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No. 229 - 1946 December 20 The day after Christinas marks tny fiftieth anni versary with National Lead Company. So I have a special reason for being happy this Holiday Season. I hope the Yuletide will bring equal happiness to you. May your Christinas be a real old-fashioned one - rich in joy and jollity and in golden memories. And may the Mew Year be the happiest you have ever enjoyed. Let me, too, express my sincere appreciation for the loyal support all have given me. DICKERSON COMPLETES 35 TEkRS SERVICE Harry W.-Dickerson, comptroller of Atlantic Branch since 1933, observed his 3$th Company-service anniversary on November 17. Mr. Dickerson started work with Chicago Branch and came to New York in 1919. ORR REACHES 30TH SERVICE MILESTONE Prentiss S. Orr, sales manager of the white lead and oxide departments of Pacific Coast Branch, completed 30 years of service with the Company on Thanks giving Day. A dinner on November 26 attended by 35 fellow employees marked the occasion. PRESIDENT ROCKWELL HONORED AT 50TH ANNIVERSARY LUNCHEON \' f The Golden Anniversary of President F. W. Rockwell's senri.ce with the Company, . which comes the day after Christmas, was celebrated by a luncheon given in his honor by the members of the Executive Committee at the Lawyers' Club in New York City on December 18. A high-light of the luncheon was the presentation to Mr. Rockwell of ^r; his 50-year button and a leather-bound commemorative brochure bearing the autographs 5 of all members of the party. '-r The luncheon, arranged by C. A. Geatty, featured Maryland-style dishes in- eluding roast wild duck and diamond-back terrapin. - PACIFIC COAST VETERAN PASSES Vance Bucker, 65, formerly Southern Division manager of Pacific Coast Branch, died December 4 at Pasadena following a short illness. Mr. Bucker started with Chicago Branch in 1901. In 1922 he was made manager of the Los Angeles branch of the Company and eight years later became Southern Division manager. He retired in 1933. He is survived by Mrs. Bucker and a son, William. f t? -t-y 0000-NLI-000024898