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By BuS PLANNED FOR AND DOUBLES QUOIT SHIBE PARK ON FRI. TOURNEY PICTURES NITE. SEPT. 19. THE PHILS MEET THE GIANTS ON APPEAR ON PAGE 8 THAT DATE. CLIMB ABOARD OF THIS ISSUE.

July-August, 1952 Published by and for the Employees of the Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Penna. Vol. 10 Nos. 7-8 * Copyright, 1952, Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster. Penna. * "Hamilton Is On The March"-. Battle Cry Put Into Action By Voting Trust Formed To Protect Hamilton's Interest Company's New Direct Sales Force Following 8·Day Sales Conference The Voting Trust, about which In a Voting Trust, common Here; 23 N,!w Salesmen Added As Direct Selling Program Starts you have been reading so much stockholders deposit their stock in the newspapers, became active certificates with the Trustees on August 1, 1952. Three of Ham­ which gives the Trustee the ilton's major stockholders and di­ right to vote all the stock in the rectors have assumed the respon­ Trust whenever the occasion rises sibilities of Trustees under the to do so. In return, the stockhold­ Voting Trust Agreement. These er receives a certificate which m en are, William Shand, J. Hale provides that he shall receive the Steinman and Charles G. Watt. same dividends and other benefits The stated objective of the to which he is entitled as a com­ Voting Trust is to "protect and mon stockholder. He surrenders further the best interests of the only the voting rights. corporation, its shareholders and These Voting Trust certificates employees." The immediate ob­ may be sold or used as collateral jective is to "prevent the Benrus like Common Stock Certificates. Watch Company, one of the cor­ The voting right remains with poration's competitors, from ex­ the Trustees for the duration of ercising the control of the policies the Trust no matter how often or management of the corpora­ or to whom the Voting Trust Cer­ tion through m erger, consolida­ tificates are sold. tion or otherwise." This method of protecting the The Trustees believe that the stockholders and employees has future of Hamilton and the wel­ been frequently used by other fare of its employees would be companies whose welfare has threatened if any unfriendly in­ been threatened. terest is allowed to gain control through 'the use of the Company's Thousands of shares have al­ Common Stock. ready been pledged, and more The only sure way of stopping are coming in every day. We em­ such action is for all stockhold­ ployees are proud of the confi­ Here is the latest photo taken of Hamilton's complete sales organization-fieldmen, district managers ers, who are interested in con­ dence that has been demonstrated and supervisors, plus office staff. This group of 84 is launching Hamilton's new direct selling program tinuing the Company as an aimed at re-establishing Hamilton at the top in the watch buying market. ' American owned and operated by the stockholders and give our plant, to join forces by forming a pledge to support this confidence "Hamilton is on the March." and district managers attending Sales Managers, Factory Staff single block of stock large enough by successfully fulfilling 0 u r That 1952 Hamilton sales "bat­ the conference (July 21-31) were: Progress R eports, and General to out-vote the opposition on any plans and commitments for the tle cry" was put into action on (new salesmen) Hugo H. Adrian, Clean-up Discussion. occasion. future. July 31 when Hamilton's new di­ Delbert L. Crotts, Don W. Davis, On the final day of the confer­ rect sales force terminated the Murray Davis, George R . Doyle, ence, Lowell Halligan made this Jack Keenan (64), Central Division Sales Mgr., annual sales conference here at Paul R. Dry, David Goldstein, D. closing remark: "In this new the factory, and spread to their Doddford Hawley, John J. Joseph, Hamilton sales organization and Died August 8th In Lancaster General Hospital territories all over the country. Harold P. Karst, Murray J. Kirby, in the new Hamilton sales' pro­ Direct sell i n g 0 f Hamilton Earl S. Lohr, Earl W. Meier, gram, we have everything it takes John L. (Jack) Keenan, a Ham­ watches to some 12,000 retail Lloyd M. Morris, Joseph W. Nel­ to sell the new Hamilton to every iltonian for 27 years, died Friday, jewelers from coast to coast was son, Robert A. Nelson, Howard retail jeweler and every consum­ August 8th, at 7:45 p.m. in the launched on Monday, August 4, J. Orr, Theo. W. Passalay, Dan er in the country. Hamilton is Lancaster General Hospital. by Hamilton's enlarged force of E. Rohrbaugh, Martin M. Silvers, really on the march." Mr. Keenan, who was Central 51 field salesmen, supervisors and Donald B. Stenfelt, William J. Stoops, Harry R. Wetsten; (old Division Sales Mgr., died of com­ district sales managers. plications. Back on April 29th, he "The 1952 sales conference," salesmen): Dan i e lM. Adams, entered Presbyterian Hospital, said Lowell Halligan, Vice Pres­ Samuel Berneri, M. J. CarosielIi, HMA 1952·53 Season Chicago, to undergo surgery for ident in Charge of Sales, "is the E. G. Devery, George Duffield, S. J. Faracy, Wendell N. Hay, J. R. To Open Sept. 15 the amputation of his left foot. He most significant in Hamilton's remained in the Chicago hospital 60-year history. It marks a turn­ Henrickson, J. H . Hoober, Wil­ "A Progress Report on the New until July 15th. On July 16th he ing point for our Company, and liam Jeisi, R. M. Johnson, Gus­ Hamilton," will be the theme of tave Kamins, R. C. Mason, Leo C. Vice President in Charge of Man­ traveled to Lancaster to attend the e n t ire sales organization the annual sales conference of shares my own confidence that Nelson, Roy Philp, A. C. Schache­ ufacturing Lowell F . Halligan's Hamilton's future was n eve r man, H. G. Schleef, R. W. Snyder, presentation to the Hamilton the Hamilton sales force. He was present at two sessions. On July brighter." J. 1. Suydam, Frank Tempel, Le­ Management Association at the 19th he was admitted to the Lan­ The 23 new men added to the Roy E. Wallace, Richard Wolf; first meeting of the 1952-53 HMA (District Sales MgrsJ: William season on Monday evening, Sept. caster General Hospital and suc­ Jack Keenan field sales force were recruited by cumbed August 8th. Paul Seibel, Assistant to the Vice J. Aukamp, D. F . Chapman, A. A. 15th in the Company's auditorium. President, from more than 500 Colvin, John Hall, C. S. Gause Mr. Keenan was born in Ded­ liked man. Among the organiza­ Association members will get tions he was associated with are, applicants. To quote E . B. Silvius, and W. E. Pierpont, Jr. the inside information on Hamil­ ham, Massachusetts, March 21, Director of Sales: "We have a 1888. He attended Dedham Paro­ The Golden Roosters of Chicago; Described by Hamilton sales­ ton's new direct selling program the Jewelers Club of Chicago; thoroughly experienced s a I e s men as the most complete, in­ now in effect. Plans also call for chial Schools and Holy Cross Col­ force. All of the new men have lege. He later took post graduate The Maiden Lane Outing Club of structive and interesting confer­ a preview showing of Hamilton's New York; the Sangamo Club of been selling in the retail jewelry ence ever held here, the eight-day new half hour television show work in Business Administration field; a lot of them have been at Boston University and Harvard Springfield, Ill.; Rotary Club of program touched on all phases of which our Company is jointly Chicago; the Knights of Colum­ selling Hamilton watches for our Hamilton selling. Among the sub­ sponsoring wit h International University. former wholesalers, and many of He started his business career bus; and the Benevolent and Pro­ jects discussed were: Hamilton's Sterling. tective Order of Elks. them have been assigned the Distribution Background, Gener­ as a salesman with the E. How­ same territories in which they al Sales Policy, the New Hamil­ ard Watch Company in 1910. This Mr. Keenan is survived by his have been working. The effective­ ton Sales Force, Salesmen's Ter­ firm was later purchased by the wife, Mary Jane Fixman Keenan, ness of that sort of experience is ritories, Hamilton's Legal Posi­ Only The Best Keystone Watch Case Company 916 North Sixth St., Springfield, showing up in the orders the men tion with the Retailer, the Sales­ The Hamilton Chorus re­ in 1912. He continued on the Ill.; a son, Richard L., Waltham, are getting." man's Working Day, Creation of ceived the great honor of sales force under the new owners. Mass.; two grandchildren, Clarke The entire field sales force was New Models, Production of Vault being selected to sing at the In 1925 he joined the Illinois and Bonnie Jane. given an intensive 8-day briefing Stoc~, From Factory to R etailer, 50th anniversary celebration Watch Company as a salesman. He was buried on Tuesday, on all the details of Hamilton's CredIt Terms and Procedures, of the Hershey Estates on In 1927 Hamilton purchased the August 12th from the Joyce Fun­ new sales program and sales pol­ The 1952 Fall Line, Your Sample Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. in the Illinois Company. On April 26, eral Home, Waltham, Mass., fol­ icies. They saw a preview of Line, Service Department Policy Hershey Arena. Under the 1933, Mr. Keenan was named Chi­ lowed by a Requiem Mass at St. Hamilton's new half-hour televi­ and Procedures, Industrial Sales capable direction of Miss cago District Sales Manager of Mary's Church. Interment was sion show which our Company is Department Policy and Proced­ Dorothy Schock, the Chor­ the Hamilton Watch Company, a made in Ute Calvary Cemetery, jointly sponsoring with Interna­ ures, Export Sales - Commercial us of 40 mixed voices will post he held for 19 years. Includ­ Waltham. tional Sterling. The TV show will & Military, Hamilton Specialty give a sacred concert. Ham­ ing the time he worked for Illin­ M. F. Mallby, vice president open in October for a 13-week ois, which is credited to his years Lines, Relationship and Contact ilton was the only industrial and General Manager of Ralph run in twenty of the nation's most with Home Office, Instructions on chorus in the State selected of Hamilton service, Jack official­ important cities. The schedule in- Reports, Rules of the Road, Ad­ by the Hershey manage­ ly was with Hamilton for 27 W. Biggs Co. (Hamilton sub sid i- cludes Lancaster. . vertising and Sales Promotion, ment. years. ary), represented the Company The field salesmen, supervisors Review of Accounts with District He was a popular and well- at the funeral. 2 Timely Topics

Volume 10 Timely Topics Numbers 7-8 Organization Changes Listed In Sales Dept. EDITORIAL BOARD A number 0 f organization WALLACE BORK, Chair., Prod. Processing changes were made in the Ham­ J. ED MILLER, Product Stocks ilton Sales Department, accord­ TALKIN' WITH A SMITH-CORONA HAZEL KELLER, (Sec. to F. Huehnergarth) ing to an announcement by Low­ Charley Black, former Co. guard, is now located in Lynch­ ell Halligan, Vice President in burg, Va ... . That oriental look about Theda (Adv.) HaUacher is EDITORIAL STAFF Charge of Sales. All became effec­ strictly from sun tan ... Ed Hiltz is the new gendarme on the General News and Production, CHARLES H. FREY tive August 1, 1952. Co. force .. . Martha Nies (Sales) vacationed in Detroit recently. Personnel Consultant, R. A. PRESTON Cartoonist, CHARLES SHINDELL, Jr. Paul Seibel, who formerly was . . . Wyn Davis (Dir. of Planning) is a member of the Arm Chair Copyright, 1952. Hamilton Watch Co .. Lancaster, Penna. Sales Manager, was appointed TV Boxing Judges Association, a group composed of Wednes­ Quotation or reproduction forbidden unless permission has been granted. Assistant to the Vice President day and Friday nite stay-at-homers who pick their favorites in Charge of Sales. Paul has been and judge 'em the same way ... Bob Miller is new in Quality a Hamiltonian for 23 years. Control. .. Dick Blakinger (General Counsel) got lost in Mil­ LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, JULY-AUGUST Henri Vermot, with the Com­ lersville on June 15 .. . A Chuck Davey fan aU the way is Hen pany 20 years, was appointed Di­ (Dial) Schneider .. . Ditto Les Kachel, Bob Frey, Ralph Mozian rector of Product Development and Ken McMurtrie, all of Production Rates .. . Speaking of In Silence Research Development Continues and Styling. His previous post Mozian, his brother is a pro fighter .. . Bob Gunder (Sales Pro­ was Director of Styling. motion Mgr.) has a bittersweet colored Chevy. E . B. Silvius, formerly Assist­ --0 -- ant Sales Mgr. of Special Sales, For a kid with freckles and a smile, try Terry Hoin, son is now Director of Sales. Elvy has of Bud (Plate) Hoin . .. Did anybody say that if fighter Bob been a Hamiltonian for 16 years. Murphy continues getting bopped in the puss, he'll have a face Harold Herr, who is now As­ like a moose with a rack for ears? .. Jackie Hoehn, formerly sistant Sales Director, was for­ of Mechanical Planning, is now working for an aircraft com­ merly Service Manager. He has pany in Tucson, Arizona . .. Red McCarthy, the ork leader whose been with the Company 20 years. band played for the Co. picnic, is a former M.s.T.C. student. .. Formerly Assistant Sales Mgr. Walt Breen, former Maintenance Supt., now on the retired of General Sales, Fred Boulton roster, is down to 180 and says he feels fine . .. Red Point, Md., is now Assistant Sales Director. seems to be a Sunday mecca for Hamilton swimmers and sun Fred has been a Hamiltonian for bathers ... Two new members of the crew cut tribe are Johnny 23 years. Marion (Sales) and Blake Dulaney (Export Sales) ... Rowland John Marion was appointed Bitzer (FUZe Assembly "A") is the official fire chief of Hamil­ Administrative Assistant. He was ton's East Petersburg plant. .. Fred Walzl (Accts. Payable) formerly Manager of Merchandise came to work the other morning without a necktie. Planning. He has been with the Company five years. ---0-- Now Merchandising Manager, For our dough, television's "Meet The Press" can be both Fred Huehnergarth was previous­ informative and silly, depending who the guest big shot on the ly Manager of New York Orders spot happens to be .. .. Dot Dommel (Display) never had a fight and Correspondence. He has been in the ring, but she cuts out neat paper dolls ... Paul (Plate) a Hamiltonian for 22 1/ 2 years. Brodhecker's daughter, Mary Lou, is now a member of the Ice In a quiet sort of way over the past three years the Watch Re­ Fred Orr was appointed Field Vogues show touring the United States . .. Mose Good (Mainten­ search division has been doing intensive research and development Sales Manager. He formerly was ance) tells the story about the guy from Ephrata who took work on special devices for military and civilian application. Assistant Sales Mgr. of Whole­ his car into a garage to have the battery fixed ... When he went During those three years the research engineers have success­ saler Sales. He has been with the for the car a day later it was parked in the garage, the job fully completed or are in the process of completing special devices Company for seven years. completed . . . He got in the car, started it, and the next sound amounting to over a half million dollars in direct or sub-contracts Prior to his appointment as was a big crash . . . He had backed through the door of the ga­ for military use. Sales Research Manager, M. N. rage ... The guy got out and wanted to sue the garage owner In the above photo, Watch Research Supervisor John Reber is Rivenburg was Sales Analysis for charging his battery in reverse . .. Bob Welsh (Dealer Ser­ feeding a cake of dry ice into a low temperature cabinet in order to Mgr. He has been a Hamiltonian vice Supv.) returned recently from a business trip to Colorado test a special device which must function accurately at 75 degrees be­ for 17 years. Springs .. . Albie Kopf, formerly of Maintenance, now in the low zero temperature. In addition to this extreme low temperature With the Company for 23 years, Army, visited his buddies here on July 1. . . By thre time you read this same device must operate at an altitude of 100,000 feet. Clarence Mathiot was appointed this, Albie will be in Germany ... He left from Camp Kilmer in E. Van Haaften (Asssistant Director of Research) has applied Service Dept. Manager. He was New Jersey . .. Another July 1 visitor was Jimmy Burger, for­ for a patent on one of the instruments tested in the above device. formerly Assistant Manager in merly of Automatic, now in the Marines. This is just one of a number of classified or restricted military Service. ---0-- devices being developed by the Research department. Bob Braner is now Manager of Ken McMillen (Damask.), Gene Wiley and Charley Dietrich, Special Sales. With Hamilton for both of Flat Steel, were members of a fishing party that set a 10 1/ 2 years, Bob was formerly record haul of 213 blues and flounders off Ocean City, Mary­ HAMILTON HAPPENINGS Assistant to E . B. Silvius in Spe­ land, the latter part of June ... The previous top catch was 197. cial Sales. . . . Mollie King (Plate), the Babe Didrickson of the golf course, Pfc. Ken Kellenberger, for­ Harry will yipe for the Penns, The Sales Department now has beat the blood out of a drive off the first tee at Hiemenz re-. merly of Material' Sales, is at while Kohly offers his prayers five District Sales Mgrs. They cently . .. The way she swung she felt she had powdered the Camp Kilmer, N. J., waiting for Notre Dame ... Bob Wen­ are: John Hall, William E. Pier­ ball at least two miles . .. Seconds later she heard a dull plunk. to be shipped over to Germany. zel (Assembly "B") figures pont, A. A. Colvin, William Au­ . . . She looked up, and off to the left, she saw her ball dribble ... Ditto Pvt. Gene Grubb, a Boyd Sponaugle will get the kamp and Charles Gause. Due to into the cleaning bucket about 10 feet away . .. Molly figures former Inspection employee ... most possible mileage out of the death of Jack Keenan on after that performance she'll concentrate on trick shot golf . .. Pfc. Kellenberger has been in the '52 McCaskey grid squad. August 8th, the Company has no Len Kissinger (Service), who was overcome by the heat while Division Sales Mgr. the military police outfit for . . . Tommy Hendrix, son of Ed umpiring at Manheim on June 29, says he knows exactly how two years and expects to get Hendrix (Material Sales Mgr.), Hall, formerly New York Dis­ referee Ruby Goldstein felt when he hit the deck from the out of the Army in March .. . took extra undergraduate work trict Sales Mgr., and a member same cause in the Robinson-Maxim fight on June 25 ... Janie E. As for Pvt. Grubb, he was sta­ in minerology at Northwest­ of the Hamilton sales force for 21 Rische, a retired Hamiltonian, suffered a back injury in an years, is now District Sales Mgr. tioned at Camp Jackson, S. C. ern this summer .. . He's a reg­ auto accident June 10 enroute from Gary, Indiana, to Cape Cod, His dad, Joe, works in Tool In­ ular student at F & M ... Our in territories 1 to 6 which in­ where she now resides ... Janie is recouping nicely and wishes spection, while his sister, Jack­ long shot for the month of cludes Maine, New Hampshire, to be remembered to her many friends here. Vermont, Rhode Island, Connec­ ie, is employed in Traffic . . . Sept. is Joe Walcott over --0 -- Rocky Marciano .. . Look for ticut, Massachusetts, New York, HRA officials were discour­ Bill Hartman (Traffic) spent his vacation in California ... F & M to scrimmage M.S.T.C. and parts of Pennsylvania and aged with the small attendance New Jersey. Tommy Kahler (Guard), said if he managed a welterweight that turned up for the Aug. 8 twice this fall .. Chester (Curls) Pierpont, a Hamiltonian for 15 fighter, he'd teach bow to beat Kid Gavilan ... What would bus trip to Shibe Park to see Bostick, yard engineer, and him his missus made their annual years, was formerly Zone Sales you do, Tommy, arm him with a loaded tea bag? ... Lillian the Dodgers bump the Phils, (Prod. Stores) Shertzer's husband, Oscar, let us look at a 1910 5-3 in 10 innings . .. Twenty-one pilgrimage to Nova Scotia in Mgr. His new appointment as were on the bus, while six late Aug. North Central District Sales Mgr. Spalding's Baseball Guide the other day . .. 1t was packed with puts him in charge of territories interesting facts and pictures of the old timers who made dia­ drove in cars ... The third and -0- 25 to 34 which include Nebraska, mond history back in those days . .. The book contained over 400 final HRA baseball trip to Shibe Howie Fritsch (Guard) was a sad guy the other wk .. . . He South Dakota, North Dakota pages of well-written data and it sold for the sum of 10 cents Park is slated for Fri. nite, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan' per copy . . . Nowadays for the same guide with less pages and Sept. 19 when the Phils hook had to dispose of his favorite Indiana, and parts of Ohio less information, a copy costs at least a buck .. . Don Biechler, up with the Giants ... . Get hunting dog, Ben Franklin . .. Illin~ ois and Iowa. ' the Al Jolson mimic, was transferred from Standards to Auto­ aboard this one and have some Age took its toll on the pooch. .. . Charley Kirchner (Escape) Aukamp, a Hamiltonian for matic on July 1 .. . . Art Winters, who retired from the night fun. 5 1/ 2 years, is now South Central Maintenance crew on June 30, has been married 44 years and -0- likes to r e call when he District Sales Mgr., in charge of Guard Cap Schaeffer spent weighed 115 soaking wet and says that his wife is just as interested in sports as he is. territories 18 to 34. This group one wk. of his two wks. of played center for Catholic Hi's ---0- - includes Mississippi, Louisiana, freedom in Pittsburgh and football tea m . .. Arlene Hoff Ted Lamparter (Quality Control) follows the fortunes of Ohio . . . The remainder of the (Sec. to W. S. Davis) visited Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Ok­ the Garvin's midget baseball team with interest since his son, time he needed to rest up her brother, who is a major lahoma', Texas, Colorado New Teddy, plays third base for that club . .. In the hottest weather, Mexico, Arizona, and of Joe Astroth, A's catcher, still in the Air Force stationed in p~rts when the air conditioning unit is turned in the 70's in the main Illinois, Iowa, Tennessee, Ken­ office building, receptionist Helen Lingefelter has the heater smokes Antonio y Cleopatra the Panama Canal Zone .. . She tucky and Alabama. (2 for 35c) cigars . . . He acquir- says she had a very enjoyable going at her desk because she can't stand the constant cool air. ed the habit when he was a vacation ... Bob Melsom (Ma­ Gause, formerly Southern Dis­ George Biggs, the guard who acts as receptionist in the new trict Sales Mgr., has been with member of the Roses in 1946. terial Sales) still feels the Bos­ lab building, says his typing is taking on more words per min­ the Company for 28 years. His . . . The Unholy Three of the ton Red Sox have the best ute . . . George uses both the split T and single wing methods ... new appointment as Southeastern If they ever get Gene Smith, the featherwight punk from Service Dept. - Harry Youtz, team in the American League. District Sales Mgr. puts him in Len Kissinger and George . .. Peggy Dressendorfer (Dis­ Washington, D. C., a fight out of the Capital City, maybe his Kohlmaier are looking play), the female voice of the charge of territories 10 to 17 opponent will have a chance to win a decision over him .. . To which include West Virginia Vir­ around for tickets for the Yankees, received a Yank cap beat Smith in Washington, a guy has to knock him down 12 gi!1ia, North Carolina, South' Car­ Penn vs Notre Dame game on from a pair of Cleveland In­ times in 10 rounds and then not be certain that he won't wind olina, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Sept. 27 in PhiUy .. . Kiss and J dian admirers the other day. up with a draw. (Continued on Page 5) Timely Topics 3 Fifty Years Of Company Service Is The Enviable D,espite The Weather, Henry Niesen, 24 Years At Hamilton, 45 Years Record Posted By Department Supt. John Foose HMA Members Had A A Watchmaker, Retired June 30 From Assem. "B" Good Time At Picnic The weatherman refused to co­ operate, but that didn't stop 100 members of the Hamilton Man­ agement Association from having a good time at their annual pic­ nic held August 2 at the Stone Barn outside Millersville. Cards, fishing, darts and bull sessions featured the entertain_ ment portion of the program. In the fishing department, Jack Humphreville (E qui p. & Tool Des.) and Paul Frankenfield (Styl­ ing) won top prizes. Jack caught a 22-inch carp to take home a minnow bucket, while Paul won a silk fishing line for the second largest catch-a seven-inch cat­ fish. During the afternoon 20 Hamil­ ton souvenir mugs, two neckties, and a cuff links and tie clip set were given as door prizes. Once again John Montague and his Cafeteria crew made and serv_ A big moment on June 30th for Joh n Foose occurred when he ed the food which included, hot H enry Niesen, his retirement gifts, and greetings from Foreman was presented with his 50 year service certificate in President G. P. roast beef and pork barbecues, Bob Wenzel. Luckey's. office. On hand for the occasion were, President Luckey, deviled eggs, Swiss ch eese, sliced A. B. Sinkler (V. P. in Charge of Mfg.), and R. B. T h ompson (V. P. beets, potato chips, peanuts, pret­ June 30th was a big day in the War II was on, Henry was trans­ in Charge of Finance). zels along with the corresponding life of Henry Niesen of Assembly ferred to inspection work in Spe­ .------"B". It not only brought to a close cialties Assembly. In 1945 he was After fifty years of Hamilton She resides with her husband and beverages. his Hamilton career after 24 years, a finisher and inspector in Finish­ service, John Foose, Watch As­ 5th -year old son, Scott, in Marion, The committee in charge of the picnic was composed of, Johnny but it also dropped the curtain on ing. On December 5, 1951, Henry sembly Department Superinten­ Indiana. became a final movement inspec­ dent, bid his buddies good bye on Adams (Tool Insp.), chairman; his watchmaking career after 45 John has big plans for the fu­ Frank Byorick (Watch Design), years. tor in Assembly "B", a job he held June 30th. ture. "The wife and I are going advisory chairman; Gil Childs and Actually, Henry started as a until his retirement. At the time of his retirement to do some traveling," he said. Jack Humphreville (Equip. & Tool watchmaker in 1907 with the Illin_ Fishing is Henry'S big sport. He John was in charge of eight sec­ "We figure we'll go down to Flor­ Des.), Bob Ferguson (Stocks & ois Watch Company. He remained admits he'd sooner fish than eat. tions, Escape, Balance & Hair­ ida in the winter. We were down Stores), Sam Gast (Sales Statis­ with Illinois until 1933 when he His mates in Assembly "B" saw spring, Assembly Casing, Assem­ this year and we liked it very tics), Dave Weller (Fuze Assem­ transferred to Hamilton. Since to it that he would have all the bly A, B, C, D and F. much. We'll probably go out to bly "B"), Woody Rathvon (Inspec_ Hamilton bought out Illinois in fishing pleasure he could possibly A gold covered loose leaf note­ the daughter's place in Marion, tion), Joe Staab (Production Con­ 1928, Henry's Hamilton career cov­ enjoy when they presented him book, crammed with photos of Indiana, before summer is over. trol) !lnd Dick Young (Inspection). ered 24 years of service. with a nifty fly rod, a creel stuffed events that John participated in We're anxious to see our grand­ Chairman Adams and his com­ He began his watchmaking life with 52 one dollar bills, an auto­ during his 50 years here, was one son, Scotty. He's a cat bird, that mittee wish to thank the Associa­ as a stem fitter and trainer. He matic reel, a nylon line, a plastic of the gifts he received. This will little· guy." tion members who helped in any soon moved in as a job boss in hook rack, a fish cleaner, and a probably be his most cherished Knowing that John and his wife way to the make the picnic the dialing. In 1933 when he transfer­ box of Dutch Master cigars. item. In it are pictures from the like to travel, a group of his Ham_ fun it was. red here, he did inspection work time he started here in 1902 as an ilton friends presented him with in the Finishing Dept. and also Henry has been married , 40 errand boy in the Motion Dept. to three pieces of White luggage- a training. In 1934, Henry became years. He has two sons, Henry, the final day when he received his conventional suitcase, two suiter CAMERA FOR SALE job boss in training in the Finish­ Jr., and Willard, who both work 50 year certificate in President G. bag, and a wardrobe bag for his One Eastman magazine ing Dept. He also did stem fitting, here. Henry, Jr. is employed in P . Luckey's office. wife. model #90, 8 mm movie cannon pinion fitting, dialing and Models Lab., while Willard works During his long and faithful But traveling is only one of camera and projector for second finishing. In 1939 he was in Assembly "C". Hamilton career, he saw many John's hobbies. He a lso has a gar_ sale. Excellent condition. transferred to Timing & Casing as Henry has no immediate plans major and minor company chang­ den, chickens and sheep. His six Price reasonable. If you are job boss in training and stem fit­ for the future. There's one thing es. He worked under seven com­ pedigreed Hampshire sheep he in­ interested, kindly contact ting. certain, he's going to take it easy pany presidents, Charles D. Rood, tends to exhibit in various stock Clarence Coppock, (Ext. In 1940 he moved into inspection for six months and do a lot of Charles F. Miller, Frank C. Beck­ shows in this section. Being a 223) . work in Finishing. When World fishing with his new equipment. with, Calvin M. Kendig, Rudolph member of the American Hamp­ M. Kant, Charles C. Smith and shire Sheep Association, he is de­ George P . Luckey. veloping into quite an authority HAMILTON GAL SOFTBALLERS FINIS HED STRONG TO POST GOOD SEASON John began moving up the on the animals. Hamilton ladder in 1916, when at As for sports, he is interested in the age of 29, he became foreman all of them but prefers watching of balance jeweling in the Jewel­ baseball, football and golf. In his ing Dept. In 1926 he was made younger days he was quite a foot­ foreman of the Friction Jeweling ball player. Dept., after he and William H. Fifty years with one company is Manby set up Hamilton's Friction a long time. John knows that and Jeweling Dept. as he puts it, "It'll take some time During World War II, John be­ to get used to retirement. The came general foreman of Fiuze tough part is not being able to be Assembly and Manufacturing. Fol­ among my friends every day. But with a little effort, I'll get over it." lowing the war he was elevated to general foreman of the assembly departments plus Escape. In 1951 HARVEST HOP his title was changed to depart­ The 1952-53 HRA social ment superintendent of Watch season gets underway on Assembly. Oct. 3 with the Harvest Hop in the Brunswick Ballroom. John, who has been married .u Ira Bowman and his orches­ years, has one daughter, Dorothy. tra will furnish the music for dancing from 9 :30 p.m . to 1 a.m. No table r eserva­ FOR SALE tions will be taken. It's first Mahogany dining room suite, come, first served. including table, chairs (6), server, china closet, buffet. Excellent con­ power with a tight defense as the season rolled along, these seventeen Hamil­ dition. Price very reasonable. If Skip, The Gladiola Man ton gals nailed down second place in the City-County Girls' Softball League. Managed by Harry interested contact Wally Bork ''Whitey'' Whitmyer, the Hamilton squad is composed of: (Back Row) L to R: Mae Evans (outfield), (Adv.), Ext. 324. LeRoy "Skip" Hain (Works Sue Wiley (infield), Jane Groff (infield), Mary "Liz" Davis (infield), Joan Greenleaf (outfield), Ada Rice Lab.) in his first year as a gladi­ (catch er), Jeanne Mowrer (infield), Mary Siegrist (outfield), D oris King (infield-outfield), and Whitey W hitmyer, manager. (Front Row) L to R: Pat Snyder (infield-pitcher), Lor etta "Shorty" Aument (in­ STORK NEWS ola exhibitor did all right in the field), Margaret "Maggie" Sposato (pitcher), Millie Ulmer ' (infield-pitcher), D oris McClung (outfiel(l), Vince Pierce (Fuze Mfg.) prize department. He entered Ruth D eWald (outfield), Faye Dissinger (catch er-outfield), and Betty Forry (infield-pitcher). was king for a day on July seven gladiolus in the Keystone The Hamilton Girls' softball offs that followed the regular loop tails on these games for you in 25 when Mrs. Pierce pre­ State Gladiola Association show at the September issue. team, showing improvement in the season, Hamilton defeated the sented him with a baby son, Lebanon on August 2 and won third place General Hospital club At the close of the regular Curtis Reed at the Osteo­ five prizes, one first, two seconds last half of the City-County Gals' two straight games to land in the league season East Petersburg pathic Hospital. The infant League season, finished in second finals with East Petersburg. As was on top with an 11-1 record. weighed 8 pounds lh ounce. and two thirds. Speaking of near perfection for a first year man in place during the regular cam­ TIMELY TOPICS goes to press Hamilton was second with an 8-4 The Pierces' other youngster no scores are available on the mark. General Hospital with 5-7 is 3-year old David. Vincent. a new hobby field, Skip really hit paign just ended. the jackpot. In the first round of the play- finals. We'll have complete de- (Contimted on Page 6) 4 Timely Topics BECAUSE OF TAFT-A CRYING TOWEL Former Trumpet Player AI Dillich Retires From CHOP TALK Assembly F After 42 1/ 2 Years With Hamilton

Red -Shanabrook (Mech. Plan). his wife, Edith, of Plate, and Myr­ tle Henog and Ruth Diffenderfer both of Assembly "F", were inter­ viewed by a reporter on the Qucen City Mail, the top newspaper of Spearfish, S. D., when they wer e out that way in late July ... They all put in a nifty plug for Hamil­ ton ... Clair Shenk (BaL & Hspg.) is the latest member of the crew cut gang . . . Glad to see Ret Mar­ tin (Assembly "F") back at wOl'k after a r ecent appendectomy ... Joyce Grosh (Personnel) and hcr husband, Bill, who were recently married, visited former middle­ weight boxing king Billy Soose's Mountain Retreat in the Poconos during their honeymoon ... Cy Young, the Modesto, California, giant (he's 6 feet 5 inches), who broke the Olympic javelin record with a toss of 242 feet 30/. inches July 11th was a sad day for Ralph Mentzer (Asst. Dir. of Re­ (old mark was 238 feet 7 inches) search). You'll recall this date as the day General Ike Eisenhower in winning for the United States, swept the first ballot and the Republican presidential nomination owns a Kirk Imodel Hamilton . .. It from Senator Bob Taft. Ralph was riding high on the Taft band­ was sold to him last year by WaI­ AI Dillich wagon at the time and tbe Eisenhower steamroller was the crusher ter P. Shoemake, Hamilton dealer tha,t flattened him. In order to t.ake e.are of his tears, the boys in in Modesto. Ralph's department presented him with an appropriate crying towel. After 42 'h years of faithful ser­ of Hamilton, he decided that to The TIMELY TOPICS camera caught Ralph in a low-down mootI Our spies tell us that despite vice, Al Dillich retired from As­ give the Company a touch of with the crying towel as his only companion piece. Ralph's only com­ the fact the HMA Picnic on Aug. sembly F on July 31. Christmas spirit he'd have a tree ment following the Eisenhower victory was: "I still think Taft was 2 was minus mustard and pickles Back in 1905, Al started as an on the lawn decorated with lights. the best candidate and I feel certain the better man did not win. As on the menu, it was a top shin­ errand boy in the Plate Depart­ President Miller figured that there for Eisenhower, I'll take Taft." dig . .. Bill Aukamp (Dist. Sales ment. H e left the Company in should be some Christmas music Mgr.), who gave us Georgia Tech 1907, but returned in 1912 to the played to complete the spirit of as his No. 1 choice in the south Finishing Department where he the Yule season. So Al Dillich for $25.00, Nickname "Spook," Many Friendships, last season, predicts the Rambling worked on training and later de­ one solid week prior to the big Wrecks will again head the '52 veloped into finishing work. From day was pa rked under the lighted Are Things Important To Retiring John W. Rader Dixie grid parade . .. As for sales­ 1942 to 1945, during World \Var II. tree at 7 a. m. playing Christmas man Dan Adams, he tells us not he was transferred to Fuze Manu­ music for the enjoyment of the After 46 years of service in the doesn't go overboard about them. to bet a nickel on Ohio State . . . facturing where he operated as a employees on their way to work. Dial Dept., John W . Rader retired He gets a bigger bang out of . George Dommel (Spec. Assem.) line inspector. At war's end he Later Al became a member of on June 30th. watching two good teams play in- likes Curt Simmons' pitchirlg bet­ moved back into the Finishing De­ the Hamilton Brass Quartet under H e began his career in Dial in teresting baseball, regardless of tel' than Bobby Shantz's because partment where he worked until the supervision of the late Frank 1906 doing the enamel work on who wins. he feels Curt is bigger, stronger, the first of this year when he be­ "Pop" Leary who was the arrang­ all types of dials. In 1931 when John likes to travel. Married 45 and his future is much brighter came a m ember of Assembly F . er. In the quartet were: Miles work in Dial became slack, he years, he and his wife spend a lot ... In no way does George detract Al was quite a musician in his Lacey, Carl French, Dude Wil­ transferred to maintenance where of time during the summer at from Bobby's brilliant record this day. He played the cornet and liams and AI. When French died, he worked as a night watchman Betterton Beach in Maryland. season ... He's for him 100%, but trumpet with several of the finest Bill Hartman (Traffic) became a until 1934 when he moved back He has two daughters, Dorothy it's just that he feels Curt will be­ musical organizations in Lancas­ member of the quartet. into Dial. He did firing work on and Mary. Both are married. come a better hurler ... Bob ~ru­ ter. including the 4th R egiment Al intends to take life easy for enamel dials. Over the past few Dorothy is the wife of Norm Len- baker (Traffic) bet Lefty Fritsch Band, Burger's Military Band, and a while. H e may consider a part­ months, he concentrated on the hart (Inspection) (Traffic) a milk-shake that Mil- the Lancaster City Band. He also time job later on. inspection, cleaning and soldering . lersville, the team he plays for in played tl'umpet for Russ Shreve's Being a well-liked member of of 16/ 0 size dials. John and his wife reside at 408 the City-County League, would Night Owls, a local dance orches­ Assembly F, the employees pre­ South West End Ave. beat Mountville on Saturday, Aug. "He was an ideal workman," tra. sented him with a box of his fav­ said Dial Foreman Russ Kuhns. On the day he retired, the Dial 2 ... It rained on that date and the Back in the early 1920's when orite El Producto cigars and a new "He was dependable, steady, and employees presented him with a game was cancelled ... Lefty con­ Charles F . Miller was president $50.00 bill on July 31. his work was always grade A." gift of $25.00. tends ·that since Millersville didn't "I enjoyed working at Hamil- win as Bob predicted, he (Bob) It'll Be Hunting And Fishing For Earl McMillen He was a great "kidder". He ton," said John. "Certainly lowes him a milk-shake . .. Bob in­ could take as well as give a joke. wouldn't have stayed 46 years if I tends to take the case to higher From Now On After II Years As A Dial Employee He was well liked by all the em­ didn't. I worked with a great courts. ployees with whom he associated. bunch of people and I liked my - 0 - John's nickname is "Spook". work. I'll never forget the many In his younger days, John was Herm Greer (Automatic), a new­ friends I made here. I only hope comer to Hamilton quoit circles, quite a football player. He points they dort't forget me." with pride to the fact that he did all right as Jim (Champ) played center for the Active clulJ, DiNisio's doubles partner in the city amateur champions one year. Don't forget the HRA Har­ August tourney ... What he lacked H e has maintained an interest vest Hop. The first dance in experience he made up for in in football, and along with base­ of the 1952-53 HRA social spirit and determination . ... Jim ball, he enjoys watching both on season at The Brunswick on was first to recognize the young­ television. H e has been an A's Oct. 3. ster's efforts and did a good en­ fan for many years, but admits he couragement job on him ... Max­ ine Wittlinger (Sec. to R. A. Pres­ ton) visited Cuba on her vacation ... It was Boston and a visit to her sister, who is a nun, for The­ da Hallacher (Adv.) during h er two weeks ... Ira Mann (Plate) is another guy with a very becoming crew cut ... Red Bauer (Machine Shop) and George Dommel (Spec. Assem.) umpired in the Pennsyl­ vania State Girls' Softball T~urney in Gettysburg on Aug. 8-9-10. - o- Len Kissinger (Service) han­ G. Earl McMillen dled a n umpiring job in the N ew Era Midget-Midget fin a I s at G. Earl McMillen retired from that is he intends to devote a lot Stumpf Field on Aug. 7th .. . R e- the Dial D epartment on July 31 of time to his pet hobbies of hunt­ ceived a card from Dick Vaugha n. ~[~: ~ 11 years of Hamilton ser- ing and fishing. Always an active guy, "Mac" ... H e likes his job with U. S. Now that he's on the sidelines used to be quite an athlete in his Steel .. . Marie Caldwell (P erson- he intends to k eep highly active, h ey-day. H e played football, base­ nel) showed us some color slides dividing his working time on odd ball and basketball in the early of a r ecent trip she took to New jobs at the residences of his two 1900's with the Columbia A. C. H e John Rader (seated) was visited by Dial Foreman Russ Kuhns sons and two d8iughters- Earl, was a quarterback and end in the day of his retirement. Russ handed John an envelope containing Hampshire ... They'r e r eally beau- Ken, Mary and Anna. football, a shortstop in baseball, a present of $25.00, a gift fro)n the Dial employees. tiful. I There's one thing for sure, and (Continned on Page 6 ) Timely Topics 5 Art Winters, Ex-Fire Captain, Retires From Night Curtis Glasser Receives $21.50 From Flat Steel Maint,enance Crew After Five Years Of Service JOTS &DOTS Mates As Retirement Gift For 34 Years Of Service Joe Hess (Jewel Set.) does a lot of aquapla~eing in the Bush River off the beach at Forest Green in Maryland ... Reno Long (Spec. Mfg.) was a spectator at the Republican Convention in Chicago ... Ike Trout (Service) is o.k. again following a four day shelving (July 16-19) at St. Joe's for minor repairs . . . Tom McFad­ den (Maintenance) was at ring­ side for the Gil Turner vs Kid Ga­ vilan welterweight title go on July 7 at PhiIly's Municipal Stadium .. And speaking of that fight, Doc Hergenrother (Screw Mfg.) was just one of many Hamiltonians who picked Gavilan .. Ralph Lear, formerly of Display, is now work­ ing out of Advertising Produc­ tion ... Mike Troop (Display) built himself a surfboard without a pattern, but now wishes he had a pattern to learn how to ride it ... George Dommel (Spec. Assembly) attemled the AU Star baseball Art Winters (right), ex-city fireman who retired June 30 after game at Shibe Park on July 8. Curtis Glasser shown at work on his latba in the Flat Steel Dept. five years on the night maintenance crew, shakes "so long" with Ed - 0 - on June 30, the last day of his 34 year Hamilton career. If the November election shows Schwar (Job Supv.) in Paul McLaughlin's office. an increased number of voters go­ Twenty-seven dollars and fifty top notch catcher with the N ew Holland baseball club. One of the "Maybe it's because the guys I cause you're workin' all the time ing to the polls, credit television cents, a lot of pleasant memories pitchers on the team was Charley worked with were such a swell and just when you think you have for it, since it created more in­ and valuable friendships were the bunch of fellows that the five 'em under control they break out terest by giving the average voter rewards for 34 years service for Miller, who later made the grade years I put in here seemed such in some other part of the build- a much better insight on just Curtis Glasser, who retired from in big time baseball. Miller, whose son, Bing, formerly worked in a short time," said Art Winters ing." what went on behind the scenes Flat Steel on June 30. on June 30 when he retired from Art's a good pinochle player at the July conventions ... Dolly "During my time here," Curt Assembly "D," was considered by the night crew of the Mainten­ since that's the No.1 game of all Getcy (Sec. to Jim Heider) and said, "I met a lot of fine people Curt to be the greatest player eve r developed in Lancaster ance Dept. firemen when business is quiet. Betty Storm (Sec. to A. E. Fil­ and made quite a few friends. Art, who did general mainten­ He's also quite interested in linger) knitting argyles in the The work I did I enjoyed because County. ance work under night crew su­ woodworking and stamp collect- cafe on July 9 made for quite an I found it interesting." Curt gets quite a bang out of pervisor Harry Gerlach, was pre­ ing. His collection consists of interesting domestic scene . .. Bob He worked on a lathe doing watching baseball via television. sented with 31 brand new $1.00 over 14,000 stamps (10,000 used Welsh (Dealer ,service Supv,) is raying and snailing in Flat Steel. He has no favorite team. He just bills 'the day he "graduated." stamps, 4,000 mint stamps). now an official director of the He began in Flat Steel in 1918, likes to see a good ball game no He came to work here July 24, He's been happily married 44 crew cut tribe . .. He got clipped and but for a short time in 1942 matter who happens to be play­ 1947, after retiring from the Lan­ years. He has three married in July .. . . Jack Huber (Guard) when he worked in Balance Staff, ing. caster Fire Department with 25 daughters. He resides with his feels that ,sugar Ray Robinson he spent his career in 'the Flat years of service behind him. He wife at 454 Manor Street. will be too much man for Kid Ga­ Steel section. His favorite participating sports rose from hoseman to captain of Art gets a big kick out of vilan if the two ever collide .. Paul Curt is married and has two at the moment are fishing and hunting. Engine Houses Nos. 1 & 3. watching baseball, football and ~orger, formerly of Purchasing, sons. The one is a member of the Art can spin many interesting boxing on television. "My wife IS no longer with the Company ... Lancaster Police Force. Now that he has retired Curt yarns as a fire fighter, but he's a and I never miss any of 'em," George Atkinson (Budget) is now In his younger days Curt was a intends to take it easy for ~while. modest guy and doesn't talk too said Art. "She likes professional in the Navy .. . Wally Bork, for­ much about his exploits. "I guess wrestling too, and a lot of times merly of Production Processing is the busiest year I put in as a fire­ she goes to Maple Grove with my working in the Hamilton Adv~r­ IT'S LIKE THIS man was in 1946," Art said. "We son-in-law to see the matches. tising section .. . Joe Cyms (Ser­ She likes to go fishing with me vice) is happy again after the had six big fires that year and Vacation '52 we spent along the of people, representing all nation­ they were all three alarmers. too. She's a great sport and a dentist and x-rays showed his wonderful wife and mother." young son's teeth and gums were South Jersey coast at Wildwood. alities and religions .. . It's late Those kind of fires are tough be- One goes to Wildwood not for hours and high temperatures, not injured when the youngster r------fell with a whistle in his mouth peace and quiet, but for things sleepless nights and pleasant recently. to do .. . And that's exactly what nights . . Clothes hanging on wash Shhh! They're Listening On The Party Line you get-plenty of action for your lines in the late afternoon and the - 0 - green .. . Top notch entertainment early morning . .. It's vacationers From Dan A. Kimball, Secre­ "(2). WHERE not to talk. In There's a story told about John is the feature of the menu .. Stars coming into town and folks leav­ tary of Navy, comes this impor­ public places - bars, restaurants, "Spook" Rader; who retired June like Lionel Hampton, Russ Mor­ ing .. . It's Ott Stocker's Flamingo tant message. busses and street cars, waiting 30th from Dial . .. 1t was supposed gan, Sarah Vaughn, Bob Eberly, cruise and Scotty Warren's boat rooms - or any place where you to have happened during the de­ Al Martino, The Heathertones, ride around the inlets then out "Free speech is an American pression . . In order to make a few heritage. We Americans like to might be overheard. The Billy Williams Quar tet, The into the bay and ocean .. It's Cape "(3). WHEN not to talk: When extra bucks, Spook decided to go Charioteers, Vaughn Monroe, Bil­ May with Rafferty's Marina as a exercise ou.r freedoms. ?n a door to door campaign sell­ "I am not one of those who be­ you are away from the job- when ly Eckstine, Louie Prima, Steve must stop along the way . . . It's you are with strangers- when you mg can openers .. . He'd take one Gibson and h is Red Caps, Stan Turc Duncan's pro wrestling lieve that Americans talk too side of the street while his run­ much, but I do believe that we are in a crowd. Kenton, Art Lund, Freddie Mas­ shows at Convention Hall every ''(4). WHAT not to talk about: ning mate, the deceased Reah ters Quintet, The Three Clefs, Saturday night. .. Folks with sun have in our defense production Metzger, former Dial foreman effort some individuals who either Don't 'talk about production fig­ April Stevens, Theresa Brewer, tan and old folks just sitting ures, the number of employees can vas sed the other side .. . Whe~ etc., appearing at clubs like The around watChing 'the younger through overeagerness or ignor­ the block was covered "Spook" ance, talk too much about classi­ where you work, new equipment, Beachcomber, Marty Bohn's Nut generation pass in review .. . It's plans for expansion or the per­ always wound up sold out of op­ fied subjects. Club, Lou Booths, The Bolero, Ed­ Eddie "Star of Nothing" Dillon's formance of new equipment and eners, while Reah hadn't unloaded die Suez's Club Avalon, Martin­ WCMC radio shows from the "The Free World is faced by a a single one . . . One day Reah dangerous enemy who is deter­ weapons. ique Club, Phil & Eddie's Surf Rainbow Grill and the many "(5). WHY not talk about your asked him how he did it . .. Spook Club, Emerald Sho-Bar, Hot-Brau, hours he spends spinning records mined to destroy our way of life replied there wasn't any trick to through one means or another, work? Trained enemy agents pick The Riptide, The 0 a k Club, for happy people every evening up odds and ends of loose conver­ it . . . All he did to lure a sale was Chuck's Roundup, Hunt's Star­ from 9 to midnight .. . Sun tanned and deprive free men of their to tell his prospective customers privileges. Because of this, we sation and gossip. By piecing light Ballroom, etc., entertain for lifeguards with college educations them together, they obtain infor­ that he was a student working your dough. sitting high on chairs at ought to be on guard against his way through college ... Of th~ mation of value to them. - 0 - beach guarding the safety of talking too much about subjects course, if they'd have asked him "(6), HOW to protect your job, thousands of swimmers who for­ r elating to our national defense. what school he was working his But Wildwood is a lot more "Remember foreign agents are your machine, you r country. get themselves and work out too PROTECT INFORM ATION way through he would have told than this . .. It's the blue Atlantic far in the ocean. listening. Agents listen for scraps them the College of Hard Knocks. of information which, when pieced ABOUT YOUR JOB. Use common with waves that splash hot and sense in discussing your plant ... Times were rough in those - 0 - together, create a pattern of in­ days, but Spook was a smart cold salt water over you ... It's formation on new developments, and its operation. It's the raising of the flag the "REMEMBER, THE Y ARE cookie and knew how to hustle multi-colored be a c h umbrellas first thing in the morning at tbe production rates and specifica­ for a fast buck. that shade thousands of vacation­ tions on new weapons, which we LISTENING ON THE PARTY beach with a recording of the LINE." ers from the broiling sun along Star Spangled Banner holding the are building to defend ourselves the fine sand beach ... The board­ against this power which seeks to A N NUAL MOOSEREE attention of the folks as they walk with its hundreds of places stand quiet and watch the pro­ destroy us. Board of Directors, Offi­ Organization Changes to try your luck at all sorts and ceedings . .. It's folks from Ocean "The men and women in Amer­ cers and Committeemen of types of games of chance .. . It's ican industry are our finest home (Continued from Page 2) City, Avalon, Cape May, Stone the Hamilton Watch Em­ jacked-up prices on sun glasses, Harbor, etc., coming into Wild­ front strength. Your know-how and parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, sun tan lotions, hats, toys, etc., at a nd skill create production and ployees Federal Credit Un­ wood for a day of fun at the Tennessee and Kentucky. some places and lower prices for keep the wheels turning. You ion will hold their annual amusements . .. Folks standing in Out on the West Coast it's Gus the same articles at others ... It's line at 6 p.m. to eat at the top have an additional responsibility, "Mooseree" at Camp Fair­ barkers and sqawkers, and guys which is to keep secure informa­ Colvin as District Sales Mgr. in dining spots around town ... Wild- Play in Perry County on who guess your weight and age. wood is a world all its own . .. For t ion concerning the work you are charge of territories 35 to 40. Sept. 26-27-28. The group at­ . .. Air conditioning in some res­ ldds it means a chance to see and doing. This group includes California, taurants and heat in others .. . tending the "Mooseree" wiII get a lot of th'ings they never " (1). WHO not to talk 'to: To Washington, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, It's hogie shops and places that knew existed before . . . For the strangers or to anyone not direct­ Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, and number twenty. serve large and different sand­ adults it's a chance to be young ly concerned with your job. a small portion of Arizona. wiches .. . It's all sizes and shapes again. 6 Timely Topics Physical Changes Made In G·aneral Office Sections Hickey-Hanna 1952 H.I.A. Certified Master Watchmakers To Handle Anticipated Increased Volume Of Work Doubles Quoit Champs Due To The New Direct SeUing Program . Charley Hickey (Assembly Cas­ Ing) and John S. (Pop) Hanna A number of physical changes Main Office Building, moved to (Traffic) are the 1952 HRA Men's were made recently in the gen- the west wing across from the Doubles Quoit champions eral office sections of Hamilton Personnel Research Section in The Hickey-Hanna co~bo de­ because of the anticipated in- Building No.6. The Dealer Ser- feated Jim DiNisio (Plate) and creased volume of work due to vice Department, including t!J.e Herm Greer (Automatic) in a five the new direct selling program correspondence office of the Dls- game final match by scores of now in effect. play section, expanded into the 13-21 21-7 21-9 7-21 21-9 ' Increased floor space was need- area. for~erly <;,ccupied by the It 'was the fi~st ti~e that any ed with most of the changes Credit Unu;ln . office. of the four finalists had ever taking place in the Main Office -r:he Stabs~ICs De par t men t, reached the doubles champion- Building. which occupied t~e area o.n the ship circle. DiNisio is the 1952 Th Ph'slng Department, second floor rear In the Main Of- singles titleholder while Hickey e 1 lurc tad th fi t fl fice Building, moved to the rear won the singles c'rown in 1950 f ormer y oca e on e rs oor f th f th fl . th arne . of the Main Office Building, was o. .e our . oor In . e s As for young Herm Greer, cer- moved to the west wing behind bUilding and I~ now adJacent to tainly he was the surprise pack­ the Personnel Research section in Acco~nts R:ecelvable and the new age of the tourney since this is B 'ld' N 6 Credit section. his first year of competition The UI Ing 0. .. The Order and General Filing kid has taken to the sport like a The Contr~ct SectIOn, headed sections moved into the second duck to water. "I never knew by ~. A. Christoffel (Asst. to the floor area formerly occupied by what this game of quoits was all PreSident), moved fr~m t ~ e Statistics. Across from this newly about until I started pitching fou.rt~ floor of the Main OffICe located section is the office of M. here at Hamilton t his past BUilding to th~ first floor sp.ace N. Rivenburg (Sales Research spring," Herm said. While he and formerly occupied by ~urchaslng. Mgr.). Rivenburg's office was his partner Jim COUldn't pull a The fourth. floor offICes of the formerly located on the first floor winning hand in the finals all Cont~act SectIOn now house R. J. of the Main Office Building. who saw him pitch are willi~g to Blaklnger (General Co,;!nsel) and Increased floor space on the admit Herm did a grand job for Henry S. Tholen (Cr~dlt Mgr.). second floor was also made for a first year man. In fact if This group of ten Hamiltonians are all certified master watch­ ,!,he Payroll SectIOn. on ~he the Administrative Sales section. scorekeeper Amy Kline (MainU makers according to the standards of the Horological Institute of third floor has been given In- Office identification signs were had his way, Herm would receive America. All of them have H.I.A. certificates indicative of comple­ creased floor space. placed over the doorways of all some kind of recognition as Ham- tion of the exacting requirements of the H.I.A. tests for certified mas­ The Hamilton Employees' Fed- the offices in the west wing of ilton's quoit pitching "Rookie of ter watchmakers. The last of the group to receive his certificate and eral Credit Union, formerly 10- Building NO.6 making their loca- the Year." congratulations from A. B. Sinkler (V. P. in Charge of Mfg.) was Roy cated on the first floor behind the tion easy for employees and vis- As for Pop Hanna he returned E. Conner (Watch Research Lab.). According to the records, Roy Advertising Department in the itors to find. to the sport this spring after a is the only graduate mechanical engineer in the employ of a major 12-year layoff. watch manufacturer in this country certified by the H.I.A. as a mas­ The Hickey-Hanna team bowled ter watchmaker. He graduated with an engineering degree from G. Earl McMillen Hamilton Exhibit Penn State in 1947. He started his Hamilton career in 1949 as a stu­ (Continued from Page 4) over four opponents to reach the Center Of Interest At title, while the DiNisio-Greer duo dent engineer and was assigned to Process Engineering Section. In and he likes to state that he play_ outpitched three opponents. 1950 he was transferred to Product Performance and last year moved ed in the first basketball game ANRJA New York Show Hickey-Hanna beat Earl End­ into the Watch Research Laboratory. The remainder of the group ever held in Columbia. One of the major centers of in­ ress & Don Biechler 13-21, 21-14, pictured above are, (Front Row, L. to R.): R. W. "Dick" Slaugh (Hd. When he retired from athletics terest at the annual convention 21-9; Chet Fawber & Ray Eris­ Watchmaker), Clarence Ernst (Assembly Casing Insp.), Ken Schoen­ he spent all his sports time watch­ and show of the American Na­ man 21-20, 21-13; Lloyd Mowrer rock (Watch Res. Lab.) and Fred Kohler (Watch Res. Lab.). Second ing his two sons, Ken and Earl tional Retail Jewelers Associa­ & Fred Gearhart 17-21, 21-10, Row. Jim Basso (Assem. Casing Form.), Charley Frey (Watch Res. (known as "Bo"), perform in bas­ tion at the Waldorf Astoria Ho­ 21-13; and DiNisio & Greer 13-21, Lab.), E. Van Haaften (Asst. Dir. of Res.) and Walt Hoffman (Watch ketball, baseball, football and tel in New York from August 10 21-7, 21-9, 7-21, 21-9. Res. Lab.). track at Lancaster High and later to 14 was the Hamilton Watch DiNisio & Greer defeated War­ Gettysburg College. Ken is now Company exhibit. ren Overly & Bob Ursprung 21-17, foreman of the Damaskeening De­ Jewelers from all over the 13-21, 21-3; Ken McMillen & Art partment while Bo teaches school country were in attendance at Urban 21-19, 21-15; Frank Hoff­ - AROUN·D THE FACTORY - 'I at Lewistown High. the show and a number of Ham­ man & Harry "Mose" Mentzer "Mac" started his Hamilton ilton salesmen were on hand to 21-15, 13-21, 21-6. Joyce Grosh, who worked in partmental Supt.) has tickets for career in 1941 on specking in the write orders and talk shop on Personnel for the past four years, the Notre Dame - Penn game at Dial Department. Aside from a The remainder of the tourney our new plans with interested scores are as follows: (1st Round), now resides with her husband in Franklin Field on Sept. 27. year in the Inspection Depart­ customers. Philly . .. She left the Co. Aug. 15. -0- ment, he remained in Dial, run­ Lloyd Mowrer & Fred Gearhart On August 11th, Lowell Halli­ & ... Walt ' Geisler (Adv.) smokes Dave Kitch, former guard, has ning the gamut of j~bs in that beat Al Hanselman Dick Mel­ gan, Vice President in Charge of linger 21-14, 14-21, 21-18; Marlin "Dill's Best" because his friend, been transferred to Fuze Mfg. ... section. When he closed out his Sales, spoke to the convention Lee Tracy, the "Martin Kane, Also new in Fuze Mfg. is Paul Co. service on July 31, he was pol­ Boyer & Earl Brinkman beat group on the subject, "Unethical Bud Hoin & Bob Kauffman 21-8, Private Eye" of radio and tele­ Halbig, son of Guard Joe Halbig. ishing melamine dials. Merchandising Practices." vision fame, is sponsored by the . .. Paul comes here after a 3 '1.. "Mac", who admits he likes 21-14; Ray Erisman & Chet Faw­ During the five days of the bel' won from Hen Schneider & company who makes the tobacco. year hitch with the Coast Guard. trout and bass fishing be"tter than show, members of the Hamilton .. . T he Tracy-Geisler friendship . . Harry Herr (Maintenance) fig­ any other type of angling, was a Lefty Fritsch 21-19, 21-20; Ken Sales Department were present to McMillen & Art Urban beat Ad­ started in World War II when the ures it wouldn't be a bad idea if popular and well liked member of help at the exhibit, make friends two were classmates at the the Company hired a couple of Dial. am Brinkman & C. D. Hunt 21-15, with new customers, and answer 21-17; Frank Hoffman & Harry Army's Provost Marshal-General lady guards ... No reason given On the day he left, Russ Kuhns, any questions that might be ask­ School at Fort Custer, Michigan. for the statement ... Bill Dinges foreman, said: "I hate to see him Mentzer won from Slim Schoen­ ed. berger & Joe Butson 21-14, 21-19; ... Don Kuhns (Machine Shop) (Prod. Proc.), Villanova grad, is retire. He was a reliable, steady thinks he'll vote for Major Hoople glad to see that his ole college worker, who always did grade As a gift from the Dial employ- Russ Kuhns & Charley Price beat or Eleanor Roosevelt ... Raymie chum, Jordon Olivar, got the head "A" work. ees, he was presented with $23.00. Johnny Springer & Johnny Wal­ ler 8-21, 21-20, 21-1; (Quarter Fi­ Fritsch (Maintenance) says the grid coaching job at Yale .. . The­ nal Round): Mowrer & Gearhart reason they didn't call Ibis broth­ resa (Plate) Reilly's grandson, Three Gals On A Float beat E . Brinkman & Boyer 13-21, er, Lefty (Traffic) up front dur­ Dick Erisman, top notch Manor 21-11, 21-17; while Hoffman & ing World War II was because Hi baseball and basketball play­ Mentzer defeated Price & Kuhns they didn't have a square helmet er, is headed for M.S.T.C. in the 21-7 21-13 to fit him .. . Ernie Mester (De- fall. There ~ere 16 teams in the competition under the chairman­ ship of Frank Hoffman (Bal. & FIt. Steel) and Joe Butson (Da­ mask.). Girls Softball (Continued from Page 8) was third, while Armstrong's with 0-12 finished fourth and last. The over-all record of the Ham­ ilton club thus far is 12 wins and four reversals. In looking over the season, Manager Whitey Whitmyer was pleased with the results. "The encouraging part about the team was its improvement", said Whitey. "We started out with a group of gals who wanted to play ball and finished with that same group who knew how to play ball. All the girls practiced hard dur- Tlbis was the float Hamilton used in the recent Flag Day Parade ing the season and many of them in Lancaster. It depicts three different periods of Hamilton progress extra hours when we didn't have from 1892 to 1952 for a total of 60 years. In appropriate garb to practices or games scheduled. I Francie Meyer's camera poked its lens into the banquet festivi­ represent the styles of the three eras were: (1892) Mary Ellen Sump- feel that we were the third best ties of the Hamilton Chorus at the Old Mill Inn recently. Out of the man (Order), (1922) Mae Evans (Personnel), and (1952) Jackie Delp team in the city and county this of new officers for 1952-53, (Order). Donovan Smith designt'd and built t he float. year." ~:~q:~:n~a~~ :h!o::m~~~e~e~~~ I~.lection Timely Topics 7 Timely Topics Picks Jim DiMisio Wins 1952 HRA Men's Singles Quoit 8" q"" 1952 Grid Winners Title To Capture Second Leg On Beckwith ·Trophy Steady Jim DiNisio (Plate) suc­ Millen (21-11, 21-15) . NQ~4""" And All American cessfully defended his HRA Men's Joe Butson defeated Her m ON THE CORNER With the 1952 collegiate foot­ Singles Quoit title by taking Greer (21-12, 21-10 l. ball season just around the cor­ three straight games from Earl Frank Hoffman defeated Ray Johnny Montague (Cafe) reports without fear of contra­ ner, TIMELY TOPICS, realizing Endress (Maintenance) in a best Erisman (21-19, 21-19l. diction that Champ Joe Walcott is 43 ... A living example of you don't have to be nuts to pick out of five games final on June Warren Overly defeated Char­ Red Skelton's character, "Cauliflower McPugg," is Bob Mur­ 'em at this time but it helps, se­ 25th to annex the 1952 crown and ley Hickey (21-13, 21-9) . phy, who saw a flock of 'em f1yin' over in his June 11th fight lects its winners for the coming capture the second leg on the Quarter Final Round against Jake LaMotta ... Henry Lawrence, young son of Treas­ campaign with apologies to no Frank C. Beckwith trophy. He Al Hanselman defeated Lloyd urer Harry Lawrence, is a member of the Landisville midget­ one. Then just to make matters needs one more leg on the trophy Mowrer (21-13, 20-21, 21-16). midget baseball team ... Fred Gearhart (Damask.) managed more confusing we give you our for permanent posession. Earl Endress defeated Johnny the East End Panthers in the New Era Midget-Midget tour­ 1952 All American first team se­ In winning the championship Waller (21-9, 21-8). ney ... Bob Brubaker (Traffic Packaging), former McCaskey lection. for the second straight year, Jim Jim DiNisio defeated Joe But­ High baseballer, is now pla.ying second and short for Joe For­ In the East, George Munger's was off his game, but still had son (21-7, 21-10). rey's Millersville club in tt-Jll City-County loop ... One Count was University of Pennsylvania club enough to win from Earl, who Warren Overly defeated Frank Flossie Haug's choice days in advance of the horse's actual will cop the Ivy League. Among couldn't take advantage of Jim's Hoffman (21-13, 21-10). victory in the Belmont Stakes on June 7 ... She also picked the top Eastern independents we loose play. Semi Final Round Blue Man second and that's where it actually finished .... Joe like Holy Cross, Fordham, Villa­ Earl, a highly nervous type Earl Endress defeated Al Han­ Halbig (Guard), a dyed-in-the-wool Roses fan, thinks the trou­ nova and Bucknell. performer, just didn't have the selman (21-12, 15-21, 21-15l. In the rugged Southeastern ble with local baseball followers is they expect the Lancaster quoits to hold the lead the numer­ Jim DiNisio defeated Warren club to win 'em all ... Peggy Dressendorfer (Display Shop) hit Conference the choice is Bobby ous times Jim relinquished the Overly (21-20, 21-11) . Dodd's Ramblin' Wrecks from the daily double on June 21 at Delaware Park . .. She did it by peg to him. Maybe it was the heat Final Round picking the wrong numbers ... Her original selections ran out Georgia Tech. . . - the temperature was in the Jim DiNisio defeated Earl En­ of the green ... Not only was the Olympic Fund TV ma.rathon The Duke Blue DeVils we thmk high 90's _ but the finals didn't dress (21-12, 21-20, 21-15 ). (June 21-22) put on by Bob Hope & Bing Crosby a financial have enough on the ball to out- k . Thirty-one matches were played I t W t V· .. f th S OU th- pac the same mterest that sev­ success, but the show itself with all the top talent was terrific. as ~s f Irgmla or e Ith h I eral of the preliminary matches during the tourney that started ... One of the big reasons why Jim DiNisio (Plate) is the re­ ern n erence crown a oug ' produced on June 16th under the co-chair­ peat 1952 HRA singles quoit champ is his slow, deliberate brand the schedule favors the Moun- . manship of Joe Butson and Frank of pitching . .. The time Jim takes for each pitch unnerves the taineers. Jim won by scores of 21-12, Hoffman. opposition. Down Texas way where foot- 21-20, .21-15. J:Iis ability to be ball is supposed to be rough and tough m th~ n~ht spots was the --0 -- tough, it'll be a nip and tuck bat- answer to hiS ~Ictory . He had all PRO FOOTBALL R . B. Thompson (V. P. in Charge of Finance) was a mem­ tie with Texas Christian Texas the confidence m the world as ev­ TICKETS ber of the Lafayette track & field team during his undergrad­ Rice and Arkansas wham~in' th~ idenced in the second game when If during the 1952 pro footbaIl season you are interested in pur­ uate days at the Leopard institution .. . Dave Brandt's TV-Knot steer meat out of each other. he c~e from behind to turn de­ chasing tickets to see the Phila­ Hole Gang Sat. A. M. video show, is a good local human inter­ We'll go for the upset here and feat mto a .neat 21-20 win. . delphia Eagles play in Shihe Park, est program as it gives the local baseball fans a chance to see pick the Horned Frogs of TCU . In reachmg. the fin~ls, Jimmy call or contact Ken Weeks (Em· ployees' Services), he'll arrange and meet the Roses players with their hair down ... Bob Raver to win the Southwestern Confer- disposed of Dick Mellinger, Ken to get them for you. (Comptroller & Secretary), former manipUlator of the mast, ence. McMillen, Joe Butson and Warren sold his sailer recently ... He still has a small boat, however ... Illinois, Purdue and Wisconsin Overly along the way. Earl got We still think the selection of players for the All Star Major are the top three in the Big Ten. into the finals with victories over Men's Softball Loop League baseball game by the fans amounted to nothing more The way Ray Eliot's Illini bump- Bob Ursprung, Charley Price, than a big popularity poll rather than rating players on their ed Stanford in the Rose Bowl Johnny Waller and Al Hansel­ Forced To Disband actual merits . .. All you had to do was take a look at the votes last New Year's Day made the man. For lack of player interest and cast for players from both Chicago teams and you get a pretty game of football look easy. That's , ------, other complications, the HRA good idea of what we have in mind . .. Bob Melsom (Material) why we think Illinois has enough HAMILTON SUNGLES Men's Softball League was forced Sales) says if Bobby Shantz, the A's great little lefthander, first stringers back to eke out to disband for the season. beats Boston in Fenway Park, he'll consider Bobby quite a the 1952 Big Ten title from Pur­ QUOIT CHAMPIONS pitcher ... Personally, we think Bobby is quite a pitcher even 1938-Wally Bork When the loop "broke up," Dick due with Wisconsin third. Tshudy's Assembly Casing club if he doesn't beat the Sox in Fenway Park ... One of the most Among the Midwest Independ­ 1939-Wally Bork interesting baseball players in the big time these days is Joe 1940-Wally Bork was on top in the four team cir­ ents, Biggie Munn's Michigan cuit with eight wins and no de­ Rivera, Chicago White Sox outfielder, who is waging a personal State Spartans have the class 1941-Wally Bork battle in more ways than one ... Not only is he trying to stay again. Notre Dame, with Ralph 1942-Wally Bork feats. on Paul Richards' crew, but he is also trying to live down a five­ Guglielmi tossin' the ball, will 1943-Dick Weaver Combining good pitching with year stretch he served as a con at the Atlanta pen ... He's doing improve on its 7-2-1 record of '51. 1944-Wally Bork steady hitting, the Tshudy-men a grand job in both efforts ... Barney Ewell, a member of the In the Big Seven Conference, 1945-Wally Bork moved through the abbreviated 1948 American Olympic team, thought that a few of our better the toppers are Oklahoma and 1946-Lloyd Mowrer campaign without much trouble. '52 trackmen passed their peaks before the American Olympic Kansas. We like Bud Wilkinson's 1947-Lloyd Mowrer In the ruuner-up spot was the team trials simply because they conditioned themselves too Sooners in a repeat performance. 1948-Jim Mable Research team with four victor­ fine too early ... Johnny Stank, formerly of Material Sales, now Tulsa has too much power in 1949-Adam Brinkman ies and four reversals. Larry Rau­ stationed with the Navy at Bainbridge, says it gets pretty wild the Missouri Valley Conference to 1950-Charley Hickey denbush managed this outfit. down there between the New York gobs and the Boston sailors lose that crown, while the same 1951-Jim DiNisio Jack Humphreville's Engineers over the relative merits of the Yanks and the Red Sox ... Fists thing must be said for Colorado 1952-Jim DiNisio and Skip Weaver's Assembly "D" fly quite frequently, John concludes. College in the Rocky Mountain club were deadlocked for third --0 -- Conference. The complete results of the 1952 with two wins and six defeats. Out on the Pacific Coast where tourney are as follows: Red Bauer, who did a good job So far as we're concerned the promoters of the Sugar Ray despite the loop's "fold up," was Robinson vs Joey Ma.xim, and the Kid Gavilan vs Gil Turner publicists and columnists would F irst Round have you believe the greatest Lloyd Mowrer defeated Harry the commissioner. fights gained nothing by not televising these two scraps .... The Assembly Casing squad There's one thing certain, in both cases they made many ene­ football is played, Lynn "Pappy" Mentzer (21-12, 21-12). Waldorf's California Gold e n Adam Brinkman defeated Char­ was composed of: Pitchers, Mike mies throughout the country ... Many Hamiltonians who vaca­ Valudes, Charley Koller and Earl tioned along the Jersey coast this summer dropped in at nearby Bears ought to win the Confer­ ley Williams (21-7, 21-6) . ence marbles from Southern Cal­ Bud Hoin defeated Fred Gear­ Shrum; infielders, Larry Whirt, tracks to place a few bobs and watch their favorite nags mean­ Johnny Jarrett, Virgil Meck, Ed­ der around the ovals ... Bob Welsh (Dealer Service & Display ifornia. hart (21-6, 7-21, 21-17>. The Wyoming U Cowboys look Al Hanselman defeated Pete die Gardner, Bob Brubaker and Supv.) a(lmits his young son, Robbie, is a Cleveland Indians fan. Frank Diego; outfielders, Dick ... Robbie's granddad, who lives in Youngstown Ohio is con­ like the goods to win the Skyline Baergen (21-8, 21-9l. Conference. Earl Endress defeated Bob Ur­ Williams, Dick Keene, Dyke Bent­ verting the youngster into the Tribe ... Dan Parker, N~w York ley, Gil Warner and Bob Mowery; Daily Mirror sports columnist, is well versed on the sports hap­ TIMELY TOPICS 1952 All sprung (21-7, 11-21, 21-12l. American Football Team is like Charley Price defeated Art Ur­ catchers, Bill Keiper and Howie penings in Lancaster, as he occasionally runs notes in his Mon­ McClain. day "Broadway Bugle" pillars on items that take place here. this. ban (21-16, 15-21, 21-12). ... Guard Roy Shelley's favorite columnist is Red O'Reilly, the Ends: Johnny Waller defeated Johnny local fire dome, who made the scribbling grade in the big Harry Babcock, Georgia Springer (21-10, 21-14). O L D FACES. N E W P LACES Ed Barker, Washington State time .... Bob Braner (Sales) would like to know the where­ Marlin Boyer defeated Earl A lot of Hamiltonian foot­ abouts of Dick Wakefield, the former big league ball player. Tackles: Brinkman (12-21, 21-13, 21-11>. Ray Huizinga, Northwestern ball fans were wondering ... Willie (Traffic) Reapsome's son, Bob, an F & M grad and Ken McMillen defeated Johnny just what happened to the former sportswriter for the Intel!, is stationed with the Army Dick Modzelewski, Maryland Hanna (21-8, 21-10>- Guards: Army football players who at Ft. Meade, M~ .. .. Our friend, Dave Zinkoff, the guy who Jim DiNisio defeated Dick Mel­ Bill Athey, Baylor had eligibility left after handled the pubhc address system at Shibe Park is now in linger (21-12, 21-14>. they were dismissed from Johnny Michels, Tennessee Herm Greer defeated S 1 i m Europe as business manager for Abe Sapperstein's touring Center: West Point following the Harlem Globetrotters baseketball team ... Zinkie is well known Schoenberger (21-15, 21-20) . much publicized "Cribbing Tom Catlin, Oklahoma Joe Butson defeated C. D. Hunt to local boxing fans as he used to do the announcing at Maple Backs: Case" not too long ago ... Grove when Austin Hobday was promoting ... Earl Endress (21-6, 21-1>. Well here's the scoop on a Ralph Guglielmi, Notre Dame (Maintenance) had all the opportunity in the world to beat Frank Hoffman defeated Hen few of them . . Gil Reich will Jimmy DiNisio (Plate) in the HRA Quoit Singles but as he Leon Hardeman, Georgia Tech Schneider (21-16, 21-13), Johnny Olszewski, California be in the Kansas U back­ was honest to admit, "I had too many butterflies stom­ Ray Erisman defeated Don i~ th~ Bobby Reynolds, Nebraska field this fall ... Bill Rowe­ ach to pull the job." ... Jimmy regained his title, but he defin­ Biechler (21-3, 21-3). kamp will play fullback for itely was off his game against Earl. Charley Hickey won by default Missouri. .. Ed Stahura, a C OMING-UP from Dick Weaver. --0 -- guard, and Jack McSulskis, Results of the HRA ten­ Warren Overly defeated Chet an end, will go for Kansas Look for the HRA to sponsor at least one professional foot­ nis tourney along with plans Fawber (21-17, 21-11). State ... Elmer stout is the ball trip to Shibe Park to see the Eagles play this fall. . There for an HRA golf tourney Second R ound offensive fullback for Okla­ is also a possibility similar arrangements will be made for a will appear in the Sept. is­ Lloyd Mowrer defeated Adam homa A & M .. . Gene Filip­ hockey game or two at Hershey this winter if the demand is sue. As we go to press, the Brinkman (21-7, 2-21, 21-18). ski will work at halfback great enough ... Quite a few Hamiltonian football fans were of tennis tourney i s nearly Al Hanselman defeated Bud for Villanova ... Bob Orders the opinion that Les Richter of California deserved the out­ completed, but rather than Hoin (21-3, 21-13). and Jim Peyton, a pair of standing player award on the College All Star squad who publish half the results we'd Earl Endress defeated Charley linesmen, will play for West dropped a 10-7 verdict to the Los Angeles Rams in Chicago's rather hold up and give you Price (21-10, 21-18>. Virginia U, while Lew Zieg­ Soldiers' Field on Aug. 15 ... As it turned out Vito "Babe" Pa­ the finished product in the Johnny Waller defeated Marlin ler will operate at tackle rilli of Kentucky WaS the one selected by the experts. next issue. Boyer (21-10, 21-13). for Oklahoma A & M. Jim DiNisio defeated Ken Mc- 8 Timely Topics 1952 HRA SINGLES AND DOUBLES QUOIT CHAMPIONSHIPS

For the second consecutive year Jim DiNisio (Plate) captured the HRA Men's There was a sizeable gallery orr hand to watch the singles finals. Earl Endress (Maintenance) had many Singles Quoit title. Pitching a slow, deliber­ Quoits is one noontime sport at Hamilton that has taken a lasting opportunities to take the singles crown ate and concentrated brand of quoits, Jim hold on the interest of the audience. More than this, quoits furnish away from DiNisio, but he couldn't capital­ was able to sweep three straight games in an hour each noontime for relaxation, friendship and fun for a group ize on the breaks. the finals from Earl Endress (Maintenance). of 50 to 100 employees who joke and laugh as they pitch or watch.

Holding the Frank C. Beckwith Singles Trophy and flashing a Chlorodent smile, Champ Jim DiNisio (left) receives congratulations The 1952 HRA Doubles quoit champions are John Hanna (Traffic) and Charley Hickey (Assembly Casing). Strictly a dark-horse combo from runner-up Earl Endress after his "three straight"-21-12, 21-20, 21-15 victory. One more win in '53 and the Beckwith trophy becomes at the start of the tourney, the Hanna-Hickey duo moved through the competition into the finals where they beat Herm Greer (Automatic) Jim's permanent possession. and Jim DiNisio (Plate). Pictured above, in the middle, are Hanna (left) and Hickey, flanked by DiNisio (left) and Greer.

Pitching quoits for the first time this The doubles finals produced some interesting pitching with the After 12 years away from the quoit season, young Herman Greer was definitely match going the full five games before John Hanna and Charley Hickey game, John Hanna returned to the sport the surprise package of the doubles tourney. took the '52 laurels from Herm Greer and Jim DiNisio by scores of this spring and in short order caught on Teamed with Jim DiNisio, Herm displayed 13-21, 21-7, 21-9, 7-21, 21-9. where he left off in 1940. Teaming with a smart, steady game, despite the fact they Charley Hickey, they won the doubles. were beaten in the finals.