64 Employees Receive Service Award Watches

HRA MIXED DOUBLES BOWLING TOURNEY AT DUFFY'S ON FEB. 4. SEE PAGE 4 FOR STORY

* Published by and for the Employees of the Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Penna. * Vol. 8 No.1 Copyright, 1950, Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Penna. 64 EMPLOYEES RECEIVE SERVICE AWARD WATCHES Lowell Halligan Elected Vice President, Sales '50 Sales Conference Harry Ruthhart Suggests Formation Of Oldtimers r-"~ ~ Manager And Director At December Board Meeting To Be Held Feb. 20·24 Club Or Association For 688 Honor Roll Employees

The 1950 Hamilton Sales Confer_ ence wiJI be held Febr uary 20-21- 22-23-24, according to an announce ment by Vice-P resident Lowell Halligan. While the program for the five days is not entirely completed to date, it will follow the pattern of previous sales conferences. This means a well balanced program covering all answers to questions that confront the salesmen during the year is being arranged. The program will be divided so that the salesmen will have a day of general sales discussion on problems, pOlicies, merchandising and sales plans and the new watch line. This session will be presided over by Vice-President Halligan and various members of the sales department who will lead discus Vice-President Lowell Halligan sions. Another day's session will in clude A. M. and P. M. meetings Lowell F. Halligan was elected Vice-President, Sales Manager with Hamilton's National Adver and Director at the December 22, 1949, meeting of the Hamilton Board tising being discussed by Robe·rt of Directors. WaddelJ (Dir. of Adv.) with the Mr. Halligan, who has been with the Company for 20 years, suc possibility of two members of the ceeds W. Ross Atkinson, who was forced to resign because of iJI Batten, Barton, Durstine and Os health. Mr. Atkinson's resignation was accepted in November and born Agency being on hand to became effective December 31. speak. The Dealer Service a nd Mr. Halligan left his post as advertising and new business man Sales P romotion Departments wiJI ager at the Lancaster Trust Company in 1929 to start his career at come in for their part in the pro Hamilton in the advertising deparbnent. That same year he became gram w ith talks by R. J . Gunder, advertising manager of the illinois Watch Division and in May 1930 R. E. Welsh and J ack Conklin. was appointed eastern sales manager of the Hamilton Sangamo There will be a "Factory Day" Oorporation, a then Hamilton subsidiary manufacturing electric with G. P. Luckey (Vice-President clocks. in Charge of Mfg.) presiding with Following the sale of that corporation in 1931, Mr. Halligan served talks by various members of the briefly as sales manager of the Follmer-C1ogg Company, Lancaster, factory organization. (Continued on Page 4 ) The final session will constitute a resumption of sales discussions with emphasis on the legal aspects HRA Membership Drive On In February With of Hamilton distribution and sales problems. Election Of Officers, Roller Skating Party The fieldmen who will attend the conference are: Paul Seibel, John Hall, Jack Keenan, Charles Gause, And Cabaret Dance As The Early Highlights W. E. Pierpont, D. M. Adams, W . J. Aukamp, J. R. Hendrickson, The 1950 Hamilton Recreation are as follows: J. R. Philp, A. C. Schacheman, R. Association membership drive wiJI For president, BiJI Carey (Prod. W. Snyder, D. F. Chapman, F. E. be held .during the month of Feb Con.> and Ken Kellenberger (Ma Orr and Leo Nelson. ruary. terial Sales). There wiJI be a new membership For vice-president, Harold Feis drive plan in effect this year to ter (Machine Shop) and Jack Hamilton Police Awards attract new members into the as Harrison (Service). sociation. The object of the new For treasurer, Mae Evans (Or To Cliff And Carlson drive is to build up the HRA der-BiJling) and Arlene Hoff (Sec. (T op): The 64 employees who r eceived their 15 year Service Award membership to a point where to W. S. Davis). watches on Dec. 20 "hold it" for a photo in the auditorium-. (Left every Hamilton employee is a For secretary, Betty Bassett The 9th annual Hamilton Watch Middle): Because he was the first male employee to enter the 15 year member of the association. (Watch Research), Nancy Brown Company award for meritorious group (Jan. 8) in 1949, Martin Christensen (Watch Research) had the The new membership drive plan (T & M Study) and Muriel Turton police work in 1949 went to Patrol honor of receiving his wa.tch first among the men. C. M. Kendig operates like this: (Sec. to A. B. Sinkler). Concern man S. Kenneth Cliff, along with (Chairman of the Board) makes the pres,entation. (Right Middle): Every employee wiJI receive a ing the secretary post, the candi a. special "appreciation" award to Mary Shultz (T [£ C), who enter ed the 15 year group on Jan. 7, 1949, membership card. The card wiJI date with the second highest num retiring Police Commissioner Al was the first womall1 to reoo!ve her watch among the ladies. With have a stub attached to it. On the ber of votes becomes assistant bert Carlson. Lowell Halligan, vice-president, assisting, Mr. Kendig presents Mary stub will be the names of the can secretary and the automatic can The presentation to both mem her watch. (Bottom): A little added feature was inserted into the pro didates for election to HRA posts didate for secretary in 1951. bers of the Lancastp.r Police Force gram this year with the presence of a welcoming committee for the in 1950. All you have to do is put Getting the 1950 season off with was made by Vice-President Low 15 year group. The welcoming group included, Kerse Winters (In an (X) beside the names of the a bang, the HRA has a roller skat ell Halligan on Friday afternoon, spection), Harry R uthhart (Material Sales Mgr.), Clara Lehr (Ser candidates you select for election. ing party planned for Friday eve December 30 at the Police Station. vice), Edna Workman (Escape), Rowland Bitzer (Assem. "B"), Send in the stub along with $1.00 ning, February 10 from 7 :30 to Mayor Dale E . Carey congrat D. J. 1\1. Harnish (Flat Steel), H arry Weaver (Jewel Set.) a.nd J. F. to your departmental clerk or the 10:30 p. m. at Rocky Springs. ulated the winners and told the H oyler (Damask.). Personnel Department. The $1.00 Woody Rathvon (Inspection) is other personnel of the police force is the fee for a year's membership chairman of the skating party. attending: "I hope you all stay on the force long enough so that December 20, 1949 was a big day With the awarding of these 64 in the HRA which is good until On March 3 the HRA wiJI have for 64 Hamilton employees. It Hamiltons, it brought to 688 the February 1951. You sign and keep a Cabaret Dance at the Stevens you'll each win a watch." In a brief farewell address to marked the Service Award date total of Service Award watches the membership ticket as your re House with the new officers hold for all of them who each received given since the Honor Roll idea ceipt for your 1950 mem):lership. ing sway. The chairman for the his men, Commissioner Carlson, who retired Monday, J anuary 2, a Hamilton watch, an award for went into effect in 1945. The candidates whose names dance will be Dick Dietz (Watch 15 years of faithful service with Harry Ruthhart (Material Sales will appear on your ballot stubs Research). (Continued on Page 2) the Company. (Continued on Page 4 ) 2 Timely Topics

Volume 8 Timely Topics Number 1 New Supervisory Assignments Made EDITORIAL BOARD WALLACE BORK, Chair., Proc. Engineering Two changes in the status I. ED. MILLER, Case Order Division ' of job bosses in the Finish HAZEL KELLER, Case Office ing and Assembly D depart STARTING THE NEW YEAR EDITORIAL STAFF ments, were announced by General News and Production, CHARLES H. FREY A. B. Sinkler, Director of Since Sam Squirrel got rubbed out there's a "For Rent" sign on Personnel Consultant. R. A. PRESTON Cartoonist, CHARLES SHINDELL, Jr. Quality. Both became effec his tree house in the West Lawn .. . 1f interested contact Chet Bos Copyright, 1950, Hamilton Watch Co., Lan.casler, Penna. tive January 3. Quotation or reproductIOn forbidden unless pennlSSlon has been granted. tick (Maintenance) ... With the appearance of the "who-who" bird Albert Piloni was appo:nt on the tip of the East Tower on Dec. 14, one quipster wantlld to know ed inspection supervisor in if we're switching from watchmaking to the manufacturing of White LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, JANUARY 31, 1950 the Finishing Department, Owl Cigars? .. The wheels of progress really. turn when Bruce Wolle while Ellis D. Landis was (Mechanical Supt.) and Bill Ba.chman (SmaIl Tool) get together over appointed inspection super a blue print ... Bob MacCachran (Sales) is a graduate of Washington visor in Assembly D. & Lee Univ.. . Dick Gable and Jack Hendricks, both formerly of Prod. government Piloni was a job boss in Disp., a,re sergeants at the Valley Forge Army Hospital, playing horns Finishing, while Landis was in the Hospital's band and orchestra. inspection sup e r vis 0 r in By Robert L. Johnson finishing. Norm Nissley (Maintenance) has a deep voice much like the PRESIDENT, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY AND CHAIRMAN, Landis started with Ham friendly undertaker, Digger O'Dell., ,Shirley He.:;trter (Personnel) is CITIZEN COMMITTEE FOR THE HOOVER REPORT ilton in 1936, while Piloni no longer with the Company ... Joyce Rhen (Personnel) and Suzanne has been with the Company Gramm (Office Management) are new members of the Hamilton since 1933. Chorus ... Both rose from the ranks of the HRA usherettes . . . Morrell No.4 CONFUSED FEDERAL FINANCES (Budget) Smith's kids have a cat named Margie ... Blake Dulaney (Sales) had intentions of growing a muzzie, but after four days evi With your own worries and efficiency. The Commission, in a began ta.king part in making de dence he shaved off the bristled soot just to keep out of this column. problems of making your own 19-volume report to Congress cisions of the Executive Branch Elvie Silvius (Asst. Sales Mgr. in Charge of Special Sales) tells budget balance, you have probably found ways in which, I personally which he later had to review as us he has often had: the desire to grow a muzzie, but hiS! upper lip given little thought to the colossal believe, at least $4 billions a year auditor. He is in a dual role. He can't stand the strain . . One Hamilton hunter who, tramped the WOOds financial structure of the govern can be saved without curtailing is, in fact, his own auditor. during deer season thought he saw Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, ment. government services. President The solution of this, the Com but upon closer observation found it to be ,a doe sticking its tongue You very likely take it for Truman and former President mission suggested, was the crea out at him ... . Jerry Vernon (Guard) and Dolly l\'IcCauley (Press) granted that the richest govern Hoover are jointly urging Con tion of a new official, to be known were both born in Milwaukee . . . Jerry married a Lancaster gal, While ment in the world spending this gress to pass the laws that will as the Accountant General, who Dolly married a Lancaster man. year more than $42 billions, must make these savings possible. would serve the President as an Quotes from Untimely Topics: "Hamilton watches were originally be operated with superperfect ac You may be surprised to learn accountant serves the head of a counting routines, controlled by designed to make Rudy Vallee change his line, 'Your time is my time.' .. that, under the system in use, private company. This would leave ... The big surprise at the recent HMA Banquet was swiss steak financial wizards. You may sup there is no formal accounting the Comptroller General free to pose that accountability for the served to an American Watch Company group, .. Kitty Vogel, who plan for the government as a do auditing, and nothing else. used to be T.T. editor, is now working with Irene Pritchard in the last penny is clear, and that a whole, and no place where an ov A general reorganization of the financial statement of the condi Library .. ,Josie Goodling (Prod. Disp.) used to be a junior model in erall picture of government finan Treasury Department was recom New York ... John Foose (Sect. SupU likes ice hockey without blood tion of the country is immediately ces can be found. In this connec mended by the Commission, to re available for examination and shed .. . Leo Nelson, of Denver, Colorado, is a new Hamilton sales rep tion, the Report points out that lieve it of encumbering agencies resentative ... He replaces Leo Carr, who left the Company several check. there is no person charged with which it has collected during the B\+t this is not what the bipar the duty of preparing such a plan months ago . . ,Nelson played some football at Regis College in Den years which have little or nothing ver, .. He is married and has two children . . ,Art Schneider (Works tisan Hoover Commission found nor anyone with the authority to to do with finance. These, the Re after thorough survey of the gov install one. Lab.) is of the opinion that Notre Dame would give the Philadelphia port suggested, should be trans Eagles quite a battle if the pair ever met on the chalk stripes . .. Amy ernment's operation in the fiscal To the average man this will ferred to more appropriate de field. You, as a stockholder in the Kline (Maintenance) and Ken McMillen (Damask.) figure the Eagles seem backward and confusing. partments. would slaughter the Irish. corporation, must want to know But more of the same sort is to The non-fiscal agencies now in what the H 0 0 v e r Commission come. Some of the agencies, the thc Trcasury include: thc Coast Pat Patterson (Machine Shop) informs us that Sam's Squirrel's found. The Commission wrote: Post Office, for instance, do not Guard, Bureau of Supply, Board double, SYlvester Squirrel, is now working Sam's old beat outside tJ:Ie "The time has come wnen the keep their own accounts and the of Transportation, Narcotics Bu Shop windows " . Jack Leaman (Purchasing) also reports that Syl budgeting and accounting system Postmaster General himself could reau, U. S. Secret Service, Bureau vester is working the day watch off his window-sill just as Sam used of the federal government must not tell you, within eight months of Printing and Engraving. to do . . . Several hospitalization form cards were returned to Case Of- be modernized. :Some of its fiscal of a given date, the financial The Bureau of Budget came in fice ... One of them went to Gertrude Friedly who turned out to be concepts come down trom Alex standing of his department. for sonie criticism by the Com Gerald Friedly . . . How comes, Gerry wants to know? .. A lot of big ander Hamilton. 1'hey were ar But while lax in its own ac mission. This Bureau was organ time legislature is kicked around, but good, by Ray Dirks (MaChine chaic when the total expenditures counting the government is very ized 27 years ago to modernize Shop), Charley Dietrich (Flat Steel), Chris Steckervetz of the same of the government were $4 bil demanding in its regulation of budget processes and prodUce an dept., and' the remainder of that curbstone ensemble who congregate lions per annum. Now, with a gov private enterprise. Not only does understandable budgetary docu for daily morning and noontime seminars across the street from the ernment which spends over $40 it require full disclosures of fi ment. So far, the Commission East Tower entrance. billions per annum, they are to nancial transactions but often dic says, it has not done so. It has, The cleverest Christmas story we read was "The Littlest Angel" tally inadequate." tates to these enterprises how on the contrary, assumed func in Dec. "Coronet" .. . TIMELY TOPICS now goes to all Hamilton The existing system, the Com they shall keep their books. tions for which it was not created, wholesalers throughout the world ... The employee who eats the six mission decided is contusing both There has developed, in this de expanded its staff into the largest doughnuts and drinks the one cup of coffee every morning in the cafe to Congl'ess a~d the public. It partment, a situation in which the staff ageJ;lcy in the government, for breakfast is Paul Bosworth (Small Tool), . . Radio advertising therefore recommended an entire Comptroller General has been and has concerned itself with for runs into big chips ... If you don't think so, take Lever Bros., for ex ly new structure, designed to tell forced into a Jekyll and Hyde po mation of administrative policy ample ... Their six weekly shows (Bob Hope, Amos & Andy, Big Town, Congress and the public these sition. When the Bureau of the and management. For this reason, Junior Miss, Lux Radio Theatre, and My Friend Irma) run a weekly things: . Budget was moved from the according to the Report, it has not combined cost of $81,750 ... Bing Crosby for Chesterfield and Jack Ben On Budgeting: What IS the Treasuary to the office of the always had the confidence of Con- ny for Lucky Strike are the two most expensive shows on the air, money wanted for? President, the chief of this bureau gress. costing $30,000 apiece each week" ,Newsboy Walter Winchell gets On Accounting: What does the $12,000 per week for his 15 minutes of air. taxpayer get for it? The 1949-50 budget, the. Com Francie Meyer (Watch Des.), whose sensational feats of strength mission found, does not give an Hamilton Police Awards:- (he lifted the weight of his socks above his head) exhibited in the "Hamateurs of 1950," an Hl\IA production at the Brunswick on Dec. understandable plan for Govern (Continued from Page 1) ment expenditure. Its 1625 pages, 2 has turned down all offers from leading brawn and muscle clubs of 1,500,000 words are badly or throughout tIle nation for public appearances .. . Gene Wiley (B.&F.S.) ganized. For example it carefully is feeling fit again after his operation on Dec. 16 at St. Joe's . .. Room itemizes a request for $114.53 lor 220 did a big business while Gene was confined to the ether foundry .. . a minor expenditure in the Bu Ed (Machine Shop) Breen's oldest son, Ed, Jr., who used to work in reau of Indian Affairs and then Assembly Research, is now a student at M.S.T.C.. . . Now that Lute calmly dismisses a request for $1 Warfel (Ma.chine Shop) has a TV set, the Warfel domicile is loaded billion- that's right, one billion to the venetians nightly with neighborhood kids. dollars!- for the Veterans Admin The phone in Helen Lingenfelter's apartment across the street istration with the single entry: from the factory rang the slushy, cold night of Dec. 3 .. . Picking up "Salaries and Expenses." the receiver Helen heard the voice on the other end say there was a In Government accounting the telegram on her desk in the lobby of the new office building . . . It was Commission revealed that liter the guard calling to give her the information that the telegram was ally tons of vouchers arrive by there . .. Helen dressed, hurried down the stairs, scooted across the freight car loads in Washington slushy street in her open-toed shoes, picked up the telegram, opened for auditing by the General Ac it and read ... The telegram bore the important information on how counting Office. Storage costs for to send your Christmas cables , .. Counting to 20, Helen walked very this mass are tremendous. The dejectedly back to the apartment wondering if there actually was a Commission recommended t hat (L. to R.): Ex-mayor Dale E. Cary, Patrolman Kenneth Cliff, E 'x Santa Claus. this checkup be made by the de Clair Shenk (Spring Room) will bet on Jake LaMotta when the partments concerned in the field. police commissioner Albert Carlson, and Vice President Lowell F. New Yorker lays his title on the wire against his recent conqueror, Moreover it said a simple "spot Halligan, who made the watch presentations. Robert Villemain in the near future .,. Clair is of the opinion that check" w~uld do the job without Jake wasn't in shape when Robert beat him on Dec. 9 in the Garden. examining everyone of the mil 1950 said he wanted, "to express you have nothing to worry about." ... Jay Miller (Service) came down to breakfast the other morning, lions of vouchers.' my 'thanks and appreciation for Patrolman Cliff, a veteran of grabbed the paper, read through the sports pages, put the paper The mission of the bipartisan the contribution you have made to World War II, has been a member aside jumped in the car with his Uad, Ed Miller of Case, and then Hoover Commission was to delve good police work. of the police department since thou~ht about the sports results he had just read, asking his Dad into this and some 24 other prob "You've been criticized, but 1942. if they had started a new paper ... His dad informed him that he was lems of government and make that's all in the making of a police Both Cliff and Carlson received reading the paper of the night before and perhaps that was the rea recommendations for economy and officer. If your record is clean, Kirk model strap watches. son he made the statement he did. Timely Topics 3

Then we visited the smallest oil ' 17 or more jewels, and in line with to string along on that count. G. A. lahmann, Editor Of GM Magazine, Tells refinery in the world. Two experts the policy of high quality none As a matter of fact, it often spend several thousand dollars of them are priced under a $49.50 occurs to us that in this world at Fellow Employees What Makes A Hamilton Tick and a whole year's time there. minimum. Hamilton's present line phonies, of double-talkers, of fake The yield is less than 2 gallons of cased watches includes 109 dif and fanatic do-gooders, there's Th e early part of last Decem ters of the state. The first reason per annum, but it's the last word ferent models, representing, the nothing so honest, so sincere, SO ber, G. A. Kahmann, editor. of was that Hamilton, along with earthily down-to-earth as the tick Waltham and Elgin, is one of the in watch oil. company believes, the finest in the Generab Motors magazme, Throughout the factory we were skill and horological experience. ing of a time piece. If someone "News & Views", paid a visit to three great manufacturing pio were to tell us that the particular neers whose products are wholly more than impressed with the in- Last year Hamilton did a sales the Hamilton Watch Company to tellectual calibre of the men and volume of $20 million, the largest time piece that stands as a sym do a story on the place so that American and wholly already bol of the qualities we like best in American-made; all other time women who make the watches. in the history of the company. 250 the General Motot·s 25 year em They exhibited no faky false en- wholesaler salesmen carry the watches as well as human beings plo yees who received Hamilton pieces in this country being either - if someone were to tell us that complete importations or Swiss thusiasm fetched up for the occa- Hamilton lines from coast to watches for their faithful service sion in a bit of momentary public coast. At present it is the only that s y m b 0 I was a Hamilton would have a better idea of what movements set in American-made relations thumping of the tub, I e a din g nationally - advertised watch, we would not be one to say makes their 25th anniversary cases. The other reason as the al but a simple natural matter-of- watch sold through wholesalers. them no. watches tick. leged reader may have possibly Mr. Kahmann so thoro,,!-ghly suspected, was because every fact interest in the job. Which, to During Our visit to Lancaster, caught the background htstory GMAC-GEIC-MIC man or woman our way of thinking, implies the we met a few of Hamilton's exe Start The who has been twenty-five years best kind of administrative sup cutive headliners; R. M. Kant, the and the "everyday workings" ~f port and loyalty. If a man likes the Hamilton Watch Com pany m with the organization wears or young and vigorous president; the NEW YEAR his well written story entitled, carries a Hamilton Watch, a com his job from all angles, north, able George P. Luckey, vice presi south east and west, that pretty dent in charge of manufacturing, "That Watch You W ear," that memorative gift of the corpora well tells the story of his relation Rig,ht Timely Torncs decided to run the tion. who looked to us like something ship with management and vice of an I-don't-mean-maybe sort of story in its entirety a!,-d let 'you Now you can't go through the Join Your read just what an outstder thtnks versa. This was some of the stuff guy; L. F. Halligan, enterprising plant of a watch manufacturing we sensed in making the rounds streamliner in the matter of sales; of the "Home of America's Finest company and come out knowing of the plant, some of the stuff that CREDIT UNION Watch." how to make a watch. It takes Bob Waddell, advertising mana- ':======~ somehow seems to find its way ger who paces a fast up-to-date ~ Following is the clJmplete story more than an afternoon. Nor can into the personality of a watch. written by Editor Kahmann: yea:r-in-year-out advertising pa you follow the intriguing assem In the matter of a little quick rade in the big-coverage maga Like most human beings, we bly line from the first item to the historical back-drop, five watch zines that's been hitting us in the CHOP TALK have often been victim of what is 140th that goes into the arrange making organizations had tried eye for years in New York; and known as the perversity of inan ment of a watch movement and and failed to make a go of it in a handful of other executive half Al Hanselman (Damaskeening) imate objects. This talent for come out knowing even one thing the very spot where the Hamilton backs who looked capable of car downright contrariness on the about what has been happening in lives beside an orchard loaded Watch Company, organized by rying the ball no matter what the with pheasants ... The only trou part of inorganic substances has this marvelous, sudden new world Lancaster County business men in opposition had to offer. If the per challenged the imagination of of tiny mechanical beings, wheels, ble is they are all hen birds .. . 1892, opened up for business 57 sonalities of these men are re George Dommel (Spec. Assem.) people ever since the dim days. stems, screws and springs. That years ago. The new organization flected down the line, the com Metal tempered and coaxed to fit a also takes more than an after approves all the trades made thus came in on the decision to avoid pany is certainly generously sup far in the major leagues .. . Ernie concave pattern will insist against noon. But you can come out with the pit-falls of low-grade products plied with that sometimes forgot all odds on pushing out to its one little thing- one little jewel of Mester (Sect. Supt.) kills rabbits and under-capitalization. ten ingredient called old-fashioned with dog tooth shot. . . It seems convex maximum at the most sci an impression, something that can The time was peculiarly ripe for horse sense. It would be our guess entifically embarrassing momen~s. and will stay with you, if you the dogs kill the rabbits and Er a high grade product -of unmiti that Hamilton isn't ever likely to nie makes believe he shoots 'em .. A wood shingle on a rooftop Will want it to, forever. That's what gated accuracy. There had been a go off the deep-end unless the fight a man all day and wear hi~ we think we did. The Cost Analysis gals held a lot of railroad wrecks across the long-pull blueprint guarantees a Christmas party at Jane Sherts' down to frazzles. There are, In For somewhere within t hat nation ; inaccurate timing was return trip. fact thousands of intentionally place on Union St., on Dec. 15 . .. timeless dedication to scientific found to be the cause. A congres It's a matter of recent record mea'n tricks that metal, wood or research; somewhere within those sional investigation made recom Dick Vaughan was the only male rock play on human beings every that Hamilton's determination to attending .. . The gals on hand endless laboratories where chem mendations for airtight watch stick to a high quality product day, particularly on peop~e who were: Millie Heaps, Hallie Rohr ists, metallurgists, oil specialists, inspection and set up specifica and its non-stop effort toward per try to bend them to their pur designers and production men are tions for standards that, to date, bach, Doris Fieldhouse, Ann Coats, poses. fection standards all came out in Lucile Hawks and Cynthia God locked in scientific embrace, so to had never been reached by any the wash during the war. The shall. speak, with the latest in modern This story is about that con one. So the men and the moment company seemed made to order Lowell Halligan (Vice Presi test. It is, of necessity, a once equipment and materials; some met - the founders of Hamilton for the Navy. Before V-J Day dent) was looking for a small over lightly, a few first-hand im where along that long line of saw the opportunity for a watch they had delivered some 10,000 men and bright young women in Christmas tree to put on his pressions about a single vital fac that would keep near perfect marine chronometers to our sea front lawn . . . . Johnnie Marion tor in this modern world of ours tent on the meticulous task at time. They decided to make it. fighters, a feat that naval officers hand; somewhere in all this deep (Sales) told him he had a small and it begins and ends with a lit Their first product-designed by called a miracle, to say nothing tree in his yard that he'd be glad tle old-style philosophy. For know concentration on accuracy, we Henry J. Cain and known in the of hundreds of thousands of chro thought we saw or felt the per trade as "the turnip" - became to give him .. Lowell had the tree ing just how stubborn these so nometer watches, master naviga chopped down but it took a five called "inanimate" things can be, sonality the aura the extra-sen the standard for railroad men all tion watches, comparator watch sory if'you don't mind, over the United States. For 15 ton truck to haul it away from we are not at all sure that they so~ething, es, millions of time fuses, and avi_ the Marion domicile .. . Gene Bar haven't been endowed with secret of a watch. Somewhere along years the watch as well as sales ation watches for all allied coun those long assembly lines, one ber (Prod. Con.) says he knows minds and wills of their own. It did splendidly. But the watch tries for a total of $32 millions of now how it feels to live in a nut has in fact long been our suspi after another, set cleanly in wouldn't wear out, so sales in the war production. The marine chro that of the real satis healthy and safe and well-lighted limited railroad market did. The house ... Gene helped to package cio~ o~e nometers incidentally, had never and store 1,550 pounds of assort factions in life has always lain in surroundings, someone or some well-touted sat u rat ion point, been ma~s produced before. Prior thing poured breath, being, life which we've been talking about ed nuts in his abode for his store for anyone-scientist, engi to the war, total world production church during the Christmas sea neer or layman- who could rope into those watches. Somewhere for thirty years in the automobile was 500 annually for the last 90 son. and tame these wild animal ten along the line they seemed to business, finally arrived and sales years. It took two years of mak dencies of glass and metal and come alive. began to ride the horizontal. The Russ Berkheimer (Asst. Treas. ing and seasoning each instrument Div.) can't see Ken Depoe, the hard-boiled raw ore to upset hu We got that impression, felt the watch industry as a whole put in before turning it over to the Navy. man calculations at will. thing happening, fingered the pro a lot of stop-gap innovations, but M.S.T.C basketball captain, as a At the end of the war, production courtster with a pair of field Well, last week at Lancaster, cess with OUr own fingers and Hamilton refused to go along. had reached 500 a month. Pennsylvania, we found a first toyed with it through the even Then followed the ups and downs glasses . . . It's all in the way you class lord and master, an accom longer fingers of the imagination; of too conservative policies in the In the consideration of labor look thru 'em, Russ old boy . . . plished tamer and trainer, of all felt it all quite palpably, third face of aggressive competitors, relations at Hamilton, President John Foose (Sect. Supt.) started these unharnessed elements in dimension like, through many and when an industry-wide slump Kant and his staff have come up the New Year with a clean slate Nature-found it in the collective things. We felt it in faces, in peo came, Hamilton's sales took to with a realistic ear-to-the-ground by spending three hours in the personality of the 3000 people ple, in machines, felt it through the toboggan also. policy. They not only speak their penalty box at the Hershey Ice who together make up the Hamil the impression we got that all But the company weaUiered this piece clearly, fearlessly and in Palace . .. He witnessed the Ice ton Watch Company. those people we saw there be early gale just as it has done words of one syllable, but they Follies from that caged area on For to us an outsider come to longed there more than in any many times since and as all vital have also proved to be good lis Dec. 16 .. . The mixed drink ma press his f~ce against the glass other place in the world; felt it elements in industry have had to teners when the aggressive WaI chine in the cafeteria is the only front of a great manufacturing in the conviction that this was do time and again in the teeth ter W. Cenerazzo, head of the one of its kind in Lancaster concern, like a child . Swiss competition is by continu Following the presentation of ous engineering research, intro Tower where a snowy owl was duction of technological improve the watches, President R. M. Kant perched. The bird had migrated closed out the program with con ments and increased sales promo gratulatory remarks to the award tion and advertising. this far south from the Arctic group and briefly touched on the At the conclusion of his talk, Circle in search of food. It is cus 1950 outlook for the Company. Mr. Cenerazzo answered numer tomary for the snowy owl to R . A. Preston (Director of In ous questions from the floor. leave its frigid habitat every four dustrial Relations) was the master Following the meeting, the or five years for an excursion of ceremonies for the program. HMA social committee arranged south when its favorite delicacy, Of the 64 employees receiving a Christmas lunch consisting of the lemming, a rat-like rodent, watches there were 25 women and The oldtimers, assembled at three separate tables, enjoyed the fruit cake, ice cream and coffee becomes scarce. The snowy owl, a 39 men representing some 27 de turkey dinner and the music at the cafeteria Christmas banquet. in the Cafeteria. Dick Slaugh noted slow flyer, has no fear of partments. Train led the depart (Head Watchmaker) led the man and will fly into an open ments with 11 recipients. The retired employees, 50 strong, Wolpert Adam DiIlich, Harry L. group in the singing of a number window or barn if it gets in its The following employees re bright-eyed and all dolled up for Beam, August Fox, w. L. Kauf of Christmas carols, while Santa way. Russ Markert (Train), a ceived watches: the occasion, returned to Hamil hold, Jacob I.. Hoak, Arthur For Claus (George Dorwart) distrib bird fancier, stated this was the Train: Adelina Drake, Charles ton to once again mix with their rey, Charles McKelvey, Edward uted cigars and pop-corn balls. first snowy owl he ever saw. A. Miller, Catherine R. Breneman, pals, renewing old acquaintances, F . Shay, Frederick Gertin, Amos Harriet Hildebrand, Alice M. chatting about old times and hav Hammersley, Lawrence Decker, V\Thirt, Dorothy DeMora, Viola ing a grand time as they listened Edward H. Forrey, Sr., George W. As The Shades Of Night Were Falling Frey, Elizabeth Olmstead, Stanza to the music of the chorus and Vernau, George Ganse, Guy C. M. Cutler, Martha Whay, Lynn orchestra and enjoyed the turkey Warfel, Grant Witmer, Edward Wallick. dinner at the annual Christmas Daveler, Philip A. W. Steffe, Office: R,. B. Rinehart, Ray party in the Cafeteria on Decem Charles Hauer, Joseph W. Sny Foultz, Erma Munson, Ruth F. ber 22, 1949. der, E. L. Fenstermacher, George Seiple, Joanna T. Marks. The retired employees present W. Krentz, William C. Landau, Timing & Casing: Mary Shultz, were: Eva B. Smith, Mabel S. George W. Frey, John A. Barthol Walter F. Breen, Jr., Ira Fickes, Stehman, Fannie McCullen, Edna omae, Burt Eyster, Peter Dirks, Jr. C. McCashin, Mary Dombach, Charles E. Wilson, John Spencer, Watch Research: Martin Chris Ella D. Fehl, Bessie M. Bell, Ida Daniel Fricker, Charles J. Miller, tensen. Weidner, Anna Hershey, Grace I. David G. Miller, Charles H. Leon Balance & Flat Steel: Benjamin Brogan, William W. Groff, Philip ard, Charles Ebersole, Harry L. F. Gertler. Reese, August Miller, Edward L . Coho and John B. Shock. Production Dispatch: L i I y a n Viebahn. Escape: Mary L. Rose, Esther HRA Mixed Doubles Bowling Tourney To Be W. Wimer. Friction Jeweling: Margaret G. Held Feb. 4 At Duffy's With Cash To Winners Rice, H. Elizabeth Leaman, James Rice. The 1950 HRA Winter Mixed Cash will be awarded to all M a i n ten an c e: Samuel B. Doubles Handicap Bowling Tour winners. Money will go to the Schmuck, Harry p. Gerlach, Ches ney will be held at Duffy's Bowl winning teams with and without ter W. Fawber, Walter Dutten O-Drome (rear of Fulton HoteD, handicap, high single women, high hofer. 510 Park Avenue, on Saturday, single men, high triple women, Mach ine Shop: John K. Denlin February 4, starting at 9 A. M. high triple men, and the team ger, Walter W. Blackburn. . All entries must be handed in with the lowest triple will receive Dial: Richard G. Weaver, E& to Jack Conklin (Supv. of Dis a consolation prize. ther N. Elsen, Thomas P. Rooney. play), chairman of the tourney, by Bowling will get underway with Machine Experimental: Frank February 1, at 5 P. M. No post the 9 A. M. shift until 5 P. M. Here's a time shot of the Main Office Building bedecked in all its 1949 Christmas finery. It was dressed up by the Maintenance De B. Redman. entries will be accepted. The committee in charge con Plate: Jane Mann, Jay M. Muel sists of: Chairman Conklin, Dick partment and made so appealing that it drew praise from thousands ler, Herbert W. Swisher, Luther S. The fee of $1.50 per bowler must Benner (Traffic) and Blake Dula of in-town and out-of-town motorists who slowed down or stopped Maderia. accompany each entry. On all en ney (Sales). to admir e its beauty. This photo was snapped by Ned Aurand (Chem. Inspection: Mary Costolo, H. tries, the individual's department, Met.) at 5:20 P. M. on December 28. Melvin Miller, Lorraine J. Nickel. average and preferred time for Small Tool: William A. Bach Balance & Hairspring: Thelma bowling in the tourney should be man, J. Fred Brenner. E. Mutzel, Paul Afflebach, Charles included. Quality Control: Joseph Brooks, Roy Bender Extends last October, wishes to extend his Monteuth. Mark H. Ryder. thanks to all of his Hamiltonian Fin ishing: William S pre n g Ie, Screw Manufacturing: Robert R. Balance Staff: Verna Miller. friends for their cards and kind John P. Markert. Weaver. Production P lanning: Fred A. Thanks For Kindnesses nesses. Jewel Setting: Rose C. Shertz, Mechanical Planning: J. Frank Hauer. Roy is coming along In fine Evelyn M. Anderson. Remley, Jr. Service: Paul Heistand. Roy Bender, of the Watch Re style and looking ahead to re Damaskeenin g: Joseph E. But Metals Processing: Ralph W. Specialties Mfg.: Franklin Heck search Department, now a patient turning to work as soon as possi son, John H. Moseman. Henry. endorn. at the Rossmere Sanatorium since ble. Timely Topics 5 Machine Shop Bowlers Hamilton's 1949 Sports Program With Over - Enter Championships 400 Employees Competing Proves Successful 1949 provided a year of close points tallied by the Hamilton Notes About This Some New, Some Old, Six members of the Machine competition in Hamilton sports. club in the two days of play the That & Other Items Something to Read About Shop, a sextet of bowlers with re Over 400 employees engaged in remainder of the Watchmen squad spectable averages, have entered bowling, basketball, softball, ten was made up of six members of As far as Ernie Mester (Sect. Sup't) is concerned, Frank three events in the 11th Annual nis and quoits with champions the Production Control champion Leahy's 1949 Notre Dame grid unit was the finest Irish outfit Pennsylvania State Bowling Asso being crowned in all of these ac ship team along with Skip Wea he ever looked at ... Al Marks (Heat Treating), the Ned Day of ciation Championships to be held tivities. ver (Assembly "B"). the Service Bowling League, paid a ten spot for a gallon of Bet at Brannan's Bowl in Pittsburgh. In bowling the Works Labora The Timing & Casing softball ter Average Shine for his bowling ball ... Amos Hougendobler The Hamilton keglers, E d team, champs in 1948, repeated as (Heat Treating) admits AI bought the stuff so the ball would tory team composed of: Captain Breen, Jim Hostetter, Bob Bauer, Ed Long, Johnnie Denlinger, Bill '49 titleholders when it bumped have the same luster as his polished dome ... Johnnie Fulmer Bob Smith, George Glouner and Machine Shop in the play-offs, (Display Shop), who played a lot of amateur basketball around Stuempfle, Milt Bricker and Dick Warren Sweigart, will go gunning Hess defeated Assembly "A" by winning two out of three games town, is now a member of the Production Control team in the for the prizes and titles on the after winding up the regular HRA HRA loop .. Red Danz (Finishing) was on WGAL-TV on Dec. 15. 10 pins in a roll-off for the 1949 Softball League season on top week-end of May 6-7. championship of the Men's Bowl He was interviewed by The locals will enter the compe ing League. with 13 victories and one defeat. The T. & C. squad was com Dave Brandt concerning tition in the five-man team event, Steve Bevilacqua, a member of the singles and doubles. posed of: Dick Tshudy, Harvey amateur boxing in town .. the 10th place Personnel club, Shomo, Jim Ault, Gil Warner, Dick Vaughan (Cost Ana The five-man team will be com took care of the individual aver Charley Strockbine, Tom Stock, posed of: Breen, Hostetter, Bauer, lyst) was a straightman age for the season with a 175.36 Ellie Stoll, Bob Williams, Dick Glouner and Smith. for 75 games and he also blasted Williams, Clyde Gephart, Charley for Johnnie Earickson, Un a high triple of 627. Ed Long a iv. of Baltimore wrestling In the doubles play the combi Kauffman, Pete Yeagley, Wes nations will be: Breen-Hostetter, (Works Lab,) slammed a 251 high Tout, Harry King, Red Burkman, I\, coach, who put on his one single. The Advertising team put Red Danz man pro wrestling act on Bill Dinges Bauer-Smith, and Sweigart-Glou Bill Bradley, Paul Stauffer, Harry nero together a high team single of 932, Reisinger, Garth Hacker and Mike Dec. 10 at Millersville . .. Al Muehleisen (Print Shop) is a close while the Inspection team took Valudes. follower of the Lancaster Rockets, the local pro court team ... All six bowlers will enter the singles. care of the high trfple mark of Murray Gould (Patent Atty.) re Via the grapevine comes the news that Johnnie Miller (Traffic) 2472. The present averages carried by gained his HRA singles title by shot a second-hand doe on Dec. 10 ... Bill Dinges (Process Eng.) In the Women's Bowling League, defeating Gene Barber (Prod. still can't figure out why his alma mammy, Villanova, was left the Machine Shoppers are: Hos the Cases team composed of: Cap tetter 186, Breen 184, Bauer 182, Con.), the defending titleist, 3-6, out of a bowl bid. tain Arlene Hoff, Margaret Cun 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. In the doubles Glouner 182, Smith 180 and Swei ningham, Lois Gehman, Kather gart 171. championship, Earl "Junie" Esh "How Football Died" by Sam Yellin is a must in sports lit ine Paege, Yvonne Johnson and leman (Small TooD and Gould, erature ... Gil Warner (T.&C.) would like nothing better than to Frances Burkhart won the title who won in 1948, repeated with a have his 3 months old son, Douglas, sign up in baseball with with 82 victories and 38 defeats. '49 title defense against Bill Ca the Phillies organization ... Frank Christoffel (Office Manage Sporty Bobby Burk Julia H eida, captain of the rey (Prod. Con.) and Barber, win ment) is waiting for a sponsor to come along and TV ice Hands team, topped the loop with ning 6-2, 6-1. hockey . . . Russ Stauffer (B.&F.S,) telIs us Mountville will have Sports New Ensemble an individual average of 147.12 in In quoits, Lefty Fritsch (Dis one of the finest playing fields in the City & County baseball 83 games. play Shop) and Lew Rynier (DiaD league come next summer ... Ken CampbelI (Chem. & Met.) likes The 992 team composed of: Cap Speaking of a slick chick, you teamed up to win the 1949 HRA the operation of Ted Rupp's M.S.T.C. wrestling team . . . The se tain Dick Rote, Hen Dorwart, doubles crown from Ken McMil lection of Bill Carey (Prod. Con.) to head-up the HRA Men's should have cornered a glimpse Larry Floyd, Don Mimnall and of sporty Bobby Burk (Train) len (Damask.) and Frank Hoff Basketball League was a smart move ... Evans Morrison, 1948-49 Ed Sherick with 73 victories and man (Flat SteeD by scores of 21- HRA basketball league high scorer, has re-entered Drexel Tech Iduked out in his new sports en 47 defeats won the 1949 Service semble on January 9. 14, 21-18, 21-20. in Philly ... Al Schacheman (Sales), who tips in close to 200, League bowling crown. Adam Brinkman (Maintenance) used to wrestle 155 for F.&M. ... With his powerful arms and It seems Bobby's outfit, com Vic Ault, captain of the 987A d efeated his brother, Earl Brink chest development, Charley Debus (Prod. Dispatch), the weight posed of a blue sports coat, gray club, took care of the high aver man (Heat Treating) by counts lifter, ought to make a good heavyweight wrestling prospect ... flannel pants, white shirt, black age with a 177.56 and also the of 21-7, 21-13, 21-14 to win the Les Kachel (T.&M. Study) and Bob Wenzel (Assembly "B") high triple honors with a boom 1949 HRA singles crown. think Dave Camerer, the New York scribe, is nuts when he ing 635. Harold Herr, of the 922 For the first time in the history wrote about Leon Hart, the N.D. end & fullback, not being as team, which finished last in the of quoits at Hamilton, the factory All American . . Les and Bob saw Leon the Hart operate against six team league, whammed a 255 was represented by a team in out Southern Cal and they'd like to argue the point with Camerer. high single. side competition. The squad that Bert Lawrence (Service) and upheld Hamilton honors was com Sam Schmuck (Maintenance) Retires From Ida Smeltz (Balance Staff) teamed posed of: Lloyd Mowrer (Dam up to annex the 1949 HRA Mixed ask), Al Hanselman (Damask,), Hamilton After 15 Years Of Faithful Service Doubles crown at Overlook, post Rodney Reese (DiaD, Charley ing a 1081 score with 129 pins Williams (Maintenance), Adam Forty-five dollars in cash, a in 1938. Since that time he has handicap. Dick Weaver (DiaD Brinkman (Maintenance), R u s s wallet, a layer cake, and a year's kept house by himself, has made rolled the high tourney triple of Kuhns (DiaD, Earl Brinkman supply of chewing tobacco were all his own meals, and has done 596, while Ken Kellenberger (Ma (Heat Treating), Hen Schneider the gifts given by the Mainten- most of his own washing, aside terial Sales) posted a high single (DiaD, Vern Gerfin (Damask.), ance Dept. to Sam Schmuck, re- from operating a big garden at of 233. and Lew Rynier (Damask) man tiring supervisor of the 24-man his Kreadyville residence. Sam In basketball, the Production ager. night cleaning crew, when he has three children, Harold, Betty Control tea m, winners of 16 bowed out as a Hamiltonian on and Anna. Betty is the wife of straight games without a loss and Herb Swisher (Plate). point producers of 659 tallies for Gingrich Establishes Sam, who lists as his hobby gar a per game average in these 16 dening, has plans for the future. tilts of 50 points, annexed the 1949 724 High Triple Mark HRA Men's court loop title. The He has an opportunity to go to Bobby Burk Florida which he may take very team was composed of: Evans Wilmer Gingrich (Oil Lab,) was shortly. He has many times ex and white checked tie and black Morrison, Bill Carey, Leo Hauck, hotter than a pistol as he plas pressed a desire to go into farm shoes, came from Groff & Wolf's Paul Ruzicka, Carl Yecker, Eddie tered the pins for a 724 triple, the ing in that section if he likes the and was paid for by the Train De Fechter, Dave Messersmith, War highest three games put together place well enough. partment employees who appreci ren Overly, Pax Gifford and Bruce in Lancaster City and County ated Bobby's many extra chores Waltz. Morrison copped individ kegling circles this 1949~50 season. and favors during the year. It ual high scoring honors with 221 Wilmer came through with his Accident Reduction was their Christmas gift to him. points on 93 field goals and 35 record smashing feat in the first Besides the sports clothing, fouls for a per game average of round of match play, flight "A" In '49 Best Since '40 Bobby received 17 cartons of cig 17 points in 13 contests. Bowling Tournament at the Over arettes from other departments The Hamilton All Stars, a com look Recreation Center alleys on that he does leg work for. bination selected from the HRA January 8. The year 1949 was a banner one League, beat the Ephrata Legion He put together games of 247- in the reduction of lost time acci Concerning the cigarettes, Bob 54-42, but dropped a 73-59 deci 223-254 for his 724 mark He was Sam Schmuck dents at Hamilton. by kept one carton for himself sion to the Lutz Five of Columbia bowling against Greg Eannone, The 1949 First Aid Department and sent the other 16 cartons to to be eliminated in the 1948-49 manager of the Overlook alleys, the evening of December 30 after report shows five months without the Coatesville Veterans' Hospital, Lancaster Junior Chamber of as he rolled 22 strikes and went 15 years and 8 months of faithful a lost time accident and only 15 where, as he put it, "those boys Commerce Basketball Tourney through the three games without service. lost time accidents being recorded like to smoke, too, and I figured held at the Edward Hand Junior a "miss." Sam, who started working at during the past year, the lowest they'd be glad to have them." High gym On March 17-18. With Besides being a top flight bowl Hamilton on March 29, 1934, re- since 1940! Bobby, who was in the Navy Sonny Wolfer (Standards), Dick er, Wilmer is a good golfer and ceived his 15 year service award The months in which no lost and Merchant Marine for ten Keene (Casing) and Morrison ac recently was re-elected president watch with the group of 64 em- time accidents occurred were: years when he was younger (he's counting for 95 of the total 113 of the Conestoga Country Club. ployees awarded Hamiltons on February, July, September, No- 59), wishes to thank all the em December 23. vember, and December. ployees in Train and those em He was a well liked employee Checking back over the records, ployees in other departments for ALL AMERICA COURT TEAM and a hard worker. He started the 15 lost time accidents record their generosity. - as a night watchman in 1934 and ed in 1949 were the lowest num It's a little early for this kind of stuff, but so what? Here's two years later became supervisor ber since 1940 when 10 were re TIMELY TOPICS 1949-50 All American basketball team. credit on the carefulness of all of the night cleaning crew. In the corded. However, there were not FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM latter capacity he had charge of as many employed here in '40 as the employees who took the prop the vacuum cleaning group, the there are today. er safety precautions to prevent (F) Bob Cousy, Holy Cross (F) Dick Dickey, N. Car. State paper collectors, the rest room The lost time accident report accidents. (F) Don Lofgran, San Francisco (F) Dick Schnittker, Ohio State cleaners, floor polishers, the win- showing 15 for '49 is 10 below the Congratulations, you did a (C) Chuck Share, Bowling Green (C) Don Rehfeldt, Wisconsin dow cleaners, and a floating crew high of 25 recorded in 1948. grand job. Let's continue our who handled miscellaneous jobs. These amazing figures in lost carefulness through 1950 and post (G) Paul Arizin, Villanova (G) Rick Harman, Kansas State Sam is a widower. His wife died time accident reduction reflects an even better record. (G) Johnnie Pilch, Wyoming (G) P aul Unruh, Bradley Tech. 6 Darrell Team In First Place At The End Of X's MARK THE GLASS I st Half In Hamilton Men's Bowling League JOTS &DOTS

Individ ually, the big wheel in the Hamilton Watch Men's Bowl Maybe you noticed the giant ing League a t the end of the 1st half is Ken Kellenberger of the Nor cardboard Santa Claus guarding don team with an individual average of 182-1 for 42 games. He also the Christmas tree in the Cafeter holds the high single mark of 249 as well as the high triple mark ia during the yule season? ... It 'of 637. belonged to Bob Burk (Train) The team on top of the 12 club circuit is the Darrell outfit with who got it 23 years ago as a gift 39 victories a nd 17 defeats. The Darrell te9.m is composed of: Cap from M. T. Garvin when he tain J ere Bitzer, Doc Hergenrother, Ellwood Johnson Johnnie Wal worked for that store ... Bill Pier ler, Bob Krick and Bob Henry. In 2nd place is the Giibert team with pont (Sales) says he never sees 36 wins and 20 losses; 3rd, tie between Nordon and DeWitt with 33 his name in this paper ... Well wins and 23' defeats; 5th, Norm9.n (31-25) ; 6th, Eric (28-28); 7th, Alan have a look, Bill, here it is .. Take (27-29); 8th, Dexter (25-31); 9th, Langdon (24-32); 10th tie between it from Bill Aukamp (Sales) the Dyson and Gordon with 21 wins a nd 35 defeats; and' 12th Norde U. of Virginia will have a great (17-39). ' football team for the next few The high team single (9 19 ~ is held by the Gilbert team, with the years because the '49 freshman high team triple (2650) held by the Norman club. team was one of the most power ful first year outfits in the coun try. Alley Averages Paul McGeehan (Adv.) visited The individual averages for the first half are as follows: T h is ph oto of the new Research Laboratory Building was taken New York for the first time on from the roof above the Dial Department on January 4th by Ned ?ec.28 ... It was strictly on bus Team Pla,yer Games Totl. Pins Av ~rage Aurand (Chem.-Met.). It shows aU the glass work complet3d with m ess, Throckmorton! ... We un Nordon 1. K. K ellenberger 42 7645 182-1 the maj or portion of the work now confined to the interior of the derstand Ezzie Buckwalter (Cafe) Darrell 2. J . Bitzer 42 7573 180-13 building: got caught under the mistletoe at DeWitt 3. R. Bauer 42 7569 180-9 Harry Shetter's basement Christ Norman 4. G. Falk 42 7423 176-31 m as party for the Cafeteria em Dexter 5. S. Bevilacqua 41 7226 176-10 Ov·!r 1,000 Xmas Toys Distributed By HRA To ployees, but worked his way out Alan 6. M. Bricker 39 6634 170-4 with the diplomacy of a veteran .. Gordon 7. J. Conklin 30 5064 168-24 Johnnie Mar ion (Sales) was Alan 8. H . Datesman 42 7078 168-22 Kiddies Of Needy Families In City & County strictly bell happy waiting for the Gilbert 9·. B. Dulaney 36 6062 168-14 arrival of his new young son ... Darrell 10. E. Johnson 39 6523 167-10 E~er~ time he h ~a rd a phone ring, Gilbert 11. R. Kuhns 36 6008 166-32 he d Jump to hiS feet, answer it Langdon 12. J. Dinkle 30 4995 166-18 and very dejectedly put down the Langdon 13. W . H 9.rnish 42 6989 166-17 receiver when it wasn't his wife's Dyson 14. J . Scott 39 6453 165-18 voice. Norde 15. C. Yecker 27 4468 165-13 Any day in winter, you'll find DeWitt 16. V. Hilt 33 5438 164-26 over 20 million people suffering Norde 17. Dick H ess 38 6238 164-6 from a cold .. . 2 out of 3 people DeWitt 18. J . Dunn 42 6844 162-40 have 3 colds a year . . . 2 out of 8 Eric 19. D. Metz 36 5857 162-25 people have 4 colds a year ... A 3 Darrell 20. J. Waller 42 6794 161-32 day cold costs the average person Gordon 21. W. Davis 36 5825 161-29 $25.00 . . . Many of the Christmas Norman 22. A. Burkhardt 42 6790 161-28 trees throughout the various de DeWitt 23. E. Bostick 39 6301 161-22 partments were taken down Dec. Gilbert 24. L . Nuss 33 5276 159-29 30 .. . They were as dryas punk ' Eric 25. W . Dietz 30 4764 158-24 and they presented a fire hazard Norman 26. E. Kline 39 6174 158-12 according to Maintenance boss: Eric 27. E. Braun 39 6160 157-37 Walt Breen .. Nellie Tragesser (Of Nordon 28. K. Shenk 42 6624 157-30 fice Management) is back at work Gilbert 29. C. Koller 39 6148 157-25 after a recent illness. 5200 157-19 Dexter 30. H . Lenhart 33 This is the time of year when 157-11 Nordon 31. D. Tshudy 31 3308 those eye-opening calendars make 157-3 Nordon 32. E . Landis 42 6597 their appearance on walls every 6567 156-16 W hen the toys were repaired an d' painted and uady for distribu Eric 33. J. Sheetz 33 where . .. The one from Richards' Gordon 34. K. Weeks 39 6064 155-19 tion, they wer e stored in a garage in the Barr Lot. Here isa photo of some of t he 1,000 toys contributed by the employees after th eY' had Photo Shop is a four-bell eyeful. . Alan 35. E. Eshleman 39 6040 154-34 Russ Hershey (Stocks & Stores) 154-27 been repaired and painted. Captain Bill Schaeffer keeps an eye on Dyson 36. R. Hinkle 39 6033 is the newly elected secretary 154-11 the playthings. Gordon 37. F. Bitzer 36 5555 treasurer of the Lancaster Offi Dyson 38. C. P eters 42 6447 153-21 c19.ls Club . .. Dick Shock (Machine 5066 153-17 Eric 39. G. Clarke 33 It was indeed a Merry Christ- H9.milton truck to the families Shop) is assignment secretary for 21 3223 153-10 Norman 40. B. Miller mas for the kiddies of some 250 located in the city and county. swimming with the same organi 5957 152-29 Alan 41. T. Morrison 39 zation, while Les Kachel (T.&M. 5031 152-15 needy families throughout Lan The names of the needy fami Darrell 42. R. Krick 33 Study) is a member of the Rules 5937 152-9 caster City and County as they lies were supplied by Hamilton Norde 43. Roy Hess 39 Interpretation Committee . ... Dec. 30 4564 152-4 Gilbert 44. H. Banner received toys of all kinds from employees and from the Welfare 30 in the Cafeteria reminded one 35 5271 151-16 Norman 45. C. Baltz the mountain of playthings con Federation's list. of election day as employees fil ed 39 5905 151-16 Langdon 46. W. Konrad tributed by Hamilton employees When the toys left Hamilton in for their checks ... George Stid 36 5442 151-6 Gilbert 47. V. Fridinger in the first HRA Christmas Toys ham, the local jockey, married 39 5877 150-27 for distribution they wer e in ex a Langdon 48. W . Schaeffer For Needy Kiddies Drive during New York model recently. 27 4069 150-19 cellent condition, being repaired, Dexter 49. L. Erb the past yule season. It's interesting to know how Dyson 50. W . Stuempfle 27 4066 150-16 washed and painted by the em 4481 149-11 There were some 1,000 toys of Paul Winchell, the M.C. for Ham Langdon 51. R. Lutz 30 ployees of Maintenance, Display 5786 148-14 all kinds, ranging from tricycles ilton's New Year's Eve telecast Darrell 52. J. Hergenrother 39 Shop, the Tick Tock Club and 21 3088 147-1 to dancing frogs, distributed by from Times Square, became a Norde 53. P. Pickell other employees who contributed ventriloquist ... When he was 13 18 2634 146-6 the HRA to kiddies of needy fam Dyson 54. C. Koller, Jr. their time and services. he suffered an attack of 30 4381 146-1 ilies. The toys were distributed by infantil~ Gordon 55. C. Dobbs paralysis . . . He sent for a ventril 30 4323 144-3 Dexter 56. W . Divett oquism course which helped him Gordon 57. C. Cibos 24 3456 144-0 23 4747 143-28 fill the empty convalescent weeks. Nordon 58. R. Sherick . : .He fashioned Jerry Mahoney, Dexter 59. P. Brown 18 2588 143-14 30 4282 142-22 hiS dummy, and began entertain Dyson 60. C. Gehr ing classmates on his return to Norde 61. J. Fretz 33 4658 141-5 42 5761 137-7 school. .At the age of 14, he toured Dexter 62. W. R edman the country with a Major Bowes' Al9.n 63. J. Hall 27 3686 136-14 24 3256 135-16 unit and that st9.rted him on his Nordon 64. W. Wissler road to success. 65. H . Stumpf 27 3573 132-9 DeWitt In order to have as informal a 66. J . Denlinger 24 3144 131-0 Alan photo as possible taken of him Norma n 67. J . Grubb 21 2740 130-10 27 3520 130-10 self, Lowell Halligan, the newly Norde 68. 1. Thompson elected Vice President, posed with 27 3489 129-15 Langdon 69. J. Marley a cigarette in his hand while Eric 70. R. Butt 24 3078 128-6 18 2308 128-4 signing his daily correspondence. DeWitt 71. G. Warner ... Mary Jane Hecker (Material 6 751 125-1 Darrell 72. R. H enry Sales) was highly pleased with the engagement ring she r eceived Hockey Nite Important Dates the nite before Christmas .. . She says the big event won't take Six important dates in Febru place for some time ... In an effort The Hamilton Management As ary to remember are, Feb. 2 . Among the many toys distributed to the n eedy kiddies of the ~o build , up his physique, Harry sociation will be on hand this eve Ground Hog Day, Feb. 11 Thomas City and' County by the BRA were 23 doUs which were washed, mend Muscles' Brenneman (Mainten ed and dressed by members of the Tick Tock Club, shown above. ance), caught, cleaned and cooked ning in the H ersh ey Ice Palace Edison's birthday, Feb. 12 Abra ham Lincoln's birthday, F eb. 14 The Tick Tockers who handled this job so effiCiently were: Back Row a six inch trout recently ... Agnes to witness the H ersbey Bears vs St. Valentine's Day, and Feb. 22 (I.. to R .): Virginia HOTSt, Dorothy Mwnma, Irene Peters, Ellen Rey Palmer (Payroll), was hobbling Pittsburgh Hornets in an Amer Ash Wednesday and G e 0 r g e nolds and Helen Shuman. Front Row: Beulah Stauffer, Hazel Keller around on a lame left ankle dur ican League fray. Washington's birthday. and Emma. .Frick. ing Christmas week. Timely Topics 7 987 A Team Leads Service League With THERE WAS FUN AND PLENTY TO EAT AT W.R'S ANNUAL BANQUET Kellenberger's 176 Avg. Tops For 1st Half According to the figures released by Paul Heistand, the efficient secretary-treasurer of the Service Bowling League, Ken Kellenber ger, captain of the 980 team leads the circuit at the end of the first half with an individual average of 176-14 for 48 games. At the end of the same period, the 987A club, composed of: Captain Phares Ul mer, Gehman Miller, John Heimenz, Elwood Miller and Paul Bransby, is on top in the six team standing) with 43 wins, 21 defeats. In 2nd place is 980 (35-29), 3rd, 911 (33-31), 4th, 992 (32-32), 5th, 974 (29-35) and 6th, 922 (20-44). The high team single (891) is held by the 987 A team. The high team triple of 2424 has been rolled by the 980 c:ub. Paul Bransby (987A) has a high single game of 256, while Phares Ul mer (987A) holds the first half high triple mark of 665. Alley Averages Total Team Player Games Pins Average Sing. Trip. T he Watch Research Department's annual banquet und'er the co-chairmanship of Dave Mes 980 1. Ken Kellenberger 48 8462 176-14 241 604 sersmith and Rodney Diffenbaugh held on December 28 at the Old Mill Inn was a huge success. In a Christmas atmosphere, t he 47 employees, wives and friends sat down to a steak dinner with all the 216 911 2. Ed Miller 45 7895 175-20 630 trimmings. Cards and dancing furnished t he social's sidelines with four door prizes being awarded 987A 3. Phares Ulmer 48 8353 174-1 233 665 during the evening. 922 4. Dick Rote 15 2566 171-1 214 599 992 5. Noah Buckwalter 48 7960 165-40 241 581 pen and hits the door of the car 992 6. Abe Burkhardt 45 7415 164-35 217 592 PARKING LOT COURTESY REQUESTED along side you. All these little 980 7. Lloyd Fichtner 42 6916 164-28 217 544 consideration items can straighten It has been brought to the at- you are unable to locate the driver out the matter. 974 8. Vic Ault 12 1977 164-9 198 538 tention of TIMELY TOPICS that of the damaged car, leave a note In the future, if you have the 974 9. Don Mimnall 48 7820 162-44 227 549 a few employees of the many who giving your name and address in misfortune to hit another car in !l.92 10. Jay Miller 48 7571 157-35 245 570 own cars and park them in the or about the car and submit reg the Barr Lot, please stop and Barr Lot are careless and reck- ular accident report to Depart identify yourself. You'll not only 974 11. Harry Yo~tz 48 7465 156-25 196 546 less in regard to the other cars ment of Revenue, Bureau of High 922 12. Albert Torr 45 7042 156-22 209. 541 put your own mind at ease, but parked in the lot. way Safety, Harrisburg, Pa., with- you'l! be following the law cover We have in mind several com- in 24 hours." 922 13. Jack Krause 48 7489 156-1 235 553 ing the incident. 911 14. Carl Nelson 45 6981 155-6 206 547 plaints from employees whose It is true that this law was cars have received bent fenders, written for parked cars hit along 987A 15. Gehman Miller 48 7369 153-25 208 529 scratches and have had bumpers the highway or city streets, but WILL SELL 911 16. Bob Sherick 42 6411 152-27 219 530 pulled loose by other employees the principle of it also applies to Maytag %. horsepower gas 974 17. Ted Lamparter 48 7180 149-28 211 519 who are in a hurry to swing into cars parked in a parking lot. The engine, $25.00. Also stainless 980 18. Charles Baltz 45 6691 148-31 200 538 or out of the lot without regard reason most of the accidents oc steel automObile sun visor, for the cars they hit. These "hit cur is because of the lack of 987A 19. John Hiemenz 48 7123 148-19 201 538 adjustable to any car, $12. and run" specialists even refuse to consideration for the other fel If interested contact Am 922 20. Albert Miller 48 7033 146-25 207 496 take the time or show the cour- low's car. There's no excuse for brose Bard (Specialties As 987A 21. Elwood Miller 48 6813 141-25 178 460 tesy of stopping to check the ex- this because a little caution and sembly). tent of the damage inflicted on consideration could eliminate all 911 22. Albert Marks 45 6368 141-23 187 474 the other car. the trouble. Apply your brakes 1 g u ita r (Arcadia) in 980 23. Jack Harrison 45 6320 140-20 190 465 Whether these offenders know properly. Don't try to park in one good condition. Will sel! at 980 24. Amos Hougendobler 42 5754 173 474 it or not, it is one of the written turn, but make the necessary stop 137-0 a reasonable price. Contact 987A 25. Paul Bransby 48 6528 136-0 254 571 laws of the Pennsylvania Vehicle and back to fit your car into the Joanne Bixby (Personnel 992 26. Ed Sherick 45 135-20 211 Code that states, "Whenever you limited space. This will eliminate Research). 6095 463 are involved in an accident with the bent fenders and pulled bump_ 9.11 27. Lawrence Floyd 42 5669 134-41 166 446 a parked car, no matter how slight ers. When you are parked and 922 28. Len Kissinger 42 5327 126-35 166 426 the damage, stop, locate the op- ready to open your door to get out, 992 29. Cecil Hamric 48 5853 121-45 189 466 erator and identify yourself. If . don't push it too hard that it flies TEXAS JACK KEENAN 974 30. Charles Funk 48 5650 117-34 172 409 Harry Shetter Has Christmas Party For PORTRAIT OF JOSIE Cafeteria Personnel At His Home On Dec. 27 Amid a Christmas atmosphere McCoy, Kathryn Marantz, Carrie two days after the big day (Dec. Bitts, Margaret Houston, Blanche 27), the Cafeteria personnel held its annual yule party in the base- Fisher, Mary Hoffman, Ola Vo ment of the home of Harry Shet- gel, Mabel Huber, Alice Myers, t (C f M . Mabel Foulke, Ella Long, Alma er a e. grJ 1621 RIdgeview Ditzler, Elva Hilton, Anna Heiss, Avenue. With 24 present for the affair Celia Wolpert, Helen Ganse, Ger that featured turkey and ham ' trude Lawyer, Sophia Murray, with all the trimmings, the enter- Harry Miller~ Ezra Buckwalter, tainment included games with Art McCormIck and Jack Lea- prizes. man. Santa Claus in the personage Mr. and Mrs. Shetter and of George Dorwart (Maintenance) daughter Harriet, served as the passed out the gifts. host and hostesses. Those in attendance wel'e: Paul- Because of ill health lola Shiley ine Benner, Mary Howett, Maude was unable to attend the party.

Dick Dietz (Dir. of Eng. Dept.) and his wife, Wanda, have an unusual hobby. They get a bang out of entering all kinds of contests held by various companies as advertised in maga Jack Keenan zines and on the radio. Back on November 30 last year Dick, who has been operating on the hobby for about ten with the Texas temperature show Josie Goodling, formerly of Production Dispatch, left, wanted to months, has had fair success, winning a little cash, an electric ing 90 degrees, Jack Keenan, surprise her husband on Christmas by giving him an oil portrait of iron and a coffeemaker. Hamilton salesman, went breezin' herself. She contacted spare-time artist Charley Shindell (Escape), But Wanda is the ace of the Dietz sideline thus far. She down Houston Street in San An right, told him what she wanted', and gave him a small 5"x7" profile recently hit the j.'lckpot in her first try, winning $200.00, a GE tonio with his brief case in his photograph of herself. After 40 odd hours Charley put away his electric stove, an electric mixer, a set of kitchen furniture and hand while a camera clicked brushes, having completed the above 14"x28" oak framed portrait of kitchen utensils. away to record the event. Jack Josie. Success struck when she sent in a sponge cookie recipe in sent in the above photo with a a Pillsbury Mills recipe contest. Her recipe was judged as one note on the back of it saying, of the hundred winners that included 9,7 women and 3 men in "Showing how a Hamilton watch 1950 Social Security Tax Rate Increased a contest that drew over 200,000 entries. Wanda received the peddler looks on the 30th of N 0- above mentioned prizes and a free, all expenses paid trip to vember in Texas." On January 1, 1950, the Federal to be deducted on the first $3,000 New York where she competed in the finals held at the Wal Social Security Act, covering Fed of wages paid. dorf-Astoria Hotel with Art Linkletter as the master-of-cere eral Old Age Benefits, required monies. She didn't win in the finals, but the trip and the prizes FOR SALE that the rate be increased from The Hamilton Watch Company, as employer, must also pay the she received were well worth the effort. Model "C" Ciroflex camera with 1% to 1'h % of your gross wages. Dick figures now that Wanda is top contest winner on the carrying case and flash gun. In The pay check you repeived on increased rate of 1'h % on your Dietz' totem pole, he has his work cut out for him to regain his excellent condition. If interested January 9 showed the increased wages to match the amount of first place status. contact E. W. Drescher (Supt. deduction. The tax will continue your deduction. Prod. Engineering). 8 Timely Topics FRICTION JEWELING MAKES SUB - ASSEMBLIES FOR HAMILTON'S ASSEMBLY DEPARTMENTS The Friction Jeweling Department, who makes sub-assemblies insertion of balance jewels where .0005" to .001" below flush must and begins the assembly of movements for other departments, be held. features 131 hand operations on seven different grades of Hamil ton watches. Friction Jeweling operates on orders from Production Control as to the scheduling of its work. Parts Stock from Production A stem broacher is the only machine in this department of Control's order issues the parts per operation to Friction Jeweling. 82 employees (64 females, 18 males). These operations are then completed and passed on to final assem Among the important hand operations performed by Friction bly and inspection. The semi-assembled movements go to the Jeweling employees on sub-assemblies and in assembling move Finishing Department, while the sub-assemblies are delivered to ments are: barrel fitting, jeweling of (train, pallet, and barrel the Parts Stock Room for issuance to Assembly departments, A, bridges, balance cocks, and pillar plates), steel fitting of pillar B, C or D for further work. plates (a sub-assembly operation), end stone cap fitting, steel While practically all of Friction }eweling's work comes on fitting of barrel bridges (another sub-assembly operation), inser order out of Production Control and issued by Parts Stock, some tion of dial foot screws in pillar plates, insertion of minute pins, of the work does come direct from other departments. The Plate assembly of train in watches (two operations), jobbing of steel Department sends Friction Jeweling work, where the necessary work, refinishes, end shakes and broken jewels. Pallet fitting and jeweling operations are handled, and in turn sent to Damaskeening. cannon pinion fitting. Final inspection takes place after jobbing Parts such as barrel bridges, train bridges, and balance cocks come is done on all of the above mentioned operations. into Friction Jeweling from the Damaskeening Department where Section superintendent John Foose is in charge of the depart the necessary jeweling is done and returned to Damaskeening for ment with Clarence Smith as the foreman. The job bosses are: plating. Carl DeMora, Jim Rice, Walt Mellinger and Dick Young. There In the nine pictures below, taken by Ned Aurand (Chem;-met.) are 1.4 inspectors in Friction Jeweling. for TIMELY TOPICS, the major operations in the Friction Jewel The closest tolerance prevailing in the department is in the ing Department are featured.

Dorothy Shultz is shown winding in a 911 main (L. to R): Myrtle . Hertzog, Josephine Tessitore, Steel fitting of 8/ 0 pillar plates on a steel line is spring on a mainspring winder. and Elsie Strauss are jewelinl( 16 size pillar the operation being performed by Gloria Brown, 1 2 plates on jeweling presses. Nine other women 3 Dorothy Denlinger and Pat Oxenreider. work on the same operation.

This closeup shot shows Naomi Acheson doing Assembling train wheels, barrels, barrel bridges, Gladys Rice, a jobber, with the Company for 31 escape and stone cap fitting of 982 train bridges. train bridges and pillar plates on 16/ 0 and 14/0 years, is shown jobbing 14/ 0 movements for end 4 5 sized movements is the work done by Ruth 6 shakes, changing of broken jewels, correction of Harple and Evelyn Cibos. refinishes and winding mechanism.

Ruth Diffenderfer is shown pallet fitting 16 size Isabel Garvin is canon pinion fitting 14 size Clarence Smith, Friction Jeweling foreman with watches and also checking the end shake. watches, checking the canon to see if it is right. the Company for 33Y. years, looks over a blue 7 8 9 print, while his four job bosses group around him. Seated (L. to R): Dick Young, Foreman Sntith and Carl DeMora. Standing (L. to R): Jim Rice and Walt Mellinger.