Thursday, September 8, 2016

POLYCHROME People 2

POLYCHROME People 2

Mr. Halpern would hire people for top level jobs on first impression. He would never let me investigate their background before hiring them. The following are some of the people he hired at was essentially a Vice President level:

Colonel Fullerton: The most important thing to him was repairing the cracks in the courtyard. Fred Hozeny our maintenance manager was too busy to do this. When I left Polychrome 35 years later the cracks were still there and no larger. Colonel Fullerton dated Louise Rehm, Mr. Crabbs secretary.

Louis Esposito: He was hired as the financial officer. After we started to manufacture presensitized plates, he, together with one of our chemists, Mr. Cohen, and Mike Wasilko, Mr. Hozeny’s assistant, set up a competing plant in Mount Vernon, NY, Lith-O-Tech, while working for Polychrome during the day, duplicating our presensitized plate tank line. We sued them. Our attorney Jerry Wanshell put so many causes of action in the complaint that nothing was ever concluded.

Ray Townley: He had been an executive of Ilford. He did not accomplish much but did borrow $40,000 to buy Polychrome stock. He never repaid this loan.