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argus eyesArgus Eyes is published for the em-

ployees of Argus Cameras, Inc. and theirfamilies.

It is intended to be a means of friendlycommunication between them, and to pro-vide a reliable source of information con-cerning the company's business.

Doris Walle of the Personnel Departmentmakes sure that news is gathered and thatpictures are obtained and arranged inreadable fashion for publication the firstweek of each month. Sam Schneider,Eddie Girvan and Bill Sturgis furnishphotos.

Reporters for this month's Argus Eyeswere: Andy Argus, Art Parker, J r . ,Tess Canja, Lucille Miller, BeulahNewman, Jim Brinkerhoff, Les Schwan-beck, Betty Shattuck, Babe Peterson,Eddie Girvan, Bea Frisinger, EmilJohnson, Jim Meldrum, Wilma SimmonsBill Fike.

Tom Kentes, Service Depart-ment, winner of this month'sCOVER CONTEST used an Argo-flex E Camera for his entry.

The fireworks display was tak-en at the Fourth of July Carni-val at Ypsilanti. Tom used timeexposure with lens opening of F8.

Tom received a $10 award forhis entry in the Cover Contest.

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by Robert E. LewisIn the last issue of ARGUS EYES, I mentioned that sales of the "75" had

been somewhat disappointing. With the temporary cessation of production,we have caught up a bit with our inventory and now plan to resume steadyproduction through the balance of the year.

OVERALL COMMERCIAL SALES EXCELLENTAlthough there has been no sudden spurt in "75" sales, sales of our other

products have been extremely good. Last month, in fact, was the fourth larg-est commercial month in our entire history. C3 sales have been especiallyactive, and we have increased production to take care of the demand.

Reduction of the C4 from $99.50 to $89.50 is beginning to bring results,and sales at the dealer level are continually improving. This is an excel-lent example of competition. Companies that can lower costs and price theirproducts to give them VALUE are the ones that will sell their goods. Anoutstanding example of this was the price cut of the C3 in the spring of 1950.Immediately following the price reduction, sales increased fourfold.

Our new projector is another example of good value bringing good results.Because we set a price value at the very beginning, this projector is sell-ing actively in the face of a usually poor season for this type of product.

The A4 is still in the early stages of distribution. All signs thus far arefavorable, and we look forward to steadily increasing production.

DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM WELL UNDERWAYDistribution of the "75M through the drug trade is well underway. A new

program such as this takes time to become established, but new outlets forour camera sales are being opened all the time. Our ultimate aim is a verybroad distribution of our products in all types of outlets. The drug whole-saler program is one important step in that direction.

MORE AND MORE PEOPLE BUY ARGUSI recently spent two weeks on the West Coast where I called on dealers

large and small to get a first-hand impression of the retail trade. Everyplace I visited I found our products are well received. More and more peo-ple are buying Argus products. Our extensive advertising is having good re -sults, and our distribution program is putting more of our products in thehands of customers.

DEALERS PRAISE OUR QUALITYOne question I always ask a dealer is: "How is our quality?" In the last

analysis, the whole structure of our business depends upon consistently goodquality. The answer I always get is that our quality is consistently equal toor better than our competitors. That is one great reason for Argus success.

Quality must stem not just from management policy and effort, but fromthe effort of every person in the organization. We must at all times keepquality on a high level and costs on a low level. This is the winning com-bination that makes sales and creates jobs.

We are in a buyers market where people are very choosy about what theybuy. As long as we work together to provide the buying public with QUAL-ITY AND VALUE, they will continue to buy Argus, and we will continue tobe successful.

ANNIVERSARIES

VANCE MURRAYCamera Assembly

5 years

ICHARLES BARKER

Advertising10 years

VOLNEY VORCEMachine Shop

5 years

July 1953 ARGUS EYES Page 3

Scholten Scheduled Vraining, Conferences

Dudley J. Scholten, vice-president and -director of sales and advertising, (seated with Mr. Lewis, center)met with West Coast and local representatives for a unique sales training conference June 26-28.

Ten salesmen from the Craig Movie Supply Co., our exclusive distributor in Oregon, Washington, California,Nevada, and Arizona, participated in the conference. Eight Craig representatives attended the first sales train-ing program June 19-21.Both conferences, Scholten explained, were designed to acquaint our distributors with Argus' facilities for lens

manufacture, to explain the fine points of camera assembly,and to acquaint them with our current national advertisingand sales promotion program.

The successful meetings included a tour of both Argus plants, and intensive sales training meetings held atBarton Hills Country Club.

A similar conference was held in May for O. W. Ray salesmen, our exclusive distributor in New York City.

Sales Appointments Announced

Pilot in

Prior to my coming overseas inDecember 1952, I bought one of your C3cameras. Because of their reputationI had always wanted one.I'm an Air Force pilot and was

flying over Korea with a load of cargoin a C-119. I had my camera with meas I carry it on every flight. Withoutwarning a good case of hard luck forcedus to bail out. In the excitement Iforgot to take my camera with me.There was a terrific explosion whenthe plane hit the ground. The heat wasintense, melting almost everythingbeyond recognition.The wreckage was scattered over a

wide area, but in the debris I foundthe most part of my Argus C3. It isof course beyond repair. However, Ithink it truly remarkable that itcould be recognized at all.I would like to congratulate your

company on their fine camera. I can'tuse the remainder of the camera I havenow, but if I can ever get anotherfifty dollars together again, I'llhead for the PX and get another. That'show well I like them.

Sincerely yours,James W. Pat tonLt. U.S.A.F.

Bob W. ShondellBob W. Shondell who was recently

appointed Sales Representative forthe Rocky Mountain Territory, hasbeen promoted to Regional SalesManager. This territory includesMontana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada,Colorado and New Mexico.

Bob joined Argus in 1952 as aservice correspondent. He is a gradu-ate of the University of Michigan andduring World War n served fiveyears in the Army Air Force. Heand his family are making theirhome at 1428 Jasmine Street, Denver,Colorado.

William L. WeedenAppointment of William L. Weeden

of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, to theArgus Sales Staff, has just been an-nounced by Dudley J. Scholten, Vice-president and Director of sales andadvertising. Mr. Weeden has hadextensive experience in retail sell-ing and industrial promotion in thephotographic industry. During WorldWar II he served with the Air Trans-port Command and attended the NewYork University School of Com-merce.

He is married and has one son.


WEDDING BELLS

Mr. & Mrs. William Brigham

t/acvdThe Oakville Methodist Church in

Milan was the scene of the recentwedding of Laura Bortles and ArtChambers.

Parents of the couple are Mr.and Mrs. Stanley Bortles and Mr.and Mrs. Glen Chambers, Milan.

Both Laura and Art are employedat Argus. Laura is in the OpticalAssembly Department, while Art isemployed in Production Planning.

The newlyweds are residing inMilan.

Seidl,William Mille* IVed

in GUufochFollowing a wedding trip to North-

ern Michigan, Mr. and Mrs. WilliamMiller are making their home at3315 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor.

The former Rosemary Seidl, thebride is the daughter of Mrs. JuliaSeidl of Allison Dr. The groom isthe son of Mr. and Mrs. RobertMiller of Ypsilanti.

The young couple spoke their vowsin a candlelight ceremony at theEmmanuel Lutheran Church in Ypsi-lanti.

Bill is employed in the PolishingDepartment at Argus.

Betty Jfo*6*c&- Hill BlifUam WedAt an impressive ceremony held at the Methodist Church in South

Lyon, Betty Horbach daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Horbach ofWest Layden, New York, became the bride of William Brigham, ofSouth Lyon.

Bill, Resident Agent, Government Ordnance, is the son of Mr.and Mrs. John Brigham of South Lyon.

Following a wedding trip to Niagara Falls and West Layden, NewYork, Mr. and Mrs. Brigham are making their home at 11100Fairlanes Drive, South Lyon.

BeiiatkedThe engagement of Lois Wagner to Don Hinz son of Mr. and Mrs.

Walter Hinz of Rosedale St., has been announced by her parents Mr.and Mrs. Conrad Wagner of Gott St.

Mother of the bride-elect, Vera Wagner is employed in the CameraAssembly Department, as is DonTs mother, Grace Hinz.

Don is now on Military Leave from Department 22 (GovernmentOptical Assembly) and is temporarily stationed at Camp Atterbury,Indiana, before leaving for Europe.

No wedding date has been set.

Plan RitedMr. Frank Whitchurch of 301 N. Ingalls

Street, has announced the engagement ofhis daughter Mary Anne, to Donald Eschel-bachsonof Mr. and Mrs. Leon Eschelbachof First Street.

Mary Anne is employed in the SalesDepartment of Argus as an Order Clerk.Don is with the telephone company inAnn Arbor.

The couple has chosen November 7 astheir wedding date.

Mary Anne Whitchurch

Rodalie fladA,Kenneth

MatoiedAt a ceremony performed

by Rev. Marcus Zill ofSioux City Neb. at St. PaulTsLutheran Church in AnnArbor, Rosalie Nash be-came the bride of KennethZill.

Parents of the couple areMr. and Mrs. Mark Nashof Howe 11, and Mr. and Mrs.Otto Zill of Maryfield Dr.

Rosalie is temporarilyemployed in the Blue PrintDepartment. She will teachin the Dearborn PublicSchools in the fall.

Following a wedding tripto Northern Michigan, Mr.and Mrs. Zill are makingtheir home in Ann Arbor. Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Zill

July, 1953 ARGUS EYES Page 5

Suggestion NewsDuring the past two months, thirty-six suggestions were

adopted and a total of $3,311. 28 was paid out in awards.Mel Bahnmiller was paid the final $2,000 on his sug-

gestion to eliminate the first inspection on all centeredglass. His award totaled $2500.

Also receiving a substantial award was Travis Brooksof the Machine Shop. His three suggestions concerningthe C-3 front plate were worth a total of $541. 04 to him.

Other large awards were paid to Max Robinson andLewis Davis of the Camera Assembly Department, $171. 04;Dorothy Minges, PaintShop, $85.63; Del Coleman, Ma-chine Shop, $48.69; Bil Betke, Machine Shop, $34.29;Gertrude Guy, Department 70, $25; Jim Kane, InspectionDepartment, $35; Dick Gansley, Tool Room, $20; OrvielHarrison, Production Planning, $20; Penny McClune,Service Department, $19.59.

Nineteen employees were paid $10 awards. They were:Philip Fedoruk, Harold Peterson, Lula Phillips, ElaneTaylor, Juanita Boyd, Clara Dickinson, Berneice Black-mer, Fred Swegles, Katie DelPrete, Laura Tomshack,Harold Buckmaster, Adeline Opheim, Muriel Raaf, WintonHansen, Elroy Abeldt, Maurie Howe, and Alva Beckley.

Three persons received $5 awards. They were: JanetSchulze, Tess Canja, and Doris Walle.

The $5 minimum award payment was adopted by theSuggestion Committee to allow a more equitable meansof paying intangible awards. Consideration is now beinggiven to raising the $2500 maximum award.

M,eet the Quardd

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Argus Plant Protection Men always on the job are firstrow, 1. to r: Sgt. Joe Pettit, Lt. J. M. Pettit, Sgt. E. H.Barker, and Edwin Braun. Second row, 1. to r: HarryMagraw, L. S. Woods, and Newton Johnson. Third row, 1.to r : Carroll Levalley, William Buckles, William Brown-ing, and Alton Bonney.

The men are employees of the Richards CommercialIndustrial and Protection Company of Detroit.

Party, in ^Machine Shop Jronori Mildred Saly&r

Pictured with Mildred Salyer at a storkshower given in her honor are Lucille Miller,Dorothy Smith, and Ruby Skinner.

Dorothy Lixey, Alyce Conner,Mildred Kintigh, and Eliza-beth Theodore look on.

Ruth Crandell and Lucille Miller ad-mire the gifts for MildredTs baby girlborn June 23.

Other girls from the Machine Shop whoattended the party were Helen Rohde,Alyce Talbot and Ruth Crandell.

Pauline Johnson assists Mildredwith her gifts as Dorothy Smithwatches with interest.

Enjoying the ice-cream and cake areAlice LaRoe, Dorothy Gross, and DorothyLixey.


Office Picnic J4eld at independenceApproximately 125 persons attendedthe office picnic held June 26 at theArgus Recreation Site with prepara-tions for the successful affair underthe able direction of Beulah Newmanand Mary Jane Rutledge.

A softball game, following thepot-luck dinner, proved to be oneof the highlights of the evening.

Bill Sturgis and Maurie Egglestonwere on hand to catch the candidshots on the left.

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Best Wishes, DonnaThe girls in the Purchasing De-

partment held a luncheon at Weber'sSupper Club June 16 for DonnaBroderick who resigned to stay athome. A farewell gift was pre-sented Donna from her fellow em-ployees.

* * *Washington Bound

Virginia McDill, Secretary, Engi-neering Department resigned herposition to make her home in Wash-ington, D. C. where her husband willstart a law practice. Employees ofthe engineering department pre-sented Virginia with a going awaygift on her last day at Argus.

House WarmingThe employees of the T153 line

gave a surprise house warming forHelene and Jim Barkley at their newhome at Portage Lake, SaturdayJune 20.

Visits National ParksLeonard Wilkinson, Engineering

Department, has returned after anextensive tour through California andseveral of the National Parks.

Fellows take it easy!Jan VandenBroek took his family

to a cottage near Frankfort, Michi-gan. Harvy Bennett caught all his28 fish at Grayling and Mel Hayesvisited in Ludington. All three r e -ported they loafed their vacationsaway.

Tool Room vacationers Rube Kochreturned just in time, from his cot-tage at North Lake, to see HaroldSweet, John Sartori, and Joe Majewskiget started on their vacations.

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Personnel Celebrated J6irthday,5

No rest for Andy this month withfive hot questions to answer! I gotJim Brinkerhoff to answer the cost-of-living one for me. The next one,asking for compensation for theFourth, I turned over to the Manage-ment Committee. Here are therest!Visitors Parking Lot

Lt. Pettit helped me dig into thehub-bub over an employee who usedthe visitors parking lot. "No em-ployee is allowed to use the lot with-out special permission," he said.Permission was given on three occa-sions for sales training conferences,but at no other time has an employeeor department hadspecialprivileges.Lay-Off Policy

Mrs. Radford checked her recordsand came up with the answer forthis one:

"Why are new girls hired in onedepartment when several must belaid-off in another? Isn't it possi-ble to transfer one girl to anotheroffice if she is capable of doing thework?"

Mrs. Radford explained that inevery instance we have tried to fillvacancies with people on lay-off whoare capable of doing the work. Asa matter of policy, she said, wearen't required to do so, unless aperson has been employed for threeyears and has acquired plant-wideseniority. At the time the note wasreceived, only one office girl hadbeen laid off, and she didn't have thespecial skills needed for any officejob open.Sick Leave Policy

A note from "Two Faithful Em-ployees" about an apparent discrep-ancy in our sick leave policy putBrinkerhoff to work again. He pointedout that there are actually three sickleave policies--one for hourly, onefor non-exempt salaried, and one forsalaried people who are exempt fromover - time under the Fair LaborStandards Act. From the situationdescribed in the letter, the peoplequalified for different sick leavepolicies.

For the past month, office headshave been working out a new moreliberal sick - leave policy for non-exempt salaried people. Should beready soon.

That's the bottom of the pot foranother month. I'm going fishingfor the next two weeks.

See you next month,ANDY

-«-- Resting on the lawn atthe home of Fran Watte r-worthare: PatDaugherty,Joyce Schlicht, and TessCanja.

Both Fran and BillSturgis had birthdays inJune and look forward eachyear to being "surprised"with a picnic in theirhonor.

Holding the attention ofNancy Sturgis and hersister, Judy Hall, isAlex Canja.

Mrs. Radford pauses for amoment of relaxation to en-joy the sunshine.

Marge and Jim Brinkerhoff take it easy asthey wait for the hamburgers to be done.

cA Word of explanation

Andy brought me a letter saying that as long as we follow General Motors,why doesn't the Annual Improvement Factor become part of our base pay--will Argus add 19£ to our base pay?

Let's review a bit.GM adopted their cost-of-living and annual-improvement-factor formula

in 1950. Argus adopted the GM plan in January, 1951. Before that, andup to March, 1951, all Argus increases were added directly to the baserate.

Last May, General Motors added all A. I. F. and all but 5£ of their cost-of-living-figure to the base pay of non-incentive workers. Incentive workersreceived an equal amount through "factoring." This means that a smalleramount was added to their base rates, which would become the full amountat average incentive earnings.

We froze 21£ to our earned rates. Were we to factor it, we would prob-ably add between 14£ and 16£ to base rates. Since we accomplish approxi-mately the same thing, we froze instead of factoring for the time being. Inthe freezing, for one thing, all incentive employees became eligible forhigher insurance benefits.


cA J4ou5e QoeA Up!Easy Street, at the Green Lea Subdivision off Packard Road, was a busy

spot Saturday morning, June 27. Many fellow employees of Les Schwanbeckwere on hand to help him erect his new Gunnison home.

Eddie Girvan was photographer of the day catching many interesting shotsof the fellows at work.

"Put it there!" says Les.

8:00 a.m. Construction begins - THeave Ho/ Boys!r*

Joe O'Donnell, Harold Walz, andJohnny Meyers prepare to installa ceiling panel.

9 mf\f\ * m The Exterior Panels are:UU a.m. installed.

"Rocky" and Bill Allenat work.

It's coffee time as AndyKokinakes pours.

4f\ AA Work proceeds on Mac Mclntire & Ken Geiger enjoyIU:UU a . m . the ceiling panels. a mid morning snack.

11:00 a.m. insulation and roofing is installed. Joe Denny OTHare & ^Jaroszyk iook over the job.


ARGUS MEN IN SERVICEAfo&ie—

ViUt PlantDarwood Moore, stationed with

the Army at Fort Riley, Kansas,has returned to the base after spend-ing a furlough with his wife Jeannetteof Optical Assembly. Dar is onMilitary Leave from the Final In-spection Department.

While passing through Ann Arboron his way to his home in Gaylord,Marty Metzger visited his depart-ment, optical assembly. Marty, whois stationed at Camp Atterbury, wasan optical repairman before enteringthe service in December 1952.

Darwood Moore Marty Metzger

BillGlabettee

Bill Underwood Clarence Carrington

Jde&ueIn a recent letter to Mrs. Rad-

ford, Bill Underwood stationed withthe Army at Fort Riley, Kansas, ex-pressed a desire to hear from thefolks back home.

Bill said the weather is really hotwith temperatures from 120 to 150during the day and 90 to 95 in theevenings.

While on leave from the GreatLakes Naval Training Center, Clar-ence Carrington stopped in to visitfriends at Argus.

Clarence returned to the GreatLakes base June 14 to enter hospitalcorpsmen school for 22 weeks' train-ing.

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Following completion of his basictraining at Cam0 Atterbury, Indianawith the 31st Artillery Division,Gil Jaeger is now stationed at FortBliss, Texas.

Gill entered the service in Febru-ary of 1953. He was employed inthe Machine Shop.

SERVICEMENWANT MAIL

Send a Letterto a Fellow Employee

Addresses May Be Obtainedin Personnel

pi&m SebuiceA hearty welcome home to Dennis

Burke who was on Military Leavefrom the Paint Shop since March1951. Dennis spent two years inthe service, serving in the Statesand the Far East.

His ship, the U.S.N.S. WilliamWiegle was the first to arrive inNew York with troops from Korea.This was a memorable thirty daytrip home via Panama Canal, SouthAmerica and Porto Rico. He andhis buddies received a well-earnedroyal welcome by the roar of planesfrom overhead and celebrities fromall parts of the country; includingmany Hollywood stars.

Dennis Burke


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Party,Doug Nordman is picturedon the left as he was pre-sented a farewell gift byHerb Oliver from his fel-low workers in the ShippingDepartment. Doug, now onMilitary Leave, received anattractive silver identifica-tion bracelet from the group.Dee Spicer, who left Argusthe same day, was a l s opresented a collective gift.

Attending the party held in theReceiving Department are Doug'sco-workers Mel Birchfield, (left)and Joe Wright.Doug would like to hear fromhis friends at the following ad-dress:Pvt. Douglas L. Nordman 55402716Hq. and Hq. Co.122nd A.D.M.B.N.CCR 3rd Armed DivisionFort Knox, Kentucky.

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We are happy to report that afterfour weeks of golfing, the gals areshowing much improvement and inter-est. Of course, the six balls giveneach week helps to keep up theinterest.

Credit goes to Fran Franklin whowas transferred to the night shift.Each Wednesday morning she playsher nine holes alone!

Some of the beginners have loweredtheir score 20 strokes. To name afew of these gals - Mary Burris,Tess Canja, Doris Walle, and BettyShattuck.

Perhaps the fellows would accepta challenge from the girls! Withscores such as Liz Clapham 45, KatieDelPrete 46, Marj Yokoyama 55, andMarg Hardy 56, we could showcompetition.

SportJ (f\eviewby Babe Peterson

GOLF

The Argus golf leagues have now passed the halfwaymark in their season*s play, and a glance at the stand-ings is rather surprising. All three of the leagues areenjoying close and exciting title chases with only a fewpoints separating the top teams.TUESDAY GOLF LEAGUEKoch-Myers Lead

The combine of Don Koch and Merle Myers lead theparade with an impressive record of 39 wins and only9 losses. Don and Merle have been giving improvingperformances in each of their outings, and have beencoming through in all of their close matches.Grimstone-Eggleston follow

In second place and only one point behind is the teamof Jack Grimston and Morrie Eggleston. The duo startedout rather slowly, but have picked up in the last fewweeks to make their bid for the title a serious one.Fraser and Myers Hold Third Spot

In the third spot in this league is the combine of JimFraser and Paul Myers. With only five weeks remain-ing of the schedule it seems likely that the winner willbe one of these top teams.WEDNESDAY GOLF LEAGUE"Dutch" and Sturgis in First Place

The Wednesday group also has bunched leaders withonly a two point spread separating the top four teams.As of this date Bill Sturgis and Dutch Engelhardt areholding a slender one point margin over the second placeteam of Ralph Parsons and Bill Lamb. Much of thesuccess of the leaders has been due to the fact thatDutch has lost none of his competitive fire despite hav-

ing been away from the game for a long time. Ralphand Bill, in the meantime, have moved up in the stand-ings mainly due to the very rapidly improving Bill Lamb.Third Spot Tied

Tied for the third spot are the combines of BrucePester-Walt Blackwell and Dick Foster-Ed Adler. Theseduos started out with the highest averages in the league,but have been whittling away at their averages and at thesame time garnering enough points to place them withinstriking distance of first place. Dick has continued onthe prowl since the opening of the season, and has kepthimself supplied with new golf balls by consistently com-ing through with low net for each week's play. Thesurprise of the league has been the showing of the teamof Dobransky and Howe. Joe and Maurie have maintainedthe lowest average in the league, but have been strugglingall year to escape the embarrassment of ending in thecellar. The future looks none too promising.THURSDAY GOLF LEAGUEThomas-Ruzicka and Thompson-Azary Tied

The Thursday league finds a bitter battle being wagedbetween the teams of Leonard Thomas-Bill Ruzicka andthat of Jim Thompson and "Smoky" Azary. These twoare now deadlocked with identical 36-12 records. Aftera rather disappointing start, Thomas is now hitting hiswoods "a country mile," and the rest of his game seemsto go along with his woods. If Leonard can keep "pow-dering" his woods and Bill can continue his steady game,this team is going to prove a tough one to oust fromthe top spot. At the same time, Jim and Smoky arenow playing the best golf they have shown during theyears that we have had the league, and are a determinedpair to make this a banner year by walking off with theThursday league title. Herb Pfabe and Lefty Schlenker,last year 's Grand Champions, have found the going ratherrough this year, and have been struggling to keep theirheads above the 500 mark. With their present standingin the league, it is almost certain that we shall havenew champions for this year.

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Sport3 (continued)The Rules Committee has taken into consideration a

petition circulated by the members of the league wherebythe averages will be computed from the four lowestrounds turned in by the player. It is certain that thiswill have a definite bearing on the outcome of the con-cluding matches, but only time will tell which teamswill suffer or benefit from this change.

c4rg,u3 SoftballManager Joe Of Donne IPs Argus team has defi-

nitely proved itself by its outstanding play in theearly schedule of the Recreational League. Theteams have now completed the first round, andthe Argus team has shown such steady improve-

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GIRVAN'S PHOTO CORNERClip and save in Loose Leaf Nocebook to build a Photo Manual

THE MODEL 75 CAMERAFixed focus cameras are set by the manufacturer to give sharp

pictures in a range which covers most picture taking. TheArgus 75 is such a camera. Argus has focused the lens so thateverything between 7-1/2' and as far as the eye can see (infinity)will be sharp.

There a re manytimes when the 75 own-er would like to getcloser than 7-1/2' andmany do but the resultsare poor.

The way to get closerand still get sharp pic-tures is to use a "closeup" lens attachmentwhich sells for about$1.75. The pictureon the right was takenat the normal distanceof 8'. If the box isthe point of interest,it a p p e a r s r a t h e rsmall.

ment that our entry is a very serious threat to the title.Joe has instilled in the team the hustle and eagernessthat is so necessary in a winning team. The brunt ofthe pitching burden has been carried by Cal Haywoodwho has given outstanding performances in all of his ap-pearances. Hal has pitched the only two shutouts regis-tered in the league.

The veteran Max Robinson has been handling Carsslants, and has established himself as the best all-around receiver in the league.

The Argus infield is composed of the hard hitting RayGregory at the hot corner, Leon "Blackie" Blackmer atshortstop, "Scooter" McKinney at second, and hustlingJerry Patterson at the initial sack.

The Argus outfield has been play-^ ^ N ing exceptionally good ball with Ypsi' s

\ Jim Swansey playing a standout gamein centerfield. Jim is flanked byDick Westphal in left, and either"Bantom Ben" Thompson or GeneLaRoe in right. The latter twohave proved their versatility bymoving into one of the infield posi-tions when the occasion demands it.Tom Bates, another of Of Donne IPsflingers, has been placed in theline-up to take full advantage of hishitting ability. Doug Nordman, whohas been called into service, wasgiving a masterful exhibition of field-ing in the early season games. Dougwas roaming far and near to makemiraculous catches. The teamgreatly misses his outstanding play.

The few loyal fans who have beenfollowing the team have been privi-leged in watching many well-playedgames, but the second meeting withthe Union Bar was perhaps the mostimpressive showing that the Argusteam made all year. The leagueleading Union Bar nine which boastssome of Ann Arbor1 s most talentedplayers had been threatening to runaway with the league, and had evenbeen considered as an entry in AnnArbor's fastest league, the TwilightLeague. The Argus team spotted theleaders two runs in the first inning,but then shut the door for the nextfive innings. In the meantime theArgus hitters kept pecking away atthe offerings of the Bar hurler untilthey had taken a 4-2 lead going intotfee final inning. With one out anda runner on first, a pop fly wasmisplayed by the Argus infield andbefore Haywood could retire theside, the Barmen had shoved overthe winning run. After outplayingtheir highly touted rivals for sixinnings, the defeat was a bitter one,but it definitely proved to the playersthat they are as good as there is inthe league. With this renewed confi-dence, the Argusites are an even betto square accounts the next timethey clash with the Union Bar nine.

Softball schedules are posted onthe bulletin boards. Support theteam.

The picture on theleft was taken at adistance of 3-1/2' fromcamera to subject withthe close up l ensplaced on the camera"taking" lens. Youcan see that the boxis now a prominentpart of the picture.It isn't necessary tobe exactly 3-1/2' awaybut you should be care -ful that you are withina very few inches.

The size attachmentto ask for is 28. 5 mil-limeters. Pictures ofbabies and pets are par-ticularly suited for thisset up.

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The husky little month old babypictured above is Richard ArthurWay. Dickie was born June 10weighing 8 lb. 4 oz. His pop,Eugene, is employed in the MachineShop.

BETWEEN THE DEADLINES(Continued)

Congratulations Bill!William Joseph, Inspector of the

T-38, who was graduated from Uni-versity High School in January, hasbeen notified his application for ad-mittance to the University of Michi-gan has been accepted. Bill willbegin his studies in the fall.

Coming HomePeter DeBruyne, formerly of the

Paint Shop, who is now serving withthe Army Air Force at Seoul, Korea,is expected home in the near future.Pete is a brother of Harry DeBruyne,Inspection Department.

VacationersDutch Engelhardt, Gil Mordsky, Paul

Gibson, and Ed Sleezer of the Main-tenance Department have returnedrested from their vacations. Theboys just took it easy for two weeks.

OvER-exposure to the sun can be painful.Take your sunshine in small doses.

GIRVAN'S PHOTO CORNERClip and save in Lxx>se Leaf Notebook to buijY a Photo Manual

Sometimes you may want to get very near to the subject to pickup fine detail, as illustrated in the picture below.

Here we have the corn flakes box taken at a distance of 13M

from camera to subject. A #3 diopter lens was used and it wasnecessary to buy a 28. 5millimeter adapter sothat the l e n s can • M (: Ibe attached. You haveto be pretty fussy aboutmeasurements with thislens and you have toremember t h a t thecamera t a k i n g lens"sees" slightly lowerthan the view finder atthis distance, so allowabout a couple of inchesat the top of the view.

Try one, or both, ofthese attachments andyou will find the Argus75 is a very versatilecamera.

Cut out this handy guide and glue it to theback of your 75 camera.

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ARGUS 75

Without close up lens - - At least7-1/2 feet from subject

With close up lens — About 3-1/2feet from subject

Use transparentshield over

bulb

Flash - Black~~SM~or SF

5 or 25

HoldCameraSteady

and White8 - 12 feet

12 - 18 feet

KODACOLOR A#5 or 25 8 feetSM or SF 3-1/2 ft. (close up lens)

KODACOLOR DAYLIGHT5B 3-1/2 ft. (close up lens)

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