August-Sept., 1956 Vol.12, No.8

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Of primary interest in this issueprobably will be the pictorial reportof our first twenty-five years of op-eration. Actually, our 25th anni-versary date was this past August 8.

We are especially proud of thefact that two employees, HelenBreining and Merrill Rayment, havebeen with us for the entire twenty-five years.

To say that we have made greatprogress during this 25-year periodis probably a gross understatement.Just recently I was reviewing a re-port made to the stockholders ap-proximately nine months after thecompany was started in 1931. Thereare some interesting comparisonsthat can be made from that report.For instance, it appears that theaverage earnings for all employeescame to something under forty centsper hour. In contrast, the averagehourly earnings at Argus now areapproaching $2.40 per hour. Thisdoes not include the cost of fringebenefits. We sometimes forget thatin 1931 there were no such thingsas fringe benefits, whereas todaywe have come to take for grantedvacations, holidays, Profit Sharing,the various insurance programs, andthe many other fringe benefits thatwe receive which make a consider-able addition to our annual earn-ings.

An interesting excerpt from the1931 report is as follows:

"One of the most disappointingthings to the management was thatthe designs of radio sets whichwere originally put into productionin September did not continue to sellthroughout the season and our saleson the previous models dropped offvery badly in January, at which timenew ideas had to be injected intothe product in order to continue pro-duction. During the month of Janu-ary the factory produced very lit-tle, only building 1,476 sets, yetour payroll was $6,000, all spent inpreparing designs and equipment totake care of an entirely new line ofradio sets."

It is interesting to note that evenin those early days there were prob-

lems with employment at the begin-ing of each calendar year after theChristmas sales period had ended.During the past few years we havemade a real effort to reduce the ef-fects of lower sales in the begin-ning calendar months by building upour inventory of finished productsduring this period. Actually, wehave achieved a considerable degreeof success in this effort, as the num-ber of employees now fluctuates lessthan 10% over the year. In spite ofthe risk of carrying big inventoriesof finished products, we have never-theless manufactured for inventoryto stabilize employment, using ourbest forecast of future sales. Inthe early days, no product was pro-duced until an order had been re-ceived. If we did that today ouremployment would drop more than50% during the slack months of latewinter.

These comparisons may have givenyou a quick idea of some of thechanges that have taken place atArgus. Probably of keener inter-est is the current status of our Com-pany. The publication of our annualreport later this month and the sched-uling of our annual dinner on Mon-day, October 8 will give us an op-portunity to review in more detailjust where we stand today.

In anticipation of these events,however, it is significant to notethat our sales of commercial prod-ucts have increased over a milliondollars this fiscal year to a totalin excess of $19,500,000. This isa continuation of a trend which hasshown increased commercial saleseach year since the late 40fs. TheCompanyrs Profit Sharing contribu-tion for the members this year willbe at a ratio of $400 for each $200contribution. The details of eachaccount are being prepared now bythe Trustee of the Fund, the AnnArbor Trust Company.

Jasper V/omack, Maintenance, tooktop honors among July and Augustsuggestion awards by earning a checkfor $303.94. His suggestion con-cerns a method of saving trichlor-ethylene when the degreaser in De-partment 10 is cleaned. (See pho-to above.)

A check for $183. 30 went to EmilJohnson, Maintenance, for his sug-gestion that the Cornell Dublier ca-pacitors be repaired instead of re-placed.

Ernest Billau, Polishing, receiveda $165. 30 suggestion award for sug-gesting that the speed of one of thepolishing machines be reduced.

An award of $108.96 was receivedby Jim Romine, Projector Assem-bly, for his suggestion that thetwisting of the tabs on the carrierplate be discontinued.

Orrin Dicker, Blocking, won $58.43for his suggestion concerning amethod change in blocking certainlenses.

Shirley Dersham, Tabulating, re-ceived a check for $51.75. Hersuggestion was the elimination ofchecking invoices manually in theAccounts Receivable Department.

Matta Maynard, Camera Assem-bly, won $37.47 for suggesting thatthe length of the C-3 back hingescrews be increased.

Edith Odegard, Salvage, suggest-ed that ring gages be used to checkchipped lenses in the Salvage De-partment and received a check for$21.80.

Other suggestion awards were asfollows:

Jim Sieloff, Production Control—$18.13; Anna Torsch, Camera As-sembly—$17. 55; Ginny B r u m l e y ,Sales—$15. 50; John Lawrence, Main-tenance—$13. 50; Ken Hubbell, Ma-chine Shop—$13; George Jordan, Op-tical Assembly—$11.30; John Kam-pas, Production Control—$10 plus a$25 bonus bond; and Russell Conley,Machine Shop-$10.

In July and August, $1,039.93 waspaid to Argus employees for theirsuggestions.

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These two employees represent50 years of service and are theonly two employees who have beenin the continuous service of the Com-pany since the first day of business,which was August 8, 1931.

Merrill Rayment

Helen started in the radio assem-bly department and moved to herpresent job in Salvage some 15 yearsago. She tells of these early dayswhen the assembly departmentsworked only after orders were re-ceived.

Merrill, who has been known bythe nickname of "Shrimp," longerthan he can remember, spent hisfirst 19 years of service in the ship-ping department and for the last 6years has been with Receiving. Herecalls that Shipping was locatedwhere the Sales Department is pres-ently situated and tells of how sheep-skin-lined coats were necessary fromfall to spring because of the inade-quate central heating system.

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The early his-tory of Argus wasdominated by itsfounder, CharlesA. Verschoor, abrilliant inventorwho was able toobta in financialsupport during thedifficult economicperiod of the ear-ly 1930fs.

International Radio Corporationwas the first in a series of namesthe company has operated under.The principal product was the "Ka-detteM radio, which scooped the com-petition because it used tubes insteadof a bulky transformer and operatedon both AC and DC current.

Even with this design advantageover the competition, a constantstruggle for survival had to be waged.By continuing to introduce new andstartling radio products the compe-titive position of the company wasadvanced rapidly and during 1936had a total sales volume of one mil-lion dollars.

The year 1936 witnessed anotheroccurrence that was destined to over-shadow the radio business beyondthe wildest dreams of those who wereresponsible for its inception.

While visiting Germany, CharlesVerschoor had become interested incameras. This interest led to hisconsideration of the possibility ofmanufacturing an inexpensive, Amer-ican-made 35 mm candid camera.

Preparations for the camera'sproduction were begun late in 1935and, with an approximate investmentof $3,000, including advertising, thefirst Model A camera left the as-sembly line in May of 1936.

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The Argus Model A

With a price tag of $10, it cre-ated a sensation in the photographicmarket because it was the first en-tirely American-made camera of the35 mm or candid type. The 35 mmcamera market was previously domi-nated by foreign manufacturers whoseunits cost many times more than$10.

A-2 cameras being packed forshipping.

Almost immediately, the Model Afound a place in the buying habitsof the public. The trade name forthis camera was Argus, and a fit-ting name it was, since Argus wasthe Greek god of a hundred eyes.

A Metropolitan Group Insur-ance Plan was first offered toArgus employees and their fami-lies in 1937.

Benefits to policy holders havebeen constantly increased andimproved over the years and in1955 alone reached $146,000.

The success of this camera prod-uct came none too soon, for in thefollowing year of 1937 the entireradio industry experienced a size-able set-back. Many firms closed.International Research Corporation(a new name taken on soon after thecameras went into production) foundthat the slack in the radio businesscould be taken up by introducingmany new photographic products suchas enlargers, printers, projectorsand other accessories. An electricrazor with a trade name of the GlideShaver was also manufactured andsold at the very appealing price of$7.50.

By this time it was clear to themanagement that the company's for-tune lay in the photographic fieldand, in keeping with this belief, theentire radio business was sold.

Mi GalledArgus President Robert E.

Lewis wrote the following arti-cle for American Druggist Mag-azine in 1954.

Companies blessed with an es-pecially appropriate brand nameoften drive their own corporatenames into obscurity. That'swhat happened to us —in fact, wewere practically "forced" tochange onr name to Argus.

No one knows exactly howArgus was resurrected from an-cient Greek mythology to identi-fy a modern camera, but it wasa happy thought born in 1936,when we were introducing thefirst low-priced 35 mm camerato the United States.

Partly because of the immedi-ate success of that camera, andpartly because of the aptness ofthe name, Argus became a house-hold word in photography. Itmeans sharp-eyed, watchful,and it's short and easy to pro-nounce.

So people forgot us as Inter-national Industries, Inc. and re-membered us as Argus. Theyeven wrote to us as "the Arguspeople" or "the Argus company."After a few years of this, ourduty was clear—we changed ourcorporate name to Argus Cam-eras, Inc.

By chance, we also made athree-thousand-year-old legendcome true. The original Arguswas a vigilant guardian of god-esses—he never closed all of his100 eyes at once. And so eventoday Argus has millions of"eyes"—the precision lenses ofArgus cameras all over theworld. Surely some of themare always open.

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During the period between 1936and 1941, many different cameraswere designed and sold. One ofthese was known as the C-3. Thismodel is still in production and hasbecome the largest selling 35 mmcamera in the world. Even today,it is still regarded as possibly thebest camera buy.

Independence Lake Area from the air.Argus employees formally or-

ganized the Employee Recrea-tion Club in 1938 to provide so-cial and recreational activitiesfor employees and their fami-lies.

From that time to the pres-ent, the club's activities havebeen much the same, includingthe sponsoring of athletic teamsand leagues, dances, parties,and picnics.

The recreation area at Inde-pendence Lake was leased in1952 and since that time hasprovided many Argus familieswith recreational facilities andrelief from the summer's heat.

Expanding business made it neces-sary to make our own lenses andin 1939 the entire manufacturingequipment of the Graf Optical Com-pany was purchased.

Soon a wing was added to the plant (now Plant I) to house the optical di-vision.

World War II found International Research Corporation in a position toengineer and manufacture the various precision optical instruments that wereso critically needed and, by virtue of our extensive background in the manu-facture of radios, we were able to produce various electronic devices thatwere also very critically needed in the war effort.

Ever increasing demand for more military equipment made expansion nec-essary. An entirely new plant, facing the original, was built in 1942.Employment stood at 1,000 persons.

Looking east over early construction stages of Plant II. Plant I in back-ground .

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1942

In the war years that followed themen and women of Argus distin-guished themselves by earning fiveArmy-Navy "E" awards.

Employees attended "E" Awardceremonies held in front of Plant IIin 1943.

Argus was well represented onthe city Serviceman Honor Roll.

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At a dinner given by the Com-pany for all its employees onDecember 23, 1941, the ProfitSharing Savings Retirement Planwas introduced. Its purposewas to provide the employees ameans of becoming partners withthe stockholders in sharing thefirm's profits.

This in turn would stimulatean even keener interest in theCompany's success and, at thesame time, promote a spirit ofeconomy and thrift against re-tirement years.

Since that first year, themembership has grown from 218to 800 and the fund has grownfrom $13,000 to over $2,000,000.Individual accounts of chartermembers areas high as $14,000.

Presentation of annual Com-pany contribution to the ArgusProfit Sharing Retirement Fund.

The war's end brought a slight lullin activities at Argus while civilianproducts were being put back intoproduction and several new productswere being busily developed by theEngineering Department. The vastamount of equipment the companynow possessed made it possible tomanufacture a greater portion of theproduct components than ever beforewas possible.

The goods-starved public consumedcameras and related items at a fev-erish rate. This large consumerdemand was certainly not confinedto cameras and the company madean effort to diversify by purchasingmanufacturing facilities for the pro-duction of electrical appliances.

Almost immediately the marketshortage period ended and, withouta well-known trade name in that in-dustry, sales fell and the investmentlost money until it was disposed ofin 1949. The camera business hadheld steady, however, and in 1950the total sales volume was in ex-cess of five million dollars.

The Suggestion Plan was putinto operation during 1940. Itspurpose was and still is to en-courage employees to developideas that save time and ma-terial, improve the products,or make the Company a betterworking place.

This plan is recognized as oneof the best in the country andmany thousands of dollars havebeen paid to employees for theiracceptable ideas since the plan'sinception.

In the past three years alone,over $22,000 has been paid outin suggestion awards.

The first issue of anofficial employee pub-lication, "Argus Eyesfor Victory," appearedon October 5, 1942.

Originally under thes p o n s o r s h i p of theRecreation Club, "TheEyes, " as described onthe masthead of the firstissue, was a "friendlypublication intended tointerest, help and stim-ulate all employees ofthe International Indus-tries, Inc."

Now a Company-sponsored publication,"Argus Eyes" maintainsthe same purpose aswas established in thefirst issue nearly 14years ago.

Employee educational scholar-ships were instituted by theCompany in cooperation with theUniversity of Michigan and East-ern Michigan College in 1953.

Four scholarships of $250 areawarded yearly to Argus employ-ees or children of employees.Selection is based on generalscholarships qualifications and isadministered by the University ofMichigan committee on scholar-ships. Each award is renewablefor three additional years.

At the outbreak of the Korean con-flict the Company was again calledupon to take an active part in themanufacture of optical fire controland electronic equipment for theArmed Forces. Unlike the WorldWar II period, however, civilianproducts were not only continued inproduction but experienced sizeablesales increases. Two additions weremade to the optical plant, which hadalready been revised once since itwas built in 1942.

Commercialand Government Sales

1951 -1956MILLIONS

COMMERCIALSALES

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Argus Cameras, Inc. today is acompany that has reached maturityin the photographic industry. Salesof commercial products have pro-gressed to an all-time high of overnineteen and a half million dollars.Investments in machinery and build-ings are at a record of three and ahalf million dollars.

In its short history the Argusname has come to mean Quality atValue.

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SnapjhotJ front the Photo cAlbum

Circled left to right, Ann Thayer,Walt Clauson, Red Graves, and Con-ley Graves.

Here's a shot of "some of thegirls." Circled are (right) EstherSchenk and (left) Helen Breining.

Dick Guarino in the first OpticalModel Shop.

One of our first lens polishingmachines, located where the Tabu-lating Department is now.

Screw Machine Department, circled, left to right:Art Danner, Cliff Olson.

Al Steinke, John Rose us,

Right to left, Emil Johnson, LesSchwanbeck, Russ Warren, andLeonaBreisch. Year, 1944.

Top Jess Cope, bot-tom Eric Solderholm en-

joying beer picnic.

Phillip Morris' famous "Johnny"visits the plant during the 30fs andreceives an early model C-3.

Flying Club had its ownplane.

1946. Carolyn D a n c e r ,then in Inspection, now inSales (center). At left andright are former employeesSylvia Klambach and Stepha-nie Burns.

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This picture, taken in the late thirties, shows one of the radio assemblylines in Plant I.

argus PROUDLY PRESENTS

THE MODEL M

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GIFT BOX

THESE UNIQUEFEATURES

Game/uU.Now, for the first time, it is possible to purchase an Argus camera with Argus engineering pre-cision and Argus features at less than $10.00. The smartly styled, beautifully streamlined, chromeribbon trimmed Model M is so tiny it fits easily into the purse or pocket. Its high-precision Argusconstruction assures perfect performance in the hands of novice or professional. Color photog-raphy is economical with the Model M since it takes either single or double frame pictures,permitting twice as many shots on a roll of film. Special accessories for close-up portrait andpictorial effects adds to its versatility. Uses standard "Kodak Bantam" and "Bantam Koda-chrome" film or for best results—special "Arguspan" or Arguspan Dufaycolor-M film—balanced to the Model iW. camera to insure superior pictures.

• High precision triplet Anastigmat f :6.3lens, fully color corrected.

• Takes pictures in either black andwhite or full natural color.

• Lens openings marked for various

• Two-speed shutter for instantaneous orbulb exposures.

• Built-in optical view finder, tripodsocket and collapsible lens mount.

• Takes single or double frame pictures.

Niel Podewils (circled background)at work in the Engineering Depart-ment Electronic Laboratory.

Women employees were certainlyin the majority in the Machine Shopduring World War II.

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The introduction of a new product gets much more attention today thandid this Model M back in 1938.

Bill Patton at work in the Engi-neering Department. Bill is now incharge of our German Department.

Bill Frazer making one ofthe many lens tools we arelikely still using.

Jim Meldrum checks samplelens for index of refraction-middle 1940Ts.

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One of the many ads that has helped to make Argusknown all over the world.

August-September, 1956 ARGUS EYES Page 9

Government Equipment Is Put Into Mothballs

A large percentage of the Government owned machinery and equipmenthas been removed from our plants and sent to a central storage and preser-vation depot at Battle Creek. The lens processing machines shown in theabove pictures are about to be loaded on trucks for the trip to the Govern-ment warehouse. They were used principally in the manufacturing of lensesand prisms for the "T" series scopes and fire control instruments we builtduring the Korean War. In the event this country is faced with anotheremergency this equipment can be withdrawn from its state of preservationand returned to service.

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Monday, Ociole* 8, 1956in the

Michigan Idniott Ballroom6:45 p.m.

Service With A SmileA recent addition to the Independ-

ence Lake recreation facilities wasthe installation of toddler swings andteeter-totters.

Bill Dixon (left) and Ed Nimke lay-ing the ground work.

Bill and Ed are joined by TomKentes (left) and Bob Lucas (right).

This project was carried out bymembers of the Product Service De-partment.

The credits go to Tom Kentes,Ed Nimke, Henry Christopherson,Bill Dixon, Bill McGinn, and BobLucas who are all, as you mighthave guessed, members of the Prod-uct Service Department.

The Gala kids. Father Janworks in Department 62.

Your card of invitation will be in the mail soon. Makeyour reservations as soon as possible in the PersonnelServices Office, Second Floor, Plant I.

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- three Celebrate Service cAnniver5aried

Ozzie HoeftMaintenance25 years

Lester MichaelService20 years

Eoberta JonesService20 years

Wilhio KellyReceiving Insp.

20 years

Ken GeigerPlanning25 years

Marie HaasCamera Assembly

15 years

Earnest BillauPolishing15 years

Margaret BultmanCleaning15 years

James SwaneyCentering15 years

Ethel Sine H iPaint Shop15 years

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Linus KnieperGrinding15 years

Louis BetkeTool Room15 years

Marie GouldProjector Assembly

10 years

Harry RechkemmerCleaning10 years

Andy KokinakesPlanning10 years

Alex KrezelService10 years

Harry LinkGrinding10 years

Walter HubbardPaint Shop10 years

Nettie SponauglePaint Shop10 years

Roger RiceEngineering5 years

Fred TowerOptical Assembly

5 years

Florence CarmanReceiving Insp.

5 years

DeWayne WilsonMaintenance

5 years

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Mary Jane Alex-ander, Sales

5 years

Don HinzTool Room5 years

Cleo WoodFinal Inspection

5 years

Lewis JackowskiPolishing5 years

Allen TerryTool Room5 years

Thelma MclaughlinOptical Assembly

5 years

Claude DebowBlocking

5 years

Don ClarkMachine Shop

5 years

Mary YatesCamera Assembly

5 years

Mary MorganAccounting5 years

John SartoriTool Room5 years

Irene DoughtyCleaning5 years

James UllomEngineering

5 years

Tom TrumbullTool Room5 years

Katherine PfabeCleaning5 years

Darwin CoxPlanning5 years

Emil JohnsonMaintenance5 years

Marion CoatsC-k Assembly

5 years

Chester LindenSafety Patrolman

5 years

Marie KittelMachine Shop

5 years

Barbara SibertCamera Assembly

5 years

Carl PfeiffleMaintenance5 years

Irene SwaneyCleaning5 years

Bill CheathamMachine Shop

5 years

Glenville RogersEngineering

5 years

Jesse RossMaintenance

5 years

Helen WalkerCamera Assembly

5 years

Don WatersPlanning5 years

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Mary Ann Rocco,Tabulating - 5 years

Bob Shankland,Grinding - 5 years

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Eleven Argus Employees Retire to

Bob Stollworked in theShipping De-p a r t m e n t atArgus for 14years. Co-workers at theState S t r ee tWarehouse supplied him with ample fishing gear for hisleisure days.

Many Argus-ites will missthe f r iendlyc o u n s e l ofGrace Radford,who worked inthe PersonnelDepartment for

13 years. Travel is the keynote for Mrs. RadfordTs re-tirement and, in the short time since she retired, shehas already made one trip to California and is now onher way to Europe.

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Clara Dick-inson workedin the Pa in tShop from 1943until her re-tirement th i ss u m m e rF r i e n d s and

co-workers honored her with a party and several lovelygifts.

After 11 yearsof s e r v i c e toArgus in the Ma-chine Shop,George Braunhas realized thatideal retirementto F l o r i d a .Friends who have seen George recently say it didn't takehim long to become a real Floridian.

Ray Jliteock

Roy Hiscockcame to workin the Person-nel Departmentat Argus in1937. Thepower lawnmower given tohim by Argus friends should make it pretty easy for Royto "take life easy."

manyy e a r s now,Charles "Jim-my" Barker hasbeen winningpackaging andart awards andtrophies for Ar-

gus and for himself. He has been Art Director at Argussince 1943.

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Life of Leisure this SummerWalter 4*ed CM&UKOH "SbutcU"BmitU JtcuUd Sweet

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Harold Sweet came to work atArgus in the Tool Room in 1942.

Handiwork around his home haskept him pretty busy since his re-tirement.

The Maintenance Department wished good luck to four retirees this sum-mer. They are (left to right) Walter Smith, Fred Horning, Herman Wieder-hoft, and "Dutch" Engelhardt.

Members of the Department celebrated the event with a party held in theCafeteria.

Herman Wiederhoft came to workat Argus in the Maintenance Depart-ment in 1951.

The coat given to him by co-workers will keep him warm for surethis winter.

Recreation Club members, as wellas co-workers in Maintenance, willmiss Walter Smith, who retiredafter 13 years of service.

Walter's famous barbeques arewell remembered by Recreation Clubpicnic-goers.

John "Dutch" Engelhardt startedwork in the Carpenter Shop at Argusin 1943.

He divides his time now betweenpainting, mending roofs, and seeingthat all is well at the AmericanLegion and the V.F.W.

Fred Horning worked in the Main-tenance Department at Argus forover three years before his retire-ment this summer.

Above he receives a lifetime Rec-reation Club card from presidentChuck McClune.

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Wedding, JSelldArgus Eyes has been a little be-

hind the times with a wedding ortwo, but better late than never.

Irma Varner, Sales, married Al-len Thibodeau of Ypsilanti in St.John the Baptist Catholic Church inYpsilanti last April 14. The couplehoneymooned in Kentucky and Indi-ana.

Argus people who were among theattendants included Alice Riley,Sales, who was maid of honor; DonnaBakker, Sales, bridesmaid; MarianneEschelbach and Nona Sutton, Sales;and Bernie Fry, formerly of Sales.

Helen Graf, Sales, married Rob-ert Freeland of Ann Arbor on June16 at the Methodist Church in Saline.The couple honeymooned in Pennsyl-vania and Kentucky and are now liv-ing in Ann Arbor.

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Mrs. Richard Byrd

Shirley Ann Baker, daughter, ofLucille (Projector Assembly) waswed July 21 to Richard Byrd ofWayne. The couple spent two weeksat Detour, Michigan and are now liv-ing in Wayne.

Black and white prints of anyphotos published in Argus Eyesmay be obtained by filling outthe coupon below and taking itto the Personnel Services Of-fice. One photo will be free ofcharge. There will be a chargeof 7 cents for each additionalcopy.

Photo Coupon

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No. of Prints

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Bob Wilson, Argus Cameras ofCanada, has a daughter, ChristineMarie. She was born on April 28.

July 4 was certainly a day for cel-ebration for the Russeau family(Louise works in the Paint Shop).Independence Day was the birth dateof LouiseTs daughter Diane Rene.She weighed 6 lbs., 15 oz.

A daughter, Diane Lynn, was bornJuly 10 to Martin Metzger, AccountsPayable. Diane weighed in at 7 lbs.,6 oz. Her photo at the age of threeweeks, is shown below.

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Ima Jean Roberts, formerly ofCamera Assembly, has a son, ElvinLee Roy, Jr. He was born July 11weighing 6 lbs., 10 oz. His photois shown below.

Bud Trexler, Sales, has a daugh-ter Carol Elizabeth, born July 17.

Bob Lewisf (Military Sales) daugh-ter Barbara Elizabeth was born onJuly 20.

A daughter, Lindsay Ann, was bornJuly 21 to Guy Wescott, Standards.She weighed 8 lbs. 3 oz.

A son, Scott Ralston, was bornAugust 2 to Bruce Corley, Whole-sale Sales. Scott weighed in at7 lbs., 4 oz.

Robert Taylor, Mechanical Finish-ing, has a son, Robert, Jr. Hewas born August 5 and weighed6 lbs., 7 oz.

Ted Little, Sales, was presentedwith a caddy cart and golf bag byfellow workers in the Sales Depart-ment when he left Argus this sum-mer. Ted is now living in Kala-mazoo.

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Jim Yates* (Camera Assembly)daughter Cheryl Renee was born Au-gust 16. She weighed 6 lbs., 4 oz.

A son, David, was born August 17to Paul Mason, Grinding. He weighed6 lbs., 10 oz.

Bob Nickels, Purchasing, has ason, Robert James. He was bornAugust 21 and weighed 7 lbs., 12oz.

A daughter, Sherry Leigh, wasborn September 2 to Leon and Flor-ence Blackmer. She weighed 9 lbs.Leon works in Centering and Flor-ence formerly worked in ProductionControl.

August- September, 1956 ARGUS EYES Page 15

Sport A (ReviewDon Crump

Again this year, the Argus Softball team proved itself,and climaxed a most successful season by capturing notonly the Industrial League title but also annexing the postseason City Recreational Tournament. Manager JoeOTDonnell accepted both of these trophies in behalf of theteam and they are now in the already bulging display shelfin Plant I.

It is doubtful if any team ever dominated play in theleague as did our representative this year. Backed bythe strongest pitching staff ever assembled by an Argusentry, our team broke out in front and held on to firstplace through the entire season. In Gayle Nelson, DannyEskins, and Bob Foor, Manager OTDonnell had a trio ofhurlers who went through the entire season without givinga bad performance. In fact, not once was an Argus hurlerlifted because of ineffectiveness.

St. Nick's, runner-up to the league champs, really feltthe sting of Argus twirling by being held hitless in theirtwo meetings. In the first game, Gayle Nelson tossed aperfect game, retiring the twenty-one men he faced. Inthe second clash between these two rivals, Danny Eskinsgot the call and responded with what must be considereda pitching masterpiece never equalled in the history ofAnn Arbor Softball. Danny had his wide variety of stuffworking to perfection and had the St. Nick's batters fan-ning the breeze all night. Danny not only held the St.Nick's boys hitless, but of the twenty-one batters he faced,twenty went down on strikes. The other out was a popfly to the catcher on an attempted bunt, so the game endedwith catcher Max Robinson getting all twenty-one putpouts.Shutouts became commonplace and Nelson, Eskins, andFoor all turned in whitewash performances.

To back up his strong mound staff, Manager O'Donnellfielded an equally strong infield and outfield. Max Robin-son, who is considered one of Ann Arbor's finest receiv-ers, took care of the slants of all the moundsmen. Atfirst base the veteran Bob Kalmbach showed that he haslost none of his polish and played steady while the fleet-footed Jimmy Yates was taking care of everything hit inthe general direction of the shortstop position. At thekeystone sack, Ray Gregory and George Bock shared dutieswith each turning in good performances. The outfieldchores were well taken care of by the hard-hitting DougNordman in Left, Bill Allen in Center, and husky BruceFraser in Right. In addition to this regular personnel,Manager O'Donnell had strong reserves in the persons ofJack Scott, Jim Swansey, Don Haworth, and Don Zemke.

After dominating play in the Industrial League the Argusentry was shifted to Class B for the State Tournament.In this very fast company the Argus nine performed ad-mirably. After winning two of the starts in this strongcompetition, our team was eliminated from further playwhen they suffered a hard fought 2-1 loss to Adrian. Thecaliber of play in the tournament can be noted when onerealizes that this same Adrian team was a member lastyear of Michigan's Major Softball League. However, bytheir play in the tournament, the camera boys gained evenmore respect in the district.

Manager O'Donnell and the entire team have earned con-gratulations for their efforts this year. In concludingthis year's season, there is only one regret; being repre-sented by the best of all Argus teams, it seems to badthat they could not have been given better support by the

Argus fans. In most of the games, only a handful of sup-porters were on hand to cheer their team to victory.However, I am certain we all wish to offer congratula-tions to our team!

With one more week remaining in the Men's Golf League,the race in the Wednesday 3:30 League is very close. Inthe Wednesday 3:30 League, there are four teams whohave a possibility of winning the league. In first placeare Morrie Howe and George Conn; second place, DonCrump and Harold Peterson; third place, Eric Soderholmand Ray Clark; and fourth place, George Calado and Eu-gene Kline. There are ten points separating the first andfourth place teams with a possibility of winning ten pointsa night.

The Wednesday 5:00 League has concluded their scheduleand Bob (Buck) Nickels and Tom Heermans are the champsin this league.

In the Tuesday 5:00 League, Dick Leggett and Neil Na-varre are the winners. This was decided on the next tothe last night of golf.

At the conclusion of league play, the winners of eachLeague will play to determine the Argus Champions.

The snaps above were taken at the Argus mixed two-ball foursome. "Nature Boy" at top left is none otherthan Sales' own Carlos Chapman.

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