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THE BROWN BULLETINPublished By and For the Employees of Brown Company

Volume IV BERLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, MAY 16, 1951 Number 9

Let It Be A Reminder...On Friday and Saturday, May 18-19, all of us will be asked

to wear a little red poppy on our coats or dresses. The days willbe Poppy Days, when, once each year, we of America paytribute, by wearing their memorial flower, the poppy, to thosewho gave their lives in America's service during the WorldWars. And as we receive our poppy from the women of theAmerican Legion Auxiliary, who will distribute the flowers onthe streets that day, we will be aiding the wars' living victimsby the contribution we make for the flower.

This work of making the poppies, which are sold by Auxiliarymembers on every street, in every town, city, or village inAmerica, is one of the most interesting activities most of theveterans in government hospitals have throughout the long,bleak year. Lying helpless in bed is a trying ordeal to a man,who, but for a bullet fired by a fiend, or a piece of shrapneldesigned by a mad-man, would be leading a normal and healthylife. There is too much time in which to think and brood, whena man is lying on his back, day in and day out, month in andmonth out.

Not only does the poppy-making give the veterans somethingto do, but it pays them for their labor of love and hope as well.The Auxiliary furnishes the materials, at no cost to the vet-erans, and the men receive remuneration for every single poppymade. There are those who will never leave their white cots,and for them the poppy manufacture is all they have to givethem added comforts and outside interests. This work is theironly solace and impetus to a healthy morale.

The money which the veterans earn from poppy-makingaugments the money which their families receive from thegovernment and it is not charity. Charity is an ugly word inconnection with these staunch defenders, and they are a proudgroup. The disabled veteran likes to feel that he is helping tosupport his wife and children.

Are we so engrossed in the problems of today that we forgetthe past? Then let the little red flower of remembrance be ourreminder. Get your poppy and wear it proudly . . . as a signthat you remember, and are grateful.

Kraft Mill No. 1 Now Are 1951 MillLeague Champions—Won by Ten Pins

The Mill League wound upthe season with three roundwinners in each division. Indivision "A", the winners wereKraft mill #1, Riverside #1,and Cascade boilers #1 whilein division "B", the laurelswent to Kraft mill #2, River-side #2, and Cascade boilers#2.

The first match in division"A" was between Kraft mill#1 and Riverside #1 withKraft mill coming out on top

Fire Burns ThreeFelts From PaperMachine at Cascade

At 8:30 Wednesday night,May 2nd, the city and com-pany fire departments werecalled out to extinguish a fireon :£2 paper machine at theCascade plant. It started as apaper fire at the wet end ofthe dryers, and before it wasunder complete control, it hadburned off three felts from themachine. The flames lasted un-til 9 p. m. and it was necessaryto shut down the machine fornearly five hours. Operationswere resumed at 2 o'clockThursday morning.

by a margin of 1 point. Thebig gun for the winners wasGeorge Barlow with a threestring total of 323 includinga single string of 116. Aubeywas high for the losers witha 282 three string pinfall.

Kraft Takes "A"In the second match, it was

Kraft = 1 against Cascadeboilers #1 and again Kraftmill was too strong for theiropponents, walking away withall four points. George Ber-geron took over for Kraft milland led the team on to thedivision "A" championship.

In division "B", the firstmatch was between Kraft #2and Riverside #2. The papermakers proved to be too strongfor their opponents and walk-ed away with all four points.For the losers, Scott Parkerand George Roy shared honorsleading with 273 for threestrings. For the winners, JackKeating bowled 270.

In the second match, River-side #2 was then matchedagainst Cascade maintenance#2. This time Riverside wason the short end by a threeto one count with Merle Keenehigh scorer for the winners.

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Gala Festivities Scheduled at BerlinHigh Gymnasium For 1951 Miss PaperGty Contest Sponsored by JayceesFirst Series E Bond Purchased TenYears Ago, Now Have New Privileges

Ten years ago this monththe first series E SavingsBond was purchased from theUnited States Treasury andtoday Americans now holdaround 500 million of them.

The names of these seriesE Bonds have changed fromtime to time. Today they arecalled Defense Bonds, but theyare still the same series ESavings Bonds which werefirst sold ten years ago, nowrecognized as the most widelyowned security in the world.

New PrivilegesOver one-billion d o l l a r s

worth of Series E DefenseBonds issued in 1941 are still

outstanding and will maturemonth by month between nowand the end of 1951. Under arecent act of Congress, peoplenow holding matured bondshave two new and optionalprivileges to go along with theold privilege of cashing thebond after it has matured forits full value.

Owners of bonds may nowretain the matured E Bondand for a period not to exceedten additional years the cashvalue of the bond will increaseeach six months, at the rateof 21 o percent simple interestfor 7V-2 years, and then at an

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Company Ships WoodTo West Coast

At the request of the Col-lege of Forestry of the Uni-versity of Washington, BrownCompany recently shipped tensticks of pulpwood to the WestCoast. This wood consisted oftwo sticks of tamarack, bal-sam fir, white spruce, blackspruce, and northern whitecedar, which are to be usedfor experimental purposes.

Long DistanceUpon payment of a $75

freight charge, the Univer-sity of Washington reports itdoes not anticipate the trans-porting of large volumes ofpulpwood from New England,regardless of its high quality.

Directors Re-elected,Two Others Added

President Laurence F. Whit-temore recently announcedthat on April 30th the VotingTrustees re-elected the ninedirectors of the company andelected two additional direc-tors as provided in the Reca-pitalization Plan which be-came effective March 26th.

The re-elected directors are0. B. Brown, J. B. Challies,A. D. Emory, G. B. Gordon, E.M. Hopkins, W. B. Joyce, Hon.C. P. McTague, J. L. Sullivan,and L. F. Whittemore. Thetwo additional directors elect-ed as authorized by the newRecapitalization Plan are Gene

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Sixteen Students of Forestry VisitCompany and Its Woods Operations

Sixteen students of forestryat the University of NewHampshire, accompanied byProfessors Lewis C. Swain andCharles Matthews, recentlytook an instruction trip to theNorth Country and stopped atBerlin to look over the opera-tions of Brown Company.

Took TourThey were c o n d u c t e d

through both the Burgess andCascade mills where they hadan opportunity to observe thecomplete pulping processesfrom wood to the finishedproducts.

During the latter part of the

day they were shown thewoods operations at the BogBrook camp, one of the fewplaces in New Hampshirewhere old-growth timber is be-ing cut. It gave some of themen an opportunity to renewacquaintance with a formerfellow forestry student, RayMarshall, UNH '50, now campsealer for Brown Company.

Maxwell Macintosh of Ber-lin and formerly with thescaling division of the Woodsdepartment, now completinghis course at UNH, enjoyedvisiting his old haunts as one

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Winner To Try ForMiss N. H. CrownThe Berlin Junior Chamber

of Commerce sponsored "MissPaper City" contest will reachits climax and "Miss PaperCity of 1951" will be chosenduring the gala evening fes-tivities scheduled to be heldat the Berlin High School au-ditorium on May 29th.

PrizesThe Jaycees have announced

that the fortunate lady willreceive prizes donated by localmerchants and an all-expen-ses-paid trip to Manchesterso that she may enter as acontestant for the "Miss NewHampshire" contest to be heldat a later date.

It has also been announcedthat Fred Russell, a well-known citizen of Berlin and,in his earlier years, a famousvaudeville star who has per-formed throughout the world,has been selected as HonoraryChairman of the affair.

Single girls between theages of 17 and 31 are eligibleproviding they live in or nearone of the following commu-nities: Berlin, Gorham, Cas-cade, Milan, West Milan, orRandolph.

How To EnterAnyone desiring to enter

as a contestant for "Miss Pa-per City of 1951" should fillout the entry blank on page3 and mail it immediately toPost Office Box 448, Berlin,N. H. Applications must bepostmarked no later than mid-night, May 19th.

Onco Stays On TopIn Housekeeping

Onco deserves a salute. Forthe fifth consecutive inspec-tion, Onco has maintained aperfect housekeeping recordwith a rating of 100 whileother divisions continue tobob up and down. Berlin MillsRailway has increased theirstanding from a score of 88to a high 98 tying them forsecond place with Bermico andResearch. Power & Steamholds third place with a 97.

The greatest increase inpoints during this inspectionwas at Riverside where theyadded 15 points to their lastinspection r a t i n g boostingthem up into fourth place with

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Page Two T H E B R O W N B U L L E T I N May 16, 1951

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

Brown Company, Berlin, N. H.Editorial Offices: Company Relations Department.Telephones: Automatic 379; New England 46, Ext. 60.

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 PLANTArthur GoyetteAlfred McKay

Charles Anderson

RESEARCH DEPARTMENTThelma Neil

Vol. IV. Number 9

MAIN OFFICELucille Lessard

WOODSLouis Catello

POWER AND STEAMCharles Enman

RIVERSIDE MILLRonaldo Morin

Leo Landers

BERMICO DIVISIONRussell DoucetAsh Hazzard

STAFF CARTOONISTSLeo Leblanc

Jack Rodgerson

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERVictor Beaudoin

PORTLANDDoris Smith

NEW YORKDoris Seif

EDITORJames P. Hinchey

May 16, 1951

Pointersfrom

PortlandBY DORIS E. SMITH

Today's "pointers" cover avariety of subjects, all aimedto help make the workingwomen's home tasks some-what easier.

First of all, did you knowthat you can wipe off greasefrom the top of your stove ina jiffy if you'll use a cloth wetwith vinegar. The vinegar cutsthe grease quickly.

— o —To remove spots from tile

walls and floors, wipe with adamp cloth dipped in bakingsoda, then wipe with a cleancloth wet with clear water.

— o —Probably you've already dis-

covered that a little laundrybleach added to clear waterin your white sink will makethe sink whiter than ever andshine like new. It takes justa few minutes, and the resultsare well worth it.

— o —Here's one you may have

forgotten: Treat your houseplants to a milk bath everynow and then. Take a smallpiece of cloth and a saucer ofmilk and sponge the leaveswith a thin coating of themilk. It will take off the dustand make the leaves shine.Use a little ammonia in clearwater on your ferns aboutevery two months or so.

— o —For those of you who may

be doing some gardening thisyear, here are a couple of tipswhich might come in handy:If you don't wear gardengloves, you're going to getyour hands mighty dirty.However, if you'll dig yourfingernails into a bar of soapbefore you start digging in

the dirt, the dirt will comeright off with the soap whenyou wash your hands later.Stubborn dirt stains can beremoved by adding a littlehousehold laundry bleach toclear water. Wash your handsin this solution. Be careful notto get any on your clothes, andalso keep it away from chil-dren's eyes.

— o —Soap dishes have a way of

"gumming up" before youeven notice them, so here'sone solution to that problem:Use one of those cellulosesponges for a soap dish. Letthe wet soap drip onto thesponge, and there will be nomessy soap dish to clean. Thesoapy sponge will come inhandy for odd cleaning jobs,too!

— o —Use a small brush which

you've dipped in furniturepolish to dust those hard-to-get-at cracks a n d carvedplaces in furniture.

— o —Another q u i c k clean-up

trick you may have forgottenabout is this one: To removetarnish from the tines of afork, use a pipe cleaner thathas been dipped in silverpolish.

— o —The next time you break a

dish or anything made ofglass, pick up the slivers witha wad of moistened absorbentcotton . . . for safety's sake.

(Copyright, 1951, by Doris E. Smith)

"Democracy is eternal andhuman. It dignifies the humanbeing; it respects humanity."

—Thomas Mann.

Good Housekeeping(Continued from Page 1)

a score of 95. Another notice-able increase was at Chemicalwhere they now hold a 94 ascompared to their previousscore of 86.

Maintenance & Construc-tion and Kraft plant bothdropped 7 points since theirlast inspection.

STANDINGSCurrent PreviousRating Rating

Apr. 28,1951 Apr. 14,1951Onco 100 100Berlin Mills Ry. 98 88Bermico 98 99Research 98 100Power & Steam 97 98Riverside 95 70Adminis. Offices 94 97Chemical 94 86Maint. & Constr. 88 95Cascade 85 90Kraft Plant 85 92Burgess 80 85

The following divisions werebehind the .

SOCKFEET SADIE!

BURGESSDigesters and Raw Stock

Dept, StorehouseCASCADE

Buildings and grounds

First Bond(Continued from page 1)

increased rate for the remain-ing 2!/2 years, to bring theaggregate interest return toabout 2.9 percent.

AutomaticAny E Bond which is not

turned in for cash at its origi-nal maturity date will be ex-tended automatically u n t i lsuch time as the owner doespresent it for payment. At theend of the additional ten yearperiod (when the bond is 20years old), interest ceases.

Those who prefer to receiveinterest as current income,rather than having it accrueand add to the cash value ofthe bond, may exchange ma-turity E Bonds in amounts of$500 or multiples thereof forSeries G Savings Bonds. Se-ries G Bonds are registeredbonds issued at face amount(selling at par). They bearinterest at the rate of 21/2 per-cent per annum, payable semi-annually from issue date untiltheir maturity in 12 years.

Chairman J. Arthur Sulli-van of the Coos County Sav-ings Bonds Committee statedthat the options outlined applyto all new Series E SavingsBonds issued in the future.

Directors Re-elected(Continued from page 1)

Tunney of Stamford, Connec-ticut and Arthur G. Walwynof Toronto, Canada.

Mr. Whittemore also an-nounced that as of April 30th,96.5 per cent of the old $6 pre-ferred stock had been depos-ited for exchange into theauthorized new preferencestocks. The directors haveauthorized an extension untilMay 23rd of the right to ex-

"If we don't stop this inflation soon, young man, all I'll be ABLEto buy is the box!"

People At Work

Germaine Gagne is picturedhere working at ifrl TowelConverting machine at Cas-cade.

Edward Turcotte, a 26-yearman and brakeman for theBerlin Mills Railway, is shownhere while shifting the pitchtank at Bermico.

Here is Alex Arseneau, a27-year man, operating #1Embosser at the Cascadeplant.

Here is a Steam Man onzr2 dryer at Burgess. WilfredJenesse has been working forthe company for 14 years.

change the old preferred forthe new issues in order to per-mit stockholders, who havebeen unable to exchange, to doso.

DID YOU KNOW?

Students Visit(Continued from page 1)

of the group.All hands wound up an in-

teresting day with a typicalcamp feed, cordially receivedand abundantly put away.

"No one grows old by living—only by losing interest inliving."—Marie Ray.

—That you make drip coffee weaker,not stronger, by pouring the waterthrough twice?—That thus far in the 1900s weVehad at least 12 completely new man-ufacturing industries, creating di-rectly and indirectly 7,000,000 new-jobs?

May 16, 1951 T H E B R O W N B U L L E T I N Page Three

Let's Talk It Over...I would like very much for all of us to gather in a big audi-

torium and discuss a problem that is more destructive to thehuman race than war. It is not possible, ho\vever, for all of usto meet at one time so I am using our Brown Bulletin as thatauditorium and am asking your help in the discussion of thisbig and important problem.

Our problem is "a high rate of accidents" and I need yourhelp in preventing them. I am referring to the industrial typeof accident and injury — where the breadwinner gets hurt onthe job. As a result, his ability is frequently impaired, his earn-ing capacity is reduced, he suffers, his family suffers, the com-munity suffers, the company suffers — his accident and injuryhas affected his normal way of life. This is not the way hislife was intended.

Back 30 or 40 years ago, men thought that accidents werevisitations of God or of chance. They thought that accidentsjust had to happen. Now we know different. During the SpanishAmerican War our boys were dying of yellow fever and thedoctors were helpless. One day a medical man found the causeto be the mosquito. Consequently, millions of mosquitoes werekilled and yellow fever was stopped.

We understand this fact, but do we understand its signifi-cance ? The significant fact here is that there was a cause. Thesame is true with all types of accidents, industrial or otherwise.They just don't happen — there is always the cause. It developsfrom an unsafe condition, undiscovered or disregarded hazards,or lack of adequate thinking before we tackle the job. We canalso have unsafe acts, unsafe practices and undiscovered ordisregarded hazards without an accident.

Last year, 17,000 people lost their lives in industrial acci-dents. In each case there was an accident — a serious injurywhich resulted in death. At the same time, 496,000 people losttime from work and 5,100,000 people were treated for no-lost-time injuries. All this in industry alone. This is evidence thatsafety has a tremendous job ahead, but it's a job for all of usas individuals.

Safety engineering is not an exact science like mathematics,chemistry, or physics. We compile accident facts, investigateaccidents, and study accident prevention methods. Accidentscan and will be eliminated when safety is individually developedinto our daily planning and incorporated into every activitycarried on in our lives. This then makes safety a life-time job— for all of us.

Jack Rodgerson,Safety Engineer

What Do You Think?This opinion poll is being conducted by the Community Club

Board of Directors with the cooperation of the local schoolauthorities and the Public Relations Department of BrownCompany. We hope to get as representative a reaction as pos-sible of what Berlin people (both young people and adults)think of the Community Club. You can feel free to answer thequestions frankly. Your identity will not be recorded or usedin anv wav.

1. Do you think it would be worthwhile to arrange physical education

classes twice a week for mill workers? Yes No

Would you attend these classes? Yes No

2. Have you ever been a member of the Community Club? YesNo

Are you now a member? Yes NoIf you are not now a member of the Community Club would you

probably join if the program was broadened? Yes No Or

if the dues schedule was changed? Yes No

3. Check the items below which you think are most needed in theCommunity Club today:

Improvements in the building.

Broader recreation program for adults.

Broader recreation program for children.

Broader social program for adults.

Broader social program for children.

Stricter regulation.

4. Check one of the following or make your own brief comment onCommunity Club dues:

Dues have been too low.

Dues have been too high.

Dues have been just right.

5. Have you any additional suggestions or criticism?

Please fill in and cue out the above form. Drop it in the box labelled'Community Club Opinion Poll" at your time-office.

BowlingAverages

Over The Lunchbox:

Brown Company Mill LeagueSeason Averages 1950-51

Pin- No. ofNameR. DubeA. AubeyG. BergeronS. ParkerA. HazzardC. JohnsonR. FisetteD. MorrissetteA. RoyD. KilbrideD. KeeneA. BetaL. CroteauJ. ChavarieG. BarlowA. MoreauM. DupuisM. KeeneB. GagnonR. WebbP. CaronL. BirtH. RobitailleH. GordonA. TrahanE. RivardJ. LemireC. ChavarieC. MortensonEd. CcrreauJ. PoulinG. LafleurH. AllenN. WelchE. KingB. MorinJ. OttoliniN. LabrecqueR. MontminyJ. McKelveyN. CorriveauL. KeeneN. LandrvR. AyotteA. HansonJ. CooperA. WheelerE. WashburnI. PotterG. ComeauF. LapointJ. SweetT. RuelC. RayJ. KeatingL. FyshA. ParadisG. MortensonR. NcletP. SanschagrinJ. LunbladR. GillinghamP. SaucierV. BuckovitchJ. CoteC. CurleyM. AgrodniaO. CroteauE. AllardJ. DinardoJ. BergquistC. RobergeE. FournierR. MoreauR. BerthiaumeH. BlanchardK. DickersonA. LaplanteDon BilodeauF. LeblancJ. AccardiT. RyanN. PellerinE. BergeronC. AndersonP. EvansA. St. Hilaire

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Kraft Mill Champs(Continued from Page 1)

He bowled a 277.Riverside "B" Champs

Cascade was defeated in thethird match when Kraft milltook all four points makingRiverside #2 champs of di-vision "B" with an opportu-nity of meeting the division"A" champs, Kraft mill #1.

Kraft Wins OutKraft mill #1 and Riverside

=£2 were then matched forthe championship game to de-termine the winner of the MillLeague. The first string was

"Getting a new car thisyear?" Larry asked, as he andJoe closed their lunchboxesand settled back for a smoke.

"Yeah, think we will," saidJoe. "The wife and I weretalking about it last night —or, rather, she was. Lookingthrough the ads in a magazinegave her the idea, I guess . . .all those beautiful new mod-els."

"I know what you mean,"Larry put in. "It's tempting,but we're going to make oursdo another year any way."

"Doesn't make too muchdifference to me," Joe wenton, "just so it gets me to workand back and on fishing tripsthis summer. But I'll admitour car doesn't look as prettyas it did a couple of years ago.And that makes a differenceto the dames."

"Speaking of ads in themagazines," said Larry, stok-ing his pipe, "I noticed a letterin a magazine the other daythat had been written in tothe editor by a GI in Korea.Kind of gave me a new ideaabout the magazines we read— thumb through, glance atthe ads, read a story or two,and then forget about it."

"All that from a little letteryou read?" Joe asked. "Well,go on."

"The GI said that he andsome of his pals were lookingthrough a magazine sent fromhome, when several native Ko-reans gathered around andlooked over their shoulders.

They couldn't read — the na-tives, I mean — but their eyespopped out at the ads."

"They saw all those beauti-ful pictures of our modernbathrooms, our automobiles,electric kitchens, televisionsets... pictures of our healthy,happy kids, and our nicehomes . . . and institutionalads like Brown Company's.Then one of these Koreansasked the GI, 'Is that yourAmerican propaganda ?'':

Joe pondered for a moment."Well," he said, "I can see

how they would figure it as

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propaganda, at that. They'vebeen fed propaganda aplentyby the Communists — promis-ing them a lot of things ifthey'd just forget about free-dom and let Red dictators runtheir lives."

""Sure," said Larry. "Butthere in our American maga-zines they see all those won-derful things right in front oftheir eyes — things which areadvertised for anybody inAmerica to go out and buy —right here and now, today.Things that we just take forgranted as a part of our dailylives, possible under our sys-tem. They can't believe it, sothey figure it's just propagan-da, I guess."

"I know one thing," saidJoe. "I'm going to be lookingat the ads with a different eyefrom now on, myself. They'llmean a lot more than justpretty pictures!"

"That's for sure, chum,"said Larry. END

taken by the Kraft and allindications were that theywould hold the lead. Riverside,however, came back stronglyto take the next two stringsand overshadow their oppo-nents. The fighting came toa climax during the fourthstring with both teams tryingdesperately to gain the lead

and hold it. George Barlowand George Bergeron bowled110 and 102 respectively andthus contributed to theirteam's victory. Kraft mill wonthe total pinfall by ten pinsand rightfully deserve thehonor of being called the 1951Mill League champs.

"Next time you start saying some-body's 'dull/ remember that thekeenest edge is made with a bluntwhetstone."

MISS PAPER CITY

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What's News Around The Plants

RiversideRamblings

BY LEO LANDERSAND R. MORIN

Albert Wheeler entertainedhis friends at the Eagle Clubat a smoke talk recently bygiving a clever interpretationof some fancy steps. Howabout a few more of thenewest steps, Albert? Televi-sion is on the way in — andwaiting for you.

As long as W. P. has beenat Riverside he still can't tellthe difference between a walland a door. We saw him try-ing to force his way througha wall until he finally realizedthat it couldn't be done.

If you want a good argu-ment on baseball just talk toWallace Rines and, brother,you've a real argument onhand.

Elmo Theriault has been ap-pointed to serve on the juryin Lancaster. He should bewalking around with the lawbooks any day now.

Lucien Montminy of ourFinishing room is talking highpraises of the motor in his1939 Pontiac. He claims thatit has been driven thirty-fivethousand miles and is just nowbroken in.

The following LINE LOGICwas picked up by your re-porter who thought it wouldbe worthwhile inserting in theBulletin. No hard feelings —this is news only.

For Roman Glinka of ourBeater room: Don't cry over"spilt" milk; remember, it'sfour-fifths water.

For Clifford Delorge of ourMachine room: To entertainsome people, all you have todo is sit down and listen.

For Albert Wheeler of ourBeater room: One way tomake easy money is to sellcushions in a nudist camp.

For Milton Taylor of our

Machine room (who, incident-ally is getting married soon):Don't worry about who is bossin your house; you'll be hap-pier if you never find out.

For Victor Chaloux of ouroffice force: When you havea joint bank account, don't letyour wife be too quick on thedraw.

For Carl Johnson of ouroffice force: Old age is a pe-riod when men pay more at-tention to their food than theydo the waitress.

For Dave Osborne, our time-keeper : We often wonder whythe tipsters who know allabout markets sell their know-ledge so cheap.

For Clarence Welch of ouroffice force: Battle of thesexes! Men say women can'tbe trusted too far; women saymen can't be trusted too near.

Powerand SteamBY TEX ENMAN

Beautiful spring is here atlast and every fisherman isgetting out his fishing tackleand heading for his favoritepond or stream. Ray Brownwas out testing lure and baitto find out what they werepartial to this season. Hehooked on to one that felt likethe father of all fishes. Hepulled and hauled and finallylanded it ... the body of anold Model T Ford.

Blaise Heroux took a tripto Boston recently to meet hisdaughter who was on her wayhome from Rome.

Ned George is still very illat his home. We are all hopingfor a speedy recovery.

We had a pleasant surprisethe other day. Earl Robinson,our conservatively dressed Su-perintendent called on us. Butthis time he was dressed inone of the latest spring suits.On him it looks swell. We al-

ways like our Super dressedin style.

Doc Cordwell has a newspring tonic which is good forthat listless feeling calledspring fever. He has named itDoc Cordwell's Early StarterLiver Exhilarator and BileSweetener — and it's guaran-teed.

Miss Bertha Nusman, ourformer mail clerk, has beenpromoted to Gordon Clark'soffice. Good luck, Bertha. We

Gardens...Employee gardens at the

Thompson Farm will againbe made possible this year.

Since only a limited num-ber of garden lots are avail-able, employees wantinggarden space at that loca-tion, should make applica-tion at the Company Rela-tions department beforeMay 25.

The usual fee of onedollar will be charged foreach plot to help defray thecost of plowing and harrow-ing.

will surely miss your cheery"good morning" and pleasantsmile.

Onto Piant

BY PHIL FARRINGTON

Irving Collins, a formeremployee at Onco, must havebeen a little excited the otherday. His son was the causeof an "SOS" being aired overour local radio station. Seemsthat Clayton strayed fromhome and was gone longerthan usual. After a prolongedsearch, Clayton was found —safe and sound, curled up inthe back seat of a car — andfast asleep. No wonder parentsget gray hair.

Well, with fishing season in

full swing it's going to be in-teresting to hear the tales ofthe big ones that got away.

Oscar Hamlin of the OncoResearch & Development de-partment, has his rubber raft,rod and reel all in readinessfor a trip up river to try hisluck at the speckled beauties.Oscar is the boy who shot twodeer with one bullet last fall.Let's see if you can catch twofish on one line, Oscar. Don'ttry it with two lines, though.Seems that someone aroundhere tried it and found itdoesn't suit the game wardentoo well.

The girls of the finishingroom seem to have a pleasedlook lately. Maybe it's thatnew refrigerator that hasbeen added to their rest room.It's something they really ap-preciate.

Bermico Bits

BY RUSS DOUCET & ASH HAZZARD

Mr. and Mrs. William Suffillare to be congratulated upontheir 25th wedding anniver-sary which came around onMay 1st. Many more yearsof happy marriage to you.

Once again we list withpride the names of those whohave given blood at the RedCross Bloodmobile. First do-nations : Albert Dandeneau,Eugene Erickson, Albert De-silets, Arnold H. Hanson, Er-nest Burknay, Leo Pepin,George L. Beauparlant, ClaudeJodrey, Romeo J. Therriault,and Edgar Perrault. Seconddonation: Edward "Buster"Brown.

Sales OfficeNews

under the supervision of Phil-lip E. Vollmer, formerly of theExport division in New York.The office staff is functioningsmoothly in its modern andexcellently planned quarters.An exceptionally e f f i c i e n tforce has been assembledwhich includes many new em-ployees from the Boston area.

In New York, at the Re-gional Sales office, 500 FifthAvenue, Mrs. Rosemary Sloatcontinues as supervisor of astaff of regular New Yorkoffice employees. With thir-teen years' service to hercredit, Mrs. Sloat is no novicein the efficient handling ofNew York office details.

Chemical PlantExplosions

BY ARTHUR GOYETTE

William Barry and Dr. P.M. Goodloe were welcomedvisitors at the Chemical millrecently.

Al McKay and family werevisitors in Portland, Maineover the weekend.

John Briggs, Storehouse,has returned from a week ofvacation. No ill effects.

Harold Vashaw and Joe Ba-sile report getting their smeltlimit several times. We won-der if they enjoyed cleaningthem.

Ernest Gagne and AdelardRivard are still on the sicklist. A speedy recovery to bothof them.

The staff of Brown Com-pany's new Boston office, at150 Causeway Street, is now SEE PAGES 1 AND 3

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THIS IS A SHOWDOWN! PRODUCE BETTEOur job today is to prove that free men

working together can out-produce slave taborboth in armaments and civilian goods-withoutsacrificing our basic freedoms. We must provethat we can meet and beat all competition,

LIVE BETTER

...it makes a difference to YOU IAmerica's future is in our hands. Communism has declared war upon our

economic system. Their fond hopes that our economic system would collapse,that we would go into a tailspin of a postwar depression did not come to pass.Instead, our vigorous competitive economy grew stronger. Our army ofemployed people grew bigger. Our standard of living rose higher. The coldwar was being lost by Communism because the Free Economic System wouldnot collapse according to their hopes. So they chose to warm up the cold war.The idea was to divert production and manpower — to add an extra strainupon the structure of the free economic system.

difference to YOU!

But this, too, will fail. It will fail because even we ourselves have beenamazed by the vigor of our own free economy. We are re-arming. We arehelping equip the free nations of the world. And we will meet the needs ofour domestic economy at the same time. Communism has asked for show-down proof. Our system of enterprise is capable of production miracles whichwill preserve our economic and civil liberties.

Yes, America's future is in our hands. We must prove that we can meetand beat all competition . . . without sacrificing our basic freedoms.

Photographs: Copyright The Sheldon - Claire Co., Chicago, 111.