argus eyesANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN November, 1945

A Camera Club Winner by Dean Wheeler

Argus RecreationClub Meeting

At the October 3rd meeting, the de-tails of the Fall Festival dance wereworked out, and it was decided to holdthe party at the Washtenaw CountryClub, with Gene Schumann's orchestraproviding the music from 9 :00 to 1:00.

Due to the reduction in personneland consequent decrease in RecreationClub income, it has become necessaryto reduce the size of our paper, ArgusEyes, and Vern Heck presiding in theabsence of Les Schwanbeck submitteda sample format of the new size paper.This change is effective with the No-vember issue.

Also brought before the representa-tives was the matter of Christmas giftsfor the service men and women, andsome sample gifts and gift suggestionswere considered and decided upon. Thegifts will be sent to the home of theservicemen wherever uncertainties existregarding their addresses.

Mosier & CrumleyWinners Again

Ideas that increase production andinsure accuracy on the camera lineswere submitted by Jack Mosier andHoward Crumley and brought themeach a Victory Bond.

A tool to expand the cam-gear wasHoward's suggestion, and Jack's was aslotted tool for making camera adjust-ments.

Both Jack and Howard were Sugges-tion Plan winners last, month, too. Con-gratulations, and keep up the goodwork.

STRAIGHT TALKabout the

VICTORY LOANThe war is over—but that's not the whole story. Let's

finish the job!

WHY MUST WE HAVE A VICTORY LOAN?

1. To pay the bills for munitions and material alreadydelivered and used.

2. To pay the cost of guarding Germany and Japan.

3. To pay for the care of our wounded and disabled.

4. To pay off and provide benefits for 8 million or moreveterans to be discharged by next July.

5. To keep the lid on price inflation.

The Victory Loan Drive opens October 29 and extendsthrough December 8, 1945. Its 11 billion dollar quota in-cludes a 4 billion dollar goal for individual Americans. A lotof money! Your personal quota is one $50 bond.

THE MONEY IS NEEDED. WHY?

The Treasury must meet the enormous obligations in-curred in the achievement of victory. Government expen-ditures are being drastically reduced—and this will con-tinue. Despite this, however, the aftermath of war carriesgrave responsibilities that must not be shirked, and infacing this task every American's help is needed. Beforethe end of 1945, the people's Treasury must look to thepeople for further support.

FIFTH ANNIVERSARY AT ARGUS

November marks five in-teresting years at Argusfor these folks.

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(-onatatuLatlonlCLEMANCE DONNER AVIS BINDER HARRY ROOKES DORA EICHEL

ALVIN ESCHELBACH HELEN SNYDER EDWARD DOW MARY BRIGGS LILLIAN STUTZMAN

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f I f %This paper is an employees' publica-

tion. Its aims are:1. To present news of individuals

throughout the two plants.2. To keep former employees now in

the 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 STAFFEditor Chas. A. BarkerAssistant Editor Lucy GridleySports Harold Peterson

\ Stuart GildartPhotographers . . j J e r r y D a v e n p o r t

Cartoonist Marie BarbierThe Representatives of each Depart-

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

Facts You Should KnowAbout Social SecurityCHECK ON YOUR WAGE RECORD!

The benefits you and your family will get when you retire and the bene-fits your family will get if you die depend on your social security account.So it is of No. 1 importance that your account be absolutely RIGHT.

The Social Security Board does its end of the Job with nearly 100 percentaccuracy. You can rely on that. But there are more than 70,000,000accounts, and sometimes errors do occur. They occur because every oncein a while an employer does not have a social security number or a namejust as it appears on the worker's card. Therefore, it is advisable to checkon your account.

It is especially advisable to do so if you have worked for short periodsfor a number of different employers, or for a firm that was in business onlya short time, or for an employer who did not copy down your socialsecurity account number, or did not deduct the 1 percent social securitytax from your pay.

If you think an error has been made, write to the Social Security Board,Baltimore, Maryland, and request a statement of your account. You canget an addressed post card form at the nearest Social Security BoardOffice. If an error has been made, that office will help you get it corrected.Once every four years you should check on your account anyway be-cause after four years some errors CANNOT be corrected.

The Social Security Board office which serves Washtenaw County islocated at 709 Reynolds Building, Jackson, Michigan. The telephone num-ber is 25588.

Personnel NewsWhen I asked Roy B. for the news

he handed me this photograph, with theremark that this was GOOD news andplenty of it. You can see what hemeans—from left to right the boys areJimmy Perkins and Bruce Hiscock,Roy's grandsons. Jimmy looks like Roy,doesn't he, and Bruce is handsome, too.

We are still waiting for a photographof Mrs. Radiord and her five month oldgrandson, Red. These two have break-fast together every morning, and Mrs.Radford says it is a wonderful way tostart the day.

Virginia Fox has had word that herhusband is on his way home! We arealmost as thrilled as she is.

Saturday, October 13, Mrs. R. droveus to Toledo to have lunch with RuthScharren and her parents, the Coffys.Ruth showed us her new clothes, (hersecond trousseau—she is meeting Jim inChicago next Saturday) and the Coffysshowed us through the house they have

GuardsThe war is over and the guards are

as grateful as anyone that it has finallyended.

A few of the familiar faces that weall know are still with us, although sev-eral of them are either gone or havebeen transferred to other departments.

However, each and every man andwoman who worked on Plant Protectionwant to express their appreciation ofcooperation on the part of the employeegroup as a whole.

It has been through this completecooperation that the guards and re-ceptionists were able to do their dutyas efficiently as it has been done. Thanksto all of you.

Hiscock Grandchildren

bought. Outside there is a wooded hill,a tennis court, a fish pond and a fire-place. We had a delightful time, andhated to leave.

Coming into Ann Arbor Saturdayafter our drive to Toledo we were im-pressed anew with the beauty of ourtown, and congratulated each other onqur rare judgment in choosing it asa place to live. Congratulations toeverybody who lives or works in AnnArbor!

Drafting the NewsA newcomer to the drafting room is

ames E. Harvey who hails fromjingston, N. Y. He majored in optics

at the University of Rochester, andwas formerly connected with the Na-ional Defense Research Committee.

Arvid Andresen, after a year and alalf service at Argus left the companyo take up his former occupation asandscape architect which he severed

'Three Little Words"

Winnie, Pat, and Tommie—A good time was had by all at the partycelebrating Winnie's birthday.

Basement BylineSeptember is a short month and two

weeks out doesn't leave much time togather news. However, no one wantedthe honor of being guest reporter sohere's the bits I've collected.

Doris Ehnis became Mrs. VictorKershal when Vic came home on leaveafter serving in the European theater.She sent us greetings from Pennsylvaniaand is now back in town for a few daysen-route to Montana. Good luck kids!

Sylvia Feldcamp has been trans-ferred to another department andMarilyn Smith and Gertrude Suttonhave joined our ranks.

I picked up quite a bit from chatterat random. It seems Nancy nearlycreated a riot by . . . but maybe weshould keep that a secret, eh Nan?Mary Jane is featuring a new nail pol-ish in various shades of blue, green andblack, but only on one finger. Shecaught it in the door. What did yousay M. J. ? Grace is expecting her hus-band to be home on leave about Christ-mas. Eunice's better half reports cli-matic conditions much more comfort-able around Okinawa than in otherparts of the Pacific he has been in.Merna had a deluge of letters fromRoger. He is around northern Japannear the Russian border and feels theneed of red flannels. Juanita, Ginneyand Joyce think Lady Luck has de-serted them as their husbands do notexpect to be home for several months.Speaking of Lady Luck, she certainly

some time ago to do war work.Bob White was seen in Flint shaking

lands with his Uncle Sam. From draft-ng board to draft board and return.

M. S. Smith (Smitty) returned froma pleasant deer hunt up north . . . thatis everything was pleasant except theabsence of a deer.

Elaine Mueller after two consecutiveummers at Argus, has returned once

more to resume her studies at CapitalJniversity in Columbus, Ohio.

Flash . . . Girls, another man is outof the running. Our Mr. Richard Wilsonook the almost fatal step and became

VERY MUCH engaged Wednesday,September 19th.

GeneralAccounting Dept.Mr. Miller was pleasantly surprised

on September 28, when the Accounting"iris gave him a "bang up" birthdayparty with all the trimmings. Therewere 2 cakes . . . One for Mr Millerand the other for Jessie Hack who haseft the company to become a lady ofeisure. Roy Hiscock dished out thece cream, (and dished some in, too).Vlr. Miller was presented with a tanport jacket and with the help of theI!ost Accounting payroll, and StationeryStock Department, a gala time waslad by all.

ARGUS PROFILESBy H. J. R.

LETSIS, Harry

Affable, well-liked member of the guard force and keeper of the Doors atArgus, Inc., in which capacity he has been cheerfully greeting employees sinceAugust 10, 1937. Was born in Sparta, Greece in 1885 and recalls that it was acity of 35,000 . . . since depleted by Naziism. Owns his own home at 908 WillowStreet, Ann Arbor . . . has been married since 1911 and has two daughters (2in WAC's, and 2 sons. Remembers his invasion of America in 1901 when hetravelled from Greece alone to land in New York' with exactly $15.00 . . . noknowledge of English, but a 16 year old determination to learn it. Landed hisfirst job in a German bakery, but a lack of both languages resulted in employerconfusion. However, began speaking a variety of English in 1906 and becameconductor and motorman on the street car system of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.A few years of this practically cleared up the language situation. Finally settledin Michigan after living at various times in New York, Massachusetts and Ohio.Owned restaurants at Jackson and Brooklyn, Michigan for over 20 years andhas worked on the guard force at the State Capitol, Lansing. Would like to seehis native Greece again some day. Thinks the U. S. is tops and claims that hisstudy of English convinces him that most of the words are pronounced in-correctly. Says that his announcements on the P. A. system verify this.

has smiled at our friend Glen. Did youever hear of anyone winning so manypools? Me thinks he ought to treat usall to at least an ice cream cone. Leshas been spending most of this monthin Detroit getting 'eddicated'—I. B. M.mostly. That 'thing' you see whizzingaround the streets is Bob's new meansof transportation. Who wants a ride?Marie has moved already. Likes hernew apartment much better. Wilmot'sson is almost thru his Coast GuardTraining so she is expecting him homeon leave soon. Bob, Roy, and Normwent duck hunting but we didn't havea duck dinner again this year. Whydon't we fems start hunting and show'em how? We're going to be starvedin a few more years if we wait forthem to get the ducks or vension.

We were guests at the ice-cream andcake party given by General Accountingin honor of Mr. Millers birthday. The'Paddle' got a good work-out. Dottie

Simms celebrated her first wedding |anniversary on September 30. We allhope her sailor husband will be Jv«e -to celebrate next year. Her bifp •:,who has been discharged from the aiuTy,came to visit her here at the office.Harry Rookes reports his family doingwell but hasn't brought in that picture .yet. By the way, Bob reports the longpromised birthday party pictures didn'ttake, isn't that awful? Collette isspending a week in Norfolk, Virginia 'and did she have great expectations! ,Guess that's all for now, folks.

ANNOUNCEMENT TO MY FELLOW ]WORKERS

The column for the month followingthis issue will consist of at least onenews item or picture turned in to me-,by each and every member of this office, .jThis is your warning!!

Your Reporter J

WAC and WAVE

It's great this Army and Navy life, says Loretta Rice and Mary Tucker.

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Camera Club NewsThe Camera Club has started a new

season with new officers. After a sum-mer suspension of meetings, the clubconvened in September and electedAlbert Stohrer to be the new chair-

in, and Clifford Coniway to be the^etary-treasurer. The . new officers

considerable promise, as evidencedby the increased number of prints atthe last meeting, principally because ofAl's and Cliff's activity among the mem-bers.

In addition to the regular competi-tion at the last meeting, an airplanepicture contest took place. The pic-tures were taken at the Ann Arbor Air-port during the previous meeting. Theprizes were airplane rides, donated bythe Gridley Flying Service. A suggestedfuture assignment will be aerial pictures—that is, photographs made from theair.

Now that film, paper and other pho-tographic supplies are reappearing onthe market, and spare time becomes lessrare, we should get many more picturesat each meeting. Schedules of assign-ments may be obtained from Al Stohrer,Chairman. Watch the bulletin boardsfor announcements of meetings andscheduled programs. Meetings are regu-larly held on the second and fourthThursdays of each month.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Dougy, young son of CorporalArthur Gerstler Jr. is pictured cele-brating his third birthday with a

je and luscious cake with can-and all the trimmings.

Corporal Gerstler is in St. Angelo,Texas at Goodfellow Field awatinghis discharge from the service.

Grandpa Art Gerstler Sr. is veryproud of both the boys.

Optical AssemblyMany of the girls whose jobs ended

with the end of the war have nowbeen rehired in other departments. Wewant to say, "Thanks for the excellentjob they did, and wish them luck intheir new ventures. We like to knowabout the girls who have worked inhere, and so it was with pleasure thatwe heard the news about Helyn Moore'snew baby, Georgia Lee. Bring heraround, Helyn and let us all see her.

Thressell Conley and Cecile Eu-bank are really lonesome for all theKentucky gals who left, especiallyHelen Bybee who sang the Hillbillytunes with them. We hear that Helenhas organized a new "choir" in Plant I.

Ginny Burt is wearing a big, bigsmile these days . . . and no wonder.She recently married Herb Busch andis now a very efficient housekeeper andcook. Smart kid, that Ginny, sheknows the way to a man's heart. Ontop of that her brother has been dis-charged from the Army and will beable to spend Christmas with his fam-ily.

Esther Woelper was pleasantly sur-prised with some birthday gifts onOctober 12th. Of course, her birthdaywas really the 13 th, but better earlythan never.

Pauline Johnson had a cold for acouple of days and cured it with a"whiskey sweat". She reports that thecure is excellent.

Edith Flournoy and hubby shouldbe all settled in their new Pontiac Roadhome by this time. How is it, Edith,ok?

seems a little screwy to be takingbaths for reducing and malted

cs for gaining. And that's whatone gal is doing. W e won't name anynames but you'd think a Scotchman'sdaughter would have more sense. Atleast she's trying to counteract themalteds, but Rosie Gloessell and Cecdon't even do that.

Elsie Paradise tells us she's happyto report that her son-in-law is being

New Officers ofThe Camera Club

CLIFF CONIWAYSec'y-Treas

AL STOHRERChairman

Prize Winner

A night picture of the ArgusCessna taken by Beulah Newmanwon a prize of an airplane ride forher.

Japanese MoneySent by Boyd Head

A very fine letter writer, that's Boyd,and generous, too. R. D. Howse was therecipient of a newsy letter from Boydin which he enclosed some Japanesemoney . . . a nice souvenier.

According to a letter which Boydwrote Mrs. Scharren, it really rains inthe Philippines where he is stationed,and he is willing to exchange all of it fora glimpse of home.

discharged from service. He has beenin Germany and France.

Donna Rice is in the market for acar and if anyone would like to sell herone, she is willing to talk business. Justcall her at home or in care of Girvanat the shop.

The Big Five are available to any-one who wants cheer leaders. We hearthat they can be heard all the way fromthe bowling alley to State Street.

Everyone regretted Norm Hartmanleaving us, but Norm had a good offerin his home town and took it. OpticalAssembly isn't the same without himand we hope he misses us.

If you want to drive Eddie nuts, juststart him off on "I just hung my headand cried." Once he hears it he justcain't hep singing it.

Many happy returns to Helen Sny-der, Helen Fraser, and RosemarySchosser whose birthdays are thismonth.

At Okinawa

Dear FriendsSeptember 27, 1945

Just received June, July, August, andSeptember copies of the Argus Eyes,and sure was glad to get them. I mightadd that they are not only welcomedby me, but the rest of the boys alltake their turns with them, and likeit very much.

You might tell Sgt. Lesis he's kindof letting me down. I have quite atime finding those little parts about theGuards. I enjoy reading the lettersfrom the other boys around the world,and my Army life seems very dull totheirs.

The buildings on this island werevery thoroughly flattened by either theAir Force or the Bull Dozers of theEngineers, and I can think of nothingI'd like more to do when I get backthan to just sit down and look at areal building again. But the work isgoing on very well, and we are enjoyingfor the first time in months eatinginside out of the rain. Due to theefforts of a night patrol of the boysand a very sleepy C. B. Guard we nowhave a very nice mess hall and good'ole U. S. lumber.

I want to thank you very much forthe papers, and I hope to be back get-ting mine in person very shortly. ButI'm sending my new address so I mayenjoy them until my time comes up.

This outfit has quite a background:IS islands; 5 campaigns, and yet theyhave never been in the U. S., beingformed at the Island of Oahu, and wasin training there when Pearl Harborwas bombed. They have been overseas40 months, but of course most of theold fellows have gone home now.

Looking forward to the next copy ofthe "Eyes", and thanking you againfor the past ones, I remain

Noble W. Ward

Machine ShopThe department is happy to welcome

Conley Graves back. Conley enteredservice in 1942, and now after havingdone his job well is again back at Argusto resume his work in the drill pressroom.

Walter Root and Harold Forbesare two vets of this war who are takingadvantages of the training programsoffered under the G.I. Bill of Rights.Walter is taking a correspondencecourse while Harold is entering a spec-ial training class here at the University.

Wilma Bailey has returned to workand has given us the good news thather husband Sgt. Harold Bailey is soonto be returned to the states and givenhis discharge. Harold has been stationedon Attu for about three years.

Al Sannes was telling some of thefellows about the kind of pheasanthunting they have in his home state ofSouth Dakota. The stories seemed tobe just a bit exagerated so Al broughtin an article taken from Hunting andFishing in which the author backedeverything that Al had claimed.

Ralph Flick is going to have to makesome smart bets during the footballseason to make up for the beating hetook during the baseball season,' andespecially the World Series. He says theBuckeyes of Ohio will make up for that

Sales Dept. NewsMelba Bowden joined the Sales

Force in July of this year. She hailsfrom Lubbock, Texas (one of thoseSouthern Belle's), and is in Ann Arborwith her husband Ensign A. C. Bowden,U.S.N.R., who is stationed at the U.of M. Melba says she likes Michigan—but is counting the days until she cango back to Texas!

Our latest and (youngest) additionto the Sales Department is EarlyneKrapf. She's a home town girl, andgraduated from Ann Arbor High Schoolthis summer. Earlyne is replacing MaryLee McGee, who left our Departmentlast month to join her husband Lieu-tenant McGee of the Air Corps in SanAntonio, Texas.

"Closed for Repairs, will be back forbusiness as usual on October 15th" isthe sign now appearing on Jackie Scha-ffer's desk. She is enjoying a restfulvacation at home this week, (doing fallhouse cleaning, so Esther tells us.)We'll be looking for you back in A-lcondition Jackie!

Happy Birthday to Carolyn Wilson!September 27th was the day, and wecelebrated with cake and ice cream. Agift was presented to the guest of honor—Mrs. Ray Wilson (as she prefers tobe called.)

Melba Bowdon

Congratulations to Marian Nichols!Marian, formerly of the Sales Depart-ment, now in the WACS at Fort Dix,New Jersey, has recently been pro-moted from Pfc. to T/5.

Helen O'Sullivan of the AdvertisingDepartment spent last week end withher family in Mount Pleasant.

ReceivingInspection

Amanda Alber celebrated hertwenty-fifth wedding anniversary a fewweeks ago. We hope she enjoyed thesmall gift she received through the mail.No kidding, Manda, we do wish youmany more years of happiness.

Esther (Allen) Melzer returned towork the happy bride of David Melzer,home on leave after many months ofservice in the European Theatre of war.

when they meet Michigan. Maybe, butthey are going to have to be a greatfootball team to beat Michigan thisyear.

Joe "Numbers" Gross is having alittle difficulty hitting the right com-binations. He has two of them right,but doesn't seem to be able to figureout that third one.

Ted Doman is receiving letters regu-larly from his son who is now locatedin the Philippines. Shortly after gradu-ating from Ann Arbor High where hewas a member of the football team, TedJr. signed up with the Navy and afterhis training was sent into the Pacific.

Lucille Brazee is thinking stronglyof "going west". She claims that thescenery in Colorado is especially ap-pealing to her. Why the sudden inter-est in colorful Colorado?

We were all very glad to meetEirby Ludwick who has just returnedhome for ninety days after having beenliberated from a Japanese Prison campafter being a captive for four years.

George Conn is taking over hisduties of night supervisor and set-upman. George is being kept very busytaking care of the lathes, mills, drillpresses and the hand screw machines.

The department received a letterfrom Russ Conley who is now locatedin the Phillipines. He writes that heexpects to be shipped to Japan soon

Mel Bahnmiller

Mel is back at his former work oflens grinding after 3'/2 years in theservice, during which time he distin-guished himself as an aerial gunnerwith the rank of T/Sgt. He was amember of the B17 bomber group thatmade the first flight over Germany.

Surprise Party

A surprise party (with cake andice cream) was in store for JensClawson, Maintenance Department.Plant II, on his birthday. That daintypackage contained a good lookingnecktie for Jens, and he reciproca-ted by passing out black cigars toeveryone.

Steve Jardno

Steve returned to Argus recentlyafter serving as Metalsmith 2/C withthe Navy for two years, being sta-tioned at various times at Pearl Har-bor, Treasure Island, and GreatLakes. Formerly in the MachineShop, Steve is now working inMechanical Maintenance.

We were pleased to meet David andhope the kids have a happy marriedlife when they can finally be together

We miss Clara Schallhorn since shehas been helping Sally Kneiper in thePaint Shop. She drops in once in awhile to see us.

It is nice to have Mary Fowler backwith us. Welcome, Mary.

We got a nice letter from our swellboss, Eric Soderholm, who is in thehospital. He says he is getting alongfine and feeling much better. We misshim very much and hope he will behome by the time this is read orbetter still, before.

Bessie Coon and Marjorie Younggets along marvelously regardless of allthe funny names they call one another.

Lillian Stutzman will have had awonderful visit with he/ sisters by thistime. She hasn't seen one of them fornine years.

I hope Nina Walterhouse has a littlemore heat in her house by now.

Benny Kearney goes around with asatisfied look on her fizog these days.She will be joining the HousewivesGroup soon. She sure deserves it.

Bernice "Scuffy" Wilson and hubbyRoss are finally settled in their newhome in Darlington.

Ours is a small department now butbusy as bees and happy that we arefinally on civilian production.

and will be a member of the occupa-tion force. We wish you the best ofluck, Russ, and sincerely hope thatyour stay there will not be too long.

The popular Chuck Sanders hastaken over the duties as the night shiftinspector. Working nights affordsChuck with the opportunity to indulgein a little hunting. Luck has been justfair.

In the past few months no ArgusGal has been named, and the machineshop feels that it has some prospects inGeorge Pickering's front plate assem-bly and burring department

Morrie Howe had quite a profitableweek's vacation recently. Morrie, Ruth,and their son Robert spent the weekat Ruth's folks in Indiana. While thereMo found time to indulge in a gameof "galloping dominoes" and showedthe Hoosiers some of the finer pointsof the game.

A recent snapshot of Sgt. PaulHaines who is stationed at Berlinwith the Army of Occupation. Thefigures in the background are Ger-man prisoners.

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The "Out Of This World" SeriesScore: D. O. D. Dodos 76, Argus Clunkers 63

Game called at the end of 4V2 innings on account of darkness

D. O. D. (Detroit Ordnance) Dodos shown here—flush with victory (or couldit be beer) Left to right: Chuck Magdsick, Art Boettjer, Bob Lleming.Corwin Shell, Norm Thursby, Pete Charuhas, Al Oechsner, Leo Fowler.

Kelley . . . not quite as high as he was the night before. This picture helpsexplain the score.

Leo Fowler as "the fully equipped pitcher" throwing his famous blooperball.

Buffing RoomAl Ba's, former Machine Shop em-

ployee, was a recent v'.sitor. Al is nowstationed at Pyote Field, Texas.

Joe O'Reilly has been transferredfrom department 40 to the BuffingRoom.

Leona Smith and Amos Kline havemade up a party of eight couples togo pheasant hunting on the openingday. We wish them good hunting.

Al Stitt is with us since h's discharge.Al used to work in Salvage before goingto the Army.

Burr RoomBlanche Ranson's son is home . . .

discharged from the Navy after threeyears and seven months.

James Wyman is new in the BurrRoom but not to Argus as he was for-merly employed in Plant II.

Cora Barhitte was recalled to work. . . also Dorothy Williams.

Do you suppose Libby really got thatbanged up forehead while dressing?That's what she says, anyway.

Joe taking a wild cut at a wildpitch.

Johnnie Girvan. Since his Pop tookthe pictures we have to caption this"The smartest player on the field."

Thank You Note

To my friends at Argus:I want to thank all of you for the

lovely gift which you gave me onmy leaving the company. I know Iwill be leaving a lot of wonderfulfriends here, but will be thinkingabout you often.

Jessie Hack

Pigskin ViewsWith the football season at the half-

way mark the conference race is asmuch of a question mark as it was atthe opening game. Michigan after amediocre start in which they droppeda 13-7 dec.s.on to Indiana, has comealong in the past few weeks and mustnow be given a very good chance ofknocking off Ohio State, Minnesota andPurdue in their final games. The Mich-igan team is almost entirely a fresh-men team, and these youngsters reachedtheir peak when they battled the strongArmy eleven, and although being de-feated gave the Cadets their hardestbattie in two years. Michigan is alsobeing strengthened with the return ofveterans and also the transfer of train-ees, so for the final games the Wolver-enes "will be at full strength. All teamsmeeting Michigan this year will be infor a rough afternoon.

At this writing Ohio State, Minnesota,and Purdue are all undefeated, but theiropposition has been weak and nonelas really been tested. The chances arethat not one of these teams will comeup to thir clash with Michigan with aclean slate. These three games will allbe played here, and should provide someof the top-notch football of the entire

George Pickering was called to Con-necticut because of the serious illnessof his wife's mother.

Sid Weiner was our supervisor dur-ing George's absence . . . did a good jobof it, too.

Bill Paradise is the lucky one. Howabout a treat, Bill. Too bad therearen't more World Series.

SPORTS NEWSMen's Bowling

LeagueThe Argus League is now in its

seventh week, and the race this yearhas gotten off to its best start since theleague was first organized. The teamsare so closely bunched at this time thatto date no less than five teams havebeen leading the parade. In past yearsone of the entries usually started outburning up the league and building upa substantial lead. No team has domin-ated the play, and as a result the stand-ings are jumbled after each weeksbowling. It is hoped that this conditionw.ll continue through the entire season.If this is done, we shall have the mostsuccessful season.

The highlight of the Argus Leaguehas been the return of the service meninto the bowling circle. Mel Bahmiller,who had the most remarkable kind ofservice record, having completed overfifty missions as a gunner, is now backat Argus and showing his old timeform in the league. Before entering theservice "Lefty" Mel was considered oneof the best at Argus. He seems to havelost none of his ability and is againbowling sensationally. Al Stitt is an-other returning service man who hasentered into the league. At this writ-

ing Jack Carver has returned" to workand it is hoped that Jack will againtake an active part in the league. 1r-fore entering service Jack was cof the strong toolroom five. AHat Argus are proud of Jack's S,record, and are thankful to havevback with us.

In the individual department GlennHilge's Method team has achieved themost impressive marks. On openingnight the Method five posted a highsingle game that will be hard to better.Rube Egeler and John Kendrovicsboth bettered the 200 mark and withthe other members chipping in with nicescores the team counted a single gameof 935. Last years high single was 925so it is very possible that this gamewill stand up. This team also postedhigh three game total on opening night.

Although the Lens Polishers havehad trouble winning, this team has al-ready established itself as one of thefavorites in the Argus League. Theteam consists of first year bowlers, buttheir spirit and sportsmanship havemade it very popular. The very colorfulRollie Snyder is a member of this en-try, and even though this is his firstyear he is proving himself a competi-tive bowler. It is the injection of thenew bowlers and the return of theservice men that will give us the bestkind of season this year.

Argus Ladies' BowlingPLANT ONE

With the bowling season well on it'sway we find the Schwaben Inn teamright on top. This team was Rolfe'sPinbusters last year.

The City Slickers, Victory, andCupid Bar (formerly Five Aces) areall tied for second place.

Hollis and Towner (former Schuon'sService), the Ramblers and HappyGang follow in that order. TheAlley Wrens and Jitterbugs are tiedfor sixth place and the Machine Shop,Planning and the Slick Chicks fol-low.

Schwaben Inn has highest singlegame without handicap, 782 and highestthree games without handicap, 2219.City Slickers have highest three gameswith handicap, 2104 and Planning hashighest single game with handicap, 717.Thelma Livesay had a 509 series to goover Laura Snearly's former high seriesof 505. Laura helped Thelma along bycheering for her and then wonderedwhy she did so when- she found outThelma nosed her out of that positionby four pins. That shows we have goodsports in the world of bowling.

Clem Donner has high single game of201 and has five strikes in a row.

Thelma Livesay, Laura Egeler, LauraSnearly, Mary Raymond and MaryBriggs lead the league in averages.Mary Raymond has been most consis-tant, holding a 141 average for fiveweeks without change.

The girls have had a little troublegetting uniforms but hope to blossomout very soon.

PLANT TWOFinally the Bowling League is organ-

ized in Plant II, although we don'thave its members of former days, thespirit of good feeling and fairness isstill with the gang.

The officers are:President—Catherine Bauer .Vice President—Alta MahurinSecretary—Frances HillTreasurer—Helen FraserSergeant-at-Arms—Pauline JohnsonEach team is wearing the name they

had last year.The Lucky Strikes are doing ?'

holding first place, but Thresselbowled with the Spit-Fires lastcan't keep up those games of 201 Lnight.

Office is in second place. They havesome change this year in their bowlers,and miss Nellie Myers. Irene Labeau, anew member of the League is bowlingwith Office.

Helen Fraser helped the Spit-Firesout with a game of 204. Helen Snyderwho bowls with the Spit-Fires is do-ing alright, too.

The Bims hold their original teamwith the exception of Mrs. RobertSmock taking Virginia Ross' place.

The Hep Cats are right in therebowling this season.

The "Big Five" are still with us big-ger and better every year. Francis Hillseems to be enjoying bowling with themthis year. Of course, Eubank and Schall-horn make everyone happy with refresh-ments which helps the spirit of theLeague.

Bob McFarland's Day

Helping to celebrate Bob's birthday are: (Left to right) Stella Harpster,Bessie Green, Elaine Mueller, Stu McLane, Martha Price, Bob, cuttingthe cake, Elmer Pfeister, Lucille Miller, Brice Bennett, and Harold Wirth.