D. C. WEBSTER. . . Chief Engineer

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Volume 3, Issue 9 October, 1955

Bond Drive ChairmenSign Up 424 in Week

Savings totaling more than $100,000 yearly were assuredLibrascope employees who signed up during the U. S. SavingsBond drive.

The week-long campaign was authorized by General Preci-sion Equipment Corporation and was conducted during theweek of September 12-17 at all GPE subsidiaries. While resultsfrom other companies in the GPEfamily have not yet been obtained,Librascope officials feel our drivewas an unqualified success.

Almost half of Librascope's1000-odd employes were signed upby departmental representativesduring the drive.

For the statistical-minded, the424 who signed up authorized pay-roll deductions totaling $1790 aweek. This sum represents thepurchase weekly of bonds valuedat $2236, or $116,272 worth ofbonds a year. Individual payrolldeductions average out at $4.17per pay period.

Major credit for the success ofthe drive must go to the depart-ment chairmen and their repre-sentatives who contacted each ofus not once but several times dur-ing the week.

Hats off to Art Curley, Bob Mc-Coy, Buzz Newman, Betty Meyer,Ozzie Osborn, Walt Sertic, DeanFrederick, John Blake, and La-vonne Wellen for a job well done.

Krill AppointedTo MEC Post

Appointment of Charles Krill tothe post of Chief Engineer of Min-nesota Electronics Corporation hasbeen announced by Dick Hastings,MEC general manager.

Krill, supervisor of electronicengineering at Librascope since1948, assumed his new dutiesSeptember 6.

Charlie takes with him to hisnew post at MEC a broad back-ground of electronics experience—experience which will be of far-reaching importance in the future.

Don't miss Librascope's "Youand Your Future," broadcast Mon-day through Friday at 6:55 a.m.over radio station KABC.

EmployesApproveYule Plan

Enthusiastic approval of a Yule-tide charity program in lieu of amass exchange of Christmas cardswithin the company is reportedby the committee formed to studythe plan.

First suggested by the Precision-eers and reported in the last issueof the Librazette, the idea broughtgenerally favorable comment fromLibrascope employes who havewatched their Christmas mailinglists grow to unmanageable size.

The eight-member committeeselected to formulate plans in-cludes Keith Kinnaird, GalenMannan, R u t h Kennerknecht,Chuck Keesling, Pauline Ponnish,Charles Carroll, Herb Darby, andMac McKeague.

Substituting philanthropy for acompany-wide exchange of greet-ing cards is a growing trend inindustry, especially with organiza-tions as large as Librascope.

The committee is studying sug-gested philanthropies, many pro-posed by employes, and full de-tails will be carried in the Novem-ber Librazette.

Under the projected plan, em-ployes, who last year exchangedupwards of 10,000 Yule cards,would be invited to give a dona-tion to a company-wide Philan-thropy Pool. The actual programwould be carried out with as manyLibrascopers as possible person-ally participating.

Committee members are alsodiscussing ideas for a form oftoken holiday greeting to be dis-played within buildings or de-partments of the plant.

Engineering Regrouping KeyedTo Growth and Diversification

Librascope's Engineering Division is moving forward in de-sign and development work under a new organizational struc-ture keyed to the company's growth and increasing productdiversification.

Engineers, designers, technicians and clerical personnel—240strong—regrouped forces in a manner as precise as the mili-tary forces which they team up tostrengthen the nation's defenses.

Five departments, each havingcomplete responsibility and auth-ority for performing all engineer-ing phases of a project within itsarea of business endeavor, emergein the new divisional structure.

Dietrich, airborne equipment; LesBentley, s p e c i a l devices; andWayne Blackburn, commercial.

The shipboard equipment, air-borne equipment, special devices,and commercial departments willbecome smoothly functioning or-ganizations specializing in areasto which the members uniquelyare suited. Teams of engineers,designers, technicians, and otherswill work as self-sufficient unitsunder the immediate direction ofa project manager.

The Administrative Departmentwill fulfill important liaison func-tions withother departments andwith the Manufacturing Division.Under the Administrative depart-ment will be the EngineeringServices and Field Service units,and the production engineeringsection. Drafting and checkingpersonnel also will be under itsdirection, forming talent poolsfrom which work assignments willbe made on the basis of assistingworkload flexibility throughout.

BILL McABOY. . . Administrative

Chief Engineer D. C. Webster,who announced the changes afterreviewing the organizational struc-ture with President Lewis W.Imm, stated that each departmentwill conduct its own research anddevelopment and become expertin its field and will in addition:

1. Become familiar with poten-tial markets and secure new busi-ness in its own area;

2. Develop and maintain con-tinuous customer contact;

3 Prpparp it? nwn ouotes—3B€tconduct related correspondence;

4. Be responsible for effectiveperformance under its contract orcommercial assignments.

LES BENTLEY. . . Special Devices

reaching effects on Librascope'sover-all efficiency and will chan-nel the company's path towardgreater success.

As stated, the divisional re-grouping and redeployment wasskillfully executed. Those in-volved, and they included theBulk of the Engineering Division,began their mass redeploymentmaneuver October 1 when theyweighed anchor with such prizedpossessions as slide rules, T-squares, drawing boards, pencilsand typewriters and sailed off asfar as another room or anotherdesk area.

Sans duffel bags, members ofLibrascope's engineering divisionutilized packing boxes in the voy-age. Most of the crew were oldhands at reberthing, having takenpart in the shakedown cruise ofthe new Administration and En-gineering building just one yearago.

BOB DIETRICH. . . Airborne Equipment

The five departments, eachfunctioning under a director re-sponsible to Chief Engineer Web-ster, are Commercial, Special De-vices, Airborne Equipment, Ship-board Equipment, and Adminis-trative.

Departmental directors are BillM c A b o y , administrative; TomBryant, shipboard equipment; Bob

TOM BRYANT. . . Shipboard Equipment

In his August 26 letter announc-ing there would be an organiza-tional r e v i e w , President Immstated:

"During the past few years Lib-rascope has been going through aperiod of rapid growth. This ap-plies not only to increase in fa-cilities and number of employees,but also to the number of prod-ucts, both military and commer-cial, which have been under-taken."

Continuing, he said, "This div-ersification is desirable and addsgreatly to the security of the fut-ure of the Company. Certain or-ganizational problems have re-sulted, however, and it appearedthat we should review our entireengineering organiaztional struc-ture, with a view of finding thebest way to get things done, es-tablish better communications andmeans for work measurement."

In line with this, the new struc-ture is poitned toward:

1. Clearly defining individualjobs.

2. Spelling out areas of respon-sibility and lines of authoritywithin the division.

Both goals, according to Mr.Imm and Mr. Webster, have far-

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Two Promoted inPersonnel Dept.

Continued company growth lead-ing to an expansion of personneldepartment functions is reflectedin two promotions announcedOctober 12.

Ray McDonald, former employ-ment manager, has been named tofill the new post of wage-salaryadministrator.

Succeeding Ray as employmentmanager is Glen Seltzer, whomoves over from Engineering toassume his new responsibilities.

Shell Oil Purchases 3 FlowmetersWarren Perrine, project mana-

ger in the Engineering Division'sCommercial Department, knowshis onions about selling flowmet-ers; showed it recently when helanded a big, new customer, theShell Oil Company of TCP addi-tive fame, for Librascope.

Warren made believers out of12 Shell Oil Company reps whowere in Southern California toattend the Instrument Society ofAmerica's annual show. FirstWarren explained how the Libra-scope flowmeter would pulse totalnatural gas flow on Shell trapfarms (distribution points) moreaccurately than any other deviceon the market today. Then he

played up the "save money"angle. Finally he showed themjust how the flowmeter works.That did it!

So far Shell has ordered threeflowmeters. These will be put tothe test. Shell figures to order ad-ditional flowmeters if the initialthree live up to their advancebilling.

Most of the visiting Shell offi-cials, who came from far distantpoints in the U. S. and Canada,had first learned of the Librascopeflowmeter through sales literature.With their c u r i o s i t y alreadystirred, they h a p p i l y acceptedWarren's invitation to see an ac-tual demonstration.

Especially appealing to the menfrom Shell, is the way the meterpermits direct—thus faster—read-ing of figures. Need for slide rulemastery and complex computationwith paper and pencil, before tal-lying final flow, is practicallyeliminated.

Dark horse — and white hope,too—in Librascope's commercialproduct lineup, the flowmeter hasalso piqued interest in other in-dustrial quarters. Southern Cali-fornia Gas Company, for example,has made inquiry. So have manyother companies whose operationsrequire measuring large flows ofcompressible fluids.

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PLANT SECURITY is a "round the clock" operation at Librascope and other firms working on vital projectslinked to our national defense. The task of seeing that plant security is not breached falls to men such asthe Librascope guards shown above. They are (1. to r.) Bob Trowbridge; LeRoy Brown; Archie Taylor;Charlie Myers, day shift supervisors; and Walter Doty. Not present at the time the above picture was takenwere Ernie Wenberg; R. J. Blackhurst, swing and third shift supervisor; Edwin Kostland; John Carlson; C.L. Jenkins, and O. A. Young.

Plant Guards HoldKey to Our SecurityPkknickersEnjoy Outing

As usual, the weather was un-usual for the annual PrecisioneerPicnic held this year at Moun-tain Oaks Park, La Crescenta. Un-usual for a picnic, that is, since itwas a beautiful day.

Several hundred enthusiasticLibrascope families turned out toenjoy the sun and the fun of anold-fashioned picnic.

While the kids romped in theplayground and the pool and keptEd (just call me Casey) Warrenbusy at the throttle of the Toon-erville Trolley, the teen-agersbopped or rocked and rolled onthe outdoor dance floor.

The more active of their eldersindulged in a milder form of ex-ercise, limiting themselves to alittle baseball, some horseshoepitching, and a cooling dip or twoin the pool with the younger set.

Librascope President Lewis Immwas on hand for the festivities andproved himself no mean hand withthe stein and the paddle.

Precisioneer picnic committee-men responsible for the success ofthis year's affair were Loy Thomp-son, Jack Perry, Roy Gombert,Bud Bradley, and Bob Garrett.

The LibrazetteCopyright 1953 by Librascope, Inc.808 Western Avenue, GlendaleEditor News EditorJohn Laubacher Joe MeschArt EditorKeith Kinnaird

PhotographerLee Duggan

Staff WritersDonna SnyderBob DuffJim Robinson

CorrespondentsBob Day MECChuck Freeman . . . MECCABill Goeppinger AdjustmentDoris Appleby AssemblyCharlotte Hoskinson....EngineeringMarge Anton

Manufacturing PlanningRobert McCollum Model ShopMac McKeague PersonnelRay McDonald PersonnelBetty Meyer....Production ControlMillie Calitri Sales

By DONNA SNYDERLibrazette Staff Writer

A security program without national defense plant guardscertainly would be akin to a dike with a thousand holes.

Yet, the efforts of these men who keep watch over Libra-scope are often undervalued and sometimes misunderstood.

When Librascope sentinels such as Charlie Myers, "Pop"Giles, and Ernie Wenberg insist on seeing EVERY employe'sbadge as they enter the plant andall material carried out, they are Nearly every member of thenot being cantankerous. Rather, team has a public protection orthey are holding to a guard's card- service job in his background,inal rule of NO EXCEPTIONS. Included are former fire depart-

ment captains, policemen, post of-fice personnel, and Service repre-sentatives.

Charlie Myers heads the dayshift. With Myers on the day forceare Walter Doty, F. O. "Pop"Giles, Bob Trowbridge, and ErnieWenberg. R. J. Blackhurst is incharge of the swing and thirdshift guards. Blackhurst, LeroyBrown and Archie Taylor are theswing shifters; while Edwin Kost-land, John Carlson, C. L. Jenkins,and O. A. Young work graveyardhours.

Contrary to the popular concep-tion, plant security officers don'trest while working.

The day guards, in addition tothe regular checking of employesat shift changes, are responsiblefor escorting, or providing an es-cort, for all visitors and outsideservice people while they arewithin the plant, with the excep-tion of those holding completeclearance.

Also within the guards' juris-diction are delivery trucks andtheir drivers who are not allowedbeyond the doors of the shippingand receiving department.

And if you think the nightguards have time to relax, checkover their duties and the walkinginvolved in patroling the companyarea. The three buildings are al-ways under 24-hour surveilance.A total of 39 clock stations aredistributed throughout the build-ings and each of these stationsmust be checked every hour. Asthe wag said, keep walking!

Next time it's raining and yourbadge is "lost" under a mountainof wet weather paraphernalia,don't grumble at the wary guard.So, he's seen you every morningfor five years—just try to remem-ber that he's not taking you forgranted and he only asks the sameof you in return.

F. O. "POP" GILES. . . Security Plus

Librascope's guards, and theircounterparts throughout the na-tion, are the men immediately re-sponsible for preventing classifiedinformation from falling into un-authorized hands.

Theirs, indeed, is a great re-sponsibility and it can best becarried out by keeping unauth-orized personnel out of the plantby the use of badges, and by keep-ing all classified papers and mate-rials in the plant by requiringpackage passes which are issuedby a responsible supervisor.

Bulwarking the security pro-gram is not a completely strangejob to the 12-man Librascopeguard team.

Radiation Detector forCivil Defense Offered

Compact. Inexpensive. Easily operated and read.This is what the military and civil defense wanted in a

radiation detector and this is what Librascope's research lab-oratories are ready to give them.

The Balanced lonization Chamber, known as the BIC-2, isin limited production after months of design and development.Scientifically, it is regarded as es-pecially significant because it isNOT in the geiger counter cate-gory.

Only its size—18 ounces, 3 by3 by 6 inches—belies its impor-tant-scounding name. What it willdo for the civil defense worker orsoldier moving into an atom-bombed area is not only impor-tant but life-saving.

A flick of the switch and thewearer would know almost in-stantly how long he could remainin the contaminated area withoutsuffering fatal radiation.

Switched on, the instrument be-gins radiation measurement bybalancing the negative ion currentof external radioactive materialagain the positive ion currentwhich an alpha transmitter with-in the BIC-2 is developing.

As the negative ion currentmounts, a radium-treated needlemeasures the corresponding radi-ation factor on a calibrated scaleof roentgens. The BIC-2 scaleranges from .05 to 50 roentgensper hour.

Fatal radiation to a human be-ing is approximately 200 roent-gens.

By dividing the scale readinginto 200, the wearer can easilydetermine the time length beforeradiation is fatal.

If the BIC-2 scale reads 50roentgens, the wearer wouldknow a four-hour stay wouldprove fatal. Under a reading of"50," according to scientists, aperson could remain safely in thedanger area from one to twohours, taking about half of thefatal dosage of 200 roentgens.

Shock- and moisture-proof, theBIC-2 will operate for up to 180hours on hearing-aid batteries.The sealed unit is easily carriedby a permanent belt, or shoulderstrap, attached to the instrument.

Other than periodic changes ofthe batteries, the instrument re-quires no further service main-tenance or adjustment.

ToastmastersOrganize Here

Librascope employes interestedin mastering the art of extempo-raneous speaking have joined to-gether to form a local chapter ofthe Toastmasters Club.

The Toastmasters, a group ded-icated to the proposition that mancan talk in an interesting and in-formative manner without re-course to notes or a script, haschapters in almost every city, vil-lage, and hamlet in the country.

Prospective members of the Lib-rascope chapter met as guests ofthe Eagle Rock chapter, Septem-ber 29, to get a first-hand viewof toastmasters in action.

Called upon to participate in theTable Topics session (a regularmeeting feature wherein membersare required to give a one-minutetalk on a subject made known tothem only as they arise to talk)the Librascope group, 21 strong,conducted themselves with theaplomb and sang froid of a Jessel.

When the smoke of oratory hadcleared, Ray McDonald, employ-ment manager, was tapped as thetop toaster.

Art Peterson, production control,served as temporary chairmanof the local chapter, pending elec-tion of chapter officers at the in-itial meeting October 5. Assist-ing him were Bill Balch, purchas-ing, and Voyle Sipes, productioncontrol. Maury Kimmel, modelshop, vice-president of the EagleRock chapter, is serving in an ad-visory capacity in the organizationof the Librascope chapter.

Results of this October 5 elec-tion were as follows:

President, Sid Briggs; vice-pres-ident, Art Peterson; educationalvice-president, Walt Sertie; sec-retary, Bill Greer; treasurer, BillBrown; sergeant - at - arms, BobWhitcomb.

Parking Lot to Be Localeof Glendale 1955 Gymkhana

Librascope's parking lot will as-sume a racier aspect than usualSunday morning, October 16,when the clan gathers for the sec-ond annual Glendale Gymkhana.

When action begins at 9 a.m.,sports car enthusiasts will have achance to watch highly skilleddrivers pilot their favorite sport-sters through a tricky, pylon-punctuated course.

Several members of the Libra-scope Sports Car Club plan to pittheir driving skills against ent-rants from other clubs throughoutSouthern California.

Engineering's Fred Kirr andBud Linsley; Denise Miller andPat Hanson from materials con-trol; Factory Superintendent Har-lan Buseth; and Lloyd Sommer-field, general foreman, have al-ready signified their intentions ofcompeting for top honors.

Sponsored by the Glendale Jun-ior Chamber of Commerce in co-operation with the T. C. MotoringGuild, the 1955 Gymkhana prom-ises to be bigger and better thanever.

This year's event brackets com-petition into four classes: Over100-in. wheelbase (Jags, T-birds,Corvettes); under 100-in. wheel-base (MG's, Porsches, Volkswag-ons, Austin Healeys, Singers, Mor-gans, and the like); closed sedans;and "specials."

The "special" class promises todraw a weird variety of home-made, hand tooled, unique-bodiedvehicles powered by "bootleg"fuels. A committee will rule on theacceptability of entrants in thespecial class.

Ambassador HotelTo Be Dance Site

Scene of this year's Precisioneersponsored Christmas dance will bethe Ambassador Hotel's EmbassyRoom, Precisioneer President JohnDelle Fave anounced last week.

A Precisioneer committee is cur-rently making plans for the galaaffair. Date of the dinner-dance,which will be semi-formal, is Fri-day, December 23.

Carroll Wax and his orchestrawill provide the dance rhythms.Additional entertainment will befurnished by the Libratones, com-pany choral group, who will pre-sent a program of Christmascarols.

Library NewsThe following books have been

added to the Precisioneers library:FICTION

Marjorie Morningstar, The Fon-tine, Flight from Natchez, TheFour Winds, Band of Angels, TheVirginia Exiles, The Sixth of June,The Web of Victory, The Man inthe Gray Flannel Suit, The Break-ing Wave.

Several new mysteries have alsobeen added to the library's col-lection.

NON-FICTIONGrand Inquest, Arctic Doctor,

Eleanor the Q u e e n , TibetanMarches, Beyond Expectation —The Volkswagen Story, and Amer-ican Science and Invention.

October 1955 T H E L I B R A Z E T T E Page 3

Catalina Bound Thousands View GPE ExhibitAt Tenth Annual ISA Show

By JIM ROBINSONLibrazette Staff Writer

Scientific wares and services that may trigger a new indus-trial revolution were viewed by thousands of visitors attendingthe Instrument Society of America's tenth annual Instrument-Automation Conference and Exhibit.

More than 325 exhibitors displayed their products in ShrineAuditorium, September 12 through 16. Purpose of the ISAshow: " . . t o reveal how instru-

JUST ABOUT READY to shove off for Catalina island's Camp Fox arethree of the four boys who were named winners in the essay contestsponsored earlier this year by the Precisioneers. The youngsters spenteight fun-packed August days swimming, hiking, fishing, and learninghandicrafts on beautiful Catalina. The boys, shown here with ChuckBaumgard, essay contest committeeman who presented $5 spendingmoney to each of the youths before they left for camp, are (1. to r.)Tommy Nelson, son of Bob Nelson, then in engineering; Carl Haldwell,son of Leona Sahl, assembly; and Dennis Elkin, son of Sol Elkin, fieldservices. Not shown is Gary Brown, son of Eileen Brown, Precisioneersstore, who left for the camp a week later.

Anglers End Season on High NoteLibrascope devotees of the Isaac Walton cult were all set to

call it quits for the season following their most successfulfishing trip of the year.

The anglers, 18 strong, boarded their charter boats, the Starand Crescent, at Port Hueneme, Sunday, October 2. Bravingan early morning sea that was running a bit rough, the boatsput out for Santa Cruz Island.

It wasn't long, however, beforethe sea calmed down and the suncame out. Nor did the eager fish-ermen have long to wait beforethe fish started biting. Bass, redsnapper, and California grouperwere hooked and landed in quan- EauLJCan£,_s£niQr_technicaLU-

"tity, with some anglers naming in lustrator intwo at a time.

The day, from the fisherman'sstandpoint, was a whooping suc-cess, with no one going homeempty-handed. How the fish feltabout all this was not recorded.

Prizes were snagged as follows:Biggest fish—Buzz NewmanSecond biggest fish—Jack

PerryMost fish—Ray McDonald

Arrangements for the chartertrip were made by Carl Miller.Unfortunately for Carl, he could-n't make his own party. MaybeCarl doesn't trust his fellow fish-ermen anymore, eh, Carl?

Water Color EntryAccepted for Show

ments and automatic controlsstrengthen our defense, our na-tional economy and our Americanstandard of living."

Graphically portraying its his-tory of dramatic growth in fieldsof technical wizardry, Librascope'sdisplay caught the admiring eyesof many. Also showcasing repre-sentative products, in the largestsingle display at the five-day ses-sion, were these additional mem-bers of the General PrecisionEquipment Corporation family:Askania Regulator, Kearfott, LinkAviation, and General PrecisionLaboratory.

Librascope's exhibit starred thecompany's r e c e n t l y developedflowmeter for gases. A real boonto the oil, gas, and chemical in-dustries, this intricate device con-tinuously computes pipeline flowwithin one percent of the total.Unlike previous flowmeters, theLibrascope flow computer talliestotal flow past a given point dur-ing any specified time period.

Sharing the spotlight with theflow computer were our highlyefficient transistorized servo am-plifier and a precision-built lab-oratory drum for use as a compu-tational or memory unit in a dig-ital computer.

The magnetically-gated servoamplifier can be employed to stepup a weak signal voltage suffi-ciently to drive a servomotorwhich could, for example, open orclose a large valve. About the sizeof a pack of cigarettes, the servoamplifier contains two tiny pow-

Among those in attendance atthe show were Hermann G. Place,president and chairman of theboard of General Precision Equip-ment Corporation; Robert T. Rin-ear, GPE vice-president; Dr. R.L. Garman, vice-president andmanaging director of General Pre-cision Laboratory; Blair Foulds,vice-president of GPL; and OttoJ. Kolb, GPL representative; H.J. Velten, president, Askania Reg-ulator; H. Ziebolz, Askania vice-president; J. Kaufman of LinkAviation; J. S. Gassaway, localKearfott representative.

President Place, in commentingon the show, stated that with thegrowing automation of Americanindustry, instrumentation becomesincreasingly vital to technologicalprogress. The activities of the In-strument Society of America, hewent on to say, are particularlyvaluable in this connection, andthe annual ISA Conference playsan essential part in enabling in-dustry to keep abreast of the lat-est developments in the field.

Ed Couleur, Librascope salesengineer, coordinated the GPE ex-hibit and did an excellent job.Ken Slee, sales manager, assistedby sales engineers Dave De Haasand Wilbur Silvertooth, and mem-bers of the design and project en-gineering staffs, manned the threebooths.

With the successful 1955 showrecorded, ISA is already lookingahead to its llth annual Confer-

Winter BowlingGets Underway

After a false start and some fastreshuffling of teams in the start-ing gate, the Librascope winterbowling league was off and roll-ing at the Burbank Bowl Sept. 15.

Complications resulting from ashortage of teams on the officialopening night (Sept. 8) promptedthe team captains to wipe resultsof that night's timber toppling offthe record.

Thirteen company teams and alone entrant from MEC make upthe Thursday night league. Whilethe caliber of bowling leavessomething to be desired, the com-petition among the teams certain-ly doesn't.

Team standings as of Oct. 1found the Super Doops leadingthe pack with a 9V2 and 2% rec-ord. The Bob Cats were in thesecond slot V2 game out at 9 and3, while the Guzzlers, Ceci's andthe Guttersnipes were tied with8 wins and 4 losses. The rest ofthe field was spread out behindthe leaders with the Pin Heads'2 and 10 record relegating them tothe cellar.

er transistors—those mighty mites ence and ExhibiL Next year's

Librascope welcomes the fol-lowing new employes:

Personnel —Eleanor Dowdy

Manufacturing Methods —Mattie Bollman, Linda Hus-tedt, Donald Knights, KeithMartin, Ruth Slike, VictorWatson

Toolroom —George Abele, Raymond Car-rier, George Cooke, Jon Mc-Dowell, Archie Sullivan, AllenWeeks, John Welsford, SamZatikin

Accounting —Frances Carlson, Gene Dean,Jacqueline Temple

Assembly —John Arcand, Laura Barrett,Rose Bowman, Arthur Emond,Jane Francis, Alexander Gol-stab, Raymond Goodrich, JoanHewlett, Suzanna Kovalchik,Dorothy Lane, Jewell Mc-Adams, Geraldine McCorkle,Rose Pascone, Genevieve Pat-riccia, Delia Price, Ann Rich-ard, Rose Richardson, JuanitaRobinson

Engineering —Patricia Baker, William Car-pente r, William Chase, Ed-ward Chosa, Charles Flannell,Clarine Miller, Bruce Posey,James R o b i n s o n , LotharSchmidt, James Simon, Gay-lord Vance, Alan Werner

Manufacturing Planning —Paul Schula

engineering services,has been accepted for membershipin the California Water ColorSociety.

Membership in the society islimited to those who have theirentries accepted for exhibit in theannual national exhibition of wat-er color painting sponsored by theCalifornia group.

For the past three years Paulhas submitted the required threeentries, with no success.

This year, Paul made it whena jury composed of California'sleading artists selected one of hisentries for the Society's 1955 ex-hibit.

Paul's painting, titled "Retired,"depicts a waterfront scene. His,and other paintings submitted byfellow western artists, will re-ceive their initial showing at theLong Beach Municipal Art Cen-ter, October 30 through Decem-ber 4.

Model Shop —Sol Giles

Inspection —Ruby Cordero, Phyllis Harris,Alden Robinson, Frank Toom-ey, Henry Warden

Production Control —Esther Andrede, Ronald Bak-er, Ronald Freda, WilliamTappa, Tommy Smith

Shipping and Receiving —Arthur Moreno, Emanuel Pa-lilla

Purchasing —Mary Lou Hockstadt

Machine Shop —James Abbott, Hugo Amantea,Francis Anderson, CliffordBarnes, Jack Boen, CharlesBreuer, William Cartwright,Donald Crawford, Alfred Em-mons, Gary Evans, HaroldFolsom, Jim Haenisch, FloydHaskins, U r b a n a Hemphill,Norman Higgs, Leigh Hilt,Robert Jette, John Kazantzis,Adney Milliken, E d m u n dPerry, Joseph Pleso, HarveyRobbins, George Starr, Al-fredo Uribe, Joseph Vanek,John Veytia, Kenneth Weim-dorf, Roe Wilson, Paul Woerle,John Womelduff

Systems and Procedures —Judy Wagner

Systems and Office Services —Beverly McCullick

of the electronics industry whichgive promise of replacing the vac-uum tube.

Importance of the ISA showwas indicated by the attendanceof top officials from GPE andparticipating companies who flewout from the east coast to attend.

show will be staged in New YorkCity's Coliseum, September 17-21.Many European firms are expectedto participate in the 1956 programwhen ISA will again alert itsmembers to the latest develop-ments in instruments and automa-tion.

Company AddsNew Air Show

"Science Reporter" — a five-minute radio show presenting thelatest scientific news in layman'slanguage — is a new Librascopepublic relations program.

The programs, which began un-der Librascope sponsorship onSeptember 1, is heard at 5:00p.m. five days a-week over-KHJ-.-It joins Librascope's familiar "Youand Your Future" show, which isbroadcast Monday through Fridayat 6:55 a.m. over KABC.

Deadline for the NovemberLibrazette is November 1.

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Dark Horse Victories MarkPlay in Calcutta Tourney

Elimination of last year's winner, Bill McAboy, and thethreat to Librascope golf supremacy posed by two dark horseentrants from MEC marked play to date in the Calcuttaplayoff.

McAboy, after downing payroll's Bill Brown in the firstround, lost a hard fought match to MEC's genial general man-

SUPERVISORS IN the Manufacturing Planning department meet with Department Head Earle Runion(extreme left) to consider ways and means of promoting manufacturing efficiency. The five men named tosupervisory posts in the recently organized department are (standing, 1. to r.) John Delle Fave, tool design;and Charlie Cole, Tool Engineering. Seated (1. to r.) are Ed Sullivan, Time Standards and Estimating; LoyThompson, night shift tool room foreman; and Bob Berg, Methods Engineering. (Photo by Duggan)

New Department to ProvideImproved Production Planning

By JOE MESCHLibrazette News Editor

Company emphasis on manufacturing efficiency and its re-sulting higher production and cost reduction is reflected inthe formation of a new Librascope department.

Earl Runion heads up the recently organized ManufacturingPlanning Department.

The new organizational setup will provide closer coordina-tion of the entire manufacturingprocess by bringing into closedaily contact the men responsiblefor estimating, defining produc-tion operations, procuring tooling,and allied functions.

Key groups in the departmentare Methods section, Tool Engin-eering section, and Time Stand-ards and Estimating section.

While these groups were all inexistence before the new depart-ment was formed, their functionsare consolidated for the first timewithin a single department. Thisconsolidation will permit closercoordination between these func-tionally related groups.

In line with the Librascope pol-icy of promoting from within, for-mation of the new department sawfive veteran employes elevated tosupervisory posts.

Assuming the reins as super-visor of the Methods Engineeringsection is Bob Berg. The Tool En-gineering section is headed byCharlie Cole with John DelleFaye, popular Precisioneer prexy,being promoted from lead man tosupervisor of tool design. Ed Sul-livan takes over in the TimeStandards and Estimating section.Loy Thompson moves up the lad-der as the new tool room foremanon the night shift.

As now constituted, the depart-ment offers the men and themeans for applying proven pro-duction techniques and proceduresgeared especially to Librascoperequirements.

The Methods Engineering sec-tion, for example, has as its prin-cipal function the preparation ofprocess instruction sheets. Thesesheets specify the kind and se-quence of manufacturing opera-tions, naming the machine to beused, detailing machine setup in-structions, and providing a com-plete listing of all tools to be used.

Methods engineers work withthe Tooling section to develop thebest tools for a given job and seeto it that all tools are preparedin advance of the job issuance bythe dispatcher.

The Tool Engineering sectionforms the second major divisionin the Manufacturing Planningdepartment. Because tool engin-eering is the basic foundation forproduction economy, this section

plays a key role in the depart-ment.

Its principal functions involvetool design, tool manufacture, andtool control. In order to prepareand procure the best possible toolfor a given job, the tool designerworks closely with the methodsengineer. He assumes joint re-sponsibility with the methods en-gineer and the tool maker for theperformance of the finished tool.

The Tool control group is re-sponsible for delivery of all toolsin advance of job issuance by theproduction dispatcher.

By coordinated control of tooldesign and tool manufacturingtime, the Tool Engineering sectionwill eliminate or greatly alleviatethose production problems whichcan arise from the failure to havea new tool, tried and proven,ready for use when needed.

The Time Standards and Estim-ating section is concerned withwhat is probably the least un-derstood aspect of productionplanning. Time study is by nomeans a new concept to industry,but appreciation of its true worthwas long in coming. It is an es-sential ingredient in all intelli-gent production planning, and itsimportance can be seen in the in-creasing number of firms that areutilizing it to reduce costs and in-crease production.

The time study engineer sets thetime standards for both set-up andrunning time on the operation in-struction sheet prepared by theMethods section. This is no arbit-rary standard set forth by theengineer. Rather it is establishedafter carefully reviewing the partdetail print and the tool descrip-tive material. All work elementtime standards are then checkedagainst data developed from thou-sands of time studies set in shopsthroughout the United States dur-ing the past 25 years.

Operations sheets are checkedby the time study engineer forclarity, accuracy and sequence. Ifchanges are necessary they are re-viewed by the Methods engineerand corrected.

The section also assumes re-sponsibility for project estimating.These estimates are prepared fromactual time standard data, ac-counting records, and informationprovided by the Purchasing de-partment.

Robert Nielson, engineering, girl.George Ouijian, adjusting, girl.Melvin Nelson, engineering, boy.Don Derrington, engineering, girl.John Walker, engineering, girl.Arthur Crieger, machine shop, boy.Ray McDonald, personnel, boy.Charles Burgess, machine shop,

boy.Chuck Ramba, inspection, girl.Paul Litvinoff, inspection, girl.

ager, Dick Hastings on the 19thhole. Bill, forced to give away 14strokes to Hastings, managed tofinish the 18-hole match all evenonly to go down to defeat on thefirst extra hole.

Joining Hastings as a semi-finalist in the lower bracket wasa second MEC contestant, WallyJobe. Jobe outlasted Forrest Mc-Coll to win his first round match1 up and then defeated Glen Selt-zer 6 and 5 in the quarterfinals.

The upper bracket finds CarlCulver meeting the winner of theBill Singleton-Tom Ryder quar-terfinal match for the right tomeet the lower bracket winnerfor the championship.

Culver downed vice-presidentBill Bratton 6 and 4 in his firstmatch and then had to go 34 holesbefore conquering Cliff Godwin.Godwin earlier downed medalistKenny Gowan 2 and 1 beforebowing to Culver.

While a 28-stroke handicapcoupled with his defeat of six-times champion McAboy marksDick Hastings as the man to beat,he may have his hands full in hissemifinal match with Wally Jobe,who sports a 20-stroke handicapof his own.

Handicaps play a big role inthe upper bracket also, where BillSingleton with a 24 meets TomRyder who must shoot to a 15 orbetter if he hopes to gain a semi-final berth.

Local interest in golf has re-mained at such a high pitch, thatArt Curley has initiated a secondflight tournament in which fortyLibrascope golfers have entered.The size of the field plus the end-ing of daylight saving time willprobably keep this tourney goinguntil sometime next spring. Withthe cooperation of the wives andthe weather, however, it should beended before qualifications fornext year's annual tournamentgets under way.

Stone Work

KINDLING,AND

Raymond Rockwell, field serv-ices, and his wife, Alice, haveadopted a baby boy. The infant,born August 7, has been christ-ened Scott Lee.

* * *Woody Seney, engineering serv-

ices, and his wife, June, returnedfrom a 3-month stay in Chicago,October 1. While there, Woodyconducted an orientation course insystems instruction at Great LakesNTS for U. S. Navy fire controlinstructors.

* * *Diane Lewis, production control,

is still talking about the one onthe house she didn't get for bowl-ing a sparkling 102 the openingnight of the season.

* * *Ellen Bunting, engineering serv-

ices, her husband, and two sonsmoved into their newly acquiredhome at 1935 Chilton, Glendale, onOctober 1.

* # *Jay Wiltsie, military sales, is

now ready for his blind flyingcheckout following his recent fish-ing excursion to Malibu. Seemshis ceiling and visibility were bothzero-zero, and Jay, navigating bydead reckoning, hawed when heshould have geed. How did theybite in Carpenteria, Jay?

* * *Betty Wyatt, engineering serv-

ices, her husband, and little girl,Sandra, moved into their newhome at 13424 Dyer Street, SanFernando, on August 20.

DO IT YOURSELF enthusiasts may be missing a splendid opportunity for adding ornamental — and useful— brie a brae to their collections by overlooking the potential in alabaster carvings. Del Elwood, process lab,has achieved some striking effects with his carvings as indicated in the top right photo. Elwood offers addi-tional evidence of his skill as a craftsman in the group of miniature tools exhibited in the left hand photo-graph. The cigarette in the top right corner of the picture gives an idea of their tiny size. (Photo by Duggan)

Hobbyist Works in AlabasterBy BOB DUFF

Librazette Staff WriterDelmar Elwood, Process Lab,

has been carving things ever sincehe can remember. In fact, it hasturned into a very interestinghobby.

Among his earliest recollectionsis the time he kidnapped a largesugar beet from a field near hishome in Oxnard. When he finishedworking on it he was probablythe only man in California with asugar beet horse and wagon. How-ever, after a few days the sugarbeet shriveled up!

Del turned his attention to moredurable materials such as wood,metal, stone, and plastic. Theitems he makes from these mate-rials are useful as well as orna-mental.

In 1941, Del made a miniature

pair of pliers (pair at right inphoto) while working at BoeingAircraft in Seattle. The collectionof tiny tools grew in number, tak-ing a total of 13 years to completethe set shown. Of course, the toolswere made off and on at sparemoments. The largest investmentin time was made in the pipewrench (at right in photo) whichcost 14 hours of patient effort. Thecigarette at upper left of photogives some idea of the detail, par-ticularly since the wrenches andpliers actually work.

Del has two brothers who arerock hounds, a particular breedof hobbyists interested in miner-als occurring in the natural state.Through them, Del became inter-ested in carving rocks. Del'sbrothers told him of a deposit ofalabaster at Ventacopa, between

Maricopa and Ventura. The threebrothers went to Ventacopa andreturned with eleven hundredpounds of alabaster.

From this raw material, Delcarved the objects in the righthand photo. The mermaid, for ex-ample, took 26 hours to carve, andappears to be well worth it.

Alabaster is a soft translucentvariety of gypsum that can beworked with woodworking tools.Del uses a handsaw, drill press,lathe, and other woodworkingtools in addition to a valve scraperand files in producing such items.

Del Elwood's hobby is not onlya satisfying avocation, but usefuland ornamental as well—not tomention the possibility of a buckhere and there, even a carvedone!