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This paper is an employees' publication. Its aims are:

1. To present news of individualthroughout the two plants.

2. To keep former employees now inthe 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 tencto ridicule or embarrass anyone. Humorand good-natured fun, however, -are al-ways acceptable.

EDITORIAL STAFFEditor Chas. A. BarkerAssistant Editor Lucy GridleySports Harold PetersonCirculation Naomi KnightPhotography Stuart GildartCartoonist 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. 2 December, 1944

TO INSURE FINAL VICTORY

The announcement of theArgus quota for the Sixth WarLoan Drive imposes an obliga-tion upon every one in theCompany.

We are asked to purchase$54,000.00 in "E" bonds, andthis means that each of usmust dig down and buy atleast a $100 bond over andabove our regular purchases.

A cash outlay of this size isvery small compared to thevalue received and consider-ing that the proceeds from thisSixth War Loan will providethe weight behind the punchthat will provide final victoryon the battlefronts.

Argus has always been aleader in previous bond cam-paigns . . . SO, LET'S LEADTHIS ONE.

DEPARTMENT 28

We have had to shovel a path to getin here this last month but we are stilla happy bunch come what may. Whatwith every one getting those long wait-ed for letters and planning our Hallow-een' party. No matter how bad we feeland how busy we are and we think wecan't take any more we will go on andtake it. That's the spirit in our depart-ment.

A Halloween party was held at Mar-jorie Parlce's mother's home and we surehad a good time. Such an array of cos-tumes you never did see when the gangdressed up for the occasion. Marjorie'smom had us completely baffled as to whoshe could be with her lovely red wig andbasket of gifts, including a lemon, araw carrot and other funny things . . .Leola was a lovely gypsy . . . Amandamade a very handsome gentleman escort-ing the sweet little lady who was Lillian. . . The two Marjories were lovely "gaynineties" girls . . . Gert had mismatedshoes and a rope for a belt with her out-fit . . . Nina's gay pyjamas and big strawhat fairly howled . . . Laura was a deckof cards, or rather three, as it took thatmany to cover her dress, hat and shoes

ARGUS HONOR ROLLMen and Women in the Armed Forces

As the Christmas season approaches our thoughts turn, even more, tothose friends and loved ones who are not able to be at home with us. Wecan say "Merry Christmas" and mean it, with all our hearts, but words aremeaningless things if they do not have action. That action shall be ourincreased effort, in our humble way, to do everything possible to make thistheir last Christmas away.

To you who have worked with us and are fighting for us we promisethat our wish for you is our prayer to God—"Peace on Earth, Good willto men".

Eddie Girvan, PresidentArgus Recreation Club

Adams, Charles F.Aiken, Earl V. Jr.Alderman, GeorgeArgo, ThomasAschenbrener, ClarenceAyres, PatriciaBadock. William J.Bahnmiller, MelvinBailey, HaroldBailey, Lester A.Ball. MartinBarth, JimBates, Edward H.Beauch, Doris MayBelleau. LewisBentz, FredBetke, Louis E.Birch, Lewis V.Boettger, GlenBorrst, Theodore LambBrassow, Alvin C.Bridge, Thomas C.Brown, Dewett LaneBrown, RalphBuhrman, Gerald L. Jr.Carver. JohnCeronski, CharlesChrist. GusChrist. PaulCleary. RogerCleveland, HowardCompton, Roy Jr.Cook, WilliamCooke, George J.Cooper, Elmer LeeCovert, William

•Crabb, AlCrist. Harry D.Criswell, Pierce L.Davis. Jack RobertDavis, Robert H.DeWolfe. George A.Dicks, Harlan L.Dieterle, LawrenceDonahue, PatrickDragich, George M.Ecarius, MelvinEddy, Ernest E.Egeler, Norman F.Eich. Robert H.Eskin, Harry N.Faber, ThelmaFigg, Hazen Jr.Figg, William CameronFinlayson, JeanneFischer, WilliamFisher, James B.Fleming, GordonFord. Bernice AnsemaFoster, Calvin

*Fowler, CliffordGainey, RichardGambill, Walter R.Gerrard. Stuart A.Gerstler, Arthur A.

k Gold Star

Gerstler, Charles A.Gerstler, DwightGeyer, Howard R.Gillen, GeorgeGillespie, WilliamGoldman, BernardGraves. ConleyGuinan, Rex EdwardGuterman. Herbert C.Haines, Paul F.Haines. Robert L.Hallum. James A.Hammond, MaxHarrison, OrvielHarvey, Emerson J.Hattery. Fred O.Head, Boyd AlfredHeck. William F.Henry, Leonard

*Hentz, JackHooper, Finis EwenHooper, HaroldHopper, Mitchell C.Isaacson, RobertJardno, StephenJuergens, Joseph Jr.Katzenmeyer, Albert C.Kaufman, Owen A.Keebler, ErwinKelley, RobertKennedy, George W.Klager, PaulKnieper, LinusLake, Glynn S.Laimer, John E.Lane, Duane L.Lawhead, HarveyLeeman, Frederic C.Lindeman, MelvinLingel, EdwardLuckhardt, LeoLuedi, MarkLutz, LaurenLyons, RichardMcCoy, Joseph L.McCoy, Paul C.Macinnes, ForrestMcPhail, Kenneth C.Mack JamesMangus, HaroldMelton. Clyde G.Miller, Charles P.Miller, Elmer C.Miller, SamuelMitchell, Kenneth W.Mitchener, Leo R.Morris, OlenMorton, Robert F.Mudgett, HowardMuller, Harvey A., Jr.Murningham, John D.Myer, WalterMarion, NicolsOliver, Howard ReedOsborn, Wesley M.

Palmer, Douglas E.Pentland. AlexPeterson. ArnoldPlace, Roger F.Poe, CharlesPoe. John AlvinProffer. Billy W.Push, ArthurRedies, Walter FredRedner, Robert D.Reed, Jack HaroldReiman, Ralph HenryRhoades, WymanRise, LorettaRidenour, Ralph G.Rosenberg, RalphRoss, Warren L.Rowe. Paul F.Rudolph, KayRupas, TonySachs, BetteSaeger, HaroldSalow. Wilbur A.Santway. RobertSayre. Edward H.Schimke, BarbaraSinelli, MikeSkelding. Doris M.Slade, JohnSmith. Charles A.Smith. Eliot H.Snyder. GeorgeSteinke, Adolph L.Stitt. Henry AllanStotts. CharlesStrite. DonaldSuddarth. Jack M.Sutton, EricSwaney. Charles J.Taylor. Raymond R.Teasley, EverettTirb. Ted

Van Aken. Charles R.Walker. William J.Ward. Athol A.Ward, Noble W.Watkins, WilliamWatrasievitch, EdwardWatson, John C.Weaver, Melvin O.Weir, CharlesWeis, RomaneWest, Harold P.White, HowardWhite. Roland A.Whitmore. RobertWiederhoft, DoloresWilcox, KennethWilliams, Dave H.Wilt. Virgil D.Wirth. MaynardWithum. Walter M.Worsham, I. EdwardWright, Francis V.Young, Robert V.

. . Our good friend Marylin made aery sweet little girl . . . No one knewhe little humped over old woman withhe cane and hooked nose till finally

lara came out from behind her maskand wig . . . Mary looked very cute in herTuxedo with her high silk hat . . . Sally's

outfit dated "way back when" and waseally funny to see . . . It was hard toell who the girls were even though weenow each other so well.

After stopping at Ginny's for tricksor treats (chocolates), we went on acavenger hunt. Each team found whathey were sent for and returned home tolay games. Laura thought her mouth

was bigger than anybody's but she wonhe booby prize trying to bite an apple

on a string. After a delicious lunch thetired "kids" went home.

Every time the girls go out to dinnerand have a chance for some fun Ninaruns out of gas. She also plays a mouthorgan.

Gert Haines will have a nice collectionof souvenirs from England, France andGermany by the time Paul returns home.

The doctor was sure there was an in-vasion on the day Peg Remnant took herfamily in to have diphtheria shots.

Welcome to Mildred Marlcey and MaryFox, new in the department. Hope youlike us.

Esther Haworth nearly has a fit whenthe conversation turns to food. It happenswhen she is the hungriest.

There will be a happy family whenMarjorie Parke's brother comes home fora week after his Boot training at GreatLakes. Hope "Binlcs" doesn't eat toomuch chicken.

Clara ought to be able to go out withthe gang on Friday nights now that hernew daughter-in-law is staying with her.She could get her washing done in thedaytime now.

Marjorie Young might as well let goand have a swell time Wednesday nights.She will get her name in the paper any-way, good time or not.

Gotleib is a pretty busy fellow Wed-nesday nights after bowling. The Argusladies and their gentlemen and \rgyr

wolves pretty well fill the place.

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PLANNING DEPT.

We have all done our bit by holdingstill long enough to be photographically"shot" for good old Argus Eyes. (Askanyone how hard it is to find an expe-ditor and you will know what I mean).The only snag occurred when Ed Wasemtold Anita she couldn't sit on Jack's lapto take dictation.

Helen Evans and her husband havebeen having some serious tooth troubles.That is, Mr. Evans has had the toothache,swelling, etc., and Helen has done all theworrying.

Wade Clay has joined the departmentsince the last issue of this sheet. This ad-dition caused quite a sensation until wegot to know him well enough to ask himif he was married.

Muriel Raaf continues to beat her type-writer and dream of a G. I. guy in Franceor Belgium . . . And, of course, shedoesn't worry about the Parisian girls.Mr. Raaf didn't go through Paris. Nowthe other French gals . . . well, there are alot of Frenchies . . . darn it all.

Marilyn Smith also dreams. Her "to-be" is on some coast about to be shippedto some war some where some time.Things are so definite these days. And,of course, Marilyn and Theresa McCarthyhelp to keep our receiving records in thesame condition.

We received a notice on November 1stthat our boss, Ed Wasem, received moreresponsibility about the plant. Congratu-lations, Mr. Wasem. The only noticeablechange this has seemed to make is thatEd is harder to find than usual. And thathas always been difficult.

Jack Webber is running about tear-ing his hair just like us old timers inPlanning Department. Only it's not forthe same reasons. Some doctor at theMaternity Clinic told Mrs. Webber thatBday could be any day now. And it hadbetter be soon or the whole plant per-sonnel will be pacing the floor with Jack.

Mel Seeger (alias Cigar, Segart, etc.)is still raving about his Button. He haspromised a lot of us that he is going to"bring her around" but has continuallyjust promised. How about Mrs. Seegerbringing her in about a half hour beforequitting time some day, Mel?

Anita Bedard, the head of our Bache-lor Girls, has a career that she is studyingfor. This and a world tour comes aheadof a home and family (no twins), buther plans don't keep her from lookingover all the manpower, as scarce as it is.

And last, but not least, in our depart-ment we have Bill Isabell and Gene Schu-mann racking their brains and waitingfor a vacancy in the padded cell depart-ment.

As ever, Planners Nut.

DEPARTMENTS 43-46-48

Better keep an eye on those Wood-chucks, so says Ross Wilson. They havereally gone to town lately . . . won tenout of the last 12 and are out for blood.

John Lockey and Margaret spent theweek end in Kalamazoo with his motherand friends. They also visited a friendat the Percy Jones Hospital in BattleCreek.

Harold Morehead relates that recentlyin Ypsilanti he met a fellow worker fromAberdeen, South Dakota . . . small worldthis! "We had a nice visit and talked ofdays when we were together in the fill-ing station. He also attended church andSunday school in Flint on Sunday and re-newed old friendships."

Edgar Fowler received a telegram fromhis son Herman, who has been in theSouth Pacific for the last year, stating thathe is back in San Fransisco and will ar-rive home about the 15th of November.He is a gunner and radio man. Happyday!

PLANNING DEPARTMENTThese expeditors maintain a steady flow of essential materials

needed for war production.

Ed Wasem—Chief of ProductionControl, Plant I.—very proud of hisfarming ability.

Jack Webber—Expeditor — devotedhusband, anxiusly awaiting B-day.

Anita Bedard—Stenographer — con-sistently inconsistent regarding her fu-ture plans.

Marilyn Smith—Receiving Clerk.

Theresa McCarthy—Receiving Typ-ist.

Marilyn and Theresa are the young-est members of the Planning Depart-ment, having passed their seventeenthbirthdays.

Helen Evans—Secretary to Mr. Wa-sem—petite and particularly good na-tured.

Muriel Raaf—Spare parts clerk andstenographer — captain of Planningbowling team.

Bill Isabell—Expeditor—that merrytwinkle in his eyes reveals a very con-genial nature.

Wade Clay—Expeditor—south spok-en gentleman from the South.

Eugene Schumann — Expeditor —

"the man with the band".

Herb Oliver—Recently joined thedepartment as Planning Engineer.

Mel Seeger—Expeditor—the proudfather of a doll-like baby daughter.

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HALLOWEEN CARD PARTY

Halloween Card Party

"We had a grand time . . . Your par-ty was swell . . . It was a lot of fun . . .The prizes were marvelous, and so manyof them!" . . . were some of the manynice comments heard following the closeof the Halloween card party given by theArgus Recreation Club at the MasonicTemple on October 26th.

Although the crowd was comparativelysmall, all who attended had a lot of funand expressed their appreciation to Fran-cis Watterworth, Hank Millage and RoyHiscock for their efforts in making theparty enjoyable.

Most popular game of the evening wasEuchre . . . of which there were about 18tables in play . . . and high prize wentto Ruth Wagner, with low to Vi Tyler.

Two tables of bridge were in play, andboth prizes were carried off by membersof the Advertising Department . . . LucyGridley and Stuart Gildart.

Jean Laskey was the Razzle Dazzle ex-pert and won first prize at this game . . .whereas Stephanie Gala came up withlow score.

One group of players chose Pedro, andprizes in this group were won by MartHuffman and Wilma Bailey.

Musical (?) renditions by Eddie Gir-van on the two pianos (not at one time,he's not that good) from time to timethroughout the evening signaled thechange of players for the Euchre tables.

Traditional refreshments of cider anddoughnuts were served near the com-pletion of play . . . and Les Schwanbeck,kibitzer par excellent, "assisted in pour-

ing." "Red" Conway, who took hiscards very very seriously throughout theevening, indulged in a bit of dunking andwas caught in the act by photographerStu Gildart.

The drawing of prizes was the finalevent of the evening . . . and in anticipa-tion of a larger crowd (It was free!), thecommittee had provided 95 door prizes. . . all in excellent taste and really "priz-es". The few who did not win "doorprizes" did receive a dozen doughnuts totake home . . . so everyone went homehappy.

Fastidious Dunker

MAINTENANCE

Ed Sleezer has returned after havingquite a battle with the cold bugs. Ed waspretty sick and on the verge of pneu-monia, but with the excellent care ofMrs. Sleezer, and the morale boosting ofthe "boys" from the department, Ed isback and doing his usual good job.

Dutch Englehardt is building a "chick-en coop" up on the third floor. We won-der who all the "chickens" are going tobe?

SERVICE DEPARTMENT

It seems as though "Doc" Benson re-ceived quite a razzing over the election.He received a call early on the day afterelection . . . could it have been Conway?

The department had a Halloween Par-ty during rest period on the afternoon ofOctober 31st. The refreshments consist-ed of cider and cup cakes. Many thanksto Dixie and Phyl who prepared the party. . . it was swell.

We wish to extend our welcome toPhyllis Hagopian who is a new memberin our office.

All good wishes and success are ex-tended from the department to Dixie Bab-cock and Ray Elmore who will be mar-ried November 23 at South Lyons, Mich-igan. The members of the departmentpresented Dixie with a wedding gift.

It seems as though Dorothy Jacobushas been up in the clouds lately. The rea-son . . . her brother Dick, with the Ar-my Air Corps at Ontario, California isdue home on furlough any day.

OPTICAL ASSEMBLY

The No. 1 dept. has acquired a newdictionary, so if you hear the gals using50 cent words you'll know the reasonwhy.

How are the girls going to get alongwithout "glamour boy Wienman" whilehe is hunting four legged deer?

Doesn't "Gravel Gertie" have enoughtrouble without going to the U.S.O.dances? How about letting Ginny B.have that Marine.

Lucinda Stierle surprised us when shereturned from her trip to Missouri wear-ing a pretty diamond. The lucky fellowis Pvt. Lauren Lutz who is now stationedat Camp Edison, New Jersey. Congratu-lations, Lucy and Lauren.

Here is a new one for a bump on thehead, "The room was too small". What'sthe matter Dot, don't you know the sizeof your rooms yet?

Laura Purdon is leaving us in Decem-ber to join her husband in Virginia.Laura does a great job in keeping up ourmorale. We'll miss you Laura, but areglad you can be with Bill.

Ann Letsis has been doing a lot of en-tertaining in Optical with those trickyeyes of hers. By the way, Ann, you aren'trelated to Jerry Colona, are you?

If you're wondering why there's asparkling twinkle in Lila Lange's eyesthese days, its because Nelson is cominghome for Christmas. Oh! Boy!

Lois Bush, Katie Bauer, Helen Fraser,and Ann Letsis motored to Jackson Fri-day night to see Charlie Spivack and hisorchestra. I guess that explains those"baggy eyes" next morning.

Dorothy Glick has announced her en-gagement to Keith Huntington MM 3/C,who is stationed in San Francisco. Con-gratulations, Dottie, and good luck, toboth of you.

If you're hungry for a good spaghettidinner, just drop in at the Letsis' home.It's really delicious! Just ask Helen andKatie.

What certain lady locked herself outof her car and had to call on the policeforce to help her out.

Speaking of modern inventions, whouses a long hose to communicate with afriend on the other side of the room whileshe is working?

Who are the two new characters inpre-assembly known as "Aggie" and"Bellig"? Introduce us, will you?

The girls are holding Red Petersonto his promise of a dance with each ofthem at the next Argus dance. You'dbetter be there, Red, or else . . .! Re-member what happened last time.

Sandy always keeps a good bottle ofScotch on hand and one day he invitedhis good friend, Eddie, in for a drink.Handing him a glass of the preciousbrand, Sandy said, "that's the real stuff,about 50 years old." "Aye!" repliedEddie, "It's awfully weak for it's age!"

We would like to thank Ann for theuse of her records here at the shop. Wereally appreciate them, Ann.

DEPARTMENT 27

Leona Eichel left a week ago and wewere sorry to see her leave. She receiveda lovely gift from her co-workers. JoanSchmidt, formerly of Vance Murray's de-partment, is replacing her.

We're pretty proud of Dora Eichel.Last Friday she donated a pint of bloodto complete one gallon. Let's hope thatit will save the lives of eight boys.

Bill Dixon has been ill for two weeksnow. We miss you, Bill, and hope youwill be back with us soon.

Leo Dent has been transferred tostockroom #2 from the truck. But he stillcomes back once in a while to matchcoins.

By the way boys . . . that was somebowling game Friday. Leo Dent and"Red" Conway had the best scores.

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PETERSON, Vernon C.Quiet, lean, humorous supervisor of pre-assembly, Optical Division. Born 28 years

ago at Alpha in the Upper Peninsula, Michigan. Is married and has a baby daughter,Kay Doyce, two-and-a-half years old. Searching enquiries throw no light on themystery of his middle name. It is suspected to be Cassius (who had "a lean andhungry look.") Started at Argus as radio inspector in July 1937 and until last yearwas head of the Reticle and Etching department which the Company maintained atthe First National Bank Building, Ann Arbor. Has a flair for cooking and makespies with questionable ingredients. On the strength of this applied for a job as cookwhen eighteen years old. Proprietors of a well-known local restaurant were impressedwith his abilities for two years. Ingredients of his meat loaves at that time are with-held by request. Hobbies: bowling (148): fishing (o) : golf (103): photography(f.ll at 10th). Favorite experiences: (1) Vacation at Lake Leelanau, Michigan,three years ago with a few of the "Boys". Recalls that it definitely started out to be afishing trip. (2) Celebration of his nineteenth birthday. Is nastily reminded of thisby the authorities when applying for a driver's license.

RUTH C. SCHARREN

SALES DEPARTMENT

"Nothing ever happens in the Sales De-partment", at least that's the answer whenwe ask for news, so we had to dig our-selves to provide the following:

Ruth C. Scharren became Director of Personnel on November 1 of this year. For-merly Assistant Director, she succeeds N. T. Brotherton, who is now Director of PublicRelations. Mrs. Scharren came to Argus from Butler Brothers in Chicago in Julyof 1943. The year she has been with us has seen many changes for the better inworking conditions and employe relations, and in a very substantial way she hasenhanced Argus' reputation as 'a good place to work'. In regard to her office, shemaintains a strictly open door policy—in fact she has had the door taken off.

Don Lund

Betty LundThat we have a welcome addition to

the Sales force in Betty Lund. We haven'thad Betty veiy long but we have followecDon with interest since his South Easterndays, and we are proud to have the Lundon our side. Don is co-captain of Michi-gan . . . good luck, Don, in the Ohio Stategame.

Thelma FaberThat we all did enjoy the visit of

Thelma Faber, except Jackie, and she ranout of cigarettes towards the end of Thel-ma' s stay. It speaks well for Jackie's loyal-ty to the company, however, because theglowing account she heard of Thelma'sbeaus must have tested it pretty severely,(or are we kidding ourselves, could it bethat the charming Don might be in somemeasure responsible for this loyalty?)

Marion NicholsThat we lost and the Army gained an-

other of our real nice girls when MarionNichols left for the W.A.A.C. We don'tbegrudge the needs of the Army, but wedon't like to lose any of cur girls.

That Elma Lundahl is lecturing at theforthcoming meeting of the TheosophicalSociety in America, and the title of herpaper is, "The Case for Immortality."

Saturday, December 16 — 3:00 P.M.* * *

MASONIC TEMPLE* * *

GIFTS — CANDY — MAGIC — MOVIES

VENTRILOQUIST* * *

SANTA CLAUS IN PERSON

(Admission by ticket only)* * *

(Tickets are free and may be obtained fromyour representative. There will be a nice giftfor each child, and we are sure they will havea grand time.)

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Checking in at the blood donor unitare Herb Oliver. Kelly Goss and Mad-eline Mede . . . giving their names andhome addresses and signing their RedCross cards. This was the fourth dona-tion for Kelly, who has several cous-ins in the army; and the fifth for Made-line who has a niece in the WAVES.

A Registered Nurse gives HerbOliver blood pressure and hemoglo-bin tests. Data regarding health ofthe donor is also recorded. Herb hasdonated four pints of blood . . . hastwo brothers and one brother-in-lawin the armed service, as well as 8 or10 cousins.

Pulse and temperature are checkedby nurse while Gerry Brown waits herturn to donate her third pint of blood.Orange juice is given each donor be-for blood is taken. Gerry has two bro-thers in the service . . . one in the AirCorps and the other a combat engin-eer in Germany, also a nephew in thenavy, and two cousins in the army.

Before the needle is inserted, thearea is localized so that there is nopain. The nurse is always in attend-ance and keeps close watch on eachdonor, and doctors are also present.Louise Cosens is the smiling donor.Louise has a brother in the Sea Bees,a brother-in-law in the navy and sev-eral cousins in the army . . . has do-nated twice.

The blood donor opens and closesher hand, which makes the blood flowmore quickly. After the pint of bloodhas been given, the nurse signs thedonor's blood card and designates theamount of blood given, and the date.At the same time a sample of bloodis taken for tests. It's Gerry again withthat big smile.

After the blood is given, the donorremains on the cot for a short while,sits up for a few minutes . . . and thena Red Cross worker takes the donorto an adjoining room where he is for-tified with tea, coffee or milk, alongwith sandwiches, cookies or donuts. . . all you want to eat. Don Crumpjoins the ladies at the refreshmenttable and prefers milk after havingmade his second blood donation. Donhas a brother in the army, and a sisterwho is a navy nurse.

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Ten weeks should elapse betweenblood donations, according to the newRed Cross ruling, in order to permitthe donor's blood to be properly builtup. And the doctors say that anyonecan build their blood up to the rightquality by eating the proper foods,such as; prunes, spinach, milk, liver,greens, fresh fruit, steaks, lamb chops,lamb kidneys, beef hearts, etc. So, it'sup to you to make it possible for yourblood to save the life of someone whois fighting for you.

MACHINE SHOPPLANT I

Herman Koegler must be consideredthe number one football fan of Argus,Inc. Herman has season tickets for allMichigan and Detroit Lions footballgames. When these teams are not sched-uled Herman makes it a point to see an-other game at one of the surroundingschools.

Betty Stearns favorite song these daysis "California, Here I Come". Betty'shandsome Marine lives in the sunny state,and when the world again becomes peace-ful, Betty will be going westward.

Could it be that Claud Hayes hasmade plans for a big event that he is nottelling us about? Claud is rather evasivewhen asked ab^ut it, and a slight butbecoming blush finds his cheeks.

Vince Richardson is now a regularmember of the Brownies' bowling team.When one of the regular bowlers dropped

SAVE A LIFE-BE A BLOOD DONOR

out of the league Vince took over thespot and so far has been doing a goodjob of it.

Harold Forbes has received a letterfrom Lt. George Winans who was re-Dorted missing in action. Lt. Winans wasforced down on a mission over the enemylines, but fortunately he landed in a neu-tral country. George is doing nicely, andreports to Harold that he is receiving theDest of care.

The deer hunting season has openedand many employees from the departmentlave gone up to try their luck in gettingtheir buck. Those from the machine shopwho have gone are: George Kline, GlennSheldon, Roy Hamlin, Whitey Roberts,and to prove that there is no such thingas the weaker sex, Betty Crim has alsoshouldered a gun and gone out to try heruck.

Our foreman Elmer Lawhead has or-dered sweeping arms to place on all punchcresses so that the operator can feel cer-:ain that his chances of injury on thesemachines is remote.

John Schuler of the toolroom is mak-ing plans for the future. John is nowbuying up chickens so that when he retiresfrom shop work he can start up a chickenfarm. Better get some literature on thatbusiness, John.

A week after Bill Zoellner of the tool-room had celebrated his fifth year withArgus, Fred Lepins also was here for fiveyears. Congratulations on your goodwork.

Harold Sweet is the only employee ofthe toolroom who is carrying their hopesof returning with a prize buck. Haroldhas been going up north for the last sev-eral years, but feels certain that this timehe will bring home the prize.

What is this we hear about Ed Beth Iceof the buffing department being calledMr. Anthony? We have heard the rumorthat many people are going to Ed for ad-vice on various problems.

Maurey Lyons who is with the ArmyAir Corps was in to visit with his manyfriends in the department. Maurey isjust as handsome as ever, and he reports

the Army is O. K.The department received a card from

Chuck Pateck who was a former em-ployee of the machine shop. Chuck is nowin the Merchant Marine and is helping todeliver the goods to the fighting fronts.Best of luck to you, Chuck.

It seems that Jerry Spiess has beentaking much interest in the progress ofthe Inspection team of the men's ArgusLeague. What is the particular intereston that team, Jerry?

To Harold Forbes must go the best re-mark made after the results of the elec-tion were verified. Harold says, and Iquote, "There seem to be many Dewey-eyed people in the department."

There are some bowling tournamentsbeing held in Detroit and the Bears teamof the Argus League would like to enter,but Winnie Doman and Mo. Howe donot think they will be able to make it thisyear. Could the results of last year's en-trance in the Chene-Trombley tournamenthave anything to do with it?

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CAMERA CLUB NEWS

Many persons are not familiar withthe functions of the Argus Camera Club.This club meets every two weeks, onThursday nights, at which time printsmade by the members are exhibited,judged and voted upon by the members,and prizes are awarded to the winners.Lectures and demonstrations are givenduring the regular meetings, and on otheroccasions as noted by Camera Club Bulle-tins.

Among the interesting features of thesmeetings was the vacation picture showproduced by Jan Van Den Broek. Themovies were taken just previous to andjust after the outbreak of hostilities inlate 1939. They pictured peacetime Hol-land, the Scottish Highlands, severalGerman cities on the Rhine (while theywere still intact), some beautiful SwissAlpine scenery, pictures of Paris, andlots of good salty ocean. Some of thefilms were taken from the top of theEiffel Tower after war had been declared. . . quite a feat in itself. Van convenient-ly did not parley francais when the gen-darme tried to explain to him that onedid not do these things when one's coun-try was at war. Anyway, Van got thepictures back to America in spite of thesubmarine threat, and he says the Statueof Liberty looks much nicer the secondtime you see it.

On the last "in between night" lecture,Stu Gildart described the procedure ofmaking good prints. The technique ofprint making seems to be one of thethings which most amateurs should con-centrate on, since a lot of hard work onthe production of a fine negative will belost if the print does not fully exploit thegood qualities of the negative.

From a count of noses at the club meet-ings, it would appear that the employeesof Plant I are not aware of the fact thatthere is a Camera Club. Let's dispel thatidea right here and now. We would liketo see as many Plant I members as PlantII members take part in the activities ofthe organization. The Camera Club offersan opportunity to learn photography,either for just improving snapshot takingor for the more advanced technique ofmaking large salon prints. The print .com-petition ocers the incentive that most per-sons need to improve their work.. Visitorsare always welcome, so come up to thenext meeting and get acquainted. Themeetings are held in the Nickels Arcadeadjacent to the Roy Hoyer Studios. Forfurther information call Norm Hartman,Plant II.

D. F. Wheeler

DEPARTMENT 36

We're sorry to have Headley Downeyabsent from work on account of illness.Hope you're back soon, Headley.

Was that an election smile Pat wasgiving all of us on November 8th?

The rumor is that Ed Clark hasn't beenhaving such good luck at euchre . . . .what's wrong, Ed?

Leo Luckhardt was a very welcome vis-itor recently.

The Hep Cats have been very glad tohave Margaret Sindlinger and MarieTrenary join their bowling team.

It seems that Don Hindol got his Christ-mas package early and it contained onlygum. Here's hoping- Santa will bring hima new record so we can learn a new song.

PORTRAIT EXHIBITION AWARDSArgus Camera Club

1ST PRIZE 2ND PRIZE

Eddie Girvan . . . Bill Patton . . . Red Peterson . . . and Verne Nelson, in this order,were the winners at the recent Portrait Exhibit at the Camera Club Studio in theNichols Arcade.

3RD PRIZE 1ST PRIZE (Beginners)

Harold A. has been getting eyes froma certain blonde. We don't know wheth-er he's convinced her to buy a bond orhas just been discussing the election.

Those shopping trips to Detroit haveimproved the morale of Marie and Cath-erine. Did you say shopping?i Fred Belser was quite happy until thecollege year began. Apparently he doesmiss that girl with the beautiful hair.Can't blame him . . . we miss her too.

Arlene Holtzman took advantage of thehunting season, but got her dear at thealtar instead of the north woods. Nowwe address her as Mrs. Ray Clark. Con-gratulations, Arlene and Ray!

There's another fellow missing in thepolishing room since Howard Schwich-tenberg entered the service. Good luck,Howard!

Ann Andrews was certainly excited theweek end she started her journey to SanFrancisco to see her better half. Leave itto the inspectors though . . . they wouldtag along to Chicago. Isn't that just likeCelia and Wilma?

Since the cigarette shortage we've seenplenty of substitutes. The latest is pencilsharpenings. Ross says they're cheap too.Can't you just see him distributing themin the blocking and polishing rooms?

Who's the girl that goes along to allthe birthday parties to help fix the flattires . . . couldn't be J. L. surely!

Louise admits that she's not going tolet any inspector get ahead of her.

Beware! If you have a feeling some-one's sneaking up on you, it is MargueriteL. with some sly trick. She keeps thingslively.

When things go wrong in the polish-ing room there is one fellow, Larry B.,

who is always calm and keeps things un-der control.

Katherine Nojestine was hostess to asurprise birthday party for Ruth Blanchardrecently. Everyone had a grand time too

Since the woods are bare and still,Annabel, our botany girl, can only dreamof picking leaves. Isn't it a cryin' shame?

Wilma Kennedy

ARGUS GALLON CLUBDORA EICHELNAOMI KNIGHTHARRY SPARKS

KEITH TRIPHAROLD WIRTH

'TIS CHRISTMAS

A time that comes once every yearThat fills our souls with yule tide cheerAt long last it's finally here,'Tis Christmas.

WITH presents for both Mom and Dae(And don't forget the little lad)Gee, how can anyone feel sad,'Tis Christmas.

WITH many a good thing to eatA tree1 all decked to add a treatA joyous time that can't be beat,'Tis Christmas.

WE take our gifts and home we goOr entertain a G. I. JoeIt is a festive time you know,'Tis Christmas.

THERE is one day we will agreeThat won't be changed by a decreeA day that will forever be,'Tis Christmas.

Hiffy

LADIES BOWLINGPlant I

At the end of the first round of bowi-ng we find we have a well establishedeague with lots of competition and sports-

manship. For being such a new league inthe city you coldn't find a more interestedgroup of girls. The scores are no moren the hands of the secretary when cap-tains want to know where their teamstands.

The Pin busters are still holding firstplace regardless of the large spot theybave to give. Thelma Livesay of that teambas high series of the league with 501.This tops Laura Egeler's former seriesof 495. Thelms shares with Laura Snear-ly a high game of 189. Laura has highaverage of 146. Leola Stoner is having alittle trouble but we know she will pullthrough in the pinch. We call LauraSnearly "Sneak 'em up Snearly" for herprowess in finding how the other teamsare progressing. Some nights she has along way to travel from alleys one andtwo up to eleven and twelve, to see whois winning there. This team has leaguehigh game of 805 and team series of2230.

Ethel Soli is leading the Five Acesteam with a 135 average. She has highgame of 190 and Sally Kneiper has highseries of 475. Sally has seven spares in arow for a nice 168 game.

Clara Schallhorn has high average of138 and shares high series of 466 withFrances Soderholm on Schuon's Service.Verald Adams has high game of theleague having 201. She went over herformer high game of 193.

The Jitterbugs are a newly formedteam. Julie Apple has high average of132 and high game of 174. Mary Ray-mond has high series of 488. VirginiaHoward has raised her average 18 kpins.T'was a great night when the two Mar-jories hit their first 400 series.

Doris Lyons of Accounting leads herteam with 135 average. Verna Frost hashigh game of 182 and high series of 492.Ruth Howe is having trouble hitting the400 mark although she chalked up a fine180 game one night.

Grace Henz's Victory team is anotherup and coming group of girls. EolahBucholz started off with a 129 averagewhich she worried about keeping up. Shedidn't need to as she not only held it buthas raised it to 131. She has high gameof 180 and Dorothy Wagner has highseries of 435.

Everyone likes to bowl with MarianPoquette's Jolly Five because they haveso much fun. Dora Eichel has shown usall that she is a real bowler by raising heraverage each week. Marian has high ser-ies of 386 and Irene Jardno has highgame of 157.

On the Machine Shop team Elsie Gil-lespie has high average of 128 and highseries of 418. Gertrude Sutton has highgame of 175 and Leona Smith is rightbehind her with 174.

Katherine Steinke leads the Planningteam with a 128 average. She also hashigh game of 161 and high series of 407.Leona Breisch is a much improved bowler.

Orea Wetherbee's City Slickers areslowly creeping up toward the top. MaryTucker leads this team with 138 average.Clem Donner put together five strikes ina row for her high game of 189 and highseries of 446.

Vivian Reed's Challengers is a newteam this year and are doing very wellconsidering this. Virginia Peterson hashigh average of 120 and high game of180. Vivian Reed has high series of 421and a nice 174 game.

Regardless of the trouble Hell's Angelshave had they are still in there plugging.Florence Walz leads this team with highaverage of 132, high game of 164 andhigh series of 442.

We also have a fine group of substi-tutes.

League Secretary, Laura Egeler

Page 8 A R G U S E Y E S for Victory December, 1944

MARINE MEMORIAL AT TARAWA

This picture of the Tarawa Memorial was made on the enlarger and printing standshown at side. (See story at side).

We are indebted to Lt. (j.g.) J. P. Strouss. U.S.N.R.. formerly an Argus employeeand now somewhere in the South Pacific, for the following letter regarding amateurphotography in the battle zones . . . which was accompanied by these two veryinteresting photographs.

SUGGESTION PLAN WINNERSDorothy Williams, of the Machine Shop, suggested the use of a lever bar for the

removal of a casting in a drill jib, which enables her to increase her production with-out danger of injury to her hands . . . and also enabled her to win a $25 bond.

Beatrice Haines, Assembly Department, won her $25 with a unique idea whichshe had put into practice long before it was written up She conceived the idea ofgreasing her tweezers, permitting her to pick up three or four ball bearings at one timerather than the usual one at a time. One of the Time Study girls noticed this clevermethod of Beatrice's before it was written up.

Sid Wiener, of the Machine Shop, won two $25 bonds this month on changing ofmethods in the processing of two parts, resulting in a nice saving.

SUGGESTION PLANThis is a "Believe it or not." There are a number of envelopes contain-

ing replies to suggestions, in the Personnel Department. These replieshave never been called for. We can't believe it.

So we're reminding all those who had bright ideas to watch the sug-gestion bulletin boards and pick up the answer in the Personnel Depart-ment immediately when their number appears in the "Action Takencolumn.

The "Pending" column tells you that your idea is still being considered.But when your suggestion number appears in the "Action Taken" column—take action yourself and dash to the Personnel Department.

List of suggestion replies waiting to be picked up:

Plant ISuggestion Numbers:

401410417435437453766792816817831855871873

926927947950983100210191040106910951096128512921298

PlantSuggestion56657060163664068068573231183123312631283138314931513158

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"Knowing your pride in Argus cam-eras through an association with yourcompany, I believe that you would like tosee the enclosed two pictures and hear thestory of a unique and versatile use of anArgus camera in a south sea island, ama-teur photography shop.

The dark room and equipment werebuilt from the limited materials at handby three of my storekeepers, namely:Robert G. Nau from Columbus, Indiana;W. Wayne Davies from Oil City, Pa.;and Scott E. Gillespie of Long Beach,California. The boys are purely amateurs,their equipment is makeshift and crude,their methods are trial and error; but thepictures they produce from this lash-upare excellent. And, incidentally, condi-tions for photography are far from ideal.All of their work is done in temperaturesthat range from 90 to 100 degrees anddue to the scarcity of distilled water, theymust use the water from native wells forthe mixing of chemicals and washing.

The large picture is an example of theirwork. It is a picture of the Marine Mem-orial over a mass grave on Tarawa Atoll.It was at this now peaceful spot that theMarines fought to secure their first beachhead. The shattered stumps and one bat-tered palm tree remaining give mute testi-mony to the intensity of that famousbattle. The picture was taken with anArgus A2F Camera that I purchased fromHenry "Red" Hall, while I was workingfor your company. I used Eastman SuperXX film with an Argus 2X Yellow Filter,but can't remember what settings wereused. However, that isn't important. Thepicture's real significance is to show theamazing enlargements and quality of workthat these boys can turn out with theirimprovised equipment.

The smaller picture shows their enlarg-er and printing stand. The main body ofthe enlarger is a 25 1b. tin flour can fittedwith a tapering wooden bottom. Insidethey have a 200 watt bulb and two mag-nifying shaving mirrors for reflectors.They also have a condenser lens from abroken movie projector which is held insuch a way as to give greater intensity tothe light. The negative carrier is twopieces of ground glass, which incidentallythey had to grind themselves from or-dinary glass. Their enlarging lens, as youcan see, is an Argus A2 camera. It is heldto the wooden lamp house by two straps

ENLARGERfrom an army cot. The camera is set ontime exposure and the lighting is con-trolled by an electric connection to a tele-graph key. Aperture openings are variedto suit the density of the negative and thedistance adjustment is set to meet the sizeof the enlargement desired. Their print-ing paper is held in various frames madefrom heavy manila filing folders. Henceyou can see from the picture and descrip-tion that the outfit is simple and ingen-iously improvised from whatever hap-pened to be available. But on the otherhand the large picture is a testimonial tothe excellent work they do with it. Thesuccess of enlarging is due to the versa-tility of the Argus A2 camera. It is thevital part. Without its adjustable mech-anisms and perfect lens the eniarger wouldnot have been possible.

Having worked with International In-dustries and having friends in the cameraplant, I feel a closer connection to Argusthan that of a regular satisfied owner ofan Argus camera. That's why this uniqueuse of an Argus Camera interested memore than passively and why I felt thestory was worth passing on to you.

Please give my best regards to JoeClemens, Kelly Goss, Rocky, Naomi,Louise, Ruth, Morrie and all the rest ofthe old gang for me. I'll stop by and say"hello" some future day when I get backin the old neighborhood."

Lt- (j-g-) J- p- Strouss

FAN MAIL

Not only do we receive word of howmuch Argus employees now in thearmed forces depend on their ArgusCameras, but we also get "fan mail"from many enthusiastic Argus users.Among them, one from C W O GeorgeS. Beard, 51st Signal Bn., who writes:

"After 18 months of combat duty myArgus C-2, Serial #0276088, met an un-timely end. The lens assembly was dam-aged beyond repair by a shell fragment.The balance of the camera is still in ex-cellent condition.

The Argus camera is well representedin this theatre of operations and due toits "solid" construction it can really takethe rough wear which is imposed on it."

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Lt. Frank R. Wilson, from somewherein the South Pacific, writes that he pur-chased an Argus camera when theywere first offered on the market, andthat besides giving wonderful servicebefore the war it has been with himconstantly overseas . . . and has beenthrough three campaigns.

"Recently, however, while engaged ina "beach party" it was crushed by a twoand a half ton truck (concussion blewthe truck on top of it). The lenses areintact but the case is cracked and theshutter no longer functions.

"Have seen several Argus cameras upin the 'hot spots' and I kinda hope that

Ernie Darnell seems to be up tosome tricks . . . with Dick Doran theinterested victim.

WANTEDThe owner of an unclaimed card

table.This table is one that was brought

in and checked for the card party.Anyone having check No. 383,

please call for this table at the mainguard's desk in Plant I.

I may be able to pick up a good second-hand, late model to take the place of theone "Tojo" picked on. A fast lens isalmost imperative here as the majorityof the shots are taken in the 'bush'."

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ACROSS

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12. Utilized16. Convey from place to place17. Allied people19. Prefix meaning before20. Regarding21. On top of23. River in Italy24. Silk and worsted fabric26. Each (abbr.)28. Rampart30. Mother32. Precipitates33. To one side36. Swift place in a river38. North Carolina (abbr.)39. Silences41. Paid newspaper item42. Fortress45. Comparative suffix46. Magnificent48. South American monkey50. Condensed vapor52. God of Love54. Behold55. Perceive56. Strike lightly58. Belonging to Ed60. Ankle bone63. Negative65. Attic67. Wearing three-cornered pants69. On high71. Fowls72. Measure of length73. Part of a circle75. State of equality77. Tantalum (abbr.)79- Edible tuber81. Strong odor84. Clergymen89. Exist90. Stove92. Males93. English noblemen96. Nickel (abbr.)97. Unfasten again99. Measures of area

100. Mountains in Russia103. Father104. Ticket107. Grand Marshal (abbr.)108. Alarm-bell110. Senior (abbr.)112. Small part113. Sun god114. Not home115. Pertaining to a leg bone118. Member of a political party119- Quiet120. State of being tasty121. Myself

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10. Musical note11. Leap13. Those who unite14. Ireland15. Compact18. Neither22. Procession25. Type of bear27. Fruit drinks29. Opposite of zenith31. Entrance34. Neuter pronoun35. Catch sight of37. Stopped

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GUARDS

Mrs. Mathilda Young has left the de-partment to take a position elsewhere. Asa receptionist, she will be greatly missed,but we all hope she will be happy at hernew work.

The "Sutton Girls", Gertrude andEsther, are the ones who greet all visit-ors with a smile at the front desks.

Fred MacPherson has been on the sicklist. We miss Fred's smile and hope hewill soon be back.

DEPARTMENT 18B

Peggy Watson underwent a tonsilec-tomy operation last week. She is feel-ing much better now and is back on thebeam.

Malina Uphaus has left dear old Ar-gus to spend some time with her hus-band in Colorado before he goes over-seas. Best of luck to both of you.

Laureen Clinton, Luella Bafs, Gerald-ine Warren and John Albertson are nowworking for Mr. Swickerath instead ofJohn Kenne.

The three musketeers Freida Wacken-hut, Hilda Johnson and Ha Sutfin arenow running the mighty dial line.

Page 10 A R G U S E Y E S lor Victory December. 1944

BOWLING

by Babe Peterson

At the end of the tenth week in theArgus League, the Assembly team hasmaneuvered into first place and has builup a four game lead. Out of the fortypoints to date the assemblers have wonthirty-two while losing only eight. Thisis a pace that can hardly be maintainecthroughout the entire season, but it doesprove the strength of the pace-setters.

With the exception of Norm Hartmanthe averages of the leaders are not toohigh, and in all probability all will beable to improve upon their present scoresThis fact gives the team a very decidecedge in their bid for a title. In the earlyweeks other teams made impressive startsbut their averages were higher than coulcbe maintained, and as a result when theseteams hit their normal stride the teamsslipped out of the contending positionsAt the present time Norm's average isabove the 170 mark, but the team is notconcerned about this high mark becausethey feel certain that their anchor manwill not slip below that figure. This willgive the other members of the team anopportunity to build up their averages.Captain Kaufman, Erv Domzal, RedPeterson, L. Harvey, and Eddie Girvanhave been doing this, which accounts forthe team's position at this time.

The Toolroom of plant I has now takenover the runner-up spot in the leagueand are eyeing the first place slot. Thetoolmakers are now carrying the high teamaverage in the league and can point withpride to the fact that all games on theright side of the ledger have been wonwithout the benefit of spot. However,when a team has the highest average inthe league this early in the season andis out in front, the chances of that teamcoming out in front are rather nil. Theirteam average is most likely at its peak,and there is indeed a possibility that theaverages may fall off before the final cur-tain is rung down. If this does happen,it is almost certain that this team will notwin the crown for the 1944-45 season.This is not said to discourage the effortsof the Toolroom team, but it is a fact inany handicap league that the winner willbe the team that wins the close ones atthe start of the season and slowly picksup speed as the year progresses. TheArgus Wildcats of Plant II are just sucha team.

The Wildcats have been comingthrough in the clutches, but have not hadto build up their averages too high. If thisfive can continue to stay close to theleaders it is probable that a late spurtsuch as they staged last year would carrythem into the driver's seat.

The Office team and the Bears aretied for fourth place and are only onegame! in back of the Wildcast. The Officeteam has shown surprising strength instaying up there after losing the servicesof Lefty Schlenker. With the loss ofSchlenk the brunt of the burden has fallenupon the very popular Roy Hiscock andthe steady bowling Jess Cope. Roy has aknack of getting those extra pins at theproper time while Jess can be dependedupon at all times to come thru with agood series. Jess is perhaps the steadiestbowler in the league. The Bears havebeen holding about the same place sincethe opening gun, but have been unable toget into any appreciable winning streak."Mo" Howe and "Winnie" Doman werethe main guns in the early games. Thesetwo have now cooled off and RalphMathieson, the pride of Milan, and Russ"Kentucky" Conley have been furnishingthe extra pins in the late weeks. TheBears are potentially a good team, andif all the members can catch fire at thesame time the team will cause sometrouble in the league's standings.

The big disappointment so far this yearhas, been the showing of last year's cham-pionship Radio team. The champs have

IN MEMORIAM

ARGY THE CAT

Here's the tale of Argy CatAt Argus she resided.Strange to say she grew quite fatOn food that Leigh provided.

"Give no pay to me", she said,"For keeping Argus mouseless,But just a roof above my head,Because I have been houseless".

Brilliant was her work at first,No rodents dared to face her.All the mice her talent cursedAnd wanted to erase her.

Mayor Mortimer the Brave,Appointed a committeeTo revenge the mice who gaveTheir aunties to the kitty.

Subtle plans were made to goadThe feline to her ruin,And to get her 'cross the roadTo find out what was brewin'.

Though they feared her wicked footAnd no one wished to cross her.Someone had to slyly putThe Cream Top in her saucer.

Each mouse drew a straw in turnAnd as he drew he trembled.Visages were grave and sternOn all the mice assembled.

When the hero's name was drawnHe faltered not a minute—Found the dish with Argy goneAnd poured the Cream Top in it.

When the cat had drunk her fillIt made her whiskers quaver.Whistled she a feline trill—Her legs were all a-waver.

She pushed her footsteps faster.Following that brewery smellWent into the street pell mellAnd ended in disaster.

(Cats are said to be nine-lived)(This story I deplore.)(To cross the street she must have strived)(At least eight times before.)

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en fighting to stay even with the board,and at the present time are twelve gamesoff the pace. This is too early to counthem out, but being twelve games down

with one-third the season gone is hardlyan indication of a contender. The teamlas the same bowlers as last year so its hard to explain their position at thisime.

In the individual highs only one markms been bettered in the league. LorenJement's previous high single game of242 has been bettered by Dick Bills ofhe Engineer's team. Dick is carrying a

modest 150 average, but the photograph-er caught fire and posted a tremendous257 game. Bills started out with sevenn a row, missed the eighth, spared the

ninth, and then struck out in the tenth.This is a tough assignment for anyonen the league to try to better.

ACCOUNTING DEPT.

Iva Covert is back from Denver, Colo-radio. They have moved Bill from Colo-rado to Florida. We're sorry you can'tbe with Bill, Iva, but very glad to haveyou back even though Florida would bea nice place to spend the winter.

In the last issue of Argus Eyes wementioned that Jessie Hack was takinga two-weeks vacation up north but guesswhat!? We made a mistake, she worriedso about her work that she came back onthe 2nd day of the 2nd week. That isunusual! Most of us are quite glad toget back to the old grind but never wouldwe come back early. Jessie sure is a con-scientious gal.

Millie La Rue was one happy girl for afew days this month. A certain fellow(who answers to the name of Clare Mc-Gillen) on leave from the Navy blewinto Ann Arbor. The only thing wrongwas it was such a short leave. Cheer up,Millie, there will be others.

We had a visitor one day this month.Mrs. Gillespie's future daughter-in-law.A very nice girl, Mrs. Gillespie's son hasgood taste.

We're sorry to report that the big mo-ment in Clem's life has not yet arrived.It won't be long now, when the Armygets through building him up after hisoverseas duty, he'll report to you, Clem.We certainly hope for your sake that thebuild-up the Army gives him is as goodas the one you've given him.

Gerry Brown has finally convinced JoeClemens that the Brown family has beenkeeping within all the rules and regula-tions while building their garage. Whoknows, maybe the next time Gerry looksout her window she'll see a garage going

up on the Clemens property.Madeline Smith keeps a good percent

of the men in the service supplied withletters. Each day during her noon hourshe makes a trip home to collect the 1 or6 letters which have accumulated sinceshe left early in the morning. Just amorale-builder at heart, eh Madeline?

Our Jeanne Clark, Mr. Miller's secre-tary, popped down to Greensboro, NorthCarolina, October 24th . . . to visit Don,who is stationed at the embarkation campthere. From all we have been hearing,she had a wonderful time. Upon return-ing one week later, she endlessly heardthe hesitating phrase, "Miss JeanneClark?"

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December, 1944 A R G U S E Y E S for V i c t o r y Page 11

LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS—

From Sgt. Lester A. BaileyDear Friends of Argus:

Received your very nice Christmaspackage today, which you so faithfullysend every year. You can be very surethat I appreciate it a lot and all I cansay is thanks a million for all you havedone and are doing.

Well this makes the third Christmasaway from my loved ones, and soon Iwill be able to celebrate my first year ofoverseas duty, here in Italy.

The weather over here in Italy is any-thing but nice. It seems that it goes fromone extreme to the other. It rains everyday a little anyway, just enough so wewon't lose our best companion, which isthe mud. It seems that when it really getsstarted it never knows when to quit.

We have some better conditions underwhich to live this coming winter. Lastwinter we had eight (8) men to thetent and now we have five (5). Andnow we sleep on cots where last winterall we had was the cold wet ground, andI do mean wet.

For heating, we sure do have a make-shift idea. We took an oil drum andcut it in half. Then we have a tank outside the tent for a reservoir with tubingto carry the fuel to the barrel. Then thefuel runs down a trough on to a steelplate where it burns. Of course its notquite as nice as a steam heated housethere in the states but it does the job forus here. One thing about these make-shift stoves, you certainly can't trust them.They have the strangest habit of blowingup at the most inopportune moments.That is one reason we don't let them burnall night, but when we get up in thewee hours of the morning, the first thingwe wish for is a cigarette and get thisfire lit, as I can assure you that it getsmighty cold here in the morning.

For mattresses we have a cover whichwe fill with straw, and how the fleas andlice love to live in "the same bed with us,so we have to change straw quite often.

As for diseases over here, there are afew that are prevelant. They are Malaria,Yellow Fever, and Yellow Jaundice. An-other few days and we will be allowed totake our netting down which we havebeen sleeping under ever since early lastspring.

I am still in the engine end of thisbombardment squadron. I really do havea nice setup now and I have some veryfine fellows working under me here. Wework long hard hours regardless if it rainsor shines.

Well the news sure does look goodboth here and in the S. Pacific too. I lookforward to being home for Christmas of1945 but not any sooner, though I reallyexpect to serve time in the other theatrebefore I return home to stay, but if itwill help to end this any sooner, thenthat's where I want them to send me.

I have an Argus camera here and Ihave already taken some 800 pictureswith it, and they all have come out justas sharp as a tack.

I spent a few days in Naples, Romeand in Pompeii. While in Rome I visitedSt. Peters Cathedral and I saw the Vati-can City and also the Pope in person. St.Peters is the most beautiful piece of workI have ever seen, but still they don't haveanything over here that would comparewith what we have there in the States.

I have been receiving the Argus Eyesregularly up until last month. I want toassure you that I look forward to gettingthe paper each month.

Keep up the good work there at theshop and victory will be assured in thenear future. I am very happy indeed toserve my hitch overseas the same as manyof my friends have done and are doing.

I had better close for this time and Ithank you from the bottom of my heart

:or the lovely Christmas package whichu sent to me.A fellow worker in Italy.

As ever, Sgt. Lester A. Bailey

We also received a very interestingetter from Sgt. Bailey last month whichcame too late for the November issue,parts of which we are quoting below:

"Received the August-September issueof the Argus Eyes, and as always, it wasa very bright spot of the month again.Seems as if everybody else here waits forit as much as I do. I always start at thevery beginning and won't lay it down un-til I have finished the last sentence ofthe last page.

It really is great having a shop papercoming to me each month. It seems likea real long letter from all of you. By thepictures I still see a lot of the old facesand then I see a lot of newly added ones.Maybe some one of these days all of usboys can return and take up where weleft off at. Hope so anyway. (So do we,Les) . . .

Les goes on to tell us of the difficul-ties he has in carrying on with his pho-tographic hobby.

I do my own developing here in thetent. In one corner I have wool blankets,on poles, and made my self a dark room.It is very crude but it does the work andthat is all I ask. For pans I use helmets,have to save my developer and hypo soafter all is done I take it and store it invino (wine) jugs. It is about as scarceas hen's teeth over here. Can't do anyprinting because of the lack of material,but anyway I have the negatives.

Of the post-war period, Les says:All of us boys over here wonder and

worry what the post war world has instore for us. We like to think that theG.I. Bill of Rights will hold up, but totell you the truth we do not have anytoo much confidence in it.

I am very proud to say my factoryhasn't been on strike and slowed up thewar effort. We boys talk a lot about thesethings, because we know we are directlyconnected with them. So keep up thegood work, and I will do my best overhere, even though it is a long way fromhome.

Thanks again for the Argus Eyes anceverything else. Will close and havehopes of seeing all of you again soon . .I hope.

Congratulations on that third star forthat efficiency flag. It's great, so keep itup.

Man-Eating Gropher

Pfc. J. L. Holdmann very kindly sentus this picture of a man-eating Gfo-per . . . which was photographed withan Argus camera. He says the fishweighed 517 pounds (gives our Argusfishermen something to angle for),and measured 7 ft. 2 inches from tipto tip. It was caught off the cost ofMackay, Australia.

PFC. HOWARD MUGGETT

We were glad to receive this pho-tograph from Howard (formerly an in-spector at Argus), now at CampWheeler, Georgia. Nice to have it,Howard, and all of us send you BestChristmas wishes.

lalph Ridenour at Bulkley Field."I received my first copy of Argus

yes and it certainly was swell to readabout and see some of the people withwhom I used to work.

Way out west in Colorado is a prettyonely place without contacts with home,

except by mail, and I certainly encouragehe home folks to write to their loved

ones in service. I'm not speaking for my-self because almost every day I get let-ters but it makes my heart go out to theellows, especially the younger ones who

miss the mail call. I haven't been in ser-vice very long but long enough to seewhat that mail call means.

Speaking for myself, I have receivedeveral letters from people at Argus and[ believe that I have answered those let-ers. Any coming in the future I'll cer-ainly try to answer promptly.

Hoping to receive a copy of ArgusEyes after they are published, I remainas always,"

Your Friend, Ralph Ridenour

Lt. Charles Van Aken in England.

"This is beautiful country here andquite different from home. Some of thehouses are straw roofed and almost allof them are brick walled. Most of themare a hundred years old and are mar-velously kept up.

Here they pride themselves on the ageof things, they don't have skyscrapers orthings like that. Instead they have low,large buildings with a long history be-hind them.

They don't have beer halls, insteacthey have "pubs". There are no jukeboxes and people go there to talk not todrink. The drinking is secondary. Theydo have a few night clubs, but not quiteas original as ours. Maybe they wereplanned after ours.

Our Officers' Club here is quite niceand very cozy. We have our own bar atwhich you can buy shots for 2160, whichis two shillings and six pence. A shill-ing is worth twelve cents and six penceis a dime. While the pound (£) is thebasis of money, the shilling is what isused to measure it by instead of dollarsand cents. Five dollars of Americanmoney is l£, 81, and a ha' penny! Isounds difficult but it's not so bad onceyou get used to it."

In a letter from Sgt. Henry (Al) Stitt,somewhere in France, he states that hehas been ill and in the hospital but ex-pected to be back with his outfifit in ashort time.

We (of the Argus family) sincerelyhope you are well and very fit bythis time. Let us hear from you as oftenas you can find time from your duties. Apicture of you and all of our boys andgirls would be very much appreciated bythe staff.

A V-mail letter from Sgt. Charles(Red) Poe, loaned to us by Harold Forbes,says that he's stationed in southernFrance.

(It seems as if several of our Argusboys are in the same area. Guess wehere at home will have to brush upsan ourhigh school French, or they won't be ableto understand us. Sounds like a niceplace that you are now stationed. May-be we could arrange to come over andvisit you.)

Thanks for the nice things you saidabout Argus Eyes. Yours truly (the Cir-culation Manager) thanks you for yourbrother's address, and we will see hisname is put on the mailing list at once.

A card from Pvt. Francis (Joe) Wright,gave us a new address. This time anA.P.O. c/o Postmaster. We wish yougood luck and god-speed.

Pfc. Olin Morris Writes his Parents fromFrance.

"You know I can't say much abouwhat I am doing here. Just read the papers as they give a good deal on it.

I haven't been paid for three monthsnow, but that is ok, we don't need anymoney here.

Well, the war here don't look so bad.I have been in a few battles, and believeme when those 88's they have, startlanding all around your hole you sureget some funny feelings. It is just some-thing you can't tell anyone about . . .youhave to be there to feel it. Every timethey let up a little you dig that hole alittle deeper. But it is river crossing thatI hate worst, it is just like another in-vasion.

Do you have a garden this year? Thereis lots of them here, but it is hard tofind ripe tomatoes. We get quite a feweggs from these people. I should begetting fat, I am getting plenty to eathere.

You would be surprised at how fastthe people here will bring out their flagswhen we go in a town, and they soontake care of the ones that were friendswith the Germans. They cut their hairoff and shave their heads. We came ina small town at night and the peoplewere running around looking at us andhollering "Americans"! The Germanshad just left, so I guess they were indoubt!"

BOYD HEAD

Boyd has completed his training atGreat Lakes and stopped off to see hisfriends at Argus while on his way toVirginia for additional training. Whilehere, Boyd, stood still long enough tolet Dick Bills take his picture, and hecertainly looks mighty fit. He also tookin the Michigan-Purdue game withHank Millage and other friends.

Blood Donors Are NeededREGISTER NOW!

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"MIKE"Stu Gildart and Mike Allen had a grand time taking this picture for the Advertis-

ing Department, and Mike is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Brotherton. Hisparents are Lt. Arthur Allen of the U. S. Army Medical Corps and Mrs. Allen (neeFlorence Brotherton). "Nice going, Mike" (Jimmy).

SALVAGE DEPT. 27

We wish "Red" Conway success andloads of best wishes in his promotion.

Eric Soderholm is the new SalvageForeman, and Herman Bauer is Super-visor . . . Hi Ya Supe!!

Lois Greer is the proud Aunt of twinbaby girls . . . rather expensive, eh Lois?

Cider and Do-Nuts parties are lotsafun and sure break the monotony of theday's work, but why does ONE have tobe piggy like.

Freda Thompson's son is home on fur-lough from Camp Haan, California, andexpects to go overseas some time soon.

Pat and Mike O'Hare (Ruth's sons)have received a Nazi helmet and belt,also some Belgian coins, from their unclewho is stationed somewhere in Belgium.

Helen Breining's son who is somewherein England has recently been on furloughto Scotland. He says the country is beau-tiful, but wishes he was home. The letterwas written on Scottish stationery . . .plain white paper with envelope of Scotchplaid design.

Edith Garlick is a gal that looks to thefuture . . . she has her Christmas shoppingnearly completed.

Salvage Department missed out on theFree Show held in Argus School House.

Lost . . . one black coin purse .

DEPARTMENT 30

We of the Machine Shop wish to wel-come John Roskos, a new turret-lathe op-erator.

Well, it's venison on the table forWatson, Barhitte, Crawford, and Mac.•(They hope). Mac and Foster Barhitteare going to try their luck north of Cad-illac; Scottie Watson will try his luckaround Mio; and Bob Crawford isn'tsuite sure where he will go. Well, goodluck, boys!

We're not sure whether Bruce Goulderis going deer hunting or not. Lucy in-forms us that he hasn't asked her per-mission as yet.

It seems as though in addition to win-ning bonds, Henry N. Smith is a self-appointed safety man. It seems as thoughone of the girls forgot her hair guard.Mr. Smith walked up and asked her, "Youdon't want to look like me, do you?"

Jim Eubank says, "All the Republicansand Democrats will have to start smilingagain now."

We are wondering what George Pick-ring did with all of the beer he won No-vember 7th.

BUY A WAR BONDfor that Boy or Girl in Service

CAFETERIA ANNOUNCEMENTWhen the present officers of the Recreation Club were elected it was

decided that a questionnaire was the best method of finding out exactlywhat the members wanted.

Among other things, we received many comments concerning the cafe-teria; they fell into three main groups:

1. Breakage and repair expense.2. Prices of the food served.3. Cleanliness.This is a report of the action taken:Several conferences were held with the management of Argus, the Club,

and Mr. Thomas. As a result of these talks a definite procedure was es-tablished, which is explained here.

It was shown that, as it happens sometimes, there were "too manyfingers in the pie". This meant no one knew just who was responsible, andso, very little was accomplished.

It was agreed that the responsibility for control of the cafeteria and itspolicies should be in the company and centralized in the Personnel De-partment.

Mr. Thomas' responsibility will be as great as ever; that of obtainingand preparing the food for Argus Employees.

The Argus Club will no longer be responsible for paying for any break-age, repairs to equipment or supplies. This will be a company expense.The Argus Club will continue to receive 7 percent of the gross salesmonthly.

Each month the Personnel Department will receive a list of prices fromthe cafeteria, and make a comparison of prices in this area. These com-parisons will be shown to the President or Cafeteria Committee of the Rec-reation Club.

The City Board of Health makes periodic surveys of our cafeteria. ThePersonnel Department will receive a copy of its recommendations.

Periodically the Personnel Department will compile these facts and pre-sent them in a report to management.

Any suggestions or comments regarding the cafeteria should be givento the Personnel Department, which will report on the action taken.

We believe that this procedure will help to provide a pleasant placeto eat, with food at reasonable prices—and continue to provide a sourceof income for the Argus Recreation Club.

Edward Girvan,President of Argus Recreation Club

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The Ann Arbor Public Health Nurses are graduate registered nurses with special pre-paration in public health.

They give nursing care to:

1. The acutely ill . . . suffering from influenza, pneumonia or other acute illnessin which nursing care or treatments are necessary.

2. The convalescent patient who has returned from thei hospital and needs dress-ings, treatments or nursing care during recovery.

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4. The aged or chronically ill who need part-time skilled nursing care.An hour or two of care by one of these nurses working in co-operation with your

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Costs are graded so that all may have nursing care whether they can pay full cost,part cost or nothing at all. Self-supporting families are glad to use a plan that offersa high quality of nursing care at a moderate cost.

1. Full fee:$1.00 for one-half hour or less.$1.50 for the first hour.

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