R. 0. P. AWARDED "MINUT.,EMAN" FLAG WITH 95 per cent of al l Ravenna

Ordnance Plant employes already buying War Bonds and with the coveted " Minuteman " flag proudly flying be­neath Old Glory, thoughts are now turn­ing to a second drive to secure a I 0 per cent allotment of wages and salaries.

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100 per cent: Depart:ment:s II Primer Line Detonator Line Percussion Element Line Ammonium Line Executive

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Financial Accounting Industrial Relations Protection Procurement Medical Plant Accounting Production Control Safety General Engineering Control Laboratory

suggestion made recently by Henry Morgent-hau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, who said that the Government will have to borrow upwards of 35 bil­lion dollars between now and this time next year. During this period, the Gov­ernment will be forced to spend in the neighborhood of 60 billion dollars.

It is the realization of your Govern­ment that a flat I 0 per cent allotment is not feasible. A flat I 0 per cent de­duction does not take into account indi­vidual differences of income received or personal and family responsibilities. Some individuals will be able to set aside a good deal more than I 0 per cent of their pay, others less.

The overall result, however, should equal I 0 per cent of the gross payroll.

Presentation of our " Minuteman" flag was made by B. B. Al len, Portage County War Bond Chairman, to J. T. Power, Atlas General Manager, on June 25.

G. P. Teel, master of ceremonies, read the results of the drive in which IS of 25 departments registered a I 00 per

cent participation total.

Impressive flag-raising ceremonies featured a special Protection Depart­ment flag detail with three buglers , 2 "Minuteman" banners , borne by cap­tains of Divisional teams, and a ~h@llol;- -talk by Mr. Power. . ...-.

He Wants His Salary In War Savings Bonds

R. L. Moore, Engineering Clerk in Department 61, has subscribed his entire salary to War Bonds under the Atlas Powder Co. Pay­roll Deduction Plan.

Mr. Moore, 61 , a retired Post­master, who has two sons in the Army, is a resident of Cuyahoga Falls. He has held various posi­tions in the Post Office since 1914.

When Mrs. Moore, who is now seeking employment, gets a iob she will also convert her salary into War Bonds.

With the color guard and department captains at attention, lection Department sound "Call to Colors" in the flag-raising cere·

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r VERY fighting soldier, every milit ary pilot winging his way into battle, the sailor t: at his station aboard a heavy cru iser-a ll stand at t he top of a man-power pyr­amid. It has been e stimated that at lea st 18 industria l workers back up every f ight ing soldier. But if we were to trace out the line further back, if we were to trace rifle stocks to hardwood forests and rifle b arrels to the mines and rations t o the farms we doubtle ss wou ld find the number vastly increased .

Consider the battalions of workers who labor-at some stage or another­on EACH ONE of the great bombs in the bomb bay of a single bomber. Think of the thousands who labor over the equipment carried in these great planes, equipment of the ship and equipment of each of her fighting crew.

The time is yet to come when our own air force will be smashing Germany in great mass raids and yet, because the pyramid 's base is broad, because at the base of that pyram id stand American workers and American materials a nd American skills-it may be said that o ur striking power already is felt a nd ha s been felt for many months by our e nemies in Europe.

No nation wh ich under-estimates the importance of it s workers is equipped to fight tota l war. Totals wa rs are wars of materials fabri cated by industry into ma­c hines. Without these mad1ines no nation can wage t otal war successful ly.

This is why we must mobilize our manpower as England has mobilized her manpower and as Germany had mobilized it long since. Neither we nor the British are mobilizing manpower in the German way. We are democratic na­tions and need not use the methods of compulsion used by slave states.

But we recog nize that without the production soldier the fighting fronts are lo st, we realize that to wi n t he war on the fighting front we must make sure t hat there is no shortage of ski lled workers in a ny vital war industry o r on o ur farms.

The skilled worker in vital war industry has every right to feel proud of his contribution toward victory. But upon such workers rests grave responsi­bility. By moving at random from job to job, for whatever reason, skilled workers often may do as much damage to the war effort as though they had thrown sand into the gears of their machines. We must have orderly use of our manpower just as we have disciplined use of our troops at the front. We must make sure that we hit as hard as we can and without wasted effort.

As of today o ur combined striking force, o ur fighting force and our factory forces and our farm force, total about 55,000,000 persons. More than 2,000,000 of these people are in the armed services and probably two million and a half more wil l be added to those armed services this year. W r.; have some 9,500,000 workers in <'lgriculture who are producing food for fighters. The re mainder of this total labor force is e ngaged in t hese ways: in providing essential c ivi lian goods and services, in direct production for war, and in industries and service which are not essent ia l. These last , these workers in industries and services wh ich we ca n do without, must be " converted" to war work just as factories are converted from the use of peace to the work of war.

To win the war we must have more than 20 million persons engaged in direct war production by 1944 , and the Manpower Mobilization program thus is a challenge to every one of us on the home front. The skilled worker already engaged on war production will meet this challenge by remaining at his present job until he is told to go elsewhere.

If everyone does this, our g reat armed forces wi ll have the weapons t hey need and the backing of some 70 to 75 million Americans who have found in the M<'lnpower Mobilization program th e a nswer to the '-lucst ;on "What can I d o?"

Official Publication of the Ravenna

Ordnfl nce Plant of Ohio

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Paul A. Ryan .................................................. Editor

Mrs. Natalie Fern ..

Frank Lukas ........

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• Division Editors

J ohn Bjorkma n ...... Sports and Gen . Engin eerin g

Miss Lois Bowen .. .. ....... War Department

Mrs. Estella Calvin ............... .. .... Com missary

Miss Colet1e Corrigan....... .. ....... Procurement

Ed wa rd R. Sande rs ..... Fuze and Booster Lines

Mrs. Bernice C hia ra..... . .. ..... Transportation

Miss Edith Rice ..................... Cont rol La boratory

D. S. Lon~ .. ...... Piannin g and Production Control

Mrs. Dorothy G ibbons .............................. Medica l

M. J. G ri bben .................................. Accounting

Robert Stockdale.. ...... .. ...... Protection

Perry Sha nnon........ .. ........... Indust ria l Re lations

S. S. Griffith ......................................... Load Lines

Miss D. M. Steel ................... Pla nt Eng inee ring

Miss El la Mae Smith ............................... Financia l

Miss Eveiyn Horn e ............................... Executive(

Oscar Rieste rer .......................... Fire Department ' ·

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Distribution of a questionnaire con­cerning the conditions of tires , passen­gers carried, mileage, c'lnd time to a nd f rom work , forms the nucleus of an R. 0. P. "Share Your Car" prog ram , now under way.

D<'lta on t he questionnaire will be tabulatad and analyzed so t hat definite information wi ll be available o n rhe way we get to work, how many of us ride together, and how long our tires will last. Mea ns of transportation t o work, if cars are not ava ilable, will be studied .

Take tu rn s driving to work , or any place you MUST drive your car. Walk short d istance s. By sa ving gas- you save ti res. And by saving t ires, you will be he lp ing t o win the war. For- unless tires outlast the Axis- our t ransporta ­tion system wi ll break down. Our work ers won 't get to work, ou r p roduction '- b

will stop . So save gas-save tires­For Victory!

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July, 1942

Plant ~ngineering r . A note of welcome he re for Mrs. \ ,aac, Patricia Anderson, Thomas Dins­

more, Robert Rowley, Richard Moore, Robert Maddocks, Robert Hayes, Delno Hoffman and Elmer Pettay, who recently joined t he Department.

* * * We miss L. R. White and Kay Downs

who have moved out t o Bldg. 8 13. * * *

Jack Craig is now hold ing forth 1n the Mainte na nce Bu ildi ng on George Road.

* * * FOR SALE: Jim Cavalier's golf c lubs.

Can't someone get him interest ed in the game enoug h to at least remove the cellopha ne?

* * * Andy Novotny of the La bor Pool is

o ur nominatio n for All-America n. Born in Czechoslova kia 57 years ago, Andy came to t he United States in 1898-a good ma ny years before some of us were born.

He didn 't get to serve in the last war,

( but he's cert a inly making his contribu­'on to this one with five sons, fo ur of

them in the Army, and the other one leaving soon. This in itse lf is qu ite a sacrifice-but not enough to satisfy Andy, who is buying $ 1 ,500 wort h of W a r Bonds!

* * * G lad to see Dusty Rhoads getting

around under his own steam agai n­seems he had a n argument with a wind­sh ie ld and t he wi ndshield won-anyway the doctor put twe lve stitches in Dusty' s forehead .

* * * Recent marriages in the Metal Parts

Shop-Avinell Walker, now Mrs. Mc­Carthy and Kay Morris, now Mrs. Strick­land.

Plant Accounting Plant Accounting held its f irst p icnic

of the summer season on June 29 at Aurora C ountry C lu b . Betty Valentine, Betty Peterson and Frank Sancic com­prised t he committee.

* * * '~ Bob Smith is passing out c iga rs o n

the b irt h of a baby boy. * * *

Marjorie Day is successfully recuper-

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Personality Projectiles ...

Line War Bond Ven­~er de luxe . . . enlisted 194 persons for subscrip· tions, overaging a $6.25 deduction per poy period . .. W orked ot Reyonlds Plont . .. Served in Army from 1938 to 1940 on H11woii~n Islands •.. Sur­veyed for isl11nd "defense" g-un etnplllcements Morried.

at ing f rom a recent ope ration and is looki ng fo rward to an ea rly return to the re serva t ion.

* * * A surprise Paper Shower luncheon wa s

given fo r Doris Bassler on J une 20 by the g irls in Receiving a nd Inspection. The occasion was Doris' fi rst wedd ing anni­versary.

* * * Two more names have been added

to t he list of ou r milita ry a lumni-A! Williams and John Jikutz, bot h of In­vento ry Contro l.

* * * New add itions t o ou r g ro up are Jedn

Anderson, Nellie Balciar, Mary Jane Cramer, Virginia Davnic, Betty Ingra­ham, Tressa O'Lear, and Frances Jane Smith, Stenog raphic and File ; B. Fritz and A. W. Beide, Stores Division; Ruth Nunby, C ost ; Bernice Tubman, Sarah McNutty, Dorothy Seidel, and M. F. Hopkins, Inve ntory C ont rol; a nd 0. H. Davis, Frank Horn, S. H. Line and K.

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Industrial Relations New faces- Jim Armbrecht from

Erieside, Ohio; Paul Williams from Hi­ra m; a nd J. Ralph Weaver f rom Youngs­

. t own a re now interviewers in the Em­p loyment Division .

* * * Sara Bochert now e njoying life in a

trai le r working for Mr. Woodbridge. Dottie Brandes, Peggy Lee, and Margy Tomko now have a chance to greet t he custome rs in connection wit h their new duties in Records Section. Dorothy Tuttle and Mercedes Ramsay have been assig ned to Invest ig at ion Section. "Chuck" Gilmour and Perry Shannon have been promot ed t o Supervisors in the Employment Division.

* * * Did Yo u Know . . . that Emmaline

Beard is o ur cham pion d o nations col­lector . . . that Marguerite Cogswell, int erviewer, has two six-foot er sons .. . t hat A nna Murray, interviewer, is an ar­d ent golfer . . . t hat Mildred McCorkle has moved t o Ke nt . . . that Harold "Stretch" Nelson wil l pla y golf almost a ny t ime, anywhere .. . that Margy Tomko is the tiniest miss in our midst . . . that Mildred Wolford is c razy about swimming ... that o ur veteran investiga­t ors, Bob Ehrig a nd Hugh Daniels, Jr., each d rive more mi les eve ry day than many of us do in a week ... that Ralph Skeels, Jr., as Supervisor of Rat e C on­trol, has apparently acq uired some addi­t iona l t echn ica l functions to perform and his new a ssistant is John Kiser of Ke nt .. . t hat Ruth Keirn, secretary, is rea lly with t he m to act a s a referee in in ca se Ralph and John should get ta ng led up in slide rule a rg uments ... that our Baseball Team is st ill going strong , they ha ve only lost one game.

* * * Frank Lukas (the ba ll t eam's star left

f ie ld e r) is th e fel low who really gets around the reservation. A s photog­ra pher, he is sub ject to ca ll anytime a nd ha s bee n ca lled to ta ke p ictures in t he d a rnd est p la ces of t he doggonrlest t hi ngs. Whatta life!

F. Newhouse, Inventory A udits. Members of the depart ment extend

d eepest sympat hy t o H. L. Kirchner, Sto re s Supervisor, on the death of his mother.

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th e Construction Camp Area or with the Housing and Recreation Divisio n.

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Picnics

The Housing and Recreation Di­vision will help organize and plan picnics for groups of employes who may desire their help. They will furnish a location and, if possible, all equipment and a program of eveni-5.

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Softball

Th e ROP Soft ball Lea gue , consisting of 12 tea ms a nd over 300 players, seems to ex pound the Pres ident' s theory tha t a nation at war craves recreation during off hours more so than a nation at peace .

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Procurement Helen Madgar of Wa rren and Gayle

Workman of Rave nna are welcome new members of the Purcha sing Department.

* * * Pat Stanley, Jean Meloy and Marge

Vincent we re host esses at a shower for Dot Costley given by th e girls in the De partm ent. Dot was married on J une 26 to Harry MacManus of Warren. C ongratulation s and best wishes to the happy couple.

* * * There were plenty of fireworks at

Janice Green's on the Fourth of Ju ly - it wa s her birthda y. Many happy re­turn s, Janice.

* * * In an swer· to one of Allen Calland 's

expedit ing letters he received th e fol ­lowing reply:

Keep yo ur tempe r, gentle sir, W rites lhe manufacture r. Though yo ur good s are overd ue, For a mon t h or maybe two. W e can't help it, please d o n't swear, Labor's scarce a nd metals ra re. Ca n't get steel, ca n't get di es, Th ese are facts, we te ll no li e s. H a rry's d rafted, so is Bill, A ll o ur wo rk is now uphill . So yo ur order, we' re a fraid, May be still a b it d e layed . Still yo u'l l get it, don 't be vexed, Maybe th is mo nth, ma yb e next Keep on hopin g, d o n't sa y di e , W e'l l f ill yo ur o rd er bye a nd bye .

Keystoners Are Tough The Ravenna Ord nance Plant

baseball team, playing for th e first time under lights, wa s de­feated , 11 -6, by t he Keystone Ordna nce Pla nt Nine on July 4.

Compa ny C of t he Protect ion Depart ment lost , 13-7, to t he

] K. 0 . P. G uards in a softba ll game.

II Company A' s go lf tea m wa s de-Feated, 7-2, by t he Q uakers. \\

" YOU KHOW, DEAR.. .. SOMETIMfS I WISH WE'D GONE EASY ON OUR TIRE5 BACK IH 1942 !"

July, 1942

Hats off to H. G . "Pappy" West, a li eutenant in World War I, who works in Bu ilding 8 13. West is the father of twelve chi ldren, has two sons who are officers in Hawaii, and a da ughter a~1 officer in W. A. A. C. Mrs. West is expected to soon join the ranks of War Workers at thi s Plant.

* * * It' s a general ly accepted fact that

most people can see better with t heir gla sses on, but Martha Baehler of t he Inspection Section , Bldg . 808, ca n HEAR better with them O FF! At least , that' s he r explanation for removing them every time she answers t he tele­phon e.

* * * E. A. Beidler ha s rep laced Walter

Hall as Supervisor of t he Pl a nn ing Di-VI SIOn.

* * * ( Wayne Morron and M. N. Scott have

assumed new du ties as departmental Shift Supervisors.

* * * What happened to Helen Myers'

one-woma n crusade for slacks-two days and t hen-back to dresses .

* * * Th e C. B. Lacks held an "O pen

House" at t heir Sil ve r Lake home before t he At las Social C lu b da nce.

* * * 'Tis sa id t hat Pat Casey is a veritable

Bobby J ones until t he sta kes get high.

* * * Then ih ere 's t he story of t he "absent­

mi nded Inspector" - Nick Kovic, who frant ical ly t ries to get tra nsportation, bums a ride, and sometime late r re­members t hat hi s pick-up is parked out­side th e gate.

* * * Congra tulations to Charles J. Shubra

who was ma rried to Dorothy Rising on J une 6 at Indiana , Pa .

( * * * W. V. Collings has moved his fam ily

from Wilmington, Del. to his new home on George Rd.

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Medical ( . , Dr. Z. MacKillop has taken on two new

Jnd interesting jobs; she has joined the Atla s staff, and wa s married recently

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W elcom e to Tom Ha rris, Ruby Allen, Fran Maurer, Kathryn Grove, and Betty Packer.

* * * Dr. J. A. Seligman, Medical Director

of th e Ra venna Ordnance Plant, re­sign ed, effect ive Ju ne 30, to return to Phi lad elphia. Assistant Medica l Di rec­tor, Dr. A. 0. Walinchus has been nam ed Medical Director effect ive July I .

• • . Dr. W alinchus

••. Dr. Seligman

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Something for our opera tors to think about t he next time we feel t he urge to take time off for pleasure :

" Into the pay envelope of many an employe of the Aerona utical Prod ucts, Inc. plant in Detroit went a German banknote and a brief note of ex pla na­tion : 'The ext ra pay enclosed is yo ur reward for failing to report for work one day last week.' Thi s money comes from a country that is glad to pay you not to make supplies for our soldiers. W hen you don 't work, yo u work for t he enemy. "

Surely, men, we don't want to help our· enemtes.

* * * Load Line 3 must be t he line of ro­

mance , for d uring t he past month t he following operators took on to t hem­selves a blu shi ng bride-Carson Boggs married Julianne Pavich; James Allen married Bertha Ross; Eddie Carline mar­ried Florence Yura.

* * * Th e g irl s of CA- 14 entert ained wit h

a t urkey d in ner and da nce at the pri ­vate dini ng room in t he Old Commis­sa ry. The music of Be rnie May's Band wa s enjoyed by a large number. Mary Blot+, Jerry Schimmoeller, and C. Mur­ray were in cha rge of the affair .

* * * O ur ha nd some timekeeper in C B-1 3

a nd C B- 14, R. H. Pippenger, was ca ll ed in t he dra ft a nd is now stationed at Ca mp Gra nt . The now " Private" Pi p­penger wa s tendered a farewe ll party by t he gi rl s in CA- 14.

* * * Don Jarvis, line operator in C B- 13,

was married t o Ann McVan, a n opera­tor in CA- 14.

* * * The sing ing tro ubado ur, G. George,

on Load Line 3, has retu rned from Ca n­ada- and is he lovesick. Must have been somethi ng he "met " .

* * * The softbal l tea m fro m EB-4 defeated

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EB-4A, 8 to 2, in t he first of a t hree­game series. Lots of action , due to kee n rivalry, is looked for in the re­ma tntng game~ .

* * * Many of the line operators on Load

Line 3 had such a good time at the First Dawn Patrol Party at t he USO, Newton Fal ls, t hat they are wondering when t he next party will be.

* * * That man (spelt with an " E") Browne,

Supe rvi3or, Load Lin e I, now is ful ly acqua inted with th e pa int spray a p­paratus. Whi le looking over the shoul ­de rs of an operator who wa s cleaning th e line, another operator opened up t he air lin e. Of course th e hose was pointed at Browne.

* * * If a nyone is in the market for pota­

toes, just ca ll Bryce Strachan, Section C lerk in CB-20.

Control Laboratory Joseph J. Fedor, formerly a senior

chemist, has been promoted to Assistant Director of th e Laborato ry, to take Dr. J. D. Brandner's place .

* * * Welcome to Cynthia Thrasher, Vivian

Hughes, Ruth Edwards, a nd Doris Koeh­ler, Minor Technica l Assista nts, Robert Woodcock a nd William McKee, C hem­ist' s He lpers .

~xecutive The Executive Department wishes to

extend sympathy to Mrs. Emily Upham, receptionist , on t he death of her mother, Mrs. Anna Engle.

* * * Eve ryo ne is tryi ng to borrow money

from Joe Laughlin a nd hi s staff since the start of the USO Drive. It IS quite a te mpt.3 t ion to wa lk in and see them counting +he contribut ions.

P'Zoductio ll q;tJo,.ka and <Jamily

JULY, Jt}42

THIS is the story of four American people who are helping win the war.

They are only one of the thousands of families, comprising 131 ,669,275 per­sons, who have one uppermost thought in their minds at this time-to lick the Axis and preserve our American way of life.

Mr. Production Worker realizes that

he is a part of only one of the 700

plants in the U. S. now working for

Uncle S01m. He realizes that to win this

war he and 13 I ,669,274 other persons

must do everything in their power.

He must conserve rubber-for the

I , 180,000 tons of rubber on the wheels of our automobiles is our last great reserve of rubber. He switches the tires on his car so that they will serve him until the emergency is over. He drives to work every fifth week. Four of his fellow workers take turns driving the remainder of the iime. There is no seat for Hitler in these automobiles.

Spend Sundays at Home

At home, Mr. Production Worker, his wife, and their two children lead an average life. Gasoline rationing has eliminated their Sunday pleasure rides but they realize that it is necessary to their best interests to spend their Sun­days at home.

In the morning they attend the Church of their choosing, and in the afternoon Dad and his son get together with other " men " in the neighborhood for a game of baseball. Mother and Sis take a walk or go visiting. The day passes quickly.

Mrs. Production Worker, too, is doing her part to win the War. Without hoarding or overbuying, she is able to prepare good meals for her family. She is just a bit more conscious of waste

and realizes that by acting sensibly, she has nothi ng to fear.

" Dressing" For War

The family is now "dressing" for War. , They are cutting down on the frills bu( still maintain a neat and clean appear­ance. Some items of cloth ing, o ld bed sheets and linens are being converted for other uses. All worn articles of the family have been turned into the scrap piles.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Produc­tion Worker are proud of their stamp co ll ections. You guessed it, they are War Stamps, soon to be converted to War Bonds. These Bonds will be placed in t he little box beside the ones Dad b t·ings home from the Plant.

The fam ily has already ordered its winter coal to do its part in averting a transportation problem in the Fall.

It's a long story but the Production Worker and his Family at the Ravenna Ord na nce Plant are doing their part.

Litt le more tha n a week ago, they ce lebrated the !67th anniversary of American independence. This year they know that "Independence" is more than a word.

July, 1942

Added to the roster of names in the Division during June were Sally Virta , Annabel Chalker, Uarda DeUnger, Mar­guerite Cook, Jean Palmer, Mildred Vu­kich, Calvin Brockett, and George Mat­son.

* * * June transfers to the General Ac­

counting Division were Eloise Prudne r and Nellie A. Chatan from Stenograph­ic: Harriett Curtiss and Leo Casey from the Mail and Stationery Division. Wel­come!

* * * The month of June marked another

milestone in the lives of D. S. Stoerkel, F. A. Simone, F. A. Yocke, Catherine V. Brett, Marguerite E. Cook and Mary P. Popevich.

* * * The Payroll & Tabulating Division was

1uite travel-minded last month with Pearl Fowls second-honeymooning in California; Kathleen Downey making a hurried trip to Georg ia; Nadine Hart­ra nft weekending in Chicago; Joyce Gorham jaunting to Kentucky and F. H. Haines forsaking the office for a few days in Aaronsburg, Pa.

* * * Vince 'vValters and Art Ake are none

the worse for their recent accident en­route to work.-No time lost, just a couple of bolts knocked loose and a couple of sk inned shins. "Doc" M. D. C hase provided medications.

Fire Department New members of the Fire Department

in the la st month are A. C . Finney, C. H. Salen, J. A. Daily, H. Parry, W . Moh­ler, J . C . Dempster, K. S. Barr, P. Lewis, J . H. Hogle, and G . M. Schnurrenber­ger.

* * * C. Koeller recently gave a demon­

stration en the extinguishing of incen-( :ary bombs at the USO Clubhouse at ' 1'-lewton Falls. He is active in the Civil­

ian Defense movement and really puts on a good show.

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The Lake Forest Country Club was the scene of Company A 's Dinner­Dance on June 17.

Chief and Mrs. G . W . Conelly, Capt. S. R. Lloyd , Lieut. and Mrs. S. C. Casbourne, and Lieut. and Mrs. H. T. Miller were seated at the speakers' table.

Captain Lloyd acted as Toastmaster, and Chief Conelly addressed the as­sembly. Entertainment was furnished by Patrolman E. C . Critchfield , Miss Dun­lap, and Pat rolman G. D. Beare.

* * * During the past month all the guards

on the force attended "refresher" class­es at the Guards' School conducted by Captain Lloyd, Lieut. M. L. Davis, and Sgt. K. W . Vincent . Attending classes were the following new members of the department: S. J. Acierno, J . Backus, J . C. Baker, C . E. Beardmore, W . E. Brown, D. F. Ellis, C. E. Godbey, R. A. Johnson, T. M. Lee, D. B. Longcoy, R. E. Meade, G. E. Musg rave, J . E. Pal-

Forgers Are Easy; Every Case Solved I

Another I 00 per cent record has been achieved by the Pro­tection Department in the matter of solving cases involving forgery here on the Reserva tion.

In reporting this perfect record, Chief G. W. Conelly sta ted that a ll cases of this nature to date had been brought quickly to conclu­ston.

" Forgery, " the Chief sa id, "is relatively the easiest of all crimes to solve. The forger places the in-

11 criminating evidence right in our hand s. A forger can never win."

mer, J . J. Sajnovsky, H. M. Thompson, L. B. Trevella, E. P. Westo n, T. Yiengst, and J . H. King.

* * * Robert C . Lutz, son of Patrolman E.

E. lutz, has been appo inted to West

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Point by Senator H. H. Burton. "Bob", who is 21, attended Akron West High, West Point Preparatory School at Fort McPherson, and has been in the U. S. Air Corps Intelligence since August, 1940.

Congratulations Patrolman Lutz, and best wishes, "Bob"!

* * * Patrolman Earl Moore of Company B

is the very proud father of a baby girl. " Connie" Mae, 7 pounds, 61f2 ounces, was born on July 6 at Robinson Memor­ial Hospital in Ravenna.

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Guard of the Month Never say " I dare you" to " Jack"

Evans, because he was the original dar­ing young man who flew without the trapeze. For Patrolman C . E. Evans, even working at a powder plant must seem prosaic in comparison to his experience as an All-American Daredevil with Hoot Gibson's Championship Rodeo and Thrill Show in 1940.

At 14, "Jack" started his career as a professional motorcycle daredevil. He presented the first "all-girl" daredevil show and has the distinction of being the only man in the world to work "high acts" above a motorcycle .

C ommissary Ed Bee, popular auditing clerk, was

married to Miss J essie O wens in Dale­ville, Ind. On June 29. They left July I for a visit to Homer, N. Y. On July 6, Bee left for Patterson Field to become a member of the Air Corps.

* * * We are glad to welcome Mrs. Gene­

vieve Tischendorf to our staff as Super­visor at the Administration Area Cafe­teria.

* * * Lill ian Thomas, popula r cashier, has

returned to her duties at the Commis­sary after spending several months in the South.

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1-\ VIC~fORY ON ~fHE HOJ\J\E fROi'ff() By W. R. Hudson

Safe ty Engineer

In designing the Ravenna Ordnance Plant, the first and last thought of the Atlas Powder Co. , War Department, and Wilbur Watson and Associates, was to give consideration to every safety factor known in building construction, fire protection , plant operating equip­ment, and production machinery.

Each production operation was care­fully studied and every known safety feature added. This was done to in­sure the safety of employes, and pro­cesses, and to protect United States Government property.

Since production began, a safety in­spection service has been in operation, constantly checking all unsafe practices, procedures or conditions. Prior to in­itial operations , all employes, bay lead­ers, foremen, and supervisors were thoroughly trained in their duties. This

Man hours worked ........................ 9,230,008

Hours time lost ........................... . 75

Accidents per million man hours ....................... . 8.13

Days lost per I 000 man hours worked ........................... . .083

training brought home to each individ­ual the necessity for safety conscious­ness which must, of necessity, be para­mount in the mind of any employe work­ing in a manufacturing plant where the main ingredients in production are high exp losives.

The result of this training and safety inspection service can best be judged by the enviable accident record the Ravenna Ordnance Plant en joys at thi s time. To date, 9,230,008 man hours of work have been performed, during which time disab ling injuries have caused only 75 hours lost t ime. We must all continue to be safety conscious in order that we may not only continue this remark­able record but must strive diligently to better it.

We must at all time realize fully that acciden~s can and must be prevented. Aside from the fact our accident record

is at stake, se rious consideration must be given by the individual to the fad that he gains nothing by being injured through carelessness, indifference, or a momentary lapse of clear thinking. To be seriously injured brings about suf­fering, loss of income, and in some cases, a ser ious disfigurement or the loss of a vital member that ca nnot be re-

placed . The plants accident rate is 8.13 ac­

cidents per mil lion man hours worked with a severity rate of .083 days lost per thousand hours worked.

Management asks that each individ­ual do his part to not only continue this remarkable record but to slowly and su rely better it.

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Lieut. Bill Bower was hail ed as "the man who d e livers th e goods" by workers on Load Line 3,

Shown left to right are Joe Polack, Eugen e Beard, and Bob Christ (seated); Willard Gillon,

Li eut . Bower, Buhl Ross and Micha el Bokesch .

When Army flyer Bill Bower visited Fuze Lin e 2, he was not without feminine admirers. Shown

left to right, are Rose Copploe, Mary Dorzada, Iva Greathouse , Matilda Minor, Ma rjorie

Aulet, Jose phine Be lmont, Li e ut. Bowe r, Agn es Petty, Annabe ll e Ballinger, Dorothy Brown ,

Rose Duber, and Anne Hazza rd ,

"'

• USING LIMITED SUPPLIES OF ESSENTIAL foods, Mrs.

T Production Worker is happy in the realization that she,

too, is aiding in the War effort.

+ SONS AND DAUGH-TERS OF PRODUC­

TION workers do thei r part by buying War

Stamps instead of the

unessential "nick-nacks" which prevailed in

peace t ime.

•

+ ALL WORK AND NO JOY would make Mr. Production Worker and son a couple of dull boys. Regular exercises with other production work­ers and their sons, in the nearby san·dlot, provides many interesting hours.

ROTATION OF TIRES IS A SURE way to conserve rub­ber, Mr. Production Worker is glad to do this bit of ex­tra work because he realizes that his present set of tires are his last until the war is over • •

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Ordnance In honor of his promotion to Capta in­

cy, t he Property Division p resented Capt. C. A. Low with a Va l-a-pak bag at a di nner in the private dining room of the Old Commissary, June 16.

* * * Ha rold Mathews of the Tra nsporta­

tion Division left for t he Army, June 27. Good luck, H arold!

* * * Mrs. G. D. Moore, the former Miss

Imogene Vaughan of the Property Of­fice, has left for her new home in Hen­derson, W. Va .

* * * Civilian personnel transferred to the

Ordnance Department Training School from the Inspection Div ision are S. W. A rmst ro ng , H. A . Burkhart, F. J. Bran­ne n, and E. M. Downs.

* * * Officers recently assigned to the Ord­

nance Department Training School are Capt. J. P. Neal, Ill ; Capt. I. R. Val­entine, Jr., Lieut. T. M. G irdler, Major J. J . Johnston, and Lieutenant J . C. Brier.

• * * Miss Mary Ursega , of t he Inspection

Division , returned to work Ju ly 6, having recovered from an appendectomy.

* * * The Production Control Division re­

ports that Harvey Glanzer is a changed man. Harvey became the proud father of a baby girl, Gail Noreen, born June 20 .

* * * Lieut. Fred Johnson , one of the "vet­

eran " officers of the post, has been transferred to the 90th 01·dnance Com ­pany, H~avy Maintenance, Camp Polk, La.

• * * Miss Jane Melvin, of the Priorities

Division, is sporting a d iamond on the third finger, left hand. The lucky man is Earl McDowell of the Atlas Guard Force.

* * * The Time and Payro ll Divisio n 1s ex-

ROP July, 1942

HI!U/.f \ Col. L. B. Moody, R. 0. P. Commanding OJJicer, Now on Leave, Prior io Retirement From Army

Col. L. B. Moody, Commanding Officer of t he Raven na Ordna nce Plant,

wi ll retire f ro m the Un ited States Army on October 31, 1942, due to a statu­

tory retirement law which requires officers attaining certain ages to retire.

Colonel Moody is now on term ina l leave from th e Rave nna Ordna nce

Plant which was effective J ul y I, 1942. The retirement of Colonel Moody brings

to a close the very colorful career of 38 years in the serv ice of t his country.

Colonel Moody entered West Point in 1900 and was graduated in 1904 at

which time he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant. Colone l Moody has been

stationed at the Ravenna Ordnance Plant since J anuary 22, being t he th ird

commanding officer.

tremely p1·oud of one of its members, B. A, Boone , who, as a veteran of World War I, trained with the ce le ­brated Sgt. Alvin C. York.

* * * New employes in the Inspection Di­

vision are Mrs. Helen Zesige r and Miss Getty Hentz.

* * * We extend our sincere sympathy to

Robert Gilbert, of the Inspection Di­vision, on the death of Mrs. Gilbert.

* • * Hug h Brunner of t he Inspection Divi­

sion has been comm issioned a second lieutenant and left Ju ly 3 to take up duties at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

* * * We are g lad to see Hugh Nickerson

back at work in Production Control fol­lowing an operation on his leg.

* * * Theodore Cha ppe ll, formerly of the

Inspection Division, is now located in Washington, D. C.- Ammunition Div., Inspection Sec+,ioil.

• • *

Area l::ngineer's Office Fred De Pomp;;, and A. Bartoli have

resigned to accept a position with t he Goodyear Aircraft Corp.

* * * Miss Vivian Kenney and Miss Agnes

Koleda have been transfe rred to the Rep lacement a nd Rec lass if ication De-

pot, Transfer, Pa.

* * * Lt. C o l. E. G. Fuller is now Area

Engineer at the Columbus Genera l De-

pot. { * * *

William Spencer, left for the United States Army June 27. Good luck, Wil­liam !

* * * Two new employes are Miss Nancy

Johnston , f irst " lady draftsman" and Daniel Ani hony, former ly of Columbus.

* * * Two proud fathers in the Area are

John Vornbaum , Field A uditor, and John E. Dolan, Fisca l Division.

* * * Irene Riggenbach and Helen Barholt,

Area Engineers; Mary DeSimio, Kather­ine Moses, and Henrietta Klebe Ord­nance Department; and Margery Lewis, Louise Boone, and Lucy DeLeone, Pol·­tage Ordnance Depot, had a dinne r and theatre party in C leve land on June 27.

* * * Guy Ha uxhurst left July 4 to take up

duties at Kingsport Ordnance Works .

* * * The engagement of Miss Irene Rig-(

genbach t o John R. Siski, former ly of Warren , now at Camp Clai rbo rne, La., is a nn o un ced. The wedding wi ll take p lace in August.

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ON TH(:

SPORT SCENE I By JOHN BJORKMAN I

Baseball Varsity

The reiuvenated RO P varsity has

sprung to life during the past four

weeks. Earl Ke ndle, former pitching

star of Ohio State University; Ric hard

Weig le, who played .third base for Tif­

fin in th e Ohio State League last year;

Ted Tucker and Tony Misko, sho rtstop

and pitcher respective ly for Kent State

Un iversity; have ioined the squad. Some

exce ll ent ball games are foreseen for the

remainder of the summer. Every Wed­

nesday evening at 6 P. M . a class "A"

ball game wil l be played at the arsena!.

"Webb" Paulev, former minor league

catcher, and George Stuertzer, who

pitched in the Three-eye League, Me

( now coaching the team .

I * * *

r \ ,

Golf Six teams a re entered to date

in the proposed ROP Golf League. Each team will have at least seven players. Come o n, golfers, and get your names entered with Joe Bas­sett. Dial 509.

* * *

Tennis The tenn is tournament, origina ll y

scheduled to start July 6, was post­poned to Monday, July I 3, so that fur­ther entries could be obta ined. Eighteen have entered to date. Entries may be made either at the equipment shed in

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Employe Recreation Group Begins Extensive Program D R'EAMS of a la rge sca le recreationa l

p rogram for al l RO P employes, and governed by them, became a reality recently when the Emp loye Recreat ion Association began its extensive pro­gram . This group, representing every department on t he reservation, has held three meetings and formulated a defi­nite program which has something of interest for everyone.

Obiedive of the Association, as out­lined by the division representatives, will be to bring together employe groups and departments desiring athletics and other forms of recreation. This will be done by assisting groups already func ­tioning, co-ordinating all activit ies, de­termin ing the local needs and then sponsoring every type of recreationa l activity necessary to provide recrea­tion for every plant employe.

Membership in the Association is open to al l employes of ROP . Actual work of ~he program wi ll be carr ied on by a governing body working in con­iunction with the Supervisor of Recre­ation of the Housing and Recreation Division and the commiss ioner of the Womens' Section.

At present, the Association is spon­soring a 14-team softba ll league, a golf league and an all-p lant tennis tourna­ment. it is planning the b iggest social event yet he ld for plant workers when it will bring a nationa l name band here for a dance.

An executive committee, elected by

popular vote consists of L. R. Brice, pres­ident; J ack Craig, vice pres ident; Frank Lukas, treasurer; Betty Beebe, secretary.

The following committees have been appointed:

Program-R. L. Brothers, Cost Divi­sion; Cloe Yaw, Investigation; J. Biork­man, General Engineering; K. W. Vin­cent, Guards; John Erwin, Detonator.

Finance-Taylor Maxwe ll , Account­ing; D. D. Lenhart, Artillery Primer; P. H. Ragan, War Department; Ste lla Ve­log, De~onator; C liff Holt, Administra­tion.

Pub licity-Max Chandler, Admi nistra­tion; M. Cramer, General Fi ling; Ruth Craig, Detonator; Pat Wickham, Main­tenance Office; R. A. Hoffman, Print Shop.

Bui lding and Grounds-Jack Streeter, Maintenance; Harry Pawlauski, Commis­sary; Curtis Shel lhamer, Ammonium Ni­trate; Arc hie U psher, Administration Service Worker; M. J. Mc l aughlin, Rec­ord Section.

Transportation-C. B. Webb, 8 13; Bob C lark, Main Garage; J . Bra nch, Percussion Element, Mary El le n Einhause, Safet y; F. E. Conroy, CB-20, Load Line I .

Others on the Executive Committee were Pat Ryal, Control Laboratory; Ed Leur ich, Fuze Line; W. P. Blamire, Per­cussion Element; F. L. Woodbridge, Training and Welfare; Vincent Davido, Identification; Anna Phelps, Arti llery Primer; Cliff Holt, Administration Building.

R. 0. P. Recreational Committee

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[[!uze a.nJ Booster I

Cigars were passed with a sm ile when Joe "Daddy" Cipriano became the father of a 5 lb. 13 oz. boy on May 12 .

* * * Congratu lations and success to the

new General Supervisor of the Deton­aton Line, H. A. Anderson.

* * *

General Supervisor Robert "Rapid" Mumm is the proud father of a baby girl born June 16. Who sa id anything about cigars?

* * * Supervisor Ralph Heister is rapidly fol ­

lowing in Eddie Cantor's footsteps. His third daughter was born three weeks ago.

* * * Francis Woods from Booster One

Test Buiiding is now shou ldering a gun for Uncle Sam.

* * *

Booster One engagements: Angelina T oskas to Louis Ricci; June Updegrave to "Robby" Robinson. Best wishes all !

* * *

On Booster Lin e Two, Louis H. "Pete" Wendel was married to Miss Marjorie

Engineering Design Howie Matteson left Walter Howe's

home one recent Saturday night and upo n hi s arrival at Dormitory " B" dis­covered with consternation that he had a stowaway in hi s car. The free rider turned out to be Walter's dog. Imagine getting into the Plant without a badge or at least a visitor's pass.

* * *

When it comes to perfect ion in the art of punching a time card, honors go to Mark Baughman, photostat operator, who punches in at 7.9 and out at 4.5 every day, week in and week out. He is never absent.

* * * Bill Bayer, tool inspector, now in Plant

Engineering was married to Miss Priscilla White on June 6.

Jeanne Penhale, of West Orange, N.J. on Saturday, May 9 at Duryea, Pa. Con­gratulations.

* * * A farewell party was held in Newton

Falls for Gerald Carley, Supervisor, who left for Texas. He is succeeded by Pete Wendell.

* • * We are informed Walter P. "Pat"

Blamire has just returned from hi s home in Washington, D. C. Girls working on the Percussion El ement Line will be cheered by t his news.

* * * The Fuze Lines have been busy, too!

Miss Nora Meyer announces her en­gagement to Pvt. Jackie Paladench , now at Fort Ja ckson. Also, Tom Ha r­desty to Miss Mary Jane Hines.

* * * Enoch Simmons Vaughan, formerly in

charge of Atlas inspectors, on the Fuze Lines , is now a Supervisor on the De­tonator Line. Arnold Darkes is now in charge of Atlas Inspectors on the Fuze Lines.

Jack Busse, ieader of the Apco Dan ce Band is shown directing the band which played at th e Socia l Club Dance on Jun e 20. Memb ers

of th e organization, left to right, are :

Front Ro w-Bass, Bob Dennis; saxophonists,

Mike Ku,zo, Dave Stewart, Verne Ricketts; and

July, 1942

T ransport~tion Dept. We are glad to welcome Walter( -'

Shaw of Cleveland as clerk in our Signal ) Division.

* * * L. Liscomb is now called " Papa." The

reason is an 81f2-pound boy.

* * *

R. Fosnight is the proud father of a brand new baby girl. "Father" is get­ting along as well as can be expected.

* * * Mrs. W. Strausser was recently vis­

ited by the stork. Result: A 9-pound boy, William Rodger.

* * * R. A. Strauss really has a right to be

proud of hi s three-yea r-old son who re­cently saved three people from prob­able death when hi s bed caught fire. He roused his grandmother who, with help, controlled the fire until the fire department arrived on the job.

* * * It' s wedding bells at the Garage this

month-Chuck Russell to Marcia A. Johnson of Wa rren, June 26; Bob Dug- ( ger to Dorcas Grimm of Akron; E. M. Wilson to Betty Jane Chalmer at Na­poleon, Ohio, June 5.

Dot Schaer, vocalist. Back Ro w-Trum pet, Bill Schaer; guita r,( \

James Moneypenny; piano, Flip Re ese ; drums, ) Bob Miller. With th e exce ption of Busse, a War Depa rtmen t em ploye, and Miller of the Portage Ordnance De pot, all members of the band are motor pool drivers in De partme nt 62.

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Col. L. B. Moody

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ESSENTIAL MATERIALS FOR WAR!

We are all familiar with President

Roosevelt's drive to obtain scrap rub­

ber. We have been asked to turn in

old t ires, hot water bottles, the baby's

rubber doll, the old fishing boots and

anything that contains rubber in any form .

You remember the drive for alum i­num, and how the Commander of the Home Forces (the good little wife) turn­ed in her favorite cooking dish as her contribution . Automobiles, radios, re­frigerators, steel hair pins, golf clubs, fish hooks, and hundreds of other ar­ticles are no longer made.

Made At R. 0. P.?

Why? Because they were needed for

ROP t he production of airplanes, tan ks, guns, shells, explosives, chem icals, cloth ing

and all those things required by boys

like Lieut. Bill Bower of Ravenna , who

was with us a few days ago, and who

recently left his calling card in the form of a bomb (was it made at ROP?)

when he and J immy Doolittle ca lled on Tokyo.

To make the bombs which Bill dropped on Tokyo required a lot of materials. Plants had to be built and equipped with mach inery, and component parts, hand tools, and supplies of a ll kinds assembled.

Make Trips Possible

One of the largest of these plants is the Ravanna Ordnance Plant, and it is here that all of us can make possible more bombing irips by Bill Bower and his pals.

Here are some of the things we can do: Don't waste materials. Order only enough from the store room to fill our

GETTING THE SCRAP BACK INTO THE "SCRAP"! Metal shav­ings are sorted by W. Alexander of the machine shop, General Maintenance Building, and sent back to the mills for remelting. These scraps may return to the Plant as shell bodies, cartridge cases or fuze or booster components.

July, 1942

needs. Don't lose the hand tools given to us for our iobs.

Return Broken Tools

Don 't throw away broken tools. Re­turn them to the tool room so t hey may be sent to t he shop for repa ir.

When tools wear out so they are no longer repairable, bring them to the tool room and the pieces will be held until the quantity is large enough to make a shipment to a steel mill.

Don 't a buse equipment. Treat it with care and have it repaired promptly.

Tools Are Precious

When through with small tools return them to t he tool room. Some one else may need t hem on his iob. Tools are precious. Don't borrow the other fel ­low's tools without his permission .

Do report to your tool crib or supply room any tools or equipment found on the Plan r.

Return rubber boots and raincoats to your foreman . Rubber is precious. G uard it ca refully.

......

£.THERE IS STILL LOTS OF "'KICK" TLEFT IN THESE worn-out boots,

whose rubber will be reclaimed. I. Loganofsky of the Boot and Shoe Division, Production Control Department, is shown inspecting boo ts which may, some day, be a part of an Army tank or truck, a .~ - umatic life raft, gas mask or

~-proof fuel tank.

ARMOR, IN THE WAR OF PRO­DUCTION, must be revitalized . Henry Rosevar, H enry Yudt, and Clar e nc e Walk er of General Mainte nance show some of the broke n tools which soon will be back in the fight . . . a s good

Page 12 ROP July, 1942

1-\ VIC~fORY ON ~fHE HOJ\J\E fROi'ff() By W. R. Hudson

Safe ty Engineer

In designing the Ravenna Ordnance Plant, the first and last thought of the Atlas Powder Co. , War Department, and Wilbur Watson and Associates, was to give consideration to every safety factor known in building construction, fire protection , plant operating equip­ment, and production machinery.

Each production operation was care­fully studied and every known safety feature added. This was done to in­sure the safety of employes, and pro­cesses, and to protect United States Government property.

Since production began, a safety in­spection service has been in operation, constantly checking all unsafe practices, procedures or conditions. Prior to in­itial operations , all employes, bay lead­ers, foremen, and supervisors were thoroughly trained in their duties. This

Man hours worked ........................ 9,230,008

Hours time lost ........................... . 75

Accidents per million man hours ....................... . 8.13

Days lost per I 000 man hours worked ........................... . .083

training brought home to each individ­ual the necessity for safety conscious­ness which must, of necessity, be para­mount in the mind of any employe work­ing in a manufacturing plant where the main ingredients in production are high exp losives.

The result of this training and safety inspection service can best be judged by the enviable accident record the Ravenna Ordnance Plant en joys at thi s time. To date, 9,230,008 man hours of work have been performed, during which time disab ling injuries have caused only 75 hours lost t ime. We must all continue to be safety conscious in order that we may not only continue this remark­able record but must strive diligently to better it.

We must at all time realize fully that acciden~s can and must be prevented. Aside from the fact our accident record

is at stake, se rious consideration must be given by the individual to the fad that he gains nothing by being injured through carelessness, indifference, or a momentary lapse of clear thinking. To be seriously injured brings about suf­fering, loss of income, and in some cases, a ser ious disfigurement or the loss of a vital member that ca nnot be re-

placed . The plants accident rate is 8.13 ac­

cidents per mil lion man hours worked with a severity rate of .083 days lost per thousand hours worked.

Management asks that each individ­ual do his part to not only continue this remarkable record but to slowly and su rely better it.

( )

Lieut. Bill Bower was hail ed as "the man who d e livers th e goods" by workers on Load Line 3,

Shown left to right are Joe Polack, Eugen e Beard, and Bob Christ (seated); Willard Gillon,

Li eut . Bower, Buhl Ross and Micha el Bokesch .

When Army flyer Bill Bower visited Fuze Lin e 2, he was not without feminine admirers. Shown

left to right, are Rose Copploe, Mary Dorzada, Iva Greathouse , Matilda Minor, Ma rjorie

Aulet, Jose phine Be lmont, Li e ut. Bowe r, Agn es Petty, Annabe ll e Ballinger, Dorothy Brown ,

Rose Duber, and Anne Hazza rd ,

"'

• USING LIMITED SUPPLIES OF ESSENTIAL foods, Mrs.

T Production Worker is happy in the realization that she,

too, is aiding in the War effort.

+ SONS AND DAUGH-TERS OF PRODUC­

TION workers do thei r part by buying War

Stamps instead of the

unessential "nick-nacks" which prevailed in

peace t ime.

•

+ ALL WORK AND NO JOY would make Mr. Production Worker and son a couple of dull boys. Regular exercises with other production work­ers and their sons, in the nearby san·dlot, provides many interesting hours.

ROTATION OF TIRES IS A SURE way to conserve rub­ber, Mr. Production Worker is glad to do this bit of ex­tra work because he realizes that his present set of tires are his last until the war is over • •

P'Zoductio ll q;tJo,.ka and <Jamily

JULY, Jt}42

THIS is the story of four American people who are helping win the war.

They are only one of the thousands of families, comprising 131 ,669,275 per­sons, who have one uppermost thought in their minds at this time-to lick the Axis and preserve our American way of life.

Mr. Production Worker realizes that

he is a part of only one of the 700

plants in the U. S. now working for

Uncle S01m. He realizes that to win this

war he and 13 I ,669,274 other persons

must do everything in their power.

He must conserve rubber-for the

I , 180,000 tons of rubber on the wheels of our automobiles is our last great reserve of rubber. He switches the tires on his car so that they will serve him until the emergency is over. He drives to work every fifth week. Four of his fellow workers take turns driving the remainder of the iime. There is no seat for Hitler in these automobiles.

Spend Sundays at Home

At home, Mr. Production Worker, his wife, and their two children lead an average life. Gasoline rationing has eliminated their Sunday pleasure rides but they realize that it is necessary to their best interests to spend their Sun­days at home.

In the morning they attend the Church of their choosing, and in the afternoon Dad and his son get together with other " men " in the neighborhood for a game of baseball. Mother and Sis take a walk or go visiting. The day passes quickly.

Mrs. Production Worker, too, is doing her part to win the War. Without hoarding or overbuying, she is able to prepare good meals for her family. She is just a bit more conscious of waste

and realizes that by acting sensibly, she has nothi ng to fear.

" Dressing" For War

The family is now "dressing" for War. , They are cutting down on the frills bu( still maintain a neat and clean appear­ance. Some items of cloth ing, o ld bed sheets and linens are being converted for other uses. All worn articles of the family have been turned into the scrap piles.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Produc­tion Worker are proud of their stamp co ll ections. You guessed it, they are War Stamps, soon to be converted to War Bonds. These Bonds will be placed in t he little box beside the ones Dad b t·ings home from the Plant.

The fam ily has already ordered its winter coal to do its part in averting a transportation problem in the Fall.

It's a long story but the Production Worker and his Family at the Ravenna Ord na nce Plant are doing their part.

Litt le more tha n a week ago, they ce lebrated the !67th anniversary of American independence. This year they know that "Independence" is more than a word.

July, 1942

Added to the roster of names in the Division during June were Sally Virta , Annabel Chalker, Uarda DeUnger, Mar­guerite Cook, Jean Palmer, Mildred Vu­kich, Calvin Brockett, and George Mat­son.

* * * June transfers to the General Ac­

counting Division were Eloise Prudne r and Nellie A. Chatan from Stenograph­ic: Harriett Curtiss and Leo Casey from the Mail and Stationery Division. Wel­come!

* * * The month of June marked another

milestone in the lives of D. S. Stoerkel, F. A. Simone, F. A. Yocke, Catherine V. Brett, Marguerite E. Cook and Mary P. Popevich.

* * * The Payroll & Tabulating Division was

1uite travel-minded last month with Pearl Fowls second-honeymooning in California; Kathleen Downey making a hurried trip to Georg ia; Nadine Hart­ra nft weekending in Chicago; Joyce Gorham jaunting to Kentucky and F. H. Haines forsaking the office for a few days in Aaronsburg, Pa.

* * * Vince 'vValters and Art Ake are none

the worse for their recent accident en­route to work.-No time lost, just a couple of bolts knocked loose and a couple of sk inned shins. "Doc" M. D. C hase provided medications.

Fire Department New members of the Fire Department

in the la st month are A. C . Finney, C. H. Salen, J. A. Daily, H. Parry, W . Moh­ler, J . C . Dempster, K. S. Barr, P. Lewis, J . H. Hogle, and G . M. Schnurrenber­ger.

* * * C. Koeller recently gave a demon­

stration en the extinguishing of incen-( :ary bombs at the USO Clubhouse at ' 1'-lewton Falls. He is active in the Civil­

ian Defense movement and really puts on a good show.

ROP

The Lake Forest Country Club was the scene of Company A 's Dinner­Dance on June 17.

Chief and Mrs. G . W . Conelly, Capt. S. R. Lloyd , Lieut. and Mrs. S. C. Casbourne, and Lieut. and Mrs. H. T. Miller were seated at the speakers' table.

Captain Lloyd acted as Toastmaster, and Chief Conelly addressed the as­sembly. Entertainment was furnished by Patrolman E. C . Critchfield , Miss Dun­lap, and Pat rolman G. D. Beare.

* * * During the past month all the guards

on the force attended "refresher" class­es at the Guards' School conducted by Captain Lloyd, Lieut. M. L. Davis, and Sgt. K. W . Vincent . Attending classes were the following new members of the department: S. J. Acierno, J . Backus, J . C. Baker, C . E. Beardmore, W . E. Brown, D. F. Ellis, C. E. Godbey, R. A. Johnson, T. M. Lee, D. B. Longcoy, R. E. Meade, G. E. Musg rave, J . E. Pal-

Forgers Are Easy; Every Case Solved I

Another I 00 per cent record has been achieved by the Pro­tection Department in the matter of solving cases involving forgery here on the Reserva tion.

In reporting this perfect record, Chief G. W. Conelly sta ted that a ll cases of this nature to date had been brought quickly to conclu­ston.

" Forgery, " the Chief sa id, "is relatively the easiest of all crimes to solve. The forger places the in-

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mer, J . J. Sajnovsky, H. M. Thompson, L. B. Trevella, E. P. Westo n, T. Yiengst, and J . H. King.

* * * Robert C . Lutz, son of Patrolman E.

E. lutz, has been appo inted to West

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Point by Senator H. H. Burton. "Bob", who is 21, attended Akron West High, West Point Preparatory School at Fort McPherson, and has been in the U. S. Air Corps Intelligence since August, 1940.

Congratulations Patrolman Lutz, and best wishes, "Bob"!

* * * Patrolman Earl Moore of Company B

is the very proud father of a baby girl. " Connie" Mae, 7 pounds, 61f2 ounces, was born on July 6 at Robinson Memor­ial Hospital in Ravenna.

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Guard of the Month Never say " I dare you" to " Jack"

Evans, because he was the original dar­ing young man who flew without the trapeze. For Patrolman C . E. Evans, even working at a powder plant must seem prosaic in comparison to his experience as an All-American Daredevil with Hoot Gibson's Championship Rodeo and Thrill Show in 1940.

At 14, "Jack" started his career as a professional motorcycle daredevil. He presented the first "all-girl" daredevil show and has the distinction of being the only man in the world to work "high acts" above a motorcycle .

C ommissary Ed Bee, popular auditing clerk, was

married to Miss J essie O wens in Dale­ville, Ind. On June 29. They left July I for a visit to Homer, N. Y. On July 6, Bee left for Patterson Field to become a member of the Air Corps.

* * * We are glad to welcome Mrs. Gene­

vieve Tischendorf to our staff as Super­visor at the Administration Area Cafe­teria.

* * * Lill ian Thomas, popula r cashier, has

returned to her duties at the Commis­sary after spending several months in the South.

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th e Construction Camp Area or with the Housing and Recreation Divisio n.

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Picnics

The Housing and Recreation Di­vision will help organize and plan picnics for groups of employes who may desire their help. They will furnish a location and, if possible, all equipment and a program of eveni-5.

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Th e ROP Soft ball Lea gue , consisting of 12 tea ms a nd over 300 players, seems to ex pound the Pres ident' s theory tha t a nation at war craves recreation during off hours more so than a nation at peace .

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Procurement Helen Madgar of Wa rren and Gayle

Workman of Rave nna are welcome new members of the Purcha sing Department.

* * * Pat Stanley, Jean Meloy and Marge

Vincent we re host esses at a shower for Dot Costley given by th e girls in the De partm ent. Dot was married on J une 26 to Harry MacManus of Warren. C ongratulation s and best wishes to the happy couple.

* * * There were plenty of fireworks at

Janice Green's on the Fourth of Ju ly - it wa s her birthda y. Many happy re­turn s, Janice.

* * * In an swer· to one of Allen Calland 's

expedit ing letters he received th e fol ­lowing reply:

Keep yo ur tempe r, gentle sir, W rites lhe manufacture r. Though yo ur good s are overd ue, For a mon t h or maybe two. W e can't help it, please d o n't swear, Labor's scarce a nd metals ra re. Ca n't get steel, ca n't get di es, Th ese are facts, we te ll no li e s. H a rry's d rafted, so is Bill, A ll o ur wo rk is now uphill . So yo ur order, we' re a fraid, May be still a b it d e layed . Still yo u'l l get it, don 't be vexed, Maybe th is mo nth, ma yb e next Keep on hopin g, d o n't sa y di e , W e'l l f ill yo ur o rd er bye a nd bye .

Keystoners Are Tough The Ravenna Ord nance Plant

baseball team, playing for th e first time under lights, wa s de­feated , 11 -6, by t he Keystone Ordna nce Pla nt Nine on July 4.

Compa ny C of t he Protect ion Depart ment lost , 13-7, to t he

] K. 0 . P. G uards in a softba ll game.

II Company A' s go lf tea m wa s de-Feated, 7-2, by t he Q uakers. \\

" YOU KHOW, DEAR.. .. SOMETIMfS I WISH WE'D GONE EASY ON OUR TIRE5 BACK IH 1942 !"

July, 1942

Hats off to H. G . "Pappy" West, a li eutenant in World War I, who works in Bu ilding 8 13. West is the father of twelve chi ldren, has two sons who are officers in Hawaii, and a da ughter a~1 officer in W. A. A. C. Mrs. West is expected to soon join the ranks of War Workers at thi s Plant.

* * * It' s a general ly accepted fact that

most people can see better with t heir gla sses on, but Martha Baehler of t he Inspection Section , Bldg . 808, ca n HEAR better with them O FF! At least , that' s he r explanation for removing them every time she answers t he tele­phon e.

* * * E. A. Beidler ha s rep laced Walter

Hall as Supervisor of t he Pl a nn ing Di-VI SIOn.

* * * ( Wayne Morron and M. N. Scott have

assumed new du ties as departmental Shift Supervisors.

* * * What happened to Helen Myers'

one-woma n crusade for slacks-two days and t hen-back to dresses .

* * * Th e C. B. Lacks held an "O pen

House" at t heir Sil ve r Lake home before t he At las Social C lu b da nce.

* * * 'Tis sa id t hat Pat Casey is a veritable

Bobby J ones until t he sta kes get high.

* * * Then ih ere 's t he story of t he "absent­

mi nded Inspector" - Nick Kovic, who frant ical ly t ries to get tra nsportation, bums a ride, and sometime late r re­members t hat hi s pick-up is parked out­side th e gate.

* * * Congra tulations to Charles J. Shubra

who was ma rried to Dorothy Rising on J une 6 at Indiana , Pa .

( * * * W. V. Collings has moved his fam ily

from Wilmington, Del. to his new home on George Rd.

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Medical ( . , Dr. Z. MacKillop has taken on two new

Jnd interesting jobs; she has joined the Atla s staff, and wa s married recently

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W elcom e to Tom Ha rris, Ruby Allen, Fran Maurer, Kathryn Grove, and Betty Packer.

* * * Dr. J. A. Seligman, Medical Director

of th e Ra venna Ordnance Plant, re­sign ed, effect ive Ju ne 30, to return to Phi lad elphia. Assistant Medica l Di rec­tor, Dr. A. 0. Walinchus has been nam ed Medical Director effect ive July I .

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Something for our opera tors to think about t he next time we feel t he urge to take time off for pleasure :

" Into the pay envelope of many an employe of the Aerona utical Prod ucts, Inc. plant in Detroit went a German banknote and a brief note of ex pla na­tion : 'The ext ra pay enclosed is yo ur reward for failing to report for work one day last week.' Thi s money comes from a country that is glad to pay you not to make supplies for our soldiers. W hen you don 't work, yo u work for t he enemy. "

Surely, men, we don't want to help our· enemtes.

* * * Load Line 3 must be t he line of ro­

mance , for d uring t he past month t he following operators took on to t hem­selves a blu shi ng bride-Carson Boggs married Julianne Pavich; James Allen married Bertha Ross; Eddie Carline mar­ried Florence Yura.

* * * Th e g irl s of CA- 14 entert ained wit h

a t urkey d in ner and da nce at the pri ­vate dini ng room in t he Old Commis­sa ry. The music of Be rnie May's Band wa s enjoyed by a large number. Mary Blot+, Jerry Schimmoeller, and C. Mur­ray were in cha rge of the affair .

* * * O ur ha nd some timekeeper in C B-1 3

a nd C B- 14, R. H. Pippenger, was ca ll ed in t he dra ft a nd is now stationed at Ca mp Gra nt . The now " Private" Pi p­penger wa s tendered a farewe ll party by t he gi rl s in CA- 14.

* * * Don Jarvis, line operator in C B- 13,

was married t o Ann McVan, a n opera­tor in CA- 14.

* * * The sing ing tro ubado ur, G. George,

on Load Line 3, has retu rned from Ca n­ada- and is he lovesick. Must have been somethi ng he "met " .

* * * The softbal l tea m fro m EB-4 defeated

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EB-4A, 8 to 2, in t he first of a t hree­game series. Lots of action , due to kee n rivalry, is looked for in the re­ma tntng game~ .

* * * Many of the line operators on Load

Line 3 had such a good time at the First Dawn Patrol Party at t he USO, Newton Fal ls, t hat they are wondering when t he next party will be.

* * * That man (spelt with an " E") Browne,

Supe rvi3or, Load Lin e I, now is ful ly acqua inted with th e pa int spray a p­paratus. Whi le looking over the shoul ­de rs of an operator who wa s cleaning th e line, another operator opened up t he air lin e. Of course th e hose was pointed at Browne.

* * * If a nyone is in the market for pota­

toes, just ca ll Bryce Strachan, Section C lerk in CB-20.

Control Laboratory Joseph J. Fedor, formerly a senior

chemist, has been promoted to Assistant Director of th e Laborato ry, to take Dr. J. D. Brandner's place .

* * * Welcome to Cynthia Thrasher, Vivian

Hughes, Ruth Edwards, a nd Doris Koeh­ler, Minor Technica l Assista nts, Robert Woodcock a nd William McKee, C hem­ist' s He lpers .

~xecutive The Executive Department wishes to

extend sympathy to Mrs. Emily Upham, receptionist , on t he death of her mother, Mrs. Anna Engle.

* * * Eve ryo ne is tryi ng to borrow money

from Joe Laughlin a nd hi s staff since the start of the USO Drive. It IS quite a te mpt.3 t ion to wa lk in and see them counting +he contribut ions.

r VERY fighting soldier, every milit ary pilot winging his way into battle, the sailor t: at his station aboard a heavy cru iser-a ll stand at t he top of a man-power pyr­amid. It has been e stimated that at lea st 18 industria l workers back up every f ight ing soldier. But if we were to trace out the line further back, if we were to trace rifle stocks to hardwood forests and rifle b arrels to the mines and rations t o the farms we doubtle ss wou ld find the number vastly increased .

Consider the battalions of workers who labor-at some stage or another­on EACH ONE of the great bombs in the bomb bay of a single bomber. Think of the thousands who labor over the equipment carried in these great planes, equipment of the ship and equipment of each of her fighting crew.

The time is yet to come when our own air force will be smashing Germany in great mass raids and yet, because the pyramid 's base is broad, because at the base of that pyram id stand American workers and American materials a nd American skills-it may be said that o ur striking power already is felt a nd ha s been felt for many months by our e nemies in Europe.

No nation wh ich under-estimates the importance of it s workers is equipped to fight tota l war. Totals wa rs are wars of materials fabri cated by industry into ma­c hines. Without these mad1ines no nation can wage t otal war successful ly.

This is why we must mobilize our manpower as England has mobilized her manpower and as Germany had mobilized it long since. Neither we nor the British are mobilizing manpower in the German way. We are democratic na­tions and need not use the methods of compulsion used by slave states.

But we recog nize that without the production soldier the fighting fronts are lo st, we realize that to wi n t he war on the fighting front we must make sure t hat there is no shortage of ski lled workers in a ny vital war industry o r on o ur farms.

The skilled worker in vital war industry has every right to feel proud of his contribution toward victory. But upon such workers rests grave responsi­bility. By moving at random from job to job, for whatever reason, skilled workers often may do as much damage to the war effort as though they had thrown sand into the gears of their machines. We must have orderly use of our manpower just as we have disciplined use of our troops at the front. We must make sure that we hit as hard as we can and without wasted effort.

As of today o ur combined striking force, o ur fighting force and our factory forces and our farm force, total about 55,000,000 persons. More than 2,000,000 of these people are in the armed services and probably two million and a half more wil l be added to those armed services this year. W r.; have some 9,500,000 workers in <'lgriculture who are producing food for fighters. The re mainder of this total labor force is e ngaged in t hese ways: in providing essential c ivi lian goods and services, in direct production for war, and in industries and service which are not essent ia l. These last , these workers in industries and services wh ich we ca n do without, must be " converted" to war work just as factories are converted from the use of peace to the work of war.

To win the war we must have more than 20 million persons engaged in direct war production by 1944 , and the Manpower Mobilization program thus is a challenge to every one of us on the home front. The skilled worker already engaged on war production will meet this challenge by remaining at his present job until he is told to go elsewhere.

If everyone does this, our g reat armed forces wi ll have the weapons t hey need and the backing of some 70 to 75 million Americans who have found in the M<'lnpower Mobilization program th e a nswer to the '-lucst ;on "What can I d o?"

Official Publication of the Ravenna

Ordnfl nce Plant of Ohio

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Paul A. Ryan .................................................. Editor

Mrs. Natalie Fern ..

Frank Lukas ........

.. ................. Assistant

.. ...................... Assistant

• Division Editors

J ohn Bjorkma n ...... Sports and Gen . Engin eerin g

Miss Lois Bowen .. .. ....... War Department

Mrs. Estella Calvin ............... .. .... Com missary

Miss Colet1e Corrigan....... .. ....... Procurement

Ed wa rd R. Sande rs ..... Fuze and Booster Lines

Mrs. Bernice C hia ra..... . .. ..... Transportation

Miss Edith Rice ..................... Cont rol La boratory

D. S. Lon~ .. ...... Piannin g and Production Control

Mrs. Dorothy G ibbons .............................. Medica l

M. J. G ri bben .................................. Accounting

Robert Stockdale.. ...... .. ...... Protection

Perry Sha nnon........ .. ........... Indust ria l Re lations

S. S. Griffith ......................................... Load Lines

Miss D. M. Steel ................... Pla nt Eng inee ring

Miss El la Mae Smith ............................... Financia l

Miss Eveiyn Horn e ............................... Executive(

Oscar Rieste rer .......................... Fire Department ' ·

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Distribution of a questionnaire con­cerning the conditions of tires , passen­gers carried, mileage, c'lnd time to a nd f rom work , forms the nucleus of an R. 0. P. "Share Your Car" prog ram , now under way.

D<'lta on t he questionnaire will be tabulatad and analyzed so t hat definite information wi ll be available o n rhe way we get to work, how many of us ride together, and how long our tires will last. Mea ns of transportation t o work, if cars are not ava ilable, will be studied .

Take tu rn s driving to work , or any place you MUST drive your car. Walk short d istance s. By sa ving gas- you save ti res. And by saving t ires, you will be he lp ing t o win the war. For- unless tires outlast the Axis- our t ransporta ­tion system wi ll break down. Our work ers won 't get to work, ou r p roduction '- b

will stop . So save gas-save tires­For Victory!

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July, 1942

Plant ~ngineering r . A note of welcome he re for Mrs. \ ,aac, Patricia Anderson, Thomas Dins­

more, Robert Rowley, Richard Moore, Robert Maddocks, Robert Hayes, Delno Hoffman and Elmer Pettay, who recently joined t he Department.

* * * We miss L. R. White and Kay Downs

who have moved out t o Bldg. 8 13. * * *

Jack Craig is now hold ing forth 1n the Mainte na nce Bu ildi ng on George Road.

* * * FOR SALE: Jim Cavalier's golf c lubs.

Can't someone get him interest ed in the game enoug h to at least remove the cellopha ne?

* * * Andy Novotny of the La bor Pool is

o ur nominatio n for All-America n. Born in Czechoslova kia 57 years ago, Andy came to t he United States in 1898-a good ma ny years before some of us were born.

He didn 't get to serve in the last war,

( but he's cert a inly making his contribu­'on to this one with five sons, fo ur of

them in the Army, and the other one leaving soon. This in itse lf is qu ite a sacrifice-but not enough to satisfy Andy, who is buying $ 1 ,500 wort h of W a r Bonds!

* * * G lad to see Dusty Rhoads getting

around under his own steam agai n­seems he had a n argument with a wind­sh ie ld and t he wi ndshield won-anyway the doctor put twe lve stitches in Dusty' s forehead .

* * * Recent marriages in the Metal Parts

Shop-Avinell Walker, now Mrs. Mc­Carthy and Kay Morris, now Mrs. Strick­land.

Plant Accounting Plant Accounting held its f irst p icnic

of the summer season on June 29 at Aurora C ountry C lu b . Betty Valentine, Betty Peterson and Frank Sancic com­prised t he committee.

* * * '~ Bob Smith is passing out c iga rs o n

the b irt h of a baby boy. * * *

Marjorie Day is successfully recuper-

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Personality Projectiles ...

Line War Bond Ven­~er de luxe . . . enlisted 194 persons for subscrip· tions, overaging a $6.25 deduction per poy period . .. W orked ot Reyonlds Plont . .. Served in Army from 1938 to 1940 on H11woii~n Islands •.. Sur­veyed for isl11nd "defense" g-un etnplllcements Morried.

at ing f rom a recent ope ration and is looki ng fo rward to an ea rly return to the re serva t ion.

* * * A surprise Paper Shower luncheon was

given fo r Doris Bassler on J une 20 by the g irls in Receiving a nd Inspection. The occasion was Doris' fi rst wedd ing anni­versary.

* * * Two more names have been added

to t he list of ou r milita ry a lumni-A! Williams and John Jikutz, bot h of In­vento ry Contro l.

* * * New add itions t o ou r g ro up are Jedn

Anderson, Nellie Balciar, Mary Jane Cramer, Virginia Davnic, Betty Ingra­ham, Tressa O'Lear, and Frances Jane Smith, Stenog raphic and File ; B. Fritz and A. W. Beide, Stores Division; Ruth Nunby, C ost ; Bernice Tubman, Sarah McNutty, Dorothy Seidel, and M. F. Hopkins, Inve ntory C ont rol; a nd 0. H. Davis, Frank Horn, S. H. Line and K.

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Industrial Relations New faces- Jim Armbrecht from

Erieside, Ohio; Paul Williams from Hi­ra m; a nd J. Ralph Weaver f rom Youngs­

. t own a re now interviewers in the Em­p loyment Division .

* * * Sara Bochert now e njoying life in a

trai le r working for Mr. Woodbridge. Dottie Brandes, Peggy Lee, and Margy Tomko now have a chance to greet t he custome rs in connection wit h their new duties in Records Section. Dorothy Tuttle and Mercedes Ramsay have been assig ned to Invest ig at ion Section. "Chuck" Gilmour and Perry Shannon have been promot ed t o Supervisors in the Employment Division.

* * * Did Yo u Know . . . that Emmaline

Beard is o ur cham pion d o nations col­lector . . . that Marguerite Cogswell, int erviewer, has two six-foot er sons .. . t hat A nna Murray, interviewer, is an ar­d ent golfer . . . t hat Mildred McCorkle has moved t o Ke nt . . . that Harold "Stretch" Nelson wil l pla y golf almost a ny t ime, anywhere .. . that Margy Tomko is the tiniest miss in our midst . . . that Mildred Wolford is c razy about swimming ... that o ur veteran investiga­t ors, Bob Ehrig a nd Hugh Daniels, Jr., each d rive more mi les eve ry day than many of us do in a week ... that Ralph Skeels, Jr., as Supervisor of Rat e C on­trol, has apparently acq uired some addi­t iona l t echn ica l functions to perform and his new a ssistant is John Kiser of Ke nt .. . t hat Ruth Keirn, secretary, is rea lly with t he m to act a s a referee in in ca se Ralph and John should get ta ng led up in slide rule a rg uments ... that our Baseball Team is st ill going strong , they ha ve only lost one game.

* * * Frank Lukas (the ba ll t eam's star left

f ie ld e r) is th e fel low who really gets around the reservation. A s photog­ra pher, he is sub ject to ca ll anytime a nd ha s bee n ca lled to ta ke p ictures in t he d a rnd est p la ces of t he doggonrlest t hi ngs. Whatta life!

F. Newhouse, Inventory A udits. Members of the depart ment extend

d eepest sympat hy t o H. L. Kirchner, Sto re s Supervisor, on the death of his mother.

R. 0. P. AWARDED "MINUT.,EMAN" FLAG WITH 95 per cent of al l Ravenna

Ordnance Plant employes already buying War Bonds and with the coveted " Minuteman " flag proudly flying be­neath Old Glory, thoughts are now turn­ing to a second drive to secure a I 0 per cent allotment of wages and salaries.

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Financial Accounting Industrial Relations Protection Procurement Medical Plant Accounting Production Control Safety General Engineering Control Laboratory

suggestion made recently by Henry Morgent-hau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, who said that the Government will have to borrow upwards of 35 bil­lion dollars between now and this time next year. During this period, the Gov­ernment will be forced to spend in the neighborhood of 60 billion dollars.

It is the realization of your Govern­ment that a flat I 0 per cent allotment is not feasible. A flat I 0 per cent de­duction does not take into account indi­vidual differences of income received or personal and family responsibilities. Some individuals will be able to set aside a good deal more than I 0 per cent of their pay, others less.

The overall result, however, should equal I 0 per cent of the gross payroll.

Presentation of our " Minuteman" flag was made by B. B. Al len, Portage County War Bond Chairman, to J. T. Power, Atlas General Manager, on June 25.

G. P. Teel, master of ceremonies, read the results of the drive in which IS of 25 departments registered a I 00 per

cent participation total.

Impressive flag-raising ceremonies featured a special Protection Depart­ment flag detail with three buglers , 2 "Minuteman" banners , borne by cap­tains of Divisional teams, and a ~h@llol;- -talk by Mr. Power. . ...-.

He Wants His Salary In War Savings Bonds

R. L. Moore, Engineering Clerk in Department 61, has subscribed his entire salary to War Bonds under the Atlas Powder Co. Pay­roll Deduction Plan.

Mr. Moore, 61 , a retired Post­master, who has two sons in the Army, is a resident of Cuyahoga Falls. He has held various posi­tions in the Post Office since 1914.

When Mrs. Moore, who is now seeking employment, gets a iob she will also convert her salary into War Bonds.

With the color guard and department captains at attention, lection Department sound "Call to Colors" in the flag-raising cere·

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