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Jo/in R. Churchill, center, Aluminum Co, of America* xoas the principal speaker of the program, arid Alden H. Emery, lej t, national secretary of the ACS, was a guest of Itonor. Chairman of tlie section and presiding ojjicer for the meeting was Elmer H. Stuart, Eli Lilly Co,, right

Indiana Section Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Harry E. Barnard, first chairman of the Indiana Section, describefl early activities of the group

JL9EDICATING its annual ladies' night to a celebration of the 40th anniversary of its founding, the Indiana Section enter­tained four of its charter members and several past chairmen at a dinner and dance at the Indianapolis Athletic Club Feb. 8 with an attendance of 125- Early history of the section, which held its first meeting Feb. 14, 1906, was recalled by Harry E. Barnard, its first chairman. Other charter members present were Frank Wade, head of the chemistry de­partment, Shortridge High School, In­dianapolis ; Harry Jordan, secretary, American Water Works Association, New

York; and Frederick C. Atkinson, con­sultant, Indianapolis. Alden H. Emery, secretary of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL

SOCIETY, was present, and the principal speaker on the programmât which Chair­man Elmer H. Stuart, of Eli Lilly Co., presided, was John R . Churchill, of the Aluminum Co. of America. Speaking on "Spectrograph^ Analysis", Dr. Churchill described modern equipment for this work and reported how i t enabled the Aluminum Co. to expand its facilities during the war when i t built and equipped 35 new spectrograph^ laboratories over a period of two and one-half years.

Left to right. John R. Kuehler, Grand Recorder of Alplia Chi Sigma and recent jpast chairman of the section; Mrs. Kuebler; and Edgar B, Carter, Abbott Laboratories, a past chairman

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Attendance of four charter mewrtbers of the 40-year-old section teas a feature of the anniversary program. Left to right: Frank Wade, head of department of chemistry, Shortridge High School, Indianapolis; Harry Jordan, secretary, American Water Works Association, IWeto York; Harry E. Barnard, retired; and Fred Atkinson, consultant

C. K. Calvert, Indianapolis Water Works, a past chairman; Λ/rs. Lingle; and Robert M. Lingle, Eli Lilly Co., a past etiairman

Wallace Bensen, secretary of the Indiana Sec· tion, and Wayne W. Hilty9 chairman-elect

James W. Ferguson, Eli Lilly Co., editor o f T h e Accelerator, and Robert J. Kryter, Esterline Angus, a councilor of the Indiana Section

Asa /V. Stevens, Eli Lilly Co., chairman of the 40th Anni­versary and Ladies9 Night meeting; Mrs. Stevens; and A. W. Holmes, Indiana Steel and Wire Co., Mfuncie, Ind.

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