Official publication of NCR REA, Inc. www.ncr-rea.org August 2006

Time is getting short—don’t miss out—get your registration in today.

The dates of Homecoming III are fast approaching. We urge you to make your reservation, as soon as possible, for what is going to be an exciting, enjoyable, and memorable event.

If you will need a hotel in Dayton, we remind you there are a limited number of rooms still available at the Marriott, and the Marriott is the place to be.

Whether you’re from Dayton or out of town, reservations for the closing banquet at the NCR Country Club are on a first come – first served basis. Space is limited.

Newslet ter Volume 10 , Issue 3

HOMECOMING III SEPTEMBER 29—OCTOBER 1, 2006

WHAT’S INSIDE

Headline News 1

From the Editor 2

Did You Know 3

Registered Guests Homecoming I II

4

Welcome to New Members

5

In Memoriam 6

The Photo Gallery 7

Membership info and Application

8 9

In the Beginning 10

Calendar of Events 11

F.Y.I.

Important Contacts

13

13

Homecoming III Information and Registration Form

14

15

The Tale End 16

NCR RETIREE NEWS

Christine (Chris) Wallace, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Cus-tomer Services, will be the guest speaker at the Annual Busi-ness meeting Satur-

day morning. Her topic is the direc-tion of the company, new prod-ucts/services, significant contracts.

Reservations for all Homecoming III activities should be made by Septem-ber 1, 2006.

For more information, refer to the Homecoming III information and reg-istration form in this newsletter and on the web at www.ncr-rea.org. For more information, call 937-285-0014.

man Resources for GE Retail Con-sumer Finance, a leading provider of credit services to consumers. Prior to that, Bridie led GE Capital’s HR Excellence global strategic initiative to build a talent pipeline and in-crease the effectiveness of the com-pany’s human resources team…

Regards, Bill [Nuti]

...Given the value we place on peo-ple, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Bridie Fanning as senior vice president of Human Re-sources. Bridie, who will report to me, join[s] NCR on September 5, 2006.

Bridie comes to NCR from GE where she is vice president of Hu-

NCR ANNOUNCEMENT

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This quarter, the newsletter didn’t re-ceive much input from you, the read-ers. I hope that’s because you were out there enjoying your summertime.

Maybe some of you had vacations or got together with NCR friends and co-workers. If you did, and would like to share your stories and pictures with others, please send them in by October 6, 2006, to make the November news-letter.

I’m confident there will be a lot of

coverage of Homecoming III in that issue. Will your picture appear on these pages? Homecoming III is a great opportunity to see and learn about NCR, past and present.

Remember, the content of the newsletter is what you make it. Send your articles and pictures to

me at the REA P.O. Box, or email them to n e w s l e t t e r @ n c r -rea.org

FROM THE EDITOR Board of Trustees

John Schikner, president

Dennis Neufarth, vice president

Lou Bordonaro, treasurer

John O’Gorman, secretary

Peg Butts

Ken Carr

Vern Henkener

Gordon Meister

Ted Townley

Bill West

NCR REA

NCR REA is incorporated

as a non-profit

organization under Ohio

law. Association

management is on a

volunteer basis.

Mission Statement

To keep our members

informed on issues related

to NCR Corporation and

other matters of interest.

Letters To write to the editor, use the address below or send e-mail

to: dneufarth@woh.rr.com

___________________ The NCR Retirees Newsletter is published four times per year, in February, May, August, and November by:

NCR REA, Inc. P. O. Box 218 Germantown, OH 45327 Phone: (937) 285-0014 rea@ncr-rea.org newsletter@ncr-rea.org

Aug 2006 printed and distributed by Think Patented, Dayton, OH

Copyright© 2006 by NCR REA, Inc. No reproduction without written permission of NCR REA, Inc. Printed in the USA

WHERE DO MY MEMBERSHIP DUES GO?

Since the founding of REA, the membership dues have been altered several times. There was a period of time when there were no membership renewal fees.

In September, 2002, membership re-newal dues were set at $15. They re-main the same today even though op-

erational costs have been increas-ing. Your initiation fee and annual dues are used to support the services provided to you by the Association. A breakdown of where your money goes is illustrated in the pie chart below.

NCR REA Expenses

46%

18%

14%

9%

7%3%2% 1% Newsletter

Administrative ServicesHomecomingMembership DirectoryBusiness MeetingsMembership RecruitingTelephone/WebsitePofessional Services

DID YOU KNOW

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...in 1916, the NCR Printing Department received a supply order from a cash register user in Greece. There was nothing unusual about the transaction except for name on the order. Requesting the sup-plies was J. Pappathedorokominoutouigeotopou-las. That name was, and probably still is, the longest of any NCR customer. The NCR News article of July, 1916, indicates that everyone took their shot at trying to pronounce it.

Apparently, industrial espionage is not even close to being a new phenomenon. Over 100 years ago in 1902, Mr. Patterson thought he had that prob-lem. After all, NCR was an emerging industrial leader in manufacturing. He suspected that indi-viduals other than employees were getting access to NCR buildings. He ordered a test search throughout the factory and discovered 40 unat-tended, non-NCR people roaming about. They had gained assess by blending in with the workers as they entered the buildings. He immediately put in place a door-keeping system. Doorkeepers were installed at building entrances and workers were issued printed passes which had to be presented upon entry. Department heads and assistants were issued buttons which were worn at all times. To-day it’s all electronic and doormen need not look at the ID, but the intent is the same as it was 100 years ago - if you don’t belong, stay out.

NCR was probably the first company to have a United States Post Office located in its facility. The new postal station (as it was called then) was opened in February, 1907, and was located on the first floor at the east end of building #10, World Headquarters. The station was manned by five fulltime clerks and two letter carriers who deliv-ered the mail to the surrounding community. The station was made necessary by the large amount of mail issued by NCR, mostly advertising. In 1906, the year before the station opened, NCR mailing represented 23% of all mail posted in the city of Dayton. The month the station was opened, the number of pieces processed was nearly 800,000

and NCR’s postage bill was $10,000. What would that be in today’s dollars?

At one time, NCR provided transportation for its employees from the NCR complex to downtown Dayton. In 1907, public transportation was just one of many services provided by the city of Dayton which Mr. Patterson considered very much lacking, so much so that he considered moving the company out of Dayton. But, that’s another story for another time. The company was growing at a rapid rate and most of the employees at that time relied on the street car for transportation. The Oakwood Line and the Main Street Line, that serviced downtown Dayton to the southern suburbs, couldn’t expand fast enough to handle NCR’s increasing need. To Mr. Patterson’s thinking, the sometime one hour wait for space on a street car was way too long in the cold of February. He ordered all of the com-pany’s transportation equipment to be placed at the service of the employees. Everyday at 5:30 P.M., lined up along Main Street, were 20 horse drawn wagons and four new horseless trucks ready to transport workers downtown. In the spring, as the weather improved and as the street car service im-proved, the company went out of the employee transportation business.

This was just another example of Mr. Patterson act-ing on his belief that happy and satisfied employees were more dedicated and produced better products.

Story submitted by Ken Carr, REA trus-tee. You can contact Ken at kenc032@aol.com

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Homecoming III Registrations A list of people registered for Homecoming III is updated on www.ncr-rea.org

James & Barbara Aldrich, Cheshire, CT William S. & Janice Anderson, Palo Alto, CA Vivian Baskett & Norma Bicknell, Dayton, OH Vern and Pat Bean, Bellbrook, OH Jim and Linda Beard, Centerville, OH Lou Bordonaro, Centerville, OH Jane Bowser, Brookville, OH James & Margaret Brown, Kettering, OH Jim and Peg Butts, Centerville, OH Robert & Marie Byrne, Exetor, RI Ken and Peggy Carr, Kettering, OH Bob & Paulette Dale, Creston, OH Dick Darrah, Kettering, OH Allen and Helen Davis, Kettering, OH Tim Davis, Kettering, OH June DeBernardi, Dayton, OH Tom Doddridge & Kathy Kitchens, Dayton, OH Shirley Donaldson, Dayton, OH Sarah Dugan, Dayton, OH Larry & Doris Dumford, Xenia, OH Robert Flischel, Germantown, OH Jack & Eunice Goodwin, Lawrenceville, GA Francis & Carol Gravelle, Dayton, OH Bob & Gloria Gregory, Dayton, OH Don & Jane Greiner, Dayton, OH William Guilbert, Centerville, OH Velma Hartzell, Waynesville, OH John & Patrticia Horst, Bernville, PA Frank Hundt, Dayton, OH George Kappel & Nancy Smiley, Centerville, OH John and Ann LaPadula, Andover, NJ Dick & Betty Lou Ludwig, Kettering, OH Catherine Machoy, Vero Beach, FL Doug & Iris Machus, Iron Mountain, MI

John McCormick, Clayton, OH Gordie & Myrlin Meister, Centerville, OH William & Ruby Meredith, Burlington, NC Tom and Carleen Miller, Morrisville, PA Richard & Rosemary Morell, Anthem, AZ Dennis Neufarth & Andrea Stamas , Trotwood, OH Mildred Newman, West Carrollton, OH Floyd Norman, Huber Heights, OH Bob & Pat O’Connor, Centerville, OH Ralph Richter, Dayton, OH Fred Ritter & Marie Fatigati, Bayonet Point, FL George Sakalas, Easton, MD Don Scheiman, Dayton, OH John and Lois Schikner, Dayton, OH Tom & Peggy Schoenheider, Estero, FL Sue & Lynn Schweitzer, Germantown, OH Richard Smith, Dayton, OH Lester Snyder, Kettering, OH Don Steck, Beavercreek, OH Bill & Wanda Talmage, Dayton, OH Ted & Betty Lou Townley, Dayton, OH Hans Tschudin, Dayton, OH Bill & Maureen West, Kettering, OH Robert Wright, Centerville, OH Jim & Kathy Valento, Mason, OH

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WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS

Bindner, Kenneth (Ken), Dayton, OH Bleses, Tony, Dayton, OH Bowen, Hugh, Lawrenceville, GA Brinkman, James J. (Jim), Kettering, OH Cunningham, Nancy, Dayton, OH Cuthbertson, William, Dayton, OH Davis, Timothy (Tim), Kettering, OH Eisenman, William (Bill), Greenville, SC Exley, Charles E. (Chuck), Grosse Point, MI Feltner, Doris, Miamisburg, OH Feltner, Sherman, Miamisburg, OH Gibson, Donald (Don), Pahrump, NV Giering, John, Kettering, OH Givens, Jane, Waltham, MA Goodwin, Jack, Lawrenceville, GA Greiner, Don C., Dayton, OH Greiner, Jane, Dayton, OH Hauptman, John R. (Jack), Buffalo, NY Howard, Linda W., Dayton, OH Hunt, Glenn H., Kettering, OH Kiel, Richard P., Long Beach, CA Kirk, Ronald, Fernley, NV Lappetito, Paul, Naples, FL

Geri, Barbara, Yellow Springs, OH Gibson, J. W., Ft. Worth, TX Rueger, Richard E., Centerville, OH

WELCOME BACK TO PAST MEMBERS

Malas, David (Dave), Centerville, OH Marchal, Ken, Dayton, OH Robbins, Wesley, Perkins, OK Sadar, Ken, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Sliemers, Elaine, Beavercreek, OH Smith, James C. (Jim), Indian Wells, CA Sowers, Rodney L., Tarpon Springs, FL Thomas, Donald F. (Don), Easley, SC Trcka, David (Dave), Aurora, CA Walsh, John (Jay), Naples, FL White, Elton, Sarasota, FL Wilmes, James, Omaha, NE Winn, Robert E., Murrieta, CA York, George A., Bluffton, SC

Tschudin, Hans, Dayton, OH Van Oss, Patricia, Centerville, Ohio Willett, John, Kettering, Ohio

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Beltz, Jack, 83, Duluth, Minnesota, April 5, 2006 Borgerding, Eugene F. (Gene) 81, Dayton, OH, June 3, 2006 Delaney, Gerald M., 66, Fargo, North Dakota, June 20, 2006 Edds, Darel J., 63,Omaha, Nebraska, June 14, 2006 Fullencamp, Julius (Joe), 82, Dayton, Ohio, May 4, 2006 Hearn, Lawrence F. (Larry), 66, Tempe, Arizona, October 23, 2005 Heck, Thomas (Tom), 86, Kettering, Ohio, July 5, 2006 Herndon, Ralph L., 69, Lexington, Kentucky, February 5, 2006 Marshall, John, 80, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, March 22, 2006 Reynolds, Jack E., 78, Centerville, Ohio, May 17, 2006 Sandquist, Reuben, 81, Tacoma, Washington, July 13, 2006 Schulte, James (Jim) Anthony, 85, Des Moines, Iowa Sorum, William Henry, 87, Omaha, Nebraska, April 15, 2006 Tuttle, Milan “Tut”, 67, Port Charlotte, Florida, April 13, 2006

IN MEMORIAM This column depends on your contribution of information about the deaths of your former co-workers and friends who were NCR employees. Please send a copy of the obituary or information to us.

W E E X T E N D O U R S I N C E R E S Y M P A T H Y T O T H E F A M I L I E S O F T H E S E F O R M E R N C R E M P L O Y E E S .

CARRYING ON THE TRADITION

Some people keep up the traditions.

Darlene Hoaja, NCR Chief Administrative Office, has been keeping record of NCR serial numbers for several years. This record of numbers has been kept since the beginning of [NCR] time. Over the years, blocks of serial numbers were issued to the NCR manufacturing facilities around the world. These numbers, prefixed with a two digit number that represented the particular facility, were at-tached to pieces of equipment.

Until a couple years ago, the record of these num-bers had been recorded manually in a journal. Steve Stevens, NCR Law Department, developed an intranet-based application to maintain these re-cords online. While Darlene uses the online sys-tem, she continues to record them by hand in the old journal. Full journals are located in the NCR Archive.

What serial numbers were issued during your NCR career?

Year Serial Numbers 1911 1,000,000 1922 2,000,000 1929 3,000,000 1941 4,000,000 1952 5,000,000 1972 10,000,000 1983 15,000,000 1988 20,000,000 1993 25,000,000 1996 30,000,000 1999 34,500,000 2002 36,000,000 2005 38,100,000

Flowers from Furst the Florists

http://fursttheflorist.com/

THE PHOTO GALLERY I F Y O U H A V E P I C T U R E S Y O U W O U L D L I K E T O S H A R E , P L E A S E E M A I L T H E M I N A . J P G , . T I F , O R . B M P F I L E T O T H E E D I T O R . P L E A S E I N C L U D E T H E C A P T I O N A N D O R A C C O M P A N Y I N G S T O R Y .

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A great time was had by all at dinner at the NCR Country Club.

The reception hosted by NCR at World Headquarters was a big hit with everyone.

These photos are from Homecoming II in 2003. We will have photos from Homecoming III in the November issue.

Will you be among those we see? We hope so.

Membership Information

In 1996, several NCR retirees formed the NCR REA (NCR Retired Employees Association). Any person retired from NCR and, any NCR employee or former NCR employee who is vested with NCR Corporation, may join NCR REA.

NCR REA Mission To keep our members informed

on issues related to NCR Corporation and other matters of interest.

NCR REA is supported by membership and donations. It is incorporated as a non-profit organization in the State of Ohio. The first year membership fee is $25, which includes an application fee of $10 and $15 for the first year’s dues. Thereafter, annual dues are $15. We have quarterly newsletters (printed and online), a membership directory (printed and online), a web site, and periodic social reunions of retirees. The next reunion (Homecoming III) is scheduled for September 29 through October 1, 2006, in Dayton, Ohio. We encourage you to join NCR REA, Inc. If you need additional information, visit our web site www.ncr-rea.org or email us at rea@ncr-rea.org or write to: NCR REA P. O. Box 218 Germantown, OH 45327-0218 Sincerely, John Schikner President, NCR REA, Inc.

In order to help you win the membership drive contest, we have provided a member-ship application as a tear out that you can give to someone you’re recruiting. You can photocopy this to make additional copies. [Editor’s note: you will receive more than your money back for the photocopies, if you win the contest.] Remember, addi-tional information and application forms are available on the web site:

www.ncr-rea.org

REA MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

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NCR REA, Inc. MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

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Please make $25 check payable to: NCR REA, Inc. Mail to: NCR REA P. O. Box 218 Germantown, OH 45327

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IN THE BEGINNING...

In 1906, Itzhak Eugen Mittwoch applied for a job at NCR in Berlin, Germany. He was then in his late twenties, and did not receive the job. "This is a dignified Company", the NCR Manager told young Mittwoch, "and your hair is not yet grey enough to convey a sense of seriousness and dig-nity, fitting for a salesman of sophisticated tech-nological equipment, who must make an impres-sion of maturity and seriousness on potential cus-tomers".

The sophisticated technology equipment of those days was none other than mechanical cash regis-ters for the management of retail businesses. On one side, there was a handle which set into motion a number of cogwheels which executed the arith-metical calculations. On the top, behind a glass pane, metal plates popped up, showing the cus-tomer's price and the results of the calculation. On the front were stylized buttons with numbers on them. These activated the levers which moved the cogwheels and in this way, entered the data. On the lower front area of those cash registers was a drawer for bills and coins, which opened up with the sound of ringing bells.

Itzhak Eugen Mittwoch did not give up. He began purchasing used NCR Cash Registers; -- refur-bished them technically and aesthetically, sold them to business owners at a lower price, and pro-vided them with reliable and dedicated technical service. NCR did not like this impertinent com-petitor, who succeeded in his mission even with a head of black hair.

Within a short while the successes lead to NCR's understanding that it would be wise to create busi-ness cooperation for the benefit of all. And so, the Company in Germany was established, as a privately owned company, and not as an overseas branch of the American National Cash Register Company. Itzhak Eugen Mittwoch and his wife Clara were the first employees, and together they expanded the business in Berlin until 1933.

In 1933, when the situation in Germany began to show signs of uneasiness for Jews, Itzhak Eugen Mittwoch packed a suitcase, boarded a ship, and sailed to the shores of Palestine to try to discover whether the Levant was really as bad as the warn-ings of his friends, who tried to persuade him to continue developing his business in Berlin. A few weeks later, he returned from the dunes of the Tel-Aviv of those days and announced to his family, "Pack everything, we are getting out of here and leaving for those dunes in Palestine". His friends in Berlin regarded him as though he had lost his mind: leaving culture, leaving a house of thirteen rooms, packing everything into lifts, and traveling to the Levant to sell and service sophisticated equipment. This seemed to be really crazy.

At the same time, Itzhak Eugen Mittwoch received from the NCR management in the U.S., the rights to be its general agent in Palestine (Israel of those days), Lebanon, and Syria. He re-established the company in Israel of those days and after a short while settled his business in a building in the center of Tel-Aviv, on the corner of Balfour Street and Al-lenby Street, and began to work: marketing, sales, installations, and service. The Jewish community was small, but the business began to flourish. The framework of marketing and sales in the thirties also included traveling by the old time trains and taxis, loaded with equipment, to Beirut and Damascus, as well as a stay of two to three weeks, until the sales, installations, and customer education were com-pleted... and only then was it possible to consider the deals closed and return to Tel-Aviv.

It was during this period of a new beginning in which the three sons of Itzhak Eugen and his wife, Clara, joined the family business. Ludwig joined first, shortly after him - his older brother Jacob, who had arrived a bit later from Germany, and after them, Rafael, the youngest brother. And the country was filled with NCR cash registers.

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State City Name Venue Date/Time Contact

AZ Tucson Village Inn Restaurant

1st Monday each month

Dick Vail rivail@cox.net

CA San Diego The NCR

Retirees Club

Remington Club Rancho Bernardo

2nd Wednesday of month except Mar, May, Jul, Aug at 1:00p.m.

Gordon Belgum 858-672-0458 gbelgum@earthlink.net

CO Colorado Springs

Perkins Restaurant 5190 N. Academy Colorado Springs

1st Friday of month at 7:00

a.m.

Fred Miller 719-578-5182

CT Orange Chip’s Restaurant 321 Boston Post Road

2nd Tues each month 8:30 a.m.

Jim Lash jameslash@snet.net

FL Ft. Myers Bob Evans

9500 Marketplace Road 2nd Thursday each month at

11:30 a.m.

Tom Schoenheider 239-498-0468 tom2peg@comcast.net

GA Atlanta The NCR Lunch Bunch

Golden Corral Hwy 138 Conyers

2nd Wednesday of even months at 11:30 a.m.

Roy Greenway rlg109177@yahoo.com Cal McBroom 109487cm@bellsouth.net John Hughes johughes7@aol.com

IL Chicago NCR Pizza Night Group

Riggio’s Restaurant 7530 W. Oakton Niles

1st Thursday each month at 6:30 p.m.

Alan J. Helstern ALHEL@aol.com

IL Chicago Aurora Breakfast

Group

No regular schedule

Mike Ederati ederati@juno.com

IL Chicago South Side Lunch Group

No regular schedule

Pete McKenna pjmckenna@ameritech.net

IL Chicago X-NCR salesmen

Stimac’s Restaurant 4843 Butterfield Rd. Hillside

3rd Tuesday each month at

noon

John Roche 773-445-0336 Gene Gallagher 630-986-9006

IN Evansville Cracker Barrel 8215 Eagle Lake Drive

1st Tuesday each month

Jim Bryan jrbryan@sbcglobal.net

IN Indianapolis MCL Cafeteria 3630 S. East St.

2nd Tuesday each month at 6:00 p.m.

Harry Kuhn 317-862-4408 cnhkuhn@hotmail.com

KS Wichita Wichita TFY Club

Quarterly meetings

Linda Ferguson 3718 N. Rock Rd. Wichita, KS 67226 linda.ferguson@lsil.com

KY Lexington / London

McDonald’s at Palomar Each Wednes-day at 9:00 a.m.

Bill Malicote 859-299-5125 wtmalicote@aol.com

MD Baltimore VFW 6506 8777 Philadelphia Rd. Rosedale

Wed. every month except Dec. at 5 p.m.

Nelson Bengel 410-557-7302 nelsben@aol.com

MA Marion Sippacan Café Marion

Breakfast every Thursday

Pete Suller 508-295-1016 psuller@comcast.net

MA Metheun McDonald’s Pelham St.

Breakfast every Tuesday at 8

Richard Bates 603-394-7760 R.richardbates@comcast.net

AL Spanish Fort NCRXES Fire Mountain Grill

30179 Eastern Shore Court Spanish Fort, AL 36527

1st Thursday every month at

11:30

W. M. Hankins WMH24@bellsouth.nrt

CA LE N D A R O F ON GO I N G EV E N T S

State City Name Venue Date/Time Contact

MI McComb Township

McDonald’s 45700 N. Gratiot

Every Tuesday morning

Lee Brown 810-791-2061 20812 Lantz Street Clinton Twp., MI 48035

MI Saginaw Sullivan’s Restaurant 5235 Gratiot Ave.

2nd Tuesday each month at

8:30 a.m.

R. J. (Mickey) McDonald 989-781-1556

NJ Central Ye Cottage Inn 149 W. Front St. Keyport

3rd Thursday each month ex-cept June, July,

August

Ozzie Chavez 732-541-5331 or 732-541-0568 ochaves-carteret.nj@att.net

NJ Saddle Brook Northeastern Retail & Ac-counting Ma-

chine Salesmen

Marriott Hotel Saddle Brook

Every 2-3months Anthony J. Pilato 516-561-1144 pilato9@optonline.net

NM Albuquerque Furrs Cafeteria Wyoming Mall

Lunch each Wednesday at

12:30 p.m.

Marc LaChey 505-275-2331 Marc.lachey@att.net

NC Charlotte Tryon Restaurant 215 E. Exmore St. & Pineville Rd.

3rd Tuesday each month at 7:30

a.m.

Walt Miller 704-552-1009 or mymabe@aol.com or Ralph Weddington 704-366-7226

OH Dayton Former R&D employees

NCR Country Club Reservations suggested

4th Wednesday each month

Carl Wick 937-433-1352 cfwick@aol.com

OH Dayton E&M Dayton Marion’s Pizza Patterson and Shroyer Rd.

2nd Saturday of March and Octo-

ber 11:30—3:00 p.m.

Ray Roppel 513-777-4399 rkroppel@fuse.net

OH Dayton Former NCR Secretaries

NCR Country Club Reservations suggested

1st Thursday each month

Carole Spencer spencer101@att.net

PA Harrisburg GEO’s Family Rest. 6290 Allentown Blvd.

Last Tuesday each month at

9:00 a.m.

Dick Eberly rjegolf@comcast.net

RI Warwick Bickford Restaurant Jefferson Blvd.

Every Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.

Don Culton 401-942-5594 Dfc-jr@cox.net

SC Columbia ROMEO (Retired Old

Men Eating Out)

IHOP St. Andrews and I-26

2nd Wednesday each month at

9:00 a.m.

Jerry Dryden 904-378-7895 jed2004@bellsouth.net

SC Greenville Flat Rock Grille Woodruff Road

Saturday noon every 2-3 months

Ted Webb (864-234-7869) w4ne@juno.com

WA Tacoma Ma’s Place Near South Hill Mall Puyallup Bowling

Every Tuesday at 9:00 a.m.

Every Thursday

at 9:00 a.m.

Vern Schrotenboer 253-848-6872 vern35@earthlink.net Vern Schrotenboer 253-848-6872 vern35@earthlink.net

WI Milwaukee Mayfair Mall Food Court

1st Tuesday each month at 9:00

a.m.

Don Eggert 414-453-8424 degg12@sbcglobal.net

Canada Vancouver, BC

XNCRs Group Lunch 1st Tues-day each month

Dick Phillips 604-526-8721 dick_phillips@telus.net

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Important Contacts

NCR Benefits Center P.O. Box 9233 Boston, MA 02205-9923 800-245-9035 TDD# 800-610-4015 http://netbenefits.fidelity.com Cigna Health Claims 800-351-4113 http://mycigna.com Medicare 800-MEDICARE (633-4227) http://www.medicare.gov Social Security 800-772-1213 http://www.socialsecurity.gov NCR Corporation 937-445-5000 http://www.ncr.com NCR Stockholder Account Inquiries Mellon Investor Services 85 Challenger Road Overpeck Centre Ridgefield, NJ 07660 800-627-2303 shrrelations@melloninvestor.com http://www.melloninvestor.com

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If you hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and turn the small wheel in the middle of your mouse, the print size will change - it will either get larger or smaller - depending on which way you turn the wheel.

Pass this on to others who may find it very useful when trying to read small e-mail print (especially in the early hours).

MOVING? Don’t forget to tell us your new address so we can ensure you continue to receive your newsletter. Email to newsletter@ncr-rea.org or write to NCR REA, P. O. Box 218, Germantown, OH 45327.

ARE YOU SWITCHING TO THE INTERNET WORLD?

If you would like for us to stop sending you a hardcopy of NCR Retiree News since you can now view and/or print it from the web, please let us know.

DON’T FORGET The REA Membership Directory is now online. It is updated periodically, at least once per quarter, to include any changes we are aware of to ad-dresses or phone numbers.

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HOMECOMING III INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FORM

NCR Retired Employees Association, Inc. Presents

Homecoming III – Sept. 29 –30, Oct. 1, 2006 Dayton, Ohio

Come join your former co-workers and friends from around the world for an enjoyable Homecoming week-end. The weekend activities include . . . • NCR Corporate sponsored reception at NCR World Headquarters (Friday evening, 6:00 pm—9:00 pm) • Tours of the Anderson Executive Briefing Center during reception (formerly called the Product Center) • Enjoy a continental breakfast at the Marriott on Patterson Blvd. (Saturday morning, 9:00 am — 10:00 am) • The NCR REA Annual Business Meeting in the Marriott Grand Ballroom 10:00 am – 12:00 noon - (Speaker – Christine (Chris) Wallace, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Customer Services) • Buffet luncheon after the Annual Meeting in the Marriott Grand Ballroom • A reception, dinner, and entertainment at the NCR Country Club SEATING IS LIMITED. FIRST COME. FIRST SERVED. (Saturday evening -6:00 pm – 9:00 pm) • The Dunbar Hospitality Suite at the Marriott (opened Friday and Saturday afternoons and evenings) • Tours of Dayton: Moraine Farm, Dayton History (formerly called Carillon Park) to view a new exhibit about John H. Patterson, NCR Archives, Air Force Museum, and other sites depending on your in-terest. Homecoming III is sponsored by the NCR Retired Employees Association, Inc., for association members and their spouses/guests. NCR REA has reserved a block of rooms at the Marriott for Friday and Saturday night. Please make reser-vations by calling 1-800-450-8625. Mention NCR REA to receive special room rates for this event. Rates are $95 ++ (Normally $114 - $134).

HOMECOMING III INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FORM

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Registration Fee (includes Friday reception at NCR WHQ, hospitality room, tours, memento, and other surprises). $15.00 for single reservation $ _____________ $25.00 for couple (member and spouse/guest) $ _____________ Continental breakfast and Annual Meeting at Marriott Free: however, to assure adequate seating, you must register. # of tickets ___________ Buffet luncheon (At Marriott after Annual Meeting) $15.00 per person # of tickets ___________ $ _____________ Saturday evening dinner & program (NCR Country Club) SEATING IS LIMITED. FIRST COME. FIRST SERVED. $27.50 per person # of tickets ___________ $ _____________ Total Enclosed $ _____________ Name:________________________________ Spouse/Guest ___________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip: _______________________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________________ Year Retired: ___________________________ E-mail address: ________________________________________________________________

I would like to volunteer to help with the 2006 Homecoming Yes ________ No ______ I would like to be interviewed as part of the Oral History Program. Yes________ No_______

RSVP by Sept. 1, 2006. Please return form with check made payable to NCR REA, Inc. and mail to: NCR REA, Inc.

P. O. Box 218 Germantown, OH 45327

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NCR REA, Inc. P. O. Box 218 Germantown, OH 45327-0218 www.ncr-rea.org

This is a piece of history from the pre-data process-ing world, a history from the first decade of the pre-vious century until the beginning of its sixties.

In the late thirties, an additional technological development occurred: the first accounting ma-chines were introduced to the business world. These complex mechanical machines, that de-veloped into electro-mechanical machines and later into entirely electronic ones, consisted of many thousands of mechanical parts which ac-tivated, pushed, pulled, and set one another into motion. Yes, this was how arithmetical operations and others were done those days, operations later called later data processing.

Over the years, these NCR machines, which were generally called "National Machines", became the standard for data processing in Is-rael during the forties, fifties, and up to the be-ginning of the sixties, when the company initi-ated the age of electronic computers in the Is-raeli market.

This article was written by Dr. David Mittwoch and was provided to NCR Retiree News by Leo McGrath from the NCR REA and Dayton History Oral History program.