"Photography on the Farm"
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Page Photography in News Publishing-a brief description of photoengraving and photolithographic processes l Kodal.: Photographic Salon-K.H.C.C. one of seven camera clubs sponsoring exhibit in Rochester 2
Twenty-Five Years' Service-Alec Barton reache.~ anniversary 3 Corner on Beauty-helpful hints on nail ails 3 Photographs by Camera Club Members-some interesting action a~d posed pictures 4 Photo-Patter-late summer a good time for farm snaps 6 Kodak Vegetable Gardens-end of season brings good yield 7 They Tell Us-news from the departments 8-9-10-ll K.R.C. Doings-lawn bowling, golf, softball, tennis 12-13
""Kodak" IS A TRADE-MARK Volume 4 - Aug.- Sept. 1948 - Number 8
PUBLISHED BY CANADIAN KODAK CO., LIMITED, TORONTO, ONTARIO Photo Products are Boon to News Publishers Kodak's products are so numerous and magazines, books, catalogues, advertising their uses so varied that it is easy to pamphlets and other literature containing lose track of them after they leave the illustrations. Company. Quite a few of the people The development of color photography who mal\.e them lack a full understand and consequent improvements in photo ing of how the materials are employed engraving technique have led to wide use of in science and industry. The following color in magazines, and eventually it may be article on photoengraving and photo adopted by newspapers. lithography describes briefly how photo graphic goods make possibl'e the Growing Use of Color production of monochrome and color Color reproductions are made by the pictures for newspapers, magazines, successive impressions on paper of different posters and labels. plates, usually four in number (instead of one plate for black and white), each one ITHOUT A SPECIAL kind of photography bearing a different ink. The colors are red, called photoengraving our daily papers blue, yellow and black, which, in com Wwould have no news pictures, illustra bination, produce the various shades. Some tions or comic strips. Photoengraving illustrations have less than four colors and consists of transferring a picture to a metal occasionally some have more. plate so that a great many impressions can Photoengravers begin by making separa be made from it on paper. The process is tion negatives, through light filters, from a not simple- indeed it is a special craft- but color picture such as a color transparency, it has been developed to such a high degree color print, watercolor sketch or oil painting. that the results are commonplace, though Positives then are made from the separation none the less amazing. negatives. In the next step these positives The public has become accustomed to spot are copied through halftone screens to make news pictures because modern photoengrav a set of halftone negatives. The resulting ing is geared to meet the pace newspaper images are transferred to metal plates and deadlines demand. Kodak products and etched. research have made great contributions to Great care must be .exercised in making the progress of this art by a steady im colorplates so that the finished reproduction provement of quality and increase in speed will match the original. This is difficult of the various processes. because printing inks do not reflect or In addition to the standard darkroom absorb colors as the eye sees them, and accessories and regular photographic prod when one ink prints on top of another it ucts used in this field, Kodak makes must be controlled so that the colors will special materials, including Kodalith Trans retain their brightness. Control is main parent Stripping Film, Kodalith Developer tained photographically through masking, and Kodak Magenta Contact Screens. and manually by dodging and staging, Newspapers represent just one branch of which are means of holding back or em the publishing field to which photoengraving phasizing colors. is vital. It also supplies reproductions for Among the Kodak products used in this work are : Kodak Tri-X Panchromatic Type ally than they can by the artists' brushes. B Plates, Kodaline Process Panchromatic Photolithographers start with almost any Stripping Film, Wratten filters, densito type of original- Kodachrome or Ekta meters and gray scales. chrome transparencies, water-color sketches, oil paintings, color or monochrome prints. Photolithograph y Covers Big Field Negatives are made first, then positives, and Photolithography is another branch of the images are transferred to thin zinc printing which makes use of photographic plates, wrapped around cylinders . of a materials both for monochrome and color lithographic press and inked. reproduction. Its chief applications are for In the case of color, separation negatives large-size illQstrations as used on billboards, are made first, then the process is repeated and for multiple printing of t he same · for each of the plates. Four colors are illustration or design on one sheet. Its standard now as a result of photolithographic uses are too numerous to list individually, progress, but formerly it was not unusual for but here are a few examples to give an idea twelve or more different colors to be run of its scope: theatre lobby displays, Christ because there was no adequate means of mas parcel wrappings, candy boxes, greeting securing color separation. cards, book jackets, sheet music , maps, Kodak research and Kodak products are cigarette packages and calendars. Original credited with many of the advances in this oil and water-color paintings can be repro field. Improvement in quality and reduction duced so faithfully that it would require of costs have been accomplished through the close inspection to determine which was the development of Kodak photographic mask photolithograph. In fact, sometimes the ing methods and color separation techniques, latter excel the actual paintings because the Kodak F luorescence Process and Kodak colors can be controlled better photographic- Contact Screens.
Suspended During War., 1\..odak Salon Reopen s The Fourteenth Kodak International Salon vided the original monochrome prints or of Photography- open to Company men and color transparencies are the work of the women throughout the world-suspended in entrants. 1938 owing to the imminence of war, is Pictorial color transparencies (section 4) being revived this year with the largest may be 2 by 2 inch or larger slides, but prize list in its history. nature color transparencies (section 5) must The event is being sponsored by seven be slides measuring 2 by 2 inches. Company camera clubs including Kodak Not more than four prints or four t rans Heights Camera Club. parencies may be submitted by an entrant Entries should be sent to D. D. Lauder, in any one section. Prints or transparencies Kodak Salon Representative, Canadian which have been accepted in any previous Kodak Co. ,Limited, to arrive not later than Kodak International Salon are not eligible October 1. Winning pictures will be exhibited for competition. Ineligible also (except for at Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Kodak the C. F . Hutchison Trophy for pictorial Park Auditorium and State Street Audi monochrome prints) are photographs made torium. during regular working hours or on photo The Salon will be divided into five sections graphic assignments for any branch of t he as follows: (1) pictorial monochrome prints; Kodak Organization. All entries will be (2) pictorial color prints; (3) nature mono returned to the contestants fo ll owing the chrome prints; (4) pictorial color trans display. parencies; (5) nature color transparencies. Entry forms and additional information Prints should be affixed to mounts of 16 by may be obtained from executive members of 20 inch size, bearing in block letters on the Kodak Heights Camera Club. back the name and address of the entrant, * * * * * * the print title, and the section and nmnber Examiner-"Who was your mother before to correspond with the entry form listing. she was married?" In the color section, prints may be hand Applicant-"! didn't have any mother worked or manufacturers' multicolor, pro- before she was married." 2 Twenty-Five Y ears' Service prevalent in Toronto). But when the sky's flash bulb lights up, bask in its rays for an hour or more. A sun lamp is effective, too. Hands Show Character They say hands are a clue to character - they're noticed almost as much as one's face. Imagine that! To improve the situa tion wash hands and vvrists often in warm water with mild soap. Use a hand brush once a day to remove dirt and loose skin from around the nails. Dry thoroughly and push back the cuticle with a towel. Hands have few oil glands; consequently it is advisable to apply lotion or cream frequently. Incidentally, elbows shouldn't be neglected either. Try lotion or lemon juice on them periodically. To protect patties, rub on this same lotion before performing household tasks- washing, sew ing, preparing food , etc. "Well-shaped nail s kept short are more graceful than ones sharply pointed," says a beautician. True, very neat and nice. But long nails, well-shaped, are pretty too
Alexander M. Barton if the work one does permits such "luxury." If polish is used, two fresh coats should be applied at least once a week. The latest fashion is to leave the moon and tip of the Corner on Beauty nail uncovered. Outline the moon and There are plenty of reasons why women complete the application from there. Very find it difficult to manage their finger light enamels with matching lipsticks are nails. Everyone has her own nails (as part of the new look, too. To insure a revealed by a recent survey) and her own longer lasting manicure, use a base prior to nail problems. But the primary objective applying the polish and put on a protective should be to keep them looking nice at all coating afterward. times. How can this be done? There's More Yet Let's start from scratch! First, grow nails that will not break upon the slightest Other hints include: (1) keeping the provocation- such as washing dishes, prying cuticle soft with hand lotion- do not cut· open a drawer or falling downstairs. (2) use of an emery board for filing in on~ The fingernail (and probably toenail, too) direction, working from under the nail to can be toughened nutritionally by taking form a gently curving oval; and (3) after· vitamin B complex capsules. Another manicure, massaging with hand lotion from treatment is the intake of much calcium and wrists to finger tips. vitamin D, found in homogenized vitamin Honestly, your hands should be just Dmilk. lovely now! And if, as they say, your hands are noticed as much as your face, surely Calcium Alone Not Sufficient keeping them clean and in pretty condition It is believed in some circles that calcium should grab you a corner on beauty. alone will strengthen nails and teeth. This * * * * * * is not so because the body cannot use Remember this if you are spared calcium without vitamin D. As it is difficult .Trains don't whistle to get this vitamin in everday food, a Because they're scared. supplement in the form of sunshine or Trains don't wander all over the map 'cause capsules should be taken (the latter is more No one sits on the engineer's lap. a Photographs hy Members of Our Camera Club
Ed Bayles Ed Hayles
Ken Jones
Dic k Nixon George M cConkey
An examination of the reproductions on These photographs, without improvement, this page is recommended particularly for may not be potential prize-winners, but they the numerous Camera Club members who are well worth exhibiting in a small show. take pictures frequently but never feel that The one by Ed Bayles of the little girl they get one quite good enough for display. shelling peas combines mood and action. 4 It shows her devoting full attention to the 300 mark, and of this number 170 are an ordinary job, apparently unmindful of women. Whether the greater proportion of the camera. An attempt to have her pose feminine readers means that they are more might have destroyed the naturalness of literary-minded is a question on which the picture, so Ed made the exposure with information is lacking. At any rate, the little preparation. His second shot is a girls at Kodak Heights do quite a bit of peaceful scene, commonplace yet pleasing reading and their taste is just about the because it is typical of scenery in Ontario same as the men's. Light fiction is always with which everyone is familiar. From a in the greatest demand, the most popular standpoint of composition, Ed framed the books of all being (with very few exceptions) picture with trees and adhered to the rule those selected by the studios for motion of thirds- getting the center of interest picture versions. Movies attract more near a point one third of the distance from attention in a short period of time and two edges. hence popularize the original stories. George McConkey's Jl,icture of a racing ew books for the library are obtained car breaking through a fence at Pinecrest from the Book-of-the-Month Club and the track is excellent action. He got a lucky Literary Guild . This supply is supple break such as all photographers hope for mented by the purchase of other works occasionally. George was busy with his which attain local or general popularity. camera and ·when a rare opportunity came The library stock has increased a great deal he was ready. during recent years and most of the best The photograph of the two kittens by Ken sellers published during that time are Jones shows the favorable effect of pre available. Books no longer in great demand paration where such is possible. He chose are donated to the Toronto Hospital for an interesting scene, used a plain back Tuberculosi , and other institutions. ground and got the camera close to the The bookshelves contain a range of sub subjects. jects from a breezy story like "The Wayward Portrait photography requires much pre Bus" to the deeply technical "A System of paration, especially when the subjects are Instruction in Quantitative Chemical An young children, and here Dick Nixon has alysis." The non-fictional section includes secured a nice result. The lighting is low a recently acquired copy of W·inston in contrast, which is satisfactory for Churchill's "The Gathering Storm" and Dr. youngsters; the background is suitable; C. E. K. Mees' "The Path of Science." and the baby's attention has been attracted There are numerous books on photography, so that he is not camera shy. many of them written especiall y for the These represent but a few of the possi amateur who does not wish to be assailed by bilities explored by persons in our club, and a great many technical terms. In this class in future issues we hope to present more. are "How to Make Good Pictures" (3 copies) Also, it is to be hoped that the club will and ''Pictorial Composition in Photography.'' organize one or more fall shows where Books of fiction bought recently are pictures of this kind may be judged for "Lucinda Brayford" by Martin Boyd; prizes or criticized in constructive fashion "Parris Mitchell of King's Row" by H. K . with consequent benefit to members. Bellamann; "Peony" by Pearl Buck; "Pil grim's Inn" by Elizabeth Goudge; "A More Girls Read Than Men Certain Rich Man" by Vincent Sheean; "The Flames of Time" by Baynard Kend Library Membership Indicates rick; and "Shannon's Way" by Dr. A. J. Although one would expect the fall and Cronin. winter to be the most popular seasons for On the day the membership count was book reading because more time is spent made there were 50 books in circulation. indoors, activity in Kodak Recreation Club The majority of borrowed books are re Library actually reaches its peak in the turned within the allotted time, but now summertime. The principal reason for this and then some are mislaid or the borrowers is the preference of members for literature leave the Company without making returns. to peruse during their vacations. Those who habitually leave such articles at Total membership at present just tops (Continued on page 7) P!w0-P~ Farm Has Variety of Good Picture Material are not likely to be self-conscious, and, moreover, the picture is interesting because it shows action. When you are ready to take informal portraits tell your subjects to forget about the camera and to continue with what they are doing. Of course you may first wish to suggest changes in position or lighting to improve the picture possibili ties, but when all is ready from a technical standpoint make sure that your subjects are looking at what they are doing instead of staring in your direction. A closeup of grandfather fixing the tractor, a snap of Sue with an apron full of eggs or a picture of Bill loading milk cans on the truck are a few FARM HAS A natural appeal to city likely opportunities. dwellers and for .those who are camera While you are making informal portraits Aenthusiasts it has a variety of good don't overlook the interesting activities subjects that cannot be found easily else in the farm kitchen, such as baking bread where. It has almost every type of subject and preserving fruit. In the barn you can one could wish for- animals, scenery, archi get some shots of Uncle Jim operating the tecture, flower closeups and people doing churn or loading hay into the loft. For various interesting chores which lend them these scenes you may have to supplement the selves to the making of excellent informal light coming in from outdoors \Yi th a portraits. reflector or a flashbulb, but the results will Take animal shots, for example. Horses, be worth the extra trouble. cattle, pigs, chickens and dogs are found on practically all farms, and with very little Easy to Make Storytelling Series study the right time can be found for making As a final suggestion, you could combine a them the subjects of appealing photos like series of such shots in an around-the-clock the one reproduced above. story. Start with the early morning chores, There are scenic shots, too, but we don't follow the cattle out to pasture, picture the mean the kind that includes the farm house, \\·ork of cultivation. Around the house the barn and t\\'0 or three fields of grain in there are chickens to be fed, cooking to be one picture. That is a record shot only, for done and mending that is needed. Your it tells no story and has no central point of camera can follow the farmer and his wife interest. The good possibilities can be found from sun-up to the cool of the evening when with the aid of a little thought and observ they relax in rockers on the porch. ance. You can make effective shots of a curving wagon track framed by trees; a stream with wildflowers growing on its banks; a closeup of a tractor and plough turning the furrowslice; a team of horses silhouetted on the crest of a hill, or pulling a mower as shown in the lower accompanying illustration. Show Action in Informal Portraits One of the tricks of making pleasing informal portraits is to show people in their usual surroundings engaged in routine duties. Under these circumstances they 6 Good Yield in 1948 From Overhead Shipping Room Doors Kodak Vegetable Gardens The ground allotted to Kodak gardeners for cultivation produced a good crop this year and, as a result, numerous families will be supplied with home-grown vegetables during the fall. Requests were received for most of the seventy-four gardens prepared by the Com pany in the spring, including twelve appli cations for two lots and one application for New doors are on north side of Building 5 addition three, all of which were granted. The only setback due to weather condi The addition to Building 5- begun in tions occurred at the start of the season April1947- has been completed on the out when an unusual dry spell lasting throughout side, and interior work is proceeding rapidly. the month of May prevented seed from Mastic surfacing has been laid over the germinating and made partial replanting 11,000 square feet of flooring on the fifth necessary. storey and this will be the first section of the building available for use. Potatoes Popular Choice Although the architecture and type of Potatoes, which were the gardeners' most construction conform ii'J. all general respects popular choice in respect to quantity, fared to the other main buildings at Kodak well and reached maturity by the middle of Heights, a few changes have been made. August. Quality was generally good though For example, all partitions will be built of a small percentage suffered blight, due per yellow tile blocks which can be kept clean haps to the lack of insecticide spray or to easily and do not require painting. the use of unregistered seed. Tomatoes and As shown in the picture above, overhead beans were ready for picking early in the doors have been installed instead of the month. ordinary side-hinge type, and this will leave Nearly every garden contained carrots more free space on the loading platform. but their growth was not unifm;m. They required constant cultivation to offset the Library Membership disadvantage of clay soil prevalent in the (Continued from page 5) Kodak garden area and some workers did summer cottages are the biggest headache not find sufficient time to spend in that to the librarian. fashion. Membership has grown steadily since the In addition to the vegetables already library moved to its present enlarged listed, which comprised the major part of quarters eight years ago. Every member the planting, beets, peas, onions, cucumbers, of Kodak Recreation Club is eligible to corn, lettuce and radishes made up the join and the library is open each workday selection of the gardeners. between 12.30 and 1.00 p.m.
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7 Greetings to Bill McFarlane, who has joiner! the staff of the Machine Shop. Associates of Ethel Croft, Reel Assembly Department, presented her with a pair of blankets and a bedspread prior to her marriage News from the Departments on July 31. Congratulations to George Park, Caretaking; NTHUSIASTIC ANGLERS Bob Wall, Export Department, who reached hi s thirty-fifth Department, Bob Wilmshurst, Billing anniversary of service with the Company on EDepartment, and a friend had more than July 29. their usual share of good luck on a recent Virginia Hodgson has returned to the Film fishing trip to Sturgeon Lake. The picture Spooling Department after lengthy illness on page 11 shows them with an early catch of during which she underwent a tonsilectomy. pickerel. Later in the same day the fishing Jean Green, Film Spooling Department, was so good that they were throwing this size spent an enjoyable vacation at her home in of fish back in. Newfoundland. Bill Richardson has left the Customs Gib Parker has been transferred from the Department to become a Kodak salesman. Order Department to the Customs Dick Watson, Department. Advertising Depart Laurie Lowe, Film Spooling Department, ment, and Peggy underwent an operation for appendicitis on Earle will be married July 12 at Toronto General Hospital. on Saturday, Otto Carr, Box and Printing Department, September 18, at St. will spend a few weeks in Vancouver for Michaels and All reasons of health. Angels Anglican Tena Capstick, Camera Inspection Depart Church. ment, went to Halifax by plane for her Congratulations to vacation. Shortly after her ani val there she Alma Hunter (nee wrote associates to describe her experiences, Wilkins) and her employing the novel scheme of penning a Dick Wat8on husband, upon the continuous message which filled six postcards. birth of a daughter on July 11. Alma is a Each card was numbered in sequence; five former member of the Film General Stock were mailed to home addresses and one to Department. Kodak Heights. The recipients were Dorothy Best wishes to Emily Downard, Paper Roberts, Doreen Totton, Connie Carless, Packing Department, who is the recipient of a Cecelia Stercz, Adena Hampel and Frank diamond ring. Hammell. Members of the Sales Department extend Best wishes to Ellen Luxton, KODAK best wishes to Sid Wilson, who has left. Kodak conespondent in the Powder and Solution Heights to return to England. Department, who is wearing a diamond ring Greetings to Ken Dallen, a newcomer to Daisy Ramsdin the Carpenter Shop. and Don Milli11;an Cine Processing Department members pt·e were wed quietly on sented a cheque to Jean Downey prior to her Saturday, August 14. wedding on July 10. Associates in the Roy Barnett's wife met with an unfortunate Mount Department mishap when she fell and broke her wrist presented Daisy with while the couple were on a holiday trip. Roy a tri-light floor lamp, is a member of the Box and Printing pillow cases and Department. bed-sheets. Betty McDowell has retumed to work in Congratulations to the Film Spooling Department after spending Bill Edwards, Camera three days in the Western Hospital undergoing Repair Department, Daisy Rarnl'!d iu treatment for an infected finger. and Mrs. Edwards, who became parents of Congratulations to Nelson Pelletier, Film a baby girl, Susan, on July 17. Mother General Stock Department, who reached his and daughter are doing fine; Bill is still thirtieth anniversary with the Company on recuperating. July 9. Equestrienne Daisy McLeod, Camera As Myrna Pike, Camera Assembly Department,· sembly Department, has purchased a horse has been playing softball with a girls' team at of her own for her favorite recreation of riding Gibson Park this season. around the Humber River trails. 8 Helen Bryant has been absent from the Film Spooling Department owing to illness. Among the casualties of summer sports was May . O.lsen, Camera Assembly Department, who lllJured the toes of her right foot while swimming at Pelmo Park. Associates of Fred Wallace, Cine Depart ment, extend congratulations for his past successes and wish him the best of luck in the forthcoming meet of the D ominion Rifle Association in Ottawa whi ch Freel plans to Alan Green Joyce Barwise a.ttend. Recently he placed fourth in competi tiOn held by the Ontario Rifle Association at Alan Green and Joyce Barwise were wed Long Branch. In the 900-yard match he came at the Church of the Good Shepherd on second. A one-time member of the Bisley Saturday, July 10. From members of the T~am, ~red hopes to qualify again for position Camera Repair Department Alan received a w1th th1s outstanding group of riflemen. table lamp and a cheque. Joyce was presented . B. est wishes are extended to Shirley Lee, with . wooll~n blanke.ts and a table-cloth by BJ!l:ng Department, who hfts become engaged. assoc1ates m the FJ!m Spooling, and at a shower held by the girls of the department she E1leen Malcolm received a coffee table from associat~s in the Camera Assembly Depart was given a bedspread, sheets and pillow ment pnor to her wedding on July 17. cases. The st aff of the Silver Nitrate Department Associates of Myrtle Warner, Reel Assembly extends congratulations to Alec Barton who Department, presented her with a bedspread passed his twenty-fifth anniversary with the prior to her maniage on July 10. Company on July 23. Greetings to new Kodak salesman, Gordon Camera Assembly Department members T. Berry. extend best wishes to Gladys Sye, who has Jack Baker, Box and Printing Department left Kodak Heights to take up full-time has Joined Kodak Fire Brigade. ' housekeeping. Best wishes to Clara Schweier, Camera Co.ngratulations to Jack Haigh upon his Assembly Department, who is wearing a appomtment as assistant credit manager. diamond ring. Thelma Clark has returned to the Camera G reetings to Shirley Horne and Irene Day, A.ssembly Department after illness which newcomers to the Paper Packing Department. required lengthy absence. Dot Sullivan, Testing Department ::md her Associates of Harry Gardiner Gatehouse sister. spent an enjoyable vacation o'ut vVest, stoppmg at Banff, Vancouver a nd Victoria. e~tend wish~s for the rapid rec~very of hi~ wife fo llowmg an operation at Toronto On the return trip they visited relatives at Milk River, Alberta. Western Hospital on August 6. Jim Langford has returned to the Camera On ~at ur day, August 21, Lil Davey became the bnde of George Green, in a ceremony per Repair Department after a long absence due formed at St. Johns Roman Catholi c Church to illness. Weston. Lil's associates in the Cine Congratulations to Rhoda Phillips and her Process~ ing Department held ft shower for her on August husband upon the a rrival of a baby son. 9. · On August 18 the co uple received a pair of Rhoda is a former member of the Camera blankets and a pai r of sheets, presented on be Assembly Department. half of Cine Processing, Yard and Caretaking Illness has kept Corinne Hardman absent from her duties in the Reel Assembly Depart Depa~·tment members. The next day George ment recently. was g1ven a cash gift by associates in the Yard. Mary Wheeler has returned to the Film Spooling Department following absence due to illness. Doug Lauder, Service Department had some anxious moments recently wh~n his youn g son fell out of a tree as a limb broke and hurt his back. Although Doug Jr. spent a few days in hospital, the injuries are not too se ri ous . . Best wishes to Norma Green, Cine Proces smg Department, who is a recent recipient of an engagement ring. Lil Dav<.y George Green 9 Joyce Winsby and and when the " go" signal came he lowered hi s Trevor Stanton were head and opened up with an impressive crawl united in marriage stroke. Eventually it grew quiet nearby and on Saturday, July 31, AI figured the other contestants must be far in a ceremony which behind indeed. So he took a look back- then took place at the all around; it was a dismaying spectacle. He home of a friend. had swum inadvertently out the side of the Associates of Joyce roped-off course and his opponents, resting in the Film Boxing at the finish line, were just about ready to Department pre send a boat to pick him up. sented her with a A welcome is extended to Ian Hammerton wall mi tTOr. Joyce Winshy and Ruth Argo, who have joined the staff of Greetings to Paul- the Cine Processing Department. ine Duffy, a newcomer to the Machine Account Greetings to new Billing Department mem ing Department. bers June Meredith and John Kerfoot. John Associates welcome Jerry Miller to the was in the Cine Processing Department before Camera Assembly Department. he entered the Armed Forces. Ed Robins, Testing Department, supervised A welcome is extended to Irma Fairburn, Fairhaven Bible Conference Boys' Camp, who has returned to the Camera Assembly near Beaverton, during the latter half of July. Department. The second. week he was assisted by Alan Ted Cockshoot, Archie Shaw and Fred Godfrey, Machine Shop. Taylor, Shipping; Jack McGraw, Stockroom; Petite fisherman, Baden Isles, E. & M. Stockroom; Harry Audrey Rees, Cine Clarke, Machine Shop; and Millard Campbell, Department, amazerl Waste Control, have made a splendid showing friends by hooking in lawn bowling this season. Among them they and l anding a have captured four trophies in inter-club 15-pound dogfish competition. Associates extend congratula during a recent holi tions and wishes for continued success. day at Honey Margaret Smith, Camera. Assembly Depart Harbor, Georgian ment, plans to visit Montreal and Windsor Bay. Other members during her vacation. of the party, waiting Congratulations to the parents of Ed, Bill in vain for a bite on and Muriel Johnson, who celebrated their their own lines, were golrlen wedding anniversary on Sunday, quick to offer instruc August 1. The couple were guests of honor tions, all quite dif at a dinner held in the Savannah Hotel, Cedar ferent. Despite the Harbor, and afterwards at a reception on the Audrey llccs excitement and con front lawn of Bill's summer cottage. Sons fusion, Audrey made Ed and Bill are members of the Cine and the catch and there it is, shown in the Customs Departments, respectively, and picture above. Muriel is in the Export Department. Rose Lucibello has returned to the Cine The wedding of Processing Department after absence during Jack McLoughlin which she underwent an operation for ap and Muriel Irene pendicitis. Johnston took place Congratulations to Ken Winter, Accounting ·at St. Clair United Department, who graduated with first-class Church on Saturday, honors from a four-year course conducted by July 17 . Associates the Certified Public Accountants Association in the Waste Control of Ontario. Examinations were held at the D e p a r t m e n t p r e University of Toronto. sented Jack with a Cecelia Stercz and Adena Hampel, Camera cheque. Inspection Department, felt much the worse Bob Cameron has for wear after their first few rides on horseback returned to the Ac- .Tack McLoughlin recently. They were accompanied by Doreen counting Department following illness which Totton, who rides horseback as a hobby. required an operation. During a holiday trip to Lake-of-Bays, Welcome to Warren Lin Smith, a newcomer Muskoka, Al Diehl, Director of Employee to the Order Department. Activities, entered a 75-yard swimming race. Greetings to Ruth Cook, a new member of His energy was as great as his hope of winning the Filing Department. lO A stalwart New Englander was being interviewed upon reaching the age of 100. "I suppose," said the reporter, "that you have seen a lot of changes in your time." "Yep," repli ed the centenarian, "and I've been agin every one of them." * * * * * * She-"What are those holes in the wood?" He- "Those are knot holes." She- "vVell, what are they, then?" * * * * * * Sunday School Teacher- "How many of you boys want to go to heaven with me?" All raised their hands except one. "Dick, why don't you want to?" "Because my mother told me to come straight home." * * * * * * Bob Wilmshurst, Bob Wall and friend "You say you found a letter in a woman's handwriting in my pocket this morning. I'm Jol Indoor Recreations Resumed as Summer Ends With the approach of fall, plans are almost Bowling Alley, . Dundas Street near Keele. complete for the various activities sponsored Shujfleboard (Men)- three, possibly four, by Kodak Recreation Club during the groups will play during noonhours twice a autumn, winter and spring. Members are week. urged to read the following list before Euchre- one Friday evening a month in making arrangements which would prevent Kodak Cafeteria. Friends of K.R.C. mem them attending these events, and in in bers will be welcome. stances where dates or days of the week Volleyball- both girls and men will have are not stated such information may be noonhour league games. Men's teams will available at the Recreation Club office by enter the city league and play on Thursday the time this article appears in print. evenings and Saturday afternoons. Kodak Choral Society- will be open to men Basketball- anticipated but not definitely and women whether or not they have arranged yet. singing experience. Practices likely will be Movies-short pictures will be shown in held one evening per week. Kodak Auditorium every Friday noonhour. Badminton- will be resumed in Kodak Once a month feature pictures will be run Auditorium on Monday and Wednesday 'on a Friday evening and members may bring evenings. their friends . . Handicraft (Girls)- there will be a class Dances-there will be two dances before one evening a week on the auditorium stage, Christmas and two after the first of the new under the direction of Mrs. McFarlane. year, in the auditorium. The first of these Alley Bowling- a men's league and a girls' will be the Hallowe'en Dance, for which Cy league will bowl once a week at Lucky Strike McLean's orchestra has been engaged. II tournament only. The cup has been won previously by representatives of our club. Ted Cockshoot (skip) and Harry Clarke won the Ryckman Trophy in the Withrow Lawn Bowling Doubles Tournament at Withrow and St. Matthews greens (the latter for those who Y THE MIDDLE of August members of could not be accommodated at Withrow) on Kodak Lawn Bowling Club had cap Saturday, August 7. Ted and Jack McGraw Btured four trophies in various inter-club were successful in the 1941 competition for tournaments, thus making the summer of the Ryckman Trophy. 1948 another in a long succession of fortunate The Goodyear Trophy was gained by bowling seasons. Baden Isles, Jack McGraw and Millard A rink composed of Ted Cockshoot (skip), Campbell on Saturday, July 31, at New Archie Shaw, Fred Taylor and Harry Clarke Toronto. won the Alec Halliwell Cup on Saturday, Kodak bowlers entered in district 9 July 24, in a four-game tournament at provincial tournaments have met success so Weston. As a result of this victory, the far and are hopeful of winning the group Kodak Club will be host to the bowlers in titles which will qualify them for entry in 1949 because the stipulation is that the the provincial finals to be held at Roselawn tournament be held on the home green of green in Hamilton on September 6. In the the rink which won the previous year. The tournaments which will determine group cup was donated two years ago for annual winners, Jack Burgess will bowl againl3t an competition as a means of raising funds to opponent from Brampton in the singles; finance rinks attending the provincial finals. Baden Isles and Millard Campbell will play Mr. Halliwell is secretary of the Provincial a Streetsville rink for the doubles; and Ted Lawn Bowling Association of Ontario, Cockshoot, Fred Taylor, Archie Shaw and District 9. Harry Clarke will meet an Acton rink at On August 2, a rink comprising Ted Brampton. Cockshoot (skip), Baden Isles, Fred Taylor Excellent bowling conditions marked the and Harry Clarke, was successful in its bid E. S. Currie Trebles Tournament at Kodak for the Hanna Gold Cup in a tournament Heights on Saturday, July 17. After a held at the Boulevard Club. It is interesting strenuous four-game match the rink from to note that competition for this trophy Old Mill , skipped by W. B. Cowan, won the originall y lasted an entire seaso'il. A cup with 3 wins and 52 points. The other tournament opened the event and estab winning rinks, in order of standing, were: lished one rink as the leader or defender of Weston, skipped by Bill Hales, 3 wins and 50 the cup, subject to challenge from other points; West Toronto, skipped by Neil rinks for the duration of the bowling year. Felker, 2 wins and 51 points; Kodak, skipped Then the rink which had the greatest number by Jack Burgess, 2 wins and 49 + 1 points; of wins received the cup. Canada Club, skipped .by Eddie Pound, 1 Revised arrangements provide for one win and 50 points. Bowlers Compete for Currie Trebles Trophy 12 Two closed tournaments are still in pro Spence Trophy has been booked for the gress; namely, Kodak Club Singles for the Lakeview Golf Club on Saturday, September Quinlin Cup and Kodak Doubles for the 18, commencing early in the morning Beckwith Trophy. Bowlers entered in the (7.30-8.00 a.m.). The course is one of the former event have reached the second round finest in the city and, incidentally, prospec with the exception of Bill Johnson and tive entrants in this tournament are re Alf Hall, one of whom will be matched with minded that the course is restricted to men, Bill Brawley. Ron Boyle, Jack McGraw which precludes the possibility of anyone and Harry Clarke will bowl against Jack bringing his wife along as caddy. Burgess, Alf Yorke and Baden Isles, In order to compete for the Spence respectively. Trophy, golfers must submit three cards to In the Doubles Tournament, Jack Gibbs the golf committee well in advance of the and Baden Isles defeated Harry Pearce and tournament in order that handicaps can be Bill Allaby to enter the semi-finals against established. Provided this requirement is Andy isbet and Archie Shaw. The latter met, everyone is welcome regardless of two beat Bill Brawley and Ron Boyle. The comparative inexperience or non-participa other semi-finalists are Walter Preston and tion in other golf tournaments. Those who Bill Johnson against Bert Allen and Jack wish to play but have not shown three cards Burgess; Percy Lock and Harry Clarke may do so without eligibility to win the opposing Harry Gardiner and Ken Burgess. trophy. N oonhour bowling has attained more The present golf season, which has been popularity this year than for many seasons very successful indeed, will close on October past. Experienced bowlers welcome these 1 with a banquet for the men at the Elms newcomers and have given them as much Golf and Country Club. The event will help as possible. Among those who have include professional entertainment and a shown skill in their early efforts are Tom screening of the movies taken at Kodak Rimmer, Jim Stephenson, George Green, tournaments this year. Doug Cameron, Ed Smith and Don Segee. Recently a rink composed of Bill Johnson Softball and Jim Atkin won five straight games in By a very small margin the Kodak team one week's play, which performance had the lost the last few games of the regular crack skips talking to themselves. Bill schedule in the T. & D. League and con had not been skip previously. sequently was nosed out of the playoffs for the first time in several years. D0spite Golf failure to get near the championship Two tournaments are in progress at the bracket, Kodak players made a good show time of writing-the match play for fiat ing and it may be noted that only two of golfers with the Ed Johnson Trophy as top them were on the team in previous years. award, and the match play handicap for the The 1948 sluggers were 100% Kodak K.R.C. Trophy. personnel. The former contest has narrowed down to The regular schedule comprised 15 games, three players in the persons of Bill .Johnson of which Kodak won 6 and lost 9. and Jack Booth, who are in the top bracket, Kodak House League has reached the and George Grigor, victor over Dick Nixon playoff stage, which will consist of a 2-out whom he defeated 2 and 1 at the Elms Golf of-3-game series between Office and Paper Course on Tuesday, August 3. Coating to be played in September. The Three games remain to be pfayed in the games are bound to be hard fought, for the match play handicap for the K.R.C. last time these two teams met the score was Trophy. Bob Irving is paired with Sid Gale 4 to 3 (in favor of Paper Coating). and Bert Wright with Ernie Simpson. Dick Nixon reached the semi-finals by Tennis defeating Jack Haigh 4 up and 3 to go on An open night was held on Wednesday, Thursday, August 5, and he will next meet July 28, the feature attraction being a the winner between George Thompson and tennis demonstration by Laurie Jones. His George Grigor. instruction proved very helpful, especially The annual tournament for the J. W. to those who are new to the game. ''Harve~t .,