,,'

LimaSam E, FryDavid M. McCoyRalph E. SacherT,vrus E. ElemsRobert M. tWeredithJames H. RussellWilliam E. WinkleC. Keith Kingsleydrtll/lr G, Long

Samuel D. GrovesMarion E. SmithEarl E. Wright

MansfieldWilliam C. DreibelbisRalph S. StoweI'Frallk VildRa.Vlllond Walters, Jr.Clarmce W. If/oljartl,If/illiam Ii/. HumbertJohn E. A1a)'berryJames IF. PoeDwald Sutherland/Fendell C. WoljeCourtm)' /1. dbbollD. IF. BurrerJohll FislltrHoward HendricksJohll J. KindleT. T. tWooreLisle E. SpomlerRobert StentzRobert E. drickRobert O. DreibelbisJay L. PearcePhil Stillemates

MarionStallley C. FosterPalll T. RobertJ'701111 G. Tl,omasTheodore E, 2urA-a

Emmet R. SlltetsRobert Van GazelleRobertlf/ayneRobert WilsonClarence C. CroiNthers

ColumbusHerbert C. McKeeRobert L. OliverTeddy T. RinehartHerbert./l. SCOIIGlly R. Traugl.tWehin D. ClwpmanJohll E. FreyStanley E. Hllffman, Jr.Paul B. JohnsonRalph N. RanllebargerHarry V. ReefJohn H. Ym'-keeDOllald E. Ja)'co,­Tl,omas H. KendallRalph L. Pm)'Harold RaymondClaude L. BuddHarry O. CumminsCarl F. Eeleben)'IVallace W. EvansRobert H. GatchPaul S. Griffitl,Delmollt M. HalldIner If/. JUStllS.rames J. Kell)·John L. KnOllS

DaytonRobert E. CllamberlainWilliam I. HeffnerTohu H. GibsollRobert S. Shaw

1Birb 3Jn ~trbict

Cadet Torn Weaver

Lieut. Edwin J. Powell

: !. ~ .

Buddy Van PeltHarold ./IndersollJVarrm E. BartelSIetlf Gra/sonRaymond C. HagemannNormall E. HartselErllest d. KodatRobert MartinLouis il/lycoskieDavid RossGeorge W. Ryandline Titlls-WddCPhilip T. WI.iteRobert ./IngusFrederick E. BaconGo-dOli CamerollRobert E. Crot)'William DllffRobert GaynorTI.eodore R. Kellerdrnold KinzieRobert KniuNorman E. KozloskiHo,;;ard KleinRobert LeeRobert tV/ageeRaymond L. McGilltydlbert NathantVlichad T. NicholsBudd G. NoakesBruno SnrliniRobert SchwindEdward B. Travagl:anICEdward 2emlaJames BosellRobert ./I. GerhardtRobert HilleWilliam F. HopperEdr;;in D. Reinhardt'Walter RoderiCK

Howard E. Smitl.tVlaurice B. TanscyRobert E. BcallyJohn M. BoldtGeorge E. KratzerWilliam E. LaswellWilliam B. RobertsWilliam RyanRobert /1. TibblesJames B. WilliamsJack L. BetzJame.< E. BloomfieldOval E. BransOll1llBrady N. CoeHerschel L. HollingslltadKellneth L. JonesLoren V. ReasonJean L. Steinr;;ertThos. E . ./Irllold, Jr.dlbert H. DeJarnell" Jr.Richard Jf/. DiuerJack H. Fm/singFredrick G. GordollCharles Graudustin K. HillJohn T. KellyCosby L. McIntos/,-11//ldCWilliam L. Stover

ClevelandJohn dslanClayton Davie.<Fred GoodRobert HiggillsCharles E. MapesFranklin MyersGeorge NeedlwmRichard PeabodyRobert PickellGeorge Sih'er

These Sohioans have entered thearmed forces of America SInce thelast list was published.

AkronRichard d. BrustRaymond Jf/. LowerJosepl. D. McGeeRalph H. Fo....Hoyle HickeyClwrles D. JohllsonEdgar d. MillikenEarl D. BossermanDonald J. BrockmanRonald L. GroshGordon W. McKeeLouis L. ReiclJeIEzra H. CarriganJames G. EmereJames G. Henr)'Jouph W. ,l/t.-Kinne)·Herbert H. Wyall

CincinnatiIVilliam P. BrennallOrland G. KelchHarry IF. KllnkelHenry d. MainsNorbert J. Sehlhorst

Canton!/ernon R. BowersWilliam F. Grol.Clarence Jealldre;;inI/iolet Slagle-Wd./lCPaul SwandtCarl F. I/ogleyW. O. GetzMaruin KailRobert E. RayLoren d. MarburgerJohn D. McGeorge

PortsmouthJames C. HagueEdgar L. HeegAlberl E. She/IonD. F. GrashelG. E. MarlinRalph W. SmilhIf/. K. TurnerRonald I. JacksonFor,"JI E. KayserKennell, R. TurnerClyde Anderson, Jr.Ralph G. HarDeyH. W. Plummer

ToledoBurdelle O. CrossmanHarold E. EmchJohn Lipp, Jr.Clifford J. RaabJames F. SmilhRoberl L. WebbDonald K. BrarmanRoberl W. PerseLeonard L. Pelerso"Ralph M. RecklenwoldJames IV. RichDale M. BeauersLouis F. C. CorbellRaymond J. KirbyGeorge E. LerchDe/berl S. SchwabJohn H. Soulh, Jr.Dale B. SpilkerHaYeJ 1. WebbJack R. Sm;lhWaller R. /lllgooerRichard C. ChapmanDonald If/, KachenmeislerJohn C. Me.\'ersCharles H/, NOllkeClusler E. SloneJohn F. Weisenbllrger

YoungstownDanie/ N. EckjeldAndy So/wydaRonald E. McGregorIf/illiam M. Toppar;Palll f/. GerlachRichard D. Grimm

Hllgh H. HeoillWilb"r M. BIIIISLuzerne L. DeGroodlHarold S. HoodDonal C. LochC. T. Siage

ZanesvilleJames O. HallHarold F. Leasuref/et)'1 D. If/helsloneGeorge E. Frallnie/terCharles L. ShieldsJames W. RaJ', Jr.

No. 1 RefineryClJarles F. HanlineFloyd B. HoldenHenry J. Ner;;manJerry Our/ianIf/allcr P. SandersEmesl T. SmilhBen WasdellRonald D. BarnesEmesl O. HayesReginald W. lVii/IsHoward N. LeeSlet'e E. Onder, Jr.Frank J. KlliiaPaul f/. f/iluekFrank R. SchlosserRoger If/. SemeJohn W. Slei"Fmnk J. f/olmerCarlyle E. WeeksRalph L. CampbellLawrence 1/, DrotarSimiley A. KonickiGeorge Salapa, Jr.Ralph R. SionekingLouis f/ranic/s.

No.2 RefineryGeorge PlacekMichael TkacsAndrew Debe/akJames EssollRaymond KoukolicekHarold FiskAloood J. Speilgler

Richard P. MillsHomer Seelbach

Latonia RefineryAlberl H. CollinsEsles CrosbyA Iberl BrownAbe H. ZippersleinGeorge B. Grac'enBill E. GreenRoberl E. MoranOwen H. Toole

Litho. Can FactoryChristine A. Barbi<-WAACEdward J. CieminskiJO/II/ T. MelzgerJames J. Prol",skaGeorge A. DorkoSianley A. KocinskiEdoard P. LiepoldDonald I. MageeHelen M. Lucek-W/lAC

Solar RefineryJohn M. HirnJohn S. TuohyAlberl R. If/eberRoy F. Wilson, Jr.Robert M. MasonWi/liam G. If/orkman

Toledo RefineryHarold J. BohnellFrederick C. DenmarkWm. D. Def/eauxRichard L. PfilzerC. H. DippmanP. R. GodboulD. C. GmnlF. M. GranlM. A. MasellHomce NewlonD. W, RoeF. E. ScI,imme/R. J. f/elliquelleJ. J. ZilzmanNorman E. AdkinsNewlo" S. BickleRiC/lard G. Fangman

Paul R. GeroinRalph L. JohnslonGeorge A. IHe//orDale N. PleilzLaorence If/. PurSt'rNorman C. ScllUfJeneckerEllgene F. TenEyckJohn R. PalkaH. J. ScllUjJeneckerRalph J. f/oge/poMFred S. MoringHoward C. SchumakerD. f/. AndersonBlake W. C!ud'eyG. R. Groll

Horne Office. Account-ing and Fleet-Wing

Rollen P. Frank!.'nLester C. Gainel'Anion O. RosengreenRichard L. f/od'e/George F. If/eilemanRichard /15/';;;;11Harry BrauildRoberl A. ClarkRalph ConslillerRoberl T FlelchcrJane K. Harl-WAACGlenn D. BoulloilMark f/. FrazeeTraiJer.s D. KramerWilliam A. LaicrieCharles E. MercerOm E. DillonJack F. KrejciO. E. LanningIf/aller LllizRoberllV. SCOIIPaul F. SiolpmanLeonard G. Tomkins

Chemical ResearchD. D. MiskoRichard PenrodA, C. ThomasNorman CookRollin C. FranceFrcd H. Gull,Roberl H. KuhnD. J. Webber, Jr.

Lt. E. J. Powell, Sohio's Second Casualty

lIEUTENANT Ed\-vin J. Powell,L a native of Owensboro, Ken­tucky, was killed in an airplanecrash near Pendleton Field, Oregon,on February 6. He formerly workedin the :Marine Department out ofLouisville, Kentucky.

Eddy, as he was known to hisfriends, was a member of a fightersquadron stationed at PendletonField. He piloted a Lockheed P-38plane.

Lt. Powell has had a colorfulcareer; he enlisted in the Navy in1936 and saw service in Pearl Har­bor, the Solomons, Madagascar,Rangoon, Burma and the area nowinc! uded in the Pacific \>\Tar theater.

In 1942, Lt. Powell enlisted as anaviation cadet. Previous to his serv­ice at Pendleton field, he receivedtraining at Versailles, and Merced,California, and his advanced train­ing at Luke Field, Arizona.

Surviving him are his parents andtwo brothers-Lieutenant James N.(Nick) Powell, of Mt. Vernon whowas purchasing agent for SohioCorporation when he was inductedinto the army. He is now at Guadal­canal; and Luther Powell, also anemployee of Sohio Corporation whoworked in the engineering depart­ment at the Mt. Vernon office, andis now attending school at Lexing­ton, Ky.

Chesler Jf/. TibbelJOscar D. If/elkerC. 7- ZeiglerRoberl D. BuoyHarry E. ClarkWilliam H. HaughtRaymond E. LynnRaymond G. GarrellHomer IF. CarlsonAlton CookElmer D. DaugIJ/leleeIFi//iam G. GoddardDOli IF. Ikemire

Sohio Pipe Line Co.,Sohio Corporation andSohio Producing Co.7ame,- R. BellRobert W. FiggEdgar E. 7enningsiVfalcolm If/. SublillJohn I. Clarkjames R. Kindrickif/. H. LeMasiersGilroy d. PuckellHan)' 11/ Richards

ArmyJack Cross (Sohio Pipe Line Co.)

writes from Camp Shelby:"The experience I received while

working for Sohio has come in veryhandy in what I am doing for UncleSam. I am a water pump mechanic,I have 16 small Wisconsin motors tokeep in running shape. I like my joband am happy to be serving mycountry during this second worldwar.

"We live in tents here and thereare six men in each tent. It is calledtent city and is the largest tent campin the United States."

R. E. Pugh (Cleveland Division)is an airplane mechanic. He is sta­tioned in Florida.

"I am kep t qui te busy wi th themaintenance of these planes as theyhave to be kept in perfect workingorder.

"Besides my work in airplanes, Ihave chemical warfare practice withthe use of gas masks and target prac­tice with a 45 automatic pistol.

70seph A. SiraubEarl M. TappendorfClaude G. GreenHeSlin H. BurgerIVm. L. Lulha

River OperationsElmo SmileyClifford G. Bishop7ames Da"is, 7r.Charles B. RussellJohn M. Schock

MailUncle Sam is not only training us tobe mechanics but to be good soldiersin the use of firearms too.

"Besides, we do drill and havemarched in several parades inOrlando. This is a very nice campand there is plenty of recreation forus on our time off. There are boxingmatches and many U. S. O. campshows which are very much enjoyedby all of us.

"Orlando is a swell town and thecivilians treat the soldiers very well.Most of my time off is spent swim­ming in the many lakes here. Thereare 35 lakes within the city limitsof Orlando. Swimming is the onlyway to cool off as it is very hot here.I havejust learned to dive and everynO\v and then I come through witha good dive."

Wayne Deppler (Lima Division)is now a Sergeant.

"I was quite fortunate in beingplaced in a Signal Battalion. Thisbattalion is a crack outfit, and really

follows the disciplinary measures ofthe U. S. Army.

"My work will be chiefly troubleshooting, maintaining, and repair­ing telephone lines in the field. Ihave a team consisting of ten menwho will be on the alert everytwenty-four hour period.

"I'm getting along fine. Was pro­moted to rank of Corporal the thirdweek in the army, and on July 14,was promoted to the rank ofSergeant. I have plenty of responsi­bility, thanks to Standard Oil Ex­perience. "

Corporal James W. Morgan(Cleveland Division) is in Texas:

"This is a fine camp here. "'Iehave shingled barracks. Our officersare grand and the food is grand. v'leare twelve miles from town and avery beautiful one at that and areclose to Texas Tech.

"I am a mechanic and enjoyworking on the planes that teachour cadets to be superb pilots andsome day will bring victory to ourside. I was fortunate enough to bepicked among a special group ofmen to attend mechanic's school.

"After completion of my school­ing I will receive a diploma enablingme to pass my teaching on to newrecruits and they in return will teachother new fledgings the funda­mentals of the airplane and airplaneengine."

Lee Bruce sends us a letter [romVernon Page (La tonia Refinery)

Pfc. W. O. Ratliff (SohioCorporation) at Fort Lewis,Washington.

Pvt. Jack Cross (Sohio PipeLine Co.) at Camp Shelby,Mississippi.

Sgt. Floyd W. Favinger (Ak­ron Division) at Fort Knox,Kentucky.

Sgt. A. A. Hill (ClevelandDivision) now overseas.

SjSgt. Glenn Richards(Mansfield Division)

at Ft. Geo. Meade, Md.

Cpl. John J. Hennie(Home Office)

at Kansas City, Mo.

Cpl. Robert E. Pugh(Cleveland Division)at Orlando, Florida

John W. Gibson, U.S.N.(Sohio Corporation)

and his 7-day old son

who is on a submarine. In part hesays:

"As you might guess, I'm enjoy­ing life very much in the Navy. Sofar everything has been fine. I'vebeen over, under and through a lotof water. Submarine life isn't ex­actly heavenly, but when we are inport things are made pretty nice for us.

"AI though I've been on the boatonly a matter of weeks, I'm actingas diving officer and docking officerwhenever those occasions arise onmy watch. It doesn't make oneparticularly jittery, but there are somany things to remember and somany orders to give, especially dur­ing a dive or surfacing that I'malways afraid I'll forget one. Haven'tyet, thank goodness. Some time thisfall, I hope to get a pair of dolphins­they're like 'wings' in the air corps,signifying a 'qualified' submarineofficer. "

Richard Brown (Home Office)tells of his experiences at WalnutRidge, Arkansas.

"I trained at Cochran Field,Georgia, and at that time abouthalf the fellows were English flyingcadets. It was very interesting.

"I worked in the Squadron Head­quarters office and at Post Head­quarters. I am in the Pay Roll De­partment and my job is the makingup of the payroll for my own Squad­ron, and the allotments, insurance,pay reservations, and deductions ofone kind or another, differing foreach man, make quite an interest­ing job."

Corp. Wm. J. Price (ClevelandDivision) writes from Fort Bliss,Texas:

"In the time that I worked forSohio my knowledge was increasedmany times over, and I have usedthat training in this man's armywi th grea t success.

"Thanks for The Sohioan and I'mlooking forward to seeing my pic­ture in an early issue."

Capt. Herbert F. Good (DaytonDivision) writes from Dayton:

"I have been stationed at WrightField ever since my tour of dutystarted on April 28. I am assignedto the Planning Branch of the In­dustrial Planning Section and seeour old friend Captain Clevering,formerly with the Cincinnati Divi­sion, almost every day.

"It was my misfortune to be oneof those to receive a good case ofyellow jaundice and be confined tothe hospital and my quarters forsome six weeks.

"I appreciate very much, as I amsure do all the other Sohioans nowin the Service, receiving The Sohioanfrom month to month, thus enablingus to keep in contact \·vith our formerDivision. I will be glad to cooperatein any way I can to keep you in­formed of any Sohioans around thisPost. "

Pvt. Harry L. Flynn (ClevelandDivision) radio operator writes:

"I took my basic training at Kees­ler Field, Miss. and signed up forradio school so I was sent to ScottField, Ill.; then to a special school

in Florida. I wish I could tell youabout it but it's a military secret.

"I hope this war is over soon soI can get back selling X-70 and So­hio Oil."

Harry Aiken (Home Office OrderDepartment) writes from BowmanField:

"This camp is an Army Air Corpstraining base and is located just ashort distance from downtownLouisville. I am attached to theground crew of the Air Corps in themedical department.

"I didn't like Camp Perry at all.The meals were terrible, and thesuperior officers were pretty tough.Down here the meals are excellentand the superior officers are regularfellows. The men stationed here saythat it is one of the best camps inthe country.

"Yesterday I was called over tothe adjutant to the colonel. He tookme to see a lieutenant and startingMonday, I am to be the lieutenant'ssecretary. That's the break I've beenlooking for so here's hoping I makegood. That means I'll get out of alldrilling and K.P."

Sgt. William E. Bender (No. 2Refinery) wrote from somewhere inthe Pacific:

"There isn't much I can tell youabout myself or my location otherthan that I am in excellent healthand on an island abundant withcocoanut trees, bananas, orangesand all sorts of fruits..... (censored)........ and speak a language verypleasant to listen to."

DAYTONMildred W. Barker

Just a word from your recently appointedreporter-this is quite a new. experieTl£e forher, but with the cooperation aWl assistance ofyou sub-reporters, we will do our best and trustthai our Dayton Division news will become quiteinteresting as time goes by. With the cooperationof all, and especially Y-O-U, our column canbe velY news)', alld that is what we all wish.

* *New Employees

T HE welcoming hand is extended to thefollowing who have recently joined the

Sohio family: Mrs. Julia O'Keefe, stenog­rapher in Dayton Division Office; CharlesHarris, service station operator at Mainand Burnett, Springfield; Ernest Branden­burg and Francis Malahy, service stationoperators at ~vIain and Bruen, Dayton.

*Transfers and Promotions

L. F. Brown, former assistant managerat Main and Bruen Service Station, hasbeen promoted to manager at Main andSiebenthaler Service Station, Dayton.

George W. Fourman is manager at Elmand Franklin Service Station, Union City;he was formerly D.R. at this location.

Claude "Vise, formerly assistant managerat Plum and IvIcCreightService Station,has been promoted to manager at Wash­ington and Fountain Service Station,Springfield.

* *

Recent Inductees

These three men are now in Uncle Sam'sArmy-Earl E. Wright of Main and Her­man, Dayton; '/I'Iarion Smith, assistantmanager at Main and Siebenthaler, Day­ton, and Samuel D. Groves, Main andBruen, Dayton.

*Dayton Sohioans extend sympathy to

\'Valter \Veir, tank truck representative inEaton, whose father died recently.

The visit of the stork to the home of'/I'Ir. and iVIrs. Estle Fraley made them theproud parents of Connie Jean. Congratula­tions. Estle is service station operator atBro\\'n and LTnion, Dayton.

* * *Dayton Sohioans if you want to know

where Jamestown, Ohio, is just ask Charlie\'Vaggoner-he has discovered a new route.(Is his face glowing with embarrassment?)

Meetings

The annual meeting of the Dayton salesorganization, attended by Messrs. A. A.Stambaugh and J. J. Adams, was held atthe Miami Hotel on February 4. Reportsare that it was a very interesting, as well asconstructive meeting. Speeches and reportswere given by Division Manager C. H. iVIar­graf, Assistant Division Manager W. H.Thomas, C. S. Merrick,J. C. Barker, W. G.Boyd and H. P. Shough-~vIr. Shough'sreport representing the bulk stations'interest.

On February 17, a meeting was held withthe service station managers, which waspresided over by M. S. Marsh of Clevelandand Jack SCOtt, representative from theChampion Spark Plug Co. This, by the way,was the first general meeting of the servicestation managers since the rationing ofgasoline.

* * *

Annuitant S. S. Wing visited the DaytonOffice recently and everyone was pleasedto see him looking so well. You will remem­ber Mr. Wing retired November first oflast year, and his leisure hours seem to bedoing \vonders for him.

* * *

Mrs. Clark, wife of Luke Clark, tank truckrepresentative in Springfield, has beenvery ill in a Cincinnati Hospital. Clarence"V. Chaney, tank truck representative inSpringfield; V. F. Valentine, agent atPiqua Bulk Plant, is recovering from anoperation; and G. A. Brant, Petroleum Serv­ice Representative, is on leave due to illness.

We are very pleased to report the im­provement which is being shown in Mr.D. H. George's health.

William J. Wade, manager at Fair Hillsand Schantz, Dayton, is at press time awayfrom \vork due to a personal injury accident.

We are glad to see H. \oV. Mitman back onthe job again. LvIr. Mitman is a pen'oleumservice representative working in the terri­tories of lvIechanicsburg, Urbana and Xenia.

Also we are glad to report the returnto work of Walter Shewmon, loader at theDayton Bulk Plant, and Charles Williams,construction mechanic.

I t is gratifying to note that LeonardJohnson, service station operator at Foun­tain and Grand, Springfield, has recoveredfrom second degree burns sustained severalweeks ago \\hile on duty.

Helen Darnstaedt, operator at Keoweeand Leo, Dayton, is very happy, along withthe rest of us, ro be able to return to workafter receiving serious injury from brokenglass in a recent accident.

MARIONVirginia Summers

Promotions

WILMA GREENE, Mildred Smith,both of I\'1arion Service Station De­

partment, have been promoted from juniorto senior operators after six months'service.

Betty Jury, Nona Shifferly and AliceQuilter, all of Mansfield and WalnutBucyrus, have also been promoted to senioroperators.

George Flahive of East Williams Street,Delaware, and Durward Baker of Marionservice Station department, were also pro­moted to senior operators.

* *Esther Inscho of IVIansfield and Walnut,

Bucyrus, has taken a leave to visit her armyhusband.

* *

John O'Brien is a new employee at Wil­liams and Franklin, Delaware.

*One hunting story that almost missed

coming to our attention concerns A. D.O'Keefe, manager at Walnut and Fifth,Marysville. In his pursuit for game Art cameto a creek. A log lay partly across the stream,so gun in hand, Art started bravely acrossand did splendidlY until he reached the endof the log and made a jump for a tree stumpclose to the bank. Everything see:ned fineand there was no question of his ability tojump the gap safely to the other side. How­ever, the stump proved to be rotten and Artended up in about five feet of cold, muddywater, boots full, yelling like mad, andhis zeal for hunting suddenly was gone.

* .;.:The boys at Fostoria enjoyed open house

at Roy Goodman's farm near Rising Sun,the evening of February 9. Mrs. Goodmanhad four delicious roast chickens stuffedwith dressing for the boys and their largeappetites. Besides an evening of feastingthe boys did very well at some target shoot­ing with a 410 shotgun. Roy wanted hislightning rods removed from the top of thebarn anyway, and Lloyd Thrailkill obligedby shooting them off. (The army can usemen like you, !vIr. Thrailkill.)

Harold Walker was the only casualtyduring the festivities. He didn't have suchgood luck with the boys' substitution forbridge, and besides all this he was the onewho tripped over the family cat and landedin a rain barrel.

Everyone enjoyed the evening immensely.

CINCINNATIivlildred Wendt

Death of Fred J. Bauer

FRED J. BAUER died february 2 at hishome, 5531 Arnsby Place, Madisonville.

He was 62 years old and had been in poorhealth for several years, and had been onleave of absence since last March.

Mr. Bauer \vas employed by our com­pany in November of 1903 and he wouldhave received a 40 year pin this year. Hisservices were confined entirely to the bulkstation department and for quite a numberof years he was agent at Spring GroveAvenue Plant in Cincinnati. Since the newplant was completed he has been located atTennessee Avenue.

Mr. Bauer was well liked by everyone andhe will be keenly missed by his associates.

We express sympathy to his widow, Mrs.Ida Koller Bauer; two sons, Richard F.and Robert S.; two daughters, Marjorie andKathryn; two sisters, Mrs. C. D. Hall and]V[rs. Theodore \-Veidner, all of Cincinnati,and a brother, C. F. Bauer, of Akron, andtw·o grandc hildren.

Mr. and ]'drs. Edward Rissel announcethe marriage of their daughter, BerthaCharlotte, to Eugene N. Hargrave, seaman2/c in the U. S. Navy, at Galilee EpiscopalChurch, Virginia Beach, Virginia, onJanu­ary 16. Mr. Rissel is general salesman atCincinnati.

We extend sympathy to Harry Anderson,service station operator at Madison andRavenna, \"hose father died February 5, atSunman, Indiana.

The following transfers and promotionsw'ere recently made:

Thomas E. Ross has been transferred toautomotive mechanic. He was formerly atank truck driver. Fred Learned, rormer

transport driver, and Noel Duncan, tanktruck driver, are guards at Tennessee Ave­nue. Franklin M. Siple, rormer transportdriver, is now driving a tank truck out ofTennessee Avenue. George Stautberg, for­mer distributor at j\,1ilford, is now a salarytank truck driver, operating out or Ten­nessee Avenue.

In the Army

A recent post card from James B. Vv'illiamstells us he is located at Miami Beach, Fla.He says he is doing a lot or eating, sleepingand drilling.

A recent visitor at the office was '!VallyClark, home on furlough. "'''ally was man­ager of Vine and Mitchell service station.He is stationed with a repair Squadron atPatterson Field, Fairfield, 0 hio.

The boys leaving recently for militaryservice were: James E. Bloomfield, OvalE. Branscum, and Jack H. Farfsing of Cin­cinnati; Thomas E. Lewis and V\' illiam L.Stover of Middleto\vn.

PORTSMOUTHL. E. R)'dman

William G. Corwin Dies

W ILLIAM G. CORWIN who was anactive employee in the Sales Depart­

ment for 35 years, died February lOinMercy Hospital, Portsmouth. He had al-

ways enjoyed good health, but about twoyears ago his doctor advised him to go on adiet for a stomach disorder. His conditiongrew w'orse and on December first of lastrear he decided to submit to an operation.He never fully recovered after the operation.

NIr. Corwin was born in Clinton County,near Blanchester on January 15, 1878 and

began his career wit h Standard Oil in Sep­tember 1907, driving a tank wagon at theGreenfield Bulk Station. In July 1915 hewas promoted to combination salesmanand six years later [Ook over the duties ofsalesman in the I ndustrial Sales Depan­ment covering the territory in PortsmouthDivision. He held this position at the timeof his death.

By reason or his long association withthe company, Bill was well known through­out the organization and his death wasmourned by many friends. Our sympathy isextended to his "'idow, Edna B. Corwin, twosons, Estell of Maywood, Illinois, and JamesF. of Yellow Springs, 0 hio; and his brotherClyde E. Con,'in of Ealon and an annuitantof this co:npany.

* *Annual Meeting

The annual meeting with Messrs. Stam­baugh and Adams was held February 2 inthe Division Office. It was interesting to

note the lack of conversations on the oldtopics, such as cut prices, product informa­tion. Everything centered on conditionscaused by the war; namely, manpower, re­ports, and rationing in all of its ramifica­tions. Most of the salesmen read papers,previously prepared, followed by a roundtable discussion of the subject. Time outwas taken at noon [0 eat an excellentlunc heon served armc hair style.

* * *Three Sohioans traded the red, white

and blue of Standard Oil for the red, whiteand blue of the armed forces during thepast month, and we're sure that the samewill to win will make them good soldiersiust as they were valued employees. Best ofluck to]' C. Hague of Ironton, G. E. Martinof Gallipolis and A. E. Shelton of Green­field, all former service station operators.

Pfc. Hugh Ackison, fonner operator at2nd and Lawrence, Ironton, doubtless willhave quite a Slory to tell when he arriveshome arter the w·ar. R.]. Calendine, super­visor, had a card frOill him January 10 andthe scene was one of Algiers, overlookingthe blue Mediterranean.

*Bowling

The" haughty" Hillsboro Sohioans, aftertrimming the Cilillicothe crew in tw'ostraight bow'ling matches, sent w'ord toPonsmouth that a match could bc had forthe asking. Taking advantage of the annualCredit Union meeting, the Hillsboro gangjourneyed to Portsmouth on February 6 to

meet a team that ans\l'ered the challenge.It appears as an after thought that maybe afew more of the "good" Portsmouth bowlersshould have participated, as the HighlandCounty "champs" again were victorious,and now rumblings or a challenge to Cin­cinnati Division can be heard.

The Portsmouth-Hillsboro match \loundup close, but that only \,'ins in horseshoes,so the "hill" -sboro group trounced the"hill-people" rrom the River Country by