Musical Jamboree" Scores Big Hit with Audience Hundreds of Employ,Ges, and Financially Pays-Off for Lancaster Heart Haven Familie$ Tour Res
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OF Ti-fE SCREW MFG. DEPT. ApPEARS ON 'Y 31, 1950 Published by and for the Employees of the Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Penna. Vol. 8 No.5 * Copyright, 1950, Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Penna. * "MUSical Jamboree" Scores Big Hit With Audience Hundreds Of Employ,ges, And Financially Pays-Off For Lancaster Heart Haven Familie$ Tour Res. & Eng. Twelve hundred dollars was· Arlene Hoff and Alice Johnson. Laboratory On April 29 turned over to the Heart Haven Mrs. Messner also directed the of Lancaster as the proceeds from entire chorus in the spiritual, Hundreds of Hamilton employ the "Musical Jamboree" featuring "Dry Bones." In this number the ees and their families toured the the combined choruses of Hamil- orehestral accompaniment with new Research & Engineering Lab ton, Armstrong and RCA on its important sound effects played oratory on April 29, the one day Tuesday evening, May 2, in the a major part in putting the num set aside for them to have a "Iook auditorium of McCaskey High ber across. see" at the latest addition to the School. The audience appreciated the Company. The tour was arranged so de partment heads from the engi neering and research sections were on all four floors of the building. They explained to the touring employees and their fam ilies where the various engineer ing and research departments will be located when the building starts operating. Those in charge of the various floors were: R. B. Mentzer, R. M. Dietz, A. L . Rad cliffe, S. R. Griffith, D. C. Connor, E. VanHaaften, A. Benson, J . Hendricks, G. E. Shu brooks and R. Philip. The same departmental exhib its used in the American Ord nance Association tour on April 5 were displayed on the first floor. The exhibits shown were, Dial, Jewel Manufacturing, Train, Au tomatic, Balance Staff, Specialties Manufacturing, Ships Prow (in struments developed and made by Hamilton for the Armed Ser May 11 was a big day at the Children's Heart Haven when repre vices during World War ID, sentatives from Hamilton, RCA and Armstrong presented $1,229.40 to Screw Manufacturing, Small Tool, the Haven as the proceeds from the Musical Jamboree on May 2. Jig Boring, Plate and Press. The Those present (I. to r.): Mike Yelovich (RCA), Al Spinner (Arm following supervisors and foremen strong), Ed McFerren (RCA), and Henry Long, prilsident of the were in charge of the exhibits: E. Heart Haven, and Mrs. Kathryn Hawks (RN), superintendent, who L . Mester, A. M. Groff, H . C. are receiving the money from Ken Weeks (Hamilton). Dobbs, H. D. Weaver. A. J . Klein er, M. C. Shearer, C. P. Kauffman, An appreciative audience of talents of the Noray Sisters (Nora J . J. Hergenrother, W . A. Bach 1,500 enjoyed every number of the Jackson and Jeanette Sherick of man, R. F. Dirks, H. M. Swisher, two-hour show. RCA) who did an acrobatic dance W. W. McIntyre and Ken Weeks. The combined orchestra of 30 specialty. The personnel handling the an musicians under the baton of Hubert Wittenberg's RCA dance swers at the information booth Abram Longenderfer (Hamilton) team, composed of ten people, of was composed of: Jack Scheffer, got the show underway with the fered two folk dances; the first a Bruce Wolfe, Rowland Bitzer, score of Jerome Kern's "Show gay dance; the second was a slow George Goode, Phil Wendel, Clair boat Scenario:" The tunes includ er, Russian-styled routine. The Shenk, Bob Wenzel and Jim Bas ed in the group were: "Why Do dancers were accompanied by the so. I Love You,''' "Old Man River," string section of the orchestra. When the tour was completed, "Only Make Believe," "You Are Harold Shaar (Armstrong's) di the employees and their families I Love," and "Can't Help Lovin' rected the Men's Chorus in "A (Continued on Page 3) That Man." The other orchestral Roving" (Chantey), the feature number on the program was "Ma soloist being Robert Car mitchell Illustrations at right (top to I laguena" by Lecuona. During the (RCA). The same group under bottom): . remainder of the show the or Shaar's direction sang, "The Ran Charles Meylan (center), friend chestra accompanied the acts and gers' Song" (Tierney). of Hugh Vaucher (left), Process chorus. Two top numbers were the com Eng., pops a question to Doc Her From the Rogers and Hammer plete chorus renditions of "Bat genrother at the Screw Mfg. ex stein musical, "Oklahoma," the tle Hymn of the Republic" and hibit. chorus of 165 mixed voices, open the "Hallelujah Chorus" (Handel) ed with the title song, "Oklaho both under Shaar's direction. In ma" which was well received un the "Battle Hymn of the Repub Art Benson (right) shows Jim der Longenderfer's direction. lic" (Ringwald arr.) the soloists Reese and his family where Jim One of the top acts of the eve were, Bill Gassman (Hamilton), will be located in the new build ning was the musical skit "Every Clifford Shore (Armstrong's) and ing. (L. to R.): Carol, Susan, Mrs. Day Is Ladies' Day With Me" by Carmitchell (RCA). Reese and Jim. Jim works in the Victor Herbert put on by Hamil In the "Country Style" (War Watch & Instrument Assembly ton's Paul Harnish. It was a solo ing) number, the chorus combined Lab. specialty with Harnish duked out with a square dance group to in grey knickers, tan sport · coat, cleverly put across the song under An interesting group at the straw hat and cane. Paul did Mrs. Messner's direction. Screw Mfg. exhibit was Gil Leh three encores with terrific ap Marianne Weicksel and Clifford man (Plate) and his family. (L. plause accompanying each return. Shore from Armstrong's did a to R.) : Mrs. Lehman, Gil, Mary Later in the show, Paul appeared duet in "Trot Here and There." Jane, Marion, Joe, Doris Elaine in a duet number with Esther The pianists for the show were, and Dorothy Christine. Winters (RCA) . They did the Jean Doll (Hamilton), Kitty Nes number, "I Said My Pajamas And tle (RCA) and Mary Warfel and Herman Rueger (Machine Exp.) Put On My Prayers" (Pola-Wyle). Richard Kipphorn both of Arm in squat position explains a de Lucile Messner (RCA) directed strong's. tailed point to his son, Paul, while ·a female singing group of nine in Twenty-one usherettes, seven Mrs. Rueger and Mrs. Norman two numbers, "Green Cathedral" from each company, directed the Huber along with Mr. Huber lis (Hahn) and "My Blue Heaven" audience to their seats. The seven ten to Cloyd Dobbs describe an (Donaldson). The Ha,miltonians young ladies from Hamilton were: interesting chronometer feature I in the group were: Nancy Brown, (Continued on Page 3) at the Ships Prow exhibit. 2 Timely Topics Volume 8 Timely Topics Number 5 It'll Be Reading, Gardening, And History, Traveling, Typing And Bak1ing For Anna Nies CHOP TALK EDITORIAL BOARD WALLACE BORK, Chair., Proc. Engineering Now That She Has Retired From Hamilton Hamilton chronometer!) accom J. ED MILLER, Case Order Division HAZEL KELLER, Case Office panied Attilis Gatti's r ecent expe dition to the "Mountains of the EDITORIAl. STAFF Moon" in British East Africa,., General News and Production, CHARLES H. FREY They welle the official timepieces Personnel Consultant, R. A. PRESTON Cartoonist, CHARLES SHINDELL, Jr. for the expedition . From Ralph . Copyright, 1950, Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Penna. Side!)' New Era column, "Let's Go QuotatIOn or reproduction forbidden unless permission has been granted. Outdoorr;" we find that, "On the first day of trout season Harold Rhen (Maehine Shop) found the LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, water very cold by the simple process of falling in, and the fish wouldn't bite." ... His brother, Al bert, who wa!) ignorant of the 23 Departments & Divisions Rece'ived Them coldness ()f the water, caught three fish. Jim Hostetter (Machine Shop) is a top waiter on the side ... He handled the food for the M.S.T.C. athlHic banquet at his Dad's place in Mt. Joy on April 29, .. TIMELY TOPICS was quoted again in the April 15 Lancaster Manufacturers Association Month ly ... Thanks! . .. Paul Seibel <Dis trict Sales Mgr.) returned from a recent southern bizness trip, .. He attended the Florida State Retail F'ifty y(·ars a secretary- thirty-seven of them spent at Hamilton. Jewelers Convention at Sarasota, That's the dependab'e record established by Miss Anna Nies as and the Alabama State Retail she bowed out of active service with the Company on April 30. Jewelers Conventiori at Birming During her 37 years here she was secrct:lrY for three presi ham. , . Helen Kato is M. F. Man dents- Charles F. Miller, Frank C. Beckwith and Calvin M. Kendig. by's new secretary .. She's a trans A big cake, ice cream and a Smith-Corona typewriter were the fer from Mechanical Planning. feature items presented to Miss Nies at a surprise party on her 65th Howard Banner (Machine Shop) birthday (April 14) on the 4th floor of the Main Office Building. has a 16 size, sweep sec 0 n d And a surprise party it was. It c.'lught the ever-alert Anna off Hamilton for sale for $25.00 . guard, without a chance to prepare herself for thc occasion. There It'!) in good shape . .. Six Hamil wasn't much she could do about it but sit and admire the gift and tonians rolled in the American r.eminisco tho past. Bowling Congress tourney at Col Miss Nies, who attended the Old Weidler Business College in umbus, Ohio, in April and May ... 1900, was 15 when she started as a secretary for the Charles F.