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VOLUME I, NUMBER 7 JULY, 1957
D-O STAMFORD-WESTPORT PICNIC SET FOR AUG U S T 10th Of all the events on the 0-0 recreational calendar, the annua 1 pi cn i c at Westport is indeed the most gala and well-attended affair of each year. This year's outdoor festival, scheduled for August 10th, promi ses to be the very best yet for the more than 1,100 staff members, the.i r wives or husbands and their children who will attend.
Although the overall plan-of-the-day will not vary greatly from the exciting and successful picnics of the past two years, some changes in programming and activities will provide an even better day of fun, frolic and fellowship than in years past. Picnic Chairman Bob Webster and his able staff have incorporated a free-flowing traffic pattern in the well-filled parking lot. A separate exit road from the lot has been bulldozed and graded providing one-way traffic into and from the lot on separate access roads. Th i s new exit is expected to greatly facilitate the
handl ing of so many automobiles and lessen the strain of driving for everyone.
A second change, and no doubt a welcome one for parents, is a well-coordinated program of childrens' activities - mechanical and pony rides and water sports. Water sports organized by Ed Guillot will have competition and fun in mind with age groups of 7 to 9 and 9 to 12 participating separately. Mechanical rides and an ample number of ponies will provide fun for all but the ve ry youngest.
During the afternoon, the 13th annual softball challenge game will beheld. Growing interest has promptedasimllar event this year on the Volleyball court between Stamford and Westport atheletes. The Picnic Committee has chosen a suitable trophy for the winner which will be awarded anew each year to the annual winning team.
The big event is only days away now so plan to forget your lawn, flower beds, office worries, traffic jams and calorie counters - 1ive a day of fun, feast and fellowship with other 0-0 friends.
"D-O BELLES" HURL ANNUAL CHALLENGE AT "OLD TIMERS" Every year, about the same time the New York Yankees assume first placeinthe American League, a red hot communique is hand-carried to Bill Smith who has for some time unofficially handled schedul ing affai rs for that grand old ball club, the "0_0 Old Timers"
This annual letter invariably bears a scorching affront no prideful, "mature" sportsman coul d tu rn away - a cha 11 enge from a fema 1 e softball club, namely, the "0_0 Belles". This year's audacious indictment, which appears below, was enthusiastically accepted by the ever hearty old Timers.
The Old Timers, July 17, 1957 Dorr-Oliver Incorporated, Barry Place, Stamford, Conn.
Atten. Mr. W. E. Smith Dear Sir:
We, the D-Orr Belles, an aggregation of athletically inclined females experienced in competitive endeavors of various sorts, including proficiency with balls, bats and other objects capable of being hurled at adversaries, do hereby challenge any and all Dorr-Oliver males commonly known as "Old Timers" who hopefully (albeit verbally) maintain their physical prowess in the fie ld of sports, to a contest of strength, speed and guile on the ball diamond behind the Stamford Office, in the nature of a softball contest, to prove again the superiority of the Belles.
If the said "Old Timers" agree to take up this challenge, an authorized representative is requested to execute this agreement by signing where indicated, thus constituting it a contract between the parties. We wish to prove our point on August 20th.
D-Orr Be lIes
By D. P. Bush, Mgr.
Ace pitcher Gene Zanell i displays fine form which, with excell ent control, has earned him a two-league record of 8 and 2 thus far this season. Pitching for
Industri a l Te ch. in the Interoffice League, Gene is undefeated in three star t s . With the D-O nine in the city industrial league, Gene has a 5-2 record and is
a big reason for our 4 game winning streak.
* * * 'STARTING JULY 1st. "The Stamford office hours will be from 8:00 AM to ~:oo PM" .... So readthebrief notice referring to the change in working hours for July and August th is year.
it was rumored that all sorts of benefits would accrue from this change in our working and 1 iving routine. For instance, travel I ing would be easier - no traffic jams or delays - we would wor k more productively - there would be more time to spend with the family - and so on. in fact the advantages seemed so outstanding that we wondered why we hadn't hit on the idea of starting an hour earl ier, long ago. No more would
we encountar those abstracted women returning
from driving their husbands to the station, obI ivious to traffic regulations, with their minds fixed on the price of Children's shoes or the new garden furniture next door. Fami Iy life would be sweeter too - a cozy breakfast tete-atete with the wife, whilethechil,jren were still asleep, and on returning from the office, a trio to the beach before dinner, followed by an early retirement to bed. Why, it seemed woncierful indeed,
However, asthe old Scottish saying goes: "The best-laid schemes of mice and men gan aft agley"
and in one case, this early start has been no exception. Thecozy breakfast, and the tete- a-tete lasted two days, and a yawning wife hovering with the boi led eggs has given place to an empty
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chair and a oacket of Cheerios! The suicidal
woman dri ver, clad in curlers and an old blue dressing gown we met each morning on the wrong side of the curve has been replaced by a bluechinned homicidal lunatic who mouths orofanities
behind his wind-shield like a gold-fish in a bowl, and the customary obstacl e race th rough
the town seems even worse at the earlier hour is it uranium ore they dig for in the streets these days?
At the office the cheery greetings now seem to be oitched an octave lower - or not at all, and one gets the imoression that the whole olace has been on night shift. That man-made inspiration - "Coffee Time!" - now seems I ike a soecial dispensation from heaven, for without it, who could possibly get through the day?
On returning home, a half-hearted suggestion to drive down to the beach meets with stern re
provals from the children - this would uoset
their television schedule, while a remark about an early dinner brings similar reDroaches regarding the kitchen routine. instead, a wave of the hand ind icates a job to be fixed or some gardening to be done. This new life of ours leaves us too weary even to go to bed at a reasonable hour, ready for the early start next day. And so our former sprightly store of energy
is diminishing like a geometrical progression. Can we possibly last out until the end of August without a general collaose? Who on earth thought
of this horrible idea anyway? Perhaps it was the woman driver in curlers, or the blue-chinned goldfish. I t couldn't possibly have been any fellow sufferer in the office.
CeeJay
Volum e I, Number 7
JUD, 19 57
a n int e rnal monthl y publirati on by and fo r the STAMFORD, WE TPORT, NEW YORK and WILKES-I3ARR E staff of OORR-OLI VER INCORPORATED
EDITOR Joseph lIes, Company Relations Dept. Barry PI ace, Stamford, Connecti cut
REPORTERS Barbara Bolton John Mullane Beatri ce Fi sher Chri~tine Pacelli Edna Gorml y Ed Renieri Florence Litzenburger Florence Schwenk Grace Mainero Thelma Vosbr i nck
SPORTS ART Wi 1 I i am Ba I I 0 John Fitts
PRODUCTION Keith Canning Marjorie Nicholson
"HOW DO YOU DO IT?"
How many times have I heard the phrase - "How do you do it?" Well, of course it isn't easy, but what sort of I ife is easy except perhaps that of a hobo. I have two daughters - Christine Ann, eight years old and Sandra Lee, ten months old and both my husband and I hold full-time jobs.
A mother should be at home with her children.
This arrangement is ideal for every fami ly and typical for most - but I must work. I am only too conscious of criticism, not always in the polite question - 'how do you do it'.
For a few years, when Christine, our eldest, was small, my mother was with us and took great deli ght in managing the home and caring for Christine. Later I turned on occasion to my sister who has children of her own. Then Sandra Lee was burn. My husband, who had been a taxi driver found other work with a construction company
which gave us more income while I was at home awaiting the arrival. But Sandra Lee was not well. We were frightened because she had blood circulation trouble and we feared losing her. My husband gave up his work and went back to driving taxicabs, but at night so he could be with us during the day.
Now Sandra is past all danger. She is a heal thy robust little girl, frisky as a kitten and, with an operation later when she is older, will be just as physically perfect as could be. I returned to work some months ago and my husband, because he works at night, keeps house and manages the family ~uring the day.
It is difficultfora family when both parents must work and divide the duties of mother and homemaker but we have managed for a number of years now and have develooed a system which promotes a happy, healthy home desoite our inconvenient working schedule.
Oh, sure there are times when everything seems too hectic to cope with. Getting to the doctor when necessary, to work on time and doing the ~hopping all are special problems with us. Everyone knows that 'a woman's work is never done', bu t we manage.
Our system involves all our 1 iving - day by day and hou r by hou r. My housewo rk is done in the evening on a definite plan - one room today, another tomorrow and so on. One night each week is for ironing and mending while laundry is done on my free Saturdays except for the baby's th ings which must be done every day.
Christine, very energetic, is quite resoonsible for her age and is a big help around the house. Of all her dolls and toys, her favorite is the real live doll - her sister Sandra.
Sandra Lee and Christine Ann Evans
Recently during my two weeks vacation, my husband and Christine went to North Carol ina to visit his mother who has been ailing lately. At home, I devoted more time than usual to Sandra and my flower garden which is my outdoor del ight on weekends.
Our life, while more complex than most is a very happy one. We al I work together to achieve a goal and have fun doing it. So how do we do it? We do it with will ing hearts, a schedule and the knowledge that few famil ies could have a happier time no matter how many members work.
Phyll is Evans, Secretary Consul ting Eng., Henry St.
On June 25th twelve of the Stamford and Westport staff visited our Hazleton Plant for a look at D-O manufacturing operations. Shown on the photo above
are - (left to right) - Tom Hughes; Jim Dougherty, Hazleton Planning Dept; Bill Lindsay, Westport Training Supervisor; Alan Molof and Frank Wolynec.
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At Consulting Engineering, staff members recently welcomed FELICIA BAFUNDI for the summer. In the fall Felicia will resume her teaching duties at Pepper Ridge Newfield School.
Repeating his summer experience again this year, GREGORY BLACK, commercial art student isnow with
the Plant Design staff. Greg will return to studies at Cooper Union, Manhattan in September to complete preparation fora career in advertising.
DICK BRANDT joined Industrial Technical Division on June 10th as a Draftsman. Di ck, son of M. W. Brandt of FluoSol ids Sales, is an Electrical Engineering major at Rutger University.
Industrial Technical Division welcomed CHARLES DANIELSasa Draftsman on June 17th. This September Chuck will begin junior studiesatCalifornia Institute of Technology.
At Wilkes-Barre, staff members welcomed WILLIAM GILLESPIE to Industrial Technical Division; THOMAS J. DUDDY and DELBERT ADAMS, now wi th PI ant Design.
RONALD KARPIUS, Port Chester H.S. Senior began as an Engineering Clerk with Sanitary Division for the summer months.
STEPHEN KEREPESI, Electrical Department Draftsman joined the company on June 18th. He had been with Electro-Mechanical Research Inc. of Ridgefield, Conn. Stephen, his wife and two children I ive in Norwalk.
For his second summer with 0-0, JOEL KUHLBERG returned to Industrial Technical Division. This fall, Joel will become a Mechanical Engineering junior at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Two additional college students now In their second summer at Plant Design are BILL KWOCHKA, who will return to Temple U. in the fall and BILL NILSSON a senior at Lehigh University.
CARLA LUNDBERG, daughter of Harry Lundberg, Fl uoSol ids Design Manager, has begun her third summer with Blueprint Files. She attended New York Phoenix School of Design and Rhode Island School of Design. Her plans call for marriage in the fall followed by residence in San Francisco.
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JOAN MORIN has begun her second summer with the company as a Tel etype Operator. Her winter months are spent at the University of Vermont where she is an Elementary Education major in her senior
year.
Also from Stevens Tech. BLAKE ROBERTS came to Dorr-Ol iver as a Draftsman for Centrifugal Tech. Div. A Mechanical Engineering major, Blake will
be a senior student this fall.
FRANK SHEA has become an Engineering Clerk for the summer months with Sanitary Technical Division. In September he will resume studies at Fairfield Prep. as a senior.
ALAN SCHREIBER, Stamford H.S. senior, joined Engineering Coordination on July 1st for the summer. Alan's father is Charles Schrieber, In
dustrial Design Manager.
Sanitary Technical Division welcomed DAVID SCOTT on June 10th as a Draftsman. Dave, majoring in Sanitary Engineering, will return to Florida U. in September for his senior studies.
THOMAS J. SVACK, instructor at the Saunders
Trades & Technical High School in Yonkers has returned to FS/d-i Design again this year for the summer months.
ANNE TAYLOR, a member of the teaching profession and associated with the Westover 'Candy Stick School' has joined Technical Data for the summer to do specialized research.
On July 1st LES TYRER became a Draftsman for Sanitary Technical Division after one short week in the U.S. Les had lived in Liverpool, England and was employed i by Joseph Lucas, Gas Turbine Equipment. We extend our very best wishes to him for a good I ife in a new land.
FRANK ZUKOWSKI, Penn. State University graduate, joined Sanitary Technical Division on June 12th. Fr~nk majored in Drafting and Design Technology as an undergraduate.
OLGA ZUKOWSKY, teacher at Pepper Ridge Newfield
School, is with Plant Design for the summer months. Olga is one of several summer staff to join Plant Design.
DEAN l. GOSS, who recently jolnedthePlant Design Div., Is a resident of Greenwich with his wife and three youngsters: Wendy, Judlth,and Dean Jr.
HARRY KABASAKALIAN Is another new PO member. A rec~t graduate, he comes to 0-0 from the Wentworth Institute In Boston where he majored In Architectural Construction.
BABE RUTH LEAGUE The first half of play in the local loop ended late last month with Dorr-Oliver recording two
wins and three losses. In the third start, the 0-0 nine went to defeat, 9-6, aga i nst a strong Food Fair team. In the next game our boys picked up a win (3-2) over Sl im's Service Station in an excellent exhibition. The fifth game ended at 3-1 with the Elks Club on top.
As can be seen from these scores, pitching in this league is top-notch and while our record this year is not quite so good as in 1956 our boys are experiencing the best possible ball playing - polished play, tight scores and good sportsmanship no matter how the breaks fall.
WOMEN'S INTEROFFICE GOLF
Stella Juskewicz of Field Engineering, Stamford was named first chairman of this new league last month at an organizational meeting. Other officers elected are Grace Mainero, Secretary and Marion Fuchella, Rules Committee. How that all qual ifying rounds are completed, the lady golfers have arranged themselves into three flights - A, B and C following the organization of the mens' league. Betty Mountain with 9 hole scores of 51 and 59 was low qualifier. Participants for the 1957 season are:
"A" Fl i ght "B" Fl i ght "C" Flight
Betty Mountain Clara Gilbody Clara Mead May Kriedler Kay Schlott Marie Vaccaro Muri el Bachman Al ice Peterson Lois Schmid Stella Juskewicz Marion Fuchella Millie Heft Peggy MCDonald Peggy Mathison Grace Mainero Doris Colby
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE SOFTBALL Experiencing an average record of 3 wins for 5 starts the 0-0 nine have caught fire, producing ~ wins in ~ games of second half play.
A special game to see was our club's 7 to 6 win over Sorensen in the second half of the season. Sorenson is the first half winner and very capabl e.
Gene Zanel1i was superb on the mound, using his fine control to good advan tage. George Tren z i 0
drove in the tieing and winning runs of the game in the bottom half of the sixth inning. George preserved his team's lead in the top of the seventh inning with a successful diving catch to stop a screaming drive and end the game. Other 0-0 wins were over Gar Precision, 16-~; Conde Hast, 13-~; and Tel eregi ster, 8-7.
INTEROFFICE SOFTBALL
The first half season play-off game on June 18th produced seven full Innings of really fine ball. And, of course - a winner - Industrial Engineering over Financial Sales by a score of 7-6.
Joe Sheehan, pitching for Financial Sales, had trOUble in the early innings so Industrial piled up a 6-0 lead. F-S batters picked the best of Gene Zanelli's offerings and reduced their opponents lead to 6-5. Then in their last turn at bat, F-S put men on second and third bases with just one out. At this point Zanelll return
ed to form and retired the last two OPposing batters.
June 20th - Plant Design, 17 - Procurement, 15. Winning pitcher - Tony Zvonkowich. Plant Design with an ear~y show of power belted the serves of Tony Costantino for 10 runs in the first two innings. Home runs for Joe Marino and Larry Mappaj hits for everyone.
June 25th - Financial Sales I~ - Sanitary Engineering 3. Winning pitcher - Joe Sheehan. Toiling the full 7 Innings, Joe Sheehan was at his best, giving up only five hits and one wal~ Mel Mahan hit bad luck with poor control and allowed 10 free passes to first.
June 27th - Plant Design 5 -Industrial Eng. ~. Winning pitcher - Tony Zvonkowich. In a close and well played game PO engineered a five run inning behind their base.. conscious pitcher. Tom Marron gave up the mound to Gene Zanell I in the fourth Inning and although Industrial finished with II hits to~, they lost the game.
July 2nd - Procurement 22 - Sanitary 21. Winning pitcher-Damon Bush. Home runs were recorded by Vin Dileo, Walt Dalgren and Mel Mahan in thi s batters game. Larry Mappa became the hero
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for Procurement when he drove in the winning run in the last of the seventh. Bush rei ieved Tt.ny Costantino in the seventh inning to pick up the win from John Cherba.
July 9th - Financial-Sales vs. Plant Design; protested. A fast act ion, close 0 I ay game pi ayed before a good crowd of spectators, this one went
into the ninth inning with the score tied at 9-9. A crucial playatfirst base resulted in the Plant
'Design team protest.ing the game. Although a second protest was thrown out by League Commissioner Tom Brennan, this one was upheld and
replay of the game from the orotested play in
the ninth rescheduled for a later date. Protest
or not, it was an exciting game as these picture
by Tom Wooh, orove. At third Jim Forrester races the throw from center field to Dom Nigro's sack.
A clo s e call for umpire John Meeh an wa s thiD play at home. Runner Dick Hussell is on the plate as catcher Joe Flynn closes his fingers on ball in mi tt.
Financial-Sales' Bob Connolly slams off a base hit as catcher Joe Flynn and Umpire John Meehan follow play.
first base umpire Cha rli e Knarp stands by hi s ' s afe at first' call despit e Zvonkowlch's admonishments.
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Dom Ni gro awaits throw which c ame too late a s Plant Design ca tche r Joe Flynn s lides into third.
July 11th - Industrial 15 - Procurement 3.
Winning pitcher - John Cherba. In his best game
of the season thlls far John Cherba proved too
much for Procurement hitters. He gave up the three runs on seven hits while he and his team
mates bit into the serves of Tony Costantino and
Deak Bush. John blasted two home runs over the
left center field roof.
INTEROFFICE GOLF Our Interoffice Golf League this year has de
veloped i~to one of the finest of this tyoe in
the Stamford area. The League, with twenty pareyed participants, recorded a number of very
fine games this past month. Low score for the
period was Vin Dileo's 83 in a match against
yours truly. Fran Pataky with rounds of 88, 88and8+1eads
the "A" fl ight -8~ points to ~ point lost. He also leads in the birdie department with three.
His brother, Ed, canned two birds in his first
match wh i ch saw Fran, Ed, L1 oyd Jacobson and my
self drop 6 bi rdies. Joe Snyder commands the "e" fl ight with lOt
poi n t sag a ins tal os s 0 fit poi n t s • Dom N i g r 0
holds the "B" flight lead with a ~-2 record.
• Bi LL BaLLo * * *
Scotty Orr, Office Manager at our Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Engineering offices, recently purchased a new home in Dallas, Pa. A suburb of the W-B
Kingston metropolis, Dallas is a small community near to Harvey's Lake with its mcwntain lake resort envi ronment. The Orrs wi 11 move there short
ly from their Stillwater Rd. home in Stamford.
* * * From Westoort comes the announcement of the arrival of DEBORAH OLTMANN, third child for the Hans 01 tmanns, on Jul y 3 rd. The fami ly now boasts a boy and two girl s. A second happy event was the recent arrival of Hans' mother from Germany
for her first visit to the U.S.
INTERNATIONAL SALES STAFF CHANGES At Barry Place, International Sales has been un
dergoing a great many Changes recently, Don Hardin left Stamford recently for Oakland. Hand
ling the Pacific area subcruise, Don will be in
a better position to do so from Oakland. Although this deoartment was sorry to wi tness
the deoarture of two of its secretaries, their
leavetaking was, for them, a very happy occasion. Judy Santora left recently to join her husband, who is with the Army and stationed in Fayette
ville, North Carolina. Gail Wallace left to be
married and begin a new I ife with her husband, who isalso in the Army and stationed in Georgia.
The Great institution of marriage will claim still another secretary in this department when
Eleanor Andrews is married in August. Eleanor, 1 ike Judy and Gai 1, wi 11 leave D-O to join her husband, who is a student in Vermont.
Georgia Saltis, who transferred from Procure
ment Department to International Sales, now plans to leave the company as she and her husband are moving to Massachusetts. Coupled with the excite
ment of this change, is the news that Georgia is exoecting a baby. Many good wishes accompany her in her new home and the exciting days ahead.
A very hearty weI come, indeed, is extended to Lois Bent. Lois will aid in reI ieving the secretarial shortage in Intermational Sales for the
summe r mon th s.
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FluoSol i ds Sales extends a very hearty welcome to E. C. (Amy) Nebel of our Westport Laboratory. Amy came to Dorr-Ol iver in 1950 and has been engaged in FluoSol ids testing work at Westport for the past several years. As of July I, however,
he has been transferred to FluoSolids Sales, where he wi 11 take on the duties of a sal es engineer, as well as 1 iaison work between Design, Sales, and start-up of FluoSolids installations.
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NEW D-O DESIGNED FERTILIZER PLANT NOW IN FULL PRODUCTION The largest single order in D-O history, C.L ~28, is now undergoing acceptance tests for
American Cyanamid. The 9 mi II ion dollar ferti 1 izer plant at Brewster, Florida, contracted about 18 months ago, has al ready reached rated capaci ty of 200,000 tons of triple superphosphate a year.
The very latest U.S. fertilizer plant, Cyana
mid's modern installation is the pride of our Consulting Engineering and Plant Design staffs at Henry Street. D-O services on this job included process design, preparation of engineering specifications and plant arrangement plus the supply of all necessary equipment and building mat.erials except concrete. In addition, Dorr
01 iver handled operating instructions and start up supervi s ion.
At the plant now to supervise operation dur
ing tests are Bill Haberl as construction super
visor, Bill Lutz as process engineer in charge, Are Naustdal and Eugene Landgraf. Other staff
members who have been in the field on this job are Sherman Gross, Piet Juch, Dick Kulp, Henry Pelitti, Chris Pratt as well as Bill Weber, (Assistant Manager) and John Grothe, Di rector of Consulting Engineering.
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CHERYL ANN KURSAR was born on June 27th to Mr. and Mrs. James V. Kursar. Her father, a Penn. State U. Center graduate, recently joined our Wi lkes-Barre staff.
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DORIS EPSTEIN, a recent graduate of the University of Connecticut, at Storrs, has joined the Procurement Dept. at Henry St., where she will act as Secretary to Alfred A. Cook and R. H. Moger.
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Ifyourlon'tlikelife, it'stheway you're livin' A little less takin', a bitmore glvin',
A little less hatin', a little more lovin', A little more helpin', not so much shovin', A 1 ittle more smil in' and not so much strife
And soon you wi1 1 be in love with 1 ife!
Anonymous
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WILKES-BARRE STAFF PLAN PICNIC
WI LKES-BARRE Staff members look forward with
gr~at excitement to their first picnic, a clam bake on August 17th. The event will be held at Fo rget-Me-Not Farms, Mounta i n Top, Pa., just a
few miles south of Wilkes-Barre. Several Stamford staff members plan to attend this first and prom i sin gaffair.
* * * We wish to extend our heartiest good wished to Paul Cerny who was named to the new Dost of Assistant Manager of Eastern Sanitary Sales Division on July 1st. Paul has been a Sales Engineer with that division since joining the company in June, 1950. His wife, Jacquel ine, is a former member of the same staff group at the
Barry Place Annex. The Cerny family including daughter Coral, age 13 and son Phi 11 ip, age II,
live on Garden Lane, Westport.
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horsedrawn.
T. Wooh * * *
Barbara Watson, secretary to W. T. Marston, wi II not be too unhappy to leave Dorr-Ol iver at the
end of July, for not only will she be able to enjoy the remainder of the lazy summer, but she will await with anticipated joy the arrival of
her first baby. Replacing Barbara will be Lois
Schmid, now secretary to R. M. Stampley, and at Lois' desk, as secretary to Mr. Stampley, will
be newcomer Mildred Stabel1.