Sanford Leuba with Santa

A VISIT FROM SANTA: The Children's Christ- mas Party held on December 19th in the Com- pany's office building was a huge success. Thanks to John Ramacher, Santa Claus ar- rived with presents and Christmas stockings for all the boys and girls attending. The children were entertained with music by Jim Valley and Pete Radovich; movies were shz and refreshments were served to the parents as well as the children. Our special thanks to Shirley Ramacher and her assistant, Mel- ba Strickland, for their excellent plan* of the party. Shirley extends her appre- ciation to all of those who lent their help.

REPORT FROM THE CHEM SHOW About 28,000 people registered at the Chemical Industries Exposition in New York City. Mr. Schimbor reported that it was a very good show and interest was very good on those instruments that were for the chemical industry. Again, the Gravitrol was the hit of the show. E.F. Schimbor, K.E. Hallikain- en and F. Watson attended from H.I. - SHELL TRAINING PROGRAM The training program started off with a bang with a very intensive week of training for the Shell men by the Beckman training engineer, Mr. Ted Przysiecki. The program started on December 13th and will last un- til approximately April 1st. We have twelve Shell men training here at Hallikainen In- struments under the direction of Duane Roodzant, Project Engineer for Analyzer In- struments at the new Shell Oil Refinery at Martinez and with the assistance of the Systems Division of H.I. The Shell men are learning about analyzer instruments -- how to operate, service and calibrate them, since their job will be to test and maintain these analyzers at the new refinery. Be- fore coming to H.I., the men had been train- ing at the Shell Refinery at Wood River, Illinois. Most of the men returned home for Christmas but will be back in full force on January 3rd. Many of the instruments used in the new refinery at Martinez are in- struments manufactured by Hallikainen In- struments.

CHRISTMAS DANCE A merry time was enjoyed by all of those attending the company adult Christmas party this year, which was held on December 18 in the Bermuda Room at the Richmond Civic Aud- itorium. Pete Radovich and his group fur- nished the music. Our thanks goes to Fu- miko Takeshita and her committee: Jul-i% Rosin, Opal Taylor, Arthur Alston, George Kuehn and Pete Radovich for making it a success. A snecial thanks is extended to Julius Rosin': two boys who helped decorate on Saturday.

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

NEW FACES: The pleasant smile that greets you at the reception desk these days belongs to Hallikainen Instruments' new employee, Rol- lene PhFlip;. Before coming h&e; Roll worked or t e Welfare Department in Mar- tinez and Oakland; Animal-Control Center, Pinole; Richmond Health Center and the Frank Church Film Co. in Berkeley, Her very first job was clerking in a drug store, Rollene is self supporting; has a 15 month old daughter, Gina; and lives in San Pablo. Most of Rollene's spare time is de- voted to her daughter, but one of her great- est pleasures is to go dancing (square, round, jitterbug, any kind), She also en- joys playing cards and likes the snow coun- try up around Tahoe (Harrah!s snow), Making rock pictures is Rollene's hobby. She would some day like to travel all over the U,S, and has a secret desire to visit France, (She speaks French), Being a native Californian, Rollene was born in Woodland, She moved to the Bay Area when she was about 8 years old, at- tended schools in this area, and graduated from Mt. Diablo High School in Concord,

Hans Graetsch, one of our new machinists, was born in Germany. In 1945 the Russians took over the section of the country he lived in and he and his family were forced to move to Denmark for two years, They then moved to Stuttgart, Germany, where Hans received his education. He learned his machining trade in school and is now a journeyman machinist. Having heard so much about the United States and with a sister living in Berke- ley, Hans had a great desire to come to the U.S. In 1958, at the age of 20, Hans's dream came true and he came to the U.S, He came directly to the Bay Area, It did- n't take long for Hans to decide that he wanted to stay in this country. He went back to Germany a couple of years ago on a vacation, but everything had changed, His mother, a sister and brother still live in Germany. His ambition is to become a citizen of the United States and would like to take some courses at night school, Hans likes to go snow skiing, nunting, fishing, and camping, In the summertime he goes surfing at the beaches near Los Ange- les, He bowls in a league ar:d has an aver- age of Xi, Photography has become a hobby of his. Hans enjoys sports car racing and helped a friend build a sports cdr,, but has no desire to race one, Before coming to H,I,, Hans tiorked for Gonsels Machine Shop in Oakland. He lives with his sister in Berkeley,

Albert Jones, a new H I, machinist, was born outside London, England and grew up there, He graduated from Stanley-Techni- cal Trade School, Al was an instrument maker for several years in England, He worked for Marconi Telegraph,, J,B= Elliott of Lewisham and Philco Radio` In 1947, came his first opportunity after the war to leave England and go to Canada He flew to New York and took a train into Canada, Al worked for Studebaker Co, there as a tin- basher (sheet metal worker), After 4 years, he cam! bacic to New York state on an immigration visa with California in mind, which he ultimately made two years later. It took 12 days by car for he and his family with their belongings to come across country and arrived in Los Angeles with $2,00 in his pocket, Jobs were not very plentiful but after looking for awhile he went to work for General Motors at South Gate, Last year, Al felt that the L=A, Area was becoming too congested, so he decided to move up to this area, Before coming to H.I, he worked at Caral Inc, in Albany,> In his spare time, Al likes to pldy volleyball, go camping and study ancient history and philosophy Al'is married and they have two children, A boy living in Santa Monica and a daughter attending college in England, Al is hoping to make a trip back to England in the near future, He lives in San Pablo.

MORE NEW FACES: Another native Californian has joined the H,I, forces, Marlene Templeto;?, the production clerk in Bill Stairs' office was born in Oakland and grew up in the timber country. Her father was a timber faller and consequently they moved around in the timber country a lot, She attended Placerville grammar school for the longest length of time but also attended several other schools, In 1953 Marlene graduated from Cloverdale High School, Soon after graduation she married her high school sweetheart, John Templeton, They lived in Cloverdale for four years and then John was drafted into the service, Marlene came to the Bay Area and worked for two years a t Rawson Drug & Co, in Em- meryville, She returned to Cloverdale for a short time but liked the Bay Area better, so she came back and went to work for Blue Cross for five years. On November 15th, Marlene started to work for H-I, Marlene and her husband have recently sold their home in Pinole and wiii be mov- ing into their new home, also in Pinole, in March or April, With them they will be taking their Norwegian Elk Hound dog and two cats, Hunting,, fishing; camping and bowling are Marlene's hobbies and occupy a great deal of her away from H,I_ time, Last year she went to Colorado and was successful in shooting an elk,

Our new machinist, Kenneth Weagant, Jr,? was born in Wrangell, Alaska. Alaska, at that time, had a very poor school system, so his parents sent him to Berkeley to stay with his grandmother. Kenneth was six years old at the time and he started his education in the Berkeley schools. A lit- tle later his parents decided to move to the Bay Area, Kenneth graduated from El Cerrito High School, After graduation he started to work for Link-Belt Company in San Francisco. It- was there he learned the machinist trade, He was with them for 6 years and then went to Armour Meat Packing before starting at HOI.. An El Cerrito restaurant was the meeting place for Kenneth and wife, Oura Lee, They bade th-_e;! children., Juanita- age Sk, Lynn- ige 2: and Norman- age 5% months., Kenneth likes to fish and goes hunting rJhen he can, During the summer months, he and his family go camping d lot (combining it with his fishing) If his vacation time is long enough he travels to Seattle to visit his mother, The Weagant family live in El qobrante.

BITS ABOUT 'EM: Your Editor was away for a few day, in De- cember due to a sudden death 1n her, family She flew to South Dakota, but due to heavy fog had to fiy or. to Mineapolis and return to S, Dak. by bus Norm daner's holidays were saddened by the passing of his mother on December 19: Kenneth Weagant was called to Seattle. Washington due to the death of his grand- father and great uncle,

VACATION HELP: The busy time of the year for Mr. Kaufmann and his accounting depart- ment has arrived, Thomas Decker, a Univer- sity of California.. Davis campus, student helped them during the holiday vacation pe- riod, Harold Hallikainen is spending his vaca- tion time helping out in the manufacturing building,

THANKSGIVING IN HAWAII: Ron Bultena flew to Hawaii for Thanksgiving with a group of Na- vy personnel, In Hatiaii he stayed at a friend's hotel, Said he had a wonderful time, except the dinner menu did not include turkey,

VISITOR: It seemed strange to see Jewella Deffebach as a visitor to"H,I,, but she came in recently with her young soni John, to visit with everyone and to show the girls some of the Christmas decorations she was making..

GEORGE KUEHN'S sister from Washington, D,C, visited with George and his family over the holidays, She was a representative of the National Science Foundation at the meeting of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science at the University of California

CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY - 1965

BITS ABOUT 'EM CONT. CONGRATULATIONS: The ALL SMILE LOOK of Ed Schimbor is because his son Richard has just received his doctorate from the University of Illinois and is now employed at Shell Development in Emmeryville. Dr. Richard Schimbor graduated from the University of California in 1961 before going on to the University of Illinois. Dr. & Mrs. Schimbor recently arrived at the senior Schimbor household to spend the Christmas holidays and will be moving into their San Francisco apartment soon. Mrs. Schimbor is working at the University of California hospital in San Francisco.

WE'VE DONE IT! The first Bramson-Membrane- Heart-Lung Machine has been sold to the University of Cincinniti.

RESIGNED: Forrest Watson, an applications engineer in the sales department has re- signed to take a position at the McClellan Air Force Base.

FLAT TIRES: Larry Pease took a trip to the snow country over the New Year's holiday and had the exasperating experience of having two flat tires (one with chains on) and car lights failure. What fun!

ILLNESS: Tom Hale was in the Alameda Hos- pital recently, but is now home recuperating. Jerry Stanke has returned home from the U.C. Hospital. Hurry and get well fellows!! Santa and Michele Chin "Watching the Movie"

Santa with Myra & Elizabeth Russell

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