise the top teams a lot oftrouble.

At the end of the fourth week ofplay, Beulah Newman leads the listof markers. Her record of 5 strikesin a row was set in the second weekof play. Since then she has run 7spares in a row to tie with VelmaHague and Doris Robbins for thespare honors.

Velma has also reached 192 forthe highest individual game.

Other very fine scores have beenturned in and from now on it willbe a real battle to see who will beleague champions.

Ed Zill Paul McCoy

JfotuAlmost Everyone Knew

1. That our sales this year werethree times as great as they werein fiscal 1950 ($19,447,000 as com-pared to $5,333,788 in 1950). Lastmonth's sales alone were approxi-mately one-half of our total 1950sales!2. That federal income and excessprofits taxes added up to more than$2,300,000—11. 8%of our total sales.

Some Persons Knew1. That federal excise taxes on ourcameras and projectors would eatup another $2,000,000 of our sales.2. That military sales would ac-count for one-fourth of our totalbusiness.3. That only 1% of our sales waspaid in dividends to the owners ofthe business. This came to $111,138for the last fiscal year.4. That our net p r o f i t out of$19,447,000 worth of camera, pro-jector, and military sales would beonly $800,000 or 4.1%.5. That our total scrap bill lastyear, including unexplained losses,ran to almost $400,000.

Bob Barsantee, Sr.

On *lke.Only a Few Knew

1. Tooling costs for the Model"75" camera alone has added up to$250,000 since 1948 when produc-tion began on it.2. That out of t o t a l costs of$15,958,000, salaries and wagescame to $6,500,000.3. That 85% of our net profit wasreinvested in the business to pro-vide for new facilities and futuregrowth.

WANTED!Old pictures of Argus, Cavac,

and Arborphone for a futurestory in Argus Eyes on the his-tory of the company.

1. Pictures of old products,especially the Kadette, Model M(first small AC-DC radio) andthe Kadette Junior Pocket Radio.

2. Pictures of old departments,or Argus people at work.

Page 8 ARGUS EYES October 1953

(Between^headlined

To Complete StudiesDennis Burke, of the Paint Shop,

will be a busy man this fall. Inaddition to working part-time on theafternoon shift, he will be attendingMichigan State Normal College fora full schedule of classes. Dennisis a junior majoring in industrialarts education.

Major Quinn WritesMajor and Mrs. Roland Quinn, of

the Salvation Army, rememberedArgus on their trip to Ireland thissummer and sent a card to tell ushow much they enjoyed using our C3camera.

Back to SchoolBest wishes to Shirley Yoakam,

of the Machine Shop, who has leftArgus to return to school in Owosso.Shirley's many friends in the depart-ment wish her well, and hope thatshe will come back to Argus whenshe has her diploma.

ConventionerArgus was represented at the re-

cent American Hellenic EduaationalProgressive Association conventionin Grand Rapids by Tom Kentes,ofService.

Vacation MemoriesLucille Miller, of the Machine

Shop, is enjoying her vacation tripout West all over again with a setof beautiful color slides. Lucilleand her husband also found time tovisit Las Vegas.

Surprise!Evelyn Lindner, of the C3 assem-

bly line, and Virginia Jacques of theC4 line, were surprised with fare-well gifts from their fellow workers.Evelyn was given a matching neck-lace and earring set, while Virginiareceived a white gown.

Best Wishes, CleoFloyd and Cleo Wood celebrated

their 20th wedding anniversary onthe 23rd of September. The Woodshave three children -- the oldest,Floyd, J r . , is taking his basic train-ing at Fort Dix, N.J. Cleo is aninspector on the "40" line.

Get Well SoonThe Machine Shop sends along

hopes for a speedy recovery to AlTessmer who was recently strickenwith a heart attack. Al is now mak-ing progress toward a complete re-covery.

Expensive Vacation!Don Breehl, inspector on the 76

flash gun, came back from his vaca-tion the owner of a 4-room houseand 3 acres of land in New Phila-delphia, Ohio.

c4rg,u3 Small

OldGetting set for a BIGblow is Bruce JamesSieloff, just turned two.His dad, Jim, of Pro-duction Planning, helpedhim eat the cake!

SmileNo wonder Sam McGarry of theMachine Shop is such a proud daddywith these two sons at home. Teddy,left, is 2-1/2. His brother, Normy,is just 4 months.

Little Tommy Gillen says "Hi" toall his mom's friends at Argus.His mother is Naomi Gillen, whoworked in Receiving Inspection be-fore Tommy put in his appearancea year ago.

i King of the Miyashirohouseho ld is littleDanie l Wayne. Heholds court in his crib,surrounded by all histoys. His dad, Yone-michi, of Dept. 22,is his most loyal sub-ject.

October 1953 ARGUS EYES Page 9

Mow J\ed 3eatker and J^ed CroJJ Serve cArg,u3In the coming year, it is safe to predict that our lives or those of mem-

bers of our families will be enriched many times by services of the RedCross or Community Chest. The good work of these two organizations hasbecome so much a part of our lives that it is hard to believe they could notexist without our generous support.

Here are some of the ways Argus families have benefited directly fromthe Red Cross and Red Feather agencies. Not shown are the Family Service--which has guided several Argus families to happier lives; the YWCA withits services for young women; and the Salvation Army, well known for itsreligious guidance program and charitable work.

A combined Red Cross and Community Chest drive begins at ArgusOctober 12. When you give, remember that your donation must be sharedby all these organizations.

GIRL SCOUTS: Grace Girvan (left,with hat) and her troop begin fallmeetings with this planning ses-sion.

YMCA: Biggest attraction at the "Y"is the pool, but it is only one ofmany facilities available for Argus

Photo courtesy Ann Arbor News

PERRY NURSERY SCHOOL: LucilleKaiser (left) and Virginia Birneymeeton their way to work as they leaveSteve and Timmy at school.

MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S AID: Prop-er care for Children of working moth-ers is assured by this agency. HereMrs. Radford visits a boarding home.

-"^ , . ¥

BOY SCOUTS: Leader Herman Bauerenjoys the fun while his son "Chuckey"passes ball to "Butch" OfDonnell atweekly den meeting.

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING: All newmothers, like Carol Houck, are helpedin the care of their babies by thepublic health nurse. Carol is thewife of Bill Houck, Service.

Photo courtesy Ann Arbor NewsRED CROSS: The collection and distribution of blood so that it is availablefor our personal emergencies is a direct service of the Red Cross.

DUNBAR CENTER: Anna Mae Belltakes advantage of sewing lessonsoffered at the Center. This is oneof many services Dunbar providesfor all age groups.

Page 10 ARGUS EYES October 1953

Women QolferJ Cnjoif 3inal PicnicThe Women's Golfing League season came to an end September 2, with

a picnic at the Island to distribute prizes and elect officers for the comingyear.

Main accomplishments of the season were recorded by Leona Smith ofthe Paint Shop, Betty Shattuck, of Timekeeping, and Mary Briggs, of Re-ceiving Inspection. Leona and Betty were awarded trophies for postinglow net scores on the final play of the year. Mary's prize, a golf cart,was awarded for the greatest improvement throughout the season.

Bea Frisinger, of Government Assembly, was elected president of nextyear's league, with Liz Clapham, of Personnel, as treasurer and MaryBriggs as secretary. f

Out-going PresidentKatie DelPrete

Fran Watterworth Mary Briggs and Edna Geiser

;i

Mary Burris

New Officers: Liz Clapham, Bea Frisinger,Mary Briggs

Mary Azary Marj Yokoyama and Betty Shattuck Doris Arnold

October 1953 ARGUS EYES Page 11

Sport A (Review

The curtain was raised on the1953-54 Argus bowling season at theHuron Lanes, Friday, September 11.Each of fifteen title-hungry entrieshas high hopes of being the teamthat would dethrone last yearTs (andmost of the other year's) champion-ship Paint Shop five.

QUALITY CONTROL ENTRYSHOWS GOOD FORM

In the opening matches, the sched-uling committee tried to put teamsof comparative strength against oneanother. Chuck McClune's QualityControl drew the unenviable task ofstopping the Paint Shop juggernaut.If last year's champions expectedtheir opponents to lay down and playdead, they were given a very rudeawakening. Showing no fear of thestrength of their vaunted rivals, thecontrollers proceeded to removemuch of the luster of last year'schamps. With both teams bowlingwith no handicap the fired-up Quali-ty Control entry took the openinggame by the comfortable margin of50 pins. This assult was carriedon into the second game, enablingthem to swamp their opponents bybetter than 100 pins. Smarting underthese unexpected reversals the PaintShop gave an all-out effort to salvagethe final game, but the control mem-bers took it by the slender marginof only 9 pins.

Capt. McClune led his team's at-tack with a well-rolled 548 series,and was given strong support fromJess Cope, Ben Thompson, Rudy Janciarid anchorman Don Crump.

From an early look at all the en-tries, it seems certain that againthis year we should have a wide-open title chase.

AcUU

lead AcuvleUHarold Nabb's Night Crawlers

forged to the top of the night shiftbowling league by winning all eightpoints in the first two meets of theseason.

Close on their tails with a 7-1average are the AMSI's captained byKen Hubbell. Hubbell's aggregationrolled up the highest team series--2155 pts. , while George Sponaugleso far has walked off with all in-dividual honors for the highest rolledgame and series.

by Babe Peterson

GOLFThe very successful 1953 Argus

golfing season is now officially closedwith the team of Bruce Pester andWalt Blackwell winning the grand title,and Walt Bartell being crowned ArgusOpen Champion.

BARTELL WINSHARD-FOUGHT OPEN TITLE

This year the Argus Open wasplayed in an elimination tournament.After all of the entries had been re-ceived the players were placed inthree group brackets. Two of thethree were eliminated in each of thematches. After three rounds of thetournament, during which time manyof the matches had to go extra holesto determine the winner, three play-ers remained for the final play-offs.

The three qualifiers were GeneRohde of the Night Shift League, BrucePester (who has had quite a golfingyear!) and Walt Bartell, who, although not a member of any team, had beencalled upon as substitute during the regular season's play.

After the first four holes, the battle seemed to have narrowed down toRohde and Bartell with Rohde having the advantage. On the short fifth, how-ever, Gene pulled his iron shot out of bounds, and this seemed to upset hisgame. With his opponent showing signs of slowing down, Walt gained mom-entum, and by the end of the eighth hole had pulled himself up on even terms.The difficult ninth proved to be the "last long mile" for Gene, and Walt playedthe hole well to come out with a rather comfortable three-stroke margin.All three of the finalists were presented with beautiful golfing trophies which,as in the past two years, were given by Mr. Lewis.PESTER AND BLACKWELL CROWNED CHAMPS IN LEAGUE PLAY

In the draw for the play-off positions among the various league champ-ions, the duo of Pester and Blackwell received a definite break when theywere given a bye because the Tuesday League winning team of Jack Grimstonand Morris Eggleston 'was unable to play on the scheduled date. While theywere gaining a spot in the finals, the Roger Westphal-Bill Brookmyer combine

(Continued on Next Page)

GOLF CHAMPS DISPLAY TROPHIES

Bruce Pester, Gene Rohde,Walt Bartell

It was a good year for these golfers who racked up the best scores in theArgus League and Argus Open tournaments. From left to right they are:First Row—Alex Azary, Roger Westphal, Walt Bartell, Jack Grimston;Second Row--Walt Blackwell, Ed Adler, Jim Thompson, Bruce Pester, BillBrookmyer, and Don Koch. Missing are Gene Rohde and Merle Myers.

araus euesArgus Eyes is published for the employ-

ees of Argus Cameras, Inc. and their fam-ilies.

It is intended to be a means of friendlycommunication between them, and to pro-vide a reliable source of information con-cerning the company's, business.

Tess Canja of the Personnel Departmentmakes sure that news is gathered and thatpictures are obtained and arranged in read-able fashion for publication the first week ofevery month. Eddie Girvan furnishes photos.

Reporters for this month's Argus Eyeswere: Andy Argus, Jean FitzGerald, BeaFrisinger, Eddie Girvan, Sylvia Kalmbach,Jim Meldrum, Ruth O"Hare, Cliff Olsen,Babe Peterson, Betty Shattuck, Lee Shermanand Hilda White.

Sport J J\eview '(Continued) •

i

had to turn back the determined bidiof the Night Shift winning team of.Joe Bravis and Bill Ambrazevich. jThis match was a very closely con-utested battle, but the steady play ofiWestphal and Brookmyer turned theitide and earned them the right to »enter the finals. •

i

WESTPHAL-BROOKMYER !CHALLENGE IN PLAY-OFF '

Entering final play-offs as theunderdog entry, Westphal and Brook-myer carried the battle to their fa-vored opponents, and seemed well ontheir way to an upset victory. How-ever, on the eight-hand ninth hole,with defeat staring them in the face,Pester and Blackwell settled down toapply the pressure. They strokedtheir way to a slender one-point vic-tory.

It was a very exciting match, and fthe sportsmanship showed by all of,the contestants was remarkable. Con-gratulations to the championship team ,of Pester and Blackwell who have ^now earned the right to have their,names inscribed on the beautiful \trophy that had been won for twoyears running by the team of HerbPfabe and "Lefty" Schlenker.

MANY THANKS, MURIEL!

In closing this golfing season, theentire mem-bership wouldlike to extenddeepest ap-preciation toour petite andvery efficientsecretary ,Muriel Raaf,for the won-derful jobthat she hasdone this season. Muriel

o

o

,ucas nuui nc.ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN

Return Postage Guaranteed

o

Stc 56f, P. L. A R.

U. S. POSTAGEP A I D

Ann Arbor, Michiftn

PtnciH No. 598

Olive S1309 MillerAnn Arborf Mich*

GIRVAN'S PHOTO CORNERClip and save in Loose Leaf NocebooJc to build a Photo Manual

THE C 4 CAMERAThe C-4 camera has the features usually found on very expen-

sive cameras--fast lens, high shutter speed, superimposed coupledrangefinder, a combined viewfinder and rangefinder eyepiece, syn-chronized shutter, FM switch topermit picture taking with allbulbs at all speeds, double ex-posure prevention coupled to filmtransport, die-cast body, andprecise operating tolerances.

The C-4 has an infinite num-ber of lens openings, of whichsix are marked on the front withthe symbol "f." The range ofmarked f openings is from f22 tof2.8. The largest number, f22,is the smallest opening. As the fnumber gets smaller, the open-ing gets bigger. On the C-4, ason all cameras, each f openinglets in twice as much light asthe previous smaller opening.Thus, f l l is twice the size of fl6,f8 is twice the size of f l l , etc.

The shutter speeds are alsoin steps which double the amountof light passing through and wehave a range from 1/10 secondto 1/300. There is an exceptionas the 1/300 speed is only 1/2speed faster than the 1/200.

While the C-3 has to be setat 1/30 second when using wireor foil-filled bulbs, such as #5,5B, 11, or 40, the C-4 has abuilt-in control which permits theuse of any speed with the bulbsmentioned. This is called theFM switch. When set on M, theswitch arranges the circuit sothat even a high shutter speedcan be synchronized with a bulbthat takes a while to light up toits peak.

Here is some basic information which you can cut out and glueto the back of your C-4 camera or carrying case. It can also applyto the vt21. " Both cameras are very versatile units. To get the mostout of them, you should not limit them to the settings listed here, butshould learn all you can about their use.

For

Kod

a-ch

rom

e D

ayW

ith 5

Bus

eP

lus

x-SM

Tab

les

with

spee

d at

1/50

and

butt

onat M

Dis

tanc

e in

Fee

tw

ith S

M-S

FA

rgus

C4

Len

s O

peni

ngs

Dis

tanc

e in

Fee

tw

ith #

5-#2

5Su

per

XX

PH

Kod

a-ch

rom

e A

i n

3-1/

2

CMCSI

i n

2-3/

4

COr-1

•M -t-»

Kod

a-ch

rom

e A

CQ

B x

Supe

rX

X

CSICM

CO

CSI

T H

CD

Oi

COTH

4-1/

2

Oi

12-1

/2

For

11-

40U

se 5

-25

Tab

les a

ndth

en o

pen

lens

1/2

stop

oTH

C -

T H

o

5-1/

20 0

oCM

" ^T-H

co

CO

in

3

*-<oCM

CO

csi

Set

spee

d at

1/10

0 fo

r SM

-SF

With

SM-S

FSe

tB

utto

nat E All

othe

rbu

lbs

at M

T-H

6-1/

212

-1/2

COr-1

CO

O i

c-T-t

ITS

CSJ

CO

in

CM

T-H1

CMTH

inCM

t -i—(

00

CM

inCM

Set

spee

d at

1/50

for

5-25

-5B

Bri

ght

sun

Bas

ic e

xp.

Plu

s x

1/10

0,f8

.K

odac

hrom

eD

aylig

ht o

rK

oda*

A w

ith"A

" fi

lter

1/50

-f6.

3