Official publication of NCR REA, Inc. www.ncr-rea.org 2nd Quarter 2009

Newslet ter Volume 13 , Issue 1

WHAT’S INSIDE

Front Page Story 1

From the President

2

Did You Know... 3

In Memoriam 4

Welcome to New Members

4

From Our Members 5

Did You Know 6

From Our Members 8

Calendar of Events 9

F.Y.I. and Important Contacts

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NCR RETIREE NEWS

Based on various members’ concerns on the status of the NCR Pension Fund, and on the behalf of all REA Members, your Board of Trustees re-quested a statement from NCR on the status of the NCR Pension Fund. The following response was received from NCR Corporate Relations: “Just wanted to give you a quick update in response to the email you sent to Janet Brewer on April 14th regarding the NCR Pension Fund. Please know that this issue will be formally addressed soon. Plans are in place to send out a pension funding notice to all U.S. pension plan participants. In late April or early May, all NCR U.S. pension plan participants will receive a pension funding notice. This new Notice is part of a legal requirement under the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) and replaces the Summary Annual Report you have received in the past. For retirees, this notice will be sent via U.S. mail. The Annual Funding Notice summarizes certain information about the Plan, including the funding level, the plan assets and liabilities, and other reporting requirements.”

IN THE NEWS NCR—Pension

AT PRESS TIME

As we were going to press with the newsletter, we were advised that our former president, John Schikner, suffered a massive heart attack. Because he was without oxygen for a few minutes, he has difficulty speaking. He is recovering and will be in rehab for a few weeks. Our thoughts and prayers are with John and his family. If you would like to send him a card, John's address is 128 Mattie Court Madison, AL. 35758.

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Board of Trustees

Gordon Meister, president Jim Carroll, vice president Lou Bordonaro, treasurer Ken Carr, secretary Peg Butts Vern Henkener Herb Maxwell Howard Reams Chuck Stuart

NCR REA

Our mission is to keep members informed on is-sues related to NCR Cor-poration and other mat-ters of interest. REA was started in 1996, and helps perpetuate the legacy of NCR Corporation and its people. Membership in NCR REA is a great way to stay connected to NCR and its people.

___________________ NCR Retiree News is pub-lished four times per year, by: NCR REA, Inc. P. O. Box 218 Germantown, OH 45327 Phone: (937) 285-0014 rea@ncr-rea.org newsletter@ncr-rea.org 2nd Quarter 2009 printed and distributed by Think Pat-ented, Dayton, OH Copyright© 2009 by NCR REA, Inc. No reproduction without written permission of NCR REA, Inc. Dennis Neufarth, Editor Printed in the USA

FROM THE PRESIDENT

Last year at this time, the Member-ship Committee published a report on the need to continue to add new members to NCR REA for the long term viability of our association. We also asked you to help us recruit new members. With our combined efforts, we are doing a better job of recruiting new members than we did just three short years ago.

As many of you know, my career at NCR was primarily in sales and marketing in the Retail Industry. We learned early in our careers at Sugar Camp that selling cash regis-ters was all about telling our mer-chants there were only two ways to increase profits - increase sales or decrease expenses. That formula is true in everything we do. If NCR REA is to increase sales, we must increase membership.

At NCR REA, your Board attempts to monitor our expenses carefully. Of your dues dollars, almost 60% is needed to pay for the quarterly newsletter. The Membership Direc-tory, which we publish every other year, costs over 20% of our budget in the year we print it.

This is really the point behind my comments this month. We offer the Directory on our web site. This of-fering has the added value of being updated on a quarterly basis. New members are added, changes in ad-dresses, phone numbers, email ad-dresses are made as we receive them. Whereas the printed directory is out of date the day you receive it in the mail.

If more of our members used the on line directory, we could substantially reduce the amount of expense for the printed directory. We spend $6600 every other year for the printed direc-tory. That amount converted to revenue from annual dues is 440 members.

When you receive your dues invoice later this year for 2010, you will be given an opportunity to do your part in helping us reduce our expenses. If you elect not to receive a printed directory, we will be able to print fewer directo-ries and save that expense.. The more expenses we can reduce, the longer our reserves will last to meet our operating expenses and defer any increase in dues.

Each quarter, more members opt for receiving the newsletter on line and this is helping our expenses. We hope they who have, and all of you, will consider-ing doing the same with the Directory.

We will remind you of this new option in the third quarter newsletter and with your 2010 dues invoice.

As always, we welcome your thoughts and input on our programs for our members. Warmest regards,

Gordon Meister President

DID YOU KNOW... S T O R Y S U B M I T T E D B Y K E N C A R R , R E A S E C R E T A R Y . Y O U C A N C O N T A C T K E N A T K E N C 0 3 2 @ A O L . C O M

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The first significant antitrust legislation under the Sherman Act embroiled NCR in lawsuits from 1911 to 1916 that endangered the company’s fu-ture.

In its first 30 years, NCR was able to gain a ma-jority of the cash register business in the U.S. and was well on its way to doing the same on a global scale. In those 30 years, numerous startup cash register companies came and went. A few failed because of infringement suits won against them by NCR. Others failed because of NCR’s superior products, pricing, salesmanship, and marketing. Many failed because they were under-capitalized. Some failed, they believed, because of NCR’s practices that those competitors deemed unethical and unlawful. It was this area which led to the lawsuits.

In late 1910, the American Cash Register Com-pany, having lost several patent infringement cases to NCR, filed a complaint against NCR with the U.S. Justice Department. Soon, government agents began to collect evidence against NCR and to line up hostile competitor witnesses. After a year of fact finding, the U.S. Justice Department on December 4, 1911, filed a civil lawsuit against NCR in the Cincinnati Federal Court listing viola-tions of the Sherman Act. If convicted in the civil case, the company would endure heavy fines and numerous regulations and, in the future, would operate under the watchful eye of the U.S. Justice Department. As the lawyers retained by the com-pany began preparing the company case, on Feb-ruary 22, 1912, the Justice Department filed an-other lawsuit. This time it was a criminal suit in-dicting Mr. Patterson and 26 of the company ex-ecutives and listing 32 violations of the Sherman Act. If convicted in the criminal case, the defen-dants would be given fines and prison time. Three names of interest among the 26 executives in-dicted were Edward Deeds, Thomas Watson, and Robert Patterson. Absent from the list was the name of Hugh Chalmers, who had by this time left

NCR and had become the Justice Department’s lead witness against NCR.

The Justice Department made the decision to move forward with the criminal case instead of the civil case. For the next nine months, both sides prepared their cases. On October 21, 1912, NCR filed a mo-tion to move the trial to Dayton, OH. On November 11, 1912, Howard C. Hollister, from the Federal Court in Cincinnati and presiding judge for the case, denied the motion. The trial was to begin on No-vember 19, 1912, with the selection of the jury and arguments beginning the next day.

For the duration of the trial, Mr. Patterson and the 26 executives traveled by special train to Cincinnati on Monday mornings and back to Dayton on Friday afternoons. A complete floor of the Stinson Hotel in Cincinnati was secured for NCR. The defendants, as well as NCR clerks, stenographers, aides and of-ten the lawyers, spent Monday through Thursday nights at the Stinson.

The trial lasted about three months and on February 13, 1913, the jury returned its verdict finding all de-fendants guilty of only three of the 32 charges; con-spiracy, restraint of trade, and unlawful monopoly. The sentencing date was set for February 17, 1913.

Before sentencing began, Judge Hollister spent a half hour condemning the defendants for their ac-tions. He began by saying, “I have never heard of a legitimate concern having a competition department whose sole duties were not to sell goods but to pre-vent the sale of goods by the competition. …The pity of it is that such acts would have been unneces-sary. The concern made a cash register which was so valued by the business world that such methods would not have been needed. …As head of the business, John H. Patterson believed that all cash register business belonged to him and him alone. What ever virtues Mr. Patterson may have had, he

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IN MEMORIAM This column depends on your contribution of information about the deaths of your former co-workers and friends who were NCR employees. Please send a copy of the obituary or information to us. We extend our sincere sympathy to the families of these former NCR employees. Everett, Kenneth L., 81, Oakwood, OH, 2/17/09 Gilkerson, D. J. (Jim), 73, Escondido, CA Hahn, Norman, 72, Milwaukee, WI 1/23/09 Keever, J. Gordon, 83, Brookville, OH Knappe, Siegfried, 91, Cincinnati, OH McCoy, H. John, 72, Dayton, OH, 4/18/09

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WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS

Alford, Darrell (Al), Henrico, VA Amtower, Willard (Bill), The Villages, FL Armstrong, David C. (Dave), Ferndale, WA Baldessari, Alfredo, Boulder, CO Bates, Dexter D., Fort Smith, AR Beaumont, Terry A., Corbin, KY Bernauer, Sandi L., Miamisburg, OH Berta, Fred, Cornelius, NC Bliss, John, Plain City, OH Boothe, Martha, N. Richland Hills, TX Brickhouse, Roxanne E. (Roxie), Pelian, SC Budden, Ronald (Ron), Bangor, ME Burkett, Homer, Nacogdoches, TX Caseńas, Niceforo (Nick), New Smyrna Beach, FL Chavez, Oswaldo, Carteret, NJ Christopher, Malcolm, Germantown, TN

Collins, Conrad G. (Pat), Nitro, WV Cook, Norman, North Richland Hills, TX Council, Donald O. (Don), Durham, NC Current, Wayne R., Fargo, ND Davis, Dorothy, Morristown, TN Dulac, Keith, Derby, KS Edler, Gerald C. (Jerry), Ringwood, NJ Hanson, Gregory (Greg), Dayton, OH Kaplan, Jeff, Hobe Sound, FL Kingrey, William L., Glasgow, KY Lynch, Joyce A., Laurel, DE Maddox, Mannie L., Atlanta, GA McFadden, Hugh, Dubuque, IA Walker, Winston, Westminster, CO Wheeler, Richard S. (Dick), Springboro, OH Wilson, James (Jim), Miamisburg, OH

Montanari, Andrew A. (Andy) , 70, NJ Newman, Errol, West Carrolton, OH Tan, Fred, 83, Dayton , OH, 4/13/09 Thomas, Jr., John J., Timonium, MD, 1/10/09 Twine, B. Edward, 87, Virginia Beach, VA

WELCOME BACK

Patras, James T., Pasadena, MD Spurlock, Jr., Benjamin L., Indianapolis, IN

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FROM OUR MEMBERS (This is an article from the New York Times submitted by Pat McSherry—Ed.)

March 10, 2009 Where Cash Registers Go to Get Their ‘Ka-Ching’ Back By JAMES BARRON

The hair dryer whines. Brian Faerman aims. Hot air blasts into a cash register that is about as old as he is, which is 46. That is old enough for the cash register to have black-and-white numbers that go up and down, not a green, glowing electronic dis-play. That is old enough to have rows of buttons — 10 for cents, 10 for dimes, 10 for dollars and 10 beyond that. So to ring up a $29.95 special, you have to press four separate buttons, one by one. This is the kind of machine that is slow. It is thoughtful. It is onomatopoeic. Ka-ching. But it is not ka-chinging the way it is supposed to. It is not ka-chinging at all. Hence, the hair dryer. “Steel holds cold,” he says. “Machines, they need to be warm to work.” This machine resides on a dusty shelf in a store on the Bowery, between Broome and Delancey Streets that still sells and repairs cash registers. Once, the Bowery was cash register heaven. Beneath the old Third Avenue el, among the restaurant supply stores and the flop-houses and the down-and-outers who lived in them, stores trafficked in cash registers. Now Mr. Faerman’s father, Bernard Faerman, an old man whose hair turned white in this store, is remembering, and counting. “There were five within a radius of five blocks,” says the father, who is 86 and still comes in most days. The son remembers another store. The father, busy poking a screwdriver in a cash register, remembers an-other, and another. Hit the total button, check the receipt: a grand total of eight, gone now. The father says the Bowery has always been a ba-rometer. The son says, “The Bowery told what was going on — what happened here happened later everywhere else.” It is tempting to say, glibly, that

what happened is that the others cashed in, that they made a big profit from the real estate boom that remade skid row when there was mortgage money to be borrowed. Maybe they did, maybe they did not. The Faermans’ neighbors now include a bank turned catering hall, the scene of benefits running $500 a person and up. Or, walk a few blocks to a Whole Foods store. It’s a pricey neighborhood these days. Bernard Faerman says stores rent for $15,000 a month. Brian Faerman says it is more than that. They own their building, and the son says it is not for sale. Their shelves are filled with “tombstones” in different colors: orange, gold, copper, blue, black, and silver. Tombstones are what bartenders call the tallish, slender machines that ring up beers and martinis and the occasional burger. The Faermans sell new electronic ma-chines, too, but it is these old ones that are prized by restaurateurs who want that old-fashioned look behind the bar. A walk down the aisle at their store is like a little archaeological expedition. The cash registers show the last total they rang up: 00.55 on that one, who knows how long ago; 50.76 on this one. That one over there still packs a mean stomach punch when the drawer flies open. One machine, the kind that a lot of barber shops used to have, has a bumper sticker: “1986 N.F.C. Champions — Giants.” They won the Super Bowl that season, too, defeating Denver, 39-20, in January 1987. That was nine months before a stock market collapse. Bernard Faerman says recessions are good for business. “We make more money in recession times than in good times,” he says. “When people get laid off, they go into any kind of business, starting up, and they need a cash register.” The son says, “That’s what I’ve always been told.”

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set out deliberately to build up his business by sti-fling competition. …He set out deliberately to build his business not only through the merits of his products and through extraordinary efficiency of his organization, but by harassing, annoying, interfering with, discouraging, and pursuing his competitors to the point that they would be compelled to give up the unequal struggle and to go out of business or sell out to his company… You men belong to the walk of life which should set the example. Yet you have lost the opportunity that was given you by the methods which you pursued. …I must make you an example to others who would engage in the same kind of business.” With that said, Judge Hollister began the sentencing process. Mr. Patterson was first to be called before the bench. His fine was $5, 000 and one year in the Miami County jail. One by one the others were called. They were sentenced either to 9 months or a year in the Miami, Mont-gomery, or the Warren County jails.

The NCR attorneys advised the court that NCR would be appealing the case. Judge Hollister then set Mr. Patterson’s bond at $10,000 and the others at $5,000. As the court adjourned, the defendants were taken in custody by the U.S. Marshals. One by one, as they arranged their bonds, they were re-leased.

Five weeks after the trial, an event occurred that would be historic for both the city of Dayton and NCR; the Flood of 1913. Swollen by days of rain, on Easter Sunday, March 26th, the rivers swept over the levees, flooding Dayton and the surrounding area. The stories of Mr. Patterson’s leadership and NCR’s respond during this time are legendary. Mr. Patterson’s rescue efforts made him a national fig-ure and the tide of public opinion turned in his fa-vor. Hundreds of petitions were sent to President Woodrow Wilson asking him to pardon Mr. Patter-son and his officers. Before Wilson had an opportu-nity to do anything, Mr. Patterson publicly re-sponded by saying,” Our case is still in the courts. I do not ask for, nor would I accept, a pardon. All I

want is simple justice.” Shortly after the case landed on the docket of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, all three sitting judges on that court removed them-selves from the case. William Day, who was from Ohio, a sitting judge on the U.S. Supreme Court, was chosen to head the panel of appeal judges. To fill out the panel, Judge Day chose W. T. Sanford, a Federal District Judge in Tennessee and A. M. Cochran, a Federal District Judge in Kentucky.

Arguments were to be submitted to the Court on October 6, 7, and 8, 1914. The panel of judges studied the case for just over six months. Finally on March 13, 1915, over four years after the first indictments were rendered, all parties were con-vened in Cincinnati for the reading of the opin-ion. When the court was called to order, Judge Cochran speaking for the Court of Appeals began reading their judgment. It took nearly two hours for the reading but it was evident long before he finished that the opinion would be in favor of NCR. When it was evident the case would be reversed, reporters left the room and rushed to find available telephones. It was very evident there was national interest in the case as papers all over the country were waiting for the story.

Based on the findings of the three Court of Ap-peal Judges, some evidence presented by the prosecution should have never reached the jury but was permitted to do so by Judge Hollister. Also, evidence to be presented by the defense that the jury should have heard was disallowed. With regard to the first count, the Court of Ap-peals ruled that conspiracy was never proven by the prosecution. With regard to the second and third counts, they ruled that “actually doing busi-ness, no matter how large, is not a monopoly.” Judge Cochran ended by saying. “We are con-strained, therefore, to reverse the judgment of the

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lower court and to remand the case for a new trial and further proceeding consistent herewith.” At this point, the civil case was still pending, the retrial of the criminal case was still an option, and there was a possibility the Justice Depart-ment might appeal the criminal case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

On May 18, 1915, the Justice Department did appeal the criminal case. On June 14, 1915, Chief Justice White of the U.S. Supreme Court announced that the court had denied the appeal application and that the Court would not review action taken by the Cincinnati Appeals Court. NCR was over another hurdle. Those present were told there would be no announcement by the Justice Department concerning the retrial or the civil case.

That retrial never happened nor was the civil suit against ever brought to trial. In early 1916, the Justice Department and NCR met to discuss the cases and to determine where the litigation was headed. Coming to an agreement, NCR evi-dently made some concessions to Justice and Justice agreed to not pursue the civil case and not to retry the criminal case.

Estimated cost of the original criminal trial, the appeal, and the settlement with the Justice De-partment was $500,000. NCR spent $400,000 defending Mr. Patterson and his officers while the U.S. government spent $100,000 prosecuting the case.

Mr. Patterson and his officers had received the simple justice he had sought. They were now free to pursue the business of manufacturing and selling cash registers.

The question will always be asked, did Mr. Pat-terson’s actions during and after the flood influ-ence the outcome of the case? Who knows? Af-ter all, Judge Day was from Ohio. However,

when you look at the Court of Appeals opinion and their rational for over turning the lower court, chances are they would have reached the same opin-ion even if the flood had never happened. However, we all will agree, the flood did wonders for Mr. Pat-terson’s image and it did bring national admiration for him and the company at a time they could use it.

I want to thank Dr. Paul Morman, Professor of History at the University of Dayton, for his help. He truly is the acknowledged expert on this sub-ject. The time he gave allowed me to establish the timeline of events and to flesh out the article with more that just dates and names.

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FRO M O U R ME M B E R S

This National cash register was on prominent display in the lobby of the very fancy Grand Ho-tel Timeo in Taormina, Sicily. I don't know what the significance of it was and could not read the Italian plaque on top of the register.

Submitted by Don Eggert

State City Name Venue Date/Time Contact

AZ Tucson Village Inn 1st Monday Dick Vail

CA San Diego The NCR Re-

tirees Club Remington Club

Rancho Bernardo

2nd Wednesday of month except Mar, May, Jul, Aug at 1:00p.m.

Gordon Belgum

858-672-0458

gbelgum@earthlink.net

CO Colorado Springs / Pueblo

Perkins Restaurant

5190 N. Academy

1st Friday of month at 8:30

a.m.

Fred Miller

719-578-5182

CT Orange Chip’s Restaurant

321 Boston Post Road

2nd Tues each month 8:30 a.m.

Jim Lash

jameslash@snet.net

FL Ft. Myers Bob Evan's Restaurant,

8940 COLONIAL CENTER DRIVE FT MYERS

2nd Thursday each month at

11:30 a.m.

Tom Schoenheider

239-498-0468

tomsonly@comcast.net

GA Atlanta The NCR Lunch Bunch

Golden Corral

Hwy 138

Conyers

2nd Wednesday of even months at 11:30 a.m.

Roy Greenway rlg109177@yahoo.com

Cal McBroom 109487cm@bellsouth.net

John Hughes johughes7@aol.com

IL Chicago NCR Pizza Night Group

Riggio’s Restaurant

7530 W. Oakton

1st Thursday each month

at 6:30 p.m.

Alan J. Helstern

ALHEL@aol.com

IL Chicago Aurora Break-fast Group

No regular sched-ule

Mike Ederati

ederati@juno.com

IL Chicago X-NCR sales-men

Stimac’s Restaurant

4843 Butterfield Rd.

3rd Tuesday each month at

noon

John Roche 773-445-0336

Gene Gallagher 630-986-9006

IN Evansville Cracker Barrel

8215 Eagle Lake Drive

1st Tuesday each month 7 a.m.

Jim Bryan jrbryan@sbcglobal.net

IN Indianapolis MCL Cafeteria

3630 S. East St.

2nd Tuesday each month at 6:00 p.m.

Harry Kuhn 317-862-4408

cnhkuhn@hotmail.com

KY Lexington / London

McDonald’s at Palomar Each Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.

Bill Malicote 859-299-5125

MD Baltimore VFW 6506

8777 Philadelphia Rd.

Rosedale

Wed. every month except Dec. at 5 p.m.

Nelson Bengel 410-557-7302

nelsben@aol.com

MA Pembrooke Boston

Retirees

Friendlies Restaurant

Rte 139 off Rte 3 exit 12

1st and 3rd Tues-day 8:30am

Clyde Baker clyde.baker@juno.com

MA Metheun McDonald’s

Pelham St.

Breakfast every Tuesday at 8

Richard Bates 603-394-7760

R.richardbates@comcast.net

CA LE N D A R O F ON GO I N G EV E N T S

State City Name Venue Date/Time Contact

MI McComb Township

McDonald’s 45700 N. Gratiot

Every Tuesday morning

Lee Brown 810-791-2061 20812 Lantz Street

MI Saginaw Sullivan’s Restaurant 2nd Tuesday each R. J. (Mickey) McDonald

NE Omaha HY-VEE Grocery 108th and Fort St.

1st Thursday each month at 7:30am

Henry Lokke 3815 N. 100th St. Omaha, NE 68134 (402)571-6467

NJ Central Ye Cottage Inn 149 W. Front St. Keyport

3rd Thursday each month except

June, July, August

Bernie Ondrey bondrey102@verizon.net

NJ Saddle Brook Northeastern Re-tail & Accounting Machine Sales-

Marriott Hotel Saddle Brook

Every 2-3months Anthony J. Pilato 516-561-1144 pilato9@optonline.net

NM Albuquerque Furrs Cafeteria

Wyoming Mall

First Wednesday each month at

12:30 p.m.

Marc LaChey 505-275-2331 Marc.lachey@att.net

NC Charlotte Carolina Prime Steak House, 225 East Wood-lawn Road

3rd Tuesday each month at 9:00am

Walt Miller 704-844-6488 or mymabe@aol.com or Ralph Weddington 704-366-7226

OH Dayton Former R&D

employees

NCR Country Club

Reservations suggested

4th Wednesday each month

Carl Wick 937-433-1352

cfwick@aol.com

OH Dayton E&M Dayton Marion’s Pizza

Patterson and Shroyer Rd.

2nd Saturday of March and Octo-

ber

Ray Roppel 513-777-4399

rkroppel@fuse.net

PA Harrisburg Geo’s Country Oven 300 Mountain Road

Last Tuesday each month at 9:00am

Dick Eberly rjegolf@comcast.net

RI Warwick Bickfords Restaurant

1802 Post Road

Every Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.

Don Culton 401-942-5594

Dfc-jr@cox.net

SC Columbia ROMEO (Retired Old Men Eating

Out)

Brunches 1208 Knox Abbot Dr Cayce

2nd Wednesday each month at

9:00 a.m.

Jerry Dryden 904-378-7895

jed2004@bellsouth.net

SC Greenville Flat Rock Grille Wood-ruff Road

Saturday noon every 2-3 months

Ted Webb 864-234-7869 w4ne@juno.com

WA Tacoma Ma’s Place Near South Hill Mall Puyallup Bowling

Every Tuesday at 9:00 a.m.

Every Thursday at

9:00 a.m.

Vern Schrotenboer 253-848-6872 vern35@earthlink.net Vern Schrotenboer 253-848-6872 vern35@earthlink.net

WI Milwaukee Mayfair Mall

Food Court

2nd Tuesday each month at 9:00

a.m.

Don Eggert 414-453-8424 degg12@sbcglobal.net

Canada Vancouver, BC XNCRs Group Lunch 1st Tues- Dick Phillips 604-526-8721

MI Grand Rapids NCR440 Bob Evans Walker & I96

1st Tuesday each month at 8 a.m.

Brad DeVries 616-901-7048 devriesbwmi40@yahoo.com

TX Austin McDonalds 183 & Braker

1st Monday each month 9am

James Tackett James.tph@sbcglobal.net

CA LE N D A R O F ON GO I N G EV E N T S

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What about now? Are they seeing customers who are starting out on their own? “Not yet,” he says. He talks about banks that do not lend and a nation that does not save the stuff that goes into the drawers of the ma-chines they deal in. If only the economy could be fixed in a day or two, with a handful of tools and a hair dryer. “There’s a way certain things were made,” Brian Faerman says. “National Cash Register was probably the greatest manufacturing company in the world. Not only did they make their own machines; they made their own tools. They made things the best, and that’s why these old things still work. It’s a sad thing. Things are made cheap now.”