PAIDBERLIN, M, H,

Permits No, 227

POSTMASTER: If undeliverableFOR ANY--REASON-notify send-er stating reason, on FORM 3547.postage for which" is guaranteed.Brown Company Berlin, N, H.

THE BROWN BULLETINVOL. II No, S BERLIN, N. H. TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1943 PUBLISHED BY AND FOE THE EMPLOYEES OF BROWN COMPANY

WHO^BEH.NDTHEE.GHTBALL7 Nine Departments Are Given'Behind^he-Eightbair Ratings

PROGRAM OF GOODHOUSEKEEPING GETSUNDERWAY IN MILLS

I Something To Think About

Accident FrequencyRate Shows Increase

SAFETYSTANDINGS

GRQLP I

Brown Company employeeshave something to think about.

For the first time since 1943the accident frequency rate wason the increase.

119c IncreaseThe safety report for the fifth

period showed these sober facts: •1. The frequency rate (the ! Onco ?

i safety yardstick) was higher by [River side Mill111 per cent than it "was at the Pov.-t.y ^~d Steam; end of 1948. i Burgess Mill

2. Despite a decrease in man- IBermicc Divisionhours workel employees have ! Berlin^ Mills Ry.suffered two more lost-time ac-vseaae Mu

Division

Bermico DivisionBerlin Mills RailwayBurgess MillCascade MillChemical PlantKraft PlantMaintenance and ConstructionOnco PlantPower and SteamKesearch Department

Department"Behind The Etehtball-'NONECar ShopWood StorageTowel ConvertingChloroform, etc.Maintenance ShopsAutomatic TelephoneNONED. C. StationPilot PlantMaintenance Shops

k.-«.uiit: o\;-t~ — • —j cidents in the first five periods of ChemicalI 1949 than thev did in the first i nuni -u IT, ... - , r'tntn ^TKULr 11live periods of 1948. ,

The greatest increase was a t ;Cascade Mill. A year ago, em-ployees in that mill had sufferedonly four lost-time accidents.This year, they have had 12 lost-time accidents.

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Give Clean SlatesTo Bermieo, Onco

get behind the 'eight

Experts Note Many BasicGoods Declining In Price

If prices are falling and work-; ed out that increases in wages

"Don'tballV

That's the slogan of the recent-ly inaugurated good housekeep-ing program within the plants ofthe company.

And it is also the slogan of. anew inter-plant contest.

The contest is a bit differentfrom some contests. In this oneonly a "booby" prize will beawarded.

Huge '-eight balls" are beinghung at the main entrances tothe company. Every other weekthe names of the departmentshaving the lowest good house-

| keeping rating hi each division; will be posted beside the "eight[ball."

The Power and Steam Division, I Lumbe7 guoply 5:1:6 ' "a^ed^ t̂od^e-eiltbanChemical Plant and the Berlin ] Priming DePV 6.897 ra n g s f n ^tS^we^k^rt^Mills Railway each have shown ViscO£e D^ L936 *™£fc* £ V ™ Q ^an increase o o n e accident. XOT£. ^ Red. _ percent re_ i But%t the same time em

But every dark-cloud has a;duction in frequency rate since 'pieces in two d^Sions! silver lining. Theresas such^a = ̂ d^fecal^ear^m DSL-A - that they, know how to

?^SS2™ ^L^ itS ̂ L^^l— -_, departments in the Bermico Di-'L .« -*_ . —DaixuMifiixations of how the in- i vision and in the Onco Plant so

vill be carried out ' ̂ !' ---P* ant*-clean-fhatn what viicy werc^usT

ets' wages remain the same, it is j tend to increase the price ofequivalent to an increase in \ products.

^ma^ '•»<*** ̂the first five periods of this year; Sellings Oleson. Picking trucks j ban.they have had onlv 11. \ at random, tne two went through I Departments that were ranked

ine Onco Jrlant, wnicn a year! enaction*!ago had one accident, _this year j '~ Inspect'ion sheets will be fnled

wages.Three Experts Speak

That was one of the basic I basicpoints brought out by three ex- j price. Dr. Shafer pointed espe-perts in the field of economics i cially to the price of steel, whichduring Brown Company's Sun- |has decreased,day radio program. The experts i High prices during recentwere three members of the Uni- i years were caused by "too manyversity of New Hampshire fac- | dollars chasing too few goods,"ulty — Dr. Joseph E. Shafer, ; as Mr. Degler put it.chairman of the Department of j He was pointing to the basicEconomics and Business Admin- ; economics law of supply and de-istration; Carroll M. Degler, as-; mand. Normally, if there aresociate professor of economics,' many goods and the demand forand Dr. James R. Bowring, a ; those goods is low, prices willmember of the Department of 1 come down. If there are fewAgricultural Economics. i goods and the demand is great,

All three spoke not only as col. ! Priccs wil1 rise>

lege teachers, but as men who 1 The group indicated that "the !have had a wealth of practical ; supply of goods is catching upexperience in businesses and j with the demand" and that nowgovernmental agencies. | "prices have less pressure to re-

All emphasized that there is a jmai]} hi£h-"close relation between prices and !- Goods we scurried up and i

has had none That plant is the | Qut Qn each tmck inspected.leader among the larger units. j These sheetgj indicating the con_

Two divisions have no worse; ditioii of each part and notingDuring the discussion, it was i records than they had a year ago. any necessary repair work, will

pointed out that a "good many" j Riverside has had one accident be given to the operators.goods are declining in j this year, while the Bermico Di- The group al^o heard a dis-

1 vision has had five. They had cussion of preventive mainte-similar marks a year ago. j nance ot tires by Richai'd O'Brien

There were no gloomy reports | of the General Tire and Rubberfrom among the smaller units.Every one of the smaller unitspassed the five-period markwithout a lost-time accident. Ayear ago one accident had beenlisted against the Watchmen.

FREE INSPECTIONSOFFERED TRUCKERS

Should Result InLess Breakdowns

Company. He pointed out theneed of selecting the right typeof tires for the type of roads overwhich the trucks will run andemphasized the need for properinflation with regard to load andwear of tire.

At an evening session at thei Hotel Costello. Inspector Gold-j smith reviewed several of theI new motor vehicle laws passed

good housekeeping is concernedwere these:

Car Shop of the BerlinMills Railway.

Wood Storage Departmentof Burgess Mill.

Towel Converting Depart-ment of Cascade Mill.

Chloroform Plant area otthe Chemical Plant.

Maintenance Shops of theKraft Plant.

Automatic Telephone De-partment of the Maintenanceand Construction Division.

D. C. Station of the Powerand Steam Division.

Pilot Plant of the Researchand Development Depart-ment.

Maintenance Shops of Riv-erside Mill.

IJLV^VV -IIAV^VV^J. V V~11J.V1.V- At*. \» O ^1-A^iJWVAi

in the present legislative session, j The ratings are determinedHe explained new load require- j from regular inspections which,ments in hauling pulpwood and ! are conducted in all departments.logs.

Several motion pictures wereused during the meeting to em-

Owners and operators of the; phasize some of the importantwages. Dr. Shafer declared thatPown *he streets tojin? a few j trucks that hat pulpwood to"the price of a commodity is re- : months a§° are now displayed on Brown Company met here lastlated definitely to the cost of merchant's shelves," Mr. Degler | week to discuss with company™.rt/*i,/^,i« o ^^/-i,,^f n rr^ ,^;«f_ i said. i people and members of the New

Continued on page FOUR

These inspections, made by com-mittees of three, determine how'well the people of each depart-ment are keeping their urea

Continued on page TWO

with which to buj* the goods."Although he declared that "we

still have a rather basically in-

producing a product." He point-

Garden Plots AtThompson FarmAgain Available

Spring is really here.Arthur Sullivan, supervisor of

employee activities, annuoncedthis week that arrangements arebeing made again this year for | forces." Last year, because of aemployee gardens at the Thoinp. ; slackening in the shoe industry,

j the demand for Onco products

Dr. Shafer pointed out that j Hampshire Motor Vehicle De-"now, in a sense, we are having I partment ways and means ofa more rapid increase in the i maintenance and safety,supply of goods than in money Should Prove Help

During the afternoon, the groupmet at the company's Preven-tive Maintenance Station on

' flated condition," Mr. Degler- emphasized that "deflationaryforces seem to be appearing."

Deflationary Forces Felt

Hutchins Street. There theyheard an offer by the companywhich should prove of great helpto the truckers.

The company offered to make(Brown Company already has , inc company oiiciea wj ifelt some of these "deflationary thorough inspections of pulpwood

son Farm.Apply Before May 20 :fell off. Because of this, the com- ]

A limited number of garden pany had to reduce Onco prices,plots will be available, he said. (At the end of the year, pricesHe emphasized that employees | of some of the pulps had to bewanting garden space at the j reduced.Thompson Farm should make j (Although the demand forapplication at the Company Re- i some goods remains strong, itlations Department before May ;has also been found necessary to20. | make further price redactions on

, The usual fee of one dollar will i most grades of paper and ofbe charged for each plot to help j pulp..defray the cost of plowing and • (Thisharrowing.

Employees

condition is general

have established j industry.throughout the paper and pulp

some remarkable-gardening"rec-1 (Prospects for the futureords in years past j months of this year are uncer-

- : ~GofctiaiieS ct past THREE , tain.)

trucks and to make detailed re-ports-to the owners concerningsuggested repairs and mainten-ance. This would be done with-out charge.

You and Your Job—No. 2

Plant ImprovementsHelp To Reduce Costs

Editor's Note: This is thesecond in a series of articlesdiscussing job security andthe things that affect job se-curity in Brown Company.

In the last article it was point-ed out that Brown Companyand Brown Corporation spentnearly four and one-half milliondollars in improving the plants

j which will help reduce costs ofj manufacturing our products.

But this was not the only worki done. Some improvements were; made in all plants of the com-pany.

A start was made on the im-provement of electrical posverequipment at Berlin. This is im-portant for several reasons. Itwill increase the power capacity,

The company's plan was given; and equipment of the company j it \vill reduce the cost of powerverbal pats on"the back by both' so as to help reduce costs of. and will enable the company to-s ^ ^ JT ,*«,i- -..Pi?I«irt1« , .« -3 *"« -̂\ V-»IT-TVN rf /-M iv* YVfVk l̂llf^t! ,»-^4,v •*-».-» nv*^ *-\/vj-\t-i /-\>^-\ i ^o11-*T /l^it*law enforcement officials and in-dustrial representatives.

Kennard Goldsmith, inspectorwith the New Hampshire Motor

making our products.How was this money used?A large part of this money was

used to complete the new kraftVehicle Department praised the mill and the new paper machine,

«-J ~^:,J 4Unt 14- ^U^^il^ "IVTietciV 'MiVivrvf "program arid said that it shouldmake for safer operation.

H. H. Jefferson, training of-ficer of the American PulpwoodAssociation; declared that fre-quent inspections result in lessbreakdowns and thus reduce losttime.

MisterA sizeable amount also was

used at La .Tuque, where con-struction of a new bleachery wasbegun and where work was com-pleted on improvements of theold bleachery.

major projects

operate more economicallying low-water periods.

Another important power plantjob was the purchase of newcurrent transformers at theChemical Plant.

Improvements were made totwo of the older paper machines.. At each of the other mills in.;

Berlin, .work on renewals of nee-:essary equipment and on minorimprovements was done so for as

Ccrtimwd on pase THREE

THE BROWN BULLETIN jPublished every other week by and for t V.oyees of I

grown Company, Berlin, N. II.Editorial Offices: Company Relations Department.Telephones: Automatic 379; New England 46, Ext. 60.

IN MEMORIAM

STAFF

Pulp DivisionAlfred ArsenaultBuster Cor dwellPaul GrenierMark Hie keyAdam LavernoicliLeo Leblanc

Cascade MillErnest CastonguayBuster EdgarLeroy FysliJulia HarpSay HolroydAlice HughesRobert MurphyLucille Tremaine

Besearch DepartmentThelma Neil

Reporters-at-largeAngus MorrisonEarl PhilbrickJack Rodgerson

Main OfficeRoberta DevostNina Kluehnick

Tube MiHThomas Clark

Power and SteaniCharles EnmanChemical Plant

Arthur GoyetteGeorge Lafieur

WoodsLouis CatelioOnco Plant

Charles SgrulloniRiverside MillRonalclo Morin

Staff CartoonistsLeo LeblancJack Rodgerson

Staff PhotographerVictor Beaudoin

PortlandDoris SmithNew YorkDoris Reed

ChicagoLeo P. Hayes

Circulation ManagerLucille Morris

EditorA. W. (Brud "Warren

SVERRE BERXTSEX

Sverre Berntsen. a BrownCompanv envoloyee, died April24.

He was born February 16.in Oslo. Norway, but came toBerlin at an early age.

ALFRED J. PLAISANCE

Alfred J. Plaisance, a retired• Brown Company employee, died •i April 14.

He was born April 11, 1890. ini Berlin. Mr. Plaisance was " an; electrician with the companyuntil his retirement.

VOL. II No. 8 May 3, 1949

FIVE POLIO PRECAUTIONSARE LISTED FOR PARENTS

Warning that the 1949 polio sea-son is "just around the corner," theNational Foundation for InfantileBaralysis today issued a list of pre-cautionary measures to be observedby thoi-e -in charge of childrenduring the epidemic danger periodwhich usuallyfrom May throughOctober, reaching itspeak during the hot,in id-i: L ummcr months.The five easy-to-fol-low health rule? forchildren are:Jl. Avoid crowds and

places where closecontact with other persons is likely.

2. Avoid over-fatigue caused bytoo active play or exercise, or ir-regular hours.

3. Avoid swimming; in pollutedwater. Use only beaches or publicpools declared safe by local healthauthorities.

4. Avoid sudden chilling. Remove

tightly covered and safe from fliesor other insects. Garbage should betightly covered and, if other dis-posal facilities are lacking, itshould be buried or burned.

The National Foundation alsolisted the following symptoms ofinfantile paralysis: headache, nau-sea or upset stomach, muscle sore-ness or stiffness, and unexplainedfever. Should polio str ike- in yourfamily, call a doctor hnmediziiely.

RIVERSIDERAHBLINGS

We wish to extend our deep-est sympathy to Rene LaFrancoisupon the loss of his mother.

We also extend our deepestsympathy to Armancl Plaisance.whose brother recently passedaway.

Arthur Brosius. superintendentof the mill, is back with us after !spending, several days in St. Paul. 'Minn., and other points on busi- iness.

Anyone interested in play-ing Softball, kindly give yourname to Clifford Delorge assoon as possible. Let's sup-port our team and come outin great numbers.Clarence IMoreau spent the

weekend in Boston, Mass.. andManchester.

The talk at present is reels,rods, flies and fishing in general.If all these stories are true aboutthe big fish that Ed Clark, JackKeating and Wallace Rines miss-

better bin

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rARGS?UClfJ6 MOSS.

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//2 BILLION CUS/COF

Pointersfrom

PortlandBY DORIS E. SMITH are leaving it only for a few

minutes), it will not- unravel.IF YOL RECEH ED a Hy- That should be a timesaver.

ed last year, you fishermen had j drangea plant for Easter, you i Navy blue suits and coats seemextra strong fishing ; might like to know it can be '

rods if you intend tothose.

to "pick up'' lint very easily.

cently on company business.

planted m your garden, pot and someone told me to wind a pieceall, after the present blooms fall 'of adhesive tape, sticky-side out,off. Then next Spring bring itinto the house and it should

around a small stick and use itto lift off such lint. I did. and it

Larue King has returned to : bloom again. Your favorite flor- :WOrks like a charm!work after being out ill for a fedays.

ist will be glad to give you moredetails about this. Possiblv you

Howard Brush and family have. ££ d-° the same with othe~r pot'returned from a month's vaca-'tion spent in the South, at KeyWest, Daytona. and

If you have a fern in

ONE AMBITIOUS PERSON I

home-made Christmas gifts al-your : ready. She told me she uses the

the' greatest home you mi§ht like to know ; good part of old towels as pad-at Del Rav that y,ou can. keeP .jt &ossy and tijng £QX fc^ pot-holders. Juois

wet sho^ and clothing at once and contact the chapter of the Nation-'keep extra blankets and heavier al Foundation for Infantile Paralv-clothing hanciy for sudden weather ,is serving your community. The

chapter will pay that part "of theo. Observe the golden rule of cost of care and treatment which

person;*7 cleanliness. Keep food . patient or family cannot meet.

CUT OUT AND KEEP FOR REFERENCE

j.auuij,, can u uoc*. . . . . . Roooh

Early diagnosis and prompt treat-1 %fr "ment hv qualified medical personnel I ̂ J , ., .often prevent serious cr ipnl inff , the Gertrude have sailed lor Lon-National Foundation pointed out: don England, for a six weeks

The organization emphasized vacatlon-that fear and anxiety should be-held to a minimum. A calm, confi-dent att i tude is conducive to healthand recovery. Parents, it said,should vemeniber that of all thosestricken, 50 per cent or more re-cover completely, while another 25per cent are left with only slightafter effects.

If polio is actually diagnosed.

• , green by Adding a little ammonia • idea was also passed along to me! to the water about every twoMating and daughter,: lu

> ham! c^wi f™. T ™J i months jor so.We have a pair of vasse at

home, which are made of clear'Eleanor Pettengill spent a few »lass>Whf* I d°T

n?t have ?OWTers for them, I keep coloreddays in Boston recently.

Pulp^Saies GroupMeets Here*WithManufacturing

from one of the office girls at: Berlin, so it must be a good one!

One evening recently, my hus-iband and I were having, supper[with some friends. The hostessserved delicious, rather small,

i?^in.them and they are quitc Uscuits. They were of suchdecorative.i'.' •'.'• '•'.-

HERE S AN ITEM I read in arecent issue of QUAKERQUOTES. "Corn bread left overfrom dinner last night makes aperfect breakfast bread. Split

usual shape that I mentioned it,and she was good enough to tellme her secret. She uses the metalseparator of her ice-cube trayto cut her biscuits!

If any of you readers plan topCllC^l Ui Cdtt-ictiU UlectU. OUii- - 1 - 1 1 1 T • AI

squares, spread with butter and "ive, f bndal ^ower during the„ _„ _ toast lightly under the broiler/' next few months I've just come

vision met in Berlin with mem- : Probably you've done that many ; across an item which might bebers of the Manufacturing De- times! ' iof m^rest to you. It is all about

Members o£ the Pulp Sales Di-

partments of Brown Company, Here's another from that sameand Brown Corporation last week, publication: "Place a teaspoonful

a novel, inexpensive way to dec-orate your table. I'll be glad to

a*°k me 'for

WOODS DEPT.CUTTINGS

MAIN OFFICEMUSINGS

- Bvhospital

Barbin is out of the , Don Whittier of the Account-after being confined

there for a week. He seems to bein the "pink" for the proposedopening of Parmachenee Club in

ing Department was - out for aweek due to illness. Hope to seeyou back again soon. Don.

Mary Anderson of the Ac-

Among those from the sales, of colorful jam or jelly "in thegroup were Downing P. Brown, center of each serving of cereal/'vice president in charge of sales: That should brighten up anv i "Walter A. Littlefield, manager breakfast! ***** glad to hear fromof the New Products and .Mar- Perhaps some of you already ^*ou. . readers, and hope you 11ket Analysis Division: X. L. know that if you will fasten the ; continue to send along your won-Notirse, manager, and John . J. last stitch of your crochet work derful suggestions and encourag-McDonald, assistant to the man- 'with a safety pin (even if you ingager, -of the Pulp Sales Division; ' _ > _ , _ , _ * _

the very near future. | counting Department is spending• Jim Laffin is confined, to the 'a week's vacation in Boston and

Whitman. Mass.Went worth Brown spent a

St. Louis Hospital for treatment.From latest reports we learn thathe is ccming along fine.

Many fine comments are be- ;on company business.ing heard regarding the im- H. J. Humphreys and. Cameronproved looks of our motor ve- Duff of the Montreal Office werehide fleet since they were given recent visitors here in Berlin.a new coat of paint." Eula Lavigne and Don Taylor,

Did you know that the Woods ! both of the Tabulating Depart-Department operates a fleet of ! ment, were guests of honor at a34 vehicles ranging from a jeep I party held recently at Ar's Res-right up to giant trucks capable j taurant, in honor of their comingof handling nearly 8 cords of marriage, Congratulations and

John Noble, assistant coordinatorof the New Products and MarketAnalysis Division; Dr. Paul M.Goodloe, technical salesman ofthe Pulp Sales

and Cameron Duff, assistant tothe sales manager, Montreal.

menacing . . ." Shucks, guess I'lljust bow out. He's got me be-hind the eight ball on lingo. Hope

works manager.Thfe program of good house-

keeping is important not onlyi catch your legal lengthy lus-I to the company but to all the

ty limit. So long. people who worlf for the com-* * * pany. As Mr. Morris pointed out,

at the Bermico Division good housekeeping lessens dan-ger of fires, makes for safer

Was Wan-en B BocHer \vovksn-nager"^ B^ox™ Co^o,' ,Ton

hard wood? our very best wishes to you both.Judging from comments ema- | RinSs> engagements and wcd-

nating from those who partici- I ,ngs came wilh the Easter holi_pated at the fourth annual days' Mary Basile of the Main-

JourneyingJack Says:

We can't figure out if it wascaused by such a mild winter or

high and helps makemore pleasant.

fishermen, had all j working, helps make work eas-his fishing tackle ready for fly j ierj helps keep quality of prod-casting and even has selected the |spot Al had a hat full of D and |A flies of his own manufacture. |Al can be depended on to get his jlimit four times out of five. |George Roberge of BurgessMaintenance Welding pleaseread.

training session at MUlsfieldCamp, \ve know the affair musthave been a huge success.

tenance Department received adiamond from JohnThey've made plans forAugust weddins.

an. Ray Stewart fs in cnarge of a ,

crew which is installing, new, 1 Patty Moreau of the Officehigher capacity generators, a new ^anagement Division is wearingcooling plant, and, in general is a brand-new diamond, gift of^sprucing, up" the Parmachenee j Arthur Muise.Club for a "big year." Cooking j Lucille Lepage of the Indus-tor the crew is Charley. Travers. ! trial Relations Department was

activitywell

Met Joe Mc-Gillen, who could,sily stack honors with old

>' i <*ntly

Henry Holland was up riverinto the fishing holes re-

in d made a spot check onplaces. At last reports

was looking for a pros-r's tent to add to his eauip-

was well equip-1 ^^j^'lg^1**™*"^^"AJ^l^H^'he launched the "Little

at Errol Dam.

Only you canPREVENT

FOREST

.. Latest new car owner in our , married to Herbie Brigham ofi-anks :s Arthur Boivin. Hope j the Cascade Mill on April 28. Theyou derive a lot of pleasure and wedding took place at Stetrouble-free service with it, Art. ' Anne's Church,E l̂l?0^^ Re?d> !or yo^ ! "Link" Burbank of the Person-

derful assortment of maga-nel Division spent a fews for the wooas boys. ,in Boston andNew Have

ieties of herbs, barks, etc., thatgrow so profusely around hiscountry estate and came up witha concoction that will (Joe'squote) ."floor flies further i'arth- !

'EIGHTBALL'clean.

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from One

ei* flip flop flay flounder flim j Each, department i s , - r a tedflam flow and finish than any j "excellent," ''very good/' "good,"

tHaven re- j

other brand I ever heard of.'Sounds to us like Joe tunes in

on a McGee Program. But weare interested, nevertheless, inthe "merciful massacre monoply

"fair" or "poor.'The contest is being conducted

in connection with the goodhousekeeping program announc-ed recently by E. B. Morris,

14-Week Softball Season Slated to Open May 16TECH. SERGEANTS,CORPORAIS WIN

Harvard Captures*Final Girls' Round

It is World Series time in theoffice bowling leagues this week.

Monday, opening matches inthe play-offs were scheduled forboth the men's and girls' divi-sions.

Race To WireFinal round winners in all di-

visions were decided in races thatwent right down to the wire.

In fact the victor in the Men'sDivision A was not decided un-til Thursday, the next to the lastnight of the regular season.

Only a half point separatedthe Technical Sergeants and theColonels that night. The Techni-cal Sergeants ran up against theLieutenant Generals, a team thatcould make trouble.

But the Technical Sergeantsrolled along to a 4-to-O win. Itclinched the round for them.

The Corporals won out in Di-vision B, with an assist from theFirst Lieutenants. The Corporalstook a 3-to-l decision from theSergeant Majors on Monday.

But the Seamen had a chanceto tie by taking four from theFirst Lieutenants Wednesdayevening. The scrip did not readthat way, however, and the FirstLieutenants took three points.

REPRESENT SOFTBALL CLUBS BERMICO, CASCADEIN OPENING GAME

Eight Teams VieFor Company Title

A 14-week schedule openingMay 16 was voted by representa-tives of eight company softbaUteams.

Vote On Two RoundsMeeting at the Community

Club, the group decided on tworounds of play, each lastingseven weeks. With an eight-teamleague, this -means that eachteam will meet all other teamsonce in each round.

Five of last year's clubs are inthe fold this season, includingthe Bermico Division, championsof 1948, and Burgess Mill, whichmet Bermico in the play-offs.

Others from last year includeCascade Mill, the Woods Depart-ment and Riverside Mill.

New teams are the Onco Plant,Chemical Plant and the MainOffice, which a year ag.o was as-sociated with the Woods group.

All games this year will beplayed--on Community Field.Fred Demetrius, city recreationdirector, said that Brown Com-pany games would be played ona diamond to be laid out direct-ly across the street from theCommunity Club.

Team representatives votedagain to start all games at 6:30

These representatives of Softball teams met recently to make plans for the 1949 season. Seated,Harvard won the final round i ieft to right. Ted Walker of the Bermico Division. Ernie Fotimier of the Cascade Mill and Irving

in the Girls' League on the final Collins of the Onco Plant. Standing. "Brud Warren of the Main Office. Clifford Delorge of River- with. . .Wednesday by taking a ) side Min, Bob Oleson of the Woods Department and Paul Bouchard of the Chemical Plant. Absent

twop r h

executions Inmatch from Princeton.

It didn't matter that NewHampshire won four from Armythe next night.

These are the people who en-tered the play-offs as thirdround winners:

TECHNICAL SERGEANTS —Frank Sheridan, Benny Dale."Buster" Cordwell, Pete Ryan.

CORPORALS — Key Finnegan,Tommy Garland, Ken Fysh, Le-

when the picture was taken

BOWLINGSTANDINGSMEN'S OFFICE L E A G U E

Division AWon Lost

Tech Sgts 18 6

fr&i-*»?-alc Ifi «

andre Cote. Serjeants * 12^ T .

Richards. Lorraine Marois. Doris ̂ Generals fi

,7 .,, Commanders 11 13Vaillancourt.The Corporals were helped to-

ward their win by some goodbowling in the last two weeksby Ken Fysh and Leandre Cote.Ken marked up 316 last weekand an even 300 the week be-fore. Leandre rolled 316 the pre-vious week.

Sgrulloni Hits 346But the best individual per-

formance seen in many a moonamong office bowlers was theshow put on by Charlie Sgrulloniof the Onco Admirals. Charliestarted with a 99 and consistent-ly grew hotter as he went along.His second string was 116. Inthe final string he burned up thealley.-: with 131, giving him agrand total of 346.

Others among the Three Cen-tury Clubbers included thesemen:' Phil Kimball of the Colonels,311: Arthur Sullivan of the Real-Admirals, 307 and 300; WillardKimball of the Majors, 306; Ed-d-iA Chodnski of the Generals,

2nii Lieuts 11 13I.' oar Admirals 11 13Lt. Generals 6 18Master Sgts * 6 14I/. Colonels - o I /

Division BWon Lost

Cr.*-porals 19 5Seamen 16 3Ensigns 1G 81st Sgts 14' 2 9> iMajors * 11 9Sgt Majors 12 12Staft Sgt * 10 10Privates 11 131st Lieuts 9 15Vice Admirals : 5 15Captains s 4 16Commodores 4s-: 19' -2

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Adam Lavemoich of Burgess Mill.

Week ofMay 16

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.750 >iay 30=

667.00 <.625

.500

.453

.453

.458

.250

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P.C..792.667.067

iso.503RA--|.OU J.453.375.250.203.183

* Does not include matches of April 23iH'Jt'. 29.

G I R L S ' OFFICE L E A G U EF J N A L S T A N D I N G S

Won LostHarvard 29 7Nov.- Hampshire 25 ! 2 10 'iHoly Cross 24 12Maine 21 15Array 20 j 15 !{;Cornell 16 20Princeton 15 21Bates 15 21Navy 14 22

P.C..805.703.667.583.569.503.417.417.333

June 7

June 14

June 21

June 28

Week ofJuly 4; •-'

July 11

Julv 18

Ju iy 25

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Aug. 8

Au:r 15

SOFTBALL SCHEDULEFIRST R O U N D

Monday Tuesday Wednesday ThursdayBermico Burgess Woods OfficeCascade Riverside Chemical OncoChemical Woods Cascade BermicoOnco Office Riverside BurgessWoods Bermico Office CascadeRiverside Onco Burgess ChemicalBurgess Cascade Bermico Onco

Office Riverside Burgess WoodsBermico Chemical Onco CascadeCascade Onco Riverside ChemicalBurgess Woods Bermico OfficeRiverside Chemical Onco BurgessOffice Bermico Cascade Woods* Games played Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Friday.

SECOND R O U N DMonday Tuesday Wednesday ThursdayWoods Office Burgess BermicoChemical Onco Riverside CascadeCascade Bermico Woods ChemicalRiverside Burgess Office OncoOffice Cascade Bermico WoodsBurgess Chemical Onco RiversideBermico Onco Office BurgessWoods Riverside Cascade ChemicalBurgess Woods Riverside OfficeOnco Cascade Chemical BermicoRiverside Chemical Onco CascadeBermico Office Woods BurgessOnco Burgess Chemical RiversideCascade Woods Bermico Office:: Games played Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday. Friday.

All games scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

Sportsman's Club AgainSDO•nsors Fishing Contest

305; Archie Martin of the Brig-! thcv alreadyadier Generals, 301; Bob Oleson SRfj si.50.of the Seamen, 300; Joe Marko-vitch of the Sergeants, 300.

have

BOWLING BANQUETIS LISTED MAY 12

contributedWith the opening of the trout'kinds weighing more than two

Men who have paid a nickel season, the Brown Company pounds.e:ich week throughout the sea- 'Sportsman's Club announced that Here are the rules fo:- the con-son will have contributed $1.35 once again it would sponsor its test:toward their tickets. Thus, they annual fishing contest. 1. Opening date of the contest Week will be Burgess vs River-will have only 15 cents more to As a result, that big squaretail, was May i. Closing date will be side~ Woods vs. Chemical and

weeks, holidays fall on Monday,Memorial Day, and the Fourth

! of July. In those two weeks,' games are scheduled for Tues-I day, Wednesday, Thursday and1 Friday.

Raise "Spikes" QuestionDuring the meeting, the ques-

tion of wearing, spikes again wasbrought up. Representativesvoted to allow the wearing ofspikes as long as the spikes arenot more than one-quarter of aninch Ions?,

As was the case last year, bat?,balls and masks will be furnish-ed by the company. Plans arebeing-made to keep the equip-ment at the watchman's shack atthe entrance to Burgess Mill.

The group elected a committeeof three to serve as a steeringgroup throughout the season.This trio will act as a board ofdirectors of the league.

Elected were Ernie Fournierof Cascade Mill; Ted Walker ofthe Bermico Division, represent-ing the teams in the central areaof the company, and Irving Col-lins of the Onco Plant, repre-senting teams in the UpperPlants.

Other team representatives areBob Oleson of the Woods De-partment: Adam Lavernoich ofBurgess Mill; Clifford Delorgeof Riverside Mill, Paul Bouch-ard of the Chemical Plant ancT"Brud" Warren of the Office.

Opening game of the seasonwill match two of last season'stop rivals, Bermico and Cascade.The two pick up where they leftoff last season. They met in thefinal game of the second roundlast year, both tied for the lead.Bermico edged out the Paper-makers, 5 to 4, scoring the win-ning run in the last inning.

Other games in the opening

pay. or rainbow, salmon, pickerel or ; August 31.Girls who have paid a nickel horned pout may be worth a few 2. The contest is open to all

each week throughout the sea- dollars to you. I>own Company employees.v, of thp GPce Bowl ! s°n will have contributed $1.20. | Each month, cash prizes of 3. All fish entered in"the con.

• They will have only 30 cents S2.50 will be ' awarded to the test must have been caught inmore to pay. | Brown Company employee who waters of Coos County.

Onco vs. Main Ofnc<

YOUR JOBing League will wind up the1948-49 season in festive style.

The steering committee an-nounced this week that the an-nual bovmember

Continued

from One

Tickets will be handled by brings home the heaviest fish of 4. Official weights betaken at Curtis Hardware Store

Menu Selectedbang-up meal has

regarding banquet.been te''m representative also has

?n given the figures as to howich his teammates owe.

A highlight of the evening will

In addition, there is a specialprize for the month of May.

An extra prize of $2.50 will beawarded this month for the

be the presentation of trophies , heaviest fish of ato the winning teams.

A program of entertainment isbeing planned by the committee

of the above

available money permitted.All these improvements help

to reduce costs of making ourproducts. By keeping costs at areasonably low level, we can-sell our products at a reasonable

5. Weighers will not divulge price.Then we can compete withany weights of fish until the end ;

of each month, when regular no- ( otfier companies which make thetice will be published. same type of products as we do.-

6. One person may receive no That puts the Company in amore than one prize in each | stron?er portion. And the stron-month.

in charge, which includes Archie ! of comparativelyMartin, chairman; Warren Ole- I prices,sen; Mary Basile, and "Bunny"Brigham.

tion to many particularly in view of the program^ estimated thathigh

lows: b ^ &Half grapefruitBaked ham, raisin sauceWhipped potatoGreen peasHot rollsHearts of lettuceSliced tomatoesIce creamCoffee

- Cost of the banquet, has beer,set at SI.50, but things should beeasier on bowlers' pocketbookstfcis year. Most towlers havebeen contributing a -nickel aweek during the season. This j the arm during the warmeans that come-banquet time, the Victory Garden program was | in the field of employee garden, ; ̂ ^^^..^^^^^l^^:ail they will have to do is pa> j launched. Even today home gar- ! ing." : _ '?!?^ I, CSLJ5* irfn Si ISTSSS;

ger the company is, the strongerour own jobs are.

just as delicious as one of nor-

food more than 120 tons of Produce . «spud» he ew wejghedwe*6 gio^n in employ ee gai , t poul,d flve ounceSj y was

Last year, employees worked dens last yeai39 gardens on company propertyanci 300

Continued landFor thefrom One

w r-~c Tne National Garden Institute mal size.

gardens" on 'their ''own set an average value of 10 cents Emery Cloutier, also of Bur-a pound, meaning that employee gess Mill, pulled a rabbit out of

, . gardens produced $24,240 worth , the hat by doing what earlierVa ' °* groceries last summer. had been termed impossible. He

- ~°l • , ._ T^_ -D~ i c*t-,a«ti-_five melons came from-

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MORE THAN 75 ATTRAINING SESSIONS

Woods MeetingsHeldAtMillsfield

More than 75 foremen, clerks,sealers, pulpwood buyers anddealers met at Millsfield Camplast week for the fourth annual.Woods Department training ses-sion.

Discussions and demonstrationsby company people featured themeetings, which were openedTuesday and were concludedFriday.

Foremen, clerks and sealerswere in session the first twodays, while pulpwood buyers anddealers met during the last two.

Each group heard discussionsconcerning their particular work.Foremen, clerks and sealersheard stressed some of the im-portant aspects of logging, woodcosting, forest management, truckand tractor maintenance andscaling.

They also were given an in-sight into the company's researchand development work.

The buyers and dealers heardtalks on truck and tractor main-tenance, forest management andscaling practices.

Accident prevention and safe-ty were stressed at botli meet-ings.

Leaders of the sessions wereBlown Company people; arepresentative of the AmericanPulpwood Association, H. H. Jef-ferson and the District FireChief, E. R. Buckley.

Brown Company people in-cluded C. S. Herr, resident woodsmanager; G. A. Day, director ofresearch and development; MylesH. Standish, chief forester; H. E.Pettengill, chief woods account-ant; M. J. Stankiewicz, chief ofthe -control division; Jack Rod-ger son, safety engineer, Harold S.Mountain, assistant chief sealer,and J. O. Lang, employmentmanager.

VICTORS AND VICTIMS

m

English VisitorSees Pulp MadeFor Own Company

This might be called a co-incidence to end all coinci-dences.

Mr. Bennett of the WigginsPeate Company of London,England, came to Berlin lastweek to visit Burgess Mill.Brown Company makes pulpfor his firm.

<fWho are you making thatpulp for?" he asked, whilewatching the pulp-makingoperations,

*'The Wiggins Peate Com-pany of London, England,"he was told,

Mr. Bennett came to Ber-lin with three members ofanother firm for whichBrown Company makespulp. They were L. V.Young, president; RobertYoung, vice president, and1U H. Bowman of the Pond

i Extract Company,They were a<xx>mpanied

here by Harold Chellis of thePortland Sales Office.

DR. E. W. PROBSTRESIGNS MEDICALDIRECTOR'S POST

Dr.- Everett W. Probst has re-signed his position of medicaldirector of-the company,,. Dr..Probst joined Browii Corn-

many in 1948, coming here fromthe position of medical directorof the Arlington, N. J.s plant ofthe DuPont Company.

Following, receipt of his medi-cal degree from New York Uni-versity, Dr. Probst entered pri-vate practice in Rutherford, N.J.. in 1933. In February, 1937, hejoined the DuPont Company atits Arlington plant.

When war came. Dr. Probstentered the Army to serve asindustrial medical officer a: thePicatinney Arsenal in Dover, N.J., where he directed a medicaldepartment of 47 persons withmedical supervision of 20,000employees. After four years mili-tary service. Dr. Probst return-ed to the DuPont Company.

* * *Special arrangements have

been made for the handling of| medical cases until such time asthe vacancy of medical directorhas been filled.

All accident cases occurringduring day shifts that requireimmediate attention of a doctorwill be cleared as usual throughthe Medical Department. In theevent of an ambulance case, theusual procedure will be followedand the person may be askedwhich doctor he wishes to have.Ambulance cases may be takeneither to the Clinic or the St.Louis Hospital, depending uponthe doctor selected.

All cases requiring a doctor'sattention, but which are not of-an immediate nature, should bereferred to the Medical Depart-ment after 3 p.m., at which time

' Dr. Burton Munro will be onduty daily.

These are the men who represented Cascade and Bermico in the challenge match between theJ two mills. Cascade's bowlers outpointed the Bermic* group, 1396 to 1384.

Top photo shows the winning: Cascade team. Front row, left to right, Lorando Croteau. Bobf Morin and Paul JLaflamme. Back row, Ernie Fournier and Darius Morrisette.

Bottom photo shows the Bermico team. Front row. left to right. Roland Dube. Arnold Hanson iI and Henry Robitaille. Back row, Harold Gordon and Walter Bolduc.

Through The Years -

Halls' Walls Near Bulging AsSportsmen Met 23 Years Ago

BURGESSSCREENINGS

Major Landry says if you wantstrawberries see him in June andhe will be able to fill your or-ders. By the way, they are bar-reled strawberries and very orig-inal for this part of the country.

Joe Hayes is sporting a newcar.

Bill Amero has been just wait-ing for the day. Of course, weall know it's the day for troutfishing.

Our legislators are busywrestling with our tax problem'sin Concord,

Our time office is having itsface lifte<l—a brand new coat ofpaint by our two decorators. EliKovalik and George Adams.

INSPECTION Continuedfrom One

things truck operators shouldknow. Among these were safetyfilms, emphasizing the impor-tance of careful driving on thehighways.

Among special guests at the•evening meeting were WilfredBoisvert of the New HampshireMotor Vehicle -Department andHugh.Cronin of £he Liberty Mu-tual insurance Company.

Editor's Note: Realizingthat there is a certain joy inreliving happenings of thepast. The Brown Bulletinfrom time to time will re-print articles that appearedin the original Brow Bulle-tin-. The following two arti-cles appeared in issues of1926.

* !': *

The seventh annual banquetof the Androscoggin Valley Fishand Game Association held inthe Y.M.C.A. gymnasium, March18, 1926, was perhaps the mostsuccessful occasion yet offeredby this organization.

350 AttendUpwards to 350 covers were

laid, and still there were not suf-ficient to meet the demands.An excellent repast was provid-ed by the ladies of the Lutheran

I Church, who deserve much cred-' it for their painstaking efforts.

After the cigars were lighted,'Frank W. Farrington, presidentj of the association, called the rev-; elers to order, spoke brieflyJon the nature of the duties ofi the club and expressed a hope| that more features may be add-I ed both of service and entertain-ment the coming year.

He then introduced the toast-! master, the Hon. Edmund Sulli-I van, who presided while the fol-lowing program was carried out;

Male Quartette SelectionWilliam Lehnert

The Sportsman's Atti-tude Tou ard Fish andGame

Step Dancing and ViolinRodgerson, Gallant

C. B. BartonSnowbound on GaspePeninsula

A. H. Dinsmore, Supt. YorkPond Hatchery

Male Quartette SelectionMott L. Bartlett, State Com-

missioner

An unexpected feature wasprovided by the introduction ofthe Berlin Philharmonic Orches-tra, under the able direction of"Patsy" Gagliuso. Their selec-tions were much appreciated andtherefore heartily applauded.

The Male Quartette, composedof Oscar Paulson, W. J. Oleson,W. E. Elliott and Mark H. Tay-lor, rendered several very fittingand appropriate selections.

The step dancing and violinnumber of Messrs. Rodgersonand Gallant was handicapped bylack of space, but they deliveredthe goods in so pleasing a man-ner that physical endurance hadsomething to do with ending thenumber.

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President B. L. Barnett andA. C. Freeman and G. T. Gorhamof the executive committee ofthe Gorham Fish and Game Clubhave every reason to be proud ofthe success of the annual enter-tainment and banquet held onthe evening of February 18.

Attendance Taxes HallThe attendance more than

taxed the capapcity of the din-in* room in_ the Gorham Muni-cipal Building, and many had to

wait for the second table.All of the speakers promised

; were present, and the programi included topics and speakers tointerest the various tastes.

General Agent Harrison of the; Passenger Department of thei Canadian National showed threereels of excellent pictures feat"urine, the scenic advantages of

;his lines.W. E. Parsons of the Maine

I Fish and Game Commission wasi an orator of the old school, who! presented a most able argumentfor Maine and New Hampshire

; as states for tourists in compari-: son with Florida and California. or even the Canadian Northwest.

Our own New Hampshire| Commissioner Mott L. Bartlett,I was more specific and dealt withj the progress achieved by his de-• partment over the past fivej years.

A. Phillip LaFrance of Bow-jdoin College showed interesting[pictures, dealing with the life| history of the partridge. Many'of these were from actual pho-I tographs, and represented untoldj patience and persistence in ob-1 taining them.

Music for the occasion was; furnished by the following' members of the Cascade Mando-ilin Club; Toni Aloti, Felix•Pisani, Larry Catello, A. N. Per-i kins and Joseph Basile.

Accidents may _ occur any-. where, but last year 500,000i more workers—25 percent morej—were injured off the job thsrij while.- at work. 'Play, it s?.ie" c-£the iob as well as on!

CHESS CLUB MEETSCANADIAN TEAM

Trip Over BorderSet For May 7

Brown Company's Chess Clubwill make its second trip acrossthe border when it meets theWindsor Mills team May 7.

At Least Seven To GoSeven members of the club

have definitely decided to makethe trip to Canada, PresidentDick McCormack reported. Sev-eral others also may go,

Those definitely going to rep-resent Brown Company are Pres-ident McCormack, Edward Fenn,Ben Hoos, George Day, WilliamLevering. Marion. Ellingwood andHarold Titus.

It is expected that this matchwill be much closer than theprevious two international match-es. Twice previously, first atWindsor Mills and later in Ber-lin, the local team dropped one-sided decisions. In those matches,the locals met the cream of thecrop not only of Windsor but ofSherbrooke.

"We are playing only the peo-ple of Windsor Mills in this one,11

President McCormack said. "Ithink we will give them somepretty stiff competition/'

First meeting of the BrownCompany team with a Canadiangroup was just a year ago. Atthat time, 10 members of thelocal club journeyed to Wind-sor Mill. Then, they dropped a7V2-to-2^i decision.

Last November, the Canadiangroup came to Berlin. The re-sult was not much happier, with'the visitors winning, 13 to 5.

Prexy Is LeaderThe Brown Company offense

will be led by its president. Inthe initial match at Windsor.Mills, Dick played to a tie againstone of Sherbrooke's top men.Last 'fall, he won his match.

Ben Hoos is another winnerreturning to the fray. A year agohe won his match against aWindsor player.

The club also is consideringanother trip. President McCor-mick said the group has receive-ed an invitation from the Con-cord Chess Club to play in theCapitol City.

No definite date for this match'has been set

Plans are still moving forward!to have a chess "expert visit thedub in the near future.