Briggs AppointedCompany EmployeeRelations Director

President Lewis Imm has an-nounced the appointment of Sid-ney L. Briggs to the position ofEmployee Relations Director forLibrascope. This is an importantcontinuation of Librascope's policyto place top emphasis on employeerelations and organizational plan-

Sidney L. Briggs

ning. Sid brings to us many yearsof experience with a group whichhas achieved the highest nationalrecognition for their achievementsin this field.

Sid is no stranger to California.He was born in Los Angeles, at-tended Glendale schools, and wasgraduated from Pomona College.

After his graduation from col-lege, he was associated with Un-ion Oil in Los Angeles, San Fran-cisco, and Seattle as personnel as-sistant until 1941 when he wascalled into the Service. After sixyears with the United StatesArmy, Sid settled in the East withIndustrial Relations Counselorsdoing research and counseling inthe industrial relations field.

Sid is married and has two chil-dren. His family is still in LongIsland and will remain there un-til the end of the school term whenthey will establish their home inthis vicinity.

Ken Gowen, one of Librascope'savid golf enthusiasts and a con-sistently low scorer, walked awaywith the first prize of the season.Tied with Art Bevan at the closeof the blind bogey tournament,Art and Ken decided to slug it outon the fairways rather than slicethe fifteen dollar prize down themiddle.

Bevan, who has a 30 handicap,started out in good style but Kensoon assumed the lead and man-aged to maintain it.

Don't miss Librascope's "Youand Your Future," broadcast Mon-day through Friday at 6:55 a.m.over radio station KABC.

N E W S A N D K N O W L E D G E

Published ByL I B R A S C O P E E M P L O Y E E SG L E N D A L E , C A L I F O R N I A

Volume 3, Issue 5 May, 1955

Art Entry Wins Blue Ribbon

LIBRASCOPE'S ENTRY in the Technical Illustration Management Association's exhibit at the BarnsdallPark Art Gallery, which brought home a first place blue ribbon in the special awards division is shownabove with Keith Kinnaird, supervisor of technical illustrators; Peter Maimone, senior technical illustratorwho prepared the winning entry; and Wesley Craig, president of TIM A. The company entry consists of agroup of schematics of Librascope commercial products and their arrangement for system interconnections.This was the first time that the firm had entered such an exhibition and all concerned were quite proud ofthe top award considering competition offered by such firms as North American Aviation, Lockheed, andthe Hughes Tool Company.

Shea Wins National Sales ContestTelevision Guest Librascope Inc.

Junior AchieverCops Scholarship

Ruth Hiner, wife of Phil Hiner,supervisor of technical writers, isdeveloping into quite a televisionpersonality. Ruth was Guest of theDay on the May 12, "Watch Wit-tinghill" program on KRCA, chan-nel 4. The afternoon program, em-ceed by Dick Wittinghill, popularHollywood radio and televisionfigure, gets underway each day at1:05 p.m. for a one and one-halfhour stint.

Ruth and model Jackie Mannersgave a hand with the commercialsduring breaks in the regular fea-ture movie presentation.

Len Soper Tops Sharpshooters

PRESIDENT of the Precisioneers, John Delle Fave, middle, presentsthe small-bore rifle championship trophy to the new champion, LeonardSoper, inspection. At the left is George Henderhan, president of therifle club. The Third Annual Small-Bore Rifle Championship was heldat Melcher's Old Homestead Rifle Range, Topanga Canyon. The secondplace medal was awarded to Ralph Barnett; third place, Paul Litvinoff;and fourth place, Glen Reyman. Unusual shooting conditions broughtabout the necessity for revising next year's target pull procedures.(See story on page 2.)

Mike Shea, 17-year-old BurbankHigh School senior, won the Na-tional Junior Achievement SalesChampionship Contest in St. Louis,Mo., on May 2. The contest con-sisted of a five-minute sales de-livery to an uncooperative cus-tomer and was judged on points ofpresentation, organization andovercoming adverse opposition.

As the winner of the champion-ship contest, Mike will receive a$500 scholarship to the college ofhis choice. He is planning to at-tend UCLA where he will spe-cialize in medical research. In ad-dition to the scholarship, Mikewill also be given a free trip toNew York as a guest of the Na-tional Sales Executive Club Con-vention to be held June 8, 9 and 10.

Modern Products PresidentMike was president for the first

four difficult months of organiza-tion of the teen-age business firmknown as Modern Products Co.This company, which manufac-tures planters, has been sponsoredby Librascope during the pastschool year in cooperation withthe Junior Achievement Programwhich operates on a national leveland is financed by contributionsof leading businesses throughoutthe country.

The first step leading up to hischampionship title was his selec-tion as the top salesman in theLos Angeles area. Following thisMike won out in the westernregional contest in San Franciscoin competition with nearly 4,000youngsters taking part in theJunior Achievement program fromDenver, San Diego, Portland,Seattle, Spokane, San Jose, SanFrancisco, and Oakland. This qual-ified him to participate in thechampionship contest in St. Louisalong with winners from threeother regional divisions.

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Youfh CommitteeCharles Snell, chairman of the

Precisioneers' Youth Essay Com-mittee, presided over the businessdinner held at the Smoke Housein Burbank on May 2. The dinnerwas held so that the committeeand assistants might meet with theappointed judges and formulatethe manner in which the essaysfor the summer camp contest areto be judged.

The judges, who have no con-nection with Librascope, havebeen selected because of theirbackground in youth counselingand guidance. They are Mrs. Ralph

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Aid Club PresentedAppreciation AwardBy Cancer Society

Eight employee groups repre-senting business and industrialconcerns were announced todayby the American Cancer Society'sLos Angeles County Branch asrecipients of Appreciation Awards.

For outstanding contributions tothe cancer control program, they

Talented TroupersChuck Flickinger, assembly, is

well surrounded by talent in hisfamily. In "Life of a Ballerina," abiography of Mme. Kathryn Char-issa Etienne, as told in ballet,which played recently at the Hol-lywood Troupers Club, 1625 NorthLaBrea, three generations of theFlickinger family were featured.

Mother, Frances Flickinger, sis-ter, Nyne Flickinger Gallagher(formerly of Librascope) anddaughter, Christine Flickinger,perfected a ballet which climaxedthe performance.

were presented with the specialcitations by Joseph E. Close, coun-ty crusade vice-chairman, whosaid that these were the first in aseries of employee awards to bemade by the society in 1955.

Certificates of appreciation wentto Consolidated Vultee AircraftCorporation's Pomona Division;Fluor Corporation; Garret Corp-oration; General Petroleum Corp-oration; Hughes Aircraft Corpora-tion; Buck of the Month Aid Clubof Librascope Incorporated; NorthAmerican Aviation, Incorporated;and Ralphs Grocery Company.

Expressing the thanks of theAmerican Cancer Society for thesupport of industry and its em-ployees, Close said, "Your gen-erous contributions help us to con-tinue and expand the ACS pro-gram of cancer control in threevital fields: research, education,and service.

"Because of your efforts andthose of other civic-minded citi-zens here and throughout the na-tion, we are able to look forwardwith renewed hope to achievementof the purpose for which our So-ciety was created — the completecontrol of cancer."

Industry and employee responseannually plays a significant rolein the success of the ACS Crusadewhich also depends upon the re-sults of residential and mail ap-peals to reach its county-widegoal, this year set at $700,000.

-By C. A. Snell

Lea De Capite, accounting, wassurprised with a pre-weddingshower in accounting during alunch hour recently. She is to bemarried to Gordon Lee on May14 at Holy Family Church in Glen-dale. The newlyweds will live inIndio. Our very best wishes gowith you, Lea.

Deadline for the June issue ofthe Librazette is May 30, 1955.

Appreciation Award Presented

ON BEHALF of the Buck of the Month Aid Club of Librascope, Inc.,George A. Morrison, secretary-treasurer, receives the American CancerSociety's Appreciation Award for outstanding contribution to the pro-gram of cancer control from George P. Cronk (right), county campaignchairman for the current ACS crusade. At left, Wesley S. Bagby, met-ropolitan campaign chairman.

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Production Engineering Liaison DepartmentA production engineering liaison

department for Librascope hasbeen organized under the super-vision of Rudy Rieder, formerhead of methods. Rudy is beingably assisted by the followingmembers of the new department:Jack Gollaher, Walt Leibert, WaltNewcomer, Harry Sandberg, andFrank Copple. Frank and Harrywere also formerly with methods.

The group has an excellentbackground of production engin-eering experience. Prior to com-ing to Librascope, Rudy workedwith such firms as the WhitingCorporation, Crosley Corporation,C. F. Braun and Company, and theNaval Ordnance Test Station. Theother members of the group havebeen with such firms as Bendix,

Lockheed, Gilfillan, S. S. White,to name but a few.

Liaison RequiredSince we are in an era of keen

competition, management felt itmust take steps to maintain andimprove its position in the indus-try. Of the several measures to betaken, one was the formation ofa production engineering liaisondepartment. The group basicallyserves to bridge the traditionalgap between the engineering andproduction departments.

During the design and develop-ment phase of a program, whichhas production potential, a closeworking relationship will be es-tablished between the productionengineer and the project engineer.This serves two purposes: first,

ideas for producibility are intro-duced at a time when their in-corporation does not delay theprogram; secondly, the productionengineer becomes familiar withthe instrument and is thus able toacquire the background neededlater when he must act as liaisonbetween engineering and produc-tion.

Establish RelationshipsThe group will also establish

and encourage a close working re-lationship with both methods andproduction in order to obtain thebenefit of the thinking of thesetwo groups.

Anyone having suggestions orideas for producing our productsmore economically is encouragedto present their suggestions toRudy in the new department.

MEMBERS OF THE NEW production engineering liaison department, supervised by Rudy Rieder standingat the left, consist of Frank Copple and Harry Sandberg (seated in the front row); Jack Gollaher and WaltNewcomer, second row; and Walt Leibert seated at left in the third row. Bob Garrett, director of the Libra-tones and seated next to Leibert, is a member of the design drafting department.

Top Keglers in Winter League

TOP NOTCH BOWLERS from the winter bowling league happily display their trophies which were awardedthe final week at the Burbank Bowl. In the photo at the left are Lee Newbanks, stockroom, men's highseries 589; Kay Small, mechanical assembly, women's high series 553; Roy Gombert, model shop, men'shigh game 284; Nancy Slike, engineering services, women's high game 237; Nick Varhol, model shop, mostimproved bowler with a beginning average of 117 and an average of 139 at the end of the season. In thephoto at the right are the first place Idjits: (from left) Roy Gombert, model shop; John Anderson, timekeep-ing; Jennie Sedita, machine shop; Chuck Ramba, inspection; and George Poppa, machine shop. The Idjitswon their first place standing by a margin of only one-half game.

* * * * * * * * *THE PACKRATS, in a very close second place, are shown in the photo at the left: (back row, from left)Harold Morton, stockroom; Russ Erickson, production control; and Bob Campbell, stockroom. In the frontare Cleo Moore, stockroom, and Lee Newbanks, stockroom. Four Jacks and a Jill, third place winners, areshown in the photo at the right: (from left) George Kucks, material control; Edie Wrobel, payroll; and RedBrown, production control. Len Soper, inspection, and Neil Hinton, production control, the two other mem-bers of this team, were not present when the picture was taken.

Third Annual Rifle KINDLING, CHChampionship MeetHeld At Melcher's

Len Soper, of the electrical in-spection department, became thetrophy winner and new small-borerifle champion on a recent Aprilmorning when Librascope's ThirdAnnual Small-Bore Rifle Cham-pionship meeting was held. Melch-ers' Old Homestead Rifle Range,Topanga Canyon, blazed with gun-fire and smoking rifles as theChampionship Trophy was beingshot off-hand, 100-yards, no smallfeat in any man's country. The10-ring bullseye is only two inchesin diameter.

Twenty riflemen qualified forthe championship shoot: GeorgeHenderhan, Glen Reyman, PaulLitvinoff, Ralph Barnett, PatLombardi, Ed Dobstaff, Ross Haz-eltine, Willard Mather, Flo Swaine,Paul Smith, Lee Simon, Ed Pusl,Len Soper, John Frazier, CharlieParker, Eric Stewart, Walter Lor-enzo, Charlie Perro, Bill Walker,and Art Cudmore.

After several warm-up practicetargets, the shooting began inearnest, and when the puffs ofsmoke faded away, Soper was thenew small-bore champion, fol-lowed closely by numbers two,three, and four: second place sil-ver medal, Ralph Barnett, mili-tary sales; third place, gold bronzemedal, Paul Litvinoff, inspectiondepartment, and last year's cham-pion; and fourth place, the greenbronze medal, Glen Reyman, dustfree room.

Eventful ShootAccording to all hands, the shoot

was quite eventful and in somerespects, comical. At the start,George Henderhan, former deputysheriff, and Glen Reyman pro-ceeded to shoot at each other'stargets by mistake and coppedvery high scores at that. Thesetargets had to be re-shot and itwas obvious that the mixup un-nerved both of these experts.

Most of the riflemen, after set-ting up their targets and climb-ing into and out of a deep ravineat the 6500-foot altitude, werepuffing hard and had trouble con-trolling their trigger pull. It ishoped that this trouble will beeliminated for future shoots bythe targets being set up by theRange Master and a target com-mittee so that the gunmen will notget winded by their 200-yardclimb to and from their targets.

Ed Dobstaff, a dangerous com-petitor, who took the runner-uptrophy cup in 1953, at the Bur-bank Legion Rifle Range, put hisfirst two shots dead center in thebull, then proceeded to put hisnext eight shots into two othercompetitors' targets (names with-held). Dobstaff swears that theblankety-blank t a r g e t s werespaced too close together. O.K.,Ed., next year the targets will beplaced farther apart.

The trophy and medals werepresented by John Delle Fave,Precisioneer president, who com-plimented all the riflemen at theshoot for their keen competitivespirit and fine sportsmanship.

— By Paul Litvinoff

MEG MeetingEmployees of Minnesota Elec-

tronics Corporation held their firstsocial meeting Friday at the OldVienna Gardens on Sunland Blvd.New employees had an opportun-ity to circulate their addresses andphone numbers, and the emigrantsfrom Minnesota had a chance toexchange varied stories of the tripto California. Cars and occupantswere sandblasted, snowed in, mis-led by road signs, and scared to achill by hairpin curves in canyonroads. One of the wives remarked,"It all seems so funny now, butat the time I was petrified!"

We have some pretty conscien-tious drivers these days. If youask them about details they'llwhip out their recently passedtests and proceed to explain thewhole California driving code foryou.

The hospitable reception ex-tended by the Librascope em-ployees was received with enthu-siasm. We are interested in par-ticipating in the various sportsprograms and s o c i a l eventssketched by Mr. John Delle Faveand his Precisioneers representa-tives.

— By Bob Day

Lifted from the "Libra-Scoop,"Issue No. 29, datelined June 21,1943:

"Dave Harrison has been visit-ing Willard Opocensky's officequite often since a new 'naughtybut nice' calendar hangs on thewall." Ah, the flight of time!

•From the June, 1943, Calendar

of Events:"June 27—Sunday—Lewis Imm

works on his newly acquired farm.Don (Webster) goes house hunt-ing."

"June 29 — Tuesday — 'Berry-brown' Dave Harrison drops in tosee how we're doing. Librascopebecomes a restricted area: noteven we are supposed to knowwhat we are doing."

"June 30 — Wednesday — Newcabinets arrive and Skippy (Case)falls heir to Mabel's old book-case."

Librascope enthusiasts partici-ating in the "Battle of Bunkersand Hills," Chevy Chase GolfCourse, June, 1943, included: Wil-lard Opocensky, Ross Smith, KeithKinnaird, and William McAboy.

Add notes from the July 24,1943 "Libra-Scoop":

"Cliff (Johnnie Weismueller)Dahl gave a swell example of hisswim instructing technique at thecompany picnic. We're wonderingwho pays for the lessons though—teacher or pupil?"

And Roy Pedigo shouting, at thedance, "You haven't danced untilyou have danced with the Waveand a Marine (girl type)!"

The December 22, 1943, issue ofthe "Libra-Scoop" contained a sci-entific description of a woman asdescribed by a woman (or so thepaper said!).

Chemical Description of Wom-an: Symbol—WO. Member of thehuman family. Specific gravityvariable; molecular structure, ex-ceedingly unstable.

Occurrence: Can be f o u n dwherever men exist.

Physical Properties: All colors,sizes, and shapes. Generally ap-pears in disguised condition. Nat-ural surface rarely free from ex-traneous covering, textile or filmof grease and pigments. Meltsreadily when properly treated.Boils at nothing and may freezeat any moment. Ordinarily sweet;occasionally sour; sometimes bit-ter.

Chemical Properties: Exceeding-ly volatile, highly inflammable,and dangerous in the hands of aninexperienced person. Possessesgreat affinity for gold, silver,platinum, and precious stones ofall kinds. Capable of absorbingastonishing quantities of expen-sive foods and beverages. Reactsviolently when left alone. Turnsgreen when placed next to a bet-ter appearing specimen. Ages rap-idly. Fresh variety has a power-ful magnetic attraction.

If women know themselves aswell as they know men, and ifmen knew women as well as theyknow themselves—things wouldbe very much as they are.

The LibrazeffeCopyright 1953 by Librascope, Inc.

1607 Flower Street, GlendaleEditor

Bill TraceyNews Editor Art EditorJay Wiltsie Keith KinnairdPhotographer CartoonistLee Duggan Paul Kane

CorrespondentsAccounting Edie WrobelAssembly Doris ApplebyCredit Union Dorris EberleElectronics and

Development Val CastleEngineering Drafting

and Design Millie CalitriCharlotte Hoskinson

Alice OglesbyMEC Robert DayMECCA Chuck FreemanMachine Shop . . Elizabeth EyraudMethods Joe LeonardiModel Shop . . . Robert McCollomPersonnel Mac McKeague

Ray McDonaldProduction Services . Charlie Snell

May, 1955 T H E L I B R A Z E T T E Page 3

Lowell EisenhowerIs AccomplishedSoloist, Athlete

A Librazette ProfileWhen Lowell Eisenhower suc-

cessfully completed his solo dur-ing the May 3rd concert of theLos Angeles Ellis-Orpheus Clubat the Wilshire-Ebell Theatre, itmarked one more step up the lad-der for this man from Abilene. Tothe audience who had enjoyed his

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Lowell B. Eisenhowerrendition of the "Happy Wand-erer" with the chorus, it wasdoubtful if more than one person,a lady by the name of DorothyConstance Eisenhower, had anyinkling of the background of thisdebonair, confident baritone.

Case in point: how one coldnight, while endeavoring to seethe world, Lowell entrained fromTopeka locked in a leaky batterybox on the side of a Pullman. Andhow he ended up in St. Louis, hisclothing eaten up by the batteryacid and himself blue with cold.He admits, many years later, thatthe trip wasn't too well planned,perhaps . . . but then he wasmighty young and hoboing was the

>est way to travel.Marine Corps Duty

Second case in point: amongmany other avocations, he en-joyed two more than any of theothers: (1) his tour of duty inthe Marine Corps and (2) his tourof duty as a commercial photog-rapher in New York City, em-ployed as a glamour photographercomplete with Powers and Con-over models and free-lancing onthe side as a specialist in hoiseryphotographs for slick magazineadvertisements.

As in many things, there is astory behind incident number oneabove: he waived deferment andvolunteered for the Marine Corpsat the age of 35. So the Marinestrained him as a judo instructor;trained him for combat photog-raphy; and then put him back inthe production lab making ani-mated films, the job he'd beenperforming just before he enlisted!

A second c o u s i n to DwightEisenhower, another man fromAbilene, Lowell will have com-pleted his seventh year at Libra-scope on September 17 as a sen-ior technical illustrator. He waseducated at Washburn Universityof Topeka where his applicationto his studies won for him a Whit-ing scholarship for top grades inhis freshman and sophomore yearsand insured a tuition-free coursefor the remainder of his collegestay. He is currently furthering hisknowledge of film production bynight-study at U.C.L.A. in colortransparencies such as those usedin slide-film production.

Working on FilmHis work at the U.C.L.A. cam-

pus coincides with a project thathe and Bill Tracey, technical edi-tor supervisor, are collaboratingon for the Librascope sales de-partment: this is a 35-mm. slide-sound color film on "The Data Re-corder" system. Lowell is incharge of photography and soundon the project with Bill supplyingproduction assistance and writingtalents.

Lowell worked principally inthe motion picture field beforecoming to Librascope, beginningwith Audio Productions, Inc., NewYork City. During his time withAudio Productions, he did anima-tion for the "March of Time"newsreels, "News of the Day" and"Hearst Metrotone News." LeavingAudio Productions in 1938, Lowelljoined the Ted Eshbaugh Studios,

Welcome toLibrascope!

We are introducing a new fea-ture to the columns of the "Libra-sette," a listing by name and de-partment of all new personnelwho have joined Librascope In-corporated during the month. Thefollowing 27 people came to thecompany during the month ofApril. We welcome all of you andhope that your time with us willbe long and pleasant.

MACHINE SHOPWilliam Daugherty, James Mar-

tinez, Richard Clary, Donald Blem,Robert Follosco, and HowardFrederick.

ENGINEERINGIrving Reed, Frederick Milner,

Larry Skolnik, Robert Duff, andJacqueline Goodwin.MANUFACTURING PLANNING

Walter WuestADJUSTING

Lee Moore and Peter Smyth.SYSTEMS AND

OFFICE SERVICESWanda A u g u s t and Lorna

James.ASSEMBLY

John Jerina, Gladys Cowan,Margaret Leydsman, and VerleneDeLane.

MATERIAL CONTROLMary Godrey

PRODUCTION SERVICESAnita Weiler

PRODUCTION CONTROLRoy Stukey and Laurence Glea-

New York City, where he was di-rector of animation for one year.The Eshbaugh studios were, inci-dentally, pioneering cartoon ani-mation long before the Disneyspecialists.

Director of AnimationLowell was then invited to go

to Wilding Picture Productions,Inc., Detroit, where he was direc-tor of animation for two and one-half years. During this time hemade application for civil servicemotion picture work and wascalled to the Training Film Pro-duction Laboratory, Wright Field,Dayton, the week before PearlHarbor. Indicative of his initiativeis the fact that though he startedat the bottom of the ladder as anassistant illustrator, he ended upas production analyst for the de-partment.

Because his work called for suchbackground knowledge, he volun-teered for courses at the OrlandoAir Force Base, Orlando, Fla.,radar school. A good deal of hiscivil service time was spent inliaison work between Orlando andDayton, Ohio. Because of the lim-ited facilities of his group atWright Field, he also initiated liai-son between Dayton and anothergroup of specialists in New YorkCity. In 1943, the Wright Fieldgroup was moved to Culver City toform the First Motion Picture Unitof the U. S. Army Air Force.

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Players Meet toPlan Table TennisPlaying Schedule

On April 29, Precisioneer presi-dent John Delle Fave held a meet-ing with a majority of the tabletennis players to elect a commit-tee of four players to manage andpromote table tennis activities atLibrascope.

The following players wereelected on the committee: ChuckRamba, Jack Klosterman, GeorgeChianello, and Basil Mardis. Thecommittee announced the follow-ing schedule:

A table tennis handicap tour-nament will be held on the sec-ond Monday of each month start-ing at 7:30 p.m. at the CaliforniaTable Tennis Center, 831 N. High-land, Hollywood. Employees andmembers of their immediate fam-ily are invited to participate.

The committee will establish ahandicap for every player so thatit will be possible for any playerto win, even a beginner, with amaximum of 12 points handicap.

The player who wins first placeeach month will receive a goldmedal and the player who winssecond place will receive a silvermedal. After a player receivesthree gold or six silver medals,the medals are to be exchangedfor a trophy.

Chuck Ramba took first placeand Jack Klosterman took secondat a round robin tournament heldon April 25th at the center onNorth Highland.

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo

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A GESTURE OF FRIENDSHIP across the Border is aptly demonstratedby Librascope's own Pam Crawford dressed to celebrate Cinco deMayo, the Mexican national holiday commemorating Revolutionary

•^- ,̂ , General Ignacio Zaragoza's victory over the French troops of NapoleonYOU til COITirnilTGG HI at the Battle of Puebla (Mexico), May 5, 1862. Inasmuch as May 5

is to our friends across the border what July 4 is to us, we called uponPam to give us a hand. Pam, who lives at 9106 Patrick Ave., Pacoima,with her husband Dale and son, Dale Junior, is a department clerk inblueprint, engineering services, and is a native of Hollywood.

(Continued from page 1)Bergner, La Crescenta Boy Scoutsof America; Mrs. J. P. Brown, En-cino, Los Angeles Public Schoolteacher in Woodland Hills; andMiss Grace Harper, Burbank, JohnMuir Junior High School teacher.

The results of the judging willbe made public as soon as thetabulations are received from thejudges.

Restricted accommodations atForest Home Camp near Redlandsnecessitated the essay committeeto acquire other camping facilitiesfor the four girls who win the con-test. Reservations have been madewith the Flying B Ranch, LakeEnchanto, California. The date forthe girls has been changed to June20 through June 26. The originaldates for winners in the boys' di-vision at the Y.M.C.A. Camp Foxon Catalina Island will remainAugust 16 through 23 as originallyplanned.

Sorry to hear about Bill Brown,payroll, breaking his leg. It seemsthat he heard so much about theElectric Caddy Cart from Art Cur-ley that he decided to have a goat it. The driver lost control, andwhoops - - - , one broken leg!

Employee Club Contributes toLos Angeles Indian Center

The majority of Librascope employees contribute $1.00 ormore per month to the Aid Club. This money is distributedto various charitable organizations and also to needy Libra-scope employees. In order to clarify one function of the AidClub and to demonstrate the very great need of these organi-zations, chairman Roy Dimon has selected the Indian Centerat 2920 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, as an example of

those receiving Aid Clubassistance.

The Indian Center is almost100% under the responsible guid-ance of Indian people. A councilmade up of 20 Indians plan andcarry out an active program using

A surprise luncheon was givenfor Marge Anton at the PickwickRestaurant on her leaving the en-gineering staff office to work inmethods as the secretary to Mr.Runion.

A Hi-Fi Club is now beingformed. Anyone interested in theclub is asked to sign the bulletinsposted around the plant.

Precisioneers Award Game Trophies

NEW TROPHY WINNERS beam proudly as president of the Precisioneers, John Delle Fave, third from left,presents a checker trophy to Joe Leonard!, methods, president of the Librasports. On the left are JackKlosterman, model shop, and Chuck Ramba, inspection, both of whom received table tennis trophies. Atrophy is awarded after six medals have been accumulated, which usually takes over a year of hard workand lots of skill.

only four full-time employees,three of whom have Indian blood.As a result, a very small portionof the contributions received isrequired for administrative ex-penses.

There are about 10,000 Ameri-can Indians in the Los Angelesarea, and more keep arriving.Newcomers often are confused bythe fast pace of the city. They maybe handicapped by language andinexperience with city ways. With-out help they may not find theirway to the agencies ready to as-sist them. Even those who havebeen here for some time oftenhave t r o u b l e finding suitablehousing or a satisfying social life.

The center helps Indians andtheir families, especially newcom-ers, to find jobs, places to stay,medical care, etc.

Sponsors ActivitiesThe center provides a place

where Indians feel at home. Theytake part in such activities asbowling, talent shows, squaredances, picnics, holiday parties,and devotional services, to nameonly a few. The center also spon-sors an American Indian Groupof Alcoholics Anonymous.

The center encourages Indiansto continue to express their ownart and culture, as they desire todo so, and to share their achieve-ments in art, song, poetry, andcommunity living. Ralph Roan-horse, well known Indian artist,instructs a craft workshop inleather and copper work, drawing,and painting. These classes are notonly for the Indian, but for under-privileged white children as well.At their Annual Art and CraftsExhibit, the public comes to thecenter in large numbers to enjoy

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Eisenhower(Continued from page 3)

During his stay in the East,Lowell had met and courted andmarried Dorothy Constance White.

Following the Eisenhower moveto the Coast, Lowell threw con-sternation into the hearts of hissuperiors, as well as into the heartof a particular Marine Corps drillinstructor, by enlisting in thatbranch of the service. He success-fully overcame the prejudicesagainst a lad of his advanced years(35) by ending up as Honor Manwhen his platoon was graduatedfrom bootcamp. In addition to thespecialist schools which he attend-ed, Lowell served at Quantico, Va.Camp Pendleton, Calif., and withthe Marine contingent at the Bur-bank studios of Walt Disney wherehe was the scene-planner andchecker for Marine Corps trainingfilms.

A True SpecialistNot long after his discharge, he

came to Librascope where he hasworked ever since. Lowell's extra-curricular activities range frombeing a judo specialist, a tennisplayer, a bicyclist, a fencer, anda singer with both the Ellis-Or-pheus group and with the Los An-geles Athletic Club's Apollo Club.

It is because of such versatileand talented people, for whomperfection is a byword, that makethis world a finer, more interest-ing place for the all of us.

— By Bill Tracey

Indian Center(Continued from page 3)

local Indian art. A sewing circlecomposed of Indian women gatherand make attractive articles tosell for the financial benefit ofthe center.

Teen-Age PlansAn Indian Youth Group is part

of the center and teen-age In-dians plan and enjoy picnics,swimming, bowling, roller-skating,dancing, etc.

The ' 'Talking Leaf," a newspublication prepared by the cen-ter, states that just recently sev-eral of the Indians got togetherand formed a credit union, underthe guidance of the federal gov-ernment. Besides interesting theIndian in saving and investing hismoney, it will be a source forloans to ambitious Indians foropening service stations, barbershops, shoe repair shops, etc.

The women of the Indian centerstaged a fashion show in Marchdepicting the modern version ofthe ancient tribal c o s t u m e s .Twenty different tribes were rep-resented.

All Indians and their friends arewelcome at the center and mem-bers of 60 tribes come and go. Nocharge is made for services orparticipation in any of the activi-ties.

We all should take pride in thefact that organizations like the

Shea Awarded National Championship

NATIONAL JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT Sales Champion Mike Shea (third from the left) is shown with theLibrascope advisors of the company-sponsored Junior Achievement group, David DeHaas, Lloyd Somer-field, and Norm Stevens. This photograph was taken right after Mike won the regional sales contest at SanFrancisco and just prior to his departure for the national sales contest in St. Louis. As the national winner,Mike received a $500 scholarship to the college of his choice as well as other honors and invitations forguest appearances.

Neeley EnterprisesShowing Equipment

Neeley Enterprises, Librascoperepresentatives in Nevada, NewMexico, and Arizona, have ourcommercial equipment on a roadshow in the Western area.

The sales representative firmrecently completed work on theirnew display, servicing department,and warehouse building on 3939Lankershim Boulevard, North Hol-lywood. The building is located onthe site of the signing of theTreaty of Cahuenga which endedthe fighting for the possession ofCalifornia.

center are available to the Indianfor his advancement and contribu-tion to American communities.

— By Donna Snyder

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MECCANEWSGRAM

By the time you read this articlethe Mecca division will be in op-eration in their new building, lo-cated at 520 Dyer Rd., Santa Ana.

We are very proud of our newbuilding and feel confident thatthe present 10,000 square feet willbe inadequate for our productionbefore too many months havepassed as there has been a tre-mendous amount of interest in thenew Librascope filler. LeonardLudvigsen and all the employeesproducing potentiometers havejoined the Minnesota Electronicsgroup, now located on Santa AnitaStreet in Burbank which leavesus with additional space for thefiller operation.

Jule Harrah, formerly of Libra-scope, Engineering, has purchaseda new home at Corona Del Mar,one-half block from the beach, anice set up during the comingsummer months.

Phil Olmstead purchased a finehome in the better northwest sec-tion of Santa Ana and has startedconstruction of a back yard Bar-B-Q.

— • —Everett Minard's Laguna Beach

home is nearing completion andwill soon be ready for him tomove into. Anyone visiting LagunaBeach these beautiful week endsis invited to come up the hilland see this fine home. Be sure towear your overalls and bring alongthe paint brush.

Clark and Barbara Holsinger,who reside in Laguna Beach, arerecent additions to the Mecca-nized family. Clark is proving tobe a very good machinist andBarbara a very much needed sec-retary.

Another recently new employeeat Mecca is Earl Hendrich. Earlhas had much experience in thefood machinery business, havingworked at Pfoudler Co. beforemoving to California.

— By Chuck Freeman

Stork ClubClair Burgis, engineering, boy.

Fred Thiel, design drafting, girl.

Paul Porco, inspection, girl.

Shutter CliquePhotos Steeds

The magnificent steeds at theKellogg Arabian Horse Show inPomona, were the targets for themany cameras of the club on Sun-day, March 27. Many shots weremade of these beautiful animals,emphasizing the grace in stanceand in action of this world fa-mous breed of animals.

A picnic lunch was enjoyed bysome in the group on the shadedtables nearby. Many photos of thelovely lily pond and the cactusgarden were also taken.

The regular monthly meetingwas at the C. Goldstein residencein Van Nuys on Wednesday eve-ning, April 13th. A future trip tothe San Francisquite Canyon, onSunday, April 24th, was planned.

This was the only b u s i n e s stransacted as the club memberswere anxious to take advantage ofthe fact that two lovely girls, GailElliott, shop, and Marjorie Houser,inspection, consented to pose forthe group.

The club wishes to express itsthanks to these girls for the splen-did job that they did as modelsand extend a hearty welcome tothem for a return visit.

In summing up the month'sCamera Club activity, it may besaid that it was a big success,there was a lot of fun and muchwas learned along the lines ofmaking good photographs.

Remember: there is a standinginvitation to any Librascope em-ployee and family to join our fun!

— By Bob McCollum

Adds WorksThe Engineering Library reports

that many new mysteries havecome in for those who love to bein suspense. Among the new fic-tion books are:

The Closed Harbor, SincerelyWillis Wade, Soldier of Fortune,Captain Lightfoot, Veil of Tyran-ny, The Flint Anchor, Benton'sRow, The Good Shepherd, andThe Spirit and the Clay.

The following non-fiction bookshave come in: The Drama of Al-bert Einstein, My Zoo Family,The Woman that Should be Queen,The Undersea Adventure, TheArab World, Conquest by Man,Struggle for Africa, and Almanacof Liberty.

25 Three-yearDonors Pledged

This year Librascope can proud-ly announce that there are twenty-five three year donors signed upfor the Librascope Blood Bankunder the administration of theRed Cross. The mobile unit willbe at the plant June 24.

The Librascope Blood Bank isopen to all employees whetherthey donate or not. All a personhas to do when a transfusion isneeded is to notify his doctor orthe hospital that they are eligibleto draw from the Librascope BloodBank, then notify the nurse andthe Precisioneer president for arelease slip.

The information required to ob-tain a transfusion is: the type ofblood, amount required, patient'sname, and the name of the hos-pital. When a person is givenblood he is not required to replaceit but is urged to make regulardonations. Replacement is strictlyon voluntary basis.

Last year Librascope had a to-tal of 174 pints of blood in store.This year we hope to make it 200pints. Let's go behind the scenesto see just what is behind the RedCross blood bank. Primarily theblood bank is maintained to pro-vide a ready supply of life-givingplasma when misfortune strikes.

It costs the Red Cross approxi-mately $5.26 to take one pint ofblood, process it and store it forfuture use. This price is in addi-tion to all of the volunteer helpwhich the organization receivesyearly. When you give now, toperhaps receive later, you arebuilding up "money in the bank"and also helping a very worthyorganization.

In recognition of their generos-ity, following is the list of Libra-scope three-year donors:

Crystal Bowhay, Donald Cady,Jeannette Galley, Violet Chadock,Ralph Delle Fave, Leverett Dug-gan, Bert Elder, Richard Gottlieb,William Greer, George Johnson,James Johnson, Fredrick Killips,Maurice Kimmel, Elmer Lehman,Robert Levine, Vernon Mayclin,Carl Miller, Jack Nelson, GeorgePierner, Glenn Reyman, FredRussell, Bruce Shearer, VoyleSipes, Arthur Vincenti, RobertWhitcomb.

Unable to donate:Jesse Brown, Harry Garrison.

-By C. A. Snell

Shea Wins—(Continued from page 1)

In connection with his endeav-ors in the Junior Achievementprogram, Mike has received theAchiever's Award, the AdvancedAchiever's Award, and has beennominated for the Junior Execu-tive Award which is usually givenonly to second-year Achievers. Histalents have been much in de-mand for local speaking appear-ances at the Glendale Rotary Club,the Los Angeles Sales ExecutiveClub, Lions Club, etc.

Mike appeared in a guest ap-pearance on the Arthur Godfreytelevision show which was broad-cast in Los Angeles on May 11.

The three Librascope advisorsof the Junior Achievement pro-gram, Norm Stevens, David De-Haas, and Lloyd Somerfield, aswell as others who have had oc-casion to see young Shea conductmeetings, organize materials, setup production methods, etc., havebeen very much impressed withhis business acumen, organiza-tional abilities, and self-confi-dence in handling any situation.They assert that it has been agreat pleasure to work with thisyoung man and to know that thebusiness world of tomorrow hassuch talent to draw on.

Mike is the son of Mr. and Mrs.John E. Shea, 225 North SunsetCanyon Drive, Burbank.

— By Donna Snyder

Several parties were given forBill Waddell on his departure fromLibrascope. Two accidents result-ed from one such party. MaryRobson, payroll, was driving tothe party when her car was hit bya truck. Mary reports the car wasonly slightly damaged. After theparty Curt Gittings, engineering,was involved in an auto accidentand received six stitches in hislip plus a dented car.

We wish to welcome back BetteRobbie, engineering, from herleave of absence for a new addi-tion to the family.