'JS Journal', August/September 1962

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• Arthur Sainsbury
  02

  ARTHUR SAINSBURY
  BORN 1880 DIED 1962
  MANY veterans and some of the older generation at Blackfriars will remember
  Mr. Arthur (father of Mr. James), the fourth of the Founder's sons, who died
  on Wednesday, May 23rd last, at the...

• Contents Page
  02

  B91
  Contents
  Page 2
  Arthur Sainsbury
  Page 3
  Princess Alexandra at the Royal Suffolk Show
  Page 4
  Maidstone—New Branch
  Page 9
  J. & J. Colman Ltd.
  Page 15
  Head-Butchers Conference 1962
  Page 16
  Juniors Join J.S.
  Page...

• Princess Alexandra at the Royal Suffolk Show
  03

  Royal Visitor at Suffolk County Show
  Princess Alexandra, seen above, paid a visit to
  the Poultry Exhibit when at the Suffolk
  County Show and saw J.S. girls at work on an
  egg grading and weighing unit. To the right
  in the...

• Maidstone—New Branch
  04

  Maidstone On May 5th the firm's
  36th self-service branch
  opened in the Capital of Kent The new branch is in Gabriel's Hill, one of the old shopping
  streets of Maidstone. It is about 6,500 square feet in floor
  area and includes...

• J. & J. Colman Ltd
  09

  FOCUS ON SUPPLIERS No. 4 J. & J . COLMAN Ltd.
  In this fourth of our series about suppliers to J.S., the story is told of the
  firm of J. & J. Colman Ltd. founded in 1814. The familiar mustard tins in the old poster above
  flank...

• Head-Butchers Conference 1962
  15

  J.S. Head Butchers Meet for Annual Conference
  At Duthy Hall, on June 26th,
  J.S. Head Butchers met to hold
  their annual conference, and
  to hear outlined the firm's policy
  on meat-trading. (Below)
  Mr. James Sainsbury,...

• Juniors Join J.S.
  16

  Juniors join J.S.
  Every year the firm take on about 300 boys and girls
  who have just left school. This feature tells how they join
  and what they have to do on their first visit to Blackfriars. At this time of the year many...

• Compost—the Great Restorative
  21

  Compost —the Great Restorative In this article
  Mr. H. G. Brown
  writes about one of
  the essential needs
  of t he garden. How to
  put back into the
  soil the ingredients
  which it loses in the
  production of flowers
  and...

• Oxfam
  24

  The Face of FAMINE
  To help feed children in
  Greece, Oxfam was set
  up in 1942. Its work has
  grown and now it serves
  the needs of many
  people in many lands.
  This article is about how
  Oxfam works and how
  you can help it in...

• J.S. Veterans Outing
  26

  J.S. Veterans A fine day but blowing a little gale brisk
  enough to keep 400 J.S. Veterans at Southsea
  on the lee side of the pier when they met for
  one of this year's outings on June 19th.
  If it wasn't the best of weather, at...

• Griffin Report
  28

  Griffin Report
  Paralleling the growth of the firm in the past
  decade, there has been an expansion of the Griffin
  Athletic Club. This expansion has been very
  varied and has in no small measure been influenced
  by the hard work...

• 'A' Section Dance
  30

  'A' Section Dance

• Darts Cups go to Southampton
  31

  Darts Cups go to Southampton Both the Walter Cup and
  the Jones Cup went to
  Southampton this year.
  At the left are the
  ladies from that town
  who won the Jones Cup
  Below, left, Area-
  Superintendent
  Mr. A. C. Welch
  presents...

• Mr. Charles Wood
  32

  On the occasion of Mr. Wood's retirement a dinner was
  given to him by Mr, James Sainsbury and some of
  his close personal colleagues. In the picture above,
  Mr. James (right) and Mr. Wood are looking at a pie
  baked in the shape...

• £20 Prize
  33

  £20 Prize
  JS Journal offers a prize of £.20 for
  the most interesting account of the
  most unusual holiday taken in 1962
  by any member of the staff. Entries
  should be about 1500/2000 words in
  length and photographs would be...

• Grass Track Motor Cyclists
  33

  Grass Track Motor Cyclists
  The team above is from Union Street. L. to r.: Mr. J. Parfitt,
  Mr. H. French and Mr. B. Summerill. They raced at the
  Sittingbourne grass track meeting on Sunday, May 20th, when
  Mr. Parfitt was 3rd...

• Inter-branch Victors
  33

  Inter-branch Victors
  Team below is from 51 Ealing, winners in the
  'K' section inter-branch darts competition.
  From I. to r.: Mr. Meier, Sheik Abdul Rahim,
  Mr. R. Carey and Mr. Headford (captain).
  Mr. Showers, also of 51...

• Movements and Promotions
  34

  Movements and Promotions
  Managers
  D. KNIGHT from 97 Kingston to
  Woking
  from 99 Gloucester
  Road temporarily to
  Spare at Surbiton
  from Spare to
  Maidstone on opening
  from The Grove to
  Spare at 357 Harrow
  MRS. M. MCDONNELL...

• Obituaries
  35

  Obituaries
  We regret to record the death of the following colleagues
  and send our deepest sympathy to all relatives.
  A. J. B a t t a m s joined the Firm in February, 1905,
  commencing work in the Stock Office some eight...

• Retirements
  35

  Retirements
  We send our best wishes to the following colleagues who
  have just retired.
  Mrs. S. A v e r y , who joined the staff of the factory in
  1953 in the Ham Mould Department. She was a special
  grade worker at the time of...

• it's Ted Heath and his music
  36

  it's Ted Heath and his music
  tthe
  Royal Albert Hall
  when the SSA holds
  its big dance of 1962
  on October 6th
  7.00 p.m. to midnight
  Eric Galloway
  and his orchestra, too
  Floor Show
  Lucky Ticket Prizes
  Two Tina Motor...