MR. J. ZINKIN JOINS BOARD! ,~,._,. ·

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MR. L. A. MARTINPresentation toMeet

CHRIS BERRY (left\ Chris is 29, comes from Chester has been wi th H.L. for nearly four years. He studied furnitun: design at Loughborough Art Co ll ege and is also a qualified art teacher . Chris is engaged and is a spo rt s ca r enthusiast-·he ow n.s

IN our last issue we reported the successful entry by the com bined Woodley Design team in a competition sponsored

by th e Timber Development Association. Their prize winning entry-an execut ive desk illustrated below- bore the nom de plume "KEG". We assume this choice may have been prompted by their great thirst for thought on their project.

SIX BOYS - SIX PASSES A disrrihu1io11 o(prizcs a11d cerrifica/es was held al the Hi1d1 Wyco111he College of Furrh cr Dlurnrio11 011 l"ehmarr 26rh. Our six Woodley boys each raking Upholsrer.1· lst Year City & Guilds lr11 crn1edi111e Ccrrific111e. 11'1'1'<' .1ucccss/i1I i11 11assi11K their <'.rn111i11a 1ions. Leff lo righ1: J . Holdaway. D. Jacohs , R. Hall . K. Bruni , A. /3unKll)' (al/ }fl(I Closs Pas.1es). C. Angold (1.11 Class Diploma). (Photo: PholoKro11hic Scrrice.1, Reading).

Techn ical Col lege on Februa ry 23rd. 196 2. an d now holds three more British reco rds al 11 sto ne. He is also the Berkshire champio n at 11 stone.

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near ne ig hbou rs the Cannon Ru bber Manufactur·ers Ltd. He is 42. is married and has one son. \Ve wish him a success ­ful and happy career with us .

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l'rese111a1io11 to Mr. and M·rs. L. S. Leb11s PholO: Studio Kane Ltd. Reading

THE WOODLEY DESIGN TEAM

Mr. .J. Zin kin was appointed to the Board as Marketing Di rector o n .J a nuary 19th , 1962. His executi ve rcspon­

' sibi liti es wil l cont inue to cover the whole of the mark et­~ ing l't1nc1ion or the Company.

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DAVID COPELAND (centre) Da vid is 25 and a Scotsman , he co mes from Gl;1sgow. He is married and has been with the l11·rn fL,,. 2~ years. David stud ied intcr·ior design at ()lasgow School nf Art ancl his hobbies include tenn is and jazz.

PETER METCALFE (righ t) Pet er is 27. comes from London a nl1 has a lso hecn with us for 2j ye<1rs. He attended the Lond on Central Schoo l or Arts and C raft s whe re he took a three yea r Cou rse in fu rni ture and interior design. His hobb ies are photography, theatre and tra vel. (Pho1 0: l'ho1o:'ro{Jhic Sen•ices, Readi11K )

CHILDREN'S PARTY A Chr istmas Party for the children

or all employees al Wooclley, was held on the a l'ternoon of December I61h . This was very well attended, and a good time wa s had by all.

Mr. & Mrs. L. S. Lebus at Woodley Party

WE were all looking forward to Dec­ember l 5th , the night of our D ance ,

and as expected. a good time was had by all. Unfortunately however , the extreme ly foggy wea ther was aga inst us, and made it impossible fo r the Totten­ham part y to come. 1 t was ve ry dis­appointing and we certainl y missed them.

The proceedings startecl al 8 p.lll. and continued with non-stop enteria inlllent until 2 a.m.-in fac t we cou ld have "danced all night ".

One of the highlights of the evening was provided when two junior members of the firm surprised and delighted Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Lebus by presenting them with lightweight travelling cases. These were given on behalf of us all at Woodley and Harwood, who wished them " Happy Landings", as a tnkcn of our loyalty and affection.

A pleasant interlude in the for lll of an extremely good cabaret, consis ted of Wallace, Del yse a nd the two Jeanettes, who dicl a vcr·y slick Apache Dance; Pcpi!a Ramirez, an exo tic dancer from the East, and finally Rahnee Mo tie who is apparently the yo ungest white fakir in the world . She performed an a mazing act by lying on a bed of swords, and finished up by giving an exotic fire dance. We were assured th at her act was quite genuine, and it was simply a case or mind over matter '

The music for dancing was provided by The C lubmen and Don Turk and his Orchestra, which included such old fa vourites as the Palais Glide and Knees Up Mother Rrown , as well as an occasional rock and roll.

2 a. Ill. came round all 100 quickly, we were all sorry to break up the party, but are look ing forward 10 December 1962.

FROM OVERSEAS

We arc pleased 10 ha ve wi th us Mr. Frank Thomas of Christchurch, New Zeala nd . Mr. Thomas is spending abo ut a yea r in thi s cou ntry studying English upholst ery 111c1hnds. H is ramily ha ve an upholste ry factory in Christ ­ch urch, and we hope his sta y with us wi ll be lo ou r mutual advantage.

We arc also pleased to welcome Mr. ,Johann Top J'r om Belgium, whose fa ther owns a furniture factory there. Jo han is spending a few months as a student in our fact ory, a nd is a lso hoping to improve his Engl ish.

INTERNATIONAL STRAND PULLING ASSOCIATION (Chest Ex panders).

Mr. D. Pointing, upholsterer, who has held the Bri tish record si nce l 959 al 11 sto ne 3 lb., entered the Brit is h Chamrionship held at Tedding1on

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Mr. Leo Martin joined the Company on January l st as Expon Manager. He brings wi th him a cons iderable experience of exporting , recen tl y for Ardente Ltd., a member or the E. M. I. Group, ancl before that for Bonoc hord Ltd.

Mr . Martin, who is 37, is married and has one son . He speaks both Fr·ench a nd German Auently, a valuable asset in his efforts to extend our u·adc with the European markets. I-le has. or course, tra velled extensively and is already actively engaged in seeking out possible outlets for H.L. furniture on the continent. We wish him every success in this work and a long and happy asso ­c iation with the Company .

MR. B. H. FREEMAN

Mr. Barry Freeman took up his duties as Office Manager, Customer Service Department on March lst. He has had a wide experience of office admin istra ­tion both in the north or England with Li feguard Products Ltcl. and with our