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ARGUS EYES April, 1956

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by Robert E. Lewis

Our 25th Anniversary is well underway. Most of us at Argus are fa-miliar with our history during thelast quarter century. It seems ap-propriate, however, to review brief-ly some of the more significantevents.

Argus started under unusual con-ditions during the height of the de-pression. A group of Ann Arborbusinessmen pooled their money tocreate jobs in the community. Wil-liam E. Brown, J r . , still one ofour directors, and Roy Hiscock, whois presently employed at Argus, wereamong those businessmen. Startingas a radio manufacturer and laterchanging to the camera and projec-tor fields, Argus has grown from avery modest beginning to becomethe world leader in the manufactureof 35 mm cameras and projectors.

This did not happen without recog-nizing the fact that we are meetingthe needs of many groups of people.As employees, most of us realizethat Argus must meet our desiresfor good pay and benefits and goodworking conditions. At the sametime, I think we realize that ourproducts must also meet the needsof our customers and that the shareowners must be satisfied with their

investment in the Company. Some-times we forget that, in addition tothese three groups, we also haveto secure the cooperation of ourvendors who supply us with partsand materials, as well as our deal-ers who sell our products. Then,of course, there are our neighborsin the community who work with usin many different ways, providing afavorable atmosphere in which ourCompany can grow.

The combined efforts of all ofthese groups has been especially no-ticeable during recent years with thegrowth of employment from severalhundred to more than a thousand,and with the growth of sales from lessthan $6,000,000 to over $20,000,000a year. Our payroll now exceeds$5,600,000 annually.

We do not plan an extravagant an-niversary celebration this year, butwe will, of course, invite our fam-ilies and friends to visit our opera-tions. We will have a Family NightOpen House on May 18, and an OpenHouse for the general public on May24 and 25. At that time we hope tohave as many operations running asare practical so that our visitorscan see the types of operations thatwe perform.

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Could it be that Spring is finally heading in Ann Arbor's direction? Ormaybe that's too much to hope for. Anyway, you're still making my jobeasy—only one question again this time.

Argus Employees1 Insurance

"Why donft we set up our own insurance company within the company ?"

Tom Spitler told me that this suggestion was considered by the manage-ment and it was decided to continue our group insurance with the Metropol-itan Insurance Company. Actually, we have done business with Metropoli-tan for quite a long period of time and, as a result, our reserves havebeen established. This is important since a period of heavy costs can beoffset by the money in the reserve before any increase in premium is re-quired. It would be some time before the company could set up an equiva-lent reserve. Also, our cost of administration is relatively low. To insureour employees of the best possible program, it is necessary to have ac-tuarial, legal, claim and other type insurance technicians, which would becostly for us to provide for ourselves. In other words, there probably wouldnot be any financial advantage in becoming self-insured.

The plants will close for vacationand inventory this year at the endof the last shift on Friday, July 20and will reopen at the beginning ofthe first shift on Monday, August 6.

All Argus employees take theirvacations during this period unlessthe nature of their work necessitatesdifferent scheduling.

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The Easter cover photo was sub-mitted by Loretta Dupuis, OpticalAssembly. Loretta took the pictureof her children at Easter churchservices with her C-3, using Tri-Xfilm. She received a $25 savingsbond for winning the cover contest.

Last month's skiing cover girl,Jesse Forshee, is now at home witha fractured leg. Not too long afterlast month's cover picture was taken,Jesse encountered one hill she could-n't master at the Caberfae ski areanear Cadillac. While she is recu-perating, she is busy studying "TheArt and Skill of Skiing."

Our sincere sympathy is ex-tended to Rose Hubbard whosehusband Louis died February 22.Rose works in Mechanical Fin-ishing.

April, 1956 ARGUS EYES

Qatner In Chicago for SaleJmen'jSpice*, Wooltott Win Annual

Argus' growth in recent yearswas pointed up recently by the mag-nitude of the meeting of those peo-ple who are directly responsible forthe sale of Argus products.

Approximately 50 people werepresent at the annual Argus sales-men's meeting last month. Thegroup included, in addition to 24Argus salesmen, representatives ofthe home office from the Sales andAdvertising Departments and mem-bers of Young & Rubicam, advertis-ing firm.

The four-day meeting took placeat the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago.

Bill Spicer, Argus salesman inthe Southeastern states, was namedSalesman of the Year at the meet-ing. Vice President Dudley Scholtenpresented trophies to Bill and tosalesmen Dave Carto and Jack Pel-ton, who were runners-up for theaward. Bill's name has been en-graved on a permanent plaque whichbears the names of the men who areselected each year to receive theSalesman of the Year Award.

A highlight of the meeting was thefirst presentation of a new award,the Annual Arlon Clark MemorialAward, to Robert Woolson, FieldSales Manager.

Named in honor of Argus' firstsalesman, Arlon Clark, who died in1953, the award will be given an-nually by the Argus salesmen "tothat person in the home office whosetalents, inspiration, and selflessnesshave made the Argus salesman's lota happier one. " Woolson was pre-sented with the award, which is aglass-encased, bronzed briefcase,by salesman Ted Humphreys.

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Argus salesmen Bill Spicer, Dave Carto, and Jack Pelton hold trophiesgiven to them by Dudley Scholten (left) in connection with the annual Sales-^man of the Year Award. Scholten holds the plaque on which Bill Spicer'sname is engraved as Salesman of the Year.

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Bob Woolson (right) proudly displays the Arlon Clark Memorial Award,which was given to him this year by the Argus salesmen. Ted Humphreys(left) made the presentation.


Suggestion Awards Total $1,123

Salyer, Jordan, Guenther, Weir Win Bonus Bonds

Argusites crashed the SuggestionAward market last month to the tuneof $l,123.60-a very tidy sum!

Winner of the biggest award forthe month was Bernard Merritt,Camera Assembly, who received$194. 72 for his suggestion concern-ing the use of the flash contact inplace of photo tape to prevent lightleak from the jack holes.

Jim Sieloff, Production Control,won $144. 93 for his suggestion thatthe C-4 and C-44 clutch plate bemade with an undercut to eliminatea burring operation.

A check for $138. 29 went to Kath-ryn Frasier, Projector Assembly,for her suggestion that the plasticbag on the Super 75 color gift pack-age be eliminated.

Peter Opple, Machine Shop, re-ceived $135.25 for suggesting achange in the drilling operation onthe C-4 and C-44 case.

A suggestion award of $133.26went to Gene Rohde, Machine Shop.Gene's suggestion concerned a meth-od change in milling on a powershaft.

Bruce Junod, Machine Shop, col-lected $131. 34 for a suggestion con-

cerning the elimination of strippinglacquer from diamond-turned partsbefore they are re-diamond turned.

Wilhio Kelly, Raw Inspection, re-ceived a check for $49.49 for hissuggestion concerning building adap-tors for the Hunger spring check-er.

Other suggestion awards were asfollows: Virginia Brumley, Sales—$19. 50; Walter Hubbard, Paint Shop-$19; Charles Weir, Paint Shop;Jerry Patterson, Production Con-trol—$15 each; Norman Treadwell,Cleaning-$14. 50; Paul Myers, En-gineering—$13; Robert Bultman,Polishing-$12. 32; Ed Makielski,Production Control—$12. 50; andAnna Thorsch, Camera Assembly—$12.

A $10 award went to Emil John-son, Maintenance.

George Jordon, Optical Assem-bly; Elton Guenther, P o l i s h i n g ;Joann Salyer, Paint Shop and ChuckWeir, Receiving received additionalawards of $25 savings bonds fortheir bonus week suggestions. (Seepictures in column 3.)

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Daw Mya Sein, Burmese educator.

Daw MyaSein, lectur-er in historyat RangoonUniversity inBurma, wasArgus1 guestfor a planttou r l a s tmonth.

A partici-pant in theForeign Lead-

er Program of the International Edu-cational Exchange Service of the De-partment of State, Daw Mya Seinbegan her ten-month series of lec-tures on Burmese culture at Ameri-can universities with a visit to theUniversity of Michigan. She beganher six-week lecture course at theUniversity on February 21.

The Burmese educator will givesimilar lectures at other universi-ties throughout the country.

Chuck Weir receives his $15 sugges-t ion award and "bonus week bond fromPaul Haines.

Cliff Olson looks on as Joann Sa l -yer (r ight) receives her award and"bonus from Leona Smith.

Fred Tower gives George Jordon his"bonus week "bond and suggestion awardof $16.

Ted Tirb (right) presents a "bonus "bondand suggestion award to Elton Guenther,Polishing.


Argus Scholarship Winner

Receives Freshman Award

Women Golf Leagueto Begin Play Soon

All Argus wives and women em-ployees will be interested to knowthat the Women's Golf League sched-ule will be:

Scholarship Winner

Two practice rounds: May 2May 9

Beverly GrayBeverly Gray (daughter of Wil-

mot, Sales) recently received anOreon E. Scott Freshman Prize atthe University of Michigan.

The Oreon E. Scott awards weremade to those freshman studentswhose academic performance dur-

League Play—May 16 throughAugust 22 (excluding vacationin July)

Field Day—August 29

Information and application blankswill be in the Men's League golfboxes or may be obtained fromHelen (Mrs. Carlos) Chapman, NO-3-4434, or Margaret Hardy, Pur-chasing.

ing their first semester on campusplaces them in the top 10% of theirclass. Beverly was one of the fourstudents who received Argus schol-arships last spring.

The only girl in the EngineeringSchool to win the award, Beverlywas presented with a book bearingthe University of Michigan officialseal and an appropriate bookplate.

Thomas PiatkowskiThomas Piatkowski, son of Stephan

Piatkowski, a former Argus employ-ee, and nephew of Zygfryd Piatkow-ski, Production Control, was a win-ner of the coveted four-year FordFoundation Scholarship.

Tom competed against 620 stu-dents who were children of FordMotor Company employees in 21states. Seventy-two scholarshipswere awarded and Tom was the onlywinner from Ann Arbor.

Argus Teen Group Meets, Plans First Dance

The family atmosphere which is so much a part of Ar-gus is expanding now to include teen-agers from Argusfamilies. (Above) The teen-agers meet for the first timewith Argus representatives to form their initial plans.(Below) By attending the meeting parents, too, showedtheir interest.

Teen-age sons and daughters of Argus employ-ees met on March 19 in the Argus Cafeteria tomake plans for the organizing of a teen club.This group plans to hold a series of dances andparties for sons and daughters of Argus employ-ees who are between the ages of 12 and 18 andtheir guests.

Dick Leggett, Production Planning; Art Parker,J r . , Suggestion Plan Office; and Amos Kline, ToolRoom were on hand to supervise the first meet-ing. Dick is serving as chairman. Amos wasinstrumental in forming the group.

The teen-agers plan to hold their first dancein the Argus Cafeteria on Friday, April 13. Eachmember will be permitted to bring three guests.Music will be supplied by a three-piece band andby recordings.

The Recreation Club has offered to lend a handin the financing of this first dance.

The teen group will meet again some time afterthe dance to elect officers and to set up morespecific plans for its organization.


JSlew Products Z)ake Spotlight o/ M,P^b3c4 Show

(Above) President Robert E. Lewis is deep in discussion about the C-44with Dudley J. Scholten, Vice President in charge of Sales and Advertis-ing. Seated at left are Joel Rowley and Roy Gustafson of the AdvertisingDepartment.

The Argus display was once againthe high spot at the Master PhotoFinishers and Dealers1 Associationconvention.

Trade exhibits filled the ballroomof the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chi-cago last month.

Thousands of photo dealers andmanufacturers' r e p r e s e n t a t i v e sviewed the Argus exhibit, whosemodern theme appropriately displayednew products as part of our 25th an-niversary celebration. These newproducts were the C-44 camera, thetwo new 300 projectors, and the L-44light meter.

Many Argus people, representingseveral departments, were on handduring the show to enjoy Argus' suc-cess.

Discussing the new Argus C-44,which was introduced at the conven-tion, Argus President Robert E.Lewis said, TtThe C-44 is producedby craftsmen in our plant at AnnArbor. Our facilities there are nowcomplete—from lens grinding bynewly-perfected techniques to ultra-modern die making m a c h i n e r y .There you have the reason why sucha camera can still be made in Amer-ica for under $100."


(Above) The group of Argusites chatting at the Show are (left to right)Rob Wilson, Ted Watt, Jack Pearson, and Rupert Cutler, all of Sales.That's Mary Lou Anderson, also of Sales, with her back turned. Seatedbehind Rob is Bill Armstrong, Sales.

A glittering display of Argus prod-ucts highlighted our exhibit.

cArg,uA Stock Cnterd JSew Cxchang,e

The officers of the Company were on hand Monday, March 5 when Argusstock was first listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Shown left to rightin the picture above are Irving H. Burnside, of I. H. Burnside & Co.,Exchange member firm, specialists in Argus stock; Argus President RobertE. Lewis; Martin Breighner, Secretary; Clinton Harris, Vice President incharge of engineering; and Joseph Detweiler, Vice President and Treasurer.Also present but not shown in the photo was Dudley Scholten, Vice Presi-dent in charge of sales and advertising.

(Above) The first tape is examinedby G. Keith Funston, President ofthe New York Stock Exchange; Mr.Burnside; and Mr. Lewis. On theboard behind them is the stock sym-bol for Argus, which is AGU.

Page ARGUS EYES April, 1956

On Your

Argus

Anniversary

Myron RockmanTimekeeping—15 years

Ted AdamsMachine Shop—10 years

Sylvia Spannuth, CameraAssembly—10 years

Forrest Graves, GeneralManufacturing— 10 years

Bill Allen, ProductionPlanning—5 years

Maurice CarrEngineering—10 years

Ann AlbertsonPolishing—5 years

Bill UnderwoodAccounting—5 years

Jack ShillingMachine Shop—5 years

Russ PowellPolishing—5 years

Harold BaldnerShipping—5 years

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Accounting—5 yearsJim Brinkerhoff

General Mfg.—5 yearsPaul Hadley

Maintenance—5 years


Birthday Farewell Party

Carolyn Fritz' (Tabulating) daugh-ter Debra Marie was born Febru-ary 7. She weighed 7 lbs., 9 oz.

Girls in Purchasing helped NormSymons celebrate his birthday re-cently. Left to right are MargeKruger, Betty Forsyth, Norm, andDolores Helzerman.

4= ,̂Debra Marie Fritz

Don Adams, Machine Shop, has ason Garry Douglas, born February27. He weighed in at 6 lbs., 12 oz.Grandfather Ted Adams also worksin the Machine Shop.

Garry Douglas Adams

A daughter, Janice Marie, wasborn March 9 to Marilyn Jaeger,Accounts Receivable. She weighed7 lbs.

Gerald Bower man's (Maintenance)son Kenneth waves hello on his firstbirthday.

Janice Marie Jaeger

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Delbert (Salvage) and Eleda (Ma-chine Shop) Cooper are the proudg r a n d p a r e n t s of James DelbertNemeth (above), age 2.

Dave Blatten-berger, Stand-a r d s , has adaughter B o b -bette Lynn, bornMarch 24 weigh-ing 7 lbs., 11oz. Grandfath-er Ed Blatten-berger, Eng i -neering, took thepicture at leftwhen Bobbettewas 2-1/2 hoursold.

Members of the Sales Departmenthonored Ruth Beckman just beforeshe left the Company with a hugecake and some lovely gifts. Shownabove, left to right, are Ruth, Bon-nie Griffith, Carolyn Dancer, andBarbara Titus.

Lawson Hobbs RetiresA farewell party was held in the

canteen in Plant II last month forLawson Hobbs, Maintenance, nights.Co-workers presented him with anice chest and a jacket.

Lawson retired to his home inCampbell, Missouri where he plansto do some hunting, fishing, andgardening.

Thank YouMargaret (Lens Cleaning) and How-

ard (Machine Shop) Crumley wish tothank the many fellow employeesfrom Plants I and II for the lovely"house warming" parties which weregiven to them when they moved intotheir new home.

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Michael Clark seems to be deepin thought here. Mike's father Donis a Machine Shop Inspector.


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When you have your carserviced for Spring, spendyour money wisely. Hereare a few authoritative sug-gestions on how to do so.

Spring is a busy season-cleaning, painting, plantingand all the other chores thatcome after the last thaw. Farfrom the least-important ofSpring duties is a trip to thelocal service station, with ablanket request, "Fix 'er upfor Spring, please!

NEW I =L~ t.Fix rer u p £or spring. . . ."What a multitude of servicesthat can cover! Anything from

a lube job to a new set of tires or maybe seat covers, if you're in a spend-ing mood. But there are certain jobs which are "musts" on any car, newor old. They're essential to the continued economical and dependable op-eration of your car. To guide you in spending your money to best advan-tage, Purolator Products, Inc., leading manufacturer of oil filters, offerssuggestions on the most important Spring services. These are:

1. Lubricate the chassis. This is normally done every 1,000 miles, ofcourse. But after a winter of stop-and-go cold weather driving, a chassislubrication is especially important, regardless of mileage.

2. Change the oil. Modern motor oils, which are designed to clean theengine as well as to lubricate, should be changed regularly.

Jla!The caravan that headed Florida

way in the last couple of months in-cluded several Argus people:•••Marshall Quinn, Accounting, andCarl Heselschwerdt, Quality Control,vacationed at Miami Beach.•••Donna Bisbee, Purchasing, ac-quired her tan in Winter Haven, FortMeyers, and Naples.•••Ev Weindorf, Switchboard, andher husband enjoyed their stay atMiami Beach.•••Margaret Hardy, Purchasing, wasanother Miami visitor.

ManAiRachel Rodriguez, Accounting, and

Dolores Helzerman, Purchasing,thoroughly enjoyed their trip to NewOrleans for the last three days ofthe fabulous Mardi Gras celebration,February 11-14. The girls werefortunate in obtaining tickets to oneof the most famous balls—the "KingRex" ball, to which one can go byinvitation only.

The festivities calming down inNew Orleans, the girls drove alongthe gulf coast to Clearwater, Flori-da, where they spent the remainderof their vacation sunning, fishing,and taking in the dog races and JaiAlai games before returning home.

Dolores proved herself a fisher-man of some standing by landing a17-1/4 pound 29-inch Red Grouper-no small feat! See for yourself inthe picture below.

3. Change the oil filter. No Spring servicing is complete without it. Theoil filter may very likely be filled to capacity with accumulated dirt andsludge which, if allowed to pass through the engine, can cause serious dam-age.

4. Change the grease in the rear and in the transmission. This is checkedas a regular part of a chassis lubrication, but if it has not been changedwithin the recommended period, now's the time to do it.

5. Service the cooling system. This includes draining the antifreeze,flushing the cooling system, filling the system with water and adding rustinhibitor. The hoses and connections should be checked, too.

6. Check the car from bumper to bumper. Tires, battery, spark plugsand the other components should be checked as part of the Spring service.Ask your serviceman to look over the car carefully; he'll be glad to giveyou a report on whatever repairs or replacements are necessary.

Purolator summarizes its list by pointing out that a dollar well spent inpreventative maintenance will be returned with interest in the form of trouble-free performance from your car. These pioneers in the oil-filter industrysponsor National Filter Check Time each April, a campaign designed to re-mind motorists of the importance of changing the oil filter regularly. Thisadds emphasis to the meaning of seasonal service, since a fresh oil-filterrefill is the basis from which you can start your car's Spring cleaning.

Qa WeAt ManEmma Exelby, Paint Shop, spent

three weeks in sunny California dur-ing the month of February. Emmatraveled through thirteen states andcovered some 6,000 miles.

Points of interest on her trip in-cluded the Carlsbad Caverns, RoseBowl, Farmer's Market, Grand Can-yon, and Reno. The report is thather luck in Reno was fair!


Sport A J\eviewDon Crump

In regard to the statement in last month's Argus Eyes about the playoffsbetween the Men's Leagues and Women's Leagues, there was quite a lot ofinterest shown. The playoffs will be as soon as the positions are estab-lished, and will be between the first five places on the Men's Day ShiftLeague and the first place team on the Night Shift League against the sixteams in the Argus Women's League. The time will be Sunday afternoonand the place will be Huron Lanes.

Argus Mixed Doubles Tournament:

The Argus Mixed Doubles tournament was won by Liz Clapham and HaroldBruetsch with a total of 1255 pins. They walked off with top prize and thetrophies. Trailing them by 39 pins in second place were Hazel Kerr andCharles Renner; and Inez Flint and George Johnson, tied with 1216 pins.High single game honors (actual) went to Liz Clapham with 210 and JoeJaroszyk with 231. High three game honors (actual) went to Sarah Bandrof-chak with 572 and John Kendrovics with 575. Congratulations to all!

MEN'S BOWLING LEAGUE (Day Shift)

This time next month the 1955-56 Bowling Season will have been complet-ed and the winners established. The first and second place teams will bebowling in the Huron Lanes House Tournament and we certainly wish themluck. The first three places remain the same—Argus Q.C. , Thirsty Five,and Tool Room. But these standings can change before the end of the sea-son.

This past month has been a month of high scores. Les Schwanbeck beathis previous high three game series of 600 with scores of 180, 193, 244—617. Close on his heels was Don Zemke with scores of 199, 199, 213-611.Jim Fraser rolled the highest single game of the season (actual) with a roar-ing 247. During this past month there was only one bowler who qualifiedfor the Honor Roll. This bowler was Dick Leggett with a single game of234. Congratulations, Dick!

There were three bowlers who raised their previous Honor Roll scores;they were Jan Gala with 233, Jim Fraser with 247, and Les Schwanbeckwith 244.

Standings so far this season:Won Lost

1. Argus Q.C 78.5 33.5 9.2. Thirsty Five 72 40 10.3. Tool Room 67 45 11.4. Green Hornets 64 48 12.5. Hi Lo 60 52 13.6. Strippers 60 52 14.7. New Products 56 56 15.8. + Five 55.5 56.5 16.

WonM & S 'WFive K's 53Ten Pins 52. 5Tabs 50Atomic Five 48. 5Scrubs 46Optical Assembly . . . 44. 5Service 34. 5

Lost58—5959.56263.56667.577.5

Highest single team game (actual)—Thirsty Five—961.

WOMEN'S BOWLING LEAGUE


1. Ten Pins 76 282. Argusettes 54.5 49.53. Lucky Strikes 51. 5 52. 5

Won Lost4. The Mailers "4575 "58755. Arborites 44.5 59.56. Strugglin' Five 39 65

High team single game (actual)—Ten Pins—747.

Strugglin' Five-738.

NIGHT SHIFT BOWLING LEAGUE


1. Pinheads . , 60 "442. Four Roses 55 49

ARGUS BOWLING HONOR ROLL

Men

Jim Fraser -247Nick Bandrofchak—245Les Schwanbeck—244Tom Knight-241John Sartori-235Amos Kline-235Dick Leggett—234Jan Gala-233Chuck McClune-227Eugene Kline- 226Jess Cope—223Ernie Billau-223Max Putman—221John Braykovich-220

Women

Rosetta Smith-213Inez Flint-211Mary Briggs—200

Softball

Won Lost3. Dixie Five 53 514. Strikeouts 40 64

As soon as the weather permits,spring practice will start. Manag-er Joe O'Donnell urges all thosewho would like to play Softball toturn out for spring training. If any-one knows of a pitcher who wouldlike to pitch for Argus, contact Joe.Let's give the Softball Team all thesupport we can this year!

Golf

A meeting was held recently andthe following officers were electedfor the league: President, LesSchwanbeck; Secretary, Ray Clark.

The starting date was set for thefirst of May, depending on the weath-er. Playing times will be 3:30 and5:00. Days of play will be Tuesdayand Wednesday at Huron Hills.

Argus is noted for its fine sportsparticipation. Let's live up to thisand have a big turnout for golf thisyear.

NOTE: Don't forget the Argus Rec-reation Club Dance, April 21, at theAmerican Legion.

Published monthly for the employees ofArgus Cameras, Inc. and their families.

Editor - Millie Haynie

REPORTERS: Machine Shop - DOROTHY LIXEY, Cam-era Assembly - RUTH O'HARE, Purchasing - DOLORESHELZERMAN, Lens Processing - BETTY SHATTUCK,Maintenance - EMIL JOHNSON, Optical Assembly-Inspec-tion, JEAN FITZGERALD, Engineering - JIM MELDRUM,Standards - VIRGINIA BIRNEY, Production Planning -PATT DUCHARME, Tool Room - BILL FIKE, Shipping -HILDA WHITE, Accounting - BEULAH NEWMAN, Serv-ice - TOM KENTES, Suggestion Office - ART PARKER,J r . , Govt. Opt. Assembly - THRESSEL CONLEY, Sales- IRMA VARNER, State Street Warehouse - BOB MILLER,Paint Shop - RON ARNST, Night Shift - GEORGE NA-VARRE and LEO WIEDERHOFT.

Feature writers: Robert Lewis,Andy Argus, Don CrumpPhotoprinting: Jan Gala

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fully presented fly, there is a strict limit to the numberof fish you can keep. Fortunately, our American econo-my does not have any fixed limits, like a trout stream.One of the worst of many mistaken ideas the socialistsspread is the theory that the only way any group canhave more is to take it from some other group. Butif you believe that, you have to believe that there isonly a limited number of things to be done in this coun-try—a limited amount of goods and income to be pro-duced, and only a limited number of jobs that can becreated.

If this were true, real wages of factory workers couldnot have increased by three and one-half times fromthose of 1900. Not even if owners gave up all of theirshare. Actually, the average percentage shares ofworkers and owners has stayed about the same. If ma-chines limited jobs, we wouldn't have over 62 millionjobs, because machines now do 95 per cent of the work.The fact is, there is no visible limit to our ability tohave more of everything, so long as we aim at produc-ing more, not dividing less—and continue to invest innew ideas, new processes, and new machines, in an ex-panding economy.

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