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THE BROWN BULLETINPublished By and For the Employees of Brown Company

Volume V BERLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, FEBRUARY 21, 1952 Number 4

The Red Cross must cover the world these days—do your part—answer the call.

With the simple plea "Answer the Call," the American RedCross next month will make its annual appeal for funds to carryon its local, national, and international work.

Here, surely, is a call we must all answer generously andwith a full measure of warm-hearted approval. For the call ofthe Red Cross is the call of suffering humanity everywhere —of human beings in need or distress here in Berlin or anywhereelse in the nation. The Red Cross is not an organization apartfrom the people of this country. It is made up of the people

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Be SafeCare For Minor Wounds

Better take a second look atthat tiny wound you may havereceived on your hand or fin-gers recently. Whether it's asmall scrape, cut, puncturewound, or even the tiniest ofpin pricks, it is a potentialsource of infection — one ofthe most serious causes of dis-abling injuries on record todate.

Pay AttentionIt is especially important for

everyone to pay prompt atten-tion to the smaller variety ofwounds which may harbormore serious types of bacteria.For example, blood poisoning,one of the most serious of in-fections, often results from aminor wound unless properlytreated.

Your safest bet, particularlyif you are in doubt about theproper treatment of a minorwound, is to see your doctor.

"BABE" SMYTH FETED AT BANQUET

Philip "Babe" Smyth, President of Local 3:75, A. F. of L.and a well-liked citizen of Berlin, was honored recently at atestimonial banquet held at Ste. Anne's Hall and attended byover 400 people, including members of labor and members ofBrown Company management. "Babe" has been president ofthe local union for the past ten years.

Plans Announced For Formation of NewBrown Co. Employee Band Designed ToPerform Concert and Military WorkWhittemore Discusses Company's Band Members To

Be Dressed InFuture With Local Newspaperman Stylish Uniforms

Success HingesOn Number OfMusicians Available

(The following article was written bythe editor of the ''Berlin Reporter" andwas published in a recent issue of thatnewspaper. It is reprinted here becausewe believe it describes, far better thanwe could hope to do. the true story ofBrown Company's future possibilities.)—Editor

In an exclusive interviewwith Laurence F. Whittemore,Brown Company President,this newspaper obtained a dra-matically condensed view ofthe overall problem faced bythe company.

Race With TimeMinus most of the technical

business terms, the view isthis:

Brown Company is runninga race with time. Unless all

President ElectedDirector Nat'! Assoc.Of Manufacturers

President Laurence F. Whit-temore has assumed the dutiesof a director of the NationalAssociation of Manufacturers,it was learned recently.

Mr. Whittemore was electedat the annual Congress ofAmerican Industry in NewYork and will represent NewHampshire on the board ofdirectors of the NAM.

Challenge"I feel that accepting a di-

rectorship in the NAM at thistime is a commanding chal-lenge because of conditionsthroughout the world that canbe corrected in a great degreethrough the attitude of Amer-

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history is bunk we've got toconsider the possibility thatthe present business condi-tions will slip downward, atleast a little, sometime in thefuture.

That's general knowledge inthe field of economics. Being apractical industrial executive,Laurence Whittemore keepsthis possibility in his mind.And he has worked out asolution to the possibility ofa downward slip in the pulp-and-paper market.

Before the market begins toslip, Brown Company has gotto complete at least the funda-mental part of its expansion-modernization p r o g r a m . Ifthere was a recession in de-mand, ''we'd have to have*ourcost down. Ours is still a highcost mill," he said.

Every Day CountsMost of us know that Brown

Company has been heading inthe direction of lower andlower costs and is becomingmore and more competitive.What most of us haven't real-ized is how much every daycounts in this vital race. Forevery day that the Companydoes not meet its day-by-daygoal, the company and the cityare that much closer to being

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According to word from thecompany's Public Relations de-partment, plans are underwayto organize a new Brown Com-pany Band to be composed ofmusicians employed withinthe company. The band will bedesigned to perform militaryand concert work and will becompletely outfitted by BrownCompany in colorful uniforms,the color and style to be de-cided upon by members of thegroup.

Promoted From WithinThe organization of a Brown—

Company Band was promotedby a group of musicians nowemployed with the companyand then discussed with mem-bers of management, includ-ing President Whittemore,who unanimously agreed thatit would be an excellent idea.A few of the original promot-ers were James Baldassare,Joseph Basile and PasqualeGagliuso.

Final plans, however, arestill in a tentative stage asthere is no definite way ofknowing, as y e t , whether

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STARS APPEAR ON RADIO PROGRAM

Burgess Pulp StorageCrew "Dps" Production

The pulp storage crew at theBurgess mill deserves a hearty"well-done," according to wordreceived recently from millmanagement. O n e - hundredpercent cooperation was re-ceived from the men whenthey were asked to "put theirshoulders to the wheel" toboost Burgess production sothat all available pulp could beshipped to our customers im-mediately. Thanks to team-work the mill met its schedule.

Long HoursThe normal work-week of

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Edward Arnold who por-trays the role of SupremeCourt Justice John JosephusGrant during the "M - G - MTheater of the Air" sixty-minute radio dramatization ofthe screen hit, "A StrangerIn Town," to be heard overStation WMOU, Sunday, Feb.24 at 8 o'clock.

John Garfield who plays therole of prizefighter Steve Mor-gan in the "M-G-M Theater ofthe Air" version "The Prize-fighter and the Lady," Sun-day, March 2. The hour-longdramatization is one in a seriespresented each week by BrownCompany.

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THE BROWN BULLETINPublished every other week by and for the employees of

Brown Company, Berlin, N. H.Editorial Offices: Company Relations Department.Telephones: Automatic 208; New England 46, Ext. 9.

WOODSBill Johnson

POWER AND STEAMCharles Enman

RIVERSIDE MILLRonaldo MorinLeo Landers

Clarence Welch

BERMICO DIVISIONRussell Doucet

RESEARCH DEPARTMENTThelma Neil

STAFF CARTOONISTS

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

STAFFPULP DIVISIONBuster Cordwell

Paul GrenierMark HickeyRay Holroyd

Adam LavernoichLeo LeBlanc

CASCADE MILLErnest Castonguay

Buster EdgarLeroy Fysh

Robert MurphyLucille Tremaine

REPORTERS-AT-LARGEAngus MorrisonJack Rodgerson

ONCO PLANTAlfred ArsenaultPhil Farrington

CHEMICAL PLANTAsh Hazzard

Alfred McKay

Leo LeBlancJack RodgersonLucien Bilodeau

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERVictor Beaudoin

BOSTONRuth Poole

EDITORJames P. Hinchey

Vol. V Number 4 FEBRUARY 21, 1952

Inflation Is Not High Prices!(American Economic

The easiest mistake to makein judging economic problemsis confusing cause and effect.Many people today seem to bemaking that mistake regard-ing inflation and high prices.

High prices may be the re-sult of inflation, but they arenever the cause. Inflation isthe act of increasing the sup-ply of money within an econ-omy.

If that extra money is usedto bid for the available goodsand services, prices will rise.But that does not always hap-pen.

For example, between 1932and 1936 the Federal Govern-ment wanted to bring on an in-crease in prices and, towardthat end, inflated the moneysupply by $18 billion duringthese five years.

All this money went into thehands of the people, but pricesdid not undergo any importantchange. At the time no oneseemed to know why pricesdid not rise.

According to some experts,the people were using theirextra money to pay off theirdebts instead of buying newthings. Others thought thatthe people were afraid tospend and preferred to save.

But whatever it was, thepeople did not use their extramoney to bid up the price ofgoods and services and thusincrease their cost of living.

It wasn't until 1942 (whenit became apparent that goodswould be scarce) that pricesmoved sharply upward.

During the war years thatfollowed no one knows whatthe cost of living really wasbecause the bribes, the blackmarket bonuses, and under-the-counter payments nevershowed up on the index. Butthere is no doubt that in-creased taxes, price control

Foundation, N. Y.)

laws, and the patriotic appealsto buy savings bonds post-poned the full impact of the890 billion inflation that oc-curred from 1942 through1945.

However, human nature be-ing what it is, in 1946 the peo-ple made up their mind? tospend their newly acquired"wealth." As a result, by theend of 1951 the price indexstood at 188, even though in-flation had virtually stoppedin 1945.

This is proof positive thatthe high prices were the resultof the inflation, not the cause.

The confusion between in-flation (the cause) and highprices (the result) focuses alot of unfair criticism uponb u s i n e s s management. Be-cause it is management whoannounces the price rise, it canappear that management iscausing the price rise.

Actually, all that manage-ment can do to reduce livingcosts is try to produce moregoods without extra cost. Thishas been done — and in mostcases done very well. But thelower prices that the peoplewould have enjoyed had therebeen no inflation have beendrowned in the flood of newmoney.

Previous to the 20th Cen-tury, inflation was actuallymoney inflation, that is, an ac-tual increase in the number ofcoins and in the number ofpieces of paper called curren-cy. But today the increase incoins and currency is unim-portant : bank credit (circulat-ing in the form of checks) hasbecome the principal vehiclefor money inflation.

Commercial banks have al-ways had the right to createnew temporary money andloan it to business. At the endof the period, if the business

NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL

did not repay the money, thebank could seize and sell allor part of the business.

But during the 20th Cen-tury it became legal for theU. S. Federal Government to"borrow" money from com-mercial b a n k s against itsI.O.U.'s (not to be confusedwith U. S. Savings Bonds). Onreceipt of those I.O.U.'s, thebanks issue a "deposit" againstwhich the Government writeschecks in payment of bills.

There are two differencesbetween Government and busi-ness borrowing. First, busi-ness pledges something of val-ue against the loan. Second,the loan must be paid and the"money" destroyed. Govern-ment, on the other hand,p l e d g e s nothing except apromise to tax and is almostnever able to pay off the loan.

Therefore, the amounts cre-ated by the banks for the Gov-ernment's account are, to allpractical purposes, permanentadditions to the money supply,which sooner or later cause arise in prices.

With additional inflationscheduled for 1952, there isno reason to hope, therefore,that present price levels willdo anything but stand still orgo up.

FOR f THE GIRLS!

A white collar dream has come true now that some frocks arebeing touched with white "orlon." If collars, cuffs, bindings, orpipings of "orlon" get soiled before the dress itself does, youcan remove the dirt without detaching the trimmings. Justsponge it off with a sudsy cloth, wipe it clean, and let it drywithout fear of spotting.

A bridal gown made of white orlon satin or taffeta will reallybecome an heirloom as either fabric is capable of lasting manygenerations. When created with orlon bindings and thread,bridal gowns of these brand new materials also become com-pletely washable.

Is your man a gift problem? One wonderful solution is awashable nylon brief case — a welcome gift whether he's tenor 80. It's durable and roomy with sturdy extension locks forprotection. Wash as often as necessary with a damp soapycloth. The plastic handle is washable, too.

If your ironer isn't as clean as it should be, clothes may pickup stains as they're fed through. Starch, scorch, and dye spots,left on the metal shoe and roll cover from previous ironings, aremore apt to rub off on damp laundry. So wipe the metal shoewith a sudsy cloth after each use, as soon as it's cool enough.Wipe with a clean damp cloth; then polish with a dry one.

If you keep spare covers on tap for your ironer roll, you'llalways have a fresh supply to draw from when you sit down toiron. Wash it after each use, and you'll never have to worryabout soiling your clean laundry anew.

President Elected(Continued from Page 1)

ica's manufacturers and busi-nessmen," Mr. Whittemoresaid. "We are face to face withinflation, government controlsthat can lead to socialism,waste in government spendingand the highest tax burden inhistory.

"Leadership in b r i n g i n gAmerica, and the world, backto a sane and solid base mustbe placed in the hands of thosewho encourage and respect thefundamentals of the free en-terprise system on which ournation is founded. I am proudto be associated with thosemen who will work toward thisgoal."

If you've a sick boy or girl at home or in the hospital, youcan create wonderful excitement by giving "a gift a day." Theyshouldn't be expensive — just simple five and dime treasures.

Try packing a large transparent plastic box with seven gailywrapped gifts labeled Monday, Tuesday, etc., and a dividendsurprise if the patient hasn't peeked ahead. Pick out washableitems so that a jiffy hot sudsing will help wash away dangerousgerms. Game boards, toys, sudsable covered books, and plastichobby boxes can restore lagging spirits and make sick time —fun time.

Most rayons are wrashable and the rules are easy to remem-ber. Use lukewarm soapsuds, do not soak, wash quickly, rinsewell in lukewarm water, pat in a turkish towel to remove mois-ture, and unroll immediately. Rayon can be ironed when almostdry with a lukewarm iron at "rayon" setting; don't poke ironinto seams.

Tomato juice and catsup stains should be dampened withwater, rubbed with glycerine, then sudsed out. If the stain per-sists, sponge it with a solution of Vo teaspoon of sodium per-borate to one cup of hydrogen peroxide. Rinse well, and launderagain promptly.

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Bowling Standingsmr SAFE

OFF-THE-JOB, TOOBrown Co. Girls' Office League

STANDINGSTEAMS W L Pet.Holy Cross 19 Ms 4V2 .813Cornell 15 9 .625Army 14% 9% .604Navy 14 10 .583Bates 9 15 .375

Bowlers Bowling 270 or BetterMavis Jordan-Army

104 90 91—285Brown Co. Men's Office League

STANDINGSDivision "A"TEAMS W L Pet.Corporals 23 9 .719Privates 22 10 .688Majors 21 11 .656Lt. Generals 19 Va 12 u .609Sgt. Majors 19 13 .5942nd. Lieuts. 17 15 .5311st. Lieuts. 14 18 .438Generals 13 19 .406Seamen 9 23 .281Tech. Sgts. 8 24 .250

STANDINGSDivision "B"TEAMS W L Pet.Captains 23 ̂ 81

2 .7341st. Sgts. 20 12 .625Rear Admirals 19 H> 12 ̂ .603Ensigns 18 14 .563Vice Admirals 15 17 .469Sergeants 14 18 .438Commanders 13 19 .406Master Sgts. 11 21 .344Brig. Generals 10 V2 21% .328Commodores 0 32 .000

Bowlers Bowling 300 or BetterOscar Carrier-Majors

101 106 95—302A. J. Sullivan-Rear Admirals

114 94 94—302Wm. Chamberlain-Vice Admirals

103 81 116—300Brown Co. Mill League

STANDINGSDivision "A"TEAMSBurgess Lab.ChemicalCascade Boiler =Riverside =r 1Bermico =1Cascade MachineCascade Maint.BleacheryFinishing

W24%2120IS1?16161371

L3%789%1212152127

Pet..875.750.714.661.571.571.464.250.036

DivisionTEAMSBermico -2Cascade Boiler =Bermico =3Inst. ControlRiverside =2Chemical FlockBerlin Mill R. R.Cascade BeaterCascade

STANDINGS

W271918181713641

L19

10101115222427

Pet..964.679.643.643.607.464.214.111.036

Bowlers Bowling 300 or BetterScott Parker-Burgess Lab.

98 100 105—303Louis Keene-Burgess Lab.

89 114 97—300

Pulp Storage(Continued from Page 1)

hours, but these men werewilling to work many long,hard hours of overtime, some-times well into the night, tohelp boost the production ofthe mill during the week ofJanuary 21.

According to statistics com-piled at the Burgess office, theamount of hours worked in-creased 67 percent while thea m o u n t of production in-creased 78 percent for theweek.

The men involved were:Joe Dussault, Alex Simard,Joe Obukowiz, A. Roy, Ste-phen Alimandi, W. Roy, Al-cide Ruel, Herbert Donaldson,Howard Schmidt, E d w a r dHynes, Ernest Dubois, JosephFrenette, Jack Koon and Ber-nard Devost.

Whittemore Discusses(Continued from Page 1)

caught with their pants downby the business cycle.

Laurence Whittemore andhis fellow executives are con-fident that the company canwin the race. Mr. Whitte-more's confidence is based ontwo basic factors: the qualityof work turned in by Berlinpeople and the nature of thecompany's wood holdings inthis area.

One main object of the ex-pansion - modernization pro-gram is to supply these work-ers with as modern and pro-ductive machinery as is avail-able anywhere in the pulp-paper industry. Another ob-ject is to improve the meth-ods of obtaining and process-ing the wood needed forBrown Company operations.

With low cost wood and lowcost production, Brown Com-pany can stand up to any com-petitor, anywhere.

High StakesBut it's a real race and the

stakes are high. The stakesare, in fact, the happiness andwell-being of practically ev-eryone who resides in Berlin.

The progress to date is en-couraging.

The Time Clock knows!There are many time clocks

in many places throughoutBrown Company. We're goingto imagine they can see andhear and talk. It may be oneor another who will begin totel] some of his stories in thiscolumn.

Every worker in his depart-ment looks him straight in theface every day and he has seenmany of them come and go.

And the Time Clock hearsabout everything that goes onaround him too, — good newsand bad.

He has hung up there on thewall for a long while and he'shad plenty of time to tick outplenty of thinking.

All this has made the TimeClock a wise old bird. He un-derstands people, — he's keenand practical and sympatheticand up-to-the-minute.

It sounds funny, but thepeople who "punch" him arehis friends!

Among other things, every"punch" which he registersshoots a thrill through hiswheels because he knows thatone of his pals has reportedfor duty safely or has justcompleted a part of a safework day.

When the time cards don'tmove "In" and "Out" as theyshould, the Time Clock soonlearns why.

Remember, — the TimeClock knows! Read what hesays in future issues of theBrown Bulletin.

In the Reporter interview,Mr. Whittemore explainedthat most of the profit (1951)is due to the La Tuque opera-tions. The Berlin operationslost money in 1949, made $1.5million in 1950 and $2.1 mil-lion in 1951.

I SEENOW WHY

THEY SAYAT ih'E PLANT

THERE'S NOSAFE

SUBSTITUTEFORA

LADDER./

NATIONAL it'nr COUWCU

It takes an accident to teacha lot of people a simple lessonin safety. This girl, for in-stance, is a little late in realiz-ing that safety lessons learnedat the plant should be appliedat home, too.

In a second she'll be on thefloor. If she's lucky she'll justbe bruised. But she may breakan arm or a leg. If she doesshe won't be any good to her-self, to the plant, or to herfamily. At least, not for manyweeks.

Many off-the-job accidentsoccur at home. And about halfof all home fatalities resultfrom falls. Preventing fallswill help keep workers on thejob and their families safe,too.

Falls from good laddersaren't nearly so common asfalls from makeshifts like theone in this cartoon. Next time,if this girl gets out of thismess alive, she will use a genu-ine ladder. But even then shewon't be safe unless she usesit correctly.

If she uses a step ladderproperly, she'll never climbone, inside or outside thehouse, without first makingsure the spreader is fully ex-tended.

She won't use a ladderwhose steps or rungs are miss-ing or broken or whose side-rails are cracked.

She'll never carry heavyloads up or down ladders.

She won't lean out too far.She won't do anything risky

—if she wants to avoid injury.

Brown Co. Band(Continued from Page 1)

there will be enough musiciansavailable who are willing andable to organize a fairly largeand well-balanced band.

Auditions for prospectivemembers will be held sometime next month. All mem-bers who are to be auditionedwill be informed as soon aspossible by mail.

Apply Immediatehr

All employees who are will-ing to join the band are ur-gently requested to apply im-mediately. You may apply byfilling out the form on thispage and mailing it to J. Ar-thur Sullivan of the PublicRelations department. Don'twait — do it today.

Magazine Praises Whittemore AndHis Work For Crippled Children(Reprinted from the January issue of "The High Road" published by Rice BartonCorporation.)

"Laurence F. Whittemore,President of the Brown Com-pany, is also head of the NewHampshire organization forcrippled children that has justbuilt a million dollar rehabili-tation center on the top ofC r o t c h e d Mountain, nearGreenfield.

"Mr. Whittemore and his as-sociates not only raised themoney for the buildings, butalso rounded up more than amillion dollars for an endow-ment fund. That they haveonly started to work is a cer-

tainty. Eventually, crippledadults will also be given treat-ment that will put them backin the earning class.

"The newspapers tell talesabout the crooked politiciansand businessmen who give andaccept money for unsocial ser-vices, but little is said aboutwhat is being done all over thecountry by men like 'Whit,'Harry Gregg, Bishop JohnDallas, and t h o u s a n d s ofothers who give their time,energy and money to make theworld a better place."

Radio Previewu\ Stranger In Town" —Feb. 24

When Supreme Court Justice John Jcsephus Grant (Edward Arnold) sets outfrom Washington for a duck hunting vacation in the country town of Greenport,his secretary, Lucy Gilbert (Fran Lafferty) is the only one who knows where heis going. Travelling incognito, the Justice gets a full sampling of the localcorruption. He is "shaken down" the first day by a game warden and hauledinto court on a flimsy license pretext. Here he meets up with a young attorney,Bill Adams, who is running for office against Mayor Connison, leader of thetown political machine. The Justice shows young Bill Adams how to beat "loanshark" cases in the "fixed'7 court.

Finally, Grant corners the local judge and explains who he is and forces hisaid. At a public hearing, the Justice discloses his identity, exposes the machineand, in an eloquent plea for election of proper officials and more attention by thevoters to the brand of politicians they vote for, breaks up the Connison ring.

But he loses his secretary — for Lucy and Bill Adams, who wins the election,get married.

"The Prizefighter and the Lady"—Mar. 2Steve Morgan (John Garfield) is discovered by the Professor (Ted Osborne),

a booze-ridden ex-fight promoter, in a New York speakeasy when Morgan throwsout two tough muggs without even mussing his hair. The Professor persuadesSteve to give up his job as n bouncer and gets a match for him in a small uptownathletic club. While Steve is doing road work he meets Belle Mercer (GertrudeWarner) who rejects his advances. She tells Steve she is the girl friend ofracketeer night club owner Willie Ryan (Eric Dressier). Finally, however, Stevebreaks down her resistance and they are married. Ryan takes it calmly butpromises to kill Steve if he ever lets her down. With the Professor's help, Stevebecomes the new fight sensation, but fame, women and liquor go to his head.Belle leaves him and returns to singing in Ryan's club. Instead of killing Steve,Ryan arranges a match with the champion, knowing that Steve will be beaten.Steve, out of condition, goes into the fight half-heartedly with everyone, includ-ing the Professor, down on him. He is taking such a terrific beating that Bellegoes to him to encourage him with her love. The Professor also comes back toadvise him. Steve pounds his way to a draw. Belle and Steve reconcile and Stevecontinues with his fighting career.

Red Cross(Continued from Page 1)

themselves.

When it acts, anywhere, it acts in your behalf — doing whatyou would do if you were at the scene of disaster or at a sol-dier's side in Korea or Europe. You make its great work poss-ible by your gift of time and energy and money.

And the Red Cross actually exists for you — no matter whoyou are, no matter where you live. Red Cross service is avail-able to all on the simple human basis of need alone.

Let's back the drive next month. Answer the call of the RedCross when you are asked to support its great humanitarianwork . . . and answer as generously as you can.

Lake Geneva is the largestlake in central Europe.

BAND APPLICATION

Mr. Sullivan:

I am willing to join the proposed Brown Company Em-

ployee Band.

Name Tel. ....

Address

I am employed in the department

and have had experience playing the(instrument)

Signed:

Mail this form to J. A. Sullivan, Public Relations Dept., Brown Company

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What's News Around The PlantsBurgess

ScreeningsBY PAUL GRENIER

Leslie Baldwin as he ap-peared at the Eagle's costumedance held for the benefit ofthe P o l i o Fund. He wasdressed in a gay nineties cos-tume and certainly made a hit,especially after they paintedthe "soup strainer."

Louis /_sk TJU AJA«L E S - ° . N -r/".?"- £•"•£»»* Z"»5

RiversideRambling;

BY BOB LANDRIGAN

From the look of things, Ar-thur Patsey of our machineroom crew should get a job inthe Woods Department. Thatboy can cut down telephoneposts, wooden ones at that,with a Ford car. Can you guesswhat would happen if theyturned him loose with an axein the woods — for shame,Paul Bunyan.

We understand John Ber-quist is thinking of selling hisfarm. Don't do that, John!

What would we do in the ma-chine room for a farmer?

H a i l to the "So - CalledChamp Ice Fisherman/' BillyGoudreau. Bill claims his luckmade him the fisherman he is.What a fisherman. He caughta 4-in. pickerel almost as bigas the bait. I don't think wecan classify you as Champ,Bill. Try again and see whatyour luck will bring you.

We are sorry to see that"Smokey" Welch, our acestoreroom man, is in the hos-pital. We all wish him a speedyrecovery.

Happy to see Freddie Gor-ham of the humidity roomback. Fred is one of our bestjoke tellers as all of us canconfirm.

Congratulations are in orderto Ray Landry of our machineroom and to Mrs. Landry onthe birth of their little girl.

If you're thinking abouttaking your vacation, boys, besure to consult our weather-men, Albert Dinardo and VicChaloux. They both disagreewith each other but with thehelp of the radio and papers,they just might help you.

Alas, another pass in re-view. We've seen many thingspass but when Montminy goesby with that jacket of his,that's the end. Never seenanything like that in theArmed S e r v i c e s , Lucien.\Vhere'd you pick it up?

Main OfficeMusings

Mr. Callahan, our able creditmanager, went to Boston on abusiness trip a while ago butfound time for "Quo Vadis"too.

Therese Cote Gagne paid usa visit a few days ago andmarriage sure seems to beagreeing with her.

At the time this is beingwritten, Jackie Guilmette ofthe mailroom is running forcarnival queen. She can de-pend on us for support.

Many employees, includingJoyce Bedard, Ann Went-worth, Gert MacKenzie, andJulie Alonzi, are going to Bos-ton for the Ice Follies thisyear.

Thought you might be in-

terested in hearing about acouple of ex-Brown Companygirls, Jean McGivney andHuguie Roy. They're bothworking in Washington, D. C.now'. Jean is also going in forballet while Huguie is takingcourses in German and gov-ernment.

Another business visitor toBoston recently was GeorgeSheridan of the PurchasingDepartment.

Gus Oleson seems to be thecause of some telephone con-fusion in the Trucking depart-ment. He has moved and maynow be reached via automatictelephone 235. Please refrainfrom calling Gus at 357 beforethe boys in the Trucking de-partment pull the automatictelephone off the wall.

Chemical PlantExplosions

BY ASH HAZZARDAND AL MCKAY

H e n r y Coulombe had abirthday the llth of February.When asked how many, Henrylooked off into space and said"Ugh, many moons."

Alfred LeBreton is due tobe seen around the cell housegroup soon.

Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hazzardcelebrated their 6th weddinganniversary on the 5th of Feb-ruary. Congratulations to youboth.

George Sanschagrin is sport-ing a brand-new "Chewy."H o u s e cleaned early, ehGeorge ?

Robert Niclason claims thelongest drink of Coca Cola. Atleast the bottle was fromEgypt. Can anyone top it?

CascadeChatter

In articles appearing in dai-ly newspapers and magazineswe often read about the ex-ploits of the many skiers whocome from far away to enjoythe many facilities offered byour own beloved New Hamp-shire and especially in thisWhite Mt. region. Among themany ski enthusiasts of Ber-lin, Gorham and vicinity, we

"Good heavens, Mame — I'vegained 12 pounds!"

have at Cascade two fellowswho have been skiing for thepast 25 years. They are HenryNolet of finishing and shippingand Reggie Murray of the ma-chine room. In all good weath-er one will find them either atCannon, Black, Thorne, orCranmore Mt. Only a fewweeks ago they enjoyed skiingone night at Cranmore andthree days at other localities.They manage to average onenight of skiing per week atConway.

When spring comes alongand the experts run the JohnSherburne trail in Tucker-man's Ravine, one can find thetwo skiing paper makers rightup there with the best andwhen we say "right up there"we include the famous headwall, where, as Joe Dodge, theMayor of Porky Gulch claims,"they separate the men fromthe boys."

We understand that SamHughes commonly known as"quarter-hit" Hughes helpedhis team capture the divisionB crow'ii in the recent BrownCompany office first roundplayoffs. It seems, however,that many of the spectatorsclaim that although Sam in-sisted he had a "quarter hit"for a spare leave in one of hisboxes, it looked to them as ifSam has his fractions con-fused — he was lucky to getthe leave he did on his 1 64hit.

Research Dept

Much is written about peo-ple's hobbies, but few of usare aware we have in ourmidst a collector of litho-

graphic art — Fred Olson ofResearch. He just recentlypresented a copy to Ed Hag-gart who guards this piece oflithographic art as if it werea priceless parchment. Howabout putting this art on ex-hibition, Ed?

Powerand Steam

BY TEX ENMANAND RAYMOND BELANGER

Xavier Pinette, whose legwas broken at the steam plantsometime ago, is back on thejob again.

Sy Renaud, who was outwith a lame back, is also backto work.

The power repair crew is al-most at full strength exceptfor Jos. Boucher, Sr., who isstill home recuperating. Wehope to see you soon, Joe.

Glad to see Oscar Robertsonon the job, after being absentfor so long.

Raymond Daley of the rivercrew has just purchased ahouse on Williamson St. Someof you boys should have seenhim checking his porch lightthe other night. No doubt itwas for the "Mother's Marchon Polio."

We hear that Ted Montelin'smother-in-iaw, Mrs. Hay wardof Brooklyn, N. Y., is here tospend the rest of the winter.We hope that she will have apleasant stay in our fair city.

We wish to express ourdeepest sympathy to GilesTreamer who has just burneda bearing in his 1921 Stude-baker.

We wish to thank X. Pinettefor rearranging our tool shop,pending full recovery from aserious injury in the electricBoiler Room. We are glad tosee him back on his job at theRiverside power house, work-ing on No. 3 turbine.

"The only honest way to settle adisagreement is on the basis ofwhat's right—not who's right."

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PFt ANDmoi.GOOD

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