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THE BROWN BULLETINPublished By And For The Employees Of Brown Company

Volume II BERLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, OCTOBER 18, 1949 Number 19

THEY CAME FROM MANY LANDS

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Continue PlantingProgram In Woods

During the summer visitors came from many states and many foreign lands to see thework being done in Brown Company's mills and to talk with Brown Company people. Theareas in black show the states and countries from which visitors came. The arrow indicatingChile is for a visitor who came in just as the map was being completed. Many of the visitorswere here on business as customers of the company. Others dropped by just to see how BrownCompany people make the many products that go out from Berlin.

Berlin Is Popular Place

Visitors Came To Brown CompanyFrom Countries On Three Continents

If you want to see the world— or at least a good part ofit — return the visits of peoplewho came to Brown Com-pany's mill during this lastsummer.

From North and SouthSummer is a big time for

seeing the sights. This sum-mer was no exception.

They came from the coldreaches of the Northwest Ter-ritory at the top of Canada,and from Chile down under.

They came from the sunnyclimes of Italy and the nor-thern lands of Sweden andNorway.

They came from Mexico andCuba, Belgium and England,from the provinces and P.E.I.

But it was not only peoplefrom other lands who came tosee pulp and paper being madeby Brown Company people.

They came from 13 statesand the District of Columbia.Some were our neighbors ofNew Hampshire. Others camefrom as far as California andArizona.

Nine LanguagesTo talk with this summer's

visitors in their native tonguesyou would have to have aknowledge of nine differentlanguages.

Some of the visitors camefrom places with more or lessfamiliar names, some intrigu-ing, such as Porky Gulch downyonder. But probably the mostinspired of all those who came,at least by name, was the

couple from Inspiration inArizona. They, incidentally,were on a tour of all 48 statesvia trailer.

There are the foreign landsfrom where visitors came:

ChileBelgiumMexicoItalyFinlandSwedenCubaProvince of QuebecNorthwest Territory,

CanadaNew BrunswickProvince of OntarioEnglandPrince Edward IslandNorway

And these are the states:New Hampshire

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Treasury OfficialLauds Employees"Enviable Record"Set In Bond BuyingThe director of payroll sav-

ings for the U. S. TreasuryDepartment had a good wordto say about Brown Companyemployees.

In fact, he declared thatemployees had established an"enviable record" in investingin U. S. Savings Bonds throughthe payroll savings plan.

Invested $95,000His words just backed up


Dr Kaschub IsNew Director OfMedical ServicesComes Here FromElectric Boat Co.Dr. Robert W. Kaschub, for

the past seven years directorof medical services with theElectric Boat Company, NewLondon, Conn., will becomedirector of Brown Company'smedical services about themiddle of October.

Dr. Kaschub received hismedical degree at Tufts Medi-cal School in 1935, after beinggraduated with distinction inchemistry from Wesleyan Uni-versity. He served his interne-ships at Chelsea (Mass.) Me-morial Hospital and at theMeriden (Conn.) Hospital.

Dr. Kaschub engaged ingeneral practice from 1938 to1942.

In 1942 he became directorof medical services for theElectric Boat Company, wherebe org^ni7.pd the r».nmpa.nylsmedical program during theactive war years.

At the Electric Boat Com-pany, Dr. Kaschub developed


NOTHING TINY ABOUT THIS

Mike Grigel really can grow squashes and this one proves it.It weighed in at 49 pounds, 14 ounces, measured 27 inches longand 41 inches around. Mike, who works at the Bermico Division,each year has a garden to be proud of out back of his house onBurgess Street. Like many another Brown Company man, hegrows a good deal of the things he and his family eat.

Sportsmen AgainAsked To HelpIn Reforestation

Give Seed PackageWith Each LicenseNoting growing success in

the volunteer tree seedingprogram, Woods Departmentofficials this month againcalled on sportsmen to helpin assuring a good timber cropfor coining generations.

The department is continu-ing the program started lastyear.

Worthwhile ProjectThen it was an experiment.

Today, it appears to be reallytaking hold as somethingwhich should prove mightygood for the North Country inthe coming years.

Myles Standish, chief for-ester, said that again this fallpackages of Norway spruceseeds have been given huntingand fishing license dealers inCoos County. In turn, thesedealers are passing out a pack-age of 10 seeds with every li-cense purchased.

On the packages are simpleinstructions for planting.

Although it has been impos-sible to check on every seeddistributed last fall and spring,there is every indication thatsportsmen have seen the valueof the program.

Reports have come in frommany quarters that seeds wereplanted.

Local Club HelpsBrown Company's Sports-

man's Club has had a goodhand in helping with the


Find Accidents"Happen To Me"

10 Lose Time FromJob In llth Period"Accidents are something

that happen to somebodyelse," the fellow said.

It's human nature to feelthat way. Accidents are some-thing you read about. But younever figure you'll be thename in the paper.

Hurt Two WaysTo 10 Brown Company peo-

ple last period accidents werenot "something that happento somebody else/'

They ran into some very realaccidents, accidents that hurtboth physically and in thepocketbook. They lost timefrom the job.

More people are getting hurtthis month. Others are goingto get hurt next month andnext year. That is, unlessthings are different than theyhave been in the past.


THE BROWN BULLETINPublished every other week by and for the employees of

Brown Company, Berlin, N. H.

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

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STAFFPULP DIVISION

Buster CordwellPaul GrenierMark HickeyRay HolroydAdam LavernoichLeo LeBlanc

CASCADE MILLErnest CastonguayBuster EdgarLeroy FyshJulia HarpAlice HughesRobert MurphyEarl PhilbrickLucille Tremaine

REPORTERS-AT-LARGEAngus MorrisonJack Rodgerson

ONCO PLANTAlfred ArsenaultCharles SgrulloniCHEMICAL PLANTArthur GoyetteGeorge LafleurAsh Hazzard

RESEARCH DEPARTMENTThelma NeilMAIN OFFICE

Roberta DevostNina Kluchnick

WOODSLouis Catello

Bernard FauncePOWER AND STEAM

Charles EnmanRIVERSIDE MILLRonaldo Morin

BERMICO DIVISIONRussell Doucet

STAFF CARTOONISTSLeo LeblancJack Rodgerson

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERVictor Beaudoin

PORTLANDDoris SmithNEW YORKDoris Reed

EDITORA. W. (Brud) Warren

Volume II Number 19 October 18, 1949

Railway Makes Big JumpIn Keeping Clean House

As a whole, Brown Com-pany's mills and departmentsare becoming cleaner andcleaner.

Five ImproveLatest report of the Good

Housekeeping Program in-spectors showed that five unitshad done a better job of keep-ing house than during the pre-vious rating period.

Some of those housekeepingjobs were exceptional.

The Bermico Division, whichhas led the parade through-cut, had a rating of 91 for thesecond time in a row.

But it had to share honorswith the Berlin Mills Railway,which steadily has been get-ting better and better. Em-ployees of the railway, whohad done a creditable job pre-viously, gave it a few moregood licks and wound up witha 91 rating. That's out of apossible high of 100.

The Onco Plant peopleshowed no improvement, butthey still had a very goodmark of 90 for the third timein a row.

Then you come to somemore improvements. Employ-ees of the Power and SteamDivision and Riverside Millmoved their ratings up a pointto 88, to continue their steadyimprovement.

Two others showed improve-ment over the previous week.The Administrative Offices,which got off to a bad start,were moving by leaps andbounds. Latest rating was 84,seven full points above theprevious week and 16 pointsbetter than a month ago.

Burgess Mill, which hadbeen going slowly down hill,was once again on the up-grade. It was slight, but itwas encouraging.

Four Slip BackBut four units were sliding

backwards. They were the Re-search and Development De-partment, the Kraft Mill, theChemical Plant and the Cas-cade Mill.

Meanwhile, there was littlechange in the line-up behind

BEHIND THE EIGHTBALL(As of October 1)

Cascade Paper MachinesBurgess Quarry Yard, Wood

Yard, Wood Preparation,Dryers, Wet Machines, Fin-ishing and Pulp Storage

the "eightball." Cascade's pa-per machines were still there.Burgess continued to have agoodly number.

The ratings (first columnpresent rating, second columnrating as of previous ratingperiod):

Bermico 91 91Railway 91 89Onco 90 90Power 88 87Riverside 88 87Maintenance 86 86Research 85 86Offices 84 77Kraft 78 80Chemical 75 79Cascade 69 70Burgess 63 62

OCCC1SContinuedfrom One

reforestation program. Mr.Standish said they took 60packages of the seeds.

Up at Middle Dam, LarryParsons, who operates sport-ing camps, also took 60 to giveout to hunters and fishermen.

Not only the sportsmen arehelping. The Errol Consoli-dated School asked for 45packages, the Boy Scouts inthe county took 300 and theGirl Scouts in Waterville,Maine, took 40.

In addition, the company isclipping a package of seeds toevery landowner's trappingpermit issued by the company.

RICHARD OLSONRichard Olson, an employee

of the Upper Plants, died Sep-tember 25. He was born Mar.8, 1914, in Somerville, Mass.

ERNEST J. HOULEErnest J. Houle, a former

employee of the Cascade Mill,died September 29. A nativeof Gorham, he retired fromwork in 1917.

JOSEPH ROYJoseph Roy, a Chemical

Plant employee, died October1. He was born Mar. 25, 1889,in Stoke Center, P. Q.

Visitors Continuedfrom One

New YorkVermontMassachusettsNew JerseyMaineConnecticutMichiganCaliforniaArizonaPennsylvaniaIllinoisSouth Dakota

Bermico Bits

Vacations seem to be draw-ing to a close and among thosewho like this time of the yearto relax and travel includeEmile Parisee and HerbertBerry. George Beauparlantwas also a recent visitor toBoston and Concord, as wasAlphonse Laflamme. SamHughes departed for parts un-known, which we think hadsomething to do with baseball.

We wish to take this oppor-tunity to welcome Ovide Gen-dron to our fold. May yourstay with us be pleasant.

Several of our good friendsand co-workers are out sick.May your recovery be rapidDewey Page, Ernest Suffle,Carl Tennis, Arthur Bourbeau,and "Buster" Brown.

One of our tellers of tall sto-ries vouches for this one. Itseems that when he was ayoungster, his neighborhoodfriends made a practice ofchasing Brer Rabbit afoot,without the aid of a gun ordogs. Upon overtaking theirquarry, the usual practice wasto squeeze it to determine itsplumpness. Woe to the boywho brought home a skinnyrabbit.

And You Get• Spare Time Training at Home

With Regular Army Equipment• Extra Money at Regular Army

Rates of Pay• Credit Toward Retirement Pay

at Xo Cost to You• Promotions as You Learn Skills

Aiding You in Your Civilian Job

FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONCALL

National Guard HeadquartersState Armory, Berlin

Pointersfrom

PortlandBy DORIS E. SMITH

MANY FOLKS have startedworking on articles for fallbazaars, Christmas gifts, etc.,so here are a few pointers I'vepicked up here and therewhich might be helpful alongthose lines.

Did you ever think of usingthe good part of worn outtowels as fillers for pot hold-ers? Some folks have.

Speaking of pot holders, hasit ever occurred to you thatround ones have no corners topoke into cakes, cookies, etc.,as you remove them from theoven.

One reader from Berlin oncetold me she makes pillow slipsfrom the good part of wornout sheets. I've read of manyother ideas regarding salvag-ing of old sheets, but that onewas so obvious I doubt if manyfolks thought of it. Add afancy crochet edging, andyour old sheets can be turnedinto new pillow cases suitablefor gifts!

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FOR YOU WHO CROCHET,the next time you find youmust leave your work, slip a

Only Seconds To PlantThe seeds take only a few

seconds to plant. But the re-sults can be counted for yearsto come.

Before this year is out,about 50,000 seeds will havebeen distributed. About 90 percent of those planted shouldmature. That means that ifall 50,000 are planted, it wouldbe possible to have 45,000 moreNorway spruce starting theirgrowth.

In future years, these treeswill be available for pulpwoodcutting.

Doctora strong medical program andtook an unusually active in-terest in the safety program.

Dr. Kaschub is married andhas three children.

Company PeopleHelp Fight Polio

People of Brown Companycontributed more than $500during Tag Day to support thespecial polio emergency driveearlier this month.

But you can say that theyreally gave a lot more. Thisfigure does not include thecontributions they made atspecial events, such as the en-tertainment program and atsports events. Nor does it in-clude the amount employeescontributed in Gorham andother surrounding towns.

Two Brown Company peoplewere members of the emer-gency drive committee. CecilManton of the Chemical Plant


safety pin into the lasand your work willravel. When you picagain, you can procewhere you left off.

If you don't havelar seamstress' hemmake use of your sinler! Mark the right h<tying a piece of threacting an elastic at theplace on the plungerahead with your markplunger will stand upand you will have botfree to do the markini

From one of the ma:azines I now read froto cover in search of ithis column, I came acfollowing which I hopiof some help; — it is i]to an easy way to sewfasteners and be sure 1be even when you get 1First, sew one half ofall the fasteners on onthe garment. Then,piece of chalk over ttpress against the oppoof the garment. Thithe correct place for tlhalf of the fastener, ;can finish the job wifidence it will not hadone over again!

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IF YOU HAVE aedging which you crohandkerchief edges, ;make it suitable fortowels by using athread and a coarser ;

Every now and agafind a little item whicinterest the men-folk.such an item: If youa piece of cardboardand shape of necktiespressing, it will helpthe shape of the tie.

Here is another, 1that is suitable for all:Paint the car key iother key which youquently) with bright :polish and it will bedistinguish it from yoi

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George Day Is Named President Of Chess ClubTrio Paces ClubsBy Hitting 300's

Six Teams OpenWith ShutoutsSome did well, and others

were not doing too muchtalking.

Five men's teams and onegirls' team got off to flyingstarts in the Office BowlingLeagues by scoring shutoutsin the opening week.

One Way To StartAt the same time, three

bowlers started off with abang — and 300's.

Those three bowlers evi-dently had a lot to do withwhat their teams did. Allthree of them paced theirteams to wins.

At the top of the heap inDivision A of the Men's Leaguewere the Seamen and theTechnical Sergeants. Each hada 300 bowler. Bill Oleson of theSeamen collected a 302 and"Buster" Cordwell of theTechnical Sergeants had 305.

In Division B, the Com-manders were tied with theGenerals and the Privates.Ted Brown of the Command-ers had a 301.

The Girls' League was tied,with Bates taking a shutoutwin, while Army drew a bye.

Two Don't BowlHoly Cross and Navy did not

bowl, although they werescheduled.

Some of the closest bowlingof the week came in DivisionB of the Men's League. TheOaptairis" ~ ana the Ensigns"squeezed by in matches thatgave them 21/2-to-l1/2 edgesover their opponents, the Ser-geants and the Rear Admirals.

STANDINGSMEN'S LEAGUE

Division A

SeamenTech. Sgts.1st. Lieuts.Brig. Gens.Master Sgts.MajorsVice Adms.Sst. MajorsLt. Generals1st. Sgts.

GeneralsCommandersPrivatesEnsignsCaptainsRear Adms.SergeantsCorporalsCommodores2nd. Lieuts.

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GIRLS' LEAGUE

BatesArmyCornellPrincetonHarvardHoly CrossNavy

Polio

Won4431000

Lost0013400

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directed the drive among pro-duction workers, while OliveDumont of the Financial De-partment took charge of thedrive among office workers.

Many other Brown Com-pany people gave their timeand effort to amassing thespecial funds to continue thecare of patients and the re-search toward defeating thedisease.

Court Report

Burgess Mill Upsets Pennant Winners,Goes On To Capture Horseshoe Crown

You can call Forrest Steadya prophet.

Before the play-oSs in theBrown Company HorseshoeLeague began he sighed heavi-ly and asserted:

"We won the pennant — butwe'll probably wind up an alsoran in the play-offs."

WordsHe wasn't giving up, just

citing the evidence of pastyears. Many a time, the No. 1team over the regular seasonhas fallen before the play-offjinx.

This year was no exception.Burgess, the No. 3 team dur-

ing the regular season, camefrom behind to down Up-per Plants in the semi-finals,4 to 2.

Burgess did not cool offafter the opener. They wenton to defeat Cascade in thefinals, 6 to 1, under the lightson the indoor Burgess courts.

Cascade's victory in thesemi-finals was the surprise ofthe year to many people. Cas-cade had not won a matchduring the regular season. Butthe downriver papermakersrolled over the second placeChemical team, 4 to 0.

Open StrongIn the finals, Burgess op-

ened strong to win the firstthree games. Cascade cameback in the fourth by a 50-to-44 count. But then Burgess re-gained form, and cleaned upthe next three.

One of the most interestingmatches was Burgess' win overUpper Plants.

Burgess got off to a faststart in the first game andheld a 40-to-19 edge at the22-box mark.

Those were the only pointsBurgess got. Upper Plantscame back fast and furious,scoring 21 points in the last11 boxes to win, 50 to 40.

It was Burgess all the wayin the next game, as the pulp-makers took a 51-to-9 victory.Upper Plants rolled into an

early lead in the third game,and held it to the end of a51-to-24 tilt.

Then Burgess repeated cur-rent history by holding UpperPlants to nine points whilecounting 50.

Burgess came from behindin both the last games tocinch a^ place in the finals.

Ringers Tell StoryThe story of the finals was

the fact that Cascade's Sing-ers just could not hit theringer column as often asBurgess'. Both teams took bigdrops in averages in the finals,perhaps because of playingunder the arcs. But Cascade'sdrop was much the bigger.

Burgess slid from .342 in thesemi-finals to .276 in the finals.But Cascade plummeted from.318 to a mere .236. Tossingthe same number of shoes,Burgess piled up 20 more ring-ers than did Cascade.

These were the man-by-man averages in the finals:

BURGESSG S R Ave.

Barlow 6 216 58 .269Arneson 4 142 41 .289Roberge 4 142 39 .274

14 500 138 .276CASCADE

Spears 5 176 44 .250A. Levesque 3 106 18 .169F. Levesque 5 180 48 .266Gosselin 1 38 8 .211

14 500 118 .236The semi-final averages:

BURGESSBarlow 6 168 52 .310Arneson 6 168 63 .375

12 336 115 .342CASCADE

Spears 4 132 45 .341A. Levesque 3 100 33 .330F. Levesque 1 32 6 .188

8 264 84 .318UPPER PLANTS

Steady 6 168 43 .256Therriault 6 168 40 .238

12 336 83 .247CHEMICAL

Bertin 4 132 31 .235Marquis 4 132 36 .273

8 264 67 .254

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One of the big things every-body can do about keepingsafe is to think. Yes, use somegood common sense whileyou're working, and whenyou're off the job, too.

If you make sure you're do-~mg youTjob in a safe wayTyouhave a good chance of not be-ing a name on an accidentreport.

Happen To AnyoneFour of the accidents during

the llth period were thosethings that can happen toanyone most anywhere.

For example, one was a caseof slipping on the stairs, withthe result being a strain in theback. Another was a case ofa worker hitting his knee.There was an instance wherean employee hurt his backwhile lifting a bale of waste.The fourth was hitting a footagainst a cart.

Those accidents could havehappened anywhere, but theystill hurt and they still re-sulted in time lost from work.

The others were a little bitdifferent, although some couldhave happened at home. Thesewere the accidents:

A worker fell seven feet tothe ground when a plankbroke.

A fellow stepped through ahole in a car.

One employee slipped whilehandling pulpwood.

One worker hurt his fingerwhen a calender roll slippedon it, while another injuredhis finger when a motor, hewas helping lift with a chainfall, slipped.

An employee cut his fingerwhile cutting paper on a roll.

These lost-time accidentsboosted the year's total to 76.That's four more than duringthe same time in 1948 and sixmore than in 1947.

Ben Hoos ChosenVice President

Fred SchelhornNew SecretaryGeorge A. Day, one of Brown

Company's f o r e m o s t chessplayers, was named presidentof the Chess Club at the an-nual meeting.

Elected on the slate withMr. Day were Ben Hoos, vicepresident; Fred Schelhorn,secretary, Marion Ellingwood,treasurer; William Lovering,custodian, and Edward Fenn,program chairman.

One of the highlights ofearly meetings of the year wasthe playing of a "consultation"match, in which teamworktook the fore over individualplay.

Under Captains Day andHoos, two teams played agame. So keen was the com-petition, the match continuedover two meetings.

Winner was White, cap-tained by Mr. Day, as Blackresigned on the 50th move.

Among recent visitors wasPekka Vakomies of Sunila,Finland, an experienced chessplayer who was in Berlin ona business trip.

Two company people fromoutside Berlin also were visi-tors. They were Tom Reilingof Chicago and John Grieveof La Tuque.

In taking office, Mr. Dayreemphasized that the doorsare always open to new mem-bers, both those with experi-ence and those in the strictbeginner class. Meetings areheld each Tuesday evening at7:30 at the Community Club.

O ̂ k J « ContinuedDOndS from One

what had been shown in fig-ures— that employees invest-ed about $95,000 during therecent Opportunity Drive.

In a letter to Arthur Sulli-van, supervisor of employeeactivities, Raphael H. O'Malleysaid:

"Mr. Loren A. Littlefield, ourstate director for New Hamp-shire, has told us about thefine record which the employ-ees of Brown Company turnedin in the purchase of U. S.Savings Bonds during the Op-portunity Drive . . .

"I have also had the pleasureof reviewing the September 6issue of The Brown Bulletinwhich carries an article con-cerning Brown Company em-ployees' participation in thepayroll savings plan.

"To have over 43% of youremployees participating in thepayroll savings plan and thusproviding for their financialsecurity through the purchaseof U. S. Savings Bonds in thisregular systematic way and tohave these employees, throughthe facilities of the plan, pur-chase $95,000 in U. S. SavingsBonds during the OpportunityDrive is, indeed, an enviablerecord and one in which you,your associates and all of youremployees who cooperated inmaking this achievement pos-sible may take just pride."

Meet Your Neighbor These are some of your neighbors in Brown Company.

PERCY COOPER

Finisher at the RiversideMill . . . began work with thecompany in 1908 as a rewinderat Cascade Mill . . . joined theRiverside group in 1914 ... hisbrother, the late Joseph Coop-er, was a foreman at Riverside.

ADELARD LACROIX

Machine tender at Riverside. . . at Riverside since 1920,except for two years, when hewas with the experimentalpaper mill . . . his brother,Alphonse, is backtender onthe same machine at RiversideMill.

ONEZ MAROIS

Millwright special at River-side . . . next May will havebeen with company for 50years . . . began as core cutterat Riverside in 1900, and hasbeen doing millwright worksince . . . brother, Eddie, for-merly at Cascade.

JOHN BEAUDOIN

Cleaner in the beater roomat Riverside Mill . . . has beenwith the company and River-side for 30 years, starting inthe yard in 1919 . . . his broth-er-in-law, William Arsenault,works at Cascade Mill.

CYRILLE THERRIEN

Yard foreman at RiversideMill since 1939 . . . joined com-pany and Riverside in 1917 . . .has two nephews working withthe company, William at theBermico Division and Leo atthe Chemical Plant.

Social Security OfficialGives Added Information

By DICK FOWLEManager, Littleton Field OfficeSocial Security Administration

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THANKS TO THE FULLCOOPERATION of all con-cerned, nearly all the menwho retired from Brown Com-pany during August have al-ready received their first So-cial Security checks, or willget them early in October.

The Company Relations De-partment gave advance noticeto the Littleton Field Officeand scheduled appointments,so that my staff and I couldtalk things over in privatewith each retiring employeeand help him with his ap-plication.

Wives who were also 65or over came along, bring-ing proof of their age, sothat everything was complet-ed quickly and with a mini-mum of red tape.

DON'T EXPECT FULL SUP-PORT. No one should counton those benefits for full sup-port.

The average for regularlyemployed workers recently re-tired in northern New Hamp-shire runs around $30 to $35per month, on the old benefitscale in force since 1940. Thisis against a national averagefor all workers of about $27.

This is a great help to elder-ly folks who own a small home,have a bit laid by and are re-ceiving some other retirementor insurance payments. As in-surance it is a bargain. No onehas paid more than $30 a yeartoward it since 1939.

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A FEW DO'S AND DON'TS.It is no longer necessary forfolks still working steadilyunder Social Security to file aclaim as soon as they reach 65.

It is very important, though,to get in touch with the SocialSecurity people promptly if aworker over 65 earns less than$15 in regular wages in anymonth, whether due to retire-ment, lay-off, illness or shiftto work not under the law.

It is equally important wThenan insured worker dies at anyage, for the widow, child ordependent parent to inquireabout possible benefits.

When none of these sur-vives, Social Security cansometimes make a payment towhoever has paid the worker'sburial expenses.

No payments of any kindcan be made unless an appli-cation is filed.

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HOW TO GET MORE IN-

FORMATION. We hope youhave enjoyed the Thursdayevening Social Security broad-casts over WMOU this summer.

If you have questions of per-sonal or general interest, writeto the Littleton field office,which will be glad to help you.The address is Social SecurityField Office, Littleton, N. H.

Or you can call to see me atBerlin City Hall any Tuesdaybetween 12 noon and 2 p. m.

This is your insurance pro-gram, and the people whowork on it for you want it tomeet your need and give goodservice.

From the Homeof "Mister

Nibroc"

Exilda Gagne of the TowelDivision recently became thebride of Leo Gallant of Bur-gess Mill. Congratulations andbest wishes.

Bob Lennon, son of AlbertLennon. has been appointedresearch assistant in uie De-partment of Zoology at theUniversity of Michigan.

"All Join Hands"

Corn Cob Pipe Gang Had Real HoedownAt King's School Back Along In 1935

It was a real old hoe-down back in 1935 when the Corn Cob Pipe Club tuned up the fiddlesat King's School. The place was jam-packed and scores were turned away at the door. Organ-izers of the club and the affair were two Brown Company people, Alfred Laflamme (the fellowin glasses standing behind the mike) and Leo R. LeBlanc (at the left just behind the firstmusician). Lined up to give out with the melodies, left to right, Bob Dugas, Frank McGillen,Louis Kelly, Louis Catello, "Tex" Enman, Jack Rodgerson, and Fidele Martin. The man withthe megaphone is Jack Cavagnaro, the caller.

"All join hands and around you go,"Grab your honey; don't be slow."Your left foot up and your right

foot down,"Keep on a-goin' or you'll never get

around."

Yes, round and round they

went, with their left feet upand their right feet down.

They called themselves theCorn Cob Pipe Club and whenthey struck up the fiddles itwas really something.

Jam SchoolThey struck them up back

in 1935 at the King's School.And it looked like Yankee Sta-dium just before the WorldSeries. The place was jammedand they turned almost as

Pointerskeys. The smooth slick surfacemakes it easy to find at night,too.

# # #I'LL KEEP LOOKING

around and listening to see ifT can pick up some more ideasfor next time. As always, I'dappreciate any that you read-ers might care to send alongto me here at the PortlandOffice.

many away.Alfred Laflamme of tne

Tabulating Department re-called this week how he, EmileGarrand and Fernand Mar-chand organized the club backin October, 1933.

The club was a part of a na-tion-wide group.

It grew by leaps and bounds.By 1935, it was the largest clubof its kind in America. A totalof 1,308 local people weremembers.

It was in 1935 that the clubheld a dance and entertain-ment that is still talked about.

One of the able men behindthe scenes was Leo R. LeBlancof Burgess Mill.

Many MusiciansAmong the gang who gath-

ered together their instru-ments were a good many peo-ple who worked for the com-pany or who would later.There were Jack Rodgerson ofthe Safety Division, "Tex" En-man of the Power and SteamDivision, Fidele Martin of theBermico Division, Bob Dugasof Bermico, and Louis Catelloof the Woods Department.

The man who sang out withthe business of "all join handsand around you go" was JackCavagnaro, then of the Bur-gess Mill.

It was a great time. Theydanced and danced. And whenthey got tired of dancing,some one would grab his fiddleand do a specialty.

The Corn Cob Pipe Club —and others that grew up inthe city — have gone. But theynever forget those times atKing's School.

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