KfJIJ~KERY A NEWSPAPER FOR THl MEN AND WOMEN OF EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Vol. 12, Jfo. 1 Cop1J18ht 19M by Eastman Kodak Company, Rocbeater, N. Y. J-. 7, 1954 WeltOD 0. M.,.n bought a $50 bond the otlwr day. Ii looked just Uke thole be bad purchased iD the last 12 yeua, but this bond held apeoial sigDltieaDee. It roUDded out sale of $50,000,000 UHue price) ill U.S. S.:ri" E s..,·mga Bonds by tlw Eastman Savings 8r: Loan Asso­ ciation. That's why there wu a special presentation of the bond by C. P. Cochrane. Kodak director of industrial relations and vice-presi­ I dent of EStrL. He's at left iD picture on right. Mrs. Myers was on bend. too, when Weltoa. a design euginee.r of the ECikM Div•• aeeepted his latest boad. Myen is representative of. thousands of Kodak people purchasing U.S. Savings Bonds regularly UDder the payroll deduction plan at EK:. He's been buying them liDee November 1841-jud before tlw Pearl ~ .attack. Since then the Myenea' son aud two daughten have grown up uacl .... to col1ep the bonds belDg the mainstay of tWr edueatioD fuDcL January-C. L. A. Wynd named assistant gen­ .. Morley Reid, veteran of Kodak service in the eral manager of Kodak Park. Arthur B. Simmons Orient, dies .. .. Ray Wilson of CW completes half becomes assistant manager of Hawk-Eye in charge 1953 In lleriew century with Kodak.... Perley S. Wilcox, retired of engineering. Dr. L. K. Eilers, Dr. A. J. Gould, chairman of the board, dies.... C. E. Moses named E. R. ·clearman and E. P. Kron also get new re­ Let's lake a look-see a:t '53 before we begin :to n<anager of Flushing Lab. P. E. Smith becomes sponsibilities at KP and K. C. Ogden Jr., E. G. score bright, new '54. I:t's informative and inter­ assistant manager of Chicago Lab. Quin, C. W. Clutz, A. R. Fultz and H. V. Hintz esting. :too, going back :through :the pages of KO­ appointed to new positions at H-E . Toolmaker DAKERY. For printed :there pre:t:ty much is :the June -Lowell Miller of KO and Grant Haist of Ken Downs of CW receives $5,000 suggestion award Kodak story of the year. Let's see what happened! KP receive first Kodak Camera Club fellowships. -largest initial amount paid in history of EK I:t was quite a good year for Kodak and ils peo­ ... 23 Kodakers receive degrees from U. of R. ... Suggestion System. Ken Brenner of KP wins ple. We reached new heights in :the suggestion Construction begins on new Kodak processing lab George Eastman Memorial Medal in Kodak Inter­ field. In April :the 400,000:th suggestion was sub­ at Palo Alto, Calif... Edmund H. Miller Jr. of national Salon judged in Paris. Dr. W. A. milled by a Hawk-Eye man and Irving Fellows of KP killed in Korea. Carl Fischer at CW 50 Sawyer retires as consultant to EK Medical Dept. NOD set a new record with a total of $11.386 years. ... Savings in ES&L reach almost $24 million.. .. earned on a single idea. Men and women in all George L. McCarthy becomes chairman of board brl!-nches of the Company contributed ideas that July -65th birthday of Kodak cameras featured of Recordak Corp.... Dr. C. E. K. Mees is awarded earned $238.986 in :the first 10 periods of 1953-­ in EK advertising. Charles L . Resler named 1952 Progress Medal of Royal Photographic Society. another new record. Rochester Branch manager.... 50-Year Advertis­ ... Station WHAM presents Leadership Award to Through the year the 65th anniversary of the ing Award presented to Kodak by the Saturday W. B. Potter, Kodak director of advertising.... Kodak cameras was celebrated and was featured Evening Post. Kaypees win Major Industrial KP's Zoe Bickel rolls 280 game-best in EK wo­ in the Company's advertising program. A high League softball pennant. men's leagues. point of this observance was the introduction of three new cameras-the Kodak Chevron, the Kodak August-The half-year score showed EK people Bantam RF and the Kodak Holiday. They were just had earned $136,000 on suggestions. Kodak February-All-time record set in EK Suggestion three of the new products and processes announced shares cost of hospital, surgical plans. Lester System with $269,282 paid for ideas in 1952. Williams of J Bldg. cashes a $3,000 idea .... Kodak A. H. Robinson is new president of ES&L. in 1953. had a good first half year in 1953, report shows. Douglas H. Foxall named assistant to treasurer of The Company's continuing program of construc­ ... James C. White, Tennessee Eastman president, Kodak.... J. G. Killip becomes managing officer tion and plant improvement was maintained in named Kodak director.... Dr. G. C. Higgins of of ES&L.... 115 KP truck drivers honored for Rochester and other sections of the country. High EK Research Lab is awarded Davanne Medal for safety records.... H-E's Jerry Santangelo wins on the list of new projects were :the new branch '53 by French Photographic Society.. .. New Kodak All-Kodak Men's Singles Handicap. and lab at Chamblee. near Atlanta, Ga.. and two Master Camera, 8x10, makes bow. So does Kodak other labs at Palo Alto, Calif.. and Fair Lawn. N.J. Continuous Paper Processor, Model 3 ... CW net­ In March the Kodak family shared a Wage Divi­ men depose KP team as champs of Industrial Ten­ March-EKers share $22lh million Wage Divi­ dend of more :than $22Vz million and in November nis League. 555 kids get trophies in KP AA dend. Company's annual report given. the Board of Directors voted a WD of $24,900,000 Boys' Softball Program. CW bobsledders, Art Tyler and Ed Seymour, win to be paid in March 1954. two more championships on Mt. Van Hoevenberg. 24 Kodak units earn awards in 28th annual Excellence in the field of photography earned September-Kodak's Major Medical Expense Statewide Accident Prevention Campaign... CW many honors for Kodak men and women from Plan announced.... Agnes Hart of NOD receives takes table tennis championship.. .. New Kodak several parts of the world. The Company's safety 50-year gold medal. New model of Brownie B-C Flasholder announced . ... New Kodak branch program also received recognition-24 EK units Movie Camera makes bow.... Paul Ratigan of to be established near Atlanta, Ga . ... First ship- won awards in the annual statewide Accident Pre­ CW receives $2,329 on suggestion .. James A. ments made on Verifax Printer.... ES&L opens vention Campaign. Noble, assistant manager of CW, retires. modernized offices at State St. and at KP.... Long service records of hundreds of Kodakers Kodak films win Oscar. were recognized as they joined the ranks of 25- October-Kodak announces three new cameras­ year people. Some reached the 40-year mark and the Chevron, the Bantam RF and the Holiday.. several completed a half century with Kodak. L. Hayward (Bart) Bartlett retires as EK director April-Marion E. Russell named manager of new There were many new faces in the Kodak family of advertising .... Company pays tribute to 418 in Color Print and Processing organization at KP. "Class of '28" at annual 25-year dinner . .. CW's R. S. Scott, H. A. Hartt, C. R. Nelson, W. F. Ash­ ••• there were new appointments and retirements. Now let's look at some highlights." month by Ray Wilson retires after half century with Com­ man and R. L. Clark get new responsibilities. month. pany .. .. Kodak makes musical history with in­ Bill Teeter of H-E submits 400,000th suggestion auguration of series of Rochester Pops concerts at since start of Kodak plan in 1898 .. .. Viola <Ty) plants. 58 receive certificates of accomplish­ Tyler of NOD captures Kodak Women's Singles chairman, celebrates 50th year with Company. ment after serving four years of apprenticeship in handicap bowling crown. 43 EKers complete Consolidated sales up in first quarter. EC&M Div. at KP.... Kodak sends out mobile management studies in RIT's evening school. demonstration unit of "Optics for Industry." ... Irving Fellows of NOD earns total of $11,386 on Death claims Walter G. Bent, retired board chair­ suggestion, setting new Company record .. Koda­ May-Kodak announces three new models of man of Kodak Ltd.... Photolithographers told of scope Analyst Projector announced.... Kodascope Kodascope Pageant Sound Projector. Dr. T. two new EK products-Kodalith Autoscreen Ortho Royal Projector represents new approach to pro­ Howard James of Research Laboratories awarded (a new film) and Kodak Photo Resist (a coating). jector design .... E. E. Blake, Kodak Ltd. board Davanne Medal by French Photographic Society. (Continued on Page 4) 2 KODAKERY January 7, 1954 Thinking of Others Shut-Ins' Creed With Kodak Retirees Making thousands of people happy-that perhaps is the best way to describe what Mae John­ son is doing. She's the wife of A. Dexter Johnson, assistant director of EK advertising. Letters of appreciation to her and her committee reach her Alpine Dr. bedside by the armful. Mike Heberger, former member of the CW Cine Assembly The World Inside Shut-In Club r---------------:-------- -------­ Dept. who retired seven years ago, says he has been living out­ was her inspiration to bring hap­ in the world outside. suited in the shut-ins having their doors most of the time during the summer months. A cottage at piness, entertainment and hope to A little more than a year ago, own half-hour program Saturdays Gray Shores, Conesus Lake, is r-- ---...,,.,--,.,===:-c:-::=== local shut-ins who, like herself, she and Charles Brink of WHAM at 10 a.m.