NBC transmitter (Jan-Dec 1940)

FEBRUARY, 1940 / {Continued from page 6) life as a Guest Relations Rage, one day he became legman for Telegraph, and now he is in Traffic. Vincent O’Connell goes in for Kalligeros as clerk and general office hoy in Traffic. If you notice the slight brogue remember that O’Connell has only been over here for the ])ast six years. Since O’Connell has left Telegraph, Pete Ratyca moves up to the day schedule and reports that he has the staff all under control. Bill Rippa comes up from Duplicating to take the night schedule. We are sure though that by next week all will be different. All right, you probably think the Traffic jam is pretty confusing. That’s nothing. Whole divisions are moving around in a mad circle, the Transmitter as usual on the periphery. You see, they dispossessed the television receiver from 465 and moved the Transmitter in, which left 317 vacant, and Harold Bisson, Advertising Production manager, took over, right where he was when he first came with the Company (he has to have a window for matching colors — and after all, the Transmitter is just black and white and read all over), and that made 302 a great emptiness (the tabulators gone heaven knows where) and Information has gone in there, causing a gaping hole in Press which may be filled by the Library, which, of course, makes room back on the fourth floor that, it is rumored, might be taken over by Television. (We’d have gotten James Joyce to do this story for us, but he’s busy with a semicolon.) The Neivs and Special Events Department had a gathering at Mr. Schechter’s house on December 27th. Occasion: the holiday spirit, which brings together members of the Department once a year, and also the fact that Mr. Schechter has sort of moved. The party opened with a chorus of Adeste Fideles. The guests, having met first at the household appliances department of the five and ten, proceeded to Mr. Schechter’s and a buffet supper. The packages were all opened at once, among the articles found in the tissue paper were a large cork screw, a box of roach powder, dust cloths, a broom and a bedbug exterminator. Also among the wrappings was Mr. Schechter, right in the middle. Some time later w'hen the party broke up, members of the department went home convinced that this had been the special event of the year. Now that you have gotten this far, we would like to congratulate you and make a date for next month at the same time in the same old place. AA ACTIVITIES As a body the AA was practically in a state of hibernation during the holidays while its individual members were at play elsewhere. Wood and metal working, dancing, and women’s swimming were all in a state of suspended animation, while basketball and chess were still struggling to wake up. Dancing The dancers had one last class before the holidays in which the members insisted on learning some smooth waltz steps and fox trots that could be used for Christmas and New Year’s parties. This emphasis on practicality had good results, and all the members reported great social triumphs when they returned to the class in January. On New Year’s Eve some of them even attempted the tango, and came out without a scratch. Artists The wood and metal workers, dormant during the festivities, reawoke in January and went back to their old haunt in room 300. Clay modellers and woodworkers are meeting on Monday evenings at 6 o’clock under the direction of Trygve Hammer, and the metal workers gather at the same time on Wednesdays. Any more people interested should get in touch with Lewis Julian in 293. Riding Plunging into the season with new vigor after a short post New Year’s rest, the Riding Club got under way with groups organized for both indoor and outdoor activities. The fresh air fiends continued to meet on Saturdays if weather permitted, and on January 6 attempted some skijoring on the snow covered roads near their headquarters in Cluster, New Jersey. Skijoring (said to be pronounced “skiyoring”), for those who don’t know, is an ingenious sport combining all the perils and excitements of riding, skiing and crack-the-whip. The versatile members of the riding group seemed willing to tackle the intricacies of all three and took turns at towing from horseback or being towed on skiis. Those on the latter end of the game seemed to spend more time in snow drifts than they did on their runners, and all ended the day with hands bruised by the tow-line. However, in spite of all discomforts, the sliding was so popu ANNIVERSARY CHIMES The NBC Transmitter salutes these members of the National Broadcasting Company, who, this month, complete their tenth year with the Company. New York May Frances Ball Harry A. Olsen Louis A. Anderson Elsie Marie Ashton Mary Frances Sprague Peter Zalantis Norval Ray Kelly Edward DeSalisbury Hugh Malcolm Beville, Jr. Sales A. Burke Grotty Tele\ 'ision Theodore Zaer Treasurer’s Artists Service Engineering General Service Information Information Program Program Sales Washington Elsie Mae Ramby General lar that near the end riding was given up altogether, and the members started some independent coasting and skiing. Bowling Bowling is one exception to the rule on inactivity over the holidays. Like Tennyson’s brook it seems to go on forever, and the balls continue to roll down the alley in spite of New Year’s, winter or what not. As the alleymen (and women) emerged from the Christmas season. General Service Team 1 still held the lead, but Engineering 1 and Treasurer’s had pushed out the Sales Team for second and third place. The gallant American women of the Ladies Team, after standing in tenth place last month, have fought back to ninth, while the men from Program, whose talents seem to lie more in the entertainment field, are still in the cellar. On individual honors among the ladies, Mary Lesko of Accounting runs off with both the High Series and High Score, getting a 464 and 187 respectively. Dot ^lichel of Traffic, secretary of the League, by the way, has the second High Series with a 446, while Ada Moyer, a ringer on the Ladies Team, is runner up for High Score with a 167. Among the men, George Frey of Sales has shot up to first place in both High Score and High Series with 660 and 258. George Milne’s series of 615 gives him second place, while George McElrath ( this sounds like a pullman porters’ convention) is in second place having a High Score of 241. Albert Protzman and George Frey lead the individual averages with marks of 172 and 171.