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MAINTENANCE
, By George Ryder
December has come and
nearly gone; Christmas is al
most here, and most of the
maintenance men will be re
pairing tricycles and wagons
as well as motoreducers and
shaft bearings. Ralph Baum-
garner has been keeping the
Electric Department full of Christmas cheer with
his rendition of "Rudolph . W^ill Santa bring Boyd
Lyday any more tools? All he needs now is a
drill press in his tool box to complete it.
It is time now to start turning over a new leaf
and make our annual resolutions. Too many of
them are the same ones we made last year! Lets
all resolve that this year will be as difficult as the
last, if not more so. We are no longer an infant
plant, but rather a mass-producing industry. It
will take all of our efforts to keep it that way.
We lost an employee and friend to Uncle Sam
last month. John Michael left for military service.
We miss you John, and hope that you will be
back soon. Bob Korstian, our Supervisor, took his
vacation. He is back feeling fit and ready for an
other year. We have two new employes: Jack
Bryson from the Standby Crew and Linton Lan-
ning from Finishing. We hope you like our clan,
fellows,
We have two proud hunters this month who
Clyde Whittington and his five point plan to beat
the high cost of groceries
made contacts; Jim Allison and Clyde Whitting
ton (see cut). Among the shirt-tailless club mem
bers are Donald Scruggs, Johnnie Harris, Hank
Bailey, Leonard Cousins, and Arthur Barton.
Why do George Sexton and Leonard Cousins
take their bowling so seriously? Could it be that
they like to bowl or is there more at stake?
That’s all the news I have now, but I’ll be back
next month with more gossip.
TECHNICAL
By Jack Smathers
There appears in this col
umn a picture of Howard Dan
iels, Fish, and Wendell Aus
tin. Since it is highly im
probable that both gentlemen
caught the same fish, one
must assume that said fish
was loaned for the occasion,
Howard Daniels has been recalled to active
duty with the Navy, effective January 15, 1952.
A farewell party will be held January 11th at 6:00
P. M. The party will be held at Howard’s house.
Cleaves Johnson is considering the possibility
of taking piano lessons since he is now the owner
of a piano. Betty McGuire is planning to do
the same. Expect an invitation to a joint re
cital very soon, "Chopsticks” with four fingers!
The exciting event for the week of December
1st was Mrs. Frisk being locked out of the house.
For the week ending December 7th, exciting
event was Mrs. Olan Hall detecting slowly escap
ing air, commonly known as a flat tire.
Effective January 1st, Hazel Zachary is avail
able as a baby sitter since she has no husband
to sit home with these days. Rates are cheap and
no one over age 18 need apply. Satisfaction guar
anteed.
The noon debating society of Chemical and
Mechanical Engineers has resolved that political
situations will change. Chairman and acting
President, A1 Kriek, predicts that a president
will be elected in 1952. A minority group com
posed of Bruce Brown and Olan Hall and George
Yehling stubbornly insist that taxation will con
tinue, with or with representation.
Welcome to Edward Bell, latest new employee
of the Tech. Section, and a farewell to John
Michal, who went back to the Marines, and Bill
Crary, who was transferred to Maintenance.
A near casualty occurred as Jim Winget was
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