Games, Prizes, Contests to Highlight Annual Employee Picnic October 4 New Charity Club Committee Works on Details of Collection

Dick Albright Recovering

Published By LIBRASCOPE EMPLOYEES GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA

Volume 1, Issue 9 September 1953 Games, Prizes, Contests to Highlight Annual Employee Picnic October 4 Librascope will renew a fine old custom this year in the form of an annual picnic for all employees and their families, Dick Albright, Librascope employee, who was stricken with it was announced by Precisioneer President Loy Thompson. multiple sclerosis is shown talk- The picnic will be held at Sherman Grove Park Sunday, ing with Michael D. Fanning, chairman of the Multiple Scler- October 4, and will last from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. osis campaign, and Dr. John H. Only admission requirement is your Librascope ID card. Aides, MS medical advisory board Because of the limitations on fa- member. Dick was a patient at cilities and the size of our own Cedars of Lebanon hospital but is employee group, the Precisioneers recovering and back to work. (In- regret to announce no guests (ex- cidentally, anyone wishing to do- cept families) or former employees Vacation Delayed, nate to the MS Fund may send can be admitted. same to: "MS, Los Angeles 51.") Special attractions for the kids will include games—with prizes— But No Complaints contests, rides, and so forth. Bring your swimming suits, as Margery Grey, assembly, would there will be a swimming pool on qualify for having the best of Lib- New Charity Club Committee Works the grounds which will be avail- rascope's vacations this year even able at no extra charge. Also to be had she never left Glendale. provided is a dance floor, juke box and some good records for danc- She was delayed two days as it ing. was, delayed, that is, long enough On Details of Collection, Allocation You will have to bring your own to pick up a $3,300 check, a gift Plans are rapidly taking shape for Librascope's "Buck of food. However, pop and ice cream of the Van Nuys Drive In Theatre. for the youngsters and beer for the Month" type club, according to the newly elected commit- the adults will be provided. If you Marg received the prize after at- Thelma Barnes Quits tee working on this project. don't want to fix a picnic lunch tending the theatre's bank night Committee members, recently elected on an equal repre- you can journey over to Sunland program regularly for more than park (walking distance away) and Librascope for Farm sentation basis throughout the company, are Tom Bryant, Doris buy hot dogs or hamburgers. a year. Eberle, Bill Greer, Norman Guiffre, George Henderhan, Steve Don't forget the date—October After picking up the check, she Thelma "T. J." Barnes, Engi- Jackman, Dana Nixon, Joe Riddle, Floyd Sebaly and Ray Setty. 4, Sunday. neering, packed pencils and short- spent what was left of her two hand book and headed for the In two meetings to date, com- weeks in Pensacola, Fla., her home northern part of the state and the mittee members have made consid- town. life of a farmer. erable progress in planning for Bowlers Get Start A Libravet, Thelma has been ways and means to collect and al- Full Slate Seen "I never won anything like this with Librascope for the past five locate funds on a basis which will Fall bowling was underway at before and was certainly sur- truly express the majority wishes press time with about 14 teams ex- years. However, the lure of the of Librascope employees. For Golf Tourney pected to participate. prised," Marg said. wide open spaces has proved too much for her to resist. In addition to aiding major A capacity field was predicted September 10 was the scheduled She also commented that she at- Thelma and family will settle charities, the committee has decid- for the annual golf tourney as a opening date. tended a barbecue that day and down on a 104-acre farm in Lake ed to set aside a portion of the total of 35 persons had qualified The league is being conducted at was late getting to the movie—al- County. She has issued a standing money collected for the relief of at presstime and more of the 48 the Burbank Bowl on San Fer- invitation to all her friends to pay hardship cases among Librascope vacancies were being filled each nando Road in Burbank. Check most didn't go at all, as a matter her a visit. It will always be open the bulletin board for details. of fact. house down on the farm. employees. day. No official name for the organi- Qualification depended on sub- mitting three 18-hole or six 9-hole zation has been selected as yet, score cards by September 14. Be- but the committee hopes to come cause a limited number of starting New Production Control System Is Explained up with a representative name times were available, only 48 of The basic aims of the new Lib- which will symbolize the goals of the 60 originally signed up were show in graphic form time span will be assigned to specific load expected to be admitted to the rascope production control sys- for each function in proper rela- centers, and will handle all move- the group. Plans also will include contest. However, Precisioneer of- tem which will go into effect with tionship. Copies of the chart will ment of parts to and from the load a sticker for home use. ficials were trying to get about the Mark 5 contract, are to pro- be issued to each department af- centers, as well as report off- Committee members will be cir- three more starting times. vide a common basic production fected. The departments then will schedule conditions for their load The tourney will be held Sep- plan with which all departments be responsible for performance of centers. These will be in the form culating soon in each group, and tember 20 at Rancho golf course. can work, to centralize control respective functions in accordance of a weekly off-schedule report, to will explain details of the pro- functions in specific groups and to A banquet is to follow the tourney with the outlined plan. be made to production control su- gram to all employees. at which prizes will be awarded. keep the flow of paperwork to a Other phases of the system in- pervision for followup action. minimum. clue the use of a new type of as- A shop calendar has been estab- The complete general plan will signment sheet for production op- lished assigning consecutive num- take into consideration all func- erations. The machine operator bers to each working day of the tions which contribute to the end will not be given the entire opera- year. These numbers will be used Orientation Courses Proving Helpful product. These functions include tion sheet for a part. He will be for scheduling and general refer- design and release of blueprints given—along with the blueprint— ence purposes. They will be refer- and parts lists, requisition and pro- an assignment and completion no- To Newly Hired Librascope Workers curement of raw material and pur- red to as manufacturing days, and tice which contains instructions for will be posted daily on boards lo- More than 100 newly hired Lib- the credit union and charity com- chased parts, planning of tools and only the specific operation to be rascope employees have been mittee. At the end of the lecture operations for manufacture and worked at the machine. cated in the factory areas. given orientation classes since July all new workers receive an em- assembly, scheduling and release All calculations of elapsed time This description has covered according to the training section. ployee handbook and are taken on of shop orders, and actual manu- and entries on the daily job cards facture, assembly, adjustment and only a few general principles. New The course includes the story of a tour of the plant. will be made by the timekeeping written procedures covering de- Librascope and its growth, an in- Individual supervisors continue shipment of the unit. section, and the only entries which tails of the new system are being troduction to our products, a de- the indoctrination by introducing Master scheduling will deter- the machine operator will make issued to supervision. It is expect- scription of the organization, the the employee to his fellow work- mine the estimated time span for are pencil entries to record clock ed a few difficulties may arise part each section plays in turning ers and his job. out a finished instrument, a state- each function by negotiation with time—in and out—on the assign- during the changeover period, but ment of personnel policies, a dis- Every Precisioneer can take an departments concerned, and will ment and completion notice for the full cooperation will help get the cussion of plant rules and secur- active part in this program by record all estimates in the form of operation on which he is working. new system into operation with a ity regulations, a review of bene- helping new employees feel at a job plan chart. This chart will Production control dispatchers minimum of trouble, it is felt. fits available and a briefing on home and welcome. Page 2 The LIBRAZETTE September 1953 Versatile Land Camera Used By Amateur and Professional One of the more useful pieces of photographic equipment is the Land Camera, perfected by Edwin H. Land. The outstanding feature of this camera is the self-con- tained developing and printing mechanism. This permits the operator to record a subject on film and within two minutes hold a finished positive print in his hand. The applications for such a device are many. The amateur or professional may for the first time record important phenomena and Births check his results for technical flaws in minutes, instead of wait- As of Monday, August 24, Don ing hours for the ordinary photo- Runnalls, our chief plant guard, graphic process. became the father of a 6 pound, The Land photographic process 11 ounce baby girl. Name Mary contains three elements: the paper Ann. negative halide emulsion, the paper positive coated with crystals Births reported by Eileen of metallic sulfide, and a small Brown, Precisioneer secretary, in- airtight pod containing a chemical clude babies for the following: reagent. After an exposure the paper Bob Geno, Receiving. negative and paper positive, being Carlton Dawson, Boring Mach. Pictured in action above are members of the mechanical lab, left to right: Fred Lenzen, Ross Smith, on separate rolls, are pulled to- Bill Pollock and Roy Pedigo. gether and pressed firmly between Jerry Sikora, Model Shop. If you have a mechanical problem, anything from rust-proofing aluminum to life testing a depth charge steel rollers. The pod is broken, these are the men to see. Tom Davis, Dustfree Room. Photo by Duggan spreading the jellied reagent in a thin film between the adjacent layers. The family of Leo Dietz, design After one minute the positive drafting, welcomed an addition. print may be separated from the They adopted a baby boy who was Problems? Take 'Em to Mechanical Lab negative and viewed. born August 12 and has been Dwarfed by most other groups engineer's rough sketch and life integrator, and work on many At Librascope the Land Camera named David Arthur. is employed as an oscillograph re- in the Company, the four special- testing components. other components. Born to Shirley Ann and Rich- ists and handful of precision And of course much of the me- cording device. The camera is at- The areas in which the lab ard Gottlieb, grinders, September equipment that make up the me- works are diversified. They may chanical detail on electronics' pet tached to a special light tight chanical lab are often overlooked be called on to develop a special digital computers is being done in housing. The housing is built to 8 at 11:34 p.m. was a 6 pound, when the company's organization process for painting or applying a cooperation with the lab. permit viewing of the oscilloscope 6% ounce girl. They named her is described. protective coating to a part or to screen while making a photo- Christine Evelyn. (Matter of fact the Librazette develop and create an unorthodox graphic recording. has committed this error twice for device that will not only do what Classified which we hereby apologize—Ed.) the engineer wants it to do but can The oscillograph record camera wave form may appear on the However, when it comes to be readily fabricated. FOR SALE — Almost new GE is used for quantitative analysis of scope from a new type of circuit. tough problems of all kinds—well It is this in-between position of washing machine. Wringer type single transient phenomena, since A photograph is taken. The engi- almost all kinds—this group is the lab that calls for a peculiar with balloon rollers, full length such patterns remain on the cath- neer-operator may check many never overlooked. Actually one of assortment of talents in its per- skirt, pump, aluminum agitator. ode ray tube for too short a time points of the circuit, making pho- their toughest problems is which sonnel. They must be good pre- $85. Tel. SYlvan 0-2170, Bill of whose tough problems to tackle cision machinists but because Bell, 1904 Ravista Lane, La Can- for detailed analysis. tographs which may later be first. their work often includes as much ada. For example, an unfamiliar analyzed and compared. Getting bugs out of some of our design as fabrication they must more perverse gadgets is only one also have extensive engineering of the lab's functions. Two other of know-how. And in addition they equal importance are creating must understand the problems of "prototype," mechanisms from an production machining and assem- Vital Computer Unit Developed at Librascope bly. Lastly a knowledge of the By Wally Tyler techniques of research and testing Typical of the research, origin- RUBBER WASHER is required since accurate records BEARING ality and talent which has brought (3) Sounds Like Case and extensive reports must be Librascope to the top in its field is 47T made on their projects. the development of a vital com- GEAR In life testing a component the puter component, the hunting- Of Sour Grapes importance of the records is ob- tooth gear. UPPER vious. In the development aspect Editor's Note: We had thought of This device, more commonly STOP ARMS of the labs work they are also im- known to the Librascope layman twisting around that noble quotation portant. It isn't enough to know ALIGNED (f) from Milton—They also served who whether an engineer's idea is as the stop mechanism, is essen- stood at home, yet—into a message of workable or not. The reasons for tially a safety measure. In event commendation and sympathy for those their decision, the possible pro- the gear train to which it is at- LOWER who stood at Librascope between duction difficulties, suggested tached should overrun its normal STOP ARM August one and 14. Then we got the changes and improvements and travel, the hunting-tooth gear following thumb-to-the-nose type mes- alternate ways of doing the job brings the train to a halt. 48T sage written in the strong, forceful must be carefully recorded and GEAR scrawl of a man who is eating just as submitted to the engineer. Usually Credit for use of this gear be- PIN (4) good now as he did before vacation. this means several reports at dif- longs to our own Ross Smith, who *COVER PLATE Instead of a note of sympathy to those ferent stages of the development saw in a horoligist's book the idea who stayed, we print condolences to as well as an over all report when those who played. the job is finished. which suggested its application for Librascope use. Smith, together Basically it consists of two gears, make less than one revolution due For all you happy people who With this introduction to the lab one of which is equipped •with one to arm interference. with Williard Opocensky. built the lolled on the beaches, basked in you expect to see a sterile white less tooth than the other. To both This fault was corrected by patios or waded the trout streams painted room with highly chromed original idea into a highly success- sides of each of these gears are at- making one set of arms shorter of the High Sierra during the past and highly specialized equipment. ful device. vacation we have a message. It ain't that way, as you can see tached stop arms which extend a than the other to allow clearance Originally the gear was devel- in the first revolution—thus al- Quote: Brraaacckk!! End quote. in the picture. given amount beyond the teeth lowing the gear train to proceed We watched you staggering and The lab works with a minimum oped for use on a computer Libra- and are so arranged that as the reeling back to work, tired, sun- over its normal, required travel. of machines. A precision lathe, a scope engineers worked out in odd-toothed gear "hunts" it will Doweling the arms to the gears fa u r n e d, mosquito - bitten and small milling machine and similar conjunction with Massachusetts broke; so we'll relent long enough standard equipment. For jobs these in time bring one set of stop arms soon was preferred to soldering for to tell you how we enjoyed swim- machines won't do with the nor- Institute of Technology for a cone- to butt against each other, thus positive positioning of the arms. ming, hiking and hunting with mal accessories, they make their squaring mechanism. stopping the gear train. By the use Another problem bothered the none of the ill effects you expe- own rigs. (They have even been One of the stop mechanism re- of two sets of stop arms, installed originators. Being essentially a rienced. known to turn out their own spe- safety stop device, the hunting- You simply look at a mountain cial gears with this equipment.) quirements was that it should be in opposing directions, a complete tooth gear is not always needed. of work on your desk and your Some of the jobs in which the positive in action. In addition, it stop is made at each end of the However, it was found that when head starts swimming. But you lab has played a large part include must add no friction to the gear gear train travel. the gear was called into action just keep hunting for the neces- train to which it is applied. Third- sary facts and information until the Baird Computer, XY Recorder, Today's mechanism contains there was a severe and jolting halt. you've waded through the whole Square root planimeter, operation- ly, it must be capable of infinite several improvements over the To meet this problem, the floating sea of paper work. All this was al recorder, integrator, differen- adjustment making it flexible original model. In the beginning gear shaft was shock-mounted in accomplished in a comfortable, air tial and multiplier development, enough to govern any desired Smith soldered the stop arms to rubber to absorb the sudden stop. conditioned office, with pay yet. travel of the gear train. The hiking? It's a long way, sine cosine mechanism and test the gear so they met equally at A typical design of this com- brother, to the rear of the plant. equipment development, construc- Our hunting-tooth gear stop ful- midcenter. This idea proved un- pletely self-containing mechanism Jay Wiltsie tion and analysis of the small size fills all of these requirements. successful, since the gears could More on page 3 September 1953 The LIBRAZETTE Page 3 Credit Union Is Attracting Many; Willard Opocensky—Mad Genius of Librascope Those who know of Williard More Urged to Enter Organization Opocensky by reputation may be inclined to think of him as Libra- scope's own mad genius. Librascope Credit Union officials Officers who handle money are After hearing of the remarkable have announced that several hun- bonded. devices he has dreamed up, either dred employees are now members, Savings are usually available at unorthodox or based on long neg- and urge all workers to avail any time from the Credit Union lected principles, or of the fantastic themselves of the facilities of the treasurer for those who wish to work he has done on integrators, organization. make withdrawals. working with dimensions meas- Here's how the union operates. The Credit Union already has ured in light wave units, it is a For five dollars an employee may assets in excess of $16,000. surprise to meet this busy but in- purchase one share in the Credit For further details, or a mem- formal, quiet spoken, and entirely Union. It is possible to authorize bership application, contact Ma- likeable-type guy. regular weekly deductions of one rian Parker in the Credit Union Opocensky has been with Libra- office in Personnel. scope since 1941. During this dozen dollar or more from paychecks. Or, years he has had a hand in about if the member prefers, he may de- every major Librascope project posit cash at the Credit Union of- from the forerunners of the Mk 42 fice. The greater the amount in- Precisioneers List to job 120. He had a very impor- vested the larger the dividend. tant part in design of the LC6, an Loans are made to members at early Librascope anti - aircraft an interest rate of one per cent Good Buys for Fall computer, and the LC8 which be- per month on the unpaid balance. came first the Mk 4 and later the This is less than the interest Eileen Brown, Precisioneer sec- present Mk 5. charged by a bank. retary, has announced the follow- Williard was born September 11, For example, a member boring discount deals coming up. See 1906, in Topeka, Kan. rows $100 from the Credit Union her in the Precisioneer office, just His mechanical bent emerged at for 12 months. The total amount outside the parking lot gate, dur- the age of four when he demon- he pays is $106.42. This means he ing breaks or noon hours if you strated an unusual interest in a is paying interest at less than are interested. neighbor's clock. At 10 o'clock he seven per cent a year as opposed Boys' school jackets, tan gab- noticed, the clock struck 11 times. to the eight per cent charged by ardine with quilted satin lining Young Will waited two hours to banks. and mouton collars. Sizes 4 to 10, hear it strike 13 but was foiled— The Credit Union operates under $5.75. Sizes 12 to 18, $6.75. it struck once only. a federal charter and California Largest size hemmed flour-sack This interest in things mechani- State laws. Union activities are dish-towels, 30c, inc. tax. cal was no surprise as both his guided by a board of directors, Men, need a new suit, slacks or father and his father's father were credit committee and supervisory sport coat? Get a card from Eileen. skilled watch makers. committee elected by the members. Factory prices. When Opocensky was 12, he be- Ladies' cashmere coats and gan to follow the family craft and beautifully tailored suits beginning in Houston, Texas, apprenticed to at $49.00. These are advanced a watchmaker named Lenzen, style and of the finest materials. whose son, Fred Lenzen, is now Precisioneer Nine And if you have a fur coat Williard's colleague at Librascope. hanging in the closet you'd like re- Including h i s apprenticeship, cert stage quality, as displayed at ROE, forerunners of the MK 42. modeled into a fashionable stole or Williard stayed at watchmaking company parties.) It was on these jobs that he de- Places 2nd In League jacket, we can recommend Mr. for 11 years. In 1920 he won a scholarship veloped the rotary potentiometers Abedos, HO. 5-5033. He promises entitling him to free tuition at the being used on the 42, and which Precisioneer batsmen, under the a nice discount and quality work. However, in 1934, he became de- Houston Conservatory of Music. were patented for Librascope able direction of Don Cady, grind- Special Deals. GE portable mix- sign engineer for the Eastman Oil For several years he seriously con- under his name in 1946. ers, came through with a happy er. Free 15-day trial, and for 65c Well Survey Co. He designed, built sidered becoming a professional ETA, incidentally, was designed, second at the close of the annual (instead of $2.59) a set of plastic and tested instruments for underj=__ pianist, but eventually his~ffie~=engineered, manufactured and de- baseball league season. ground surveying for that com- mixing bowls. If not satisfied re- pany until 1941, when he came to chanical inclinations won out. livered to the Massachusetts Insti- As one of the top bracket teams turn mixer for full credit. Librascope. An example of the strength of tute of Technology just three the Precisioneers were matched Sunbeam Razor. Five year free Opocensky's mechanical bent was months after receipt of the go with the Weber Aircraft team in service—all parts and labor—and However, this is only one side demonstrated when he reported ahead. the playoffs but the Webers elim- $5.00 trade in on your old razor. of the Opocensky story. for work the first time at Libra- Another example of the industry inated our own with a 22 to 12 Also new alarm clocks $4.17 inc. During and after his watchmak- scope—on a Sunday! —and frustration — prevalent in defeat. taxes. Kitchen clocks, all colors, ing days, Williard also studied His first assignments were the those days occurred during the de- $4.25 inc. tax. Complete line fry- music and became an accomplished velopment of the LC8. Over the entire season the Pre- ers. (These get scarce at Christ- pianist. (Those who have been at Librascope Dead Reckoning Com- cisioneers picked up 12 wins as mas time, so it's a good idea to Librascope several years will re- puter and Project "A" Gun Fire Opocensky and Lewie Imm took against 8 losses. order now.) member his artistry, still of con- Control. the prototype to San Diego with . After this warm up, he became Herbert Griffin, then president of an important part of the team Librascope. Opocensky and Imm which produced the LC6, an in- worked three days and three strument which did much to nights without sleep getting the Double Birthday Celebrated spread the fame of Librascope instrument in shape and installed. during the early part of the war. Exhausted they returned to their Then came the LC8 and Opo- hotel at 10 p.m. of the final day, censky commuted to New London, Conn., with Lewie Imm and Skipp only to find Griffin had returned Case doing liason between the to Los Angeles and given up their Navy and Librascope. Later, while hotel room. working on the design of this com- San Diego during the war had puter he worked out the details of no excess of accommodations, so the cone squaring mechanism the two were forced to drive all which is still being used in the the way back to Los Angeles, present day LC8—the Mk 5. where after a short nap they were His next job was on ETA and back at work at Librascope. Hunting Tooth Limit Stop Vital Librascope Development Story on pngi' 2 sary is the proper assembly of its —which measures under two simple gears and arms for drill inches in length—has gears of 48 under a small drill press, and the and 49 teeth respectively, which fitting of dowels which extend gives a turn ratio of about 48 revo- completely through the stop arms lutions between the arm stops op- and gear. Assembly of the armed erating at either end of the train. gears into the final stop mechan- In current manufacturing pro- ism then becomes a simple pro- cedure, a master set of gears is set cedure. up on an accurate, dial-operated The development of the hunt- tool, the stop arm positions de- ing-tooth gear was a simple but pending on blue-print specifica- ingenious solution to a vital prob- tions. lem, and proves again that Libra- This jolly group gathered in Receiving Section July 25 to celebrate the birthdays of Clem Abbott and Lyle McDonald. Shown above, left to right, are: Cesar Goldstein, Fred Killips, McDonald, Russ Bolin, Josephine Then, after an inspection okay, scope is a name to be respected in Russ, Bill Griman, Abbott, John Buckens, Louise Morton, Harold Nylen, Jack Nelson and Mac Mayclin. Clem the master set is used to set up the the ever growing field of comput- is stockroom clerk, leadman, and Lyle is assistant foreman in the Machine Shop. production jig so all that is neces- ing equipment. Page 4 The LIBRAZETTE September 1953

Many happy Librascope vacation memories are represented by the pictures above, a sampling of the photos taken between August 1 and 14. They are identified below, left to right and top to bottom: Tommy Brown, son of Jess Brown, tool room, displays a string of fish he caught. Mrs. Jess Brown in the background. (Editor's Note: I'm glad somebody caught some.) Doris Appleby (right), assembly, and Jennie Sedita, left, boring, pose with Margaret Shipler, center, a former Librascope employee, during their trip through Oregon. Urban Kemme, Mk 30 leadman, and wife take to the air during their vacation. Maurice and Charlene Kimmel . . . now what kind of a vacation was this? He works in the dust free room during his leisure hours. Nell Cox, accounting, absorbs sun and scenery. Ed Thorpe, engineering lathes, and wife enjoy the cool mountain country around Lake Tahoe. The state capitol at Sacramento was visited by Hildegard Forester and Donna Barnet, engineering files, in a side trip from San Francisco. "Far Away Places" Is Theme of Vacationers

It seems as though just moving with a sojourn to Balboa, where he noises from the food table. A quick around, seeing new places topped found there was more to spear look out the tent flap disclosed a the list of Librascope vacation ac- fishing than gets the eye. bear in the vittles. tivities. Doris Appleby, assembly, and Hoping to startle and scare away From Balboa to New Jersey, Jennie Smith, Boring, visited a the bear, Larry shyed a rock in his Mexico to Canada, Librascope was former Librascope employee, Mar- direction. The bear was indeed represented. garet Shipler, when they stopped startled as the rock bounced off Then there were others, like in Oregon. furry mid-riff. But scared away— Maurice Kimmel, dust free room, Hildegard Forester and Donna no. Bruin took one, then two, steps who just stayed home and took it Barnet, both in engineering files, in Larry's direction. But by this easy. (See picture of Maurice claim to have spent their vacation time Larry was "safe" and com- above.) in San Francisco. But they brought fortable (?) behind the protection And of course many revisited back pictures of The Sands in Las of a zippered canvas tent flap. their home towns, saw family and Vegas, and of Sacramento, which is The bear, an experienced camp- old friends. on the way to Nevada from SF. er himself, undoubtedly chuckles Among those who traveled, Lowell "Ike" Eisenhower, pub- right down to that self-same furry Lindy Lindahl, our Controller, lications, returned from a Mexican midriff as he tells the boys at the probably gets the prize for most tour with numerous impressive office about the fastest moving, miles covered. In touring both the colored photos. Most impressive whitest faced human being he ever eastern and western United States were his shots of the university in saw. and parts.of Canada, he put 7,500 Mexico City, which boasts a beau- miles on his speedometer. tiful, ultra modern campus and the The chamber of commerce will Betty Meyer, publications secre- largest collegiate stadium in North hate Dan Derrington, drafting, for tary, did pretty well on the mile- America. his comments on his camping trip age side, too. She journeyed to far Traveling the other direction, to the Pacific Northwest during off New Jersey, where she and her vacation. husband visited his family. For Don Webster took in the high spots Betty, who hails from Hawaii, it of Western Canada, including "It was good to see rivers with was her first visit to the east coast. Banff and Lake Louise, after cov- water in them and lush forests, Wally Tyler's travels included a ering most of the Pacific coastline. after dry Southern California all The Librazette stop at Shasta Dam and a tour year," Dan commented. Copyright 1953 by Librascope, through the structure. Awed by The light car enthusiasts will CREDIT UNION Inc., 1607 Flower Street, Glendale. the sight he missed seeing Jim like to know about Rick Girou- Dan and his wife, Gerry, en- We at Librascope are a friendly EDITORS Lewis sitting on the rocks at the ard's extended tour through New joyed such scenic spots as the Cal- group and we like to help one an- Jim Lewis, Stan Bibbero foot of the structure. Which may England in his MG. ifornia Redwoods, Mt. Shasta, other. This is as it should be but STAFF be just as well since all Lewis Crater Lake, Mt. Hood, Mt. Ranier, it is well to remember that acting Millie Calitri—Engineering could do between sips of warm And of course there is the story as co-signer on a friend's note Bill Walker—Prod. Control beer was mumble something about of Larry and the Bear. Puget Sound and Vancouver. places a definite business obliga- Elsie Stefaurak—Inspection "Ain't no blank fish in this blank Larry is Larry Moore, engineer- During the return trip down US tion on us. Wally Tyler—Assembly lake." ing services supervisor, who with Dick Hastings—Personnel 101 the Derringtons were im- The co-signer has full responsi- Carl Culver—Assembly If Lindy Lindahl was the most his family went on a camping trip pressed with the "Rain Forest" in bility for paying the note if the Arlene Hesse—Inspection traveled of vacationers, we under- in the High Sierra. original borrower somehow fails to Olympic National Park. Most peo- complete the payments. This Juanita Delle Fave—Drafting stand another front office man, One exceedingly peaceful night ple miss this beautiful sight, Dan makes co-signing a note more of Doris Appleby—Assembly Bill Bratton, qualified for putting Chuck Freeman—Accounting —no neighbor's dogs, no street explained, because of an enforced a business transaction and co-sign- Keith Kinnaird—Publications on the least mileage among the lights, no smog, no sirens wailing— jaunt over an 18-mile strip of ers should understand their obli- Mac McKeague—Personnel tripsters. He contented himself Larry was awakened by strange gravel road. gation. Photography by Lee Duggan