'JS Journal', March 1961

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• Three Branches in Kent
  02

  Round the Branches
  Three
  Branches
  in Kent
  Folkestone is one of Britain's busy
  gateways to the continent. Here the road
  signs appear in three languages, the
  quaysides are always ready to
  welcome the traveller (anything...

• The Oxford Farming Conference
  09

  The Oxford Farming Conference
  At the 1961 Conference the firm opened discussion on selling and presentation
  One of the refrigerated cabinets fitted up at the conference. Each year a Farming Conference is held under the
  auspices...

• A Computer for J.S.
  10

  A Computer
  for J.S.
  Early in the summer an Emidec 1100 computer
  will be installed at Stamford House. It will cope
  with the growing amount of office routine and
  calculation which has resulted from the continued
  expansion of...

• Boat Race at Obelisk House
  12

  Boat Race at Obelisk House
  A Lewisham memory by Peggy Martyn Clark Time has a way of robbing places of their character.
  Buildings alter, roads widen, and where once was
  unhurried living, swift moving traffic takes over.
  From...

• Dinners, Dances and Socials
  13

  Norwich
  Norwich held a
  very cheerful dinner
  and dance at the
  Norwich Federation
  of Industries Club
  on January 18th,
  1961. Parties of
  members and
  friends from both
  J.S. branches in
  the town enjoyed a
  very pleasant...

• Clothes for the Working Girl
  17

  Women have not always been well treated by
  industry. Makeshift and graceless garments
  were often an illustration of this lamentable
  fact. Today industry is changing its ideas
  about what the working girl should wear. The
  right...

• Visitors Conference
  23

  Visitors Conference
  On February 14th the J.S. Veterans Group called the first annual meeting of the Visitors Panel Back Row: Mr. A.J. Curtis, Mr. R. H. Hopker, Mr. A. E. Snow, Mr. E.J. Harvey,
  Mr. G. H. Giblin, Mr. H. A....

• Well Worth a Visit
  24

  Well worth a visit The Ceylon Tea
  Centre in Lower Regent
  Street is the subject of this
  article. Founded in 1946,
  ithas since become one of
  London's established
  institutions. London has many "centres." Quite apart from...

• Food maketh man
  26

  Food maketh man
  Dr. E. S. Krudy, D.Sc., M.R.C.V.S., of J.S. laboratory writes about our diet Food is an eternal problem for all forms of life and
  obviously there is nothing more important to man
  than what and how he eats....

• Movements and Promotions
  27

  Movements and Promotions
  To Assistant Manager
  R. OLLEY Woodford
  Assistant Managers
  F. H. ALLEN from Harold Hill to
  A. BRIDLE
  F. J. BUTLER
  P. F. CROSS
  C. CURRAN
  H. DAWSON
  Collier Row
  from 55 Brighton to
  59 Hove
  from...

• Obituaries
  27

  Obituaries
  We regret to record the death of the following colleagues
  and send our deepest sympathy to their relatives.
  J. Farmer, who started with the firm in November
  1913 as a butcher. His first few years were spent...

• Retirement
  27

  Retirement
  F. J. Tyler, who joined the firm
  as a porter in 1940 at Wood Green.
  In 1954 he was transferred for a
  period of five years to 7 Palmers
  Green, but returned to his first
  branch from which he retired on
  January...

• This Years Dahlias
  27

  Postscript and Warning about
  T H I S Y E A R ' S D A H L I A S
  To judge from my own experience and as a result of
  enquiries made, it appears that the excessive rains and
  general lack of sunshine in 1960 had an adverse effect...

• Contents Page
  28

  SERIES No. A 78
  Pge 2
  Three Branches in Kent
  Page 9
  The Oxford Farming Conference
  Page 10
  A Computer for J.S.
  Page 12
  Boat Race at Obelisk House
  Page 13
  Dinners, Dances and Socials
  Page 17
  Clothes for the Working Girl
  Page 23...