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argus eyesVol. 2—No. 12 ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN October. 1944
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Good Pictute*FOR Tht U.S.O.
Argus takes pride in the fact that, while it is doing everything in its powerto produce the weapons for Victory, it does not forget those who fight and thefamilies who are waiting at home for them. With that in mind the Argus CameraClub, in cooperation with the U.S.O., supplies the necessary time and material totake and make pictures of those service men who happen to stop in at the Ann.Arbor U.S.O.
On page 12 of this issue one of the finished cards is reproduced. On the reverseside, space is arranged for the written message which, as you may well guess,brings a lot of pleasure when the mother, wife or sweetheart receives the gift.
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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 oi at Argus, Incorporated.
3. To present up-to-date informationon ah problems vital to employeeswhich the war has brought about.
4. To give all employees an opportunityto 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 PetersonCirculation Naomi KnightPhotography Richard Bills
The Representatives of each Depart-ment are responsible that the news of theseDepartments reach the desk of the Editorin the Advertising Department, Plant 1.
COMMANDO KELLY
Sergeant Charles E. (Commando)Kelly stresses importance of Argus-made equipment in battle action.
A communication received from Mr.Emerson H. Rupert, Bureau of Public Re-lations, War Department, stated he feltcertain Argus "employees would be par-ticularly interested to know that SergeantKelly, winner of the Congressional Medalof Honor, mentioned the 57-mm. Anti-tank Gun and the 105-mm. Howitzerwhich you have helped to manufacturer.He stressed the importance of this equip-ment in action making it possible for theinfantry to move forward."
"The men and women of your companycan feel that they have had a worthwhilepart in the job of supplying the Americanfighting men with valuable equipmentwhich is used in action every day."
The coveted Congressional Medal ofHonor was awarded Commando Kelly forhis bravery, and daring during the battlesof Salerno, San Pietro, Rapido River andCassino. Sergeant Kelly was a private firstclass at the time of his exploits, and at thetime the citation for his award was pre-pared, he was a corporal.
ATTENTION!
If your Department news does not ap-pear in ARGUS EYES, it may be becauseit was lost in transit or was not sent overbefore the dead-line. This is no one per-son's fault. So-o-o, will you please helpby making sure your envelope is ad-dressed to CHAS. BARKER, No. 46.
Argus Eyes" Celebrates Its 2nd BirthdayThe Editorial staff extends its warmest
appreciation to everyone at Argus for theirhelp and cooperation at the end of anothersuccessful year and on the second birth-day of Argus Eyes for Victory.
The many letters which we have re-ceived from various parts of the worldfrom men in all branches of the services,on every battle front, have made this aremarkable year by their expressions ofappreciation of what Argus is doing forthe war effort and the big part ArgusEyes has played in boosting their morale.
We feel justly proud that in the greatvictories of the past year and the advanceof our troops into liberated countries thatour paper has marched with them intoNormandy after D-Day and into France,Belgium and Holland . . . in New Guineaand India, and the islands of the Pacific.
Jimmy Barker
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Homer Hilton wires us from Washing-ton: "Congratulations on the second birth-day of Argus Eyes. Keep up the goodwork."
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"Our most sincere congratulations toArgus Eyes on this your second anniver-sary.
"You have proven yourself to be afriend of all Argus employees, and likeall good friends, we look forward to seeingyou each month.
"May our friendship grow, and may weboth be better for having had this com-panionship."
Maintenance Dept. 29Shipping Dept. 52Plant Protection, Dept. 54First Aid, Dept. 53
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"Argus Eyes personifies true Democ-racy of a free people."
Walt Clawson
"Congratulations to Argus Eyes on itssecond anniversary. Many thanks toJimmie Barker whose unfailing effortshave helped make the paper a success."
Optical Assembly
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"Congratulations to Argus Eyes on itssecond anniversary. May it and all thethings it stands for live forever."
Naomi Knight* *"Congratulations on your second birth-
day. I hope that Argus Eyes with its mes-sage of cheer will always be with us."
Sadie Fisher
"There are many kinds of birthday greet-ings
To Mother, Father, Brother and SisBut we don't believe there ever has beenQuite a greeting just like thisWe want to wish the best of luckTo something good and wiseFor future fun and happinessTo good old Argus Eyes."
Dept 28Laura Egeler
FLASH!In line with all these congratulations on
the second birthday of ARGUS EYES, wewish to extend our congratulations to Mr.and Mrs. M. B. O'Neil (Eileen Adam) onthe birth of a 7 lb. boy baby Tuesday.September 26th, at 4:00 A.M.
The spirit of fair play and friendliness has always been encouraged and heldin the highest regard here at Argus.
Small things like our time honored custom of "flipping" to see who willbuy the coffee at rest period; the pay-check pool, with the winner getting a warbond; a game of cards in a few minutes before time to get back to work—all these things mean a feeling of friendly informality and have never hurtanyone.
It is very difficult to draw the line to say when games of chance becomeserious gambling. However, it has come to our attention that in some cases,our employees are playing for large stakes. Both the worker and the companylose when this exists. Most of those playing lose large amounts of money, andwe all suffer because our reputation as a good place to work is lost.
Therefore we must establish a company policy which allows no gamblinggames to be played on the premises. This policy* protects employees' money(if anyone has too much money, we sincerely recommend the purchase of warbonds), and protects our reputation as a company. We all want to be proudto work at Argus.
R. D. Howse, President
DIRECTIONS FOR REGISTERING
W H O MUST REGISTER:
IF you have voted in Ann ArborTownship within the last 2 years,you are on the active list and neednot register to vote.
IF you have voted in Ann Arbor inthe past and have skipped 2 yearsyou can phone in and be put onactive list.
IF you have never voted in Ann Ar-bor you must go down and sign up.
W H O CAN REGISTER:
IF you have lived in Michigan for thelast 6 months.
IF you have lived in Ann Arbor forthe last 20 days.
IF you will be 21 years old on or be-fore Nov. 7. (general electionsonly.)
WHEN:
At least 20 days before the election.Oct. 18 is deadline for Nov. 7 Fed-
eral elections.
WHERE:
City clerk's office, City Hall—Huronand 5th St.
Weekdays—8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Saturdays—8 a.m. to 12 noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Ruffins, of562 S. Seventh Street, have been no-tified of the death of their son, CPL.ALVIS ROLAND CRABB. who waskilled in an airplane crash in Casa-blanca on August 26th.
Cpl. Crabb formerly worked forBill Zoellner, in the Tool Room ofPlant 1, and his Argus friends wish toextend their deepest sympathy to thefamily.
Hang On!If you think that you have failed,
Hang On!If life's glow for you has paled,
Hang On!If each thing you try to doTurns out wrong and1 makes you blue,Don a smile and follow through,
Hang On!
If the blue sky turns to gray,Hang On!
If you weaken on the way,Hang On!
If your plans don't go just rightWhen you try with all your might,Knuckle down and start to fight,
Hang On!
Sometimes life's like bitter gall,Hang On!
And you'd like to end it all,Hang On!
One rr.re day may change the tide;G'oom and sorrow will have died:You'll be glad and satisfied.
Hang On!—Jimmy Lattimer
October. 1944
Department 3 0
We can all relax now, the addition toi the Pickering family has arrived at last.
Her name is Patricia Ann, she weighed9 lbs., 2 ozs. on arrival, August 17th.When George called daughter Harriet,age 5, to tell her about it, she who wanteda baby brother very much was silentlythoughtful for some time before at lastassuring her Dad that he could bring thenew baby home.
"Doctor" Watson wishes it to beknown that he has an extremely sensitivepatient in Art Oalces. When boogiewoogie and moaning torch singers upsethim, it is Dr. Watson alone who admin-isters the proper treatment. We who havewatched the procedure wonder whichcould possibly be worse, the ailment orthe cure.
Several of the men went up north toFosters' cabin for the Labor Day weekend.Apparently fishing wasn't too good, al-though Mac caught a soo-o-o-o big pikewhich should have made the trip worthwhile. The highlight of the weekend wasprobably the breakfast Gordon cooked.All other meals were eaten at the tavern.
Bill Fike, Bill Fraser and George Picker-ing were in the group who went north.The day after returning to work Georgewent home ill. He was absent for a dayor so. Was it something you ate, George?
It's Christmas time for overseas mailand our girls have been very thoughtfulabout it. Delia is thinking of her brotherwho has been in France for some weeksnow. Gerry's husband is also in France.He was recently flown there from Englandwhere he has been very busy in the Quar-termaster Corps. It was his first ride in aplane, so that combined with all thethings he saw made it a memorable trip.We know Gerry will be a good listener
[ and a happy one when he comes back tof tell her all about it.
Helen's Adolph is in Pearl Harbor. Soshe has double reason to remember it. Youshould sample the delicious cookies shesends him. We wish he would hurry andsend her a grass skirt! She has some in-teresting souvenirs from the Islands now.
And a certain someone in Sardina isoccupying Ruby's Christmas parcelthoughts.
J. C. Copeland, formerly of the ma-chine shop now with a U. S. Army air-borne tank unit came in to see us recently.He likes the Army and in spite of recentinjuries, he looks as though the Armyagrees with him.
The other day Clarence found a verydead rat in Frank Graham's machine.Could that be the reason for Frank's ab-sence recently?
We have a vibration reducing outfit inthe department . . . ask Ruby for a dem-onstration if it's still set up when this isprinted.
Gordon Harvey may soon be leavingfor the services. If he goes we certainlyshall miss him and his quiet friendly smile.
Bruce is back, and with him he broughta number of interesting and useful souve-nirs. Lucile is wearing a couple of them. . . an attractive wooden initial pin and aunique moss agate ring. Among thethings he brought back were some verycolorful beaded leather belts which werequickly purchased as soon as the girls sawthem.
GUARDS
Our receptionists, Gertrude Sutton andPolly Titus have been on the sick list. Gladto have you back, girls.
We have a new night guard, Wm.Carter, by name. Welcome to our de-partment.
Who is Gus Schmidt's pin-up girl? Iwonder!
A R G U S E Y E S for Victory
THE SAGA OF MORTIMERTHE MOUSE
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In case you're wondering—
Why Argus Eyes is introducing a newcharacter (a mouse at that) to its read-ers, maybe this will give you a littlebackground information, on one of theoddest cases in the annals of journalism.
It seems that Mrs. Gridley, Jimmy Bar-ker's right hand gal, has a battered oldtypewriter. (All typewriters are supposedto be battered around a newspaper office—don't ask why). It clanks and clatters,and the letters are all crooked and smudg-ed up (and when Woolson uses it, itwon't even spell properly).
Well any way, one night—probably atthe stroke of 12—the Office Mouse, hav-ing to borrow a typewriter quickly to writea letter to the Collector of Internal Rev-enue, climbed up to Mrs. G's battered oldmill and attempted to explain away $37.62worth of deductions. He immediately en-countered difficulty with the space bar, themargin release, etc. until finally in a burstof whatever it is mice burst with when theyare angry, he typed out the following ad-monition to Mrs. G., and left it for herto find in the morning. Which she did.
read her note the next night, so he satdown and pecked out the little poem we'rerunning in this month's issue. It's a sortof tear-jerker, and is generally consideredby all who have read it to be pretty goodpropaganda for the Cause of the PoorMice. But whatever morty's motive, it hasresulted in a veritable plethora of poemsby mort. Because, being a woman, (es-pecially a married one) Mrs. G. is boundto have the last word and keeps writingnotes back to morty. But mort, he don't(or doesn't) seem to mind at all. He justsmiles in his sweet, sad little way andwrites another poem and leaves it in Mrs.G's typewriter for her to find the nextmorning.
Not all of the poems are good—or evenfunny, (and occasionally they aren't evenfit to print) but little morty keeps ongrinding them out. So, we decided thatpeople have talking dogs and singing miceon the radio, but no other newspaper un-til Argus Eyes has had a poetic mouse andso why wouldn't it be a good idea to runone good (and funny if possible) poem bymorty every month.
So this is the first one and we hope
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ion yr typritr wile u wusowt ov the offic & ien hrdly make it
wrk ritey don't u mak
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mortimer the mouse
Of course most people don't believethat mice can write, especially one whohas the effrontery to call himself Morti-mer. (He spells it with a little "m" be-cause he can't hit the shift bar and the let-ter at the same time—could you if youwere a mouse?) Anyway, Mrs. G wrotea note right back to morty telling him tomind his own business, or words to thateffect. (By that time, she had gotten anew typewriter, or at least another one,and didn't give a dam).
Well, morty is a sensitive little soul, andfelt pretty badly about the thing when he
you'll like it. Marie Barbier has read acollection of morty's poems and has sortof gotten a line on his character. She hasdeveloped some very clever, humoroussketches which we are going to run withthe poems, and we believe they look exact-ly like morty. But who can tell, becauseno one has even seen him yet.
Marie says she thinks morty is a frus-trated, unhappy little guy with an infer-iority complex and probably an introvert.Morty says that's a dam lie but he stillgoes on writing pathetic little scraps ofverse.
Service Department
One of our former employees, BobYoung, who is with the U. S. Army calledon us this week. We were all glad to seeBob, and hope it won't be long before hewill be back with us again.
From all reports we guess Doc Bensonhad a swell time on his vacation, especiallythe boat ride to Buffalo. As you know,Doc is quite a musician and was invited toplay a few numbers with the orchestra onthe boat.
We have a new member in our office,namely Dixie Babcock. Welcome to thedepartment, Dixie!
Eleanor Strom sure has a smile on herface these days . . . must be that diamondshe is flashing. We hear that she has setthe date in October. Congratulations,Eleanor!
Harry Smith, formerly with the guards,is now in our department as a camera re-pairman. Welcome to the department,Harry!
Three members of our department havesons in the service . . .
Lester Michael has a son serving inFrance.
Charles Miller has two sons, one serv-ing with the Marines in the Pacific areaand one in France.
La Veta Shaw has three sons, one inFrance, one at Great Lakes, and one whoseaddress is unknown at present.
The Service Department salutes theseparents and their sons.
Lester Michael is having a well earnedvacation the last two weeks of September,part of which he is spending in Ohio.
Charles Miller just returned from hisvacation which he spent in Milwaiikee,with his daughter-in-law and grandson.We hear you had quite a time up there . . .what about it, Charlie? We all missed youwhile you were gone and sure were gladto have you back.
Our shipping clerk, Roberta Jones tookher second week of vacation September10th. She didn't say much about her plans.Maybe that sparkler on her finger is theanswer to the question.
Dorothy Jacobus, the boss' secretary,has a certain glint in her eyes . . . Her boyfriend in the Army to whom she is en-gaged was home on furlough not so longago. Maybe plans have been made . . .who knows?
Department 27
Helen Breining is feeling fine after heroperation and we hope will soon be withus again, it seems funny without her sweetpresence in our department.
We celebrated Edith Garlick's birthdayon September 5th in the cafeteria with icecream and a delicious cake baked by RuthO'Hare. Edith received a lovely gift fromthe department employees.
Samuel Knisely and family spent aweek-end up north and reported having avery good time.
Herman Bauer enjoyed his two week'svacation and managed to get in a littlefishing on the side and had some verygood catches.
Pete Exelby is back with Argus againafter spending three months in ColoradoSprings with her husband. One can seethat the climate certainly agreed with her,as she looks the picture of health. Peteis working for Swickerath on the fourthfloor.
Now that the bowling season is underway, the time before the bell rings isspent in talking about strikes, spares andbets.
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'Little Fishes Are Sweet," Says BY ALDRICH
BOWLING
The lid was pried open on the 1944-45Argus bowling season on September 8th,and twenty-four teams made their firstbids for recognition in the title chase.
Last year it was thought that a maxi-mum number of teams had entered intothe league when a twenty team league wasorganized, but there was enough addi-tional interest this year so that we nowhave the largest entry in the city. The playis again at the Twentieth Century BowlingAlleys and we have complete shifts atboth seven and nine o'clock on Fridaynights.
With twenty-four teams entered in theleague anything can happen, and it wouldbe fool-hardy to try to name a possiblewinner. Last year's three leading teamshad lower averages than many of theteams that finished the year out of the run-ning.
Radio Wildcats, captained by LeftyKendovics, walked off with the champion-ship and had a comfortable team marginover the second place Maintenance teamcaptained by Erv Braatz. These two teamsdid not boast the highest averages in theleague, but their improvement was steadythroughout the entire season. In teamaverages the two leaders were only fair,but the final standings proved them to bethe best clutch bowlers in the league.
The Argus Wildcats who ended theyear in third place gave further proof thatit is the ability of a team to win the closeones that is the main factor in the finalstandings in the race. This fact shouldgive confidence to teams this year that donot have high averages. The team thatcan improve during the year will againcarry off the title of the Argus League.
The twenty-four teams are about even-ly distributed between the two plants soit should prove interesting to watch the
representatives from each try to dominatethe play in the league. For the past threeyears the championship has been won bya team from the Radio Division. Lastyear it being the Radio Wildcats, whilethe two previous it was the Office teamthat ended at the top of the league. Theteams from the Optical Division are de-termined to make this year's final stand-ing a different story. Last season the Op-tical Plant did capture the second andthird place money, but they would havegladly exchanged both for the top spot.At the end of the season last year theArgus Wildcats was the hottest team inthe league, and many of the members fromlast year's team are back to make a de-termined bid for the title. With a twenty-four team league and the natural rivalrybetween the two plants this should proveto be the most interesting of all bowlingseasons that we have enjoyed here at Ar-gus, Inc.
GOLF
In the city golf tournament Walter"Red" Weid has added further to theathletic honors of Argus by winning thecity championship. "Red" left no doubt asto his superiority over the field by so com-pletely dominating the play that after theopening qualifying round there was littledoubt but that he would again win thetitle of "Ann Arbor's best golfer." Forthe fourth year in a row Weid walked offwith the medalist score in qualifying. Inhis match games, "Red" took care of hisopponents in a business-like fashion de-feating each by a decisive margin. TheChamp had the distinction of never beingdown to an opponent and only in the finalswas he extended at all. In this champion-ship match "Red" won the first hole witha birdie three and his opponent DickLegget never was able to get back on even
GIRLS' BOWLING NEWSPLANT I
The Argus Ladies League started onceagain with twelve teams strong. We havesome very fancy names this year, as youwill note, which will be listed on the nicenew score board in the cafeteria. Thanks,By and Rube, it's swell.
TEAM NAME CAPTAIN
Rolfe's Pinbusters Thelma LivesayJitterbugs Mary RaymondHell's Angels . . . . . . . Dorothy WilliamsPlanning Muriel RaafAccounting Ruth HoweSchoun's Service Marie HilgeMachine Shop Leona SmithJolly Five Marian PaquetteFive Aces Sally KneiperVictory Grace HenzChallengers Vivian ReedCity Slickers Ori Wetherbee
We won't know who won or lost untilall the regulars have bowled. What withvacations and stuff some of the girls werenot able to bowl the first night, but wewill get in the groove next week and wehope it will be the strike groove.
Averages were the topic of conversationon Thursday. Some of the girls bowledsuch high games they will really have topitch to maintain their averages. VeraldAdams was out of this world that lastgame when she posted a 193 game on thescore sheet to put her team in high hon-ors for high single game of 761 and highteam series of 2039.
Clem Donner of the City Slickers shotfive strikes in a row for a 189 game andhigh series of 446. Virginia Greene hada nice 472 series subbing for the Schoun'sService team.
Watch the score board in the cafeteriafor team standings and high games andscores.
League Secretary,Laura Egeler
SOFTBALLThe softball season is officially closed,
and the Argus teams ended the season withan outstanding performance. Erv Braatzwho was the playing manager of the Argusteam entered in the Fun and FumbleLeague was injured in one of the leaguegames. Erv was hit by a batted ball and hiseye was so badly injured that it will benecessary to have the best of medical careso that the sight might be restored. Abenefit game was arranged at SportsmanPark and the turnout was very gratifying.
Erv's team engaged in a game with theBurns Park team of the Fun and Fumble
terms with Weid. We are very proud of"Red's" efforts on the golf course and wishto offer him our congratulations.
PLANT II
The 1944-45 bowling season for thegirls of Plant II started Monday, Septem-ber 11th at 9:00 P.M. This season, alltwelve teams will bowl at the same timeinstead of the 7 & 9 split shift they hadlast season.
There are a good many new faces andsome completely new teams. We expectto have a lot of fun together.
The new Optical League officers are:
Maxine Wichman PresidentCatherine Miresse Vice PresidentHelen Balhoff SecretaryArlene Satterthwaite TreasurerEva Baker Sgt. at Arms
The teams and their captains are:
The Spitfires Winnie FraserThe Big Five Beulah ConwayOffice Rosemary ReadInspection Alyce MiresseLucky Strikes Opal ConleyHot Shots Helen KennedyThe Avengers Connie SkinnerThe Daubers Norma KaufmanThe B.I.M's Lucille BrazeeThe Bobby Soxs Lois BushHep Cats Frances GeePolishers Wilma Kennedy
This Fish Story was too long to print,the,fellows thought. The smiling facesare those of Ray Taylor, Keith Tripp,Jack Suddarth, Hedley Downey.
League while a picked team from ArgusRadio and Argus Optical played thestrong Gee Eyes of the Industrial League.Even though our teams were defeated inthese contests, the purpose of the gameswas accomplished in raising funds to helpErv defray the expense that will be in-curred in the medical care that he so badlyneeds. All of the employees of Argus,Incorporated, as well as the players, shouldfeel proud of being able to help. We allsincerely hope that the care Erv is to re-ceive will restore his sight to normalcyagain.
Saturday afternoon croquet match at Aldrich Acres. The intrepid sportsmen are:Carl, Soderholm, Schlenker, Adams. Hiscock and Harding.
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FRASER, Winifred Agnes.
Quietly-conscientious, hardworking group leader in Dept. 40. Optical Division.Is the woman employee with the longest period of service in Plant 2. Because ofthis, accepted the Army-Navy "E" Flag and emblems on behalf of employees in thePresentation in June 1943. Was born in 1905 in Detroit, Michigan, and insists thather name be spelled with an "s" and not a "z". Has two sons, aged 19 and 17 ofwhom she is rightfully proud. Both are serving in the Navy in the South Pacific andboth are enlisted men. Also has two daughters—Patsy, 7 and Helen, 20. Helen al-so works in Final Assembly, Plant 2. The remaining Fraser in Plant 2. is one William,of Nairn, Scotland. He has been Mrs. Fraser's husband for 22 years and is also veryproud of his two sons in the Navy. Mrs. Fraser ("Winnie") has been with Argusover 13 years altogether. Is very keen about optical work and prefers it to any other.Is a very busy woman at home and has little time for hobbies. Admits, however, thatshe likes bowling although she says she is not very good at it. Up to the time of goingto print no favorite quotations have been unearthed, exceptthat, "Optical Assemblyis the No. 1 department."
Michael, age 6, and Sara, age 11months. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.Wathews, Engineering Dept.. Plant 1.
MAILING & SHIPPINGDEPARTMENT 23
Now that Shrimp is back from his va-ca.tion everything is normal again. Or isit? We had better ask Ed. He would
j know. He has had to answer all the ques-f tions lately.
Esther Phillips is back on the mailingmachine again and it won't act up forher like it does for Ed Kuehn. We thinkshe has it trained.
Harold Schauers is as busy as everaround 5:30 as always. That's when every-body has something that has to go todayfor sure!
DEPARTMENT 29
Receiving Inspection has been so busythese days we haven't had time for birth-day parties even if we had one, which wedidn't. How do you like those English?
We surely hame missed Mary Raymond,Marjorie Parke and Sally Kneiper whilethey were taking inventory in the ware-house. Hope they get all the cobwebs outof their pretty curls when they get through,and we will be glad when they can comeback home.
Marjorie Young has a new slant on theromance situation. She just loves thewater. Or is it?
Amanda's cocker spaniel, "Blondie"has ten new puppies. Quite a family I'dsay.
The bowlers in our department must bein good bowling shape. We heard nogroans nor gripes after the opening nightof the league. Mary Raymond is wonder-ing how she is going to keep up that swellaverage she started with.
Pvt. Bob Morton was in to see us whileon leave from Camp Wolters, Texas. Hlikes the Army but wishes his camp was inMichigan.
Laura will be pretty happy when hergirl Friday gets back from her vacation . . .Leola Stoner is the girl Friday.
We have anxious moments when DoraEugene receives mail through the RedCross from her mother in Greece. Theletters are written in French and we haveto wait until Dora can locate the fine peo-ple in Argus who can read them to her.She got three letters recently with twodated April, 1943. It takes a long timeto get the twenty-five, words they are al-lowed to write. Dora thanks those whohave helped her.
OPTICAL ASSEMBLY
The Ladies Bowling League startedMonday evening, September 11th. Wesure are glad to finally get started again,because we know the fun we all had lastyear.
Well, the happy race is over and itlooks like it's just about a tie. Two sis-ters in Optical Assembly became grand-mothers within two weeks! Bertha Jedeleis marveling over a grand-daughter namedDiane Kay, and Esther Woelper was seenbuying blue booties for tiny Douglas Ed-ward. Congratulations to both of you!
We missed Clara Steeb for a few daysrecently when she saw her nephew AltonSteeb off for College at Tucson, Arizona.Clara says she went as far as Chicagowith him. Hope you had a pleasantjaunt, and welcome back, Clara.
If you ever feel bad, come into OpticalAssembly. The girls are always happythere. Sure a swell place to scare theblues away. Hope Eddie never listens in,or his ears might get red.
Ruth Finkbeiner is back after a lovelyvacation in Jamestown, N. Y. She accom-panied her mother visiting relatives andseeing the town. Although nothing un-usual happened, she reports of having anall-round good time.
Yes, Winnie, it was darn white of thewhole household to help you look for thecar keys. You were so certain someoneelse in the family had mislaid them. But,we know the true story now. It seemsHelen found them in the most obviousplace, and right where you had left themthe night before.
You can certainly tell "Speedy"'s homethese days. Katie comes dragging inevery morning. And to think we have toput up with this "dreamy mood" she'sin for seventeen days!
Beulah Conway has changed teams thisyear. She decided to join the Big Fivewith Cecile Eubank and Dorothy Schall-horn.
Who is the little girl who bit delightful-ly into a piece of 'home made' candy andfound it to be a bar of soap?
The hourly buzzer and people's voicesare like the sound of soft music andtinkling glasses floating on a breeze ofperfume and wine! The M-49 telescopegradualy fades into a bottle of efferves-cent champagne! Ah, it must be grandto be in love, eh, Virginia.
Little "Dan Cupid" gets around inspite of the war. This time his magic ar-row has joined the hearts of Laura Dickand William Purdon. The marriage waperformed Wednesday, September 6th at8:30 P.M. Best wishes, kids, and manyyears of happiness.
There is a rumor around Optical As-sembly, about Helen Fraser, Ann Letsis,and Audrey Kett going horse back ridingSunday morning. Wonder what the out-come will be . . . Let's watch, gang.
Laura Purdon was chosen to representDepartment 40 for the ensuing year, invote taken by the department. Junior rep-resentatives are Eva Baker and BeulahConway. Laura replaces Dorothy Schall-horn, and the entire department extenda vote of thanks to Dorothy for her splen-did efforts and co-operation in our behalf
Look Girls . . . Department 40—No. 1Department. Has this department esta-blished a new record? Twenty-three marriages in 24 months. No, we are nottrying to make people envious. But, asGirvan says, "We're still the No. 1 de-partment."
Mrs. Lois Conkey has left to Oakland,California, where she will reside for afew months. We really enjoyed workingwith her and hope to have her back soon.
DEPARTMENT 17R
Riveting welcomes John Kapeleris.John is replacing Frank Walker who hasgone to the West Coast.
Marian Paquette visited her sister andfamily, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Collins atCentral Lake Michigan over Labor Day.
Irene Jardno reports that her husbandSteve has been promoted to second class •petty officer. Steve is stationed in the Ha-waiian Islands.
Hulda Burns has a thirty day leave ofabsence due to sickness. Hurry up andget well, Hulda.
Monica McKernan received a letterfrom her brother, Pvt. Mark McKernanstationed in France. Enclosed was a sou-venir, a Nazi insignia. He says . . . "I'mnot telling how I got it."
Lillian Yost is walking around these dayswith stars in her eyes. Lillian is goinghome to visit her mother and dad, Dr.and Mrs. G. Tuten of McCormick, SouthCarolina.
Anna Mae Terry has been sellingchances on a horse. Now we are wonder-ing if one of us should win whether weshould try and remake history by playingLady Godiva. If you should see somethingunusual on the street some day one of usmust have won.
VIVIAN KEPLER
Vivian Kepler of Plant II received thelarge Trench Mortar Shell picturedbelow as a souvenir from her hus-band, Sgt. Elmer D. Keppler, who issomewhere in France.
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ON FURLOUGH
Sgt. and Mrs. Donald I. Strife and Joyce Ann. age 11 months. Sgt. Strite visitedhis family on his recent furlough from Camp Butner, N. C. Mrs. Strite (formerly DorisAllen is employed in the Sales Department, and Don was formerly in the Paint Shop,Plant I.
SflLES DEPARTMENT
It had been planned to install somenew, brighter, fluorescent lights in theSales Department, but when JackieShaffer's engagement to Don Naylor wasrecently announced and Jackie startedwearing that new sparkler it was decidedthat the new lights were unnecessary. Weunderstand that no date has yet been setfor the wedding.
Homer Hilton finds Washington veryinteresting, and vice versa.
Elma Lundahl and her mother have re-cently moved from their apartment in AnnArbor to Pittsfield Village.
GUESS WHO of the Sales Department.
DEPflRTMENT 3 2
We have a new painter in the paintshop . . . A son was born to Vincent (Peck)Loy and his wife, Viola May, Tuesday,September 5th at 11:15 A.M. Dale Vin-cent weighed 5 lbs., 7 oz. Congratula-tions!
JERRY COSENS
Jerry—four year old son of Mr. andMrs. Stanley Cosens. Mrs. Cosens isa member of the Sales Departmentstaff.
FLASH!As we go to press, reports are coming
in concerning the Recreation Club dancewhich was held at the Washtenaw Coun-try Club on September 23rd.
The consensus is that it was the verybest party the Recreation Club has everhad. It would be impossible to enumeratethe factors contributing to its success, butit should be mentioned that some of thenice things were: the 400 roses donatedto the ladies by Neilson's; the kindness ofthe Moms of America in handling thechecking; the very excellent buffet supper
DEPARTMENT 2 4
Since Don (Wolf) Crump has been help-ing out in department 24, Kelly doesn'tthink the girls are getting out enoughproduction. Why?
Ann Rush and George Stuteville havegone back to teaching school after spend-ing the summer with us.
Welcome to Gail Lochen who hasjoined us. Hope you like us, Gail.
It seems Libby attended her brother'swedding and wasn't at work for a week.Wonder just who got married? Oh, yes,how late do you stay up and read, Libby.
Since Thelma Livesay only works after-noons she has to wire her chair downevery night. It has a habit of straying.
We have found out how often MarjorieWarner washes her feet. Every night, be-lieve it or not. We painted her toe withgreen paint while she was busily at workand the next morning it was gone.
Art Gerstler is back from his vacationwith a bad cold and he tells us he stayedhome.
It seems Kelly sent Department 24 apostal card on August 8th while on vaca-tion. We received the card August 24th.Just where were you on your vacation,Kelly?
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PLANT I BOWLINGPRIZE WINNERS
To Benny Kearney in Department 24goes the prize for the name suggested byher in a contest conducted by one of theArgus Ladies League teams.
The team is sponsored by Rolfe's gro-cery on Jefferson St. Benny suggested"Rolfe's Pinbusters", so there it is.
Members of the team are Thelma Live-say, Captain, Leona Eichel, Laura Snearly,Leola Stoner and Laura Egeler. The girlshave very snappy uniforms consisting ofgray skirts with lavender blouses, socks andchrocheted beanies. Just in case you knownot what a beanie be, it's a little bitty cap.
Bob Isaacson had to resign as presidentof the Argus Flyers when he was calledto the colors last month. Bob was one ofthe principal organizers, and the club oweshim much for his determined efforts ingetting the thing started. Too bad hecouldn't stick around long enough to en-joy much of the benefits. We hope itwon't be too long before he can rejoin usand be an Argus Flyer again.
A meeting of the members was heldand Fred Belser was elected new memberof the Board of Directors. Jan Van DenBroek was appointed President of theBoard.
Ted Tirb, too, went in the service andanother member left the company forother reasons. Since we are primarily aflying club for Argus employees, we areanxious to sell these shares to new mem-bers, and return the ex-members theiroriginal investment. Anyone interested inlearning to fly, just let us know.
The other members are coming rightalong. Vern Heck, Jim Nutt and ConradGanzhorn are just about ready to solo.Don Hanawalt and Fred Belser are nowlogging solo time. Congratulations!"Chuck" Cole and "Van" are workingtoward their private license.
The Board of Directors has been busytrying to accommodate everybody. Amongother things they provided an easy-pay-ment plan for new members, a non-activemembership arrangement for membersthat can't fly at the present time but whowant to retain their investment, and a mu-tual cooperation agreement between thetwo flying clubs, which gives the membersof one club the use of the other club's air-plane when their own is grounded for re-pairs or inspection. Argus Fliers, Inc., isnow officialiy registered as a non-profitcorporation.
Happy Birthday — Joe
Joe eats cake and likes it. The occasion was Joe Clemens' birthday, and BobMiller, Roy Craik and Les Schwanbeck share the spoils.
grand music of Lee Walters and his or-chestra ; and the congenial group of peoplewho in their own words "really enjoyedthemselves."
The fifty service men who were there asguests of the Recreation Club were unani-mous in their praise, and we know theyenjoyed themselves as much as we enjoyedhaving them. The U.S.O. handled the
prepared by Mr. and Mrs. Agosti; the arrangements for our guests in their usual
thoughtful manner and were kind enoughto provide us with a show during inter-mission. The show was Doc Fielding,well known "gag man", who "rolled themin the aisles" with his exceedingly funnysongs and pantomine.
We feel certain that we echo the thoughtof all when we extend to Nellie Hecoxand Eddie Girvan and everyone ourthanks for making this party a success.
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The main event of the Argus CameraClub meeting which was held Thursday,September 7th was a most interestingdemonstration of picture tinting by EddieGirvan. Eddie showed the club just howeasy it is to tint pictures, and has offeredhis services to any one interested.
Dick Bills has offered 18 rolls of filmfor the best silhouette turned in at theOctober 10th meeting. Dick wants plainpictures without clouds.
The Kaufmans now belong to the cluband it won't be long before we have thewhole place painted up.
At the August 10th meeting a Scaveng-er Hunt was held. Each member wroteon a piece of paper something they wouldlike a picture taken of. Then everyonedrew one of these out of a box and thiswas to be their assignment for the nextmeeting.
Prizes in the advanced group were:1st—"Lost Angel" by Eddie Girvan2nd—"Balance" by "Red" Peterson
Prizes in the beginners groups were:
CAMERA CLUB STUDIO SCENE
The aftermath of the print judging is always the picture analysis explaining why the print is a winner and another a loser.Here, Norm Hartman does just that for some of the Camera Club members. Those whose immediate interest is in the technical
aspects of picture-making are in the dark room listening to a lecture on enlarging.
1st—"Fountain" by Ann Boland2nd—"Frog" by Marie Nagel
It was brought to the members' atten-tion that each member must have at leastone print every three months and not beabsent three consecutive meetings in or-der to remain a member of the club.
Lois Conkey, the former secretary of theclub, has left us. We enjoyed having herwith us but wish her much happiness inher new job.
Maxine Wichman was elected the newsecretary.
CAMERA CLUBA prize of 12 rolls of film for the best and 6 rolls for the second best
silhouettes has been offered by Dick Bills. Dick wants plain black and whitepictures, trees, buildings, people, landscapes, etc. But they must not have anyclouds in the sky. These are to be exhibited at the October 12th meeting.
With so many new members in the club who want to learn to take betterpictures it has been decided to have five classes in photography.
1. Know your camera 4. Printing pictures2. Taking pictures 5. Mounting prints3. Developing film
The dark room is open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs-day nights.
Departments 36 & 37Don Hindal got tired writing letters to
Iowa so he took a vacation and got mar-ried. Best wishes Peggy and Don.,
That smile which Ruth Blanchard hasbeen displaying is a result of that swellvacation in Texas with her husband.
We've really been missing Rose Gon-you the past few weeks. Hope you'll beback with us soon, Rosie.
Sorry for the error last time. Marie T.isn't going to Philadelphia. Her interestsare centered around Rockford, Illinoisinstead.
Jennie L. and a few others sure lookedbad after that birthday party. Wonderwhy?
It's quite evident that Catherine M.will make a good Vice-President of theLadies' Bowling League, for she evenmakes excuses to converse with strangersdown town. That's one way of gettingacquainted, isn't it Kay?
The polishing room is represented by
two teams in the Ladies' Bowling Leaguethis year. The Polishers is composed ofRuth Blanchard, Catherine Miresse, CeliaJeffreys, Annabel Farmer and WilmaKennedy, Captain, while the Hep Catsare Katherine Notestine, Jennie Lasky,Irene Vettese, Ruth McRobb, and Fran-ces Gee, Captain. We're hoping to seesome keen competition between theseteams.
To Ruth McRobb, Jan Gala, andCharles Rocco who have recently joinedour gang we extend a hearty welcome.
Those letters from Jack Suddarth, RayTaylor, Fred Hartwig, and Bill Gillespiewere enjoyed by all. We'll be looking formore, too.
It's rumored that Irene Vettese has beenkeeping a certain sailor out late. Is thattrue, Irene?
Ann Andrews came back as happy as alark after that vacation in Kentucky.
The centering department feels lostwithout Dick Dorow, but he's close by so
This picture of PAT BOLAND won first prize for his mother, Anne, at a Septembermeeting of the Camera Club.
he can run in occasionally.Ralph Krug can't decide whether he'd
rather work in the cleaning or soakingroom. However, there are three ways ofescape from the cleaning room but onlyone from the soaking.
The men's bowling team from the pol-ishing room is composed of Larry Barnes,Don Hindol, George Olds, R. Clisham,and Leo Wiederhoft, Captain. Fellowsbowling on other teams are Bill Huffman,Bud Roberts, and Bob Bultman.
Congratulations to Pvt. and Mrs. Geo.DeWolfe who are the proud parents of ason answering to the name George, Jr.Pvt. DeWolfe is a former employee ofDepartment 37 and is now stationed some-where in the South Pacific area.
A good play by play description of theTiger's ball game could be had afterErnie Darnell and Dick Dorow attendedthe game in Detroit the other week. Itsure was a good thing Ernie didn't wearhis hat.
CARD OF THANKS
Many thanks to the Argus Club forthe lovely flowers sent to me during myrecent illness. They were so very muchappreciated.
Esther Heusel
We certainly appreciated the lovelyrecord holder presented to us by our Argusfriends as a wedding gift, and wish tothank each and everyone of you.
Gerry and Libby Davenport
The flowers sent me by the Argus Clubduring my recent illness were very beauti-ful and greatly appreciated. Many thanksto all of you.
Cora Barhitte
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Jerry and Libby Davenport HERE & THERE with MATERIAL CONTROLBy Gold Braid Gertie
Miss Elizabeth Kingsbury, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Kingsbury, of S. Divi-sion St., became the bride of Gerald Davenport, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Daven-port, of Wildwood Ave., in an afternoon ceremony held today in the chapel of theMichigan League, with Rev. Philip Schenk, rector of St. James Episcopal church, Dex-ter, officiating.
The ceremony was conducted before an altar flanked by candelabra and baskets ofwhite gladiolas. Miss Janet Wilson, of Dexter, furnished organ music before theceremony.
The bride chose a pink silk jersey street length dress with cape sleeves, a, sweet-heart neckline and a shirred skirt, and completed her ensemble with a pink straw lacehat with a brown veil. She carried a white satin prayer book which was adorned withan orchid.
Mrs. Howard F. Nunes, of Hamilton PL, sister of the bride, served as matron ofhonor, wearing a dress of pastel green crepe with a brown hat and a corsage of Jo-hanna Hill roses.
Grant Lovelace, of Pontiac Rd., attended the bridegroom as best man, and Pfc.Howard F. Nunes, of Hamilton PL, brother-in-law of the bride, was the only usher.
A reception following the ceremony was held at the Michigan League for approxi-mately 100 guests. Table decorations were baskets of white summer flowers.
The bride, a graduate of the Ann Arbor High school and of Cleary College, inYpsilanti, is employed in the offices of the University Department of Engineering.
Mr. Davenport, who attended the same schools as his bride, is working in the pho-tographic laboratory of Argus, Inc.
After August 21, the couple will be at home at \2\Ay2 Washtenaw Ave., followinga boat trip and vacation at a lake.
Clif Trivoeli takes a busman's holiday.
The Gals in White
Mrs. Viola Tyler has become an expertpainter in the past few weeks. Anyone de-siring to have any painting done may con-tact "Vi" in the F.A. room of Plant 1.Of course, Vi has to get her family movedand settled before she would consider do-ing any outside work.
Mildred Bird of Plant II is walking ona cloud these days. Dame rumor has saidthat Roy is on his way home to 204 N.Seventh Street. Roy has been in Iran doinga swell job wheeling these big trucksaround loaded with supplies for Russia.
Thanks to Ed Sleezer and Ed Nimkefor the beautiful flowers they have broughtto the F.A. room this summer.
Did anyone guess who the three littlegals were in the last paper? They are nowtaking care of your cut fingers and passingout the pills.
Some people may be thinking of plansfor another vacation for the followingsummer while others are still lingeringover sweet memories of pleasont timesspent this last summer.
It is true that many of us spent vaca-tion by working on farms, helping that"Victory" garden grow, and catching upwith housework that had been put offfrom one day to the other. But that didn'tmean that our vacation wasn't enjoyed asmuch as those spent at a lake or a week-end cruise. Helping out our "UncleSam" in bringing the day of victory hereis the chief aim of all of us.
Let us see what this gang stirred upduring the summer months.
Lee Wight was quite fortunate for shehad the opportunity of taking a trip toBaltimore and see her cousin, Opal Sioan,a former employee of Argus. While there,the young lassy also spent some time inWashington visiting historical places andtaking in all the sights. Lee's snapshotstaken in Washington gave us an idea ofsome of the things she saw.
Pennsylvania isn't such a bad state, saysJack Covey. We can see why, for it hap-pens to be both his and his wife's homestate. They visited relatives and friends inCoudersport.
Even though the water was too coldfor swimming, Alice Blanchard still hadone of the most enjoyable of vacations atthe lake. Some of her fellow workerssurprised her one evening by dropping inand drowning their worries. By the timethey were fished out, why, it was time forwork! They told us it was Portage Lake,but it is beyond us how they figured thatone out??!!
Mary Nelson, formerly of Department17R, entertained her sister-in-law whocame from Atlanta, Georgia.
Two others made use of their extratime. Leona Breisch didn't do so bad withher garden judging by her fruit cellar.This young lady also spent several daysfishing and didn't go to the store to provewhat fish look like. Stephanie Gala, onthe other hand, did alright with a team ofhorses, and we do mean horses, when shehelped her dad around haying season.She also spent one week-end in Detroitwhere she visited old friends, and so forth.
It is only proper to mention here thatsince the appearance of our last article inthe Argus Eyes several new members havebeen added to our merry "family". Flor-enc Speicher, better known as "Flo",came from the Bomber Plant. JuanitaBoyd was we'comed by all since she hadformerly worked at Argus as switchboard
operator before her departure to New Or-leans where her husband was stationed inthe armed forces. We now learn that heis somewhere in France. Another switch-board operator also transferred to our de-partment, she is Merna Patrick.
If anyone has seen a young man witha pipe taking inventory throughout theplant, he is Walter Galling, a new em-ployee of the Material Control force."Doc" Black had held this position beforehis acceptance of a new position, that ofSuperintendent of Mackinaw City highschool. We were very sorry to see "Doc"leave us and wish him every success in hisnew undertaking.
There are still several other people toleave us and they were "Peck" Stott, JaneKern, who left for California with hermother, and Patsy Prowse.. Patsy Prowse is a British War Refugee
and worked with us during the summermonths with plans to go back to schoolthis fall. Her folks are in England andshe lives with her grandparents at BartonHills.
It won't be long before the hunting sea-son opens, and what do you bet thatLes Schwa nbeck cashes in on his vacationon a chance to bag a duck. Be sure youdon't shoot and find the duck to be noneother than your own decoy, Les.
Vacations may have come and been for-gotten, but not so for our own boss, RussWarren. Minneapolis will be his stoppingplace with a visit to Chicago. Just be sureyou don't get lost on your way back,Russ.
By the looks of things, Material Con-trol again came through with another nicesummer.
BEHIND THE FRONT OFFICE
The Optical Design Department is verysorry to announce that Elaine Mueller willbe leaving us soon to attend Capitol Uni-versity in Columbus, Ohio. Good luck,Elaine!
Joe Dianetti has just returned from an-other jaunt to Rochester, N. Y. It is ob-vious that he is responsible for the dailyrequest "Wait for Me, Mary". Joe isbusy making plans for his next visit toRochester. Happy Days!!
We would like to welcome Mrs. Lor-raine Webb and Virginia Balhoff to theOptical Design Department.
Bill Patton was recently seen in thecountry, where he picked three bushels ofcorn on the cob. Where is the Still, Bill?(Corney!) What's he trying to do, relievethe labor or the liquor shortage?
(Continued on page 10, Col. 3)
The Bone Family
Included in this family group, reading from left to right, are: Wm. Bone, Jr., Mrs.Bone, Joseph, W. F. Bone, Sr., daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Legg. Mr. Bone is ChiefProduction Engineer in Plant II.
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EGELER'S PRIDE
ROBERT LAURETTA NORMAN
Pvt. Robert Morton has decided the Infantry is just as gooda place to be as the Navy or the Air Force even though he triedto enlist in both. He was inducted in April, 1944. Bob workedin Plant One Receiving Inspection and the Machine Shop be-fore induction. Bob is Laura's son.
Pfc. Lauretta Egeler is remembered by many of our Argusold-timers. Lauretta worked on the radio assembly line. She
has been in the WAC's sixteen months and is stationed atMitchell Field Air Base in New York.
Cpl. Norman Egeler who was inducted into the Army inApril, 1941 has been overseas two years. Norman worked inthe Plant One Paint Shop and was one of the top-notch bowl-ers in the league. Lauretta and Norm are Rube's sister andbrother.
J?ettet5 'ktom Eoul and (fltU In the fitmed
The mail bag from the boys in servicewas really quite full this month . . . andwe like to receive them as well as you liketo get them, too, boys, so keep 'em coming.Also send along your pictures wheneverpossible.
Sgt. E. E. (Tiny) Eddy writes to Geneand Thelma Livesay and also the ArgusRecreation Club from somewhere in Aus-tralia that he had just spent a very enjoy-able furlough in Melbourne. Also that onoccasion his shop (aircrew) really had agood feed, with pig-roast, steaks and lotsof beer, but that he'd still rather be homewith his friends in Ann Arbor.
Sgt. Richard M. Gainey in the Euro-pean theater of war writes that ArgusEyes fills the bill "when a fellow needs afriend." He says he notes many changesin the Argus organization, but that theyare also making a few over there, too. (Hecan say that again, can't he!).
To Corporal Tony Rupas, General Hos-pital, N. Y., we send thanks for all thenice things he writes about Argus Eyes.
Seaman First Class Paul F. Rowe wroteto say "hello to Dept 17 because that'swhere I worked back in '41. I workedalong side of that jolly little fellow, PaulEugene." He has been on the WestCoast since the latter part of June.
Pvt. Roy R. Compton says "it sure isgood to read the news of the factory inArgus Eyes."
Lt. Charles R. Van Aken has written ustwice during the past few weeks . . . firstfrom Herington Field, Kansas, and thesecond communication from the middle ofthe ocean (which ocean, remains a militarysecret). At any rate, he makes more thancasual comment upon the fact that he hasreceived "nary a letter except from oldfaithful, Katey!" Says he would appreciatehearing from all of you and getting someof the fellows' addresses. Also, "pleasedon't publish this excuse for a letter" . . .so, we aren't!
Two of the boys who left us on July31 st for the Army have written us thismonth.
Bob Isaacson is in Texas now, and hesays he knew it was a plenty big state andalways wanted to see it . . . but not anymore . . . because he thinks the Armywants them to see it on foot.
"I'm not alone down here in this sandywilderness. There are a lot of fellowsfrom Ann Arbor and several from Argus.Kennedy is in my barracks and so is BillFisher. Art Push and G. Snyder are in adifferent company but they are in the sameregiment. Their barracks are near ours.
"I want to thank everyone at the shopfor the money and wallet, and I want tothank the Prism Department for the swellbracelet. I really miss the old town andthe shop. I sure worked with a swellbunch of people and I hope I can get backthere before long. Lights out, so I'll sayso-long, gang. See you soon. Bob."
In a letter which Bob Isaacson haswritten to his friend Van, he states, "MyC.A.P. training has helped me very much.About 90 percent of the classes I have hadso far teach the same things that I learnedin the C.A.P. I never thought I wouldmake use of all that stuff then. So muchfor me. How is the flying club? I amkept too busy to even think about flying.My license will expire the end of thismonth, so I guess I'm through flying untilI get home again for good."
Jim Swaney is down Arkansas way, andalthough he has been in the Army a month,he writes that it seems like a year.
"It's not so bad here though. We onlyput in 18 hours a day. Then we sleep fivehours and then we have a whole hour toourselves. Of course, during that hour wehave to clean rifles, scrub barracks, washclothes, write letters, etc., etc. And, in ourspare time we just lay around. It's notquite so bad on week ends, but that's aboutthe average day here.
"I don't get to see Bernie (Fisher) andFred Hartwig and Ray Taylor very often.Bernie and Fred are only about two blocksfrom my barracks.
"Say 'hello' to the rest of the gang forme, and tell Elvis I haven't seen any ofthat good corn "likker" yet.
"Write if you get a chance, but I sup-pose you're pretty busy.
Jim (Yardbird)"We are sorry to learn that Sgt. Henry
(Al) Stitt has been ill, and sincerely hopehe is well on the road to recovery. Al isnow stationed in France.
A V-mail letter from Harold Mangus,who used to work for "Bud" Wheeler inDepartment 15, tells us that he landedwith our Tank Destroyer units in France.Good luck, Harold.
Pvt. F. V. (Joe) Wright visited in PlantI while on furlough from Camp Maxey,Texas. "Joe" worked in Bendix Stock forHerbie Oliver.
A letter from a former Argus worker,Paul Rosasco (a brother of Carlo (Chief)Rosasco) tells that he's stationed in NewGuinea. It really must be a nice bunch offellows, with you, Paul. They not onlyenjoy Argus Eyes but use Argus camerasas well. Thank them for us, won't you.
We like hearing nice things about bothour paper and product. Carlo tells us thatPaul met with an accident soon after writ-ing to Argus Eyes (we hope you settledthe final score, Paul) but he is mendingfast, and will soon be up and at them. Aspeedy recovery, Paul.
A letter from Pfc. Lumis J. Knieper,sends a new address and tells us he likesEngland second only to Michigan.
A letter from Harold West sends a newaddress and his thanks for Argus Eyes.
We have received a very interestingletter from Cpl. Leroy Richardson, sta-tioned somewhere in Burma with "TheFighting Medics" telling us of his"Fighting Argus".
"Due to the fact that I am a soldier andin the "Burma Battle Zone", I lost my veryfine Argoflex camera during one of the"hot sessions" here. The fact is, I nearlylost "me", which is why I am in the hos-pital.
"I brought my Argoflex to Burma withme over two years ago, and during thattime it has not failed me once. Every pic-ture that was taken came out beautifully.I have proven that "you need not be anexpert if you use an Argoflex." I like itso much that my slogan concerning it is. . . in times of danger, after me myArgoflex comes next."
Bette Sachs, A.P.T.A., who worked inGene Livesay's department, writes thatshe has graduated from the Harmon Gen-eral Hospital, Longview, Texas, as aphysio therapist and commissioned a Lieu-tenant in the Army Medical Corps. Lt.Sachs, whose home is in Chicago, is agraduate of the University of Michiganand spent six months in training at theMayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota beforeentering Army training in Texas.
The month of September marked an-other birthday for Pfc. George Gillen(formerly of Department 24) who hasbeen in England for three years.
Two former Argus gals send a friendlygreeting to all their old friends . . . .Mrs. H. E. Schoen (Jeanne Crandell),of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Miss ViclciPolish, of Denver, Colorado.
It's "First" Lieutenant Max D. Ham-mond now, and he writes from NewGuinea to Mrs. Jacob Scheef and sendsgreetings to his friends at Argus: theHartmans, Hazel Miller, Bud Wheeler,and the rest of the gang. Says he can'thelp bragging a little . . . you see he's thefather of a baby girl born August 5th,whose name is Sandra Kay. Congratula-tions to both Lt. and Mrs. Hammond!
S/SGT. PAUL C. WATSON
Sgt. Watson who has recently beenawarded the second Oak Leaf Clusterto the Air Medal, is the husband ofthe former MARY LOY of Department17.
He received this citation "for meri-torious achievement in aerial flightwhile participating in sustained oper-ational activities against the enemy."
A nose turret gunner, S/Sgt. Wat-son has participated in aerial assaultson such key targets as the Ploesti oilrefineries and the Bucharest railroadyards in Romania.
The above picture was taken inItaly after completion of a mission.
From Pete O'Donnell, in India, comesa very interesting letter.
"To Argus Eyes: During the last threemonths I have received three copies ofArgus Eyes. And, I must say that it's agreat morale paper. This is what my bud-dies said to me . . . "Hell, O'Donnell.We don't have to know the people, it's theidea of reading and seeing something goodfor a change." That was meant for ArgusEyes. Thanks a million. And if it is possi-ble, I would like to receive it every month.
"I would like to say hello to Babe Peter-son and all the gang. Also to tell you Iam with a B-29 Superfortress outfit, andthat My Friends from Argus, Inc. wasdropped on Japan.
"Keep up the good work.Best wishes,"
Pete O'Donnell
PVT. MARION (MIKE) SINELLI
MIKE, as he is known to all of us, isgetting himself in shape at the presentto crash a line that will be harder toget through than those of his highschool football days. (His one weak-ness was betting on Notre Dame).
Mike left us on December 13, 1943for Fort Sheridan and after severalphases of training is now in CampLuis Obispro, California.
Before entering the Army. Pvt.Sinelli was employed in Department17, at Argus.
Paye 10 A R G U S E Y E S for V i c t o r y October. 1944
Machine Shop NewsPLANT I
After an absence of almost two monthsBen Bergman has returned to the machineshop and has taken over the duties of set-up and supervision of the drill press de-partment.
Harold Peterson, whose marriage toGinny Meyers of the Sales Departmentwas solemnized the latter part of July,was given a Kenmoor wool blanket andcombination cigarette container and ashtray set at a party given by the departmentin the cafeteria. Best wishes and felicita-tions were extended to Harold and Ginny.
Walt Root must have been dreaming ofthe days to come because a few weeks agoWalt had the misfortune of running atap through one of his fingers. Perhaps itwould be much better for Walt to takethat final step to quiet his nerves. (Thereare others in the department who haverecently done so.)
David Boomer spent his vacation visit-ing with a cousin at Hastings, Michigan.During the time that Dave was there thecounty fair was being held so he spentmuch of his time there.
Ralph Flick really has a worried lookon his face these days. Ralph is a rabidSt. Louis Browns fan, and for the greaterpart of the year all was going very well,but in the past few weeks the Brownieshave had their only real slump and thesituation has become rather serious.
Doc Huston had himself quite an ex-perience the other night at Pinckney. Docdecided to take his wife and two daughtersaged 2 and 3 to the open air show heldin the village park. When it came timeto go home Doc could not find the keys tothe car. After questioning, the youngsterstold him that they had thrown the keysout of the car. Two hours later and al-most out of matches, Doc finally foundthe keys and hurried home.
Although Vince Richardson spent mostof his time in Ann Arbor he had no com-plaints about his vacation. Vince wore apath between the Moose Club and Beuh-lers.
Al Sannes reports that his son who isnow seven months old has a definite ideaas to how the house should be run. Alsays that he puts up a good fight, but thathis youngster usually comes out the win-ner.
Whitey Roberts and Walter Backmade a day of it recently when they wentinto Detroit to see a ball game. Afterthe game the two hit most of the nightspots in the big city. What a night! And. . . what a morning!
In the last issue a mistake was madein stating that Louis Belleau was in theNavy and was receiving his training atGreat Lakes. Lou is stationed at BuckleyField in Denver, Colorado.
Leona Smith who is captain of the girlsbowling team from the machine shop madean auspicious start in her first game ofthe year. Leona put together four strikesin a row and ended with a neat 174!
Herman Koegler surprised everyone inthe department by coming in late forwork. This is the first time that this hashappened as long as he has worked here.Lucky must have really had a bad night.
Elsie Gillespie's little girl, Nancy, hasbeen taken sick and it has been necessaryfor Elsie to ask for a leave of absence fortwo weeks. We all hope that Nancy willsoon be well and Elsie will be back towork.
In the past few weeks it has been nec-essary to add to the personnel of themachine shop. New employees are: PearlKelly, Joe Singer, Al Baff, Claud Hayes,Jeanne Finlayson, and Elizabeth Smith.
Dorle and Jack Webber wish to thanktheir unknown benefactors who presentedthem with a bubble baby bank, and alsoto those who have so generously contribut-ed to the cause. The Webbers are expect-ing a blessed event in December.
Ted Doman reports that he spent hisvacation up in the Canadian North Woodshunting Moose. Of course, Ted told usall about the trip one particular morningwhen his way of thinking was not as clearas it might have been.
Betty Stearns has been transferred fromthe drill press department to the inspec-tion department under Perry Gainey.Perrp says her progress is very good andthat she should make a very capable in-spector.
For the past few years Mo Howe hashad a time trying to keep the hair out ofhis eyes, but he has at last found a solu-tion. Mo has been going over to Skip'sto get that new fangled haircut that hehas been sporting lately.
Amos Kline has finally reached the 200mark in bowling. Amos is one of thebetter bowlers in the machine shop, buthad been unable to top the double centurymark. However, in one of the practicegames prior to the opening of the leagueAmos counted 201.
Clyde Melton's wife Rosemary is nowworking for Ted Doman in the buffing de-partment. Rosemary tells us that Clyde isstill in Florida and that he is now gettingused to the liquid sunshine that you don'thear about.
After an absence of two weeks LorraineVitale has returned to the machine shopand is doing her usual good work in thepunch press department. It is needless tosay that Bob Vorce is noticeably happierthese days.
It has been noticed lately that DocJohnston has been dressing up a lot morein the past few weeks. Could this be be-cause there have been some new girl em-ployees in his department?
Floyd Pratt's son who is just four and ahalf years of age has been on the sicklist and doctors have been unable todiagnose his case. Floyd tells us that he istaking him up to the University Hospitalwhere he will receive a complete check up.
ONE OF THE GIRVAN CLAN
Well, here it is. a picture of the new Girvan baby, John Edward. We know thateveryone has been shown the original of this photograph (by the judo method)but we publish it for the benefit of our readers in Scotland.
BEHIND THE FRONT OFFICE(Continued from page 8, Col. 4)
Mrs. Eleanor is vacationing in some un-known spot, while Kay Hambleton justreturned from her vacation with the re-mark that she wished she could haveafforded it.
The Argus Colony at Pittsfield Villageincludes the Rick Fisher's and Dick Ful-lers'.
Mrs. Harriett Limbell is missing for afew days as her husband is home on fur-
lough.Bill Bone wishes to inform Argus fisher-
men who have been trying to get fish out ofNorth Lake that a 19-inch bass, weighing5lA lbs. was caught there last week. Seeingis believing, Bill!!
Jerry Buhrman is at Naval Training Sta-tion, Great Lakes, Hi, Jerry! We hope youwill be dropping in to see us soon.
Since the last issue of Argus Eyes, ArvidAndresen has discovered that he has tocompete with strong competition from AlStohrer.
SANDY McCOY DISCOVERS HER SHADOW
The only reason we don't hear moreabout little Sandra McCoy, age 18months, is that V-mail forms are only sobig and her doting daddy, J. L (Mar.)McCoy can only write about 300 words
Re: Sandy in each letter. Actually, wedon't blame him, because Sandra has turn-ed out to be a very photogenic littlepiece of femininity. (Taking after hermother Marge, no doubt, because a glance
at Mac's picture will instantly dispel anyother theory).
Mac, who left our Advertising Depart-ment to become a lieutenant J.G. in theNavy, is now a full lieutenant in the pho-tographic section, of course, aboard theUSS CENSORED. He is currently in thePacific area. He recently spent a 6-weekleave on the west coast with Marge andlittle Sandra whom he had seen only oncebefore. In the snapshot of Miss McCoy,she is shown discovering her own shadowfor the first time, and seems quite in-trigued with it.
And while we're on the subject, the Ar-gus Sales and Advertising offices, throughthe Argus Eyes column, would like to sayhello, good luck, and hurry home to Mac.
October, 1944 A R G U S E Y E S for V i c t o r y Page 11
FIRE PREVENTION WEEKOCTOBER 8 to OCTOBER 14
Keep the Home Front Strong!GUARD AGAINST THESE PRINCIPAL
FIRE CAUSES:5. DEFECTIVE HEATING
I. SMQKiNG AND MATCHES EQUIPMENT
2. ELECTRICAL6, RUBBISH AND SPONTANEOUS
IGNITION
3. SPARKS ON COMBUSTIBLEROOFS 7. LIGHTNING
4. DEFECTIVE CHIMNEYS 8. FLAMMABLE L
TO SPEED VICTORY-DEFEAT HRE!
youThat every minute of the day and night somebody's home or place of
business in the United States is destroyed by fire?
That careless smoking and disposal of matches causes more than one-fourtli of our dwelling fires?
That about 40 fires a day are started because electric irons were left incircuit?
That "good housekeeping" is just as important in the place you work as itis in your home?
That some 400,000 fires occurred in homes during the past year and themajority of them were attributed to one of the following causes . . . Rubbish,Defective Chimneys, Sparks on Flammable Roofs, Defective Heating Equip-ment, Careless Smoking and Use of Matches, Flammable Liquids, ElectricalDefects?
That the week marking the anniversary of the great Chicago Fire is chosenas FIRE PREVENTION WEEK? OCTOBER 8-14. 1944. not as just a 7-day periodfor quickly forgotten programs, but rather as the initial week of a year-roundactivity which is promoted to make America a safer homeland?
HAP HAZARD SAYS . .Wear Your Safety Caps or Else!
SCALP VICTIM REPORTED FAIR
The condition of Mary Jane Treese, 19,of 1221 Williams St., who suffered ascalp injury Thursday while operating amachine at the Peninsular Mfg. Co., isreported "fair" by Mercy hospital at-taches.
Mrs. Bessie Eley, 34, of 836 BackusSt., who witnessed the accident, a victimof shock as a result, is reported "fairlygood."
Miss Treese's hair became caught in ashaft and before the machine could bestopped, her scalp was torn from abovethe bridge of her nose to the base of herhead. Mrs. Eley and Miss Treese had ex-changed machines just before the accidentoccurred, (from Ann Arbor News)
Walt Clawson celebrates his birth-day surrounded by girls of his depart-ment. Nice going Walt and many morehappy birthdays.
BOWLINGby Ron
The Men's Bowling League will havestarted its fifth consecutive season by theime this appears in print.
The popularity of Bowling for recrea-ion and friendly rivalry at Argus is wellproven by the fact that four years agowe started a league of six teams. Everyrear the League has grown until today welave 24 teams and in addition there aretwo Ladies Leagues of twelve teams each.
An interesting development in therowth of the Leagues is the liking for
names other than those designating groupsrrom certain departments, and as fewearns are made up entirely from any one
department we think this idea is more inorder besides furnishing a lot of fun, aseach year more teams drop the old namesand choose others more amusing, hope-ful, or downright boastful. Needless toay, these names are more fanciful than
accurate and in some instances the mean-ng, if any, is so obscure some explanation
is necessary. Would you expect to get astrike of you were a Chub, or chuck morewood by being a Wood chuck? You might
sure of picking up those spares if youwere a Sniper, that's true, but once a Cel-lar Rat always a cellar rat.
And this tendency is not confined to themens' league. Indeed, the ladies are rabidabout new names and with their imagina-tions, we'll you know what the radio dra-ma anouncer says, "Any similarity to ac-tual places or events . . . "Oh well, it'sfun anyhow.
Your reporter could fill one whole is-sue by dwelling on the merits of the teamlie captains, but as every captain has chos-en what he considers a winning combina-tion it would hardly be fair to dishearten
them so early in the season, and it hasnever been our habit to brag anyhow.Suffice it to say that after bowling a prac-tice match last week we feel very confi-dent, very, very confident. It is too earlyfor predictions but we need not worryabout the maintenance team, says ErvBraatz. He reached his goal by captaininghis team into second place last spring, sothere is nothing left to shoot at. "SaysHe."
New words but the same old tune.
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Anyone knowing of a house for rentplease notify Mrs. Agnes Thurston.
Mrs. Evelyn Kearns spent Labor Dayweekend visiting relatives in Grayling. Shesays they can talk about the Southern hos-pitality, but she'll take the Northern at-mosphere.
Mrs. Bessie Coon received word thather son, Sgt. Carlton Coon, a gunnerstationed in England, received the AirMedal. More power to him.
Mrs. Alice Hand has moved into hernew home on 3rd Street. How's about ahousewarming to help settle the furniture.
Wonder why Wor+ley Palmerton iswalking to work lately! Rumors have itthat Ol1 Thompson got the best of him.You should see the car! That's alright, itsure is quiet and peaceful with no one toargue with.
Wonder why a certain girl goes aroundwith a wide smile on her face! Could bea certain person is back in town.
Nothing like making the worker healthyand happy. Frank Andrews has been sup-plying the girls with fresh tomatoes fromhis garden.
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Page 12 A R G U S E Y E S for Victory October, 1944
GINNY and BABE
The marriage of Virginia A. Meyer,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Meyerof Pauline Blvd., and Harold C. Peter-son of W. Hoover Ave., son of Mr. andMrs. A. O. Peterson of Willmar, Minn.,took place at 7 o'clock Saturday night inthe rectory of St. Thomas Catholic churchwith Rev. Robert Allen officiating at theceremony.
The bride chose a two-piece light bluedress with eyelet lace trimming. She worea matching feather hat, black accessoriesand a cream-colored rose corsage. Hersister, Mrs. William Betke of WestoverAve., was the matron of honor and worea brown silk dress with white pleated or-gandy trimming. Her accessories and hatwere also of brown and her corsage ofwhite carnations.
Vincent Swickerath of Davis Ave. wasthe best man.
A dinner for the immediate family wasgiven following the ceremony at the homeof the bride's parents.
Personnel DepartmentConstance Bezirium, who was employ-
ed by the Personnel Office as a PersonnelRecord Clerk since June 28th of this year,left on September 9th to start making ar-rangements to return to the Universitythis fall. She will be working for herMaster's Degree with a major in Soci-ology. We are very sorry to lose her buthope she will make as big a success inher studies as she did in her work withus here at Argus.
Another departmental casualty is RitaGraybill. She married Bob Krebs in Ap-pleton, Minnesota on Friday, September15th. Bob returned from Italy a week agoafter two years in the Army, collectedRita and rushed her to the altar. Bob'sfather has been ill and is unable to travel,so the wedding was in Appleton. Ritamay come back to us if Bob is sent backoverseas.
We are very glad to welcome Mrs.Virginia Fox, the new Personnel RecordClerk. Mrs. Fox started to work in thatcapacity on September 11, 1944. She isanother of the admirable group of womenwho are "carrying on" while their hus-bands are overseas. Good luck, Virginia,and we hope you will enjoy working withus so that your stay here will not be abrief one.
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Productive ServiceFred Mowrey, our A representative, is
visiting friends and relatives in Van Wert,Ohio.
Bill demons is ill at the Veteran's Hos-pital, Dearborn, Michigan. Elmer Myersand family called on him Sunday. He isimproving, but would be glad to hear fromanyone. (Best wishes for a speedy recov-ery, Bill, for we're all looking for youback soon).
Rolland Ranson is catching up on hishome duties during his vacation.
Cliff Traviole has been so busy thesedays making improvements in the stockroom, what with new desks and paint. Itdoesn't look the same. Even the clock has
new quarters. (We've always wished thatthere were more hours in the day).
A visit to Muhlinberg College, Allen-town, Pa. to visit his son, Ward Jr. sta-tioned there in the V-12 Unit, was en-joyed by Ward D. Peterson,, Sr. late inAugust.
VIRGINIA MARSH WEDSPFC. KENNETH HURST
Virginia, of the payroll department, re-turned from her vacation a married wo-man . . . the lucky man is Pfc. KennethHurst, and the happy event took place onSeptember 3rd at Gainesville, Texas. Theceremony was performed by Rev. Pough,chaplain at the Lutheran chapel.
Machine ShopBurr Bench, Plant II
Social Event of Interest: Donna Riceplayed hostess to a shower at her homefor Maxine Pierce. Everyone had a grandtime and Maxine received some lovelygifts even to the ribboned gift from MacEh, Maxine?
* * *Crime News. Janet caught slaughter-
ing flies with production sheets. Thereshould be a law ag'in it.
* * *Gossip. Sucker stunt of week was dis-
played by a certain gal taken in by thestreet photographs. Is her face red!
Helene's fighting partner, George, hasreturned. Good luck, kids!
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Becky giving imitations of the husband.Gravel Gertie has come into her own.Watch out, Focusing Mounts.
News Event. Those pleasant momentsspent on our rest periods with the Ma-chine Shop have been discontinued."Those factory bells are breaking up thatole Gang of Mine."
* * *Best Excuse for Being Late, by Virginia.
Claims bug riding on small hand of clockstopped it. Come now, Virginia!
* * *We want to welcome Amabella Minah
Heckman to our department.
Guess Who?
If anyone wishes to make a change oraddition in the addressograph plates ofmilitary service employees, send a note tothe Personnel Department and be sure todate it. Then the Personnel Departmentwill post the change to their records, andsend it on to the addressograph unit. Theaddressograph operators will not acceptany changes in military service unless in-itialed by the Personnel Department.