PLAN TO ATTEND

THE

MAY DANCE

ON THE 2 3 R D

AT THE BRUNSWICK

lril 30, 1952

FAMI L Y * Published by and for the Employees of the Hamilton Watch. Co., Lancaster, Penna.

Copyright, 1952, Hami:ton Watch Co., Lancaster, Penna.

PICNIC AT HERSHEY PARK ON

MARDI GRAS DANCE

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JUNE

P ICTURES APPEAR

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Vol. 10 No.4

14TH Erla Sheaffer (Plate) Receives $25.00 Check For Her Suggestion

G. E. "Ed'~ Shubrook~ Appointed Mgr. ,Of Research Games, Band Concert, Prizes, Free Tickets, Laboratories On April I; 26 Years W'lth Company Bingo Will B'8 The Highlights 01 1952 Picnic

G. E. "Ed" Shu brooks, former Assistant Research Director of

Erla She a f fer (Plate) was I the Science Laboratories Dept., awarded $25.00 recently for a : was appointed Manager of the methods improvement Suggestion Research Laboratories on April to combine two separate hand 1. cornering operations into one dou- Ed's new job includes the man.­hie spindle drill operation on the agement and direction of 14 sec-16-size barrel bridge. tions in the Product Design, Pro-

Her suggestion was applied and cess Dev~lopment, . and Science proved its value in a reduction of Laboratones departments. time required to perform the op- . He began hi.s Hamilt?n .career eration. It also resulted in a cost III 1926 as Chief Chemist III the saving. Chemical Laboratory section. He

Fred Hauer (Mgr. of Mfg.) and was later promoted to Chief H S Chemist and Metallurgist in

. M. wisher, Plate foreman, charge of Chemical and Metallur-presented the $25.00 check to Er- gical Research. In this position he la, who started working here in 1941. ably directed and coordinated all

activities of the Crystal Tool Lab­oratory, the Metals Processing Section, and the Mainspring Man­ufacturing Section, in addition to the chemical and metallurgical laboratories. He held that post un­til 1951 when he was appointed Assistant Research Director of the Science Laboratories Depart­ment.

Erla was the second Plate de­partment employee in a span of five months to receive a cash award for a suggestion. On De­cember 10, 1951, Jane Mann re­ceived $92.00 for her suggestion to improve the method of chamfer­ing steady pins by changing from a machine operation to a hand operation. Ed, a former F & M student,

is 51. Before coming to Hamilton he worked at the Lancaster Steel Products Co., General Motors in Detroit, Yeager Laboratories, and Burnham Boiler.

His present outside affiliations include memberships in the Amer­ican Chemical Society, the Amer­ican Society of Metals, the Elec­tro-chemical Society, the Ameri-

G. E. Shubrooks

can Ordnance Association, the American Association for the Ad­vancement of Science, the Wire Association, and the B. P. O. of Elks.

"Tanglewood", 35 acres of wood­land and wildlife near Pequea, is -Ed's big boot out of life. He points with pride to the thousands of evergreens on the land, and the deer, foxes, rabbits, pheasants and flying squirrels that roam the acres. While "Tanglewood" is his No. 1 hobby, he also gets a kick out of pistol shooting and motor boating.

If you have any suggestions to submit make sure they are orig­inal and the-y pertain to ' your own job. All suggestions should be written out, signed and dated, and given to your department fore­man. The foreman and responsi­ble staff officials will analyze your suggestions, pass judgment on their practicability, and also consider the cost saving angle. Whether your suggestion is used or not, it will be acknowledged. If it is used and put into effect, the employee will receive a sub­stantial portion of the net savings from the suggestion for one year.

CERTIFICATES AWARDED

HRA "May Dance" At Brunswick On May 23

The Hamilton Recreation Asso­ciation presents its third dance of the 1952 social season on Fri­day evening, May 23, at the Hotel Brunswick.

It'll be a semi-formal "May Dance" with Andy Kerner and his orchestra furnishing the music from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m.

The May theme will be carried out with streamers suspended from the ceiling to form a May pole in the center of the floor. Flowers and candles will form the decorative setup at all the tables.

The committee in charge of the dance is composed of: Chair­man Woody Rathvon, Bob Wil­son, Jackie Hoehn, Charley Shin­dell, Mae Evans, and Rose Boyer.

If you are an HRA member the price is $1.75 per couple, and $1.25 single. Non-members, $2.75 per couple, $2.00 single.

Dancers interested in reserving tables contact either Woody Rath­von, Ext. 278, or Charley Shindell, Ext. 298. If you desire a choice table it is suggested you get your reservations in early . .

Prizes will be awarded' for vari­ous dances during the evening.

C. Earle Cole, supervising inspector for Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor & Industry, presented 19 certificates of honor for 1951 perfect record for no lost time accidents to 18 departments and one division of the Hamilton Watch Company at a brief cere­mony i~ the new auditorium on April 10.

Jaycee Prexy Receives A Hamilton

Lee Price (right), president of the United States J unior Chamber of Commerce, wh o ha ils from Georgia, received a D onald model Ham­ilton fo llowing h is address at the State meetin g of t he Jaycees held recently at Hotel Brunswick. The meeting was in con junction with Nationa l Jaycee Week. T he Hamilton was presented by t he Lancaster Cha~ter of the J unior Chamber of Commerce with Clement Lich ty, preSident of the local J aycee chapter, making t h e p r esentation .

The 1952 Hamilton Family Pic­nic will be held at Hershey Park on Saturday, June 14th.

The HRA, sponsors of the pic­nic, had to take the early June date because Hershey Park is booked solid for the remainder of the season.

The committee in charge of the affair is headed by co-chair­men Sam Gast (Sales) and Gene Barber (Prod. Scheduling Supv,). The remainder of the committee is composed of: Jackie Sieber (Order), Frank Remley (Mech. Plan.), Wally Bork (Prod. Pro­cessing), Blake Dulaney (Order) and Mae Evans (Personnel) .

The program of events will in­clude, kids' games, bingo, band concert, etc.

The picnic will start at 10 a.m. and will be held rain or shine.

As last year when 3,500 attend­ed, all prizes will go to Hamilton employees or their children.

A registration booth will be set up in pavilion No. 1 to take care of your ticket needs when you arrive at the park.

You'll need your factory pass as a means of identification at the registration booth to pick up your tags and free tickets.

Children of Hamilton employees will each receive 15 free tickets. No outside youngsters will be given free tickets. If you want to buy more tickets aside from the 15 free ones each one of your children will receive, you may do so from the HRA keyman in your department. These tickets must be purchased in blocks of a dol­lar which you will actually pay 60 cents for. The 40% reduction is a transaction worked out be­tween the HRA and the Hershey Park management. These tickets are good only for amusements. The date these extra tickets will be available will be announced later.

All refreshment tickets must be purchased at the park conces­sion where you buy your eats.

When you register you will re­ceive an identification tag. On the tag will be a stub with a num­ber. You. drop the stub into a ticket box which will be located near the registration booth, mak­ing you eligible for the gate prize which will be a Hamilton man's or woman's wrist watch.

If you intend to go swimming or plan to go to the dance in the evening, full admission price for both must be paid.

As last year, there will be no admission fee for the picnic.

If you are driving to Hershey there will be plenty of free park­ing space available.

If you intend to go by bus, the fare is $1.00 per adult for the round trip and 53 cents per child. All bus tickets must be purchased on or before June 12th from the HRA keyman in your department or from the Personnel Dept. A sufficient number of buses will be chartered to handle the transpor­tation problem. They will leave the front of the factory (Colum-

bia Ave,) at 9 a.m. on June 14th: Buses will leave Hershey for

Lancaster throughout the day. When a bus is filled with passen­gers it will leave the park imme­diately. The last bus will leave Hershey at 7 p.m. More informa­tion on transportation will be announced later.

The kids' games will be held on the athletic field behind the Are­na from 11 a.m. to 12 :33 p.m. Pri­zes will be awarded to the win­ners. More information on these games will be announced later.

Each Ham i Ito n youngster's identification tag will have a stub, good for a free popsicle.

Lunch will be served from 12 :30 to 1.30 p.m. Plenty of pavilions will be available for employees who intend to bring basket lunch­es.

Bingo, which proved so popu­lar with the adults last year, will again be on the program. The number of the pavilion where the games will be played will be an­nounced later. Bingo will be held 1:30 to 3 p.m.

The Rohrerstown band will fur­nish music at the concert in the open air theatre from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The winning number for the gate prize will be drawn from the stub box during the intermission of the concert.

For a day of fun, arrange now to attend the 1952 Hamilton Fam­ily Picnic.

F. Hauer & Gene Barber Appointed To New Jobs

Fred A. Hauer, and Gene Bar­ber, both F & M graduates, were appointed to new jobs on April 1st.

Hauer, form e l' Production Scheduling supervisor, took over the job of Labor Relations and Plant Security supervisor, while Barber is the new Production Scheduling supervisor.

Hauer graduated from F & M with an A.B. degree in 1934, while Barber graduated in 1947 with an A.B. in Economics degree.

Fred has been with Hamilton for 18 years, while Gene joined the Company five years ago.

Fred started here as a produc­tion clerk in the Train Dept. in 1934. In 1936, he handled the same type job in Timing & Casing. Two years later he became supervis­or in Raw Material Stock. In 1940, he did work in planning & sched­uling in the Production Planning Dept. In 1943, he became assistant supervisor in Production Plan­ning. Two years later he became supervisor in Parts & Movements. In 1946, he was appointed Pro­duction Scheduling supervisor and held this post until his recent transfer to Labor Relations & Plant Security. In Labor Rela­ti~ms he will assist R. A. Preston, Director of Ind. Relations while in Plant Security, he r'eplaces Walter Breen, who left the Com­pany because of ill health.

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Volume 10 Timely Topics Number 4

EDITORIAL BOARD WALLACE BORK, Chair., Proc. Engineering

J. ED MILLER, Product Stocks

HAZEL KELLER, (Sec. to F. Huehnergarth)

EDITORIAL STAFF General News and Production, CHARLES H. FREY

Personnel Consultant, R. A. PRESTON Cartoonist, CHARLES SHINDELL, Jr.

Copyright, 195Z, Hamilton Watch Co .. Lancaster, Penna. Quotation or reproduction forbidden unless permission has been granted.

LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 30, 1952

Ed Fralich Rec,sives $65.00 From Plat'e Mates As Retirement Gift After 41 Years Service In Dept.

$65.00 And Pleasant l\'lemories For Ed Fralich

It'll be traveling and watching big league baseball games from now on for Ed Fralien, who rc­tired .Irom the Plate Dept. on March 28th after 41 years' service with the company.

"The wife and I always wanted to travel," Ed said, "and that's exactly what we're going to do now that my working duys are over. Just as soon as I get some work around the house cleaned up, we're off."

And where were the Fralichs going?

"To California," said Ed. "We're going by the northern route and returning by the southern."

Ed and his wife are driving all the way because they figur,:e they can take thcir time, stop when they want to, and see a lot more of the country that way.

He always has been interested in baseball. Did he intend to see any big league games now that his time was his own?

"You're darn right I am," Ed said. "I'm going to see all the teams in action as they make their trips into Shibe Park. Nat­urally, I'm an A's rooter, and cer­tainly I'll be yellin' for them to win, but I love good baseball an?, I get a bang out of all the clubs.

Did he have any other plans? "This may sound funny to you

for a guy my age," continued Ed, "but I'd like to study law. I don't mean I want to be a lawyer. I'd just like to study all about these many, complicated laws you run into every day. I'd like to be thor­oughly acquainted with the laws and then help people out who do not understand the correct inter­pretation of them. I'd like to help them straighten out their particu­lar problems. It's only been dur­ing the past ten years that I be­came interested in this law bus­iness. I found it to be so puzzling that I got a bang out of trying to decipher just what the laws real­ly meant. I think I'd get quite a

kick out of being a law consul­tant."

Ed, who has been married 32 years, started in the Plate Dept. in 1904. He started on lathe work and soon advanced to the skilled hand profiling job, a profession he became an expert at for 40 years prior to being transferred six months ago to parts inspection work.

During his career in Plate he worked under five different fore­men. They were, Bill Martin, John Leonard, Cloyd Dobbs, Art Groff and Herb Swisher.

Ed studied watchmaking at Bowman Tech for 11 months in 1910. He did service work for a watchmaker in Richmond, Vir­ginia, in 1911. The following year he returned to Hamilton where he worked until his recent retire­ment.

Ed is a World War I vet. He saw action in the Argonne for three months with the 316th In­fantry.

Always a fellow for wanting to learn all he can, he received a radio technician diploma from the National Institute of Radio in Washington, D. C. in 1929. He couldn't enter the field of radio at the time because the depres­sion was on, and nobody had. any money.

Ed found working at Hamilton a pleasure. "I enjoyed my 41 years of work here," Ed said. "I liked the work and all the folks I came in contact with were grand . I leave Hamilton with many pleas­ant memories and the friendships I have made I'll keep forever."

As a retirement present from his friends in Plate, Ed received $65.00. The money was in 13 five­dollar bills which were attached to a big poster on which was drawn the picture of a profiling machine which Ed was so famil­iar with during his 41 ye?-rs here.

FOR SALE I FOR RENT Two burner electric hot plate Bachelor apartment in good

(Dominican make), also apart- neighborhood. No cooking facili­ment vegetable bin. Both in excel- I ties. If interested call 8355 city, lent condition. Phone 3-2520 city. any evening.

Timely Topics

Employee Baseball Trip To Shibe Park Sch,sduled For May 16

The HRA has a baseball trip to Shibe Park scheduled for Friday evening, May 16th for Hamilton employees.

It's a night game between the Phillies and Cincinnati.

Here's the scoop! If you are an HRA member a

special bargain price of $4.50 for a box seat at ground level behind either the Phils' or Reds' dugout along first or third basc lines. plus round trip bus transportation fare is the offer. It's a bargain. Make no mistake about it!

HRA members are allowed one guest at the $4.50 box seat-round trip transportation price. Non­members will pay $5.50 for the same pleasure. Any guest or guests they may choose to take along is at the $5.50 per person price.

For further information contact the HRA keyman in your depart­ment or 'Sam Gast (Sales) on Ext. 215. All reservations must be made two weeks in advance of the game. This means that if you're going. you should notify either your keyman or Gast not later than May 6th. Tickets must be ordered and buses chartered in advance of the May 16th date.

Buses will leave the front of the factory (along Columbia Ave.) at 5 :30 P. M. on May 16th. Game time is 8 P. M .

Make a date for May 16th. Not only will you see Eddie Sawyer's 1952 Phillies in action, but you'll have a darn good time in the bar­gain.

Step Right · Up And Get Your Circus lickets Early, Folks!

JlUne 5 is circus day in Lancas­ter. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey will do a one day stand at the Old Airport along the Man­heim Pike. 'fhe Lancaster Junior Chamber of Commerce will spon­sor the show for the day.

Hamilton cmployees, who plan to attend the circus, may purchase their tickets early by calling Ext. 215 or contacting Bob Wilson (Sales), chairman of the Jaycees' Project Committee. This courtesy is possible through the arrange­ment of the Jaycees' management. Bob will get your tickets for you at no extra charge, thus elimina­ting you the bother of standing in line downtown or out at the cir­cus grounds. Tickets go on sale May 8. For choice seats, get your money to Wilson early.

Factory Vacation From July 14 To 28

You've probably read the . fol­lowing story concerning the 1952 Vacation for employees of the Lancaster plant on the bulletin boards around the factory. But it's worth repeflting again j,ust in case you missed it.

The factory will be closed for the annual vacation for two weeks from the morning- of July 14 until the morning of July 28.

Employees who qualify for more than two weeks' vacation should consult their foreman regarding the most suitable time to take the remainder of their vacation.

Emnloyees of the Fuze Manu­facturing Department and em­ployees on operations required for defense production in other de­partments will be requested to work during the vacation period. ,Employees in this group who are eligible for vacation are reqlUest­ed to arrangc with their foremen for their vacation.

But before vacation starts, the factory will be closed in observ­ance of Memorial Day on Friday, May 30, and Friday, July 4 in ob­servance of the Fourth of July.

SPRING SPECIALS

The reason for the early June 14th date of the 1952 Hamil­ton Family Picnic is that another date wasn't available at Hershey .. . It was a matter of accepting this date or not having the picnic at Hershey . . . Since the employees had a good time last y'ear, the HRA management grabbed the June 14th date . , , Marie Caldwell (Personnel) had some explaining to do to hel' Dad when the wind blew the door off his barn because she for­got to prop it properly when she took the car out . . . Saw Luella Shank, who retired from Shipping last year, downtown the other day ... She looks fine and wishes to be remembered to the folks in the department . , . The other day when the rains came, Joe Meck (Machine Shop) kept his head dry with a vest pocket sized umbrella, .. Joe says he can't help if he's ahead of the style schedule in what the smart young Machine Shopper will wear in wet weather . . . Albert Vuille, Hamilton's Swiss repre­sentative, saw his first television at the air terminal in Paris while waiting for plane connections to Boston for his visit here early in March.

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While no public solicitations for the C. C. Smith Memorial Fund to Heart Haven was undertaken because of his wife's request, a check for $329.00 was turned over to the Haven from 25 private contributors, . , Cpl. Dick Shopf, formerly of Special­ties Assembly, is now stationed at the Miho Air Force Base in Japan, one hour flying time from Korea .. ,Ken McMillen (Damaskeening) was end-man in the Millersville Lions min­strel show on March 14-15 ... Johnny Stank, formerly of Mate­rial Sales, is now a member of Uncle Sam's Navy at Bainbridge . , .Bob Brubaker (Traffic) is putting his moral support behind Jimmy Dyke's A's this baseball season . .. Jack Keenan (Sales ) was here on business in mid-March . ,. "Father" Keenan was walking with a cane as the result of a foot infection acqouired during the Xmas holidays .. .. Harry Hovis (Chief Chemist) and Pax Gifford (Chief Crystallographer) visited the plastic show at Convention Hall in Philly on March 13 ... We saw our first robin of the '52 season on March 13 . .. He was a fat little devil just in from Miami. .. Art Groff (Dept. Supt.) and John Foose (Dept. Supt.) were recent vacationists in Florida.

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Helen Strawbridge (Sec. to L. I'. Halligan) strengthens her brain muscles working word puzzles as a side dish . .. Since us­ing "White Rain" Kathleen Geisler (Bal. Staff) and Lyda Smith (Prod. Dispatch) have a couple of heads loaded with "slippery clean" hair . . . And speaking of hair Frank Kozicki (Prod. Con.) thinks he'll get a poodle cut .. . The initial "J" in the middle of Al (Training Sup'V.) Mathews' name stands for Junior ... Our boy Lefty Fritsch (Traffic) tells us he's a Lehigh grad . . . Lehigh Foundries, that is, . . Theresa Reilly (Plate) was 63 on March 20 . . . Walt Duttenhofer (Maintenance) looked like a caveman walking through the parking lot the other afternoon with a plunger on his shoulder ... Betty Esbenshade former secretary to M. F. Manby at Ralph W. Biggs & Co., in Stamford, Conn., is back in town waiting for June and a middle aisle stroll ... Red Shanabrook (Mech. Plan.) fell out of bed on March 19. " Rayrnie Fritsch (Maintenance) thinks Johnny Ray would make a good hog caller . .. Jack Leaman (Purchasing) hit a skunk with his car the other evening and then left the car sit in the garage for the next few days to allow the perfume to escape.

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Ike Trout (Service), the Spud smoker, figures a few more fights like the Dick Wagner vs Danny Nardico scrap on March 19 and the boxing fans will renew their faith in the sport, . ,Joe Cyms (Service) thinks there's too much publicity on the Willie Sutton case ... Charley Wagner (Guard) wishes it known that Dick Wagner, the fighter, is no relative of his, .. Frank .Floyd from East Petersburg is new in the Print Shop .. Frank A,ument (Guard), who was out on sick leave, returned to duty on April 28, . . Leon Hurwitz (Chief Metallurgist) didn't think much of the Wagner vs Nardico slugfest on March 19 .. . Leon said there wasn't enuf science. , . Never knew until the other day that Joe Greiner (Train) was a pro fighter when he was 16 .. . Joe felt the fight game was too tough and wisely stepped out while he had all his marbles. , . Paul Kutz (Prod. Eng. Supt.) lectured for two hours to the Explorers group at the University of Scout­ing at F & M on March 18 ... Ray Dirks (Machine Shop) tells us he still gets letters from producers in Hollywood requesting his services as male lead since his spectacular performance as Pierre the Cameraman in the HMA Xmas production two years ago.

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Arlene Bullock (T & C) and Ruth Brenneman (Jewel Set.) were busy waitresses at the bal{ed ham supper sponsored by the Millersville Fire Company on March 22, . . Betty Martin (Sales) thought F & M's Gretln Room Club production, "Finian's Rainbow" was tops . . . Thanl{s to the Lancaster Manufacturers' Association ;for quoting Timely Topics in their "Monthly Mes­sag>e" , .. The Print Shop sent out a mailing of over 8,500 Hamil­ton annual reports during the month of March .. . Bob Wilson (Sales), the new HRA prexy, admits his little daughter, Claudia, is a TV bug . . . Quite a few Hamiltonians were on hand to see the Harlem Globetrotters play the. College All Stars at Hershey on March 31. .. Eddie Joline returned to the Company on March 24 . , .He's working in Watch Research.

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Lucille Leanza (Prod. Dispatch) returned March 24 from a three months' visit to the British West Indies . .. Her brother, Art, lives in the BWI . . . It took her 12 hours to get there by air and 14 days to return by boat.

CHOP TALK Did you ever wonder about the

meaning of the pyramid and the eye above it, on the back of a one dollar bill? .. The pyramid sym­bolizes the strength of the union of states which make up our US.A., and the top of it is shown to be unfinished - meaning that there is still work to be done to make our land and our system of government as good and strong as they should be .. The eye above the pyramid stands for the all­seeing God, the Supreme Build­er.

- o-Mary Joan Bair (Chem. Lab.),

who is a Cedar Crest grad, says there are so many people who never heard of her alma mammy or where it is located .. . For your information, Cedar Crest is locat­ed on the border of Allentown, P a . . .. Flossie Haug (Service) has a new r ecipe for making odorless sauer kraut ... You wear a gas mask when you're making the stuff .... Simple? . . .. Earl H a r r y (Chem. Lab.) used to be a meter r eader for the Columbia Water Company .. . Ed Wiker (Guard ) can't figure out how Jack Lait & Lee Mortimer can write a book like "U.S.A. Confidential," without getting bumped off.

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Ray Haubert (Plate) use(l to be a brakeman on the Pennsy . .... Marty (Mach. Exp.) Ryan's kid brother, AI, is a police reporter on the Intell .... Dr. John Van Horn (Chief Physicist) got him­self a 30-gallon hot water tank out of Harold Miller's "Stump Your Neighbor" WGAL-TV quiz show on March 24 .. . Doc wound up second in the finals with a 316 2/ 3 points score ... The win­ner was Dr. John Thompson, a dentist out of Harrisburg, who got a gas range for a perfect 400 score.

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Elizabeth Smith is new in Sales .... H er husba nd, J 0 h n n y Smith, works at the East P eters­burg plant .. Bill Dussinger (Mech. Plan.) says he' ll t a k e Gil Turner over Kid Gavilan when the two collide for the welterweight title som etime this summer ... N ed Au­rand (Chem. Met.) took a chance on a 1000 to 1 shot trip for two to Bermuda the other day ... "At least," said N ed, "I know what my chances are."

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One of the most "on the move" departments at Hamilton is Pro­duct P erformance .. Since its birth several years ago, P.P. has moved four times in that span .. The first year it was in two locations on the first floor ... Then it trans­ferred to the fourth floor, now it's located on the third floor be­hind Material Sales . .. Its three occupants, Dick Slaugh, Austin Falk and Emily R eath are get­ting seasick from their ups and downs . .. Speaking of Dick Slaugh (Hd. Watchmaker), he spoke at the convention of the Nebraska Watchmakers on March 16 in Ho­tel Yancey at Grand Island.

- o-Mary Jane Weber is new in

Display ... She started March 24. ... Phyllis Patton, who formerly worked in P ersonnel R esearch, came back for a visit on March 25 . .. She was living down in Jacksonville, Fla., where h er hus­band J ay, formerly of Engineer­ing R ecords, was stationed with the Marine Air Corps before ship­ping out for Korea .. Lillian H eagy, Helen Carpenter and Ann P effley started work at the East P et ers­burg Plant on March 25 ... John Foose (Dept. SuptJ sent a post­card to "Cloyt" Dobbs (Dept. Supt. ) on March 25 from Florida. .. Dobbsy says, "Wait'll I see that guy. I'm gonna let him know how to spell my maiden name correct­ly."

Men's Softball Loop Opener Set For May 19

With R ed Bauer as league com­missioner, the HRA Men's Inter­Departmental Softball circuit gets underway ori May 19th.

Four t eams comprise the loop. They are : Engineers, Assembly Casing, Assembly D, and R e­search.

All games will be played on the Lancaster Country Day School diamond on Monday and Wednes­day evenings. Tuesday and Thurs­day evenings will be used to play make-up games.

The season will run from May to September with no halves to the campaign.

The captains for the competing teams are: Dick Tshudy, Assem­bly Casing; Jack Humphreville, Engineers ; Larry Raudenbush, R esearch; and Skip W eaver, As­sembly D .

If protests arise during the sea­son they will be handled by a committee composed of: Bags Broome (Machine Shop) , Lou Gi­angreco (Automatic) and George Dommel (,specialties Assem.) .

The league this sell-son ought to be one of the strongest in the his­tory of HRA softball since all the outstanding players are spread among the four t eams with no one t eam having more top talent than the others.

A new league ruling this year calls for every m ember of the four squads playing at least two innings of every ga m e.

H elping Bauer on the commit­tee will be, Ralph Mozian, Woody ~athvon, Dick Tshudy, Ray El­lis, Harry Youtz and Skip W ea­ver.

Timely Topics

HAMILTON IN THE MOVIES

In l'aramount's technicolor movie, "Hong Kong", which was shown at the Colonial Theatre from April 1 to 5, a Hamlilton wall clock is prominent in one of the scenes at the air terminal. As you can see from an actual photo taken on the set, the Hamilton clock is given a prominent spot on the wall in the scene. Starring in "Hong Kong" is Ronald Reagan, in the leather jacket, scuffling with a for­eign agent under the clock. The gal in the white dress, walking across the floor, is co-star Rhonda Fleming. Others in the movie were, Nigel Bruce, Marvin Miller, Lowell Gilmore and Danny Chang. This is one of a series of product identifications in outstanding mov­ies, television and radio shows arranged by Hamilton's publicity de­partment.

Tennis Tourney· HRA officials are working out

the details for an employee tennis tourney slated for sometime in June. No definite information has been released at this time. Just as soon as final plans have been made, TIMELY TOPICS will r e­lease it to you.

Two Hamiltonians Died During Month Of A~ril

Death took two Hamiltonians during the month of April. They were Norma Stumpf and Oscar Young.

Albert Vuille, Hamilton's Swiss Representative Since 1928, V'isits Company On Business In March

Oscar, who retired from the company because of ill health in June 1950, succumbed on Satur­day, April 5th while attending a movie at McCaskey H. S. audi­torium, While Norma died on April 12th as the r esult of a fall.

Albert Yuille chats with President G. P. Luckey in the latter's office during his business visit here in March.

In mid-March Albert Vuille, Hamilton's Swiss representative, visited the Company on business.

H e left Zurich, Switzerland, on March 7 and arrived by TWA in New York the following day. Al­bert marveled at the time saved and ease of travel by air.

Since his last visit here in 1948, Albert has becom e a grandfather. He's as proud as a peacock over his tiny 41)2 months old grand­daughter , Christine, born to his daughter, Erica, in January. His sOI'\-in-Iaw is in the watch busi­ness in Bienne, Albert's home­town.

Albert has been interested in watch making for over 50 years. H e has been Hamilton's Swiss representative for 24 years. As this Company's representative, he purchases watch jewels and k eeps Hamilton informed on Swiss inno­vations in watchmaking machin­ery and developments in watch production and marketing.

Commenting about conditions in Switzerland, Albert said :

"There has been a lot of talk in Switzerland this past year about an overstocked American watch market- and possible cur­tailment of Swiss watch produc­tion as a direct r esult. Despite the talk, the Swiss industry has felt no hardships to date. The Swiss do not see any possibility of any great future development in their country. So by careful planning and hard work they have achiev­ed a high degree of economic sta­bility. No one in Switzerland is very rich- no one is very poor. Everyone has enough for a good living."

Concerning Communistic groups in Switzerland, Albert had this to say:

"There is no effective Commun­istic group in Switzerland. The country is neither against Rus­sia nor the western democracies. But Switzerland will fight to pro­tect its own security. Its defense expenditures are heavy and con­stant. Switzerland does not want to surrender the complete control

COME ON, GANG! LET'S DANCE If you're looking for an evening of good entertainment, drop

down to the Brunswick ballroom on May 23rd and dance to the music of Andy K erner and his orchestra at the May Dance spon­sored for the Hamilton employees by the HRA. Ask your fellow employees who have attended previous HRA dances this season. They'll tell you what a good time is in store for you.

Oscar, who worked in Small Tool, was employed h ere 34 years prior to his retirement in 1950. He was born in Elizabethtown, a son of Henry Z. and the late Etta Miller Young. H e was a m ember of the Covenant Evangelical Un­ited Brethren Church, the Men's Bible Class and the Brotherhood.

Mrs. Stumpf, wife of Jack Stumpf (Maintenance ), worked in the Balance Staff Dept. since 1943.

Mrs. Stumpf was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fitzgerald, Lancaster , and was a m ember of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Be­sides her husband she is survived by two sisters and one brother : Virginia, wife of Brandt Hipple; Robert Fitzgerald; and Jean, wife of Paul R eese, all of Lancaster.

Services for. Mrs. Stumpf were held at St. Joseph's Catholic Church on April 15 with inter­m ent in St. Joseph's Cemetery.

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the final 1951-52 averages of every bowler who competed in the Service Men's Leag,uc, the HRA Men's League, and the HRA Women's circuit will be listed, along with available pictures of new officers, etc.

of its armed forces to any group of foreign powers."

During his stay in Lancaster, Albert atended an ice hockey game at Hershey. H e was very much at home since ice skating and hockey are familiar sports in Switzerland. Albert said the Swiss play a lot of basketball, soccer and roller hockey.

He saw his first t elevision on March 7 in a Paris air t ermina l while waiting for his plane to America. T elevision in Switzer­land is in its infancy. As for ra­cijo, it is run by the government.

During his business visit here he found time to renew many old acquanitances with friends in the factory.

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JOTS & DOTS Joe Halbig (Guard) is practic­

ing dentistry on the side . . . . Re­cently he extracted his own tooth by hand with only a mirror to watch the proceedings and listen to the accompanying yelps ... Bob Sisco (Quality Control) will put his money where these words are that southpaw Chuck Davey will win from Chico Vejar when the two meet.

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From Pittsburgh com es a brief communique from Dick Vaughan, former Cost Analyst, to the effect that h e's a gain yaking it up in behalf of the N ew York Ya nks . . . For 0 u r dough, Kay Starr's "Wheel of Fortune" is a must item in any record collector's stock . . . H eard Lou Little, Colum­bia University football coach, speak at the M.S.T.C. athletic banquet at the M.S.T .C. a thletic highly inter esting speaker.

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Arlene Bullock (Assembly "C") chewed away on some delicious rubber candy on April 1st before she realized what day it was .... Clara Mohr (Service) holds a con­versation wit h a robin every morning before she comes to work . .. She sez the bird told her to put the bankroll on Eisenhow­er for president .... Sam Rohrer (Employment Supv.) was 44 on April 1st ... Rhumba King George Biggs (Guard) has had so many requests for rhumba lessons since his picture appeared in March T.T. that he thinks he'll soon open a dance studio.

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The folks up in Production Con­trol chipped in and bought Fred A. Hauer a fountain pen as a present whim he tra nsferred out of that department to a new post in the Industria l R elations Divi­sion ... Did you ever know that genuine Panama h at s (which are not made in Panama- but in Ecuador) a re woven under water? · .. Did you know tha t (according to a Minnesota tailor who count­ed them ) ther e a re 47,189 stitch­es in a suit of clothes-29,888 in the coat; 9,561 in the pants; and 7,740 in the vest?

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Irv (Service) Bragg's one and only daughter, Ruth, is now a pri­vate in the Women's Air Force and is taking her basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio ... Irv has a son, Don, who is a Navy airman stationed at the Jacksonville Naval Air Sta­tion in Florida ... Phyllis Schna­der, formerly of Assembly Casing, is also a private in the Women's Air Force .. She is also taking her eight weeks of basic training at the Lackland air strip in Texas. · .. In fact, Privates Bragg and Schnader entered the service to­gether on March 28th.

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When elephants lie down, they extend the hind legs backward and the front ones forward ... All other la rge quadrupeds, including horses, bring the hind legs for ­ward in lying down ... If you want to know anything about the old time fighters who use to perform her e in town, see Guard Charley Frey, h e used to be a sparring partner for the la t e Leo Houck, and also worked as a second for many of the good boys of his day. · . . D efinition: A race track is a place where windows clean peo­ple.

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Here are a few interesting facts ... The average jack rabbit can keep up a top speed of 35 or 40 miles per hour for considerable distances . ... The common house fly does not breed in Alaska ... Florida has a longer coast line than any other state in the Un­ion .. . The average normal adult human body contains from eight to ten pints of blood.

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CUFF NOTES Jay Mueller (Plate) got a new

set of store teeth on April 2 and several of the gals brought in a few cans of baby food to ease Jay's chewing problems until he gets his false choppers broken in ... Tom Smith (Prod. Process­ing) came to work on April 2 wearing two different shoes ... No explanation for the miscue ... Smitty's only words were, "I have a pair to match at home."

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In answer to his many fans, this is to tell them that several weeks ago Frank Remley (Mech. Plan­ning) was not hit on the beak with an eight ball as they thought ... That black mark on his smel­ler was salve to straighten out a slight infection ... . When Fred Hauer took over Walt Breen's desk in Plant Security, he inher­ited a dried-up pack of Demuth's Plain .. . Graduating on April 1 from the six weeks University of Scouting course at F & M were : Gene Barber (Prod Scheduling), Marv Freeman (Met. Proces­sing), Jean Affiebach (Fuze Mfg.), Phil Lichty (Chem. Met.) and Bob Gauker (Service) .

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Vera Benedict (Prod. Sched.) had a birthday on April 2 and passed the candy in celebration of same .. A trio of the Dalton boys were loose as judges at the Uline Arena in Washington, D. C. on the night of April 2 when they award­ed the 10 round decision to Gene Smith over Glen Flannigan .. .. Guard Jack Huber reported ducks plentiful on the islands in the Susquehannan on April 2 .. He got "honk happy" listening to them while fishing in the vicinity on that date ... Paul Kauffman (Bal. Staff) put on a clever talk on short wave radio for Cub Scout Pack 145 of Millersville on April l. .. Paul had all the equipment on hand and made a contact with a fellow "ham" to the delight of the Cubs.

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Bags Broome (Machine Shop) is of the opinion the A's will fin­ish in the first division this sea­son .. Leo Snader (Machine Shop) had his wife Anna Mae (Sec. to G. P. LuCk~Y) at the wrestling matches at the Grove on April 2. .. . He sez he was real proud of her since she stayed in her seat throughout the complete card of four matches this trip ... The wrestling show she saw sometime ago at Hershey found her up on her feet most of the night ready to tear the grunters apart with her bare hands . . . Howard Kuhns (Service) brought his cough med­icine to work with him on April 3 and was handing out sample teaspoon fulls to prospective cold sufferers.

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Ned Aurand (Chem. Met.) sez he isn't bald headed, it's just t hat he has a high forehead . .. Joe To­basco (Met. Lab.) hails from Dun­kirk, New York, which is 42 miles southwest of Buffalo .... Paul Schwarz (Service) informs us that Lancaster jockey George Stidham did not ride in Florida this past winter . .. Stidham is presently in Red Bank, N. J. working for a guy by the name of Cotton who will put his runners in action on Jersey tracks this spring and summer.

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It's interesting to note the varied opinions people have of singer Johnny Ray . . One guy said he thought it was Tallulah Bank­head when he first heard him .. . while another guy admitted that when he heard him for the first time it sounded like somebody falling down steps ... Personally, we don't like the guy's voice, but the way he's been making his cry­ing payoff, more power to him.

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22 Employees Receive Service Certificates, Awards At Brief Ceremony Held In Early March

Mary Schneider (Bal. & Hspg.) was a happy young lady in early March as she received her 15-year service award watch certificate from Lowell Halligan (V.P. in Charge of Sales) in a brief ceremony in the Conference Room in the Main Office Building. President G. P. Luckey, who spoke briefly to the group of 22 service award recipients prior to the presentation ceremonies, smiles in the background. Both President Luckey and Vice President Halligan congratulated each service award employee immediately after they had received their awards. Mary was one of 12 employees who received 15-year service award watch certificates. Ten other employees received pins or tie clips for 20 or more years of service with the company.

At a brief ceremony in the Con­ference Room of the Main Office Building in early March, 12 Ham­iltonians received their 15-year watch award certificates, while 10 others were given pins or tie clips in recognition of 20 or more years of service with the company.

The reason this group of 22 re­ceived its awards at this time was that the death of President C. C. Smith postponed the actual pre­sentation dates when the s e awards were due.

Normally, service award win.­ners receive their recognition on the day or the week when their service date occurs. However, with the death of the late Presi­dent Smith on February 6th, the remainder of the month was tak­en up with busines3 matters re­quiring the services of those ex­ecutives who make the awards.

Since January 1, 1952, 46 em­ployees have received 15-year cer­tificates, pins or tie clips.

Before this year runs it course, a total of 126 Hamiltonians will have received their s e r vic e awards. Sixty-one will be eligible for 15-year service award watches which will be given them at the annual ceremony in the new audi­torium in December, while 65 will have received pins or tie clips for 20 or more years of service with the company.

R UMMAGE SALE

The Scouts of Lancaster are holding a rummage sale on May 23-24. If you have any rummage you'd like to get rid of contact Bob Gau­ker Ext. 268 . . The Scouts will be around to pick it up.

HAMILTON'S GOLD PRETZEL AWARD

Jack Keenan, Hamilton's Ch icago district sales manager, (left), presents the 1951 Hamilton gold pretzel award (Schaeffer life-time desk set with identifying name plate and a gold pretzel) to Sol Cogan, sales manager of Manheimer Watch Company of Chicago, in recogni­tion of the wholesaler who has made the best Hamilton advertising effort during the year. Mr. Cogan's family, son, Jimmy (left), Mrs. Cogan, and daughter, Laurie, are in the background. The idea for the award was originated in 1950 to stimulate t he adver tising efforts of wholesalers on behalf of Hamilton watches. The first gold pretzel award last year produced a double winner in A. C. Possin Company, Milwaukee, and E. W. Reynolds, Los Angeles.

Two Ham'ilton Teams Entered In Girls' Industrial S. B. Loop

Hamilton will be represented by two teams in the Girls' Indus­trial Softball League this season.

The one club will be the Ham­ilton Factory girls, the other, the East Petersburg Branch team.

Harry Whitmyer (Escape) will manage the Factory team, while Charlotte Kling will handle the East Petersburg Branch club.

While it isn't definite at this time, the possibility of a five or six team Industrial League being formed is likely. Definitely, the two Hamilton teams and another East Petersburg club, composed of high school girls, have entered.

Candidates for the Hamilton Factory team are, Betty Forrey, Mae Evans, Mildred Ulmer, Ce­cilia Getcy, Ada Rice, Mary Sie­grist, Joan Greenleaf, Bet t y Storm, Mary McMurtrie, Doris King, Jane Groff, Ruth DeWald, Pat Snyder, Mary Davis, Marga­ret Sposato, Loretta Aument, Ja­net Eshleman and Virginia Sweet.

If there are any more Factory girls interested in signing up to play, all they have to do is contact Mae Evans (Personnel), Ext. 231. In the case of the East Petersburg Branch, if any girls are interested in playing ball with that club, get in touch with Charlotte Kling.

Be Sure It's Secure From the desk of J. D. Small,

chairman of the Munitions Board, Department of Defense, Washing­ton, D. C., comes this statement.

"Plant security cannot operate by guesswork.

"Our national defense is too im­portant for slipshod protection methods. We've got to be sure!

"The enemy agent or the sabo­teur is able to do his job and suc­ceed only because someone, some­where, has failed to be sure. It takes more than a set of rules or regulations to guarantee security. Enough rules have been written to furnish protection for nearly every defense plant in the coun­try. When these protective meas· ures fail to work - that is when the enemy goes to work.

"The enemy is alert to take ad­vantage of any slip-up on our part.

"A guard station at the front gate doesn't mean necessarily that everything within the plant is secure. In many cases, espion­age and sabotage can be accom­plished by people who have man­aged to get through the outer de­fenses of the plant.

"They might even be trusted employees, working next to you every day.

"So, in order to tighten up our plant security against any cun­ning schemes of the espionage agent or the possible saboteur, let's BE SURE!

" BE SURE that all blueprints, drawings, specification sheets or other important papers are pro­perly protected while in your pos­session. Be sure they are not left exposed for unauthorized persons to see.

"BE SURE that your work is kept from prying eyes or slippery fingers while you stop for rest periods, lunch hour, or other rea­sons.

"BE SURE that your working tools are put away and that all locks under your responsibility are REALLY LOCKED before you leave for the day DON'T GUESS-BE SURE THEY ARE LOCKED.

"BE SURE to leave the secrets of your job where they belong­locked up at the plant.

"Let's improve our plant secur­ity-BE SURE IT'S SECURE.

"PLANT SECURITY IS YOUR SECURITY."

It's This Way Spring is like this . .. It's robins

adding their sweet songs to Moth er Nature's new garb of green grass, budding trees, violets in the meadows, warm sunshine, gentle breezes, etc . ... It's shedding heavy winter apparel for warm weather's lighter garments ... It's the appearance of people in the great outdoors after a winter of closed windows and living room hibernation .. It's spring fever and thoughts of coming vacations.

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Spring is kids spinning tops, shooting marbles, flying kites and playing ball ... It's the Easter pa­rade . . It's the shout of "play ball" as the big leagues open another season of diamond operations ... Spring puts a kick of beauty and zest to live in our minds and hearts . .. It's a walk in the woods to gather wild flowers .. Thoughts of impending graduation by young folks who face a n uncertain world ... It's hikes into the coun­tryon sunny Sunday afternoons. · . . Or folks in the cool of the aft­ernoon cutting dandelion out of the sweet smelling earth to use as tasty side dishes for lunch.

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Spring is the beauty of cherry, apple and pear blossoms .. . It's standing on a hill looking down in the valley and forgetting our troubles as we absorb the miracle of nature around us ... It's the warm, gentle rain that splashes against the window pane . .. It's the climatic uncertainty - sun­shine one minute, showers the next . .. Lovers strolling arm and arm down a country lane ... Folks gathered in groups outside church on Sunday mornings .. It's T-shirts and shorts, white shoes and sports brogans.

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Spring is a sure-cure for our ills ... It's sweet smelling Easter flowers on stands in crowded store lobbies .. . It's kids looking forward to summer vacations ... It's camera fans having a field day in nature's wonderland ... Young collegians parked on frat porches cramming for final exams. · . . It's Saturday golfers drinking in the sunshine as they follow the little white pellets around the courses .. It's white-washed fences and porch furniture repaired .. It's raking flower beds around homes. · .. It's the song of a robin high in a tree ... Young folks and old turning the soil and planting the seeds in preparation for their small gardens ... It's lilacs and honeysuckle, babbling brooks and quiet streams ... It's ducks on the lake . .. It's Dad down by the river fishing and smoking his pipe .... Class reunions, college proms, family outings, and trips to see the blossoms at Valley Forge.

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It's new hope and cheer to the hospitalized .. Re-opening of road­side stands with bright new signs to attract hungry patrons .. . It's the Kentucky Derby and the start of the racing season in Maryland and Jersey . .. It's seashore resorts polishing up for a lucrative sum­mer business . . . Sports shops dis­playing bathing suits, baseball gloves, tennis racquets, golfing equipment, fishing rods and Keds. · .. It's mothers buying summer duds for their children . .. Store windows crammed wit h new spring styles, and travel bureaus lining up vacation trips . . . It's the familiar sound of lawn-mowers in action after a winter of idleness in the garage ... It's seed cata­logues and books on gardening ... The disappearance of ice skates, sleds, overcoats, skis, boots and snow shovels and the re-appear­ance of porch swings, awnings, beach chairs, park benches and grass rakes .... Spring is magic with God as the production chiet.

SHORT JABS Maybe the new HRA officers can figure out a way to kick

up more interest in tennis here at the factory ... There are quite a few racquet swingers who playa good brand of tennis around here interested in getting into some tourney play if the oppor­tunity is available .. . At the last minute the medicos have given Len Kissinger (Service) the green light to return to baseball umpiring this summer ... After watching Gil Turner beat the tar out of Don Williams on March 21 in New York, we still think he could add more potency to his right hand punching if he didn't reach so much to land it ... He loses power in his blows when he does.

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Just as sure as there are taxes, Verne Gagne will replace Lou Thesz as the National Wrestling Alliance's new heavy­weight champion ... The exchange will probably take place this year in either Chicago or St Louis . . . Johnny Shertz (Mainten­ance) has part interest in a hot rod car that will race on near­by tracks this summer ... Johnny says it's a soupped-up kettle with a lot of zip ... Clair Shenk (Bal: & Hspg.) purchased a new set of golf clubs and is r eady for a busy season of campaign­ing at the Conestoga Country Club ... The Hamilton Girls' soft­ball t eam will again enter the Girls' Industrial S. B. L eague this summer.

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Gene Barber (Prod. Scheduling), ex-F & M tennis captain, thinks Jack Kramer is the greatest tennis player in the world. ... As far as a top amateur is concerned, Gene tells us to keep our peepers on Eddie Moylan, ranked 4th by the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association at the present time ... Gene played in the 1942 Eastern Intercollegiates with Moylan when Ed was a stu­dent at the Newark College of Engineering ... Wally Bork (Prod. Processing) hasn't made up his mind just yet whether ' he'll start his 17th season in softball ... If he does it will be with St. Paul's Methodist in the City Church League.

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Al Schacheman (Sales) lists Stan Hensen, three-time Na­tional Collegiate and National A.A.U. 145 pound champ from Oklahoma A & M, as the greatest wrestler h e ever faced ... AI tangled with H ensen in 1938 when the former was 20 years old and a member of the New York A.C .. .. The two met in the Na­tional A.A.U.'s which were held at McCaskey High that partic~ ular year ... Stan pinned Al in four minutes . .. Schacheman said he never met a guy who was in as complete command as Hen­sen was in that match ... AI's only regret is, he wished he would have had another opportunity to wrestle Hensen a few years later ... Walt Connor (Guard) says you let both eyes open when you sight a pistol on a target, while Bill Schaeffer (Capt. of the Guards) says you close one eye.

--<>-Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians is Bob (Sales) Braner's

favorite big league pitcher . . . When Braner played with Cam­bridge of the Eastern Shore League, Max Surkont, now of the Boston Braves, was the top pitcher in the Eastern Shore cir­cuit ... He was also a member of the Cambridge Club ... In Feb. T.T., we predicted Steve Wadiak, great South Carolina Univer­sity back who was property of the Pitt Steelers, would be pro football's 1952 Rookie of the Year ... Just forget about it because the young man was killed in an auto accident on March 9th in Ail{en, South Carolina ... Warren Overly (Parts Stock) tells us his brother, Jerry, who was a top athlete at Manheim Town­ship, will do some umpiring in baseball this summer.

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In the May issue of the "Boxing and Wrestling" magazine, Harry Grayson, a top sports reporter for the past 40 years, lists as his all time heavyweight selections: 1). Jack Dempsey, (2). Jack Johnson, (3), Jim Jeffries, (4), John L. Sullivan, (5). Gene Tunney, (6). Bob Fitzsimmons, (7). Jim Corbett, and (8). Joe Louis ... Bob R eese (Parts Stock) figures with Curt Simmons back with the Phillies, Eddie Sawyer's crew can't miss winning the National flag this year ... And speaking of Simmons, Frank Kozicki (Prod. Con.) is of the opinion that the time Curt spent in the Army won't hurt him ... Frank figures Curt is so anxious to take up where he left off in his diamond career that his will to win games will not only spark himself, but give the team as a whole a m ental and moral lift.

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With George Atkinson, of Budget, scheduled for the Army, the commissioner of the HRA Men's Softball League is Red Bauer (Machine Shop) .... We'd still like to know what made Ike Williams groggy in his March 26th fight with Chuck Davey ... Certainly it wasn't Davey's hard punching! ... If Chuck is smart, he'll retire right now and stick to his insurance bus­iness before one of the men in the beak busting business knocks the boy cockeyed ... After watching southpaw Davey in action, we can only say, it's a shame Rosey Stoy isn't in his prime right now ... He could make himself a fortune.

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For all you Hamilton racing' fans here are the 1952 racing dates for tracks in Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey: Gar­den State Park (Camden, N.J.) April 29 thru May 31 (25 days). ... Pimlico (Maryland) May 1 thru May 17 (15 days) . .. Dela­ware Park (Stanton, Del.) May 29 thru July 5 (33 days) .... Monmouth Park (Oceanport, N. J.) June 14 thru August 9 (46 days) ... Cumberland (Maryland) July 15 thru July 26 (10 days) .. . Hagerstown (Maryland) July 29 thru August 9 (10 days) ... Atlantic City (Mays Landing, N. J.) August 11 thru October 4 (48 days) Bel Air (Maryland) August 13 thru August 23 (10 days) ... Timonium (Maryland) August 27 thru September 6 (10 days) ... Marlboro (Maryland) September 10 thru September 20 (10 days) . .. Laurel (Maryland) October 4 thru October 24 (18 days) ... Garden State Park (Camden, N. J.) October 7 thru November 8 (25 days) ... Pimlico (Maryland) October 25 thru November 15 (19 days) ... Bowie (Maryland) November 17 thru December 6 (18 day.s).

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Sgt. Jay Miller On Championship Team

Ed Miller (Product Stock Supv.) is proud of this official U. S. Air Force photo. It pictures his husky son, Sgt. Jay Miller (back row­right) with the winning 11th Communications Maintenance Squadron bowling team that recently captured the Inter-Squadron League championship of the Erding Air Force Base, Erding, Germany. Jay, who had a season average of 165, was formerly employed in the Ham­ilton Service Department and was a member of the Service Bowling League. With the regular winter kegling season over, Sgt Miller is now competing in the Buddy League, a summer bowling circuit at Erding.

Hauer & Barber (Continued from Page 1)

Reduced Price On GA Tickets To Employees For Roses' Home Games

Here's another bargain the HRA has secured for employee

, baseball fans. Through the courtesy of the

management of the Lancaster Roses Baseball Club, the HRA was able to arrange a special price of 75 cents for general ad­mission booster night tickets for

Fred A. Hauer ~ HRA members to all Roses' home

games at Stumpf Field during the 1952 Inter-State League season.

Gene Barber Barber began his Hamilton ca­

reer as a central planner in Man­ufacturing Stocks in 194;7. In 1948 he moved into a central planning job in Production Control and held that post until the first of this month when he was appoint­ed supervisor of Pro d u c t ion Scheduling.

Gene was a sergeant in the Army Air Corps weather service from 1943 to 1946.

Both Gene 'and Fred were mem­bers of F & M varsity sports teams. Gene played three years of varsity tennis for the Diplomats and captained the club in his senior year. Fred played football and was a sprinter and field man on the track team. He worked at end, half and fullback for Poss Miller and Al Holman during his three years on the Diplomat grid teams.

Fred has been married 14 years and has two children, Freddie, 11, and Judy, 6. The Hauers live on Farmingdale Road near Rohrers­town.

Gene has been married since 1943 and has two children, Ron­nie, 7, and Connie, 2. The Barbers reside at 737 George St., this city.

The beauty of such an arrange­ment is not only in the reduced price on these tickets which can be purchased at the Personnel Dept. Office (contact Mae Evans), but it eliminates standing in line at Stumpf Field before a game.

These special ' reduced price tickets for HRA members are good for home doubleheaders as well as single games.

Since the Roses play 70 home games, you'll want to take advan­tage of this offer during the In­ter-State League season.

Here's the list of Roses' home games: April 25, 26, 27 April 28, 29 May 5, 6 May 7, 8, 9 May 16, 17, 18 May 19, 20 May 24, 25, 26 May 27, 28 May 31. June 1 June 5, 6, 6 June 14, 15, 15 June 16, 17 June 23, 24, 25 June 26, 27 July 3, 4, 4 July 5, 6, 7 July 10, 10, 11 July 17, 18 July 19, 20, 21 July 26, 27, 28 July 31 August 1 August 4, 5, 6 August 12, 13 August 16, 17, 18 August 19, 20 August 21, 22 August 28, 29 August 30, 31

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1952 Quoit Tourney To Start June 16th

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The 1952 HRA quoit tourney will start Monday, June 16th, ac­cording to an announcement by co-chairmen F ran k Hoffman (B. & F . S') and Joe But son (Damask.).

The tourney starts out with the singles. When the singles are over the doubles tourney follows im­mediately.

The r eason for the early date this year is to eliminate the hot weather of August, the month during which past tourneys have been h eld.

All contestants must be HRA m embers.

Unlike past HRA tournaments, r egulation quoits (3 Ibs. 5 oz.) will be used.

Prizes will be awarded to win­ners and runners-up in both sin­gles and doubles.

In the singles, the Frank C. Beckwith trophy, put into compe­tition last year, and which must be won three years in a row for permanent possession, is the top prize. At the present time the trophy is held by Jim DiNisio (Plate), who won the first leg on it last year in winning the '51 championship.

In doubles play, the winners will receive trophies.

Runners-up in both tourneys will receive suitable prizes, not yet selected at this early date, by the HRA committee.

All entry blanks received by those who wish to enter the tour­ney must be filled out and re­turned not later than May 29th. Just send them to either the HRA keyman in your department or di­rectly to co-chairman Frank Hoff­man (Balance & Flat Steel) .

All matches will start promptly at 12 noon. Preliminary matches in both singles and doubles will be the best two out of three games. The finals in both singles and dou­bles will be the best three out of five games.

Official judges will be on hand for all the games at both tournae ments. Competent scorekeepers will be selected from the gallery.

The defending champions are, Jim DiNisio in the singles, and Bud Hoin (Plate) & Earl Brink­man (Heat Treating) in the dou­bles.

DiNisio won his '51 laurels from Ken McMillen (Damask.) by the scores of, 21-2, 20-21, 21-13 and 21-18. The Hoin & Brinkman com­bo beat Al Hanselman (Damask.) & Phares Lefever (Dial) by the scores of, 7-21, 21 ·8, 18-21, 21-17, and 21-15.

If You Are Interested In Archery, Read This If enough employees are inter­

ested in archery, both here and at the East Petersburg plant, the HRA will provide the targets and the necessary equipment.

In order to find out whether the sport has enough popularity to be carried on the HRA pro­gram, Association officials request those interested to contact Mae Evans (Personnel) Ext. 231.

If the sport is found to have enough interested employees, it will be held during lunch periods and after working hours during week days. The Barr Lot will be the site for the sport for em­ployees who work here at the fac­tory. Ample space will also be provided for the East Petersburg employees on the grounds at the side of the new defense plant.

So if you are interested in arch­ery make sure you contact Miss Evans so the HRA will know whether or not to buy the neces­sary equipment.

FOR SALE Boy's Goodyear Bicycle.

Tires and bike in good con­dition. The price is reason­able. If interested, contact " Harold Sahm (Ext. 248) . .

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HRA MARDI GRAS DANCE ATTENDED BY 300 EMPLOYEES ON MARCH 7TH Since the start of the 1952 season, the Hamilton Recreation

Association has held two dances for the entertainment of Hamilton employees at the Hotel Brunswick. The pictures on this page were taken by Francie Meyer (Watch Design) at the Mardi Gras dance on March 7th. Some 300 dancers attended the social event which was considered one of the finest ever held by the HRA. Ira Bowman and his orchestra furnished the music. Balloons and large, weird looking faces drawn on wrapping paper were used in carrying out the decorative theme for the Mardi Gras dance. All decorations, including the drawings of the weird faces, were handled by a cap­able committee with helpful assistance from other employees. This was the second dance of the season, the first being the "Sno-Ball" held on January 11th. A May Dance, the third of the year, will be held on Friday evening, May 23 at the Brunswick. The committee in charge of the May Dance is composed of: Chairman Woody Rath­von, Bob Wilson, Jackie Hoehn, Charley Shindell, Mae Evans and Rose Boyer. The dance, with Andy Kerner and his orchestra furn­ishing the music, is from 9 P. M. until 1 A. M.

Here's an over-all shot of the Brunswick ballroom, crowded with dancers. On the stage in the background Ira Bowman's seven piece orchestra (including femme vocal­ist) plays pretty for the people. The two clown heads on the backdrop on the stage and the weird face on the curtain on the left were drawn on wrapping paper by cer­tain artistic employees. There were 15 faces in all included in the decorations.

Saying a few words to the audience in this photo is HRA vice president Rose Boy­er. Waiting to speak are the other newly-elected HRA officers, Doris King, assistant secretary; Dick Young, treasurer; and Bob Wilson, president. Standing behind Rose is Ken Weeks. Mae Evans, secretary, was absent when this picture was taken.

Jitterbug or waltz, fox trot or rhumba, the dancers were in rare form as the Bow­man band furnished the corresponding tunes that set the stage for a grand evening of entertainment. .

Wigman Cloyd Dobbs had himself quite a night. Trying to give competition to some of the decorative faces on the walls at the Brunswick, here is long-haired Cloyd matching wigs with Lucille Smith, who went right along with the Dobbs' gags.

At times the dancers found it fun just sitting the rhumbas out by chatting, telling jokes, laughing and making faces at the camera.

Francie Meyer's camera caught this trio at the door­way that led to the ballroom. The group includes, John Albright (left), Arlene Hoff and Woody Rathvon. John­ny was Arlene's date for the dance.