Official publication of NCR REA, Inc. www.ncr-rea.org November

Newslet ter Volume 10 , Issue 4

WHAT’S INSIDE

From the President 1

To the Editor 2

Did You Know 3

NCR Recept ion 4

Welcome to New Members

5

Annual Business Meeting

6

In Memoriam 7

From our Members NCR CC Banquet

8 9

Remembering the Class 1900

10

Homecoming Tour Photos

11

Calendar of Events 13

F.Y.I. and

Important Contacts

15

The Tale End 16

Matching Game 12

NCR RETIREE NEWS

Homecoming III is now history, and what a fantastic affair it was. This was the third Homecoming and, based on the comments of attendees, it was by far the grandest of all. Everything was exceptional, from the opening reception hosted by NCR to the closing banquet at the NCR Country Club. 240 members and guests attended the Friday night reception and the Saturday morning breakfast and REA Business Meeting. 151 members and guests at-tended the NCR Country Club banquet on Saturday evening. Almost 20% of the attendees traveled to Dayton from out of town.

It is noteworthy that the registered NCR REA members’ (153) years of ser-vice totaled 5,263 years for an average of almost 35 years per member. We were quite pleased that, for the first time, not one but two former Chair-men and CEOs, Bill Anderson and Gil Williamson, and their wives attended Homecoming III.

Thanks to all who helped making Homecoming III a great success. We hope you enjoy all the photographs included in the newsletter.

For those of you that didn’t make it this year, this issue of the newsletter in-cludes photos from the event. And, remember 2009 is just around the corner. There is no time like the present to start planning.

We hope to see you then. John Schikner, President, NCR REA

FROM THE PRESIDENT

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Board of Trustees

John Schikner, president

Dennis Neufarth, vice president

Lou Bordonaro, treasurer

John O’Gorman, secretary

Peg Butts

Ken Carr

Vern Henkener

Gordon Meister

Bill West

NCR REA

NCR REA is incorporated

as a non-profit

organization under Ohio

law. Association

management is on a

volunteer basis.

Mission Statement

To keep our members

informed on issues related

to NCR Corporation and

other matters of interest.

Photo credits Peg & Jim Butts

Dennis Neufarth

Tom & Peg Schoenheider

Marines DeValle

Ted Townley

Hans & Sherry Tschudin

___________________ NCR Retiree News is published four times per year, in February, May, August, and November by:

NCR REA, Inc. P. O. Box 218 Germantown, OH 45327 Phone: (937) 285-0014 rea@ncr-rea.org newsletter@ncr-rea.org

November 2006 printed and distributed by Think Patented, Dayton, OH

Copyright© 2006 by NCR REA, Inc. No reproduction without written permission of NCR REA, Inc.

TO THE EDITOR

First Place—Mike Fanelli Second Place—William S. Anderson Third Place— Susan Howorth

Mr. Fanelli was a runaway first place. There were four members tied for sec-ond and eleven for third place so those winners had to be selected by separate drawings (performed by Peg Butts, Membership Committee chairperson).

Congratulations! Each of you will receive a gift card for use at Darden Restau-rants including Red Lobster, The Olive Garden, and Smoky Bones.

For the first time in three years, the membership is growing. Our thanks to all of you for helping in that effort. Increasing our membership continues to be our primary objective. We’re counting on the help of all of you in continuing this growth.

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE AND THE WINNERS ARE...

As I look back on my 37+ years with NCR, it is a pleasing memory. NCR provided me with a position enabling me to raise a family in fine fashion. We had picnics, parties, and outings together as an NCR family.

I started out in deliveries and ended [my career] working on mainframes and networks. NCR was a good company to work for. It has a long history and I am proud to have been a part of it.

Rich Morrell Phoenix, AZ

Please announce the NCR Local 1616 Retirees Chapter Annual Christmas Party.

Members and their guests are invited to attend the party at the Presidential Banquet Center off David Road in Kettering, OH, on December 13, 2006.

Doors open at 11:00 a.m. with dinner served at 12:30 p.m. You must have reservations. For more information, contact me at 937-832-9106.

John McCormick Clayton, OH

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 T R U S T E E . 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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in early 1905, NCR was experiencing a growing problem of employee absenteeism and tardiness. Through the Suggestion System, an employee rec-ommended that a large paper thermometer be placed in each department. On one side going up the thermometer would be listed the names of those employees who were absent. As this list grew day after day, a black line would rise out of the bulb of the thermometer to show the depart-ment performance. The other side of the ther-mometer would contain the names of the employ-ees who were tardy. A red line would rise out of the thermometer as the names were added day af-ter day. How affective was the thermometer? Within a few weeks the absenteeism and tardiness had been cut by over 50%. Then, as today, public embarrassment does tend to change behavior.

NCR once had a company tree. It was called the Patterson Elm. The tree marked the northern boundary of the Patterson farm and therefore stood on the NCR complex. It was a true Dayton landmark having witnessed the local Indian his-tory, the arrival of pioneers, the emergence of the city of Dayton, and the rise of one of the commu-nity’s greatest assets, the National Cash Register Company. The Patterson Elm, diseased for a while, was finally removed in 1921, one year be-fore the death of its namesake J. H. Patterson. An American elm, from the Hills and Dales woods was transplanted in its place. How long the new tree stood in the place of honor is not known.

No doubt if you worked at NCR in Dayton or vis-ited the campus, you were aware of the tunnel sys-tem running from building to building connecting the basement of each building with the basement of the next. There were nine main tunnels span-ning nearly one half mile in length. The average tunnel was 8 feet high and 8 feet wide. The elec-tric trucks which were purchased for movement of materials outside the buildings and that were such a labor saver were just too large to be efficiently

used in the tunnels. First of a number of problems, they could not pass in the narrow portions of the tunnels and second, the material being moved through the tunnels didn’t require such large capac-ity. We are all familiar with the small electric trucks which ultimately darted and sped throughout the tunnel system. However, do you know that those carts were not purchased, they were made by NCR? Mr. H. B. Scott, an NCR Efficiency Engineer had seen small electric scooters in a downtown Dayton parade and began to wonder if he could use the same large electric truck principles and scale it down to a smaller size. So was born the “baby elec-tric truck. “ The trucks were first assembled circa 1920 in the General Machine Department and deliv-ered to the Transportation Department for use in the buildings and the tunnels. The trucks looked a lot like a child’s wagon with no handle. They were ini-tially a flat wooden bed about 3 feet by 4 feet with about 10 inch hard rubber tires over solid steel wheels. The driving mechanism projected straight upward through a 2 inch metal pipe which was lo-cated at the rear of the truck. Attached to the top of the pipe, running perpendicular to the pipe, and par-allel to the back of the truck, was the long straight rod used to steer. The driver stool on a platform at the rear of the truck and used a foot escalator for speed control. As time passed, the usefulness of the little trucks expanded to include the movement of mail, tool delivery, assembly work, finished prod-ucts, maintenance supplies, machine repair equip-ment, and to just move employees from place to place. As the uses increased so did the modifica-tions to the trucks to meet those needs. For in-stance, the mail trucks were modified with a cabinet of mail drawers and some were modified to add sides to the flat bed. These little trucks were in ser-vice right up to the end of manufacturing at the Dayton campus.

How many of you have had to dodge these little Sprites as they came up quietly behind you in the tunnels?

HOMECOMING III FRIDAY NIGHT RECEPTION T H E R E A R E M A N Y M O R E P H O T O S A V A I L A B L E A T W W W . N C R - R E A . O R G

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Member volunteers managed registrations.

Chef Gary “cutting up” for guests.

Wow! What a spread.

John H. welcomes guests to the reception.

I didn’t get any of the cake, did you? Golly. How long has it been

since I last saw you? (L to R) Mmes. Tschudin, Williamson, Anderson

Tours of the NCR Solutions Center were provided by The William S. Anderson Briefing Center staff.

They’ll be back. They went for more food.

Bob Dale and Class 1900.

See story on page 10.

The reception at World Headquarters was

hosted by NCR.

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WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS

Beacom, John J., Canyon Lake, TX Bisson, Norm, Kettering, OH Bradshaw, Elmer, Dayton, OH Burns, John, Kettering, OH Cecil, Norma Lee, Charlotte, NC Chiarelli, Irv, Fairfield Glade, TN Clawson, Roger, Gresham, OR DeVries, Bradford, Coopersville, MI Eggert, Howard, Bella Vista, AR Enneking, Daniel (Dan), Centerville, OH Franks, Lonnie, Dayton, OH Gilbert, Douglas C., Dayton, OH Hartman, Gene, Dayton, OH Hodgkinson, Roy, Kettering, OH Howard, Timothy (Tim), Dyton, OH Howorth, Sue, Dayton, OH Juan, Danny, Dayton, OH LeMay, Robert (Bob), Columbia, SC Lukas, Judith (Judy), Centerville, OH MacQueen, Bruce, West Carrollton, OH Manz, Roberta (Berta), Centerville, OH McGaughy, Tommy, Smyrna, GA Meckstroth, Robert C., Kettering, OH

Barker, Betty, Centerville, OH Harrigan, John, White, GA Hummell, Kermit (Kerm),

WELCOME BACK TO PAST MEMBERS

Miller, Barbara, Beavercreek, OH Powell, Carolyn, Dayton, OH Powell, Richard (Dick), Dayton, OH Renoux, Ron, Pueblo, CO Schroeder, Karl, Clayton, OH Sigmon, Ray A., Duluth, GA Vesper, Carl, Cantonment, FL Walsh, William (Bill), Cincinnati, OH Williamson, G.P. (Gil) Kettering, OH Woods, Carolyn, Mt. Pleasant, SC

Ritter, Fred, Bayonet Point, FL Rueger, Richard, Centerville, OH Smiley, Nancy, Kettering, OH Wuilleumier, Rose, Garland, TX

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2006 REA ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING SE P TE M B E R 30, 2006

The annual business meeting was held on Septem-ber 20, 2006, as part of Homecoming III. Ap-proximately 240 members attended the meeting which was held at the Marriott Hotel in Dayton. After registration and a continental breakfast, the meeting was called to order at 10:02 a. m. by John Schikner, president.

John H. Patterson (circa 1930) led the members in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Guest singer, Jane Rike, was introduced and she sang the national anthem. After that she led the members in the singing of God Bless America.

NCR REA is celebrating its tenth anniversary of incorporation. President Schikner then introduced the first officers of the REA, Bob O’Connor, Dick Ludwig, and Doug Bartlett. Bob and Dick were in attendance.

Treasurer Lou Bordonaro shared the financial re-port that included October 1, 2005, through Au-gust 31, 2006. This statement indicates we are losing approximately $2000 per year. We feel this can be attributed to the added cost of the new newsletter, web site, and directory. At the annual strategic and operational planning meeting of the Board in October, this issue will be discussed to determine ways to cut this loss.

President Schikner then offered special recogni-tion and thank you to: NCR, Universal One Credit Union, Dayton History, the Homecoming III committee, and former Chairmen and CEOs William S. Anderson and Gil Williamson who were in attendance with their spouses.

There was a moment of silence for all those who have passed away during the past [REA] year.

Two trustees’ terms expired on September 30, 2006, Ted Townley and Lou Bordonaro. Lou’s name was put into nomination for another three-year term. Members in attendance voted to install Lou for the term from October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2009.

After a brief recess, Chris Wallace, senior vice president of NCR Worldwide Customer Services, was introduced. Chris introduced special guest, Bridie Fanning, senior vice president of NCR Hu-man Resources. Chris then made a presentation on the results of NCR business and its directions for the future. At the conclusion of her presentation, Chris answered questions from audience.

The final activity of the meeting was the door prizes drawing.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:05 p. m. .

John H. Patterson leads members in Pledge of Allegiance.

Jane Rike sings the National Anthem and leads members in singing God Bless America.

Chris Wallace addresses the mem-bers.

Some of the 240 members and guests who attended the busi-ness meeting.

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Batchelor, Sam E., Valley Stream, NY, March 14, 2006 Bean, Vernon F. (Vern), 77, Bellbrook, OH, September 3, 2006 Brace, William (Bill), 76, Anchorage, AK, September 22, 2006 Cate, Frank, 70, Rio Verde, AZ, September 12, 2006 Clark, Rob, 58, Dayton, OH, October 6, 2006 DeJong, Nelson, 74, Modesto, CA, June 4, 2006 Ecton, Allen, 85, Fair Oaks, TX, August 4, 2006 Eifert, Ralph, 83, Dayton, OH, September 18, 2006 Fitzsimmons, William (Dave), 72, Dayton, OH, September 22, 2006 Glandville, Harold, 84, Reno, NV, September 17, 2006 Hartzell, Velma, 75, Wayneville, OH, October 13, 2006 Hearn, Lawrence F. (Larry), 66, Blytheville, AR [correction] Hunt, James Leroy (Jim), 66, Gulf Shores, AL, August 25, 2006 Kister, George F., 77, DuBois, , July 28, 2006 Luther, A. George, 77, Valley Center, KS, April 12, 2006 Meyer, Bob, 72, Centerville, OH, October 13, 2006 Neely, Louise, 82, Ocean City, MD, September 21, 2006 Newton, 87, Carl, Hurst, TX, October 10, 2006 Nixon, John (Bunny), 78, Bellbrook, OH, October 5, 2006 Rupp, Jerry, 76, Centerville, OH, August 4, 2006 Schall, John S., 83, Omaha, NE, August 31, 2006 Sorum, Merlin Henry, 88, Omaha, NE, April 15, 2006 Spence, Ray F., 80, Wichita, KS, November 26, 2005 Thomas, Donald Francis, 80, Easley, SC, September 13, 2006, Thomas, Richard (Dick), 65, Lexington, SC, August 20, 2006

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.

W E E X T E N D O U R S I N C E R E S Y M P A T H Y T O T H E F A M I L I E S O F T H E S E F O R M E R N C R E M P L O Y E E S .

Flowers from Susie Hammond ARK Angels, Inc. Englewood, OH

When I come to the end of the road And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room. Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little—but not too long And not with your head bowed low.

Remember the love that we once shared, Miss me—but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take And each must go alone.

It’s all part of the Master’s plan, A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick of heart Go to the friends we know

And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds. Miss me—but let me go.

Author Unknown

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FROM OUR MEMBERS

Next time you come home for the night and you put your keys away, think of this. It’s a security alarm system that you probably already have and it requires not installation.

Start keeping your car keys next to your bed when you go to bed at night. If you think some-one is trying to get into your house, or if you hear a noise outside, just press the PANIC alarm on your car’s remote.

If you car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break into your house, odds are the perpetrator won’t stick around...after a few seconds all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and you can be sure the criminal won’t want that.

Test it and make sure it works before you rely on it. It will work from most everywhere in your house and will keep honking until the battery runs down or you reset it by pressing the PANIC button again.

And, remember to carry your keys while walking to the car in the parking lot. It works well in that situation also.

There is another trick that involves your car remote. If you have remote locks and lock your keys in your car and there is another remote for your car, say at home, you might be in luck. If anyone is near your remote and a telephone, call them (this means you have a cell phone or have borrowed some good Samaritan’s) and while they push the unlock button on their remote into their phone, hold the cell phone you have about one foot away from your car. When you hear the click, you’re in. This is another thing you should test before you rely on it.

John McCormick retired from NCR in 1991,

after nearly 45 years.

Several of us from NCR, some retired some still em-ployed, meet regularly to discuss old times and share what’s going on currently in our lives. At this par-ticular meeting, two more members were recruited into NCR REA , Sue Howorth and Lonnie Franks. In the picture are (standing l to r: Melinda Stoermer, Sue Howorth, Lonnie Franks, Judy Caruso, and Tim Davis. I am seated on the left with Mel Marsh, Tony Bleses, and Mike Robinson to my left.

Jan Burke [Caruso, Howorth & Robinson still work for NCR. Franks and Stoermer work for Lighthouse Technolo-gies. Marsh works for Acorn Consulting. Bleses, Burke, Davis, Franks, & Howorth are REA members. Ed.]

Jan retired from NCR in 2004, after 29 years.

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Homecoming III

NCR Country Club Banquet

NCR CC Registration

Howard & Marilyn Reams

Mr. & Mrs. W. S. Anderson (Longest distance 2,425 miles)

Hors D’oeuvres Gil Williamson & Bill Walsh

The VIP Table

Guests came from across the country : Guadalupe

and Charlotte Angulo [standing on left] from

El Cajon, California to Tom and Peggy Schoenheider [standing on right] from

Estero, Florida.

The party’s over.

But we’ll be back in 2009.

Can you find the next John H. Patterson at this table?

Ruby & William Meredith and friends

celebrating Mr. Meredith’s birthday.

Entertainment by

The Miami Valley Music Men Don & Jane Greiner,

Barb & Bob Medley

In the 1930s and 40s and even in the 50s, the Class 1900 was the most popular bar/restaurant cash regis-ter model sold by NCR The 1900 had a fast cycle time and truly was a workhorse. Our Customer Ser-vices organization serviced them well over the years.

But technology was changing, and newer models with more system capabilities were being made available (e.g., Class 51, Class 22) The sales force was then being trained on how to convince merchants to trade out their older models for newer ones. And sales training is something NCR always excelled in, with its roots from John H. Patterson, founder of NCR and the ‘father of salesmanship’. Here are some examples of the sales stories I used that were quite effective:

• Three Men in a Bar - Sales Education drilled this one into all cash register salesmen. It was a story about a group of three men sitting at a bar; one ordering a shot of liquor, one order-ing a beer, and the other ordering a soft drink, but with one person paying for all three. Since the 1900 was not an itemizer (adder), this created a serious weakness, as the bar-tender would record the sale of each on the different merchandise keys (i.e., liquor, beer, and miscellaneous). This led to the bunching of sales, and items being sold but not recorded on the cash register

• The Printing Machine - In a service bar ap-plication, where items are recorded as they leave the bar, and later collected, most bar owners felt if there were printed amounts on the guest check, they received their money. Not so. If a $7.00 bar bill was recorded, a bar-tender could print as many $7.00 checks as he wanted just by opening the back of the cash register, inserting a blank guest check and hit-ting the print hammers. This printed a check that looked exactly like the checks recorded. But the money from these checks, the bar owner never saw.

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REMEMBERING THE CLASS 1900 CASH REGISTER

• No Sale Audit - As I said earlier, the cycle time of the class 1900 cash regis-ter was very fast, and many bartenders would record “0” amounts on a sale of an item, but end with an item with an amount showing in the display. Each time the bartender would record an item as a zero amount, he would keep score of the amounts not being recorded and later pocket the cash. The telltale clue of this practice was to look for shot glasses arranged in unique rows, or bro-ken toothpicks in a shot glass. This is how the bartender kept score of how much cash to remove from the cash reg-ister, when the owner wasn’t looking. When salesman asked bar owners to let them look at their cash register detail tapes and perform a No Sale Audit, the results were generally most revealing.

• Use of Favorite Slogans - We also used attention-getting slogans to raise the bar owners’ awareness of the sig-nificance of these kind of losses. Two of my favorites were: “We call the 1900 - The Bartenders Friend” And, “Today’s bartender is tomorrows bar owner”.

As a salesman, I was more focused on trading out the 1900, than actually selling them. At Homecoming III, I shared some of my sales stories with Bob Dale, Cash Register Collectors Club (see photo on page 4 ), and he suggested I write a story for the REA Newsletter. Ah-h…MEMORIES.

This story was submitted by Gordon Meister, REA trustee. Gordon retired in 1993 from Ameri-cas Retail Sales after 45 years with NCR. He has been an REA member since 2005.

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Homecoming III

Tour Photos

The Spanish Breakfront Moraine Farm—1912 The Library

View from the Music Room

Enjoying the organ concert

The Telescope

Carillon Park

Debbie Desch Ander-son/Aileen LeBlanc de-

scribing the Bombe.

Augsburg, Germany ________________________________________

Cambridge, OH ____________________________________________

Columbia, SC _____________________________________________

Dundee, Scotland __________________________________________

Dublin, Ireland ____________________________________________

Oiso, Japan _______________________________________________

Dayton, OH _______________________________________________

Waterloo, ON, Canada ______________________________________

Millsboro, DE _____________________________________________

Duluth, GA _______________________________________________

St. Paul, MN ______________________________________________

Wichita, KS _______________________________________________

Ithaca, NY ________________________________________________

Mount Joy, PA ____________________________________________

Mountain View, CA ________________________________________

San Diego, CA ____________________________________________

El Segundo, CA ____________________________________________

Torrey Pines, CA __________________________________________

Scripps Ranch, CA _________________________________________

Hawthorne, CA ____________________________________________

Decision Mate V Tower 1632 NCR Century Modus Personas Postronic ShareBase Worldmark Class 5 Class 22 Class 51 Class 100 Class 270 Class280 Class 304 Class 315 Class 390 Class 395 Class 399 Class 400 Class 407 Class 500 Class 640 Class 721 Class 770 Class 796 Class 1770 Class 1900 Class 5000 DBC1012 NCR 3600 NCR T-8100 NCR 8200 NCR 8300 NCR 8400 NCR 8500 NCR 8600 NCR 9300

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MATCHING GAME N O W I N N E R S . N O L O S E R S . N O P R I Z E S . J U S T A M E M O R Y E X E R C I S E . W H A T P R O D U C T S W E R E M A N U F A C T U R E D I N W H I C H P L A N T ( S ) ? [ N O T E : N O T A L L P L A N T S O R P R O D U C T S L I S T E D . ]

State City Name Venue Date/Time Contact

AZ Tucson Village Inn Restaurant

1st Monday each month

Dick Vail rivail@cox.net

CA San Diego The NCR

Retirees 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

Perkins Restaurant 5190 N. Academy Colorado Springs

1st Friday of month at 7:00

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 Evans

9500 Marketplace Road 2nd Thursday each month at

11:30 a.m.

Tom Schoenheider 239-498-0468 tom2peg@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 Niles

1st Thursday each month at 6:30 p.m.

Alan J. Helstern ALHEL@aol.com

IL Chicago Aurora Breakfast

Group

No regular schedule

Mike Ederati ederati@juno.com

IL Chicago X-NCR salesmen

Stimac’s Restaurant 4843 Butterfield Rd. Hillside

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

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

KS Wichita Wichita TFY Club

Quarterly meetings

Linda Ferguson 3718 N. Rock Rd. Wichita, KS 67226 linda.ferguson@lsil.com

KY Lexington / London

McDonald’s at Palomar Each Wednes-day at 9:00 a.m.

Bill Malicote 859-299-5125 wtmalicote@aol.com

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 Marion Sippacan Café Marion

Breakfast every Thursday

Pete Suller 508-295-1016 psuller@comcast.net

MA Metheun McDonald’s Pelham St.

Breakfast every Tuesday at 8

Richard Bates 603-394-7760 R.richardbates@comcast.net

MI McComb Township

McDonald’s 45700 N. Gratiot

Every Tuesday morning

Lee Brown 810-791-2061 20812 Lantz Street Clinton Twp., MI 48035

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 Saginaw Sullivan’s Restaurant 5235 Gratiot Ave.

2nd Tuesday each month at

R. J. (Mickey) McDonald 989-781-1556

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

1st Thursday each month

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 ex-cept June, July,

August

Ozzie Chavez 732-541-5331 or 732-541-0568 ochaves-carteret.nj@att.net Bernie [bondrey102@comcast.net]

NJ Saddle Brook Northeastern Retail & Ac-counting Ma-

chine Salesmen

Marriott Hotel Saddle Brook

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

NM Albuquerque Furrs Cafeteria Wyoming Mall

Lunch each Wednesday at

12:30 p.m.

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

NC Charlotte Tryon Restaurant 215 E. Exmore St. & Pineville Rd.

3rd Tuesday each month at 7:30

a.m.

Walt Miller 704-552-1009 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 11:30—3:00 p.m.

Ray Roppel 513-777-4399 rkroppel@fuse.net

OH Dayton Former NCR Secretaries

NCR Country Club Reservations suggested

1st Thursday each month

Carole Spencer spencer101@att.net

PA Harrisburg GEO’s Family Rest. 6290 Allentown Blvd.

Last Tuesday each month at

9:00 a.m.

Dick Eberly rjegolf@comcast.net

RI Warwick Bickford Restaurant Jefferson Blvd.

Every Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.

Don Culton 401-942-5594 Dfc-jr@cox.net

SC Columbia ROMEO (Retired Old

Men Eating Out)

IHOP St. Andrews and I-26

2nd Wednesday each month at

9:00 a.m.

Jerry Dryden 904-378-7895 jed2004@bellsouth.net

SC Greenville Flat Rock Grille Woodruff 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

1st Tuesday each month at 9:00

a.m.

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

Canada Vancouver, BC

XNCRs Group Lunch 1st Tues-day each month

Dick Phillips 604-526-8721 dick_phillips@telus.net

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Important Contacts

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HOLIDAY CELEBRATION December 13, 2006 NCR Local 1616 Retirees Chapter Annual Christmas party. Presidential Banquet Center, Kettering, OH. Doors open at 11 a.m., with dinner served at 12:30 p.m.. Door prizes and entertainment. Reserva-tions required. For more information, contact John McCormick at 937-832-9106.

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REMEMBER. SENIOR CITIZENS ARE STILL VALUABLE

We are more valuable than any of the younger

generations:

We have silver in our hair. We have gold in our teeth.

We have stones in our kidneys. We have lead in our feet and,

We are loaded with natural gas.

THE TALE END

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NCR REA, Inc. P. O. Box 218 Germantown, OH 45327-0218 www.ncr-rea.org

NCR Corporation announced August 18, 2006, that it is donating Hawthorn Hill, the historic home built in Dayton for the Wright brothers, to the Wright Family Foundation, an affiliate of The Dayton Foundation. The home was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991 by the National Park Service.

NCR purchased Hawthorn Hill in 1948 after the house was put up for sale following Orville Wright’s death that year, and preserved the home and its historic artifacts throughout its 58-year ownership.

“While this beautiful 1914-era mansion is architecturally significant, the glory of Hawthorn Hill is in how it helps portray the story of Orville and Wilbur Wright, and their contributions to aviation – which are of international significance,” said Bill Nuti, president and chief executive officer of NCR. “NCR has been a caretaker of this national treasure for over half a century, but we believe the time is right for Hawthorn Hill to come back to the Wright family. They are passionate about sharing the story of the Wright brothers, their dream of flight and how their accomplishments established Ohio as the birthplace of aviation.”

“We are immensely grateful for this donation as it is through NCR’s efforts that the house is in the impec-cable condition it is today,” said Amanda Wright Lane, great-grandniece of Orville Wright. “Our immedi-ate plans are to make the transition as seamless as possible so the home can continue to be maintained and preserved with the same care that NCR has provided for close to six decades.”