rgus eyesa—No. 3 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN January, 1947

Annually, the Argus Recreation Club gives a Christmas Party for the Children of Argus. This year was the best ever. To thechildrens' delight. Bob Ward came incognito. The Argus Photographer caught these splendid expressions of skepticism and awewhile Santa distributed gifts to all. It was a wonderful party. Many thanks to the Recreation Club, Bob Ward and everyone whocontributed so much to its' success.

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E¥E§This paper is an employees' publica-

tion. Its aims v e :1. To present news of individuals

throughout the two plants.

2. To keep former employees now inthe service informed as to what isgoing on at Argus, Incorporated.

3. To present up-to-date informationon all problems vital to employeeswhich the war has brought about.

"4. To give all employees an oppor-tunity to express themselves.

No items will be used which will tendto ridicule or embarrass anyone. Humorand good-natured fun, however, are al-ways acceptable.

EDITORIAL STAFF

Editor Chas. A. BarkerAssistant Editor Becky MatsonSports Harold Peterson

_, . , \Sam SchneiderPhotographers . . . . j J e r r y D a v e n p o r t

Cartoonists /Marie Barbier\Ed Palmer

The Representatives of each Depart-ment are responsible that the news ofthese Departments reach the desk ofthe Editor in the Advertising Depart-ment, Plant 1.

PersonnelPersonals

T'was the Monday before Christmasand the Personnel Office was as busy asSanta Claus' Work Shop.

Christmas greens and a large bowl ofhard candy greeted everyone as hecame in to extend the season's greetings.

Of course, Barb and Fran missedall the fun as they left for variouspoints in Illinois the Friday before at5:00 p.m. sharp. They probably hadfun too, as they were "going home forChristmas"—and that's something.

Mr. Howse was out by the Christ-mas tree, .extending the season's greet-ings as flie^hristmas turkeys were dis-tributed. Mrs. Radford was in the halldirecting traffic so that everyone wouldbe in line to receive his turkey. Roy B.had charge of the turkeys and, as usual,everything went off per schedule. Theboys in Receiving and Stock Handlingdid a wonderful job of distribution.

In the meantime, Bev was wishingsomeone would loan her a pair of rollerskates as she was busy trying to ans-wer five telephones!

As the turkeys were distributed,everyone started home for the Christ-mas holiday, exchanging Merry Christ-mases and Happy New Years on hisway.

Finally the turkeys were distributedand everyone sat down to catch a breathand have that contented feeling of whata wonderful time Christmas really is.

That is, everyone was sitting downexcept Vi Tyler. She was home and verymuch on her feet, putting a lusciousham in the oven to bake. You see, thePersonnel and First Aid Departmentswere going to have dinner together. Bevand Frances arrived early at Vi'shouse and acted as'"second cooks".

I'm sure Bev sampled every kind ofpickles, olive and what-have-you, butsomehow she was able to sit right upand eat ham and all the fixings. It issurprising as she is such a "little" girl!

Finally, the gang had all assembledand Roy could hardly wait for the po-tatoes to get done. A peek in the ovenevery once in a while helped—as thesmell of ham and sweet potatoes wassure something. We ate—and ate somemore, but everything was so deliciouswe just couldn't stop. Incidentially,Don Reid can handle a carving set veryskillfully.

We "retired" to the living room wherea beautiful tree was laden with giftsfor each and every one. The "ohs" and"how lovely" were enough to let every-one know he was pleased.

It was so much fun and we all hada "Merry" Christmas together. We hopeyou did too!

How About This, Bowlers?

Are You A Member

Argus Recreation Club

Half of the schedule has been com-pleted and last year's championshipMethods team has taken over the leadwith a ten game nudge. It is almostcertain that they will annex the titleagain this year. Methods is boasting ateam average of well over 800, and theother teams in the league feel it quitean accomplishment when that total isrolled. It does not take much of amathematician to figure the chancesthat other teams have in bowling a-gainst the leaders. In the past twoyears there has been considerable talkabout having the three leading bowlersof the entire league on one team. In ashop league such as we have here, theinterest is greatest when the race isclose and this seems to be impossiblewith one team boasting most of thebetter bowlers at Argus. Most of the

teams were picked from departmentsor offices, but the league leading teamconsists of bowlers who work in fourdifferent departments. These things arenot being written with any malice to-wards the team's members, but to ex-press a general belief that such cir-cumstances are not beneficial to theleague as a whole.

Despite the run-away pace set byMethods and posting highs in most ofthe individual departments, Brice Ben-nett has given 'em something to shootat in the single high game. Brice. whois a member of the Lens Grinding en-try, rolled a sparkling 259 game. Thisnot only is high game for this year,but to the writer's knowledge is thehighest game rolled in the Argus Leaguesince it was organized six years ago.

Prevention Instead of CureIs Aim of Safety Committee

A few weeks ago, two representatives of the Standard Accident Insur-ance Company spent a day visiting at Argus. They later attended a meet-ing of our Plant Safety Committee, talked with its members and madeseveral pertinent suggestions. The members of the Plant Committee sug-gested that a permanent safety program be established.

As a culmination of that meeting, the following plan was evolved: thatthere would be (1) an executive safety committee comprised of ClintonHarris. Executive Chairman; members, John Lee. Irv. Braatz, Frances Wat-terworth, and (2) a plant committee, comprised of Leslie Carlson, perma-nent Chairman in charge of safety, and his committee as follows:

Plants I & II—Harry Kaufman.Plant I—Robert Price. Harold Lesperance, Wilhio Kelly.Plant II—Dick Dorow. Robert Barsantee.The purpose of the Plant Committee is as follows:

A. To work with foremen to eliminate accidents in their departments.B. To assist in the procurement of equipment as may be deemed

necessary. ;The Plant Committee will meet once a month. Activities and reports of

Plant Committee will be sent to Executive Committee for approval and forauthorization of special appropriations, if necessary.

To prevent accidents is a great responsibility, not only of the committee,but of each individual. It takes alert thinking to analyze hazords; it takesfull cooperation in following all safety recommendations and in usingsafety equipment. By thinking along these lines and becoming safetyconscious, suggestions for safety will develop. Your suggestions will bewelcome to the Safety Committee. Turn them in to a Plant Safety Com-mittee member, who will see that they are given proper consideration.1Our safety record is good, but, if there is anything that should be perfect,it is accident prevention.

NOTICE TO EMPLOYEESAll employees must notify the Personnel Department of

any change of address. This information is necessary toinsure contact with employees in regard to work in theirdepartment as well as with relatives in case of emergency.

Decking The Hall

Joy Hartman and Crew did a bang-up job on the Christmas Tree decora-tions this year. It spread contagious "Christmas Spirit" to every passerbyand looked so beautiful we held our breath. That's Pete Marshall on theleft. Esteher McAuliffe and Joy are hanging bulbs in front while TedSchneider and Gertrude Haines are the decorators on the ladder. Thanksto the Company for the lovely tree and thanks to the Decorating Crew forthe marvelous trimming job.

'ROFILEBy H. I. R.

WARD, Robert William

Genial, rotund Falstaff of the Cost Department where it is reported thathe has spent the last few years in blissful serenity. Casual but secretiveinventory of his desk reveals an old bicycle lamp, half-a-pound of cheese,three potatoes and a horseshoe, but few signs of cost analysis forms, billsof material and so forth. Was born 31 years ago in Vincennes, Indiana,came to Ann Arbor to major in Political Science and Municipal Administra-tion at the U. of Michigan. Spent 3 years in post graduate engineering andstill covers the backs of job order forms with cross-sectional drawings ofArchimedean screws, beehives, etc. Was formerly with Goodyear Air-craft of Akron and started with Argus in the Material Control Department in.1941. Is married and owns his own home at 1017 Arbor View. Has adaugher, Sally, who is three and is) currently and proudly flourishing;8 x 10 enlargements of newly-arrived Terry. Travels northward anxiouslyand annually in search of deer and made his first kill this season, withappropriate exaggerations. Ambles off, occassionally, to the Zal-Gaz-Grottowhere he is a member of the drum and bugle corps, but in quieter1 andmore thoughtful moments is a Mason. Likes to cook, has a fondness forweird, unheard-of dishes and is currently deciphering the most unpalatableformulas in an early American cookbook. At the moment is threatening torun for Alderman of the Third Ward. Community-shaking results will, nodoubt, be announced in due course.

COST CAPERSEveryone is taking a deep breath

these days—relaxing from the tensionand excitement that Christmas alwaysbrings and resting up for the NewYear's celebration yet to come.

Everyone reports a very nice Christ-mas. Guess Santa Claus looked afterthe Cost Department pretty well.

Speaking of Santa Claus, Bob Warddonned whiskers again this season andpromised all the kids of Argus every-thing their little hearts could desire.

Gert has a nice Christmas present—a new home in Muskegon. She is leav-ing Argus December 31. We all hate tosee her go, but are glad that she is mov-ing into a new home. The gang wishyou the best of everything, Gert, andwe want you to stop in and see us any-time you are in Ann Arbor.

Art, Mary Jane's husband, has beenon the sick list for several weeks. Thelast report I heard was that he wasmuch better and back to work again.So Mary Jane's Christmas was muchhappier than she had expected it to be.

After all the razing the Departmentgave them, Bob and Norm did comeback from the North Woods with a deera piece. So now we have to take backeverything we said. Maybe they doknow how to shoot after all.

Grace is glad Christmas is over. Sheentertained her family and Jack's fam-ily Christmas Day. She said, much toher surprise, her turkey and pumpkinpies turned out perfect. So I supposeJack gained a few more pounds.

Eleanor spent a happy Christmaswith her folks in Bay City. Still likeshome the best, so she is going backagain for the weekend.

A newcomer to our Department isJanet Main, a former college roommateof Eleanor's. She hails from BattleCreek, but will be practically an AnnArborite now that she works for Ar-gus. She and Eleanor hope to find anapartment soon.

Kathryn said that Christmas wassomewhat different this year. It was thefirst time in ages that just the familywere together for Christmas.

Roy spent Christmas with friends inKalamazoo and reports that a merrytime was had by all.

Eunice spent Christmas as usual withher folks in Saline, and as usual hadmuch too much to eat.

The Gals In WhiteHappy New Year to all employees of

Argus! . ^ KThe First Aid Department saysT$l

with more than just a casual greeting,because we are here to do what we canto make you truly happy by helpingyou to be a healthy worker.

Some of you who are relatively newhere perhaps do not fully understandwhat the First Aid has to offer you.

Of course, we are here to care forany injury that may happen duringyour working hours and to take care ofminor things such as headaches, colds,sore throats and such. But we want youall to feel free to come in for treatmentor advice about things that may hap-pen while you are at home.

Be it ever so small, we want you tocome in and have the slightest cut orscratch taken care of. Neglect on yourpart may prove to be very costly, andcertainly can be very unpleasant anduncomfortable to you.

Please report, at once, anything thatmay happen to you while you are atwork, such as falling on stairs, bumpinginto things that might not in any waybe too serious at the time, but latersomething might develop as a result.This is for your own protection.

Feel free to come in and get a littlebetter acquainted. We like to see youwhen you are well, too!

Happy New Year to you all—fromyour First Aid Nurses.

SERVICE SCOOPS"Doc" Benson spent the Christinas

Holiday with his brother-in-law in Chi-cago. "Doc" says he had a swell time.

Charley Miller spent the week witbone of his sons in Milwaukee, Wiscon-sin.

Roberta Jones had her vacation dur-ing Christmas week and spent the weekat her home in Jackson.

Bob Lucas went home to see hisfolks in Kokomo, Indiana.

Viv Vokovich drove to Clevela^AOhio to spend the holiday wi t r£3folks. w '

Were those Argus turkeys wonderfuland big! In fact, we thought the turkeywas walking out with Gloria Bourdlais.

We want to take this opportunity tothank the Management for the swellturkeys and, the holiday with pay. Wehope they had a grand Christmas too.

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FIFTEEN YEAR ANNIVERSARIES! CONGRATULATIONS!

CURTIS ADAMSChiei Electrical Engineer

LAURA EGELERReceiving Inspection

LEON F. VEALEYReceiving Operator

JOHN BRADFIELDEducational Sales Manager

LUCILE GILLESPIESupervisor, Accounting

KEN GEIGERChief Expeditor

SALES SLIPSThey say that even the best of them

have a nightmare once in a while. Idon't mean a horse they ride at night,I mean a bad dream. Funny thing ismost people dream they're falling orsomeone is chasing them but mine wasworse . . . I dreamed about the SalesDepartment.

Seemed like I must have been in Lon-don because it was foggy. Guess I didn'tknow where I wanted to go so I calleda cab. It took- quite a while for it toget there but if I'd known who was go-ing to be driving, I would have expectedit to be late. Yes, it was Pat at thewheel. She had on one of those cutehats that cag drivers wear. I told her totake me to a hotel so she took me toSTRITE'S SUPER SALOON. Therewas Doris behind the desk acting likeshe knew what was doing. She gave mea room and called a bell boy to carrymy bags* and who should come out butBud Davis. Naturally, I was surprisedbut that was nothing compared to theshock I got when we walked over to theswitchboard and there was Phylis.

The Bell Boy said to hold my nosein the air and act like I was really

mebody and the society reporter onthe "London Hourly" would surely giveme honorable mention. I looked at thereporter and it was Katy.

Up in the balcony there was a sign"This way to have your babies tended,Expert Care by Bill Armstrong".

About now I was fairly bewilderedso I sent the boy up with my bags and

and I went into the bar for a drink.Mind you, I hadn't been drinking butI swear I saw Ann behind the bar mix-ing drinks and Dorothy was on thestage, dancing and Kelly was singing.He was wearing a bow tie and singing"To Each His Own".

I left the bar and passed the headDietitian and her assistant's office.There sat Irene and Catherine workingon some menus.

The next door I passed had a signover it which read, "Hints to Newly-weds". Elsie was at the desk and whoshould be consulting her but Barb.

There was a beautiful library so Iwent in to get a book of Plato, andthere was Miss Lundahl. She was theLibrarian.

I left ther and looked to see wherethe noise was coming from. Over in thecorner Elaine and Laura were givinga lecture on "How to Share An Apart-ment House and Be Happy".

By this time I was pretty confused.I was just ready to go up to my roomand I turned to look at the desk. Jeanand Heather were standing there reg-istering.

I went up to my room. This was allI could take but the end was yet tocome. It seemed like there was someoneI hadn't seen. Sure enough, I met Jackieand Don walking down the hall. I stop-ped and talked to them and they toldme they were on their honeymoon.

I just got to my door and was turningthe door knob when I heard a bellringing . . . thank goodness it was thealarm clock and I was awake.

Fifteen year Anniversaries are, webelieve, extra special occasions. How-ever, we were unable to obtain picturesof two celebrators, Ellsworth Lau,Camera Assembly Superintendent andMerrill Rayment, Shipping Foreman.Here's best wishes for a Happy Anni-versary, anyway.

Our apologies go to the people cele-brating their Fifth Anniversary at Ar-gus this month. Space just didn't per-mit printing all their pictures so ratherthan showing partiality to a few, we'llhold them all until next month. We'resure they understand our space limita-tions and hope they will accept our sin-cere apologies.

Pensive Patty

Patty Ann is the two year olddaughter of George Pickering, Ma-chine Shop Supervisor. Patty, andher sister Harriet, are the Pickeringteam known as "Pick & Pat."

Topics In OpticsNorma is spending a two weeks va-

vatlon with her folks in New York.Lucky girl! Wish we were from Brook-lyn.

Now that Phyllis has such nice fish-ing equipment, maybe we'll have fishinstead of stories. Thanks, George.

The Christmas party at WilmaWahl's for the Inspection girls was abig success even though Dorow wasn'tthere to chaperone. We did miss you,Dick. Happy New Year anyway!

We hope our next party will be atAlta's when that new house is com-pleted. How about it, Alta?

Speaking of Christmas letters to San-ta, we're going to ask him to bringBetty N. an alarm clock so she can catchthat Willow Village bus early enough!

Must be Jennie got everything shewanted for Christmas, from the gleamin her eye!

Have you noticed the song Audreysings all the time now? In case youhaven't, it goes like this—"Either It'sLove, Or It Isn't".

Betty said she might not be in Thurs-day after New Years! . . . (mmmm)

According to the New Year resolu-tions we've heard, either the languagein the Department will improve orWilma will have a bank full of money!

How did you like our pin-up picturelast month? We felt Dick's pictureshould have been on the front page ofArgus Eyes!

All W.ilma wanted for Christmas wasa new sweater. It must get cold outthere on Packard Road!

ReceivingInspection

We extend seasons greetings and bestwishes to all those we have had thepleasure of working with us in the pastyear.

Everyone was busy trying to gettheir Xmas shopping done and prepara-tions for a merry time. The Departmentparty was held at Lakeland Inn and abig time was had by those who attend-ed. Gifts were exchanged.

We understand that during the holi-days many big parties were held bypeople in our Department. They allsounded like fun was had by all.

We welcome Evelyn Burd whoworks a few hours with us everyday.Also, Willard Martin is a welcome new-comer.

We are sorry to hear Helen's son isill in the hospital. Hope he will soon bewell and out again. We also have heardthat Cecille's son, who is in the Ser-vice in the Philippines, is ill. Cheer upCecille. We are sure he will be bettersoon.

Here's hoping Ben Martin is success-ful in his home town, Peoria, Illinois.We sure hate to see him go.

Everyone seemed to have a good timeat the children's Christmas party, lastSaturday, put on by the Argus Recrea-tion Club.

Doris wanted Santa to bring hersome snow for a white Xmas! Now wewish she'd tell him that Christmas isover!

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Notes From The Pencil PushersOut East Ann Arbor way, Smitty is

slowly being surrounded by formerRochesterites who are buying housesthere.

Flash . . . . John Barnes has finallyfound a house which he moved intojust before Christmas.

Dick Foster, John Barnes, Ed Palm-er, Don Feder, Joe Dianetti and BobBeach spent the holidays in Rochester.

Little Jan has been remodeling theVan den Brock home with the carpen-ter tools that Santa gave him.

Pat Bartell got a pair of skiis forChristmas. (Perhaps "The legs thatlaunched a thousand draw-tubes" mightget broken!)

Ginny Winans is moving into her

new home in the near future.Now we know why Vern Nelson

has all the pretty visitors . . . It's thatbig box of chocolates that he has—orhad! The boys found out about it, andhelped him finish them up.

The steam engine that Cliff Coniwaygave his son Richard, has caused quitea commotion in the neighborhood. Theneighbors are afraid that he'll blow upthe place with it.

Flash . . . Searching parties are vain-ly looking for traces of Santa Claus,who was last seen heading for HobeFrench's house, in the wilds of Brighton.

Bill Patton had some of the fellowsover to his house for a Christmasparty. A swell time was had by all!

WELCOME HOME,VETERANS!

JAMES DEVLINAssembly Department

ERNEST BILLAUPolishing Department

OPTICAL ILLUSIONSThat "super weight-lifter" P. McCoy

has again hit the sport sheet. He lifted112 pounds—a red head, Paul?

Vic (Van Johnson) Lasker, the starbasketball player (woops), is holdingfor a better offer . . . He has receivedtwo already. One from the Girl Scoutsand one from the Y.M.C.A. . . . (Oh!You man you!)

The boxing teams also had their work-out Monday night before Christmas.It was held at Roy Hoyer's "hall".

Sugar-Blues Bentz, the only man inhistory who can blow a trumpet, whis-tle at a girl and brush his teeth at thesame time.

Bill Gillespie has been brushing upon the 100 yard dash. His starting pointis Wayne.

Leo Wiederhoft bowled his averagelast Friday night, now he won't speakto the rest of the team!

J. Swaney had his workout at thehospital a few weeks back. He has en-tered the "Pacing'' team. Congratula-tions, Jim!

Bob (The Whip) McFarland enjoysearly morning hikes on Jackson Av-enue. Anyone who knows the where-abouts of a battery, please get in touchwith Patrillo!

We hear Kay M. enjoyed her planetrip home over Christmas, especiallycrossing Lake Michigan. Rough riding,we'd say, but she still maintains "It'sthe best way to travel".

Marshall not only sold Christmastrees, but did a good job of trimmingthem, too. Artistic boy!

Whitmore received a nice rattle forChristmas. He makes enough noise asis is, so we're really in for it now!

By the time everyone reads this, Spitz(Bad Boy) has broken all his New Yearresolutions, he did it and he says he'sglad!

So long, best of luck in 1947 everyone!

Basketball TeamWins First Game

The Argus entry in the IndustrialLeague served notice to the other teamsthat it will be a strong contender forthe title. In their opening game, theArgus five smothered a game but un-der-manned Kroger quintet by a con-vincing score of 47-18. The Kroger con-test is hardly a true test, but thebrand of ball played by the Argus teamindicates it has the makings of a verystrong entry. At this early date, theplayers seem far advanced with theirball handling, shooting, and generalplay. In their pre-season practice gamesthe team's scoring was evenly divided,and this same characteristic was evidentin their opening league tussle. Futureopponents are going to find it difficultto set up an adequate defense to stopthe well-balanced five. This year's quin-tet seems to be the strongest to repre-sent Argus in the past few years. TheArgus Recreation Club has outfittedthe team with new uniforms, and as aresult, the team is the classiest lookingoutfit in the league. Manager TomNeff has a roster consisting of ElmerGus Crist, Sam Neustadt, Paul Dian-etti. Jim Devlin. Red Weid. Bud Rob-erts. Wojie Wojciehowski, HarryBates, Vic Tasker and Don Crump.

The competition has been so keenthis year that only a few of the startingssignments are sewed up. The ambitious

play of the reserves is increasing theefficiency of the starting group. Thisshould tend to make the team stronger,and it is hoped that our team will copthe title that has eluded Argus for toomany years.

Mixed Doubles HaveBowling Party

The Argus Mixed Doubles bowlingparty was held at the Twentieth Cen-tury Bowling Alleys, January Sth. Thefollowing won prizes.

Total Pins PrizesL. Snearly & J. Kenne 1149 $16.00Mr. & Mrs. L. Bement 1106 12.00M. Briggs & Tom Neff 1093 10.00S. Gala & R. Hiscock 10S9 8.00G. & B. Peterson 1053 6.00Delia & Les Schwanbeck 1052 6.00Ruth & M. Howe 1049 6.00Mr. & Mrs. G. Hilge 1043 6.00Mr. & Mrs. H. Krasney 1036 6.00A. Fox & N. Egeler 1035 6.00

BOOBY PRIZES

Verald & Curt Adams 1034 $ .80Muriel & Jack Raaf 1034 .80

WeatherJYouNo It Or Not

Due to the very cold weather, Rober-ta Jones was very pleased when shereceived one of her Christmas presentsearly. Unfortunately, she doesn't knowwhom to thank for her very practicalgift, 'cause it was sent through the mail.If you ask Roberta, maybe she'll tellyou what it is.

Smudges FromThe Paint Shop

Christmas is over but memory lin-gers on. Meaning of course, the Xmasparty. The night was cold and rainy,but when we arrived at Kaufmans atWhitmore Lake, they had thrown plen-ty of logs on the fire and had lots ofsteaks, chicken and ham all ready for us.The place just rang with the Xmasspirit as we ate, drank and exchangedgifts. Everyone received a lovely giftas we had exchanged names. We pre-sented Sy with a nice jacket which heliked very much and Rube was ex-tremely pleased with his Shaeffer penand pencil set. Some of us motoredover to Anchor Inn after dinner andfinished the evening in regular PaintShop style.

Leona Baltezor left for Tennessee onFriday before Christmas to spend theholidays with her folks.

The Paint Shop is wondering howRube got that lovely black eye. ButRube can't /remember (?) and wehaven't been able to find out.

Then to top it all off George comesin after Christmas and he has a blackeye too, plus a few scratches . . . Hopeit isn't catching Just cari't find outwhere they got them.

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LENS LYRICSOur Christmas party turned out to

be a great success. The Optical Assem-bly resembled the "Wild & Wooly West"and presented Eddie Girvan with ahorse just about his size (five feethigh). Of course, it wasn't a real one. . . only a power saw covered withburlap. But very convincing. The ganggave Red a Time-A-Lite, or in otherwords, a timer for enlarging pictures.All the while Red thought he was get-ting an alarm clock so he could makeit here at eight sharp every morning.We really had him worried!

Schwaben Inn did a good job of en-tertaining Argusites before Christmas.The hospitality excelled that of theSouth and everyone left there in high"spirits".

We wish to thank Argus for the swellturkeys. They were super!

It was nice to have our two sickmembers back for our Christmas party,namely Alice Weir and Virginia Busch.Hope it won't be too long girls beforeyou are back permanently.

The Optical Gang want to thankEddie and Red for the very nice pencilsthey gave us for Christmas. We likedthat personal touch they added. (And ofcourse we mean having our names en-graved on the pencils.)

Now Mary R. won't have to eat withher fingers any more. Santa left herthat long awaited silverware.

Cologne ran freely in Optical onemorning . , . What was the name of itJanet?

We all agree Girvan has the besttaste for Undies. On him they look

good!Ma Green was happy to be remem-

bered by her friends who had left Ar-gus. Among them were Isabelle Wat-son, Beverly Harpster, Norma Robin-son and Stew McLean.

Then we have our little gal fromIron Mountain who has been such agood girl all year that Santa let her flyhome for Christmas. Yes, both Alyceand her sister Catherine flew Northand we do mean North, with all thesnow and ice that goes with it. Theyhad a wonderful time, of course. Wehear that it was quite windy over LakeMichigan that day and several on theplane almost lost their windtoo!

Our famous red head was doing quitea bit of running around trying to finda washing machine to make it easierfor her hubby to do the washing. Atleast she's sympathetic! How about itKoebnick?

Wonder what the patch on Red'sneck is for? Betcha someone bit him. . . . with forty-five girls in one room,it's hard to pin it on just one.

Mae Wright's smile is brighter thesedays. The reason, of course, is the prettynew diamond on her third finger, righthand.

Even the Police aren't free from ycidents. Knowing how to drive and allthe laws doesn't mean a thing, does itBetty? Sorry Bob was hurt, and yetwe're happy it wasn't too rough!

Hurry back, Bertha Jedele, we missthat smile!

And One To Grow On

R u b e E g e l e r h a d a b i r thday . . . the b i r thday h a d a par ty . . . a "party"h a d a s p a n k i n g . . . . e v e r y o n e h a d fun. B e l a t e d w i s h e s . R u b e !