IT KEEPS YOU POSTED * * NOVEMBER, 1946 VOL. V No.1

Joseph Baskewicz Wins $500 Award foremen Named Joseph Baskewicz of the Bench Lathe

Department has just earned $500 for a suggestion-the highest award ever made

by the Wollensak Suggestion Committee. Joe's suggestion was for a tool holder

that can be adjusted for facing, corner

Richard Hawks Appointed Personnel Head

Richard "Dick" Hawks has been chosen as personnel manager to succeed Lamont McNall, who is leaving Wollen-sak to return to private law practice.

Dick has worked in the shop and knows practically all the boys in the plant. He has headed many of the plant drives, including the Red Cross Drives, War Bond Drives, the Wollensak Blood Donor Service and others.

His knowledge of Wollensak activities and people makes him especially well fitted for his new post.

Lamont McNall, whom Dick succeeds, left his law practice to come to Wollen-sak during the war. On his return to his former occupation, he was given a fare-well party at Walz & Krenzer, which was attenaed by approximately 50 of his Wol-lensak friends. In addition, he was feted at the annual foremen's clambake.

breaking, turning, opening, etc. This tool holder eliminates the need for grinding a new bit for each job, and also eliminates the use of the turret when close tolerances are required.

Also named a suggestion winner was Elmer Ward of the Automatic Screw Ma-chine Department, whose suggestion mer-ited him $1 5. Elmer's idea was that in slotting photographic shutter back cases, the ring used to hold the case should be attached to a lever. This ring is bolted to the lever so that, when bringing the lever over the case, the ring is brought over and back again with the use of the lever only. This suggestion eliminates the need for using the hand to take off and put on the ring separately.

The Suggestion Committee reports that since January 1, 1946, $865 in awards has been paid to Wollensak men and

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The appointment of several new fore-men has been announced by Ed Springer, plant manager.

They are Andy Gnage, foreman of Lens Barrel Assembly; Albert Drews, foreman of the Plating Room ; Otto Uthe, general foreman of Lens Assem-bly, Inspection and Coating; Monica Ber-wind, forelady of Lens Assembly, who will be aided by Jerry Bleier, as assistant forelady; Larry Conrad, foreman of Lens Cementing and Coating; Robert Klingler, Inspection in Precision Sub-Assembly; Clem Hilberer, chemist jn charge of our Laboratory ; Burr Williams, control chem-ist of our Plating Room ; Florian Soper and Arthur Schoenberger, promoted from assistant foremen to foremen in the Cine Lens Department.

Congratulations to these new foremen and best of luck.

On-the-job cooperation through observance of

necessary rules and courtesies in order to assure

an efficient and happy work group - in which each worker's individual rights are protected.

Reprinted Courtesy Kelly-Read & Co., Inc.

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WOLLENSAK Sentry

EDITOR: Miriam Seabry Sports Editor: Leo Heberger Photographer: Ray Koerner

William Stenzel Dolores Keppler Edmund Schell Geraldine Bleier Don Brown Ruth Fox

Reporters:

Leo Heberger Daniel Stiehler Edward Bralski Valeria Barron Eugene Leary Nicholas Toste

Frank Meyer Edward Fichtner Frank Popham Luella Case

Rosalyn Japp Cykiewicz

* * * At Ease! * * * On September 13, the Wollensak Vet-

erans Association of World W ar II held the formal dedication of the W ollensak Memorial Athletic Field. Speakers and in-vited guests were Mr. J. G. Magin, Mr. E. Springer, Mr. G. Hawks, Rev. Darcy Bolger of Holy Apostles Church Chap-lain Heindl of the· U. .. S. ,Army Major Thomas Cronan of the U. S. Army Re-cruiting Service, Mr. George McAvoy and Mr. Hyman Mandell of the Selective Service Board. The guests of honor were the parents and relatives of the men who gave their lives in service to our country.

The monument was donated by the Company. The two bronze plaques were gifts of the Anstice Foundry Company. The Bag was given by the Veterans As-sociation. This flag will be raised and

Wollensak Recreation Association Wollensak Nite at Red Wing sta-

dium attracted 575 members; the eve-ning was enjoyed by all, although our Red Wings dropped another game to Buffalo. This was the third annual nite at the stadium and our largest atten-dance. The following were the lucky winners of the drawing for members

.only at the game; Annette Bojara, two pairs of nylon stockings ; Richard Raab, a seven-fifty hat at Adams; Ned Schnorr a case of beer; Bernard Gefell, an autographed baseball from the Red Wings, and Louis Kuchman, four passes to a future Red Wing game ... Wollensak Nite at the Rodeo was also well attended, with 400 making merry, despite the drubbing our Riding Club took from the Irondequoit Spur Club in the Relay race. However, we thought they did well ... We had enough men bowlers on the waiting list to form another sixteen-team league, but be-cause of the scarcity of bowling halls this year it is impossible to satisfy all the bowlers. Plans are ' set for a bigger league next year. This large list was un-expected and we're sorry we didn't know th~~~~~··t~.: _g or we would have made arrangements accordingly ... _All members and clubs may have the use of the new recreation room after work-ing hours for any event, if they adhere to rules and make reservations with Leo Heberger or the personnel office ... To Roy Leschander, retiring secretary of the Hook & Shell Club (although he will be in there pitching as a member): it is the feeling of everyone that you did a commendable job in fostering this club to its present success . . . The winter program of the Recreation Association includes a card party in

October in the recreation room, foot-ball excursion to the Cornell-Dart-mouth game in Ithaca November 16, sports dinner and dance at the Doud Post December 8, three bowling tour-naments, bingo party, swimming class at Franklin High, Ice Follies excursion. Watch your bulletin boards for fur-ther notice on these activities ... The Wollensak Rifle Team will be com-posed of the following men, under the direction of Leo Houlihan Jr. , and Earl Elkie, who will compete in the Major Indu strial gun league : besides Houli-han and Elkie there are Charles Kaiser, John Gasser, Bob Janneck and Angelo Tambe . . Several different games are being purchased for lunch time recre-ation, and a ping pong table will be placed in the recreation room for use of the members .. The choral society will commence rehearsing in October under the direction of Miss Norma Lamson. All are invited to join this group . Plans for reorganizing the Camera Club have been made. A busy winter program will be presented to the members at the October meeting, also the election of officers--so plan to attend :this important meeting. The company has consented to install a dark room in the recreation room for the members ... On any suggestions con-cerning recreation, please contact your director or Leo Heberger and they will gladly be accepted ... New members: Bernice Geska, Francis Politz, Mike Pavone, Nick Toste, Frank Vegelis, Art Distler, Charley Kritchen, Sonny Hildebrand, Don Dreas, Eddie Dwyer, Robert MacMillan, Robert Janneck, and George Spaulding.

Left, V eterans M emorial Flag is raised at dedication of W ollensak recreation field as <1 V eterans Memorial Field.

Below, Wollensak employees representing all branches of the armed forces, special guests and speakers march to site of dedication ceremonies.

HOOK & SHELL NOTES: The Hook & Shell Club recently

held an election meeting and hot dog roast in the recreation room. Reelected to the board of directors are Remi Val-lee, Joe Drechsler, Herm Grasshof, Phil Kondorf, George Mehne, Herb Hum-mel and Eddie Schell. New directors are Clem Becker, John Bacon and Leo Houlihan. The board predicts many and varied events for the coming yea r, so keep your eye on the ball.

Hook & Shell members are missing a good bet by not recording their fish in the vacation and monthly contests. Of the list of six classes, three prizes of $5 each were claimed for the vaca-tion period and only one prize of $2 for the rest of August.

W ollensak Riding Club

$5- Louis Dombrowski - large mouth bass, dressed , 3 lb. 15 oz.

$5-Joseph Drechsler and Remi Val-lee- tied; small mouth bass,

dressed , 1 lb. 8 oz. $5---Earl Richmond - largest fish

(dogfish) , dressed, 5 lb. 4 oz. Emil Koellner's dressed 3 lb. 9 oz.

bass was the only fish en tered for the

SPORTIN' ROUND by Leo Heberger VAN HORN STAGES COMEBACK FOR GOLF LAURELS ...

Thirty-two divot-takers responded to the call to test the Lake Shore Country Club for medal honors and to qualify for the championship bracket. Prizes in the medal play were taken by Don Dreas, who posted a 9l ·with a twenty-three handicap for a low net of 67. Other low net scores that finished in the money were John Bacon with 69, and Bud Bauer, 70. Defending cham-pion Charley Shug carded an 86 for low gross, followed by Earl Hutteman's 87; this writer and Henry Ogrodowski tied for third with 91 strokes. The eight low gross players to qualify for match play in the championship brack-et were: Charley Shug, Earl Hutteman, Leo Heberger, Don Dreas, Henry Ogrodowski, John Bacon, Dick Van Horn, and Bob Klingler. In the match game play-offs, Shug defeated Klingler, 4-3; Heberger eliminated Bacon in a tight duel, 1-up in twenty holes; Ogro-dowski whipped Dreas, 3-2, and Van Horn won a close one from Hutteman, 1-up, eighteen holes . Playing in the semi-finals Ogrodowski came from be-hind to nip this writer, 1-up, at Mid-vale, and Van Horn came up with a hot putter to rout his successor to the golf crown last year, Charley Shug, 3-2, on Durand-Eastman layout. In th e fi-nals Van Horn returned to old form to down Ogrodowski in a nip and tuck battle for the championship. Van Horn's name will be engraved on the golf plaque in the recreation room.

VARSITY OUSTED IN PLAYOFFS; PLAY KODAK FOR PENNANT ...

After defeating Strombergs and Fashion Park to reach the finals in the two industrial divisions in the Cham-

Orrico Ferrari scores run in city. tournament

pion Industrial League, Coach Bugs Meyers' varsity nine continued to yield to their old jinx, the Kodak Park "Dus-ties," by dropping a 1-0 decision to them for the play-off trophy. However, these two bitter rivals meet again to decide the pennant winner in their di-vision, both having finished the league season with eight wins and one loss. In the city tourney, our boys made a commendable showing by eliminating Huthers and Haloid before bowing to the strong Gleasons, 1-0. For the first time in three years the varsity didn 't finish in the running in the ancient Rochester Industrial L eague. The pitch-ing staff of Lorenzo and Gauger left little to be desired, but the team was hampered with injuries to key players most of the season and couldn't pro-duce the power at the plate to go along

rest of August, netting him $2. For the vacation period, any muskie,

wall-eye or northern pike would have won $5.

Get them in, if you want to win !

with the fine mound chores turned in by the two chuckers mentioned above. From all indications and conversations with the powers that be that this writer has had, our club should be playing in the Rochester Major League next year at Kodak Park .. . BOWLING LEAGUE ALL SET FOR SHELLING AT MINK'S ...

Pres ident. Ruth Fox has increased her Ladies League to eight teams this year. This is an increase of four teams from last year. T he giris are all set to give the maples a going over at Mink's. They will roll on Fridays before the Men 's League, from 5 o'clock until 7:30. Miriam Seabry will handle the secretarial duties. The treasury office has been filled by Gerry Bleier.

Sixteen teams will roll for the cham-pionship in the Men's League, accord-ing to prexy George Fichtner. They will get under way on the same open-ing night as the ladies. The sixteen teams appear to be well balanced and a great year on the lanes is expected to be en joyed by this league. Marv Fox has returned to his old post as secre-tary of the league, and effervescent Wally Krockel will make the trips to the bank. SO LET THE PINS FALL WHERE THEY MAY!

BROWNS WIN SECOND HALF TITLE IN INTER-DEPT. LEAGUE ..

With the departure of Don Brown to the armed forces, Eddie Lester took over the reins of the Browns and guid-ed them to the second half crown in the Inter-Dept. League by walloping George Hackett's Braves, 9-3. Vic Daniels took the mound against the Braves and tossed a five-hitter, whil e his mates pounded Shapiro hard.

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Personals and Personalities • • • THIS AN' THAT: We welcome back to the L. E. F. Dept. Stella Spiwak af-ter a short illness .. . We are all glad to hear Hartley Pope's baby boy is do-ing fine after a serious illness ... The girls of the Inspection Department had a wedding dinner for Mary McFarlin at the Triton Hotel ... Has anybody heard Elmer LaMarteri's rendition of "Hey Ba Ba Riba"? It's outstanding .. . It' s about time our "Prisoner of Love," Bob White, gets a break. What do you say, " Charlotte?" ... Earl Richmond's tremendous muskie, pike, etc. turned out to be a dog-fish. Tch, tch ... Stan, Herbie, and Joe of the 3rd floor Pro-jection Department are having a tough time understanding one another. They all had their teeth pulled out ... Dave Amo is kept busy these days. He is building his own home .. . Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Heberger vacationed at Sodus Bay ... Danny Pleckham's ren-dition of the "Gypsy" has definitely put him in the crooner's class . . . Dominic Turchetti spent his vacation at Seeley's Bay, Canada. He brought home a good catch of bass, pike and pan fish ... Ask Andy Reffermatt who pays for Herb Kruspie's towel each week. You'll be "in like Flynn," Andy . . . Eddy Bralski is well pleased with the stock of girls north of the border . . . Frank Mclain has been telling the boys lately about the big ones that got away. Keep plugging, "Mac" .... El-mer LaMartin vacationed in Boston . He claims he is very fond of the city, but wouldn' t want to live there perma-nently . . . On September 7, Jean Czadzeck became Mrs. Walter Banker. Walt is a newcomer to Wollensak. Best of luck to you both ... The girls in the office welcome Rosalie Odorczyk, a newcomer to the Stenographic De-partment ... Wollensak was well rep-resented at Thousand Islands during vacation week, namely the Hilberers, Joe Drechsler, Earl Richmonds, Remi Vallees, and the Snyders ... Unless the Portuguese "Schaumblassers" soon find a place to hold their Clam Bake, a new party will be forth coming. Joe Haag says that a carp bake should please all members-paid up members, that is ... We wish Aldona Cernis all the luck in the world on her marriage. May there be many happy days ahead for you, Aldona, and our best wishes to the lucky fellow, Bill Orser ... We all extend our heartfelt sympathy to "Red" Keable on the loss of his father, also to Leo Kosmicki, whose mother was killed in an accident. Leo was hurt also and we hope that by the time you read this, he will be well on the road

to recovery ... Sis Hasenauer now an.-swers to the name of Mrs. Barron. She and Eddie were married June 1 and kept the big news a secret. Best of luck to both of you ... We wonder why "Fatty Bralski" was paid off a saw-buck . (ten bucks to you) by a certain young lady from the second floor .. . Anyone knowing two people to replace Ollie Fox, who left for the army, kindly contact Dick Hawks ... Bill "You are my Sunshine" Kiefer Jed the chorus, consisting of Joe Haag, Fran Wahl and "Egbert" Popham, at the farewell party for Ollie .. . Russ Gauger's new pen pal is called "Doc" Hornblower. When did you meet him , Russ? . . . We bid a fond adieu to "Doc" Kohlman, who is retiring. The Buffing Department will be an empty place without him. Here's wishing you all the 1 uck in the

Want Ads FOR SALE: Player Piano, in good condition, 50 modern rolls. Bill Carpenter, P. S. A. Dept.

Heavy water-proof 5 x 7 tent (reasonable) . Leona Mil!i, 2nd floor, Mech. Bldg.

Three-burner oil stove. Emil Koellner, 2nd floor, Lens Bldg.

If your kitchen or dining room chairs need recovering, see V. Zugnoni, 1st floor, Mech . Bldg.

If your living room suite needs recovenng, see Eddie Fichtner, 1st floor, Mech. Bldg .

120 base Wurlitzer Accordion-$300.00. Eddie Schell, Auto. Screw Mach. Dept.

Boys' 28-inch bicycle, like new. New paint, balloon tires. For information, "C." Marcus, Shutter Dept.

world, "Doc" . . . We welcome Roy Lorenzo to the staff of operators in the Press Department We hope he doesn't worry too much about making his piece work rates so that his pitching is harmed ... They say that George Jan-neck delights in sleeping on the floor . Is that true, George? . . . "Bugs" Meyer had a very fine vacation. He

. traveled from Kerner's to Doeser's and back again- trying to gain mileage, we suppose ... Gerry LaForce received 13 bottles of "coke" from his department for his birthday, Friday, the 13th ... Congratulations are in order for Helen R. Brown of the Engraving Depart-ment, who has announced her engage-ment to Alex N evins. The wedding date is set for November 23 ... Charles La Var and Lucille Frazier were wed October 12 . . . Francie Nataline has left us to accept a job on the West Coast . . . September 9 was a memor-able day for Butch Leusch, for it was then that he became a full-fledged man ... Phil Boslov, the first floor French-man, claims the baseball team owes his

doctor a bill. It seems that Phil, who never misses a game, is eating too fast these days-trying to get to the game on time. His offer of a case of beer if the team beat Kodak Dusties for the pennant went unclaimed . Phil is 10% for the team and we believe the team is 100 % for Phil . . . We're glad to see that Tony Krieg is back at his desk again after a long illness . . . Best Joke of 1946: Charlie Dean insists he wears the pants in his house. We wonder!

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lowered each day by two members of the Veterans Association. This system will rotate each month among the members.

The regular meeting for November will be held at Bill's Grill, 822 Clifford Avenue, corner of Baron Street, on No-vember 6. At this meeting, the annual nomination of ·officers for the next year will be held .

Any veteran desiring to join this or-ganization can do so by contacting any officer of this group. A large majority of the veterans are now members. Any mem-ber can direct you to the proper person for obtaining membership.

Suggestions (Continued from page 1..)

women. In addition to Joe and Elmer, suggestion winners so far this year have included Herbert Schicker, Edward Olek, William Gagnier, Donald Delles, Clem-ent Becker, Charles Bleier, Maurice Mey-vis, Mary Alaimo, Bernard Ennis, and Charles Kaiser.

In addition, 12 foremen incentive awards were made. These semi-annual in-centive awards consist of 10% of the awards paid in the foreman's department. Started as a means of encouraging fore-men to assist suggestors, the system has already brought about closer cooperation between suggestors and foremen.

If a suggestor has trouble in expressing his suggestion, his foreman can often help him to describe it in such a way that the suggestion can be thoroughly in-vestigated. In addition, the foreman will often permit the suggestor to try out his suggestion in the department before sub-mitting it, so that an estimate of its value can be easily determined.

Members of the Suggestion Committee are Gustave Pirwitz, Jr., chairman; Leo Houlihan, Fred Breitung and Andrew Magin.

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