rgus eyesANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN May, 1946

A good time was had by all. The "Hunt" was a successat least from the standpoint of refreshments, as seventeendozen dixie cups and cookies were consumed by the kid-dies. Prize winners were, Susie Burton, Donald Kelly,

Muriel Todd, Ronald Korte, Billy Dixon and Susan Smith.Smiling Glenney (Snozz) Harrie won the egg rolling con-test and a brand new Argus A2 camera. The "Hunt" wasthe first party planned by the new Recreation Club officers.

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ARGUS f YE§This paper is an employees' publica-

tion. Its aims are:

1. To present news of individualsthroughout the two plants.

2. To keep former employees now inthe service informed as to what isgoing on at Argus, Incorporated.

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

4. To give all employees an oppor-tunity to express themselves.

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

EDITORIAL STAFF

Editor Chas. A. BarkerAssistant Editor . . . . Helen O'SullivanSports Harold Peterson

I Jerry DavenportPhotographers . . j N o r m a n B o o t h

Cartoonist Marie Barbier

The Representatives of each Depart-ment are responsible that the news ofthese Departments reach the desk ofthe Editor in the Advertising Depart-ment, Plant 1.

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A R G U S E Y E S

Social Security Benefits Are NotAutomatic

Tom Larkin reached his 65th birthday on a Saturday. He waspleased as a kid about it. "It's neat to have it come out that way."he said. "I'll finish up the week and finish up the job at the sametime."

That night he walked home from work for the last time. "Fromnow on I'm a man of leisure," Tom said to his cronies. "With oursavings and my old-age benefits, Delia and I can live out therest of our lives without me working. It's the pipe and the paperfor me from now on.''

After that day Tom Larkin was always on the lookout for thepostman—he was expecting his benefit check to come in any mail.But it didn't come and it didn't come. After two months' time TomLarkin got mad. He wrote to the Social Security Board. "What'sthe matter you don't send me my benefit check?" he said. "Is itbecause there's a war on? I need my benefits now, not when I'mdead!"

He got a letter back pronto. And that was the first Tom knewhe had to file a claim before he could get benefits.

Are you another Tom Larkin or do you know that benefits arenot automatic, that you have to file a claim before you get yourmonthly checks? And do you know that every month's delay infiling after you quit work means a loss of part of your benefits?

The amount of your benefit depends primarily on your "averagemonthly wage/' That "average" is figured by dividing all thewages you received in covered jobs since January 1, 1937, by thenumber of months that have elapsed between that date and thetime you file your claim. So delay in filing may mean additionalmonths by which your total wages must be divided. That means asmaller "average monthly wage" which means a smaller benefit.

So don't wait. The place to file your claim is the nearest officeof the Social Security Board. There you will get all the help youneed to file your claim—free of charge.

Social Security Board which serves Washtenaw County is locatedat 709 Reynolds Building, Jackson, Michigan. The telephone numberis 25588.

May. 1946 .

ROCHESTER REUNION

Shown at a recent engineering session on blondes, projectors, and red heads are engineering "brains" (?)of the Argus ivory tower league who all attended the University of Rochester. This picture demonstrateswhat a small world it really is and what a low grade rut Argus is in when it comes to engineering per-sonnel. Reading from left to right and with U of R numerals are John Barnes '42, Joe Dianetti '44, DickFoster '45, Bill Patton '42, Dick Wilson '42, Jim Harvey '39, (Standing), Bob Kesel '44. Don Feder '41, HobeFrench '45 Graduate School.

'FILESBy H. J. R.

ROOKES, Harry J.

This modest, unassuming young mail may be found in the confines of hisprivate office in the machine shop where he is kept busy with timekeeping recordsfor the payroll department. First made his appearance on this planet on July 29,1911 in the county of Limerick, Ireland. He attended school occasionally inEngland and Ireland and finally struggled through a business college and wasgraduated from same "magna cum something or other." Sailed from Englandin a light cruiser to the island of Bermuda (we understand Bermuda was a penalsettlement at that time) where he spent eight years working in a cost accountingoffice. While in Bermuda he held the office championship for chair tilting (theobject being to see who could tip back the farthest)—it has never been revealedexactly how far he was able to tilt. After escaping from Bermuda he arrived inAnn Arbor and began work at Argus in Nov. 1940 as a machine operator—waslater a supervisor over all front plate operations and in 1944 began work in thecost accounting office. For the past year he has been kept busy as a timekeeperattempting to figure out who works on what job and also the number of hoursper day each operator spends on various operations.

Resides at 1407 Cedar Bend Drive with his wife Margaret and little daughterPatricia (who according to Harry are his idea of two perfect pin up gals). Spendshis leisure time shooting at targets with pistols, rifles, air guns and any otherfelonious weapons available—once circulated a rumor that he put 10 shots throughthe same hole at 40 paces but refuses to say what size hole he was shootingthrough.

Has had marked success as a writer and painter (not houses), manywritings having been published here in the states and also in England. Hiscolors very closely resemble the work of the old masters but his modesty will notallow him to exhibit them publicly.

Attends most of the concerts sponsored by the University and speaks as fluentlyin the language of Beethoven, Bach and De Bussy as he does of minutes, stand-ards and job orders. He maintains a fine collection of the better musical worksbut does not hesitate occasionally to lend an ear to a Spike Jones rendition of"Chloe" or "There's a Tear in my beer Tonight." Recently completed a working|model of his Model HR 24630 telescope (made from parts out of scrap barrels,in both plants) but has been unable to convince the company that his scope issuperior to the one we are now building—mainly because of the length of timerequired for assembling which was approximately one and one half years.

NOTICE TO EMPLOYEESAll employees must notify the Personnel De-

partment of any change of address. This infor-mation is necessary to insure contact -with em-ployees in regard to work in their departmentas well as with relatives in case of emergency.

Returned Veterans

JIM BARTHReceiving Inspection

LOUIS BETKEFinal Inspection

PAUL HAINESProduction Service

PATRICK DONAHUEMachine Shop

RALPH ROSENBERGMachine Shop

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CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY AT ARGUS THANK YOU, GIRLS

EVERETT COLLINSMachine Shop

ALICE BLANCHARDTabulating Department

Payroll Dept.At this writing, and for the past few

days, we have had a vacant chair inour office. It's occupant being MernaPlace, who is visiting her husband,Roger, in Norfolk, Va. A card fromher reveals the days there are rainy,but that it makes her "no never mind".

We hear that Irene Leabu was a Mil-waukee visitor over the weekend. Thatcity must be all that Rocky has led usto believe, because as yet Irene has notreported in—and it is 10:30 A.M. Mon-day.

Another young man's fancy hasturned—and his attentions are concen-trated on no other than our comelytime-keeper, Colette Schwind. She iswearing a "frat" pin—so one guess- isall that is needed to guess what willhappen next. At the J-Hop, they posedfor their picture, the location theychose for this picture was by a stonewall—the more to lead us to believethat it is a "solid" case.

Harold Woodmansee was absent forone-half day last week. We wish Harold«ld give us more notice next time,

there would not be such a scram-fe by about four of us to get our own

work done, in order to keep his statis-tics up to schedule.

A few hours one day found the"Wheel" of our Dept. (Mr. Rockman)'way back in Stationery Stock room,assisted by Russ Warren. They did notgive many details, but when they ap-peared later, their appearances told uswithout a doubt it was Spring cleaning.

Wilmot Gray has been spendingmost of her Saturday mornings in theDentist chair. We aren't sure, but im-agine that Clara Gerstler spends agreat per cent of her spare time withher fiance, or in her car—the light tanPlymouth. Virginia and Juanita findlittle time, if any, to ride horses nowthat the Messrs. Hurst and Boyd arehome, and in "civies".

Whether it is Eastertime or not,Doris Hainen's shopping list does notconsist solely of wearing apparel, butnear the top of her list' you will finditems that pertain to the various roomsof a house. Yep, that date in June isdrawing near.

We miss Tom Argo from our Office.He is very popular on the PA, so we

know he is still around. Tom provedhis good sportsmanship near Pay-day,by refusing to accept the winnings ofan unfair bet.

Since the expansion of our Plant, itcalls for more steps by our girls whoseduty takes them to various parts. Theyare: Scotty Michal and Lois Palmer.For days after their trips to the PaintShop and Machine Shop they returnedto the office with a great sigh of relief—to think they had really found theirway back! Fearing that one might getlost, our first thought was a compass,but since they are none too plentiful,it was concluded that a bell would do.In the meantime, while we are securingthese bells, anyone seeing one of thesegirls—please direct them to this office.

We had been at a loss for weeks afterEunice Buss left our midst, as to whatto do with our empty adding-machinetape spools. However, at last our prob-lem is solved. We learn that SandyRepola is more than glad to carry onan extra hobby of collecting thesespools.

Cost Capers"April Showers Bring May Flowers"

so in due appreciation of Spring, wewon't say it is raining, rather we willsay, May flowers are being delivered—in buckets! But there is somethingrather peaceful about Monday morningin the raw. A soft gray light and nonoise except the patter of raindrops onthe windowpane and the restful creakof Glenney's back as he goes abouthis work. But enough of this fol-de-ralabout the weather and now we must beoff to the only real-life example of"Allen's Alley", the Cost Department.

The first door at which we knock inour quest for news is that of our so-cially prominent Mrs. Nussbaum Lang-staff (Gracy) who asks in her culturedand genteel voice, "What the h—1 doyou want?" And in response to our re-quest we find that she and Jack (intoeach life some rain must fall) are busyworking on their newly acquired home,"Jace". In all seriousness, it is nice tosee Jack and Grace join the ranks of thelauded gentry and enjoy the thrill ofowning and developing their own home.

HERMAN KOEGLERProcess Inspection Dept.

Before we go on, we must tell you thatthey have a mint garden, a bottle ofBourbon and a new davenport, so ifyou are weary, drag by and sit a whileand enjoy a Mint Julep, Suh!

Just around the bend, we come tothe Tweed's quaint little vine-coveredpiano-box and we find Tweed, I meanSenator Tweed, out in the garden withhis four little girls—Marylin. Gert.Mary Jane, and Kate cultivating theirneat little garden. Looking there we finda sprout of news or two.

Mary Jane is taking a week off fora vacation and is going to spend it atMadison on-the-Third where she an-ticipates a mad whirl of events. A shortbeat of the rugs before breakfast, acanter through the living room on thebroom, and a quick dip in the dishwaterbefore retiring.

By the way, what is this power thatGlenny has? Gert singled him out tobring him choice sweet-meats such assmoked salmon and home-made cake.

As we wander on down the Alley,we look back to see Tweed sitting ontop of a mountain of Easter Eggs try-ing on his new bunny suit for theArgus outing and Easter Egg HuntingSociety.

We find no one home at our nextstop and as we weed our way out ofthe maze of empty beer bottles andhalf empty barrels of aspirins, we sur-mised that Bussy is still able to enjoylife.

So we come to the last roof and hearthese delightful strains through thebroken sky-light:

Now that it's springAnd you would shirkI'm here to seeThat you work, you jerk!

And so we find Falstaff Craik restingup from a busy round of golfing, bridge,a bad cold, and the many dreams ofdays to come with a fishpole in thesummer and his pet foxes curled aroundhis feet, snug by the fire in the midst ofthose cold Adirondack winters. Hespeeds us on our way with these inspir-ing words:If your work's well done, stand up and

cheerThere'll be no reason to shed a tearBut if it's notI'll make it hotThat's precisely why I'm here!

Due to the fact that business women have found it extremely difficultto purchase nylon hosiery in their limited free time, Eessel's Main Streetstore recently initiated a system of distribution of nylon hose to thebusiness women of Ann Arbor.

After several conferences, Mr. Kessel made arrangements with Mrs.Radford to set us a system at Argus whereby one pair of nylon hosecould be distributed to every woman employed by the company. Thisplan was put into effect and through the whole-hearted cooperation ofthe foremen and women employees, was accomplished with completesuccess.

The above picture shows Mrs. Radford's great pleasure in receivingthe beautiful flowers which were sent to her by the Argus girls inappreciation of the nylon service. She says, "Thank you very much,girls, and I hope we can do it again."

Advertising andSales Depts.

We are happy to report that KellyGoss is now in charge of the SalesOffice. We all wish you luck, Kelly.

We all had lots of fun at Mr. Hilton'sbirthday party, March 29. He provedquite adapt at cutting the cake, which,by the way, was delicious. We hopeeveryone got a look at the brilliantlycolored bow tie he was wearing thatafternoon. He was really giving MacMcCoy some competition.

Speaking of birthdays, Jackie Schaf-fer, along with Doris Strite, Ruth Janci,Thelma Fuller, and Jo Lease, cele-brated hers by stepping out for dinnerand a movie.

Maurine and Stuart Plettner havefinally found an apartment, and eventheir dog, Cocoa, is happy about it.

Carolyn Wilson spent the weekendof April 6 with Ray's family in Sun-bury, Ohio. She reports having a grandtime. She's still waiting not-too-pa-tiently for Ray to come home fromIndia.

Bud Davis came to work the otherday very unhappy and almost crippled.Seems he tried to ride a horse barebackand the horse didn't like it. Doesn't seewhy he couldn't have broken some-thing that could be fixed, like an arm,for instance, instead of his Elgin watch.

Jo tells us that Glenn has been ac-cepted by the Navy, and they'll soonbe traveling again. He hasn't receivedhis orders yet, but we know that Jo isalready packed, and ready to leave.

Doris Strite and Thelma Fuller spenta day in Detroit recently, shopping fornew Easter outfits. Thelma's is prettysummery, as she is leaving for Floridathe 29th to wait for Lloyd to comehome.

Becky and Bob Matson celebratedtheir first wedding anniversary the 14th,and Becky now considers herself an"Old married woman.'"

Julie Wright is looking forward to arest, as her Mother is going to take careof Jerry, her year-and-a-half old son,for a while.

Dorothy Meineke, formerly KellyGoss's secretary, has come along up tothe Sales Office, and is now workingunder Mr. Scholten's direction.

Returned Veterans

GEORGE ALDERMANCamera Assembly

ERNEST EDDYProcess Inspection

BOYD HEADMechanical Maintenance

LAWRENCE DIETERLECamera Assembly

LINUS KNIEPERGrinding Department

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Argus Flying ClubThe weeks of "hangar flying" logged

by Argus Flying Club members are atan end and we can again take to theair, at a price within the reach of theaverage pocketbook. The clubs' newplane has arrived, and at a most oppor-tune moment.

The new ship, a Piper Coupe, com-bines two excellent features. Side byside seating arrangement makes it high-ly desirable for cross-country flying andalso makes it possible to carry on aconversation without being double-jointed. Secondly, it is stick-controlled,a feature which is definitely advantag-eous for training students, that beingthe primary purpose of the club.

Powered by a 65 hp Lycoming theCoupe cruises at an honest 85 mph, agood speed for cross-country jaunts. It

is surprisingly quiet in flight, and haswhat most light planes lack, plenty ofroom. Two people can really stretch outand relax. No hunched-up shoulders,elbow knocking or doubled up legs.

With the advent of the new pianothere has been a marked ir>in interest shown by many emr ^^Chas. Barker and Ted Bragg « 'come into the fold and itlike the membership limit of ^members will be reached this month.Anybody that is interested should seeJ. Vanden Broek, Norm Tweed, Mer-vel Smith, Verne Nelson or any otherof the members.

Civil Air Regulations have been re-laxed considerably . . . the number ofhours required for soloing have beeneliminated, and greatly reduced for aprivate license. Extensive exams areout. Come on out and try it.

Left: Argus flying club membersHarry Bates and John Van Natter aregetting ready for a take-off in thenew ship. Harry, who has his com-mercial license, is at the controls.

Below: Private pilot Norm Tweed istaking Peggy Allen for her first rideafter becoming a member of the club.

Advice to theCellar Rats

Do not drink whiskey and try to bowl,Because over that ball, you have no

control.

Now there is Leslie who ordinarily doeswell

But under the influence his game goesto ????.

Then there is Rocky, who won't bowlto fame

As he's had too much before the game.

Of course, on this team, there is alsoa Jack

Who on Saturday morning is a sad sack.

The liquor also takes care of NormWho later drives like a ship tossed in a

storm.

From what you have read,It all goes to showTo acquire a high average,It takes a guy like JoeWho leaves the liquor for the restAnd goes out and bowls the best.

By A. Non

ReceivingInspection

Welcome to Stewart Plettner. ournew supervisor. We hope he likes ithere in our department.

Cecille Fitzgerald hit the jack-potone day when she purchased a twoquart jar of Karo syrup. No, shedoesn't have a baby but Dickie JimMeldrum needs Karo syrup in his dietand the girls in the department havebeen buying it when they can. Daddyand Mom are very grateful.

We thought sure when some of thepeople from the C3 line came to spenda few days with us, we would be ser-enaded by Maynard Werth, but wewere disappointed, he wouldn't give.

Not much doing in our department.Hope to have more dope next time.

Argus Ladies'Bowling

With two more nights of bowling togo, the Schwaben Inn team have firstplace honors cinched.

There will be a battle for second placeas Cupid Bar and Victory are tied nowand City Slickers are only one gamebehind.

Hollis and Towner are now in fourthplace.

Leola Stoner put six strikes togetherto make a fine 20 game which is high.She tied with Thelma Livesay for mostconsecutive strikes.

SERVICE DEPARTMENT

This picture of the Service Depart-ment dinner party given in honor ofDorothy Jacobus was not available in

time for the last issue of Argus Eyes.Dorothy will be married in May andwill reside in Seattle, Washington. We

all wish her the best of everything andwe as well as her many other friendswill miss her.

BowlingThis is being written with three

weeks remaining of the bowling sea-son, but it is quite certain that thestrong Methods team will have won thetitle for the 1945-46 season. This entrynow holds a four game advantage, andwith the experienced bowlers that thisteam boasts it seems improbable thatthey will be ousted from the numberone spot. There is little doubt in theleague but what this team is by far thestrongest team in the league, and is de-serving of the crown. This entry holdsthe high average for the team, and hasposted the high three game totals forthe year. In the persons of Rube Ege-ler, Ed "Fish" Kuehn, and "Lefty''Kendrovics the new champs have per-haps the most consistent and best bowl-ers in the league. Each of these iscarrying better than 170 averages, andin our league such a team is hard tobeat. Captain Glenn Hilge and CyHarding, the other two members of thechampionship team, have proved them-selves very capable and their effortshave been responsible for many of thewins marked up by the Methods team.

The new champs really put theclincher on the title when they tookall four games from the Office five. Atthe time of this meeting the Methodsteam was leading by only one gameafter having lost three games to BillFraser and his Toolroom 2 team. TheOffice team was up for this encounter,and with Tom Neff and Francis Carlgiving it both barrels the Methods fivehad to show its class. Each of thegames was close with the outcome indoubt going into the last frames. Inthe final stages of each game the Meth-ods team proved its ability by winningout in the final frames. The league con-gratulates the new champions.

The title being tucked away by theMethods the interest in the final weekswill center upon the fight being waged

for the other five place positions. Thefirst six places pay additional cashawards, and any number of teams areaiming to cut themselves in on this. TheBears are now in the second slot, butthis team seems to have slipped in thepast few weeks and if they do not showa reversal of form they are in dangerof being shoved from their present po-sition. The team showed signs of slip-ping when they were very fortunate inbreaking even with the Prisms five, andthe following week when they took athree-to-one beating from the TimberWolves. The Inspection entry is inthird place, and is now in high gearwith their sights aimed at the runner-up spot. The Office and Skunks are tiedfor fourth place with Lens Prisms, Ma-chine 2, Timber Wolves, and the Tool-room teams only a few games back. Thebattle that will be waged by all of theseteams in the final weeks should be in-teresting to watch. The final standingsof the league will appear in the nextissue of Argus Eyes.

Roy Hiscock has informed us that theseason will be officially ended with theannual bowling party to be given atSmith's Catering on May 9th. Thearrangements-are now being taken careof, and it is hoped that this year's turn-out will be even larger than last year'srecord turnout. The bowling season hasbeen a successful one, and a record ban-quet would be a fitting climax to asatisfying year.

Argus Girls atCleveland Tourn^t jJan Gala escorted some of our Argus

girls to Cleveland to bowl in a Women'sClassic Bowling Tournament. Steph-anie Gala did herself proud when sherolled into first place. We hope shestays there too, although there are twomore weekends of competition.