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November 1954 Volume 10 No. 10 ar t f i i s e i f e s

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ARGUS EYES November 1954

All of us at Argus—profit-sharers, employees andstockholders—have been very encouraged with business in1954. The uncertainties of the spring months gave wayto a satisfactory summer and a record fiscal year. Thesteady market has continued into this fall season, a betterfall than the corresponding period last year.

You may remember that business was slow after lastyear's Christmas season. The primary reason for thisinactivity was that many dealers were overstocked withChristmas inventory. This year Carl Chapman and hismarket research group are watching dealers' inventoriesvery closely. Current reports indicate that an overstockedsituation is not likely to reoccur in 1955. That beingthe case, our spring business should be firm. We havebased our post-Christmas schedule on this forecast.

In a seasonal business, it is not always possible tokeep production at a steady rate throughout the year .Nevertheless, that is a goal toward which we are contin-ually working, and I believe we have made real progressin that direction during the past few years. We will con-tinue this policy next year by investing our money in in-ventory during the first few months of the year when salesare slow. As you know, when sales are temporarilyhigher than our forecasts, we try to meet the demand byovertime. While this reduces the Company's profit percamera, it does enable us to maintain steadier employ-ment.

IDEAS FOR ELIMINATING SCRAP WANTEDA subject closely related to business success is the

cost of scrap. In the past, reductions in scrap costshave been encouraging, but this waste must be cut evenfurther.

by Robert E. Lewis

As I reported at the Annual Dinner the other night, weaveraged $25,000 per month scrap cost last year. To payfor this much waste, Argus must sell an additional$175,000 worth of cameras each month. That's a lot ofcamera sales. And it is also an unnecessary penalty onour production costs. If we are to maintain the enviableposition of being the company that offers the customer themost camera for his money, we must keep productioncosts down.

Every one of us at Argus can probably think of severalways to cut scrap on his job or another job in the plant.Ideas on this subject are welcomed in the Suggestion PlanOffice. If an idea is acceptable, an employee benefits intwo ways: he collects a suggestion award and he insureshis own job by helping to make the Company more com-petitive. The reduction in costs also makes possible alarger Company contribution to the Profit-Sharing Fund.

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM BEGINSJerry Craig, president of the Junior Achievement group

sponsored by Argus this year, stopped in my office lastmonth to sell me stock in the JA company. I was inter-ested to learn that this group is transforming our reflectorrejects into usable and attractive ash trays as theirproject this year.

Ginny Lau, Wes Donaldson, Bob Cuny, Dave Oughton,and Ralph Parsons, who are working with this group,should be proud of the important part they are playing inteaching these youngsters the techniques of production,selling, and business. Such experience gained by highschool boys and girls will prove invaluable to them in thefuture. I understand that Fred Steinhebel is also assist-ing in this fine work as an adviser for the Junior Chamberof Commerce sponsored group.

Production Planners are P A System Famous NamesAn answer to the request for "pictures of people with famous names"that are paged over the public address system sent to Andy Argus,

Among the names most often broad-cast on the Argus public address sys-tem are those of Production Plan-ners. These men see that machineoperators have material to workwith, that assemblers have parts toassemble. They determine the quan-tity of parts to be manufactured, the

Back: Tom Knight, front, left: JoeJaroszyk; right, Jerry Patterson.

type of material required and thedate the material is needed.

Work about the plant keeps themaway from home-base—their desksin Production Planning, 1st floor ofPlant I. When they are needed, theeasiest and quickest way to find themis to page them on the P.A. system—thus theirs have become some of themost frequently-heard names atArgus.

Back, left: Fred Alchin, right,Martin Sieloff. Front, left: AaronOtts; right: Ken Geiger.

Back, left:Jesse Cope.OTHare.

John Shattuck, right:F r o n t : Dennis

Back, left to right: Harold Peter-son, Bill Allen, Bill Frakes. Front:Harry Rookes.

November 1954 ARGUS EYES

Argus Community Chest

Donations Hit New HighOver $16,000 was donated by em-

ployees and the Company to the 1954Community Chest and Red Crossdrive at Argus. This year 's totaltops last year 's record figure of$15,500 by over $500.

Employees contributed $8,146.00of the total, and this figure wasmatched, dollar for dollar, by theCompany.

Some $12,300.00 of the total wentto the Community Chest, $2,876.00will go to the Red Cross and theremainder will be allocated to out-lying areas .

Many employees contributed aday's pay or more in answer to theplant's "Give a Day's Pay" campaign.In a drawing for prizes awarded inthe campaign, Paul Mason, LensGrinding, won the projector, IrvingHalman, Accounting, and Bill Kinny,Standards, each won an A-4 andRobert Kalmbach, Accounting, wona "40".

Campaign chairmen at Argus saidthat employees' response to thisyear 's campaign was outstanding andevery person who participated is tobe thanked for his help.

135 Employees Give Blood135 Argusites were donors in the

Ann Arbor Blood Bank Drive onOctober 26 and 27. Other Ann Arborindustries whose employees contrib-uted were King-Seeley, Hoover Balland Bearing, Economy Baler, BuhrMachine Tool Co. and Cook Plant.

Only those employees who sign anagreement to contribute blood mayobtain it, free of charge, for them-selves and their families should anemergency ar ise .

New "Company" Converts Reflectors to Ash Trays

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT president,Jerry Craig, a junior at Ann ArborHigh School, sells stock in his com-pany to Argus president, RobertLewis.

EXAMINING the Junior Achieve-ment group ash trays are, left toright: Robert Lewis, Wes Donald-son, Bob Cuny and Jerry Craig.

A group of high school studentsare learning the ways of businessby transforming rejected camerareflectors into ash trays and mar-keting them in a Junior Achieve-ment project sponsored by Argusthis year.

The Argus group is one of sev-eral being sponsored by various in-dustries for the second time in thehistory of Ann Arbor. Purposeof the program is to provide highschool students with the opportun-ity of learning a business by oper-ating one.

Reflectors become ash trays byfirst forming cigarette-holding de-pressions in the reflectors with adie. Then the reflectors are ano-dized to become a bright, at trac-tive color. An appropriate insig-nia or design is placed on the bot-tom of the reflector and coveredwith a glass disk. For ash trayssold at Argus, the group plans anappropriate Argus insignia for thebottom.

All work is done by the young-sters themselves at the JuniorAchievement Center in Ann Arbor.Guiding the Argus group are WesDonaldson, Service, who is salesadvisor; Bob Cuny, Engineering,who is business advisor and GinnyLau, Camera Assembly, who isproduction advisor. Ralph Parsons,Paint Shop and Dave Oughton, En-gineering, work with the group,also.

Ash trays will be sold at Argusin the near future.

Hurricane Hazel Jinx Extends to Argus Delivery of Relief Supplies

CO-WORKERS in Shipping welcomeElmer Kalmbach home. Left to rightare: Elmer Kalmbach, Chuck Han-shaw, Ken Holzhauer, Ed Domke.

"Operation Hazel" was as capri-cious as its hurricane namesake forElmer Kalmbach, Shipping, whodrove an Argus truck filled withblankets and warm clothes fromAnn Arbor to the Toronto hurricanevictims last month.

The shipment was part of a de-livery of some 2,000 pounds of sup-plies collected by the Ann ArborJunior Chamber of Commerce after8 inches of rain from HurricaneHazel sent the Humber River on arampage on October 15.

On Wednesday, October 20, at7:30 p . m . , Elmer Kalmbach leftAnn Arbor with his loaded truck.But all was not smooth sailing. Itwas 12:30 a .m. before delaying bor-der red tape was cut and the truckpassed Canadian customs.

Near Paris , Ontario, Canada, thetruck became temperamental. Afterthree mechanical breakdowns andten hours of delay, Elmer and hispassengers, Bill MacFarland andJames Winters of the JCC, began towonder if they'd ever see Toronto.Finally, late Thursday night, theyreached Toronto, red-eyed and ex-hausted from lack of sleep. OnFriday morning, Elmer drove thesupplies into the village of Wood-bridge, a Toronto suburb. Cloth-ing was immediately distributed tothe 60 grateful families who losteverything they owned to HurricaneHazel.

Elmer, who visited several de-stroyed homes in the area and talkedto refugees, said that houses weredemolished and entire families weredestitute.


ORCHID" LETTERS SING OUR PRAISES

SUSIE who works on the "75" line

JOE who works in the Machine Shop

are just two of many people at Argus who never hear the praise andproblems expounded by customers who send us letters.

So that everyone can know just what our customers think of the job weTredoing and the products we're making, Sales and Service people pass alongthese letters of praise that come the way of their departments each day.

You Get a Big Orchid !ARGUSITES ARE THE GREATEST SAYS CAMERA REPAIR COMPANY MAN

"I was greatly impressed by yourfine factory, personnel and the cour-tesies shown me while I was in AnnArbor, and I want to congratulateyou on having the most outstandingfactory in the photographic field. Ifelt that your employees, from the

factory worker to top key men, wereof the highest caliber. This certain-ly is reflected not only in the highquality of your merchandise, but inthe prestige your company has givento the photographic industry."

Our Cameras Get Orchids 1C4 "HAS EVERYTHING BUT A PERCOLATOR" LADY WRITES US

"I find myself forced to take timeout in a busy day to extend an "or-chid." I've been an Argus cameraowner ever since you first got outthe fixed-focus 35 mm., 'way backwhen. In the many years I had thatcamera, I paid out nothing whateverin repairs, and have albums ofsplendid pictures from it. Shortlyafter you came out with the Argus 40,I sold my little 35 mm. to a friend(who is still using it with good re-sults) and purchased the 40, whichI still have, and intend to keep.. .forblack and whites.

Today, I am the PROUD owner ofa C4, converted to take a LithagonTelephoto lens—also the Zoom Vue—and of course, the case and flash.

What a compact, neat, little job!It has more features than some ofthe higher-priced cameras I lookedat. When I showed it to a businessassociate, she commented: "It'sgot everything but a percolator!"

I want to compliment you, too, onyour easy-reading, understandablebook of instructions. While I, per-sonally, won't have too much use forit being pretty well versed on pho-

tography, I feel the down-to-earthillustrations and step-by-step in-structions for operation will be ofinvaluable assistance to anyone nottoo familiar with cameras."

I GOT PROFESSIONAL PICTURES FROM THE START SAYS C3 FAN

"Upon the arrival of our daughterin August, 1953, I decided that thebest way to record her growth andcharacteristics was pictorially. Afterinvestigating the advantages and dis-advantages of a multitude of camerasin the comparatively low price 35mm. class, I decided upon Argus C3.

Being a novice in the amateur

35 mm. color class, I was fullyprepared for many over and underexposed and in general many unsat-isfactory pictures at first.

But much to my surprise, 'pro-fessional-like' pictures are peculiarto this Argus from the start. Nowafter a year has elapsed, I havenaturally added to my photography

hobby such things as filters, a lightmeter, slide file, etc. I have alsotaken over 300 pictures (all in color)with very few failures. I am happyto say that I have not only fulfilledmy original object of recording mydaughter's growth pictorially, buthave found many hours of enjoymentthrough my new-found hobby."

NEVER-FAIL FORMULA FOR SHARP PICTURES INCLUDES ARGUS "40'

"About six years ago, I bought anArgoflex. Then in 1949 I sold itand bought a competitor's reflexwhich cost almost twice the priceof an Argoflex.

In comparing results, I note thatpictures taken with an Argus, on ageneral average, are much better.During the past six or seven years,I have used cameras ranging in price

from $10 to $300. Argus is myfirst choice.

I have returned to your product.This afternoon I bought a new Argo-flex Forty.

Argoflex plus Ansco Supreme Filmplus Kodak Microdol developer is anever-failing formula for good, sharp-detailed pictures.

A CUSTOMER SAID IT: "To"be a"ble to get letters ofcongratulation from anyoneduring these days withoutrunning a contest or payingfor i t in some other way,one must certainly have awonderful product. I con-gratulate you!"

Spooks and Goblins Cavort at Halloween Dance

iArt Selent (left), Don Bailey (center)and Bill Betke relax at the dance.Recreation Club members all cameas guests of Art and Don.

"We at the VFW Club were happyto have had all you witches, goblins,etc., at your annual Halloween party.Some of those costumes could havewalked away with first prize at anycostume ball! If, at any time, you'reinterested in another party, we'd bemore than happy to work with you.Our thanks to members of the ArgusRecreation Club and especially toDon, Bill, George, Art and the restof the gang."

Don BaileyV.F.W. Manager

BEST COSTUME PRIZES of $5 eachwent to Jane (left) and Bernie Mer-ritt. Bernie works in C3 CameraAssembly.

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SATAN with a marshmallow-tippedfork was Phyllis Koernke, C3 Cam-era Assembly. Her husband, Otto,was the Halloween skeleton.

THEIR GRANDPARENT'S clothingprovided Gay 90's costumes forMadeline (Optical Assembly) andJohn Burkhart (Production Planning)on the left. At the right is MaryMoseley.

DAISY MAE AND LIL' ABNER wereDolores Helzerman (Purchasing) andGarrett Bakker. Dolores made bothcostumes, including her yellow rug-yarn wig.

CHINESE MANDARIN and his ladywere Ron Fox (plant guard) and NancyFlanders. Civil war soldier who worehis grandfather's original uniformwas Bob Tice; "flapper" was PatFox.

PETER COTTON TAIL was BeaMagill, Optical Assembly. Derby-topped gentleman beside her is BudMoseley (husband of Mary in OpticalAssembly).

ESCAPED CON was Frank Skoman,Tool Room. Blonde-wigged lady be-side Frank is,his wife, Lucia.

LONELY NIGHT SHIFT SCENE isportrayed by John Wood, Lens Pol-ishing. During the day, 21 peoplework in this department; at nightthere are 10.

THE NIGHT SHIFT

SMALL Night-Shift crews look lostin half-empty rooms. During theday, for example, 10 people workin the Lens Coating Room; at night,Janet Riddle (above) is one of a crewof two.

8:20 IS "LUNCH" TIME for men inPlant I. Here Bessie Green servesa Machine Shop crew (left to right)Jasper Womack, "Shorty" Bergey,Curtis Lewis.

night people at Argus keep both plants buzzing while people of

3 : 3 0 ~ t n e e n d of t h e workday for most Argusites isthe dawn of a new one for Night Shift people

who keep the plant buzzing until shortly after midnight.The Paint Shop, Machine Shop, Shipping Department,

Lens Grinding, Blocking, Centering, Tool Room are themajor departments that work at night.

Others are Maintenance people who are busy at nightmaking the plant spic and span for the morning.

Nighttime is a busy time for the plant guards whomake regular window and door-checking rounds, providean ambulance service for emergencies, operate the nightswitchboard and stand their regular sentry watch at thedoors.

For most of us, to begin the workday in mid-afternoonand end it in the black of night, would create a topsy-

turvey world. Night-shift people occasionally look en-viously at day people who relax in the evening, but mostof them are willing to admit that their shift has com-pensations .

A night-shift man needn't bother winding his alarmclock for the morning.

He can take advantage of his free morning hours byhunting, fishing or attending .classes.

Because the shift is small, night people have ampleopportunity to get acquainted with each other. And mostof them are proud of their congenial group.

The Night Shift carries on while day people relax athome. Without them, Argus could not keep up normaloperations for long.

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: IBSWITCHBOARD at night is the Plant I guard's desk.Above, "Mike" Michael takes a call while Charles Pettisgets ready to make his rounds. Both men are day stu-dents at Michigan State Normal College.

AS LONG AS men are at'work in the plant, the FirstAid Room is kept open. On duty above is Gene Weaverwho, during the days, is a medical student at the Uni-versity of Michigan.

2 COATS OF WAX are given fresh-ly-washed floors in Optical and Pro-jector Assembly each night by AlSanford as part of his cleaningduties.

NIGHT WORK of Frank Kokenakes,Maintenance, helps make offices andshops spic and span for the nextmorning.

OUTSTANDINGLY large and long isa shiny new machine, the Warnerand Swasey 2-1/4 multiple spindle,in the Machine Shop. Night opera-tor is Bob Wood (above).

th day shift relax with their families at home

LUNCHTIME is 8:10 p.m. for men inPlant II. Here (left to right) JamesMoran, Glenn Eastman, FriendyChrysler and Bill Glover enjoy acup of coffee in the Tool Room.

WORKING all by himself in theBakelite Room at night is Joe New-myer, above. During the day, \&people work in this room.

SELDOM USED during the day, theCincinnati Centerless Grinder is ex-pertly operated at night by GeneRohde who grinds back lenses on itfor the C4 Camera.

Bob Taylor, center, buffs flash-gun reflectors.Betty Beuschlein, right, sprays adhesive on the leather-ette covering for the C3 and C4 Cameras.

oversprays the gray paint on the projector.


Camera Club Has 1st Photo

Taking - Processing SessionsLab meetings for the new Argus Camera Club are

underway.At the first one, on October 25, club members,

equipped with cameras ranging in complexity from thefixed-focus type to the studio camera, "shot" models whoposed under flood lamps. At later meetings, club mem-bers processed the film, following instructions given byfellow members more advanced in photography.

Meetings are held every Monday night, 7 p.m., inthe Plant II Canteen.

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CAMERA CLUB OFFICERS are: standing, Eddie Sayer,president. Seated, left to right, vice-presidents: HaroldPickering, in charge of color photography; Jan Gala, incharge of still black and white; Carl Heselschwerdt, incharge of cinematography.

Other o f f i c e r s ,left to r i g h t :Wilma Simmons,House Chairman;Ed Blattenberger,Board of Direc-tors; Gerry Space,Secretary.

Examin ing thephotograph at theright is Tom Ken-tes, member ofthe Camera Clubboard of direc-tors.

c4ndi¥It was good to see you all at the Halloween Dance last

month. But I want you to know—all rumors that I washidden beneath the sheet-draped scarecrow tagged "AndyArgus" on the edge of the dance floor are strictly false!

Getting down to the business of the month...the Rec-reation Club softball team is the subject for discussionagain this month. The first note came from Art Parker ,J r .Explanation of Softball Team Rules

"I was interested in the letter which appeared in theOctober issue of the 'Argus Eyes' concerning the use ofoutside players on the Argus baseball team.

I was president of the Recreation Club when this rul-ing was made and I feel qualified to explain the reasonsfor its establishment.

Many of the teams in the league in which the Argusteam plays, are sponsored by local merchants as anadvertising medium to aid the sale of their productsor services. Neither Argus nor its Employee Recrea-tion Club needs this medium of advertising. The Rec-reation Club was established to provide the employeesof the Company with an opportunity to participate in ac-tivities outside of their regular job duties. Sports areone of these activities. The Recreation Club felt thatit was more important that our employees get a chanceto play softball than it was to have a winning team.Furthermore, it was our feeling that outside playerswould not guarantee a winning team, and thus far inLeague Play we have shown that we can do pretty wellwith our own personnel. Unfortunately, individuals whohave the ability to pitch softball are a lot harder to findthan second basemen or outfielders, and for this reasonwe decided to let three outsiders play. This was toprovide us with the chance to find several pitchers tostrengthen our staff. Winning at any sport, in whicheither team or an individual participates, is of courseimportant, but not to the point where winning is theonly objective and anything less is undesirable."Softball Team Party

The next note concerned the end-of-the-season soft-ball team party.

"What happened to the $3 allotted to each softballplayer by the Recreation Club for a party or equiva-lent?"

Jack Scott, softball team manager, answered this oneby saying that all players who were members of theteam at the end of the season added their own $2 to the$3 allotted them by the Recreation Club and the entiregroup went to the Michigan-Army football game.

Well, I hope that answers all questions about thesoftball team for the season. Mm.. .Til bet those soft-ball players are sorry they didn't wait to go to a latergame where they could really see some football.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!ANDY

New Photography Book PublishedPhotography fans can get specific instructions on how

to take pictures with an Argus Camera in a book sched-uled for publication on November 25.

The book, "PicturerMaking with the Argus C3, C4,A4" by Jacob Deschin, gives instructions for both blackand white and color photography.

Books will be available at photo dealer's shops every-where .


ANNIVERSARIES

ROBERT LEWIS, Argus President,celebrates his 5th year anniversarywith the Company this month.

ROBERT WOOLSON, Field SalesManager, celebrates 15 years ofservice with Argus this month.

NEED CASH FOR CHRISTMAS?

Suggestions Win $67923 people won cash suggestion

awards last month—money that con-verts easily, painlessly into Christ-mas gifts!

Additional dollars are ready andwaiting this month for any employeewho has an acceptable idea on howto improve a product, save time andmaterial or make Argus a betterplace in which to work.

NOVEMBER AWARD WINNERSDept. Name $ Won

29 George Sponaugle 150.0049 D. H. Blattenberger 126.1031 Patricia Ranger 87.1527 Donald Canine 62.4022 Oscar Markham) joint ^Q QQ49 Harold Hale ) award10 D. H. Clark 31.4474 Ted Watt 25.0010 I. E. Way 19.6952 Elroy W. Abeldt 17.8728 Mildred Williams 15.0053 Chuck Montague 10.0062 Jerome Dunn 10.0043 Marvin Harger 10.0046 Agnes Cobb 10.0026 Russel Wiedmeyer 10.0026 O. V. Decker 10.0054 William Raymond 10.0053 Orviel Harrison 5.0046 Roy K. Lyons 5.0048 Carl Heselschwerdt 5.0081 Bill Brackney 5.0010 Julius Jacques 5.00

Engineers Hold DinnerEngineers held a farewell dinner

for Jim Smith and Dick Savery atthe Elks' Club on October 22. Jim,who was in Tool Engineering, movedjust a short distance to Detroit. ButDick, a draftsman in New Products,left to travel across the country toSeattle, Washington, for his health.

See You at the Recreation ClubTs

Christmas DanceDecember 18

AT THE V.F.W. HALL (ANN ARBOR)

9 p .m. to 1 a .m.

Please bring a gift priced 50^ or less .(Women should bring a gift for a woman,

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Departments Hold Parties

COST DEPARTMENT annual picnicwas held September 1 at Mary Mor-gan's cottage on Base Lake. Frontrow, left to right: Mary Morgan,Nancy Craik, Will Van Dyke, BettyVan Dyke. 2nd row: Doug Morgan,Dick Wood, Hellen and Terry Ger-roll, Ann Duart, Louise Ziegler,Elaine and Terry Haas, Mark Haas.3rd row: Jim Duart, Roy Craik,Grace Craik, George Haas.

SUE BURT opens the farewell giftshe received from the TabulatingDepartment when she left Argus as(left to right) Margaret Dickerson,Florence Packard and Mary Thomp-son watch.

PURCHASING Department girls helda goodbye luncheon for Betty Harris(left) and Joyce Aiken (right) atWeber's when the two girls left theCompany.

Joyce left to be with her husbandwho is in the U.S. Navy in Califor-nia. Betty is now the proud motherof a baby girl .


AN IDEA FOR GIRLS WHO SEW!

Make a Woman's SuitFrom U. S. Navy Trousers

Gloria Wood models the winter suitshe created from 2 pair of her hus-band's bell-bottom trousers.

Are you long on fashion ideas,but short on cash? Take a tip fromGloria Wood, Engineering, who dugher husband's U.S. Navy trousersout of mothballs to convert them intoa stunning winter suit for herself.

Gloria used one pair of wool trou-sers for the jacket and one pair forthe skirt. She used a pattern forcutting both pieces, but varied themslightly in sewing to make themoriginal.

The skirt is a slim, straight style;the jacket—a boxy type with three-quarter sleeves and lined with redand white-striped cotton pique. Ared blouse to match the striped lin-ing gives the outfit extra dash; whitebuttons provide a bit of trim. Endresult—a charming suit for the priceof practically nothing.

Warren Koch on Leave

After graduating from Great LakesU.S. Navy Boot Camp on October 9,Warren Koch, son of Rube Koch(Tool Room) came home on a 2-weekleave. Warren, who reported backto Great Lakes, is scheduled for an8-week course in servicing jet planesat Norman, Oklahoma.

Argus Babies

Janet Martha is the name of thenew 7 lb. baby girl at the home ofthe John Fyfe's. Janet was bornOctober 2. Daddy works in Stand-ards.

Terry Scheetz, Receiving, has a6 lb., 3 oz. girl, Karen Lynn, bornOctober 22.

Wayne Loy, Machine Shop, hasa new son, George Wayne, bornNovember 7, weighing 7-1/2 lbs.

It's a boy for Marilyn Jaeger, Ac-counting. 7 lb. Karl Ernest, whowas born September 10, has a sister,Karen Louise, 22-months old.

Stephen Alan is the name of HaroldHale's new son. Stephen was bornOctober 16 weighing 10 lbs., 5 oz.

David Carto, Regional Sales Man-ager in Indianapolis, has an 8 lb.7-1/2 oz. girl, Laurie Michele, bornJune 28. The Carto's also have a5-year-old son, David.

Bernie Fry, Sales, named her9 lb. 6-1/2 oz. girl, Janice Marie.Baby was born October 7.

Bill Houck, Regional Sales Man-ager in-Buffalo, New York, is fatherof a 5 lb., 14 oz. girl, Lucy Ann,born October 8. The Houck's haveone other daughter.

Bill Ostrander, Lens Blocking,has a son, Russell Lee, born Octo-ber 20 weighing 6 lbs., 13 oz. TheOstrander's have one other son andtwo daughters.

Betty Harris, Purchasing, has a6 lb., 12 oz. girl, Cynthia Beth,born November 3.

Betty Measley, Inventory Control,has a 7 lb. son, Jack Arthur, bornOctober 31.

Dewey McCowan, Shipping, has anew son, 7 lb., 11 oz. Gary Kevin,born October 3. The McCowan'shave a 3-year-old daughter, DeborahKay, too.

Charles Thomas, Shipping, has abrand new daughter, Edna Marie,born October 27. The Thomas' havetwo other daughters, 8-year-oldShirley Jean, and 5-year-old MarthaAnn.

Schneider - BlackmerMarriage Announced

Florence Schneider, ProductionPlanning, was m a r r i e d to LeonBlackmer, Lens Polishing on Septem-ber 25 at Brian, Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. Blackmer are nowresiding at Horseshoe Lake.

BRIGHT-EYED Patricia Kay is the3-month-old daughter of Joe O'Don-nell, Final Inspection.

PROUD GRANDPA is Roy Hiscock,Plant II Receptionist, who holds 6-week-old Charles Martin above.Charles is the child of Roy's son,Dr. Roy B. Hiscock of Los Angeles.

Ken MacAdam is MarriedKenneth MacAdam, Lens Polish-

ing, was married to Janet Riley,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.Riley, Albion, Michigan, on Octo-ber 9. After their wedding at St.Mary's Chapel, Ann Arbor, Mr. andMrs. MacAdam traveled to Canada.They are now at home at 607 W.Madison St. in Ann Arbor.

Lorie Johnson to WedG l a d y s" L o r i e M

Johnson ;Tabulating,will be mar-ried to Ar-thur Wallerof Bos co-b e l , Wis-

consin at the Norwegian LutheranChurch in Boscobel on November 20 xAfter their wedding, the couple willlive in Madison, Wisconsin, whereMr. Waller is attending MadisonBusiness College.

Ardie Allison is EngagedArdie Allison, Engineering, is en-

gaged to Robert Everard, son ofRichard Everard and Mrs. HarrietteMathews, both of Ypsilanti.

The couple is planning a springwedding.


S p o r t J (Review Bob Cramer Lands 3 lb' Bass at lnd*P*nd*nc«"by Art Parker, J r .

Bowling has rolled in to capturethe Argus sports picture, exceptfor a few Monday quarterback ses-sions on the merits of the HighSchool and Michigan football teams.

WOMEN'S BOWLINGThe ladies' league standings as of

October 29 find the "Argus Eyes"still in first place with a 20 and 4record. Their steadiness from weekto week has made them pretty potent.The second place "Ten Pins" withtheir 16 and 8 record will make itrough for any of the others over thelong pull of the season. High singlegame for the last week was a fine188 posted by Rosie Smith.

MEN'S BOWLINGThe very "Thirsty-Five" team

has zoomed from fourth place tohead of the pack by pushing asidethe high-flying "Planners" along withthe "Tabulators" and the "AtomicFive." "New Products" with a 10won and 22 lost record brings upthe rear. Team Captain, BobGramprie, tells me that it is onlya matter of time before his charges,Tom Heermans, Bob Rau, Ed Zilland Harold Bruetsch break into thewin column. After all, "you can'twin 'em all" and maybe they havejust been trying to prove this.

In the next issue we will find outabout our archery teams and theirleague.

626 Get Free Flu Shots

Dr. B. C. Payne "shoots"Salow, Carpenter Shop.

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626 Argusites who took advantageof the free flu shots last monthshould be safe from the effects ofthat influenza bug if it appears thiswinter. The vaccine, a preventativefor Types A and B influenza, is ef-fective for a maximum period of 6months.

Biggest fish caught in IndependenceLake and entered in the RecreationClub's Fishing Contest so far thisyear is a 3-lb. big mouth bass,19-3/8 inches long, caught by Pro-duction Engineer, Harold "Bob"Cramer, on September 26.

Bob was fishing with a cane pole,using minnows for bait, when hecaught the fish. 20 minutes beforehe pulled in the big bass, Haroldlanded an 18-3/4-inch pike, usingthe same type of bait.

His pike, however, didn't set arecord. Paul Haines, WarehouseSupervisor, caught a larger one,5 lbs. , on June 22.

Harold holds the big pike and basshe caught this fall at the Argus rec-creation area, Independence Lake.

Bill Wetzel Gets His Deer with Bow and ArrowBill Wetzel, Engineering Model

Shop, shot a young buck deer witha bow and arrow in Yankee SpringsRecreation Area, Barry County,West of Hastings, Michigan, thisfall.

Bill has what is considered anexcellent record for bow and arrowhunting. This is the third time infour years that he has come backwith a deer.

Argus Children s Christmas Party

Featuring Charles Wonder DogsIf your child likes dogs, he'll bethrilled with this trained dog act!Dogs of all sizes, shapes, breeds ,perform feats and tricks that arefun to watch...

AND EVERY CHILD GETS..

• A gift from Santa himself

• Candy

Saturday, Dec. 18Michigan Theater

Doors open at 10 a.m.

All Argus employees' children, ages 2 to 12, are invited.I t

YES, WE WANT TO COME TO THE CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY!

Number of Children:

Boys

Girls

Ages

Ages

Name of Employee:

Reserve a place for your child now byfilling in this coupon and returning itto the Personnel Department in exchange

for tickets of admission.

yEditor Dorothy BurgePhotoprinting Jan GalaPublished every month for the em-ployes of Argus Cameras, Inc. andtheir families.

ReportersMachine Shop . . . .Dorothy LixeyPaint Shop Wilma SimmonsCamera Assembly . . Ruth O'HareTabulating , Lorie JohnsonLens Processing . . . Betty ShattuckMaintenance Emil JohnsonOptical Assembly,Inspection . . . . Jean FitzGerald

Engineering . . . . . Jim MeldrumStandards . . . . . . . Sue WilsonProduction Planning . Patt DuCharmeTool Room Bill FikeShipping Hilda WhiteAccounting Beulah NewmanSales Jane MaulbetschPurchasing . . Dolores HelzermanNight Shift George Navarre

Features WritersAndy Argus and Robert Lewis

November CoverThis month's Thanksgiving cover

is an original drawing done by JohnSlocum, Engineering Draftsman.

Jerry Stauch Sends NewsJerry Stauch, on military leave

of absence from Camera Assembly,recently passed the air corps testfor a Senior Communications Ma-chine Repairman.

Jerry, who is handling teletypeand crypto maintenance for AFRSRadio Station in Sparrwohn, Alaska,hopes to be home for Christmas.

C. U. Counts 315 Members94 more people joined the Argus

Credit Union in October to swell thetotal membership to 315.

On October 31, total shares pur-chased by members in the CreditUnion had mounted to $9,672.85.Loans to members were out in theamount of $8,740.01. Balance inthe Ann Arbor bank was $2,637.63.

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DEPT.HAROLD THOMPSON, who hasbeen working as a draftsman in En-gineering, has been moved back toPlant I and promoted to Expediter inPurchasing.

DOROTHY LABAN, former StockClerk in Stationery Stores, has movedacross the hall to be promoted toShipping Clerk.

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Argus Honored as "Growth Company of the Year"Argus was named the "growth Com-

pany of the year" by the National As-sociation of Investment Clubs in De-troit last month. A plaque presentedto Robert Lewis was inscribed . . ."Adramatic example of American freeenterprise...dynamic sales and earn-ings growth... excellence of productsand public relations."

Argus' net sales have increasedfrom $5,333,788 in fiscal 1950 to$22,409,132 in fiscal 1954, whilenet earnings rose from $432,054 in1950 to $1,261,179 in 1954.

Receiving the plaque, Robert Lewissaid, "On behalf of our entire or-ganization, I want to thank you forthis distinctive honor you have be-stowed on us. We regard it as anextremely healthy sign to be recog-nized as a growth company withinindustry.

"Argus Cameras, typical of manycompanies on the American scene,

is attaining its growth by a combina-tion of aggressive selling, merchan-dising and delivering a true valueto the public. It seems to be axio-matic in American business that wenever stand still—either we moveahead, or we lose ground. In ourorganization, we realize that con-tinued growth is necessary to ourvery existence in the photographicbusiness."

Investment clubs are formed byindividuals who join together to in-vestigate stocks, pool their moneyand invest it in growth companiesthat have produced steady dividendsover a period of years. Three in-vestment clubs have been formedamong Argus employees—the Bullsand Bears, Citco (Collection-Investi-gation and Trading Company withLimited Funds) and Omba (Optomis-tic Money Bags Association).

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