Clipper, Vol. 11, No. 6, March 17, 1955

              20th YEAR PACIFIC-ALASKA DIVISION
Read From California To Calcutta, From Alaska To Australasia
PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEES OF PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS	March 17, 1955
PANAIR CLUB HAS DRAWING POWER
This shows exactly how five San Francisco employees won valuable prizes because they joined the Panair Club. Allen Tice of the jig room has just plucked another winning ticket from the box and is handing it to Amy Sanford of Advertising, chairman of the membership drive. Watching to make sure everything is on the square is club prexy Charlie Stiefelmaier.
IT AMOUNTED TO A HILL OF BEANS
Ed Delaunay and Cliff Pierce Both Come Within 37 Beans of Guessing Total in Panair Club Jar
Vol. 11 No. 6
John Harris of Stores Wins Top Panair Prize
San Francisco's Two Weeks Drive Brings 1,200 Members
The San Francisco Panair Club’s recent membership campaign netted slightly more than 1,200 members.
This figure is considerably below that for last year, hut more memberships are anticipated from flight crews. And of course any employee may join the club at any time during the year. However, it is advantageous to join early so as to get every possible benefit offered to members.
All you’ve missed so far is a chance to participate in the drawing for the prizes offered in connection with the membership campaign. A drawing was held in the cafeteria on March 7th. Here are the ones who got more than their dollar’s worth before the ink was dry on their card.
Winner of the first prize—$30 in trade at the Panair store—was John Harris of Stores. Winners of the $20 and $10 orders were Elsa Bush-nell, cashier in the new terminal, and Ed Mann of the Accessory shop.
The “Round the World Cookbook” went to Dave McKenzie, assistant foreman of the Utility shop, and the PAA table lighter was won by flight engineer Win Horne.
SEE HARE
This bunny will have an important message for all San Francisco employees in the next issue. Watch for it—and meanwhile, keep the night of April 9th open.
The San Francisco Panair Club’s bean guessing contest ended in a tie.
Total number of beans in the jar was 8,037. Just 37 beans off were Ed Lelaunay of Line Service and Cliff Pierce of Scheduling, both of whom guessed 8,000 beans.
The two fellows talked it over and decided to split the five dollars that was buried with the beans. Neither wanted any part of the 8,037 beans, which at press time were still uncooked.
The number of beans proved a baffling challenge to the 498 members who turned in a guess. Twenty-two guessed the total to be less than 1,000. Twenty guessed that there were more than 25,000 in the jar.
The most popular range was between 3,000 and 3,999. This got the nod from 64 employees, while 63 were sure that the total was somewhere between 1,000 and 1,999. Only 12 guesses fell within the 8,000 group.	$
The dubious distinction of submitting the highest and lowest guesses went to Melba Shearin of
Traffic, who guessed 349, and Barbara Dolan (a real bean-lover, no doubt), who calculated that there were 1,000,000 beans in the jar.
A few people submitted more than one guess. These were caught when the guesses were re-filed alphabetically. All such guesses were thrown out.
When asked how they managed to come so close to the right number, both Cliff and Ed gave about the same answer. They both counted about 20 beans across and 20 beans down. That would mean that there were 20 rows of 400 beans in the jar, or 8,000 beans in all.
They both figured that the five dollars was in a tiny box that would make no difference in the +otal, so both left their guess at 8,000.
All of which proves that the slide'rule is no substitute for common sense.
Northwest Airlines has introduced L-1049G equipment on its Seattle-Anchorage and Seattle-Tokyo routes.
Is This What They Mean By Great Circle Route ?
Of the 100-plus San Francisco employees who were marooned in the snow two weeks ago when the Panair Club held its ski party, only one was on the job early (if not bright) Monday morning.
Assistant operations manager John Cooke, his wife and two small-fry Cookes departed Reno at ten o’clock Sunday morning. At six o’clock Monday morning they arrived home, after a trip by way of Bishop, Lone Pine, Bakersfield and Fresno.
The trip up was 229 miles. The return bout consumed 791 miles.
PAA Starts Ninth Weekly Trip Between Los Angeles-Honolulu
Pan American adds another round-trip between Los Angeles and Honolulu on March 19th. This brings the total service between the points to nine trips weekly. More flights will be added later in the spring and summer.
The blanket roll containing an itinerant Australian bushman’s worldly belongings is called a “matilda.”
Douglas has delivered more than 400 C-124’s.
BEAN SPOTTERS
Ed Delaunay of Line Service, left, and Cliff Pierce, crew planning superintendent, get down to the business of splitting the five dollars they won for coming closest to picking the right number of beans in the Panair Club’s guessing contest. In case you’re curious, the box that was buried in the beans can be seen in the jar.