argus eyesVolume 7, No. 27 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN December, 1951

STRONG FUTURE IS KEYNOTE AT ANNUAL DINNER

CHRISTMAS PARTY WILL FEATURE SANTA CLAUSAND MARIONETTES

- Applesauce -

Santa will again ring in the Christmasseason at the annual Children's ChristmasParty. The party will be held in SlausonAuditorium, on Saturday afternoon, D e -cember 15.

This years party will feature Ed John-son's Marionettes in a play called aNep-tunes Kingdom." Freckles is the name ofthe hero of "Neptune's Kingdom." He is a12 year old grandson of a lighthouse keep-er. He often wished he could see the bot-tom of the ocean.

One day while Freckles was fishing GeeWhizzer, the gremelin, happened to swimtoo close and got himself caught by thetail. As a result Freckles and Gee Whizzerbecame acquainted, and Gee Whizzer tookhis new friend to the bottom of the sea fora visit.

While on the ocean's floor Freckles andGee Whizzer became separated from oneanother and Freckles did not know how toget back to the lighthouse. He madefriends with many of the undersea crea-tures and they led him to the throne ofKing Neptune who, it was thought, wouldhelp him.

Poor Freckles! Not only had he beenturned into a fish, but he was lost andfriendless. After a while he also becameterribly hungry. He spied a delicious look-ing worm, and being a mere fish did notrealize that it was a baited hook. Hegrabbed the worm and was quickly draggedto the surface. All was not as bad as itmay seem, however, for the fishermanturned out to be Freckles' grandfather. Assoon as he reached the surface, Frecklesbecame once again a little boy.

Neptune, however, decreed that inas-much as Freckles had come to his kingdomhe must remain there and be one of hissubjects. He changed our hero into a tunafish.

Here is a surprise for the kiddies -Applesauce will be back again this year.

The highlight of the kids festivities, asit has been for the last three years, will bethe arrival of Santa Claus. He will havegifts for the children. Candy will also bedistributed.

If you haven't left the names and agesof your children in the Personnel Office,please do so as early as possible.

At the largest Company Dinner in Argushistory, over 700 employees received areport of extremely favorable current op-erations and future outlook from President,Bob Lewis.

Marking the 20th anniversary of Argus,Mr. Lewis said that the Company hasachieved a very solid position in the pho-tographic industry. He pointed out thatthe name ARGUS has a growing value eachyear and that it is highly respected bydealers and customers all over the world.

Argus facilities, too, are growing, andaccording to Mr. Lewis, uthe completionof our new addition gives us one of thefinest and certainly the most modern op-tical plants in the country."

Tribute to Employee Efforts

In reporting on the highly satisfactorystate of current operations, Mr. Lewis alsoreflected on the many problems whichfaced the Company as little as two yearsago. Reviewing the recent growth, hesaid, "You should all be proud of your ac-complishments since our first CompanyDinner in 1949."

Profit Sharing at $1,000,000

Reporting on the Profit Sharing Fund,Mr. Lewis, said that the fund had nowreached the astronomical figure of onemillion dollars, including the 1950-51contributions which were the largest inhistory.

He also pointed out that the 3 yearwaiting period was established at the originof the plan and could not now be changed.However;in considering this factor, it wasindicated that most plans of this type payoff fully only at age 65, whereas the Ar-gus fund pays completely after 23 yearsof employment or at age 60 or when dis-abled.

On this subject, Mr. Lewis said, MIt isnot so important when you get in, as whenyou get paid." From this point of view,the 3 year waiting period does not makethe profit sharing plan any less desirable.

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AR61JS EYESArgus Eyes is published for the employees

of Argus Cameras, Inc. and their families.It is intended to be a means of friendly

communication between them, and to providea reliable source of information concerningthe company's business.

Beverly Bullis of the Personnel departmentmakes sure that news is gathered and thatpictures are obtained and arranged in read-able fashion for publication about the 10th ofeach month.

Charles A. Barker, "Jimmy" to all, is ArtDirector and Art Consultant. The profilesare done by Harry Rookes.

Sam Schneider of the Photographic De-partment furnishes pictures.

Reporters for this month's Argus Eyeswere: Jim Meldrum, Babe Peterson, JimRohrbaugh, Art Parker, Jr., Joe Brahm, BillSturgis, and Bill Patton.

NEW ADVERTISINGMANAGER

I- Arnold MacDonald -

The Company's new Advertising Di-rector is Arnold MacDonald. Arnold is aman of considerable advertising experi-ence, having come to Argus from the In-ternational Silver Company, of Meridan,Connecticut, where he spent ten years inthe Advertising Department.

The new advertising director is a na-tive of North Scituate, Rhode Island. Heis a graduate of Brown University, inProvidence, Rhode Island. A veteran offour years service in the Navy, he spentthree years as a line officer on escortvessels in the Pacific.

Incidentally, Arnold's bachelor daysare nearing an end. He plans to be mar-ried December 22.

By R. E. Lewis

I certainly enjoyed seeing the fineturnout for the Annual Dinner. It is hardto realize the number of people who arenow members of the Argus family untilalmost all are seated in one room. I wel-comed the opportunity of reviewing thehighlights of the last several years activi-ties as well as discussing our future oppor-tunities.

It was a source of great satisfaction topresent watches to our twenty year people.Because of the highly seasonal operationsof the Company during its early years andthe lack of clear records, it may be pos-sible that several people were overlooked.A careful review of the records will bemade. My feeling is that service awardpresentations can be made under moreliberal interpretation than purely the es-tablishment of seniority records. If, undersuch interpretation, additional peoplequalify, they will receive a service awardat our next Annual Dinner. It would be anexcellent idea for everyone with longservice to check his seniority date. Wewill look into any discrepancies broughtto our attention. There is nothing thatgives more pleasure than the recognitionof long service. People with long serviceare the backbone of a growing company.

Further Material Cuts PossibleThe National Production Authority has

been talking of further reductions in theuse of aluminum and brass. The NationalAssociation of Photographic Manufacturers,of which Argus is a member, is doing itsutmost to convince the NPA of the im-portance to the country of the precisionoptical industry. We have been successfulthus far and are hopeful that any furtherreduction in materials will not be drastic.Even if there is a substantial material cut,it would not have a sudden effect becausewe have a reasonable amount of materialin process in addition to the current al-lotment.

The material shortage for commercialproduction is counterbalanced somewhatby the increase in government production.Production for the M-18 is just gettingunder way. The M-18 is a gunsight usedon a multiple gun antiaircraft vehicle.The M-19 tank periscope is just now beingreadied for production.

Moves into the new plant are almostcompleted. The Glass Blocking Depart-ment is the next major move. Following

that, the centering department can bemoved.

Commercial Sales Near Record HighThere has been a tremendous demand

for the C3 and 75. The acceptance of theArgus name in consumer circles is proofof the tremendous influence exerted byadvertising. During October, for the firsttime in many years, the monthly ship-ments were over $1,000,000 and 90% ofthis was in commercial business.

We are currently collecting the neces-sary data for the preparation of the peti-tion for certain changes in wage rateclassifications and improvements in bene-fits. This petition will have to be ap-proved by both the Wage and Salary Sta-bilization Boards. We have proposed thesechanges in line with the Argus policy ofkeeping pace with area wages and bene-fits. I am a firm believer in good pay,good working conditions and the recog-nition of the individual. The foundationof success of any company is the spiritshown within its group in meeting themultitude of daily problems. We have afine spirit here at Argus. With it we canall look forward to secure and prosperousemployment.

ASKANDYARGUS

Hi Gang-It's me again, your old supersnooper

friend Andy. I've been back in Argus Eyesthe last two issues with some behind thescenes stories on money business. Nextmonth I'll be back with another look atan Argus activity. But that's easy--I'mlooking for some tough assignments.

Answers are my hobby. I just love todig them out. If you've got a question--anything you don't understand or agreewith at Argus--just let me know and watchme go.

To make it easy, I'm putting up an"Ask Andy Argus" box at the main en-trance to each plant. »A11 you have to dois jot down your question and drop it inthe box. Then I'll go to work and comeup with the straight dope you want.

From here on in, you don't have to say"I'll be xx#*'-* if I can understand whythey do that," all you have to do is AskAndy Argus and watch this column in thenext issue.

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IMPROVED BENEFITS AND SOME RATE ADJUSTMENTSARE PROPOSED

As announced at the Annual Argus Dinner by Mr. R. E. Lewis, changes in severalwage rate classifications to conform to changes in the area, and substantial changesin benefits will be petitioned for before the Wage and Salary Stabilization Boards.These proposals are in keeping with the Argus policy of maintaining wages and bene-fits equal to or better than those offered by other companies in this area. The Com-pany is anxious to put these improvements into operation immediately, but must waitfor approval by the Wage and Salary Stabilization Board.

Every effort will be made to gain this approval in the shortest possible time.Highlights of the proposals are outlined below:

Increased Guarantee for Incentive Jobs

For all incentive production employees who have completed a ninety (90) dayprobationary period, the Company will guarantee their earnings average not to fallbelow 70 minutes when averaged over each two (2) week pay period.

Selected Rate Increases Where Allowable

In line with our Argus policy of maintaining hourly base rates at area levels, thearea rates will again be studied. We will petition for increases for those Argus jobs inwhich there has been a rate change.

Two and One Half Time for Holidays Worked

In the event it is necessary for an employee to work on a paid holiday (New Years,Memorial Day, July Fourth, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas), he will becompensated at one and one half times his earned rate for those hours worked in ad-dition to receiving his regular holiday pay.

Increased Report-in Pay

A minimum of four (4) hours pay will be granted to employees who report for workand who have not been notified not to report for work except where the lack of workresults from causes beyond the control of the Company. The Company may placethese employees for whom work is not available on any jobs during the minimumperiod.

New Call-in Pay Feature

Should it be necessary to call an employee in to work following his regularlyscheduled shift hours without prior notice, the Company will guarantee a minimumof two (2) hours pay.

Extra Vacation for Old Timers

The proposed vacation plan will be based on the June I to June I vacation year.For employees with nine (9) months to five years service on June I, as indicated inthe published seniority records, vacation pay will be 2% of total straight time earn-ings during the twelve months ending June I. For employees with from five (5) tofifteen (15) years service, 4% will be paid and for employees with fifteen (15) andmore years service 6% will be paid. The "yearly straight time earnings" meansstraight time hourly earned rate (including incentive pay for incentive employees)for all hours worked, including overtime hours, during the year.

Salaried Vacation Plan

The proposed vacation plan for salaried employees will include a three week paidvacation for those employees with 15 or more years service.

More Liberal Group Insurance

An improved group insurance plan will be announced at a later date.

TWO ARGUS MEN GOTO EUROPE TO DEVELOP

NEW SUPPLY SOURCES

NORM SYMONS ANDJAN VANDENBROEK

WILL KEEP PRODUCTIONAT FULL PEAK

In order to stretch our limited supply ofcritical materials, N. L. Symons and JanVan Den Broek have left for Europe tocheck on foreign sources for camera parts.They are calling on part manufacturersin Germany and Switzerland who canmake components that are now purchasedin this country.

Norm and Van should make a goodteam. Norm will investigate these com-panies from a Purchasing Agent's point ofview. Van will supply his engineeringskill in answering questions on tolerancesand dimensions. They should ably repre-sent Argus Cameras and will be in an ex-cellent position to find out what is avail-able from those potential vendors.

Under the present N.P.A. regulationson brass, aluminum and steel, no allot-ments are required on complete parts im-ported into this country. If they are suc-cessful, it will mean we can make morecameras and projectors from our reducedallotments.

We received the following post-cardfrom Norm:

Dear Gang -Jutf a note to let you know all is

well in Germany. Trip is successfulso far. Things move slowly over herebut still hope to be home by 12/25.Will know the early part of Decem-ber. Going to Munich next week;following week to Switzerland. Willdrop you a card from there.

Sincerely,Norm

It certainly sounds like he's workinghard at his assignment, but who wouldn'twhen he knows everyone at Argus will bereading his postcards!

THANK YOU

a I would, in this way, like to expressmy thanks and appreciation for all theacts of kindness shown me during my stayin the hospital."

--Dorothy Lixey

700 EMPLOYEES ENJOY COMPANY DINNER

Dolores Foadley - Ruth Beckraan Russ Warren - Jesse Cope

Bob and Helen Price

Ethel Huffman - Becky Thomas

iell - John Roskos - George SaffellKesler - Tom Vestfall

Grace Radford

Les SchwanbeckR. E. Lev/isEarl Cress

• Barb Titus - Donna Broderick - Bud end Helen FarrellRoberta Jones - Ed Kuehn

Pauline Spence - Mildred KintighBarbara Cooch

Helen Breining - Art GerstlerMerrill Rayment

George Bock - Janet and Leonard EnplandRoy Craik

Maurie and Ruth Howe R. E. LewisDoris Connor

cCubbrey - Bev Bullis

Ken Geiger - Helen Breining - Art Gerstler Mrs. Gerstler - Ginny Lau - Mrs. Rayment

Catherine and Chuck Stotts - Maurie HoweFran V'atterworth

>chlenker - Jim Brinkerhoff - Kirk Fisher

Mrs. Lau - Clint Harris

Eve Loy - Jack Grimston - Roger Westphal Bill Brookmver

iton - Millie Jones Marie Nagel - Lynn Burdick

Mclaughlin - Marion

Jim Sveska - Virginia Birney - Ralph ParsonsBob Isaacson

Eddie Girvan - Dave Norton - Del MapleJackie and Bob Rau - Bernard Merritt

Evelyn and Marvin Geiger Hank Smith - Hannah

ferriman - Bill Patton - Joe DetweilerDon Waters

Dave Norton - Dick FosterBarbara Veidman - Will VanDyke - Eve Loy Judy Estola - Dick Keeton - Marg Sargent Les Schwanbeck - Dave Norton - "Doc" Benson "The Novelaires"

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ARGUS EMPLOYEES ADOPT WOUNDED KOREAN VETS

Early this fall a letter was receivedfrom Mrs. Elna Soderwall of Oakland,California who has been visiting woundedMarine Korean veterans in one of theamputee wards at Oak Knoll Naval Hos-pital, Oakland, Calif or nia.

This letter requested help in securinga tripod for Jim Huntington, a Marinetriple amputee, who is the proud ownerof an Argus C-4 Camera. Mrs. Soderwallfelt that a tripod would help Jim steadythe camera, since his physical disabilitymakes it difficult for him to take goodpictures. Personnel in the Sales, Account-ing, Purchasing and Administration of-fices were contacted and asked if theywished to contribute to a fund to securethe tripod for Jim. The amount neededwas substantially over-subscribed bythis small group. As a result, a supplyof color film and flash bulbs was sentJim along with the tripod, and a Christmasgift is to be sent to him.

Dear Friends,I can never express my appreciation to

you and your associates for your immedi-ate and warm-hearted response to myletter about Jim Huntington. You have noidea what your generosity will mean toJim and the boys in Ward 42-B. I wroteyou strictly on the spur of the moment,and as soon as the letter was posted I wasassailed by doubts as to the propriety ofsuch a request. So I was completely over-whelmed by your interest and marvelousgenerosity.

Your letter was too wonderful to keepto myself. Everyone I showed it to foundit inspiring and it brought tears to theeyes of many. The manager of the Em-porium in San Francisco, where I am em-ployed, thought that the letter should besent to the newspapers. I know that itwould have been an inspiration to every-one--however I was afraid to publish itfor fear it might make you the target ofendless requests.

When your letter arrived last Monday Iphoned to the hospital only to find thatJim had left the day before for a thirtyday leave. The ward nurse promised toforward the packages to his home inEugene, Oregon. However, when I wentout there on my day off the followingFriday I found that they had been so busywith new amputees flown in from Koreathat they hadn't attended to it. I spenttwo hours at the base post office locatingthe tripod, and finally got it forwarded toJim. I know he will enjoy using it athome. He has just gotten his artificiallegs, and finds it very difficult to hold acamera steady. The films and flash bulbswere evidently in the "small package"

room where such mail for the boys onleave is kept. I couldn't get any actionthere so I'm afraid it will have to waitthere until he returns. I wrote him thegood news as soon as I heard from you, soI am sure he is looking forward to usingthem with a great deal of pleasure.

A number of boys in that ward are in-terested in photography. When we wereout there today one legless youngster wastaking flash shots with a C-3. Several ofthe patients make color transparencies,and I learned that the ward doctor andone of the nurses has a very fine collec-tion of them. However they have no pro-jector. The nurses and corpsmen thoughtit would be wonderful if the boys couldhave a projector which belonged not tothe U.S. Navy, but to the ward. The doc-tors and nurses encourage the boys in anyactivity that will aid in their rehabilita-tion, and photography is highly rated.The boys in the amputee wards are therefor a long, long time, so any gift to thatward is of real value. Jim came into thehospital the first of this year, and I amtold that he still has about eight monthsmore there.

Since you showed such an interest inJim and his ward you might like to hear alittle about the hospital and what we aretrying to do there. It is an enormousplace. There are probably a hundred andtwenty-five or thirty buildings, most ofthem on steep hill sides. We are a middle-aged couple with grown children. It oc-curred to us about a year ago that theremust be many boys out here who were faraway from home with no relatives orfriends to visit them. If we could meetthem and become their friends, then theywould have someone. So I baked plentyof cookies, and out we went. Now I amknown as "The Cookie Lady." The cook-ies are useful in getting acquainted.Sometimes a boy wants to talk and some-times he doesn't. When they do we stayand listen. Sometimes a boy needs to getsomething off his chest--or he wants totalk about home--his girl friend--or hiswife and baby. All too often there is awife or fiancee who has lost interest aftera boy has been maimed. There are manyboys who have been shot through the neckand are completely paralyzed who need agreat deal of encouragement. We havehad the joy of seeing some of these makeremarkable recoveries, and the sorrow ofwatching others lose the battle for life.They have become very dear to us and itis good to know that we have been able

to help them. We started with just oneward of about thirty-five boys, but wehave followed them as they were trans-ferred to other wards, until now we visitabout eight wards. I go out on Friday, myonly day off, and on Sundays we both go.In order to reach as many boys as possiblewe separate and go to different buildings.Jim Huntington and his ward "belong" tomy husband although I go up there withhim as often as possible. The paraplegicsare my boys. They are so pitifully help-less that it is heartbreaking. Many of themcan move only their eyes. We feel soprivileged to be able to help them. TheRed Cross and Gray Ladies do a wonderfuljob out there, but we have found that theboys also appreciate having a friend thatis not a part of a charitable organization.If I were not working I would spend everyafternoon at the hospital. However myjob helps to pay for treats for the boys.They never ask for anything, but by keep-ing our ears open we learn of all sorts ofthings they want--such as grapes or freshtomatoes in the middle of winter. We findthem! One six-foot marine who weighed104 pounds was unable to eat, and wassending all his trays back untouched. Oneday he said that he could eat if he couldhave a peanut butter and banana sandwich.It sounded pretty repulsive to us, but webrought them by the dozens until his ap-petite returned and he was able to eat thefood that he needed.

Today we were told that they are ex-pecting two hundred new amputees byhospital plane from Korea, Land mineswere responsible for most of these. Nowthat the cold season has rolled aroundagain in Korea I dread to think of thefrostbite and gangrene amputations thatwill result.

It is hard to say which group of thewounded is the most heart-breaking--boyswithout arms or legs, men as helpless asbabies from complete paralysis--or bigsix-foot "psychos" who have reverted tobaby talk.

Well, I didn't intend to make this let-ter so long. When anyone shows theslightest interest in Oak Knoll Hospital Iam off on the subject nearest to my heart.Perhaps the p&pple here have becomecalloused due to the fact that there are somany military hospitals in the vicinity.Since 1941 we have seen ambulancestearing from ships and airports with thewounded. We are used to the sight of boyswithout arms or legs--or faces. Maybethat is why everyone says "I think it's

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wonderful of you folks to go out there somuch—I must bake some cookies one ofthese days," and promptly forgets allabout it. It may surprise you to know thatyou people are the first ones who haveever done anything more than say "Poorboys." No words can express our gratitudefor your kindness and interest in theseMarines who went out as perfect physicalspecimens and returned to face life asmangled remains. May God bless yourichly for your goodness.

Sincerely,Elna W. Soderwall

P.S. Should you send another package itwould be better to register it.

Wouldn't you like to "adopt" an am-putee ward at the hospital and send some-thing to these boys at Christmas time?When you come to work tomorrow youwill find containers in the cafeteria andat other s t r a t e g i c a l l y located pointsaround the plant marked "Oak KnollNaval Hospital Fund." You may makewhatever contribution you desire at thattime.

COMPANY DINNER(Continued from page 1)

New Wage and Benefits AnnouncedAs a highlight of the report, Mr. Lewis

reaffirmed the Company's policy of keep-ing pace with the area in all job benefits,and announced a liberal plan of improve-ments, permission for which is being re-quested from the government (details onpage 3).

Speaking of plans for the future, MrLewis indicated that we are doing every-thing possible to prepare ourselves to becompetitive with other companies, andare doing a good job of getting ready forthe end of the sellers' market sometime inthe future.

As to the months ahead, the reportstated that demand for our civilian goodsis far in excess of our ability to produceunder material restrictions. Substitute ma-terials and new supply sources are beingprepared to avoid any difficulty from ad-ditional restrictions which may take place.

In addition, the increasing rate of pro-duction on defense work will offset anycivilian cut back. All indications are thatthe Argus wheels will keep moving as fastas ever.

Mr. Lewis concluded his address on anoptimistic note, stating, aBy the Companyfollowingthe policy of paying good wages,providing good benefits and working con-ditions, and employees doing a conscien-tious job, we are bound to be successful--and a successful company means goodsecure jobs."

MODEL PLANES EXHIBITED

A model airplane which can climb2000 feet per minute was displayed in thehobby case recently. The builder, ClarenceKorwin of the Standards and Methods De-partment,has been constructing these lit-tle planes since he was seven years old.More recently he has been concentratingon power models, and now has a collec-tion of twenty-three model engines, rang-ing from a "small* one of one twelfthhorsepower and a displacement of .045cubic inch, to an engine of one and threequarters horsepower with a .60 cubic inchdisplacement.

Also displayed in the case was a basicmodel airplane kit, several engines, anda partially completed wing. The wing isa portion of a current project, the build-ing of a radio controlled model plane.Clarence expects if all goes well thisplane will be completed in the spring. Heestimates that a model with a wing thissize will take some 400 hours to com-plete. He is receiving assistance in theradio mechanisms from fellow workerAlex Azary.

KorwinJs special field is free flightmodels. These are models which climbfor a standard number of seconds, usuallyfifteen, then, with the motor cut, soarslowly back to the ground. The smallmodel in the picture, which has the speedyrate of climb, has stayed aloft for timesup to twelve minutes. Another type ofplane, flown for speed, is controlled bythe operator by means of wires to theplane. Clarence has constructed one ofthis type which flew 143 miles an hour,powered by a "souped" up one and threequarter horsepower motor.

Clarence generally starts with a stand-ard model kit, then makes adaptations in

the design to suit his own particular pref-erence. He is also an avid sports car en-thusiast.

BETWEEN THEDEADLINES

Argus bow and arrow hunters made abetter showing than the rifle enthusiastswhile deer hunting this year. Maybe it'sthe way they play the game. For example,on learning that Clint Harris had baggeda deer, Bill Wetzel immediately checkedthe location of the fallen deer so he couldtry out that spot the next day. As luckwould have it--Bill returned to camp witha deer next morning. Bill also reservedthis spot for the 1952 season.

Turkey for Thanksgiving was assuredat Carolyn Cole's house this year. Carolynwon three of the birds one evening play-ing bingo. Herb Pfabe won one, too, inanother raffle.

Uncle Sam sent his greetings to twoService D e p a r t m e n t families. ChuckMurphy and Betty Denton's husband, Paul,reported for their pre-induction physicalFriday, November 16.

Christmas bells will be ringing wed-ding bellS for Bill Rippel, Engineering,and Marion Reed, Service Department.They plan to be married Christmas Dayat her home in Summit, New Jersey; thenhave a nice trip driving to Bill's home inAlbuquerque, New Mexico. Sounds like anice Christmas vacation, doesn't it?

Ozzie Hoeft is eating venisonburgersthese days. He brought back an eightpointer. George Berkimer is also a happyhunter because he came home with hisdeer too. Bud Farrell journeyed north wellequipped, but didn't bag anything.

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Donald Cramp1309 Killer AvemteAna Arbor, Michigan

After completing the first round of the1951-52 schedule, the Argus bowling isdeveloping into a dog-fight for the leagueleadership. As of this date, Quality Con-trol and Paint Shop are the leaders withidentical records of 31 wins while losing17. Following closely on the heels of theleaders is the Ten Pins Five with a recordof 30 and 18. The closeness of the racecan be gained from a glance at the leaguestandings at this time. There is only aseven game spread between the leagueleaders and the team that is now in eighthplace. In this kind of league race thestandings are scrambled after the resultsare posted after each Friday night's bowl-ing. It has been some years since we havehad so many teams in a contending posi-tion after this many weeks of bowling.Perhaps the reason for the torrid race thisseason is due to the fact that all of the en-tries have an added incentive to be at thetop of the heap when the schedule is com-pleted. Besides the monetary gain for theteam winning the title, there are the in-dividual awards to be given to the mem-bers of the winning team and the trophywhich will have the names of the winningteam engraved upon it. The individualawards as well as the trophy will be givenin the same manner as the golfing awardswere made last summer.

To show that the interest in bowling atArgus is very much in evidence, the after-noon shift has organized a six team leaguewhich is bowling at the Twentieth Cen-tury bowling alleys on Saturday afternoons.The race in this league is just as hot as theFriday night league, and the rivalries arebuilding up rapidly. Congratulations to themembers of both leagues for maintainingthe Argus bowling leagues as the best ofany industrial plant in Ann Arbor.

nnlvetiatiei

ERIC SODERHOLMInspection15 years

LEONA SMITHInspection

15 years

CHARLES WEIRMoving10 years

LAUREN LUTZPolishingio years

JOHN BILLAUPolishing5 years

ART DERSHAMService5 years

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