Action (May 1941 - Mar 1958)

WORDS ★ The construction clerks threw them a shindig before they left. Sorry to see them go ... EARL WILSON, Labor Department, is on the ailing list, take care, Earl. Glad to hear GEORGE SAMSON is due to return after a long tough siege in bed. PHIL SNYDER has latched on to a new diet, he’ll be sylphlike any day now . . . sure he will . . . That cabin floating down San Berdoo main street belongs to Grip WALTER ERIKSON, didn’t quite get the water turned off ... H. V. DUARTE is back on the job with 17 stitches he didn’t have before, that was a close one . . . Good luck to PRLMO PAZZELLI due for surgery in the near future . . . The Grip office is now staffed by BARNEY McVAY and TOM GIBSON, recently returned to the fold ... A warm welcome to RUDY REAVES back at his Transportation Department desk after a lengthy illness. If you’ve got a yen to hunt uranium, check with GLEM, the furniture driver, he’s an expert. You should see the fabulous jewelry EARL SMITH has created, real great . . . FRED LOMBARDI and the TGF Gredit Union are mighty proud of that new red Thunderbird, but how did he get delivery while the rest of us sweat it out? . . . ED DeMOULIN, the sign-writer, has been hard to live with since they photographed the back of his head for a shot in The Egyptian . . . They’re calling apprentice painter GURT JAGKSON “Little Beaver,” wonder why . . . HARVEY JAGKSON is still enjoying the 200 clams he won from EPPIE on the Rose Bowl . . . Best walking ad for Hawaii is WALTER JOLLEY, eats pineapple like crazy. Best wishes to PEMBROKE HERRING who has moved from the Employment Office to the Storeroom . . . BILL MAHAN, the “barter king” takes over in Employment . . . WIMPY of the Staff Shop is another Rose Bowl winner enjoying the loot he won from, right. EPPIE again. MARTIN THORNE is back running the Staff Office after two years running the Sportsmen Glub . . . Real happy to see DIGK HUGKANS back on the lot after major surgery . . . BILLY TRAVILLA is back at his desk in Wardrobe after a trip to England where he did a picture for Jane Russell. TGF welcomes two additions to the Accounting staff, HUGH HILLGOAT and GEORGE DAVIS. George is an exRAF Major . . . TOM KRAUSE is back at work after a short stay in Good Samaritan for a checkup . . . Glad to hear JOEY BEGK is at home after a short stay in Santa Monica Emergency Hospital. TURES .... AND After the regular December 10th Construction meeting all of the department heads gathered 'round to wish Construction Department Chief BEN WURTZEL "Happy Birthday" and have this picture taken. Standing, left to right, are BENNY BENSON, WALTER JOLLEY, LOU WITTE, JACK CONLIN, JOHN LAVIN, PAUL WURTZEL AND BUD ANHEUSER. Seated, left to right, DAVE VAUGHAN, MONTE BONOME, BEN, GLENN HARMON AND JOHN COAKLEY. Character actor HARRY SEYMOUR, former TGF contractee, and Mrs. Seymour celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary at lunch in the Gommissary Mondav, Januarv lOth. Gasting Department’s'GEORGE LIGHT hosted them with a big anniversary cake. Harry was on the lot for aeting chores in “Daddy Long Legs.” Good news from the Prop Makers, DAVE VAUGHAN is well on the way to recovery, and that is good news. WALT LEDGERWOOD has picked up the reins in Dave’s absence with an in\aluable assist from AL De GAETANO and WILEY. JAGK LAING is back and he looks and feels great . . . PAUL KNISLEY and KELLY SMITH, with over a half century at Twentieth between them have decided to try their hand elsewhere. We bumped into this guy New Year's day and if you think you had a rough morning after, you should have seen him. He swore to us he was never going to touch the stuff again, but when we left he was busy mixing and mumbling something about "hair of the man. . . Over at the Makeup Department everybody gathered 'round Jemuary 12 to wish BEN NYE, Makeup Head, their best on his birthday. Shown with Ben holding his cake, which was delightfully decorated, are, left to right, DICK HAMILTON, HELEN TURPIN, SKIPPER, KORDULA POLONEK, DICK SMITH, MAXINE SHEA AND BETTY LOU DELMONT. 9