L. H. Eubank & Son Presented Army-Navy rfEtt Award

L. H. Eubank & Son, Inglenood, Calif., received the Army-Navy Production An'ard-the Army-Navy "8"at ceremonies held at the company's plant Friday afternoon, October 27.

This award was bestowed on the men and rvomen of L. H. Eubank & Son for high achievement in the production of war material.

The program opened with the singing of America. Presentation of the a'ivard was made by Captain H. M. Cockman, chief, Container, Packaging and Control Branch, Army Air Force Technical Service Command, Western Procurement District, and it was accepted for the management by L. H. Eubank and George D. Eubank.

The Army-Navy "E" burgee rn,as raised by the Color Guard, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Inglewood Post No. 2122. The "E" pins were presented by Lieut. Marcia Doyle, Assistant Inspector of Naval Material, 1lth Naval District, U.S.N.R., and U. S. Burton, the oldest employee in length of service, accepted the pins on behalf of the em- ployees. First Lieut. Banks A. Murray, Jr., Assistant Public Relations Officer, Army Air Force Technical Service Command, Western Procurement District, was master of ceremonies.

The ceremonies were concluded with the singing of the Star Spangled Banner. Music was furnished by the 774th Army Air Force Band under the direction of Warrant Officer Gould of Redistribution Station No. 3. There was a large attendance, and among the guests on the speaker's platform, were Mayor R. V. Darby and Fire Chief A. Bacel Roberts of Inglewood.

There was a dinner dance in the evening at the Westport Beach Club, Venice, with about 175 guests present.

L. H. Eubank & Son is making domestic and export boxes for aircraft. They started the production of boxes shortly after Pearl llarbor, and since then have been operating IOO/o on rvar work. In peacetime they are large manufactu.rers of ironing boards, cabinets, mantels and other millwork.