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argus eyes

This paper is an employees' publica-tion. Its aims are:1. To present news of individuals

throughout the two plants.2. To keep former employees now in

the service informed as to what isgoing on at Argus, Incorporated.

3. To present up-to-date informationon all problems vital to employeeswhich the war has brought about.

4. To give all employees an opportunityto express themselves.

No items will be used which will tendto ridicule or embarrass anyone. Humorand good-natured fun, however, are al-ways acceptable.

EDITORIAL STAFFEditor Chas. A. BarkerAssistant Editor Lucy GridleySports Harold PetersonCorrespondent Naomi Knight„, . i f Stuart GildartPhotographers -I T ~

I Jerry DavenportCartoonist Marie Barbier

The Representatives of each Depart-ment are responsible that the news of theseDepartments reach the desk of the Editorin the Advertising Department, Plant 1.Volume 3. No. 3 January, 1945

RING IN THE NEW

Before ringing out the old yearand as we go to press on the firstEdition for January, 1945, we wouldlike to express our sincere thanks andappreciation for the cooperation ofeveryone in the company contribut-ing towards the success of "ArgusEyes" in the past year.

Special thanks must go to all thosedepartment reporters who have donesuch a great job of gathering thenews . . . to the staff photographer(Stu and Jerry) whose pictures haveadded so much to the success of thepaper . . . to our own "Barb" who canlampoon us and make us like it . . . toEsther Phillips who circulates ArgusEyes to every quarter of the globe andlast but not least to Lucy Gridleywhose never failing good nature andendurance get us to the printer onthe closing date.

Best wishes for a happy and pros-perous New Year.

Jimmy Barker, Editor.

ARGUS RECREATION CLUBA Financial Report May 1 - Nov. 30, 1944

By H. J. R.The usual "Financial Report" is a cold, barren sort of thing which most

people steer shy of, so we are presenting here, in narrative form, an ac-counting of the affairs of the Club for the period ending November 30,1944. We apologize for any figures that may have crept into the text. Thefirst consideration, then, is Receipts.

Due to the deadline for publication in this paper the figures are com-piled only up to the end of November, 1944 . Our main source of incomeis from the Cafeteria which contributes 7% of its gross receipts to the Club.This amounted to $2,737.59 for the period April-October, 1944—or anaverage of $391.08 per month.

During this time, however, there were outstanding bills due Argus,Incorporated in connection with various repairs and replacements toCafeteria equipment. It was felt by the Representatives that this was not aproper expense to the Recreation Club. The Company, however, verygenerously agreed to bear the charges. The Club is now free of debt tothe Company and the only expenses are those which occur normally frommonth to month.

The only other source of income is through membership fees paid in byemployees. This amounted to $83.25 up to November 30, 1944, and covers333 names at the membership fee of 25 cents. The questionnaire distri-buted by the representatives in May 1944 disclosed that the majority ofemployees favored an increase of dues to 50 cents per month for the yearbeginning January 1, 1949. Accordingly a membership drive, with duesset at 50 cents will be opened in the middle of January 1945

On the expense side, the account from which the greatest number ofmembers benefited the most was the Entertainment Account. This, whichis charged with parties, dances, etc., amounted to $1,337.82 for the periodending November 30, 1944.

The next largest item is for the Club share of the publication of ArgusEyes which has cost $900.00 from May to October, 1944. Previous to May1944, the Club was charged with an average of $225.00 for each issue, butan arrangement was made whereby the cost should be set at $150.00 permonth.

Next on the list is the amount paid out for Softball equipment whichran up to $598.06. The account carries charges for bats, balls, jackets, en-trance fees, etc.

Flowers sent to the employees absent through sickness came to $161.65for the same period ending November 30, and the score of $180.59 was runup for the Honor Roll nameplates in both plants.

Finally, the amount of $150.00 was advanced to the Camera Club afterapproval by the Finance Committee.

The cash balance on November 30, 1944 was $733.49, out of which theClub planned to spend approximately $400.00 for Christmas gifts to formeremployees in service overseas. This amount includes the cost of mailingand the cost of approximately 180 special Christmas greeting cards in-cluded in each parcel.

The last, but probably the most important expense item is only for$15.00. This was for the fee required for drawing up the necessary papersmaking the Argus Recreation Club into a Corporation, and the necessaryinformation is now in the hands of the Company lawyer whose services inthis and other matters were gladly offered by the Company.

At 12:00 P.M. December 31st, everyone will be saying—"HAPPYNEW YEAR"—and despite all the solemn feelings we all must haveabout the war, that wish is still a good one to make. We can berealistic and hopeful at the same time.

As we look forward to the year to come, it never hurts to lookback as well. We've had a good production year—a year whichour ARGUS service men can look to with pride.

Our absentee record was good; our production to schedule ex-cellent; and our willingness to give up our own selfish pleasures inorder to see the job through was outstanding. During the year, bothplants turned in outstanding performances in the clinches. We wereasked to meet almost impossible schedules at various times to meeta fighting front emergency, and telegrams from our ContractingOfficers, praising the results, show that we did it.

The year to come will be a difficult one. The needs of the armedforces will change so quickly and so radically that what is desper-ately needed one day may be unnecessary the next. This meansperiods of slack work, followed by periods of feverish activity re-quiring all-out performance. Sometimes it is harder to be patientthan to give all-out performance.

But whatever our task—whatever is asked of us—will depend onthe individual reaction and attitude of every member of the ARGUSorganization. So when we say "HAPPY NEW YEAR" this year,let's say it with an inner resolution that each one of us will continueto do his or her best. WE WANT TO WIN THIS WAR QUICKLY!

Lfa5oLitie RationingMrs. Titus of Personnel sends an urgent request to supplemental

gasoline users to observe the following suggestions:1. Have your application in her hands ten days before your re-

newal date. If you must file an adjustment, do not wait until you areout of gas: allow at least one week.

2. With your new A Book you received a slip of paper 3V2 x 8inches, entitled 'Mileage Rationing Record'. This is to be turned inwith each application, together with the cover of your old B or CBook.

3. If you need extra gasoline for an emergency, such as illness inthe family, dental care, etc., bring a letter from doctor or dentist toaccompany your application. If you must do extra driving in thecourse of your work or to accommodate riders, our company en-dorsement is sufficient.

Your cooperation will enable the Personnel Department to saveyou an appreciable amount of time and effort.

MEMBERSHIP DRIVEARGUS RECREATION CLUB, INC.

A club drive for membership for the year begin-ning January 1, 1945 will be opened during themiddle of this month . . . with the new fee of 50 centsfor the entire year. Get your half-dollars ready folks!

OUR GOAL

EVERY EMPLOYEE A MEMBER

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Lens Centering, Cleaning, Coating and Cementing Dept.DEPARTMENT 39

By Wilma Litteral

It seemstLarry Willard can't:make uphis mind as to when to eat breakfast at9:20 or 9:30. It wouldn't be that"Gertie" helps you make up your mind,eh Larry?

Love must be grand, if we wanted toknow we might ask Mildred Henson andthe little red head we hear her alwaystalking about, but that's ok, Millie, weunderstand.

Pajama parties seem to be the highlight of the season, if you would like toknow how to make one a success, see"Grade" . . . she knows all the answers.How about that Gracie?

Department 44 must be making prog-ress since Darrow has taken over. Hereally knows how to economize, or wouldwe say he really knows how to help useKen's supplies. That's ok, Dick. Ken'sshoulders are broad, he can take it.

Merten has been all smiles lately, wewonder if its the new girl he has. Betthat does help.

Any time you people think you're see-ing double in Dept. 39, don't be alarmed,you really aren't, it just Olufson and Ken.Olufson just insists on dressing like Ken.I wonder why?

Special notice: Anyone interested intaking lessons in waltzing see GracieBultman, she's so good she can evenwaltz to jitterbug music, also those whoare interested in the Swan dance seeEdna Keppler of the Cementing depart-ment. Their rates are reasonable, allunder O.P.A. ceiling prices.

Anyone rinding a set of false teethplease return to Irene Nell in the cement-ing room, they're slightly worn, but I'mquite sure you would receive a liberalreward.

A favorite theme song for Billie Ham-let and Dorothy Elliott these days is"When Johnny Comes Marching HomeAgain, Hurrah! Hurrah!"

Ken and the girls of Department 39want to thank George and Helen Ken-nedy of Tyler, Texas, for the lovely wayof remembering us with the beautiful redroses.

I think we should all get on the beamand write Ralph Ridenour, he's doing hisshare of the writing, so why don't we allwrite Ralph and let him know we haven'tforgotten him.

SALVAGE DEPT.

Our congratulations go to Mr. andMrs. Herman Bauer, who are proud par-ents of a baby boy—born Sat., Dec. 2nd.James Joseph is the name of the newarrival.

Lois Greer killed the proverbial twobirds with one stone by combining busi-ness with pleasure — Lois was able tospend Thanksgiving week with her par-ents in Obion, Tennessee.

Freda Thompson's son did not gethome as his furlough was cancelled—she received a letter dated "Somewherein the Pacific."

Edith Garlick was ill with a cold for afew days—Old Man flu nearly had her inhis clutches. Glad to have you back again,Edith.

On Wednesday, Dec. 6th, the girls inthe department gave a Stork Shower fora much surprised Mr. Bauer.

The Girls held a Christmas Party andPot luck supper at O'Hares'. Lots of goodthings to eat with the evening spent inplaying games.

Helen Breining went to Detroit Christ-mas shopping last week-end.

Left to Right —Wilma Litteral. Sarah Hamlett, Margaret

BultmanRose Roy, Opal Conley, Daisy SwickAdeline Opheim, Marie Nagel, Dorothy

Elliott

Top Left —Lenses shown at upper left are ready for

the gauging operation, which is the firstoperation preparing them for cementing.

Top Right —Ken Kaufman — Foreman

Left to Right —Edna Kappler, Mary Irene Nell, Jin Chu

Eoyang, Virginia BussMildred Henson, Edith Odegard, Viola

CurtisMildred Williams, Blanche, Ranson,

Elizabeth Kampas, Georgia Burton

DEPARTMENT 28

Leola Stoner is on the sick list. We allhope she gets well in a hurry because wemiss her so.

Marjorie Parke's brother "Binlcs" washome on leave from the Navy and had aswell time. We all think he is pretty nice.

Doris Layer has left us for a while. Sheis inspecting on the fourth floor. Hurryback, Doris, we miss you.

We sure picked a good night to haveour Christmas party. The snow was beau-tiful and appropriate for the occasion but

it was tough on the drivers. Sixteen at-tended the party all dressed up like every-thing. What a difference clothes make.

After a delicious dinner gifts were ex-changed. Eric received a bond from thegang and Laura really appreciated thelovely pajamas and things the girls gaveher, partly because she knows how hardit is to shop, mostly because they areswell kids.

After gifts every one danced (good oldjuke whether they had a partner or not.Eh, Gert?

It did every one good to cut loose

and forget the cares and worries of thissorry old world.

We were sorry the whole departmentcouldn't be there. Mr. Gainey andBetty Stearns were on the sick list alongwith Leola Stoner.

We are still wondering where MarjorieParke put all of that steak. It was actuallytwo inches thick. She was sure they hadbrought in the whole cow.

Herman Koegler was kept busy pour-ing and Marjorie Young was very gener-ous with the ice cubes.

We'll be glad when today is over.

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GILLESPIE, Lucile C.

Quiet, calmly-efficient cashier, in charge of General Accounting, Plant One.Close questioning does not reveal date of birth. Was born, however, at Boston,Mass., and went to Knox College, Galesbury, Illinois. Is a member of Delta-Delta-Delta Sorority. Also belongs, quite actively, to the Business & Professional Women'sClub, Ann Arbor. Has one son, Curtis Kelly, age 27 who graduated from MichiganUniversity in 1939 and is now Aeronautical Engineer at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio.Recalls that her father, The Rev. Gillespie, who died during the influenza epidemicin the last war, was a minister at Dexter, Michigan. He helped to construct the oldroad between Dexter and Ann Arbor and still found time to preach three sermons onSundays. Mrs. Gillespie has been with Argus nearly 13 years. States that she cannotremember a time when she has not been associated with the Company one way oranother. Likes to spend her vacations in the East and has travelled in most of theEastern States. Reveals that she has no hobbies but does a great amount of reading.

COST ACCOUNTING

We wish to introduce three new re-cruits to the department—Norma Braga,Isabelle Schmidlce and Doris Muller.Welcome to our midst!

If anyone is wondering why GraceLangstaff is going around with the effectof floating, she has just returned fromtwo weeks in Richmond, Va., where herhusband is stationed. Also there is apossibility he will be home for Christ-mas.

Hurray! Hurray! Mary Jane Robertsis auntie to a brand new seven pound nineounce niece. Congratulations M. J.

Bobbie Foster, also a rather new addi-tion to our department, has had wordfrom the government that her husbandwho was in active duty in Italy has beenwounded. We're not good at saying thesethings, Bobbie, but we are all hopingreal hard that it is not serious and thatyou hear from him soon.

Weber's did a rush business the eve-ning of Dec. 8 when a hen party of eigh-teen from this department and Payrollhad dinner there to celebrate the birth-days of Edna Rendel, a former employee,Yvonne Shaw, Mary Upchurch andKathryn Pfeifle. Highlights of the eveningwere the beautifully decorated birthdaycake, Yvonne forgot her candles again(S'pose she really has 'em?) the gatheringup of steak bones for a certain dog andthe almost uncontrollable desire of an-other member of the party to salvage theleft over butter. After a most satisfyingdinner we finished the evening havingfun in the recreation room at BeulahNewman's.

To the public at large! It is generallybelieved a secret cannot be kept. I herebytestify that that is an untruth. If there isa secret to be kept tell it to Cost Ac-counting and Payroll en masse—it willbe kept, most definitely.

FIRST AID DEPT.The first Aid Department has looked

like Santa Claus' Annex for the past threeweeks . . . and the girls certainly qualifyas Santa's helpers. Anyone who hasstopped by during this period will cer-tainly agree, we are sure.

Not only have they directed the shop-ping for toys for the Childrens' Christ-mas party to be held Saturday, December16th, but they have wrapped and wrappedand wrapped gifts . . . hundreds of them. . . and all this in between swabs, issuingpills, preparing gargles, taking tempera-tures, wrapping wounds, giving adviceand listening to recitals of symptoms ofwhat have you.

They said there was no news from theirdepartment this month . . . Can ya beatit?

Anyway, everyone at Argus appreciatesthe hard work the girls are doing to makethe party a success for the kiddies, andwe are taking this opportunity to say"thank you" for all Argusites.

PURCHASING DEPT.The Purchasing Department has had

an addition to the family. And we arequite happy about it too! ! ! We havenone other than "Mat" Mattson with us.Consider this our official welcome, Mat.

We think Gerry Flick has the most in-teresting (of all we've seen) collection offoreign souvenirs. Included among themare a Nazi officer's dress uniform, Parisianperfumes, dishes from Belgium, besidesodd bits of jewelry, medals, and silksfrom the numerous towns Gene has gonethru.

"Is yo is or is yo aint," is the questionDaisy Wren seems to be pondering overthese days. The question in mind iswhether or not that long-anticipated fur-lough for hubby will come sometimearound the holidays.

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IF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND

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SOME TIME BEFORE DECEMBER 15TH

AND LET US KNOW. IF YOU CAN'T

PHONE, DROP US A LINE AT 816 FORT

STREET, H O N O L U L U 1 , T. H., OR

BETTER STILL STOP IN AT OUR OFFICE.

to the partybis with you.

CHRISTMAS IN HONOLULU DEPARTMENT 27

Our good friends in Honolulu, R. A.Howe & Company, very kindly sent usthe above invitation . . . to be extendedto our relatives and friends who werestationed in the Hawaiian area. The re-sponse to the announcement of thisChristmas party was very gratifying . . .and we hope to have some details of theparty to give you in a later issue.

This gesture of goodwill and the hos-pitality of the Howe Company and theirassociates in caring for our boys at Christ-mas time is appreciated more than we canadequately express . . . and will long beremembered.

For the boys and for ourselves, weextend our thanks and very best wishesfor the new year.

All of us in Department 27 enjoyedour turkeys and after a delicious meal de-cided that our sufficiency had been suffon-

j sified. (Is that what it did to us?)We're glad to see Bill Dixon back again

and while we're at it, we want to welcomeJoe Riley to our department.

Harold Walz is taking over HerbieOliver's job on Termination and MelvinBirchfield was transferred from the ware-house to the big truck.

Dora Eichel did her share of Bond sell-ing during the Sixth War Loan Drive, andcan hardly wait until she can donate an-other pint of blood.

Joan Schmidt received a lovely giftfrom her boyfriend in a hospital in Eng-

1 land. Now all she wants is for him toI drop in one of these days.

MARINE CEMETERY — BOUGAINVILLE

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This picture of the Marine Cemetery at Bougainville has special significance forthe Frank Andrews (Plant II) as the grave in the foreground is that of Sgt. David L.Bond . . . brother of Mrs. Andrews, who gave his life in the taking of Bougainville.The picture was sent to the Andrews by Ensign Owen Fisher, of the Sedbees. whosewife is a sister of Mrs. Andrews . . . It is a grim reminder of the price which somany families are paying to preserve our way of living.

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As you Sraow, these telescopes were classified as11 Priority A* Emergency Urgent", and the splendid results of yourcoordinated efforts were very gratifying to this office and tohigher authority.

aj we take this opportunity to express our sinceren and congratulations to eaoh and every member of-your

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WINNERS OF LAST MONTH'S AWARDS

SUGGESTION BOXWINNERS

Irene McCowan—suggested a storagerack for parts that she was inspecting.This rack eliminates possible damage toparts and speeds up her production by re-ducing excessive handling.

James Devlin—suggested a new methodof counter sinking turret shafts, enablingus to increase production and to do abetter job than previously.

Gene A. Conner—Won a War Bondby suggesting the changeover of a footoperated lugging machine to an air oper-ated machine. The new air squeeze ma-chine permits turning out many morepieces per hour and with much more uni-formity.

The SMALLEST scratch can become infected.YOU should ALWAYS get FIRST AID forEVERY break in the skin.

FIRST AID HINTSNEVER GIVE YOUR SKIN A BREAK"

I. At the FIRST sign of a cold:—1. Drink lots of water—at least eight glasses per day-2. Eat lightly of simple wholesome foods.3. Get extra rest.4. If you have aches, chills, or fever, call a doctor.

II. Never put anything smaller than y6ur elbow in your ear.

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CONTRACT TERMINATION DEPARTMENT

KELLY GOSS DOROTHY MEINICKE

Kelly is the good-natured diplomat of the Contract Termination Departmentwhose duty it is to negotiate settlement of war contracts through government agenciesor prime contractors. Kelly is also expert at working crossword puzzles in otherpeople's papers.

Dorothy personifies the perfect secretary—keeps confidences—and it took con-siderable sleuthing to find out that she plays Badminton once a week, is interestedin photography (like all good Argusites) and that her heart-interest is somewherein Europe serving in the Armed Forces.

Wandering Reporter

by - R. GUS

Joyce Sager, the latest addition to Pay-roll's bevy of beauties has been makingbets on the length of her better half'seyelashes. The other day, a sample of thegentleman's optical shrubbery arrivedfrom London. Joyce measured and col-lected. The length—just under one inch.L+. Sager must be a sensation with thefair sex.

I understand the theme song of Ed'Nimke's camera department is "Don'tFence Me In"—Irene "Whispering"McCowan, leading the choral group, ofcourse.

May we nominate Rube Egeler, latepresidential candidate, on the Argus ticket,for the Pencil Purloiner of the week.What do you do with all that timberRube?

At the risk of offending Mortimer,The Mouse, we are going to nominateJames "J." Lattimer for the title of poetlaureate of Argus. This dapper gentle-man of the machine shop was recentlycreatively inspired by Stu Gildart's photo-graphic efforts with Lulu Belle Phillips. Itseems that Lulu won a war bond for asuggestion and like most of us, she was

a bit embarrassed when Stu photographedher for the Argus Eyes. However, goodnatured Lulu has consented to the publi-cation of Jim Lattimer's contribution toher immortality.

THE ARGUS GIRL

Once there was the Gibson Girl,I knew not much about her.Then came the Petty GirlBut Gibson was much stouter.Chesterfield and the Varga GirlSoon afterward they cameFlaunting their sheer beautyAnd earned the world's acclaim.Now comes another girlA bright and shining carcusMany call her Lulu Belle -But we call her Miss Argus.

BULLETIN

This is to announce the birth of a finebaby to Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Webber. Thebaby arrived with all the necessary worryand walking marathon performed by theproud father and inconvenience to themother. The zero hour was

Tune in on the finish to this excitinglife drama next month.

FAMILY PET

This picture was taken by Ben Bergman, drill press supervisor. Machine Shop,Plant I. with his Argus C-3. Ben is a very likely candidate for the Camera Cluband should boost Plant I's participation in photographic activities.

DEPARTMENTS 43-46-48

We welcome two new fellow workersto our department. Nellie Hines, whoformerly resided in Mountain View, Mis-souri and James Schultz, who has livedhere all his life, which is not very long.

It is a real pleasure to have HaroldMorehead back. He has been ill at St.Joseph Hospital.

We also missed Ross Wilson for a fewdays, who was absent on account of'ill-ness.

We extend our sympathy to EdwardHu+zel and family in the death of hismother.

Edgar Fowler is happy to have his son,Herman W. again back in this country.Herman, an aviation radioman secondclass on a Grumman Avenger has beenon combat duty in the Pacific, where heflew with Torpedo Squadron 31. He hasparticipated in every major engagementin the Central Pacific since January. Hisplane is credited with sinking a Jap cargoship near Chici Jima. It also inflicted con-siderable damage on other enemy ship-ping and ground installations. Altogether,Herman completed 22 missions againstsuch targets as the Marshalls, Marianas,Philippines, Bonins, New Guinea, Guam,Truk and Palau. We share with Edgarin his pride of the part his son has takenin this war, and extend our best wishesto radioman Herman for many happylandings.

Accompanied by her son David, MyrtleBird spent a few days at Camp Crowder,Missouri, where she visited Pvt. James N.Bird. James says that it is a wonderfulcamp and likes it very much.

Who is the new wolf in the stockroom who forgets what he is going after?

Happy New Year!

DEPARTMENT 54

We regret very much the departure ofour Captain—"By" Aid rich. The Guardswish him much success in his new under-taking.

We're sorry one of our night guards,Wm. Carter, had to leave because of illhealth.

Sam Kniesley was called to Alpena be-

COST ACCOUNTING

When Kathryn Pfeifle walked into thehouse Saturday night, December 9th, shewas greeted with a chorus of HappyBirthday (all in a different key), from 35members of the Cost Accounting andPayroll departments. It was a completesurprise, arranged by her family with astrictly super chicken dinner for all. Mrs.Pfeifle's cooking is still the chief topic ofconversation in both departments.

Someone gave out wrong directions onhow to get to the Pfeifle farm, and theparty was nearly held at the neighbor's.But we aren't saying too much about thatseeing as how the person is properly em-barrassed. In spite of everything, every-one arrived before Kathryn, who nearlystood up the party by staying in town tocelebrate her own birthday.

After everyone had completely stuffedthemselves, Kathryn was presented with aquilted robe, and several other gifts. Shereally had to work on one of them whichhad about 15 different wrappers. All inall, the party was a big success, and every-one had a swell time.

* *I wish to thank you all again for the

lovely gifts and all your good wishes. Myhat is off to you, you can really keep asecret.

Kathryn Pfeifle.

cause of the death of his sister. We offerour deepest sympathy.

We're happy to say Fred McPhersonis again on the mend and back on the job.

Have you noticed the wide grin HarryLetsis has been flashing around here oflate, and the odd motions he's been goingthrough (Like an old mother hen flappingher wings) ? It's only because he's givinghis new stripes an airing. Sgt. Letsis,they calls him now. Better take extra spe-cial care of all your "chillens" now,Harry.

BLOOD DONORSARE STILL

URGENTLY NEEDED

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RALPH

Ralph Siferd, our Argus cook, surrounded by the Cafeteria staff, cut himself apiece of cake in celebration of his birthday . . . on the first of November. Next toRalph (reading from left to right) is Mrs. Siferd, his .wife; Leigh Thomas, genialcafeteria manager; Ori Weatherbee, also known as "Curly"; Mrs. Redman, whobaked the luscious cake; Mrs. Leigh Thomas, master of the cash register; the'Siferds' son Bob; and Charlie Broderick with the big smile. Johnny Satterla, whopatiently waits for our lunch tray while we unload it, was ill at the time and missedout on the festivities.

The package in the foreground done up in newspaper, with the heading "ItHappened in Michigan"—conceals the birthday gift . . . which for reasons of person-al safety must remain a civilian secret. (However, the writer after due prying andprodding learned the secret . . . and suffice to say, her worst suspicions were con-firmed).

Many more happy birthdays, Ralph, and our thanks to the entire Cafeteria stafffor that delicious Thanksgiving dinner.

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CAMERA CLUB NEWS

There was, at a recent Camera Clubmeeting, a very good example of theprogress which can be made by a personwho wants to learn to make good pic-tures.

Given a little guidance and some in-centive, the rankest of rank amateurs canturn out prints which repay the makermany times by the pleasure derived fromproducing them and having them appre-ciated by other people.

The example mentioned was one of thefinest pictures we have seen in our youngand inexperienced life. The compositionwas good, the subject (the picture was aportrait of a child) was relaxed and na-tural, and the print quality was superb.This last feature was the most impressivesince not long ago the person who madethe print was bringing in pictures of thetype which are usually accompanied bythe caption "This could happen to you."In a very few months this Camera Clubmember has improved to the point wherehe is making good salon prints. And. . . "this can happen to you."

A new type of program is to be triedby the Camera Club. One such program isa photographic scavenger hunt. Eachmember, or pair of members will be givena definite subject to photograph and print.One way of doing this might be to loada number of cameras with film for oneexposure and limit the time given to pro-duce the finished print. Many variationsof this plan may be worked out, and weforesee an interesting and amusing com-petition. Another suggestion for a pro-gram subject was horror pictures, entirelyposed or acted, of course. Your reporterthinks this last assignment would be hisshining chance, since he has very littletrouble making most any picture lookhorrible.

The Camera Club plans to have in thenear future, lectures on composition, nega-tive quality, print quality, etc., so thosewho wish to pick up a little informationon these subjects should attend the meet-ings. Then there are always the im-promptu discussions which usually developat the meetings. These discussions areinformative in that they bring up specificproblems encountered in -picture making. . . a thing which is difficult to cover ina lecture.

Don't forget to load up your camerasfor snow scenes. Ye Olde Weather Pro-phet says its going to be a hard winter.(Did you even see an easy one?)

D. F. Wheeler

George Frederick Conn is the bigname for the little three-months old sonof George and Viola Conn, who looksup at us from down under that nicewarm blanket. Papa Conn, set-upman in the Plant I Machine Shop, wasthe photographer.

CAMERA CLUB SALON

WTT II

KayLucy Gridley's fine portrait of "Kay" won first prize in the beginners' class.

(We are very proud. Editor)

SALES DEPARTMENT

S.2/c Thelma Faber has been trans-ferred from Tampa to Miami, Florida. Wehope Miami agrees with her and that shewill continue enjoying her service in theSPARS.

Heard from our WAC, Pvt. MarianNichols who is coming along fine in herboot training at Des Moines, Iowa. Shesays she is really working now.

Ted Humphreys has recently taken uphypnotism. He spent an hour lecturingto us one day and has promised to giveus a demonstration soon. We wonderwho the victim will be.

Doris has recently returned from visit-ing her one and only, Tech./Sgt. DonStrite in North Carolina. She had a veryexciting (!) trip and we know she en-joyed her vacation, although she missedher daughter, Joyce Ann.

Miss Lundahl who writes poetry in herspare time is quite pleased to learn thata poem she wrote last spring appeared inthe Theosophical Worker, a magazinepublished at Adyar, India. Like all therest of us, Miss Lundahl also has birth-days . . . and December 12th was herday. Congratulations on both counts,Elma.

That terrific breeze felt in this end ofthe building the other day was HomerHilton whisking in from Washington. . . and in the twinkle of a photogeniceye and the twirl of a well groomedmustache . . . gave a cheery greeting toeveryone . . . set the dictaphones a hum-ming . . . kept the telephone a jingle. . . and with a dash swung on his wayagain to Washington . . . before wecaught our breath.

"Water Tower"Bill Patton's picture of the "Water Tower" won 2nd prize in the advanced class.

A simple direct example of good composition and lighting.

DEPARTMENT 18B

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gasidlo are theproud parents of a baby girl. Bonnie Louwas born November 15th, weighing ninepounds four ounces. Lucille was a formerworker on the Dial Line.

Virginia Howard was all in a ditherwhen boy friend Bob was home on fur-lough.

The girls in this department have ex-changed names and are expecting to makea party of it sometime before Christmas.

Louise Koebnick reports that her sonWalter has been accepted for the navyand at present is taking boot training atGreat Lakes.

John Kenne and family spent the littleThanksgiving vacation in Ohio.

Peggy Watson received a Christmasbox from her boy friend who is in France,including a lovely bracelet, perfume, andmake-up set. Nice eh?

Have you heard about the time the"Lee & Girts Cafeteria" bowling teamhad at the Central States Bowling Tourna-ment at Dayton. If you haven't, ask OriWetherbee, Mary Briggs, StephanieGala, or Mary Tucker. We hear thatMary Tucker had a 503 series, withouthandicap, in singles. We also hear thatJoy Hartman had a couple of 500 seriesin the same tournament. Her team wentthe same weekend. Nice going girls.

Have you seen the pictures of theMasquerade Party of the Twentieth Cen-tury Bowling League? If you haven'tthere should be a copy of the picturesfloating around in this dept. somewhere.They are worth seeing.

I la Sutfin expects to spend the Christ-mas vacation in Arkansas.—maybe.

If You Want To MakeBetter Pictures

Read"GOOD PICTURES"

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SHADES OF THE ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT

"OSCAR"

BOWLING

by Babe PetersonThe Argus League is getting hotter by

the week, and the pressure is being appliedto the leading Assembly team. At thistime with almost half the season gone thelead of the assemblers has been cut toa scant game. The determined Toolroomfive of plant one have been whittling atthe leaders, and are just one game shortof jumping into the lead.

The leaders, however, are showing theirfortitude and have so far refused to beousted from the number one spot. OnDecember 8th the lead had been cut tothe bare margin of a single game whenthe leaders crossed alleys with the up andcoming Machine Shop No. 2 team. Thesegames were rolled on the first shift, andthe pace-setters were more than equal tothe job and walked off with all fourgames. Erv Domzal and Vernon "Red"Peterson furnished the margin of victory.The final game was not decided until thelast frame when the assemblers markedout to win by seven pins. It is this clutchbowling that has characterized their bowl-ing all year.

On this same night the toolmakers werefacing the third place office team on thesecond shift, and to stay on the heels ofAssembly the Toolroom knew that it hadto take all four games. This was an as-signment that would have been too toughfor any other team but the red-hot secondplace team. Captain Joe Lyons, who ishaving the best kind of season, was aninspiration to his team, and for the firsttime this year the office five was given azero in the win column for its efforts."Little" Joe started out with a 206 game,rolled 175 in the second, and then endedwith a 187 despite a miss in each of thelast two frames. This total was rolledon alleys one and two which has beenthe jinx of many Argus bowlers this year.If the Toolroom captain can keep up thistorrid pace and the other members con-tinue their determined efforts it is goingto be difficult to keep them from takingover the lead position.

In the third place and only two gamesaway from the toolmakers is the Bearteam which still has ideas about a title.Husky Ted Doman, Maurey Howe, anda new member "Irish" Joe O'Donnel aresolely responsible for the lofty position ofthis team. Doman and Howe have beenregularly hitting that 500 mark, and Joeafter filling a vacancy left on the Bearteam has been hitting his usual form. Inthe past few years the Bear team has beena contender but has not yet reached themoney place, but getting off to a goodstart this season has given this teamhopes of at least placing in the pay-offs.

Although the Paint Shop is not in achallenging position at this time, thisteam is furnishing an individual battlefor the best bowler at Argus Inc. FishKuehn and Rube Egeler are waging aterrific fight for high average, and arenow tied at 172. These are the only onesin the league who have reached the 170mark so it is quite evident that one ofthese two will take the high average title.Up until a few weeks ago Fish had heldthe high three game total with a 597series, but Rube caught fire on alleys threeand four and posted a 605 total on gamesof 209, 186, and 210. This is the firsttime this year that the coveted 600 markhad been reached, and with bowling seem-ingly more difficult this year there is goodpossibility that Rube's mark will be highenough to win him the title.

Even though the team leading theleague at this time is one from the Opticalplant, the chances of that division to fur-nish the eventual winner are not morethan even. The teams in second, third,and fourth place are all from the radiodivision, and their supporters are layingtheir money on one of these to make itfour in a row for Plant One. The bet-ting men on the other side of the street,however, feel that Assembly has the ad-vantage and that there is no reason whythey cannot hold first place. These samebackers also point out the fact that theArgus Wildcats are up near the leaders,and if any of the leaders hits a rough spotthe Wildcats will be ready to move in.This undoubtedly has been the closest andmost exciting title chase we have enjoyedhere at Argus, and it is hoped that thiswill continue to the final night.

PERSONNEL

December 11, and Christmas Carols onthe P. A. Visions of sugar plums andRuth Scharren's Christmas party dance inour heads. We are not cheating, as so-ciety reporters do: the party will be onthe 19th and you will be reading thislater, but we won't write about it in thepast tense. We know we'll have a won-derful time, every one will be beautifullydressed, we'll probably play games, andperhaps Ruth will make us a pineappleupside down cake.

Shirlee Baumgartner will spend Christ-mas in New York with Bob, her favoriteboy friend. He is stationed on the USSPrairie State in the Hudson River, just astone's throw from Grant's Tomb. He isgetting just a little tired of Grant's Tomb,he says, and won't Shirlee run up andtake his mind off it for a few hours.

Mrs. Radford is going up into Con-necticut for a couple of days with daugh-ter Fran — daughter Kathie is visiting

Jimmy Barker had a belated vacationthe last of November and took himselfoff to the north woods where he enjoyeda week of roughing it in a deluxe cabinin Oscoda County. Along with a newstock of hunting stories, Jimmy also gota six-point buck and, of all things, acoyote.

Everyone at Argus missed Jimmywhile he was gone, as this was the firstvacation he had taken since coming withthe company. The Department especiallymissed him . . . so much so that theyborrowed "Oscar" . . . the skeleton whoresides in the First Aid Department (allgood First Aid Departments have a firstclass skeleton), dressed him up in one ofJimmy's many pairs of glasses, a wig (noone admits ownership of this item), andcollected various and sundry cigarettebutts . . . and propped him up on Jimmy'sdesk. The sensation he created helped todispel the gloom caused by Jimmy'sabsence.

The only thing we couldn't figure outwas why our desks did not receive theusual janitorial dusting each eveningwhich they had ordinarily received priorto the event of "Oscar's" visit. Anyway,"Oscar" was quite photogenic, we thought,and so we recorded him in his grandarray for posterity.

'ARTIE" WEID

Arthur Weid—this little four-yearold is better known as "Artie". Pop isa methods engineer in the optical di-vision.

CARD OF THANKSI want to thank you for the flowers you

sent to me while I was sick. Your thought-fulness was greatly appreciated.

Fred McPherson.

GENEVIEVE ANN POETON

Another happy member of the Argus family . . . Genevieve Ann Poeton . . . betterknown as "Punkin". Papa is Production Manager in the Optical Division, and thisphotograph was taken by him.

there, and the three will come backto Ann Arbor the day after Christmas.

Anne Boland and son Pat are in SaltLake City with Grant. We haven't hearda single word from her—she is much toobusy having fun, we assume.

Cecil Corbett is with us again, untilAnne's return. Cecil is living at the gayAllenel, where life is all lobster andchampagne. Her husband, Stan, is oncampus at JAG School and spends weekends with her. We wish we could keepCecil always, but in peace time she andStan are members of a law firm in SiouxCity called Corbett, Corbett, Corbett, Cor-

bett, . . . (Sorry, we have lost count.)

Roy B. is even busier than usual, count-ing noses and turkeys and trying to makethem come out even. This year only peo-ple with two noses get two turkeys. Heis also knee deep in last minute arrange-ments for the children's Christmas party.

The letters from overseas have beencoming through quite regularly to VirginiaFox of late—they didn't for a while. Thiswill make her Christmas happier thananything else could, except Duane him-self. What if by next Christmas none ofus would be writing V-Mail letters anymore?

January. 1945 A R G U S EYES for Victory

STORK SHOWER

On the evening of November 17th adelightful shower was given in honor ofMrs. Mary Upchurch and Mrs. RuthDonaldson of the Cost Department at thehome of Yvonne Shaw on HutchinsAvenue. Mary Jane Roberts and Kath-ryn Pfeifle assisted Yvonne as hostesses.

The girls all had a lesson in child careby participating in a relay in which theydressed and undressed baby sized dolls.It is generally agreed that it will be alucky thing for the future generation ifthey all take a few lessons on "Avoidable

Cruelty to Babies" or there will be somefractured skulls, plenty of scratches, notto mention pulled ligaments and dislo-cated joints. Fruit suckers were won bythe fastest team, then the losers werepresented with identical rewards.

Mr. Stork was there in person to receivethe gifts and to present them to the hon-ored guests. There were plenty of Oh'sand AH's as each gift was unwrapped.During the unwrapping of the gifts aphotographer, "Stu" Gildart, presentedhimself and took two or three promising

pictures of the gifts, guests and thetable.

The table was decorated with a center-piece of pink and white pompoms and acorsage of the same colors was at eachplace. Yvonne is still weeping and saysthey have to have the party again becausethey forgot to use the pink candles andcrystal holders she shopped all over townfor.

A delicious lunch was served and avery pleasant evening was had by all.

GREETINGS FROM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT

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SERVICE DEPARTMENT

The department had a Christmas partyduring the afternoon rest period on the20th. Gifts were exchanged by the mem-bers and refreshments were served. DocBenson also was presented with his giftfrom the department at that time.

Charles Miller spent Christmas with hisdaughter-in-law and grandson in Milwau-kee.

Harry Smith visited relatives in Iowaover the Christmas holidays.

Doc Benson spent Christmas with rela-tives in Chicago .

Mable McLean who has been an Argus

employee for three and one-half yearshas decided to resign her position ascamera repairman in order to devote herfull time to the domestic duties of house-wife. Our loss will be Stewart's gain—especially in his home culinary depart-ment. Good luck Mabel!

The Service Department wishes to ex-tend best wishes for the Holiday Seasonto Jimmy Barker and his "Argus Eyes"staff, who have done a commendable jobin publishing a paper that is indeed acredit to Argus Incorporated. Last butnot least—we extend our Holiday Greet-ings to all members of the Argus familyand especially to those who are in thearmed services, wherever they may be.

AIN'T IT THE TRUTH

As each day comes and passes byI wonder at this life.

And ask my-self the reason whyThere's so much storm and strife.

Our noblest thoughts, it seems, are naughtBut reason for regret.

And with our hearts and minds we'vefought

In trying to forget.

Then comes a day when we are sureWe've found the answer true—

But everythin's so insecureAt best. Perplexing too.

Yet searching and always hopingTo find some guiding clue.

We go on just blindly groping—That's life to me and you.

So why should we fret or worry.Or ask the reason why—

Let's bide our time and don't hurry—For in the end, we die.

—Jimmy Lattimer

DEPARTMENT 44

"Sandy" Watson is absent due to hiswife being in the hospital. We all wishher a speedy recovery. Also, hurry back,Sandy.

The Salvage Department welcomesDean Turner, a new worker in their de-partment.

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DEPARTMENTS 36-37To Pvt. Lauren Lutz we send wedding

congratulations.And speaking of congratulations—Mr.

and Mrs. William Huffman are the proudparents of a son, William Lee, born De-cember 3rd, while Mr. arnd Mrs. BudRoberts' bundle was a daughter, StormyLee, who arrived December 9th.

The girls are always putting on theirfaces, but one day it looked as thoughLeonard had tried to reverse the proced-ure and remove his.

Jack Suddarth and Bob Kelly visitedus recently.

It's swell having Bob Haines backworking with the grinders again.

Was that Pat dressed in his Sunday-Go-To-Meeting's ready to go to Toledothe other night?

Although we're going to miss DoshieHoff, we hope that living in Californiawill be pleasant for her and will improvethe health of her husband.

The Polishers, both Ladies' and Men'sbowling teams have shown much improve-ment since the beginning of the season.The Ladies' team has even succeeded instaying at the top for at least two succes-sive weeks.

According to the way in which ErnieBillau handles that hose in the PolishingRoom he'll probably be joining the firedepartment some day.

The four roller skating girls, Annabel,Ruth, Kay, and Wilma had quite a timeat Sand Lake one Friday night.

The centering department has lost avaluable member now, since ArnoldBlackburn has returned to the teachingprofession. However, it has a new mem-ber, Paul Walters. Hope you like cen-tering, Paul.

Bessie Longbons was very happy tohave her son, Cpl. Earl Longbons, ,whohas been stationed on the Aleutian Islands,home with her for Thanksgiving.

December 11th the centering depart-ment enjoyed a potluck lunch in the littlenook they work in.

Wilma Kennedy

A few of the girls decided they likedJackson better than Ann Arbor to dotheir Christmas shopping. (Wait 'till theChamber of Commerce hears of this.)

We had a nice Christmas party Decem-ber 22nd. We had lunch brought in andexchanged gifts. All had a wonderfultime.

Mrs. Bessie Coon received word herson, Sgt. Carl Coon, was missing in ac-tion. He is a tail gunner with the 8thAir Force. A few weeks later, she re-ceived news that he was a prisoner ofGermany. We all hope it won't be toolong before he is freed.

WELCOME TO PATRICK JAMES HARTMAN

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LETTERS FROM OUR SERVICEMENA G.I. Christmas card to the Editor

of Argus Eyes from Lt. C. R. Van Akenwas very much appreciated. We wishyou god-speed Charles, and hope thatby another Christmas there will be"peace on earth" for all men and thatyou and your buddies may be homewith your families.

From George De Wolfe, formerly Cen-tering Operator in Department 37,comes the following letter from thePhilippines:

"Dear Ken and Gang:

"Well, gals and guys, I received yourswell xmas card about a week ago, it wasthe first mail call we had had in overa month and was sure glad to hear fromyou.

"I also received your letter, Ken, whileI was on the boat, but couldn't get timeto answer it. We were on water for (cen-sored) days, so you can imagine we weresort of glad to hit land even if it wasthe Philippines. It was pretty rough thefirst couple of weeks and they really hadus working.

"Not much exciting has happened late-ly . . . a few Jap air raids and somebeautiful dog fights. About fifteen cameover the other night and our (censored)got them, all but a couple. I saw threeof them knocked down, one1 about two orthree hundred yards from here.

"The Philippinos are quite a race andI was very surprised at them. Most ofthem can speak some English and some ofthem can speak it pretty good. Quite afew of the women have pretty goodshapes and some are very attractive, or atleast that is what I am told. They are ahardy race though, and I believe thewomen do a little more work then themen, which is the way it should be.(Here, here, George!)

"Two or three of the natives built us ahouse of Bamboo poles and woven coco-nut leaves . . . two rooms, and five of ushave our cots in it. The women do ourlaundry at the river for a little food, oran article of clothing or cigarettes, etc.

"There is lots that I could tell you, butI haven't the time or space to write it.If any of you could see one of theseoperations though, you would realize whata wonderful job the boys over here aredoing and how necessary it is for youfolks on the home front to keep up thesplendid work that you have been doing."

We hope that any of our boys inservice who happen to be near Pariswill avail themselves of the kind offerof our photographic dealer, Henry Tieman, who sent us a postal card in October (delayed enroute) reading as follows:

"Gentlemen: We hope you received ourpostcard of September 21st and we begto state that, if a member of your firm ora friend of yours, actually member of theU. S. expeditionary forces, happens tostay in Paris, we are of course entirely athis disposal for showing him the townor for giving him all help or informationhe might desire.

"Mr. Tieman will be present in ouroffices from 3 to 5 p.m., Saturday ancSunday excepted. In the morning, 'phoneGAMbetta 03-81.

"Hoping to have the opportunity torender you service, we are . ."

The address of TELOS, of which MrTieman is the manager, is 35, Rue deClichy — Paris (9e) Telephone: Trinite53-48. Incidentally, the postcard wasaddressed to "International ResearchCorporation," and any of our boys re-sponding to Mr. Tieman's kind invitationwill no doubt want to explain that ourfirm is now known exclusively as ARGUS,INCORPORATED.

SGT. RICHARD GAINEY

Sgt. Gainey who has been inFrance since D-Day in a fighter com-bat group covering General Patton'sadvance, took time out somewherenear Metz to have this picture takenfor his family. Best wishes for the NewYear, Dick.

Sgt. Wesley Osborn, formerly of theService Department, writes of hiswar experiences and of his meetingup with many Argus cameras . . . alsoin the service.

"Dear Gang:"I though that I had better settle down

and write a letter your way or I might beforgotten, and that I wouldn't care tolave happen.

"I have finished my aerial photo workand now work only as a ground photogra-pher along with the usual lab work. Ilike it, but not as well as shooting froma ship. Sailing around up in the cloudsgives a fellow a front seat view of whatis going on in this crazy war. I have beengrounded because of the injury that I re-ceived to my spine. In case I ever hadto make a jump I would have been up thatwell known river.

"As I have written before, I see quitea few Argus cameras. There are threefellows here at the lab who were withAgfa, and we have many pro and contalks on the merits of cameras. So farin my travels in the army I have repaired50 Argus cameras. The last one being aC-2. It had a cracked and chipped case.I reglued the case and filled the chippedcorners with the material from inside aflashlight battery. When melted it worksvery well. My work in the Service De-partment has been very handy and a bighelp.

"I bought three cameras and used partsto make a swell camera for myself. AllI have to do is find time and weatherpermitting. Some job.

"Well, I hope that we can be togetheragain soon. Until then I wish the bestto all."

Yours, Wes.

(The whole gang sends you their best,Wes. and echo your wish that you canbe with us soon.)

From Pvt. Robert H. Davis:"Dear Argus Club: Here's a few lines

to let you know that I have been receiv-ing all the copies of the Argus Eye o.k.It sure is swell to be able to look thruit and see and read about all the goodfriends back home. It makes a soldierfeel closer to home and all of his manyfriends. All the fellows here read it andenjoy it very much.

SGT. CARL COON

Sgt. Carl Coon is the son of Mrs.Bessie Coon, Inspection, Department44, Plant 2. He is now a prisoner ofGermany. Before being reported miss-ing he was a tail gunner with the 8thAir Force, stationed somewhere inEngland. Our best wishes go to Sgt.Coon and his family.

"I am on special guard duty right nowat the 2nd Army Headquarters, but hopeto go over seas and get this over beforelong. I like the Army very much, it's agood life and I have gained weight. Anyof my good friends who care to write, canat the above address. (This address can

procured from the Personnel Depart-ment or Eddie Girvan.) I used to workon the guard force, and then Red Con-way when I left for the Army,

"Most of the big planes I see here useArgus equipment, so keep up the goodwork. Here's hoping to hear from yousoon."

We're sure Bob will be glad to knowl-hat everyone at Argus is doing his bestro put the 6th War Loan Bond Driveover the top . . . in order to make moreof the Argus equipment and all otherneeded war materials available to ourboys who are fighting for us.

NAVY MENU

A card whichr the Army might con-sider propaganda, was received fromA/S H. S. Schwichtenberg, one of theatest Argusites to join the Armed-orces, who sent us a copy of theThanksgiving Day menu from Great.akes Training Center.

He says, "Believe me, it's better than3EANS . . . the Navy's great." And fol-owing is the menu which he sent us. . believe it or not. (The Army prob-

ably will not.)

Iream Soup SaltinesRoast Tom Turkey—Oyster Dressing

"resh Cranberry Sauce Giblet Gravy

Candied Fresh Sweet Potatoes

Buttered Green Peas

Celery Sticks Sweet Pickles

Ripe Olives

Mincemeat Pie Ice Cream

Parkerhouse Rolls Assorted Nuts

Butter Coffee

FOOTBALL

Only the various New Year's Day bowlgames remain to bring to a close a verysuccessful football season. Many fansfelt that because of the war-time condi-tions the brand of ball this year would bemediocre, but it is doubtful if any pre-vious year furnished any more thrills thanthis one. The Big Ten enjoyed one of itsbest years and the title was not decideduntil the last game of the schedule whenOhio State won a hard fought game fromthe Wolverines of Michigan by the scoreof 18-14.

After losing to Indiana in its poorestshowing of the year, the Wolverines keptimproving each Saturday until at gametime they were almost an even choicein their annual battle with the Buckeyesof Ohio State. This Ohio State power-house had gone through eight games with-out a defeat and the smallest margin ofvictory had been a 14 point edge andwas being heralded as one of the bestelevens ever turned out at the Buckeyeinstitution.

In the final game with the Big Tencrown weighing in the balance, the Scar-let Scourge was up against one of themost determined Wolverine teams inyears, and the Buckeyes needed the nodfrom Lady Luck to come through with aspotless record. On the record for theyear it must be said that Ohio State hadthe better team, but all the Michiganplayers and the coaches deserve praise fortheir showing this year. With only a fewlettermen returning, the prospects of awinning eleven were anything but brightbut through determination and fight Mich-igan placed on the field one of the bestto represent this great university.

Members of the Machine Shop werepleased to have a visit from Lt. Geo. dWinans, formerly a member of their de-partment, who has been a co-pilot on abomber operating over Europe. Lt.Winans, whose plane was forced downin a neutral country, was fortunate in be-ing able to make his way back to Alliedlines.

Jack Bergren (somewhere in theSouth Pacific) is the lucky boy whowill receive this handsome knife madeby Raleigh Snyder and Bill Beard.

Jack, who was mail boy at Argus atone time, wrote his mother recentlyasking her to find him a knife, andwhen she was unable to locate one,Raleigh and Bill came to the rescue.

Raleigh made the sheath by handand it took five hours to complete it.Each of the stitches is knotted, so itwill surely wear well.

Bill really did an artistic job on theknife and handle, especially the latter,as it is composed of bakelite, luciteand leather, and the workmanship onboth the knife and case is superb.

With this knife Jack will be wellequipped to handle any situationwhich may arise involving the Japs.

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10. Aspect15. Celestial body19. Chief inspector's first name20. Fishing net21. Person who points something22. Forbidden23. Grooved tool24. Custom.25. Undimmed26. Polishes27 Bobby-sox age29. Allows30. Part of a plant31. Crushes with the teeth32. Help34. Point on compass36. Correlative of either37. Pet idea38. Personnel Director42. Draw off45. A linen cloth49. Pertaining to a wall51. Part of a circle52. Scarcity53. Butter substitute54. Dusky56.. Greek roofed theatre58. Duty59. Paint shop foreman (1st name)60. A hoax (compound word)61. Repent62. Russian ruler64. Took the side of65. Enemy agents67. Utilized68. Southern constellation69. South America (abbr.)70. Outside diameter (abbr.)71. Possess72. A note75. Guard78. Persons who make use of80. Skin disease84. Primitive Indian85. Plant with 5-petal flowers86. Edge87. One89. Belief90. Amphibious animal

92. Location93. One who enlightens95. Confederate States of America (abbr.)97. Slovenly woman99. To trouble

100. Speaks informally101. Directed102. Indian103. Compass point (abbr.)104. Desert dwellers107. Steeple111. Size of type112. Paradise113. Level114. Transmit115. Remainder116. Makes knotted lace.

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1. Abandoned2. Great lake3. River in Egvpt4. Plot of a play or movie5. Tree6. Not imitat'on7. Taunts8. Toined together9. Places

10. Moccasins11. Sales Manager (Last Name)12. Turkish ruler13. Line of junction in cloth14. To make a mistake15. Shrill16. Tense17. An Ecclesiastic18. Material Control Mgr. (Nickname)28. Father31. Bundle33. Specks35. Sailor37. Compart38. Recreation39. Circles of light40. Amphitheatre41. Mrs. Knight's first name43. Having rays44. Idols45. A method of frying46. Roebuck's partner47. Offspring48. Inquired

50.52.55.57.63.64.66.67.72.73.14.16.11.78.79.81.82.83.88.89.91.92.94.96.98.

104.105.106.108.109.110.

Like a loadstoneOccupantsMolassesPlace money in the bankSpanish for riverPerceivedDistress signalCharacter from "The Fairie Queen'A matrixBoredomCripplesSharp to the tasteWhere Si keeps his rabbitsSubmarineAngler's implementsOne who proclaims publiclySaltpeterAlter a textStaggeringAllowance for wastePriceHaving the greatest inclineHard-shelled fruitsSalvation Army (abbr.)DecadesImitatorTearFlying hercesMental imageLeaseFinishes

Wilhio Kelly, genial Head ElectricalInspector of Plant I, and his four sonsat their home at Gillett Lake.

OPTICAL ASSEMBLY

It's a boy! Yes, Norm is at ease oncemore and the proud father of a sevenpound baby boy born on December 5th.The little fellow has been named PatrickJames Hartman, and has already had hispicture taken. Looks like Eddie will havesome competition now!

Dorothy Glick has left for Californiafor a few weeks. Have a good timeDottie, but hurry back.

Word has been received that LuandaSterlie is very happily married to Pvt.Lauren Lutz. They were married on No-vember 25th in New Jersey where he isstationed. We'll have to wait till Lucyreturns for the details.

'Tis good to see Doris Smith back onthe job after a siege of tonsilitis.

Helen Bybee is looking forward tospendng Christmas in Columbia, Ken-tucky with her brother who is going inservice in January.

Rumor has it that Katie Bauer suffereda sad birthday on December 6th. Toobad, Helen and Ann couldn't get thatpresent out of hock on time. But thecredit laws are tough nowadays.

Fishing licenses are rather popular inOptical Assembly, they tell me.

Our thoughts are with Helen Fraserthese days while she is home nursing ton-silitis.

Alice Weir helped her little grandson,Chuckie London celebrate his first birth-day on December 3rd. Chuckie thinkshis grandma is pretty swell. We do too!

What little girl has dancing toes,sparkling eyes and a cheery smile foreveryone these days? Is it love, Gravel?

Cecil and D. Schallorn had anticipateda rather dull bowling season this year.But after acquiring blanks from a HuronSt. store, the sport has been very hilarious.

Millie Morrison's daughter, Dorothy,is spending the winter in Florida with heraunt and grandmother. How about send-ing a little sunshine up this way?

If you're wondering how you can havea slim and trim waist line, just ask AudraStotts. She has a method all her own.We only hope the landlady doesn't findout.

It seems that with so much Friday nightcelebrating, the Saturday morning musicisn't too well appreciated. Take it easygals!

Optical Assembly would like to send acheery word to Isabel Watson who is inSt. Joseph hospital. Her beaming pres-ence has been greatly missed these pastweeks, and who else around here wearsred flannels! We are all looking forwardto seeing her again.

Sheila Yvonne Allan, 17 months olddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L.Allan, pictured by the posies in heryard this past summer. (Papa works inPlant I Machine Shop.

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Atom Mott

ANSWER TO LAST MONTH'S PUZZLE

MACHINE SHOPPLANT I

The employees of the machine shopwish to take this opportunity to thankPresident Howse for again furnishingeach of us with a turkey for Christmas.This is indeed appreciated by all.

Clyde Melton was in to see his manyfriends in the machine shop. Clyde hasnow finished his basic training and is be-ing sent to Camp Meade, Maryland forfurther training.

George Kline has again proved himselfto be the best marksman when it comesto getting his buck. Last year George wasthe only one from the department whoreturned with a deer, and he repeated thisyear with a 200 pounder.

Elmer Lawhead, who is bowling inJackson this year, posted a three gametotal in a match recently that one usuallyreads about. Elmer opened with a 235game, rolled a sensational 259 in the sec-ond, and then finished up with a 232 fora 726 total. Elmer did not have an openframe in the three games.

One person who is sorry to have thefootball season come to a close is RalphFlick. Ralph is an ardent Ohio State fanand on each Monday morning the in-spector could be found collecting his bets.In the final game with Michigan Ralphmade himself a tidy sum.

Al Baff is the enviable owner of whatis perhaps the most complete collection ofrecords in the shop. Al goes in mostlyfor the solid jive and has all of the bestjazz recordings. As Al is a musician him-self he is a pretty fair judge of the bestin the way of records.

Our production scheduler Sid Weinerhas been absent from work for the pastfew weeks because of an operation. Sidhas again returned to work and is slow-ly regaining his strength.

Perhaps bd Wasem could have an of-fice for his stock-chasers in the machineshop. It seems that always there is atleast one of his stock men in the depart-ment wanting parts.

Ben Bergman has taken up amateurphotography and is doing very nicely at it.Ben has rigged up a dark room at hishome and some of his exposures andprints are the very best. (See his pictureof the family pet in this issue.)

Al Tessmer has much to be thankfulfor this holiday season. Al's son George,who has been in the European theatre ofwar for more than a year, has returned tothe states and will be home for thirty days.

Frank Sinatra had better look, out orMaurey Howe is going to move in onhis following. If you have not heardMaurey's rendition of "I Don't Want ToSet The World On Fire"—you can bethankful.

Betty Crim has received word from herboy friend Pvt. Bill Halford of the Para-troop division that he is now located ata base in Honolulu. Pvt. Halford was inthe invasion of the Marshalls and alsoSaipan. It was in this latter campaignthat he was wounded. Betty reports thathe is recovering rapidly and that there isa possibility that he may soon receive afurlough. We all sincerely hope so.

Alice London's many friends will behappy to hear that the Londons are ex-pecting a visit from the stork. Alice wasa visitor recently, and she and Sgt. RobertLondon are anxiously awaiting the ar-rival of Robert, Jr.

LADIES BOWLINGPLANT I

Rolfe's Pinbusters were finally mxout of first place when they lost a gameto the City Slickers. The Five Aces slidright into first place when they took threegames from the Jitterbugs. The teamsare all pretty close together and any oneof them winning or losing three gameswould change the standing quite a bit.

Leona Eichel on the Pinbusters teamput together games of 185, 135 and 151to make a fine 471 series. The team had2166 without a spot.

Marjorie Young on the Jitterbugs getsan inspiration every three weeks andbowls over 400. She is quite happy be-cause her team bowls the Pinbusters onone of those nights. We shall see.

It was a tough break for Laura Egelerwhen she had her bowling thumb on thesick list. She had to be satisfied withkeeping score for her team.

Ethel Soli on the Five Aces team hada nice 466 series. She had games of 142,135 and 189.

Muriel Raaf on Planning finally hitthe 400 mark, having 137, 150 and 139for 426. Nice going, Muriel.

Laureen Clinton of the City Slickershad 417 one night to get in the 400 classtoo. Mary Tucker on this team had gamesof 187, 137 and 171 making a grandtotal of 497. She had 479 the week be-fore. She now leads the league in aver-age.

Mary Jane Roberts on Challengers isimproving right along having raised heraverage from 90 to 101. Beulah Newmanon this team thinks there is surely a futurein bowling. When she hit her first 400series she didn't fool. She had 160, 160and 149 for a swell 469 series.

Margaret Davis on Hell's Angels be-longs with the 400 now too. She had412.

Seems like last week was split weekfor the Pinbusters and the City Slickers.Seven out of the ten girls had splits inthe first frame of one of the games. Afterthat they stopped counting because therewere so many.

League Secretary,Laura Egeler.

Wilma Bailey was a recent visitor toWisconsin. Wilma became acquaintedwith a girl there whose husband is locatedat the same base in the Aleutians as Wil-ma's husband Harold. Wilma enjoyedthe days very much and is expecting a re-turn visit as soon as possible.

The department wishes to thank theArgus Recreation Club for the wonder-ful Children's Christmas Party that wasgiven by the club. It was a well-plannedand conducted party and all had a mar-velous time.