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| Title: | Halinco hi-Lights - Volume 1, Number 5 - September 28, 1961 |
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September 28, 1961, Volume 1, Number 5,
With
a few minor inconveniences,
everybody
got back from the ISA Conference happy.
Norm Waner presented his paper on Constant
Temperature Baths, and there were SO many
inquiries at the booth later that they had to
locate an instrument in Los Angeles and in-
stall it in the booth for demonstration.
Norm
also heard about an organizational meeting of
a new Analysis Instrumentation Division of
the ISA, presented himself without invitation,
listened quietly, pointed out that they had
failed to include a committee on Physical
Measurements Instruments (that `S what we
build mostly), so the committee was included
in the plans, and Norm was appointed chair-
mgan.
This is what you call "putting yourself
in a position where you can keep your eye on
everybody else's business ."
In spite of all of the terriffic entertainment in
Hollywood, Mr. Hallfkainen managed to keep
the boys all busy evenings writing papers to
send back to the office for us to prepare for
the Sales Meeting the following week! Ed
Schimbor and Bill Breyer spent their time
delivering the sales pitch to those who came
to inquire at the booth.
M.L. Bramson showed up at the conference at
the end of the week, packed up his Electro-
cardiac Massage Machine and drove it over to
St. Vincent's Hospital to demonstrate it to the
medical staff. He so favorably impressed the
medical staff and so charmed the hospital
administrator (a diminutive nun) that they
bought the machine on the spot, and MLB left
it right where he had set it up. Super sales-
manship! Good machine !
Our trusty pick-up truck held up on the home
stretch as far as Tracy, where it casually
threw a rod and quit. Bill was able to pull
the truck and trailer into an all night gas sta-
tion and phoned his wife to come to get him
(Saturday morning, 1:00 AM). At 1O:OO AM,
&& Norm Waner and Wilson Pritchett got
together, rented another pick-up, drove to
Tracy, hauled the caravan in, and had it all
unloaded by evening. Great team!
The Sales Meeting came off as scheduled
September 18th. Unlike the usual tea party
atmosphere of such meetings, Ed Schimbor
had things so closely scheduled and monitored
that the Representatives were kept busy just
keeping up with his pace, They were allowed
to relax for lunch at Spenger's, and they fin-
ished off the day with dinner at Le Boeuf in
San Francisco.
The Reps asked many very
pertinent questions and offered comments
based on experience in the field that proved
helpful to our staff as well. Many of the
visitors commented on how much the company
has expanded since the& last visit here.
Texaco is having a symposium in Chicago for
all of their refineries, and we have been
invited to display an End Point Analyzer and
a Viscometer. Bill Breyer left September 27th
to take charge of our instruments there, and
he will return September 30th.
The Bowling League is completely finished,
and the team won $37 on the basis of points
made in the series.
Next season (according
to Tom Hale) there will be women on the team
too (to make it note interesting),
Bud Singh is a welcome addition to our
engineering staff. Born in India, he came to
the U.S. in 1952, learned English, worked
his way through UIC, and graduated as a
mechanical engineer in 1958, Before he
came to work for us, he was with Western
Gear in Seattle.
Besides being a sports Car
enthusiast, he likes to ski and golf.
Carol Clark is the new clerk in the account-
ing department;
Although her home is in Berk-
eley, she graddated from business college in
Vancouver where she majored in accounting4
She had a job in the Marshall Islands where
she was living with her family; but she re*
turned to Berkeley to live with her grand&
parents, because her father was transferred
to India; and there are n@ educational or job
opportunities in the small village where
Kaiser International sent himr
The stock room for the day shift Is now being
handled by Ken Harris, U.S.N.,radiomani
CPO, retired.
He spent most of World War
II at communications centers in the interior
of China. After that he managed to have him-
self assigned to embassy duty and served in
the U.S. Embassies in many foreign capitals.
Glad to be out of the navy, he lives in Oak-
land with his wife (a nurse at county hospital),
his son, age 6, and his daughter, age 3,
The sporting fellows went out flshinq again;
this time it was Eric Liske who caught the
most (2 fish), Henry Schuetz's one fish, a
10 pounder, was the largest, Norm Waner
caught one, and Al Beach, Jack Reed and
Palmer Estes (from Estes Refrigeration) had to
flip for Eric's second fish, because four was
the total catch. The only casualty was a
broken fishing pole (somebody stepped on it),
so
everybody came in cheerful if not happy
at the outcome.
Steve Schulte is still champion chess player
after several weeks of noon sessions in Norm
Waner's office. Howard Kirk has joined them
and he can't beat Steve either. Next they
are going to play three handed - Howard and
Norm against Steve, Good luck, men, but
it looks like a losing battle!
Horst Hermann's reserve unit was activated,
so he will be leaving October 15th to spend
some time with Uncle Sam. Herb Liske has
also received his "greetings" from the presi-
dent and will report October 31 st .
Jack Reed and Kathie Lydon are no longer
working for us,
Eero Vasankari wrote a card telling us that
he is now married, and he will be bringing
his bride back with him. We expect them
back from Finland October 23rd.
Eric Liske is to be married October 7th at
St. James Lutheran Church in Richmond, His
bride-to-be is Trudy Moehle who has just
returned from a trip home to Zurich to visit
her parents .
Many thanks to the men who have given
blood for Gerry Stanke, We still need more!
Fred Wolff can tell you how and where to
make an appointment if you are a qualified
donor.
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