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POSTMASTER: If undeliverableFOR ANY REASON notify send-er stating reason, on FORM 3547,postage for which is guaranteed.Brown Company, Berlin, N. H.
THE BROWN BULLETINPublished By And For The Employees Of Brown Company
Volume II BERLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NOVEMBER 15, 1949 Number 21
The Customer Must GetHis Money's Worth
A Message from the Works ManagerYou have to give a man his money's worth if you expect him
to buy your products.That's human nature.If you buy a shirt that the salesman tells you will not shrink,
you would get pretty angry if it did shrink. You probablywould not buy any more of those shirts.
Or if you buy a pair of shoes that are supposed to be of acertain quality, you expect to get that quality. If the shoesare of poorer quality . . . if you did not think you got yourmoney's worth . . . you probably would steer clear of thatstore in the future.
It's the same way when it comes to buying pulp or paper.The people who buy Brown Company's products expect to
get their money's worth. They expect to get the quality forwhich they pay. That's only right. They should get the qualitythey expect.
What happens if they do not get their money's worth . . .if they do not get the quality they expect?
They become dissatisfied. They go some place else to buysomebody else's product. It may go even further than that.The dissatisfied customers may do much to discourage other.people from buying our products.
That's important to all of us.Every company must have customers if it is going to stay in
business very long. No company can last very long if nobodybuys its products. But if the people who buy our products gettheir money's worth . . . if they are satisfied with our products. . . they will continue to buy them. They may even recommendthem to their friends. That means more orders for our prod-ucts, which in turn means steady work.
It's the job of all of us to see that the customers are satisfied.It's the job of management to see that we have the right ma-terials with which to make our products. It's the job of themen and women at the machines to see that those materialsare converted into the best possible products.
(j-ood qualify worK goes a long way towardTinsiVring- jobs" torthe future. Remember, the customer gives us the cash for ourproducts that pays our wages and salaries.
E. E. MORRIS, Works Manager
TURKEY TIME'S A-COMING!
You wouldn't have to give a penny to find out what "Sonny"and "Butch" Gagne are thinking, with Thanksgiving comingsoon. Strutting past the youngsters are two of the more than500 turkeys at Leo Landry's turkey farm on the East MilanRoad. Mr. Landry is one of those enterprising Brown Companypeople who have a spare-time business of their own. He workshis regular shift at the Flock Plant and in his off momentsraises turkeys for sale throughout the North Country.
For What We Have — And Have NotThis is a time of Thanksgiving.And at this time let us be humbly grateful not only for what
we have — but what we have not.Let us give thanks for the freedom we have . . . to speak
what is in our minds, to anybody, at anytime, anywhere. Let us(Continued on Page 2)
Company Takes First StepIn Program To EliminateSoft Coal Fly Ash ProblemFive Long TimeEmployees RetireFrom Company
Complete Total Of188 Years ServiceFive long-time employees of
Brown Company, who togeth-er have worked a total of 188years, retired recently.
Among them was OduleMontminy, blow pit foremanat Burgess, who began workwith the company 48 yearsago.
Others retiring included:Alex Dube, a millwright.,
who had 39 years service.Alfred E. Bilodeau, a gate-
man and former foreman atthe Log Pond, who had 38years service.
Pitre Lavigne of the Bur-gess wood room, who had 33years service.
Harry Gould, hog man atBurgess, who had 30 yearsservice.
Bartlett, DustinPromoted In Prod.Control Dept.
Two promotions in the Pro-duction Control Departmenthave been announced.
Otis J. Bartlett, who hasbeen serving as inventory con-trol clerk, has been namedinventory control supervisor.
True Dustin, a clerk in thedepartment, has been namedinventory control clerk.
Hold BermicoSales Meeting
Discussion of the annualsales forecast and new prod-ucts highlighted the annualsales meeting of the BermicoDivision, held recently in theNew York Office.
Attending the all-day meet-ing were Brown Company peo-ple from New York, Berlin,San Francisco and Chicago.
They included President F.G. Coburn; Vice President D.P. Brown; J. G. Skirm, JohnNoble, W. F. Bishop, F. W.Mark, F. C. Stakel, and R. E.LaPlante of the New YorkSales Office; Earl Van Pooland Robert K. Loane of theSan Francisco Sales Office;L. E. Wallace of the ChicagoSales Office, and Plant Man-ager Harry Sweet of the Ber-mico Manufacturing Division.
"Jack" To DesignNational SafetyCouncil Posters
The fame of Jack Rodg-erson, staff cartoonist forThe Brown Bul let in , isspreading far and wide.
And his drawings are go-ing to be seen by more andmore people.
Recently, Jack, as com-pany safety engineer, at-tended the annual sessionsof the National S a f e t yCouncil in Chicago. Whilethere, he was chosen toserve as a member of theexecutive committee on vis-ual aids for the PulpwoodLogging section of the pulpand paper group.
He was asked to sharpenup his sketching pencils anddesign some safety postersfor the National Safety
These p c B <r a i1 jr
Orders CollectorFor No. 6 BoilerAt Heine PlantAction FollowsDetailed StudyBrown Company has taken
the first definite step in a pro-gram to eliminate the fly ashproblem created by the softcoal boilers in the Heine Plant.
Problem "Difficult One"Works Manager E. E. Morris
said that an order has beenplaced with the Boston officeof the American Blower Cor-poration of Detroit, Mich., fora fly ash collector to be in-stalled on No. 6 boiler at theHeine Plant.
Mr. Morris said that the flyash problem has been a diffi-cult one and that it has beenthe subject of an active studyfor more than a year by com-pany engineers and consult-ants. A variety of possible SC^L.
which will all carry someof the Jack's well-knowncartoon characters, will bereprinted for distribution topulpwood logging campsaround the country.
Which all adds up to thefact that no man can keephis light hidden under abushel basket.
lotions has been con.iidered.In the. P -i'er stages of in-
vestigation of the problem,it appeared that pulverizersmight be the most effectivemethod of dealing with flyash. Pulverizers operate so asto break up the ash into verytiny particles. The theory isthat the particles, being light,
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Seven More Accidents ThisYear Than In All Of 1948
If you're interested in fig-ures, here are a few—but theyare not good.
Brown Company employeesalready this year have suf-fered seven more injuries re-sulting in time lost from workthan they did during thewhole of 1948.
They have suffered 10 morelost-time accidents during thefirst 12 periods of this yearthan they did during the first12 periods of 1948.
11 More In 12th PeriodEleven more lost-time acci-
dents occurred during the12th period. They were acci-dents that meant plenty ofpain for 11 people. And theymeant money lost becausethey could not work.
Yes, accidents hurt the per-son — and they hurt his pock-etbook, too.
Let's look at a comparisonof the number of lost-timeaccidents in each plant duringthese 12 periods and duringthe first 12 periods of lastyear. Then we'll take a goodlook at how the more re-cent accidents happened—and
what happened to the people.These are the total com-
parisons for the first J2 pe-riods of each year:
>49RiversideRailwayOncoPowerBurgessCascadeBermicoChemicalWatchmen
1133
302715
61
>484243
32171131
87 77
The Cascade total throughthe 12th period of this year isnine more than it was for allof last year. The Bermiconumber is three more than forall last year. The Chemicalfigure is three more than forall last year. Power andSteam's figure is equal to itslast year's total.
What were the accidents?Three resulted in back
strains, caused during lifting.A Chemical Plant employeesaid he "couldn't straightenup" after attempting to lift a
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Page Two THE BROWN BULLbl l lN iNOvemoer
THE BROWN BULLETINPublished every other week by and for the employees of
Brown Company, Berlin, N. H.Editorial Offices: Company Relations Department.Telephones: Automatic 379; New England 46, Ext. 60.
RESEARCH DEPARTMENTThelma Neil
BURGESS BLOTS
\
By Leo R. LeBlanc
STAFFPULP DIVISION
Buster CordwellPaul GrenierMark HickeyRay HolroydAdam LavernoichLeo LeBlanc
CASCADE MILLErnest CastonguayBuster EdgarLeroy FyshJulia HarpAlice HughesRobert MurphyEarl PhilbrickLucille Tremaine
REPORTERS-AT-LARGEAngus MorrisonJack Rodgerson
ONCO PLANTAlfred ArsenaultCharles SgrulloniCHEMICAL PLANTArthur GoyetteGeorge I afleurAsh Haz ,ard
MAIN OFFICERoberta DevostNina Kluchnick
WOODSLouis Catello
Bernard PauncePOWER AND STEAM
Charles EnmanRIVERSIDE MILLRonaldo Morin
BERMICO DIVISIONRussell Doucet
STAFF CARTOONISTSLeo LeblancJack Rodgerson
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERVictor Beaudoin
PORTLANDDoris SmithNEW YORKDoris Reed
EDITORA. W. (Brud) Warren
ICHOLAS THEKIAULT ^Our WoodADtLARD ALBERT ̂ BABBIT HUNTERSGut55 Whp . ~<
Volume II Nu oer 21 November 15, 1949
THANKSGIVING Continuedfrom One
also be thankful for what we have not . . . secret police, jailand the i-»r;..i? squad for criticizing our government's officials
Let us give trunks for the freedom we have . . . of worshipingin the church of our choice, as we wish, to follow our ownreligious belief . Let us also be thankful for what we have not. . . persec.U:;: i, the inquisition, the slave camp, for followingthe faith 01 cur fathers.
Let us give tlv:p,>s for the freedom we have . . . of choosingour own president, our Congress, our governor, our local offi-cials in free elections and by secret ballot. Let us also be thank-ful for what we have not . . . a lifelong dictatorship held inpower by an army's guns.
Let us give thanks for the freedom we have . . . to choosewhere we shall work and for whom, at what we shall work andfur iiuw iiiu.tj.Ii, ancl to work in our own bu3inc300G il-^re so—^^choose. Let us also be thankful for what we have not . . .a government that orders us to work in a government-rununion, doing only the work the government chooses, in a cityand at a pay rate decided on by the all-powerful government.
Let us give thanks for the freedom we have . . . in choosingthe kind of shoes and food and clothes we want, from dozensof different types sold on a free and competitive market. Let usalso be thankful for what we have not . . . a government-owned store with one-make, one-model, one-color, one-pricegoods, sold on a take-it-or-leave it, put-up-or-shut-up basis.
Let us give thanks for what we have . . . peace and foodand a roof. Let us also be thankful for what we have not . . .war and famine and ruins.
Yes, let us give thanks for the things we have . . . and atthe same time be deeply grateful for the things we have not.
Let vis be thankful we have the right to live our lives as we,oursel es, choose. And, at the same time, let us again resolveto k-^ep that right.
(Based on an idea from the General Electric "Commentator.")
3n jWemortamJOSEPH SANCHAGRIN
Joseph A. Sanchagrin, for-merly a super-calendar oper-ator, died October 26. He wasborn in Disraeli, P. Q., but hadlived in Berlin since 1900.
JOSEPH E. DOYERJoseph E. Doyer, a veteran
engineer with the Berlin MillsRailway, died suddenly Octo-ber 27 at his camp at CedarPond. Mr. Doyer was born in1881 at St. Lambert, P. Q.
the Kraft Plant, whichdropped from 78 to 71. But thesulphite section of Burgesstook a big step upward, from63 to 70.
The number of departments"behind the eightball" at Bur-gess was growing smaller. Asof October 29, the number hadbeen cut to these: Dryers, WetMachines, Finishing and PulpStorage. At the Kraft Plant,the Maintenance Shops werelisted "behind the eightball."
All other departments ev-erywhere were solidly out infront.
These are the standings(first figure present rating,second figure previous rat-
Onco And Railway ClimbTo Near • Perfection Spot
How clean can a plant be?That might have been a
logical question on the part ofGood Housekeeping inspec-tors.
Must Have SmiledThey might have directed
it at the Onco Plant. Whenthey had finished looking ev-ery nook and cranny of theOnco they must have smiledhappily.
They gave Onco a mark of92 out of a possible 100.
Then they went around theBerlin Mills Railway. It hap-pened all over again. Thingswere nearly perfectly spic andspan. They gave the railwaypeople a 92, also.
Three other groups haddone such a good job theyrated 90's or better. They werethe Administrative Offices andthe Bermico Division, which
ing) :Onco 92Railway 92Offices 91Bermico 91Riverside 90Research 89Maintenance 89Power 88Chemical 82Cascade 74Kraft 71Burgess 70
SAFETY
909185918988888779737863
Continuedfrom One
BEHIND THE EIGHTBALL(As of Oct. 29)
Burgess Dryers, Wet Machines,Finishing and Pulp Storage
Kraft Maintenance Shops
had 91's, and Riverside Mill,which had 90.
Only One DownOnly one mill slid back
from its previous rating. That
50-pound bag. At Burgess,one employee "felt somethingsnap" in the lower part of hisback as he was stooping topick up a 10-inch pipe, whilea second employee reportedhe "felt a pain in his back"when lifting the end of asluice.
One accident, which result-ed in a strained wrist, hap-pened when an employee
Pointersfrom
PortlandBy DORIS E. SMITH
NOW THAT NOVEMBERhas rolled around once more,many of us have already be-gun making plans for theholidays ahead.
Many of you no doubt haveyour own favorite way of fix-ing the Thanksgiving Dayturkey, and also probablyhave served the family's fa-vorite pie or pudding formany years, and would notcare to upset tradition bychanging the menu this year.
With these thoughts inmind, it hardly seemed worth-while to compile a column ofpointers on "how to" anythingfor Thanksgiving.
Instead, here are some sug-gestions you might care togive a little thought to whenworking on your Christmasplans. I can almost hear someof you making such remarksas "She's rush ing thingssomewhat, isn't she?" Per-haps so, but after all, verysoon now we'll be remindedthat we have only so manymore shopping days untilChristmas, and that's also areminder that we have onlyso many more planning andpreparing days left, too!
M A N Y MAGAZINES thismonth and next will be full
of wonderful ideas on whatto make for Christmas. Whenyou come across somethingwhich particularly appeals toyou, why not tear out thatpicture or those directionsright then and there, or atleast copy them down andkeep for future reference.
I've found it handy to keepa type of file handy anaTwEenI come across something per-taining to Christmas, for ex-ample, I cut it out or copywhatever information I want,then put it into my file under"Christmas." Later, when Ihave more time or feel likeexperimenting in the kitchen,I go through those clippingsand get to work. I just dis-covered a wonderful newrecipe for applesauce cake thisway. I'd had .̂ in my fileunder "Cakes" for quite some-time and just got around totrying it out a week or so ago,
* # *
PERHAPS SOME OF YOUreaders have some good ideasfor gifts for Christmas whichcan be made at home. I'd loveto receive them to pass alongto the rest of you readers, scwhy not send them to me hereat the Portland Office and II]get them into the next issueof The Brown Bulletin.
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slipped on a wet floor at Cas-cade.
Could Happen At HomeThose are definitely acci-
dents that could happen toanyone. And they are thetype of thing that could hap-pen even at home.
One Cascade worker was in-jured in a motor vehicle acci-dent. A pile of sand caused anelectric truck to swerve, pin-ning the employee againstanother loaded truck. Result:Cuts and bruises on the rightleg.
At Burgess, an employeesuffered an injured back whensome pulp bales on a pile
tipped over on him. Anotheiaccident in the Dryer Build-ing resulted in a bad fractureof an employee's finger, wherhe caught his hand in a lay-boy.
At the Bermico Division, iworker was cut by a movingsaw while setting a gaugewhile at Cascade an employeeinjured his foot under a load-ing plate. At the Onco Planta worker broke a toe when iweight dropped on it.
A worker was badly burnecat the Heine Boiler Plamwhen he was struck by hoiashes and steam.
That's the line-up. It's nolpretty. No accidents are.
Page Three
Close Races Shaping Up In Office Bowling LeaguesMill League OffTo Flying Start
Several 300's InOpening MatchesThe new Mill Bowling
League was off to a flyingstart this month, and thebowlers were showing theyknew a thing or two about thegame.
Theriault TopsFor example, Dan Theriault
of the Towel Converting No. 2team picked off a 323 in threestrings in the opening matchagainst the Finishing club.
He started off with a red hot118, and then hit 117 in thesecond string. He slid to 88in the final, but who wouldn't.
He was not the only one tobreak the charmed 300 circlein the first match of theseason.
Walt Bolduc of Bermico No.3 marked up 312. He had 117,90 and 105. Albert Trahan ofResearch No. 1 hit an even300. He had 81, 121 and 98.His 121 was the top single ofthe first week.
Of course it was pretty earlyto spot the strong teams of theleague. But in the openingweek four teams came throughwith shut-out victories. Theywere Bermico No. 3, Cascade,Riverside No. 2 and ResearchNo. 1.
Bowlers were finding outthe handicap system was ahandy thing to have around.As it has proved in otherleagues, it was proving in theMill League to bring theteams nearer to par with eachother.
Of course there were theinstances where a team was"hot" at the start, bowlingabove its usual average. Thisput the team at a slight dis-advantage because it did notreceive as many handicappoints as it ordinarily would.But such a situation shouldiron itself out during the com-ing weeks.
POINTERS Continuedfrom Two
Probably many of you knowthat it is not too soon to startmaking those holiday candiesand cookies. They'll keep per-fectly fresh if you'll take timeto wrap them in waxed paperand store them in air-tightcontainers until you are readyto serve them.
There's one thing to keepin mind if you are makingsomething for someone else.Try to make it in their par-ticular favorite color or colors!Perhaps reds and blues areyour favorites, but your friendor relative might appreciatesomething in a pretty shadeof green or yellow! A little re-search on your part mightresult in your making a giftof particular enjoyment to theperson receiving it, just be-cause you were thoughtfulenough to make it fit her,personally!
Another good thing aboutmaking your gifts is the factthat you can do so at yourown leisure at home, withouthaving to spend too manyhours being jostled by theChristmas shoppers while youare on your lunch hour!
MILL LEAGUESTANDINGS
(As of Nov. 6)Won Lost P.C.
Bermico N o . 3 4 0 1.000Cascade 4 0 1.000Riverside No. 2 4 0 1.000Research No. 1 4 0 1.000Machines 31? ^ .875Riverside No. 1 3 1 .750Towel Room No. 2 2 2 .500Finishing 2 2 .500Bermico No. 2 2 2 .500Maintenance 2 2 .500Bleachery No. 1 1 3 .250Bermico No. 1 Vz 31-: .125Towel Room No. 1 0 4 .000Instrument Cont. 0 4 .000Bleachery No. 2 0 4 .000Research No. 2 0 4 .000
RiversideRamblings
We wish to extend our deep-est sympathy to John Beau-doin, whose mother died re-cently in Quebec City, P. Q.
Two teams are representingRiverside Mill in the bowlingleague. In action are AlbertWheeler, Norman Rousseau,Romeo Ayotte, John Keating,Donald Bilodeau, John Berg-quist, Charles Ray, and AlbertAubey.
Aubrey Freeman showed usa menu of the 1932 game ban-quet of the Androscoggin Fishand Game Association. If youlike game, it should makeyour mouth water.
4-To-12MenCanBowl Afternoons
Shift Few MatchesTo Thursday NightHere are a couple of notes
that members of the MillBowling League would do wellto read again.
Because of the big interestshown in the league, men onthe 4-to-12 shift have beenrolling on0 their scheduledstrings in the afternoon.
That's fine. It's a good idea.So this is a reminder to
some who had not been doingso, that such a procedure isnow approved for the league.
However, it should be limit-ed to men working 4-to-12.
Another point regards ashift in schedules.
Because of circumstancesbeyond the league's control,all matches previously sched-uled for Wednesdays at 7 p.m.on Alleys 7 and 8 are now be-ing rolled Thursday evenings.This only applies to matchesat that time and on thosealleys. All other matches arebeing rolled as originallyscheduled.
OFFICE LEAGUESTANDINGS
(As
MEN'of Nov. 6)S LEAGUE
Division A
1st, Lieuts.Tech. Sgts.1st. Sgts.MajorsSgt. MajorsSeamenVice AdmiralsLt. GeneralsBrig. GeneralsMaster Sgts.
Won151312^1211%98863
Lost571V2
88H
1112121417
P.C..750.650.625.600.575.450.400.400.300.150
Division BPrivates 13 7 .650Ensigns 12^ T1? .625Corporals 11 9 .550Sergeants 11 9 .550Commanders 10 10 .500Rear Admirals 91* 10% .475Generals 9 11 .4502nd. Lieuts. 8^2 HV2 .425Captains 8 12 .400Commodores 71- 12*2 .375
GIRLS' LEAGUEWon Lost P.C.
Harvard 14 6 .700Holy Cross 13} 2 GVz .675Princeton 13 7 .650Army 13 7 .650Navy 11 9 .550Cornell 8 12 .400Bates 7H 12^ .375
"Roast saddle of venison"Roast leg of bear,, with
brown gravy"Roast raccoon, with
dressing-Baked rabbit pie."Like many a n o t h e r real
sportsman's banquet, therewas plenty doing. Among theguest speakers were Paul H.Shannon of The Boston Post;H. H. Dinsmore, who spunmany a York Pond yarn, andMayor Ovide J. Coulombe.
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This is how Chic Young, the cartoonist, makes a first rough sketch for the famous strip.
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Then when each panel in a strip meets his approval, he makes a careful pencil rendering as above.
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After this, the pencil rendering is carefully inked in, as you see here.
STEP BY STEP. . .
that's the way it's done successfully!
S YOU CAN SEE, Chic Young, whodraws the popular "Blondie" comic
strip, goes through many steps to arriveat a finished cartoon.
And, cartoonist Chic Young, togetherwith millions of other smart Americans,will tell you that the step-by-stepmethod is the easiest, surest way ofdoing anything worth while.
Particularly, saving money.The easiest and surest way to set aside
any worth while amount of money is tobuy United States Savings Bonds thestep-by-step method—
So set aside a regular amount weekafter week, month after month, yearafter year. Then in 10 short years youwill have a mighty nice nest egg tuckedaway.
Get started now. Get your Bondsthrough Payroll Savings.
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Top Teams LeadBy Tiny Margins
More 300 BowlersAre Added To ListThe races could not have
been much closer and stillhave somebody in the lead.
That was the situation inthe Office Bowling Leagues asof November 7.
Biggest Lead In Div. ANearest thing to a walka-
way was in Division A of theMen's League. There the FirstLieutenants had a two-pointmargin over the second-placeTechnical Sergeants.
But in Division B and in theGirls' League they couldn'tcome any closer.
The Privates led the Ensignsin Division B by a scant one-half point, whi e Harvard hada similar lead c ̂ er Holy Crossin the Girls' Le ?ue.
The number o. 300 bowlerswas on the upswing. Eightmen made the select 300-CUib.
Among them uas WillardKimball, who hu ;~ twice intwo weeks. He had 302 and302.
These were the ethers:Bob Murph/, 303: Herb
Spear, 303; Wr'ter Oleson,300; Joe Markovich. 303; Ar-thur Sullivan, 302; Ken Fysh,301; Leon Dabe, 303.
Four gins had 270 or better,with one string each of betterthan 1.0. They were DorisVaillancourt, 237; PaulineGraham, 274; Cecllle Berthi-aurre, 282; Lois Eaton, 288.
Powerand Steam
Everyone we have talked toaround the power houses hasthe hunting fever. "Doc"Cordwell, Norman Robichaud,Ed Goulet and Sig Johnsonare trapping.
* * *Incidentally, we met Sig
Johnson downtown the otherday. He was visiting ;-Ul thejewelry stores and hock'*shops. We asked him wnat hewas looking for and he an-swered, ''Fox bait." Sig claimsthat watches are the best foxbait in the world.
This is the way Sig usesthem: He digs a hole and putshis trap in it. Then he puts awatch on the pan of the trapand covers it with wax paperas protection. Then he coversthe whole thing over withleaves and sprinkles it withanise oil. The fox smells theoil and comes to investigate.Then he hears the watchticking. Thinking it is some-thing alive, he pounces on itand gets caught—says Sig.
* * *Roy Brown has moved across
the river, so Ward 4 will havea new voter.
* * *Roy Maines and his orches-
tra, the Down Easters, areopen for business. Anyonewho cares for a small band fordances or entertainment call803-M or 653-R.
* * *PEACE: The length of time
it takes the olive branch togrow into a war club.
Meet Your Neighbor These are some of your neighbors in Brown Company.
DAVE MARCOTTESupervisor at the Flock
Plant . . . joined the group atthe Chemical Plant in 1909 ...went to Flock Plant when itopened in mid-1930's . . . son,Leo, works at Chemical Plant. . . step-son, Robert Cadoret,also works at Flock.
ALBERT GILBERTShift foreman at the Flock
Plant . . . has been with thecompany for 30 years . . . hasbeen at Flock Plant since itopened . . . brother, Joe, alsoworks at Flock Plant . . .daughter, Estelle, is in theTowel Division.
DON MARQUISBall mill operator at the
Flock Plant . . . first joinedcompany in 1925 . . . hasworked at Burgess, Bermicoand Cascade . . . joined Chem-ical in 1939 . . . brother, Russ,is at the Onco Plant.
ED THIBODEAUScreen operator at the Flock
Plant . . . has been with thecompany since 1927 . . .worked at Bermico and Cas-cade and in the woods . . .joined the Flock Plant groupin 1935 . . . brother, Armand,also works at Flock.
LINWOOD JOHNSONBall mill operator at Flock
Plant . . . at Shelburne Power-house in 1929-30 . . . returnedto company in 1935 . . . fourbrothers with company . . .Bill (Flock), Zig (Power andSteam), Oscar (Steam Tur-bines), Carl (Engineering).
FLY ASH Continuedfrom One
are readily carried away bywin.,- currents.
However, investigation ofactual installations in otherpL c-}s led to the conclusionthat pulverizers would prob-ably not prove to be the solu-tion for Brown Company.
Other Methods StudiedK! .,.idles also were made of
the possibility otf convertingthe Heine coal-fired boilers tooil. For a number of reasonsthis idoa was abandoned.Other methods .also were con-sidered, bui, after thoroughstudy were vp-'ected.
The decision io begin a pro-gram of installing ash collec-tors We ? reached after actualinspection of th;s type ofiru-'-R1'. tion at .--her plantsw::~. "a they had proven effec-tive.
The collector is just whatthe word implies. It actuallyprevents most of the fly ashfr'>m getting into the air.About 90 per cent of the flyash from No. 6 boiler wouldb* -ollected by this installa-tion.
Mr. Morris said that the eii-5infers have advised him thatthe fly ash collector alreadyon order will eliminate, wheninstalled, about 26 per cent ofall the fly ash presently being-discharged into the air fromall the soft coal boilers at theHeine Plant. Delivery of thecollector has been promisedfor Mar. 1, 1950.
In the meantime all neces-sary engineering and prelim-inary work will be completedso that the collector can beinstalled promptly upon de-livery.
After installation, carefulstudies will be made of it.Work will then proceed witha further installation.
Once it was common prac-tice to "pass the hat" when aco-worker died. Even todaythere are cases where some-body's widow and childrenhave been left without moneyand "the boys" chip in to helpthem out. Passing the hat, atbest, is uncertain. Group LifeInsurance, on the other hand,never fails!
Main OfficeMusings
Our most sincere welcometo Dr. Robert W. Kaschub,who recently joined us as di-rector of the company's medi-cal services.
A group of girls recently en-tertained Nina Kluchnick ata dinner party in honor ofher coming marriage. Amongthose attending were MarthaJane Smith, Olive Dumoiit,Florence Smith, Eleanor Pet-tingill, Barbara Thompson,Henrietta Derosier, and Eu-genia Levasseur.
Charlie Jeskey of the PayDivision has returned fromvacation, part of which wasspent seeking out the more-or-less elusive game birds.
Bermico Bits
Joe Napert of the Mainte-nance Department tells us hisson, Paul, is recuperating verynicely from a serious accidentsuffered some time ago. Yourmany friends at Bermico Di-vision wish you a speedy re-covery, Paul.
Members of the TreatingDepartment, with their wives,recently enjoyed an outing atthe Rancho Grande on FrenchHill. Clams were the maincourse with all the "fixin's."Reports from the boys statethat they are eagerly lookingforward to a repeat perform-ance in the near future.
Our hunting twins, DickPike and Don Welch, triedJefferson and vicinity on a re-cent week-end and report fairsuccess.
Bob Moreau, our inventoryclerk, tells of his latest build-ing project, a trailer. Hisplans are to use this as a basecamp during week-end hunt-ing expeditions. Make surethe roof doesn't leak. Bob!
We wish to extend our deep-est sympathy to Alfred Noletand family on the loss of hisbrother.
One of the beautiful newhomes on the Halvorsen Proj-ect is now being completed byBob Thayer. On viewing thehouse, Bob, we can't help butbe envious and we know youryears there will be happy ones.
Research Data
A member of the ResearchDepartment was among thosetaking part in a panel discus-sion on state aid to educationat the regional meeting of the
State School Board Associa-tion in Groveton.
He was Edward Fenn, whoalso is a member of the SchoolBoard in Gorham.
Subject of the discussionwas "How Can We MaintainEducational Standards on Di-minishing Financial Assist-ance?"
From the Homeof "Mister
Nibroc"
Congratulations and bestwishes go to two more of theTowel Division girls on theirrecent marriages. They arePauline Laliberte, who becamethe bride of Paul Gamache,and Emma Labrecque, whobecame the bride of JohnTurcotte.
Are You A Joe Bermico ?
Joe Bermico had a lifting job to do ... so naturally he did itthe hard way. That look of anguish on Joe's face may not bebecause of just the struggle he's having. When he tries tostraighten up he may find there's a good pain in his back.When you bend over like that and try to lift with the musclesof your back, you are putting an extra burden on those muscles.But, of course, Joe wouldn't know that.
Safety Engineer Jack Rodgerson shows how to avoid injuredbacks caused from lifting. Keep the back straight. Go down onyour haunches. Then lift by pushing your legs up. Your legsare more used to carry heavy loads. They can take it a little bitmore. Incidentally, strained backs make up about the mostcommon type of lost-time accident in the company. So re-member . . . DON'T be a Joe Bermico . . . do it the right wayand keep well.
