argus eijes.Vol. 6—No. 8 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN November, 1948

Lost CameraFound in Shark

HONOLULU — T/Sgt. J. H. Fisherdropped his Argus C-3 camera intothe sea while fishing off Oahu.A week later he went back, caught a

shark and—guess what—found his cam-era inside the fish.

And Fisher said, "This is no "fishstory."

—Detroit Free PressThe clipping above was sent to Argus

from a former employee, Headley Dow-ney, with the following letter:"My dear Mrs. Radford:

No doubt you too noticed this nicelittle news item in this dates morningFree Press; it is too good to let slip en-tirely unnoticed. It shows the widescope of use and travel that the C-3,along with many other Argus products,get and just what they can take. Iknow, and we all know, that they areindeed good; but of some of the storieswe have heard of the many unbelieve-able hardships the various items havegone through and came out still in gooduse, I firmly believe they need a heartycongratulation.

Let me here say, CONGRATULA-TIONS on a job well done.

Will you pass along my sincerewishes to all the friends in the shop, andthe best to all. I appreciate the oppor-tunity of passing the time of day withany of the old timers, and wish only thebest for all. Stop and say, "Howdy Do"whenever possible.

Thank you for your time, your pastkindness, your friendship, and may thebest be yours. I beg only to be remem-bered as a friend.

In all Sincerity,Headley Downey"

Planning andExpediting

Grace Schwind and Shirley Fisherare no longer with us. We sure will missyou girls. Leona Breisch has been trans-ferred to the Purchasing Department.

Has everyone noticed that new Buickthat Harry DeBryne is cruising aroundin these days? It certainly is nice look-ing, so how about a ride, Harry.

Jack Covey is spending the latterpart of his vacation entertaining rela-tives from Pennsylvania. Hope they en-joyed the High Spots of A A, Jack.

The wedding uniting Ida Starks and

$100

Bob Price and Rube Koch were awarded special$100 bonds for having the most accepted suggestionsin a six month period. Bob, a trouble shooter, waswinner over the January. 1947, to July, 1947 sixmonths, while Rube, who is a working supervisor in

our Chelsea plant was winner in the July, 1947, toJanuary, 1948, period. There was no winner for theperiod January, 1948 to July, 1948.

Turn in your suggestions, you may be the next big

Walter Hubbard was of double impor-tance to the paint shop, as both aremembers of this department. The wed-ding took place at the west side Metho-dist Church on October 23. Sally andBasil Wentworth were the attendants.Sally gave a lovely party for Ida theprevious week at which time she receiv-ed many beautiful gifts. They also werepresented with a cocktail table from thewhole department. We know the newly-weds will be very happy.

Delia has had quite a siege in and outof the hospital for several weeks. It wasfinally decided that her appendix wascausing all the excitement so they re-moved it. She is recovering at hermother's home.

Martha was called to Texas becauseher mother-in-law is ill.

We all decided it was about time fora party, and Holloween being close wasa good excuse, so . . . we're all going outto the Rustic Tavern for dinner and fun.

DICK and DAVE

. or is it Dave andmore freckle than Dickcould tell them apart.

Dick??? If it weren't for the fact that Dave has one, we don't think even their pop, Don Nordman,

The Slide-RulersThe Engineering Department

to extend best wishes to DonwishesFeder

and June Pollard, who were married onOctober 2nd.

John and Peg Barnes are now hear-ing "the patter of little feet" for thethird time. Little Cathy was born Sep-tember 2nd.

Some of the boys still haven't recov-ered from their flight to the Photo-graphic Show held in Cleveland onOctober 14th. As the pilot was warmingup theBarnes

motors before take-off, Johnwas heard saying, "There's a

Kodak man letting the air out of thetires ! !"

We're still trying to find out whatEddie Palmer was doing up in thepilot's compartment, with the steward-ess !!- They say he took her home afterhe returned to Willow Run.

Note: Anyone wishing the addressesor pictures of the two stewardesses—please contact Ralph Ridenour.

But seriously, we all wish to extendto the management, and especially toMr. Harris, our sincere appreciation fora wonderful trip. We hope that wemay be spurred on to new and greaterthings, having seen the newest productsof our competitors.

SALES SLIPSLast Saturday the Sales Department

started out on a hunting trip. Barbloaned us the horses from her dairyfarm. After we saddled our horses, Jackand his bugle corps blew the note andwe were off. Joan and Mary M. who

always like to see where they have been,wouldn't turn around and face the frontof the horses so they could be sociablewith the rest of us. Pat, Margaret,Georgie, Bonnie and Lee kept stray-ing away. It seems they got their hunt-ing seasons mixed and were "dear" hunt-ing instead.

When we reached our destination,Doris volunteered to be official watergirl for the horses, since she gets alongwith animals so well. The rest of usstarted to hunt. Carlos was the first tospot a pheasant but he didn't shoot itbecause his golf club kept jamming. Aduck lit on the end of Herb's gun, butthinking it was just a fly, he shooed itaway. Dick and Bill didn't get a thing.Bill forgot his caps for his cap gun andDick couldn't find any water for hiswater pistol.

Progressing along we noticed Eliza-beth petting a skunk. She mistook it fora cat. Poor Jackie N. had a hard timekeeping up with us because she had somuch food with her. Wilmot was moreinterested in her newspaper (comic stripthat is) than in hunting. We had to bai'Jackie P., Dorothy, Jean, Mary B. ancHelene out of jail that night becausethey were arrested for trespassing on afarm.

Doug was the only one who coulcbrag about catching anything. Hecaught a cold- (We still don't know forsure if it was caused from hunting orother obvious reasons.)

We thought Elaine tried to commisuicide, but we found out later that shebecame so excited when seeing a pheasant that she turned the gun the wrongway.

FALL FROLICThe Argus Recreation Club will sponsor the annual Fall Frolic on

Friday, November 4, at The American Legion Memorial Home.Come and dance from 9 to 1 to the tunes of Freddie Bentz and his

Music Makers.Admittance only if you have your Recreation Club membership

card.Cards will not be sold at the door so GET YOUR TICKETS NOW

from your representative. This card entitles you to bring one guest.Come and have an enjoyable evening.

AD LIBINGBoxes! Boxes! Boxes! Big and smallith crayoned labels are flying aroundlie Advertising and Art Departmentsnd Mac McCoy and Jimmy B. bringrder around here after the wham andvhiz prior to the CONVENTION,^heck lists are now crumbled and worn,nd doomed to the bottom of a wasteasket. Jimmy isn't playing hide andeek any more, and the Grand Centraltmosphere is diminishing. Now thathe lonesome week (for those whotayed behind) is over, we are really)ack to normal.

While the Cleveland Crew was away,ve had a surprise visit from Edytheeig who now wears a sparkling dia-

nond and will be married in June.The Bulletin Board in the Public Re-

ations Department is usually crammedvith interesting pictures and articles ofArgus achievement and mentionhroughout the Nation. We are dubiousbout the latest addition to this collec-ion—a candid print of a fellow wetnow, who doesn't seem, in this picture,o be in the best of health or frame of•nind. Anita can imagine the life andetters of a check room girl even thoughhe hasn't really tried it. When half, hundred optical society gentlemen

arrived for a tour of the Company,Anita graciously accepted hats and coatsand draped them about PA headquar-ers. It's still a secret as to how she

unscrambled them for the rightful own-ers—but she obviously has an eye forolor for when the group left—hats and

coats seemed to match."

Business in the Projection Roomeems to be improving—especially sincewe have seen the work of an Argusowner who has traveled abroad and)rought back a marvelous collection ofslides.

A letter from Becky Matson last weekproves conclusively that this live-wireArgus alumna has settled down toSouthern comfort and domesticity: "TisSunday morning. Last night's buffetsupper and bridge is now a fond rec-ollection of a seven spade bid (andnade) southern fried hamburgers, and aYankee tossed salad."

Well, that's how we're doing—pastand present, here in the AdvertisingDepartment along with the hope thatnext year the Alaskian Icebergs win theSeries pennant and the MPDFA con-vention is held in Dallas.

Two Cup Winner

Lynn Dancer, of the Receiving De-partment, was a two time winner atthe Michigan State Fair this fall. Onecup was for the best display of buckand doe Chinchilla rabbits, whichnumbered fifteen, and the other forthe best display of does.

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ARGUS EYESArgus Eyes is published for the

employees of Argus, Incorporatedand their families.

It is intended to be a means offriendly communication betweenthem, and to provide a reliablesource of information concerning thecompany's business.

Beverly Bullis of the Personnel de-partment makes sure that news isgathered and that pictures are ob-tained and arranged in readablefashion for publication about the10th of each month.

Sam Schneider of the Photograph-ic Department will furnish pictures,unless they are to be made with apen or pencil, in which case MarieBarbier and Ed Palmer are called up-on.

Charles A. Barker, "Jimmy" to all,will be Art Director and Art Consul-tant. The profile will be done byHarry Rookes.

Small ToolsInsure PrecisionOne of the big reasons why Americans

turn out more and better goods formore people is that they are constantlyalert to the importance of designing andmanufacturing time-saving tools. Some-one's always saying, "must be a quickerway to do this!"

In the picture below is shown one ofthe tools which Argus uses to get preci-sion-built cameras off the productionline in volume.

Community ChestAt the time of going to press, we, ai

Argus have raised $2280.25 for theCommunity Chest. This fine showinghas been due to the splendid co-opera-tion and teamwork of everyone. As inthe past, the company will match ourcontribution dollar for dollar.

We wish to extend our appreciationto the Argus Chest captains, HarryRookes, John Barnes, Vern PetersonBob Barsantee, Lewis Belleau, BillArmstrong, Thelma Burke, GraceHinz, and Wilhio Kelly, for the helpthey gave us in making this drive a suc-cess. Our boys and girls at Chelsea werewell represented.

The drawing for the cameras givenby the Company was made in the Per-sonnel office Friday, October 29Roy Hiscock did the drawing in thepresence of the Chest captains. TheArgoflex was up first and, with muchshaking of the dish, Roy delved downand brought up Eddie Girvan's nameFor the 21, he brought up Omer ParksEddie is in Optical Assembly, and Omeris in the Machine Shop. Congratulationsboys, and thanks to you all for a jobwell done.

The little drill, held next to a safetypin for comparison, is made of one ofthe hardest man-made substances, car-bide steel. It is used to drill such holesas that in the center of the ring gaugeshown in the picture. All of the tinyparts which go into cameras are testedfor size by inserting them into suchgauges as this one, which tests parts 27thousandths of an inch in diameter.

AN EXTRA DOLLARWITH EVERY THREEYOU SAVE IN BONDS

Treasury DepartmentWashingtonOctober 28, 1948

"Dear Mr. Howse:My attention has been called to the

significant results of your efforts to en-courage the regular purchase of U. SSavings Bonds by employees of yourcompany through the Payroll SavingsPlan. Your Payroll Savings record istruly a commendable achievement andone for which you and the other mem-bers of your organization who tookpart in making it possible are to becongratulated.

For those of your people now on thePayroll Savings Plan and for those whowill join them in the future, PayrollSavings means building security on asafe, systematic basis. It means increas-ing the value of that part of their paywhich is invested in U. S. SavingsBonds. It means a way of getting ahead—a way for both to provide for emer-gencies and for future needs and se-curity.

For your company this is a demon-stration of effective, practical, patrioticservice in behalf of your employees andin the interest of the nation.

I wish to take this opportunity tothank you on behalf of the TreasuryDepartment for your wonderful cooper-ation and for your support of this im-portant program.

This commendation is indeed meritedby you, the other officials of your com-

pany and your employees, who haveworked together to achieve this splendidaccomplishment.

Sincerely,Vernon L. ClarkAssistant to the secretary"

An excerpt from Mr. Howse's reply toMr. Clark:

"It is, of course, our privilege to helpmake possible the easy purchase of U. S.Savings Bonds by our employees, andwe are glad of the opportunity to sup-port the Payroll Savings Bond Programas well as to serve them."

The Personnel Department is avail-able to help you to take advantage ofthe Payroll Deduction Plan.

Holidays With PayHolidays come fast in November and

December. There are always a fewemployees who are new or who havemissed the notices on Holiday withPay policy.

In order to qualify for holiday pay,it is necessary to work the last workingday prior to the holiday and the firstworking day following the holiday.This does not mean half a day, leavingearly, or reporting late. It means work-ing the regular eight hour working day.No absence of any sort is acceptable,except for personal illness substantiatedby our First Aid Department, or by awritten statement from your doctor.

Recreation ClubFishing Contest

The first Annual Fishing Contestsponsored by the Recreation Clubproved to be very successful. We werewell pleased with the number of entriesreceived; there were SO all told.

Next year the classes or groups willbe extended to cover a larger variety offish, since some of the employees hadcatches that were not classified in thiscontest.

George Kline Sr., who is employedin our Chelsea Plant, was the champfisherman, taking two $10.00 awards.

Listed below are the winners of thevarious classes:

PIKE$10.00 (1) Dorothy Minges, Dept. No.

15—Weight 5 lbs., 14 ozs.,length 31 inches, girth llinches.

$5.00 (2) Marie Nagel, Dept. No. 31—Weight 3 lbs., 2 ozs., length29 inches, girth 9 inches.

BASSilO.OO (1) George Kline Sr., Dept. No.

11—Weight 6 lbs., 4 ozs., length23 inches, girth 16 inches.

$5.00 (2) Norman Egeler, Dept. No.43—Weight 4 lbs., 7 ozs., length19 7/8 inches, girth 14 l/2inches.

BLUEGILLS AND SUNFISH$10.00 (1) George Kline Sr., Dept. No.

11—Weight 14 ozs., length 11inches, girth 11 inches.

PROFILEby H. J. R.

DRECHSEL, Charles August

Member of the maintenance department, Plant I, has been with Argus since1936, and served as a sergeant in the plant guard force during the war years.Was born in Gibson City, Illinois on September 6, 1895, is married and lives at3284 Dexter Road. Has one daughter, Beverley Jane, 14 years. Served ascorporal in 1st World War and worked in the pasteurizing department of SuperiorDairy before coming to Argus. Is a member of the Moose and Gleaner Lodges,travels north on hunting and fishing expeditions yearly, and hopes to retire toCalifornia some day on the strength of his Profit Sharing Fund.

NOTICE TO EMPLOYEESAll employees must notify the Personnel Department of any

change of address. This information is necessary to insure contactwith employees in regard to work in their department as well aswith relatives in case of emergency.

$5.00 (2) Alfred Kesler, Dept. No. 43—Weight 11 1/2 ozs., length10 V2 inches.

It is a pleasure to present you withthis cash award for your winning catch.

Contest Committee.

Inspection andSalvage

Lester Budlong has been walking withhis head in the clouds these last fewweeks . . . . we wondered why. Thenhe told us. He and his wife wanted toadopt a boy they had taken care ofsince he was three weeks old. Afterthree years of wondering and waiting,the adoption papers finally canrethrough stating that he is their son.So . . . . can we blame him for flyingaround in a fog???? It was a wonder-

ful thing to do, and we know littleBilly is just as proud of his mother anddad as they are of him.

Olive bought herself a Chev'y—watchthe corners, Olive.

Laura, Rube, and Johnny went fish-ing on Saginaw Bay. They broughthome a nice catch of pike.

Shop Early!The following products may be ob-

tained by employees this Christmas:Combination fan heaters, Hamiltonfountain pens, and children's gardentools.

The American Woman's Cook Bookwill also be available if requested by anumber of employees.

PLACE YOUR ORDERS EARLY.

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SERVICE SCOOPSThe feature attraction in our depart-

ment this last month was the celebratedgood-bye given to a great guy, TomMarshall, by the entire service depart-ment.

Tom worked with us approximately[wo years. A crackerjack at repairingprecision cameras, we naturally hated tosee him go. However, we wish him allthe luck in his new venture as a studentat Valparaiso Tech.I To remember good old Argus by, weurprised the boy with a handsome Ron-son lighter, a screaming necktie and a[beautiful box of bold monogramed[handkerchiefs. Then, to round out theoccasion in a grand manner, an appetiz-ing "pot luck" was given during thenoon hour. The menu included Bostonbaked beans, sandwiches of all kinds,olives, crisp potato chips and potatosalad. Bernice Kearney receives ourexcellent rating for that wonderful po-

tatoe salad.Emily Davis surprised us recently

when she related the wonderful news of•her coming marriage to William Ol-brich, g£ Brighton. Miss Davis is origin-ally from Davenport, Florida. Theywill speak their vows at the LutheranChurch in Brighton on November 6th.

Did you observe that big sparklingck on Pauline Merritt's finger?? Con-atulations, Pauline, that was a splen-id article in the Ann Arbor News an-

nouncing your engagement to Don

ouIfoMemltet?

Argus Recreation ClubEnroll Today

Murphy.We were sorry to see Mrs. Ellen Mc-

Gregor leave our receiving department.We hope it's a boy, Ellen.

Announcing new members:It is with great pleasure that we wel-

come Roger Howard and EllsworthBekker to our department. Mr. Howardwas formerly with Stinson Aircraft andMr. Bekker from the Railway ExpressAgency in Holland, Michigan.

SHIPPINGThis is my last will and testament:To Lizz goes my desk (complete with

six used paper clips), two 1946 issues ofGood Housekeeping, and one bottle ofAnacin.

To Jerry I am leaving my old tur-quoise coat because it looks so nice withher color of hair.

To Betty, and I do regret this, goesmy unfinished work.

Slim, you may have "George" since

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he was always so fond of you. I hopeyou will give him a decent burial.

All kidding aside, it has been swellworking with all of you and I'm goingto miss you.—Polly.

Lizz has a beautiful new ring andshe's going to be married soon. When??That all depends on the housing situa-tion. Betty and Jerry are not quite sodefinite about their matrimonial plansbut they are thinking about it and that'sthe first step.

We expect Cal Foster is having awonderful time in New York. The latestreport is that he ate in an Italian res-taurant and is crazy about some kind ofpie with tomatoes and cheese in it. Howhungry can you get???

Jerry will be glad when the huntingseason is over—Wes hunts day and night,she says.

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SUB-ASSEMBLYEveryone here seems to have buckled

down to work again after recuperatingfrom their "rest."

Ethel Roos has joined our clan in this"back to work regime."

Clara Smith is calling a halt to thisworking game. She's leaving us as ofOctober 29th, to become a "mama." Weall hope she'll be very happy.

Helen Kennedy and Dorothy Flicksaw Argus in different surroundingsfor a few days. They built the Argus 21at the camera show in Cleveland. Fromthe pictures we've seen they did a swelljob of representing us.

Gladys Ratti gained a new son-in-law on October 9th. Her daughterKathy became Mrs. Harvey Rotariuson that date. She had the beautiful wed-ding that would be the delight of anygirl as lovely as she.

Mary Mickelson is busy dreamingabout her new home. Anyone with agenius for interior decorating—your sug-gestions will be appreciated.

4 {\rrouo Deer SeasonOc+. i +o Now. 5

Mens' Bowling ScoresTeam Won LostMethods 23 9Polishers 22 10Bakelite 20 12Tool Inspection 17 ISPaint 17 ISTool Room II 17 ISHoiman Koeglers 17 ISMaintenance 16 16Model Shop 16 16Argus Inspection IS 17Cellar Aces IS 17Lens Grinders IS 17Ten Pins IS 17Office I 14 18Camera Assembly 14 18Hawks 13 19Gutter Guys 12 20Skunks 10 22

PersonnelPersonals

Mrs. Radford and Bev Bullis attend-ed the Industrial Editors Institute inCleveland October 7 and 8, and sat inon many interesting and helpful lectures.Mrs. R. stayed on for the PhotographicShow. We certainly missed her andwere glad to see her when she returned.She reported that she was very proudof the Argus exhibit and of every oneconnected with it.

Betty Steffy has left us, since she andGeorge are preparing to welcome thestork in February.

Ruth Adams arrived on August 26to replace Betty. Ruth is five feet three,has brown eyes and weighs all of ninty-eight pounds. She keeps house in Ypsi-lanti for her handsome husband Wallie,who is a dental student, and for twoyellow kittens. It is a very lively house-hold.

Barbara Titus would like it knownthat she is not growing feeble; it is asprained ankle that makes her walk thatway.

Argus Ladies'Bowling

The Plant I Argus Ladie's League hasseen in session seven weeks. The leagueis beginning its eighth year as an or-anization. Many of the girls bowling:his year were the originators of theeague. Each year competition becomesieener and more interesting. It is awell organized league.

At this time the team standing andlonor positions are as follows:

1st place—Atom Busters2nd3rd4thSth6th7th8th9th

10th11th

High

—Hickey's Service—Blue Front

' —Victorettes—Tip Toppers

' —Card and Camera' —Schmidts Beer' —Sales Sirens' —Harley Davidson and

Happy Gang' —Alley Wrens' —Ar-Gals

team single game with handicap—Blue Front, 766.

Highcap

High

team single game without handi-—Hickeys' Service, 759.team series with handicap—Blue

Front, 2043.High team series without handicap—

Hickey's Service, 2082High individual game—Doris Lyons,

190.High individual series—Lucille Gala,

473.Consecutive strikes—L. Elliot and Myr-

tle Coleman, 4.Consecutive spares—S. Stoll and Jerry

Hepner, 6.

Frances Watterworth has been athome for two days with a severe cold,but is back at work.

Roy and Mr. Reid are fine, but insistthat they have done nothing news-worthy. This is hard to believe, but weare forced to accept their word for it.

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ANNIVERSARIES

WALTER BACKMachine Shop

5 Years

AGNES THURSTONReceiving Inspection

5 Years

ROBERT ISAACSONStandards10 years

DICK WILSONOptical Manufacturing

5 Years

ARTHUR ALDERMANShipping5 Years

JOE MAJEWSKITool Room

5 years

SHIRLEY TAYLORMachine Shop

5 Years

Vacation is Just A Memory Now

WILLIAM PRICEProduction & Engineering

5 Years

The Land ofMake Believe

AUGUST KIRCHNERTool Room

5 Years

WALTER ROOTMachine Shop

5 Years

Senioritas Sid Spannuth, Florence Whiteaker, Lois Reynolds, and EstherSchaffer enjoying life the Mexican way.

1

HOWARD KERNProduct Design

5 Years

HARVEY BENNETTCamera Assembly

5 Years

FATHER AND SONRaggedy Ann and Andy have

come to life in the persons of BillMurphy and his wife. Bill is a mem-ber of the Service Department.

Steve and Lou Ann L'Esperance getting in their last outdoor romp forthe summer.

Four is not allowed? Not whenit's Marg Gainsley, Betty Hetchler,Bonnie Bergren, and Evelyn Loy.

If you want to know what's cook-ing, guess you'll have to askHumpy Allmendinger and TedTirb.

The Mayor and Mrs. of DeadEye Gulch (in the vicinity of Cen-tral City, Colorado) in real life areBill Bone and his lovely wife.

Our Cheboygan plant sports a father and son team, too. David Berden-Sr. is a wood working machine operator, and David Jr., a United StatesArmy veteran, is a spray painter.