Kodak Magazine (Canada); Vol. 2, No. 2; Feb. 1946

This picture of Santa Claus and a few of his youthfUl admi.rers was made at the Kodak Christmas Party, but was too late for inc lusion in our .January issu e. r------dn J!us &sue--------. Kodak Pioneers' Banquet- IJelails and pictures I- 2- 3 The Editor's Page- Genius o.f Youth. How do yon f,reuf, the boss? 4· Salesmen and Demonstrators -A Picture made during their recent visit 5 Kodak Heights Camera Club- Spring Salon in the offing 5 The Company-You are the Company - Some .food .for thought 6 Forty short years- Mort Karn celebrates 6 K.D.M.C. Executive - New officers .for 1946 7 Kodak War Efforts Club- Annual statement 7 They Tell Us- News .from the departments 3- 9- 10 K.R.C. Doings- Welcome to new director, etc., 12- 13 'l"liADJO IIURJ< Kodak REGISTJORED Volume 2 . February 1946 . Number 2 PUBLISHED BY CANAD IAN KODAK CO., LIMITED, TORONTO, ONTARIO Seventh Annual Kodak Pioneers' Night ITH FACILITY BORN of long practice, ful drum-majorette with her retinue of the committee in charge of arrange Pioneers, until the last dancer reluctantly Wments for Pioneers' Night functioned left the floor, all went as smoothly as could admirably, and well merit the cordial be desired. thanks of the six hundred and thirty-four Fred Rowe, who was to have taken the Kodak Employees who sat down to dine part of Chairman, was unfortunately ab in the Concert Hall of the Royal York sent through illness, but his place was Hotel on Friday even-ing, January 11. taken, and his duties fulfilled in a most True, there Wll-S some little delay before commendable manner by Will Allaby, proceedings got under way, but this was despite very short notice. in no way due to any omission on the part In addition to those employees who of the committee. had completed 25 years of service during However, from the moment when the 1945, and who received their long-service big double doors at the end of the hall medals from the hands of E. S. Currie, opened to admit a most radiant and grace- President and General Manager, there The silver tray, emblem of 40 years' service, is presented to J. W. Spence by Mr. Cornell. Mr.,and Mrs. Hultman applaud vigorously, as does also Mr. Currie, though the latte r spares a glance for the camera lTlBn to make sure that t his irnportant event is heing duly recorded for the benefit of posterity. lvar N. lfultman, of Eastman Kodak Company, our guest speaker, relates certain humorous auto-biographical deta.ils, awakening pleasant memories in the mind of Mrs. Hultman, who shared these adventures. were also two who had passed the 40- particularly on such an auspicious occasion, year mark, namely, James W. Spence and when no less than 44 men and women were Eben. J. Quigley. In recognition of this celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary lengthy period of service, each was pre with Canadian Kodak. sented with a silver tray by S. B. Cornell, "The completion of 25 years' continuous Chairman of the Board of Directors, him service," said Mr. Hultman, "is an event self a veteran of more than 46 years' service. in itself, but when that long period has A pleasing incident in connection with been marked by loyal and competent ser the presentation of 25-year medals occurred vice such as you have given, it becomes when Mr. Currie announced that the re worthy of high praise. Please accept my cipients of the two medals just presented sincere congratulations. Because of the were brother and sister- David M. Thom knowledge and ability you have gained son and Edith T. Todd- who joined the during your long experience, younger em organization within a few weeks of each ployees naturally turn to you for guidance. other. Quite an ovation followed this You could scarcely render any greater announcement. service to yourself or to the Com parry To W. E. Appleyard, Asst. General than by helping them in every way possible." Manager, fell the pleasurable duty of Addressing himself to the larger audience, proposing the toast, "Our Guests," and Mr. Hultman went on to say : "Kodak of introducing to the audience Mr. and has gained for itself during past years an Mrs. Ivar N. Hultman of Rochester. Mr. enviable reputation for dependable, uni Hultman is Vice- President and Asst. form, high-quality products and efficient General Manager of Eastman Kodak Com service, and the success of our future pany, and is also a Director of our own operations depends on maintaining this Company. reputation. I have every confidence in In replying, Mr. Hultman expressed the readiness and ability of Kodak people pleasure at the opportunity given him to meet this challenge successfully, and to address such a large gathering of em am equally confident that the Kodak ployees from the Canadian organization, organization will go forward to a future 2 even greater and more prosperous than its past." In proposing the toast, "Victory," J. W. Spence, Treasurer, spoke of the "pride we might justly feel when we consider the outstanding exploits of the Canadian Corps on the battlefields of Europe, of the cease less vigi l of our sailors who played a most valiant part in the protection of our own and Britain's coasts, and fought side by side with our intrepid airmen againEt the deadly U-boat menace, during the battles of the 'Narrow Seas'." "With justifiable pride also," continued he, " we think of the more than 12,000 Kodak men and women from this side tl:i.e Atlantic, who joined the armed forces of Canada and the United States. "The above figures include 289 of our own Eben J. Quigley, also cel ebrating 40 years of service, receives the congratulations of his m a n y friends. His Canadian boys, som e of whom have re secretary, Gladys Taylor, lis tens with interested approv turned to civil life, and are with us to aL Eben's silver tray is not in evidence h e re, but it night. Some, in the course of duty, are isn' t very far away. still absent, but we expect and hope to have " While our toast this evening is to honor them with us again before many months all of these, our thoughts turn more par pass. ticularly to those of our fellow-workers "And some- nine of the gallant company who gave their all that freedom might that went forth from Kodak Heights survive. will return no more. (Co ntinued on page 4) Back in the year 1920, when memories of the first 'great war were still yivid, a brother and sister applied for positions with "Kodak." Their names were David and Edith Thomson. Still together at "Kodak," the two receive their 25-year medals and Mr. Currie's congratulations. We should add that Edith is perhaps better known today, particularly to younger members of the organization, as Mrs. Todd. The Genius of Youth ing, searching for new things or new ways of doing old things. E HEAH so MUCH about the genius of Whence comes this creative ability? middle-age that we are prone to think Perhaps fmm a clear, fresh outlook on Wthat most worth-while ideas originate life. Youth is inexperienced and has not with men who are in, or nearly past, the suffered the disappointments and reverses prime of life. that lie within the memory of age. Age So far as inventions are concerned, this realizes the difficulties that wait ahead. does not seem to be the case. Statistics ' Youth, free from remembrances of barked reveal some interesting facts in this con shins, goes forward, chin up, expecting nection. the best. Taking as a basis twenty of the greatest inventions, it was found that the average How do you treat the boss? age of the inventors was 32 years, though You (and that goes for most of us) have many notable devices were produced by th,ings to say now and again about the way men much younger. you are being treated by the boss. Thomas Edison, who at an advanced But we don't hear very much said about age was doing experimental work in the ili;e way you are treating him. electrical field, produced some of his most There is always some power higher up important devices at an early age. At that governs the actions of your boss, the age of 29 he invented the talking and he needs yom' sincere cooperation if machine, and a year later the incandescenL he is to succeed. lamp. Your success and advancement are iden Sir Charles Parsons was 30 when he tified with his-always. invented the steam turbine, and James Perhaps you feel that he is cranky and Watt was the same age when his efforts unreasonable at times. Well, maybe he in perfecting the steam engine were crowned is from your point of view, but try to put with success. yourself in his place. Elias Howe began his work on that How would you react to the problems wonderful labor-saving device, the sew that he faces daily. ing machine, at the age of 24. Like you, he has to "deliver the goods," At the age of 22, George Westinghouse and if you or anyone else under him IS invented the vacuum air-brake which later careless or indifferent, his handicap is made him famous. increased by that much. Youth is always experimenting, invent- How are you treating your boss? Pioneers' Banquet usual quality was enjoyed while the ball ( Comtinued from page 3) room was being made ready.

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