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THE BROWN BULLETINPublished By And For The Employees Of Brown Company

Volume BERLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, JULY 25, 1950 Number 13

Brown Company RepresentedAt UNH Supervisors' Course

Four DivisionsRate Excellentin Housekeeping

It was a pleasure to noticethe improvement in the re-sults of our Good Housekeep-ing Program with four divi-sions; Berlin Mills Railway,Bermico, Onco, and Researchhaving ratings of excellent.Three other divisions are veryclose and, in the near future,we expect to see them makethe top, too. Although thereare no divisions "Behind TheEightball" and there has beenan improvement since the lastreport - - there is still roomfor more improvement.

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The First Annual MotorV e h i c l e Fleet Supervisors'Course, held June 26 throughJune 30 at the University ofNew Hampshire was attendedby Mr. Leslie Bell, Manager ofTransportation for B r o w nCompany and Mr. R a l p hStewart. Truck Dispatcher.They attended as representa-tives of Brown Company.

Prevent AccidentsThe course is offered nation

wide and is sponsored by theNational Committee for MotorV e h i c l e Fleet Supervisors'Training. It is designed forfleet supervisors, safety per-sonnel and training directors,its object being to acquaint allFleet Supervisors with the bestmethod by which they can as-

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"Background To The News"Sponsored By Company

Dick Rozek pictured at WMOU microphone while broadcast-ing Brown Company's new radio program — "Background tothe News."

In addition tonewscast in the7 Men Retire

From CompanyWalter Dwyer . . .

First joined Brown Com-pany in 1913 as Laborer in theFinishing Room . . . in 1916 be-came Electrician and workedat the Sub-Station at Cascade. . . in 1933 became SecondClass Electrician . . . promotedto First Class Electrician in1937. Mr. Dwyer retired fromBrown Company May 21, 1950.Arthur Ramsay . . .

Was first employed in 19D6as Stock Runner in the ScreenDepartment at Burgess . . .later became Screen Tender . .in 1931 was promoted to Fore-man and served in that capa-city until his retirement onJune 4, 1950.Samuel Boucher . . .

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the 7:15morning,

Brown Company is now spon-soring a new radio programover WMOU entitled "Back-ground To The News" featur-ing Mr. Dick Rozek, local radioannouncer. The program isdesigned to present to NorthCountry listeners a clear, con-cise summary of importantnews happenings throughoutthe world. Mr. Rozek. whoplans to resume his studies atthe University of New Hamp-shire in the fall, works withreports from three differentAssociated Press writers. Thesereports are taken from theobservations and opinions ofpress correspondents all overthe world. Mr. Rozek, in turn,compiles his material fromthese reports and broadcastsit over WMOU every week-dayevening at five minutes pastseven.

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Onco Products - Second ToNone In Shoe Industry

Onco Sales Force — Seated left to right — Frank Leary, Urban J. Dacier, Manager; C. E.Christiansen and James Devine. Standing — Ken Page, John Gresham, Clarence Brown, E.31. Archer and Albert Malia.

Brown Company's O n c oPlant in Berlin produces mil-lions of pairs of Onro Insole-ated Trmersoles eacii year,

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Man Wanted . . Could It Be You?"Wanted — A man for hard work and rapid promotion: a

man who can find things to do wit:-; at ciie hei] .cin- t^ro~ r^—istH^t"

"A man who gets to work on time in the morning and doesnot imperil the lives of others in an effort to be the first outof the building at ni-

••A man who is neat in appearance."A man who does not sulk when he is working an hour's

overtime in emergencies."A man who listens carefully when he is spoken to and asks

only enough questions to insure the accurate carrying out ofinstructions.

"A man who moves quickly and makes as little noise as pos-sible about it,

'•A man who looks you straight in the eye and tells the truthevery time.

"A man who does not pity himself for having to work."Apply anywhere — the world is searching for such men -

and women, too."

New Kraft Superintendent

Lawrence Burns, recently appointed Kraft Mill Superinten-dent, takes time out for a photograph by the BULLETINStaff Photographer.

Mr. L. M. Gushing, Managerof Brown Company's PulpDivision, recently announcedthe appointment of Mr. Law-

of Mr. Lamar

rence Burns to Kraft MillSuperintendent following the

resignationMurray.

Mr. Burns attended ColbyCollege and graduated in 1933.Upon completion of his study

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shoe manufacturing industryof this country. It is a wellknown and accepted fact thatmore women walk on Oneo In-soles daily than on any otherinsole used in the manufac-ture of shoes.

The careful and experienc-ed workmanship of the Oncoplant personnel and manage-ment, backed by the patientand thorough research of lab-oratory technicians, has re-sulted in a product second tonone in its field. This top com-bination of Plant Managementand Research is f u r t h e rstrengthened by an aggressiveand enthusiastic Sales Depart-ment which has establishedOnco as the leader in theShoe Industry — a positionwhich it has held for almosta quarter of a century.

QualityThe entire shoe, from upper

to outersole, is built aroundthe innersole. Hence, the com-mon reference in shoemakingterminology to an innersole asthe "Foundation of the Shoe."It is therefore essential thatthe innersole be of highestquality and dependable uni-formity - - to meet and ac-commodate all hand and ma-chine requirements and con-structions.

"One-Company Control"Onco Innersoling is made

from Solka, Brown Company'sh i g h l y purified cellulose,which imparts the fibre for-mation and strength that isunique with Onco. This baseis impregnated with a strongsaturant which gives the fin-

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THE BROWN BULLETINPublished every other week by and for the employees of

Brown Company, Berlin, N. H.Editorial Offices: Company Relations Department.Telephones: Automatic 379; New England 46, Ext. 60.

RESEARCH DEPARTMENTThelma NeilMAIN OFFICE

Roberta DevostWOODS

Louis CatelloPOWER AND STEAM

Charles EnmanRIVERSIDE MILLRonaldo Morin

BER3IICO DIVISIONRussell DoucetAsh Hazzard

STAFF CARTOONISTSLeo Leblanc

Jack RodgersonSTAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Victor BeaudoinPORTLAND

Doris SmithNEW YORK

Anything Can Happen

STAFFPULP DIVISIONBuster Cordweil

Paul GrenierMark HickeyRay Holroyd

Adam LavernoichLeo LeBianc

CASCADE MILLErnest Castonguay

Buster Ed garLeroy Fysh

Alice HughesRobert MurphyEarl Philbrick

Lucille TremaineHEPORTERS-AT-LARGE

Angus MorrisonJack Rodgerson

ONCO PLANTAlfred ArseiiaultCharles SgrulloniCHE>HCAL PLANTArthur GoyetteGeorge Lafleur

Doris ReedEDITOR

James P. Hinchey

Volume Number 13 July 25, 1950

Pointersfrom

PortlandBy DOEIS E. SMITH

Fcr quite a while after webought our new car and hadplastic seat covers put in it,we'd get a shock whenever wegot in or out of the car. NowI have been told that if we hadwiped the new seat covers witha cloth saturated with a strongsolution of one of the new de-tergents used for washingdishes, we would not have suf-fered those shocks. Here's hop-ing this little pofnter willtenefit someone else whomight be faced with this samesituation.

During the summer months,what with so many weddings,showers, etc., as well as birth-days and anniversaries rollingaround, we seem to have moreopportunities to rememberfriends and relatives withgifts. I recently came acrosstwo different ideas on how towrap gifts, and thought someof you might like to knowabout them, so here they are...

If you do not have any fancywrapping paper, but just plainwhite tissue paper, you canstill make your gift attractiveby taking the greeting cardyou plan to send along witht'.ie gift, open it wide, and layit on top of the box the giftis in. Then, wrap the packagewith the white tissue paper,and the pretty card will showthrough, giving an unusual,but very pretty, effect. Youwon't need too much ribbon ifyou fix the package this waybecause a tiny bow might look

even better than a large oneon such a package.

The second idea I have foryou in regard to gift wrapping-is this — When you have alarge box to be wrapped, youmight find it easier to use oneof those large paper table-cloths which you can buy fora quarter in any of the so-call-ed "dime" stores. The mainthing to remember if youshould use one of these,though, is to fold the table-cloth in such a manner thatthe design will appear whereyou want it to on the package.Most of these paper table-cloths have plain centers, soit does require a little morework to get the effect youprobably would prefer.

By the way, if some of youreaders prefer doing the leastbit of washing, ironing, etc.,as you can and still get byd u r i n g these hot summermonths, you at least know youare not alone.

Last evening I was ironinga cotton dress to wear to theoffice today, when one of mynsighbors dropped in for ashort visit. Without realizingit, she gave me a few goodideas which I made a mentalnote of while she was talking,and after she left, I re-wrotethe "column" I had alreadywritten for todays use, anddecided to put some of herideas in it.

For example, she says shealways serves at least one hot

f;od at every meal, all yearround. Often, during summer,she says she makes one-dishcasserole meals, such as Ameri-can chop suey, macaroni andcnee;e, creamed chicken, andthe like. Then by adding asalad, hot or cold drink, and alight dessert, the family iswell-fed, and she hasn't had tobe in a hot kitchen all day.She does not work in an officeor at any other such outsidework, but claims she has plen-ty to do to keep her busy athome.

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ed was that even though shecould do her ironing duringthe day, she prefers to get upearly — earlier than usual —a few mornings and do whatironing she feels must be done,before the sun gets too hot.Then, if there is still some todo — she does it later in theevening when the house is alittle cooler again.

She also mentioned that sheserves more puddings for des-sert in the summer, along withhome - made cookies, ratherthan heavy pastries and cakes.

While listening to her, Idecided she must be what onecould call a good homemaker,and decided to try out some ofher suggestions and see howthey work for me. Perhapssome of you readers have moresuggestions along these lines,on how to keep cool, but stilldo the necessary c h o r e sarcund home during these hotsummer days. If so, won't youpass them along to me herein the Portland Office. If youwill, I'll do the rest by puttingthem in a future column forothers to read and profitthereby.

Course Continuedfrom One

sist their old drivers and trainnew drivers to become a great-er asset to the organization. Agreat amount of emphasis isput on preventing highwayaccidents — by testing thedrivers in their sight, hearing,strength and reaction time.By testing men in this mannerdeficiencies can be found andcorrected.

Tests ConductedIn a recent interview with

Leslie Bell it was learned thatmany tests were conductedand described d u r i n g thecourse — such as the BrakeReaction Test which is design-ed to test the time taken bya driver to apply the brakesafter he has seen troubleahead; the steering test in-dicating concentration prov-ing whether or not a driverconcentrates or day dreamswhile driving: the coordina-tion test indicating the lengthof time taken by a driver toapply the brakes and. at thesame time, concentrate onsteering when he has been dis-tracted; a series of vision testspertaining to distance judge-ment, field of vision, recover-ing vision from glaring lights,color blindness, and visual

allowances for the lack ofskill or improper attitude onthe part of the other fellowand who does not allow haz-ards of weather and road con-ditions or actions of pedes-trians or other drivers to in-volve him in an accident."

We as good drivers, shouldbe continually on the alertand capable of recognizingan accident producing situa-tion far enough in advance toapply the necessary preventiveaction and concede the rightof way. when necessary, toavoid an accident.

Let*s test ourselves the nexttime we are on the road andkeep our highway accidentsat a minimum.

L Burns Continuedfrom One

Defensive DriversThis course is being con-

ducted on a nation wide scalebecause of our high rate ofaccidents in recent years andstresses the fact that we allshould be "defensive drivers."A "defensive driver" is de-scribed by Mr. Bell as "one whois careful to commit no driv-ins errors himself, who makes

at Colby he was employed ina woolen mill as Textile Chem-ist and later went to work forHollingsworth and Whitney asTechnical Assistant to thePulp Mill Superintendent. Heworked in that capacity fornearly ten years.

Has TwinsIn 1946 he was employed by

Brown Company to serve asTechnical Control Man in theKraft Mill after spendingseveral months at La Tuque,Canada. He was later promot-ed to Assistant Superinten-dent under Mr. Lamar Mur-ray.

Mr. Burns married the for-mer Dorothy Brooks of Water-ville, Maine. They are the par-ents of four children - - thelast two being twins bornduring September of last year.

Lawrence Burns assumed hisnew duties of Kraft Mill Sup-erintendent on June 29th.

QUALITY

A Bulwark To Competition

—Submitted by Mark Hickey

Did You Know? Onco SalesContinuedfrom One

Joseph G. Ouellette prepares to fire cannon into the huge250 foot revolving kiln in an effort to dislodge the formation ofrings on inner wall.

Did you know that — —a high powered gun (common-ly referred to as "the cannon")is used at the Kraft Plant todislodge rings that form onthe inside walls of the kiln.Here's the story . . .

Calcium Carbonate (limemud) and water enter the farend of the 250 foot kiln. Thetemperature at this end isabout 500 degrees Fahrenheit.This solution must be brokendown to Calcium Oxide and inorder to do this — CarbonDioxide must be removed fromthe original solution. T h ewater is driven off at the farend of the kiln and the re-mainder continues to move in-to the hotter zone called the^"calcining zone" — the lastedfeet of the long tubular shap-ed structure. The temperatureat this end of the kiln (pic-tured above) is 2,400 degreesFahrenheit. This high temp-

ute — rings are formed on theinside walls and every so oftenobstruct the flow of the chem-ical into the "calcining zone."In order to operate at peakefficiency — the rings must beremoved from the walls.

No Shut-DownYears ago — these rings had

to be broken away from thewalls with such tools as "crow-bars," picks, etc. and requiredthat the entire system beshut-down. T h i s includedstopping the force of the burn-ing oil (pictured near opera-tor's right hand). The crewthen had to wait 24 hours forthe kiln to cool off and spendanother day inside the kilnbreaking the rings from the

erature decomposes the chem-ical and removes the CarbonDioxide. During the process —as the huge kiln revolves atabout one revolution per min-

But now — a high poweredgun (pictured above with op-erator Joseph G. Ouellette)has been developed for thissole purpose firing a solid leadslug into the kiln and break-ing the formation of ringswhile the entire system re-mains in operation.

ished product added strengthand light weight. Because of"One-Company Control" overthe entire manufacturing pro-cess, from raw material tofinished product, Brown Com-pany produces an innersolingmaterial of scientific unifor-mity and unsurpassed quality.Onco is designed for use in thefollowing types of shoe con-struction : Men's, women's, andchildren's Goodyear W e l tshoes: women's, misses', andchildren's cemented: Little-way and McKay shoes andslippers.

Other UsesOnco, because of its unique

physical characteristics, alsofinds its way into other in-dustrial fields.

Other Onco products in-clude Plumper and S Basematerials, which are widelyused in the Shoe industry andother diversified fields.

Competent Sales ForceThe Onco Sales Department

is headed by Mr. U. J. Dacier,Manager, located in New York.The Sales Force consists ofMessrs. Frank J. Leary andKen W. Page, handling NewEngland sales out of the Bos-ton office; Clarence F. Brownand Albert F. Malia handlingthe middle Atlantic states outof the New York office; JamesL. Devine and Jack C. Gres-ham, the midwestern states,from the St. Louis office; andthe following Sales Agents;Russ White Company of LosAngeles, covering Californiaand Far Western States; Hor-ace C. Beaven Company, Nash-ville, Tennessee, and Donald O.Elliot, Milwaukee, Wisconsin--

All of these men know notonly the products which theysell, but also the problems ofthe industries upon which theycall. They are, in a sense,"trouble-shooters" who offerservice as well as merchandiseand thoroughly enjoy sellinga Quality Product.

"Play Ball . . ."

These photographs were taken at the Community Club Fieldduring the course of the game between Burgess and Woods-Office. Burgess wen by a score of 12 to 7. Above — MacKaycoaches Dube on third and a Burgess man drives one toshortstop.

In the above photos Grigel rounds third for the only homerun of the game and Melanson takes a cut at a low ball butdoesn't miss. Below—Gravelle takes a hard swing at a pitchfrom Bosa and Brown makes one of his three "sensational"catches in left field.

Chemical PlantExplosions

We all miss R. F. Bouchardand Joseph Bussiere who haverecently retired from our CellHouse. Here's hoping they willenjoy a long and happy life.

Charles Anderson has justreturned from a weeks vaca-tion at Akers Pond. To showus that he is a real fishermanhe extracted a sixteen inchSalmon from Clear Stream.

Arthur Goyette is back withus after spending a week athis cottage at Akers Pond. Wedon't know whether or not hecaught many fish but we doknow that he came back witha lot of "bites."

"Smokey" Mortenson has re-turned from his two weeks'vacation. He attended his son'sgraduation from B u r d e 11Business College and at thesame time took in a few base-ball games. Hope you had agood time, Smokey, and ex-tend our congratulations toyour son.

The Chemical boys were allvery sorry to hear of the death

of Ed Croteau. He was a greatfavorite with all the boys.

Henry Vezina is on the sicklist. Hope to see you backsoon, Henry!

George Lafleur and familyare spending their vacationat their cottage at Lakeside.

Bermico Bits

P e t e Frechette recentlybroke in his new "Chewy" ona vacation trip to La Tuque,Canada and vicinity.

All plant employees wish toextend their deepest sympathyto Albert Bolduc on the deathof his mother.

A hearty welcome has beengiven to Gerard Michaud whois back to work after anabsence of four months due toillness.

Dick Pike is due to leave onvacation s h o r t l y . He hasvaguely mentioned Canada,but a more complete reportshould be rendered upon hisreturn.

Let's keep Bermico in theBulletin by reporting all hap-penings to either Russ Doucetor Ash Hazzard.

RiversideRamblings

Ralph Perron of our Ma-chine Room is recuperating athome after an operation.

Paul Arsenault of our Beat-er Room joined the ranks of"Benedicts" Monday, July 3rd.Good luck, Paul.

Gerard Gilbert of our Beat-er Room attended the Yankee-Red Sox game, Sunday, July2nd. Who did you root for.Gerard? As if we didn't know.

Though our Softball Teamfolded up. let's not feel toobad, let's attend the gamesand root for our favorite team.

Congratulations are in orderto Riverside for our excellentrecord in the Good House-keeping Program.

John McKelvey has joinedthe ranks in our MachineRoom. Glad to have you withus. John.

The gloomy look on the faceof Wallace Rines of our Ma-chine Room faded away a fewweeks ago. It might have beenthat the Red Sox finally wontwo in a row. Don't you think

they should play the Brownsfor the rest of the season?

Another long week-end washad by Bob Aubey of our Hu-midity Room. Lobstering andclamming again. Bob? Whatkind of tonic was it this time?

Let's keep Riverside in theBulletin, fellas! Send yournews in to Ronaldo Morin orLeo Landers.

Woods Chips

We've just had a blessedevent - — but this one isspecial. Our congratulations toMr. and Mrs. Howard Fin-negan.

Howard Williams will be onvacation during the next twoweeks.

Let's keep Woods in the Bul-letin by reporting all news toLouis Catello at the Wood'sStorehouse.

They tell us that "Bub"r Ole-son, late of the Store Houseand now working at Burgesshas just returned from Cana-da with his "beer cooler." Theonly unusual part about it isthat the cooler contained nobeer — but it was full of trout—one foot or longer.

BurgessScreenings

We understand that MissAdde St. Laurence spent theJuly 4th week-end in NewBrunswick. For a young ladydriver she did extremely well— 602 miles in one day isprobably a record.

Chester Veazey is spendinghis vacation in Boston andPresque Isle.

Miss Pauline Dupuis spentthe fourth at Lake Winnipe-saukee.

Miss Jeannette Barbin wasin Old Orchard over theFourth of July.

Arthur Givens has accepteda position in the Kraft Milloffice.

Mrs. V. Sullivan, our nurse,spent four days recently atHampton Beach and returnedwith a beautiful — sunburn.

Let's keep Burgess in theBulletin. Send news to anyonelisted under Pulp Division (onpage two).

Chief product at the LaTuque mill in Canada is kraftpulp.

BERLIN - A GREAT CITY final Outcome of 1 st RoundHinges On Postponed Match

When this photo was taken in 1890 by H. H. Abbott — Berlinwas nothing more than a village having a population of 3,729.Seven years after this photo — the City Charter was grantedand adopted.

On December 31, 1771 the town was granted by the EnglishCrown to Sir Henry Maynes of Barbadoes and called Maynes-boro. Strangely, though, the first settlement was not made untilthe year 1821. Four years later the first log cabin was erectedby William Sessions and Cyrus Wheeler. Apparently the name"Maynesboro" did not meet with the approval of the town'speople because in the year 1829 a legislative enactment changedthe name to the present name of Berlin. By the year 1829 thetown of Berlin was a thriving location in northern New Hamp-shire, having a population of 72 and it remained on the in-crease for many years to follow. In 1861 the population increas-ed to 450 and more than doubled in the next 19 years byjumping to 1,142.

City Charter GrantedBy this time the town had a good settlement and the first

town report was written — with pen and ink. In 1897 the CityCharter was granted by the state legislature and adopted in thesame year. Going back a few years now, we find that Berlin hasundergone some exceedingly extreme periods of expansion inthe number of its inhabitants. During this period the greatestincrease occurred between 1890 and 1900, to get back to date,when the population increased from 3,792 to 8,886 or an in-crease of almost 1409*: .

Berlin's Greatest IncreaseThe greatest period by percentage was actually between I860

and 1890, which was from 1,144 to 3,729 or 22Q%. Up until theturn of the century, when total habitation was close to 9,000,Berlin might more logically have been considered a village orsmall community.

This photo was taken by Ralph Peloquin high atop a firetruck ladder and in comparison with the photo of Berlin in1890 (above) shows how our city has increased over a periodof sixty years.

Berlin TodayToday Berlin is the fourth largest city in the state of New

Hampshire — a city that can boast about its fine people, itsexcellent commerce, about being the "Home of Brown Com-pany," the largest employer of labor in the state, and its goodstandard of living. We can boast of our unique educationalsystem, our efficient form of government and our increasingnumber of recreation facilities — not to mention our nationallyacknowledged scenic beauty. Yes — all of its advantages totalup to make Berlin a fine place in which to live and work.

Progr Continuedfrom Oneam

Need For ProgramWith the need for a clear

understanding of happeningson the international scene,Brown Company feels that thepeople of the North Countrymust be constantly informed

as to what is going on theworld over. This is accomplish-ed by broadcasting the reportsreceived from press corres-pondents around the globe -first hand reports of the newsas they saw it happen.

"Background To The News"is indeed a program with

Cooperation Needed For ADecrease In Accident Rate

With the Grand Total of our Lost Time Accidents at 71 we

Team Won Lost PercentCascade 3 0 1000Bermico 3 1 750Burgess 2 2 500Upper Plants 1 2 333Woods-Office 0 4 000

should be constantly aware that it might happen to us. In-vestigation of all accidents and injuries points to the "unsafeact" with emphasis on the "unsafe personal factor" in 90% ofall the cases. The trend throughout the nation is much thesame as ours — but that is no reason why we should remainwith the national trend. Let's get away from it and start anaccident trend of our own — a downward trend in the rate ofaccidents. From top management down to every last man weare being told and shown how to perform our jobs safely. Tell-ing and showing are requirements — but if we are to eliminateall this needless suffering — each one of us must accept res-ponsibility as individuals for our own peculiar behavior. Let'sstart now and constantly check ourselves in the way we per-form our jobs. If everyone cooperates we can eliminate ourpresent trend and boast of fewer accidents at the end of thenext period.

GROUP 1Contestant Period, End of Lost Time AccidentsPower & SteamBerlin Mills RailwayOncoRiversideChemical MillBermicoBurgessCascade

ResearchWatchmenGrand Total

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Fishing Contest WinnersAnnounced For Last Month

Weight41bs.7oz.21bs.3oz.

Length22in.19in.

the month of June severs! fish wsre "weighed in'' sitthe Curtis Hardware Store in the Salmon, Pickerel, and Horn-ed Pout classes and the following winners have been announced.

SALMON CLASSMill Prize

Chemical 1 st - $2.50Riverside 2nd - 1.50

PICKEREL CLASSBurgess 1 s t - S2.50HORNED POUT CLASSCascade 1 si - S2.50Cascade 2nd - 1.50

This is a good chance for fishermen to enjoy the sport andat the same time benefit by winning a cash prize. Simply bringyour largest catch in to the Curtis Hardware Store and have itweighed — it might prove to be one of the winners of the month.

FishermanHarold VashawEarl White

Herbert Wedge

P. SanschargrinConrad Hamel

41bs.3oz. 24V2in.

13oz.7oz.

iiy4m.

Continuedfrom OneHousekeep

Ratings for the two-weekperiod ending July 8th are asfollows:

PreviousCurrent Rating

Rating 100- June

100100100100

9998999298878787

Laundries use soda bleach,a Brown Company by-product.

which we all should be con-cerned as it possesses news ofimportance from many notedpress correspondents and howthey have viewed the news ofthe day.

Retire Continuedfrom One

DIVISION I

Berlin MillsRailway

BermicoOncoResearchMaintenance &

ConstructionChemicalRiversideAdm. OfficesPower & SteamKraft PlantCascadeBurgess

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work in the Bleach Depart-ment . . . in 1922 became Beat-er helper . . . promoted toForeman . . . last few yearswork was spent as Patrol Manand Watchman until his re-tirement on June 4, 1950.

John Baillargeon . . .Started working for Brown

Company in May, 1918 forCascade Maintenance as aMillwright.. . served the com-pany for thirty-two years inthat capacity until his retire-ment on May 7, 1950.

Romiiiald Bouchard . . .Joined the company in Oc-

tober of 1906 as Cell Foremanin the Chemical Plant . . .worked in that capacity for46 years until retirementJuly 2, 1950.

Joseph Bussiere . . .First employed in 1911 to

work in the Box Shop . . . latertransferred to the Cell House. . . in 1923 became an Experi-enced Cell Repairman . . . in1945 advanced to ElectricalCell Repairman . . . served in

On the night of July 4th —Bermico and Burgess werebattling it out in an effort towin the sixth game of BrownCompany's Softball Season. Atthe end of the seventh inningthe score was tied at 9-9 andso went into an extra inninggiving Bermico the opportuni-ty to score the tie-breakingrun making the final outcomeBermico 10 — Burgess 9.

Fight To FinishTwo home runs were hit

during the game — one byDowns (Bermico) in the fifthwith none on and the other byBosa (Burgess) in the secondinning with no men on base.Hazzard (Bermico) drove inone run in the sixth inning bymanaging a three bagger. Allin all — it was a fight to thefinish with Bermico emergingas the winner — now holdingsecond place in the leaguestandings by winning threegames out of a possible four.

How It HappenedThat third win by Bermico

took place on July 10 at Com-munity Club Field when theyoverwhelmingly defeated Up-per Plants by a score of 17 to0. This is the worse defeat suf-fered by any team so far thisseason during the Brown Com-pany Softball League games . .and helped move Bermico outof fourth place in leaguestandings into second place.Burgess Takes Woods-OfficeThe next to the last game of

the first round of the seasonwas taken by Burgess whenthey defeated Woods-Office 12to 7. It wasn't until the thirdinning that either of the teamsscored a run. Burgess scoredone run to Woods-Office two.In the fourth inning Burgesstook a decisive lead by gain-ing four runs on their op-ponent. Woods-Office wasn'tto be outdone — so in the fifthinning they rallied for fiveruns and were leading by ascore of 7 to 6. Burgess, stillin a fighting mood, scored sixruns in the last two inningsand held Woods-Office to theirfive inning total of seven runs.Final score Burgess 12 —Woods-Office 7.Cascade Defeats Woods-Office

Cascade defeated Woods-Office by a margin of eightruns and resulted in Cascadeleading the round with threewins and no losses. The finalscore was Cascade 17—Woods-Office 9. Final outcome hingeson a play-off game betweenCascade and Upper Plants.

that capacity until retirementon July 2, 1950.

Omer Poirier . . .Began work for Brown Com-

pany in 1904 as Back Tenderon the Beaters . . . later trans-ferred to one of the Papermachines . . . in 1935 workedon the Cascade Super-Calend-er Machine until retirementJuly 23, 1950.