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N C R R ETIREE N EWS Official publication of NCR REA, Inc.

2nd Quarter 2012

FROM CHUCK, OUR REA PRES

WHAT’S INSIDE Letter From The President . . . . . . . .

www.ncr-rea.org

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From Your Editor . . . . . . . . . . .

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Did You Know . . . . .

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In Memoriam . . . . . .

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Welcome New Members! . . . . . . . .

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NCR in the News . . . .

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From Our Members . .

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The NCR Song . . . . .

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Events Calendar . . . .

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FYI & Contacts . . . . .

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Annual Meeting . . . . .

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Registration . . . . . . .

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The Tale End . . . . . .

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reetings everyone! And welcome to our 2nd Quarter newsletter for

2012. I hope this communiqué finds you enjoying good health and the early arrival of Spring and Summerlike weather in many parts of the United States. I cannot speak on the weather for our European members, but hope they are enjoying similar temperatures. While our last two newsletters highlighted the successful reunion in September 2011, which brought us several new members, we are focusing our attention on recruiting even more new members this year. Also, for information about our Annual Meeting and Open House planned for Thursday, September 20, 2012, refer to pages 14 and 15 for the schedule and registration form. If you plan to attend the event, we encourage you to register as soon as possible, preferably before September 1, 2012. We will keep you apprised on the progress of our various initiatives and activities. We continue the very vital task of retaining your interest in your NCR REA through our printed newsletters and directory, which can be fairly expensive to publish. You can help us control these costs by signing up to view the newsletters and directory from our web site. Remember: The printed directory is potentially out-of-date shortly after it goes to press. Since we update the online version monthly or as needed, it is always current. I want to close this letter with an expression of gratitude to my fellow Trustees, our Administrator, Sue Schweitzer, our Newsletter Editor, Steve Wicinski, and our Webmaster, Dennis Neufarth. They are all doing a great job of stepping up to the plate and trying to improve our product for you, our valued members! We hope to hear from you soon and look forward to receiving your registrations for the Annual Meeting, scheduled for September 20, 2012! Sincerely,

Chuck Stuart NCR REA President

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Board of Trustees Chuck Stuart, President Mike Freeman, Vice President Ken Carr, Secretary Greg Jump, Treasurer Bob Barone Barb Miller George Punter Lew Cluxton Charlie McGratty Dan Taylor George Ellis Kathy Rotterman

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TID BITS FROM YOUR EDITOR . . NCR REA Now On Facebook!

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s promised in Q1, I established a facebook page for the NCR REA. To access the site, you must already have a facebook account. If you don’t, you must first create one. But don’t stress. It’s easy and, amazingly enough, it’s FREE! Just go to www.facebook.com and follow the simple Sign Up instructions. Steve Wicinski, Editor After you log on to your facebook account, your main page appears. At the top of the page is a Search text box that looks like this.

Administrator Sue Schweitzer Managing Editor Steve Wicinski

NCR REA Our mission is to keep members informed on issues related to NCR Corporation and other matters of interest. The REA was started in 1996, and helps perpetuate the legacy of NCR Corporation and its people. Membership in NCR REA is a great way to stay connected to NCR and its people. ___________________ NCR Retiree News is published four times per year by: NCR REA, Inc. P. O. Box 218 Germantown, OH 45327 Phone: (937) 285-0014 [email protected] 2nd Quarter 2012 printed and distributed by Think Patented, Dayton, OH Copyright© 2012 by NCR REA, Inc. No reproduction permitted without written permission of the NCR REA, Inc. Printed in the USA

Next, to access the NCR REA site, perform these simple steps: 1. In the Search text box, enter NCR. The NCR REA logo will appear. 2. Click on the NCR REA logo. The NCR REA facebook page displays. Now you’re in business! Upon accessing the REA’s site, you can post pictures, messages, chat with others in your facebook network, and so on. I cannot stress how fun facebook can be, so don’t be afraid to try it out! For example, if you find a story or a link to something you feel that other NCR REA members might enjoy, go ahead and tell them about it! This is all about sharing and keeping in touch with one another! What better way to use technology! Looking for Addresses to Old NCR Training Centers Does anyone remember the street addresses for the old NCR Technical Education Centers in Hartford, Connecticut and Denver, Colorado? If so, please contact REA member Greg Ohler by email at: [email protected]. Puzzle Solved Last issue, we asked our members to help identify Building # 33 in the NCR Campus directory published in Q1, page 5. From your responses, we learned that the building is the Encapsulation Plant where carbonless paper, photochromics technology, time-release aspirin, digital thermometers, etc. began. That is also where NCR produced the world's smallest Bible. As it turns out, our diagram was labeled incorrectly. Building # 33 should be # 32, which was missing! Thanks for your help, everyone!

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DID YOU KNOW…

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The Birth of Modern Salesmanship--Part 5

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aving provided the tools for becoming successful salesmen, Mr. Patterson began to educate his sales force on how to improve their salesmanship beyond just applying those tools. Above all, he hated the backslapping, joketelling salesman of the era. As much as he wanted to sell cash registers, Mr. Patterson wanted to sell them the right way. “Right is right and wrong is wrong,” was a favorite principle he constantly drummed into ever organization within the company--especially sales. Often, he put across this point in a dramatic fashion. Visiting a branch sales office, Mr. Patterson requested one of his salesmen to demonstrate a cash register. The salesman had an annoying way of shaking his finger at the customer whenever he reached a high point in his presentation. Mr. Patterson grew redder and redder as the presentation proceeded, until finally he stopped the salesman. He explained that finger pointing was a display of poor manners and should be stopped immediately. Unfortunately, the pointing gesture was such an ingrained behavior that the salesman could not stop it immediately. As the presentation continued, along with the shaking finger, Mr. Patterson suddenly got up from his chair, crossed the room and calmly kicked in the side panel of the salesman’s desk. “When you learn to stop shaking your finger at the prospect, I’ll get you a new desk. Until then, you can use this desk as a reminder,” said Mr. Patterson. When he thought the right thing was to criticize and even embarrass, Mr. Patterson did so and without apology. On one trip to the field, he kept running into salesmen who obviously paid little attention to the Company’s policy on “neat dress and general good appearance.” Mr. Patterson found one of these incidents particularly aggravating. The salesman was not properly dressed, unshaven, and smoking a cigar. Mr. Patterson told him he was a disgrace to the company. He said to the salesman, “You have not the time to shave every day; you cannot afford to wear clean clothes every day; you have no money to buy a safety razor; your beard looks like music box cylinder, yet you spend two dollars a day for cigars.” There is no indication how this message affected the salesman, but you can bet on two things. First, the message didn’t fall on the deaf ears of the other salesmen in the room. Second, if the salesman didn’t change, he wouldn’t have been around to be chastised a second time.

KEN CARR, REA SECRETARY

Biographers have stated that if Mr. Patterson had chosen a career in the theatre, he probably would have been as successful as he was at selling cash registers. He had a keen sense for the dramatic, and was always ready to become the actor in order to arouse the curiosity and to hold the attention of his audience. Although, by most standards, he was not a good public speaker in the sense of a radio or television personality. Mr. Patterson had a rare gift for selling his ideas from the stage. For one thing, his audience could never be sure what he would do next. If he sensed the audience’s interest was fading, Mr. Patterson would sometimes knock over a water pitcher. As his attendees sat there embarrassed for him, he would mutter an apology for his awkwardness, knowing full well that he had their attention once again. At another time he might swat at an imaginary fly. In doing so, he would knock off his glasses with such force, they would shatter as they hit the floor. There sat the audience-embarrassed for Mr. Patterson, not knowing that he bought his glasses by the dozen with this moment in mind. Having gotten their attention, he would then reach into his pocket and pull out another pair of glasses. Often, he would seem to be groping for just the right word to get across his meaning. He would finally ask for help from the audience. When someone came up with the right word, Mr. Patterson would thank them, reach into his pocket, pull out a $20 gold piece, and toss it to the salesman who had guessed the right word. It paid to pay attention, because the salesmen never knew where Mr. Patterson’s lightning would strike next. Perhaps no other person is responsible for raising the self-image and the public-image of the salesman more than John H. Patterson. He transformed an often ridiculed profession into a time-honored one, and gave his salesmen the skills to be successful in what is still considered one of toughest professions. Down though the years, salesmanship has evolved with time and technology. However, if you look at the evolution of salesmanship company by company, you will find that companies with a long history all adopted the same basic principles that Mr. Patterson taught to his NCR sales force. Why did those companies move in that direction? The answer comes from Mr. Patterson himself. He seldom bothered to explain his unorthodox actions, but when pressed, he would simply say, “It Pays.”

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IN MEMORIAM (NCR

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REA MEMBERS)

We extend our sincere sympathy to the families of these former NCR employees.

Baker, Walter, Age 88, Kettering, OH, 12/12/11

Friese, Lee, 75, Anchorage, AK, 12/24/11

Bullock, John X. 89, Scottsdale, AZ, 12/16/11

Groff, Francis J., 93, Kettering, OH, 4/27/12

Corbin, James, 82, Charleston, WV, 11/12/11

Harris, Merle, 90, Austin, TX, 10/16/11

Coyle, Thomas, 88, Kettering, OH, 3/29/12

Iiames, Roberta, 83, Springboro, OH, 3/4/11

Eversman, James R., 85, Crossville, TN, 12/28/11

Katenbrink, Walter, 88, Bonita Springs, FL, 11/9/11

Fisher, Stanley, 84, Macungie, PA, 10/5/11

Sadler, William P., 85, Jamestown, NY, 3/28/12

Flohre, Gertrude, 94, Dayton, OH, 11/16/11

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! Fodge, Ellen, Dayton, OH

Santosusso, Richard, Hopewell, NJ

Fodge, Timothy (Tim), Dayton, OH

Saporito, Patricia L., Cliffside Park, NJ

Glass, Mrs. Ronald (Donna), Jeffersonville, IN

Tankersley, Linda K., Miamisburg, OH

Guba, Aleksandrs, Riga, Latvia

Tankersley, William (Bill), Miamisburg, OH

Haug, Gary, Dayton, OH McGinnis, John E., Dayton, OH Mensching, Jay E., West Carrollton, OH

Welcome Back! Fitzharris, Andrew (Joe), Temecula, CA Kelchner, Terry, Heathrow, FL

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N CR I N T H E N E W S . . . . . NCR Travel customer Copa Airlines wins Digital Screenmedia Association award

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igital Screenmedia Association - a not-for-profit organization that promotes improving the customer experience through digital signage, interactive kiosk and mobile solutions - has awarded NCR Travel and Copa Airlines with its "Best Mobile Technology Deployment" award at its annual Industry Excellence Awards, honoring companies behind innovative customer experience deployments. Copa Airlines worked with NCR to implement a comprehensive mobile self-service solution (mobile website functionality, mobile boarding pass delivery and web check-in) to improve efficiency and the passenger experience by diverting traffic away from check-in counters. Copa passengers can visit m.copaair.com, a fully mobile optimized site, to check flight status and check in for a flight. Following mobile check-in, passengers receive their boarding pass in the form of an email web-link message on their phone. By following this link, passengers can access their secure, fully optimized, IATA standard 2D boarding pass and proceed to security where the mobile boarding pass is scanned and validated. In the first few months following the launch of its mobile boarding pass service, Copa Airlines experienced volumes of almost 25,000 boarding pass deliveries. Today, the airline is consistently sending more than 25,000 mobile boarding passes per month. Following the launch of m.copaair.com in April 2011, Copa Airlines saw more 75,000 hits per month, which has put critical travel information conveniently at its passengers' fingertips. To date, the mobile site has had more than 880,000 visits and it is estimated to reach 1 million before its one-year anniversary. With the powerful combination of a fully optimized mobile website and mobile boarding pass delivery, Copa Airlines has been able to offer its customers an efficient and intuitive “anytime, anywhere” service, resulting in reduced operational costs and decreased airport congestion. Congratulations NCR Travel and Copa Airlines!

Article provided courtesy of NCR’s Corporate Communications Department

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N CR I N T H E N E W S ( C O N T I N U E D ) . . . . NCR CFO Speaks at Forum on Restoring U.S. Competitiveness

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CR Senior Vice President, CFO and Chief Accounting Officer Bob Fishman joined the CFOs from Dell and Qualcomm, two other leading technology companies, in Washington, D.C., in mid-March to discuss how public policy impacts strategic business planning, operations and international trade at large companies.

This summit of technology company executives was convened on Capitol Hill by the Center for Public Policy Innovation, a not-for-profit educational think tank. More than 100 were in the audience and included representatives from Congress, members of congressional staffs, the media and other business leaders. Dr. John Mayo, executive director of the Georgetown Center on Business and Public Policy and professor of business at Georgetown University, served as the panel moderator. “Global companies make decisions on where to invest based on a network of factors, such as quality of workforce, proximity to customers, infrastructure, tax policies and trade policies,” said Fishman, at the event. “Governments that understand the factors that drive corporate investment decisions can attract investment. This is true at all levels: national, state and local. By focusing on these critical factors that influence corporate decisions, the U.S. government can help improve our country’s ability to attract corporate investment and jobs in this competitive worldwide climate.”

Article provided courtesy of NCR’s Corporate Communications Department

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FROM OUR MEMBERS... NCR retirees enjoying a mini reunion in Ocean Isle Beach, SC on February 21, 2012. From left to right: Front: Rose Bleigh, Pat Barone, Chris Thompson. Back: Al Bleigh, Mary Connolly, Dick Connolly, Bob Barone, Art Thompson

Tallahassee Customer Service dept enjoying their annual breakfast meeting on March 08, 2012. Left to right: John Hanbury, Collice Hatcher, Jerry Martin, Jack Stukey, Tim Deaton, John Richbourg, Gary Swanson, Bill Smith and Randy Pearce.

It is absolutely great to get together!

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FROM OUR MEMBERS(

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Attendees at the Local Upstate Group Lunch Saturday, March 17, 2012 Fatz Cafe in Easley, SC

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FROM OUR MEMBERS

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John H. Patterson and The Devil’s Head

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was told this story when I was a student salesman back in 1960. However, I cannot find any official written record of it. Nevertheless, I thought I would share this with the rest of our members. Perhaps others have heard this story at some point during their NCR careers. While John Patterson was away on a business trip, some of the factory workers who disliked him fashioned a Devil's Head to look like him, then attached it to the drawers of about 200 cash registers. When Patterson returned to Dayton, he found out about this and fired those workers! Not long ago, I was in the middle of wine country at the Buckhorn Steak House, which is located in a very small town called Winters, CA. On display at the bar was the cash register pictured on the right. From the looks of it, I am guessing it’s a Model 700 or 900. When asked, none of the bar employees knew the significance of the handle on the cash-register’s drawer. Could it be one of the infamous registers? Note the handlebar mustache.

Courtesy of Pat Roberts, REA Member

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T H E N CR S O N G . . . 1 9 0 6 Words by W. D. Nesbit Music by Frederic Chapin Copyright 1906 by The National Cash Register Co. Tempo di Marcia

+ Here insert name of any N.C.R. official desired.

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ll round and round and round the world there sounds a silver bell Wherever on the land or sea the folks have things to sell; It rings on the equator and its echoes rise and roll Across the silent plains of snow the lie about the pole. It rings beneath the southern cross, beneath the polar star Does the jingle, jingle, jingle of the N.C.R. It rings where northern breezes toss the branches of the pine, It sounds throughout the golden west in mill and mart and mine; It jingles in the sunny south of cotton, cane and palm, It gives unto the cultured east a more contented calm There's never any discord, any sounds that harshly jar In the jingle, jingle, jingle of the N.C.R. The Russian hails with joyous voice the great machine that thinks, The Frenchman sings the praises of the wheel that counts the clinks, The Hindu at the temple gates, the Arab on the sands, The Eskimo and Hottentot greet it with eager hands, On camel back, in burro pack, in stately ship, and car, We are going, going, going with the N.C.R. Our President! Here's to him! He is with us hand and heart, No matter what the task may be he always does his part. His welfare plans have flowered in a thousand varied ways, May his good deeds come back to him through all the coming days. So, here's to him! He always rates a whole lot over par, The man behind the men behind the N.C.R.

So whether we go far and wide across the briny foam, No matter when or where or how we find that we must roam. We learn that each depends on each, that one must work for all, And all in turn must work for one, together stand or fall. And that is why in all the world, in countries near and far Sounds the jingle, jingle, jingle of the N.C.R. For it's all of us together, our flag is never furled. From Africa to Iceland, we're marching 'round the world. Success is on our banner, we're heard both near and far, With the jingle, jingle, jingle of the N.C.R. And here's a health to (+ ) he's the man who boosts the sales, The man who shows the laggards it's no use to hide their trails; He talks the N.C.R. wherever he may chance to be And all the other fellows soon are talking in his key. The clock tat every morning from his dreams gives him a jar Has the jingle, jingle, jingle of the N.C.R. Courtesy of the Core Memory Project, http://www.thecorememory.com

For an audio version, go to: http://www.thecorememory.com/The_NCR_ Song_Melody.mid

ENJOY!

CALENDAR OF ONGOING EVENTS State

AZ

City Tucson

San Diego

CA CO

Name

Venue Village Inn Restaurant

NCR / Teradata Retirees of San Diego

Colorado Springs / Pueblo

Date/Time 1st Monday

Contact Dick Vail [email protected]

Remington Club Rancho Bernardo 16925 Hibera Dr.

2nd Wednesday of month except Jul, Aug at 1:00p.m.

Gerry Mikas 858-951-0155 [email protected]

Perkins Restaurant 5190 N. Academy

1st Friday of month at 8:30 a.m.

Fred Miller 719-578-5182

2nd Tues each Jim Lash month 8:30 a.m. [email protected]

CT

Orange

Chip’s Restaurant 321 Boston Post Road

FL

Estero

Perkins Restaurant 20320 Grande Oaks Shoppes Blvd

GA

Atlanta

The NCR Lunch Bunch

Golden Corral Hwy 138 Conyers

IL

Chicago

NCR Pizza Night Group

Riggio’s Restaurant 7530 W. Oakton

IL

Chicago

Aurora Breakfast Group

IL

Chicago

X-NCR salesmen

IN

Evansville

IN

Indianapolis

MD

Baltimore

MA

Pembrooke

MA

Metheun

MI

Lansing

MI

Grand Rapids

2nd Thursday each month at 11:30 a.m. 2nd Wednesday of even months at 11:30 a.m. 1st Thursday each month at 6:30 p.m. No regular schedule

Stimac’s Restaurant 4843 Butterfield Rd.

3rd Tuesday each month at noon

Tom Schoenheider 239-498-8773 [email protected] Roy Greenway [email protected] Cal McBroom [email protected] John Hughes [email protected] Alan J. Helstern [email protected] Mike Ederati [email protected] John Roche 773-445-0336 Gene Gallagher 630-986-9006

Cracker Barrel 8215 Eagle Lake Drive

1st Tuesday each Jim Bryan [email protected] month 7 a.m.

MCL Cafeteria 3630 S. East St.

2nd Tuesday each month at 6:00 p.m.

VFW 6506 8777 Philadelphia Rd. Rosedale

Wed. every month except Dec. at 5 p.m.

Harry Kuhn 317-862-4408 [email protected] Nelson Bengel 410-557-7302 [email protected]

Friendly’s Restaurant Rte 139 off Rte 3 exit 12

1st and 3rd Clyde Baker Tuesday 8:30am [email protected]

McDonald’s Pelham St.

Breakfast every Tuesday at 8

Richard Bates 603-394-7760 [email protected]

NCR445

Flapjack Restaurant 1601 S. Waverly

Second Monday every month 8:30 am

Tom Simmons 517-647-4469 [email protected]

NCR440

Bob Evans Walker & I96

Boston Retirees

1st Tuesday each Brad DeVries 616-901-7048 month at 8 a.m. [email protected]

State

City

Name

MI

McComb Township

McDonald’s 45700 N. Gratiot

Every Tuesday morning

Lee Brown 810-791-2061 20812 Lantz Street

NE

Omaha

HY-VEE Grocery 108th and Fort St.

1st Thursday each month at 7:30am

Henry Lokke 3815 N. 100th St. Omaha, NE 68134 (402)571-6467

NJ

Central

Ye Cottage Inn 149 W. Front St. Keyport

3rd Thursday Bernie Ondrey each month [email protected] except June, July, August

NJ

Saddle Brook

Marriott Hotel Saddle Brook

Every 2-3months

Anthony J. Pilato 516-561-1144

NM

Albuquerque

Furrs Cafeteria Wyoming Mall

First Wednesday each month at 12:30 p.m.

Marc LaChey 505-275-2331 [email protected]

NC

Charlotte

Carolina Prime Steak House, 225 East Woodlawn Road

3rd Tuesday each Walt Miller 704-844-6488 or month at 9:00am [email protected] or

OH

Dayton

Former R&D employees

NCR Country Club Reservations suggested

4th Wednesday each month

Carl Wick 937-433-1352 [email protected]

OH

Dayton

E&M Dayton

Marion’s Pizza Patterson and Shroyer

2nd Saturday of March and Oct

Ray Roppel 513-777-4399 [email protected]

OH

Dayton

OH

Dayton

PA

Harrisburg

RI

Cranston

SC

Columbia

SC

Greenville

TX

Austin

WA

Tacoma

WI

Milwaukee

Canada

Vancouver, BC

Northeastern Retail & Accounting

Venue

Dayton Area NCR Lunch Bunch 3rd Party Maintainability/ Support and

11:45 a.m.3rd Thursday each month. http://www.ncrlunchbunch.info

1st Tuesday of each Month 11:30a.m.

To ENSURE SPACE, Notify: Chuck Dulaney [email protected] John Teserovitch [email protected] or

Peachtree Rest &Lounge

Last Tuesday each month at 9:00am

Dick Eberly [email protected]

Brunches 1208 Knox Abbot Dr

Every Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. 2nd Thursday each month at 9:00 a.m.

Don Culton 401-942-5594 [email protected] Frank Thrower 803-356-5067 [email protected]

Fatz Café US 123

Saturday noon every 2-3 months

McDonalds 183 & Braker

1st Monday each James Tackett month 9am [email protected]

Ma’s Place Near South Hill Mall

Every Tuesday at 9:00 a.m.

Mayfair Mall Food Court XNCRs Group

Varies

Contact

Milanos. 9572 Springboro Pike

MISS CRANSTON DINER 1224 Oaklawn Ave. ROMEO (Retired Old Men Eating Out)

Date/Time

Ted Webb 864-234-7869 [email protected]

2nd Tuesday each month at 9:00 a.m.

Don Eggert 414-453-8424 [email protected]

Lunch 1st Tuesday each month

Dick Phillips 604-526-8721 [email protected]

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F.Y.I.

Important Contacts

NCR U.S. Pension Plan Annual Funding Notice New information is available regarding the NCR U.S. Pension Plan. To obtain it, log in to fidelity at the following link: http://netbenefits.fidelity.com

NCR REA Newsletters and Directory Available Online Like to start receiving your NCR Retiree Newsletter and directory online instead of hard copy? If so, let us know. Online versions can expedite delivery and significantly reduce our printing costs!

Is Big Brother Watching?

NCR Benefits Center P. O. Box 770003 Cincinnati, OH 45250-0071 800-245-9035 TDD# 800-610-4015 http://netbenefits.fidelity.com United Health Care 800-889-2535 Http://www.myuhc.com Medicare 800-MEDICARE (633-4227) http://www.medicare.gov Social Security 800-772-1213 http://www.socialsecurity.gov

Go to: http://www.YouTube.com

Then search for: Smartphone pictures pose privacy risks

NCR Named a Technology Association of Georgia Top Innovative Technology Company Go to: http://www.ncr.com/newsroom/resources/ncr-nameda-technology-association-of-georgia-top-innovativetechnology-company

ARE YOU MOVING? Don’t forget to tell us your new address so we can ensure you continue to receive your newsletter. Email to [email protected] or write to: NCR REA, P. O. Box 218, Germantown, OH 45327.

NCR Corporation 937-445-5000 http://www.ncr.com Teradata Corporation 800-242-4800 Http://www.teradata.com NCR Stockholder Account Inquiries Mellon Investor Services 85 Challenger Road Overpeck Centre Ridgefield, NJ 07660 800-627-2303 [email protected] http://www.melloninvestor.com CLIP and SAVE

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ANNUAL MEETING 2012 INFORMATION NCR REA 2012 Annual Meeting and Former NCR Employee Open House Presidential Banquet Center 4548 Presidential Way, Kettering, OH 45429 Thursday, September 20, 2012 Time

Activity

Location *** ANNUAL MEETING ***

9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast (NO CHARGE)

Lincoln Room

10:00 a.m.

Business Meeting

Lincoln Room

11:00 a.m.

Guest Speaker (to be announced)

Lincoln Room

NOON

Luncheon Buffet, $10 (NCR REA Members only)

Kennedy Room

*** FORMER NCR EMPLOYEE OPEN HOUSE *** (Beer, mixed drinks, soft drinks, iced tea, and water available C.O.D.) Snacks provided by the NCR REA. 1:00 p.m.

Doors open

Lincoln Room

2-3:00 p.m.

Dayton History Presentation: The NCR Archive Mary Oliver, Director, Archive Research Center

Lincoln Room

3-4:00 p.m.

Open Social

Lincoln Room

All NCR REA members must complete a registration form (next page) indicating their plans to attend the annual meeting events. Payment for lunch must also be sent in with the registration. Members also need to indicate their participation in the open house activities, for which there is no cost except for drinks, which are C.O.D. All former NCR employees (those who are non NCR REA members) who wish to attend the afternoon event must register in advance. To do so, they may either call and leave a message at (937) 285-0014, or send an email to [email protected]. If you have any questions, call Mike Freeman at (937) 294-0201 or email him at [email protected].

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2012 REGISTRATION FORM NCR REA 2012 Annual Meeting and Former NCR Employee Open House Thursday, September 20, 2012 (Detach, complete, and send in this form by Sep. 1, 2012)

If you plan to attend all or part of this event, please complete the following information to help the NCR REA make the proper arrangements. We look forward to seeing you on September 20, 2012!

I will be attending the NCR REA Annual Meeting.

Yes _____

No _____

I will be attending the Buffet Luncheon. Yes _____ (The cost is $10 and must be included with your registration.)

No _____

I will be attending the Open House.

No _____

Yes _____

Name: ________________________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip: _________________________________________________________________ Phone: ____________________________ Year Retired: ________________________________ E-mail address: _________________________________________________________________ I would like to volunteer to help with the 2012 Annual Meeting/Open House:

Yes _____

No _____

Be sure to send in this registration form by no later than Sept. 1, 2012! Please return this registration form to the address below. If you are attending the luncheon after the annual meeting, be sure to also include your check for $10 made payable to NCR REA, Inc.

NCR REA, Inc. P. O. Box 218 Germantown, OH 45327

NCR REA, Inc. P. O. Box 218 Germantown, OH 45327-0218 www.ncr-rea.org

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THE TALE END NCR MICROFICHE BIBLE

The National Cash Register Company – Electronics Division The young lady in this picture (whose identity remains a mystery) is holding a film chip containing an entire copy of the Bible. This 2x2” frame stored 1,245 pages of text. The 2000 copies shown in the picture represent a document collection of 2,5000,000 pages. This display dramatizes the storage and dissemination capabilities of NCR’s photochromic micro-image technology at the time. circa mid-late 1960s