February 1960

TESTS TO BOOSTWATER SUPPLIESSTART ON 'LINEAn experImental program that

may lead to a substantial In­

crease In the water upplles ofnorthern audi Arabia has beentarted b~ 'Ar'ar mUnicipality

and Tapline in the Badanah area.In this program. which call

for the digging of pits at variousstrategic points to catch andstore surface water. engineershave borrowed heavily fromthe ancients of Saudi Arabia.Remnants of such pits, cal­led lIIahafir in the transliterationfrom Arabic (mahfur in the sin­gular) still are found in manyparts of Saudi Arabia althoughthey may date back thousandsof years. According to somescholars. the hand-dug lIIahafirmay be prehistoric. Or, they mayhave been built as recently as2.000 years ago, about the timethe Romans were maintaining agarrison in Danquirah. near Tu­raif.

Sub tituting modern buldoz­ers for hand labor. crewsrecently completed excavationof three such mahafir. The siteswere selected after careful studyof the topography, drainage andsoil characteristics of the areas.If the pits catch and retain win­ter rains into the ummermonths, a bedouins in the areahave claimed the old mahafironce did, the program may beexpanded later.

]f successful, such a programwould increase water supplies fortravelers and tribesmen and les­sen the often critical demand on

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During his tour of the town,H.M. King Sa'ud granted au­diences to va rious townspeople.They asked that a secondaryschool, a water reservoir and sixmosques be built in town. HisMajesty promised to have theschool built by the beginning ofthe next academic year, instruct­ed the municipality to build thewater storage tank and directedAmir ibn Musa'id and the Qadhiof 'Ar'ar to build the mosquesat His Majesty's expense.

In the Badanah station com­pound, H.M. King Sa'ud wasentertained at a luncheon in thecommunity center attended bysome 275 guests. The King thentoured the living quarter of thecompany's Saudi Arab employ-

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A bulldozer loaned to the 'Ar'ar municipality cleans out an oldmahfur, jllft north of the pipeline at Kilometer 622. as part of thenew experimental water program begun by the municipality andTaplinI'. (Photo courtesy of F. M. Najm).

arrived in three planes flying information. A total of five planesaccompanied His Majesty. HisMajesty was conducted immedi­ately to a large tent beside theairfield, where a brief receptionwas held by Amir ibn Musa·id.Among the greeters were R. A.Prusinski, General Superinten­dent. J. R. Terry. Badanah Su­perintendent, J. G. White and J.A Sabini, the Company and De­puty Company Representatives,respectively. Well-wishers at theairport also included manyschool children from Turaif,who made the trip to 'Ar'ar es­pecially to greet the King.

After ceremonial tea and cof­fee, His Majesty and the royalparty drove to town along aflag-decked route packed withwelcomers and lined by oldiersstanding at attention. His Ma­jesty's six-hour tour of 'Ar'arstarted with its Amirate School.There a reception featuring cal­isthentic drills by the studentswas given in his honor. Partici­pants in the sports program werea warded wrist watches by theRoyal guest. The King thenwatched a parade of 'Ar'ar andTuraiC Boy Scouts; later he do­nated 3,000 riyals to each organ­ization. Following the parade,His Majesty paid a visit to theII th Brigade of the ationalGuard.

H. M. KING SA'UD VISITS BADANAH STATION

His MajeHy King Sa'ud ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, accompanied by H. H. Amir 'Abd Allah ibn 'Ahd al-'Azizibn Mwa'id (right), leaves the Community Center building, Badarwh, after aI/ending a luncheon givenin His Honor by TaplinI' on December 26. Aho with the King are General Superintendent R. A.Prusinski (behind His Majesty), Station Superintendent John Terry (second from left) and a royalguard. (Photo by D. A. Fox).

His Maje ty King Sa'ud ibn'Abd al-'Aziz honored Badanahwith an overnight visit on De­cember 26. Hundreds of people- loca I officia Is and townspeo­ple, company employees, contin­gents of the ational Guard,Boy Scout , school children. re­sidents of nearby towns, triballeaders - converged on the sta­tion's airstrip that day to wel­come His Maje ty and royal en­tourage.

Preparations for the vi it hadstarted long before the arrivalday. Many colorful arche wereerected in the town of 'Ar'ar aswell as at the airport and on theroad leading into town. Tap­line's Saudi Arab employees con­structed two beautiful archeswith electric lights near the en­trance to their living quarters inBadanah station. Saudi Arab na­tional green was predominantbut many other colors helpedcreate a gala atmosphere. Colo­red lights were strung across themain street in 'Ar'ar and a my­riad of banners with elaborateArabic lettering proclaimed awarm welcome for the King.

The King's immediate party.which included several of hissons and H.H. 'Abd al-'Aziz ibnMusa'id, the Amir of Hayil andfather of H.H. Amir 'Abd Allahibn 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Musa'id,Amir of the orthern Frontiers,

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n open fl h,ng boat fromthe "I1lage of Sarrafand. southof idon terminal. wa rescuedby a Tapline launch January Inear midnight after a earch ofalmo t two hour. udden strong'Hnd had blow n the fishingcraft. carryIng four men. to opensea and Hllager appealed to theterminal for help. The Taplineduty boat "a captained byMusta pha Koleila t.

SIDON CREW RESCUESFISHERMEN IN STORM

dent and a 1950 graduate of theUniversity of Texa with a B.Se.In chemical engineering. Mr.1aasry JOined the company nine

years ago.• F. ,Khabbaz. Engineer

(Chemical. Electrical and Me­chanical). lOok O'er a enlOrEngineer reporting directly to R.R Burnett. In hiS new caraclty.he will conlInue to upenlse themechanical engineering deSign.drafting and photo reproduclIonactivilles In Beirut. With E. A,

allar, . Frelha and A. A.abball reporting directly to

him. Holding a \1aster's degreeIn chemi try from the nIversityof Iowa. Mr. Khabbaz jOinedTapllne In June. 1950.

• R. C. Hill was assigned astaff a Sl tant to R, R. Burnett.

with re pon ibilities for the co·ordlnatl n of engIneering studleon operating and maintenanceproblem In all areas. In his newcapacity. Mr. Hill "Ill functiona consultant to operating ma­nagement on mechanical maln­tenan e and operatIng problem.From laramie. "yomlng. Mr.Hill joined the company In

eptember 1957 as MechanicalEngineer. He was made enlorEngineer-Mechanical in Janua­ry 1959. He graduated from theUni>er Ity of Wyoming In 19r"Ith a B. . In mechanical en­gineering.

Mrs. Harold E. Cross displays the silver tea service presented toher and retiring Mr. Cross (right) by General Superintendent R. A.Prujinski (left) at the farewell party given in their hOllor by theTuraif Women's Group. (Photo by S. M. Siddique).

A number of changes in theorganizational tructure of thecompany have been announcedrecently. They are:

• F. M. aJm was named "n­glneer ( fety. Lands and ur­veys) reporting directly to R. R.Burnett. Assl tant Chief Engi­neer- Pipeline. In hiS new a·. ignment. Mr. NaJm Will be re­ponslble for gUidance and co­ordination of the company'ssafety program and for handlingaCCident investigations and rc­ports as well as problems pcr­talnlng to lands and right-of­way. Holding a B. . degree InCI II engineering from A. .8 ..Mr. ajm joined Ta pllne In

June 1951. He has served atpump stations in audl Arabiaand at Sidon Terminal as on­structlOn Engineer. He transfer­red to the Beirut office in Janu­ary. 1956. and was made Engl'neer ( afety) one) car later.

• G. . Shuha,bar was ap-pointed Payroll Supervisor effec­tive January 1. 1960. He thusprepare U.S. dollar as wellas national payrolls. He allendedA.U.B .• and joined Tapline onAugust 3, 1949. He has held thepositions of speCial clerk. ac­countant, and supervisor. nation­al payroll.

• M. Chehade took. over theduties of Adminlstrati"e uper­visor-Medical. He Iran ferredback to Beirut headquarters In

May 1959. after three years ofservice at stations along the 'Lineas Office Supervisor. With Tap­line since October 24. 1951. Mr.Chehade was formerly with Bei­rut Accounting.

• F. M. Maasry was appoint­ed Senior Engineer reporting di·rectly to J. J. Kelberer. In thla ignment. he will continue toupervise the corro Ion engineer­

ing section With re ponsibility forthe company's corrosion mitIga­tion and pipeline reconditioningprogram. A former A.U.B. stu-

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Dakhil. of Community Services.finished second.

The third race went to AyadNaif. of Operations. and Re­r;airs. with Abdullah asser. ofCamp Maintenance. in secondplace.

Saleh Abdullah, of Operationsand Repair, gave an outstandingeries of performances in the

athletic contests. He finished aundi puted champion in a thril·ling series of barrel jumps. footraces and running broad jumps.

A novelty event, the egg-catch­ing contest. was won by HathalSaid. of the Warehouse.

Prizes were awarded to eachwinner by Sup\. John R. Terry.At the conclusion of the games.three hundred barbecue sand­wiches and fifteen gallons of hotchocolate were consumed.

WATER PROGRAM

A Day for Athletes, Gourmets

Hathal hin Said, of Storehouse I. clean all oil barrel dl/ril1g Ol1e ofthe hl/rdll' race1 at the Decemher Badal1ah l/(l/iOI1 barbecl/e for allemployee\' (Photo by M. S. Thabet).

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the water supplies developed by flat at the terminal point of aTapline at its pump stations. wadi drainage where further

Two of the pits recently com- drainage is hemmed in by higherpleted are located in the Wadi surrounding ground. The silt de­Badanah, one in Wadi ·Ar'ar. posited on the water evaporateThe first Wadi Badanah site lies and more or less seals the basina half kilometer north of the tending to make it impermeable.pipeline at Kilometer 622 at the Mahafir almost always werelocation of an old abandoned built along the edges of the kha­mahfur. The capacity of the pit bra. so that it could be approa­is about 600,000 gallons. If suc- ched while the basins were stillcessful. it could be enlarged to muddy.hold more than six million gal- The other preferred location isIons. the confluence of two wadis.

The second Wadi Badanah pit Here again ilt depo it re ultlies about one kilometer south from decreasing water velocity.of the pipeline at Kilometer 583, The mahafir of old erved twoat a point downstream from Important functions: they up­where the runoff of Wadi Um- plied drinking water for peopleEI-Jidan joins Wadi Badanah. and livestock and attracted WIldIts capacity of 200,000 gallon game to an area.could be enlarged. Some Tapline employees have

The third and largest pit, in found "mahafir hunting" inter­the Wadi 'Ar'ar. lies about 10 esting while traveling by planekilometers north of the town of of over Saudi Arabia. The struc­'Ar'ar. Its capacity of one mil- tures can be spotted easily fromlion gallons could be doubled. the air. According to F. S. Vidal,

Mahafir technique of old of Aramco, who studied north­generally called for two stan· ern area water problems atdard locations. The prefer- length in 1957, the pits resem­red one was the khabra, a silt ble "a doughnut minus one bite,"

BADA AH - Those with la­tent talents as athletes. jockeys.cooks and gourmets. or justplain eaters had their day hererecently. A lamb barbecue forall Badanah station employeeson December 3. spon ored bythe senior staff supervisors. prov­ed to be one of the most success­ful events yet held here.

A series of three donkey race ,marked by intense rivalry amongthe various station divisions.highlighted the ambitious pro­gram. Honors were well divided.

Abdullah asser of CampMaintenance. brought his steedhome in front in the first race.with Hassan Mohammed, ofMotor Transport, second.

Motor Transport won the ec·ond race. with Hassan Moham­med again at the reins. Suleiman

Year 1958367.911

835358.333156.637

PERCENTAGE19.1718.6911.8411.3610.409.036.504.682.832.652.200.460.19

Year /959337.985

685326.375173.908

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classification of housing laundrysteward. That was in April. 1955.

Two years later Ishbuk couldbe found at Rafha training forthe position of storekeeper. Heagain turned in a "well done"record and worked his way upto become Tapline's first SaudiArab storekeeper (October.1958).

Ishbuk continues to showgreat interest in sports-foot­ball. ping-pong. golf, billiardand shuffleboard. He has parti­cipated in a number of golf tour­naments at Badanah and haswon Turaif's shuffleboard cham­pionship twice. After his im­pending marriage. he intends tosettle down in 'Ar'ar.

OPERATIO

Badanah's storehouse.Six months after his employ­

ment at Ras el Misha'ab as anoffice-boy trainee in 1949. Ish­buk was promoted to filingclerk. In 1951 he was able tomove to the position of store­house floorman at Badanah.

On ovember 18. 1952. aftera four-month assignment in thestorehouse. the company grantedhim a scholarship at theY.M.e.A. school in Beirut. Uponcompleting his courses in Arabic,mathematics and typing, he wasassigned to Qaisumah as store­houseman. Hi successful per­formance there brought him atransfer to the central storehouseat Turaif and a promotion to the

DESTINATIO OF LIFTINGSFROM SIDON IN 1959

DESTINATIONGermany .Italy .France .U,S.A ..Canada .Holland .Spain ..BelgiumEnglandSicily ..Canary Islands ..Brazil .Sweeden .

December '59Average BPD received at Sidon 327.646Ships loaded 50Average BPD loaded on ships 318.091Average bbls per hip 197.216Average BPD delivered to hips

and Medreco 330.624 337.695 368.049

The year 1959 was one of extremes. Monthly throughput hitan all-time high in March. when an average of 461.878 barrels aday reached Sidon. But throughput declined sharply thereafter. Theauxiliary pumping units. in operation for only about three monthduring the year. were shut down from April on. Although potentialcapacity in December was 463.900 barrels daily. the month's averagewas 327.646 barrels and left the year's average at 337.985, the lowestsince 1956.

The year's average throughput of 337.985 barrels daily com­pares with 367.911 barrels in 1958, 347.707 barrels in 1957. and328.233 barrels in 1956. During October of 1959. liftings droppedto 279.007 barrels daily. the lowest monthly average since May, 1952.

However. a number of company operations records were better­ed. Although the number of ships moored and loaded at SidonTerminal again dropped substantially (from 835 in 1958 to 685 in1959). the average barrels per ship loaded reached a new annualhigh of 197.216. This is an indication that Tapline. through improvedskills and techniques, is meeting the loading requirements of everlarger supertankers.

The Terminal attained its all-time peak loading rate last Sep­tember 28. when the SIS CALTEX ROTTERDAM took on crudeat 46.123 barrels per hour.

The largest hip loaded in '59, the SIS ESSO STUTTGART.took on 350.501 barrels on August 23. The SIS GOBEO. loadedwith 33,000 barrels, was the smallest tanker calling at Sidon Ter­minal during the year.

On March 16. a record half-a-million barrels of crude oil werepumped out of Qaisumah.

The billionth barrel of crude oil to pass through the Taplinesystem reached Sidon Terminal in 1959. It was lifted May I at 0400hours by the ESSO STUTTGART. destined for Wilhelmshaven.Germany.

oflifjltf

-1hrahim So'ad

keeper. He keeps a day-to·dayaccount of all along the 'Linewater well activities undertakenby both the company and theSaudi Arab Government. Ibra·him is also capable of operatingthe water well rigs. overhaulingthe oil-well type pumps and per­forming all kinds of engine re­pairs at the well sites.

A family man. Ibrahim pre­sently is interested in building anew house at Rafha town underTapline's Saudi Home Owner-hip Plan.

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Hathal bin Sa'idHATHAL BI SA'ID. better

known up and down the 'Linea "hhbuk" (a nickname derivedfrom an Arabic expre ionmeaning "what's the matter") isthe lead material speciali t at

family from al·Khabra. hi hometown. to Turaif. His immediatede ire i to visit the UnitedStates and see how heavy equip­ment is built. maintained andoperated.

Born in Arass. Saudi Arabia.in 1936. IBRAHIM SA'ADthought the rallern of his lifehad been cut out form him rightfrom childhood. There was noquestion about the profession hewould pursue. Naturally. hewould follow in the footsteps ofhis father. grandfather and an·cestors. as a farmer.

But Ibrahim broke with fami­ly tradition and embarked on acareer with Tapline on July 17.1952. He joined the companyranks at Rafha as a water wellpuller. Today he serves underthe supervision of Richard Rags­dale as a istant lead water wellmechanic and combination book-

Rose Sowdoh

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R. M. Weeks

W. S. Bader

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Artist Vartan BezdikianReporters:

Badanah Doro Sober

Hallied bi" SalehHAMED BI SALEH's ca-

reer with Tapline tarted inMarch. 1951. when he joined thecompany as a mechanic. How­ever. he had three year' pre­VIOUS oil Industry experiencewith Aramco. He allended pub­li(; school in Jiddah and the op·portunity school in Dhahran.H IS previous jobs included thoseof storekeeper and gas stationallendant.

One of Hamed's first assign­ments with Tapline was to a sistin the repair and overhaul of thetractor fleet at Turaif. In No­vember. 1953. he transferred toQaisumah and took over the su­pervision of its garage. About ayear later. he returned to Turaifand was made responsible forthe maintenance of equipmentused on turbine hauls. His ef·forts helped Tapline crews mak­ing the hauls meet schedules de­spite adverse weather conditionsand mechanical failures.

The proud father of a babyboy. Hamed intends to bring his

Thi month's spotlight focuseson three out tanding Saudi Arabemployees. They are lead motortran port mechanic Hamed binaleh. of Turaif; a sistant lead

water well mechanic Ibrahim Sa­·ad. of Rafha; and lead mater­Ials specialist Hathal bin Sa·id.of Badanah.

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PreselJling "Candle.1 lor Yulelide" 0/ Turail were kindergartenerlSleven Soley. Gary Norman, Michael and PO/rick Babb. Lyn Pllt­nam. KO/h1een Yammine and Clillord Grimel. (Photo by Mn. J.L. Koellreich).

SllIdentl at Sidon Term ina!' I Senior Siall School Itlhered in rill'

Holiday Il'l/Ion by reciting Yllielide poeml and Horiel and lin r:in I?caro1l. (Photo by Anil SOlllli).

Wreathed in smilel. at Ihe Holiday parly lor Beimt employen r:ivenby Ihe company al Ihe Tapline Sporting C11I1>. \\'ere. lrom 1<'11. H.H. Walker. /Ifill Henrielle , ahas and G. M. Hajjar. (Photo by S.Arakelian).

Santa Cla/H (slrongly "'sembling Jamil A 10111. 01 Accollnling) awefhis patronl 01 Ihe Beimt children's parlY. Reaching lor aile 01 hifgillS is Maha, dallghlt'f 01 Mr. and Mrs. K. . Saliba. (Pholo byS. Arakelian).

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again a tremendou crowd hada sembled. Amid t cheers anda ppla use. the Kmg sa id fa rewellto government and company of­ficials. and. as he stepped aboardthe plane. a chorus of the tra­ditional Arab cheer ("Ya. Ya­'ish") rang out in tnbute andfarewell.

On his way back to Riyadh .Hi Majesty made a two-hourvisit to Rafha, where he wawelcomed by its Amir, SheikhMuhammad ibn Hazza'a. andhundreds of his countrymen. Healso attended a luncheon givenby a leading tribal chieftain.Sheikh Mishal al·Tumyat, Amirof the Shammar tribes.

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KING SA'UD'S VISIT(C'lIIlinlled Irom par:e I)

Steve Booth. Margaret Foody. Altha Jensen. Deborah QUick. BobbyMaa kant and John Prusinski.

Beaming and bright·eyed. the kindergarten tots (Steven Soley.Gary orman. Michael and Patrick Babb. Lyn Putnam. KathleenYammine and Clifford Grimes) were next with a presentation of"Candle. for Yuletide" under the directorship of Mrs. J. F. Chaplin.assisted by Mr . R. D. Honour.

Also on the program was the annual. impressive" ativlty Pa­geant," which made a tremendous hit with the audience. Coachingcredit for this highly successful entertainment go to Mrs. R. A.Pru m kl.

The event was concluded With Santa's arrival and the distribu­tion of gifts. candy and nuts to the little folks. Young and old thenjOined in the caroling. MusIc was directed by Mrs. R. H. Putnam,a I ted by Mrs R. A. Norman.

SidonWith Executive Vice President W. R. Chandler. Vice President

of Operations W. I:. Locher. Manager of Operations D. T. Pinckneyand Terminal Supenntendent A. A. Brickhouse offiCiating as hosts.the annual Holiday party for idon employees and their familieswa. held at the Terminal's udltonum. De ember 24. Refreshmentsof sandWiches. sweets and soft drinks were served to a capacitycrowd that thoroughl)' en/o)'ed the occa Ion.

A week earlier. )'oungsters at the Terminal's SenIOr taff Schoolperformed under the SUperviSIon of Mr . Brickhouse and MIsses1ary imaan and abila Khour)'. 1 he children reCited Yuletide

poem and stone and sang carols. Plano pla)'ing by some of theyoung ters dunng intermiSSions brought d \~n the house. The pro­gram was concluded wllh a VISit from the rosy-cheeked fello\\ whodl tributed gift and candy

Members of the 7ahranl Countr)' Club celebrated e~~ Year'sEve at the Terminal's udllonum too. and the merrymaking lasted'tll the wee small hour. The udltonum was beautifully decoratedWith tWinkling lights and bnlllant ornaments. Hugh torey. RonM Iller and Vern Thunem. of Medreco. who entertained the revellerswllh a teleVISion show (The Dragnet) and a ong (Kiss Me Kate).received thunderous applause.

BeimlBeirut employees and their wives were guests of the company

at a reception given December 21 at the Tapllne Sporting Club.Executive Vice President W. R. Chandler officiated as host. TheT C annual chlldren's party was held December 24. with JamilAlouf enacting t. ick's role. Presents were distributed and refre h­men ts served.

The enthUSiasm of masler of ceremonies Mltri ntonlos. thespectacular decoration of the club. Ihe good menu planning and asmany as 150 guest danCing to the soft music of the Alberto orches­tra ... all contnbuted to the hilarious success of the e\\ Year's EveBall held at T. . Tombola pnzes were given out. including anAir Jordan round·tnp ticket to the Holy Land won by Emile Fares,of Turaif Englneenng.

ee. who earlier had extendedhim a pecial invitation to VI Itthe area. Coffee wa erved anda peech was made.

In the evening. His Majestywas the guest of honor a I abanquet given by H.H. Amir'Abd Allah ibn Musa'id and heldunder canvas in the courtyardof the Amir's palace in 'Ar·ar.On carpets, in the center of thetent, was set an Arab feast of100 sheep and five camels, ricealong with the various other sidedishe.

His Majesty pent the night atthe tation in quarters providedin the transient staff house. OnSunday morning. the royal partydrove to the airport, where once

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HighlightsHolidayEnraptured b the ight of real evergreen tre • multicolored

light. brilliant ornament and the arrival of that Joll Old Fellowto di tribute gift , happy oung ter once again nt laughter andsqueal of delight rippling along the 'Line.

nd from Qai umah to idon Terminal, older Tapliner organ-ized . )Cial acti\itie that made the Yulellde and ew Year's Evea gala sea on long to be remembered.

Qail/wrahThe fe·ti\e season began with the children' party held De­

cember ~4 In the theater, where the man in the red flannel Ultmade hi. traditional appearance at 5 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. John

maha held open house that evening for the family group as wellas the tahon's bachelor.. The following day. uperlntendent andMr . H. . Davi entertained the bachelor. at a reception in theirhome. Coffee. cookies and other buffet delicacie were ern'd.

To ee out the old year and welcome In the new. Mr. and\lr . L. M. Blai held a party at their hou e for all Qal umahreldent· DanCing added to the chL'Crful e\ent. In fact. 1r. Blaldemon. trated a typical otch Highlander' dance (which won hera beaullful prize). while C. P. Van Der Klink. H. C Van PUllenand the P Graham excelled In performing the polka. . 11m

a sar performed the mo t famou of rablc dance.Rallw

"' Yuletide party for Rafha' yllung ter wa held at the Cl mmumty center on December 24. with Gene Eckert portray Ing ntaC1au (he had even hi own on fnolL'dl. uperlntendent and 1r.D P. Harbin entertained the bachelor at receptlnn In their hnme.Later that e\enlng. the women of the tallon ho lL'd a gay danCingparty for all Rafha re Ident .

December 2: was pent In calling on friend nd e hanginggreellng . The H. . Han en held open hou • that day and the\V. R. Hellmann were ho t to the bachelor at a umptuous Yuledinner.

t the troke of midnight on . ew Year' I \e, 1960 wa u heredIn With a re oundlng wei orne by the gue t altendlng the Harbin .party. which had featured a turkey dinner.

Badanahspmt of anticipatIOn and gaiety had penaded the tallon a

few day before the Holiday ea on. lollm\ Ing pre· Yuletide coffeeand bridge parties h ted by the 0 [' Rlllers. H Hargrove andE. L. Woods.

The holiday actlvllie themsehcs were highlighted by a chil·dren's program in the theater. organized and conducted by MrE. E. u lin and Mr . E. L. Wood. who de ene great prai e fortheir effort. Papa oel arrived amid chL'Cr from the tinY tot. whoclustered about him for their gift and tocklng filled wllh andy.nut and frull

danCing party wa held that evening In the theater pon oredby the Women' Group. capaclt} crowd thoroughly enjoyed theoccasl n. On December 25. uperlntendent and ..tr . J R. Terry.the J. A ablnl and 1. G. While held open house for employeeThe E E. Au tin had Badanah' three Dutch bachelor (G. WVan Veen. W. A Slingerland and E. J. Braak rna) over for a tun"eydinner.

On . 'ew Year' Eve, \1i s JudI Dunn gave a bridge party and.later. the Women' Group celeb;aled wllh a memorable dinnerdance at the theater. special vote of thank went to 1r 1.Pnnce. who wa in harge of the event. and to Mr . E. L. Wood.who fa hloned the festive decoration. The tation's bachelors. mean.time. gale a party for the women nurse that night at the bunkhouse. featuring a variety of deliCIOUS Lebanese food. group ingingand cha-cha-cha dancing by Dr. and Mr . J. D. Thaddeus.

TllwilHoliday activitie centered around a children' party held at

the community center, with Jim Chaplin enacting the role of St.. ick. Proud mamas and papas. and bachelor too. shuffled throughthe sand (no snow) to watch the station's younger generation per·form their Holiday program.

The performance of "Joy to the World" put everyone in thefestive spirit. A lu ty rendition of "Jolly Santa:' ung by Turaif'skindergarteners. followed. Then came a play, the "Shoemakers:'directed by Mrs. F. W. ew, Mr . K. E. Parr and Mr . H. B. Per·kins and performed by Steve Putnam, Mary Ann ew, Paul Booth,Suellen orman, Janice Quick. Jame Soley, Bobby orman. CharleBabb. Rae Foody. Genevieve ew, Anne Pro in i. Betty Maaskant.

Y olllhllli caro!t'rI al Badallah 1I·,·re. Irom h II. Irolll row G lellllTerry, Alldr"l1 AliI/iII, Jemima al>illi. Jackie While. SII\<lIl A 1111111,

Jame, T..rry alld A -r Elia. Second ro\\'o Donlla Fox. \far/of/"RI/I"', Emma Jeall Fox. Rel>..cca Rill..,. Dall.. Wood. Calh..,in.·Whill' and £11<1\ EIIlI. (Pho/() I>y D. A. FO.I).

• ,JIlla Cl'l/Il had '/1/1 lor all whell h<' arrin'd al Rallw\ Ih<'al'" 10allelld Ih,' ,hildr<'l1\ pariI'. Gre<'lillJ:: him II ,'r,' BIII/<'r alld .\(aryJa11< B.'/I; All.1I Hallll'1I ;\fark alld CrwJ:: Eck.'rl; Barrl' alldP<l1rida (all;p; Dalli..ta Bm\'('; \(1'''''' alld Ralph Rol>allOlI; Lilldaalld Chfil ,ham; alld DeIlIlY. D<'l>l>i.. alld Willd," D<'lpaill. (Pho/()1>\' W J.: Dt'\paml.

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The annllal and impre live Nativily Pageant wa\ enacled al TurailI>y James Food.'. a, narralor; Sleven BoO/h. 01 innkeeper; PaulBOOlh, as JOIeph; Margaret Foody. 01 Mary; James Soley, Bob• orman and Chariel Babb as shepherds; Deborah QUick. Man'Ann 'eK, uellen 'orman, Allhea Jensen and Janice Quick, isangels: and Sleven Putnam. John Prusinski and Bobby Maalkant.a Ihe "il" men. (Photo by Mn. J. L. Koenreich).

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Yuletide and ew Years Evewere e pecially cheerful for theW. R. Hellmanns. They had avery special house guest--daugh­ter Marjorie. who is a student atthe American Communlt} Schoolof Beirut. Another holiday viSI­tor. Mrs. K. H. Aoun, was theguest of Dr. and Mrs. 1. A. Ma­lak. Mrs. Aoun. wife of our newtation phy ician, will be joining

her husband permanently in thenear future.

Welcome back to the stationis Utility Room Operator Ali

asser, from vacation spentwith relatives and friends inTaif, Mecca and Jiddah.

Hearty congratulations to Ab­dul-Rahman Otaibi and Mokbelbin Khalaf. who became mem­bers of the "family group" "hileon vacalion.

Lebanon. Holland. Germanyand Hayel are the vacation de ­tinations, respectively. of Ray­mond ahha. Friedrich Bur-

Rafhaby N. J. Khalaf

Welcome to Waller Hetzeland NIcolas Dhlmas, who trans­ferred here from Turalf station.Waller will be Rafha's new Gen­eral Services Foreman while i­colas has Joined our Accountingsla ff.

The community wishes thebest of luck to the L. C. Atta­ways. of Atlanta, Georgia, andS. A, Whites. of Rockmart.Georgia, who have left the fieldpermanently.

A leller from the UnitedStates informs us that vacation­ers Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rags­dale picked up one of GeneralMotors' new Corvairs in ewYork. They drove to Boonville.Missouri to vi it their son. Gor­don. who is attending KemperMilitary hool. then drove onto their home in California topend the holidays.

Parlicipaling in Ihe Taplille elllplo)'ee developlllenl Cllltr", I/rt'llingIhe hasin of ;"pavilion, Decelllher 6-7, 01 7 "raif, lI'ae IlI'd\'ea"di Arahl picl"red here. Frolll left, rear: Fahad /I fair ,,'n. "'nior

I,,,,,,dry operator .. A hd"l/ah Ibrahim, lead 1II0lor lrall 'po". lIIechanil''' la<:~a Falrad, allil/OII/ lIIai,",'n"n('(' for"man .. Coord"llIl"r I.V. Foodl''' Hmo"d Na<: ..al, Ihifl forelllan .. Ahlllad H"Hein. cOlllrolroolll operalor .. and Sa"d b", A bd,,1 A <:i~, I"ad motor "amporlmechalllc. Fronl: Ali Hilal, housing steward .. Abdul/ah 101111'1'1.

Ihift foreman: Shafi Sa'id, of Government Re/aliOtIl: Sa'id Ahmad,con"ol room opt'ralor .. Mlllhrif Hamad. stalion lIIechanic .. andDawas Ibrahim, mOlor transport mechanic. A pllOlOl(raph of Ihefifth group of Saudi ArabI taking Ihe co"r I' il to he SIIhmitted lat"'.

A I/endillg lire fint half of Taplint"1 len-Ie.flioll seriel of employee{hovelopmelll confnellce\" for SOlidi Arab III pervilOn, at TlIraif No­velllber 22-23. were 11'11 lIIelllbers of Ihi\ grollp. Frolll lefl. '/alldllll('Lafi Naif, ,hifl forelllall .. A bdlll A <:i<: A bdllllah, marerial, ,pecialill"Salalr Yalrya, .,hifl foremall .. Coordillatorl.V.Foody .. GelleralSlIperilllelldelll R, A. Prlllinlki .. Saleh Salem, clref .. alld AhllladA bdllllah. 'hifl forelllall" and, seated, Hamad MlIlralllmad, lead1II000r Irallsport lIIechallic .. Sa'ad A bdllllah, lead cOlllmillary alld,tore clerk .. Alrlllad Zaill, clref: Shafi Sa'id, of Goverlllllelll Rela­liOlIl: alld Saleh Khazraj, lead mO/or IrO/llporl lIIeChallic.

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mamJl,Idaab,The D Dodge were off for

Pam and L ndon In early Ja­nuary. 1r. and Mrs. H H. Metzwere vacationrng 10 ew Yorl...

cd by Dr. K. 13. alameh. ofBadanah Base Ho pita!.

Head4uarters recently wel­comed J D Hoffman. Consul·tant·Communlcatlons. who ar­rived from ew Yorl.. January 9on buslne s as Ignmen t.

Mi s Eugenia Kolvick. Tap­line's former Management sec·retary. ent holiday greetings toher many Beirut friends from:6-4 outh econd Street. Lyl..ens.Penn.

Congratulall ns to SaleemChowalry and ebouh KufteJianon their engaements. respective.Iy. to MISses Jeanne D'ArcKhoury and Meline Nahabedian.

Late December and early Ja­nuary vacatIoners Included Is­I..andar zar. Tanios Ghanem.

hawl..l Frelha, Boutros Ha­Ahmad Raba·a. Mis

Imaan and Mahmoud

Beirut

Thil group of e'I"V"1I SOlidi Arah .lIIpnvilOr., from varioll, Taplillepump .,wlimll aI/ended II", compallY'l employe" deve'lopmelll COII­ference., al Tllraif, oYe'mher 15 1(" al parI of tire compally', /'111­

ploye,' d,'ve'lopm,"" prollram. From left, 1I""dill!: are AhdllllairKarim Muhammad, allillcllll IIIaIII tell all ('(' fore"lOlI" J,fohd SlIleiman. /t'ad waler we'll IIII'Challic .. Sa'ad A hdllllalr, "11ft foremall"Hamad Hallral, ,I"fl forelllall .. (oord"IOTOr of Employ,-,- RelationlI. V. f'e",d,. .. ,"fallal(t'T of Opnmioll' D. T. Pillcklln' ""f"halllllwdAbdllllah, ',lrifl fOrt'mall" ."f"llOlIIm"d SlIlwlI, "I/Illporllllioll dil­pall h,'r: alld Fahad ... flltlaq, lead 1l"lIeral ('faftllll"" Klleeling' MII­hammad Taki. "",,d mal"rlal, ,p,'cialill" /\fllhammad Thahil,lhiflfore'mall" "fllhammad ,"fllliq, lead 1II000r ""'lIpOrt lIIeclrallic .. andA wad Ahlllad, of GoVt'm"","t R,'lmioll\. fl.fr. Food... COlldllcled alldiKIIlIioll' Jllrilll( II", II'lIioll,.

Durmg hIS v-aeallon In Turalftown, Mater tukhlef. of Commumt rVlee, kept hIm elfhu y remodelling hIS home andpamtmg It anew.

Good luck to 1 urad' e~-Of·

flce . upervi >r Khalld khra son two count hIS transfer to

ramco·Dhahran. Januar 16.and hi marnage in Beltut. ear·her that month, to the formerMI )man e1·Ho

Farewell to bdullah II andCorneh Van Der Spek. of om­munity . ervlces. on thelt re pee­tive departures f r Damascuand Holland. Ali was expt.'Ctcdto bnng hIS ynan bndc hacl..with him to Turalf town.

by Rose SawdahDr. Ghanma left Beirut

January ] on a I -month leaveof ab enee to take a trainingcourse at Hammer mlth Ho Pl'tal. London. He I helng rei lev·

Ten Salldi Amh IIIpnvilOn (tlrird !:'Ollp) attellded Taplille'l."I11­ploye,' d,'ve'lopm,·," cm'f,'rt'II('(" , ovelllhn :!9-.W al 7l1rl/lf, frolllI"ft, .ftandin/:; A wad Hamad, of Govemlll"lIt Re'lal/oll'" Sallll' MII­hammad, I,'ad wal,'r well "",chanic .. Ihralrim Rahlll~lI, lead COIII­missan' and ,((/rt' cI.'r/.. .. Coordi"awr I. V, Foody .. M IIfn A hdllllalr,

, . , hl"d . I . 'c/'al/·It· alld Hallled.ftatlOn 1II,'chanlc" Hal a a I ,materla,\p. .•Hamolld lead motor tramport mechanic. Front; Mllhammad TII~raifi, .,hii, fOrt'man: and Ahdlll Ra~~a/.. Ali,lhift fOrt'mall" AilHassan, diewd mechanie: and Ihrahilll Ahmad, clref.

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"he home grnwn frc h vegeta­hlc. u"h a the tomatoe androta toe tha t Dl'W adorn theirtahle

"ha"heloroo

f'" 1010 tH-a r. ga rdener H moud fl'Cen tl ~drove to Dama u on hohda~.

w IIh the intentIon I,f mal..lng ther"turn tnr to I uralf with hIwife and on

lell Ihrahlm and hi famIlyare the proud <\\I ncr of a ne\\tw <> h~-droom eement hl<'khou"",

Upon her return from tate­Ide \aLat .. n, Mr . K. [. Parr.

\\Ife of '1 aplme' 'J ramlng Co·ordlnator. re umed her dutle as

-hool·marm at 1uralf" nlorSta ff S<:hool.

I marl Agha, of Orerationand Repair. and Ihrahlm You·sef. of the cntral MechamcalShor • arc \\lIh u agam follo\\·Ing enJo~-ahle tnps to Bahrain,I mall Muhammad rleked Dhah·ran and Qatar a hi vacationrot.

MI e Chri line Heide and, orma Krarp have returned totheir -hool 10 Italy and Beirut.after pendmg the holiday sea·on wIIh their parent 10 Turaif.

A. . 8~ and Ihl' . "l/i,mal [a'anll"Ii, al In,'/III/I'. Sidon,h,' \fahlllo"d Saah, of P"hI" Rc'iali",,1. (Pholo hy Naif),

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Turaifby S. M. Siddique

Gardenmg In Saudi Arabia of­fer a challenge to the hardle tof plant and people. But forTapline contractor Mohd haly­all and Muhammad Hmoud. ofthe Motor Tran port dlvi ion."ho have tarled mall \egetablegardens of thelt own m the yardof the laller' home. the re\\ardI well \\orth the effort. Theyreporl that nothmg 4ulte mat-

da \ at Idon Terminal on hu I·n a Ignment.

CongratulatIon to Cargo Inpector R. P, Gehara and the

fl rmer \tl ,\faf George lid,who were marned Deccml>er 20.

Moonng Ma ter 1 K. 'c h·elm pent hI \ Latll>n In Le·hanon. Other reccnt \acatlOnerwere K 1a~h)U!. A G<.ihabi. K E. ha'o'a, R. I. Khattar. f· 1 ta. P M. Obcld. f·.H Raad. M. K. Mhadder.\t Mouaket and H Y. Khoury.

Fell Itatlon. to Shift f'",emanAntOine Fayyad on hi engage·ment to M I oel Kol>or y,

Saudi Arab Tapliners awarded two-star emblems for completing tenyears of continuous company service at Turaif recently were, fromleft. Fahad bin Othman Sarrawi, station accounting office clerk:Sa'ad bin Abdullah, lead community and store clerk: MuhammadSa'ad. senior laundry operator: and Kazem Ahmad el-Mojahed.cook-baker. (Photo by S. M. Siddique).

Sidonby Dr. G. M. Stephan

Those who were there agreedthat Z.C.C. finished 1959 witha "bang" on ew Year's Eve.So, by January 8. 1960. ZahraniCountry Club members had reo. umed their activities by show­ing a short film on "RescueBreathing." demonstrating thebest and ea iest methods of arti·ficial respiration.

Turaifs Pipeline Repair Fore·man, J. E. Hughes, and HeadAutomotive Mechanic J. K.Tomlinson recently spent a few

ther While in the L:nlted tateon emergency lea\e. \tr. Au. lin\ I Ited hi wife's parent and re­lall\e .

General _f\ Ice Foreman R.L ro Ihwalt and family areha I.. from thelt nlted tate\ a atJOn.

tart} Putnam ame to theBadanah Ba Ho pltal from Tu­ralf the day hefore Yulellde foran emergen } operatIon. Fortu­nately. VIe wa able to attendour tatlon' e\\ Year [\'e par­ty and the receptl n at JudyDunn' he wa al 0 pre­ent at the coffee gathering given

In honor of Mrs. Thaddeu . Mrs.Foreal..er and Mr. Pickett at the

u tin.The Four Aces Group IS

I..eepmg up It regular duplic­ate bridge se lon, held everyMonday at 7 p.m. in the theater.Twenty competed January 4 andfir t prize winner wa GeneWood. who scored 45 point.Runner-up \\a Dr. Thaddeu.\\Ith 42.5. The booby prize wentto George Lmabury. with all offive point. Mr . Thaddeu , out·

ored all women participant\\Ith 43.5 POint. Marion Au lin\\a ne t \\lth 3 .5. \\hile Mr .I. R. Terry took the booby prize.

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adanahby Dora Saber

Dr J 0 1 hadd~u . who ar­n d h<f~ Irl 01 B~lrut head-o.ju rt~r \\Ith tr. Thadd~u

nJ hIJdr~n. r~'n and Da\ld.t \ r pia" Dr .\ Ghanma ame 11 1 1>1t Iler In charge l>f1 pi In,,' Ba Ho pita I. 10 t nolime making hi pre 'nc I..nown.1 > w<l 'ome the newcomer. Head

ur e Jud\ Dunn hO.ted a on-tract hrldge Ion One of the"lOner ' ne other than thegue t of hon r . 'ot to he out­dIne. Dr. Ghanma played afare"" gl>lf mat h on theRI \ -\ re Golf our againstDr Prln e. 0 E Ritter.-\ -\ h ar and \ R Hell-m nn The winner? Dr Ghan­m . of 'our e

I r L. J Foreal..er and hll­Jren. Charle and Gertrude. re-

nt arn\al In the Badanahommunlty_ are finding the pa e

fa t. To ether \\Ith \tr. Thad­d u and t r . W R PI kelt_\1 r Forea er ha heen enter­tained at e\eral ial fun II n .On January 2. the three newhou wl\e "ere "I hed the tra­dlllonal "AMan Wa allian" ata offee party ho led hy the Wo­men' Group at the home of theE. E. u lin .

\ hlle "alting for the mllhun10 leave for Beirut. \\here theycompleted their holiday . hop­ping. Mr . E. L. Wood. Mr . E.E. Au tin. 'tr. O. E. Ritter.\1r . G. O. Linabury and Mr .D. D. Reynold \\ere the gue tof 1r. R. D. Honour. of Tu·raif. at a offee gathenng.

Roman e ha again blo 01­

ed. The engag ment of Mou sa-\ 10u sa to 1i MananaKharsa. of the Base Ho pitaltaff. ha been announced. The

ceremony took place in Beirut.during the couple' Decemberlea\e.

.. tany happ. return \\ereIVIed t I sc ereen Thaddeus

and Hay tAbla. \\ho celebratedtheir birthday. r peeti\ely. onDL'CelTIber 24 and 25.

Recent departee : MI Salamcl·Dada, \\ho plan to go toYork hire. England. to peeializem midwIfery: Mou sa Sh. Soul­han, to Egypt, \\here he pentthe holiday with his family; and

abih Ghatta , Hanna Faddoul,Michel Khairallah. Moussa

ou . Hayat Abla and Ma­nana Kharsa. to Lebanon on va·catIOn.

Deepest ympathy to Eugeneustm on the death of his fa·

Pall

'fro Abdul Rahman Tayyarah (~I'cond from right, front). Di"'Clor of the Minillry of ational Econ­omy. "'prl'wnting Prime Minisl/'r Ra\hid Karami. vi\ill Taplin("~ exhibit at tlJ(' opening of the Am('­riean Univer~ity of Bl'irll/ Comm(·re,· Studenll Society oil indllltry exhibition. January II at We,lt Hall.With Mr. Tayyarah is TaplinI' Ex('("uti~'1' Vice P"'lid"n1 W. R. Chandler (/eft, front). At right, EmileAyalh, Chief Oil Dilpateher. deleribel featu"'1 of the <'.Ihibit. Th(· "'Clion of _H-ineh pip<', \IIeh a~ ull'din Ihe pipeline fram".1 a IQmple of Ihl' billionlh barrl'! of erud,· pump"d ifllo Sidon T,'rmin(l/, on April23. /959. Rear. lefl, i~ W. A. Campbell, Vice P"'lid"n1. Govern""'nl Rl'!alionl. Aboll/ 7,000 p<'rI01/\visiled Ihe exhibil during the .Iix day~ il wa\ op,'n /() Ih,· public. (Photo by alrl.

-hartz. loui Barhouche and'ad bin yer. acation are

over. for the moment. for Du-'al) bin Ii. hmad ·ad.wadh bdullah. Hmood Jurai-th\. I m Karam. leh ulai·man. bdul AZlZ Hamad and

leh Ahmad.Rafha' bachelor r -ently fet­

~'tl the J. A. lalal.. at a fare­well dmner party on their tran ­fer to Turalf. The \Cry be t tothe lalal... who \\111 be greatlymi. d b\ u all. in their ne\\urroundlng .

Rafha emplo\ ee om ey theirdeere t \ mpathy to Dr. Kamal-\oun and Ibrahim bin Ahmadl'n the death of th Ir brotherm Beirut and Dhahran. re,pec­ll\el}. during December.

New Yorkby R. M. Weeks

-\rthur Bill}. a former idonTerminal employee who leftTapline m 1955 to come to the

tate. \ I ited u ju t before theholiday ea on. rt"s friends willbe happ} to learn that he wadue to receive hi ba helor" de­gree m mechanical englneermgfrom the IIIinoi Institute ofTechnolog) at the end of Janu·ary. He then plan to contmuehis tudie for his doclorate onthe We t Coa l. probably at

tanford toniver ity. Art ha putforth a tremendou effort. aca­demically and on \ ariou jobstal..en to support himself. Hesay he averages about fourhours leep each night. But. hiSgrades and health are excellentand he can pomt to hi accom­pli hment with considerablepride We wish Art the best ofe\erythmg.

Be t wi hes also to Mr. andMr. Robert Trombino. whowere recently married in • ewYork City. Mr . Trombino. theformer Mi PatriCia Calselta. isa ecrelary in the EngineeringDepartment.

Smce our last report. twomembers of the. ew York Of­fice have left the company toaccept new: job. Miss Mary Mc­Loughlin. formerly of Account­mg. IS now secretary to the pre­Ident of a radio manufacturing

company m White Plains. andJohn Koci ko. aloof Account­ing. I now working as an audi­tor for the. 'ew: York Stock Ex­change.

Mr. and Mr. Bruce Daviswelcomed little Leslie Helen.bom December 20. An ex-Tap­liner, Mrs. Davi was the formerMi Virginia Reading. She oncekept Periscope readers informedon YO happenings and per­sonnel.

Qaisumahby W. S. Bader

Providing accomodation . foodand canteen items for employeesand \-isitors at any of Tapline'four pump tallon m Saudi Ara­bia IS qUlle a job. Consider, forexample. the e statistic on Qal­sumah's Community Services op­erations for 1959:

Chef Saleh Salem. cooks Has­san I sa. Awad Sharaf, SalehAziz. Ibrahim Abdullah and Ah­mad Muhammad; and cashiersRashid Fahed. Saleh Rafi, HadlDulaim and Fayez Fraywanhave helped prepare and servean average of 5.000 meals amonth in the station's cafeteria.Clerks Muhammad Srour andMuhammad Ayed sold mort:than S.R. 325.000 worth of can­teen item. One hundred fiftydifferent motion pictures werehown at the station's theater

during the year. Housing stew­ard Muhammad Habib. assistedby Ali Hashim, Othman Salehand Abdullah Muhammad, pro­vided quarters for 1,847 visitors,who spent a total of 6,130-ser­\-ice nights at the station.

The area around Qaisumahstation offers one of the besthunting grounds In the SaudiKingdom. Most sought amongthe game birds is the "houbara,"

although mailer bird of thegrouse and plover type areplentiful too.

From October through Febru­ary. many visitors of prominencecan thu be found here. Mo tprominent of the hunting enthu­last lately were H.H. Sheil..h

'Abd Allah ibn Issa AI Khalifah.uncle of the ruler of Bahrein.his sons. Ali and Ra hid. andgrandson. Muhammad and Ha­mad.

With made-to-order weatherone recent day. Mes rs. P. C.Graham. J. Samaha. L. M.Blai . W. B. Hunter. R. H. Mas­sey. W. S. Bader and AramcoRepresentative Jack Emery or­ganized a full-day outing at thehunting site of His Highne s.The following day, Superinten­dent H. C. Davis and the afore­mentioned group were tendereda special dinner by Sheikh AIKhalifah at his hunting camp.

Bountiful dinner parties weregiven by Qaisumah bachelor toMuhammad Ali Dorra and Ah­mad Habli, of Construction.prior to their recent departurefor Beirut on vacation.

The W. B. Hunters were alsohosted several farewell lunche­ons before they enplaned for. ew York with daughter Liz.

Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Sabbaghareturned radiant from their stayin Beirut. During their absence,Dr. M. A. Baroudi. of Turaif,served as Qaisumah station phy-

slclan.George Hanania wa among

the more lucky one havingbeen able to pend Yuletide and

ew Year' Eve between Beirutand Jerusalem. Ali Khaif is backto hi \\elding job. following avacation. pent in vicmily of Ri­yadh.

Qaisumah's Amirate hoolwa cheduled for 100 per centcompletion at the end of Janu­ary.

THE CRADLE ROWBadanah

Amal. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Ghurmallah Abdullah.

Hu sah, daughter of Mr. andMrs. Abdel Rahman Sa'ad.

Mona, daughter of Mr. and Mr .Khodre Khalil.

BeirutHuda. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

M. M. Rassy.Raymond. son of Mr. and Mrs.

A. F. Kiwan.Raflw

Abbad. son of Mr. and Mr.Sa'ad bin Abbad.

SidonAbdel Hadi, son of Mr. and

Mrs, M. A-H. Salman.Fran~oi , son of Mr. and Mr .

Y, . Kazzi.Fran~ois, son of Mr. and Mrs.

. Kazzi.Liza. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

K. E. Shaya.Mohamad, son of Mr. and Mrs.

H. H. Yarnani.

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