It Can Happen Here! ................ 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 50 Years Ago .................... 2 Around-the-Area .................. 2 LT- - Dallas-Ft. Worth ............ 2 In Memoriam - Joe Messenger . 2 It Can Happen Here! ............... 5 ' Polychar-8 Is Soon Upon Us ......... 6 Call for Doherty Award Nominations ... 8 Jesse Jones Wins Public Service Award . 9 Seminar Schedule ................ 10 Joint Meeting Announcement - DFW and Heart O'Texas Sections Recognizing Jesse Jones ...... 11 VISIT THE DFW WEB SITE AT www.cyberramp.net/~molecule/ACS/DFW INDEX OF ADVERTISERS American Polymer Standards Corp .... 3 ANA-LAB....................... 4 Chemir/Polytech Laboratories ........ 8 Huffman Laboratories .............. 6 Kelly Scientific Resources .......... 12 Pope Testing ..................... 8 Quantitative Technologies, Inc. ....... 3 Romac International, Inc............. 7 SciConsult, Inc. .................. 10 Schwarzkopf Microanalytical Labs ... 10 Sponsor M embers ................ 3 November 1999 PERIODICAL