Henry Ford Trade School - Craftsman Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 240 of the 1945 volume:

Beginning with six boys and one instructor, henry ford TRADE SCHOOL WAS OPENED OCT. 25. 1916. NOW, AFTER 28 YEARS, THE TRADE SCHOOL HAS AN ENROLLMENT OF 1600 STUDENTS. THE SCHOOL WAS ORGANIZED TO GIVE NEEDY BOYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND TO RETAIN THEIR INTEREST IN EDUCATION TO ACCOMPLISH THE FIRST PURPOSE EACH BOY IS AWARDED A CASH SCHOLARSHIP. WHICH IS PAID TO HIM EVERY SECOND WEEK. TO ACCOMPLISH THE SECOND PURPOSE EACH BOY IS GIVEN INSTRUCTION IN ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, GEOMETRY, ALGEBRA. TRIGONOMETRY. MECHANICAL DRAWING. SHOP THEORY, (CONTINUED ON BACK FLYLEAF) (Jraftamatt 1945 fearbook HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL DEARBORN. MICHIGAN VICTORY, though partial, is ours! However, there are further goals and victories to achieve. Let us then go after them with the same vim, vigor and spirit that has been ours heretofore. We, the graduating class of 1945, hereby dedicate our Yearbook to that victorious end. HONOR ROLL HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL HONOR ROLL SEPTEMBER, 1940 AUGUST, 1945 Arthur P. Adams Leonard Adams John Alexander Marvin Alexander Pasqualle Amore Carl Anderson David Anderson Kendall Anderson Robert L. Anderson John Andreolli Zorab Asadoorian Bill Ascroft William Baars Raymond Babcock Richard Babcock Peter Backos Ernest Bacxanyi Henry Bader Richard Baker Stuart Baker William Balicki Arthur Barry Theodore Batx John Bauer John Baughman Robert Baughman Louis Baumann Ted Baxner William Beam Alan Bedor Charles Bell George Bell Richard Beltz Jonas Belunas Jack Belx Austin Benton Peter Bents Henry Lee Berghoff John Bernard Edward Bertouillo Howard Bevis Kenneth Bielawsky Robert Birchfiel Allen Bitterman Carl Black Thomas P. Black John Blackketter Robert Blair Donald Blaskey William Blewett Louis Bloch Raymond Blundon Marvin Boies Ambrose Bommarito Joseph Bommarito Robert Bonar George Bonadore Gino Bono Henry Borg Henry Boroski William Borsuk Leo Bortolussi Herbert Borum Donald Bosker Robert H. Boss John Bothwell Gerald Botticher ★ Clement Boudreau Harold Boutette Anthony Bova James Bradford Frederick Brandt Harold Brant Patrick Brazzil George Brincat Walter Brink Harry Broda James Brodie John Brooks William Bruff Edgar Burger Basil Burgess Jacob Burgess Donald Burrell William Bush William Butch Matthew Butterworth William Buttrey Edwin Caldwell Poter Camaiani Charles Cameron John Canavan Walter Canney Alexander Carabas Eugene Carpentier Sam Caruso Leonard Carzon Kenneth Casley Henry B. Casper William Cawthon Howard Cecil Robert Chambers Vivian Chesterfield Kenneth Chinn Robert Chiumino David Christie David Church Cameron Cicotte John Ciocan Larry Clago George Cloland Glen Clippert Kenneth Cloutier Lillord Cobb Robert Colo Robert Coll Jack Colegrove Frederick Collins Albert Combs Robert Connors Frank Conti Robert Cook James Cooper Frank Coppola Asher Cornelius Mansel Corwin Alfred Cossignani John Coubrough Don Couden Donald Coulter Raymond Coultier Donald Courtney Richard Coward Jamos Crain Billie Creasey Robert Crenshaw Fred Croxall Charles Crump ir Archibald Cullen Frank Cullen James Cumming Harold Cunningham Lawrence Curtis Joe Cusimano Leonard Czarnecki Louis Dagneau Coolidge Dahlka Calvin Dainty William Daniels Raymond Dare John Dave Kenneth Davey Douglas Davidgo E. Hayden Davis James Davis Marvin Dees James Delaney Donald Delfoss Louis DoLuca Baltassano Denaro Chester Depa Ernest Detroyer Harold Dickieson Leo Dietz Milton Dittmer Rocco Divetta Dale Docktor George Dohaney Charles Doherty David Doll David Donaldson Howard Donnelly Walter Doran Michael Dougan Lewis Downing James Doyle John Drake Richard Drako Henry Ducher Samuel Dukes John Dutton Duane Edin James Edwards Tom Edwards Paul Emelian Kenneth Emerson Ronald Ensor John Fahnor Frank Faiman Kenneth Fairbairn Russel Falkenberg Lawrence Falzon Peter Faraci Joseph Farnin Constantino Farrugia Fernand Feig Irvin Fenske Cassiano Ferotti Robert Filer Arthur Finateri Robert Finch Donald Finkbiner Samuel Fittes Raymond Fitzsimons Walter Flach Harley Flack Edward Flanigan Alexander Fleming Donald Fletcher Frederick Floeter Frank Fohey Secondo Fontana James Forshee Thomas Fournier Louis Fowler Rosswell Fralick Edward Francis Stephen Frankfurth Charles Franz James French Harold Froh Emilio Gabriel Antonio Gallerani John Gallo William Garcia Robort Gardiner Eugene Gasser Gaston Gauthier Thomas Gay Peter Gayner Thomas Gemmell Joseph Gerard Henry Giasson William Giezentanner Thomas Giles Roger Gillon Richard Girardin Clarence Giasson Superio Gloris James Goclick Karol Golembiowski William Good William Goormastic Stanley Gorman Robert Gornau Clyde Gourley Jamos Gray Joseph Green Richard Greenwell Robert Griffin Clifton Gulliver Thomas Gunning Salvatore Gustaferro William Haag Josoph Haozebrouck Rene Haezebrouck James Hafeli Herbert Haffner John Hagen Ronald Hall Edward Hallum Lawrence Halsted Lee Hammer Joseph Hammerle William Hane Robert Hannah George Hansen Kenneth Harden Roy Harp John Harris Ray Harris Paul Haskins Don Hatch Raymond Hausch Bartley Haydu Raymond Hedman Louis Heim Frederick Heise Walter Heise Harvey Hendricks Robert Henry Arthur Herbon Stanloy Hershock Raymond Heyn Walter High George Hildebrandt Marvin Hildebrandt Bernard Hill Robert Hill Fred Hochscheidt Carl Hoehner Charles Hoffman Richard Hoffman Walter Holm Raymond Holman Ross Holme Robert Holmes Thomas Honner Horbert Hopka Honry Horemans Rudolph Horvath William Horvath James Hosey Clarence Hothem William Houle John Huchla John Huettman Delmar Huntor Donald Hunter Douglas Hunter Donald Hunyor Hilbert Hurd Eugene Hutchinson Andrew Hutchison Thomas Hutton Patsy Iaquinto Robert Ibbetson James Jackson Robert Jacobs Kenneth Jamison Fred Jaroski Milton Jennings Frank Jensen Donald Jocks Owen Jocks Frederick Johns James Leonard Johns Ejnar Johnsen Earl Johnson Robert Johnson Robert Johnston Eugene Jones Honry Jones Clifford Joynson Marvin Kalina Raymond Kania John Kaniowski Walter Karenko Varton Karapitoff Charles Karla William Keegan Francis Kelly Donald Kendrick Donald Kent Steve Kerekes Roy Kersten Keith Kesler Arnold Kevelighan Jerome Kimble Harry King James Kinq Lewis Kingery Robert Kinnell William Kinnell Robert Kinsvater Walter Kirby Harry Kloenhamer John Klop Howard Knope Robert Kohler Jack Korb Albert Koshko Paul Kraft Robert Kresky Frederic Krey Theodore Krivak Leonard Krokos Frederick Kroll Stanislaw Kubicz Matthew Kuhnke Nicholas Kulka John Kuly Joseph Kurosky Roman Kushnir Fr ank Kuzel Walter Kwiek Casimer Lacki Dale LaCross Lawrence LaFluer Frederick Lagerstrom Raymond Laichalk John Laird William Lambert Richard Lang Norman Langen Harold Larsen Edward Laskie Walter Lawlis James Lawrence Norman Lee Jack Leiber Robert Lemmer Norman Liebert David Littler William Lively Robert Lloyd Seibert Lohr Harold Londy Olav Loren Paul Lovat John Luca Donald MacDougall ★ KILLED IN ACTION Don MacRae John Madden Biago Magro Raymond Mairs George Maitland Raymond Maki George Maloney Francis Manchester Albert Manduzzi Ralph Mapes Dick Marshall Gorald Martoll Edsel Martin James Martin Orville Martin Robert Marx John Matle Edward Matlock Elvin Matson Henry Matthowson Robort Matzoll Peter Mazzara Donald McBlain Millcn McCarthy Edward McClaun Douglas McCombs Donald McCubbin George McCulloch Harry McDermott Thomas McDermott Frank McDonald Robert McDonough ★ Gorald McFall James McGarry Richard McHale James McIntyre Paul McLean Russel McLogan Robert McMath John McNally Edwin McQuade Roy McSovcney Thomas Medved William Moldrum Henry Mellon Wilbert Metcalfe William Metcalfe Edwin Michels George Middlebrooks Raymond Micczkowski Savorio Miele Henry Mielen Richard Millard Edwin William Miller Edward Miller Harold Miller Horbert Miller Norman Miller Anthony Minichelli Edward Minor Gordon Mitcholl Mike Modi Ellis Moffit ★ Henry Mojeske George Moll Robert Monks Charles Moore Harry Moore Wesley Moore Robort Moran Peter Morgan Mark Moriset William Morrison Julius Moyski Kenneth Mullaney Daniel Mullen George Mullen Elmer Munscan Ernest Murdock John Murphy Michael Murphy William Muscat Robert Myers William Nagle George Naimy Donald Nelson George Nelson Frank Nottloton Victor Newell John Newman David Nicholson Adam Nieradtka Benjamin Nightingale Nicolai Nika Robert Nisbet Donald Nolan Bernard Nott Frank Nowak James O'Brien Robert O’Hearn Eugene Okray Norbort Oldani Edwin Ollar Frank Ollar Edward Olsztyn Alfred Omela Walter Ortner Donald Osborne David Owen Albert Ozanich David Pace Rogor Pachera Norman Page Frank Palermo Thomas Parker Robert Parr Richard Paseman Jack Paterson Harold Paton Darrell Paulson Robort Peck Knud Pederson John Peitz Harold Ponsler Peter Perreda Angelo Perry Frederick Petcoff Vincent Petricevich Umberto Petrini Harry Petty Robert Pieschke Mario Pighin Albert Pilon Charles Piper Joseph Pluta Robort Pobursky Eric Pohl George Pool George Potter Douglas Powers George Prain Robert Probst Jack Pryer Albert Pryxbylski Milford Pulver William Pulvor Robert Purdy Matthew Purse Savis Rafaill James Rafferty Henry Rahmel Christy Randazzo Roland Ransome Gordon Rapp Lome Ratchford Richard Rauff Glenn Reed Otto Regentik Norman Reich David Roid George Reiha John Roin William Renaud Gorald Ronirie Preston Rhodes William Rice Leslie Richardson Warren Ridalls Alex Riebe Hugo Riebe Donald Rinnas Jack Riopelle Fred Rissman John Robertson Daniel Robinson Burton Rochefort Howard Roe Harold Rood Wesley Rokash Guy Rondot Everett Roney Erwin Ronne Mario Rosati Ernest Rottor Hubert Rotter George Roughly Gilbert Rowe Edward Ruane Daniel Rucker Charles Rush Louis Ruskin Thomas Russell John Ruthorford Edward Sage Noray Sarkisian William Saul Albert Savola Edwin Scarff Leonard Schiller Arthur Schauer Harold Schauer Glenn Schimmel George Schindler Gustav Schmidt John Schmidt Ewald Schroeder Frederick Schubert Jack Schwartz John Schweninger Santo Sclafani James Scroggie Clarke Seabert Joseph Sears James Secor Walter Shank John Shanks Leonard Shedd Robert Shefski Leonard Sherada Albert Shields Richard Shinsky Stanley Shipp Stanley Shore Albert Sibincic George Sikanen George Simon Richard Simons Donald Simonsen William Sincock Elmer Siterlot Edward Slade Richard Slator Charles Slaughter Alexander Slossor Daniel Slicker Johannes Smcekens Alexander Smellie Earl L. Smith Ralph C. Smith Robort A. Smith Robert E. Smith Roy W. Smith Gilbert Snell Charles Sobodash Harold Sonnenberg Louis Spanbergcr Edwin Speagle Clifford Speck Raymond Spurr William Srull John Stafford Walter Stahl Raymond Stanaway Donn Stevens William Stowart Warren Stiles James Stock Carol Stone Wilfred Stray Arthur Suchy John Sulewski Anthony Sultana Kenneth Sundquist Donald Swisher James Tancock William Tanner Eason Tarr Robert Tassi David Taylor Edward W. Taylor Robert W. Taylor Frank Tegel Ralph Tennant Robert Tester Eugono Theisen Charles Thomas Edward Thomas George Thomas Jack Thomas Richard Thomas Russell Thomas Thomas V. Thomas Mervin Thompson William Thompson Douglas Thornton Melvin Tice Carl Tikka Raymond Tikka Vincent Tolomei Jamos Tomes Donald Tonelli Eugene Topping Louis Toth Edward Tozor George Tozer Arthur Tracy Arthur Travis Rueben Travis Albert Tremlett Reno Truant James Truman Lewis Tubben Thomas Tuer Stanley Tulk Leroy Turbett Charles Tutt Gilbert Ulmer Julius Vagi Robert Vail Wilbur Valentine Robert Van Nest Martin Van Oosten John Van Til Ward Veen Remo Vielmo Anthony Wadrzyk Albert Waineo Clarence Wainwright Arthur Waldmann David Walker John Walker Leroy Walker Frank Walkowski Frank Walmsley Norman Walsh Thomas Wand Lewis Warner Geoffrey Waterworth Lionel Watson Richard Webster Leno Wegher Arnold Wehrmeister Albert Weiss Robert Weiss James Welsh Carl Wenzel Robert Wesler Richard Weston Norris Watters Carl Wexel Donald White Robert White Vernon Whitehouse Harold Whitman Giles Whitton A. Douglas Williams Arthur Williams Charles Williams Harry Williams Richard Williams Robert Williams William G. Williams Norman Williamson Robert Wilson Robert Winterhalter Wilfred Wischer Gerald Wisniewski Joseph Wittstock Dirk Woestenburg Edward Wolf Pat Woody Robert Woolsey Robert Wootke Steve Workovich Ralph Wrenbeck Wilbur Wright William G. Wright Emery Yatcko Gerald Yauger Harold Young Kenneth Young Edward Zapasnik Edwin Zavisa Theodore Zenevich Loland Vogan Edward Zeschin ★ Clyde Volway Gerald Zinger RudolphVonWalthausen Michael Zunich Robert Wadeson Donald Zwicker ADMINISTRATION GORDON A. YEREX Personnel Director FORD INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS UnMTMTQTRiTinN n L) XVI I IN I o i i ft I 1 U IN EMIL Y. PETERSON Shop Superintendent HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL ALBERT N. EDEL Assistant Shop Superintendent HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL JANUARY GRADUATES LEONARD ADAMS Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Golfing Intramural Baseball '43 Civil Air Patrol Cadet '44 Bowling 43 44 ROBERT ANDERSON lobby: Records Intramural Baseball 41 42 43 Intramural Basketball '41 42 Tennis 44 GEORGE BARNIER A - Class President JAMES BRADFORD Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Model Airplanes Class Valedictorian WILLIAM BUSH A mbit ion: Draftsman Hobby: Re| airing Automobiles Intramural Baseball 41 JOHN CANAN AN Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Singing Intramural Baseball 42 Intramural Basketball '42 Varsity Baseball '43 44 Varsity Basketball 43 '44 45 ROBERT ADAMS Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Photography Editor, Model “7”’ The Craftsman Staff A-Class President JOHN ANDREOLLI KENNETH BEARD Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Photography The Craftsman Staff WALTER BRINK LEROY CADDY Ambition: Missionary Hobby: Music Intramural Baseball '42 '43 '44 Glee Club '43 44 WILLIAM CATES Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Hobby: Swimming MELVIN CISCHKE Ambition: Salesman Hobby: Photography TIMOTHY CONNOLLY Ambition: Private Business Hobby: Collecting Coins THOMAS CRACCHIOLO Hobby: Collecting Books Intramural Baseball ’42 JOE CUSIMANO Ambition: Musician Hobby: Records Intramural Basketlmll M2 ANDREW DAUGHERTY Ambition: 'Fool Designer Hobby: Bowling Intramural Baseball M2 43 ’44 Bowling ’44 JAMES DAVIS Ambition: Tool and Diemaker JANUARY GRADUATES ROBERT COLL RICHARD COUCH Ambition: Pianist Hobby: Skating FRED CROXALL RAYMOND DARE JOHN DAVE Ambition: Marine Officer Hobby: Hunting Intramural Baseball ’42 43 Intramural Basketball 43 44 LEO DIETZ JANUARY GRADUATES CHARLES DOHERTY Ambition: Machine Designer Civil Air Patrol Cadet ’44 DENNIS DUGGAN Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Hobby: Woodcraft Intramural Baseball ’42 Glee Club '43 Cheerleader '43 JAMES DUNN Ambition: Baseball Player Hobby: Sports Intramural BasebaLl '43 '44 Intramural Basketball '41 Bowling '14 DUANE ED IN EL GENE FENDELET Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Woodwork. Intramural Baseball '41 RAYMOND FITZSIMONS Hobby: Skeet Shooting Bowling '43 JOHN DOWELL Tr.t' GniiLiner. S‘a:I SAMUEL DI EES Ambition: Gocnnierccsl Pt oS Hobby: Music Intramural! Baseball '42 TheGntfSsman Staff Civil Ah’ Patrol Cadet '44 Bowling '44 GERGELY ECSEDi Ambition: Tool Designer Hobby: Sports Intramural Baseball 42 43 Intramural Basketball 42 '43 Varsity Basketball 41 13 WILLIAM FARQL HAR Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Music LESLIE FERGUSON Ambition: Musician Hobby: Piani) Intramural Baseball 43 CHARLES FRIEDL . imbition: Draftsman Hobby: Radio' Civil Air Patrol Cadet '44 JANUARY GRADUATES EDWARD FROST Ambition: Army Pilot Hobby: Bowling Intramural Baseball 42 43 44 Bowling 44 GEORGE GIASSON Ambition: Designer Hobby: Piano GERALD GRANT Ambition: Musician Hobby: Music Band 44 LAWRENCE HALSTED Ambition: Aeronautical Engineer Hobby: Model Airplanes JOHN HARRIS Ambition: Cartographer Hobby: Electricity Intramural Baseball 41 Intramural Basket! all 42 LOUIS HEIM Ambition: Tool Designer Hobby: Model Airplanes WILLIAM FI HR MAN Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Drawing Cartoonist, Scribblers' Script Amercian Legion Award STANLEY GORMAN Hobby: Repairing Automobiles JAMES HAFELI OWEN HAMILTON Ambition: Radio Hobby: Stamps THOMAS HARRIS Ambition: Diemaker Hobby: Dancing Civil Air Patrol Cadet 42 MARVIN HILDEBRANDT Civil Air Patrol Cadet '44 Ping Pong ’43 JANUARY GRADUATES PAUL HILL Ambition: Engineer Hotitty: Photography Civil Air Patrol Cadet ’Ll The Craftsman Staff RICHARD HOFFMAN Ambition: Mechanic Hobby: Model Airplanes DOUGLAS III NTKR Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Hobby: Hunting Intramural Baseball 43 Glee Club 42 43 A-Class President MILTON JENNINGS Ambition: Machinist JOHN KKMPEL A mbit ion: I )ra f tsma n Hobby: Model Airplanes The Craftsman Staff ARNOLD KEVELIGIIAN Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Photography Intramural Baseball 43 44 ROBERT HOBART Ambition: Mechunical Engineer The Craftsman Staff RICHARD HI CUES A mbit ion: A rchitect Hobby: Printing Intramural Baseball 42 The Craftsman Staff Quill and Scroll JAMES JACKSON Ambition: Aircraft Engineer Hobby: Music Civil Air Patrol Cadet 44 FREDERICK JOHNS Ambition: Pilot Hobby: Model Airplanes DONALD KENDRICK Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Swimming LEWIS KINGERY Ambition: Musician Hobby: Bowling Intramural Baseball 43 Bowling 44 JANUARY GRADUATES HARVEY KLOENHAMER Ambition: Toolmaker Intramural Baseball 43 Band ’42 CORDON KllEV Ambition: Own Tool Shop l obby: Dancing Intramural Baseball 42 LAWRENCE LA FLEI R Hobby: Reading Band ’41 42 FRANK LEZAk .4 mbit ion: Electrician Hobby: Model Airplanes ALBERT MANDI ZZI Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Collecting Ticket Stubs Intramural Basketball ’42 43 VINCENT MAI R1Z10 Ambition: Toolmaker llttbby: Stamps Intramural Basketball '41 JOHN KRALSS Ambition: Automobile Dealer Hobby: Automobiles FRANK Kl ZEL Ambition: Engint'cr Varsity Tennis 44 ROBERT LEMMER RICHARD MADDOCK Ambition: Farmer Hobby: Hunting HARRY MATHEWSON Ambition: Own Tool Shop DON MCCLl RE Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Skating JANUARY GRADUATES DOUGLAS MC COMBS Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Bowling Intramural Baseball '42 ’43 ’44 Bow ling ’44 RICHARD MILIARD Ambition: Electrical Engineer Hobby: Music GORDON MITCHELL Ambition: Designer Hobby: Harmonica Civil Air Patrol Cadet ’44 PATRICK MURPHY Ambition: Auto Mechanic Hobby: Model Airplanes BERNARD NOTT Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Airplanes NORBERT OLDANI Hobby: Photography Civil Air Patrol Cadet 44 The Craftsman Staff EDWIN MICHELS Ambition: Engineer Hobby: Singing Intramural Baseball ’42 JAMES MILNE Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Sports Intramural Baseball ’41 ’42 ’43 Intramural Basketball ’41 ’42 ’43 Tennis ’43 Glee Club ’43 Intramural Ping Pong ’43 RALPH MORSE Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Building Models FRANK NEGRI Ambition: Auto Mechanic Intramural Baseball ’42 Intramural Basketball ’41 ’42 ’43 Glee Club ’42 ’43 Cheerleader ’43 ’4-4 RICHARD OATES Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Collecting Stamps and CoiDs LEONARD OLKOWSKI Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Sports JANUARY GRADUATES LEO OLLILA A mbit inn: Designer Hobby: Music Intramural Baseball 43 ’44 DONALD PALANDY Ambition: I bailsman Hobtty: Roller Skating intramural Basketball '41 Band '42 ’43 ’44 HUBERT PI ESC 11K K Ambition: Building Contractor Hobby: Carving Wood Intramural Baseball '42 ’43 Intramural Basketball ’42 arsity Tennis ’42 ’43 Varsity Basketball 43 ’44 JACK PBYOB A mbit ion: Journal is t The Craftsman Staff Quill and Scroll CASIMEB KAKOSKI Ambition: Physical Instructor Hobby: Weight Lifting Glee Club ’42 ’43 DAVID BEID Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Hobby: Records Intramural Basketball 44 DAVID PACE Ambition: Minister Hobby: Music The Craftsman Staff FREDERICK PETCOFF A mbit ion: Machinist Hobby: Building Models Civil Air Patrol Cadet 44 MIKE PRESNELL Ambition: Tool maker ALBERT PRZYBYLSKI Ambition: Automobile Salesman Hobby: Boating Civil Air Patrol Cadet 44 GLENN BEED Ambition: Engineer Hobby: Hunting JUSTIN RICHARDS Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Hobby: Singing Glee Club ’43 JANUARY GRADUATES ALVIN RICHERT Ambition: School Teacher Hobby: Mechanics Intramural Baseball '43 A-Class President GILBERT HOWL CHARLES SADLER Hobby: Saxaphonc and Clarinet ALBERT SHIELDS Ambition: Printer Hobby: Sports Varsity Basketball ’42 ’43 ’44 Band ’42 ’43 ’44 LLOYD SHUNTS Ambition: Tool and Diemaker Hobby: Music JOHN SPROl L Ambition: Teacher Hobby: Music ROBERT ROBINSON JOHN SABO JOHN SCHWENINGER Ambition: Mechanical Engineer l My: Ice Skating Intramural Baseball 42 Intramural Basketball ’43 The Craftsman Staff B-Class President STANLEY SHIPP HAROLD SONNENBERG Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Hobby: Bowling ALAN SYMONDS Ambition: Architectural Engineer Hobby: Sjjorts Tennis ’44 A-Class President JANUARY GRADUATES JAMES TANCOCK Ambition: Toni amd Dicmaker RALPH TENNANT Ambition: Doctor lobby: Sports Band 42 43 Tennis 44 Civil Air Patrol Cadet 14 The Craftsman Stall' Quill and Scroll INCENT TOIjOMKI Ambition: Tool and Dicmaker GEORGE TOZER Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Intramural Baseball 42 43 Tennis 43 44 Civil Air Patrol Cadet 44 The Craftsman Staff Quill and Scroll Editor, Scribblers' Script American Ix'gion Award STANLEY Tl Lk Ambition: Engineer Hobby: Aviation Intramural Baseball 43 Intramural Basketball 43 JOSEPH VEU CASOVIC Ambition: Archaeologist Intramural Baseball 44 Intramural Basketball 43 44 Varsity Basketball 44 ALFRED TAYLOR Ambition: T h ilmaker Hobby: Flying Bowling 44 MERVIN THOMPSON Ambition: Air Corps Civil Air Patrol Cadet 'll JOHN TOPOREK Ambition: Artist Hobby: Fishing THOMAS TUEB 1 mbit ion: Engineer Hobby: Hunting Civil Air Patrol Cadet 44 The Craftsman Staff CHARLES Tl TT Ambition: Tool Designer ROGER N AN STEEN kISTE Ambition: Designer Hobby: Dancing Intramural Baseball 42 43 44 Intramural Basketball '42 43 44 Glee Club 43 The Craftsman Stall' A-Class President JANUARY GRADUATES IU DOLPII NON WALTIIAUSEN Hobby: Model Airplanes and Boats Intramural Basketball ’44 Ping Pong ’44 BILLIE WESLEY Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Collecting Books Glee Club 43 APTI 11 It WILLIAMS Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Stamps Intramural Baseball 43 Intramural Basketball 43 Bowling 43 ’44 RICHARD W ILLIAMS Ambition: Electrical Engineer Hobby: Photography ROBERT WREN BECK Hobby: Baseball ami Hockey LEROY WALKER Ambition: Industrial Engineer Hobby: Roller Skating Intramural Baseball ’42 ROBERT WHITE CHARLES WILLIAMS PASCAL WOODY Ambition: Sports Writer Hobby: Sports Intramural Baseball ’42 Intramural Basketball ’42 Varsity Basketball ’43 ’44 ’45 The draftsman Staff EMERY YATCKO Ambition: College Degree Hobby: Baseball Intramural Baseball ’42 43 Varsity Baseball ’44 THEODORE ZENEVICII Ambition: Athletic Coach Hobby: Sports Intramural Baseball ’42 43 Intramural Basketball ’42 ’43 Varsity Basketball 43 44 45 Members of the January ’46 graduating class whose pictures were not available: CHARLES BRINCAT ILLI A MGIEZENTA N N ER Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Boxing WALTER 11 ELSE Hobby: Singing Intramural Baseball ’42 43 ’44 Bowling ’44 FRANK KOZAKOWSKI Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Dancing GYl LA LELESZI Ambition: Mechanic Hobby: Cooking NORMAN LI EBERT GERALD MARTELL HUBERT ROBERTS Hobby: Reading Intramural Basketball ’43 ’44 Intramural Ping Pong 43 ROBERT SMITH JjUNE GRADUATES JUNE GRADUATES ARTHl R ADAMS Ambition: Designer Hobby: Drawing arsity Tennis ’45 Civil Air Patrol Cadet 44 45 Cartoonist, M-H-1 Bulletin The Craftsman StalT CARL ANDERSON Ambitum: Metallurgist Hobby: Hunting Civil Air Patrol Cadet 44 45 WILLIAM BAARS A mbit ion: Engineer Hobby: C olf Intramural Baseball 42 Intramural Basketball ’42 43 A-Class President FRANCIS BARRETT Ambition: Tool and Diemaker GERALD BASSETT Ambition: Patternmaker H pt by: Swimming RICHARD BELTZ Ambition: Own Tool Shop Hobby: Hunting HAROLD ADAMS Ambition: Metal Patternmaker Hobby: Softball The Craftsman Staff GERALD ANERILL Ambition: Engineer Hobby: Music Rand ’44 ALLEN BARRINGER Ambition: Tool and Diemaker Hobby: Cooking RICHARD BELL A mbit ion: Too I ma ker Hobby: Stamps RICHARD BABCOCK Ambition: Civil Engineer Hobby: Baseball Civil Air Patrol Cadet 44 ALLEN BITTER MAN Ambition: Naval Officer Hobby: Billiards JUNE GRADUATES AMBROSE BOM MARITO Ambition: Combat flier Hobby: Sports Intramural Baseball ’43 ’44 ’43 Intramural Basketball ’42 43 ’44 WILLIAM BRAND Ambition: Own Repair Shop Hobby: Automobile WALTER BROWN Ambition: Astronomer Hobby: Collecting The American W eekly CHARLES CAMERON t mbit ion: Enter Private Business lloltby: Collecting Records Basketball Student Manager ’44 A-Class President ERNEST CARLSON A mbit ion: M eta 11 u rgist Hobby: Swimming Intramural Baseball ’42 43 Intramural Basketball ’43 NORMAN CHANDLER Hobby: Youth Organizations HERALD BOTTICIIER Ambition: Pilot l My: Model Airplanes JOHN BROWN Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Eishing WILLIAM BUTCH Ambition: Race Car Driver Hobby: Racing ANDREW CAMPBELL Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Hobby: Swimming Intramural Baseball ’43 Intramural Basketball ’42 ’43 Editor. Queers' Chronicle The Crafsiman Staff Co-Editor, Craftsman Yearbook Quill and Scroll Member WILLIAM CARSON Ambition: M usician Hobby: Photography EDWARD CLARK Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Golf Golf Team 44 JUNE GRADUATES DONALD COMTE A mbit ion: Ph t graphcr Hobby: Photography JAMES COOK A mbit ion: Designer lobby: Swimming Intramural Baseball ’45 BUSSELL CORNWELL Ambition: To Travel Hobby: Automobiles RICHARD COWARD Ambition: Aviation Hobby: Golf Intramural Baseball 42 ’43 Intramu al Basketball ’43 Varsity Basketball ’45 LAWRENCE Cl RTIS A mb it ion: Patternmaker Hobby: Drawing Intramural Basketball 44 arsity Basketball ’44 The Craftsman Staff ROLAND DEMAN Ambition: Mechanic Hobby: Sports JOHN CONNOLLY Ambition: Tool Designer Hobby: Hunting Intramural Baseball ’44 ’45 JAMES COOPER A-Class President DON COI DEN Ambition: Electrical Engineer Hobby: Gas Model Airplanes Intramural Basketball 42 '43 The Craftsman Stalf RALPH CRAIG Ambition: Navy Hobby: Sports Intramural Baseball '42 '43 '44 ’45 Intramural Basketball ’44 CALVIN DAINTY Hobby: Horseback Riding Intramural Baseball '44 ROBERT DEWAR Ambition: Commercial Photographer Hobby: Flying Civil Air Patrol Cadet 4t 45 Editor, B-i Bulletin The Craftsman StalT B-Class President JUNE GRADUATES HIGH All!) DINGLE Ambition: Toolmaker Hubby: S| orls .lit SEPPE DIYETTA Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Sports RICHARD DRAKE Hobby: Chemistry DANIEL DYKI EARL FERNELIUS Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Sports Intramural Baseball 43 44 45 Intramural Basketball 44 Reserve Basketball 45 Junior Champion, Ping Pong 42 Senior Champion, Ping Pong 44 PETER FROMMERT Ambition: Dramatics Instructor Intramural Baseball ’42 43 Varsity Tennis 44 45 Band ’42 Glee Club 43 El GENE DING MAN Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Swimming JOHN DIXON Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Stamps DEXTER DU PRICE A mb it ion: M echanics Hobby: Model Airplanes LAWRENCE FALZON Ambition: Engineer Hobby: Hunting Intramural Baseball 42 43 44 45 CHARLES FLOETEB Ambition: Doctor Hobby: Medicine THOMAS GEMMELL Ambition: Annapolis Hobby: Sports Intramural Baseball 42 ’43 ’44 Intramural Basketball ’42 43 44 Varsity Baseball 45 Varsity Basketball 45 JUNE GRADUATES WILLIAM GILLELAN WILLIAM GUCKIAN Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Baseball RONALD HALL ROY HARP Ambition: Electrical Engineer Intramural Baseball ’42 43 ’44 ROBERT HERIVEL Ambition: Tool ami Diemaker Hobby: Music Intramural Baseball '44 ’45 Intramural Basketball ’44 ’45 Band ’45 CHARLES HOFFMAN A-Class President GERALD GOODWIN Ambition: Toolmaker Civil Air Patrol Cadet ’44 ’45 THOMAS GUNNING Ambition: Naval Air Corps Hobby: Outdoor Sports RUSSELL HALLER Ambition: Designer lobby: Sports Intramural Baseball ’42 43 '44 Intramural Basketball ’43 ’44 HUBERT HACK Ambition: Aeronautical Engineer Hobby: Boxing Intramural Baseball ’42 ’43 ’44 ’45 Intramural Basketl all ’42 ’43 ’44 Civil Air Patrol Cadet ’44 45 A-Class President BERNARD HILL Ambition: Engineer Hobby: Sports Intramural Baseball ’43 Intramural Basketball '43 Reserve Basketball ’44 WILLIAM HORVATH Ambition: Civil Engineer Hobby: Fishing Intramural Baseball 43 '44 Intramural Basketball ’43 Editor, Coons' Gazelle The Craftsman Staff American Legion Award JUNE GRADUATES MAM EL IIOWZK A nihil ion: Engineer Hobby: Sports Civil Air Patrol Cadet '45 EDWARD JASTER A mhil ion: Dra f Ismun lobby: Sports Intramural Basketball ’45 arsity Basket ball Student Manager ’45 Glee Club 44 Bob-Lo Picnic Chairman ’45 The Craftsman Stair ALFRED JOSSI WILLIAM KANDILIAN Ambition: Engineer Hobby: Model Airplanes Intramural Baseball ’45 Intramural Basketball ’15 JOSEPH KOSIIKO Ambition: Businessman Hobby: S|x rts Intramural Baseball '42 '45 Intramural Basketball ’42 45 Varsity Baseball ’44 ’45 THEODORE KRIYAk Intramural Baseball ’42 ’45 44 Intramural Basketball ’45 44 '45 arsity Tennis ’44 Varsity Baseball ’45 FRANCIS JANER A mbit ion: Dra ftsina n Hobby: Tennis Intramural Baselmll '45 ('is il Air Patrol Cadet ’44 '45 ROBERT JOHNSON Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Intramural Baseball ’42 CLIFFORD JOYNSON 1U SSELL KEANEMAN Ambition: FBI Agent Intramural Baseball 42 ’45 Varsity Baseball ’45 ADAM KOZMA Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Hobby: Photography Intramural Baseball ’45 '44 ’45 Intramural Basketball ’45 ’44 ’45 Civil Air Patrol Cadet 44 ’45 The Craftsman Staff Quill and Scroll CASIMER LACK I Ambition: Engineer Hobby: Model Airplanes Intramural Baseball '45 Intramural Basketluill ’45 arsity Baseball ’44 ’45 Varsity Basketball 44 45 JUNE GRADUATES ITO IA ROCCA Ambition: Band Leader Hobby: Bowling Band 42 43 44 ’45 Bowling ’45 DONALD LIM Ambilion: Tool Engineer Hobby: Fishing ROBERT LI EDTKK Ambition: Engineer GEORGE MACDONALD Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Retiring Objects Intramural Baseball '43 Civil Air Patrol Ca let ’44 ’45 Band ’43 ’4-4 A-Class Captain ARNOLD MANDRICK Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Horseback Riding DALE MARK Hobby: Photography JOHN LESNEK Ambition: Businessman Hobby: Hunting Intramural Baseball ’42 ’43 Intramural Basketball 42 ’43 HOWARD LORE Ambilion: Tool Engineer Hobby: Automobile Re| air HARNEY MAAS Ambition: Tool Designer Hobby: Bees The Craftsman SlafT RAYMOND MAKI Ambition: Engineer Hobby: Sports The Craftsman Staff FRANK MANSON Ambitum: Professional Hockey Hobby: Hockey Intramural Baseball 42 ’43 4-4 45 wayne McBride Ambition: Scientific Farmer JUNE GRADUATES JAMES MC CALLION Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Sports GEORGE MC Cl LLOCII A mbit ion: Dra ftsman Varsity Tennis ’45 Civil Air Patrol Cadet '41 ’45 The Craftsman Staff American Legion Award Class Valedictorian LAWRENCE MILES A mbit ion: Engi neer Hobby: Sports Intramural Baseball ’45 ’44 ’45 EDWARD W. MILLER Ambition: Engineer Hobby: Radio Intranuira' Baseball ’42 ’45 RAYMOND MOORE Ambition: Historian HotAty: Geographical Study WILLIAM MORRISON Ambition: To Succeed ROBERT MC CRUM Ambition: Aeronautical Engineer Hobby: Building Intramural Baseball ’45 Civil Air Patrol Cadet ’44 ’45 The Craftsman Staff CHARLES MERCHANT Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Hobby: Radio Civil Air Patrol Cadet 44 ’45 EDWARD A. MILLER Ambition: Merchant Marine Captaii Hotiby: Singing THEODORE MOHACSI JAMES MORRISON Ambition: Be Successful Hobby: Repairing Motors Intramural Baseball ’45 ’44 Intramural Basketball ’45 ’44 GERIIARDT MUELLER Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Hobby: Roller Skating JUNE GRADUATES JOHN Ml It PHY Ambition: Electrical Engineer Hobby: Repair Work Intramural Baseball 43 ’44 DONALD NICOLAI Ambition: Tool Designer Hobby: Swimming The Craftsman Stair DONALD NOLAN Ambitum: Pilot Hobby: Bowling Civil Air Patrol Cadet ’44 DENNIS O’CONNELL Ambition: Patternmaker Hobby: Stamp Collecting ROBERT OKRI TN1EWICZ Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Fishing JOHN OTTO Ambition: Veterinarian Hotby: Fishing WALTER ORTNER Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Hobby: Music Band 42 ’43 ’44 45 EDWARD PAMK Ambition: Designer Hobby: Sports Intramural BaselKill ’45 HENRY NAWROCM Ambition: T � ol and Diemaker Hobby: Dancing ADAM Nl ERA DTK A Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Hobby: Golfing Cartxxmist, Queers’ Chronicle The Craftsman Stall' Co-Editor, The Craftsman Yearbttok FRANKLIN NORRIS A m I) it ion: Draftsman EUGENE OKRAY Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Singing JUNE GRADUATES DIETRICK PAPPROTSKI Ambition: Radio Engineer Hubby: Radio HAROLD PEPPER Ambition: Travel—Merchant Marine Hobby: Collecting Books JOHN PESZLEN Ambition: Electrical Engineer Hobby: Electricity JAMES POOLE Ambition: Draftsman Intramural Basel� 11 ’Ll B-Class President HARRY RAMSEY Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Drums Band ’43 ’44 ’45 WILLIAM RICHARDSON Ambition: Aeronautical Engineer Hobby: Model Airplanes Civil Air Patrol Cadet ’44 ’45 THOMAS PARKER VERNON PERKINS Ambition: Minister EDWARD Pi l l EL Ambition: Machinist Hobby: Ice Skating GORDON POWER Hobby: Swimming MATTHEW REINOWSKI A-Class President DONALD RICHTER Ambition: Teacher Hobby: Singing Glee Club ’43 ’44 A-Class President JUNE GRADUATES JAMES ROBERTS A inn: T m lma her Hobby: Traveling Band ’41 ’42 ERNEST ROTTER Ambition: Race Driver A-Class President STEPHEN SCI 11 PRA Ambition: Engineer Hobby: Barbering Intramural Baseball 43 Intramural Basketball ’42 The (’raftsman Stall Ass’t Editor, Goons' Gazette JOHN SIHNSKE Ambition: To Travel Hobby: Fishing Intramural Baseball ’43 ’44 '45 ALEXANDER SMITH Hobby: Gymnastics Intramural Basketball ’43 44 Band ’43 SALVATORE ROMEO Ambition: Electrical Engineer Hobby: Radio Intramural Baseball ’42 ’43 ERVIN RUSS Ambition: Ice Skater Hobby: Ice Skating ROBERT SHEFSKI Ambition: Patternmaker Hobby: Sports PHILIP SIjOVICK Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Hobby: Model Airplanes Intramural Basetmll ’45 RALPH SMITH Ambition: Commercial Artist Hobby: Drawing EDWIN SPEAGLE Civil Air Patrol Cadet ’44 ROBERT SMITH JUNE GRADUATES MATTHEW SPEED IK Ambition: Toolmaker Hoi thy: Fishing Intramural Baseball ’45 The ('raftsman Stall NORMAN STEWART Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Sports HAROLD STOI T Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Bicycling KENNETH SUNDQl 1ST Ambition: Aircraft Technician Hobby: Repairing Motors WILLIAM TEEPLE Ambition: Production Engineer Hobby: Bowling Intramural Basketball ’42 ROBERT TESTER CLIFFORD STARKS Ambition: Toolmaker Civil Air Patrol Cadet 44 45 JAMES STOCK Ambition: To Travel Hobby: Hunting ARTHI R SUCIIY EDWARD TAYLOR Ambition: Marine Officer Hobby: Fishing Intramural Baseball 43 W ALTER TERECII Ambition: Designer Hobby: Sports GEORGE THOMAS Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Stamps Intramural Baseball ’42 ’43 JUNE GRADUATES GORDON THOMPSON A mb it ion: Tc x 1 maker l obby: Skating A-Glass President EDWIN TOMBAUGH A mb it ion: Toolmaker lobby: Stamps Glee Club 42 43 ANTON I NGAR Ambition: Electrical Engineer Hobby: Bowling Bowling 44 45 LEOPOLD VAN ROSSEN Ambition: Teacher llottby: Photography Intramural Baseball 43 WALTER WEIBLK Hobby: To Travel Intramural Baseball 44 45 The Craftsman Stall JAMES WEND Ambition: Businessman Hobby: Photography Civil Air Patrol Cadet 44 45 DELBERT TITUS Ambition: To Travel Hobby: Skating GILBERT I LMER Ambitam: Toolmaker Hobby: Stamps Intramural Baseball '43 DAVID I NGEB ARTHUR WALDMANN Ambition: Engineer Hobby: Drawing Cartoonist, Goons Gazette The Craftsman Stall Quill and Scroll A-Class President RICHARD WEISS Ambition: Pattern Designer Hobby: Music Band 43 44 45 The Craftsman Stall Ass’t Editor, Queers' Chronicle Quill and Scroll CARL WEXEL Ambition: Toolmaker II My: Stamps The Craftsman Staff Quill and Scroll JUNE GRADUATES ARTHUR WILLIAMS Ambition: Fool maker lobby: Stamps Intramural Baseball ’43 WILLIAM WILLS Ambition: Naval Officer llot by: Records Intramural Baseball ’45 Intramural Basketball ’45 Band ’43 ’44 ’45 WILLIAM WISNIEWSKI Ambition: Mechanical Engineer Hobby: Building Model Engines RICHARD ZEMKE A mbit ion: Tool maker Hobby: Sjx� rta Intramural Baseball ’43 ’44 Intramural Basketball ’43 NORMAN WILLIAMSON Ambition: Doctor Hobby: Sports Intramural Baseball ’42 ’43 ’44 Intramural Basketball ’42 ’43 RUSSELL WISCIIER A mbit ion: I a w y er Hobby: Automobile Mechanic EDWARD YOI N ; Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Skating JUNE GRADUATES Members of the June ’45 graduating class whose pictures were not available: GEORGE BLACK Ambition: Athletic Instructor Hobby: Fishing ROBERT BRliSSEAU A ni b ii ion: M issiona r y Hobby: Health Education Intramural Basketball 44 LOW ARD CASSAR Ambition: Tool Designer Hobby: Stamps IRVIN FKNSKI Ambition: Professional Hockey Hobby: Hockey The ('.raftsman Stall Intramural Baseball ’43 ’44 Intramural Basketball ’42 43 Reserve Basketball ’44 JAMES GRAY Ambition: T x� I maker Hobby: Boiler Skating A- and B-Class President ROT KERSTEN Ambition: Toolmaker Hobby: Wood Carving Intramural Baseball '43 ’44 BERNARD KIRSHM Ambition: Farmer Hobby: Skating Civil Air Patrol Cadet '44 45 Band ’43 ’44 ’45 JOHN MEI NIER A mb it ion: (’.hem is t Hobby: Drawing JACK SCHWARTZ Ambition: Drafting Engineer Hobby: Singing Intramural Baseball ’42 ’43 44 ’45 KARL SMITH Ambition: Draftsman Hobby: Automobiles t ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES January graduates, who held a dinner and a dance January 27, are shown dancing in the Hotel Statler. ffoMAAGSUf, SenioA, P iam ACTIVITIES Early arrivals of the June '45 graduating class are shown dancing at their Prom, held in the Dearborn Country Club, June 29. fjutte Be U i Pnom Some of the attendants of the June Prom dance where the cool breezes blow on the Country Club's veranda. ACTIVITIES □ Commander KENNETH WILLIAMS, Ford Motor Company Post 173 of the American Legion, present- ing GEORGE E. TOZER (left) and WILLIAM FUHRMAN with the American Legion Awards which are given bian- nually to the graduates of each class who rank the highest in scholarship, leadership, service, courage, and honor. □ J A N U A R Y 01 tun m ? n t t m ? n t J U N E □ F. E. SEA RLE, superin- tendent of Ford Industrial Schools, admires the American Legion Awards won by GEORGE L. McCulloch, deft) class valedictorian, and WILLIAM HORVATH at the June commencement exercises. □ ACTIVITIES 'Twas on a Tuesday evening The game was being played In Hazel Park gymnasium And opponents were ‘Ford Trade’. The ‘Craftsmen’ had a rating That stamped them very good, And we were undefeated, So ’twas a game for blood. At half the intermission, Two points was all our lead. And what at first looked easy Became quite hard indeed. The pace they set was dizzy, And up and down the floor. First one and then the other Had made another score. We were the early leader, Something like ten to two, Until they asked a time out To figure what to do. They pulled themselves together And back upon the floor They immediately proceeded To whittle down the score. The lead was quickly changing. The time was flying fast, And everyone was wondering How either team could last, Until when points were equal, And a single one would win. Somebody fouled John Doctor And he calmly dropped it in. I almost stopped my breathing Along with many more, But what a pleasant feeling To read the final score. So, when we think of players. And pass them in parade, Just think of our five fellows The night they played ‘Ford Trade’. —B. A. McCLOY EDITOR’S NOTE: Reprinted from a Hazel Park paper because it showed the strength of the Ford Trade team in basketball. FORD TRADE ACTIVITIES BASKETBALL VARSITY We proudly present Coach A1 Milankov's “Mighty Midgets. Left to right, back row—Coach AL MILANKOV, GREG ESCEDI, TOM GEMMEL, Student Manager ED JASTER, LARRY CURTIS, RICHARD COWARD, JOE VEUCASOVIC, E. H. STOELTING, Head of Athletic Department. Front row—PAT WOODY, JOHN CANA VAN, MIKE BERNADETT, ROBERT PIESCHKE, AL SHIELDS, and TED ZENEVICH. BaAJzethall (l Lulti Craftsmen 37 Alumni 27 33 East Detroit 29 35 Ann Arbor 27 45 River Rouge 36 22 Ford son 27 39 Melvindale 24 23 Birmingham 19 30 East Detroit 22 41 Lincoln Park 30 43 Hazel Park 45 48 Melvindale 20 29 Lincoln Park 28 21 Hazel Park 23 ACTIVITIES BASEBALL VARSITY Craftsmen Varsity baseball team, which closed the season with a .700 percentage, are presented above. Left to right, back row—Coach AL MILANKOV, JOE PLUTA, CLIFFORD STEWART, GERHART ELLIS, and Student Manager PETE DEMOS; middle row—EMERY YATCKO, BRUNO BIEKSZA, RUSSELL KEANEMAN, CASIMER LACKI, MIKE BERNADETT, and JAMES DAVIES; bottom row— HUBERT BOHN, LESLIE FERGUSON, PETE DANIELS, TOM GEMMEL, JOE KOSHKO, and BOB CAMPBELL SEASON AVERAGE Henry Ford Trade 6 Dearborn 5 a a a 5 Melvindale 1 a a a 5 River Rouge 6 a n a 10 Dearborn 3 i i a a 3 East Detroit 13 a a a 17 Melvindale 5 a a a 3 Fordson 2 a a a 0 Lincoln Park d a a a 5 Fordson 1 n a a 3 Lincoln Park 1 PITCHING RECORD B. Bieksza 4 0 1.000 J. Koshko 1 0 1.000 C. Lacki 1 1 500 E. Yatcko 1 1 500 T. Krivak 0 1 000 Team Average 7 3 700 ACTIVITIES BASKETBALL RESERVE The 1944-45 Craftsmen reserves after finishing a successful season are left to right, back row—BEN GARDINER, RALPH CONTI, CLIFFORD SPIERS, GERHART ELLIS, and Coach HOWARD HEDINGER; front row—RICHARD TOEPLER, BERNARD PFEIFFER, JAMES DAVIES, HUBERT BOHN, and RAYMOND NARDONI. RESERVE BASKETBALL RESULTS Craftsmen Reserves 33 East Detroit Reserves 20 25 Ann Arbor a 46 ” 39 River Rouge u 43 14 Fordson § i 26 M 37 Melvindale ii 21 9 Birmingham 11 24 28 East Detroit a 24 „ 18 Lincoln Park a 25 37 Hazel Park $ i 27 36 Melvindale n 31 19 Lincoln Park n 27 24 Hazel Park it Ol j X ACTIVITIES BASKETBALL JUNIOR VARSITY The first junior varsity team, which was the first Trade School team to play in an organized league. Left to right, back row—Coach LAWRENCE BARTHOLOMEW, LINCOLN PAINTER, JOHN SPALA, RALPH LAIRD, and ELMER POPIEL; front row—WILLIAM ELLIOTT, BRUNO BIEKZA, RICHARD HERBERHOLZ, and ALBERT KANGAS. DEARBORN JUNIOR HIGH VARSITY LEAGUE STANDINGS Woodworth w 5 L 0 Dearborn 4 1 Lowrey 3 2 Ford Trade 2 3 Salina 2 3 Maples 0 5 JUNIOR VARSITY SCORES Junior Varsity a a 4 Woodworth 36 32 Dearborn 36 it it 33 Salina 24 it a 15 Lowrey 19 a a 32 Maples 19 ACTIVITIES SECTION HARDBALL CHAMPS The hard hitting W section baseball team, who won the sectional hardball champion- ship with an impressive record of 6 won and 1 lost. Left to right, back row-MICHAEL TOTSKI, NORMAN WILLIAMSON. JOHN SHINSKE, JAMES FINLEY, and DONALD NICHOLSON; middle row TERRY SHAFTER. LEROY TURBETT, SHELDON HARRISON. EDWIN LEN, AUGUST COGLIANDRO, and Coach DONALD MCDONALD; Fomt row — GEORGE HEINRICH, RICHARD HERBERHOLZ, MANFREDO NISTA. RICHARD TOEPLER, and DOMINICK FONTICHIARD. SENIOR SOFTBALL CHAMPS After a long fight up the championship road the W-D finally won the senior division softball title. Left to right, back row—JIM TAYLOR, DONALD BEHM, MICHAEL BOURGOIN, MANFREDO NISTA, FERDINANDO LIBERATI, and RICHARD LUCE; Front row—IAN HAY, PORTER STANFORD Captain ED WIEGAND. RICHARD BLOCK, and BEN TOLOT. SENIOR BASKETBALL CHAMPS Th6 M section seniors who were champ3 in their division of intramural basketball. Left to right, back row—IRVIN FENSKE, HENRY LAUTEN, Coach LAWRENCE BARTHOLOMEW, RUSSELL HALLER, and TED KRIVAK; Front row — STEVE MARTIN, BILL WILLS, ADAM KOZMA, and PETER DANIELS. ACTIVITIES JUNIOR SOFTBALL CHAMPS The junior intramural softball championship went to the M-F class which de- feated the M-G class 9 to 8 at the annua! Bob-Lo Picnic. The champs are left to right, back row—WALTER FOUNTION, GERALD DELOY, JOSEPH YUHASZ, HAROLD RODMAN, and JOHN LYS; front row—BILL MACLEAN Captain BILL SOKOL, LINCOLN PAINTER, CASIMER GIZINSKI. and MAX WILKINS. The junior intramural basketball championship also went to the M-section. The champs are left to right, back row— LINCOLN PAINTER, GEORGE CLARK, and Coach LAWRENCE BARTHOLOMEW; front row—BRUNO BIEKSZA, WILLIAM ELLIOTT, and RONALD LAIRD. JUNIOR BASKETBALL CHAMPS ACTIVITIES SHOP INSTRUCTORS TEAM OLD TOP HAT GAME THE VICTORS. Standing, left to right; JOSEPH MARCO, THOMAS OLSEN, and FELIX ROTTER; Kneeling, left to right: HARLAN FIELD, EDWARD YOMBOR. EDWIN GATERMAN .and STEPHEN VIGH. CLASS INSTRUCTORS TEAM THE DEFEATED. Standing, left to right: JOHANNES SMEEKENS, DONALD MCDONALD. AL MILANKOV, and DONALD MARSHALL; Kneeling, left to right: VIRGIL MCCLUNG, LAWRENCE BARTHOLOMEW , and TOIVO LIND. ACTIVITIES The Henry Ford Trade School 1944-45 Student Bowling Loaguo which was comprised of approximately 70 students. BOWLING ACTIVITIES THE EDITORS While co-editors of the yearbook, ADAM NIERADTKA (left) and ANDY CAMPBELL, earnestly explain a mistake in drawing, ROSE MARIE NIERADTKA, artist and Adam's sister, smiles and goes ahead with her own ideas. When the call was made for volunteers to work on the yearbook four students enrolled. After one dropping out because of business with the Navy, and an- other dropping out because he wanted to, the task was left to be completed by the remaining two, Adam Nieradtka and Andy Campbell. Most of the work, with time, could be accomplished by these two. When it came to pass that drawings had to be made it was the effort of Rose Marie Nieradtka, sister of co- editor Adam, and her assistant, Imogene Durham, who took over the task. It has been the earnest endeavor of the co-editors of the yearbook to pro- duce a yearbook that will prove of lasting satisfaction to both the class of Jan- uary and June 1945 and the entire School. ACTIVITIES THE CRAFTSMAN STAFF Staff members of the T-section, June class, are left to right: ANDY CAMPBELL , HARVEY MASS, JOHN LANDON, instructor, ADAM NIERADTKA, HAROLD ADAMS, and EDWARD JASTER. Staff members of the M-section, June class, left to right: BOB DEWAR, IRVIN FENSKI, RAYMOND MAKI, RICHARD WEISS . ADAM KOZMA . ARTHUR ADAMS . WALTER WEIBLE, and george McCulloch. Members of the staff whose pictures are not available: ROBERT ADAMS, KENNETH BEARD, LAWRENCE CURTIS, DON COUDEN . JOHN DOWELL, SAMUEL DUKES, PAUL HILL, ROBERT HOBART, WILLIAM HORVATH, RICHARD HUGHES , JOHN KEMPEL, ROBERT McCRUM, DONALD NICOLAI, NORBERT OLDANI, DAVID PACE, JACK PRYOR , STEPHEN SCHUPRA, JOHN SCHWENINGER. MATT SPEEDIE, RALPH TENNANT. GEORGE TOZER , THOMAS TUER, ROGER VAN STEENKISTE. ARTHUR WALDMANN . CARL WEXEL . and PASCAL WOODY. ♦Quill and Scroll mombers. ACTIVITIES SCANDAL ACTIVITIES S H E E T S ACTIVITIES CIVIL AIR PATROL T 0 GIVE pre-induction training to students who are in the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve and to give all 15, 16, and 17 year old boys a basic knowledge of aviation subjects so as to better prepare them to take their place in a post-war avia- tion minded world are the purposes of Civil Air Patrol Squadron 639-4 organized in the Trade School March 23, 1944. This training is to supplement, not shorten, the aviation cadet's training in the Army Air Forces. Beginning with a handful of inexperienced students, the squadron has now a membership of approximately 130 boys, each wearing an official Army uniform bearing the insignia of the CAPC. Cadets are permitted to wear these uniforms because the CAP is an auxiliary of the Army Air Forces. The cadet, upon entering the squadron, immediately begins to be tutored in military and aeronautical fields. Drill, courtesy and discipline, along with the Articles of War, make up the militant subjects while civil air regulations, theory of flight, communications, first aid, meteorology, navigation, and aircraft engine classes give him the pre-flight training so valuable to an aviation cadet. To assist in this training Civil Air Patrol was recently placed under the Army Air Forces Training Command and various training aids, such as pre-flight study manuals, airplane engine parts, and airplane instruments have been assigned to the squadron. To supplement the cadet's training given in the individual units, the Army Air Forces have made available training per- sonnel and equipment at various AAF air- fields throughout the country for several weeks during the summer. A total of 73 cadets from the squadron have attended encampments at Selfridge Field. Officers in the CAP are much the same as in the Army Air Forces and are shown the same military respect as any AAF officer. Lt. John Dobrei, commissioned in the CAP, is commanding officer of Squadron 639-4. ACTIVITIES Cpl. BERNARD KIRSHMAN and Cp!. JOHN KONKEL serving mess at the Selfridge Field Encampment, August, 1944. Lt. JOHN DOBREI, commanding officer squadron 639-4, stands with parachutist Sgt. ROBERT McCRUM. Cpl. EDWARD BERTOUILLE and Cpl. EDWARD MADEJCZYK leaving Selfridge Field barracks for the showers. CAP Cadets are shown taking code class offered by W O R. D. WEAVER in the Trade school. Squadron 639-4 stands at attention during Group Maneuvers held at Wings Airport, September, 1944. INSTRUCTORS INSTRUCT O R S GEORGE ADAMS Lube Instructor ROBERT ADAMS Head of Machine Repair Department JAMES ALLEN wood Shop Machine Operator Instructor GUY ARMSTRONG Mathematics Instructor JOSEPH ATKINSON Composing Room Instructor Print Shop RUSSELL BAKER Head of Tool Cribs Department ALBERT BARKE L BARTHOLOMEW Assistant Head of Pattern and Physics Instructor and Wood Shop Department Assistant Coach M. BARTHOLOMEW Tool Room Bench Instructor GORDON BARTREM LEONARD BEAUMONT Air Tool Repair Instructor Inspector LOUIE BEAVER Carpenter and Maintenance Instructor WALTER BF.EVER Head of Trolley and Wood Shop Department No. 3 Shift HOWARD BENTLEY Division Superintendent No. j Shift ELMER BEN2ING Head of Mill Department ELMER BERNARD1N Welding Instructor No. 3 Shift HENRY BEVAN Tool Room Bench Instructor FRANK BISHOP Precision Tool Repair instructor JAMES BLAIR Assistant Head of Bnck' laying Department JOHN BLUM Tool Room Bench Instructor No. 3 Shift CARL BOEHNKE Drawing Instructor AUDREY BOYD English Instructor ROBERT BOYER Precision Tool Repair Instructor OCIER BRATTON English and Human Engineering Instructor ROBERT BROWN Wood Pattern Instructor ROY BUCKLEY Grinder Instructor WALTER BURROWS Tool Crib Instructor WILLIAM CADY Air Tool Repair instructor VERN CARLBY WALLACE CARMICHAEL Work Routing Welding Instruct. Clearing House INSTRUCTORS 7 PAUL CARPENTIER To� )! R«K)m Dench Instructor WILFRED CORTIS Commercial Tool Repair Instructor LPX) CHAMPAGNE Head of (Irinder Department No. t Shift JOHN COSHEY Lithe Instructor ALEX CHRZANOWSKI Machine Repair Instructor LEO CROTEAU Auto Mechanics and General Science Instructor WILBERT DOPKE Personnel Office DAVID COLEMAN Record Clerk. Transfer Crib GUY CUSTER Electncal Maintenance Instructor JULE DUCHARME Manufacturing Bench Instructor WINTER COOPER Trolley Department Instructor ERNEST DETROYER Pressure Gage Repair Instructor WILLARD COPELAND Head of Manufacturing Bench Department JOHN DOBREI Commercial Geography Instructor JOHN EGGLESTON AMBROSE EICHMAN Machine Repair Instruct� Mill Instructor ROBERT EISENHART Inspect� HENRY EISZLER Grinder Instructor DAVID ELLIS Head of Valve Repair Department PERCY EMPT AGE Head of Tool Room Department HARLAN FIELD FREDRICK FINLEY Shaper Instruct� Grinder Gage Repair Instructor IRA FORI) Electrical Repair Instructor WILLIAM FORD I lead of Radio and Electrical Gage Department ARCHIE FREEBORN Head of Lithe and Turret Lithe Department FLOYD GAMBLE Commercial Tool Repair Instruct� INSTRUCTORS AUGUST GASSER Head of the Bookstore EDWIN GATERMAN Mill Instructor JOHN GATTEN Mill Instructor No. 3 Shift JOHN GERARD Tool Crib Instructor GORDON GILLIES Commercial Tool Repair Instructor ALVIN GINGERICH Precision Tool Repair Instructor KEITH GLASSLEY Pre-Flight and Physics Instructor PETER GLENESKI Head of Grinder Department RUDOLPH GLOT2HOBER Lathe Instructor WILLIAM GOHEEN Stock Receiver. Clearing House ELMER CORBETT Head ot Trolley Department EMIL GOWATCH Inspector GUY COWMAN Composing Room Instructor Print Shop No. 3 Shift WILBERT HARDEN Scraping Instructor JOHN GROBBEL Spray Gun Repair Instructor HARRY HARRISON Metal Pattern Department Instructor HUGH GRAHAM Lithe Instructor HARRY HAWN Welding Instructor HARRY GRECH Press Room Instructor Print Shop HOWARD HEDINCER Photographer and Ass't Coach JAMES HAGEMAN Goggle Repair Instructor 1 ■ “ c JOHN HEINZ Head of Shop Theory Department JOHN HAMER Head of Painting and Cleaning Department No. 3 Shift EDWARD HELLERS Composing Room Instructor FRANK HICKEY Heat Treat Instructor JOHN HILEMAN Sheet Metal Instructor ARTHUR HILL Lathe Instructor WILLIAM HOEHNER SHERMAN HOLMES Head ol Mill Department Head of Sheet Metal No. 3 Shift Department ROBERT HOVIS Turret Lathe instructor INSTRUCTORS WILLIAM HYDE Head of Print Shop No. 3 Shift SOREN KALEK Commercial Tool Repair Instructor W s fdL WILLIAM IRWIN Manufacturing Bench Instructor No. 3 Shift BEN KAZYAK Mathematics Instructor ELMER JACOBS Assistant Head of Tool Room Department CHESTER KELLEY Tool Room Shaper Instructor STANLEY JAROSKI Bookstore CHARLES KLAWUHN Tool Crib Instructor No. 3 Shift HAZEN JEWEL Math and Shop Theory Instructor AMBROSE KLIMUSHYN Tool Room Lathe Instructor No. 3 Shift EDWIN JOHNSON English Instructor EDWARD KOMOROWSKI Shop Theory Instructor WALTER KOROLIK JOHN KOVACS Sheet Metal Instructor Mill Instructor No. 3 Shift FRED KRENKE Press Room Instructor Print Shop WILLIAM KRUEGER Heat Treat Instructor WALTER KUSCHEL Assistant Head of Mill Department LEO LaCROIX Cutter and Binder Instrutcor Print Shop No. 3 Shift CHARLES Li FOREST Shipping Clerk Clearing House JAMES LANCASTER English Instructor JOHN LANDON Journalism Instructor DONALD LANDRY Lathe Instructor No. 3 Shift SAMUEL LANGFORD Division Superintendent Tool Repair Department HERMAN LARSON Tool Room Bench Instructor HARRY LAWSON Precision T -ol Repair Instructor JACK LEE Soldering Instructor JAMES LEMONS Press Room Instructor Print Shon No. 3 Shift STEVELEZAK Grinder Instructor HAROLD L1DDLE Lathe Instructor THODI LILJEGREN Head of' Gnnder Gage Repair Department INSTRUCTORS WILLIAM LILLYWHITE Automatic Operator and Instructor TOVIOL1ND Civics Instructor GEORGE LINDENMUTH Wood Pattern Instructor LOUIS LIPTACK Tool Design Instructor ERNEST LOCKWOOD ANTHONY LOFTUS Estimator and ManufaC' Welding Instructor turing Processor URBAN LUCAS Coordinator (Outside Departments) GEORGE MACONOCHIE JOSEPH MAIRS Head of Welding and Inspector Heat Treating Department JOSEPH MARCO Commercial Tool Repair Instructor WINGFIELD MARTIN Inspector HERBERT MASON Tool Room Lathe Instructor RICHARD MATZOLL Inspector NELSON MAY Inspector No. $ Shift THOMAS McCALL Bookstore DONALD McCANDLISH Valve Repair Instructor ERNEST McCREATH Press Room Instructor Print Shop phil McCullough Inspector No. 5 Shift � |F donald McDonald Physics Instructor AL MILANKOV Journalism Instructor and Head Coach LADD McINTYRE Grinder Instructor GEORGE MILLER Sheet Metal Instructor IRA McKAY Grinder Instructor QUENTIN MONROE Lithe Instructor HERBERT McQUADE Straightening Instructor WILLIAM MOORE Coordinator EDWARD MEISSNER Head of Lithe and Turret Lithe Department No. Shift EDWARD MORRIN Bookstore WALTER METZ Bindery Instructor Print Shop JOSEPH MULLER Inspector INSTRUCTORS JOSEPH NAGY Shop Office Department Head JAMES O’NEILL Assistant Head of Painting and Cleaning Department RUDOLPH PAVELKA Welding Instructor FRED NICHOLSON Drawing Instructor STANLEY PAGE Inspector No. 3 Shift ISA IA PETO VELLO Drawing and Mathematics Instructor ALBERT RAMEY Head of Foundry Department HAROLD REITER Metallurgy and Metallography Instructor ORLO REMINGTON Assistant Head ot Machine Repair Department WINFIELD RHUBART Tool Crib Instructor WILLIAM ROBERTSON Head of the Print Shop Department ARNOLD ROCHOLL Tin Shop Instructor THOMAS OLSEN Commercial Tool Repair Instructor FRANK PALUCHNIAK Assistant Head of Tool Room Department CARMAN PHILLIPS Precision Tool Repair Instructor KENNETH REBER Assistant Head ot Electrical Repair Department HAROLD PHILLIPS Commercial Tool Repair Instructor TED REEL Mathematics Instructor ALLEN NEIMAN Assistant Head of Foundry Department HARRY OSTROM Lithe Instructor No. 3 Shift WILLIAM PEARCE Lathe Instructor OTTO POHL Commercial Tool Repair Instructor HAROLD NEI BAUER Tool Room Bench Instructor WILLIAM PAETOW Monotype Caster and Keyboard Operator Instructor, Print Shop EDMUND OLSEN Grinder Gage Repair Instructor FRANK PALIWODA Tool Room Lathe Instructor PERCY PHILBURN Electrical Repair Instructor HARRY RASMUSSEN Sheet Metal Instructor ALVIN PERKISS Valve Repair Instructor WALTER POWERS Wood Pattern Instructor CLAUDE ROGERS Head of English and Human Engineering Department LLOYD ROSS Automatic Operator and Instructor JOHN ROTMAN Bookstore FELIX ROTTER Grinder Instructor LEONARD RYAN Shop Theory Instructor GEORGE SABO Heat Treat Instructor ERNEST SANDERS Machine Repair Instructor ARCHER SAYRES Commercial Geography and Civics Instructor IRVIN SCHEMANSKY Tool Room Bench Instructor HENRY SCHINDLER Inspector LOUIS SCOTT Electrical Repair Instructor ROWLAND SCOTT Chemistry Instructor WILLIAM SENESHEN Mill Instructor KENNETH SHAW Precision Tool Repair Instructor ROY SHELDRAKE Painting Instructor PETER SHERRY Library PAUL S1EGERT Head of Shaper Department PAUL SIELAFF Tool Crib Instructor No. j Shd t HARRY SIMPSON Stock Chaser JACOB SIPPOLA Inspector RALPH SLADE GEORGE SLINGWEIN Head of Clearing House Grinder Instructor Department No. j Shift ALEXANDER SLIWKA JOHANNES SMEEKENS Sheet Metal Instructor Substitute Instructor No. 3 Shift ARTHUR SMELTZER Head of Metal Pattern Department CHARLES SMITH Manufacturing Processor. Clearing House FLOYD SMITH Machine Repair Instructor KASIMIRAS SMULKSTIS Machine Repair Instructor DOUGLAS SOUTER Tool Room Mill Instructor LEONARD SPALDING Wood Shop Instructor INSTRUCTORS '. RAYMOND SPEAGLE Personnel Office WILLIAM STANDHARDT Head of Bricklaying Department RAYMOND STEEL T x)l Crib Instructor WILLIAM STEWART Head of Air Tool Repair Department FLOYD STODDARD Tool Crib Instructor E. H STOELTING Head of Journalism, Gardening. Athletic, and Extra-curricular Departments w HAROLD STRELING Turret Lithe Instructor EDWARD STRYKER Head of Electrical Repair Department GEORGE STUTEVILLE Head of Electro-Plating Depirtment STANLEY SI THARD Inspector RAYMOND SWIRES Cafeteria Instructor JOHN TASKER Tool Room Mill Instructor No. 5 Shift r RALPH TEDDER Automatic Operator and Instructor ROBERT TEEPLE Drawing Instructor ALBERT THOMPSON English, Algebra, and Civics Instructor HAROLD TILLY Inspector No. j Shift JOHN TOMOAIA Automatic Operator and Instructor DOMINICK TRAINA Head of Clearing House Department O STEPHEN VIGH General Clerk E. VON WALTHAUSEN Architectural Design Instructor ALBERT WAGENER Head of Academic Department FRANK WAGNER Machine Repair Instructor HOWARD WAGNER Tool Room, Mill and Slotter Instructor RICHARD WAGNER Record Files, Clearing House HUGH WAITE Inspector ROBERT WALKER Turret Lathe Instructor No. 5 Shift JOSEPH WALLER Inspector No. 3 Shift HAROLD WARE Turret Lithe Instructor ARNOLD WARNER Dividing Head Rcpiir Instructor ARTHUR WATSON Assistant Head of Sheet Metal Deportment INSTRUCTORS ROBERT WEAVER JOHN WEBER CULLEN WEEMS LUTHER WELLS Chemistry and Physics Assistant Head of Grinder Librarian Automatic Operator and Instructor Department Instructor FRED WEST Inspector HARRY WESTBROOK Head of Pattern and Wood Shop CECIL WESTERMAN Head of Cafeteria FRED WESTON Sheet Metal Instructor GEORGE WHITTON Grinder Instructor GEORGE WI FLING Head of Painting and Cleaning Department ENOS WILDING Precision Tool Repair Instructor IVAN WILKINS Machine Repair Instructor FRANK WILLCOCK Wood Shop Machine Operator Instructor JOHN WILLS Assistant Division Superintendent of Tool Repair Department MEYER WINSJANSEN Painting and Cleaning Instructor ROSCOE WOLVERTON Substitute Instructor and Rand Director EDWARD WORKMAN Precision Tool Repair Instructor ALTON WRIGHT Assistant Head of Lithe and Turret Lathe Department ROY YEREX Chemistry Instructor NON -INSTRUCTOR EMPLOYES ANGELO AUGUGLIARO Tool Repair Department NELSON BROWN Painting and ('leaning Department No. 3 Shift GEORGE CLARK Painting and Cleaning Department RENALDO V. DE MEIO Press Operatot Print Shop No. 3 Shift JOHN GRAHAM Precision Tool Repair Department JOHN HEARD Painting and Cleaning Department WILLIAM HEARD JOHN HOOPER ANDREW LEWIS Painting and Cleaning Painting and Cleaning Cafeteria Department Department No. 3 Shift No. 3 Shift JOHN MASON Painting and Cleaning Department ERNEST MAGIELSK! Multilith Operator Bookstore STEPHEN NAGY Painting and Cleaning Department No. 3 Shift ANDREW REAVES Painting and Cleaning Department ANTHONY SAJAN Painting and Cleaning Department No. 3 Shite ELI SCENTER Painting and Cleaning Department FRANKLIN SHELDRAKE Bookstore THOMAS SUZEK Clearing House Department No. 3 Shift GEORGE VAN AKIN Pattern and Wood Shop Department SNAPS (anotheTJ SYLVESTER SNAPS I BLOW HARD Always Be| Clean 1 r GI E 4 OH ! YOU SHARP MAN? 4 •bond ■ HIGH.MAN ON THE ■ TOTEM POLCM AH! VACATION THE LOOK double SNAPS gBL Tst°psb0 wilized ANu HRISTMAS. AND EATS TOO.'Jff ! «SUFFERING WITH BASEBALL SICKNESS 1 ' j . CHEAP DIVE FIRST SHAVE Page 2 THE CRAFTSMAN a tip draftsman PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR BY AND FOR STUDENTS OF HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL DEARBORN MICH. Editor-in-chief: BILL BLEWETT Reportoriel Staff: ROBERT ADAMS. KENNETH BEARD. JOHN DOWELL. SAMUEL DUKES. PAUL HILL. RICHARD HUGHES. JOHN KEMPEL. NORBERT OLDANI. DAVID PACE. JACK PRYOR. JOHN SCHWENINGER. RALPH TENNANT. GEORGE TOZER. THOMAS TUER. ROGER VanSTEENKISTE. PASCAL WOODY. Reporters for outside schools: ALICE BENN. Aircraft School: MARGARET PARRY. Highland Park Apprentice School: AGNES COPPENGER. Naval Training School: and JACK THOMPSON. Willow Run Airplane School. Adviser - - - - E. H. STOELTING Vol. 3. No. 1 October, 1944 7 A !e4A.a j,e. to Q-BoyA, Welcome G-boys! You’re in. It's up to you now. A chance of a life- time is in your lap. You have been given that which hundreds of other boys desire, to enter Henry Ford Trade School. Here you can acquire practical experience that is unexcellablc. At the same time, you will receive a cash scholarship, which will aid you in supporting yourself or in prov iding for the furtherance of your education. Follow and obey the rules and regulations of the School. They may seem unnecessary, but later you will realize that they are for your good. You will find the instructors willing to aid you in anyway they can, all they ask is that you try. So do your best, no less. Yes, you will Ik called G-boys; but remember, the A-boys of today were the G-boys three years ago. Good Luck! Bailor Study at the. fyiyjsitiuy tf-n,ant “ number of fellows out herein the South Pacific get together whenever possible to study and review mathematics. We have several books from arithmetic on up to trigonometry, but none make explanations as well as the books 1 had while attending the Trade School. Most of us are, or I should say were, machinists and haven't done any math for several years. We would like to return to our jobs with tin same knowledge we left. So we were wondering if you would be kind enough to send us what books you have on the subject. We will be glad to cover whatever the cost may be.” This was the request of Walter Grucella, Navy, in his letter to the Trade School last summer. While in school many students do not recognize the value of know- ledge. It is not until later in life we begin to realize the advantages of a good education. Mathematics is not the only subject which need be studied. Others are just as important. The fact remains, however, that mathematics is an essential study. Certainly if these boys on the fighting front are willing to study mathematics in their spare time we should try to get as much out of our studies as possible while still attending school. 1 0hat Ite. you Qoi+uj, Jo fbo “Give To Your Community WAR CHEST” is a statement all of us are hearing on the radio and reading in the newspapers this month. Is it up to us to read or hear this plea and then ignore it? Would we, personally, be benefited in any way if we contributed to this great organization? Then, it is up to us, all of us, to dig into our pockets and give. We are not only helping others by our giving, but we are helping ourselves as well. News Briefly Told: A total of $2,337.25 worth of war l onds and stamps were purchased during the summer months by the students of Henry Ford Trade School. ■ ■ ■ Pvt. Wesley Moore, January Tt is first string quarterback on the football team at the Marine Technical School, Mt. Rainer, Tacoma, Washing- ton. The team has a schedule of 22 games. The War Chest Drive in the Trade School will start Wednes- day, October 25. This year’s quota for salaried employes is one per cent of a person’s annual salary. The quota for those on an hourly rate is $5. Collections from the sections will be made by the pub- lishers of the sectional papers. The following alumni were in the School this sum- mer visiting instructors and friends: Pvt. Herbert C. Rotter, U.S. Marines Lt. Robert F. Winterhalter, B-24 pilot Lt. Hugo Ricbc, pilot (i 1 3 c Richard M. Webster, Navy Lt. Anthony Larent, navigator Pfc. Charles T. Grisham, Medical Tech. Tech. Sgt. Donald E. Ruinas, Marines Lt. Walter C. Hagen, Army Pfc. John W. Hagen, Marines A s Donald C. Long, Air Corps A c William A. Madalin, bombardier training Pfc. Arnold Wehrmeister, Air Corps Pvt. John W. 11nl ton. radio mach. Cpl. James Tomes. Marines Pvt. Noray Sarkisian, driver mech. Pvt. Emilio Gabriel. Inf. eng. Eljas O. Lahti. Inf. Raymond R. Fret , Jr., Air Corps F 0 William Coleman, navigator Leo T. Harrington, SK o Pvt. Frederick k. Reitz, Army Raymond J. Babcock. T 5 Pvt. II. James Hemming, tank gunner Pvt. Merwin L. 'Fucker, Marines F O Remi A. Van Steenkiste, pilot Pfc. Kenneth J. Young, gunner Harold M. Larson, Marines Cpl. Raymond C. Stanaway, Inf. Pvt. John Nika, Army Cpl. David C. Anderson, radio gunner Lt. James S. McIntyre, pilot AAF Lt. Irving Kaufman, pilot. AAF Charles E. Gawne, MM 2 c Edscl Middlebrooks, mech. Army Sgt. Daniel Robinson, mech. Army Pvt. Frederick E. Sutton. B-29 gunner Pvt. Frank Churley, Army Pvt. Geoffrey Waterworth, Medical Corps Pfc. Ronald R. Reitmeyer Pvt. Frederick K. Chium Pvt. Anthony J. Minichclli, Inf. Pvt. John Matle, Inf. Students and faculty of Henry Ford Trade School irish to express their deepest sympathy to the family of Charles “Skippy” Hen wood,, M-C-3, who was killed by an automobile when he stepped from behind a bus, Tuesday, October 3. ©raftsman HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL October, 1944 Three Instructors Added To Academic Dept. ♦ To replace academic instructors who have left the Trade School, three new men have been added to the faculty this term. Toivo Lind is filling the position in the civics department that was held by the late H. 15. Bell, who was accidentally killed last Bill Blewett Becomes Editor-in-chief “Bob has done many things to improve The Craftsman, I hope I can do as much”, said Bill Blewett, senior, as he took over the duties of editor-in-chief, in September. Since Bob VVoolsey, former editor-in-chief, will soon be leaving the School for the armed forces of our country, a new editor had to l e appointed. Bob was chosen editor-in-chief BILL BLEWETT last February, while still in the A-class, be- cause a senior, with the necessary experience and ability, was not available. When not in class Bob assisted and guided his stair, lie added more color, numerous cartoons, and varied picture arrangements to the School paper, making it what it is at the present time. Bill was chosen to Ik the new editor be- cause of his work in tin journalism classes. A former M-section student, he was chosen for The Craftsman stall during his last term in school. Upon graduation he received the American Legion Award and also the Quill and Scroll pin. Bill has been an “A” student since his entrance into the School in February 1911. “He has a lieautiful record,” said G. A. erex, personnel director, “not only on his re- port card but in his thrift record also.” “With the aid of The Craftsman stair,” said Bill, “We’ll try for the Pacemaker, an award given to the school whose paper shows extraordinary quality and originality. In past years, the paper has received the All- American rating, but never the rating of Pace- maker. I think we can win it. and now is the time. If the students or faculty have any suggestions, please feel fret to present them in person or drop them in the drop box. Boom 39”. Traffic Accident Ends Teaching Career of R. E. Bell Robert 15. Bell, who died this summer as the result of a traffic accident, was an instruc- tor in Henry Ford Trade School for 22 years. Mr. Bell ! cgan teaching in the Trade School in 1921 while it was still in Highland Park. His first position,which he held for six years, was that of auto mechanics instructor, rhen. in 1927. he started a class in civics which he taught for thejrcst of his life. Though making his home in Detroit for 26 years, he spent most of his life in Missouri. Mr. Bell was born in the small town of Liberty, Missouri. He was 11 when h i s f a ni i I y moved to a neighbor- i n g town called Lamaar, where he linished high school. He then furthered his education by going to Warrensburg Stati� Normal Teachers College. Shortly after I eing graduated. Mr. Bell attained the position of a teacher at William Jewel College, one of the oldest colleges in the middle west, where he stayed for three years. He next took t he (losition of superintendent of Henry County Schools in Missouri which posi- Continued on page 10) Student Rescues Drowning Man Henry Casper, T-C-4, became a hero this summer when he dived, fully clothed, into deep water to rescue a drowing man. The near victim was wading in a canal near Port Austin, Michigan when he stepped into deep water. Henry, who was sitting on a private dock, saw the man sinking lielow the surface. Immediately he dived into the water and swam to the side of the floundering sw im- mer. grasped him by the arm and pulled him to shore. ■‘Pulled him to shore!” It wasn’t as simple as that, because Henry never had instructions in life saving. His only experience in water was acquired while swimming for pleasure. summer. Mr. Lind has had a varied career in the field of ducation. Before coining to the Trade School he taught at the Highland Park Apprentice School for one year; the HAZEN JEWEL TOIVO LIND Newberry High School for three years; and the Hulbcrt High School for nine years. He taught mathematics at the Newberry School and the llulbert High School, lie also served as superintendent and assistant baseball. Imsketball. and track coach at the latter high school. Mr. Lind is a graduate of the Northern State Teachers College in Mar- quette, Michigan, with a Bachelor of Science degree. He is married and has three young children. Basketball is his favorite sjK rt. Hazen II. Jewell, former steam laboratory instructor in tin Naval Training School for two and a half years, has replaced B. G. Williams, now a Lieut, (j.g.) in the United States Navy. Before coming to the Trade School Mr. Jewell was principal, for 13 years, of the Saline HighSchool. lie attended both Michigan State Normal College and tin; University of Michigan and he has a Bachelor of Science degree. He is married and resides in Saline. Michigan. Donuld A. McDonald, new physics in- structor, has replaced (diaries 15. Hunt. After graduating from the Michigan State Nor- mal College and tin University of Mich- igan. Mr. McDonald taught mathematics for five years in the public schools in Port Huron, Michigan. In 1913 Mr. Mc- Donald was teaching mathematics at the Naval Training School. Mr. Me- donald McDonald Donald is married and has two children. He enjoys sports and gardening. R. E. BELL THE CRAFTSMAN Page 4 Communications ... Teaching Morse code to cadets has been the aim of R. D. Weaver, chemistry instruc- tor. for eight months. To provide some vari- ation in this course he is now instructing ca- dets in radio telephone and communications. In this class the cadet studies federal and in- ternational rules and regulations pertaining to radio. Cadets meet for one hour, three times a week. The present course is expected to take three weeks to complete, at the end of which time a Civil Air Patrol officer will give the cadets an examination. Those who pass will receive a War Emergency Radio Service License. First Aid ... A course in first aid is Ixung taught the cadets by Dr. S. J. Lewis, representative of the American Red Cross, at the Friday meet- ings. 'Phe objective of the course is to in- Dr. S. J. Lewis demonstrates a type of hand bandage to CAP cadets during the first aid course at Northern High School. Struct students in the treatment of minor wounds and burns. The cadets are learning to tie all types of bandages with either a triangular or rolled bandage. Artificial respi- ration, too. is being emphasized. The course will take 10 weeks to complete. An exami- nation will be given at the end of this period and those receiving satisfactory grades will 1m presented with a certificate from the American Red Cross. Maneuvers ... Forty cadets assembled Sunday, Septem- l er 21 for maneuvers at Wings Airport. Eight- een Mile and Mound Roads. Competitive drilling against squadrons 639 -1-2-3 for a gold trophy was the major event of the day. Squadron 3 was awarded the trophy for marching such as is done by university ami high school bands. To keep the trophy a squardon must win it three times. Also at the maneuvers, mock l ombs were dropped on targets to illustrate the method of diving and pulling out on a mission. A cadet of Squadron 5 demonstrated how to disarm a charging sol- dier with gun and attached bayonet. Para- chute jumps were also made by this squadron. ★ ★ ★ CAP NEWS by GEORGE TOZER Encampment ... Forty cadets of Squadron 639-4, Trade School Squadron, attended the Selfridge Field summer encampment of the Civil Air Patrol for two week | eriods from July 30 to Sep- tember 9. The training consisted of everything from a G.I. physical training program, to a radio communications class with an actual airplane. Navigation and meteorology were stressed continually. Also camouflage, aircraft rec- ognition. gas mask drills, booby traps, chem- ical warfare, first aid, crash l at procedure, motor transportation, inline and radial engine, and map reading were some of the classes in- structed by Air Corps officers. Marching and all types of drilling were practiced regularly on the ramp in front of the hangars. All lights in the barracks were put out at 10 o'clock. There was a bed-check at II o’clock. One of the highlights of the training pro- gram was when cadets were permitted to sit in every position of a R-17 Flying Fortress and a R-26 Martin Marauder. In the Marauder, the radio interplane communications set was turned on and not only did the cadets talk to one another within the ship, but the control tower was tuned in and one could hear them giving an Army plane landing instructions. Meteorology... Keith Glassley, physics instructor, is teaching a meteorology class from 3 to I p.m. on Wednesdays. The class studies fogs, clouds, air masses, and fronts from a military standpoint. The course will end about Christmas time. An examination will be given at the end of tin course, und cadets passing it w ill receive C. A. P. credit. Wiener Roast... Thirty cadets and their girl friends at- tended the wiener roast held at Rouge Park. Saturday. Septeml er 23. Warrant Officer CAP cadets and their dates are shown grouped around a fireplace in Rouge Park whoro tho Trade School squadron hold it's weonie roast. Ernest Magielski was head of the planning committee. On the committee, also, were Cadet Sgt. Edward Bertouille, Cadet Sgt. Rol ert Dewar, Cadet Sgt. Samuel Dukes, Cadet Sgt. George Tozcr. and Cadet Pvt. Thomas Harris. Cadet Dewar planned all the games. Chief cook, who roasted 24 w’einers at one time, for the pinie was Cadet Bertouille. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 5 SERVICEMAN BUYS FIRST BOM) Lieut. Calvin Peterson signing for a $100 bond, the first bond sold in the Fifth War Loan Bond Drive. With him are pictured his father. E. Y. Peterson, shop superinten- dent, left, and P. C. Emptage. bond aalosman. Lienl. Peterson Opens Fifth Bond Drive Lieut. Calvin Peterson, home on his first leave last May, opened the Trade School s Fifth War Loan Bond Drive by buying the first bond. Calvin, son of Shop Superintendent E. Y. Peterson, had just received his Army Air Corps pilot’s wings at Blythville, Arkansas. The School’s quota in the bond drive was $76,200 maturity value. Total sales from all sources including bonds purchased by stu- dents amounted to $106,445.50, maturity value. Calvin is no stranger in the School, for he spent four vacations in the shop as a summer student. In January 1913 he enlisted in the Army as an aviation cadet candidate. Last May 23 he was given his wings. I le is now in India Hying cargo in a C-17 plane. The Sixth Bond Drive will start in the Trade School ovcml er 20. The quota for each employe is $150, maturity value, in bonds. This is no increase over the Fifth Bond Drive. Navy Swing Band Entertains T-Section Under the direction of Mus. l c Joe Vit- ale, the Swing Band of the Dearlnjrn Naval Training School gave out with some “solid jive” at the Wednesday morning assembly October 4, at which the T-section students and cluss instructors were present. The band is composed of sailors at the School, many of whom have seen active serv- ii in the various theaters of war. Joe has Im'cu leader of the l and for seven months.. Among the selections played was “Man and His Drums” which featured Weenie Weinert, the drummer, who not only “beat it out” but added to the entertainment with his humorous antics. Another was “The Trum- pet Blues” with the trumpet section taking the lead. This was the forth time that the pres- ent band has played for the School assemblies. --------- 54 Students Enter The Armed Forces Since July 1911 the following students and instructors have left the School for the armed services: William Balicki Raymond Blunden Wili am Bruir Edwin Caldwell John Colombo James Cumming James Forshee Edward Francis Antonio Gallerani Supcrio Gloris Jack Gregory Raymond Harris Andrew Hutchison Varton KarapitolT Paul Kreft Ralph Mapcs William Morrison Benjamin Nightingale Dollege Powers John Robertson Ed ward Ronne Elmer Siterlet Alexander Smellie Raymond Spurr Albert Waineo Rollert Wesler Wilfred Wischer Howard Be vis Clement Boudreau William But trey Vivian Chesterfield Remmo Costeller Donald Finkbiner Ix wis Fowler Stephen Frankfurth John Gallo Karol Golembiewski Don Hatch Robert Hill Owen Jocks Jack Korb Russell McLogan Henry Mellen Donald Nelson Jack Paterson I lenry Rahmel Burton Rochefort Frederick Schubert George Sikanen Louis Spanberger I mis Van Esley Charles Watts Giles Whitton Edward Zapasnik Promotions Given To Four Academic Instructors To facilitate the operation of the academic program, four instructors were promoted at the beginning of the semester to department head positions. They are A. M. Wagener. .1. P. Hein . C. G. Rogers, and E. II. Stoelting. Mr. Wagener is now head of the academic department. 1 le has been in the Ford Schools 16 years, having served as a mathematics in- structor for seven years in the Apprentice School and shop theory instructor in the Trade School for nine years. Not. only is he a teach- er but a writer as well. He is the co-author of five text books. Because of an early ambition to enter the medical profession, Mr. Wagener left his home in Ohio to become a nurse for a few years. Although he came to Detroit to earn money for further study, he soon found out that he was quite happy in industry. Mr. Wagener, a father of three children, spends his spare time taking home-movies and work- ing in his garden. Another gardener is Mr. Heinz, who has become head of the shop theory department. He has been with the Ford Schools for 19 years, five of which were spent teaching math- ematics in the Apprentice School and the other 11 as an instructor of mechanical draw- ing and shop theory in the Trade School. Before becoming an instructor in the Appren- tice School, Mr. Heinz was in the first class of apprentices to be graduated from the Rouge Apprentice School. Born and educated in Wisconsin, he worked on his father’s 160 acre homestead in the summers. During the winter months, when he was older, he worked as a lumberjack and operated a livery stable. Mr. Heinz, who has three daughters, spends his leisure time going to evening school two nights a week and, weather permitting, either plays baseball or works in his garden. Mr. Rogers heads the English and Human Relations def artments. He has been a teach- er of English in the School for 22 years. Born in Missouri, he attended school there, jerking sodas and farming for diversion. He enlisted in the Navy during the last war. After the nine months required to finish this job. he re- turned to civilian life and became a teacher. Mr. Rogers, too, enjoys the hobby of garden- ing to which he devotes his entire summer vacations as well as most of his spare time. An amateur photographer, he spends his winter evenings taking pictures of his five daughters and two sons. Heading the School’s journalism, athletic, gardening, and extra curricular departments is Mr. Stoelting. Reared on a farm in Indiana, he learned to do all kinds of agricultural work. Although his ambition was to become a civil engineer. Mr. Stoelting studied for the teach- ing profession. He came to Henry Ford Trade School 16 years ago as a commercial geography instructor. The father of two children, Mr. Stoelting is active in scouting activities. INSTRUCTORS William Bryant Sylvester Kalen Charles Simpson Page 6 THE CRAFTSMAN Naval Training School Commandar A. M. Cohan addrouM tha graduating class of Dearborn Naval Training School which has trained over 20.000 sailors since its beginning in January. 1941. Among those present at the exercises were 'in tha first row. left to right Harry Bennett, personnel director of Ford Motor Company; Lieut. C. Irwin, School's officer; F. E. Searle. superintendent of Ford Industrial Schools: Lieut. L. Mustek. School's officer; Raymond Rausch, superintendent of Ford Motor Company: Lieut, (jg R. A. Coppenger. Chaplain: Ens. E. Bruder. School's officer. School Graduates 20,000th Sailor 1 he 30,000.00 )th Ford showed the world in | eacetime tlie progress Ford Motor Company was making in car production. In wartime, the 20,000th sailor to be trained at the Rouge Plant was another mark of the same kind of achievement. This typical bluejacket who happened to fall 20.000th in line is Vernon Mickelberrv, 6 feet 3 inches hunk-o-man from Key West, Florida, who by lucky coincidence stood among the first ten men in his class of machinist's mates, and was known throughout his Barracks for his easy Southern drawl and his gift of gab. Vernon's 16 weeks of training at Dearlx rn were climaxed Tuesday, August 8, when a group of Ford officials including Harry Bennett, personnel director. Bay Rausch superintendent of Ford Motor Company, and John Bugas assistant personnel director, at- tended his graduation. F. E. Searle gave the address and presented the diploma to the 20.000th sailor to come under his sti| cr ision as superintendent of Ford Industrial Schools. Double significance was given to the cere- mony by the fact that Rear-Admiral C. P. Cecil, former executive officer of the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, had been killed in a plane accident the week l efore the School reached tiiis milestone in its progress. Commander A. M. Cohan, commanding officer of the Dearlmrn Station, told the grad- uates of Admiral Cecil’s first visit to Ford Motor Company in 19k). At that time the Admiral conceived the idea of training blue- jackets in the same school system that had l een preparing Ford apprentices for 25 years. Mr. Searle reviewed in his graduation ad- dress the first conference in which Ford offi- cials. meeting with Communder Cecil (later 4---------- promoted to Captain and Rear-Admiral), agreed that Ford Motor Company could handle 200 sailors in addition to Trade School and apprentice students. This decision was reached on December 6, 1910. Ground was broken for the station on Deceml er 7, and by the time the first ship- ment of men arrived from Great Lakes on January 15. 1911. eight new l arracks. mess halls and the Administration Building had lx en completed. Mr. Searle flirt her stated that the men being trained at Dearlxirn would find they had not. l een trained for every emergency they would face on shiplioard. but by grounding them in a skill and helping them to us their heads, the men who have been responsible for their training, trust they w ill l e able to handle their jobs in every situation. The graduation program which featured Vernon carried a page of dedication to Admiral Cecil for his interest, enthusiasm and devotion to duty which inspired the building of this Naval Training Station. Before pre- enting diplomas to the honor men of the grad- uating class, Commander Cohan paid tribute to the Admiral and to the efforts of Henry Ford II. Mr. Bennett and Mr. Rausch in establishing the Dearlx rn Station. As soon as it appeared that the Rouge Plant would be ready to handle 200 men, the quota was jumped at the request of the Navy to 1,000 and eventually to more than 2,000 students, without losing a single day of training. Both the history of the station and the scope of the present training program are being covered in a Ford movie, combining two reels that were taken at the time of the dedi- cation of the station three and one-half years ago, and an equal amount of film starring Vernon, showing a comparison between then and now. Ford instructors who had l een training sailors in virtually every department of the Company, concent rated now on the Indus- trial Training School, Trade School, Pipe, Tin and Blacksmith Shops, all Tool and Die rooms, and s| ecial lalioratories for Welders. Steam and Diesel students, located in the Glass Plant and I -building, respectively. The School’s Building which stands just inside the Navy Station on Schaefer Road, is headquarters for the classroom teaching pro- gram. Ford men operate the station Power House where Machinist’s Mates receive ad- ditional lalxiratory training. The Dearborn Navy, a steam propelled cruiser, the “Rio Rojo,’’ and a Diesel operated LCV. maneuvers daily on the Rouge River for the benefit of Steam and Diesel students. To round out the program which Vernon and his 19.999 mates have been offered at the Dearborn Station, there is a recreation hall, swimming pool, parade ground, liaseball dia- mond. basketball court, dance band, chorus, reading room, canteen, cafeteria, tailoring, cleaning and pressing shop, cobbler, barlier and photography shops. | ost office and games room besides t he station facilities of a fire en- gine, and swank quarters for 10 Waves. As for Vernon, he left for Ft. Schuyler, N. .. immediately after graduation for spe- cialized training in salvage. Before entering the Navy, his job as construction superinten- dent in the ship building business took him to Spain and ports in South America. If his assignment in the Navy doesn’t carry him around the remainder of the glolie, his plans for construction and repair work after the war are bound to do so. The influence of 16 weeks at Dearborn may someday l e felt in Denmark or Dakar. V®rnon Mickelberrv. tha 20.000th sailor to bo graduated from tha Dearborn Naval Training School, proudly displays his M.M. diploma. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 7 B-Building Apprentice School Showing his press clipping to Tracy Silvastar, singer, is Roston Clark, popular bandleader. After Work It’s Music For Silvester and Clark The B-building Apprentice School instructor with the hunting scene on his suspenders is Tracy Silvester, and he’s the singer. The lanky, Gary-Cooperish apprentice foreman is Roston Clark, and he’s the bandleader. Mr. Silvester, who instructs tool and die apprentices in the drawing department, came to the School nl out a year and a half ago from Willow Bun where he worked as a foreman in the Riveting School. graduate of Henry Ford Trade School, he temporarily deserted his career in musical comedy to return to Ford Motor Company the day after Pearl Harbor. tenor. Mr. Silvester studied music on a four-year scholarship at the Juilliard School of Music, winning the Alice Breen Memorial for the highest scholarship on his graduation. His operatic dehut was made at Columbia I niversity. singing Stephen in the American opera Blennerhasett. He later appeared many times in musical comedy and light opera. He also ap|H ared with The Vetr ) orkers. a double quartet. He was a member of the Stars on Parade cast and master of ceremonies at the International Casino in New York City. Mr. Silvester teaches voice five nights a week at the Detroit Conservatory of Music and is regular tenor soloist at the Central Woodward Christian Church. Each year he gives two recitals, the latest on Septeml er 28 at the Detroit Institute of Arts. He is marri« d and has a son and a daughter. Since June, Boss Clark has been the boss of the 12-piece Columbians, which he pur- chased from Buss Armstrong. This “class orchestra” has the reputation of l eing one of the most distinguished-looking hands in the country. Mr. Clark played the saxophone for Armstrong before taking over the leadership of the orchestra which promises to soon l e- ---------- come a national name band. I le is an expert clarinetist and flutist as well. Mr. Clark is an electrical journeyman, having finished the complete course in elec- tricity in the Apprentice School in 1910. He has taken three years of electrical work in the Ford Kngincering School. He has also attended special classes at Wayne University, the University of Detroit, and University of Michigan extension courses in the Hackham Building, Detroit. Trade School students have seen and heard Mr. Clark and his band a number of times. He doubles by playing at graduation exercises with the Ford Rouge Symphony Orchestra, under the leadership of I� uis Blossom. He and the Columbians have played at three Trade School Proms, including the last one. in June. In Ford Motor Company, he is the ap- prentice foreman in the electrical department, as such directing the “trouble-shooting” ac- tivities of hundreds of apprentices in electric- ity. hydraulics, pyrometry. and steam engi- neering. Before coming into the Schools he was an electrical maintenance man in the glass and tire plants. He is married and has one son. Asked the classical question of the day. Do you like Frank Sinatra?” Mr. Clark said he thinks that Frankie’s “tops.” Mr. Silvester made no comment. B-24 ENGINE SCHOOL BRIEFS i Phase Three Gets C-l Automatic Pilot The Electricity Phase Three of the B-24 School has added to its complement of training equipment a C-l automatic pilot. Installed on the large true-to-scale split mock-up of the phase, this latest addition of equipment affords the student actual experience in the operation of this highly sensitive ami accurate instru- ment. ith the A-5 automatic pilot unit already a |wirt of Phase Three’s equipment, students in electricity get complete coverage of the flight aids used on the B-21. L. E. Conrad and Howard N ew land are the new instructors in the electrical depart- ment in Phase Three. Phase Four Installs New Mock-Up Under the direction of Clyde Budd and Jack Starwarz, keymen of the phase, new in- structional equipment has been installed in the Engine Mechanics laboratory. The newly installed mock-up is a com- plete display of the electronic turbo super- charger system. Its electrically operated parts are enclosed by plexiglass for better visibility. Simulating the actual flight con- ditions a B-21 must encounter on its missions, the changing waste gate (tositions of tin supercharger become observable for the stu- dents study. Another new mock-up in the phase, incor- porates the various units and interconnecting lines of the nacelle fuel system. On this mock-up the effects of altitude upon the sys- tem can Ik seen ami checked. The regulator valve and the oil dilution solenoid are of plexi- glass construction, which aids the students in understanding its working mechanism. On both mock-ups trouble-shooting becomes an essential project of the students’ schedule in the phase. PROBLEM 1 Following is the first in a new series of mathematics problems formulated by the B- building Apprentice School. The solution as well as a new problem, will appear in the next issue of The Craftsman. Page 8 THE CRAFTSMAN Shown is Arthur Fonsko, T-C-3, rolining a 13-ton. bottom-pour ladlo. Tho bricks are handed to Arthur by another boy who is on a scaffold next to the ladle. Bricklaying Is An Ancient Art Brick is one of the most vital and widely used structural materials in the world today. It has been, is, and will be used extensively in the building of large industries and bettering the housing conditions of the people of the world. Some archaeologists believe that the arts of brickmaking and bricklaying are more than 12,000 years old. Excavations at the Sume- rian Place at Kisk, Mesopotamia, built in 3500 B.C., revealed walls made of unburned bricks and whole streets paved with bricks. The Step Pyramid of Sakkarra in Egypt used bricks as a foundation for the marble on the outer surface. In comparison with these early examples. bricks made by the Romans at the Iieginning of the Christian era and by the Chinese when they built their great wall seem almost modern. The Romans had cultivated the then difficult art of coating bricks with beautifully colored glazes, some of which still exist. This art which was so well developed was lost almost in its entirety in Europe when the Roman Empire fell. After the dark ages, about the 12th or 13th century, the art was revived in Holland. (Jer- many, Italy, and in England. Brick manufacture in America began about the 17th century, but it wasn’t until the latter half of the 19th century that the art permeated through other parts of North A- merica. Fifty years ago machinery was in- troduced into the brickmaking process. Hand moulding of brick still persists despite the brick making machine. Students Taught to Reline Furnaces In the electric furnace building are the huge electric furnaces which melt 180 tons of metal every 24 hours. Eventually the linings of these furnaces wear out from the extreme heat they are operated under and it is one of the tasks of the bricklayers to reline them. When a boy goes to the bricklaying depart- ment, he is loaned, by the School, a pair of Learn large trowel, a brick and a scutch hammer, and is told to purchase a pair of coveralls to pro- tect his clothing One of the jobs of the student is to aid in the relining of burned out furnaces. ()nly the walls ami roofs of a furnace arc relined; the floors are covered with magnesite. The roofs are relined every 85 heats and the walls last approximately 120 heats. Since the bricks expand, mortar is not used in rebricking a furnace. Instead, the bricks are made with their sides or ends at different angles allowing them to Ik keyed securely to- gether. Keying is the process of setting the different shaped bricks alternately around the sides of the furnace in flat courses to prevent them from falling out when the furnace is tip- ped up to pour out the metal. Some of the bricks used in relining the furnaces are end wedges, neck bricks, split bricks, keys, side arch, and straight bricks. The type of bricks used in the furnaces are for the most part fire brick and silica brick which differ from ordinary brick in several re- spects. Ordinary brick is expected to with- stand all weather conditions, while fire brick and silica brick will Ik ruined if they are not kept away from moisture. Fire brick are able to stand up under high temperatures, but they must be heated gradually to thoroughly dry them, otherwise cracking will result. Mag- nesite and chrome, expensive bricks, arc also used in relining furnaces. After the bricks have been set in place and securely keyed against the furnace wall, the roof is put back on and the furnace is preheat- ed by the use of a gas torch. This torch is left iu for approximately seven days, thorough- ly heating the bricks, and expanding and fus- ing them together. The roofs are heated for ten days before being used. Besides relining furnaces students assist in repairing burned out i ouring ladles and en- gage in general construction maintenance, such as contructing walls and transformer housings, putting in brick floors, repairing worn or damaged testing furnaces, overhaul- ing treating equipment, or, occasionally, relin- ing a worn marine lioiler or even a deteriorated galley stove. Electroplating Is a Modern Art Electro-plating was originally introduced as a means of applying a deposit of nickel, gold, or silver as a decorative finish on jew- elry, cutlery, and bicycle parts. In the last 30 years, however, it has l ccn developed to the extent that there is hardly a branch of indus- try which does not use the process for finishing or as a protective coating. steel-toed, leather safety-shoes, a small and a Above is Paul Romoro. T-F-3. filling in tho spaces between the brick on a 12-ton. Swindell roof which has just been relined. Students work on small job as woll as large ones like this. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 9 ELECTROPLATING AND BRICKLAYING by JACK PATERSON BY Some of the jobs plated or polished in this department are hacksaw frames, spiral D OING the tank, and carries it to the center cathode screw drivers, tool holders, faces of hammers, and various machine parts. All Ih) s working in this department are instructed in the use of the polishing ma- chines, cleaning tanks, plating tanks, and the solutions used in each tank. Students who do the actual plating of the metals are required to wear rubber boots and aprons at all times to protect their clothing from splashing liquids. When they are work- ing with acid, rubber gloves, a respirator, and a | air of goggles must be worn. When a job is stmt to the plating room it is first |)olished on one of the six polishing and buffing machines. Polishing includes all classes of work done with glued-abrasive wheels and ranges from operations done on rough forgings to the production of a high luster, such as is given to surgical instruments. Work Must Be Thoroughly Cleaned After the f olishing operation, the job is hooked on a wire and dipped in a cleaning tank for approximately three minutes to re- move surface grease or dirt. Soda ash or caustic soda are the chemicals commonly used in the cleaning tank. To further remove surface grease and dirt the piece is immersed in a scrubbing tank and scrubbed with a plater’s brush and pumice stone. Pumice stone is used because it will not scratch or spoil the i olished surface. Care is taken not to touch the piece with bare hands after it is taken out of the cleaner tank or at any time during the entire plating opera- tion. Grease from the skin is sufficient to de- stroy the bonding properties of the plating material. The piece is next submerged in the copper tank to receive a light coating of copper, called a copper strike, to furnish a better base for the nickel coating. The copper and cleaner tanks, since they do not employ the use of acid, are made of steel. After the copper strike, the job is rinsed again and put into the nickel bath. In the nickel tank as in the other tanks the nickel anodes are suspended from the anode bar, which circles the top of the tank into the nickel tank. The work to In? plated is sus- pended from the cathode bar, which is in the center of the tank just above the solution, thus causing an electric current between the two. This current takes the nickel ofF the nickel anodes which are suspended from each side of bar where it deposits itself on t he work. This process is called electrolysis. Nickel tanks formerly were made from wood and the sides coated with tar. but now vulcanized rubber is lx‘ing used in place of the tar. The work is taken from the nickel tank and dip} ed in the hot water tank which aids in tlie drying. After the piece is thoroughly dry, it is sent to be buffed. Color buffing is done with a cutting com(M und such as Tri|K li, lime, or crocus on the surface of the wheel. Care must be taken not to cut through the thin coating of metal when color buffing. Buffing is used to obtain a fine surface with a grainless finish. Copper, brass, bronze, aluminum, and occasionally cast iron and steel are buffed before plating. Other tanks used in the pro- cess of plating are the metal stripping, paint stripping, and the pickling tank. Metals of like character do not adhere well to each other, so worn articles which are to be replated must have the previous plating re- moved l efore a new coat is applied. This re- Gordon Deceico. T-D-2. sciubs a iob to in- aure the removal of all grease and dirt before it is platod. moval is known as stripping. Paint stripping is merely the prosess of re- moving paint from the surface to be plated by the use of caustic soda or a prepared solution. The pickling solution is used for removing rust or hard outer scale. Chrome plating is not done in the Trade School because of the dan- ger involved to the student. An oddity of the plating department is that soap should always be kept away from the plating department l� ecausc it causes much harm by neutrdizing the solutions Demonstrating the method of dipping a job in the nickel tank is Edward Tozer. T-D-2. When the job is completely immersed it will be suspended from the cathode bar which can be seen accross the center of the tank. Pag© 10 THE CRAFTSMAN THIS LOOKS LIKE A GOOD HARVEST Edward and John Panik show the fruits of their labors at a Saturday harvest in the Trade School Gardens. Parents Give Views of Typical Saturday Garden Harvest “An all around person needs more than mechanieal training—he needs one foot on the soil.” These are the words of Henry Ford, founder of Henry Ford Trade School. Kxactly what Mr. Ford meant could l e seen at a Saturday harvest of the Trade School Garden, such as that which took place September 23. -------- In small groups throughout the 35 acres a portion of their reward for a summer’s gar- which composes Henry Ford Trade School dcning. Students sometimes attend two or three of these har- vests a year and fre- quently receive bags of vegetables after school, besides. By using the community rather than the indi- vidual gardening plan,the Trade School has managed to give unlielicvahlc amounts of produce to each garden student. I larvesters come out every Saturday toward the end of the summer to pick veg- etables, and t heir comments concerning the garden keep to a similar pa I tern. Below are a few com- ments from the friends and relatives Garden could be seen students who had friends and relatives to assist them in har- vesting their produce. Yet less than a mile away, one could see the great industrial Rouge Plant of Ford Motor Company, where Trade School students receive their education. Mr. Ford intends these occu- pations to l c closely related, for he be- lieves industry and agriculture are natur- al partners and that b. inging them to- gether heals the ail- ments of l)Oth. Such was the sit- uation at this typical Saturday harvest. By receiving two bushels of tomatoes, one bushel of corn, one bushel of beets, a bag of onions, and family-size amounts of peppers, cabbage, chard, squash, melons, and egg plant, these students were obtaining Parents and brothers aid student in harvesting beets from the Trade School garden. of garden students: Mrs. John Rufus: “The garden is a very nice thing. It surely helps a lot.” Mrs. William Kremblcse: “The best part of the harvest is the picking itself.” Mr. Edgar Fried lander: We have six in our family and it surely helps to get point-free produce. I agree with Henry Ford in that agriculture and industry should go together. As for the Trade School Garden, I wish I could have had the same op| ortunity when I was younger.” Mrs. R.W. Call: “It’s a wonderful project!” Mrs. Joseph Farnin: “I think it’s swell!” Mrs. Farnin has had two sons in the Trade School. One is now serving in the Navy. Mrs. Peter Christensen: “We use every single bean. We try not to waste a thing. Mrs. Rulh Warner: “The corn is the sw et- est I’ve tasted this year.” Mrs. Harold Thompson: “The garden really helps in filling my fruit cellar!” Mrs. Ilarold Hurley: “I surely enjoy har- vesting with my son John!” Mrs. Rulh McQuary: “The garden is a won- derful thing. Whenever we have an abun- dance of anything, we can it.” W hile the harvesters were picking in their quiet, orderly fashion, a member of the garden department was seen driving a grain drill through a field. This is significant in itself. Even though a plentiful harvest w’as in pro- gress. plans were l eing carried out to make the next year’s garden yield more produce by making the soil more fertile. Growing rye in the empty fields and then disking it in the next spring is one way in which the Trade School has increased its crop value from $4,831.19 in 1940 to $14,365.29 in 1943. Scientific gar- dening has also assisted in the undermining of insects and plant diseases. Thus Henry Ford has brought agriculture into a school whose fundamental purpose is to train skilled mechanics. All equipment for the garden comes from the Ford Farms or the Ford-Ferguson Experimental Farm, while the seed is furnished by the School. Tools used include: hydraulically controlled discs, spike- tooth harrow, mowing machine, corn planter, four-row seeder, cultivator, and potato digger. pproxirnately 800 students, in the D- class or lower, do the work under supervision of experienced agriculturalists. Each morning and noon, w’eather permitting, a different group of boys is transported from the School to the garden. The groups range from 5 to 30 boys depending ii( oii the work to he done. It is ! elieved that eight hours in the sun would lie too much for hoys who are not used to garden work R. E. Hr 11 (Concluded from page 3) tion he held three years. Then in 1918 he came to Detroit as a customs inspector at the Wind- sor-Detroit Ferry. This was his last position before coming to Henry Ford Trade School. Mr. Bell took a great deal of interest in his ‘boys.’ He frequently took his classes to the Municipal Court to show them the routine of court proceedings. I le would then have one of the judges talk to the hoys, (smiting out to them the need of being good citizens. Mr. Bell was extremely interested in the work he was doing and was often fondly called ‘Judge’ Bell by the students. In the past few years, he suffered from failing health, mainly due to heart trouble. Mr. Bell spent 38 years of his life in the educa- tional field. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 11 Aircraft School F. E. Searlo. superintendent of Ford Industrial Schools accspts the certificate of Service Award given to the Aircraft School by the Army Air Forces Training Command. At the presentation were, left to right: E. F. McAuleffe. Army Co-ordinator for the School. Major Blanford. Mr. Searle. William F. Mueller, supervisor of the Aircraft School, and Lieut. Col. Adkins. SCHOOL RECEIVES SERVICE AWARD “In recognition of meritorious service rendered the Army Air Forces Training Command during World War II. Type of Training: Aircraft Technicians. Duration of Service: 1942- 43” reads the Certificate of Service Award which was presented to the Aircraft School personnel by Lt. Col. Paul Adkins, Army Air Forces, at an informal ceremony September 12. i -------- —------—------------- -tfc Thun Irrholts Take Championship 4............................... - 4 r Nosing out the School's Marauders in a thrilling finish of play-oil’ games, the Tool De- sign Thunderlxdts closed the season for the ircraft Building Softball league last month. The Marauders were holding first place throughout, the regular season, winning 11 of their 14 games. At the end of the season a play-off schedule was set-up to include each team having a winning percentage of .500 or more. Five teams participated in this two- game knock-out. One by one the teams dropped out until the Marauders and Thun derljolts were left. The final game approached and the Mar- auders were unprepared to defend their title. Louis Wiragosand W.F. Mueller were on their vacations; Howard Hedinger was out of play due to a broken hand; and Walter Siera was in training with the Detroit Lions. Dropping the Marauders into second place, the Thunder- bolts won l� oth games and became league champions. During the season many amusing and amaz- ing things happened at these games. Many laughs were had when R. W. Lewis had the tragic experience of having the seams in his trousers give way during a particularly ener- getic moment. Lou Gross received many compliments on his speed. Ix u got a hit in one game and started for first base, which he reached safely after twice falling flat on his face. E. C. Cook contrived an over-size, three-Iegged contraption which turned out to l� e a large, collapsible score-board. On the more serious side, George Hawley tried to slide to first base in one of the games and seriously sprained his ankle. In another game two players were seriously injured. Dm! Ryan received a broken leg when he tried to slide into second base and Howard Hedinger attempting to put him out broke his hand. Marking the close of their first successful season the Softball League had a dinner-dance Saturday, September 9 at tin Bonnie Brook Golf Club. E. C. Cook, secretary of the league, was master of ceremonies and Paul “Dizzy” Trout, member of the Detroit Tigers Baseball team, was guest of honor. School Eulers New Bowling League Organizing their own lx wling team for the 1944-’45 season, the Aircraft Building person- nel launched their first match Friday. Septcm- la r 1 at the Allen Park Recreation in a 12- team league. These teams are made up from the exclu- sion departments who had teams entered in the softl� all unit, during the summer. They liowl on Fridays from 7 to 9 p.m. 'Learns in the league include the Aircraft School, the Bate Department, Plant Protection, Superin- tendent’s office, Engine Service Department, the Army Air Forces, and the Purchasing De- partment. New Books Added To Library Shelves Many new l ooks were added to the Air- craft School Library’s shelves during the month of Septeml er according to Alice Benn, librarian. In the field of electronics. Experimental Electronics by Ralph Muller, B. L. Garman, and M. E. Droz; Electron Tubes in Industry by Keith Ilenney; Electronics by Jacob Mulnian and Samuel Seely; and Industrial Electronic Control by W. D. Cockrell are a few of the new titles. Human Relations in Changing Industry by Hepner; The Art of leadership by Ordway Tead; and Personnel Administration also by Tead are now in the growing collection of books dealing with personnel, supervision, and human relations in business. A revised and enlarged edition of the .1 II. Dul ois lx ok. Plastics, now can lx found among the many !xx ks on that subject. Fluorescent Lighting Manual by Charles Amick; Aircraft Engines of the World. 19't't, by Paul Wilkinson; George Tharratt’s lir- em Production Illustration: and Wesley Mollard’s Essentials of Precision Inspection were also received in the Library along with the most recent edition of the World Hook Encyclopedia and many other lxx ks. Lt. Col. Adkins and Major David B. Blanford, also of the Air Corps, gave the award to F. E. Searle, superintendent of Ford Industrial Schools, on behalf of General Yount, commanding general of the Army ir Forces Training Command. In February 1912 a special course was started in the ircraft School for the training of Army Air Force students. In this 12-week, basic-training course the soldiers spent 20 j cr cent of their time in academic work, 30 per cent in the engine laboratory, and 50 jx r cent in the shop doing production work on the assembly line. These lx� vs were training to be aircraft technicians, but specialized in the R-2800 Pratt and Whitney Engine. The training under the direction of the School ended in May 1913. Servicemen lo Get Boxes Meeting the deadline for mailing all pack- ages to servicemen overseas by October 15. the Aircraft School |XTsonnel sent Christmas boxes to all former instructors who are now in the armed forces. Of the 26 men in service, there are four overseas. The “dog days of August” were just a little cooler because of the psychological effect of Christmas thoughts and planning. A special newspaper was published for the boys, giving all the news hapixmings for the past year. Pag© 12 THE CRAFTSMAN Shown above are Pfc. John Hagen and 1st. Lieut. Walter Hagen, both graduates of Henry Ford Trade School. They visited the School during the summer whilo home on leave. John, who is in the Marino Corps, is wearinq the Purple Heart awardod for wounds received at Bougainville Ho is convalescing at the Naval Hospital. Mare Island California. Walter, who received his 1st. lieutenant's commission on the very day John was made a private first class, is in a renova- tion company in tho Army and expects overseas orders shortly. Pvt. Walter E. Moore, June ’ll, visited the Trade School September 20, while home on a 14-day furlough from the infantry. Walter, who has l� een in service four and one half months, expects to go to Fort Mead, Maryland upon return. Renewing acquaintances in the School re- cently was Pvt. Leonard . Taylor, who is going to pre-flight. San Antonio, Texas. F 2 c Bor Kinnell. June ’l l. visited his friends in t he School Septemlier 26, w hile on a nine-day furlough from Great flakes Naval Training Station, where he just completed l)oot training. He is now striking for a ma- chinist’s mate rating. Having completed his training, John Kuly, January ’12, was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps at Brooks Field, Texas. John visited the School Septeml er 13. before going to Liberal, Kansas to further his training on a B-21 Liberator. Wbile in t he Trade School, John was captain of The Midgets and The Junior Intramural baseball teams, l oth championship teams. He also was president of the T-A-2 class. 2nd. Lieut. John Kuly Pvt. Geoffrey Waterwortii, of the Medical Corps, visited the Trade School while on a 13-day furlough after which he reported to Camp Ellis, Illinois. Pvt. Mat Mesial. glider infantry. stop- ped in the Trade School while on furlough, in Septemlxir. CpI. Pat Romanelli, June ’10, former member of The ('.raftsman staff, visited friends in the Trade School Septemlier 11. after com- pleting his training as an aerial gunner on a B IT. A c Bruno Leon, visited in the School. August 22. He is to l egin pre-flight training in San Antonio. Texas. CpI. Harold F. Schauer, sperry-ball gunner on a B-21, renewed acquaintances with friends in the Trade. School, Septem lx r II. F 1 c Edward V. Sktla, who is operat ing a Diesel engine in Charleston, South Carolina, returned to the School Septeml er II, during a 10-day leave. Meeting old friends in the School was Pvt. Bob Cole, who attends mechanics school, long Beach. California. “The Navy is really swell,” said S 2 c James Hosey, June ’ll. who was visiting his friends in the School on his first furlough. He has just finished “Ixxjt” training at Great Iokes and is now striking for a machinist’s mate rating. AMM 2 c William T.Frisk, June 38. visited the Trade School early last month. Bill, who was stationed at Coco Solo Naval Air Station, Canal Zone, for seven months is now attending a hydraulics school in Chicago. Illinois. Enroute to a B-24 base, 2nd Lieut. John Gkmmkl, stopped off in Detroit. It was the first time t hat lie had ! een home since he en- listed two years ago. Lt. John Gemmol Lt. Stevo Foroga Lieut. Steve Ferega returned to the School July 5. from Corpus Christi, Texas w here he is an instructor. Alumni Report on Military Life Pvl. Remo Vielmo, January V 2, of the Paratroops, irrites: Sorry I haven’t written in such a long time. First thing I’d like to do is thank you for The ('raftsman. I wish there were a mil- lion pages of “Alumni in The Services.” I’ve been bumping into them in every camp so far. lost night, while I was in town. I met Dwight Down hum. Ih‘ is a supply sergeant in the paratroops at this base. I also met Charles Karle for the third time since he’s l een in the Army. I le’s in the para- troop band, the only jump band in the coun- try. Everyone in it is a qualified jumper. Near the end of the evening George Maitland came up to me. He had been fol- lowing me all night and wasn’t quite sure whether he knew me or not. He’s in the 71st Infantry, but is all set to join the paratroops. It was swell talking to all three of them about old times and our mutual friends. George told me his brother Bill is a cadet in Texas. I heard A1 Prato is a pilot and a second lieutenant. While I was in the 63rd Infantry division at Van Dorn, Mississippi, I met Wall Sage’s younger brother. We were standing in line to see a show and noticed each other’s rings. Just before I left the 103rd Infantry divi- sion at Camp Howze, Texas to come to Fort Penning, I humped into Bowen Gover. While I was in Texas, I found out George Simon was stationed with the Naval Cadets in Norman. Oklahoma. I hitched 150 or 175 miles and surprised him with a visit. Boy lie’s got a beautiful set-up, but he deserves it. IBooks swell in his blues. The way things arc going it looked as if 1 were going to Ik; the last guy in my class to go over, but not now. I’m almost half through with my training and if everything goes o.k., I should be home in a month with my boots and wings. I’ve liecn in service more than 15 months and this is my 12th camp already. I’ll Ik happy if I can come back to God’s Country. I mean the North. Give my regards to all the instructors. I lope to sec all of you in the near future. Editor’s Note: Remo received his IkkiIs and wings and visited the Trade School Septemlier 11. Overseas Alumnus Promoted The promotion of Sgt. Rudolph Horvath, former Trade School student, to staff sergeant was made known to Henry Ford Trade School in a special news release from the War Depart- ment’s Public Relations Office. A wood-pattern maker while in the School. Rudolph entered the A.A.F. in May, 1913 going first to gunnery school. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 13 History of Intramural Sports Reviewed No doubt many Trade School students have wondered how, where, and when the School's intramural sporta originated. By looking into the past records of the School many interesting facts were found. Football was an intramural s|K rt in the Trade School at Highland Park, with records dating back as far as 1925. At that time there was a team representing each section, and all boys in the School could try out for their respective section-team. These teams played six or seven games in a season, and I In- team with the highest percentage at the end of the season was the School champion. After each season an “All-Section” team was selected by the coaches. This team played the varsity’s second team. In later years football was dropped as a School sport. In 1925 intramural basketball had its l eginning. Games and practices were held at the Ford Elementary School, Highland Park. Because the turn out of students was low and there were so few teams intramural basketball was soon discontinued. In 1931 intramural basketball was resumed and accommodated increased enrollment. The gumes and practices were held at four Y.AI.C.A.’s in Detroit. There were six teams in the league, two teams from each section. The follow ing year all games were held at Kronk Recreation Center, with each section having four teams in laitli the senior and junior divisions. In 193ft the first intramural basketball championship play-offs were held at the cud of the playing season, and this procedure has lieen followed annually. Intramural baseball also began in 1925 with three teams, one from each section. This procedure was followed till recent years when the baseball setup was divided into divisions, a senior and a junior. The senior division consisted of A- and B-class boys and the junior division consisted of C-, D-, and E- cluss boys. In 1912 a third division was add- ed, the midget, consisting of F- and (i-clusscs. Each team played seven games. At the end of the season the two top teuins of each di- vision played at the annual Bob-Ix picnic. In 1937 a new sport was introduced to the Trade School students at Miller School play- ground. It was called beeball; and was a combination of soccer and football. After a few weeks of practice to acquaint the boys with the game a six team league was formed. Each team had nine players, four forwards, four guards, and a goal tender. soccer ball was used and could lx� kicked by any player. Point scoring in beeball was the same us in New Athletic Coach Begins Duties Taking over the duties of coach, left by V. F. Richards, is Alexander Milankov, who was transferred from the Highland Park Apprentice School early in Septemlier. Mr. Milankov began his sporting career at Northeastern High School where he participated football. The beeball league was halted in 1939 due to the lack of playground fac ilities. In January 1937, ping pong was started at Miller School, where the necessary equipment was available. Students under 16 years of age were entered in a junior league while all those 1ft and over were classified in a senior league. The ping pong tournaments lasted about six weeks. The players having a .500 percentage- or better were eligible for the play- offs. After losing two games in the play-offs a player was eliminated from futhor competi- tion. I ast year the Trade School acquired two ping pong tables of its own, and now tour- naments arc held in the School's cafeteria. Tennis had its beginning in 1937 with four groups of players competing in matches at Fordson High School tennis courts. Each contestant played about five matches in his respective group, and the player having the highest winning percentage w as t he champion of his group. When four champions were decided, lots were drawn to see which players would play each other in the semi-finals. The two winners then met each other, the victorious player becoming the School tennis champion. An intramural Itowling league was first formed in Septemln-r 1938. In its first year the league had 12 five-men teams and the same number also prevailed during the following seasons. The league bowled its matches at various bowling establishments in Detroit, and used the point system in the league stand- ings. The league was forced to disband, in 1912, due to lack of transportation and pin boys, but has been reorganized for this year’s bowling season. Victor Johnson Retires At Seventy-two Having been employed by Ford Motor Company for 30 years. Victor A. Johnson, of the Trade School tool stock department, retired August 31 at the age of 72. Mr. Jolison, the youngest of 10 children, was lx rn on a farm in Faltoping, Sweden in 1872. In 1889. after completing high school, he left home for America. Because he had friends and a brother in Chicago, Mr. Johnson made that city his American home. There he went to evening school and worked as a ma- chinist’s apprentice for four years. After com- pleting his apprenticeship, he worked as a toolmaker for 22 years. The members of the faculty and student body of Henry Ford Trade School wish to extend their deepest sympathy to the parents and family of Henry W ard, W-F-3, who met with an untimely death while swimming this summer. in basketball and base! all. Starring as a basketball player during the period of 1925 to ’2ft, he was selected for the ‘All City basket- ball team both seasons. In 1926-’27 season, he was elected captain by his teammates and was also selected for the ‘All State’ basketball team. Besides playing sports, Mr. Milankov also studied industriously, thus earning the Michigan Athletic Scholarship Honor Tropy, the Alfred Y. Wallace Scholarship of $2.000, and the W illiam College Scholastic Medal. After leaving Northeastern High School with a well-earned record. Mr. Milankov en- Shown is Alexander Milankov who is taking over the coaching duties left by V. F. Richards, former coach. rolled in Olivet College. While attending Olivet college he again participated in basketball and was elected ‘Most Valuable Basketball Player’. I Ic was also selected as forward on the All Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Basketball Team. Playing basketball was not the only sport that in- terested Mr. Milankov. In 1930-’31 he served as center on the second all-conference football team. While at Olivet he earned six letters. In 1932-’33 be was appointed freshman basketball coach and director of intramural athletics. I Jpon being graduated from Olivet College in 1933, Mr. Milankov received a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Michigan Life Certificate to teach. leaving college, he entered the industrial world by going to work on the assembly line in Ford Motor Company. In 1935 he be- came district finance officer for the Federal Works Administration. He later became an instructor in the Ford Highland Park Appren- tice School. Although busy with his regular occupation, Mr. Milankov managed to find time during the evenings to help supervise the boys'athletics for the Dearborn Recreation Department. Page 14 THE CRAFTSMAN Faculty Give Their Views On Trade School Spirit What is school spirit? Do wo have it? This question has aroused the School and these answers have l een compiled from the instructors: C. G. Rogers, English instructor, says: vertisc the fact that he lx longs to this school—to shout it from the house-tops and to spend the rest of his life urging his friends to send their sons here “The greatest problem of the School is to bridge the break in morale that occurs bc- tween the moment when the boy first comes in and gazes alxmt him as a (i-student, in bug- eyed wonder, at the marvels of this organiza- tion and that time some ten years later when he awakens to the realization that he is the product of a first-class institution und that he owes whatever degree of success he has achieved to the School. It is then he logins to shout.” Commercial geography instructor Tom Sayres’ opinion is: “School spirit is the most vital tiling in the school. With it we can accomplish almost everything, without it we can accomplish little. “Potentially and inherently Henry Ford Trade School students arc charged with if. but the developing and expressing of it requires careful consideration.” Fred Nicholson, drawing instructor, ex- presses his view: “School spirit is difficult to maintain among a student Ixxly whose mem- bers dwell in all sections of the city. Despite such a handicap, school spirit in the Trade School is high, even though the students ure shy alxmt displaying it in front of instruc- tors.” C. R. Weems, librarian, remarks, “Pro- per school spirit means backing anything ami everything that one honestly believes good for the school as a whole, regardless of who is sponsoring it. It means giving of one’s time and energy when necessary to promote things in the school that will tend to make tin school a Ixitter place in which to work and to play. “One may soon forget the subject matter in class, but can never forget the association and influence one encounters during school days. School spirit means helping to better a situa- tion if it is interfering with school progress. Just knocking something is not tin firoper spirit, but ‘Pitching in’ to help better the sit- uation shows proper spirit. We of the Trade School are lacking this spirit.” Shop theory instructor John Heinz com- ments on this subject: “School spirit is the enthusiasm developed through the act of working jointly together for the same end. This enthusiasm can lx st In- brought about through competition, such as sports and other activities. “There is school spirit in the Trade School, but it is not as predominant as in other schools for a number of reasons, lack of playgrounds, equipment, and the like.” Keith Glassley, physics instructor, states, “School spirit is something hard to de- fine You can sense it and feel it in any school where it is present. Faculty and stu- dent body working enthusiastically together create it. One of the biggest builder-uppers of this valuable asset is a sports program in- “It is the kind of spirit that causes a boy to ad- telligently and efficiently administered. This should lx esjiecially true here in Henry Ford Trade School where the entire student body is composed of boys. knowledge of past out- standing performances of individuals or teams would greatly Ixilster up such a spirit. As a whole we have little school spirit in the Trade School.” Physics instructor L. H. Bartholomew's conviction is: “A willingness to give up some of your time, a few pleasures, and perhaps go out of your way to do some act or good deed as a token of appreciation for YOUR SCHOOL. Do you have it?” Internal grinder instructor George Sling- wein, says, “School spirit is a feeling of fellow- ship among students, loyalty and devotion to the sclmol w hich one attends. There is a de- finite lack of it in the Trade School.” The opinion of Arthur Hill, lathe in- structor. is: “It is something that is created alxmt the school by the students and instruc- tors cooperating harmoniously in the forma- tion of different sjx rts teams. A large atten- dance at games is essential, as it builds up the morale of the players and shows that students are interested in their school activities. The lack of this school spirit is apparent in the Trade School.” External grinder instructor Ira McKay remarks, “Attending all the functions and activities of the school at all times shows g xxl school spirit. It is present here, but it isn’t developed and encouraged as much as it should lx . Donald McDonald, physics instructor, believes, “Always have a g xxl word for and no kmx king the Henry Ford Trade School. Cheerful attitude and no trying to get some- thing without earning it on the jxirt of all students and instructors. Good cheering and attendance with a sch x l band playing at school activities will Ixilster up spirit. These things show that kind of a spirit.” John Dobrei’s opinion is: “It is something which shows loyalty of the students toward their school by attending all social and athletic activities. A school building equipped with athletic facilities would give the students the feeling they’re in a school and not a factory. Definitely this spirit, to a large extent, is mis- sing in the Trade School.” The conviction of Roy Yerex. chemistry instructor, is: “Trade Scluxil boys’ spirit is shown in their ambition displayed in military service. Every boy interviewed has a defi- nite advanced objective, and a surprisingly large numlicr have become commissioned officers. “Our boys home on furlough have been enthusiastic in the praise of the training ob- tained in the Trade School. Much of what has lieen called sch x l spirit in public schools is entirely a matter of interest in athletics. “Indeed, we have scIkmiI spirit but it isn’t shown as much as it is in public schools. OVER THE CRIB COUNTER ------------- By I. C. ALL ------------- Excerpt from a famous letter: GREETINGS: Autumn . . . when the crops are harvested, the trees change their garb, the birds fly south, hxitball is in the air, weiners are in the fire, and witches and goblins reign for one night, we give you a portion of one crop that is ever plentiful, namely CORN . . . ON THE COR. Ever been to a husking bee . . . shucks. We wonder how FARMER Heinz feels now that he is indoors after a summer in the Trade School garden . . . Is the Victorlite for HIRED instruc- tors or for TIRED instructors? We won- der ........ Trade ScImk 1 students go to night school to get an education, to meet girls, to get high school credit, to meet girls, aaa-nnn-d to meet girls. Leslie Ferguson, W-A-l, may be a solid sender with 88 ivory keys, but Keith Glas- sley, preflight, thinks Leslie s chair sqeaks are sour............... Here are I. C. All’s interpretations of some of the latest song hits “THE HOUR NEV ER PASSES,” thought of T. S. student waiting for 3:50 p.m. “HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU?” What instructors ask students. “IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN’T MY BABY? example of Trade School English. “LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY,” the G-class and the A-class. “SHINE ON HARVEST MOON,” the victory gardeners’ song. “SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES,” what hapfiens in quantitative chemistry. QUESTIONOFTHE MOMENT: When will the ycarlxxik lx ready? THIS MONTH’S POEM Twinkle Iwinkle lillle star. How I iconder what you are. Up (ifxjre the world so high, Are there instructors in the sky? Then there was the B-class editor who brought his supper with him on Thursday. Guess they really put their hearts and souls into their |xi|x rs, also their stomaches. LATE NEWS FLASH: The Battle of Lungs, which lasted 11 years, ended when Keith Glassley made a strategic retreat'’ to Room 47. Well, that’s all for now. 1. C. All will be Ixick again next month when our thoughts will be on Thanksgiving, and you can fatten your turkey on his corn. Page 15 THE CRAFTSMAN “Tennis is one of the fastest and most ex- citing games there is,” remarked Bob Peischke, M-A-2, newly elected captain for Henry Ford Trade School's tennis team. Bob, who has his own court, has been playing tennis for four years. During this time, he has played two years with the School's team. Frank Norris, M-B-2, wears a silver ring on which is engraved a baseball. A similar ring was awarded to every member of his team, the Scorpions, for winning the championship in t lass K” of the Detroit Baseball Federation in ,943. Frank, who plays left field, has a bat t ing average of .333. “Building model airplanes is one of my most enjoyable pastimes,” stated Pete Serazio of M-C-l. The latest plane he has completed is a solid model of the British Gloster Gladiator. After constructing these models, Pete usually gives them to unfortunate children who are un- able to build models. Pete also enjoys collect- ing pictures of airplanes. Doing a backflip, a jacknife with a half- twist, and a swan dive oir a 50-foot diving board are some of the many feats mastered by Andrew Campbell, T-B-l. Andy first dived ofF a board at the age of five. Since that time he gathered a collection of ribbons as well ns a varsity letter from Nolan Intermediate. Following the war on large-scale maps, by use of pins with flags attached, and collecting war articles from newspapers, magazines, and the radio fills the spare time of Jim Plakas, M-E-l. Already he has six scraplxmks full of clippings about the war campaigns, fighting tac- tics of the dilTerent armies, and war news in gen- eral. In the future Jim hopes to become a foreign correspondent. Tap dancing at charity benefits and school programs for the last 11 years has taken most of the spare time of Alexander Pollock, W-C-3. Since the war, Alex has danced for the Bri- tish War Belief, United Service Or- ganizations, and entertains twice a week for the American Bed Cross. lie also danced several times during Wed- nesdays’ singing periods and at the last band concert. IiYl R ODUCING “Playing the clarinet and saxophone seems to take up most of my spare time,” says Bill Carson, M-B-2. who is now playing with a dance orchestra. Bill, a member of the Trade Sch x l Band for more than two years, enjoys photography and dancing also. “Of t he many opportunities offered in Scouting. I think first aid is the most useful.” said Kd Jastcr. T-B-l. Ed, who has been in scouting for four years, is an active member of the First Aid Corps of Troop 191 of which he is junior assistant scout master. IN THE School shop are hundreds of the finest machines of many types. A new boy is always placed on simple operations and kept on this work until he becomes, in a measure, accustomed to machin- ery. He is then transferred to work on a shaper, lathe, milling machine, grinder, or to a department where he may work at the trade he decides to follow. —From HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL (Pamphlet on Trade School) Page 2 THE CRAFTSMAN Ihp (draftsman PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR BY AND FOR STUDENTS OF HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL. DEARBORN. MICH. Editor-in-chiof: BILL BLEWETT Reportorial Staff: ROBERT ADAMS. KENNETH BEARD, JOHN DOWELL. SAMUEL DUKES. PAUL HILL. ROBERT .HOBART. RICHARD HUGHES. JOHN KEMPEL. NORBERT OLDANI. DAVID PACE. JACK PRYOR. JOHN SCHWENINGER. RALPH TENNANT. GEORGE TOZER. THOMAS TUER. ROGER VanSTEENKISTE. PASCAL WOODY. Roportera for outside Schools: JOE BOGDAN. B-building Apprentice School; ALICE BENN. Aircraft School; MARGARET PARRY. Highland Park Apprentice School: AGNES COPPENGER. Naval Training School; and JACK THOMPSON. Willow Run Airplane School. Adviser.............................................E. H. STOELTING Vol. 3. No. 2 November. 1944 News Briefly Told: To aid the “Old Newslxiys’ (Joodfollow Fund” the December edition of The Craftsman will lx; sold again this year to all instructors and the B-l week- lies will be Ixnight by the student . In 1913 the contribution to the Goodfellows was $501.69. One hundred and twenty-live students and their dates attended the Armistice Twirl, Saturday. No- ember 11 at the Lowrey School Ballroom in Dear- born. Approximately 75 students are enrolled in tin junior and senior ping |x ng tournaments which began October 16. Students and faculty wish B. A. kay .ak, trigo- nometry instructor, a speedy recovery from his recent ojx;ration. 9trl (food fyan. 9t School spirit is the current topic. Instructors discussed U hut is Hand, do nr have ill in the last issue of The Craftsman. Students' views are given on page 14 of this issue. The fact that il is discussed is evidence that there is a school spirit awakening. Who then has school spirit? How do those who have it show it? Those who have it are the ones who support the School in its activities and en- deavors. such as. building (1) a lively athletic program, (2) a better school hand. (3) a wide-reaching Civil Air Patrol Cadet Squadron, (4) a road to victory in the Buy-A-Bomber campaign. (5) a helpful social program. (6) and above all else building a spirit that points to good for all. Many students and instructors in Henry Ford Trade School have the spirit and are helping to build a better student body than the School has ever seen. K+tocJzi.-- cJze. Adv-antatje Opportunity again knocks at your door. Yes, those War Bonds in which you invest while you are going to the Trade School will provide a foundation. Have you ever thought about yourself ten years from now? Will you be prepared for the future? The first thing you will want is a comfortable modern home. But when you buy a new house, you find that there are many furnishings that you will need, more than you had ever realized. You will want the best grade of tables, chairs, and rugs that money can buy. Money received from your matured war bonds w ill provide a means of supplying financial help for household needs. Yes, there are many things requiring the need of money which war bonds, when matured, can supply. And with fewer luxuries on the mar- ket these days, war bonds are the sensible Ihings to purchase. Kvery body knows that when you help your country you are really helping yourself. Buying them now, will provide you with an extra income in ten years, in addition to a feeling of security. A Qood £u(ff,ed.tconr 9t rloai Students need never be timid about suggesting school undertakings. Those who introduced the Buy-A-Bomber campaign can justly feel proud to have suggested a project that met with such ready response. It looks now as if victory will l e met in advance of the deadline. Buy-A-Bomber is the biggest project that students and instructors have ever undertaken. Miss Frances Sliva. clerk in the Transfer Crib, was married Thanksgiving morning. November 23. to Jerome E. Bartkowiak. Students and faculty of the School offer their congratulations and best wishes to the couple. While Donald McDonald, physics instructor, was on vacation. Howard Iledinger, assistant coach and photographer, taught the former’s classes. Season basket ball tickets are on sale for $1 a per- son. Six of the home games will lx.� played at the Henry Ford School. Dearborn. The Alumni game will be played at the Lowrey School. December I. Following I lie Alumni basketball game. De- cember I there will lx a dance, the Varsity Hop. in the ballroom of the Lowrey School. Admission w ill be. $1 a couple. Music by Bob Collins and orches- tra. Dancing from 10 to I a.m. Eleven students and two instructors left the School to enter the armed forces during the month of October. They are: Students Frank Conti Donald Coulter Michael Dougan Ronald Ensor Fred Floeter Clarence Hothem John kaniowski Richard Bauir Anthony Wadrzyk Robert Woolsey Harold Frol� Instructors Charles L. Payor Joseph Sanders OUR COVER Students and instructors of Henry Ford Trade School are going to buy a lx mlx r similar to the one pictured on the cover. This B-21 Ixmiber, commonly called a Liberator, is the type built at Willow Bun. Eht Craftsman Vol. 3 No. 2 HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL November, 1944 Buy-A-Bomber Campaign Launched J. E. Bossardet, paymaster of Ford Motor Company and member of the board'of trustees of Henry Ford Trade School, gives Gallant William Blewett a check for a BIG bond at tho W-soction bond rally November 8 at the rally. illiam Blewett. editor of The Crajltman. Mr. Bossardet spoke Frank N. Isbey Addresses Students and Instructors at Inaugural Meeting Frank V Isbey, chairman of the War Finance Committee for Michigan, addressed approx- imately 50 students and 100 instructors Octolx;r 30 at a meeting for promoting Buy-A-Bomber during the 6th War l mn Drive, which will bo conducted in the Trade School and the other Ford Industrial Schools from November 1 to December 31. J.E. Bossardet, paymaster of Ford Motor Company. F E. Scarle, superin- tendent of Ford Industrial Schools, and G. . Devotional Group ObservesAnniversary To commemorate the completion of eight years of daily services conducted in the School, the Morning Devotional Group held a s[x eial program in the cafeteria Wednesday. October 25, with Supt. F. E. Soarle and the Rev. John Zoller, minister of the Zoller Tabernacle, as guest sfjeakere. Mr. Searlc congratulated the leaders on their consistency and progress during the past years. He remarked that the way to do busi- ness between people and countries is to follow the Golden llule principle. Dr. Zoller gave a closing word on the sixth chapter of Matthew. Chorister Willis Collx:rt o| ened the pro- gram by leading the congregation in two hymns. Richard Weiss, T-B-l, accompanied by Lc Roy Caddy, M-A-2, on the piano, played a saxophone solo titled In Love With The ! )rer of My Soul. James Wagner, Vernon Perkins, LeRoy Caddy, and Larry Miles, who compose the Trade School Gospel Quartet, also sang a selection. The Morning Services were started in the latter part of September 1936 upon the grant- ing of a request made to the superintendent of the Trade School for the use of the School auditorium Daily from 7 to 7:25 a.m. the group meets to study the Bible and sing songs. Section Paper Honors Go to M Student Casimer Lacki, M-B-l, reporter for the I-1 Bulletin, with his story “School (Jets New Coach.” published in the Septemlwr 8 issue of the B-t Bulletin, was chosen by in- structor-judges C. G. Rogers, Tom Sayers, and T. A. Lind as having written the l est story of the B-l students for the first six w eeks of class this semester. The decision reached by the judges on October 25, is as follows: “ ‘School Gets New Coach is noteworthy because it is com- plete, compact, and well arranged. It definitely has a beginning, a middle, and an end. The opening words capture the attention of the reader. This attention is held undiminished through the fact-filled, interest-packed, middle-optimistic, forward-looking end. “This article demonstrates well the first (Continued on page 4) Students Participate In “Y” Teen-Nite Teen-nite activities at the Downtown Y.W.C.A. have lieen set up by a committes; from the Trade School, Cooley, Mackenzie, Cass Technical High, the Y.M.C.A.. and the Y.W.C.A. Beginning in October with a party called the KOO KOO (COLLEGE, these Friday night activities have included a barn dance, a scavenger hunt, and a roller skating party. In the oiring are a Thanksgiving dance, a Christmas dance, and a New Years party. Dance classes hove been organized for those interested in learning the fundamentals of such steps as the Lindy Hop, Parkside Jump, Del Foy, and the Sugarfoot. Students wishing to share in these activi- ties, which are held from 8 to 11 p.m., may register at the Downtown Y.W.C.A., 2230 Witherill, or see C. R. Weems in the library. Yerex, personnel director of Ford Industrial Schools, briefly outlined the plans for the drive in the Schools. “You an; about to undertake hen: in Henry Ford Trade School the task of buying a bomber,” said Mr. Isbey, “the kind that’s l eing built at Willow Run. I have had the privilege of seeing the first one coming off the line. I have had the privilege of riding in them under fire. I have seen what they can do.” lie went on to say that the B-24 was a necessary plane in this war and how much the Schools could help the war effort by pur- chasing the bomber. Mr. Isbey told of his many experiences of traveling approximately 54,000 miles by air to various fighting fronts. In concluding he said, “So I say to you, lend all the money you can lend. Until we learn how to stop war there will l� e more wars. So good luck to you on this Ixmd drive, and I hope that when that Bomber (Continued on pago 4) CASIMER LACKI Page 4 Squadron 639-4 CAP NEWS By GEORGE TOZER The C. O. Himself . . . John Dobrci. instructor. is I In command- ing officer of Trade School Squadron 639-1. Civil Air Patrol, he Prior to joining the learned the various phases of a military organization as a member of the Michi- gan State Troops. W hen the Trade •School squadron was organized. Captain It. (i. Lunceford, commanding officer of Croup 9, of which the Trade School Squadron is a part, asked Mr. Dobrci to accept the l osition ascommand- JOHN DOBREI ing officer. Since then, due to his work as commander, Mr. Dobrci has been commis- sioned a second lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol. W Idle at the CAP summer encampment at Selfridge Field, Mr. Dobrci was in charge of a Might as coordinator between the cadets of his flight and field headquarters. Drill Team . . . In preparation for an exhibition to 1m given at the Annual Basket ball Night De- cember 1, Trade School cadets have l een drilling at Detroit City Airport every Sunday during the last month. Training rifles are used for practice in the manual of arms and other maneuvers which require arms. To add variety to the drilling, many trick drills, usu- ally done ( nly by military and college «frill teams, are practiced. Winter Uniforms . . . Changing from summer chino uniforms to w inter olive drab (OD- has lieen going on in Squadron 639-1 during the past month. Vs many cadets prefer not to purchase their uni- forms all at once ample time has l een allowed for the change. Soon, however, an order banning summer uniforms will Is issued. The ()D uniforms are regulation army uni- forms coming from Fort Wayne and Fort Custer. They consist of a shirt, trousers, overseas cap, and flight jacket. The CAPC insignia will have to lie sewn on by the cadet. THE CRAFTSMAN Examinations . . . Final examinations covering the courses given at the Selfridge Field Encampment were taken by 10 cadets of Squadron 639-1 recently. A score of 90 out of a possible 130 is necessary to get a certificate of completion. Results of the test have not been received. Radio License . . . To help cadets sucessfully pass the theory and practice element for a Class B amateur radio license, a class covering 23 jieriods is Iwiing taught in radio theory on Monday eve- nings at Northern High School by Wallace Kenton, radio engim er of Detrola Badio (.or- ration and a recently enlisted member of Squadron 639-2, parachute group. M-Student (Concluded from page 3) three fundamentals of journalistic writing: (1) Get all the significant facts. (2) Arrange them so as to attract and hold the attention of the reader. (3) Get along with the story, but fast.” Each six weeks the foregoing named judges will evaluate the stories in each section paper. The judges choice will lie reprinted. Following is the story as written by Casimer: “Alexander Milankov, former instructor of Aircraft Engine Mechanics at Highland Park Apprentice School, is the new coach in the Henry Ford Trade School. “His athletic career first began at North- eastern High School where he participated in iNtsketball and baseball. Mr Milankov star- red as a basketball player during tin seasons of 1925-’26-’27. He made All City both seasons and was elected captain in 1926-’27. I le also has the honor of being selected for the All State team. His other awards were the I Diversity of Michigan Athletic Scholarship Trophy, the Alfred V. Wallace Scholarship of $2.000 and the Williams College Scholastic Medal “While acting as captain of the basketball team at Olivet College in Michigan, Mr. Milankov made ‘all conference’ forward during the seasons of l930.-’31,-'32.-’33. In his senior year he was voted ‘Most Valuable Player’. Besides receiving the Michigan Teachers Life Certificate and Bachelor of Science Degree, he was awarded, for achieve- ments, a position of freshman basketball coach at Olivet College in l932-’33. and head of the intramural activitites of this college. “Coach Milankov served as a supervisor of Ik� v‘s athletics in Dearborn for nine years directing softball, hardball, and basketball activities. “The early part of October will find him preparing for a sucessful season.” Second award was made to Adam ko .ma. M-B-l. whose story “Out of the G.A.P.” was also in the Septemlier 8 issue. “Pool Facilities available” was awarded third place. This story was written by Cliff Farington. T-B-I. and was published in the Octol er 6 issue of the Queers Chronicle. Recreation Program Developed For Nation Tom Sayres, English instructor, has writ- ten a self-sup|H rting plan to provide for a more adequate recreational program for small town communities with |x pulations under 2,500. In August, 1911, it was approved at the. American Legion Convention of Michi- gan. It was then submitted at the National Convention to the American Committee, ap- proved by this IhkIv, and sent to the Per- manent National Americanism Com- mittee, which met i n November f o r final endorsement. The author has been working on this rural program for more than 30 years. If the plan is approved he will immediately start, to write a book on the subject. In this l ook. which will Ik: called fuel's Have More Fun In Our Town, he would explain, in detail, his solution to rural recreation activities. This plan, the Bural County Recreational Council Plan, would feature all varities of s| orts and would Ik; a year-round proposition. The United States would Ik: divided into dis- tricts and divisions, the smallest unit lK:ing a small town and its surrounding farm land. Small towns would lie able to compete for the rural championship of the United States. Mr. Sayres, a former amateur and semi- pro baseball player, says. “ My rural recreation program will practically revolutionize com- munity life in rural communities and will offer high-class sport entertainment.” For 10 years the fundamental principles of this plan were tried in Huron County and were found to lie successful. Jack Zeller, general manager of the De- troit Baseball Club, has approved the plan and has agreed to give his cooperation to per- fecting it in Michigan. Michigan would then Ik used as a model for the rest of the country. Isbey Talks (Concluded from page 3) comes off the line, as I know it will, it w ill rep- resent war it will represent peace.” Mr. Searlc presented Mr. Isbey with a letter saying that the Henry Ford Trade ScIkkiI will buy a bonder. Instructors from the Training School, Henry Ford Trade School. Aircraft School, Airplane ScIi h I. B-huilding A ppre n t i c e School, Highland Bark Apprentice School, and the Naval Training School are pledged to sell §150,000 cash value in bonds. The stu- dents of the Trade School are to sell $100,000 making a total of $250,000, the cost of a B-2 I Liberator Bomber. All students and instructors who volun- teered are Gallants during this drive. Sec- tional competition is keen because of the pro- motional work of Phil Slovik, M-B-l; Ed Jaster, T-B-l; and Matthew Speedic, W-B-l. TOM SAYRES THE CRAFTSMAN Page 5 WHO IS SELLING THE BONDS? Students and instructors who vol- unteered to become Gallants. WHAT IS A GALLANT? A certified person who has pledged his time and effort to aid his coun- try by selling bonds WHERE MAY ONE GO TO BECOME A GALLANT? To Room 39, The Craftsman office. WHY ARE WE HAVING SUCH A BIG DRIVE? To raise enough money to buy a B- 24 Bomber in the name of the School. HOW MUCH DOES A B-24 BOMBER COST? It costs $250,000. HOW MUCH OF THIS MUST BE RAISED BY THE STUDENTS? The students must raise $100,000 and the instructors will raise the balance. HOW LONG WILL THE DRIVE LAST? Two months. The drive will end December 31, 1944. IS THERE TO BE ANY SECTIONAL COMPETITION? The W-section is leading---now. Three More Instructors Added To Faculty w Three instructors were added recently to the academic department; two to help with extra-curricular activities and do substitute teaching, and one to teach public speaking. Iloscoe Wolverton. former Ford Naval Training School mathematics instructor, came to ♦ the School after the semester’s beginning as flu new director of the Trade School Band. Born in I,ake City, Michigan. Mr. Wol- verton acquired a liking for music while at- 13 Students Receive All-A Cards Thirteen students who displayed academic and shop ability received cards for the first rejwjrt this semester. They are: W illiam Schultz. M-C-l Stuart kalen. M-C-l Rol ert Stilson. T-C-l Benjamin Gardiner. T-C-l Robert Otto. T-C-l BoIntI Campbell. T-C-l John Konkal, T-C-l Gutav Choss. W-E-2 Louis Lovat, W-D-l Nicholas kachman. W-D-l Gerald Blaliut, W-C-l Roliert Baarlaer. W-C-l John Shin ski. W-B-l high all-A 16 Take Counselors’ Co-operative Course Seventeen women and 29 men took an eight weeks’ “Counselors Co-operative Course’ which was sponsored by three col- leges and four universities in Henry Ford Trade School during July and August. To give educators, closely connected with the guidance of high school students, an understanding and an appreciation for an in- dustrial education was the purpose of the irourse. A. M Wagoner, head of the academic instructors, supervised the course and pro- vided a series of lectures that were given by different men throughout Ford Motor Com- pany. Four days each week these teachers s| ent six hours in the School shop and two in classes. Then, on Fridays and Saturdays they attended lectures or went on shop tours. Eight shop tours were taken to acquaint the educators with shop methods and prac- tices in the factory. Those departments in- cluded were the Trade School shop, Aircraft Building, Willow Run Ford Motor Company Pay Office, Greenfield Village and Museum. Open Hearth, Pressed Steel. Rolling Mill. Blast Furnaces, Jobbing Foundry, and tint Power House. The colleges and universities which spon- sored the course were Michigan State College. Central Michigan College of Education, Northern Michigan College of Education. Northwestern University University of Cin- cinatti. University of Michigan, and Wayne University. Each teacher received a cash scholarship of 83 cents an hour and ti|x n completing the course was given four hours college credit. EDWIN JOHNSON Above: James Patton, counselor for state depart- ment of education. Virginia, and Floyd Aust. director of guidance. Pulaski. Virginia, oro shown working in the wood pattern department. Ri-jht: Miss Hazel Brewer, physics and mathematics toachor at Grand Ledge High School, rewinds an armature. HOWARD HEDINGER ROSCOE WOLVERTON tending high school where he played trom- lione in the school band, loiter, while at- tending Central State Teachers College, he played in both the band and orchestra. After finishing college, he accepted a posi- tion at Carson City High School as a mathematics and English instructor as well as director of the school band. Here he stayed for ten years. lie then came to the Ford Indus- trial Schools as a mathematics instruc- tor at the Aircraft School where he taught Navy trainees. From there he then went to the Naval Training School. The new assistant coach and photographer in the Trade School is Howard E. Hedinger. former metalsmith and shipfitters instructor in the Naval Training School. Mr. Hedinger has had a varied career in the field of education. After being graduated from Asbury College, Kentucky, in 1928, with a Bachelor of Science Degree, he taught science and health education in public schools in Ohio and Pennsylvania. During 1933, he became interested in in- dustrial education in which field ht has done post -graduate work. He is now attending part time at the University of Michigan, working for a Master of Science Degree. Mr. Hedinger. who was a semi-pro haschall player, enjoys s|x rts, art metalwork, and woodcraft. Teaching public speaking, a subject new to the School curriculum, is the job of Edwin U. Johnson, who lxx ame a member of the faculty in October. A former instructor of rivet theory at the Airplane School. Mr. Johnson has a teacher’s certificate from Western State Teacher’s Col- lege and a Bachelor of Science degree from Wayne I diversity. He taught at Northvillc High School, Pierson Junior High School in Livonia. Rogers High School in kent County, and was principal of Treadwell-Gardiner District High School for four years. Page 6 THE CRAFTSMAN_ Naval Training School Trouble-shooting Sailors Match Wits With Trouble-making Instructors They advertise it as the worst powerhouse in the world for troubles and admit it would run letter without Sam Cooper, Ford instructor, always throwing a monkey wrench, figuratively speaking, into boilers, turbines, and engines that constitute the Navv School Power House located at the center of the station. And that's the lamentable situation facing the bluejackets who are expected to go into this powerhouse for one of their 16 weeks of training to practice all the theory and ex- perience they’ve been learning in class and the steam laboratory. At the outset it appears that someone is getting away with “murder” on the Navy program, but what is stranger still, Mr. Cooper, who is one of It. W . Du I mage's power men. is receiving a good deal of credit for his teaching methods. All machinist’s mates on the Navy pro- gram report to this unusual Mr. Cooper for five half-days at some stage of their schooling. They come 20 or 30 at a time and are broken up into groups of four or five to study the sep- arate units that constitute a power system. Mr. Cooper figures that while everything is operating peaceably, there’s nothing to be learned, so he sits up nights thinking of ways to cause leaks unobtrusively, send pressure gages too high or too low. or back up a fluid into the wrong pipe at the right time. He is tough, but just, and he’s sold on his sailor boys. Immediately after he lectures the class as a whole, he sends the men to the machines to begin learning for themselves. He’ll wander over to a sailor and ask him casually what he would do if he lost the oil ♦--------- pressure on an oil burner. Within a few min- utes one of the operators has shut down the oil pump unbeknown to the student, and the oil pressure manages to sink alarmingly. When distressed bluejackets come run- ning to him with the news that something's gone wrong, with a mental picture of damaged machinery or an exploding | owerhouse writ- ten all over their faces, he asks them what they did wrong, tells them how to ( orrect it. and when things ure running smoothly again, helps the men to analyze why the trouble de- veloped and why they did what they did to correct it. The reason the classes can experiment and treat this high pressure machinery with a seeming disregard for danger is that the equip- ment is operating below its capacity. There is a wide safety margin which allows the men to make beginner’s errors without ruining machinery or blasting the power station wide and high. Actually the station power system is housed in two buildings, connected by a piping tunnel. Together they generate enough steam to heal three-fourths of the station, the barracks, administration building, dispensary, galleys, mess halls, swimming pool, and can- teen. as well as the electricity to handle emer- Sam Coop or, Ford instructor, is shown explaining to three of his pupils the type of blading in this particular turbine. Notice the cleanliness of the machinery. gency lighting. The remainder of the load is carried on Ford lines that are tied into the Company's power system. With one power house and the Ford plant to draw from in providing steam for the sta- tion. the students can cut in and out with the lioilcrs in the second | ower house. For several weeks the pros| ective firemen have studied the underlying principles of power in the classroom and have torn down, repaired, and assembled equipment in the B-building Steam l d oratory, but they still do not feel qualified to take over a powerhouse in full operation. Not until they’ve cut out a boiler and re- lights! it themselves, not until they’ve stood a condensor watch, and have traced the piping system leading to ami from every machine in the power house, do the men have the under- standing or self-assurance they’ll need to take hold in the complex engine rooms they’ll work in at sea. On shipboard though a fireman will have to know more than the simple operation of steam equipment. He must qualify as a trouble shooter, able to diagnose and correct difficulties that eould cripple or sacrifice the ship. An experienced steam man develops an ear for trouble that will tell him just as surely as his gages when something has gone wrong w ith a turbine or generator, for instance. He listens attentively to the steady hum of the machinery, and that is one of the reasons Mr. Cooper can afford to let the bluejackets have the run of the power house, upstairs and down, while he stays on call on the sidelines. “I find my hardest job is to keep out of the way,” he explains, because he has to stand by and watch mistakes in the making or see trouble going unnoticed. During the first four days each group works on a different set of machines each day until they’ve taken turns at operating and trouble shooting on all the equipment in the power station. By Friday they’re enough at home to chart the whole power house, not as an examination, but to find out for themselves how much they’ve learned. Mr. Cooper claims. If a fellow keeps his eyes open in here and fhinky. he can learn enough to start in at any power plant. Give him eight hours to get acquainted and he could take over.” And 90 it is that machinist’s mate trainees at the Dearborn School learn their trade. They study theory in class, get acquainted with the inner working of the machinery in the steam laboratory and then work on their own in the power house to practice, make mistakes, shoot for trouble, and learn by do ini . ! efore they go into action where lives depend on the thoroughness of their training. The station power house like all Ford power houses is a show place of cleanliness and polished brass. A crew of 12 Ford men. operating on three shifts and a chief engineer who watches the safety factor, keep it func- tioning first as a student lal oratory. and sec- ondly as the heating and lighting unit for the Navy station. Everything is out in the open where the sailors can see for themselves the simple principles that rule the complex, giant steam systems they’ll meet altoard ship. THE CRAFTSMAN Pago 7 THE FIGHTING EDITORS IttLPAll three Meeting at the drinkina fountain by room 43. Bob Dewar, of the li-t Bulletin, talla Andy Campbell, of the Queers Chronicle, to find the underside of a rock as Bill Horvath, of the Goon's Gazelle, looks on. Dewar, Campbell, and Horvath Edit Section Papers Continuing in the footsteps of former B-l journalism classes, this semester’s classes have again taken over the duties of publishing the weekly sectional-papers. Now in their second year of publication the papers are more popular than ever with the boys -------'♦ and the instructors because of the news. sports, and humor which they display. Writ- ing for these papers gives boys experience and also a chance to be appointed to The Crafts- man staff. The names of this semester’s papers are: W-section, Goon s Gazelle; T-section, Queer's Chronicle, and I-section, B-l Bulletin. Those applying their skill to the staff of Coons Gazelle are Bill Horvath, editor; with Steve Schupra. assistant editor; Art Wald- inann. cartoonist; and Ed Panik. typist. Andy Campl ell is editor of the Queer's Chron- icle with Cliff Farrington, assistant editor; Adam Nieradtka, cartoonist; and John Peszlen and Robert Stocker, typists. Pub- lishing the B-l Bulletin are Bob Dewar, ed- itor; Adam Kozina, assistant editor: Jim Cooper and Art Adams, cartoonists; and Bill Brand, typist. Only A Memory It was quiet now. Not really quiet in the sense of Ihe tcord for I he guns si ill boomed in the distance and Ihe bullels still whined close by. Bui to him it ivas quiet. For in his thoughts he no longer was there in the muddy fox-hole. In- stead. he saw himself silling around the dinner table with his folks. Yes, they were all there. Mom. dear mom, and Pop. good-looking Sis. and Bobby, much too young to know about war. thank God. That Thanksgiving— the last Thursday in November, 1942. How different then and now! The seasoned dressing, the ftolatoes. and the squash. It took them a tong time to more after eating that meat. Mom sure could cook. T-C-l Class Receives All A’s In Academic Department For the first marking | eriod of the semes- ter, every member of the T-C-l class received all-A cards in academic subjects. The honor students are Robert Bylin Robert Stilson, James O’Kane, John llurin. Karl Zeigler, Ralph Conti. John Spall, Benjamin Cardiner, Frederick Hollis. Rol ert Milligan, Robert Dobson, Karl Braun, Edward Szalay, Charles Standhardt, Robert Otto, Jerome Pohl, Robert Campbell, Norbert Bylski. Patrick Blanton, John Ronkal, and Thomas Peak. Instructors of these boys made the follow- ing comments alioiit their work and ability. “They can maintain leadership in marks of the three sections, if they keep up their good work.” said Roy Yerex, chemistry instructor. “That class has what it takes,” said J. P. Heinz, shop theory instructor. “They are the l est class I’ve seen in all of the sections, and they are right on their toes.” That group of boys can fulfill their as- signments well,” replied Carl Boehenke, drawing instructor. G. W. Armstrong, geometry instructor, added, “They are exceptionally good boys and I never have to coax them to work.” “I find them the outstanding class in all of the three sections,” stated R. D. Weaver, chemistry instructor. “They pay better at- tention than other classes.” Alexander Milankov, journalism instruc- tor put it this way, “They seem to analyze a job well before they start to work. This gives them clear vision to the goal.” Know Your Ribbons ... Many former Trade School students now serving in the armed forces have displayed numerous medals and service ribbons on their tunics while visiting the Trade School. The Army and Navy offer 32 different medals for acts of bravery, heroism, gallantry, good conduct, and many other outstanding deeds for which a soldier or sailor of the I nited States may qualify. Such medals as the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross. Distinguished Service Medal. Legion of Merit. Silver Star. Purple Heart, and several others tell stories of bravery and daring of the prom! wearer. The Army offers 16 medals that may Ik awarded to our soldiers along with battle stars and service ribbons which indicate battles they have taken part in since Pearl llarl or. The Navy also awards 16 medals including the Medal of Honor, and the Distinguished Service Medal. In addition the Navy also offers 40 different bronze or silver stars to Ik worn on service ribbons. They also indicate battles the wearer has engaged in since Pearl Harbor. Beyond these there are certain other med- als which may be presented to civilians or non-military personnel, such as the Purple (Continuad_on page 9) Funny, he could recall that day perfectly. He remembered the frosty nip in the air as he walked down Him Street with his family on the tray to church. I low little Bobby asked him why the lrates turned red and orange and then dmpfted off the trees---leaving them bare and thin to face the cold wind and snow of winter. And the minister saying—irhat were his tcords Oh. yes. Ijet us all thank God for what we hare.” And then sitting in the stands, content and UHirm underneath the protecting folds of the blanket. She teas there, too. Hveryone teas happy. Hveryone yelling. The whole atmos- phere was gay. carefree. Pennants icere leav- ing -and down below the band played. Then, night. The family all around the warm log fire. How it crackled and sfxirked, the bright flames dancing. They were laughing Pop with his hearty roar and Sis in her high- pitched giggle. Something Bobby said made them laugh. Pop began to tell one of his stories of the last unir—good old Pop. The clock on the mantle struck twelve. Sis yawned. Wham! Wow, that was close! Well, bet- ter start moving up. Over the top. Keep low. He teas once more dashing along over the ground, dodging death. Fage b THE CRAFTSMAN tb.o monotype castor, which forms the letters according to tho perforations made by the keyboard on tho ribbon, is tended by Benaiah Howay, M-D-3. Printing Added to School’s Curriculum In addition to the many trades Henry Ford Trade School offers to students, print- ing has been established by the recent com- pletion of the print shop. It now occupies 5,500 square feet of floor space. The Craftsman and all Trade School forms such as job tickets, tool requisitions, and de- partmental communication slips are printed in this department. Job tickets are put out at the rate of 70,000 a day. Departmental com- munication slips are put out at the rate of 100,000 a day. Forms of this type as well as many other jobs are done for Ford Motor Company. All of the many operations neces- sary in printing are done in the print shop, with the exception of making picture cuts and etchings which are sent to an outside com- pany that deals especially in this type of work. Most of the type used is made on the monotype machine. Jobs are set up and made ready for the presses in the composing room. Mere, 91 different fonts of eonqiosi- t.ion type, such as is used in the body of a news story, and 98 fonts of display type, such as is used in headlines, are stored. Jobs are run off on any one of the print shop’s nine presses, Binding. when necessary, and wrap- ping of jobs are also done. Type Is Formed Automatically Most of the jobs are set up on a IKinston Monotype machine, which sets spaces, and actually casts the t pe. All type is classified by si e and shape into fonts. Ninety-four fonts of type can he set up on this machine. The print shop has three of these machines which seem to the observer to fiossess human ingenuity. One part of the n:onnt |c machine is I lit typewriter-like keyboard, which contains all the characters used in printing. 257 in all. By pressing the keys the operator releases tiny metal punches which make small holes in a pa| er rihlton. Kacli character has its own combination of holes on the ribbon. When the operator has finished his copy, the riblsxi is taken olf the kcylioard and sent to the second part of the monotype machine, known as the caster. The caster is more complicated in structure than the keylniard. The riblton from the keyboard, with its many jM rfora lions, is fed into the casting machine backwards. On the caster is an air tower, a tuls which is as long as the riblsm is wide, having on its surface many small perforations corresponding to all that may be punched into the riblxm. When a perforation passes over a corresponding hole on the air tower, a jet of compressed air o| erates a little piece of mechanism, which picks up the proper matrix, the mold from which letters arc cast, and car- ries it to the costing box. Here the letter is formed in molten type metal, composed of lead. tin. and antimony. The newly formed letter is carried to a galley, a flat tray used to receive the type. Letters become words, words extend into lines, and when a line is finished the machine properly spaces it. Special Type Is Hand Set Many jobs require two or more sizes of type in one set-up. When this is required the type is sent to the composing room where the other sizes are hand set according to specifica- tions. Many small jobs are easier to set up by hand than to employ the monotype mach- ine. In this case the type is taken from a type case containing all the characters in separate compartments. The type is set into a small metal frame called a composing stick, w hich is held in the compositor’s left hand. Next the type is put into a galley and tied with string to hold the characters together. Ink is placed on Learn the face of the type and an impression is made on a pin e of p;q er. Phis is known as a proof whit'll is sent to the Craftsman office for proof- reading. I lere the proof is read and tom- pared with the original manuscript and all errors or mistakes are marked on the margin of the proof with conventional proofreader’s marks. The proof is then sen! back to the print shop where the tompositor corrects all the mistakes that have been marked. An- other proof is taken and again stmt to t h Craftsman office. The prtjof is then taken back to the print shop; this time to Ik “made- ready” for the press. Proofs are pulled on all work set up in the print shop to assure ac- curacy in the final print. Making-ready is done in the composing rt om whore the type is prepared for the press. The type is placed inside a chase, a metal frame which holds the type in the press. Wood furniture is placed on all sides of the type and metal furniture is placed next to the wood furniture to take up all the space to the sides of the chase. Quoins, adjustable metal wedges, are used to lock the type in the chase. The type is then ready for the press. Platen Presses For Small Jobs Jobs which are small in quantity, such as tickets, are run off on a hand-feed Platen Press. The press is so called because of the flat metal surface, known as the platen, which THE CRAFTSMAN Page 9 PRINT SHOP By GEORGE TOZER BY D OING meets the type in order to make the impres- sion on the paper. Jobs as large as 11 inches by IT inches may Is run on this machine. Students are considered good operators if they can turn out .TOO copies an hour on this ma- chine. The paper is fed into the machine by hand and taken out by hand. The newest machine in the print shop is the Kluge Press, a power driven platen press. This is also used for small jobs. W hen a large quantity is desired l oth the feeding of the paper and tin taking it «ait is done by suction caps. It can handle a 12 inch by 18 inch job, this being the largest, as well as any small job such as envelopes. This machine is estimated to be four times as fast as the hand operated platen press. Miehle Prints The Craftsman The Craftsman is printed on the Miehle Perfecto Press, the largest press in the print shop. This machine stands about 10 feet high, is aliout 30 feet long and about 7 feet wide. It may be set up to print both sides of a paper at once. It can handle a job as large as 56 inches by 38 inches. Tina? sheets, tool requisitions, and departmental communication slips are all set up in one form, run off on a paper which is 35 inches wide and I.) inches long, and later cut to the speci- fied size. Blank paper, called stock, is set at one end of the machine. Suction caps lift each slu et separately onto a revolving cloth rihlion. which carries it into a cylinder, such as a paper is fed into a typewriter. The cylin- der rolls the puper over the tyjM . which lias previously been inked, and an impression is made on the pa| er. This differs from a plat- en press in the fact that on a platen press the impact of the type, which hits the paper squarely., makes the impression. Vertical Presses For Quantity The print shop has two Miehle Vertical Presses, also cylinder type presses, that handle small jobs of a large quantity. These ma- chines are each capable of turning out 63 pieces a minute. Each has four speed changes The speed at which one is run varies ac- cording to the job, but the machine runs at an average speed of 55 pieces a minute. Suction caps lift the paper off the stock table and start it into the roller. Metal fingers, called grip- pers, pick out the paper after it has received its impression from the type. This machine can handle a 12 inch by 18 inch job. For safety «easons, when the stock is completely used up, the machine will stop automatically. Two Miller High Speed presses which run similar to the Miehle Perfecto, but are much In the composing room, Phillip Fredrickson, W-D-2, makes corrections on n form boforo it is set on the machine and printed. smaller, make up the rest of the print shop's press equipment. All the binding and wrapping is done in the binding department. Tool requisitions and departmental communications are made into pads of 100 and glue is put on the back edge. As The Craftsman is printed eight pages at a time on a large sheet of paper. it has to lie cut to size. This is done on a Seybold paper cut- ter. It is then folded and stapled on the automatic stapling machine Know Your Ribbons.. . (Concluded from pa • 7} Heart to a wounded War Correspondent or Bed Cross jiersonnel. Merchant Marine personnel may qualify for the Silver Star and the Navy and Marine Corps medal under certain conditions. Following is an explanation of some of the more important medals. MEDAL OF HONOR: awarded for gal- lantry and intrepidity at the risk of lift above and tievond call of duty: light blue with 13 white stars. DISTINGUISHED SER ICE (’.BOSS: extraordinary heroism in military operations against an armed enemy; broad hand of blue, bordered by narrow red and white bands. SILVER STAR: gallantry in action; stripes of blue, white, blue broad stri; es of white, red. white, st.-i'ies of blue, white, blue. DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS: heroism or extraordinary achieve- ment in aerial High!: stripes of hi a , white, blue, thin stri|� es of white, re.I. while stri|K of Mue. white, blue. BRIM DENTI L I NIT CITATION: service with unit cited f r outstanding performance of duty in ac ion; blue rihlion set in gold metal frauu of la i el leaves. M ERIC A N I DEFENSE SERVICE: for personnel on active service I ! months or longer lietween Sept. 8, 1936. and Dec. 7. 1911; yellow with narrow reel, white and blue strips near edges. EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EAST- ERN CAMPAIGN : service in theaters indi- cated: green, red, white, blue in center. Hank- ed by green, white, red and black, white with brown at ends. SIATIC-PACIFIC CAM- P IGN: service in the theaters indicated; orange, with red. white and blue in «enter, with ml and white stripes near each end. Michael Bernadett, W-C-l, operates the Miehle Perfecto Press as the October issue of ThejOrafhnian is being printed. This machine is the largest press in the print shop. Page 10 THE CRAFTSMAN B-Building Apprentice School From such Ford branch plants as this one at Manchester. Michigan, wartime manufacturer of electrical accessories, correspondence students mail their lessons to the B-building Apprentice School for correction and direction. Correspondence Courses Expanded With the return of many servicemen to their jobs in Ford plants throughout the United States, Ford Apprentice Training is preparing to accept hundreds of new registrants for its correspondence courses. Ford Apprentice School l elieves that the� Motor Company in that they not only train men to do their (tarticular jobs Inittcr but that they help to keep men in better “mental trim”. For the | ast three years, regular appren- tice courses in mechanical drawing and math- ematics have been given to several hundred students in outstate and out-of-state plants in such locations as Tecumseh. Brooklyn. Water- ford, Dundee, Nankin Mills, Flat Hock, Mil- ford, North ville. Milan. Manchester, Ypsi- lanti. and Hamilton, Ohio. Big Plans Underway Purposely limited in sco| c until now. the corres|K ndence courses have l een completed by approximately 12 � students a year. At present “big plans” are underway for an ac- celeration of the number and kind of courses given, as well as for the total numlier of stu- dents who will be permitted to become corres- pondence pupils. Up to this time, only regularly enrolled tool making and die making apprentices in the Ford plants situated in the al ove-mentioned towns have been accepted for training. Be- cause of the rigid rules and requirements of apprenticeship as set up in the Ford Appren- ticeship Standards, it has been necessary that a responsible foreman or superintendent in the branch plants supervise the work of each correspondence courses are of value to Ford ---------- apprentice, grade him for work accomplished, grant him regular totals of completed hours and submit this record to the B-huilding Ap- prentice School, central school of the Ford Apprentice, Engineering, and Corresfxmdence training systems. The student himself, in these branch plants, completes his required classroom work by returning lessons to the B-building. where they are graded, recorded, and returned. In the event that the student is unable to do his regular classroom work by himself, special letters of guidance and lesson sheets are sent to enable him to study without the Inmelit of (tcrsoual conversations with Apprentice Train- ing instructors. In these regular apprenticeships, it has lx en possible for the student in a small out- lying plant, therefore, to become a journey- man in his trade even though he may Ik , many miles from the home school. All Ford Employes Are Eligible Ford Apprentice Training is at present making plans which will permit training to all Ford employees, regardless of where they may l)e and what they want to study. Thus, a de- parture from the strictly apprenticeable trades will be accomplished; a gesture which will allow any Ford employee anywhere to study virtually anything “on his own hook.” Because of the social demands of war- time training, it has been impossible for the Apprentice School to oiler this kind of work since Pearl Harbor. Effectae immediately, Iumerer, all Ford employees, anywhere in the United States, may take regular correspondence work in mechanical drawing (including blueprint reading) as ii'ell as in all phases of shop mathematics. Despite numerous requests from outside sources, the Apprentice School cannot accom- modate individuals who are not currently em- ployed by Ford Motor Company or who are on leaves of absence, military or otherwise. Ford employes, doing work of any type, may receive further information by addressing Ford Apprentice Training, Correspondence Division. Ford Motor Company, Dearl orn, Michigan. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1 This is the solution to Problem 1 which appeared in the October issue of The Crafts- man, the first in a new series of mathematics problems formulated by the B-building Ap- prentice School. OC 2-1 25 j tu .QC ; 00 5 SEC Q£, sm 0 •$§ ; Z.C0E 4?. f) , 3 LCDE oft 3l 49'56“ PROBLEM 2 Following is the second in a series of mathematics problems formulated by the B- huilding Apprentice School. The solution, as well as a new problem, will appear in tin next issue of The Craftsman. An answer to problem 1 was received from a Cass Technical High School student last month. The boy’s solution was oil only two seconds. Page 11 THE CRAFTSMAN Airplane School Detroit Principals Meet At Airplane School The monthly general meeting of the Detroit principals convened in the auditorium of the Ford Airplane School, Friday morning, October 13. More t han 300 principals of the technical, intermediate, and high schools of Detroit came not only to hold their regular business meeting, but also to observe the building and equipment of the Ford School, and to learn more of the training methods so successfully employer! during the past two years. Dr. Warren E. Bow, superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools, presided over the reg- ular business meeting of the month. Before introducing Supt. F. 1C. Searle and S. I). Mullikin. principal of the Ford Airplane School, he s|x kc of the past, present, and fu- ture of education in the Detroit area. W hile expressing confidence in the success of a post- war training program, Dr Bow complimented the Ford Schools for their excellent training job and again expressed the gratitude of the group for their place of meeting. Schools’ Training Is Elastic Mr Searle pointed out that although 100,000 individuals had already been trained in the Ford Plants, the school system was still continuing its poli 'y of training, and retraining when necessary, both military and civilian personnel, in accordance with changing conditions. Mr. Mullikin outlined the laboratory and classroom facilities of the School. He pointed out the School's close collal oration with han- gar personnel, and with any plant employes, who provide specialized training for every phase of Liberator construction or operation. Mr. Mullikin speeilied hydraulics, electricity, engines, structure, propeller, and flight inspec- tion as essential to the Army Training Pro- gram. He indicated also that although civil- ian training along the same lines is not so con- centrated, it is intensified and more pertinent to the needs of the plant. Detroit To Be Leader William Mara, an executive engineer of the Bendix Corporation, was introduced as the guest speaker. Mr. Mara sjx ke of the “Air Age in America.” He declared Detroit as the potent ial leader of air power education. W it h radar jet propulsion, and a compass that is accurate even at the poles, already on record, the future progress of aviation will be infinite. Mr. Mara recognized air as a new medium for advancement and enterprize. He emphasized its spreading and beneficial influence on health, medicine, and language. At the invitation of l oth Mr. Searle and Mr. Mullikin, the Detroit principals were di- vided into small groups and guided through the lalxirat ries and classrooms of the Air- plane School. The instructors of the various departments demonstrated and explained the objective methods, their influence upon course interest and theii results The visitors were reported to Ik esjM'cially impressed by the quality and objectivity of the mimeographed material, the use of colored charts, and the emphasis on John Dewey principle, “Learn by Doing. School Operates Training Program for New Employes The Willow Bun Bomlier Plant, one of the largest war production plants in the nation, is now able to absorb the new, inexperienced worker with no alteration or disturbance of regular production. Operati g from offices in the Ford Airplane School building, the old department 983 now is classified as Produc- tion Training. 920A. Its new procedures have been established by Ernest Hoisington. B is not necessary at Willow Bun to place the new man with an experienced worker, nor must the foreman give all the instruction. Instead there is a staff instruction department responsible for training the transferee, new hire, or rehire. An instructor obtains the name,badge num- ber, and record sheet of any employe from the School office. The instructor must contact the new department office for the proper lo- cation of the transferee and his foreman’s name. By means of a personal interview the new man is checked for proper classification and quality of workmanship. The instructor furnishes a theory book, a drill size chart, a rivet code chart, and then provides training for quality work on the assigned job. If the transferee is already familiar with the work the instructor may only suggest means for im- provement of quality of workmanship. The instructor must agree with the fore- man on the person’s ability to do work and agree as to the quality of workmanship. When this agreement is reached, the instruc- tor certifies the individual’s record sheet and turns it into the School J office where it is placed on file. In every instance the foreman carries all the |arson’s time, but this foreman-instructor relationship relieves the foreman of consider- able responsibility. The foreman may con- centrate on his production schedule and still be confident that the new man will receive the necessary I bought and at tent ion When a jx rson is doing riveting in a de- partment. but has not l een previously certi- fied by the School lie may lx classified ns a test student The production department must contact the Production Training office and request a test for the riveter. An in- structor will then contact the foreman and the person to lx‘ certified, lie will determine if the qualifying period of time as required has lxH n completed. He will also check the per- son as to his ability to do the required job. If the person qualifies, the instructor will notify the foreman, the department office, and the School office. J --------------------------- :■ Aircraft School 7� ........———------------ - ■ Electronics Courses Offered To Building’s Electricians Courses in industrial electronic control are l� eing offered by the Aircraft Sch x l for men in the electrical department of the Aircraft Building. Through these classes the men will gain the basic knowledge needed for projier maintenance of electronic equipment and circuits. The courses of study, as offered by the School, include the basic circuits of electron tiilxLs and a few of their innumerable appli- cations. Such functions of electronic tubes as changing alternating current into direct and direct into alternating current, amplifying small voltages, control and regulation, pro- ducing light from electron llow, and the pro- ducing of electron flow from light are studied. One of the applications studied is the produc- tion of high voltage, direct current, power sup- ply for electrical precipitation used to filter air and minimize smoke. Another is the genera- tion of high frequency waves for induction heating of metals in heat treating. Produc- tion of low voltage, direct current supply for magnetic chucks, battery chargers, and sup- plying power for other electronic Ltilx s are discussed. The supply of large Hows of direct current for welding of aluminum, stainless steel, and iron, as well as, voltage regulation for automatic control of motor s|x .cds are in- cluded in t he course. As instructional aid. a series of 35mm slide films and recordings and large charts have Ixien acquired for the classroom. Aircraft Service Notes. . . A letter from Lt. Kenneth Crothcrs, for- mer mathematics instructor, was received in the School. Lt. Crothcrs has lx cn on active duty at sea for the last year and a half and en- gaged in many scraps with flu Japs.” As- signed to tem|M rary shore duty, upon his return from the last sea trip. Lt. Crothers is now stationed at Oxnard, California as an in- structor. Ensign Bobert Johnson, former instructor in the mechanics department, has recieved his orders for duty. During a recent visit to the School, lie fold of his indoctrination course and training at Hollywood, Florida. Ensign Johnson will take over his new duties as a deck officer on a submarine tender. A change of address card sent to the Sch x� l. revealed that Pvt. Eric Hill is now Mrs. Ann Truitt, former member of the School's clerical staff, has left Ford Motor Company to become a WAC. Page 12 THE CRAFTSMAN | VISITING SERVICEMEN I rit __ _ Pvt. William Barlow, June 40, having made live parachute jumps in the lust five weeks of his para troop training at Fort Ben- ning. Georgia received a 1 l-day furlough dur- ing which lie visited the Trade School proudly displaying those coveted l oots. Cpl. John W Bauer, June 12, visited the Trade School, September 18. while home on a 15-day furlough. John, who has licen as- signed to a B-29 crew, enlisted in the Air Corps 18 months ago Marine Pvt. Armand J Scarrone. Jan- uary ’ll, visited the Trade School on a 10-day furlough October 9. after 12 weeks of training at Paris Island, South Carolina. Leonard Siiereda, S 2 c, January ’ 11, visited the Trade School October 12 on a 15- day leave which he received at the com- pletion of his lieiot training at Farragut, Idaho. Pfc. Solmor W. Kalon, June '42 and two buddies of the Marine Corps read a wel- come newspaper on an island in the Pacific. In a recent letter. Selmer wrote: “I was on Bou ainville. God, what a place! Seems we took the worst spot on the Island to land Wo wero in some of the worst swamps and jungles in the South PaciL'c. Georue l Bon adore. HA I c. stationed alxMird an LST at the United States .Naval Base at Norfolk. Virginia, visited the Trade School OcIoIht 18 while on a nine-day leave. Visiting friends in the Trade School Oct- ober IT were F 2 c Fdmin B. Caldwell and F 2 c Fred F. S hi matr. In� 1 h of June ’ll James mite F 2 c. January ’ll received a nine-tiny leave, which was his lirst. from (ireat Dikes Naval Training Station, and vis- ited the Trade School. October 13. S2 c Julius Moyski, January 'll. com- pleted his boot training at Farragut. !d«ho and uponVeceiving a 15-day leave visi,e the Trade School Oclolier 12. 2nd Lieut. David E. Littler. Jan- uary 10, a former editor of The Craftsman. graduated from a special navigation class at Sol man Field, Ixmisiana, October 2. This class which is said to In the largest navigation class in the history of aviat ion had representa- tives of II states, the District of Columbia. Mexico, and Canada. DAVID LITTLER NORMAN FLEEK “The battle of Tarawa was the toughest battle that I've ever seen and I don’t care to see any more like it.” said BM 2 c Norman L. Fleer. January 40, when he was in the School. October I. Norman was in the Pa- cific theater of war on a cruiser and a sub- chaser during four major battles. He has been to the Marshall. Gilbert, and Aleutian Islands besides many other Pacific islands. Pvt. William Floktkk, January Ml, of the medical corps, visited the School October 11. during a 15-day. delay-enroute furlough from Camp Breckenridge. Kentucky to Fort Lewis. Washington. Bill has been training as a surgical technician the last three months Fns. D u ana Dunick. January 39. while on a 15-day leave, visited the Trade School Oclolier 18. In the service since January. 1913, he completed the V-5 course and was commissioned a pilot at Corpus Christi. Au- gust 5. Dauana is now stationed at New 5 ork in the Naval Air Transport Service. DAUANA DUNICK WILLIAM MELDRUM F I e William Mei.drim visited tin Sehool on Oelolier I during his 21-day Icaxe. Bill enlisted while in the C-elass and look his ImmiI training at (ireat Lake’s. He has three service rihlions pinned on his blouse for duty in the South Pacific. Atlantic, and American theaters of war. On these ribbons are four bronze stars: two for participation in the Marshall Island battles and the oilier two for Alumni Report on Military Life Tom Fournier, S2 c from somewhere in France, says: Now that things are getting rather quiet around here I have time finally to write this letter My outfit came here on June 6. that fa- mous “D” day, and we have lieen here ever since. W e are a strange combination known as Amphibious Seabecs. Our job is to build, maintain, and operate (ontoon bridges. We liegan bringing in rrny equipment early June 6 and since then have kept tin sup- plies rolling. Now I understand whe re tin money goes that is spent for bonds. That’s cneiugh e f the war. How's every- thing around there? I miss the School—the noisy machine shop, the instructors, who seemed tough but were swell, and the- spirit and good fellowship that was always there. 1 have boen receiving The Craftsman quite regularly. Thanks for sending it. It sure is a “morale lifter. MM2 c Alfred B. Gulowski, from somewhere in the South Pacific, says: l want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for sending The Craftsman to us fellows in the service. I’ve lieen in the Seabees for 12 months and out of that time I spent 11 months over- seas, They sure shipped us out in a hurry . Wish they’d ship us hack half that fast. On my way overseas aboard a transport I met Harold I lari h anei Jack Baugham. I’m the einly one of the three who is still on “the reie-k.” We had a Michigan Nile at the- Reel Cross recreation hall and there I met some metre fellows who attended School at the same time I eliel. Sine e the last time I wrote to you I’ve l� e e !i promeite d lei a scconel class machinists' mate, anel that I eiwe to the instructors who taught me alxiut machines. I’m sure prouel of lle-nr l-’eirel Traele Sehool anel I alwavs shall Ih . Pvt. Leland Vot an. Jan. ’42, from somewhere in Burma. writes: I’ve lieen overseas 11 months neiw Was in Inelia anel have t e e‘ii in Burma fur some time . We had quite a re nigh time at lirst hut things are pretty gexiel neiw. We have movies e e ry either night and hael ice e-ream sent lei us by Genera! Stilwell. I saw the first movie te Ih showII e 11 this lie-lel Mtheiiigh lH ing in the- Military Polin-, I have receive I a citation, two bronze stars, and the geiexl conduct ribbon. Over bore we hael rains that I thought would never stop. HOT! I’ve never seen it so suffocating. I thought weirking in heat treat was hot, but it’s e-enil co ill pa reel to this place. THE CRAFTS MAN Page 13 BASKETBALL NIGHT IS THIS FRIDAY Annual Basketball Night will lx held this year at the Lowrey School December I. when the Craftsmen varsity and the Alumni will vie for the 01' Derby and the class and shop instructors will battle for the Mack Top Hal. Also on the program will Ik; the Trade School Band, Civil Air Patrol drilling team, and following the games will l� e dancing. In the feature contest the Craftsmen varsity will encounter an experienced Alumni team, ♦---- coached by former varsity coach V. F. Bichards. The Craftsmen, who have won five and tied one in nine previous starts, will In; shooting for their second successive win, having won in 1912 by the score of 36-27. Coach A1 Milankov has indicated that the THE CRAFTSMEN VARSITY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Dec. 1 Alumni Here 44 8 East Detroit Here 44 13 Ann Arlx r Here 44 22 River Rouge Here Jan. 5 Fordson There 44 12 Melvindale Here 44 16 Birmingham There 44 23 East Detroit There 44 26 Lincoln Bark Here Feb. • Hazel Bark There 44 16 Melvindale There 44 23 Lincoln Bark There Mar. o Hazel Bark Here Craftsmen will have to depend mostly on their speed and deception along with ball handling because of the lack of tall players. The class instructors with an entirely new team, headed by varsity coaches Mr. Milankov and Howard I(edinger. will lie playing for their first victory, the class having dropped three straight games to the veteran shop instructor team paced by Captain Steve Vigh. Between games. 36 cadets, commanded by Lieut. John Dobrei, of the Trade School Squadron drilling team will perform. Also entertaining will be the 23-picce Trade School band directed by Boscoe Wolverton. Intramural Basketball Resumed After several weeks of practice and organ- ization, the School's intramural and varsity iNisketball program, with an enrollment of ap- proximately 200 boys, got under way the last week in November. Ml games are played at Henry Ford School, Driscoll and Kortc, Dearborn, after school hours. The intramural program is composed of 15 teams, three in the senior league and two in the junior league of each section. B-, C-, and D-classes arc in the senior league while IS-, F-. and G-classes are in the junior league. A team is made up of l� oys from the same classes in a particular section. For example, the B-l. B-2. and B-3 classes of M-section are repre- sented by one team. Each senior league team is coached by a varsity player while each junior league, team is coached by a reserve player. Each team will play every team in its league. t the end of the season, about the middle of February, the three leaders in each league will play a round-robin knockout. Boys on the winning team in each league will receive a sweater emblem. The junior varsity is a new team in the School’s athletic program. Composed of players from the G-, F-, and E-classes, the junior varsity will play home to home games with junior high schools from the Dearborn Public Schools. One game will Ik; played each week. New suits have l een purchased for these players. At the close of the season junior varsity letters will l e awarded. Bob Stilson Appointed Chief Life Guard Robert Stillson, T-C-l. is one of the few Im ns in the Trade ScIkjoI who has earned tin Senior American Bed Cross Life Saving Award and the Boy Scout Life Saving Merit Badge. In order that he might become a life-guard Studonts swim under the watchful eyes of Bob Stilson. T-C-l. at the pool in Henry Ford School. at the scout-swim held at Tappan Intermedi- ate School one night a week. Bob earned his merit badge in 1942. Entering the Bed Cross class held after the scout swim. Bob practiced instructors for seven weeks. Before he was life saving methods under the eyes of expert given his certificate and emblem, it was neces- sary for him to pass several tests, the most difficult of w hich was the test requiring him to pull a person through the water. As is known to all students who have taken advantage of the facilities at the Henry Ford School in Dearborn. Bob is the life-guard who watches the Trade School lx ys as they swim every Tuesday ami Thursday afternoon. Having attained his Eagle Scout rank with the Bronze and Gold Balms, Bob is a junior assistant scoutmaster in his scout troop. The Bronze Balm required 26 merit badges. Be- cause of his record in scouting. Bob was a counselor at Camp Howell, a Boy Scout camp, where he help sl supervise the recreation of younger Im ys for three weeks during July. Although a month late in starting, the Student's Bowling League got under way at the Riviera Recreation at 11 a.m., Octolx r 27, with 10 teams participating. Page 14 THE CRAFTSMAN Students Give Their Views On Trade School Spirit In the October issue of 7hr (.raftsman ap|x‘ur ‘d mi article on School Spirit which presented instructors' ideas. This month the students speak. Charles Mom,senior, says: “School spirit is that Ixrnd which holds the niemlicrs of a student body together. Academic, athletic, - social, and indejiendent student organizations all aid to promote school spirit. We of the Trade School arc in need of more school spirit.” Raymond Dare, W- -1. remarks: “W ben students and instructors attend school functions they show good school spirit. We arc lai king in school spirit in the School. ' The opinion of Tom Harris, T-A-2, is: “The spirit which conics from good fellow- ship and from participating in school activi- ties is school spirit. Studying and doing one’s part to make his school the best is part of that spirit. We have it in the Trade School but there is room for improvement.” Jack Streeter. M-F-2. believes: “School spirit is the will to work for the welfare of the school; to improve the school if possible; and to participate in the sports and other activ- ities.” Paul Hansen, M-K-2, voices his view on the subject: “The students were complaining recently aliout not having a swimming |xm I and other gymnastic equipment. Now that the students have the opportunity to hike ad- vantage of these facilities they are not doing so. I think school spirit is low in the Trade School.” Gidio Covarelli. M-C-l, asks: “Do you know of another school that gives you a free lunch every day, that provides you with the best shop and class equipment, and that awards you a scholarship? Yet, few students brag about the School.” Alexander Manga. M-Cj-2, remarks: “School spirit is loyalty to the school which one attends. We have school spirit here although it isn’t as radiant as it should In� .” Edward Heinrich, M-D-3, claims: “School spirit is something instructors and students promote by attending school functions. Competition in the M-. T-. and W -sections gets a lot «lone for the Ixmcfit of the School. I lielieve the Trade School has school spirit.” Servicemen (Concluded from page 12) action at Saipan and Palau. Pvt. Cahix J. Cari.ini, June 13. visited the School October 12 during a seven-day furlough which he received at the conclusion of his combat engineer training and automo- tive maintenance course at Fort Belvoir. Vir- ginia. Carlo returned to Fort Belvoir. A C Eric Pom.. January ' II. visited the I rade School October 9 on a 16-day furlough he received due to delays in his training. Pvts. Carl Golembiewski and Albert Waineo, both of June ’ I t, visited the School October 31 while on furlough from the Uni- versity of Illinois. - IT'S THE TRUTH - ..........O. J. Pohl, commercial t«x l instruc- tor, worked two years for the S. S. Krcsge Company demonstrating toys at the corner of State and Woodward. .......... A. M. Wagener, academic depart- ment head, sfient three years as a male nurse in a hospital. Elmer Gorbett, trolley instructor, was a star coimxlian in a traveling road show. .........Supt. F. E. Searle once managed a wall pafMT store. .........C. R. Weems, librarian, was once a street car conductor on Woodward Avenue. ...........Keith Glassley, physics instruc- tor, spent one summer, years ago, playing trap drums in a dance orchestra. .........P. B. Duthie, fourth ll«x r bench instructor, was fifth engineer on the S. S. Costalia, troop transport, during World War I. .........C. G. Rogers. English and human engineering department head, has never tasted spinach. ........Joseph Mairs. fourth lloor licnch inspector, worked on the first airship to cross the Atlantic, west to east. There Ought To Be A Law Against . . . Dirt! Dirt! Dirt! ... Such dirty dirt. . . Talk about your dust bowls . . . Gotta hurry . . . Boss keeps yellin’ . . . Keeps get- tin’ in the way. too . . . Why are there so many feet in the world? . . . No wonder I'm so slow . . . Fine place to park, buddy! . . . Certainly amazing how a person can time his footsteps so as to waddle through a neat pile of dirt . . . The lx ss especially . . . Wish I were a witch could fly away on this da—rn broom . . . Thought Lincoln freed tin slaves . . . more feet . . . legs . . . Like trying to get through an obstacle course . . . imum! There’s a sharp pair of gams! Wonderful how the opjxjsite sex can brighten one’s day . . . Ah! Now, where’s my brush and pan? . . . Here a minute ago . . . Wish I were Di« k Tracy—could catch the guy who stoic them . . . Ought to hang guys like that . . . Well, whatdoyaknow . . . Here all the time . . There, finished at last . . . Now all I gotta do is mop. •51 C O C+J C O C S O. ; OVER THE CRIB COUNTER 7lc'+o r o r o By I. C. ALL r oc oG'+otSf Ah, November, that glorious month of t-he year, with its frosty, cold mornings ami clear days when football is the topic of every conversation. We have one of the most im- portant holidays of the year. Thanksgiving. The fourth Thursday « r is it the third? No, it must lie the fourth l ccause my Aunt Susy’s birthday is the same week, but, now that I think of it, maybe that was localise of... . oh, dam it all, anyhow, Thanksgiving comes on a Thursday in November. BUY A BOMBER? sure, only $250,000. We’ll take two. Am I kiddin? SERVICEMEN TAKE ADVANTAGE: I.C. All will gladly take care of your girl. Just send her name, address, telephone niim- lx?r, and any other information that would lx: of interest. A I ALE OF TWO BADGES. A certain instructor, after reprimanding a student for not having his badge on his outer garment, met the afore-mentioned boy’s instructor. The first instructor began to tell the second about the incident. Suddenly he stopped. 'I'lie second instructor’s badge was in his vest jxx ket. I le should know lietlcr—or does he? Our little mouse reports: “I’m going to flv The Bomber from Willow Bun and land it on Miller Hoad.” said J«x: Smeekens. James O’Neil is going to take a comparison test to determine why he has the short boys washing Ixiards an«l the tall Ixiys painting fltxirs. The instructors who are in the best physical condition are the_________________ instructors, (classroom, shop) We’ll know after the basketball game De- cember 1. Well, the first rejxjrt card has been re- ceived. Now we know where wc stand, or should 1 say WHY we stand. Now for l.C. Mi’s 'Pune Interpretations. GOING MY What you ask a g«xxl- looking girl . . BOBIN HOOD The mod- ern version of the ancient philanthropic ban- dit . . . TOGETHER -What the T-C-l gets ...AND HER TEARS FLOWED LIKE WINE. -Another alcoholic cry baby ... IF’ I HAD MY W AY—T.S. students’ dream . . . Clang, Clang, Clang went I he trolley. Ding, Ding, Ding went the Ml. How do they expect me to sleep? T- and M-sections’ B-l staffs: may I suggest that somebody, I don’t care who, find the underside of the rock which they have been seeking. Thus, with a little . reminder, BUY BONDS, we leave you till next month when I. C. All will lx: hack—If the editor c� n stand it. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 15 Arc you a peridromophile? Walter Weible, M-B-l, is. Peridromophiles is the title given to the collectors of street car transfers. Since 1912. he has accumulated approximately 5,000 transfers. His oldest one, dated I«90, is a cable car transfer. Walter’s collection includes transfers from all over the United States, Canada, and many other parts of the civilized world. His prize one comes from Hanover, Germany. I ¥ m Alan Symonds, W-A-l. has a dangerous as well as exciting sport for a hobby. He owns a hydro- plane with a 25 h.p. motor which will propel the l)oat. at a speed well over 10 m.p.h. I le keeps the hydroplane near Monroe, Michigan and operates it on Lake Erie whenever he has the opportunity. Alan was a letterman on last year’s tennis team. Duplicating the violin which hangs in Room f is the current interest of handy man Russell llagey. W-F-l, who has l een repairing alarm clocks, bikes, and making furniture in his home work- shop for the last three years. Russell, who limits his work to relatives and friends, began his repairing and build- ing with only a jig saw. He now has a shop with eight machines, including a lathe. Drawing cartoons in pencil and ink is the pastime of Edward Stcllini, M-D-l, who has had three of his sketches printed on the Detroit News Young Writers Club page. He recently put tin finishing touches on a poster publicizing the Craftsmen basketball schedule for the winter. Ed, whose talents also turn to poetry, has had two of his verses printed in the News. Barbering is the hobby of Stephen Schupra. W-B-2, who has been cutting fellow students’ hair for two years. He received instruction from his father who has been a barber for 20 years. Steve is the assisant editor of Goons Gazelle. After graduation from the Trade School, he in- tends to go to barber’s school in order to obtain a barber’slicense. To become a “hot boogie-woogie” piano play- er is but one of the ambitions and hobbies of Leslie Ferguson W-A-l. lb has taken lessons for three of the last six years on the piano. A member of tin Trade School Bowling League, Ixislie also participates in most intramural sports and other school activities. vV In PRODUCING Printing anything from calling cards to calendars is the hobby of Richard Hughes, M-A-l. Having acquired a liking for printing while in the print shop at Post Intermediate and later furthering his training by being in the Trade School print shop. Richard now has an elaborate printing outfit of his own. Though this occupies most of his spare time, he is also interested in music, lie plays a saxo- phone and clarinet in a dance band. Skiing and hunting are favorite activities of Roliert Baarlear. W’-C-l. Bob, who has been active in these sports for three years, was a participant in the Ski Tournament at Rouge Park last Feb- ruary. Every winter seeking recreation, he goes to Rouge Park or Grayling, Michigan w’here he enjoys the thrill of traveling swiftly over the snow on his skis. During the hunting season he goes to Manistee where he hunts small game. OFFICE OF STATE CHAIHMAN TREASURY DEPARTMENT WAR FINANCE COMMITTEE October 31, 1944 600 Union Guardian Bldg. Detroit 26 Michigan Mr. P. B. Searle, Superintendent Pord Industrial Schools Henry Ford Trade School Dearborn, Michigan Dear Mr. Searle: I am very pleased to learn from your letter of October 30 that the students of Henry Ford Trade School with the support of Instructors and officials of Ford Industrial Schools have agreed to purchase a B”24 Liberator Bomber ($250,000) through the sale and purchase of War Bonds. Please consider this your authorization to proceed with your drive. We are sending you, under separate cover, on assortment of posters and pamphlets which may help you in promoting your drive. Please do not hesitate in requesting additional copies if you desire them. The members of the Ford organization have always done a splendid Job in promoting the sale of War Bonds, and we feel confident that you will not only attain your goal in this drive, but surpass it. The sponsorship of thl6 Bomber is further evidence of the whole-hearted coo'peratlon we have always received from you. My very best wishes for sucess in your forthcoming campaign. Sincerely yours, United States Treasury War Finance Committee for Michigan Bth UJRR LOnn - nOUEIHBER 20 - DECEIUBER IE STICK III IT H IDE TO THE FII1ISH ©raftsman Page 2 THE CRAFTSMAN ©hr ©raftsman PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR BY AND FOR STUDENTS OF HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL DEARBORN. MICH. Editor-in-chiof: BILL BLEWETT Reportorial Staff: ROBERT ADAMS. KENNETH BEARD. JOHN DOWELL. SAMUEL DUKES. PAUL HILL. ROBERT HOBART. RICHARD HUGHES. JOHN KEMPEL. NORBERT OLDANI. DAVID PACE. JACK PRYOR. JOHN SCHWENINGER. RALPH TENNANT. GEORGE TOZER. THOMAS TUER. ROGER VanSTEENKISTE. PASCAL WOODY. Roportora for outside schools: JOE BOGDAN. B-building Apprentice School; ALICE BENN. Aircraft School: MARGARET PARRY. Highland Park Apprentice School: AGNES COPPENGER. Naval Training School: and JACK THOMPSON. Willow Run Airplane School. Advisor - - - - - E. H. STOELTING Vol. 3. No. 3 January, 1945 Neat QteetitUfA. We, the members of The Craftsman staff, wish you a HAPPY NEW Y EAH. 1945 is here. It’s a brand new. fresh year; and what becomes of it is up to you For you decide, for yourself, whether the year is a success or not. You will experience joys and sadness. You will struggle and your struggle will bring success or failure. Each tomorrow is a new be- ginning ... a new page. Fill each page well. 'U liat 2)oed 9t Mean to a fcoq? Yes. what does it mean to a boy to have his instructor come out and join him as a spectator or as a player in athletics and other events? At the Annual Basketball Night, several instructors were present. They had entered the boys’ realm. They showed an interest in the boys as boys, not just as students. Ys each instructor entered the gymnasium, he was greeted with a round of applause, a salute with more behind it than a 21-gun salute. Whenever an instructor became conspicuous, either by playing or walking across the floor, another round of applause went up. Those in- structors gained more respect and admiration in one evening, than they could ever hope to get in four years of lieing the “guy who makes you do this and that ” five days a week. The interest shown by the instructors brings about better relations be- tween students and instructors by giving the students a sense of equality governed by respect. It promotes school spirit. To a boy it means that his instructors are REGULAR FELLOWS. If they only knew. 9lotu About 9t! Are you in condition to pass a moderate physical examination? When your pals leave for the armed forces they often come home on leave and say, “WOW! Those first few weeks were tough.” This period of basic training could l e much easier if they were already in good physical condition. Being in shape doesn’t mean just to feel good, but it also means that a person should have good posture, stamina, resistance to disease, and have no remediable defects such as poor posture, bad breathing habits, and others. To have these physical qualitites one should participate in supervised physical education which can be had by any Trade School boy if he has enough interest to take part in the daily activities at tin Henry Ford School This program includes basketball, swimming, and calisthenics and is prov- ing both enjoyable and beneficial to the boys attending. News Briefly Told: After the first card-marking, all-A report cards were received by 21 T-C-l students in their aca- demic subjects. During the second card-marking six of the same students again received all-A report cards. They are RobertS. Bylin, Robert C. Stilson, John Ilurin. Robert A. Otto, Jerome R. Bold, and Thomas O. Peak. ■ ■ ■ Special night school classes for Trade School students are being offered at Highland Park High. For further information concerning these classes, see John Dobrei, Room 15. Howard liedingcr, assistant coach, spent Iasi week in Washington D.C. due to the sudden death of his father. Students and instructors extend their dee| est sympathy. Seventeen students who displayed high aeademie and shop ability received all-A cards for the second report this semester. They are: Robert Bertouillc llerschel Breazeale Calvin English Robert Harris Diwrenee Martin Alexander Orosz Raymond Scheycr Edward Stellini Gerald Rlahut Alvin Doherty Michael Ferrara Louis Lovat Chester Mylenek Robert Otto William Sokol Rol ert Stilson Emery Yatco High individual bond salesman during the Buy- a-Bomber Campaign was Leopold V an Rossen. M-B- 3, with 33 sales. The Im� y sidling the most in ma- turity value was Arthur Waldmann, W-B-l, with a total of $1175. Twenty students and School left for the armed ?■ and December. Thev are: ST1J Arthur Barry Coolidge Dahlka Janies Davis Peter (iayner Harvey Hendricks Norman Liebcrt Edwin Ollar Gilbert Rowe Louis Tubben W ilbur (i. Wright two instructors of the ices during November ENTS Robert Coll Raymond Dare Baltassano Dcnaro R. Joseph Ifammerle Eugene l aTour Daniel Mullen David Reid Ralph Tennant Lionel Watson Donald Zwicker INSTIU ( TORS Maurice Baker Gerald W ill OUR COVER- The picture ap| earing on our cover was taken during the ceremony at which “School Daze” was presented to the rmy Air Force by the Ford Industrial Schools at the Willow Bun Air Base. December 16 (Ih? ©raftsman Vol. 3 No. 3 HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL January 1945 Buy-A-Bomber Campaign Successful R- R RauBch. supormtondont of Ford Motor Company, looks on as the promotional managers write him up for throe extra $500 bonds. Mr. Rausch made the boys give him a sales talk before purchasing his bonds. Reading from left to right aro: Ed Jaster. T-section; Phil Slovick. M- write him up for throo extra $500 . Reading Irom � en xo nqnx aro: r. 3 Uastcr. T-soctioi section: Mr. Rausch; and Stove Schupra, W-soction. BOMBER DEDICATED DECEMBER 16 By collecting a total of $333,523.7.) in the Sixth War Loan Drive, students and instructors of the Trade School and personnel of the other Ford Industrial Schools purchased a B-21 Lib- erator. “School Daze,” which was dedicated Saturday, December 16 at the Army Air Base. Willow Bun. Among the 350 people attending the crrcuionv were approximate!y 100 stta- ' den ts. 15 Instructors Have Sons Overseas Letters from India, Africa, New Guinea, France, Italy, Frig land. Australia, and from many parts of the Pacific are received by 15 instructors who have sons overseas in the armed forces of our country. Besides these 15 there is one gold star father, G. J. Miller, tin shop department, whose son, Pvt. Raymond II. Miller, Army engineer and former Trade School student, died in action October 17, 1913 from gunshot wounds received somewhere in the Pacific theater of war. Jule Ducharme. third lloor Inaudi de- partment. is one of the four instructors who has two sons overseas. 1st Lieut. Clarence and 2nd Lieut. Frnest are in antiaircraft batteries. Clarence is in New Guinea where, he says, there is butter and beef with plenty to spare. Frnest is in France waiting and longing for the day to come home. A. B. Freeborn, lathe department, is an- other instructor with two boys overseas. They are F l c Fugcne and PO 2 c lingerie, both January ’10 graduates. The twins have seen action in the Pacific. Last June, while on a five-day leave, they met in Honolulu. I lawaii. Y. J. Heard, sanitation department, also has two sons overseas. John. January ’10 graduate, is a corporal in the Ordnance, and S Sgt. Bichard, who has been in the Army eight years, is in the Air Corps. Both boys are stationed in Fngland. Fdward V Hellers, print shop instructor, can l)oast easily because one of his sons, Pfc. John B. Hellers is now serving with the famed 32nd Bed Arrow Division somewhere in the Philippines, while his other son Sgt. B. K. Hellers, former Trade School student, is at an rmy Air Corps replacement center in New Guinea. Shop superintendent, F. V. Peterson’s son, Calvin, who is a second lieutenant, is now serving in India with the Army Air Forces. Flying a C-17 cargo plane, he has 500 living (Continued on page 10) Senior Prom To Be Held January 27 The Senior Prom for I lie January grad- uating class will lie held in the Grand Ball- room of the Staller Hotel. Saturday. January 27, beginning at 6:30 p.m. This year the Senior Prom, as in previous years, will lx semi-formal. The ost of the dinner and dance combined will Ik 3.25. dmission to the dance only, which will start at 9 p.m., will l e $2.00 a couple. The Colum- bians, with Boston Clark directing, will fur- nish music for the after-dinner dancing. School Aids Goodfellow Fund Contributing toward a Merry Christmas for the under-privileged children of Detroit, t in B-l papers were sold and a collection was taken from the seniors and instructors last month to help the Did Newsboys Goodfellow Fund. The B-class papers were sold to their re- s|M‘etive sections by their stall's. The amount raised by the students was $158.11. while the instructors and seniors contributed $78.06. 'Phis money was used to purchase a Good- fellow paf er from James . Bishop, member of the executive committee of the Goodfel- lows ami employe of Ford Motor Company. The Craftsman editor. Bill Blew id t. and the B-l Chronicle editor. Andy Campbell, repre- sented the School in purchasing the pa| er from Mr. Bishop. December 19, at the corner of Woodward and Grand River. BEAT EAST DETROIT ! ! ! Representing the Air Forces, Major Davis Johnson, commanding officer of the Willow Bun Air Base, accepted the bomlicr from F. II. Stoelting, department head of extra-curricular activities, who presented it on behalf of the Schools. Delliert Swanson, T-G-2, presented Major Johnson with a book, for the plane’s G-liles, which contained the names of gallants, lx nd buyers, a history of tlie drive in the School, and letters of fxrmis- sion for buying the lioniber. Short talks were also made by F. F. Searle. superintendent of the Ford Industrials Schools, S. I). Mullikin, head of the Wrplane School, and G. . Ycrev, IMTsonnel director of Ford Industrial Schools. Before the ceremony, visitors were allowed to write their names on the fuselage of the liomlier with grease jiencils. fter the dedi- cation the plane took-olL circled the livid, and llew low over the heads of the crowd. At the lieginning of the Buy-a-Bomber Campaign in NovemlxT a quota of $250,000 was set for the students and personnel of the Ford Industrial School System. This quota was met on December 7, and top|)cd by the end of the drive. The students’ quota of (Continued on page 11) Page 4 THE CRAFTSMAN 100 YEARS OF SERVICE Shown are the five instructor who have begun their twenty-first year in the Trade School. Loft to right, they are: seated, Ernest Lockwood, time estimator, and James Allen, wood pattern; standing. O. R. Scott, chemistry instructor. Wallace Carmichael, butt welding, and Charles Smith, clearing house. Instructors Complete 20th Year Having been in the Trade School since 1924, five instructors completed 20 years of service last year. I feel that through his training a Trade School student not only acquires the ability to make things hut he gains confidence in himself,” stated 0. It. Scott, chemistry instructor, who has CAP NEWS by GEORGE TOZER The Executive Officer ... Because of his previous military training, V 0 Ernest Magielski. lxM k store, was re- cently given the additional post of executive officer of Squadron 639-4. This job places him second in com- mand of the squad- ron. While at grammar school he was inter- ested in drama, voice, and art. Later at Cass Tech Mr. Ma- gielski specialized in commercial art. Al- though he was forced ERNEST MAGIELSKI to quit day-school when in the 11-B. he finished high school by attending evening classes. During the two years at Cass, Mr. Magi Iski was a member of the R.O.T.C. and held the rank of cadet lieu- tenant. Promotions. .. Robert Dewar, M-B-l, has been promoted recently to cadet stall’ sergeant to help in the training program. 11 is former rank was that of cadet sergeant. To assist W O R. D. Weaver, communi- cations officer, llerschcl Breazeale, M-C-l, has been promoted to the rank of cadet ser- geant. Herschel was formerly a cadet corporal. Squadron Reviewed.. . J. E. Bossardet, memlicr of the School board of trustees, (J. A. Yerex, personnel director, and E. Y. Peterson, shop superin- tendent, together with officers of the Trade School CAP Squadron, were in the reviewing stand at the Annual Basket hall Night. December 1. The reviewing officials made an inspection of the squadron after which the squadron passer! ‘n review before them. hen asked their opinions of the per- formance they replied: Mr. Bossardet- “The splendid perform- ance of the Trade School squadron last Fri- day night was certainly a revelation to me. 1 want to commend Lt. Dobrei and his non- commissioned officers on their fine leadership in training our boys.” Mr. Yerex—“For the amount of time put into it I think the boys did a fine job.” Mr. Peterson—“I was impressed by the exhibition of the CAP squadron Friday eve- ning. The military training and discipline is very good and should stimulate interest in the good work the Trade School CAP unit is accomplishing.” Luncheon-Meeting... The Michigan Wing of CAP and the Ex- change Clubs of Michigan had their second annual viation Week luncheon-meeting at the Book Cadillac Hotel Tuesday, l)cceml cr 12. Guests at the luncheon were Brig. Gen. . . Welch, Col. Earle Johnson, national commander of the CAP, Governor Harry F. Kelly. Mayor Edward J. Jeffries, and com- manding officers from Selfridge Field. Fort Wayne. Grosse lie Navy Base, and Michigan State Troops, as well as other military and civic officials. Harvey Campbell, executive vice-presi- dent of tin Detroit Board of Commerce, was master of ceremonies. Representing squad- ron 639-1 were Commanding Officer John Dobrei: W O Merle Hicks; W 0 Patricia Murray; Staff Sergeants George Tozer and Robert Dewar; Sergeants Sam Dukes, Herltert Hank. Herschel Breazeale, Charles Doherty, and Charles Fried I. been with the School since January 16, 1924. Mr. Scott, born September 27. 1900. in Lucas, Michigan, was graduated from high school at McRain. Michigan. In college he studied science and industrial education. Prior to t he Trade School, he worked for Ford Motor Company. Mr. Scott, who has seen the School grow since it had 300 pupils, would like to see a student l� e able to graduate from tin Trade School with a high school diploma. James F. Allen, wood pattern instructor. Ix rn September II. 1331. in Attica, Michi- gan, has l)cen with the Ford organization since January 13, 1916. When he was 16 years old he lagan working in saw mills in Otsego County. Michigan. While working as a millwright in the Highland Park plant. Mr. Allen helped to set up the first machinery in the Trade School. At this time there was only one shop instruc- tor and 15 students in the School. In 1924 he was transferred to the wood pattern depart- ment of the Trade School. Wallace Carmichael, welding and black- smith instructor, was born in New Zealand. February 11, 1387. He grew up in Ireland where his parents brought him while he was still young. In 1911 he left Ireland and set out on his own to find work in America. In 1919, after he had served three and a half years with the Royal Canadian Dragoons, he came to Ford Motor Company, lie has been working in the heat treat department (Continued on page 14) ERNEST MAGIELSKI THE CRAFTSMAN Page 5 Chinese Officials Visit Trade School Four Chinese doctors and one merican doctor, representatives of the Chinese govern- ment, who are interested in education, visited the Trade School Novemlar 21. These men. Dr. V. C. hoo, vice-Minister of Finance for China, Dr. h. W. Shaw, secre- tary-general of office of Chines� delegates to I Ini led Nations Rehabilitalion Relief Associ- ation (I .N.R.R.A.), Dr. V. C. Wang, secre- tary of Central Banks of China, Dr. C. II. Wu. secretary of Natural Resources Commission, and Dr. J. L. Buck (American), chief econo- mist for Chines� ; Agricultural Corporation, were guests of Henry Ford who suggested they visit the Trade School while on a tour of Ford Motor Company. While at the School, the doctors could hardly believe the School had two and a half million dollars worth of machinery on three acres of floor space and that everything done by the students is for actual use. They were interested to learn that the School wasn’t run on a co-educational basis as other schools and that it is a self-sup|x� rling non-profit insti- tution. It’s Nice If You’re Tall But— “Being large has its disadvantages,” said Pvt. Tom Hagen, June ’42, during his visit to the Trade School November 14. There were many times when in battle with his outfit, part of the 34th infantry divi- sion, that he wished he could have shrunk a few inches. Standing 6 feet 4 inches, Tom is well above the average person’s height. De- spite this disadvantage in height, Tom came through his 18 months overseas duty without serious wounds. Most of the big advances started at mid- night; and at daybreak everyone took to the foxholes, usually left vacant by the retreating Germans. That is, everyone but Tom. who had difficulty finding one his si e. “But,” Tom said, “when the big shells started drop- ping near by, I was surprised how small a tar- get 1 could become.” In Africa Tom got in on the tail end of the campaign, but was right in on tin; start of the Italian invasion. After the invasion his out- fit moved up steadily, until they hit the well- fortified city of Cassino. In the battle of the monastery just outside of Cassino, Tom worked in conjunction with the Japanesc- American 100th battalion which he praises highly for its work and intelligence. Tom was by far the tallest man amongst them as the average height of the 100th battalion was only 5 feet 6 inches. His job in the battle of the monastery was to work as a liaison man on communications with the artillery batteries. Ill’s group lo- cated the target, got a fix on its position, then relayed this information back to the big guns, where in turn the information was relayed C.O.D. (crash on delivery) to the Germans. After Cassino, Tom’s outfit moved into Presenting the A-class Presidents Students of the January graduating class recently elected presidents to represent their re- siHVtive classes in planning the prom and other matters pertaining to graduation. When asked aliout their future, the A-class Roger VanSteenkiste. M-A-l, “I feel that -------- Captains Elected In All Classes To receive and to transmit information concerning school activities, class promotion men, or class captains, were elected in all classes during November. The captains promoted the bond drive by giving classmates tin latest rejMirts and en- couraging those who were lagging Itchind to buy more bonds and stamps whenever possi- ble. The captains will also handle tin sales and publicity of basketball tickets, dance tickets, and all other school events. ('lass promotion men attend meetings dur- ing class week. Other meetings are called, when necessary, for special announcements. The following students are class repre- sentatives; W-SECTION: A-l, Pat Woody; A-2. James Dunn; B-l. Donald Lim; B-2. Gilbert lllmer: B-3. James Gray; C-l, Jim Norton: C-2, Fred Fraser; C-3. Tom Black; C-4, Keith Weber; D-l, Richard Mills; D-2, Andrew Kaerr; D-3, John Walinske; E-l, Thomas Prough; E-2, Arthur Brandt; E-3, Fred Cruise: E-4, Robert Foster; F-l. Richard Evans; F-2, Gino Gabriele; F-3, Robert Brodrick; G-l, Arthur Winter; G-2, Jack Bourassa. T-SECTION: A-l, Arthur Williams; A-2, A1 Shields; B-l, Edward Jaster: B-2. James Poole: B-3, Earl Femelius; C-l, Robert Dobson: C-2. Gus Yanderdonck; C-3, William Stone; C-4, Emil I crikey; D-l, Kenneth McRae; D-2. Wilson Sim; D-3, Bruce Cable; E-l, John Pezzin; E-2. Henry Chavez; E-3, David Guthrie; E-4, Herb Heritier; F-l. Armando Fuooo; F-3, Robert Carr: G-I. Lindsey Baker: G-2. Charles Wood. M-SECTION: A-l, Tom Crucchiolo; A-2, Harvey Kloenhamer; B-l. Rolwrt Dewar: B-2. Bill Teeple: B-3, Edwin Speaglc; C-l, Steve Martin: C-2, Bill Chevalier; C-3, Gerald Farnin; C-4, Irving G. D istein; D-l. Stuart J. Horner: D-2. Dick Pierson; D-3, Bernard Taylor: E-l. Ralph Dn’rd; E-2, Paul Hanson; E-3, Carl Schmidt; E-l. Patrick MofTa; F-l, Martin Brogley; F-3, Floyd Hicks; G-l. Leon Ponchart; G-2, Lincoln Painter. the mountains. The day l� efore they were to leave for the bead) head at n .io, Tom was hospitalized with trench fool. Tin injury forced him off’ his feet. and. after treatments at the base hospital, he was shipped home. For the last two months Tom has l een re- cuperating at tin Ashford Army Hospital near White Sulphur. West Virginia. Before entering the Army, Tom worked in the tool and die room of Ford Motor Com- pany. presidents replied: the knowledge I have gained in the academic and shop departments of Henry Ford Trade School will help me greatly to achieve my ambition of becoming a tool and die designer.” Roger has been class president for the last ROGER VanSTEEN- ALVIN RICKERT KISTE three semesters. He was a member of tin Trade School Glee Club in 1912 and partici- pated in intramural l askethall and haseltall for two years. Alvin Rickert, M-A-2. “L'pon graduating from the Trade School my plans are to enter college to get a teacher’s certificate in mathe- matics.” Al has been interested in mathe- matics since he started high school. He re- ceived his additional high school credits at night school and will receive his high school diploma in January. Al played intramural baseball in 1942. Robert Adams, T-A-l, is 18 years old and is waiting for a call to the Army. Being in- terested in mechanical drawing, he states this ROBERT ADAMS GEORGE BARNIER about his future. “After the war I hope to I)©- comc a draftsman and then a tool designer. I think the Trade School has given me valu- able help towards reaching this goal. While in the B-class, Bob served as editor of the Model T, the T-section paper. George Barnier. T-A-2. “Trade School is excellent training for anyone preparing for a future connected with mechanics.” George is a member of the Air Corps Reserve and is also in the Trade School CAP Squadron. When asked about his future, George replied. “After coming back from the Army I intend to become a draftsman. Trade School not only helped me in this ambition but taught me coordination which w ill help me consider- ably in the Air Corps.” Alan Symonds, W-A-I, “After completing Trade School I would like to enter college in (Continued on pag 10 Page 6 THE CRAFTSMAN Friendly Atmosphere Prevails l ooks arc used by shops for reference all over the Middle West..” When asked how does the average Trade School Im make on I in the shops, Dick re- plied, “Trade School graduates advance rapid- ly. In fact, in every successful manufactur- ing concern that I have come in contact with. 1 have always found a Trade School graduate either running the place or holding some other important position. Brothers Do Own Engineering One of the remarkable things about the Whichcllo organization is the fact that they have no engineering department. Bill, Marian and Dick analyze every job. They break the job down in order to figure out the shortest way possible to complete it. If any drawings have to 1m made, Bill. I larlan or Dick do them. Most of the time saved in completing a job is due to the brothers and their short-cuts. They also have no electrician. If anything goes wrong with the machines or other things. Harlan repairs it. It is said that “Harlan can find the source of the trouble in 30 seconds.” hen told of the School’s spreading social and athletic activities, Harlan was pleased “I think social activities arc important in keeping up morale That’s why wc have our own baseball and bowling teams and occa- sional get-togethers outside of work It makes for a feeling of good will and closer coopera- tion,” said Harlan. Much of the success of the company is due to the splendid teamwork and cooperation among the brothers. They have never had an argument between themselves since they were 18. This is a success story that could happen to anyone. The training that they received is the same training that Trade School students now receive. —By JACK PRYOR Here in this small town of Belleville the hichcllo brothers have done big things. They pay the highest wages in Wayne County because they get the highest production. The employes neither ring in nor out, they arc al- lowed to play radios in work, and they have other sjxvial privileges, yet each one docs his job, and does it well. Each one is an expert in his department. If they have any com- plaints. they just tell it to the brothers. If it’s a reasonable complaint, the brothers fix it. Throughout the factories and in the office there is an atmosphere of friendliness, good will. Everyone knows everyone else. It’s not Mr. Whiehello. it’s Harlan; it’s not “you thereon the lathe,” it’s “Iley, Tom. It’s like that everywhere. “I think our greatest asset is the closeness of the workers to the 1 08868,” said Dick. Ideas are contributed by everyone ideas that save valuable time. This, in turn, means Bill, Harlan, andDick analyze every job and do the engineering themselves. Pictured, left to right, are Dick, Bill, and Harlan at a Rockwell machine in one of their factories. Henry rord I rade School training is spreading. Parts of it can be found all over tin Middle West. Vnd it’s spreading more all of the time. One of these “parks” o|M rated under the trade name of Walton Die and Mold is found in the small town of Belleville, Michigan in the form of seven little factories directed by three nates. Richard, Harlan, and William Whiehello. Richard and Harlan were gradu- ated in I 31 from tin School and then went through the Apprentice School. W illiam also received training at the Apprentice School. Then a little over four years ago a dream came true. They had a chance to go into business for themselves. With ! orrowcd money they were able to lease a machine shop brothers, two of whom are Trade School grad- ---------- profit for the company and higher wages for the employes. Amazingly simple gages take the place of expensive, complicated ones. Jobs are double-checked for efficiency. As a result, the company has done good work. Among their accomplishments they have one of the highest production records per person in the I nited States. They have several pat- ents of t heir ow n w hich they plan to capitalize on after the war, and they have lM en cited by the Detroit Ordnance District. They also hel|M d develop tin famous “bazooka gun.” and fired the shot from the first model over Belleville Dike. Trade School Training Played Vital Role Shown above is Richard Whiehello. at his desk, as he purchsed a bond from Jack Pryor, M-A-l. when Jack visited the Walton Die and Mold factories. for one-shift operations for one year. Not much of a shop but at least they were started. They bought machines, machines that other large companies had thrown away for scrap. But under the skillful hands of the brothers they were made to run. And run they did. A couple of stoves were bought to furnish heat. Benches were made. Countless things had to ! e done—things that, meant work. For the first, two years the. brothers worked on the average of 16 hours a day, but their efforts were rewarded. For their company pros- pered. And they expanded. Next door they built a second shop. Two miles away from their first shop they built five more plants from some ruins. A house was converted into an office. Two more plants were acquired in Detroit and another in (Jrand Rapids. But Ix’hind every success story there is a reason. A reason for the success. I think wc mainly owe our success to our Trade School training. That and experience. For I haven’t run into any shop problems that I didn't learn in the Trade School. For no matter what the men are doing, we’ve done it before.” So said Dick Whiehello. He went on by saying, “The Trade and Apprentice Schools are really great training institutions My brothers and I have never regretted a moment of it. We find that problems lint face us, we have faced before in school and are therefore equip|� ed to meet them. One truly gets thorough training in the School. The only trouble we have now is rememtiering, but we still have our Trade School l ooks to use for reference. In fact, you w ill find that these THE CRAFTSMAN Page 7 N aval Training School FROM THE TINY ACORN THE GREAT OAK GREW Just, one year and a day before Pearl Ilarl or, ground was broken on the 23-acre site, south- west of the Ford Rouge Plant, in Dearborn. Michigan, and the infancy of the 1 .S. avy Service School, Ford Motor Company (as it was known then) was l egun. Earlier in 1910 the Commandant, of the Ninth Naval District had consulted Henry Ford about the prospects of starting a small train- ing school near the plant so that the mechan- ical facilities of the largest industrial plant in the world and the teaching experience of Henry Ford Trade School could be utilized by the Navy in its ever-growing training program. Mr. Ford and Ford Motor Company were cooperative and the Navy found itself the recipient of a modern, well-equipped station with eight barracks, a Recreation Hall, Mess Halls. Dispensary, and Administrative Build- ing all built and equipp'd by Ford Motor Company. Since then the Navy has erected four other buildings of which the Training Tank, completed in December 1943. was the last. In January, 1941, the training program got under way. The station complement on January 15 when the commissioning ceremo- nies took place, was four officers and 150 stu- dents. The commanding officer was Com- mander W. E. Miller, USN, and the execu- tive officer was Lieutenant Commander P. K. Bryant, USNR (now a Commander). Re- presenting the Navy at the ceremony were Admiral C. W. Nimitz. the chief of the Bu- reau of Navigation; Bear Admiral John Downes, and Commander C. P. Cecil. Re- presenting Ford Motor Company were Mr. (Continued on page 11) School Graduates Final Class Marking the graduation of the final classes from the Naval Training School. Ford Motor Company, special exercises were held to observe the event December 22 in the Station’s Recreation Hall. Guests, including all Henry Ford Trade School instructors who participated in the Agnes Coppenger, The Craftsman reporter for the Naval Training School, left the School during November in order to be with her husband. Lt. (j.g) Raymond A. Coppenger, before he went on active duty with the Marines in the South Pacific. Lt. Coppenger was the chaplain at the Naval Training School. Mrs. Coppenger is now Dean of Women at Central College. Conway, Arkansas. Navy program here since the Training School was commissioned four years ago, heard re- marks by Henry Ford II, executive vice- president of Ford Motor Company. F. E. THE FIRST ONE Helen Karcz. clerk in department 509-A of the Training School, was the first person in her department to buy $150 maturity value in war bonds during tho Sixth War Loan Drive. J. P. Wilson, head of department 509-A and bond salesman for this department, sold tho bond. During the Fifth War Loan Drivo in July, Miss Karzc won a $1000 war bond in a raffle. Searle, superintendent of Ford Industrial Schools, and various navy officials in Dear- born for the occasion. Captain E. C. Bain, U.S.N. Director of Training, 9th Naval Dis- trict, addressed the graduates directly. He assured them that from his own experience he knew that the Navy would give them a great deal more than they gave in the line of duty. Edgar Guest, Detroit poet, gave the gradua- tion uddress and the Greenfield Village Chorus sang two selections. A reception for officers and guests followed the exercises. Ford Motor Company will continue to make tile station facilities of the Naval School available for expected further training of specialized navy j ersonncl. --- NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL’S PERSONNEL --- Shown above are 180 men and women who comprisad the civilian personnel and Officers of the Naval Training School which in operation four years. The picture was taken in front of the Schools Building of the Naval Training Station. was Page 8 THE CRAFTSMAN First in lin« to buy bonds in the Buy- - Bomber Campaign were Andy Campbell, oditor of the Queers' Chronicle; Steve Schupra. W-B-2: and Curtis Gilliard. M-G-l ; who are shown waiting for The Craftsman of- fice to open Wednes- day morning. No- vember 1. Andy, who was one of the top gallants. sold his car to raise mon- ey for his first $100 bond. He had been waiting at the door sinco 6:55 a.m. so he would be sure to buy the first bond. Steve had been waiting in line since 7:05 a.m. and Curtis arrived shortly after. F rom Plan Shown receiving his bonds is Edward T. Arcy. January '30, owner of the Dearborn Gear and Tool Company, who purchased $10.000 worth of bonds from William Moore, transfer crib, during the School’s Buy-A-Bomber Campaign. A former T-section student, he was pleased to hear that this section had met its quota and went over the top first. After gradua- tion. Ed worked in the transfer crib as a clerk and later in the turret lathe department as assistant instructor. In 1933, he left the School to supervise a gear and tool company for a friond.Ho remained in that position until he started his own shop in February 1943. Adam Nieradtka, T-B-2, held high by John Dobrei, commer- cial geography instructor, and Andy Campboll, editor of the Queers' Chronicle, to sign his name on “School Daze. the B-24 Liberator purchased by the Ford Industrial Schools through the sale of War Bonds. Adam helped direct the bond drive for the T-section. the first section to top its quota. The Schools, whose bond sales bought the bomber are shown listod on tho side of the bomb- er. Other signatures and good luck phrases of many students and instructors are on the fuse- lage. More than 300 persons attended the ceremony at Wil- low Run Air Base. December 16, when the bomber was formally presented to the Army Air Corps. ■ To keep students and instruc- tors notified of daily salos dur- ing the drive, three large post- ers were placed throughout the School: one near Room 15. one at the shop office, and the third in the cafeteria. Shown at the left is the poster on December 30. QUOTA NHIET Wo )otj?ber l-rcrctyber 31 Student.v N.F.T.Y Quota Cast? to date M-SECT 32.500 00 •io.aas.oo T-SECTION 32.500.00 ■12.5 56.50 W-SECTION 32.500 00 41.090.00 SENIORS 2.500 00 3.193.75 Total oaooo.oo 1.27.1 75 25- Instructors tUT.S. ACADEMIC 12.000 00 8.628.75 B-4 EAST 13.500.00 21.1 72 25 B-3 EAST 9.000 00 12.340.25 8-3 WEST 14.500 00 23.622.50 509 A 7.000 00 7.297.75 NO 3 SHIFT 8.000 00 9.745.75 APPR B-BLDG 8,000 00 7.354.75 NAVY SCHOOL 8.000 00 4.1 13.25 Total • 80.000.00 9 4.4.27 5- 25 Instructors Outside AIRCRAFT SCHOOL 17.000 00 25.759.00 AIRPLANE SCHOOL 50,000 00 83.884.25 APPR SCHOOL HP 3.000 00 2.430.00 Total 8 I U.Za0.7 3_� .25_ Grand Totali50.000.00 Total cash to date i33. 5.2.a-75_ Yk TIKN THE bomber. “School Daze.” cascades its load of deadly blockbusters into the In art of the industrial Reich, it will be doing so with the compliments of the Ford Industrial Schools. It is w ith pride that we call attention to the story of our achieve- ment. Students imbued with a deep feeling of patriotism thought that it would be a line gesture to help the war effort, if they would pur- chase a bomber. They approat :hed otliciuls of the School with ten- tative plans and their suggestion was met with whole-hearted ap- proval. The next -dep was to contact Frank N. Islx y, chairman of the Michigan War Finance Committee, and to enlist his help in or- ganizing the drive. He was enthusiastic about the plan and encouraged it by giving a talk to Httesen t a fives of tin School, in which he told them about the hardships our l oys were enduring over in the war zones. H The amount needed to buy a B-2T Liberator was $250.000. This sum was allotted to various departments of the School. The quota was $52.500 for each section, making a total of $97,500 for tin three sections. The seniors’ quota was $2500 making the students’ total quota $100.000. The quota for the instructors of the Ford Trade School was set at $80,000 while, the instructors and personnel of the other Ford In- dustrial Schools had a quota of $70.000. As soon as the gallant Ixtoks arrixed. the drive l egan. keen competition arose between the students and instructors as well as be- tween the sections. The competitive spirit played a major part in making the drive a success. It was decided that each class elect a captain to promote the sales in that class. IPhil Slovick, M-B-l; Adam Nieradtka, T-B-l; and Matthew Speedie, W-B-l, were stu- dent promoters for their respective sections. They gave pep talks over the public address system in the cafeteria, each trying to boost the sales so that his own section might lead the race. The W-section was the lirst one to lead the race, then the M-sec- tion pulled ahead and stayed for a while until the W-section came through again. Finally the T-section became the leader and con- tinued to lead through the remainder of the drive. The competition was spirited, the race was close, and for that reason the students and instructors really pitched in and worked hard to achieve victory. Some went to their relatives ami many went to their friends to obtain orders for bonds. It was not an unusual sight to sec a student leave his machine or even his department to get the sale of a l ond from one of his fellow students IxTore someone else beat THE CRAFTSMAN Page 9 To Plane him to it. Toward tin middle of the drive each section assembled in the cafeteria for a half hour and received individual pep talks from E. II. Stoclting in order that the School's (junta might he reached be- fore December 7. Pearl llarlxir Day. nd it was reached, loo. On December 7 the drive went over the top with $285.55 1.2.I. The T-section also lead in the number of gallants. 191. while the M-section was next with 178. and the -section last with 128 gallants. The drive ended with the T-section first with $12,556.50; the W- section next with $11,090.00; and the Y1-section was last with $10,335. The instructors went over their quota with a margin of $56,318.50. Finally the great moment arrived, the time to christen the big homl cr that had been I o ughi. through the sale of war I Kinds. All the students who had sold more than $200 in ImukIs received free trans- Henry Willson, elec- trical instructor of B-24 Army Training School division of the Ford Airplane School, became su- per bond-salesman of the Ford Indus- trial Schools when he sold $50,705.25 in bonds during the Sixth War Loan Drive. When Mr. Willson sold bonds to the instructors of Willow Run Army Base, he helped the B-24 School reach 307 per cent of its assigned quota. An electrical equipment salesman before he became an instruc- tor. Mr. Willson uti- lized his selling ex- perience to sell bonds to his friends and fellow workers. |x rtntion to the illow Hun Hombcr Plant in Ford Motor Company busses. There were three busses tilled with students which left the B- huilding at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 16. They arrived at Willow Hun at ahoul 1:15. Other students and instructors who wanted to participate in the christening had to provide their own transportation. - lied pencils were available for the s|)eetators to use so that they could write their names on the ship. There were about 350 jiebp.c in all present. It was a bitter cold day and quite windy, so the spectators huddled in a circle to keep warm. A loud-speaker kept the crowd informed alxmt what was happening, Delbert Swanson presented the log book of the ship to Major Johnson who accepted for the Army Air Corps with a short speech and the comment that the log would accompany the ship wherever it would go. F. E. Searle. superintendent of the Ford Schools, G. A. Yerex, personnel director of Ford Trade School, and E. 11. Stoelting. (.raftsman adviser, also said a few words. After the dedication, the crowd was requested to step back and make room for the plane to take off. The crew boarded the ship and started the four engines. The engines were warmed up for about fifteen minutes before flight. Then the giant plane taxied down the field to a runway at the other end of the field. After a few minutes, the pilot received his go-ahead signal and the plane rolled down the runway. Faster and faster, then like a feather it rose into the air. fhc Bomber was on its way. By NORBERT OLDANI As trustee of the Alumni Association of Henry Ford Trade School. Supt. F. E. Searle purchased $11,850 in serios F and G bonds with the Broad- hearth fund. Broadhearth. the first smelting works in America, was given to Henry Ford on the Silver Anniversary of the Trade School as a gift from students, alumni, and instructors. After the gift was an- nounced, the people of Saugus. Massachusetts decided to keep it as a landmark. On Mr. Ford's consent the building was sold to the city of Saugus. The bonds will be kept until a suitablo gift is found to replaco Broadhearth. Credit for these bonds was divided botwoon the three sections. The throo students shown a- bovo receiving the check for the bond from Mr. Searlo are, from loft to right, George Cockayne. T-G-l : Hadley Cray- ton. W-G-2: and Harry Moody, M-G-l. It was beans or roast turkey. Students were told, as plans for the Christmas dinner were undorway. Tho deciding factor was whether the Trade School succeeded in going ovor the top in the bond drivo. After work- ing hard for many days the stu- dents finally settled this ques- tion by reaching their goal on Decembor 7. Pearl Harbor Day. Tho order for the beans was canceled and the go-ahead sig- nal was given to get the turkey ready. Shown, left, are the happy faces of the students as they re- ceive ice cream as part of thoir reward. Also on the menu be- sides turkey and ice cream were vegetable consomme, head let- tuce salad with 1000 island dressing, mashed potatoes, groen string beans, pint of chocolate milk, whito broad and butter, and fruit ■ cake. 41 GALLANTS CITED As : reward for serving honestly and faithfully and accomplishing what they were asked to do. as gallants, by the United Stales Treasury Depart- ment. the following II Ijoys received citations from the W ar Finance Com- mittee: James Bradford Howard Cuttinq Steve Martin John Shand Charles Cameron Michael Cragel Arthur Goddos Frederick Hollis Raymond Maki Adam Nieradtka Algert Shnerpunas Ralph Tennant Gerald Averill Georgo Forsyth Buddy Kuczma Milo Newer Norbert J. Oldani Robert Somerville Arthur Waldmann Carl Wexel Raymond Herschel Breazeale Robert Hamly James Roberts Leopold Van Reason Andy Campbell Claronce Flock William Gray John Konkal Dale Mark Richard Parshall William Stone Roland Watts Dick Coward Frank L. Horitior Donald Lim James Norton John Panik Delbert Titus Keith Weber William Blewett Snyder Page 10 T-Student Writes Best Story “Journalistically, it displays an originality of presentation, careful attention to facts, accurate reporting and an ability in main- taining the dramatic quality of suspense to the end of the story” was the reason that Ed .faster. T-B-l, re- porter for the Queers' Chronicle had his story ‘‘Practice Tells Tale” chosen by the instructor-judges as l eing the lx st story written by the B-l students for the sec- ond two class-weeks in each section. Other reasons for choosing the story are: “The writer has se- h ted a scene in the life of a normal Trade School group, has observed intelligently and has reproduced his own enthusiasm in an effective and lively story. Its rapidity of pace; its broad ap| eal to the boys who read it; its naturalness, picturesqueness and vivid- ness” are other likeable characteristics. Runners-up for best stories were Andy Campbell and Harvey Mass, also of the T-B-l, for their stories “Pheasant Mystery Explained” and “Determination of Trade School Boys,” respectively. Joe Bogdan, Apprentice School, T.A. Lind, civics instructor, C. G. Rogers, English and human engineering department head, and Tom Sayres, civics and commercial geog- raphy instructor, are the judges. ED JASTER Class Presidents Conpigees)from preparation for an architectural engineering career.” Alan was also class president while in the B-class and was cartoonist on the staff AL SYMONDS DOUGLAS HUNTER of the Morons' Mirror. last semester’s - section publication. He played varsity ten- nis for the Trade School in 1944. Douglas Hunter, W-A-2, “Although this is my last semester in Trade School it is also the toughest. Not because of the school or shop work, but because it means that in a short time I’ll Ik leaving the Trade School.” Doug is waiting his call into the Army Air Corps after which service he hopes to attend the I 'diversity of Michigan to study me- chanical engineering. He was a member of the Trade School Glee Club for two years. THE CRAFTSMAN Sons Overseas cHp:;£dJ,,'om hours to his credit. Recently he received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Flying Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster for each award. V. L. Carlcy, grinder department, can boast with ease because his son, CpI. LeRoy Carlcy, medical division, was in the only Canadian and American medical detachment with the Rangers before they were broken-up. E. C. Benzing. third fl K r mill, has a son Pfc. John, June ’ll. with the 38th Reconnais- sance Division somewhere in France. George Maconochie. heat treat depart- ment. has a story to tell al out his son, Pfc. W alter, who is now in the First. Infantry Divi- sion and was with General George E. Patton in the North African campaign. He has been in Italy, Tunisia, Sicily and entered France on that great day, “D-Day.” Pvt. Harold L. Van Akin, son of II. L. Van Akin, w mhI pattern department, was injund in Australia by a civilian automobile while on maneuvers but is now recovering. J. C. Gerard, tool crib department, is proud of his son. F l c Joseph, June ’13, who has crossed the equator approximately 50 times and has been in numerous South Pa- cific convoy escorts. Censoring is the job of T Sgt. Robert E. Remmington, son of Orlo Remmington, ma- chine construction department. Robert is stationed near Calcutta, India. In .Africa since February with the air transport command, CpI. Donald F. Finley, son of Frederick Finley, grinder gage depart- ment, has met four boys who lived within two blocks of each other back home. Herbert AIcQuade, heat treat department, has a son. Pvt. Edwin H. McQuade, January ’13, who has l en overseas since the last of Septemlier. His whereal outs are unknown. William Stand ha rdt, brick laying depart- ment. has a son. PO 2 c George Stnndhardt, who has been overseas 20 months and has re- ceived the Silver Star for combat in the Aleu- tian Islands. He is also a former Trade School boy. CpI. W illiam R. Paetow. Army artillery, son of W. C. Paetow. print shop instructor, is stationed somewhere in England. Alvin Perkiss, valve department instruc- tor. has a son. Alvin Jr., who received a medi- cal discharge from the Army, lie served as a sergeant with the Quartermaster Corps in Italy. Students and instructors of Henry Cord Trade School express I heir deepest sympathy to the families of Pfc. William Peabody and Pfc. Joseph W. Marchand. Pfc. Peabody was killed in action on Peleliu Island in the South Pacific, September 19, .944. Hud. as he was called by his friends, played intramural Ixiseball in 1938-W. Pfc. Marchand was killed in a motor vehicle accident in France, September , 944. Joseph was graduated from the Trade School June 42 and had been overseas with the military police since July of last year. � -------------—------------------- Aircraft I School 3'............................ ft To answer an expressed desire for having an industrial representative explain the ap- plication of mathematics to industry, William F. Mueller, supervisor of Aircraft School, re- cently addressed the mathematics section of the Michigan Educational Association at its annual convention in Grand Rapids. ■ ■ ■ H. M. Stratton and R. A. Dowidait, of the Aircraft School’s R-2800 engine division at the Air Base, recently were detailed to Warner Robins Air Depot in Macon. Georgia where they observed and studied first, second, and third etchelon, or steps, in maintenance per- taining to Pratt and W hitney R-2800 engines. Death Disperses Romance Years ago, Corsica was the land of ro- mance; Sicily, a dream world of the Mediter- ranean; and the name of Austria evoked visions of wayside shrines and the happy thrill of the Tyrolienne yodel. Such dreams of far off places have been shattered today and grim reality stalks every inch of the way. Death, war, and untold terrors hold sway, as night after night, week after week, there is the ever-present thought. “It might be to- night. I might not come back from this mission.” Such were the thoughts of S Sgt. James Philhiu. former apprentice of the Air- craft School, who recently visited the School while on a furlough. Sergeant Philbin had a fairly regular re- turn ticket on each of his 20 missions, until the one of April 21. when he ended up on the wrong side of the lines. This mission ended in Bucharest, where the Nazis held him as a prisoner of war and placed him in a Rumanian prison camp. In his narration. Sergeant Philbin said that as a B-21 engineer-gunner he was forced to bail out on that bombing raid of April 21. “Rumanian farmers, with double-barreled shot guns, turned me over to the Nazis and I was taken to camp in a truck.” He later escaped with two other fellows. But after roaming across the countryside for three days they were recaptured and taken back to the prison camp. “The prisoners ould hardly believe the news when Rumania surrendered. In fact,” James continued, “we thought the Rumanian sergeant was drunk when he told us the news, but when the colonel repeated it later, that was all that we needed.” Sergeant Philbin and another flier were down hack to their squadrons in bombers. Then the much dreamed of furlough finally became a reality. He was granted 30 days. lie had Iwien injured on a previous mission for which he received the Purple Heart. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 11 B-Building Apprentice School Naval Training (Concj “d:d7) frrom AIRFRAME SCHOOL PLANNED Ford, Edsel Ford, Harry Bennett, C. 1C� Sorensen, and It. It. Itauscli. On the date of commission there were one barracks, the Administrative Building, and a section of the present Mess Halls completed Kxpansion of the physical facilities of the station was continued at a rapid rate and by the end of October. 1911, seven more barracks had been added. The lice Hall was dedicated in a radio broadcast from Great Lakes, Illi- nois. on the evening of December 7, 1911. And in February 1912, the Dispensary was completed. 'I'lie last three buildings to lie erected in- clude the Schools Building, with 20 «lass- rooms and space for 900 students at a time to attend classes and study; the Utility Building which houses the Post Office, Armory, Boatswain’s Locker, and Garage; and the Service Building which contains the Barber Shop, Tailor and Cobbler’s Shop, Ship’s Service Office, Supply and Disbursing Office. To date, more than 22,303 students have received instruction at the School. The peak enrollment in this program was in May 1944 when there were 276 civilian instructors and 1771 active students at the School. Camp Legion Veterans Honored At Program Honoring 55 veterans of World War II who are now students at Camp Legion, Ford Motor Company’s Christmas program was presented December 20 at the Camp. F. E. Searle, superintendent of Ford In- dustrial Schools, presented gifts to the veter- ans at the close of the program. The program featured Tracy Silvester and the Detroit Conservatory Singers as well as Frankie Bapp and Entertainers, all of whom entertained without charge. Co-chairmen of the program were Peter J. Loso and lx stcr A. Twork, former B-huilding Apprentice School instructors now teaching at the Camp. Following the entertainment, guests heard Christmas Carols sung by the Conservatory Singers in tin (’amp’s Martha-Mary Chapel and later had dinner in the barracks' mess hall. Students and faculty of Henry Ford Trade School extend their dee iest sym- pathy to the family of dpt. Kenneth Young, June ' W. who uvis killed acci- dentally when his plane crashed on a lake off, Norember ?.9. Cpl. Young mis act ire in school events. He sang in the glee club and played baseball on the I-section team. Ite also played American Legion base- balt. fief ore tearing for the armed forces, he mis an instructor in the lathe de- partment. I he B-bm!ding Apprentice School is starting the New Year in the spirit of “meet pr« sont day needs.” Because of changing Ford Motor Company tin B-huilding School announces a new hx’ation —♦ Bomber Dedication (Concludod from page 3) $100,000 was exceeded by $27,175 while tin instructors showed their patriotic spirit by topping theirs with $56.3 18.50. Transportation to and from the Air Base was provided for those student-gallants who sold $200 or more worth of bonds and who could not provide their own transportation. Also on the Air Base field were B-26 Ma- rauders and trans|)ort planes which had been in actual combat. They were returned to this country and are being used for further training of ground crews in ngine repair. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 2 This is the solution to problem 2 which uppeared in the November issue of The Craftsman, the second in a series of mathe- matics problems formulated by the B-building Apprentice School. oc«!£. 03J8Ql-17p%25 ) . 00� 0C esc 0 , • 0+ 25°; OE-ODsin ; X • 44 -12 5E +|.5)f OR 8486 PROBLEM 3 Following is the third in a series of mathematics problems formulated by the B- huilding Apprentice School. The solution, as well as a new problem, will appear in the next issue of The Craftsman. DETERMINE THE DISTANCES X AND Y requirements for particular courses of study, for a recently installed S4')nx l and new housing for an old course of study. Following a survey of employes in and about tin Engineering lalx ralory at Ford «r|K rt. it was shown that a large number of experimental workers, w«kxIworkers, body de- signers and other employes desire classroom training to help them in their work and that a definite need exists for such training. The new sch«x l. to lx called the Airframe School is the result., (’.lasses will lx held in socially constructed rooms in the Airframe Building at the Airport. Instructors from the B-building School will travel to and from this sch x l to teach classes in engineering drawing, mechanical drawing, descriptive geometry, and shop mathematics. A similar system of “traveling instructors’’ has been in successful operation for more than two years at the Ford-Lincoln Plant. Classroom and laboratory work in steam engineering, refrigeration, mechanics and ma- chine shop theory has been in the curriculum of the B-building Apprentice School for many years. Much of the Apprentice School’s me- chanical equipnu'iit had been transferred to the laboratories when the Naval School was installe«l, to lx used for nearly four years. With the removal of classes from the Naval Training School’s laboratories in the B- building, however, it was decided to utilize this space and equipment by giving more lab- orators work in these subjects to regular ap- prentice and non-apprentice students. Classes in steam, refrigeration and shop theory will continue to lx taught on the fourth ll«x� r of the B-building. Although “practical application’’ of theory has always been the guiding motive of ap- prentice training, tin student will now lx able to obtain an unusually broad understanding of th( most modern steam and refrigeration equipment available by actually working with it. While “Ixirrowed” by the Navy, tin Lali- oratories were generously and frequently praised by visiting ducators for their re- markable machine installations. The machine shop lalioratory will ontain numerous machines, including the lathe, grinder, shaper, planer, milling ma« hine and drill press. Instructors will use these ma- chines to demonstrate tin “how” of proper machine operation to the student, showing him tin correct manner of lining up and set- ting up a job. This training will help to im- prove the students’ a« tual apprentice machine work in the shops of Ford Motor Company. lx ttcr product, loth present and future, should lx the natural result. In most cases, courses in these lalxiratories and in tin Airframe School will lx ready for presentation in the near future. Pag© 12 THE CRAFTSMAN ViA-itlncf, Servicemen 2nd Lieut. Leonard ('arzon, June ’12. returned to visit the 'Prude School recently. Lieut. Carzon received his wings and commis- sion Novemlx r L as a bomlxirdier in the rmy ir Corps. at Kurtland Field. New Mexico. LEONARD CARZON HENRY GIASSON S Sgt. Henry Giasson, June ’ 12. who is a gunner on a B-24, visited the Trade School November 15. He had lx en overseas for eight months, hut couldn't tell any of his ex- periences because his lK m[ cr group is still over there. Henry’s battle rihlxins speak for themselves. He wears the Italian campaign rihlxm with two oak leaf clusters, and a star on his French campaign ribbon, which he received during the invasion of France. He also has the Presidential Unit Citation w hich was awarded to the members of his bomber group. After his furlough Henry left for Cali- fornia for further orders. F l c Robert Nisbet. June ’43, stopped in the Trade School November 10, l efore going to Norfolk, Virginia, to receive am- phibious training. Lieut. William M. DlBlanc,June ’ ll, who is a communications officer in the Air Force, visited the School November 10, after lin- ishing a training course at Yale University. He expected to l� e sent to Florida after his leave. Sgt. Robert V. Warner, June ’41, who was w ith the marines in the South Pacific area for 18 months, returned to the Trade School November 10, while on a 30-day furlough. CpI. James Kino. January ’43, who re- cently finished training as a mechanic-gunner, visited his friends in the Trade School Novemlier 6, while on a 10-day furlough from the Kingman Gunnery School, Arizona. At I la1! end of his furlough. James reported to Tampa, Florida, where he was assigned to a Ixmiber crew. AS Mario Marini, January '43, who has been in the Navy for a year and a half, visited the Trade School November 0. Mario, is now attending Northwestern University, Illinois, to finish his V-12 course. Pvt. John Hehir Jr. visited the Trade School Novemlier I I from Camp Chartee. rkansas. where he is stationed with an ordnance company. S 1 c Alex Fleming. January ’13. visited the Trade School November 14. He was alxmrd an .k. (auxiliary cargo ship) and has ribbons from the American and South Pacific theaters. One of the lifesavers and a sure cure for lonesomeness.’’ said Alex, “was the regular arrival of The (’.raftsman. Sgt. Raymond Babcock. June ’12. visited the Trade School on November 22, w hile on a seven-day furlough. Ray. who is a radii operator, returned to Camp Shelby. Mis- sissippi. Carl Hoehner VIoMM 2 c. January ’ 13. visited the Trade School November 22. while on a five-day leave. Carl is sta- tioned alxmrd a destroyer escort. F O Remi Van Steenkiste, June ’10. visited the Trade School November 21, while on a 10-day leave. Remi. who is stationed at Plant Park. Florida, expects to go into active duty piloting a B-17 Flying Fortress. S 2 c Don Hatch, June ’ll, visited the Trade School November 20, when on a 14-day leave, Don returned to Fort Pierce, Florida, to receive amphibious training. Upon finishing his boot training at Great Dikes, F 2 c Alex Smeli.ie. June ’l l, visited the School during a nine-day leave. Since entering the Navy, he has gained 22 pounds. In the uniform of the Merchant Marine, AS Homer Taylor, January ’ll, visited the Trade School November 21, while on a four-day pass. Homer has been in the Mer- chant Marine two months, and expects to go overseas soon. BOB WOOLSEY JOHN MATLE Above aro pictures recently received from the last two editors of The Craftsman. Pvt. John Matlo. Janu- ary '43. who was editor from February '43 until February '44. is now stationed with the Air Corps at Keesler Field, Mississipi. Bob Woolsey S2 C, June '44. succeeded John to become the first student-editor in five years, and held that position until he was called into the Navy in October. Bob, now sta- tioned at Groat Lakos, aidod the School in its Buy-a-Bomber Campaign by purchasing a bond. Having finished training as a S|x?rry-hall gunner on a B-17 at Las Vegas, Nevada. Pfc. Michael J. Zitnich, June ’12, former glee club pianist, visited friends in the Trade School November 7. After his furlough, he rejxirted to Lincoln. Nebraska, to be assigned to a Ixmilx-r crew. S 2 c Tim Ford, June ’ll. visited the Trade Sch x l recently, oil a five-day leave, after completing 10 w eks of Ixxit. training at Great Dikes. Tim now tips the scales at 200 pounds instead of 210 ixiunds. Alumni Report on Military Life C Carol Joe Slone, Jan- uary ’44, from the Xaval ir Station in Minneapolis, Minne- sota. says: “Due to the fact that we have lost rela- tively fewer pilots in this war, many changes have been made in naval aviation. Fifty per cent of the graduates of pre-flight schools are Ixdng released from training and reclassified. The other half wait anywhere from two to six weeks at primary lx fore they start to fly. The standards for check rides arc being gradually raised: the ground school course has been lengthened; and the military depart- ment wants better officer material. “Our flying course is comprised of precision landings, acrobatics, formation Hying, and night (lying. The trainer we fly is the Boeing ‘Caydct,’ a two-place open-cockpit biplane with a 220 horsepower, seven cylinder, radial engine.” John IY eat her for (I, f o r m e r School clerk. from Camp Living- ston, Louisiana, says: “Today I received a Craftsman. It made me think of the School and all the l oys. “I’m in an anti-aircraft outfit. My first station was Camp Stewart, Georgia, where we got our basic and advanced training. From there we went to Louisiana and spent four months on maneuvers where we got a good taste of actual combat. As much as I hated it. 1 wouldn’t take a thousand dollars for my experience in the field. “There’s one experience I had which I would like to tell nlxnit. It had l een raining for six days and was still coming down. I had just come back from pass and was stand- ing near a lire trying to make up my mind whether or not to hit the sack. Well, 1 de- cided to try it and started to make tracks for my tent. I tcxik about 20 steps and the ground wasn’t, there anymore. 1 went straight down for about six feet. 1 had fallen into the garbage pit! The water was up to my neck and did I stink when they pulled nie out. EveryIxxly calls me ‘The Garbage Kid’ now.” THE CRAFTSMAN Page 13 Craftsmen Stopped by Fordson The Craftsmen basket ball team received its first defeat of the season, Friday, January 5,at the hands of a determined Fordson quintet in a fight to the finish game, 27-22. on the latter’s court. In the middle of the first quarter there was no doubt in the minds of the spectators that Fordson was out to stop the (’raftsmen's win- ning streak. Their offense and defense was working, holding the lighting Craftsmen al- most scoreless. As the first quarter drew to an end. the Fordson Tractors were leading 10-2. During the second quarter the tempo of the game increased as the (’.raftsmen panni by Ted Zenevich and Mike Bcmadett. decreased the Tractors’ lead. Trade School fans were cheering wildly as the Craftsmen’s offense and defense, clicking for the first time that eve- ning, held Fordson smreless and rolled up their own score. When the whistle blew end- ing the first half, tin store stood. 10-10. The third quarter found ln� th teams play- ing with greater determination to outscore the other. The audience was in an uproar as the teams battled. First one would score, then the other. The end of the third quarter found the Tractors on top. 19-18. In the final quarter, both teams were tiring fast under the rapid tempo. Suddenly the Fordson cagers broke loose, storing four bas- kets to the Craftsmen’s two. During the final seconds Fordson froze the ball. When the game ended Craftsmen had suffered their first defeat in five games, by the score of 27-22. John Erving and Hoss Steggles paced the Tractors with 10 and 8 | oints. respective- ly, while Mike Bernadctt and Ted Zenevich were high scorers for the (’raftsmen with 7 |K)ints each. Shop Scores Fourth Straight Victory Over Class Trailing at the half. 4-1. the veteran shop instructors’ team came from behind to defeat the class instructors’ team for the fourth consecutive time by a score of 10-7, at the Annual Basketball Night, Decemlwr I. at Iiowrey School, Dearborn. I )w scoring was due to the fact the in- structors had only one practice. Dick of 4----------------- practice, however, didn’t seem to handicap Harlan Field, shop, as he rolled up six points during tint second half to take top scoring honors. The class team’s “rumored dark horse” failed to gain the coveted Black Top Hut for the class department. The hat will remain a shop trophy for another year. Section Teams Coached By Bartholomew, Reel, and McDonald When the intramural basketball players requested sectional basketball teams, three academic instructors stepped to the front with, “I’ll be glad to Ik one of the three coaches.’’ The three arc Uiwrence Bartholomew, physics instructor; T. P. Beel, mathematics instructor; and Donald McDonald, physics instructor. Mr. Bartholomew. M-section coach, once played on the Jefferson High School basket- ball team in Lafayette. Indiana. This team won the Indiana state championship of 1915 against a high school team from Lebanon, Indiana, in a hotly contested game with Mr. Bartholomew playing forward. I le has coach- ed independent tennis and foot ball in Detroit. Mr. Beel, T-section coach, played high school baseball and basketball for Pleasant- ville, Indiana, during the. years 1916. 1917, and 1918. Two years after graduating he re- turns! and coached the junior high school basketball team for six years. Mr. McDonald, W-section coach, gained his playing experience as guard on the high school and the junior college teams at Spring rln� r. Michigan. His coaching experience started at Ellsworth. Michigan where he coached basketball, baseball, and track. His basketball team there lost the district cham- pionship of 1937 to Bellaire High School by one point after three minutes overtime play. Then he went to Kimball Township Junior High in Port. Huron. Michigan to conch from 1938 through 1941. THE VICTORS. Standing. left to right: d. Marco. T. Olsen, and F. Rotter: Kneeling, left to right: H. Field. E. Yombor. E. Gaterman. and S. Vigh. THE DEFEATED. Standing, left to right: d. Smoekens, D. McDonald. A. Milankov, and D. Marshall; kneeling, left to right: V. Mc- Clung, L. Bartholomew, and T. Lind. Junior Varsity Defeats Salina, 33-24 W inning their first league game of the sea- son, the Junior Craftsmc n basketball team de- feated Salina Junior High ScIi m I 33-21. January 10. at Salina. Playing against a taller team, the Trade School Inns out-played Salina to overcome their opponents’ advantage. Taking the lead right from the start, the Juniors were out in front 9-1 at the quarter. The second period saw the scores doubled as the Junior (’rafts- men continued on a rampage. In the third |H riod. Salina out-scored our boys 8-7 making tin score 25-16. in favor of Trade School. FrustratingSalina’sallempts to make a come- back. in the fourth period, the Juniors main- tained their margin of 9 points. both teams scoring eight points. Setting the pace for the Trade ScIhkiI team were John Pezzin and Bernic Pfeiffer with nine points each, while high scorer for Salina was Dan Baja with eight points. Bowling Team No. 9 Retains First Place With 30 wins and 10 losses. Team 9. cap- tained by Tony Ungar, T-B-2. has possession of first place in the Trade School Students’ Bowling league. Thomas Otis. T-E-3, and Tony won (’hristmas prizes of $5 by Ismling 78 and I 15 pins over their averages, respectively. Tony took honors on Decemln’r 23, by rolling up single games scores of 153, 219. and 220 to get a three-game series of 592 These are the highest individual scores this season. Bonald Prohm. W-(’.-2, has the highest average of 165. Team 8 has the high team single game of 880 pins while Team I’s score of 2123 is the highest for the tlirec- game series. Messer and Fernelius Capture Ping Pong Honors Winners of the Trade School Ping Pong Tournament, which started Septeml er 28 and ended Noveml er 28. were Wallace Messer. M-E-l, who won the junior league champion- ship and Earl Fernelius. T-B-3, who won tin senior league championship. In the junior league 29 matches were played of which Wallace played and won 10. Wallace also was the “Champ” of the 1913 junior league. Karl maintained a perfect score in the senior league by winning six matches out of six played. In the junior and senior league play-off between Earl and Wallace, Earl defeated Wallace by taking two out of three sets thus winning the school championship. Page 14 THE CRAFTSMAN And It Was True Humors of «ill kinds were heard in School the days preceding the Christinas dinner . . . “Somebody is joking. They’ll not give us roast turkey.” “Gee, a whole pint of chocolate milk! If we get that every Christmas, Henry Ford will soon have me as a 20-year man.” An A-class boy remarked, “I’ve waited tlirec and a half years for something like this. I still won’t believe it until I see it with my own eyes.” Two (i-Imins, while standing at the bulle- tin ls ard with their eyes popping, made the following remarks as they read the | osted menu. “lxM k at that menu!” Vegetable Consomme Head lettuce with 1000 Island Dressing Roast Young Turkey with Dressing Mashed Potatoes Green String Beans White Bread with Butter I pint Chocolate Milk Fruit Cake with Ice Cream “Even the green BEANS look good.” “The instructors have to pay 70 cents for that meal and we get it for nothing.” “We get a paid Christmas vacation, too. Boy I’m sure glad I «une to this school.” And then came Decemlier 21. At 11:09 o’clock in the morning, zero hour, the first wave of Trade School students marched into the cafeteria to cat. Soon after the first fowl had liecn attacked it was found that hand-to- hand methods were the best to use. When tin well-fed left the cafeteria their stomachs moaned, “That was the U st Trade School dinner I have had yet.” “I m glad 1 came to school today,” one boy saiil. “I wouldn’t have missed that meal for anything.” This meal, which was the reward that students received for succeeding in the Buy- a-Bomber Campaign, w ill go down in the his- tory of the Trade School meals as one of the finest ever served. Twenty Years lConp.gt from since he came to the Trade School in 1921. Ilis favorite s| ort is soccer-football, in which he gaimnl distinction as a star halfback with the old Ulster Football Club, of Detroit, in the early I920’s Ernest A. Lockwood, liorn on a farm in Oakland County, Michigan. August 6. 1886, has been the time estimator of jobs for the I last 16 years. When Mr. Lockwood first came to the School he was a lathe instructor. “In my 20 years with the Trade School.” remarked Mr. Ixickwood. “I have enjoyed my work and my association with the boys and instructors.” “In my experience with the boys, I have found enthusiasm and interest in young people,” said Charles . Smith, who has been in the clearing house since lie was transferred to the Trade School from the factory. He was born in Detroit, July 2. � . 1891. Mr. Smith was a tool inspector in the factory. In 1927-28, Mr. Smith, a former semi-pro hasehull catcher, coached the W -section base- ball team. IT'S THE TRUTH ........Ted Reel, mathematics instructor, once caught 11 possums in one night with his dog, Trix, in Possum Hollow, Indiuna. ... O. R. Scott, chemistry instructor, once played a saxophone in a dance orchestra .........R. D. Weaver, chemistry instruc- tor. was a coal miner in Kentucky. .........William E. Stewart, air tool in- structor, has a captain’s license for ocean or lake-going vessels. .........L. H. Bartholomew, physics in- structor. worked in an Ohio steel mill for three years. .........Roy A. Yerex, chemistry instruc- tor, was once a stoker on one of the lioats that travel the Great Lakes. .........Fred Nicholson, drawing in- structor. was onnoe a stenographer with the Bell Iron Works. .........L. K. Ryan, shop theory instruc- tor. and Steve Vigh, shop oflice clerk, were members of the first Craftsmen basketball team that was organized when the Highland Park and Rouge Trade Schools joined in 1980 Meditation... Your editor’s thoughts as he “hits the feathers” after a GRUELLING day at the office. When’s The Craftsman coming out? . . I mud drive is coming along pretty good . . . send more copy down tomorrow . . . get to sleep, forget about the | a| er . . . better get color down to Bill . . . (host posters must lie put up . . . better write that editorial to- morrow . . . hope those fellows remember they arc to have their pictures taken . . . wonder when the yearbook will really come out . . . those guys drive me nuts asking about it . . . it’s not my fault . . . wish I could get to sleep . . .what’s on tomorrow at night school . . . ho|x I passed that test we had tonight . . . lietter write Bob this week . . .he will begin to think I have forgotten him . . .what shall I use for the next cover . . .must get to sleep . . . page 12 is ready to lie set up . . . wonder if we’ll reach our quota . . . don’t want to eat l cans . . .rather have sliced TURKEY . . . or maybe a drumstick . . . those fellows should have their stories in by now . . . better remind them . . . Fox will be out Monday . . . (iee, I need a date for Saturday night . . . wish Stoelting didn’t have to go away so much . . . at least not at the wrong times . . . I better not forget to take those job tickets over to Temp at 3 o'clock tomorrow . . . she doesn’t like it when I’m late . . . hope the next issue comes out on time . . . need to finish my Christmas sliopping . . . don’t think I will go to the De Mol ay skating party . . . always on the same night as some school event . . . hope the Ixiys like The Craftsman ... if they don’t I guess they’ll tell me so . . . got to sell stamps al the crib tomorrow . . . Ho-hum, I’m pretty tired, lietter get to sleep . . . nice to have a week’s vacation for Christ- mus . . . hope. Stoelting . .. checks ... that... copy . .. tomor . .. OVER THE CRIB COUNTER By I. C. ALL ★ ★★ Greetings dear readers, it’s 1915 . . . honest! Ah me, how time flys when you’re on vacation . . . Had a wonderful time, now I have to rest from resting . . . Sure, I slept late every morning, you would too if you came in early—in the morning . . . I. C. All didn’t have to make any New Year’s resolutions . . . Just going to try to keep the ones I made last year . . . Welcome back Mr. Ryan . . . I’m not a G-lx y . . . By the way, when are you coming back Mr. Kazvak . . . “The bigger they come, the harder they fall” .... the Craftsmen have pro- ven that .... If the spectators at the basketball games continue to throw pennies onto the floor and Ed .Faster continues to pick them up, Ed will soon lie able to retire . . . By the way, when were the classroom instructors taught how to pick locks when they forget their keys? I. C. All’s tune interpretations for this month: EMBRACE ME MS SWEET EMBRACEABLE YOU—N uf said... EVERYDAY OF MY LIFE—No! No! Five days a week are enough . . . DON’T FENCE ME IN—Trade School boy’s prayer . . . SALT WATER COWBOY—the kind of guys we are helping when we buy bonds . . . I’LL WALK ALONE—said the skunk . . FLYING HOME—result of 3:50 1h II . . . YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOI LOVE—wish my instructor didn’t love me so much . . . WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES—thought of an M-l� oy . . . LITTLE R AIN MUST FALL—but I prefer a WHITE CHRISTMAS ... EAGER BEA- VER—a T-boy . . . Are you tired? ... Do you hate to get up in the morning? . . . Do you hate to go to ! cd at night? . . . Are you hungry after lunch? . . . Do you fall asleep during classes? . . . Do your feet hurt? . . . Do you have to go to night school? . . Are you broke? . . THAT’S TOUGH _____ Speaking of clothes, I was startled out of my wits, when a blur of green ap- proached me. I asked Andy Campbell if he had made a discovery in chemistry. He indignantly told me that I was looking at his new sport coat. . . I. C. All thought he was dreaming Decem- ber 21. when he saw all the good food in the cafeteria ... It was well prepared .too . . . Bob Johnson is known as the BLUSIIEB... SCENE IN THE HALLS: Roy Yerex swinging from the girders. . . Why didn’t you pick the lock Mr. Yerex? ? ? I. C. All will lx back again next month, if. I promise to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, so help me . . . please? . . . You see, February is the month when George Wash- ington was Inirfi . . . Hasta luego, I. C. All TfH E C'RAF TiS MAN Page 15 ft future Jimmy Dorsey, that’s me,” stated (Jerald Grant, M-A-l. Playing with different dance bands for more than two years, Jerry finds it interesting and enjoyable, lie started on his “road to fame” at the age of 13 when he purchased a saxophone. Since then he has added the clarinet to his musical accomplishments. Be- sides playing at high school dances, Jerry also has played at the U.S.O. center in Detroit. He hopes to become a band leader, as you can see During his three years with Detroit federa- tion baseball teams Mike Bemadett, W-C-l, has always been among the league leaders in hatting, fielding, stolen bases, and runs scored. This year, playing his first year at shortstop for the Crafts- men, he led his teammates in batting with a .361 average and in stolen bases with 15. Mike also is a letterman in varsity basketball. Building gas model airplanes is the hobby of Leo Dietz. T-A-2. who has built a large variety of models. Three of his models which stand out in his favor are a U-control model which was clocked at 90 m.p.h., a Cleveland Thermal, ami a six-foot s| an Bucca- neer. In his assortment of equip- ment are a class-B engine, the Ollsen 19, and a Ok 19 in class C. Hubert Dewar, M-B-l. has recently com- pleted six hours flying instruction in a dual-con- trolled light airplane. He has been interested in aircraft for six years and has built two gasoline flowered models, one of which was capable of s|)eeds up to 75 miles an hour and could ! c con- trolled from the ground. Taking an active part in the Trade School CAP as well as editing the li-1 Bulletin are among his other interests Lee Heaviland, W-E-2, sends advanced pay- ments every scholarship to Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa, where he hopes to learn how to become a modern farmer. Lee has been sending payments for six months and expects to have his course paid for when he graduates from the Trade School. “I am a lover of the open country and fresh air,” he stated, “and I would rather work a farm than continue my trade after graduation.” “Sea Scouting provides plenty of adventure on land as well as on sea,” stated Glen Fitzgerald, t-D-3. Glen has been registered in Sea Scout Ship 191 for three years and now holds the rank of able seaman. He held the position of bugler and yeoman. Of the many activities, (den particularly recalls a trip to Mackinac Island by boat with sea scouts in command Introducing Hunting and fishing constitute the favorite sports of Glen Heed, T-A-l, who has collected an assortment of equipment during the last fewr years. Before the war. he and his father went fishing in the Upper Straits of Michigan every week-end of the fishing season. Glen stated that on these trips he often caught pickerel that weighed 10 (Mxindsor more. In the fall he hunts pheasant, rabbits, and other small game in various counties of Michigan. To be a professional cameraman is the ambition of Arnold Levelighan. M-A-2, who has acquired a collection of photographic equipment valued at $125. To have a place where he could develop his films ami store his equipment, rnold built a dark- room in the basement of his house. As soon as possible he hopes to add a movie camera and projector to his collection. Arnold has other hobbies including stamps and model airplanes. SCHOOL DAZE, the B-24 Liberator pictured on the cover of this issue .. . has a wing spread of 110 feet ... is 67 feet long . . . weighs 20 tons . . . is powered by four 1,250-horsepower Pratt and Whitney engines . . . has a speed of more than 300 miles an hour . . . has a flying range of 3,000 miles . . . has an operating ceiling of 32,000 feet . . . has ten 50-caliber machine guns and four turrets . . . has a capacity bomb load of four tons . . . has 18 self-sealing gas tanks . . . contains approximately 1,250,000 parts . . . contains 30,000 unlike parts . . . contains more than six miles of electrical wiring . . . contains approximately 313,000 rivets. Page 2 THE CRAFTSMAN ahr (Craftsman PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR BY AND FOR STUDENTS OF HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL. DEARBORN. MICH. Editor-in-chiof: BILL BLEWETT Roportorial Staff: ROBERT ADAMS. KENNETH BEARD. JOHN DOWELL. SAMUEL DUKES. PAUL HILL. ROBERT HOBART,« RICHARD HUGHES. JOHN KEMPEL. NORBERT OLD AN I. DAVID PACE. JACK PRYOR. JOHN SCHWENINGER. RALPH TENNANT. GEORGE TOZER. THOMAS TUER, ROGER VanSTEENKISTE. PASCAL WOODY. Reporters for outside Schools: JOE BOGDAN, B-building Apprentice School: ALICE BENN, Aircraft School; MARGARET PARRY. Highland ParU Apprentice School: and JACK THOMPSON. Willow Run Airplane School. Adviser.................................- - - E. H. STOELTING Vol. 3. No. 4 February, 1945 l OltcU An.e I'Ve. jbcUeu !aw? We of the Trade School raisedj$127,000 to buy a B-21 l,il eralor. but what are we doing now? Last Friday the stamp sales for t he whole school totaled only $171. We have failed in our purpose if our sales do not increase. special drive is lo raise EXTRA money as a supplement to your regular loans. Yes, remember you are only lending, and at a high rate of interest. The fellows out there can't stop fighting when they win a big bailie, they must continue lo fight and consolidate their gains. We must consolidate our gains. We must continue to fight, too. In the shop when you have a job “roughed out,” you don't stop and say to your instructor “I'm through, I’ve done my share. No, you proceed lo finish the job. In the Trade School we are taughl to finish what we start and to do it in the quickest way with the best results. Twenty-four Trade School graduates have finished their jobs, they have given more than their share to their country and lo you .. . Ih ir lives. Surely we can lend our money. News Briefly Told: Ralph Thompson, W-E-l, has a baseball auto- graphed by the members of the St. Ixmis Cardinals, present World Champions. Due to an error, we stated in last month’s Crafts- man, that Arthur Waidmann, W-B-l, had the high- est maturity value sales record, however, he was topped bv James Roberts. M A-3, who had a record of $ 1125.' ■ ■ ■ W edding bells will ring in May for Miss Clara Tonies, The Craftsman OITiee who proudly displayed her engagement ring February 9. Congratulations, Miss Tonics! Thirty-one students and one instructor of the School left for servire during January. They are: STU DENI'S Duane Ed in Clarke Seal� ert George Potter Albert Pryzhylski Kenneth Casley Fred Croxall Ernest Detrover Marvin llildehrandt Richard Millard illiam Giezentanner Waller Brink William Bush Raymond Fitzsimons Douglas McCombs Douglas Hunter Stanley Tulk Robert Lcmmer Vincent Tolomei Bernard Mott Lewis Kingerv lxH Dietz Frederick Johns Frederick Peteolf Fred Hochscheidt John Dutton Edgar McClaun James Tancock Harold Miller James Doyle Gerald Grant James llafeli INSTRUCTORS Frank Beyer felaad PlaA+na Mea vi “Yanks in Manila.” “Berlin Bombed Again. victories such as these expend the Army and Navy’s supply of blood plasma. Now, with more furious fighting in progress, the Bed Cross is asking for more blood . . . your blood. Blood isn’t a pretty word, but il means life to thousands of American C. I.’s all over the world. Line up with the countless others who have given their blood, and in the future be able to say to yourself, I saved a serviceman's life. lAJbal' L auA, A+tlwe i? Students of Henry Ford Trade SchooI have proved that they are capable of doing big things. They have shown that they possess the qualities of leaders. They know how to plan a job and how to complete it. Now the time has come for students to decide if they are going to handle another Bob-Lo picnic. Last year the A-and B-class stalls formed the committee and did a fine job. It's no small task, but if the fellows who were here a year ago could do it; then those that bought a bomber can do il too. What's your answer fellows? Report to your class captains. Twenty three students who displayed high academic and shop ability were awarded all-A cards for the last report during the preceding semester. Robert Baarlaer Miguel Bernadctt Itobert Bertouille Herald Blahut Ernest Borg Andrew Campbell Alex Cechanowicz Don Couden I lerbert Crenshaw Conrad Hangartuer Floyd Hansen Nicholas Kachman John Konkat Ixmis Loval Robert Otto Thomas Peak It. Jerome Pohl Raymond Scheyer John Smith Edward Taylor Arthur Ziegler Peler Zolncrow ich Richard Hawes —OUR COVER— Our cover picture was taken at the January Prom held in the Wayne Room of the Statler Hotel which was attended by 200 graduates and undergraduates of the Trade School and their dates. (draftsman ____________ Volume 3 No. 4 HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL February 1945 7 Grads In Uniform Receive Diplomas F. E. Soarlo, J. E. Bossardot, and R. R. Rausch congratulate the seven graduates who were in uniform. Tho boys are, left to right: Robort H. Lommor, Douglas A. Hunter, R. Douglas McCombs. Gerald d. Grant, Bernard W. Nott, Stanley G. Tulk, and John A. Schweninger. R. R. RAUSCH PRESENTS DIPLOMAS TO JANUARY GRADUATES Seven of the 110 students, who received diplomas from the hands of H. K. Rausch, superin- tendent of the Ford Motor Company, at. the commencement exercises, held at the Fordson High School, at 8 p.m., Saturday, February 3, were in army uniform. These seven are; Gerald ----- ‘How We Live’ To give the American people a better understanding of bow the economic body functions, the hook, How We Live, was written by Fred G. Clark and Richard Stanton Rimanocxy. low We Lice takes the economic body apart and gives a simple explanation of its functioning just as one would take a car apart and explain it. In taking the economic body apart, the authors do not pass any judgment what they liud, hut merely describe their findings. The 39-page lxx k has l� een in preparation for more than two years and is the condensa- tion of millions of words and ideas that have been brought out by every school of economic thought. 'I'he first publication date is October 1911. It is the opinion of the authors that most men are striving for the same goal but simply do not know it. This lxx k, containing 25 illustrations, can be read in approximately 15 minutes. It is written in a simple style and can be easily understood. Anyone interested in the functions of the economic body should read this lxx k. A- and B-olass students especially are urged to read the work because it would enhance their chances of getting ahead in the outside world. Trade School administrators are hoping to have the lxx� k put into the curriculum be- cause of its high informative value. Copies may be obtained in the library. School Has Two New Instructors John B. Landon, formerly of the Naval Training School Diesel Laboratory, was ap- ixdntcd to the Trade School faculty near the Edward R. Komorowski John B.Landon (•lose of the semester as instructor in journal- ism and to assist The ('raftsman stair. Mtcr graduating from Central High School, Detroit, Mr. I andon accepted the Trumbull Avenue Presbyterian Church schol- (Continued on page 6) 200 Attend Senior Prom Vttcndiug the largest social event of the season, 200 Henry Ford Trade School gradu- ates and undergraduates, escorted dates to the Senior Prom held in the Wavne Room of Hotel Statler, January 27. At 6:30 p.m. a milling group of tuxedo-clad youths with the company of charming femininity attached to their arms could lx seen entering the main room and finding tables with classmates. Seated early at a front table were Jack Pryor, Stan Gorman, I ewis kingerv, Harold Sonnenberg, and Harry Mathewson, who entertained their dates with “tales” about each other's antics in school. Directly across the floor from this inseparable group, the ever-so-short crew-cut of Al Shields prominently gave proof of his presence. Also “spreading joy up to the maximum” for their lovely girls were Robert Robinson. Gerald Martcll, Vincent Tolomei, and Frederick Johns. s the fruit cocktail, soup, entree, dessert, and coffee were finished olT. other groups could be noticed enjoying themselves. George Tozer. Ray Fitzsimons, James Milne, (Continued on page S) J. Grant, Douglas A. Hunter, Robert II. I mmer, R. Douglas McCombs. Bernard V. Nott, John A. Schweninger, and Stanley G. Tulk. Thirteen others in service were unable to attend. They «re: Walter F. Brink, Robert D. Coll, Fred Croxall, Raymond Dare, Janies Davis, Duane C. Ed in, James II. Ilafeli, Norman H. IJebert, Richard M. Millard. Albert L. Przybylski, David Reid, Gilbert F. Rowe and Ralph G. Tennant. James Bradford, M-A-l, delivered the valedictorian’s address, “Springlx ards of Success.” James was selected for his high scholastic standing. Commander Kenneth Williams, Ford Motor Company. Post 173, American Legion, presented William Fuhrman and George E. Tozer with the American Legion Awards. These awards are presented semi-annually to the graduates w ho are outstanding in scholar- ship, leadership, courage, honor and service. “What’s Right with America” was the the theme of the Rev. Frederick 11. Olert’s, D. D. speech. Rev. Olert is minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Detroit. F. F. Searle, superintendent of the Ford Industrial Schools, introduced J. E. Boss- (Continued on page 5) Page 4 THE CRAFTSMAN Henry Ford Trade School Squadron 639-4 ★ ★ CAP NEWS By GEORGE TOZER The Adjutant... Miss Merle Hicks, bookstore, has been the adjutant of Squadron 639-1 since it was orig- inated last March. Her job includes keeping service records of cadets, maintaining a refer- ence file of bulletins for officers, sending reports to wing and group headquarters on the Squadron, and typing all forms and identification cards. Having been recently promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer, Miss Hicks states, “Serving as an adju- tant in the Civil Air Patrol is like being an office manager in a business concern.” Pre- vious to joining the CAP. Miss Hicks helped in Red Cross work, on Draft and Ration ! oards, and did other jobs through the OCD. Drill Team... MISS MERLE HICKS In order to bring the Group 9 competitive drilling cup to the Trade School, the drill team has l een practicing regularly. The cup, presented for competition by Glider Squadron 5, wras won in September by Squad- ron 3. It must be won three times in succes- sion, however, before it becomes the winning Squadron's property. In March it will again be up for competition. Promotions... Latest promotions in Squadron 639-1 in- clude: Edward Morrin to Warrant Officer as Supply Officer; Cadet Sergeant GeorgeTo er to First Sergeant as Cadet Commander; Cadet Sgt. Charles Fried I to Cadet S Sgt. as Supply Sergeant; and Cadet Pvt’s. Manuel Howze. Norbert Oldani, and RoIktI McCruni to Cpl’s. as Section Leaders. New Class... At the request of 15 cadets who were en- rolled in the engine theory class, a laboratory course has been in session for the past two months at the Aircraft School. In this class, which meets on Saturday mornings form 9 to 11. an 18-cylinder Pratt and Whitney R-2800 engine is being torn down and examined by the cadets. The School’s Library—and How ll Began V IIEN Henry Ford Trade School was located in Highland Park. Michigan, C. G. Rogers ami ). S. Bratton, English instructors, formed a plan to start a library for the benefit of the pupils. The plan was started in 1923 with about 100 books collected from v arious classrooms, and donations of instructors. To enlarge the library, additional books were purchased by Ford Motor Company. In the fall of 1925, the Trade School Libra- ry became a branch of the McGregor Library of Highland Park, Michigan. Under this ar- rangement the Trade School purchased the technical books, while the McGregor Library furnished the non-technical books. The first librarian in the School was Miss Frances Delehant, who held that position until September 1. 1930 when Henry Ford Trade School moved from Highland Park and be- came part of a School already in o|x;ration at the Ford Rouge plant. Since that time the Trade School has had its own, indc| cndcnt library. The oldest book in the Trade School Library is The Sketch Hook by Washington Irving. This book, published in 1818, was originally a gift from Mrs. F. E. Searle’s father to her mother on the Christmas of 1850. Books are divided into two classes, fiction and non-fiction. Books of fiction are placed on the shelf in alphabetical order according to the authors. Non-fiction lxx ks are arranged on the shelf following a pattern called the Dewey decimal system. In this system, all books are divided into 10 main classes with each class allotted 100 numbers as follows: 000-099 General Works (Encyclopedias, Periodicals) 100-199 Philosophy (Psychology, Right Living) 200-299 Social Sciences 300-399 Religion •400-499 (language (Dictionaries and Grammar) 500-599 Sciences (Mathematics, Chemis- try, Physics) 600-699 Useful Arts (Machine Shop Work. Engineering, Agriculture). --------- 700-799 Fine Arts (Mechanical Drawing. Music, Painting.) 800-899 Literature (Poetry, Plays.) 900-999 History (Geography, Travel, Collective Biographies.) Each lxx k acquired by the Library is listed in the card catalog, which is an alphabetical list of the authors, titles, and subjects of the lxx ks in the Library, with information on how they may lx? found on the shelf. The number of books now in the Library is alxmt 10.000. The Library subscribes to uhout 200 magazines and periodicals, which deal mostly with technical subjects in order that the latest methods used in industry may be studied. From 100 to 500 jxersons use the Library daily for reference work; approximately 300 l ooks are circulated daily. For each lxx k t hat is checked out a person is alloted a certain amount of time dc(X‘nding on the type of txx k. Non-fiction Ixxiks may In kept for two weeks w hile fiction books may lx kept for one week. Reference volumes may not be taken out. Circulating lxx ks may be renewed if the demand for them is not txxj great. So that lxx ks will lx; kept in circulation, a fine of two cents is charged for each day the book is over- due. During the year alxnit 500 books are repaired. There are two other libraries in the Ford Industrial Schools, the Aircraft School and Airplane School libraries. The Highland Park Apprentice School and Camp Legion use the Trade School library. These Libraries are available to anyone who is an employe of Ford Motor Company. The Trade School Library has a master file of lx oks in these libraries, and records lxx)ks and |X‘riodicals for all Ford Industrial Schools. Pictured are members of a reading class during a session in the library. Books are on shelves at the left while periodicals are in the cabinets in the background. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 5 2 More Instructors Have Sons Overseas The Craftsman stair regrets that, in the January edition, it omitted two instructors who have sons overseas. The names of the instructors and the names and whereabouts of their sons are as follows: J. W. Blair, bricklaying department, has two sons overseas. AMM 2 c James W.. Jan- uary ’37, has been in the South Pacific theater of war for 18 months, while his brother f MR 2 c Robert M . January Ml, has been in South America for 19 months. Roth boys received their training at Great Lakes. S Sgt. Paul J. IjiForest, son of Charles La Forest, shipping oierk, is with an infantry motor division somewhere in France. Paul attended the Trade School as a summer student six years ago. Commencement (Conc‘.u±itrom ardet, paymaster of the Ford Motor Com- pany, and Mr. Rausch, trustees of the Trade School. Mr. Rausch outlined the history of I lenry Ford Trade School in his talk. G. A. Yerex, pro- gram chairman and fiersonnel director of the Ford Industrial Schools. introduced Tracy Silvester and Emil Gowatch. Mr. Silvester, an alumnus of the Trade School, sang “The World is M i n e.” Emil Go- watch Trade School inspector, played ‘Stars in a Velvety Sky” as a trumpet solo. Twenty graduates received honor diplomas. They are: Robert A. Adams, James Bradford, I ’slie Ferguson. William JAMES BRADFORD (Concluded from page 3) and Jerry Yauger, not only saw that their delight fills were well-fed but made sure they were well entertained. Sam Dukes wore a black eye to match his tuxedo. Helping Sam through the embarrassing situation was Owen Hamilton and his date. So tin dinner ended and before a sigh of relief could l e emitted. Roger Van Steenkiste rapped and called attention to the head table. There, sitting comfortably or embarrassed as the case may be, were Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Searle, Roger, Alan Symonds, Robert Adams, and George Barnier with gorgeous “dates” at either side. The toast master’s jokes were appreciated, Mr. Searlr’s remarks most welcome, and Al Symonds’ review of Trade School life ap- proved. While this was going on Bill Wesley, JamesTaocock, Frank Ruzcl. and Rudy Von Wnlthnuscn found it easy to keep their re- spective dates happy. On the other side of the room it was easy to discern Tod Zcnevich, I oyd Shouts, and Bernard Nott, keeping their girl-friends laughing. loiter in the evening many more students, barely recognizable so dressed up and clean, arrived for dancing with dates. Seen circling the floor were John Canavan. I oslio Ferguson Paul Hill, and Tom Tuer. During inter- mission Norb Oldani, Gordon Mitchell. Richard Oates, and William Fuhrman were surrounding the drinking fountain. Ed Bertouille, senior, had his camera as well as his date, so it was easy to pick out the other seniors, Gcrrv Oldcnkamp, Gene Carpentier, Ray Regeir, and Bill Blewctt. Bidding for the title of “shortest person there” was Miss Clara Tomes, Craftsman office. accompanied by her boy-friend. Faculty members present included John Dobrei and Howard Hedinger who took tickets and pictures, respectively. The School's trustees F. E. Searle, R. R. Rausch, and J. E. Bossardet admire the American Legion Awards won by George Tozer and William Fuhrman. Reading left to right: Mr. Searle. George, Mr. Rausch, William, and Mr. Bossardot. Fuhrman, Richard Hughes, John J. Kempel, Gordon Krey, Frank l u .ei, Ralph Morse, Richard B. Oates, Norbert J. Oldani, I � o J. Ollila. Jack Pryor, John J. Toporek. George E. Tozer, Charles J Tutt, Roger Van Steenkiste. Rudolph VonWalthausen, Rol ert H. Wren- l eck, and Theodore Zenevich. Mr. Scott Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Fords Forty years ago—on the morning of Felv- ruary 17, 1905—lx mis Scott, now of the School’s electrical deportment, left his 10- acre, fruit-farm home which was at the present intersection of Grand River and Edmondton Avenues to walk over the threshold of a building across whose main entrance stretched a huge banner with words: “Home of the Cele- brated Ford Automo- biles.” Ever since Mr. Scott has been a mem- ber of the Ford organ- ization. His first job, at the Piquet te Plant, was to help keep the Company’s two- cylin- der cars in condition. Near the time of the birt h of the famous LOUIS SCOTT Model-T, in 1908, Mr. Scott became chief operator in the power house. After eight years in this department at the Piquette and Highland Park Plants, he began working as a repairman in the electrical department. When this department came into the Trade School while at Highland Park, Mr. Scott was made an instructor, a job that Ik has held with pride. For as he puts it, ‘‘I enjoy the companionship of boys; I like to work with them; and I find that I can do more teaching by working along with them than by standing olt and directing.” Then and Now— In February, the birthdays of two Ameri- can presidents, Washington and Lincoln, are observed in schoolrooms throughout, the country. Sitting in a comfortable room, well-lighted, with black-boards, maps, and models at his disposal, and a large library at band, the present-day Trade School boy will find it difficult to picture the scanty resources of education which were available to these great statesmen in their youth. A well educated person in the time of Washington had about the same education as that of a student in the fourth grade today. He had the essentials of the three “R’s,” reading, ’riling and ’rithmetic, which is really just the beginning of educat ion for the modem school boy. Even a century later, in the time of Lincoln, education was still in its rudimentary stage as compared to the present. This docs not mean, of course, that people were igno rant, as they learned much from everyday life. In the early eighteenth century it was a (Continued on page 11) Page 6 THE CRAFTSMAN Highland Park Apprentice School SCHOOL BEGINS FOURTH YEAR... Established in its new location, the Highland Park Apprentice School reviews its training experiences as it celebrates its third year of service. In February. 1912. as a result of the urgent need for skilled workers to produce the most complex precision instrument in the Ford Motor Company’s history, a small organi- zation with a tremendous task to jierform lx - came what was then known as the Ford Di- rector School. Not only was the School re- quired to train newly hired, unskilled workers (many of them women) in the use of precision instruments and precision production meth- ods, but it also served as a placement center, responding to the man-power needs of the various departments of the plant. In September, 1912, Trade School grad- uates ami tool, die, and electrical apprentices were transferred to Highland Park to assist in the production of the Anti-Aircraft Gun Director. The School was then called iqx n to expand its training program to include Ford Apprenticeship Training. Concurrently with this long-term training program, the Ford Highland Park Apprentice School, in stop with plant production, trained employes in electrical and mechanical assem- bly operations for the M-l Tank and I-10 Tank Destroyer, a program completed in December, 1942. As part of the Highland Park Plant swung over from director production to that of the Outer Wing, Nose section, and Tail Cone of the B-24 Bomber in August, 191.3. the Rivet. Training Division of the School was develo| ed to train new employes and supply manpower to compensate for the big turnover which ac- companies riveting work. Under the leader- ship of Dave Dawson and Harry Martin, the Outer Wing Division of the plant received the “A” Bating Award by the U.S. Army Air Corps. Again the importance of a well-co- ----------- ordinated training program was recognized by production’s leaders when the School was cited for its training services. The Rivet Training Division completed its work in September, 1911. In December, 1913, production of the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft engine at High- land Park necessitated the reconversion of plant and workers to the new production tasks. The School altered and developed its program to lit the change for work and people. Gear problems instead of precision inspection problems became tin prime concern of the plant. In this res| eot many special courses were started, one of which was tin; Magnetic Particle Inspection course in cooperation with the U.S. Air Corps. In June. 1911. full-time production training for the Pratt ami Whitney Project was discontinued ns production needs were filled. The Highland Park Apprentice School has just added a new' course in Refrigeration to its curriculum. The len-w« � k course does not endeavor to train its students to liecome refrigeration repairmen. Considering the ne- cessity, however, in this war fieriod of keeping all electrical equipment in good working con- dition. everyone should have some under- standing of his household refrigerator. As the fourth year of service begins for the Highland Park Apprentice School, it has moved from its former location at X-5-33 to M-3-10, the building west of John II Street. Mere the stair nucleus of the School continues with apprenticeship training and special courses. Elmer Benzing, instructor at Highland Park Apprentice School andTrado School graduate, demonstrates the application of trigonometry to a shop problem. Word has ln en received that Sgt. Charles Cullen. Trade School graduate and former tool apprentice of the Highland Park Plant, was wounded in action somewhere in Ger- many. “Chuck” earned the Purple Heart for a former wound in September, 1911. He has l een in service since March, 1944, and has seen action in France, Holland. Belgium, and Germany. Pvt. Harry Castilloux, graduate tool ap- prentice of the Highland Park Apprentice School, was reported kii.ed in action. He had been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, for combat service with the Fifth Army in Italy. Lieut. Burton Van Gorder, former instruc- tor of tank electricity and now a B-24 pilot, drop|N l in recently to see his old friends. Having completed his required number of missions over Germany, lie is stationed in the United States for rest and re-assignment. S l c Boy Meacham, who is still in train- ing at Great Lakes, paid the Sch x� l a visit during the Christmas holidays. He spent, several months of his training period at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. Roy is a graduate electrical apprentice and taught apprentice electricity lx fore he left for mili- tary service in April, 1911. (Concluded from page 3) arship and attended Alma College. There he received his bachelor of arts degree and was graduated with honors. I le also is a graduate of Auburn Theological Seminary, Auburn. New York with a bachelor of divinity degree. While attending Auburn Air. London was editor of the Auburn Seminary Record and lie also worked as reporter for the Auburn, New York, Cili2cn. He taught in tin George Junior High School in Detroit for one year, worked three years in the l-II organization and was a state electrical inspector for live years. Later la? came to the Diesel laboratory as an instruc- tor and remained there until the naval train- ing program was completed. Edward B. Komorowski, June 38. was transferred November 20 from the Naval Training Scliool to the Trade School as a shop theory instructor. While attending the Trade School he served on the Craftsman stair, played on the first team in the school, and played baseball in class competition. Three years follow ing his graduation from Trade School he completed the Apprentice School and his toolmakers apprenticeship. He served as a tool and die designer in the drafting room and mathematics instructor in the B-building Apprentice School before his transfer to the Naval Training School. There lu was shop theory department head and in- structor until his return to the Trade School last November. Mr. Komorowski is married and has a 21-month-old daughter. Archery, tennis, swimming and woodworking are his hobbies. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 7 Our English Counterpart In Englaqd there is a Henry Ford Trade School. This school was founded al Tiallord Park. Manchester, July 1930 and at the end of the year five students had been enrolled. In 1931 the school was transferred to its present site at Dagenham. Essex, where it covers 11,000 square feet of floor space. The school consists of engineering shops, classroom� , dining room, librarv, mechanics laboratory, and several smaller rooms. There are 10 instructors, a shop foreman, and two class teachers, who teach 109 students; this bring the maximum number of lioys who can l e accomodated with the existing equipment and stair. For admittance into the school, boys must lx 11 years of age and from local elementary schools. Eighteen lioys are selected every second term and stay for a period of four years. Since about 30 times as many boys apply for admission as can be accepted, considerable care is given to the selection of each candidate. The lioys, picked exclusively by tests devised in the school, are chosen for their general intelligence and natural aptitude to engineer- ing rather than outstanding scholastic successes. The school is divided into six sections, each section spending two weeks in shop, alternating with one week of theoretical study, so that at all times there are four sections in th ? shop and one in each of the two class- rooms. The magazine containing this story was sent from England by Larry Churley, former editor of The Craftsman. School starts at 8 a.m. with those students in t he shop going home at 4:30 p.in. and those in class at 3:30 p.m. Normally the boys work a five-day week, but under war conditions they are expected to attend on Saturday mornings during their two weeks in the shop. The majority of the boys upon turning 16 years old voluntarily work overtime as a war effort; but overtime is confined to five hours a week during the shop weeks only. o boy under 16 years of age is allowed to work extra hours, and overtime is not allowed in the school for any boys during peace time. Students receive scholarship for all time spent in the school, including class periods, and for their annual two weeks’ vacation. t II years of age the rate, including war bonuses, is 9d. (approximately 18 cents) an hour. This amount increases by 2d. (about four cents) an hour at each succeeding birth- das until the student receives Is. 5d. (ap- proximali ly 30 cents) an hour at the age of 18. t this age. the student is transferred to the factory. A penny an hour increase in pay is awarded boys who receive a report for out- standing ability. In addition to the wages paid while at- tending school, every boy is given 3s. ($1) each month which must be deposited in a banking account. Failure to deposit the money within a given period results in the forfeiture of the following month’s “thrift” payment. A mid-day lunch, served in the school dining room, is supplied without charge to each pupil. Boys voluntarily working over- time arc provided with a free tea. The school is equipped with some of the finest machine tools in that country. All machines are kept, in perfect mechanical con- dition by the boys themselves, under the supervision of an instructor. This work provides useful experience at scraping, fitting, and gear cutting, as well as other shop pro- cesses. When no suitable work of t his type is available in one department, the complete overhaul of one of the machines from anot her department is undertaken. Equipment in the shop consists of eight engine lathes, turret lathe, three, universal mills, plain mill, vertical mill, precision jig lx rer. four shapers, two slotters, three sur- face grinders, three cutter grinders, two univeral grinders, two internal grinders, plain grinde r. ring grinder, four gage grinders, three pillar drills, radial drill, power saw, tlir e oxy-acetylene welding positions, electric welding ! oolh. spot welder, sheet metal machines, tool grinders, heat treatment furnace, seven tool benches, and many items of smaller equipment. The total equipment in the shop is valued at alxmt £25.000 ($125,000). A new boy is first put at a machine with a senior, where he becomes accustomed to machinery and the unfamiliar environment of a machine shop, lie is given simple jobs on the shaper, lathe, or bench, the difficulty of the work being increased with the boy’s ox- fierience and knowledge. No parts used on a car or vehicle are made in the school, and no work order is accepted which involves production, nor which does not offer possibilities for the development of engineering skill. The bulk of the work consists of the manufacture of tools, gages, jigs, experimen- tal parts, the repair of clock indicators, and other precision instruments. Another im- (lortant activity is the machining and building of cut-away demonstration engines and chassis. Hundreds of Ford cut-away section- alixcd engines, in use by the Army for educational purposes, have been assembled in the school. The curriculum of the classr xm is de- signed so as to give each boy an all-around training with a technical background. English, machine drawing, shop theory, mathematics, and mechanics are continued throughout the four-year period. Elementary arithmetic is first given, later developing into the study ; f logarithms, mensuration, and trigonometry. Science is approached from the historical and cultural angle, geography from the commercial stand- point, and a 12-months’ course in civics is included in the fourth year. A well-equipped mechanics laboratory gives students practical insight into ex- perimental technique. A short course on electrical engineering, with practical de- monstrations, is included as part of the cur- riculum. Much of the classwork is taught from lesson sheets prepared by the lecturers and distributed to the pupils in place of ordinary text lx oks. Because all Trade School boys are memlx'rs of the Company’s sports club, they are provided with facilities for almost every sporting activity, including games of football and cricket in local league matches. Swim- ming and life saving clashes are available during the summer. Upon completing his course the student is transferred to whichever department he feels best suited. The most popular departments are drawing, toolroom, machine repair, inspec- tion and the laboratories. Shown are English boys working(in the Ford Trade School at Dagenham, Essex. Patterned after our school, a close examination of the picture reveals many different as well as similar foatures. Page 8 THE CRAFTSMAN Electrical AND Grinder Gage By JACK KEMPEL TO GIVE students a general idea of repair- ing electrical tools, motors, drills, picture machines, hospital equipment, fans and blow- ers, hot plates, adding machines, soldering pots, Alemite electric power guns, trans- formers, photographic equipment and re- winding armatures, stators, and fields is the purpose of the training in the electrical de- partment of the Trade School. This training is divided into sections, de- pending on the type of electrical repair— the cord repair, the drill or tool repair, the armature repair, and the motor repair de- partment. Boys Repair Cords and Motors To repair a cord is one of the first jobs a student learns when he enters this detri- ment. He checks the socket and tests the cord for open and short circuits. If the cord is defective near the end, it is cut ofT and re- fitted to the plug! After being repaired, the cord is checked by the student and the in- structor and returned to its original depart- ment. There are two types of portable electrical tools, the universal and hicycle. rejmired in this division of the department. The univer- sal runs 60 cycles at 110 volts on alternating or direct current, and the hicycle runs 180 cycles at 220 volts. When an electrical tool needs repairing it is tested to find out what is wrong. If the trouble is in the cord it is re- placed, but if the trouble lies in the tool itself, it must l e torn ajmrt. cleaned thoroughly, and each individual | art tested. If the armature, field or stator, gears, or coils are worn, shorted, or burntout, they are either repaired or replaced. After the trouble is located and corrected, the lord is reassembled. Then the student and instructor check it by testing for grounds and Malvern VenValkenburg, M-G-l, is pictured working on a motor in the Trade School electrical department. Having cleaned and checked each part, Malvern has reassembled the motor and is connecting the wires of a new cord. baked for 12 hours to remove all the moisture, then the armatures are dipped in insulating vurnish and rebaked for 2t hours. This operation makes them oil proof, dirt proof, and moisture proof. When the armatures are finished with this baking treatment, they are sent to the tool- room lathe detriment to have the commu- tators turned down to remove this coating of insulating varnish. After the commuta- tors are turned down the armatures are re- turned to the electrical department and re- checked for short circuits, grounds, and opens. shorts and then run it for a half-hour to muke sure the tool has l een completel y rep a i re d. After the tool has l een sent to the paint shop and repainted, it is re- turned to the electrical department where it is rechecked by the in- structor and an in- spector. Some machines in the electrical depart- ment which students use in doing these jobs are a hand drill and grinder, drill press, two coil winders, and two armature winders. S|)eoinl checking de- vices include a 1000 volt high test transformer to find grounds and shorts on the stator and an ohmmeter to find shorts in the field. Every student also has a |Kiir of test cords to test the electrical cquip- ment for shorts, grounds, and of� en circuits on lower voltage. Each of the 21 wooden top benches is equipped with a 220 volt, direct current, hicycle line and a NO volt alternat- ing current line for checking and operating all equipment. Armatures Are Rewound If an armature is grounded or has a short circuit, it needs rewinding. The wire is “miced” for size and the type, of hook-up is checked, then the armature is taken apart. The commutator is tested and if it is in good condition the coils and fields are rewound. I sually the coil w ire ranges from .005—.050 inches in diameter and has approximately 80 t urns. fter the armatures are rewound they are pluced in ovens at 160 degrees Fahrenheit and At the loft is William Hafnagel, W-E-l, demonstrating a method of armaturo wind- ing. Here the armature is shown being wound by machine. The wire is guided to tho segments by curved arms and the number of revolutions is automatically re- corded. Othor armatures aro rewound by hand. Learn If they pass this inspection they are then ready to l e assembled in motors and tools. Blueprints are prov ided by the instructors to show the student how to hook up all the Uk� Is. motors, plugs, armatures, and fields. Ml special electrical equipment is repaired in the motor section of electrical department. Here the students repair motors, D.C. and universal, from one quarter up to one horse power. hen an electrical maintenance l oy of the Trade School finds a job which he can- not repair on the spot, it is sent to the electri- cal department for repair. Such jobs as re- pairing a hot plate from the chemistry labora- tories, the motion picture machine from the auditorium, or medical equipment from the hospital are all done in this section of the electrical detriment. GRINDER GAGE REPAIR TO M AKE a practical application of “half a thousand;” to see a blue-print design assume form on a piece of stock are experi- ences which come to many l oys for the first time in the grinder gage repair department. But it is the veteran of a five or six month’s course who does this type of work. The first lesson a new boy learns, with his broom and THE CRAFTSMAN Page 9 pan, is that cureful work demaiicis a clean working space. In his first bench work, he deans the various gages which come from the production grinding departments, the wrenches, special drill holders, and other tools which are sent here to be reconditioned. After the cleaning operation, the gages or tools are taken apart and examined for wear. In this phase of training, emphasis is put on the correct method of handling and reading precision measuring instruments. For a bushing to l e “a close fit,” or have a ‘‘two thousandths clearance,” are expressions which take on definite, clear-cut meanings. Then comes the day when the student is handed a blue-print of a gage or tool and the stock from which to make it. I nder the guidance of his instructor, he follows the job until it checks with the blue-print specifica- tions to the Inst detail. Learning in this way t he great amount of careful, precise work done in making a gage teaches a boy in such a way that he will always remember, the (rare with which precision tools should be handled. The sizing or grinder gage, used for re- cording outside measurements, and the scis- sors type gage used to measure internal diameters are types with which a student soon becomes familiar. In checking the grinder gage, the frame and contact points, the shaft by which the gage is attached to the machine, the sleeve for the shaft, and the spring must all l� e examined and replaced if necessary. Other Jobs Performed An interesting tool which the war has brought to this department is the small drill holder used in airplane construction. Not much larger than a jumbo-size fountain pen. it con drill holes in |x sitions which are in- accessible to standard drill holders. In addition to the small size, it is unusual because the heads are instructed off-set to t.he anglc needed for the job. Approximately .'� 00 monthly of such drill holders are repaired. Special wrenches are other tools which come here for repair, in a complexity of shapes and special dimensions. Often the old head is cut off and replaced with a new one; some- times a spring is found to be defective and a new one is installed; or a part is worn beyond Demonstrating tho method of checking a grinding gago is Ronald Laird, M-E-l. A ring gago of the proper size is placed on an arbor which is placod in tho spindle of a speed lathe. The grinding gage is placed in a hydraulic arm and then on the rotating ring gage. Variations are magnified and shown on the indicator. the allowable tolerance and must be renewed. hen a box of perhaps a 100 thin-walled wrenches is received from one assembling station, broken because of abuse or wear, the idea to use wrenches with care is firmly fixed in a Iniy’s mind. These, wrenches are made to solve | er- plexing problems of quantity production. A speed wrench of a special length may be need- ed. It is made here. Many types of rachet wrenches are repaired. The pawls, pins, ami snap rings are made in the department. The spring and retaining ball of the drive arc re- placed. These wrenches range in size from a power-driven tool with a gear train built-in. which may Ik con- cealed in the palm of the hand to large sockets for special nuts on power-house equip- ment. There are wrenches which expand, and others which contract. The hexagon opening may need to be set at a particular angle to Lighten some partic- ular nut. The handle may be extra thin, or perhaps three feet long. There does not seem to Ikj any end to the variety of tools which are repaired. To a Ik)v’s inquiring mind, “For what is it used? How does it work?” are questions whose answers give him a great deal of knowledge. Small pumps and other devices in which shafts, gears, or bushings are worn have these defective parts replaced here. Micrometers, telescope gages, calipers, and other measuring instruments are found constantly in the hand of the student as he checks worn surfaces or fits new parts, lie. learns to read them readily and accurately. Also, from constant NG practice the sense of touch is acquired which enables him to tell when a shaft and bushing work together just right. From each day’s exi erience comes new information of the in- numerable small tools used in a modern factory. Many Tools Are Used A large part of the work consists of hand operations. Kach lx� y is given a set of files when he enters the department. With these he finds out that filing is an art which is learn- ed under the careful tutelage of instructors. It. is never again just a rough and ready method of remov ing excess material. Several simple machines supplement the hand tools such as two bench lathes, five drill presses, and an arlx r press. The filing machine is always of interest to the boys. One of its many uses is to file the sides of square holes which must be kept parallel. Using the dividing head makes a Ik v brush-up on his shop theory. In conformity with safety rules, guards are installed on all moving machinery so that the student is protected as much as possible. Only the simplest machin- ing operations are done here. Parts are sent to other departments of the Trade School for more intricate machine work. So, during his time spent in tho grinder gage repair department a boy learns through a new point-of-view some of the essentials of fine craftmanship: parts must ! e thoroughly cleaned; examined carefully for wear or defects; repair work must l� e done with care to precise measurements. “just about” or “good enough” attitude has no place in this department. After a Ik has been transferred to work on machines, eventually he comes to realize that the time s|H nt in the grinder gage repair department was of great value to him. At tho loft Rosario Fabiano. W-C-l, put� tho finishing touchos on a fan-dial typo grinding gago. This gago goto its name from tho typo of indicator usod. Tho indicator can easily be soon as tho covor has not boon replaced. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 10 Ernest Voros and John Zicu. toolmaker apprentices, cut clay models of objects from blue- prints as Cavins Baughman, mechanical drawing instructor, assists thorn in reproducing the mechanical part pictured on their prints. A Look—See At the Drawing Department I lie educational program in the B-buildiug Apprentice School’s Drawing Department, which trains a large portion of the School’s total enrollment, assumes a dual form. I’irst. there is the actual teaching of apprentices. s|K cial non-apprentice and engineering students. Second the School work accomplished by the department's draftsmen. I he standard apprentice curriculum in drawing is conqiosed of 11 drawing terms ami thn e classes in the characteristics of metals, the ♦--- latter taught through the co-operation of the metallurgy department. Nearly all of the apprentice drawing students are from the tool and die departments in Rouge, although hy- draulics apprentices are required to take four terms of work. Trade School students are automatically enrolled as drawing students when they arc graduated. As they begin their drawing instruction, apprentices find themselves in a machine shop blueprint reading class. Generally unfamil- iar with actual shop problems, the student learns to read prints and familiarize himself with the manner in which they are used. Then he progresses into a term’s work of projection and di- mensioning. w here he has practice in letter- ing and the use of d rawing tool s. learning the principles of orthographic pro- jection. In the next class he works with the Ford standards of precision measurements and section views. By this time, the student is sufficiently advanced to enter a laboratory class in Leonard Slade, hoad of the drawing depart- ment in the B-building Apprentice School. making three-dimensional objects in clay from blueprints. At tin same time he has practice in reading detail drawings. Follow- ing are terms of lecture work and problems in symmetrically opposite parts, auxiliary views, and castings and forgings. Then comes a term of pictorial drawing, which helps him to understand the fundamental concepts of per- spective and to apply them to problems. 'flic rest of his work is practice in more advanced problems of detail and assembly; the conventional met hods of drawing reamers, drills, gears, special threads and cams: and in jig, fixture, die and pattern design. Students, allowed a two-term leeway to repeat difficult work, attend classes one hour per week, 40 weeks per year, for four years, a total of 110 class periods or I 10 “student hours” for one student. (A student hour is the time spent by one student in one class for one hour.) All drawings are done by students at home. They are then turned in. and the following week, after being checked by the instructor, they are discussed in the classroom. According to a student report completed this month by the Apprentice School, I 12.290 student hours were taught by the drawing department during the period of December 30, 1910 to November 10. 1911. Of the five Apprentice School departments, drawing trailed the mathematics department, which leads all groups in the total of student hours taught for this (ntkmI. (The electrical de- partment also gives instruction in mathe- matics.) Large numbers of non-apprentices (spe- cial students) are also taught in the drawing room. Most of these students take courses in blueprint reading, coming from such loca- tions as the production and inspection de- partments, the experimental laboratories, the cribs, and clearing houses of the Company. Regular apprentice «courses are also open to special sit-in” students, ami an advanced course in descriptive geometry is taught by the drawing department to students in the Ford engineering School, most of whom come from Ford Tool and Die Design and Tool ami Die Departments. An interesting feature of the blueprint reading classes is the Clay Modeling work. The familiar scene of a roomful of students working with clay has been a common one for years in the Apprentice School. Instructors, attending to the lielief that the human eye visions objects in pictorial form.” presents blueprint students with orthographic draw- ings of mechanical objects and asks them to make models of the object. The models turned out by the students tend to teach the students the fundamental principles of pro- jection by means of a good example of a Leam-By-Doing” educational method. Students work from lesson sheets drawn by members of tin department who find that this procedure is of more value to the stu- dents than using published texts. In addition to this work in the Apprentice School, one instructor travels from the B- biiilding to the Lincoln Plant four days a week to teach apprentice and non-apprentice classes in drawing and blueprint reading. The draftsmen’s work is fumiliar to all (Concluded on page 11) Bloimmd Elected Detroit A.S.I.E. Chairman William B. Blommel. assistant head of the Apprentice School’s steam and mechanics laboratories, was elected chairman of the Detroit Chapter of the American Society of Industrial En- gineers last month. His election also makes him a mem! er of the national lioard of governors of the Society. Mr. Blommel has lieen in the Ford Schools five years, lie whs first irn in- WiUUm R BlommeI structor in the B- huilding Apprentice School, later head of en- gine mechanics in the Aircraft School, then head of the engine mechanics and rivet theory departments at the Airplane School at Willow Bun. As the result of his work at the Bomber Plant, he is co-author of the book Elementary HireI Theory. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 11 THIS IS WHAT THEY’RE DOING NOW loiters have been coining into the School, giving news of many who are now in the armed forces. Pvt. Margaret A. Truitt, former member of the clerical staff and better known as Ann, is now in El Paso. Texas. I ler WAC unit was moved there from Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Greetings from Belgium were received from Pvt. Philip Martinico, who worked in the School print shop l efore he entered the service. He is a member of the 665th Engi- neering Topography Company. .1. Rowe, former drawing instructor, is now a GM 3 c and is instructing at a naval training school in Davisvillo, Rhode' Island. C. 1. Dirscn. former mathematics instruc- tor, has the rating of Radio Technician 3 c. Ilis advance came as “a nice Christmas pre- sent” he says, “and it is nice to see a little red on my sleeve in place of the white seaman's slrifHi on the shoulder.” Cpl. Jack Freed, w ho was a member of the clerical staff, is up for promotion to sergeant. Jack is in I taly as a top t urret gunner on a B-21 and had.at the time of his last letter, com- pleted three missions: the first over Austria, t he second over Germany, and back to Austria for the third. John E. Stryker S 2 c is instructing at the Naval Air Base in San Diego, lie was one of the clerical staff, when at Aircraft School. Pfc. I lurry Ananian got poetic in his letter and let the gang know that he was still with them at heart. No clue at all was given re- garding his exact whereabouts, but the guesses arc, somewhere in the South Pacific, wiill the waving palm trees. A C Douglas L. Poole is showing up the cartoon artists. His last message was en- cased in a unique cartoon on the front of the envelope as part of the address system. . . .to show that he had not forgotten the drawing department. He is “still sticking with the course down at Spence Field in .Moultrie, Georgia.” Doug cails it “Jor-ja” now, though. Another former member of the drawing department, Earl Zulauf RTS 1 c sent a let- ter to the gang recently to say that he is back at Navy Pier. Great Dikes, Illinois, lie was at Great Dikes for his Ixiot training, then at the Pier, on to Houston, Texas, and now back again. He says that he finds radio work very interesting Pvt. Eric Hill, former metallurgy instruc- tor, sends quite a letter from “sunny (?) Italy.” He says that he is connected with the “Aii Transport Command which functions in the same manner as the American Airlines only the routes are a little different.” As an inspector of administrative and technical sub- jects in connection with the operation of the base, or station, Eric is kept busy. His outfit “lives in tents which have been winterized to the extent of wooden floors and sides which make them livable.” Eric has also been doing quite a bit of work as mastcr-of-ceremo- nies in the various shows and entertainments conducted at the base and training centers. The letter from Pvt. Hill also gave news of one of the Trade School boys who worked in the metallurgy department at Aircraft. Todd Purse? is in northern France now. James McGrath, former toolmaker ap- prentice at Aircraft School and graduate of Henry Ford Trade School in June 39. has made quite a name for himself in the world of sports since joining the Army Air Forces in May ML Jim has featured in several exhibition lioxing matches and according to newspaper clippings he “displays ability with fancy foot- work. and power in both right and left jabs.” Pvt. John Baughman. Henry Ford Trade School summer student in 1912 and son of Cavins Baughman. B-building Apprentice School drawing instructor, received the Purple Heart in December for shrapnel wounds re- ceived while in action on the Western Front. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 3 This is the solution to Problem .3 which appeared in the January issue of The Crafts- man, third in ,a series of mathematics problems formulated by the B-building Ap- prentice School. CE = 1875 -.5 ; DES 2 5-5; TAN ■§§■; CO-DE SEC ; OC 3.5 -.5; OD=3.5; cos W j 0 • U)-OC, F0 =00 COS 0, X - FD-2 5, OR 7233 OF = 00 SIN Q ; Y OF, OR I. 364 PROBLEM 4 Following is the fourth in a scries of mathematics problems formulated by the B- building Apprentice School. The solution as well as a new problem, will appear in the next issue of The Craftsman Look--See (Concluded from pa?« 10) Trade School students. The main aspects of their “board work” is concerned with making blueprint and pictorial lesson assignments from either Company blueprints or instruc- tors’ original sketches. Occasionally they are made from actual mechanical parts. The draftsmen also make final illustrative figures for Trade and Apprentice School textbooks. They design and decorate Apprentice School publications, make various posters adver- tising current money-raising drives, agri- cultural and other extra-curricular activities, and do large amounts of mechanical lettering work for various school projects. For three and a half years, the depart- ment has also helped to train thousands of Navy students by means of modifications of the basic apprentice program. Like the other departments in the Ap- prentice School, the drawing department has constantly maintained its policy of teaching only material of direct and practical value. Without sacrificing its basic instruction in mechanical drawing theory, it continues in its untiring efforts to make its program more and more suitable to the daily shop needs of its students, and thus of the Ford Motor Com- pany and industry as a whole. EDITORS NOTE Tho procoding is tho first in a series of articles describing tho work of individual departments in tho B-building Apprentice School. Then and Now - (“gd. 5,from difficult problem to obtain an education. The schools were scattered, and the common means of getting there was by foot. Books were few, supplies scarce, and pa| er was dif- ficult to obtain. School furniture was crude and uncomfortable. Classes had to Ik carried on during the day because available illumination was in- adequate. During the cold season, the school was heated by a fireplace, a rugged structure of stone and clay. A common happening in those days was for a wealthy family to pay the passage of an educated man coming from Europe, und have him act as a tutor to their children until the passage-money was worked out. Another practice was for tradesmen to take a young l� oy as an apprentice. In the time of Abraham Lincoln schools were more abundant with the population, than in the time of George Washington, al- though this does not mean that they were easy to reach. The distance to these schools was great for some people and near for others, lie- cause one school served a great area. There were a few primary text liooks at this time, of which there wen. none in the time of Washington. They still had no pencils, and jiens were just quills of turkey or goose feathers. Lincoln did much of his studying by the light from the open fire at his log cabin home. Ilis writing materials were charcoal and an old shovel, on which he practiced writing and worked his mathematics. One can gather now, how much more pleasant school conditions are in this present day. Page 12 THE CRAFTSMAN Vi tuuj, SeAAjic nieti Pvt. Donald Finkbiner, June 'll, visited the Trade School while on a seven day furlough from the I’nivenuty of Wiscon- sin. Don is attending college under the Army Specialized Training Reserve Pro- gram. SELMER SYLVESTER Two brothers. Cpl. Selmer Kalen, January '42. of tha Third Marine Division, and Pvt. Sylvester Kalen. Juno '38. of tho Army visited the Trade School December 28. Selmer has a 33-day furlough. It is the first time he has been home in 29 months. Ho had 23 months overseas duty and wears the Asiatic-Pacific theater of war ribbon with two major battle stars, for Bougainville and Guam. Selmer said the going was pretty rugged over there, and he is glad to be home. He will report to Camp LeJuin. North Carolina for reassignment after his furlough. His brother Sylvester, who was an instructor in turret lathe department. has been stationed with the Infantry at Camp Walters, Texas, as a rifleman. Selmer and Sylvester are half of the Kalen boys in the Service. There are four all to- gether, in different branches of the Service, the Marines. Navy. Army, and one in the Merch ant Marine. There are six boys and girls in the Kalen family, and trying to namo all the children is a job because each one begins with S. Robert W. Purty. F 1 c. January ’ll renewed acquaintances January 9 while on a five-day furlough from Cleveland. Mississippi, lie will return to Little Creek. West Virginia. While home on a ten-slay furlough. Howard W. Bevis. June ’-II. visited the School Inducted last Septoml� er into I he Army ir Forces. he was sent to Michigan College, of Mining and Ttvhnology. Houghton. Michigan, for a 12-week training course. Cpl. Clifton Gulliver. June ’13. who is a propeller specialist in the Air Corps, renewed friends in the Trade School during a l.Vday furlough from Ephrata. Washington. During his 10-day furlough from Fort Bliss. Tevav Pvt. Raymond E. Harris. June 11, dropped in the Trade School January 20. and sang at the M-section’s singing period. Raymond has just finished his 17-week basic training in anti-aircraft work. At camp he is assistant chaplain. From t rdnance to the Air Corps to the In- fantry to the Field Artillery and finally to the Paratroops, that’s the story of Pfc. Henry Jones. January 13. who visited the Trade School while on a M-day furlough. He re- ceived his paratrooper’s wings during Octolier while at (.amp Mitchell, North Carolina. C Earl Tyrer, January ’37. and A ''C JohnTrumble. June 38. isited the Trad School while on a 10-dav furlough from San Antonio. Texas. Although strangers at school, they lx caine fast friends after meet- ing while in basic training at Keesler Field. Mississippi. Karl has trained as a bom- bardier and John is studying to lie a pilot. Pvt. George Sikanen, June ’ll, visited the Trade School a while back. He has been attending artillery mechanics school for an anti-aircraft battalion of Fort Bliss, Texas. isiting the Trade School January 26 was Pvt. James P. Hogan, president of June '38 graduating class. James is married and has two children, one bom last Christmas Day. An amateur l� oxer in civilian life James was oonqiany and battalion champ, winning five bouts out of five at Camp Walters. Texas. A C. Bruno Leon, June ’ll, visited the Trade School lately on a 15-dey furlough from Goodfeilow Field. Texas, where he is attending primary and basic training school. Pvt. Exilo Petovello, brother of Joe Petovello. drafting instructor, xisited the Trade School recently. Kxilo has been stationed at Fort Knox. Kentucky, with the Armored Division as first cook acting mess sergeant. Wearing Army Air Forces navigator’s wings and the bars of a flight officer, which be had received five days before. Fred Krey. January ’43. renewed Trade School acquaint- ances January 18. He was graduated from the advanced navigation school at San Marcos. Texas. FRED KREY JOHN BAUGHMAN Cpl. John Q. Baughman. June ’41. who has been in tin Marines for the three ears. xisited the School recently. John { cnt one year in the South Pacific as an aerial photographer, flying in a B-24. When not flying, he helficd in the machine shop which was usually oxerrun with work. His decorations include the prewar service medal and a South Pacific rihlion with two stars. The stars represent two major battles. Saipan and (Guadalcanal. He was also at Ksj eraU SanUis and Kmirau. John is now stationed at Quantico. irginia. teaching precision machine work. The man in charge of the machine shop was graduated from the Trade School in 39. Due to shrapnel wounds receixcd while serving with the Infantry in France, (ktober 3. the Purple Heart was a w arded to Emilio Gabriel, June ’42. In a recent visit to the School, Gabby, as he is called by his friends, related how he was injured. His outfit was laying mines when a Ger- man shell landed on a stack of about 123 EMILIO GABRIEL mines. He was lucky that, at the time, he was walking away from the stark. Therefore he received only shrapnel wounds Delayed fixe days, while en route to Fort Ord. California. Pvt. Russel McLogan. January ’ 11. stopped at the Trade School for a few hours to renew old acquaintances, Jan- uary 19. Russel said that many boys in the Infantry could stand to march much better after they quit smoking cigarettes. Alumni Report on Military Life F2 c Gardner Allen, June ’42, from somewhere in the Admiralty Islands, reports that Nax y chow is the best in the world, and that even though they haxe no roof or plush chairs in their theaters, they still enjoy a good moxie. Lt. John Shingleton, January lb, w ho is in New Guinea, finds plenty flying to lie done and plenty places to go in his C-17 transport. He is looking forward to the day when he will be able to return to the Lnited States. AS Thomas Hutton, former student, at Great I akes wants T te Craftsman mailed to him. Ib says Trade School boys get along well in the Navy because of their training. Sic John B. Jackson, former student, now alioard ship in the South Pacific, writes that lie is receiving Tftr Craftsman and tells how his shipmates enjoy reading it. A S Paul Saracino, June ’39. sent The liuokie official magazine of Randolph Field. Texas. Paul, who playc d varsity liaskethall for the Craftsmen in 1938-’39, plays guard on the Randolph Field basketball team. Now in New Guinea. T 5 Vernon Carvey. January ’43. writes that after lieing stationed in Brisbane, third largest city of Australia, he was transferred to the New Guinea part of the Netherlands East Indies. He says that life there is not as pleasant as he found it in Brisbane. S Sgt. Richard G. Slater, January 34, now in the Dutch East Indies, says that all the sunshine down there is fine, but lie would like to see some snow for a change. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 13 Craftsmen Drive On, Beat E. Detroit, Lincoln Park By playing heads-up basketball, the Craftsmen rolled up their seventh and eighth victories defeating East Detroit, there. Tuesday. January 23. and Lincoln Park High School at the Henry Ford Trade School court. Friday. February 2, by the scores of 30-22 and 11-30, re- spectively. Through the (irst three quarters, the contest with East Detroit was a defensive liattle with Ilie s x re 16-12 in the Craftsmen's favor. In the fourth quarter, however, both teams went to work rolling up the score to the final total of 30-22. 4--------- Here’s What They’ve Done W inning eight of nine games, and with four yet to play, the Craftsmen basketball Victory over East Detroit was led by pivot man Bob Picschke with nine points and ' guard Pascal Woody with eight, while Bill Smith of East Detroit tallied ten. In the game with Uncoln Park's quintet. Ford Trade went directly to work witli sensa- tional shots hitting the basket from all angles to pile up a 21-11 lead over the Parkers at half-time. Keeping up the pace in the second half, the Craftsmen out stored Lincoln Park 20-16, Ford Trade’s husky center. Boh Piesrhke whn high joint man with 11 tallies followed closely by AI Shields also of the Craftsmen with ten. Tom Herrick led the scoring column for the Parkers by scoring ten of Lincoln Park’s 30 markers. CONCENTRATION Mik Bern ado t waits anxiously to rscoivs the tip-off from teamate Bob Piescke. The camera shows how a player concentrates on a play during a crucial period of a game. Regional Tournament To Be Held At Fordson The annual regional hasketl all tourna- ment for this area is to be held this year at Fordson High School. March 7, 9. and 10. The Trade School varsity team will at- tempt to capture the gold trophy that is awarded each year. Iu previous years this prize has been a gold basketball. In the jwst. the Trade School team has never won more t ban one game in the regional tournament. The State finals will be held at Lansing on March 15, 16, and 17. team has totaled the following scores: Craftsmen 37 Alumni o- — i 33 East Detroit 29 35 Ann Arbor • - 45 Rouge 36 Fordson 27 39 Mdvindale 24 23 Birmingham 19 30 East Detroit 22 41 Uncoln Park 30 Top scorers are Boh Pieschke, with 69 jjoints, and Ted Zenevich with 68 jjoints in nine games played. Participating in eight games are Pat Woody. 39 j ints: VI Shields. 41 points: and Mike Bemadett. 31 points. John Canavan has rung up 25 points in six games played. The Craftsmen have yet to meet, on their ojqjonents courts. Hazel Park. February 13; Mdvindale. February 16; Lincoln Park. February 23; and on the borne court. Haze! Park. March 2. First T.S. Junior Varsity Finishes 4th Henry Ford Trade School’s first junior varsity basketliall team, coached by L. 11. Bartholomew, finished its 1914-15 season by tying Salina Junior High School team for fourth jilace with two wins and three losses in the Dearborn Junior High Varsity League. The team has the distinction of being the first Trade School team to jday in a regular league “Developing the potential E-, F-, and G- boys into future basketball players for the v arsity is our chief aim,” said coach Bartholo- mew. Top scorers for the Trade School were Bernard Pfeifer. Uncoln Painter. John Pezzin, and .Albert K angas, with 39, 16. 16, and 14 points respectively. Other members of the team were Richard Herberhalz. Bruno Bre- ksza. Willard Elliot. Henry Chavez, Clifford Spiers. Algert Sberpunas. Jim Spala, Charles Van Nest, Tom Plunkett. Elmer Popiel, Ralph Laird. Ben Johnson, and Lowell Edwards. The schools finished as follows VY L Woodworth 5 0 Dearlxim 1 1 Lowrey 3 2 Ford Trade 2 3 Salina 2 3 Maples 0 5 Instructors Defeat Students Instructors emerged victorious over stu- dents Saturday, February 3. six games to three with a total score of 7066 to the stu- dents 6966 in the first bowling match ever to be held between them. The match was la.-ld at Argyle Recreation. Nortlilawn and Ply- mouth Hoad. The liowling as a whole was a see-saw affair, first the students were ahead then the instructors. Finally the instructors nosed out the students to take the match The high game of the evening wa rolled by a student. Nathan Vlcl eod. his snore being 2 40 as comj ared to the instructors’ top scorer, Elmer Jacobs’ 203. Nathan and Mr. Jacob also turned in the toj three games 537 and 534. respectively. These two bowlers were the jxjwer drivers behind their teams. A student team consisting of Charles l ewis captain: Nathan McLeod. Clifford Meissner. Joseph Koshka, and Lewis Kingery with a total of 2167 pins was high for three games. The instructors high three games were bowled by a team made up of Gordon Gillies, captain: Jacobs. Thomas Olsen, Hugh Grahm. and .Arthur Watson who turned in a total score of 2410 pins. Alumnus Relates His Experiences Over Germany Lieut. Robert Bear. January 11. a co- pilot on a B-21 Uberator homlier, had many interesting tales to tell on his visit to the Trade School recently. He wore on Ills chest, ribbons to match these tales. I leading the decorations was the Cross, then the Air Medal with three Oak Uaf Clusters His ril hons include the European theater of war with two major battle stars, one for the air defense of Britain, arid the other for the air offense of Germany, and the American theater of war ribbon: quite a load on anybody's chest. How wou� d you feel if you were up 20.000 feet over enemy territory in a bomber.the sky filled with enemy fighters, and all of a sudden, one of your engines started missing? Well, that is what happened to Bob on a bombing mission over Leipzig. Germany. It seemed that during the bombing-run the bomber was not battered by enemy fighter jdanes: but just as it was leaving the target conk went the engine, and wham—about 4b German ME 410 filled tbe sky. When Bob sighted the enemy he was trying to feather, stop, tbe propeller of the bad engine, but soon changed his mind. He knew that if the Germans sighted a bomber witli an engine missing they would pick it apart. So be let the propeller keep right on wind-milling and successfully fooled them. Distinguished Hying LIEUT. BEAR Page 14 THE CRAFTSMAN “Two Hours ‘Twas t wo hours l efore Prom And all through the house Everyone was scurrying Even the pet mouse. The shirit was on backwards The tie wouldn't tie. nd the time passed so fas! lie thought he would die. Ihil mother soon calmed him With reassuring smiles; And scK n he was off To journey the miles. I le arrived ut his girl's In his shining bright car; Of course he had gasoline To take him that far. I p on the. porch lie went with a bound: The door opened slowly II was she whom he found I le gave her the flowers She gracefully accepted. And when she’d Of cned them She did as was expected. Then into the car And off to the Prom: Boy! was he proud Of that girl “just like mom.” Now (Nirking the auto Then awaiting his Grable. Thus meeting the fellows They all found a table. First the fruit cocktail Then soup and entree; Then after more talk Dessert and coffee. When the dinner had ended And all were filled. Van Steenkiste, the toastmaster Made with jokes that “killed.” A speech by Symonds Remarks by Mr. Searle Then each fellow Arose with his girl. Soon Clark gave out With the solid jive And muny more couples Began to arrive. And then for three hours Maybe a little more The boys with their girls Circled the floor: Pryor, Hughes, and Hill. (jiorman and Oldani. Shields. Robinson, Martell, Johns and Tolomei; Kempel, Jennings, Giasson, Wesley and Duggan, Zenevich, Shonts, Nott, Kuzel and Fuhrman; Tancock, Von Walt hausen. Barnier and Tuer. Hobart, Krey, Halsted, Kingery and La Fluor. Seniors and alumni Also were there Bcrtouille, Oldcnkamp, Yaugcr and Carpentier. Sam-u-el Dukes Before Prom” I lad a lovely eye; It. matched “Scarface” Tozer's Black bow tie. We were also fa voted By servicemen three Johnny Nikka. Bill Crain, and Andy McKenzie. Boys and their girls Deciding where to go The girls didn’t care The boys didn’t know. They all went their ways And had a good time Some straight home Others to dine. To the girl he bid Good ‘night.’ Or should I say'morning? And shortly thereafter His l ed was adorning. That is the end f a perfect night My meter was off But the facts were right. For G-Boys Only - -. We wish to welcome the class of June ’18 to the classrooms and shop of Henry Ford Trade School. You’re in a different, type of school, now. You may be bewildered by the many machines and tools in the shop and by the method of teaching. To help you along, we have compiled a few do’s and don’t’s for you tool and die makers of tomorrow to read and take heed. DO ring in on time— go immediately to your class- room after placing your coat in proper crib— pay attention to your instructor— get your work in on time und right- pull, don’t push on doors— observe all safety rules— remember that you receive scholarship-not pay. DON’T - loaf in the halls- - talk when your instructor is— stick your hand in a grinder to try to stop it— forget your badge— forget to ring in and out— disregard minor cuts and lacerations, have them treated immediately— smoke in the School or while going to and from the School - use profane lunguage. This column will Ik� continued in future issues. All G-l oys who have any information or humorous item, concerning G-boys, please write it out and place in Craftsman drop box, Boom 39. ? OVER THE CRIB COUNTER j' By I. C. ALL Oooooow. ooooo xx w o K oix noow. don’t Ik alarmed. I’m just practicing . . . You see, I forgot that February 14 was St. Valentine’s Day . . . oooooow ... I had a girl . . . Did you hear about the Craftsmen basket ball player, his initials are T. G., who drilled a quarter inch hole for a quarter inch tap ? ? ? Red Petovello doesn’t provide much protection from snowballs between T. S. and Gate I . . . Does he Temp ? ? ? I.Ish-k-bibble Continuallybabbling All. do solemnly swear (affirm) that I will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. . .as long as Stoelting has to OK my copy. . . T'f0G' 0 Drinkin’ rum and Coca-Cola� Go down Point. Cumana; Both G-boy and A-boy, Workin’ for the Trade School Dollaaah. The only comment the Coach Milunkov made when Tom Tuer showed him the T-A-l faster was “Mighty pretty, mighty pretty.” I. C. All’s comment .............. (whistle) WHAM! Okay, now you can sign the paddle . . . Oh! Mr. Westerman, how could you l e so mean ??? They told you you'd be sorry for inventing that machine . . . How alxmt it “Dutchy”? George “Scarefacc” Tozer may be hard- !x iled at CAP meetings, but you should have Heard him plead for extra tickets to the com- mencement exercises . . . Toastmaster Van Steenkiste did a good job at the Prom . . . his jokes were the delayed REaction type . . . Mr. Dobrei, What would Emily say? PL AID SOCKS with a tux . . . Tch tch tch . . Pascal Woody has had his name changed to Patrick. He said somebody made a mis- take when he was born—on his birth certifi- cate . . . I. C. “Sherlock Holmes” All says: “After a thorough examination of the scene of the crime, namely the cracked window in Room 38, and by observing such things as the angle of incidence and chalk marks both on the w indow and the floor under said window, the deed was done by throwing an eraser and missing the chosen target, which was in all probability, a classmate . . . Room 13 may have three instructors, but Room 39 has four... I bid two . . . Did you get. lost on Cherry hill, too ? ? ? I’m leaving for Point Cumana . . . Hasta Luego. THE CRAFTSMAN Page'15 n expert on the cooking of cakes and pies, Joe Ibbetson, W-E-2, has perhaps the most unusual hobby in the Trade School. Joe started his hobby of cooking at Woodworth School when he took a domestic science course in cooking. Now his talents are confined to the week-ends. Besides this, Joe also has time to devote to his stamp collect ion of almost 750 stamps. 'I like to paint,” stated Howard Scheer, T-F-l, when asked if he had a hobby. Howard, who is only 13, has been doing oil paintings for more than three years in his spare time. He spends approximately four weeks on one painting, and his favorite subject is old-time sailing ships. Ambition: com- mercial artist. 'faking and developing his own pictures is the hobby of Donn Comte, M-A-2. Hisdark room, which he built himself, is equipped with an Agfa flash camera, a sensitive printer, and an enlarger. 'Phis equipment is valued at $100. One of his accomplishments was photographing a i x 6 inch map from the page of a book and enlarging it to 16 x 20. Donn intends to study photography. Buying books of all kinds, from technical books to novels, is the hobby of Tom Cracchiolo, senior. Tom has been accumulating lxx ks for the last, four years and now has 100 in his home library, lie keeps them in two book cases, one for technical lxx ks and another for fiction. Keeping these books for reference in later years is the main object of Tom’s hobby. Collecting newspaper pictures of the W ar and its progress is the interesting hobby of Steve Nagy, T-C-l. Steve, who started his collection through interest in the present war, began his hobby on that memorable day, December 7.1911. Mis collection is complete from then on. So far, he has filled two scrap lxx)ks and is starting the third. Charles Doherty, senior, isn’t satisfied with his productive accomplishments during the eight hour period at the Trade School, lie goes home from school to his own little workshop Ixdtind the Doherty house. Here Chuck builds furniture such as small tables and coat racks. Last summer Chuck completely overhauled his neigh- bor’s car. His equipment is a table bandsaw, a combination butTer and grinder, and an assort- ment of small hand tools. Introducing Autographs of such notables as King Peter II of Yugoslavia and Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, are among the 300 autographs collected by Charles Cameron, l-A-3. Chucks collection, after four years of work, contains signat ures of some of the most popular sports figures, band leaders, ami stage ami screen stars. The prize possession of Chuck’s collection is an otlicial merican League baseball autographed by the 1911 Detroit Tiger baseball team. Collecting rare coins and stamps is the pastime of Carl Wexel, W-A-l. I le has two albums containing 3000 stamps valued at $300. The stamps are from Siberia, Russia. Japan, Belgium, Germany, France, Great Britain, and almost every other foreign country. Carl's coin collection includes Indian head pennies dating from 1890 to 1908, Liberty head nickels dating from 1875 to 1925. ami also several silver dollars, the oldest dated 1893. OFF TO THE PROM WE GO i Pag� ’r2 THE CRAFTSMAN (Tbp (Hr aft smart ______________________ (Memberf W ) tst. 1921) ' «500� ' ' PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR BY AND FOR STUDENTS OF HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL. DEARBORN. MICH. Editor-in-chief: BILL BLEWETT Roportorial Staff: ARTHUR ADAMS. HAROLD ADAMS. ANDREW CAMPBELL. LAWRENCE CURTIS. DON COUDEN. ROBERT DEWAR. IRVIN FENSKE. WILLIAM HORVATH. EDWARD JASTER. ADAM KOZMA. HARVEY MAAS. RAYMOND MAKI, ROBERT McCRUM. GEORGE McCULLOCH. DONALD NICOLAI. STEPHEN SCHUPRA. MATTHEW SPEEDIE. JOHN SHINSKE. ARTHUR WALDMANN, WALTER WEIBLE. RICHARD WEISS. CARL WEXEL. Apprentice Schools Roporter: JOE BOGDAN. Adviser...........................................- E. H. STOELTING Vol. 3. No. 5 March, 1945 Plan Icua fyosi fyall JlaAoe.lt Make complete plans on paper before you star! digging to have a suc- cessful victory garden. Solution for problems such as the seed required, family needs, vegetables best suited for your soil, space available, facilities for irrigation, and tools required should be included in this plan. Plan now to make a compost pile by saving all refuse and waste material. The shady spot by the garage won’t grow most vegetables but watercress, rhubarb, and mint thrive in a cool shady spot. These things should be planned now. Better crops mean more food for less money, more vitamins too. Every bit of space should be conserved by rotating and intercropping; that is, using practically the same area for two crops; a small quick crop and a larger, slower mat uring crop. Do not plant all the seeds at one time; a row planted every two weeks will insure a steady supply of vegetables instead of first a deluge and then a famine. The hours you spend planning will be greatly appreciated at harvest time. Spring is just around the corner. Plan your garden now, pat yourself on the back later. tjau Gan cMeljx 'Win the rU oA (Tops must Ik harvested! This year will be the most difficult produc- tion year for the farmers since the war started. Men are l eing drafted from farms in larger numbers now, and the farmers are l eing left “holding the bag.’’ This is no joking matter. There must be supplies for our armies as well as for civilians. A huge reserve supply of food, that is ca- pable of sending out a steady stream of food to American fighting men, must be maintained. 11 cannot be done if the crops are not harvested. This summer the farmer will need all the help he can get. Students of Henry Ford Trade School can help! Every boy in Trade School receives a three-week vaca- tion during the summer. If our 1200 students would work for three weeks, averaging eight hours a day on farms, there would be 192.000 work-hours turned in toward the harvesting of crops. This would be a great contri- bution by American youth to its country. Trade School boys—If you want to do your country a great service, you may work on a farm during your summer vacat ion. You will be paid for your work, and you w ill enjoy yourself. More information may be ob- tained through your newspapers later. A great feeling of satisfaction will be attained by knowing that you have done a patriotic duty when you helped harvest food for your country. News Briefly Told: Trade School students and their friends are in- vited to attend the Beaus arid Belles Bounce, annual informal spring dance May 5, at Lowery School. Dancing will liegin at 8 p.m., with music fur- nished by Rost on Clark and his orchestra and fea- turing Blanche Fizze, singer. Tickets are $1.50 a couple and may l c purchased from class captains, in the library, or The Craftsman office. Fordson High School, Schaefer at Ford Road, Dearborn, is offering gymnasium and other high school courses for Trade School students, in the spring term of evening school that begins April 10. Classes will be held four evenings a wr k during the eight-week term. Students interested may enroll April 9, at Fordson. In Detroit there will lw spring evening classes given at Northern and Cass Technical High Schools, loginning April 3. Our theme for this month is food. We suggest that you read: Spring Marks 7th Anniversary of Trade School Garden ......................... Page 5 Saga of the Lowly Peanut How Dr. Carver developed the peanut ... Page 10 Texas Celebrates 100th Anniversary The win- ter garden of America...............Page 10 What This Winter of Snow Means To Farmers......................... Page 10 Science Disproves Fallacies About Food............................Page 14 ■ ■ ■ The Army Specialized Training Reserve Pro- gram test will be given at 9 a.m., Thursday. April 12. 1945 to students whose 18th birthday falls between October 1, 1915 and August 31, 1915. If the test is passed, students may receive two to four 12-week terms of college. The course will con- sist of Fnglish. geography, history, mathematics and physics plus a course of physical and military training for further advanced training in military life. All students who wish to take the test must sign up in Room 15 Paul J. LaForest, son of Charles La Forest, shipping clerk, has been promoted recently to Lieu- tenant. No details are available as he is “some- where in France” with an infantry division. ■ ■ ■ Mrs. Patricia Murray Harm left the Trade School January 23. to join her husband who is sta- tioned at. (lamp Parks, Oakland, California. OUR COVER- Our cover was chosen because it represent s the result of a well-planned garden. The picture, taken in 1911, shows Harold Brant, former student, and Richard Shinsky. January 13, picking corn in the Trade School garden. We urge you to plan now. draftsman Vol. 3 No. 5 HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL March, 1945 Craftsmen Eliminated in Regional Tourney Fordson Cagers Roll-Up 36-15 Score All hopes for Ford Trade in the regional tournament were extinguished Wednesday, March 7, at Fordson, when Fordson’s Cagers pounced heavily on the Craftsmen to take the contest by the lopsided score of 36 to 15. Although the Craftsmen outplayed the Tractors in the first period, they didn’t outscore ---------♦ Students Fail to Attain Red Cross Goal Students gave $1290.02 of the $3953.52 contributed to the 1915 Red Cross War Fund by the School. Of the 1361 students enrolled 95 per cent donated $1 or more to receive national meml ership cards. Ml hough a goal of 100 pier cent member- ship was set. at the end of the drive M- and W-sections had 98 per cent of their students members while T-section had 95. The Sen- iors had 91 p er cent memliership. Twenty of the 22 classes in the M-section had 100 per cent membership; 20 of the 21 had 100 per cent in -section; and IT of the 22 reached the quota in the T-section. The W-E-l, solicited by Richard Draves, was the first class to reach 100 per cent mem- bership in the drive. The M-E-l, whose drive was directed by captain John Smith, was the second class to attain 100 per cent membership. The third class to reach the 100 per cent goal was the M-E-2, captained by Ken Brown. The drive was conducted by class captains� each IxMiig responsible for collections of money and distribution of membership cards ami buttons in his own class. (Continued on page 9) Honor Roll Restyled As More Enter Service Restyling of the Student Honor Roll was necessitated by the increase in the numl er of Ixjys leaving the School to enter the Armed Forces. Miss Clara Tomes, The Cruflsmun oflice, was given the responsibility of re-arranging the photographs in black metal strips which run lengthwise of the panel. A large blue star mounted on a white background is framed with pictures of students who were wearing the Trade School badge when they left for military service. These pictures were ob- tained from the yearbooks. The students whose pictures are not available will be listed hi a separate column until pictures are obtained. Of the 613 former students in service, three have been killed, and three have re- turned to civilian life. Twenty-three other former students, who are not on the Honor Roll, have been killed to date. The Honor Roll is placed on the outer wall of Room 11, so that it faces the main aisle. In the library can l� e found the In- structors Honor Roll with two gold stars. Devotional Services Plan Seventh Annual Lenton Services iSevcnth annual Lenten services will be held in the cafeteria. Good Friday, at 2:50 p.m., March 30. Two messages dealing with Easter will lie presented as well as solos and congregational singing. The Rev. Fred I-ockwood of the John R. Baptist Church will bring the first meditation scenes op calvary, followed by u sermon Christ’s resurrection to be de- livered by the Rev. Harold W. May, pastor of the Wayne Missionary Church. Both min- isters are frequent speakers at the regular morning services. Soloists will be Vernon Perkins, M-A-3, and William Colbert, hospital maintenance, who will also lead the congregational singing. Accompanying music will lie furnished by Raymond Crute, regular morning service pianist, and Le Roy Caddy, Voice of Christian Youth president, at. the piano with Uie assis- tance of Richard Weiss, T-A-l, on the saxo- phone. Boys who will be in shop and wish to at- tend should secure cards from Room 1. These cards must ! c signed by their parents and re- turned to William Moore, transfer crib, by Wednesday, March 28. Robert McCrum Judged Best Writer in B-l Classes “Trade School Daze,” a story written by Roliert McCrum. M-A-l, which appeared in the December 1 edi- tion of the R-l Mull- et in, was selected by the instructor-judges T. A. Lind, civics, Tom Sayres, civics and commercial geography, and Joe Bogdan, Apprentice School, as the best story by the B-l stu- dents for the six weeks ending January 5,1945. The judges made the following comment on Roliert’s story: ’ Trade School Daze’ is a sly piece of humorous writing. It is a good them. In the. first minutes Ford Trade made one foul shot and missed several field golds and two charity throws, while Fordson made two dog shots and one fret; shot. In the second picriod, Fordson was first to break into the scoring column as Ross Steggles marked up� one of his frequent long baskets. A few minutes later Jack Canuvan scored the Craftsmen’s only field goal in the first half on a shot from under the basket. Steggles then dump ed in two more baskets in quick succession to make Fordson the leader at half time by the score of 13 to 3. Tractors Break Through Defense Both teams started oil' with a tight de- fense, at the beginning of the second half. Ted Zenevich and Al Shields managed to break through Fordson’s defenses to make a basket each. At this pioint Ford Trade’s de- fense faltered and the Tractors started rolling. Three fast baskets and a free shot by Chuck Dubas and a long shot and free throw by Steggles sent Fordson in the lead at the end of the third quarter 23-7. Craftsmen Fight to Finish The Craftsmen’s fight didn't leave them in the last quarter however, for they scored eight of their 15 pxunts in this pnjriod Greg Ecsedi, second string guard, made two field goals while Mike Bernadett and Pat Woody made one each. But Fordson was not to be out- done, for they opiened up a 13-px int barrage of their own to drown all Craftsmen efforts. Steggles, Fordson’s rangy guard, was high scorer with 11 points, making most of them on accurate long shots. Leading p oint-gettcr for the Craftsmen was Ecsedi with four on two field goals. picture of the foibles of school p eop le, yet escapes being malicious. With his origi- nality and natural flow of words the writer demonstrates his ability to be a good recorder of the student’s viewpoint, all with a well- deve!op ed wit.” Runners-up were Adam Nicradtka’s “Night Life in a Harem” appearing in the January edition of Queer s Chronicle and “ 1 Christmas Tale”by Don Nicolai which was in the December 15 edition of the Coon's Ga- zelle. ROBERT McCRUM Page 4 THE CRAFTSMAN by BOB DEWAR Promotion... John Dobrei, commander of Trade School Civil Air Patrol Squadron 639-4, was pro- moted to the rank of first lieutenant February 10 by National Headquarters. The promotion was recommended by Major R. G. Lunceford, group commander, because of the outstanding progress the Trade School squadron has made in its training pro- gram since it was formed last March. The squadron has grown until now it has a mem- bership of 120 and a training program that is one of the best and most complete in the Michigan wing. Lieut. Dobrei gives all the credit for his promotion to the cadets whose interest and enthusiasm has made the squad- ron’s growth possible. Classes... Map reading, at present the major subject l eing studied by cadets of the Trade School squadron, is to l e followed by a two-bour course in the study of time. Upon the com- pletion of the time class, cadets combine the knowledge gained in the two classes and ad- vance to a ten-hour course in navigation. According to present plans, the classes will consist of four hours of instruction and six hours of practice problems. 'Fhe series of classes under the direction of Keith Glassley, preflight, and Warrant Of- ficer Thomas McCall, intelligence officer, is lndrig held at the Trade School W ednesday 3 to 5 p.m., and at Northern High Friday 8 to 9 p.m. Cadets in school, work with Mr. Glassley Wednesday from 3 to 4 p.m., and those in shop study with Mr. McCall from 4 to 5 p.m. Seniors and those not in the Trade School take the class with W O McCall at Northern High Friday from 8 to 9 p.m. Examinations... All 38 cadets who attended the CAP en- campments at Selfridge Field last summer have passed their examinations and received certificates stating that they have qualified in the following subjects: Navigation, Poison Gases, Meteorology, Crash Procedure, Com- munications. Infantry Drill Regulations, Air- craft Engines. Booby Traps. Aircraft Identi- fication, Camouflage, Civil Airways, Small Arms Fire, and Personal Hygiene. --- 106 PINTS OF BLOOD -FOR G . I’s --- Ton members of tho Trado School Gallon Club, tho oiovonth member is pictured below. Thoso instructors have givon 106 pints of blood to the Rod Cross. Standing, loft to right: John Dobrei, Patrick Duthio, Leonard Spalding, Douglas Souter, and Gordon Gillios. Seated, left to right: Harold Newbauer,Ernest Lockwood, Harold Reiter, John Wober, and Robort Walker. Presenting the Trade School “Gallon Club” CHARLES SMITH Eleven instructors have given eight or more the api eal went out for donors in October, 19 member of the (billon Club. Harold Newbauer and Douglas Souter. tool behind is John Weber, grinders, with 11 contributions. Totaling 10 pints each arc Patrick Du (hie, tool- room. and Leonard Spalding, wood pat- tern. John Dobrei. commercial geog- raphy, Harold Reiter, metallography, and Gordon Gillies, com- mercial tool, have visited the blood bank nine times each. Most recent instruc- tors to become mem- bers are Ernes t I ockwood, time estimator, and Robert Walker, turret lathe instructor on the after- noon shift, and Charles Smith, clearinghouse. Red Cross Appeals For More Blood Donors With the accelerated tempo of the war, the new landings and the giant offensives, casualties among our armed forces have taken a decided up swing. The additional need for blood plasma resulting from the increased casualty rates has prompted the Red Cross Blood Donor Service to send out an urgent appeal for more blood donations. In this a| - peal they have listed the following inq ortunt facts that should lie known al out blood plasma. 1. Two pints of whole blood must be do- nated in order to produce one pint of pro- cessed plasma. 2. One wounded man may need as many as 52 pints of plasma—101 pints of whole blood. 3. Ninety-seven per cent of our wounded pints of blood to the American Red Cross since II. A person giving that amount becomes a room.lead with 12 donations each, while close --------- recover—this is attributed mainly to blood plasma. 1. Fatigue, rain, snow, cold, and lack of sleep make combat soldiers more susceptible to shock following battle wounds. 5 Plasma, which can be administered immediately on the battle-field, strengthens the casualty so that he may be moved to where surgery can lie performed. 6. Plasma is essential in the treatment of burns, which are particularly numerous in the present conflict. 7. Admiral McIntyre, surgeon-general of the Navy, says: “Blood plasma, surgery, and sulfa drugs have been life-saving factors in that order.’’ 8. General Kirk, surgeon-general of the Army, says: “Blood plasma is the dream of surgery. ’ 9. In World Yrar I the casualty rate at an evacuation hospital was about 16 per cent as compared to 2La |K r cent in this war. 10. Remember—your donation of a pint of blood at the blood bank means the chance for life to some wounded man. To donate blood, a person must be be- tween the ages of 18 and 60, and if under 21 must bring the written permission of his par- ents. Trade School students and instructors may go to the bhxxl bank on school time if they make arrangements for appointments through the shop office or through Room 15. The Ford Blood Donor Station, in the Press Steel Building, isopen Monday through Friday from noon until 5 p.m. with the excep- tion of the second and fourth Fridays in each month when it is open from 6:30 until 11 p.m. Baseball Practice Began Thursday March 22 COME ON OUT!!! THE CRAFTSMAN Page 5 Class Captains Voice Their Ideas About Bob-Lo Picnic Referring to the editorial. WhaVs Your Answer? in the February issue of The Crafts- man the following questions were asked of class captains. Arc you in favor of allowing the students to sponsor this year’s Boh-Ix) picnic? Do you think the students are capable of making it a success? W hy? A Bob-IiO picnic, run by st udents is favored hy most of the captains. Here are their answers. Matt Speedie, W-A-l: “Yes, I think the Bob-Lo picnic should bo sponsored by the students. I think it will be a success because more students are interested in school activi- ties now than last year.” William Butch, M-A-3: “No, I think the students have too much to do right now.” John Walker, W-B-3: “Yes, the stu- dents should sponsor the picnic, because it’s their picnic and they should have a part in planning it.” Emil Raulin. M-C-l: “Yes, because they did a swell job of it last year and I don’t see why they can’t do it again this year.” Maryon Gurta, T-C-2: “Yes, I am in favor of allowing the students to sponsor this (Continued on page 10) Andrew Lewis Leaves Trade School After 19 Years of Service March 20 would have checked off 20 years in the service of the Ford organization for Andrew Jackson Lewis, cafeteria. Mr.Lewis who is retiring said that he would like to have passed the 20- year mark but this was prevented lie- cause of ill health. Before coming to Detroit in 1910 he spent 32 years work- ing as a chef in different hotels throughout Georgia, Mississippi. Alabama, and Florida, lie has licen in the School cafeteria for 18 years. Being active in church work Mr Lewis helped to organize the Morning Devotional Services eight years ago. Since that time he has lieen late in attending only once. He is a father, grandfather, and great- grandfather. His three sons were all in the service in World War I and now he has a grandson in service who is a 1913 graduate of the School. Mr. and Mrs. Lf wis celebrated their golden-wedding anniversary April 2. 1910 with a program in the Morning Devo- tional Services. Supt. F. E. Searle spoke at that service. Mrs. Searle came in for the celebration. Just 16 days later on April 18 Mrs. Ix wis passed away. When asked what he intended to do upon leaving the School Mr. Lewis replied, • l am not going to do anything but rest.” Alumni Report on Military Life The following letter, post-marked January 28. 1945, wras written by John Peter Bentz. M MS3 c. somewhere in the South Pacific. Dear Students and Instructors: I’ve lieen wanting to write to the School for a long time, but I guess something always comes along to interrupt my attempts. Today I just had to sit down and write this letter to thank you for remembering me out here. I received your October issue of The Craftsman and it surely was nice to read about the news and how things are going at the School. Through my travels (at Navy’s expense) I have met many of my former classmates and we surely do have a time talking about old times. I guess that we all feel the same about the School in that it has taught us to face and tackle the many problems that confront us in this troubled world. For this and many other invaluable things we have licen taught at the School, I don’t think that 1 could ever stop thanking you for the wonderful op|M rt unity of going through it. Because of the know- ledge 1 obtained at the School I was given a specialist mate in the Navy I am doing the work that 1 like most to do and learning something new every day. So you s« e I owe a lot to the School. I hope to keep on receiving The Crafts- man and if everything goes right I will lie up to visit the School soon. Hello to everyone. A former student. Peter Bentz, June 12 Sgt. Louis F. Kadar, graduate of January ’32. and now with the F in England wrote the following letter, post-marked Januarv 16, 1945. To the Editor: Many thanks for the November Crafts- man which caught up with me today. The delay was due to another change in my ad- dress. Also note the slight change in rank from corporal to sergeant. You probably know that I am in England and have been here for almost a year. It may In of interest to you that I Hew over to England in a matter of hours in a B-21 that was built by the Ford Motor Company. I was as proud as could be to tell my buddies that our ship was made in my home town by my friends, brother, and relatives, and that ship was perfect in spite of adverse flying conditions that we encounUred on the way over. I just want to say that you’re doing a swell job. k ep it up and we’ll ask for no more. The ('.raftsman is as welcome as a letter from home and you can bet that I read every one from «over to cover. I was es|H cially interested in the school spirit” ('omments given by l oth instructors and students. That spirit was lacking during the time I spent in the Trade School. 1930-’32 mainly liecnuse most of the boys looked u|M n their scholar- ship as a job rather than a school-training Little do the students realize what an im- |M rtant part their present position in the Trade School holds for them. I remember Mr. Searle saying that, back in 1931 and how 1 I years later all I can say is that no truer words were ever spoken. Returning to the school spirit subject: if there was another in- stitution like the Trade School with which there would l o competition, such as scholastic, athletic and even shop output -that is. give the Trade School boys some one to run to the ground and they’ll praise their own School to tin skies. That’s where high school and col- lege spirit comes from. In the Army, every other unit is made up of bums- but your own has the cream of the crop. (Set that kind of competition and your school spirit will soar. If I’m wrong. I’ll apologize publicly. In closing, give my regards to Mr. Kayzak. VIr. Glassiey, Mr. Yerex and all the others who may remember that far back. I can’t comment on my work because it is classified as confidential so I’ll just say ihat I’m doing OK. Have you heard from any of my classmates of January ’32? If so. I’d like to hear about them. Thanks, IiOuis F. Kadar F 1 c Gilbert James Brodie, June ’43, who is somewhere in the Pacific area, writes that his ship, tin U.S.S. Duitze, has taken part in a sea battle and in three major in- vasions. From a Great Dikes convalescent ward, S 2 c Bob Woolsey, June ’ll and former editor of The Craftsman reports that he is re- covering from an attack of scarlet fever. Congratulations from Pvt. Nafe A. Alley, January ’10. stationed at A.S.T.P. School. Oregon, to the students of the Henry Ford Trade School were sent in his last letter on the fine job the School did in the Sixth War I ian. A C R. H. Olsen, June 42, now attend- ing Pre-Flight School. Cha|x l Hill. North Carolina, says that he is kept busy studying and has little time for anything else. From somewhere in Belgium. Cpl. Fred- erick E. Bush, January ’43, informs The Craftsman staff that he appreciates and en- joys the copies that are mailed to him reg- ularly. S Sgt. Joe Bommarito, former student, who is a tail gunner on a B-17 l omher, reports that he has 15 missions to go before he will get a furlough to come home. S.M. 2 c Joseph A. Kikel, former stu- dent, now stationed in the Pacific, is receiving regular issues of The Craftsman and tells how he enjoys reading them. Joe is looking for- ward to the day when he can again plan a re- union with his Trade School friends. ANDREW LEWIS Page 6 THE CRAFTSMAN News From the Ford WILLOW RUN SCHOOLS Another Example of ‘We Learn by Doing’ Eleven fully-equipped B-21 Uberator Bombers are assigned by the Army Air Forces to train ground crews in the ’hows” and “wliys” of making flight inspections. This work by soldiers stationed at Willow Bun Army Air Base B-21 School is done under the supervision of the Airplane School. ----- Before a pilot takes off in his B-21 on its mission against the enemy, ground crews have spent many hours preparing it for flight. The inspections they have made are of several types other than that commonly known as “flight inspection.” There is the “Pre- Flight” inspection, which is made prior to every flight made by the airplane; the “Daily” inspection, which must l e made at. some time during the day in which the airplane is used. The “Post-Flight” inspection is frequently made after each flight when certain conditions of operation demand it be made. Besides these, many other maintenance inspections must be made constantly to keep the l oinbcr in flying condition after each 25, 50 or 100 hours of flying time. All these vis- ual and maintenance inspections make up the “Flight Inspections.” It is for this kind of work that, men are trained at Willow Run. Soldiers receive an intensive 30-day course in specialized training for servicing and main- taining the various systems incorporated in the B-21. They study each of these main systems separately by means of mock ups in lal oratories. Later they spend six days per- forming actual flight inspections on some of the 11 airplanes provided for them on the field. All maintenance work except overhaul and major repair is done by the soldiers under the guidance of their civilian instructors. They keep these planes constantly in flight status. To accommodate the ground crew pro- gram. each plane is given the inspections usu- ally due at. the 100-hour flying time mark which, thus, also include the 50-hour, 25- hour. daily and pre-flight inspections. All previous training is brought to practical use. 100-Hour Inspection Performed During the first two days of this phase, soldiers make the 100-hour inspections on the power plants of the B-21. Spark plugs are either removed, cleaned, re-gapped, and re- installed, or replaced with new plugs; oil sumps are drained; oil and fuel screens cleaned; ignition wires replaced; magneto timing checked; propeller domes removed to degrease the feathering mechanisms; and in- spections made on the other systems incor- [K rated in the engine nacelles. In the winter time these inspections must frequently Ikj made on airplanes cx|M sed to high winds. In such cases the work is done on the ramp with the aid of canopied engine stands warmer! by Stewart-Warner portable ground heaters hav- ing a rated cajmcity of 100,000 b.t.u. an hour. W hen the airplane location schedule allows the airplane to be in a hangar, the completion of the power plant inspections is followed by jacking the airplane and making operational tests on tin landing gear mechanisms by both the normal and the emergency methods. During tin third and fourth day, 100-hour inspections are made on the airplane electrical, hydraulic, fuel, and oxygen systems, movable and fixed surfaces, flight control mechanisms, engine, and navigation instruments, cockpit, and cabin, and on the airplane generally. Any significant defects detected and the correc- tional maintenance performed are daily logged for each plane in the Army Air Force Form 1A and later transcribed on | crmunent A.A.F. form. Course Features Engine Run-up Besides the standard inspections, any special inspections and modifications de- manded by Army technical orders are also executed during these first four days. The fifth and sixth days in this phase are devoted to pre-flight inspections, instruction in cock- pit procedure, and engine run-ups. The engine run-up feature is considered by most students as being the highlight of the 30-day course. Each student is given the op- portunity to start, warm-up, perform various operational checks, and shut down the 1200 horsepower Pratt and Whitney R-1830 en- gines on the B-21. During this run-up pro- cedure other students in the group stand fire- guard and function as safety men. A complete engine run-up requires ap- proximately forty minutes. The time for all the engine run-ups of the day is logged ami added to the total carried forward each day on the A.A.F. Form 1A. When engines leach the maximum running time of 650 hours, they are sent to a depot for overhaul and replaced by new or overhauled engines. Thus far some 22 engine changes have been made in the “Inspections II” phase. New turl o-super- chargers and othi r new engine accessories are usually installed at engine change. All work in ml red in making such engine changes is done by students. To give one soldier a 40-minute engine run-up requires approximately 68 gallons of high octane gasoline During the course of a month, some 39,202 gallons of 91 octane gaso- line ami 3,378 quarts of oil are used in giving the engine run-up feature of the “flight in- spections” to the B-24 ground crew trainees. In the same period about 2.108 gallons of 91 octane gasoline are used by the auxiliary jx)wer plants which supply current for the various operational checks made in carrying out the 100-hour inspections. High Safety Record Maintained The safety factor involved in engine run- ups is singularly worthy of comment. A total of more than 29,260 engine-run hours have ac- cumulated in the history of this phase up to February 1915. During all Ihese engine hours there has as yet been no accident to ftersonnel and only a few accidents of minor nature to the equip- ment. 'Phis record is particularly note- worthy l ecause the engines were run in all kinds of weather, and. for a [ criod of many months, the engines were run throughout the night as well as day on a three-shift a d a y, seven-day a week schedule, winter and summer. In 1944 this safety record in volved 9,709 students who participated in the engine run-up feature of the “flight inspections” made on the eleven Lilx'rators used by the Inspec- tions II phase of the B-24 School. Thirty- six instructors carry the responsibility of instruction. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 7 Apprentice Schools ROUGE SCHOOLS Pvt. Ann Sayres Truitt, WAC, Reports... (Editor’s Note: William F. Mueller supervisor of the Rouge Apprentice Schools oners this rather stark letter as a reminder of the sacrifices lx ing made, today for us by our soldiers. both men and women. It was written by Ann tionist in the Aircraft School and niece of Tom Sayres, Henry Ford Trade School instructor. “It is partly for such men as those described by Mrs. Truitt, ’ Mr. Mueller says, “that you contributed to the Red Cross last month.” pvt. Truitt has iieen in a medical detachment of the WAC for several months.) Savres Truitt, former motion picture projec- --------------- training, 900 patients came into the. Hospital and a call went up for volunteers. Not being in the Army long enough to know better than to volunteer. I did and worked during my break and the next two Sundays. It was nerve-wracking and exhausting work but en- “DEAR MR. Ml ELLER. . . .1 11 try to give you a bird’s eye view of what I’ve l een doing. Any more than that would take a volume. Ford Ledger si c. .. “I have completed Basic at Des Moines and have had almost two months’ training at the William Beaumont General Hospital, School of Medical and Surgical Technicians at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas. Wow! In this short period, I have become a skilled left- handed bed-pan handler, double-ended mop and a holding and retracting instrument com- monly known as a broom. ‘ In addition to such practical training. I have learned how to give hypos, sutures, transfusions, urinalyses and enemas: how to put on casts, sterilize instruments, watch the surgeon when he needs a sponge, throw him a forcep or hem os tat and a few thousand other things. Our courses have included Anatomy and Physiology, General Surgery, Operating Room Techniques, Orthopedics, Genito- urinary. Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat, Ward Management, Medical Department Setup. Anaesthesia, Intravenous, Subcutaneous and Intromuscular Transfusions, Use of Stomach Pumps, Nasal Feeding Tubes, Osteology, Neuro-Psychiatrics, Disposal of the Dead (this will come in handy with my first 100 fMiticnts!) and others I can’t remember at present. . . “We’ve had a field problem that is, we went up into the mountains for a day and set up a pseudo-battle condition. . . ictims go up into the mountains and are carried down by litter bearers. Naturally, I was one of the lucky ones to Ik litter bearer. And, believe me, it’s not like wheeling around a projector! (’actus IhsIs on one side, jagged rooks on the ot her, rolling gravel and sage brush and about ir 0 pounds of awkward litters and victims which you have to ease over all this. . . “Of course, added to our studies we still have with us the delightful little army pas- times of h.P. (live times this month', drill, C.Q., Guard, detail, hikes. Inspection and G.I. night, to name a few. “Haven’t had a day off yet and this last month worked seven days f er week three weeks in a row ltecau.se during our supposed break Itelween the lirst and second month's Ann Sayres Truitt, now in th« WAC, is framed by the projector which aho formerly operated in the Aircraft School. lightening ami invaluable experience. Mr. Vlueller, I wish some of the civilians could see these fellows. “The Beaumont Hospital is one of the largest army hospitals in the States. They specialize in Plastic Surgery and Orthopedics. I worked on some fellows who were burned past recognition, whose faces and legs and arms were shot away, fellows who were having skin grafted onto the burned or shot parts of their Ixxliesand one of these I’ll tell you alxmt because I’ll never forget him. “I call him the fellow with the fur pedicle. A pedicle is flesh grown on the body, taken from one part and which is to lx grafted onto another part. This fellow had half his upper face shot away. There was a big gash across his scalp from ear to ear where flesh had been taken and it hung from one ear down under his nose and up to the other enr. Because it was flesh from the scalp, hair grew all over it. It was at least two inches thick and hung loose ... I cleaned it. “Another fellow, a burn case, was having skin grafted on his face in a big square from forehead to chin. Big black sutures (sewing threads) went all the way around. Every- thing was mottled and flaming. . .1 couldn’t tell the graft from the burn. His eyes were closed almost completely and inflammation was thick around them. His mouth was a burnt hole, his hands and fingers mi hony claws. The odor in these wards is luALcating and I had it in my clothes and nostrils for weeks. . . “I want to get good and sick of traveling by the time my husband comes home. He has Iieen expressing a desire to stay put once he does. He never did like traveling and he sure picked a fine outfit for that. He’s in Germany now, carrying back German pris- oners from the front to the rear lines. . . I “This is doing me a lot of good and it’s exactly what I wanted. I love this work. And as for Army Buies and Regulations, well it’s like hitting yourself on the head with a hammer: it feels so good when it stops! . . . “Best of luck, ANN” Past Years of Aircraft School Reviewed Since the inauguration of the Aircraft School. specific training has Ixien provided for the six large parts of the Ford Aircraft Divi- sion and for the United States Army and Navy. The School was formally opened June 4. 1911 to instruct aviation machinist mates for the United States Navy. These classes dealt principally with procedures for aircraft engine overhaul. This class for the Navy was dis- continued in May, 1913 when the program was transferred to the Navy School. Training for the armed forces was ex- panded in February, 1912 when a group of en- listed army personnel arrived at the School. This group, from tin Air Service Command, took a 12-week course, studying engine over- haul. A year ami four months later this course was discontinued, but other programs have come into existence to replace the original. Civilian and apprentice training was first instituted in June, 1911. Specialized train- ing. as well as standard courses, is offered each term to employes wishing to lake them. As the need for training of new employes increased, and women were intnxluccd into the plant, the School stepped up its [ruining with new and more detailed courses. Aircraft School Introduces New Course Beginning its 20th semester of o| eration. the Aircraft School has introduced a new course. Time ami Motion Study This course, available to all Ford employes who are interested in t his function of industry, is a seven-term program with each term con- sisting of nine weekly class periods of one hour and fifteen minutes each, and an extra week set. aside for final examinations. Page 8 A-B-C AND Cafeter ia By ROBERT McCRTJM 66 7X LWAYS Be Clean” is the appropriate motto for the unusual primary depart- ment of the Trade School. It is where lx ys after enrolling in the School begin their train- ing for whatever trade they have shown a preference. This department I ecause of its tremendous sanitation and disripline training requirements is considered the most impor- tant, and more or less the foundation of all trades and subjects taught in the School. Henry Ford Originated Department The A-B-C department was originated by llenrv Ford in 1926 while on a visiting tour through the A-building, Highland Park, when he then decided that the cleaning of the entire school, done by men at that time, should be accomplished by students in the Trade School as part of their training. Mr. Ford has always had ingenious fore- sight and could thereby foresee the great les- son the student would derive from this ex- perience. It would also determine of what he was made, for anyone going through this de- partment without a kick and sticking to it would unquestionably Ik an excellent work- man Inter on. A-B-C Means G-Boy When a Trade School boy hears “A-B-C” mentioned he thinks of G-boys. They’re not the same although sooner or later it’s “G-boy meets A-B-C.” Kach boy after having been taken into the department is given the gener.'d Polishing ths faucets until they shine is one of the duties of Harold Long, T-F-3. A-B-C boy v who was assigned to clean the wash stand on the fourth floor west. _______THE CRAFTS M AN idea of what is expected of him and also the rules he, is to follow concerning his duties and safety for himself. Although the students sometime have a difficult time acquainting themselves w ith this department, after realizing the purjxise. most of them stick their pride in their pocket, lift their chins, and feel astonishingly proud of the fact that they are students in this school. It has been found after careful observa- tion that most lx ys are willing, and able to do their work as well as the men. It is also true that the boys who are the cleanest in their work and w ho stick to their job doing the l est they can. whether liking or disliking it, usu- ally result in l eing the most tidy, cleanest, and best, all around workmen when trans- ferred to the shop. Everything From Stairs to Hat-rack The expression “Everything from stairs to hat-rack” fits perfectly in determining what the lx ys clean during the day. Besides managing their own supply « rib, their duties range in everything from sweeping dirt from the corners under the stairways to |x lishing inkwells. in doing all the general tidying up of the library, classrooms, and offices they work ac- cording to schedule. The offices are cleaned the first thing in the morning from 7:00 to 7:30 by boys who start early. They empty the waste-paper baskets, dust the cabinets, tables, and chairs, and wash and polish all desktops, inkwells and miscellaneous pieces of furniture that may Ik there. The library is cleaned during the day in much I he same order as is the shop. From 2:50 to 3:30 daily when the boys in class have gone home, the black- boards are washed. Among the many daily tasks presented to the boys are the approximately three-fifths of a mile of radiators to Ik dusted on the third and fourth floors, 750 feet of classroom aisles to be swept, countless cabinets, and thousands of square feet of walls to Ik washed and painted if need Ik . Many other smaller jobs are given to them such as washing woodwork, cleaning the sinks and wash-stands, keeping the paper-towel holders filled and dusting and washing about 1.500 seats. Here’s What They Use To appreciate the earnestness and work- manship of tin Ik)vs. one would have 0) see the weekly supplies used to accomplish the huge task of keeping t he ScIkm I clean and re- spectable. They are: about 150 pounds of smla ash and 100 pounds of chip soap used in mopping the fl M rs, 10 gallons of liquid soap and 60 pounds of powdered hand soap for washing your hands, and 20 cartons of paper towels for drying them. 1.100 clean cloth towels for all general washing and dusting, and one gallon of windex is used to clean the 300 windows in the classrooms. The more difficult tasks such as mopping the floors, dusting in high and out-of-way places, cleaning blower pipes, large grinders, and the ventilating system are all performed by men. The Painting Branch of A-B-C A distinct branch of A-B-C, the painting department, is composed usually of eight l oys whose average periwl of time spent there is aliout three months. Their principle duties are to glaze and paint all machines in the Trade School. The shapers, mills, and lathes are usually painted at least once a year, but sometimes are left as long as two years. The wet grind- ers require finishing twice a year. It takes two boys two days to glaze and paint two coats of paint on one machine. The purpose of glazing is to fdl the pores and holes for a smooth finish after painting. The cabinets and everything else from the fl H� r to the lower half of the walls, are painted We Learn whenever they need it, and are usually done by boys on A-B-C. All the white paint in the School such as the ceilings and upper half of the walls is sprayed by men. Maintenance Also Done Only boys with previous experience in other departments are put on maintenance work. The maintenance work is done by two l oys. They keep all the classroom scats in order and do ail general repair work in the School. They also make ami maintain all cabinets and take care of the many cloth towels used by the hundreds of students in the School. After from six to eight weeks of learning sanitation and discipline, accepting and doing all the disagreeable tasks set lx for them, a huge smile is found on tin: once sad and de- spondent students as they gaily accept trans- fers to a different department. Most Popular Department ■polM LAH departments may be many in A the Trade School, but the cafeteria is said to outrank them all. This is where many stu- dents are taught the fundamentals of hygiene anti what, constitutes a well-balanced meal. They also discover many different foods anti ways to prepare them. Before 1930 the cafeteria was located on the other side of the B-huilding where the bookstore, print shop, and Booms 3, 6, 11, 12, and 13 are now. The stone floor still re- mains as evidence. In 1927 there were seven THE CRAFTSMAN Page 9 Classes are over, the day ia done, and then the A-B-C boys wash the black-boards. Shown abovo is Dino Bornava, W-E-l, wash- ing the blackboard in a manner familiar to many Trade School students and alumni. tables having swiveled chairs, each table seal- ing nlxmt 16 students. There were at that time about 750 boys enrolled in the School so By Doing in the coining years, when the enrollment in- creased, three tables were added and the swiv- eled chairs replaced with benches, accom- modating 26 students at each table. Larger Cafeteria Needed Because of the t remendous increase of stu- dents in 1030, when the Highland Park School was transferred to the B-huilding. a still larger cafeteria was needed, therefore, what was then storage space for the pattern shop was con- verted to the present cafeteria. Another l en- elit resulting from the change in location was the fact that in the old site classrooms sur- rounded the cafeteria and students in class be- came more interested in the preparation of the OskI than in concentration on their studies. In the enlarged cafeteria, movable benches wore found impractical because of the excess handling needed when cleaning up. so. the present type of table was devised. Paper plates were sul stituted for the china dishes, lowering the cost resulting from breakage, saving the lalior of cleaning them, and also achieving better sanitation. The public address system was installed in 1936. This allows announcements to be made more efficiently. Because of this sys- tem and the seating capacity, the Wednesday morning assemblies are held in the cafeteria. Menu Carefully Prepared All food coming into tin Trade School is prepared at the Fordson Lunch Company. The menu is made up by the chef and the cafeteria instructor. The menu is determined in some measure by what foot! items the boys refuse to take and is balanced as much as pos- sible. It is hard to please everybody so the meals are varied from day-to-day. About six hours are | ent in preparing the meal, then a small truck transfers it, in two trips, to the School. The food is conveyed in 9 to 12 heavy 25-gallon aluminum containers. It is kept hot on a steam table until it is served. A typical, balanced meal prepared for the students may Ik; as follows: new cabbage slaw. roast sirloin of l eef and pan gravy, browned Idaho potatoes, home-baked beans, milk, whole wheat bread, butter, and for dessert, fruit pie. In feeding a meal to 1200 students and 200 instructors it takes aliout 150 pounds of meat, 550 pounds of potatoes HO gallons of soup, 20 pounds of butter, six cases of oranges. 514 cases celery, 1500 ! ottlcsof milk, and 100 loaves of bread. Approximately 1,500 nine-inch pa|M� r plates, 1,500 six-inch plates, 1,000 paper cups when soup is served, ami 1,500 set ups of sil- ver are used each day. Extra men help the l oys in serving and take care of all garbage and wastepaper ut lunch time. It takes about seven minutes to serve approximately 400 boys in three lines. Class ! oys eat at 11 00 and shop ln ys eat at 11:30 ami 12:00. Cleanliness Again Stressed Cleanliness, stressed throughout the Trade School, is a must in this department. The cafeteriu goes out of its way to maintain the highest sanitation standards, applies every- thing to this effort. Recently straws were added to prevent any contagion made fea- sible by drinking milk from the bottle. Before students are permitted to work in the cafeteria, they are given an examination for a food-handler’s permit. Besides handling the food when it is in the cafeteria, under the supervision of two instructors, the students set the tables, serve the food, clean the silver From th insido wo watch students receiving their food as they pass by one of the three counters. Serving food are Thomas Davies. W-F-3, and dames O'Neill, A-B-C instructor who helps-out in the cafeteria at lunch time. ware, and in general keep the cafeteria spot- lessly clca n. The silver is cleaned in a washer but, when tarnished, is shined in a burnishing machine. The tables are washed twice a day, except Silver would be quite a chore if someone had'nt invented a steam washor. Shown working around the Trade School's silver washer are, left to right: James Cojocari, W-F-l pulling box out of washer, John Rit- tingor, T-F-2, and Herbert Weiss, T-F-2, who are drying the silverware. on Wednesday, when washing them three times is required, because of the morning as- sembly. The limus are mopped in the morn- ing and afternoon, the walls washed and (minted when necessary, and tin; machines are cleaned and polished after being used. Results of Pribble- McCrory Test George McCulloch, M-A-l, made the high- est score on the Pribble-McCrory Grammar Test given at the end of last semester with 197 out of a (M ssible 201. Virgil Conisa, W-D-l, gained 50 points ov er his previous record. This was the great- est gain made by any student. According to C. G. Rogers, English department head, a gain is more important than a high score since the purpose of the test is to determine whether the student is learning. Averages in the Trade School ranged from 113.5 in the last G-classes to 116.6 in the last A-classes with the School average of 139.5. The aggregate gain was 7.3 points over the previous test which was given last June. Highest class average was held by the M-A-l with 163 average which is par for a twelfth grade high school student. Red Cross Drive tCon,‘ . d3)irom To receive a Red Cross membership card a student contributed §1.00 or more. Students contributing less than §1.00 received a Red Cross button only. The total amount of money collected in the Trade School by the captains was $1194.37. The seniors’ captain, Jerry Renirie, collected §95.65 of this total. In addition the instruc- tors contributed $2665.50. To stimulate Red Cross donations. Ford Motor Company erected a display case in the cafeteria that contained a number of articles that arc being sent overseas to prisoners of war such as cigarettes, soap, powdered milk, coffee, sugar, and candy. Page 10 THE CRAFTSMAN SAGA OF THE LOWLY PEANUT Innumerable products such as foods, plastics, inks, powders, and metal polish are being extracted daily from the cowpea, peanut, and sweet potato. The method of extraction of these articles from such sources was found by Dr. George Washington Carver, the greatest and first, cheniurgist of Tuskegec Institute, Alabama, when he found a surplus of sweet potatoes and peanuts in the South. I)r. Carver urged the southern farmers to grow peanuts because the cotton bales were becoming fewer to the acre. At meetings and lectures he explained to the farmers and plant- at ion owners that, because of his research and experiments in the rotation of crops, he had discovered the crops best suited for building up the soil were peanuts, sweet potatoes, and cowjKjas. Dr. Carver stressed the special im- portance of the peanut or as he called it “goober.” The farmers following his advice grew acres of peanuts. A few w ere used for human consumption but the majority were fed to hogs. The South-land quickly responded to this treatment and the soil improved greatly. After a few years farmers returned to growing cotton, but only to meet an unforseen dis- aster, the ‘Ik)1I weevil.” This scourge crept steadily farther north and destroyed the cot- ton fields in its path. To combat the insect farmers stopped growing cotton. Peanuts were again raised plentifully. vinegar, shoe blackening, ink, library paste, dyes, and candy; synthetic tapioca, ginger and coconut; chocolate compound, stock feeds, coffee substitute, molasses, and rubber. Also a Hour was widely used in wartime when «•real flours were scarce. From peunuts came milk, butter, cheese, cofTee, shaving lotion, breakfast food, flour, soap, ink, cosmetics, pickles, sherbets, salad oils, soft drinks, wood stains, axle grease, tan remover, insulating Inamls. and dyes in a con- stantly expanding list. By taking the goober apart chemically and trying endless shufflings of the compo- nents under varying temperatures and pres- sures these products were made. Out of these shufflings came a crop-use that is now putting $5,000,000 a year into the peanut farmer’s pocket $200.000,000 a year into the peanut business. Bob-Lo Picnic (Continued from from Pago 5) 100 Peanut Recipes Before 1913 Dr. Carver had started pub- lishing a cook book of recipes for cooking [ ea- nuts for the table. The sixth edition in 1916 carried directions for more than 100 ways of preparing peanuts for human consumption. Dr. Carver instructed a class of senior girls, who were studying dietetics, in the varied usages of the peanut. They served a five- course luncheon to Dr. Carver and nine guests which included soup, mock chicken, creamed as a vegetable, salad, candy, cookies, ice cream, and cofTee—all from peanuts and as varied and tasty as one could wish. Grad- ually, know ledge of the nutritive value of t he crop spread through the South. Pound for | ound the peanut tops sirloin for protein, the best potatoes for carbohy- drates and the best butter for fat. The pods have as much food value as ordinary hay. The red inner skins are valuable as bran. The leaves and stalks equal the nutritive val- ue of clover. The meal, ordinarily used for fattening livestock, is prized for fertilizer by Ceylon tea-planters who use 35.000 tons of it annually. Dr. Carver Conducts Additional Experiments Farmers seeing the real value of peanuts began to plant enthusiastically more than could be used as foods. Soon tin? crops were rotting in the fields because no market was available. Dr. Carver, finding he was re- sponsible for the condition, decided to do something to create a larger market. Working long hours in the lul oratory he found 118 products derived from sweet po- tatoes and 300 things from peanuts. A few of the important derivatives he pro- duced from sweet [)otatoes include: stardi. year’s Bol -Ix picnic. The students are ca- pable of making the picnic a success localise they want the picnic, and it stands to reason they will work hard for anything they want.” Anthony Leone, M-C-3: 'Ycs, the students should sfxmsor the picnic ! erausc it would be good experience for them. I feel the students that l oiight. a bomber can make a little thing like a picnic a success.” Tom McGahey, W-B-l; “Yes, 1 think the students should sponsor the Bob-Ix) pic- nic. because they would plan it to satisfy everybody's likings.” Gardens (Continued from page 13) This change was made so that students could work in the garden more often, detail valu- ation of the 1911 harvest amounted to $5,699.72. In keeping with the soil-building program, barnyard manure was spread over the entire tract. Twenty-three kinds of vegetables were planted in 1912. The produce was valued at $9,859.12. Despite the lateness of the planting sea- son. crops yielded Iwtter in 1913 than in any previous year. Insects and plant diseases were kept at a minimum. The retail valua- tion for the 1913 crop was $11,365.29. Discing instead of plowing l egnn in 19 I I as an experiment. The year's crop was valued at $16,373.36. In the fall of 1911, alsuit 25 acres of rye were planted for the pur- pose of discing under to enrich the soil. The seeds and plants have been ordered for this year and planting will begin in the early part of May. G-, F-, E-, and D-boys, who are automatically considered garden stu- dents, will take turns working in the garden. Students will be transported from school to the gardens. The day will Ik divided into two shifts of four hours each. “Our aim.” said E. II. Stoelting, garden supervisor, is to continue to obtain more produce each year from the same tract of ground.” Texas Celebrates 100th Anniversary The “wonder” slate, Texas, celebrates a 100 years of statehood this month. When she became a state in March, 1815 she increased the size of the United States by an area greater than Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana combined. Texas is much larger than any pre-war Etiro( ean country, excepting Russia. This great state surpasses all other states in the? production of cotton which is the most valuable cotton crop grown in any one single subdivision in the world. It produces more than 12 per cent of the world’s supply of this commodit v, nearly one-fourt h of till the cotton grown in the United States and more than tw’ice as much as any other state. Although 70 per cent of the people of Texas depend directly or indirectly on cotton for their livelihood, other crops are grown widely in the southern belt of counties known as the “Winter Garden of America.” Truck farming predominates in this area with toma- toes, spinach, onions, cabbage, and potatoes t he leading crops. Through irrigation the once unproductive land bordering the lower Bio Grande lias l een turned into a “Magic Valley.” one of the finest fruit Iwlts in the United States. From its orchards trainloads of grapefruit, oranges, lemons, kumqiiats, tangerines, apples, peaches, grapes, plums, pears, and other citrus fruits are s nt to northern markets. Other semi- tropical fruits, grown on a limited scale in- clude, dates, avocados, guavas, and papayas. Besides producing fruit. Texas ranks as the leading state in the total numl er of head of domest ic animals on farms and ranches and high in the value of all livestock. It ranks first in the beef cattle industry, in the number of sheep and production of wool, in the num- ber of mules, and is one of the leading states in the raising of horses. What The “Winter of Snow” Means to Farmers A smile, a chuckle, a murmured “Money in the bank,” that is what many farmers and victory gardeners said as they looked at the heaviest snowfall Michigan has had for a good many years. The reason the nation’s food producers are anxious to have a heavy and lasting snowfall is that snow carries with it six (naimls of am- monia an acre for each inch of snowfall. The nit.ro factors work on the ammonia and change it into nitrogen. This will make plant life flourish. More vegetables, more fruits, and even more grass may be expected this summer. Also, snow is a protective covering which prevents or at least retards frost penetration. Frost in the ground kills the young winter roots. With the depth of frozen soil con- siderabis lessened due to the layer of snow that has lain on the ground two months, an early thaw may Ik expected, fter the thaw, when the earth has lost its excess moisture, it will Ih good and friable and ready for spring planting. Page 11 THE CRAFTSMAN Craftsmen Succumb To Second Hazel Park Attack By a 23 to 21 score, a capacity crowd at Henry Ford School saw t lie Craftsmen basket .ball team defeated the second time this season by Hazel Park. March 2. In the first half it was easy to see the Craftsmen were out to revenge their previous loss. Hindered greatly by the loss of Boh Pieschke, center, who was drafted, the 'Mighty Midg- ets” struggled desperately; with Cass Lacki, former reserve, playing a fine game in the [Htsilion vacated by Boh. The second half saw the teams bathing nip and tuck. The Mighty Midgets.” through fast breaking and fighting spirit, were giving the taller Blue Devils” the toughest game of the season. The style was directly opposite to the first contest in this game defensive tactics were used. But as the last precious minute of the game ticked by. Hazel Park t egan its victory march, and when the final whistle blew it was again the victor, defeating the Craftsmen by two |M ints as it did in the first game played at Hazel Park on February 13. Once more the untiring efforts of Fight- ing” Ted Zenevich were conspicuous as he. hit the net for 10 points, making him the highest individual scorer in this game. Lincoln Park Edged Out 29-28 Paced by Ted Zenevich and John Canavan who scored 11 and 9 points respectively, the Craftsmen defeated the ever threatening Lincoln Park team, February 23. in the tight- est contest of the season to the tune of 29 to 28 on the ‘Parkers” own court. The first half was a defensive battle but the Craftsmen managed to Ik on the long end of the 13 to 11 score. The second half was a closely contested battle. Due to the speed, agility, and backl oard controlling of Ted Zenevich and the defensive strategy of Pat Woody, the Craftsmen finally wiggled out on top. Craftsmen Swamp Melvindale 48-20 The Craftsmen were out to revenge their loss of the previous Friday when they played Melvindale. at Melvindale, on February 16. After six minutes of play the score stood Craftsmen 10. Melvindale 0. Throughout the entire game the Craftsmen dominated play ami swamped Melvindale with a final score of 18 to 20. This was the highest score the Mighty Midgets” rolled up in one game. Pat Woody was in the groove as he hit the hoop for 17 points, this l cing the highest in- dividual tally in one game by any Craftsmen player t his season, followed by Bob Pieschke, captain-elect, playing his last game liefore entering the service, who accounted for 11 points; also sharing scoring honors was John Canavan who likewise tallied II points. Hazel Park Wins First Game 45-43 In the first game with Hazel Park, played February 13, at Hazel Park, the Craftsmen ran up against their tallest opponents. This didn’t stop the Craftsmen as they made up for their luck of height by outfighting the strong opposition. Due to a last minute rally by Hazel Park the Craftsmen were on the short end of the 1. � to 13 score. Bob Pieschke ac- counted for 15. | oints while Al Shields and John Canavan hit the ring for 9 points apiece. Thus the Craftsmen soncluded a success- ful season wiih a record of 10 wins. School Band Plays For Willow Run Commencement The Ford Trade School Band, under the direction of Roscoe Wolverton, physics in- structor, played at Willow Bun Airplane School, Friday, March 9, for the graduation of the 20.000th student from Willow Bun Army Air Base B-21 Mechanics School, along with 118 others, nine of whom were Chinese- born. The program opened with the march ‘‘Officer of the Day.”to which the graduates marched into the auditorium. The audience then listened to a concert march “Hall of Fame” and Victory Selections.” Then all stood while the band played “The Star Span- gled Banner.” After the speakers concluded their remarks, the students sang the “Army Air Corps.” then the band concluded the ex- ercises with “Our Director.” The appearance at the Airplane School is tin most important performance of the School musicians to date. Previously, the band was featured at the T-section’s singing jieriod Wednesday. March 7. Friday. March 2. about 15 members of the band played at the basketball game in Henry Ford School. Andrew Daugherty Rolls 234 To Break Record By bowling a 231 game, Andrew Dau- gherty. senior, established a record high for an individual in one game March 10, at the Riviera Recreation. With five weeks remaining, the standings for individual high games are as follows Andrew Daugherty, 231; Russel Keaneman, 225; and Anton Ungar. 220. For individual high three games Anton Ungar has t he highest score with 592, followed by Ronald Prohm, with 586 and Charles Lewis also with 586. The team composed of Casimer Lacki, Pat Woody, Robert Moriset, Kenneth Emerson and captained by Charles Lewis is leading the students bowling league. M-Section Captures All Intramural Basketball Honors Top honors in the senior division of the Trade School intramural basketball league, that ended March 1, went to the M-section that won 6 games and lost none. The T-section took second place with .500 percentage, winning 3 games and losing 3. The W-section held last place all season, losing 6 games. Although his team was on the bottom, Richard Zenke was high-point man of the season with 31 points. Adam Kozina and Theodore Krivak, both of the M-section, were next with 33 and 31 points, respectively. The M-section also took top honors in the junior division with an .833 percentage. The W-scction and the T-section followed with .500 and .166 percentages, respectively. Coaches for these teams were as follows; L. II. Bartholomew, M-section; Donald Mc- Donald, T-section; and T. P. Reel, W-section. The above picture wae taken at the tip-off at the beginning of tho second half of the Hazel Park-Trade School gamo March 2, which Hazel Park won 23 to 21. Tho Craftsmen, in light jerseys, are: left to right. Pat Woody. Tod Zenevich, Cass Lacki, John Canavan, and Al Shields. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 12 Visiting Servi F 1 c Robert Nisbet, June 43, visited his friends in the Trade School Monday. Feb- ruary 19 during a -14-day furlough. Having finished his training at Little Creek, Virginia, he will report to W ilmington, Delaware, for assignment to a ship. Having completed 36 missions over Ger- many and German-held territory, Lieut. Kenneth Ensign, June ’42, visited the School January 30, while on that long waited for leave. On his tunic were the Distin- guished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Kuropean theater ribbon with two stars. Ken said that while piloting his B-21 over Germany, he saw, at times, as many as 1000 planes in the air around him. Although his plane was severely damaged many times, be always managed to fly back to his base in England. Once, most of the tail was shot away. The British l omhed at night and the Americans homlx d by day causing the air over France and the Channel, in the morning and evening, to look like Miller Boad when the shifts change. THOMAS BANK KENNETH ENSIGN Home on leave after receiving his com- mission as a bombardier in the Army Air Force, Lieut. Thomas Bank, June 'II. vis- ited the School recently. Tom was a mem- Imt of The Craftsman stair in ’41 and played in the band in 1910. Ih returned to Carlsbad, New Mexico. Renewing old acquaintances in the Trade School on February 23 was Staff Sergeant Rudolph Horvath, former student. At present he is home on a 21-day furlough after completing 27 missions in l oth B-21 and B-17 bombers while overseas ten months. His main job was that of a ball turret gunner in his squadron's lead plane. Rudolph proudly displays the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf ('.lusters. Pvt. William R. Gardiner, January ’44, was in the School recently while home on a furlough. Bill, a radio operator, said that the minimum speed for radio operators is 21 words, in code, per minute. Although having been in the Army only al out one year—six months overseas - Pfc. Paul Knopp, January ’38. is in the States after lieing decorated - with a Silver Star, the Purple Heart, and two Oak IiCaf Clusters which he received for ser- vices in the European theater of war. Paul was active in mopping up” the once German-held cities in Luxemburg after the enemy had lx en driven out. The work was house-to- house. fighting. He and his buddy first through windows to Then one of them would dive through the window trying to avoid touching the frames which may Ik a part of a Ixjoby trap. The other would stay outside to guard the house. In one of the.se house-to-house battles Paul lost a tooth to a German. The pocket knife that the German was fighting with is now Paul’s souvenir. PAUL KNOPP threw hand grenades break all the glass. Lieut. Howard Kevelighan, January 10. former editor of The Craftsman, was at School February 9 visiting his formtr instruc- tors and old friends. Howard, who entered the service August 12. completed a 17-week course in the chemi- cal warfare service February 3 when he was commissioned. To have completed this course is of particular pride to Howard since the physical qualifications are higher than those of the paratroops. His score was 606 out of a possible 700 fiointx on physical re- quirements. Before entering this training. Howard held the rank of cnrjxiral in the Air Corps. Speaking as a former editor of The Crafts- man and member of Quill and Scroll, Howard says that journalistic training enables a person to meet any undertaking that may come up. It quality's one to understand [M‘ople and cope Students and faculty of Henry Ford Trade School extend their deepest sym- pathy to the families of the 26 Trade School alumni who have given their lives to uphold the ideals of democracy. Those who made the supreme sacrifice are: James A. Banach Roliert. Gumming Albert Goerge Edward C. Grace Jacob (irund W illiam Haag Wilmer Hagen Emil I lausch Elmer Hill Henry P. Jones Stanley knliare Melfred koponen George Manoli Joseph Marchand Gerald McFall Ray Miller I lenry Mojeske ('larence Moore William Peabody Peter Quinn Armand Savoie Raymond Solomon Arthur Swarthout William E. Wesley Howard Wickison Kenneth Young C E M E IS with difficult situations. At the end of his 15-da v leave, he will re- turn to Edge wood Arsenal. Maryland where he will be assigned to (lie training of troops. Lieut. Robert Pobursky, June 12, visited the School February 7, having com- pleted a four-month course of instruction in aerial navigation. Robert who has licon in the ir Corps for two years, served nine months in the (larih- bcan area as a gunner on an -20 Attack Bomber. At that time he held the rank of Pfc. and was commissioned only recently at the termination of his course in navigation. He was wounded when his plane, while on submarine patrol, encountered a IJ-bont. He holds the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster. Wearing his newly-won wings. Lieut. Frank V. Palermo, June ’12, visited friends February 6. I le has just finished his cadet training as a single-engine fighter pilot at Aloe Field. Victoria. Texas. ’’Due largely to the training at the Trade School. I have been rec- ommended for training on B-29 Super Fort- ress,’ he stated. After his eight-day leave he will go to Amarillo, Texas. He was a classmate of Claude Aiken. Imth at the Trade School and in primary training and a’ a hotel in Houston, Texas, he saw Lieut. George Zilli, June. ’40. Ensign Ernest Dainty, January 42, home on a 20-day leave, visited Trade School February 19, after recently reviving his com- mission at the Merchant Marine Academy, kings Point. Long Island. After his graduation from Trade School he remained as a typist in Room I until he entered the service in November 1912. Dur- ing his l] 2 months of sea duty he has covered Imth the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of war and particularly England where he liecame engaged to a Canadian girl in one of t he wom- en’s auxiliary services. JOHN HEARD ERNEST DAINTY Cpl. John Heard. January ’ 10, son of John Heard, cleaning and painting department� is now on the battle-front in Europe. He says that he hopes the war will Ik over soon so that he can get his first glimpse of his eight month- old daughter, Nancy Min. John says The Craftsman has lxx n reaching him regularly. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 13 Spring Marks the Sixth Anniversary of the Trade School Garden “With one foot on the land and one in industry America is safe,” is a theme that Henry Ford has advocated for years. Never before has this statement been so America could not survive if it were not for the food growers. The farmer who sows his fields and harvests his crop is an important factor in the economic security of our country. “An all-round person.” said Mr Ford, needs more than mechanical training; he needs one foot in the soil.” With this thought in mind, on Monday, May 8, 1939 he gave Henry Ford Trade School 13 acres, located a mile from school near Gate 10 on Schaefer Highway, for vegetable gardening. It was his request that the produce be given to Trade School students, and not sold. The 394 students who participated in the initial gardening project worked individual gardens. The seeds and gardening equip- ment were supplied by the Ford Farms. Two experienced gardeners were assigned to give help and suggestions to those who needed it. Prizes were awarded to the students who de- adequately proved as it has during this war. •------------ veloped the liest gardens. In 1910 community gardening supplanted individual gardening because it could benefit more students. A garden house was erected in which students were instructed in Ixjtany, entomology, and soil-building before working in the garden. The 1910 harvest which was valued at $4,831.19 was distributed to 1,200 students. As a lieginning of a soil-building program two acres of soy beans were planted and plowed under. The next year, 1911. planting began early in May. Upper-class-men were assigned to do tractor work after receiving three days’ training at the Ford Ferguson Experimental Farm Instead of all classes, only G-. F-, E-, and D-class boys worked in the garden that year. Pleaso turn to page 10) During his nine-day leave, F 2 c Arthur Barry, June ’ l l, renewed acquaintances with school mates. Arthur, who has just com- pleted 10 weeks of Ikm� I camp, will return to Great Lakes Illinois for reassignment to an electricians school. T S Norman Gregor, January ’ll, re- cently visited the School after spending six months overseas as a radio-gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress. Norman has been in service for two years and, during the time he spent overseas, par- ticipated in 33 missions over Europe, two be- ing major engagements. The crew of his air- plane was awarded a Presidential Citation for its bombing record while Norman personally holds the European Theater of War ribbon, Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross. Having left England December 2 for a 15- duy furlough, he will now lx stationed in Texas as radio operator on a C-47 Transjx rt plane. GEORGE CHRIST NORMAN GREGOR Another Trade School alumnus who vis- ited the School recently was George Christ, WT 2 c, a June 10 graduate. He wore the merican theater ribbon and the Asiatic- Pacific theater ribbon with three major en- gagement stars. George said that he wasn’t scared during a battle but after it was all over he had a funny feeling. Home on a nine-day leave, F 1 c Frank J. Tegal January, 43, visited Trade School February 20. Frank, who received his boot training at Great Lakes, has just returned from one year of sea duty on a minesweeper in the North Atlantic. Despite the cold weather and the four- hour watches in the engine-room, Frank claims that Navy life agrees with him. OTHER VISITORS Dalis Wm. Van Esley Coast Guard Frank McDonald Meridiant I Marine Virl Hay mom! Dare Navy Charles Louis Payor S 2 c Nayv James II. Ilafcli S 2 c Navy John E. Bouse S 2 c Navy Gilbert F. Rowe S 2 c Navy James K. Davis S 2 c Navy William Joseph Balicki S 2 c Navy Norman Clyde Soever S 2 c Navy Alfred Omcla S 1 c Navy- George Potter Elec. Mate Navy Louis II. Hilder Army Paul Kreft Pvt. Infantry Anthony E. Wadrzyk Infantry Robert («. Hill Gunner They’ve Started Again Once again the B-l journalism classes have l een publishing their sectional papers. The purpose of the pa| ers is to give these hoys the experience necessary for work on The Craftsman during the following semester. The Craftsman Junior, published April 30, 1943 by the M-B-l journalism class was the first sectional paper. The T-B-l then put out the Craftsman ‘7”. Following the T-section’s paper was the Craftsmanetie published by the W-B-l. As each new' B-l class came in new names were selected for their paper. The names of the present sectional papers ‘The Scandal Sheets’ are: W-section, Blueprint; T-section, T Courier; M-section, Boogie Bugle. The staff of the Blueprint consists of Buddy Kuczma, editor; Ed Johnson, assistant editor; Tom McGahey and John Rufus, typists. Mike Bernadett holds two positions, artist and pro- motional editor. The ‘7” Courier has Jerry Pohl, editor; John Konkal, assistant editor; Xorb Bylski, cartoonist; Boh Dobson, typ- ist; and Bob Bylin, promotional editor. Serv- ing on the Boogie Bugle stafF are Steve Martin, editor; Boh Wolf, assistant editor; Leo Gau- dreau, cartoonist; Ken Wright and Mike Gass, typists. “What's so funny? says Jerry Pohl, editor of the 'T' Courier, to Buddy Kucsma, left, and Steve Martin, right, as they ridicule his work on a stencil. Buddy and Stove arc the editors of the Blueprint and tha Boogie Bugle respoctivoly. Pago 14 THE CRAFTSMAN On the Editor’s Desk Science Disproves Food Fallacies Many beliefs concerning food are still |K pular, although science has found them false. Some of the more common ones are: milk will sour if left uncovered during a thunder shower, fish is brain food, spinach makes one strong, green apples give the eater a stomach- ache. white-shelled eggs are superior to brown eggs, it is dangerous to eat sea food with milk, peaches with pickles, strawberries with cream; and tomatoes are considered to la poisonous. Some people will not eat cucumbers unless they are soaked several hours in salt brine. In reality, milk does not sour due to any effects of a thunder storm; however, it may sour because of the warm |M riod which usually precedes a thunderstorm. The fallacy that fish is a brain food started about 100 years ago when the comix sition of various tissues of the body were analyzed. Great stress was laid on t he fact that the brain with its four quadrillion (4,000,000,000,000, 000,) nerve cells contained considerable phos- phorus. At the same time it was discovered that fish are particularly rich in phosphorus so it became a (topular belief that fish is brain OxhI. However, modern research has found that any good food is brain food. Spinach has been found to l e a | oor source of body- energy; as a mat ter of fact, bacon, butter, and iwanuts have 25 times as many calories as spinach. Green apples will give a person a stomach-ache as green fruit has a tendency to 1 hard and lumpy. There is no difference between white or brown eggs although white eggs are preferred by merchants around Detroit. However, in southern New England and some parts of Canada brown are given preference. As for certain food combinations being dangerous, this is an individual problem. AT THE DANCE What To Do or What Not to Do To you who are ill-mannered the dance lloor offers many opportunities. You can start by forgetting to dance the lirat dance with the girl you brought, and further commotion may be aroused by not introducing her to your friends and trading a few dances with them. If you come stag, stand somewhere near the door with another group of boys and di- rect wise remarks at the couples entering the hall. Never make the mistake of letting the l oys, who took the trouble to bring girls, dance with their dates too often; “cut in” frequently. Chewing gum at a dance is al- ways sure to annoy somebody. A smoking-room may In; found at the inter- mission, but there’s no fun in smoking where it is allowed. A first-class Dire will fight his igarette where the odor and smoke will v)ffend. The dancehall or ballroom offers even a w ider range in which you am display your ig- norance of the rules of etiquette. You can whistle in the ear of the girl with whom you are dancing or even make her feel conspicuous by trying that new acrobatic step. There are scores of ways to prove just bow- ill-bred you are, so don’t lx. discouraged if these mentioned do not succeed. Oh, you can have a grand time in a dance hall. For G-Boys Only An A-B-C lx v. who was lazily scrubbing baseboards, suddenly lx gan to scrub indus- triously. “O’Neil is coming,” he said. Believing the boy slightly imaginative since James O’Neil, was not in sight, your re- |x rler walked away only to bump into that gentleman turning the corner. Could it be that A-B-C boys are now endowed with a sixth sense? A certain G-Im thinking that he would escape the long walk from Gate 1 to the B- huilding, decided to stay on the streetcar ami gel oil at liar B-biiilding. To his dismay, the streetcar turned around and headed in the other direction and lie was forced to walk all the way from Gate 5 which was the first stop. THE B-BUILDING PROBLEM, which appeared in The Craftsman last month, is solved as follows; ZFOE � 30 . then FE 0E sin 30°or .25,HG� .25, THEREFORE OF EXTENDED WILL PASS THROUGH CENTER H. 0= 180 -(ctf 45 30 ); OH • .75 ♦ .25; OJ OH cos 0. X« OJ ♦ OC - ..4 or 2.4421 | OVER THE CRIB COUNTER j � ------------- By I. C. ALL ------------k Ah, me, spring is in the air. . . Ho Hum (yawn and stretch) time to plant some more COHN. . . Spring to students like me means warm balmy days and the approaching summer. . . to the poor (? ? ?) instruc- tors it means income tax. . . license plates. . . Red Cross Drive. . . Milton may have lost Paradis ;, but the Kencrie brothers. Jerry, recent Navy enlistee, and Bob. found it. . .they were waiting to get in at about 12:15. . . Charley Morn, senior, seems to ENJOY doing apprentice school lessons. . .likes to ring out and do them on his own time. . . They kid about the weather in Cali- fornia, but the weather here in Michigan has gone past that stage. . . The mystery of The l)isapi cnring Blue- trials has still got l.C. “Sherlock Holmes” All baffled. . . Bouquets to Roscoe Wolverton and the band for the fine job they have lx;en doing. Also to Coach Milankov and the basket- ball team for such a fine showing this past season. . .and to all the others who helped the team. . . By the way fellows, you aren’t sup- posed to cut across our “Campus” the way you do. . .A train might hit you. . . S 2 c Bob Woolsey, former editor, says that everyone is necking with his girl except him. . .he must be slipping. . . The Craftsmen were fondly called the “Mighty Midgets”. . .next year they will be called the “Great Giants”. . . “Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ra. . .it’s only the Irish in me. . March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day you know. . . Sorry, no new Weem’s rumors. . . If the Ixjys, who eat at 12, don’t stop whis- tling, the girls from Ferguson's will think that T.S. boys are wolves. . .personally 1 like that little blond. . . We students often wonder what goes on behind that locked door? ? Pin the u no wear. . . Title of “Trade School Frankie” goes to John Dobrci. . .he has given most of his blood to the Bed Cross, he wears flashy lx)w-ties, and he sings (?). . . By the time you '44 graduates read this, the yearbooks will be here. . .About time, you say?. . .Well, now you know where it gets its name. . . “My Dreams Are Getting Better All The l ime” sfM ken by a B-lmy ufter dreaming he had I wen graduated. . . I.C. All wonders what is done with the 10 mice that are caught each day in the print shop. . .thinking of the Ford i olicy—“waste nothing.” . . Said the G-boy: “Sir, I just drilled a hole in the drill press; I think I reamed it too”. Hasta Luego. SKATING MUSIC Eugene Gourley, W-G-L plays a rather large instrument in the School Band, the bari- tone horn, which is almost as large as he. Before enrolling in the Trade School, he played violin in the Salina Junior High School orchestra He comes from a musical family. His father, l orn in rabia, plays a native instrument which resembles a ciarinct but is shorter and is made of bamboo. Eugene, a member of the Dearborn Bov’s Club, plays basketball on the club’s team. BOWLING Having been on three championship bowling teams is a record boasted by Arthur Williams, senior. During the 1911-’ 12 and 1912-’43 bowling seasons his team took the Trade School championships. In the St. Gabriel Church League, Art’s team again took the championship for which a gold cup was awarded to each team member. This year he is again active in l oth leagues. t Ervin Rus3, M-A-2, who is known to his friends as Butterball” is frequently seen practicing at the Ice Arena in Windsor, On- tario. Ervin’s large size does not allect his ability to ligure-skate and do acrobatic lifts. He is now increasing his knowledge of the art of figure-skating by taking lessons, hoping to become a professional figure-skater. MODELS Build-em and wreck-em is the motto of John Smith, T-G-2. John has Ih cii build- ing planes for four years but has only six planes remaining from the large number be lias made. Constructing planes and testing them is interesting, because, John claims, lie profits by the mistakes he sees in his preced- ing plane. A seven-foot wing-span Hying model named Condor is the largest plane John has built BASKETBALL Delicate sky-blue eyes, full rosy cheeks, a bushy brush-cut, ruid a sparkling personality all add up to make lettermon. A1 Shields, senior, one of the outstanding characters around the School. Al, while playing varsity basketball, accounted for many a basket with his keen eyes and fast pace. With equal merit, he has also used his talents while play- ing intramural sports. During his idle hours he can usually be found in some secluded corner, wrestling with a deck of cards. REPAIRING To build and drive a taring-car is ihe am- bition of William Gillelan, M-A-l. For the past six years. Bill has been working towards this goal and capitalizing commer- cially on it by repairing automobiles in bis spare time. He makes on an average $20 a week at this and manages to squeeze in work on his own car. a 1935 Ford, into which he in lends to pul a V 12 engine. % k k k Back of the loaf is the snowy Hour, And back of the Hour the mill, And back of the mill is the wheat and the shower And the sun and the Father’s will. —Mult hie D. Babcock From: (jive Us This Day Our Daily Dread. k k k Page 2 THE CRAFTSMAN Slu' (Crafts man (Member ''j Est. 192?) SSOCX PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR BY AND FOR STUDENTS OF HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL. DEARBORN. MICH. Editor-in-chief: - BILL BLEWETT Roportorial Staff: ARTHUR ADAMS. HAROLD ADAMS. ANDREW CAMPBELL. LAWRENCE CURTIS. DON COUDEN. ROBERT DEWAR. IRVIN FENSKE. WILLIAM HORVATH. EDWARD JASTER. ADAM KOZMA. HARVEY MAAS. RAYMOND MAKI. ROBERT McCRUM. GEORGE McCULLOCH. DONALD NICOLAI. ADAM NIERADTKA, STEPHEN SCHUPRA. MATHEW SPEEDIE. ARTHUR WALDMANN, WALTER WEIBLE. RICHARD WEISS. CARL WEXEL. Staff Artist: ARTHUR WALDMANN Advisor..............................................E. H. STOELTING Vol. 3. No. 6 April. 194S Buildt Elicit feadtq,!! “Mens sana in corpore sano” is I lie Lalin term for (lie YMC.A’s basic inollo “A sound mind in a sound body.” When a student studies industriously in school, there is not much doubt but that he has a sound mind: without some form of physical exercise he cannot possibly acquire a sound body. ('limbing the six (lights of stairs to get to school every morning, and running from school to the buses every night is not body-building exercise. You can, however, procure body-building exercise, and have fun, by par- ticipating in sports. No matter who you are, or what you do, you can take part in the spring sports that are now in session. Build that body! Participate in sports. 9t J ected you,? Early in the year, often before tin official advent of spring, a strange and enervating influence invades the classrooms and the shop of the Trade School. 11 comes in with every breath of warm air and every ray of yellow sunlight that slips silently through the open windows. This influence is the annually recurring, age-old mental affliction known as spring fever. Spring fever, chiefly a stat e of mind induced by the warm sunshine and mellow breezes of early spring, indiscriminately attacks both young and old and manifests itself in many different ways. In school its first signs are when the students stare into space with their thoughts far from the studies they are supposed to be engaged in. evidently dreaming of some pretty girl they admire, or of some out-door sport. It may seem to some students that this feeling of spring is caused by an invisible and silent army of those supposedly mythical characters “Grem- lins:” a special type of gremlin busily engaged in turning the pages of our school books away from the studies of the day and causing a mist to come between our eyes and the pages. Others of a more practical mind say it is only accumulated laziness of the long winter but, nevertheless, it still comes and goes each spring and no one seems to mind. lot— rWcutt lot Why do Trade School boys let money slip through their hands? Is it because they have money to spare? Are they too indifferent to keep track of it? Are they too weak to hold on to it or are they just too complacent? Every month approximately $50 is lost by Trade School boys because they fail to turn their bank books in before the deadline—the twelfth. Some months, the loss runs as high as $100. Every student has been told this before! This is another warning! It is to the advantage of every student to get his bank book in on time. News Briefly Told: Conrad Kronen l erg, W-B-3, lias obtained a leave of absence until June 1. to sing in the chorus for the 10 operettas presented by the Civic Light Opera Association of Detroit. Incorporated. To prevent injury ami confusion when V-Ii Day is announced, rules have been drawn up. Students will follow their regular schedule until the signal for dismissal is given. Then the boys w ill proceed in an orderly manner to time clocks, coat cribs, ami build- ing exits in that order. The students are cautioned to leave the plant by the most direct route and with a minimum of confusion. Prize money amounting to $1711 was awarded at the close of the winter season of the Henry Ford Trade School Student Bowling League. Anton Huger. T-A-3, collected the most prize money, $15.20. Andrew Daugherty, senior, was next with $1 I. ■ ■ ■ The ugly hand of war has poked a meddling lin- ger into the peace and piiel of John Heinz's shop theory room. The cabinet he had installed by the wood pattern department can not be put. into use until pre-war padlocks can Ik obtained for protecting the tools w hich are part of the equipment. Forty t hree students and three instructors en- tered the armed forces during February and March. They are: Robert Anderson Gerald Mar tell Jolm Cana van Harry Malhewson Walter Canney Edgar McClaun Eugene Car|rui tier Donald McCubbin Glen Clippert Harold Miller UoIhtI Cook Frederick Peteoff D o Dietz RoIh‘1'1 Pieschke James Doyle Gerald Renirie Jolm Dutton William Sail! Kenneth Emerson Mliert Shields Louis Heim Stanley Shipp Fred Hochscheidl Robert Smith Milton Jennings James Tancock Frederick Johns Edward Thomas Donald Kendrick Louis Toth Arnold Kcvclighan (’.liarlcs Tutt Harvey Kloehamer Robert White Robert Kins v a ter Arthur Williams Jack Leibert Charles Williams Paul Lovat Gerald Yauger Albert Manduzzi Harold Young INSTRUCTORS: Oliver Baldwin Paul Guertin 1larry Ostrom OUR COVER The cover picture was taken during the CAP engine class which is taught at the Aircraft Building. The boys, about 20 in number, meet at 9:00 every Saturday morning and stay till 11:30 a.m. The boys pictured are, left to right, Daniel Gurta, Eugene Donovan, Paul Hill, Douglas Guik, and Bernard Kirshman. Volume 3 No. 6 April, 1945 ©raftsman HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL School Acquires Athletic Field ‘School Daze’Flies First Mission “School Daze ' the B-24 Liberator pur- chased during I lie Sixth W ar Ixian l)ri c by students mid instructors of I lie Ford Indus- trial Schools, participated in its first mission March 24, 1945, the day Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and General George S. Patton crossed the Bliine, when it. with other hoinbers of the 467th Bombardment Group, to which it has been assigned, attacked an air field in Germany with excellent results. The 467th, located somewhere in England, is a part of the Second Air Division of the Eighth Air Force. The group, which has flown more than 200 operational missions in a little more than a year, has an excellent bomb- ing record and during the past year has at- tacked such targets as Berlin, Hamburg, Kiel, Dresden, Bremen, Cologne, ami participated in the Normandy invasion. Lieut. Robert C. Triplet, Public Relations Officer of the 467th. says. “On behalf of tin officers and enlisted men of our Group. I wish to thank you for this B-24 which you have paid for, and implore you to keep up your good work. Each Inanlicr you build, or each pen- ny you save in W ar Bonds has a much greater effect towards shortening the war than you can possibly realize. W e can play our part to no greater extent than you play yours.” At a meeting last October, patriotic stu- dents felt that it. would help the war effort to buy a bomber, and, with this plan in mind, approached School officials with plans for a bond drive. 'Flic suggestion was met with approval, and Frank N. Isbey. Michigan W ar Finance Committee chairman, helped organ- ize the drive. To buy the B-24 would require IhmmI pur- chases of $250,000. Trade School students were assigned a quota of $100,000, Trade School instructors, $80,000 quota, and the quota for the other Ford Industrial Schools was $70,000. By the end of the drive, De- cember 31, 1944, the quota had been top| ed with $280,000 and students still smack their li|is at the memory of the turkey dinner w hich was their reward. Students raised $127,175. ★ ★ ★ Make An Impression That Really Counts Take HER to the Beaus Belles Bounce ★ ★ ★ - Features Four Baseball Diamonds hour acres of Trade School pro| crty, located north of the Henry Ford School, have been (huiverted into an athletic field. The property, which is part of 503 acres known as Camp legion, previously was used bv the America has lost a great hu- man asset. Franklin Delano Boosevell has been summoned to cross the horizon into the i cor Id be- yond. lie died a valiant soldier, a tieloved leader, and a friend of the common people. 11 is spirit unit inspire us to greater achievements. The force of his personality will lead us through coming crucial days. For the payment of his un- cgufdcd service rendered unto all mankind, ire must pledge our ef- forts to the building of a monu- ment, one of everlasting peace and good will. But only through the intensification of our efforts to fin- ish that task, which he himself can- not now do. can we fulfill that pledge. He has earned his rest. We must fulfill that pledge. Dearborn Recreation Department for their s|H� rts activities. When Camp Legion was d«Hided to the Trade School in May, 1941, the Dear I torn Recreation Department relinquish- ed the four acres and the field began t«� de- teriorate. When it was decided the School should use this sjMit as an athletic field the laud was im- mediately resurfaced, rolled, and seeded. Plans were then inaugurated for the build- ing of four baseball diamonds—one hardball and three softball. The hardball diamond, w hich is of regula- tion size, is located in the northwest corner of the field. In each of the remaining corners is located a standard size softball diamond. At the northern end of the field, adjacent to the softball diamond, is an additional n c- tangular area 212 feed long by 118 feel w ide , which contains tIn four tennis courts, the basketball court, two tennis driving Ijoards, two horseshoe flitches, and the handball courts. The courts are of regulation size with a 10-foot fence surrounding them; enclosing tla rest «if the playground is a six-foot Cyclone fence. Other features of the field are the 12- Bernadett Takes Writing Honors Mike Bcrnaeletl’s article Educating a Parent” has been chosen the best story to apfiear in the B-l fiapers f««r the first two is- sues in each section. liecause of its value of subject matter, originality of treat- ment of material, and continuity of thought, author's sincerity of purpose, reader apfieal, style, clarity, and general composi- tion. Mike is in the W-B-l class and is on 11 is story was chosen MIKE BERNADETT the staff of the J-I Blueprint. The judges, who are Tom Sayres, civics and commercial geography instructor; T. A. Lind, civics instructor; and O. C. Bratton, English instructor; have chosen “Russian War Belief” by William Shultz of the M-B-l’s Boogie Bugle as runner-up, while the story “Craftsmen Defeat Lincoln Park” by Pete Serazio, also of the M-B-l. ranked third. foot movable baseball backstops, the bleacher type spectators stands, and two drinking fountains. Regulation base's, tennis nets, basktdball baskets, lockers, showers, and other necessary equipment w ill In provided. Transportation is furnished to all students who wish to use the field. Busses leave the School daily at 3 and 4 p.in. Annual Bob-Lo Picnic Planned For the 17th consecutive time, Henry Ford Trade School will hold its annual picnic at tiie Bob-Ix) Island Park. June 16. The outing will lie planned by the class captains. Baseball championship games. CAP drill, a concert by the School band, and the regular traek events which are held every year, are some of the things which you can ex|iect to see win n the first wave of Trade School students and their friends hit the beaches at II hour. The cry is, come one, come all and have the time of your life. The tickets will lx priced the same as last year; 75 cents for adults, 35 cents for children, ami w ill go on sale as soon as plans are com- pleted. Page 4 THE CRAFTSMAN Bond Processing Is a Pastimes of School Administrators New England farm—that did it, that gave Superintendent F. E. Searle to grow into tin; gardening hobby for his he lives, he has annually cultivated for more than 22 years two to ♦----------------------------- Complicated Task After purchasing a War Bond, few people give much thought to the complicated process necessary before they receive it. In the I'ord organization there are two ways one may buy a I mud. The first is the regular procedure of most issuing agents; the other is the deduction method (not used for students). This method is usual in places where a large number of people are employed. When an employe signs for a l ond deduc- tion, which as a rule is 10 percent of his wages, the amount of tin deduction is recorded on a ledger card along with the denomination of the bond. On t his card the serial numbers of each I torn! bought from tin Company and a record of every war bond deduction is also shown. If a single deduction is not enough to purchase a bond, tla deduction is recorded and held until enough money is accumulated to pay for one. When the deduction is more than I lie amount required to purchase a bond the remainder is advanced toward (lit next Imnd. The next operation, which is the typing of the bond, is done by one of the many typists necessary in the lx nd office. The bonds of the required denomination art withdrawn, by the typist, from a vault w hich always contains a fortune in unprocessed Ixmds of all denomi- nations. The typist then begins the seem- ingly never-ending task of typing the IhuhIs in triplicate form. The three parts of the bond are (I) the certificate which the buyer holds, (21 the stub w hicii is sent Io W ashington, l).( (Concluded on page 6) F. E. Searle— Boyhood days on a a knowledge of plant life which has helped him recreation. Near Farmington, where t.'. ree acres of vegetables in addition to his 60 fruit trees and an acre of blueberry bushes. Blueberries, he wants everyone to know, is a money crop if the soil condition is favorable. I le grows every vegetable that is adaptable to Michigan, except garlic, that is out. Ac- cording to Mr. Searle most | eoplo use season- ing that is too rich. To cultivate his acreage he uses a Ford- Fcrguson tractor with modern equipment. For spraying his fruit trees he has a power spiayer at his command. Everything that he does is enjoyable. And that is worthy of a point. Even helping wash the dishes which lie does at least once a day, gives him no fear of dishpan hands—he doesn’t use a dish pan, he knows a better way. Mr. Scarle’s hobby is one that Mrs. Searle also shares. She grows the flowers; he looks after the other plants. While at his hobby, during the summer months, he is modern in his dress, shoes and shorts—for comfort and health, that’s enough. G. A. Yerex I wouldn't play that game, it's nothing but cow pasture pool. It’s a waste of time and silly to Ihm� I .” He said all that and more too. w ay back when’ he stood by a golf course in Grand Bapids. Now the picture is entirely different. G. A. Yerex, personnel director, admits, to the contrary, that golf is one of his favorite sports. Playing baseball was his favorite sport in his boyhood days, and he played it more than any other game. Third base was his chosen position and batting right-handed he made many extra-base hits. Besides playing base- ball lie was interested in all sports, from foot- ball, tennis, and ping-|M ng, to run-sheep-run. Now, for indoor exercise he bowls every week, and when the weather is suitable you can find him out on a golf course every week- end for enjoyment and exercise. Making tin- low score of 78 once, he sets that figure as his goal- maybe lie’ll be lucky again sometime. E. Y. Peterson - Near the beautiful pine trees on the rolling hills of northern Michigan where the peaceful lakes arc plentiful, E. . Peterson, shop super- intendent, lived in his boyhood days. He was athletically inclined and when lie wasn’t at school you could find him playing baseball, fishing, skating, or swimming, which were his favorite s|M rts. s he grew older, his desire turned to liiml - ing squirrel, rabbit, and partridge in his spare time. Now when he is not working, you can find him playing golf on pleasant days, working on his lawn, or reading. Bowling is also a favorite sport of his. William Blakesley Across the Atlantic in I he beautiful coun- try of England, William Blakesley. assistant shop superintendent, lived during his boy- hood days. Soccer, cricket, and badminton were his favorite sgiorts in England. I pon arriving in this country, la- adopted, in addition to the above sports, baseball and basketball. At the MCA twice a week you can find him playing volleyball for his exercise: the remainder of his leisure i taken up with quieter hobbies. With a great deal of patience la- builds puzzles inside bottles and collects old objects such as books, rings, watches and pictures. He finds enjoyment in singing old songs and reciting poems. A doll house for his daughter and a beauti- ful. big iron gate in tla front of his home, w hile still living in Detroit, arc some of I la- many things he has built. “Building,” lie states, is one of my hobbies.” Meeting people and understanding them is his favorite hobby. A. N. Edel— J. E. Do 3 ir i jt. piy.iuiUr of Ford Motor Company and member of the Board of Trusteas o: dsvy Ford Trab School, look) om somo bonda purchaaod for cash boforc they aro aant to the School for distribution. All Trado School bonds purchased for cash are made up here. “Don’t get around much anymore,” is w hat A. N. Edel said when asked if he plays (Continued on page 6) THE CRAFTSMAN Anniversary . . . Civil Air Patrol Squadron 639-4 of Henry Ford Trade School celebrated its first anniversary in the second Moor gymnasium of Northern High School, Friday. March 23. The guests who reviewed the squadron were. F. K. Searle. superintendent of Ford Industrial Schools; Major S. II. Buck, adju- tant for the Miehigan Wing: Major B. G. Lunceford. commander of Croup 9; Captain Larry Smith. Wing stalf officer; and Lieut. Arthur Copeland, communications officer for (Jroup 9. Mr. Searle, in his speech, praised Lieut. John Dobrei, the officers, members, and ca- dets of this squadron for the progress made during the last year. Major Lunceford in his speech commended this squadron ns being one of the best disci- Warrant Officer Ernest Magiolski, executive officer. 1st Sgt. Robert Dewar, cadet com- mander, and the squadron's color guard are shown passing the reviewing officers. plined and uniformed cadet squadrons in the Group. Five officers of the squadron were pro- moted during the ceremonies; Merle Hicks to second lieutenant, Toivo Lind, Clara Tomes, Stanley Jaroski, and Thomas McCall to warrant officer. Nineteen cadets were also promoted. Their names and the ranks they now hold are as follows: 1st Sgt. Hubert Dewar, as cadet commander, the highest rank a cadet can hold; Staff Sgt. Ifershe) Brea eale as communica- tions sergeant; Sgt. Boltert Baarlaer, as adju- tant; Charles Marchant. and Gerald Goodwin to sergeant as flight leaders. To corftoral Arena Gardens, 5795 Woodward, will be the scene of a roller skating party sjjonsored bv the Trade School CAP Squadron Thursday, May 17 from 8 to 11:30 p.m. 'Pickets are 50 cents and may be obtained from any CAP cadet. as section leaders were cadets Arthur Adams, George McCulloch, James Currie, Thomas Otis, William Stone, Dennis Wahlstrom. James O’Kane, and Baymond La Duke. To private first class were cadets Philip Arciero, Thomas Black. Maryon Gurta, Gerald Michell, Bichard Mills, and Harold Hocholl. The drill team, which recently won a tro- phy for being the best in competition between all the squadrons in Group 9, performed in the same manner under the command of 1st Sgt. Page 5 By ROBERT DEWAR and ROBERT McCRUM HoImtI Dewar. Bob spends more time on CAP activities than any other cade! in tin squadron and has acquired a student's flying license in his spare time. An exhibit of CAP activities accomplished in the last year was displayed in the first floor gymnasium after the ceremonies. In the display were the trophy won by the drill team, a map reading display, a complete radio set up, and many pictures taken of the classes and maneuvers. Befreshments. consisting of soft drinks and doughnuts, were served to the guests. Recruiting . . . “I wish I had l ecn able to get training such as the CAP has to offer before entering the Armed Forces.” That wish is echoed by many servicemen who agree that the transi- tion from civilian to military life would have been much easier had they learned the funda- mentals of military drill, discipline, and cour- tesy Indore induction or enlistment. The Trade School Squadron has facilities for training more than its present number of members and for this reason is conducting a membership drive so as to bring the benefits of pre-induction military training to more ls ys. If you are at least 15 and in the F- class or above, you bn� may become a member of the Army Air Force Auxiliary, the Civil Air Patrol. 1st Sgt. Robert Dewar displays the trophy which was won by the Trade School Squadron Drill Team in competition with other squad- rons of the Group. Ripcord . . . “The Bi|H ord.” semi-weekly ncwspU| cr published by the cadets of the Trade School squadron, Itcgan September 15, 1914 with | modest mimeographed one-sheet edition which was planned, written, and edited bv S Sgt. George Tozer. Sgt. Tozer, who did all the writing for the first edition, soon found himself at the head of a three-man staff which remained after school every second Thursday to write and type stories and make up the “dummy.” As the paper grew, the staff was steadily expanded to its present size with seven reporters, a car- toonist. and an adviser. The latest edition of “The Bipcord” was published for the squadron’s first anniversary and consisted of five lithographed pages with many pictures. Future plans for the paper include regular four-page editions with car- toons and color. Members of the Trade School Squadron are shown practicing code. The boys have the best equipment obtainable. Approximately 40 members have received restricted telephone liconses. Page 6 THE CRAFTSMAN News From the Ford WILLOW RUN SCHOOLS Special Ceremonies Honor 20,000th Grad Victory in the sense of accomplishment was the theme evident in the special graduating exercises held in the Airplane School Auditorium March 9 for the 20,000th soldier to l c grad- uated from the B-24 Army Air Base School at Willow Bun. The class, in the exercises directed by S. D. Mullikin, director of Ford Indus- trial Training, Bomber Plant, was composed of 148 men. including nine from the Chinese Air Force. M Sgt. Vernon A. Henderson, the honored graduate, was frank in his praises of tin “pro- duction miracles and of the instruction pro- gram that “has been set up to keep pace with such production as is carried on at illow Bun. Sgt. Henderson was l� orn in Clark. Idaho. Dec. 29, 1918. less than two months after World War I ended. For seven and one-half years he has hecn an airplane mechanic in the Army Air Force. On the Sunday morning of December 7. 1911 lie was eating breakfast at Pearl llurhor. when the C.hinrse waiter came in yelling “ ip|x� s, Nip|x� s. In a few weeks Sgt. I lenders'� !! expects to be back at the front to join t he t housands and thousands of men whose business it is to “Keep ’em Fixing. Lieut. Wen Tse Char, spokesman for the Chinese students, said they would Is going back to China in a few weeks, (n In-half of his |n ople he promised that “the seed that is planted today w ill not be fruitless tomorrow in China’s relationship to America. Lieut.-Col. L. IL Stoltz, commanding of- ficer of the Willow Bun Air Base, praised the co-operation of industry and the Army, lie |M� inted out that there is no surer sign of vic- tory than when two great institutions join their efforts to solve a common problem. It is clear that this has been «lone because the School has trained more than 20.000 soldiers in airplane maintenance since June 24, 1912 when the first, class of 25 was enrolled. 'Pile diploma for the honored graduate was presented by F. F. Searle, superintendent of the Ford Industrial Schools. The Army, the School, and tin Ford Company were able to do big things in the training of airplane me- chanics. he | ointed out, because all the com- plicated jobs had been broken down into mi- nute details, lie explained that man can grasp only a few deta:ls at a time. Once he has broken down complex problems the suc- cess of an individual then is dependent on the swiftness with which he can go from one to another.” Waller F. Wagner, a super intendent of the W illow Bun Plant, reported on the success t hat earlier graduates were having in servicing the B-21 on the battle front. He pointed out that “satisfaction comes from knowing how.” Music for the exercises was furnished by Henry Ford Trade School Band under the direction of Boscoc Wolverlon. The invocation and benediction were pr - Lieut. Wen Tse Cher shows M Sgt. Vernon Henderson and F. E. Searle where his homo is in China nounccd by Chaplain II. L. Bailey of the Air Base. Bond Processing Concl£i£ for recording, and (3) the stub which Ford Motor Company retains. On each of the three forms appear the name of owner, bene- ficiary or co-owner, serial num! cr, denomina- tion. issuing date, and the issuing agent. All this work, however, is of no value un- less the stamp of the issuing agent is on the bond. Phis printing is performed by a ma- chine similar to one which cancels jjostage stamps in a post office After being stamped, the Ixmd is mailed and tin employe usually receives if within ten days of his pay-ending date. Every month Ford Motor Company has issued Ixmds, the Federal Government has lw en obligated for alxmt 180.000 more bonds. The maturity value of these lx� nds comes to approximately three or four million dollars, in addition to the cash purchases of some extra lionds which amount to approximately $75.000 in each month. The war bond purchases made by students in the Trade School, however, arc a little more simplified because all bonds purchased must Im paid in full either with cash, or war stamps and the balance in cash. When a student wishes t buy a bond he fills out an application in triplicate and retains a copy as his receipt. 'Phis transaction takes place in The Craftsman office. The purchasing money is then taken with one of the remaining applications to the bond office at Gate 4 by Wilbert Dopke. per- sonnel office. The bonds are I hen processed in the same manner as the deducted bonds only they are not mailed, except during a bond drive. Beturning within two or three days Mr. Dopke picks up the finished bonds and returns them to The Craftsman office where they are distributed to the students. 'Phe cost of processing the bonds is ap- proximately ten cents per bond which is borne by (la Company as a contribution to the war effort. Since Ford Motor Company began issuing Ixmds in May 1942. il has processed 5,842,026 Ixmds. value $147.000.000. up to the end of February. 1945. 'Phis includes bonds bought by all the Ford organizations in this vicinity. Pastimes (Concluded from page 4) baseball or any of the more active sports. 'Pile last lime Mr. Ed el played baseball was in 1912-13 when In played for a Ford Highland Bark team. On that team he held the catcher’s position. Being so long ago, he does not remember what his batting average was. Because he “don’t gel around much any more,” Mr. Edcl has been Imwling in the In- structors Bowling league since il started in 1936. When asked why he howls, he said. “I bowl because it’s a good sport and I enjoy it. Besides, it is the way I gel my exercise. Bowling iri the Ford Trade School In- structors Bowling league in 1911 Mr. Edel Im wled 266 to capture the individual high score for that year. Although his average for this year is only 151. lie finished with a 167 average last year, lie dreams, like all howlers, of lx� wling a 300 game. Besides l owling in the Trade School Diague Mr. Edcl has also Itowled in several house-leagues. ‘Beaus and Belles’—Even llie Name Sounds Swell Imagine a solid dance band, a popular singer, a spacious ballroom, a crowd of boys and girls and you have the setting for an enjoyable evening at the“Beaus and Belles Bounce,” 8 p.m., Saturday, May 5. Whose band is it? That’s right, it’s Boston Clark and his Columbians giving their sophisticated swing. The ballroom of course is at D� wery School, which is well known for its spacious dance floor. I� wery School is two blocks south of West Warren and two blocks east of Schaefer in Dearborn. Tickets for this gala event may be pur- chased for $1.50 a couple from any class cap- tain, in tlie library or in The Craftsman office. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 7 Apprentice Schools ROUGE SCHOOLS Cook Becomes Aircraft School Supervisor tat’s talk about my son. Bob, who is a sailor at Great. Lakes. There’s more to tell ataut him.” This is a typical remark of Earl Cook who March 5. Mr. Cook is a student of human nature as well as a father, musician, business man, teacher, and lover of sports. Because of his enthusiasm and straightforwardness, baseball teams. tawling teams, and many parties for the | ersonnel of the School have lx en successful. Attended University of Manitoba Mr. Cook s experiences have been varied and profitable. Born in inni|x g, Canada, No- venitar 19, 1901, he was reared and schooled there, lie attended Kelvin Technical High School in innipeg and later, the 1 In i ver- si ty of .Manitoba, where Ik majored in education, lie re- memhers that during the first. World War he was sent to live wit ha sister in a small mining town tac.nusc of a flu epidemic in Winnipeg. When peace was declared, he relates, “We built a large bonfire and then towed two taxes of dynamite into the middle of a nearby lake and set them off.” But he promises not to 1h so rash this V-K Day. EARL COOK became supervisor of the Aircraft School ♦ man relations, psychology, vocational train- ing, economics, and business courses were added pursuits. These loo proved beneficial and intentsting. Recreation, yes. he had time to relax. In his youth, rather than participate in athletics, Mr. Cook “fiddled” on a violin with dreams of taing a musician. Although he found out that he didn't have the incentive, he still plays the violin for pleasure. Advocates Sports Not having Im cii active, in sjiorts, did not. make him any less an enthusiast, lie’s al- ways an interested s| eclator of athletic ac- tivities and was instrumental in organizing the Aircraft softball league and the School team, the Marauders. This then is the man who for tin last year assisted William F. Mueller, former siqx r- visor of tin ircraft School ami now director of Ford Industrial Training. Rouge Plant. This is Eirl Cook who has Ixvoine super isor of the Aircraft School. And his son. Rotari K. Cook? lie is a former Trade School student who left school in February, 1945, while in tfie A-class, to help w in this second War. W bile still in Canada, Mr. Cook taught all grades in a rural school. In May 1923 he came to Ford Motor Company and worked as a toolmaker in the toolroom. When the Ap- prentice School was started in tin B-huilding. he tacame a part-time instructor. He recalls how they cleared away a s|x t in the south- west corner of what was then the wood pattern vault and hung curtains to sc|Mirutc the classes. As the Apprentice School grew, the de- mand for full-time instructors became essen- tial and Mr. Cook was added to the staff as mathematics instructor in 1933. Education Continues Success Follows Then came World W ar II and expansion of many departments of Ford Motor Com- pany as well as the erecting of new buildings. June 1911 saw the official opening of Aircraft School at which time Mr. Cook was put in charge of the mathematics defiartinent. During ail these years though, he was far from idle. College and night school classes were occupying much of his spare time. IIu- Work Analysis Course A d tied To A ire raft School’s Curriculum Because it was found that the work anal- ysis men could ta efficiently trained in the Aircraft School, a special training depart- ment for candidates has been set up recently in the School, under the direction of Fred A. Schiller, head of s| ecial studies. At present, 13 candidates, pre-selected by tests and interviews, are enrolled in this train- ing program. Attending school eight hours a day, six days a week, they are taking re- fresher courses in blueprint reading, shop theory, shop mathematics, characteristics of metals, and hydraulics. These courses are supplemented by a course in methods im- provement and motion and time study tech- nique. The shop training will be the applica- tion of the fundamental principles in actual shop operations. The candidates iq on successful completion of I he course w ill ta transferred to the work analysis department as observers and will ta sent to various departments in the Company. An observer will analyze and time the opera- tor’s motions, and the conditions surrounding the operation with the view toward «i ;ninat- ing unnecessary or wasted motions, t I I'-rehy decreasing the operator’s fatigue and reducing the time and cost of the operation. A candidate comes to the School with tool- room experience or the equivalent and is inter- viewed and tested for his qualifications. If he becomes a candidate he is loaned to the work analysis department during his training period and transferred to the department when lie. successfully completes the course. Under Mr. Schiller is a stair of seven instructors. Airplane School Graduates 5.000th Army Student w Ford Industrial Schools in co-operation with the Armed Forces have accomplished a great deal during this war to hasten victory. More than 20,000 sailors were trained at the Deartarn Station; more than 20.000 soldiers received special training on B-21 engines at Willow Run irplane School; and through the facilities of the ircraft School more than 5,000 soldiers have l� een trained to work on IVatt and Whitney R-2800 engines. At a special exercise in the |x st theater March 16, T Sgt. John E. Middendorf. R-2800 engine mechanic, was honored as the 5000th graduate of the W illow Run Air Bast School which is supervised by E. F. Mc- Aulifie. Sgt. Middendorf. a veteran of over- seas duty, expressed his appreciation for the experience of working at the School and stres- sed the importance of co-operation between the air crew and ground crew in tin Air Forces. F. E. Searle, superintendent of Ford In- dustrial Schools, congratulated the graduates and presented the diplomas. Major D. B. BI an ford, 3509th AAF Base Unit (F.S.), di- rector of training, and William F. Mueller, director of Ford Industrial Training. Rouge Plant, also spoke. Mr. Mueller stressed in his talk the impor- tance of the. ground crew in the AAF and the need of co-operation with the crew of the planes they arc maintaining, lie urged the graduates to realize the importance of their training as they may lx called iqx n at the most unexpected moment to use the experi- ence gained at the School. Briefly outlining the history of the School, Mr. Mueller men- tioned how it began February 2. 1912 at the Aircraft Building ami expanded rapidly until it was moved to the Air Base on Labor Day, 1943. In conclusion he reminded them that the results of their training were not to lx measured by their grades but rather by the respect of the ship’s crcw THE CRAFTSMAN Page 8 Above A reproduction of Naamyth'a Steel Arm showing the exposed bull wheel mechanism. Picture used by permission of t meriran Much in isl McGraw-Hill Pubishers. Left An illustration of Brunei's first shaping machine show- ing the guard rails and blocks mountod in position. Picture used through the courtesy of EwjHsh ami Xmrriran Tool lluiltlers by Joseph Wickham Roo McGraw-Hill Publishers. Tools We Learn To SHAPERS Use By GEORGE Me CUELOCH T THE early part, of t in 19th century, tool- J making and tool designing were up-nnd- coming trades hut since a great deal of the work done with metal had to he done hy hand, they were not. progressing too rapidly. In England, men were designing and building machines to cover a greater variety of the work done on metal. One of these men was .lames Nasmyth (1808-18901 who, in 1836. de- signed and huilt the forerunner of tin sha| er as we know it today. Mis machine, although rather crude to us now. was at that time a great stride, in machinery. shaper is a machine huilt in such a way that a hardened steel tool hit is moved hack and forth across the work removing stock on the cutting stroke, producing either a llal or rounded surface. “Nasmyth’s Steel rm as his invention was known for many years was principally constructed as follows. 11 used a IIy wheel that was located behind the ram or recipro- cating part. 'I lie mechanism for the fly wheel was e |H)sed. unlike the machines of today. The I.� nil head could he swiveled hy means of a worm and segment of a gear. Speeds on this machine were controlled by having different sized wheels for the driving ln lt. The vise could Ik fed horizontally across the machine hut could not l� e moved vertically. nother of these early designers was Mare Isamhard Brunei (1769-1819). Ilis machine was also called a shaping machine hut il was a far cry from any machine we have today. It consisted of two large rings mounted on a shaft that was free to rotate. Between these rings, at ten equally spaced intervals near the circumference, were sets of centers so designed as to hold blocks l etwoen them in a rigid and immovable position. The tool hit was mounted on a curved cross-rail so that it moved in an arc. having its center toward the remainder of the machine. Ten blocks were mounted between the centers and the rings revolved quite rapidly hy means of a wheel on whit'll there was a drive licit. The tool hit was then moved slowly across the revolving work in an arc so as to form a surface that ap- peared to Ik a portion of a sphere. When one side of the ten blocks was done they were all rotated 90 degrees at the same time hy means of a set of worms and gears all coining to- gether at the center of the rings. Ilis ma- chine had guard rails over the top of it to pro- tect tin workman in case one of the blocks should IIy out due to centrifugal force. Evolution Produced Modern Shaper Since these first machines, shapers have liecn improved upon until we have the ma- chine of today. The modern shaper may he divided into two classes; traveling-head si wipers and col- umn shapers. Column shapers may he divi- ded further into crank shapers and geared shapers. In the traveling-head shaper the work is stationary while the tool moves across it. The advantages in this construction are: first, large work may Ik cIuiii|khI to the floor in front of the machine; second, large and ir- regular work may be clamped to tables of dif- ferent heights; third, an attachment for plan- ing round work is provided as follows; be- tween the. tables in the IkkI is a hole in w hich a spindle is inserted. The work is placed on this spindle and may he. rotated by hand or automatic feed. Column shapers are such that the work moves across the cutting tool. (’rank s)iu|kts employ the hull wheel and block for their operation while the geared shapers have a rack running along the ram which is driven hack and forth hy a series of gears. There is also anot her type of sluqier know n as the draw-cut shaper. This machine takes oir stock on the backward st roke instead of on the forward stroke. This design has an ad- vantage in the fact that instead of a tendency to push the machine apart, it tends to pull it together, thereby providing more rigidity and enabling the operator to attain a higher de- gree of accuracy. The principle of the reciprocating motion of the ram t hrough a hull wheel and crank pin is as follows. Beneath the ram is a large gear known as the hull wheel to which a block is attached hy a crank pin. The hull wheel re- volves which moves the block in a circular jNitli which in turn gives a back and forth mo- tion to the rocker arm. The rocker arm is hinged at the bottom and has a slot to which the crank pin block is closely fitted. Since the l ottom is hinged and the block is free to move hack and fort h in the slot , t he top of the rocker arm w ill move hack and forth in a large arc. Since level motion is wanted and not circular, the top of the rocker arm must !«• attached to the ram through the medium of a short arm which is hinged to Ih t h the ram and rocker arm. As can I� e seen, if the crank-pin block were to stay the same distance away from the axis of rotation of the bull wheel, t he length of the stroke would always he the same. Since not. all work to Ik done is the same length there must l e some way to change the length of the stroke. This is done hy means of a movable block on t he hull wheel to which THE CRAFTSMAN Page 9 the crank-pin is attached. A threaded bar is run through a corresponding threaded hole in this movable block and is attached to the bull wheel in such a way that it can only revolve. bevel gear is attached to this shaft, and meshed with a gear at the end of another shaft per| endiciilnr to the first. This shaft extends through the side of the machine and is located in the center of the hull wheel. If it were not loaded here, the gear on the shaft attached to the bull wheel would not turn the other gear as it revolved and something would have to give. It can lx readily seen that if the shaft attached to the bull wheel were turned through the action of the bevel gears and the shaft leading to the outside, the block to which the crank-pin block is attached would have to move either toward or away from the center of the bull wheel depending upon the direction of the rotary motion. The farther away from center the crank-pin block is, the longer the stroke will Ik . The length of the stroke is read on a dial on the side of the machine. Since different materials to be machined must have different cutting speeds, there are usually eight different speeds which are ob- tained through a series of gears. The gears arc arranged so that by changing the speed control levers to different combinations of positions, larger or smaller gears are meshed, thereby increasing or decreasing the speed or number of strokes per minute. The ram will travel at a given numlier of strokes a minute regardless of the length of stroke. Feeds on a shaper.are governed by a ratch- et and pawl carrier. The pawl carrier is on the end of a shaft that moves back and forth in time with the ram. The motion is derived from two gears, one of which is on the same hub with the bull wheel. This gear engages another of the same size which has a slot in it, somewhat like the rocker arm. in which a block attached to the pawl carrier shaft is closely fitted. The amount of feed depends ii|H� n the number of teeth in the ratchet wheel that the pawl clicks over. The feed move- ment should always occur on the return stroke of the ram so as not to place unnecessary strain on the tool head. Although there is no automatic up or down feed of the table, it may be raised or lowered by hand for larger or smaller work which the adjustable tool head This explodod view shows tho mechanism ot the bull wheol in a modern shaper. Aided by this, one can easily see how the circular motion is converted into reciprocal motion. The series of articles “We Learn By Doin£” dealt with the various de- partments of the Trade School. The new serus, “Tools We Learn To Usewill discuss the important tools used by the students. Lathes will be discussed next. cannot, take care of. The tool head is located on the front of the ram and is designed to hold the tool bit and adjust it for depth of cut. The tool head has a down feed screw that adjusts the tool bit. round this screw is a collar graduated in thousandths of an inch. Automatic t4M� l head feed is available and is convenient although not necessary. The sc rew permits a consider- able amount of down feed and at any angle be- cause the whole tool head may be swiveled on the ram by loosening two binding nuts and reading the angle desired on a graduated plate on the swivel head. On the lower portion of the tool head is located the apron, which con- sists of the tool block, clapper box, and hinge pin. The hinge pin runs through the tool block and hinges it to the inside of the clapper box. This arrangement | ermits the tool to remain firm on tin cutting stroke but to swing back upofT the work on the return stroke so as to preserve the cutting edge. The apron also has a binding l olt. that, when loosened, |M r- inits the apron to swing through a small arc. The purpose of the arrangement is to provide clearance for the tool bit. The table on a shaper can be of two types: the plain and universal. The plain cannot l e tilted in any direction whereas the universal is constructed so that, it may lx tilted in direc- tions perpendicular and parallel to the ram. The angles of tilt are read on graduated surfaces. Work Held In Many Ways Shaper vises are constructed so that they may 1m clamped toT-slots in the shaper table. They are made so that they can In swiveled on 1 licir base. The jaws are deep and are made with facilities for lK� lting soft or hard- ened steel plates to them to resist wear. There are various methods of holding work in the vise. One method is through the use of parallels which are cast iron or steel bars used in pairs. They are carefully fin- ished to si e and squareness anil are only used to raise small or thin work higher in the vise. Another method is the use of hold downs which are strips of steel one edge of which ta|M rs to a radius while the other thicker edge is beveled about two degrees. The two de- gree angle tends to press the work down on the vise or parallels. Still other methods are by using special parallels or s|x cial vise jaws. The operator must be sure that the vise is free from chips which will interfere with the proper seating of the work lx forc it is tightened. The crank sha|M r is the one that has ln?en described in detail. The draw-cut shaper is a type of geared shaper w hile the traveling head shaper is a type of crank shaper. The motion of the ram in a geared shaper is attained through different drive belts or through clutch plates. A newer type of shaper is the hydraulic shaper. The ram on a machine of this type can lie stopped instantly or can lx reversed instantly. The size of a shaper is specified by the length in inches of the longest piece of work that the length of the stroke of the rain can handle. A picture of a modern Gould Eberhardt shaper equipped with universal table. This typo of shaper is used quite extensively throughout the Trado School. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 10 ••• — THE ‘MIGHTY MIDGETS’ Wo proudly present Coach A1 Milankov's Miqhty Midqets who have just completed a successful season. Left to riqht, back row Coach Milankov, G. Escedi. T. Gemmel. Student Manaqer E. Jaster. L. Curtis. R Coward. J. VeuCasovic. E. H. Stoelting, Director of Athletics: front row P. Woody, d. Canavan. M. Bernaoeit, B. Pioschke. A. Shields, and T. Zonevich. • • • ----- Below The 1944-45 Craftsmen renerves. Loft to riqht. back row B. Gardiner. R. Conti, C. Spiors. G. Ellis, and Coach Howard Hedinqer; front row R. Toepler. B. Pfeifer, d. Davies, H. Bohn, and R. Nardoni. («raftsmen (lagers Complete Most Successful Season valuable con tribu tions. The most difficult assignment of the season was given to John Canavan. who was chosen to takeover the center job when Bob Pieschkc entered the Armed Forces. In the 10 games John played, a total of 57 f oints was his re- ward for the strenuous backboard play which he donated. Soni lor Junior � emerging victorious in 10 of 15 games scheduled, the (.raftsmen basketball team has completed the most stieecssful season in the history of Henry Ford Trade School. This impressive record is due chiefly to the astute, technical advice rendered by Couch l Milankov an l the members of our bard lighting team. Quick teuiftered but always aggressive Ted Zenevich, who participated in every game, led this team through their 10 vic- tories by bitting the hoop for a season’s total of 105 points. • Close behind with 95 points was Bob Pieschke, whose .specially, an a ten rate pivot shot, made him a constant threat to opposing teams. After playing 11 games with the Craftsmen, Boh joined Uncle Sam’s great team. Pat Woody, the set-shot artist, collected fU points in 12 games. His unnillled steadi- ness and continually good defensive play were Tho M-Motion seniors who were champs in their division of intramural basketball. Left to riqht. back row—I. Fonsko. H. Laulten, Coach L. H Bartholomew. R. Haller, and T. Krivak front row Steve Martin. W. Wills, A. Kozma. and P. Daniels. The Junior intramural championships also went to tho M-section. The champs are: Left to riqht. back row L. Painter. G. Clark, and Coach L. H. Bartholomew front row—B. Biekza. W. Elliott, anti R. Laird. An accurate one-handed push shot ac- counted for a majority of the .“ 1 fMiints scored by rosy-cheeked A1 Shields, who took part in all but one of the games. Speedy Mike Bernadett, who led many fast breaks during the course of the season, scored 42 points in 10 games. Mike was absent for three games while nursing an in- jured ankle. Program Plan nod For Spring Spurts Plans, for the spring sporta program that will accommodate approximately 600 boys, have been set-up hy the athletic department to include intramural hardball, varsity hard- ball. intramural softball, intramural tennis, varsity tennis, varsity golf and bowling. The intramural hardball competition will THE CRAFTSMAN Page 11 consist of three teams, one from each section. The M-section Irani will hr coached hy Howard lledingcr. photographer; the T- sec- tion team will he cxuicliccl hy («. W. Arm- strong, mathematics instructor; and the V - sertion will In coached hy Donald McDonald, physics instructor. Stxdional letters will In awarded to all mrmliersof the sectional hardball teams. The mrinhers of the top team will receive cham- pionship emblems. The varsity hardball team is expected by Coach AI Milankov to he fast; but he will have to whip it into shape quickly as the first game of the season is May 1. against Dearliorn High School at Drarliorn. The intramural softball league, that con- sists of 21 teams, eight teams from each sec- tion, will he divided into two divisions. The senior division will have I teams from each section made up from the A, B, C, and D- classes. The junior division will have I teams from each section and will he made up from K. I and G-classes. Any team that finishes its season can enter the playoffs. There will he playoffs in each division and the top trams will rrrrivr championship emblems. A well balanced squad of raquetcers was announced hy L. II. Bartholomew, physics instructor, with four veterans hack from last year’s team. Tin team began its season April 6. The lirst game was played against Bedford High School at Bedford. Mr. Bartholomew w ill also conduct the intramural tennis tournament which will he governed by the one game knockout system. The golf team was formed during the week of April 9, when qualifying rounds were turned in and tryouts made. Keith (Hassles, physics instructor, will coach the team The students bowling league, directed hy Cecil Westerman, cafeteria instructor, started its season last month. The league consists of eight teams. The teams Isnvl at the Biviera U «creation. ‘MUSIC HATH CHARMS’ Tho first junior vanity team. which was the first T. S. team to play in an organized league. Loft to right, back row Coach Bartholomew, L. Painter, J. Spala. R. Laird, and E. Popiel; front row E. Elliott, B. Biokca, R. Herberholz, and A. Kangas. Pictured above ia the Trade School Band as it appeared at tho Willow Run graduation exor- cises. The band has mado appearancos at basketball game , Wed- nesday morning assem- blies, and other schools' graduations. The mem- bers of the band, di- rected by Roscoe Wolvorton, are: B. Soncront, P. Demos. L. Santo. B. Carson, J. Clarke. C. Nagy, F. Badalamente. H. Barclay. J. Sultana. B. Kirsh- man, R. Lewis, J. Rosch- insky, T. Otis. D. DeMilt, R. Weiss. P. DelGrudice. B. Herivel, E. Len, B. Crayton, J. Aubill, L. Heaviland, T. Rudy, G. Gabriel. Tho Henry Ford Trade School 1944-45 Student Bowling Loaguo which was comprised of approximately 70 students who bowled Saturday afternoons at the Riviera Recreation. Page 12 THE CRAFTSMAN V [siting Servicemen “The radio code training given by the CAP will lx n great help to the l� oys when they go in service,” said Cpl. Santo Sclafani. Jan nary 11, of the Army Air Forces, who visited friends in the Trade School March 21. while on a I l-day furlough. Santo enlisted in the ir (’.orpx 13 months ago as an Air Cadet but is now a radio and radar mechanic stationed at Boca Raton Field, Florida. On his return to Boca Raton, he will take an advance course in radio and radar mechanics. Among the recent visitors in the School was Pvt. Robert Boss. January 13, veteran of the European Campaign. Rob has been in the Army two years and was in France two months In-fore he was wounded. Bob was reluctant to tell alxitil his overseas service as one of his close buddies was killed while in France. Rob wears the Purple Heart and tin European Theater Ribbon. Wearing the wings he received when he was commissioned March 11, at Moody Field. Georgia. Lieut. John Van Nest. January ’ 12, n isiled Trade School March 21: with him were his wife, father, and younger brother. Charles. W-section. A pilot of a B-25 Mitchell boml er, John has been in service 20 months. bile in school, John was a memlx-r of The Craftsman staff and won first prize in a Trade School garden show with tin? Ixist gar- den out of 382 entries. Second Lieut. Anthony Vollattorni, June 10. visited his friends in the Trade and Apprentice Schools March 16. Anthony was home on a 15-day leave after completing 21 months of pilot training at eight southern air- fields located in Florida. California, and Texas. lie returned to a new base March 26 for assignment to a combat squadron bile in the Trade School, Anthony played on - section baseball and basketball teams. A. VOLLATTORNI ROY HAHN “Those 17 months overseas seemed more like a dream.” said Cpl. Roy Hahn. Janu- ary ’ll, when he visited the Trade School March 21. Roy was a member of the famous First Marine Division. lie wore the Purple Heart, the Presidential I nit Citation, the Asiatic- Pacific Theater Ribbon with three battle stars, and the American Theater Ribbon. I le was in Mellmume, Australia, for about a month. “The Aussies,” he said, “are very friendly to the Americans, especially to the Marines.” Roy said that their accent is similar to that of the Rritish people. The rest of his time overseas was spent in New (hiinca. The Solomons and in New Brit- ain. It was during the New Britain camp- aign that Roy was wounded. It seems that he was transporting water to the front in a truck. Suddenly there was a ter- rific explosion and he found himself lying on the ground. Ilis feet were broken and his right eye was injured by shrapnel. After first aid had lx en administered, he was re- moved to a hospital ship. In Novem lx r he was back in the States. Since that time he has lieen at a hospital in Philadelphia and ex- |H cls to receive a medical discharge in a few months. While in the South Pacific, he met Bill Peabody, who was later killed. Roy represented the Trade School at the 1910 Wolverine Boys State. After gradua- tion, he worked in the clearing house until 1912. Then he was transferred to the High land Park Plant. JAMES BLAIR ROBERT BLAIR Coincidences have lieen many in this war. The headlines play them up like this. . . Brothers Meet in England. . .Brothers Meet in Pearl llarlxir. . .Friends Reunited During Battle. . .But one of them that wasn’t so spectacular, although just as important, was of two brothers meeting at home after more than two and one-half years. . .these boys are Trade School graduates. James and Robert Rlair. the sons of James Blair, bricklaying instructor. Aviation MM 2 c James. January ’37, was the lirs! to come home after two and one- half years in the South Pacific. One of the islands he has l een stationed on is Green Island, where he was in charge of a machine shop. On New Guinea and Guadalcanal he was stationed at air strips, with the Japs in the surrounding jungle. . .within sniping range. I le has also lx en in the Marshalls and in the New Hebrides. Janies worked in the engineering department liefore entering tin Navy three years ago. MM 2 c Bob, January 11, arrived home four days later from an air base in Brazil, lie has lieen in the Navy for two and one-half years and in South America for the past two years. Bob’s duties included operating Diesel engines in a machine shop. Both Ixiys have 30 clays at home. James wears the “color of the day” for the Coast, which is white (hat) and Bob insists on the “color of the day” for Detroit, which is blue. Mr. Blair's other three children have come home to celebrate with the two sailors. An A AF press release, recently received by the School, statin! that Arthur McHugh. June ’.36. has lx en promoted from sec- ond lieutenant to first lieutenant at Seltnan Field in Monroe. Louisiana, where lie is serving as an in- s true tor in AAF Training (Command Navigation School. Arthur was em- ployed as a draftsman for Ford Motor Com- pany prior to his enlistment in April. 1911. ARTHUR McHUGH George W. Schulz, January ’13. was commissioned a second lieutenant on March 19. 1915 upon successful completion of the Officers Candidate Course at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia. The Infantry School course covers tin technique of handling all the varied modern in- fantry wca|x ns and the tactics for leading small infantry units in combat. At the same time he is taught such diverse, yet necessary, subjects as military law. mess management, and administration, and is constantly im- pressed with the enormous res|xinsihilitv of an officer in time of war. George was inducted into the Army on April 15, and assigned to the Armored Force. Before going to Officer Candidate School he held the rank of corporal. Pvt. Joseph E. Sears. June 11. an in- fantryman. visited the Trade School March 21. while on furlough. Joseph was stationed at Camp Walters. Texas, but after his fur- lough he will nqxirt to Fort Meade. Mary- land. prior to lx ing shipfied overseas. Wearing the Good Conduct, the pre-Pearl llarlx r. the South Pacific, and the Philippine Lilieralion Campaign Ribbons, plus two battle stars. S Sgt. Paul Geiger, June ’33. Fifth ir Force. I nitod States Army, visited Trade School and liecame re-acquainted with friends he left four years ago when he went into the Army. Paul has been overseas 38 months ami ha s seen more than his share of action. W hen asked of his exfx'ricnces Paul fxditely declined to talk by saying. ‘ I know what those Ixiys are going through so I'm not going to talk and perhaps lessen their chances of coming home.” Paul is in the Air Corps ground crew and thinks it is “the l est deal in the Army.” Paul has been in Australia. New Guinea, Dutch New Guinea, Biak, Palau Islands, and Leyte. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 13 Pvt. Ronald Ensor, June ’ll, recently visited friends in lie Trade School during his 11-day furlough. Having completed his basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, lie will report to Fort Mead. Maryland, for embarkation. Other servicemen who visited the School during March, are: James K. Davis S 2 c Navy- Alfred Omela S 1 c Navy Bobcrt G. Hill George Pot ter Elec. Mate Navy Claude T. Aiken Lieut. Air Corps . D. alentine T Sgt. Marines Michael Murphy Pvt. Marines Zolten Arnhrus Pfc. Army- Andre lluybrcchts Lieut. Air Corps Hubert Aiken S 1 c Mer chant Marine Joseph Sears Pvt. Army The editor is always glad to hear from the alumni. However, due to the large number of letters received, il is quite impossible to an- swer all the letters. Please keep us informed as to any changes in address so that The Craftsman mailing list can be kept up-to-date. Thank you. In the March issue of The Craftsman, due to an erroi. Lieut Matt Musial's picture with the story about Ensign Dainty. Ernest is in the Merchant Marine. Matt, graduate of January M2, is in the Medical Corps of the Army. Many students remember Matt as the fellow who worked in Mr. Scott’s chemistry laboratory. ERNEST DAINTY MATT MUSIAL ALUMNI REPORT Corp. William Stang, January M3. dis- closes from the South Pacific that during his spare linit' he intends to continue his educa- tion through the Marine Corps Institute. “Nothing raises my morale more.” says Pvt. Frank Conti, June M3, from Camp Berkeley, Texas, “than to receive The ('.rafts- man every month.” Edward Stammer, former student, some- where in France writes that for a little food he is able to get his laundry done hut that the soap situation is so had that he has to furnish his own. The following are excerpts from a letter written by Capt. Jerome Tuszynski, Jan- uary ’37. from somewhere deep in Germany. The letter was postmarked March 1 1. Alumni Report on Military Life “I landed in England and remained there for about six months. My tank company landed in France in July of 1911 and I got into my first light around Avranches, France. After breaking out of Normandy, it was a race across Brittany to Lorient and then all the way across France to the German border. Just before the Germans broke out around Bastogne. 1 was put on the Battalion staff, and then we fouglit our way into that town. Now . I am deep in Germany, taking out a few moments to write a few letters. I was wound- ed slightly once hut there wasn’t much to that and I was hack in the fight on the follow- ing day.” Navy Midshipman Frank Sullivan, June '38, rc| orts from Columbia I nivorsity t hat the class of June ’38 was well represented last fall at Great Lakes Naval Training Sta- tion. In addition to himself there were James Mitchell. John kostio, Adam (Miverio, (Jordon Poole, and Daniel Vipond. Pvt. Remo Vielmo, January M2, writes from somewhere in France that he met Hank Jones. June M2, in lx; Harve, France last December and they exchanged copies of The Craftsman. letter was received recently from Pfc. Joe Tepfenhart who is somewhere in Ger- many with the infantry. In the letter Joe said. “I am out of the hospital and hack with the lx ys again.” Joe was wounded several months ago in the left shoulder and has been awarded the Purple Heart. He is a former student and also instructed in the heat treating and weld- ing department. While taking part in a 1300-plane, day- light assault on Berlin by I niled States bombers on March 18, Lieut. Jerome Ballard. January Ml. bagged a Nazi plane. fter firing a few rounds into the Nazi ship Jcome saw the pilot hail out. Lieut. J. E. Tarr writes from the South Pacific— Dear Sir: Well, don't let this shock you too much, hut we do think of you and the other instruc- tors once in awhile. John Shinglcton and I were talking uliout good old Trade School davs and I said I just had to write tonight so here it is. It seems queer, but the first time I saw Shinglcton I thought he sure looked like a Trade School boy, hut I never asked him. Then about three months later 1 just hap- pened to ask him. It sure is a small world. You instructors should he proud of your jobs localise you’ll never know what you have given us as your students. That may sound like hunk to you, hut if you could hear what two students say about all of you when they think of the old days. I don’t think anyone has more pride in his school than we have. Yes, and the men who taught us are tops too. It sure has proved itself over and over again. If the Trade School knew the jobs and whereabouts of every graduate I’m sure it ERNEST MOJESKI ★ Of tho 700 boys who have entered the armed forces directly from the School, three have been killed. They aro Ernest Mojeski, Norman Walsh, and William Haag. Thirty other alumni, who did not leave directly from the school, have been killed in action. ★ WILLIAM HAAG NORMAN WALSH would be quite far above the average. Per- haps I better quit the Trade School subject hut really I can never extend thanks to the School. I wish I could shake Mr. Ford’s hand and thank him for starting the School. I have traveled a long way since I have lx en over here. We Hew over. I spent six days at Hawaii and then came on over. I like it over here. 1 have been from Sydney. Australia, to way up north of the Equator. There arc few places I haven't lieen. We tixx p carrier outfits carry all sorts of junk anywhere and everywhere. Wo IIy C-17’s. I’m only a co-pilot and so is Shinglcton. but we both draw first pilot time and should lx; checked out as first pilots in a month or so. We go swimming quite a bit. We have one place where we swim in a jungle stream. It sure is nice. I like it over here. March 11, 191. � Well, it has lx. cn several days since I started this letter, hut 1 was on a trip to the Philippines. It seems swell to get back here, hut I’m ready to go again. It sure seemed swell to sec cities and farms again. It’s much cosier on the eyes than these New Guincu jungles. I was at several cities and saw everything of importance up there. It was a good trip, hut I saw things I’ll never forget. My brother is in the 37th and I tried to see him but time was too short. I’ll get up there again soon I hope and then I’ll look him up. I stayed with him three days on Bougainville several months ago. Lt. J. E. Tarr Page 14 THE CRAFTSMAN On the Editors Desk AT THE TABLE What the Well-mannered Person Doesn’t Do Your display of manners at the dinner table, whether good or bad, is certain to at- tract the at tention of other diners. No one is entirely at ease when faced with the problem of etiquette; rudeness and discourtesies are common at many tables. iewing one of these tables through the eyes of a well-bred observer, we would see an ill-mannered Im with his head bent down near the level of the plate as if he were about to lap up Im � 111 food and drink. W it It an over- loaded fork lie stuffs his mouth full of food, lie chews the food with his mouth open and washes it down with a gulp of water. Before we are able to divert our eyes from this disagreeable scene, the l oy is sure to dart out w ith his fork in an effort to s| car a slice of bread. When his plate is nearly empty he conspicuously chases a couple of stray peas around his plate, which seem to be eluding his fork. Upon finishing the meal he casually tips his chair buck and begins to talk noisily while a toothpick dances between his teeth. Do not Ik too disgusted after witnessing this unpleasant picture. There may be a similar |H rs:m at your own table. Maybe it’s you. The Final Pow-Wow Trade School students were quietly going about their classroom work, the halis were practically empty, but Room 10 was the scene of both gloom and happiness. Every few minutes the door would swing open and slowly a student or two would enter with a somber appearance and walking as though his shoes were filled with lead. In the front of the room stood a man with a smile on his face and a word of praise on his lips. Slowly and heart-broken they laid a package, which had a faint odor of sweat, on the desk, and stood around talking al out the doings of the past few months until the rest of their group arrived. After about 13 minutes a crowd had gathered in the room. looking at the packages lying on the desk, each one readied memories that he held dear. 11 is mind wandered back to the exciting scenes in the locker room, to the cheering, loyal siq - [►orters that crowded the home court to watch them play games that would long be re- membered. In the packages there was something which had brought, glory and praise to the wearer and to his school. It was an article which identified him to many students, and upon laying it on the table he would no longer Im a member of the outstanding squad that had come through many tough battles vic- torious. lie would no longer ser e under the man who had become one of his ln sl friends. No longer would he bring praise and glory to his squad and school, but now he would pla an ini|K rtant part in another squad, the United States Armed Forces. The man in the front of the room, seeing their grief, sf� oke words of encouragement, and praise to each one and stated that he had had an enjoyable time working with such a line group of good sportsmen. During the last five memorable minutes of this final | ow-wow, the Ixiys reviewed ear- nestly the happenings of the last few months during which time they went through thick- nnd-thin. pulling for one another. Their Coach A1 Milankov admires tho trophy which the ‘Mighty Midgets' prosontod to him at the last game. discussion included such hap| enings as the most indelible moment of the past season, the outstanding opponent, the best rival player, what the record of their opponents was, which team they were pulling for to win the tourna- ment. and many other such incidents. ith a forlorn look on their faces the lioys slowly left the room, leaving their uniforms and high school varsity basketball careers liehind them. The man in the front of the room was Coach Al Milankov who was accepting the blue and gold uniforms from his “Mighty Midgets,” the team that would now l e to him only a memory. ★ OVER THE CRIB COUNTER By I. C. ALL ★ ★★★ ★ Well, well, April is here bringing with it birds and bees and showers and All Fools’ Day. . .Funny I didn’t realize that Easter Day was also MY day. . . Don Finkhinder says that at college the Army barracks were next to the girls’ dorm. Rut the boys had to stay in and study, lie went on to explain, “At 9:15 the fellows were studying at their desks. . .at 9:16 they were still studying. . .only at their windows. . .” After this issue of The Craftsman, Bart will be a contender for the title of most photographed person in the Trade School. . . Oh, I eonard Ryan, how could you lx , so mean? They told you you’d Ik sorry for treating them that way. . .Some F-lx y’s father must Ik on your draft board. . . Open question to Pat Duthie: Have you been given your brass hey? ? ? The R-boys arc getting desjx ratc. . .Im; careful O.R. Girl: 1 like to go out with T.S. Imys. T.S. 1k : Any particular reason? Girl: Well, in spite of gas rationing, they always have enough to get to a dark spot. . . and back. . . I. C. All Says: If the instructors can have mid-morning snacks, why can’t the students? ? ? Two soldiers had lx en in Egypt for several months, living on dehydrated vegetables, de- hydrated eggs and anything else that can Ik; dehydrated. One day they came upon the mummy of an ancient queen of Egypt. “I K� k!” said one, “dehydrated woman.” The yearbooks are here. . .pardon me WERE here. . . A-boy: Have you had chloroform? G-boy: I didn’t know it was taught here. No. I'm sorry fellas, there is nothing that I can do alxxit it. . .You can’t take the F- class over. . .Besides Clara Tomes was only subbing for Howard Hcdinger for one week. . . One tree will make a million matches . . .One match misused, will burn a mil- lion trees. . . rhe Story of Two Cigarettes. . .W here did he get them? ? ? Saturday night is the loneliest night of the week. . .Monday through Friday go fast. . . No T.S. boy would say that. . . Yellow shoe laces are pretty, aren’t they Mr. Moore? ? ? SAY, FELLAS, AT THE ”b’ AND B BOUNCE don’t FORGET THAT THE AVERAGE girl isn’t A CONTORTIONIST. . . Well, I think I’m about finished. . .the editor says t hat if I don’t get. this copy over to him in two minutes he will finish me. . .15 seconds to go. . . 11 asta luego Rang!! ! (Editor’s note) I. C. All is reported doing “as well as can be expected.” THE CRAFTSMAN Page 15 Deitrich Papprotzki, W-A-l, devotes most of his spare time to electronics in whieh In has been interested for the past seven years. Deitrich has built about 15 radios, beginning with a small crystal set and advancing to an 11 tubeset. Now he is building a 17 tube double sii| erheterodyne radio of his own design. I le also repairs radios for friends and neighl ors. To build an amateur radio transmitter and a television receiving set is a postwar am- bition. MUSIC To become a licensed pilot is the ambition of Richard Coward, -3. who has liccn taking Hying lessons, paid for from his schol- arship, at the Smith Air Field, Wayne, Michi- gan. He recently completed a successful solo lliglit and already has acquired 30 hours to- ward his private pilot’s license which he ex- pects to receive in April or May. Richard also plays on the Craftsmen basketball team. PHOTOGRAPHER r. Dick Carrier, W-B-2, has become well skilled in his hobby of building model air- planes. In 1940 he entered a free-llight gas model in a contest sponsored by the National cro- nautic Association and was awarded first prize of $50. In 1012 he won third prize for his G-line (hand controlled) model, which has a lop speed of 69 miles an hour. Dick is in his last term at night school and upon his graduation from lioth night school and Trade School he plans to enter the Air Corps. VETERAN Steve Martin, editor of the M-B-l lioogie Bugle, perhaps influenced the choos- ing of the paper’s name because of his musical accomplishments. Steve, who plays clarinet in the Detroit All-City Senior Band, also plays the cello and was in the Trade School Band for two years. Spirts also interest Steve who played basketball last year with the intramural Ivclass champion team and football in the City Recreation League. Taking portraits, scenes, sports, and fam- ily photographs is the hobby of Don Wyzlic, M-C-3. Don started this hobby of photog- raphy about four years ago w ith an inexpen- sive candid camera. Now he has three large cameras valued at about $50 each. He also develops, prints, and colors his work. His darkroom and printer are homemade. Most lx ys think of joining the Boy Scouts or the YMCA when they become 14, but at that age John Connelly, W-K-2, enlisted and then served 11 months in the infantry. John, who received an honorable discharge Decem- ber 6. 10 11. s| ent most of his time in the Army at Fort Sheridan. Illinois; Camp Wheeler, Georgia; and Fort Meade. Maryland. Now studying to l e an electrician, John plans on re-enlisting as soon as he becomes of age. “ONE OF the major aims of educa- tion has always been physical fitness. Through a program of physical ed- ucation and health the schools have attempted to make the individual physically strong and mentally alert. These qualities lead to proper social integration and spiritual development. “Physical education programs have been conducted also as a contributing factor to three other basic educational objectives: health, the use of leisure time, and ethical character. Th ese three objectives are not the sole re- sponsibility of, physical education, however; they are in harmony with, and parallel to, the general aims of education. - From the preliminary manual of the mcrican legion; Section III. Physical Fitness, Part I, Secondary Schools. Page72 THE DRAFTSMAN iihp Craftsman PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR BY AND FOR STUDENTS OF HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL. DEARBORN. MICH. Editor-in-chief: - -- -- -- - BILL BLEWETT Reportorial Staff: ARTHUR ADAMS. HAROLD ADAMS. ANDREW CAMPBELL. LAWRENCE CURTIS. DON COUDEN. ROBERT DEWAR. IRVIN FENSKE. WILLIAM HORVATH. EDWARD JASTER. ADAM KOZMA. HARVEY MAAS. RAYMOND MAKI. ROBERT McCRUM. GEORGE McCULLOCH, DONALD NICOLAI. ADAM NIERADTKA. STEPHEN SCHUPRA, MATTHEW SPEEDIE. ARTHUR WALDMANN. WALTER WEIBLE. RICHARD WEISS. CARL WEXEL. Staff Artiet: ARTHUR WALDMANN Adviser.............................................E. H. STOELTING Vol. 3. No. 7 May. 1945 Still jjapa+t! Keep, feuyituj. The war is not won yet! Victory lias not been declared. Many American men are going to die in Europe before the end of I his hellish nightmare. There must be no “slow down in bond sales because the war with Germany is finished. The Army plans to send many thousands of our servicemen from the European to the Pacific Theater of War. Japan will not be a push-over. The American people, and that’s you, Mister, must not let our fighting men down. The Seventh War Loan Drive has begun, and will continue until June 16. The students of Henry Ford Trade School have pledged to raise $110.000 in cash. In the 45 days of the Drive, you, the students, must sell or buy $2,200 worth of bonds a day. This means more than $33,000 worth of bonds should be purchased at every scholarship. Now- All Together BUY YOUR QUOTA OF BONDS ! ! ! Will you fee a Malte i Qn ijjtA na i! A master craftsman is a person who has been trained in a particular trade for the length of time specified for that trade. There are no short cuts in becoming a master craftsman in any trade. In order to win this tribute of expert workmanship in a chosen trade, a per- son must have commendable qualities, lie must be alert, industrious, and must believe that the job he has set out to do is worth his time and effort. If he does not Ixdieve this, he will surely fail in his task. He must also have that stick-to-it-iveness that is required to accomplish anything that is self-satisfying or worth while. In industry today, the global situation necessitates the use of hurriedly- trained men who, when their efforts are combined, can produce work of equal quality as well-trained men. This situation will not always prevail. When final peace comes to the world, these less experienced men must com- pete with well trained, efficient men once more. Who is going to last the longest? The latter, of course. The period of t raining to become a master craftsman may vary with individual trades, but remember, you future craftsmen, do not try to cut short your period of training. It cannot be done successfully. HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOUR TICKET TO BOB-LO??? June 16 Is D-Day News Briefly Told: At the instructors’ l owling banquet Friday, April 27, A. N. Edel, assistant shop superintendent, and Gordon Gillies, commercial tool repair, were unanimously re-elected as president and secretary, respectively, of the bowling league for the coming year. The banquet began with ’oohs and ’alls uttered by the lips of the 125 instructors and ex-instructors as they began feasting on the l oiled ham served IMiffet style. Following the dinner was a lloor show and a short talk by F. E. Searle, superintendent of the Ford Industrial Schools. A branch of the selective testing department has been set up under the direction of l)r. Frank Whitehouse. in Itoom 52 of the Trade School. William lleldreth. Edward House, and Miss Ann Brondos form the stall'. AH students will Ik; tested at regular intervals to determine the progress they have made. Instructors will then know which students require help and how much. Another diamond ring appeared recently. It adorns the third linger, left hand of Freida Falken- berg, transfer crib. The giver is William Seneshen, mill instructor. No definite plans have been made for the wedding. Miss Vilhim Irinyi, metallurgy laltoratory, is helping out in The Crafl nan office while Clara Tomes (now Mrs. Dwight Weed) is on her honey- moon. Harlan Field, shaper instructor, has been loaned to the athletic department to supervise the recon- ditioning of the Trade School's new athletic field. Eleven students and one instructor left the School during the month of April to enter the armed forces. They are: STUDENTS Leonard Adams John Andreolli Hichard 11 oilman Frank Kuzel I awrence La Fleur Pascal Woody Glenn Heed Hobert A. Smith William Srull Anthony Sultana Hichard Williams INSTHUCTOH Leonard Ryan OUR COVER Our cover picture was taken in the Trade School tool room where seniors apply all the knowledge they have accu- mulated in their three and one-half years as Trade School students. Emery Yatcko, senior, is boring a hole in a cast iron housing. The machine, a Pratt- Whitney Jig Borer, is an example of the School's policy of furnishing the boys with up-to-date equipment. Volume 3 No. 7 May, 1945 draftsman HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL Students Elect To Buy “Mercy Ship” -- Ed Jaster Elected Chairman Of Bob-Lo Picnic Plans for the Trade School’s 16th annual Bob-Lo picnic, to be held Saturday, June 16, arc l cing worked nut by class captains and their advisers. Ed Jaster. student chairman of tin Bob-Lo picnic, and Bob Bylin, assist- ant chairman, are sure the outing will be a greater success this year than ever before. The plans got under way May I at a meet- ing of class captains when Ed and Bob were elected to their posts. In the two weeks that followed, six committees were formed con- sisting of class captains who chose instructor advisers for their respective committees. The chairmen of the committees and their ad- visers are as follows: PUBLICITY Phil Slovick, chairman, and C. G. Hogers,adviser; CONTESTS- Matt Speedie, chairman, and Edwin Johnson, adviser; GAMES—Tom Crowley, chairman, and Edwin Gaterman, adviser: TICKETS- John Lowren. chairman, and C.B.Weems, adviser; PRIZES Jerry Goodwin, chairman, and Toivo Lind, adviser; JUDGES AND UMPIRES Pete Demon chairman, and Harlan Fields, adviser. Festivities on the island will begin at noon and continue until 6 p.m. During this time there will be at hletic contests and champion- ship baseball games. Music at contests and games will lie furnished by the Trade School Band. Dancing, roller skating, and other amusements will round out the day. A special boat has been chartered for the Trade School and w ill leave the foot of Wood- ward Avenue at 10 a.in. Patrick Duthie Transferred To Academic Department Patrick Duthie, former toolroom lx nch in- structor. began teaching Leonard B van’s shop theory classes, Monday, April 23, following -Mr. Kyan’s departure for the armed forces. Mr. Duthie was school in Scotland and served his ap- prenticeship in a marine engine shop where lie helped build some of the engines for merchant ships before the First World War. During that war he served as a fifth engineer on a troop ship of the Royal British Navy. In 1920 he came graduated from high PATRICK DUTHIE A C-47 Douglas Sltytrain Ambulance Plane, similar to the one studonts of Henry Ford Trade School are going to buy. is shown waiting to be loaded with woundod soldiers. This typo of plane, which costs $110,000, has already proved its worth in operations both in the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations. QUOTA SET AT $110,000 CASH To purchase a (IT Douglas “Skytrain” Ambulance Plane was the overwhelming decision of the class captains after choosing l� etween it and five of the famed “Water Buffalo” as their goal in the 7th War Bond drive. This decision was reached after Frank N. Isbey, Chairman of War Finance Committee in Michigan, had outlined keynote objectives in his address to students and instructor gal- lants at a meeting, April 30, which marked the beginning of the School’s campaign. When the “Mercy Ship was decided upon the goal had to In raised from £100,000 to £110.000, the price of the plane. This type of plane has two 1200 hp engines and a wing span of 95 feet. Its maximum speed is in excess of 225 mph. It is equipped not only for troop transportation but for haul- ing cargo as well. This plane and its sister ship, the ('-54. comprised China’s only contact with the out- to the I nited Stales, but it wasn't until 1923 that he was employed by Ford Motor Company in the die room of the A-building. Sixteen years ago Mr. Duthie began teaching for the Trade School. Ile has also been teaching evening classes at the I awrence Institute of Technology. He is married with three grown children, one of whom is a fireman in the I nited States Navy. His favorite s|x rt is soccer, but he also likes baseball. side world after the blockade of the Burma Road. During this period they provided the only means for transporting medical ami other supplies to the troops resisting the Japanese forces in China. According to high Chinese officials, China could not have resisted the enemy without these planes. The planes again showed their ability when the allied forces took the first offensive actions in the southwest Pacific. At Guadalcanal these planes transported essential fuel, food, and medical supplies when sea communications were severed and then helped evacuate the wounded on return trips. The humanitarian pur| ose of the “Mercy Ship” contrasts sharply with the destructive purpose of “School Daze,” the B-21 Uberator Itonibcr bought by the students and instruc- tors in the 6th War Loan Drive. The stu- dents were complimented by many on their choice which showed their awareness that men die as well as fight. The students total is about £20,000 with less than a month to go, the drive ending June 16. Page 4 THE CRAFTSMAN I Ii E B I ; M N E The nine A-class presidents gat together in tha Trado School Library to draw up plana for the coming graduation festivities. Laft to right they arc: Hubert Hauk. Matthew Relnowaki, Charlee Hoffman. Bill Barra, Charlaa Cameron, Arthur Waldmann, Gordon Thompaon, Jim Cooper, and Donald Richter. THE A-CLASS PRESIDENTS- Who They Are, What They Do, ami W hat They Flan To Do Willi tin advent or each semester tilt graduating rlnssrs elected class presidents. Dif- fering from the ordinary liigli school presidents the Trade School presidents’ chief concern is the planning of the prom. The major difficulty encountered here is the co-ordinating of the desires of nine A-classes. 1 I am questioning the present presidents alMiut their Trade School experience, hold ties and ambitions, your reporter received the following answers: ithin NNaldmimn, W-A-l, who Iio|m n someday to la a professional cartoonist, said, “Trade School experience has developed my ability to think quickly and clearly when solving many types of problems met in tin- shop and every day life.” Tin |� osition of cartoonist on I lit (loons (m:cllc was ably filled by Art last semester. In addition to drawing he s|M‘iids some of his s| nre time ut wood- working. The -A-2 chose Mattiiew Ib-inowski to represent their class in the all inqsirtant graduation plans. Matt plans on working in a factory until he saves enough money to start a small business of his own. Self-reliance, I tetter judgment of human nature and a Itack- gnmiid of aluahle training wen some of Uie things he feels his Trade School experience Ims added to his character. “I feel it is some- thing of im|H� rtance to say you have lieen graduated from Henry Ford Trade School,” was one of the opinions Matt expressed. Roller skating is a sport frequently en- joyed by Ciordon Thompaon, -A-3. He stated that his Trade School trainiug has pro- vided a background for tool designing which he some day ho|� cs to take up. The ability to get along easily with other fellows is another advantage («ordon credits the Trade School with giving him. Drawing is also the hobby of Jim Cuojrt, M-A-1. 1 util recently Jim has been taking sketching lessons at the Detroit Institute of Art's, lie said the experience he has gained Continued on pege 10) How a Boy and a Girl Spend An Evening It was a cool, cloudy evening. The grandfather’s dock in the hall had just rung out seven o'clock. A final look in the mirror, and Johnny left the house like a streak, en- tered the shiny black Ford. At last he wason his way to get his girl friend. I |sin arriv ing at her house a lump came in his throat and his heart started throbbing. M the ringing of the bell, Mary ofiened the door ami asked him in. To his astonishment she had her make-up on and was ready to pro- ceed t� n their way to the long-waited-for dance. After a half-hour’s ride the couple finally reached their destination and to their amaze- ment found cars parked on both sides of the street for two blocks. After hanging their coats in the coatroom, which was watched by Louis Santo, M-F-2, they strolled down the hallway where Un- couple was welcomed by C. R. Weems and greeted by E. H. Stoelting who. sitting be- hind a table wiUi his wife, was taking tickets. When Johnny and Mary saw the dance Hoot they stood in amazement, looking at tin- beautiful picturesque scene. The ceiling was a mass of colored lights; at the front of the ballroom was Boston Clark and his Colum- bians, with Blanche Fizzie, Uie vocalist. In the ballroom were many couples, some danc- ing, oUiers in groups talking, while in a corner (Continued on p«ge 7 Gear Display Shows How the Wheels Go ’Round The idea of making a mechanical motion display, that would show the boys of the Trade School how most types of gears work, was thought of by Roy Wiper!, former shop theory instructor, in the early 1930’s. With permission from the personnel de- partment of the Trade School, Mr. Wipert immediately started students designing and construedng various parts for the display. The parts were mounted on a wooden lx ard about 28 inches square and the operating power came from a hand crank | ositioned at the side of the board. After a number of years the display board began to warp and the parts showed wear; so in 1940 the instructors decided to let students construct a larger, stronger display. With the co-operation of many students, the display was finally assembled in the bench department and the finishing touches were added by John Martinowicz, then a student of the 'Trade School. The display, which is self-lubricating, has fifteen different gears and gear combinations, three different earns, two different pin gear drives, a cone drive with shifting rod. sprocket drive, universal wobble drive, universal drive shaft, shaper drive, drill spindle controlled by eccentric, mechanical counter, mechanical four station index, an automatic chucking device, and many other minor (tarts. Students find that this display gives help- ful information as to how gears work. For a demonstration of this interesting display see Patrick Duthie, shop theory instructor. When the Mechanical Motion display was rebuilt in 1940, John Mertinowicz. June ‘39. attended to the finishing touches. The above picture showing John at work was taken before the glass case was put on display. THE CRAFTSMAN Class and Shop Are Siamese-twinned Is our classwork irrelevant to the work we do and the operations we perform in shop? Most of us will find a tie that connects everything done in the classroom with some associated oper- ation in the shop. Our shop theory classes are | erhaps the subject t hat has the most direct connection Iwitween the two places. Shop theory deals with, as the name implies, the theoretical part of ma- chine ojieration. nomenclature, accessories, principles, and inspection. One instance of this fact is, in shop theory class we learn HOW to read a micrometer, and find that it is calibrated in thousandths of an inch, and then we learn WHY it reads in thousandths. Then we go to shop and use the micrometer in practical applications. This is just one of the minor but never- theless important things we do in class that is bridged to the shop. Other things done are the application of formulas for finding dimen- sions of screw threads and gears, the projx r use and handling of precision tools, and the use of hand tools. The classes that are next in importance as far as a connection is concerned are the draft- ing classes. This course teaches the boy blue- print reading, one might say, from a blank sheet and up. since that is exactly what takes place. First a boy just does simple drawings to acquaint him with the methods and stand- ards used by tiie Ford organization, and is gradually given increasingly difficult drawings to reproduce. These cover all parallel phases of his shop work and shop theory training. He makes use of the formulas learned and ap- plied in shop theory, and when he is detailed to make a corresjxaiding piece in the shop, he understands the terms used and to what part they apply. Trigonometry and geometry are used by the student extensively for layout work and inspection, some of these uses being, finding the location of radii, the spacing of holes, and t he checking of angles. Angles which have to be held to closer tolerances than the vernier l� evel protractor affords, are checked by using a sine bar and calculating the necessary dimensions, and ob- taining these dimensions with Johansson gage blocks. These are but a few examples; the other classroom subjects also are closely connected to the shop even though the link is not as ob- vious as with the aforementioned classes. The subject that is thought of the least, but used extensively is physics. Fvery ma- chine and any movement developed by it is due to some law of physics. The Chief Passes By It was a warm, sunny, spring morning— Saturday, April 14. The birds were singing in the trees, but the town jieople seemed gloomy and sorrowful. The villagers of Heinington, Virginia, population five hundred, were slowly wandering to the depot; business- men, clerks, merchants, bankers and farmers were among the spectators. In the distance x uld be seen a railroad bridge that s|janned the Rappahannock River. The bridge, undergoing rejjairs. had ls ttle-necked travel considerably, reducing heavy, train travel to one track; even fast through trains had to creep slowly along. Coming down the right-of-way was a stream- lined train cxinsisting of seven cars and a loco- motive. As it passed the station, people stood with sad expressions as though they bad lost their best friend. As the last car passed, a flag-draped walnut casket with a military After studying their texts, students epply their new-found knowledge to actual work, using the tools they will need to use in the shop. Carl Wexel. W-A-l. demonstrates one of the many applications of e vernier height gage to layout work. Page 5 Squadron 639-4 CAP NEWS ♦ ♦ ♦ Jungle Jolly . . . Have you seen Paul “Jungle Jolly” Hanson? If not the handsomest, be is at least the “cutest” member of the squadron. Paul, who is only five feet tall, received the nick name liecause when he is in uniform he licars a striking resemblance to “Jungle” Jolly,” the comic-strip son of “Smilin’ Jack.” Service Ribbons . . . Fight cadets of the Trade School Squad- ron have received the CAP Service Ribbon which is given for one year’s service during which 250 hours have been devoted to CAP acti vities. The ribbon is white with green stripes at each end and has the regulation CAP emblem in the center. Following are the boys who were awarded ribbons: Hershel Breazeale. Robert Dewar, Charles Doherty. Charles Friedl. Hubert Hauk, Bernard Kirshman. Robert McCruin, and George Tozer, who is now in the Navy. Aircraft Recognition . . . lst Sgt. Robert Dewar, cadet commander, is conducting a class in aircraft recognition. The course, which will require six hours of class time, will cover all types of American. British, and Japanese aircraft. honor guard x uld be seen. When the train had passed, many people entered their cars and followed the train for 15 to 20 miles, the distance tho tracks paral- leled the highway. The passing of the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s funeral train was the un- usual sight witnessed by the inhabitants of Remington. Virginia. The train entered Union Depot, Wash- ington'D. C. at 9:45 a.m. Several battalions of soldiers were standing at attention, a Ma- rine Corps band started playing, “Hail to the Chief,” then the flag-draped, walnut casket was taken from the train and placed on a cais- son drawn by six white horses and lead by an officer mounted on another while horse. Slowly the cortege left the Union Depot and proceeded down liistoric Pennsylvania Avenue which was lined with three to four thousand people. As the procession slowly passed through the streets people of many races and creeds wept unashamed. As the caisson carrying the casket entered the White House grounds, the military escort proceeded dowm Pennsyl- vania Avenue. These scenes were witnessed by Howard Hedinger, assistant coach, while he was on personal business in Remington. Virginia, waiting for transportation to Washington. D. C. where he arrived in time to see the late President’s last trip to the White House. Page 6 THE CRAFTSMAN News From the Ford WILLOW RUN SCHOOLS Educational Aids Widely Used in Apprentice Schools The problem of training programs at the Ford Airplane School has been to teach employes to handle a diversity of jobs. In most cases the trainees were without the scientific background required by higher institutions of learning, and yet those men and women had to be given basic information and an effective means of apply- ing it. This type of accelerated training, in order to meet the tests of production, neces- sitated a great deal more than theory and lect- ure. All the practical teaching devices and aids to education had to Ik1 quickly reg- imented and thrown into action. Many of these devices, although new to large-scale public education, are already proved and tested in the Ford Schools. The student in elementary mathematics may see the vernier calijier, the slide rule, or the mic- rometer go into act ion. (iiant models of these precision instruments make a thorough fam- iliarization, more certain than any oral explan- ation or written analysis. Blaek-fuced card- boards are cut into 30' X40' problem charts to demonstrate vividly the complexities of geometry and trigonometry. Time is saved by having the problem all drawn up when- ever the class is ready for it. Time is saved by doing everything possible to have the stu- dent understand the problem the first time. Plexiglass is playing an important part as an educational aid. The mathematics student learns gearing by actually seeing ami handling the light plexiglass spur, bevel, or spiral gear, 'flic hydraulic man studies transparent valves and understands their functions without long, involved explanations. The engine man is soon thoroughly acquainted with pumps and systems localise models and mock-ups are transparent. Engines are cut away so that the complete internal mechanism may l e ob- served without a time-consuming teardown. Starters, generators, magnetos, and other ac- cessories are disassembled into sections. Tin trainee is not a theory man; he is trained to know his subject as something which functions and serves an immediate purpose. Information imparted to the student should represent more then a similarity to the true situation. Education must reproduce existing workable conditions in order to be most effective. The metallurgical microscope and camera is a piece of standard equipment in the rnetal- lurgy department. This is equipment (lie trained metallurgist must know how to use. Why, then, should any student work with books alone? 'fhe Hayes Electrical furnace for the heat treatment of tool steel, the Haskins Nitrate- pot Draw furnace for tempering steel, the Lindlicrgh Recirculating Air furnace for treat- ing aluminum alloys, or for polymerizing syn- thetic resins and plastics, water, brine, and oil quench tanks—all of these reproduce the ac- tual industrial plant conditions so that the student may see what, the trained man must know. Futhermorc, he may apply his know- ledge as he uttains it. The oscillograph is a good example of how an expensive bit of research equipment can be pul to good practical use. An advanced stu- dent of electricity may check radio circuits, frequencies and power capacities just as lie would be required to do in an industrial lab- oratory or large radio plant. The Ford Air- plane School's electrical department is also equipped with a full-sized industrial switch panel through which motors and circuits are tested, again just as they would In in a large electrical | ower plant. Visual education is used to full advantage at the Ford Airplane School, 'fhe visual education department maintains a perman- ent library of 131 motion picture films, 'fhe majority of these are owned by the Airplane School, the balance by various organizations which lend these films on a permanent loan basis. Four motion picture projectors and three portable slide machines are constantly in use. 'file visual education department renders an extension service to all Ford Schools, including the Ford Trade School, the Highland Park Apprentice, and Aircraft Schools. Films are sent to these schools to tie used in connection with their training classes. The rehabilitation centers at Camp Legion and Cherry Hill also receive films at regulur intervals for use in their programs. It is most important to note that depart- ments throughout the plant call upon the visual education department to bring them the latest ideas on production methods, sal- vage. time study, safety practices, and first aid. All these topics are well developed through films made by the government as well as private enterprise. 'fhe Ford Airplane School has sought to eliminate the line of demarcation between training and actual work. In training for B- 24 production, structure, rigging, riveting, electrical and engines were taught through the use of airplane parts themselves. In several instances training has taken place right on the production line. All divisions of the factory itself, and even the hanger, have supplemented completely equipped Ia I mra lories, carefully drawn charts, models and mock-ups. This emphasis upon the practical in education com- pels the student to see what he must know, permits'him to do the job, then perhaps magi- cally, perhaps not, he has learned. Edward Kohleriter, Airplane School Metallurgy Laboratory,demonstrates the use of an X-Ray machine in the inspection of castings. This is one of the many aids now employed in the inspection of castings. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 7 Apprentice Schools ROUGE SCHOOLS Robot Bomb Engine Course Taught in Aircraft Schools A special training course on intermittent jet engines which power the American built robot bomlis lias been set up in the Aircraft School recently to provide Army Air Force personnel with the necessary information for preparing and launching the bombs. Each course, requested by I lie AAF representative office, is planned for two weeks, of which one hour a day is spent in class discussion ami the remainder of the time in the factory on assembly. With the production of these intermittent jet engines in Ford Motor Company, the sole producer of the engines in the country, it was necessary to send AAF personnel .directly to the factory Ibr their training. Problems which arose in launching the liomlis could lie Ix-t ter solved if the men knew how the engines were assembled. With the knowledge they obtained through their training, the students could improve the methods of launching and instruct others. By becoming thoroughly familiar with the jet engine the soldier could then test and calibrate it at the launching site. So. the student spends each day in the shop studying the various jobs and familiar- izing himself with the assembling and testing of the engine. The engine which will drive the bomb at a S|H ed of 350 to 400 miles an hour has a range of more than 150 miles. The robomb can lie set to fly at altitudes as low as 100 feet, which makes it almost impossible to knock down with anti-aircraft lire. With an overall length of 27 feet and a wingspread of 17 feet, it weighs approximately 5100 pounds. Construction of the engine, which has been dubbed by workers as the “flying chimney,” is done on an assembly line. The three main sections are rolled from open-hearth, low- carbon steel and are tack welded before they are assembled. On one section an automatic arc welder runs a seam the full length, while the other two sections are at present being hand welded. The job is progressive after the three sections are assembled with the various parts being installed at successive stations. Operation of the engine is simple. Air pressure from the forward velocity of the bomb forces the spring flaps o| en and builds up pressure in the bombustion chamber. Ven- turis Ixlween the grid and bombustion cham- ber help to improve the air-fuel mixture and ram. When fuel is introduced, heat gener- ated by tin pressure and from previous explo- sions touch oil' the charge. The force of the explosion closes the flaps, preventing esca| e of the gas through the grid, so that the entire blast of heat-expanded gas is expelled through the discharge duct to give the Ixunb a forward thrust. After the explosion, air pressure again forces the flaps open and the cycle is re- Shown above is a cutaway view of tho Inter- mittent Jet Engine which is built by Ford Motor Company. AAF personnel are being trained in the Aircraft School to operate these engines. |M ated at the rate of at out 42 times a second. Delivery of the fuel is governed by a fuel metering unit which contains an altitude pres- sure compensator to prevent enrichment, of the mixture in the more rarefied air at higher altitudes. The tail section of the robot bomb carries the automatic pilot, the fuel metering unit, and the servo unit. Spending An Evening (Concluded from page 4) a crowd had gathered around the refreshment stand presided over by Peter Sherry, typing instructor. In this crowd could lx? seen Toivo Lind, civics instructor, his wife, and the parents of Lloyd Racher, W-G-2. After a couple of hours of playing choice selections the band played “One O’clock Jump,” this number l eing requested by Steve Martin and Bob Wolfe, M-B-l. As the band started lien ting out their arrange- ment Bob and Steve took the sfiotlight, while everybody stopped dancing to watch these hep-cats jitterbug in real boogie style. After a short intermission the band re- sumed playing until 11:45 p.m., at which time they played a selection requested by friends for Don Bosker, June ’ll. home on furlough from the Navy. Immediately after. “The Star Spangled Banner” was played end- ing the Trade School spring dance, “Beaus and Belles Bounce.” Memorial Day— How and Why It Began Although most Americans celebrate Mem- orial Day few have a real knowledge of its ori- gin and the reasons for its celebration. Espe- cially with the ever increasing sacrifice in this war, it is only natural that one becomes more aware of Memorial Day and realizes the signif- icance of its commemoration. Beginning with the practice by liereaved Southern women of strewing wild flowers on the graves of their soldiers who died in the Civil War. on one certain day each year, this lieautiful custom has become nationwide. The celebration of this day now includes ail of those whti have died in the service of the country. (ieneral John A. Ixigan, commander-in- chief of the Grand Army of the Bepublic in 1868. designated May 30 as the day on which the graves of dead Union soldiers should lie decorated, and this date is now universally ob- served throughout the Northern states. April 26 is appointed a Memorial Day in Ala- bama. Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; in North and South Carolina May 10 is set aside. Soon after the end of World W ar 1, the governments of the allied nations that had felt the brunt of the great txmflict decided to honor, in some fitting way, the memory of the unidentified dead. The I nknown Soldier of the United States was the first soldier ever to lie awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. This soldier was designated as the typical American soldier by General Pershing, who placed a small spray of white roses on the chosen casket. In 1921. this casket was brought from French soil on the upper deck of a warship, and now lies in Arlington Nat- ional Cemetery on the banks of the Potomac in Virgina. This memorial, best-known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, is a rec- tangular block of marble simply carved and bearing the inscription. “Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God.” At all Army posts and stations the nation- al flag will lie displayed at half-staff from sun- rise till noon and immediately before noon the band or field music, will play some appropri- ate selection, and the national salute of 21 guns will be fired at noon at all posts and stations provided with artillery. At the con- clusion of this memorial tribute, the flag will be hoisted to the top and remain there until sunset. bile the Flag is being hoisted to the top of the staff it is saluted by playing some appropriate patriotic songs. The Navy inarches to some convenient body of water and casts a wreath of flowers upon the water, and in the Air Force planes fly over some designated grave and drop flowers on it. Page 8 THE CRAFTSMA'N Above - In 1797. Maudsley introduced an improved lathe equipped with a slide rest. This lathe was powered by a rope from a qreat wheel which was turned by a crank. Right A center lathe with pole drive. This lathe, operated by alternately depressing the treadle and then allowing it to recoil, was still in use as late as the nineteenth century. • The two pictures on this page wore taken from A History of Mechanical Intentions by Abbott Payson Usher, through the courtesy of Mc- Graw-Hill Publishers. Tools We Learn To Use LATHES % RAYMOND MAKI HISTORICALLY, the first lathe necessi- tated the use of two trees, which the mechanic selected as being far enough apart to suit his needs. After a hole was bored through the trunk of each tree, a crude wooden center was driven through the hole into the center of the log which he wished to turn. This lathe required two men to operate it, one to supply the power, the other to manipulate I he turning tool. Power was supplied by fastening a rope to a conveniently located branch of one of t he trees. The free end w as wound several times around the work, and a loop was tied near the ground. As the power- man pressed down on the rope, the work ! urncd first one way then another. According to Ix. onardo da Vinci’s sketches of 1500, it is difficult to Im certain when im- provements took place, for most Ixioks of that time dealt with practices and not improve- ments. The lathe was developed from this crude beginning mostly by new attachments and types of lathes brought about by new kinds of work. The tree lathe was followed in suc- cession by the pole lathe, the counter weight athc, and the fly wheel lathe. Jacques Besson, who lived around the six- teenth century, made remarkable modifica- tions in the lathe center also on his screw cut- ing lathe, which was capable of cutting screws of any pitch, right or left hand threads could be cut by means of pulleys of different sizes. He also devised guides for use in cutting irregular shapes. In 1568. Hartman Schoppe began working the lathe with the use of a mandrel. With slight improvements the present mandrels are almost identical. A mandrel is simply a de- vice for turning the work. The French clock and watch makers of the early eighteenth century were chiefly respon- sible for the development of the lathe towards an instrument of precision. Thiout, in 17-1-1, devised a special lathe with a guide screw and traversing tool sup|x rt which had elements of a slide rest, but. no provision w'as made for holding the tool in more than one position. Henry Maudsley invented a lathe capable of producing precision work on a large scale, by building it entirely of iron and by develop- ing a technique that made it possible to cut accurate lead screws. The spindle geared to the lead screw w hich in turn drove the car- riage. He also invented the slide rest. F.nglish laws prohibited the export of ma- chinery and supplies thereby hampering American importation of Maudsley’s lathe. Freeland built a lathe in 1853 having an all iron bed and a back geared head, in which the spindle was connected to the lead screw by means of change gears. It soon became evident that war between the North and South was unavoidable. This created such a demand for machines that the United States soon led the rest of the world in their design, accuracy, and product ion. This leadership can be traced directly to the lathe, for the lathe is the only machine that is cap- able of reproducing itself and others. The engine lathe is the most commonly used lathe. Its very simplicity and ability to do a wide range of operations make it popular with machinists. Many basic elements of machine construction and machine shop prac- tice are involved in the construction and oper- ation of the lathe. The main function of the lathe is the re- moval of excess stock from a piece of work, which is securely sup{X rted and made to re- volve, by means of a hardened, suitably formed cutting tool. It has automatic feeds and a lead screw for cutting threads. These machines are classified in size by the diameter of the work that can be revolved over the ways such as 10 inches, 20 indies, 30 inches. Often the total length of the bed is noted for further classification. Small lathes are more numerous than large ones. Large lathes are necessary for manufacture of huge pumps, engines, shafts, and the like. General lathe operations are cylindrical turning, boring, facing, counterboring, under- cutting. knurling, tapered and angle work and thread cutting. Attachments are available for s|M‘cial operations. Toolholders are made rigidly in order to hold the tool properly in place. There are three main types of toolholders and many special types. The three main types are straight, left hand, and right, hand. The left hand and right hand differ in this respect: on a right hand toolholder the head which holds the tool bit is offset to the left to permit tilt' cutting t-ool to face a right hand shoulder and cuts when feeding toward tin headstock. The left hand toolholder is offset to the right. It is used to face the left hand shoulder and cuts when feeding toward the dead center. Special forged holders are manufactured to hold boring bars. In cutting ordinary work the tool should be on center, except with cast iron and free cutting steels on which the tool should be slightly above center. (hitting speed in relation to lathe work is the number of feet a minute, measured on the circumference of the work, that will pass a THE CRAFTSMAN Page 9 given point. It is the total length of chip cut in one minute, expressed in feet per minute. Many different operations are performed on the lathe, among which the simplest are centering, roughing, finishing, and filing. Centering: All work to lie turned be- tween centers requires that the ends be drilled for the center points. These holes should be located in the work by suitable methods as indicated by the job, such as by the use of the hermaphrodite ruli| er, surface gage, center head and blade of a combination square or by indicating it in the chuck of the lathe. If the work is square, rectangular or other similar shapes, the centers can be located by draw ing lines from opposite corners, where the lines intersect is the approximate center. The most common method of drilling center holes is by mounting it in a three or four jaw chuck in the lathe. First face the work by taking one-half of excess stock off with R.ll. facing tool, by feeding the tool from the center to the outside of the work, thereby preventing the tool from digging into the work. Place drill chuck in tailstock and put center drill in chuck. Move tailstock within one inch of work, then tighten all screws and spindle binder lever. Feed drill in slowly until countersunk hole does not exceed one- half of the diameter of the drill l ody. In rough work give the cutting tools as much feed and depth of cut as the machine and work will stand. Generally speaking, if the chips are not blue the machine is not working to capacity. For finish turning, you increase the S| eed and reduce the feed to produce a good surface finish. Filing on the lathe is done to produce a good finish, also to take off a small amount of stock if s| eoifications call for greater ac- curacy. In the use of the file light pressure should Ixi exerted on the forward stroke, no pressure on the back stroke. Uncentered work should l e held either by one of several ty| es of chucks, collects, face plate, or by means of mandrels. In work where the accuracy in relation to the center of the chuck is not too important the three jaw universal chuck may lx? used. All three jaws on the universal chuck operate together. Use the four jaw chuck when a lesser degree of run out will l e tolerated. Kacli jaw, on the four jaw chuck, o| erates separately. Use a dial indicator to check piece for runout, adjust jaws until run-out is eliminated. On long pieces of work the use of a steady rest is suggested for better rigidity and ac- curacy of work. A follower rest is used to hold stock se- curely so as to assure accuracy. The rest moves with the carriage feed: it is always on the newly finished surface. Small tools used on the lathe for checking purposes include the following: six inch scale, micrometers, combination square, thread gages, screw pitch gage, center gage, inside and outside caliper, and the hermaphrodite caliper. The screw machine was developed prim- arily to manufacture machine screws, to relieve the machine shop lathes of that opera- tion. New ideas were incorporated such as the multiple head, which replaced the tail- stock of the machine shop lathe. It is used to hold different tools with which to carry out different operations. This head can ! e in- dexed in order to bring each tool into position to operate on the work. A special rapid In the above picture, the diameter of the stock ia being turned down. The tool holder is off-set so that the cutting tool can come closer to the shoulder without having the tool holder rub. chucking device is used to handle long bar stock, replacing the conventional spindle and three or four jaw chuck. The screw machine is considered a highly specialized lathe, capable of doing multiple operations on work of a repetitive nature. The set up of this machine de| cnds on the nature of the work to l e done. Once set up it can lie depended to produce piece after piece with accuracy, except for wear on single edged tools. The horizontal turret lathe is similar to the screw machine in that it has a turret, or head, containing stations for different kinds of tools. It was built for handling large, heavy pieces of work, by means of a special chuck. The spindle of this machine is exceptionally large and is capable of clearing work of larger diameter than the ordinary lathe can handle. Also it can hold work either by chuck or collet. The vertical turret lathe is really a hori- zontal turret lathe tip| ed up on the work- head end. It is provided with an exceptionally large combination work table and four jaw chuck. It also has provisions for holding work by means of strap clamps. The turret swivels and has six different stations for tools. The vertical turret also can Ik? fed across the work as well as parallel with the axis of rotation of the work. This arrangement readily adapts the vertical turret lathe to l oring holes of large diameter. The vertical column on the ofierator’s side contains a four-station index for holding four different cutting tools to Ik used for turning the outside, diameter of the work. Each of these turrets is independent in its movements both as to direction and amount of feed and both may may l� e used at the same time. Automatic lathes are more suitable for production than any other type of lathe. These lathes can carry out the same oper- ations as the other lathes but do not re- quire the constant attention of the operator. Each machine may have as many as six spindles, each one producing an operation. Skill is required to set-up these machines whose many complicated movements are con- trolled by cams, the sha( e and size of each one varying with the job. Exceptionally high prwluction sf eeds can be obtained from this lathe. This lathe is equipped with a universal four-jaw chuck. The student is feeding the tool into the work by using the compound-rest feed. The identity of the student is not known as the picture was taken several year ago. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 10 Wh t makes the car go and why it stops aro questions that are answered in the auto mechanics class. Charles Hopper and Donald May. both of tho M-E-l. examine the cutaway model of a V-8 engine. At the extreme loft, the braking systom of a Ford has been mounted to show the principles of operation. isual Education Plays Important Role in Trade School l each in r n Visual education, education through the use of silent and sound films, film slides, solid and cutaway models, is rapidly making a place in school curriculums. Psychologists say that 90 per cent of our learning comes through our eyes, 5 per cent through our cars, and 5 |x r cent from our other senses. With the proper use of motion pictures, tests show that students learn up to .'15 per cent more in a given time and remember what they learn 55 |x� r cent longer. Most training films are sound pictures. 16 mm. in size. Film strips and slides, which are rolls of still pictures, usually 35 inm. in size and projected in succession, are also used. Three- dimensional objects such as full scale equi| - ment models and solid models are among the most valuable visual training aids. They give trainees confidence in their ability to do the job. The possibilities of visual aid have been developed to a large degree by .1. P. Ilcinz. head of the shop theory department, lie has learned that the average student grasps the theory of the use of a dividing head or a lathe more quickly and thoroughly in a dem- onstration with a working model than by the use, alone, of a text l ook and lecture. “Some boys who learn shop theory slowly from a text lxx k will grasp it quickly from a film or cut- away model.” he said. In this department a definite understanding exists l)ctwecn the subjects taught and the shop work. Before the l oys need to use precision measuring in- struments in the shop, they have micrometers, height gages, and vernier protractors ex- plained by large working models and see in films their construction and application. Films are used to explain the operation of the basic shop machines: the lathe, mill, grinder, shaper, and planer. Jigs, fixtures, and dies arc also taught by this method. The inq ortant subject of safety is taught by films • loaned by the State Board of Control for Vo- cational Education. All Trade Sch ol stu- dents see these films. “Out of 35 hours spent in shop theory each semester, fully seven hours are now s|x nt in teaching through visual aids,” said Mr. Heinz. I hope to use this method for 50 per cent of theory instruction.” A mechanical motion display l oard and demonstration panels showing many cutting t x ls, grinding heels, and other subjects taught in the course line the walls of the shop theory classroom. A large cabinet contains the working models and precision instruments. Part of the top serves as a base for a large surface plate on The Trade School's 16mm. movie projector is shown with a few of the many films used each week. which various problems can lx set up and demonstrated. In the Trade School, visual education plays an important part inXthe student’s courses of study. Motion pictures are shown daily in the auditorium to various classes. These 16 mm. films are based on industry, chemistry, science, and other instructive subjects. Keith (ilassley, pre-flight instructor, shows film strips which are usually 35 mm. still and silent on navigation, meteorology, aerody- namics, and other subjects in conjunction with his pre-flight course. In class, preceding each film, the subject is read and discussed. The Yictorlite, visual cast apparatus, is used in mechanical drawing and mathematics rooms. The machine projects the drawing or problems to be studied on a screen and from his desk an instructor may point out details in the machine with the aid of a pointer, the movement of which is projected on the screen. Two cut away engines may ! e seen in L ,1. Croteau’s auto mechanics room. These are a V-8 and a straight six model. These engines enable the student to gaze into the mysteries of the interior functions of the engine and bet- ter understand its operation. Class Presidents by entering several school [x ster contests and working as cartoonist on the B-l Bulletin will be invaluable in helping him to realize his am- bition to lx: a commercial artist. Jim stated, “The Trade School, in addition to shop know- ledge, has given me self-confidence.” Donald Bidder, M-A-2. answered, “After graduating from Trade School I intend to continue with Apprentice School in hopes of being an instructor.” Don spends part of his spare time working as an usher in a theater. Boxing holds the attention of Hubert Hank. M-A-3. Four years ago Hul ert made a successful start by winning three Decathlon medals in lx ing competition. Since then he has enjoyed fighting in the Albatross S|x� rt Club s|x nsored by the Paveway sub- division of Detroit. “A lx y with Trade Sch x� l training has a better chance to succeed in life than a high school graduate because of his specialized knowledge. Also most instruc- tors in the School seem more understanding than the average high sch x l teacher.” Bill Barrs, T-A-l, says lie has found the I rade Sch x l an ideal place to save money for his college education. The Navy will claim Bill shortly after graduation but on returning he hopes to study mechanical engineering in college. That Charles Hoffman, T-A-2, devotes part of his s( are time developing his roller skating ability, is proved by his membership in the Edgewater Skating Club and his fre- quent attendance there. Charles testifies that the mechanical training received in tin Trade School will help him in later life, espe- cially if he succeeds in fulfilling his hope to be a mechanical engineer. After graduation Charles Cameron, T-A-3, plans to join the Navy but on returning he would like to take up business administration in college, with liojjes of someday going into business for himself. Charles confirmed the value of a Trade School education by stating, “The training and discipline provided in the Trade School will letter equip a boy to face the world.” THE CRAFTSMAN Page 11 Craftsmen Beat Dearborn and Melvindale Drop Close Decision To River Rouge Officially beginning their 1945 baseball season May I, with a 6 to 5 win over Denrliorn at Ford Field, the Craftsmen nine, coached by Al Milankov, made an auspicious start. The teams played before a sparse but enthusiastic crowd in rather chilly weather. As a matter of fact the l)earl orn coach built, and fed with scrap paper a little «bon-fire by his feet. I le was either trying to thaw out or was sending smoke signals to his team. Bruno Bieksza pitched for the Craftsmen allowing eight hits which netted five runs, lie pitched exceptionally good ball in the pinches, which was necessary to carry him through to victory. Of the seven hits made by the Craftsmen Bruno accounted for two, driving in two runs and scoring once himself. Dearborn tallied two runs in the first and one in the third to take the lead. The Crafts- men scored two runs in the fifth on singles by Bieksza, Yatcko, and Steward. In the sixth the Craftsmen scored their remaining four runs. Bernudett led off with a walk followed by Fllis, who reached first on the third base- man's error. Kcaneman singled scoring Bernadett, sending Ellis to third. Davies went to first on a fielder’s choice scoring Ellis. Bieksza singled scoring Davies and Keanernan thereby clearing the bases. Koshko and Yatcko both grounded out to end the inning. Bieksza was in “hot water in the seventh when Dearlxirn bunched three hits and a walk to net them two runs, which made the score 6 to 5 favoring the Craftsmen, but Bieksza struck out the last man to win the game. Melvindale In their second game of the season, the Craftsmen defeated Melvindale High, 5-1, at Ford Field on the memorable V-E Day. Cass Lacki started on the mound for ♦ Trade School and held Melvindale to one earned run in five innings, while his team- mates collected five runs on two hits. In the Craftsmen's half of the first inning. Mike Bernadett, SS, singled and then stole his way around the circuit. In the sixth inning, Bruno Bieksza re- lieved Uicki. Showing complete control over the ball. Bruno struck out five of the six batters who faced him. I acki was the winning pitcher and Krueger the loser. River Rouge After winning their first two games, the Craftsmen baseball team tasted defeat for the first time Friday, May I I, al Ceer Field when Biver Bouge High School came from behind to capture a 6-5 victory. The game was a loosely played afTair in which Inttli teams capitalized on the defensive weakness of their opponents. More than a dozen errors aided in the run-scoring. Bieksza was the starting pitcher for the Craftsmen while McGhee was chosen to work for Biver Bouge. Bouge jiimf cd into a two run lead in the first inning w hen Sclater smashed a home run with a man on first base. They held this lead until the Craftsmen’s half of the second in which the Bouge team made seven errors. When the dust had settled, the scoreboard read Ford Trade 5, Biver Bouge 2. This ended the Craftsmen scoring; how- ever, Bouge whittled this lead down with a run in both the third and fourth innings. Ted Kreviak, who relieved Bieksza, man- aged to hold them scoreless in the fifth inning, but was the victim of two unearned runs in the sixth which were sufficient to win the game for Bouge. McGhee was the winning pitcher and Kreviak the loser. Rainy Weather Halls J Intramural Program W-Section Defeats T In First Intramural Hardball Game Because of adverse weather conditions only one game of the sectional baseball sched- ule has l een played. In that game the W- section coached by Donald McDonald, phys- ics instructor, defeated, 3 to I the T-section coached by Guy Armstrong, geometry inslruc- tor. The W-section pushed over the two decisive runs in the third inning on a single by John Shinske, W-A-l, and a walk to Shafter Terry, W-C-3, followed by Edwin Len, W-C-l, who doubled scoring In th runners. The T- section’s lone run resulted from a single by John Pezzin, T-D-l, who then proceeded to steal second, third, and came home on an error. The winning pitcher was James Finley, W-B-2, who struck out five and also made one of the W-seetion’s five hits. Earl Fernclius, T-A-l, was the losing pitcher. When the first two weeks of the intra- mural softball league schedule were completed only four of the 26 scheduled games had been played. Twenty-one gum x were lost by for- feit. The rules stale that in order to win a contest a team must have at least 10 men present. Of the five games played W-A defeated W-D, 19 to 18; VV-C defeated W-B, 17 to 15; M-F defeated M-E, 10 to 7; M-E defeated T-F, 14 to 4; and W-K defeated T-F, 9 to 6. The camera catches Jim Davies, first baseman for the Craftsmen, while warming up before the River Rouge game. Notice that the ball has just entered Jim’s glove. In the background, left, can be seen Coach Al Milankov: at the right Pete Demos, student manager, is behind the backstop. Russell Keanernan is batting. Former Skating Champion Is Academic Secretary Flashing blades, showering ice. and cheer- ing crowds formed a background for the eight year competitive skating career of Mrs. Margaret Van Goethem (Margaret Cook), known as “Cookie” to most students and in- structors, who is A. M. Wagenc.r’s new secre- tary. The record still stands which Mrs. Van Gocthern set in 1934 for the 220-yard dash in the junior class in Alpena. Michigan. An- other unequalled performance is the winning of the senior women’s Detroit skating cham- pionship twice in a row. She accumulated 200 rmrdals and five trophies during her racing career. Mrs. Van Goethem was one of I lie first, women employed in the Apprentice School. She came to the Ford Apprentice Sch ol in 1942. In March 1943 she was transferred to the Navy barracks and then came to the Trade School in April 1945 as secretary for Albert V agener. head of academic depart- ment. At the beginning of the year she ob- tained a three-month leave-of-absence to visit her husband who was stationed at Selman Field, Iouisiana. Page 12 THE CRAFTSMAN Visiting Servicemen Ensign Mario Marini, January ’43, vis- ited Trade School April 11, while on a M-day leave. Mario, who took his midshipman course at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, will report at the Advanced Line Officer’s School, Miami Beach, Florida. Mario while in school was a member of The. Craftsman staff . MARIO MARINI ALEX G. SLESSOR Y 2 c Alex G. Slessor U.S.C.Ci., June ’40 graduate, visited the Trade School April 13, after 30 months of adventure overseas. Alex, who is on a well-earned 23-day leave, was as- signed to the U.S.S. Calvert during the entire 30 months. I hr served 20 months in the Pacific area and 10 months in the Atlantic. Ilis decorations include four service ribbons denoting the American Defense, European Theater with two stars, Asiatic-Pacific with three stars, and Philippine Islands with two stars. The stars represent the invasions of Sicily, Marshall Islands, Gill ert Islands, Saipan and Tinian Islands, I eyte Island, and Luzon Island. Alex went, through these campaigns without a scratch. Among the ports and islands Alex visited were: Oran, Africa; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; New Guinea, New Britain, I lit hi Island of the Carolina Islands. Manus Island of the Admiralty Islands, Mindoro Island of the Philippines. Alex will report for reassignment at San Francisco April 21. S 2 c Walter Brink, U.S.C.G., January 45, spent April 12 visiting his friends at Trade School. Walter, who has just, com- pleted basic training, will report April 18. at. Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York for reassignment to active duly. F 2 c Fred Shubert. June ’41, while visi- ting the Trade School, s|x� ke of his recent cruise alx ard a destroyer escort. The cruise took him to Bermuda, Cuba, and back to Brooklyn. After two months at oard ship New York looked good to him. Fred has received several letters from Edwin “Shorty” Caldwell, June ’44. who is aboard a destroyer escort in the Atlantic area. While home on a 15-day leave, F O Edward Kachman, January ’42, visited Trade School, April 4, to renew acquaintances with friends. Edward, who is a navigator, has been in the service 17 months and expects to lie assigned to a bomber and sent overseas. Pvt. John Schweninger, January ’45, visited the School April 6, while on a 10-dav furlough from the University of Illinois. In the Trade School, John was B- and C-class president. I le was also assistant, editor of the Model-T and was a member of The Craftsman staff . John entered the Service January 3. Renewing old acquaintances in The Crafts- man office April 6, was Pvt. Howard Bevis, June ’41, former staff member. For the past six months Howard has Imh ii going to the Michigan College of Mining and Technology, and is now home waiting for his call to Kcesler Field, M ississippi. “Together” is the name of a current, popu- lar song, but it. also applies to MMS 3 c Peter Bentz, June 12, and MMS 3 c William Bell. Both lived in the same neighborhood, and l� oth studied at Ford Schools—Peter attend- O PETER BENTZ WILLIAM BELL ing tin; Trade School. William graduating from the Apprentice School. They entered the Navy together about a year and a half ago. Fortunate indeed were the boys for they went through l� oot training and advanced training together. Destiny was determined to keep them together for at Pearl Harlior they were both assigned to the good ship U.S.S. I lous- ton. Some of the picturesque places t he lioys have visited arc the Philippine Islands. Mari- anas Islands, Formosa, and Panama Canal. So it was natural that when they had a leave, they visited, together, friends in the Ford Schools. Deepest sympathy is expressed by the students and faculty to Charles Im Vo rest, shipping clerk, who receired word that his son Lieut. Paul . . hi Forest of the 222nd Ha inbow Infantry Division was kilted in action somewhere in (ler- many, April 11. Paul leaves a wife, father and mother, three brothers, and a sister. Correction • The editor wishes to correct an error in the April edition of The Craftsman. Henry Mojeski is the correct name instead of Ernest Mojeski as was published. Deepest sympathy is expressed by stu- dents and instructors to the families of the following 12 Trade School alumni who have made the supreme sacrifice to uphold the ideals of democracy. Those who gave their lives are: Lieut. Richard L. Place, November 18, P-47 pilot, Italy, formerly reported missing. Pfc. Leo W. Moore, February 10, airborne infantry, Manila. Machinist’s Mate 2 c Basil E. Fields, February 17, in the South Pacific. Pfc. Daniel D. Barron, February 19. infantry, Luzon Island. Stair Sgt. Anthony J. Barniak, February 20, Fortress ball-turret gunner, over England. Pvt. Michael Cojerean Jr., March 6, I wo Jima. Pfc. David Berry, Euro| ean Theater of War. Pvt. Donald J. Greiger, March 29, infantry, Germany. Pfc. jce Bollet, April 8, infantry, Ger- many. Pfc. Steve S. Wozniak, April 9, infantry, Germany. Welbee Butterfield, April 14, AAF, European Theater. CpI. Otto J. Wittstock, April 22, bomb disposal unit, Germany. This brings the total to 43 alumni who have been killed in the World War II. Just completing a 21-week bombardier and navigation course at Choucho Field, Texas, 2nd Lieut. Joseph R. Sanders, June M3, visited the Trade School. Joseph enlisted in the Army after being graduated and look his basic training at Mi- ami Beach, Florida. Completing this course he was sent to Texas for his pre-flight and gun- nery instruction; at Choucho Field he look the course he has just completed. STUART C. BAKER JOSEPH R. SANDERS F O Stuart C. Baker, January ’43, vis- ited friends and instructors of the Trade School April 3, while on a 15-day leave. Stuart has been in the service 18 months and at present is stationed at Childress, Texas, where he received his bomluirdier training and was appointed Flight Officer March 22. Thus far Stuart has 1mm‘ii stationed at Miami, THE CRAFTSMAN Page 13 Florida,for hi basic training; Tyndall Field, Florida, for gunnery training; Maxwell Field, Alabama, for pre-flight training; and Bowling Green, Kentucky, for his college training. While in the Trade School he was a mem- ber of the 1910 intramural busehall champion- ship team. Four major engagements, marked by two Presidential Unit Citations, is the battle record of Pfc. Harry E. Proffitt, January 11. serving with the Marines. Harry has spent two and one-half years overseas during w h i c h t i m e h o fought at Guadal- canal, Tarawa, Sai- pan. and Tainan. Following an at- tack of malaria he was invalided to the Naval Hospi- tal at Great Lakes, Illinois, for a period of four months. He visited the Trade School dur- ing a 32-day fur- lough after which he wus to go to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for reclassification. ALUMNI REPORT Golden Gloves history was made February 19 in Fort Worth, Texas, by a Trade School graduate, James McGrath, June ’39, when he. came from obscurity to capture the Mid- dleweight Golden Gloves Championship of that area in a light many long-time Golden Gloves spectators rated the Ixjst in Texas history. “Trim Jim” is the name given this rugged Irishman from Bryan Field. Texas, and Wyan- dotte, Michigan, who easily eliminated all the district winners in his class. However, upon entering the national finals in Chicago he found the going tougher and dropped a de- cision after advancing to the quarter-finals. Boxing claimed the part-time interest of Jim when he was 14, about the time of his entry into Trade School. Although lie spent considerable time training and Ixtxing in the Detroit Golden Gloves while still in school, it apparently never interfered with his studies for he was an above average student. Recently he has been doing his light ing for Bryan Field. Texas, as he is a private first class in the Army Air Corps. Lieut, (jg) Ralph G. Williams, former mathematics instructor, is now Commanding Officer of the USS “Memorable,” a mine sweeper and coastal patrol craft somewhere in the Pacific. He says that in his present |x si- tion he is able, to judge just how valuable a mechanical education is to the boys entering service. The following is an excerpt from his letter: “I’ve had to study more than ever liefore in my life and many of the experiences 1 had while at the Trade School have certainly helped me greatly.” Alumni Report on Military Life 'I'he following letter was received at the School pril 27, from Lieut. Herb Miller, January, ’12, who wrote from the Mari- anas Islands. Dear Mr. Yerex: After Iwing away from the Scluxd for al- most three years and away from home two years. I thought I would drop you a few lines and find out how things are going. I used to l x k forward to the day I would get a fur- lough and be able to visit the School again, but unfortunately, that day never came. After 14 months of cadets, I received my com- mission as a navigator and immediately started my coinbat training. That was last August, and since then, I’ve covered a lot of territory. I arrived overseas three months ago and after parlici( ating in many search missions, I have finally l ecn assigned to a bomb group here in the Marianas where there’s a little action. I am hoping to finish up around Christmas, and if that is so, I’d ap- preciate an invitation to visit the School. In the last few years, 1 have bumped into many former students, and, believe me. they are all specialists in their line, mostly due to the line training the School has given them. I just recently saw Sam Yeraldi on Tinian Island, when our plane made a landing there. He had a copy of The Craflsnutn with him and I really enjoyed reading it. It happened to have an article alxout Sclmar Kalen in it, which was especially interesting to me. He and I were the best friends lx th in and out of school. Well Mr. Yerex, a lot of water has flown over the dam these last few years and I’m hoping all the teaching personnel are still in g x d health. Butler (B. C. Brewen, of High- land Park Apprentice School) seldom men- tions that fact, bul recently 1 was wondering what Kd Gaterman and some of the other fellows are doing. 1 know Capt. John Ondcrko is out here somewhere and would like his address if you have it. I don’t know what the procedure is, but I certainly would like to get on The ('raftsman mailing list. I guess there isn’t much more to say just now, so 1 had better close. Please try and write and say hello to Kd Gaterman for me— also the rest. Sincerely, Herb Miller F 1 c Gardner Allen, June ’12, from somewhere In the Admiralty Islands, reports that he met George Roughly, January ’42, at a USO show. He states the “scuttlebutt.” really got talked over. He gives the Trade School a hearty cheer for the excellent work done in the “Buy-A-Bomber” campaign, and says, “with support like that we can’t help but win this war.” Cpl. Richard Baker, January 44, writ- ing from the Marianas Islands states that just about all the f«x d they get is dehydrated. lie will welcome any ideas for naming the plane of which he is one of the crew. If you have any ideas that could help him, submit them to The Craftsman office. Pfc. Alex Assad, June ’12, enjoyed seeing the pictures of the Prom and of the Com- mencement in the February issue of The Craftsman. He states they brought back pleasant memories. F 2 c Elmer Siterlet, January ’44, re- |H rls that the IJSS. “Salamua” is laid up for repairs made necessary due to damages by the Japanese and that he has just been assigned to her. ____________ MoMM 3 c Norman Miller, June ’13, writes that he has spent some very enjoyable hours reading The Craftsman. F 1 c Frank Rewekant, January ’10, really enjoys working the math problems in The Craftsman. He says he can hardly wait for the next issue to see if he has the correct answer. Pfc. Paul Saracino, June ’39, is a Pre- Aviation Cadet at Randolph Field, Texas, and is awaiting assignment to a B-29 Flight En- gineering school. Pvt. Frank Conti, June 43, writes that he is giving hypodermic injections while in his medical training course, at Camp Crowder, Missouri. V-E Day Marks Reunion V-E Day meant much to Jackie, aged three, and David Sechrist, nine, for it was the day they saw for the first time their grand- father Paul Sechrist, co-ordinator. Ford Ap- prentice School. David couldn’t l e expected to remember a great deal alxmt his grandparents or Amer- ica for he was only a year old when his parents the Rev. Harold Sechrist and Marguerite, t x)k him on their mission tours, which were to cover half the world and l ack again. Mr. Sechrist studied in France and Swit- zerland «luring 1937 and ’38 after which he and his family pnxiHxled to Indo-China where they remained for three years. Mindanao Island, in the Philippines, was the next place where missionary work t«x k the Sechrist family; unfortunately the Japanese seized the island and internc«l all residents. While his jmrents were interned in the Billihid Prison Camp, Jackie was born on February 22, 1912. Prison conditions made Jackie’s survival miraculous. Aft« r eight years absence from America the Sechrists arrived in San Francisco about May 4, 1913. There were approximately 2,000 evacuees in their group. When reserva- tions and all trans|x rtation details were ar- ranged, the Sechrist family continued on to Detroit to visit the minister’s parents. They arrived in Detroit on V-E Day, Tuesday, May 8. Page 14 THE CRAFTSMAN On the Editors Desk IN PUBLIC How To Act and How Not to Act Ignorance of the simple rules of etiquette is revealed frequently in public places by boys not well informed on the topic of manners. A group of three or four lx ys enter a bus laughing loudly at would-be funny remarks and playfully hit one another. The eyes of everyone present involuntarily gaze upon them as they advance down the aisle lunging against other passengers. It is diflicult for these boys to escape being denounced as ill-bred. lni|M)lite Im� vs similar to this group may also Ik. found at a movie theatre. The en- trance they make could l e called an unman- nerly invasion which is usually timed to take place in about the middle of the picture. When the people around them begin to think these boys are finally settled they decide they arc thirsty and make a rowdy retreat to the drinking fountain. The boys, having the foresight to see who is to marry whom or which character killed the wealthy old lawyer, discuss it with their companions. The | eople around them, how- A NEW STUDENT Have the students' dreams that the School has become co-oducational come true? No. she is a he; nono other than doe Borg. T-F-3. when ho was four years old. IT'S THE TRUTH William Pearce, third lloor lathe instructor, was a water safety director, during 1939-’ 11. for the Red Cross in Monroe County. .........A. N. Edel. assistant shop super- intendent, was once a shipping clerk in a department store. .........George Adams, third lloor lathe instructor, owns a riding horse. .........James Blair, hrickluying depart- ment instructor, worked in a bakery before starting the bricklaying trade. .........Russell Baker, crib 21 instructor, used to make false teeth. .........Edmund Olsen, grinder gage in- structor. has made ski jumps 100 to 200 feet at Osio, Norway. .........M. Bartholomew, tool room bench instructor, lowered ice skates one-half inch for the late Kdscl R. Ford and his family several years ago. .........Thodi Liljegren, grinder gage in- structor, dug blue clay in a brick yard for three months. ever, do not appreciate their ability to fore- cast the future. A genuinely |x lite boy, who is familiar with manners in public, will not Ik at ease un- less lie removes his hat when talking to a lady. Neither will he l� o comfortable in a seat on a streetcar while a ludy stands in front of him. These hints combined with ordinary com- mon sense will aid one’s attempts to evade the verdict ill-bred. Don’t make yourself conspicuous. Be considerate of others. Always be punctual. Never deprive an older person of a seat on public conveyances. Odd Birthdays Each semester, among the new boys en- rolled in Henry Ford Trade School, finds al- ways quite a few w hose birthdays fall on sj e- cial days such as Christmas, Armistice Day, and Independence Day, but this semester only two boys were enrolled whose birthday falls on a s( ecial day. They are Ernest Hanna, YV-G-2, w ho was l orn on New Year’s Day, who feels—“I am cheated because I only receive Christmas gifts;’’ and Lidio Cataldo, M-G-l, who was born on Independence Day. I le said, “I am proud to be born on that day.” For several years, the Trade School has had no twins enrolled. } OVER THE CRIB COUNTER j a— ------- By I. C. ALL -------------4 You say you want to spend money? You say you want to have a good time? You say you want to make your girl swoon over you? Tell you what I’m going to do. . .first sell you a War Bond. . .then sell you a couple tickets to Bob-lo. . .then sell you a ticket to the Prom . . .and if you have any money,—naw--no T.S. boy would have any left. . . V-E Day was Vassels Emancipation Day for all T.S. boys. . .for once they had a day off when the public schools were still in session. . . 0 K fellas, calm down. . .the new girl in in Room .12 is Ann Brondos. . .some des- troyer, clip???? Latest rumor is that Ducks will be raised at the T.S. garden. . .Also Coach Milankov is going to hold a surf board contest out at the athletic field, .tractors will be used to pull the contestants over the shallow course. . . If you want to see red, ask Bii.i. “shorty” Richardson about iiis Amazon HIM. FRIEND . . .SIIF WRITES FOR THE “Pershing Chronicle”. . . Students have been working too hard lately. When they get to the cafeteria they lie down. . .could have been the food though... 1 In Monday D.S.R. ride is a Sentimental Journey, while graduation is Just A Prayer Away. . . Yacata, Yacata, Yacata. . .Smaaaaacok!!! Scene in the cafeteria: Cookie, with her napkin tucked in Li’l Abner style. . . Pete Frommert should warn his girl friends about the way they use his name. The staff is contemplating buying Editor Blewett a black whip. . .(afterthought: lie might use it). . . I. C. All says: If every instructor is getting a title on the secret “Bracket Chart,” so should I. Perhaps Adminis- trator of Gossip and Public 'also per- sonal) Relations (excluding mothers- in-law) would do. . . Had an interview the other day.. . was told to call the next fellow’s name. . .so I entered the reception room and yelled BOYNE . .was my face red . . . Two T.S. alumni were members of a B-24 crew. One was the navigator and the other was pilot. They were flying back to their base in England and having a tough time of it as the night was dark and cloudy. The navigator was des- perately trying to determine their posi- tion. Suddenly he said to the pilot, ‘‘Take your hat off.’’ “Why,” said the pilot. “Because,” said the navigator, “ac- cording to my calculations, we are in Westminster Abbey.” The following T. S. instructors could easily sub for members of the Ford Ramblers: Rill Paetow as the sax player, Thodi Liljegren for the banjo player, Kieth Glassley at trumpet, Hazen Jewell on the squeeze l ox, and Felix Rotter could pick the bass. . . . llasta luego � THE CRAFTSMAN Page 15 MUSICIAN “Some day I hope to play in a popular dance hand,” were the words of Joseph Berkey, T-C-l, when asked al oiit his am- bit ion. Joseph has Im cii playing the saxophone since he was 10 years old, adding the clarinet to his musical accomplishments at the age of 12. lie played in the Wurlitzer Band of Detroit for a year, and for two years in the Wilson Intermediate School Band. At pres- ent Joseph is playing in a dance hand. SHORTSTOP Playing shortstop on one of Bill RogelPs cast side teams was the opportunity of Robert Young, . T-G-2. This team The Indians won the “C” class championship of the east side. Winning the east side tournament, the team received the chance to play at Briggs Stadium, and won. Skating is his winter hobby. Robert, a member of the Detroit Skating Association, received first prize in the 220 and 140 yard speed race; and second prize in the half-mile race. These races were spon- sored by the Detroit. Times. “Caring for and training show horses takes plenty of work, patience, and time,” said Robert Richardson, M-E-2. Since he was “knee high to a grasshopper” Bob has l eon interested in show horses. One interesting step in the training of a horse is the cutting of the lower tendons of the tail enabling the horse to hold his tail in a graceful arc. Bob continued to explain that covering the horse in winter keeps his hair short and smooth and that overfeeding produces “hay belly” ruining the horse’s ap| earance. CARPENTER Wood working has been the hobby of Dennis Duggan, Senior, for 10 years. He has a complete set of carpenter’s tools, also a pow er saw and a drill press. The high point in his craftsmanship was when he designed his own soap box racer and entered a tournament at Rouge Park, lie also designs and builds his his own model airplanes. MECHANIC Dexter Dupree. M- -3, is the proud papa of a 1932 Ford at least he is frequently seen babying it. Dexter's interest is buying cars that are. in none-too-good condition and repairing them. In doing this he profits in two ways. First: when repairing these he acquires a know ledge of the mechanical aspects of an automobile. Second: since the cars are defective when he purchases them they are worth considerably more after I eing repaired, so he also profits from a monetary standpoint. ATHLETE Qualifying for three gold medals and one bronze award in four decathlon meets of Detroit schools is the outstanding achieve- ment of August Cogliandro, W-F-l. To do this, August earned the number of points needed in the ten events. His best records in a few of the events are: running hop-skip- and-jump, 34.5 feet; dip, 47 times; and 50- yard dash, six seconds. In the 1914 meet, he was high pointer in five events. In the Trade School, August participates in l asketl all and was a member of junior varsity team. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Page 2 THE CRAFTSMAN ah? (draftsman ________________ (Member( W ) Ett.l92l) PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR BY AND FOR STUDENTS OF HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL. DEARBORN. MICH. Editor-in-chi«f: ------- BILL BLEWETT Roportorial Staff: ARTHUR ADAMS. HAROLD ADAMS. ANDREW CAMPBELL. LAWRENCE CURTIS. DON COUDEN. ROBERT DEWAR. IRVIN FENSKE, WILLIAM HORVATH. EDWARD JASTER. ADAM KOZMA. HARVEY MAAS. RAYMOND MAKI. ROBERT McCRUM. GEORGE McCULLOCH. DONALD NICOLAI. ADAM NIERADTKA. STEPHEN SCHUPRA. MATHEW SPEEDIE. ARTHUR WALDMANN. WALTER WEIBLE. RICHARD WEISS. CARL WEXEL. Staff Artist: ARTHUR WALDMANN Adviser...............................................E. H. STOELTING Vol. 3. No. 8 June. 1945 9trd tf-lacf 9 t Wal a td 9 t Peace Today our Flag is fiercely and proudly at war. At the cost of blood and anguish, of sorrow and tears our Flag is Hying proudly over many German cities; over many of the South Sea islands once held by the Japanese, such as Tarawa. Manila, I wo .lima: and now over the mightiest and most powerful Na y. which is carrying it to the enemy’s home waters who tremble at its swift advance. In the hearts of all Americans today there is a deep awareness of all our Flag means to us; but the immigrants who adopt our Flag and our coun- try often show more love for it than those of us who were fortunate enough to be born here. Many times the Flag is only regarded with reverence when endangered. Let us keep in mind the pledge of allegiance to our Flag and the loyally we owe to it today in war, and tomorrow in peace. Let us resolve to follow our Flag to complete victory. H oed Qo-ad Ciii e tdJufiyy tf-it If u? A good citizen is a person who is willing to devote his time and efforts for the benefit of his community, state, and country. A good citizen will try to carry out the spirit of our laws, because they are made for tin benefit and protection of all. A good citizen will be many-sided, such as exercising his right to vote, getting along with his neighbors, assuming responsibility of community ser- vice. buying bonds to the best of his ability, and if need lie. giving his life for his country. Students are you willing to undertake the responsibility of good citizen- ship? 'lime 9d Pdeciawi — l de 9t Well “Dost thou value life? Then guard well thy time, for time’s tie stuff life's made of.’’ This advice, rendered by Benjamin Franklin, has been followed by several of our Trade School students and instructors who are giving spare time to civic organizations in order to aid their communities. After working for eight hours in the School these men and boys take up their public positions while most students and instructors are only too glad to sink into an easy chair after regular working hours. The Trade School may be compared to the tortoise and the hare i:i the old fable. We congratulate those who. like tin tortoise, are using every minute to move ahead. We urge those, who like the hare waste time, to follow the example of the tortoise and have a purpose for every moment. Lost time, like water that has passed beneath the bridge, is gone forever. News Briefly Told: Albert Thompson, English and algebra instruc- tor, received the degree of bachelor of science in ed- ucation from Wayne I niversity, June 7, 1945. It took Mr. Thompson two and one-half years of night school to get it. lie also holds a bachelor of arts degree which he obtained in 1940 from Detroit Institute of Technology. ■ ■ ■ It’s happened. Just what everyone expected. Miss Frieda Falkenborg. of the transfer crib, and Yilliam Seneshcn, former mill instructor, were mar- ried at 2 p.m. Friday, June 8. 1945, at the Martha Mary Chapel. Congratulations to ln� lh. Arnold Bauer. June 44, was one of the ushers. Their reception was held at Veterans Hall, Biver Rouge. Mr. Seneshcn left for Pearl Harbor June 12, as a civil service worker. All who participated in ttie athletic program during the (Mist year join in saying THANKS to L. D. lxiverington. Roy Clark and their stalls for the splendid bus service to and from Henry Ford School. Also thanks to the Dcarlwrii Board of Education and the Dearborn Recreation Depart- ment for their splendid co-operation in providing playing facilities. ■ ■ ■ Thirteen of tin sixteen editors of the Craftsman are in service. They are James Stewart, Harold McRay. Stanley Kazmarek. Don Long. David Littler. Joe Bone. Frank Churley(now discharged), Larrv (’hurley. Ijouis Smith. Harold Cunninghamj John Matle. Robert Woolsey. and William Blewetlj W illiam, the present editor, left last Friday. ■ ■ □ 'Phe B-Building division of the Ford Apprentice School is scheduled to move to the Aircraft Building. (i. A. Yerex said last January the Bob-I ) com- mittee had picked the wrong day. June 16 proved to l e the worst day the School has ever spent at Bob-Lo. Mr. Yerex has picked June 29 for the 1946 picnic. Write that date down in your little black book. A good day is guaranteed. The picnic for 1946 will be different. . .more fun, more stunts, more prizes, more everything. Fifteen students and three instructors left tin School to join the armed forces during the month of May. They are: STl DENTS James N. Cooper Don Couden Calvin Dainty Samuel Dukes Charles Franz Lawrence llalsted Roy Harp Clillord Joynson Roy Kerstcn Edwin Michels John Murphy Robert A. Smith William Srull George Tozer John Duma Rudolph on Walt hausen INSTRI (’.TORS Donald Landry Joseph Waller OUR COVER The flag pictured on the cover flies on the North end of the Ford Rotunda Building, to typify the theme of this issue GOOD CITIZENSHIP. Volume 3 No. 8 June, 1945 (Iht draftsman HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL School Fails In 7th War Loan Drive --- Dr. Hudnut To Speak At Graduation The Rev. Herbert Beecher Hudnut, D.D.. minister of the Woodward Avenue Presbyter- ian Church, is to speak al the commencement exercises of Henry Ford Trade School to Im held al 8 p in., Friday, June 29. in Fordson I ligh School auditorium. In his talk, entitled “After Darkness Light Dr. Hudnut will discuss the world situation and what youth has to do with it. While still in his youth. Dr. Hudnut de- cided to have a college education, but at that time could not decide on a career so he entered Princeton and in 1916 was graduated with a bachelor of arts degree. Shortly afterwards he joined the Army and was commis- sioned a 2nd lieu- tenant in the held artillery. Then the United Stab's en- tered Work! War I and Lieut. Hudnut was sent overseas. There he saw a year of action as an ar- tillery observer in the Fighth Balloon battalion. When lie returned he l e- camc a salesman Herbert B. Hudnut, D.D. for a large steel manufacturing com- pany. Feeling that he could accomplish much more in life if he were a minister as his father was, lie entered Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, and received his bachelor ol divinity degree in 1926. Since his ordination. Dr. Hudnut has had churches in Dallas, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and has been in Detroit for the last four and one-half years. In 1941 he was given the de- gree of doctor of divinity by W ashington and Jefferson University. At the Trade School’s January 1944 com- mencement exercises Dr. Hudnut delivered an address on “The American Tradition. The Rev. Thomas Wilson, Divinity Lutheran Church, will give the invocation and benediction. R. B. Rausch, superintendent of Ford Motor Company and member of the Board of Trustees, will present the diplomas to the graduates. Kenneth Williams, commander of Ford Motor Company Post No. 173 of the American Legion, will present the American Legion Awards to the two students who have (Continued on page 11) Leo Van Rosson. M-A-l, turns in 1875 pennies for a bond and watches while Bob Renirie, Senior, who was student chairman, counts each penny. Leo. top salesman in the last bond drive sold more than $1500 worth of bonds during this drive. Ambulance Plane Unpurchased For the firs! time in seven War loan drives held in the Trade School the students have failed to reach their quota of bond sales, which was to lie used to purchase a C-47 Douglas “Sky Train Ambulance Plane.” The quota was set at $110,000 cash for the three sections. This was $10,000 more than the Hubert Bohn Writes Best Story in B-Class “Clang, Clang. Clang. Went the Bell. a story written by Hubert Bohn of the W-B-l, which appeared in the April 6 edition of the “ - Blueprint” has been selected as the out- standing story published in the B-l journal- ism class papers for the second card marking period of the term. Humor, vividness, interest, and the ex- cellent use of words were a few’ of the main factors which contributed to make Huliert’s story the one selected as the liest contribution. Other stories also selected as outstanding were “Student to Solo,” by lid Johnson, assistant editor of the B-l Blueprint. His story, which ap| earcd in the April 27 issue of the B-l Blueprint took second place honors, 'faking third place was Leo Goudreau’s edi- torial. “Are You Helping?” which was pub- lished in the March 23 issue of the M-scction’s pa| er “Boogie Bugle” Keen competition exists among the re- porters on the sectional papers, as all try to contribute storks which might be selected for the highest honors by the three judges: (Continued on page 10) quota for the 6th War Loan, which ended successfully. Although each section’s quota was only $33,666 not one of the three came anywhere near the amount with their sales. The W-section however, was in the lead on June 26 with $19,977.50 in cash sales. The M-section followed with $13,831.25, and the I-section hud $12,580.75. 'flic total came to $16,389.50 which, left the students $63,610.50 short of their goal three days l cforc the end of the drive. The School’s leading salesmen up to June 26 were James Norton, W-B-l. whose total sales amounted to $4,518.75; Bruce Cable, T-C-3, who made the most individual sales and turned in $1,950; Leo Van Rossen. M-A-l, who also turned in more than $1500. flic instructors and office personnel set a quota of $75,000. They however have come closer to their goal with sales amounting to $60,776.90. This amount also includes their regular bond deductions. Although many students are still can- vassing and campaigning, the Trade School is facing its first unsuccessful bond drive, unless approximately $64,000 in bonds are sold l� efore June 29. J. P. Heinz, shop theory head, will work at the garden again this summer. Page 4 THE C R A F T S M A N ★ ★ ★ CAP NEWS ★ ★ ★ Parachuting. . . Parachute tumbling was taught to tin 30 cadets who at tended tin squadron maneuver at Wings Airport May 27. The cadets were shown how to relax and mil forward or back- ward to absorb the shock of landing. Two cadets are expected to make jumps during the June maneuvers ami several more jumps are l cing planned for later this summer. Maneuvers. . . As their part of the maneuver sjKjnsored by the Willow Hun Squadron Sunday, May 20, at the Ypsilanti ir|K� rl. 31 cadets of the Trade School Squadron w ere inspected by ofli- cers of the Ypsilanti Squadron, and exhibi- tions of infantry drill were given by tin squad- ron’s championship drill team. After the inspect ion five cadets and two officers of the squadron were given their first airplane rides in an Army 1.-2 “Grasshopper” piloted by (’apt. George E. W ood, commander of the Ypsilanti squadron. Lumber Jacks. . . Cutting trees to clear the way for u new runway at Wings ir|M r t one recent Sunday, supplied plenty of exercise for 32 of those mighty lumberjacks of tin Trade School Squadron under tin su| er vision of Lt. T. . I.ind, training ollicer. In addition to cap- turing a garter snake and a field mouse promp- ly dubbed “Mike.” and “Ike,” they stain ac- cumulated the season’s best crop of bruises, blisters, and general aches and pains. Des- pite the hard work, everyone, with the |X)s- sible exception of “Mike” and “Ike,” had a wonderful time (it says here). Promotions. . . During the month of June the following cadets anti senior meinliers received promo- tions for attendance, records, anti general at- titude in the Squadron: Cadet Sgt. Robert Baarlaer to S Sgt as cadet adjutant: Cadet Corporals John Koukal anti Holiert McCruin to sergeants as intelli- gence sergeant anti Might leader, respectively: Cadet Pfrs. Marvin Lindlierg and Harold Itocholl to cor| orals as section leaders: Ca- det Privates Eugene Donovan, Alex Kglinton. Paul Munson, Charles Kieselbach. Charles Hautio, John Swiszowski. Edward Stellini, I tol 'ci I Cecil, Charles Ebcnhoeh, JohnOldani, and Joseph Vella to privates first class. Senior member Pvt. Hay Snyder, a former cadet, was promoted to private first class, anti Warrant Officer Toivo Lind, training officer, to second lieutenant. Dobrei Heads Encampment John Dobrei, student counselor and Commander of Civil Air Patrol Squadron (� 39-4. was appointed commanding officer of the Michigan CAP Cadet Summer Encampment at Selfridgc Field for two weeks from July 8 to 21. The solution was made by a committee couq� osed of Major Samuel Buck, W mg Adjutant ; •f Capt. I jury Smith, W ing Staff Officer; and (’.apt. Robert Gott, AAF Liaison Officer for Michigan Wing CAP. The appointment was announced at a din- ner meeting June I of Army, A Ah, ami CAP officers at the Book-Cadillac Hotel. This ap|M intment was chiefly based on his high standing in the refresher course at the Selfridge Field's Of- ficers’ Training School. May 25-27. attended by Lieut. Dobrei and 39 other CAP officers through- out the Suite. The main purpose of the course was to famil- iarize the officers with the plans of the Sum- mer Encampment. Because of his ex- istence gained as a JOHN DOBREI staff officer at the 1944 Cadet Summer Encampment, ami the outstanding accomplishments of his squad- ron. Lieut. Dobrei proved a capable candi- date for the position. 2nd Lieut. Toivo Lind, Training Officer in the squadron and civics instructor in Trade School, will serve as a staff officer on Lieut. Dobrei’s stall' at the encampment. 2nd Lieut. Merle Hicks, bookstore and Adjutant of Squadron 639-4, will Ik acting commander for the two-week period that Lieut. Dobrei will Ik absent. Approximately 50 cadets in the Trade School squadron have signed up for Summer Encampment at Selfridge Field, the majority choosing the first two weeks. Journalists Get Quill and Scroll Quill and Scroll awards, coveted by all high school journalists, are given scmi-nnually to those students who have done outstanding work on their school's paper. I he awards are made on the nominations of the adviser who sends samples of each candidate’s work to the Quill and Scroll Society. If approved, the student receives ai bronze pin. shaped like a scroll with a quill running diagonally across it. Tin word Quill aqqacars at the top right hand corner and Scroll ap- |M ars in the lower left hand corner. Across the bottom are the letters I.ll.S.II.S.J. which stand for International Honorary Society for High School Journalists. Memlwrship cards are also given to those w ho arc made members. Editors n ceive a bar. similar to Armed forces marksman and conduct bars, with the word editor on it. Memlwrs of The Craftsman staff, for the semester ending last February, who have liecn nominated for the award are George Tozer. Richard Hughes, and Jack Pryor. Announcement of awards to June grad- uates w ill be made in the next issue. Kronenberg, W-B-3 Sings In Opera Singing in ten operettas s|k insured by the Civic Light OjK ra Association of Detroit, is the reason why Conrad Kronenberg, W-B-3, took a 14-week leave of absence from the School, lie returned the first week in June. When asked how In enjoyed it. Conrad re- marked. It was really a swell experience and I’ll do it again next year if I finish school in time.” He says it wasn’t easy work and a!� out the hardest was memorizing 87 pages of lyrics and musics in two days for their last production Show Boat. I Brackets Build Citizenship Building morale, creating amiable under- standing. and developing stronger co-or- ation between students and instructors are the objectives of the unique name plates placed on tin? end of the benches in the bK� l- The only time he wasn’t working was Sun- day mornings w hen he went to church. The rest of the week was all work, even while he was eating In had to memorize. 11 is daily routine was getting up at 9:00 a.m. and vocalizing (loosens up v H al muscles) for one hour, then he ate and report d for practice at II a.in. The entire singing en- semble practiced till I p.m. Then he went to lunch (memorizing while he ate) and rc|K� rtcd back at 2. The chorus again practiced until 5 or 6 o’clock. Then he w as free to eat and do wluit he chose until 7:55 p.m., at which time lie rc|M rtcd and got ready for the show, which started at 8:30 p.m. Show ended alsmt 11:30. Of course on Sundays the routine was even harder with two shows in one day. Conrad obtained the |M sitinn by audition- ing three times. He sings baritone. room bench department These brackets are about one and one-half- inclies w ide and four inches long with a slot in the middle where a card with the name of the student, his badge nuinlier. and grade are placed. A bracket is pluccd on the corner of the bench w here the Im works, and indicates that this part of the IkticIi belongs to him until he is transferred A recent questionnaire was conducted among faculty and students which developed a number of opinions: One student replied.” It makes me feel more important;” and anothci stated, “II creates letter understanding and friendship.” Henry Bevan, bench instructor, remarked. “Better relationship and friendliness is an iin- portaiil necessity in life and I personally want to do all I can to promote it.” _ THE CRAFTSMAN Page 5 Chinese Delegation Visits Your Preparation For Trade School Citizenship Often the Trade School is visited just for curiosity, sometimes because of real interest as was the case of the recent visit of a delegation from the National Resources Commission of China. The delegation, including C. H. Wang, G. W. Chu, R. C. Lynn, M.C. Tang, and S. Z. Geh. ♦ came from the New York offices of the Re- sources Commission with the purjiose of stud- ying teaching methods used in the Trade School. Ry compiling this information with information gathered in other industrial schools, the Resources Commission hopes to set up a system of trade schools in China after -.) Day. This will aid China in raising her- self to the same standard industrial level as other countries of the world. F. 1 2 Searle, superintendent Lord Indust- rial Schools, received the delegation on Friday. May 18. After introductions had lx cn made and the general principles of the School had been outlined, the group was taken on a com- prehensive tour of the School followed by lunch in the Aircraft Building. The remain- der of the day was spent in arranging a pro- gram for a more thorough studying of the individual departments. On Monday. May 21 instructors and of- ficials of Ford Industrial Schools explained such things as textliook displays, school and records, class course content, shop schedules, apprenticeship standards, charts, blueprints. After lunch, several films, used by the Trade School in various courses, were shown to the visitors. The educational value of films and classroom methods were discussed during the remainder of the day. The delegation divided into three groups. Mr. Chu and Vlr. Tang visited the shop theory department; Mr. Lynn and Mr. Wang observed general science and tool design (Room 8) departments; physics and chemistry departments were visited by Mr. Geh. After lunch the groups visited the shop spend- ing considerable time at the transfer crib, shop office, tool room inspection, heat treat, clearing house, lathe, and mill departments. Albert Ramey, head of foundry depart- ment, conducted the visitors on a tour of the jobbing foundry during the morning of tin next day. After lunching with executives of Ford Motor Company, Carl Cook, super- intendent of the Aircraft Scluxil guided the group through the Aircraft Building. This concluded the delegation’s visit to the Ford Industrial School and the visitors returned to New York. From then , they will go out again to various parts of the country to study more methods until they can start their own school system in China. Garden House Gets Coat of Paint Several day’s work have just been com- pleted at the Garden House. George Beaver, carpenter, has installed one new window, re- hung the others, cut a door-way I etween tin tool and class rooms, and installed a double door so that the new sprayer can be kept un- der shelter. George Wilfling and his Inns of the maintenance department have painted the house. The house is grey, trim green, and the cedar shingle roof green. Faculty Too Has Leisure Time 'They are hobbies and hobbyists. Tin nature of a hobby varies with the tempera- ment of the hobbyist. Some devote their leisure time to a hon e workshop while others prefer a stamp collecting [Mistime. Contrary to these common types of hobbies, several of our 'Trade School instructors give their free hours to civic organizations. Wilbert Dopke, personnel office, was recently re-elected chairman of the Dearborn Recreation Committee for the second year. This committee, at present, is pre- paring post-war plans for recreat ion and re- creation facilities for the disabled war vet- erans. Other plans being discussed by tin com- mittee are the [xissibilitics of organizing base- ball teams for lx ys under 16 years of age. Mr. Dopke has lx en with Henry Ford Trade School for 20 years, lie was a student when tin School was in Highland Park in 1025. In 1928 lie was transferred to the per- sonnel office of the Rouge Plant. In January 1913 Joseph Nagy, shop office department head, accepted a five-year appoint- ment to the Civil Service Commission in Mel- vindale and has l ecn elected secretary of the commission. His duties include preparing and conducting civ il service examinations for all city employes, supervising civil service rules in eliminating political and religious dis- Thc pre|Miration for good citizenship is one of the most serious duties of an Ameri- can. Civics is taught in the Trade School to develop the trails of good citizenship, and to give the students an idea of the origin and function of the more important government agencies. Civics is taught in the G-. F-. and K-clas- ses; the students’ first, second and third se- mesters res|M ctively. In the G-class tin lx� ys begin with a study of home life, which is a government in a very simple form. for. there is a law-making body, a body to decide if the laws are broken, and a Ixidy to enforce these laws. In this manner the students are intro- duced to the three branches of government, the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. From this simple form of government the lx ys lea’ll what it means to be a citizen, and to work up gradually to tin more complicated forms of government. 'The arrangement of the course of study permits the lx ys to finish with any phase in one week, because the lioys will s|x nd their next two weeks in shop. When the students return to class they begin another phase of study. Current events are discussed one day out of five, while the other four «lays are devoted to study ing topics by use of textbooks. Free- dom of discussion is emphasized by the in- structors during the current events period. The students learn that freedom of discussion is not something that one may profitably indulge in without training For many, a discussion is a dev ice for ail ing prejudices, for others a discussion arouses strong emotion, but all come to realize that in order to enter in the conversation one must have an alert mind. (Continuod on page 11) (Continuod on page 10) A wide variety of maps and graph of changing political situations aid civics students in visualizing domeitic and foreign problems. Joe Ibbetson. W-E-2 calls attention to dis- puted territory. Page 6 THE CRAFTSMAN WILLOW RUN APPRENTICE SCHOOL CLOSES The Willow Run Airplano School. Ground was broken January 15, 1942. The building. 408 feet long and 58 feet wide, was built at a cost of $500,000. Beforo the structure was ready for use. classes were held on a balcony in the main building at Willow Run. School Deserted After Four Years Of Patriotic Service itli the voicing of a word it started. Four years. Four years whizzing and whirling past- hour years fast and taster. I hen a word—and—quiet. No more rushing. No more hustling. Quiet—emptiness—hut nothing more. A footstep echoing in once crowded corridors where day and night, men and women were coming and going between factory and school. A sun l eam noiselessly finding its way through 22 empty classrooms. Classrooms which once held classes l eyond capacity. Blacklnuirds showing wear unexpected for such a short time. Desks and tables, void and clean, vacated hy instructors who have gone on to other teaching. Kleven labora- tories, clean and spotless after many months of experimental work, showing spots where engines and mock-ups once were used. And stairways, built to withstand time, worn and chip| cd at the edges from overuse, now standing stately and tired. File drawers with thousands of cards, each representing a man or woman who attended classes. Some cards with a single class, others with six, or eight, or twelve classes recorded. File draw- ers locked and left standing. Library shelves, cleared nf more than 2500 books and | eriodicals; liookstorc with tags reminiscent of the many articles and texts sold there; an auditorium, once seating 500 persons easily, now with light flickering in only w hen a door is oj ened. Nothing more—nothing—but an empty school building with memories abounding. War Four Years of War. Four years ago it started with an idea. In June 1941, Siebert Mullikin, now assistant supervisor of Apprentice Training, was re- quested to prepare and take charge of a train- ing school program at the Willow Hun Bomb- er Plant. I hr hcl| ed to design the structural layout of the School and to plan the educa- tional needs and equipment necessary in the training program. The Airplane School was the result. The first classes were held in a single class- room in a garage adjacent to the Airframe $---------- building at Dearborn. William Blomuiel taught rivet theory and C. J. Carlton took over the mathematics and blueprint reading classes. Ernest Noising set up the rivet school in the shop under the supervision of Alan Stewart who headed production follow- up and production training. Classes were carried on from 7 a.in. to 7 p.m. Educational demands increased and in December 1941 temporary classrooms were set up on a balcony in the BoiuIht plant. Six Siebert Mullikin, now assistant supervisor of Apprentice training, signs diploma of the last apprentice to be graduated from the School he conducted for four years. instructors and two clerks completed the per- sonnel. More than 100 students attended these courses which were still in the experi- mental stage. Blueprint reading, rivet theory, and elementary shop mathematics were taught as well as s|tecial training for inspectors. Weather conditions too were rugged. Muddy roads, stalled cars, smashed fenders, and cold, noisy classrooms all proved too well the grow ing need for more space and a speed- ier training program. In February 1942 war conditions became more severe ami women were employed to satisfy the demand for lal or. A larger room was built, in the still temporary quarters, to l e used as a lecture room and auditorium. Because the number of trainees was con- stantly increasing, classes were enlarged and more courses were added to the program. Apprentice courses in mathematics and draw- ing. rivet theory, inspection, blueprint read- ing. engines, welding theory, foreman train- ing. all collalxjrated with the shop work were being carried on by spring. In the meantime ground was broken and work accelerated on the construction of the new school building. Aral in one year, on June 20. 1912, the first classes were taught in the yet unfinished school building. Tem- porary blackboards were installed and train- ing speeded-up. Then in July another program was pre- sented. Twenty-five Liberator m chanics were brought to the factory for further train- ing on the B-24 bomber. These soldiers, mostly veterans, were given classroom and laboratory training in the School and experi- ence in the shop on all phases of the manu- facture of the B-24. Expansion, accelerated training, increased personnel became by-words. By the end of the summer of 1942 the School was completely outfitted and equipped. More instructors were being hired and trained steadily to com- pensate for the number of trainees. Classes in inspection. X-ray. and aircraft electricity were added to the program. Training courses, offered for every type of work done in the factory, were continually being revised and augmented to cover the extensive scope and range of work done in the plant. In the summer of 1942 the Job Instruction Training THE CRAFTSMAN Page 7 course was expanded to the stage that 180 foremen were being trained every two weeks. The Army program was revised and im- proved to compensate for I lie increased num- ber of mechanics being sent for training. The School continued this training until June 1943 when the AAFTTC took over and was as- One phaso of tha School's training program was the training of production workers. Here an instructor gives pointers to a student riveter at one of the special practice booths. signed space in buildings at the east end of the airport. In two years, production training reached a maximum of 2600 students enrolled and 267 personnel employed. Because of the large turn-over of plant personnel, the volume of training was great. Subsequent to the Army's moving, the program at the School continued at a high level. But in 1948 signs indicated a tapering off of training and per- sonnel. Gradually the number of instructors decreased, production training declined, and in general all work was dwindling. Approximately 50,000 civilians were train- ed and completed one of more of the courses offered by the School; of these, 29,000 com- pleted courses offered in production Ruining. The AAF lists 21,275 graduates in Liberator mechanics. During the time the School was in operation 38 instructors were inducted into the services. The School was host to several educational meetings, two trips of the Ameri- can Red Cross Blood Bank, innumerable isi- tors from l.atin America, anil AAF officers and men from all theaters of the war. The bookstore sold §115,000 worth of ma- terials within one year; the library supplied information to more than 2500 employes in- cluding supervisors, engineers. Army techni- cians. and students. The printshop produced all work for the School and printed at least 40.000 rivet theory manuals, licsides doing work orders for 20 departments in the plant. Four years—thousands of civilians and AAF | ersnnnel were trained. Four years— buildings and equipment were assembled. Four years of acceleration and expansion. Then—emptiness. Quiet. Philip Marsh, a college student from Al- bion, will train tractor drivers at the garden this summer. So that more boys will get tractor experience, no boy will be kept more than two weeks. In previous years they stayed four weeks or more. Immigrants Add Their Contributions To the Greatness of America A great mind and small body—he stood but four feet high—one of the world’s greatest mathematicians, a mental dynamo, is a fair description of German-1 orn Charles Proteus Steinmetz. One of the world’s greatest electrical engineers, Charles Steinmetz is another ♦ Guidance Course Offered For Second Year A Co-operative Guidance Course, s|H n- sored by universities and colleges for college credit, is being offered in Henry Ford Trade School for the second year to more that 150 teachers, counselors, and administrators from all parts of the world. The course began June 25 and will continue through August 18. To provide an opportunity for summer em- ployment and at the same time to supply in- formation for the occupational counseling of students in their respective schools is the pur- pose of this course. Gaining experience by working with their hands, these educators are learning exactly under what conditions toolroom people work. The course, which stresses the im|x rtance of trained wrorkers in the post-war industrial era, includes eight hours of lectures and 36 hours of shop work each week. Directed by professors of leading colleges and industrialists in Ford Motor Company, the lectures are augmented with trips through many departments in the Company. Albert M. VVagencr, head of the academic department, and Urban Lucas shop co-ordinator, are supervising arrange- ments for lectures, shop trips, and other acti- vities in connection with the work of this group in Henry Ford Trade School. Of the people enrolled in this year’s course, two are from Bombay, India and one is from Puerto Rico; besides representatives from colleges and universities throughout the I nited States. Fight Trade School instruc- tors are also taking the course. The course is under the direction of F. W. Dalton. University of Michigan; Merril Hamburg, Wayne I niversity; and Marjorie French, Retail Merchants Association, and is (Continued on page 11) 21.275 AAF men were trained in Liberator mechanics. Students were taught through actual demonstrations as well as by reading. In the picture they study tho hydraulic landing gear. excellent example of foreign-born citizens who have contributed much to the progress and greatness of the I nited .States. This great electrical technician, son of a poor German railroad worker, came to America, an immi- grant full of new ideas, and in this land of op- portunity he was allowed to expand his ideas to the fullest. There are others who left the old world to make a rich contribution to America. Among these. Scotch-born Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of tin telephone; George W. Goethals. of German descent, builder of the Panama canal; Henry Morgenthau, great statesman and ambassador; Angelo Patri, champion of public schools; and for those who are interested in sf orls there is Norwegian- born Knute Rockne, one of America’s great- est coaches in modern football history. “The king of ornithological | ainters.’’ was the way the Italian painter Girard described James J. Audubon, America’s foremost nat- uralist and painter of wild life. James Audubon, born of French parentage, s| ent most of his life in the swamp lands of Louisi- ana sketching and painting wildlife. Through him, the people of the I nited States have been able to enjoy colorfully-painted pictures of the South’s wild fowl and animals. One immigrant, whose invention has been in the news recently, is John Phillip Holland, English-born designer of the submarine. Al- though he made the submarine for peacetime pursuits, nations of the world have converted it for use in war. Theoretical physicist, discoverer of the theory of relativity, Nobel Prize winner, these are some of the many titles and honors heaped upon All ert Einstein, German-born American citizen. Mr. Einstein came to thiscounry in 1933, and seven years after, which was as soon as he could obtain his citizenship, he became a full- fledged citizen of the I nited States. Lt. General William S. Knudsen, who is now directing production for the War De- partment. came to the I nited States at the age of twenty, a Im full of hopes and dreams. I le fulfilled these dreams in a big way. Work- ing his way up from stock boy in an industrial plant to director of I lie nation’s w ar produc- tion is indeed a long road to travel. Andrew Carnegie also started at the bot- tom of the hill of success. From a $1.32 a week job as a telegrapher’s assistant to con- troller of some of the nation's largest corpora- tions was the route that Mr. Carnegie trav- eled. But along this road he did not forget that he, too. was once poor and lacking an education; for he s| eut countless millions of dollars in financing schools, churches, and other worthy enterprizes. The stories of these men, who were poor at first, should In an example to all students who are starting out in the world. But they made a success of their lives in the land of opportunity—the United States of America. Page 8 THE CRAFTSMAN Tools We Learn To Use- MILLS By I) A M k OZ M IN THIS article, there will lie an attempt to bring to the reader a better understand- ing of the milling machine; its l eginning. its development, and its uses In industry today the mill assumes an iin| ortunt part. Work can be done on a milling machine with ease when the same work would l e dillicult to do on other types of machines. Operations such as helical and spiral grooves, the shaping of gears, worms, key ways are some of the jobs that make the milling machine an indispen- sible tool in our modern world, for without it the development of the present industrial system would have been dillicult. perhaps impossible. There are many types of mills used in in- dustry tiKlay. Although they may Ik alto- gether different in design, the principle of forcing the work against a revolving, mul- tiple tooth cutler is the same on them all. Milling machines take many forms to adapt themselves to the job. However, the mill can be generally classified according to the basic construction and the class of work for which it is intended. First, the knee and column type. second the planer mill, and third, special mills. Included in the special mill category are the thread mill, the spline mill, the hoblier. and any other s| ecially designed machine which uses the principle of the milling machine. The knee and column type machine is the most common type mill used in the tool and die shops today. This machine is so called because the main support of the machine is a column sha| cd casting to which is fastened a knee and bracket. 'Phis knee supports the table and can be raised or lowered on the column. One of the simplest knee and column ty| e machines is the horizontal, plain mill, so called because the spindle is mounted in a position that is horizontal in relation to the table. On this machine the table must tra- vel square with the spindle. The work is fed into the cutter from three directions, these be- ing: vertically, lengthwise, and crosswise. The construction of this machine must lie rigid and heavy, because the primary purpose of it is to take heavy cuts at fast feeds. This machine is used for | erforming some of the simple feats of milling such as slab milling, keyway cutting, and milling fiats and hex- agons. The horizontal, universal mill is the same as the plain mill except that the universal has an additional movement of the table. 'Phis movement is its ability to lx swiveled on its base and enables the machine to |K rform many intricate mill operations such as milling spiral and helical grooves. There is also another type of knee and col- umn mill called the vertical. 'Phis machine is so called because the spindle is mounted in a vertical position, perpendicular to the table. The work is fastened to the table and is moved into the cutter the same way the plain, hori- zontal mill operates. The vertical mill is built very much on the same lines as a drilling machine, except that the table and the head have a precision movement. The vertical mill is used for face milling, profiling, ilie sink- ing, and, because of the position of the spindle in relation to tin table, the machine can be easily used to bore holes. Another type of mill is the planer mill: on this machine, large, bulky work is machined. The machine is really a planer except that the stationary t xds on the planer are replaced by the revolving cutters of tin mill. What probably is the first record of a mill- ing machine is found in a French encyclopedia dated 1772, although milling really began with the introduction of the first plain milling ma- chine invented by Hli Whitney in 1818. The process had made considerable progress by about 1850 when much attention was being paid to the manufacture of duplicate parts, due to the fact that some firearm makers had discovered tin process of interchangeable manufacture. Shortly after this time “The Lincoln Mil- ler,” an early plain mill, made its appearance, and enjoyed success throughout the country. With the coining of the new mill came slab milling. 'Phis is the process of milling a sur- face that is in a parallel position in relation to the surface of the milling machine table. Joseph R. Brown invented the universal milling machine in 1862. At this time it was used principally for producing musket and sewing machine parts. In the next 40 years, many improvements in the machine were Above: The first Milling Machine which was built by Eli Whitney about 1818. It may now bo viewed in the Mason Laboratory. Yale University. This picture was used through the courtesv of Knglish and American Tool Builders by . . H . Hoc. Loft: Picturod is the original Universal Milling Machine invented by Joseph R. Brown. This picture teas used through the courtesy of Brotrn and Sharpe Manufacturing Company. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 9 This Milwaukee Milling Machine representative of the modern milling machine. It is equipped with many of tHe attachments mentioned in tho story. his picture irax printed With the permission of Kearney nod T reciter (Jorporation. When tho cutting edge and tho back of the made. But with the coming of the bicycle and the typewriter, need for greater produc- tion was increased. For this reason, the de- sign of the machines were further changed to obtain greater speeds and more power, thus gelling heller feeds and faster spindle speeds. In 1904. the Brown and Sharpe Manufac- turing Company announced a new machine, tlu’ constant speed drive milling machine which was driven by a single pulley, with changes in speed made by meshing different gears cmlxxUed in the machine. The ma- chine’s ability to take heavier cuts soon proved its worth and the design was adopted by other manufacturers of milling machines. After the acceptance of the constant S|H ed mill, it was but another step to applying elec- tric motors directly to the mill instead of hav- ing to transmit power t hrough a series of rods, gears, exposed belts, and pulleys called a |X w- cr line. During the First World War, automatic and semi-automatic milling machine's were in- troduced into industry and several years later, hydraulic table's were invented. Although the first record of the existence of a milling cutter was in 1772, a French me- chanic. Jacques de Vaucanson, who made one in 1782 is crcelileel with the invention of the first cutter. On this cutter, the teeth were probably chiseled out by hand and were in the approxi- mate sha| e of a gear tooth. Really this cut- ter was nothing but a coarse circular file and was nothing like our present cutters. Thus we can see, because of the cutter, the early mill was but a power driven rotary file. It is clearly evident that during the evolu- tion of the mill itself, without betterments in the cutter, the advance of the mill would have l een impossible. Take for example the cut- ters in use at the time of the invention of the universal mill. The cutters that were lieing used then had short lives and were expensive t manufact ure. With the announcement that the Brown and Sharpe Company had in- vented a cutter that could be sharpened on the face of the tooth without changing the contour of the tooth, major developments in pre- cision gearing and rapid manufacture were made. The classification of milling cutters is based on the relief of the teeth and is usu- ally divided into three groups as; profile cutter, shaped profile cutter, and formed cutter. The profile cutter is sharpened by grind- ing a land or clearance hack of the ('lilting edge. In the profile group is the slitting saw cutter, the keyway cutter and the like. Almost the same as the profile cutter is the shaped profile cutter, only that the cutting edges of theshaped cutter are shaped irregular. tooth are sharpened in an arc. the cutter is called a formed cutter. Included in this category are gear cutters, concave, and con- vex cutters. Most frequently tin' cutters list'd on the knee and column t ype mill art' mounted on an arbor which fits into the mach- ine. Thesti arlxirs were standardized in 1927 when the Na- tional Tool Builders Association adopted an a r h o r w i t h a standard taper. A I t h o u g h the arboris the principle method of holding cutters, there are several other ways. Some of these are in an adapter, in a split sleeve, or in a collet holder. On a special mill, the cutters are attached to the machine by any means that is most con- venient to the operation of that particular machine. Each job is a special set-up. So numerous are the different types of cut- ters that it would ! e impractical to mention and descrilx' them all. Two books which give information on the cutters are ‘Machine Shop Theory and Practice, written by A. M. Wagener and II. B. Arthur, and “Shop Theory,” written by the Shop Theory De- partment of Henry Ford Trade S hook Sane of the most frequently used cutters are. the plain milling cutter, for machining flat or angular stix'k. the straddle milling (‘lit- ters. used for milling opjxisile ends of a piece at once, and the slitting saw used to slit metal. In order to increase the range of the mill- ing machine, many atlachments have lx en de- signed. One of the most commonly used of these is the dividing head, sometimes called the index head. This attachment enables the mill to cut any numlx'r of divisions that are desired and helical and spiral grooves. Be- cause Ilii' di iding head has a 40 to I ratio in its gears, the work, when mounted between centers of the div iding head and the tail stock, will make one revolution when the handle is turned 40 times. If the numlx'r of turns needed to make the correct division in the work i less than one, there are a series of (Continued on page 10) Page 10 THE CRAFTSMAN Intramural Sports Supported In most high schools playing baseball is reserved to a few athletes who possess the greatest talent for the sport. The boy who shows above average determination and abil- ity is usually justly rewarded by being made a regular on the team. Whereas the l oy who quietly stands in the shadows, dreaming for a miracle that will transform him into a one- man team, eventually becomes a sadly disap- pointed person. This ty| e deserves little synq athy and usually gets it. However, there is a third type of individual who | ossihly possesses more determination than any player on the team, but who lacks the necessary skill. His sincere desire to play may be equal- led only by his good sportsmanship. To cope with this problem Trade Striak� I bus organized an intramural baseball pro- gram. This program offers the latter type of individual a chance to play. Approximately 400 students are now taking advantage of this program and are playing regularly sched- ulis! games. Although the intramural teams do not compare with the varsity in quality they are identical in that both teams display good sportsmanship and the determination to win fairly. The advantages derived from this program more than justify the students’ time and the School’s money. SECOND BASEMAN Cliff Stewart. W-B-l. second baseman on the Craftsman varsity baseball team during the past season is shown above in action in the Lincoln Park game. Although the Craftsman lost their first game to Lincoln Park they made a comeback and won the second 3 to 1. street car with the same niotorman driving it. He still rings the Ik II and to (his day I don't know why.” B-l Writer (Concluded from page 3) Oder S. Bra! ton, human engineering instruc- tor, Toivo A. Lind, civics instructor, and Tom Sayres, civics instructor. Following is Hubert’s story as printed in the B-1 Blueprint. “It was a warm summer morning alxmt 6:30 a.m., when I heard a loud, clanging Ih II. Coming down the street was a street car for which my friend and I had been waiting. The car stop|ied and the doors opened. A f te r climbing aboard. I again heard the lx ll clanging. Every little while the bell would start clanging and t h e more it clanged the more I wondered why the inotorman kept ringing it. I finally walked up to the niotorman and asked why he was always ringing the lx ll. He told me he hud athletes foot infection on In's right f«� ot and that by ringing the lx ll lie could somew hat relieve the itch caused by the infection. This answer sounded logical to me so I walked back to my seat and told my friend. By this time we had reached our destina- tion which was the Henry Ford Trade School. Stepping off the street car I glanced at the niotorman who was also looking at me. lie began to laugh and point at his foot. I then knew that he had told me a lie. Since then I have often iieen on the same HUBERT BOHN Guidance (Concluded from pa jo 7) sponsored by the following colleges and uni- versities: Central Mu lligan College of Edu- cation. Michigan State College, Northern Michigan College of Education, University of Michigan. Wayne University, Western Michigan College of Education, and North- western University. Citizenship (Concluded from page S) and that he has to do something else—study. Governmental structure is studied in de- tail by students in the F-class. They also learn that democracy is of a two-fold nature. There are rights and privileges; but there ure also duties. Bights and privileges are pretty much dependent upon the way the duties are performed. The Ixjys are shown in various ways how the government works, and what a citizen should know . As an example of this, during the presidential election the civics «•lasses held nuxk elections to acquaint the boys with the proper procedure of voting. Principal facts about Michigan and its government are the theme of the E-class. Field trips have lx en common for the civics classic in the | ast and are lx ing planned again so the students may visit some of the city de- partments to see first hand how tin govern- ment is run. The students of Trade School are receiving this training to impress u|m ii them their duties as citizens. To stimulate indtqiendent thinking and the making of impartial judgm nts in civic af- fairs, to awaken and stimulate motives that will lead to the establishment of habits of ord« r, cleanliness, co-operation, and obedience to law. is the theme of the Civics department. W-Section Takes Hardball Title The hard hitting W-section baseball team, under the capable direction of Donald McDonald won the sectional hardball champ- ionship with an impressive r« cord of 6 won and 1 lost. Their lone defeat , which was a closely con- tested one, endt d in a 2-1 li arthr ‘ukcr and a victory for the T-section. James Finley and Sheldon Harrison were the leading pitchers for the W-section a«li winning three games. Considerable help was received from pitcher (i«� orge Heinrich and from August Cogliandro who was Ixdiind the plate in every game. The team concluded tln ir schedule w ith a convincing butting average of .314. (Concluded from page 9) head to accomplish this. These plates when properly manipulated will allow the fraction of a turn to be made correctly. Other attachments of the mill are the com- pound milling attachment, which converts the horizontal mill into a vertical mill, and the rotary table, a table which rotates in a 360 d« - gr e arc by the use of g«� ars. On this table circular work such as circular T-slots are milled. On a milling machine, the work is usually held by the use of on« of the following ni th- ods: in a vise, lietween centers, in a specially designed jig or fixture, or clani|x «l directly to the table. There are four types of vises used on the mill, the most simple of th« se is the plain- flanged which has no movements � nce it is lx lted to the table. The next type is the plain-swivel, so call« d Ixvouse its construction is similar to the pluin-flang l. except that it «•an l e swiveled on its bas in a 360 d« gr« arc. This base is graduated into h gr «� s in order to determine what position the vise is in. The universal vise has the movement of the sw ivel vise plus the ability to lx tilted up from its base. That is, the « nd of the vise can Ik lifted 90 degrees in relation to its base and can Ik? Ix lt«?d in any position in that rang . This enables the universal vise to cut many com- plicated angles that are impossible on other vises. Another type of mill vise, the vertical, resembles a plain-flanged vise tip|K d on its side. Holding the work lx tween centers is usually performed with the dividing head serving as the head «?n!« r and a footstock acting as the tail center. Clamping the job to the table is often a difficult operation, liecause of the ingenuity that it sometimes m|iiir s to figure out ways of support for clamps and blocks. On the other hand, jigs and fixtures do not require much thought as to how to place the work. iKH-ause there is usually an easy way provided to clamp the work to Ik rnachintHl. Although the present mill ?an lx con- sidered a triumph of design and cngin« ering skill, there are undouht «lly more chunges to follow in years to come. m Season Averages - Henry Ford Trade 6 Dcarl orn 5 ff 99 99 5 Melvindale 1 99 99 99 5 River Rouge 6 99 99 99 10 Dearl� orn 3 99 99 99 3 East Detroit 13 99 99 99 17 Melvindale 5 99 3 Fordson 2 99 99 99 0 Lincoln Park 1 99 99 99 5 Fordson 1 99 99 99 3 Lincoln Park 1 Won 7 U st 3 PITCHING RECORD THE CRAFTSMAN Page 11 Craftsmen Nine Close Season With .700 Percentage By taking three out of their last four games the Trade School concluded its abbreviated 1945 baseball schedule with a winning percentage of .700. Combining superb pitching and air-tight fielding the Craftsmen nine made history by ♦ defeating ford son High School twice during Won liOSt Pet. B. Bieksza 4 0 1.000 .1. koshko 1 0 1.000 C. lacki 1 1 .500 10. Yatcko 1 1 .500 T. krivak 0 1 .000 Team Average 7 3 .700 BATTING AVKRAG ES G AB H Pet. B. Bieksza 5 14 7 .500 R. Keaneman 10 32 9 .281 J. Davies 10 22 6 .271� L. Ferguson 7 o 6 .272 C. Stewart 10 27 7 .269 M. Bernadett 6 19 5 .263 E. Yatcko 4 8 2 .250 J. koshko 5 15 3 .200 J. Pluta 9 31 5 .161 R. Campbell 5 12 1 .083 P. Daniels 6 16 1 .062 G. Ellis 9 28 1 .035 C. Lacki 5 13 0 .000 T. Gemmel 2 5 0 .000 T. krivak 2 2 0 000 L. Frezza 1 1 0 .000 Team Average 10 267 53 .123 W-D and M-F Take Titles in Softball League Softball championships of the Trade School leagues were decided in pluyoffs which l� egan June I and culminated June 25. After u long fight up the championship road the W-D finally won in the senior divi- sion when the M-A lost to them by forfeit on June 25. The playoff l etween the M-F, captained by William Sokol, M-F-1, and the M-G, pi- loted by Karl Ammons, M-G-l, at the Bnb-Lo Picnic on June 16 for the junior division crown was a nip-and-tuck battle which ended with the score 9 to 8 in favor of the M-F. Faculty (Concluded from page 5) crimination of city employes, and conducting hearings in cases of dismissals. Besides holding this res|Mtnsible position, Mr. Nagy is also secretary of the Melvindale Exchange Club and is a Melvindale troop committee man of the Boy Scouts of America, lie takes an active interest in civic affairs. Recently he was elected trustee of the Board of Education of Eoorae Township, School District No. 11. Mr. Nagy entered the Trade School as a senior in 1929. lie Itowls in the Instructors (fowling league. BERNADETT PUTS ACTION INTO GAME the current season by scores of 3 to 2 and 5 to 1. Bruno Bieksza, Craftsmen ace pitcher, was the choice of Coach Milankov to face the Tractors in the first game. Bruno justified the coach’s choice by turning in a magnificent game. The right-hander limited them to two hits and two runs and held them hitless until the sixth inning. It was the first time that the Tractors tasted defeat from a (’rafts- men nine sin e 1938. The second game ! etween the same schools saw Emery Yatcko, wiry Craftsmen pitcher, scatter the Tractor’s five hits so well that they had few chances to score. He allowed five hits for one run and struck out seven men to w in 5 to 1. Inability to hit in the pinches found the Craftsmen whitewashed for the first time this season when Lincoln Park High School de- feated them by the score of 4 to 0. Cass l acki. Ford Trade veteran right- hander. pitched well enough to win many a game, but unfortunately his teammates failed to find the range of Petree’s slants, conse- quently they had 12 men stranded on the bases. The Craftsmen loaded the bases in the first, third, sixth, and seventh innings and were unable to score a run. Bruno Bieksza, Craftsmen ace pitcher, dosed the 1945 huseball season by avenging a previous defeat in downing Lincoln Park, the newly crowned Down Riser Champions, by the score of 3 to 1. So masterful was his pitching that only 24 men faced his strong right arm. lie limi- ted them to three hits good for one run and striking out nine men in gaining his fourth victory of the season. The following Im� vs were awarded varsity baseball letters: Mike Bernadett. Bruno Bieksza. Hubert Bohn, Robert Campbell. Peter Daniels, James Davies. Gerhart Ellis, I eslie Ferguson, Leo Frezza. Tom Gemmel, Russell heaneman. Joseph Koshko. Theodore krivak. Casimere l acki, Joseph Plata, Clifford Stewart. Emery Yatcko, and Peter Demos. Dr. Hudnut While Mike Bernadett smacks out a hit for tha Craftsmen nine. Herrick. Lincoln Park catcher, remains in position. Behind these two can be seen left to right: Russ Keane- man, Jim'Daviea, Joo Pluta, Coach Milankov, Tom Gemmel, Les Ferguson. Hubert Bohn, Gerry Ellis, Cass Lacki, Pete Daniels, and Howard Hedinge r, assistant coach. (Concluded from page 3) shown outstanding scholarship, leadership, service, courage, and honor. Class valedic- torian, George McCulloch, will give his talk on Success or Failure. Tracy Silvester, Apprentice School draw- ing instructor, will sing Through the Years by Vincent Youmans, and Emil Gowatcli. Trade School inspector, will play a trumpet solo. Carnival of Venice. Music will be furnished by the Rouge Concert Orchestra under the direction of bniis F. Blossom Mike Bernadett, Craftsman baseball star, is now playing shortstop for the Ford All Stars. Page 12 THE CRAFTSMAN Visiting Servicemen Among other Trade School alumni vis- iting the School, May 7. was Chief Petty Officer Martin Van Osten, January ’10, who has been stationed on a submarine in the Pacific Area. Van was in Pearl Harbor when the Japa- nese raid came on December 7. 1911. lie said he was sleeping at the time and that when he went to ImmI he never dreamed he would awaken to see such a horrible dis- aster. Van wears ribbons denoting the Ameri- can Theater: the Pacific-Asiatic Thea- ter, with two stars MARTIN VAN OSTEN for major campaigns; the Purple Heart; and four years Good Conduct. lie was married in 19-13, two years after his enlistment and has a son si veil months old. lie has liecn in the States seven months of the four years he spent in the service and saw his son for the first time while on this leave. When in the Trade School, Van played on the School’s first beeball team w hich was a form of touch football. T Sgt. Harold Boutette, June ’12. visited the Trade School after II months overseas with the Fifth Air Force. Harold, who was flight en- gineer and top turret gunner on a B-25, was stationed i n Australia, New Guinea, Port Mores- by, Celelies and the Philippine Islands. Harold's decorations include the Air Medal with two ('lusters, the Asiatic- Pacific Ribbon with three harold boutette stars, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with two stars, and the Good Conduct Ribbon. Harold hopes to re- turn to the Trade School after discharge. “My first and last missions were the roughest on the nerves,” said Staff Sgt. Joseph Bommarito, January ’ll, when lie visited the Trade School May 2. on a 21-day furlough. Joe was a tail gunner on a B-17 and took part in 35 missions over Germany. During his four months overseas he received the Air Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters, two battle stars for tin European Theater of Operations, and a Presidential Unit Citation. An e |M rience over Frankfort, Germany, will live with Joe the rest of his life. Two hundred and sixty-seven flak holes made it necessary for u crash landing 18 miles lN hind the front lines, but everyone walked out in one piece with no scratches. While in England a more joyful experience took place. While strolling down the streets of Ixmdon he bumped into a former Trade School huddic and classmate. Tech. Sgt. JOSEPH BOMMARITO JEROME F. TUSZYNSKI Dave Anderson. They spent that day to- gether as one of the most enjoyable days overseas. Among servicemen who have recently vis- ited the Trade School was Captain Jerome F. Tuszynski, January ’37. who was a mcm- l� er of the first staff of The Craftsman. Jerome related how he rode with the tanks all through France, Belgium and Lux- embourg in the Third Army under Lieut. General George E. Patton. The captain’s company was part of an armored division that sjM'arheaded the entire attack made by the Third rmy since about three weeks after D-day. At, the time when Jerome was given his furlough the division was approxi- mately 90 miles from Berlin. Jerome has been awarded the following decorations: the Bronze Star with one Oak I eaf Cluster, the Silver Star, the Purple Heart, and the Presidential Unit Citation. S Sgt. William Bell and his brother A.M.M.l c George Bell, both Trade School graduates visited the School recently and re- WILLIAM BELL GEORGE BELL newed acquaintances with some of their old friends. Bill, who spent two years in I rid in ami Burma, was a machinist and administrative clerk with the 10th Air Force. Bill is I m modest to wear his ribbons, but la finally ad- mitted having the Presidential Unit Citation, the China-Burma-India Ribbon with three bronze stars, and the Go hI Conduct BiblM n. George, who has been in the Navy for four and one-half years, spent 18 months as flight engineer and gunner in Ventura patrol bombers in the South Pacific. George has the South Pacific Ribl on, the American Defense Ribbon, tin Pre-IVarl Ilarlior Riblxm and the Good Conduct Rihl on. At present he is stationed at Gross lie awaiting dis- charge after which he hopes to return to the Trade School. Wearing three Pacific campaign battle stars on his Asia tic- ribbon. Mo.MM 1 c Les Richardson. June 1912, visited Henry Ford Trade School. May 7, 1915. He re- lated many of his experiences as an en- gineer alN ard a PT boat during the Phil- ippine Campaign. After sending more than two years in the Navy lx s insists that it is the best branch of the Service. He played intramural basketball and baseball while in the School. LES RICHARDSON Lieut. Earl H. Miller, June ’ll, while visiting the Trade School May 9, told of an episode of his military life. In the latter part of December 1911, Earl and other pursuit pilots were escorting a group of l oml crs on a mission deep in enemy territory. German fighters at- tacked the escort, but because Earl’s llight was close to tin bombers he could not participate in t he skirmish. He had his fill of excitement, however, when an- EARL H. MILLER other group of Ger- mans attacked his flight. Earl shot one plane down and then was drawn into a circular pursuit of what ap- peared to Ik the leader of the Germans. After about ten minutes of top speed circular ma- neuvering, Earl centered the Jerry in his sights and fin'd at burst. His quarry bailed out directly in the path of his P-51 Mustang propeller, w hich chopped him to bits. Because of heroic fighting such as this, .Earl wears the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with nine Oak lx af ('lusters, and the European Theater Rih! on with three major campaign stars. S 2 c Charles Tutt, visited the Trade School May 23, while on a nine-day leave from the Great Lakes Training Station where he has completed his 10 weeks of l oot train- ing. Charles is returning to Great Ixikes after his leave for a nine-week course in basic engineering. THE CRAFTSMAN Pago 13 Visiting the School recently was Lieut. Robert McMath, January ’ll. of the 8l.h Air Force who is the pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress and has already completed 35 mis- sions over Germany. On one of these missions his group was assigned to bomb an ini|M rtant bridge and prevent the enemy from retreating. Their success on this mission enabled General Irwin Montgomery of the British First Army to capture thousands of Germans. Proudly displayed by Robert is the Pres- idential Unit Citation and the Air Medal with live Oak Leaf Clusters which were awarded him for his 35 missions. He also wears t wo I Kittle stars on his European Theater Ribbon. Boh is home on a 21-day leave after which he will go to California. Merchant Marine Cadet Midshipman Jim Crain, January 44, visited the School during a nine-day furlough Ix'ginning April 29. Jim’s basic training was completed at Kingspoint, New York. Later he went to Purdue University, l afayette. Indiana to study electrical(EE)engineering. He is go- ing back to New York for his assignment to a ship. Jim hopes after the war to go back to Purdue University and continue his training in marine engineering. “learning to work with other fellows in the Trade School gave me a good background for Navy life.” said Aviation Radioman 3 c Don Bosker, June ’ll. Don has been attending Navy schools at Jacksonville, Florida ami Memphis. Ten- nessee. At these schools he received boot training, aviation radio and radar, and avia- tion gunnery, after which he was awarded the Navy aircrew man’s silver wings. Don was a reporter on The Craftsman staff; editor of Jerk's Journal VV-section paper; and partici- pated in intramural baseball in 1911, M2, and ’43. _____ S 3 c William J. Farquhar, January ’15. visited the Trade School May II. 1915, while on a nine-day furlough from Great Dikes Naval Training Center where he re- ceived his boot training. 1 le ex fleets to go on sea duty when he returns to his base. I le en- listed in the Navy March 10, 1915. Bombing Yap Island, acting as air cover for the fleet, anti-submarine patrolling in the South Pacific were the duties of marine pilot First Lieut. Joseph Pultorak. January '39. who visited the Trade School May 11. 1915 while on a 37-day leave. In the South Pacific he was stationed at New Caledonia, New Hebrides. Palau Islands, and (Hit hi Atoll in that order. For gallantry in action he and his group received the Pres- idential Unit Citation. Wedding bells rang for him Saturday May 12. 1915. At present he is at El Torro, California awaiting re- assignment. Flying with the 15th AAF in Italy as a Liberator gunner is Cpl. Robert W. Henry, January M3. Robert who has just begun combat flying had the luck to lx assigned to this veteran organization which can boast of Alumni Report on Military Life more than 170 missions over Germany. Serving with the Light h R F in England as a radar mechanic is Staff Sgt. Louis F. Kadar, January ’32. Dmis who has spent more than one year overseas helps maintain the radar equipment that acts as eyes for Fly- ing Fortresses on reconnaissance tours. Cpl. Harold J. Hemming, June 43, stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky wrote the following letter. May 2 to The Craftsman: It’s lx‘en quite some time since I have written to the Trade School. But neglect has not liecn due to lack of remembrance nor thankfulness. Rather because I’m still in the States doing almost exactly what I was doing a year ago. As I read The Craftsman that 1 received today, a feeling of remorse en- veloped me. I, too, would like to write to you of daring, crises, and adventure—then reading lietween the lines I wondered if per- liaps I shouldn’t thank God I enjoy the cher- ished luxuries of the States. At any rate. I m sorry that my letter w ill lack the exfiecled ex- citement. I'll confine it to a thank-you letter. You might lx intrigued by the stationery heading. “The Armored School.” We are really not a part of a school in the general sense of the word. The 785th is an independ- ent tank battalion training for overseas; yet under jurisdiction of the Armored School. A on see, that means that the Armored School Training Replacement Center can «rail on us at any time to furnish troops to aid the school in any way. The students and faculty of Henry Ford Trade School extend their deepest sympathy to the par- ents of Pfc. Archibald Cullen, June Ml, who was killed in action April 12, on Jolo Island in the Philip- pines. Archie, left the Trade School in February 1943 and landed in Aus- tralia in July of the same year after training at Camp Roberts, Cali- fornia. He was attached to the 41st. Division and was overseas 22 months. During that time he saw action in New Guinea, Hollandia, Biak and the Philippines. He was hit in the back by a Japanese snip- er and died the same day. His brother Cpl. Frank Cullen, January ’43, is in a Marine bomber squadron with the fleet in the Pacific Area. From tin Navy Service School at Great Dikes, Illinois. F2 c Richard Millard, Jan- uary ’43, informs us dial certain Trade School lxx ks are used by the trainees in some of the service schools. Cpl. Howard W. Knope, June M3, who is stationed at March Field, California was impressed to hear 1 hat the Trade ScImx I pur- chased a B-24 Liberator with their sale of bonds from the Sixth Bond Drive, mainly be- cause he is a tail gunner on that ty|M of plane. S 1 c Tim Ford, June Ml has lieen as- signed to shore patrol in San Francisco. Cal- ifornia. Ix cause the destroyer he was on buckled a plate” and was returned to the Br x klyn Navy Yard. T Sgt. Norman Gregor, January ’ll. was sent from Midland. Texas, to El Paso, Texas, Invause of a nervous breakdown he received which may entitle him to a medical discharge. From Somewhere in the Philippine Islands” MM 2 c Connie Farrugia. June 40, informs us that lie was given his second class rating on February 1 after serving over- seas for one year. Writing a letter in the rear of the class room when the instructor wasn’t l x king F 1 c Douglas M. Thornton, January Ml. informs us that he is going to another Navy Service ScImx� I at Miami, Florida, for more instruction in electricity. Writing from the I . S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station at Green Cove Springs, Florida, Ensign George Simon, January 12. has noticed a change in the way lie has Imvii treat- ed since he completed his training and re- ceived his wings. Now he hears Sir ’ and not “Bear a hand, mate.” Sgt. Michael Labick, June MO. writing from England has Invn reassigned to the ir Corps as a clerk Invause the wounds In re- ceived in Luxembourg and France detained him from returning to active duty in the infantry. T Sgt. John J. Murphy,former student of tin Trade School, a radio operator on a B- 25 Ixunber has received tin Croix de Guerre with Palm, Air Medal with four Dak Leaf Clusters, and two battle stars on the Mediter- ranean Campaign Ribbon which he received for 51 missions. John, who is now stationed at the Air Base in Florence. South Carolina, would like to hear from his old classmates. Cpl. Tony Sargenti, former Appren- tice School instructor named in the January issue of Ford Times as lieing the original Sad Sack.” now linds himself in the held artillery school at Fort Sill. Oklahoma. lie was inducted Indore Pearl Harbor and then released w ith other men over 28 years of age. Inducted, four months later, lie sjx nl some time as a corporal in Hawaii Indore lx - ing released the second time. Induction the third time was not completed as his orders were revoked just as he was about to leave. After his fourth induction, in late 1913 he became an instructor, but Ixvause of the (dosing of the program, he was transferred to the infantry. Recently the School received word that he is to be commissioned soon as a second lieutenant, after completion of a 17- week course at the Field Artillery Officers Candidate School in Oklahoma. Page 14 THE CR AFTSM AN On the Editor’s Desk Dancers— Through the Eyes of a Spectator... Have you ever noticed the many diderent types of dancers at a school dance? The most outstanding of the dancers is the “Eager-beaver” or Fred Astair type. This type usually originates its own steps or takes the old steps ami so modifies them with a scries of contortions that the steps are obli- terated. This type usually takes up enough room for five or six couples. 'Phis type of dancer should show more consideration for others and allow them enough room to dance. fellow; no, only about themselves. .. Too bad they haven't got the death sentence here in Michigan! ! I Maybe that would make them think twice before murdering a person.... What’s worse, they torture him first! ! ! You trust them—like a fool. . . and they double cross you. . . What good arc they anyway? ? ? Take everything you’ve got then ditch you... Just golddiggers and parasites. . . Wish I had strength to carry one. . . Can’t though, too weak... Getting weaker all the time... Must get aid. . . Maybe I can make it to the first aid station. . . If I can only hold out! ! ! OH! My stomach! ! ! Why did they have to steal my Milky Way? ? ? Why? ? ? the food into his mouth. After the dinner I looked in on the dance floor and there was Mary sit ting in the corner while John, talking with his friends, seemed to forget all about her. Most boys arc not as awkward as Johnny Smith but many lioys will run into difficulties on the night of the Prom. Those hints will help you: Be on time. Dance at least the first and final dance with your date. Introduce your friends. Help seat your date by moving her chair for her. OVER THE CRIB COUNTER By I. C. ALL DO YOU KNOW THIS (?) MAN? Guess who. . . Yes. he is an instructor. He hasn't as much hair now. but ho hasn't changed too much. It is J. P. Heinz, shop theory. This picture was obtained by one of our undercover agents. One of the most popular types with the chicks” is the “hep-step” or the gigolo. In addition to his smooth steps he throws in a line of “jive” that makes his “chick” think she’s tiie only one in the world for him. IjCss conspicuous than others but still a prevailing feature ut ull school dances is the shy boy or “solid square.” This fellow falls into one of two groups. The first consists of those fellows who consider their dancing in- ferior. Many of the “two-steps ratters” fall under this category. The second group are those fellows who arc just afraid of “wi 111- men.” To these fellows all I can say is keep trying. Forget your inferiority complex and some day you can l e a “hep-stepper.” to® If you haven’t noticed these different types of fellows at dances just look around at the next dame. . . .it’s interesting! ! Women! Bah!! Women, Bah! ! They’re mean. . . Swipe the very life of a person. . . Don’t care if they send him to a hospital. . . Maybe cause him to die. . . But they don’t think about the |� oor At the Prom- , . The Proper Things To Do Many boys who are planning to attend the Prom have never attended a dinner-dance lie- fore and therefore are faced with difficulties concerning etiquette. Few people are blessed with the ability always to do the right thing at the right time. I.ct us spy on one of the less fortunate loys who never seems to lie able to do the correct thing. Johnny had forgotten to order flowers un- til his pal Tom reminded him. Then Johnny didn’t ask Mary if she wanted them for her hair or in a corsage—causing Mary added trouble in dressing. The florist likes to know the color of the dress the girl is going to wear so lie can match the flowers and ribbon ac- cordingly. In his haste. Johnny forgets to open the door and help Mary into the car. Of course she isn’t helpless but such courtesies are ap- preciated by all women—especially when wearing a formal. At the country club when dinner was served. Johnny looked at the table and thought that all of the forks in the world were placed at his plate. However, after some sly maneuvering he managed to see which fork Mary used and proceeded to cram It’s O.K. kids, be of good cheer. Glooms on the run 'cause I. C. All’s here. . . Well, fellas, there is a lot of dirt and WATEB to tell about. . . In tin first place, the Bol -lxj picnic: is al- ways good for a few comments and then of course we flouted around for a while on the Monday after. . . SMII.KS, CHBERING, AN! SHOUTING. . . ON A MONDAY MORNING TOO. . . oil, YES, THOSE FELLOWS WERE OOINO HOME BECAUSE OF THE FIRE. . . The only thing we worried about was how we were going to In fed. . .we ate off the lunch wagon. . . ITII permission this time. . . Keith Glassley says that the reason his room wasn’t flooded was because he teaches aerial navigation not marine navigation. . . Poor Jimmy O’Neil, he just about sat down and cried. . .after getting most of the water off the floor. . .they tested the sprink- ling system. . . Overheard at Ik l -lx : If we can’t find the girls, we’ll just pick up some other ones. . . Say. did you see Steve Martin with that “jumpin’’ Coca Cola advertise- ment? ? ? or was that his girl friend? ? ? Of course, even after the sailing schedules had been printed on the tickets and programs, there were a few INSTRUCTORS who wunt- ed to take: the 12 o’clock boat. . . Many of the fellas went stag, but l eing T.S. boys they didn’t stay that way long. . . C -boy: “Women take all the joy out of life!” I. C. All: “Ditto!” Again we warn you about cutting across our campus, fellas. . .a train might hit you. . .and then some G-boy boy would have to clean up the mess. . . Bain, Bain, Bain, that's all we get in Detroit. . .but. then I shouldn't complain cause I'm just a QUACK. . . Well, fellas, that just about finishes me. . . Uncle Sam politely asked me to help him and I gave my consent. . .It seems he wants me to write a column for a special paper to send to the Japs. . .the copy is supposed to kill them. . . Hasta luego. THE CRAFTSMAN Page i5 ENTOMOLOGIST BOATMAN An Eli Whitney pistol and an early Amcri- ean pocket pistol are the prize guns of a col- lection owned by Harold Pepper, W-A-l. The Eli Whitney pistol, a naval model, was used as early as 1865 and was obtained from a gun exchange company in New York. The pocket pistol was used in the early nineteenth century and was l ought by Harold's uncle in a small store in Kentucky. Harold, who has been collecting guns for five years, first became interested in fire-arms through reading about them. GUN COLLECTOR Gaining his inspiration from the question in the Bible. “How shall they hear without a preacher. Vernon Perkins, M-A-3, said, “I am to fulfill this need,” thus expressing tin; aim of his life work. He is the youth choris- ter of the Morning Devotional Services and is vice-president of the Crusaders for Christ, oiler Gospel Tabernacle. Vernon plans to attend the Fort Wayne Bible Institute upon graduation. SCOUT W ould you like to attend any sports event free of charge? All that is necessary is to be a photographer like Hubert Hemmen, W-B- L Hul ert, through his meml ership in the East Warren Camera Club has obtained a press card which enables him to photograph im- portant events. He attends classes at the Camera Club to aid him in realizing his am- bition to l e a professional photographer. He has l een interested in this profession for two years and has acquired approximately £230 worth of equipment. “Sure I got bugs,” stated George Jowett, W -D-3, who began collecting insects about a year ago while studying insect life for a Scout merit badge. Deeply aroused with the idea of collecting insects, George and a group of scouts undertook a canoe trip to W isconsin last summer and returned with everything from butterflys to beetles. With the aid of a net and self-made traps he has obtained the collection which is neatly arranged in glass cases according to size and type. The “Mermaid” is the name of the sleek 11—foot speedlioat valued at £100 and owned by Frank Desmet, M-C-l. Transporting his boat by means of a specially built trailer Frank has made many enjoyable trips to Port Huron and IIarl or Beach, and has spent a great number of hours cruising around on Crystal Lake and Dike Erie. He is es| ecially proud of the Ixiat because he ami his father have practically rebuilt it and made all the re- IMiirs and repair parts at home. The life saving merit badge is the only award that prevents William Kandilian, T-A-l, from becoming an Eagle Scout in Dear- Ixirn Troop FS 5. William has acquired 12 merit badges andlisYiow working for the life- saving badge. He now holds the rank of Life Scout and junior assistant-scoutmaster. W illiam, who is widely known in the School as “Hussian.” is also interested in airplanes and camping. lie has built 50 model airplanes two of which are gasoline models. SHUTTERBUG w Lr Jp rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr; Bex Bex Bex —x R R rjn- pi pi Pi i s R ■p R R Bex thus be it ever when freemen shall stand. R Rx Bex Rx Between their lov’d homes and the war’s desolation, Pi IV. Bex Sfe Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the heav’n-rescued , Bex' K land, Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us ■ a nation. R R Bex Bex R Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto,—“In God is our trust,” R Bex te And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave, O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave. IR R Pi H —FRANCIS SCOTT KEY P H {From The Star-Spangled Banner) m Bex' ieex SEx i i IRx R ir f£ 5B r r-iQ Bex —x ,eex Bex «ex m w ft R pi Pi n j. t:y Pi «ex R Bex R ■9 n Pi R R R If—x % ®SlS pip fe p p � S% p p Sk ' np� v Vr=l Page 2 THE CRAFTSMAN 5T? (Craftsman PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR BY AND FOR STUDENTS OF HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL. DEARBORN. MICH. Editor-in-chief:........................................BILL BLEWETT Reportorial Staff: ARTHUR ADAMS. HAROLD ADAMS. ANDREW CAMPBELL. LAWRENCE CURTIS. DON COUDEN. ROBERT DEWAR. IRVIN FENSKE. WILLIAM HORVATH. EDWARD JASTER. ADAM KOZMA. HARVEY MAAS, RAYMOND MAKI, ROBERT McCRUM. GEORGE McCULLOCH, DONALD NICOLAI. ADAM NIERADTKA. STEPHEN SCHUPRA. MATTHEW SPEEDIE. ARTHUR WALDMANN. WALTER WEIBLE. RICHARD WEISS. CARL WEXEL. Staff Artiat: ARTHUR WALDMANN Adviser..............................- - E. H. STOELTING Vol. 3 No. 9 July-August, 1945 ottcuje, a Qaad Vacation Fool Killer lakes his heavies! loll of vacationists during June. July, and ugust. It is good practice lo lock up business worries in office desk or tool chest on that Iasi day before I he big summer holiday: but il is bad practice lo lock up common sense caution. Going camping? A good camper will have a sharp hand axe. but won't chop springy sticks in canvass shoes or in bare feel. He remem- bers that a sliced foot ruins a vacation. Going boating? The safe limit for a boat is not the number of persons that go aboard without sinking the craft. The good boatman estimates how many persons can surely be saved if capsized. Going fishing? A good fisherman knows that sun and water will cause severe sunburn quicker than any other combination of weather. He re- members that a carelessly cast hook may disfigure permanentl a near-by companion. Going swimming? good swimmer docs not lake risks just to show oil. The many drownings which an recorded each summer are all unnec- essary. Strange to say. the majority of the victims were “good swim- mers. Never go swimming unless some responsible person is watching you all the lime. The good swimmer observes the “two hours after eating rule for his dip. There just isn't any guarantee against cramps, no matter how expert the sw immer. Don't go in the water all heated up just to cool oil'. When a long dis- tance swim is in prospect include an escort in a boat in the plan. Diving in strange or shallow water invites a broken neck. Going on vacation? bump of caution saves headaches and heart- aches. Foil the Fool killer. Have a good vacation. Qiaduation a Pn Uu e Our goal has been reached! Our three and one-half years of toil and diligence is reaping its reward on this beautiful commencement day. I his day is not tin end but a preface to our book of life, giving us the incentive to go on with our hopes and plans. Commencement means the beginning the putting into practical use all the theory that we have learned from our books. Some of us will enter the armed services of our country and there begin mechanical knowledge. This is not the end, but the beginning of a new' life. News Briefly Told: “I’ve never loft a ! oy out here yet; you have nothing to worry about,” that is the answer J. II. Hein , shop theory department head, gave to the boys at garden this summer when they inquired. “What time is it?” School cheerleaders are to be dressed in colorful suits this year. Miss (iladys Clark, home economics teacher of Lowrey School, who was in the Trade School this summer holies to have one of her classes serve re- freshments to the junior varsity basketball lx ys when they play at Dm rev in January. Miss Clark has a great deal of respect for trade School students. □ B ■ $3,000 in war bonds, first prize in the Firemen's Field Day raffle, was won by Thomas I Tough, W-C-l. □ EC The instructors who planned their vacations for the last two weeks in August this year were lucky, they got three extra days and all the gasoline that money could buy. ■ ftl ■ Graduates of January and June 10 t5 will have only two students to thank for their yearbooks, Andrew Curnpl cll and Adam Nieradtka. Both are in service now. Students and faculty of the Trade School wish B. J. kazyak. trigonometry instructor, a speedy recovery and hope to see him back soon. ■ ■ ■ Peter Sherry, assistant librarian, is leaving for college this fall, after being in the library and leach- ing typing for more than three years. Because of the number of returning veterans. The draftsman mailing list is gradually growing smaller. Notification of changes of addresses are appreciated by the oflicc. The total numlHT of former students in service was 730 on Septem tier I. -J Day created unusual and momentous events in the lives of many civilians as well as personnel of the armed forces. Walter korolik, tin shop in- structor, was one of those who appreciated the end of hostilities, lie left the school August M. for induction. I le reported on the 15th and was told to return to his job. Back in the Trade School again, Mr. korolik is not unhappy aIxait the change in the age limit for draftc s. OUR COVER In the lazy, hazy days of summer, Richard Zemke, W-A- 2 chemistry neophyte, dreams of vacation joys over his Bunsen burner. She (flraftgman Volume 3 No. 9 HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL July-August, 1945 Commencement Held For 159 Trade School Students Bob-Lo Sees Trade School Picnic 11 was a cloudy, cool, rainy morning, Iml at tin foot of Woodward Avenue could Im seen large crowds of anxious assault groups impatiently waiting for the ImmiIs that would take them to the invasion lieacli. At 9:40 a.in. the first landing craft, with 2,700 passengers ain ard left, leaving 1.000 waiting at the gang plank. The next landing craft docked at 9:55 a.m.. ten minutes later everybody was aboard and ready for the cruise. Slowly the gang plunk was raised and the boat pulled away from the dock. Through the bluish-green water sped the newly painted “Columbia.” On the first deck Class captains grin happily as they plan stunts for the annual Trade School picnic. Roading from left to right they aro: Tom Crowley, Ed Jaster, Jerry Goodwin, Bob Bylin, Phil Slovik. people were buying refreshments, the second deck was crowded with couples gaily dancing, the third deck showed little life as only a few sight-seers were present, but on the bridge the captain, quartermaster, and lookout were safely guiding the ship. Many people hurried to the deck as the boat passed under the Ambassador Bridge. After sailing for an hour they could see the island for which they were headed. H-hour was at hand and at 11:40 a.m. the gang plank lowered and the picnickers invaded BoIhLo Island. Trade School students und friends had the island well in hand at 11:50 a.m. The crowd started shift ing toward the race track where the contests, under I In leadership of Fdwin Johnson, public speaking, and Mall Speedie. W-A-l. were taking place. The contests in- cluded such events as dashes, back-to-back race, liook balancing race, shoe race, wheel- barrow race, neck-tie race, three-legged race, penny scramble, baseball throw, and pie eat- ing contest. The judges and starters were (Continued on page 14) F. E. Soarle. (center superintendent of Ford Industrial Schools shows interest in Ameri- can Logion Award just given to Georgo McCulloch (left) and William Horvath (right . Garden To Exhibit At Harvest Show Students of Henry Ford Trade School Harden Department will exhibit produce from the School Harden at the Detroit Harvest Show Festival to be held at Belle Isle on the (Mirkway adjoining Scott Memorial Fountain. August 25, 26, and 27. John l andon. journalism instructor, and a group of students who have been active at gardening at home and in the School garden will Ih in charge of the exhibit. Mr. Landon has had exhibiting experience in his years of work in 4-H C.lubs. The oil painting of the Harden House, which is in The Craftsman office, will serve as a background for the exhibit. This is the first year that the Trade School has exhibited garden produce. Apprentice School Moves to New Site After 22 years in the B-huilding. the faculty and personnel of the Apprentice School moved to the Aircraft School Building. July 1943, to facilitate the training of apprentices in Ford Motor Company. The Apprentice School was started in 1915 at the Highland Park plant. Then in 1923 a school was o[ encd in the B-huilding for the workers at tin Bouge plant. These schools were consolidated in 1929 in the B-building. William F. Mueller, former supervisor of the Aircraft School, has ln en ap|M)inted as director of Apprentice Training, with Sielwrt Mullikin. former supervisor of the Airplane School, as his assistant. The other schools in the apprentice system have lx en virtually unaffected by the change. War Note Prevails To the strains of “Hail America,” the 159 members of the Henry Ford Trade School graduating class of June 1945 marched to their seats in the auditorium of Fordson High School, al 8 p.m. Friday, June 29 to begin the semi-annual Commencement Day Kxercises. Although quite large, the auditorium was filled to capacity with parents and friends of the graduates. F. K. Soarle, superintendent of Ford In- dustrial Schools, who made introductions, first presented the Bev. Thomas Wilson, pastor of Divinity Lutheran Church, to de- liver the invocation. Mr. Wilson also gave the benediction later in the program which was arranged by H. A. Yerex, personnel dir- ector of Ford Industrial Schools. The main speaker of the evening was the Bev. Herbert B. Iludnut. I). I), minister of the Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church. In developing the main point in his topic. “After Darkness—Light,” lie stressed that freedom. symltolized by light, was not handed down to each succeeding generation but must ! e fought for and guarded. It is the duty of the younger generation to pre- serve that freedom and spread the spirit of brotherhood through the world. George McCulloch, an honor student, gave the valedictory address. His speech, “Suc- cessor Failure.” presented qualities necessary for success. Before the presentation of the diplomas by Baymond B. Bausch, superintendent of the Ford Motor Company, together with Mr. Yerex. the graduates were reminded by Mr. Searle that their education is just beginning. He predicted that in years to come their value to their employer would increase. One member of the class, Kdward Taylor, received his diploma before the others as he was to Ih? inducted into the Army that night and had to leave early. Immediately after the graduates had re- ceived their diplomas, the commander of the (Continued on page 14) Reporters Awarded Quill and Scroll Quill and Scroll awards were given to eight of the June graduates who completed their course in journalism. They thus liecame members of the honor society for high school news reporters. The names of the winners are: Arthur P. Adams, Andrew Camplxdl. Don Coudcn, William Horvath, Adam Kozina, Arthur Waldmann. Bichard Weiss, and Carl Wexel. Members of the February class who re- ceived the award were: HeorgeTozer, Bichard Hughes. Halph Tennant, and Jack Pryor. r age 4 Henry Ford Trade School Squadron 639-4 CAP NEWS Cadet Jumps... During tin Group Maneuvers at Cros- well Airport, Cniswcll. Michigan June 22. 23, and 24 Cadet Sgt. Robert McCrum. June '45, made his first parachute jump. Jumping from 3000 feet, he successfully cleared the airplane and had his | arachute open immediately. The only exciting |� art of Cadet McC rum’s descent was that he hurely missed landing on a house and becom- ing entangled in telegraph wires, lie finally did land in the middle of two trees, 20 feet from the ground. For successfully making this jump, Sgt. McCrum wears a | air of wings above the left (MH'kct on his uniform and a shoulder patch, lie also has his student’s pilot license and made his solo June 27 at I lances ir,K� rt. Vyandotte. Michigan. After gathering up hie parachute. Cadet Sgt. McCrum stands beside the airplane from which he made his first jump. Week-end Maneuvers... Group maneuvers were held at Croswell Airport June 22 to 24 for five squadrons and one detached flight of Group 9 under the t m- rnand of Major Robert l.unceford, («roup commander. Parachute jumps were made by ten cadets from all the squadrons including one cadet from 639-4. Other events included a lost plane mission, locating land mint's, rifle prac- tice. and competitive drill. Members of the Trade School Squadron lived on K-rations during the three-day ma- neuvers. THE CRAFTSMAN Many graduates formod happy memorias on the Dearborn Country Club dance floor. 100 Couples Attend Senior Prom M-A’s ‘Give Out’ On Wednesday Stunts The versatile joy makers from the M-A classes “knocked ofT” a whimsical extrava- ganza at the regidar Wednesday singing period. For 43 minutes the .M-A-classes “gave out” with some solid’’ entertainment under the direction of that never to be forgotten master of ceremonies Toni Gemmell, from the M-A-1. The program got under way with a little “boogie” on the piano from Adam kozma followed by a speech from M-A-3 class presi- dent liuiiert llauk. Hubert expressed the appreciation of the M-A-classes to the faculty. Kddie Tombaugh gave a fine vocal rendi- tion of “Deep River” and sang Stout Hearted Men” for an encore. “Hot Lips” Carson, on the clarinet, and Harry Ramsey beating the drums, played “Golden Wedding.” They then did a little “jamming” on “Down I rider.” while Peter Frommert and Bob Wolf, M-B-2. who was dressed as Peter’s little woman.’’ did a jit- terbug act. Alexander Smith recited a hu- morous poem to the delight of the audience. Next on the program was Jim Cook. M-A- 1 president. Jim. a show in himself, sang an enlivening song called “Jelly Jelly.” Pete Frommert follower! by singing Dreams.” Sinatra style. “Night and Day” was sung by George McCulloch. This selection was followed by the “Hasting Sextet composed of Hot Ups Carson. Dick Weiss and Frank Bodolomente on the saxes and Harry Ramsey on the drums. The sextet played “laura and closed with some jam.” The program ended with all the students participating in singing “Auld lang Syne.” War Cancels Dinner The Senior Prom, highlight sx-ial event of the graduating classes of June ’45, was held at the Deart orn Country Club. Friday. June 22. Roston Clark ami band furnished the dance music. Because of wartime food restrictions, no dinner presided the dancing which ! cgttn ut 8:30 and was attended by more than 100 couples. Dancing with their dates to the music were seen Matthew Speedie. Andrew Carnp! cl!. Harold Adams. Carl Wexel. and many others, while at the drinking fountain during the intermission were Philip Slovick, Irvin Fenske. Russell Wisclier, Boh Johnson, and Bill Horvath. Kdward Bcrtouille, senior, and Andy Campbell. T-A-l. divided their attention be- tween their dates and cameras. Here and there they snapped pictures of the dancers and their friends. Many seniors were present among whom were Bill Blewett. Jim Milne Justin Richards, and Finery Yatcko. John Dobrei. commercial geography in- structor, took tickets at the d«� or while 0. R. Scott, chemistry, took pictures. 3 Hi-s Give Diplomas To Trade School Boys High school diplomas were given to 27 Trade School students and graduates at the June commencement exercises of three local high schools. Northern Evening School, headquarter for adult education in Detroit, graduated 25 I tade School students Wednesday night. June 13. Four of them were among the ten top-membe s of the class. George McCul- loch. M-A-1, and valedictorian for his Trade School graduating class, was secretary for the !• 1 o n 7� 11) THE CRAFTSMAN Page 5 F. E. Searle Honored At Industrial Training Council Dinner Two groat leaders in industrial training, Frederick K. Searle, superintendent of Ford Industrial Schools, and Albert Soliey, director of General Motors Institute, were honored at a Buffalo Dinner held June 7 in I lie Horace II. Backhaul Memorial Building by I lie Michigan Industrial Training Council. Mr. Searle and Mr. Sobcy have been de- veloping an industrial training for men and hoys in the Detroit area for more than 2.7 years. Henry Ford II. executive v it «-pres- ident of Ford Motor Company, and F. Wilson, of General Motors Corporation, were the principal speakers. W illiam F. Mueller, director of the Ford Apprentice School, is first vice-president of the Training Council. Following is the text of the speeches given by Mr. Ford and Mr. Searle. Mr. Ford Reviews Industry I feel that the Michigan Industrial Train- ing Council is to be congratulated tonight on its timely thoughtfulness. In calling this meeting, it presents us not only with a pleas- ant occasion, but also a happy opportunity. It gives us the op|x rtunity to recognize some very excellent work that has been done in Detroit and its vicinity, to which our own special industry and industry at large are in- debted. For more than a quarter of a cent- ury. the two men you s|H cially honor tonight Major Soliey and Mr. Searle—have been engaged in industrial training in the automo- tive industry. I am rather inclined to think that the companies that have sponsored this practical form of industrial education are as proud of that as of anything they have dime, for by it they have not only raised the mate- rial quality of their product, but the economic value of their men as well. And great as this service has been in the past great as the need for it has been—future need will In still great- er. We are only entering the era of skilled employment. The mi day of the mechanic is at. hand. Only a few years ago. Mr. Searle was tell- ing us that we faced a shortage of trained me- chanics. At the time, it seemed incredible. When lie was uttering that forecast there were more mechanics at work in the country than ever Indore and still more mechanics were being trained every w hen . Nevertheless, said Mr. Searle, there is going to !m a shortage, and the time soon came when we were keenly aware of the fact. The shortage of trained mechanic’s was indeed severe W by was this? The first reason was that when the develop- ment and refinement of industrial processes, the invention of new machine methods, made necessary a more highly trained shop jx;rson- nel than we ever had. American industry awoke to discover that that fiersonnel wasn’t there. Technical progress in management had outstripped technical training of employes The second reason was. that, with all that in dustry itself could do at the time, with all that the schools, public and private, could do,—the supply of skill did not keep up with the demand. You men who have follows! the developments of the last 27 to 70 years have a I letter realization of that than some of us who are younger, because, in the last quar- ter century, you have seen the situation, in respect of industrial skill, exactly reverse it- self. It is, I believe, a conservative state- ment, that 27 years ago. the working force of the country would lira’ up about this way: 27 per cent skilled or semi-skilled, and 77 | cr cent what was called “common labor.” In- dustry, in its then degree of development, could operate on that basis. But. no longer! Today the pro|M� rtions are reversed: the re- quirements of industry now call fora working force 77 |x r cent skilled or scini-skillcd. and only 27 fx r cent so-called common labor.” and the ratio of skilled labor is steadily rising. The discovery of lietter methods by manage- ment lias made necessary a more highly trained ability among shopmen. The ability always was there, but the training was not, and now we see how readily that latent skill responds to training w here it is offered. The result has been that, these together have giv- en the American product the highest quality ever attained, and the American employe the highest wages ever paid. I should like to say, also, that there is an element of unselfishness an element of na- tional service—involved in this work on the part of industries, which, whether it is inten- tional or not. deserves to lx noticed. This work of training is done at considerable ex- pense and trouble, but there is no way by which the company doing it can retain the re- sults for itself. hen the training is com- plete. the new-made mechanic is free t g� (Continued on pago 6 Mr. Searle Tells How To Live Thank you. Mr. Toastmaster. I don't know anyone from whom I would rather have words of praise than from you. Howard. But I really feel that you should lx a bit cautious Ix’eause you have so lived in this community that people believe everything you say. To have been privileged to work with three generations of educators is a marvelous experience. I am convinced that in the years to come. Henry Ford, who long ago recognized many of the weaknesses in our educational programs and fried valiantly to remedy many of them, will be known as well as an educator as he already is known as an industrialist. And his son and his grandson show that sarno interest and understanding, carrying on the things that Henry Ford started, carrying them on to even greater and broader ends. In our educational programs, the things that we find of value after our education, so- called, the things that wc find of value are the methods that we discover in doing work rather than in the facts that we learned in school. One of the most useful tools that man ever had is tin hand, the human hand. When we lived in the country, everybody was compelled to use that hand and to make that hand at least semi-skilled. Then we moved to the city and the need for that manual work was lost, and our schools have inadequately trained that skill. And today that is one of the most serious things that confronts this nation because we have tended, in the past, to train our boys and girls to live by their wits instead of by their work. V farmer in New Fngland, a small farmer on a rocky estate, was asked what he got that was of most benefit from his school experience. I nhcsitatingly he replied, Duck on the Continued on page !■ Henry Ford II. executive vice-president of Ford Motor Company (left) congratulates F. E. Searle, superintendent of Ford Industfial Schools. Page 6 THE CRAFTSMAN Graduate Reminisces Over Trials And Gains of School Life By RICHARD WEISS On June 29. I will proudly walk across the stage to receive my diploma and officially be- come a Trade School graduate. There will lx no turning back then. Instead, u new world will oj en for me and a hundred-odd like me, and Trade School days will become only a memory. I look back to my three and a half years of Trade School life with mingled feelings of regret, pride, joy, and strange w'onderings. 1 look back to honors won and mistakes made and wonder why I did cer- tain things and why I passed by other things. Stepping out into a new life is. indeed, much like stepping into the Trade School life that l� egan three and a half years ago. 1 was filled, then, as I am now, with ex|K otancy and unexplainable fear. Only then, my resolutions were less definite; my objective less set. Since then I have learned many valuable les- sons which are not written in textbooks or taught in classes. What a frightening, strange place Trade School was three and a half years ago! I rememl� er vividly my first day when with heart [xnmding I started up the stairs and stared, almost unbelieving, at this immense, forbidding building which was to be my school home for many months. I rememl er my distress when I couldn’t find Hoorn 11 next to 15 and the sudden ringing of the last bell found me standing alone and terrified in a strange empty hallway. I remember a certain instructor whose piercing eyes caused my knees to shake. I rememl er, perhaps more tenderly than unything else, an under- standing. smiling instructor who guided me through those first days und helped me to gain back a |x rtion of my lost confidence. I x king back, I run see myself growing during these three and a half years. No, not only in stature, but in outlook, perspective, and confidence in myself and others. Little things that seemed unimportant stand out as vital attributes to my growing. Things like receiving an “A” from an instructor who or- dinarily does not give “A’s,” like passing al- gebra after nearly giving up the ship. There have been bigger things, too, like lx coming a reporter on The Craftsman stair after dream- ing and working for just that gold for three years. And overshadowing all these exper- iences was the meeting of fine people whose friendship I cherish, people 1 respect and feel richer for having known. What will the future hold? College, per- haps, or work. Whatever I do, my Trade School days have formed a background for me. My new world stares at me forbiddingly as did this school when I first started up its stairs. Many times. I know, during the next few months I will hear the sudden ring of the “last bell” and find myself terrorized and alone in the strange hallway of life. There will be loud voices and piercing eyes as frightening to me as those of that instructor. Hut, always I know there will be under- standing. smiling ones who w ill help to guide me as did that beloved instructor On June 29. when I receive that diploma and bid goodbye to many friends, I shall have no regrets. It will be w ith pride and hope and confidence that I clutch that diploma. It represents the experiences I have had. the friends I have known, the mistakes I have made, and the profits made from those mis- takes. It represents work and play and sorrows and joys that intertwined to make these three and a half years what they were, and will help determine what the next years will bring. If represents a (Mtrtion of my life and a por- lion of other lives, t4x . No. there will be no turning back, then; only stepping ahead with an occasional backward glance to a life that was. Mr. Searle Honored (Concluded from page five) where he likes. And often he does. He has his training:—his skill has lx en developed;— no one can take it away from him. no one can tell him where he must use it. Often he re- ceives and accepts enticing offers from em- ployers other than those who trained him— employers who have taken no trouble or ex- pense in his behalf at all. Hut that is his privelege. It is still told around our plucc that, in the early days of our trade school, one of the superintendents complained to my grandfather—“What’s the use of training these young fellows—someone else gral s them oir as s K)n as they’re fit for something.” “Good!” said my grandfather, “That means we are sending good mechanics out into the country, doesn’t it? It is your job to go on and train some more!” 1 think we can under- stand that jx)int of view:—even if one’s own shop ttoesn'l get all the ItenefiL, industry at Inrye is ItenejUled, and that helps everybody. I should like to say a word alxmt Mr. Searle. Our trade school was ojxmed in 1916 with six.students. Mr. Searle came in 1917, and has l een in the work ever since. More than 20,000 apprentice school and trade school graduates have passed through his hands, one hundred thousand civilians whose in- dustrial training he has supervised. Hefore the first 600 young men were enrolled, there was already a waiting list of 4,000. Hut so deeply did my grandfather believe in this work that he ordered those figun s reversed— 4.000 in the school, and a small waiting list. However, by the time 1.800 had been enrolled, there were 8,000 applicants waiting. All of which shows I hat young Americans are eager for the know how” and believe that industry can give it to them. There is another thing I like to remember in connection with Mr. Searle: He was my father’s teacher at the old Detroit I niversity School, and when my grandfather sought a teacher for his employes he chose the man who had (aught, his own son. 1 like to think of that. And now for 28 years, Mr. Searle has brought his rare gifts of teaching, and of organizing the teaching process, to the service of these thousands of American mechanics, and I am sure he has had great satisfaction in his work. I have no doubt that Major Sobey also merits the praise that has been given him—these men's m rk speaks for itself—but it so happeas that I am more acquainted with Mr. Searle. After all is suid and done, we are only on the threshold of industrial training. If the need for mechanics was great a few years ago, it will be greater in the future. The technical experience all of us have gained during the war will require a still higher degree; of trained workers to implement it. 'Phis need may not l ecome immediately apparent, for there will lx hosts of young men streaming back from the Army and Navy service, who are endowed with mechanical skill. Hut as s x n as pro- duction for civilian use begins to gather speed and volume, then we shall hear the cry for more and more trained mechanics. It is said by those who know, that in the time approaching, we shall need from 200 to 300 times the number of skilled men that are now available, or that will be available. 'Phis means that the outlook for young men in in- dustry is wider und better than ever it has been, and that, to prepare for the future, in- dustry’s job of training the skill of these young men will be commensurately increased. It may be said that these men who you honor tonight, and the industries behind them, have shown that the need can l e met. that, the thing can lx done, and that we know how it may be done. The big application of this knowledge and experience is ahead. I highly appreciate, Mr. Chairman, the opportunity to pay tribute to industrial train- ing. and these very able leaders in it. Thank you. Students Leave For Service Forty-eight students and three instructors left the Trade School for the armed forces during June and July. They are; STUDENTS Arthur Adams Carl Anderson Hichard Babcock William Hlewett James Bradford Sam Caruso Hichurd Coward l awrence Curtis John Dave Charles Doherty Irvin Fenskc Donald Finkbiner Stanley Gorman Thomas Gunning Honald Hall John Harris Walter lleise Bernard Hill Gerald Hotticher John Huettman Francis Janer Theodore Krivak Haymond Maki George McCulloch Thomas Medved Fdward Miller Gordon Mitchell Donald Nolan Norbert Oldani Thomas Parker Harold Pepper Angelo Perry Ernest Hotter Jack Schwartz Albert Sibincic Daniel Slicker Earl L. Smith Halph C. Smith Warren Stiles James Stock Edward Taylor Hobert Tester Mervin Thompson Thomas Tuer Gilbert L'lmer leroy Walker Carl Wexel Theodore Zcnevich INSTHI CTOHS Hobert Walker Joseph Waller Harlun Fields THE CRAFTSMAN Valedictory Given By McCulloch We. of tin graduating class of June, 1943, «re gathered here tonight to receive « docu- ment for which most of us have worked three and one-half years. This is a momentous oc- casion in our lives. “This date marks the end of one phase of our existence and the beginning of another. It is now that we must get out into the world n Mm own and de- cide whether we an to be a success or a failure. In a sense it is sink or swim. “First I would like to talk on failure. Richard Whatcly said that he only is exempt from failure who makes no efforts. I agree with this state- ment because how can anybody fail at G- McCulloch anything until he has tried it. That is not to say that you or I can be a success without effort because the same thing applies then . “To try and then fail is nothing to be a- sliamed of. Not to even try is what we should Ik ashamed of. In Trade School we have lx cn taught to try until we succeeded. Sometimes we did, sometimes we didn’t. Since we were graded separately for efTort and actual accomplishment we tried just as hard next time. At the end of three and one-half years of this training, the trait of trying as hard as we can has been developed in most of us. “Failure is a great teacher. If we do not succeed one way we try another and in this manner we learn what to avoid. This applies to various practices we have learned in the shop department of Trade School. John Keats said that failure is, in a sense, the high- way to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error w hich we shall after- ward carefully avoid. And now I would like to turn from the dark of failure to the light of success. “The |M)ssibilities for the latter are many and the key to the door of success is in each of our hands. The training we have received in Henry Ford Trade School has given that key a partial turn in the lock. We must learn to utilize the knowledge and experience we now f osscss and the knowledge and experience we have yet to gain, for it is through this utilization that the key to success will Im turned all he way. “The journey to real success is a long, hard one that is not to be traveled over night, (diaries Buxton, the Fnglish poet, said that the road to success is not to Im? run iq on in seven-league lands. Step by step, little by little.bit by bit that is the way to wealth. that is the way to wisdom, that is the way to glory. Bounds are the sons, not of pounds, but of pence. “Some of our classmates are already in service and many more of us soon will Ik . Page 7 Each War Brings Own Crisis ♦ Let all of us who remain, work and strive for the success of our country as well as success in our own lives so that these lw ys may return as soon as possible. I lielieve that the surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed. “In closing I should like to sj e«k in lichulf of my fellow graduates in thanking the mem- bers of the faculty for all they have done for us during the past three and one-half years. We would like to pay tribute to Henry Ford w ho saw fit to establish this School so that lx ys like us could learn a useful trade.” Mr. Searle (Concluded from pago S) nK-k. for he said it “gave me that experience of tossing the rocks where I wanted them.” Fvery l ov, and I suppose every girl, wants to get a bigger and bigger job and yet in the last analysis, there is no big job localise every task within the fn wcr of man to do must be broken down into minute units in order that it can In accomplished accurately and in the projier sequence. Fvery task must pass, as it were, through a diverging lens so that we may spread it out into its minute parts and see the items that are to Ik done, and then as each one of those items is done, the (uirts must con- verge into the finished whole. All jobs are first disassembly and then assembly. And nowhere outside of the business world, the factory, the industry is that so well exempli- fied because the boys and the girls who are doing these things and doing them in the cor- rect order and assembling them properly sec tin? true nature of that job. Now there are five steps, it seems to me, in the accomplishment of any task, whether that task Ik? a shop job or a literary job or a business job or the job of a law yer or a preach- er or a physician. First of all we must learn to work safely. Secondly, we must learn to work in an orderly fashion. Third, we must learn to work accurately, and then if we are going to Ik valuable, we must learn to work in a reasonable time . I said there were five stc |)s. The fifth is for the few, for the dream- er. for all of 11s as we wish sometimes in our dreams to Ik , originators. But that task is for the few. A very small | cr ent arc willing t � take the grief and the care and the? detail that g M s with developing new methods and new things. .So most of us want that routine work. And it seems to me that a great disservice has been done by many writers in making | eople w ho are doing repetitive work, w ho are satis- fied with that repetitive work, who want repetitive work, feel that they are doing some- thing that is less worthy than those who arc thinking of new things. And so tonight. Mr. Toastmaster. I wish to thank this scK icty. I wish to thank you, and I know as I have sat here with Henry Ford II. lie must feel about me as though I were an heirltMun. an educational hand-me- down. Twenty-eight xears ago I thought I was through teaching, and yet for the last twenty-eight years. 1 have had the greatest joy in that same business under a very different en ironment. National Progress Spurts Ahead Then National problems are of importance to everyone and this importance increases during wartime. Since the establishment of our gov- ernment each war has presented its own problems. The serious questions w hich arose in previous wars and present wartime prob- lems are enumerated !k Iow . The major problems in the War of 1812 (1812-1814) were disunity, financial diffi- culties, and military needs. The New Fngland states were? on the verge of with- drawing from the union. The national treasury was empty and since Kuropc was also at w ar there was no way of gett ing a loan. There were no volunteers for the Army in the Atlantic states and the conscription laws were so weak that evasion of them was a simple matter. The military forces were also weak- ened because they had little training and in- ex perienced officers lead them. The Civil War (1861-1863) pn?sented a manlier of problems. Because of the weak conscription laws, there was a great deal of draft evasion both in the North and South. Both sides were also faced with the problem of raising money to carry on the conflict. The South had little manufacturing and there- fore faced a critical shortage of war material and equipment. Blockade running liecainc a profitable practice for the lawless. A question involving IkiIIi sales was central- ization of government and states rights. The Spanish-American War (1898) brought up the problem of a proper supply system for our troops. The purity of canned goods was another problem brought out by this war. The lack of military preparedness lM came ap- parent as did the need for well trained officers of the Army. In World War I (1914-1918) the problem of raising an army aral equipping again came to the surface. The conversion of factories- from peacetime to wartime manufacturing Ik?- came a problem. The food situation made the average citizen tighten his belt. People were asked to cut down on consumption of every- thing so that more could Ik ship|K d over- seas. Inflation hindered the war effort. The eastern states faced a severe fuel shortage due to tin lack of transportation facilities. National morale or unity was strained. A group of pacifists in America at that time hindered the war effort. Here are some problems that have pre- sented themselves in the present war. The housing shortage has iiecome acute in indus- trial cities. I he settling of labor contro- versies i an unsolved problem. Serious shortages of foodst uffs, fuel, rubber goods, ami vital metals in making implements of war have arisen. I here is also the task of finding substitutes for the materials that are scarce. Overloaded transportation facilities and the shortage of farm help to harvest the crops have been troublesome. The training of women to take the place of men in industry, foreign re- lations. enemy sympathizers, establishment of blood banks, and effective blackouts are all situations that have or are lM ing faced now. Page 8 THE CRAFTSMAN Correct posture and proper grasp of the file is shown by William Fuhrman. senior. CARLYLE said of man, “Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools lie is all.” It is these tools devised and used ! y man that have hel|M‘d so mueli in the progress of riv ili ation One of the most important hand tools, yet obseure, abused and generally little under- stood is the file. The beginner in industrial handicraft would do well to get a true con- ception of the fi! . its history, development «•are. various types, and uses of the different typos. Technically a fil is a hardened steel in- strument having cutting r idges, or teeth, upon its surface, made by rows of straight or cir- cular chisel cuts running diagonally across it and is used for abrading or smoothing metal or other sulistances. In this simple sentence is described centuries of development by man- development from a mere store t � the modern scientifically designed instrument we know today. Crude as the first abrading instruments were and slow and laborious as their use must MANY JOBS REQUIRE SPECIAL FILES. Tools We Learn To Use jp ILI $ example's of the use « f files has Iteen found in America, we must turn to the Eastern coun- tries for development of the artificial file. Of prehistoric files recovered, the greater number have been made of bronze. In- vestigators have found them in many places widely scattered over Europe. Ancient cem- eteries seemed to lx the favorite hiding places. Among the carli« st known examples of artificial abrading instruments, upon which a delinite date can Ik fixed is a bronze file dug up in Crete by an expedition from the I niver- sitv of Pennsylvania. This specimen, now in th museum of Caudia, has a rounded back and a flat surface for rubbing. Phis prehis- toric fih has an amazing likness to the half- round file of today although it was made about 1500 B.C. Small bronze rasps have been found in Egyptian tombs that date back to the ele- venth century R.C. These rasps were made of sheet metal with holes punched through them with a sharp instrument to produce the cut- ting edges. The metal was then coiled into a cone with rough edges on the outer surface. It is uncertain what, these rasps were used for but it is evident that their use was limit d lie- cause of their softness. The Assyrians, one of the first races to benefit from the discovery of iron, made a straight rasp of iron of which examples have been found, amazing similar to the modern counterpart. This rasp dating back to the seventh century H. C. shows how clever tin ancients were in originating tools which have preserved their essential form down to the present day. Roman files have been found at Alis, 11 a I p- statt. and Come-Chandron. Those found at I lalpstntt. are of special interest, as they show one of the earliest methods of producing teeth: that is. in some of the early files, the teeth themselves were formed by filing. The fil« s mentioned above gave every evidence of hav- ing be« n used for this purpose. The filing of the teeth, how'ever, seems soon to have been re- placed entirely by cutting. A chisel formed from good steel made it possible to manu- facture tin file much quicker than by tin filing method. rasp which was obtained from the In- dians in 1008 is made from a piece of sheet iron w ith holes punched through. The sheet was t hen bent over like a book cover, with the rough edges of the holes on the inside. The article to be filed was run through tin interior. The use of sheet iron has been known to the Indians for about 80 or 90 years, so it will In seen that this rasp is quite modern. The Indians of later times made a blow- gun out of u species of cane which much re- sembled bnmlxM). To clear out this tula and smooth the joints they had a special form of rasp mounted on a long thin stick. This rasp have lH n, they st ill served primeval man well. I p to the time «� f tin discovery � f iron, abrading tools were made chiefly from nat- ural abrasives. Copper and bronze were also used, but because they could not Ik sufficient- ly hardened they were impractical and Pieir use limited. Strange us it may seem. North America has yielded more examples of ancient natural files than any other part of the glob� . The Mound Builders and Cliff Dwellers used stone as their chief abrading instruments. Al- though both races were familar with certain kinds of metals which they used to fashion crude tools, neither race apparently was ac- quainted with the artificial file or even tried to make it The ancient Pueblo Indians who in- habited tin Colisteo Basin in western North America left, among other crude tools, specimens of stone which archaeologists say were used to smooth and polish arrow shafts. Some of these natural fil« s are preserved in the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The material appears to lx soft sandstone, of varying grades of fineness, in which deep grooves have l een formed by draw-ing them along the wooden shafts. In spite of a civilization claimed to ante- date that of the East, the development in the Western hemisphere did not seem to go bc- yend a certain point. So, while the earlier —Courtesy of icholson File Company. THE CRAFTSMAN Page 9 too, was made by punching holes in a piece of metal with n sharp instrument, and then coiling the tin in a conical form somewhat similar to the rasp of the ancient Egyptians. As the Indians could have no knowledge of the methods used by the Egyptians several thousand years before, the similarity in these rasps is striking. File production was very slow in the early days of the art localise all the work was done by hand, and the tools used were so simple that it is believed those used in the latter days were similar to those used generations before In preparing the file blanks for cutting by hand the early stages were much the same us today. The blanks were forged to shape out of bars of rolled steel, then annealed to make them susceptible to the (rutting edge of the chisel. After the annealing process the blanks were cleaned and leveled by grinding or filing so that the entire surface was accurate. After the blank was prepared it was oiled, to allow the chisel to slip freely over it, and then placed in a lead block iiaxing various shaped grooves in it for various t ypes of files. It was then ready to cut. After a suitable chisel had been chosen and w ith the aid of his hammer the file cutter cut the teeth in the blank with a rapid succession of blows making sure the teeth raised by the cuts were spaced evenly Hand made files were produced with an astonishing degree of dexterity which was ac- quired only by long practice. The teeth were cut at a rate of 150 to 200 a minute and were amazingly straight for being traced by sense of touch alone. All through the ages inventors were at- tempting to design a practical machine fo cut files, I Leonardo de inci designed a machine for this purpose in 1505 A. I). Records do not show this machine was ever put into use. Why, is a mystery, for the file-cutting mach- ines of today are basically the same as the one designed by de inci. The first really practical file-cutting machine was designed by E. Rcrnol.a French- man. This machine was introduced in Great Hritain in 1800 and patented in the I nited States on July 21 of the same year. During the following years several more patents were issued to different inventors for file-cutting machines. Marsis Relnapp of Greenfield. Massa- chusetts secured patents for a new type of file-cutting machine. This machine produced from five to six dozen 12-inch files a day. These machine have been improved u|h n until we now have our modern file-cutting machines. Every file has a specified name which is derived from the length, shape, and cut. For example a six-inch mill bastard file. That is the file is six inches long, it is mill—a rec- tangular cross section and is of bastard cut. Files also come in other lengths, shapes, and cuts. The usual lengths for shop use are four, five, six. seven, eight, ten. twelve, and fourteen inches. The common shapes or cross sections are: rectangular, round, square, half- round. triangular, diamond shaped, and oval. In outline they have parallel edges (termed blunt). converge in straight or curved lines to a |K int, or taper slightly through the latter half of their length to a somewhat smaller width at their point. Files also taper in thickness as they taper in width. The most striking feature of its shape often gives a file its name. Referring to their cross- section we have the square, round, half-round, three-square (triangular), flat, cant, feather edge, and knife files. In other cases the name suggests the purpose or place of use, as mill, slotting, slitting, auger bit. chisel point, drill, lock, band-saw. square gulleting. topping, warding, machine, and many others. In a few cases the names of files are trade deriv- ations. as Hunt's Chrome, Climax, Perfection, and Shear Tooth. “Cut” refers to the parallel series of teeth on the file. Single-cut files, so-called, have parallel lines of teeth running diagonally a- cross the file face. When there is a double series of teeth crossing each other at an oblique angle the file is said to be double cut. In designating the cut of files, that is, files having coarse or fine teeth, certain arbit- rarily assigned names are used, such as rough, bastard, second cut, or smooth. Single-cut files have a series of chisel edges, w Idle double-cut files have a staggered number of cutting points. The double-cut files are more like rasps where each tooth is pushed up from the blank by a s|� eeial cutter. The type of cut for any given shape of file is well defined and, in general, it is not necessary w hen order- ing standard files to state whether single or double cut is wanted. For example, single- cut files: mill, taper, band saw. climax,round (up to 8”), topping, cant, and, in fact, all saw files; double-cut files: flat, hand, half-round, round (8” and over), three square, knife, arch, equalling, pillar, and slotting. Another grade of file is tie superfine file ranging from the tiny files used by watch- makers and jewelers (some of which have teeth so fine that the fill's feel smooth to the “Cut“ of filo, shown refers to character of teeth. Cut also is used to describe coarseness of teeth, as rough, coarse, bas- tard, second cut, smooth, and dead smooth. hand) to the larger files used mostly for fin- ishing work by toolmakers. Excepting in those cases where they are in- cluded in machine shop equipment, superfine files are not much used in school shops. These files have teeth al� oul 40 to the inch to as 200 teeth per inch. These different cuts are designated by numbers which indicate the fineness of cut. These numbers are 00. 0. I, 2. 3, 4, 5. 6, 7, and 8. Number 00 is coarsest Superfine files are specified just as are re- gular files by shape (some of the most com- monly used are: hand. flat, pillar, barrette, slitting, warding, knife) ;cut (explainedabove): and length (varying from 2 2 to 14 inches). In the foregoing story of the file, many of the present forms of the file were substant- ially originated in tin earlier days of its history. These have b« en modified and add- ed to as the knowledge of file manufacture in- creased. and as new and different uses were discovered. The result is that at the present time the file is probably made in more var- ieties than any other type of tool. Page 10 THE CRAFTSMAN Seventh Bond Drive Figures Computed Mighty Seventh Loan Drive, a major Trade School activity from April 1 to June 31. had for its aim the raising of $110,000 for the purchase of a Douglas C-47 ambulance plane, but it failed in its objective by the sum of $61,510, the total amount raised being$48,489. Heading student participation, Bob Ben- irie. senior, furnished the 21 captains—each «•lass of each section having a leader with helpful material during the drive. Each cap- tain was responsible for securing gallants and maintaining enthusiasm among his classmates. A separate drive was organized for the instructors of the Trade School with a quota of $75,000. Quotas were exceeded by NENRV trade sC |rOAN _ Stovfa i Project 0 jc -Hospital MAV JUNi: I4«S Student. - SuhWijUi Quota - 110.000 C«� t of Vim - 110.000 g QUOTA 5 SOLD M- Section 36.666 I 4.63 1 T-Vtioo 36.668 fTT43 W- Section 36.666 26.669 In tructo v- • Instructor-. Quota $ 75.000 QUOTA SOLS B-4 East 5000 S TJh B-3 tn t 61000 8TT7 B-3 Writ 15500 18.93? 3 Shift 8000 5309 509-A 6000 4.959 TOTALS 10.000 °°° 3-473 Academic I 1.000 f 6 55 8 Apr vScbnnl 7000 T4T4SI Amou« t Needed 8 TOTALS-75XXX T5TT2 Chart displayed in cafeteria shows, total amounts. June 31. two divisions out of the eight classified. Camp Legion, with a $3.000 quota raising $3.473. and the B-3 West lopping a $13,000 quota with a total of $18,938. Charts showing daily totals were on dis- play in the cafeteria and the s|op. Romance Ends in Double Ring Tie Climaxing a two-year courtship which be- gan in the Trade School, Miss Frieda Fa I ken- berg. transfer crib clerk, and William Sene- slicn, mill instructor, were married June 8 in a double-ring ceremony at Mart ha-Mary Chapel, Greenfield illage. Following the wedding, the couple went to San Francisco, California for their honey- moon Mr. Seneshen then went to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii where be has a government job at the Navy Yards. Mrs. Seneshen returned to Detroit and her job in the Trade School until she receives permission from the government to join her husband. Fire Sweeps Fourth Floor West Of Trade School Class, Cafeteria Students eating lunches from lunch-wagons was one of the results of the fire which swept the fourth floor west of Henry Ford Trade School. June 17. at about 2:30 a.rn. Tin fire, believed 1o have started by spontaneous combustion, was put under control by Ford Motor Company and Dearborn Fire Departments. The cafeteria, ABC crib, coat crib, classrooms, and Apprentice School offices in the west cor- Industrial Schools Train In Main Trades To afford high school graduates the priv- ilege of learning a trade while retaining their interest in education, Henry Ford, on June 25. 1935 founded the Industrial Training School which was included as a branch of the Ford Industrial Schools. This training department for high school graduates was opened with 25 students and siv instructors. Today it enrolls 200 hoys during each three month term or 800 students during the entire year. The following courses are offered: Tool and Die Work, Electrical, Heat Treat, Metallurgy, and Welding. These courses are limited to three months, after which the l� oys are placed in the plant. This department, which was re- cently moved on its tenth anniversary from Gate I to the fourth floor of the Tire Plant, covers a floor space of 17,000 square feet and contains 112 modern machines. Originally the School was set up for high school graduates but now includes boys with one year of high school who must l e Iwtvveen 17 and 20 years. Also for the first time these vocational facilities will he made available for the ex-service men who are now stationed at Camp Legion. Between August L 1941 and December 23. 1941 the School was training sailors for machinist’s mate. These naval boys re- ceived experience in shapers, lathes, mills grinders, drill presses, and general bench work. Phis department trained 5918 sailors during this period In addition to the sailors. 5,443 trainees representing 449 different secondary schools throughout the nation have been grad- uated. During the score of years that the Industrial Training School has been in ex- istence. 11,361 students have been graduated. Mr.and Mrs. William Seneshen. ridor were damaged by the lire, while all class- rooms, offices, clearing house, and third floor shop department on the west side of the School were flooded and smoke-stained. Returning to school June 18. classroom students were dismissed for the day, since so many rooms were inaccessible. While ABC boys wore high rubber boots and rolled their trouser cuffs for mopping and cleaning on the FREE SANDWICHES A long-standing rule against patronizing lunch wagons by Trade School boys was suspended during the cafeteria clean-up after the fire. fourth floor, shop boys helped clean up the disorder in the shop. Affecting the students and instructors more than any other spot was the damage done in the cafeteria. After being closed for two weeks, it opened with a new paint job and replaced windows. During this time food was brought into the School on lunch wagons. Students and instructors received two sand- wiches, a I tot tie of milk, and cupcakes. In the ABC crib, towels, mops, brushes, pails, and other cleaning equipment were damaged: in the cafeteria stock room, paper plates, paper cups, utility dishes, mops, brooms, desk, tin telephone booth, and five cabinets were also ruined. Having been stored in the coat crib, hand equipment, a school piano, and a small platform were burned or melted. Suffering probably the greatest loss materially, was the metallurgy la! nralory when a microscope, copy cameras, carbon-arc lamp, eye-piece lens, slide pro- jector, tables, typewriter, calculator, and records were burned beyond repair. Since the Apprentice School was in the process of moving and since it was necessary to provide new space because the war-created rooms along the west wall were to be blocked oil. the ABC crib, coat crib, and cafeteria stock room will he in the rooms formerly used (Continued on page 11 THE CRAFTSMAN Page 11 Pedal Pushers Ignore Gas Curb No gas rationing worries in planning sum- mer vacations for Alfred Jossi, W-A-3, and John Murphy, VV-A-2, who for the last two summers have been taking long bicycle jour- neys. Last summer they went to Muskegon, Michigan, where they took the Clipper across Lake Michigan to Milwaukee. A broken chain about 43 miles out of Milwaukee caused them to turn, back short of their intended destination of Minnea| olis. lieturning to Milwaukee they boarded a Pen; Marquette ferry which took them to Ludington, Michi- gan. From there they went to W hitehall. Michigan where they stayed at a resort be- longing to Alfred's aunt. Besides lishing, boating, and swimming they washed dishes to pay for their l oard. which goes to show, no matter where one goes, he can’t «lodge work. After spending a couple «lays here they moved dow n through I In; fruit belt of Michi- gan to Michigan City, Indiana, where they shipped their bicycles back to Detroit and continued their trip to Chicago by bus. Now back to their first trip which really was a humdinger. It was more than 745 miles und took them through the states of Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. At four o’clock one summer morning in 1943 they left Detroit; by 9:30 that morning they were dodging the drivers of Toledo and the first night was spent at Carey, Ohio which is about 120 miles from Detroit. They were just beginning to enjoy their first night under the stars when a terrific |M. al of thundfT announced that a storm was on its way. By putting a canvas tarpaulin over their heads most of the water was kept ofT; however, it was quite a job holding the tarp down with the wind howling—little “shut eye” was enjoyed that night. The next day they reached the Ohio River which they crossed at Portsmouth. From Portsmouth to Huntington, West Virginia, steep hills made it a har«l pull and sometimes it was necessary to walk. From Huntington they went across the hluegrass state to I ;xington, Kentucky, where, incidently, they saw the famous race course. The next city of importance after leaving I exington was Louisville where the Ohio was again crossed and another state, Indiana, was entered. At New Albany, which is directly across from Louisville, the long arm of the lawr stopped them and asked them where they were going. The reply “Bloora- ington” was a suitable answer, but the officer raised his eyebrows when he found that the lK ys had come all the way from Detroit. After considerable discussion, during which the Iniys’ names, a l«lress«;s, and the route they plann«‘ l to take were list«;d, they were per- mitted to continue to Bloomington, Indiana, which is John’s home town. Here the boys gave their bicycles to Railway Express to be shipped back to Detroit. Their bicycles were conventional balloon- tire«l models. Enough clothes, blankets, a canvas tarpaulin, a hatchet, drinking cup, and a little f«MKl were carrie J on luggage carriers. “While making the trip we were sorry BASEBALL TEAM FINISHES SEASON WITH .700 AVERAGE Varsity hardball baseball ended a successful season with seven games posted in the “games won” column out of a scheduled 10 games for a season average of .700 percent. Here is a group picture «if the s«(uad. Left to right, top row: Coach Milankov, Joe Pluta, Clifford Stewart. Gerry Ellis. Peter Demos; second row: Emery Yatcko. Bruno Bieksza. Russell Keaneman. Cass Laki. Mike Bernadett, Jim Davies; bottom row: Hubert Bohn. Les Ferguson, Peter Daniels. Tom Gemmel, Koshko. that we’d ever left home, but now that it’s only a memory we wouldn’t mind taking it ugain,” said J« hn. Ford Schools Golf League Organized Robert Gardner, electrical instructor in the Apprentice School, organized a golf l«;ague comprised of instructors from the Trade School and Apprentice School. The l« ague decided to play their games at the Warren Golf Club on Thursday after- iHJons starting l etw’ en 4:30 and 5 p.in. They elected Roy Yerex, chemistry instructor, as chairman of the league. Standings on September 6: GROSS II AN DI- NET SCORE CAP SCORE G. Marshall 52 17.6 34.4 Bartholomew 46 11.2 34.8 McAulifle 46 10.4 35.6 Jacobs 52 16 36 Klimushyn 37 1 36 Moore 54 16.8 37.2 R. Yerex 52 12.8 39.2 Lucas 48 8.8 39.2 Douglas 56 16.8 39.2 Sherry 59 19 2 39.8 B. Gelmine 61 20 41 II. Arthur 53 12 41 P. Sechrist 53 11.2 41.8 G. Yerex 50 8 42 GROSS HANDI- NET SCORE CAP SCORE Teeple 53 10.4 42.6 Gardner 54 11.2 42.8 Members who did not plav hold the following handicaps: HANDICAP Gaterman 6.4 Lancaster 11.2 Magielski 12 Tyler 12.8 Clark 12.8 Berg 15.2 Armstrong 15.2 EikhofT 16 Gasser 16.8 McCall 17.6 Welier 19.2 Nadon 21.6 Stout 23.2 Tait 23.2 Fire (Concluded from page 10) for Apprentice School drawing classes. A students’ activities room with ping | ng tables and other recreational facilities will be located in Room 29, and R«K� in 28 w ill be the new band room. The testing department and A. M. Wagener, head of the academic de- partment. will lie in R«K rn 31, the former records office of the Apprentice School Page 12 THE CRAFTSMAN Visiting Servicemen S2 c Fred Petcoff, January ’I. � , visited the School June 2 having completed nine weeks lxx t training at Great Dikes Naval Training Station. Illinois. Fred requested that he lx placed on The Craftsman mailing list. He said that the Navy was all right, hilt that civilian life really rated. Having completed his lxx t training at (ireat Lakes Naval '('raining Station. Ill- inois. S 2 c Arnold Kevelighan, January 15. visited the School June II. mold is striking for the rating of viation Machinist Mate. MM3 c Eugene Topping, June ’12. visited the Sclaxil June 7. Eugene was a senior when he was drafted into the Navy in March 1913. lie took his Ixxit training at (ireat Lakes Naval Training Station. From there he went to Machinist Mate School at the University of Minnesota. For further training he was transferred to the Packard Marine Engine School in Detroit. Kugene then went overseas to the New Hebrides at a (wise for P.T. boats where hr overhauled engines, lie was also on Guadal- canal fora short time but saw no action there. Kugene is now on a 30-day leave. He said that he received The Craftsman quite reg- ularly. S Sgt. George M. Shayne, former Trade ScIhxjI student, was presented the Order of the Purple Heart at a special cere- mony held recently at the 15th Air Force Iximber base somewhere in Italy. He was given the award for wounds received from enemy anti-aircraft while on a bombing mission over Bolzano, Italy on February 28, 1915. In addition to tin Purple Heart. George wears the Air Medal and the Distinguished I nit Badge with three bronze clusters. He was on his Nth mission when he received his wounds. GEORGE M. SHAYNE Cleft. S Sgt. Larry Churley, graduate of June’ll and former editor of The Craftsman visited friends in the Trade School June 20 while home on furlough after 18 months oxer- seas duty. Larry left his job as editor three years ago for the Army Air Force. Since then he has been based in Kng- land with a ground crew for B - 2 I’s. Wearing the Euro- pean Theater of War Bihlxm with four stars, the Good Con- duct Bihlxm. and three hash stripes for overseas duty. Larry related a few of his experiences such as rides over Germany on -K Day, and missions over Ghent, Brus- sels, and the Bhine. His stars on the rihlxm represent unit, action on D-Day. in France, in Germany. { and I against the Luftwaffe. Pvt. Mervin Tucker, June ’ 11, w Idle on a live-day pass from Great l akes Naval Hos- pital. visited Trade Schixd June 6. after I I months in the I nited States Marine Corps Mervin enlisted in the Marine Corps, April 1911. and was overseas six months. M e r v i n w a s wounded by a 50 caliber incendiary machine gun bullet February 21 on I wo .lima while landing on the beach. With the bullet lodged in his shoulder, he was sent to Pearl Har- bor Hospital. Because the bullet hadn’t exploded, the doctors were undecided about operating. On March 23, one month and two days after he had been wounded, the bullet was removed. It proved to be a “dud” and is now on the Pucker manllcpiece. Now Mervin is waiting for an operation to replace a collar Ixme at Great l akes Naval Hospital. He expects to receive a medical discharge at the end of the year. lie wore the Purple Heart, the President- ial I nit Citation with one star given the Fourth Division for the battle of Saipan, the Navy I nit Citation for I wo .lima, the Am- erican Theater Ribbon, the South Pacific Rib- bon with one bronze star, and the I wo Jima Bihlxm which is given to all men who fought on this island. SI c George Moll, January 1911. visited friends in the School July 12. while on a 30-day leave. George went to Great Dikes for lxx t training in May 1911 and then to California for his amphibious training. Ov er- seas since December 1. he saw action in two invasions— one at I wo Jima and the other at (tkinawa. Around the world on a tanker was the thri Ring experience of Ensign Bruce Robbins, January ’32, radio officer in the Merchant Marini who visited the Trade School May 23 on a 30-day furlough. Bruce holds the Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean area rihlxms. From New Y ork harbor on January 17, 1915 Bruce sailed across the Atlantic Ocean destined to cover the 25,000 miles encircling the earth. He went through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea and stopped at Port Slid to wait for passage through the Suez Canal. From there the ship sailed into the Bed Sea across the Arabi- an Sea. around Ceylon and up to Madras and Calcutta, India, where they stopped to unload their cargo. The tanker then backtracked to the Per- sian Gulf, loaded, and sailed straight to Mel- bourne, Australia, arriving and unloading April 9. Now the home stretch was started: the ship left Melbourne, journeyed through the Cfxik Strait heading for Aruba in the Carib- bean Sea but at 120° west longitude a mes- sage was picked up ordering them to change course and head for Dks Angeles, California. After arriving Bruce signed off and board- ed a train for Detroit starting his 30-day fur- lough at home. He is now going back to Los Angeles to be assigned a new ship. Bruce was graduated from the Apprentice School in 1935 and worked in the Precision Measuring Laboratory until he enlisted in the Maritime Service December 12. 1913. Bruce was sent to Maritime Training Sch«x l a! Sheepshead. Brooklyn. New York to study engine maintenance. He sailed across the Atlantic to England and back before journeying around the world. BRUCE ROBBINS LOUIS KADAR After a year and one half of overseas duty in England. S Sgt. Louis Kadar, January ’32, returned home for a well-earned fur- lough during which time lie visited the Trade School. He is a radar mechanic and while in England maintained the equipment on Mosquitoes and Flying Fortresses when on reconnaissance tours with the Eighth Army Air Force. For unit participation in Nor- mandy on D-Day and action in southern France and Germany. Louis wears the Euro- tan Theater of Operations riblxm w ith four stars. LARRY CHURLEY MERVIN TUCKER THE CRAFTSMAN Page 13 Lieut. Calvin E. Peterson, former summer student mid son of K. 'l . Peterson, shop superintendent, who l� oiight the first $100 war bond to start the Fifth War ]� an Drive in the Trade School in May 194-4, returned again on July 2. 1915 to pur- chase the last war Ixind in the Seventh War Ix an Drive. Calvin has lieen stationed in the far East for the past I I months, piloting all sorts of combat cargo from ammunition to generals in his ('-17 transport plane to the British forces on the Burmese front. These planes were unarmed. Whd visiting the School. Calvin told n- bout ore time when lie was circling a target in order to drop supplies, lie heard something Lieut. Calvin Peterson gives answers needed by Andrew Campbell. T-A-l, to fill out bond purchase form. hit the. plane. Mis co-pilot said that it was only the tool box that had fallen. Satisfied, he did not investigate the noise any further, but when the same report occured again Cal- vin realized that the plane must have been hit by ground fire. As a member of the Tenth Air Force, Cal- vin wore the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak lieaf Clusters, the Air Medal with four Oak I xnif Clusters, the Presidential I nit. Citation with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Bibbon with two battle stars, one for the North Burma-India Theater and one for the Central Burma Theater. Behind these decorations is a re- cord of 11 months overseas, his 229 combat missions, and 838 combat hours which earned him his discharge July 6. 1915. Calvin has already had one year at Wayne I n i versi ty and expects to finish his education at the I ni versi ty of Michigan. Pfc. Bud Cushing, AAF. June ’10. visited in the School during July. In service since November 1912. Bud is an airplane mechanic at Seymour Johnson Field, instruct- ing ground crew and pilot trainees. Names and location of students and instructors discharged from service will appear on this page in following issues. All persons in- terested please supply such in- formation to The ('.raftsman office. Among the adventures of Trade School graduates in the service none is more grim than that of T 3 c Roy Wenskay, January ’39. on his five-day march and escape from the Germans. Boy. with his pilot, was captured by a German soldier March 2 when they were forced down in a driving snowstorm while scouting enemy | osilions. For three days they were forced to walk from sunrise to sun- set toward the Bhine with only a third of a loaf of bread and some margarine to eat. On the third day they were put with a group of 20 other American prisoners and fed stew. The group was forced to walk 18 hours a day, pushing or pulling carts and trailers over mountainous territory. On March 6 they were questioned at a German prison camp. They threatened to turn Boy over to the pop- ulation if he did not reveal all information which would be valuable to the Germans. In- stead of further interrogation, however. Boy was put with a different group of American prisoners and forced to march westward. Boy and his fellow prisoners carried five com- rades w ho were unable to walk. They were afraid that if they didn’t carry them the Ger- mans would shoot the five lame and exhausted prisoners. 11 was here that Boy began think- ing of esca|H . At 6 p.m. on March 7 the group reached the Bhine. Taking advantage of the fighting. Boy and a sergeant hid between two ruined buildings while the German guards hurried the rest of the captives to a shelter. Fleeing from the battle area they en- countered u German soldier. By sticking his fingers like a gun into the stomach of the Ger- man, Boy captured him. The Americans shared the German's two blankets that night. After hiding in the woods the following day they took their prisoner toward the American lines. On their way they came to a road full of German soldiers and civilians. It was here that Boy and the sergeant did an extraordi- nary thing. The German prisoner was afraid to cross so they let him go. instead of taking the chance that in his fear he might give them away. Later. Boy’s pilot also escaped and was found by an American armored division. AMM 3 c Albert Zielinski, June ’ll, came back to the School after three years in service. He has been “dawn south’’ for two years with an operations squadron doing aircrew maintenance. After his 20-day leave he will report to Moffat Field. California. Pvt. Frank Conti, June '13. was in the Trade School July 11, while on a 15-day furlough, his first since entering the medical Corps in November 1911. Fnmk is attached to a Signal Training Battalion on special duty at Camp Crowder, Missouri. “It is good to Im back home,’’ stated Lieut. Gordon Guel, January 10. who vis- ited the Trade School June 7 after one year overseas duty where he was stationed some- where in England. Gordon was in the infantry in 1912 and later was transferrer! to the Army Air Corps, where In was commissioned as a fighter pilot. fter nine months he was then transferred to a heavy liombardment squadron. lie wears the Purple Heart with one Oak Alumni Report on Military Life James Felton, aviation chief machinist's mate, adjusts the carburetor of a fighter lano aboard an aircraft carrier in the acific. A former student, James left school and has been in the Navy four and one-half years. D af Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross for landing his plane with landing gear and two engines shot away. Silver Star for gallantry in action. Presidential (Hit Citation. Euro- pean Theater of War Biblxm with two bronze stars, one for the invasion of France, and the other for bombing operations over Germany, also the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign and Good Conduct ribbons. Gordon who received a number of wounds, hopes to get a medical discharge from the Air Corps at the end of this year. Students and faculty of Henry hard Trade School extend their deepest sym- pathies to the families of six former stu- dents who gave their lives in this W orld H ar Bringing the total to f$8 alumni who hare paid the supreme sacrifice, the following boys were reported killed in action recently: Second Lieut. Claude Aiken. June . in a crash at Liberat Army Air Base, t ansas. Sgl. Robert hi. Campbell. October ti, previously rcftorted missing in action in Germany. Seaman James Duff. April .9. fol- lowing a collison of his tanker and an- other vessel off the Atlantic cinist. Pvt. Donald Martin, April .?. in (iermany. Boatswain's mate. Thomas Perry, April 2. from wounds received aboard an LG I at Okinawa. He had been o rerseas 11 months and in four major Indites. Pvt. Clyde I olway. Marine. June 25. of wounds at Okinawa. Page 14 THE CRAFTSMAN Steve Martin Wins M-B-l Story Award For ‘Auld Lang Syne’ Steve Martin, M-B-l, and editor of the Boogie Bugle, had his story. “For Auld Lang Syne.” appearing in the final issues of the B- class Scandal Sheets, selec ted hs the Inst ar- ticle by judges A. M. Wagencr. academic de- partment head. C. H. Wwms, librarian, and Ocier Bratton. Knglish instructor. Steve’s story was published in the June 15 issue of tin Bottgie Bugle. It was chosen for its composition and reader interest. Al- though usually a student forgets all when a course is ended. Steve presented in his story the post-course thoughts of a typical student of B-class journalism, lie viv- idly but concisely told the trials and tribulations of stu- dent newspapermen. Ilis story follows. “it’s here. Yes, after six successful weeks of public-alion the curtain is corning down on the last act r STEVE MARTIN of tin Boogie Bugle. In the previous weeks that it was pub- lished it tried to satisfy every student, in- structor. and indi idual w ho took time to read the Bugle for enjoyment. It brought news from every corner of the School. . . xjiorts accounts, social activities, and occasional cartoons. “At times on Thursday evenings when the paper was slow ly taking form the task proved «inite discouraging. Hut to s e the pajH r the next day in print made one forget some of the hardships in writing it. It made one feel proud that he was a member of the B.B. staff. ‘‘No doubt in time it will lx forgotten but there will always In another pa|x r to fill its shoes. The stall’ wishes it success. ' Instructors Frolic At Annual Picnic Approximately 200 instructors and their families attended the Ford Instructors’ I5lh Annual Picnic at Pardee Park. July 1. Honorary chairman of the picnic was William Mueller, supervisor for Apprentice School; and Harlan Arthur, B-huilding Ap- prentice School, was general chairman. As- sisting and social chairmen were William Moore, Trade School; James Wilson, 'braining School; Karl Cook. Aircraft School; Butler Brewen, Highland Park School; Charles Whitney, Lincoln School; and Peter Iziso, Camp legion. Committees were headed by Leonard Slade, program; John Nadon and James Popplereitcr. food; Fugene McAulifTe, games and events; Jack Berg, equipment; Robert Gardener, prizes; John Menyhar, photography; Paul Sechrist, finance; Ted Killian, public address; and I rban Lucas, first aid, banners, and miscellaneous. Starting the picnic and a get-acquainted hour was a guessing contest for the number of lieans in a jar. ()ther games and events w ere entered into with the usual enthusiasm by adults and children. As in past years, ice cream, pop, and coffee were provided. Fourth Not Legally A National Holiday Celebration of the Declaration of Inde- pendence on the Fourth of July as a holiday in the I nited States has been universally ac- cepted although never proclaimed a national legal holiday, for no legislation declaring it to be such has ever been enacted by Congress. On this famous day in 1776 the Conti- nental Congress adopted and proclaimed to the world the Declaration of Independence. This historic document set forth the funda- mental principles of good government and de- clared the independence of the thirteen Ameri- can colonies from Great Britain. News of the adoption of the Declaration brought rejoicing to all parts of the country and the famous Liberty Bell in Independence Hall was rung as never before, for July 4, 1776 gave new meaning to the legend engraved upon it— Proclaim liberty to all the land and to the inhabitants thereof.” In the War of 1812 when the British raided Washington, the fa- mous document was hidden in l eesburg. irginia. where it remained until the Capitol was no longer in danger. The original docu- ment has l een in the care of the Library of Congress since 1921, where it is yearly viewed by thousands of people. F'or many years it was customary to cele- brate this day of national rejoicing by spec- tacular displays of fireworks, and by the firing of cannons, pistols, firecrackers and other noise-makers. This dangerous practice often caused loss of life and serious injuries, and a great nation-wide crusade was begun to abol- ish dangerous fireworks. As a result, a “SANK” Fourth now prevails quite generally throughout the country. The firecrackers and fireworks are mostly confined to amuse- ment parks and summer resorts, where people gather m the evening to see rockets and liombs light the sky. Interesting programs, pro- viding special speakers, pageants, games and plays, athletic contests, and the like, are en- joyed in most communities. Commencement (Con g from Ford Motor Company American Ix?gion Post 1.5. Kenneth Williams, presented William Horvath, and George McCulloch the sixth semi-annual American Legion Award in the form of a plaque and a certificate for out- standing qualities of honor, courage, ieader- ship, scholarship, and service As part of the musical program, Tracy Silvester, Ford Apprentice School instructor, sang Through the Years.” Kmil Gowatch, School inspector, rendered a trumpet solo, “The Carnival of enice,” and as his encore he played Smoke Gets In 'tour ICyes. The Rouge Concert Orchestra under the direction of Izuiis Blossom supplied music appropriate to the occasion. Bob-Lo Picnic (Concluded from page 3) Hoy Yerex, chemistry; Felix Hotter, grinders. Irvin Schemansky, tool room bench; Joe Smeekens, shop theory; George Whit ton, inspector: ami Hobert Weaver, chemistry. I nder a large tree were John London, jour- nalism instructor, and Jerry Goodwin. T-A-2, handing the prizes to the winners of the con- tests. The instructors versus seniors softball game, arranged by Kd G a ter man, mill, started at 1:30 p.m. After the game, which was won by the seniors 16-5. T-section played the W- section in a hardball game. W-section was the winner 6-3. At 1:30 p.m. the junior soft- ball playoffs also started. M-F was the w inner of the closely contested game 9 to 8. The umpires for the games were Harlan F ield, shaper; John Heinz, shop theory: Kd Gatcr- man, mill; L. II. Bartholomew, physics; and G. W. Armstrong, mathematics. After the ball games, people scattered in all directions; some ah their lunches, others went roller skating, many tried out the amusement rides, several hundred were pack- ing up their lunches und coats waiting for the steamer to arrive. During the long ride home fmssengers were sight seeing, dancing, talking, and resting. As the ! oat neared the foot of Woodward Avenue, the LST512 docked there on exhibition for the seventh Wrar Loan could be seen. When the excursion f oat had docked the Henry Ford Trade School 17th Annual Pic- nic at Bob-D) Island Park had ended. Hi-s Give Diplomas £%?££% night school class. Those who received diplo- mas from Northern are Arthur Adams Holiert Adams Carl Anderson W illiam Blewett John Brown James Cook John Dowell Peter FYominert Thomas Gunning John Harris Hobert Johnson John Kempel Jack Korb Andrew Campbell Highland Park High George McCulloch Harold Pepper Antonio Posa Harry Ramsey George Hegep Alvin Ricker! John Schweninger Harold Sonnenberg Fid ward Taylor Halph Tennant I eHoy W alker Bill Wesley W illiam W isniewski received his diploma at School’s first Kvcning School graduation and Adam Kozina wa graduated with the day school class from Southeastern High School. The staff extends its congratulations to the lx vs who have attained the objectives for which they have given up many evenings of pleasure. New Volume of Poems By Wilbert Harden Those Kids of Mine,” is the title of a volume of poems written by Wilbert Harden, instructor in machine repair. F'or the past two decades Mr. Harden has written poems as a hobby. 'Phe poems deal with child life from infancy through school days until enlistment for war service. Religious subjects complete the ! ook. SliljtinCf Scene TRADE SCHOOL ANNUAL PICNIC A Trade School boy . .. A rolling deck . . . A winsome lass . .. And guess the rest . . ! THE CRAFTSMAN Page 15 2 (CONCLUDED FROM FRONT FLYLEAF) AUTO MECHANICS. PHYSIClkfi lEMISTRY, JOURNALISM. CIVICS. METALLURGY. METAfLoGRAPlft AND COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY, HE SPENDS ONE WEEK IN CLASS FOR- E4£H TWO WEEKS IN SHOP. UPON BEING GRADUATED. HE HAS RECEivEIT THE EQUIVA- LENT OF THREE YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND AN EXPERIENCE EQUAL TQttfifctftT ORDINARILY SECURED IN A SHOP APPRENTICE COURSE. THATTHE SCHOOL HAS MET A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY IS INDICATED BY THE FACT THAT FOR EVERY BOY ACCEPTED IN THE SCHOOL, 99 MUST BE REFUSED.