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November, 1956 VoL12, No. 10

argusArgus Cameras, Inc. • Ann Arbor, Michigan^

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•by Robert E. Lewis

As was announced last week, thestockholders of our Company havemet and approved our joining withSylvania. Now all that remains tobe done is the completion of the paperwork with the state and federal gov-ernments. This should be accom-plished by January 2.

After the first of the year ourCompany will be known as

ARGUS CAMERASDivision of Sylvania Electric

Products Inc.

I was asked the other day if Arguswould not lose its identity in thelarger Sylvania organization. I guessthis question stems from the beliefthat the larger company might domi-nate the smaller. My answer tothis question was, "No, Argus willcontinue to operate very much likea separate company. M In fact, thatis one of the great advantage-0 ofbeing associated with Sylvania. Theyoffer us the stability and security ofa larger firm but believe and prac-tice the philosophy of operating insmaller separate divisions. Arguswill be one of these separate divi-sions.

We consider it very important toretain the Argus identity both withour plant and with our products.Sylvania has a fine name in the fieldsin which it operates, which includethe photographic business. How-ever, Argus is an extremely power-ful name in the camera and projec-

tor fields. As a result, you willnotice little change in our displaymaterial, our advertising, or ourshipping material, as it is our inten-tion to continue to promote the Argusname.

Speaking of the Argus products, Iwonder if we are all aware of howwell our projector is doing this year.Those working on the projector linemust know, as they have been op-erating the line at an extremely highproduction figure all this fall. Theforecasts for the coming year alsoindicate continued high projectorsales. Many dealers have remarkedthat our projector is the finest andbest selling projector in the amateurmarket. This shows again that itpays off to follow the Argus policyof giving the photographic buyer areal value for his money.

Along this same line, we continueto receive congratulations on our C-44 camera system. We are still ina back order stage with that camera,as the demand has far exceeded thesupply. It is planned to continuethe relatively high production for thismodel after the Christmas season sothat we can relieve the back ordersituation before spring.

The rest of our products are con-tinuing to sell at a high rate. Infact, our October commercial saleswere the highest in the CompanyTshistory. This certainly promises abanner Christmas sales period thisyear.

SUB PlanIn Full Swing

The Supplemental UnemploymentBenefit Plan adopted by Argus a yearago became effective November 1.

Under this Plan, eligible hourly-rated employees who are laid offthrough no fault of their own mayreceive payments in addition to theirweekly State Unemployment Compen-sation checks. These payments willbe made from a Trust Fund to whichthe Company contributes 5<? for eachhour for which each hourly-paid em-ployee receives pay.

Copies of the Plan and bookletsexplaining the Plan in detail will bedistributed to all hourly-rated em-ployees in the near future. At thesame time, these employees will begiven ballots for the purpose of elect-ing six fellow employees to the Boardof Administration of the Plan (threemembers and three alternates).

Applications for benefits and SUBpayments will be processed by BettyBliss in the Personnel Office. (Seephoto above.) She will be glad toanswer your SUB questions.

SUB is another fringe benefit pro-vided for its employees by Argus.

Sylvania Announces Further Expansion PlansOn November 13 Sylvania Electric

and Corning Glass Works announceda proposal to form a jointly-ownedcompany for the purpose of expandingresearch, development, and produc-tion activities in the atomic energyfield.

The announcement stated that thenew organization, to be known asthe Sylvania-Corning Nuclear Cor-

poration, will be incorporated in thestate of Delaware and that each com-pany will own one-half of the newcompany stock.

It was further stated that "Thisjoint enterprise will represent anextremely significant step in the con-tinued development of the atomic en-ergy industry and the advent of alarge-scale atomic power. "

gave*Loyal Crawford couldn't re-

sist stopping at Argus on hisway home from the North coun-try to show off the fruits of hishunting labors.

Johnny-on-the-spot Art Park-er, Jr. snapped this photo ofLoyal and his pal for this month'scover.

The $25 Savings Bond CoverContest Prize still stands andthe editors could use some moreentries. Can't anyone use $25?

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Maintenance on the MoveGrumbling about the wife's furni-

ture moving ideas v/ill raise little9if any, sympathy from our mainte-nance department personnel becausethey must do it on a king-size scale.

The recent arrival of anew 6,300pound Blanc hard glass grinding ma-chine on our Plant I receiving dockpresented just another routine mov-ing job to these experts. However,there were many bystanders wonder-ing just who was going to carry thisthree-ton piece of precision machin-ery to its permanent location inPlant II.

Enlisting the aid of various specialtools, the fork lift truck and a greatdeal of know-how, these men madethe job look easy.

The Blanchard is one of two newpieces of equipment recently addedto our operation. The second ma-chine is a rotary multiple spindledrilling machine built here at Argusby our own technicians which willbe put into operation in the MachineShop shortly. This represents atotal investment of $18,000 by theCompany and indicates in a smallway the cost of keeping our methodand operations ahead of our com-petition.

Not for Sleepy Gardeners

If you're a lover of unconventionalplant life and you don't mind gettingup in the middle of the night once ayear, the Night Blooming Cerius isthe plant for you.

This unusual plant blooms onlyonce a year and only for a few hours.And those few hours happen to bearound midnight.

Henry Wirszyllo, Raw Inspection,took the photo above of a NightBlooming Cerius which belongs to afriend, Eugene Staebler.

True to their word, the pale pinkblossoms appeared around midnightand lasted for several hours. Mr.Staebler has only to wait anotheryear to see them again.

Employees Win $1,200 for Sept., Oct. SuggestionsPaul Higgins, Machine Shop, topped

the list of September suggestionaward winners with his award of$265.28. Paul's suggestion resultedin the shortening of an operation onthe C-44 focusing screw part.

An award of $69. 70 went to LucilleHarvey, Lens Cleaning, for her sug-gestion that the C-44 rear lens as-sembly doublets be cleaned with ace-tone only.

A suggestion concerning a changein the location of the stick stand onthe centering machines resulted in a$46.97 award for Dorothy Wier, Cen-tering.

Other September awards were asfollows: Hazel Egeler, MechanicalFinishing-$16. 50; Lauren Lutz, PaintShop-$15; Frank Reger, Tool Room-$10; and Norman Treadwell, Inspec-tion-$10.

Cecille FitzGerald's (Final Inspec-tion) suggestion award of $363.86headed the October list. Cecille'ssuggestion was to discontinue paintingthe screws and screw holes on theC-44 drive ring. (See photo in nextcolumn.)

Cecille FitzGerald receives her sug-gestion award from Mel Bahnmiller.

Ernie Billau, Polishing, was a twotime winner for one suggestion. LastAugust Ernie received $165.30 forsuggesting that the speed of one ofthe polishing machines be reducedin pitch polishing second side flintprojector lenses. Last month it wasdiscovered that this idea could alsobe used in pitch polishing crown

lenses. Another phase of the sug-gestion included C-4, C-44, Super75, and 300 projector lenses. Anadditional award of $228.95 wasmade, which brings Ernie's totalaward for this suggestion up to$394.25.

A check for $95.64 went to JohnBurkhart, Tabulating, for suggest-ing the elimination of listing andbalancing the paid cash cards at theend of the month.

A suggestion that hydraulic tap-pers be used for two operations onthe C-4 and C-44 film spool supportblocks netted Amual Bergey, MachineShop, $33.81.

An award of $23. 57 went to GeorgeJordan, Optical Assembly for sug-gesting that an operation for prepara-tion for degreasing on the C-3 lensassembly be eliminated.

Other October awards were: EdSayer, Polishing—$15; Lida Hoeppe,Service-$13; and Wilhio Kelly, RawInspection-$12. 50.

During the months of Septemberand October $1,219.78 was paid toemployees for suggestions.

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c4rg,udlted Contribute,500 to United 9und

Argus employees met the chal-lenge of this year's United Fundcampaign with their usual fine gen-erosity.

A total of $8,548 was contributedby employees to Ann Arbor and out-lying areas' Funds. The Companymatched the total employee contribu-tion, making the grand total $17,096.

All employees who gave a day'spay or more were eligible for theprizes of Argus products.

At right Tom Spitler holds thename slips high as Tony Bell, Main-tenance, draws a winner. All win-ners are pictured below.

B i l l Betke's (Ma-chine Shop) name•was drawn to r e -ceive an Argusprojector .

Barbara T i t u s ,Sales, was pleasedwith her p r ize , anArgus Pre-Viewer.

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An L3 Light Meterwas all ready andwaiting for Roy-Firestone, PaintShop.

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Eichard Clarke,Engineering, wona new Argus pro-jector.

1 iPlan Now to Attend the

New Year's PartySponsored by the Recreation Club

December 31 at the V F W

Sylvania, Argus Presidents

Work Together on

A.M.A.

Donald G. Mitchell

Donald G. Mitchell, Chairman ofthe Board and President of Sylvania,has been elected Chairman of theBoard of the American ManagementAssociation. He also was electedChairman of the Board of the Inter-national Management Association,which is the A. M.A.'s internationalaffiliate.

This announcement follows closelyon the heels of the news that ourown President, Robert Lewis, waselected to the A.M.A. Board of Di-rectors and will serve under chair-man Mitchell.

The American Management Asso-ciation is an organization that pro-vides an interchange of managementinformation and experiences for com-panies and executives interested inmodern and efficient managementmethod for their own organizations.It is a non-profit organization whosesole interests are in the practicalsolution of current business prob-lems and the development of thescience of management.

Photo Coupon

Name

Dept.

No. of Prints

Black and white prints of anyphotos published in Argus Eyesmay be obtained by filling outthe coupon at right and taking itto the Personnel Services Of-fice. One photo will be free ofcharge. There will be a chargeof 7 cents for each additionalcopy.

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The recent false alarm answeredby the Ann Arbor Fire Departmentgives comforting assurance that ourlocal tax dollars are well spent onthis protection facility.

GledU ? U 2>tte

Among the tools of the trade standsthe Production Engineering "Frustra-tion Trophy."

It seems fitting that someone hasfinally given recognition to the skillof complaining.

The credit for the idea goes tothe Production Engineering group,who have pressed an old bowlingtrophy into service as the form ofrecognition. The trophy is not nec-essarily presented to the Engineerwith the most problems, but ratherto the individual who is verbally themost disturbed by his problems. Itremains in this person's possessionuntil conditions become unbearablefor someone else, whereupon it ispresented to that someone else.

While the trophy is more fondlycalled by a different and much short-er name, its proper title is "TheFrustration, Indignation and VerbalSanitation Award."

A Sign of the Times

The alarm occurred due to a me-chanical failure in the automaticalarm system, somewhere betweenArgus and the Fire Department. Asa precautionary measure, all indus-trial alarms are answered by a com-plete fire company, instead of justone truck. Those who had an op-portunity to see this rolling equip-ment noticed that all the units wereof the latest and most effective type.

All the excitement provided anadded attraction for a group of Man-chester grade school pupils who weretouring the plant at the time.

The Fletcher-Mack Drug Companystore, located on State Street in AnnArbor, is sporting a new overhang-ing sign which is of special interestto Argus.

This electrically l igh ted sign,shown in the photo above, very ef-fectively announces the fact thatFletcher-Mack carries a completeline of Argus products.

Fletcher-Mack has a very largephotographic department in their es-tablishment which they call a storewithin a store. Photography andphotographic supplies, as they pointout, is their business and is not asideline.

This indicates the need and thevalue of this new sign to Fletcher-Mack as a retailer and to Argus asa manufacturer.

^Uat *1ime. Attain!

Saturday, December 15

at the

Michigan Theater

Annual

Children A ChrijtmaJ PartyFor Argus Children Ages 2 through 12

THIS YEAR FEATURING

THE BONELLFS

America's Most Tuneful Family

Doors Open at 9:45 A. M.Reservations are not necessary

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Getting Things Done on Wheels

Finished goods are loaded direct-ly from Central Pack in Plant I forthe trip to the Shipping Department.

Elmer Kalmbach locks up his val-uable load.

Our G.M. C., with its hydraulictailgate, is the "muscle man" of ourtruck fleet.

By Art Parker, Jr .

It is doubtful that many of us haveever realized how important a partthe trucking industry plays in oureveryday living. Nearly everythingwe eat, wear, or use has been car-ried by a commercial vehicle at onetime or another. Of no less impor-tance to you and I is the role ourcompany trucks play in the daily op-erations at Argus.

Under the watchful eyes of KenGeiger, our five trucks perform amultitude of services covering every-thing from the handling of smallparts in process to delivering theAdvertising Department's d i s p l a yproperties to the location of the Na-tional Photographic show. General-ly, however, the trucks perform spe-

Neither rain nor snow, etc., stopPaul Stotts from making his appoint-ed rounds.

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cific daily tasks and are purchasedto best suit these needs.

Of the five trucks, our smallestis a 3/4 ton Ford pick-up (ton desig-nation indicates the load carryingcapacity of the trucks). The primaryfunction of this small truck is fastdelivery and pick-up of the manysmall parts that are processed inone form or another by companiesin the Detroit metropolitan area. Itis also used by the Guard Force whenmaking security checks of the ware-houses at night and on week-ends.

Next in size, and newest of ourfleet, is the 1 and 1/2 ton Chevroletwhich is our mail truck. In addi-tion to the tremendous volume ofmail carried, this truck also handlesa large number of products repaired

(Continued on next page)

The new mail truck will get heavyuse during the coming Christmasseason.

G.M.C. driver Joe Wright unloads "The Fleet." Pictured left to right are -drivers Jan Gala, Paul Stotts,Projector slide changers. Paul Haines Ray Gregory and Elmer Kalmbach.

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Our Fleet and the Men Who Man Itand returned by our Service Depart-ment.

Rounding out the fleet are three2-ton trucks. The G.M.C. is ourheavy-duty material handling truckand is also a familiar sight at theFamily Picnic, where it serves allsorts of purposes including the "ToyFish Pond.t! By next picnic timethis truck will be replaced with abrand new one.

Hourly round trips between theState Street shipping department andthe Plant I central packing depart-ment consume the time of one ofour big Chevrolets. Every Argusproduct made at the plant is movedon this truck as well as every Argusproduct sold through the employeestore.

The remaining truck is used as aspare, and is pressed into servicewhen any of the other trucks aredown for repairs. It is also fre-quently used for handling specialtasks when the other units are notavailable.

Beyond the initial investment inpurchase and periodic replacementof the trucks, Argus spends approxi-mately $4,000 annually for licenses,insurance, gas, oil and maintenanceand many thousands more for thedrivers to man the trucks. Ourdrivers, of which there are fourregular and three stand-bys, arevery proud of their safety recordand rightfully so, since we have hadno serious accidents in almost halfa million miles of driving.

THEY DON'T BUILD' EMLIKE THEY USED TO

The handsome vehicle pic-tured above is a Reo Speedwagonbuilt in the middle 1920fs. Itbelonged to our predecessor,Precision Products Company(Arbor phone Radio) and wasfondly chauffeured by the lateArthur Gerstler, Sr. (also inthe picture), who was an em-ployee of Argus until the timeof his death in 1952.

THE DETROIT RUN

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A mid-morning start insures light The Willow Run Expressway is a Nearing Detroit and the daily traf-traffic. real time saver. fie problem.

Driverplant.

Jan Gala at a vendor C-44 bayonets are picked up at theMichigan Chrome Plating Company.

Heading for home with a $1,000pay load.

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ZJwelve Celebrate November cAnniverarleA

EEIC SODEEHOLM, Quality ControlInspection - 20 years

WILLIE WHITAKEE, Automatic ScrewMachine - 10 years

AENOLD MacDONALD, Sales5 years

CHAELES WEIB, Inventory Control15 years

JOHN BILIAU, Polishing10 years

LOUETTA EITCHIE, C-^ CameraAssembly - 5 years

LAUEEN LUTZ, Polishing15 years

AETHUE DEESHAM, Service10 years

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HAEOLD PICKEEING, Engineering5 years

JULIUS JACQUES, Machine Shop5 years

WILLIAM SALOW, Maintenance5 years

JAMES SWANSEY, Machine Shop5 years

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Leave Argus

(Above) Joel Rowley waves fare-well to co-workers in the Advertis-ing Department.

Joel left Argus last month to takea position as Advertising Managerwith Westclox in Chicago.

It Is Not Easy.... . . to apologize, to begin over,

to take advice, to admit error,to be unselfish,to be charitable,to be considerate,to keep on trying,to profit by mistakes,to forgive and forget,to think and then act,to shoulder a deserved blame . . .BUT-

It Always Pays!

25th Anniversary

Anna Royal's Silver Wedding An-niversary was the occasion for acelebration in Central Packing thismonth.

Many co-workers were on handto offer congratulations and to pre-sent Anna with a lazy Susan in honorof the occasion.

Cake and coffee completed thefestivities.

Wedding, (Belld

Betty Jane Williams, LensCleaning, and William C.Dusterhoft, former Argusemployee now in the Army,were wed November 10 inthe Faith Lutheran Churchin Ypsilanti.

Mr. and Mrs. RodneyDusterhoft, b r o t h e r andsister-in-law of the groom,were best man and matronof honor.

Among the guests at thewedding were Argus em-ployees Cecile Lally andIrene and Jim Swaney.

Official photographer wasEddie Sayer, who took thephoto of Betty Jane shownat right.

Cooperation would solvemany problems. For in-stance, freckles would makea nice coat of tan if they'djust get together.

CARELESSCLEM'i*

"Like roller skating?Here's a good way tostart-use an office swivelchair to reach the top ofa high filing cabinet!"

Miss Nancy Ann Cannon of Ypsi-lanti was wed November 17 to Nor-man Cannis, son of Katherine Cannis,Addressograph Clerk at Argus.

The ceremony took place at theFaith Lutheran Church in Ypsilanti.

The couple honeymooned in Canadaand are now living in Patuxent River,Maryland, where Norm is stationedwith the Navy.

The boy who continues to pull onthe oars doesn't have much time torock the boat.

October 19 was the birth date ofJoanne Melinda Ingling, son of Bob,Standards. Joanne weighed in at6 lbs., 12 oz. She has sisters Bar-bara, 4; and Laurie, 2.

Dolores Bauer's (Accounting) sonLarry James was born November 20.He weighed 7 lbs., 14 oz.

Bill Groves, Engineering, has adaughter, Carol Louise, born Novem-ber *22, weighing 6 lbs., 3 oz. Carolhas an older sister Ann Elizabeth.

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A Short Course in Cost Accounting

And Its Relationship to Job Security(Following is paraphrase of an editorial written in 1945 by W. C. Carter,former president of Link-Belt Company, Chicago, Illinois. What Mr. Cartersaid 11 years ago is still so applicable today that it was reproduced recentlyin Link-Belt's house magazine, "The Controller" and appears now in "ArgusEyes.")

I want you to imagine a cylindrical container like the one at the leftabove. Down at the bottom is a layer of material. On top of this is alayer of labor. Next is a layer of manufacturing departments' overheads(their correct share of power, heat, light, taxes, repairs, insurance, re-placement costs, store keeping, and all the other kinds of expenses thatcannot be charged directly to an order number).

The height of these three layers is manufacturing cost. On top of manu-facturing cost comes a layer of selling and administrative expense. Theheight now is selling cost. On the very top is the thinnest layer of the lot,the profit layer. Our total height now is selling price.

Now imagine, close by, another container like the one at the right. Lyingacross the top of this vessel is a rifle, pointed directly at our container.Behind it is our competitor with a feather-touch trigger finger. His con-tainer has in it the same kinds of costs as ours.

He shoots at us loud and often. If our height is less than his, the shotgoes over and does no harm; but if a single one of our layers is thickerthan it ought to be, and our assembled height is above his level, his bulletlands in our target.

Our first casualty is the thin layer of profit. Having lost this if none ofthe lower layers is able to contract and get us down below his elevation,our sales representative has lost an order and our competitor has transferredthe prize to his order book and goes off with it.

How can we avoid this result?

Remember that every one of us is in one or another of these layers ofcost. The cost of the buildings we work in—the cost of our pay—the costof all the material we use—the cost of equipment and tools used—their re-pairs and eventual replacement, are all a part of the layers that make upthe total height of selling cost.

If the selling cost is so high that we can't add a profit to it we soon gobroke and out of business—and job security has vanished.

It is only by working intelligently—by improving our products—by avoidingbreakage and waste and extravagance—by working together as a team—thatwe can win out over our competitor and secure the customer's orders.

Remember, always, that it is the buyer of our products—the customer—and he alone, who makes our jobs and keeps them going; but he isn't crazyin the head and he won't pay us more for what he wants, if he can get thesame value for less money, from our competitor.

C-3 SurvivesQuarter Mile Fall

At least one Argus camera hastaken to the air recently, so writesan Argus C-3 owner to our SalesService Division.

The letter came from a memberof the 139th Airborne Field ArtilleryBattalion stationed at Fort Bragg,North Carolina.

Paratrooper Kenneth Neustel ex-plains that he had his Argus C-3strapped over his shoulder when hemade a jump from an altitude of1400 feet. At somewhere around1300 feet, our writer and his C-3parted company, with the C-3 mak-ing the final quarter mile to theground unassisted by the parachute.Neustel describes it this way:

"I had your camera strapped overmy shoulder with the camera itselfin my armpit with the intention oftaking a few pictures after my 'chuteopened. Upon leaving the door ofthe aircraft my body was turned up-side down by a poor body positionon my part. When the parachutejerked me into a correct positionupon opening, it also jerked thestrap of the camera case, breakingit. When I reached for the C-3 tostart taking pictures it wasn't undermy arm. Looking down I watchedit drop and then hit our drop zonewith a puff of dust. . . . "

To satisfy the curiosity of a fel-low trooper, Neustel made a searchfor the remains and was amazed tofind the C-3 completely intact andapparently none the worse for thewear. Further checking by a photoequipment repair shop indicated thatall the camera needed was a goodcleaning to remove the sand pickedup when it hit the ground.

Since that time, this same C-3has logged eight more jumps of thenormal variety and is functioningperfectly.

While the Company does not rec-ommend this procedure for testingour products, it does indicate thatthey are ruggedly built.

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Sport A S\eviewDon Crump

MEN'S BOWLING LEAGUE (Days)

With about one-third of the season completed, the battle for first placeis very close. With the schedule made up the way it is this year, thescheduling of so many position nights, it should make for a very closeleague. The top teams will be bowling each other more often, which shouldeliminate the top teams from winning so many points. This type of scheduleshould make for a more interesting league.

We have only one member to addto the Bowling Honor Roll this pastmonth. The bowler to achieve thishonor is Ernie Billau with a 234game. The person to bowl thehighest three game series this monthwas Chuck McClune with games of224-157-220 for 601. Chuck is theBowler of the Month for this issueof Argus Eyes.

The Thirsty Five team took highhonors for the team events. Theyhad games of 879-853-943 for atotal of 2675, which is good for thehighest team series and highest sin-gle game of the season so far.

The Pin Poppers still retain theirlead by one point. Although theydo not boast one of the highest teamaverages, they get the pins when Bowler of the Monththey need them. This team is one Chuck McCluneof the liveliest teams in the league,and can be heard from one end of the alley to the other. Close on theheels of the front running Pin Poppers are the Thirsty Five. This teamsports the highest team average in the league with an 849. In third placeare the Hi-Liters with only two points out of first. There are two teamstied for fourth, the Atomic Five captained by George Calado; and Argus Q. C.,captained by Chuck McClune.

Standings so far this season:Won

1. Pin Poppers 302. Thirsty Five 293. Hi-Liters 284. Argus Q.C 245. Atomic Five 246. Tabs 227. Engine Ears 22

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WonTool Room 22Green Hornets 22Ten Pins 21Five KTs 18Hi-Lo 16Service 15Scrubs 14

Lost22222326282930

High three game series - Jim Fraser - 616 (actual)

NIGHT SHIFT BOWLING

Standings so far this season:Won Lost

1. Short Five 30 ~W2. Dixie Five 28 123. Miners 20i

Won Lost4. Nutriliters 1 6 | 23i5. Strike Out 16 246. Five Pins 9 31

If the night shift secretary will turn in the high game, series, or anyhighlights of the league, I will be glad to see that they are published inthis column.

WOMEN'S BOWLING LEAGUE

Standings so far this season:Won Lost

1. Shutter Bugs 29 152. Snap Shots 25^ 18i3. Lucky Strikes 23 214. Keyliners 21 235. C-4's and Flash . . . 17 276. Argusettes 16 | 27 |

High single game: Mary Jane Rut-ledge - 194

High three games: June Osborne -513

High team game: Shutter Bugs -741

High team series: Shutter Bugs -2051

(All scores based on actual pin fall.)

Bowling Honor

MENA. NowallC. RothfussG. AltJ. FraserE. BillauF. Alchin

WOMENM. J. Rutledge .,L. NilesB. Griffith .

Roll

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Tony and his Wife

Bring Home the Bacon

Tony Bell, Maintenance, and hiswife bagged these deer at Kalkaska,Michigan.

Looks like Argus deer huntershad a pretty good season this year.

See next month*s issue of ArgusEyes for more deer season successstories.

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Argus Cameras, Inc. and their families.Editor - Millie Haynie

REPORTERS: Machine Shop - DOROTHY LIXEY, Cam-era Assembly - RUTH O'HARE, Purchasing - BETTYFORSYTH, Lens Processing - BETTY SHATTUCK,Maintenance - EMIL JOHNSON, Optical Assembly-Inspec-tion, JEAN FITZGERALD, Engineering - JIM MELDRUM,Standards - VIRGINIA BIRNEY, Production Planning -PATT DUCHARME, Tool Room - BILL FIKE, Shipping -HILDA WHITE, Accounting - BEULAH NEWMAN, Serv-ice - TOM RENTES, Suggestion Office - ART PARKER,J r . , Govt. Opt. Assembly - THRESSEL CONLEY, Sales- BONNIE GRIFFITH, State Street Warehouse - LIZCLAPHAM, Paint Shop - RON ARNST, Night Shift - ARTSELENT and LEO WIEDERHOFT.

Feature writers: Robert Lewis,Andy Argus, Don Crump, Art Parker, Jr .

Photoprinting: Jan Gala

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PmmH No. 59f

Federal Help Or 'Do - it - Ourselves1 ?Yesterday they may not have been able to tell a drill

chuck from a screwdriver, but today millions of Ameri-cans are making or repairing everything their home toolswill handle.

While it may appear to be a new development, the"do-it-yourself" idea is not really new in this country.It is deeply rooted. "Do-it-yourself" is simply anotheroutlet for the same kinds of traits that enabled thepioneers to build a new nation out of an unknown wilder-ness: self-reliance. . .resourcefulness.

In some ways, the "do-it-yourself" spirit has beensmothered by "let government do it. " There has beena trend toward looking to Washington for whatever weneeded. WeTve turned to federal government for all sortsof economic help; for aid in our local community needs.

When we invite Washington to take over our respon-sibilities, we invite it to take control, too. The "do-it-yourself" spirit is still very much alive in America.But we need to put it to work in our own public andcommunity affairs.